MOOKE’S EURAI NEW-YOKKEE: AN AGRICULTUEAl AND FAMILY JOUENAL. 
ROCHESTER, AUGUST 15, 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 Itickinson, Newark, Wayne county. 
Silsby &. Keeler, Senecfi Falls. 
A. R. Frisbie, Clyde, Wayne county. 
Wm. Bichey &- O. A. Graves, Watertown, Jeff. co. 
John Harris, Sheldrake, Seneca county. 
Archibald Stone, Hinmanville, Oswego county. 
E. W. Fairchild, East Bloomfield, Ontario county. 
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, 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. D. Branch, Trumansburg, Tompkins county. 
W. K. Wyckoff, Lodi, Seneca Co. 
O. B. Scott, Woodville, Jefferson Co. 
B. F. Adams, Bridgeport, Mad. Co. 
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Back numbers from April, containing all of Prof. 
Johnston’s Lectures, can yet be supplied. 
Dangers of Traveling. 
During a tour of a couple of months to the 
south and east, from the speed of the railway cars, 
through mountains along mural precipices, and 
over frightful ravines and rivers—from the reck¬ 
lessness of steam engines, and the want of skill and 
character of the thousands so suddenly required to 
man the increasing vehicles of transportation—we 
were strongly impressed with the dangers of travel; 
which, added to the late alarming accidents of Rail¬ 
roads and steamboats, is enough to make one al¬ 
most wish for the good old times of poet coaches 
and sail boats. 
But human life—vitality—is the most abundant 
commodity of our country, and sported with the 
most recklessly. The whole race seems to be on 
the (/id vine —one endless, rolling, rushing, crush¬ 
ing mass of neuralgic atoms. Steam is not active 
.onpngh to satisfy the necessities of the times.— 
Electrortnagiictism has spoiled the devotion to the 
steam kjng, and more rapid conveyances are de¬ 
manded. ^ttrftction and the speed of falling bodies 
will be the next (Bijtarpjize—gun cotton and pow¬ 
der, reserved m futuro, 
The iron rail, now entirely prOVftiling in this and 
tlie Eastern States, is a great security over tho oW 
wooden structure and flat bars, with its snake heads 
and rotten fragile wood rails—and the solid or shell 
car wheel which never breaks, adds greatly to tho 
security of railway traveling. All the great routes 
should, by legislature enactment, be obliged to lay 
down double tracks, which would entirely avoid 
such terrible collisions as are now so frequent and 
BO fatal. 
Steamboats should be obliged to have metallic 
ii'c boats sufficient for all the passengers theytalie 
on board—as the required amount of ordinary boats 
lioisted on deck, and not used perhaps for 3‘cars, 
become dry, leaky and useless. Planks, gratings, 
or sacks of cork clippings—India rubber mattres¬ 
ses, capable of inflation—or some convenient and 
reliable means should be provided, and the steam¬ 
boats-like English passenger vessels, be restricted 
in the number of their passengers. 
If human life is not too cheap a commodity to 
be worth caring for, our legislators ought to regu¬ 
late and secure the means of safe traveling as well 
as to restrict our tastes and propensities. 
The Wheat Crop of Western New York is 
less damaged by wet weather than we anticipated 
on writing the article on the subject which appear¬ 
ed in our last number—though, in certain limited 
sections, considerable loss will undoubtedly be sus¬ 
tained. The weather of last week was very favor¬ 
able, and so far as we learn, the outstanding grain 
was secured without further damage. JVe con¬ 
tinue to receive, from all wheat growing sections 
of the Union, most cheering accounts of the crop 
—its abundant yield and good quality. 
Early Harvest Apple. —Among all the fruits 
which the season is producing we know of none 
more grateful to the taste than the excellent apple 
of which we write. Some of the kind have been 
presented to us by Mr. Jacob Kyle, of this city, 
grown on Monroe street. We have never seen or 
tasted better. 
A friend at our elbow says, Mr. K. often visits 
Canada for the purpose of grafting, and joins with 
us in recommending him as likely to give satisfac¬ 
tion to those who may employ him in that line of 
business. 
