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MOOllE’S RURAL NEW-YO RKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER, 
ROCHESTER, SEPTEMBER 3, 1853. 
PUBLISHER’S NOTICES. 
X3T Agf.nts.— Any person so disposed can act as agent 
for the Ruuai. New-Yorkkr,— and all who remit accord¬ 
ing to terms will be entitled to premiums, &c. 
fy The Rural is published strictly upon the cash 
system — sent no longer than paid for — and all orders 
should be in accordance with terms. 
jy” Advertisements must be brief, appropriate to the 
objects of the paper, and accompanied with the cash. 
Jjjp” Terms, &c., see last page. 
Fall, and the Fairs. 
Ere this paper falls under the eye of the reader, 
September will have been ushered in, and Au¬ 
gust and Summer numbered auj**ig the things 
that were. Though the subject admits of some 
flights of fancy, we leave the poetry that it na¬ 
turally suggests to the imaginations of those who 
have time and taste for the enjoyment of a luxury 
so innocent and seasonable. Indeed, while our 
field of observation is confined fco crowded streets, 
stone pavements, and huge, five-story piles of 
brick and mortar, we can scarcely realize the 
changes in sky, air and scenery with which so 
large a portion of the “ rest of mankind,” and pur 
country friends in particular, are blessed. Yet 
the Almanac, and certain other unmistakable evi¬ 
dences, assure us that September is at the thresh- 
hold. TheZero-ish indications of the themometer, 
and consequent demand for flannel, fuel, and ne¬ 
cessary auxiliaries, are sufficient to convince even 
the fast-anchored city denizen of the approach of 
the season which matures the choicest of Pomona’s 
gifts, and exhibits the sere and yellow leaf through¬ 
out a great portion of Nature’s world-wide labora¬ 
tory. But we are verging upon the poetical, and 
must turn to the practical. 
With this change of season comes a change of 
labors and duties incumbent upon Iluralists.— 
Omitting mention of many matters pertinent to 
the season, we desire to offer a few suggestions 
relative to the approaching Agricultural Exhibi¬ 
tions—the Town, County and State Fairs. Most 
of these festivals are to be held during the ensu¬ 
ing six weeks, and now is the time to make pre¬ 
paration. A majority of our readers are personal¬ 
ly engaged in Agricultural pursuits, and therefore 
directly interested in the success of organizations 
designed to promote the interests of the chief pro¬ 
ducing class in this country. It is too late to dis¬ 
cuss the benefits that may or should be derived, by 
farmers, from the annual exhibitions of well con¬ 
ducted Agricultural Societies—for there isDO need 
of argument on the subject. The main question 
is in regard to the extent of the benefit (and the 
best manner of securing it) which may accrue to 
individual members and the farming community, 
aud that chiefly depeuds upon those most deeply 
interested—the cultivators themselves. In order 
to secure the objects desired, every member must 
assume some responsibility in the premises, and 
take an active interest in the affairs of the Socie¬ 
ty, by aiding its management and contributing 
his quota—his fee and presence, if nothing else— 
at its exhibitions. Each member should aim to 
become an exhibitor—and he is a poor farmer in¬ 
deed who has nothing worthy of either notice or 
comparison with the productions of others. But 
if he cannot do this, he can certainly afford to al¬ 
low himself, and his family, a holiday, for he (and 
they) may learn enough to render the investment 
profitable. 
There is too little life and efficiency in many of 
our Societies—or rather among their members 
generally, leaving the burden of labor and man¬ 
agement with a few, and not unfrequently in the 
hands of those unacquainted with practical agri¬ 
culture. This is not as it should be. Every far¬ 
mer should become an active, reliable member, 
and show by his energy and influence that he is 
imbued with the spirit of Improvement—that he 
realizes the importance and dignity of his calling, 
and feels a proper interest in measures calcula¬ 
ted to benefit himself and his fellow producers.— 
When nominal members more generally act upon 
this principle, far more good than now is, will be 
accomplished. Let the paying members once 
realize, individually, the importance of personal 
exertion aud attention, and we shall hear little 
complaint in regard to the influence and palaver 
of demagogues, and the too frequent contempt of 
Labor and Merit, at the annual exhibitions of the 
Skill and Industry of American Producers. 
