MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YO RKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
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ROCHESTER, SEPTEMBER 24, 1853._ 
PUBLISHER’S NOTICES. 
IjT Agents. —Any person so disposed can act as agent 
for the Rural New-Yorker,— and all who remit accord¬ 
ing to terms will be entitled to premiums, &c. 
JTp 5 " The Rural is published strictly upon the cash 
Sight Notes, drawn at Buffalo. 
Buffalo, Sept. 20, 1853. 
Friend Moore Though a commercial city 
may not be the most proper place from which to 
indite an agricultural epistle, there is still such an 
intimate connection between commerce and agri¬ 
cultural pursuits, that a few notes of the former 
may not be unprofitable. 
Buffalo is emplial ieally a great, a growing city, 
whose business, enterprise and position, conspire 
to place it in the front rank as the western key to 
the trade and commercial transit of the Empire 
State. "Within the memory of those now resident 
Our Albany Correspondence. 
More Railroad Murders. 
Albany, Sept. 19, 1853. On Friday morning last a serious accident oc- 
Eds. Rural: —The long-suspended Impeach- curred at Oneida Station (a little east of Syracuse,) 
ment Trial is over. A little more than a month on ph e ]^ew York Central Railroad. The A. M. 
of precious time has been expended, and a large Express train coming west, while standing at 
amount of the people’s earnings has been Oneida Station was run into by a freight train 
squandered—for what? Simply to gratify party coming west. A despatch from Oneida says : 
malice. This is conceded to be the motive that “ The Express Train was behind time. The 
caused the instigation of the trial, and the prose- passenger cars of the express were terribly broken, 
cution and decision of the cause seemed to have Many of the passengers were injuied. The fol- 
, . , , ,. • , lowing is the list of serious casualties:—Buckley 
been conducted on party principles. 
Thatcher, of Litchfield, Medina co., Ohio, killed, 
system— sent no longer than paid for —and all orders here scarcely a sail, and not a steamboat, trav- 
should be in accordance with terms. ersed the waters of Lake Erie ; now their num- 
Another Quarter.— A Suggestion. 
Advertisements must be brief, appropriate to the ber . g gQ t a nd the busil)ess transacted 
objects of the paper, and accompanied with the cash. . . . , ., , , , i 
1™, „ '* , . through that channel so vast, that one not posted 
For Terms, &c., see last page. ^ ... \ 
_ up would be lost in conjecture, in endeavoring to 
Another Quarter.—A Suggestion. give an estimate. 
_ Some twelve j'ears since we resided here for a 
The next number will commence the last quar- few months, just at the time Buffalo was emerg- 
ter of our present volume. Those who wish the ing from the ruinous reverses of the speculating 
Rural —and their name is legion, now that long mania which had overrun the whole country, and 
evenings, and a season of comparative leisure, though' even then it was a place of much busi- 
have commenced—should embrace the opportuui- ness, its increase in the few years passed has 
ty and at once subscribe. Notwithstanding the hardly been paralleled on the continent. Recently 
large, and continued increase to our subscrip- railroads have added much to the facilities and 
tion list this year, there are a few blank pages in given increased impetus to trade. One of the 
our books which we shall be happy to fill with most important roads now building is that de- 
the names of any who consider this the paper for signed to form a branch of, or connection with, 
their money. We wish our friends—including the Great Western road from Niagara Falls to 
constaut readers and casual or regular borrowers, Detroit, known as the Buffalo and Brantford road, 
whose name ought to be yet are not “ booked,” it will open a communication with the rich farm- 
aud all other outsiders (non-subscribers) who like ing lands of Canada West along the line of the 
the Rural, to forward tangible evidence of their roads now building. Another is projected, to be 
faith in its orthodoxy as an Agricultural, Literary known as the Buffalo and Pittsburgh road, which 
and Family Newspaper. Moreover wc trust every is to pass through the south part of the county, 
subscriber—and we ask all to constitute them- j n to Cattaraugus and on to tlie Allegany river, 
selves agents—will assume the responsibility of When all these roads are completed, with those 
obtaining and forwarding subscriptions. Sub- now in use, they will intersect all portions of the 
scribers make the best agents—they know the adjoining country, and add materially to the 
paper, can show a number, and influence their wealth of both city and country. 
friends to subscribe. Think of it, reader, and if 
convenient, please act upon the suggestion. 
