MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER, 
SPECIAL NOTICEB TO AGENTS, FRIENDS, &c, 
ty Makb trp thb Clubs!— Now is the time to make 
up your clubs for 1858, and all who desire to Bid the cause, 
benefit Men, Women end Families, and incidentally pro¬ 
mote their own interests, should see that the Rural is 
brought home to the reason atul consciences of their 
neighbors and other acquaintances. If yon, reader, can¬ 
not get up n clnb alone, join with some friend, or aid the 
Post-Ms*ter or other agent in swelling the list. 
Tbk Rural is published strictly upon the cash 
BYersM— copies ure never mailed to individual subscribers 
until paid f r, (or ordered by a responsible agent.) a 1 d al¬ 
ways discontinued when the subscription term empires.— 
Hero*, a prompt renewal Is necessary to Becare the regular 
continuance oi the paper. 
IEF’Thb Rubai Show-Bill for 1868, just issued, will 
he sent, post-paid, to all applicants who oanm-eoneormore 
copies advantageously. We shall alco cheerfully furnish 
Spceimen Numbers of the Rural for use in obtaining new 
subscribers, or send them to any address desired. 
t*&~ Any person so disposed can act as local agent for 
the Rural, without certificate, ami each and ali who vol¬ 
unteer in the good cause will not only receive premiums, 
but their aid will be grotelully apprecint A 
or Thosk who are forming large clubs can send on the 
names and money of a part, before completing their lists. 
Ijlat ol New Advertisements tkis week 
The New Tori: Observer—Sidney E. Morse A Co. 
Emery's Journal of Aerienbnre—Emery A Co. 
The oriental Horse Charmer—C. J. Eldildge. 
hand Agency—W. Aiinley. 
-Any person wishing to bny—U. 8. Farm Agency. 
Agents Wanted—Agency. 1 
DEC. 19 . 
Latest from Utah. 
Dispatches were received on the 10th inst. at 
the War Department from Col. Johnson, of the 
Utah expedition, dated Sonth Pass, Oct. 18, con¬ 
veying intelligence of the same tenor as that re¬ 
ceived by way of St. Loo is. The greatest exer- 
tiona were being made to form a junction of the 
different, branches of the expedition before going 
into winter quarter?, but serious delay was expe¬ 
rienced by the cold and snow. 
Cel. MagTaw, of the South Pass Wagon Road 
expedition, had tendered a number of men with 
fifteen good teams, mules ar.d wagons which had 
been accepted, and would be of great service iu 
this emergency. Several of the supply trains 
were yet behind with provisions and clothing, of 
which the advance were greatly in need. 
Col. Johnson intends to form a junction with 
Col. Ah sand* r at the month of FontenelteCreek, 
about thirty miles from that officer's present camp 
at Ham’s Pork, and not far from Beventy miles 
from hiB own camp at. Sonth Pass. He will winter 
at Henry's Fork, on Green river, where he hopeB 
that CioL Cook’s command, with whom is Gov. 
Cummings, will join them. Col. J. thinks his 
force barely adequate to the protection of supply 
trains, and predicts that the contest will be a pro¬ 
tracted one unless large reinforcements can be 
sent him. He speaks of the impossibility of his 
making a retrograde movement. 
The President’s Message. 
ROCHESTER, X. Y„ DECEMBER, 19, 1857. 
To Correspondents,—C ontributors and corres¬ 
pondents have been so cenerous of late that we 
find it impossible to give all their lavora proper 
attention. Many excellent articles — Practical, 
Scientific and Literary—must be deferred until 
our new volume, aud even (h n a further bo'aiog 
over may be uecessaary, to give place to more 
timely and seasonable matters. It is proper to 
state, in this connection, that the press upon our 
pages for several months has been Buch that we 
have been obliged to defer from time to time, or 
indefinitely, a large number of articles which we 
intended to publish. Msny of these are yet on 
file, and will appear in future numbers. 
— We regret that an important and timely arti¬ 
cle by Lient. Mauhy, on ‘‘What upon Agriculture I 
is to bo the Effect of the Pressure in the Money 
Market?” was received too late for tbis number— 
and as our next will contain Index, &o., we fear it 
must be deferred two or three weeks. 
EXTRA PREMIUMS, 
FOR ‘ LADIES AND YOUNG PEOPLE. 
