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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
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Arrival of the Arabia. 
The Cunard steamer Arabia arrived at New 
York on Tuesday morning, the 23d. She left 
Liverpool Aug. 13, and made the passage in nine 
days and seventeen hours. 
She reports seeing a large steamship ashore on 
Nantucket Shoals, supposed to be the Pacific. 
The Franklin arrived out off Cowes on the 
night of t he 10th. 
The Great Britain sailed for Australia on the 
11th. Bets are pending on her passage and of the 
clipper “ Sovereign of the Seas.” 
Nothing definite has transpired on the Turkish 
question, but the belief is that it will terminate 
peacefully. Definite news from St. Petersburg!! 
was expected to reach London on the 15th. 
The London Morning Post says the Principali¬ 
ties will be evacuated the first week in Septem¬ 
ber by the Russians, and soon after the British 
and French fleets will leave the Turkish waters. 
The funds have improved, and the market con¬ 
tinues dull. 
A great Naval Review at Portsmouth, by Queen 
Victoria, had taken place. 
Nothing important from France. 
The wheat crops were mostly in, and averaged 
about two-thirds the usual crop. 
The steamship Monument City was wrecked 
on.her passage from Port Philip to Sidney, and 
35 passengers were lost. 
The Arab shif>, with the Bombay mail on board, 
foundered, and 175 passengers were drowned. 
The King of Ava was more peaceably disposed 
towards the British. 
The Chiuese Imperialists were preparing to 
take Amoy. The insurgents force was within 
four days march of Pekin. A private telegraph 
says they had beaten back one imperial fleet from 
Nankin, and had concluded not to attack Canton 
until September. 
Liverpool Larkets. —Cotton dull, and holders 
anxious to realize. Prices declined about 1-16 
pence. Sales for the week 41,000 bales. 
The following is from Richardson Brothers’ 
Circular, Aug. 12 At this da 3 '’s market there 
was a slim attendance. Wheat was freely offered 
at the reduction of Tuesday, without finding 
purchasers. Flour at former prices. Indian corn 
on the spot or afloat, was less inquired for. 
Our quotations for American grades at this 
day’s market, are :—White wheat, 7s 6il, 7s 8d@ 
7s 9d ; red, 7s 4d@7s fid for 70 lbs. Philadelphia 
and Baltimore flour, 27s ; Western, 26s@2Cs 6d ; 
heated, 24s@25s pi bid. 
Provisions—In Beef and Pork almost nothing 
has been done. Bacon in better demand. 47s be¬ 
ing the top price in small parcels. Lard dearer. 
Sales at 56@57s, and a few bbls. of fine at 50s, 
to make a place, but the supply is in a few hands. 
60s may be obtained, for fine supplies do not come 
in. Tallow has declined 6d@ls per 100. Cheese 
market bare. Canadian Butter much wanted. 
London Market. — From Baring’s Circular:— 
Funds have improved considerably. Consuls 
closed at 98@98LL Money in great demand. 
American Stocks—The demand has been lim¬ 
ited this week to an investment in Pennsylvania 
5 per cent, bonds. II. S. fi’s still scarce, and buy¬ 
ers at 111. Quotations generally without change. 
Latest hv Telegraph. 
London, Aug. 13.—Despatches from St, Peters- 
burgh have been received in Paris, dated the 5th. 
They state that the Emperor has definitely ac¬ 
cepted the proposals of the Four Powers. 
A despatch from Trieste states that the Porte 
accepted of the proposals drawn up at Vienna, 
without modification. 
A special ambassador will leave Turkey as soon 
as the Russians evacuate the Principalities. 
A letter from Constantinople says there is 
intense excitement there in consequence of the 
refusal of the Haspidians of Moldavia and Mal- 
laclia, to obey the summons to repair to Con¬ 
stantinople. 
The old Turkish party were so indignant that 
fears were entertained for the safety of the city. 
Revolution was expected. 
Niagara Ship Canal Celebration. 
On Wednesday last a celebration took place at 
Fort Gray on Lewiston Heights, in honor of the 
proposed Ship Canal around Niagara Falls. A 
detachment of U. S. Troops from Fort Niagara 
fired one hundred and fifty guns from a battery of 
18 pounders. Speeches highly commendatory of 
the work, were made by gentlemen present, among 
whom were Gov. Seymour, Hon. Geo. W. Clinton 
of Buffalo, Hon. H. J. Stow of Lewiston, and Col. 
John Fisk of Bellevue. 
The concourse then formed in procession to the 
music of a Band from Fort Niagara, and marched 
to the International Hotel, where upwards of one 
hundred gentlemen sat down to dinner. After 
the cloth was removed, remarks were made by a 
number of the guests, including Gov. Seymour, 
Hon. G. W. Clinton, Hon. G. W. Holley, O. Tur¬ 
ner, Esq-, and Rev. Mr. Peet. 
The celebration was marked with confidence 
and enthusiasm in regard to the great National 
enterprise, which is to connect Ontario with the 
upper lakes, and pasted off in the most satisfactory 
manner.— Bock. American. 
