MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER 
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J'gfT It is stated in the Boston Herald, that Gen. 
Abner Curtis, a great shoe manufacturer at East 
Abington, Massachusetts, has issued proposals to 
some twenty or thirty young men in his manu¬ 
facturing ware house, that if they will, the cur¬ 
rent year, be prudent, economical and faithful in 
their duties—show a balance sheet of savings, in¬ 
dividually, of one hundred and fifty dollars, and 
consummate marriage on or before the first day of 
January next ensuing, then, he will, in all and 
every such case being made to appear, and proven 
unto him, add, as a New Year’s present thereunto, 
a house and lot upon his vast domain, and there¬ 
with one hundred dollars, for the purpose of as¬ 
sisting iu the erection of a cottage house, several¬ 
ly, to his corps of assistants aforesaid. 
It is now beyond a doubt that Rosin Oil 
will explode. A brass lamp with four burners 
exploded, a few days since, at the house of Dr. 
Downs, Grand street, New York. It appears 
that but one of the burners was in use, and that 
the wicks in the others being rather small, the 
escaping gas ignited and explosion ensued, which 
came near doing great mischief, blowing the lamp 
to pieces and sending the fragments to a distance 
of ten feet round the room, firing the furniture, Ac. 
Fortunately there was no person injured, and the 
flames were quickly extinguished. 
Q3g”The U. S. Mint at Philadelphia is now en¬ 
gaged night and day iu striking off the new silver 
coinage. The denominations are three, five, ten 
and twenty-five cents. The new quarter of a dol¬ 
lar weighs precisely four pennyweights, and is 
71A grains less than the former piece. As com¬ 
pared with the current Spanish quarters, the new 
coin is decidedly heavier and somewhat finer.— 
None of the new dimes or half dimes have been 
struck. 
A drove of forty mules, purchased in Geor¬ 
gia for use on the canal, passed through Syracuse 
on Monday. The Journal says, many of them 
were sixteen hands high, and their average height 
was not less than fifteen and a hdlf hands. They 
have a great partiality for a grey horse, and will 
follow one for any distance. These animals will 
be pnt on the tow-path this Spring, and will 
doubtless be found quite asservicable as horses of 
a higher breed. 
It is said that the English Ivy can be suc¬ 
cessfully cultivated with us. Washington Irving 
has a vine brought from Melrose Abbey, Scotland, 
which covers his house at Sunny Side. Mr. Breck- 
enridge, the successor of the late A. J. Downing, 
in the employment of the Government on the 
Capitol Grounds, informs a correspondent of the 
Waterbury American, that it can be cultivated 
with success in Connecticut. The ivy is found to 
preserve the building it grows on. 
The Sandusky Register says that seven 
hundred tons of ice taken out west of the Mad 
River docks is now being shipped to Cincinnati. 
It is in beautiful clear cakes of eight and ten inches 
in thickness, and if properly stored, will stand any 
Cincinnati weather. Its cost, delivered in the 
Queen City, is about $8 per ton; owing to the 
great scarcity of tire article in that locality, it readi¬ 
ly sells for $30 per ton, leaving a snug little mar¬ 
gin for the fortunate speculators. 
The arrangements for the internal man¬ 
agement of the New York Crystal Palace have all 
been made. The general superintendence has been 
given to Captains Dupont and Davis of the Na¬ 
vy. B. P. Johnson, of Albany, will have special 
charge of the Agricultural department, Joseph E. 
Holmes of the machinery, Edward Vincent of the 
fabrics, Prof. B. Silliman, Jr., of mineralogy, and 
Felix Piatti of the products of the sculptor. 
Dr. Allen states in his pamphlet on the 
opium trade, that China expends more than $40,- 
000,000 for the single article of opium, annually; 
this is nearly as much as the whole amount of the 
revenue of the United States, from all sources 
whatever, and a larger sum than any nation of 
the globe pays to another for a single raw materi¬ 
al, with the exception of what Great Britain pays 
to this country for cotton. 
At the sale of the household furniture of 
the late Daniel Webster, which took place at 
Washington on the 18th inst., so great was the 
desire of persons to possess memorials of him, that 
an ordinary cane-seat chair, with castors, (gene- 
rally occupied by Mr. Webster,) was sold for $15, 
and a time piece, that could have been put into 
his overcoat pocket, for $39,50. 
Z$T T here is in the library belonging to the 
Academy at Germantown, Pa., the identical tele¬ 
scope used by General Washington at the battle 
of Germantown, October!, 1777. It is a cumbrous 
instrument, and must have required considerable 
muscular power for its use. There is in the same 
library a copy of tire Bible, Geneva edition, 1G10. 
sir a species of hemp made from the fibers of 
the okra or gumbo plant, is spoken highly of by 
the Now Orleans papers. 1 Its merits consist in the 
cheapness of its culture, the abundance of the raw 
material, and the quickness with which it grows. 
It is also stated that the article can be produced 
at the North as well as at the South, though not 
so profusely. 
The Illustrated London News establish¬ 
ment is clearing annually about £25,000 for its 
proprietors. Most of their engravings are execu¬ 
ted in their own office by their own artists. The 
sale is so enormous that, besides making their 
own presses, each of which prints 10,000 an hour, 
they actually manufacture their own paper. 
