MOOEE’S EUEAl NEW-YOEKEE: AN AGEICULTUEAL AND FAMILY JOUENAL. 
ROCHESTER, MAY 30, 1850. 
Local Agents. 
The Com Season. 
Full one-fifth of the season for making a crop of 
corn—the great staple of the United States—has 
passed, and the seed is not planted, or rotting in 
the ground .—Rochester American, May 22. 
Is it true, farmers, that “ full on^fifth of the 
season for making a crop of corn is [was] passed” 
on the 22d of May? Is it not rather true, that, 
taking one season with another more com is plant¬ 
ed after the 20th of May, than before? Is it not 
Meteorological Abstract. 
BY L. WETHERELL. 
Latest from California. 
Items of News, &c, 
May, 1850. 
THERMOMETER. 
MAX. 1 MIN. 1 MEAN. 
RAIN. 
WINDS. 
21 
42 
36 
34.66 
0.26 
W. iNW. 
22 
50 j 
36 
42.66 
N W. KE. 
23 
51 1 
36 
43.33 
0.11 
N W. NE. 
24 
53 
44 
49.00 
N. N E. 
25 
60 
44 
51.33 
0.41 
S E. S. 
26 
60 
50 
54.66 
0.15 
NE. NW. 
27 
70 
53 
N. N W. 
James Van Horn, Ovid- also eeneral agent for also trae that, corn planted from the 1st to the 10th 
South Jury District of Seneca county. 
S. E. Norton, Phelps, Ontario county. 
E. Hopkins, Lyons, Wayne county. 
B. Farr and H. Goodrich, Albion. 
Samuel Heston, Batavia. 
R. B. Warren, Alabama, Genesee county. 
Theodore Dickinson, Newark, Wayne county. 
Silsby & Keeler, Seneca Falls. 
A. R. Frisbie, Clyde, Wayne county. 
Archibald stone, Hinmanville, Oswego county. degrees to mature—and many profitable | 
S' East Bloomfield, Ontario county. vaiieties to cultivate will mature in less time and 
of June, will mature and produce a good crop?— yjay 21st. A little rain and snow. Jack-in-the- 
although we will admit that it is better to plant pulpit. Whortleberry, Sassafras, and Columbine 
from the 10th to the 25th of May, when the soil is in flower. 
fit to receive the seed. But if too wet or too cold to 22 d. Frost; a little rainy—very cold, 
plant before the first of June, it is not worth while 23d. Frost; a little rain; continues cold, 
to withhold the seed, or to despair of a harvest if 24th. A little warmer—rainy, 
planted thus late; for corn does not require over 2.')th. Cloudy a little rain. 
New York, May 25, 1850. It^ The Merchants’ Bank, a new institution. 
The steamship Crescent City, Ludlow, from operation at Burlington, Vt. 
Chagres, via Kingston, (Jam.) arrived at this port Six' trains now leave Albany daily for the 
yesterday afternoon. The Crescent City reach- West; the two express trains going through in 13 
ed Chagres in nine days from New York, and left hours. 
Chagres. on her return. May 15. at 1 J P M.. ar- gT The Democratic State Register, published 
nved at Kingston the 18th, 9 A. M.; left Kings- at Milwaukee raises the name of Thomas H. Ben¬ 
ton, lath, at 10 A. M. and arrived here yesterday ton, as a candidate for the Presidency in 1852 
afternoon at 2 o’clock. tv • ^ ‘ 
The steamer Philadelphia, Pearson, arrived at 
Chagres on the 15th, and would sail again on the ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ w ® 
iR.u^ ® public grounds, squares and streets m Washington. 
Chagres on the 15th, and would sail again on the nnhiiT ^ . T 
® public grounds, squares and streets m Washington. 
The steamer Tennessee, Cole, arrived at Pan- . It is estimated that the emigrants to Cali- 
ama on the 12th May; left San Francisco, April 1°^^ ‘•’i® ®P>^i"E wiH take out of that 
21. She brought $588,000 in gold dust on freight, Property to the amount of $1,500,000. 
and 132 passengers, and the United States Mail, 
The Cholera has been very fatal at Matan- 
in charge of Mr. W. W. Gallaer, U. S. Mail ^us—especially' among the colored population. On 
24th. A little warmer—rainy. agent. She was delayed at Acapulco three days, one plantation there had been 22 deaths. 
2.'ith. Cloudy—a little rain. which makes the ^nning time seventeen days, Queen Victoria is 32 years old, and the 
26th. Cloudy—a little rainy in the afternoon— /I"® of the passengers mother of seven children. » England expects eve- 
rr.« gcnerallp good. fy woman to do her duty.” 
