MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YO RICER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL. 
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ROCHESTER, JULY 10, 1851. 
LIST OF AGENTS. 
Albion—B. Farr. 11 Medina—I. t\. ^van. 
Arcadia—M. Scott. Moscow—Wm. Lyman. 
Alabama—R. B. Warren. Maced on Center—Ira Odd). 
Adams Basin—M. Adams. Macedon— Wnt. (.allup. 
Aifred-O. I). Lang worthy. Marcellus—Liiman Shepard. 
A|den—O. N. Fulton. i Millville—J. H. Haines. 
Allens Hill—David A. Paul. Mohawk—Postmaster. 
Buffiilo—W. Bryant & Son. Manchester-J 1 Mc.Cm\ey 
Baldwinsville—B. Sears. Newport-Win. . Willard. 
Batavia—Samuel Ileston. Newark-Thco. Dickinson. 
Benton Oenter-A. II.Savage New Baltimore-L. Haight. 
Brockport-H. P. Norton. North Ghili -R. Fulton. 
Bridgeport—B. T. Adams. N. Y. Mills—W. I). Walcott. 
Benton—B. Coddington, Jr. Ovid—Jas. Van Horn. 
Brookserove—M. W. Brooks Orangeville—G. Cowden. 
Big Stream Point-I. Hildreth Phelps—S. E. Norton. 
Clyde—I T. Van Buskirk. Pekin—J. M. r l rowtindge. 
Clifton Springs—M. Parke. Palmyra—T.Nitide. 
Cazenovia—John White. Perryville-O. Britt. 
Carlton—E. 11. Garbutt. Penn Yan-Postmaster. 
Canal—A. H. Toll. I Pierpont Manor—O. B. Scott 
>G N. Sherwood, Rushville—A. Otis. 
Camillus ^ c ' () jiingham. Rutland—Moses Fames. 
Cleveland—A. il. Allen. Royalton-J. Shoemaker. 
Canandaigua-B. F. Gage. Romulus-.lo. Wyckotr 
Caton—Philip Hubbard. Sen.'!’ alls—H G Silsby & Co 
Churchville—/. Willard. | Scottsburgh-H. G. Baker. 
Caledonia—C. C. Tyrrell. ; |Scottsville—W.G. Lacy. 
Covert—E. C. Gregg. Sheldrake—J. Harris. 
Clockville—S. P. Chapman. Syracuse—W . L. 1 aimer. 
E Bloomfield—Postmaster. Starkey—Levi French. 
Elbri lee -A. B. Korncrook Sheridan—J. I. Lacker. 
I’llington—J. F. Farinan. So. Otselic—Jas. Woodley. 
E Pembroke-G. W. Wright. So. Livonia-A. Crandall, Jr 
Farmer—M. Harris. So. Avon-N. J. Kellogg. 
Fowlerville—J. McPherson. Stockbridge—John 1 otter. 
Fulton—E. Holmes. Shuslian—Jas. Law. 
Franklinville—S. Seward. Truinansburg-L I) Branch 
Farinirwtoii—O. White. Union Sprmgs-RB Howland 
Krp.irmia— A. H. Barker. Victor—M. 11. Decker. 
Farmin' 1 ton—O. White. Union Springs-Rl? Howlai 
Fredonia—A. H. Barker. Victor-M. H. Decker. 
Geneva—J. G. Ver Planck. Versailles—D. R. Barker. 
Cmx —C. Moore. Vernon—Eli R. Dix. 
Guilford Centre—S Hendrick Verona—A. Whaley. 
Holley—H. S. Frishie. Watertown ?■ pVa"’ 
I tinman \fille—A. Stone. ^O.A. Graves, 
lltilharton—Win. Laverick. Weedsport—Eli Hamilton. 
Tacksonville-P H Farington Warsaw—I. Hodge. 
Kendall—W. R. Sandford. Westfield—E. C. Bliss. 
Knowlesville—C. Thorp. 
[ j0 ,|j_C. B. Vescelius. 
