MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AW AGRICULTURAL AWD FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
AUGUST 30. 
Violent Rain Storm. 
Affairs in Kansas. 
Miscellaneous Items. 
ROCHESTER, AUGUST 30, 1856. 
The most destructive rain storm that lias vis- A dispatch from Chicago, on Tuesday week, Ax ingenious Frenchman has secured a pat- 
ited Albany and vicinity for years occurred gives the following account of the reported ent for making a parasol that can be folded into 
last week. The Journal says Rain has fallen battle in Kansas. the form of a fan, instead of folding in the usual 
in this vicinity for upwards of thirty hours, It seems that the Free State men discovered manner. 
causing the river and creeks to overflow, and an organized plan of the pro-slavery men to Asa Twitchell, a respectable citizen of Athol 
f\ OofvATr 1 -r, re o I') rrrn omcnnt f ■m-onovfw . _ _ 1 > 
Ildus Clippings. 
— The mirrors in the St. Nicholas Hotel cost $40,009. 
— Grasshoppers have been destroying the crops in Min¬ 
nesota. 
— The first peaches in New York this season sold at 
destroying a huge amount of property. So concentrate men, arms, and ammunition at dif- died from the effects of virus imbibed from $1 > 25 eacb - 
sudden was the rise of the river that persons f ere nt points in the Territory, for the purpose dressing a wound on the leg of one of his horses -There are 120 Colleges in the United States. Stu- 
who left t eir justness places last evening 0 f a sudden and general attack immediately after several davs of intense siiffcrino- ’ dents, 12 , 000 . 
Review Of the Week. AT u T ? I T • of a 8udden and geaeral attack immediately after several days of intense suffering. 
_____ found the v ater within a fev inches of their after the adjournment of Congress, to expel all 
lx our item concerning the weather in last punting rooms at daylight this morning, and Free State settlers. Twelve block houses were ^ appears by a statement from the Census 
g before property could be removed from ware- + ,1 x ,i xr . . . , , Department, that the whole number of voters 
P«"" ed T««a.y, 190>. w« made . » » «J „1 1... f reCtCd *» d ‘ ffere ” t J"*""?»»PP'" d in , le States i, 651.821. af 5,6 765 .... 
tinue so to do until the following week. We 
have been fortunate. 
have had showers in abundance, gladdening Tbe destruction along the line of the Nor- 0 f securing the arms—anticipating the attack ot 60 copies of “ Audubon’s Birds of America,” 
both the husbandman and the denizen of town man ’ s KiU has been much greater than at any threatened by the forces stationed there. The to be presented to such foreign Governments as 
and city. While there was but little, if any, otber place in this vicinity. The loss will not fight lasted four hours. One Free State man have sent valuable books to ours, 
surplus in this vicinity, the Eastern portion of be less tban $ 2o ’ U0 °- Tli e large bridge at was killed and two seriously wounded. Three There are 261 miles of pipe now laid by the 
the State has been subjected to a flood, account Kenwood > that over the plank road at Bullock’s, Missourians were wounded. department for supplying the city of Pliiladel- 
of which is given elsewhere. “**?!*’ “P MoC °™ ick > The Free State men cantered the block hoose. P U » »» «»»• T ° «*• **"««■* W »* s 
after the adjournment of Congress, to expel all T Tbe 0sa £® Orange flourishes finely in all the valleys 
Free State settlers. Twelve block houses were ^ lT a PP ears b 7 a statement from the Census of Deseret. 
erected at different pro-slavery points, supplied De P art “f t ’ T “ U “ ber ° f V ° terS "nT HudB ° n ^ at A ’ bany r ° 8e 7 fcet 
, i . n j • , . . . in the States is 651,821, of which 516,745 are on Wednesday night. 
iy cannon anc n es, anc gan isone pnncipa - Qa ^ ve voters and 135,076 naturalized. — The first newspaper printed in North America was 
ly by Missourians and Buford’s men. On the issued in Boston, 1690. 
night of the 12th, a company of Free State men The Senate has added to the general appro- _ Hon . John P. Hale will deliver the address at the 
attacked the fort at Franklin, for the purpose pdation bill the sum of $9,500 for the purchase New Jersey state Fair. 
of securing the arms—anticipating the attack of 60 copies of “ Audubon’s Birds of America,” _ p ea rs are selling in Chicago at fifteen cents apiece, or 
threatened by the forces stationed there. The be presented to such foreign Governments as only seven for a dollar l 
fight lasted four hours. One Free State man have sent valuable books to ours. — The celebrated “ Charter Oak” fell before the fury of 
waq IrillpH nnrl turn enrinnalTr TUvao Thppv mva tyiiIao r\f voVa 1 „A 1 -.^ ~ the late storm in the East. 