113?” During the year 1852, the total number of 
deaths in New York, as shown by the Inspector’s 
report just published, was 21,601. Of this num¬ 
ber, 19,114 died in consequence of disease, and the 
remaining 2,487 from premature birth, malforma¬ 
tion, old age and casualities, such as suicide, mur- 
1 der, drowning, Ac. 
> The Syracuse Central New-Yorker is in- 
1 formed on good authority, that hundreds, if not 
1 thousands, of the parcels of land given away by 
Hon. Garret Smith, to poor and worthy white and 
colored people in the State, were advertised to be 
sold for taxes, 7th of December last. 
^^pThe editor of the St. Paul Minnesotian, 
who was at one time one of the only three white 
men in what is now the State of Iowa, “ hopes yet 
to travel in a Railroad car on a continuous route 
from the Minnesota river to New Orleans, and very 
probably to San Francisco.” 
William Sturgess, of Zanesville, a Presby¬ 
terian gentleman of great business tact and ample 
fortune, offers to the trustees of the Delaware 
(Methodist) College, the sum of $10,00(1 for the 
endowment of a library, if they can raise $15,000 
for the erection of a proper building. 
5^” It is estimated that New York wholesales 
) and retailes clams to the value of $600,000 per 
> annum. Some 2100 craft of various sizes, valued 
^ at $150,000, are engaged in the clam trade.— 
r About 8,000 persons are variously employed in 
( the trade. 
e haence. 
Arrival of the Niagara. 
Our latest European intelligence is by the Ni¬ 
agara, which arrived on the 30th ult. The Arctic 
was due on the 4th. 
Louis Napoleon has offered the War Ministry 
to Gen. Canobert again, but he refused to accept 
it unless Changarhier, Lamoriciere, Bedeau and 
Lofio be amnestied. The pensions to Polish re¬ 
fugees have been withdrawn. 
Twenty new peers had been created in Portu¬ 
gal to carry through the new measures of the 
Government. 
The state of things between Switzerland and 
Austria is growing interesting. The report of the 
death of Haynau is confirmed, but no particulars 
are given. The Turks have evacuated Montenegro. 
A dispatch stating that Prince Menchikoff had 
met with a repulse from the Sultan, and the latter 
had implored the aid of France and England, had 
depressed the English and French funds. 
The British fleet had been ordered from Malta 
to the Archipelago. Buenos Ayrean dates to the 
2d February, state that the civil war was still in 
progress. 
New York Wool Market.— Sale reported of 
100 bales Entre Rios, at 15@17c. Quotations con¬ 
tinued as follows, being the lowest range in that 
market : 
American Saxony Fleece,.5o@60 
American full blood Merino,.49@53 
•American K and 24 Merino,.45@48 
American Native aud )4 Merino,.40@44 
Extra pulled,.* * •.48@52 
Superfine pulled,.44@46 
No. 1 pulled,.40@42 
No change in foreign varieties. From other 
markets we have have no sales reported. 
Railroad Fares. 
From an article in the N. Y. Times, on low and 
uniform rates of fore on Railroads, we extract the 
following : 
A moment’s reflection and reference to experi¬ 
ence, will show that the rates at which a passen¬ 
ger or a ton of freight can be profitably carried at 
one time, is the rate at which it should be carried 
at all times. There are constantly recurring evi- 
lences that passengers can be transported at one 
half the customary fores. Every excursion ticket 
issued—and they are occasionally issued by every 
Company—is a proof that the Company can af¬ 
ford to carry the bearer upon those distinguished 
terms. If it can be done on one occasion, it may 
be done on every other, and habitually. That 
any railroad exacts double fares in winter, to those 
it collects in summer, not only proves that its pub¬ 
lic spirited management is quite willing to take 
ill possible advantage of the absence of competi¬ 
tion, but that it obtains at least twice as much for 
its winter work as it is worth. It costs no more 
to carry the passenger in January than in July; 
and whatever difference is made is at the expense 
of justice. And. again; the rate at which passen¬ 
gers and freight can be transported for one hun¬ 
dred miles is the rate at which they can be trans¬ 
ported for any fraction of that distance. If a 
Company is paid with a dollar for carrying a pas¬ 
senger through, it is paid with a half dollar, for 
taking him half way. If it charges more, it takes 
ungenerous and exhorbitant advantage of de¬ 
fective competition. 
A Mammoth Corporation. —The Erie Railroad, 
according to Mr. Loder, President, including all 
its assets, property, and effects of every name and 
description, has cost the stockholders up to March 
1, 1853, $30,277,522. There are, of main road, 
of a solid and permanet character, nearly all well 
fenced, 446 miles. Newburgh branch 13 miles ; 
sidings or switches, 96 miles; double track, 139 
miles ; making in all 7(31 miles of iron rail laid.— 
The working machinery is, 149 locomotives ; 131 
passenger and baggage cars; 1,855 freight and 
Durden care ; with steamboats, storehouses, depots, 
telegraph line, Ac. 
Beef and Pork. —“ Wisconsin Beef” stands as 
high in the New York market as any produced in 
this country. Cattle are as good iu respect of 
Stock, as well fattened and as well packed, as the 
best from their neighbors of Illinois. The total 
amouut packed during theseason was 10,151 bbls. 
