MOORE'S RURAL NEW-YO RKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
ROCHESTER, JULY 9, 1853. 
PUBLISHERS NOTICED. 
6 o ‘Sr e s p o f) D e kj e e« 
Notes from the Capital. 
Ai. many, July 4, 1853. 
Ens. Rural —Anri cl tbe “noise and confu¬ 
sion” attending the celebration of the “Glorious 
Foilrlh,” it could hardly be expected that one 
could think, much less inditea proper communi- 
nearlv as large as the Aster House in New York. 
Houses were built on different lots here and there, 
and are still scattered over some three or four 
hundred acres, so that in this sense they attained 
their object, and became a large place. At length 
the bubble burst—the Silk Company failed hope¬ 
lessly, and with a crash all went down together. 
Since 1851 the village shows signs of life. A 
large glass factory is in successful operation, and 
during the last year a large and beautiful build- 
•[fetes [ jfehis $rcbifies 
Wool Growing is making some progress in 
Virginia, and farmers and planters of the old Do¬ 
minion are paying considerable attention to the 
-None of the delaine factories in Rhode 
Island have prospered. 
-Ole Bull isfitting up a concert room at his 
subject. We find in a late number of the Rich- residence in Potter Co., Pa 
moud Dispatch a notice of some samples of the _ 
Virginia grown Saxony and Merino wool, which y 01 j 
the editor of that paper pronounces as worth, in | _ 
any market, the former 88 to 95 cents per pound, ^ 
and the latter 60 cents. It has been found by 
-Niue thousand emigrants arrived in New 
York in two days last week. 
I n .i T c .1 1) , 4 - 1 nAA , . , v I «uu tilt; liUlfi uu temn. it veen iwuuu uy 
Agents. —A»y person so disposed can act as agent ■ or c c> ' un,nso ' ,e 11 4 ' (containing in its walls over 700,000 buck.) I experience to be one of the most profitable pur- 
for the Rural New-Yorker, — and all who remit accord- ; not resist the desire to let others xnow what is wbb slate roof and cornice, has been elected tor j suits to engage in, and the business is steadily in- 
ing to terms will be entitled to premiums, &c. j going on in this ancient Capital of the “ Knick- a Cotton factory, at a cost of $25,000. Some new creasing throughout the whole Piedmont region. 
Euf” Tub Rural is published strictly upon the cash . erbockers,” even if my description should lack an( j cost ]y dwellings are going up—real estate is j Two thick folio volumes have just appear- 
systkm —sent no longer than paid for —and all orders j m{;tb od or metaphors. advancin' 1 - and should the eastern end of some I ed, containing - the numbers and distribution of 
Should he in accordance with terms. 0 f the day and its celebration I would speak c'-ilifomia’ Railroad m«s through here as is now I tlie BritiA P«P«latij>n. To collect this informa- 
ats „, )Klk , . .. kmwt „ M , lw .. Fo ,„ ih I 
objects of the paper, and accompanied with the cash. i „• ,, . , anticipated, i l&nKiin may jet out fc toy any pic j and 30,610 1 enumerators were employed in Eng- j 
Of the day and its celebration I would speak 
at some length, if I did not know that the “Fourth 
of July is seen ” in all parts of this great and 
widely-extended Republic, and is justly and fitly 
celebrated by her millions of worthy freemen. 
The natal day of our Nation is observed at Al- 
vicus disaster, and become one of the most tliriv- j land and Wales ; in Scotland. 1,010 superintend- schooner 
-A grand park, comprising some 50 acres 
of woodland, is projected as Cincinnati. 
-Counterfeit American quarters f the 
stamp lately issued by the Government are said 
to be in circulation. 
-Cotton is now being cultivated with suc¬ 
cess i n Greece. It will also be probably intro¬ 
duced into Algeria. 
-Ripe apples of this year’s growth, from 
Virginia, have arrived at New Haven, by a 
euts and 7,878 enumerators. In the Islands of 
The Fourth. Here and Abroad widely-extended Republic, and is justly and fitly j ug villages of the State. cuts and 7,878 enumerators. In the 
- celebrated by her millions of worthy freemen. Reavenua, the chief town of Portage County is British seas, 257 enumerators wire c 
The Fourth was not celebrated in Rochester The natal day of our Nation is observed at Al- situated ou tbe Ohio and Pennsylvania Canal, Welsh;'and \'he wUghu'.f'aU thep; 
by any collective, public demonstration. Had bany by two distinct organizations— Civil and It has no water power. Its public buildings — a from the central office exceeded 52 tons 
Miss Bronte, the authoress of Jane Eyre, 
the British seas, 257 enumerators wire employed. Shirley aud Villette, is reported as coming to this 
Seven million forms were printed, some of them country shortly. 