Inasmuch as the Rural is a favorite amoog the 
Ladies, and also with the Boys and GirlB, it him 
been suggested that we ought to offer them some 
special or extra premiums for efforts in behalf of 
its circulation. In order to call out our fair and 
yontig friends, therefore we have concluded to act 
upon the goggeiMion by offering several valuable 
prizes, in addition to tflose In our regular Premium 
List—as follows: 
EXTRA PREMIUMS FOB LADIES, 
To the Lady sending ns the largeit list of Yt arly Subscribers 
to the Rural Nxw-Yobkxr, In accordance with our terms pre- I 
vious to the first of April, UWft we will give a copy of the 
ILLUMINATED itlBLK, (published by the Habpers,) con- | 
taming Sixteen Hundred IngTAvltigr, mostly from original 
designs and splendidly bound in Turkish Morocco and Gilt— 
price TWENTY-KIVK DOLLARS. Tbb is the n.ost beautifu, 
Bible evfr published in America ‘ 
To the Lady sending us the second largest list, as above, we 1 
will give A copy or the PICTORIAL BIBLE, illustrated with < 
over Oue Thousand Engravings, ai d bonuo in Mororco end , 
Gilt, (price $12,) and also a copy of WlBS'I’EK'8 ROYAL ‘ 
OCTAVO DICTIONARY’, Unabridged in Words, (price $3,50.) 1 
To the Lady sending ns the n«i list, as above, a handsomely t 
bound copy of the PICTORIAL BIBLE (same as above, except 1 
in biodiug ) worth KIOHT DOLLARS. 
To the Lady aondiog the next lut, a copy ol WKBSTKR’8 8 
UNABRIDGED DICTIONARY, the lowest cash price of ^ 
which is $5. 
To the Lady soDding the next list, a copy of WEBSTER'S 
ROYAL OCTAVO DICTIONARY. 
[It will be understood that the Ladies compete against ccah ^ 
other only, for the above, and that ail our regular premiums are a 
also open to them.] 
H-^CTRA PREMIUMS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. I 
To the Boy or Girl under 17 years of age sending u» ihe targ- ^ 
BBt list of Yearly Subscribers to (he Rural Nxw-Vobkxr pre- L 
vioun to April 1, J8&j, we will give a copy of the PICTORIAL 0 
BIBLE, In Morocco and Gilt, (price $12.) ami a copy ol WFU- il 
TER’S ROTA!. OCTAVO DICTIONARY (price *%£>, . 
For the second largest list, as Above, a hAndsome’v bound “ 
copy of the PICTORIAL BIBLE, (price $8)-or, if preferred to 8t 
the Bible, a copy each of Webster’s Unabridged, and Webster's 111 
Royal Octavo Dictionaries. I jj 
For ihe next largest list, as above, a copy of WEBSTER'S t, 
UNABRIDGED DICTIONARY. 
For each of the naxt Tutirx lie!*, a copy of WEBSTER'S 
ROYAL OCTAVO DICTIONARY. 
[Our young fn lirtr will please note that they only compete 
with each other lor the above, bnt that all our regnlar premiums 
(see n.ixl page) are open to them.] Ei 
Now, good friends, let os see who will B ecure the 
handsome and valuable prizes above enumerated. Bt! 
We do not suppose there will be ranch competition an 
—or that the premiums will really pay us— bnt 1&t 
having resolved to make the venture, we leave the 
canvass with those inteiested. The result will be 811 
announced in the Bubal. cei 
Thb Washington Mbdallion Pen.— Before of- 
feringthisPen as a premium, we gave it a thorough 
trial, and became satisfied of its great superiority. 
Daring the past two months wo Have given about a 
hundred gross of those pens to persons obtaining 
lists of trial subscribers for the Rural, and hope 
we shall have the pleasure of placing several hun¬ 
dred gross in the hands of those who form dabs 
lor the new volume. Oar good opinion of iho Pen 
. has been fnlly endorsed by many of our friends.— 
Among other similar letters, the following from a 
5 gentlemen who was formerly Clerk of the City of 
Buffalo, a member of the Legislature, &c., is to 
the point: 
I “Mr. Moor* The Medallion steel pens which I reeeiv- 
pq from yon the other day, are a purled treasure. I have 
used steel pens now for more than tweDty years,and hare 
never yet fouud any that could at all oomp*re with these, 
i I have also tried, and now have several gold pens, which 
■ I have laid aside, preferring the Me, lath an to all others. 
Yon are doing great good in bringing them to the general 
notice of the public.” 
-- 
Where it Circulates.— For the information 
of its friends and all others interested, we would 
state that the Rural circulates most extensively 
in Western and Central New York. It has also a 
large ctrcnlation in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, 
Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa and Canada 
West—a respectable circulation in the Eastern 
and more Northern of the Southern States, (espe¬ 
cially Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri,)—and a 
scattering (and, in some of the best regions, very 
good.) subscription in all the other States boo Ter¬ 
ritories of the Union, We have so many subscri¬ 
bers out of the Union—in the British Provinces— 
that, we can truly say we have not only a large 
National, but Continental Circulation. We can 
therefore appropriately affirm that 
“ No pent Utica contracts onr powers, 
For the whole boundless Continent is onrs." 