Death of the Rev. Levi Tucker, D. D.—It 
becomes our painful task, says the Buffalo Ex¬ 
press, to record the sudden death of the Rev. Levi 
Tucker, D. D., for several years pastor of the 
Washington Street Baptist Church *of this city, 
and more recently in charge of the Bowdoin 
Square Baptist Church of the city of Boston.— 
He died on Saturday last at the residence of Mr. 
W. G. Lee, his brother-in-law, at Cincinnatus, 
Cortlaud co., in this State, aged 49 years. He 
had just returned from a sojourn in Europe, where 
he had spent nearly a year past, traveling to re¬ 
cover impaired health, and was on his way to this 
city, when a renewed attack of his disease closed 
his earthly career. The deceased was one of the 
brightest ornaments of the American pulpit, and 
his death will be sensibly felt, not only by his 
pastoral charge, but by the denomination with 
which he was connected. During the few years 
that he was settled in this city he accumulated 
troops of warm friends, whose most active sympa¬ 
thies will be awakened by this announcement. 
The Indian Fight. — Gentlemen from Fort 
Laramie inform us, that the battle between the 
Pawnees and the Cheyennes, the principal tribes 
engaged in it, was a very inconsiderable affair, 
though a great number of Indians participated. 
The Cheyennes were whipped, losing 9ome 
twenty of their warriors ; the Pawness lost five or 
six of their warriors and two or three of their 
women.— St. Louis Jtep., 16 th. 
The rumors recently in circulation, with 
reference to an alliance between the Governments 
of Mexico, England and Spain, and the placing of 
the Mexican Republic beneath the yoke of Spain, 
are officially and explicitly denied. 
Crops in England. 
The London Mercantile Gazette of August 5th, 
speaking of the wheat crop, says, that “It is 
certainly not promising in appearance ; and how¬ 
ever much it may be favored by the weather, the 
yield must inevitably be short. There are reports 
of blight from several parts of the Kingdom, and 
fears are entertained of a disease similar to the 
potato, rot.” The potato crop is also spoken of as 
in a precarious condition not only in the British 
Islands, but in France, Holland, Belgium and 
some parts of Germany likewise ; and there can 
be little doubt that a large portion will be lost. 
The opinion is expressed, that under this state 
of affairs, coupled with the unfavorable aspect of 
matters at the East, breadstuff's can hardly be 
expected to recede in price, though at the present 
moment there is some languor in the market. Iu 
consequence of the spread of the potato disease, 
corn afloat has advanced in price. 
Peach Trade. —The Buffalo Commercial Ad¬ 
vertiser learns from a gentleman recently from 
Ohio, that the crop of peaches this year promises 
to be exceedingly heavy and fine, and indeed, 
that there is a prospect of a good supply of fruit 
of all descriptions. TlieN. Y. Journal of Commerce 
says peaches are now coming forward in enor¬ 
mous quantities, chiefly from New Jersey, and 
the quality is improving. 
The Genesee Conference. —This body, em¬ 
bracing more than one hundred ministers of the 
M. E. Church, together with fifty or more from 
other Conferences, will hold its next annual ses¬ 
sion in St. John’s Church, Batavia, commencing 
Sept. 7, 1853. These sessions continue about 
ten days. The morning of each day is devoted to 
business ; the afternoon to meeting of committees, 
and the evening to preaching and the anniversa¬ 
ry of various benevolent societies. 
New Orleans, Aug. 19.—The total number of 
deaths reported for the past twenty-four hours, is 
292, of which 227 were from yellow fever—a large 
increase. The distress is great, and the Howard 
Association are opening four new hospitals, and 
appealing for further assistance. 
At the Unitarian Church, in this city, on the 16th inst., 
by Rev. Mr. Ohanning, E. D. HALLOCK, of Rochester, 
a nd Miss MARY ELIZABETH LATTING, of Henrietta. 
In Hornby, Aug. 4th, by Rev. Jamf.s Parker, JOSIAII 
UNDERWOOD and Miss ADALINE GAYLORD, eldest 
daughter of Willis II. Gaylord, all of Hornby. That 
high hopes, bright prospects, and happiness undiminished 
unto the close of life, may be theirs, is the wish of a youth¬ 
ful friend and schoolmate. 
^H(ef ]i)feiligei)ce. 
Rural New-Yorker Office, ) 
Rochester, Aug. 24, 1853. ) 
Trade has been more lively during the week. Heavy 
rains have swcllen the river so that all the mills can be put 
in operation. There lias been an increased inquiry for 
wheat, and prices, without an advance, are somewhat firm¬ 
er. The market continues to fluctuate with the foreign 
advices, though it must be apparent to all, the European 
price can have little or no effect upon our home trade,in 
consequence of the small amount exported. 
Flour — This staple still maintains its price, with a 
steady demand for market supplies and city demand. 
Grain—W heat continues to sell frojn teams and by cargo 
at ©1,15@1,1G, according to quality. Sales of the week 
have been large. Corn comes in slowly, as very few farm¬ 
ers have prime old on hand. Supplies from the great west 
are not steady; prices remain unchanged at 63@68e.— 
Oats are rather scarce; new 40c., prime old 42c. Barley 
commands 63@G5c. 
