father-in-law, Vanderbilt. The evening session was 
mainly consumed with the reading of testimony. 
In the Senate, bills have passed to a third reading 
appropriating $250,000 to aid in the construction of 
the Whitehall <fc Plattsburg Kail road, $250,000 to 
aid in the construction of the Buffalo & Washington 
Railroad, and giving the Governor, Secretary of 
State and Attorney-General authority to appoint a 
Supreme Court reporter. 
The Hudson River is now free from ice, and navi¬ 
gation is opened from Albany to New York. 
The snow storm in New York city on Saturday 
obstructed travel quite generally. It was followed 
on Sunday by a heavy gale, which did much damage 
to buildings and shipping. 
the choice of eighty-three Republican delegates to 
the Constitutional Convention out of ninety. There 
are eighty-one white and nine colored delegates. 
\t publisher’s i)esb 
Great Storm in New" England. — The storm 
which was so severe in Philadelphia and New York 
on Saturday, the. 21st inst., prevailed generally 
throughout New England. In Massachusetts it 
proved the most severe of the season, and railway 
travel was entirely suspended. AH the roads run¬ 
ning into Boston were blocked np for hours. The 
last train sent out on the Boston and Fitchbnrg 
Railroad, consisted of a snow plow, three engines 
and two passenger cars, and was eveD then unable 
to get through, as it run into a snow drift which 
threw the plow from the track and down an embank¬ 
ment, smashed np the forward engine and threw all 
the nest off the track, Over a foot of snow fell in 
Boston. In Augusta, Me., the storm raged twenty- 
six hour&, and a great amount of snow fell. 
THE RURAL-8 SPRING CAMPAIGN! 
From the West. 
A iRAiN ran upon a tree sixteen miles below 
Louisville, recently, smashing the engine, tender 
aDd baggage cars, and kiliiug Clarence MeMurry, 
fireman, and Thomas Hilburn, engineer. 
A train was thrown from the track one day last 
week, near Whitewater, Ohio, tumbled over and 
over, and smashed to pieces. All of the passen¬ 
gers were more or lees injured. 
The proposed amendment to the Wisconsin Con¬ 
stitution, giving the right of suffrage to women, 
was killed in the Assembly a few days ago. The 
resolution submitting it to a vote at the election in 
1808, was lost^-yeas 30, nays 41. 
A lire in Canton, I1L, on the 13th inst., destroyed 
A. C. Babcock’8 dry goods store, and Blackdoor’s 
harness shop, together with several offices. Loss 
$50,000; insurance $25,000. 
Portions of the West suffered from a continuation 
of the flood last week, and terrible windB. Twelve 
or fifteen business houses, besides a number of 
dwellings, barns &c., were swept down atPana, ILL, 
on the 16th inst. Large quantities of lumber were 
also carried off. The damage is estimated at from 
$60,000 to $70,000. The steamers at the levee in 
St. Louis were much damaged. Many buildings 
were more or less injured. 
Beside the storm and ilood, on the night of the 
16th, a severe hurricane prevailed in many places. 
Several buildings, in different portions of Chieago, 
w ere blown down. The machine shop of the Rock 
Island Railroad, suffered severely. The blacksmith 
shop, a building 200 feet long, built of brick, was 
entirely demolished. Lose not less than $100,000. 
Chatham, I1L, on the Chieago and Altou Railroad, 
was greatly damaged, the railroad depot being 
completely wrecked. The draw to the railroad 
bridge over the Mississippi at Rock Island, was 
blown down on the night of the 16th inst., killing 
one man. The storm around Cincinnati was very 
destructive. Several buildings were blown down. 
A train of care was blown from the track, severely 
injuring John Eagan, conductor, and a number of 
the passengers. 
The Indians in Grant county, New Mexico, are 
committing continual outrages. A few days since 
they attacked a train and killed one man; subse¬ 
quently they attacked another train and stampeded 
all the mules belonging to it. 
A large shingle factory was destroyed by fire in 
Chicago on the 22d inst. Loss $20,000; insured $8,000. 
