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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER, AUGUST 2-3. 
Congressional. 
Miscellaneous Items. 
Political Items. 
ROCHESTER, AUGUST 23, 1856. 
The News of the Week. 
Senate. Senator Douglas, from the Territo- There are three hundred and fifty-five pub- The Journal of the Amorim 
na Committee, to whom had been referred the lishers in the United States, two" thousand Union is out for the n^nlon of Tv" 
bill passed by the Republican majority of the booksellers, fifteen thousand printers and three Clark. ‘ oveinor 
House, providing for the admission of Kansas thousand five hundred bookbinders. Ho\ AIdIius Felrh ,wi; fu j 
Stale under the Topeka Constitutioe, made Thhs„„„„. iu Eugtand has been mlId , the 
«L Mr. Colkmer o77t’., Se”I mi! when higtest. from 66° eonnt ef business engagements. 
rp a , i Kansas was the restoration of the Missouri 
The August elections are over, and though „ • , . . 
, . . Compromise, or the admission of Kansas with 
we cannot see the bearing that local voting is m , r, 1 
, , „ ., 8 , z . . 8 the Topeka Constitution, 
to have upon the Presidential contest, it is con- m. r ■ , . 
, , i, . ~ ... , 1 he Legislative, Executive and Judicial An- 
tended that it will more or less affect the general . ,. , " 
. . , 8 propnation bill was passed, 
issue. We give the results as received, so that A . , - , _ 
• r , c .. . ’ A message was received from the President, 
those inclined may figure for themselves. Ken- 1V - . , . , .. . , 
i . - J 6 .. . . , .. calling for information relative to the protocol 
turtle V. OTlft of t,hp. ParliP.Qt ant mnat. ^ A 
same. ivir. \joiiamer, oi vt., made a mi- 7QO i no f u • wooa pape_. 
nority report, recapitulating the Kansas outra- season. July 25, th^the^molete/wasTwn their StateC ° f ^ a “ f ® rnia wil1 hold “ In 1854, twenty-five millions of dollars were sunk 
ges, and insisting that the only remedy for to 44°. thermometer was down their State Convention on the 2d of September; the ocean. 
Bftos Clippings- 
— A Swedish paper has been started at Galena, Ill. 
There were 266 deaths in Chicago in the month of 
July. 
The Kew York Times is soon to be printed on bass 
wood paper. 
tucky, one of the earliest and most reliable f ,, ... 
among the Whig State., has gottc Democratic ° f ^ ° D P"™teer.ng 
by about 5,000 majority. North Carolina, **? “ ““P*” 
, • , ~ . m i , . Members of Congress was passed, 
which gave Clay and Taylor her electoral m, 0 , ° ... , . ... . 800 000 acres 
v in .• , The Senate considered the bill continuing ’ acres 
vote, has now chosen Democratic Governor and ,, , . or ■ 8 ' ™ 
’ansas was the restoration of the Missouri A , , tbe democrats on the 7th; and the Republi- ~ Minn 
ompromise, or the admission of Kansas with f the R ° yal A g ricultur al Soci- cans on the 27th of August. Candidates are to lDhabitan1 
te Topeka Constitution. ® u S land on the 17th July, Lord Wals- be nominated for two members of Congress, a t r** xU 
The Legislative, Executive and Judicial Ap- 1D S bam 8 Flr8t Prlze P ea of Southdown ewes Clerk of the Supreme Court, a Superintendent * 
•opriation bill was passed. struck off to au Amencaa for five hundred of Public Instruction, a State Prison Director, FreD fhan 
A message was received from the President, 0 ai!, ‘ and four Presidential Electors. — The Auburn Advortwv,-n- 
lling for information relative to the protocol Aork, in its extreme YV m. C. Alexander of Princeton, has been is paid there for barley. ' ' 
the peace congress, on privateering. length, is about 345 miles, and its greatest nominated for Governor by the New Jersey - The old barracks at Windsor, opposite Detroit were 
The bill regulating the compensation of ^ )rea< ^^ 1 a ^> ou t 308 miles. The State in- Democratic State Convention. burned on Saturday night, 
embers of Congress was passed. roTT ° f 47, ° 0 ° s<luare miles ’ or 3 °’ _ The St - L ouis Democrat of the 14th instant, A "7. The 1 
The Senate considered the bill continuing acres. announces the withdrawal by the Benton De- 
— Minnesota has now one hundred and twenty thousand 
inhabitants. 
