MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YO RKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL. 
ROCHESTER, AUGUST 21, 1851. 
Agricultural Fairs this Autumn. 
As the season of Fairs is at hand, we give be¬ 
low the time and place of holding most of the 
State and several of the New York County Exhi¬ 
bitions. The list will be continued hereafter, as 
fast and as far as we can gather the information 
desired. 
STATE EXHIBITIONS. 
Nkw York. — Rochester, Sept. 16, 17, 18 and 
19. 
Pennsylvania. — Harrrisburgh, Oct. 23, 24 and 
25, 
Vermont. —Middlebury, Sept. 10 and 11. 
New Hampshire. —Manchester, Oct. 8, 9 and 
10 . 
Ohio. —Columbus, Sept. 24, 25 and 26. 
Michigan. —Detroit, Sept. 24, 25 and 26. 
Wisconsin. —Janesville, Sept. 16, 17 and 18. 
Georgia. —Macon, Oct. 29, 30 and 31. 
Maryland.—B altimore, Sept. 23, 24, 25 and 
26. 
Ujpper Canada. —Brockville, Sept. 24, 25 and 
26. 
NEW YORK COUNTY SOCIETIES. 
Oneida. —Utica, Sept. 9, 10, 11 and 12. 
Saratoga. —Meclianicsville, Sept. 9, 10 and 11. 
Essex. —Elizabethtown, Sept 17 and 18. 
Wayne. —Lyons, Sept. 24, 25 and 26. 
Wyoming. —Wethersfield Springs, Sept. 24 
and 25. 
Cattaraugus. —Elicottville, Sept. 24 and 25. 
Livingston —Geneseo, Oct. 1 and 2. 
Ontario. —Canandaigua, Oct. 1 and 2. 
Orleans. —Albion, Oct. 2 and 3. 
The State Fair. —Our readers will find on 
another page the rules and regulations of the next 
State Fair, soon to occur in this city. 
It is announced that the Annual Address on the 
last day of the Fair will be delivered by the Hon. 
S. A Douglass, of Illinois. Although wcare not 
particularly favorable to the employment of States¬ 
men to deliver such addresses, yet there is propri¬ 
ety iii this selection, as Senator Douglass was for¬ 
merly a farmer and mechanic in Western New 
York, and as such laid the foundation of his pres¬ 
ent position. 
The Crops in Canada. —Our exchanges speak 
favorably of the crops generally, though wheat and 
grass are light and much below an average in some 
limited sections. The Hamilton Spectator of a 
late date says:—“ From all we can hoar, the wheat 
though exceedingly light in some localities, is likely 
to prove an average crop. A good deal has been 
cut, and in the course of the week the most of it 
will be secured. A great quantity of hay, which 
is very light this season, remains to he secured.— 
Barley and Oats look very promising and will be 
more than an average crop. The crops withal we 
have every reason to believe will exceed all ex¬ 
pectation.” 
The Fine Arts receive some attention in this 
goodly city, though our artists are not appreciated. 
Our people need not go abroad for either good 
portraits or fine landscapes, so long as we have in 
our midst such artists as Gilbert, Sintzenich, 
Harris,* and others. And this brings us to the 
-point of this notice, which we copy from the Ad¬ 
vertiser daily paper in these words:—“A Pano¬ 
rama of the Holy Land, painted by Eugene 
Sintzenich, Esq., of this city, will he ready for 
exhibition during the coining week. It is pro¬ 
nounced by those who have seen it, and who are 
judges of such works, to he the best Painting ever 
exhibited in this city.” 
Singular Weather Phenomonon. 
Clockville, Mad. Co., N. Y., Aug. 14, 1851. 
Friend Moore: —I yesterday witnessed what, 
to me, was a novel and sublime phenomenon. The 
day had been somewhat cloudy, yet the heat from 
the sun when it shone was intense. It was just 
one of those days when we may expect thunder 
showers, and several were noticed from here in 
different directions during the day. At about half 
past two o’clock, P. M., a rumbling noise was 
heard, lather to the N. VV., which at first I sup¬ 
posed to be the railroad cars. It soon, however, 
became apparent that it proceeded from the vicin¬ 
ity of the clouds, nearly over head. There was 
at the commencement of the noise, apparently none 
but light clouds in the vicinity, yet they soon be¬ 
gan to collect from all parts to this grand centre. 
