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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
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419 . 
THIS VOLUME, AND THE NEXT. 
A Pew Timely and Suggestive Paragraphs. 
Onck More, Kind Friends,” we chronicle the 
termination of a year’s ardent labors, and arrive 
at the end of the Eighth Cycle in the existence of 
the Ultral. In closing the record, may we not be 
permitted to hope that the tifty-two sheets which 
have been prepared and sent forthwith a sincere 
desire to benefit, have fill tilted their mission-been 
prod active of good, and good o -ly, Tothe hundreds 
of thousands whom we have ban the pleasnre and 
responsibility of addressing? Imperfect though 
it be, this volume now passes to the examination 
and criticism of the judges of “the law and the 
testimony” oi value aud merit. What, is done, is 
done—would It. were worthier, — yet we tru*t It 
will receive the kind approval of the senior men 
and women, the young men and maidens, and the 
mjriad of “Young Uorallsts” who are members 
of our large and widely-extended Rural constitn- 
ency. In the confident belief that such will be the 
verdict ot the great mass of oar readers, and that 
t icy will at once extend the necessary invitation 
to secure the uninterrupted continuance of the 
Rural to tbetr homes, wo are making arrange- 
Washington Matters. 
Tub most imporfanl question at Wmbington 
seems to be lo provide way - and means for raising 
money to keep the wheels o" government in mo¬ 
tion Bills have hern introduced in both Houses 
to authorize the issue of Treasury notes. There 
are now in the Treasury subject to drift less than 
six millions of dollars, and the exce.« of expendi¬ 
tures is daily reducing this amount. Mr. Critten¬ 
den anbmitted, resolutions in ,,he Senate that in 
consideration of the financial condition of the 
country and embarros^men’s of the Treasury, the 
rates of onry established by the tariff of March 
last ought, to be tw-L rially Increased; and also In 
favor of the substitution of a system of home val¬ 
uation on Imported goods. The issue of so large 
an amonnt, of Treasury notes, or shin-plasters, as 
they are pretty freely called In CongresB, is de¬ 
clared by many members to be anti-democratic. 
The bill was amended by limiting the operation of 
the act until the 1st of January, 1350, and prohib¬ 
iting notes of a leas denomination than $100, and 
then passed the Senate by 39 ayes against IS noes. 
A bill was Introduced into the Senate giving a 
Territorial government to Arizona. Mr. Doug¬ 
lass introduced a bill into the Sanate, and Mr. 
Banka in the House, authoring the people of 
Kansas to form a Constitution and State Govern¬ 
ment, preparatory to admission into the Union, 
with ail the rights of the original States, which 
were referred to the Committees on Territories. 
R. J. Walker, Governor of Kansas, has sent in 
his resiguation to the President. It is accompa¬ 
nied with a long and able letter, in which the 
Governor states that he was not allowed to carry 
out in good faith, the Kansas Act and the doctrine 
-, tiiraugn* - qwi. wivu| abiubb AVbHaa UlQQOOVlOe 
meats to continue our weekly viiits to present of P°P Q,ar sovereignty, and charges the President, 
friends, and hope to make th9 acquaintance of wittl Rrosa laooneistenoy. 
thousands of new subscribers. Are we over-confl- Tuk following officers have beon restored to the 
dent or presumptuous — or do we “reckon without actlve ,ist of the Nav ? b ? action of the Naval 
thousands of new subscribers. Are we over-confl- 
deut or presumptuous - or do we "reckon without 
T h r n \° Bt? f f ° at , h ® contrap y« wilt not the Rural’s 
“ host, of friends” manifest their appreciation by 
kindly lending some influence in ita behalf? 
“ .Rnral ” Letters from the .People. 
Extracts from a few of the many very flatter¬ 
ing and encouraging letters we are receiving from 
various parts of the Uulo :: 
Mr 0. N OAfiwatt, Of Kent Co.. Mich., a u> vhng friend of the 
Rubai., who has recently tried it »» an advertising medium, 
writes i„ this appreciative wl.e:—“Advertisements take well in 
the But.it,, and 1 admire the stand you have f.Oen in reference 
to derniive and rputch advertising x see you aro bound to go 
ahead, and don't know who liar a htt>r r y ; hl. Success to yon. I 
wiJ do whAt f raiitoctrcnUte the IttiRALsmon^ my friendsand 
neighbors Who can road the Kirn at. and not get his money's 
worth, wi h tv good per eensngo bo deft The Rural is one of 
my i-if It Kinds, and \here I no, it sba’.T go ; aud where I live, H 
shall tied me. How I love its weekly visits. It makes tne gtad 
in seed time and harvest, In cold and heat, in rain or snow. I 
hail It with delight In soliciting sillvcriptfon* a day or two ngo, 
one of ni' neighbors said— 1 Yes, must have the Rck.il nest 
year; by neglecting to renew my subscription the last year, I 
have been tost without it.' ” 
OnrfVlend s neighbor is not atoms In regretting a neglect to 
subscribe for the present volume We have lately received two 
or three letters from persons who neglected to subscribe last 
January, lamenting their loss Ono says bo " la bound to atone 
by obtaining a handsome club for the next volume.” 
A subscriber at Indianapolis. Ind, writes r have been a 
re vder of your pnges Tor better than two years. I feel deeply 
interested in the great cause ot Agriculture, and firmly belinve 
that the circulation of Just such « paper ss the Rural is neces¬ 
sary to spur the Western tanners up. To become good Ag.i- 
ctilturiris, we must keep pace with the times, in procuring the 
wry best papers publbh-d on the subject or Agricu.ture In 
selecting them 1 know of none equal to the Rural. I tnere- 
foro whsn you to send mo one or two of your show-hills for the 
ensuing year, and noma extra numbers for distribution union" 
my nolgnbors, who, I hope, will help me to form a small club 
at JofiMt, for your very valuable paper." 