— Mexico is making rapid strides to complete religious 
— A reduction of 52,COO men has taken place in the 
French army. 
“ BQ area 01 47 ’ 000 square miles, or 30,- The St. Louis Democrat of the 14th instant . "7™® net amount in the u - s - Treasury subject to 
l0 ’° 00 aCreS - .hDounoe. the withdrawal by the Benton De-’ 000,000, 
Legislature. Th7p7ll Mt taken was th! tt . e J“P rovame .“ ,s °! Des M '“” es ™P ills \ T!?!'' °T f “J™ tha P otat<> m0crac ^ of «* «W« b favor of the m>km * “ °' 
heaviest ever east in the State. A complete Preetdent a objections thereto, bat OrngeUtlMy*.*, pw™,!, »w Wl. anti-Benton party, in which the Democrat -Much P „ n „ Ml 
revolution liastaken place in Missouri—Demo- “ ow *• veta-two-thtrds not are, owtng to the drouth and price, rule high, saye, we laydown no principle, which has P»..,.vani, 
cratic throughout. Arkansas ditto. In Iowa “ th f “ ffi ™at.ve. Contractshave been mad. for the product of an governed us in the past, aud give up no doe- -Tbs postal appropriation b ,„ ,«„ a Ho ,„, 
the Rennhlirans have swent the StafP with The Senate made an amendment appropria- entire crop, of some lot) acres, at the rate of trine heretofore contended for as right and foots U P»total of $11,893,500. 
probably the exception of one of the Members IT f<>r the ° a P ito1 exten8Wn and ^ pGT t0 be delivered in the falL democratic. We will battle for the Union as th “ There is a d -tructive fire prevailing in the woods on 
of Congress, by majorities ranging from 4 000 $' )00 / ,0 ° ^ or tbe continuation of the Washing- A bank note detector gives the number of a "hole, and have every confidence that those the s tate Line Ra.iroad in Salem, 
to 7 000. 9 ton Aqueduct. banks in the United States whose notes have ^ or w ^ose elevation we work will be true to Daliel c ^K°us e , Me Sheriff °f Jefferson Co., died at 
Something has been done in Congress during . ,f‘ la subsli f" te of lhe House f » r «>« Senate not been counterfeited or altered, as 463; and preservation against all foes. 'U'im'lTv Mm”.!! T 
the past week, A portion of the Appropriation fl, “ DS ^ compensauon of members of the number whose notes have been counter- Tun Hon. J. J. Crittenden has written a th. S Omm^kOWri 
bills have been passed. Amf Am f. u « ^ * f-ted or altered, as 854. .otter denying that Mr. Fillmore hesitated -Them K „' 0 r 
amendment to the mode of paying the mem- ^ ^ ..... . ^ ’ ‘ u a PP 10 P ,la tion of Mr. Peabody, the American Banker in Lon- to s 'g a the Fugitive Slave Act, and stating dm^ing houses to a population of 80,COO. 
hers—instead of “eight dollars per day,” the Deai ? $ ’ ’ mace to meet the require- don, after an absence of 20 years from his coun- tliat requiring the written opinion of all — Z. B. Caverly, formerly of Lowell, Mass., has been ap- 
. _ 1 J ments Ot T,he hi 11 inerpasintr f in onmnnwceiion A . . __ _ ,V ..... . 1 J „ . .. _ ’ ’ V 
cratic throughout. Arkansas ditto. In Iowa 
the Republicans have swept the State, with 
probably the exception of one of the Members 
of Congress, by majorities ranging from 4,000 
to 7,000. 