The total number of barrels of pork, packed dur¬ 
ing the last season amounts to 23,707 barrels.— 
l’he pork generally lias brought a high price, and 
farmers have reaped a rich harvest, the current 
rates having been $5@6 75, during the season.— 
Milwaukee Wisconsin. 
War in Honduras. —Letters received in Boston 
dated Honduras, March 1, say :—“ War is now 
openly declared between the States of Guatemala 
and Honduras. The latest news states that one 
hundred and fifty men of Honduras have beaten 
five hundred of Carrera’s troops. It is said that 
the inhabitants of that State dislike this man, 
who has taken the whole power into his hands. 
Jf such is the case, it is expected that Honduras 
will be entirely triumphant and bring a speedy 
close to this exterminating war.” 
Rural New-Yorker Office, ? 
Rochester, April 6,1853. ) 
The unfavorable state of the weather has prevented the 
usual amount of business during the past week. Few 
teams with produce have been in from the country aud 
transactions as well as prices are nominal. 
Flour and Grain.—P rices remain unchanged. No sales 
beyond supplying home demand. 
Provisions—V ery light sales at former rates, and little 
activity. Household supplies come forward in quantities 
to meet all wants, and vegetables have fallen off in price. 
Butter is scarce, and commands 15@17e. Eggs 12^c. 
Seeds.—C lover has advanced, and now retails at $6,75 
for medium. Large is not plenty, and sells at $8@8,50.— 
Timothy $2,25@3,5<> as in quality. 
For other changes consult the annexed price list: 
Rochester Wholesale Prices. 
Flour, bbl. . . . $4,88@5,25 ! Butter, lb.15@17c 
Pork, mess, . . . 18,00@19,00 Cheese,.8@9 
Do. cwt,.6,50@7,00 poultry. 
Beef, bbl. mess,.l0,00@10,50 j Turkeys, lb.9@10 
Do. cwt,.5,00@6.l)0 j Chickens,.S@9 
Lard, tried,.10@llc seeds. 
Do. leaf,.11c j Clover, bu.$7,00(738,50 
Hams, smoked,. . . .10@llc j Timothy,.©2,25@3 
Shoulders, do.,.8@9c j Flax,.1,25@1,37>4 
Potatoes,..-.31)4@50e sundries. 
grain. I Whitefish,bbJ..©8,50@10,50 
Wheat,bu.$0,00@1,06 1 Codfish, cwt,.©4,50 
Corn,. @56>4c Salt, bbl.1,63 
Buckwheat,.44 1 Apples, bush.50@63 
Rye,.56@62 Do. dried,.. .. $1@1,25 
Oats.38@39 Eggs,doz.12>£@13c 
Barley,.00@56)4 Beans, bu,.1,00(731.12 
hides. Hay,ton.8(7312 
Slaughter, cwt,.. .3,50@4,00 Wood, hard, cord 3,50(734,50 
Calf,lb..6@8 Do. soft,.2(733,50 
Sheep Pelts,.1,00@1,75 Wool, fb.45(7355 
Lamb skins,.50@75 Flour barrels,.36(2)37 
NEW YORK MARKET. 
NEW YORK, April 5. 
FLOUR.—Our market for Western and State flour is 
heavy and rather lower for common brands. The shipping 
demand is quite light, and the eastern inquiry moderate. 
Canadian quiet and nominal. Sales, Western Canadian, 
3,500 bbls, $4 56@6S for common to good State. . 46«@494 
for mixed to fancy Michigan and Indiana, and common to 
good Ohio. 
GRAIN.— Wbeatmarket very quiet, and prices rather 
nominal. 1 20@t 21 for Ohio, 1 22@1 24 for Genesee. A 
sale of 2,400 bu. white Western reported on p. t. Rye not 
active and not plenty at 90. The storm checks business. 
Barley dull, 65@70. Oats in good demand and buoyant. 
47@49^ for State and Western. Corn buoyant; yellow 
scarce and wanted for the east. Sales, 10,000 bu. at 62)4 
for New Orleans; 64 for Southern Mixed, 66@65)4 for 
Southern White, 67 for do. yellow in lots, now held 
higher. 
PROVISIONS.—Pork steady and inactive. $14 94® 
$15 for new mess. $13 75 for do.prime. $17 for clear. 
LARD steady and not plenty, demand fair, 95\@9)4* 
BUTTER and CHEESE firm and steady. 
STOCKS—Money in good request. Sterling ex. inac¬ 
tive 9 j4@9)4. 
ALBANY MARKET. 
ALBANY, April 5.—During the week Eastern vessels 
have been in market for cargoes of flour and wheat which 
gave some animation to trade. Business on the river is 
good. 
Flour. —Demand tight and inacetive. The bulk of sales 
were for the East. Common to good State $4,44@4,62,— 
fancy Genesee $5@5,37 ; extra $5,37@5,35. 
Grain.— There is a fair demand for wheat for milling 
and the East. Market firm. Genesee sold at $1,23. Oats 
47@50c. Barley malt 90c. B ran sold at 16c. Hay 87c@ 
$1 per 100 lbs. Hops 20@21. 
No change in Beef and Pork. Shoulders 8c per lb.— 
Ham 11 @12. Butter 10@ 18. Cheese 8@9. 
NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET. 
NEW YORK, March 28.—At Washington Drove Yard- 
Offered, 1,300 Beeves, (800 Southern and Western, re¬ 
mainder from this State.) 