_ . M-:' f?*" ^ew York, a passenger on ^ The name of the Post office at Carmllten 
G. N. Sherwood, Camillus, Onondaga county. 
C. B. Dickinson and P. Parks, Victor, Ontario Co. 
J. W. Reed, Lockport-, Niagara county. 
J. M. Trowbridge, Pekin, “ “ 
JohnB. Lowell, Yates, Orleans county. 
H. S. Frisbie, Holley, “ “ 
L. A. Morse, Knowlesvillc, “ “ 
M. Scott, Arcadia, Wayne county. 
H. C. White, Mohawk, Herkimer county. 
D. Bunnell, South Livonia, Livingston county. 
E. C. Bliss, Westfield, Chautauque county. 
J. 1. Eacker, Sheridan, “ “ 
J. C. Sherman, New Baltimore, Greene county. 
L. D. Branch, Trumansburg, Tompkins county. 
W. K. Wyckoflf, Lodi, Seneca Co. 
O. B. Scott, Woodville, Jefferson Co. 
; quested to act as agents for the Neto- Yorker, by 
^ forming clubs, &c. Those who cannot consistently 
^ do so, will greatly oblige us by handing a Prospectus 
) or specimen number to some other influential and 
) responsible person who will give it attention. 
) Cr’ We will send an extra copy to any person 
) who remits payment for a club of from four to ten 
^ subscribers, and continues to act as agent. 
■') [CP For Club terms. Premiums, &c. see last page. 
Notices to Correspondents. 
Camillus Coal. —The specimens sent us by J. 
C. B., of Camillus, as being a mineral containing 
strong indications of bituminous coal, are simply 
the carbonifinous shales—such as are found in va- 
vai-ieties to cultivate will mature in less time and 
with a lower average temperature. 
srth. CIoudy-»md northerly-much warmer board, dl.r.ft6r Je yeseel w..lio d'ays ouVftom Cmfr.Jprn^rnV/hts bS oh^d'irLtoe 
an vesterdav: lilac and anole bee-m to flower. Acanulco. His disease was cbrnmn inflnmmn. _ ° i gcu lu xjinio 
than yesterday; lilac and apple begin to flower. 
The week just ended was much colder than the 
Acapulco. His disease was chronic inflamma- stone 
tion. The reports brought by the passengers are 
xiT . , , 7 ine weeK just enaea was mucn coiaer man tne nw**. icjruno uiuugiii. ujr mo uasseugers are t* ' -j .u . .i. t> • m , , . 
We give below m three columns the medium corresponding week of last May. A correspondent conflicting, and. it is impossible to arrive at any Ne^oJk and^A^nv 
temperature of the seasons for nearly twenty years. oTvvirxcir i qqq i*-oo correct data. ^ew i orK and Albany will be completed before 
temperature of the seasons for nearly twenty years. ■ whether the spring of 1838 was cold and 
The first column is the dates of the year^the ,.c,y backward? It was; and so was that of 1841 the ^L.Tes r!v1 
second the meffium temperature of five months, be- and 1849, as well as the present. It is common for the Americans. ^ Chagfes if appears to be very 
ginning with May and ending with September — green currants to be fit for culinary purposes by the healthy. 
the third the medium temperature of four months, 20 th of May: they are in full bloom yet, and have The Tennessee brought no mail for the United 
The business of transporting the passengers np 
I ginning with May and ending with September — green currants to be 
the third the medium temperature of four months, 20th of May: they a 
beginning with June and ending with September been for many days. 
—the last column the medium temperature of the 
summer months: 
green currants to be fit for culinary purposes by the 
20th of May: they are in full bloom yet, and have 
g the close of the month of June. 
(Is of I^(®- Francis Sargent Osgood, a poetess of 
very great merit, died of consumption, in New York 
city, two or three weeks since. 
lited Cf^The New School Presbyterians contemplate 
locating a Theological Institution at Galena, or 
Date. 
Five months. 
Four months. 
Three months 
1830,. 
•. 63.89 deg. 
66.19 deg. 
68.37 deg. 
1833,.. 
..64.34 “ 
65.22 “ 
65.86 “ 
1835,. 
.,63.50 “ 
65.55 “ 
68.48 “ 
1836,.. 
..62.71 “ 
64.83 “ 
66.76 “ 
1837,. 
..63.18 “ 
65.27 “ 
66.78 “ 
1838,.. 
.,64.07 “ 
65.64 “x 
67.47 “ 
1839,.. 
