MOOEE’S EUEAL NEW-YOEKEE: AN AGEICULTUEAL AND FAMILY JOIIENAL. 
AWFUL CATASTROPHE! 
Explosion anrl Dreadful Loss of Life in N. York. 
The most terrible catastrophe that has occurred 
to this city for many years, happened this moni- 
ing^at Hague-st. near Pearl. 
The large machine shop and press manufacto¬ 
ry of A. B. Taylor «fe Co., 3 Hague-st., had just 
been supplied with a new boiler for the steam en¬ 
gine, made (as we understand) by Messrs. Pease 
& Murphy; it was located in the basement of the 
building, which was six stories high. 
Tins morning at about 35 minutes past seven 
o’clock, the boiler exploded, the force passing up¬ 
ward and outward towards the street, crushing the 
building into a mass of ruins in less than one min¬ 
ute. YVe never saw a wreck so complete; the 
walls, floors, large timbers and roof lie in one com¬ 
pact pile, all on fire, and seething, smoking and 
steaming beneath the flood of water poured upon 
them. 
The force of the explosion dashed in the win¬ 
dows, frames and doors of several adjoining build¬ 
ings, and seriously endangered the walls of Hull 
& Sons’ large soap and candle factory, which ad¬ 
joined the ruined building. 
But the most awful part of this calamity, is the 
sudden and unwarned destruction of a large num¬ 
ber of workmen. In the present excitement it is 
impossible to ascertain the number lost, but we 
fear it will be ^’ound to reach from 50 to 60, 
The number employed in the machine shop,and 
a hat manufactory which occupied the upper part 
of the premises, is variously stated at from 100 to 
125—but as it was rather early in the day it is 
hoped that a good portion was absent. About a 
doaen of the persons employed are girls. 
Of this number a good portion escaped, princi¬ 
pally from the lower stories, a moment after the 
explosion. Still there is a tremendous loss of life 
and dozens of unfortunate beings are lying dead 
under twenty or thirty feet of fiery ruins. 
The boll rang for the fifth district, butsoon toll¬ 
ed a general alarm, and a large force of firemen 
was quickly on the ground,headed by Chief Engi¬ 
neer Carson, and also a police force under Chief 
Marshell,who instantly set to work to extricate the 
unfortunate sufferers, many of whom wore doubt¬ 
less living for a considerable period after the ex¬ 
plosion, and a few of whom wore taken ont alive 
before we left the scene. 
Wo append, without attempting to ascertain 
the facts, such reports of saved and lost as we 
can gather in the hurry and excitement of the 
moment: 
At the Fourth Ward Station-House- 
Charles Doherty, blacksmith, slightly burned. 
James McPhillips, knee badly hurt. 
Wesley Rowland, leg bruised. 
John Thompson, ieg and arm injured. 
James Flood, boy, slightly hurt in the head. 
James C. King, N. Tuill, James Tuill and 
Halsey King, reported to have escaped safe. 
At 384 Pearl st. — Dr- Trajyhagen’s, 
George Lewis, boy, seriously injured. 
James Crissy, engineer, dead. 
Elias C. Craig, reported safe. 
George Whitney, reported safe. 
Messrs. Wood, Brown and John Fagan, re¬ 
ported safe. 
Owen Cunningham, reported safe. 
Wm. E. Merritt, a member of Hose Co. No. 
14, employed in the hat factory, dead. 
James Smith and-Odell, employed by Dr. 
Traphagen in compounding medicines, each has 
his left leg broken. 
C. O. Jessup, assistant foreman in the hat fac¬ 
tory, escaped with a slight bruise. 
James llyatt, hat factory, cut in the forehead. 
At the Hospital 
Francis Hyde, hat factory, injured in the face 
and arms. 
A- Mr Grigg, badly injured in the spine, and 
probably will not survive. 
At the above and other places, 
Benjamin Fry, face torn and jaw broken. 
Man named Thompson, just alive. 
Daniel Doherty', hatter, dead. 
Man named Brown, badly wounded. 
Peter Campbell, dead. 
-Clark, reported dead. 
Seneca Lake, dead. 
-Marsh, badly wounded. 
Henry Read, reported dead. 
George Ford, foreman in tlie machine shop, 
supposed to be dead. 
James, Thomas and Leonard Brooks, supposed 
dead. 