A subscriber in Westchester Co., thus, modestly and briefly 
intimates the kind words ne has spoken in behalf of tho Rural 
ard hi, desire to sho>o the piper and increase its circulation 
" have taken your paper the two years past. W„ think it the 
best Family lapor that has com* under our notice I have 
spoken of its worth to some of our neighbor*. It you will please 
send me a hull'dozen specimens of the Rural, I will send von 
us many suhsorihsrs as I can gea" 7 
Mr. B. B. I'Hms. of Geucsec Co., Mich., who Is o subscriber 
to several agneultnral piper,, and h»s had the reading of the 
Rural the past year by exchange, objects to its form— wishes 
H mis Clbraittfis. M0URE ’ S RCRAL new-torker, 
T ' 1 t' TUB LEADING AND LARGEST CIRCULATED 
ouuve iibl oi me r<avy by action of the Naval uy exemm^e, object® to its fonu-wisbes ThnWa^/a • * 
Courts and their nominations sent to the SenUe- Z* wouI ' 1 ' :h,uw il *° tmM ww closes bi» letter kin , ‘ f5pa,n > p * pe . ra “ y that th,J P°P ulation of 
Ca.ntu.iri I B m lvk T! , t0 *** «mphaUcaUy:- Notwithstanding the above objections kl Mom has increased three millions in eight years. 
Captain—J. Smith. Commanders — J. R. Jams, MuMoork, r intend to have TOUT narmr thn uncninw . — Ezj'h txktfn frnm th.» ___ * , . 
— Smrii pox is prevalent in New York. 
— It is now certain that Great Britain will re 
loan of $20,000,000 or $30,000,000 to meet the expenses in 
India. 
— Passengers are now pnt through by railroad from New 
O lesns to New York for $43. 
The new Constitution of Oregon positively prohibits 
paper money. 
Tnere were 21,651 marriages consummated in N. Y. 
Slate last year. 
— The only prison in the State of New York which pays 
its way and makes money Is the Albany Penitentiary. 
At Si. Paul, and for some distance south of it, the 
snow is s xteen inches deep. 
— The receipts of the State Treasury of Ohio from the 
canals for tue current year, were $314,778, and expendi¬ 
tures $330,072. 
— The population of Washington Territory is about 10,- 
000, and that of Oregon 80,000. 
— The debt of the new Territory of Washing ton, in- 
surred mainly in Indian wars, amounts to $1,600,000. 
— The N. Y Evening PoBt comes out strongly in behalf 
of the use of horse meat as an article of food. 
— Two boys broke tnrough the ice at Kingston, C. W., 
on the 14th tnst., aud were drowned. 
— Furs to The amount of $180,000 have been exported 
from AIiamenta the past year, being an increase of $3,0 O 
over that of 18,56. 
— Tbere'are eleven persons now imprisoned in New 
York for tne crime of murder, one of whom has been 
convicted. . . 
England has lately ordered immense quantities of 
arms of a superior quality from the workshops of Liege, 
iu Belgium, aud of St. Etienne in France. 
— The number of houseless wanderers who lodged at 
the nevent! station-houses in New-York on Thursday night 
Whs 690. 
— The Madrid ("Spain) papers say that the population of 
— Agricultural, Literary and Family Newspaper. 
Captain — J. Smith. Commanders — J. R. Jarvis, 
| Glinn, Ribert Ritchie, C. Ringgold, Isaac S. Ster- 
rett * Robert, D. Tborman, Samuel Lockwood, Win. . , , ---- 
Tub Rural Progressing. —“ Coming evente 8 ’ Ogden, John Calhoun and Murray Mason. Lieu- _w*™ ’ZHiT' s 
c.,l lh«,r Kl,.d„„ bate/. .aitl, atluge, — but E- »■ “■ J. s. r,l mer , lb., 
re ® e,v '°cr muat mbslUHlial evidence Haild y. fI - Welke, L. C. Saporl, FfttiiQB Stanley, twleet.ucd. We conld not properly errom,.. i n 9n] ,ii 
tint the Rural' a subscription L.-ii ior 1858 will J - ^ T - Sljffett, A. B. Harrell, A. Murray, T. H. Ste- ftnd n,;i1 ™aii in season, a papor embracing s0 many dis- 
ZTZ “ !?•.^ » *»• A «• «'“*»». A r- tannton. 
-tne hard times a myth, or that they have -”*"•“*-your paper, n i* so for to advance of the greater put of the 
given way for “the good time coming.” For A Tbrriblk Murder in Rochester.—O n Son i'°p ,1 iar publication,, of the day tut i- , ec!! .. s ^ TnL , [iny . 
not nl y are receiving the most encouraging da ? mor ning last, pt reous iu search of the body of nmvcd n 'c,!T'2v^ 7 , tl, ' l , t , w " l,y d "‘ r#s to h ‘ vs worM im * 
r.p.„u froco . Be „„ M ,„ the , a , rt of pK “ e3 ® Mr. N S . nl ,^ who wa » carrll . d 0 „, the 0e J, M XIbL.T L “ »L“ t 
subscriptions, but hoata of new recruits arc joining falis on Saturday, found the body of Cuari.es E. Peopla Ir 1 ,,al th? ability to put my thoughts together, and 
the Rural standard. Thanks to its Agents and ,jlTTL RS, about one hundred rods below the falls P lttce thera on pap° f - 1 should be tempted to writs for the Rtr- 
othcr active Friends, for the numerous and most ^ iu the river, in about two feet of water.- ox^d SrhlnfoiT'anriT'r* T doiw a111 can to 
encouraging fRvora we are thus early receiving ,,liG fe were several severe wonnda on the head, and orth extra effort* iMescasou." LP ' , ° ttpon 111 Bhafl P nt 
from all parts of the laud,—proving conclusively ^ he 8kul1 waB factored, plainly indicating that a -Tho that friend c. is capable of mr < *, as we n 
th it the Rural isconsldered a necessity rathertban murder had been perpetrated. I’he bank of ai>WLt *’ l ' s J’ otUu kuRAL-for itisweii written, grammatically 
a Inxury, and that ita area of usefulness is de:-tin- the river at the P oit »t where the body was found ia C ° rreC ^ _^ ru,hful '“"^ thoavermeBtin «s‘>rdtoabiUty. 
