The company which Issued proponais in 
gland a few weeks ago for laying a light tele¬ 
graph cable liet ween England and America has 
abandoned the enterprise because of scanty 
support, and gives notice that the money de- 
hv subscribers to the stock will be 
Exposition scheme by adoptmg tne iouow,u K 
resolution instead of voting to appropriate the 
asked for by the Pennsylvanians: 
That the President be re- 
rPBDPCtful and cordial inyi- 
VhT(iovemo P rf of each one of the 
be represented and to take 
the several States, and the effect proaucea > 
such legislation upon the consumption of ai»- 
tllled or spirituous liquors, arid of ierrnent >cl or 
malt liquors: and also ascertain whetbei the 
evil of drunkenness has been Incre.u-edor d. 
creased thereby; whether the use M opium as a 
stimulant and substitute for 'dcoholic^drink 
ha* become more general in consequenc , 
such legislation, and whether Pub A 
Lave been improved thereby. It eha I alsc- be 
the duty Of .said oommiaBion *f ^hcr lnfm- 
matloii and take testimony a* to *Mnor J- Ij - 
evil of drunkenness exist* tc* the name ex ten , 
or more so, in other civilized ewantri^, and 
whether those foreign nations that are con 
sldered the most temprretu in the pad 
ulant* are so through prohibitory laws, also ° 
what degree prohibitory Illation has affoaed 
the consumption and manufacture of malt and 
spirituous liquors in this country. 
THE RURAL'S SPRING CAMPAIGN 
MARCH ON IN MARCH ! 
*4.000.000 
lie, It enacted , Ac., 
quested to extend a 
tattoo to the 
KU SK‘“.{&£5 HBSPfKRSS? 
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home news paragraphs. 
MiIjMORK, the Boston sculptor, has finished 
Hnnm. for A merica, a bust of Pope Pius IX., 
approval of the 
March is a good month to subscribe and ob¬ 
tain subscribers fortbe RuralNkw-Yokkbr, a 
fact which we hope all its readers-and espe¬ 
cially Agent Friends—will remember and act 
upon. Spring has arrived the season when 
“ Vernal flowers arc preparatives to Autumna 
fruits''—ami everybody who has either a gar¬ 
den, fruitory or farm will find the Rural a 
paying institution, for It gives hints, sugges¬ 
tions, advice and instruction concerning every 
branch of rural labor, In-door* and out. ho 
one engaged in Rural Pursuits can afford to 
do without it, and hence we ask every re * d " 
to show it to their frieftda and invite them 
subscribe. Subscriptions Can begin now, o« we 
will furnish back numbers from Jan. 1. Good 
Friends, all over t he land, not only do us, but 
vour neighbors and other acquaintances, the 
favor to tell about flits paper what it is ana 
what benefit may be derived from its oarefn 
perusal from week to week. 
All who form club will be liberally reward¬ 
ed ; but we. think must of our readers will con¬ 
sider the benefit <tf dolny (l™d by circulating: th. 
Rural of at least equal Importance to 
pay received for their efforts in that drcotlo n 
And please note that If each subset her w 
get one new one our list w ill he doubled, 
enabling us to make a much better paper-s< 
that all parties will be benefited. 
THE SEASON, CROPS, PRICES, ETC 
.Johnson City. Washington Co., East Tenu., 
F, t,. 23. Wheat looks floe. Poach tree buds 
beginning to swell. Weather unusually warm. 
The “old woman's” lettuce coming up, and 
everything indicates an early spring. Wheat, 
*1.50f&J.«0 per bdsh,; oats, 40c.; eoru, 53<§>60c.; 
potatoes, 40050c.: wool, 40c. per lb.; butter. 20c.; 
e"gs, 10c. per do/.. Cash system about played 
out. Aft Bill Ahp says, “What's the use 
of having a cash system when there is no 
cash'/”— 3. v. a. 
Colon a, III., Ketj. 23. —Winter bus been a 
tine one ; very cold yesterday and to-day. Corn, 
56c.; wheat, $1-25; oats. 42c.; potatoes, $1.00 
Coal dull, at lK310c. per bushel at the mine; a 
good many coal mines In this district and a 
great, deal of coal Is shipped from this point on 
the railroad. Money not very plentiful but 
better prospects ahead.— h. a. m. 
which in said to meet the wan 
subject. 
The Boston Post says, thal 
exclude women from the Sc 
“is a manifestation of very 
but of a sort, of prejudice whi< 
ent, should seek to banish 
from the schools altogether, 
a question of woman's righi 
necessity of public education 
The Springfield, Mass., School Committee 
recommend their teachers especially to ’watch 
carefully the health of their scholars, and ir 
they err. at all. It should be from assigning 
pupils too little study, rather than too much. 