William Forgan, reported dead. 
A man named Greig, dead. 
Burr (Henry A. of the F'ire Department, we 
tinderstand,) employed in the hat factory, esca¬ 
ped. 
A brother of Crissey, the engineer, is said to 
be dead. 
Robert Stremmell, reported dead. 
John Rogers, reported dead. 
At 12^ o'clock the following were hi the Fourth 
Ward Station House. 
J. C. King, injured in the arm and bask. 
James Flood, face and neck. 
P. MePhiliips, knee. 
John Thompson, leg and knee broken. 
G- S. Rowland, leg injured. 
Chas. Doherty, burnt, and leg broken. 
Henry Gender, leg injured. 
Holdredge, leg injured. 
Fred. Keymont, burnt slightly. 
Eli Hall, dead. 
Jas. D. Dell, leg broken. 
Three other men names not known. 
P. S.—Wo learn that the boiler was not of new 
material, but had been heretofore used on a steam¬ 
boat. 
The firemen and police are working bravelv, 
and every few minutes brings some lifeless body 
to light. ^ 
The fire did not extend beyond the ruins of the 
machine shop. 
In Hospital. 
Francis Flyde, slightly wounded. 
-Goin, badly wounded. 
Edgar Hurd is missing, probably dead. 
Merrill Dodd, supposed dead. 
There are many still in the ruins alive, some 
are seen, and the moat herculean efforts are in 
progress to relieve them. 
One boy was found hanging by the legs over a 
beam. 
Some of the most rending scenes ever beheld 
are momentarily brought to light. 
There can be scarcely a doubt that sixty or 
seventy are either wounded or killed. 
More Navies of Wounded. 
Frederick Timon, injured in head, saved by 
Wm. Story, a member of Niagara Fire Co. No. 3. 
Alex. Aldrick, slightly bruised, 142 Thrid-av. 
George West, slightly injured—lives in Brook¬ 
lyn. 
Henery Jeredith, brooklyn, slightly brused. 
The man called Merritt of No- 14 Hose Co. is 
not recognized certainly—some suppose it is a 
Mr. Eli Flail. 
As usual on Monday mornings, the fireman hae 
started the fires under the boileis at an earlier 
hour than usual, on account of its getting cold 
while standing unused over Sunday, and hardly 
had steam been raised, and motion communicated 
to the shafting, when the explosion took place, 
and in an instant the upper part of the building 
was blown completely off, and fire communicated 
to the remainder. 
The boiler was one of Morgan’s patent, with 
upright tubes; and the explosion was from the top 
and upward. 
Beside the establishment of Mr. Taylor, there 
was in the same building that of St. John, Burr 
& Co., hat body manufacturers, who gave em¬ 
ployment to about sixty-five men and boys. All, 
or nearly all of these had assembled for the day, 
and some were just coming in at the door. 
Ten bodies w'ere drawn out in the course of 
half an hour, only three of which were recogniz¬ 
ed. 
Mr. Taylor resides in Newark and did not ar¬ 
rive on the ground till 9 o’clock, so that he is safe. 
It had been much less disastrous had not the 
flames h.-oke out in the ruins, which, despite the 
efforts of the firemen, still continue to advance, 
and 110 doubt numbers have been literally roasted 
to death by a slow fire. The groaus of the suf¬ 
ferers, some of whom could bo distinctly seen, 
were truly agonizing. 
The conflict between the fire and water is ab¬ 
solutely appaling. The poor victims are heard 
now crying to the firemen to throw on water to 
counteract the growing heat,—now to desist to 
save them from being deluged and drowned. 
Latest News by Telegraph. 
The Disaster in New York. 
New York, F'eb. 5, 3 P. M.—Up to the present 
time there have been 25 dead bodies recovered 
from the scene of the explosion, some of them 
presenting the most awful sight we ever witnessed 
A number of them have been recognised, but 
some are so horribly burned that it is impossible 
to tell them. 
Women and children are flocking around the 
station-house, to see if they can find any trace of 
their absent husbands or fathers, uttering the most 
piercing and heart-rending cries The scene is 
truly a solemn one. 
The utmost activity still prevails in removing 
rubbish, and the Mayor has given orders not to 
have the work stopped for a moment, but to get 
new hands as soon as those now engaged are tired 
out. 