With such frequent and fatal disasters as carried away. The destruction of property at t()ok one cannon and fif 
take place on our railroads and steamboats, and £ 1S ™ gnSian ' d the loss wil *P roba - ly rifles, seized at Lawn 
the many causes therefor resulting from care- bly reach $60,000. The bridge near Mr. Ten Missourians retreated 
The Free State men captured the block house, 
took one cannon and fifty stand of arms, most¬ 
ly rifles, seized at Lawrence in May last. The 
It is said that the life of Washington will yield Ir¬ 
ving, its author, $100,000. 
tne many causes tnereior resmung irom care- - j- ™ & , ,7 j Missourians retreated to a large camp near LU 1 
toes, and ^attention, we are oftentimes led Ej f k s J >Iaee ' l " Bet “ eh ' m - * s kadl J ’" ecked WashiagtoB creek, southwest of Lawrence. No the total above stated. 
td believe that human life is thought to be of “ d ”‘ de ‘“““I” 1 other disturbance is reported. The Leaven- . Jo™ B Gaovss, of Boston, Mass., 
f . , ,, 0 , .. ... — The total amount of the Ohio State debt, on the first 
there are 124 miles of pipe ; to the Schuylkill of Ju]y> was $i 3) 73o )556 . 
Water Works 68 miles; to the Delaware 58 
miles, and to the Twenty-Fonrth Ward 11 n„b,„e.- 
ly lines, seiaeu at uawience in may last, rne and to the Twenlv Fourth W.rd 11 - A »>«*• of Eefoge lor rnnawaj .lave., US been 
Missourians retreated to a large camp near .J eS ’ . to A 1 wenty-F ourth \\ ard 11 tablished at Niagara, C. W. 
Washington creek, southwest of Lawrence. J^o 1X11 es ^ e tota a ove stated. — The Navy appropriation bill just passed relieves the 
other disturbance is reported. The Leaven- John B. Groves, of Boston, Mass., who went Treasury of fifteen millions. 
worth Journal of the 14th, contains a flaming to Europe last year, is pronounced the best vio- —Mr. Delaine, one of the editors of the London (Eng.) 
call to arms. The border towns are excited linist in the Brussels Conservatory, and has Times, has arrived in New York. 
and a general mustering of the Missourians is been presented with a silver cup, for a perform- 
demanded by the pro-slavery leaders in the auce a Beethoven quartette. 
—-- us non _ n i . , umei uismiuttLce is reuuueu. rue j-ieaven- - —' ->—- j ---— 
little value. One of the most fool-hardy occur- $7,000, belonging to Wm. Congdon, was carried Journal of the 14fchj contains a flamia „ to Europe last year, is pronounced the best vio- - Mr. Delaine, one of the editors 
rences connected with this subject was the sail- down the Norman s Kdl, undcoimEgm contact ^ to armg The bor(]er towng are cxcited linist in the Brussels Conservatory, and has Times, has arrived in New York, 
ing of the British steamship Arabia on Satur- ^ Tf ’ ^ Carn ® d and a general mustering of the Missourians is been Presented with a silver cup, for a perform- a farmer resid 
day, the 16th mst, in her disabled condition. ^ a 7- f A T demanded by the pro-slavery leaders in the ance in a Beethoven quartette. was kil ed by the kick of a horse. 
