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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
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ROCHESTER, JULY 26, 1856. 
Conflagrations of Steamers. 
One of these fearful calamities, the contem¬ 
plation of which makes men shudfler, occurred 
on Lake Erie, Thursday forenoon of last week, 
in the burning of the steamer Northern Indi¬ 
ana. This boat was one of the floating palaces 
of the Michigan Southern railroad line, plying 
between Buffalo and Toledo; the former of 
•which ports she left on the evening previous to 
the disaster, crowded with passengers. When 
near Point Au Pelee, she took tire in the wood 
work near one of the smoke pipes, and, in a 
brief period of time, was enveloped in flames. 
Many of the passengers were driven overboard 
by the heat, and some accounts state that forty 
or fifty lives were lost. 
The weather was fortunately perfectly calm 
at the time, and the steamer Mississippi, being 
not far in the wake of the burning boat, suc¬ 
ceeded in saving one hundred and fifty of the 
crew and passengers. The Clerk’s list of pas¬ 
sengers is lost, so that the means of ascertaining 
the exact number of the drowned is rendered 
impossible. The boat burned to the water’s 
edge, and the wreck, being towed in shore by 
the propeller Republic, sunk in shoal water. 
The Propeller Toronto was burned on Lake 
Ontario, off Nine Mile Point, on the night of 
July the I7tb, and was rendered a total wreck. 
Eighteen persons lost their lives by the disas¬ 
ter including among them Capt. Campbell, the 
commander of the propeller, who is represented 
to have been a brave and prudent officer. 
Horrible Railroad Accident. 
On Thursday, the 17th, an excursion train on 
the Northern Pennsylvania railroad, having on 
board about tight hundred children, their pa¬ 
rents and teafchers, of Sr. Michaels (Catholic) 
Sunday School, left Philadelphia, and when 
about fourteen miles out, the train came in col¬ 
lision with another, moving in an opposLe 
direction. When the locomotives came together 
they rose on end, the fire boxes touching one 
another, and fell over across the track. The 
fire being scattered about the wreck of the first 
excursion car, it caught fire and extended to 
the two other cars piled upon it. These cars 
were filled with passengers, many of whom, al¬ 
though alive, it was impossible to extricate, and 
they were burned to death amid the ruins.— 
Seventeen bodies of men, women and children 
were subsequently found beneath these cats, 
mostly consumed. Six cars were demolished, 
three of which, as above stated, were burned, 
fifty-six persons were killed, and one hun¬ 
dred wounded, many of whom will undoubted¬ 
ly die. The greatest excitement prevails in 
Philadelphia and vicinity upon the subject of 
this fearful catastrophe, and the Conductor 
of the down train, Mr. Van Stavoben, to whose 
carelessness it is chargeable, subsequently com¬ 
mitted suicide. 
Crimein Rochester. —Several burglaries have 
oflate been perpetrated in tbiscity. Among the 
houses entered is that of Maj. Bumphrey, editor 
of the Advertiser, where, however, the villains 
failed in obtaining much booty. On Tuesday 
night of last week, burglars entered the house 
of Mr. Andrews, a butcher residing on Greig 
street, from which they took five hundred dol¬ 
lars in money. 
About noon on Tuesday, the I5th, smoke was 
discovered issuing from, a wooden duct which 
inclosed the water pipes in the House of Refuge. 
On examination it was found that a daring act 
of incendiarism had been attempted by some of 
tbe inmates, probably with the hope of escaping 
amid the confusion. The fire had been set in 
a closet at the foot of the duct, and, not having 
gained much headway, was speedily extin¬ 
guished. Two hoys recently arrived,one seven¬ 
teen and the oiher fourteen years of age, are 
suspected of the crime, and closely confined 
awaiting the results of an investigation. 
The Congressional matters of interest acted 
on last week are summed up as follows : 
Senate. —The Senate debated and passed 
the House bill, appropriating $50,000 for the 
construction of a road from Point Ridgely, 
Minnesota, to the South Pass of the Rocky 
Mountains through Nebraska. 
The bill for the final adjudication of ques¬ 
tions of title to swamp lands between rivate 
claimants and Louisiana, was passed. 
