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 tended, u usual at thia se 

 titers exceeding the spot 



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readers will find the department of 



valno— it seasonable directory relative to Nursery 



Ktotk, Implement!, Beed , Softools, and 



-ii". Attention is directed to all tbo 

 advertisements, and especially t< 

 nounccmenta of Nurserymen and Principals of 

 first data Schools and Seminaries. 



uuiiili. m of (he RiijiAi . 



with Muhlenberg ud Daviese:— For Beriah Ma- 

 goffin, lor Governor, T7,3«; for Josbo F. BeU, for 

 G:,.fmor, C-,7,:' —majority for Magoffin, 8,62o. 

 For Lion Bojd. for Lieut Governor, 76,8«0; for 

 Alt Allen, for Lieut. Governor, 64,$43 -majority 

 for Boy d, 1 1 ,l&. Thia is the largest vote, by * 

 thousand, ever east in the State, amounting i 

 aggregate to 146, 10S. 



The Convention at Pike's Teak formed a Consti- 

 lotion in two daya. It ia to be forwarded to 

 President an-1 Congress, with a request for adi 

 aion to tbe Union as the State of Jefferson. Thi 

 is pretty rapid business. If State* can be t 

 featured bo rapidly, we need not resort to fillibus- 

 tentm or bribes to increase the cumber of eti 





crieao Council of Kew York met 

 th t :3d ult., and after considerable di 

 cussioo it wilh resolved, that tbe President ai 

 Secretary or tbi-i State Cooncil be authorized and 

 directed to coll a State Nominating Convent: 

 Utica, on Wednesday, the Slat day of September 

 next. Tbe officers for the ensuing year are as f 

 lo,r S :_/V<*! ( i<-n*—G.A. Scruggs, Erie; Fleo-Pt 

 idant— Amos H. Prescott, Uerkimer; S«r«tari 

 James N Ilueted, Westchester. 



DOMESTIC NEWS. 



Matters at Washington. 



Tub Administration has assurance from the 

 Government of Costa Rica of its preparation to ap- 

 point, in conjunction with the United Slates, a 

 Commiesion to settle all claims of our citiiens 

 against tliat Itrpublic. It is promised this Com- 

 missioner will be appointed shortly niter tbe arri- 

 Dimllry nt San Jose. 



h.isbeon officially advised 

 that an order has been received at the Custom 

 ilou'p, authorising tbo reduction of the govern- 

 ment export duty to five per cent, in favor of the 

 exporter. 



Trie Washington correspondent of tbo Tritium 

 statca that immediately on tbe accession of Lord 

 Itussell to office as Foroign Minister in England, 

 he addressed to this government n dispatch earnest- 

 .ttng against Lhe re-opening of the 

 Slave trade, and n^nn-.! tbe lokewarmness of Mr. 

 Hucbonan's Administration in that respect. 

 The Commissioner oflndiun Affairs, Mr.Orcen- 



v - ', ''■■ " ' -civetl n diipntch, untiouncing tbe ar- 



luldren spared at the 



They will nt once bo 



' '■*•• ""'"■the point from 



which the expedition to which they were attached 



set out, and there restored to their friends. 



A PftiVATK dispatch from Carlislie, lid., an- 

 nonncea the death of Hon. John A. Davis, of that 

 Htntc, formerly speaker of the U. S. House of Rep- 

 resentatives. 

 Paor. Uimiti:v. Minister to Central America, 

 b "'t the first of September with his 

 family for Costa Rica. 



T,t. Ivm, lhe Architect and Engineer in charge 

 of the Washington Monument, has made an official 

 report to the Society, in which he says that when 

 railed to thl height of COO feel the entire Weight 

 of the shaft and foundation will be 70,000 tons.— 

 Tbe weight af the structure in its present condi- 

 tion is 40,000 tans. lie has been unable to detect 

 appearances of settling, or indications of insecuri- 

 ty. Ry scientific calculation, he has arrived at the 

 conclusion that the weight nlono of the Monument 

 nt its full height, will ©ITer u resistance Dear 

 eight times greater than the overturning effort 

 the heaviest tempest, to which it would probably 

 ever bo exposed. 



