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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YO RKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL. 
ROCHESTER, OCTOBER 1( 
The Albany Cultivator. — One Thing Lacking. 
The September issue of the Albany Cultivator, 
judging from a glance at its pages, is somewhat 
valuable—but there is one important item lacking. 
Listen briefly to the why In the March number 
of the Cultivator (six long months ago,) there ap- 
l peared an unjust and unfounded attack upon the 
( Rural New-Yorker, as follows: 
) Borrowing and Credit. —A large portion of the arti- 
( cles which appear ■' Horticultural department of the 
/ Cultivator, are extensively copied,often without any creil- 
( it being given, and not unfrequently the credit is accorded 
( to other papers: and some have even gone so far as very 
( cooly.to appropriate certain portions under their editorial 
( heads, fully leaded, as original. This, however, is of little 
( consequence to us: hut we must he allowed to object to 
\ receiving credit, as is sometimes the case, which we do 
S not deserve. Eor example, a late number of Moore's Eu- 
' rat. New-Yorker contains a copied article, ascribed to 
> the Cultivator, giving as new and valuable . the old. twenty- 
/ times-exploded humbug, of raising fruit trees of different 
) sorts from cuttings, by "dipping the lower end in wax or 
) tallow! 
) This paragraph, as all must admit, could not but 
£ prove greatly injurious to the fair fame and good 
( name of a paper which had given no cause what- 
( ever for any such charge; for we believe, and boldly 
) proclaim, that no journal containing as much mat- 
' ter, has been more free from the endorsement of 
; “ exploded” or any other “■humbugs” than the 
) Rural —the Albany Cultivator not excepted 
) Hence in our issue of March 13, (No. 63, page 
§6,) vve quoted the libel , and proved it to be such 
We extract the following from our answer to the 
unjust and gratuitous charge: 
“The counts in the indictmint are—1st. That we 
! wrongly ascribed credit to the Cultivator; and 2nd. That 
, we gave as new and valuable, an “ old, tweuty-times-ex- 
ploded humbug.” We plead not guilty, and, without 
any special pleading, bring our witness to the stand. The 
article was credited “ Cult.," and we thus commented 
upon its teachings: 
We find the above going the round of the political jour¬ 
nals, credited as above. It is a very doubtful experiment;. 
tlie apple and pear do not strike roots from cuttings, as we 
are advised. It looks like the old Joe Miller new vamped, 
which once in five or six years regularly goes the rounds 
—that a scion stuck into a potato and set in the earth will 
grow. 
It is a simple operation to test it. If true it is certainly 
the most ready and easy method of bringing forward a 
nursery ever practiced. 
Now, bearing in mind that there are some half dozen 
journals having the title of ‘ Cultivator,’ we submit wheth¬ 
er any injustice has been done to the Albany Cultivator- 
As to the charge of publishing the article as ‘ new and 
valuable,’ the comments above quoted are sufficient refu¬ 
tation. 
— We make no claim to infallibility, and have no doubt 
made a few mistakes: yet we consider ourselves peculiar¬ 
ly fortunate if the above is the only one worthy the notice 
of onr respected contemporary! And we must be permit¬ 
ted to express surprise that a journal having so enviable a 
reputation, should tarnish its fame in the manner we have 
shown. We hope there is some ‘ mistake of the printer ’ 
—and feel confident that the article did not emanate from 
the pen of the able and gentlemanly conductor of the de¬ 
partment in which it appeared. In either case, however, 
the injury to the New-Yorker is the same in the eyes of 
the readers of the Cultivator, and we ask the editors to 
make the proper correction in their next number—or if they 
persist in the charge, to give our article entire.” 
Soon after the appearance of this emphatic but 
respectful defence, we received and published (see 
Rural of March 20, page 94,) an apology from 
one of the editors of the Cultivator—which apol¬ 
ogy was accompanied by a private note assuring 
us that a correction should also appear in an early 
number of that journal. We are credibly inform¬ 
ed that a correction of the error was forwarded to, 
and received by, the proprietor of the Cultivator, 
who neglected and still neglects to do justice alike 
to us and the reputation of his own paper. And, 
if we mistake not, he promised us, in July last, 
that a correction of the statement should be given 
in the Sept, number of the Cultivator. 
