MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YO RKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
ROCHESTER, NOVEMBER 29, 1853. 
SPECIAL NOTICES-TO AGENTS, &c. 
ties. The Democrats in Vermont, by the aid of 
the Free Soilers, have elected their Governor; 
which is the first Democratic Chief Magistrate 
they have had in that State “since the time 
whereof the memory of man runneth not to the 
contrary.” 
November. 
November, fitful and uncertain as a spoiled 
sweet-heart, is upon us, and we may expect, dur- 
Arrival of the Northern Light. 
•fTetos % e to s J5 F c b i f i e s. 
2 ^f° A London correspondent of the Philadel- 
Aliss Cunninghame was liberated fror 
The steamship Northern Light from San Juan, or on the eve of striking, may be numbered the 
Nicaragua, for New York, put into Norfolk, Oct, female cloak and mantle makers. They have held 
phia Gazette says that among the ladies striking prison at Florence. \ 
or on the eve of" striking, may be numbered the -The Dardanelles, though fifty miles long, 
25th, for coal and provisions. 
a meeting to express their opposition to the 
American sewing machine : and they call upon 
are only two wide. 
She brings San Frtncisco dates to the 1 st inst., American sewing machine ; and they call upon j re j ^ca-ths in New York 
• There is one suicide for every one Run¬ 
about 700 passengers and one and a half million 
dollars in gold. 
all sempstresses engaged in establishments to aid 
them in opposing it as it is likely to be intro- 
J£jir Inanswer to recent inquiries, we beg to state that ing the month, smiles and teais, fieezing rebuffs 
the next (fifth) volume of the Rural New-Yorker will be and warm embraces, emblematic of the reception 
furnished to Agents and Clubs at the same rates, and on wb ; cb a bashful lover frequently meets at the 
like conditions, as heretofore—that the Premium List for ban( ) g 0 f mistress of his affections — now all 
the year 1854 will be more liberal than any preceding , . . 
...... ... , „ r nr condescending and easy to be entreated, and 
one—and that the paper will be essentially improved, lor o j 
the accomplishment of which latter object, we have re- anon teasing his life out with her follies and 
solved upon a largely increased expenditure. As soon as foibles. But November is the antipodes of the 
our arrangements are completed, a Prospectus, Premium abovc j n ( b j s respect, that while the former is 
List, &c., will be issued. Meantime we trust that foimer f 0 jj owe( j ag an inevitable sequence, by a dreary 
agents, and all other friends disposed to aid in furthering . . 1 . “ 
The general news presents no features of im- duced generally into wholesale houses, the ruin 
portance. The San Francisco markets are dull, of thousands of females must necessarily ensue. 
and prices favorable lo buyers. 
Arrival of tie Steamer Texas. 
Some of the farmers in Livingston have 
-The net amount of money in the Sub- 
Treasury and mint is about $2(5,0(10,000. 
-Hon. John Bell, (Whig) has been elected 
U. S. Senator by the legislature of Tennessee. 
-There are in circulation counterfeit 3’s on 
— worth, President; Daniel H. Fitzhugh, Secretary ; 
The steamship Tevas arrived at New Orleans Allen Ayrault, Treasurer. The stock of the As- 
Oct. 25th from Vera Cruz, bringing California sociation is to be $8,000, with liberty to raise it 
dates of Sept. 30. Ske reports the departure from to $12,000, and the fee for membership is $50. 
Snn TTr'incitcn nf rlip sf.pampr for Ran Jnnn rlnl fnr»rlo of tlm Accomotlo,, v.. . 
formed an “ Association for the Improvement of , — 1 he r e are J n circulation counterieiW’s on 
Stock,” with the following officers-Jas. S .Wads- tlie Ogdensburg Bank. I hey are eas.ly detected. 
worth, President; Daniel H. Fitzhugh, Secretary ; -Hog packing will commence immediately 
Allen Ayrault, Treasurer. The stock of the As- in Cincinnati provided (he weather proves favoia- 
thc circulation of the paper, will prepare for the canvass, 
and see what may be done in their respective localities.— 
Now is the time to survey the field and prepare for action, 
—thus “ making ready” for opening the campaign early 
in November. 
and blighting winter, the latter is usually suc¬ 
ceeded by a long summer of connubial bliss. 