in Welsh; and the weight of all the papers sent -.There are 3.000 straw sewers in New 
the occasion been recognized according to time- , Intellectual. The civil portion occupy the early Q onrt House and Jail—are built of hammered or 
uW The Indians in the neighborhood of Co¬ 
leaving one slope of its roof runs northward, and becomes ready for use, and each one of them will 
finds its way into the river St, Lawrence, while eat a supply of clover thus prepared, that would 
honored custom, by authorities and people, the | part of the day by a grand turn-out of the mili- bewn saud st 0 ne, and ithasseveral good Churches, ] UI ,ibia, (Oregon,) says the Columbia Gazette, eat 
result would probably have redounded more to the tary, firemen, municipal officers, and the ‘ rest of two f, rst c j aS8 Hotels, one Bank, three Presses, clover with as much gusto as an epicure would 
credit of citizens and satisfaction of strangers.— mankind,” (including the women aud children, and a population of 2.500. The Court House is devour the most dainty dish. They gather the sum does not include any stealings. 
As it was, the chief demonstration consisted in q s.,) the whole concluded by the reading of the situated on lhe highest point of land in the vil- SSand'il-'idXaYIvirof 7- (?uol '^ e Ptab . ,ld y- Bsq.,the American bank- 
tbc heterogenous “noise aud confusion of the Declaration of Independence, aud an Oration, in lage> aud it is said t0 be a fact, that the water on ni ffi s ' te ne d , between each layer of stones. It soon f; r J“ ^ l ° ** Wurtl ‘ abuUt tivt ‘ n,,1 “ 
crowd which thronged the streets—each juvenile, tne Assembly chamber. Ibis constitutes the leaving one slope of its roof runs northward, and becomes ready for use, and each one of them will 
aud boy of a larger growth, acting upon his in- j “general celebration.” fj nds j ts wav ; nto t h e river St. Lawrence, while eat a supply of clover thus prepared, that would 
dividual inclination and responsibility. The day The literary portion, represented by the Young t H at from the other courses its way southward,and almost satisfy a horse. 
was, truly, a stunner —and if noise is any criterion Mens’ Association, employ the latter part of the m iuo-les with the waters of tlie Gulf of Mexico ! regret to learn that Mrs. Julia M. Foote, 
of patriotism those who “ celebrated” hereabouts day, when music, poetry, and oratory are made to p ortage County contains only twenty towns, yet wit . e , of Ho “‘ T ’ if' Foote ’ lat | Bhargeto V lenna 
are prepared to defend the country (from silence) perform their respective parts in awakening and in ]851 it produced 255,000 bushels of wheat, and AdvertiseUSiwl' hi New York, ou the° 27! h' nil. 
in any emergency. The weather was unusually strengthening the patriotic emotions ol the popu- 329,500 bushels of corn, and its dairy products She had been indisposed, and had arrived from 
fine, and we believe no serious accidents occurred lace, or in other words, in quickening the “public amounted to tlie round sum of $200,000. Tin Europe with her husband tlie previous evening, 
to mar the apparent pleasure of those engaged in pulse.” corn crop occupies a territory 16 miles square, and J 11 ** is the sccond bereavement of the kind Dr. 
commemorating, according to individual taste or The display of military and fire companies was the wbeat crop an area of 23 miles square, or iu Afthe SoLiteGen “iff of Batavia 
fancy, the National Anniversary. fine. A copious shower, early in the morning, other words 25,000 acres. Several hundred thou- “ 3 ’ , , j 
In other cities, and many villages of Western j ^ed materially to the comfort of all concerned. sand tons of cheose are annually shipped from this an^ortai.ee' in lffidaddphia'' ami “ncw 'Yo“k 
New York, the Dav was appropriately honored. *‘ ie attendance ot stiangeis was\eiy laige, and point to the eastern markets. which few persons attach to it. A fact is men- 
Many of our citizens attended the celebrations at j judging from the croud, confusion and ponder, 1 S. B. Rockwell. tioned by tlie Lancaster Independent Whig,which 
Canandaigua Lvons Medina, Avon, Spencerport, ! should say there was a very good degree of pat--, „ shows this strikingly. It is, that a single for- 
' ■ .. . , ,,,, riot-ism State Society of Teachers. warding house in that city, Messrs. Powell it 
and other places easily reached by railroad. The not ism. ; . - Misliler, has, since the beginning of the present 
-There are 3,000 straw sewers in New 
York cily working for five months in the year, 
and turning off 1 , 200.000 hats aud bonnets. 
-The Daily expenses of the N. Y. Legisla- 
lure are about Fifteen Hundred Dollars. This 
that from the other courses its way southward, and ai| nost sad ' d - rl boIse ‘ 
mingles with the waters of the Gulf of Mexico ! {®"We regret to learn that Mrs. Julia M. Foote, 
f , , • , . „ At wife of Hon. T. M. Foote, late Charge to Vienna, 
Portage County contains only twenty towns, ye ^ f . )mierl cditor ()f the Buffalo Commercial 
in 1851 it produced 255,000 bushels ot w neat, an(. Advertiser, died in New York, oa the 27th uIt. 