A little boy named Samuel Tinsdale, who was 
under the ruins twenty-three hours, was taken 
out this morning, but died in a few hours. 
The names of the dead recognised are, Levi 
Hull, Peter Hyde, Geo. Hyde, Adam Neely, 
Isaiah Marks, (colored,) Leonard Brooks, Alex¬ 
ander Dixon, Lemuel Whitney, John Rogers, 
James Brooks, J. N. Reed, Oscar Kelsey, Rich¬ 
ard E. Egbert, O. N. Brady, Rufus Whiting, 
Robert Hyslop, Samuel Tinsdale, Isaac Osborn, 
Joseph Lockwood, John Dougherty, Daniel 
Dougherty. 
Now that the ruins are being cleared rapidly 
away, and that the attention and energies of the 
firemen, which were before concentrated on the 
poor boy Tinsdale, are directed to the digging up 
of the ruins, with pickaxes and crowbars, bodies 
are being recovered every fifteen minutes, and it 
is hoped that a great number will be taken out 
before night, none, alas! alive. 
With the exception of Tinsdale, none were re¬ 
covered alive since 3 o’clock yesterday, when Wm. 
Merritt was recovered. Had the rest been ever 
so well, they must have been frozen to death in 
their narrow prison, with last night’s frost. 
There were some women passing in front of 
the baikling at the time of the explosion, and 
these, ?i is expected, will be shortly got out. 
The excitement still continues to increase in 
intensity. At the scene of the explosion, the 
crowds collected around to ascertain further in¬ 
formation as to their friends, seem to require the 
efforts of the Police for their control. 
Up to 4 P. M., 31 dead bodies had been res¬ 
cued. Most of those taken from the ruins were 
frozen stiff. 
They have nearly reached the basement floor, 
where, at the time of the accident there were 
about 20 men employed. 
Messrs. Hoe & Co. have offered Mr. Taylor 
the use of their establishment, and have contrib¬ 
uted $100 to ihesufferers. This melancholy ca¬ 
lamity has excited the deepest feeling of sympa¬ 
thy throughout the city, and a wide spread gloom 
pervades the public mind. 
New York, Feb. 2, 3 P. M.—The extensive 
Leather manufactory of W. & O. Hoyt, Nos. 17 
and 19 Ferry street, was entirely destroyed by fire 
this morning. The two adjoining houses were 
much damaged. The ware-liouse on Jacob st. 
was also consumed. Loss about $.50,000—insu¬ 
red $30,000. 
mr The jury in the Drury case were out all 
night, and came into Court this mprniirg report¬ 
ing that they had been unable to agree upon a 
verdict. They stood, 8 for acquittal and 4 for con¬ 
viction. 
O’ Long, who was convicted of firing the Op¬ 
era Flouse, was this morning sentenced to two 
years imprisonment. 
From ^Washington. 
Washington, Feb. 4.—We learn from an au¬ 
thentic source, that the Captain General of Cuba 
has been instructed by his government to liberate 
the slaves in case of an invasion or insurrection. 
Col. Webb’s nomination wili be decided upon 
on Wednesday. 
Mr. Clay’s compromise is the special order for 
to-morrow. 
Washington, Feb. 5.— Senate.— The Aus¬ 
trian resolutions of Mr. Cass were taken up and 
made the order of the day for Monday next. 
Mr. Clay obtained the floor, and spoke at length 
and most impressively for an hour and a half._ 
He said that if Congress attempted to interfere 
with slavery within the boundaries of the States, 
his vote would then be for war. Then the South 
would be called upon for resistance. 
The subject of slavery within the States was 
not debateable. 
Having explained the first four resolutions, he 
gave way to a motion of adjournment. He will 
conclude his speech to-morrow. 
House.—In the House, after the usual business 
was gone through with, Mr. Haywood announced 
the death of the Hon. Alex. Newman, member 
elect of the 15th District of Virginia. A brief 
eulogy was paid, and after the usual resolutions 
the House adj. 
ILT The mother of the Hon. Mr. Venable, died 
suddenly last night in consequence of her clothes 
taking lire. She was most shockingly burnt. 
O’ It is rumored that a mutually satisfactorily 
arrangement has taken place in reference to the 
Nicaraugua and Moquito difficulties, and that the 
treaty will go to England by the next steamer, 
and that Tigre island will become the property of 
the United States. 