Such are the facts. We now ask, with all due 
deference, but in this public and direct manner, 
when the respected and venerable proprietor of the 
Albany Cuhivator can make it convenient to re¬ 
deem the tarnished character of his own publica¬ 
tion, do simple justice to the R,ural, and make 
good his own personal pledge? Must we wait 
another six months? If so, thus be it; but we 
shall exercise his mind on the subject occasionally 
by way of remembrance—for such is not our mode 
of making an amende. Several months ago we, 
unintentionally, (through a correspondent,) did 
injustice to the Cultivator, but made a complete 
and satisfactory correction in the succeeding num¬ 
ber of the Rural. We believe our course the 
best, and only right one—for the time to correct a 
wrong is as soon after its committal as possi¬ 
ble; and the best place, before the same audience 
or readers—and we respectfully suggest that our 
example is worthy of imitation! Unless we are 
at fault, the proprietor of the Cultivator has imita¬ 
ted us in less important matters—and gained some 
credit and not a few subscribers thereby—and had 
he done so in this and similar cases, his publica¬ 
tion, instead of being on the wane, might perhaps 
now stand as formerly—the first of its class in cir¬ 
culation and reputation. 
Hamilton, C. W., Oct. 11,1851. 
Messrs. Editors: —Having spent a few days in 
’•ambling along the north shore and around the 
head of lake Ontario, I proceed to give you some 
of tlie fruits of brief observation and suggested 
reflections. 
1 find that, during the season of navigation, the 
facilities for traveling in these parts are admirable. 
Two boats run daily between Lewiston and To¬ 
ronto; there is a daily line between Toronto and 
Kingston, the boats stopping at Darlington, Port 
Llope, Cobourg, &c.; the “City of Hamilton” plies 
daily between here and Toronto, and the “ Roch¬ 
ester” between here and Lewiston. The Cana¬ 
dian boats will not compare in size and commodi¬ 
ousness with the boats on the other lakes, but they 
are probably equally as stanch and sea worthy. 
The most eastern town which 1 have visited » 
Cobourg, in which township is the residence of R. 
Wade, Sr., famous r or his good cattle. He, with 
his nephew, R. Wade, Jr., who resides in Hope, 
the next township west, took several premiums this 
year at the Provincial Fair. They did the same 
also last year at Niagara, where I chanced to have 
a view of their best animals, which are very nice. 
Such “shows” have been in vogue in this Prov¬ 
ince only about six years, during which time a 
spirit of emulation has been increasing among ag¬ 
riculturists, and improvements are visible from 
year to year. Such, indeed, is the case with all 
kinds of business, the products of which it is cus¬ 
tomary to exhibit on such occasions. 
One of the smartest villages of which I have 
knowledge* on this side of the Niagara, is Port 
Hope, sixty-five miles east of Toronto. It lies 
directly on the lake shore, has a good harbor, and 
is growing very fast. One cause of its rapid im¬ 
provement, I surmise, is the excellent facilities for 
reaching it .from the back country. One of the 
best roads in the Province leads back some thirty 
miles to Peterboro, a large and flourishing town, 
whose communication with Port Hope doubtless 
gives an impulse to the latter place. The only 
alarming feature I observed about Port Hope—the 
mammoth curse—is its distilleries, which, it would 
seem, must blight any place. If the village is 
ever ruined, its overthrow may probably be traced 
to its several manufactories of “ distilled damna¬ 
tion.” I may here add, that the manufacture and 
wholesale use of malt and other liquors in this 
Province, is one of the blackest features pertaining 
to its modern history. The temperance reform has 
made some progress, but drinkers, habitual and 
hard, are far in the majority. 
North of Port Hope a few miles, is Rice Lake, 
so called because a species of grain denominated 
wild rice, grows in its lagoons, and indeed in all its 
shallow waters. It grows so thick and rank that 
roads have to be made through it, in some places, 
for the accommodation of boats. The kernel is 
unlike that of Southern rice in hue and form, be¬ 
ing dark colored, about tlie size of the largest class 
of steel knitting needles, and varying from five to 
seven-eights of an inch in length. The Indians 
gather it, and not only use it themselves, but sell 
it for a high price to people in those parts of the 
country. A gentleman with whose family I pass¬ 
ed two very pleasant days at Port Hope, makes 
liberal use of it, and I had an opportunity to test 
its qualities. To me, it tasted as rich and delicious 
as it was rare. I know not how extensively it is 
used in New Castle District, but I am surprised 
that I have never before found it on the table, 
even remote from its native district. 