Personal and Political 



from the Sandwich Islands state thai 



gan.i'.s Consul at Honolo- 



: time past seriously ill with 



Conflagrations and Casualties. 



A nan broke out in New Bedford, about 

 on the 25th ult., in North Water street., whil 

 stroyed about i;.'d welling?, and was fin ally arrested 

 on Kay and North st., by blowing up s( 

 buildings with gunpowder. The buildings de- 

 stroyed include Haitian &, Sons' machine shop 

 and planing mill; Kider & Smith's soap yard; 

 Durstrual's turning mill ; N. II. Ayre's ship chan 

 dlery; Edward M. Robinson's oil yard, in whict 

 3,000 barrels of oil were destroyed, besides somt 

 lots of oil belonging to W. G. E. Pope, B. B. How 

 land and David 11. Camp. Several dwelling houses 

 carpenter shops and groceries were included in 

 the conflagration. A large number of bomb lances 

 on the premises of Wilcox &. Bath way, caused loud 

 explosions, as also did the bursting of tbe oil casks. 

 The Bhip John Edwards, lying at Wilcox i Rich- 

 mond's wharf, was bnrned to tbe water's edge. 

 Several persons were injured, but none fatally. The 

 total loss is variously estimated at from $^00,000 to 

 (800,000, on which the insurance is small. 



A bpecial dispatch to the Democrat says that 

 thirteen buildings were burnt at Cairo, III , on the 

 24th ult. Loss $10,000. 



Joiix Dot's field's pail factory was burnt on the 

 24th, in Cleveland, Ohio. Insured $8,000. 



We learn from the Yates County Chronicle of the 

 'j.'ith, that a very destructive fire occurred at Ha- 

 vana, Schuyler county, the evening previous, com- 

 mencing about 11 o'clock. A large portion of the 

 business part of the town is destroyed, sixteen 

 places of business being consumed. The entire 

 damage is estimated ai £.".0,<'.".'0, with only an insur- 

 of about $15,000. The Chronicle does not 



farthing of insurance. The Montour 

 slightly, and the Observatory Building* 



give a lis 

 of the Ui 

 without a 



badly aau, 



Nevrs Paragraphs. 



The mammoth steamship Great Eastern it 

 advertised to leave England for Portland early in 

 September. This vessel registers moro tuns than 

 Noah's Ark, as estimated by Sir Isaac Newton and 

 Bishop Wotkins, viz.:— 23,0^2 tuns! It is also 

 longer and deeper, but not so broad as the "Ark." 

 The comporions is as follows: 



Noah's Ark Nosh's Ark Great 

 Eastern. 



in Pittsburgh. This 



of the kind in tbe United States, and it t 

 that it should be put up in the " Iron Cily 

 church (St. Philomena's, Catholic) hasnoi 



ried np sixty-five feel higher, and upon it 

 erected a beautiful cast iron spire, eighty-five feet 

 high, exclusive of the cross that will crown 

 apex. The fciyle is to be the perforated Gothi 

 the middle ages. It will cost about JIO.OC 



Ti T, 





in the world that are made of i 

 and Frankfort-on-lhe-Maio. 



Tub Madison (N. Y.) Observer says t 

 of the early rising citizens of that town f 

 of frost upon the ground lost Friday i 



;cb sp„ 



9 safe to predict that 



»je«r." 



ceived dui 



log any 



s organized. Tbe 



and Jul; 



.mount- 









e-third. 



ending J 



train, 



Jon* Ross, who has recently been re-elected 

 Principal Chief of the Cherokee Indians, has held 

 that position for 31 conseoutive years. He was 

 elected under the first Constitution of the Nation 

 in 1S2H, and has been re-elected every four years 

 since, almost without opposition. He is an edu- 

 cated man, of mixed Indian and Caucasian blood, 

 somewhat more than CO year3 of age, has the 

 sense to write short messages to the Council, and 

 enjoys unbounded popularity among the civilized 

 red skins. 



