MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL. 
• r?- Connecticut, although a small State, is not by 
.w. any means destitute of ambition in the way of 
^ every town which can possibly 
support the dignity and expense. Of New Ha- 
—pL1 ven, Bridgport and Hartford we have already spo- 
ta^iS C83 ^^®y moreover familieir to every trav- 
eler. Middletown, Norwich and New London, 
__ we believe, complete the list. The former we 
ROCHESTER. OCTOBER 17, 1850. passed through. New London is 
_^___ now for the first time accessable by railroad, and 
Local \"ent« more frequently visited by strangers than formerly. 
_ *i_ Norwich is said to contain some ten thousand in- 
James Van Horn, Ovid; also general agent for habitants; its location being as you know on the 
South Jury District of Seneca county. Thames River, fifteen or sixteen miles above New 
ROCHESTER. OCTOBER 17, 1850. 
Local Agents. 
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. 
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. Dick^son and P. Parks, 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. 
Benj. Sill, Livonia, Livingston county. 
E. C. Bliss, M’estfield, Chautauque county. 
J. I. 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. 
M. Parke, P. M. Clifton Springs. 
L. Palmer, Syracuse—Publishing Agent. 
Thames River, fifteen or sixteen miles above New 
London, and nearly twenty from its mouth. The 
scenery above the city is admired by every body ; 
the buildings, although some of them quite old 
are every year improving, and nothing is wanting 
but new and comfortable hotels to commend it to 
the attention of travelers. At present a short visit 
is greatly to be preferred. 
New London is, we believe, ihe smallest city in 
Connecticut. It is in fact a little old town, great¬ 
ly improved of late by the grading of streets, 
modernizing of dwellings, and the erection of 
some new buildings in a style of architecture 
tasteful and in some instances elegant. St. James’ 
Church, occupied by the Episcopalians, is a beau¬ 
tiful structure, both outside and in, and would do 
no discredit to our largest cities. A new Congre¬ 
gational Church now erecting, will also be a fine 
addition to the public buildings. There is consid¬ 
erable capital invested in IVhaleing, and vessels are 
generally seen fitting out or discharging their car¬ 
goes at the wharves. 
The little State of Rhode 'Island is a busy. 
in Agrienhure, i^c. 
Providence, R. L, Oct., 1850. 
’ ' _ ^ ' bus'ding place; and, although not covering so large 
[Cr We will sMid an extra copy to any person a sjjot of earth, is doubtless as proud of her sov- 
who remits payment for a club of from six to ten ereignty as the State of New York. Although 
subscribers, and continues to act as agent n • . , • . • , • , , 
, » . , ^ small m territory she IS great in business, and cel- 
Back numbers from April, containing all of Prof. ^ t,-, l 
Johnston's Lectures, can yet be supplied. ebrated for her manufactures. Providence proba- 
- I ——— bly now contains some 44,000 people, and the 
Editorial Correspondence. 120,000. Tiie Gov- 
-- ernor of the Sfate is a brother Editor, and while 
New England soil atid.products — Railroads — The serving the people by administering the law.s, he 
N^Yorfe Jj. Bo^on and other roads—Steamboats does not forget his newspaper which is still under 
her Population, Business, Governor, Improvement supervision. What say the New York Editors 
in Agriculture, i^c. to bestowing such honors upon the profession. 
Providence, R. L, Oct., 1850. ; and what would the people of New York say if 
Mr. Moore: —While passing by railroad from | I^^cir Governor should conduct a political new.spa- 
Stoniiigton, Ct., to this place, a day or two since, | per during his term of office? 
a fellow passenger, after viewing the land on either 1 Rhode Island has now a flourishing Agilcultu- 
side, indulged in the following exclamation:—| ral Society, which held its exhibition in connection 
“ Well, I wonder what such land was made for.” with the Providence Horticultural Show, last week. 
If the astonished traveler came, as we doubt not More attention is now paid to improvements in 
he did, from “out west,” where nature has been agriculture here than formerly, and among other 
lavish of her bounties where the fertile soil is evidences of the fact we may mention the large 
spread out in one beautiful plain for miles together, number of Agricultural papers taken in the vicin- 
and where neither stone or other obstruction inter- ity of Providence. 
feres with the labors of the husbandman — we do rp. t> • , i /a/i \ a • i c • . -o 
, , , , , , The Bristol (Mass.) Agricultural Society will 
not wonder that some douht should arise in his v ,, , v-,-.- . m . . 
