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MOORE'S RURAL XEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 



OCT. 9. 



lion be had held for nearly twenty -are j ears— died 



Dratxa September, 970 turuti were issued 

 from the Pension Office, to satisfy which 143,000 

 acres of land were necessary. 



A tilio ram. dated New York, 4th inst, contain! 

 the gratifying Intelligence that the Norwegian 

 ship "Catarine," Capt Fcnnbhes*, has arrived at 

 Quebec- with twenty-two of the passengers and 

 crew of the steamer Austria, the destruction of 

 which, by fire, was noticed in the Bubal ol last 

 week. The log of the " Catarlna" thoa states the 

 particulars received:— "On the 24th af September, 

 at 2 A. aL, Ion. 33.40, laL 41.39, the Catarlna fell in 

 with the steamship Austria, and took from the 

 wreck twenty two persons — sixteen passengers and 

 six of the crew. In the number included a girl 

 fourteen years of age." 



Dispatches from Mr. Forsyth, our Minister at 

 Mexico, were broogbt by Dr. Billings, who arrived 

 at New Orleans on the 4th inst The principal 

 object of the Dr. Is stated to be the purchase of 

 Minnie rifles for the Liberal army, for which pur- 

 pose he is well supplied with fund*. He aaya the 

 Americana are much thought of by the Liberal 

 party, and occupy high stations of trust He 

 thinks Sonora will soon be ceded to the United 

 States for a consideration. On the 6th of Sept. a 

 force was preparing to march on Jalapa and 

 Cbeagary's bead quarters. 



Schuyler County Fair. — "Watkins. 



t the Schuyler Co. Fair, 



-ainonlbeC. and N. F. Railroad, 



h bis destination before noon. — 



On arriving at Canaadsigua, however, he learned 



The Sanaa* Gold Mines. 



Got. Denver, writing to the Secretary ef the 

 Interior, at Washington, uoder date of September 

 17ih, says that late news from Pike's Peak leaves 

 no room to doubt the correctness of the reported 

 discoveries of gold in that vicinity. The explor- 

 ers fonnd gold on the Arkansas, en the beads of 

 Kansas, and South Fork and Platte rivers, embra- 

 cing an extent of country of more than 300 miles. 

 The richest mines yet found are on Cherry Creek, 

 a tributary of the Platte, directly north of Pike's 

 Peak. 



Gov. D. has not yet heard of qaartr. vleua, but the 

 best information would seem to indicate a great 

 similarity between these mines and the first dis- 

 coveries In California. In view of the present con- 

 dition of affairs in that regioD, Gov. D. advises that 

 the lands there be withdrawn from preemption, if 

 they are open to settlement, leaving them 

 the mining districts of California, free for all who 

 may see fit to engage in working the mines. 



The country, be believes, is or has been claimed 

 by the Utahs and Cheyenues, the Ktowaa and 

 Arcayiahoep, and he does not know that their title 

 baa ever been extinguished. If it baa not 

 will be no trouble in withdrawing the lands from 

 the operations of the pre-emption laws, bnt if It 

 has they ought to be withdrawn any way, and the 

 facts and reasons reported to Congress next w 

 It would, he adds, be advisable to send out 

 competent person to examine the mines and report 



P*wrg gotircs. 



out and K^ofc.^ 



iotty iiDptrU*l hiitorrof 



gagementa if an 



W. G. Lil-HAM, I 



N. F. Road, for a 



kindly consented t 

 , The 

 promptly " 



ng the possibilities, applied t 



road. The good e 



ROCHESTER, N. Y., OCTOBER 9, 1858. 



FALL CAMPAIGN QUARTER! 



The Sural Three Months, on Trial, at Half Price 

 ISy At the suggestion of many of Its friends 

 and In order to introduce the paper mere generally 

 preparatory to the newvolnme, we have concluded 

 to offer the Ritual for the present quarter — Octo- 

 ber to January, 13 numbers— at only Half Fricb, 

 (25 cta.)thus placing Itwithin the means and reach 

 of all who wish to give it a fair triaL We will 

 send 4 copies for $1; 8 for $2; 12 for $3; 20 for 

 $5, Ac, and mail to as many different persons or 

 post-offices as desired. Of course, we shall not 

 realize a farthing's profit, yet wish to circulate at 

 least Five Thousand trial copies of this quarter. 