the past week. A portion of the Appropriation 
bills have been passed. Among them is an 
amendment to the mode of paying the mem- 
-- ~ . rrutvug 11rV.111 JO D.U , . Q , . - J -O - * * J rirmufu ftCf.-tltillPU 
amendment to the mode of paying the mem- ^ ” nnn nn^ 8 ’ & ^ ‘ lU a PP'°P natl011 of Mr. Peabody, the American Banker in Lon- to s ’g a the Fugitive Slave Act, and stating 
hers—instead of “eight dollars per day,” the Deai J ^ ’ ’ mat e 0 m ^ et the require- doD, after an absence of 20 years from his coun- that his requiring the written opinion of all 
workers at the Capitol are to have $3,080 per raen 8 0 e 1 mci easing t le compensation try, has engaged a passage to New York by the the members of his cabinet on its constitution- 
annum—an increase of about $1,000,000 in the ° T ^ nem eis ^ „ r _ Collins steamer of the 3d of September next. It a ^ty was simply a matter of form. All the 
aggregate. Congressmen when on a “strike,” 
have a wonderful advantage over most classes °° Pubbc Lands, reported a bill for the con- months. the bill. it is stated in a late English paper that pasteboard la 
who would “ dearly love” a little better pay,— St ' uc ^ on ° 7 a radroad and telegraph line from The London editors never were very famous Strong efforts are being made to organize a _ ® xte ° slTe,y man ' lfactured from bcet r00ts - 
they have only to act on the “vote yourself a t he northern boundary of Missouri and Iowa, for an intimate knowledge of American geog- FiUmore party in Ohio. It is said that news- ited at the San Frau c/bcoB uHetta offl<S°ite5 “ 
farm principle,” and the thing is done. O wing n( rth ot . t,ie aad 8 ® uth of the 48th de g- to raphy. Thus a journal of the pretentions of papers are to be started at Dayton, Cleveland - The Montreal Herald says that city is full of imeri- 
to the failure of the Army bill, the President EOme P 01Dt on ttle t acihc ocean. the “Illustrated ” even gives us a picture of and Columbus, to advocate the Fillmore and 0411 summer risitors-many are from the South, 
has called an extra session. The bill extending the patent of Adams’ “Baton Rouge, Nebraska!” A large steamer Donelson ticket. — The total number of deaths in New York last week 
The clouds have for a few days threatened printtDg press was passed. is ploughing the stream, and on the bank of the- was 651, a decrease of 24 from the week previous. 
rain, but as yet have refused to quench the The House passed the bill appropriating river is the Gothic and turreted Statehouse of Turkey Still “Sick.” —An article in Black- — In Gloucester Co., Va., no rain has fallen for three 
thirst of Mother Earth. The country in this $200,000 lor the establishment of a naval depot Louisiana I Oh! ^ood^ou the “ Peace,” contains the following months. Vegetation is almost wholly destroyed, 
vicinity is in very great need of moisture, aud at Brunswick. Ga. The Mormons in Copenhagen have a news- S °“ Turkey is still the < a A11 w th ! T° rd bIades made for the ED e lish ar “y are 
unless some comes, to bless immediately, root The House passed a bill making the usual paper, called the “ Star of Scandinavia.” In a "HI soon L fighting again over its dead body” I'T ° °^ men,threeofwhomarebrothers - 
crops will be a failure. appropriation for the mail service, with an late number of this paper, it is stated that the A correspondent of'the fame Magazine, in containLTgigan^ 
P. S.-Tuesday P. M.-It rains copiously. a niendment, concurred m by 119 majority, pro- number of the Latter Day Saints in Denmaik, s f a ° f 16 CaUS<3 ° f the Me Wal ' Wlth Rus ' - Fears are entertained of the loss of the U s Frigate 
- - viding tor giving notice of the termination of Norway and Sweden, amounts to 2,602 persons, “ I always thought the preservation of the Inde P endence - It is eight months since she saile'd. 
Conflagrations. J be contract allowing additional compensation among whom are 21 elders, 19 priests, 15 teach- integrity of the Ottoman empire a hypocrisy on “ Near] y two-thirds of the rags annually imported into 
- for the transportation of the mails between ers, and 11 deacons. In Sweden, there are 340 the part of the Allies. We fought to prevent the United States from all foreign countries, come from 
A LARGE fire broke out in Chicago on the New York and Liverpool, in the Collins line. Mormons ; in Denmark, 2,247, of whom 1,208 Russia from seizing it, that is all. But we shall Ita, y- 
14th inst., in the Walker House, a small hotel -►- are iu Copenhagen There are but 7 Mormon* j 6 H ° l®?? w i cked tban foolish if we shed one . “ Tbe steamer Ara g° sailed from New York on the 4th 
on Clark street, near the Central and Book Is- Dreadful Storm at New Orleans, in Iceland ? Mormons .....for H„™, 18 ,o»h,.of wh„. „4 2,* bb ,.. 
