MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
DEC IS 
SPECIAL NOTICES TO AGENTS, FRIENDS, &c. 
[jgF’AUKK rr thk Ci.rus t -Now is the time to make 
up ioar club' for 1858. urn! oil who desire toaid the cause, 
benefit Men, Women au<l Families, And incidcntally pro¬ 
mote their own interests, should see that tlie Rural is 
brought home to the reason sod consciences of their 
neighbors and other acquaintances, if yon, reader, can¬ 
not get up a club alone, join with some friend, or aid the 
Post-Master or other ageut in swelling the list. 
jsgr* Inn Rural as a. Pkxse.NT.—O ur readers are re¬ 
minded that in all cases where the Rusal is sent to a dis¬ 
tant friend or relalrec, as a present, we only charge the 
lowest club price, ft 60 We have nireody received quite 
a number of ordejs for copies of the next volume, to he 
stmt to distant parte ot this country, Canada and Ewope. 
Our lowest price for copies sent to Canada, Is $1 62.l£, and 
to Europe, $2 50 —the extra charge King Iot postage 
J^Oxb, Vwn, Trrkt, Ac—There are thousands of 
pOBt-oflicr s at each of which only from one t" three or five 
copies of the Rural are now taken, Row this is to spe¬ 
cially invite its friends in such localities to make a little 
effort to secure clubs or s x. ten, twenty, k>\ Every one 
thus situated, can, If he will, easily form a club, ai d thus 
secure ao extra copy or other valuable reward therefor. 
To Agvxts and Othbrs. — In answer to recent 
inquiries, and for the information of all interested, we 
■would state that wof over thirty person* hare yet secured 
either of the Tiro Hundred Extra Premium* offered for 
the firtt lifts of 12 or 2 > subscribert to the llural for 1858 
Hence there is yet lime to comp,etc for s|! the Premiums. 
B^Tbr Rcral is published strictly upon the cash 
system— copies are never mailed to individual subscribers 
until paid for, (or ordered by a responsible agent.) n d al- 
wiiyB discontinued when the subscription term expires. 
Hence, a prompt renewal is necessary to secure the regular 
continuance ot the paper, 
Clcbbiso win? thk Magazines, &c.-w« will send the 
Rural Nkw-Ygkkuk for 1858, and a yearly copy Of either 
Harper'}, Godcift, Graham's, ot «Dy other S3 magazine, 
for $4. The Kckal aud either Arthur's Magazine, the 
National Magazine, or any Other f2 magazine for $3. 
JTsP” Thk Rural Show-Bill for 1858, just burned, will 
be sent, post-paid, to all applicants who can use one or more 
copies advantageously. We shall aleo cheerfully famish 
Specimen Numbers of the Rural f. r use In obtaining new 
subscribers, or send them to any address desired. 
No.v-Sibsckibsrb who may receive this number 
of the Rural are invited to examine carefully, hud, if ap¬ 
proved, lend their kind offices to introduce the paper to 
notice and support iu their respective localities. 
JffgP” Ant person so disposed can act ae local agent for 
the Rural, without certificate, and each ard all who vol¬ 
unteer in the good cause will not only receive premiums, 
but their aid will be gratefully appreciat d. 
Those who are forming large clubs can send i d the 
names aud money of a part, before completing their lists. 
last ot New Advertisements this week 
To Yankees at Homo and Abroad—Samuel Bowles & Co. 
Improved Lands—J. Henry. 
A Valuable Gift—6. k 0. Morriam. 
The Good templar—B. H. Mills 
Mount Prospect Water Cure—J. H. North. 
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ROCHESTER, N. Y., DECEMBER, 12, 1857. 
Our Ninth Volume, tor 1858. 