Transactions of the N. Y. State Ag Socie¬ 
ty, FOR 1849.—t’or a copy of this work, just pub¬ 
lished, we are indebted to the Secretary of tho So¬ 
ciety, B. P. Johnson, Esq. We have only given 
the volume a glance, but shall endeavor to pay our 
respects to it in a week or two, when a more defi¬ 
nite notice and perhaps some valuable extracts will 
be given. It is unusually large, containing nearly 
a thousand pages, well executed and illustrated. 
The New Cabinet. 
The Cabinet of President Fillmore is now 
completed. Mr. Pearce having declined the post 
of Secretary of the Interior, and Mr. Bates that 
of Secretary of War, their places have been filled 
by the selection and acceptance of Messrs. Mc- 
Kennon of Pennsylvania, and Conrad of Louisi¬ 
ana. The Cabinet is therefore constituted as fol¬ 
lows ;— 
Secretary of State— Daniel Webter, of Mass. 
Secretary of the Treasury — Thomas Corw'in, 
of Ohio. 
Secretaiy of the Navy — William A. Graham, 
of North Carolina. 
Secretary of War — Chas. M. Conrad, of La. 
Secretary of Interior— Thos. M. T. McKennon, 
of Pennsylvania. 
Postmaster General— Nathan K. Hall, of 
New York. 
Attorney General— John J. Crittenden, of 
Kentucky. 
New England. 
The editor of the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle, in 
writing of the dependence of the Southerners up¬ 
on the New Englanders, says:—“ They build our 
houses—adorn them with every comfort and con¬ 
venience—educate our children :—we eat their 
cheese, butter, pork, cod-fish, pickles, onions, po¬ 
tatoes and apples—we feed our cattle with their 
hay—we drive their horses in their harnesses, to 
their carriages with their whips—we use their pa¬ 
per, soap, brooms, pails, axes, hammers, &c.— 
and last and best of all, we marrj' their pretty girls, 
who make us the best of wives.” 
All these blessings and necessaries of life, (with 
one exception,) and others too numerous to name, 
are procured by the products of Ihe slave’s labor. 
New England exchanges her numerous commo¬ 
dities, the fruit of free labor, for the cotton, the 
sugar, and the rice of the South. These are as es¬ 
sential to the growth, prosperity, and happiness of 
the North, as the above mentioned articles are to 
the comfort of the South. Here are numerous 
good reasons for the perpetuity of the Union of 
these United States, which, may God grant, until 
Republican institutions shall embrace and be sup¬ 
ported by the whole human family. * 
Singular Phenomenon.' 
F’riend Moore: —A phenomenon occurred here 
on the 3d inst., betw’een five and six o’clock, P. 
M., which the “oldest inhabitant” does not recol¬ 
lect witnessing before, and which may perhaps be 
worthy of record. 
A cloud, resembling what in vulgar phrase is 
termed a wind cloud, arose from the west, and 
when over head emitted sounds resembling the dis¬ 
tant roar of a heavy wind, or the pattering of the 
rain upon the leaves of the forest—or, what is a 
still better comparison, the roar of the Falls of Ni¬ 
agara when heard on a calm morning at tlie dis¬ 
tance of half a mile or a mile. It continued about 
twenty minutes. Flashes of lightning and the low 
rumbling of thunder were occasionally seen and 
heard to issue from the clouds, yet but a few drops 
of rain fell at this place. The particles of the 
cloud seemed to be very much agitated, and frag¬ 
ments could be seen moving slowly in all direc¬ 
tions. At the surface of the earth there was 
scarcely a perceptable breeze. 
Upon inquiry I learn that the sound was heard 
by persons more than a mile from here, in various 
directions, and to all it appeared to be directly over 
head. It was so loud and distinct as to attract the 
attention of persons engaged at in-door em])loy- 
ments. The probable cause was the meeting of 
opposing currents of air, yet the cloud was not dis¬ 
persed, nor was its direction changed, and I learn 
that two or three miles east of this it discharged 
quite a copious shower. r. r. w. 
Alabama, N. Y., Aug, 5,1850. 
Crops, &c , in Southern Ohio. 
Dr. E. Bowen, of Brighton, has favored us 
with the following extract from a letter, lately re¬ 
ceived from Dr. Geo. Bowen, of Hamilton 
county, Ohio:— 
“ Season warm—crops generally fine. Wheat 
never better in quantity or quality. Corn promi¬ 
sing. Grass an average crop. Potatoes we fear 
a failure. Fruit of alt kinds abundant. I have 
corn stalks measuring 7 inches in circumference, 
one foot above the ground, and 14 feet high, at 
this time (July 28,) and yet growing. The gen¬ 
eral health of the country better than I have 
known for j-ears. Some Asiatic Cholera along 
the Ohio River.” 