Tub receipts of the American Board of Commis- 

 sioners for Foreign Missions for July were $C0.01B 

 Bit, This is tbe largest sum reo 

 one month since the Board was 

 receipts for tbe months of June i 

 cd to about $100,000. Of tbe an 

 July, Massachusetts gave mora 

 The total receipts for the year i 

 including donations and legacies, amounted to 

 $320,000. Of this sum Massachusetts gave J120,- 



Stormes of discoveries of remarkably rich silver 

 mines, by a party of Americans, come to us from 

 Arizona. It is said they have found the long lost 

 celebrated Vega mine, whose richness was re- 

 nowned even upon the mining records of old 

 Spain. It was worked by tbe early Jesuit ex- 

 plorers, who, when compelled lo leave by the 

 Apaches, destroyed their works, and blocked up 



r New Oit- 

 -Ao announcement is made at New Orleans 

 that from the 1st inst., all free persons of color ro- 

 be immediately lodged in 

 jail, and there remain until the departure of the 

 osel in which they came. 

 i Stamps.— It is said that the issue of 

 postage stamps by government anticipates the 

 quired by the public for immediate use, 

 lount of not lesi ,rtbaa $1,000,000. So 

 nt has constantly nt a million of dollars 

 gains tbe 



: ndvi 



FOREIGN" NEWS. 



W K gather the following detail 

 from tbe files furnished by tbe various armsls 

 during the week. The latest dates are by ih« 

 Washington, of the 19th alt,, which arrived off 

 Cape Race on the 2oth : 



Gkbat Bjutai!!.— The sailing of the ateamer 

 Great Eastern from Liverpool to Portland, which 

 was originally fixed for tbe firal of September, has 

 been postponed till the loth of the same month, 

 owing to an unavoidable delay to getting ready 



A Russian loan of twelve millions sterling, and 

 an Indian loan of five millions bad been introduced 



Parliament was prorogued on the 13th. 

 The Daily News says that the strike am 

 en belonging to the Building A: 



ii** In Uatuilw, u,^ M ,,, 

 e reported betweea tag 8i«j k 



-Tbe nuittrr 



'ilrrlban etpreaenL 



- Pear» are a drug tn Cailf^m*, 



vtailora In Baratofa waa ■ 



tig the 



likely to lost long. 



The Paris correspondent of the Dody N 

 learns from a good source that tbe Empcior 

 tends to publish a political amnesty on the ISih. 

 It is reported that it will include G<n. Changi 

 nier. Col. Charrsy, Louis Blane, and even Led 

 Rollin. 



Frakcb.— All the troops that are to vetnrn to 

 France from Italy bad 



The Constitute one/, in an article on tbe French 

 army, conveys a threat considered 

 land. The writer says that when one* there shall 



transports which will permit the sudden and 

 unexpected throwing of a corps d' 

 enemy's shore, the ei 

 were jealous of her, 

 voking her. 



It was reported that the Austrian Ambos^ad 

 to France would refuse to attend the J "... . | , 

 the colors taken from the enemy were allowed 

 be carried in the procession. 



Tbe Bank of France had gained 6 J", 500,000 francs 

 during the month of July. The 8 percent*, on tbe 

 Paris Boarse had declined to OOf. 



There was a vague rumor that Prineo Napoleon 

 was to be made Sovereign of Tuscany. 



Telegraphic advices from Paris state that the 

 Zurich Conference is in daily session, but as vet 

 but little progress in the questions has been made. 



The Grand Duke of Tuscany has arrived in 

 Paris, and met with a very friendly reception from 

 the Emperor. 



It is stated in Paris that all the warnings hitherto 

 given to tbe French newspapers by the govern- 

 ment, are to be considered hereafter as nullities. 



Austria.— It was reported by way of Vienna, 

 that the Red Republicans bad proclaimed in Parma, 

 that tbe Piedmontese were driven out — that the 

 friends of order were everywhere taking to flight, 

 ling collision had taken place between 

 an and Prussian soldiers at Frankfort. 