od to be augmented rather than diminished. more thau one hundred leet in height, atony, . “ 
- somewhat steep, yet pemons with care can pss* Fires and dualities 
Now is tus Time to renew yonr subscription, n P and down - The tracks of blood down the r T , - 
auu invite y.mr frieuds r.ud neighbors to Dike the hank showed plainly that Ui* body had been purih , Btm . NT, ~ Irttt >i8taL. i - country 
Rural. Many of our subscribers have already dra KKed aud partly thrown down; and at the too °,‘ B o-i cm, in Bri geoor?. Co n., burned to 
A. Tbruiblk Murder in Rochester.— On Son. 
day morning last, persons in search of the body of 
Mr. Moork, I mu-mi (o have your paper thn cnsulnj? year, as 
1 Jo know it to lie the best Agricultural Weekly issued. I'lease 
send me the paper this month, with 8ome circulars, and I wilt 
do what X can for you.” 
— Were we to make the change suggested, we are satisfied 
that both iin* attractiveness and usefulness of the Rural would 
be lessened. We could not properly arrange in small pages, 
and print and mail in season, a paper embracing so many dis¬ 
tinct departments, and having so large a subscription as the 
Rural— and hence the chango would be no improvement. 
A Wisconsin subscriber, an ardent xml active Mend of the 
Rural, write*:-" I cannot express my feelings in relation to 
your paper. It Is so far In advance of the greater p vrt of the 
popular publications of the day that it •eems to me that ony- 
body and everybody that really deitnis to have tho world im¬ 
proved, and society built up on the only true basis, ought to 
—Eggs taken from the West to New Orleans are sold by 
the barrel. They are quoted iu that market at $23 to $24 
per barrel. 
VOLUME IX. FOR 1858. 
“T’XCEUIOB” ITS GLORIOUS MOTTO, AND “ PRO- 
El guess and Imerovf.mext " its laudable Objects, the 
Rural NxM'-YoitKltR continuously o/r/iv in Mkkit and reports 
decided progress in both Circulation and I'sKFur ness For 
eridenoi* that it I, unquestionably the Stamford in Its Sphere, 
please examine the paper — compare it, In both Commits and 
Appearance, with any other extant —and yon will coincide 
with its Patrons and the Press In pronouncing it, of it* Cine*, 
THE BEST WEEKLY IN AMERICA! 
As an AcnifULTmuL. TTortiijcltural, I.ttrrauv and Family 
Newspaper, combined, the Rural lias Tong been and ij nailed It 
employs th v.c tr,n,t. and is IPnstrnted wi'h numerous COSTLY 
AND APPRODHIATS E.VL7M VINOS / Embracing in one 
a greater number of Important. Useful and Timely Topic* than 
several ordinary journals — Inclndlog Rural Adairs, Science, 
Meehanlo Arts, Kdncatlon, Hittoiy. Biography. Moral Essays 
and Tales. Poetry and Music, Reading for Yonth, News or the 
Day, Market Reports, Ac.—it. 1* emphatically anil economically 
A PAPER FOR THE TniRS! 
Every Family can ArroR!) the Rdkal, for such an emi¬ 
nently Instructive and El 1 "rtdining paper is not a luxury, but 
a necessity. Indeed, all who desire n .righ-Tom d, Progressive 
and eminently Practical and Useful f A11 hr AND FIRESIDE 
JOURNAL — ono which ignores trash, lmmbng and deception, 
and seeks to enhance the Rest LUtosts and promote the Home 
IJapviyites of its tens ot to ousands of readers, of variona occupa¬ 
tions, in both Town and Country—arc invited to tiy thn Rohal. 
THE NINTH VOLUME, FOR ISAS, 
Will he printed on clear New Type «nd superior paper, — while 
no proper effort or expense will be spared to inalto the Rural 
continuously worthy the immense circulation it Is uttsiobig 
among all classes and throughout the whole Contilry. 
The Rural Nkw-Yorkxr Is published Weekly,each number 
comprising Eight Large Double Quarto PugCM.I Forty UolumtlB.) 
printed and illustrated In Superior Style. Terms — Only $2 a 
Year: Three Conios for $5; Six for $10; Ten for $15—in advance. 
Oar List of Premiums for obtaining subscribers to lha 
Rural for 1358, is oneountlcd in both liberality nnd fairness— 
the best ever otTered ! It has no blanks, but rewards aery person 
who forms a club of six or more ! The comp'ete list w*s given 
in our last number, and a portion of it Is re-pubtlshed below — 
Now is the Time to do good and benefit youcseif by canvassing 
for the tn del Rural and Family Weekly. 
Address D. D. T MOORE, Rochester. N. Y. 
Prizes for Each and All—No Blanks! 