The trees are now nearly stripped of their 
foliage, and the fields are clothed in a coat of 
.' , r, russet brown. The industrious red squirrel is 
£3^ Specimen numbers, Premium List, &c., furnished - .... 
free to all applicants. Any of our readers wishing the gleaning up the scattered nuts for his winter store, 
Rural sent to distant friends who would be likely to in- and the chipmuck, with distended cheeks, is bast- 
troduce it to notice and support, have only to give us the euing out of the corn lot with the results of the 
names, &c., and numbers will be promptly forwarded- foree(] loan } le bas made upon the farmer’s fields. 
We hope the zealous friends of the paper —and their . , . . . , 
1 . . . . Old Dobbin trudges round tlie creaking cider 
name is legion—will bear this offer in mind, and furnish ... . . ... ... b 
us the address of such persons as they think would like “ill with a patient step, philosophising upon the 
the paper, or lend a portion of influence in its behalf. problem of curvilinear motion, and wondering if 
000,000 in gold. 
The semi-monthly shipment of treasure from 
San Francisco, was nearly $3,000,000. 
'The general news by this arrival is of more than 
usual interest. 
Great dissatisfaction was manifested on the re- 
to $12,000, and the fee for membership is $50. -The Atlantic sailed for Liverpool from 
The funds of the Association will be expended in New York the ,9th with 96 passengers and $490,- 
the importation of stock, which is required to be 000 in specie. 
kept in the county for three years. -Cincinnati coal is very scarce, and a num- 
The Abingdon Virginian announces the ber of manufacturing establishments have stop- 
departure from that place, on the 12 th inst., of ped in consequence. 
about forty free persons of color, big. and little, -Lucretia Mott has been lecturing on Sla- 
for Liberia. They were all well equipped for very in Maysville, Ky. She was treated with re- 
their long passage, and went off as cheerful and spectful attention. 
meirv as a flock of black birds. They will sail -The screw steamship City of Manchester 
tiom Noifolk on the oth of November. There from Liverpool, arrived at Philadelphia Oct. 31, 
were several very old men in the company, who w j tb cabin passengers 
go for the sake of their children. ^ _ Dl , W . C. Gault, the oldest physician in 
Jjg 1 " The oldest inhabitant of Norwich, Ct.,— Kentucky, died at his residence near Louisville on 
ceipt of the intelligence that the Cabiuetat Wash- jnci ryas a flock of'black birds. They will sail 
ington was divided uron the question of the Pa- f, ' om Norfo k on tle 5th of November. There 
cific Railroad were severai vei 7 men in the company, who 
The Indians in Nor h California and Southern g° for tbc sakc of their chlldieE - 
Oregon had combined their forces, and threatened The oldest inhabitant of Norwich, Ct,— 
a desperate war against tlie white population. 
The weather in Calfornia was fair, and build- 
thc address of such persons as they think would like “ill with a patient step, philosophising upon the 
2 paper, or lend a portion of influence in its behalf. problem of curvilinear motion, and wondering if 
■ i . ' 1 "_ _— whacks on the ribs from a thoughtless, but not in- 
News of the Week- tentionally cruel boy, who rides on the pole, are 
-;— _ the only results of his continuous circuit The 
Two European Steamers, the Niagara and the a ppj e baiTeb3 j n the orchard, filled and headed 
Erastus Perkins, Esq.,—died in that city on Tues- I Saturday night the 22 d ult. 
day, 18th ult., at the remarkably advanced age'of 
. . - - „ . -The track of the Great Western R. R. is 
ing was progressing m Sac Francisco with great one hundred and one years and eight months.— laid from Detroit for 20 miles in this direction 
activity. The crops throughout the State were The memory of Air. Perkins was very good, even an( j t ] JG , r()e ’ g on bravely, 
in the most flourishing condition, and a large in the last years of his’ife, and reached back in . ‘ , 
yield was confidently anticipated. American history to the times of the French war, t ~ A ^ e ^ le ’ , m< f sunng S!X feet from tip 
Large numbers of cattle have died in crossing terminating with the conquest of Canada by the ° 'P’ wi ! s iec ® n Uy R lot 1 il m , T t ' e to P a tede * 
the Plains. Emigrants via. the Plains have con- British and Colonial forces. g ra P h P ole lu Portsmouth N. LI. 
