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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-03-25
NEW YORK LEGIsLATURE.


senate.
ALBANY, March a. 1856.
Mr. BROOKS reported that there NO legislation ne
csssary the subject Of the removal OF the Quarantine
buildings.
The committee Of eight reported among other bills one
for second suspension bridge at Niagara Falls.
tion to exclude the bill from the report was lost.
Mr.. LANSING introduceda bill to appraiss property
omitted in assessors rolls.
Mr. BRHoP introduced bill for the appointment of
commandments prepare a Civil Code-Comm issoners
Bradford.
Mr. RsHARps reported a bill to purchase Averili ore
bed At CLINTON Prison
The Emigrant bill was then taken up.
Assembly.
ALBANY, March "a, 1866.
BILLS REPORTED.
TO incorporate the Aspnwali and Panama Telegraph
Company.
Mr.. BIArcHFoRD introd need a bill imposing tolls
upon freight transported certain railroads named
and referred to.
Mr. STEVENS stated the minority would report against
the proposition In day or two
Mr. MAY said be coDcurrsd only in part OF the report
The Church Tenure bill reported, and motion
of Mr. STEVENS, special order for Wednesday
next
The bill to reduce the several acts relative to the
Courts of New York into act ordered third
reading
The Dill to incorporate the Trustees of the Church
Charity Fund of the Presby terrain Church and the bill
extend the time to the Rochester and Pitts
burg Railway, were read ana passed
The OF the Assembly chamber granted to the
managers Of the Institution the Deaf Dumb for the
exh hilton OF pupils on thursday next
Biis relative to the forging Of railway tickets to
guate the liability of hotel keepers to amend the
relative to jurors in New York. TO Incorporate the Me-
tropoitan Gas Light Co ordered to third reading
The Manhattan Gas Co sent in response to the
luton OF the Assembly.
EVENING SESSION.
Mr. JiMMSRsoN introduced bull in relation to the office
OF COMMISSIONER Of sire. IS and Lamps
Bills 10 allow managers and trustees Of Incorporated
ssyluI to bind out orphans INDECENT children to ia
citse the service of process upon companies
cong business in the Sats to incorporate the New York
Ladies' Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Eps-
cepal Church, and 10 incorporate ths New York State
Colonization Society were passed.
Mr.. BLATcHFoRD reported the New Xorli Gss Light
Comp,ny's bill which ordered TO third reading.
The bill TO amend the charter o. toe Atlantic Mutual
Insurance Company OF New York, read but
quorum voted. Adjourned.
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uencIeucJ
by of which deficiency the appropriations for the
support of government and $500 900 OF the appro
praton for the sinking funds for the pay ment loans
and interest," will be unprovded for out of such revs
nues.
For the fiscal year CONNIE ncing on the 6rst day Of
October next the expenses Of collection superintendent
and ordinary repairs, estimated at 5000 900
The appropriationsrequiredb by the constitution
for sinking funds, for the payment of debts
and interest will amount to ........... o 7s9 pol
For the support Of government. ........... 100000
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beng an increased amount Of appropriations those
OF the present fiscal year Of $476 49, which necessarily
involves the prospect Of an increased deficiency.
For the fiscal year commencing the 6rst day Of
October 1885, the appropriations required by the
sttution for sinking funds, and for the payment Of
debts and interest, WILL amount to 81, 96S, 600
During that year all the loans will have been made
for the enlargement and completion OF the canals which
authorized by the constitution ana thereafter the
regular constitutional appropriations for tae sinking
funds and the payment OF debt and interest will be az
follows
Canal Debt hiking Fund. 81 700 900 90
General Fund Debt Sinking Fund ......... 3500O0 90
Interest on loans. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $50 900 90
For Sinking Fund to extnguish princi.
pal ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1855 462 %
Amounting IS OS5 4o2 20
Estimating The annual expenditures for
repairs at ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. 100000
and adding thereto the annual appropria.
l-ton for the support of government..... 100000
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RElMPOSITIoN OF CANAL TOLLS ON RAILROADS