Prices range at from 7 to 10c per lb., as in quality. 
At Browning’s—Offered 1,200 Sheep and Lambs. All 
s Id at from 53,75 to 5@7,50. 
Cows and Calves—100 offered, and all but 35 sold at from 
$24 to $50. 
At Chamberlain’s—Offered 450 Beef Cattle; all sold, at 
7, 8®9>4c. 
Cows and Calves—75 offered, and all sold at prices rang¬ 
ing at from $25@50. 
2,250 Sheep offered—Sales at from $3,50 to 4,75@7 as in 
quuality. 
ALBANY CATTLE MARKET. 
ALBANY, March 30.—Woolford’s Bull’s Head—At mar¬ 
ket, 500 Beef Cattle. Prices extra, $7.00 ; 1st quality $6,00 
@6,50; 2d do. $5,50; 3d do. $4,50@5. 
Cows and Calves—48 in market. Prices, $25, 30,*40 
to $55. 
Sheep—800 in market—Prices at from $4,00, 6,00 to 
8 , 00 . 
Swine—230 in market. Prices, $6(737)4. 
CAMBRIDGE CATTLE MARKET. 
CAMBRIDGE, March 33.— At market, 4S4 Cattle, about 
450 Beeves, and 34 Stores, consisting of Working Oxen, 
Cows and Calves, yearlings, 2 and 3 years old. 
Prices—Market Beef—Extra, per cwt. S7,50@7.75; 1st 
quality, $7@7,25; 2d do, $6,50@6,75; J5d do,$6@6,25; or¬ 
dinary ©5,76. 
Hides—$4,75@5 per cwt. 
Tallow—$7(737,50 per cwt. 
Pelts—SI @1,75. Calf Skins 10c per lb. 
Veal Calves—©3, 4@8. 172 at market. 
Stores—Working Oxen—$S9, 91, 94, 107(73140. 
Cows and Calves—826, 26, 31, 34@52. 
Two years old—$22, 26, 29@3S. 
Three years old—832, 37, 40@65. 
Sheep and Lambs--1,571 at market. Extra, $7, 8, 9 to 
11,00. By lot, $4,25, 4,50, 4.75, 5@6,50. 
Swine—472—Wholesale, hard fat hogs, 6)4c; and slioats 
7@7>4c. T lb. 
Honduras.— There are two countries called 
Honduras, in the same region of territory. First, 
the Republic of Honduras, which coutaius 72,000 
square miles and 310,000 inhabitants. The Capi¬ 
tal of this Republic is Chiuuimuli, and the Gov¬ 
ernor J uan Reale. Secoud, the Colony of “British 
Honduras,” so called, containing 62,740 square 
miles and 10,000 inhabitants. The Capital of this 
Colony is Belize, and the Governor Philip S, 
Woodhotise. 
BRIGHTON CATTLE MARKET. 
BRIGHTON, March 31.—At market 625 Beef Cattle.— 
Stores, 35 pairs Working Oxen, 40 Cows and Calves, 1,850 
Sheep and Lambs, and 2,770 Swine. 
Prices—Beef Cattle—Extra $7,50@8,00; 1st quality $6,75 
@7,25: 2d do. $6,25@6,50; 3d do. S5,25@6. 
Working Oxen—$70, 82,88, 95, 110, 125, 155, 170@188. 
Cows and Calves—$23, 27, 31, 34, 38, 42, 50@62. 
Sheep—$3,25, 5, and 6@8,50. 
Swine—2,000 were sold yesterday to peddle; sows6)4@ 
7)4; barrows 7)4@8)4o; old hogs, 6 1 4@7c. The same 
prices are well sustained to-day At retail 7)4 to 9c. 
Good Friday and Lady Day this year fell 
on the same day. An aucieut prophecy, alluding 
to this very rare occurrence says:— 
“ When our lord shall lie in our lady’s lap, 
Then England shall meet with some great mishap.” 
PUBLISHER’S NOTICES. 
J7i?" Aoknts. —Any person so disposed can act as agent 
for the Rural Nf,w-Yorkeu, — and all who remit accord¬ 
ing to terms will be entitled to premiums, &c. 
C ’JF’ The Rural is published strictly upon the cash 
system — sent no longer than paid for — and all orders 
should he in accordance with tor ms. 
Our lowest club price is $1,25 for any number of 
copies over 20 — and $1,50 under that number, unless a 
full club of twenty is ordered. 
XTW° Advertisements must be brief, appropriate to the 
objects of the paper, and accompanied with the cash. 
Additions to Clubs— Are still in order. Hav¬ 
ing but few back numbers, agents and others can 
order additions to Clubs at $1 per copy from 1st 
of March or April to end of the year and volume 
New Clubs, or single subscribers, can begin 1st 
February, March, or at date of subscribing. 
At the first Presbyterian'Church in Gates, the 31st ult., 
by Rev. Mr. Balentine, ASCHEL B. PRATT and CHAR¬ 
LOTTE BROWN. 
On the evening of the 30th ult., in the Baptist. Church, 
at Akron, Erie Co., N. Y., by Rev. Mr. Pattcngill, CHAS. 
IIEBBARD aud PHEBA JANE DELANO. 