A dispatch relative to it says :—The Arabia are all inundated, and the loss sustained there T .. Mrs Charlotte Olympia wife of the late - A few baskets of peaches have 
struck on Blond Rock, on which there was by the carrying away of bridges and the dam- “ °J f f ^ f f Hon R S ^Garnett die™ kTex county Va Price ^ 50 ^“ 
above sixteen feet of water. The shin draw- a g e to th e fields, is estimated at not less than The St Louis Democrat, of the 19th instant, ^ arnet b died in Essex county, \ a., _ The i ndian maU bfiDgs an accc 
. . , . , f I, . <#110 000. published a letter from Kansas, 14th inst., con- on instant, bhe was the daughter of in Molucca, destroying 2,000 lives, 
ing wen y one echoing a u sp<e ,siuc The Dye mills of Wm. Congdon a four-storv cerning the affair at Franklin. Alargecompa- Ben. De Gouges, and the grand-daughter of the —Dr. John Treadwell, who died 1 
her bow on the ioc _ , en lose and slid over ' & ’ ' J nv of Missourians and South Carolinians are unfortunate Countess Olympe De Gouges, exe- left $100,000 to Harvard University, 
striking first at the bow, then under the boil- building near the factory m the hollow, was ot Missourians and South Carolinians are November 2 1793 (with Adam -The Frontier (Texas) Patriot s, 
2-. , ,. * mv o carried awav East of this on the line nf the encamped at Washington Creek, and are com- clueu i ranee, ixovemDer^, i/ jj, (witn Adam rne rronuer (iexas; patriot si 
ers, hen under the mainmast The survey of «* mitting continual depredations upon the fields Luxe, the defender of the celebrated Charlotte Lamar^county at 50 c s per busheL 
been presented with a silver cup, for a perform- — R °y al Robinson, a farmer residing near Chittenango, 
ance in a Beethoven quartette. was killed by the kick of a horse - 
tit,,-, r\ —A few baskets of peaches have appeared in Rochester 
Mrs. Charlotte Olympia, wife of the late market . Price $2> 50 per basket. 
Hon R S Garnett, died in Essex county, Va„ _ The Indian mail bfiDgg an account of an earth(luaUe 
The St. Louis Democrat, of the 19th instant, £lon- y arneu > died in L,ssex county, Va., —The Indian mail brings an acc 
published a letter from Kansas, 14th inst., con- 0Q Die Sth instant. She was the daughter of in Molucca, destroying 2,000 lives. 
The Dye mills of Wm. Congdon, a four-story cernin g th e affair at Franklin. A large compa- 
building near the factory in the hollow, was Missourians and South Carolinians are 
Gen. De Gouges, and the grand-daughter of the — Dr. John Treadwell, who died last week in Salem, has 
unfortunate Countess Olympe De Gouges, exe- left $100,000 to Harvard University. 
cuted in France, November 2,1793, (with Adam — The Frontier (Texas) Patriot says wheat is selling in 
the divers was not made public, but the false creek > binding the Island, the gardeners have continual depredations upon 1 
keel, the main keel and the garboard were gone suffere d a loss estimated at $10,000. amd Darns 01 seWlers m tbat L be 
as far aft as the foremast, which is as far as was Three saw-mills near Chatham Four Corners Set ® rs sen o awrence or assis ance. le 
surveyed. The divers stuffed large quantities were carried away, which dammed up a culvert B®°P e 0 awrence sen r * °> > oimer yo 
of oakum into the bow. Outside, a bulkhead under the Harlem railroad, flooding it for a dis- assac use s, o procee o e camp an as- 
of cotton and oakum was built. Inside, the tance of twenty miles. certain the truth of the statement, and the rea- 
ship was making eighteen tons of water an hour Down the river the storm was equally disas- S0Q 0 ie epre a ions. r. oy en o t e 
when she sailed. About one-half of the trous. At Poughkeepsie four bridges, costing camp, unarmed, the next day, and was taken 
x- i , i t tt it xx dbonnn „ T tv t f prisoner and shot. Ihe Lawrence men lmrae- 
Liverpool passengers stopped at Halifax. More $»,UUU, weie swept away. In Dutchess avenue U. , , . , , 
would have left at the last moment, but could the road was washed to the depth of ten and ia e y vo ua eere 0 a ac e 01 1 catl «a a 
not get out their luggage. It is the general twelve feet, and the water rushed down like a ran 13 \ tlBC P rc ’ cu ’ e _ ariES 0 ” ne T 16 en " 
opinion at Halifax that the ship was unsea- mighty river. The track, beginning at the de- cam P e °^ eS ,° 11 .° , ... e einor J' n coase ‘ 
and barns of the settlers in that vicinity. The Dorday,) for writings pronounced counter-revo- 
settlers sent to Lawrence for assistance. The B^ionary. 
jrday,) for writings pronounced counter-revo- Attorney-General Kimball, of Ohio, died at his resi¬ 
tionary dence in Medina on Friday, 15th inst. 