329,500 bushels of corn, and its dairy products She had been indisposed, and had arrived from 
amounted to the round sum of $200,000. The 
corn crop occupies a territory 16 miles square, and 
the wheat crop an area of 23 miles square, or iu 
other words 25,000 acres. Several hundred tliou- 
Europe with her husband tlie previous evening. 
This is the second bereavement of the kind Dr. 
Foote has expo: ienced within four years. Mrs. F. 
lions of dollars. 
-A gentleman in Buffalo offers to take that, 
city’s subscription of $150,000, in tlie Buffalo and 
Brantford Rail Road, at a premium of $500. 
-Isaac Butler, a poor man of Vernon, N. Y., 
lias fallen heir to $94,110, in Norway, of which 
country lie is » native. 
-The railroad warehouse at City Point, Va , 
together with several adjoining buildings, was 
burnt on Monday week. Loss $30,000. 
-Mr. Van Buren’s arrival in England is a - 
ouie woius aues. ucmaiuunurcuuiuu- . . , , ,, , 
1 ho horse trade lias of late years assumed 
sand tons of cheese are annually shipped Horn this an importance in Philadelphia and New York 
point to the eastern markets. which few persons attach to it. A fact is men- 
was the daughter of the late Gen. Allen, of Batavia, no,meed in all tlie Paris journals. He is wel; ic- 
____ ml . , , i c i , i ceivecl wherever he may appear. 
jrSjT The horse trade has of late years assumed 
Pi,.iui. 4 r.V.iQ -jiLi Yow Vnvl- - 1 he late bi I Is ot mortality indicate 1.100 
deaths a week in London. That is 157 a day, or 
6 k< an hour. 
State Society of Teachers. 
• Commodore Stewart is 73 years of ay 
Lake, Niagara Falls, Clifton Springs, and other 
resorts for city-sick and pleasure-seeki ng habitans, 
were also visited during the day by large num¬ 
bers of our citizens. 
Opening of the Crystal Palace. 
iut to the eastern markets. which few persons attach to it. A fact is men- a " eeK 111 r-onuon. i nat is tor a nay, or 
S. B. Rockwell. tioned by tlie Lancaster Independent Whig,wliich iUl *' 0UI - 
shows this strikingly. It is, that a single for--Commodore Stewart is 73 years of age.— 
State Society of Teachers. warding house in that city, Messrs. Powell & He has been long and actively engaged in the 
- Misliler, has, since the beginning of the present service of the United SLates. 
At a meeting of the Teachers’ Association of year, sent 1,183 head ot horses, by Railroad, to -The revenue of Peru is eight millions of 
Chester, Messrs. Wm. Barnes, W. D. Allis, and Philadelphia. dollars, of which live millions are derived from 
W. Adams were appointed a Committee to Large herds of cattle are being collected in the sale of guano. 
1-0 f,„. TWIwW A«n- Western Texas, and driven direct to California. —7 There was a frost, says tlie Hartford Oow- 
dav, Wednesday and Thursday of August next. Great, numbers have been driven and carried by 
The Committee have made application to the 
several Railroad Companies for the customary 
reduction of fare. They expect to receive an an¬ 
swer at an earl v day, which will he published as 
soon as received. All other necessary arrange¬ 
ments will be made. 
population has increased the home demand.— 
Galveston Gazette. 
2 ^" The Utica Herald gives some statistics, 
Lake, Niagara Falls, Clifton Spriaga, a„J otker 1 be exercises of tlie l oucg Mens' Aasoc.ation ni0Mi „ g TwW Association of Jear, seat M83 lread of IroraWV liarlroad, to 
resorts for city-sick a,rd pleasure-seeking halritaas, were more than usually «s the pres- Wm . Ua „. v hs, VV. D. All, 4 aud Hriadelpkia. 
were also visited during the day by large hum- *• Leg,, ature undoubtedly operated as } _ w ^ ^ „ iuU!j „ Committee to Large herds of cattle are being collected in 
bers of our citiaens, “ un,,9 ' Jal “T 1 " 3 h « »>“«» k arrangemellls for iac Slale Teache „. A sso- )“»»• d, ™ f d, f ect *° 
_____ was superior, being selected from the most cele- . , & . Such has been the demand for this species of stock 
Opening of the Crystal Palace. brated authors, and performed by an efficient ciatl on to be held in Rochester on t lie first I ues- 0 f i ate> that it is becoming comparatively scare ■, 
_ ! chorus of about 100 singers, and a talented da y, Wednesday and Thursday of August next. Great numbers have been drive,,, and earned by 
titc xr.-.w Ve-vl- ! , , f r , The Committee have made application to the sea out of the State, while the rapid growth of our 
1 „n lung-expected epenmg ,f he New kc k ore «ra. lhe udes wee from the pen of that cai] Co , .. J '„ ]8 Cllatoraa population has incrca.ed the home demand.- 
Crystal Palace is now formally announced to take , well-known poet Alfred B. Street, and were ot , . „ . ' . * Galveston Gazette. 
place oa the fourteenth lust, and gteat piepaiations a national and elivemng character, llie Poem J , The Utica Herald gives some statistics, 
are making for a brilliant display ou the occasion, and Oration were very creditable productions, c ‘ *' c v J . . \ t , . f showing that the Chenango Canal, since it went 
It is announced that the price of season tickets | tliough not superior. 1 dwell with pleasure on 80011 as 1( ' cone( ' 1 ' 1)11 lu ' t,cssai . v ai -' iU 0 i mto opeiatiou in 1827, has drained from tlie 
has been placed at ten dollars, and that none ex- this literary part ©f the celebration, for societies mo,,t -s wid ie m.ii e. ... , } reastiry, beyond its earnings, about $65,000. 