They grew blacker and heavier, and from their 
whirling and tumbling motion, as occasionally a 
“ white cap” could he seen peering above the dark 
mass, they seemed fairly to boil,, la the course of 
ten or fifteen minutes there was a sharp discharge 
of thunder, and another as the shower passed off 
to the east. 
It rained none here, but it commenced some mile 
or two east and 60 on reached a heavy shower.— 
The rumbling continued some twenty minutes and 
resembled heavy thunder in the distance, only that 
it was continual, and passed nearly over head.— 
The wind at the time was N. W., and only blew 
moderately. This seemed to be the formation 
of a shower and the only instance of the kind I 
ever witnessed. Yours, &c., 
S. P. Chapman. 
American Board of Missions.— The American 
Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions 
will hold their aunual meeting the present year in 
Fortland, Maine, during the second week in Sep¬ 
tember next. 
Western Correspondence. 
Chicago, Ill., August 13, 1851. 
Friend Moore:— Galena, the city of eternal 
hills, is situated on Fevre Rive", a small sluggish 
stream, and is surrounded by a mining region, the 
richest in the world. Galena now contains a pop¬ 
ulation of six thousand, and has a more steady 
money market than any other city in the Union- 
The mines have not yielded as large a quantity of 
ore in this, as in previous years. The reason lor 
this is the seductive influence exerted on the mi¬ 
ners, by the California Gold Fever, which,with the 
cholera, raged hereto an alarming extent last \ ear. 
The mineral wealth of the surrounding count) is, 
however, exhaustless and will ever be the main 
source of Galena’s prosperity. 
West from Galena at the distance of two miles, 
the “ Father of Waters” rolls majestically along. 
As I stood on the banks of this noblest river in the 
world, while the evening twilight was playing on 
the dark masses of water, and the warbling of the 
prairie songsters was hushed, my mind involunta¬ 
rily turned to the contemplation of the wrongs, and 
destiny of the Indian race, that has crossed this 
river, never to retrace its steps. In the coifimon 
courso of events it will not he a long time hence 
ere the tide of emigration shall have reached the 
most remote hunting ground in the Indian terri¬ 
tory, bearing with it the arts, sciences and vices of 
civilized life—then on the golden shores ol the 
Pacific will be chanted the low, plaintive requiem 
and mournful dirge, telling that the last of the In-, 
dians have been smitten by the hand of death, 
and are now (according to their belief,) on the 
happy hunting grounds of the spirit-land. 
It was an unpleasant morning when I hade adieu 
to the narrow, dusty streets of Galena and started 
to revisit the scenery ol the “ Empire State in 
general, and the scenes in Rochester, in particu¬ 
lar. The route lay across a magnificent prairie, 
sixty miles in length, which was covered with a 
flowery robe of Nature’s richest weaving. Now 
and then I noticed neat white cottages, and small 
but thrifty orchards. The country here seems to 
be mostly settled by thriving farmers from the 
“ Green Mountains” and old “Granite” States, 
who have brought with them those maxims of po¬ 
litical and mental economy and persevering indus¬ 
try, which have rendered this “ Univeisal Yankee 
Nation,” world renowned. 
Tlie people of Wisconsin are now turning their 
attention to the raising of flax, which will, I think, 
in a few years become one of the main staples of 
this region of country. That prairie-iand is well 
adapted to the raising of flax none can doubt, and 
that it will pay is now no longer problematical, as 
numerous flax mills are in the process of erection. 
On the route which I traversed there was no 
town of much importance until I reached Kenosha, 
which is a flourishing and beautiful city, contain¬ 
ing five churches, a Seminary for young Ladies, 
and three printing offices—from which can be 
drawn a just inference of the prosperity, intelli¬ 
gence and morality of the place. Kenosha has a 
decent harbor, and a Park surrounded by the resi¬ 
dences of the aristocracy of the city. 
Business in Kenosha was very dull, as usual du¬ 
ring harvest time. There was, however, some ex¬ 
citement relative to the prospective hanging of an 
Irishman guilty of a most atrocious murder. 
