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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YO RKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND EMILY NEWSPAPER. 
ROCHESTER, OCTOBER 15, 1853. 
To Agents and Subscribers. 
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This is a heavy item of expenditure, yet, con- 
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to complain. On the contrary, we are so well 
satisfied with the result, that we shall offer like, 
if not^ larger, premiums for subscribers obtained 
between the 1st of November ensuing and May 
next. We are aware that our friends and agents 
generally do not work for the premiums, but we 
wish to remunerate, as far as we can consistently, 
every one who may be disposed to devote a little 
time and attention to obtaining and forwarding 
subscriptions. As the period for opening the 
new campaign is at hand, we hope former and 
presents agents will give the matter attention, or 
see that others do so, in season. We desire to 
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or should be circulated. Reader, if there is no 
agent in your locality, we hereby request you, 
or the next best man (to whom you will please 
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To any and all such we shall be glad to furnish 
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— If the numerous friends of the Rural 
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make it all its most ardent friends desire, we shall 
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6oiTesf)Oj)c)ei)ee. 
Whig State Nominations. 
The Whig State Convention, held at Syracuse 
last week, made the following nominations : 
Judge of Appeals — 8 years — George Wood, 
Kings. 
Judge of Appeals — vacancy— Joseph Mullex, 
Jeffersou. 
Secretary of State — Elias W. Levanwortii, 
Onondaga- 
Controller- —James M. Cook, Saratoga. 
Treasurer — Elbridge G. Spaulding, Erie. 
Attorney General — Ogden Hoffman, New York 
Canal Commissioner — Cornelius Gardinier 
Montgomery. 
State Engineer — John T. Clark, Monroe. 
State Prison Inspector — Thomas Kirkpatrick, 
Albany. 
Clerk of Appeals — Benjamin F. Harwood, 
Livingston. 
This is a pretty fair ticket, though not alto¬ 
gether unobjectionable td those who, like us, pre¬ 
fer men of integrity and ability to representatives 
of party or professed political principles. Ex- 
Gov. Hunt presided on the occasion, and the pro¬ 
ceedings of the Convention were quite harmoni¬ 
ous, the nominations being made with much 
unanimity — a rare occurrence of late years.- 
Whether the two wings of the party will cordially 
unite in support of the ticket remains to be seen, 
Most of the nominees belong to the Seward 
section. Indeed our neighbor of the American, 
(“ Silver Gray,”) announces that “ all the nomi¬ 
nees of the Convention are ‘ Silver Grays,’ except 
eight /” This is taking the matter coolly, and if 
other journals of the same color exhibit like 
frigidity, the ticket is as good as elected—for the 
Democratic army is completely divided, and hence 
comparatively powerless. While the “ Hards ” 
and “Softs ” are cutting each others’ jugulars, the 
amiable factions of the Whig party quietly unite 
and secure the administration of the affairs of 
State — including the handling of some ten mill¬ 
ions of the current coin of the Republic ! 
Our Albany Correspondence. 
Albany, Oct- 11), 1853. 
“ The irons are all in the fire,” and “bosses ” 
and “jours,” together with “prentices” and “extra, 
help,” are making in their best efforts to forge 
out the different parts of the political machine. It 
may turn out with some of them as it did with 
the smith of old who attempted to make an ax. 
By an unlucky hit he spoiled it, and then resolved 
to make a hatchet. Failing in this, he tried to 
shape it into a chisel. In this he also failed, and 
in his rage, he threw it into the water, exclaiming 
—“ There, I’ll make a siss of you.” Some of the 
political irons may finally have to be served in 
the same way. 
But, jesting aside, the canvass is fully opened 
The result of the Whig Convention is precisely 
what was predicted. The Silver Grays are virtu¬ 
ally out of the party. The ticket is “ Wooly ” 
throughout, and will poll a strong vote. In fact, 
the party may be said to be restored to its pri¬ 
mary condition, and high hopes are entertained 
by them of brilliant success this fall. 