PiiiLADELniiA, F’eb. 5.—At YVa.shington a 
public meeting has been called for Thursday eve¬ 
ning next, at the City Hall, to consider the dis¬ 
franchise anomalous condition of the District and 
to take measures to seenre from Congress a red¬ 
ress of grievances and a restoration of the rights 
of freedom. i 
St. liouis, Feb. 1 —G. Montesq.nion, the au¬ 
thor of the recent tragedy at Barnum’s Hotel, has 
been indicted for murder in the 1st degree. Ray¬ 
mond, his brother, has been retained as a witness 
in the case. 
Tirr. VARioi.oin in Cincinnati.—T he Cincin- 
n.ati Nonpareil of the 17th sa 5 's: 
“ It i.s estimated that 6000 person.s, or nearly 
one-fifteenth of the whole papulation, have had 
the small pox or varioloid during the last 6 months. 
It is spreading to a considerable extent in Coving¬ 
ton and Newport. liike the cholera, it bears a 
milder form now than it did in 1832—3, w'hen 
it followed in the wake of that dreadful scourge.” 
Kentucky and the Union.— In the Kentucky 
Legislature, on the 15th iust., the following reso¬ 
lution w'as unanimou.sly adopted: 
Resolved, That the Governor is hereby request¬ 
ed to cause a suitable block of native marble, to 
bo conveyed to YVashingttm city, to take its proper 
place in the monument to the mcinorj' of the 
F’athor of his countrj', and that the following words 
be engraved thereon: “Under the auspices of 
Heaven and the precepts of Washington, Ken¬ 
tucky will be the last to give up the Union.” 
MARRIED, 
In West Henrietta. Jan 31st, by Rev. T. Puller, Mr, 
OWEN II. CROSItY, of Rush, and Miss ANNI8 M. 
WILLIAMS, of the former place. 
In this city, on the 30th inst. by the Rev. D. D. Buck', Mr 
JAMES H. HEATH, of this city, and Miss ROXANA P. 
CARR, of Newport, N. H. 
In the town of Greece, Jan. 29, by Rev. B. G. Summer- 
bell, Mr. JAS. GIFFORD and Miss ELIZABETH FER¬ 
GUSON, of this city. 
In Parma, on the 16th inst. by the Rev. C. Kittredce, 
HENRY PAINE, Esq. and Miss L.AURtETTE WEB¬ 
STER, both of Parma. 
t'n theeveninir of the 23d inst. by Rev. Horace E.iton, 
Mr. MARVIN P. THOMPSON and Mias C ATHARINE 
FISHER, all of Palmyra. 
At Soutli Hodus, on the 2tth inst. by Rev. W. H. Good¬ 
win, Mr. BARTON P. VAN MARTER, of Lyons, and 
Miss SARAH MARIA, daughter of Jacob H. Gridley, 
Esq. of the former place. 
At Frederick, Maryland, on the 24th inst. by the Rev. 
Dr. Stone, of Brooklyn, ROUT.C. NICHOLAS,of Gen¬ 
eva, N. Y. and ELIZA, daughter of the late Terence Mc¬ 
Gowan. 
In this city, on the 3l3t nit. by the Rev. A. H. Jervis, 
Mr. THOMAS J. WILLIAMS and Miss ANN MARIA 
GOULD, boUi of the town of Webster. 
On 3d inst. by tlie R ev S. W. Alderi, Mr. JACOB 
YOUNG and Miss MALVINA CLARKE, all of this city. 
^ 
In this city, on the 19th ult., Miss GRACE II., 
daughter of the late Rev. E. Gillette, D, I)., of 
Hallovvell, Maine. 
In East Bloomfield, on the 20lh January, Deacon TIM¬ 
OTHY BUELL, a soldier of the Revolution, in the 93d 
year of his age. 
03’ The deceased was the father of our much respected 
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In Churchville, N. Y. Feb. 4ih, Mr. HOSEA TOWN, 
after a painful illness of about five weeks, at 36 years of 
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Severe cold weather has ia some degree checked out¬ 
door business and supplies from the country have not come 
in ve;y plentifully. Our tafile shows a slight improve, 
meniin a few articles. Pork continues to arrive in limit¬ 
ed quantities and prices have advanced a shade. We 
liearof some transactions in seeds on terms not made I 
public.—Dem. 
itOOHESTER miOLESALE PRICES. 