The last rays of the declining sun gilded 
the domes and spires of Kenosha as 1 engaged a 
passage to Chicago, on the steamer Pacific. Soon 
we were on the broad bosom of Lake Michigan, 
and distance lent enchantment to the last view of 
the shores of Wisconsin—the State of wide and 
beautiful prairies, picturesque lakes, and sylvan 
groves. Yours, &c. 
Wilbur M. Hayward. 
Twenty Persons Drowned. —A despatch from 
Ogdenshurgh, under date of 16th, says:—“ We 
learn by the steamer last night that a Y aclu con- 
tainining a party of 16 ladies and 8 gentlemen 
from Kingston, were returning from a pic nic 
Thursday P. M., and were near the loot of Long 
Island, when the boat was capsized by a squall 
and the 16 ladies and 4 of the gentlemen were 
drowned. Four gentlemen were saved by swim¬ 
ming ashore. The boat was heavily ballasted with 
iron and went down immediately. Twelve bodies 
have been recovered.” 
A Strange Bird. —A letter just received from 
a friend in Allen, Hillsdale county, Mich., gives 
an account of the killing of a novel specimen of 
the feathered tribe—a stranger in those parts, at 
least. It states that .1. W. Sheriff, Esq., of that 
town, shot, a few days since, a white bird belong¬ 
ing to the crane tribe, which measured four feet 
from head to foot—and from the tips of the wings 
when extended, 4 feet and 8 inches. What is still 
more singular, the whole bird—body, wings and 
all—only weighed 1 pound and 10 ounces. 
Rochester University and Theological 
Seminary. — At a late meeting of the Baptist 
Church in Oswego, subscriptions to the amount of 
$3,000 were added to the endowment of the The¬ 
ological Seminary in this city. The enterprise 
has some warm friends in Oswego. The Palladi¬ 
um says: 
The success of the enterprise thus far, it seems 
to us, has been almost without a parallel. Within 
eighteen months since the subscription was started 
$150,000 endowment has been secured for the 
University, and between $40,000 and $50,000 for 
that of the Theological Seminary. The latter 
amount they expect to increase to $75,000. 
We understand that the prospect for the increase 
of students at the opening of the next term on the 
4th of September is very flattering. Ample ac¬ 
commodations for buildings, &c., for present use 
are secured. The tuition is $30 per annum.— 
Good table board may be had in private families 
for $1,50 per week, and young men who wish to 
practice close economy have boarded themselves 
for from 60 to 80 cents, 
tjT The Warsaw New Yorker says the work 
on the Attica and Hornellsville railroad is pro¬ 
gressing very fast in that vicinity. 
Cuban Affairs. 
As the public mind must he more or less excited 
in regard to the political movements now transpi¬ 
ring in Cuba, says the Savannah Republican, we 
place in our columns the following statistical ta¬ 
ble, taken from Wilson’s Map of Cuba, published 
in 1850: 
The whole population, including troops, strangers, 
&c .r.T.1,247,230 
The white population is. 565,560 
“ free colored “ 205,570 
“ slave ” 436,100 
Estimate of the number of men capable of bear¬ 
ing arms. 
Creole white,. 140,000 
“ free coloied,. 40,000 
180,000—all of whom it is said are favorable to 
revolution. 
Spaniards,. 20,000 
Spanish troops. 2/1,000 
43,000—who may be opposed to revolution.— 
In the jurisdictiction where the revolution is said 
to have commenced, Puerto Principe: 
Whites. 40,000 
Free colaspd. 10,000 
Slaves. 13,000 
Puerto Principe is about 350 miles from Ha¬ 
vana. The bay ot Neuvitas is the entrance to 
Puerto Principe, and the river emptying into the 
bay runs into the interior to the town ot Puerto 
Principe. The approach to the bay ot Neuvitas 
by troops must be made by sea from Havana. On 
the opposite side of the lslat d, and equi-distant 
fro Puerto Principe, are the town and rivers St. 
Croix, which is accessible to small vessels of war. 
A Balloon Failure. —On Wednesday last 
some 12,000 or 15,000 people assembled at Penn 
Yan to see Mr. Thurston's balloon Jupiter go up. 
They were disappointed. It would not ascend.— 
“ Six carboys of the Sulphuric acid were an infe¬ 
rior article,” and moreover a small hole was found 
cut in the top of the balloon. The thing was giv¬ 
en up, whereupon some rowdies commenced a 
riot. But the “ row ” was quelled by the Sheriff. 
