MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YO RI(ER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL. 
ROCHESTER, AUGUST 14, 1851. 
After an absence of some four weeks, wo are nrSl ' oe '’ tne nrst L ’ ramat,st > the hrst L-ornposer, 
again at home, have donned working armor, and the fir8t Caricaturist, the first Mathematician, and 
from this still, quiet corner—a solitude, as it were, tbe 6rSt Astronomer, which England now has 
though in the heart of a bustling citv of forty thou- within her dominions are all Irish. The first 
sand souls—greet our goodly friends of the Rural CoiTimodore (Stewart) in the American Navy; 
Circle. And right glad are we to get a pull at the tho f,rst General in our arm >'. or indeed as he 
oar and a turn of the wheel again—for, however cIa,med in the world ( Sc0TT ) are not All g’° Sax ‘ 
Credit to the Irish. 
In an oration delivered before the Psi Upsilon 
Fraternity, at the recent commencement of Ham¬ 
ilton College, VV. E. Robinson, Esq., of New York, 
discusses at length whether the people of this coun¬ 
try are of Anglo Saxon origin. He claimed that 
the first General, the first Actor, the first Actress, 
the first Sculptor, the first first female Singer, the 
first Poet, the first Dramatist, the first Composer, 
the first Caricaturist, the first Mathematician, and 
the first Astronomer, which England now has 
within her dominions are all Irish. The first 
Commodore (Stewart) in the American Navy; 
the first Genera! in our army, or indeed as he 
New York State Agricultural Society. 
Meeting of Executive Board in Rochester, Aug. 7 
The Great Exhibtion. — American Triumph. 
i Rochester, Aug. 7. B. P. Johnson, Esq., agent of this State at the 
World’s Fair, gives the following account of one _A ™ 
Present-J. Delaymeld, of Seneca county, American triumph-proving that the Yankees can held at Sar^ Convent,™ is t ° be 
»***> W »' >* '’i« President: J. M. picking if i» IT h „ 
Sherwood „„d Licwis F. Ai.lew, ax-P,e,ide„ te; We enraot fr.„, , >.« l.uer ,o ,h. A.b.nf he,"o J l”! “ 
Luther Tucker, Treasurer; B. B. Kirkland, Journal- -rn n • l / °" u P olsom - 
Lewis G. Morris, M. G. Warner, J. B Bur- , in fllM flouring mills m Oswego are generally 
.. . j o n/r n . n t In one of my letters some time since. I referred ln ^11 operation—running day and night. 
' ' . V x • -burroughs. Members of the to a matter which had excited much interest here: -West Batavia is the name of a new post- 
Executive Committee. the opening of the lock of a celebrated English office in Genesee Co.—E. W. Croft’, P A] 
The minutes of the last monthly meeting were )ockrf,aker b Y lh ® “ ame of Chubbs, by an Ameri- -In Virginia there are 94 newspapers —20 
read and approved. 'JZTaZ \ W t h ° has °“ e \ h J bidoa ‘ b ® daily, 13 semi-weekly, and 61 weekly 
_ celebrated American lock patented by Mr. Newell. re , . , 7 eekl U 
On motion Oi Lewis F. Allen, Shepard Knapp, The lock which Hobbs opened, he purchased in mmonds to the value < f more than $100,- 
Esq., of Now York city-, was appointed to fill the tbe cll . v * ot Chubbs’ agent, and opened it in the 606,600 are on exhibition at the World’s Fair, 
vacancy in the 1st district, caused by the resigna- P resence °f several gentlemen. Chubbs publish- Jenny Lind hasjust purchased one of the Inr- 
tion of Ray Thompson, Esq., one of the Vice f d several article *»» th f Tunes, giving a challenge gest estates in Sweden. 
p •, . 3 i q, one oi me vice to Hobbs or any one else to open his locks, sug- -Gen. Lane is elected a deliWp u, n „ 
®; dents. gesting that this one opened bv Hobbs had been from Oregon S Congress 
The Board then proceeded to fill the vacancies unfairly dealt with. Mr. Ilohbs is a verv intelli- _ r . . , . 
in the several Committees, as follows:— P' U a i ,d fE nU ®“ B,,, y ma "’ and re I ,lied ver Y calm- is „ re v-Glin^wiIlfr^rri r f F ° rt Madison and 
M ly to Mr. Chubbs’ notes, and professed a readiness P revail,n = Wlt - h terrible fatality 
i\o. J . Snort-horned Bulls—Adam Fergerson, to try, in the presence of respectable gentlemen More than 30,000 immigrants landed at New 
Cha'rman Waterdown, C. W. ' other locks of Chubbs. On Tuesday last, 22d York ^ing the month of July. 
