<-i, H.MW-.,M, fi.M.fSfi, .H.f’w’i.n.u.fw’i, “.f.D. M., 
858 MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
AUGUST 9. 
Congressional. 
Miscellaneous Items. 
ROCHESTER, AUGUST 9, 1850. 
Conflagrations and Loss of Life. 
fire, about i 
The boat, v 
a total loss. 
Congress last week-was employed upon the Eight bodies were picked up by the steamer """ b ^ 
following matters: Plymouth Rock on a recent passage up, and 
SE.VATE.-The billstoimprove the Des Moines taken to Detroit. The Western World picked T ” r ?S3^^ 
rapids in the Mississippi river ; to continue the up two bodies and brought them to Buffalo.— private circles. By William Bentley Fowle, Author — Th< 
improvement of the harbors of Newark, N. J., One was a girl seven years old, and the other a or,” fec.^&^B^ Speak ‘ the ™ h - 
Conneaut, Huron, Ashtabula, Fairport, Sandus- boy about eight. The design of this work is to supply a great deficiency 
ky, and Black River in Ohio ; to continue the Many of the so-called hair dves now in 11R p cxisting in our Common School literature, byproviding a 
• ... _ -t, t\ , • , 80 Callea flalr a > eS n0W ln 1,Se variety of dialogues and dramatic nieces snitahlo in 
lilmtrg jltrorfr. f ftos Clippings. 
— We have the best ores in the world for making steel. 
— The first railway in the Roman States was opened on 
The design of this work is to supply a great deficiency lbe ne ^ am01 
existing in our Common School literature, by providing a nearly $ 23 .000,000, 
The nett amount in the Treasury subject to draft is 
improvement at the harbors of Buffalo, Dunkirk, are radically iniurious Dr Tavlor stnt-Ps that varie ^. of dia,ogues a “ d dramatic pieces suitable to the - The Ohio river is very low, and falling. At Wheeling 
- p , aie lAdlcany injuuous. Jtr. laylor states that capacities of various classes of pupils and the limited ar- nearly all the boats are aground. 
7 >Ti° g Q , a • v al v ’ 1 - g b0C US an< 0Xytl 01 lead is extensively used for this pur- rangements and time of the school room for such purpo- -State Elections in Kentucky, Iowa, Texas, Missouri 
hilt e bodus in iNew 1 ork ; making an appro- pose, which combining with the sulphur in the seE - They embrace grave, gay, and humorous, and are in- and Arkansas, took place on Monday, 
pnation for a steam dredge on Lake Ontario ; hair produces a dark color ; and he had known tended + t0 ™ nTey m ° ral ‘^T*’ aS as to amuse and - Twenty hardy Penobscot men from Bangor and vicin- 
01 1 10 com pletion of the breakwater at Bur- a case where partial paralysis was caused, ow- *^ range . ancl classified in ity, left that city on Monday week for Kansas. 
le boat, valued at $50,000, and the cargo are lington, Vt.- providing for the continuation of • , P eauseu, ow- any regular order, except that the more juvenile pieces are 
° ’ provming lot tne continuation ol mg to the absorption of oxyd of lead by the at the beginning of the volume, but the, are left to the 
le impiovemen o the Aikansas liver ; to con- skin. When the hair dye was discontinued the teacher and the pupils to make their own selections. 
On Tuesday, the 29th, the steamer John Jay, tinue the construction of the breakwater on the effect ceased - 
plying in Lake George, between Ticonderoga east side of Beevy Islands: for the construe- ^ „ —--„->---- 
and Caldwell’s, was burned to the water’s edge, tion of a new harbor at the mouth of the Clin- " E _ onoi ™7 degreeof Master of Arts was Boston: Publish - -The Senate, in executive session, have confirmed Jno. 
The fire was discovered when the boat had pro- ton river ; for completing the harbor of St. T7, J reem3Q Hunt, Esq., editor of the This is a neat little' volume of one hundred and sixty vv ‘ Gcar y ^ Governor of Kansas, vice Shannon, removed, 
ceeded about eight miles from Ticongeroga, and Josephs, and for completing the piers of the' , eician s 1 a & azme ’ lNew 1 ork ’ ou Wedn es- pages, embracing Tales, Poems and Dialogues by the au- The Philadelphia Gazette of the 25 th ult., says out of 
fa said to have been c« M ed by the burning of hartoof Monroe ; Jthe latructio" of har- d V A ”“”» Commencement of .her of-Th. BjMto. I, i. to. «... of a TZ?Z\T T,”T 
. j i • i it i 4.1 i i , ,, , . _ Union College, Schenectady. series of similar books to be issued semi-annually for the —Shannon, it w ill be seen, has been removed from the 
pitch pine wood, which choked up the smoke bors at the mouth ot Grand River and Black , nucleus of a child’s library. The author in his preface Governorship of Kansas. He should never have been ap- 
pipe so as to drive the fire and smoke into the Lake, Mich., were passed. That for the con- 1 UN0H sa >’ s tbG day after the apparition of says parents may be assured that, although lively enough pointed. 