— $5,000 worth of blackberries have been sold in New 
Ax English paper mentions the construction York from one town on Long Island. 
Massachusetts, to proceed to the camp and as- of a monster frigate at Pembroke dock-yard, | Five barns were struck and destroyed by lightning in 
certain the truth of the statement, and the rea- intended to match those built by the Ameri- Ulster county in one night last week, 
son of the depredations. Mr. Hoyt went to the cans. She is 2,500 tons, and is to carry thirty- — B. B. Groom, of Clarke Co., sold a few days ago 109 
camp, unarmed, the next day, and was taken two 86 pounders. heads of two year old mules at $185 each. 
prisoner and shot. The Lawrence men imme- Ox Friday, the 15th inst., the Supervisors of —There was a lace mantilla in a Broadway store the 
,. , , i , , , ,-r. .. , _ . . , , r other day, marked at one thousand dollars! 
diately volunteered to attack the fortification at Oneida county were served with a writ of alter- 
T71T i , j . . —Freeman Hunt, Esq., of the Merchants’ Magazine 
Franklin and procure arms to drive the en- native mandamus, from Attorney General Cush- has been made Master of Arts by Union College. 
camped forces out of the territory. In conse- ing, requiring them to re-assemble and levy the _ T he bill loaning the Texas Railroad Co. six thousand 
quence of the loss in killed and wounded, they mill tax required of that county, or to show dollars a mile, has passed the Texas Legislature, 
returned to Lawrence without attacking the cause, in this city, on Tuesday, the 28th inst., — Advices from Charleston state that a large increase of 
opinion at Halifax that the ship was nnsea- mighty river. The track, beginning at the de- ‘ ’ 
worthy when she sailed. Prayers were said in pot and extending for about a mile north, is < l aenc 
the churches for lier safe passage to Liverpool, entirely covered with mud and water, andsev- 1C 11 n 
At Washington matters are at a stand still. e! ' a l cars are literally half buried in it, render- cam P - 
why they do not do so. It will be recollected cases of yellow fever had taken place in that city. 
The Senate and House are at issue on the ing traveling through direct impossible. The The steamer Lucas arrived at St. Louis on that the Board last fall refused to levy their 
Army Appropriation Bill. The House insists losses from Hudson to Yonkers are estimated at the l9th inst and brought the intelligence that portion of the mill tax. 
that the Kansas restriction proviso must be $200,000. 
embodied, while the Senate declares that it 
will not pass in any such shape. Each depart- Th< 
ment sticks, aud unless a compromise be ef¬ 
fected, short allowance will be the fate of some- re< 
body. “ Stand to the rack, fodder or no fod- ex P ei 'ienc 
der,” is the alternative of Uncle Sam’s soldiers. num ber o 
The Storm at New Orleans. 
at the Board last fall refused to levy their —Since the 1st of January last, there has been landed 
Ttion of the mill tax in New York Bom California the sum of $21,826,847. 
a party of Southerners, who left St. Louis two The St. Louis Herald learns that a slop gath- i thorn 
weeks previously for Kansas, were attacked erer, who collects the slops from the hotels and _ The who le of the recent vote for President in Central 
while on the way from Kansas City to Lecomp- private residences in that city, sold to a jeweler, America was 21,000, of which Walker received 14,000. 
ton by a large body of Free State men. A a few days ago, $300 worth of silver spoons and — The Pilgrim’s Progress has been translated by the 
The recent storm was the most terrible ever desperate conflict ensued and many were killed other articles, which he had found from time to American missionaries in Athens, into modern Greek. 
body. “Stand to the rack, fodder or no fod- ex P ei 'ienced in the vicinity of New Orleans. A and wounded on both sides. The Southerners time in the slops. —One million and eighty thousand silver coins were 
der,” is the alternative of Uncle Sam’s soldiers, number of vessels, in addition to the Manilla, ^ere finally compelled to yield, and were Some idea of the magnitude of the music Btra <* at the N ew Orleans mint in July-value, $218,000. 