A New Quarter of the Rural will begin next week— 
AprlHth—wben we anticipate large accessions to onr Sub¬ 
scription List. Clnb Agents, Subscribers. ami all others In¬ 
terested, will please note this announcement, bearing in 
mind that Now is the Time to fora new clubs, till np those 
recently started, snbscrlbe- singly, or renew subscriptions. 
Tbanking all Agent-Friends tor their spirited and successful 
efforts during the Fall and Winter Campaign—efforts which 
added many Uioneauds of recrnlts to the " Rural Brigade”— 
we bespeak a continuance of their kind ofllceB, so far as con¬ 
sistent. As an Incentive to present Agents, and all persons 
disposed to become snch by formiDg clubs, we would state 
that wc have concluded to contisu* oub offkb of Pre¬ 
miums until July 1st—so that all who form new clubs, or 
fill up others, will be Liberally Rewarded. t&~ For List of 
Premiums, see Supplement, which (with show-bills, speci¬ 
mens, etc.,) is sent free to all applicants. 
flT All whose subscriptions expire thjp week (March 28,.) 
will find the number, 949, after name on address label, and 
will please remember that, unless promptly renewed, their 
papers will he discontinued under our advance-payment rule. 
In expressing the confident hope that most, if not all, will 
renew, may we not request each to Induce at least one friend 
to join the Rural Brigade ? There are hundreds of localities 
in which one subscriber may, with comparatively little effort, 
farm a club of from ten to fifty, aud thereby benefit all con. 
corned. How many will act upon this suggestion? 
Our Premiums for Clubs Include Books, Hold Pens, 
Photograph AJbnmB,—Castors, Clothes Wringers, Churns, 
Washing Machines—Gold and Silver Watches,—Melodeona 
and Organs,—Sewing, Knitting, Mowing one Reaping Mi- 
Chines, Ac., Ac. By a recent arrangement we can furnish 
either the Wheels a a Wilson or Gbovkr A Uaksu $ki 
S ewing Machine, as preferred, (and will send either for SO 
subscribers,80 of them new, at club rate; or, the same for 
30 subscribers, 20 of them new, at *3 each.) For particulars 
as to all of our Premiums, see List, which is sent free. 
Additions to Cluba are always in order, whether in 
ones, twos, fives, tens, or any other number. Many agents, 
after sending one ciub, form others, and thus secure addi 
tionai or larger premiums. A host of people are dropping 
other pupers about these days—many have already changed 
to the Rural— and our Agent-Friends should tmprove every 
occasion to secure such as recruits for the " Rural Brigade.* 
How to Remit, 
From Washington, 
A large number of witnesses in the Impeach¬ 
ment Trial have been summoned. Many of them 
have been already examined by the Impeachment 
Managers. At leant seven of the witnesses are re¬ 
porters. A portion of them have already testified 
before the Managers as to the President's speech in 
Washington in August, 1866, in response to an ad¬ 
dress and a resolution of the Philadelphia Conserva¬ 
tive. Nationul Convention, while others testified 
relative to the language made use of by the Presi¬ 
dent in his subsequentspeeehee at Cleveland and St. 
Louis, alluded to id the last article of impeachment 
Rumors are curreut that the President will resign 
before carrying the Trial to completion. It i6 true, 
beyond question, that he has been advised by men 
who are friends to him, but independent of him, to 
resign so as to stand before the people without legal 
disqualification. It is now asserted that hie own 
counsel have told him that the case is plain — that 
acquittal is impossible —that a defense can only 
protract the certain decision. There is little pros¬ 
pect that the matter will be as hastily disposed of 
was anticipated. 
Gen. Haucock, who has arrived in Washington, is 
of the opinion that the people of Louisiana are as 
law abiding and a6 well disposed toward the Union 
aud the Constitution as the people of any other State. 
Cassias M. Clay, Minister to Rossis, has resigned, 
it is said under compulsion, there being strange 
stories of political intrigue on his part. 
