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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YO RKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND EMILY NEWSPAPER. 
ROCHESTER, JURY 23, 1S53. 
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) Topics of the Week. 
) - 
l The tour of President Pierce, and the opening 
> of the Crystal Palace, have been the all-absorbing 
j topics of the Press for some days past. The east- 
) ern daily papers, especially those of New York, 
| are crowded with speeches, and other proceedings, 
> descriptions, Ac., of the great events—embracing 
> a vast deal of “ Bunkum,” and individual and 
' national glorification. The Crystal Palace Exhi- 
> bition is a God-seud to the New York Press, and 
hugely appreciated. But notwithstanding all 
that has been said and published on the subject, 
the Exhibition is yet in a clioatic condition, and 
will not be arranged for some weeks. Greeley 
says the general inside appearance is that of a 
gigantic fancy store or bazaar, in which some 
eccentric earthquake has knocked Christmas into 
May-day, and jumbled the two in inextricable 
coufusion ! People who design visiting the Ex- 
hibtion are admonished to wait until August or 
September. 
The Legislature is too slow a subject for rapid 
comment, but as there is some prospect of an 
adjournment, it may be worth a brief quotatiou. 
The Albany Journal of Saturday says :—“Several 
members whose business is suffering because of 
their protracted absence, liave been compelled, by 
the apparent determination of the majority not to 
adjourn, to go home. A few others are absent 
from other causes ;—among them Mr. Peters, be¬ 
cause of the illness of his wifo. * Othersstill threat¬ 
en to leave on Monday, adjournment or no ad¬ 
journment, believing that neither tlicir duty to 
themselves norto their constituents, requires them 
to be participants, on compulsion, to an apparent 
conspiracy against the treasury of the State.” 
The Commencement Exercises at the Roches¬ 
ter University, and the Theological Seminary, last 
week, were generally of a high order, and attend¬ 
ed by very large audiences. We shall endeavor 
to give some interesting particulars in the Edu¬ 
cational Department of our next number. 
The Wheat Harvest is a topic of interest every¬ 
where. It is progressing rapidly in this region, 
and we have favorable accounts from other sec¬ 
tions—near and distant. The weather continues 
favorable, though the nights are unusually cool 
for the season. 
Another fatal catastrophe on the Hudson, has 
furnished a fresh topic of news and comment. 
Though, fortunately, the first rumor was greatly 
exaggerated, the truth is bad enough. When will 
these murderous accidents cease ? 
Opening of the Crystal Palace. 
The formal opening of the Crystal Palace took 
place as previously announced, on Thursday, July 
14th, in a manner creditable to the managers and 
satisfactory to the public. The number present 
must of necessity have been large, as the city it¬ 
self can furnish human beings enough to throng 
all the avenues leading to the palace. 
President Pierce, accompanied bj r Secretaries 
Guthrie and Davis, and Attorney Gen. Cushing, 
were present. Gen. Scott, Gov. Seymour, Gov. 
Howell Cobb, of Georgia, and Gov. Fairbanks, 
of Vermont, with other official, clerical and dis¬ 
tinguished guests from different States and Can¬ 
adas, were conspicuous upon the platform. Sir 
Charles Lyell and lady, Lady Ellesmore and 
daughter, Prof. Wilson and Mr. Duke, liis Sec’y, 
Mr. Duncan and others of the Royal Commission¬ 
ers were upon the platform, in prominent posi¬ 
tions. Several Home and Foreign Ministers and 
large numbers of invited guests also occupied the 
platform, which would seat about seven hundred. 
The President entered the building at 2 o’clock. 
Tbe band immediately played Hail Columbia, 
following it with Yankee Doodle and other popu¬ 
lar airs. Right Rev. Bishop Wainwright read an 
appropriate prayer, after which the New York 
Sacred Harmonic Society, assisted by the Nation¬ 
al Guard Band, members of other Societies and 
the organ, sung to the tune of “ Old Hundred,” 
the following ADthem, composed for the occasion : 
Here, where all climes their offerings send, 
Here, where all arts their tribute lay, 
Before thy presence, Lord, we bend, 
And for thy smile and blessing pray. 
For thou dost sway the tides of thought, 
And hold the issues in thy had, 
Of all that human toil has wrought, 
And all that human skill has plann’d. 