fire room, compelling the fireman to retreat to structionofa new harbor at New Buffalo, Mich., tbe 3 ankee afc K er Majesty’s levee in a black to interest the young, the reading contained in thevol- — A sudden slide occurred at the West Rutland marble 
the deck for air without giving him an oppor- was rejected. cravat, the English funds actually declined. — umeK Blla11 always he calculated to elevate the mind and quarry on the 5th ult., and one man was almost instantly 
tunity to close the doors of the fire boxes. The On motion of Mr. Seward, a resolution was ^ correspondent draws from the fact the follow- im P rove thc beart - _ killed. 
boat, when danger appeared imminent, was adopted, calling on the Secretary of war to re- mg moral :— The “ties of the two nations must Two School Music Books have just been issued from “ A | rai |' vay * s prop " fed t0 b ® const ™cte d from London 
headed towards the shore, but it being a rocky port, whether the public interests require an be extre mely loose when ‘cravats’ can thus af- the Press, by Morris Cotton, Boston. One is en- d ° ay ^ f “ach Tther " ? P Wlthl “ 6<iVen 
bottom slic struck mticI wjm driven kick bv fVip J mnvATmwnvif it 1A j < • ttt . feet tbc * stocks ! titled Tlie School Huip, by E. H. Bascom, and the 
bottom, sne StrucK, ana was driven back by the improvement of the roads connecting West other “School Melodies,” by J. w. Greene. Each con- - In the town of Darien, Ct., there are 65 widows and 
concussion, almost upsetting by the reb>und. — Point with the interior of the country west- * HE Unector of the Mint proposes that the tains brief instruction, and the scale, reading notes, &c, 0Dl ^ 8 widowers, and 76 unmarried females to 10 old 
Several of the passengers jumped overboard, ward thereof; also a resolution directing the new cent shall be eighty-eight parts copper and and many songs set to popular music. bachelors. 
and six or eight were drowned. The remain- Committee on Commerce to inquire whether it twelve parts nickel. This will make a coin of - —There are eighteen establishments for manufacturing 
der, eighty in number, were rescued by boats is expedient to inquire whether the fire rooms a dark reddish color. It is to weigh 72 grains, THE MAGAznNE3 FOB - august, steel in our country: these have a capacity for making 
from sbore - of steam vessels be constructed of fire proof less thaa ba ^ the present cent, which is 168 Arb gene f 7 readable and interesting We make brief 14,000 tuns per annum. 
_ i . . mention of the principal ones already tabled, in the order —The anniversary of the Battle of Plattsburgh, the 
On the afternoon of the same day a fire broke material. grains. of reception . nth of Se pt em her, is to he celebrated by the Republicans 
out on North street, Boston, which destroyed a A resolution was adopted, on motion of Mr. - Godey’s Lady’s Book contains two steel and forty- of Clinton county. 
large amount of property, and involved the loss Pugh, requesting the President to inlorm the Wiiat Prentice Says.— The witty and ac- seven other engravings—in all about 100 pages of reading, —The safe belonging to the American Express Compa- 
of ten or more lives. Four blocks of buildings Senate whether any application has been made complished editor of the Louisville Journal is l! lu ® trado “f and mufiic - Combining the useful and prac- ny , lately raised from the Atlantic, has been brought to 
i. , , .. ,, _ . tical with the ornamental and sentimental, Godey seems Unffoln from Detroit 
were destroyed, one of them occupied by a to him by the Governor of ^California, to main- particularly sarcastic on Mr. Brooks’ refusal to determined to maintain the vantage his “Book” has se- 
large number of Irish families, out of which tain the laws and peace of that State against follow Mr. Burlingame to Canada for the purpose cured. As new volumes commenced with July, the pres- u ^ttm^etaurofThe^biU 6 * 11 Pacifi . c Railroad mea 
nine men, women and children perished, either the usurped authority of the Vigilance Com- “ negotiation.” Among other things equally ent is a favorable time to subscribe for this and other p ^g C t for^h^s'ession ' ^ 1 e y again to defcat the 
by jumping from windows in their fright, or mittee. severe, Prentice says :-“He is afraid! Yes, -The citizens of California have already subscribed 
else by the devouring fiames. Other persons The Senate confirmed, without opposition, the grim fire-eater, who boasts that with one . ... a ’ ’ an °^ d and establlsbed favorite, 528,000 for the family of James King, and also presented 