. . , , I hold its annual exhibition at Taunton to-morrow, 
mind, as to the uses and purposes to which such .i .u i .i .. 
, , , , . , ; ^ • Although we shall pass through the place on that 
land as he here witnessed, has to be applied. And , , ^ . . t 
, day, we do not expect to have time to spare to wit- 
the remark applies not only to a small portion of ,, .-u-.- ou u . j i n i 
,• IT,, ^ ne.ss the exhibition. Should We do so we shall not 
Connecticut and Rhode Island, but to nearly all of ^ 
^ fail to give you some account of it. 
New England. But what \wis such land made ^ r- i 
and where neither stone or other obstruction inter¬ 
feres with the labors of the husbandman—we do 
not wonder that some douht should arise in his 
for ? Chiefly, we imagine, to be occupjpd as a 
nursery, for' the vast population demanded for 
other and more fertile parts of the country. If 
New England were good for nothing else, its adap¬ 
tion to the raising of Men and Women of the right 
stamp for other sections of country would render 
it, with all its rocks and barren wastes, the most 
valuable spot on the globe. Nobly has it fulfilled 
its destiny, in peopling half the Union with indus¬ 
trious, enterprising and excellent citizens. 
Tliere is another purpose to which the soil of 
New England is well adapted; we mean the build¬ 
ing of railroads. And in no part of the country 
has such good improvement been made of the fa¬ 
cilities presented. AVe now count on a map lying 
before' us, nearly or quite fifty different railroads in 
New England alone—some shorter and some 
longer—some paying good dividends and some al¬ 
most no dividends at all—yet all useful and conve¬ 
nient for the transit of passengers and freight, and 
binding together with indissoluble bands every 
nook and corner of this interesting part of the 
Union. Most of these roads, too, are in good con- 
Resp’y yours, 
V/eekly Meteorological Abstract. 
BV L. WETHERELL. 
Oct. 1850. 
THERMOMKTFP. 
MAX. 1 MIN. MEAN. RAIN. 
winds; 
8 
62 33 
49.66 
s w. 
9 
70 53 
60.00 
s w. 
10 
76 49 
63.33 
s w. s. 
11 
73 62 
66.66 
s w. 
12 
54 ' 45 
49.66 
W. N W. 
13 
55 41 
47.33 
W. N W. 
50 38 
N E. 1 
1 
ing of railroads. And in no part of the country I remarks. 
has such good improvement been made of the fa- quite a hard frost fine day 
cilitios presented. AVe now count on a map lying I^hian Summer-like. 
before' us, nearly or quite fifty different railroads in Warm and pleasant Indian Susnmer. 
New England alone—some shorter and some 10th. Continues warm Indian Summer — a 
longer—some paying good dividends and some al- about sunset. 
most no dividends at all—yet all useful and conve- Hth. Cloudy and warm—a little rainy. 
nient for the transit of passengers and freight, and l2th. Rainy this morning continues squally 
binding together with indissoluble bands every through the day. 
nook and corner of this interesting part of the I3tli. Delightful day cool toward evening. 
Union. Most of these roads, too, are in good con- 14th. A liUle frosty this morning—a cool au¬ 
dition, and afford to the traveler all the facilities fumnal day—the forests are now most gorgeously 
and comforts to be found in riding a rail any- attired, and have been for several days, and will 
continue so for some days to come. 
The railroad route between New York and Bos- Monroe County Teachers’ Association, 
ton is now the favorite route, and carries great _ 
numbers of passengers. Although dividing the ’j'jjg Association adjourned to meet on Satur- 
travel with the Norwich & Worcester and the dav, the 26th of October, in the School-House in 
Stoiiington & Providence routes, both of which Scottsville, at 10 o’clock, A. M., to discuss the 
connect with steamboats through the Sound, and following resolutions : 
do a fair business, the through railway is preferred Resolved, That we are in favor of the Free 
by a vast majority, and is growing more and more School Principle. 
popular every day. The route, as all your readers Resolved, That it is the duty of the friends of 
know,* is through New Haveu, Hartford, Spring- Free Schools to sustain the present law at the polls, 
field and Worcester, passing in whole or in part invited to attend, whether opposed to or 
over the roads of six different Companies, but run favor of the law. 