At the Quarterly Meeting of the Managers of the 
National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 
held recently in the rooms of Secretary Stanton, 
Gen. Butler was elected President, Gen. Martindale, 
Vice-President, Jay Cook, Second Vice - President, 
and Mr. Gnnkel, Secretary. Reports from several 
Asylums show them increasing in numbers and 
growing more aud more successful. There are now 
at the Central Asylum, near Dayton, Ohio, 300 dis¬ 
abled soldiers, and at the branch at Milwaukee 285 
more. The Board has also supported temporarily, 
because there was no room for them in their own 
Asylums, 350 more at the Philadelphia, Newark, 
Rochester and Baltimore Soldiers’ Homes. It has 
also afforded out-door relief to nearly 200 more, 
making the whole number of disabled soldiers sup¬ 
ported during the season by the Board, 1,635. Efforts 
were made to induce the Board to establish addi¬ 
tional branches, but, after full consideration, the 
Board, by a very decisive vote, resolved to establish 
no more Asylums, but increase the accommodation 
of those already established. 
The $15,000 appropriated for the relief of idle men 
in Washington, is to be dispensed by employing 200 
for two weeks at one dollar per day. 
The House Military Committee has decided to 
report a new bounty bill, giving to every soldier or 
marine who served in the late war, $8,33>£ per 
month, during the time ho was in service, deducting 
from such sum the amouut received from State, 
County, Municipal or other sources. A certificate to 
be given for the residue at six per cent, interest, the 
principal and interest to be paid in government 
lands, to be located in the name of the holder or his 
heir at, any time he nmy choose to locate. It em¬ 
bodies all the points In the Schenck bill of last year, 
and is to be passed in the House at an early day. 
Mr. Farnsworth, from the Committee on Recon¬ 
struction, has reported a bill to admit the State of 
Alabama to representation in Congress. 
Mr. Logan has offered a resolution calling on the 
Secretary of the Treasury for information as to com¬ 
missions paid on the sales of bonds since 1862, 
Mr. Boutwell, from the Impeachment Managers, 
has reported a resolution, which has been adopted, 
that the House shall attend the Trial, in Committee 
of the Whole, it being the purpose of the House to 
transact no business during the hours occupied by 
the Trial. _ 
From the South. 
The trustees of the fund generously provided by 
George Peabody to aid the. cause of education in the 
South, are pursuing a very wise course in distribu¬ 
ting it. They require each town in which they es¬ 
tablish a school to raise three-tifths of the necessary 
amount, while they only furnish the other two- 
fifths. 
It Is said that $25,000 worth of supplies were is¬ 
sued gratuitously to freedmen from the Commissary 
Department at Richmond alone, during the last 
monih. 
At Helena, Ark., Burt Turner, Sheriff', attempt¬ 
ed to arrest a negro who had killed 8 negroes, re¬ 
cently, in a neighboring village. The negro drew a 
revolver aud shot the Sheriff'through the body. The 
negro then mounted Turner’s horse and fled to the 
hills. He was subsequently captured by a squad of 
soldiers, who wounded him so that he died. 
Judge Hunter of the criminal court, of Memphis 
has adjourned that tribunal as he alleges in con¬ 
sequence of the pressure of libelous articles which 
rendered it impossible for the judgment of the. court 
to be enforced, aud because one offender who had 
been committed was illegally discharged and with 
other desperate men, had sought to take his life. 
Gov. Brownlow has replied to Secretary Satnton 
that though the rebels are secretly arming to take 
possession of the Government, he is fully prepared 
to take care of them, and will not need United 
States troops. 
The State public debt of North Carolina under 
the new Constitution will be, on the 1st of July, 
1869, $19,470,500, the interest on which, due on that 
day, will be $851,000, which is ordered to be paid by 
the Convention. The additional tax upon the peo¬ 
ple of the State, and required to be raised next year 
under the new Constitution, will be $985,000. 
The banking house of N. T. Long & Co., Louis¬ 
ville, Ry., was entered by five men on the 22d inst. 
and robbed of $9,000 in currency and an unknown 
amount of private deposits. They shot Mr. Long 
and knocked him down. He subsequently recovered 
and gave alarm. General shootiDg commenced, 
during which a Mr. Owens was slightly wounded. 
The robbers escaped to Frankfort. 