£°’ 'rf flowers—Mrs. David Thomas, Aurora, inst., Mr. Hobbs, in the presence of several gen- -Statistical research has ascertained th„ l 
New York C " ,p bt0Ves ~ Rlchard L - A1) en, tlemen, whose names are given below, opene/one of poultry in the United States to be $20 000 MW 
v T-i ... „ , of Chubbs’locks which was placed on the door of _It is stated thm a raa a *>^ 0 , 000 , 000 . , 
No. 61. Miscellaneous Articles—Albert FI. Por- one of the vaults of the State paper Office of her w a- , „ U t 4,666 AmerI cans have left 
ter Niagara Falls. Majesty’s Government. The time occupied in B ° Sl ° n a,ld Philadelphia, for the 
‘ 11 pen n ten dent of Dairy Hall—E. N. Hunting- opening the lock was 25 minutes—and in 10 min- '' or d s pDlr ‘ 
ton, of Rome, in place of Israel Denio, declined, utes more he reloeked it, leaving it apparently in - At a l ate horse race in England 33 } mr <5 
°' nni,ttee °f Reception—rJames K. Livings- as good condition as when opened. This matter were entered; one man lost $4L0 000 on a 
ton, Rochester, in place ot F. Granger, declined, has assumed the more interest from the gascona- bet. ' ’ ng e j 
Snfn ’ ,Swif! ’ Geneva , was added to this com- ding tone whiah has been assumed here by _The Massilon ID hint k 
,n6tee ’ „ the English papers-aud they will, I trust, be sat- ,• , “ n “ ,Ion (Ohio) News says that the 
Forage Master—Ransom Miller, Gates. isfied in this case, as in that of the Yankee I ° f Stark and Wayne will send to market 
Wogli Masters—A. D. McMaster and James “ Thunder ,” that it can’t be beat. tlls ‘ r at iea st/o?^r thousand tons of pork! 
, The statement of the trial, as given by the En- -M. Daguerre, the celebrated inventor of the < 
Jfenw of %m, 
pleasant it may be to recreate at one’s leisure, 
there’s nothing, in our humble opinion, like unto 
useful, cheerful, earnest labor for many of the ills 
to which the flesh, the pocket, the mind or the 
conscience are subjected. Unlike many—we 
on, but Scotch and Irish. He also claimed the 
inventor of the Electric Telegraph as Irish. 
Speaking of the Iri.-h,—we learn from statistics 
before us, that the census of Ireland, just comple¬ 
ted, shows a diminution of 1,659,330 in popula- j 
might perhaps truly say most—of our brethren of tion ’ duri “g the past ten years. In 1841 it was 
the quill and scissors, we can even derive pleasure 8 > 175 -* 24 i now it is but 6,595,794 or 20 per cent, 
in the daily, almost hourly, slavery of editorial life. tkan less ten Y ears a £°- 1,1 1811 the population 
True it requires severe labor, is beset with care was 5,637,856; in 1821, 6,801,627, a large increase 
and vexation from without and within, and attend- °f 35 per cent. In 1831 it had increased 14 per 
ed with no trifling responsibility—yet, to one whose Cent -I *‘i 1841, the gain was 5 per cen\; and now 
heart is in the right place, there is a shade of light in 1851 » th e decrease is 20 per cent. In all other j 
in the, as usually drawn, dark picture. Every 
editor possesses the means of accomplishing good. 
nations and colonies, population increases. In 
England, Scotland, and Wales, 12 per cent., and 
to a greater or less extent, to his fellow man and sure ly the oppressions of Ireland must be very 
community at large—and if firmly resolved to use R real to place her 32 per cent, behind her neigh- 
Ihat power to the best of his ability, he will not fail hors of the “fast anchored Isles.” Look at or 
to promote, more or less, the happiness and inter- ‘“lagine the causes of this deplorable result, and 
est of every family and neighborhood to which, ^ ou wid he prepared to sympathize with the peo- 
through the potent type and press under his con- l de “Unhappy Ireland.” 
trol, he may be introduced. If all connected with 
the press would strive to use wisely and well the 
power they possess—seek to improve the mind and 
estate of their readers, rather than pander to a 
perverted taste, or entertain the imagination only 
The World’s Fair —Items. 
