MOORE’S RURAL iS’EW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL 
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ROCHESTER, JULY 4, 1850. 
Local Agents. 
James Van Horn, Ovid ; also general agent for 
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. 
Wm. Richey & O. A. Graves, Watertown, Jeff. co. 
Joh^ Harris, Sheldrake, Seneca county. 
Archibald Stone, Hinraanville, Oswego county. 
E. W. Fairchild, East Bloomfield, Ontario county. 
G. N. Sherwood, Camillus, Onondaga county. 
C. B. Dickinson and P. P.arks, Victor, Ontario Co. 
J. W. Reed, Lockport, Niagara county. 
J. M. Trowbridge, Pekin, “ “ 
John B. Lowell, Yates, Orleans county. 
H. S. Frisbie, Holley, “ “ 
L. A. Morse, Knowlesville, “ “ 
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. 1). Branch, 'J'rumansburg, Tompkins county. 
W. K. Wyckoff, Lodi, Seneca Co. 
O. B. Scott, Woodville, Jefferson Co. 
B. F. Adams, Bridgeport, Mad. Co. 
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The Glorious Fourth. 
As this paper will reach most of its readers on or 
before the Anniversarj' of our Nation’s Jubilee, we 
publish that ever interesting and immortal docu¬ 
ment, the Declaration of Independence. Let it 
be re-read by all senior, and carefully perused and 
studied by junior recipients of the liberties and 
blessings of a Government which its signers sacri¬ 
ficed so much to establish and perpetuate. 
We observe that arrangements are being made 
for an appropriate celebration of the 4th in this 
city;— also in various other towns in this section 
of the State. This is right and proper. The Na¬ 
tal Day of the Republic should be commemorated 
throughout the land, by every true lover of his 
country. For, though imperfect, our Government, 
and the system upon which its laws are adminis¬ 
tered, are .so superior to those of the Old World, 
that our people have abundant cause for congratu¬ 
lation and public rejoicing. Let the Birth-Day of 
our Freedom ever be commemorated in a fitting 
manner — with inward praise and thanksgiving, 
and outward demonstrations of joy and gratitude. 
But let not our festivities be characterized with 
e.\cess or imprudence, whereby health would be 
injured or life jeopardied. Temperance and mod¬ 
eration are cardinal virtues at all times, and their 
practice on such an occasion is emphatic evidence 
of real independence — such as should character¬ 
ize every true American. 
Tlmely. —Speaking of the approaching celebra¬ 
tion of the Fourth, an exchange very properly re¬ 
marks:—“A word of caution, just at this time, 
may be appropriately given to all, both old and 
young, who are making preparations to celebrate 
the Fourth. At each recurrence of that memor¬ 
able day, the press is invariably called upon to re¬ 
cord accidents—many of them of a most melan¬ 
choly nature—resulting from the firing of salutes, 
setting off fireworks, &c. Many of these acci¬ 
dents are the result of carelessness; therefore we 
say to all, be careful how you handle powder, in 
any way, on the Fourth.” 
Agricultural Statistics. — Seneca. —When 
we published the suggestion of Mr. Chapman, in 
No. 23, we thought it would soon attract the atten¬ 
tion of and be responded to by some active friend 
of improvement in good old Seneca—and such is 
the fact. Mr. W. K. Wyckoff, of Lodi, has 
kindly volunteered to furnish us an abstract of the 
agricultural statistics of Seneca county. We think 
a statement from this county, in which so much is 
being done to introduce improvement in every 
branch of farm culture and husbandry, will prove 
highly interesting and compare favorably with that 
of any other. 
Who will furnish us the statistics of other coun¬ 
ties ? __ 
Fine Strawberries. —Wo are indebted to one 
of our LeRoy subscribers, Mr. G. W. Annin, for 
a basket of extra fine Strawberries of the Boston 
Pine variety. The size and flavor gave evidence 
of good soil and superior culture. Mr. A. exhibi¬ 
ted excellent samples at the show of our Horticul¬ 
tural Society. 
Taxation. —In Northampton, (Mass.,) there 
are 56 persons taxed for $10,000, and upwards; 81 
for ,$5,000, and less than $10,000. The poll tax 
for the present year is one dollar and seventy-one 
cents; the tax on a thousand dollars, is seven dol¬ 
lars I So says the Northampton Gazette. 