We notice in passing the streets some elegant 
residences, with spacious grounds well filled with 
— Those whose subscriptions expire this week, trees, shrubs and plauts, giving evidence of a re¬ 
will find “ time up” printed upon the margins of fined and cultivated taste. Much attention is 
their papers. In renewing their subscriptions, paid to horticulture, and we observe some fine 
(which our friends are, somehow, in the habit of fruits, and flowers in great profusion. A good 
doing very promptly—thus evincing their good Horticultural Society lias been in existence here- 
taste and judgment !) we hope subscribers will tofore, but of the mesure of its present prosperity 
not forget to invite their neighbors and acquaint- we are not informed. Fruits are not as exteu- 
ances to join them —and if they thereby obtain sively cultivated as at and in the vicinity of Rocb- 
the paper at the club rate, or free, we shall not ester, and probably do not flourish as well. Of 
complain. vegetable gardening the greater part is done by 
-- the Germans, who form a large and worthy por- 
Democratic State Convention.—Results, tion of the population of the city, and country to 
Of some Nurseries, Green Houses, and Gardens, 
public and private, we may furnish notices at a 
future time, as matters interesting to all lovers of 
improvement. Peaches are abundant, the main 
supply coming from the vicinity of Cleveland, 
the north on the route to Williamsville. 
Tiie Democratic State Convention, held at One of the improvements which benfit this city 
Syracuse last week, resulted in a complete divis- 8 } 10ll ] d early claim the attention of Rochester— 
ion of the party, and the nomination of separate the introduction of a good supply of pure soft 
tickets. The two sections first met in Briutnall water . The supply for this city is taken from the 
Hall, on Tuesday morning, when two Chairmen, botlom of Niagai . a ri ver, near Black Rock, by 
Ira P. Barnes, Hunker, and J. L. Skinner, tunne ing under the stream, and tapping it at the 
Barnburner, were simultaneously nominated, bo ttom. The water is elevated by means of sta- 
and declared elected by their respective friends. tj ona ry engines, worked, by steam, and thrown 
This produced abundant “ noise and confusion ” into a reS ei voir on the highlands above Black 
and, as the reporters have it, ‘ a scene inde- n ocb) f rom whence it is distributed throughout 
scribable ensued.” Fists were freely shaken, but the city 
no claret lost on either side. The Convention Of some Nurseries, Green Houses, and Gardens, 
finally took a recess until 4 o clock. public and private, we may furnish notices at a 
At the time appointed the Barnburners re- f u t ure time, as matters interesting to all lovers of 
assembled, but lo ! their Hunker biethren did not improvement. Peaches are abundant, the main 
appear. On sending a Committee requesting Mr. SU pp]y coming from the vicinity of Cleveland 
Barnes’ attendance, that gentleman replied, in though some of the ]argest and fiuest ]iail froia 
writing, that himself and friends were in fear of i b)C } K;S ( ei - 
their lives, and therefore declined the invitation. Buffalo ‘ is an important point for the sale of 
Whereupon the Barnburners proceeded to organ- producc> Western dealers have found it more 
ize permanently. Some Hunkers joined them, profitable to soll liere than to send to New York 
on the supposition probably that theirs was, or as the often<?1 . tbey get returns from the outlay of 
would be, the legitimate Convention of the party. ita]> lbe ]a , ger the seas0 n’s profit, and the less 
After the organization, and the transaction of ri sk from fluctuations of the market. The recent 
some preliminary business, the Convention ad- foreign advices bave given opera tions much of a 
journed until Wednesday morning. speculative character, though former lessons here, 
Meantime the Hunkers organized in the Ladies’ as well as elsewhere, should teach purchasers as 
Parlor of the Globe Hotel, and had an orderly and well as sellers, the important maxim — keep 
spirited meeting. The same evening they nomi- cool. t 
nated a State ticket, adopted resolutions, Ac. ~ ~ ( ~ 7 
Great Break in the Canal. 