From Mexico and Central America.— The 
steamer Tennessee arrived at New Orleans on 1 
the 11th inst., from Vera Crnz 7th inst., bringing 
advices from the City of Mexico to the 4th. The ' 
position of the Government was better than at the 1 
date of the last advices, the revolutionary forceo * 
at The First Annual Message of Jambs Buchanan 
he is before the country. As a literary production, 
>n- if we may so speak of It, it is plain and methodi- 
e- cal. There is no attempt to embeilish with the 
ir- flowers of rhetoric, nor is effort made, iib is too 
ho often the case, to cover up with mystification. Its 
ig defect is in its diffuBeness—the nee of too many 
e- words for the elucidation of the thought. The 
manifest destiny of our Presidents, to nse a Yan- 
id koeiRUi, is to spread —the iaculty of turning a large 
t'i amount of clear, white paper into “Pub. Doc’s.” 
id This infliction,however, can be easily borne, 
in The financial condition of the country occupies 
iB the prominent position in the Message. After a 
M review of the asset* of the nation, and its ability 
to meet engagements, the late convulsion is alia- 
lb ded to, its probable effects upon the National 
Treasury scanned, and a loan proposed for relief 
D We quote:—“The revenue of the Government, 
18 which is chiefly derived from duties on imparls 
r from abroad, has been greatly reduced, whilst the 
8 appropriations made by Congress at its last session 
7 ‘ for the current fiscal year are very large In 
8 amount. Under these circumstances a loan may 
y be required before the close of your present sea- 
i* sion.” 
e The BankB come in for some hard blows, and 
s speculators of all descriptions meet with very lit¬ 
tle mercy at the hands of the President, He says 
that the financial history of the country for the 
'- last fifty years has been one of “extravagant ex- 
i pensions in business, followed by rnlnous contrao- 
- tions. At successive intervals the best and most I 
» enterprising men have been tempted to their ruin 
l by excessive bank loans of mere oredit, exciting 
s them to extravagant importations of foreign 
goods, wild speculations, and ruinous and demor- 
! alizing stock gambling. When the crisis arrives, 
| as arrive it must, the banks can extend no relief 
to the people. In a vain straggle to redeem their 
; iiabilsi.iea in speoie, they are compelled to contract 
their loans and their issues; and, at the last, in the 
hour of distress, when their assistance Is most 
needed, they and their debtors sink together into 
insolvency.” 
Onr “foreign relations” occupy considerable 
space, and these are said to be, “ upon the whole, 
in a satisfactory condition.” The President goes 
at length into onr connection with Great Britain 
respecting Central A merican affairs. This part of ! 
the Message is clear and well defined, and will l 
give a good understanding of onr relations to ' 
Honduras. 1 
Filibustering does not receive Executive sanc¬ 
tion. The President considers it both the duty c 
and interest of onr Government to cultivate the 1 
most friendly relations with the independent Re- r , 
pnlilies of this Continent. Says the Message:— ' 
“We can never feel Indifferent to their fate, and 1 
mnBt always rejoice In their prosperity. Unfortu- ? 
nately, both for them and for ns, onr example and \ 
advice have lost much of their influence, in con- l 
eequence of the lawless expeditions which have 11 
been fitted out against Borne of them within the * 
limits of our oountry. Nothing is better calculi ' 
ted to retard our steady material progress, or im- « 
pair onr character ns a nation, than the toleration c 
of such enterprises in violation of the law of na- c 
tiona. * * * * Weak and feeble 
•Slates, like those of Central America, may not feel 
themselvesiihlato aancr:oa -1 vU<2! v <,wti.vii ji^nto. - 
The case would he far different if expeditions were $ 
set on foot within our own territories to make pri-1i« 
vate war against a powerful nation. If such ex¬ 
peditions were fitted out from abroad against aoy c* 
portion of our own country, to burn down our 
cities, murder and plunder our people, and usurp ye 
.Reports of tho Rep&rtmentfi. 
We give below the material points in the Re¬ 
ports of the several Departments of our Govern¬ 
ment as presented to Congress. Though these nre 
generally composed of dry detail, they furnish the 
reliable meariB by which the condition and posi¬ 
tion of the nation may be ascertained, and to the 
student of his country’s history must pro ve of value: 
WAR Un'ARTMK.Nr. 
to T h«®lT e i ?» r ^ 17 *!P or,B ,he p,1, ' ,ed Blre “R‘h of the array 
is '’£ 8 , 4 , acU,nl 8 t »e»KUi on July 1 st, being 
»» a * 1 ® formed into J9 regimonts-lu of infant- 
ry, 4 artillery, 2 dragoon?, 2 cavalry, and 1 of mounted 
riflemen. In addition to the movements which the troops 
here been called cn to make this yrar, 11 ii« force Is called 
on to gnritsou 98 perrosuenl forts, aud to occupy 70 posts 
spread over m area of about 3,000 sqnme miles. ‘ The 
o'"'™,"" d'fflfiujtlea ate reviewed. In the opinion of the 
aucretaty, BrjgllAtn Y ming a proclamation has Hubstsntial- 
ly oeolared war against the United States; hie peopto ™- 
ruse supplies to our AI ray there, nml stand ss lions in the 
pathway that leads from the Atlantic to the Pacific States 
ihe fcecrelery Tvcpuimends an iucreare of Iho ram. bv 
five regiments. The Secretary alludos to defects in ihe 
s-i ' ice, recommending that, promotion be made a reward 
ot merit. 1 he touo nt (be rank and file also needs eiova- 
6I 'T U, 5' ln 8 “M’Om «a d«y laborers 
l- detrimental to the service, in u>« formation of h rail- 
road between the Pacific and the vall. y of the Mbsissunl 
ho thinks tbe route by the El Paso will be rhoseir. The 
sea-coast, defences are gradually hut certainly advancing 
towards completion, and, when finished will constitute 5 
system of maritime detencoii formidable in extent and of 
great magnitude, U is considered that tin-harbor oi New 
V ork will be Impregnable rrom any attack from the sea 
when the fottifieations now in progress nre llniehed. The 
remainder of the Report la devoted to the result of experi¬ 
ments on arms. wy - .'v;. .. ■ 
; runT-ot'1'irK DFr^ rtmk.nt.V ~ "—~~~~ 
• V“ n 8‘W’mp.latioB in relation 
to this departmont There is little in it or a novei chsrao- 
' hfne W n 7 U s<oT i8 -bt«. On the 30th of 
dune last, 7,888 mail rouf»-n wera In operation, with an 
1 u DRt t 1 nf Which 28.680 miles 
1 ^ railroad, 16,236 by steam boats, and 49,S20bv coach. 