thiough by express train tvilhoul change ef bag- Ontario Co, 
gage or other inconvenience to passengers. _ i 
We passed over the New London, Williamantic A private note from Mr. J. Horner French,: 
&• Palmer Railroad, just completed and opened for who has charge of this Institute, now in session at i 
through passengers. It connects with the Western West Bloomfield, says :—“We have about 90 in j 
(Albany &. Boston) Railroad at Palmer, crosses attendance, and everj’ thing goes off finely. I | 
the Hartford, Providence & Fishkill road at AVil- think the session will prove of great service to the 
liamaiitic, and at New London connects with teachers of common schools in this county.” 
boats on the Sound, both east and west. Although -—^- 
new, it is well run, (excepting a provoking deteir- Election. —A late Cleveland paper sums 
tion at AA’illiamantic waiting for the Hartford train,) up ffie result of the recent election by stating that 
the track is.smooth and even, and the road, consid- majority for Wood, the Democratic candidate 
ering its cost, one of the best we have met with, for Governor, will probably be about 2,000 on the 
It was built, we learn, for less than $20,000 per Reserve, and 10,000 in the State. 
Ontario Co. Teachers’ Institute. 
A project is now on foot to build a road from 
Austria has abandoned the idea of ruling 
New Haven to New London. If tliis succeeds ii f, part of Austria ; and in conse- 
. ^ quence, the old constitution, modified and reform- 
should he extended to Stonington, when the shore ed, will be restored. Exiles are invited to return, 
would be traversed nearly the who le distance by except those deeply compromised, In a word, 
railroads, and we doubt'not nine-tenths of all the conciliation is to be tried, instead of cruelty, 
passengers carried over them. Steamboats may 
do foFwant of better locomotion, but they can nev- A gehtleman in Dundas, Canada, has suc- 
- , •’ ceeded in raising excellent peaches. It has been 
er. compete with? railroads with any sure prospect supposed that the climate in that Province was net 
of ultimate success. suited to the growth of this fruit. 
Death of Erastus Sheperd. 
It becomes our painful duty to record the de¬ 
cease of one of our oldest publishers and best cit¬ 
izens— Erastus Shepard, Esq. A long and some¬ 
what intimate acquaintance with Mr. S. enables 
us to say, in all sincerity, that he was in every 
sense of the word, “ an honest man—the noblest 
work of God.” His death is thus appropriately 
chronicled in the Daily Democrat: 
By many of our citizens who have appreciated 
the sterling worth and admired the unassuming, 
upright character of our friend, the announcement 
of his death wii; be receievd with equal surprize 
and regret. The summons which ushered him 
away was sudden, indeed; but it could scarcely 
have come to one better prepared for the great 
change. Two or three days since, he was taken 
slightly ill. but still kept about his business, and 
not until Saturday morning at about 7 o’clock, 
were his symptoms regarded as at all alarming. 
On that day, congestion of the lurtgs supervened, 
and he survived only until three o’clock. 
- Mr. Shepard came to Rochester in 1831, and 
succeeded Mr. Sprague in the publication of the 
“Anti-Masonic Enquirer.” Subsequently to that, 
‘n 1834, in connection with the present senior pro- 
prietor,he commenced the publication of the Dem¬ 
ocrat, daily and weekly, and continued his connec¬ 
tion with this journal until 1841, when he retired 
with a competence. Since the latter period, he has 
been engaged in a variety of enterprizes, chiefly 
following his early vocation, and at the time of 
his death was still employed in the art to which he 
hud devoted his best days. In ail th.ngs, small 
and great, Mr. Shepard aimed to follow out and 
be guided by those Christian precepts which had 
in his youth fallen upon a heart peculiarly mellow 
and open. He was mild, humble and ingenuous, 
strictly upright and truly devoted. He died at the 
ago of 54 years. 
Canadian Politics. —AVe presume that there 
are few people in this country who understand 
the mysteries and phazes of politics in the neigh¬ 
boring province. The following extract from the 
Hamilton Express, may serve still farther to mys¬ 
tify those who have hitherto been unable to see 
through the maze : — 
Ultra Tories—represented by Mr. W. B. Robinson .nnd 
ottiers in the House, and a numerous party out of it, 
whose prominent characteristic is High-Churchisra. 
Moderate Tories—represented by John A. McDonald, 
lleni^ Sherwood and others in the House and a large sec¬ 
tion out of it—who have no principles in particular, but 
opposition to the Ministry. 
Ministerialists—comprising two-thirds of the people of 
Upper Canada. 