The Hunkers and Barnburners are a fair illus¬ 
tration of the poet’s definition of man—“a pendu¬ 
lum ’twixt a smile and tear.” One day the dis¬ 
patches from Washington will cause an oscillation 
in one direction, and the next will send it as far 
the other way. All are now on tiptoe to know 
whether Collector Bronson will be turned out of 
office. Secretary Gunthrie has sent him a cir¬ 
cular which is approved by the whole Cabinet, 
politely hinting at his resignation. Knowing 
ones assert that he will not resign. It then re¬ 
mains for the President to give him his walking 
papers, which will be the signal for a most des¬ 
perate warfare on the Administration. It is said 
that effigies of Secretary Gunthrie are in prepa¬ 
ration, to be burned if such a course should be 
pursued. We may see great things yet before 
election. 
The Democratic County Convention was held 
last week, and two tickets were put in nomina¬ 
tion, on the same principle as the State Conven¬ 
tion. The war will be intense here, probably 
more so than anything in our history. 
The County Fair came off last week, and for 
the first show in the County, it was superior 
Emery says that, under the circumstances, he 
never attended a better one, and he is a good 
judge of such matters. The last afternoon was 
given to the ladies, who put themselves up as 
riders on horseback. Several valuable premiums 
were offered, and the affair went off with great 
eclat. 
Hendrickson, who is under sentence of death, 
made a bold attempt to break jail a few days 
since, but was detected. He will receive more 
care and attention in future. The application for 
a new trial in his case, was to have been decided 
last week, but the pressure of business prevented 
the Court from giving it attention. It will be 
brought up in December. 
Two of the ablest sermons ever preached in this 
city, were delivered yesterday by Rev. Dr. Hague, 
in the Pearl street Baptist Church. It is expected 
that he will be called by the Church as successor 
to Rev. Dr. Beecher, who has resigned on ac¬ 
count of ill health. ’’Owe.* 
Late Counterfeits. 
jpfehM -jYofices. 
Thompson’s Reporter for Oct. 1st, contains the 
following list of “ counterfeits for the month.” 
3s, on the City Bank, New Haven, Conn.— 
Vignette cattle, train of cars, <fcc.—Franklin on 
the lower left corner—female feeding an eagle, on 
the right end—not like the genuine. 
2s, on the Bank of West Troy, N. Y.—Vignette 
man, horses and plow—female on right end—not 
like'the genuine. 
5s, on the Trandeis’ Bank, Cape May C. Hi, N. 
J., altered from Is. This Bank has no 5s. 
5s, on the Nassau Bank, N. Y. city, altered 
from genuine Is—vig. three persons and printing 
apparatus—genuine 5 has a cut of Crystal Palace. 
5s, on the Commercial Bank, Salem, Mass.— 
vig. cattle and railroad cars—medallion head on 
the right—female figure on the left. 
20s, on the Bank of Augusta, Geo.— Counter¬ 
feit—on left hand is a portrait of Washington— 
genuinehas portrait of Jackson—on lower corners 
figures 20; genuine has NX. 
5s, on the Farmers’ Bank of Lancaster, Pa.— 
Vignette man and woman, team, dog, <tc.—5 each 
side—well done. 
20s, on the Farmers’ Bank of Bucks county, Pa. 
—Vignette female, agricultural implements, &c\; 
20 on each corner—eagle between the signatures 
—not like the genuine. 
100s, on the Bank of the State of North Caro¬ 
lina, N. C.,— Vignette train of cars, men, etc.,— 
letter C each side vig.— head of Franklin on the 
right end. 
5s, on the Western Bank, Suffolk Co., N. Y., 
altered from Is—vig. two females, with 5 each side 
—the word five on each corner. 
5s, on the Bank of the Union, N. Y. city, alter¬ 
ed from Is—vig. female reclining; railroad cars 
in the distance. 
20s, on the Marine Bank of Chicago, Ill. The 
bank never issued any 20s. 
2s, on the Mechanics’ Bank, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Vig. ship under sail—shipping in the distance. 
5s, on the Citizens’ Bank, Baltimore, Md.—Vig. 
large eagle, shield and Olive branch—the word 
Citizens’ in large dark capitals; in the genuine 
they are only shaded. 
5s, on the Central Bank of New Jersey, altered 
from Is—A ig. locomotive, cars, etc.—portrait of 
Frelinghuysen on the right end. 