Livonia—Andrew Sill. 
Lyons—E. R. Hughes. 
Lock port—J. W. Reed. 
Litchfield—H. Randall. 
T.o Rov—J. TL Stanley. 
Men don—N. Sherwood. 
Wheatland—J. Murdock. 
Walworth—Postmaster. 
West Bloomfield—DA Paul. 
Wheatvilie—II. Deuel, 
i Western vilie—A. Baker. 
! York—C. Seymour. 
Yates—J. Mead. 
' Youngstown—J. Ladd. 
PUBLISHED ON THE CASH SYSTEM. 
Ai,l papers stopped on the expiration of the time paid 
for, except in cases of express agreement. 
For Terms, &c. see last page. 
Our Premiums — The Result. 
YVk {jive below the names of the succesful com¬ 
petitors for Premiums offered for subscribers to the 
Rural previous to the 1st inst. Our figures, are 
subject to correction, but we believe they are right: 
S. E. Norton, Phelps, Ontario county, 245 sub- 
scribers—1st premium, $40 in cash. (Mr. N. re¬ 
ceived the premium of $10, for the greatest num¬ 
ber ot subscribers obtained previous to Jan. 1.) 
M. H. Decker, Victor, Ontario county, 201 
subscribers—2d prem., $30 in Plate, Rooks, Ag 1 
Implements or Seeds. 
C. D. L anc.worthy, Alfred, Allegany county, 
130 subscribers—3d prem., $20 in Rooks or Im¬ 
plements. 
J. H. Stanley, LeRov, Genesee co., 123 sub¬ 
scribers—4th prem., $15 in Rooks or Implements. 
G. N. Sherwood, Camillus, Onondaga county, 
73—5th prem., $10 in Books or Implements. 
Wm. L. Booth, Texas, Kalamazoo Co., Mich., 
and E. R. Hughes, Lyons. Wayne Co., N. Y., 
have each obtained 70 subscribers. Instead of di¬ 
viding the 6th premium, we will give each the full 
amount—$3 in books or implements. 4 
James Woodley, S^uth Otselic, Chenango Co., 
CG—7th prem.. $3 in books or implements. 
I. T. Van Buskirk, Clyde, Wayne county, 63 
—8th prem., same as above. 
A. Sill, Livonia, Livingston county, 61—3th 
prem., same as 7th and 8th. 
The Town Premium—the largest offered—can¬ 
not bo decided until the census returns are pub¬ 
lished, so that vve may know and compare the 
population of the various towns competing for the 
prize. 
In addition to the above, we have received many 
lists of from 40 to some 200 subscribers each, ob¬ 
tained by persons who did not compete for any of 
the regular premiums. Some desire no premium 
whatever, and others the special ones only—but 
we shall endeavor to give all some evidence that 
their efforts in behalf of the Rural are appreci¬ 
ated. A few have sent us lists numbering from 
fifty to over an hundred subscribers, without com¬ 
plying with the terms, and hence are not entitled 
to compete with those whose names are given. 
_We will endeavor to give, in a few weeks, a 
list embracing the names of those to whom we are 
under great obligations for past and continued ex¬ 
ertions in support of this journal—together with 
the number of subscribers obtained by each.— 
Meantime we return sincere thanks to all who 
have in any manner contributed to the remarkable 
and gratifying success of the New-Yorker. 
Tall Wheat. — Some ton days ago, Myron 
Adams, Esq., of East Bloomfield, brought to this 
city, wheat stalks measuring six feet six inches in 
Height. This was pretty tall for the Benson; hut 
thinking it could he equalled, if not beaten, Mr. 
.1. M. Goodhue, of Wheatland, has just left at our 
office, stalks of the White Flint which measure a 
trifle over six feet six. Considering the difference 
in time, Mr. A. has the palm, and others will have 
to try before his sample is fairly excelled. 
Mr. J. D. Weeks, of Mt. Morris, lately selected 
from his field stalks of wheat six feet four and six 
feet six inches in height, with heads six inches in 
length. His prospect is fair for large and heavy 
sheaves. 