Flour,bbl.4 7o(a>l 88|Butter, lb.14®16 
Pork,mess.bbl 10 WfSi'i 00]Ul!eesc,lb.5(®6c 
doewt.4 '25(a)i 50 podltry. 
Beef.cwt.3 50fa>4 50 Turkey, lb.6(@9c 
do. bbimess,. .0 00®0 00 Chickens, lb. 7(a>bc 
Lard,tried.6®6j seeds. 
do. leaf,.0®7c Clover, bu.0 60®0 00 
Hams, smoked..7®0c Timothy,.0 0lT|®0 00 
Shoulders,do.0®.5c!Flax. 1 13®i 37 
Potatoes, new hu.. .‘25®.37i| salt. 
Buckwheat Flour 150® I 75|Whitcfish,bbl.. .0 00®7 00 
grain. ICodfish.cwt. . . .0 00®3 25 
Wlieat,bu... . . 1 03® 1 06 sundries. 
Corn,.OU®50c Salt, bhl ..00®! 06 
Rye.00®56c Apples, bu.38®75 
Oats.. .00®.35c do. dried.Wi® I 50 
Barley.00®30c Eggs,doz.12®14 
HIDES. Beans, bu.75®01 
Slaughter, cwt. ..3 5O®04 Hay, ton, .... ,.,7 00®9 00 
Uaif.tb.8®10c Wood, hard ... .3 00®3 50 
Sheep’s Pelts.... 63®1 12il do. soft.2 0U®2 50 
NEW YORK MARKET—Feb. 6. 
BY TELEGRAJ'II. 
NEW YORK, Feb. 6.—ASHES—Market heavy for 
Pots 6 75, Pearls 6 06®0 12 and dull. 
W'HISKEY—Not much doing and tha market heavy. 
Sales 100 bbls 24®21J. Druilge quiet. 
FLOUR & MEAL—Market is evidently active .and 
ihe qualities better. Sales 5,100 bbla Canadian, part at 
4 75 and part in private. Ordinary and common strait 
state, 4 8ii®05 mixed and fancy mixed, fancy Michigan j 
0S®5 25 pure Genesee 5 44®5 56. 
GRAIN—Corn a shade easier for the buyer. Sales 
34,0110 bu .'5!‘®58.i for yellow, 600 bu good southern while 
62, old Western 63. Oats dull but steady. 
PROVISIONS—M.arket without change. Sales in lots 
at 10 12® 10 25, and II for old and new, 850®8 60 old, 
8 50 new. Beeflieavy, Sales 200 bbls 5 75®06 and 8 i50 
®8 75 for new. Lard firm. Sales at 6)l®6| and 1600 
kegs at0i®6| old, 7®7^ good new. 
ALBANY, Feb. 2—A general quietness appears to per¬ 
vade all departments of trade. Flour is dull. There is 
but little doing in the street, bul.Grain is without change 
in price. Oats 37®38. i Rye 58. Barley 56®60. Corn 
57a58. At the road a car load of Rye, 600 bu sold at 58c. 
Dressed Hogs are in small supply and the market is very 
firm. Some50 bead sold at the road at 5a513, which is a 
small advance on iasls.ales. Smoked meats are in fair re¬ 
quest. Sales Hams 8a8,i. WJiiskey is quiet; in the ab- 
scence of sales we omitquotations. 
BUFFALO, Feb. 4th.—There hasbeen a fair business I 
done in produce during the week. There liavo been tak¬ 
en on eastern account 2,000 bbls Bl.ack Rock flour„ de¬ 
liverable on opening of canal n avigation to be paid for on 
delivery, at 4 25—600 bbls do. interest added from date. 
5,000 bu Ohio wheat at 67Jc—11,000 bu Wisconsin at 78c 
Tliere have also been sales of Michigan Flour in 50 and 
100 bb 1 lots at 4 37—500 do on terms not made public. 
Notiling doing in corn—held at 45c. Oats are selling in 
the street at 31c. Highvvinei are held firm at 23c, with 
s.ales to tlie trade. Glover seed sells at 4.50; timotliy 02 
®2 25; flax seed 1 25. 'Pliere is a fair business doin' in 
provisions at previous prices. [Express. 
