MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
SEPT. 13. 
Affairs in Kansas. Chicago and its Subuibs. tains a fine oak grove. It is called Hyde Park, 
- -- and this is to be the name of the town. 
Advices from Kansas to the 5lh inst., state Chicago, Sept. 1856. I will notice other places, as well as the 
that a battle was fought on the morning of the Editors Rural : —According to promise I Prairies and the Prairie Flowers, <&o., in my 
30th at Assowatamie, between 300 pro-slavery ‘*end you a few lines from the Metropolis of 
troops under Capt. Reed, and about the same the West. I had heard so many large stories nes/oFchi^ 
number of free soileis. The free soilers were °‘ Uns city and the “ Great West," that I had at the secret of her great prosperity. b 
routed with the loss of 20 killed and several set a good share of them down as “Bunkum," Value of beef packed in 1855 $1 152 4a) 
wounded. Brown and his son were both re- or as an Irishman would say, « blarney" But, Number of hogs killed in the winterer 1864-5 138 515 
ported killed, and five pro-slavery men wound- I must say that the West, in beauty and fer- Bushels of grain received in 1855. 20.487.U53 
ed. All the provisions and ammunition were tility, and for the energy and enterprise of its No. feetot lumber received in 1855.326,653467 
carried away from Assowatamie, and the town inhabitants, not only exceeds my expectations, ardvinD annlrrtini'erh".;^ 2 ’i!n 
Chicago and its Subuibs. 
Chicago, Sept. 1856. 
ROCHESTER, SEPTEMBER 13, 1856. 
Review of the Week. 
Almost every matter in the line of news has burBe( L 
I give you below a few statistics of the busi¬ 
ness of Chicago. It is by such figures we get 
given room to politics. The campaign may be 
We give below the instructions to Governor 
said to have fully opened, and bears its usual n 
. ... , ’■ , a , Geary, who is en route foi that territory. The 
characteristics of “commotion, motion, the . , , . , J 
but makes good all the wonderful stories told 
concerning it. 
A stranger arriving at Chicago will wonder 
cnarcicierisucs in •• coinmotiuu, iuuuuu, lur , - , , , „.i „ ii._i.iJi ,, , 
. , „ „ , „ „ ,, force of regular troops proving inadequate to why it should be called “ The Garden City — 
country through. Prom the reports of “ Mass ,, . . _ ,. 1 1 ° a 
M . „ u ° 1 „ u the exigencies of the case, the Governor is or- its stieets thronged with the eager and hasty 
ee mgs, 7laa 6mons lations, nis dered to enroll and organize the militia of the pursuers of wealth, and rendered almost im- -n _ , . . something for a poet, 
am s in ounci , e c., as given y par izan t err £f 0r y > One Division is now in the field.— passible by huge piles of stones and bricks and , t?’ owa ’& av ® a ma j or i'y °f near- — Coal in abundance has been found in almost every 
journals, one would be led to believe that the Requi8ition8 w alg0 been made the other building materials, look like any thing f b>r the Premont.ticket; while Fremont portion of California. 
wor is a agog la le louse 10 go s were Q overcors 0 f Kentucky and Illinois, for two rather than a Garden. I think the history of ( i°’’ °f lh<3 MlSSOurl border ’ 8 ave a majority - There are thirty-five students in the Female Medical 
reigning in solitude—the hearth-stone desert- D . . . T , . . > , j , J the other way. College at Philadelphia. 
, , , . . , Regiments of Infantry, to be placed under the no city in our country shows so rapid a growth J 8 1 
er . nnhndv at, home Ynrniv America mounts ° J 1 .... J P o”” 1 " a _ t _ i _ • . ... . . _ a i -n.. _ _ j _ , __ _ 
Value of beef packed in 1855 .$1,152,420 
Numberof hogs billed in the winter of 1854-5 138,515 
Bushels of grain received in 1855. 20 . 487.953 
No. feet of lumber received in 1855.326,653 467 
Miles of railroad in operation iu Illinois... 2 410 
No. trains arriving and departing each day 110 
Earnings of railroads leading into Chicago 
ia 1855.$13,208,201 
Yours, j, v. 
Political Items. 
Buchanan Co., Iowa, gave a majority of near¬ 
ly 300 lor the Fremont ticket; while Fremont portion of California. 
|tftos Clippings. 
— The number of deaths in BufTrlo for August was 268'. 
— There are 100 Bostonians in Paris at the present time 
— M. Kossuth and family are residing at Vetuor, Isle of 
Wight. 
— The cholera is raging frightfully at the Island of Ma¬ 
deira. 
