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MOORE’S RURAL KEW-YO RKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL. 
ROCHESTER, NOVEMBER 6, 1851. 
TO PRINTERS. —TYPE FOR SALE. 
H AVING determined that the Rural New-Yorklr 
shall don a new suit on the first of January next, the 
proprietor oti'ers for sale the Type, &c., upon which it is 
now printed. The principal material consists of 50(1 lbs. 
Long Primer, 150 lbs. Brevier, and 100 lbs. Minion—all 
which is nearly as srood as new, as will he observed by ex¬ 
amining the print of this number. The head letter, column 
rules, leads. &c., will also he sold at a bargain. Should 
prefer to se ! l the whole together—deliverable 25th Dec. 
For terms, &c., address or apply to the Publisher. 
1 More Copy Wanted.” 
This is the cry that reaches us, while watching, 
as we have been for days and nights, at the bed¬ 
side of pain and suffering—while endeavoring to 
minister to one whom we years ago solemnly 
promised to “ cherish and protect.” It comes at 
a moment when we are least prepared for the sum¬ 
mons; for anxious thoughts and sleepless nights 
do not give the spirit, the divine afflatus, necessa¬ 
ry for writing—much more for that which is to be 
embalmed with ink and paper, and thus convey¬ 
ed to fifty thousand judges of common sense and 
Webster’s English. But, unlike men of other 
occupations, the editor must labor “ in season 
and out of season,”—amid sickness of the bod} , 
and anguish of the mind—for the failure of a 
single issue of his paper for almost any cause, 
would create distrust and dissatisfaction among 
thousands of his readers. The divine may disap¬ 
point his parishioner, the lawyer his client, the 
merchant or mechanic his customer, and be for¬ 
given—but who ever heard of a man at ease, or 
who could “forget and forgive,” if his favorite 
newspaper failed of reaching him on the accus¬ 
tomed day? And this brings to mind a remark 
made to us a few days ago, by a physician of con¬ 
siderable skill and extensive practice. We were 
sympathizing with him in regard to the perplex¬ 
ing and arduous duties of his profession—being 
called at any hour of the day or night, etc. He 
appreciated our sympathy, apparently, but cooly 
remarked that his position was more endurable 
than ours—“ for,” said he, “if I am sick, or very 
lazy, I can let a patient die, or depend upon natur 
—but you must get out next week’s paper, o 
your occupation’s gone!” This was a home 
thrust, and induced us to submit the question with 
out further discussion. It reminded us too forci 
bly of past experience—of the hours and days in 
which we had used pen and scissors for the enter 
tainment and amusement of our readers, while 
pain racked the body and despondency clouded 
the mind—to admit of any argument whatever 
Yes, we must write—but of what? The weath 
er, judging from an outward look, must be a sea 
sonable topic for a paragraph—for we have to-day 
(Monday) cloud and sunshine, wind and rain 
sleet and snow. The wind sounds cold and chill 
as it drives the unwelcome rain and sleet against 
the casement—the sere and yellow leaves fall thick 
§nd fast, announcing the advent of the destroyer 
of leaf, shrub and Howe:—and all nature presents 
a dark and melancholy aspect. But we would 
not present a sad picture, all shade—for hope and 
faith and charity forbid that we should repine even 
in this most gloomy season, or amid the darkest 
scenes of life. They teach us to look for bright 
and balmy days, and joyous - 
“ Waiting for copy, sir!” 
Visit to the Keystone State. 
In continuation of our “jottings” which closed 
with the arrival at Williamsport, it will be in place 
to give a glance at the town itself. Williamsport 
is a beautiful and thriving village, of some three 
thousand inhabitants, located on the north bank of 
the West Branch of the Susquehannah river near 
the junction of Lycoming creek. 11 is the county 
seat of Lycoming county, has good substantial 
public buildings, a bank, churches in creditable 
abundance,and is adorned with excellent Semina¬ 
ry buildings, in which a- flourishing and useful 
school is maintained. This portion of Pennsyl¬ 
vania has direct communication with Harrisburgh 
and Philadelphia, through the West Branch Canal. 