Also at the same time aud place, and by the same, 
MARVIN CUMMINS and HANNAH ELIZA DELANO. 
^ C1) 11) S. 
In Rign. March 25. MARY A., daughter of Alfred aud 
Lucy C. Fitch, aged 21 years. 
Of six children, this is the fifth who has died within the 
last fourteen years, and lonely, indeed, now seems the 
home once gladdened by their presence. May Goo con¬ 
sole the hearts of the bereaved! 
ALFRED ACADEMY. 
M ALE and Female Boarding Seminary, ten miles west 
of Hornellsville, on the N. Y. and Erie Railroad, 
'mere are ten Departments of Instruction in (he Sem 
inary, with an able Instructor at the head of each De¬ 
partment. The public attention is particularly invited to 
the Department of “ Chemistry applied to Agriculture,' 
designed to show the relation between Science and Pro¬ 
ductive Farming. The course comprises Chemical Anal¬ 
ysis, conducted in a well supplied Laboratory,— “ Use of 
Fertilizers”—“ Adaptation and Rotation of Crops,” &c. 
For further information address 
“Alfred Academy, Alfred Centre, Allegany Co., N. Y.” 
171-11* N. V. HALL, Pres, of Trustees. 
PALM LEAF MATTRASSES. 
T HE undersigned is the authorized Agent of Spencer & 
Granger, Manufacturers of Palm Leaf Mattrasses in 
tins city. The above firm have capital, and every facility 
to fill the largest orders with dispatch and ship them to 
any part of the United States or the Canadas. One of the 
firm is a practical workman, and their fabrics give the best 
of satisfaction as regards ■price and excellence. All orders 
should be addressed to the undersigned. [2t*j 
Rochester, April 6, 1853. G. A. KNAPP, Agent. 
IRISH CUP POTATOES. 
V FEW bushels of genuine Irish Cup Potatoes, for seed. 
They are unequalled by any potato cultivated in 
Western New York. A large share of those raised under 
that name are not genuine, hence the reason tiiey are in 
no better repute. Price $3 per barrel. $1 per bushel, 
shipped as desired. All orders addressed to E. D. IIAL- 
LOCK, at Hallock’s Ag.’l Warehouse and Seed Store, 24 
Exchange Street, Rochester, N. Y., will receive attention. 
April 6, 1853. 171—2t 
FRUIT T JR EES FOR SALE. 
A GOOD assortment of the various kinds of Fruit 
Trees, adapted to the wants of Central New York, 
can be had on good terms, at the Central Nursery, Hin- 
manville, Oswego Co., N. Y. [171-3t) STONE & COOK. 
GARDEN AND FIELD SEEDS 
From the New Establishment of Van Zandt Bowdish 
No. 114 State street, Rochester, N. Y. 
C AN be purchased of the merchants generally through¬ 
out the country, in Papers or Packages, on the most 
reasonable terms. Also at the Agricultural Warehouse 
of E. D. IIallock, No. 2 4 Exchange street, near the 
Clinton Hotel, Rochester, N. Y. 
The Seeds from this establishment can be relied on ns 
being of the very best quality. They are mostly imported, 
or grown by the Eastern Shakers, and are warranted.- 
Full directions for cultivation printed on each Paper and 
Package. VAN ZANDT & BOVVD1SH. 
Rochester, N. Y., 1853. 170m6. 
Unprecedented Sale.—Webster’s Great Orations 
15,000 Already Sold.—Fourth Edition Now Ready. 
C ONTAINING—Eulogy on Adams and Jefferson, First 
Settlement in New England, Bunker Hill Monument, 
Reply to Hayne. 
Single copies, 37)4ets.; per dozen, S3 : per hundred, $20. 
Agents would do well in the sale of this and other works. 
Copies mailed to any part of the country, (postage free,) 
on the receipt of 37 ceuts. Address, post-paid, 
270w2t J. McMAHON St. CO., 
Publishers and cheap Booksellers, Rochester, N. Y. 
Pure Bred Male Stock at Private Sale, 
AT MOUNT FORDHAM, WESTCHESTER CO., 
Eleven Miles from City Hall, New York. 
I WILL sell and let from LO to 12 Short Horned Bulls 
and Bull Calves, 4 Devon Bulls and Bull Calves, and 
from 12 to 15 Southdown Rams. Theannualsale by Auc¬ 
tion will he omitted this year, as I wish to reserve all the 
Females, having recently purchased another Farm, to ena¬ 
ble me to increase my Breeding Establishment. My Ho- 
Stock, including all the Spring litters, are engaged. 
Catalogues with full Description and Pedigrees of the 
above Bulls, and Southdown Rams, witli the Prices at¬ 
tached, can be obtained by the 15th April next, from the 
subscriber, or at any of the principal Agricultural Stores, 
or from the Editors of the pi incipal Agricultural Journals. 
March 23d, 1853. 170m3 L. G. MORRIS. 