’ !•? ° S u‘ n TItraneportatlon or inilea was 74.999,067 
' T 1n “Tho cost of transportation was 
1 relatively as follows:- By railroad, ten c-ntsand firemi Is 
per mile; by stearahoat, twenty-two cants a mile; by coach 
seven cents and lour mills a mil*. The length of rallrond 
, routes bar hear increased Z.E 07 miles,aud the length of 
: steamboat routes r.i jdwcoaocI by 264 miles. The number 
i”r rr ,nr " H " 7 ," c °®p«^ a ^ 
last year, there appears a decrease of 791 mi lea in (he an- 
nnal tmnporUtlon, while tflf cost has Increased $120,044. 
The estimates for 18&8 are an follows: — Exuamlittirca 
m’mh^a’ R< ‘ ve ! lu ''' f!0 .f | i t 'b97'l; leaving the mm $ 1,46V 
2^ohfi?S525S?!5 Lon4Wte 10 ,!, ' fr * y 
Tbe ocean mall aervico is diaensged at length The 
postage* on malla transported by the Colling line daring 
the year, were $210,463 03; previous j ear, $401,676. The 
amount of letter postages upon mails exciiangod the year 
r'V* ^tain, was $874,494; of which &i,m Cl 
collected in the United tttatea. An elaburatn Uhulnrstate- 
ment is farnlsliod, showing excess of Brttlgh postage col 
dvf! . ,U 1 U " last year: a result dL- 
,° U e ^pwtment The cuuse lies in the 
fact that nearly two-thlrdH Of the Trans-Allantic malls 
have been conveyed by the Cumtrd line, the British Gov- 
etnment thereby rocelving n< m ly four-flfihs of the poat- 
age. Negouatioug Tor a radical chango are pending. V 
INTERIOR IrSPAETlilCNT. 
of public domain | B ntatml at 1 4«o - 
OOO OOO acrwe of which 67,442,879 aervs have n“er ten 
c Rerul for sale, and HO.OOO.Uixi aorea wciv subject to entry 
at private BAio on the 30th .September hut. The number 
117 'vM*. e" r 80 < r 18 f 13 ' 80 -'' 10 *; Faring undirposed of 
w m . fifi.scras. Last yenr 23,889,401 acres of public 
Und weie eurveyed and reported; 6 , 1 ) 00,549 notes were 
gold for cash; 7,.-181,010 wero located with military war- 
g78 "™ us . d,,r ,^eactof March Were 
♦Alois' ^ 8 »“']> tcce.ved on cmdi anlea was 
f4 tJ ffie,S|(lb, a falling off „f 83,822,1-16, wi:h a correspond¬ 
ing tailing off In the location of lands with warrania of 
more than 20 per cent. There are 83 organised Land Dto- 
MM for New Mexico or Utah. 
D'b-e within our limits now number 326,000 
1 “ b - 
The Bureau of Pensions returns a satirfactory account. 
Up ti> Juno, r037, a total or $61,314,629 in money, and 
large dom lion* ei land had been paid to RevoliUion-irv 
SDldiara nr their widows. During tl » — j»iu ur.asS 
wxmnita fur boonty ‘-• I, .1M hare - • r, L'sued, recinirirg to 
- *«--•■• c.eev.U.o serve of public laLd. The nnmber- 
of warraula igeuni under all the Bounty Land ae*a of 1 
f ° e "/- r o- H , irr ' m r " Revolutionary war to the progent time i 
•h 64i,360—i>t|iiirsng 09,764 8-12 acres of land. ’ 
The Patent unicereports that from January let to San- 
iemhrr 80th, 1867, 4,096 applications for palenta were re- l 
' ' biuulM nd .Hy c vest* vm Sled. < 
"' or> ' iB!luel} i 'mo 1.287 applicant* were reject- 
ed. i h« tlf fhlc Vilir-AJUM /nv _ A. 7- 
. ^ 'fwiuuuuurjr lorcen . ’ -uur pcujjje, ana nsarp 
having huen vanquished hy the Government troops our government, we should call any power on earth 
ot Puebla and other noint*. f!nmr,»fno to the strintout suunnuf •Tr,*' v>, v i _« 
ot Puebla and otiier points. Comonfort and the 
Supreme Court were formally installed on the first, 
of December. The Port of Navidad had been de¬ 
clared open to commerce. The Government 
had issued a proclamation regulating the trans¬ 
portation across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec by 
ike Louisiana Company. The last advices from 
Y ucatan state that. Campeaoby was still beseiged 
and that the Inhabitants were suffering severely 
for the want of provisions. 