are missing, and it is feared that their charred the appointment of Col. Geary as Governor of blow he couId inaugurate revolutions, and de- none of its former Tigor and choice var i et y. The three blS wld ° w Wlth a residence ‘ 
bodies will be found in the ruins. One fireman Kansas, vice Shannon, removed. stroy the Union, is afraid to travel through New numbers issued by the new publishers evince taste and — Hon - James Birdsall, formerly of Chenango county, 
was also killed by the falling of a wall. House. The House passed, by a vote of 117 derse y and Kew York. We rather wonder that skib > an< I n0 slight rejuvenation and improvement. Wat- c l ie< I in Michigan 0 n the 20th ult., aged 73. Mr. B. was a 
A fire occurred in the village of Ballston Spa against 46, the bill appropriating $200,000 for he does not found his objection upon the inse- 8 °x & Co ” rhila -> Pa —? 3 - Member ° f c ° D K res8 in !lslj - 
mi ,, o* , u j , . ... ... . 1 . i” . curitv of the railroads for wo ronllv thinl-fhovo Thb Knickerbocker comprises an excellent variety of —Frederick Biggs, who was arrested abeut a month ago 
s ay, the 31st ult., destroying a paper mill continuing the improvement of the Des Moines f , . , / .. .. contributions, while the Editor’s Table is spread in the charged with robbing the Chicago post-office, was recently 
and a hoe factory, together with several stores Rapids, in the Mississippi river ; also the Sen- oe more chances of his losing his life by beBt style of Clark’s inimitable repasts. “01dKnick”is tried at that place and found guilty, 
and dwelling houses. ate’s resolution apjmopriating $3,000 for a mod- a 1 ai ’road accident than by the hand of assas- always creamy, and especially enjoyable by those who be- — P. S. Brooks received 7,900 votes in his re-election for 
Another fire happened at Troy on Saturday Nation of the plan of the Custom House at SmS * 1Ie certainly hacks out from a fight. He lieve, with us, that there is health and virtue in mirth.- Congress, and $600 were contributed toward his fine. Keitt 
Aug. 2. It took in a pile of lumber, whence it Elsworth, Maine. runs - And herein is an instructive moral.- S. Hurston, New York-$3. was also re-elected by a large vote. 
4 1 i« • • 1 u- , , . mi.. t 1 * , j , ,, #JJ There are ‘ books in the runnina Brook* ’ M The National is a rich number—and especially com- — A man named James Semmes was recently shot dead 
spread to the adjoining buildings, destroying a The resolution reported by the committee on _ me running isroo kB. mendable in typographical appearance . The former ac- in Georgetown D. c„ by Bernard Magee, while engaged in 
large amount of lumber, a carriage shop, the elections, that Mr. V\ hitfield was not entitled to Democrvti g T n r pi complished editor, Mr. Stevens, (recently transferred to cutting down the Democratic pole. 
printing office of the West Troy Advocate, a a seat as a delegate from Kansas, was adopted ( J r ' f C f R ‘^ IC TATE 0NVENTr °>’-— Ihe two the editorial chair of the Christian Advocate, vacated by —It is rumored in diplomatic circles at Washington, 
livery stable, and several other shops and by 110 to 52. The second resolution that Mr ^ lu & s 0 ie emocratic paity met in State the death of Dr. Bond,) is succeeded by James Floy, by that Great Britain will ere long send out a minister to 
dwellings. The loss is estimated at seventy Reeder be admitted to the seat, was rejected bv Conveall o u at Syracuse on Wednesday the 30th, whom the national has been conducted for the past year, supply the place of Mr. Crampton. 
thousand dollars. 88 to 113 J U R- Each party met and organized separately, a °d under whose supervision it has been well sustained. _i fa n our exchanges are to be relied on for truth, 
at the beginning of the volume, hut they are left to the v ^ ° f bU8heIS ° f ratt!esnakes ’ bone « bas 
teacher and the pupils to make their own selections. Cn lscovered on Eighteen-Mile Creek, Nigara Co. 
_ — A Fremont electoral ticket has been nominated in 
The Mind and Heart, or School and Fireside Reading for Kentuck I' ’ Cassius M. Clay is one of the candidates. 
Children. By William B. Fowls. Boston: Publish¬ 
ed by Morris Cotton. 1856. 
This is a neat little volume of one hundred and sixty 
— The Senate, in executive session, have confirmed Jno. 
VV. Geary as Governor of Kansas, vice Shannon, removed. 
— The Philadelphia Gazette of the 25th ult., says out of 
seven arrests made in the Fifth District, six were women. 
— Shannon, it will be seen, has been removed from the 
— A railway is proposed to he constructed from London 
to Calcutta, which will bring those places within seven 
days of each other. 