..61.98 “ 
63.27 “ 
65.01 “ 
1840,.. 
..63.33 “ 
64.68 “ 
67.09 “ 
1841,.. 
..63.44 “ 
66.17 “ 
67.25 “ 
1842,.. 
..61.08 “ 
63.27 “ 
64.98 “ 
1843,.. 
..62.75 “ 
65.11 “ 
65.93 “ 
1844,.. 
..63.55 “ 
65.02 “ 
66.13 “ 
1845,.. 
..63.19 “ 
65.54 “ 
67 86 “ 
1846,.. 
.. 66.02 “ 
67.47 “ 
68.09 “ 
1847,.. 
..63.55 “ 
64.87 “ 
67.00 “ 
1848,.. 
..65.14 “ 
66.21 “ 
69.89 “ 
1049,.. 
..63.30 “ 
66.12 “ 
68.43 “ 
- Col. Jack Hays has been elected and sworn in, some other important point in the north-west. 
New Publications. ^ as Sheriff of San Francisco county. {ST A farm of 100 acres on the banks of the 
Sacramento City was again overflowed, worse Hudson, near Dearman, Westchester county, sold 
The Journal of the N. Y. State Agricultu- ‘I ^^® before, much damage being done to the other day, for $80,000. 
RAL SociE-ry.-We have received the initial num- ^Tbe Quarantine law passed by the Legislature "^nied La Trinidad has been 
ber of a monthly' bearing the above title,-published for the regulation of San Francisco, is pronounc- California. It has a good northern 
at Albany. It is a veiy handsome sheet, in pam- ed infamoua. If enforced, it will crush the com- ^ go°d harbor, 
phlet/orm —8 octavo pages—and contains a full n^ercial prosperity of that city. Cushing owns more land in the 
report of the proceeding, of the Executive Com- ,. Corn».il. of Bnff.lo, N. If., a pa»enger in West ,tsaid, than eompnse. theislandof Great 
•aa r ix. a • ^ L • 1 mi the Tennessee* U 18 said, has realized between two 
The Journal of the N. Y. State Agricultu- than it was before, much damage being done to 
RAL Society. —We have received the initial num- i j u .u r • i . 
, . ,, , , , , The Quarantine law passed by the Legislature 
ber of a monthly' bearing the above title,-published for the regulation of San Francisco, is pronounc- 
report of the proceedings of the Executive Com¬ 
mittee of the Society at their last meeting. The and three hundred thousand dollars during his re¬ 
design of the work is to give “ the proceedings of sideucein California. 
the Society and the Executive Committee, and Lumber and provisions are very low; and hou- 
such communications and articles of interest as are on sailing vessels, would hardly sell 
from time to time received.” It will be forward- "'‘..piuma^cfly” is the name of a new place re- 
ed to the officers and correspondents of the Socie- cently commenced on the Sacramento. Lots are 
ty. State and County Societies, to the Agricultural selling rapidly, and at high prices. It is situated 
papers, and such others as may desire an exchange. elevated locality. 
The highest average mean temperature of the 
five months for 17 years was, in 1846, 66.02 deg; 
- From the Alta Calitornian, April 10. rru rv . -it , , , 
New York State Business Directory.— Mer- Since the sailing of the last steamer, but little ®I Maiyland have nomi- 
chants and other business and professional men transpired of any very particular interest, de- Governor°*^' 
An air gun, the motive power of which is 
an India rubber spring operating on a condenser, 
has been patented in England. 
Twelve hundred dollars have been contrib¬ 
uted in Philadelphia, for the benefit of Dr. Dick, 
the Christian Philosopherjn Scotland. 
Jt^^The price for telegraphic correspondence 
on the Morse lines, has been reduced to one half 
the former rates. 
513^ The Democrats of Maryland have nomi- 
rious groupes of rocks, from the Hudson River to lowest,'jn 1842, 60.08 deg; the mean tempera- will find this a most valuable work. It embraces ‘fMg” The Limericl 
the Allegany hills. The location from which they P®”®*^’ ®3-40 degrees. Range, the name, location and business of mercantile firms, summary may noL pwhapsrbe'^conSdered out"of upwards of 5000 
were taken, is some thousand feet below the posi- 4.94 degrees. manufacturing establishments, professional men, place. trict since January h 
tion of the true coal measures; and no coal over highest average mean for four months was artists, corporations, banking, moneyed and litera- A meetmg of merchants has been held for the I ^'®7 
place. 