Arctic, and two California, the Ohio and the 
Northern Light, have arrived since our previous 
ready for tlie market, call up glowing visions of 
the winter fire-side, and the gurgling stream fiom 
tiuued pouring into San Francisco in immense c e -nt -r, i i 
, 1 n„ , ,,, „ ii i j ffSP Air. Spencer, of New Bedford, Air. and 
numbers. Their heallh was generally good, and , i- 1 i at tj cat 
, , b i i J .i , Mrs. Hutchinson, oi Nashua, Airs. Hussey, of Nan- 
but little sickness was (xpenenced along the route. . 1 . nr -T, 1 1 • ’ 
c ,i tt c r* . ci ij tucket, Air. L. Chamberlain, two Misses Cham- 
Capt. A^aidee, ot th( U. S. Coast Survey, had . , •’ ... ni . , , 
. > herlain. Miss (llni-k nnrl Miss Kiinnn linen smln^l 
been murdered bv the Mexicans. 
o , • , ; i Y i i . q from Boston, in the Waverly, for the Sandwich 
Several violent deaths had occurred at San 7 , , nu m J T i , , 
issue; the last two laden with the fruits of peace, t ] le cfogj. press, sounds like the ghostly voice of been murderetTby the Mexicans. ’ berlain, Aliss Clark, and Miss Knapp, have sailed 
and the first bringing mmois of war. The most deputed days, ere total abstinence had banished Several violent deaths had occurred at San j9 m P 0 S rl,? n ’l n ^! l , ^ a\eilj, tor the Sandwich 
important items of news by these steamers, are the foaming mug f rom many a hearth. Francisco. Many robberies are also reported to ^ ^ ^ embai'ked at Boston in'the 
w ndd caUthe reader’.rattmi'uon." ° ^ ^ ° The weather durin g the weck has > fl > r thc “ost Thelntellig^nce from the mining districts con- J>iscatar l ua > Ca P t - Wendell, for Madras. 
part, been very fine. The deep blue of the sky, tinned favorable, and the miners generally were A bloody riot took place about dusk, on 
There have reached us during the week, several t j le bright but waning glory of the autumnal sun doing well. The quartz mines in Grass Yalley the evening of the 24th ult., near Pittsburgh be- 
accounts of terrible calamities, as well as narrow the chi p keen ail . of the nights, the transparency ^ P a A in q better tlan at any previous period, tween a party of railroad laborers-Corkonians 
escapes both b y flood and field. Tho Kxptess of tho atmM pbe r e from wldch the fleoop cloud of S Va^fey" ^ 
tiaiu on tlie Hudson nei 91103 TUU 0 c mist is precipitated in the shape of frost, covering Trade at San Franckcoand throughout Califor- One of them is not expected to live. The mili- 
-John L. O’Sullivan, of Democratic Re¬ 
view and Filibuster notoriety, lias received the 
appointment of Charge to Portugal. 
-A firm of Mechanics in East Boston, have 
berlain, Miss Clark, and Miss Knapp, have sailed , i n n n / 
fvnm Ttncinn tn iko Wavovlar , 1 ’ lately made a $500,000 contract with a firm in 
Francisco. Many robberies are also reported to 
have taken place. 
The intelligence from the mining districts con¬ 
tinued favorable, and tlie miners generally were 
Islands. The Rev. Alessrs. Tracy, Little and Scott, 
with their wives, also embarked at Boston in the 
I’iscataqua, Capt. Wendell, for Madras. 
J^gr A bloody riot took place about dusk, on 
doing well. The quartz mines in Grass Yalley the evening of the 21lh ult., near Pittsburgh be- 
South America, for iron machinery. 
-During the week ending Oct, 18, 50 ves¬ 
sels destined to U. S. Ports, and 14 to British 
Ports passed through the Welland Canal. 
-The Charleston Mercury says the frost of 
Tuesday night (25th) extended throughout the 
were paying better tfau at any previous period, tween a party of railroad laborers—Corkonians 0 1 , ^ , P j / •' • . , ,, ° 
Rich and valuable discoveries have been made on and Connaught men. Two men had their skulls oU 1 aiic iac se ' VCIe y iiijuiet , leciops. . 
