MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YO RKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
6oH’6spoi)t)ci)ee. 
Our Albany Correspondence. 
that this business which lias contributed so much 
to the wealth of New England, which has given 
employment to large numbers of her people, and 
added greatly to their reputation for enterprise, 
Ifetos Ifetos JUebilies. 
!HW*The Rev. Dr. Griswold, of New York, was -Sheridan Knowles is lecturing in Scotland 
ROCHESTER, NOYEMBER 12, 1853. in other portions of the Empire State, only a little 
-.. ■■ ■■■■■■ more so. Every printing office has been occupied 
SPECIAL NOTICES.— TO AGENTS, &c. in preparing tickets for the sovereign people to 
. . . . . . , ...... deposite in the ballot boxes to-morrow. One 
J f7 In answer to recent inquiries, we beg to state that 
the next (fifth) volume of the Rural New-Yorker will be wm,ld suppose that there were enough parties and 
furnished to Agents and Clubs at the same rates, and on divisions of parties, without spliting anymore, 
like conditions, as heretofore—that the Premium List for But it seems as if the work is to be carried out to 
the year 1854 will be more liberal than any preceding tlie ] etteri and the election become a personal 
_oivl ll.nt flvn wo.™- .. HI ...ni.liulli' Jry.vwv, 
one—and that the paper will be essentially improved, for 
the accomplishment of which latter object, we have re¬ 
solved upon a largely increased expenditure. As soon as 
our arrangements are completed, a Prospectus, Premium pass them off as “simon pure” Whig, Hard, or 
List, &c., will be issued. Meantime we trust that former Soft, as tbe first name indicates. Another does 
agents, and all other friends disposed to aid in furthering the same> SQ that a Philadelphia lawyer would 
the circulation of the paper, will prepare for the canvass, J 
, , . , . . , .... „ find it difficult to say winch is genuine. 
and see what may be done m their respective localities.— J b 
Now is the time to survey the field and prepare for action, The lemperance men have been among the 
—thus “ making ready” for opening the campaign early, most active. Having only a few separate nomi- 
f£W° Specimen numbers, Premium List, &c., furnished nations, they have concentrated their strength on 
free to all applicants. Any of our readers wishing the t h e m, and will be quite likely to elect some of 
Rural sent to distant friends who would be likelv to in- ,, ■ r , ,, . . , ' , 
. , , ... , . . .. them it not all. I hen tickets and pasters are al- 
troduce it to notice and support, have only to give us the _ * 
names, &c., and numbers will be promptly forwarded.— most beyond number. Having men of all parties 
We hope tlio zealous friends of the paper — and their in their ranks, and the ballots thus diffused among 
name is legion—will bear this offer in mind, and furnish all sections, they must tell largely oil tbe result, 
us the address Of such persons as they think would like They have held a series of meetings throughout 
the paper, or lend a portion of influence in its behalf. the ‘ Senlltorial distr j ct> and to-night they assem- 
News of the Week. “ blc ^ ~ at lbe Cit y H#1L M&n ? of * the clei " 
_ gyraen have taken a prominent stand on this 
There is no very exciting news this week out fi ues<don > and have pleached on tlie subject to 
of the sea of politics, aud even in that the tide is tbe ’’ C0n g ie ? nt ' 0,is - 
now upon the ebb. The elections came off on As tbe t ' me * s s0 Eeai band ’ d * s useless to 
Tuesday, a foul aud tempestuous day with us, s» indu] ^ e in speculations on the probable result.- 
far as the weather was concerned. Adamantines, theie is one featuie that is very unpleasant 
Softs, Silver Gravs, Woollv heads, and cold-water to consider. I lefei to the corrupt practices of 
Albany, Nov. 7,1853. first grew iuto a permanent existence on this side severely burned by a gas explosion, a few days as a dissenting preacher. 
The past two weeks have been, in Albany, in* of tbe Atlantic. Like almost every other occu- ban elieis had been attached to the pipes, A silver mine, it is said, has been discov- 
„ , . . , . . t . ’ . , i .. . , and the gas turned on. Towards night, it was ered in Stanley Co., North Carolina, 
a political point of view, just what they have been pation in which large numbers of the people are evident that gas was escaping from some of the _Brnzn-i T - 
in other portions of the Empire Slate, only a little engaged, its beginning was small, and its progress, burners, and, accompanied by a child about twelve a rnillion'dollars worth’oFwodii annU3 ^ ^ neav v 
more so. Every printing office has been occupied gradual. The whaling business was carried on to years ot age. Dr. G. proceeded with a candle from . 