The bill amendatory to more effectually ac¬ 
complish the object for restoring through a court 
of inquiry, such meritorious officers as were 
aggrieved by the action of the Navy Board, was 
reported on favorably to be reappointed by the 
President and confirmed by the Senate. The 
bill then passed by a vote of 26 against 11 . 
After passing an act to repeal the law au¬ 
thorizing the erection of an armory in Wash¬ 
ington, the Senate proceeded to the considera¬ 
tion of private bills. 
The bill supplementary to the act amendato¬ 
ry of several acts respecting copyrights, ap¬ 
proved Feh. 3, 183], was reported by Mr. Bay- 
aid from the committee on the judiciary. 
Mr. Yu lee reported a bill providing for the 
compulsory prepayment of postage on all tran¬ 
sient printed matter. 
The Senate in executive session, was nearly 
four hours engaged in consideration of the ques- 
lion whether more than 200 nominations or 
promolions tbat the President sent in some 
months ago to supply ihe vacancies occasioned 
I by the action of the late Naval Board, should 
be passed on, and 1!15 of the nominations were 
confirmed. 
House. —Much of the time in the House was 
occupied with the Sumner affair, and at the 
close of the discussion, under the operation of 
the previous question, the resolution censuring 
Mr. Keitt was adopted, by yeas 106 to nays 96. 
I hat of censuring Mr. Edmundson was rejected 
by yeas 60 to nays 136. Mr. Keitt resigned his 
seat. 
The seat of James C. Allen, from the 7th 
Congressional District of Illinois, which was 
contested by Mr. Aicher, was declared vacant, 
and both parties sent home to the people of the 
district for a new election, per diem and mile¬ 
age being allowed both gentlemen up to date. 
Conflagrations. 
On Tuesday of last week a fire broke out in 
the extensive cabinet manufactory of Messrs. 
Jaques & Hoy,Toronto, C. W., which was speed¬ 
ily consumed. At the time the alarm was 
given, three hundred people were laboring iD 
ihe various departments. The flames rushed 
through the premises with such rapidity that 
seven persons engaged therein were burned to 
death, and four others were seriously injured 
in making their escape from the flames. The 
dwelling house of Air. Hoy and a brewery ad- 
joiuing, were also consumed. The loss of prop¬ 
erty is estimated at £50.000. 
The village of CorniDg, Steuben Co., has 
again been visited by a disastrous fire, and 
what remained of the business portion of tbe 
village is mostly destroyed. The loss in build¬ 
ings is estimated at $ 66 , 000 , and in goods and 
personal property to nearly as much more. 
A fire broke out at Newark, N. J., July 18. 
in a stable on Soutlibridge street, and before it 
could be subdued, 16 buildings, 13 of them 
frame houses, were consumed. The loss is es¬ 
timated at from $70,000 to $200,000. 
Dreadful Accident. —The Winchester (Ill.) 
Chronicle states that on Wednesday of week 
before last, the herses of Mr. Benjamin Coultas, 
attached to one of Mr. McCormick’s Reapers, 
became frightened and attempted to run. A 
son of Mr. Coulias was riding one of the horses, 
and his father seeing his imminent peril, en¬ 
deavored to seize hold of the horses to arrest 
their speed ; in doing which he lost his foot¬ 
ing and was thrown down immediately in front 
of the machine, which ran completely over him, 
breaking both his legs, and otherwise mangling 
his body and limbs. When the horses had run 
about foit.y yards further, the boy fell between 
them, and tbe large wheel ran completely over 
his head, killing him almost instantly. 
Not Tiiue. — A report has been circulated 
that tbe wife of Keating, who was shot at Wil¬ 
lard's Hotel by Mr. Herbert, had died of grief. 
It appears by the letter of a Washington cor¬ 
respondent of ihe Hartford Times, who writes 
under date of July 19, that the story is not true. 
He sa} s :—1 have just returned from the resi¬ 
dence of Mrs. Keating. She is a very pretty 
little Irish woman, and of real Irish Jife. She 
informs me that the house she lives in has been 
donated to her by gentlemen since the death of 
ber husband. It is situated at the corner of E 
and 20ih street, West, and is a comfortable 
homestead. She rents a part of the house, 
which helps to support her.” 