Thou lead'st the restless Power of Mind 
O’er destiny’s untrodden field, 
And guid’st him, wandering bold but blind, 
To mighty ends not yet revealed. 
At its conclusion, Theodore Sedgwick, Presi¬ 
dent of the Association, delivered the opening 
speech, addressing it to the President of the Uni¬ 
ted States. He assured the President, that amid 
the vast concourse of people assembled, eminent 
in every department of human skill and genius, 
surrounded by the trophies of intellect and beau¬ 
ty, tbe eye aud the mind naturally, inevitably 
riveted themselves upon him. As presiding offi¬ 
cer of the Association, he most cordially thanked 
him for the'honor of his presence, as without the 
approbation and confidence of the Government it 
was from the first foreseen they had no sure pres¬ 
tige of success. He continued by making an ap¬ 
propriate allusion to tbe encouragement received 
from Daniel Webster, row no more, but whose 
monument, hewn from Freuch stone by English 
hands, was standing there, most appropriately, as 
if to contemplate the work to which the great 
statesman had given the first impulse. 
He further referred to the great object of tbe 
exhibition, to bring before his countrymen the 
choicest productions and skill of tbe Old World, 
and also lo place before them, oil a National scale, 
trophies of the inventive spirit of our country¬ 
men—to collect a full representation of 
“ The arts for luxury, the arms for strife, 
Inventions for delight of sight and sound”— 
to bind together the two hemispheres, to extend 
the area of commerce and the fraternity of na¬ 
tions. The speaker also presented the thanks of 
the Association for the presence of so many dis¬ 
tinguished individuals from all parts of Europe 
aud all parts of this Continent. He remaiked : 
“ The dwellers on the Eastern shores of the At¬ 
lantic are here mingled with the representatives 
of our own Empire on the coast of the Pacific, 
and there are, I believe, here, to-day, fifteen chief 
magistrates, of as many States of the confederacy 
—lights of the constellation of which yon, Sir, 
are the central star. [Applause.] We are deeply 
sensible of this courtesy and kindness, while, Sir, 
we are not so blind, or so vain glorious as not ful¬ 
ly to understand the honor is done not to us, but 
to you, [renewed applause,] and that the homage 
of their respect is above all paid to the growing 
power and majesty of the Republic. May that 
power and majesty—and I say it with the pro- 
ioundest reverence—be ever united to and gov¬ 
erned by that spirit of peace, and good will which 
is our direct command from on High, and to con¬ 
tribute to which in the great family of mau, is the 
best and purest and wisest motive that can bring 
us together in this temple of industry—in this 
palace of labor. But, Sir, I detain my hearers 
from the pleasure that awaits them. Hereafter,I 
may take some more fitting occasion to state in 
detail, what we have done, and what we desire to 
do—the difficulties we have encountered and the 
obstacles we have surmounted. To-day, my voice 
is of little moment, except for the echo aud tne 
response which it is fortunately destined to awa¬ 
ken. Permit me here, sir, to ask you to let your 
voice be beard beueath our dome, and to request 
that you will by words, as well as by your pres¬ 
ence, inaugurate this Exhibition of tbe Industry 
of all Nations.” 
To this address, of which we have given but a 
brief epitome, coudensed from the New Y T ork 
Times, President Pierce responded as follows : 
“ Sir, I return you, on behalf of those of my 
constitutional advisers who are with me, and on 
my own account, my warm and cordial thanks for 
the reception you have been pleased to extend to us. 
I have come, Sir, to testify the interest I feel in, 
and the respect I entertain for, this great indus¬ 
trial exhibition — designed arid calculated to pro¬ 
mote all that belongs t.o the interest of our country. 
