MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YO RKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL. 
Kossuth’s Address to the American People. 
An admirable Address by Louis Kossuth to the 
ic: „,. - Jyr people of the United States, has recently been 
0 -, published. It was written at Broussa, Asia Minor, 
n March, 1850, and sent to this country, but wisc- 
' v ]y retained by Maj. Tochman, to whose care it 
-was intrusted, until Kossuth was liberated and be- 
ROCHES PER, OCT OIIER 30, 1851. yond the reach o*" Austria and Russia, to whom 
* the Governor often refers in no very complimen- 
™ PKISTRBS.-TYPK FOB SALE. YVe should be happy to place the en- 
H AVING determined that (he Rural New-Yorker •> 
shall don a new suit on the first of January next, the tire address before our readers, but its length lor- 
Kr,iEf 'Stt iff bids, and we must co„t,„t ourselves with the sub- 
Long Primer, lou lhs. ttrevier, and ItlOlbs. Minion— all joined brief synopsis from an eastern exchange: 
which is nearly as sood as new. as wiTI he observed by ex¬ 
amining the print of this number. Tbe bead letter, column >« The des jjr n of the address is, to set before the 
rules, leads, &c., will also be sold at a bargain. Should , f a “ : briefly the course of Humrarv 
prefer (o se'l tbe whole together—deliverable doth Dec. people ot America nricnj me cour. e or iiungarj | 
For terms, &c , address or apply to the Publisher. in the controversy and war with Austria, to vmdi- ■ 
ROCHESTER, OCTOBER 30, 1851. 
The LaFayette Family. Cuba, Again. 
The Paris correspondent of The Boston Atlas Another Cuban Expedition.— The editor of 
relates the following anecdote : the Nashville Banner publishes the followinglet- 
“ I am sure that your readers will be glad to ter, with the remark that it is from a highly re¬ 
hear that the La Fayette family have recently re- spectable citizen of Louisiana: 
ceived a very large addition to their fortune by a Bayou Sara, Sept. 29. 
lawsuit recently decided, which has created some My Dear Sir: —We have another Cuba Expe- 
conversation during the past week. The most dition on foot in this State. Gen. Felix Houston 
prominent female in the Court of the Restoration, is at the head of it. From what I can learn, some 
was Madame du Cayln. .Young, beautiful, ac- men of influence and means have been approach- 
Another Cuban Expedition. —The editor of 
the Nashville Banner publishes the followinglet- , PU , . ~.. , , . , 
ter, with the remark that it is from a highly re- . ~ rh l e lun / of h ^ ]ee has a PP omted a conamis - 
spectable citizen of Louisiana: slon for the ref,,rm of tho prisons in his kingdom. 
Bayou Sara, Sept. 29. -The Democratic majority on Governor, in 
My Dear Sir: —YY r e have another CubaExpe- Pennsylvania, is 8,500, and in Ohio, 12 , 000 . 
dition on foot in this State. Gen. Felix Houston -Ten thousand dollars weie found in the dead 
is at the head of it. From what I can learn, some letter office, at Washington, during the last quarter, 
men of influence and means have been approach- . , , 
,, , • . T i ’ii -Accounts irotn Canada confirm the opinion 
ee on the subject. 1 know one man who has . ... 1 
been offered a command. The plan is first to get * iat * ’ e nevv miI, istry Is popular and acceptable, 
means to procure arms. A near neighbor of * be new telegraph fire alarms are nearly 
Straw of 3xw t &r 
TO PRINTERS. —TYPE FOB SAFE. 
H AVING determined that the Rural New-Yorker 
shall don a new suit oa the first of January next, the 
complished, endowed with great talents, which ee on the subject. I know one man who has . . . 
consummate and practiced tact bad rendered been offered a command. The plan is first to get 1 at l| m new ministry 
most useful, she won the affections of Louis means to procure arms. A near neighbor of 1 lie new teleg 
XVIII, and scandal attributed to her a more in- mice was offered a command, and, I am sorry to completed in Boston. 
timale position than that of a friend. It was in say, at first thought favorably of it. The object 
-Jerome Fuller, Esq., late editor of the State 
joined brief synopsis from an eastern exchange: her Chateau of Saint-Quen, the charter of 1814 was to get money. It is being managed as se- Register, and formerly of this county, has been ap- 
amitiing the print of this number. The bead letter, column “ The design of the address is, to set before the 
rules, leads, &c., will also he sold at a bargain. Should , n f America brieflv the course of Hunvarv 
prefer to se l the whole together—deliverable 23th Dec. people ot America Drieny tne cour..e or Hungary 
For terms, &c , address or apply to the Publisher. in the controversy and war with Austria, to viudi- 
-—--- cate her against the aspersions of her enemies— 
Fair of the American Institute. for, he says, ‘ The Austrians fought against us not 
- only with arms and by the aid of traitors, but with 
The Twenty-fourth Annual Fair of the Ameri- studied and unceasing slander’—and to show that 
, o.ii. i,she has done nothing to forfeit the confidence and 
can Institute, closed on Saturday last, having been ^ wm of ^ Uni f ed States> Kossulh asserts that 
0 |>en three weeks and very largely attended. The Austria at one time was entirely at the merev of 
was signed. She has disappeared from the world 
of politics for more than twenty-five years, and 
cretly as possible. 