Fatal Case. —The Geneva Gazette gives an ac¬ 
count of two surgeons, named Potter, one resid¬ 
ing in that village, and the other in Prattsburg, 
Steuben Co., who amputated the arm of a man 
which had been mangled by being caught in 
some machinery. In performing the operation, 
both surgeons and an assistant became infected 
from the limb which had become corrupted, 
and all three died from the effects of the virus. 
A Warning. —A son of Alfred Van Wyck, of 
East FisbkdJ, aged 2 years, died on Monday 
week. The child on tbe previous evening was 
playing with a friction match box, and swal¬ 
lowed a portion of the paper of which it was 
composed, soon after which it was taken sick, 
and in spite of medical aid, died the next day. 
From and About Minnesota. 
Hastings, Min. Ter., July, 1S56. 
Dear Rural :—Weekly do I receive you up 
here in these Northwestern fastnesses, and 
glean from your pages useful information. But. 
knowing that your visits will cease soon unless 
they are repaid, I have concluded that it will 
be for my interest to pay invariably in advance 
—hence the inclosure. 
The emigration to this Territory this season 
thus far has been immense, and the rush is not 
yetover. Nearly all the land subject to private 
entry has been entered—a large share of it by 
speculators. Tbe only land brought into mar¬ 
ket was a small strip lying on the west side of 
the Mississippi and St. Croix rivers. The best 
portion of said land was entered last fall, and 
the remainder is nearly all entered at this time. 
There is plenty of land back behind this open 
to pre-emptors, but the best of this has been 
pre-empted, and lots of it sold to speculators. 
The mania of land speculation has not subsided 
much yet, but I think it will in a year or two 
to come, when we shall expect to become set- 
fed and learn the arts of civilization. Society 
is unsettled and will be for some time to come. 
You said not long ago, “Minnesota is the 
model of a prosperous, peaceful, well-governed 
Territory.” We are prospering as far as in¬ 
crease of souls and the rise of land is concerned, 
hut it takes more ready cash to commence here 
than in Genesee Valley. There is no such 
thing as trust known here. If you wish to 
borrow root ey, you can be accommodated by 
paying from two and a half to five per cent, 
a month, by giving good security. Provisions, 
etc., are much higher here than in Rochester, 
and will continue so for some time. Wages are 
higher than in New York, and laborers are 
plenty too. 
Tbe weather is warmer than in Western New 
York during the summer season, and thunder 
storms are frequent, usually coming in the 
night. Musqiiitoes are somewhat plenty along 
the rivers, and fishermen can always be sure of 
lots of “ bites.” A description of the country 
is unnecessary, as it resembles all the West. 
Our rock is limestone, and all our water is hard, 
and similar to that in Monroe county in many 
respects. Our sod is sandy, and rather liable 
to be affected by dry, hot weather. We have 
pure, crystal lakes in great profusion, and said 
by some to be soft, but the women tell me the 
water does not wash like soft water in the East. 
There are a great many places in the West 
and North-West described by travelers as “Gar¬ 
dens of Eden,” and Minnesoia has been so call¬ 
ed by eastern emigrants, but I think I am ra¬ 
tional when I say it is no nearer the “ Garden” 
than that portion of New York called “ Genesee 
Valley.” I do not wish to present the dark or 
bright side, but all are apt to look either on one 
side or the other. Hoping that more truth will 
be told concerning the Territory than lias been 
heretofore, j subscribe myself, 
Yourob’t serv’t, d. b. w. 
Mexican Gold.— A document published in 
Spanish gives some curious circumstances re¬ 
specting the production of gold in Mexico from 
1690 up to the present time. It offers the fol¬ 
lowing details : 
“In 1690 there was struck at the mint of 
Mexico, coin of the value of five millions pias¬ 
tres ; from 1700 to 1800, during a century, the 
quantity augmented each year, and at last 
reached twenty-five millions of piastres. This 
was, however, the culminating point of the an¬ 
nual fabrication. In 1810 it was reduced to 
seventeen millions; ita 1817 it had declined to 
only half a million ; then rose in 1838 to a mil¬ 
lion and a half; in 1850 to two millions ; in 
1852 to two millions and a half; and in 1854 to 
nearly four millions, or one million less than in 
1690.” 
