Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 2, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1859 — A Liberal Offer. [ARTICLE]

A Liberal Offer.

i JTjr’All delinquent subscribers to the Gazette Who pay their S 2 before the first of April next, shall have a copy of the Genesee Farmer sent for one year to ■ their address at our expense. oO”The Methodists are still holding their 1 meetings, daily and nightly. (ts“ The lumber for the Court House fence | is now being delivered on the ground. (£7"The ladies are to give a festival at the j Court House next Tuesday night. See adI vertisement. Peacock got another fresh supply of groceries last week. He is doing an ' excellent business. I oO”There will, be a total eclipse of the ’ moon, early in the morning, to-morrow, visible throughout the United States. • of our readers desire to know ‘ Why the plank-road is not completed to the Methodist Church. Cun anybody tellJ weather we are now enjoying would pass for April, to a person who had ; ' taken a “Rip Van Winkle” sleep, and just! waked up. w __ (jgy»The men and boys are now having | I considerable sport in catching fish in the Iro- ' ' quois with “grab hooks.” Pike and dog j ifish are plenty. i ° '*** . United States Senate last Fri- ; day, by a vote of 30 to 21, tabled the case ’ 'of Lane &. McCarty. The majority of the ■ Senate are dare not meet the issue. (Cj“A bill to so amend the law for the I formation of new counties as to allow all' ■ the voters in the county a voice, has been engrossed in the House of Representatives. : i Maury has been conijili- ! meated by the French Government with the I . Order of the Legion of Honor, as a tribute I to his valuble services as a .man of science • find research. ’ (t!s"The House last Saturday, by a vote of 1 1 1 to 103, passed the Senate bill for the i iadmission of Oregon, and on Monday her ! two Senators—Lane and Smith—were admitted. Every member from this State ex- ' cept Wilson, of the Eighth District, voted ' for the- bill. | ‘ i (&“The debate that came off last Wednesday night, between the Erudites and , Calliopeans, was decided in favor of the ' former society, (negative.) The Rev. JTr. I Mock presided, and Dr. Snyder and Mr. C. : W. Henkle were the Judges, who, however, called Mr. Mock to their aid. These debates are becoming quite interesting and ! . amusing (to the audience.) and should be j held oftener.