— We therefore frankly ask each and every agent 

 and friend of the Rural to aid in circulating the 

 Fall Campaign Quarter. There is scarcely one of 

 our readers who could not, if disposed, easily ob- 

 tain from 4 to 20 or 50 Trial Subscribers, and 

 thereby not only enhance the welfare ol Mb or her 

 friends and neighbors, but directly aid in aug- 

 menting the future usefulness of this joornaL— 

 Friends of the paper and its objects, near and dis- 

 tant—in the North and West, East and South- 

 will you not give " a loDg pull, a strong pull, and 

 a poll altogether," in behalf of the Fall Campaign 

 Quarto- of the favorite Rural Weekly* 



Review < 



Week. 



Tub 



icounta from the Atlantic Cable, brought 

 y the Arabia, are very gloomy. Electricians seem 

 j have reason for believing that the lesion Is 

 bout two hundred and seventy mileB from Valen- 

 la— a point where there is a sodden descent in tho 

 and such Ib the position of the 

 t be repaired. Prof. Tiiompson 

 rength of indications 

 it*, that the electrical 

 currents are orawn oil at soveral points In the en- 

 tire line. There was BtiU hope, however, that 

 communication might be restored by powerful in- 

 Btrumenta, which were on their woy from London. 

 Mr. C. W. Lfndv. the geotlenian sent out to Trini- 

 ty Day by the English Directors, has arrived at 

 Halifax, and telegraphs to Cysts W, Field aa 

 follows: — "I bring Instruments and regulations 

 log and working on certain days, when 

 ie particularly watchful for signals. 

 t by establishing a system of unison 

 o stations, to get signals through. 

 [ broken; the defeot Is loss of 



bed of t 

 bruit Utai II t 

 also prononm 

 furnlabed by his del 



It is hoped, th 

 between the t 

 The conductor li 



Insulation two hundred and eighty miles from 

 Valentia. It la possible, by sending a certain kind 

 of electricity, to Improve tho Insulation, and thus 

 the difficulty may be overcome for a time. From 

 the nature of the defect, signals even at present, 

 maybe received at Valentia from Newfoundland, 

 and not vice versa. Everything will be done to 

 "lil" cooi niunicaUotL Mr. Brett thinks the 

 lifted and repaired." 



to be but little doing at Washing- 



18th ulL, informs us that 



lister to Paraguay, would 



receive- nia iosir nillOM the day following, and 



proceed to Newport, where ho would embark on 



■ inst. Dispatches 



Panama, say Presi- 



ton. A telegram 

 Judge Bo wuN.Sp 



a and speed, Mr. M. arrived i 



. Moore wishes us to express his aohnowledg- 

 b to Mr. Superintendent Lapham for bis cour- 

 and accommodating spirit and action, and 



s did the good engine " Dundee," driven by E 



. H. Hayward, under command of Mr. ( 



>, yesterday. He also avers 



ductor JeudeviE 



beautiful and pictoresque region as that bordering 

 Seneca lake, is a pleasure and novelty worth the 

 investment required for a special train. — Roeheata' 

 Baity Union, Sept. 30. 



— To the above veritable account of the manner 

 in which the Schuyler Co. Fair was reached, it may 

 not be improper for us to add a few words rela- 

 tive to the result of the exhibition, and Its loca- 

 tion. In the first place, we were agreeably surprised 

 to find from 3,000 to 6,000 people in attendance at 

 the Fair, and to learn, from observation, and other- 

 wise, that the exhibition had been unusually cred- 

 itable and successful. Certainly, we never attended 

 a Fair which closed more pleasantly and satis- 

 factorily, — where all seemed so well plessed 

 with the result of their efforts in behalf of im- 

 provement. The farmers of Schuyler seem to be 

 imbued with the right spirit, and the prosperity of 

 their Society proveB that they have manifested it 

 by efforts in the proper direction. Personally, we 

 are indebted to the officers and members of the 

 Society fora most cordial and gratifying reception, 

 as well as patient hearing and endorsement. Ac- 

 knowledging the kindness which induced them 

 to manifest so much appreciation of little merit, 

 we trust our Schuyler Co. friends will never " fail 

 to connect," but always keep the track whereon 

 glides the car of Improvement. They have alreBdy 

 surpassed many older, larger and wealthier conn- 

 ties, and no doubt will report decided progress, 

 annually, in future. 



— The pleasure of our brier visit to Watkins was 

 greatly enhanced by the bind courtesy of Messrs. 

 Frees and other residents of thatfavored localily. 