Having nearly completed oar anangements for 
the ensuing Year and Volume of the Rural New- 
Yorker, we can Bafely announce that its leading 
characteristics as a high-toned, progressive and 
eminently practical, useful and entertaining Rural, 
Literary and Family Newspaper will he fully main¬ 
tained. Iu the future, as ever in the past, our aim 
will he to excel former efforts and those of con¬ 
temporaries, by availing ourselves of every proper 
aid and improvement which long experience, the 
increased facilities at our command, and the pro¬ 
gress and inventions of the age may supply or 
suggest. Though the times are temporarily de¬ 
ranged, we believe its myriad friends and the pub¬ 
lic do not w.Bh us to lower the standard anu value 
of the Rural in order to cheapen Us price — and 
hence we have resolved to continue our former 
efforts and heavy expenditures to famish the best 
and most complete Journal of its Clast ,—with such 
improvements upon former volumes us our means 
and facilities permit,—on the same terms and con¬ 
ditions us heretofore. Believing that Ibis is the 
only right and true cotme, and that all who take 
an intelligent and comprehensive view oi the sub 
ject, will cordially Becond our efforts to maintain 
and angment the Standing, Value and Usetulness 
of the paper, by renewing their own subscriptions 
and lending influence to increase its circulation in 
their respective localities, we Bhall strive to still 
farther improve the Rural in both Contents and 
Appearance—thus rendering it more worthy the 
large, wide and increasing encouragement it is 
receiving from the intelligent and discriminating 
classes throughout our whole Country. 
As we remarked in a late number, The Rural 
has become a favorite medium of communication, 
and a cherished Friend and Guide, in tens of thou¬ 
sands of Families throughout the States aud Ter¬ 
ritories Of this Conlcderacy, and the British 
Provinces For this large aud wide measure oi 
appreciation we are sincerely and profoundly 
grateful—and shall, in the future as in the past, 
endeavor to so conduct the paper, in each and all 
departments, as to make the most suitable return 
in oar power for the extraordinary favor it is re¬ 
ceiving at the hands of Fanners, Horticulturists- 
Merchants, Mechanics, and Prof3ssionarMen,from 
Canada to the Gulf, and Maine to Minnesota. 
— That we shall render the Ninth Volume worih 
far more than ite price to any lamiiy, we confident¬ 
ly believe; and we fed equa'Jy assured that each 
and all who become subscribers, or aid in extend¬ 
ing its area of usefulness, will not,extraoroinaries 
excepted, have cause to regret the requisite in¬ 
vestment of means or lnflaence, As the time for 
its commencement is at hand, we trust all disposed 
to aid in supporting and encouraging the Rural 
for 1858—and from present unmistakable indica¬ 
tions we think the number will be far greater than 
heretofore—will give Ihe matter snob early atten¬ 
tion and inflaence as may be consistent with their 
views and convenience, Meantime our best atten¬ 
tion and efforts will be devoted to appreciating 
such favor by completing our arrangements for 
rendering the ensuing volume of the Rural supe¬ 
rior to either of its predecessors In nil the essen¬ 
tials of a Rural ani> Family Nbwbpater. 
Affairs at Washington. 
The report of the Interior Department, states 
that five millions, three hundred thousnnd, five 
hundred and fifty acres of land were sold during 
the five quarters ending September 30tb, 1857, for 
$4 225,908 18. 67,000,000 of acres more have been 
surveyed and are ready for market but not yet ad¬ 
vertised for sale. 
Gen, P. F. Smith arrived on the 6th inst., and 
held a confere nce with Secretary Floyd on the 
proposed relie! expedition to Salt Lake. It will 
consist of one battalion of regulars and one regi¬ 
ment-of volunteers 
i The Secretory of War recommends an increase 
of the army by the adding of five regiments. 
The Treasury Report will take decided ground 
against the present orgmiaation of Banks and 
advocate a mode by which small notes may be ex¬ 
pelled. 
Col. Richardson, of III., has been formally ten¬ 
dered the Governorship of Nebraska. 
The entire Globe of ihe 7th inst.,and Snpp’ement, 
ar • occupied with an exposition of alleged frauds 
in the purchase of books during the last Congress. 
The publication has produced much sensation— 
particularly about the OapitoL 
The 41 hope of the nation” assembled in council 
on the 7th in3t., and immediately proceeded to 
business. Fifty Senators were present when that 
body was called to order by the Secretary, who 
read a letter from the Vice-President, stating that, 
be would not be able to reach Washington at. the 
commencement of the session. 
On motion of Mr. Benjamin, a resolution was 
adopted that the oath prescribed by the Constitu¬ 
tion he administered to the new Senators by Mr. 
Bright, the oldest member present. 
Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee, and Daniel 
Clark, of New Hampshire, new members, took their 
seats, and the Senate proceeded to ballot for Presi¬ 
dent pro tern. 
