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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
NOV. 15. i: 
Conflagrations and Casualties. 
Miscellaneous Items. 
Provincial Items. 
Earlt on Saturday morning, Nov. 1, a small The St. Paul (Minnesota) Pioneer estimates The North American Hotel kept at Merritts- 
cabinet manufactory in the northern part of St the population of that city at 12,000, and of the ville, C. W., by Messrs. Whitney and Kendall 
Louis, Mo., was burned. Ten of the employees territory at nearly 200,000. In 1849 St. Paul was destroyed by fire on Friday night last and 
of the establishment slept m the building, three did not contain 500 inhabitants. a German who had taken lodgings a few days 
of whom jumped from an attic window, but A- great breeze has been raised in Detroit in previous, was burned to death. J 
before the others could be rescued the front consequence of the discovery of horse beef in The grocery store of Mr James McDonald 
walls gave way and precipitated them to the sausages made by a German in that city. Ac- and the shoe store of Mr. Morrison Mount 
cellar, where they perished beneath the ruins, cording to French authority, horse beef is as Brydges, with their contents, were destroyed 
The parties were Germans. good as any ; and in Paris at the present time, by fire on Tuesday of last week. Loss about 
Crane’s flour mill, at Marietta, Ohio, and its sorrel steaks, iron grey chops, and roan sausages *0 qqq 
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ROCHESTER, NOVEMBER 15, 1856. 
BUSINESS NOTICES. 
TO AGENTS. SUBSCRIBERS AND OTHERS. 
1 ,) $10; were destroyed by fire on the 1st inst. Loss The village of Littleton, Schuyler county, . , ,, , , ' ' u ’’ >' lie ' ellaD< l canal. 
rS tfm’T ’”** the,e ”* “ 0f Th". T : deSt T d !d J 8 " it - of Mr. Willard; al»o two taeMdinl, „»°d 
. $5,000 only. Ihe place contained ovei a hundred houses, ■L n , v win j 1 -»» ^ TT —The criminals i 
The terms of the Rural New-Yorker are-Si^le Crane’s flour mill, at Marietta, Ohio, and its 80rrel steaks > iron grey chops, androan sausages 
Copy, $2 a year; Three Copies, $5; Five Copies, $8 ; Six contents, including 11,000 bushels of wheat, are ea ten with great relish. 
Copies, (and one free to agent or getter up of club,) $ 10 ; were destroyed by fire on the 1st inst. Loss The village of Littleton, Schuyler county, 
Ten Copies, (and one free,) $ 15 , and any additional number $35,000, 0 n which there was an insurance of HI., was destroyed by a tornado on the 26ih ult. 
at latter rate, (1,50 per copy,)- payable in advance. No $r b 000 only. The place contained over a hundred houses, 
deviation from these terms. Any individual remitting the 
Club price ($1,50 instead of $2) for a single copy-except as The house of a man named Perkins, situated besues bal ‘ns, &c., all of winch were so much 
an addition to a club already formed, or as a present to a about five miles from Kirkwood, N. Y., was damaged as to be useless. But four persons 
friend-will be credited for only nine months, in accord- consumed by fire on the 7th inst Perkin's his were severe] y injured, and no one killed or 
anee with our terms of subscription. wife and seven children, perished in theflames. m0ltall y hurt ’ 
or The Rural is published strictly upon the CASH „ , , ,. . . _ The San Francisco Herald records the arrival 
system— copies are never mailed to individual subscribers * HERE was a veiy destiuctive tire in Geneva r onn , T ~ 
Hftos Clijrjriitp. 
— Thanksgiving in New Hampshire November 29. 
— There are thirty newspapers published in Cuba. 
— Charlestown, Va., is shortly to be lighted with gas. 
— The steamship Persia took out $1,4C0,0C0 in gold, last 
week. 
— The fall trade in hogs is fairly opened at Cincinnati 
and Louisville. 
On one of the railroads of France, beds are furnished 
to passengers. 