It will be remembered that in the same section, 
last )'ear, the wheat crop was almost an entire fail¬ 
ure. The writer of the above said, in a letter 
written in the spring—“ Almost all kinds of food 
scarce here, except meat.” The abundant crops 
of the present season will consequently be duly 
appreciated, and produce a ver}’ beneficial result. 
Wheat in Ohio. —Tho editor of the Cincinnati 
Chronicle 4’ Atlas, writes to his paper : 
I hear some most remarkable things about the 
wheat—almost incredible. A farmer in Beaver 
Township, is reported to have raised in a small 
field, 55 bushels to an acre! The Fayette Era says 
that a Mr. Burnett in that county has raised about 
50 bushels to the acre ! These are certainly the 
largest products of wheat I ever heard of. But the 
average yield is in some counties quite as extraor- 
dinarj-. A gentleman writes to the Cultivator 
that the yield in Stark county, is on an average 
from 25 to 40 bushels per acre ! Stark, you are 
aware, is one of the best wheat counties of the 
State. At this rate Stark has raised more than a 
million of bushels! 
A Curiosity. —An observing friend writing us 
from Wilson, Niagara countj’, under date of Au¬ 
gust 8, says:—“Yesterday I plucked an apple 
blossom from a harvest sweeting. The same 
branch had fruit on it nearly ripe. The flower was 
partially distorted, but possessing all its parts in 
full — the petals being slightly withered at their 
summits. I merely mention it as a curiosity, the 
like of which I never saw before, though I have 
read of one or two instances.” 
Riot in New York ! 
Houses Sacked and men Killed. 
From tlie 'i’rihune. 
About 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon, news 
came to the Sixteenth Ward Station House, in 
Twentieth st., near Eighth avenue, that a large 
party of tailors, or other persons, had gath¬ 
ered in Thirty-Eight street, near Ninth avenue, 
and were breaking windows and raising a great 
disturbance. 
Capt. Freeman immediately summoned a posse 
of men and went up to the place. He found 
some 200 men, apparently all Germans, who had 
driven a tailor out of his house, torn his shirt off 
his back, and were then haranguing over their 
act, makinsr a great disturbance in every way. 
Capt. F. made a sally, and arrested the man 
who was speaking, when the Germans fell upon 
the policemen with clubs and stones, and a gen¬ 
eral fight commenced, dnring which, we are told, 
one or more pistol shots were fired. 
After a short struggle the disturbance was quel¬ 
led and the police returned wtth five German 
prisoners, who were locked up at the station house 
of the Sixteenth Ward. 
About two hours afterward, a large party, some 
300 Germans, were discovered in the upper part 
of Broadway, making a hasty march for the scene 
of the previous disturbance. 
When they arrived they attacked a house in 
Thirty-eighth st., near Ninth avenue, ransacked 
it, destroyed a quantity of goods, (unmade gar¬ 
ments, as we are told,) broke up the furniture, and 
got up a great row. 
The Sixteenth Ward police were quickly on 
the spot, and Justice Mountfort and a body of six¬ 
teen of the Eighteenth Ward Police about the 
same time appeared, having anticipated trouble, 
and followed the party from Broadway. 
They made an onslaught and then a dangerous 
fight began;. Justice Mountfort recaived a very 
severe blow on the breast, just as he had collared 
one of the ringleaders. 
Just then a German raised a club, and was 
about to settle Justice M. when a policeman gave 
the man a blow that knocked him senseless — 
The fight raged for several minutes with dange¬ 
rous fury. 
Stones and clubs rattled, and knives gleamed, 
and from the latter, three policemen were badly 
injured. Assistant Captain May was wounded on 
the head with a club F'inally, the police got the 
upper hand, and marched home with a large 
number of prisoners. 
We regret to learn that a number of Germans 
were very badly hurt, and ihut two have since died. 
Several of the wounded were taken off by their 
friends. About 40 Germans were under arrest. 
The police say that a number of them had 
stones in their pockets when taken. 