It is also in contemplation to extend the Railroad 
from Harrisburgh to this point, and thence up the 
West Branch, by a direct route to Erie. This 
would be an important road, and if extended east¬ 
ward so as to connect with the direct lines to New 
York, would be a powerful rival to the New York 
and Erie Railroad. 
From Williamsport our route was up the West 
Branch by canal. The bottom lands are here 
from one to two miles wide, and occupied by the 
descendants of the early German settlers of this 
beautiful valley. Judging from the general ap¬ 
pearance of the farms and farm buildings they are 
imbued with a sincere reverence for.the memory 
of their worthy predecessors, as evidenced in the 
implicit manner in which they follow in their foot¬ 
steps. Improvement in farming, and farm imple¬ 
ments, has never been esteemed a cardinal virtue, 
and no effort to introduce it, save here and there, 
has been successful. W heat and Corn are the sta¬ 
ples, but little attention being devoted to growing 
The World's Exhibition.—American Awards. 
Literary Notices, &e. 
Navai. Life; or. Observations Afloat and Ashore 
The Midshipman. By W. F. Lynch, U. S. N 
New York: Charles Scribner. 1851. 
Naval Life and adventure furnish the mate 
rials for a large and interesting.class of books, both 
true and fictitious. But the wonders which the 
real will warrant—which are actually met with by 
those who “ go down to the sea in ships”—are 
sufficiently striking and impressive, without re¬ 
course to fancy. The volume before us is a sim¬ 
ple portraiture of the trials and incidents of the 
life of a midshipman, and will doubtless find, mul¬ 
titudes of pleased and instructed readers;—as well 
pleased, and far Letter instructed, than by the pe¬ 
rusal of more highly colored and romantic vol¬ 
umes. The publisher has done his part toward 
making this book an acceptable one to the public. 
For sale at Darrow’s, Main st, Bookstore. 
Glances at Europe: in a Series of Letters from 
Great Britain, France, Italy, &c. By Horace 
Greeley. New York: Dewitt & Davenport. 
1851. 
Mr. Greeley’s late European Tour has pro¬ 
duced the very readable volume before us. It is 
a series of letters daugerreotyping the impressions 
of a three months ramble; rapidly, yet vividly and 
honestly picturing for American readers what met 
the eye, and awakened the thought of the author. 
It will be .widely circulated, and add much to the 
popular information of the countries which it do- 
scibes. Dewey lias it. 
The Knickerbocker Magazine. L. Gaylord 
Clarke, Editor. S. Heustou, 139 Nassau st.. 
New York, Publisher. 
The thirty-ninth volume of this periodical will 
commence with the January number, at which 
time the subscription will be reduced from five to 
three dollars per year. No change will be made 
in size or matter “except a change always con¬ 
tinued for the better,” and at that price almost eve¬ 
ry body will take “Old Knick,” and in con¬ 
sequence become its fast friends. The “area” of 
the “ Editor’s Table” will need to be extended. 
Premiums.—A lew persons entitled to premiums for ob¬ 
taining subscribers to the Rural, have not yet applied for 
them. We again request such to advise us what books, 
&c., they wish, and how and where to forward. 
stock or sheep. Butter is scarce, and poor, an 
their supplies of cheese are mostly obtained from 
the southern portion of New 7 York. Their cattle 
are quite"ordinary and we observed no bogs, ex 
cept the racer breed, or any save the common 
coarse Pooled sheep. We think agricultural pa 
pers and books have not been circulated much in 
this valley, or their influence would be more plain 
lv seen. 
The farmers of this valley have for two or three 
years devoted much atteution to raising tobacco 
with very flattering success - Large fields wer 
noticed from which the crop had been cut, which 
will yield at former prices, about two hundred 
dollars per acre. They make use of barns and 
board sheds for dry-houses and succeed, we learn 
in producing an excellent quality of tobacco. 