Having resolved to give every Agent and active 
friend a Benefit, we offer each and all— excepting 
only snccea-.'ul competitors for Premiums already enumer- 
Fires and Caeualities 
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Kukal. Many of our subscribers have already “ ra K8©d and partly thrown dov 
repnrtud decliled progress. Will you, reader, “go of the l>snk was several pools of blood, matted hair, 
and tlo likewise? ’—thus enhancing yoar own inter- Ac ” whero “ sanguinary conflict most have taken 
est, benefiting your neighbors, and promoting the plAoe> A ,ad y’ a “ P u « comb,” the tail of a for tip- 
common weal. If you cannot form a clnb your- pe, > a veIve * rosette, snch as la«jies wear in the 
self (and thus secure a free copy or other pre- halr ' aad a P air of spectacles were found on the 
•mnirn,) please join with some friend, or help the Bpot whore the ami-der was perpetrated. Iattlks 
nearest club agent in swelling his list Mr As wft * a * omi X Iaw y er oP city, end was married 
we remarked last week the best xmy to obtain sub- 80mo three or foar y‘»ra since. He appears by 
scnptions for the Rural is to shout a number,- and ,he cvidenca - to have been tu,faithful, as a hus- 
we hope each and all who desire to aid the paper band ’ aml il1 consequence Uwd unpleasantly with 
and promote its objects will act upon the sugges- his wife for 80tU0 time > a “ d fiually they separated, 
tiou. I’leaso show the paper, aud then invito sub- l1l0U 8h there seems not to have been any bitter- 
scriptlons, kind reader, and if you lose any numbers nesw butween lheU) . 48 he lately made her several 
in so doing we will furnish others io make vonr prebcnte > was with her at her mother's on Friday 
Ala J n(s.V>t .,..4 * W A. — t.r. . * 
file complete. 
Tub First Nomubk of Yol IX is mostly in type 
already, and will be issued this week it possible. 
Among its Conteuts are—Tho Effect of the Money 
Pressuro upon Agriculture, by Lieut. Maury ; the 
first of u series of articles on North-Western Can¬ 
ada, the Lake Superior R ‘gion, Ac., by one of the 
ablest scholars in America; A New Year’s Story, 
by Jbnnt Marsh Parkbr; a Spicy Letter from 
Kentucky, by Mrs. Mary J. Holmes; Design of a 
Farm House; a splendid Portrait of Charlks 
night, and took breakfast with the family on Sat¬ 
urday morning. The wife and het brother was 
suspected, and the officers found them on Sunday 
morning, each with an arm broken, and otherwise 
brniaed. They are undergoing examination before 
the Coroner. Whatever may be the result, ihls is 
only another evidence that “ the way of the trans¬ 
gressor is hard.” 
A Man Carried over thb Geneses Falls.— 
On Saturday last our citizens were startled with 
the report that a man had been carried over the 
n.„ r „- ... -, , ,- ° mu tcyun mui a man uau Keen carried over thi 
JSS °rr ^ * - «*«• <• •*. »■»<«.» 
other articles. A tip-top number, but no better 
thau we shall strive to make Its fifty-one successor*. 
Back Volumes, Numbers, Ac.-In answer to 
frequent inquiries, and for the information of our 
readers, we would state that we cannot furnish the 
tarty volumes of the Rural. We can, however, 
still supply bouud copies of VoL 5 and 7 (for 1864 
and 1856,) price$3. Bound copies of the present 
volume will bo ready for delivery as premiums, In 
a week or ten days—and also for sale at $3 each. 
Back numbers of this volume will be supplied free 
to those who wish to complete their files for bind¬ 
ing, if applied for early. 
Tuk Title Paoe. Index, Ac., given in this No., 
render n necessary to ubrldgo several departments 
and omit others entirely,—yet they are so indis¬ 
pensable to the annually-increasing thousands who 
preserve and bind the Rural for future reference, 
we think none will complain. As this and onr 
place the old one at Andrew street. The old 
bridge has been torn away excepting a portion of 
the north aide-walk. Near the eastern shore, the 
flooring ia entirely removed, and planks aie placed 
across the beams, for the convenience of the 
workmen employed iu erecting the new iron 
bridge. Upon these people persisted in crossing, 
although attempts had been made to prevent it. 
At noon, on Saturday last, Mr. Natran Nbwh akkr. 
In company with two friends, in crossing the 
bridge had reached tho end ol the side-walk, and 
stepped upon the loose planks, when his teet slip¬ 
ped and he fell Into the stream. The water is now 
unusually high, and the current very rapid. The 
unfortunate man was borne swiftly downward, 
crying for help, which it was impossible to render 
fRANiSTAN Burnt.—I rauistar. i’*-i ennntru «eat 
ot P. T. Biveum, in Bridgeport. Co t, burned to 
the ground ,.he 17th lust. ftlr. Barnnm had just 
heenn to re-mmirii the house. T e fire was un- 
duntried!- riT -orb of an incendirry 
The steamer Col. Edwards was burnt , n R e d 
river, Saturday mnrninu-, December 12th She is 
a total log* together win. her cargo, consist,in* of 
over 1.000 bales of cotton and many a-t!e. Fif. 
teen or twenty persons perished in htr 
A kibe broke out. on the 15th iost.. at Oincin- 
Dft i, in the store of L. Hyman Bro., and before it 
could be stopped $200,000 worth of stock of. -brib¬ 
ing was destroyed. The budding was uamaged to 
the amonnt of $2,000. 
Arrival of the Canada. 
The Royal Mail Steamship Canada which left 
Liverpool on the 5'h lust., arrived at Halifax on 
the 18th, en route for Bogt-m. on 
The Britishi Pnrlhm i t, was opened on the 3d 
mst by the Queen in person. The speech was 
very vague. It deplores the ooumserci il crisis, 
and consequent distress in all circles— recom^ 
ruenda the jmssace by Parliament of a bill of in 
I demnity for the Bank of Rnglaud-rejoiees'over 
the success of the British arms in India; and com 
mends tothe earnest attention of Parliament the 
affairs, of Indis: thinks the peace of Europe is 
nr, ike'v P» bo disturbed, and promises Par lianien 
tary reform. 
The Chancellor Of the Exchequer ho-d intro- 
tluced a bill ot indemnity to the Bank in the House 
oi Commons, and acommittee of the whole Hons-* 
had been appointed on the question of the in 
fringement oi t.bo Bank Charter Act 
Several additional failnres had taken place in 
London, and in Hamburg the crisis was fearfnl— 
At the latter place bnwiness h«d entirely dropped 
Liverpool Breadstuff Market— According to a 
majority of the Circulars dosed very dull hot 
prices were csse.itially unchanged as compared 
with quotations per Baropa. f 
Provisions inactive. 