At six o’clock all was quiet, and no further dis¬ 
turbance was apprehended. 
This is the substance of the affair as we gath¬ 
ered from the officers of the Sixteenth Ward Po¬ 
lice, and from Justice Mountfort. 
Slavery. 
Here is the profile of our national action on the 
subject now before the people: 
In 1774, we agreed to import no more slaves 
after that year, and never formally repealed this 
act of agreement. 
In 1776, we declared that “ all men are created 
equal, and endowed by their Creator with certain 
inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty 
and the pursuit of happiness.” 
In 1783, we formed the "Confederacy,” with 
no provision for the surrenderor fugitive slaves. 
In 1787, we shut out slavery from the North¬ 
west Territory forever, by the celebrated proviso 
of Mr. Jefferson. 
In 1788, the Constitution was formed, with its 
"compromises” and guarantees. 
In 1808, the importation of slaves was forbid¬ 
den. But, 
111 1809, we annexed Louisiana, and slavery 
along with it. 
In 1819, we annexed Florida, with more slave¬ 
ry- 
In 1820, v/e legally established slavery in the 
territory west of the Mississippi, south of 36 ® 30’. 
In 1845, wo annexed 'i’oxRSi with 326,520 
square miles, as a slave State- 
In 1748, we acquired, by conquest and treaty, 
the free territory of California and New Mexico, 
containing 528,078 square miles. Of this 204,- 
383 square miles are south of the slave line— 
south of 36 ° 30’. Here is territory enough to 
make more than thirty slave States of the size of 
Massachusetts. 
A Touching Incident. —General Scott hap¬ 
pened to pass in Pennsylvania Avenue the other 
day, while the school children, out for the/c/e we 
described in a late Express, were resting on the 
side walk. The Republic tells us that the veter¬ 
an was instantly recognized, and the hats of the 
boys waved in the air, and the little girls flourish¬ 
ed their white ’kerchiefs and bouquets. The Gen¬ 
eral halted and addressed them in terms of great 
kindness. He was proud to witness the appear¬ 
ance they presented, and he honored them, and 
their teachers, and the school authorities, for their 
laudable efforts, and hoped they would still press 
onward in their noble pursuits. The children 
were delighted with the incident, and though it 
may seem but a little one, it will never be forgot¬ 
ten by them, and the image of the gallant hero 
will live forever in their remembrance. 
Shocking Death from Using Camphene for ! 
Kindling a Firk —Yesterday morning, a young 
woman, about 18 years of age, daughter af Mi¬ 
chael Barry, 217 Hanover st, undertook to hasten 
the kindling of a fire in tho stove by pouring cam¬ 
phene upon the lighted chips, and before she 
could turn away the flames burnt up, and coming 
in contact with her dress burnt her body so exten¬ 
sively that she died in the course of three hours 
[Boston Post. 
Of course. The young woman might just as 
well have used a cannister of powder to kindle her 
Counterfeit Land Warrants. —Some twenty 
or thirty counterfeit Warrants have been sold in 
Wall-st. They are an imitation of the red check 
letter sheet, and purport to be issued recently.— 
Most that we have seen are to B. F. James, of 
Shelbyville, and the assignments purport to be 
made and acknowledged in Indiana. 
The preparation for this swindle has been cau¬ 
tiously executed, and as the filling up and assign¬ 
ment of Warrants are easily varied, it is to be 
presumed that the counterfeiters are trying their 
hands in other places with varied emissions of the 
same kind. We have seen no fraud so dangerous 
for a long time. [Thompson’s Rep. 
Hail SrogM at Grosse Isle. —A terrific hail 
storm took place at Grosse Isle (near the mouth 
of the Detroit river) on Thursday last at 4 P. M. 
Trees and buildings were demolished, animals 
killed, and crops totally destroyed. The Wheat 
not harvested was thrashed out as clean as any 
machine could do it. 
President Fillmore’s Message. 
The new President has sent a message to Con¬ 
gress relating to the boundary between the State of 
Texas and the territory of New Mexico, and the 
extraordinary proceedings of the new State. He 
gives it as his opinion that Texas has no legal right 
to the territory which she claims this side of the 
Rio Grande and of which she has never has pos¬ 
session. But he says the Executive has no right 
to settle the boundary, and ho urges Congress to 
settle the dispute without referring it to the Su¬ 
preme Court or to Commissioners appointed by the 
parties. 