• . . _ j, , . . , . room to room to wlipthpr ilip q-qq ttqo ^lolling mills ot J ittsoiiTg Lryg ffono 
m preparing tickets lor tbe sovereign people to a very limited extent for several years previous to Jn aU ^ tu ’ r n ed off . 0n op e niacr the door^f a into operation with full sets of hands 
deposite in the ballot boxes to-morrow. One 1690, but in that year one Ichabod Padduck came small apartment in the third story, a tremendous C. P. Salisbury, an old typo and latterly a 
would suppose that there were enough parties and from Cape Cod “to instruct tbe islanders in tbe explosion occurred instantly, destroying two or a play actor, has just fell heir to $8,000. 
divisions of parties, without spliting anymore, best method of killing whales and extracting their three windows, breaking a partition, and consum- -Ten miles of the Erie and New York City 
But it seems as if the work is to be carried out to oil.” j n § cm tains and other furniture iu that part of the Railroad West of Jamestown, was let Oct. 22d 
the letter, and the election become a personal But as New Bedford has arisen and explored ei d prni-,i Jbate and neck veie con * - A company of Flying Artillery has been 
matter. One man will have a full set of ballots the ocean from pole to pole for its living treasures, from his efforts to save the child, whose body was or " aE,zed at E d ca. E ’ A ’ Butiick commandant, 
struck off with bis name on all, hoping thereby to Nantucket has been declining. At present she for a moment wrapped in fire. , , ar ge deposite of white ash coal has been 
|iass them off as “simon pure” Whig, Hard, or has between fifty and sixty vessels engaged in {ggpThe Boston Mail of a late date says:_ deep. 
Soft, as tbe first name indicates. Another does whiding, while formerly she had nearly twice that One day during tbe past week, a dry goods store -There is but one guide board in tbe whole 
he same, so that a Philadelphia lawver would number. In 1840 Nantucket contained a popu- ' n Washington street, kept by a “nice young State of Rhode Island, aud that points the wrong 
ind it difficult to say which is genuine. latiou of 9.012 ; in 1850 it had decreased to 8,452. do / n ? a P™ fitalde business, was closed and way. 
mi m , , • rm . , „ . . the door festooned with crape, as in cases of “death _The Pacific Rail Road Cn l,w P 
The Temperance men have been among the The town is built mostly of wood and wears a j n family” The store rpmsimvl in this e , ,, . /, c . au ac r°- . e purchased 
. .. tt • 1 r , • 1 , • , J T . . e lauiny, rue sioie lemaiued m ttns con- four blocks in the city ot St. Louis at a cost of 
nost active. Having ODly a tew separate norm- somewhat ancient appearance. Its streets, with dition so long as to excite suspicion, when some §120 000 
lutions, they have concentrated their strength on the exception of one or two main ones, are nar- °f the creditors of its proprietor assembled to _yj,. s j Russell T iwell wife f <1 
hem, and will be quite likely to elect some of row and irregular. Huge windmills, in various fo^ihe^goods alf minus 38 Active 1 searclZbein^ P ° et ’ dicd at Cambrit] S e ou Thursday, Oct. 2 1°. 
hem if not all. Then tickets and pasters are al- parts of the town, extend their arms against the made; a po ,. tiori 0 f the goods were found in Black? aged 32 \ 
nost beyond number. Having men of all parties sky, reminding one of the olden times. The edu- stone street, which Sheriff Bailey attached. The -. ddie ca f a l°? t, e of Oberlin presents a grand 
n their ranks, and the ballots thus diffused among cational advantages of the place are, however, proprieior is non est inventus. , f-m-V's ^ students > yv/j • males, and 588 
11 sections, they must tell largely on the result, said to be good. Besides excellent schools, there There is a deficiency in tbe wheif emr, nf t , - , 
-Tbe catalogue of Oberlin presents a grand 
total of 1,305 students, viz : 717 males, and 588 
females. 