The Newfoundland Submarine Cable.— The 
submarine electric telegraph cable, for the New 
York, Newfoundland and Londou Telegraph 
Company, was successfully laid on the 10th 
instant, across the Gulf of St. Lawrence, be¬ 
tween Cape Ray Cove, N. F., and Ashby Bay, 
C. B., a distance of 85 miles, in 15 hours.— 
Messages are now being freely transmitted from 
shore to shore. There are about 700 men em¬ 
ployed in Newfoundland and Cape Breton.— 
Tiie line from St. John’s to the point where it 
intersects with the lines of the Company in 
Nova Scotia, will be about 600 miles in length; 
and it is expected that the whole will he in op¬ 
eration bv the first of September. The cable 
between Newfoundland and Ireland will prob¬ 
ably be laid down during the ensuing year. 
Death of Mrs. Child.. —Mrs. L. M. Child, the 
authoress, died recently in Paris. She was a 
native ol Virginia, and a member of one of the j 
families of that Commonwealth, which was j 
illustrious alike on tbe field, in tbe council and 
Senate ; she was a daughter of Gen. Lee. Her 
talents were hereditary in the family, and her 
brother, who died in Paris many years ago, was 
the author of a Life of Napoleon, which he 
wrote at the immediate instance of the Bona¬ 
parte family, as a sort of reply to Sir Walter 
Scott’s biography of that hero. Mrs. Child 
herself figured as an authoress. 
The Herbert Case. —Intelligence of the kil¬ 
ling of the waiter Keating has been received in 
California. The San Francisco papers are very- 
indignant at the disgrace brought upon the 
State by Mr. Herbert’s conduct, and express 
their opinions upon his character and antece¬ 
dents with great freedom. Mr. Gardner, who 
was his companion in the affray, and is now a 
witness on the trial, is also spoken of with 
much severity. 
Narhativk of the Expedition of an American Fquad- 
kon to the China Sfab and Japan, performed ill The 
jearR 1862, 1853 and 1854. under the command o! Conr- 
modore M. C. Perry. U S. N., by order of the Govern¬ 
ment of the Uuiled Slates. Compiled from the original 
Notes and Journals ol Com. Pkhky and his Officers, at 
his n quest arid UDder bis supervision, by Francis L. 
Hawks, D. D., LL. D. N'ew Yoik : D. Appleton & Co. 
This long-expected work has at last appeared, and is 
sneb, both in contents and appearance, as must fully meet 
the public expectation. The volume comprises 624 royal 
octavo pages, and is issued in a sty le worthy alike of the im¬ 
portant subject and the enterprising publishers. The work 
contains a very complete and inteiesting history of the 
explorations of the Expedition—including the visit to 
M&deria, the Canaries, the East Indies, &c., prior to reabc- 
ing the Japan Islands-with many important facts and in¬ 
cidents relative to tbe places aDd people visited. It also 
embraces numerous illustrations, all iD superior style, and 
derived from sketches, daguerreotr pes, &c., taken on the 
spot by artists accompanying the Expedition. To render 
the whole work unusually attractive and valuable, it is 
apparent that neither pains nor expense have been spared 
—lor the embellishments are exceedingly well executed, 
while the narrative has evidently been compiled with great 
skill and a careful regard to accuracy. Having perused 
the volume with absorbing interest, we rrgret tl at our 
space precludes a more extended notice. We shall, how¬ 
ever, endeavorto recur to it again, and perhaps give some 
extracts from its pages. Meantime, we commend it as one 
of the most valuable and interesting wor ks obtainable._ 
Sold by Dewey. 
The Adventures of Gerard, the Lion Killer, -Com¬ 
prising a History of his Ten Years Campaign among 
the Wild Animals of N orthern Africa. Translated from 
the French hy Chas. E. Whitehead. New York : Der¬ 
by & Jackson. 