“ Honor to whom Honor,” &c. —The Daily 
Advertiser speaks favorably of the valuable foreign 
correspondence from Dr. Rodgers in the Genesee 
Farmer. We presume our neighbor intended to 
say Rural New-Yorker, as Dr. R.’s correspon¬ 
dence on European Agriculture, the World’s Fair, 
&c., was written expressly for this paper—and 
not a line from him or any other person at the 
Fair has yet appeared in th* Farmer. 
The Mohawk Valley Railroad. 
This, as our readers are aware, is a projected 
road from Schenectady to Utica on the south side 
of the Mohawk River. Through the courtesy of 
the Secretary, F. E. Spinner, Esq., we have been , 
placed in possession of the first Repot of the board 
Directors, embracing a survey and estimale of the 
cost of the entire work. It is a document replete 
with interest and instruction, independent ol the j 
enterprise to which it owes its origin. The entire j 
length of the road as surveyed is 78 3-10 miles, | 
having a maximum grade of 21 12-100 feet per 
mile, for six and a half miles only, i birty miles 
are on a level, nearly twenty-two miles on a grade 
of ten feet and under; thirteen miles between ten 
and seventeen feet; and nearly six miles of eight¬ 
een feet to the mile. This is more favorable than j 
the grade of the Utica and Schenectady road, the j 
maximum of which is 26^ feet to the mile. The 
obstacles supposed to exist at “ Little I alls,” “ the 
Nose,” and other points on the road, are shown to 
he easily surmountable, demonstrating not on y 
the entire feasibility of the route, hut showing also 
a very favorable comparison with the route of the ; 
road upon the north side of the river. 
The estimated expense of the Mohawk \ alley 
road, with grading for double track, the laving of 
a single track and turnouts, using rails weighing 
70 pounds to the yard, is set down at $2,020,821, 
and if laid with double track entire, $2,706,107. 
Provision is made in the estimate for about 600 
more cross-ties to the mile and a heavier rail than 
are used on the other road. 
The report enters at length into the feasibility of 
building and supporting another road on a line al¬ 
ready traversed by the LUica and Schenectady' 
road, with a double track on the north side, and 
the Erie canal upon the south side of the Mohawk 
river. Reference is first made to the productive¬ 
ness and increasing business of the Erie canal, 
and the public are then treated to some extraordi¬ 
nary, not to say astounding revelations respecting 
the earnings and income of the U. & S. road 
which has for fourteen years engrossed the travel 
passing through the Mohawk Y alley. The entire 
net earnings of this road for fourteen years piece-, 
ding August, 1850, are stated to have amounted 
to four million, Uoo hundred and eighteen thous¬ 
and, two hundred and four dollars. 
A very liberal and enlightened view is given of 
the lines supposed to enter into competition with 
the Central line, and the conclusion legitimately- 
deduced that the Mohawk Valley Road now pre¬ 
sents to business "men aud capitalists, the “best 
unoccupied railroad within the United States,”— 
as, with a double track it will pay eleven per cent 
on its cost, and with hut a single track, fourteen 
per cent the first year after it is put in operation.— 
The whole report is characterized hv a clearness ^ 
and ability in keeping with the productions of the j 
President of the road, Hon. A. C. Flagg, from 
whose pen it probably emanated. 
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Weekly Meteorological Abstract. 
BY L. WETHERKLL. 
Itgialaturc of 3fa fnrk.j California gkis. Ufaiis of 3Stnifl, &r 
July. 1851. 
THERMOMETER. 
MAX. | MIN. | MEAN. 
RAIN. 
j WINDS. 
1 
72 
60 65.33 
W. N w. 
2 
67 
54 61.33 
W. N\ 
3 
66 
58. 61.33 
W. N K. 
4 
70 
58 62.66 ! 
j N. N W. 
5 
74 
57 64.66 I 
N W. W. 
6 
75 
61 67.33 1 
N W. W. 