Hon. Berjamin Fitzpatrick, of Alabama, waB 
chosen, and returned thankB for the honor confer¬ 
red upon him. 
The usual resolution to inform the President 
that the Senate was organized and ready for busi¬ 
ness, was adopted. 
The Sett le 'hen went into Executive Session and 
confirmed George W. Bowman, editor of the Bed¬ 
ford Gazette, as Superintendent of Public Printing. 
The Senate adjourned without transacting any 
other business. 
House — On call of the roll at 12 o’clock, 221 
members answered to their names, and a quorum 
having tbns been ascertained to be present, the 
House proceeded to the election of Speaker. 
.Tames L. rr, of South Carolina, was nominat¬ 
ed by Mr. Jones, of Tenness- e, and Hon. Galusbs 
A. Grow, of Pennsylvania, by Mr. Banks. A vote 
resulted ss follows:—Mr. Orr, 128; Mr. Grow, 84; 
Scattering, 13. 
Mr, Orr was elected. The annunoiation of ike 
result was greeted with applause. 
On aesmi ing the Chair, Mr. Orr expressed bis 
thanks for the honor conferred on him. Be said 
ihe delicate and responsible duties of the Chair 
would be comparatively light if he should be so 
fortunate as to secure the cooperation of mere-ben? 
in despiteIttug business and upholding the dignity 
of the House. He promised to administer ihe 
rules that may be adopted, with firmness and im¬ 
partiality. The great bneinets confided to them 
admonished them to cultivate patriotism a9 expan¬ 
sive as the Confederation itself. Be cherished the 
hope ihat business would be transacted to promote 
the interests and happiness of the entire people; 
that the Constitution would be maintained in its 
integrity, and that their legislation would qnicken 
the greatness aud glory of our common country. 
The members were then 6worn — advancing by 
delegations for that purpose. 
On motion of Mr. Clingman, the rules of the 
last House were adopted till it whb otherwise 
ordered, with a proviso aB to the 23d rule, that 
whenever any Committee shall have occupied the 
morning hour, it shall not be in order for such 
Committee to report further until other Commit¬ 
tees shall have been called in turn. 
Mr. Clingman alluded to the fact that the Spe¬ 
cial Committees monopolized the morning hour, 
compelling the other Committees to rely on the 
courtesy of the House to make their reporta 
Against Bank Notes —Mr. Florence gave no¬ 
tice of his intention to introduce a bill for the 
entire suppression of all Bank notes as currency, 
or of Bank notes of a leijs denomination tlmn $100, 
as a circulation in the District of Columbia, The 
House then sojourned. 
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The Weather — At Montreal, C. E., on the 6th 
inst, the thermometer marked 8 degrees above 
zero. There was a good deal of ice in the St. 
Lawrence, and t.hu last boat of the season went in¬ 
to winter quarters that day. 
At, Utica, same date, our report says the weather 
here is not very cold, but it is suowing hard and 
an east wind blowing. 
At Oswego we learn ihat, during the night of 
the 4tb, three inches of enow fell, bnt it all disap¬ 
peared next day. Weather thick and rainy. 
The New Bedford (Mae.--,) Mercury , of the 3d 
insr., says:—“The farmers yesterday were plowing 
in their Sells, and this week has proved a good 
time for setting trees. The lempcramre is like 
October, and the cattle are making tbett last at¬ 
tempts at the scant fodder efiorded by the late 
pastures.” 
- Jn this immediate vicinity we to-day, Tuesday, 
are blessed with sunshine ana gentle winds. Win¬ 
ter would seem to have postponed Im visit. 
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Marine Losses.—The marine disasters reported 
for the month of November, comprise 27 ships, 4 
steamers, 18 barques, 12 brigs, and 28 schooners.— 
The loss is setoown at $889 700 on vessels, and 
$520,000 on cargoes Total, $1,309,000. As tarns 
regards vessels and cargoes on which partial 
losses have occurred, this estimate is only an ap¬ 
proximation, as near as con be made, towards ac¬ 
curacy. It is no doubt; overrated in some instan¬ 
ces, and underrated in others, but iu the aggre¬ 
gate is. peihaps, nearly correct The total loss in 
November, exclusive of damage to vessels not 
amounting to a total loss, and of partial losses i f 
cargoes, was $829,200. The aggregate of these 
, total losses thus far, this year, amounts to 
j $10 260,800. 