 We shall long remember with pleasurable emotions 

 our first view of "The Glen"— one of the i 

 markable and wonderful natural curiosltiei 

 Union, — and from "Prospect Hill," whic 



the beautiful village and valley, Seneca Lake, 

 wide extent of the rich and picturesque 

 irroundiug that rlghtly-named emincr 

 ins is worthy of an annual visit by those who 

 frequent Saratoga, Niagara, and other popular 

 ler resorts, in pursuit of health or recreotior 



To Corrbsp 



Mexican News.— The New Orleans Pieayt 

 n receipt of late and interesting news from M( 

 f which the following is a summary :— The papers 

 report the vomito as still prevailing quite e 

 sively in Vera Cruz, and numbers dying daily. Up 

 to the 5th inst, Gen. Robles had not made a land- 

 leg, but remained on board the British steamer 

 Clyde, at anchor off tho port It was the impres- 

 sion among quite a number that he might be called 

 upon to Bucceed Zatosga at the head of the Gov- 

 ernment. The proposition recently offered for the 

 recall of Santa Anna, was strongly opposed by 

 Gen. Echeagaray, who threatened tojoin the Liberal 

 army in case the proposition should be persisted In. 

 The final success of the Liberals was not doubted. 

 Mr. Forsyth, the American Minister, was still in 

 Mexico, (at Taoubaya.) where he would remain for 

 several weeks, or until the vomito had disappeared 

 sufficiently to render traveling safe. 



Ocean Steam 

 following list of 

 the Atlantic, It vi 

 life by the i 



— By reference to the 

 which have been lost In 

 a that the destruction of 

 s greater than has occurred on 



'essel for many years: 











6. City of Philadelphia, 



:zi"i 



9. Lyonnais, "I™"™! 



23 lost-ST 







£ X£. AmertM ' 



03 !T 8 9° 



The Peruvian ship Mercedes wa 

 of May, 1864, and 731 perished on 



a wrecked 

 t of 820. 



%hr Qw* Condylar. 



cioff P0UU *' *"™^ lib -noc- o"a 

 of 7l* e «£I OTk ^ ** " aM ""» 1» • Period 

 RapldoilT Ph "■• "" bMB "^^a »« c™* 



-There was a smart white frost at DUoaon Fri 

 day night week. s,ont «■ 



Wednesday week. s on 



i7*nU U ™r r 1 . 8 . 0JBteTS *™ " 1UEg ta 8t Lwh » ■* 



0,000 members of the Frenoh 



< Boston about a uniform 



— There are no 

 Legion of Hoaor. 



-They are talking . 

 for their policemen. 



— Potatoes are aald 

 New England, la 1719. 







§tW fatagrapfe. 



Latest From Havana. — Advices from Havana 

 ly that an American ship had landed a cargo 

 f slaves at Cardenas, numbering 700. Nearly 



Seer had been sent to Cardenas to investigate 

 alter. The health of BavaDa is imprc 



A letter from Havana in the N. T. Herald, i 

 er of secret agents of Santa Anna had at 

 from St Thomas, en route for Vera Ci 



They bad plenty of gold, and left on the English 



learner, after having interviews with the 



i ex Dictator and some Spanish officials. 



-as said that the Spanish Government wc 



lay the cable to Key West at its own expense. 



■ k'MOr.i 



1 the author', 



bbpondbnta— We often r 



!spoDdents who conBlder themselves 

 Blighted, on account of the nonappearance of cer- 

 tain prose or poetical articles contributed by them, 

 when the facta in the case woul 

 from all blame. Oar rules reqn: 

 ice, nnd when c 



nothing but a " nnmde plume " to 



signify paternity, they ar> cast aside with little 

 a have now a considerable number 

 compositions from "Lulu," "Gipsy," 

 'Kiltie," of Clyde, "Kaick," "Will Wanderer," 

 "J. Hinneo," "Pleasant Bard," "Plow-Boy," Aft, 

 which, if the authors will recognize our law in 

 ade and provided, * 



1 receive consid- 



eration, [f wrltere for the Rural 



he ruleB the press of the whole country have 

 established, they would save editors much trouble, 

 nd no little vexation for themselves. 



Missionary 



l Monday, th„ 

 bom our Minister resident 



dent Lopez is making extensive pr7p*IrTtionsTo 

 receive our Paraguay squadron. Mr. a. O. But 

 ton, Aodltor In the Treasury Department— a posi 



:etiko. — The American Mlsaion- 



the23thult. The attendance was very slim. Ad- 

 dresses were msde by Rev* J. g. Fee, of Ky and 

 Dauforlh, N. C. The annual sermon was preached 

 Rev. Dr. Thurston, of Me. The Treasurer's re- 

 port shows receipts during the year, of £40 006. 

 The expenditures during the jearwere $4^0CO. 



War Declared against Tbx a a.— Galveston pa, 

 pers of the MM nit are received via New Orleans. 

 They say that the Northern Camanches, Ktowaa 

 and a party of the Apaches, numbering fourteen 

 bands in all, had declared war against Texas. 