. . - „ noo t c r .iu r, f . j , ,,, a Teachers and freuds of Education in this and its abandoment ls, thereion-, advocated with per¬ 
cept holders ot these oi invited guests, will be of this kind should be encouraged in every city, Sbltos a , e cordialiy iovilod to visit mission to tl.e Utica and Binghamton Railroad to 
admitted into the interior to witness the manga- village and hamlet in the land. The expenses of ‘ ° v ' . c „ . occupy its bed, where its use is practicable, 
ral ceremonies. I ho precise chaiactei of the the afternoon celebration, which was $700, was tv and h(J at its (lehberations IW The New York Herald estimates that there 
opening exercises have not been made public, but paid by voluntary contribution from citizens. The - ’ j., ‘ , are about five thousand shirt sewers iu New York, 
it is to be hoped they will conform to the repub- city pays for the other portion, as well as for the *' ma “ / 1,1C 1118 " *. ° e ° clla,!ie 1 ■ c 1 who earn ou an average $5,25 per week, making 
lican character of our institutions, and be marked fire works in the evening. chaige i aimg tne meet i n a o t iu society. t He aggregate yearly earnings ovei $9U0,000. It 
i r 1 „ A i •, i. n „_ t • i .• j n , ,i TT Published by order of the City Association. is a so estimated that they average a shirt a day, 
by a simplicity, harmony and good taste, m keep- Legislative matters are dull, as both Houses ' j. w . A ‘ UAM s, President. which, at $2 each, would make the value of the 
iDg with the plan and execution of the edifice m adjourned from Friday last to Wednesday at noon. w. D. Allis, Sec’y. trade something over $3,000,600. 
which they are to take place. The last week was consumed mostly in the usual J^g^Editors throughout the State will confer a thousand children in llliuois are 
Thousands will flock to the Metropolis to view party wranglings. It is decided that the power favor by publishing the above. committing the Catechism to memory, with a 
this Palace and we notice some editors have of impeachment does not extend beyond the term ~ — view to obtaining the prize of a Bible, promised 
cone ao far as to assume it to be tlie dutv of every of office to -which a person was elected. This Usmfasm- of Rochisteb.- Tlie Commence- tbe friends of jouiliful piety to evoij cUUd mas- 
Amesican ci.iscn to visit the exhibition. They dearstbeold Canal Board,and it. may shorten the •>*>» « lhis da " d9 ' d »8 >•»•»»• «*<• l>‘““ “(‘^‘SLI^’j^rn!.!' 
claim for it a National and American endow*- session of the legislature, the more desirable re- ' “«« •’"TT* * '.L- r l“^. as a j eav . Lail stOTm 01 , the 4lh 
meat, whereas it is eniy an rejected and badly snltnf the two. <•*«**% tbeSeeretary o the bn.vers,,. Board : ’xt hSS ZJiXi 
executed private scheme of speculation,for which The Hunkers insisted on tlie passage of re«olu . du .- } ta . *‘' at- \ • J '' ini1 ” , < L mol y ° deep on the ground. Much damage was dune to 
neither the American people, or Government, are tious endorsing the Inaugural address of the Pres- ^ B Urows, oTphikdelplfia! at '\ Y o’clock' at 'both bein^nrostrald L.v 
in any way responsible. As a show for money ident, and finally succeeded, whereupon tlie Free First Baptist Church. the force iff the wind* " ° ‘ ^ 
getting it is all very well, but as an exposition of Soilers propose resolutions endorsing the Presi- July 11th, Monday Evening—Prize Declama- „ ’ ,. . . 