Seeds — There is some inquiry for Timothy, which is 
retailed at 82,50@3,09. The supply is not large. No in¬ 
quiry for Clover — though we learn of some prospective 
speculative movements, which will be likely to result un¬ 
favorably to the trade, and in the end depress the price. 
Provisions—T here is something doing in Pork at our 
quotations. Prime corn fed, of Monroe Co-, would com¬ 
mand more. Cut meats are not plenty, and generally in 
not very good order. Little trade in barreled beef. But¬ 
ter is wanted at 15@17c. Eggs in full supply at 9@10c.— 
Potatoes, largo and good, 50@56c. Other vegetables 
abundant. 
Sheep and Lamb Skins—W e notice quite an active trade 
going on, mostly with the butchers, under season contract. 
Prices are unsettled, and we can make no reliable quota¬ 
tions; 2.5@2734e. will embrace the range for lambs, and 
50@75c. to §1,(JO for sheep. 
Hops—W e hear better accounts from the hop districts. 
The recent rains have revived prospects of a fair crop, 
though the yield will fall much below that of 1852. The 
late news from England promise a better crop than had 
been anticipated. Sales are making in this State at 30c., 
and we hear a dealer in Albany lias contracted a large 
amount of English at that price. 
Rochester Wholesale Prices. 
Flour, bbl. . . . S5,38@5,50 Butter, lb.15@17 
Pork, mess,. . .15,00(3)16,00 j Cheese,.t ;@7 
Do. evvt,.6,50@7,00 | poultry. 
Beef, bbl. mess,.10,00@10,50 ; Turkeys, lb.9@10 
Do. cwt,.5,00@6,00 , Chickens,. 8@9 
Lard, tried,.10@llc| seeds. 
Do. leaf,.11c , Clover, bu.$6,00(3*7,00 
Hams, smoked,. . ..10@llc ; Timothy,.©2,25@3,(I0 
Shoulders, do.,.8@9c j F’lax,.1,25@1,37>4 
Potatoes, .56@62c sundries. 
grain. | Whitefish,bbl..©8,50@10,50 
Wheat,bu.Sl,15@l,17 Codfish, cwt,.$4,50 
Corn, ..63@65c Salt, bbl.1,38 
Buckwheat,.63 Apples, bush.50@75 
Rye,.56@G2 : Do. dried,.... $]@l,25 
Oats,.4ll@42 Eggs,doz.Il@l2c 
Barley,.58@65 Beans, bu,.1,00(3)1,12 
hides. 'Hay, ton.12(5)15 
Slaughter, ewt,.4,50 Wood, hard, cord 3,50(3)4,50 
Calf, lb.9 Do. soft,.2(3)3,50 
Sheep Pelts,.38@G2 Wool, lb.45(3)55 
Lambskins,.50@75 Flour barrels,.36(3)37 
NEW YORK MARKET. 
NEW YORK, August 22. 
Flour—Low grades of State and Western firmer and 
prices 6’4 better, closing buoyant, with little to be had at 
our inside figures. Better grades firm and in fair request 
for home and eastern trade. Canadian scarce and nomi¬ 
nal. Sales Western Canal 9,000 bids, at $5,1234@5,31)4 for 
mixed to fancy Michigan and Indiana, S5,18@5,31 for good 
Ohio. 
Grain—Wheat quite active but without change. Little 
prime here. Sales mostly to arrive. Sales 40,000 bus. of 
fair to good Michigan at ©1,29@1,31, 3,000 bus. white 
Genesee SI ,36.4; 5,000 bus. good white Canadian §1,27; 
1,600 red Genesee 81,20 ; 4,000 bus. red N. C. $1,23. Oats 
in fair demand at 49@50c for State and Western. Corn 
easier, inquiry good. Sales 21.500 bus at 7] i@724 for un¬ 
sound, 73@73£ for Western mixed, 74@75 for Southern 
yellow. 
Provisions—Pork in good demand and buoyant—prime 
easier and dull; mess steady but quiet. Sales 450 bbls at 
S15,37@15,50 for mess ; $12,75@13 for prime; ©17,25 for 
clear. Lard in good request and not plenty at 10 V@ (] ( . 
Butter loss plenty and market tends upward: sa 12<ffil6 
for Ohio ; State 15@ 19. Cheese sells at 8@8£. *es 
ALBANY MARKET. 
Albany, Aug. 22.—There was but little property offered 
on change, but there was a good attendance of the trade, 
and a fair inquiry for all the leading articles. 
Flour and Meal—The demand is moderate and prices ' 
are steady. The non-arrival of the steamer now due at 
New York tends to check sales. The sales of the morn¬ 
ing aggregate 800 bbls., at $4,75@5 for common to good 
State; S5@5,25 for good to fancy Michigan, Ohio and In¬ 
diana ; 85,37(3)5,50 for fancy Genesee and extra Western; 
85,62@6 for extra Genesee, and ©6@6,25 for do. new 
wheat. Corn Meal is firm and in good shipping request 
at §1,44@1,50. 
Grain—The demand for Wheat is fair for milling; the 
supply is light, and the market slightly favors the buyer. 