On Wednesday the Barnburners completed -- 
their business by nominating a distinct ticket, On Sunday morning last an extensive break 
assisted by some prominent Hunkers who ac- occurred in the Erie Canal about two miles below 
quiesced in the regularity of their proceedings. Bushnell’s Basin, and some ten miles east of this 
We annex the tickets of the two divisions in the city. The breach is said to be about 40 rods 
Great Break in the Canal. 
order of their production, as follows : 
Hunkers. 
Appeal Judges, 
Charles H. Ruggles, 
Hiram Denio. 
Secretary of State, 
George W. Clinton. 
Comptroller, 
James E. Cooley. 
• Treasurer, 
W. C. Watson. 
Stale Engineer, 
J. D. P'ay, 
Canal Commissioner, 
John C. Mather. 
Attorney General, 
James T. Brady. 
State Prison Inspector, 
M. W. Bennet. 
Clerk of Appeals, 
S. S. Bowne. 
Barnburners. 
Appeal Judges, 
Charles H. Ruggles, 
Hiram Denio. 
Secretary of State, 
I. A. Verplanck. 
Comptroller, 
Robert Kelly. 
Treasurer, 
F. Segur. 
State Engineer, 
W. H. Bristol. 
Canal Commissiner, 
A. J. Yates. 
Attorney General, 
M. Grover. 
State Prison Inspector, 
W. C. Dryer. 
Clerk, of Appeals, 
A. Edgerton. 
wide. Two boats were drawn into it and wrecked. 
The water made a channel through an orchard 
some 300 feet wide and 12 or 15 feet deep, and 
also swept away the rear part of a brick dwelling 
house— causing considerable damage on tlie pre¬ 
mises. The break is a very serious one at this 
season of the year, as ft will cause much embar- 
rasment to business men. It will take from 8 to 
12 days to repair the breach. 
— We also learn that two breaks occurred near 
Amsterdam on Saturday night—one at Hoffman’s 
Ferry, and the other at Phillips’s Lock. They 
were caused by the heavy rain—and can 1 e re¬ 
paired in three days. 
M. W. Bennet. W. C. Dryer. Life, Eulogy and Orations of Webster. —We 
Clerk of Apjpeals, Clerk of Appeals, have had occasion heretofore to commend the 
S. S. Bowne. A. Edgeiton. Orations of Webster, published by our towns- 
— These are both pretty fair tickets, but which man w. M. Hayward. As a successful and dis¬ 
will prove most successful, is quite uncertain. In criminating caterer to public taste, he has enlarged 
their resolutions both proclaim about the same the volume by a Memoir of the distinguished 
principles, so that there is scarcely any issue be- Statesman from the pen of L. Gaylord Clark, 
tween them. For consistency of principles, how- editor of the Knickerbocker Magazine. This, of 
ever, we think the Hunkers (or Adamantines,) itself, should ensure the ready sale of the work, 
have the start —while the Barnburners (Softs,) It also contains an Eulogy, one of the best which 
possess the great advantage of regularity in their has been pronounced since his death. The whole 
nominations. They denounce the Huukers as makes a volume which cannot be too highly com- 
bolters — or the terrified democracy. So far as mended to the youth of America, that they may 
State spoils are concerned, however, our opinion i ea rn the great lessons therein contained. W. M. 
is that the Whigs — unless their Convention re- Hayward & Co., publishers. No. 4 Burns’ Block, 
suits in a similar “ muss ”—will have matters Rochester, N. Y. 
their own way. . 
--- Choate’s Eulogy on Webster. —This is a clas- 
The Buffalo papers chronicle the decease sic production, and possesses an interest which 
of Hon. Thos. C. Love, an aged and prominent will ensure its perusal, aside from the great re¬ 
resident of that county. nown of the lamented dead. Darrow has it. 
The Court were engaged in private consulta- p atr i c k Wall, of Manchester, Vt., both thighs 
tion the first four days of last week. On Friday broken. His brother, in same car, injured in the 
morning the doors were opened to the public, and foot. John Vaughn, of Syracuse, both thighs 
~ , .. , , m, p _ ,,e fractured ; Edward Jewett, of New Haven, Conn., 
the final question was taken The form of ques- bad , ^ aW the head and neck. Many pas- 
tion was in these words : ‘‘Senator, ’ [mention- geug erg> more or less injured, left on a train sent 
ing tlie name] “ how say you? Is the respond- from Syracuse. Coroner White is holding an in- 
ent guilty or not guilty, as charged in the” quest.” 