The Weather and the Crops. 
After the repeated complaints of continued 
dry weather, we have been at length favored with 
an abundance of rain. The Genesee river is 
higher than it has before been known to be in the 
month of August, since it has beeu bridged at 
this point. The wet has been most seasonable to 
many farmers who have not broken up their sum¬ 
mer fallows, and to the parched pastures, which 
in many parts of the State would burn over as 
readily as would a field of stubble. In many 
places the rain has fallen in such torrents as to 
cause much damage to crops aud other property. 
Since the rains we hear from many places that 
the potato rot has exhibited itself in all its former 
virulence, rendering the crop worthless. This is 
described as being especially true in the New 
England States, and to some extent in the eastern 
counties of New York. There is serious appre¬ 
hension of a short crop, a deprivation which will 
be sorely felt. 
In some sections of the State, where the drouth 
has been severe, the country has been also over¬ 
run with innumerable quantities of grasshoppers, 
that have eaten up nearly all the vegetation which 
had been spared by the droutb. This is especially 
true in some parts of Jefferson and Lewis coun¬ 
ties. An esteemed correspondent writes us from 
Watertown, that the drouth has destroyed all the 
young grass aud clover, resulting in a loss of 
nearly all the clover and grass seed sown in the 
spring, and that many farmers were desirous of 
trying the experiment of fall seeding. 
From the extreme western part of the State we 
have a like unfavorable account. A friend from 
Chautauque county, now sojourning with us, says, 
that with the drouth, and the swarms of grass¬ 
hoppers they have little hope from any crops of 
spring grains. He has but a moderate sized farm, 
but computes the loss on his premises at not less 
than three hundred dollars. Horacji Greeley 
who has been spending some days in that county, 
writes to the Tribune, that, the grasshoppers “ took 
hold of the wheat before it ripened, trimmed it 
of leaves, and lopped some of the heads, but there 
was probably some two-thirds of a crop, neverthe¬ 
less. The pastures and meadows they have since 
so thoroughly devoured that they show scarce¬ 
ly a speck of green, and many cattle are all but 
famishing for food. The dairy product will be 
greatly diminished in consequence. The oats 
were next attacked, and have been nearly annihi¬ 
lated. One friend who sowed fort}' bushels will 
not harvest twenty; even the straw is nearly shorn 
of leaves and often eaten through. The earliest 
sown were relatively tough and dry when the 
hoppers began to ravage in earnest, and for that 
reason have mainly escaped. Peas enjoyed a like 
immunity, while beans are devoured almost to 
the root. We saw acres that would not yield a 
peck. Turnips will be nowhere. One friend has 
sowed an acre and a half twice, and not one 
plant was allowed to form the second leaf. Cab¬ 
bages, aud indeed garden vegetables generally, 
are likewise annihilated; and when we left on 
Tuesday the Indian corn was being charged most 
ruthlessly. Acres together have been stripped of 
their tassels, then of their silk, and finally eaten 
through and through the growing ears, so that 
not a third of a crop can be expected. Heavy 
and cold rains may stay the plague, but the crop 
is nearly ruined, and there will be a great de¬ 
ficiency of grain throughout the county, as there 
is already of feed. Half the growing stock must 
be sold off, from sheer inability to keep it, though 
the county is none too well supplied. Potatoes 
have been trimmed up somewhat, but they are 
not essentially injured. Even the elders and 
other shrubs and weeds in the roads are stripped 
to the bark, aud often below it.” t 
Ohio State Stock Bank. 