American industry and mechanical skill it will dential appointments to office, «fcc , which is said tions, by members of the Sophomore Class,at SS . ^ 'eie aie now tenpeisons ningon aims 
fall below many of the fairs of the different State to be a bitter pill for the Hunkers. So they go o clock, at Coimthian iiall. to'Ware, Mass., whose united ages amount to 807 
Agricultural Societies — the chief attraction con- from day to day, one after the other. July 12ui, Tuesday Evening—Anmveisaiy m y ealSj aild w ) i0 were born, married, aud have 
sistiug in the building itself. t One thing, however, is quite certain : no good nUrv Giles Esq., of Boston ; amVpoet, Affi-ed alvva 7 8 lived tbeie - Noue of the tea wure evei ' 
-- can result from these indulgences of personal B. Steeet, Esq., of Albany, at 7^ o’clock’at Cor- mamed twlc& 
The Harvest.—W e hear from nearly all quar- prejudice and passion, unless it bo to dissolve the inthian Hall. ' The proposition to insert a clause in the 
ters, tlie most satisfactory account of the incom- present party lies, and force an approximate re- July 13th. Wednesday Morning — Commence- aew Constitution ol Massachusetts, that in all 
ingcrops. Hay which farmers are now busy se- turn to that political organization based on an ™nt Exorcises at Corinthian Hall, at 9 o’clock. ^eveFbe made oi^ accoSiYoT’race ofcoloU" 
curing is not perhaps as goou as had been expect- honest difference of opinion. Such a division is , n J examination of students for admission, was re j ec ted in lhe Convention by a majority of 
ed, the continued rains and cold weather of May no t only desirable but essential to tlie welfare of Ul08da 7 b . elo !' e Co ™^ e p Ce 1 ^ nfc ’ A ° 7 1 2t l c ? lso 25,—the vote standing 74 to 90. 
, a, . , ., e ,, , * ,, „ , at the beginning of the rail term in September. ’ ° 
having affected it uDiavoiably. Wheat, tor the nation; but a concretion of elements into a - Commander Lynch, who went on a pre- 
most part, is represented as being excellent.— party like the present organization, merely for The Rochester Spoils.—A re at last distribu- lirmnary expedition ot observation to Africa, has 
Some complaints are made of the ravages ol the the sake of the spoils of office and honor, must ted, aud no little strife and contention thereby returned, having explored all the livers on the 
weevil, which we are assured will destroy half the ever tend to corruption, anarchy and annihilation, ended. The “powers that be,” at Washington, coa8 f' <d { jll)01la ’ a ' ) , d , 1 , UUI ' nouu lia V”‘ ddtj " el 
crop in some localities. Whether more injurious j s to be hoped that the members will return have decreed the Postmastership to H. S. Allis, . . 
than last year we are unable to say.^ From all f rom the celebration of Independence with suffi- Hunker, and the Collectorsliip to J. C. Campbell, c iY^f uoUcaffii'et \7iakers ^'ou"carveU 4b0 up- 
accountsof the crop in this aud other States there cient energy and patriotic zeal, to enable them to Barnburner. Mr. Allis has had many years ex- holsterers, and 200 chair makers. The highest 
is no doubt the yield, as a whole, will be fully up fiffisfi their legitimate business, and then go home perience in our Post Office, and ought, and we rate of wages paid to carvers is said to be $25 per 
to the average of former years, and that too of the to their constituents. But “ we shall see what we trust will, make a most efficient P. M. He has week, and to the other mechanics mentioned, $15. 
best quality. shall see.” *Owe.* sufficient capacity, and an opportunity is now af- -At the late terra of the Eclectic Medical 
We hear complaints of the scarcity of hands,-forded for its display, where some improvement College of Cincinnati, a diploma to practice med- 
and if there are any willing to labor iu the region Incidents of Travel Westward.—No. 7. i s necessary Mr Campbell is well Qualified for *eine was given to Miss Caroline Brown, ol Llica. 
service of the United States. 
-The revenue of Peru is eight millions of 
Rochester, Messrs. Wm. Barnes, W. D. Allis, and t'miaueipma. dollars, of which live millions are derived from 
J. W. Adams were appointed a Committee to Large herds of cattle are being collected in the sale of guano. 
, , , , f n Western Texas, and driven direct to California. -Ihercwasafrost.saysthellartfmdCoii- 
make arrangements foi the State 1 tacheis A.- - Sucb has been thedemaml for this species of stock rant, in East Stafford, Connecticut, on Sunday 
ciation to beheld iu Rochester on the hist lues- j a te, that it is becoming comparatively scare, morning, the 26th ult. 
l'liirteen head of cattle and slioeyi, now< n 
sea out of the State, while the rajiid growth of our exhibition in New York, have been sold to J. M 
Bishop, of Vermont, for seventeen thousand col¬ 
lars. 
-The City Marshal of Bangor recently 
swer au an cari“ uav, wmeu win oo puonsueu as , *_...i,. i, ... r r 
• I showing that the Chenango Canal, since it went seized twenty banels comaming liquor, while 
soon as received. All otliei uecossaiy ai Hinge- [nto 0 peia.tiou in 1827, has drained from the landing from a schooner. ’1 he vessels containing 
meuts will be made. Treasury, beyond its earnings, about $65,000. the liquor weie packed iu flour banels. 