A ride of eight hours brought us to the fine vil 
lage of Lock Haven, the county seat of Clinton Co 
On the route we passed the village of Jersey Shore 
and some smaller hamlets, and also beheld one of 
the most magnificent spectacles an American land 
scape can furnish, and probably one unequalled in 
the world. The forest clad in the variegated foli 
age of Autumn, interspersed with a large amount 
of evergreen, presented a scene of gorgeous beau¬ 
ty. We have seen (he broad prairie, the cloud 
capt mountain and the fertile valley, and have 
stoodon the verge of Niagara’sthunderingcataract, 
but none of these served to so impress our mind 
with the wisdom and power of the Most High, as 
did this mountain side, tapestried in nature’s rich¬ 
est hues. For miles, as we rode slowly along, the 
hill side presented the same grand landscape, up¬ 
on which our companions gazed with reverence 
and delight. 
Above Lock Haven, the whole region of coun 
try has been for years filled with hardy lumber¬ 
men, who make of the broad river a thorough¬ 
fare to float their immense rafts to tide water.— 
Foremost among these “ sons of toil ” we found 
the enterprising woodman of Maine, who had left 
the Penobscot, and Arostook, to seek competence 
in the rich forests of Pennsylvania. From this 
point our route led from the river, over hills and 
through dales to the hamlet of Salona, and we 
question whether the much admired scenery of 
Switzerland, or the Scottish highlands present any 
more soul-stirring views than are to be met with 
in this locality. Pennsylvania bas an abundance 
of rich fertile valleys, and hills, and mountains, 
which contain inexhaustable mines of wealth in 
their stores of Iron and Coal. 
Our return route led through Tioga Co., having 
passed over the mountain summit, at the sources 
of Trout Run, and found a lodgment at what is 
known throughout all northern .Pennsylvania as 
the Block House, in Liberty Township. For an 
inland location, hedged round with hills and for¬ 
ests, this town has developed the resources of the 
soil, and given evidence that industry and econo¬ 
my are sure to reap a rich reward. Ten miles 
from Liberty we reached Blossburgh. Here are 
extensive fields of bituminous coal, which are 
worked with good success. It was not in our pow¬ 
er to visit the mines, but from some of the party 
that did go, we learn the strata is some three feet 
in thickness, and the excavations extend for full 
three hundred rods into the mountain. Each 
miner wears a lamp on his cap, and in this cramp¬ 
ed place works his allotted hours each day. The 
coal is put iulo light cars and run to the mouth of 
the pit, and emptied into the cars of the Bloss¬ 
burgh Railroad Co. They are then let down an 
inclined plain, an empty car returning for each 
loaded one coming down. We learn the company 
are doing a large and prosperous business. The 
railroad is forty miles in length, reaching to Corn¬ 
ing, N. Y., where the coal has found a convey¬ 
ance to all parts of our State, through the Chemung 
canal. The completion of the N. Y. <fc Erie Rail¬ 
road opens a still more extensive market. 
We passed from Blossburgh to Corning in the 
evening train and saw but little of what is said to 
be a fine farming country along tiio Tioga river. 
The whole distance was thronged with vast piles 
of lumber, and every few miles a village was no¬ 
ticed some of which appeared to be flourishing 
We have other notes of Northern Pennsylvania 
which may be given hereafter. + 
The National Intelligencer of Tuesday, con¬ 
tains a complete list of' the Awards in favor of 
American contributors to the Great Exposition 
of Industry at London—as officially communi¬ 
cated by our Commissioner, Edward Riddle, 
Esq., to Joseph G. C. Kennedy, Esq., Secietary 
of the Central Committee at Washington. The 
following are the Council Medals, (five) as we 
have already stated: 
To Gael Borden, Jr., Texas, for bis preparation.called 
“Meat-Biscuit.” 
To David Dick, Meadsville, Pa., for his “ Anti-Fi iction 
Press” and various engineer’s tools and presses. 
To C II McCormick, Chicago, Ill., for liis “ Reaping Ma¬ 
chine.” 
To Wm Bond & Son, Boston, for the invention of a new 
mode of observing Astronomical Phenomena, &c. 
To Charles Goodyear, New Haven, Conn., for “India 
Rubber Fabrics.” 
The Prize Medals, awarded by the several Ju¬ 
ries, subject to the confirmation or veto of the 
secti in or classes of Juries having cognizance of 
kindred branches of Industry, are naturally 
much more numerous. The following are awards 
of 
PRIZE MEDALS. 