Mr. Thurston finally .appeased the throng by prom¬ 
ising to “ go up ” on the 25th inst. 
Mrs. Bacon was badly bruised by the falling of 
a shed, and her little daughter had her collar bone 
broken^ No oilier serious accident.— American. 
Like many other hubbies inflated with gas, bal¬ 
loon asceusions, even when most successful, do 
not pay spectators. People who expend time and 
money for such sights generally make an invest¬ 
ment from which no dividend can he realized. 
Origin and Progress of Rochester. — Our 
readers will peruse with interest the extract from 
the new historical work of Orsamus Turner, Esq., 
(copied oil the first page of this paper,) exhibiting 
the germ of the now importont commercial city of 
Rochester which commenced its career with only 
15 inhabitants in 1812. Many of those readers 
like ourselves have watched the magic-like growth 
of that city from its wilderness condition, and have 
wondered and admired and still wonder and ad¬ 
mire, when they contemplate the energy and en¬ 
terprise distinguishing the character of American 
freemen, which are so happily illustrated and 
brought to view in this instance.— Wayne Sen¬ 
tinel. 
Rev. Washington Van Zandt.— It appears by 
the following from a Syracuse paper, that the 
above named individual, who has been a notorious 
character in his day, has engaged in a new coll¬ 
ing: 
W. Van Zandt opened his new saloon, the 
White Cottage, in Bank street, on Saturday eve¬ 
ning, when he received the calls of his numerous 
friends. The White Cottage is centrally situated, 
and will he kept in the best style. 
Militia, Army, and Navy.— The enrolled mi¬ 
litia of the United Slates, numbers 2,006,068 men, 
or an average of over 60,000 to each State. I enn- 
sylvania lias the largest number, 276,070, and 
Delaware the smallest, »,229. The Regular Ar¬ 
ray, as at present established by law, should be 
12,326, officers and privates, though from deser¬ 
tion, sickness, &c., the effective force is supposed 
to be Jess than 9,000 met* iu all, The Navy con¬ 
sists of 7 ships of the line, 12 frigates, 27 sloops, 
brigs, and schooners, 14 steam frigates steamers, 
and 5 store-ships. The total number oi officers 
and men of all descriptions, 8,415. 
New Postoffices. —The Postmaster General 
has established the following new Postoffices for 
the week ending August 9, 1851: 
Tuna. Cattaraugus, Henry Heath ; Salmon 
Creek, Monroe, Win. C. Clayton; Millburn, Co¬ 
lumbia, Philip Groat; Wassaic, Duchess, Orville 
Gridley; North Winfield, Herkimer, Josiah W. 
Warner; Ketchumville, Tioga, H. Ketchum; 
East Ashford, Cattaraugus, Alonzo Wiltse; Poli¬ 
tico, Cayuga, Osman Rhodes; Bangall, Dutchess, 
Alonzo Buel. 
A New College.—T he Dundee Record says 
that the Christian denomination are about to es¬ 
tablish a College in the vicinity of Seneca Lake, 
and thinks that West Dresden will be fixed upon 
for the location. Prof. Buckley, of Starkey Sem¬ 
inary, who is a wealthy landholder, owning seve¬ 
ral hundred acres in Benton, the Record says, has 
donated the sum of $1,000 for t ie purpose of se¬ 
curing the location at Dresden. 
Stung to Death.— On Saturday last, a very 
fine horse, the property of Col. A. Noble, ol Car¬ 
lisle, Pa., came to his’ death in a most singular 
manner. He was tied by the Colonel near to a 
bee-stand, for the purpose of grazing. In this po¬ 
sition he was left for an hour or more, and it is 
presumed that by switching his tail to keep off the 
flies, he gave offence to the bees, who attacked him 
in countless numbers. 
Another Rum Murder. —It is reported that on 
Sunday last, a man named White, living near 
Earlville, Madison Co., while intoxicated, com¬ 
menced a quarrel with his wife, because she would 
not give him some money she had iu her posses¬ 
sion, and struck her several times with a piece of 
board or plank, from the effects of which she died 
on Monday. 
A Great Brick Story. —Moses Weston mould¬ 
ed for M. L. Childs, of South Hadley Falls, in 11 £ 
hours, 21,162 bricks. When anybody can beat it, 
he is ready to try his hand again.— Springfield 
Republican. 