Ketchum’s Patent Mowing Machine 
Howard & Co., Proprietors and Manufacturers, 
Buffalo, N.Y. 
rn HIS justly celebrated Machine is rapidly advancing in 
1 public favor, for its simplicity, durability, and efficien¬ 
cy, and it lias settled the question beyond a doubt, that 
grass can lie cut by Horse Power equally as well, and at 
much less expense, than with the scythe; for during the 
past season five hundred of these Machines were sold by 
us, and were universally approved of by those who used 
them. It leaves the grass evenly spread, and requires no 
turning to cure perfectly. The Report of ihe Committee 
of the State Agricultural Society, at the late trial at Gene¬ 
va, shows fully and conclusively that this Mas the. only ma¬ 
chine in the field which worked without clogging, or any 
interruption, and the only Machine which successfully cut 
the two acres required by the Committee, cutting the same 
in one hour and twenty-six minutes, doing its work ad¬ 
mirably and in a far better manner than can be done by 
manual labor with the scythe. They also show in that 
Report that there is an actual saving of $13 per day by the 
use of this machine over hand labor. We have only to 
refer those who wish a perfect mowing machine to said 
Report, and judge for themselves. 
This Machine received last fall the First Premium at the 
late trial at Springfield in Ohio; the Gold medal at the 
American Institute in New York: also the First Premium 
at the great Provincial Fair at Toronto, C. W. 
They are so compact that one of them can easily he car¬ 
ried in an ordinary one horse wagon, and so very simple 
that it requires no machinist to put them together, as there 
are but two bolts (besides the pole bolts) to be secured to 
have the Machine ready for use, which does not require 
over ten minutes time. They weigh about 750 lbs. and 
can be worked by any boy who can manage a team ’ 
The great difficulty in Mowing Machines is their liability 
to clog, and thereby render them inefficient. But this 
difficulty lias been entirely overcome in this Machine by 
a’peculiar construction of the knives, which renders them 
impossible to clog. Another great advantage of this Ma¬ 
chine over nil others (which we have secured by Letters 
Patent) is the placing the knives on a line with the shaft, 
or tread of the wheel, ( or nearly so,) which allows the’ 
knives to follow, with the wheel, the unevenness of the 
ground. Also, that the vibrations of the frame on uneven 
ground shall not materially elevate or depress the cutters. 
All the improvements suggested by experience and use 
necessary for strength^ durability, efficiency, and ease of 
action, have now been made, and we offer them for sale 
under the following 
Warranty : That said Machines are capable of cut¬ 
ting and spreading with one span of horses and driver, from 
ten to fifteen acres per day, of an ykind of grass, lieavv or 
light, wet or dry, and do it as well as can be done with a 
scythe, by the best of mowers. They are equally capable 
of cutting Barley, Buckwheat, Millet^ &e. 
It is much less trouble to keep the knives in order than 
a scythe, as farmers frequently cut from ten to fifteen acres 
without sharpening, which can be done on an ordinary 
grindstone in a few’ minutes. We can give any reference 
required for tlie full performance of our Machine as above 
stated. 
Orders should be sent in early, as we shall manufacture 
but a limited number. The price of our Machine inclu¬ 
ding two sets of knives, extra knife blades and wrench is 
©110 cash, in Buffalo, the Machine to be delivered’on 
board of boat or ears free of charge. Office and shop cor¬ 
ner of Chicago street and Hamburgh Canal, near Pastern 
R. K Depot, Buffalo, N. Y. HOWARD & Co 
Sheppard, Cherry & Co., 
PROPRIETORS OF THE RIVER BANK NURSERY, 
Rochester, New York. 
O FFER for sale the following, comprising all the prin¬ 
cipal varieties of fruits : 
10.000 Apples, fine thrifty trees. 
5,000 Pears, standards and dwarfs. 
5,000 Cherries, do do do 
3.000 Peaches, one and two years old. 
1,000 Plumbs. 
Also, a general assortment of small fruits — Gooseber¬ 
ries, Raspberries, Currants, &c.,— and a few thousand of 
those superior Cherry Seedlings, which can be furnished, 
if applied for soon. 
Orders for the^above respectfully solicited. 170w2t* 
Seneca Lake Highland Nurseries, 
Catharine, near Havana Depot, Chemung Co., N. F 
C ATALOGUE containing price and description will be 
furnished gratis to all mail applicants of this old and 
extensive establishment, which contains Standard and 
Dwarf Fruit Trees of all kinds, Ornamental trees and 
Shrubbery, Green House Plants, &c., &e. 
Orders amounting to ten dollars or over, delivered free 
of charge at New York, Dunkirk, or any intermediate sta¬ 
tion on the N .Y. and Erie Railroad. Trees carefully pack¬ 
ed and forwarded to any part of the United States, inclu¬ 
ding California; also to the Canadas and Europe, 
March. 1853. [169-3t*] E. C. FROST. 
1,000 BOOK AGENTS WANTED. 
I NTELLIGENT and industrious men wanted in every 
part of the United States, to engage in the sale of the 
best astortment of Illustrated 
POPULAR AND USEFUL BOOKS 
published in the country. 
Men of good address, having a small capital of from $25 
to $100, can do well by engaging in this business, as the 
indueemenls offered are of the most favorable character. 
For further particulars, address, (postage paid,) 
ROBERT SEARS, Publisher, 
170w4 181 William street, New York. 