In 1848, in Boston, the tax on a thousand dol¬ 
lars was six dollars—in Salem, five dollars and 
eighty cents—in Prov+dence, four dollars and a half 
—in New York, eleven dollars and ten cents—in 
Rochester, thirteen dollars and thirty cents—in 
Savannah, Ga., seven dollars and fifty cents—in 
St. Louis, ten dollars and fifty cents. w. 
A Word. —As this number is the first of a new 
quarter and half year, the present is a favorable 
time to subscribe for the New-Yorker. Who 
will aid, by personal endeavors, in enlarging our 
subscription list ? 
The Growing Crops. ARRIVAL OF THE OHIO. 
Accounts relative to the growing wheat and Latest from Havana and California. 
spring crops, are quite favorable. This is particu- ' “ . ,, r, , , 
11 . 1 . .1 r . v.o ir. The steamship Ohio, Lt. J. Fmdly Schenck 
larly true, m regard to the districte embraced m s. N., commanding, arrived at this port yester- 
Western and Central New York. Our exchanges, ^ay afternoon from Havana. 
as well as private letters, speak in the most en- The Ohio brings the mail, and forty-five pas- 
couraging terms of the wheat crop, especially^ sengers from California, and about $150,000 in 
which it is believed will be a full average.— 
In addition to the gold brought from Califor- 
Though rather drj', the weather during the past Ohio brings one hundred thousand Mexi- 
two weeks has been favorable for both grain and can dollars for William Hoge 6 l Co of this city, 
grass. The copious showers on Monday night She brings 144 passengers, 9 of whom are 
and Tuesday were of great benefit to all kinds of Havana, 45 from Chagres, and 90 from New 
. ■ Orleans. Among the latter, are a number of 
V go a ion. families, who have come north to spend thesum- 
Reports from the Western States are generally nier 
flattering, but we doubt whether the wheat crop 
has or will recover from the severe drouth to 
The steamer Chesapeake which sailed from N. 
York for San Francisco on the lOth of August 
which it has been subjected. As a fair sample of gfn 
late statments from the west, w'e quote the follow- Gold is still found in abundance in California, 
ing from the Cincinnatti Price Current of the The most extravagant stories are told of “Tuolu- 
26th ult:— 
“ The mo.st important fact we have to notice this 
mo Placer,” lately discovered on the river of that 
name near Columbia city. 
The Stockton Times says that a single state- 
week, and It is highly important, is-the favorable surpass the most wondrous dream 
condition of the growing crops. The rams which necromancer It is stated that lumps of pure 
we had occasion to notice last week, though rather have been found at the depth of sixty feet 
late, were in time, and sufiiciently copious to give jhe surface 
vegetation a new start, and do an immense amount ^^^he 6th of last month two large masses of gold, 
cf good in every direction. 1 he accounts relative weighing 23 pounds 2oz., the other lO pounds 
to the wheat crop are inost favorable, and we may ^^z , were dug from the Placer. 
now say that there is less cause for croaking, and 
less croaking really, than for several years past.— 
The yield of wheat, it is generally admitted, will 
be over an average one. The same may be said 
of oats; and corn, though backward, is now doing 
well, and with favorable weather during the re- 
Our thanks are due to O. V. llollenback. Esq., 
the gentlemanly purser of the Ohio, for the fol¬ 
lowing items of news: 
The Falcon left on the evening of the 13th,and 
arrived at Havana early on the morning of the 
18th. The Georgia arrived next day. Both were 
marnder of the season there will be an abundant have sailed next day-the Georgia, for ChagVes 
yield. The wheat harvest has already coinmenced and the Falcon, for New Orleans, 
in various places in Ohio, and the new wheat will news from Havana, and other parts of the 
reach market much earlier than was supposed a importance. The 
week ago.” .. ^ ■ ■ 
Weekly Meteorological Abstract. 
BY L. WETHERELL. - 
June, 1850. 
thermometer. 
^ MAl^ 1 MIN. 1 MEAN. 
RAIN. 
WINDS. 
25 
55 
N W, 
26 
73 
54 
NW. 
27 
84 
56 
s W. NE. 
28 
82 
72 
— 
29 
82 
70 
— 
30 
82 
62 
s. 
July 1 
74 
68 
N. N E. 
June 25th. Cool morning. 
26th. Cool morning—fine day. 
27th. Continues coolish—fine for wheat. 
28th. 'Warmer—a little rain—lightning in the 
evening. 