Leaguers—comprising several active leaders but few 
followers Their strength at an'election would lie in di¬ 
viding tlie enemy and receiving tribute from all. Their 
principles aie very diversified according to the locality 
and the man to be run. 
Clear Grits—comprising disappointed Ministerialists, 
ultra English Radicals, Republicans and Annextionisis. 
Their ultra principles find little sympathy.and their formal 
proposal for a Convention >ias been a ridiculous botch. 
They have m.ade the nioAt*C'i’ the slips of the Ministry 
and discontent among their supporters-but as a par ty 
on their own footing they are powerless e.xcept to do mis¬ 
chief. _ 1 _ 
Attempted SuicideFearful attempt at 
i Self-Destruciios. —learn that ye-sterday 
I moruing, Mr. Titus f^.ttyer, .a wagoa maker, 
who resides and has a shop near Mr. Hack’s tav¬ 
ern in Lisbon, took a double barrel gun and went 
out with the avowed purpose of going down to 
the river near by to shoot ducks. The gun was 
heavily loaded, with largo slug shot; when Mr. 
T. arrived in the field, he deliberately placed the 
gun across an upright stick, putting the muzzle 
near his breast, and with another stick discharged 
the gun: one barrel only went off, and the whole 
contents struck him little below the heart and 
went clear through the body. He w'as living at 
last accounts, though he cannot, it is thought, by 
I any ^lossibility recover. AVohave heard no cause 
I assigned for the dresdfui act, save that Mr. 
I Thayer has been in poor health for about tw'o 
i months, and had become influenced by a morbid 
i fear of poverty and destitution. He has a wife 
i and one child. 
I Such aie the reports as they have reached us, 
[ It is indeed a melancholy case. Mr. T. we be- 
! lieve was an industrious man, of good character 
and temperate habits. [Ogdensburg Rep.J 
Suicide by a Merchant. —Mr. Daniel Trim¬ 
ble, of the firm of Lawrence, Trimble & Co., 
commission merchants in Broad street, was lost 
overboard from the Hoboken ferry boat, on AVed- 
nesday morning last. A reward of two hundred 
dollars is offered for the recovery of the body.— 
Mr. T. was a merchant of high standing. AVe 
are informed that he had been melancholy for 
some time yast, and it is supposed that he threw 
himself overboard. [Jour. Com.] 
The Rice Harvest. —The rice of the new 
crop is now all cut The crop is most abundant, 
and the grain of superior quality. The weather 
has been most favorable for harvesting, and con¬ 
tinues good, though a gale now would be attend¬ 
ed with disastrous consequences. 
It is said the crop was never harvested so late 
before. The very first of this new crop is now 
ready for market, being about one month behind 
the ordinary time at which new rice is delivered. 
(Savannah Rep., Oct. 7. 
Tom 3 hiinib is now building a house at Bridge¬ 
port, The little fellow’ has grand notions of space, 
and has planned for himself ample roomte, wide 
passages, and lofty entrances, as if it were a man¬ 
sion for Patagonians. In other respects,the house 
is extremely well contrivsd, in all the arrange¬ 
ments, for the comfort of those dwelling within. 
Torn will reside there, with his parents, who have 
acquired a fortune by bis diminutiveness. *• De¬ 
spise not the day of small things,” saith the 
preacher. 
The number of students in Harvard Col¬ 
lege, as appears by the catalogue just published, is 
as follows:—Theological students 23, law do. 98, 
medical do. 117, scientific do. 62, resident grad¬ 
uates 3. Total professional students, &c., 303.— 
The undergraduates are divided as follows:—Sen¬ 
ior class 63, juniors 78, sophomores 87, freshmen 
65. Total, 293 — making total number of stu¬ 
dents connected with the various departments, 596, 
against 577 last year. 
Heavy Bank Robbery. —Three Police Officers 
are in this City in pursuit of an officer of one of 
the Quebec Banks, who is supposeil to have de¬ 
camped with some £10,000 of the money of the 
Bank. He was seen in Troy last night. 
[Alb. Jour., Saturday. 
Foreign Intelligence. 
The British Mail steamer Europa arrived early 
Friday morning, with 127 passengers, and dates 
from Liverpool to the 28lh, and London to the 
evening of the 27th ult. 
There is nothing of striking ffiferest or import¬ 
ance in the intelligence she brings. 
London, Sept. 27th—Consols close 96J to 96§ 
for money, and 96g to 96| for the account. 