LOOK AT THIS l 
A Great Bargain ! If Attended to in Time ! 
k"- THE Subscriber, by five years incessant labor 
YiTri.r and daily toil, has accomplished his design in 
jfilliliimproving and fitting up his farm to satisfy 
his own ey e, and make it all right and productive"; 
and now having an opportunity to purchase a long-sought 
for, and desirable locution in Michigan, at a low rate, i-in¬ 
duced to offer his farm for sale on the most reasonable 
terms. The farm is located % of a mile north-east of Bv- 
ron Centre, on a good road, and about the same distance 
from North Byron, in Genesee countv; 150 rods from a 
good Custom and Flouring Mill, and a "good Saw Mill, and 
Piaster Mill. Said farm contains about two hundred acres 
in a square body — 175 acres improved, the rest woodland. 
The soil rich and fertile. In a natural state will produce 
as large crops as any farm in the countv, and no one acre 
of it but that will produce good corn. Fifty acres of good 
wheat land, eighty acres of handsome meadow, that'can¬ 
not he beat, nil fitted for the mowing machine. The fen¬ 
ces are all new, or newly laid over — every length staked 
and capped ; 17 gates, hung to good oak posts. Every field 
is furnished with running water. 
The buildings are, a largo Cottage House, with wing and 
wood-house, and a cellar with cement bottom ; an ash and 
smoke house; a large dairy house, with all the apparatus 
complete for making butter and cheese; barns sufficient 
to hold 150 tons of hay, and stable-room for eight horses 
and fifty or sixty cows, or the same number of fatting cat¬ 
tle ; work shop and open shed ; barn-yard well paved with 
stone, all convenient to the house. A good horse power in 
the barn for cutting feed, churning, &c., and a water 
wheel that drives, with a force pump, a sufficient quantity 
into the feeding bam, and also into five yards and lots in 
which ore large vats, where cattle, sheep and hogs can 
drink at leasure — likewise into the garden, so that a boy 
ten years old, can w’ater the whole garden with a shower 
of creek water in five minutes, in the dryest time iu the 
season. A beautiful yard in frontof the house ornament¬ 
ed with choice shubberv, evergreens, grapes, &c. The 
garden on the right, and fruit yard on the left. Two good 
orchards of choice cultivated fruit, a comfortable house for 
a tenant, or hired man, 40 rods from the dwelling 
The farm mav hf» honp-lit 
The farm may be bought between this and the 30th of 
April inst., lower than any otiier in this county, taking all 
tilings into consideration. Terms of payment easy._ 
Please call and see. E. W. PENDILL. 
Byron, N. Y., March’23,1853. 170w2t* 
11EMOVAL ! 
H ALLOCK’S AGRICULTURAL WAREHOUSE has 
been removed from No. 50 State street, to 
No. 2-1 Exchange St., Rochester, 
in the Store formerly occuiped by J. E. Cheney as a Stove 
Store. The new store is well supplied with Implements, 
Seeds, &c.—comprising a larger and more complete as¬ 
sortment than heretofore. Former customers and farmers 
generally are invited to call at the new establishment and 
examine for themselves. E. D. HALLOCK. 
169-4t. 24 Exchange St., Rochester, N. Y. 
MATLOCK'S ELAND SEED DRILL. 
rTUlIS Drill is adapted to sowing carrot, turnip, beet, 
X onion, and other small seeds in drills, with perfect 
regularity and without regard to their weight or shape.— 
The seeds are forced out by a circular brush, which re¬ 
volves against a perforated tin plate inserted in the bottom 
of the hopper. A series of these plates accompany each 
drill, w ith holes of different sizes for regulating the quan¬ 
tity and kinds sown. It is a light, compact, and durable 
machine, and not liable to get out of order. They can be 
forwarded to any part of the country by railroad or stage. 
Remittances by mail at my risk. All orders (which should 
give full directions for forwarding,) promptly attended to. 
Price,$5. Address E. D. HALLOCK, 
lOSeowtf. Rochester, N. Y. 
FARM FOR SALE. 
ONE AND A HALF MILES from Lockport, N. 
SfVw Y., containing 190 acres, on which is a spacious 
—A— frame house, a bank barn 40 by 90 feet, two good 
houses for tenants, aud other necessary buildings; a good 
orchard of graf.ed fruit, with Peach', Pear aiid’cherrv 
trees, &c.; 20 acres timber, 10 of which is a beautiful 
grove of sugar maple; and a brook running through the 
farm. From one half to two-thirds of the purchase monev 
may remain on bond and mortgage. The whole can b> 
conveniently divided into two farms, to suit purchasers 
Lockport has a population of 12,000, aud is increasin' 
rapidly, with good schools and an excellent market. ' 
Inquire of JOSEPH TREVER on the premises, or 7 
W. REED, Lockport. 169-3t* 
CLYDE STALLION FOR SALE. 
THE Subscriber offers tor sale the thorough 
bred horse Young Clyde. He is a beautiful 
dapple bay, with dark legs, black main and 
tail,—stands full 17 hands high, with great 
bone, muscle and action—and is 4 years old this spring._ 
Was raised in Darlington, Canada West. He was sired by 
the far-famed liorse, Old Clyde; dam the well known bay 
mare Messenger. 
For further particulars as to pedigree, &e.. inquire of 
the subscriber at Hayward Place, or of S. B. GRANT, 
mile north of the race course, iu Irondequoit, near Roch¬ 
ester, wiiere the horse may be seen. If not sold by the 
1st of May, a trusty man is wanted to take charge of hitn, 
and travel the north part of this county. 
167w6* EDWIN S. HAYWARD. 