Hiram Powers, for a Statue of Greek Slave. 
Brooklyn Flint Glass Co., for Flint Glass. 
Day & Newell, Parautopic Permutating Locks, (with 
special approbation.) 
Silas C Herring, New York, Salamander Safe. 
North Wayne Scythe Co., Maine, for Scythes. 
D Simmons & Co., Edge Tools; Brown & Wells, tools. 
Chilson, Richardson & Co., Boston, hot-air furnace. 
Cornelius & Co., Philadelphia, chandelier. 
Charles Howland, New York, bell telegraph. 
Adams & Co., bank lock; McGregor & Lee, do. 
G A Arrowsmitli, permutation locks. 
C Childs, a slide-top buggy or phaeton. 
W G Watson, a sporting wagon, very neat. 
Blodgett & I.erow, sewing machine. 
W Hayden, drawing regulator for cotton. 
Lowell Machine Shop, self-acting lathe, and a power 
loom. 
Prouty & Mears, plow 7 . 
C Starr, book-binding machine. 
JP Woodbury, wood-planing, tonguing and grooving 
machine. 
T IC Earl & Co., card clothing. 
Ryder’s Patent Iron bridge, N. Y., (model.) 
National Institute of Washington, models of ships. 
J It St John. N. Y., nautical compass. 
A Dallas Bache, (U. S. Gov’t) balances. 
M B Brady, New York, daguerreotypes. 
J A Whipple, do. M N Lawrence, do. 
.T R St John, detector compass. 
W A Burt, solar compass, surveying instruments, &c. 
J Ercisson, sea lead, pyrometer, &e. 
.T Chickering. Boston, square piano-fortes. 
Jt Nunns &. Clark, a seven octave do. 
C II Eisenbrandt, clarionets and flutes. 
G Gemunder, violins. 
C Mover, two pianos. 
J K Herrick, superior ruling of account books. 
S G Howe, Boston, alphabet for the blind. 
W H Jeffers, ladies’ boots and shoes. 
W II Addington, shoes for mining. 
Mrs W Haight, a shirt. 
C Dufficld, hams. 
Adirondac Company, N. Y., steel and iron. 
Morris, Jones & Co., plate iron. 
New Jersey Exploring and Mining Company, zinc ores, 
franklinite and smelting process. 
Trenton Iron Company, fine iron ores, &c. 
W Barnes, maple sugar. L Dean, do. 
Dill & Mulchae.v, cavendish tobacco. J II Grant,' do. 
Thomas Bell, Westchester Co., N. Y., soft wheat from 
Genesee. 
Hecker & Bro. New York, Genesee flour. 
B B Kirtland, Indian corn, 35 varieties. 
E T Herriot, Carolina rice. 
Sohooley & Hough, hams. 
New York State Agricultural Society, varieties of wheat. 
Raymond & Schuyler, flour, (thirds.) 
P Robinson, cavendish tobacco. 
Power & Weightman, chemicals. 
S Bond, Cotton. Wade Hampton, do. - 
G L Homes, do. J R Jones, do. J V Jones, do. 
W W Macleod, do. J B Meriwether, do. 
J Pope, do. W B Seabrook, do. J Nailer, do. 
.1 H Ewing, wool. CockerUl, do. Perkins & Brown, do. 
A M Kimber & Co., do. 
W Colgate & Co., New York, starch. Oswego Factory,do. 
State of Maryland, a collection of her produce. 
Rev Zadock Thompson, Vermont Woods. 
II G & L B Hotchkiss, oil of peppermint. 
George Hicks, tillanesia usnoides. 
Amoskcog Manufacturing Co., N. II., drillings, tickings, 
sheetings and cotton flannels. 
Willimantic Duck Co., Conn., cotton sail cloth. 
Gilbert & Stevens, Mass., flannels. 
Lawrence, Stone & Co., tartans from native wool. 
B Baker, light harness, superior workmanship. 
II M Crawford, calf-skins tanned in oak bark. 
Wisdom, Russell & Whitman, curled hair, for furniture. 
Hickey & Tull, two portmanteaus. 
Lacey & Phillips, a case of harness. 
Harward Co., India rubber shoes. 