Mr. Stuart AVortley has been elected Recorder 
for London. 
Cambridgeshire is again ravaged by fires, sup¬ 
posed to be wilfully raised. 
The new commander-in-chief in India, Lieu¬ 
tenant General Sir AVilliam Gomm, K. C. B., 
accompanied by Lady Gomm, will leave town 
about Friday next for the Continent, where they 
will remain until the end. of October, and then 
proceed, via Trieste and Alexandria, to Calcutta. 
Submarine Telegraph across the irish 
Channel. —It is stated that negotiations are now 
on foot with Government for the establishment of 
a submarine telegraph across the sixty miles of 
sea from Holyhead to Kingstown, and on to ei¬ 
ther Cork or Galway, to be thence connected by 
steamship with the nearest telegraph station on 
the other side of the Atlantic. [Daily News. 
AVreck of the Superb Steamer. —By the 
steamer Courier, from Jersey, we have received 
intelligence of the wieck of the Superb on the 
Minquiers Rocks, which occurred on Tuesday, 
and which resulted in the loss of 11 persons, who 
perished in smooth water and in broad daylight. 
Missionaries. —The number of missionaries 
dispatched from England are—By the Church 
Missionary Society, l37; Society of Converting 
Jews, 78; for the Propagation of the Gospel in 
Foreign Parts, 334; AVesleyan Society, 368; Bap¬ 
tist Society, 100; London Missionary Society, 171; 
Scotch Cliurches, 150; various other religious 
bodies, 100. Total 1,438. 
The Electric TelegraPh in Germany. —The 
Austrian, Prussian, Bavarian, and Saxon G6v- 
ernmeuts have just entered into a convention with 
regard to the electric telegraphs, by which a com¬ 
mon tariff has been adopted, reducing the ex¬ 
pense by about one-half. This new tariff will 
come into operation from the 1st October next. 
The Emperor of Russia has prohibited through¬ 
out his empire, on and after January 1,1851, the 
wearing of the costume peculiar to the Jews; but 
the governors-general may authorize Jews of an 
advanced age, uot under 60, to wear their accus¬ 
tomed dress, if they are willing to pay for per¬ 
mission. 
The Derby Reporter says; “ The value of gut- 
.ta percha as a conveyer of sound has been rea¬ 
lised in the Glenorchy Chapel, Matlock, Bath.— 
An apparatus has been put up for the bouefit of 
some who are troubled with deafness, and had 
not heard the preaching for several years. They 
ere now enabled to hear quite distinctly by the use 
of the tube. 
From the Shipping ami Merc. Gazette, Sept. 27. 
Harvest having been sometime completed, and 
the time having scarcely yet arrived for preparing 
the land for autumn sowing, farmers have at pre¬ 
sent comparatively little out-door work to attend 
to, and they have consequently (as is usually the 
case at this period of the year) threshed rather 
freely. The more that the crop is tested by this 
proof, the greater do the complaints become re¬ 
specting the deficiency of grain in proportion to 
the straw; and it is too certain that the produce 
of wheat will fall materially short of what is con¬ 
sidered a fair yield in ovorago seasoue. Present 
prices cannot, therefore, pay our growers; but 
there is so little to hope for in regard to the future, 
and the pecuniaiy position of the smaller class of 
farmers has, during the last two years, altered so 
much for the worse, owing to undue foreign com¬ 
petition, as to render it more than probable that 
they will supply the markets freely until such time 
as they shall be obliged to direct their attention 
to ploughing and getting in their autumn crops. 
At most of the markets ia the agricultural dis¬ 
tricts wheat has been brought forward in sufficient 
quantities to check the tendency to advance 
which prices exhibited earlier in the month, and 
in partial instances a reaction of about Is. per qr. 
has taken place. The tr^do has also become slow 
at many of the large censuming towns, and at 
those places where, in addition to the home sup¬ 
ply, good arrivals have been received from abroad, 
the turn has been decidedly in favor of the buyer. 
We are inclined to adhere to the opinion which 
we have on former occasions expressed, that at 
about present rates we shall continue to have large 
imports, and that, with free trade, the average 
price for the kingdom is not likely to range much 
over 453. per qr. even in years like the present, 
when the crop is below an average, and when 
such terms cannot remunerate the growers. With 
the exception of Dantzic, where some quantity 
of old wheat remains on hand, the stocks are 
small at the principal Baltic ports, and supplies of 
new having hardly commenced to come forwaid, 
the exports from that quarter may perhaps not be 
large if Winter should set in early. 