Report or tho Committes or Ways and Means
ON the Special Message or the GOvernOr.
whom has been referred the Special Message
in relation to the canal and various petttous
and circumstances for and against the impoaton OF
canal tolls on railroad tonnage, respectfully
REPORT
That they have given the subject such examination
and reflection their time and other duties dsvoving
upon them would permit. They have approached 1t
matter very great Importance contemplating 1t does
sorted to only upon an unusual emergency and justified
by urgent necessity. As general principle enterprise
and improvements tending deveope the and
increase the prosperity of the country should be
couraged andnot unnecessarily restricted encountered
But at the time the interest of the state and the
government In this country is identical with that of the
people, and that and hrst to be cared for
by It's Legislature, not by interfering with vested in
herent rights but by properly restricting and controlling
privileges granted and enjoyed matters Of favor and
not of right.
for discussion u.s. what are the necessities OF the State
calling for the exercise Of this extraordinary power
The constitution makes complete disposition OF the
the pay ment the expenses OF collection superinten.
dence and ordinary REPAIRS to the public creditors the
support of the government and the completion OF the
public works Under that provision the constitution
there was expended during the fiscal ending the
soth day of September last for collections superinten
deDce and ordinary repairs
The amounts .et apart under the constitu
tion for the benefit Of the public cIedi-
tors, amounted Observation-Disclosures. I41SbI ~
For the support of government ........ 200 900 90
Total. So, 1872, 727 o.
The revenues amounted to............. 29ss 665 q
Leaving deficiency of................ $ls4 O62 II
from meeting the requirements OF the constitution for
the FIR st time in the history Of our canals.
For the current fiscal year ending the threth day of
September next, there at the last session Of the
Legislature appropriated for collection superntendence
and ordinary repairs, the Of. 81 085 900 90
The appropriations required by the Consti-
tuition for sinking funds for the payment
of tebts and interest are ......... 2,I2s 12l 81
For the support of government. ....... 200 900 90
Total. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS go, 4l3, 121 81
The tolls collected the canals during the present
fiscal year amount to...............H 172, 0SS 90
Receipts Tor the remainder Of the year esti.
mated at....................... 1900 o0O 90
Total. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 672, 0sS 90
Leaving deficiency $741, o33 81
BY means of which deficiency the appropriations for the
support of and $500 900 OF the appro
priaon for the sinking uuds for the pay of
and interest, will be unprovded for out of such
For the fiscal year CONNIE ncing on the 6rst day OF
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ton to agriculture must be manifesto the
most inconsiderate. There is connection
between the nature and quality of soil in
any given district of country, and the veg
ctablo productions there found. The far
mor, the practical agriculturalist, in max
ing purchase of lands, determines the
value of the soil from the nature of the ve-
getable productions found on it. The quail
ity of the rocks in any locality is an index
to the nature Of the soil; the soil will de-
termine what vegetable forms of life will
best grow on it.
There is not only relationship subsist-
ing between the quality of the soil of GER
tain districts of country, and the forms Of
vegetable life; /; but there is an adaptation
and relationship of both animal and vege-
table life to the motion of the earth round
the sun, and on its axis. Geological SCI
enco teaches us that the ingredients Of all
soil are clay, sand and lime, and that a due
mixture of these constitutes good agrlcul-
tural SOIL A knowledge of facts of this
nature cannot fail to be of the first impor-
tance to every one.engaged in the hon0ra,
bic occupation of tilling the earth. Geol-
ogy, chemistry, and botany, all sustain a
most important relation to agricultural SCI
ence, science Of growing Importance to
the learned world. Agricultural chemis-
try, and agricultural geology have Slready
received, in many quarters, a liberal and
enlightened share of attention. That a
knowledge of vegetable physiology, and the
great and curious laws governing vegetable
life, are of utmost value in agricultural sci
cnce, must be confessed by every one.
NIincralcgy, constitutes a branch of geo
logical science, and sustains to it about the
same relation that horticulture does to ag-
riculturc. The rich stores of minerals and
metals opened up to human view, in geolo-
gical science, are of greatest practical I'M
portancc. 1t is question, difficult to de-
eide upon, whether the use of metals OF
the subjugation and use of beasts Of burden
and draught, have contributed most to the
civilization Of the human family. The
award should be made, probably, in favor
of the use Of metals. The precious met
ais, gold and silver, have rendered their
services, and will continue to render thelr
services. But iron, copper, lead and TIN,
in connection with others, which might be
mentioned, have worked changes en- the
face of society, and have elevated man
high in the rank of social, moral, and In
tcllectu0l being
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THE ART JOURNAL, 1866.
COMMENCING A NEW SERIES.