A Break Discovered in the Atlantic Cable.— 

 recent issue of the N. Y. 7im« says that the 

 workmen employed in cutting up the cable in the 

 iscblne shop at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, found 

 break in the communicating copper wire, about 

 three-eighths of an inch long, through which the 

 saw passed in the solid gutta peroha, showing that 

 the disconnection must have occurred daring the 

 process of manufacture, and therefore leading to 

 the very great probability that other similar lesions 

 may have occurred to other parts of the cable. — 

 What have the electricians to Bay in regard to this 

 fact, which is reliably authenticated? 



Tbbriblb ScriBRiNo from Thihst. — A long 

 letter appears In a Texas paper concerning the 

 passage of McCullough's emigrant train across 

 the staked plain to California. The Great Ameri- 

 can Desert, through which the train passed, is a 

 barren waste, and poorly supplied with water. — 

 Out of 1,600 head of cattle, (550 died for lack of 

 water, and for a period of seventy-six hoars were 

 without a drop to elabe their thirst. The men also 

 Buffered terribly, and many shot down famishing 

 bullocks on the road, pulled off their boots or 

 shoes, caught the thick hat blood, and drank it 



tee than Gold Miking.— It is said that the 

 mines of Wisconsin and Iowa are just now 

 yielding extraordinary quantities of Galena. Two 

 young men at Fairplay, Wis., are taking 30,000 lbs. 

 per diem from a lode which they have recently 

 opened, and from which they have raised 3,000,000 

 Mines in Grant county are also said to be ex- 

 ceedingly rich. On the opposite side of the river, 

 Iowa, ia Clayton county, and near Dubuque, lead 

 ning pays better than gold digging. 



From the Pacific Wagon Road Expedition. 

 — Letters from the Pacific wagon road expedition, 

 id Big Sandy, Oregon, Sept 7tb, say that CoL 

 Lauder was pushing the work with all possible dis- 

 patch with hopes of reaching Soda SprlDgs before 

 reather set in. Two hundred miles of road 

 finlihed, and a force was at work beyond Salt 

 ■. The expedition will winter at Laramie. — 

 L starts for Washington Oct 10. The health 

 e expedition was good. 



TnB Louisville Young Men's Christian Associa- 

 tion have remitted $1,070 to aid in the support of 

 a yellow fever hospital under the care of the Young 

 Men's Association of New Orleans. 



A stkau wagon, or traction road locomotive, is 

 need in MarysviUe, Cal., and draws trains of heavi- 

 ly laden wagons on common roads with great ease, 

 turning corners with entire facility. It moves 

 through loose sand as well as on hard roads, and 

 without increase of power. 



On Monday week, the Spanish Minister paid into 

 the State Department twenty five thousand five 

 hundred dollars, interest of the debt of Spain to 

 American citizens. 



Mb. Daniel Weed, four miles south of Mosinee, 

 informs the editor of the Waupun Wisconsin, that 

 he has killed seven bears withiu'the past two weeks 

 In his immediate vicinity, and all within half a 

 mile square. 



There Is great repugnance in Australia to Chi- 

 nese emigrants, and the Colonial Assembly have 

 passed a bill taxing them ten pounds per head. — 

 The miners are not satisfied with this, but demand 

 their exclusion from the country. 



Died, in Hunter's Bottom, Ky., Sept. Hth, Mar- 

 garet Hoyt, aged 01 years. She was a native of 

 New York, and landed at Maysville, Ky., 70 years 

 ago. She was the first white woman in Cincinnati. 

 Over thirty colored families, embracing some 

 ISO persons, residing in Boston and vicinity, have 

 organized themselves under the title of the " Cam- 

 bridge LiberiaB Emigration Association," for the 

 purpose of emigrating to Liberia. Some forty or 

 more of these persons hope to embark in the colo- 

 nization ship Mary Caroline Stevens, the 1st ol 

 November prox. 



A New Orleans paper says of the overflowed 

 district known as tho "Bell Crevasse," that the 

 spot loobs like a desert. Not a blade of grass ap- 

 pears where once was smiling plantation verdure. 

 The ground is farrowed Into every shape, and the 

 channel of tho crevasse Is wide and deep enough 

 to form a respectable river. 



Apples are not very dear in New York city, ac- 

 cording to the Courier and Enquirer:— "Washing- 

 market is overstocked with windfalls, and 

 prices rule very low. There is little prime fruit 

 offering. The current range paid is 75c to $1,50 

 per barrel, but choice qualities bring $:'#?:;. 25. 

 Russets are a drag — hardly saleable at any price. 