As its title indicates, this is a volume of stirring and 
marvellous adventures, and hair-breadth ’scapes “ hy flood 
and field,” in pursuit of the KiDg of Beasts. In addition 
to the wonderful combats and conquests narrated, the 
work gives the peculiar habits and characteristics of the 
Lion,—imparting, for the first time, an intimate knowl¬ 
edge of the animal to civilized men. Comprising much 
that will appear novel and wonderful, sketched in the life¬ 
like and vivid Rtyle peculiar to the French mind and idiom, 
the book will prove both entertaining and instructive to 
the general reader. Sold by Dkwey. 
The Wanderer. A Tale of Life’s Vicissitudes. By the 
author of “ The Watchman,” -• Old Doctor.” etc. N'ew 
York : E. D. LoDg, successor to H. Long & Bro. 
An interesting and well deliDrated story, of varied life 
scenes. Sketching his characters from living models, the 
author makes each well sustain his or herpast, displaying 
appropriate aDd peculiar characteristics. The character 
of the hero is well sustained through manyamusiDg inci¬ 
dents and trying ordeals. Tbe heroine is one of those 
pure innocents found only in books or the God-made 
country. Dewey. 
Wit and Wisdom of the Rev. Sydney Smith—B eing Se. 
lections from Iris Waitings, and i’sssages of his l,etiers 
and Table-Talk. With a Biographical Memoir and Notes. 
By Eveket A Duyckinck. New York ; Redfield. 
We here have, in a haDdsome volume of some 460 pages, 
a biographical sketch of the life, and a variety of the moBt 
notable sayiDgs aDd writings, of a divine whose Wit and 
Wisdom have rendered him world-renowned. The work 
emprises, in a single volump, a complete history of the 
man and his peculiar habits and characteristics, and we 
commend it to all interested. Dkwey. 
Vassall Morton. A Novel. By Francis Parkman.— 
Boston : Phillips, Sampson & Co. 
This is a handsome and apparently readable volume of 
some 400 pages, and we are assured, by a friend who has 
given it a careful perusal, that our favorable impression is 
correct—that the story is well related, with no little plot¬ 
ting and stirring adventure, and that, after many trials 
and tribulations, the hero and her. ine attain a happiness 
superior to the average of our common humanity. Sold 
hy Sage. 
Philly and Kit ; or, Life and Raiment. By Caroline 
Chess pro’, author of -‘Dream-land by Daylight,” “Ita, 
a Pilgrimage,” etc. New York : Redfieid. 
This is a hnndRome volume, tbe )id-< whereof embrace 
two very improbable stories. Very ordinary suhjects are 
given an air of peculiar novelty,—yet we confess that the 
acknowledged ability of the fair authorscarcely atones for 
such queer conceits of the imagination as are here dis¬ 
played. Dewey. 
Calderon: hiR Life and Genius, -with Specimens of his 
Plays. By Richard CnENKVix French. D. D., author 
of “ The Study of WordH,” « English, Past and Present,” 
“ Poems,” etc. New York: Reufield. 
Tn« contents of this volume are sufficiently indicated 
by its title. Sold by Dewey. 
A Cyclopaedia of Modern Travel, by the poet-traveler 
Bayard Taylor, iB announced as soon to be issued hy the 
enterprising publishing house of Moore, Wilbtach, 
Keys & Co., of Cincinnati. We learn that Mr. Taylor has 
been engaged for several months in preparing this woik 
for ihe press, that it was all in type previous to his recent 
departure for Europe, and that it comprises 950 pages— 
one-third to one-halt more matter than was at first con¬ 
templated. The public may reasonably anticipate a valua¬ 
ble and attractive work. 
Slave Case in Boston. —Joseph Williams, a 
slave at Mobile, escaped from that place in the 
brig Growler, recently arrived at Boston. The 
Captain on entering the harbor, attempted to 
secure the slave for the purpose of taking him 
taking him back, when Williams jumped over¬ 
board, but was af'erwards picked up and se¬ 
cured. A writ of habeas corpus being sued out 
in the slave’s behalf, and no claimant appear¬ 
ing, the prisoner was discharged, and he left 
Boston on the next northern tiain for Canada. 