[mentioning the number] “article of impeach- Later accounts show that the collision was the 
ment ?” Each Senator and Judge, rising in his result of the most culpable carelessness. And it 
place, would reply “ Guilty,” or “ Not Guilty.” would bave proved most destructive to life but 
This form was adhered to throughout, the thirty- for the fact that just at the moment the collision 
two members of the Court being separately called occurred most of the passengers had left the rear 
upon for each of the fourteen articles. car * It' s sa ^ 110 signal was displayed to show 
Ou the question of the alleged corruption in th a t a train was standing at the station. When 
letting canal contracts, the highest number voting will such criminal recklessness cease ?—or ralher, 
“guilty” was six. Twenty-two were necessary when will sufficient penalties be instituted to pre- 
to convict. vent such disasters ? 
On the nijffli article, which referred to cor- Another !—A serious collision also occurred on 
ruption in p®ehasing lumber, the vote stood, Thursday last on the Hudson River Railroad, be- 
“guilty,” 18; “not guilty,” 14. This was the tween a single engine and the Poughkeepsie af- 
strongest vote given against him on any of the ternoon down train. Three persons were killed 
articles. and two injured very badly. No passengers hurt 
The number who voted “ guilty ” on the other __. 
articles, varied from thirteen down to nothing.— Foreign Demand for Breadstuffs. —Gen. 
The Hunkers voted uniformly “ not guilty.” The Webb, editor of the N. Y. Courier and Enquirer, 
Whigs divided up, but voted mostly “not guilty.” in a letter to his paper, under date of London, 
The Barnburners voted, with a few exceptions, Sept. 2, speaks thus of the demand in Europe for 
“guilty,” or declined to vote. Considerable ex- our Breadstuffs : 
citement prevailed, though all was iu usual order. “ The only effect of the short crop, so far as the 
At the conclusion of tlie voting, the decision of Money Market is concerned, will be to keep up 
... ii,i . i ,i • i the rate of interest to about three per cent instead 
acquilal was ordered to be entered on the journal, of ifcg receding to two . The great ‘ qi]estioil is can 
and the Court adjourned without day. her wants be supplied, and from what quarter ? 
On reaching the ball, Mr. Mather was greeted Our Free Trade adventurers have made the Eng- 
with six hearty cheers by his friends. Soon after public believe that we can easily supply all 
., , „ u „ n „ * . i mu, _„ their wants ; but I have told those with whom I 
the large cannon was brought out, and lull guns , ’ , ., , , ... 
. . have conversed, that under existing circumstances, 
fired in honor of Ins triumphant acquittal. R j s utterly impossible for us to furnish more than 
Thus has terminated this first trial of Impeach- two millions of barrels of Flour for exportation, 
ment in the State of New York. It should not There will be a foreign demand for every barrel wc 
be understood that Mr. Mather is free from all c ? n spare; and the result will show whether I am 
t, i right or wrong.” 
censure. By no means. On one of these charges ____ 
eighteen members of the Court were of the TY ~~ " 
opinion that he was guilty. But the difficulty 
lies in our present political favortism. The whole s/ 1 t 
government is corrupt from the President of the "^Suicide, by young women, is becoming 
IT. S. down to the Street Inspector; and in this fearfully prevalent in New England. Here is a 
very case other officers were equally implicated- fourth within the last three weeks. We copy 
and a rote to impeach Mr. Mather would im- f,om the Bangor Mercury :—“ On Saturday eve- 
, ,, , , , c ~ , ,, , , ning, about five o’clock, Miss Laura A. Sealand, 
peach the whole crowd of office holders about the a fa of irreproachable characte r, about 19 yearn 
Capitol. 
old, took an ounce of arsenic which caused her 
But there is a faint hope that some “good may deatb about five hours. Tlie deceased left a 
come out of evil ” in this transaction. The eyes letter, in which she stated her determination to 
of the people may be opened to the method of la j herselt oi life, and that she had procured and 
procedure adopted by politicians, and they may the P°ison. 