Among improvements noticeable on this side of 
the Niagara river, is that of Common Schools.— 
Though about a quarter of a century behind the 
United States, in her svs.em of education—as in 
almost every thing else—Canada is progressing on 
this question. Her spirited Journal of Education, 
now in its fourth year, is gradually awakening the 
Provincialists to the importance of free schools and 
universal education; and New York, I see, is 
pointed at as an example for the towns in Canada 
West. The people here are not yet prepared for 
the adoption of a free school law, but such a step 
will be taken, I think, in a few years. Canada is 
becoming too intimately connected with our coun¬ 
try by suspension bridges and railroads, not to feel 
potentially the influence of the spirit of progress. 
J. c. 
Literary Notices, &e. 
Chambers’ Paters for the People, Vol. I.— 
Philadelphia: J. W. Moore. 1851. pp. 260. 
Price 50 cents. 
This is the first of a monthly series of twelve 
volumes now in course of re-publication in this 
country. They will comprise distinct articles up¬ 
on different subjects of History, Biography, Sci¬ 
ence, Art, Criticism, Fiction, Narrative, &c., each 
article as well as each volume complete in itself. 
Tlie present Volume contains eight interesting ar¬ 
ticles, and may be had at Dewey’s Bookstore, Ar¬ 
cade Hall, Rochester. * 
Woman and her Needs. By Mrs. E. Oakes 
Smith. New York: Fowlers tfe Wells. 1851. 
This is a collection of the papers which appear¬ 
ed last Spring in the New York Tribune, ma¬ 
king considerable stir at the time. Mrs. Smith is 
a fine writer and presents her views with a vigor¬ 
ous pen. For sale at Dewey’s. 
The same publishers have also issued the third 
part of the “Hydropathic Encyclopedia,” a valua¬ 
ble work noticed a few weeks since. Back num¬ 
bers rnay be had at Dewey’s. 
The Suspended Banks 
Thompson’s Reporter thus speaks of the banks 
whick have recently suspended or failed: 
People’s Bank, Paterson, N. J., failed Sept. 24. 
No sales of the hills as yet. 
Commercial Bank, Perth Amboy, failed Sept. 
25. Some of the notes have been sold at37| cts. 
per dollar. 
Salisbury Bank, failed Sept. 26. No price for 
tlie notes yet. 
James Bank failed Oct. 1st. The bank will be 
wound up. We think 75 cents, on a dollar a fair 
price. 
New Rochelle Bank, failed Oct. 1st. Seventy- 
five cents on a dollar vve think a fair price. 
Western Bank, Washington County, we think 
will be started in a few days. Failed Oct. 1st.— 
Notes selling for 90 cents. 
Farmer’s Bank of Mina, we think will he start¬ 
ed again. Failed Oct. 1st. Notes selling at 75 
cents on the dollar. 
Wtm of Mms, &r. 
The Life of Dan Marble. By Falconbridge. 
New York: DeWitt & Davenport. 
Dan Marble, the “ Game Cock of the Wilder¬ 
ness” and prince of funny fellows, is dead, and 
here we have his “Life and Times” with “pic¬ 
tures to match.” Sold as above. 
The Canary, and other Domestic Song Birds.— 
Rochester: G. W. Fisher. 
A hand-book for bird fanciers, containing direc¬ 
tions for the management and breeding of various 
song birds. Sold by the Publisher. 
Town Fairs — Le Roy. 
Town Fairs, have been held in many sections 
of the State recently, and passed olF very well 
and creditably. So far as we learn the exhibitions 
have been better, and the attendance more gener¬ 
al, than was anticipated. Our friends who are 
engaged in organizing and sustaining town socie¬ 
ties are doing good service in the cause, and we 
hope the ball they have set in motion will be kept 
moving until Town Fairs become as popular and 
general as County and State ones now are—for 
they will prove more beneficial. 