7 1 
66 
55 I 61.33 1 
N E. 
REMARKS. 
July 1st. Rainy morning—fine afternoon. 
2d. Cool and cloudy—a little rain. 
3d. Continues cool, and a little rainy in the af¬ 
ternoon. 
4th. Rainy early—very fine day—neither hot 
nor dusty—fine for celebration. 
5th. Coofc—fair day—rain in the evening. 
6th. Cloudy, cool aud rainy—very rainy night, 
7th. Cloudy—a little rain—quite cool day and 
evening. 
Note.— The week has been uncommonly cool 
for the first week of July—also unusually' rainy. 
The weather continues unfavorable for Indian corn 
—for it requires dryish and hot weather; whereas 
the season thus far has been just the reverse of this; 
but farmers need not despair yet of an Indian corn 
harvest. If the last half of July, and the months 
of August and September be warm, corn will be 
good. 
Crops and Weather in Rent Co., Mich. 
Friend Moore: —The farmer in this region j 
perhaps never had a more cheering prospect for 
abundant crops than at this time. Wheat has at- j 
tained a heavy growth of straw, and is now quite 
out of blossom, whilst the weather is propitious for 
its filling. Other crops promise quite as well; 
though corn is considered backward; for all that it 
is in better condition than it was last year at thi s 
time. Vegetation of all kinds is very abundant, 
whilst the season thus far has been good for fruit. 
We have had rather a cool, wet spring. April 
gave us 12 stormy days, with a fall of 4.31 inches 
of water. The extremes of the thermometer were 
21 and 78, with a daily average for the month of 
43.87 degrees. May was decidedly the wet mouth. 
There were no steady prolonged rains, hut frequent 
drenching showers with heavy discharges of elec¬ 
tricity. May-day was right snowy. Resides we 
had 10 rainy ones, giving us in all the large 
amount of 10.54 inches fall of water. The ther¬ 
mometer ranged from 24 to 86 and averaged 54.38. 
In the present month we have had 7 days on 
which rain has fallen and a depth of 2.97 inches. 
Extremes of heat 40 and 88, with a daily average 
of 62.38. t. e. w. 
Lnphamville, Kent Co., June 27,1851. 
A Fine Boquet.— The one in pyrimidal form, 
composed of the choicest roses, which we received 
a few days since from Miss E. Boughton, of West 
Brighton. Our thanks, M’lle, for so much beauty 
and fragrance, in a form so tasty and appropriate. 1 
Special Session.—Synopsis of Proceedings. 
Saturday,. June 28.— Senate —A resolution was 
adopted to adjourn sine die on Thursday next.— 
The appropriation bill, as reported by the Commit¬ 
tee of the Whole, was amended in several partic¬ 
ulars and passed. The bill to amend the laws re¬ 
lating to the introduction of foreign immigrants 
and !o the public: health was passed. It abolishes 
the office of Physician of the Marine Hospital.— 
The hill to regulate the mode of procuring injunc¬ 
tions upon the proceedings of Stale officers (de¬ 
signed lo defeat factious opposition to the Canal 
hill,) was agreed to in Committee of the Whole. 
The Commission to investigate the affairs of Union 
College were instructed as to their duties. 
Assembly. —A substitute for tho bill passed at 
the regular session authorizing the construction of 
a drawbridge at Rouse’s Point (Lake Champlain) 
was reported and passed. It allows the railroad 
companies to build piers into the lake—leaving a 
space of 250 feet for the free passage of vessels. 
A floating section of a railroad is to be used, in¬ 
stead of a drawbridge, to connect the railroad from 
St. Johns to the Point. The Governor was re¬ 
quested to communicate such information received 
by him in relation to the census, and the apportion¬ 
ment of representatives, as in his opinion shall be 
necessary for the action of the Legislature. The 
Speaker announced the Committee on Congress- 
sional apportionments under the new census. 
Monday, June 30.— Senate. —Acts were passed 
making appropriations for State Library, and, thro’ 
the Regents of the University, for sciontifie and 
literary purposes, for the purchase of books to the 
amount of $2,800—for binding $000. To regu¬ 
late the transportation of baggage on steamboats. 