hereafter choose better public servants. Would Tlie Franklin brings us the intelligence 
that this may be so, though it could not be at- tlie ^oath of the veteran Sir t harles Napier.— 
•, . , . A . .. , “ .He was one ol the most distinguished generals of 
tnbuted to the instigatois ot the case. the British army, and had been an officer, in dif- 
Albany is at present tlie centre of a very heated f ere nt ranks and iu various parts of the world, for 
political strife. No stone will be left unturned sixty years. He was seventy-one years of age, 
bv any of the factions, to carry their base ends. a, 'd had received, in the course ot his numerous 
c ,, c campaigns, a greater number ot wounds than were 
It is to be feared that even the first election after „ C J? ’ .• > . __ ,,. „ 
this solemn display of judicial administration, 
perhaps ever survived by any other soldier. 
•n The friends of the Madiai, in England, are in soun 
■will prove to be more corrupt than any ol its pre- i ,• • • ,, . ” 
1 1 J 1 busily engaged in raising a thousand pounds, by _ 
decessors. Money will flow like water, and lies penny subscriptions; tlie sum to be applied to Englan 
enough will be told on every side to sink a nation, the purchase of an annuity for those unfortunate f ronl p 
To cap the climax of excitement, Lucy Stone people. Copies of the subscription paper bave _ 
has been lecturing here on the subject of Woman’s 'f L ' n se, ’ t .f 0 ) his country ; and we learn from it, for ^ 
_. , _ ®. , , ... J , that contributions may be transmitted to the “ Li- ■. 
Rights. But I think she did some good. Her brary> Castle 8treet , Windsor, England. sald ’ nc 
audiences were quite select and orderly, and her c- ... . , , ,, „ - 
, 1 rj Some villain placed a rail upon the Cam- railroac 
lectures were well worth bearing, lhere are ( len and Ambo y railroad, which threw the New and 1,G 
worse women in the world than Lucy Stone. York evening train off the track. A brakeman, 
The Supreme Court bave heard the arguments named J. Redell, was instantly killed; the en- d ; scove 
on the motion to grant a new trial to Henderson, ? ineer > John Cobson was somewhat bruised. No ves 
. „ . . , . . passenger was injured. 1 lie company have offer- 1 
who was found guilty of murder, and sentenced ' d a r ^ vard 0 f $10,000 for the arrest and convic- — 
to be hung. A decision is withheld till the Oc- tion of the author of the outrage. b Yd 
tober term. . . _ It is proposed to erect a National Monu- 
Tbe State Fair, which is to be Held at Saratoga, ment on Plymouth Rock in honor of the immor- Q d 
begins to excite some interest here among a cer- tal names of the passengers by the May-Flower. i nstruc 
tain class of producers. The Railroad arrange- 4 he Plymouth people have given the thing a start __ 
, , , , . , . 0 by subs'crbmg $b,U00. Contributions may be 
meets are completed between here and Saratoga s / nt to A Uen Dauforth, at Plymouth, or Richard Iftant 
on quite favorable terms. 
Warren, President of the Plymouth Society, New 
You may expect some political items next York, 
week. *Owf,.* The valuable cabinet of many thousand 
- specimens in Comparative Anatomy, Mineralogy, 
Heavy Rains.—D uring the past week a great and other sciences, collected in the course of years 
amount of rain has fallen in this region. Wednes- by that distinguished savant, Prof. Agassiz, has 
day and Thursday of last week were decided been purchased for the University at Cambiidge, 
,, . ,, . . . ,. , . at the price, as is rumored, of $12,000. 
“soakers,” and quite equinoctialish. lhe ram 
guage gave the amount as one inch on the level. „ ^ the new cuts foi the N. • 
° b . , . , , ' Railroad are to be nine feet eight inches in width, 
Saturday morning, the clouds poured down, be- w i dcb j s only four inches narrower than the broad 
tore sunrise, nearly two inches, flooding the guage cars,—making a difference in each seat of 
streets.” On Saturday evening we were favored only two inches. This chiinge will conduce vast- 
with one of the grandest thunder storms of the *Y to the comfort ot passerigeis. 
season. For a short time the rain poured down A. letter dated at Summit House, on the 
in floods, winding up with heavy hail and some *YP ot Washington, Sept. 12, savs that tlie 
wind. It is said the hail did considerable damage whizzing merrily through the air. Where the 
in Irondequoit and Brighton. Some 200 bushels wind had a fair sweep across the Summit, a man 
of peaches were knocked from the trees in one could not stand erect. 
orchard. We had another copious rain on Mon- jf5g~Itis saida Union (Soft) Hunker paper is 
day afternoon and evening. to be started in Albany, to support the National 
■--- and State Administrations. It will support the 
Discontinued.—W e learn that the New York State ticket headed by Kelly for Comptroller. 