We think it very probable that this is substan- 
from society for more than fifteen years—living tially true, as it agrees with information that has 
m retirement, surrounded by old and faithful reached us from other quarters. We hope, how- 
iriends. About two years ago, chance placed in ever, that any such expedition will be broken up. 
her bands different papers, belonging to the es¬ 
tate of the late Marquis de Lusignan, then recent¬ 
ly dead. These Lusignans, who once ruled prov¬ 
inces in the East, one of whom married the fa¬ 
mous Venetian, Catarina Cornaro, left immense 
If the authorities exercise proper vigilance it 
will be stopped. [N. Y. Times. 
Common Schools. —In thecourseof a speech at 
improvements of the year, as exhibited on the oc¬ 
casion, were most observable in the Machinery 
applicable to Manufacturing and Agricultural pur- 
Hungary; and that had he, as Governor of Hun¬ 
gary, said the word, 4 the tottering pillars of their 
throne would have fallen and buried the crowned 
traitors beneath their ruins, or scattered them like 
, , , ’ , e 1 ’■ an agricultural dinner, at Northampton, Mass., 
estates and a largenumberof munimentsof titles Mr % inth ke a ’ fo]lows of tl ’ e ^tem 0 
and other important papers In hunting through Common School Education : ~ 
these, Mme. de Cayla found the materials for a „*• „ „ v . • -r 
J e t rri .. 0 , rc Utuer nations may boast of their magnificent 
great suit in favor of the La Fayettes. Sheoffer- __ , * r „ f , 
^ A , r r , . T gems and monster diamonds. Our A ohinoor is 
ed them to the Marquis George W ashington La ® n __ e m, • • 
ti ,, , .. | ■ , , aur Common School system. 1 lusts our “ Moun- 
1 who refused to embark m a costly law- fain of uu „ 8n ' tched indeed> M a prize 
suit. I hen Mine, de Cayla offered to undertake from { h S y ’ _ nor d ’ s m npd ’ „i v 
poses, i'ne awards of Premiums are said to be dus t p, e f ore a tempest.’ But he trusted to their 
large—comprising several hundred medals of gold, solemn oaths that certain reasonable rights should 
silver and bronze; diplomas in abundance; and, in be conceded to Hungary, and suffered the throne 
A . , , , .... a . of Austria to stand. These oaths the family of 
Mr. vv inthrop spoke as inflows ot the system ol 
Common School Education : 
“ Other nations may boast of their magnificent 
pointed Chief Justice of Minnesota. ) 
-A firm in Boston has recently shipped to Al- ) 
exandria, Egypt, a ship load of ice and apples.— l 
The same vessel carries out an ice-house. j 
-About one thousand persons attended Jenny ( 
Lind’s first concert in Toronto. The proceeds ( 
were devoted to charity. S 
-The Montgomery (Ain.) Manufacturing Co., {I 
capital- §250,000, have turned out seventy steam (j 
engines in the two years of its operations. 
-In Iligham, Mass., the raspberry bushes are (j 
gems and monster diamonds. Our Kohinoor is quite thickly laden, botli with ripe fruit and bios 
aur Common School system. This is our “ Mown- sums. 
the agricultural department, silver cups and vol¬ 
umes of standard works. 
The awards have not yet been made public — 
though we find a list of the Gold Medals, fifty-nine 
in number, in the Times of Monday, lions which 
we select the following: 
Dorastus Kellogg, Skaneatles, N. Y.—for the 
best specimens of Cussinieres. 
New-York Mills, Oneida, Co., N. Y.—for the 
best Bleached Jeans. 
James Roy & Co., Watervliet Mills, N. Y .—for j 
the best VY’oolen Shawls. 
Emery So Co., Albany, N. l r .—for die largest, 
and a very superior collection of Agricultural Im¬ 
plements. 
Eddy So Co.. Union Y’illnge, Washington Co., 
N. Y.—for an improved Threshing-Machine. 
Eddy So Co., Union Y ill.ige—for a 20 feet Hor¬ 
izontal llorse-Power. 