of the sea of politics, aud even in that the tide is 
now upon the ebb. Tbe elections came off on 
Tuesday, a foul aud tempestuous day with us, sp 
far as the weather was concerned. Adamantines, 
Softs, Silver Grays, Woolly heads, and cold-water 
, y , , jp^ inere is a denciency in the wneat crop of -Mr. Choate announces his apprehension 
are several reaiding rooms well furnished with the Great Britain, amounting to nearly 4,000,000 that he will not, hereafter, be able to address laree 
different publications of the day. The island was quarters. It is calculated that she will have to audiences. 
once covered with timber, but I have looked iu import during the coming year, 9,600,000 quarters, j udv a s ] ave d ; ed j n gradlev countv 
vain to see a tree not planted by the hand of man. Statcs for 5 . 00 0,000 quarters, or 40.000 000 bush- ^ ° b ’ Ca, f ollDa ’ 0,1 tb e li>th ult., aged one hun- 
None are to be seen except some small shrubbery els. The surplus wheat of Upper Canada this d rea aDd ten Y eara - 
and fruit trees scattered about the dwellings. The year, is estimated in late papers at 4,000 000 Two thousand two hundred and three pas- 
greater part of the island is wholly destitute of bushels. Suppose the Canadas to furnish 6,000,- Coi,t last month lor Liveipool, on 
dwellin' houses as well as fences the -round re- H 00 - bushels : ,here is left to the Udittd States as tbelr wa ^ to Araenca - 
awelniij, houses, as well as tences, the ground re their stare; 34^00,000. -Advices from Port an Prince to Oct. 17th 
IT*T “ w b “" T «r A fmm L. „r n, ( 9,, .... .*• “ !»«*«•»“ » 
men, all had their favorite tickets in the field, and P oliticiaus - During the last session of the Legis- 
bands of music were tooting through our streets, lature ’ evei 7 P a P er in the cit Y J oinecl iu donounc- 
and whiskey offered by tbe dram by some parties in * thfe pvactice of P urchasiu g votes - now 
as arguments to intelligent and virtuous electors. 
Any citizen who would be influenced in voting 
by either, unless against the parties offering them, 
they are, at least tacitly, consenting to be parties 
in the transaction. The election to-morrow will 
be one of the most corrupt ones ever witnessed 
is unfit to exercise the elective franchise. As our ®^ a ^ e > and that too just on the heel of an 
this paper goes to press ou Wednesday morning impeachment trial, in which the corrupt conduct 
we are unable to give any figures relative Ip tbe a Public officer was at issue. Money and rum 
result of tbe Election,— though the reports re- wid flow like water, and hundreds in this Capital 
ceived indicate the success of the Whig State i-b e most prosperous and wealthy State, will 
Ticket. In this City and County the Whig can- baitei away theii elective franchise just as freely 
didates are elected. as *bey would sell a peck of potataes or a yard of 
m, . tape. Shame on such men ! Men! did I sav ’ 
The foreign question does not vary much from ‘ , _ , . , - •> • 
i . f A1 ,, , 1 < 1 1 , No! 1 mean beasts in human shape! No one 
last accounts. Although war has been declared . . , „ , , , < uc 
, rrr -i , , n T 1 . with a spark of manhood about him would thus 
by Turkey, no overt acts of hostility bad as yet , ... us 
•' ** • j dporanfi himsp r 
occurred at tbe last accounts received by the . . * 
. r - m i . 1 1 he lectures betore the Young Men’s Associa- 
steamer Africa. The belligerents, however, are , , _ _ ° 
, . ,, . , , ,. . , tion have commenced. Dr. Bethune, of Brook- 
still mustering their forces, aud a peaceful adiust- , . , 
ment, is now almost bevond the chances of a nos- °P ened the C0UrSe last Wedl,esda y evening. 
dwelling houses, as well as fences, tbe ground re- 7. • i q, nnn non eU L ° CUe ulJlcea swtcs 05 aa • T i> * n- in 
. . ° , , their share, 34,000,000. -Advices from Port au Prince to Oct. 17th 
maimng unsubdued, having never been disturbed state that the yellow fever is prevailing to a great 
by the plow. Formerly seven or eight thousand c '°m mme o ct. 2d, states that extent at that place. 