Agricultor (weekly,) and the Farm and Garden _Benjamin Ferris, of Utah, reports that se- 
(montblv,) have been discontinued. The Library ditious feelings are rife among the Mormons, and 
and Garden, a weekly published for some months the men and women are in a state of the deepest 
„ , , ,iv .. , . , degradation. Brigham Y oung has forty wives, 
at Buffalo, has also been discontinued for want of ° 6 b J 
support-leaving but one of the four agricultural H™ 1 - Victor Birdseye, long an eminent 
V . , , r , . . , . citizen of Central New York, (residing at Pompey, 
or horticultural journals commenced within a year 0nondaga Co.,) was found dead in his bed on 
past in this State. We fear our contemporaries Saturday morning last. His age was 70. 
did not count the cost, or greatly over-estimated The reports from New Orleans show a 
the wants of the agricultural public. But as they gratifying abatement in the number of deaths 
were engaged in other business than journalism, from Yellow Fever, lhe Lake Coast, however, 
and used their papers to some extent as mediums was suffering severe y. . 
,, , 0 enST Late news from Mexico reports Santa An- 
of advertising such business, we presume the loss tyran) . ( , al fchan ever> H ' 0 hag D()W a fine 
sustained, if any, is not material. army of 50,000 men. Our new Minister was 
[ ; * worthily received. 
TnE Chimes is the title of a new monthly de- W yo ming County Teacher’s Associa- 
voted to Fact, Fun and Fancy, published by O. bo ]j their eleventh annual Institute, at War- 
H. Hess, Dansville, N. Y. saw, during the two weeks commencing Oct. 10. 
-One Cleveland firm send 150 baskets of 
peaches to Buffalo daily. 
Wm. B. Astor pays the highest tax in New 
York ; this year $40,000. 
-During August, 12,499 immigrants from 
Europe arrived at Philadelphia. 
-Dr. Dean, of the China Mission, is expect¬ 
ed shortly to arrive in this conutry. 
-Barnabas Bates Esq., lhe cheap postage 
man lies dangerously sick at Boston. 
-The man who has been asleep for five 
years is on exhibition in New York. 
• -The sum of $7,867 has been contributed 
iu New York for the Mobile sufferers. 
-The Union Bank will go into operation at 
Kinderhook, in this State, in a few days. 
-Gen. Shields is reported seriously ill, at 
Sparta, Ill. Ilis mind is at times deranged. 
-A trout was caught in Squam Lake N. II., 
last week which weighed 20 pounds dressed. 
-Lucy Stone, was lecturing last week in 
Albany, ou the legal disabilities of women, Ac. 
-Reese Evans, quite a youth, was bung at 
Wilkesbarre, Pa., on tlie 10th inst., for murder. 
-In Utah they open their balls and dancing 
parties with prayer, and close with a benediction. 
-Counterfeit one dollar bills on the Union 
Bank, Boston, bave just been put in circulation. 
-In 68 days, 20,000 names were entered on 
the books of nine hotels at Saratoga Springs this 
season. 
-Mr. J. Lyner ofHemilton Co., Indiana has 
four acres of corn which averages over fifteen feet 
in bight. 
-The China Mission has been offered to 
Geo. M. Dallas ; the French to Hon. A. G. Brown, 
of Miss. 
-Some of the Democratic papers put up one 
ticket, some the other, and the balance as yet 
none at all. 
-Hon. Jno. Bowman died at his residence 
in Clarkson, this county, on Wednesday week, 
aged 70 years. 
-For the first time in 30 years, the Whigs 
of Vermont have failed to elect a majority of 
Representatives. 