Y’ou, Sir, and the gentlemen who have been and 
are associated with you, have imposed upon all of 
us a deep debt of gratitude for your energy aud 
perseverance in this great enterprise. Whatever 
the short comiDgs of which you have spoken may 
be, I can only remark that they do not appear 
here ; and so far as I have been able to perceive, 
they are lost in your complete and transceudaut 
success. [Loud aud continued applause.] Every¬ 
thing around us reminds us that we live in an 
utilitarian age, where science, instead of being 
locked up for the admiration of the world, has be¬ 
come tributaiy to the arts, manufactures, agricul¬ 
ture, and all that goes to promote our domestic 
comforts and our universal prosperity. Sir, if 
you had achieved no other but that which you 
have, in bringing together in this metropolis, cit¬ 
izens from all parts of the Union, you wouldhave 
fulfilled, perhaps, one of the most important of 
missions—that of strengthening and perpetuating 
that blessed Union. [Great applause.] But you 
have done more, and you have nobly alluded to it. 
Your Exhibition bas been the means of bringing 
here, from all the civilized countries on the face 
of the globe, men most eminent in all tbe walks 
of life ; and thus you have done more than could 
be done in almost any other manner to promote 
that great object dear tc yon, dear to me, aud dear 
to ray venerable friend near me, (Bishop Wain- 
right,) peace and good will among men. [Ap¬ 
plause.] I have not the voice at this time to ad¬ 
dress you at any greater length, and conclude by 
again returning you my thanks for your generous 
reception, and tendering my heart’s best wishes 
for the success of your praiseworthy enterprise. 
[Applause.] 
As the President concluded, the Organ again 
pealed forth the Hallelujah Chorus, from Handel’s 
Messiah,— followed by the Triumphal March, by 
Fred. Ries, and a Chorus from Hadyn’s Creation, 
and the Exhibition at the Crystal Palace was 
formally opened. 
We cannot now attempt any description of the 
interior of the building, or of the articles compris¬ 
ing the exhibition. A few weeks will suffice to fill 
up the different courts, aud complete the arrange¬ 
ments. The classification and arrangements are 
similar to those adopted at London. The amount 
of space occupied for the exhibitiou, exclusive of 
the naves, is about 152,000 square feet,—of which 
94,102 are on the ground-floor, and in the galla- 
ries 59,000 feet. Foreign countries occupy 98,479 
square feet, the United States 54,530 square feet, 
of which 19,955 feet are in the gallaries. The 
number of exhibitors from abroad is 2,605, and 
the whole number is 4,383, about one-third the 
number at the London Exhibition. The Exhibi¬ 
tion will hereafter be open from 10 o’clock A. M. 
until 7 P. M. Season tickets $10 ; single admis¬ 
sion fifty cents, and children half-price. We shall 
have occasion to speak of the Exhibition more in 
aetal hereafter. f 
Steamboat Disaster, and Loss of Life. 
The Steamer Empire of Troy, on her regular 
trip from that place to New Y’ork, on the night of 
the 16 ult., was run into by the Sloop Gen. Liv¬ 
ingston, about six miles below Poughkeepsie, 
causing an explosion of the boiler, tearing away 
the side, and making a complete wreck of the 
boat amidships. The details correspond with 
those on similar occasions, and sums up a total 
result of seven known to be killed, twenty badly 
Scalded, and seven supposed to be missing as their 
baggage is unclaimed. Upon whom the blame 
rests we have been unable to learn from the con¬ 
fused statements given. 
Coflresj^o jfjSetyce. 
Notes from the Capital. 
Albany, July 18, 1853. 
Eds. Rural :—In accordance with a promise 
made in my last, I spent considerable time at the 
examination and closing exercises of the State 
Normal School. The public examination usually 
occupies three days, but the third day is given up 
once in two years to the old graduates, who have 
formed themselves into an association for tbe pro¬ 
motion of the Educational interests of the State. 
This being the year of their return, Wednesday 
was assigned as their jubilee day, but the limits 
of this commuuication will not all»w me to give 
a sketch of their proceedings. 
Thursday afternoon was the time appointed for 
the closing exercises, wliieli are what Colleges, 
Ac., call “ Commencement.” The large Hall w'as 
filled by a very intelligent audience, w T ho listen¬ 
ed to the somewhat lengthy exercises with 
marked attention. An Essay entitled “ The Edu¬ 
cation of the Heart,” by Miss Jane B. Dayton, of 
of Suffolk, and a Poem entitled “Kader Iris,” 
by Miss Mary T. Howe, of Tompkins county, 
were read by Miss Hance, the teacher of Reading. 