Lake Valley. 
broken, and were otherwise severely injured.— 
-Pens are now made of glass possessing all 
the requisite qualities to write with, and made so 
per hour, llie -Lugineer discovered rue s- e d in tlie blood of the Centaur, all indicate the goe s were selling belnw their value, in order to 
placed switch a short distance ahead, and mime- approach of winter. Ceres, and Flora, and Pomo- pay off the freight and incidental charges. In 
diately reversed the engine and leaped off, fol- na are gathering up their robes to depart, and are provisions transaction were exceedingly limited, 
lowed by the fireman. Tlie train was thrown off about to abdicate in favor of a steme r tyrant, who aud the tendency of pices downward. 
in the midst of a lot of freight cars, which weie sway3 (he sceptre with an iron hand ; but thanks . . , r ., Ohio 
standing on the side of the track. T wo locomo- ^ a r j c h and generous soil, a mild aud free gov- - 
tives and four passenger cars were smashed. Loss e] - nm ent, an intelligent and industrious people, The steamer Ohio, from Aspinwall, arrived at 
estimated at $50,000. Many of the passcngcis p 0 a.ee and plenty ■within our borders, and the N^ow ork Oct. 28th, with $928,000 as freight, 
were more or less injured. No lives lost. The smile of a merciful and beneficent Providence, we and $2°0, 0 °0 in the hands of passengers and the 
switch-tender has absconded. can look with complacency upon approaching ddint happened on'lie'"Panama 1 Railroad on' the 
b.hbuniama wa y ^ 8 ™u», auu u ■ Charles Weston, of that city, has such a heavy awub wul “ u,M ' uum fcUD " ‘ 
goes were selling belnw their value, in order to cro of potatoes f t0 m his farm, that two men and - A liew petroleum, or oil spring, has been 
pay off the freight and incidental charges. In three hoys dug seventy bushels in one-half day discovered in Western Virginia, near the forks of 
provisions transactors were exceedingly limited, ]agt wee £ a - be variety is said to be entirely free «ie Hughes river. It was found in sinking a well 
tho fonHonnv nf rn’ipoc t nromuan » . . J _ ^ 
Arrival of the Ohio. 
from indications of malady, and is called by the ^ or Sldt ' 
name of “ Princeton Jenny Lind.” - 
nessed ? 
2 ^” Douglass & Jackson’s extensive flouring an( j can 
The steamer 
New York Oct 
:camer Ohio, from Aspinwall, arrived at at Lockport, were destroyed by fire on (he Irish famine. 
■k Oct. 28th, with $928,000 as freight, mghtof the 27th ult., together with the stock of _ The Britis 
-The Albany Journal says it has not wit¬ 
nessed so much activity as now prevails in river 
and canal commerce since 1847, the year of the 
switch-tender has absconded. can j ook complacency upon approaching 
The steamer Ohio brings accounts of an acci- tempests, and pull old Winter by his hoary beard- 
dent on the Panama Railroad, by which a loco- --- 
motive was thrown off a bridge into a ravine, and A Line of Steamers, consisting of the Sarah 
with it four cars crowded with passengers. Two Sands, Lady Eglinton and Cleopatra, are to make 
were instantly killed, aud ten or twelve more or monthly trips between Portland, Me., and Liver¬ 
less injured. Some of the wounded are seriously pool during the winter. The Cunard steamers 
injured, of whom one will probably die. There will also call at Portland when any considerable 
were about six hundred passengers on this train, quantity of freight is offered for that port. Eos- 
and it is a matter of congratulation and thankful- ton must look to her Canadian commerce or her 
ness that no mere were killed. There was an un- Down East sister will steal the march on her un- 
New York Oct. 28th, with $928,U0U as freight, ™ w.m we block ca - Tbe British cruisers have taken ninety 
and $ 200,000 in the hands oi passengers and the flou ( I„ la md ; -U'elfss on stock is estimated barrelg of macbere l from the fishing schooner 
mails. She left Aspinwall on the 18th. An ac- Jinkin'i th< ( T ’ S State( |- Lookout,, on account of alleged fishing within 
cident happened on tie Panama Railroad on the $20,000, but is not known wliat amount of f reatv limits 
1 st, while the trains vhicli contained the passen- durance there is on the stock. ' _ A . T Stewart, Esq., (of the Marble Build- 
gers and mails by the Illinois was passing over it. ^ Rev. AY. G T Shedd Professor of Sacred ing§ corner of Chamber and Broad way, New York,) 
1 he locomotive carte in collision with a bull Rhetoric in the Theological Seminary at Auburn, bag bonght tbe Metropolitan Hotel; the price paid 
while crossing the bridge near Tabermha, and N. Y., lias been called to fill the department of waa ^550 000 
was thrown off the track, and pitched the cars in- Ecclesiastical History and Pastoral Theology, in * ' ,, , . . ,. , 
to the ravine, fifteen feet. The locomotivs and Ssminarv at Andover Mass LTp Ttrili flnioi- -- 1 he Paris telegraph being entiiely con- 
cident happened on tie Panama Railroad on the $20,000, but it is not known wliat amount of 
1 st, while the trains lyliicli contained the paasen- bisurance there is on the stock. 
