MOORE’S RURAL NEW-IO RKER: AN AGRICULTURE AND FAMILY JOURNAL. 
ROCHESTER. SEPTEMBER 18, 1851. 
~»U Y. STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
President — John Delafield, Seneca. 
Vice Presidents -William Duel. Rochester, Silas M. 
Burroughs, Orleans, Benjamin Enos, Madison; 
Henry Wager, Oneida; Samuel Cheever, Sara- 
toga; Anthony Van Bergen; Greene; Lewis G. 
Morris, Westchester; Shepherd Knapp, N. 1 ork. 
Corresponding Secretary- B. P. Johnson, Albany. 
Recording Secretary-i. McD. McIntyre, Albany. 
Treasurer —Luther Tucker, Albany. 
Additional Members Executive Committee— J .5- 
Burnet, Syracuse; M. G. Warner, Rochester; 
Josiah W. Bissell, Rochester; B. B. kirtland, 
Rensselaer; A. Stevens, New York. 
Ex-Presidents, ex officio Members— J . M. Sherwood, 
George Vail, Lewis F. Allen, John A. King, E. 
U. Prentice. 
THE GREAT SHOW, AND WHAT IS THERE- 
Although we have endeavored in prodding 
pages to notice the prominent notabilities of the 
State Fair, there are many conspicuous features to 
which no allusion lias yet been made. It was our 
intention to make amends, in the summing up, on 
this page—but an unforseen circumstance lias 
prevented us'from pursuing the subject as design¬ 
ed. We can, therefore, merely glance, now, at 
some, and perhaps omit altogether other, matters 
pertaining to the exhibition. 
lu most respects the show is, as we anticipated, 
superior to any previous one held by the Society. 
The People are coming by hundreds and thou¬ 
sands—and, so far, we think a much greater pro¬ 
portion than ever before are exhibitors. 1 his v. as 
expected, for the great majority in this region of 
the State arc producers of articles appropriate for 
display at the exhibition. 
The show of stock, of all kinds, is large. Of 
Cattle, there are many fine animals of the popular 
foreign and native breeds. The show of Short¬ 
horns and Devons is superior in numbers and 
quality—showing a large increase, and some im¬ 
provement, over former years. The Herefoids, 
Ay res! i ires, Ac., are also well represented by some 
very fine specimens. 
The display of Horses and Sheep is also good 
—both departments presenting more and better 
animals than many expected. The horse range 
is an attractive point, and shows some of the best 
blood in the land. The number of sheep is much 
greater than was anticipated by the Society, and 
additional pens have necessarily been constructed 
since the Fair opened. 
Of Swine there is likewise a show which proves 
that not a few exhibitors are determined that the 
lovers of dough-nuts, ham, and the other “pork 
and beans” of life, may ere long be provided with 
those substantials. 
The exhibition of Agricultural Machinery and 
Implements far surpasses, in number, variety and 
quality, any ever before got up in the Union. A 
friend who has just returned from the World’s 
Fair, says that many of the machines and imple¬ 
ments here displayed are superior to any thing 
produced in Europe—particularly in lightness, 
cheapness and adaptability. I he mechanics and 
manufacturers of Western New York may well 
feel proud of their exhibit in this department. 
There is a large and varied show of Poultry— 
and though we think the chicken fever smacks 
strongly of the Moras Multicaulis speculation, the 
fine display exhibits good points and really valu¬ 
able specimens. All poultry fanciers will of 
course govern themselves accordingly. 
We have been unable to examine tbe show of 
Butter and Cheese—but from what we gather, 
learn that the prospect is good for a creditable ex¬ 
hibition. 
The exhibition of domestic manufactures, &c., 
is comparatively meagre—the only department in 
which there is any apparent decrease. We hope 
it will improve as the Fair progresses. 