/ 1 , . i .1- . on the previous day the Reading Committee of .. T i t> n rm ■ , ^ 
sheep roamed at large on this great common; the Holy Inquisition sat in judgment upon vari- — Jolin Bell, of Tenn., received ten Dcmo- 
but within a few years they have been removed ous works, and condemned “ Uncle Tom’s Cabin” cradc y o ,es > wffich secured his election to the 
from the island, so that now there are onlv two asa damnable and pernicious work. The Italian Duited Status Senate. 
or three herds of cattle feeding upon it, attended ™ S ' 0U “ condemned is designated in the sen- — Tbe .Albany Journal wishes to know 
, , , ,, , • i ,, ,i ■ tence, “II tuguno dello-Zio Tom, Romanzo whether taking off the heads of Canal officers wffl 
by herdsmen. > hortlebernes and blackbeines Americano di Miss Enrichetta Beecher-Stowe.” make them “ Short Boys !” 
abound. Much of the island is nearly level, some i , ni T - ,, _ TIia Gi»qf WmIb™ Piilmnd fm™ 
- ’ B^The work on the Allegany Yalley Railroad , “ 1 . De western Kaiffoad tiom Niagara 
parts of it considerably rolling, and a small part between Pittsburgh and Kittanning, is beiu- pros- to Detroit, through Canada, is to be completed 
of it hilly. The soil is sandy and with good far- ecuted with great activity. The hopeful ones an- and &° ’ nto 0 P ei ' at >on next month, 
ming can be rendered quite fertile. The land ticipate that the cars will be running between —;—The vote in the city and county of St. 
under cultivation, when manured by the wash of Bittsbuigh and Kittanningin July, 1854. Forty- Louis for a subscription to the Pacific Railway 
,, , . , ,, ii r> ^ • i- i five miles more above the latter place was let re- was—for it, 3,3;>9 ; against it, 760. 
the sea, produces to era . y we . Peat is found cent ]y, leaving but forty miles of the northern -Of the seven $100 premiums awarded at 
in the swamps or marshy ground, and is used by portion of the road to be put under contract. tbe Springfield Horse Exhibition, Vermont took 
many of the inhabitants for fuel. _ The Worcester Transcript, says a boy of dy e aud “ the rest of mankind” only two. 
The principal place of attraction, on tbe island, 15, having been turned out of a mill at East -Austria has increased her indebtedness 
during the summor season, is Siasconset, a small Brookfield a few days since, procured a bottle of siuce 1845 something like $170,000,000, mainly 
village situated on the eastern shore. Itstandsup- cherry rum, and in company with another boy, in suppressing liberty in Hungary and Italy, 
on ground elevated about sixty or seventy feet 1D t° the woods and drank nearly i he whole —- The American steamer Bay State is re- 
i j , o1 lt - One ot the boyssucceeded in getting home, ported to be ashore near Ogdensburgh. We have 
above the level of the sea, and commands an ex- but the other when found was insensible, and died no particulars, but presume she is not much dam- 
viftw nf tli/i nppnn nn flip ennlli r»n nt. ID n’plnpV flux novf rloxr .. 1 
meut is now almost beyond the chances of a pos¬ 
sibility. 
Y r oluminous despatches have been received at 
Washington from the Japan squadron, and the 
Tribune publishes, from Bayard Taylor, who ac¬ 
companies the expedition, a long and interesting 
account of the reception of the squadron by tbe 
Japanese authorities. They tried all their arts of 
Some of the most able men in the country are to 
follow him. I may sketch some of general inter¬ 
est aud instruction, for the readers of the Rural. 
*Owe.* 
New Bedford and Nantucket. 
New Bedford is, in some respects, one of the 
above the level of the sea, and commands an ex- but the other when found was insensible, and died no particulars, but presume she is not much dam- 
tensive view of the ocean on the south and on the at 10 o’clock the next day. aged. 
east. Most of the houses here are occupied only Elliot, the aeronaut, who made an as- -Counterfeit coppers are in circulation. A 
as summer residences. The weather during, the cension at Baltimore a few days since landed at “an who will manufacture bogus coppers in ibis 
summer months is almost always sufficiently cool Christiana, making a distance of 80 miles in an a o e pi the world, ought to be scut to the peuuy- 
for comfort, the sea air making it delightful when bom and ten minutes. 1 be last c0 miles was tenti.uy. 