— Woodworth’s Planing Machine Patent will expire in 
December. 
— The Mississippi river is so low that it is almost un- 
navigable. 
— Mrs. Mungovan died at Lowell on Sunday, at the age 
of 107 years. 
— There is another revolution begun at Tampico, Mex¬ 
ico, by the clergy. 
— Longfellow, the poet, pays a tax of $1,000. This Is 
something for a poet. 
— Coal in abundance has been found in almost every 
reigning in solitude 
ed, nobody at home. 
Young America mounts 
command of Gen. Smith, for the purpose of re- —and like most things done in a hurry, it is Amos Lawrenok having declined the Ameri- 
the political hobby, school boy oiatoiy is in p re83 i D g insurrections against the Government not in all cases done well. The streets are low caa nomination tor Governor of Massachusetts, y 0 nnlll onB! 
namnnri 1 -wiqvH nan arm VJO nan n mnef. uoir 1 ° . -rir » x-x - . . —Thft Amflriwm Sm 
College at Philadelphia. 
— A single house fiy can produce, in one season, a fam- 
demaud, beardless, and we had almost said ^ Kansas ° 
brainless, youths prate about responsibilities * ‘ Department or State 
and lecture their elders—ever harping on that Washington, Aug. 26. j 
convenient issue, “ the present crisis in the des- Sir:— The present condition of Kansas renders your 
tiny of the Model Republic !” We have a code duty as Governor hi « h ‘y responsible and delicate. In the 
, ,. ., t- . , instructions heretofore communicated to your predecessor 
ot laws regulating the pressure of steam, under in F , bruary last> in the Annnal Mewag / 10 Egress of 
certain circumstances, allowed in propelling the 24th of the previous December, aod in orders from the 
"'CSSi, i i 3 “ y at drainage. A higher grade, ms P’ ace - “ 1B «>»»'dered a etroag _ J ohaV„A ra »,...orth.oM.n„a„<,.tr«p.«.- 
Sih:— The present condition of K.otaa 'renter^, our ^-^or, ha, recently beea e.tabli.hed, and all Mr ’ ' B °' d0 “ ^ P ° 1 ’ " i. a..d. 
duty as Governor highly responsible and delicate. In the new buildlDgS are made to conform to the new . S n ’ Tie has accepted the nomina- — They are burning coal on the locomotives used on the 
instructions heretofore communicated to your predecessor grade. The side-walks in front of the new '• lon ’ Boston and Worcester road. 
in February last, in the Annual Message to Congress of buildings are some four feet higher than the old G^iiitt Smith has been writing a letter de- — The house once occupied by Wm. Penn still stands in 
and the drainage very imperfect, if indeed there Geo ‘ W / Gordon > Es T> Boston, has been nom- 
is aDy attempt at drainage. A higher grade inated in bis P la ce. It is considered a strong 
— The American Scientific Convention has decided to 
meet next year at Montreal. 
— John Van Arum, one of the oldest and most respecta- 
— They are burning coal on the locomotives used on the 
Boston and Worcester road. 
vessels, and Marine Inspectors for the purpose 
of examining into the condition aud capabili¬ 
ties of steam generators, and think that, if it 
were possible, it would be a good idea to ap- 
War Department, printed copies of which are hereby fur¬ 
nished, you will find the policy of the President fully pre¬ 
sented. 
It is first to obtain order and quiet in Kansas ; and se- 
ones, and this makes walking the street an un- cbrdD S to withdraw his name as a candidate for Second street, Philadelphia. 
pleasant and tiresome operation, as every few lbe Presidency, in which he claims that al- —The appropriations in the bills passed by the late 
rods an ascent or descent of four or five steDs Though some few radical abolitionists may cast Con S r<;ss > exceeds $63,060,000. 