 The King of Prussia was not expected 





Lt'njrth I 



Sir I. Newton. Blab. V 



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Jndgo Pi 



In, has been for 



the asthma, 



Tub American State ConvenUon of Maryland 



have nominal,,! ffm, 11. Pulmell for Comptroller. 



Thehe will be a double delegation from Illinois, 



in the Charleston Convention. 



A Statb Convention of colored men meels in 



1 ■■■■■! in \i fur 



a seision ol two days or more, and theSuQrage 



question is to be discussed. A large attendance is 



Rarvm fan tbe greater portion of Alabama 

 Indicate that Got. Mooic's majority will consider- 

 ably cxectd 20,000. 



Tui Minnesota Democratic State Convention 

 was held en lhe |6tb ult., and the following ticket 

 nominated '-</, ! ',r, i( . r — George L. Becker; Luvt, 

 Governor— Sylvan K. i, owcrT; 8*» 

 -Francis Banj -j^— John B. 



-Samuel B. Abbe. 



**• Democratic State Convention of Wisconsin, 

 •n the 15th alt, nominated II. C. Hobart for. Oot- 

 t^l! > ^, a 1 , ! A ," y ' 1 '" lllK ' r fa Lieutenant Governor, 

 U Is doubled whether the delegates to the Charles- 

 UDLontntwn will be elected by the present Con- 

 vention, which .s deeiu.dij Ant.-Leeomplon. 



Tub Democratic Coovc n ii on of v r 

 ambled at Trenton on the lath ult Z" A if"" 5 T 

 largeet end most etormy ercr lelu . The *"*^ 



foraortrnor. Tbe next highest competitor w„ 

 Chart* Skeleton, of Mercer. 

 Weaave received, says the LoatariUe OotiHw 



officially and otherwise, the vote of KM cona^ in ' 

 the Bute, which aum up as follows for Governor 

 and Lieutenant Governor. The Toic or McL*»n 

 Bounty ia included only in part, as it is the new 

 county, uveral precincts of which were count 



week tbe Mayor of St. Louis 

 the recently-adopted ordinance for y 



selling on the Sabbath day. Tbe good 

 effect of the Mayor's action is shown in the fact 

 tbut np to 8 P. M. on Sunday, not a single arrest 

 for drunkenness had been made. 



Tumih will be no provincial Agricultural Eihi 

 bition in Lower Canada; but the Horticultural 

 Society are making active preparations to supply 

 this deficiency. 



A cable about 3,000 feet long, was laid on Mon- 

 day week across tho Mississippi at St. Louis, com- 

 posed of four strands of tho Atlantic Cable. 

 Three tuns of No. Q wire were used on tbe outside 

 of the main wires, which adds greatly to its 

 strength, and allows the strain to como upon the 

 outside wires instead of the cable. This is the 

 crossing of the Mississippi by tho above line. 

 IBR portable steam saw mills are about to be 

 shipped lo Louisiana from the Novelty Works, 

 York. They are designed for the sugar 

 ;rs" use in procuring f uc l for boiling the 

 Placed in a forest, they cut tbe trees down 

 m? tbeminto four feet lengths, eflfeotiHgWith 

 (belabor of two men, what has up to this time 

 the work of twenty. 



er have been hoving a great flood on Loi 

 d. On Saturday, the 18 thult., they hud 

 ;ndoue storm of rain, accompanied by ince 

 thunder. At Mattituck the rain fell to tl 

 depth of twenty inches, according to a corre 

 ntatt, who writes that ho could go in a hoi 

 r -wo thirds of bis farm, which is situated 

 high laud. At Wading river the new bridge 

 was swept away, and the mill dam broken, and the 

 made ground about the pond flooded and borne off 

 to the Sound. The roads were terribly cu 

 turnpikes, a dozen years old, were plowed 

 by the extemporized rivers, and tbe lawns ca 

 with sand. It is thirty-three years since am 

 flood last -visited the Island. 