10s, on the State Stock Bank of Indiana, alter¬ 
ed from Is—^ ig. female in a sitting posture; falls 
in the distance—Indian on the left end, female 
on the right end. 
Is, on the State Bank, Providence, R. I.—Vig. 
a machine of some kind ; supposed to be a loom; 
not like genuine. 
10s, on the Bank of Fishkill, N. Y., altered from 
Is—Vig. train of cars, <fcc. 
5s, on the Citizens’ Bank, Worcester, Mass., al¬ 
tered from Citizens’ Bank, Augusta—Vig. eagle 
—child on left eud—well done. 
2s, on the Commercial Bank, Troy, N. Y.— 
Counterfeit—Vig. female, with sickle, sheaf of 
grain, <fec.—female in sitting posture, on the left 
—badly done. 
Sure Enough !—The Woodbury Bank, Con¬ 
necticut, collapsed about a year ago, by foreordi¬ 
nation, and its bills have since been quietly 
bought up at 25 to 50 cents on the dollar. That 
accomplished, the Bank is ready to resume pay- 
mant; the Receiver advertises that he is ready to 
pay all claims upon it; and the Courant (Hart¬ 
ford) coolly observes: 
“ Holders of bills need not, therefore, make any 
sacrifice on them.” * 
No, they needn’t!—in fact, we guess they have 
nearly all made the reverse of a sacrifice. 
We respectfully request our patrons, present 
and future, not to send us any bills of the Wood¬ 
bury Bank, no matter how swaggering may be its 
resumption. We don’t feel at all sure of our abil¬ 
ity to tell which thimble the little joker is under. 
“Now you see it, and now you don’t.” 
Seriously — is it not time that all these old 
Bank charters, granted on a vicious, exploded 
principle, should be repealed ? Good sound 
Banks, which have been doing an honorable busi¬ 
ness since they were chartered, might be exempted; 
but all others should be expressly abolished, and 
Banking henceforth prosecuted under well-guard- 
£3ff”A party on the summit of Mount Washing¬ 
ton, on a very fine morning, a short time since, 
counted one hundred and sixty sail vessels on the 
blue Atlantic ; the spires of churches in the city 
of Portland, eighty or ninety miles distant, were 
distinctly visible; over forty lakes, including 
Winnipiseogee and Moose Head, lay like so many 
gems of molten silver set in emerald. 
t-g?” Prof. Kendrick, of the Rochester Universi¬ 
ty, returned from Europe in the Arabia last week, 
lie has made an extensive tour, and for several 
months past, has been a student at the Universi¬ 
ty of Athens. We understand that his health is 
much improved. He will be warmly welcomed 
back to Rochester, by' his numerous friends. 
X movement has been set on foot among 
the dissenters, by the Rev. John Angell James, of 
Birmingham, England, and Thomas Thompson, 
Esq., of Poundsford Park, and some others, with 
the view of procuring a million copies of the New 
Testament scriptures in the Chinese language, for 
distribution amongst the Chinese insurgents. 
The Pennsylvania State Fair —Was held at 
Pittsburgh, Sept. 27 to 29. It is said to have 
been “altogether the best and most successful 
Fair ever held in the Union.” The attendance 
on the third day was very large, “ far exceeding 
any assemblage which ever before took place in 
Western Pennsylvania.” As might be expected 
from the location, the exhibition was particularly 
good in implements and manufactured articles of 
all kinds. The display of’agricultural and horti¬ 
cultural products was very good ; while the show 
of cattle, horses, sheep, swine and poultry, is said 
to have been excellent. The farmers of the Key¬ 
stone State are “coming — coming right along.” 
The result of the Fair shows what our friends in 
Western Pennsylvania are about and can ac¬ 
complish. 
Hon. T. O. Peters, of Genesee County — well 
known as an Agricultural editor and farmer, and 
for his ability and independence as a man and 
legislator—has been nominated for re-election to 
the Assembly. This is a deserved compliment, 
for Mr. P. was one of the most hard-working and 
attentive members of the last Legislature. If 
such men— irrespective of political or party con¬ 
siderations— were oftener selected as our law¬ 
makers, the interests of the People and State 
would receive greater attention. 