From Y ucatan.— A Mexican vessel, arrived at 
New Orleans, xeportB having spoken an armed 
schooner, in lat. 26° North, which had important 
news fronY Yucatan. Sisal bad been bombarded 
and captured by the armed vessel sent out from 
Campeachy, and was now in the bands of the Rev- 
oJntioniets, No particulars are given, nor farther 
Intelligence oi the distracted condition of thlnge 
at the Capital. Campeaoby yet held out, but waa 
still, on the I8tb ult., sore bsseiged by the Govern¬ 
ment troops, under command of Col Cepoda.— 
During the whole oi that day until midnight* 
heavy cannonading waa heard both from the works 
of the town and those of the bescigers. 
Ihe Best Wav to obtain subscribers for the 
Rural is to show a number. Its most successful 
agents and active friends say this is the true course 
—that few object to subscribing after seeing the 
paper iiselfi With a single specimen many persors 
have procured handsome lists. Much less effort is 
required than matiy suppose—for, in this case as 
lu some others, seeing and examining is believing 
and convincing. Indeed, there is scarcely a town 
to which we send the Rural, wherein from 10 to 
30 new subscriber* could not readily be obtained by 
adopting the plan suggested, and using a little ex¬ 
ertion. Now, as the present is the best sen sou to 
try this plan, how many ot ita friends will act upon I 
the suggestion—thereby augmenting the clrcula 
tion and nsefulmss of the Rural and benefiting 
their neighbors and community? If any of onr 
subscribers use or lose their numbers in the good 
work we will cheeifully furnish others to make 
their files complete. Good friends, please show 
the paper to your neighbors, and receive and for¬ 
ward subscriptions. 
A Long-time Voter,— Onr venerable friend, 
Elibha Howland, of Mechanicsvllle, notices an 
item published in the Rural some time since, 
stating that a brother editor had giveu his 54th 
annual vote last November, and eajs:—The 23d of 
last October I was eighty jearB of age. I gave 
my first, vote at 21, and have voted every year 
since for National, State, District and County offi¬ 
cers. Gave my last vote in November, making 59. 
Voted for Jeffsrson, and for every Democratic 
President since.” 
Funny Contretemps.—A t the late Agricultural 
Fair at Peoria, the Hon. Stephen A. Douglas beard 
his name loudly and vociferously called from the 
Judge’s stand. Supposing probably that he waa 
called upon for a speech, he Immediately climbed 
upon the platform, where he ascertained that the 
call wsb upon one of his namesakes, to whom the 
committee bad awarded a premium of a silver 
goblet for being the second best three-year old 
Durham bull-calf on the ground. 
------ 
Navigation op the Upper Mibstssippi —Du¬ 
ring the season of navigation which has just 
closed, comprising 108 days, the number of steam¬ 
boat arrivals at St Paul was 1,026—189 more than 
lust year, notwithstanding the shortness of the 
se&Ron and the depression of business resulting 
from the financial panio. In 1847 the total nnm¬ 
ber of arrivals was but forty-seven, thus showing 
a remarkable increase of trade. 
le t0 the detest account for not preventing such 
st enormities. * * * * I commend the 
i- whole subject to the serious attention of Congress, 
it believing that our duty and our interest, as well 
}• as onr n»Monal character, requiro that we should 
y adopt suoh measures as will be effectual in restrain- 
n iD K oor Citizens from committing such outrages ’ 
The “ Kansas Difficulties ” take np a goodly per 
y tion of this document. We cannot enter into any 
detail of the President’s views on this subject; 
suffice it to say, be still clings to the doctrine that 
^ the Constitution as adopted by the Convention at 
j Lecompton, does not need to be presented to the 
^ people—that the question of slavery or freo-soil Is 
j the only direct proposition to be voted for. 
, 1“ a review of Mormoafam and the attitude of 
its adherents, the President remarks:_“This is 
. the first rebellion that has existed in onr Territo- 
i ries ; and humanity itself requires that wo should 
, P Qt 11 (, °wn in such a manner that it shall be the 
last. T o trifle with it would bo to encourage it 
and render it formidabio. vv e ought to go there 
with such an imposing force as to convince these 
deluded peepie that resistance would bo vaip, am j 
thus spare the effusion of blood. We can in this 
manner boat convince them that we are their 
friends, not their enemies.” 