Partial returns show a large falling off in the 
negro vote in Arkansas. The majority against the 
Constitution will be larger than was anticipated. 
The whites voted almost unanimously against it. 
Floods in Tennessee are interfering with planting. 
The late election in Texas has resulted, so far, in 
Ftrb in Connecticut.— The Busbee House in Mer 
iden was burned on the 21*t inst., with all its furni 
ture. The boarders lost their baggage and clothing. 
Total loss about $50,000. 
One of the most useful and economical produc¬ 
tions of the present day is Howe & Stevens' system 
of Family Dye Colors, comprising all the staple 
colors and the most exquisite shades, and so simple 
that any one can use them with perfect success. 
SPECIAL NOTICES 
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS 
“ There Is little doubt it is tbe best blackberry known.” 
—JY. Y. Tribune. 
Klttatlnny ; Genuine plants, wholesale and retail, 
for sale by E. WILLIAMS, Montclair, N. J. 
Advertising Rates.— Alter the first of January, 1868, 
the Rates of Advertising In the Rural Nbw Yobkkb will be 
as toUows, rot each Insertion: 
Advertisements, Inside, T5 cents per line. Agate space. 
“ Outside, 91 ** “ 
For Extra Display and Cuts, a price and a half. 
Special Notices, Nonpareil leaded, 81.50 per line. 
I3r No advertisement Inserted for less than $8. 
Do not pay the high prices asked by retailers for Dry 
Goods, when by sending to ns you may save 50 per cent, 
or more, and have goods sent cash on the delivery. De¬ 
scriptive Circulars sent by mail, free. 
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WHEATON'S OINTMENT cures Old Sores. 
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Price 60 centsby mail 00 cents. All Druggists sell it. 
Wkbks ib Pottbr. Boston, Proprietors. 929 
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lOUO. .Map of U.S. and Canada; Bible Reader Map of 
Palestine and Holy Land; Religious and Patriotic Pictures 
aud Charts. Agents make $100 to $200 a month. Send for 
terms to D L. GUERNSEY,Bookseller, Concord. N. H. 
-The safest way to remit for tbe Bubal 
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If made payable to our order, may be sent at our risk. 
Back Numbers from Jan. i can still be supplied to new 
subscribers, so that all may have tbe volume complete. 
“ WHEN THE HAPPY DAY DRAWS NEAR” 
t V Is the tide of a new and beautiful Song and Chorus, 
by R. Lin wood. For sale at the Musiu Stores, or mailed, 
post-paid, on receipt or30 m-nts, by 
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RURAL NEW-YORKER OFFICE. 1 
Rochester. March 24, 1868. ) 
Tmt eastern money market last week was very active, and 
rates of Interest ruled high. In New York and Boston the 
market continues quite stringent. The. singular stock ope¬ 
rations which have taken place in New York have com¬ 
pletely deranged monetary affairs at that point. We have 
heretofore mentioned the struggle going on to get control 
of the Erie Railway, and' the contest still continues. These 
would-be railway kings have absorbed auc.li an immense 
amount of capital that regular and legitimate borrowers 
have found much difficulty in obtaining required accommo¬ 
dation, There have been several failures in Wall street of 
Erie and Central operators, arid unless lliese stocks rally 
very soon other parlies mast go down. It is unfortunate 
that stork gambling, or contests for railroad control, should 
bp. conducted upon so gigantic a scale as to seriously derange 
the monetary affairs of the country. 
At the West the money market is steady, and good notes 
aro readily discounted at. ordinary rates. 
Gold has becu a little lower, but remains In a most sense 
live state. Transactions for some days have been moderate. 
Gold operators are expecting Government will be a large 
seller before the first of May. Shipments abroad have not 
been heavy for the last week or two. The next gold interest 
which Is due Is the May interest upon the. five-twenties of 
’62.’61 and’65. The payments to be made the first of May 
foot up a total of iwcnty-flvo millions of dollars. Gold sold 
at the New York Board y*t>u rday at ISM,^. 