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry and Ge¬ 
ology. By J. F. W. Johnston. With a com¬ 
plete Index and Preface, by Simon Brown, 
Editor of the New England Fanner. New 
York : C. M. Saxton. 
The name of Prof. Johnston is well known 
to our readers. His valuable work, “ Lectures on 
Agricultural Chemistry and Geology,” together 
with his “ Catechism ” on the same subject, and 
the lectures delivered before the N. Y. State Ag¬ 
ricultural Society, have all had a large circulation 
in this country. This new work takes the inter¬ 
mediate ground between the Catechism and the 
Lectures. The Professor recommends that a stu¬ 
dent should read the Catechism first, then this 
new work, and afterwards his Lectures. We 
would heartily endorse his recommendation.— 
Such works should be in the hands of every 
farmer’s son. A careful study of them cannot 
fail to make any man a more intelligent and bet¬ 
ter agriculturist. But while we thus urge every 
farmer to get and read this book, we cannot con¬ 
ceal our disappointment in the work itself. We 
expected a better book from J. F. W. Johnston. 
We expected at least an investigation of the more 
recent developments of chemico-agricultural sci¬ 
ence,—an examination of the results of field ex¬ 
periments made during the last ten years, which 
shake much that was previously considered solid 
ground in agricultural science. All this is passed 
over without the slightest allusion, and old advice, 
founded on old, and as we think, exploded theo¬ 
ries, is offered with as much confidence as ever. 
ed general laws, with ample security in the public 
chest.— F. Y. Tribune. 
Landscape Gardening ; or Parks and Pleasure 
Grounds. With Practical Notes on Country 
Residences, Villas, Public Parks and Gardens. 
By Charles H. Smith. With notes and addi¬ 
tions by L. F. Allen. New York ; C.M. Sax¬ 
ton, —1853. 
The object of this work is sufficiently indicated 
in its title. Its republication in this country is 
opportune, as there is an increasing demand for 
information on the subjects of which it treats.— 
The American Editor has performed his task 
thoroughly and judiciously, exhibiting an intimate 
knowledge of the subject, and sound sense and 
good taste in discriminating between what is, and 
what is not, applicable to this country. On the 
whole, from a slight examination, we judge this 
to be one of the best practical treatises on Land¬ 
scape Gardening that we have ever read. 
For sale by Darrow and Fisher, I 
The American Bible Union held its annual 
meeting in New York last week. The Treasurer’s 
Report shows upwards of $19,000 expended dur¬ 
ing the year for translating, revising and circula 
ting the Scriptures, and a balance of $4,800 in the 
Treasury. Dr. Achille was among the speakers. 
Resolutions were passed avowing their intention 
to go on “ until every English family on earth 
shall be possessed with a copy of the English 
Scriptures,” revised and corrected to correspond 
with the original inspired text. 
Longevity of Quakers.— The late census re¬ 
turns in England reveal the singular fact that the 
average age attained by this peaceful sect is fifty- 
one years two months and twenty-one days, while 
half of the population of this country die before 
reaching the age of twenty-one, and the average 
duration of life, the world over, is but thirty-three 
years. The Quakers, therefore, live a third lon¬ 
ger than the rest of us. Their temperance, pru¬ 
dence, plenty, want of passion, and general repose 
of character, are, undoubtedly, favorable to lon¬ 
gevity. 
Hops. —The tightness of the money market, in 
New York and elsewhere, has kept down specu¬ 
lation, and prices have not ruled as high as might 
have been realized under less stringent times.— 
However, we understand that 35 cents can now 
be obtained freely for a prime article. Those 
who hold on, may get more—those who sell, cer¬ 
tainly obtain a very high price. We look for no 
material change very soon, unless money becomes 
more plenty — of which there is no immediate 
prospect.— Freeman's Journal. 
ESpT The Detroit Advertiser says, for ten days 
in September, previous to the22d, there were on 
the aggregate fifteen thousand one hundred and fiity 
persons carried over the Mich. Central Railroad on 
the regular passenger trains, making an average of 
1,514 persons per day. The largest number car¬ 
ried in one day -was 1,670, the lowest 1,335. 