The Fall Election. —Besides the local officers 
to be elected this fall, there will be a full Legis¬ 
lature to choose; a Comptroller in place of John 
C. Weight ; a Secretary of State in place of 
Henry S. Randall ; an Attorney General in place 
of Levi S. Chatfield ; an Engineer and Surveyor 
in place of Wm. J. McAlpine ; a State Treasurer 
in place of Benj. Welch, Jr.; a Canal Commis¬ 
sioner in place of John 0. Mather; a State Pris¬ 
on Inspector in place of Wm. P. Angell ; a Judge 
of the Court of Appeals iu place of Hiram Denio, 
who holds a seat in that Court by appointment 
of the Governor, to fill the vacancy occassioned by 
the resignation of Judge Jewett, and for the term 
in place of Chas. H. Ruggles, 
Editorial Change. —The Orleans American, 
published at Albion, Orleans county, which for 
some two years past has been conducted by B. C. 
Beebe, Esq, has beeen purchased by Messrs. An¬ 
drews <fc Gardner. The American is an old estab¬ 
lished paper, and was for many years under the 
editorial charge of the late T. C. Strong, one of 
the veterans of the press. If the new proprietors 
obtain the measure of success their predecessors 
have deserved, theirs will be a.rich reward. j 
As a matter of interest to thousands of our 
readers at the west, it is proper to state, that at a 
meeting of those interested in the Bank named, 
a portion of the notes of which have been stolen, 
it has been determined to suspend the issue of 
bills of the old plate, aud have prepared a new 
plate by which the bills can be readily distin¬ 
guished from the old issue. The amount of 
fraudulent paper in circulation is not large, and 
may be detected, as the names of the officers, 
register, and filling up are forged, and the num¬ 
bering badly executed. 
Upon the following banks no frauds have been 
discovered, to wit:—The Union Bank of San¬ 
dusky City, Franklin Bank of Portage County, 
Bank of Commerce, Cleveland, Merchants’ Bank 
of'MassiloD, Staik Co. Bank, Pickaway County 
Bank, Iron Bank of Ironton. Bill holders are 
cautioned against sacrificing the bills, as they are 
fully secured. Eleven solvent banks have pub¬ 
lished a statement to the effect that they will con¬ 
tinue to receive the issues of all the State Stock 
Banks on deposit. 
Musical Convention. —Such of the readers of 
the Rural as are interested in the science of rnusic> 
and especially those desiring instruction, will be 
glad to learn that arrangements have been made 
for a Musical Convention, to be held in Rochester, 
on Tuesday, the 13th of September, aDd three 
following days, and that the services of the fol¬ 
lowing gentleman have been secured, viz: — Mr 
Lowell Mason, Mr. Wm. B. Bradbury, and Mr. 
Geo. F. Root. The price of tickets, which has 
been fixed with reference to meeting the mere 
expenses, will be two dollars each, admitting a 
gentleman and two ladies. 
Steamship Burned. —The steamship Cherokee 
was destroyed by fire on Friday evening last, 
while lying at the foot of Warren st., New York. 
She had a full cargo of freight on board, being 
ready to sail for Havana and New Orleans on 
Saturday. The loss is estimated at about half a 
million of dollars. 
The Military Encampment at Syracuse. 
Eds. Rural :—“ Camp Onondaga” is come and 
gone. Memory alone will paint again its bii.liant 
pageant, though many a long hour will be spent 
in recalling its eventful scenes. 
We have no time, nor need, to detail here and 
now the circumstances of the gathering, the pa¬ 
rade, or the “ dismissal.” It was an occasion not 
only of unmixed satisfaction to those concerned, 
but one which called, seemingly, the world to¬ 
gether. No arrangements could be more com¬ 
plete, comprising the whole detail, from “ reveille” 
to “ tattoo.” On the 25th the military were Re¬ 
viewed by His Excellency Gov. Seymour and 
staff, and the number of spectators present was 
estimated by many to be upwards of 70,000, but 
we are of opinion the number could hardly reach 
40,000. The review passed off in good style aud 
to the entire satisfaction of both citizens and sol¬ 
diers, as did also the sweet notes discoursed by 
Capt. Scott’s flue Cornet Band, on the occasion. 