Sales 3,500 bus good Genesee to arrive soon at $1,30.— 
Corn is quiet with but little offering. Sales 700 bus. round 
yellow at 75c, and 1,200 bus. Western mixed, on Saturday 
afternoon, at7234c. Barley is in good demand, and the 
market is as yet unsettled, owing to the small receipts.— 
Sellers, as it might be inferred, have the entire control of 
(lie market. Sales 1,500 bus. good two-rowed, near at 
hand, on private terms. Oats are in small supply and the 
market is better. Sales 600 bus. good State at 49c. 
BUFFALO MARKET. 
Buffalo, Aug. 22.—The market for flour continues 
quiet, with only a moderate demand. Receipts by lake 
light. Sales 1,000 bbls. at S4,70@4,75 for fair to choice 
Ohio, Indiana and Michigan. 
Grain—Prime Wheat in fair demand — buyers waiting 
steamer’s news. Sales 7,000 bus. white Michigan from 
store, at 81,10 ; and 10,000 bus. do. to arrive, at same fig¬ 
ures. Corn—market continues dull and inactive. Sales 
2,600 bus. at 62jc. 
NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET. 
NEW YORK, Aug- 15.—At Washington Drove Yard— 
2,100 Cattle in market. Prices range at from 7@9i|c per 
lb, as iu quality. 
At Browning’s—Offered 55Cows and Calves. All sold 
at prices ranging at from 822,50@37,50 to 47,50. 
Sheep and Lambs—1.742 on sale. The former brought 
$2,50@5. Lambs, ©1,50 to 85. All sold. 
At Chamberlain’s—Offered 200 Beef Cattle; prices rang¬ 
ing from 7@9j4c. 
Cows and Calves—65 on sale, and sold at prices ranging 
from $25@35 to 52. 
Also 3,300 Sheep and Lambs offered; Sheep $2,50@3,50 
to 85,00@G,50 ; and $1,65@2,50 to ©3,50 for Lambs. 
ALBANY CATTLE MARKET. 
ALBANY, Aug. 22.—W. W. Woolford’s, Bulls’ Head, 
Washington street. 
Beef Cattle—475 at market. Prices—Extra, $7,00; 1st 
quality, 86,50 ; 2d do. 6; 3d do, 85,50. 
Cows and Calves—18 iu market. Prices from S27@ 
30, 35 to .$40. 
Sheep and Lambs — 650 in market. Prices —Sheep at 
from $2,75, 3, 3,50@4. Lambs 82,50@2,75, 3, 3,25. 
Swine—50 in market. Prices from $5,50, 5,75@6. • 
CAMBRIDGE CATTLE MARKET. 
CAMBRIDGE, Aug 17.—At market, 1,210 Cattle, about 
900 Beeves, and 310 Stores, consisting of Working Oxen, 
Cows and Calves, yearlings, 2 and 3 years old. 
Prices—Market Beef—Extra sold at 87,50 per ewt.; 1st. 
quality, $7,25; 2d do, $6,50@7,00; 3d do, $b@G,25; ordi¬ 
nary, $4,00@5,00. 
Hides—86 per cwt. 
Tallow—87(3)7,50 per cwt. 
Pelts—75c@l,00. 
Calf Skins 1 lc per lb. 
Barreling Cattle—None. 
Veal Calves—86, 8 I2@18; at market 215. 
Stores — Working Oxen — ©86, 95, 1.02, 8,12, 25,32 to 
150. 
Cows and Calves—©25, 28, 31, 35, 46, to 51. 
Yearlings—$8, 8,50, 9 to 10—164. 
Two years old—815, 18, 21, 25, 32 to 40. 
Three years old—©31, 34, 36, 41@51. 
Sheep and Lambs--4,190 at market. 
Extra, 85, 5£, 6 to 6)4. 
By lot — 82, 3 to 434- 
Swine—167 at market, private contract. 
BRIGHTON CATTLE MARKET. 
BRIGHTON, Aug 18.—At market 1,150 Beef Cattle, 375 
Stores, 6,500 Sheep, and 750 Swine. 
Prices—Beef Cattle —Extra, 87@7,50; 1st quality $6,50 
@6,75; 2d do, S6@6,25 ; 3d do. ©4,75@5,75. 
Working Oxen—Sales 880, 85, 90,92, 100, and 145. 
Steers—4 years old $60, 68@75. 
Cows and Calves—Sales $22, 23, 28, 31, 40, 42@48. 
Sheep and Lambs—Sales of lots at $2,50, 2,88, 3,25,3,38, 
3,75, 4,50 and $5,25. 
Swine—Prices have a downward tendency. Spring pigs 
to peddle 7@734, Slioats 6^@7. Still hogs to slaughter 
5 %. At retail from 634(3)8/2. 
PHILADELPHIA CATTLE MARKET. 
PHILADELPHI 4, August 19.—The offeringsat Wash¬ 
ington Drove Yard during the past week comprised 1,000 
head of Beef Cattle, of which 500 to 600 were driven to 
New York,—300 Cows, 700 Ilogs. The hot weather has 
had a tendency to depress the market. 
Prices—Beef Cattle— Sales were made at $7,50 to $9,25 
per 100 lbs. 
Cows ranged from S10@32. 
Hogs—We quote at $7@7,50 ¥* cwt. 