, . . . .. r ,L~: _A... c , • , . — The American Institute Fai 
ies o s earn genera or s, an nn ia , 1 it i tis Q rRtto obtain order and quiet in Kansas; and se- has to be made. When all the streets shall be Their votes for him, “no other equal number of 
were possible, it would be a good idea to ap- condiy, if disturbances occur, to bring to punishment.- mac ] e to conform to the new grade and the P ersons are doing more than they to swell that 
point competent persons to act in like capacity ^ the course which has been pursued*obtain these 8ystem of sewerage recently adopted shall be fIood of anti-slavery feeling on which alone 
noon those who furnish the motive nower of objects prove il sufficient, you will promptly make known . . ° i oit? l. i 
tt « Shin nf nnH Lmnri ^ ■ the same to the Pres dent, that he may take such measures cam ed out, Chicago will be as pleasant and ° ‘ E,emoa t can be earned into the Presi¬ 
de Slap of State, and brand as useless certa.n in regaid theret0> M t0 him may 8ee " m demanded by tlle healthy as any city of our Union. With Lake denc y-” 
of the defective, weak and inexperienced.— exigencies of the “ 
What a fallingoff there would be in patriots. It is important that the President should be kept well in- 
Many portions of this State were visited by ,orme d of the state of things in Kansas, and that the 
severe frost on the mornings of the 1st and 2d 8 " urce of his lufoimation Bh «“ rd b « 8Uch 8810 in8 »re ac- 
, , j , curacy. You are, therefore, directed by him to communi- 
inst. The lowlands were most affected. Corn, cate constantly with this Department such facts as it is 
potatoes, buckwheat, <fcc., all felt its influence, deemed important to be eaily known here. You will 
and, undoubtedly, material injury to these cause the same to be transmitted by telegraph as well as 
crops will result. by mail. 
Gov. Gbary ere the present, arrived in , 
— The American Institute Fair to be held at the Crystal 
Palace will open September 22d. 
— According to the latest enumeration of the Illinois 
papers, the whole number is 187. 
— Bondout, Ulster county, is said to be flooded with 
bogus twenty-five cent pieces. 
— The Coronation of Alexander II. has caused a rise in 
exigencies of the case. Michigan on the East, and the broad prairies ^ wo HUNDEKD and fifty old line whigs of — The Coronation of Alexander II. has caused a rise in 
It 18 important that the President should be kept well in- 0Q tbe West we have h j th b u d Boston have signed a recommendation of Mr. the P rice of jewelry in Berlin, 
formed of the state of things m Kansas, and that the refreslliD „ bre( , zp t} at 3 Fillmore. - The frigate Macedonian has been pronounced unwor- 
source of his information should be such as to insure ac- must iciresuiug uruze, mdi scaiteis the nox- ^ —her timbers bein much rotted 
curacy. You are, therefore, directed by him to communi- ious vapors emitted from the dirty streets and Johx Vax Burex addressed an immense ^ er m e>H . t ‘ 1D 8 muc ro K 
cate constantly with this Department such facts as it is stagnant pools. To this, more than to any care gathering of Democrats at Chicago on Friday • T fia ! P | 1 tal P UD,fclimeDt i > which was abolished in Prussia 
deemed imnortant in he e»,i,r v_„ -in . ... . . J c ? , ° m 1848, has been recently re-tstablished. 
. ened imp irtant to be eaily known heie. You will 0 r cleanliness, is this city indebted for its im- m the public square. T , w .' . ....... .. 
ciinhfi the frame to lie trfljiRmit.teri tn oorn»>h trnii o J r a — The Woreefrter ^Mass ) ranerscrive the total vftlnatinn 
crops will result. " " by mail. m unity from sweeping epidemics. The popu- The largest Democratic Convention ever as- 
Gov. Geary has, ere the present, arrived in - The p ^ ldent indul g es tbe ho P e that b J your energy, ‘ at i°n of Chicago in 1852 was 38,000; in 1855 sembled in New Hampshire, convened in Con- 
Kansas Certain instructions to him are nub P I V " ? T traDq ' u, ' ty ofthe TerrUo ' 83 ' 00(,: and Chlca °° P eo P le D0W 8a N 11 is over cord Sept. 4th, for the purpose of making nom- 
lYcMisas. oeiidiu JDJsuucuuii^ lo mm die puo- ry will ba restored, aud the perflous and property of our 100 000 A fow Rtrpptk nn T 1 . 
liuVifriO nnrlpr thoir nnnrnnri.»itp liooH T> ia o. tizpns T ’ cw 8 )eets on The Lake shore, aud inations for Presidential aud State elections. 
lished under their appropriate head. Itis to 
Be hoped that all excitement tending to the 
shedding of blood will be dispelled, aDd that 
“ Border Ruffians”—whether from Missouri or DtP wIsuiNGTON-f Srpv 2 } 
the Northern States—will either be forced to Sir :— Reliable information having reached the Presi- 
decarnp or become good citizens. dent ,l artned aDd oigat.izi d bodies of men, avowedly iD 
mi xr n rebellion against the Territorial Government, have con- 
Tbe State election in Vermont took place on , _ .. . . . 
1 centrated in such numbers as to require additional mints.. 
c.tizens therein protected. 
I am, &c., 
Wm. L. Marcy. 
on what is called the “ West Side,” are pleas¬ 
ant, but the center of the town is a hard place 
for any one to try to live in, particularly in 
warm weather. 