Wool.- The wool market was more active last week than 
the week previous. The Boston Bulletin of Saturday says: 
"Manufacturers evidently are Impressed with the conviction 
that wool is bound to go higher, and are governing them¬ 
selves accordingly. They have done looking about for cheap 
lots, and pay the advanced prices, asked for desirable lots, 
quite readily. They feel encouraged to buy freely by the 
prospective repeal of the manufacturing tax, which will 
leave them a better margiu, aud also stimulate consumption. 
They derive ad<fi M J confidence from tbe Improved tone 
nr i crowing activity of the goods market, winch is begin¬ 
ning to relieve them of accumulations, and alBo to supply 
them with funds for reluvestment In their business.” 
Sales have been quite large ID New York. The sales In 
Boston lor the week foot np 1,675,000 lbs., and Include. 00,000 
lbs. at 47X<350c. for No. 1 Ohio; 47>i®50c. for No. 1 Michigan: 
54c. for extra Ohio: 50c. for extra Michigan; 45<gA5c. for super 
pulled: 2&335c. for No. 1: 27c. for 15,000 lbs. California fall 
clip; 33c. forYlo. spring clip medium, and 35c. for fine do. 
100.000 lbs. si G4e. for line double extra I’ennsylvania; 57c. 
for extra Western Virginia; 45©50c. for super pulled; 47 
@50c. for New York fleece, aud 46©52c. for extra pulled. 
Scoured fleece, sold at 55@93c. 
There Is a decided improvement in tbe market for woolen 
goods. 
Petroleum is firmer, and prices tend upward. The Euro¬ 
pean markets are very firm. 
Cotton has been quite steady during the past week, both 
in Liverpool and on this side. Middling uplands have been 
selling at25@26c., closing at the inside figure. 
Cotton Goons have been slow of sale in the eastern mar¬ 
kets for some days, and prices favor the buyer. The dry 
goods trade generally is dull for the season. 
Butteii is high and the market firm in ali sections of the 
country. Dealers in Rochester pay for good lots 35@40c. 
A Boston paper of Saturday notices the nmrkel thus“ We 
note sales of fair to good Vermont aud New York butter in 
straight lots atlOOgiAlc.; grocery lots are in limited demand 
at 55c,, and extra family tubs arc scarce and wanted at 57® 
60e. per lb. The common grades are in fair demand, aud 
selling at 45(3500. for ordinary to fair lots. Canada butter is 
firmer, aud selling at a range of 40<350c. as to quality." 
The present extreme prices are limiting tbe deiuaud. 
ROCHESTER. M a licit u:-;.- Flour, wheat, $Hqjl6: Buck¬ 
wheat, $» ewt„, $»,50@5 I 50; Coni, pel bushel, $i,2u@:,25: Mill 
feed,4£5&35. Wheat, red. $3,55®2,«0 1 Du. while, $>,00@3,15; 
Rye, *1,655151,70; Oats, 7507Se; Barley, $1,80(3,2,115; Beans, $),- 
00(3)5,00; Fork, mesa, $2n,rt0®Sa,00; Beet, ewt., $9,00<»13,00; 
Dressed hogs, cwt., II1J,00(3! 11,50: Hums, Iii<%)7ct8 Shoulders, 
12<»)tXc; Chicken*,lira?8c; Tnrkevs.VO^ic; Butter,:«&40c; 
Cheese, 106417c; Lard, Ui&lTc ; Tallow, 9@8Ec; Eggs, 22@22o; 
Potatoes, 90c@$l; Apples, green, bn., $1,00(6,1,25; Onions, 
7? bn., $3,00^3,50; Timothy seed, #2,6tl<ai2,7fi; Clover seed, me¬ 
dium, $0^0(3(7,00; Do. large, $S,00@8,50: Peas, $2,00@2,50; Flax 
seed, *1,50(32,00; Hops, 25<w50c; Wool 4tX3.15c; Honey, box, 
? »,. 20®25c.. Hay, * ton, $) kg>38. 
P REMIUM SILVER PHEASANT FOWL8. — 
I am prepared to fill all orders the coming season for 
setting. Eggs from the handsomest and best layers, carefully 
packed and sent to any address hv express, upon receipt of 
price, $2,00 iv dozen. Also the fowls In pairs at $5,00 fi pair. 