J Fenn, comb. 
S C Moulton, India rubber goods. 
G Loring, water pail. 
Julius Pratt & Co., ivory veneer. 
M J Louderback, Preserved peaches. 
State of Maryland, a collection of produce. 
B izin, Xavier & Co., fancy soap. 
J R St John, soap. 
II P & W C Taylor, Philadelphia, toilet soap. 
MONEY AWARD. 
J S Wood, for expenses of constructing his piano violin 
—£50. 
The following articles, though not deemed de¬ 
serving of Prizes, were awarded an Honorable 
Mention in their Reports by their respective Ju¬ 
ries, viz: 
Adirondac Co., New York, castiron, &c; Morrell, Stew¬ 
art & Co., sheet iron; Morris, Jones & Co., boiler plate 
iron; John Bridge, oil cake; George Dominick, lard; 
Hecker & Bro., farina; AY Hotchkiss, wheat; Lee, James 
& Co., oil cake; Mookler & Chiles, cavendish tobacco; 
Oswego Starch Factory, lecula of Maize; Oyler & Ander¬ 
son, cavendish tobacco; James Thomas, & Co., do; M 
White, Muscovado sugar; We'therill & Bro., various salts; 
E R Dix, flax, hemp and guano; G Dominick, lard oil; T 
Emory, do; E Feuchtwanger, bleached shellac; F Prank, 
lard oil; L Goddard, whalebone;. Holbrook & Stanley, lard 
oil; F O Katteridge, cornhusk fibre; R J Pell, woods; 
Truesdale, Jacobs & Co., cotton; Samuel Colt, revolving 
rifles and pistols; Dobbins & Lawrence, military rifles; J 
E Mayall, photographs; Gilbert & Co., for a piano forte, 
with TEolian attachment; C Goodyear, for the successful 
application of a new material (India rubber) for the man¬ 
ufacture of a flute; G Hews, for a square piano forte; J 
Pirson, for a patent square piano forte; B T & D Holden, 
blankets; II Adams, a portable saddle; AY D Palmer, tar¬ 
get rifle; Bradley Band & Co., book cloth binding and 
black gilding; H Gassett, superior ruling of account books; 
.1 & AY McAdams, ruled account books and circular ruling; 
Libell & Mott, specimens of account books; C Starr, bind¬ 
ing works for the blind, with thickened margins to pre¬ 
vent the embossing from being pressed out; E Walker & 
Co., New A’ork, a Bible elaborately bound and ornament¬ 
ed, with a recess for a family register inside the cover; A 
X; A Lawrence & Co., carpet; N A Breed & Co., children’s 
shoes; AV H Jeffers, collection of boots, shoes, (prize med¬ 
al to the workman;) James Mil ward & Sons, bonnets 
made of cotton braid; AB Allen & Co., New York, tools; 
Pond & Co., cooking stoves; Maryland Soap Stone Co., for 
articles made of soapstone; Sail &’ Mear, water vase of flue 
brick day; AV Ragan, mechanical reclining chair. 
foreign Sntelligmct. 
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP FRANKLIN. 
Seven Days Later from Europe. 
The U. S. Steamer Franklin arrived at New 
York, Nov. 2d, bringing a large number of passen¬ 
gers and having made an excellent run. 
Markets. —In flour and wheat only a moderate 
business has been done at the decline noticed on 
Friday, viz: 3dfa)6d per bbi. oil flour and Id on 
wheat. 
Corn but little inquired for and nominally 
quoted. 
Manchester markets have sympathized with 
Liverpool, business being limited with a gloomy 
aspect. 
London Money Market. —Money easy; Eng¬ 
lish funds firm; Consols 97|(a>97 §• The commer¬ 
cial advices from the continent are devoid of in¬ 
terest. 
The Steam Propellor St. Louis arrived at Liver¬ 
pool on the 21st. On the 15th, 85 miles west of 
Cape Clear, she lost her propeller in a heavy gale. 
This was her first voyage. 
Kossuth has not yet arrived in England. 
The King of Hanover lies in a very critical con¬ 
dition. 
Accounts from Madrid are to the 15th. The ed¬ 
itor of the Heraldo, prosecuted by the government 
for libel has been acquitted. 