:7QrAKERMEEri.\r,n.«6 ( tLiroitKu.— OuFirst- 

 loroing, July 31st, say 3 the San Francisco 

 National, the room of the Board of Superris* 

 the City Hall, was entirely tilled by those wl 



to be present on the occasion of the first 

 ngofthe "Society of Friends" in this State. 

 Robert Lindsay and wife, who recently arrived in 

 ountry, are accredited ministers from the 

 London Yearly Meeting. Their presence in Cali- 

 fornia is welcomed by many who were members, 

 or had been accustomed to attend meetings of the 

 Society of Friends iu their former homes. Robert 

 Lindsay delivered a sermon of an hour's duration, 

 marked by a simple eloquence, fervor, and grace, 

 which charmed every bearer. His wife followed 

 inaverybriefandbeautiful discourse. Thewbole 

 assemblage evinced deep interest and clo< 



M un 





ixe Law Ejt- 

 tm witni ■ Bad 

 , I hat of the 







that it contained liquors. The building where 

 this occurred was the Exchange Coffee House, 

 the proprietor, Jesse Annis. Tbe City Marshal, 

 notwithstanding Mr. A. protested against this 

 violent intrusion upon hispremises.afterconsider- 

 ablehard labor, forced open the safe, found nine 

 bottles of liquor, and bore them off in triumph to 

 the police office. 



LaTBB Phom CaxxfobKU.— The steamer Moses 

 Taylor arrived at New York on tbo STth ult,, from 

 Aspinwnll the lSth. with California mails of the 

 5th, 500 passengers, and upwards of ^liil.ixiii in 

 treasure. Among the passengers are Cupt. Long, 

 Commander of the Pacific Squadron, and Lieut, 

 tow, together with ten officers and commander 

 of tbe sloop-of-war Decatur. The Moses Taylor 

 reports the U. S. ships Merrimac, VnndaUa and 

 Warren at Panama, and Roanoke, Sabine and 

 Preble ai 



Califo 



i.— Spain had rcsolvi 



e her 



Clippings from Forejga Journals. 



Three fatal cases of cholera have been reported 

 at Dundee, Scotland. 



Ali Kuav, embassador from Persia to Parie and 

 London, has arrived in Paris with 20 young men, 

 who have come to France to be educated. 



The widow of Gen. Espinasse has requested the 

 Second Regiment of Zouaves to accept her son as 

 child of the Regiment. 



An Ea^t Indiau Pagan Prince, immensely rich, 

 hu3 conquered tho prejudices of an En^li Ii l.idy, 

 Miss Hodge, and celebrated the union of the colo- 

 nial and home government* by one (if their own— 

 the first of the kind that ever took place. 



gives particulars of the 

 killed and wounded in tbe lulo Italian War, mak- 

 ing a total of 24,350 killed and wounded Allies, to 



The exports of silver from France continue on 

 a scale which bids fair soon to drain the coantry 

 of that metal. During the first six months of the 

 present year the quantity which has left France 

 kilos, against 1H,4'.'3,K<.' im- 

 ported, or more than double the exhaustive prooeaa 

 i years ago the Duke of Tuscany imprisoned 

 the Madiai for circulating a few copies of the Word 

 tiod. To-day tbe Duke is a fugitive from his 

 kingdom, and the Madiai are busily engaged iu 

 atingthe Scriptures, the Provisional Govtrn- 

 of Tuscany having proclaimed freedom of 

 and full religious liberty. 

 Thu Pope bis condemned to death seven of the 

 inhabitants of the town of Perugia, for pnrlicipa- 

 which took place iu that city 



•otortrty «r having xhe warM 

 ool In Chita* • nt a Be/orm 



ProTidnOO, k 1., recently, i 



i ilouncn leaving New \ 



[i Ileal Collffi l 

 L Louis. It will bo open on 



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tbe poet week. 



Tbe Goasalez Inquirer i 



' In in t.j..n>;til lutu Texas, 



'Ufiltt lo New York during 



Court, Ij elghty-tWO jearaolil. 