DETROIT, Jan. 28.—We have never known the inar- 
ket less active this time of the year titan at present. Dur¬ 
ing the past week there has been but one sale of Flour at 
wholesale, which was made at 04, and may be quoted as 
i the fair state of the market. This figure i.s offered for 
! another lot. Most of the flour in store is held on advance 
to the rniilers or owners who are holding for the Spring 
trade. Prices from wagons is about the same. 
In our notice of the quantity of Flour in store a few 
days since, we made a mis-statement in the quantity of 
one year ago. Instead of being 100,006 bbls then, it was 
only 60,000. The quantity in store at the same time in 
18'IS, was from 45 to 50,000 bbls, and in 1847 130,000 bbls. 
The receipts now are very light, as most of the mills in 
the interior have stopped for the winter. 
Whitefish, Detroit River, held at 6 50 9 bbl, and 3 50 IP 
half bbl. [Adv. 
MILWAUKEE, Jan. 22.—There is considerable im' 
provement in receipts to-day. Transactions, however, in 
Wheat continues at Saturday’s quotations, with a slight 
upward tendency. There is a steady demand at oe®74c 
for Winter, Si®62^ for Spring. 
RACINE, Jan. 23.—Wheat has not only risen, but 
seems now on the rise. We quote Spring at 60®63, Win- 
ter70®73, but no reBlly good samples in. Pork maybe 
quoted at 3 5O®04 in the hog. and beef 04 on foot. 
BOSTON MARKET, Jan. 28. 
Cotton—No sales of importance. There have been 
some arrivals, and the market is rather unsettled. 
Provisions—Mesa Pork is selling readily at 11 5O®012; 
clear 13 5C®014, scarce; Prime 09®9 50, plenty and dull; 
Eastern Mess Beef 09; Western 010; choice brands 
Western 10 50®011; large slock in the market; Lard 6 
®6ic, in bbls; kegs 6i®6|; Western Hams 9c; Boston 
10c P lb, all 4 mos. 
NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET, Jan. 2S. 
At Market—1,200 Beef Cattle, (350 Southern, the re- 
mainderfrom this State,) 45 Cows and Calves, and 4,000 
Sheep and Lambs. 
Beeves—Owing to the inclement State of the weather 
to-day, the attendance of the trade was comparitively 
sparse and tlie market closed without spirit. Prices of 
poorer qualities are a fraction lower. 'Phe bulk of the 
transactions were at say from 5 50 to 08. About ^ 
head would be left over unsold. 
Cows and Calves—The offerings were smaller than for 
weeks past—enough, however, to meet the wants of the 
purchasers. Marketgenerally very dull. Wequotefrom 
020 to 035. 
Sheep and Lambs—Prices range at from 1 63to 3 25® 
5 50—500 left over. A lot of very fine extra Sheep from 
Virginia sold at from 08 to 18. 
CAMBRIDGE CATTLE MARKET, inn. 
At market 603 Cattle, about 500 Beeves, and 103 Stores 
consisting of working o.xen, cows and calves; yearlings, 
two years old and three years old. 
Prices—Market Beef—Extra 00 ^ cwt, 1st quality 5 50 
2d quality 05; 3d quality 4 25; ordinary 03®4. 
Stores—Working Oxen, 50,05®80. 
Cows and Calves—016,25®30. 
Yearlings—aalO 
Two years old—010a20. 
Three years old—012®24. 
Sheep and Lambs—31 at market; Prices: extra 2 50.3. 
4a5; by lot 01.1 25, 1 62, 183.102. 
Swine—4ia5; retail 5a6. 
BRIRHTON CATTLE MARKET, Jan. 31. 
At Market—708 Beef Cattle, 10 pairs of Working Oxen, 
23 Cows and Calves, 2500 Sheep, 730 Swine. 
Prices—Beef Cattle, extra 06; Ist quality 5 75 ; 2d a 20; 
3d 4 75- 
Working Oxen—065, 70, 60. 95,100. 
Cows and Calves—016. 19,22,27, 30. 
Sheep—175,02, 2 50. One extra lot of 30 was sold at 
06 each. 
Swine—3i®4i. Retail 5a6c. 
A’EIF YORK WOOL MARKET—Feb. 1. 