From France shipments of wheat and flour 
have been resumed, and will probably continue to 
be made regularly, so long as there is the slightest 
chance of a profit on consignments in the English 
market. Business at Mark-lane has been more 
or less interrupted in consequence of the mischief 
done to the Corn Exchange by the late fire; the 
damage is, however, not extensive, and will soon 
be repaired. On Monday we had a good show 
of wheat by land carriage samples from Essex 
and Kent, but from more d staut counties the sup¬ 
ply was small. The atmosphere having for some 
days previous been damp, the new wheat was not 
in quite such good condition as before; still a clear¬ 
ance was made without much difficulty, the finer 
kinds bringing fully as high rates as on that day 
se’nnight, and other sorts selling according to 
quality. Since then the quantity brought forward 
has been very small, and though the millers have 
manifested less disposition to purchase, prices 
were not lower, either on Wednesday or this 
morning than in the beginning of the week. The 
arrivals from abroad have been tolerably good, 
13,000 qrs. having been reported from Saturday 
up to last night. 
On Monday a fair amount of business was done 
in the finer kinds, having, in addition to a steady 
local inquiry, buyers of small quantities from dif¬ 
ferent parts of the country. Importers were con¬ 
sequently very firm, and prices were well support¬ 
ed, nor has any inclination since been shown to 
give way, though the demand has certainly slack¬ 
ened, .\ cargo or two of Polish Odessa off' the 
coast were sold in the early part of the week at 
38s. 6d. to 363. per qr., cost freight, and insur¬ 
ance; to-day we heard of no transactions in float¬ 
ing cargoes. The top price of town manufac¬ 
tured flour has remained stationary, and though 
the arrivals of this article from France and Amer- 
ca have been rather liberal, the best sorts of for¬ 
eign have not been parted with at less money.— 
Beans and grey peas have moved off at the ex¬ 
treme rates of last week, but white boiling peas 
have given way Is. per qr. Nothing of interest 
has transpired in floating cargoes of Indian corn. 
I Items of News, &c. 
The population of Cincinnati is 150,000; 
2^" Indiana contains over 1,000,000 inhabi¬ 
tants. 
2-^" ^ew Orleans has declined in population 
since 1840. 
The St. Louis Union learns that the pop¬ 
ulation of that cit)' is not far from 90,000. 
2^“ Among other ornaments in a show window 
on Broadway, Cincinnati, is a live alligator. 
2^^” Brigham Young, the Mormon patriarch, 
is spoken of as Governor of Deseret. 
^ 2^" The Treadgar iron works at Richmond, 
A’a., are conducted entirely by slave labor. 
2^" In the State of Pennsylvania there are 318 
daily and weekly newspapers. 
2^^“ One hundred and nine buildings, were de¬ 
stroyed in Reading, Pa., by the recent flood. 
2^*” It is sad Col. Benton will be returned to 
tke Senate by the Legislature of Misscu i. 
2^” Snow fell at Syracuse on Monday the 7th 
inst. Also in Genosee county. 
2^” A peach tree near Baltimore has borne a 
second crop of fruit this season. 
2^^ We shall have a weekly mail during the 
winter between the United States and England. 
2^ Vast quantities of produce from the Illinois 
river are now arriving at St. Louis daily. 
2;^^ Jenny Lind was thirty years of age on the 
6th of October. The shady side! 
Jfgf” The schooner Neptune was lately lost on 
Lake Ontario, and six persons drowned. 
2;^” Meetings are being held all over Massa¬ 
chusetts in opposition to the Fugitive Slave Law. 
2^" A valuable lead mine has recently been 
discovered in Prospect, Me. 
2^” The Boston Chronotype is to be revived by 
Elizur AVrighf, and published every day, Sundays 
not excepted. Not right, Elizur. 
2;^” Col. Webb, editor of the Courier 4' En¬ 
quirer, and recently Charge to Austria, arrived, 
with his lady, in the Atlantic. 
23f” A public meeting has been held in Toron¬ 
to which resolved to give every aid to Fugitive 
Slaves coming to Canada from the States. 
2^" The British steamer “ Niagara ” sailed 
on file 9th from New York for Liverpool, with 76 
passengers, and $200,000 in specie. 
2^” Maria Mitchell, the female astronomer, 
was admitted to the honors of membership by the 
American Scientific Society, at their recent session. 