J^f”Some 1600 acres of land have recently been 
purchased in Iowa, on which a colony of monks 
have settled. Among their peculiar habits may 
be mentioned that they never mingle with the 
world, and when they put on a new suit of clothes, 
that suit is kept on, waking and sleeping, till it 
falls off or becomes unfit for wear. 
C^pThe Tribune of Saturday says that the 
prevailing feeling among moneyed men is one of 
extreme caution, which has been increased since 
the last European news. There is, however, no. 
panic, and it is generally believed that a few weeks 
later advices from the other side will be more 
favorable in all respects. 
rST It is announced that the Rev. Edward 
Beecher, D. D., son of Rev. Lyman Beecher, will 
soon issue a treaties on Theology, entitled “ The 
Conflict of Ages, or the Great Debate on the 
Moral Relations of God and Man.” It maintains 
the pre-existence of man ere he became a denizen 
of this cloudy planet. 
A bridge across the Potomac at the Point 
of Roches, Md., has just been opened to public 
travel. It is 1400 feet in length, and is said to 
be the only one, except that at Harper’s Ferry, 
that has been thrown across the river from the 
city of Washington to Cumberland, a distance of 
two hundred miles. 
young man named Norcross, residing in 
Cadysville, Clinton county, got drunk the other 
day, went home, built a fire, laid down on the 
hearth and went to sleep. The fire communi¬ 
cated to the wood work of the house, and the 
building was consumed with the body of the 
drunkard. 
It appears from a recent return, that the 
Universities in Germany and Switzerland had, in 
1853, 18,181 students, of whom 1,880 were edu¬ 
cating for the Catholic priesthood, 1,756 for the 
Protestant clergy, 6,761 in law and political econ¬ 
omy, 4,183 for medigine and surgery, and 2,744 in 
philosophy. 
GLUT Single women, who were freeholders, vot¬ 
ed m New Jersey as late as the year 1S00. In a 
newspaper of that date is a complimentary edito¬ 
rial to the female voters for unanimously support¬ 
ing John Adams for President, in opposition to 
Mr. Jefferson, who was denounced as wanting in 
religion. 
C3F’At Carnstead, says the Manchester, N. IP, 
Mirror, a child recently born is spotted. One 
half the forehead is black, while the other half is 
white. The face, below the eyebrows, assumes an 
ash yellow ; the shoulders are also marked with 
spots, but all other portions of the skin are white. 
•jT e to s jB i' e b i f i c 3. 
-France has a debt of over one thousand 
millions of dollars. 
-Elections in Pennsylvania and Ohio took 
place on Tuesday. 
-Ten cargoes of guano are on the way from 
Peru to New York. 
-The New York printers have sent $800 to 
their brethren in New Orleans. 
-The Boston eating house keepers have re¬ 
solved to raise prices 20 per cent. 
-Gavazzi will commenced a series of lectures 
at Buffalo on Monday of this week. 
-The tobacco crop in some paits of Vir¬ 
ginia has been injured by the frost. 
-Extremely well executed $5 notes upon 
the Unadilia Bank are in circulation. 
Wreck, and Loss of Life.— A dispatch from 
St. John, N. B., dated Oct. 8, says ;—The steamer 
Fairy Queen was lost last night, between Pictou 
Island and the main. Two passengers, eight of 
the crew, and all the officers saved themselves, 
but left eleven passengers to their fate. Eight of 
the passengers afterwards floated ashore on the 
wreck. Mr. Ely Cameron, one of the passengers 
saved, saw three ladies sink. The captain and 
crew have been arrested, to await the result of an 
investigation. 
Decline of Stocks. —Crystal Palace stock sold 
in New York on Friday at 60, a fall of 5 per cent 
from the previous day, and of 115 per cent from 
the highest point it has attained. New York Cen¬ 
tral Railroad, Stock sold at 107^, a decline of 
3% in twenty-four hours ! Erie railroad closed 
at 78. 
ZW° The Toronto Colonist learns that a dread¬ 
ful accident occurred in the Township of East 
Oxford, C. W., a few days ago. It seems that the 
boilers of Messrs. Vansittart & Cottle’s Steam 
Saw Mill, killing instantly four men who were in 
the mill at the time. 