We devote more than usual space to Kansas W been Wrccked ’ and il is feared tbat a11 0Q driven from the field ’ trade may be had from the fact that one house “ “J? ® sti “ ated , tha “ he crop of Alabama this 
affairs this week, as matters seem to be ap- board bave perished. The Nautilus, it is The Leavenworth City (Kansas) Journal, of in Boston publishes nearly three hundred vol- year " 1 ea umie ousan a es fcs ‘ s ianast y ear - 
uroachine a crisis in that Territory From the tboUghfc ’ went down wit h scarce any warning, the 17tli, contains a lengthy account of another umes of books, and from 15,000 to 20,000 pieces -The amoun t T °l dry g0 " dH Sported and entered for 
received* Mtbtog Ire nor less than aad ail Wd undoubtedly shared her fate, outbreak iu that territory. ' Ou the 17th rust., of sheet music. P consumption id N. York last week amounted to $2,052,418. 
civil war prevails. These may or may uot be as '*««'*•, » “ ">, e at Browu, at the head of 300 Free State meu, at- 1b Philadelphia there is a sign six feet long ta 
exaggerated, while they may be wholly untrue, lnie * >e uss o ustesse.wt otheis te- tacked and drove aeolony of Georgians, located and ten inches wide, ou which are the words Boston28. ’ 
though the variety of sources from which the ported wrecked wi l swell the list of dead to near Osowatomie, into Missouri, burning their « fly poisJ o for sale here." A minute examina- -The degre. .r Hooonm, >!,.t„ of an.... conferred 
news has been obtained give little hope that ° Z f ~ ed0f tbose 0Q board bouses and destroying their property. The tion shows that the letters are formed of the on Anson G. Chester, Esq., by the Madison University, 
peace has reigned supreme. Everything, as tbe ™ llla ’ ad P enshed exE ept the captain, colony was unarmed. On the 15th instant, bodies of the dead flieg> tbat w succumbed last week. 
stated, may have actually occurred—and yet it second mate and one man - The passengers by Treadwell’s settlement, in Douglass Co., num- to the poten cy of the poison. “ At Richmond > Va -> 682 dog licenses have lately been 
is not advisable, in these days of political cap- the steam er Star are believed to have been all bering some thirty men, was attacked by 400 T sufferers bv tbe rpopnt roll ; R ; on nn tllp ^ 8U . ed - The Dispatcb eay8 there are about 7 ’ 000 dogs in 
ital and President making, to believe all that res ® ued - Had the storm overtaken them in the Free State men, under Brown and Walker, well N h Pennsylvania Railroad have held a meet & T 7 n h h • d b d - t d . . , 
appears in the papers. Journalists will some- ^gbt however, the entire number, over 200 armed and mounted. The Treadwell party Z™ 
i x.t .1 j i i • xi • • . „ , —The deaths by cholera infantum last week were, in 
lx 1 hlladelphia there IS a Sign SIX feet long New York 176, in Philadelphia 70, in Baltimore 59, and in 
id ten inches wide, on which are the words Boston 28. * 
3y poison for sale here.” A minute examina- —The degree of Honorary Master of Arts was conferred 
appears in the papers. Journalists will some¬ 
times—would it were less frequent—stray from 
the line of truth in order to carry certain points, 
the potency of the poison. “ At Ri< *mond, Va., 682 dog licenses have lately been 
r issued. The Dispatch says there are about 7,000 dogs in 
The sufferers by the recent collision on the that city. 
North I ennsylvauia Railroad have held a meet- — A call has been signed by editors and principal firms 
must have perished. 
At Last Island alone, one hundred and nine- 
were on foot. They sent to Gov. Shannon for 
aid, who called upon the U. S. troops, but they 
ing at Philadelphia, and it is said that they of New Orleans, for a meeting to aid Southerners in 
intend to prosecute the Company to the extent Ka^a 8 - 
of the law. The sum of *10.000 has alreadv - A pleasure party consisting of ten persons, taking a 
tne line oi irutn m oiaer to carry certain points, , , . a ’ 1 ' t of the law The sum of *10 000 hi« nlrporlw — A pleasure party consisting of ten persons, taking a 
on the principle that the end justifies the ^hJh was^errible ^ ^ f ° Und ’ the 81gbt of refused to act. The Free State men are driving been vollln 'ta r ily subscribed for their relief." sail in Boston Harbor, were run down by a ferry boat and 
means. Others stray only when they attempt to wR ich was terrible. all the pro-slavery persons out of Douglass Co., / . five drowned. 