[This bill requires that steamboats shall give 
checks for baggage, and no fare need be paid if 
such checks aie not given.] To authorize Super¬ 
visors to make, the office of District Attorney a 
salaried office. 
Assembly. —Read the third time and passed, an 
act relating to the Oswego canal; to appropriate a 
portion of the United States Deposit Fund for the 
aid of Colleges and Medical Institutions; to amend 
the law in relation to plank roads and turnpike 
roads, passed April 9, 1851: in relation to the du¬ 
ties and powers of the Superintendents of Com¬ 
mon Schools; authorizing married women, who 
may he stockholders in any incorporated company 
to vote at elections of Directors and Trustees. 
Tuesday-, July 1.— Senate. —The hill providing 
that injunctions shall not be issued against any of¬ 
ficer or board of officers except by order of the 
Supreme Court at a regular term, sitting in the 
District where such board are situated, was passed 
by a vote of 21 to 6. Considerable local business 
was also disposed o r . 
Assembly. —The College appropriation bill was 
passed; also bill to regulate guage of Railroads. 
Wednesday, July 2.— Senate. —The amend¬ 
ments of the Assembly to the bill consolidating the 
School Laws were concurred in. 
At the Evening Session the case of the contest¬ 
ed seat in the twenty-sixth Senatorial District was 
decided in favor of Wm. II. Gilbert by a vote of 
14 to 6. Mr. Gilbert was sworn in. 
Thursday, July 3.— Senate. —The Clerk was 
directed to pay to George B. Guinnip, the unsuc¬ 
cessful claimant for the vacant seat in the twenty- 
sixth Senatorial District, his mileage and per diem 
and allowance. 
The Senate agreed to the resolution for final ad¬ 
journment on the 10th of July, which passed both 
Houses, is now fixed. Adjourned to Saturday. 
Assembly. —The Canal Enlargement bill under 
consideration. Adjourned over the 4th. 
Literary Notices, &c. 
Sheep: theik Breeds, Management, and Dis¬ 
eases. By Wm. Youatt. With remarks on 
Sheep in the United States, and Fine Wool in 
Silesia. New York: C. M. Saxton. 1851. 
“ Youatt on Sheep,” was originally published 
in England, under the superintendence of the So¬ 
ciety for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, and 
is a valuable coinpend of reliable information con¬ 
cerning the different breeds, their origin and char¬ 
acteristics; also o f the most thorough and profitable 
management of the flock, as well as their various 
diseases and the remedies therefor. It has the ne¬ 
cessary engravings to illustrate its contents, and is 
published in a neat form and style. 
The “ Remarks on the Breeds and Manage¬ 
ment of Sheep in the United States, and on the 
Culture of Fine Wool in Silesia,” of which such 
large mention is made in the title page, occupy five 
pages of the work; and do not seem of sufficient 
value to justify so prominent an announcement. 
The Knickerbocker Magazine. Edited by L. 
Gaylord Clark. New York: S. Hueston, 
139 Nassau St.; Monthly, $5,00 per annum in 
advance. 
The July No.,—the first of the 38th Volume— 
is before us. So well known is this long estab¬ 
lished periodical, that it seems unnecessary to des¬ 
cant upon its merits. The “ Editor’s Table,” to 
which so many sit do vn, and rise up refreshed, is 
as good this month as ever, and the contents of 
the body of the work are varied and valuable.— 
The new postage law lessens the expense of re¬ 
ceiving this work by mail, and should add largely 
to its list of subscribers. The volume for 1851, 
and three years previous, will be supplied for $10. 
Dr. M. M. Rodgers, of this city, (foreign cor¬ 
respondent of the Rural,) has recently been elec¬ 
ted a member of the “ Society of Arts,” London. 
Prince Albert is President of this Society, and 
the members consist of practical chemists, civil 
engineers, literary and scientific men, members of 
Parliament, &c. Its investigations are devoted to 
science commerce, mechanical arts, agriculture. 