Richard J. Gatling, Indianapolis, Ind.—for a 
superior Wheat Drill. 
Alex. Young, New l r ork—for the best Terra- 
Cotta YVare, and Building Ornaments. 
YY''oodward, Blakely & Co., East Liverpool, O. 
—for the best Rockingham Ware. 
Gael Borden, New York—lor a specimen of a 
the suit at her own risk and perils, upon the con¬ 
front a barbarous foe,—nor designed only to deck 
Hapsburg deliberately broke; and after exhausting 
all their own resources, called in the aid of Russia 
to crush and destroy the freedom and nationality 
of Hungary. This work of destruction was ear¬ 
ned on, he says, in uiter disregard of the Jaws o£ 
nations, and against the best interests of all Eu- 
rope; for the European powers, for their own sake, 
if for no other reason, should have interposed be¬ 
tween Russia and Hungary, and preserved his j 
count! v as a rampart against the universal domin- I 
ion of die Czar of Russia. There can, he says, be 
no freedom lor die Continent of Europe, and the 
Cossacks from tbe shores of the Dan will water 
their steeds in the Rhine, unless liberty be restored 
to Hungary. 
But even the united Russo-Austrian forces, he 
says, could not have conquered tiie liberties of 
Hungarv had They not. fouigl a traitor maid them. 
1 Cursed lie his name forever.’ But though be¬ 
trayed and conquered, lie calls on Hungary not to 
despair, declaring his conviction that her suffer¬ 
ings would yet open the eyes of the smaller nations 
and laces of Europe, and lead to a fraternal con¬ 
federation, which would be a guaranty of freedom 
for them all. 
Kossuth then addresses himself particularly to 
Americans; acknowledging their kindness towards 
Tr L V ; ' UUU1 supplies, from its exhaustless mines, “ornaments 
cd m her favor. 1 he wole amount recovered is 1 . ; i , , •’ 
2,400,000 francs, of which she has received 1,200,- J f ® unto 10 y and chan ' s ;T°" ,he 
000 francs-about $240,000 neokm every son and daughter of Massacbu- 
YY r ant of Ministers —The New Y T ork Times u , 
Moving a otonk House.— We witnessed, last 
states that there is at this time a great want of , , c . . . ’ , 
• • . , , , , .. b . r week, the removal of a stone house, about 40 bv 
ministers to supply vacant pulpits. A few years , , , , . , P - 
.i i-/v; 1 1 to feet, and estiinaied to weigh tour hundred tons. 
since, the dirhculty was on the other side—there ... f .. , . , \ , 
were more ministers than calls. Many who had 
been educated for the sacred profession, conse¬ 
quently abandoned the idea of becoming minis¬ 
ters of the Gospel, and adopted other pursuits.— 
The great increase of population,—the building 
18 feet, and estimated to weigh four hundred tons, lor tlle ereetlon . 
a distance of its whole length, by a city contractor, -The Dioce 
who accomplished tbe work, in tho most success- set apart the first 
ful manner in about three days after the building of Thanksgiving. 
was ready for removal. The force was derived _VYfitliin the 
from screws, the house having been completely ■ t om/i 
-The total receipts of the London Exhibition <- 
it is calculated will amount to £470,000. The ex- £ ( 
penses have been £ 220 , 000 . 
• —The New York Tribune says forty tons of > \ 
gold-bearing quartz were shipped for London lately, ' 
as an experiment. > J 
-Several vessels have been wrecked on Lake t ; 
Erie within the past week. From the propeller < t 
Henry Clay, but one man escaped alive. 
-An Episcopal College is to be established at ( ( 
Racine, YVisconsin—that city having raised £5,000 > ? 
for the erection. ( ( 
-The Diocesan Convention of Virginia have < 
set apart the first Thursday oi November as a day S ) 
up of new towns and cities at the west, and the and ™f d . and . r f stl ^ l, P°“ lieav >’ timbers,which 
enlargement of missionary Helds, at home and &d he ™ lald T . g T e f ctness ’ a *! d M formm ga 
abroad,—has created a demand for more laboreis W& ’ ( ° n ^ch, after being carelully soaped, 
in this calling, and at least five hundred addi- h e structure slid w.th apparent ease. Ihemon- 
lional educated preachers will be needed every 
year. The question is asked, how is this want to 
be supplied? 
tractor is to receive $900 for the removal and res- a reading book. 
-YVithin the last four weeks there have been ) I 
about S00 persons naturalized in the city of New ■ 
York. 
-The New Testament is about to be intro- )j 
ducod into all the common schools of Kentucky, as (j 
toration to its original condition.— Gcr. Tel. 