The Duke de Rivas was talked of for the foreign 
department. 
A letter from Paris states that matters are very 
serious. 
items of Hrais, &r. 
A Brave Boy. —A boy in New Jersey,at vari¬ 
ous times,saved four lives before be was 10 years 
old. When a little over 8 years old lie saw his 
youngest brother break through the ice where 
the water was four feet deep. He had to run 12 
or 15 yards to reach the pond, and remembering 
■having heard his mother read a story from one of 
Peter 'Parly’s clever books, of a person saving 
another’s life, when the ice was not strong 
enough for him to walk upon it, by creeping, lie 
lay down on the ice, crept to the hole where his 
brother had broken through, reached into the 
water, and pulled him out by the hair, after lie 
he had sunk the third time. Creeping backwards 
he drew the rescued sufferer to the shore. Af¬ 
ter this he saved the lives of three boys at the 
same pond; and in one of these instances show- 
ed as much coolness and presence of mind as 
any grown person could. Seeing the ice was too 
thin to bear him, he tried to borrow a sled from 
a boy, nearby, who refused it; but, pushing the 
boy over, he seized the sled and shoved it to the 
sinking lad, who caught hold of it, and he,hold¬ 
ing on by the string, pulled him to the shore.— 
We have only to add, that this clever child Avas 
as good as he was brave. 
The Maryland State Fair. —The Agricul¬ 
tural Fair and Cattle Show, and Maryland Insti¬ 
tute Fair, in Baltimore, we learn from the Tribune 
tilled the city so full of strangers that the hotels and 
hoarding-house keepers were, scarcely able to ac- 
jommodate them all. It is computed that full 
$500,000 was left in the city by this host of visi¬ 
tors. The Agricultural Fair was the largest ever 
held south of Philadelphia, there being about 800 
' ead of cattle, 300 head of horses, 150 sheep, 180 
hogs, 500 of live poultry, &c., besides the agricul¬ 
tural implements, flowers, fruits,vegetables, house¬ 
hold manufactures, &c., on exhibition. The re¬ 
ceipts of the Society for admission alone were near 
$5,000—the' fees from annual members being 
quite large in addition. The Institute Fair embrac¬ 
ed about 2,000 exhibitors’ contributions, and the 
receipts of the week were near $7,000. 
Coal in North Carolina. —Recent discoveries 
in Moore Co., says the Fayetteville Observer, con¬ 
firm the confident prediction made by Professor 
Johnson over two years ago, that the whole of 
the country, to the Montgomery line, would be 
found to be a bed of coal. 
Illinois Central Railroad. —From the re¬ 
port lately made to the Board of Directors, we' 
learn that the whole length of the road, includ¬ 
ing branches to Chicago and Dubuque, is esti¬ 
mated at 699 miles, whole cost of construction, 
$16,527,213. This covers.every expense connect¬ 
ed with the stationary appurtenances of the road. 
To meet this outlay, the company has lands, 
granted by Congress to the State of Illinois, 
whose estimated value is $18,150,000. No pri¬ 
vate resources will be drawn upon for the com¬ 
pletion of the road. The value of the granted 
lands exceeds the estimated cost of the road by 
$1,612,782. Seventeen millions are to be raised 
by hypothecating two millions of acres of the 
granted land. 
An Experiment. —In the Roscrean Work- 
House, Ireland,the learned Doctor in charge lias 
appropriated one of the.wards to the exclusive use 
of a deaf and dumb nurse, who has charge of four 
infant children. They are to be insolated from 
companionship with all who have the gift of 
speech, until they have attained to the age when 
children usually acquire a knowledge and use of 
language. The object is to discover the natural 
language of man. This experiment, if thorough 
ly tried, aviII probably show that man has no na¬ 
tural lauguage ! 
Novel Exportation. —Among other commo¬ 
dities of various kinds, comprising the cargo of a 
vessel, which left New York last week for Chagres, 
was a consignment of 100 cats, for the California 
and Oregon markets. This will not be consider¬ 
ed so very singular, when it is known that in Ore 
gon—where horses and mice are plentiful, and cats 
scarce—it is not uncommon to exchange a horse 
for a cat. At this rate, it would not be surprising 
to see the quotations for cats regularly published in 
the prices current. 