Of Fruits, Flowers and Vegetables there is a 
large and magnificent exhibition. 1 loral Ilall is 
very tastefully arranged and most creditably filled 
_proviug that our cultivators are on hand, and 
that the soil and climate of this section have not 
been overrated. r I he best and most abundant 
fruits of Pomona and Flora are here —and of 
course Floral Hall is the “cynosure of all eyes.” 
The Women have attended to its decoration and 
as a consequence the interior of the Hall is as supe¬ 
rior to the imaginary picture given in the extra 
Illustrated American (?) News as one can possi¬ 
bly conceive. 
Of Stoves, Silver Ware, Cutlery &c., &c., 
there is no lack in number or variety of articles. 
The classes of Miscellaneous articles on exhibi¬ 
tion are “ too numerous to mention,” but the most 
prominent in each will he noted when found. 
The Fair Ground presents many novelties of 
which wo shall speak hereafter;—and we will 
only add that, taken as a whole, the Show now 
(Wednesday noon,) promises to be all and more 
than the Society and people of the State could 
have anticipated. 
Distinguished Visitors.— Among the. arrivals 
we notice tie names of Senator Douglass, orator 
of the Fair, Gov. Wright of Indiana, Gen. Wool, 
Lord Elgix and suite, and Wm. Lyon McKenzie, 
from abroad. Hon. Horace Greeley, and Gen. - 
Webb, of New York ; Geo. Dawson, Esq., of Al¬ 
bany, and many other distinguished editors have 
already arrived. We have had the pleasure of 
meeting Messrs. Howard, Peters and Bateham, 
and presume many other gentlemen connected 
with the Agricultural Press will soon arrive. 
STATE FAIR.-REGULATIONS. 
The following extract from the Regulations of 
the Society, contains the order ;f proceedings, die,, 
during the principal days of the Fair : 
WEDNESDAY, 17th of September—The 
Judges will assemble punctually at 11 o’clock 
A. M. iu ilic Speaker’s Tent, when the Commit¬ 
tees will bo organized, and honks of entries and 
instructions delivered to each Committee. The 
Judges will then enter upon their several duties, 
i attended by the Superintendent of the depart¬ 
ments. 
Members and guests of tin; society only are ad¬ 
mitted to the fairgrounds during the examination 
by the Judges. 
Invited guests—delegates from other States, 
and County Societies, or other associations; are 
requested to present themselves at the Secretary’s 
office on arrival, 
THURSDAY. 18th September—The grounds 
will be opened this day to the Public. Tickets 
for Admission, 12)^ cents, will be obtained at the 
Ticket office near the entrance gate. Members 
will obtain their badges and tickets from the 
Treasurer at the business office. Members are 
admitted at all times during the fair. 
Strangers of distinction invited by the society, 
will be conducted to the grounds for the inspec¬ 
tion of the exhibition. 
FRIDAY, 19th September—The far grounds 
continue open to the Public this day. The 
Plowing Match will be held this day, on the 
farm of Judge Bukl. The Plowmen will take 
their stations at 10 o’clock A. M. The Pre¬ 
mium animals will be paraded and conducted 
around the grounds at 11 o’clock A. M. At 2 
o’clock P. M., the Annual Address before the so¬ 
ciety will be delivered by the Eon. S. A. Doug¬ 
lass, of Iilinois, at the close; of which the suc¬ 
cessful competitors at thi3 exhibition will be de¬ 
clared. f 
The members of tbe executive Committee will 
be designated by Scarlet Rosetts with a Pendant 
Medal. 
Members of the City Committee will be desig¬ 
nated by a Golden Star. 
Members of the society will wear Orange Col¬ 
ored Badges. 
Invited guests will bo designated by Scarlet 
Rosetts. j 
The President’s aids will wear Silver Stars. 
The General Superintendents of the ground 
will be known by a White Rosette with a Red 
Centre. 