Sheep and Lambs continue scarce and in demand.— 
Prices range from ©2,50 to $6,50. 
FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL, TREES, Ac. 
rjYHE Subscribers have the pleasure of announcing an 
I immense stock of trees, &c., for the Autumn trade, 
embracing 
Standard Tress for Orchards. 
Dwarf and Pyramidal Trees for Gardens. 
Ornamental Trees for streets, parks amt pleasure 
grounds. 
Rare and beautiful Lawn Trees. 
New and Rare Weeping Trees. 
Evergreen Trees, embracing the rarest species of 
Pines, Firs, Spruces, Yews, Cedars, Junipers, &c. 
Hardy Flowering Shrubs. 
R;ses, of all classes and embracing the newest and 
best sorts. 
Dahlias, the finest English prize sorts. 
Chrysanthemums, including the finest of the new 
pompone varieties. 
Phloxes, and Peonies, superb collections. 
Bedding Plants, a complete assortment. 
Bulbous Roots, just imported from Holland and of the 
first quality. 
Hedge Plants. 
Box Edging- 
Rhubarb, Asparagus, &c, &c. 
The favorable season has given everything a vigorous 
and fine growth. 
All orders, whether for large or small quantities, exe¬ 
cuted with the greatest care and in strict compliance with 
the wishes of the purchaser. 
Packing done in the most secure and skillful manner, so 
that parcels eau be transmitted thousands of miles with 
safety. 
Nurserymen and dealers in trees will he supplied on the 
most reasonable terms. The following Catalogues arc 
sent gratis and pre-paid to all who apply and enclose one 
postage stamp for each. No. 1. Descriptive Catalogue of 
Fruits. No. 2, Descriptive Catalogue of Ornamental Trees, 
&c. No. 3, Descriptive Catalogue of Dahlias, Greenhouse 
Plants, &c. No. 4, Wholesale Catalogue. 
ELLWANGER & BARRY, 
Mount Hope Nurseries, Rochester, N. Y. 
Sept. 1,1853. 19 l-3t 
THE NEW SINGING BOOK HEADY! 
THE SHAWM. 
V COMPLETE Library of Church Music, contain¬ 
ing about one thousand Tunes, Anthems, Chants, 
Set Pieces, &c., including a new and original Sacred Can¬ 
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By WILLIAM B. BRADBURY and GEORGE F. 
ROOT, assisted by THOMAS HASTINGS and T. 
B. MASON. 
Every teacher of music and leader of a choir, should ex¬ 
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CLOVER STREET SEMINARY. 
T HE Fall Term of this Institution will commence Sept. 
12th, and continue 15 weeks. After a vacation of the 
Holidays there will be another term of 15 weeks, closed by 
the Annual Examination. 
Terms. —Prices for board, room rent, furniture, fuel, 
washing and tuition in the common branches, 845,00 per 
term. Students are expected to furnish their own lights 
and table napkins. 
Pupils expecting to join the Teacher’s Class must enter 
the first week of the term, to ensure the payment of their 
tuition bills by the State. Circulars may be found at 
Wanzer & Co.’s, 24 Butl’alo street, Rochester. 
J. H. COGSWELL, 
191-4t Secretary of Board of Trustees. 
SALE OF IMPORTED STOCK. 
“ (THE MADISON COUNTY IMPORTING COMPANY,’* 
_L will offer for sale to the highest bidder, on the 27th 
of September next, their entire herd of stock, which has 
been selected by the first judges from the best herds of 
England, and imported with great care. Their stock con¬ 
sists of 24 head of pure bred Sliort Horns—14 Bulls from 
1 to 8 years old, 8 Cows and Heifers, and 2 Calves; 20 
Leicester Sheep, and 12 Suffolk Hogs. 
The stock can be seen and examined at this place at any 
time until the day of sale. Catalogues giving names and 
pedigree, can be had by addressing the Secretary, at this 
place, or at the office of the Ohio Cultivator, Columbus, 
after September 1st. 
Sale to commence at 10 o’clock, A. M. 
JESSE WATSON, President. 
J. T. Lacy, Secretary. 191-2w-lm 
London, Madison County, Ohio, August 20, 1853. 
FOURTEENTH THOUSAND NOW READY. 
TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE! 
“ Truth Stranger than Fiction .” 
“ It is a singular coincidence, that Solomon Northup was 
carried to a plantation in the Red River country—that 
same region where the scene of Uncle Tom’s captivity was 
laid—and his account of this plantation, and the mode of 
life there, and some incidents which he describes form a 
striking parallel to that history.’’—Mrs. Stowe, in her 
“ Key,” p. 174. 
rgMlE NARRATIVE OF SOLOMON NORTHUP, a 
A citizen of New York, kidnapped in Washington City 
in 1831, and Rescued in 1853, from a Cotton Plantation 
near the Red River, in Louisiana. 
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Portrait of Solomon in his Plantation Suit. 
Scene in a Slave Pen at Washington. 
Separation of Eliza and her Last Child. 
Chapin rescues Solomon from Hanging. 
The Staking-out and Flogging of the girl Patsey. 
Scene in the Cotton Field. 
Arrival Home, and first Meeting with his Wife and 
Children. 