The editor of the Tribune gives the following 
items relative to the progress of the great Exhibi¬ 
tion, under date of July 25. Mr. Greeley is one 
New York ' Ves - Kichard G Allen ’ T'T ar6 « ivei ? belaw ’ °P««ed one of poultry in the United States to be $20 0007) 0 
» . „ A of Chubbs’locks which was placed on the door of _It is state,! a ear a $>^, 000 , 000 . 
No. 61. Miscellaneous Articles—Albert FI. Por- one of the vaults of the State paper Office of her iv x- , „ U t 4,666 A,I >onenns have left 
ter N.agara Falls. Majesty’s Government. The time occupied in B ° Ston a,id Philadelphia, for the 
u P e p nte,ld ® nt Dairy Hall—E. N. Hunting- opening the lock was 25 minutes—and in 10 min- '* or d s * nlr - 
ton, of Rome, in place of Israel Denio, declined, utes more he reloeked it, leaving it apparently in - At a ^ ate horse race in England 33 hors 
m, R n 'T? Re , cc P tion -y James K. Livings- as good condition as when opened. This matter were entered; one man lost $4t0 000 on a s ; n Ii! 
ton, Rochester, in place ot I’. Granger, declined, has assumed the more interest from the gascona- bet. ' ’ ng e 
Joseph G, bw'ft, Geneva, was added to this com- ding tone whiah has been assumed here by _The Massilon inhi n \ k 
m, “ ee ’ „ the English papers-aud they will, I trust, be sat- , S “* , ( ? lu °) ISews sa >' s that the 
Forage Master—Ransom Miller, Gates. isfied in this case, as in that of the Yankee I . c | 0U ' Al ® s of ptark and Wayne will send to market 
Wefgli Masters—A. D. McMaster and James “ Thunder," that it can’t be beat. tlls at least four thousand tons of pork! 
fc> 'wi U1 ?n ee W RO n he of r ’„ Tbe statemoilt of the trial, as given by the En- - M - Da guerre, the celebrated inventor of the 
; W Jf edle ’ Sbel! and VVax Work—Dr. M. ghsh themselves, is, that a number of gentlemen lhe Daguerreotype, recently died at his resident 
Strong, Roehester, Secretary to this Committee. were invited to be present at 34 Great George st., near Paris. ‘ d 
t .'aa- J J° We ^ —Brofessional and Amateur Westminster, to meet Mr. Hobbs, for tbe purpose_Tickets can ho W r . 
^ist Miss Ama Moore, of Brighton, in place of of affording him an opportunity of operating upon York v ■ r.i . Ao,n Rochester to New 
Miss Laura J. Whitney: Miss Whitney being-a a lock which some months since was nlaced noon ! . ’ ' v ' a ) ot the railroad and People’s Line, for 
to conquei a peace, extend knowledge, and of ilie Jurymen, and of course well posted cou- 
produce good will among mankind, instead of cerning matters upon which he writes: 
fighting o’er and o’er personal and party battles, . , ... 
, . I he Juries, Wltli barelv an exception in the case 
re-vamping nonsense, and pictoring-scenes of crimp ■ i *' . L , 
* 7 1 f, A-unesoi crime 0 f one or two articles to be submitted to turiher 
and bloodshed generally—how much more useful 
and honorable would be their course and profes- 
tests, have completed their awards of Prizes and 
made formal returns thereof to the Royal Com- 
r nu~ r' ..p •... .. J . 
Miss Laura J. Whitney: Miss Whitney being a a lock which some months since was placed upon . ' Wa * tJie railroad and People's Line, for 
member of committee No. 50. the door of one of the vaults of the State Paper 
On motion of Gen. Burroughs of Orleans 0f f 1Ce ‘ Sevar al gentlemen assembled, among -“ Copway’s .Ymerican Indian ” is the title of 
Resolved, That a frame building, not less’than TraT-Tl? IV l °f the Board of a new weekly paper, published in New York, by 
24 by 46 feet, he erected by the Society and fur- M, R .. , Peabod > = r ^ lr ’ Schenck, Engineer, Geo. Copway, at $3 a year. ’ J 
gue^s a'li? comwht rd ’ e " b ' ncn ^ for tbe officcr E am’ined and found'to be fafilyffickeffiMr.^Tobbs ' ~ The last S - mail tlia t crossed the Tsthmus 
fhe Present ann^nf« thl ? f( Soc, P et >’’ and that Produced from his waistcoat pocket two or three : 1,a ' na nu,nbered 184 ! ’ags, and weighed eight 
rft fS ToZ T 0f ,hree T.u' 8,naIland silll Plc looking tools, and within 25 min! tuns ’ . , 
resolution ’ ' Board, to cany out this utes from the time of commencing, the bolt of the | -Hie hofler of a distillery at Harrison, Ohio 
T , p * . , . l° ck flew back, and the door was opened. It was exploded on Saturday week, and killed fifteen 
sion, and how difl’erent from what it now is would m *ssi°n. I he Council ot Chairmen very nearly 
he the reputation and character of American C A ° m I ,le , ,ed their awards of Great Medals to-day. 