No accident to name, no disturbance, no clashing 
of manoeuvre, but every thing was perfected into 
system, and all parts well performed, from the 
chief to the file. 
Gen. Swan has shown before his skill in his de¬ 
partment, but iu this large field (there being 21 
companies present,) with elements so confused- 
and circumstances so adverse, he has met the full¬ 
est demand, and the highest expectation. His 
brilliant staff were most efficient co-adjutors.— 
Col. Fairchild commanded his (Rochester) bat- 
taliion, which seemed proud of their chief. Hon¬ 
ors well earned were easily and nobly worn. The 
Rochester troops feared no competition and lost 
no laurels. The Dragoons, the Grays, the Light 
Guard, the Germans, aud the Canaseragas were 
there. All did well. The brilliant uniform of the 
Light Guard, supported by excellent drill, might 
seem, to win first honors, and the Cauaseragas 
with the old rifle and perfect discipline,—the next 
instant, to eclipse even beautiful uuiforms,—the 
field seemed to be divided between them, until 
the Grays boomed out to claim and hold their old 
fashioned supremacy. Where all did so well, 
there was a self-reliance iu this corps, a sweeping 
step, an iron evenness, and a full swing of evolu¬ 
tion peculiarly ’heir own, aud marked to every 
true eye. It might seem invidious to particu¬ 
larize, but it discredits none others to give the 
Grays their due. 
The Cleveland Light Artillery is a noble corps, 
and attracted universal admiration. Our Dra¬ 
goons showed their capabilities, aud doing so 
well, displayed great promise for the future. As 
men and soldiers, they showed royal blood. Our 
own Germans too, the Grenadiers and Guards, as 
soldiers are unsurpassed by any foreign corps in 
the State—but all were beyond praise. The re¬ 
turn home was pleasant, and the evening parade 
in our streets beautiful. We trust our city will 
honor its own sons, bearing our arms, and efficient 
as our executive force and the right arm of law. 
Civic. 
Security Against Counterfeits. 
We see a notice in some of our exchanges that 
John W. Bennett, (of what place we donot learn,) 
has discovered a very effectual method of preserv¬ 
ing writings, charts, bank bills and pictures not 
only from injury, but from alteration. The dis¬ 
covery is said to be most simple, aud consists 
merely in putting a very delicate coating of gutta 
pereba over the surface of the article. It being 
perfectly transparent, is said to improve the char¬ 
acter of pictures. By coating both sides of an 
important document, it can be kept in the best 
preservation. It renders it water proof, and the 
plan would.thus be a valuable one for ship charts. 
If used on bank bills it would be a most efficient 
means of preventing fraud, inasmuch as no alter¬ 
ation could be made on the face of the bill with¬ 
out removing the coating, which it would be im¬ 
possible to do without removing the whole. 
Something is certainly needed to protect the 
public from the large amount of counterfeit 
money with which the country is flooded. This 
protection should be afforded by the banks in the 
form of better executed bills in a uniform manner, 
so that any counterfeit or alteration could be de¬ 
tected at once. We hope the gutta percha pro¬ 
tection will not turn out as do the boasted pens 
covered with the same material — a miserable 
humbug. 
Universalist Convention. —The New York 
State Convention of Universalists held its annual 
session at Lockport, last week, commencing on 
Tuesday. Rev. D. Skinner, of Utica, was chosen 
moderator, aud Revs. B. B. Hallock aud J. A. 