COMhENClNG NE"
WITH Eugravings from Pictures in
w the Royal Galleries at Windsor Castle,
Buckingham Palace and Osborne. Monthly
Journal of the Arts. Price 75c.
With the year 1855 will commence New and
Greatly Enriched Series of this already popular
work containing Pictures by ancient and modern
masters, which we have been graCiouSly per-
mittcd to engrave and issue by Her Majesty
Queen Victoria and his Royal HighneSs Prince
Albert, from the private collections at Windsor
Castle, Buckingham Palace and Osborne, also
Engravings of the Works in Soul pture in their
possession.
Each monthly part of the Art journal, there
fore will contain two fine engravingS of Pictures
in the Royal Collection, and one engraving of
work in SC culpture,
With the new year will also commence a SER
les of illustrated Biographies of Leading Brit
ish Artists. The Illustrations consisting of Ell
cravings on wood of their principal works, so
as to EXHIBIT the peculiar style and character OF
the leading painters of our school, and will be
Exceedingly Beautiful Specimens Of Art.
In addition we shall commence the year with
series of engravingS-to extend probably tc
one hundred examples-of the principal and
most valuable contents Of the Museum of Prac
ticle Art at Marlborough House, The engra
wings of these famous works cannot but be val
liable to every class of producers of art manu-
facture.
The subscription is nine dollars per annum
or IS cents for each number
Sold by MDowell d Co., Steubenville AM
by the Booksellers in all the cities OF th
Union. JAN 25, 1855.
VIRTUE, EMMINS & CO.,
25, John Street, New York
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be happy to be made acquainted with the
results.
But to the experiments of Mr. Sutton.
He says:
In the year 1858, the ground was plant
cd with corn and potatoes. Part of the
potatoes rotted. This year (1S54) it was
laid out into squares, IA PAGES each way; a
small coating of barn manure was spread
after plowing and narrowing it.
No l. The potatoes were covered with
salt hay, about six inches deep, over the
whole square. Yielded four bushels.
No, 2. The potatoes were covered with
Stacked lime, then covered with soil, then
spread half bushel of salt over the square
Yield four bushels.
No 8, The potatoes we're covered with
soil, then coating of lime on the top
Yielded four and a quarter bushels.
No. The potatoes were placed in the hills
on the lime, and then covered with soil.
Yielded four and a quarter bushels.
No. 5, First put a shovel full of tan in
the hill, then the potatoes on the tan, and
covered with soil. Yielded four and three
quarter bushels.
No. 6 Put shovel full of barn manure
from the stall where my oxen were kept,
and covered with soil. Yielded four BUSH
els; the poorest lot in the field.
No. 7. Dropped the potatoes, and threw
shovelfull of tan upon them, and then
covered with soil. Yielded four and a half
bushels.
No. 8. Dropped the potatoes and then
threw a shovelfull of meadow mud upon
them, and then covered with soil. Yielded
four bushels.
No. 9. The same as No. 9. With the
potatoes dropped on the mud. Yielded
four bushels.
The potatoes in Nos. S and were ur a
week before the others.
In most of the parcels, except where the
tan was used, there were found more or
less defective potatoes. These that grew
in the tan were larger, smoother, and Of
better quality than the others. I have
grown no better potatoes than these this
season.
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93)21;jj11j}JttJynl
Experiments in Raising Potatoes.

For the past few years the cultivation Of
the potato has been attended with great
uncertainty in the United States, Great
Britain, and on the continent. Many have
been the theories advanced in regard to the
cause Of the general failure of this impor
tant article of food, and more, if possible,
have been the remedies proposed to save
this root from the disease that seems to
threaten an utter determination.
We give below the experiments of Mr..
Wm. Sutton, of Salem, Mass, made last
year, and VIC hope they may induce many
Of cur readers to repeat the experiments
upon their own farms the present season,
Is for ourself, We cannot plead guilty to
the charge Of losing many potatoes with
the rot. The first year (l840) they be-
gao to decay to considerable extent in
this section Of the country, We planted on
u piece Of low land, highly manured with
fresh manure from the stable. We sue.
cccdcd in raising heavy crop, but there
were few dccayed potatoes when they were
dug. Since then our practice has been tc
plant upon turf land, as dry and loamy as
we have on the farm, and VIC use no ma
nurcs that undergo a rapid fermentation
when placed in the soil We have usct
lcachcd ashes alone for the potatoes; ant
have increased the yield 25 per cent, b,
their use; and have also used n compost 0
lcachcd ashes, sawdust, leaves, &C., will
4 advantage. With the compost VIC have re
t allied 800 bushels per acre. Both the asl
Y cs and the compost were used broadcast
from ID to 20 loads to the acre. We hav
r heard Of the use Of dry saw-dust alone
G placed upon the potato in the hill, and &C
s vcred slightly with earth. This method
Y said to be remedy for the rot, and give
/ product possessing rare excellence fc
y the table. We have never made use {
c saw-dust in an undecomposod state, an
s cannot speak of its merits from experience
+ If any of our readers have experiments
n with this substance in its dry, undecon
posed state in growing the potato, we shoul
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Administrators Sale.