The subject, of a railroad to the Pacific receives 
attention, and the project the favor of the Admiu- 
/ Oration. Arguing in ita favor, the President says: 
—“The difficulties and the expense of construct¬ 
ing a military railroad to connect our Atlantic and 
Pacific titatCB have been greatly cxrggcrated. The 
distance on the Arizona route near the 32d paral¬ 
lel of north latitude, between the western bounda 
ry of Texas on the Rio Grande and the eastern 
boundary of California on the Colorado, from the 
best explorations now within onr knowledge, does 
not exceed 470 milce, and the face of the oountry 
1», iu the main, favorable. For obvious reasons 
the government OHght not to undertake the work 1 
itself by means of its own agents. This ought to 
be committed to other agencies, which Congas 1 
| might assist either by grants of land or money, or ! 
by both, upon such terms and conditions as they f 
may deem roost beneficial for the oountry. Pro- < 
vision might tbus be made, not only for the safe, 1 
rapid and economical transportation of troops aud { 
munitions of war, bnt also of the pnblic mails — 
The commercial interests of the whole country, f 
both East and West, would be greatly promoted by 
such a road, und above all it would be a powerful 
addition to the boudB that cement the Union into r 
an imperishable Republic.” u 
AlOO paUntH were iPiued, nroi 7,387 applicant* w.ro reject¬ 
ed. ihe receipt* ol this bureau for three quarter* or t!i« 
year bare been $161,416; expenditure*. $103,942; excess of 
expenditure*, $2,620. Of tho expenditure*, $27,939 were 
made of f. e* restored to applicant* after the exnmie*! 
tion of their cnees. 7he Secretary ceemre* thi* practice. 
tiUning®* 3 Uj6 n, ' W ‘'" ,tJr 0f mntlu 8 bureau self-sn*- 
tiib treasury. 
Br ‘ 0nt this la8t fiscal u ?ur , emline Jnne 
80th, 1867. 
On the Civil li*t,. 
Interior Department,. 
.$27,531,922 
Interior Departmo*t,. 5,368,2:4 
War Deportment,.. 19 201 774 
Navy Department,. 12,720,866 
, 1 “WfclMA, . . 6,M3,896 $70,822,722 
i he buil.-ef ot expenditure for the current fl/cul rear, to 
end June 39th, 1866, is made...$‘4,973,1)58 
Actual drat quarter,.. $23 714 628 
L’etimate* three quarter*, 67 -$ 7 - 1 , 963,068 
Ihe balance in the treasury at the berriniiinc of the re,r 
July tri, wsh.. , $17 7 io i |J 
Revenue to 80th Sept., ..... ... 20 W«ki 
Estimated to 30th June.86, 760,009 
Total, ... . .$)*f> 3*»0 9«i3 
Thi* would leave $426,876, provided the revenue i* not 
over-eatimnted, nor the expenditure under-r»'ed; to pro¬ 
vide aafilnnt which contingent-log »bd to guarn the public 
credit, the Secretary a*k* for authority to employ Troao- 
ury note*, not to exceed tbe Oru of $30,000,000 The 
Cuntorns Kevenue for the fintt fustier w«* $18,6:8,729 - 
The .Secretary calculate* cn , 0 |v $. R ObO.IOJ fur tbe rc- 
malulDg nine month*. InateAiof $221,000,000 in dutiable 
merchandise lor thh year, rnfered lor consumption, (as 
the flrert quarter would iieA’rite,) h- look* for no more 
tlsan $174,000,000, owing 4n lire recent revulsion. The 
Lana and MI*ce|lnu»oua revenue* of th« year ho ret* 
down at $«,. (*,too, of which 2,366,. 90 was* realised the 
Sret qnaiter. 
The I’ohlic Debt w*-: reduced on the 1st of J.ilv to $29 - 
060,386. The Departirtent lias since purchaMed $3 89 i 230 
leaving the amonnt Outstanding $ 26 , 10 . 7 , 164 . ’ * 
The Department. A s collected anew the Railway Capital 
and Debt of the country, These amount in 
. ; . $401,486,661 
D,:bt ».. 417,248,694 
Total, m M «.i ... $ 9 og fifty 3^5 
.iSssstm""•• »«•«.«». ush 
NAVT PXI'ARTMk.XT. 
The Report or the Secretary of the Navy give* a full d«* 
tail of tn* condition ot that Department. The destination 
of the Naval force daring 1 be year i* described, apo th. 
operation of the v. *-l charged with arnietine In iayin* tire 
*uh-marine catite. w } *' 
Coogre** at IW l»*t«e*Bion authorized the enlistment of 
High I thoneaud Hie hundred m.-n tor the Nnvv, instead of 
*ereu thoueand fee hundred, the former limit. This in- 
cretin# enabled ti e Department to employ more vnggejs at 
sna; but the number of marine* hag not been increaned so 
that guard* can no prrjti.Vd for them. 