land radroad freight house, and spread to Cross . . w n A railroad is about to be established from ever deserved of Christendom ? ^he^ends^gs - Portions of Oneida, Chenango and Madison counties 
& Co. s sash factory, Rock Island House and * despatch fiom K ew Oileans, 14th instant, the Mediterranean to Jerusalem with the sane aUC f ca, 'P ets ' sa Y our merchants; but the fi|s were visited by a heavy hail storm on Tuesday afternoon 
Rock Islaud fretght depot, and to the Michigan sa J s a temble s tor m occurred in that vicinity f , T , . , , n . . , ’ ‘ a “ d carpets would grow equally well, perhaps last - 
Southern freight depot, in which were numer- on Sunday. It lasted all day, as also all day f , r “ an(l lirl tish governments; better, under the shadow of the Cross than in - The city of Toledo and village of Millville, O., have 
ous loaded cars, which had arrived the same Moada T- Its effects, however, were most dis- 1 « J u “ 00D ? bine of ** Crescent. As for the provided for lighting those places with gas made from 
evening. They were totally consumed, includ- ^rous on Glass Island, a great summer resort. purpose . & y e rans eire or t at ing but imbecility. “^ildness^f* -The people of Iowa have voted, by a large majority, 
ing freight valued at $100,000. The Rock Is- Une hundred and eighty-two lives are known t t t it broken-backed boa - constrictor. Civilization to 0,111 a Convention to revise the Constitution of that 
land railroad machine shop and grain ware- to hav e been lost on this island. It is feared iHE • Loca Po rt J ournal says that a man named ought never to forgive or forget’the wrongs of state ' 
house—the latter with 200 000 bushels of grain that Grand Island > another watering place, has Uaa htmlh > whlle bathing in that place on Sun- Greece, or the general past of that power which ~ Tbe new post route bm was re P ort e d m the House by 
in it-took fire, but before it had been much als0 been submerged, and that many lives have daj ’ WaS attacked b 7 a lar g« feet in s " e Pt llk e a turbid flood over art, literature, Mr - Maae > aad P aaa e d . P^vidiDg for one thousand new 
damaged was extinguished. Fliot A Wheeler’s -I m -S “b-SST “ d '°-“'„,„ b ,. h.eon.0, b „ bra „ , b . 
warehouse, containing 150,000 bushels of grain, I he steamer Star, Capt. Smith, left here on , 8 ' 1 farm of Mr. O. B. Kinney, of the Clinton House, Clinton 
also took fire, and was with great difficulty tbe 9tb ’ witb a lar S e number of passengers. ar ry was near y seveie , and t e man was Monument to A. J Downing—A toot f l 0neida Count y- 
saved. The loss is estimated at $150,000 to ® be entered the storm before reaching Glass ln aD £ ei 0 ee ing to eat i, w len a physi- monumental stone, says the National Intellilen- ~ Tbe saleB of land by the Illinois Central Railroad 
200,000. Island, became perfectly unmanageable, and CUm " as sent tor "bo stopped the flow of cer, to the late Andrew J. Downing, has just Com P an y in Jul y» renched 19,500 acres, at an average of 
A fire broke out on Thursdav 14th soon after was a perfect wreck. The scene bl ®° d ‘ , , been placed in the Smithsonian grounds by the about ^ 15 . 50 P er acre - 
+1 u . cn, / 7„ L ’ among the passengers was terrific there hoino- The whole number of emigrants which have friends of that valuable and lamented citizen. - The House of Representatives on Wednesday, passed 
the celebrated McGinnes’ Shaft, at St. Clair, Pa., no les s t han 250 TWsireliiHnr/n crossed the Mississippi at Dubuque, from the The monument consists of a large aud massive a bill giving Mississippi 1,500,000 acres of land foriInter- 
which completely destroyed the Breaker at- less than persons clinging to the wreck- 12tb of ApH1 up to 5th of j ulv q has hppn 8 7o vase, finely carved, resting on I block of four nal improvements. 