All money sent by mail at my risk. Address 
GEO. M. CURTIS, Box 272, Rochester, N. Y. 
E00HESTEK AND NEW T0EK: 
SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 1868. 
Latent Foreign Intelligence. 
The Pope gave a very gracious reception to 
Admiral Farragut and suite In Rome, on the 21st 
iust. The Admiral will be compelled to remain in 
Rome a month, on account of a severe abscess which 
has broken out on bis leg. 
Garibaldi has written a letter to the U. S. Minister, 
Hon. Geo. P. Marsh, declining to be the agent of the 
U. 8. Government. 
The most enthusiastic demonstrations of joy are 
made over tbe recent action of the Austrian Reiehs- 
rath, on the civil marriage hill, which is regarded as 
practically annulling the Concordat. When it be¬ 
came known that the Upper House had rejected the 
motion of the clerical policy to defer the passage of 
the bill, there was great rejoicing among the people 
of Vienna, and on the flight of the 22d the city was 
generally illuminated. 
The civil war in Ja/»an has resulted in the defeat 
of the Tycoon, who, after a desperate battle with 
the combined forces of tbe Damios, fled to Jeddo. 
The government of the Mikado has addressed a note 
to the foreign ministers in Japan, in which it 
pledged itself to a faithful observance of the treaties 
which have been concluded. 
inn nnn sheep badly off with 
* " ’ '"I "*/ FOOT ROOT, 
Have been permanently cured during the last year bv tbe nse 
of REMINGTON'S FOOT-ROT REAIKDY. For 
sale bv Druggists. 
DEmAS, BARNES & CO., Wholesale Agents, New York. 
C. REMINGTON. Act. Manufacturer,Rochester, N. Y. 
New York State. 
The Comptroller has communicated to the 
Legislature a statement of the expenses of the State 
Military Department, showing the amount expended 
in 1867, as follows: —Salaries, $143,654; for expendi¬ 
tures, $301,984. Total, $445,638. The communica¬ 
tion was referred to the Committee of Ways and 
Means of the Assembly, with instructions to report 
a bill reducing the expenses of the military de¬ 
partment. 
The railroad warfare between the Erie and Cent ral 
has apparently changed its base from the Courts to 
the Legislature. A bill was introduced in the Assem¬ 
bly on the 16th inst, prohibiting auy director of 
the Hudson and Harlem roads from holding the 
same office in the Erie, which is of course intended 
to rescue the latter road from the clutches of Van¬ 
derbilt. Another bill has been intrcuJi > d in the 
House by Mr. Bristol of Wyoming, to :> galizc and 
ratify the action of Daniel Drew and his party in the 
issue of Erie stock, which the opposition dfttim was 
done without authority. 
No great damage was done in the Mohawk Valley 
by the late freshet. One bridge was carried away, 
and several trains on the Central Railroad were 
water-bound in consequence. The Hudson River 
Road was badly flooded, being three feet under 
water in places near Castleton. Albauy suffered 
but little from the high water, but one of the abut¬ 
ments of the railroad bridge there was somewhat 
injured, by the ice. 
George. Myers, a boy of 12 years, was killed by a 
Bnow slide in Otsego county, a few days since. 
Mr. Ezra Cornell has just purchased for the Cor¬ 
nell University at Ithaca, the entire library of the 
late Dr. Anthon, consisting of 7,000 volumes of the 
most valuable books in all the departments of sci¬ 
ence, art and literature, as choice a collection as any 
in the country. 
Two thousand dollars have been subscribed in 
Rochester to secure the holding of the State Fair in 
that city. This is only two-sevenths of the required 
amount. 
Eight hundred thousand tons of ice have been 
cut and stored in New York for use in the coming 
summer. 
A disastrous fire broke out in a block of wooden 
buildings on Railroad street, Troy, Wednesday morn¬ 
ing, and before it could be subdued eight or nine 
buildings were destroyed, occupied principally as 
grocery stores aud other small shops. Several fami¬ 
lies occupied the upper portions of some of the 
buildings. The total loss will reach $25,000. 