-The Mayor of Montreal, who was indicted 
for his participation iu the Gavazzi Riot, has re¬ 
signed his office. 
-An earthquake occurred recently on the 
lake shore, near New Orleans, rocking houses and 
causing great alarm. 
-Look out for counterfeit $20’s on the 
Marine Bank of Chicago. This bank issues none 
of that denomination. 
-Another rich mine of plumbago lias been 
discovered in Nelson, N. H., near that now owned 
by the Messrs. French. 
-The Galena Lead Mines have yielded more 
lead this year than last. About two million dol¬ 
lars worth will be shipped. 
-Miss Antoinette L. Brown was ordained 
by the Congregational Church at South Butler, 
N. Y., on Thursday week. 
-Miss Esther Felkner was shot dead near 
Goshen, Ind., on the 2d inst., by a boy who, in 
spoit, snapped a gun at her. 
-Five hundred and seventy-seven horses 
dropped down dead in the streets of New York 
during the mouth of August. 
-A negro case was recently decided in Ore¬ 
gon Territory, which establishes the fact that 
Slavery cannot exist there. 
-The late election in Maine, resulted in no 
choice for Governor. The House will be demo¬ 
cratic, and the Senate whig. 
-Frost has made its appearance in the vi¬ 
cinity of Boston, and upon Staten Island, and 
in some pa:ts of New Jersey. 
-Mr. Gough is making a great sensation in 
England. In one place he had an audience of 
from 12,000 to 15,000 persons. 
-The contributions throughout the country 
for the New Orleans Howard Association, it is 
said, now amount to $223,714. 
-It is stated that there are 2,100 miles of 
railroad in operation in the State of New York, 
and 1,000 more under coutiact. 
-Edward Brewer, Esq., of Eden, Me., has 
discovered a vein of iron ore on his laud, which 
proves both rich and abundant. 
—— The presentment against Bishop Doane 
has been dismissed. Will another list of charges 
be made against him next year ? 
-The Children in all the Public Schools of 
the City of New York, are to be taken by their 
Instructors to the Crystal Palace. 
--The next General Convention of the Pro¬ 
testant Episcopal church, will meet in the city of 
New York, on the 5th October next. 
-A private letter from Funchal, China, of 
June Dili, says Rev. Mr. Hartwell and wife, Am¬ 
erican Missionaries, bad arrived there. 
-The receipts of the New York Central 
Road, in August, were, in round numbers, $600,- 
000, which is fully up to tlie estimate. 
Y-The Utica papers state that the potato 
crop is almost a total failure in Oneida county.— 
What the drouth left, disease is taking. 
_The Massachusetts Free Soil Convention 
ha# nominated Henry Wilson for Governor, and 
Amasa Walker for Lieutenant Governor. 
_The Cambridge Independent says that 
there is a tortoise at Peterborough, which has 
reached the patriarchal age of 220 years. 
_Brown University has conferred tlie de¬ 
gree of L. L. D. on Daniel D. Barnard and Henry 
S. Randall Sec. of State, both of Albany. 
_John McAllister, Esq., an eminent lawyer, 
for some years a resident of Waterloo, N. Y.,died 
recently at Oshkosh, Wis., aged 56 years. 
_The jail in Buffalo contains three murder¬ 
ers under sentence, Fogarty, Darry, and Bielar, 
and four others awaiting trial for murder. 
_Hon. W. H. Seward delivered an oration 
at Columbus, Ohio, last week, upon tlie occasion 
of laying the corner stone ot the University. 
-A terrible crowd of locusts are ravishing 
Southern Mexico, for a distance of four hundred 
miles, destroying the indigo and corn crops. 
-Our dates from New Orleans are up to 
Saturday. The fever is decreasing, the deaths 
being not more than 30 per day of pestilence. 
_Something like a dozen military com¬ 
panies were encamped at L tica last week. Reck¬ 
on the copious weather tested their patriotism. 
_S. C. Hitchcock has been nominated for 
Senator by the Democrats of the 20th district, 
comprising the counties of Madison and Oswego. 
-The schr. Arcturus, which arrived at Chi¬ 
cago recently was compelled to throw overboard 
a locomotive on Lake Huron, in stress of weather. 