A meeting of merchants has been held for the 
an inch or two in thickness, and a few feet in ex- ^®S’ I^® lowest in 1842 and 1846, ry institutions, courts, public officens, and all the Purpose of regulating the price of gold dust, ad- 
tent, will ever be discovered in this State. ^®S! I^® "^®®“ average for the whole miscellaneous departments which contribute to the tog to^estabhehTt m ™ca!rency.^^ They also'de-' 
tent, will ever be discovered in this State. 
The lithological character and positions of form¬ 
ations, and their accompanyment with the remains 
time 65.32 deg. Range, 4.20 deg. 
12 :^” The Limerick (Ireland) Chronicle states 
that upwards of 5000 persons have left that dis¬ 
trict since January last, to proceed to America, 
many of them of a superior class. 
51 ^'“ Joseph Myers, fireman on the Utica & 
Schenectady Railroad, was instantly killed on 
Thursday afternoon by his head coming in contact 
business, wealth and prosperity of our State. The terrained to reject the California coins and quick- with a bridge four miles from Utica 
sure criterions to form opinions upon. Iron pyrites. 
and bitumenous odour, are common to a variety 4.91 deg. It is a singular coincidence 
of formations many thousand feet too low in the ^^® ^^*^ 8 ® I^® difierence between the high- 
series to belong to the carbonifinous system. ®®I lowest mediums of the different columns 
^_^.... The highest average for the summer montlis in information it contains can no where else be ob- silver gold in trade. The former proposition has 
of ferns and other land vegetation, are the onlv I ^^® ^®v^®®I ‘u 1842, 64.98 deg; tained in so cheap and compact a form. Publish- received with general disapprobation, 
ciira/.rtii/xrtteixc f/xrtrtrt.— {, -1 the mean average for the whole time 67.13 deg, ed by S. French, 293 Broadway, New York. I ,• ® ™®^®®utile.coinmunity are averse to ele- 
® ^ 6 » Vfttinir iffl nnminfil vnliiA nr U 
ed by S. French, 293 Broadway, New York. 
Dictionary of Mechanics. —No. 9 has been re- 
silver gold in trade. 1 be former proposition has The Syracuse Journal says, Frederick 
be^ received with general disapprobation. Benson, former sheriflj and C. M. Brosnan, late 
The mercantile .community are averse to ele- County Treasurer, (Democrats,) left that city on 
valing Its nominal value, or considering it other Thursday, for Calitornia. 
than an article of merchandise. The view which 
These slates are, without doubt, the debris of the I^® 4 and a fraction in all cases, 
ceived. 
execution 
. There is no falling oft' in the interest or was me same, ana nas Deen most 
1 T* • 11 1 X • generally sustained. Business generalIy,although 
ion of the work. It gives all the late im- gtiu juU, has materially improved since the sail- 
.his he ..n.o..ndh., b«„ 
generalIy,although Newton to 50 cents, Ind on the North American 
^ P^ovements and mventions-HberaHy mustrated ing of the last steamer', and the prospectsfor'ffie "T’l .at.- t. • 
prii g-time of 1838, 41, and 49 was cold with diagrams and figures of all the subjects treat- spring and summer trade are most fiattering— B^ A-A. Kendrick, of N^dison Univer- 
and vegetation very backward. These cold springs ed upon-and its typographical e.xecutioh fe.good Jhe min.es have continued to be exceedingly pro- GmVkVwn UtovS^^ 
were followed by warm summers and autumns, and cmrpf-t • ductive wherever they have been worked, and urown university, it is tnougnt he will 
destruction of coal strata and their accompanying 
shales, at the period of the deposit of the sediment¬ 
ary rocks, and are no indication of coal, but the '''®^® lohowed by warm summers and autumns, 
contrar}-—the destruction of it—and the further 8®o4 harvests of Indian corn. So it may be 
prosecution of the search, will only result in dis¬ 
appointment and loss. 
Wheel Cultivator. —“ Which is the best 
Y.Gic lunuvYcu uy waiiii euuiiiiers ana auuiuins, correct 
and good harvests of Indian corn. So it may be p^tolighed by D. Appleton & Co., NeW YoS 
this 8 easo«-so we trust it will be. Though the For sale by D. M. Dewey, Rochester. Price, 25 
seed time be late, the farmer will not withhold the 
seed—he will plant it, and in due time he shall 
reap: but if he despond and despair and faint, and 
extraordinary yields have rewarded the toil of ma- 
I'ny. Thii^ivers still continue high, and, upon 
I the Sacramento, so great a rise has occurred that 
cents a number, or $10 for the work complete. 
Railroad Law. —The following is the thirty- 
decline. 