tell of facts, doubtless owing to a debilitated The total loss of property by this sudden and and destroying their property. J he Oregonian says that new discoveries of — The first sweet potato of the season appeared in the 
moral constitution,-prevarication has become unlooked for calamity is computed at $200,000, 0 n the morning of the 16th, Lecompton was g ° ld ^T, 6 ^ ^ ®° Utbern 0r ‘ * 8W ,f° rk market on Friday> 16th inst ” and comma “ ded 
\ . xrrljjlri comn o _ . , . „.. ep-on. which hid fair to p.olinsfi all otlipra vpf a high price. 
part and parcel of their being, and they will wb ile some place it at a still higher figure. attacked by 800 of Lane’s men. The U. S. 
quit the one when they yield up the other._ "fhc c °H° n cr0 P Louisiana is not believed troops, having Robinson, Brown and other pris- 
There has, however, been too much laboring bo bave materially suffered, but from the Mis- oners in charge, surrendered without firing a 
for mere political effect in the management of sissippi coast gloomy accounts are anticipated, gun, during the absence of Col. Titus, who 
Kansas, both by the Executive and those who --— went to the assistance of Treadwell. His house, 
profess to represent the masses. Each depart- Conflagrations. situated about a mile from Lecompton, was 
ment of the general government is equally T ™ ^ . , . -- ---- - — 
blamable. Vacillation has marked the course 0 X c ° a <llca y morning, says the Advocate, and Mr. System were killed. Large cc ora 1C e ie ie. 
of all, and should disaster arise, as is the pres- S P ringfi eld Republican, a fire occurred in the bodies of men we re organizing in the border A Southern correspondent of the Boston Tel- 
ent prospect, the responsibility ought to be P lck ° r U1 cdn S between mills five and six, COMn ties for the purjiose of entering Kansas.— egraph, says that a. Fiemont Electoral Ticket 
placed where it properly belongs. The mode ^ estroyed the upper floors and roof of re ported that it is the purpose of the pro- be nom i Iiatea ^ iiginia. 
and manner of doing this belongs to the people. ^ 1 . e x, lU p 1Bg ' J ° SS billy insured. slavery party to burn Lawrence on the 20th Rufus Choate, one of the most eloquent and 
The most recent accounts from Nicaragua Tlie bre f was caused b y spontaneous combus- in8t> for w i lic ] i pl ac e a large force had left distinguished Whigs of New England, has writ- 
went to the assistance of Treadwell. His house, T . . , , „ 
-lx- r x It is in contemplation to start a Fremont 
situated about a mile from Lecompton, was . 1 , . _ 
burned. Mr. Clowes, editor of the Southern P? er “ ^ eBn ! S !f e, and t0 ^ a Re P ubhcaa 
A Southern correspondent of the Boston Tel- 
egon, which bid fair to eclipse all others yet a Ri gh P ri ce. 
known within the boundaries of the Territory. —Thirty-one sheep, the property of Charles Duncan, of 
__ Fauquier county, Va., were killed last week by one flash 
of lightning. 
Political Items. _ A child was lately baptized at Albany with water 
brought from the river in which John baptized the Savior 
It is in contemplation to start a Fremont of the world. 
.per in Tennessee, and to run a Republican —The Pacific Sentinel notices preparations for the ship- 
iectoral Ticket there. ment from Santa Cruz of large quantities of garlic, a new 
A Southern correspondent of the Boston Tel- ait,L ’ e of ex P 0lt - 
i .1 . Tti , , .it t . —The Friend of India estimates the number of converts 
raph, says that a Fremont Electoral Ticket x . *. .. . „ . ., T ,. 
J . . . _ T . . . to Christianity at “ probably 100,000 in India, and 20,000 
,11 be nominated in Virginia. more in Cey ion.” 