' __ Texas. —A correspondent of the Boston Re- 
The State of Columbia.-TIio last Fourth of border says:-An immense emigration is now com- 
July was celebrated in a becoming style at Olym¬ 
pia, Pugents Sound, by the citizens. The speech- 
ing into the country, and much of it is from foreign 
lands. The Germans, in great numbers, are set- 
wand valuable article of food, called the “Meat llls exiled brethren, and their hearty sympathy j es aud the sentiments were patriotic andfllew!lole among us. They are generally Protestants, Pennsylvania. 
-«-.- v>--r t —i with h.s ounressed countrv. He urotests m the I es ana tne sentiments were patnoUc, andthe whole and ma ke excellent citizens. We care not how 
-The most recent invention in England is a ^9 ( 
new seat for tailors, to obviate the necessity for > 1 , 
their sitting cross-legged. \ | ; 
-The scarcity of fire-wood at Montreal, has (| 
induced the introduction of the anthracite coal from i | 
Biscuit,” and for a very fine and pure Beef Lard, 
being a substitute for ordinary Lard—made in 
Texas. 
S. II. Shiddel, Lexington, Kv.—for a beautiful 
Bale of American Dew-Rotted Hemp. 
with his oppressed country. lie protests in the 
most solemn manner that his object, and that of 
the Magyar chiefs, with whom he acted, was noth¬ 
ing else than the liberty and highest good of all 
the races of Hungary. He then closes by invok- 
YVorld’s Safe Co., Trov, N. Y.—for Safes made |"g l |‘ e blessing of God upon America and utter 
from Chilled and Cast Iron, impenetrable to mg me lervent aesire i 
burvlars source ot vu ture to oth 
Janies Judson, Rochester, N. Y .—for the best ror t0 tyrants, a pro 
Governor-Valve. and ou [ country ever re 
F. Harris & Son, Elizabethtown, N. J.—for the P lesse c °i a “ nations. 
best Smut and Scouring Machine. -:- 
A telegraph despatch states that a Gold Medal Education in the 
was also awarded to D. R. Barton, of this city, c ' ,ddiea taught, oi rec< 
for best Coopers’and Carpenters Tools. don t0 l ' ie P 0 P u ' al i°' 
ing the fervent desire that our example may be a 
source of virtu re to other nations, our power a ter¬ 
ror to all tyrants, a protector to all the distressed, 
and our country ever remain tbe asylum for the op- 
dosed with a dinner in a grove near the town— a “ u «««“«« citizens. >ve care not i 
Olympia is nearly two hundred miles North of * come ' f r , „ , . . 
Oregon City, and 'is situated on Pungents Sound, aT We f , ave R ”7 , fo1 ^ C ol leg es under the mflu- 
which is represented as being the prettiest and bes ^’ Ce “ f ‘, he T *’ M ethodli \ s - P ^sbytenans and 
harbor in the world. Cumberland Presbyterians. We have thirty-five 
At the celebration there was a strong express- new ®P a P ers- ~fi 13 two which have the largest cir- 
ion in favor of erecting the large distnet of conn- CuIatI0U are devoled 10 the cause ot rell S lon - 
try. North of the Columbia river into a separate :- 
territory, to be called “Columbia.” — Chicago Rat-Catchers. —The rat-catchers of the i 
Tribune. ~ of Paris, have just held a meeting at the Hole 
ana mane excellent citizens. We care not how -The entire population of St. Paul, Minnesota, 
sac h come. . was ascertained to be 1,931, by a census taken on 
We have now four Colleges, under the influ- o t >. sci¬ 
ence of the Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians and ° 
Cumberland Presbyterians. YVe have thirty-five P arsI 1 , p, slx pounds in weight and twenty- 
newspapers—the two which have the largest cir- inches in circumference, has been raised the 
culation are devoted to the cause of religion. past season, in Hatfield, Muss. 
-- -The amount realized for the Kossuth fund, 
Rat-Catciiers. —The rat-catchers of the city from Professor Anderson’s performance in New 
of Paris, have just held a meeting at the Hotel de York on Friday last, was nearly £ 1 , 000 . 