Brighton, near Rochester, N. Y , March, 1853. 
WHITE SHANGHAI FOWLS. 
E GGS for hutching carefully packed and forwarded by 
Express. Price ©2per dozen. 
The fowls of the above named variety in my possession, 
were bred by Dr. -E. Wight of Boston, and are'some of the 
finest specimens of the breed. 
Address, JOSEPH S. HILDRETH, 
[169-3t*! 51 Court St. Boston. 
Sweet Potato and Otiier Plants. 
T HE Subscriber, thankful for past favors, would respect¬ 
fully announce that lie expects to be prepared to fur¬ 
nish Plants this spring, and solicits the patronage of ama¬ 
teurs iu his line. Sweet Potato, Early York and Drum¬ 
head Cabbage, Tomato, Vegetable Egg, Tobacco, Red 
Pepper, Mich. Summer Squash, aud some of the Valparaiso 
varieties of Winter Squash, assorted to order, will oe care¬ 
fully set in boxes of earth, and sent by Railroad or Canal, 
as directed. Early orders will have the benefit of Plants 
growing in the boxes for transporting. 
Prices, $1 per hundred for 100 to 500; $8 per thousand 
for 500 and over. 
Also Black and White Mercer Potatoes, at 75 cents per 
bushel, or $2 per bbl., mixed or separate. 
A few sacks of the Poland Oats may be found at J. P. 
Fogg’s and at C. F. Crosman’s Seed Stores in Rochester. 
I. W. BRIGGS. 
West Maeedon, Wayne Co., N. Y., April, 1853. 171~2t 
POLAND OATS, AGAIN. 
[ HAVE a few bushels of the Poland Oats which I will 
sell for $2 per bushel. Address I. A. CLARK, 
171—2t* Marion, Wayne Co., N. Y., 
GREAT PRIZE MEDAL. 
n THE WORLD’S FAIR AT LONDON,awarded us 
a Mammoth Silver Mkdal for the Best Hats.— 
Gents wishing the Spring and Summer stylo, will 
call. We are prepared to serve you with a superior arti¬ 
cle, and of the most becoming style. 
CLARK GILMAN, 23 State St., 
[169-3m.] Rochester N. Y. 
SALE OF SHORT,HOKNS. 
I WILL sell by Auction, on Wednesday, 8th June next, 
at 1 o’clock, P. M., about Thirty of my improved Short 
Horned Cattle, mostly all the get of my imported Bull — 
Up set price from $150 to $300. [169-91*] 
Auburn, N. Y., March, 1853. J. M. SHERWOOL). 
CLOVER AND TIMOTHY SEED. 
AAA Bush, medium Clover Seed; 100 bu. large or late 
A v' U Clover seed; 200 bu. Timothy seed, on hand and 
for sale at the lowest market price, at the Genesee Seed 
Store, 63 Buffalo st., Rochester, by 
163-tf J. RAPALJE & CO. 
ONEY TO LOAN ou Bond and Mortgage, on im- 
_ proved farms. L. A. W ARD, 
[169m6.] 36 State St.. Rochester, N. Y. 
M 
F OR SALE.—20,000 Seedling Apple* for stocks. 
170w3t S. MOULSON, Rochester. 
Manny's Patent Adjustable Northern Illinois 
REAPER AND MOWER. 
First Premium Machine for 1853. 
V WARDED the First Premium for Mowing and the 
second for Reaping, at the N. Y. State Fair, in :he great 
trial at Geneva, N. Y., in July, in competition with eleven 
other machines; awarded a Silver Medal at the Ohio State 
Fair, for the best Reaper; and Mower, and received the 
highest award at the Vermont and Michigan State Fairs, 
for the best Reaping and Mowing Machine. 
The true merit of this Machine has given it a great tri¬ 
umph over all others, and being a perfect combination of 
Reaper and Mower, it comes to tne farmer with double 
value, and it is clearly demonstrated to be the only success¬ 
ful combination of Reaper and Mower. As a Mower, it is 
as simple and perfect as though constructed expressly for 
mowing; and as a Reaper, it is as simple and perfectas if 
constructed for reaping only. Allthechango thatis neces¬ 
sary from one plan to the other, is to insert or remove a 
loose platform. 
Machines warranted to cut all kinds of grain as well as 
can lie cut with a scythe, and to cut flax and millet, also to 
’gather clover, timothy and flax seed, and to be well built 
and of good materials. This machine will cut from ten to 
fifteen acres per day, with two horses, and one person to 
tend it when mowing, and two persons when reaping. The 
cutting apparatus is made perfect by means of a double 
edged sickle, and double guards, as fully tested the lust two 
years, and it is connected with a joint, so as toadiust itself 
to uneven ground, and by a level at the driver’s seat, it can 
be raised when moving along, to cut from one inch to two 
feet from the ground. All side draft against the team is 
entirely avoided. The machine will turn square corners, 
aud turn square about, either way. Over throe hundred 
of these machines were in use the past season, all of which 
gave perfect satisfaction. 
The machines are manufactured at Hoosick Falls for the 
State of New York, and I will have them delivered to any 
part of Western New York where ordered. Price of ma¬ 
chine, where made. S125. Address Gen. It, Harmon 
Wheatland, Monroe Co., N. Y. 
149- tf. U. SARN50N, Agent. 