, e e T f ■ „ done in the almost incredible time of twenty min- -Henry A. YVisc of Va„ was married on tbe 
clear from fog. It is an excellent place for sea- utes . H e says he reached an altitude of 4 miles 15th to Miss Mary Lyons, of Richmond The 
bathing, as good as there can well be on a sandy and was hurried along by a heavy gale nearly the Attorney General of the United States acted as 
beach. I doubt whether there is another place in whole distance. groomsman. 
treacherous diplomacy to get rid of their uuwel- most important towns in the United States; a 
come visitors, but tbe prompt, fearless, aud pru- brief account of it may not be uninteresting. It 
dent conduct of Commodore Perry and his offi- is situated upon tbe right bank of the Acushnet 
cers and men, completely upset all their calcula- river, and is regularly laid out; while the ground 
tions. The President’s letter to the Emperor was upon which it stands, gradually rising to a con- 
received on Japanese soil, with the promise of an siderable elevation, gives to it a very fine appear- 
answer on the return of the squadron in the mice from the water. On arriving in the town, I 
our northern Atlantic coast so much exposed to 
the influences of the sea, as Siasconset. 
Y T ours truly, S. G. "Wilcox. J 
{SiT - The Toronto Patriot of a late date, says 
that the officers and crew of the steamer Fairy 
groomsman. 
-More than 1000 bags of wheat were pur¬ 
chased a few days ago in Pittsburg, directly for 
Queen, which was wrecked on the 8th ult., caus- 1‘Tance—the first transaction of the kind ever 
ing the loss of three lives, have been committed known there. 
for murder. It will be recollected that at the -It is feared that the late insulting lan- 
Sundav Amusements in California f ? r mu „ rder - J 1 wiU be recollected that at the -It is feared that the late insulting lan- 
^ _ * time of the disaster they abandoned the vessel guage employed by Jefferson Davis in bis letter 
We find the following advertisements in the Ieavil, b' a number of passengers to Georgia, respecting Mr. Toombs, may lead to a 
on me wiecK. hostile meetm— 
Marysville (Cal.) Daily Express, of Sept. 16,1853; TT T 
, , , , „ , , friT Utah would make twenty States of the -Lamartine has sold a new work of his, 
and cannot help reflecting how such an announce- siz * of New Hampshire ; Nebraska, fifteen ; In- “ The History of the Medicis,” in advance,for the 
The harbor of lYdo was surveyed and was struck with the remarkable stillness which ment would look fifty, or even twenty-five years dian Territory, twenty; ’ Northwest, sixty-five ; round sum of 150,000 francs,’($28,150.) It is to 
sounded under the very muzzles of the Japanese seemed everywhere to‘, prevail. Its population 
guns. More has been accomplished by our numbers over sixteen thousand, and yet there was 
squadron in these few days towards opening so little bustle, that it seemed as if I were in some 
Japan to the rest of the world, than by tbe whole quiet country village. YYt no wonder that every- 
cf civilized Europe for two hundred years. . thing in its streets and along its wharves, is so 
Breadstuff's and produce have risen, and their quiet, for you know it is emphatically the city 
course is still upward. There is no sort of prob- °f Oil. Its great business is not done at home, 
ability that prices will go down again to a low but is carried on in distant seas. There are about 
figure, at least until after another harvest. Ex- twenty oil mills here, in which the crude oil is 
celsior is the motto for all kinds of provisions in converted into the various kinds found in the mar- 
the market, as well as in the pan. Scarcity and kets, such as winter strained, summer strained, 
yeast are both active agents in producing a rise. d:c.: large quantities of sperm candles are also 
- manufactured. About three hundred vessels, en- 
Pompeii. —The papers, in giving an account of gaged in the whale fishery, sail from New Bed- 
the recent discovery in Pompeii, of a group of ford. A stream of wealth has, for a long time, 
hence, when society shall have become settled, total, one hundred aud twenty-six States. Should I consist of 4 volumes. 