Asiunwali,, clerks. The occasional sermon was 
delivered by Rev. C. H. Fay, of New York. The 
sermon was directed to showing the necessity of 
preaching doctrines that are rational, liberal, and 
that are fully supported by divine authority, by 
an appeal to the laws and the testimony. The 
Convention expressed itself strongly in favor of 
the abolition of Capital Punishment, the Maine 
Law and the cause of freedom. The Educational 
Society of the denomination held its annual 
meeting at the same time and place. They are 
endeavoring to establish a fund of $30,000, to 
endow a Theological School in this State, as the 
demand for preachers exceeds the supply, there 
being a want of pastors to meet the increase of 
Societies. The Convention was characterized 
throughout by much ability, and was largely 
attended. t 
Reckoning without thf.ir Host. —The grogge- 
ries and puppet shows that sprung up with the 
rapidity of the prophet’s gourd, and as plentifully 
as Egyptian frogs, in the vicinity of the Crystal 
Palace, now present a mournful spectacle. Pub¬ 
lic sentiment struck them with blight and mildew, 
and about half of them have already disappeared. 
Buildings are left in an unfinished state, and the 
ominous words, “ To Let,” are conspicuously 
placarded. Their owners calculated too largely on 
the depravity of the race. 
East Genesee Conference. 
This body held its late session at Elmira. The 
number present was very large, and the interest¬ 
ing meeting closed its labors on the 24th ult. 
Bishop Janes announced the following as the 
appointments for the ensuing year : 
Geneva District. —F. G. Hibbard, P. E ; Ge¬ 
neva, John Raines, Jr.; Junius, John Robinson ; 
Waterloo, David Ferris; Seneca Falls, David Crow; 
Canoga, T. J. O. Wooden ; Ovid and Sheldiake, 
Robert Hogeboom ; Lodi, Elijah Wood ; Town- 
sendville aud Covert, C. C. Goss ; Trumansburgb, 
Thomas Tousey ; Jacksonville, Ebenezer Colson ; 
Vienna, Manly Tooker, Hiram Sandford, Sup.; 
Belloua and Dresden, A. E. Chubbuck, J. E. Hyde; 
Benton, Ilansloy Harrington, J. Durham, Sup.; 
Penn Yan, D. D. Buck ; Milo, A. N Fillmore; 
Oastieton and Emery, William Bradley, G. W. 
Paddock. 
Wm. Hosmer, Editor of the Northern Christian 
Advocate. 
David E. Blain, transferred to Oregon Confer¬ 
ence. 
Benj. Shipman, General Agent and Treasurer 
of Genesee College. 
Rochester District. —John Dennis, P. E.; 
Rochester, St. John’s, John Mandeville; North 
st.. Alpha Wright; Alexander st., to be supplied; 
Frank st., S. B. Roonly ; Petifield, C. L. Bown ; 
Webster, T. B. Hudson ; Poultney ville, O. 'Trow¬ 
bridge; Sodus, John Spinks; South Sodus, Wm. 
Selby, John H. Blades; Fairville, W. W. Mande¬ 
ville ; Lyons, I. H. Kellogg ; Newark, J. K. Tut¬ 
tle ; Port Gibson, S. L. Cougdon ; East Palmyra, 
John M. Bull; Clifton and Orleans, T. Stacy; 
Palmyra, Porter McKinstry; Walworth, E. H. 
Oranmer; Pittsford, to be supplied ; Clyde, Lu¬ 
ther North way ; Chapin ville, D. S. Chase, S. 
Parker, Sup. 
West Rochester District. —John Copeland, P. 
E.; Rochester, First Church, Henry Hiekok; 
Cornhili, A. C. George ; Third Church, to be sup¬ 
plied ; Henrietta, J. K. Tiukham ; Rush, Wesley 
Cochrane ; Houeoye Falls, J. G. Gulick ; Avon, 
Wm. A. Barber, J. Dodge, Sup.; Geueseo, Jona¬ 
than Watts; Grovelaud, Joseph Chapman; Livo¬ 
nia, Wm. H. Haskell; Conesus, to be supplied ; 
D&usville, A.S. Baker ; Mt. Morris, Ralph Clapp ; 
Ridge, Wm. A. Runner; Nunda, F. Lattimer : 
West Sparta, J. Pearsol, Sup.; Victor, Albeit 
Plumley ; Bloomfield, Jonathan Benson ; Coke’s 
Chapel and Bristol, S. Nichols; Rogersville, C. 