gers and mails by the Illinois was passing over it. Rev. AA r . G. T. Shedd, Professor of Sacred 
gers and mails by the Illinois was passing over it. ^ Rev. AY. G T Shedd Professor of Sacred in „ corner of Chamber and Broad way, New York,) 
1 he locomotive carte m collision with a bull Rhetoric in the Theological Seminary at Auburn, ba |’ bon „ ht tbe Metropolitan Hotel; the price paid 
while crossing the bridge near Tabermha, and N. Y., has been called to fill the department of was i!<550 000 
was thrown off the track, aud pitched the cars in- Ecclesiastical History and Pastoral Theology, in * ‘ „ * . , . , . . .. . 
to the ravine, fifteen feet. The locomotivs and the Seminary at Andover, Mass. He wilf enter , ATT 1 he Hmis telegraph being entiiely con- 
five cars were smashed, and the bridge complete- upon bis new sphere of labor during the next £ roll j d h Z tb ? 1 jench goveinment, is, says the 
ly destroyed. term. 8 London AVeekly News, to l e regarded with con- 
were about six hundred passengers on this train, quantity of freight is offered for that port. Eos- -p> . c , . f The II. S. ship Powhatan reached Borneo 
and it is a matter of congratulation and thankful- ton must look to her Canadian commerce or her seen __ oun er ei s ‘ on the ninth of July last, and on the 10th Captain 
ness that no mere were killed. There was an un- Down East sister will steal the march on her un- Thompson’s Bank Note Reporter for November, b j 3 Capitol where 11 tlnT following 1 day "they'ex' 
usual proportion of ladies and children, not one of awares. The Grank Trunk railway having leased gives the following list of Counterfeits recently changed the' ratifications of a treaty made between 
whom was injured. This road has now been for the term of 999 years, the Atlantic aud St, issued. Look out for them : the Sultan and the U. States a year or two ago. 
running near two years, and this is the first acci- Lawrence road terminating at Portland, will strain 
dent that has happened on it. The loss to the every nerve to make that city the chief port of 
Company, in locomotive and cars, will probably entry for Canadian trade. 
beat least $10,000. The accident was occasioned-—-- 
by tbe locomotive running over an ox which was Read the advertisements in this number. Air. 
upon the track at a sharp curve in the road, pre- Peter’s sale of Spanish Merinos, and the cards 
venting the engineer from seeing him until it was Mr. Brainard, should be noted by wool grow- 
impossible to stop the train. ers. The farm offered for sale by Air. Lang- 
A destructive fire occurred on tbe 30tli ult. in W0RTny skoldd 11 °f ke overlooked by those de- 
New Y r ork in Fowler’s Block, corner of Nassau sirous of purchasing. It a most valuable property, 
aud Fulton streets, destroying several buildings ^ kere are other advertisements worthy of notice, 
and property to the amount of $250,000 ; and ~ n j 
what is still more lamentable, at least two fire- X0V ' to j, ^ ( 1 0 a b> °t 01 more fell in 
men lost their lives. The disaster was occasioned ie V1C1U1 D ° oopeistow n, Otsego County, on 
by the falling of the upper floors of the building, 1 a “.\ e ~ k ^‘ l lbe weather lemained 
hnrvimr the firemen in the ruins. cold ’ sle, gb R ^'ould have been brought into gener- 
10s on the Rome Exchange Bank, N. Y., alter- The Central Railroad Company are press¬ 
ed from Is—vig. a train ot ears—ten on the upper j ng forward their improvements with unceasing 
right corner, and a male and female, sheaf of grain, vigor. There will soon be a double track the 
Ac., under it—ten on the lower left corner, and entire distance to Buffalo. Proposals are to be 
an N on upper left corner. received in e few days for preparing the line be¬ 
ing forward their improvements with unceasing 0 f theTJnited States, 
vigor. There will soon be a double track the mi ; , „ 
London Weekly News, to l.e regarded with con¬ 
siderable distrust. 