One handsome 12 mo. volume, 350 pages .Price $1,00 
Read wiiat tub Reviewers say. 
The narrative will be read with interest by every one 
who can sympathise with a human being struggling for 
freedom.—(Buffalo Courier. 
The volume cannot fail to gain a wide circulation. It 
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No one can contemplate the scenes which are hero so na¬ 
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ness of the institution from which the subject of the nar¬ 
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What a tale it tells; what inexpressible reproofs against 
Slavery; what occasion for shame and tears on the part of 
all. We think the story as affecting as any tale of sorrow 
could be. We believe its perusal will not only excite an 
absorbing interest, but minister powerfully to the sound, 
intelligent anti-slavery sentiment of the country.— [N. Y. 
Evangelist. 
Next to Uncle Tom’s Cabin, the extraordinary Narra¬ 
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ttiat was ever issued from the American Press. Indeed 
it is even a more extraordinary work than that, because 
it is only a simple unvarnished tale of the experience of 
an American freeman of the “ blessings” of slavery, while 
Mrs. Stowe’s Uncle Tom is only an ingenious and power¬ 
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saw and experienced—Southern Shivery in its various 
phases.—[Detroit Tribune. 
We hope it will bo universally read. If we do not sad¬ 
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Freedom. If there are those who can peruse it unmoved 
we pity them. That it will create as great a sensation, 
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Cabin,” is not a question for argument. In our opinion it 
will lead that wonderful work in the popular opinion, and 
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This is one of the most exciting narratives, full of thril¬ 
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Such a tale is more powerful than any fiction which can 
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this man’s life in slavery.—[Cin. Jour. 
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face of God’s beautiful earth.—[Evening Cliron. 
It is one of the most effective books against slavery that 
was ever written. “Arcliy Moore ” and “ Uncle Tom” 
are discredited by many as “ romances;” but bow the 
apologists for the institution can dispose of Northup we 
are curious to see.—[Syr. Jour. 
It is well told and bears internal evidence of being a 
clear statement of facts. There is no attempt to display 
but the events are so graphically portrayed, that the inter¬ 
est in the perusal is deep and unabated to the last. Some 
of the scenes have a fearful and exciting power in their 
delineation. The sunshine of kind treatment sheds a few 
broad beams athwart the dark canvass of twelve years of 
bondage; but in the main, the darker cruelty and wicked¬ 
ness of oppression is still more revolting by the contrast. 
—[Cayuga Chief. 
It is a strange history, its truth is far stranger than fic¬ 
tion. Think of it! For thirty years a man, with all a 
man’s hopes, fears and aspirations—with a wife and chil¬ 
dren to call him by the endearing names of husband and 
father—with a home, humble it may be, but still a home, 
beneath the shelter of wlxose roof none bad a right to mo¬ 
lest or make him afraid — then for twelve years a thing, a 
chattel personal, classed with mules and horses and treat¬ 
ed with less consideration than they, torn from his home 
and family, and the free labor by which he earned their 
bread, anil driven to unremitting, unrequited toil in a cot¬ 
ton field, under a burning southern sun, by the lash of an 
inhuman master. Oh! it is horrible. It chills the blood 
to think that such are.—[Fred. Douglass’ Paper. 
It comes before us with highly respectable vouchers, and 
is a plain and simple statement of what happened to the 
author while in bondage to southern masters. While we 
concede to the south all the privileges in respect to slavery 
which are guaranteed to them by the constitution we are 
free to speak of its evils; and when particular instances of 
inhuman treatment of slaves come to our notice we shall 
remark upon them as we please. It is a well told story, 
full of interest, and may be said to be the reality of “ life 
among the lowly.”—[Buff. Com. Adv. 
Let it be read by all those good easy souls, who think 
slavery is, on the whole a good thing. Let it be read by all 
who think that although slavery is politically and econom¬ 
ically a had thing, it is not very bad for the slaves. Let it 
be read by all those M. C.’s and supporters who are always 
ready to give their votes, in aid of slavery and the slave 
trade with all the kidnapping inseparable from it. Let it 
be read, too, by our southern friends, who pity with so 
much Christian sensibility, the wretched condition of the 
free negroes at the north, and rejoice at the enviable con¬ 
dition of their own slaves.—[N. Y. Independent. 
Published by 
DERBY & MILLER, Auburn, N. Y., 
DERBY, ORTON & MULLIGAN, Buffalo. 
*.* Copies sent by mail ( post-paid ) on receipt of price. 
Publishers of Newspapers, giving the above one insertion 
previous to January, ls54, will be furnished with a copy 
postage paid, on forwarding their paper ( marked ) to 
191-lt DERBY & MILLER, Auburn, N. Y. 
ACADEMY AT OYID. 
T HE Fall term of this Institution will commence on 
Wednesday, September 14th, and continue fourteen 
weeks. This School is open to youth of both sexes. 
Instruction is given in both the ancient and modern 
languages; in General Agricultural Chemistry; in Civil 
Engineering, in Music, and in ail branches of study pur¬ 
sued in the most approved Schools iu the country. 
Lectures are given on Chemistry, in all its branches; 
Physiology, Natural Philosophy, the science and art of 
Teaching, and on Morals. 