The British Whig (C. W.) states, that 16 
Orange Lodges have burnt their warrants, dis- 
serious apprehensions of another overflow have banded, and joined the repealers, on account of the 
been entertained. The new officers, however, 
duly elected under the city charter, have exerted 
dismissal of Lord Roden, by the Lord Lieutenant. 
12 ^” There will bo a Railroad celebration at 
i.iG TcapI but if hc dospond aiid dospalr Bud falut, aud Railroxd Law —The followinff is the thirtv- I . ^ ° have exerted | 2 ^ Ihere will bo a Railroad celebration at 
wheel cultivator in use?-what is the price, and withhold the seed from the earth, his folly in the fifth section of the Railroad law passed at the liite i throwing up a Burlington, Vt. on the 20th of June next, in com- 
where can itbe had? ” A. J. M. ftxrtrx-. .-p ,,.0..*.. a .1 *■* .• -n . u- • .u session of the Ixco-islTtnrp- ^ j temporary iCvee, to prevent the inundation of the memoration of the opening of the two lines between 
w . m - o .. . A „ 1 form of want and destitution will stare him in the session ot tiie ixegislature.— citv, and save the inhabitants from the dreadful Burlinirton and Boston 
We are not sufficiently posted up” on the ^ce in the time of harvest. - ^ P®>' I conseouences of another ovverflp.w. , xi... _ _■. , 
comparative merits of ^^^y with your speculations about “ cosmical j j^to and the ~6er7antrorthrcorpo7ation! to pto at Sacramento. I wafers were used by the House of Representatives 
e various implements of the kind, and should matter,” or “star-dust” intercepting “the rays him and his baggage out of the cars, using no un- Houses Destroyed—Loss of Property Esti- during the last session. If the members had used 
farl iT shall ?e TawTuTfor the eonductor of the of another ovveiflew. 
( 2 ^” It is stated that one thousand pounds of 
iters were used by the House of Representatives 
prefer to give the opimoii of some correspondent of heat.” Lord Rosse’s Telescope has demonstra- necessary force, at any usual stopping'place, or 
who has tested the difFerent improvements. On ted that Prof. Nichol’s himothesis concerning “star ne®>; any dwelling house, as the conductor elect 
inquiry we learn that Rapalje & Briggs, of this a .-.i T .x- j .• , ,shall on stopping the tram. 
^ , T « , liiio dust,” was without the least foundation beyond the _ tl f__ 
city, have two kinds for sale— Ide’s and Rogers’. crYox-nioiixYrYc __ mu u , , 
mated at $65,000. 
From the Sacramento Transcript. 
On Thursday sennight, a fire commenced in 
them to stick their lips together, how much wind 
and time would have been saved. 
12 ^" The raising of Merino Sheep in Virginia 
speculations of his own fruitful imagination. 
store of Messrs. Hoope & has become a very profitable business. The old 
ThA nriAA nf ) * ^ ^ DE s ail OGERS . speculations of his owii fruitful imagination. So The Crops.—T he assurance heretofore made ^*'^*Doreaux* and spread rapidly to the north and fields and waste lands that abound so largely in ) 
p eac 1 IS it may be said with regard to Humboldt’s “cos- that the growing crops are in extremely excellent ‘iu “® “°'*®®® ®®^i®unied fronted on that State are being very greatly improved by pas- I 
Cxav. F.k.-E,„,xx E. H. We »ic., ejeUeu'. whieI,„ureo„te„„ J, brt, C.«,.,u,e 
s unable to answer, definitely, all your <iucstions “““ ‘h® '»l<i »>e present season. u,, pg-pp, favorable wither thus ?“'“ “‘"J"’ '““Si" '“'«>• fiyltannnlbcr have bem averted at St. mLS 
lative to this machine. You can obtain the de- R »s an old saying, and a true one, generally far has produced in the vegetable kingdom. Far- op®d in one sheet of flame. At the same time, Florida, on a charge of harboring a slave belong- ) 
ed information by addressing A. W. Cary’ ®Peaking, that, if you can keep your corn alive till mers express the highest satisfaction in regard to m ing to Col. Gamble, with the design of bringing ^ 
ookpoH, N. Y. Thort are four sites-the pri« the first of July you need not despair of a crop; 'h® present oppc^ance of Ihe crops.-^:.,.do Tel. J^d ./eSfy 7he wtnd "wt ''™ ''^®» ®” ‘"o ) 
are unable to answer, definitely, all your questions cause of the cold weather of the present season 
relative to this machine. You can obtain the de- *® saying, and a true one, genere 
sired information by addressing A. W. Cary, ®Peaking, that, if you can keep your corn alive 
Brockport, N. Y. There are four sizes—the price ^^^® ^^®^ July you need not despair of a cr< 
of the smallest is $30. ^“4 August make corn^ A farmer told 
us a few days since, that he planted corn in York, 
taring sheep upon them. 