A young woman named Young, was ar¬ 
rested one day last week, at Ogdensburgh, on a 
charge of attempting to starve a little neice. ’ The 
evidence sustained the charge and the woman was 
held to bail in the sum of one hundred dollars, 
and the child rescued from the fiend. 
The entire sum of money raised by the 
churches of Great Britain for missionary purposes 
is about $1,750,000 ; by those of America, $750,- 
000 —making $2,500,000 ; and yet this sum 
scarcely equals the annual gifts of the Kallee’s 
Temple,, Calcutta. 
KSF* The Evangical Lutheran Church has 20 
Synods connected with the General Synod in this 
country—over 1,200 congregations, 113,000 com¬ 
municants, 8 theological seminaries, and 9 reli¬ 
gious journals—four of them in English and five 
in German. 
jrgT Mrs. Ann Keyes, wife of Patric Keyes, 
Janitor of West College, Schenectady, was run 
over by the cars of the Central Railroad on Tues¬ 
day afternoon, at that place, and so severely injur¬ 
ed that she died in a few hours. She leaves a 
large family. 
jrgp Kostza was arrested for the purpose of be¬ 
ing made to disclose where the Hungarian crown 
jewels werehid. They have since been discovered, 
and it now appeal^ that he was released immedi¬ 
ately after this discovery, and is now on his way 
to America. 
__ Tne Bombay Gazette says it is a fact 
that the entire population of India do not on the 
average spend a sixpence (twelve cents) a head, 
for clothing, annually. 
The N. Y. Times has seen letters from 
friends of John Mitchell and John Martin, who 
disappeared from Van Dieman’s Land, confirm¬ 
ing the reports of their escape, and giviug the de¬ 
tails. They are now on their way to this country 
The Salem Register says:—“Abbott Law¬ 
rence has announced his intention of bestowing 
$50,000 on the Lawrence Scientific School at 
Cambridge, in addition to the same amount given 
by him to that institution some eight years ago.” 
{[^"Benjamin F. Greene, of Buffalo, has been 
nominated by the Whig Judicial Convention for 
Justice of the Supreme Court, long term; and 
Levi F. Bowen, of Niagara county, for the short 
term. The latter is one of the present judges. 
Miss Dix, whose philanthropy in the cause 
of the insane has made her celebrated, is now at 
Nantucket, for the purpose of examining the life 
boats there, and devising means of aiding ships 
wrecked upon those shores. 
E3F - Mr. Lyman Gould, of Le Roy a native of 
Vermont, and aged 65, was killed last week, by J 
being buried under a slide of sand from the banks J 
of a pit, in which he was working. 
-The Adamantines have staited a new pa- 
ser at Utica, called the Oneida Republican. 
-Master Vail, at Vail’s Gate, Orange Co., 
weighs 240 lbs., and is only in his 14th year. 
-Col. Henry P. Jones, of Georgia, the rich¬ 
est planter in the State died on Sunday week. 
-There were 428 deaths in New York last 
week, an increase of 32 on the previous week. 
-A new printing Telegraph to be construct¬ 
ed between Troy and Montreal, via. Saratoga. 
-It is said that the disaster at Norwalk has 
already cost the New Haven Railroad $300,000. 
-Canal Commissioner Mather has sued the 
Albany Atlas and N. Y. Evening Post for libels. 
-Lemons and arrow-root are now cultivat¬ 
ed in South Florida, and sent to southern markets, 
-A conspiracy to destroy the life of Cassius 
M. Clay has been discovered and thwarted in Ky. 
-The only son of Governor Tiffin, of Ohio, 
was killed on the Erie Railroad on Wednesday, 
-Onlj' four suicides and three highway 
robberies in N. Y. city on Saturday and Sunday. 
-The Woman’s Rights Convention at 
Cleveland last week, adjourned amid great con 
fusion. 
-The American notices the death of Gen 
Rogers, a venerable and wealthy citizen of Pal 
myra. 
-Rev. Dr. Dean, of the China Mission, is 
now in this city on a visit to his brother. Dr. H 
W. Dean. 
-The Democrats of the 6th Judicial District 
have nominated Hon. Charles Mason for the Su 
preme Court. 