Items of News. 
An effort will be made at the opening of Con¬ 
gress to abolish the practice of electing special 
chaplains, and substitute the custom of some of 
the State Legislatures of inviting the pastors of 
the city to officiate in turn. 
The Panama Btar and Herald, Nov. 19th, says: 
“ The United 8tates sloop-of-war Faltou is at Bocas 
del Toro with the object of intercepting any filli- 
bastering expedition that might attempt to land 
there with the view of forcing its way into Costa 
R’ca.” 
By a late commercial treaty between the United 
States and the Republic of Peru, American whale- 
ships arc allowed to anchor in ports of said R-. 
pnblio, and sell to the, amount of $500, free of all 
duties and port charges, aud an additional $1,000 
free of tannage and port charges, 
A giraffe, belougingto the Menagerie of Drics- 
bieh & Co., and Bald to be the only animal of the 
kind in America, died at Cincinnati on Saturday, 
the 2$ih ult, It was valued at $5,000. 
Fine silver ore has been discovered on Han 
Creek, Maitin Co., Ind. The metal was supposed 
to be lead, but rude tests proved it to be superior 
to the Bilver of our coin. It was not known 
whether tbe ere abounds in the region from which 
this specimen was procured. 
Thk French Government have ordered 300 cast 
steel field pieces, manufactured at Essen, Prussia, 
by a process known only to the patentee, who has 
refased to sell his secret to English agents. Rus¬ 
sia has negotiated for a large number of these 
caDnon. 
The Cincinnati Gazette says:— 44 The great want 
in the West, is of domestics. Send ns girls who 
are willing to work in the kitchen, tidy, handy, 
willing girls, and we will find employment as faBt 
as they come; but of the class of girls with trades, 
who want waiting on, we have quite enough in the 
West already.” 
The prospect for still cheaper sugar is now flat¬ 
tering. It is concluded that the crop in Louisiana 
this season will reach 2G0.000 hogsheads, being an 
increase oi 75,(100 over that of last year. This 
crop will soon come into market and necessarily 
reduce the price. 
An extensive service of glass has been made in 
New Y6rk for the Captaiu General of Porto Rico. 
The service consists of 2 000 pieces, of elegant 
woibmanship, each piece engraved wtth the royal 
arms of 8p*in. 
A man named Dunn has been arrested in Phila¬ 
delphia, on a charge of manufacturing sausages 
from horse flesh. Evidence was given tbathe had 
been in the daily habit of baying horse-meat, and 
quantities of it. were found at his factory. He 
made the article known as Bolognas. 
Chas. H, Goodwin, an engineer iu Spooner’s 
blind factory, Greenfield, Mass., has gone to Eng¬ 
land to look after an estate oi $500,000. left to him¬ 
self, his father and his aunt, by a brother of his 
father, lately deceased. 
It is now known that the Emperor of Russia is 
firmly resolved on the abolition of serfdom, aud it 
i* thought that the 18th of December, the fete day 
of the Emperor Nicholas, has been fixed on for 
the publication of the ukase, because his late Ma¬ 
jesty, when on his death-bed, recommended it to 
his son. 
Advices have been received from 8t. Peters¬ 
burg, of the Iobb of the Russian steamer Kouba of 
100 horse power, in the Caspian. The steamer 
was driven on a reef in a violent, storm, and, out 
of a crew ot 76, the commander, two lieutenants, 
and a sub lieutenant, and 18 men, perished. 
Science and the world has suffered a severe loss 
ia tae death of George R. Gtiddon. tbe well known 
Egyptian scholar and author, who died suddenly 
at Panama, of pulmonary congestion, on the lGth 
ult., aged about fifty years. Mr. G. was born iu 
Boglanrt, but went early to Egypt, where his father 
was Consul of the United States, which office WCB 
afterwards held by Mr. Gliddon himself. 
A number of cotton planters in Central Georgia 
have celled a meeting for the purpose of organiz¬ 
ing an association to send their cotton, by means 
of an agent of their own, direct to Liverpool. 