tached. It was the largest and most valuable 1 lagmen s o e vessel, each anxiously famil i es cons i st i n e of 4 504 me mbers— 1 lavimr ? eet s q uare 4 "it h sunken panels, each contain- — Many railroads in England use wooden wheels for 
in the region. The fire originated from a lamp awaiUn S tb e arrival of some vessel to take . , ^ ^ ing appropriate inscriptions, descriptive of the passenger cars, constructed on a patent held by an Eng- 
House.— Mr. Walbridge, from the Committee is understood that he intends a visit of several members of the cabinet advised in favor of 
who would “ dearly love” a little better pay,— 
they have only to act on the “vote yourself a 
struction of a railroad and telegraph line from 
the northern boundary of Missouri and Iowa, 
pointed Secretary of Legation at Lima, Peru. 
— A yacht was sunk in Boston harbor on the 14th inst. 
Of ten persons on board, four were drowned. 
It is stated in a late English paper that pasteboard is 
now extensively manufactured from beet roots. 
— A cabbage, weighing forty-three pounds, was exhib¬ 
ited at the San Francisco Bulletin office lately. 
— The Montreal Herald says that city is full of Ameri- 
" ^ 1 •—- vr&s 651, a decrease oi 24 from the week previous. 
Turkey Still “Sick.” —An article in Black- — In Gloucester Co., Va., no rain has fallen for three 
wood 00 the “ Peace,” contains the following mon ths. Vegetation is almost wholly destroyed. 
«Turhitr in oflll 4.1 , • i , , __ All the sword blades made for the English army are 
will u tbe S1Ck man ’ and Euro P e tbe work of four men, three of whom are brothers. 
the celebrated McGinnes’ Shaft, at St. Clair, Pa., j th 2 50 persons clingimr to th" ^ crossed the Mississippi at Dubuque, from the Tbe “ onu ment consists of a large aud massive a biU 8 ivin S Mississippi 1,500,000 acres of land for inter- 
which completely destroyed the Breaker at- less than^u persons clinging to the wreck- 12tb of April up to Z 1 ^ 5th of j, 4 , ’ , vase, finely carved, resting on a block of four nal improvements. 
tached. It was the largest and most valuable 1 lagmen s o e vessel, each anxiously famil i es cons i st i n e of 4 504 me mbers—1 lavimr f eet s q uare i sunken panels, each contain- — Many railroads in England use wooden wheels for 
iditTZ ilt MXtnli»:r kmp wh a e r ;;if: ny T.7::iuv£ “ 
originally $50,000, bnt it is thought that from h “ t ““ Were Sa7ed - » 8 * <• “Last. San Francisco undertaker, hare feet >ix ‘"<^s high, li O.S . £77.7^ *“ P< "‘' 
$25 000 to $30 000 and about four mouth’s understood to bave g 0Be to their relief. The , bKXERAE » aa Urancisco undertakers have ment aud public of Washington are indebted Roger8 > inEondon - 
time will completely repair the disa^ er steamers Nautilus and Perseverance are several beec ax P ePad b y the Committee. They sold to the taste and judgment of Mr. Downing for - Ac “ rd ' E g to "c probate of the will of the Earl of 
P 7 1 e disaster. days over due, and it is feared that something ex P en81 v e coffins,sometimes $200 or $300 each thei beautiful arrangement of the parks' § and SoL stl r Hn P ro P«ty ^ esLmated at over one 
A destructive fire occurred at Syracuse on bas bappeDet i to them S — aad as soon as the mourners’ back were P ub Lc squares of that city. miUlon sterhn g- 
Saturday 9th inst., in the soap and candle fac- m, , , turned the coffins were ran*i7Pd tim l-,nrt; 00 - -t - ^ —It is said that one-half of the patent right for a pro- 
torv of Morris BpardsW t™ 1 id - ^ b ® sbl P s L° wd itch and Ellsler, as also the . , . J J ’ dles rn cess of tanning leather was recently sold in New York, for 
lory oi Moms Leardsley. I wo buildings brig Creole, which were Ivin* uonr ilm em P tied la rou g b wooden boxes, and then the A Thousand Hogs DzAD.-The Auburn Amcr- $ 300 , 000 . Cheap. 