The enquiry continues good with the same scarci¬ 
ty of grades below 40 cts, \Vc hear of sales 50,000 
lbs fleeces — among which were 20,000 lbs of the 
well known Springfield lot at 52i cts. Also 16,000 
lbs fine New Y'ork State at 45 cts., and 36,000 lbs 
country pulled at 37.i for superfine, and 40 cents for 
extra. The markets of our neighboring cities more 
active,—80,000 lbs mixed Ohio having been sold in 
Albany at 30.ic, and we unilerstand that parties are 
negotiating for a large portion of the stock in Boston. 
Manufacturers buy with a sparing hand in hopes 
that something will turn up to relievo them from 
their present dilemma. 
Deep Snow. — On Monday and Tuesday week 
snow fell on the line of the YVaterville (Me.) Rail¬ 
road to the deiith of nearly three feet. One of the 
Portland trains was totally stopped, and the pas¬ 
sengers were obliged to remain all night in the 
cars. The train was not fairly started until the 
following afternoon. 
Newspapers. — Events of great interest are 
transpiring — everx’good newspaper is a good Da- 
guorreotytie apparatus, catching and preserving 
the record of all. And these records are too val¬ 
uable to be wa.:,ted. Let every family have at least 
one good paper carefully filed, and then they have 
the history of the world for the time through’which 
the file extends. 
ADVE RTIS EMENTS. 
^VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE, 
M I.YING one mile from the Village of Lc Roy 
Gcno.seo County, on the Canandaigua and 
1 J ‘ ’ co’itn'H'og 90 acres of choice 
land, 22 acres m wheat, 20 acres in choice meddow, 
12 acres m heavy timber. The whole well adapt¬ 
ed to gram and grass. On the premises is a new 
I and convenient cottage house, two barns, a large 
, apple orchard of grafted fruit, and a choice vario- 
■ ■ ^aches, plums, quinces, grapes, echcr 
ries, &:c., all in full bennng. 
Price moderate. 'I’itle indisputable. Terms ac¬ 
commodating. I’ossiission given in April next In¬ 
quire of me, on Main street, in said village. 
, ,, , HENRY BREWS'I’ER. 
Lo Roy, .fan. 23, 1850. 
P. S.--J.e llo^' village possesses all the ailvanta- 
.gos of churches, schools, mills, stores, mechanical 
inismcss, and healthfulness, necessary to render a 
re.sulcnce m it, or in its vicinity, pleasant and profit- 
_ [.5-9vv^ 
ANEW BOOK FOR EVERY FARMER! 
^ AGllICUI.TURK^ or the Elements 
kJ ot Chemistry, Geology, Hotany, and Meteorol¬ 
ogy, applied to practical Agriculture; by M. M. 
Rodgers, M. I)., with the approval and assistance 
of sevenal practical and scientific gontlemon. The 
. work IS Illustrated by a large number of engravings, 
I and IS published m a neat stylo, well bound, and 
: sold cheap. ’ 
^ NOTICES OE THE WOKK. 
• I ne general correctness, brevity, cloilruess, and 
multitude of its imnciples aiiplicablc to practical 
agriculture, that first best of arts, commend the work 
to the youth of our land, a.s well ns to the older and 
younger agncnltunsts.”— Profeeeor Ckeefer Daoeo. 
Principal Rochester Collegiate Inslitule. 
i "r ‘“tcresting and much needed volume, 
well adapted to Uie wants and taste of that intelli- 
, gent portion of the community for whom it is more 
I part iculnrly adapted — making combined a complete 
systcni ot agricalturc, easily understood and readily 
dclmcd. ” — N. }. Farmer and Mechanic. 
“ It appears- to be exceedingly well adapted for 
the purpose of in.struction. It i.s concise and plain 
--neither too. much nor too little.” - Hon. Zadock 
I rail. 
“ Me have seen enough to convince us that it is 
a work of rare merit, sucli an one as will moot with 
the apiirqbation of all intelligent renders. Everv 
agriculturist ivIk) reads and digests should procure 
the work. —American Farmer, Baltimore. 
“ We commoml the work to the Farmer, espcoial- 
ly to tile young farmer, as well worthy of liis ntteu- 
tiori. —Berkshire Cultnrist, Pittsfield, Mass. 