Le Roy is to hold a Town Fair on the 22d inst., 
and from/the enterprise and intelligence of the 
people of that rich and well cultivated regiou, we 
presume the exhibition will be good and the at¬ 
tendance large. The farmers, horticulturists and 
mechanics of Le Roy have a good name, and 
should turn out and sustain their reputation. The 
ladies, too, should add to the interest of the occa¬ 
sion by presenting the products 0 f their t aste > skill 
and industry. We presume the exhibition wil* 
he superior, and ehall endeavor to give it a view, 
and take a few notes. 
The Yalley Railroad.— Just after going to 
press with our last issue, we were aroused by the 
report of cannon. On going into the street, we 
found there was a general merry-making in hon¬ 
or of the vote given by Rochester in favor of the 
Valley Railroad. Joy was on every countenance. 
There was a general burst of good feeling to¬ 
wards our valley city. “ Well done Rochester,” 
was on the lips of many. 
The Railroad will now be built, and it will 
ensure to Rochester the entire trade of the Val¬ 
ley as well as a large extent of country to the 
south and south-west. Our farming interest 
will feel the spring, while our villages will again 
resume a prosperous course. What we have so 
long needed in the Valley, a Railroad, will now 
be pushed to speedy completion. The enter¬ 
prise is in the hands of men of known honesty 
and energy, and they have the confidence of 
those interested in it. 
We hope to see Pittsburg follow up the dem¬ 
onstration she has just made, by a course of ac¬ 
tion, which will very soon unite the trade and 
commerce of the twoTilies with a Road of iron. 
Should it be done, ten years from its completion 
the population of these two cities will be doub¬ 
led, and the produce and manufactures of the 
great Yalley of tlie Ohio, will be pouring through 
this new avenue, to sustain and enrich the peo 
pie on its holders. 
We have a pride in our noble Valley, and for 
a time we feared a disruption of its interests.— 
We feared the two roads now in process of con 
struction, would divert the business of the Val 
ley into unnatural channels. The vote of Roch¬ 
ester dispels the danger, and secures an uninter¬ 
rupted union of what God hath joined together. 
[Mt. Morris Union. 
Caution to Railroad Travelers. —The fol¬ 
lowing analysis of the accidents occurring on 
Railroads from causes which may be avoided by 
proper care on the part of the passengers, is ta¬ 
ken from a work recently published in London 
entitled “ Lardner’s Railway Economy.” Its 
publication ought to have a good effect in this 
country: 
analysis of 100 accidents produced by impru¬ 
dence OF PASSENGERS. 
Killed. Injured. Total. 
Musical Convention, 
The above article was written in haste, some 
six weeks ago—on the receipt of the September 
number of the Albany Cultivator. Not having 
room for it in the next- Rural, —and desiring 
moreover to live in peace with all our contempo¬ 
raries—we concluded to await the reception of the 
Cultivator for October. That number is before 
us, and—is found wanting. We make no apology 
for the space here occupied—for our readers know 
we are averse to and avoid personal controversy— 
but this is an important matter. The Rural has 
been calumniated before thousands who never saw 
it, and we demand some slight reparation. Ask¬ 
ing nothing but what is right, we will not tamely 
submit to this wrong—yet, will “ wait a little long¬ 
er,” just to “see what we shall see.” 
Doubtful Logic. —A prospectus of an agricul¬ 
tural monthly states that the paper will contain 32 
pages octavo, be printed in clear beautiful type, 
“forming a yearly volume of 384 pages, hand¬ 
somely illustrated; which makes it the cheapest 
and most practical Agricultural paper publish¬ 
ed in America /” 
Now, with all the light of Kirkham, Webster, 
etc., before us, we can’t possibly perceive how 
good printing, on a great many pages, is to make 
the “most practical Agricultural paper in Amer¬ 
ica.” We may be dull, stupid—but insist that 
the logic is not as clear as mud. Somehow we 
have got the idea that the matter, rather than man¬ 
ner, of a paper is the best test of its practical value. 