„ 1 zmieiio<ui A single session is to be held hereafter to pass cer- 
Newspapers. >Ve have almost unconsciously tain recommendations of Juries not yet perfected, 
been led into this digression—but the subject is one Many of the Jurors, having completed their allot- 
resolution. J 
^ The President appointed- J. W. Bissell and M. 
G. Warner; when on motion of Lewis F\ Allen, 
tlie President was made chairman of the commit- 
then suggested that Mr. Hobbs should turn tho , sons 
1 he boiler of a distillery at Harrison, Ohio 
exploded on Saturday week, and killed fifteen per’ < I 
bolt back again and lock the door. It being a 
“detector” lock, it was considered that he would 
- There nre fi ve candidates for Governor in 
I exns, five for I.ieut. Governor, and ns many for 
J. W. Bissell and M. G. Wnrn«r ... „<• .... , J , • , -.Miss Rremor fl. Q M.i:.u 
of great moment, and entitled to more attention ed ^ a8ors here, have already left for their homes. 
than can be bestowed in a passing, crude notice R * s Aecided that no publications of Awards (be- 
of this character. Y ond that already made in the case of British Ag- 
ricultural Implements,) shall take place until the 
Though we have not the vanity to suppose tho close ot the F’air. This decision mav of course 
reader particularly interested in regard to our per- be reviewed, but I think it will not be. ’Meantime, 
sonal movements and impressions, we mav and i*? 6 •| urors are under an injunction of secrecy to 
may not write out, from rough notes taken at'smht rZu 5& "I S publication sha11 bo °Z 
J . , , . gmiuies lunenaibignt, cially made—so all importunities are not merely 
some particulars aim impressions pertaining to city useless—they are insulting. 
and rural matters observed during our tour. We I think the Exhibition will close toward the end 
saw much that was, to us, new and interesting_°6 October, though the more prevalent opinion is, 
but found no agricultural district equal to Western lbat d w ‘ d 1101 tdl tbe m ‘ dd * e of November. 
W. Bissell and M. G. Warner. 
The amount necessary to be appropriated to car- 
ever was done to the interior of tbe lock,’and no 
Miss Bremer, the Swedish authoress is 
traces were to be seen of its having been picked. ! at N’ahant— will next visit Salem and the White 
rv out the foregoing resolution was discussed It The ,ock in ( l ueslion bore the stain P of “ Chubbs’ Mountains—and embark for Europe in Sept 
. • ai nn.pin 'nn.fpnrt.i 1 r • 
was filially decided to leave it to the discretion of 
the committee. 
new patent." 
Chubbs’ locks are in use ou all the government 
vaults, tho Bank of England and private banks, 
-Sharks now frequent New Haven Bay to 
such an extent that one or more is taken every day, 
The Boa.d then proceeded to appoint Deleo-ates- and lbe lock 1 presume is a very good one, but it | some measurin g six and seven feet, 
_ 0 ^fha Irinrl tnn.KL.r * I— a i -ff is nn\A'Quid I —_r 
as follows:— ° ’ is of the kind called tumbler locks, that can be’ It is now said that Jenny Lind intends to re 
F sZnL Ai Y„ S „ti?' _L - TuCkCT - Alba ”y- E - ““ »“y'on“ ..’.pen 'TZ f S *™ h J ' H “ U - U«. B^k 
Ohi!I!l M j a , T . key. * * * for August, takes strong ground in favor of the 
len, Buffalo; Gen. sTm. BunoSgKO^Teaiir'c^'' • 1 Was show ‘{ in a Bostou P a P er * a da Y or two pract)re o f [nedicme by females 
Lewis G. Morris, J. B. Burnett Syracuse ’ since ’ an article a PP arentl Y sanctioned by the U. tlnn a lew weeks four hundred thousand 
Pennsylvania—E. P. Premice’ Albany John A S ' Commissioner , who is now in the United States, dead ]ettors have been received at Washington from 
King, L- I.; Shepard Knapp, New York citv. tbat , tbe U,)lted States w °u |d receive more large California. 