The London Money Market exhibited no change 
of moment The demand at the Bink and in the 
discount market wus still active Consols for 
money and account closed at 91Ja91J. 
— Upwards oi thirty-seven millions of merchandi-e are ™ Gm5 ETBR ' 
now ia the public warehouses at New York. FRIKSD a Beiieflt ' w> * offer BACa 
. „ . . . . only successful oompetitr-rs for Prem 
— the Brunswick (Me.J telegraph svys that the 25th of ated-the rulfowlng „rtra liheral and 
bovemberwaa the eold-st day for November ia that vicia- cTrPF PPFnVTU PR - 
ity for the past fifty-two years. SUrvK SPECIFIC PEj 
— Thu n.iu,i ,* u TRN nsi.I,VltS lx Ca^h. to eac 
Depsrtment is arid to oe crowded with appli- Ssturtty-kty* or more Yearly cvbscrfo 
Cints from every section of the country for YoRK1!K - wcordlna to our Terras, previot 
in the army for Utah commissions * EV fiN HOLLARS, ix Cuh, or 
Dictionary and $S ia Aar. Books Merely 
—Borne excitement exists at Kingston C W or more subscribere a» ebore, 
by the disctivery that gome medical stndonta o-o FiVfc. noi.l. v Hs, m Cash, (ot fol 
J , } 1118 cneaioaI students were en- to every one .-enji (pur lor FoiriY-i'irx o 
gaged in body-snatching. WHB8TEK-S CXABKlBCtD Dl 
-The French language, it is said, has 5,000more word, .Tbscriber^' 6 - ^"*° ° UW remlttJ 
thau the Englieh. Til HICK HOLT..VK8, in (or 
The Congressionalpriutiagamounts tothe enormous 
sum of over $2,000,000. for Thirty or more subscrtber.v 
To every one sending Twbaty-Fiv* oi 
— The slave trade in Cuba ia reoresented to be uuu.-mu!- w i'lgive tworstv* cor,:-.a of foe Rukai, 
iv flouriebiog. ' Dross of the Wasnisaros Meoallion 
1 *' Fen. snob as we n»e. a<jh price. $1 
— No foes th ■ 11 sixty patents were issued from the Pa- v0 “-‘f 8 of Rt:F ~ 4t lor ^ 7 - ftnc 
tent Office last week. ‘"ifo eve^ one eendtoc Twkxtt or more 
_E-fra . __. . ,, copies of tho Sural and salt a tirowi of 
five n.groes are to be hung in Natchez the present bound volmae at ttr Rural ior ihs? A ud 
month for the murder of their overseers. T° every one ••■rdfo,- KirrxRS or more 
Th. w. a i.u„,A. . ,, , . copy ot foe Rural a,; a ilfo«s of tbe ab 
me WaoUIngtoa Star te Is of a church in that To every onp nmrilrar T*ri namomt aub. 
markable city where a part of the religious exercises con- u 0 t x PKS KA '’ , *“ d hilt s Grosa of 1116 ' 
list of kissing. To every one sending Six or more eubei 
— The wool growers of Central Ohio will hold a Con- U ',T r t r c ' ahov8FB11 '’' 
ver tion in Newark on Christmas, to oousu.t in regard to 
their interests. lug to order 
—The water in the Connecticut river has risen over 13 EXTRA PREMIUMS F01 
feet, in consequence of the late tains. . . 
To the laoJy sending n* tie laigest U»t 
— An assessment of Leavenworth City, Kansas shows *3 tb9 Rvk.il n*w-Yohkxx tn n3vonlnni 
a total valnation of $3,000,000, which Includes 33 slaves, ^LLUMLN a^K^B^BLK "pnbti’shTri by 
valued at $16,000. Wining Sixteen Hundred Engravings. 
designs and solendidly bound in Turin 
— The sugar crop of Louisiana, is reported short on Pnce TWEXTY-K 1 VK DOLLARS. This 
.e. __, , .. ” Bible ever poWialied in Ametiti 
Account or the phortmjfis of tbs sd&soo &Dd Drsinitnfp * r , 11 , 
, “ u premature Tothe t.udyserdingus the secot-dlaw 
Ir0SlS - will si ve a copy or tne PIU I’ORIAL BIl 
— All the New Orieaue banks have resumed specie pay- Sift! <°p“ I' 'ot^V 
ment. OtrTAVO DICTIONARY. Cnabridaed L- 
Minnesota Election,—S t Paul dates of the 
15th iust., have been received. The canvass ot 
the election had not been completed, but it was 
thought that the Democratic candidate for Gove¬ 
rnor would be declared elected. No election of U. 
S. Senat ir had taken place. 
- w »-- 
Sugar Crop. — The Louisiana Courier says the 
sugar crop in the vicinity of Baton Rouge, has 
been iajured twenfy-live per cent, by the summer- 
like weather which succeeded the cold nights and 
heavy frosts. 
Blartttts, Qtaramrra, &r. 
Rural Nkw-Yorxer Orncie. ; 
Rochoster, Dec. 22, lt'57. v 
Flour.—W o n#te a decline or 25 cents per barrel in Flour 
of all grades Rates are $4,rft.al6 U0. 
Grain.—N o change In Grain except lu Wheat, which is a 
fraction lower and heavy at $l,10(al,t8. 
SURE SPECIFIC PREMIUMS! 
TUN IKH.l.VIIA lx Cash, to each person remitting for 
. SxvR.vTV-Kn-R or more Yevrly tubscribere so tho Rural Nxw- 
Yokklkk, According to our Terms, previous to the 1st ot May 3358. 
3 SEVEN llOLLAHS, tx Cash, or Webstoris Unabridged 
Dictionary and $Sta Ag. Books MeTeryomarentittugfor 8ixrr 
( or more AUbscribere ,i> above 
l-’lVK I it) l.i, V It a. ; a Cash, (ot $5 In Acgrieriltorn. Books.) 