Messrs. Hastings & Bradbury, of New York 
city, called a Musical Convention to assemble in 
Rochester, which was in session here three days 
last week. The number in attendance was re¬ 
spectable, though not large. The exercises were 
of a pleasing and interesting character,—designed 
to benefit more particularly, teachers of the art 
and leaders of choirs. The session closed on Fri¬ 
day evening with a public rehearsal. 
Prof. Hastings has been long and favorably 
known to the singing public. He has labored long 
and faithfully in his way, to improve the style of 
Sacred Music—and has not spent his strength and 
life for nought. The best of his musical works, 
i n our humble judgment, is the “Springfield and 
Utica Collection ,” one of his first publications. 
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He will see 
The Fruit Farm of Mr. H. N. Langworthy, 
of Irondequoit, is offered for sale, as will be seen 
by reference to our advertising page. It is a rare 
chance for any one horticulturally inclined, and 
the man who secures the place will be fortunate. 
We know of no fruit farm, of its size, which we 
should prefer, either for pleasantness or profit.— 
The premises are in the most complete order, hav¬ 
ing long been under the management of a man of 
taste and skill. If Mr. L. leaves, we trust this 
“ love of a place” will be transferred to some 
equally enthusiastic admirer and successful culti¬ 
vator of fruits and flowers. 
It will be observed that Mr. L. also offers for 
sale a large quantity of his valuable Seedling 
Potato—the White Mercer. 
Hannington’s Diorama of the Creation and the 
Deluge, now on exhibition at Concert Hall, is 
spoken of in the highest terms, and we presume is 
well worthy of a visit. 
The Political Cauldron is becoming more 
and more heated as the “ ides of November” 
draw nigh. Our political exchanges are peculiarly 
rich “ about these days,” as the almanac makers 
have it,—each issue waxing more patriotic and 
Bombastes-Furioso-like. There are so many val¬ 
iant heroes and defenders of the constitution in the 
field, that we have not a doubt the country will be 
saved—unanimously—but we question whether 
the loaves and fishes will be divided to the satis¬ 
faction of those who bleed the most freely in the 
fight. O, most influential, power-giving, office- 
bestowing “dear people,” what earnest and heart- 
gushing appeals are made for you to extend “ aid 
and comfort” toward the salvation of the State 
and Union, and the election of certain candidates. 
If you, the people, do not lend a helping hand, 
corn will not vegetate, the potato rot will be uni¬ 
versal, and Mr. Oily Gammon ruined for the lack 
of votes! These are trying times, and this is a 
great country. We do hope the people will listen 
and be convinced that—Mr. Gammon is most ap¬ 
propriately christened! 
Monroe Co. Nominations.— The Whig Coun¬ 
ty Convention, on Friday last, nominated the fol¬ 
lowing ticket:—For Senator, Byron G. Wood- 
hall ; County Judge, Harvey Humphrey ; Treas¬ 
urer, Lewis Selye ; Surrogate, Denton G. Shu- 
art; Sup’t of Poor, John H. Thompson ; Justice 
of Sessions, Win. B. Alexander. 
The Democratic Convention, on Saturday, made 
he following nominations ;—For Senator, Mica- 
*ah W. Kirby; Juclge, Lysander FarrarTreas¬ 
urer, Wm. H. Perkins; Surrogate, John C. Pat¬ 
terson ; Sup’t of Poor, Robert Fulton ; Justice of 
Sessions, Alex. S. McKinney. 
EF” The farmers near Cleveland, Ohio, raise 
fine sweet potatoes. One was recently shown 
weighing three pounds. This delicious esculent 
has not been very plenty in this market thus far, 
and prices have ranged pretty high. We learn 
producers in Ohio have offered their potatoes for 
sale here, but we do not know that they made 
sales. 
Sitting or standing in im¬ 
proper positions, - - - 
Getting off when train in 
motion,. 
Getting on train in motion, 
Jumping off to recover 
hat or parcel, - - - 
Crossing line incautiously 
Getting out on wrong side 
Handing on article into 
train in motion, - - - 
from it that two-thirds of the accidents resulting 
from imprudence are fatal to life, and that nearly 
seven of every ten of such accidents arise from 
sitting or standing in an improper or unusual 
place or position, or from getting on or off a train 
while in motion. This latter circumstance should 
be most carefully guarded against, for it is a pe¬ 
culiarity of railway locomotion that the speed 
when not very rapid always appears to an un¬ 
practiced passenger to be much less than it is.— 
A railway train moving at the rate of a fast stage 
coach seems to go scarcely as fast as a person 
might walk. 