Canada—Win. Bud, Rochester; Judffe'Fine medals tban , an >' ollier nation. How any gentle- --ItisproposedtoopenthedoorsoftheCrv‘- 
Ogdensburgh; Gen. Burroughs,Orleans Co.; Jas! l0WS “ y , ‘‘""l ° f tbe exhlbitioi b tal Palace to the million by reduce theadmittar e. 
P. Fogg and M. G. Warner, Rochester. sh . ould glve currency to such a statement, and to two pence cing tneadmittance 
TV/r:«U:_ T • t~i ... . vniSA AVnAPfnfinna nmnnn- < 1— . . 
It is now said tliat Jenny Lind intends to 
opened, and is therefore of no safety. The New- I ma ' n in this country until next 
New York, and no city that, all things considered, 
we should prefer as a residence to Rochester. 
The: Weather is a cool, damp subject about 
There is a suggestion of a week toward the close 
in which it is to be ppened to the wretched poor in 
London at a penny each. It strikes ine that any 
one unable to raise a shilling, needs some kindness 
more substantial than a penny admission to what I 
these days, but in the absence of a regular report can be t0 bbn only a show. 
from the clerk, we venture to speak of its unsea- The attendance was smaller yesterday and the 
sottable vagaries. August, thus far has been un- da Y betore . on account of a sour English rain- 
usually cool, with a large amount of rain We Sti ” C, ° ud >’ : 
, : ’ , 1 1 rain, vve and I flunk there were fully fifty thousand visitors 
have had no hot weather of late, though some present. 
warm mid-days, when the sun deigned to shine. At fl rst ’ tbe attendance was almost entirely of 
The nights are decidedly chill and overcoatish— Londoi, ors; now it is mostly of strangers. Great 
more like October than August. We have fre- "" Tt*** f ar - Ule Cr -V«taljalace daily, 
, ° ‘ dve ire* and long trains ot visitors are constiRtlv arriving 
fluent and copious rams. On Saturday morning from every part of Great Britain. The receipts 
last we were visited with one of the heaviest storms promise to average $10,000 per day for at least 
oftheseason—and copious showers during the dav. another month.' h. g. 
-- .. .... iiuunesier; juucre rule „ . j -- — ,—^ vyj/cn me uuors oi me t rv‘ 
Ogdensburgh; Gen. Burroughs,Orleans Co.; Jas! ZIn l ° WS “ y , th,n ? ° f tbe tal Palace to the million by red uoin«r the admittar e, 
P. Fogg and M. G. Warner, Rochester. sh . ould glve currency to such a statement, and to two pence g mittanc. 
Michigan—Lewis Eaton Buffalo- P m f raise expectations among our exhibitors that can- ,* • . Al 
pock. Buffalo- Wm H i - not bo realized. I do not know. „ ~~ lt is su Pl )osed that the cost of the World’ 
pock, Buffalo; Wm. H. Sotham, Livingston Co 
Maryland—B. P. Johnson, R. L. Alien, New 
York; J. D. McIntyre. 
Rhode Island—L. Spencer of East Che^r- P rize ’ m >' impression is that we shall bear but lit 
13 " ’ T * r ” -- ■ ^r. tie comparison with England, France or Austria. 
I believe we shall receive a very fair share Fair to tbe Cltiz ® ns this country who visit it, 
of medals; but of the Great Medal, or the first wdI not be less than $5,600,000. 
I hos. Bell and YV. II. Morris, Mon 
Massachusetts Horticultural’Society — j’ DeH- a ” lllustratlon , ° f tins—one jury reported tldr- mouth, Me. 
field, B. B. Kirkland, J. W. Bissell. ’ ty ' tw ° great 'fl edals * of wblc h two, I understand _, t 
—- V full grown moose was shot recently, with- j 
in a few rods of the railroad station in North Yar j 
Philadelphia Horticultural Society—A J Down w ere for America, a very large proportion being r nn A tremendous storm passed over Hartford, < 
ing, Dr. Wendell and P. Barry ' 11 for France and England. Our countrymen are Cl> " n - ; on Saturday last. 'Frees were uprooted, 
_ ’' preparing to return home; and most of tho jurors and son,e roofs of houses were blown off. 