On the shore of the Lake, and opposite Micb- 
m . , • . ... , , . L centrated in such numbers as to require additional milita- in leDSth. has been reserved for « 
Tuesday, 2d inst., which resulted in favor of ry force for their dispersion, you will have the militia of . i ,Li . b ii , , , . • i.. , C ’ 
the Republicans by a large maj irit.y,—ranging the Territory completely enrolled aDd organized, to the a,K ^ 11 1 8 au< a )0r 11 Di'gbt be made one 
from 15,000 to 20,000. The election in Maine end that thpy may > on short notjce > be br °ug b t into the of ,be P r ettiest places on the continent. As ii 
came off on the 8th inst.-but we have, at the T™ 6 °I th * the re< J ui8ition ° f tb « is ’ however ’ like lhe Parks in ^^hester, it is a 
m„„ „ • , c .. Commandant ofthe Military Department in which Kansas disgrace instead of a credit to the city Alir- 
present tvnting, 1 uesday moimng, no definite i„ embraced. You will furnish by companies, brigades or tie Park called Dearborn Park Ki„n, 0 
returns. Reports, however, give the State to divisions,as from time to time you may find, on his report ,. . ’ * T] „ ’ le same 
the Republicans by increased majorities. to you, to be necessary for the suppression of all combina- C0 . lUOn ’ 10 Goi3rfc House - a very good 
igan Atenue, a siiip of laud, a mile and a halt has given notice that he shall decline. 
iu length, has been reserved for a promenade at? 0 ,. , 
, , , . . , , 1 A Fillmore State Convention was largely 
anr with skill ami ln.lYor it. mitrhf o j 
ami skill«d labor it might be made oao atlendod in New Ha CoD „._ on the 3d 
of be prettiest p aces oo the coat,cent. A, i, A „ ,| ecto , al licket „ a , „ 0 mia.ted. EvGover- 
Tne news from abroad is unimportant,—the 
coronation of the Emperor of Russia monopo¬ 
lizing all matters of lesser consideration. 
Conflagrations and Casualties. 
divisions,as irom lime to time you may find, on hiB report rru n i tt 
to you, to be necessary for the suppression of all combina- C0Ddl ’ 10D ' 1 be Lourt House, a very good 
tions to lesist the laws of the Uoited States, too powerful building, stands in the center of a Square of 
to be suppressed by the civil authority, and for the main- about three acres. At each corner of this 
tainanceof public order and civil government in the Ter- Square is a miniature fountain, and a basin 
ritory. L^ed] Wm. L. Marcy. fnr „ v ... . , 
t _ xr t> , , , . thy—her timbers being much rotted. 
John Van Buren addressed an immense 
.1 • c tx , . . , —Capital punishment, which was abolished in Prussia 
itl enng of Democrats at Chicago on Friday in a84 8, has been, recently re-established. 
t le pu j ic . quart. — Worcester (Mass ) rapers give the total valuation 
The largest Democratic Convention ever as- of property in that city at $18,905 500. 
mbled in New Hampshire, convened in Con- —There were seventy-three battles fought during 1855, 
rd Sept. 4:h, for the purpose of making nom- with an a™™ge Joss of 1, too men in each, 
inations for Presidential aud State elections. ~ Tbe ,at8Rt newa from 0 rf, g <,n i8 > tbat tbe Indian war 
m _ . , _ , _ was closed up, and the volunteers disbanded. 
Ihe President of the Fremont American .. . . ... , . ,, „ .. 
^ xix —It has cost over thirty-two millions of dollars to gov- 
otate Council of Massachusetts, has issued a ern New Yoik city during the pust Bix years. 
call for a Convention at Worcester on the 16th — The farmers of Rock Co., Wis., raised this year about 
on the ground that Mr. Johnson, the North 1 ,200,000 bushels of wheat,—more than all New England. 
American candidate for the Vice-Presidency, —The damage done by the late fiesbet along the Hud- 
8 given notice that he shall decline. 60n river > iB now 88timatt ’ d at $tJto,coo. 
A Fillmore State Convention was largely “ MexicaQ " y w * y ,f j f ),lt t 8E 1 8 ’ report8 the 
, o j fiuppresfeion of another levolt in the Capitol, 
tended in New Haven, Conn., on the 3d inst. • ♦ « * • ♦ q g ^ it , u 
. — It ia staled m the Ccast Survey that Sandy Hook haa 
i electoial ticket w as nominated. Ex-Gover- incieasid, within a centuiy, a mile aLd a quaiter. 
l ILiuley and Mr. Gieen were chosen electors — Major Cornelius A. OgdeD, Corps of Engineers United 
large. States Aimy, died at Brandon, VeimoDt, on the 22d ult. 