Hussey’s Reaper. —This valuable machine can 
lie obtained of Sam’i. Heston of Batavia, and 
David McVean, Scottsville. See advertisement, i 
ARRIVAL OF THE PROMETHEUS. 
Two Weeks Later from California. 
The steamer Prometheus arrived at New York, 
July 3d, with 250 passengers, and San Francisco 
dates to June 1st. She came by way of San Juan 
de Niearaugua. She arrived at Chagres on the 
outward passage June 22d, left on the evening of 
the 23d, anived at San Juan in 22 hours, left on 
the morning of the 25th at 10 o’clock, and arrived 
at Sandy Hook at 10 P. M., Wednesday, after a 
passage of 7 days 21 hours. She left the Empire 
City at Chagres. 
She steamer Tennessee arrived at Panama on 
the 20th with two and a half millions in gold and 
250 passengers. 
The accounts from San Francisco are encour- 
ageing. A remarkable energy is exhibited m the 
work of rebuilding and restoring what was so re¬ 
cently destroyed by fire, and business affairs are 
rapidly improving. 
On the 3d of June the steamer New Orleans 
arrived at Panama from San Francisco, with 
$400,000 in gold, and 350 passengers. Another 
steamer and $600,000 in gold, arrived at the same 
time. 
A riot which threatened serious results, occurred 
at Nevada on the 25th May. It had its origin in a 
long standing dispute concerning a land claim.— 
Guns, and pistols had been freely used, hut it did 
not appear that any person was killed. 
Rumors are rife of Indian difficulties in the nor¬ 
thern part ol the State. The despised Indians 
have evinced no lack of courage, and it is to be re¬ 
gretted that a few individuals have had the power 
and want of principle which have made a war on 
those wretches quite probable. 
There never existed in the nature of the case 
any necessity for sucli a deplorable condition of 
things. 
The prospects of agriculture are very good— 
much better than was at one time anticipated. 
The late rains have materially increased the prob¬ 
abilities of good crops. The employment of a por¬ 
tion of our citizens, is certain to he an increasing 
and profitable one. 
From the Alta California, May 31st. 
Our city is built up again. In our last issue 
for the States, wc told of its destruction, now of 
its resurrection. Some plants take root and 
sprout upward in sucli a hurry, that they bring 
the old stamina of tlic germ whence they sprung 
upon the upshooting stalk, the bulb husk still 
clinging to it. So it is of our city. She has 
sprung up from her ruins literally with ashes up¬ 
on her head, standing upon embers. 
W* have streets again, blocks, houses, stores, 
business excitement, bustle, progress, prosperity. 
Three-fourths of the streets are lined again 
with habitations, although four weeks have not 
elapsed since the fire. 
So too, is it, of Stockton. Accounts from 
there are very encouraging. Her people have not 
been disheartened by their great calamity, but 
have progressed very far in remedying by build¬ 
ing since the destruction by the great fire. 
Those two fires had not as much effect as was 
anticipated in raising prices, on account of great 
quantities of goods on ship board, and large car¬ 
goes which have arrived since. 
From Oregon. —The dates from Oregon are to 
May 24 th. 
The news from the Clamath mines is set down 
by the Statesman as rather discouraging. 
The election for State officers was about to take 
place. 
The propeller Black Hawk had commenced 
her regular trips between Portland and Oregon 
City. 
The Advance in Breadstuff. 