Potato Blight _The blight is making its ap¬ 
pearance in this vicinity and from present indica¬ 
tions we judge it will prove unusually destructive. 
Crops in the United States. 
The Cotton Crop. —The value and quantity j 
of this crop is universally known, hut the time : 
was when we wore taught to believe that it was 
our chief and almost only resource to pay for 
our foreign imports, and to keep the wheels of 
government in motion at home. 
In 1830, the consumption of cotton in this 
country was ajiout 180,000 bags. 
In 1850, it was about 600,000 bags, the con¬ 
sumption of which greatly tends to lessen our 
importations. 
The Wool Crop.—I n this branch of agri¬ 
culture we have now invested about $300,000,- 
ooo. 
In 1830, this crop held no prominent position 
in the statistics of he country. 
In 1849, the crop of wool in the United States 
was 72,000,000 pounds, and of the value of about 
$40,000,000, and quite as valuable as the cotton 
crop of 1830, which was then less than 1,000,- 
000 bales. 
The Grain Crop.—N o particular reference to 
this can be necessaiy. the statistics regarding 
which are well understood; but it may be re¬ 
membered that 
In 1830, the exports of breadstuff's 
and provisions were - - - -$13,075,430 
In 1849, they were ----- 38,155,507 
’The Lead Crop.—I n 1830, the product of lead 
received at the port of ..New Orleans only, was 
254,000 pigs. 
In 1849, it was at the same port, 508,000 pigs. 
The Copper Crop.—T here are no very au¬ 
thentic accounts of the product of the copper 
mines of the United States for the last year; 
but it was very considerable, and bids fair to be¬ 
come of no small importance, while in 1830, 
none or very little was produced in the coun¬ 
try. 
The Gold Crop.—R eceipts from California 
at the Mints of Philadelphia and New Orleans, 
from October 1850, to June 1851, were$35,000,- 
000. 
The Iron Crop.—I n 1845, it is said to have 
been as follows: 
Five hundred and forty blast furnaces yielding 
486 tons pig iron—average of 900 to the fur¬ 
nace per annum. ------ -486,000 
Nine hundred and fifty bloomeries, for¬ 
ges, rolling and slitting mills, and 
yielding 291,000 tons of bar, hoops, &c. 
Blooms - -- - - - -tons 30,000 
Castings, machinery, stove plate, <fcc. - -121,500 
Which, at the then market value, was estimat¬ 
ed thus: 
291,600 tons wro’t iron, at $80 ton.$23,328,000 
121,500 tons of castings at $75 ton - 9,112,500 
30,000 tons of bloomery iron at $50 
per ton - -- -- -- - 1,500,000 
$33,940,500 
[Cincinnati Gaz. 
The Grand Railway Jubilee.—T he Boston 
Journal states that the arrangements for the 
grand railway celebration next month are being 
pressed forward with vigor, and upon a scale of 
grandeur and magnificence which will eclipse 
anything of the kind ever before seen in this 
city. The celebration will probably take place 
the first week in September. The Courier says 
that invitations will be given to all the Foreign 
Ministers at Washington, to the Governors of 
Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, Ac. There 
will be processions, addresses and banquets, 
probably a review of the troops, and grand ex¬ 
cursions in the harbor by the new and splendid 
ocean steamer, the S. S. Lewis, escorted by all 
the steamboats in this quarter, followed in the 
evening by fireworks from the-wharves at South 
Boston and Boston proper, from East Boston 
and Charlestown, Chelsea, and the islands; all 
the vessels in the bay being at the same time il¬ 
luminated by means of variegated lanterns, and 
having on board parties of ladies and gentlemen 
and bands of music. 
State Normal School.—W e learn from the 
Albany Journal, that the resignation of two ol' 
the Professors of the State Normal School, takes 
effect with the close of the present term. Prof. 