12 ^" The crew of the brig Catharine and Mary, 
five in number, have been arrested at St. Mark^ 
Florida, on a charge of harboring a slave belong¬ 
ing to Col. Gamble, with the design of bringing 
him to New York on the 14th inst. 
Trial of Plows, 
We would remind those interested in the mat- „ we e ^ .u . .u • j 
, ,, X . J , good crop. We have shown that the time and 
ter that, m accordance w’lth arrangements made , . ■ , 
Ex. .Ex, xrvo. .AO-. riC temperature requisite to produce a good crop of 
by the N. Y. State Ag. Society, a Trial of Plows t a- • / .1 x t , , . 
° 1 • Aiv, Tx Indian corn IS from the first of June to the last of 
will take place next week, in Albany. It will c. . . t. xi, -jxi 
rr J xi- Axi • ' J September. It cannot be said then, that we have 
commence on Tuesday, the 4th proximo, and con- ^ x x a • , 
x- 1 u , „ . reason, yet, to despair of a good corn harvest this 
tinue as long as may be necessary to ensure a fair j tr & 
for July and August make corn,. A farmer told nx ti at 1 i u 1 . blowing from the north at the time, and Messrs. B^” ^n the 20th, there were more than two 
us a few days since, that he planted corn in York , “a months have now Fowler & Co’.s store next became a prev to the hundred delegates attending the Old School Gen- 
Livingston county not many years aao on the ?^®Pfd since the relipous interest first manffi^^^^^^ conflagration. The fire also spread in a northerly eral Assembly at Cincinnati;-the largest Msern- 
7 qVe ? t ? r E® I t"" J'- 1*®® ™®®®® ®«hsided direction from the El Dorado to the general mer- hlage convened since the division of the church, 
lytn 01 June, and trom that planting harvested a yet. In some of the churches, meetings continue chandise store of Messrs. Bailey Morrisson & ®^d about as large as was ever assembled before, 
good crop. We have shown that the time and to be held every ewning, in others, toe seriousness Co., nor was its course stayed in this direction, 12 ;^”Gerrit Smith, Rev. Mr. May, and others 
temperature requisite to produce a good crop of ®* ’*^^ 8 ®. k^® ^®t 1 he number of until the next building, occupied by Mr. Bannis- have called a “Christian Union Meeting,” to be 
Indian corn is from the fire, ol June to the Jt of 31“7r„7L77L7r7e°l7bT.Lou7 Cazenoyia, in this 
exxrxioxxxExxrt T*.xort..xcx*E AxE xi X E uniiea iH inc cnurcnes, jiBs rBrciy Deon cqualled 111 been consumed; while at the same time, at the State. It is to be directed m its influences against 
September. It cannot be said then, that we have miy revival, iii a place of the population of Oswego, south from Messrs. Fowler & Co.’s store, the fire War, Slaverj', Intemperance and Licentiousness. 
rA.nsnn. vAf. r^Acjnnir a-P n nr/inrl aawti 0SW€^O XlTflBS* _-i *■- a 1 _ . t__i_ tt i . « _ i . i . a . v-* ,, 7 . 
J trial of every implement entered. The trial is to 
^ be had under the direction of the Society, and 
) from the character and ability of the Judges select- 
; ed, we are led to expect valuable results. We 
^ trust that Western and Central New York will be 
> well represented on the occasion. 
The Season in Virginia. 