— In the town of Darien, Ct., there are 65 widows and 
only 8 widowers, and 76 unmarried females to 10 old 
bachelors. 
— There are eighteen establishments for manufacturing 
steel in our country ; these have a capacity for making 
14,000 tuns per annum. 
— The anniversary of the Battle of Plattsburgh, the 
11th of Septemher, is to he celebrated by the Republicans 
runs. And herein is an instructive moral.— 
There are ‘ books in the running Brooks.’ ” 
Democratic State Convention. — The two 
S. Hueston, New York—$3. 
TnE National is a rich number—and especially com- 
was also re-elected by a large vote. 
— A man named James Semmes was recently shot dead 
On the afternoon of the same day a fire broke ^ ie expediting the issuing of patents for 
out in this city in the boiler room of the exten- con fi rmed land claims of California, was dc- 
sive scale and iron-safe works of Durvee <fc bated and tabled b Y three majority. 
Forsyth, Water street, entirely consuming the ^ ie Committee of the Whole on the army 
“iected bv - J - ^ -° — “““ J ear > 
J J ult. Each party met aud organized separately, a °d under whose supervision it has been well sustained. 
but subsequently coalesced and put in nomina- Carlton & PoRTER > New York-$2. 
mendable in typographical appearance. The former ac- in Georgetown, D. C., by Bernard Magee, while engaged in 
complished editor, Mr. Stevens, (recently transferred to cutting down the Democratic pole, 
the editorial chair of the Christian Advocate, vacated by — It is rumored in diplomatic circles at Washington, 
the death of Dr. Bond,) is succeeded by James Floy, by that Great Britain will ere long send out a minister to 
whom the National has been conducted for the past year, supply the place of Mr. Crampton. 
tion the following ticket •— Governor— Amasa The Ladies ’ Repository contains two superb steel en- states chosen at the ensniDg election. 
J PARKER Albany Lt Governor— G™ gravings, and an excellent table of contents. Like the _ President Pierce has pardoned the German, Wagner, 
* , T _ Vino-, LlP ’ ’ & T V ri"!!’ tblS + “ ag f iDe ! S iES " ed UDder * be aUSpiCeS ° f who was serving out his term of imprisonment for his 
dekbilt, Kings. Canal Commissioner— J. Rus- the Methodists, and combines Religion with Literature complici t y in the British enlistment alfair. 
— If all our exchanges are to be relied on for truth, 
there will certainly be three Presidents of the United 
States chosen at the ensniDg election. 
— President Pierce has pardoned the German, Wagner, 
, ’ , , •> consuming rne J sell, St. Lawrence. State Prison Inspector _ and the Arts. Free from ignitahle and trifling reading, 
works, together with the large tanneries of PI pi a ion n , Mr^. Sherman offered an Mat. Brennan, New York. Clerk of Court of and devoted to useful, moral and entertaining topics, it is 
Messrs. Graves, and of Castleman it VrEi.E amendment, that no part of the military force » _ tt A ttt -I, a most commendable family magazine. Swormstedt & 
— The special election in South Caiolina results, of 
course, in the unanimous return of Messrs. Brooks and 
besides one or two other small buildings. The tbe United States si 
fire was a fearful one, and threatened at the iu tbe enforcement of 
time even a more extensive conflagration. The Legislative Assembly 
time even a more extensive conflagration. The Legislative Assembly convened at Shawnee r An ~ .. T T, T A * Z * V*“ J 7^' T' ^ery 
, , 0 c . ... „ , , , ,, Gardiner, of Monroe, are the electors at larere. of useful and instructive articles—the August number 
loss cannot fall short of one hundred thousand Mission until Congress declares whether those The j oint Convention endorsed the Cincinnati being superior in these respects. Miss Virginia F. Town- 
<7r\ll»>ve nwo were hv f ho T.offiolofnvn :.. J _„s+v. _ 1 - i _ 
— The New Orleans Crescent expresses the opinion that 
sugar and molasses will advance, in all probability, beyond 
rates attained at any time duriDg the last 25 years. 
— Notices have been given of intended application to 
liras cciiiiiuL ran biroii oi one Hundred tnousand 6 IC,S ucuaies wueuiertnose The joint Convention endorsed the Cincinnati being superior in these respects. Miss Virginia F. Town- —It is stated that charges are again to be preferred be- 
dollars. laws were passed by the Legislature chosen in rdnfform ind nnminntin rl • 1 - It ,i send is now associated with the veteran moralist, Arthur, fore the House Committee against Judge Wartrous, the 
conformity with the organic law; and, until * > 11 c on ’ an 1080 0 ^ v in conducting their excellent family favorite. T. S. Ar- United States District Judge for Texas. 