Teachers and freuds of Education iu this and Its abandoment is, therefore, advocated with per- - Michael Irwin was instantly killed in 
adjoinin'' States are cordially invited to visit mission to the Utica and Binghamton Bailroad to Pittsburg, by the falling of a swing sign. There 
Rochester during the sessions of the State Socie- 0 CCl, P7 its bod ’ wbere ils 1180 18 P' aclicaWe - are too many of the soil in every city for the 
tv, and be present at its deliberations. The Nc f York Herald estimates that there Sidety ot P ec ' cs ! iailS u P ,m 1 ,e 8lde wa k8 ’ 
J _ , A , .... , . , e f are about rive thousand shirt sewers m New York, -l here is a fag tree growing in the open air 
I emale teachers will be entertained free ol wbo earu ou au average $5,25 per week, making at Charlestown, Mass., on which are forty-eight 
charge during the meeting of the Society. tbe aggregate yearly earnings over $900,000. It figs nearly ripe. The tree is about eight feet high. 
Published by order of the City Association. is a so estimated that they average a shirt a day, -James A. Ingram, of East Bradford, Pa., 
J. w. ADAMS, President. which, at $2 each, would make the value of the says he has a duck which has laid 105 oonsecu- 
W. D. Allis, Sec’y. trade something over $3,000,000. tive days, and still continues producing an egg 
Editors throughout the Suite will confei a Eight thousand children in Illinois are each day. 
favor by publishing the above. committing the Catechism to memory, with a -The annual meeting of the New York 
view to obtaining the prize of a Bible, promised State Teachers Association will be held at, Rocli- 
Uxiversitv of Rochester.— The Commence- the friends of youthful piety to every child mas- ester on the first Tuesday in August, and cou- 
ment at this flourishing institution takes place teii»u triiat formula ot Christian doctrine. So tinue three days. 
next week. We annex the programme as au- Says Uie Chicago Journal. -The Common Council of Detroit has passed 
nounced by tlie Secretary of the University Board : S3T There was a heavy hail storm on the 4th, a resolution tendering to Hiram Powers the great 
, •' . ,,, ■> .. at Auburn and vicinity. The hail lay two inches American sculptor, now about to return from 
July 10th, Sa math Evening-- minon before de 0 u the ground. Much damage was done to Europe, the hospitalities of the city. 
11° j> U ' 8 '"i p j -V . 1 i./Iim!!!V > ‘ V 7 ik V’ d" H-'U fruit and gardens, but more to forest and fruit -An express train ou the Pennsylvania 
r'U i)! ! °i''!' pi 1 ‘ ° P ,<L - ~ 0 l , “ trees—large numbers of both being prostrated by Road, a few days since, ran ten miles in seven 
... _ . the force of the wind. minutes and a half. This is at the rate of eiffb tv 
nounced by the Secretary of the Uuiversity Board : 
July 10th, Sabbath Evening—Sermon before 
u.... . . . =>, ~ T 7 deep on tlie ground. Much carnage was done 
the J udson Society of inquiry, by Rcv.^J. Lans- tru j t aud gardens, but more to forest and fru 
ing Burrows, ol 1 hiladelplna, at /, 3 o clock, at lreeg —j ai g U numbers-of both being prostrated l 
First Baptist Church. .. Y tluJ wind . 
First Baptist Church. 
July 11th, Monday Evening-Prize Declama- ten nersonsliving on farms miles an hour 1 
turns, by members ot the Sophomore Class, at 1 % I heie ate now tenpeisons nin 0 on tai ms , „ . ... . .. 
o’clock; at Corinthian Hall. ' ~ ad jmumg each other, on tlie road from Palmer — Joseph Cottle, well known from h,s con- 
_ , ’ „ , m ! -n «• A to V\ are, Mass., whose united ages amount to 807 neclion with Coleridge, Wordsworth and Southey, 
July inth, Tuesday Evening— Anniversary cu , ea , s and wbo were born, married, and have and his literary labors, died recently, at the age 
the Delphic and Pithoman Societies. Orator ° lw lived there. None of the ten were ever of 84 years. 
Henry Giles, Esq « Boston ; and Poet, Alfred marr f ed twlCL , - W . D. Porter, U. S. N. r contradicts the re- 
B. Steeet, Esq., ot Albany, at 7; , o’clock at Gor- . , A • „ ' , . t. . . 
inthian Hall. ' ~ j^”The proposition to insert a clause in the port that Amin Bey, who visited this country a 
.Tnlv tfith Wcdnesdav Mornin.cr _ Commence- new Constitution of Massachusetts, that “in all 7 ear or ®* n “’ aS agent ° ho Ul ' k “ bultau > 
minutes and a half. This is at the rate of eighty 
miles an hour! 
-Joseph Cottle, well known from his con¬ 
nection with Coleridge, Wordsworth and Southey, 
inthian Hall. 
July 13th, Wednesday Morning—Commence¬ 
ment Exercises at Corinthian Hall, at 9 o’clock. 
future enrolments of the militia, no distinction was an impostor 
shall ever be made on account of race or color,” ~ CaUlornir 
-California lias adopted the New England 
of country about us, aud not wanted at home, 
their services will be rewarded in this vicinity. 
Death of John C. Merrell. —It becomes our 
painful duty to chronicle the decease of John C. 
Merrell, a highly esteemed Printer and Pub¬ 
lisher, of this city. About eight weeks since Air. 
M. was prostrated by a severe attack of the in- 
Incidents of Travel Westward.—No. 7. 