It is itnuonnced that the Biitish Government 
has concluded a , agreement with the Austrian 
authorities, that if the latter will lay down a sub 
marine tel graph line between Ragusa and Alex¬ 
andria, the English Government will use that and 
no other in its communications with India, and 
will complete the telegraph from Suez to Karra- 
chee or Bombay. 
It 1b now conceded that the Treasury must im¬ 
mediately ask authority for issuing notes. The 
surplus is above six millions, but is declining, and 
the revenue is not meeting expectation iu conse¬ 
quence of the accumulation of warehoused mer¬ 
chandise and the limited withdrawals lor con. 
sumption. 
The War Department will recommend that, the 
Army be increased five regiments, and will dis¬ 
countenance all schemes for calling out volunteers 
as involving an expense v hlch cannot be safely 
estimated. 
A severe earthquake was experienced at Colum¬ 
bus, Ky., on the morning o! the 17th ult. The 
shook was of short duration—lasting only two or 
three seconds—but it was of considerable power. 
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The New Rkprk9kntativks’ Hall. —The new 
Hall of Representatives, at Washington, though it 
rapidly approaches completion, will not be ready 
at the co mencernent of the session. Tt 1 b said 
the with tbe exception of the Hon?e of Lords, in 
England, there is no room in the world for a pub¬ 
lic assembly which equals it in lungoiliceuee. The 
decorations of the ceilings and walls are nearly 
finished. The stuccoed panels of the celling, richly 
colored with blue, gold and crimson, are more 
splendid than anything of the kind in this country. 
The Emigration from Ireland.— Last year,the 
numbers who left Ireland, as noted in the Govern¬ 
ment returns, were 66,766, and this year there has 
been a Dett increase of 6,240 emigrants. Since 
the lat day of May, 1861, to the 1st of September, 
1857, the collective emigration from Ireland has 
amounted to 910,966 persona —viz: 460,640 males, 
and 450.326 females, or within a fraction of a total 
million of the Irish population! These figures 
} nve some bearing upon the question of recruiting 
“Kural” Letters from the People. 
As evidence of the estimation Iu which the 
Rural is held, and the cordial fueling manifested 
in favor of its increased prosperity aud usefulness, 
we quote a few of the numerous highly compli¬ 
mentary and encouraging letters lately received 
from various parte of the country: 
Instead of discontinuing the Bubal on account of the 
bard times, not a few of our subscribers are more prompt 
than usual inremilliog f ir another year. The following 
encouraging letter, just rec-oved from a Clergyman in 
Tioga county, evinces the klodn-sB and appreciation of 
both the writer and his friend ; —“Inclosed you will find 
$2, on the receipt cl which you will please credit Zopdkr 
B. CRAKE, Erq , of Bloomfield, Essex Co , N. J., one year's 
subscription in advance for your Bubal Naw-Yorkkr.— 
Mr. C.’s u'Hiie is altendy on your boobs. He remark¬ 
ed to me thst the Rural was 4 the lest family paper he. 
Knew if, end he mould not be without it at any coil’ His 
present subscription expires, I think, about tbe first of 
January. He handed mo the money recently with the 
request that I trausmit it to you somewhat in advance of 
time »6 hi* expretsion of cordial sympathy in these hard 
times. I wi-h I had a dozen such names to send you- 
nay, a hundred. If yon will bavi* the kindness to seed me 
a specimen number with a circular, 1 will hand them over 
to our accommodating News Agent, and do wbat I can to 
induce faun to interest himself In getting up a club " 
Id remitting payment for a club of trial subscribers, Mr. 
A. N- B., a Sahhatb SchoolTcncher,of Oberlin.Ohio, says : 
—*• Having a toe class of Loys In the Sabbath School, 
and wishing to make them a rrvisll present in the shape of 
reading matter, I came to the conclusion (hat I could not 
ilo better than to tnrnish them wit a s few copies ot the 
Rukal. I consider it a matter of great importance that 
the young ‘honld he furnished with the right kind of 
reading. If parents and guardians would see to it that 
those under their re mediate charge were supplied with 
such ft paper as the Rukal Nkw-YORKKR, to the exclusion 
of many papers which might be van cd whose columns 
are filled with worse than useless n atter, they might ac¬ 
complish a vast Htnoont of good at a trilling expense. A 
grant dea 1 depends upor the kind of reading we furnish 
our children I therefore feel, friend Mookk, that you are 
ougsged in a great aud good work, and shall strive here¬ 
after to do what little I can to Increase tbe circulation 
your tmly valuable paper." 