Un motion, Lewis G. Morris was appointed to will have left after this week. Mr. Greeley re- - A pieceofgold about the size of u man’s foot ( 
confer with transportation Boats on the Hudson turned yesterday from the Continent, and is, I un- was found in Yorkville district S C n W 1 ’ <1 
River, with a view to have them convey Stock derstand ’ to loave for home earl - v ia August. ago, worth about $2,006. ' ’ ‘ ” }S | 
and Implements intended for the Fair, similar to Walking on thk Water -We learn „ -The trial of the Michigan Central Railroad 
those adopted by other transportation companies Paris correspondent' 5 the Philadelphia Bullefffi f wns ‘ ,lrator8 is fiti11 ^ng on. Over fifty days have ' 
m the State. th at a f cw Sundays since the experiment was tried >een con8lllnc fl in the examination of witnesses. 
I he Members of the Executive Board visited 011 the Seine, in the presence of a large number J -It is announced that the proper committees < 
the ground now being prepared for the Fair, and ° f 8 P ectators ’ wi . th P erfect success. What the in* have determined to call the next Democratic < 
expressed themselves well pleased with the loca- vided ConveMion « lleltimere. 
lion, as well as the arrangements of the Local the river, smoking cigars, wheeling at the word of I here are o c 2 newspapers published in IVoith 
Committee of the city of Rochester. command, and performing a variety of diverting Carolina, Sin Delaware; 45 in South Carolina; 94 
On motion, the Board adjourned. manoeuvres. The experiment was quite success- in Virginia; 53 in Georgia, and 9 in Florida. 
_ J *“ P - Fo “- te»“Vy fZcZE' , , "T y “ ,,J f h " ,t0n ,hC mmdmn ( 
F„,rr, U,to, ,r ” Ve ' ere °" We "‘™ Friday Is,.. E-»«». kan, „„ 
: man’s foot, ( 
We hear of no particular injury, but presuuie 
more or less grain has been wet and somewhat 
damaged—though the wheat crop is mostly se¬ 
cured. The wet weather has caused, and is caus¬ 
ing, much rot among potatoes—and unless there 
is a favorable change soon we fear the crop will be 
mainly destroyed in some localities. 
The Potato Rot.— During the past two weeks 
the disease has appeared in this section to a some¬ 
what alarming extent, and we fear a great portion 
of the crop will be lost. We hear unfavorable re¬ 
ports from almost every direction in this vicinity. 
Within a few days the rot has made rapid pro¬ 
state Elections. 
In North Carolina the Union party have suc¬ 
ceeded in electing most of their candidates. 
I ne returns indicate a decisive whig majority 
at the recent election in Tennessee. 
Returns from Indiana indicate that the demo¬ 
crats have elected 8 out of 10 members of Con¬ 
gress. 
Shields, the Union candidate, has been chosen 
Governor of Alabama. The election generally is 
in favor of the Union party. 
The Kentucky election has resulted in the choice 
of Powell, dem., Governor, and Thompson, whig, 
James P. Fogg, Acting Sec’ 
murderers 
I hipps Union Seminary. —The fall term of this \ waters. 
gress, the vines in many fields having the appear- r • r* . ’ 1 
n -l . , . . Lieut. Crov. Congress equal y divided—5 of each 
ance of being struck by the frost Tbe tubers are party being chosen” 
ance of being struck by the frost. The tubers are 
not yet affected to any extent, hut give evidence 
of tho appearance of the disease. Some growers 
election has resulted in the choice ‘ZuZ/ far dle education young Ladies, opens ~ ' ’ Henry Long, the famous re-captured fugitivi 
Governor and Thonmson wh\<r tbodd of . be P tember - The Principal, Mis. H. Treaty with the Sioux Indians.— The steam- was suspected of stealing $65, whipped and 
o\ ernor, and 1 hompson, whig, L. Achilles is an accomplished and experienced er Excelsior, from St. Paul, Minnesota, arrived at fessed. He is also to be tried f„ r !, !l 
ngress equally divided—j of each teacher, and is ass.sted in the various departments St Louis 30th of July. The officers report arv 8I)ee ches to his r n , ° S ' n( 
•n. by a corps of assistants who have earned a high that Gov. Ramsey and Col. Lea, Commissioner * ches to his fellow slaves. 
reputation. In this respect, this Institution ranks Indian Affairs,had returned from Traverse des -Uncle Sam has forbidden all further n 
A Steam-Tug, for towing canal boats, invented 
have commenced digging and using and market- by Mr G. Parker, left Albany on Thursday, up- 
ainong the first in Western New York, and we Sioux, having first signed the treaty for the pur- 
are happy to add that it is receiving a patronage chase of lands from the Sioux Indians. It is 
ing, to prevent total loss. on a trial trip through to Buffalo. The Argus says 
Normal School Examination' that itS SUCCCSS is com P'ete, a " d the opinion 'is 
- general that it will supersede all other means of ! 