Wheeler, D. Thompson ; Cauadice, J. L. S. Grau- 
din. 
Genesee College, B. F. Tefft, President. M. 
Crow, Prof. E. G. Townsend, Agents. 
Bath District. —Calvin S. Coats, P. E.; Bath, 
A. Southerland ; Thurston, John H. Day ; Kano- 
na, H. Boardmau ; Avoca, Wm. E. Binder; Hor- 
neilsville, Joseph Ashworth; Canisteo, R. M. 
Beach; Granger, A. Maker; Angelica, I. J. Mech- 
em ; Philip’s Creek, V. Brownell; Conhocton, R. 
Parker; Naples, M. Wheeler; Riker Hollow, C. 
Gould; Middtessex, John Knapp ; Canandaigua, 
S. W. Aldeu ; Bethel, A. Parcel; Rushville, J. 
W. Wilson ; Potter, J. L. Edson ; Plattsburgh and 
Harmony ville, J. J. Brown ; Jerusalem aud Italy 
Hill, Wm. Potter; Hammoudsporl, S. Brown. 
Corning District. —H. N. Seaver, P. E.; Corn¬ 
ing, David Nutten ; Knoxville and Gibson, to be 
supplied ; Caton, Levi Wood ; Addison, 0. M. 
Gardner; West Addison, H. Wisner; Painted 
Post, O. J. Bradbury, A. Orcutt, Sup.; Jasper, L. 
L. Rogers, one to be supplied ; Whitesville and 
Andover, W. O. Mattison, J. Jerolaman ; Welis- 
ville, John Shaw ; Knoxville, Ct., R. D. Brooks ; 
Chatham, to be supplied ; Wellsboro’, N, A. De- 
Pew ; Brookville, W. Sheffer; Ulysses, to be sup¬ 
plied ; Wellsboro’. Ct., G. J. Dubois ; Tioga, Win. 
H. Knapp ; Mansfield, Wm. Manning ; Troy, one 
to be supplied, Edward Rosa ; Orange, A D. Ed¬ 
gar; Watkins, A. H. Shurtleff; Tyrone, Curtis 
Graham, Jr.; Starkey and Barrington, J. Laud- 
reth ; Dundee, J. N. Brown. 
Elmira District.— John Parker, P. E.: Elmira, 
Fiist Church, T. MeElheuey ; Hedding Church, 
Wm. H. Goodwin : Southport, Daniel Leisenring ; 
Jackson, R. L. Stillwell; Springfield, John Pow¬ 
ell ; Canton, H. Lamkin ; Loyalsock, W. A. Bron¬ 
son ; Laporte, S. P. Gurnsey ; Cherry, G. W. Cool- 
bangh ; Frenchtown, G E. Haven ; Towanda, I 
McMahon; Burlington, Daniel Clark; Ulster, 
John Hutchins; Wellsbuigh, I. J. B. McKinney; 
Chemung, E. Sweet; Erin, George Wilkinson ; 
Enfield, A. M. Wightman ; Mecklenburg, A. C. 
Huntley ; Hector, D. Hutchins, and J. Odell ; 
Catharine, N. N. Beers ; Havana, A. G. Laman; 
Millport, H. Harris: Horse Heads, N. Fellows; 
Big Flats, I. J. Ketchum. 
The Comet. —In relation to the Comet to be 
seen ‘about these days,’ Mr. W. C. Bond, of the 
Cambridge Observatory, wrote to the Boston 
Traveller of the 20th ult., as followsThe 
Comet discovered on the 10th June by M. Kin- 
kerfues, is now visible to the naked eye, iu the 
West at about an hour after sunset. Its nucleus 
is of the brightness of a star of the third magni¬ 
tude; a tail of one or two degrees in length can 
also be distinguished, extending upward. This 
interesting object has been observed by astrono¬ 
mers for one or two months past, during which 
time it has been gradually increasing in bright¬ 
ness. Its distance from the sun is now thirty 
millions of miles ; but from the earth it is two or 
three times more remote.” 