The advance iu some kinds of breadstuff's and 
the increased activity and firmness in all as indica¬ 
ted bv recent European advices, was generally un¬ 
anticipated here. The cause is thus explained 
through the Liverpool Times: 
Last harvest was firmly believed, by parties most 
conversant with calculation to have beon much 
below an average. Notwithstanding, low prices 
have ranged, under large importations of foreign 
produce, but by far the greater proportion has gone 
into consumers’ hands; and since the commence¬ 
ment of the present year putting into store has 
been more from necessity than choice. We late¬ 
ly and especially this week, witness a demand up¬ 
on us from a distance in the inferior, unknown 
since the memorable year of 1847. Does this in¬ 
timate that the growers are not holding stocks 
usual at this period of the year? I am strongly of 
opinion that the farmers and millers have not held 
shorter stocks of wheat than they do now, at a 
similar period for a number of years, and that low 
prices have not only caused immense consump¬ 
tion, but that under dispiritedness, this prime arti¬ 
cle of food has been to some extent wasted as was 
the case after the good harvest aud low prices of 
1834 and 1835. There are tolerably largo stocks 
of wheat and flour iu the ports, but if these are to 
be drawn upon from a distance in the interior, 
they would soon prove small euough.- 
Magnificent Idea. 
The San Francisco Courier, in speaking of tho 
necessity and feasibility of a steamship communi¬ 
cation between that point and China, remarks that 
such a line would complete the chain of steam 
communication around the world, except a small 
break in crossing the Isthmus of Suez, connecting 
Asia with Africa. The paper then says:— 
“This link completed, the traveler, leaving New 
York, can proceed to Chagres by steam, from 
thence to San Francisco, to Macao via. the Sand¬ 
wich Islands, Guam and Minila—thence lo Suez, 
via Siugapore, Penang, Ceylon and Adin, thence 
to Cairo and Alexandria, to Southampton, via Mal¬ 
ta and Gihralter, and from thence by steam again 
to New York. The only break in steam naviga¬ 
tion will he in crossing the Isthmus of Suez. Thus 
he would be able to circumnavigate the world vis¬ 
iting many points of interest, making the trip in 
140 days! The commercial advantages which 
must flow to the United States from this and kin¬ 
dred sources, are too great for enumeration here, 
and too well known to require it.” 
New Postage Stamps. —The stamps to be used 
under the new law are thus described: 
No. 1 is printed in black—represents the head 
of Washington, and is of the denomination of 12 
cents. 
No. 2 is printed in red—represents the head of 
Washington in profile, of the denomination of 3 
cents. 
No. 5 printed in blue—represents the head of 
Franklin in profile, and is of the denomination of 
1 cent 
-The value of the ice exported from Boston [ 
last year was $107,016. 
-Large quantities of chesnuts are being im- ? 
ported into London from New York. 
?■ -“Bloomer Pie Nies,” and “ Bloomer Balls,” j 
appear to he nil the rage in some particular localities f 
-The New York Mails by the Erie It. B., reach 
Cleveland in 28 hours. 
-The price of Bread is one-third dearer in 
London than in Paris. 
-Commissioner Follett has had the ‘Pinnacle’ 
of rock which overhi ng the tnnr.cl at Portageville 
blasted off. 
-On Tuesday the 18th June, 67,908 persons 
visited the exhibition building up to five o’clock. ( 
The receipts were £3,202 13s. 
\ -A gentleman in Cincinnati has trained a pair 
of elks to trot in harness attached to a buggy; they 
run a mile in three and a half minutes. 
-The Canadians are ir.dedted to the amount 
of $18,782,565, on which $921,625 of annual inter¬ 
est is payable. 
-Widows who have children of thp proper 
age to attend school, have a right to vote for school 
trustees in Kentucky. 
v -Jenny Lind and suite have engaged rooms at 
the Clifton House, on the Canada side of the Falls. S 
They are expected to arrive next week. 
-Madame Anna Bishop gave her first concert 
at tho Apollo Rooms, Troy, on the evening ot the ' 
9th ult.—She is coming to t-his city. < 
-Mr. Joseph W. Ball of Exeter, during the < 
past week, sheared from a two year old French ( 
Merino Buck, L5 lbs. of wool. 
-The coal region of Iowa extends about 200 ( 
miles up the Valley of the Dcsmoines. Its entire 
area alone cannot be less than 20,000 square miles 
' -A little boy, son of James Cook of Geneseo, 
had both his eyes blown out a few days since by 
pouring powder from a flask upon a coal of fire. 