29th. Fine day. 
30th. Cloudy, a little rain. 
July 1st. A little showery—fine weather. 
prisoners captured by the Pizarros are yet on board 
the Sobrano, where they will remain until dispos¬ 
ed of by the Spanish government at home. In 
the mean time, they are undergoing a sort of ex- 
parte, or mock trial, preparatory to knowing their 
fate. 
Havana was perfectly quiet. The cholera had 
in a great measure disappeared, and business of 
every description was improving. 
We have received the Diario de la Marina to 
the 19th inst., which is six days later than our 
former advices. 
The political news is not of much importance. 
No mention is as yet made of the American pris¬ 
oners, now on trial. 
The Diario de la Marina, in praising the course 
of Gen. Taylor, in the expedition, is at a loss now 
to condom the people of the Southern States for 
giving such a brilliant reception to the “adven¬ 
tured and contemptible Lopez !” 
I The heat in Havana, is more severe than it 
has been for several years past. 
A bullfight was announced to take place on the 
24th inst. 
July 1st. A little showery—fine weather. On the 13th, Don Manuel Munez, comptroller 
-of the royal estate of Puerto Rico, sailed for Eu- 
Carniverous. —We are told of a singular cir- rope by the English steamer Great Western.— 
cumstance which occurred in the town of Pen- succeeded by Sir D. Miguel Lopez de Ace- 
veco. 
field, in this county, a few days since. A wo- Anotlier Arrival, 
man left her child in the house alone, sleeping in gy schooner General Boyde, 
the cradle, while she went for a pail of water.— Captain Gilpatrick, from Sagua la Grande, which 
When she returned, she discovered, to her horror, she left on the 13th inst., we learn that the 
. 1 - , I J A 4 U. excitement about the invasion had entirely sub- 
that a sow had entered the house and taken the gi^ed; and the people had returned to their 
babe in its mouth and carried it some distance.— homes and business of all kinds begun to re- 
She immediately ran to the rescue of her child, 
but it was not until she had beaten the pail topie- 
ITIlniug Hems. 
The following items in relation to the South- 
ces over the ferocious animal’s head and after- me loiiowing iioms m reiaiiou o me oouin- 
, , , , -.1 .V . ern Mines, are gleaned Irom the Stockton 
wards wounded it severely with an ax, that it re- Tj^nes: 
leased the infant, and even then the sow attempt- a large emigration is setting towards the Cala- 
ed to secure its prey again. The child was con- veras mines, among whom are many from the 
siderably injured, but is likely to recover. nonhern mines. i u j- 
■' •’ __ Near San Antonio a new placer has been dis- 
C? Alfred Oaklet informs us that a compa- 
ny of citizens of Penfield have contracted for the Murphy’s New Diggings on the Stanislaus are 
painting of a Panorama of the Hudson river, which yielding well. All persons who work are making 
is to be some three thousand feet in length, and fair average wages. 
is now in progress. The views are taken upon 
Seven or eight miles above the town of Sono¬ 
ma, another fresh discovery is recorded. Hun- 
the East side of the river, and includes views of dredsare flocking to the spot. Indeed, the whole 
several of the villages, and a portion of the High- country lying between the Stanislaus and Tuo- 
lume Rivers is rich in golden treasures. This was 
-—- abundently proved last season. 
Harvest Commenced in Ohio. —The Chilli- This evidence of the prosperity of those who 
cothe Gazette, of June 22d, says “ that on Mon- have embarked their interests in this auriferous 
day next, the 24th, should the weather prove fa- region are truly gratifying, not merely as the evi- 
vorable, many Ross county farmers will commence dence of their own good fortune,but as indicative 
cradling their wheat. Of course, all now ripe of vast benefits that must flow therefrom to San 
enough to cut, is out of danger from rust. The Francisco. 
wheat in this viciaity bids fair to be an average Throe men in the space of two weeks,took out 
crop.” $30,000 from one hole, at the new diggings four 
The Zanesville Courier, of the 22d, learns from miles above Sonora, besides one lump weighing 
the farmers at market that morning, that the pros- pounds. . . , 
pect of a ffood wheat crop will be more than an I'ho following extract is from a letter just re- 
averag-e one ceived from a gentleman in Stockton,bears a very 
^ _ ‘ _ strong presumption that there are a few more 
1.00K Out !-A bran new counterfeit, and one '“mps “f the same kind left for the enterprising: 
exceedingly difficult of detection, made its appear- -The southern inines are looming up and no one 
ance in om city on Monday. It was a $10 bill of «eed be astonished to find them yielding the most 
the Ohio State Bank, Delaware Branch, letter ‘B,’ ?bundantly of any of omt placers during the com- 
the plate a fac simile of the genuine; the signature mg Summer and all. 