aud law, order and religion prevail, as they inev- taese territories have an equal population 
itably must, in all free and republican conn- apopffiarion ofaw'S^OGoSS 
tries. At present, the population is little more m 
than mere nomadic tribes-" outside barbarians,” te^y^Re^ Ken-' 
—without home, restraint, or moral principles : tucky, a few days since. He was a hard i 
SPORT! SPORT! and he was just about to punish one of 
Unprecedented Attraction at Gibsonvillc, on Sunday, when the other came up and threw a roj; 
September 18, 1853. bis head, and then both pulled on the ends 
these Territories have an equal population to the -It has been decided by Judge Heredithof 
square mile with New Hampshire, they would Quebec, that telegraph operators are not bound 
contain a population of about 380,000,000. to answer questions in a court of law ; involving 
a breach of secrecy. 
-The Circuit Court in Broome county has 
tucky, a few days since. He was a hard master, awarded $4,000 damages to Mrs. Primrose John- 
and he was just about to punish one of them, son, ivhose husband was killed by an accident on 
G REAT Bull and Bear Fight — Fight between a Wo¬ 
man aud Wild Bull—Foot Race between the cele- 
wben the other came up and threw a rope over 
his head, and then both pulled on the ends of the 
rope until he was choked to death. 
the Erie Railway. 
-The protracted trial of the officers of the 
steamboat Henry Clay, closed Nov. 2d, and, after 
an hour’s consultation, the Jury returned with a 
youth of the other. The burning lava rolled c j t y to behold tlie evidences of great wealth.- 
above them and beyond ; and the faithtul dog • in i . ? . , 
turned back to share the fortunes of its mistress Splended mansions, sheltered with trees, and su, 
—dyffig at her side.” 
In the first place, if a flood of burning lava bad 
rolled over them, there would have been no or¬ 
ganic remains left to tell tbe tale ; and in tbe next 
place it is a violation of historical facts to speak 
of lava at Pompeii; that city having been over¬ 
whelmed by a shower of ashes, while her sister 
city, Herculaneum, was destroyed by the “ firey 
flood.” 
The Freeman’s (Catholic) Journal says :— 
rounded by grounds ornamented with choice 
shrubbery, meet our eye on every side. 
The Island of Nantucket is situated sixty miles 
southeast of New Bedford, and one hundred miles 
south of Boston. It is about fourteen miles in 
length from east to west, while about three and a 
half miles constitute its average breadth. Capt 
Bartholomew Goswold discovered tlie island, in 
1602. Its historian relates that it is not known 
how its name originated, “but it is generally sup¬ 
posed that Nanlicon, known to ancient voyagers 
VA man ana nna nun—Foot Race Detween tne ceio- At Louisville Kv Matthew w Warrl an an Hours consultation, the Jury returned with a 
brated Jno. GiMersleeve and Wm. Waters of Philadelphia b ) ivy., iviaunew F. Ward, au- ,. , , J 
The entertainment will commence with a fight between tboi of the lecent work, English Items,shot ' 
Isadora Gonzales, the celebrated Matadores of Durango, Prof. William Butler, on the 2d inst., in the left -The Ohio coal-field comprises 11,900 
"Inn'wt six . horses killed under her in one tight, and breast, causing his death a few days after. The square miles, a greater area than all the coal re- 
oil the Slare Plains cuorillous sii!C ’ lutel * cu P ture(t cause of the affair was that Butler had chastised gion of Great Britain, lying nearer the surface and 
A splendid Andalusian Bull, imported by Don Pablo do a small brother of Y\ ard’s. Both the brothers are touch more easily mined.' 