His objection to both these modes of settlement 
is the delay that would be occasioned—a delay that 
may prevent for a long time the establishment of 
even a territorial government over New Mexico. 
For he argues that it would not be proper to estab¬ 
lish any such government before the boundary line 
is settled. 
Still he declares it to be his duty as President of 
the United States, to maintain the possession which 
the government now has of New Mexico against 
all intruders. And that until the boundary line is 
ftttled by Congress he shall follow tho line of duty 
pointed out by President Taylor, and if necessary 
shall employ the army and navy of the U. States, 
and shall call on the militia of the States to main¬ 
tain the public order, and to defend the territory 
now in the possession of, and under the forces that 
have been kept in New Mexico ever since the 
treaty. 
Thus he tells tho authorities of Texas what they 
mav expect if they send an army to the Rio Grande 
to disturb the four counties that have never been in 
possession of Texas and never have desired to be. 
The country will generally bo satisfied with the 
firm stand taken by the President. We have been 
dallying long enough with refractory and threat¬ 
ening insurgents.—Mass. Ploughman. 
Ballooning in Western New York. 
Mr. Thurston’s ascent in a balloon from Bata¬ 
via on Saturday, must have been a very beautiful 
spectacle. He had previously made an unsuccess¬ 
ful effort, and was therefore determined that this 
should be perfect. 
The Batavia Times states that the process of in¬ 
flation commenced at 11 A. M., and concluded at 
4 P. M., “when the aerial monster was fully gorg¬ 
ed, and like a restive charger impatient of restraint, 
and panting for the race, only waited to bo let 
loose.” 
At that hour, all being in readiness, the intrepid 
jEronant stepped into his car, in which were de¬ 
posited several bags of sand, a jug of water, a bot¬ 
tle of wine, some crackers, and other provisions, 
and the balloon, still retained by a cord, was suf¬ 
fered to ascend some 30 or 40 feet, where it was 
held for a short time, while Mr. Thurston, “ the 
observed of all observers,” made a handsome and 
appropriate speech to the people. This done, and 
bidding them all “ farewell,” he unloosened the 
cord that bound him to earth, and shot like an ar¬ 
row towards the zenith. 
Loud shouts of applause arose from the assem¬ 
bled multitude, and tho continued waving of hats 
and handkerchiefs testified their admiration and 
delight at the sublime spectacle, and he in return 
from his lofty eyrie waved them repeated adieus. 
His ascent was almost perpendicular, swaying 
at first a little to the south, then to the north, and 
while every eye was fixed upon the fast recoding 
object, so rapid was its upward flight, that in pre¬ 
cisely three minutes from leaving the earth he dis¬ 
appeared among tho clouds. 
From a passenger who arrived in the eastern 
train last evening we learn that Sir. Thurston 
reached Batavia yesterday afternoon safe and 
sound. 
After passing through tho clouds he found him¬ 
self in a perfectly clear atmosphere. The breeze 
bore him seven or eight miles towards the north, 
when he encountered another current which bore 
with fearful velocity towards tho east. After be¬ 
ing 45 minutes in the air he descended, and found 
himself in the town of Hemlock Lizke—forty-jive 
miles from the point where he started, and within 
two or three miles of his residence. This speed 
beats tho railroad. 
F. S, Since the foregoing was put in type a 
friend at Batavia writes us as follows: 
“ Mr. Thurston arrived here at 3 P. M. (Mon¬ 
day) having had a splendid ride. He landed about 
15 miles east of Goneseo, and three from his own 
house. His family, who were at Hemlock Lake, 
and on the look-out, saw him descending and im¬ 
mediately harnessed up a team and started ofl' to 
where they supposed he would land. By the time 
he reached the earth, and had got his balloon fold¬ 
ed up, they were by his side ready to take him 
home. The best part of it is, he milked his own 
cows that evening in less than 2 hours from the 
time he left Batavia.”— Buffalo Courier. 