About Credit. A friend writes us that “ the Congress so declares, that it shall be the duty G ^ o'. 0 ^ e omociatic trur & Co., I’hila., Pa.— $2. — Notices have been given of intended application to 
- Free Press is copying from the Rural of the President to use the military forces to nonjinees ’ btate ancl -National. “The Home- a Fireside Companion and Guide for the the Legislature of Pennsylvania for new back charters, 
New-Yorker without giving credit,” and sug- preserve peace suppress insurrect ion re«l - Wife ’ tbe Motber ’ tbe Sister and tbe Daughter ”- is - after to gether representing a capital of $18,830,000. 
uests that such freedom, should be uirenmueriLor) • , d ' Steam Boiler Explosions.— An engine ex- ab ! am0I5 £ the most readable and valuable monthlies for —There will be Republican tickets run in at least three 
U U Circumscribed, vasion, and protect the persons and property of loded { th Evxelsior gu „ ar ** the family circle. Thus far it has been conducted (by ofthe Southern States, viz., Maryland, Kentucky and 
Our fnend probably supposes such instances the Citizens of the territory, on the highways of l T i ou i i f!, 1 h “ ely f Mrs. H. E. G. Arey,) with decided ability and good taste, Missouri. Texas may yet be added to the list, 
rare, and is apparently too innocent and unso- Missouri and elsewhere, against unlawful search I' 3 ? 7 ’ “ d build ingand an ad- and is, we trust, destined to achieve wide and permanent _ A . F . Ho ffel, the conductor of the unfortunate express 
phisticated to believe a fraction of the truth we and tbnt.t.Ln _ joining house were burnt. Ambrose Finn, the popularity and usefulness. We rejoice that such a maga- . ntl ’ P fin „ HV i vaniara i, rnBI , v,» s h BO n JLt. 
njiuecs, oiaio auu auionai. “The Home— a Fireside Companion and Guide for the the Legislature of Pennsylvania for new bank charters, 
- * • *- Wife, the Mother, the Sister and the Daughter”—is, after together representing a capital of $18,830,000. 
Steam Boiler Explosions.—A n engine ex- among the most readable and valuable monthlies for —There will be Republican tickets run in at least three 
uur friend probably supposes such instances the citizens of the territory, on the highways of , M T l oo TiT , ?!■ ItenDei 7 f Mrs. H. E. G. Arey,) with decided ability and good taste, Missouri. Texas may yet be added to the list, 
rare, and is apparently too innocent and unso- Missouri and elsewhere, against unlawful search I' 3 ? 7 ’ 'T b . UlldlDg abd an ad ’ and ‘f- ™ tr " st ’ d f, ined to acbieve and pe! ™ anent _ a. F. Hoffel, the conductor ofthe unfortunate express 
phisticated to believe a fraction of the truth we and seizure ; and that the Preside disarm the J g !T ‘ “ br0Se llml; the popu,arity and ^ t * Tf & ' train on the North Pennsylvania railroad, has been arrest- 
co„ld easily reveal « this subject. It he had present urilitia, recall all UaitelltatesTrLs! ITS d° ^ 5d f ’£££££££ - - “ - “ - — 
access to our daily “pile” of exchanges from all and prevent armed men from goino- into the v •, ! P f ® dof ’, Loss ^ 30 ' 000 - N.Y.-$1,60. - Milwaukee voted last week to issue the ci 
_* j* x-L _ _ j t -.v , , 1 n & 1UIV I lip. hmiAr to Pottos Millo cmmmf r.f «inn r.nn 
paits ofthe country, he would soon be unde- territory to disturb the public peace or enforce t ’ hi 10 TiMl^ 1 a ^ aEb, j d l ° Cotton Mills at harper is rich in contents,andprofuEelyandbeauti- 
ceived, and discover that scores of papers belong real or pretended laws. Adopted, 88 to 40 1 e a s ex P °ded on the 31st ult., throwing fully illustrated. This magazine lias attained an unparal- 
in the same discreditable category with the one to On of Mr ll„n„ u ’ lfc about fifty feet aboTe the steeple of the mill, leled circulation, and must he a good dividend-payin ( 
which he refers. And, moreover he would as- • . , , , , . “ ’ ° H ,° USe f e ' cou - whence it fell ou the opposite side of the canal, investment to its enterprising proprietors and publishers 
becoming largely appreciated. Beadle & Adams, Buffalo, 
N. Y.—$1,50. 
— Milwaukee voted last week to issue the city bonds to 
the amount of $100,000, to the Milwaukee and Beloit 
up t -io i, . , , , , Harper is rich in contents, and profusely and beauti- T , m . . 