Canadian Wheat. —The Dundas Warder says: 
“In many parts of the country new wheat is 
rapidly being brought to market. In Duudas, 
immense quantities of wheat have been brought 
in, averaging about 5,0U0 bushels daily. The 
sample is very superior. Indeed we much doubt 
whether a finer lot of wheat was ever seen in this 
or any other country than now lies on the floors 
of the Wenl worth Mills. At the storehouse, too, 
at the Canal Basin, a spleuded lot of wheat has 
been delivered.” 
A Female Swindle— It is stated that a female 
at Wheeling, Va., by representing herself as the 
daughter of a deceased Irish gentleman, and the 
sudden and unexpected heiress of a large legacy, 
has succeeded iu procuring loans aud endorse¬ 
ments from several of the citizens, amounting al¬ 
together to $9,000, and that she purchased goods 
from queensware and dry good stores to the 
amount of $3,200, which she paid with a portion 
of the loans and endorsements. 
The steamer Wisconsin was run into-by 
the propeller Brunswick on Lake Erie last Wed¬ 
nesday night, and was almost immediately sunk 
Fortunately there were but few passengers on 
board, who escaped on the propeller, which sus¬ 
tained no damage. The Wisconsin was an old 
boat. 
The Pearl Street House, New York, was 
entirely consumed by fire on Tuesday night week. 
There were about 300 persons in the house, and 
as the fire broke out about bed time, many of the 
inmates escaped iu their nightclothes. 
c to s Rubifies. 
-Gov. Clifford, of Massachusetts, declines 
a rejection. 
-Lord Elgin sailed from Quebec on Mon¬ 
day week, for England. 
-The Presbytery of Long Island, (N. S.,) 
met at Southold, on the 30th ult. 
-The spirit rapping mania has broken out 
at Toronto, and begins to rage fiercely. 
-400 Norwegian emigrants, en route for 
Wisconsin, reached Toronto on Saturday. 
-Thirty persons have recently joined the 
Baptist Church in Caton, Steuben County. 
-The Ohio Women’s Temperence Society 
is to hold a meeting at Dayton on the 21st. 
-Gough, our Temperance Lecturer,is meet¬ 
ing with most astonishing success in England. 
-The Buffalo Baptist Association holds its 
Annual Meeting, in that city, on the 14th inst. 
-Fanny Fern’s late husband, Mr. Farring¬ 
ton, lives iu Chicago, and recently got a divorce 
from her. 
-ICO students have applied this year for 
admission to the Paris schools of acting and de¬ 
clamation. 
-John Gee, of Cobonrg, C. W., was instant¬ 
ly killed on Saturday by the dicharge of a fowl¬ 
ing piece. 
-Six thousand licenses to sell liquor have 
already been granted for the present year in New 
York city. 
-Soyer’s Pantropheon is announced. It is a 
history of food and its preparation in every age 
of the world. 
-The Secretary of the Navy has ordered the 
sloops of war, Dale and St. Louis, to be fitted for 
sea immediately. 
-The Whig State Committee have called a 
State Convention of the party at Syracuse on the 
5th of October. 
-A German grocer named John Shriner, 
committed su : cide in Buffalo, on Sunday morning, 
by jumping into the creek. 
-A fellow named Charles Marsh shot A. H. 
Myers, an attorney of Trenton, C. W., on the 25th 
inst., and made his escape. 
-It was Horace Green, and not Horace 
Greelv, upon whom the Vermont University con¬ 
ferred the honorary degree of LL. D. 
--The Washington Republic has been sold 
to Wm. M. Burnell & Co., who will hereafter con¬ 
duct it as a weekly paper. 