Origin of the name “Grog.” —Tn Pulley’s 
Etymological Companion will be found the fol¬ 
lowing, in reference to the origin of this word :— 
“ Admiral Vernon (the same after whom Mount. 
Vernon was named) was the first to require his 
men to drink their spirits mixed with water. 
In bad weather he #as in the habit of walking 
the deck in a rough grogram cloak, and hence 
had obtained the name of‘Old Grog’ in the 
service. This is the origin of the name applied 
to rum and wa'er.” 
“Fanny Fern” (Mrs. Parton) has applied for 
and obtained an injunction to restrain Mrs. 
Fleming from publishing a book entitled “ Fan¬ 
ny Fern’s” Cook Book. She alleged in the U. 
S. Court, at Philadelphia, that she had nothing 
whatever to do with getting up the book, and 
rhat the use of her nomme de plume, by anoth¬ 
er, is a violation of her special right, and would 
work a pecuniary loss to her. 
Drowned. —On a recent up trip of thestpamer 
Western World, when she was opposite Cleve¬ 
land, the wind being quite high at the time, 
i wo male passengers fell overboard aud were 
drowned, it being impossible to render any as¬ 
sistance, on account of the darkness and storm. 
— The annual commencement of Amherst College will 
take place on the 14th of August. 
— Massachusetts has 12 citieR of over 10,000 inhabitants 
each ; seven of them contain over 20,000 each. 
— The steamship Baltic sailed for Liverpool at hood, 
July 19, with 163 passengers and $468,000 in Rpecie. 
— Sixty-nine years ago, July 14, the ordinance was 
passed which gave liberty to the whole Northwest 1 
— The first barrel of whiskey ever distilled in Louisiana 
was received in New Oi leans on the 1st of this month. 
— Forty-six medical students graduated at the late semi¬ 
annual commencement of the Albany Medical College. 
— The contributions in New York, for the relief of the 
sufferers by the iuundations in France, amount to $11,000. 
— The Michigan Central Railroad Co. are having a line 
of telegraph put up along the road, for their own exclu¬ 
sive use. 
— An association has been formed at Toledo for the 
purpose of building a bridge across the Maumee at that 
place. 
— During the Herbprt trial at Washington, July 19, Mr. 
Brooks came into Court and paid his fine of $3C0, and $85 
costs. 
— The schooner William Lewis, found abandoned at sea, 
and taken into port, is believed to have been a deserted 
slaver. 
— Thackeray has hepD engaged to deliver his lectures on 
the “ Four Georges” before the Philosophical Institution 
of Edinburg. 
— John P. Graves, of Boston, a young musician, who 
went to Europe last year, is pronounced the best violinist 
in Brussels, 
— The Directors of the N. Y. Central railroad have de¬ 
clared a dividend of four per cent, out of the earnings of 
the paRtsix months. 
— Hon. Thomas Gotee, of Indiana, who is nearly seventy 
years of age, was recently married, after remaining a wid¬ 
ower just two months. 
— Cigar ashes will be found an invaluable remedy for the 
bite of a mosq.jito and other insects. Wet the ashes and 
rub them on the part. 
— The Detroit Tribune claims for that city and its im¬ 
mediate suburbs a population of 60,000. There are less 
than 7,0C0 fumilies in the city. 
— A gold fever has broken out amoDg the Russians in 
Siberia, and at the latest advices they are abandoning their 
work to engage in prospecting. 
— Eleven children were horn on the steamer St. Nicho¬ 
las on atrip from New Orleans to St. Louis withacompa- 
ny of German emigrants last week. 
— The Messrs. Townsend, of New HaveD, Ct., have in 
their ice-houses a quantity of ice harvested in the winter 
of 18J 2—now more Iban Ihree years old. 
— The St. Anthony Express estimates the amount r f 
goods imported into tbe Territory duringthe year 1856, at 
from seven to eight millions of dollars. 
— James F. Strang, the MnrmoD High Priest aDd Proph¬ 
et, died at the village of Vorre, Wisconsin, July 9th.— 
Strang formerly resided in western New York. 
— The Bank of Tecumseh, Mich., has filed securities 
with the State Treasurer for the redemption of its circula¬ 
tion, and is dow recommended to public confidence. 