™ dent,eyed. Los S , $10,000 , insurane’e 0^"™! la^uTe^^iSy^ed *“*“ b “ k a “ d soId 
A Finn broke out in Honesdalc, Ba„ August hear of numerous ‘staam'boata,' 1 T-ie steamer Daniel G. Taylor, with a val- {£? &Sy?onSff , 5!* 
12th, and destroyed a storehouse, occupied by other craft being injured. Nearly all the Uable Carg ° ° f bem P’ toba cco, wheat, rope and driven off when the distemper broke out. The 
Rogers & Denning, the Mansion House, and a wharves at the watering places have been in bac0D) sunk in tbe Missouri River on Satur- 1,000 left died off rapidly. One physician pro- 
saloon. Loss $20,000. undated, and the buildings thereon, including daj ’ th ® ?th in8t ” and bllt a Smal1 P ortion of erTineH? 6 th d aDOtber Putrid 
A conflagration at Balize, Honduras, on the the bath-house, Ac., swept away. AltogethOr The balance, together ^ ThFlSh SStal'K 
1 / th of July, destroyed upwards of half a mil- the loss of property must be very heavy, but it 
lion dollars worth of property. Nearly the j is impossible at present to calculate the amount. 
_ _ — It is said that one-half of the patent right for a pro- 
cess of tanning leather was recently sold in New York, for 
A Thousand Hogs Dead. —The Auburn Amcr- $300,000. Cheap. 
ShplJn^rt- p n ^nvi] D WR , bb ? a T,fw, k P as b — Advices from Canton state that a company of Ameri- 
1 500 Iu, re f tl 1S r rn’ ^ ? t° S j 9 out cans were about building a couple of steamers to run on 
1,500 hogs at then- distillery at Jordan, 12 miles the rivers 0 f China. 
fiom this city. Of the whole drove 500 were n . T . Q ' , . . 
driven off when the distemper broke out The ~ C ° pper Halb ° r ’ bake Supe '7° s ’ bas been created a 
1,000 left died off rapidly. One physician pro- P ° rt ° f EDtry ’ a “ Livermore has been ap- 
nounced the disease cholera, and another putrid pomtcd Collector - 
erysipelas. They were worth, on an average — Mrs. Jane M. Biddle, widow of the late Nicholas Bid- 
$10 each. The loss is therefore verv he.-ivv’ die, died at Andalusia, Pa., on the 11th inst., in the &4th 
whole north side of the town is in ruins. 
Extra Session of Congress. 
The troops, it is feared, have also suffered se¬ 
verely. 
Later.— Capt. Talbott, of the steamer Louis- 
_ .. , , „ , iana, reports the loss of ship Manilla of Bath 
T„e m was a meeting cftheCnh,net Monday f „ m / ards for „„ Orleans, off T.mba!Lr 
a . , , , , s !?IG each. The loss is therefore verv heavv die, died at Anuamsia, ra., on tne ntn inst., m the 64th 
with the boat is a total loss. The boat was lnadditiontothis.it has cost $1,000 to bury year <* f ber age.” 
new and valued at $40,000. Insured $21,000 them. Each was buried six feet deep. Those — Tbe New York papers announce the death of Corne- 
in Pittsburgh office. Loss of boat and caro-o that were driven off and led on buttermilk are lius Bogart, a well known citizen of that place, at the age 
about $250,000. ° recovering. The partner of Mr. Sheldon is of about eighty years. 
_^ ^__ dangeiously ill, and nearly all the hands con- — Mr.Strickland,whofortwelveyearshasbeenanac- 
■Djsfvtt-;,-.™.,! T 4 nected with the distillery are sick. tor, abandoned the stage for the pulpit, and preached in 
Provincial Items. 