-The Evening Journal says that Goveinor 
Seward “ neither asks nor desires a re-election” 
to the Senate of the United States. 
-The total population of Quebec, according 
to the census of 1852, is 40,295. all of whom but 
9,118 are included in the Catholic church. 
-By the return of the* interpreter of the 
Gardiner commission, the non-existence of the al¬ 
leged mines in San Luis Potosi, is confirmed. 
-The length of the days on Mount Wash¬ 
ington, (at the top,) are about forty minutes long¬ 
er than on the ocean level in the same latitude. 
-Rev. Mr. Garretson, of Seneca county, 
convicted of seducing Margaret Lott, a member 
of his congregation, died recently in New York. 
-Prof. M. B. Anderson, formerly editor of 
the N. Y. Recorder, and recently elected President 
of the University of Rochester, received, at, the 
late Commencement of Waterville Coliege, Mo., 
the honorary degree of LL. D. 
-The Long Island Farmer says the potato 
rot is raging very extensively on the island with 
those planted late, in cousequeuce of the heavy 
rains. 
-“ Grace Greenwood” (Sarah Jane Clarke) 
has returned from her Emopeau tour and is now 
in Boston superintending the printing of her 
Travels.” 
-The Great Ship of 4,000 tons building at 
East Boston, by Mr. McKay, has been named the 
“ Great Republic.” She will be launched in about 
five weeks. 
-By an arrival from Nassau a great failure 
of the crops is reported at the grand Bahamas ; 
and it was feared the inhabitants will suffer great 
privations. 
-The Washington Republic says that" two 
terrible plagues are ravaging our country, and 
spreading death and terror—the Yellow Fever 
and the Railroad.” 
-A man named Paul Granger, was run over 
by the cars of the Buffalo and New York City 
Railroad, on Thursday last, in the town of Alden, 
and instantly killed. 
-A printer named William J. Wier, com¬ 
mitted suicide in New York, on Saturday, by 
hanging himself. An unfoitunate love attach¬ 
ment was the cause. 
-The Powder mill of Messrs. Fairbanks & 
Conoly, 4 miles east of this city, was blown up 
on Saturday evening. No lives were lost. Loss 
from $5,000 to $8,000. 
-Two young men, apparently French Cana¬ 
dians. went to sleep on the Providence & Worces¬ 
ter Railroad the other night, and as might be ex¬ 
pected, were crushed to death. 
-The cattle train down on the Boston, 
Concord and Montreal Railroad, on Tuesday 
night, numbered one hundred and ten cars. It 
was drawn by three engines. 
-A contemplated insurrection of slaves in 
Nottoway county, Virginia, has beeu discovered 
and suppressed. Their intention was to murder 
all the white inhabitants. 
-The Oueida Valley Bank is drawing in 
its 3’s so nearly have they been imitated by the 
counterfeiters. There are now but few of the 
genuine threes in circulation. 
-At a recent meeting of the Tract Society 
iu New York, it was stated that 48,448 Germans 
arrived in that city in the six months from the 
first of January to the first of July. 
-For several evenings past, a comet has 
been seen in the north-west, about 20 degrees 
above the horizon. It has a well defined tail, and 
may be seen with the naked eye. 
-In the whole American Church, number¬ 
ing now more than 1,700 clergymen, there have, 
in twelve months, been seven cases of deposition 
or degradation, and one of suspension. 
-A movement is on foot for a secession of 
the Southern New School Presbyterians, on ac¬ 
count of the slavery agitation at the late meeting 
of the General Assembly at Buffalo. 
-The Canada crops to the northward of 
Montreal are very poor; the summer drought ri¬ 
pened the grain before the heads had fillet!; the 
hoppers have eaten the grass; and cattle have beeu 
turned into the oats. 
-The number of Americans in Europe this 
summer is immense. Parties returned from Italy 
aud Switzerland say that it is not at all uncom¬ 
mon to find at the large hotel tables a majority of 
Americans over all others. 