Lacking space for such particulars as we de- tow ' n g- U bas b een found to be capable of tow- j 
signed giving, we transfer the following b-ief no- in £ six canal boatf! * carrying two hundred tons 
flee from the Democrat: each, (twelve hundred tons in all) at the rate of 
The Albany Journal of Saturday contains the tbree miles al1 hour—and this power is capable of 
addresses and poems delivered at the semi-annual increase, within the capacity of the canal brido-es 
examination of the Normal School Anessavm. . , , 1 caua * Dn ages 
the “ Progress of Society,” by Oscar A. Archer accommoda '^ a l a >’gcr wheel. It draws less 
of Livingston, is a fine effort.’ Gov. Briggs’ ad- tkan tkree ieet ot wa,er b Y lbe sl ern, and still less 
dress is marked by the sterling sound sense and b Y tbe bead > when prepared with fuel for a v' vage. 
real ability that characterize all of his public efforts ---' S 
The graduates number 28—females 17, males 11. A Wife Killed by her Husband.—O n Sunday 
Following the regular exercises of the examina- morning last, Jas. Barrett, residing on Atwater 
Add’™ 6 th T ° f 116 assccia,ion of graduates.— st., in this city, struck his wife with his fist hittina 
Addresses and poems were here a so the Drineinal u ,, . , , . , ’ ullun g 
features. Miss S. A. Clute, of Genesee Co read IT ° n temple ' and ,nstantl >’ felhn g b ^ to the 
a poem evincing much poetical taste. * noor. Mrs. B. remained insensible till about 2 o’- 
-—— -— clock, P. M., when she expired. Cause of the 
Normal School Students.—O n Saturday last, murder—liquor and bod temper. 
the Town Superintendents of this county appoint- ----- 
ed the following persons to fill vacancies in the ^ Real Amazonian.— i he Greenfield Gazette 
Normal School:—M. McN. Wai.sh, Chili- S states tbat a man wbo was making rather free 
Edney Spalding, Rochester; Mary H. Crosby with tbe ve ? etables in a gentleman’s garden in 
Normal School Examination. 
signed giving, we transfer the following b-ief no 
tice from the Democrat: 
-Uncle Sam has forbidden all further manu¬ 
facture of the flint lock guns. Percussion takes 
the field, and the “fire of the old flint” is extin- 
and during the last term by 200. Of the above y ea: ’ s —a specific sum annually. The Comniis- -1 he “ Hornet’s Nest and True Southron” is 
number 76 were entitled to and received prizes, sioners were to leave St. Paul on the 28th, for the debatin g tJ ie question whether the south shall re- ' 
and to 12 who had finished the prescribed course of purpose of getting the assent of the southern cede, secede, or succeed. She seems disposed to <-o 
studies, diplomas were awaided. It is neediest to bands to the treaty. We shall soon know the to seed, ut all events. 
Pr “ i3<! _ , —Tk. Indioiia ... to tho ftct 
ry r> ri that boutli Garolma nos 3.doiJtG(l tlic nittlpfliiuko no 
--ni---- Great Cali, for Postage Stamps.— Seventeen „ ,, , _ ‘ . , rauiosmiKe as ^ 
The Wheat Crop of 1851.—The reports from bundred dollars worth of postage stamps were sold 011 “ r ,l g> reminds her tliat the j 
the various grain-growing parts of the Union, in- dlIrin g business hours in Boston in one day; this, Amer,can ea S le ^ death on snakes. 
dicate that the wheat crop of the present vear’will t0 °’ under tbe rlde tbat 110 t‘ ldi vidual can purchase -The New York and Erie Railroad own 117 
he the heaviest ever taken from the earth in the m « re tha11 threo dollars worth at a time. The locomotives, and have 20 more building It is sun 
Western States In Ohio, the crop is a very large ^ duct . lon o! Postage has even at this early peri- pos cd that this road will require when in full one j 
and fine one. In New York, Indiana Michigan °d. given ample evidence that correspondence has „ , e ’ lull ope- l 
and Wisconsin, the yield is also verv large '"and boen and wil1 be materiall y increased —National 1 ’ e( l u ipment ot more than 200 locomotives. ' 
aL-v I 1 .c Al « „ r .. I*. T n ® ’ f'ti 1 nUicr eton rnnr _T'invi rxr o %- rt ^rkr^f FA . . • ) 
the wheat of the best quality. In Michigan, par¬ 
ticularly, the yield exceeds anything ever known, 
even in Michigan. 