is very good, but the filling up done in rather a ” I, learn from a gentleman just from the So- 
coarse, school boy hand. The bill was apparentlv noranian Camp, that an American dug another 
fresh from the mint and needs to be closely scru- twenty-three pound piece of gold there two days 
tinized to detect its conuterfeit character.-C/«ca- since. It contained between three and four pounds 
rri -I of quartz. 
_ .11 have seen to-day several very large pieces 
the Ohio State Bank, Delaware Branch, letter ‘B,’ ?t)unaanuy or any o ourptacers uuring me com- 
the plate a fac simile of the genuine; the signature mg summer and r all. 
is verv good, but the filling up done in rather a ” I, learn from a gentleman just from the So- 
coarse, school boy hand. The bill was apparentlv noranian Camp, that an American dug another 
fresh from the mint and needs to be closely scru- twenty-three pound piece of gold there two days 
tinized to detect its conuterfeit character.-C/«ca- since. It contained between three and four pounds 
rri -I of quartz. 
_ “ I have seen to-day several very large pieces 
Washington’s PIead-Quarters are undergoing of quar!z and gold, one weighing upwards ol forty 
a thorough and substantial repair. The building pounds. The gold appears in it in veins, the 
has been re-roofed; and a large number of work- most beautiful I have ever seen, 
men are employed in and about the old mansion . Well executed counterfeit Mexican dollars are 
in putting it iii order for the celebration of the m circulation in Californm. 
Fourth Tw'o immense spars, for the pole to be Appointment by the Governor. —May 4, J. 
raided in front of the building, were hauled to the Winchester to be State Printer, in place of H. B. 
men are employed in and about the old mansion . Well executed counterleit Mexican dollars are 
in putting it iii order for the celebration of the m circulation in Californm. 
Fourth Tw'o immense spars, for the pole to be Appointment by the Governor. —May 4, J. 
raised in front of the building, were hauled to the Winchester to be State Printer, in place of H. B. 
ground bv eight voice of oxen, on Friday last. The Robinson, resigned. 
staff will rise about 150 feet; and the flag which is Recently, in Mariposa county, a lump weighing 
30 by 50—will bear the motto, “Liberty and seven pounds was found just below the surface of 
Union, now and forever, one and inseparable.”— the ground. 
Newburgh Excelsior. , There was a second Indian massacre near Kel- 
®_____ ly’s Bar, on the North Fork. The Indians had 
New Wheat. —The editor of the Cincinnati stolen property from the miners, were pursued. 
Gazette received on the 22d ult., from Franklin and several Indians killed. 
county, Indiana, (across the river,) several stalks ——-- 
of new wheat, with beautifully filled, plump heads. Railroads and Strawberries. —It is stated 
It is now bevond the reach of casualty. The Ga- that within a distance of ten miles on the line of 
zette states that the late rains in that region had the Ramapo Railroad, there were gathered on 
been of incalculable benefit to the crops. Wednesday last and forwarded to this city, more 
--:—;-- than 80,000 baskets of Strawberries. Thus, by 
A Fort Laramie letter, giving an account extension of our means of communication with 
of the great emigration now sweeping over the country around us, are we supplied more abun- 
Plains of California, says-—“1 he Indians begin to and at cheaper rates, with the necessaries 
talk of emigranting to the East, as they do not be- luxuries of life, and the farmer is enabled to 
liove that many more^^whites can be lelt in that convert that produce into cash, which must other- 
portion of the country'.” j^ave perished. Strawberries are abundant 
^ ThTN'^Constitution of Kel^ucky has this market, at three cents per basket.-iY. F. 
been adopted by the Convention, and proclaimed ^o '>nmerce. _ 
by the G overnor. _ extensive fire has been raging in the 
Ogden Hoffman; Esq., of New York, is pine woods on the Cass River, Michigan, destroy- 
announced as the orator at Washington’s Head- ing trees, logs, and shanties, to the complete ruin 
quarters, Newburgh, on the Fourth. of the lumbermen in that region. 