ce Little 1 alls exploded on the 31 st ult., throwing fu n y unrated. This magazine has attained an unparal- Rallr0a(b p he vote stood 1245 for and 44 against. 
exilic X'ciuo CA FUUC U uu iue OJSUUII., ill rowing fully illustrated. This magazine has attained an unparal- 
it about fifty feet above the steeple of the mill, leled circulation, and must be a good dividend-paying 
which he refers. And, moreover, he would as- side red the vote, by which was referred to the 
cerffim that not a few journals which attempt Committee of the Whole the bill to amend ccr- 
credit, fail in the endeavor. For in¬ 
stance, instead of adding Rural New-Yorker, 
instantly killing a man who was sitting on a Hari>er & Br -> New Yoik $ 3, 
fence. No person was in the mill at the time 
tain acts of the Legislative Assembly of Kan- 0 f tbe explosion. Three ladies were hurt iu 
sas, and secuie to the citizens of that territory buildings adjoining, one of whom is not ex- 
they give suchi credits as Rural - Rural N. Y, their rights and privileges as citizens. He also Leled to 
and New -1 orkcr, oi N. Worker neither of submitted a substitute, recognizing Kansas and 
which is very distinctive, considering the fam- providing the usual territorial machinery-pro- A T 
ily of Rurals and New-Yorkers now published, Y i s i 0 n is made for freedom of speech and thp ,° UG 
— The Buffalo Express says that the prospects of the 
peach crop in that vicinity are gloomy. Fiuit growers 
say many trees were killed by the severity of the winter. 
— Thomas Dougherty, the patriarch of American land¬ 
scape painters, died at New York on Wednesday week, in 
extreme penury. Ho was born at Philadelphia in 1793. 
— The pay of the Washington clerks who have hereto- 
the explosion. Three ladies were hurt in ^ath ebom a Rattlesnake Bite.-Ob Wed- 
Hidings adjoining, one of whom is not ex- ue&da Y afternoon, July 23d, Mrs. Blakesly, wife _ T he P ay of the Washington clerks who have hereto- 
ictcd to survive. The mill is much shattered. Ueorge -Blakesly, residing about two miles fore been accommodated in advance, are now refused by 
__ from the village of Bath, Steuben Co., was bit- the banks, for fear ofthe defeat of the appropriation bills. 
A Tough Story_ The following rather in- ten by a rattlesnake, and after suffering untold — The vicinities of Nashua and Hollis were visited by a 
ision is made for freedom of speech and the „ vpdi i,i P „ torv f ’ tVl „ E , f . n pain from the effects of the bite, died on the smart hail storm and shower on Tuesday. Buildings and 
ress; test oaths of whatever kin ale prohibit- is il^ tit .SpLtoMe Mto. B„ with a h«le so,, was — — 
though all of the former and most of the latter preM; test oaths of whatever tin are prohibit. -t 7 . 
have been started since the Rusal Nsw-YoaKua and cruel and unusual proceedingi are not ZT IT, ’ . Z'° ° f Z" 
was established. While it is gratifying to to I)C allowed; all criminal proceedings now 1 I 
know that we furnish so much that is deemed pending in the courts of Kansas, impuUng to S “ ° ? Ts J'7 Y1 a- 
worthy of copying, we submit that proper credit any persons the crime of treason, and all criro- ,“ all0 1 ?’ '"‘ S J , olo " <ls of flles ’ w, “ cl1 
should be given, especially for such useful and ina i p rose cutions for alleged violations or dis- [' to,olI 7. c0 ™ red tbe a l °J er 
practical articles as cost us either labor or regard whatever, of what are usually known L T™* ^»wn a. the fake ily, 
money,-and that when credit is intended it the laws of the Legislature of Kansas shall w,n 8 8 about an 1,lch “ 
should be distinct and unmistakable. forthwith be dismissed, and every person thus . r, ’a Clt “ c ‘ hc , de if 
_ _ _ J biiua .novo nq lf! wns fillprl nnrl 
should be distinct and Unmisfakuhlp . . 8 snau ered the boiler deck to the depth of a loot or 
auouiu ue uiatiucu anti unmistaKaoie. forthwith be dismissed, and every person thus mi v C11 . p , ,, 
- f s more. The cabin was filled, and they bad to 
m m ZZ restrained of bis liberty released. The bill also u f , , ,, , , , 
Teeiuble Colliery Explosiohik Wales. The resl0 r cs the Missouri restriction, provides Z « '» S«ard, and then shoveled over- 
London papers furnish us with the details of tlc enc0 „ rag e me „t of edncation.and repeals all -—- 
the terrible explosion which occurred the 15th n „ r fc thp irqnnmc ,u,ie+i „ , . 