Orations were pronounced by Messrs. Merrill, of 
Jefferson ; Cole, of Putnam, and Wright, of 
Onondaga. These productions, considering the 
length of time devoted to literary compositions 
at this School, were decidedly superior. Dr. 
Potter then delivered the usual address to the 
pupils. His exordium consisted in an allusion to 
the wonderful contrivance by which we commu¬ 
nicate our ideas to one another. He then dis¬ 
coursed upon the Teacher’s profession with much 
ability, showing that teaching did not stop with 
the mechanical process of imparting instruction ; 
but it is “ to form his mind and his manners ; to 
awaken in him the power of thought; to refine 
his taste; to fill his mind with noble principles 
and aspirations; to awaken in him a love of the 
beautiful iu nature, in art, in thought and senti¬ 
ment ; to enlighten his judgment, and form it to 
habits of calm and comprehensive deliberation ; 
to retrench from his manners and his speech 
whatever is gross and clownish ; and as the child 
is father to the man, and the man is liable to be 
advanced to any station in the Republic, he is to 
strive to mould him to such simplicity and pro¬ 
priety of demeanor, to such dignity and amenity, 
as may fit him to appear with decency in any 
circle in the land.” 
Prom the obvious truth that a teacher cannot 
impart to others what he does not possesses him¬ 
self, he urged the necessity of the teacher’s thor¬ 
ough education. The teacher should be a pattern 
not only in knowledge from books, but of refined 
taste, correct deportment, and spotless character. 
His suggestions with regard to cultivation of taste 
and improvement in manners, were of the most 
instructive character. 
The graduating class is unusuallyfiargc, consist¬ 
ing of 42 members, and from the examination 
they bore, I am of the opinion that they will do 
great credit to the institution, and accomplish 
much good for the people. 
The Legislature continues iu session a part of 
the time. The Assembly adjourned over last 
Thursday, to attend the Inauguration of the Crys¬ 
tal Palace, but I believe they have not all returned 
yet. Friday and Saturday it was almost impos¬ 
sible to do any business, on account of thinness 
of the House. The Senate have been at work for 
about two weeks on the “ Supply Bill,” a bill 
that is generally rushed through “ on the last day 
of the sessions, in the afternoon.” The way they 
manage is to vote one day to strike out a claim, 
and the next to strike it in, and so on, thus find¬ 
ing themselves after a vigorous march of a week, 
just about “ as you were.” An honest member’ 
of Dutch descent, from one of the “rural dis¬ 
tricts,” happened to be converging one day on 
the tricks played by legislators in Albany, when 
he remarked that he “ should never be contented 
no more when he got home ; I used to think that 
all went right in the Legislature, but (shaking his 
head,) I never shall think so no more.” 
But there is a faint hope of an adjournment this 
week. The fact is, the more conscientious mem¬ 
bers are getting ashamed of themselves, and they 
bolt. Many have taken “ French leave,” and 
more will follow if an adjournment cannot be 
secured soon. I hope to present some items of 
the Supply bill in my next, for the consideration 
of the readers of the Rural. *Owe.* 
Incidents of Travel Westward.—No. 8. 
Location and appearance of Newark — Railroads, 
and their influence on Real Estate—An objection 
to settling in the West—Proportion of foreigners 
m the West—Benefits derived from foreign emi¬ 
gration. 
Newark, Licking Co., O., July, 1853. 
Eds. Rural :—This is a thriving village, and 
the County seat of Licking Co. It is situated in 
a rich and productive valley, between the North 
and South forks of Licking River, near the junc¬ 
tion. It is decidedly a pretty village. Its centre 
is a Public Square of four acres, in the midst of 
which is a splendid Court House, half screened 
from view by trees and shrubbery. Around this 
Square are erected stores and shops for business, 
together with Churches and public buildings. 
The river affords large hydraulic privileges. The 
village has over 3,000 inhabitants, with five large 
flouring mills, two saw mills, two foundries, five 
hotels, fifteen stores, nine churches, and contrib¬ 
utes three weekly newspapers towards the 2,850 
periodicals which are now printed in the United 
States. The Canal from Cleveland to Portsmouth 
passes through this place. Also a Railroad from 
Sandusky ; and from this point a Railroad runs 
west through Columbus to Cincinnati. Two 
other roads, leaving this place, are under contract 
and partially completed ; one running south to 
Portsmouth, on the Ohio, the other east to Steu¬ 
benville, situated in the eastern part of the State, 
on the same noble river. 