Education in the World.— -The number of 
children taught, or receiving education, in propor- 
lion to the population of several countries in 
America and Europe, taken from Hart’s Geogra- j 
phy, is as follows: 
-Y^ille; their deliberations were pr**ided over by the _Mount Olive 
A New State. —A nevv State is looming up at Inspector of Highways, who- also exercises juris- burial-ground just 1 
the Westward. By the late treaty with the See- diction over the gutters and sewers. The object . .. , 
f ee-trail and Wah-pay-toan bands of Sioux Indi- ^ ie meeting was to take measures for the com- ° s l * cu or ' 
a ns, the United States obtain over 21,000,000 ing rat-campaign. A million and a half of these I he Mexican 
acres, lying east of a line drawn from the head vermin are suppo; 
--Mount Olivet Cemetery is the title of a new 
burial-ground just laid out in Baltimore for the use 
To Editors, - Honor to whom,” &c. phj, is as follows: 
- 1—New York.1 in 3.6 i la—Bavaria.1 in 8.0 
. , . 2—Ohio.1 in 4.0 116—Holland.tin 8.3 
YVe have no objection to our exchanges copying 3_ Ma ssachusetts. .1 in 4.0 il7-Scotland.I in HI.* 
from the Rural New-Y on«jt;—indeed we rath- 4—Connecticut.. .1 in 4.0 as—Austria. 1 in lu.$ 
.. .. , , , 5—Saxony.1 in 5.3 49— Belgium.linlu.j; 
er like it, taking it as one ps*#i of the value of the 6—Bohemia.1 in .3.7 zu—Lombardy_tin 12.0 j 
original matter furnished iAHe pages. We have I Sr* den . ]- 11 ii Ireland.l in i3.o . 
no objection, we repost,—provided the proper 9—N. Hampshire.. .1 in 6.0 23—Switzerland.. .1 ii. 13.6 j 
credit is given, a matter which is neglected in too li'—Rhode island.' .’.1 in (hS 25—Spain!' 1 .'.’. V.'.l in 17L 
many instances. Many of our exchanges—in- 12—Prussia.I in 7.0! 26—Venetian Prov.l in 30.0 
. .. , j , i j. 13—Denmark.1 in 7.0 27—So. Carolina. ..1 in 64.0 
eluding several conducted by gentlemen from 14 —s«ed. & Nor.. .1 in 7.0| |28—Russia.1 in 77.2 
whom wo should expect better things—copy from- 
us extensively, and “give no sign” whatever in ES^We arc glad to perceive that the edge tools 
regard to the paternity of the articles thus appro- of our townsman D. R. Barton, Esq.,—speci- 
priated. For instance the last number of the mens of which are on exhibition at the Ameri- 
Ohio Agriculturist has four articles from our can Institute Fair,—are justly appreciated by 
paper, without the least intimation as to the those who can judge of their merits. A cor res- 
source from which they are derived! Some credit pondent of the National Intelligencer says: 
to AL Yorker and New-Yorker, which is next to I was particularly struck with the beauty of bis axes of 
# various descriptions, and also with his success in making 
or worse tnah no credit at all, inasmuch as it better articles in the way of firmer chisels and gouges than 
waters of the Red River of the North, to intersect mining Paris. It was decided that nicotine should 
ihe north western corner of the State of Iowa.— die poison used in their extermination. Last 
The Indians are allowed to remain on the land year, 1,143,300 rats were killed, and their tails were 
two years. For this cession they are to receive deposited at the Hotel de Y file, in proof of the fact. 
$1,655,000. The Galena papers [impose that the -- 
name Dacota be given to the new territory, and Postal Statistics.—D uring the quarterending 
such may yet be the name of one of the States of September 1st, there were 577,855 letters and 261,- 
the Union. 426 papers, received by the steamers, at the New 
Boston Mechanics at Cuba. —The Boston 584,038; of papers, 305,448. The whole number 
Traveler states, that there are one hundred Bos- ° r letters passing through the office, during this 
ing rat-campaign. A million and a half of these ^ ie ^^ ex ’ cul1 Government has asked perniis- j 
vermin are supposed at this moment to be under- s ' on °* Congress to anticipate £700,0u0 more of the ; j 
mining Paris. It was decided that nicotine should American indemnity. 
be the poison used in their extermination. Last *-The limits of the enlargement of the New 
year, 1,143,300 rats were killed, and their tails were York Battery have been stal ed out. and the work ' I 
deposited at the Hotel de Yule, m proof of the fact. 
r __ 1 _ will be speedily commenced. 
Postal Statistics.—D uring the quarter ending . ~ ^ ^ em T‘° P a S on worship has been opened , ! 
September 1st, there were 577,855 letters and 261,- ' n ® on Francisco, by the Chinese. This is the [ 
426 papers, received by the steamers, at the New first idol temple, we believe, that lias been erected ; J 
York Post Office. The number of letters sent was in this country. 
ffsT'We arc glad to perceive that the edge tools 
1,038; ot papers, 305,448. 1 he whole number -It is estimated that the sugar crop of 1851, 
letters passing through the office, during this on the Island of Barbadoes, is the largest ever 
tonians yearly employed in the mills and machine quarter, was 7 000,000. The business has increas- raised on that islnild . It amounts from 38,000 to 
shops ol the Island of Cuba, for which they re- ea 10 P er cent, under the new law, and to per . , . 
ceive individually from one hundred to one hun- cent, of all tbe letters dispatched are prepaid. ’ 1 '".---m .u a. 
dred and fifty dollars per month. The effect up- - 1 here were 19 Newbury port vessels lost in 
on the health of many who go is very beneficial, Good Spot for Emigrant Farmers. —The the late gale 011 the New England coast, and two 
and there are several machinists who now visit Lake Superior Journal savs, that every acre of remain to be heard from 
Cuba yearly, (says the traveler,) who would not cleared land in tbe copper region around Saut Ste. seamen lost is 97 . 