The Latest Flying Machine.— 1852 promises 
us all sorts of marvels. The Patrie states that the 
Academy of Sciences is just now examining a fly¬ 
ing machine, invented by one Don Diego Sala¬ 
manca, who declares that he can make his way 
through the air as fast as a carrier pigeon. “ It 
will be very curious,”says the Patrie, “tosee po¬ 
licemen in France or England pursuing thieves in 
the air, in order to lock them up on earth.” 
Rural Economy. —Dr. T. D. English, of Phila¬ 
delphia, advertises in this paper his intention of 
delivering a series of lectures in this county, on 
Agriculture, Rural Economy, Landscape Garden¬ 
ing, &c. The Doctor enjoys considerable reputa¬ 
tion as a lectui er, and having devoted much time 
to preparation for the intended course, we have no 
doubt it will prove highly interesting.— Del. Co. 
( Pa .) Republican. 
Passing Away. —Miss Ruth Pierson, who died 
in Derby, a few days since, aged 89, was the last 
resident descendant of the first white settler of that 
town, Thomas Pierson, who purchased the land, 
in 1654, of the Chief of the Sagamore Indians, 
O’Kenuk. His descendants have retained a por¬ 
tion of that purchase to this day, nearly 200 years. 
—New Haven Register. 
The Largest “ Pile” in the World. —Ac¬ 
cording to the recentreturn of the Bank of France, 
the specie on hand amounted to six hundred mil¬ 
lions of francs, or about one hundred and fifteen 
millions of dollars. This we believe is the largest 
amount of specie ever collectea together. The 
Bank of England bas not had, at any time, over 
one hundred millions. 
Large PiG.^-Mr. John Tyrrell exhibited a pig 
15 months old at the Pavilion and Le Roy Fairs, 
which weighed eight hundred pounds! This is 
the largest roaster we have seen this fall. This 
pig is growing finely and it is supposed that if he 
keeps on growing, he will one day, cease to be a 
pig and become a hog !—Le Roy Gazette. 
Hard to beat. —The largest pumpkin, wo have 
ever seen is one raised on the premises of Mr. N. 
Prentice of this city. This enormous vegetable 
weighs 115 pounds, and belongs to the Sugar 
Pumpkin species. There is on the same prem¬ 
ises another weighing 105 lbs .—Nauvoo Tribune. 
-The town of Derryfield, N. II., celebrated 
its centennial anniversary on Wedneseay last. 
-Christy, the leader of the negro minstrels in 
New 'Vork, states that his receipts last year were 
§57,000. 
-Powers, the sculptor, at Rome, has so many 
orders that he has raised his price to $1,000 per 
bust. 
-The English Government have consented to 
advance Col. Rawlinson $75,000, for the purpose 
of continuing his researches in Assyria. 
-The new building erected by the Cambridge 
Athenaeum will be dedicated on the 14th of Novem¬ 
ber, Rev. Dr. Gannet will deliver the address. 
-Father Mathew sails for Europe the 8th inst. 
Various donations, amounting to a considerable 
sum, have been presented to him. 
-The Governor of Pennsylvania has appoint¬ 
ed Thursday, November 27th, as a day of Thanks¬ 
giving. 
-An Episcopal College is to be established at 
R.acine, Wisconsin—that city having raised $5,000 
for the erection of buildings. 
-P. T. Barnum will it is said, be nominated 
for Governor of Connecticut by the Temperance 
and the Democratic party of the State. 
-A Moravian Church, to cost $300, is about 
to be built at Green Bay. The contract has been 
let. 
-Daniel Webster, we are told, received $5,000 
for his argument in the great India Rubber Case, 
at Boston last week. 
-Mr. Ezra Hodges the last of Washington’s 
Life Gaurdsmen, died at East Vassalborough, Me., 
on the 1st inst., at the age of 91. 
-There are now 29 American steamers on the 
Pacific, all of them built within the last two and a 
half years. 
-The average number of persons constantly 
employed at the Crystal Palace, during the great 
exhibition, is stated to have been 80,000. 