lilt iu thp pnllpi'ipa at Pwmmov ti,n Di n ii P ai ts 01 tlie Kansas-A ebiaska and otbei acts in Association for the Advancement of Science. 
ult.,in the collenes at Cymmer, in the Rhoudda conflict with this bill. T i, n wi, u„p„ni a a.™;-*!™ 
rm,„ r, in the woods gathering whortleberries, and —The new admissions in Yale College are more than 
dailies :-« The Dove, during her trip down while so eD „ a „ ed v:L_ near the _ V , 70, nearly all to the Freshmen Class. The number i, ex. 
the Kentucky river, Sunday night, when near ■ b 8 .. ' . ‘ ^ pected to be largely itcrt-asid at the opening of the term. 
at virvw w,. kt, oicjo of A' I - i the venomous reptile. She walked home, about b 
a n, as invaded by clouds of flies, which & milp and procured me dical aid as soon as ” By a singular and accidental meeting, the widow of 
literally covered tbe boat all over. They are .. ’ ‘ Marshal St. Amaud and the widowed Lady ItaglaD, now 
the species known as the lake fly, with bodies F 0SS1 e ’ ,u teo ae 0 aires tbe progress of traveling on the Continent, met at the baths of Plombiers. 
and wings about an inch in length. They cov- tb<3 P 0 ^ S0n ‘ —Horne Tooke ridiculed the practice of sea-bathing, 
ered the boiler deck to the depth of a toot or and saidif an ? one of th e seal species were sick, it would 
more. The cabin was filled, and they bad to The Magnetic Telegraph.— The telegraph is be just as wise fora physician to order him to go on shore, 
be swept to tbe guard, and then shoveled over- >' a P id ly coming into use throughout tbe world. - Three.of the children of Mr. Clark, who resides upon 
board >> The Viceroy of Egypt bas just given consent tbe r ° ute of tbe planb 10ad fr0 , m Jer£ey Clty to Bergen 
o° aia * / t,, oJ , ■ r, J & ... Point, were sun-struck on Sunday, and two of them died. 
-«•—•>- for the Eastern Electric Company to establish T „ _ . , _ T11 . 
. , _ . . . j . j A . —JamesH.Doane.GeneralSupenntendentofthellli- 
Association for the Advancement of Science, a line between Alexandria and buez. A sub- n 0 is Central Railroad siinned on the tmek r„i„ o>;n, 
— James II. Doane, General Superintendent of the Illi¬ 
nois Central Railroad, slipped on the track July 25th, and 
valley about 14 miles above Cardiff which was ..,-' -- Tbe tenth annual meeting of this Association marine telegraph will soon be in operation be- was run over. Both his legs being broken, he soon died. 
attended by a frightful fatality —not less than • DuUn S suf ' stltute was then agreed to, and tbe Will take place at Albany on the 20tli of Au- tween Constantinople and Alexandria. Tbe -The Philadelphia papers say that the whole number 
110 minprs h-ivino- been Vll l ’rtn a bill thus amended passed by a vote of 88 gust. The general meeting will be held in the Portuguese government are establishing three ofvictimsbytherecentdisasterontheNorthemPenu- 
nn Dip mnrniniv nf tW rlovr i'll? a PP ea ^ s a against 74. Assembly chamber of the Capitol. Arrange- different lines for different places, all starting s y’y auia Kailr °adis 63, of whom 49 were males ard 13 fe- 
went down into the nit ’ Tbot-^UL °^ S Preston S. Brooks, re-elected to Congress by ments have been made for interesting exercises from tbe grand square in Lisbon. We may look mi e ' s ' 
went clown into tlie pit. The two firemen, his constituents took the rcrmirpH noth onrl m * *■' • *.• Vi c, , _ .-j n .-« i- •. . —Gen. Faez, Ex-President ot Venezuela, recently com- 
whose duty it was to examine tbe pit, to ascer- con8t . ltuen J s ’ tQ ok the required oath and re- in connection with tbe inauguration of the State confidently for the time when tlie telegraphic plained a N ’ evf York Lackman who ha l ftttemp t e d To’ 
tain if there was any foul air or *■«, in if re- “ “ , . Geological Hall, and the Dudley Observatory, wires shall girdle the whole earth. overcharge him, and when he remonstrated had attacked 
ascended about 6 o’clock pronouncin it safe ^ CQ t l0USand exb ' a copies of the report of with ceremonies appropriate to the occasion. -*-.«- and beaten him. 