'The total number cf 
v.uua \eany, ^says me xiaveier,; vvno wouiu not cleared land in tliecopper region around fciaut ate. 
survive a single winter in the piercing climate of Marie will pay, the first year, the entire expense 
New England. of clearing and cultivating. Miners, as a class, 
, “ “ know little or nothing about fanning, and their 
Wages in Oregon. —A clergyman who former- wants have to be supplied by farmers somewhere. 
-English papers state that several unsuccess- > 
fill experiments have been recently made with tbe \ 
“ Fire Annihilator ” at different plaees ou the Con- ) 
points to the wrong source—a paper recenlly es- “ r , e . t0 .** °‘ it: ) in|,<1 t™*-Atlantic importation.- 
1 0 1 ‘ ■ Tins delicate branch 01 Ins business laid its origin in tins 
tablisbed at the east, and the only Netc-Yorker country, in his works, some three years since, when, by 
. , , r ' ... sending to Sheffield direct for experienced hands, and nay- 
wilhout SOUie delllllte prefix. Otbeis credit ai'ii- ;„pr evlvaordin.-irv attention to nrocurino- exant.lv the rii^iif 
ly resided in New York, thus writes from Oregon: At present, these supplies com 
Carpenters make from eight to twelve dollars a and Detroit, at a great expense. 
day, laborers five dollars, and washerwomen get - 
from three to four dollars a dozen for washing.— Death of Rev. Dr. Alex; 
At present, these supplies come from Cleveland Unent. 
and Detroit, at a great expense. -A commission of Danish, English, and Nor- 
- wegian mineralogists, has been sent to Greenland, 
i without some definite prefix. Otheis credit arti- ing extraordinary attentiou to procuring exactly thr right 
cles taken from us to Central New-Yorker—an- kind of stock, and to tempering it properly, he made these 
I , . goods successfully. He does not pretend to compete with 
other paper started since the birth of ours, at:d the low-priced goods imported, finding ready sales for as 
which, as well as the one above alluded to, does "TY*;? 0 *?* of a11 descriptions,as he can turn’ out at some- 
i ’ ’ what higher prices. 
not treat upon the practical subjects discussed in- 
the Rural. We hope our friends .will do us the Fine Fowls. —We are frequently asked where 
; justice, whenever they find articles in our pages and of whom choice fowls can be obtained, a 
i worth copying, to add the proper credit—viz., question we are not always prepared to answer.— 
Rural New-Yorker. t Just now, however, we hear of a few genuine 
Dorkings and Polands, which can be had. A city 
Election Day is Coming. And we take it for f.j e i ld fl a s a cock and two hens, fawn-colored 
' granted that all our readers who feel interested in Dorkings, which he will sell, caged if desired, for 
Healthy persons, who are accustomed to work, to record the death of (he venerable Archibald 
make money rapidly. Alexander, D. D., who died at an early hour yes- 
Death of Rev. Dr. Alexander.—YV e have to ascertain whether the precious metals exist in 
, the mountains of that country, 
make money rapidly. Alexander, D. D., who died at an early hour yes- . 
* _ t terday morning at his residence in Princeton, N. : *' s ? Haight, of 1 utnam county, exhibited 
Kamschatka. —The Russian government and J., in the 81st )ear of his age. Dr. Alexander was County hair, a Shawl and pair of Hose, ’ 
(ho Imperial Socieiy of Geography of St. Peters- elected a Professor ill the Theological Seminary, made from Cotton raised, spun, and knit by herself ( 
burg are actively engaged in fitting out an expe- at Princeton, in 1811, when it was first establish- j n Putnam county! 
dition to explore Kamschatka and other Russian ed, and has continued in office to the hour of his , ........ _ T , 
possessions on the Pacific. Count de Czapski, a death. -In a list of cities in the United States, hav. 
Polish traveler, is to be placed at the head of it, 
and he lias ofi’ered to contribute 5000 roubles 
(£800) annually, to the expenses .—Literary Ga¬ 
zette. 