All persons intending to visit the Fair Grounds 
in carriages, will be careful to procure their tick¬ 
ets for admission, before they approach the en¬ 
trance gates. No carriages can bepermmitted to 
stand on any part of the Fair Grounds. Coach¬ 
men will be cautious to comply strictly with these 
regulations. 
The gates of the Fair Grounds will be open 
to the Public on Thursday and Friday at 7 o’clock 
A. M., and will be closed at 0 o’clock P. M. The 
Public are requested to withdraw from the 
grounds when the evening bell is sounded at half 
past five P. M., as it is essential to the comfort 
and convenience of all who attend the Fair, that 
persons in attendance may feed and water the 
stock and re-arrange the grounds. 
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Our Taper. —Wc have endeavored to present, 
this week, some of the prominent features of the 
State Fair. In so doing wc have sought to make 
our sheet valuable rather than beautiful—one of 
utility, in preference to fancy. Leaving imagin¬ 
ary sketches to those who temporarily enter the 
field of agricultural literature, for the purpose of 
securing the almighty dollar—we prefer to deline¬ 
ate reality. We illustrate and describe matters 
and things whereof wc have knowledge—finding 
enough of interest and value, without picturing 
suppositions or expectations. Such as we furnish 
is respectfully submitted to all interested in the 
Productions of skill and well directed Industry. 
Or the Fair Ground we attempt no description 
or illustration, this week—it being impossible to 
procure an accurate engraving in season. We 
shall probably give something reliable hereafter 
— but leave a clear track, now, to those who are 
an fait at guessing and publishing the results of 
that extraordinary faculty. 
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. 
Pennsylvania. —Hnrrrisburgh, Oct 23,24 & 25. 
New Hampshire. —Manchester, Oct. 8, 9 & 10. 
Ohio. —Columbus, Sept. 24, 25 &26- 
Michigan. —Detroit, Sept. 24, 25 & 26. 
Georgia. —Macon, Oct. 29, 30 & 31. 
Maryland.—B altimore, Sept. 23, 24, 25 & 26. 
Upper Canada. —BrockviWfcj Sept. 24,25 & 26. 
American Institute, Castle Garden, New York, 
Oct. 1 to 6; Plowing Match, 7 &8; Cattle Show, 
15. 16 & 18. 
NEW YORK COUNTY SOCIETIES. 
Allegany. —Angelica, Oct. 1 and 2. 
Cayuga. —Auburn, Oct. 1 and 2. 
Chenango. —Smyrna, Oct. I and 2. 
Cattaraugus. —Elicottville, Sept. 24 and 25. 
Dutchess. —Washington, Oct. 1 and 2. 
Fulton 4* Hamilton. —Johnstown, Oct. 7. 
Genesee. —Batavia, Oct. 2 and 3. 
Greene. —Coxsackie, Sept. 24 and 25. 
Livingston. —Geneseo, Oct. 1 and 2. 
Madison. —Hamilton, Oct. 1 and 2. 
Montgomery. —Fonda, Oct. 2 and 3. 
Onondaga. —Syracuse, Oct. 1 and 2. 
Otsego. -Oct. 1 and 2. 
Ontario. —Canandaigua, Oct. 1 and 2. 
Orleans. —Albion, Oct. 2 and 3. 
Queens. —Jamaica, Oct. 2. 
Seneca. —Waterloo, Oct. 9 and 10. 
Wayne. —Lyons, Sept. 24, 25 and 26. 
Wyoming. — Wethersfield Springs, Sept. 24 
and 25. 
TOWN AND DISTRICT SOCIETIES- 
E. Bloomfield Ag. So.— E. Bloomfield, Sept 24. 
Union Ag. 4* Mcch. Fair 4- Cattle Show .— 
Arcade, Wyoming Co., Sept. 25 and 26. 
Livonia. —Liyonia Centre, Oct. 8. 
Exta Copies of this paper can be obtained at 
6 cents each, or $3 per hundred, on application 
at the Publication Office,—or of our agent whose 
office is in front of Mechanic’s Hall, on the Fair 
Ground. 