- to every one WWiHfag (on FOHTr-i’tT* or irtx.re subrcrrbeia. 
WFHSTEB 1 * I'.N'.HKIIlLKn IUOTION.VKY,- Low¬ 
est ca»a price, $5—to every one remitting tor Forty or more 
< subscribers. 
THREE llOi.I.AKS, IN Cash, (or a copy of Uetstefi 
Royal Octavo Ihetiooary, Unabridged In Wore a. or, Sear.- p; c _ 
[ tonal Kam-I} Bible, O'. $• In Ag liooka.) to nrerv one remitting 
for Thirty or more subsctfbeT.v 
To every one sending Twk > rv-l- iv* or more subscribem, m 
. will give two extra con.'-.a of foe Rubai, aud sene, post-paid, a 
Gross of the Washisotoa Mkoim.ion Fks. |a tip-top nunl 
Pen. snob *j we u«e c--.in price. Jlbu,)— or, a hond.-omely 
h<>ond volume of the Rural tor US7. and a gross of W. II. Peus 
aa aforesaid. 
To every one sending Twextt or more xnoscribers, two extra 
copies of the Sorai. ano '.alt a Grow, o( the above Pena_ or, a 
bonnd volnnse af tie Kura l tor 1857 and the Pens. 
To every one »nndlog KirntBN or more «ub»c'H!»-w. an extra 
copy ot foe Rural wi a Gross of the above Pens post-paid. 
To every onp Kenrftr* T*-< nrn.nro .abroi-rib. rv .n extra eopy 
of the Kubal and half a Gross of the Washington Midal- 
uon Pen. 
To every one sending Stx or more subscribers, an extra copy, 
or, a post-paid Gross of the above Pens. 
IP" The Specific Pash Premiums can be retained by those 
entitled. The Books. Pens, Ac., are ready for delivery or mail¬ 
ing to order 
EXTRA PREMIUMS FOR LADIES. 
To the Lady sending untie largest list of Yeur'y Subscribers 
to the Rural Nbw-Yohkxu. In urvordanr* woh our t«n, pre¬ 
vious to t ie 5ret o' 4»r:i, LS58, *« will rive a enpv of the 
ILLUMINarKD BfBLK publl-horl i,y the Harckss.; eon- 
mining Sixteen Hundred Hogravingst meetly Ircm oririnai 
designs and snlcndidly bound >u Turklih Morcc.-o and Gill— 
price TWENTY-Kit K DOLLARS. This is tile most beautiful 
Bible 6VCT poWisiied in X.nerki 
To the Luriy sending ua the second larrest IU:, aa above we 
will Rive a copy of tne PIPI’ORLAL BIBLE, illustrated with 
over One Thousand Engravings, and bonml In Morocco -.ud 
Gib. (price $1X1 soil rIao « copy of Wb RSTKR's ROYAL 
OCTAVO DICTtONAjlY, Unabridged h Words, (price J-i-tl.) 
To the Lady remiir.* ns the next list, as above, » hAnd-mne r 
bound copy of the PICTOR1 Al, BIBLE isatne ai abev., , IKO , 
lu bfodiug;. wo.-th EIGHT DOLLARS. - 
To the L*dy sending the next list, a copv ol WEBSTER'S 
UNABtilDuKD DICI’IONARY, the lowest cash price of 
which is $o. 
To the Lady seridinir the next list, a cony of WEBSTER'S 
ROYAL OCTAVO DICTIONARY. * y 
! It will be understood that the Ladies eompeie against each 
ether on,y, for the above, and that all onr regular premiums are 
also open lo thoot ] 
EXTRi PREMIUMS FOB BOYS AND GIRLS. 
To the Boy or Girt nnd~r 1 T .vests of age sending at the larg¬ 
est list of Yearly SnbscrtPerr tothe He a At V* w-Yovskr pre¬ 
vious u> April I. IsH we will give a copy of Che PICTORIAL 
BIBLE. Ill Morocco and Gilt, (price $ 2.1 rad a copv of WEB¬ 
STER'S ROYAL OCTAVO Dl ITIONARY (price $3,50 , 
K„r (he s-vm.A largeB I -t. as above, a handsomely bound, 
copy ot the Pi,.'CU RIAL B1HLK, (price $*)—or. if preferred lo 
the Bible, a copy each of Webster's Unabridged, and Webster's 
Royal OctA v o I>lt?tIouarie«. 
For Ihe ».,vi larveat Hit. as above, a copy of WKBSTER'B 
UNABRIDGED DICTIONARY. 8 
For KACit of the next thrbk lists, a copy of WEBSTER’S 
ROYAL UCTAVO DICTIONARY. 
[ Our young frt'nds will please note rhai they only compete 
with each other lor the above, bat that all our regular premiums 
are also op«u to their competition.] 
TERMS, IN ADVANCE. 
Two Oollabs » Vxab. Three Copies one year, flor $1—Six 
Copies for $b>—Ten Copies for $‘,S, and any additional number 
action lower and heavy «t SI tftS i is Copies for $ 1 '—Ten Copies for $1S, and any additional number 
action tower ana neavy at Sl,IU@I.W. at same rate. l$l>I per oopy ) As w» pre-par American Post- 
PROViaiO* a—Pont is plenty iu market th is morning, and *** on C'per- sen: to Gnash Previn.-.,. $f.d2H per copy to 
sell ng readtiy at $.’., rigli, as to quality. Homs down to Oki Alo ,ow « s t club price to Canadian*. Club paper* sent to different 
Shoulders 7.4C-c «.'“>• ty BUIS on all 
. .... solvent Bonks in U 8. and Canada taken at par, but Agento 
the weather mis A. M i» very unpleasant—a damp, heavy will please remit New Yo k, Canada or New England onmey 
snow lolling— arid foulness transactions of all kinds are I'u [ when convenient For all anniauls over $l\ we prefer draft* cm 
Sifw vnur n- » ,, , . . New York peas exchange.) where the cost to not greater than 
NKtt v'tRK. Dee. 21.—Flour—Market deeUnedlOo per bbl laat veor. 