The Board of Instruction consists of Rev. Amos B rows, 
Edwin Pierce, William II. Brewer, George B.Vose, and 
Misses Isabella Mf.ad and Angelina Jameson. The Gen¬ 
tlemen are all of them graduates of some of the best New 
England Colleges, and the Ladies have proved themselves 
entirely competent to their stations. 
Charge for instruction on the Piano Forte is 810 per 
quarter, and $4 per quarter for French, Painting, or Draw¬ 
ing, &c. 
Pupils boarding themselves, or with their particular 
friends, are charged ©1, 86 and 87 per term of fourteen 
weeks for tuition, according to the studies pursued. 
The Trustees beg leave to assure the public, that no 
measures on their part will be spared to make this a FIRST 
CLASS INSTITUTION. They will immediately erect 
additional buildings to be used as a boarding house for 
Young Ladies, Chapel, &c., at a cost of 810,000 or more, 
and will make all other necessary improvements. 
Catalogues with an appendix, affording all requisite 
knowledge of the School, will be sent to persons request¬ 
ing it, on application to Rev. A. Brown, Principal. 
HALSEY SANFORD, Sec’y. 
Ovid, August 10th, 1853. 190-4w 
SUFFOLK FIGS. 
T IIE subscribers are prepared to receive orders for pure 
Suffolk Pigs, bred from stock imported by the late 
William Stickiiey in 1848,—also by the subscriber iu Janu¬ 
ary last. Address 
JOSIAH STICKNEY, Boston or Watertown, 
or ISAAC STICKNE\ r , Boston, Mass. 
Boston, August, 1853. 190-13w-lm 
Ilickok’s Patent Improved Cider Mill and Press. 
■\TfE have been appointed sole agents for the sale of 
1 y this Mill and Press in the city of New York. This 
is the most approved mill now in use. Catalogues, with 
description and drawing will be forwarded by addressing 
us post-paid. Price $40. LONGETT & GRIPPING, 
187-St 25 Cliff St., New York 
-iLU m-i- TO BOOKBINDERS.—FOR SALE 
—The Tools, Stock and Fixtures in a well 
established B 1NDERY, bow doing a good 
business. The owner lias been in it for 
the last twelve years, and only wishes to leave to do other 
business that will be better for his health. 
For particulars concerning the business, address Demo¬ 
crat Office, Rochester, N. Y., or to the subscriber, 
F. H. MARSHALL. 
Rochester, July 21, 1853. 187-tf 
N. Y. State Agricultural College. 
Trirs Institution was chartered by the Legisla¬ 
ture of the State of New York, for the purpose of pre¬ 
senting to Agriculturists the means for acquiring a 
knowledge of the Arts and Sciences appropriate to their 
vocation ; to prepare Students for practical, active labor, 
by training the mind in a system which shall inculcate an 
intimate acquaintance with the sciences essential to agri¬ 
cultural success. 
To insure the development, of principles and their ap¬ 
plication to the soil, the Legislature lias required the pur¬ 
chase of not less than three hundred acres of land. 
The Trustees, having accepted the trust confided to 
them by the Legislature, organized the State Agricultural 
College, by the following appointments: 
JOHN DELAFIELD, President of the College. 
Hon. JOHN A. KING, Ch’n of the Board of Trustees. 
JOEL W. BACON, Secretary. 
N. B. KIDDER, Treasurer. 
At a meeting of the Board, on the 4tli of June, a Re¬ 
port was presented by B. P. Johnson, from a Special 
Committee, on the Location of the College, declaring 
“ that after an examination of the. Oaklands Farm in Sen¬ 
eca County, they are entirely satisfied that the price asked 
for it, is its fair value in the market, for farming purposes; 
that it is, by previous preparation, by position and variety 
of soil, in every respect adapted to the objects of the Insti¬ 
tution ; that the title is perfect, and recommend that the 
chain of title be entered at large on the minutes of the 
Board,” &c. 'Plus farm is situated midway between 
the market towns of Waterloo and Geneva, and in full 
view of the Seneca Lake, and overlooking the village of 
Geneva;’ elevated about 125 feet above the lake, it is free 
from causes disturbing health; its soil varies from a strong 
clay to a sandy loam, presenting varieties sufficient for 
testing by experiment every doubtful question in relation 
to soils, and to exhibit the most approved system of culti¬ 
vation. 
The Trustees are prepared to receive from Farmers and 
friends of agriculture, proposals for the Capital Stock of 
the Institution, which will be distributed in shares of fifty 
dollars each, payable 
10 per cent on Subscribing. 
40 “ 1st July. 
50 “ 1st October. 
The Trustees may be addressed (post-paid) at their re¬ 
spective residences, as follows: 
Hou. John A. King, Jamaica, Queens County. 
Henry Wager, Westernvillo, Oneida “ 
B. P. Johnson, Agricultural Rooms, Albany. 
Wm. Kelly, Rhinebeck, Duclicss Co. 
N. B. Kidder, Geneva, Ontario Co. 
Joel W. Bacon, Waterloo, Seneca Co. 
Tallmadge Delafield, Geneva, Ontario Co. 