TO HNS are raging In the wood, 

 . Itclwcen Borne and Verona, l! 



of landi In Erie Co., N. Y., lo b< 



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Dura o.- i Wka-Ksotts Pcbxubbb.— Uosaa 



l>. Phillips, of the tirm of Phillips, Sampson & 

 Co., Boston, died at his residence in llrookitne, 

 on Saturday week, aged 40. He commenced busi- 



ester, but went to Bosl 

 «nd. by his energy and remarkable business toct, 

 aoon acquired aleading place among the publishers 

 of the country. The "Atlantic Monthly" was 

 »moog his last successful enterprises. 



Cbioqui 



Faoa Kansi*.— The Express arrived at Leai 

 worth on the i3d ult., with Denver dates to 

 15th, six pajsengers, and 10,000 in gold dost, 

 portion of the recently framed Constitution 

 been published. No allusion is made to the Slav 

 question in thebillof rights. Therightof suffrage 

 is restricted to the whites. The local papers are 

 silent with respect to the provisions of the Con- 

 stitution. The richest gold discoveries have been 

 made since the last arrival, between CapeLapon- 

 dre and the Checne Pass, although the opening of 

 new leads was of daily occurrence. A great rush 

 had been made by the miners toward the Checne 

 Pass, where it was reported that tlOO to $1,000 a 

 day was being made by a single hand. The emi- 

 gration continued light but steady. Business at 

 Denver city was brisk, and merchandize and pro- 

 visions were selling cheap. The Oni- 1 

 caa says that Charles Uslie, of Marion county,?*., 

 amred there on the 14th with 1,03* ounces of gold 

 dust, from Clear Creek. Leslie professed to have 

 discovered the richest diggings yet found, and re- 

 to the States for tho purpose of procuring 

 quartz mills to work them. 



they will be found when wuntin 



O.v the "Victor Emmanuel " Railroad there was 

 a very bad accidentnear the station of Turin. Two 

 trains, going at full speed, ran against each other. 

 One of them had a Sardinian battery on board, and 

 the other a corps of French infantry; 15 soldiers 

 were killed and CO wounded. Poor fellows, to meet 

 such a fate, just after they had got safely out of i 

 bloody war I 



Tde system of insurance against Bsjlway Rflei- 

 dents is now brought to such complete perfection 

 in England, that at almost any station there arc 

 agents empowered to issue the reqm 

 which are simply tickets. Two or throe pence ad- 

 ditional, paid on purchasing a ticket, secures the 

 repayment of any loss or damage lo person or 

 property during the trip. 



Tee Liverpool Tivw, in commenting upon the 

 American naturalization question, says — " It is a 

 remarkable fact that there is no great Tower in 

 the world with so small an army and navy as the 

 United States, and yet which makes itself more 

 feared and respected." 



- London la about to 



spend vjn 





on draining 



er streets, on keeping ( 



ihfromnuwlugm 



ulkuTuiimea 



ml on euvlng It for agriculture 







- Letters received at rorllacJ 









sblpuiuyl 







t that port the preient 



month. 







-Meuilllc WtndOW b 









ork. The frame la m 









uLiof corrugated ibee 



Iron. 







— If mile, tbo Qarone 



udePIerrr 







le Empresi of the Fn 



Ben, litd 



UgbU 





home, Juit deceased t 



Hew y«rk 









weighing 1 





cnjwelgLl*, 



re the product of the 

























any lovely women at 



Newport." 



Very 



likely. Cat 



The DibttMocth or the Mississippi Cl&Usd. 

 Craig 4 Tigbloy, the contractors for cleaning 

 it the mouth of the Mississippi river, publish a 

 atement in the Cincinnati papers exonerating 

 their sureties, and staring that the work was 

 formally accepted by the government, and the 



— The paper* >uggc«t 



that here 



away with, mod that quarrelers be 1 





standing 



— Zinc la foond In ln> 





fTleconsIn and Northern 



Illinois, ai 



erected at La BalJe, 111., f 





— Alabama papers are 



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Ve 6 Tb" u^TVd" 



. Noru." 



— A spring bat reeen 



, t „ , B i 



PalU, N. Y., the water "' 



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