-Two highway robberies were perpetrated 
in Boston last week, one on the Common and tbe 
other on the Western Avenue. Yankeedom is 
declining in morality. 
-There are now surviving about fourteen 
hundred revolutionary pensioners, all of whom 
are regularly drawing their pay from the Treasury 
-The residence of the late J. Ferimore 
Cooper, at Cooperstown, recently converted into 
an X on upper left corner. received in a few days for preparing the line be- U ?Ti T ’ : TY 
3s on the Ogdensburgh Bank, N. Y.,—vig. a fig. tween Syracuse and Rochester for a second rail. a hotel, was fired by an incendiary, and consumed 
3 —an eagle between the signatures—engraving . ... on the night of the 21 st inst. 
very coarse. mechanic named Alonzo Fenn, attempt- _The Directors of the Crystal Palace have 
3s on the National Bank, Providence, R. I.—An ad bis wife, and poison himself and an resolved to keep the Exhibition open through tbe 
eagle on the upper left corner ; rail cars in the infant child, at Louisville, Ky. I he ball missed winter, instead of closing it in December, as they 
distance—large figure 3, with the head of Wash- the wife, the child would not swallow the poison, bad previously contemplated, 
ington near the centre of tbe note—a female on and , 111 an was leheved of ms potion by a _The Steam Fire Engine in Cincinnati has 
Cl me man was nuneven 01 ms. pouon Dy a _ Tbe steam Fire Engine in Cincinnati has 
the lower right corner—unlike genuine. stomach pump, and then lodged in jail. been po svlccess f u l that it is proposed to increase 
3s on the Alystic Bank, Conn., counterfeit—on jpg'” A private letter from London informs us their number, so as to suspend entirely the old 
the right upper corner is the figure of a while man that the well-known Temperance lecturer, John mode of putting out fires. 
and Indian, with sexta.nt and globe, and a spiead B. Cough, had been unable to fulfill his engage- _ A government gold escort was recently at- 
eagle on it—on the left end a female seated—at ments in that city, because of indisposition.' He tacked by a band of^robbers, in Australia and 
the bottom, between the signatures, is a female iu had been excellently received by large audiences robbed of $50,000. Several Jives were lost on 
a sitting posture—well calculated to deceive. wherever he had been. both sides in tbe encounter. 
os on the lank of a ertown, A . A ., altered jpgrA federal union of the British North Amer- - The Boston. Concord and Alontreal Rail- 
burying the firemen in the ruins. , ’ " UUJU “ ttVC 11HO £ euei " 
al requisition. 
One of the most heart-rending shipwrecks-- 
which it has been our lot to record, happened on The Juries to award premiums to tbe Exhi- 
the night of the 28th of September, on one of the bitors at the Crystal Palace, are about being or- 
Hebrides, a group of islands near the coast of ganized. There are to be three classes of prizes, 
Scotland. The Annie Jane, the vessel which was Silver medals, Bronze medals and “honorable 
wrecked, sailed from Liverpool for Quebec and mei Y 10U - 
Alontreal, on the 9th of Sept., with some 450 em- - 
igrants, most of them Irish families. It is pre- J] ()f IC&S 
sumed that she had made some progress across w £/ v * 
the Atlantic, when she encountored the late fear- ‘ ' 
, , ,, . , , Mysteries of Bee-Kreping Explained. Boincr a com- 
ful south-western gales, which disabled her and jfieie analysis of the whole subject—consisting ot the 
rendered her unmanageable, and in that hopeless Natural History of Bees, directions for obtaining the 
, , . , , ii,,, greatest amount of surplus Honey, with the least possi- 
condition sue was driven back and dashed on tlie ble expense; remedies for losses given, and the science 
terrible coast of Barra, one of tbe Hebrides. No “ luck,” fully illustrated. The result of twenty 
years experience ill extensive apiaries. By M. Quixnv, 
fewer than three hundred andforty-eight passengers Practical Bee-keeper. New York : C. M. Saxton— 1853. 
—men, women, and children—met with a watery The general design of this work is well indi- 
A government gold escort was recently nt- 
5s on the Bank of Watertown, N. Y., altered 
from Is, are in circulation. 
10s on the Bank of the Union, N. Y. city—vig. 
both sides in the encounter. 