Coal at the YVest.— The Illinois Coal Com- 
Shakers in N. H.—The Shakers in New 
Hampshire number, at the present time, 260 
members. They own about 4,000 acres of land, 
which is mostly under cultivation. The rumor 
that the Society at Canterbury, intend to remove 
311 it was lirst establish- j n Putnam county! 
sffice to the hour of his . ... TT . , . , 
-In a list of cities in the United States, hav_ 
- ing a population of ten thousand and upwards, ac- 
The Shakers in New cording to the late census returns, Rochester stands 
the present time, 260 the seventeenth. 
lut 4,000 acres ol land, -Of the 750 passengers in the Ohio on her 
ultivation. Ihe rumor , . , . . r ,, , . 
rhnrv intend tn remrwe lflst trl P to Llia g re S( nearly one-quarter, accorumg 
political affairs will attend and vote for what they, ^3 fje has three 0 
individually, consider the right men and measures. ma y ke had at $1,51 
We have nothing to say as to this or that party or dre ssed to this office 
their candidates—but request a little influence in - 
behalf of our ticket. YVliat we desire is, that each / Massachusetts ( 
of those who like the ballot headed Rural New- d)e Worcester count 
Yorker, will carry one or two numbers to the one farmer Mr. PL 
$3. He has three or four pairs of Polands, which 
may be had at $1,50 per pair. Orders maybe ad- 
pany’s Railroad, eight and a quarter miles in length Wfcstwa rd, is unfounded. That as well as the En- to a correspondent of the Bangor Whig, were from 
was lately opened, with due formality. It runs fi e ]d Company, is thrifty and money-making; tho’ Maine. 
iunn Brooklyn, on the Jllinois shore of the Missis- lie i dler have of late increased in numbers. -The price of wheat is so ruinously low, says 
Massachusetts Oxf.n. —At the exhibition of 
the Worcester county( YVest) Agricultural Society 
one farmer, Mr. Harrison Bacon, of Barre, ex- 
f-ippi river, opposite St. Louis, to the coal mines at _ 
1 lie Illinois bluffs, and is intended to transport coal A Relic.—T he Minnesota Pioneer says, “ Th 
lo St. Louis. Ly means of this load, coal can be identical Indian pipe smoked by old Father Hen 
Eleclion, and see if if is not a ticket in the support , hibited thirteen oxen that weighed in the aggie- 
of which men of all parties can consistently unite. 
We trust agents and all our subscribers disposed to 
aid in making the Rural more extensively known 
and read, will avail themselves of so favorable an 
opportunity of introducing the proper to the notice 
and patronage of their fellow townsmen. IIow 
gate thirteen tons. These we call oxen that are 
oxen, and not only a credit to the Bay State but 
more of an honor to the enterprising proprietor. 
Rapid Growth. —The rapid growth of many 
of the towns in the neighborhood of New York is 
delivered in St. Louis at to 10 cents a bushel. ne pin, at the first Indian council he attended with 
. _ the Sioux Indians, near the Falls of St. Anthony, 
The Hillotype.—A friend of Mr. Hill writes j s now in our possession, the property of A. S. 
to the Tribune a contradiction that the new col- YVhite, of YVashington city, who accompanied the times, and has received in his body twenty musket ) j 
ored daguerreotype had been completed, and Hon. Luke Lee to our Territory, and assisted at hn „ a vot h „ u „ ood as new 5 
would be exhibited at once. He says that the the i ate Sioux treaties. balls ’ yct h ° ,s g ° od as ne "' 
picture exhibited at Albany is not a Hillotype, - - -The Indians give each otlier very significant < [ 
and he doubts whether Mr. Hill’s process will Potato Digger. _Among the implements of names. Lieut. Hooper, of the Arctic Expedition, ' | 
be made known within six months. 'Farm labor exhibition at the Manchester Fair, was found a woman at Fort Simpson whose name is | 
~ ~ ZT 7 j ~ a wagon with machinery attached for gathering “ Thirty-six Tongues.” 