— It iR rumored and generally believed that the Rev. 
Mr. Byrne of St. Matthew’s church in Washington, has 
been appointed Catholic Bishop of Richmond, Va. 
— Large quantities of Irish potatoes have sought a 
market iD Chicago from New York this srason, aud the 
other day white beans were sold to go to Galena. 
— The Detroit Trihune snys fifteen toDs of slippery elm 
bark have been shipped east frr m Hillsdale by Dr. Under¬ 
wood this season. Most of it came from Van Buren Co. 
— The report that Mrs. Lydia Maria Child, the author¬ 
ess, has died in Europe, is contradicted. It iR said she is 
dow liviDg near Boston, and has never been in Europe. 
— Of the ninety-one counties in IirdiaDa, the inhabitants 
of eighty can leave home iD the moiniDg, go to Indianap¬ 
olis, attend to business there, and return the same day. 
— The total loss of the American Underwriters, from 
marine disasters, during the six months ending the 30th 
of June of the present year, Is set down at $15,890,600. 
— An exchange remembers seeing a bill iD a shop win¬ 
dow a few years ago which ran precisely thus:_“These 
premises to let on a lease—ODe hundred and fifteen feet in 
length.” 
— At a recent Floral Fair in Boston, a rose plucked from 
a hush propagated from one brought from England by the 
early emigrants, and called the “Pilgiim Rose,” was ex¬ 
hibited. 
— The Ladies’ Mount Vernon Association of Pennsyl¬ 
vania finding that their efforts to purchase the Mount 
Vernon Estate to be unavailing, has been formally dis¬ 
missed. 
— Dr. KiDahan, who has just returned from Peru, 
thinks Ire has proved that guano is produced from fetid 
seals, who die on the islands, and not from droppiDgs of 
birds. 
— Nebraska, it is said, is he coming settled very rapidly. 
Prairies that a year or two ago were desert wastes, are 
now covered with farm houseB and every indication of 
civilization. 
— Biggs, charged with the robbery of tire Chicago pnst- 
office, has been committed for trial in de'ault of $5 000 
bail. His alleged accomplice is the principal witness 
ngaiDst him. 
— The third trial of ArrisoD, for the blowing up of the 
Marine Hospital, with an infernal machine, has just come 
on in Cincinnati. There is a difficulty in getting an im¬ 
partial jury. 
— A requisition from the Governor of California on the 
President has been received, calling on him to furnish U. 
S. troops to enforce the laws trampled upon by the Vigi¬ 
lance Committer. 
— Tbe King of the Sandwich Islands has announced to 
the house of nobles that he intends to marry Emma, 
daughter of Dr. T. C. Brooke. She will bo the first white 
queen of Hawaii. 
— Salt works have been established in Texas, fifty or 
sixty mi'es from Austin, on Ihe west side of the Colorado. 
The salt is said to be a superior article, and the best offer¬ 
ed in that maiket. 
— Gen. Memucan Hunt, of Texas, died at Memphis, 
Tenr. on the 26th ult. He was one of the revolutionary 
patriots of Texas, and bore a conspicuous part in the pub¬ 
lic affairs of lhat State. 
— A magnificent bronze statue of Washington by the 
artist Browne, has been set up in Union Square, New 
York. It was inaugurated on the 4th iust., with great 
military eclat and enthusiasm. 
— Two wealthy ladies, Ann aDd Elizabeth Sherwood, of 
Sheffield. Eng , have just been liberated by the interven¬ 
tion of their friends, aftei fourteen years’ imprisonment 
for contempt of the Court of Chancery. 
— The sea serpent has come Dortlr, and was seen nil 
Greenport, L. I., Monday morning week. The monster 
was disturbed hy a watch dog, and after lashing the water 
furiously suddenly vanished. 
— While Col. Benton was speaking the other day iD one 
of the Missouri towns, the platform gave aw ay, but tbe old 
war-horse was unhurt., and declaiedit was his prerogative 
to break through platforms. 
— The Wheat Harvi st is progressing finely hereabouts, 
the w.-aiher being very favorable. The crop is generally 
better thau was anticipated, though we bear complaints 
of both the midge and rust in some localities. 