Emery & Co,’s Power, Thresher and Separator. 
Conspicuous among the machinery in operation 
on the Fair Ground is Emery & Co.’s combined 
Railroad Horse-Power, Thresher and Separator.— 
Our readers already know our opinion in regard to 
this machine, and those who are at the Fair will 
have a good opportunity to examine and see it in 
operation. It is already widely and favori.bly 
known throughout the country. 
— We expected a large and fine engraving of tke 
machine, which we intended to insert with a de¬ 
scription—and can only give this brief notice at the 
moment of going to press. 
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KETCHUM’S MOWING MACHINE. 
This machine stands prominent among the 
numerous agricultural [machines on the show 
ground—and deservedly receives a large share of 
observation. It is a very perfect machine, and 
perhaps the most valuable to grass growers of any 
on exhibition. 
Mr. Geo. Shaffer, of Wheatland, has used one 
of these machines extensively in cutting all kinds 
of grass/ and assures us that it is “ all right ”— 
just the article for the purpose to which it is 
adapted. T. C. Peters, Esq., editor of the Wool 
Grower, (now standing at our elbow,) adds his 
testimony to the same effect. He has cut over a 
hundred acres of grass with it this season, and 
says the machine works admirably. 
M’CORMICK’S VIRGINIA REAPER. 
This celebrated machine, which secured the 
medal and created a great sensation at the World's 
Fair, has arrived on the show ground just as our 
paper goes to press. We have only time and room 
to announce the fact, and give a figure representing 
the Reaper in operation. No doubt it will attract 
particular’ observation. 
SWIFT’S HORSE RASE. 
We have heretofore given representations of 
the Horse Rake, an article of the highest utility 
upon the farm, and one which, as a labor saving 
implement, cannot be too highly commended. 
The cut here given represents, on a diminished 
scale. Swift’s patent Horse Rake, manufactured 
by Z. W. (Smith & Co., Honeoye Fails, N. Y.* 
who own the right for this Stale. It is similar to 
the common revolving rake, with the addition of 
thills and an arrangement simple and effective, 
enabling the user to arrest the revolution at any de¬ 
sired point, so the rake need not revolve and dis¬ 
charge the load if the teeth hit any obstruction.— 
They are “ got up ” in a very neat, substantial 
manner, and deservedly attract a crowd of obser¬ 
vers on the show ground. 
Other “revolvers,” and the Wire-Tooth Rake, 
are also on exhibition, 
ROCHESTER NURSERIES AND GARDENS. 
The Nursery business in and about Rochester, 
though of comparatively recent date, has become 
very extensive and important, and we are enabled 
bv a series of articles commenced in the Daily 
Advertiser, to give some interesting statistical in¬ 
formation on the subject. As to its extent, it is 
estimated that the sales of fruit and ornamental 
trees and plants amount to not less than $200,000 
per year, in all the nurseries of the city. Large 
orders are received from New-England, as well 
as Canada. Northern and Central New York and 
the Western States. And from the peculiar 
adaptation of our soil and climate to fruit culture, 
trees from this vicinity have gained the reputation 
of succeeding better than any others when trans¬ 
planted to distant localities. 
Rochester, long famous for its Mills and Manu¬ 
factures, may boast of her Nurseries and Gardens 
as well. They are ever attractive resorts for 
strangers and citizens, and will be thronged no 
doubt the present week, by the visitors to the 
Great Fair. We extract below from the sketches 
1 above alluded to, notices of the Mt. Hope and 
Genesee Valley Nurseries. The Nurseries of 
Ryan & Co , on the Charlotte plank road,—S. 
Moulson, North Clinton street,— Hooker & Co., 
; East Avenue, and King & Dawk, Mt. Hope Av- 
j enue,—are also deserving of special notice, and 
! we shall endeavor to give sketches of each. Stran¬ 
gers visiting the Fair can easily find them, and 
will be repaid for an examination. 