2^^” A Montreal letter writer says that “ three 
gentlemen are soon to be tried there for crimes of 
great magnitude.” Indeed! 
2^“ F'ew days ago a box containing $5,000 in 
gold was stolen from the dounter of the Suffolk 
Bank, Boston. 
2^*” Edward Everett, of Cambridge, has pre¬ 
sented $1,000 to the new City Free Inbrary- in 
Boston. 
2^” Cecil Co., Md., is the place to live in, in¬ 
asmuch as the Marshal has discovered one woman 
aged 108 and two men respectively 103 and 106. 
2^” Havard Gollege is 212 years old. Though 
long subject to the Quincy, it evolves Sparks as 
bright as Ever-it did. 
A killing frost at Memphis on the 8th inst. 
The injury is estimated at 200,000 bales cotton. 
First frost last year was on the 23d September. 
2^” The present population of AVheeling, Va., 
is-estimated at 14,000. In 1840 it was less than 
7,000. • 
2^” some portions of Michigiin, stage op- 
[ position is so strong that you can travel 50 miles 
(or 25 cents. 
^ 23^ William D. Gallagher, a poet of Ohio, has, 
it is said, been appointed private secretary to Mr. 
Corwin, of the treasury department. 
21^ The first flour mill in Minnesota is being 
erected near St. Paul, and will be in operation by 
next harvest. 
2:^ Governor Manly, of North Carolina, has 
appointed Thursday, the 14fii of November, to be 
, observed in that State as a day of general thanks¬ 
giving. 
2^” Gen. Floyd, of Virginia, is now on a visit 
to the State of New York, to inspect the plank 
roads and other great improvements of the Empire 
State, 
2^” It is proposed to change the name of West 
Baton Rouge, the capital of Louisiana and the 
former residence of tlie late President to “ Taylor,” 
in honor of that distinguished soldier. 
2^ ” There are now six daily papers published 
in Milwaukee—two of them in German. In 
Chicago there are five dailies, in Detroit three, in 
Cleveland three, in Buffalo five, in Toledo two. 
2^” There are 300 buildings now in the course 
of erection in New York, which will cost $3,500,- 
000. Very few of them will cost less than $10,- 
000, and many of them from $50,000 to $70,000 
Another Triumph. —Shortly after the arrival 
of Jenny Lind at Boston, a very painful event 
occurred there, which has very seriously affected 
her. It appears that in the house where apart¬ 
ments were provided for her, there was a very su¬ 
perior mocking bird, whose powers of mimicry 
and song were such that he had silenced both the 
feathered and feline circles there-canary birds and 
cats giving up all attempts to outmach him in their 
respective notes. He was removed into the same, 
room with Jenny—who was charmed with “Bob” 
who tuned his pipes and gave out a very fair im¬ 
itation; she tried him in a snatch from the cele¬ 
brated “cavatina” in “li Puritan!;” “Bob,” af. 
ter one or two leaps from perch to perch,spread his 
tail in ecstacy,filled his chest again, and run over all 
those beautiffil notes as accurately 'as if they 
were the mere echo of the thrilling notes of Jen- 
ny. 
Mr. Barnum, who stood by, became alarmed; 
he knew the o vner of the bird had too long a 
pocket to admit of a possible hope of his willing¬ 
ness to part with him, or even to enter into an en¬ 
gagement on any terms—and here w’as a bird 
equal to Jenny thus far. Jenny, however, seeing 
the consternation of her friend, sprang to the pi¬ 
ano, and struck off in her best style, her celebra¬ 
ted “Swedish Echo Song”— 
“Schielmeert vax under heil viarting 
“AVeigheugh!—ha!—weigheugh!” 
“Bob” listened—sprang to his water jar and 
took a sip—listened again—shook his feathers, 
and began. For a note or two he succeeded ad¬ 
mirably; but, when he came to that point where 
the voice of Jenny leaves the earth and turns a 
su.'nmerset in the clouds, poor “Bob” faltered: he 
vyas seen to struggle hard; reeled and fell dead 
from his perch in a lock jaw. [N. Y. Mir. 
Disaster Among Cattle.—T he Savannah 
News has a letter which states that the cattle in 
the northern section of the state, up to the Virgi¬ 
nia line, were dying by thousands from some 
singular disease, introduced by a drove of cattle 
that passed through the section of the state.— 
Thousands have already died. 