Items of Foreign News. 
England —Ministers have been defeated by a 
majority of 62 to 32, on a question as to duty on 
home made spirits. 
Sir George Gray announces the intention of 
Government to stop all post offices on Sunday, 
and mails if at all practicable. This has met with 
no favor. 
Monsieur Thiers had arrived in London and wi b 
well received by the statesmen at St. James. It 
is said his visit has deep political changes in view. 
The pending difficulty with France was ex¬ 
pected to be settled by the 15th inst. 
France. —The committee have reported against 
the increase of the Fresident’s salary, notwith¬ 
standing which a sharp contest is anticipated. 
The bill for suppressing clubs and political bod¬ 
ies has been voted for another year. 
The bill for granting pensions to families of 
those killed and wounded in the affair of February 
and June, was rejected by a great majority. 
Rome. —The Pope is engrossed in religious cer¬ 
emonies, to the exclusion of temporal governmen^.^ 
Prussia. —The people evince great uneasinej^ 
Preparations for hostilities continue on a gr^i^ 
scale. Severe laws were issued against the pre^gr- 
The King is fast recovering from his wound. 
Table Ilock Fallen! 
From the Buffalo Express. 
It was announced by Telegraph on Saturday 
afternoon, that Table Rock, at Niagara Falls, had 
fallen into the abyss below. We have received 
following particulars from one of the proprietors 
of this paper who was at the Falls: 
Clifton House, Niagara Falls, ) 
June 29th—9 P. M. y 
About half past one o’clock this afternoon, the 
large mass of rock known as Table Rock, gave 
way and went tumbling into the river below’.— 
The mass carried away was about six rods in 
width and twelve in length, and fortunately no 
one was injured. Not ten minutes before the oc¬ 
currence a party of some twenty or thirty were 
standing on the rock, but happily had just lefu 
A gentleman was sitting in a carriage on the rock 
when it commenced giving way; he leaped from 
the carriage and was saved; the carriage went 
down with the mass of rock. A gentleman and 
lady accompanied by the guide were passing un¬ 
der the rock at the time it commenced falling, 
but fortunately got out from under, before the 
large mass fell. Large numbers have visited the 
spot this afternoon to witness the place where the 
table rock once was. A story was put afloat and 
sent off by telegraph that a number of persons 
were buried under the falling rocks, but there is 
no truth in the report. 
Tnp Example of Washington. —In a recent 
debate in the French Assembly on the electoral 
law, M. Lamartine made a speech in which this 
eloquent passage occurs: 
" I would wish that the first Government found¬ 
ed in our country, on universal suffrage, might be 
faithful to its origin; and that, far from blushing 
at this origin, it might not destroy in the hands 
of those who have invested it with the power the 
right by which ifalone exists. I would wish that* 
the Government might remain faithful, simply 
and scrupulously faithful to its origin and to the 
duties which have been assigned to it; that it 
might pursue, peacefully, legally, constitutionally, 
the career, be it long or short, which the Consti¬ 
tution has prescribed for it. Such would be, in 
ray opinion, the best remedy for all our agitations. 
I would wish that, instead of gazing constantly 
itself and burning the eyes of the people at a clou¬ 
dy and consequently suspicious horizon—I would 
wish that Government, the majority, the conser¬ 
vative party, and the journals which are support¬ 
ed by them, instead of continually fixing their 
eyes on the Tuilleries, might turn them more fre¬ 
quently to that modest dwelling of Washington, 
that Mount Vernon, where the first President of 
the American Republic repelled all the offers of 
increase of power, of decimation of the power of 
the people, or of an illegal prolongation of his 
own, with which imprudent friends, like you, 
were constantly tempting him, and where, instead 
of precarious power, he obtained liberty for the 
whole world, and immortality for his own name.” 
Sudden Death—Perhaps Suicide. —Miss 
Cook, a young lady who has been boarding at the 
American since last fall, was found dead in her 
room about one o’clock this afternoon. This 
morning, when one of the chambermaids went 
into her room, she complained of being unwell, 
and had breakfast sent up. She was in tears ,aDd 
said, “ If I should die, I wish to be buried in the 
graveyard.” About eleven o’clock, the cham¬ 
bermaid went to her room, and found the door 
locked; but supposing Miss Cook was asleep, she 
did not endeavor to get in. Soon after twelve, 
the chambermaid again went to the door, and 
finding it locked, stepped into a parlor adjoining 
the bedroom, and rapped loudly on the wall.— 
Receiving no answer, she burst open the door, 
and found Miss Cook dead, but her body still 
warm. No cause is assigned for the sudden 
death, but the verdict of the Coroner may throw 
some light on this strange affair. 