afternoon, Aug. 18, when the following was de- t i a t n \ moaner An extensive m 
cided on by tbe President: * ” d ', 0 lost > “<> ^ tie. of Iocomoti, 
FROcLAttATiott. ^ He ' C “'' g ° filers, has 
Whereas, Hostilities exist with various Indian tribe, on d Ti ““ ““ seTC:ri ‘ 1 ca,J1 " Hamilton, 
the remote frontiers of the U. S., and whilst in other re- d °° rS aQd tb ® boob y batcb of the Steamer Nau- The Q uebec 
Spects the public peace is seriously threatened and Con- tilus, and several dead bodies well dressed, and pni - 0 ; • p 
gress has adjourned without passing the necessary appro- supposed to have been passengers. The Nau- 1 D , D ” ®. an 
priations for the army, depriving the Executive of the tilus left Galveston Friday evening previous to , • a 
power to perform his duty in relation to the common de- w ,tl on ^ slaves in Canada 
fence and security, and as an extraordinary occasion has , , ’ 1 3 P asaeD g ers > $30,000 in specie, tbe United States 
thus arisen for assembling the two Houses of Congress I and 3 lar S e Dumber of cattle. 
do therefore by this Proclamation convene the said Houses --- The City Counc 
to meet at the Capitol in the city of Washington, on CONGRESSIONAL Legislatign FOR Central tb ® E y*Law for 
- -- . vs a uncaus, tm iimoaner A» oYfonel™ c.. .I Painful Coincidences.—J ohn L. Speed, who — a sperm wnaie nas Deen caugnt at yuogue, Staten 
Island. Ten of her crew were lost, and Capt ,■ ! , . J 0 ie c °ustiuc- studied law with the late Daniel Kellogg, of Island, and brought to New York. It is the first speci- 
Hodge had a leg broken. Her caro-o most I v “•! ° locomotlve eugmes, steam engines, Skaneatles, and who became a celebrated law- men captured in America. 
lost. Capt. Talbott also saw several eahm ^ &C ’’ haS JUSt been estab lished in jer in Maryland, was lost on the steamboat -A movement is on foot for constructing a railroad 
doors and the booh v hath nf tL T at Hamilton - Henry Clay, burned on the Hudson three or fPO m Fond du Lac, on Lake Winnebago, to the copper and 
aoors and tne booby hatch of the steamer Nau- _ A , four years ago. Edward Sanford, of New f_ 
— Mr. Strickland, who for twelve years has been an ac¬ 
tor, abandoned the stage for the pulpit, and preached in 
East Troy, on Sunday last. 
— A sperm whale has been caught at Quogue, Staten 
engines, steam engines, Skaneatles, and who became a celebratedYaw- 
st been established in y er in Maryland, was lost on the steamboat 
men captured in America. 
— A movement is on foot for constructing a railroad 
Htuiy Clay, but ned on the Hudson three or prom Fond du Lac, on Lake Winnebago, to the copper and 
The Quebec Mercury is out in an article ? ur Y ea,s a S°- Edward Sanford, of New iron regions of Lake Superior. 
• • • , ^ . j ° * aiuiae York, from the same office, was lost on the Aro- m 
enjoining the Canadian Parliament, to pass a tic; and John C. Beach, of New York from tho “ Tbomas Douse ’ of Cambnd « e > bas Panted to the 
law by which all the distressed runaway same office, was killed by the explosion of the Massacbus ett,* Historical Society his library of over 6,000 
slaves in Canada may be returned back to steamer Empire State on Saturday week--Seneca volumes - a11 splentu y boun • 
thp TTnitPfl Courier. — A Mobile paper mentions the death, in that neigh- 
— A Mobile paper mentions the death, in that neigh- 
_ _ w _ borhood, of a Mrs. Henrietta Harden, the widow of a 
do therefore by this Proclamation convenTthe said Houses ---- Tiie Cit T Cou ucil of Hamilton have passed Death of a Missionary’s Wife.— Mrs. Susan re7olutiokary Boldier ’ aged 118 yearB ’ 
to meet at the Capitol in the City Of Washington, on Congressional Legislation for Central tb e By-Law for the construction of Water D. CUAikeD, wile of the Rev. Edward Aiken —A young woman lately committed suicide in the 
Thursday, the 2lst of August inst., hereby requiring the New York.—A monff the items in the rmWl Works - died at Hom s, Syria, on the 20th of June, aged Seventeent b "« d > Philadelphia, because her mother re- 
respective Senators and Representatives then and there to laueous aDDP0Dria tion hi ll nn«PrI hi n The fi >’es in the woods near Waterloo Kings- 24 y ears ’ after au iUaess of 20 days. She was lused t0 buy ber a new bonnet - 
assemble and determine on such measures as the state of • PP P aiion bill passed by Congress, w still «nvp S Hin ff g t the daughter of John O. Cole, Esq , of Albany. - Francis Wharton, Esq. , one of the editors of the Epis- 
the Union may seem to require. is one of $o,900 lor completing the City Hall . ’ ’ p ea anc C01n g gieat Mr. Aiken was a missionary at Homs, and sailed oopal Recorder, has accepted the professorship of English 
In testimony whereof, I have caused the seal of the in Utica, in addition to $12,000 heretofore ap- 1 <lma ge. from Boston on the 20th of December last, in Literature and Law in Kenyon College. 