RY order of the Probate Court, on Sat
II urday, the 18th day of February, 1855, at
2 o'clock P, NJ, of said day, at the door Of the
Court House, in Steubenville, Jefferson county,
Ohio, will be sold to the highest bidder, the
following valuable real estate, TO witt The
north part of lot No, 7, in Dixie & Wilson's ad
dition to the Town of Steubeuville; beginning
for the same at the North east corner of said lot,
running thence South with 9TH street, thirty
feet, thence West and parallel with the North
boundary of said lot, to the alley, thence North
with the alley thirty feet, to the Northwest
corner of said lot, theico East, with the North
boundary of said lot to the place of beginning,
TERMS OF SALE:-One third cash in hand /;
one third in one year, and the residue in two
years from the day of sale, with interest on the
deferred payments, to be secured by mortgage
on the premises. GEORGE W. MYERS,
Admir- of the estate of Saml Myers decd.
Ton 16 lS55 At
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ADVANCEMENT OF THE HAIR.-A wri-

ARRANGEMENT OF THE HAIR.-A wri-
ter in BlackwoOd says:-"I wish some one
would write a good treatise on hair dress
ing. How often do VIC see really good
face made quite ugly by total inattention
to line. Sometimes the hair is pushed in
to the cheeks, and squared at the forehead,
so as to give most extraordinary pinched
shape to the face. Let the oval, where it
exists, be always preserved; where it does
not, let the hair be so humored that the
deficiency shall not be perceived. Nothing
is more common than to see face, which
is somewhat too large below, made to look
grossly large and coarse, by contracting
tine hair on the forehead and cheeks, and
there bringing it toan abrupt check; where
as such face should enlarge the forehead
and the cheek, and let the hair fall partial
ly over, so as to shade and soften off the
lower cxuberanco. A good treatise, with
examples in outline of the defects, would
be of some value upon lady's toilet, who
would wish to preserve her great privilege
the supremacy of beauty Some press
the hair down close to the face, which is
to lose the very characteristic of hair
case and freedom. Let her locks, says An
acreOn, lie as they like; the Greek gives
them life and a will, Some ladies wear
their hair like blinkers; you always suspect
they will shy if you approach them"
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1qetrg.
From the phtsburq Commercial Journol.
THE RECONCILIATION.

ould Deacon McKenny aud good Patrick White,
For many day, had a bit of fight,
ould Deacon McKenny always hated the Pope,
And held that his neck was just fit for rope.
But good Patrick White, who loves Pro NlNo,
And bowed at the feet of Bishop BEDINo.
Swore by the powers, in presence of many,
That he'd batter the pate of ould Deacon Nc
Kenny.
ould Deacon M'Kenny was not to be skeer'd,
OF the Pope, nor Bedini he wasn't afeerd;
He fred away, like the devil, at Rome,
Aud opened his guns on the Papists at home
1t so append one day, that Deacon and Pat,
Net at corner, and struck IN a chat
Says Deacon McKenny to good Patrick White.
Have you heard of the know NOthings," just
come to light?
Faith l have, says ould Pat, bad luck to em too,
For hate them all worse, than Gentle or Jew
That's right, said the Deacon, and his hand he
extended,
They embraced then as friends, aud their fight
there was ended
Now they soon met again, the ould Deacon and
Pat,
Says Pat to the Deacon do you know what I'm al!
do, says the Deacon, they say you desire
To have my support TO make you a Squire.
Well now, says the Deacon, before agree,
To support you for Squire, you must promise
to me,
That the Shdnghigas, Muscovies, and Know
Nothings too,
Shall never receive any office from you
Hould office, says Pat, do you think Id agree,
That bloody Know Nothing should have Office
from me?
by my sowl, if | had them once in my power,
Id hang them all up in less than an hour.
Says Deacon McKenny to good Patrick White,
You can have my support, and for you III write
I'll join with the mickies and grog1 ellerS too,
And beat the Know Nothings, and thus elect
you.
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NEW GOODS.