 Baldwins, also, are not wanted. A better market, 



first planted la 



Three convicts have escaped from Sing Sing 

 in within a few daya, » • 



»1&T4 *£'?'■*■ - *■ moral " 



rJ h ^ N -, Y,Tim6B la >' 8tbe bills for the cable 

 celebration foot up $20,000. 



Thirty-five of the captured Africans have died 

 slnoo they reached Charleston. 



k Trade sales In N. T. city, 



purnal at Paris to represent its Interests. 



— The crop accounts from Russia are unsatis- 

 factory, particularly in the vicinity of Odessa. 



— About 2,000 persons had returned to Califor- 

 nia from Fraser river since the 1st of August 



— In the attack upon the Colombia minora in 

 Oregon, 100 Indians and 10 whites were killed. 



— The colonial assembly of Australia has passed 

 ese ten pounds per head. 

 n. who owns three houses t 



lots in Chicago, has been arrested for begging. 



— The business of horsestealing Is said to be 

 very brisk, in Kansss, daring the present season. 



— A feminine imposter, who passes for Mrs. H. 

 B. Stowe, Is receiving much attention in Europe. 



— A fire at Greensbnrg, Pa., destroyed buildings 

 to the value of $30,000 on the night of the 21st alt 



— Theodore Parker, of Boston, has In his pos- 



a blush." 



— Prof. Morse has been decorated b 

 peror of France, with the insignia of t 



— The total g.ild circulation of Great Britain Is 

 estimated at $250,0 (10,000, and paper money at 

 $168,000,000, 



— There are now issued from the Louisville, 

 (Ky.) press five dallies, nine weeklies, and three 

 monthlies. 



— The Russian Government has it In contem- 

 plation to re-establish a metallic currency through- 



discovered gold re 

 State of Missouri. 

 Wild turkeys a 



however. Is anticipated as soon 

 restricted to winter fruit" 



The vintage, which la now ii 

 most parts of France, Is likely 

 greatest abundance known for 

 The grape disease appears to ha 

 mastered, and the apprebensic 

 especially in the Bordelais an 

 have fortunately beei 



e offerings a 



, from all pa 

 nd from Lisbon, represer 

 lost splendid. In Savoy, 



;tlve progress In 

 prove one of the 

 iny years past- 

 been completely 

 of Its ravages, 

 md Claret districts, 

 it foundation. The 

 i of Italy, from Bavey, 

 the vintage of 1858 aa 

 i particular, it is said 

 i the memory of man have the 

 exuberant and prolific 



agricultural life, 



— The continued drouth Is advancing the price 

 of tobacco. In Lynchburg, Va. four hogsheads 



'e sold for $921. 



-It Is reported that Louis Napoleon Is negott- 



1K for the mammoth Leviathan. The Company 

 ask $3,000,000 for her. 



— The little mountain llepublln of Ran Marino. 

 d Italy, has swarded a medal to Miss Mitchell, the 

 istronomerof Nuntackef, 



— Peaches have been raised la great abundance 

 a Southern New Hampshire; this is an exception 

 o the general experience. 



— An effort Ib making in Arkansas to Induce tho 

 Legislature to compel the whole colored popula- 

 tion to leave the State. 



— A beautiful cave In the mountains at the 

 north, near Paterson, N. J., was explored laBt week 

 to the dlatanco of 250 feet 



— A council of Baptist churches, at Glove rsvllle, 



N. Y, have dec! 



1 that , 



I be both i 



ladies of the Court of Wurteraberg have resolved 

 no longer to wear crinoline. 



— It is staled that J. J. Alston, of Tipton Co., 

 Tennessee, has lost 600 hogs by the bog cholera, 

 which is raging In that section. 



— The oldest grist mill In Pennsylvania is at 

 GcrmantowT. It Is still In operation. It la bnllt 

 of Btone, and was erected In 1683. 



— The first week In September was five degrees 

 r in England than the average of the same 



e made several attempt* 



isht mouths of 1858, $18,021,5 



ry favorable, too, for there 

 rt frosts there lately, 

 of Catalnaca, In Morocco, (Africi 



been la 

 years, with abort Intervals of 

 — There are boats now navigatln 



Cansl with greater tonnage 



the ship with 

 which Columbus discovered i 



Charleston on the 20th ult It Is of n rery hand- 

 qaality for the first In the market 

 Dr. Hind, the English astronomer, states that 

 Donitl's comet, now visible, can be seen presently 

 e daytime, by the aid ©( telescope. 

 — The reading of the bible in common lehools 

 Is a subject of warm discussion In Kentucky. Tho 

 Roman Catholic Bishop la opposed to It 

 ijb e consumption of Cocbltuate water In Bos- 