and very heavy. Sale, at $4.20.:$1, U for common to choice 
super btate. $I.45<- } i lsi for extra ilo.; *l.tUf s £4,A5 for a,,,-,- 
western; W.43(.i$fi,35 for common to medliuu u *d extra do — 
tor exua W ° r ' at for super, aud $1.65 
^iv K ;V- N ! _vvb0 “*i wr y “»vh . depressed. Sales handsome 
film. After llonting down tho stream aeVeTnl rods vrTttenVlettL ^ Lient ' Manry ba8 t ^ 1<A1N "'beat very much uepreued. Sales handsome 
he attempted to awlui toward ti. u *«,■ , ’ ?T n * te “ ? saying tyat the general impression prime Milwaukee olub*?. r™ 
i . ... . tl,e westeru shore; that Arizona (the Gadsden purchase,) is a worth- 1i;u ° fM WM5Wr nmu«iL Outs 
vvwua -wrvtttliUUD, 
ho attempted to swim toward the western shore; 
bnt could not long baffle the resistless earreut, 
and was carried over the Falls, which are aboat 
eighty rods below the bridge, and about one 
that Arizona (the Gadsden purchase*) is a worth- uV ! t,Jc wii9t«ra Outs 
lpca ATlit h IVfPII P<inn?FP la ^ V’ '**'* for UI1-.1 U*, .i.l. 1 for WCStdRi. 
mu ana naireo country, Is entirely erroneous. PKovisions. mnrktc d«t! *h\ irreimUr. *nu* *t 
The universal testimony <v travelersi. of officers of M 5 -** 1 HAW .for ni.wa.aini $t.i*.s... for piium, Drcssmi 
the army, aud the Boundary Commission!*., ., a bttur »>»!.•* io i.«ni st-^dy. s n ic» at usifl 
t ili'.ishfM the faei that tnnw .v a „ v, ° nd v **' Butler r fen tv and dull at lo.i Iflc for Ohio, lAnUk'c for 
uiiiiatits tne use i tnat more than haltthe purchase suw Chtw. plenty and duiutfoiAo. ^ 
la the tinest irrft/.intr craiiitfr u, .i,., ~..., i. 
“ r, b " r T, •-* --—to TL5L • b "\ 
. •■>«. no OM^wrUTOMita. Oo. been lOOOTered, although diUgen, s L,c“ZbIm IU "4"?''^Uteme".*'Sufi? i'Sj.’SS,’at hlS'Sfw £j? SStf 
Volumh IX will be commenced with an s*b« made * central valley oi AriEooa, and the abundant crons Mf‘t*™ -^"d, delivered an tire c»im; ot konu*. at 7tv.. Barley 
J-,- . v,M.n*iuuuueu wun au extra - -- ^ oflflatsoAsen are an eurnnof ..r ot-ei.T m . fo continues dull and drooping. Sato, Unnenoo at lific c.i 
edition of full Thirty 'Thousand over all eontin D “ ^-- ot last season, are an earnest of their fertility and steady Sure at«. mawire. ‘ t ; 0ats 
uaneeaflnri flr.fe.va e n e^u e f OOBtUl ’ HKTUKN OP SURVEYORS AND INDIAN AtlRNT fatUr0 P r0miae - ° f lta mineral wealth he enter- HOGS -Tha supply is quite meagre, and there is no char-e 
ThktrtU M “P tothd hoar o f going to prew. The SL Joseph Journal announces the arrival tainH aa «-ilted idea, and believes that, the deveI- ordfoare fo Wr^ « W of Dressed a. M 8 f »^r 
ihis will probably enable na to furnish tho com- r.ient Warner and f n « . 8 ;“ e arr,Tal ° r Opmont of its silver mines will effect as great a 7 ‘ f * 
plete volume to all applicants for sorno wee It a. , Hn , . Haydou of the Geologl- change in the commerce of the world as the gold re!Sfh«VS*. D rn 2 '’7 K i 0 Ur T Tha 1 5 1 * rkct * inCM 8 * tard V'» 
The best M d enl. ”’ e>0 '‘ b8t * e ™ B »- 8 W SUT J,m ““ . .. “ 
numbers, hnwflvnr ia ♦„ . a -a , kotah city and the head waters of the Running - 4 .»__ \v hr at.—T he only sale* reported are seo bush. Milwaukee 
. r ^’ • ^ sunscribe early. A word Waters, and also the arrival of Mai or r>»n i ^ olhw*i‘*c *? ntt car t 011 ^ whit® tmiuina at * 1 . *nd au¬ 
to the wise,” <fco. 11., . , ... . ajor Dennison, Finances at thk South. _The Legislature of ® lhor 1 HB,l,i a at th« *an,i>. Nothing doiug mcorn Out* - 
r - “ dI r A 8 t ' at ’.f tfa ten 0hlef 8 aad 8 ix Braves of South Carolina refuses to legalise the su^tiBion ^ 0 ^° W ° Dt ' uW “ ore jtatuwto » w ' Jich ~ «•«* - ^ 
Ihe r.ADiKa and Young People are referred to , ® J awnco tribe en route for Washington to rati- ^ au ^ 8 * n States iris cattle markets. 
the lists of Extra Premiums, offered for their spe¬ 
cial benefit, in last column of this page. 
fy the treaty recently made. 