Swarms of Grasshoppers —During the past 
two weeks our city, and the surrounding country, 
have been visited by swarms of grasshoppers.— 
They are to be seen flying through the streets at 
all hours of the day, and at night they da h 
through the open windows end cut all kinds of 
capers around the lamps and caudles, as well as 
the heads of those that may be sitting near.— 
Swarms of them generally congregate about the 
street lamps at night, and, indeed, their visit to 
town has become so general as to be quite an 
annoyance. We do not hear any complaint of 
damage done by them iti the country in.this im¬ 
mediate vicinity, but they are said to be so abun¬ 
dant in Fayette and Westmoreland Counties, Pa., 
that the young buckwheat and pasture are almost 
destroyed by them. [Balt Sun, Thursday 
The Great Desert of Sahara. —We have, 
says a late London paper, received advices direct 
from Mourzuk, by which we learn that Mr. Rich¬ 
ardson and his Prussian fellow travelers, Drs. 
Bark and Overwege, had safely reached the cap¬ 
ital of Fezzan, and were preparing for their long 
journey to Central Africa. While at Fezzan the 
parly celebrated in great style Queen Victoria’s 
birthday. 
Erie, August 10. 
Collision. —About half past 10 o’clock on 
Thursday night, the steamer Tecumseh came in 
collision with the schooner Meridian, bound for 
Chicago, loaded with coal, tearing away the bow¬ 
sprit and jibboom of the schooner, and also tear¬ 
ing away the pilot house, forward cabin on lar¬ 
board side, and part of the wheel house of the 
steamer. No lives lost, but some persons injured. 
The New Jersey Peach Crop. —It has been 
said that the peach crop was greatly injured by the 
storm of the 18th Julj', but we are glad to learn 
that such is not the fact. A fair average crop may 
be expected, and of a better quality than if the wind 
had not reduced the number on the trees.— New¬ 
ark Daily Advertiser. 
Emery & Co.’s Horsk Power. —It will be ob¬ 
served by an advertisement on next page, that this 
Power can be seen and obtained at the Seed and 
Implement Store of Mr. J. P. Fogg, No. 14 Front 
street, Rochester. 
Items of News, &c. 
Hon. Samuel A. Elliot, has been nomina¬ 
ted by the whigs of Boston to succeed Mr Winthrop. 
The recent order for recruiting in the Uni¬ 
ted States army will raise it from 8,000 to 14,000. 
The surplus wheat of tho present crop in 
Canada is estimated at 4,000,000 bushels. 
The increase of members of the Old School 
Presbyterian Church since 1840 is 80,671. 
A shark weighing 1,100 lbs., a regular man- 
eater, was recently taken at Nahant. 
Sir Robert Peel died very rich. His per¬ 
sonal property paid legacy duties on a sum exceed¬ 
ing $4,500,000. 
Several large shops of the Sing Sing Prison 
wore burned on I’riday. Loss $30,000. None of 
the convicts escaped. 
A Mass County Convention of persons 
opposed to the Free School law is called at Hamp¬ 
ton, Oneida county, on the 22d inst. 
Thomas T. Sherwood, Esq., an old and re¬ 
spected citizen of Buffalo, died in that city on the 
8th inst., after a brief illness. 
51^” There are 5,000 people at Saratoga, many 
of whom are colonized at private houses, O.ne 
day lately 1,180 persons dined at the U. g. Hotel. 
Tho cholera has broken out at Harper’s 
Ferry, Va., several deaths having occurred from 
the disease. 
All churchyards in London are to bo closed 
forever on the 1st of July, 1851, when burials are 
to take place in the snburban cemeteries. 
Intelligence from Havana, Aug. 5, says 
the remaining prisoners are yet in confinement, 
and their fate undecided. 
The Pacific News, California, gives the 
particulars of four murders that occurred within 
24 hours. 
The potato crop in Ireland is in tho most 
favorable condition, and no sign of the rot is any 
where visible. 
12;^“ Over nine tons of slippery elm bark have 
been sent east from Hillsdale, Michigan, by.one 
house, this season. 
12;^” Tho village of Jamestown, Chautauque 
county, contains a population of 2,277. In 1845 
it was about 1,800. 
The population of the village of Gene.seo 
is 1,200, of tlie town 2,967, an increase since 1840 
of 75, since ’45 of 354. 
5);^^ A schism has taken place in the Episcopal 
Church of Scotland, which is likely to interfere 
very materially with the efficiency of that institu¬ 
tion. 
Gold in abundance and of great purity has 
been discovered in the Province of Guayana, Ven¬ 
ezuela. One individual was said to have collected 
and carried into Bolivar, for sale, 130 ounces. 