Fletcher Webster, son of Daniel Webster —Two huLd.ed foreigners, marly all GeimaDs, were 
on the stump in New Hampshire lor Bucha- EatDra,ietd b * Jud 8 e iD Bufral °’ 0DSaturda >' ,ast ’ 
n and Breckinridge. — The receipts of grain at Chicago for the month of Au- 
° ’ gust, wili, it is said, amount to nearly 5,000,000 bushels. 
A very latge and enthusisastic Fremont —Dales'from Jiayaugez of the 3 8th ult., state that chol- 
nor Hanley and Mr. Green were chosen electors 
at large. 
Fletcher Webster, son of Daniel Webster 
is on the stump in New Hampshire lor Bucha¬ 
nan and Breckinridge. 
A very large and enthusisastic Fremont 
W. H. Backus, Superintendent of the Bur¬ 
lington and Missouri River railroad, has ex- 
about large enough for a wash basin, or to hold 
half a dozen gold fish. They look like toys._ 
When a full head of water is on they throw up 
T -p . , T , _ . - . tended to the National Kansas Committee one streams as large as a pipe-stem some six inches 
In Boston on Monday, Sept, let., a Mr. An- thousand free tickets from Burlington to Mr If thl , i. all L n.t.r lb. cit.v can nffi d for 
ftrsnn pfr. npr room, with two r»ln riven — Marxr T’Vx xi •/ “ HUIU 101 
derson left her room, with two children—Mary Pleasant, Iowa. This reduces the fare from 
Ann, aged 5 years, and Alexander M., aged 2% Chicago to Mt, Pleasant to three dollars lor 
years—locked in, while she either went to work Kausas emigrants. 
or to do an errand, and by some means the room Ely Moore, a U. S. official in Leavenworth, d laXof'the~city 
caught fire. Upon bursting open the door, the K. T., says that the New York Tribune and T _ , 
bed was found to be nearly destroyed, and the Times have no correspondents residing there T 
two children burned to de^th. as they pretend, and that the Kansas & letter«’ 
easan , ow.i. ns leduces the fare from such a purpose, it should be all used by one setts convened at Faneuil Hall, Boston, on the 
I' UC ‘-g (> eufi rmts C ' lSaDt Guee do ^ ars lor fountain—or take the things away. They give 3d inst. Their nominations are as follows : 
ansas em,gran s. strangers a very poor notion of the taste and For Governor, Dr. Luther V. Bell, of Somer- 
Ely Moore a U S. official in Leavenworth, capacUy of the city. ville; for Lieut. Governor, Homer Foote, of 
meeting was held in this city on Friday, 5th era iB ragiDg (taifully at that place, cmryii g < 11 to daily. 
insL It was addressed by the Hon. Anson — The Joint t Libraiy Crmmittee of CoDgrese have or- 
Burlingame, A. B. Dickinson, Gen. S. M. Bur- ^ ed a ful18 >z 8<3 . 8tatue of Hancock to emheiiibh the Cap- 
roughs, and others. ito '’ ,. ,, , 
— The steamer Africa sailed from[New Yoik on tbe 3C1h 
The Whig State Convention of Massachu- inst., for Liverpool, with 88 passengers and $tS0,949 in 
setts convened at Faneuil Hall, Boston, on the specie. 
3d inst. Their nominations are as follows •— ~ A female P b J sician in l’ b » ad elp b f a advertises that it 
For Governor, Dr. Luther V. Bell, of Somer- £^ h “ p “ t,cu, “ ^dalityXo cure all affections of the 
ville, for Lieut. Governor, Homer Foote, of — A larger number of salmon has-been taken in Califor- 
Springfield ; for Attorney General, John H. nia waters and smoked and salted this[y ear than for maDy 
Clifford, of New Bedford; for Sec. of State, sea80ns - « ■' 
Wm. T. Lincoln, of Worcester; for Treasurer — For the week past, not less than fifteen thousand bas- 
John Sargent, of Cambridge ; for Auditor, Jo- ket8 °f P«diea baTe i bee “ dail J 
seph Mitchell, of Nantucket. The Convention * a ~. c , < xt n *, . 
. —The Spor^tary ol the ^avy lias recently imposed fites 
decided to sustain Millard Fillmore for the upon the Collinsjine, to[lhe extent ol $3(j,CC0, lorlailuits 
Presidency. of time-j; 
4 ’ *" " — The Freshman Class at Harvard College numbers 126, 
Miscellaneous Items. tuidjs said to be iinuch the laigtst ever admitted at that 
- Institutioi. 