[Cleveland Herald. 
Washington Monument. —We are gratified to 
learn that the block of marble furnished by this 
State for the Washington Monument, is now in a 
state of preparation, and that Governor Fish has 
commissioned our citizen, E. D. Palmer, the 
Sculptor, to design and execute the work. Mr. 
Palmer’s design has been approved and accepted 
by the Governor, and reflects great credit on the 
young, but already distinguished artist. The 
block measures 3J by 4J feet square and is of the 
finest marble found in the State. Upon its face 
is sculptured in medallion the arms of the State, 
overhung by a laurel wreath, and supported by a 
semi-octagonal base, of beautiful and appropriate 
form. [Alb. Jour. 
Free School Convention. —The Syracuse 
Star states that the Committee of Arrangements 
for the Free School State Convention to be held 
in that city bn the lOlh of July, are authorized 
by the several railroad companies between Alba¬ 
ny and Buffalo, to say that tickets will be sold for 
that Convention—good for one passage each way 
up to and including the 12ih—not afterwards—not 
ONE FARE. 
Persons wishing to avail themselves of this re¬ 
duction, will be required, when applying at the 
various stations for tickets, to show their letters of 
appointment or invitation or to be reputably intro¬ 
duced. 
Tall and Prolific Rye. —Capt. Joseph Con 
ant has left at our office, says the Northampton 
(Mass.) Gazette, several stalks of Rye, which 
measured seven feet in length. We have receiv¬ 
ed from Mr. Bela Clark of Easthampton, 139 
stalks of rye, which have sprung from, two kernels 
of seed. __ 
2 ;^ Judge Nye, of Madison county, has ac¬ 
cepted an invitation to address the citizens of Sy¬ 
racuse on the fourth. 
Items of News, &c. 
2:^” The Board of Health in Cincinnati, an-^ 
nounce the existence of the cholera in that city. 
2;^” A Are in Picton, C. W., last week, destroy¬ 
ed a great portion of the business part of the town. 
It is rumored that a treaty will soon be 
formed between England and France, to secure 
the Island of Cuba to Spain. 
2^” A young woman was lately buried alive in 
tbe city of Mexico; but the grave being rather 
shallow, she dug herself out. 
2;^“ It is feared that there will be a famine in 
thb Canary Islands this year, as the period for rain 
has gone by two months, and none has yet fallen. 
2^" Last week Mr. Jeffrey caught a sturgeon 
in Cayuga lake which measured 4 feet 8 inches in 
length and weighed 48 lbs. 
2^*” Mrs. Sarah Welsh died in Boston on 
Thursday last, at the advanced age of 111 years, 
11 months and 16 days. 
Eighty thousand baskets of strawberries 
■fivere gathered within ten miles of New York, and 
ipold in that city on Wednesday last. 
2^” The Fox River improvements in Northern 
Wisconsin have been completed for a distance of 
17 miles. 
2^” ^Ir. Jno. C. Nichols, of Cranston, R. T., 
blew his brains out with a pistol ball on Wednes¬ 
day last. 
Mr. Matthews, of London, C. W., com¬ 
mitted suicide on Saturday morning. He was one 
of the contractors on the Welland Canal. 
2-^*’ A Prussian named Schiebler, committed 
suicide, on Staten Island on Friday, by shooting 
himself with a pistol. 
2^” ^he close of a lecture by Mr. Gough on 
Thursday evening at Detroit, 750 persons signed 
the pledge. ® 
2-^*^ *1 he Capitol of Michigan has been perma¬ 
nently located at Lansing, by a vote of the Consti¬ 
tutional Convention now in session there. 
Missisquoi Bank—a new institution in the 
north-west part of Vermont went into operation on 
the 26th ult. 
2^ There is to be a Railroad Jubilee at Penn 
Yan on the 4th, at which ground will be broken for 
the Canandaigua and Jefferson Railroad. 
2-®^ Dr. Moses P. Clarke and wife, who were 
indicted for causing the death of Catharine L. 
Adams, in Lawrence, Mass , have been acquitted. 
2SF~ The Choctaw Indians have subscribed 
$154,50, and presented it in aid of the funds of 
the American Colonization Society. 