Village af Franklin ; effects of the speculation of 
’36 ’7 on itsprosgerity—The Franklin Silk Co.; 
Present and future prospects of Franklin — 
Ravenna ; remarakble fact connected with its 
streams—Amount of wheat and corn raised in 
Portage Co., also dairy products. 
Ravenna, Portage Co., O., June, 1853. 
Eds. Rural :—E 11 route to this place, we spent 
The examination of students for admission, ^ rejected in lhe Convention by a majority of ^em of public schools. There are now about 
Tuesday before Commencement, July 12th—also ii; 0 e t 9n ,iinn 74 QQ J J J 18,000 children of the proper age to attend, arid 
at the beginning of the Fall Term in September. ’ 1 ° ° 1 0 * the school fund amounts to $200,000. 
-- d®” Commander Lynch, who went on a pre- - 0wi to the late bleak wea ther in the 
The Rochester Spoils.—A re at last distribu- limmary expedition ol observation to Africa, has coun t r v the hop crop of England is exceedingly 
ted, aud no little strife and contention thereby returned, having explored all the rivers on the backward, and is very far from exhibiting a 
, , „„ .. ., , , ,, . „ r , • . ' coast ot Liberia, and luund none navigable higher i lpn ij.i >T7 
ended. The powers that be,” at Washington, up than twe nty miles from the moulffi healthy appearance 
have decreed the Postmastership to H. S. Allis, T . . , , . , -It is stated that during the year 1852 a 
tt n u ,„ P> i Wt v; . 1 j ,t r, A „„„„ TT It is estimated that there are in New lork total quantity of 1,054,000 tons of vessels sailed 
Hunker, and the electorship to J. C. Campbell, cit ^ >0 00 cabinet makers, 300 carvers, 400 up- f rom Newcastle, England, with coal, to 311 for- 
Barnburner. Mr. Allis has had many years ex- holsterers, and 200 chair makers. The highest eigu ports, in different parts of the world, 
perience in our Post Office, and ought, and we rate of wages paid to carvers is said to be $25 per _qq ie York Grocers’ Steam Sugar Re¬ 
trust will, make a most efficient P. M. He has week, and to the other mechanics mentioned, $15. dldng Company are erecting a sugar refinery 
sufficient capacity, and an opportunity is now af- -At the late term of the Eclectic Medical which is to cost $600,000, and which will, when 
forded for its display, where some improvement College of Cincinnati, a diploma to practice med- completed, turn out 1,000 barrels sugar a day. 
is necessary. Mr. Campbell is well qualified for jcine was given to Miss Caroline Brown, of Utica -A company of over two hundred Noiwe- 
. J A iiii i • , -j She is said to be one ot the most accomplished gians ca?Le up from Quebec recently bound tor 
the station to which he has been appointed.- students in a class of308. Milwaukee. They are of the better sort of emi- 
Both ge ntlemen were candidates tor P. M . tr^TThe New York Mirror intimates that grants, being well to do in tjie world. 
rr„_ p„_ T>a IV Tr ttvois _,A snhamhpr wbn Ino there is a tin mine in the “ Old Granite State,” -The Buffalo Courier learns from the clerk 
‘ V n tii r . i . , which promises to rival the best in Cornwall.— of the Board of Health, that the reports thus far 
resided in \\ hiteside Co., 111., for the just eighteen A mine of this metal iu this country would be this season, exhibit a more healthy condition of 
years, now visiting in this section, informs us that literally a mine of wealth. that city than for the last seven years. 
The Crops in Illinois. —A subscriber who has 
the crops are unusually rich and promising in Il¬ 
linois. Wheat, as well as other crops, are repre- 
jrjgf” The members of the Canadian Legislative 
Assembly and Council have given to Sergeant 
flamatory rheumatism, rendering him helpless for a da y iu the village of Franklin, situated on the gented as much better thau for sevei . al year8 pa3l) Lawson a gold watch and family Bible, for suc- 
three or four weeks. Nearly recovering from this, Cuyahoga river. It lias stood for the last fifteen in aR the gection8 of tbe State tbrough wbicb bo ^ 88bd b dofeuce ol * athei (,avaz ' 1 a 8 a,Ubt tbo mob 
he was attacked by a disease of the heart, which J ears a 8ad reminder of the ,maddening effects of ]jag pasged ]-j 0 sa y 8 the farmers of Illinois are _ Tbe New York Mirror says Prof. Morse 
eventuated in his death on Tuesday morning last. the speculations of ’36 and ’7. By some strange pro < n . eS sing—are prosperous and ought to be con- has sold his entire interest in the telegraph busi- 
that city than for the last seven years. 
-Hon. Gerrit Smith, M. C., lies seriously 
ill at his house in Peterboro. having recently 
undergone a very serious and painful surgical 
operation. 