-The Union Bank, of Kinderhook, com¬ 
menced business on Saturday last with a capital 
of $150,000. 
-Horace Sands, a colored man, shot his 
brother dead in a quarrell, at Springfield, Mass., 
on Friday week. 
-Cholera is reported to be spreading along 
the river at Martinsburg, Va., and the citizens are 
becoming alarmed. 
-The yellow fever was fast abating, at the 
last accounts, at Vicksburg, as well as at Mobile 
and New Orleans. 
-There was a case of genuine cholera in 
Boston, on Saturday week. The disease yielded 
to medical treatment. 
-The barque Water Witch is loading at Pt. 
Hope, Canada, with flour for Liverpool direct 
without trans-shipment. 
-The “Hards” and “Softs” in Steuben Co, 
have eacli nominated a separate ticket, making 
no attempt to harmonize. 
-Several large iron furnaces and rolling 
mills are about to be put in operation at Ports¬ 
mouth, Dauphin county, Pa. 
-Hon. Abbott Lawrence has donated $500 
to aid in the construction of a monument to the 
Pilgrims, on Plymouth rock. 
-Archbishop Hughes has brought an action 
for slander against the proprietors of the Episco¬ 
pal Recorder of Philadelphia. 
-The deaths in Chicago during the mouth 
of September numbered 191—of which 193 were 
children under ten years of age. 
-The Northern Daily News, just started, is 
the only daily paper published in Liverpool, a 
city of over 400,000 inhabitants. 
-Scotch farmers are emigrating to Ireland. 
They are settling in the south and west, on ac¬ 
count of superior soil and low rents. 
-Out of ninety guests at the table d’hote of 
the Vevay Hotel, at Geneva, Switzerland, a few 
days since, seventy were Americans 1 
-Hon. James G. King, of the celebrated 
banking firm of Jas. G. King tb Son, of N. York, 
died on Tuesday week, quite suddenly. 
-Bird, alias Dr. Hunter, the bigamist, has 
been sentenced to ten years imprisonment with 
hard labor in the Trenton penitentiary. 
-Mr. Francis Hovey, of Worcester, took 
from his garden recently, a mammoth cabbage, 
having eighteen distinct and perfect heads. 
-The New York Times speak of the “ Wes¬ 
tern part of Rochester county.” In a London 
paper such a mistake might be expected. 
-Two hundred thousand pounds of wool 
have been purchased at Batavia the past season, 
at an average of forty-nine cents per pound. 
-Miss Louisa Scribner obtained a verdict at 
Ovid last week, of $2,000 damages for a breach 
of promise on the part of her inconstant swain. 
-A. II. Walker, of Fredonia, has been nom¬ 
inated by the Whig Senatorial Convention of the 
32d District, as their candidate for the Senate. 
-The comet has got ahead of the sun, and 
an exchange paper says that it may be seen by 
getting up before sunrise, and looking eastward. 
-At Boston on Monday week, Mrs. D. II. 
Page, while riding in an omnibus had her pocket 
picked of a purse containing $700 in bank bills. 
-A flagman on the Hudson River Railroad, 
named McGovan, committed suicide opposite 
Coxsackie, by throwing himself before the train. 
-Near Cincinnati a gentleman has a six 
acre lot of grape vines, which will yield 1,000 
gallons of grape juice to the acre, worth one dol¬ 
lar a gallon. 
-At Buffalo, on Tuesday week, over 100 
buildings on the Five Points were burnt, includ¬ 
ing many valuable blocks. The wind was blow¬ 
ing a hurricane. 
—- On the 8th of January next, a National 
Convention of soldiers of the war of 1812 is to be 
held at Philadelphia. The object is to “ revive 
the recollections of the war.” ) <! 
-The Crystal Palace, in New York, closes 
the last of December. It is proposed to keep the 
building standing, aud to continue to use it as a 
permanent exhibition of manufactures. 
-The Watertown and Rome Road has all 
the flour crowding upon it which it has the means 
to move. A few days ago, it had 20,000 barrels 
I in its warehouse waiting transportation. 