2:^ The entire number of ships sent out in 
search of Sir John Franklin is 18, including those 
composing the Grinnell E.xpedition. 
2^” The Connecticut Senate have passed a 
homestead e.xemption bill, fixing the amount at 
$700. 
2:^ There are 665 regular Divisions of the Sons 
of Temperance in the State. 
2:^ Horace Greeley delivers an Address to the 
Sons of Temperance, in Waterto’.vnon the 5th of 
July. 
2^ The H. J. Miner Bank has removed its 
place of business from Utica to Fredonia, Chau¬ 
tauque county. 
2^ It is said that the Bain Telegraph, which 
is now working between New York and Albany, 
will bo completed to BuQalo this week. ’ 
2^ There is a single religious congregation on 
Long Island which contains five persons over 100 
years of age, eighteen over 90, fifty-one over 80, 
and forty-live over 70. 
2^" Dr. Abraham Gesner, of Halifax, N. S., 
has taken out a patent for a new kind of gas man¬ 
ufactured from naptha, and costing about half as 
much as common coal gas. 
2^ Buffalo papers state that $135,000 has been 
subscribed towards building the Buffalo and Corn¬ 
ing Railroad, $45,000 was taken by the citizens of 
Buffalo. 
2^ The colored people of Toronto are indig¬ 
nant at the Legislature for making a distinction be¬ 
tween them and other citizens in the new educa¬ 
tional law. 
2^ A son of Kossuth, said to be[a youth of re¬ 
markable promise is soon to visit* Paris for the 
completion of his education. His place in the 
College Rollin, is already engaged. 
2^^ The Rev. Joseph Samuel C. F. Frey, long 
known in England and America as the “convert¬ 
ed Jew,” died at Pontiac, Mich., on the 5th ult., 
in the 79th year of his age. 
2^“ Matthew L. Davis died at New York re¬ 
cently, in the 84th year of his age. He was the 
intimate friend and biographer of Aaron Burr, and 
for the greater portion of his long life, an active 
politician. 
2 ^ The new locomotive engine, “ Erastus 
Corning,” built at Schenectady, made a trip from 
Utica to Schenectady, on Wednesday last, in one 
hour forty-three minutes, running time. Distance 
78 miles. 
2^'“ The Syracuse salt works are to be stopped, 
one month, in other to allow the surplus now on 
hand to be disposed of. The same course was 
taken last year with decided benefit to the manu¬ 
facturers. 
2^” The N. O. Picayune says that the crevasse 
at Point Coupee is 14 feet deep and 600 yards wide 
sweeping off houses and crops, and ruining plan¬ 
tations. It is still extending, and all attempts to 
stop it, have been abandoned. 
2 ^“ Movements are making in Western Penn¬ 
sylvania to erect a monument to the memory of 
"Washington, at Fort Necessity, Fayette county 
familiarly known as Washington’s first battle 
ground. 
2 ^” A Mrs. Campbell has been arrested in 
Buffalo on a charge of having attempted to drown 
her adopted daughter, a little girl aged six years. 
Mrs. C. had previously made several attempts to 
drown the child. 
2^ The Mayor of Troy has offered a reward 
of .$250 for the arrest of Wm. Hunter, the keep¬ 
er of a disorderly house, who killed a hackman a 
few days since. 
2 ^“ Mr. Wm. A. De Mott, son of Jas. Do Mott, 
Esq., of Ovid, has been appointed a Cadet at West 
Point; and Master Chas. Van Cleef, son of the late 
George C. Van Cleef, of Seneca Falls, Midship¬ 
man in the U. S. Navy. 
2^“ Mr. T. Fisk, who figured hero last year as 
a lecturer on Biology, was indicted at Raymond, 
Hinds county, Mississippi, for obtaining money 
uxder false pretences—his class considering his 
teaching a humbug. 
The N. Y. Evening Post contains a call for 
a National Mass Meeting at Philadelphia, on the 
Fourth of July, of all the friends of the uncondi¬ 
tional admission of California, with her present 
constitution. 
2^" The Colonization Herald, of Philadelphia, 
which was temporarily suspended, has been reviv¬ 
ed. It the only colonization newspaper in the U. 
States. The receipts of the Pennsyl\«i»ia Coloni¬ 
zation Society, which in 1848 were only .$4,848, 
were last year $14,725. 