-The Rev. l)r. Baird, who has frequently 
preached and lectured in this city, sailed for Europe 
on Saturday. 
-On the 21th ult. Land Warrants were quo- , 
ted in New York at $155. Demand got d and sup 
ply moderate. 
-Tobacco is grown in the western part of 
Canada. A quantity of plug has been sent to 
Montreal for trial. 
-The New Constitution of Ohio has been 
adopted by a large majority. The majority against 
license is also large. 
-The Mayor of Newburyport, Mass, to which > 
office Gen. Cushing hns been elected, does’nt get 
any pay. 
-The people of New Hampshire have approv- < 
ed of a Homestead Exemption Law'. The majori¬ 
ty in favor, was 3,762. 
-From published tables it appears that oqi 
deficiency in the weight of hogs packed the last 
season in the west, from the season previous, 
amounts to 105,360.370. 
-S. G. Goodrich. Esq., entered upon the du¬ 
ties of his office, ns Consul of Paris. May 12th hav¬ 
ing nrrived on the 19th of April. Ilis office, is at 
No. 32 Rue de Rivoli. 
_Oyster shells have been laid on the track of 
the New York and New Haven Railroad, and have 
proved an excellent remedy for the dust which is \ 
such an annoyance to railroad traveling. 
-A canal boat loaded with raw cotton from 
the Mississippi, passed this city east, on Thursday < 
evening, hound for New York. The fact is preg¬ 
nant with interest. 
-“ Mary.” las been a stewardess in the Black 
Ball Line of Liverpool Packet ships for twenty t 
years, during which time she has crossed one hun¬ 
dred and thirty six times. 
-A rattlesnake mother, with nine rattles and 
ton eggs, each containing a perfect snake, was 
killed in Milton, Mass, litely, by the courage of 
two young ladies. 
-The editor of the Tribune went to the opera 
in Paris,—good soul—because, as he says, it was a 
“ national institution.” The same reason is given 
in Virginia for drinking Mint Juleps. 
-The wool crop of Michigan this season wilj 
bring at n low estimate $700,000 of eastern cash 
into the State, and it will all he done up in live 
weeks. 
-The man who first appeared in the streets 
with an umbrella, was much more ridiculed than 
the wearers of tho “Bloomer” custome. So was 
Fulton’s steamboat. 
-The earnings of the Central Michigan Road 
for June are, in round numbers, $105,000, against 
$70,000 in June, 1850, an increase of $35,000 or 
5'l per cent. 
-Jt is reported that Dr. Abel F. Fitch, one of 
the Michigan Railroad conspirators, lias been found 
dead in his cell from tho effects of poison taken 
voluntarily or administered by others. 
_The Treasurer announces the public moneys 
on the 1st of July subject to draft, in the various 
deposits, to he $11, 958,640 12, of which $635,228 
was in the Sub-Treasury of New York. 
-One of the lines of the Broadway omnibuses 
in New York, has recently been sold for $144,060, 
viz: $80,000 for the “good” will and $64,000 for 
horses, stages, stables, &e. 
_The transfer of hooks to the U. S. stock wns 
re-opened on the 1st of July, at the 1 reasury 
$105,500 was issued to foreigners, from the 1st to 
the 4th inclusive. j 
_The number of emigrants who have nrrived , 
in New York for the last six months, ending July 
1st, is 134,783. The increase over the correspond- j 
ing period of last year is 44,820. > 
-Almost all newspapers weigh more than an \ 
ounce each, and transient papers are therefore, un¬ 
der the new law, chargeable with two cents' post- j 
age, instead of one cent as formerly. 
-It is said there are 400,000 feathers upon the ( 
w ings of a silk-worm moth, and that any one doubt¬ 
ing the truth .of the statement can easily satisfy \ 
himself by counting them! 
-The Hong Kong Register announces, that ( 
the Chinese residents in that city have begun to ' 
allow their ladies to enjoy social intercourse with < 
the wives and daughters of the burharians. J 