I ALLEN has just received anew sup
- ply of French Merinoes; Coburgs; Cash.
meres; Thibet Cloths, silk warp; figured and
plain Alpacas; Bombazines, all wool; plain and
figured De LANES; Dress Silks, plain, figured
and fancy, all colors; Ladies' Cloaks and Man
tillas, q beautiful assortment; long and square
Shawls wooden, Thibet, Cashmere Silk and
Delaine Shawls; large assortment Prints; Bon
nets and Ribbons; Irish Linens; Linen Table
Cloths; French Table and Piano Covers; wooden,
cotton and silk Hosiery and Gloves; Walls; En-
broideries; plain and cross-baTed Muslins, Gam
brics, &C.; fickings; Toweling; Blankets; Elan.
nels; Linseys; blue Checks; brown and bleacted
Muslins; ladies and misses Shoes, Gmps, Frn-
ges, silk Laces and dress Trimmings; men and
boys Caps; Broad Cloths, Cassmeres, Cassi-
nets, Jeans, Tweeds, good assortment.
$500 yards CARPETING, at all prices. a-
The above Goods, mud host Of Others too
numerous to mention, will be sold wholesale or
retail very low for cash., at the store of
j. ALLEN, al
Corner Third street, adjoining the Court House,
Steubenville, Ohio. Jan. l, '55
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New Fall and Winter Goods.
Opening THIS DAY AT G.. 4

6bPENING THIS DAY AT G. Y j.
" SC0TT'S, 80 pieces french merinoes, all
shades, fine quality, at 97119 to 81; 50 ps. Co.
burg cloth Cd wide 81 to 621a so ps. black and
colored Alpacas from Is to IS, plain colored all
wool delaines; 3715; 55 ps. black and colored
dress and mantle silks from 621a to 81 So
French and Scotch plaids entirely new styles,
prints, printed delaines &c. IS cartons of bon.
net ribbons the largest and richest stock ever
brought to the city. 10 cartons plain and fancy
trimmings, velvet do silk, galoon and lace
gimp trimmings, DC. French flowers, bonnets,
silks and velvets. Bonnets of all the latest fall
styles.
Thesssubscribers hive no hesitancy in saying
that they are now opening the richest and cheap,
est lot OF goods ever offered in this market.
Jan: |, 1893 G. d ]. SCOTT
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EyThc cultivation of the physical sci
cnccs has tendency to lcyclopo high
order of moral and religious sentiment
The Christian religion has claims en- the
homage of every one: Its general princi-
pies Of morality are deemed worthy of an
honorable place in a course of collegiate
education in all, or most of the seats Of
learning in our country. Theology consti-
tutcs a great and sublime scicl c., inlepcn-
dent of that which is practical and life-giv-
ing connected with it. rs science, it
challenges the attention Of every one.
How charming is divine philosophy,
Not harsh and grabbed as dull fools suppose,
But musical as is Apollo's Lutte;
And perpetual feast Of ncctarrd sweets,
Where no crude sufet reigns.'
rs there is an adaptation to the mental,
so of the moral constitution Of man, to the
exterior material world A physical or.
gauism, subject to physical laws, is the
abode of the moral man: between the two
there exists in this life an inseparablc re-
latiopship. The earth constitutes mans
home, and "terra 6rma" in space The
telegraph, the steamboat, the ship on thu
high seas, the rail Car and the printins
press, subservc great moral ends. The car
n the boat and the telegraph, annihiate tim
and space; remote countries are brough
near each other. By this means scctiona
feelings arc broken down; mountains an
rivers being no longer the occasion of boz
der fauds and warfare. BY this means tn
great confederacy of thirty one nations, tha
grand association of republics in which W
live, arc brought together in neighbol
hood relationship, into political family az
sociation, where harmony, concord and mc
raj feeling will prevail Heuccforth, th
telegraph, the car, and the steamboat, wi
be stronger than compromise resolution
federal bonds, and the federal constitution
to preserve in unbrokcn unity, our gre
republic, to be the home of liberty, mora
ity, and religion. The agency in qucstio
will, in connection with other co-operatir
influences, break down the barriers of sea
national landmarks, and the distinction
races, and will ultimately bind men toget
or in harmonious brotherhood Though
of this nature conduct us toward that m
lenial era described in the sacred volur
in such lofty and glowing phrase, and wi
such prophetic rapture; atOpic which shou
be dweIt on in detail at an hour moro
cred than the present
The utility of the physical sciences
manifest from the fact of their capability
being applied to industrial pursuits, a
the higher interests Of society.
Geology stands prc-eminent in that "a
iy Of scicncc to which it belongs, for
utility and beneficial influences, It's re