Clark’s place has been filled by the appointment 
of Prof. Johnson, from Yale College,a young 
man who has so distinguished himself in the de¬ 
partment of the Natural Sciences, and especially 
in the application of Chemistry to Agriculture, 
as to receive the unqualified recommendation of 
the first chemists ot the age, and the appoint¬ 
ment as Professor of that Department, in the 
Normal School. The successor to Prof. Eaton 
has not yet been appointed. The retiring Pro¬ 
fessors says the Journal, each received from the 
pupils an elegantly bound volume of Harper’s 
illustrated Bible, as a token of the high regard 
in which they are held. Among the' many other 
manifestations of respect made to the different 
members of the faculty, we noticed with pleas¬ 
ure Ihe presentation of an elegant Silver Cup to 
Prof. Perkins, the esteemed and efficient Prin¬ 
cipal of the Institution. 
Postoffice Stamps. —The fellow who, under 
the present cheap system, would undertake to 
use a postoffice stamp twice, would “ steal a 
blind dog’s dinner, and then stone him for being 
blind.” Mr. Lincoln, the postmaster at Worces¬ 
ter, gives notice, in the columns of the Worces¬ 
ter Transcript, that in consequence of the fie- 
quent attempts, at that office, to make use of 
postoffice stamps twice over, that he shall here¬ 
after prosecute tlie offender to the utmost limit 
of the law. 
A Lady in the Field. —Gen. Lopez has re¬ 
ceived intelligence that an accomplished lady, a 
friend and devotee of Cuban lndepender.ee—Don¬ 
na Martina Pierra de Aguero — had taken the 
field with the patriots, dressed in the garb of a 
soldier, and mounted on a splendid charger, en¬ 
countering all the perils and fatigues of partizan 
warfare. 
Peaches. — 1’lie Philadelphia papers say that 
judging from the immense quantity of peaches 
daily transported from the railroad depot at Cam¬ 
den, to New York, the crops must have been more 
plentiful in the surrounding country than has been 
anticipated, as thousands of bushels arrive at the 
depot daily. 
Honorable.— The firm of YV. & B. Douglas, 
of Middletown, which failed eight or nine years 
ago, and settled with their creditors for forty cents 
on the dollar, have been since so much prospered 
that they have paid all their old debts, principal 
and interest.— -New Haven Pal. 
Pre-payment. —YYe are informed at the Post- 
Office in this city that, comparatively very few 
unpaid letters are now received. Since the first 
of July nearly every letter bears tlie red three cent 
stamp. This is as it should be. Much every way 
is saved by payment in advance.— American. 
Itmts of Hems, &r. 
-The Buffalo Express says that the potato rot 
is making serious ravages in Erie county. 
-Tlie new Constitution of Indiana has been 
adopted by 23,000 majority. > 
-The average nssessed value of land per acre ) 
in Wisconsin, for the year 1850, was $3,25. 
-The coinage of the United States Mints, 
from January to July inclusive, was $35,000,000. j j 
--Mr. -Clay is at the Blue Lick Springs in Ken¬ 
tucky, with very much improved health. 
-\ National Agricultural Fuir is to he got up ( ' 
in Washington during the next session. j> ) 
-The potato rot is very bad in Wisconsin and 
part of Illinois. ) ) 
-The Michigan Conspiracy case has termina- ; 1 
ted so far as the evidence is concerned. < ( 
-Apollonia Jagello, the famous Hungarian ex- ^ ) 
ile, was married at Harper’s Ferry, on Saturday, to 
Major Tochman, of Washington City. 
-In YVayne County, a single grain of wheat • ) 
produced 90 stems, the heads on which numbered 
400 kernels. 
-The Troy Whig says there arc probably not j j 
less than 5000 persons engaged in making shirts and ( 
collars, in that city. Guess not. 
-The Rome and Watertown Railroad is ex- , ) 
pccted to he finished to the latter place in the course ' 
of three or four weeks. / 
-The people of Auburn arc taking measures 1 
for the establishment of a Female College in that < 
city. ’ 1 j 
-A young lady in Augusta, a few days since ’ ? 
witnessed the marriage of her own Grandfather 
with her own Grandmother. \ 
-The Synod of Genesee commences its an- ( l 
nun! meeting in the Brick Church of this city, on > ‘ 
Monday, the 18th inst. ( 
-The amount of coal sent to market from the < 
Pennsylvania anthricite regions in 1851, was 3,- ) ) 
127,083 tons. 
-The required sum of $3000 has been raised J j 
for the purchase of the library belonging to the late j 
Dr. Neander, for Lane Seminary. 