Miss Katk P., of Monroe Co., Mi -h., resolves to compete 
for some of onr prirep, ar.d writes ns thus spiritedly: 
“ My father has taken your valuable paper for three years. 
&n<> all of our family hare taken a great deal of iaterest 
in it, myself, especi.lly. On looking at your premium 
list, I resolved to try and get one of the prizes, if no more, 
thereby aiding in tbe circulation of tire Rukal. Jam only 
sixteen, yet 1 resolved to try and do ss much as some who 
are older. We lire in a small place, and I do not know as 
I o«n get many subscribers, but will do tbe test I can. I 
w ould like to have you send me Show-bills, Ac " We have 
sent Katk the “ documents,” and tru-t she will be so suc- 
eoneful as to win one or more of our best priz-s. It would 
afford us groat, pleasure to AW aid the Musical Instruments, 
Sewing Machine*, &c., to lady competitors. 
A young lady in Cher nugo Co , N Y., writes us iu this 
e.\pre>sive wanner I would gladly express to you the 
high estimation in which I hold j onr valued Rural, but 
tt would only be a repetition of what able pens are doing 
every week; yet sure I am, that among it« thousands of 
re8dsi8, there are none who prize its visits more than my¬ 
self. Its appropriate selections, it< gems of thought 
render it rot only an entertaining o< mpaolon, but a most 
useful family pnper. Iu thin respect I donbt if it Is equal¬ 
led in America. I feel assured one who is doiDg so much 
for the good and oappicess for the world, wili be blessed 
of Heaven.’’ 
In remitting for twenty trial subscribers, Mr. O. P. Dow, 
o! J. If-reon Co., Wis , remarks Havir g my faith daily 
confirmed in the great good that your progressive paper 
is accomplishing lime In tio West, (I mean r.o llittery,) I 
thiik proper to spend some time in procuring trial mb- 
scribers for the P.ukal. I never lisve met with a paper 
before that seems to give such entire satisfaction, especially 
among the young. I hope to be able to semi by the first 
of January doubie Ihe number of names for thq Rural 
New-Yorrkb tbat I have before sent, and by- so doing 1 
shall foel the consciousness of having done a good w rk." 
Tho following from a friendly subscriber In Humphrey, 
Cat Co., N. Y., spoulcs fir itself: 41 To-day, by a little 
exertion, I have succeeded In oVafuing fifteen names for 
the * trial trip,* ax you my —not, however, for the purpose 
of getting the premium offered in your last number, but 
that such reading matter might have a trial and be Rp- 
preci ited in this place, for I think tbe Ruiial aln.oit in¬ 
dispensable to every person dei irons of good and sound 
information on agriculture and on all subjects. It is cer- 
taiuly Multum in Parvo,* and nothing short. I shall 
endeavor to send on some more nnmrr soon.” 
A good friend or the Rural writes thus kindly and en¬ 
thusiastically from Bath Co, Ky.Please scud me 
three or four of your large Fosters, Ac., for the Rural— 
one to put up In our post-office, and the others in neigh¬ 
boring offices. The P. M. here will aid me in trying to get 
some subscribers. All I can do for you will tie done ‘ free 
gratis, for nothing,’ us the Iloosiers sny. Your psst kind¬ 
ness will amply compensate me, and only regret that I am 
not n king to Issue an edict making it a criminal offence 
(of ignorance) in any one uot subscribing fur the RntAL. 
Wishing it a circulation commensurate with its merits, and 
yourself abuodmt prosperity, 1 am," &C. 
Mr. I,. S. Ford, of Ingham Co., Mich., writeB 44 1 have 
been a reader of the Rural Nkw-Yokkkk for about four 
years, during which time 1 have enjoyed almost a continu¬ 
al feast from the perusAl of its contents, and have hern 
doing what I could In this comparatively new section of 
the country to Induce others to become Mitecribom, by 
lending them tny papers. I don’t know but thin has kept 
some from subn'ribing, but I like sow. 11 to have others 
enjoy the same festivals ss myself, that I ontild not with¬ 
hold the paper. However, I am happy to say that gome 
persons have expressed their determination to take it for 
themselves, and as I am auxtous to get euoogh to form a 
club, of ten or more, II possible. I wish you would for¬ 
ward me some sxira copies, Show-Bills, &e I am anxious 
to do all I can to enhance the circulation of the Rural, 
for I think it the best paper J ever raw or read, and could 
uot feel at home wiriiont it." 