la Guerra, will fight a three year old Grizzly Bear, (one iu jail on the charge of murder. -A boy, about ten years of age, passed 
of tlie most ferocious of the species,! lately caught at , T , «.•, ,, ,r 
Whiskey Diggings. ' ZW Deputy Sheriff Babbitt, of Barre, Mass., tLroa gb Buffalo on the 3d in charge of the Amen- 
A Foot Race will take place between the celebrated Jno was convicted at Worcester, Nov. 1st, of being au can Ex P ress Company, on bis way to Columbus, 
Gildersleeve, the world renowned Pedestrian, and Bil- i- f u i i ’ ui 1lr>n „= • Ohio, from some easterly place, 
ly Waters, of Spring Garden, Phila, also well known iu ‘-ccompnce OI DUrglaiS, WHO lObueu a house in . “ ■ * 
the sporting circles, for a Purse ot $1,000. that town. Tke defense moved to set aside the -In J ans, a boy ot 1 < years of age, under- 
Chase’s unrivalled Brass Band will be in attendance.— verdict, on the ground that one of the jurymen tock, on a bet, to walk around the city in four 
Admission §2. MILLS & KEITH, Proprietors, was drunk at divers times during tbe trial. Tbe hours. The distance is 24)< miles and heaccom- 
NOTICE. Court reserved its decision. plished it in 3 hours 24 minutes. 
I iHE HEAD OF JOAQUIN MURIATTA, the famous Recently Mr. Y r an Buren, being in Bel- ~—The securities deposited with the Conlrol- 
. Robber and Murderer, will be on Exhibition To-Day, gium, sent word to the king that he desired to ler for redeeming notes of the Patcliiu Bank are 
ill the Hall over the pay his respects to him, if he could be permitted Bonds and Mortgages, $50,9f:9; N. Y. State Stocks, 
WE J " , AL °2,‘ , to do so iu plain citizen’s dress ; whereupon the 27,010 ; Cash on Deposit, 28,900. 
between the hours of 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. The head has been i* _ j » _ _, * , _ 
recognized by some of the most prominent citizens of hmg came in ifiom the countiy, and spent seveial -qp e colored people of Cincinnati have 
Marysville. Also, the hand of THREE FINGERED hours with Mr. Van Buren in his palace. succeeded in establishing a reading-room,and are 
JACK, his associate in crime. Admission SI. ivaa- a f_ ; nbniit t.n start, a nnnw dovnted tr> tholv inforoata 
tlie sporting circles, lor a Purse ot SI,000. 
Chase’s unrivalled Brass Band will be in attendance.— 
Admission §‘2. MILLS & KEITH, Proprietors. 
NOTICE. 
I 'lHE HEAD OF JOAQUIN MURIATTA, the famous 
Robber and Murderer, will be ou Exhibition To-Day, 
“The installation of Bishop Bayley, in Newark, and Nantucket, are the same.” In 1641, it was 
took place with much pomp and to the great de- deeded to Thomas Mayben by James Forrett who 
light of the people, on All Saints Day.” With was sent over by Lord Sterling with a “ Commis- 
much pomp and to the great delight of the people, s i°n to dispose of all the land that lay between 
was not tbe way in which the Savior comtnis- Cape Cod and Hudson’s River.” In 1659 the 
sioned his apostles ; for he had not even himself greater part of the island passed into the hands 
a place where to lay his head. The Pope, how- of nine other proprietors, upon the payment to 
ever, being the Vicegerent, has found out a better Mr. Mayben of thirty pounds, and two beaver 
way to do the thing than that instituted by tbe bats. These proprietors purchased nearly all of 
Divine Founder of the Chiistiau church. Hum- the island of the Indians for twenty six pounds, 
bug is not exclusively limited to politics and The first settler was Thomas Macy who came 
patent medicines. over from England in 1640, and settled in Essex 
■-- CouDty, Mass. Here he lived for nearly twenty 
Mr. Borland, our Minister to Central America, years, when, having one day transgressed one of 
made a speech of about three hours in length, on the laws of the colony, by allowing four Quakers 
his presentation to the President of that Repub- to shelter themselves in his house during a severe 
recognized by some of the most prominent citizens of King came in from the country, and spent several -Tlie colored people of Cincinnati have 
Marysville. Also, the hand of THREE FINGERED hours with Mr. Van Buren in his palace. succeeded in establishing a reading-room, and are 
JACK, his associate in crime. Admission -si. A letter from the whaling ship South about to start a paper devoted to their interests, 
. . America, of New Bedford, Captain Walker, re- to be edited by a young colored man. 