“ And first, we commence with the * Mt. Hope 
Nurseries,’ of Messrs. KUwanger & Barry. These 
were established in 1839, and from small begin¬ 
nings, have increased till they now cover about one 
hundred acres of land, admirably adapted to the 
object sought. About one half of the ground thus 
employed, faces on Mount Hope Avenue, where 
are also the tasteful residences of the proprietors, 
and the other faces on Genesee street and the 
south line of the city. Of this large quantity of 
land, which has been prepared with special re'eY- 
ence to this business, about seven-eighths of the 
whole are devoted to fruit trees, which at this time 
number about one million and a half! Two acres 
are devoted to rose culture exclusively, and the 
remainder of the ground is occupied with orna¬ 
mental, and specimen trees and plants. 
The culture of dwarf garden trees receives great 
attention, and was first introduced, on an exten¬ 
sive scale, into this country by this establishment. 
In superintending and taking care of this estab¬ 
lishment there are employed fifty men and six 
horses, on an average of nine months in the year, 
j and from twenty to thirty men during the balance 
j of it. 
When Messrs. E. & B. commenced, there was 
no large establishment west o f Hudson, and the 
whole country had to procure their trees from the 
Long Island Nurseries; now, fully one half of the 
trees grown here find an Eastern market. Few or¬ 
ders from that section go west of this city. 
This establishment is finely located, overlooking 
the city, and is well worth a special drive to that 
place, if for nothing else but to examine the stocks 
and the order in which the whole is kept.” 
“The Genesee Valley Nursery is situated on 
the west side of the Genesee Valley Canal, and 
abutting on it near the bridge which spans it on 
the way to the Rapids, and is the property of 
Alonzo Frost & Co. It is but a few years since 
the ground appropriated for this Nursery was in 
the ‘ rough’—much of it swampy, but of supe¬ 
rior fertility when relieved from the supeifluous 
moisture, which was readily and easily done when 
taken in hand by the present proprietors. The 
j larger portion of the ground was high and dry, 
running back from the canal on a gentle slope, 
giving the whole a handsome eastern face. The 
lot was regularly laid out in 1849, and since that 
time no labor or expense have been spared to fit it 
for the purpose designed. 
The amount of ground already prepared and 
put to the uses of the Nursery, is forty acres involv- 
j ing an expense of some $6,000, and it is proposed 
the coming year to add ten acres more, thus giv¬ 
ing a compact body of fifty acres of land to the 
purposes of Horticulture. To this will be added 
a Green House, in which will be found all the rare 
specimens known in the catalogue of the Horti¬ 
culturist—combining nil the most approved varie¬ 
ties of tree, shrub and flower, and presenting, on 
the whole, a combination which cannot fail to at¬ 
tract the attention and ensure the approval of all 
who seek trees, whether for fruit or ornament.— 
Those who are visiting the State Fair Grounds will 
have a favorable opportunity to witness this Nur¬ 
sery—to observe the progress already made, and to 
judge of the promise it holds out for the future.” 
Meteorological Abstract. 
BY L. WETHF.RELL. 
Sept. 1851. 
THERMOMETER. 
MAX. | MIN. | MEAN. 
j RAIN. 
j WINDS. 
1 
79 I 
63 
70.00 
N W. S W. 
2 
76 | 
63 
70.00 
N W. 
3 
74 
58 
64.66 
N W. 
4 
79 
61 
69.00 
N W. 
5 
82 
61 
09.66 
N W. N F. 
6 
78 
63 
711.66 
8 W. N 2. 
7 
85 
68 
75.00 
S W. 
8 
85 
69 
75.33 
W N. 
9 
84 
60 
75.33 
N. 
10 
1 83 
71 
79.00 
N W. 
11 
89 
7) 
79.33 
N W. W. 