Not long since, says the Boston Traveller, a —The'French] papers state tbat the total amount op 
bed was tound to be nearly destroyed, and the Times have no correspondents residing there 
two children burned to de^th. as lbey pre tend, and that the Kansas letters’ 
A fire broke out in Manchester, N. H., on the published in those sheets purporting to be from 
4th inst., which destroyed four stables, and Leavenworth are sheer forgeries, manufactured 
I was much amused at seeing a notice in the ^P riD 8^ e *? > ^ or Attorney General, John H. 
papers that a band had been prevented from Clifford, of New Bedford; for Sec. of State, 
playing in front of the Court House, for fear T* Lincoln, of Worcester; for Treasurer, 
the people would tread down the grass and in- dtdlQ Sargent, of Cambridge; for Auditor, Jo- 
several dwellings, together with Melodeon in New York jure the trees, -it they should make kindlings 
Hall. Loss $15,000. --1__ of the trees, and tread the grass a foot under 
Mt. Vernon Hotel at Cape Island,near Phil- Provincial Items ground, it would be no great injury. No sen- 
adelphia, was burnt on the night of the 5th inst., _ sible jury would assess the damages at more 
and Andrew Kane, the lessee, together with A Seed Fair was held at Galt, C. W., last ^ kan tweDb J* dve cents. The public grouuds 
three of his children and Mrs. Albertson per- week,at which 1,600 bushels of seed wheat were ^ ere > as maD y other places, are in a sad 
ished in the flames. sold, at $1,50 per bushel. Purchasers were P'’8 kfc ’ ^ ut * do not know as it is a matter of 
By a misplacement of a switch the Express present from Lockport., Buffalo and Oswego, in sur P ldse » as tk ey are under the care of the city 
train bound east, from this city, on the night of the States, and from Toronto, Niagara, Gode- fathers- in-lau>. 
jure the trees. If they should make kindlings se Ph Mitchell, of Nantucket. The Convention 
of the trees, and tread the grass a foot under de<dded to sustain Millard Fillmore for the 
Presidency. 
Miscellaneous Items. 
Not long since, says the Boston Traveller, a 
1‘ 1 f hnt T Hn nnt h wwiv/u aiuvuici, u — x rtuuu, ixjc iuiui auinuiii of 
p ig i , m now as 1 is a matter of salesman employed on Milk street, wishing to subscriptions for the sufferers by the inundations is 869,- 
surprise, as they are under the care of the 01 tv , , . . , „ ° 22 ) fumes 
. ' : , J me city secure cool quarters, went into a laree safe con- " JIianC8 * 
the 5th inst., ran into the rear of a live stock rich and other towns in the Province. The 
train, which was standing upon the track at most favored varieties were the Red Chaff and 
Port Byron, N. Y., containing several drovers, the Soule’s White Wheat. 
six of whom were scalded to death by the steam The Toronto Globe says the Canadian minis- 
from the escape pipe of the Engine of the Ex- try is just, like an old tin kettle; it was badly 
press train. The names are as follows : put together at first, and the fire has hpen mn. 
I remarked that there were a few pleasant 
streets, but as everybody cannot live on these 
stieets, and as lots are held at a very high fig- 
secure cool quarters, went into a large safe con- 22j f ,anC8> 
nected with the building, and there fell asleep “ The bark CIeather > cf QuebfC > msde a P aFF8 f e acr0F8 
, . , . , * the Atlantic lrom the Gulf ot St, Lawrence, recently, in 
the door being subsequently closed. Inquiries eightdays. 
were instituted for him, but he was not to be _ A lady now re8idiDg at the Minot House, Cobasset, 
most lavoreavaneiies were tire lied Chaff and gtreet8> an d as lots are held at a very high fig- were instituted for him, but he was not to be _ A lady now residing at the Minot House, Cobasset, 
iiue&ouies vvmte vv neat. ure—say three to five hundred dollars a front. foilu d. When the book-keeper was closiog up recently swam nearly a mile to a rock in the vicinity, and 
The Toronto Globe says the Canadian minis- —BJany are building suburban residences for the night he found him in the safe in astate returned to shore, 
try is just, like an old tin kettle; it was badly f° ll J'or five miles fiom town. 1 here are also 0 f exhaustion, but by the appliance of proper — The New: Orleans;Picayune tells a story of a runaway 
put together at first, and the fire has been con. rfThe jdfelent'™i"S,There Xme,chanS restor “ Ut “ ^ «* «»«¥»»I>J resuscitated. "«• * *Y « « -■ • 
d. L. Bissell, of Madison, H. Blair, of War- im ,.,il v burniE n i,„ c . in i. ’""erei lie mere 
„ r c • , c n 1 1 , tinuaiiy Durntng noies m it. its owners have of Chicago are making comfortable homes 
rensville, ^ m. Smith, ot Cleveland, and Ed- been soldering aud patching here and there from the noise and dust and mud of town, 
waid I ay lor, of I alatiue, Ohio ; YV. A. Wilson, trying to keep the old thing together, but as pleasantest of these is Evanston, 
of the different railroads, where the merchants restoralives be was subsequently resuscitated, 
of Chicago are making comfortable homesaway Thomas Ward, a sailor on the lakes, who 
from the noise anddustand mud of town. One can’t read nor write, and who has a wife and 
of Benton Co., and Robert Boaz, of Carlisle, 
Ky. 