Hydropathic Quarterly Review.— 1 his is a ports her in Ochotsk Sea, July 13. They Lad - Oregon and Minnesota will soon be ask- 
new work, got up in the best style, illustrated struck this season twenty-four whales, and lost ing admission into the Union as States. 'Thirty 
with superior wood engravings, and devoted to ten of them in the ice. The fourteen saved made thousand inhabitants have been deemed hitherto 
medical reform. Though essentially a professional bbis. of oil. a sufficient number for that purpose. 
magazine, its articles are couched in popular A new wheel barrow has been invented. -The proprietor of a livery stable, writing 
language, and adapted to the general leader, while Do not laugh for it is a good invention. The from Sacramento, says he keeps five hostlers ; 
., f , , , 1 , . , ’ wheel is placed under the centre, so that none of three of the five were formerly “ Broadway dry 
the facts stated, and the systems advocated can- t ] J0 we jgp t 0 f t j )e j oad rests U p 0n t ] ie p auds> ^ goods clerks,” and the other two clergymen. 
not fail to airest attention and induce thought. man can wheel twice the usual weight. -All the prisoners in the jail at Ellicotf- 
The initial number is exceedingly well filled. r-gf” The wire of the Montreal Telem'aph Line v >lle, Cattaraugus county, five in number, made 
One article, the “ Dietetic Use of Alkalies,” by G. Dear Northfield, was by some means caught by ! b . ed esca P e 0,1 the 24th of October, l iiis is a 
H. Taylor, M. D., we have read with much plea- the locomotive of a traiu of cars on the Vermont J ad delivery without the Oyer aud 1 ermincr. 
sure. It condemns iu the strongest language the Central Railroad and stripped from the poles for — A plowing match has taken place at Riih- 
- , \ , - j , a distance of fifteen miles. mond, \ r a., for .a prize of one hundred dollars, 
common use of salcrat™, carbonate of soda, and givea by Madame' Sontag. An immense con'd 
cream of tartar, as attended with the most direful 1 h ®, Banl f °, f ’ be State of , was attended, and Madame S. was loudly cheered, 
consequences. I his will startle some of our good of itg own issue . A rewanl of $6 %,j is otfcred , — The Eldorado from Aspinwall with Call- 
housekeepers who have been using alkalies with Among the bills are seventeen of $1 000 each forma mails, anved the 7th. She reports that the 
the best intentions, thinking they would correct and eight of $500. ’ George Law for New ^ or b E ^ A A ® E '''' w . n d C' e 
, . ° „ 31st with 600 passengers and $1,000,000 in dust. 
and, y of tlm stomach, and knmmg that tley OTThe .Central Railroad has over twenty-sii m _About fifty machinists left Boston a fevy 
saved time in bread-making. Published by Fow- miles of freight cars, in constant use. Y r et even ^eks since for Cuba. They "o in the fall to 
ler Wells, New Y’ork : $2 ner annum. tb j s d‘. )es aot accommodate the vast business that superintend the running of steam engines in sugar 
- offeis i se , and new cam are constantly in process manufactories through tbe winter, at a high rate 
Westminster Quarterly Review, for October, of const) uction. of wages. , 
republished by Scott & Co., New York, is re- B represented that the lower part of -The trial of Capt. Tallman and Mr. Coll- 
ceived and for sale by D. M. Dewey. It contains MdSiTaw C?iihS 2« £r rtS°T iLw- 8 ? 811181 i^® yer ’ Master a,,d 0wner of th e steamboat Henry 
ai .. 1 e , ajIridg La* CandulatGS tor the Lc^iSmturG, vhi]G Olav nuon iudictuifints for tyi an slaughter is how 
among other articles, one just now of special in- the Western Reserve Las gone as far in the other in p ro gl P e ss iu the United States Circuit Court in 
terest, on the “ Progress of Russia.” direction. Hew Y”ork. 
lie 1 This is by far the longest diplomatic har¬ 
angue on record. The New York Tribune sug- 
rain storm, he was cited to appear before tbe au¬ 
thorities. Such oppression as this drove him to 
gests that Bore-land is a very appropriate name ; seek a new home which he found on the island of 
and adds, “late accounts state that the minister Nantucket. 
is as well since making that speech as could be 
expected, under the circumstances.” 
Nantucket has been, and still is, famous for its 
connection with the whale fisheries. Here it was 