12 
88 
71 
79.00 
W. N W. 
13 
72 
53 
64.00 
N E. 
14 
56 
48 
51.33 
N K. 
15 | 
58 
44 
50.00 
1 1 N E- 
REMARKS. 
DOUGLAS’ HYDRAULIC RAM 
The Hydraulic Ram above figured, is in opera 
lion on the Fair Ground, and proves itself a most 
ingenious aud valuable machine for raising water. 
We have heretofore given a detailed description in 
the Rural New- Yorker, and only add here an 
explanation of the engraving: 
H, spring er brook. C, drive or supply pipe, 
from spring to ram. G, pipe conveying water to 
house or other point required for use. B, D, A, 
E, I, the ram. J, the plank or other foundation 
to which the ram is secured. 
The month thus far has been fair and for the 
most part very warm, and dry. There was a 
sprinkle of rain on the 2d, thunder showers on 
the 12th, and a rainy day on the 13tli. The change 
on the morning of the 13th, soon after sunrise 
was very remarkable. At sunrise it was the 
warmest morning of the week. At evening the 
mercury had fallen to 53 degrees. The evening 
before it was at 78 deg.; a difference of 25 deg. 
and of 35 from the preceding noon. Brilliant 
auroras on the mornings of the 4th and 7th. 
The mean temperature of the first half of the 
month 69.53 deg.; do. last year 62.10 deg. In ’Ll 
the mean temperature of the first half of Sept, 
67.07 deg. Do. in } 846,71.90 ; nearly 2i degrees 
higher than the present month. On the 2d of 
Sept, 1846, the mercury rose to 94 deg. On the 
4th, to 90; 5th, 91; 7th, 94, and 11th, 90.—thus 
beating this month. 
Award of Premiums — We shall publish the 
Award of Premiums, &c., as soon as a correct re¬ 
port can be obtained—probably next week. 
St ms of %m, &r 
-A Teachers' Institute for Wyoming county, 
commences at Warsaw, Oct. 1st. 
-The best cane seats for chairs are manufac¬ 
tured by prisoners in the New Jersey State Prison. 
-The steamer Asia which sailed from New 
York lost week, took out $997,000 in specie. 
-Tho Connecticut River is now as low as it 
was ever before known to be. 
-J. Fennimoro Cooper died at his residence in 
Cooperstown, on the 14th inst. 
-The water in the river at Albany is lower 
just now' than it has been before for years. 
-The Michigan State Fair commences on the 
24th inst., Lewis Cass is to deliver the address. 
-The Ohio people are about trying the ex¬ 
periment of a State Temperance tieket at the next 
election. 
-There is to be a procession of tbe different 
trades in Boston on the 19th—the day of the Great 
Railroad Celebration. 
-Samuel Bowler, the editor of the Springfield 
Republican, is dead. He was connected with that 
paper for more than twenty years. 
-A gentleman of Massachusetts recently de 
ceased, has left $10,000 “for the publication of a 
Phonetic Lexicon, to be completed in four years. 
-Gen. Sam Houston is expected in New York 
on a Temperance Tour. He is announced to lec¬ 
ture throughout the State. 
-It is understood that measures have been 
taker; by the government for the reclamation of the 
American prisoners at Havana. 
-The Susquehanna is so low that boats can¬ 
not be had to load for Havre de Grace or Baltimore; 
not being able to enter a tide water canal. 
-Hon. Edward Dickinson, of Amherst, has 
grown some figs this year, which are represented 
to be equal to Smyrna figs. 
-The celebrated Neapolitan astronomer. Sig¬ 
nor de Gasparis, has discovered ariotl>er planet.— 
This is the fifth we owe to his successful exertions. 
-There are few dinners served in England, 
even among the aristocracy that is not timed by a 
Connecticut clock upon the kitchen shelf. 
* -G. A. B. Lnzell, a printer in Columbus. O., 
is said to' have fallen heir to estates in Ohio and 
Massachusetts, worth $75,000. 