The Railways in Ohio will boon give it the ap¬ 
pearance of a large checker-board, with this grand 
difference, instead of its being a theatre for games 
of chance, where only one party can win, it will 
mutually enhance the interests of all parties. 
While the stocks are a source of gain to their 
owners, they are doubly so to the patrons of the 
road. The farmer not only obtains larger prices 
for his products, hut unconsciously finds his lands 
about him rising 20, 30 and 40 per cent, in value. 
The mixed population of the Western States, 
is a serious drawback upon the value otherwise 
to be placed upon a home in the west. Of the 
inhabitants of the United States every fifth per¬ 
son is a foreigner, or his descendant. The west¬ 
ern States have a larger proportion of this class 
than the eastern States. They are useful in sub¬ 
duing the wilderness, in raising corn, cattle, and 
wheat, building Railroads and Canals, hut iu 
building up the institutions of learning and piety 
they are of less account. But this “ Celtic Exo¬ 
dus,” as it has been aptly termed, is to all the 
parties immediately connected with it, one of the 
most important events of the day. Several things 
incline us to favor this movement. 1st. It bene¬ 
fits the mother country by reducing its surplus 
population, and creating better wages for those 
who remain. 2d. It extends the benefits to 
American labor, by lessening the competition 
which it has to sustain with the ill-paid labor of 
Europe, and 3d. It furnishes us with a supply of 
stout and efficient hands—the greatest want in a 
new country—which is that of labor—gives value 
to land, and facilitates the execution of every 
species of private enterprise and public works. 
The German emigration to this country from 1846 
to 1851 was 16,671 annually, and the abstraction 
of capital from thence, caused by emigration was, 
during the same period, no less than $15,000,000 
annually, which is a subject of apprehension on 
the part of the parent State. But whether they 
come rich or penniless, we say, let them come. 
S. B. Rockwell. 
Ross’ Imdroved Grain Drill. —Iu its appro¬ 
priate place may be found an advertisement of 
this Drill. It appeal’s well constructed, differing 
but slightly from those in general use. The scale 
by which the feed is graduated is of cast irou, ob¬ 
viating any swelling by getting wet. The bot¬ 
tom of the drill tooth is made with a flange which; 
it is claimed, makes a broader bed for the grain ; 
on the rear of the tooth a shoe has been placed, 
which controls the depth at which the grain is 
deposited. It also acts the part of a roller in cov¬ 
ering the seed. Whether as a whole it is superior 
to many now in use, farmers will be able to de¬ 
cide after testing the same. t 
Profitable Clii>s. —Mr. W. A. Cook, of Lima, 
sheared 196 Spanish Merinos, averaging 6 lbs. 2 oz. 
per head of washed wool. It should he stated 
that these sheep were reserved as the best from a 
flock of some 400 Merinos—the others being sold 
last season. Mr. C. keeps, in all, 900 sheep—one 
of the largest flocks in Western New York. D. 
Hillman A Sons, of East Avon, sheared over 400 
Spanish Merinos, the flock averaging over 5 lbs. 
of well washed wool per head. Both of the above 
lots of wool are contracted at 56 cts. per lb. 
Bisnor Ivf.s. —The Bishop Ives affair has taken 
a new and still more unhappy phase. A letter, 
written by a member of the Episcopal Church in 
North Carolina, to Bishop Green, states that “Mrs. 
Ives will return home with her brother, Dr. Ho¬ 
bart, he having received notice from the Pope that 
Doctor Ives would be ordained priest in the sum¬ 
mer, and could no longer be considered her hus¬ 
band.” 
Well Said. —We have no objection to Bishop 
Ives becoming a Catholic, if he chooses. This is 
his business, and not ours. But we should be 
recreant to all manliness and Christianity, did we 
fail to express our disgust and indignation with 
the faithlessness which thus sets aside the wife of 
one’s youth, the mother of one’s children, the 
companion of one’s life, and tbe vow long since 
registered in Heaven to cherish aud protect her 
until death.— Spring. Rep. 