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Texas News.— Tae southern mail baa been re¬ 
ceived. The steamship Texas, reports seeing the 
wreck of the Opelousas bottom upwards. Tho do 
ings of the Texas Legislature were unimportant 
A joint resolution was passed to raise a regiment 
of rangers for protection against the frontier In¬ 
dians. Gtu. Henderson is convalescent. Hu pro¬ 
ceeds immediately to VYaahington to take his place 
in the Senate. Meroaill will not resign his judge¬ 
ship until after the August election. 
No Slaves in New York.—^T he celebrated Lem¬ 
mon slave case, was decided in the Supreme Court 
on the 7th inst. The former decision of Judge 
Payne w»h sustained, and the slaves declared to be 
free, thus denying tbe right of transit with slaves 
through this State. Judge Rosevolt dissented. 
A Modest Request.—Iu the Tennessee Senate, 
Mr. Goodpasture presented a memorial from citi- 
zetiH of Scott oounty, asking to bo released from 
taxation on account of the hard times, and that 
an appropriation of four or five thousand dollars 
be made for their benefit. 
fclus 
— Iron ore is abundant in Oregon, and of excellent 
quality. 
— Secretary StaDton, of Kansas, has withdrawn his 
resignation. 
— N’ena Sahib is said to have translated Hamlet into 
Hindostanee. 
— Thirty thousand men are employed in tbe U. S., in 
iron castings. 
— The coast of North Carolina is said to b* swarming 
with wild fowl. 
— A French writer calls dyspepsia “the reu orse of 
guilty stomach.” 
— Ex-Gov. Hammond has been elected U. S. F.riatnr r 
South Carolina- 
— Coat is selling at tbe mines on the Ohio at from 10 to 
12 cents a bushel. 
— The loss at Salina by the recent freshets is 2,970 this 
salt worth $10,800. 
— Mr. Cough has been lecturing in Edinburgh lately, to 
crowded audiences. 
— Longwood, Niipoleon's last residence at St. Helena, is 
need as a corn-mill. 
— A $600 lump of gold has been taken from a mine in 
Cabarms Co., N, C. 
— A young lady in Cincinoati, a few days ago, died from 
bleeding at the nose. 
— The N. Y. nerald claims that the present population 
of that city is "70,000. 
— A company hag been formed in Philadelphia to pro¬ 
mote emigration to Virginia. 
— Canvas-back ducks are unusually plenty in the vicini¬ 
ty of Baltimore this season. 
— One firm in Coldwater, Mich , purchased, this fall, over 
1,800 bushels of cranberries. 
— Passengers are now put through by railroad from New 
OrleaB8 to New York for $48. 
— At B.vrifield, C. W., on tbe 26th ult., the thermome¬ 
ter marked 6 degrees below zero. 
— Mobhe, Ala., baB started a line of steamers to ply be¬ 
tween that place and Nicaragua, 
— The population of Washington Territory is about 10,- 
000, and that ol Oregon 80,000. 
— “Nothing to Wear" has been published in the news¬ 
papers of the Sandwich Islands, 
— The London Times recoin mends the universal adop¬ 
tion of the English alphabut in India. 
— The English papers report that Dr. Livingstone, tbe 
African traveler, was setloutly indisposed. 
— The total of Walker's new flllibnsterlng force Is stated 
at 700 or 800, all of whom have joined him. 
— The English government has gauted a penoioa of £S0 
a year to tbe mother of the late Hnah Miller. 
— The s'eaimlnp Vanderbilt has beeD laid up, and will 
not again resume her trip* the prerent winter. 
— Tire town of Mayngucz, Porto Rico, was visited by a 
severe shock of an earthquake, on the 12th ult. 
— The Legislature of Mississippi adjourned onThursday, 
Nov. 19tb, alter a laborious sesrion < f ten days. 
— The debt of the new Territory of Washington,incur¬ 
red mainly in Incian wars, amounts to 21,600,000. 