Andover Theological School.— The whole 
number of Clergymen educated at Andover is said 
to be 1,111. Of this number 204 have deceased, 
leaving 907 living, of whom 402 are foreign mis¬ 
sionaries, 147 home missionaries at the west, and 
96 connected with the Colleges as Professors, &c. 
About 1,500 students have been connected with 
the seminary, for a longer or a shorter period, it 
was from this seminary that the founders of the 
Tract Society, Education Society, and Temper¬ 
ance Society proceeded. 
Movements of Jenny Lind. —A despatch from 
Buffalo says:—Jenny Lind gives two concerts at 
the Baptist Church, on the 15th and 17th inst.— 
The proceeds of the first are to be appropriated to 
the sufferers by the great fire. The tickets are to 
be $2, $3 and $4. From here she goes to Toron¬ 
to, and thence on a Western tour to Chicago, and 
via. Cincinnati to New York. She will roach N. 
York about the middle of December, and give a 
series of Concerts. 
Rapid Growth of Jefferson.— In 1848, the 
assessed valuation of the property in the village of 
Jefferson, Chemung Go., including real estate and 
personal, was $107,200. The return of the as¬ 
sessors for 1851, makes it $254,790—making an 
increase in three years of $147,590! If any of 
our neighbors have done better than this, we shall 
be happy to record it .—Jefferson Eagle. 
Death of an Aged Minister. —Rev. Jas. H. 
Hotchkin, died at Prattsburg, Steuben Co., on the 
third Sabbath of September, aged 70 years. He 
was one of the oldest Presbyterian Clergymen in 
Western New York, and had just preached his half 
century sermon. He was the author of a valuable 
history of the Churches in this section of the state. 
—Ithaca Chronicle. 
Vera Cruz.— The authorities of Vera Cruz, on 
the 22d of August, petitioned the General Govern¬ 
ment to allow the introduction of flour and other 
provisions upon the same terms as those granted 
to the port of Matamoras. They assure the Gov¬ 
ernment that if permission is refused they cannot 
guarantee the tranquility of the city. 
Liberality. —Mr. Theron Fisk, of Warsaw, 
Wyoming county, we learn from the “Annunci¬ 
ator,” has subscribed and paid two thousand dol¬ 
lars, to constitute two scholarships in the Theolog¬ 
ical Seminary connected with the University of 
Rochester, 
-Ninety-live thousand dollars have been sub¬ 
scribed, in Ohio, for a Farmers’ College. 
-Mr. Bancroft, the historian, is intending to 
make Newport his summer residence. 
- —Six thousand and eighteen emigrants arrived 
at New York during the week ending the 7th. 
-The cost of the late Railroad jubilee in Bos¬ 
ton is about $40,(,0(). 
-The electric telegraph is to be established 
throughout Turkey. 
-Seckel pears are selling in the Boston mar¬ 
ket, quick, at six dollars the bushel. 
-Nelly Moore, an old black woman, who lived 
in Cecil county, Md., died last week, aged 13!) 
years. 
-John Ross, has been re-elected Principal 
Chief of the Cherokee Nation. lie has held the 
olheo of Chief since 1828. 
-The Teachers’ Association of Chemung Co.. 
will hold its next meeting at Havana, on Saturday 1 
the 18th inst. 
-Mr. Hobbs, the great picker of English locks, ‘ 
is a. Boston boy, and was brought up to work in < 
glass. j 
-Mr. Stevenson of Virginia is to deliver the < 
Address at the Pennyslvania State Fair at Harris- ; 
burg, on the 28th. < 
-Genin has offered to be one of a hundred to ( 
contribute $1,000 each, to a fund for Kossuth.— l 
This is certainly generous. < 
-The total receipts at the Michigan State Fai r < 
were about $3000, a large increase over the receipts 
of previous years. 