-The New York Herald has an interesting 
, -"The New York Mirror says Prof. Morse 8tati8tical art icle upon the Barbers of that citv.- 
has sold his entire interest in the telegraph bust- There are 1,500 in all, of which two thirds’'are 
eventuated in Iils death on I uesday morning last. Lue »P«-uiauons oi jo anu i. uy some suange pr 0 g re 88 i ng _are prosperous and ought to be con- has sold his entire interest in the telegraph busi- V’hUU are 
Mr. Merrell was long connected with the press P rocefts > Uie citizens became lunatic with the idea tentedj f or « their lines have fallen in pleasant ne3S to Hon. Amos Kendall; and that several of Germans. 
of Western New York—having published papers that they could create a city that would out-rival places ” the leading telegraph companies are soon to be . p j 
at Geneva, Auburn and Rochester. Well kuown New York and Boston, and so talked of moving ’ ------- consolidated. was first i 
liAlYPitomArl bin loss will be s.WrMv up Cincinnati as a back kitchen to their splendid Episcopal Ordination.— On Tuesday week, jgr The residents of Plymouth, *M ass., will tbo .< 
and highly esteemed, his loss will be sincerely up Cincinnati as a back kitchen to their splendid 
deplored. " His age was 44 years. * front - Fra,,ce and Laly were to suffer in com- 
- petition with this place, in the manufacture of _ _ __ _ _ _ _ 
Mhmma’s Patent Corn Shellkr is the best silk. For this purpose a large establishment Deacons were admitted to the order of I riests : this year. 1 Lee county, \ irginia. The former was 10o years 
machine for the purpose to which it is adapted,— went up—farmers iu different parts of the State Lev. Addison B. Atkins, of this city ; Rev. G. Prof. Silliman says that tho aggregate de- rtTUtnrv ' C ' Hen nwMle< 
particularly when price, capacity, &c., are consid- were induced to invest in its stocks — capitalists N. Cheriey, ° enn an , ve\. . .lai icj . oi gtruction of human life, annually, in this country, T . . , , 
v p h J l ’ . T . , Pulaski; Rev. C. IV. Hayes, of Newark; Rev. R. from the use of burning fluid and camphene, is -The Syracuse Journal says that a girl who 
ered, which we have ever seen in operation. It saw clearly that it would pay richly, and then to N> Parke> 0 f Hammondsport; Rev. Wm. Paret, t€r tban , a]1 tbe b cc i de nts with the steam- knew nothing of the printing business, learned tho 
is simple in construction, performs its work very be able to dress from top to toe in silk— silk of Clyde ; Rev. J. M. Clark, of Niagara Falls : boats and railroads. boxes on Monday aud set up half a column of 
perfectly and speedily, and is withal durable.— shirt, silk stockings, silk trowsers, and vest and Rev. C. P. Mapes, of Lowville ; Rev. James A. The great military encampment at Syra- Inatt er on Tuesday last. 
Havingtaken some pain 3 to examine this machine coat all of silk—with charming wife and lovely Robinso n, of N unda ._ cuse, in August, will bo one of the grandest af- -James McGuire has been convicted of the 
and witness its operation, we can conscientiously daughters attired each in the same befitting The Crops in Wisconsin. — A gentleman from fairs of the age. There will probably be over 30 murder ot J. W. Holland in Syracuse some months 
(as we do unsolicitedly) commend it as a desider- fabric, this had its place among the causes which Central and Northern Wisconsin says that the companies present, and no less than six from this ago, and sentenced to bo hung on the 17th of 
atum worthy the attention of farmers generally, gave birth to the “ Franklin Silk Company.”— crops all throughout that region look superbly.—| cit\. Au ust next. 
■ c r* , !? , . 7 , . onfl * i Wheat is fiftv per cent, better than he has seen it -A gentleman, who three years ago bought -1 he New A ork and New Haven Railroad 
The attention of manufacturers and dealers in Lands went up from 100 to 300 per cent.; farms dur i D g the eight years he has been a resident in one-tliird of John Brown’s Tract for $5,000, a few Company have paid the sum of $5,000 to Mrs. M. 
agricultural machiuery is directed to the adver- were cut into village lots; streets laid off and Wisconsin. He said the only difficulty now would days since sold out his interest in it for $38,000. W. Dimock, Mansfield, whose husband was among 
tisement of the owner of the right. named, blocks of stores erected, and one hotel be, that the crops might be too heavy. Not a bad speculation. the killed by the Norwalk disaster. 
Episcopal Ordination.— On Tuesday week, Lhe residents of Plymouth, *Mas 8 . f will on tbe j 2 tb 0 f June 95 years ago o, 
Bishop DeLancy held an ordination at Grace hereafter celebrate the embarkation of the Pil- i2U( by 16 inches ’ ' ' ’ 
Church, iu this city,when the flowing named - — Mr, W m . Eiy, his wife,,** 
-The Newport Mercury, still published, 
was first issued by Ben Franklin’s brother James, 
on the 12th of June, 95 vears ago, on a sheet 
landing. The first celebration will take place T Mr. Wm. Ely, and liis wrife, lately died in 
this vear Lee county, Virginia. 1 he former was 105 years 