® ;_ paased to the Gen. Jackson House, which was The packet-ship Albert Gallatin, recently 
, T .Tl,. , ... entirely destroyed. Here the progress of the arrived from Liverpool, brought cig/it Awwdred and 
7xd^ t'^Ie renowned vocalist is said to flames was arrested, the drug store of Dr. Crane, forty nine second cabin and steerage passengers, 
r El . 'Jj"®P®”*P. and glare of the great, and the next building towards the south to the Gene- There were six deaths and four births on the pass- 
A friend writing us from Petersbure- Va under *^® d®k 8 kl m the exercise of the affections amidst ral Jackson House, having been torn down.— 
A inena writing us trom Petersburg, Va., under scenes of unsophisticated life. Her English resi- Messrs. Jackson & Adams occupied a canvass 
date of May 20, says:— dence, the Home Journal tel s us, was a surburban house, in the rear of Hoope & Co.’s building, 
“ W^e have really had the most backward season villa near London, of which she took a lease to- which was also consumed 
51;^” A gentleman just from southern Illinois 
states that, in the counties east from St. Louis, 
flour is worth $8 per barrel, and has to be trans- 
;11 represented on the occasion. gygj. known here. There was frost on the 12th, 8 ®Iker with the gardens and stables, &c. And of- The loss is, as near as we can learn, estimated ported by teams the distance of 100 miles to siip- 
For rules regulating the trial, premiums offered, ^nd I hear of injurj' to the wheat from it. Wheat carrtoSs^^steoVbcfore herioTr^wtole setteTo^ira "‘r I®P®ws:-Commencing at the north, the store ply the wants of the community, 
e seoN„.9„t,heNew^„rk.r.(p.ge66;)als. „„ then i„ i.xmo2 tender rtatc-j™! i».he .hoot, 7™^® ^ e7ln7Zr’S oT'‘b\7ov'^ 
infant i„ company with I.L.her. S^Sl mThantTfioat;^^^^^^^^ 7.X"^feTeo'Syt»^^^ 
y, —^, the7^“ aCrr SKxnnvox The Coroner ef New Yerit has fetl.f 
feu .. far .enth .. the Gulf of Mexico, and the Z ?7he'HSuTSo7io„ !,S' »A: . The trenlon (N. J.) True Amerioan etate. 
&fC., see JNo. y of the New-Yorker, (page 66;) also in its most tender state—just in the shoot, 
the Premium List of the Society, in an extra is- or beginning to show the heads. 
sued with our 12 th number. Thic nnncmi x.nirl x,xxixr e., o/x/.rx.,vx 4 xxA ^rawE,. 
that Messrs. Rapalje & Briggs, proprietors of the f®^‘ ^ J® ^»^® M®-®®’ the tims by the Hague st. explosion in which he eharg- oOoT Hoo^e & L’Amor^x.^r^^^^^^^^^ thaSr ng t if^it seaU 
Genesee Seed Store and Ag. Warehouse, have ®®tl®n crops wfli be most materially injured and articles. $20,060, together with (he loss of books. ^iiL there^as rLived twenty tons of old playto^ 
just received an order from a farmer residing near ®hortened ; m many in.stances the second planting HTmultSes the of S™ Z' the Ferguson had al®o this cards, to be manufactured into other kinds of pa? 
has been killed. w Txe! store, $2000 worth of goods, besides $1000 in pgr. 
two weeks later than usual.” 
mi rrx .$600. Mcssrs. Jackson & Adams’ canvass 
A Family Poisoned. —The Toronto (Canada) house, in the rear of Hoope & Co.’s'store, con- 
gold dust. The books, drugs, and instruments of New York city has more than 230 places 
Dr. Charles Burrell, were also burned, valued at of Worship, 120 Newspaper Offices, 50 Free 
,$600. Messrs. Jaclwon & Adams’ canvass Schools and 56 Primary Schools, 1000 Police, 18 
T • 1 r /» TT 4 *r» • 4 . lias D 6 U 11 Ivllieu. 1 1 Y .11 1 11 1 , •' - WWAtll MXJXJUOx UCDIUOO UPXVVV lU rvp*. 
LiverpooJ, for one of HUxSSey^s Reaping Machines. x-, , . , number of the killed, and the product by the fee trnlH Hiist The books dmirq nnH inflirumentsnf ^ ir i -i u au non ^ 
TEio fox.x erYXYrtW xxortii c xE ' x' • I Strawberncs Bud grecii pcBS Brc uow pleiitv, but ton sinirlA witnivjq f j goiaaust. ine dooks, drugs, and insirumenis oi New York city has more than 230 places 
This fact speaks well for the inventive genius and J „ . I’ J, lor a sin gle vMtness. _ Dr. Charles Burrell, were also burned, valued at of Worship, 120 Newspaper Offices, 50 Free 
skill of American mechanics, whose fame is be- ^^o iiee Ks laier man usual. _ a Pgxc.vx.,. te« rr SdOO- . Me®®^®- Jackson & Adams’ canvass Schools and 56 Primary Schools, 1000 Police. 18 
comi^ worM-reiiowned. We presume the Re.p- Th. Woeld's lNDUSTB,._Sir Heu,y Bulwer menlion, a melancholy case of p“oiso7 Sn^i-urt^k Ynd p" "717, t200o“° MeZ: rdlTvZofsS bTuCI® 
er will cut a swath which will .surprise our has directed a tetter to the Secretary of State, un- ing, in the township of Walpole, resulting in the Gale & Co. owners of the building occupied by Smin^irZS Comnlntes L^EIe ^ 
trnas-atlantic farmers, and induce them to acknow- 4er the instruction from his Government, in which deaths of a family of five persons—Joseph Allen, Brown & Knowlton's Express loss unknown. Aua uianEo v/u upauica, x. an c. 