Ml the Associate Justices of the Supreme 
Court are in Washington except Judge Davis. 
'f-be Massachusetts Senate has voted to re¬ 
scind the resolution of 1873 censuring Senator 
Charles Sumner, by a vote of 30 to 7. Gen. 
Banks delivered an eloquent speech of an hour 
in favor of rescinding. . 
The temperance movement in Ohio continues 
with uuabatod Interest and success, and le 
steadllv extending the field of operation. Hit 
details arc too great for onr space. Indian* 
women have also commenced operations It 
imitation of their Onto sisters. 
Secretary Fish gives emphat ic denial to h« 
Death of Ex-Prealdent Millard Fillmore. 
Ex-Pkkbipknt Fillmore died In Buffalo, N • 
Y., at 11:10 Sunday night March 8. He had 
been stricken with paralysis within a week. Ho 
was born at Summer Hill, Cayuga 0o., N. > •, 
Jan. 7,1WK). He began the study of law witu 
Judge Wood of Cayuga Go-, N. Y.. at the age of 
19 . in 1821 hr entered a law office in Buffalo; 
was admitted to the bar in 1823; married Abi¬ 
gail Powers in 1828; was elected a member of 
the Assembly in 1830; to Congress In 18.12; 
again to Congress In 1836 and again in 1840; is 
regarded as the author of the tariff of 1R42; was 
elected State Controller In 1847; Vice-President 
at t he tf me of Zachary Taylor's election a* Presi¬ 
dent., whom he succeeded when the latter died. 
His life has been an active and a useful one. 
SEMI-BUSINESS PARAGRAPHS 
Premature Lorn* of the Hair, which is so coni- 
mon now-a-days, may be entirely prevented by 
the use of Ilumctt'tt Co coaim- It has been used 
In thousands of oases where the hair was com¬ 
ing out In handfuls, and has never failed to 
arrest Its decay, and to promote a healthy and 
vigorous growth. It 1 b at the same time unri¬ 
valed as a dressing for the hair. A single appli¬ 
cation will render it soft and glossy for several 
days. For sale everywhere. 
PUBLISHER'S SPECIAL NOTICES, 
How to Do It.— It is not necessur 
our “documents''m oraer to form a < 
contrary, any subscriber, or other r< 
paper who knows Its merits, mn r?o to 
Bv showing a number of the RURAL, t< 
friends and neighbors, almost any on< 
club of from ton t" fifty, without oth 
We will send all requisite aids, but tf 
vou need not wait their arrival and « 
Effort will secure you a Valuable Preim 
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS, 
The largest tree in Brookline, N. H., has just 
sen cut and sawed. It was a pine, 130 yeans 
d. The first log, 13 feet long, made 800 feet of 
icb boards; the whole tree, 3,317feet. 
Illinois is having a hard time of it by reason 
f wolves Seven of the animals were seen on 
ne farm In Scott Co. in one day; 160 sheep 
ave boon killed by them in Ogle Co.; a railway 
rain ran over and finished one wolf at Jack- 
Macon Co.. Ky., rejoices in a Ladles f alhJO 
Jhurch Club Every member is pledged to at- 
snd the sanctuary in plain calico, sans hoops, 
ana bustles, sans all that sort Of thing no 
Cotton, bales. . . 1559 
uss «uoo KS: ®k=r jm 
Rm tob 24 800 Peanut*, bags- n |3l 
&&:: mZSSftSS?':* 0 : W 
Bran* anil Pen*.—Exports of be«no part week, 
K 7 Shbb. u “. of peas, lufsbush Receipts of bean* 
are still’large, aud mediums are shaded » trlfle_ 
'Them is a fair demand, but dealer* have to humor 
.hA views of buyem to some extent while the offer¬ 
ing is so ceneml. Marrows have sold freely for ex - 
nort Drt r“oilt figures arc well sustained. Pea 
beans are quietthe quality m still top t*r below the 
the mark tb*t suits regular Eastem buyers. V/hlk 
Sdn ysure not in out rod for. Bed kidneys are abou* 
outofJESfc All price* at all attractive have been 
...i on put pm cut. and it. la Impossible to flit an 
order at once for even 26 bbts. There t* un enlarge- 
outlet for Iti’.d kidney, but not enough to warrain 
the cuUly alien of them t hat some ot our renders pro- 
oot. Ti e demand fur them I* restricted to tin, 
French and nniuiiaU West Indies and the local want* 
of foreign resident*here. High rate* tor tins Item 
only show when a positive scarcity becomes uppjr- 
out' Canadian pens urn steady ; Green. Arm : houth- 
rru Bluok-Kyc have dropped, with a more accessible 
8 U, Flii/auotuUOD* areMedturns, *l.«6ft2 lor prime, 
and J 170 &I .80 lor other itio<U‘»l prlnn- marrowfats. 