2;^” A letter from Charleston, S. C., dated July 
30, sajs the summer has been the hottest ever 
known—for thirty days past tlie temperature ave¬ 
raged 90 degrees and upwards. 
12^" The steamer Transit, running on Chau¬ 
tauque Lake, collapsed her flues on Friday, just as 
she was leaving the Maj’sville wharf. Three per¬ 
sons scalded, but not fatally. 
2;^” A cargo of ice has arrived in London from 
one of the Norwegian ports. It is the first time 
such a cargo has ever been brought from the north 
of Europe in a British ship to England. 
251'” Jenny Lind will embark for this countiy- on 
the 21st of August, accompanied by Mr. Benedict, 
the pianist, Ilerr Deichmann, the violinist, and 
Signor Beiletti. 
l2^“Tho Asbury University (Methodist) at In¬ 
dianapolis, Ind., has established a Law School.— 
Judge McDonald of Bloomington, is elected Pro¬ 
fessor. 
The eldest son of Rev. Dr. Baird, an inter¬ 
esting and accomplished young man, about 25 
years of ago, was drowned on Tuesday w'eek, 
while bathing in the Hudson at Yonkers. 
2^'” Mr. Barnum gives notice through the New 
York papers that the first aiipearanco of Jenny 
Lind will take place in that city on or about tho 
18th of September. 
25^ A patent has just been taken out in Lon¬ 
don for heating baths by gas. Forty gallons of 
water may be raised to blood heat in five or six 
minutes. 
2'^” The Baptists have in tho Island of Jamai¬ 
ca thirty thousand church members—tho Metho¬ 
dists twenty-four thousand. The number of chil¬ 
dren in schools is estimated at forty thousand. 
2^" Thirty-two sheep were recently killed by 
lightning in Pino township, Alleghany countj’. Pa., 
They were under a chestnut tree at the time, which 
was struck and only two of the whole flock escaped. 
2^” On Fridaj', tho 26th of July, at the St. 
Catherine Convent, Manhattanvillo, the Right 
Rev. Bishop Hughes gave the black veil to Miss 
Frances, daughter of Robert Walsh, the American 
ex-consul at Paris. 
2;^” An apothecary in Boston hy the name of 
Wakefield, who by mistake put up poison which 
caused the death of Mr. Hall, has been arrested 
for manslaughter, and held to bail in tho sum of 
$5,000 to appear for trial. 
2^” The Lockport Courier estimates the wheat 
crop of Niagara county at 1,000,000 bushels, which 
considering that it is one of the smallest counties 
in the State is almost without parallel in the coun¬ 
try. _ 
Missionary for Constantinople. —On Satur¬ 
day morning. Rev. H. G. O. Dwight, with his 
wife and four children, sailed from this port in the 
barque Stamboul, for his mission at Constanti¬ 
nople, under ihe patronage of the American 
Board. Previous to sailing, religious services 
were held on board the vessel, which were con¬ 
ducted by the venerable Rev. Dr. Lyman Beecher. 
[Best. Adv. 
‘Locusts. —Fear are entertained that the seven 
years’ lopust, which have made their appearance 
in Monmouth county, N. Jersy, will extend their 
ravages to the peach orchards, which, if realized, 
will be of serious consequences. The sting is said 
to be a deadly one, and on Monday, a boj’, aged 
12 years, was stung by a locust and died in a few 
hours afterwards. 
Robbery at Saratoga. —Tho Troy Post states 
that the safe of the Messrs. Marvin, of the*Unit- 
ed Slates Hotel, at Saratoga Springs, was robbed 
of from $2,000 to $2,500 on Tuesday night.— 
The thief look the key from the pocket of the 
clerk’s pantaloons, and after taking what he saw, 
relocked the safe. A much larger amount than 
was stolen was loft in the safe untouched. 
A young man by the name of Hugh Haw,swam 
across the Ohio river, at Cincinnati, on the 28th 
ult., in nine minutes and a half. A man rowing 
a skiff attempted to beat him across but it was no 
go. He beat the skiff upwards of four minutes. 
The skiff landed at least 75 yards lower down the 
river than the swimmer did. That swimming is 
hard to beat. [Cincinnati Nonpareil. 