-Mrs. Bethiah Scott, of Peterborough, N. H., 
lias raised from five trees of moderate size, 30 bar- ( 
rels of Baldwin apples. ( 
-Dr. C. T. Jackson, of Boston, has recently , 
received a package of Imperial tea, from China, in ' 
compliment for the Ether discovery. ' 
-A handsome red apple of the second crop of ' 
the present season, has been shown to the editor of '( 
the New Haven Palladium. 
——There are twenty-one newspapers published < 
in California—one religious, eight political, and < 
twelve neutral, or nominally such. ( 
-Mr. Clay’s health is said to be improving, ( 
and that he will shortly start for Washington City ^ 
—that rendezvous of great men. / 
-A locust tree root has been taken from a rock / 
in Vinton county, Ohio, twenty-six feet below the 
surface of the ground. 
-The Dunkirk Journal states that that village < 
now contains a population of 3 500 as ascertained 
by a recent census. 
-The Tribune says the Delaware County Fair 
was very good—the cattle fine, and over 3,000 per¬ 
sons in attendance. 
-In New York, last Sunday, after high mass 
at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Father Mathew admin¬ 
istered the pledge to upwards of 4,000 persons. 
-The mail train from Jefferson to Canandai¬ 
gua, on Friday evening brought one hundred and 
seventy passengers. That road is doing a good 
business. 
-Hon. Moses Taggart, of Batavia, lias been 
appointed by the Governor, to the seat on the Su¬ 
preme ‘Bench of this State, made vacant by the 
death of Judge Sill. 
-The first forty miles of the Conhocton road 
have been completed for less than the engineer’s 
estimates. The Directors promise to reach Batavia 
in twelve months from this time. 
Malaga was visited by a heavy rain storm 
on the 31st of August, which destroyed a great 
quantity of fruit—it being the first lain which had 
fallen in six months. . 
A dispatch from St. Louis announces an un¬ 
successful experiment having been made there 
with the Fire Annihilator. Another experiment is 
to be nyide. 
-The Blue Ridge Tunnel, which lias now 
been, in progress for nearly two years, will in all 
probability have to be abandoned, in consequence 
of the hardness of the rock. 
-The Coos (N. H.) Democrat says many far¬ 
mers in that section, have fallen short of their usual 
crop of hay, by nearly one-half, in consequ-enee of 
the ravages of field mice. 
-The iron steamship Great Britain.is soon ex¬ 
pected at New York, and it is reported will bring 
fifteen hundred emigrants. The owners put the 
rate of passage as low as thirty shillings. 
-Measures.have been taken in Georgia for 
the organization of a State Mechanical Institute. 
A mass convention is to be held at Savannah on 
the 29th inst., to consider the matter. 
-The coal area in the British Islands amounts 
to 12,000 square miles, or about one-tenth of the 
entire area of the country. The annual produc t 
is estimated 32,000,000 tons. 
-The Hudson River Railroad is about to put 
on a night train between Albany and New York— 
leaving East Albany upon the arrival of the latest 
Express train from Bufialo. 
-The Rev. Dr. Bacon one of the editors of the 
Independent, has returned to New York, after an | \ 
absence of thirteen months, during which time he 
has visited much of Europe and the East. 
-Caleb Atkinson, a member of the Society of 
Friends, of Burlington county, N. J., in the 93th 
year of his age, recently made a visit to bis friend s 
in Salem, and worshipped in the house he assisted 
to build in 1772. 
-A calculation has been made by some curious 
person w ho has nothing better to do, that if every 
article in the Crystal I’alace w r ere t” be examined 
for three minutes, it would occupy twenty six 
years to examine all. 
-The brig Rescue, the compaftion of the Ad¬ 
vance in the Arctic searching expedition, arrived <i 
at New York, last week, it is understood that , 
a minute account of the expedition will be pub- : 
lished. ( 
-Miss Mary Legare, sister of the former At- J 
torney-General of the United States, is engaged in < 
the lumber trade at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and ad- ( 
vertises to supply any amount of building lumber,. ' 
boat plank, &c. < 
The Albany Journal says “after the 15th, / 
the mails will be conveyed on the Railroad between '• 
this city and New York—and there will he two. c 
through mails, (morning and evening,) and a way $ 
mail in the morning.” ( 