“We think the author has nldy performed the 
aifhciilt task of rendermg science easy to the practi¬ 
cal farmer. —Knc Enaland Farmer, by ,V, W. CloU 
D.u. ..s . i'i“'-STuy dArhow, 
I ubiisher and Bookseller, corner Main and St. Raid 
streets, Rochester. 
C? For .sale by the .Publisher; also, at tlie office 
of Moore s Rural New-Yorker, and by tJic Book¬ 
sellers generally. -j 
Harrow has a large stock of BOOKS at 
wholesale or retail. Ord ers promptly answered. 
DUNN’S SC YTHES. 
13 Y' an act of incorporation of the Legislature of 
TD Manuiaeturing Establishment 
I''®*!-, tit North Waijne, Maine, has 
been formed into a corporate body under the style 
NORJ’H WAYNE SCYTHE 
“ Capital of $150,000. 
1 he Company are now fully organized, and fur¬ 
nished w ith means to continue the making of Scythes 
to a gre.atcr extent than any other manufactory in 
tne vvorld. Such is the iierfection of the machinery, 
and the known skill and experience of the workmen, 
that the quality of the Scythe will he unsurpassed 
by any in the market. 
To their article of Ca.sf. Steel Grass Scythes they 
desire to tiall part... afar attention. Made from San- 
dersoJi 4)^ livos, Gknltne Cast imported ex- 
pressly for that purj.ose, tliey will always be what 
the> are represented, and not like some that could 
be named, made of Ha.ssenclcver or German Stool, 
and stamped and palmed off as Cast Steel. No 
etlort will be spared to meet the just expectation of 
dealers and consumers, and customers may be as¬ 
sured of prompt attention and honorable dealing. 
I articular attenflon will be given to furnishing 
iTrain Sajches for Cradle makers, of any pattern de¬ 
sired, and of as good style, finish and temper as the 
best known. 
inquiries arc respectfully solicited; 
to the subscriber at Mohawk, 
Heikiniei Co. A. F., will meet vvith prompt atten- 
_n-tfil_ i^xymj._\vhite, IgS? 
New and Imiwrtant Agricultiiial Paper; 
THE WOOL GEOWER, 
and Magazine of Agriculture and Horticulture, 
Edited by T. C. PE'I’EllS, Proprietor of the Buffa¬ 
lo M ool Depot Montlily-50 cents single subscrib- 
ers, to clubs, 20 per cent, discount. 
Jhis publication makes wool growing in all its 
branches a leading subject, and puts the farmer in 
possession of the best and most reliable information 
on the markets and prices for wool. The present 
volume closes 1st of April. Address * 
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'i'- MOORE, 
January 1, I8 0 Q. Rochester, N. Y, 
Nexvest 6c Cheapest Marble Estahlishm^^ 
IN ROCHESTER. 
^ YRUS ALLY’N (corner of Biiftalo and Sophia 
streets,) keeps constantly on hand a large stock 
of Ameriean and Imported Marble, and Afanufac- 
tureft, 111 the best style, all kinds of 
MONUMENTS, TOMB & GRAVE STONES. 
Also Table and Stand Tops, Sinks, Soda Slabs, 
Paint Stones, Mullers, Printer’s Imposing Stones, 
and all kinds o Marble work. 
Roches ter, J.an., 1850. fl-tf.l 
C. J. HAYDEN^S 
CABINET AND CHAIR WAREHOUSE. 
C 'iONSTAN’TLY on hand every variety of CABI- 
7 N;P furniture, every style of Bedsteads 
and Chairs, which he is now ofiering at greater 
bargains that can bo had elsewhere in Western 
New York. 
No. 6, Front street, Rochester, N. Y. 
[Cr All work warranted good, or no sale. [1-tf.] 
E. C. JOHNSON, 
MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN 
Fur and Silk Hats; Cloth and Fur Caps; Mohair and 
Silk Plushes, and Slik Plush Caps; Leghorn, Pana¬ 
ma and Straw Hats; Canes and Umbrellas, &c. &c,- 
all of which will bo sold cheap, for cash. No. 38’ 
Buffalo street, Rochester, N. Y, [5-tf-] ' 
B OTiND Copies of the Genesee Fanner, 
including ail the volumes published in octavo 
form [1845 to 1849, inclusive,] for sale at this office. 
I nee 50 cents per volume in paper covers — 62i in 
boards and leather. A large discount to agents. 