-The Boston, Concord and Alontreal Rad¬ 
ical! Colonies is contemplated ; and measures for road having declined to carry the mails at the 
The Juries to award premiums to the Exlii- j'° n i„ e a JJ* '° 1 efr-i wTstrines *“ Atwa^fr corn P letin " tl,e 11111011 are to be submitted to tbe present rate of compensation, the postmaster at 
ors at the Crystal Palace, are about beini? or- , Kmmes n t e I t tw st j es, Atwater fieve ral Colonies at no very distant day. Quebec Concord forwards them by horses. 
Patent,” on the right. 
10s and 50s on the Rock Island Bank, Ill., al¬ 
tered from smaller denominations—this bank has 
no larger notes than 5s. 
will probably be proposed as the seat of the gen¬ 
eral government. 
-Of 7701 emigrant passengers who arrived 
at New York from the 9th of September to the 
23IT The Canal Commissioners on the 20tli ult. 21st inst., 359 have died. With few exceptions 
Mysteries of Bee-Kf.efing Explained. Being a com- 
i larger nures uinii js. ... . . . . , ■■ 
10s on the Citizens’ Bank, Worcester, Alass., awaided the contiacts foi diaining the Cayuga they were the victims of cholera. 
altered from Citizens’ Bank, D. C.—vig. a female 
resting one arm on an X—an Indian on the right 
end—ten on the left end—a steamship between 
the signatures. 
20s on the Farmers’ Mechancis’ Bank, Ilart- 
marshes The prices which the work is contract- _ The New Orleans Bulletin says that the 
ed for will bring the whole cost of completing that ts of raw cotto „ from that port direct to 
V ™L°L he lmpr0Vement below the En g ,neer 8 Russia alone, has increased over one hundred and 
fifty per cent within the last year. 
-Mark W. Foye, driver of the mail stage 
'John Green, for forty-nine years a resi- 
for n oSng rte ford Conn altered from 2s-vig. State arms- dent of Morrisville, Madison county, was found between Ncwbu'ryport and Lawrence, lias ‘been 
greatest amount of surplus Honey, with the least possi- female on left end—eagle on right end. dead in the meadow ot a neighboi last Alonday sentenced to 2^ years in the Newbury port jail 
ble expense; remedies for losses given, and the science 
of ‘‘luck,” fully illustrated. The result of twenty 
years experience in extensive apiaries. By M. Quinby, 
Practical Bee-keeper. New York: C. M. Saxton —1853. 
The general design of this work is well indi- anceverydaik—the genuine is quite light. 
grave. A long account of the disaster is given in cated by the title. From a cursory glance through 
the English papers brought by the Niagara, but its pages, we think it a valuable addition to our 
tbe details are too heart-rending to be dwelt upon. Bee literature. It is written in a popular style 
Husbands and wives, parents and children, the and in the right progressive spirit. The author is 
aged and the young, were overwhelmed in the evidently impressed with the conviction that 
common calamity, aud perished in each others great improvements are to be effected in the man- 
presence. Out of the 450 passengers, the wretch- agement of bees, and is determined to do wbat 
ed and heart-broken remnant left alive numbered hecan to bring about the good time coming, when 
one hundred and two, many of them being the bee-keeping shall be reduced to a science and 
tories of all kinds shall burn their smoke. 
5s on the Citizens’ Hank, I ulton, N. A., altered smoke j s declared a nuisance which ought to be 
from Citizens Bank, D. 0. ulvited rihI omoke ii condemned to be Vmi'nf 1 110 1 1 J, , . 
10s on the Cumberland Bank, R. I.—vig. eagle, ' ' ment of a gentleman to sell las property, a por- 
ship, Ac.—ten on right end—medallion head on Tl ie Secretary of the Washington National tion of which was slaves, because he wants to 
left end_not like genuine. Monument has issued a circular, calling on the spend tlie balance of his days as a missionary I 
10s on the Deep River Bank. Conn.,—vig. head electors of the Union to take up collections at the -The steamship Canada, sailed from Bos- 
of a wild boar; X each side of vig. man, Indian, several polls of tbe fall elections, for the comple- ton Oct. 2Gth, with 57 passengers for Liverpool 
eagle, Ac., on right end—a deer between the sig- f lon the Alonument. nn( | 14 for Halifax. The Canada took out $280,- 
natures—not like genuine. _ The Baltimore and Ohio railroad company 0 . 00 , mostly in American gold coin and ingots. 