——Dr. Valentine Mott, of New Y’ork, has no- ( 
cepted the chair of surgery in the Washington Uni- [ 
versity. ( 
-A monument is to he elevated to the memo- 
ry of Marshal Ney, on the very spot where he was 
shot m 1815, by order of the Bourbons. 
-G. P. 11. James has been invited to address / 
tho Agricultural Society of Oneida Co., at their 
approaching Fair. 
-Hon. Daniel Webster is to deliver the annu- , 
al address before the Maryland Agricultural Society <’ 
next October. [ ) 
-A Newcastle paper records the arrival by '■ 
railway of three hundred rats, addressed to a sad- < 
dler in Newcastle. £ 
-It is surmised that the Princess Charlotte, ( ) 
daughter of the King of the Belgians, is intended ^ , 
as a wife for the Prince of Wales. 
( / 
-A census just taken proves the population of { > 
Switzerland to he 2,425,001); half a million lets ) 
than that of tho State of New York. ( [ 
-Edwin Forrest, as a citizen of Pennsylvania <j 5 
has entered in the U. S. District Court a suit f r 
libel ngainst Mr. Willis the damages laid at $20,000. ' 
-The East Genesee Conference of the Meth 
odist Church, will meet nt Penn Van, on the 20th < 
instant. 
-Mr. Nettleship, of Little Markham, Notts, ( 
who is in his 90th year, a few days since walked to [ 
Kelham and back, a distance of twenty-eight miles, ( 
with ease. r 
-A French paper states that u locomotive re- J 
cently passed over the railroad from Tours to Bor- < 
deaux, a distance of 123 kilometres (74 miles) in j > 
61 minutes. 
-Mrs. Judson sailed in the ship Tudor from ; 
Calcutta in February. She was at “ the Cape” on \ 
the Inst of May, having met with severe gales on , 
her passage. 
-The Toledo and Cleveland Railroad is to he < 
completed in January, 1853. A Company in N. H. ^ 
have taken the contract for making and furnishing ( 
the entire Road. [ 
-A young eagle of the genuine E Pluribus j, 
Union species, lately flew into a window of a book ' > 
bindery in the 4th story of tho Philadelphia Ledger 
Ofliee, where it was captured nnd cared for. 
-The cost to Virginia of the late Reform Con. 
° . ) 
vention, is set down by the Republican at $220,- , 
0.)(). Of this sum, upwards of $20,000 were fur ( 
printing and reporting. ^ } 
_The Tolls collected upon the lYew Y’ork Ca- j 
nals, up to the (14th of August inst., show an in. ( 
crease over the amount collected last year to same : , 
date; of $293,861. \ \ 
_Tne Boston Post says there 240 expresses in j » 
that city, communicating with 1,501) cities and 
towns. It is estimated that they carry 16.000 / 
packages daily, ; 
_The amount of salt inspected at the Onon- ( 
daga Works since January to the 9th instant, was 
2,633,772 barrels, an increase of 272.918 over last ( 
year. 
_The largest deposit of gold dust ever made < , 
at the United States Mint nt one time was made ; 
lately by Hamden’s Express, for D ew, Robinson ; 
& Co., and amounted to 11,869 oz. 31-100, equiva. < . 
lent to about $220,000. j 1 
_The heavy thunder and lightning storm ( 
which passed over Albany on the 7th instant, did ) 
considerable daiuago to many buildings. 1 he 
lightning struck at many points in the city and > 
neighborhood. 
-The Poughkeepsie Telegraph notices the dis ( 
covery of a coal mine on the farm of F. B. Schultz : j 
in Clinton, Dutchess. The coal lies near the siir- f 
face of the earth, and is similar to that taken lrom < ’ 
the Lackawana mines. _ , , 
_Mr. Hobbs, the American locksmith, it i.s \ 
said will likely succeed In picking the famous lock J. ) 
of Bramah & Co. lie had already, in the course 
of a lew days’ work, removed several of the main ^ > 
holts. ^ 
-The following Banks in this State have giv- < > 
en notice of their intention to close their affairs and £ j 
withdraw their circulation:—Adams Bank, Ashford; < 
American Bank, Mnyville; Champlain Bank, El- ( 
lensburgh; Cortland Co, Bank, Cincinnatus, \ 
Knickerbocker Bank, Geneva. 