A Knowing Horse ! — The New Haven Re¬ 
publican says :—Two carriages, one double and 
the other single were near being destroyed with 
their passengers, yesterday afternoon on the New 
York Railroad. The drivers did not see the pas¬ 
sing train until it was close upon them. The 
double carriage however, got over the track. The 
single horse had his fore feet almost upon the rail. 
He reared upon his hind legs, and stood thus like 
a statue till the train passed by ! It came so near 
him that it struck the projecting shafts and broke 
them, but did no other injury. We understood 
our informant, a respectable gentleman, to say that 
he witnessed all this. 
A Convent in New Jersey. —The late John 
Tonnelle, of Bergen, it is said, bequeathed to an 
eminent dignitary of the Roman Catholic Church 
a large and exceedingly valuable tract of land in 
New Jersey, on the brow of the Bergen Hill, near 
West Hoboken, with tbe reservation that it was 
to be devoted in some way to the benefit of that 
denomination. It is now in contemplation, it is 
said, to erect on this plot of ground a Convent for 
the Sisters of Mercy. The work will probably be 
commenced at an early day. 
An Archbishop from Rome.— Archbishop Be- 
dini, specially commissioned by His Holiness, 
Pope Pius IX., to visit our government at Wash¬ 
ington, has arrived at New York. The specific 
purpose of his visit is not public. Besidos his 
mission to the seat of Government, Archbishop 
Bedini will visit the several dioceses in the Uni¬ 
ted States, probably with a view of ascertaining 
the real condition and resources of the Roman 
Catholic Church in this country. 
Cost of a Passenger Car.— The cost of one of 
the long railway passenger cars is, on an average, 
about $2,000. There are in the United States 
upwards of eighty private car manufactories, ex¬ 
clusive of those railways which make and repair 
all for their own use ; and it is calculated that a 
capital of $6,000,000 is invested in this branch of 
industry, producing about $17,000,000 annually, 
and employing about 6,000 men. 
?(e to § $ i* 6 b i f i e §. 
-The Aztec children are now in London 
for exhibition. 
-The Nile is now lower than it has been 
for thirty years. 
-Neal Dow is lecturing on Temperance in 
the Canadian cities. 
-There are eight hundred and forty nine 
streets, lanes, and places in Boston. 
-The amount received in aid of the Oswego 
sufferers by the late fire, is $1,905 25. 
-The Hon. Gerrit Smith has sent $1,000 
for the relief of the sufferers at Oswego. 
-Beef and mutton are 30 per cent, higher 
in London than they were the last year. 
-A buck belonging to John Haverfield, of 
Cadiz, Ohio, yielded a fleece weighing 19]^ ibs. 
-Emile Girardin has sold a one-thousandth 
part of his Journal, La Presse, for oue thousand 
dollars. 
-Hon. Friend Humphery, of Albany, is quite 
ill, and but slight hopes are entertained of his re¬ 
covery. 
-Professor Faraday, of the British Royal 
Institution, has discovered and explained the Ta¬ 
ble-Moving mystery. 
-M. Maillefeit is engaged, under the author¬ 
ity of Government, in removing the rocks in the 
harbor of Ncav Haven. 
-A pure white robin has been found in a 
nest near Lewisburg. Va. A similar bird has been 
seen at Monroetown, Pa. 
-The Steuben County half-shire bill has 
passed the House. Having previously passed 
the Senate, it is now a law. 
-Over 1,000,000 lbs. of cheese and butter 
left the Herkimer station of the Utica railway du¬ 
ring the month of June. 
-The Freeman’s Journal, the organ of Arch¬ 
bishop Hughes, is now issued Wednesday eve¬ 
nings and Sunday mornings. 
-The difficulty between Secretary Marcv and 
Mr. Buchanan is adjusted, and the latter will de¬ 
part for England at an early day. 
-Gov. Seymour and staff will review the 
troops at the Grand Encampment, to be held in 
Syracuse, ou the 23d of August. 
-There are about 1,470 physicians in Ken¬ 
tucky. Twenty surgeons in the State have treat¬ 
ed some 400 cases of lithotomy. 
-The entire cost of the St. Charles Hotel, 
New Orleans, including building, grounds, Ac., 
since 1851, is stated at $598,320 73. 