The agricultural implement manufactory of 
De Witt <fc Howell, in Cleveland, Ohio, was de- 
st.roy. d by fire on Friday, 5th inst. Several 
other firms were also burned out. Over one 
hundred men were thrown out of employment 
soon as one hole is mended another appears. 
of the pleasantest of these is Evanston, about 
twelve miles north, on the Milwaukee railroad. 
In this village is located the North Western 
three children, broke his leg on board a vessel 
in Chicago, and is in the U. S. marine hospital 
— The NewlOrleans^Picsyune tells a story of a runaway 
match, in which the^peifoimers weie a boy of 17 ami a 
girl of 13 years. 
— Itis estimated that in one province of ChiDiq one 
million of people have peiished since the commencement 
of the 1 evolution. 
— The first gratuity of provisions from New York, has 
The Halifax Journal of the 15th ult. says:— University, and a Biblical Institute, under the iu that city. He is a brother to John Ward, been received at the Cape de Verde Islands, and gave great 
“ We are glad to understand that the submerg- patronage of the Methodist Episcopal church, the Yorkshire hostler, who became prime min- relief t0 tbe 8,ai vlD 8- 
destroyed. It is thought that it was the work 
of au incendiary. 
b th fi • d tl wonderful experiment between New Foundland °f Chicago will be tempted to make their have been determined on by the Cabinet to go have b.-en grown in the neighborhood of Winona, Hinne- 
y ic ie, an many lousan o ar»woiU o and Cape Breton has been quite successful. homes in this beautiful rural towu, where they out by the next steamer to the government sota, the present season. 
reapeisant moweis, wo engines lea y 01 de- They are only waiting for the setting up of the Dan keep their household gods away fiom the officers of California, relative to the revolution- —A lot of tobacco of a “ bright golden hue and the 
livery, and a large amount of shingles, were land wirdS on both is!ar , dS) to establish commu- I ^van^' whoW a '^ affair8 io that Slate ’ The chara uter of the tex ‘ ure 88 fi ° e a8 8ilk ’” w ; s 8old Lynchburg, Va, last 
place is udiueu aii-ei ui. j. f,vans, wno has , , , , , . wsek, at $2c5 per hundred, 
mcation (under GO miles of ocean) with St. built a charming residence here. The Doctor orders has not yet been revealed. , 
wsek, at $255 per hundred. 
John’s and other parts of Newfoundland, which and his lady possess that fine taste so necessary Napoleon III. has sent a magnificent dia- levied by hawTa^rdog^lEoneSophia 
M p. ,, .. is expected to commence about the 15th of bo iLo enjoyment of a nnal lionie, and, if you mond snuff box to Rev. Mr. Stewart, Chaplain door, and a bear the other. 
Magnificent Donation to Science.— Mrs. <s or ,( ora i,p r » pass this way, Mr. Editor, they will furnish vou . al T r 0 xt x , , F ld i u > 
^ „ , September. L, .u a’y ~_ " " V in the U. S. Navy, who wrote and pub ished in — On Thursday, Mrs. Re 
as follows : 
For building... $12,000 _ 
For instruments. 14,600 Duriug the past week 10,000 bushels of wheat Six miles south of this city a new village has young lady named Jane Wilson, about 25 years birth were naturalized before Judge Brady, of the Court of 
For endowment.5o,ooo and 3,000 barrels of flour were shipped from j ust r * se D i nt0 notice, and it bids fair to be one old, who has traveled over nearly the whole of Common L lea8 » L’ew Yoik city. 
Total. “$76500 that port. of the prettiest towns of the YVest. The gen- the United States and Canada, unaccompanied -Orders have been issued from the OrdnanceDepait- 
. . tlemen having this matter in charge are liberal t r r raent for the resumption of work in the Armories and 
A young max l>y the name of John Castles^ and enterprising, and are sparing neither labor male 01 ema e companion or servants. She Arsenain where it was suspended. 