Wm. Buel, Rochester, Monroe Co. 
John Delafield, Oaklands, Seneca Co. 
The Officers of the College will endeavor to present 
subscription books in each County, that the College, so 
entirely agricultural and peculiarly the Farmer’s institu¬ 
tion, may find its support widely diffused throughout the 
State. 
The President will, upon application to him, give all 
needful information in relation to the ordinances, rules 
and regulations of the College, and the courses of instruc¬ 
tion to be pursued. 
By order of the Board of Trustees, 
JOEL W. BACON, Secretary. 
III || nil 
lj,ui!!j!i:! ;l| I 
IN 
m i : !i 
W E offer for sale, the most durable and efficient ma¬ 
chine for watering Gardens, washing windows, &e., 
that has ever been made. The interior parts are made 
wholly of brass and copper, and not at all liable to rust or 
dry up. The price is $13, warranted. For sale by the 
subscribers, and at most of the Agricultural Warehouses 
in the Union. WM. G. CREAMER & CO., 
Plumbers and Hydraulic Engineers, 64 State street, New 
Haven, Conn., and 4th Avenue cor. 9th St., New York. 
185-8t. 
SUPERPHOSPHATE OF LIME. 
T HE undersigned continue sole agents for the sale of 
Deburgs Superphosphate of Lime, which has proven 
Superior to all other brands, now in the market. Having 
sold nearly Three Hundred Tons this spring, and heard 
from a majority who have used it, they pronounce it equal 
to Guano in its effects, and is more lasting in the soil. As 
there are many substances called Superphosphate of Lime 
now offering in this market, which are of a different na¬ 
ture, to avoid impositions purchasers would do well by 
applying direct to the agenev for their supplv. 
LONGETT & GRIFFING, 
184-Sw. No. 25 Cliff Street, New York. 
GARDEN OH EIRE ENGINE. 
T HE Subscribers manufacture, and furnish to order, 
a Garden or Fire Engine, which for its power, capaci¬ 
ty and usefulness cannot be surpassed. From the size of 
the Air Chamber, sufficient power is obtained to enable 
one man to throw a steady stream of water to the height 
of 50 feet perpendicularly, thereby rendering it a desira¬ 
ble article as a protection against fire, for washing win¬ 
dows of second and third stories of buildings, carriages, 
&c. With our newly invented Water Diffuser, as a Gar¬ 
den Engine it defies competition : tho Diffuser is a perfect 
and simple article, (which we intend to get patented,) and 
its superiority over the Rose Sprinkler, is that it will thro w 
four times the quantity of water a much greater distance, 
and spread it perfectly even, with less power applied. 
N. B.—A Garden Engine with a Diffuser of the above 
description, used in orchards and gardens, to throw soap¬ 
suds on the young trees, will destroy many kinds of ver¬ 
min likely to destroy the fruit, and be an invaluable addi¬ 
tion to the implements of the uurservman and horticul¬ 
turist. COWING & CO. 
Seneca Falls, N. Y., June, 1853. 183wl0 
TiUJE JUVENILE INSTRUCTOR, 
BY UNCLE LUCIUS, Syracuse. 
A SEMI-MONTHLY PAPER, expressly for children. 
It aims to attract their attention by simplicity and 
beauty of style, and to infuse into the young mind appro¬ 
priate sentiments of piety and love for parents—sympathy 
for human suffering, and an abiding hatred of oppression 
in all its forms. It ought to be circulated over the entire 
Union, for this last reuson. There is much at stake in 
the question of freedom, and but little said or done to ef¬ 
fect favorably the youthful mind. Within the State of N. 
York, the postage is 6 cents per year, paid at the office 
where it is received. In all other States, 12 cents yearly. 
In packages of 24 or more the postage, if pre-paid at the 
office of publication, is about 1 cts on each paper. 
Price per year—single copies, 25c.; Five to one address, 
81; Ten do, $1,70; Twenty do, $3; Thirty do, $4,20; Fifty 
do, 86,50; One hundred do, $12. 
Address LUCIUS C. MATLACK, 
183m3. Syracuse, N. Y. 
ATKINS’ SELF-RAKING REAPER. 
T HIS MACHINE is now offered to the public and -war¬ 
ranted to be a good Self-Raking Reaper. It is also 
believed to be a good mower, but uot yet having been suf¬ 
ficiently tested in grass (though it soon will be) it is not 
warranted to be equal to a machine made mainly or wholly 
to mow. 
The raking apparatus is of novel and very simple con¬ 
struction, and not liable to derangement, and every farmer 
who has seen it in the harvest field, says it performs the 
raking better than a man cun possibly do it. 
Price of machines at Chicago, 8175, of which, $75 must 
be paid ou giving the order, $50 upon successful trial, and 
$50 in note payable 1st Dec. 
The machines are most thoroughly built and warranted, 
fpi?” Descriptive circulars, with cuts, sent to post-paid 
applications. [182m3.] J. S. WRIGHT, 
“ Prairie Farmer” Warehouse, Chicago, June, 1853. 
TONE Y TO LOAN on Bond and Mortgage, on im- 
1V1 proved farms. L. A. WARD, 
[169m6.1 36 State St, Rochester, N. Y. 