In less than an hour after—indeed before some ^ (3omndltee on tbe 3>a<ddc Railroad were The inauguration of tbe Geological Hall will Death of an Uncle of Ex-President Fill- —The Austrian Gazette states that for the last three 
had stripped off their clothes in commerce ordered to be P rinted - occur on Wednesday the 27th, when addresses MORE.-Elijah Fillmore, Esq., an uncle ofthe y* a ™ in which horses’ flesh has been sold at Vienna, 4,925 
nau birippca on ineir domes to commence - - J _ . horses have been slaughtered, which have furnished 1 , 902 ,- 
work-the terrible gas exploded. Escape was The Forrest Divorce Case -The i-pfo,™ i L be g L ? n n , d and ex - Presldent ’ died at his residence in Benmng- oco poundg of meat . 
all but impossible; and of all the host that went tlL i lLLLiL the Hon - ErancisC. Gray of Boston. Ihein- ton, Vt., a few days since. He was very highly — The water of Lake Ontario rose last year until the 
tween Constantinople and Alexandria. 
— The Philadelphia papers pay that the whole number 
gust. The general meeting will be held in the Portuguese government are establishing three of victims by the recent disaster on the Northern Penn- 
Assembly chamber of the Capitol. Arrange- different lines for different places, all starting 8 y* v ania Railroad is 63, of whom 49 were males ard 13 fe- 
In less than an hour after—indeed, before some 
had stripped off their clothes to commence 
work—the terrible gas exploded. Escape was 
all but impossible ; and of all the host that went this long winded case has finallymadehisVe t can n V t a! T ^ ^ TL 7“ Vei7 hlghlj “ The water of Labe 0ntario !ast y ear -til the 
down only six returned alive. There were in nort r? nrnvidps fm . J „ h ® aagUratl0a of J . tbe Dudle ^' Observatory will take respected by his neighbors and townsmen, and 20th of August. This year it rose until the 1st of July, 
the pit at the time nf tL p 1 1 * ■ T LL L P ° rt ' Ik provides for the payment of Mrs. For- place on the following day. The address will 
horses, which have been alto killeck °” ” 1 "ll SiTLorirtliT r" the Hon. Edward Ev erett. 
„ T . spects the judgment of the Court, which was Life Preservers and Pincushions.— The se- 
. . A | 30R A -i U f 0ED ' • 0ll ^ iein _ gentleman appealed from. It is further ordered and ad- rious consequences which may arise from an act 
was one of the oldest living native residents of and it is now rapidly falling, having decreased in the last 
Bennington. The ex-President’s father was balfmontb two inches. 
bom in Bennington. tlie alteration of a single letter in an item pub¬ 
lished by the Saratogian, the line— M Susan Denin is star- 
-p, mi . — J _ A. U tA --- '9 " HUO 11' Xj JL AVJB.OX.XV V JCJCLO Ai MJ X X i! U U 0X11 Ui'l O. X 1U? ftto” -4 I ^ J ***B01UI 
sold "C Z , f l 8 :; 1 "” appCa,Gd fr,,m - 11 iS f “ r0le, ' 0, ' dere<1 a ” d ad - arise from an act SotsarHiao Nsw.-Thoro is to ho a gathering 71° fZ’A'" ”** “ r “ a -“ S “*” D “‘“ “ 
o? which money he toveS to frmtog toree h S ti H f” T,‘"° ^ h “ S ' ° f th °”« hlleM “ eSS ' rCCei ™ d “ other »i deaf mutes at Concord, N. H„ on the 3d of -o™ or to, CMornU.hito h.d toon mm, 
hundred men tn nt l' . C mi ^ banc, e defendant, or any otbei event shall at the burning of tbe steamboat Northern Indi- September next, when an oration is to be de- ascertained, by counting the grains of the stump, to be 
_ • i f f i * g f - vansas- ie P eacb occur materially changing the circumstances of ana, on Lake Erie. It is stated that a large livered, in the sign language of course, by Mr twelve hundred and eighty years old. When Mahomet 
him LwLT, a claim and t0 the parties, or either of them, an application number of “ life preservers” were rendered val- Laurent Clerc, who bas been chosen orator of "'as at nurse this tree was sprouting. 
, . r V . 7 rr 16 ' 1 ° ‘J, 0 ® 0 ’ may be madG ° n tbe f00t of the j ud g“ent, by ueless, by having been used by the ladies as the day. The services of Rev. Thomas Gallau- “Capital punishments are rare in Denmark, and when 
and the Major it is stated, is left minus all his any party in interest, for such modification of pincushions on retiring to their state roomsor det, of New York, have been secured as inter- oae does ‘tore..es an immense sensation. A woman 
advances, and has gone home in disgust. the said iudo-ment as a h n ii i 1P f ,, 8 f , , '. . as miei wag recen tly decapitated in Jutland, where no execution 
b me said judgment as shall be just. berths. preter for the hearing portion of the assembly, has taken place for three hundred years. 