Intelligencer. -During a recent assize in France, it was dis- 
T n T 7 , covered that many fires had been promoted bv 
Large Fire Bell.— An iron tower, one hun- , c ■ . . . , ' 
, , c . i ■ , • . y ’ . .* agents of insurance societies in order to terrifY H.r. 
dred feet high, is now m process of erection in - . . . w rerriij me 
the city of New York, to support a bell of ten tons farmRrs lnto Insu ring. 
weight to be used for a fire alarm bell only; the -Mayor Kingsland, of Now York, has vetoed 
BARLKY—There will be an immense crop of K u ^to support a beilol ten tons 
barley in this county this season. In New York elgbt to b ® “ sed for a drea,arm be ” fl n b r <’ tb e 
i> i i , i J mu, tower is on .Lin street., and wi n nmmimmi or xA 
price it pays better than wheat. The soil of On- 
ondaga is peculiarly adapted for the production of 
this grain, and we are gratified to learn that, from 
new Barley is held 'at 75 and 80 cents ' A _ t this I ! ower ' 8 , on L 33d str ^, and will be a prominent and the proposed Battery Enlargement bill; in return 
price it pays better than wheat. The soil of On' beau t“ ul f ob J ect - Tbe be11 ™ nearly double the for which the committee of Aldermen have report- 
’ ' ’. 1 wei S ht of au y other bel1 in the country. ed adversely to the much talked of un-town 
the lanre demand ai the Fast ■ 'hT History of Michigan.— Mr. John T. Blois, .... 
to keep up, at least for the present year. * John ° f ^thT^T °‘ M ‘ chi ? an ’ is en ? a ? ed 011 Car ’ * S °; le ' fuunl ; 
Tyler & Son’s new brewery at Albany will re- l f t th&t State - embracing a period from car, and is, bes.des, capab 
quire about 150,000 bushels of barley malt per an f h f first se.tlement to the present time, and also ten times its own weight. 
. J ^ intended to contain biographical sketches of the rr,i 
and Louisa Hitchcock, Ogden. 
Apples—W e are indebted to Mr. H. N. Lang- 
> worthy, of Irondequoit, for a basket of Early 
that town, on Friday last, was caught and thor¬ 
oughly whipped by the wife of the owner of the 
garden. 
ed adversely to the much talked of up-town park. 
Lois, - R ' s est * mated that a wrought iron railroad 
sd on car, is at least one-fourth lighter than the ordinary 
from car, and is, besides, capable of resisting a shock of 
Harvest Apples—embracing the finest specimen's n 'r 0011 ps Iowa.—A correspondent of the 
i , • ^ Z specimens Dubuque Herald savs that the wheat ctod in that 
we have seen this year. Mr. L. has one of the district of Iowa is nearly a failure. The wintei 
nnest tr not the best—fruit farms in Western New wheat was badly blighted and rusted, and the spring 
York. It is altogether a “ love of a place”_ wbeat ' R blighted also, in a great measure. The 
especially iu the peach season, which “good R ° raIook8 vel 7 poorly, but hopes are entertained 
. . ’ ‘ S OOH that it will vet turn out we . The oat cron is verv 
time we are not very patiently awaiting. abundant. ’ The potatoes are ruined by ffie ^ 
lium.— Syracuse Star. 
Morals of the Sandwich Islanders.— In 1847, 
there had been among them hut five executions. 
intended to contain biographical sketches of the 
prominent men of the State. Mr. B. has been a 
resident of Michigan for twenty years. 
Destructive FYke in Providence.— On Thurs- 
and these tor three murders, for ten years. No day night last a fire broke out m the North part of 
one, since that time, has been convicted of rnur- Providence, which proved to be the most disas- 
der. Rarely is a native seen intoxicated. Asa trous which has occurred for several years. The 
nation they observe the Sabbath, and attend upon Providence Journal estimates the loss at $60,000. 
the means of grace; read the Bible, aud seek God The fire is supposed to be the work of an incen- 
with their families. diary. 
-The return of the steamship Atlantic to New 
York on Sunday week, after an ubsenee of eight 
months, was greeted with demonstrations of joy by 
throngs of people. 
-Peaches are becoming quite abundant in 
New York—being brought from Delaware, over the 
Camden and and Amboy Railroad. About 900 bas¬ 
kets arrive daily. The best range from $1,25 to 
$2 per basket. 