— It is proposed to hold 100 Anti-Slavery Conventions 
In the towns and villages of Wisconsin this winter. 
— The Emperor of Russia has granted an amnesty to 40 
Polish refugees. The decree is dated Oclt-ber 30th. 
— Certain articles oommonly known aa bowie knives, we 
tee styled, iu au Aikaneas paper, protective cutlery. 
— The Germans nro getting up a relief society in Buffa¬ 
lo, for the purpose of taking care of their own poor. 
— The Indian war debt of Oregon ar d Washington Ter¬ 
ritories has been agcertainud 1 o be about $6,0t0,0(0. 
— Accordin. to a letter ia the Philadelphia Journal, 10,- 
C00 Sepoys were slaughtered at the storming of Delhi. 
— The Buffalo Commerci -1 says that nbout 6o0,0c0 bus. 
wheat are locked up by the ice in the Welland Canal. 
— The twenty seventh anniversary of the Polish revolu¬ 
tion ot 1830, was celebrated ori Monday week, in N Y. 
In New York, one day the past week, at a public sale, 
thirty thousand dollars worth i f furs were disposed of. 
— A man named Mulhollaud was nearly torn to pieces by 
a ferocious dog at Northampton, Mass,, ou the 27tb u t. 
— A cotton factery ia to be established in the Choctaw 
Nation. Ten thousand doFnrs have already been raised. 
Brils on the State Bank of Ohio, alters if from two’s 
to twenty's, are now being put in circulation at Pittsburgh. 
— The Legislature of Virginia snd Kentucky assembled 
on the 7th inst. In bo'h, O. S SenatoTg are to he choseD. 
— The Continental powers of Europe are said to be about 
to adopt measures to check the large emigration to 
America. 
— The Coroner of New Orleans has now a fixed salary 
of $7,000 per year, in lieu of the fees of the office as 
formerly. 
— The receipts of the State Treasury of Ohio, from the 
canals for the current year, were $314,778, and expenditures 
$339,072. 
— The Iowa Methodist Conference, lately in session, pas¬ 
sed strong resolutions against the use of tobacco amoDg 
Christians. 
— Five hundred kegs of powder were recently seized by 
Col. Uoffuiau from one of the Mormon traios en rJhte to 
Salt Lake. 
— T. D'Arcy M’Gee, Esq , editor ot the New York Era, 
has been put in nomination as one of the members for 
Montreal city. 
— Col. Slatter, the great slave dealer, was ffllibuster 
Walker's bail at New Orleans, and has paid the $2,000 to 
the government 
The Leipstc Gizette states that the Governments of 
Germany are about to adopt general measures for the pro- 
ti'->u of emigrants. 
— In South Jersey, cedar trees iu the most perfect con¬ 
dition, fit lor the tools of the carpenter, are being dug up 
in larg« quautiti-e. 
— The Oxford (Me.) Democrat says that Brigham Young 
has relatives in Oxford Co , aud once resided there him¬ 
self, with l)iB father. 
_ Information has been received of the confiscation, by 
the Austrian government, of all tbe property of Louis 
Kossuth wilhlu its reach. 
— One hundred millions of gold annually cros-i the Isth¬ 
mus ot Panama ou their way to New York, and thence 
through tho civilized world. 
— Tbe grand jury have found nine bills of indictment 
against the city sexton of .Chicago, for stealing hnmsn 
bo -leu from the grave yard. 
— The business upon the lakes during the present sea¬ 
son has been most disastrous to owners. Hardly a ves-tel 
has paid running expt-ntes. 
Gerritt Smith has sufficiently recovered from h s late 
illoees to travel, and was able to set out, ou the 3d iust, 
for his home at Peterborough. 
_it is stated that tbe ncase abolishing serfdom iu Rus¬ 
sia will be published ou the 17th of Demember, the birth¬ 
day of the late Emperor Ntcliol -s 
— The Norfolk Argus states tbat on the 19th ult., two 
gentlemen shot, on Currituck be nob, N. C, no less than 
148 wild geese, which they shipped north. 
Tbe Bristol (R I) Phoenix t-tntes that General Bnru- 
aide has closed a contract with the Secretary of War for 
one thousand faroecbrioidlng rifles at $4d each. 