The toapinu borrackB at Boston, Philadelphia and Nor- 
follr, arc rnprereoted to be contracted aud entirely unlit 
for use; *od 0 e Commandant ol tbe Curp* recommend* 
that prOvinoAi bo made to pnrchaae ground rind erect 
unitibltt 
The eatliurj M for the gupport of tho Navy aud Marino 
Dorp*, and lot nil other objects under the control of tbe 
Navy Departn.out for the fiscal year, ending June 30th, i 
18&9, are: ’ 
For the support of the Navy and Marine 1 
Corps,, .. ...$9,749,616 01 
f or special object*,. 4,866,78.1 22 , 
$70,822,722 
Making, 
.@14.616,299 23 
r*,. .. ..Z.i 
I he ngim-psit.. rjitlmates for the year, eruline June iSf.H 
ere $13,803,212 77. being $.913,086 lere. than Ure p’rS 
Certain persons In Washington have organized 
a new religions body, nnder the title of the “ Dis¬ 
ciples of God.” Their ceremonies consist of feet- 
washing, saluteB of brotherly affection, Ac. 
~ > .■ - • - *- a v.'iwjvvv *vr« sunu ifjfi PH'PbUl 
egtimatef IhiM dilTe?r<*Dc« i« puinci|ml]j rauwpti t»v f«ti 
tfcn Arn,mniunt of the five new *bmp«, 
$350,0(0 more than )s«t year for building the «)ooi.», aud 
by eritraiating for provision* and pay tor onn thouaand 
addition! I men, inthopixed by tho act of March Sd, 1867. 
The «xpeuuitor«*fl for tho year, oneijug June 3otb, 1H67 
tnr all pnrpo8eB ondt*r the control r.f the Depdrlment. wore 
$12,632,696 81. Of which $4,368,698 14 being lor VpTiSS 
oryecis, the legitimate exp»i.*c# of lire Navy and M»uine 
Coipa lor that period wore $6,288,098 67. 
B e nre — Terre Haute, Indiana, has 10,000 inhabitants. 
ill the — The small-pox Lab made Its appearance at Utica, 
posi- _ The banb gaHpengion in thia ata{ ]aflted m 
o the d»ys. 5 
'tilue. —Texas h*B a school fund of $2,200,000 for 87,000 
children. ’ 
array - Oemran and Italian emigration la said to be cn the 
being !ncrea«e. 
nlant- 
muted ~ Tennyson, the poet, ig said to be a hopeleus yiclJm to 
troop* nse of opium. 
posts — ^' ll0 CoLlege at Bethany, Ya, was destroyed hy 6 re on 
The tho 10th inat. 
ratio)- — Clmr,ee F. Moling, Hanoyarian Consul at BoBtor, died 
ilu rn- 0D th « 7th irnrt. 
™S ^ October .* 11 “ 8rt '" 
) 0 r#re - The Pasha of Egypt has ordered 6 silver bedsteads from 
i rnd- Franco—to coat $60,000. 
ssppi, 
The ~ Mon. Thomas J. Pickens ha* been elected Comptroller 
nciugr General of South Carolina. 
nd“ot _ A Gra “ d bodge of the I. 0. of O. F. has been estab 
Now lu Khofoa Territory, 
e the ~ K-M. Hunter hag been re-elected U. S. Senator by 
tperi- khe legislature of Virginia. 
— G *°. Von Reyer, Chief of the Grand General Staff of 
W the Prussian army, Is deRd. 
f'°" ~ A Bra »ch Mint of New York will be urged at the 
)ih of P K8ent fl eesion of Congress. 
h *n —Tho small-pox is alarmingly prevalent in some por- 
miles tiona of the city of New York. 
6,067 —The Methodists, na a denomination, are making war 
i w*s upon the habi t of using tobacco. 
sach, — brace tho 1 st of August last, nine thousand persona 
Ironri and firms have failed in this country. 
niber — The bUIs for 1:116 uftH of the Niagara in attempting to 
rvice lR y tll o telegraphic cable, are $500,000. 
*044’ ~ D ''tiug nine hours on the lOlli inst., 2,201 hogs were 
urea, h* th® Cincinnati slaughter-house. 
Comptroller Flagg call* for $7,709,282 26 for the ex¬ 
pense* of the city of New York for 1858. 
The —The banka of New York, Boston and Albany, rosum- 
Thf 8d ^ I,UJluont of B P Qcie on the 12 th inst 
year — tn 1 he South there are 600,051 rice plantation s, which 
™ re an annual revenue of about $ 4 , 000 , 000 . 
col ~ n ° D - Mr- Dodge, our Minister at Madrid, haying re- 
dia- signed, wifi soon return to tho United States. 
vails - i Pe t« r Parker, late Minister to China, arrived at New 
Jov- York, on the 7th inat., in the steamer Baltic. 
i°*t- — J. M. Calhoun, a uephew of the great Caroliniau, has- 
been chosen President of the Alabama Senate. 
irn ~ 11 R r>® Co., Ptt., will export this Bea- 
80,1 two huo<1 red thousand dollars worth of fish. 
Qtry — A horse railroad ha* been built from Paris to VersAil- 
iber les, which the French call the American railroad. 