5s on the Fall River Bapk, Alass. vig. black- ba s just closed a contract for the purchase of tliir--A letter from Cuba announces the failure 
smith at work ; shop on lelt and rail carson right ty more mammoth coal burning locomotives— of the brothers Diego, for the sum of $l,i00,000. 
of vig.—female portrait on each end. making the whole power of the company nearly They offer to pay their creditors at the rate of 
10s on the Bank of Litchfield County, Conn., 2 00 efficient engines. $150,000 per annum, with interest at six percent. 
altered from Is signed A. McAlister, Cash.—the Mr. Wait Lowery, an aged citizen of Trov, -A returned Californian is exhibiting a six- 
bank has none larger than 3s. signed by him. seating himself in the study of tbe Rev. D. pound lump of gold, worth $1,200, at Portland, 
3s on the City Bank, New Haven, Conn.,—vig Ha]] iu tbat c ; ty) satl k back in bis chair and Me. The finder of it was murdered by a man, 
cattle, train of catsi, Ac., 1 laukhn on fowei left . ^ Hig suddeu death is attributed to a dis- who hoped by jhat means to obtain possession 
corner-female feeding an eagle on the right end of the heart _ of it . 1 
UO 1 'e genuine. __ j uul. 1 ___ .1 i_ mi.n TTmHqP Stntps Government is now en- 
-A little girl of five years, tlie daughter of 
J. H. Webber of Cambridge, was burnt to death, 
in consequence of her clothes taking fire from 
matches with which she was amusing herself. 
_The Richmond Enquirer has an advertise¬ 
ment of a gentleman to sell his property, a por- 
sole survivors of whole families. 
honey be as plentiful as Canada thistles. 
The aspect of the political sky is cloudy and - 
threatening. The quarrel in the Democratic Magazines for Novf.mber. 
ranks in this State, is irreconcilable, and there Graham's Magazine for the month is received, 
are also local splits on some of the Whig tickets, and 1S ^ 01 sade b y Dewey. It is a capital number- 
although the hope and the expectation of carrying The Knickerbocker, as usual excellent and ori- 
the State if they hang together, make them much ginai in its contents, is for sale by McMahon A 
more harmonious than their ancient political en- Co. 
emics. “ We shall see what we shall see.” The Putnam's Magazine is received from the pub- 
altered from Is, signed A. AlcAlister, Cash.—tbe 
bank bas none larger than 3s, signed by him. 
3s on the City Bank, New Haven, Conn.,—vig. 
cattle, train of cars, Ac.,—F'rauklin on lower left 
friends of the Canal Enlargement generally favor lisLers. It contains 120 pages of matter, original 
the Whig side of the house, and the impression and selected, among which are a review of Dick- 
among disinterested lookers on (if there are any ens’ Bleak House, aud another of those spicy 
such) is that they will carry the State this fall.— satires upon New York fashions and follies—en- 
Most of the other States which have held their titled “A letter from Aliss Caroline Pettitoes 
elections, have gone Democratic by large majori- to Mrs. Settum Downe,” and dated at Paris. 1 
- t lk nuirie ea8e of tbe b^- of it. 
b ‘ -- Two bright-eyed little boys, one aged two -The United States Government is now en- 
Botd Robbery— On Thursday evening 27th and the other about five years, sons of a Mr. Her- gaged in building Custom Houses at New Oi loans, 
ult., about 7 o’clock, Mr. MunsonVallett of this ton of Boston died a few days since from eating Mobile^ Charleston. ' "j 
city, while on his way from Irondequoit to tbe cand y wlllcl1 bad been colored with some poison- burg, Richmond, Norfolk, \\ llmin^ton, I el., and 
city, while ou his way from Irondequoit to the candy which h 
residence of Mr. Rowell, on Stone st., was attack- ous substance. 
ed by two men near tbe corner of Main and Stone „ ,v„v, .^ v.. - —, , - . , - , . 
sts., knocked down and robbed of about $60. He vian government had offered Capt. McCorren England, tbe army worm having (estroyed them 
i“ A letter from Valparaiso, says tho Pern- 
Bath, Me. 
_Apples are very scarce lliroughout’New 
was found in this condition a short time after¬ 
wards, and was taken to Mr. Rowell’s, where aid 
was rendered him. Mr. AI. is nearly 60 years old. | had refused. 
$ 20,000 as his compensation for the outrage com- in the early part of the season. I hey are 1 bought 
mitted on him at the Chincha Islands, which ho up here for 50 cents a bushel tor export tp New 
England. 