ledge the superiority of Yankee machinerj'. he says that her Majesty’s commissioners have his wife, a young man 18 years old, a boy 12, and Messrs. Fowler & Co. dealers in provisions, &c., Protestant Episcopal Convention. —The 
Asa fact worthy of note we may add that ®®d‘®d the amount of space which may be assign- a girl 5 years old. They were poisoned by eating $10,000. A large amount of property was saved Protestant Episcopal Convention of the Diocese of 
Messrs R & B arc now fillinir an orrlar from • E- ®^ each countxy in the build- a soup 111 which wild parsnips were an ingredient, here by the skill of Demas Strong, aided by the Pennsylvania, commenced its annual session yes- 
xlessrs. K. <fc D. are now hlling an order from mg which is to be erected for the exhibition in The whole five were interred at one time. efficient fire department of Sacramento. The es- terday'in St. Andrews’church. The attendance. 
Station Houses, 400 streets, the longest being three 
mites, 35 Banks exclusive of Savings Banks, 62 
Eire Insurance Companies, 25 Marine. 
Protestant Episcopal Convention. — The 
London, for a large quantity of Clover and Timo 
thy Seed. 
Hyde Park, and that they have allotted to the pro¬ 
ductions of the United States, eighty thousand 
timated loss of the Gen. Jackson, Frank Greene, 
terday in St. Andrews’ church. The attendance, 
both of ministers and lay delegates was quite large. 
®*',China. A tetter jg $600. Dr. Crane’s building, which was torn Bishop Potter presided. Amolig the members we 
2 ^” Dr. E. P. Langworthy, of this city, who P®s®® 8 ®® ^®d aisles 
was some time since appointed Assistant-Surgeon The I oss at ( 
square feet, one half of which will be taken up by from S. Williams, missionary' to China, dated Can- down, loss not known. 
ton, Feb. 25, says:—“Intelligence has just been 
received from Pekin of the death of the Emperor. 
We are happy to state, that although there 
observed William F. Johnson, Esq., Governor of- 
Pennsylvania, a lay delegate from St. Stephen’s 
woo ouiiic lime siiiue appoimeu ^Bsisiani-Burgeon 'Tix,? 1 «cc ... n itie xe /y rpE x-.e- tti m i were several explosions of powder during the con- Church, Harrisburg. — Phil. North American. 
in tliA TTn-4 xi ax 4 A E 41 E ^ Corning. — The Bath Courier The name of this Emperor was Taukwang, or the flagration, that only one accident happened. A -———- 
in me united fctaies Army, nas recenUy been con- says the number of building destroyed at Corning Gloiy of Reason, the title he assumed on his as- loaded gun, which was in one of the houses went Rome and Watertown Railroad.— Five thou- 
hrmed by the Senate, and ordered to proceed to is 74, and estimates the aggregate loss, exclusive cension. [He was the second son of Kiaking, and off, wounding Mr. Joseph M. Handcock in the sand tons of T rail have been purchased for this 
Fort Columbia, Governor’s Island, New York. He of lumber, at from one hundred to one hundred the sixth of the Tsing, or Manchu dynasty, which hand. We understand that the bones of the hand road, and part of it is on the ground. The road 
, — . . . and fiffv fhniiHnnd dnllnra mid xEn iTiaii>.nnx>o ot Eoo i-xiixxnoxl niTm. xExi nalxinxlol nlxinxi IRAA _i_i_ _:n e- _x _x:..« x.. T):^_„«».x 
Rome and Watertown Railroad. —Five thou- 
left for the post designated on Tuesday last, bear- fifty ffiousand dollars, and the insurance at has reigned over the celestial empire since 1644. 
,v 1 . J J r XXX X-X-- 1 1 about eighty thousand. 1 he merchants saved most. Taukwang ascended the “draeon’s throne” in 
ingthe kind regards of “ troops of friends” and of their goods, except such as were stored in 1821, ani has reigned twenty nim 
acquaintances 
1821, and has reigned twenty nine years, 
age was sixty-nine.” 
were not broken. will be put in operation from Rome to Pierpont 
I --— Manor, a distance of 35 mites, the present season. 
• 12 ^” A line of telegraph is about to be erected The reliable means of tlie road are already $800,- 
between Oswego and Watertown, Jefferson Co. 000 and increasing. 