Oxen in N. II. I iie display of cattle at the potatoes — the recent invention of a New Hamp- . ,, ci i? 1 u i 
New Hampshire Agricultural Fair is represented shire farmer. The wagon is placed at one end of-An old soldier of the.Revohition, named Ear¬ 
ns having been very fine. Among those exhibited t ] ie potato field, with oxen or horses attached, and don Beckham, aged 92, was knocked down by an 
was tbe Bedford team ot sixty-seven yoke of oxen, a j. passes down tbe rows, digs tbe potatoes, sep- engine on the Lric Railroad, near Buffalo, on I burs- ( | 
among which were many noble animals, some of a rates them from the dirt, and loads them in a day, and instantly killed. Je 
them weighing nearly 4,000 pounds. mnann I _ Ration Courier „ . ....... J 
s J _ wa S on •' liosion courier. _ _ Tlle Supreme Court, in session in Middlesex, \ 
A Good Idea.— The carriage makers of Bridge- J am es Boorman, Esq., for whom the compli- have declded that if a stable-keeper lets a team on < 
tlic Cecil (Md.) Whig, that all our farmers, who (j 
A Relic. 1 he Minnesota 1 ioueersays, “ 1 he can afford it, refuse to sell. The present prices will S 
identical Indian pipe smoked by old Father Hen- not lhe expense8 0 f raising the crop, 
nepin, at tbe first Indian council he attended with 01 , 
the Sioux Indians, near the Falls of St. Anthony, -An individual is now living in Cincinnati, 
is now in our possession, the property of A. S. who asserts that he has had his skull broken eight 
many will act upon this suggestion, bv exhibiting remarkable. Ihe New York Herald says that 400 
, . , , . . . , , houses have been built in Mornsania, on the Har- 
the paper to friends, and obtaining their subscrip- , aem Railroad< since May last, and that a contract 
tions, on Eleclion Day? [ ias j ug j ( ieeu completed for 100 at a place 6 miles 
--- beyond. They are cheap houses with small rents 
Occupations of the People. —The following a n d are occupied by persons of small means who 
calculation of the respective numbers engaged in find it cheaper to live out of town than in. 
the different principal occupations in life iu the - 
United States, we take from the Quincv Patriot: Rochester & Syracuse Rail-Road.— The re¬ 
ceipts of the Rochester and Syracuse Railroad for 
No. engaged in internal navigation.33 076 Sept _ 1851f were $114,458 86 ; Sept., 1850. $92,- 
“ » miiic learned'profession,” !!'.'.'. ’. ’. ’. 60 ’, 255 158 60; showing an an increase of $22,300 29.— 
“ “ in commerce,.11,869 And this increase is under a reduction of fare of 
“ “ in manufactures,..2291,749 334 per cent.— N. Y. Tribune. 
“ “ in agr'culture.3,/19,95t 
If J. N. Pond or his friends will forward . Asylum for Idiots. Ii is stated that the build- 
,, A . ,. ing on the Troy road, formerly occupied as the 
his pbst-ofiice address lo, or call upon, t le editor Ru ]p s Head tavern, has been selected for the Asy- 
of this paper, he may hear of a matter of interest [u m for Idiots, provided for by the act of the last 
to him. Legislature of New York. 
—An old soldier of the,Revolution, named Pnr- 
b b ’ r _ wa b rvn ™ _ _The Supreme Court, in session in Middlesex, 
A Good Idea.—T he carriage makers of Bridge- J am es Boorman, Esq., for whom the compli- have declded that lf a stable-keeper tets a team on 
]>ort, Ct., notified their workmen, recently, that nien t of a service of plate had been intended by Sabbath, he cannot recover a suit for injuries 
their wages were to be reduced. Instead of “strik- the Hudson River Railroad Company, at cost of to the same. 
m 51!!$500°, generously declines the gift, while he ap- _ Rev . Samuel Luckey, D. D., is about pub- 
ing,” the men made up their minds to go to work $5000, generously declines the gift, while he ap- _ Rev . Samuel Luckey, D. D., is about pub- 
ior themselves. 1 hey have already formed one predates the motive, and proposes in its stead, .. , . r , „, ,. . • , 
joint stock company of 34 members, who have [hat the amount be applied to the vesting of a llshll1 S a senes of personal , nd historical recollec- 
commenced operations. fund for the relief of such of the employees of the ti° ns connected with his long ana successful career 
- Company as may be disabled by accidents in its as an itinerant Methodist minister at the South- 
Lotteries. —The first lottery mentioned in En- service, or to the relief of the families of such era- west. 
glish history, began drawing at the western dcor ployees. [Tribune. -Late English papers say a small balloon, such 
of St. Paul’s Cathedral, January 11, 1569, and --- „„ t c;; r r,.|, n pv,rA-iin in n,» Fro- 
continued, dav and night, until May 6 , follow- KW° A meeting of the wool-growers of Illi- 7 ’ • ‘ .. . " 
ing. Its profits were for repairing the fortfica- nois and Wisconsin, is to be held at Elgin, on bus - descended near Gloucester, m winch was a 
lions on the coast of England, and the prizes were the 5th November, to discuss matters pertaining card dated Sept. 3d, 1851, and ‘ BioeKed in, 11 ^. 
pieces of plate. to the raising of sheep, marketing of wool, die. YY\ 71 N. Latitude.” 
-Late English papers say a small balloon, such 
ns were taken out by Sir John Franklin in the Ere¬ 
bus, descended near Gloucester, in which was a 