Rufus Choate, one of the most eloquent and —There are in Paris 277 municipal schools, receiving 
stinguished Whigs of N ew England, has writ- 50 > 542 P u P Us > and entailing on the city a yearly expense 
to vote for Buchanan. - Tbe , Rev ‘ Gardi “ er Sp f ring > D ‘ D ” of Ne J York - bas 
been in his present charge lorty-six years. He is the old- 
A State Convention of old line Whigs as- est pastor in the city. 
mbled at Albany on Thursday, the 14th inst. —Mr. Lewis Kent, of Pawtucket, Mass., died on the 
vention resolved to support Millard Fillmore. 
A paper, already having over 2,000 names, i 8 
— Bayard Taylor is now in London. He will pass a 
short time in Switzerland prior to going to Denmark and 
Sweden for the winter. 
— There are used in the daily passenger traffic on the 
The most recent accounts from Nicaragua + -T .. inst ” for whlch P lace a large force bad left <usungui8nea w nigs oi n ew jingiana, naa writ- 
by way of Panama represent Walker’s uosition tl0a ’ and s P 1 . ead 80 ia P ldl Y tbat tlie workmen Leavenworth. Lane’s force is variously esti- ten a letter m which he avers his determination of 1,3 ’ r ' 
uy way oi i anama repiescni w aikei sposition had bare i y time to escape—not enough even to x > , . , , , J -The Rev. Gardiner Spring, D. D., of New York, has 
as one of extreme danger. That while he has, t th machiue s which thov wc<- P L orQ x,- mated f tb 1 ght bllEclred - to vote fol Buchanan. beon ^ hig pregent charge forty _ 8ix years He js the old . 
at the most, but twelve hundred followers, . , 7 1 P ( 1D g- Letters in the St. Louis Republican to the -A- State Convention of old line Whigs as- est pastor in the city. 
whose ranks are daily thinned by disease and rbliE Tyood8 a sbor ^ distance west of W’est 20th inst., add very little to information already sembled at Albany on Thursday, the 14th inst. —Mr. Lewis Kent, of Pawtucket, Mass., died on the 
desertion, Rivas has collected a well drilled and Tr0 F> on tR e line of the Troy and Schenectady rece ived from Kansas. Gov. Shannon, and About 800 delegates were m attendance. Hon. 19th iust., from the loss of blood occasioned by the ex¬ 
well armed force of three Ihousand men, occu- jadload ’ wei i _ e on die on lbe inst. Much Be arly all the citizens of Lecompton, have left Francis Granger was selected to preside, assist- faction of two teeth. 
pying a fortified position at Chinendaga, and dama g e ^is^done, and several dwelling houses the towD. The house of Gen. Clark, Indian ed by a number of Vice-Presidents. The Con- —Bayard Taylor is now in London. He will pass a 
that the sympathy of the native population is ar « said tobave been destroyed. The flames Agent, was burned. Himself and family es- vention resolved to support Millard Fillmore. swedenToVthe winter^ pnor 0 g,,IDg 0 enmai an 
with the latter. The same accounts also state “ D smo e * were visible at a gi eat distance. C aped to Leavenworth. Couriers are riding A paper, already having over 2,000 names, i s _ There are used in the daily passenger traffic on the 
that the long talked of league of Costa Rica, The propeller Paugassett, belonging to the through the river and border counties enlisting being circulated in Kentucky, inviting Mr. Fre- New York Central Railroad, no less than 66,000 pairs of 
Honduras, Guatemala and San Salvador, has New York and Erie Railroad Company, and forces and raising supplies. Everywhere mont to visit that State, aud attend a meeting copper baggage checks! 
been formed, and that they are at present or- Paying between Cleveland and Dunkirk, was speedy preparations are being made for war. of his friends in September next. It is under- —John Hart, of Youngstown, Niagara county, N. Y., 
ganizing forces to make a united descent upon burnt to the water’s edge on Friday, in the bar- A bloody conflict is anticipated. Gen. Rich- stood that the names of many influential slave- hushe^ot^odThef^ 8 ° f ^ ^ ° f laDd ’ twenty ‘ seven 
Nicaragua, as soon as the rainy season closes, bor of Dunkirk. ardson has gone to Fort Leavenworth to ascer- holders are appended to the invitation, being 1* ° 8 , W . . , , XT . , , 
xxo'+u • . j • , -TT,- i, , . . . ° . , . _ , . ’ 6 —The submarine telegraph cable from Nantucket to 
witii a view to drive out Walker and hisparty, The Pork Warehouse of Wilson, Eggleston & tain lf Gen - Smitb intends to usehis authority, anxious to see and hear Mr. Fremontin person. Monomoy Point, Cape Cod, fourteen miles, was success- 
and restore the native government. Co., of Cincinnati, was burned on the 24th inst. If not ’ he (Richardson) will call his militia At an election which takes place in Ohio in fuR y laid 011 the20th inst. 