*2 10 ; other grades, $ 2 f«. 10 : pniuv oea beans, 
*aj»t*' 35 l Uo.talr lots down to » 2 «r:.l(i; kidney. 
kldnov white. Pens, new 
ranmnan p bbis- free. *l.towl.;*);, do- in bulk, 
‘a^ boSdUlWhMD.Grpom oow h** l.sO. ftmtt- 
ern B. B. peas. 951.43 fyiM 4* ” busji.biw. 
i l ,„ kWlll . strictly choice tots of Southern and 
weJiei I'.ire wanted bv shippers, and they huv,. oc- 
Stslffly b «m sold up to M Other stocks firm at 
;«h34c. 
ft room Corn.— manufacturer* want only amod- 
i-rste amount of stock, but supplies are not cxces- 
siym and prices are unchanged. Hurl. B&llc.; wreen. 
TtV.lc.; red, 6©7c. 
Rotier.—Sellers still find no difficulty in realizing 
views that the early course of themar- 
ket IndicSte-d Thnse who sold homy lot- and lines 
soon ”" than they should have done, now that re- 
eeuii* contain so few Parcels of that description, are 
oompensated X(>r their D.tsUVe by the active trade 
o,,d advaljced prices that all under grades haveut- 
tained Some flue lot* of Western, solid packed, be- 
i So to come forward, hut there I* room for additions 
, to our sioi-V of state,and very-full price*areobtain- 
1 ahle for rolls or solid packed. In fact, extreme prices 
- f--r fine Western or medium grM**oiBlatejire n»or; 
mmerallv quoted than at any Mine before thb r-ustn 
We quote orunse county pail*, fancy, •-ur'i-Me. 
. other good palls. 40<33i>c., Stats, tirkios aod hull tubs 
One. 406445c.. m lines, and 46<«.4&c- for aeleOtlpn*; fialr- 
’ ies with tops or fresh ends Off, fH4®88c.; fanny haif 
itihs .w,i-.vSc : single dairies entire, good to farnTj-. 
48 ®‘tSaT welsh^tubs. fupqv. il otner. 
" 3hc- choice Western, including Michigan factory. « 
t ftiioc ■ good do.. 33@aS.i poor, 2.S®27c.: Pennsylvania 
do. otherpkgs.. SS<5i38e. Rolls, choice. 
Thk committee on revolutionary pension* 
and the war of 1812 have prepared a bill which 
will be reported by Representative Sprague, 
extending the provisions of the law pensioning 
the soldiers of the war of 1812 and their widows. 
The bill repeals the sixty-day limitation o. ser¬ 
vice and pensions all persons who can prove 
service of any duration, however short. It also 
liberalizes the provisions concerning widow* 
bv admitting such as were married at am time 
previous to the year 1828. The P^ent U»w 
excludes all who were not married »'efore thc 
close of the war. Another provision of the bill, 
and perhaps the most meritorious one it con¬ 
tains. iu a section restoring to the pension rol s 
the names of such survivor* of the war of 1SL- 
as were stricken from them on account of par¬ 
ticipation in the rebellion: and also putting 
upon the rolls the widows of such BOldlers as 
died Since they were deprived of then 
tartiug Clubs. -Agents, nnd others in 
advised that we do not insist upon thou 
b full clubs to secure our rates, they 
,, three or more at a time, and on » llb ^ 
warding tho requisite number will be M 
as If all were sent, together. 
same premiums 
CURRENT TOPICS 
New Ten-Cent Currency. 
m-oent fractional currency, series 
trifle larger than that of the last 
ze being three and a quarter inches 
d two inches In width, and Instead 
red seal across its face, It has the 
the Treasury Department encirolcti 
,-ork In green on t he lower portion 
The portrait, engraved in vignette 
m, M. Meredith. Secretary of the I 
iring the administration of Preafl- 
r. appears on the loft end of w 
,e loft of the portrait, inclosed in a 
• white lace Roman capital lettering, 
currency." At the lower and upper 
s panel is the monogram ‘ U. b., 
iomers forniiisg the borders of the 
i figures “ HI." “ X," ten. elaborately 
i with scrolls. On tho right of tho 
. large counter of geometrical lathe- 
The Liquor Commlsalon Bill. 
A BILL has passed the Senate providing for 
or TJ: 