United States to be hereunto affixed, at the city of Wash- preprinted for the same building. These ap- About 2 >°°° cords of wood was destroyed by company with Rev. Orson P. Allen and wife, -It was decided at the Wine Growers’ Meeting in Cin- 
nTde 0 ' e" f th p 1 ., l ' ay of Augufit ' 1856 > and of the ind e- propriations are made by the Federal Govern ^ 16 ° D ® a ^ urda y night the 3d instant, at the of the Armenian Mission. cinnati, that freezing does not injure wine. AheatofllO 
e me a “ ment upon the ground that it has the use of all Chester Station of the Great Western Rail- --—- degrees will completely destroy it. 
By order of the President, " necessary rooms for the accommodation of wa T» occasioning a loss of over $2,500. The Bangor Ideological Seminary.— 1 The thirty- —There has been a tremendous storm between Mobile 
Wm. L. Marcy, Sec’y of state. United States Courts nnH foHo l m fire took from a spark from the locomotive seventh anniversary of the Bangor Theological and New Orleans, and in that locality generally, rain hav- 
_ T . r ^ unirea estates oourts and federal offices.— me iocomuuve. Seminary was held in that city on Wednesday fallen for 100 consecutive hours. 
Literary Fame — Th* Him • An ltem of $^ 2 > 000 " a s appropriated for the On the 6th inst., a number of persons who and was attended by a large number of stran- - Eleven children were born on the steamer St. Nicho- 
,i , c os 011 ransenpt erection of a similar building at Canandaigua. e Dlisted in Canada for the Foreign Legion, g ers from abroad. The venerable lather Saw- l as > ° n a trip from New Orleans to St. Louis, with a 
^ a arrangements have been made with returned to Montreal. yer, now one hundred and one years old, was company of German emigrants last week. 
t ;« 61 ^ 01 separate edi- Large Imports.—T he Washington correspon- A movement is being made to secure the piesent ‘ £° sion Journal. —Chicago is no place to raise babies. During the 
now Lugland,!-ranee and Germany, of her dent of the New York Tribune, says that offi- bolding of the next Provincial Show in the rr n a * r * _-T~ month of July, one hundred and seventy-three children 
new novel, now going through the Dress of rial returns reeeiveH from ti, n 4 tt • , , , . . T . _ ,, Hors.—The drouth has affected the growing under two years of age, were interred there. 
Messrs. Phillips, s^p'ott * k of thaHty to to ^ f ^ ^ “ d the fl ? ^ V.m sd«r- 
so that the book will have simoltaaeous issoe aud partial reltrns for the !,f, ifi?- IT' . w E . St l a ™ Cr Wella " d . wa '. b “ rat “ herdock tl hm "‘ York p “ ,m . “ 
t, a Franklin Pikrce. 
By order of the President, 
Wm. L. Marcy, Sec’y of State. 
Literary Fame. — The Boston Transerir 
— It was decided at the Wine Growers’ Meeting in Cin¬ 
cinnati, that freezing does not injure wine. A heat of 110 
degrees will completely destroy it. 
— There has been a tremendous storm between Mobile 
eighborhood of Niagara Falls. crop in Ostego Co., and the fly has attacked - An orphan girl of twenty, with $5,000 a-year, adver- 
The steamer Welland was burnt at her dock ^be vine in several sections, effectually destroy- tises herself in the New York papers as wanting a hand- 
— Hugh Miller, of Edinburg, the Scotch editor and geol¬ 
ogist, one of the finest specimens of the self-made man, is 
about to start for America on a lecturing tour. 
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