Practical Bknkvolkncb.— Rev. E. H. Chapin 
has nobly devoted the entire proceeds of his pub¬ 
lic lectures for this winter to the poor of New 
York. Tvey. Dr. Vinton, of the same city has also 
ilnnn a janm rr/s.n.A ♦!»l n » 
The Annual Mkktin.. n t r. . has nobly devoted the entl 
Society of Well J v ? PraK Grower8 ’ Ho lectures for this wlnti 
society of Yt estern New \ork is to be held at the York. Rev. Dr. Vinton, 01 
Lourt houbo in Eoehoster, on Wednesday, the don° the same good thing. 
6th day of January, 1858, commencing at 10 A. ML,-- 
an continuing two days. Lectures on pruning, Roqukrt op a Custom 
<kc., with practical illustrations will be delivered HonBe tn Oswego was ente 
before the Sooiety. An exhibiUon of winter fmli 9th inBt ’ by bur K lar ». the t 
*“• b »“^- offleihuouce in rrssrrLt? 
Roqukrt op a Custom Housb —The Custom 
House In Oswego was entered ou the night of the 
9th inst,, by bnrglars, the safe blown open, and its 
contents, consisting of about $500, taken. No cine 
to the burgnlars has been obtained. 
The Legislature of Georgia has as yet done 
nothing on the subject, and whether that of Ala- 
Danm will take any action is doubtfuL 
The Governor of Florida has directed the tax 
collectors to receive the ordinary currency. 
-- 4 >» --- 
l «f L MaLrBY -—The Senate of Alabama, on the 
oJestinn th« a o' m ° U8ly Ado P ted a resolution re- 
ihi p .. Congressmen from that State to say 
be aMeoShta °L the U u ited r Stat< ’ 8 thal lt wonld 
nmifl i e! ! to them that L,ent - Maury, of fie 
r tA , tes , n ‘ l J y ' 8hoald ho removed from the 
rank i ISt f 0f i? ffiC i er * s and placed iu his former 
rank and stunding in the service. 
, .. .. ■a.uwtiic.ai JVC. PrtrlOT 
continues dull and drooping, Bnlu-i Oi neseo at RV Oam 
steady Stuto at 10. EUaASUn. 
HOGS —Tho supply i« quite meagre, and there is no chaise 
to note la tile market. Soles to head of Dressed at 25 for 
ordinary to fair. ^ ' 
r „^f. Pal ;° 2t._nonr.-The market since Satnrdav's 
report his beet! dull And drooping. Nominal at about $125 ,dl 
$5 tor extras. wvmet 
WHEAT —The only sales reported are !M‘0 bush. Milwaukee 
club at 79c sacked; one car toad while Indiana at *1, and xti- 
oiher do • HHrviiA at tlift nahai*. Nothing doiug ia com OftK — 
alloiit 80 W0Ut lut0 6,0 ^ Sttlurdft y »Wch wan offered at 33«. 
ins CATTLE MARKETS. 
ALBAN Y Dec, 21 —Beef Cattle—1100 in market. Extra « 
1st quality $*; -d do. fd. 3d do J2.WI Cows and Calves—LU at 
market. Extra $80; 1« qnaUty $13 2d do. $35. 3d do $30- 
Sheep and l.»mb»-b00,t rnarkat. Exoa $5; 1st qnnfltr$l; 
r d . d<> bwine-K'OO at maritet Exu» $e,?5; 
1st quality $1.; 2d do $5A0, 3d do. $3 
.iP.iWIfoto* JZZ X-ZSZ? ^'-K^rH »s; IM quality 
Cows and tlaive, $20reCtl Sheep ind Lambs-Katn. feSifiA 
K«thofff$^H' W a " riut '~ whol,; c» Ju 4'a‘‘- Retail $^7^-— 
CAMBRIDGE, Dec IS—Market Beef—Extra $7 1st quoll- 
» i d do * 5 W i Sd do. $n; ordinary $1. Working Oxen 
$70^r $175. Yearlings $l%rlfo Two years old $20,a,2V Throe 
years old $.><0 32. Sneep and Lambs—Extra $2.7.Yo;$3,12: In 
$l3A'i $-’TO. Swine—Live weight SVV a.5^c.; dressed 8V 
SaiOo/ 1 ' 1 ' 8 ^ TbUoW te 1 elt * e«eh Calf Skins 
rF* AO IF ts TUS TIME FOR ACTION, os those 
who commence early will be most successful. Specimen 
Numbers, Show Bills, &c., fu.oisbed free to all disposed to 
compete for the Premiums, and ‘.hue aid in extending the 
nsefulness of the Leading an 1 l-aree-t Circulnted Rural, 
Litsrary anu FAMinT Wkkklt. Sub-criptione should be 
properly mclpsed, and carefully moiled to 
D. D. T. MOORE, Rochester, N. Y. 
SPECIAL NOTICES TO AGENTS, FRIENDS, Ac. 
O’" Maks up thk Clubs !— Now is the time to make 
up your clubs for 1858, and all who desire to aid the cause, 
benefit Men, Women aad Families, and Incidentally pro¬ 
mote their own Interests, should see that tho Rural to 
brought home to the reason aud consciences of their 
neighbors and other acquaintances. If you, reader, can¬ 
not get up a club alone, join with some friend, or aid the 
Post-Master or other agent in swelling the list. 
13?” Thk Rural Show-Bill for 1858, just issued, will 
be sent, post-paid, to all applicants who con use one or more 
copies advantageously. We shall also cheerfully furnish 
Specimen Number* of the Rural for nee in obtaining new 
subscribers, or send them to any address desired. 
O'” Ant person so disposed .-m »et aa local agent for 
the Rural, without certificate, and each and all who vol¬ 
unteer in the good canes will not only receive premiums, 
bnt their old will be grots! till j apprectat <L 
OF* I a ordering the Rural please send ng the beat 
money conveniently obtainable, and do not forget to give 
your full address—the name of Post-Office, and also State, 
Territory, or Province. 
O’’ Thom who are forming large dubs can send on the 
names and monoy of a part, before completing their lists. 
Please read the Publisher's Notices on last page. 