Cl Ol _ 
blic — Seven newspaper* in Minnos da have susjtendrd publi- 
rere calisn, owing to the tightness of the money market. 
rere — N,r,e aiv(irc9s hav ® b»en granted by the Superior 
was Court, at Bridgeport, Coun., within the past lew days. 
"of “ Tw0 montba B e° ^e stock of the Pe. nsylvania Back 
Jis- sold *113. it fs now selling in Philadelphia nt $ 10 . 
000 ‘ Til ® 8 , ' V 8 rit 7 r of ,he weather has closed the Suxqne- 
j n . hunnalj river, between Havre de Grace and Port Deposit. 
vud The Senatorial branch of the Georgia Legislature have 
tbe passed the bill legalizing annual sessiona by a vote of 71 
,nt. to17 -, 
»nd — The subscriptions for the relief of the sufferers in 
J55 IZI'ZJ*™ rPa ° hed 8n ftniouut oonsl del ably over $ 1 ,- 
hf-V ' The Suporrraor* „r Essex Oo., N. Y., have paid $686 I 
of bounty for 61 bears, three wolves and two panthers, killed 
ae > last year. 
, p _ - A famine is apprehended at Turks Island, there not 
rt - being more than two weeks' provisions there on the 3 Lit 
:d, of October. j 
he Q " The Wh0le nnmb * r ol political exiles (adhereots of 
of Santa Anna) banished from Mexico by the recent decree, 
ire l» forty-flye. I 
— A of silver ore has been found in Martin Co., Ind. 
i*- A specimen that was assayed yielded SO per cent, ol silver 
to 20 of leud. 
— The House of Representatives of Missouri has parsed 
00 a bU1 le 8 aiizil, g the Huspension of banks of that Slate un- 
“ til Nov. next. 
— A singular disease resembling consumption has at¬ 
tacked the door of Georgia, aod they are found dead in 
o great numbers. 
|g — D i* estimated that during the last 6 years, emigrants 
ham brought to tbis country an average of $19,000,000 a I ! 
18 y®*D in specie. 
r j - Thu win Of tbe late George W. P. Custis, directs that < 
fl aU of hil * 8lttv '’- a . 20 <> or 300, shall be set free within the < 
ij next five years. I j 
3 _ F,,ur sportsmen of Claikesville, Tenn., one day last 
(l week, killed 2,000 pigeons at tbo pigeon roost, 14 miles I j 
- I from that place. I j 
— Ibe Bridgeport Farmer iB informed that Gen. Tom I ] 
8 Thumb, who is now in France, is dangerously 11 ), end not I J 
- expected to live. I j 
— The wife of the Ex-Dictator of Mexico, Santa Anon, I I 
" 18 D0W in Havana, having arrived there on the 25th nil. 
’ I from St. ThoOiao. ’ I j 
’ —Several American whalers had touched at Hakodadi, I ( 
Japan; and tbo masters were well pleased with the port I \ 
I and their reception. I c 
, — The London General Omnibus Company have taker I ( 
I Rte P s for thH introduction of street railways and cars, in C 
I place of Otnuibashes. I ( 
- The average salary of the Congregational ministers I I 
; of New Hampshire, is $661-the highest salary paid $1,600 C 
, and tbe lowest, $300. I f 
— Col. Wm. Turnbull, of the U.S. Topographical Engi- I J 
neeTs, wa* found dead in bis bed at a hotel at Wilmington, I 4 
Del., on the 9th inst. I ? 
— Preparations are being made by the people in the | 
»> eat-gro..ing legion of Texas to sow an immense quan- I ( 
I *i’y tbe coming s<>a*ou. I # 
-Vlroeuni Powerrconrt, a very rich Irish n Woman, I ) 
who cvlobrahii hi* coming of age only a few weeks ago, I J 
died on the 8 th of Nov. | # 
- There wo* n destructive fire at Dunville, C. W., on the 
IO 1 I 1 imt. Two griat-mills and a saw-mi!] burnt. Loss, I / 
I $30,000. No insurance. I J 
Boston paper* say that specie is unusually abundant, I J I 
tliat brokers have no pureha er*, as was the case before a 15 
I suspension of thu banks. I J 
— Tbo firnt train of car* from Savannah arrived at AI- I J 
buoy, Ga., on the morning of tbe 6 th io b t, over tbe Geor. I J 
gla aod Florida Railroad. | J I 
— The Mormon war closes tbe great thoroughfare to I € I 
t.alifomia via South Pass, leaving open only the Southern I > | 
route along the 82d parallel. | l I 
— Tbe City ClPrk'* office in Portland, Maine, shows 119 I C I 
|iuhli*hmeut* of Intentions of marriage this year, against I J I 
212 at the same time last year. I C | 
8 t. George Randolph, nephew of John Randolph, of I a I 
Roanoke, who died in Charlotte Co., Va., on the 4th inst., I 1 j 
was the last of the Randolph family, I j I 
— Somo scamp in Utica, a few nights since, bored into I C I 
three hogshead* of molussos, which were left on the walk, | ) [ 
and the contont* all ran into the gutter. * 111 
Il’W'l/'V 