-Rice has been cultivated more than 150 years 
in South Carolina. It was planted in the year 
1693, and lias been grown every year since that 
time. 
--The Baltimore News states that 100,000 
acres of land in Warren county, Tenn., believed 
to be clear of taxes, were sold at their exchange on 
Monday, at the rate of five cents per acre. 
-Col. Fremont has sold his Mariposa tract of 
gold land in California, to a London company, for 
$1,000,000. He owns more valuable property in 
San Francisco, besides. 
-The Trustees of Georgetown College, Ky., 
have made an appeal in its behalf to the Baptists 
of that State, for $100,000, for its endowment.— 
Of this sum $47,000 have been subscribed. 
-The city of Boston is worth the whole State 
of North Carolina. By assessment the property of 
that city is ascertained to be §167,000,00U. That 
of North Carolina cannot exceed $140,000,000 
-M. L. Babcock, Esq., Cashier of the Ex¬ 
change Bank of Lockport, has resigned his position 
and R. S. Wilkinson has been appointed to till his 
place. 
-The Sultan’s liberality to Kossuth and all 
the other Refugees, continued up to the day of their 
departure. They cost him 80,000,000 of piastres or 
$1,500,000, since their entrance on his soil. 
■-A little daughter of W. G. Perley was killed 
at Lebanon, N. H., by falling upon a pen holder, 
which she had in her mouth, and driving into her 
throat. 
-The total receipts of the late State Fair at 
Manchester, N. H., are given at $4,100, There 
►were 2,300 new members added to the Society, and ( 
14,500 single tickets sold. 
-The hull of the new Propellor Princeton, 
just launched at Charlestown, contains about sixty 
thousand pounds of copper, in the shape of bolts, 
spikes, nails, &c. 
-A Spanish paper calculates that there are 
3,064 languages throughout the .world—587 in Eu- ( 
rope, 937 in Asia, 267 in Africa, and 1,264 in 
America. \ 
j. -The Journal says that a magnificent eagle 
was shot on Sunday by Mr. Tolman, of Milton 
Lower Mills. The monarch of the air measured 
seven feet from tip to tip. 
_Upwards of seven millions of letters have 
passed through the New York Post Office during 
the last quarter. The number of stamps sold for 
the quarter was 1,475,555. Letters advertised 
48,000. 
_Ihe Hurricane, a new clipper ship built af¬ 
ter the model of the celebrated yacht America, was 
launched in New York Saturday. She is 1900 tons 
burthen, and is expected to be the fleetest vessel 
yet on the “ big pond.” 
-Every important piece of iron used in the 
construction of the Crystal Palace was tested by 
hydraulic press. If similar care was used with all 
the axles and machinery of a railroad, many lives 
would bo saved. 
-In Lowell there are five woman to one man. 
The “ female operatives,” young of course, dress 
very fashionably, and the bight of the streets on 
Sunday is said to be curious, from the thin sprink¬ 
ling of the usual abatements, age and treusers. 
An Old Time Minister. —In 1770, Rev. Joseph 
Woodman was settled in Sanbornton, N. H.,with 
a salary of $200 per annum; 12(1 of which was to 
bo paid in money, and $80 in labor, with the 
special agreement, “that lie should have the lib¬ 
erty to preach old sermons-when his health would 
not permit him to preach new ones.” 
Profits of Authorship. —That good books pay 
will be seen by the following:—The Harpers’ have 
paid Stephens, the American traveler, more than 
$50,000 for copy-rights, and Prescott more than 
$55,000. They are paying at the present time 
$5,000 to Prof. Anthon, and $2,000 to Jacob Ab¬ 
bott, every year.” 
Toronto Railroad. —The ceremony of break¬ 
ing ground on the Toronto and Lake Semcoe Rail¬ 
road was performed on the 15th inst. Countess 
Elgin turned up the sward with a silver spade in 
the presence of twenty thousand people. 
Apple Crop. —Capt. McFadden, of Grand 
Spring, Dane Co., Wis., has raised this year about 
500 bushels of apples, from which he will realize 
some $500. This is a very good beginning for a 
new country. 