-The cause of Judge Woodbury’s death is 
said to have been the existence of an inflammatory 
tumor in his stomach. 
-Wednesday, last week, seventy Hungarian 
exiles, on their way West, were promptly passed 
over tho railroads from Albany to Bufliilo, free. 
-Gov. Hunt has commuted to imprisonment 
for life, tho sentence of death passed in April last, 
upon James Wall. 
-In Hooksett, N. IL, 40 rattlesnakes were 
killed by workmen blasting rocks on the line of the 
Portsmouth and Concord Railroad. 
-The Old School Presbyterians have their 
greatest strength in Pennsylvania, where they 
number over 50,000 members. 
-Rev. Henry Giles tho accomplished Unita¬ 
rian lecturer and scholar lies very low of a paralytic 
stroke recently received at Portland. 
-The College Library of the Wesleyan Uni¬ 
versity at Middletown, numbers about 12,000 vol¬ 
umes. 
-The clearances from all parts of the world 
to California, so far in 1851, are 221 only, against 
663 in the same period of 1859. 
* -3000 persons attended an Anti-Slavery Con¬ 
vention, in Stark county, Ohio, recently among 
whom were 300 ladies in Bloorncr costume. 
-There was a sudden change in the weather 
on Saturday. The variation in the thermometer, in 
six hours, was over 20 degrees. 
■"-A man was fined $40 and costs at Jamaica. 
Long Island, a few days since for killing four cat 
birds, in violation of the game laws. It served him 
right. 
-Mr. Hosea Barnes living near Havre de 
Grace, raised on nearly an acre and a half of ground, 
69 bushels of wheat, weighing 64 pounds to the 
bushel. 
-The steamboat Reindeer has gone from New 
Y’ork to Kingston, on the North River at the rate 
of thirty miles an hour. This is almost equal to the 
best railroads. 
-A new party is springing up in New York, 
which is composed as we learn from the Tribune, 
of “ Men of Political and Social Progress,” and is 
called “ The German Free Soil Democracy.” 
-An American writing in tho London Times 
of the United States ns mainly an agricultural 
country, happily describes her as !< better fitted to 
shine in a famine than in a fair." 
-During the last three months there have ar¬ 
rived nt New York from Europe, 563 vessels, h»v 
ing on board an average of 88,754 emigrants or 
enough to people two such cities as Buffalo. 
-Twenty-six bars of Virginia gold, valued at 
$6,000, product of ninety days labor in tho Buck, 
ingham gold mine, Va., were received u few days 
since at the Philadelphia mint. 
-The decease of the celebrated Poet, Thomas 
Moore, is expected daily. Moore has given the 
world some of the most pleasing poetry ever 
written. 
-A most disastrous storm has swept over low¬ 
er Georgia, which has proved very destructive to 
buildings and tho crops. Thousands of dollars’ 
worth of property has been carried away. 
-Rev. 'I'honms II. Galludet, so long and fa¬ 
vorably known as the friend of the deaf mute, died 
on the l()th inst., at Hartford, Conn. Ilis death 
is a public loss. 
-The celebrate 1 Dr. Sylvester Graham, whose 
name is familiar thioughout the country, died on 
10th inst., at at Northampton, Mass., aged fifty 
years. 
-Hon. George P. Marsh, of Vermont, the 
American Minister at Constantinople, was at the 
1st of August dangerouslyjdl of the Dead Sea Fe¬ 
ver, ut Safed, near the Sea of Tiberius. 
-One hundred and eighteen of the Cuban riot¬ 
ers were tried in New Orleans on the 5th inst.— 
Some were fined $39, others bailed to keep the 
peace, and others remanded to the District Court. 
-Newport has a population of 9,563 inhabi¬ 
tants and eighteen churches, or one to every five 
hundred and thirty-one persons. That b?ats 
Brooklyn, where there is a church in almost every 
square. 