Two fires occurred in Rochester on the ISth inst., 
one of which destroyed St. Peter’s Church, (Presby¬ 
terian,) the loss amounting to about $40,000. Noth¬ 
ing was saved. The church possessed the only 
chime of bells in the city. 
The base ball season of 1868 is to be opened in 
brilliant style, at the village of Niagara Falls, in May 
next. Arrangements have already been made for a 
grand tournament, to take place under the auspices 
of the Niagara Falls Base Ball Clnb. 
A large schooner sunk in the East River, on Satur¬ 
day last, carrying down and drowning, it Lb sup¬ 
posed, four persons. 
Elmira was visited by another disastrous fire on 
the 18th inst., destroying eight or nine buildings. 
Loss $25,000. 
A crazy man came into Buffalo on Friday night, 
on the Grand 'Trunk train, and before leaving it 
stabbed three men. He then jumped into the canal, 
but was rescued and taken to the station house. 
Mr. Brandenburger of Riga, Monroe Co., had his 
barn and all Its contents burned on the night of the 
20th inst, including his horses, cattle and sheep— 
a very serious loss. 
A hearing was had before tbe Railroad Committee 
of the Assembly Friday afternoon on the Erie Rail¬ 
road bill. Tbe Erie Railroad was represented by 
John Ganson, John H. Reynolds and others, and 
Vanderbilt by Horace F. Clark, Chns. O’Conor, San¬ 
ford E. Church, Chauneey M. Depew and others. 
Mr. Ganson argued that the Erie Railroad Company 
had done nothing which had not been repeatedly 
done by other companies, and which had not the 
sanction of law. Mr. Clark replied on behalf of his 
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order to proclaim Ortega President. A plot to block¬ 
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neutrality. The Mexican Congress has appropriated 
$55,000 more to redeem Convention aud Internal 
bonds. Alvarez having received arms, itec., from 
San Francisco, has taken the field against Jiminez 
and occupied Chiapa. Horrible outrages upon chil¬ 
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Sergeant Bates, with his flag, arrived at Colum¬ 
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ception by hundreds of people. The Mayor welcom¬ 
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The Mormons are building a fort at Cove Creek, 
Utah, 1,000 feet square, with walls of black volcanic 
rocks, laid in cement, four feet thick and eigbteeu 
feet high. 
The Albauy & Boston Railroad Company has pur¬ 
chased $300,000 of real estate lying on their road bed 
in Boston, for the purpose of enlarging and improv¬ 
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A heavy fall of snow visited Philadelphia on the 
20th aDd 21st inst. In some places it drifted to the 
depth of several feet, and travel was greatly imped¬ 
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The postal business of the New York Post-office 
has increased from 10 tons of mail matter received 
and dispatched per day in 1856 to 100 tons per day in 
1868. It now averages 130 tons a day. 
Greenwood Cemetery, the fashionable New 
York burial place, had 6,000 interments last year, 
and holds in all 121);410 bodies. Its receipts and ex¬ 
penditures in 1867 were over a quater of a million 
dollars. 
The Chicago harbor, from its last summer’s width 
of GOO feet, has been contracted by sand-bars to a 
width of 200 feet, rendering it impossible for vessels 
to enter with a strong northeast wind. It is to be 
dredged out forthwith. 
Hon. John Morrisset is said to own the most 
magnificent equipage ever seen in Troy—horses, 
coach and harness. One horse, a flue grey, was a 
present from Com. Vanderbilt; the other, a black, 
from Henry 0. Genet of New York. 
The sword presented to Commodore Biddle by the 
Viceroy of Egypt many years ago, was stolen on 
Monday night from the Patent Office in Washington, 
where it was on exhibition. It is studded with 
diamonds, and is valued at about $15,000. 
Tire amount of National Bank notes in actual cir- 
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denominations. One dollar notes, $8,431,050; twOB, 
$5,648,030; fives, $112,969,583; tens, $77,730,723; 
twenties, $48,073,325; fifties, $16,977,595; one hun¬ 
dreds, $25,299,700; five hundreds, $5,944,500; one 
thousands, $4,019,000. 
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more, than Other kinds of Dyes in the market, w hile ha retails 
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