The principal feature of the foreign news is Loss $25,000— fully insured. Several small i Dto bbe de ^ d at once - Six companies of vol- October, two Judges of the Supreme Court, — Hon - A - B - Dickinson, while examining a pile of 
the concentration of that portion of the British stores adjoining were also burnt, but they were uuteers are ready for the field, three of which membe rs of Congress and county officers are to boards on Wednesday at Knoxville > fel1 and brobe his 
fleet remaining in the Black Sea, for the en- mostly insured. were cavalry and one artillery. They were to be chosen. The people are also to vote upon an nght le ? J' ust be!ow the knee - 
forcement of certain articles as laid down in -_ leave Leavenworth City on the 19th. act mssed bv t he last Legislature incornorat- - Experiment8 made | n South of California, in the 
tlte tl'Mtv votifix^ x • mt . f . act. passed Dy tne last ^legislature, mcorporat- cu itu re of broom corn, fl a x and tobacco, have proved suc- 
fleet remaining in the Black Sea, for the en- mostly insured. 
forcement of certain articles as laid down in _ 
the treaty of peace ratified at Paris. There A New Fieri 
were cavalry and one artillery. They were to be chosen. The people are also to vote upon an 
leave Leavenworth City on the 19th. 
act passed by the last Legislature, incorporat- 
y P eace ratined at i ans. Ihere A New Field for Enterprise.—A letter from The Washington Union contains a proclama- ing the Bank of Ohio, which, however, does not cessfut beyond all expectation, 
oes not seem to be the least understanding Canton to aj New York paper, states that a tion of tb e President, announcing lands in become a law, unless a majority of all the votes — The annual tax for the support of the New York city 
etween t le Czar and the Allies. The whole company of Americans are building two steam- Kansas for sale — the eastern portion of the Del- cast at the October election shall be in its favor, government has increased in six years from about two and 
matter, from beginning to end, has been mark- ers to run upon the rivers of China, at first by aware tract. These lands have been classified The Memphis Appeal, of the 12th, says a pri- a half to overseven miUions! 
ed by mistakes and bungling unworthy of its way of experiment, and then to select that aad appraised, and will not be sold for less vate letter received in that city from Dresden, ofZ7^ %Z tZZl 
conductors. The “powers that be” opened river for their future course which proves the than the appraised value. The towns and cities Tennessee, gives the particulars of a shooting back’’the seLudmLJg a lfttle’ 
fo' lorvTthe «° W » Wh ° f f ° Ught m ° St profitabIe t0 fcbem ’ laid out 0E these laQds wil1 be sold in lots and affray between Hon. Lynn Boyd and George _ The captains of several of the Hudson River steam- 
x , ,, . ^ enac e t>e- - -— blocks. The number of acres to be offered for D. Blakely, of Kentucky. They were engaged boats are under arrest for racing with their boats, at the 
ore ie wa s 01 bebastopol the tragedy, and Land Grants to Privateersmen.— Congress sa te is about [298,833, and the quality of the in a political discussion, when Blakely drew a P eri i of the lives of the passengers, 
t e empotentianes closed with a farce in passed a bill giving 150 acres of land to each bind is unsurpassed, perhaps, by any other pistol and made an attack upon Mr. Boyd, who — At a recent Schutzenfest (shooting festival) in Swit- 
ans, entit e “ The Peace Conference.” It of the officers and crews, or their descendants, e fi ual body of land in the United States ; and drew his pistol in self-defence, and shot his as- f e ^ land ’ tbe firsb pr * ze was awarded to a beautiful young 
would not be at all Strange should fighting be engaged on board of privateer vessels during the location of the tract, lying and being around sailant . No further particulars are given.- lady >^ Bernese Councilman 
a ^fthe wars of the United States with other Fort Leavenworth is very eligible, and most Blakely is from Logan county, Ky., and one of 
P countries. desirable foi a lesidence. the Republican Electors. cultural Society, for an experimental farm. 
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