His Majesty of Hawaii, King Kamehameha, of Scarboro’, had the flesh torn off his thigh, or means to beautify the place. Mr. William 18 from Dublin, Ireland. _ Pau i julien, the violinist, is about to leave the 
the fourth of that name, was married at Hono- by the jack wheel of a threshing machine, on ^ ebster, of Rochester, whom your correspon- The citizens of Burlington recently had a United States for Europe, in consequence of a royal invi- 
lulu on the 19th of June, to Miss Emma Rooke, the 23d ult. The poor fellow was obliged to dent had , the P lea8ure °f introducing to the no- p i c -nic, and among the articles of the entertain- tation from the Court of France. 
daughter of Dr. T. C. B. Rooke. The ceremo- have it amputated, but it proved of no avail— l 106 - ° f tb f Clplz ® ns ° { Cb , lca f 0 ’ 18 e “ff a f ed ment was a w e berr „ pie j t} f - Tbo fire8 in tbe United States in the month of August, 
-ni 7 wqc nprfnrmcJ apertvrlinrr in tha yitco stwa „„„„„j proved oi no avail-: l a y 1Dg out and adorning this town. He has al- meat, was a raige Deiry pie.in the making of the loss of each of which amounts to $ 19,000 or upwards. 
Blandina Dudley, of Albany, N. Y., has given ’ ^ Clil ,er ’ . with a boquet of the finest grown roses, from the L. S. .n avy, who wrote and published in On Thursday, Mrs. Rebecca Killam, of Hillsborongh, 
$50,000 to the Dudley Astronomical Observa- . ^ MOyE “ ENT 18 “ ad f commercial their beautiful garden on the shores of Lake New York, not long since, a letter endorsing #g6 ° f 102 
7 • 1 ., . j .. . , circles at Montreal, to establish a weekly line Michigan. Mr. Bonaparte s conduct while he was in this y ’ i y 
tory in that city, towards its permanent endow- of steamerg between Liverpool and Montreal AboUt fou, ; njib t 8 far j her DOrth several gen- country as quite correct. A po f or ma “ named Garrity recent '^ cau £ ht tb « 
ment. Her donations to the Observatory stand 1 tlemen are building fine country resideuc.es J 1 glanders from a horss, aud died of the horrid disease at 
The Toronto YYTieat market is more lively, and have named the town Winetka. It is a fine There is at present stopping at one of our the Tyrone (Ireland) hospital, 
and $1,44 is freely given for good samples, location, and beautifully timbered. first class hotels, says the Boston Ledger, a — During the moDth of August, 754 persons of foreign 
There is at present stopping at one of our 
first class hotels, says the Boston Ledger, a 
ny was performed according to tbe rites of the death ensued. 
Church of England. About three thousand - 
persons were present on the occasion. A salute The Salt L; 
most completed a beautiful Park, which will be ^vhich two and one-half bushels of blue-berries 
superior to anything of the kind I have seen were used. 
jfuiouuo nwu tcc U L VJJLl lUC ULtOOlUUi Ol ftfllUlC The Salt Lake mail has arrived. The news oufc of Philadelphia. It has a front of 1,500 1 m limitation of th f f 1 f 
of artillery was fired on the occasion. In the is unimportant. The combination of the drouth ^ eet on Lake shore, and has been beautiful- . .. ira ** ( <>r mal 
, , . ,, * , uieuioum , turfed and abounds in graceful sn-n.v,A\ P A mg in England is fixed by statue. The period 
evening there was a grand ball at the palace, cold weather and grass hoppers, will make Lf ,, , an . auounas giacetui giavelled & t 5 , . J . 1 
1 6 vppci», iviu muKc walks and rustic seats. It is to be planted with between 8 o clock in the mornine: and noon is 
The king is 22 years old ; the queen 20. 
crops very short. 
walks and rustic seats. It is to be planted with between 8 o’clock in the morning and noon is 
the choicest shrubs and trees, aud already con- assigned as the legal time for all marriages. 
— The fires in the United States in the month of August, 
the loss of each cf which amounts to $19,000 or upwards 
were 16, and the total loss, $617,000. 
— A dispatch from Gorham, N. H., dated Aug. 27, says 
there are three inches of snow od Mount Washington, and 
that the other peaks are also white. 
— Amin; the list of diseases producing death, in Buffalo 
as retiunid by piactitioneis, is OLe entitled “Yaliow Gan¬ 
ders or Kotin Fever.” Where is the schoolmaster ? 
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