-Jasper N. Ball, late of Union Theological 
Seminary, was ordained as missionary to Arme¬ 
nia, at Lyme, N. H., ou the 30th ult. 
-A project is on foot in Cincinnati to furnish 
the poor with wood the ensuing fall at nearly 
fifty per cent, below the present prices. 
-The authorities of New York are making 
a praiseworthy effort to break up the gambling 
saloons established near the Crystal Palace. 
-A cow, named Mrs. Franklin Pierce, in 
Johnsville, Pa., iu seven days gave 375 quarLs of 
milk, from which 14 lbs. of butter were made. 
-The Fourth of July was celebrated in 
Charleston, S. C., this year, in the most commend¬ 
able spirit of devotion to our common country. 
-Upwards of $70,000 have been subscribed 
in Cincinnati, for the construction of a canal 
around the Falls of the Ohio, at Jeffersonville. 
-It is estimated that the iron blast furnaces, 
in Montgomery county, Pa., are now making 
$1,200 to $1,500 weekly, clear of all expenses. 
-The usual summer war against dogs has 
recommenced in New Y’oik. Fifty cents per head 
is offered for every live dog found running at large. 
-While a party of twelve ladies were in 
bathing at Newport the other day, the horse ran 
away with the wagon containing all their clothes. 
-A miscreant who has been in the habit of 
obstructing the Harlem Railroad, was caught in 
the act of roiling a log across the Track. He was 
committed. 
-The $100,000 which the Baptists propos¬ 
ed to raise for the endowment of their Theologi¬ 
cal Institution at Newton, Mass., has all been 
subscribed. 
-Mr. Aubry, the great Rocky Mountain 
traveler, made a trip, with a party, from Santa 
Fe to California the past winter, with a flock of 
5,000 sheep. 
-An English paper says that there are at 
present building on the Clyde 93 iron vessels, 52 
of which are screw steamers, 26 paddle-wheel, 
aud 15 sailing vessels. . 
-Dr. Forbes, who has written a book on 
Ireland lately, thinks that a very large proportion 
of Father Mathew’s teetotal converts in that coun¬ 
try have gone back to whiskey. 
-Mr. Brown, of Pickering, intends to ex¬ 
hibit at the Provincial Show, at Hamilton, a col¬ 
lection of Canadian wild animals, which he has 
made at considerable cost aud trouble. 
-The Senate of Wisconsin, by a vote of 14 
to 9, have passed tbe bill to abolish capital pun¬ 
ishment in that State. The bill awaits the sig¬ 
nature of the Governor to become a law. 
-Mr. George Weiss, of Brooklyn, offers a re¬ 
ward of $500 to any spirit-rapper who will move 
a shingle, as they say they move tables. He says 
they can’t stir a shingle, any way they can fix it. 
-The farm known as Clay Spring, in Han¬ 
over couuty, Virginia, and upon which the orator 
and statesman Henry Clay was born, is offered < 
for sale by the present owner, Mr. Win. Dabney. 
--There are about 150,000 colored members 
of the Southern Methodist Church ; 120,000 in 
the Baptist; 10,000 iu Presbyterian,and in other 
churches about 20,000 , making a total of 300,000. 
-Contractors on the First Division of the 
Illinois Central Railroad, north of Cario, arc now 
offering $1 50 per day for laborers. This is the 
highest figure ever paid for such work in tho 1 
State. 
-The Aldermen of New Y’ork have directed i 
Comptroller Flagg to apply to the Legislature for < 
the return of $855,000 paid by the city under the ( 
School Law of 1851, which was declared uncon- 
stitutional. 
-A superb breakfast, dinner and tea service ( 
has been manufactured in New York, to the or- < 
derof President Pierce. The dining service num¬ 
bers 450 pieces, and the glass 50 dozen. The 
whole cost is $ 1,500. 
-The War Department has very late advi¬ 
ces from Gov. Lane, detailing the history of his 
recent efforts to introduce pastoral and agricultu¬ 
ral pursuits among the Apaches. He meets with 
encouraging success. 
-Prof. Niedner is at present occupied upon 
a Church History, to be completed in six volumes, 
in which he intends to show the influence of Art, 
Science, and Philosophy on the Church, from the 
time of the Apostles to the present day. 