. , . -r, ,, ,, — Navigation is entirely suspended for the present in 
A fire occurred in Prescott on the 31 at ult., the Welland canal. 
hich destroyed the stone store and dwelling —Col. Jo n II. Wheeler, American minister at Nicara- 
ance with our terms of subscription. 
OT" TnK Rural is published strictly upon the cash 
system- copies are never mailed to individual subscribers 
until paid for, (or ordered by a responsible agent,,) and a!- on the 8th inst. The store and ware house of 
ways discontinued when the subscription term expires.- Mr. Price were burned, with 3.000 hnshola nf 
;; 7 ,, , a ^ unarea flouse8 > as storehouses by Mr. Willard and Mr O H Climina,s the United States cost nineteen mil- 
besides barns, <fcc., all of which were so much p , j .* . I=L * lion dollars annually. 
damaged as to be useless. But four persons ^ ' T oss 08 lrna e( a $ ’ • — There are in Russia 6, 0C0 miles of telegraph used lor 
were severely l.jured, „„<! noose billed or r‘r, t‘nT® r ° ° f “ Sam 
mortally hurt Slick, the Clock Pedlar, has taken a final — The population of St. Paul, Minnesota, is now set 
m o w • tjt u , ,, . , farewell of Nova Scotia as a place of residence down at ten thousand. 
1 he San Francisco Herald records the arrival , . , ,. f . , ' “, JesiUonc e- 
r,f i onn kowoo i T r> vr Clifton, his beautiful seat at Windsor, was sold ~ lbere are 5 > 842 persons in the prisons, asylums and 
of 1,2UU boxes of grapes from Lower California, „ , , .... , hosDitals of New Yoik citv 
and remarks that, portion of the Rt.t* .nk.iJ 8ome weeks Slnce ’ and the old Judge has taken h0Bpi ‘ l18 Yo,k 0 y '.. . 
mortally hurt. 
The San Francisco Herald records the arrival 
of 1,200 boxes of grapes from Lower California, 
Hence, a prompt renewal is necessary to secure the regular 
continuance of the paper. 
The lowest club price of the Rural New-Yorker 
is $1,60 per yearly copy, and any one remitting at a less 
rate will b i credited in proportion to the money received. 
Those Who send less than the price, with request to send tbe Avery block, Salina, N. Y. The water at 
the paper a specified time or return the money, cannot be ,, . , , _ 
accommodated. the re8erv0ir was turned off, and consequently 
Mr. Price were burned, with 3,000 bushels of ^ al ^ s that portion of the State is rapidly his passage for Liverpool, to make his home in Rev. Dr, Spurgeon, the “ sensation preacher” oi Lon- 
barley and 3,000 Whels of rye. The canal ,°" e *»e best grape grow.ng reg.en. Graft Britain for the remainder of hi, days >«'—>V. 
stable, were also deelroyed. and in then, were and " lU - “ * ™al the At |he A . Toronto.seventeen pjrson, r f. f " v lh0 "*"”*■ of 
burned te death forty canal horse,. /f <* ““ were convicted and sentenced to the S ‘ ~ T, 
J quality of its vine. Jicunen . _ The streetg of Adrian Micb., were lighted with gas 
On the 7th inst. a dreadful fire broke out in t iik first (lai i y newspaper printed in Vir- tmry ’ ° D6 f ° r Me ’ ° ne . seven > one for six » one for th « first time on the 4th inst. 
the Avery block, Salina, N. Y. The water at p-lnio in i 78 fl onri tto „ foi five, th ree foi four, eight for three, and three — A large business is being done at Sacramento. Cal., in 
On the 7th inst. a dreadful fire broke out in 
The first daily newspaper printed in Vir- f or gy e p 
ginia, was in 1780, and the subscription price p ()) . ^ WQ ’ 
was $50 per annum. The daily paper of that 
paper * .. .n,n the reservoir was turned off, and consequently " Irn ’ “ ^ i ^- for two years. 
accommodated. , . , , ’ usequenuy was $50 per annum. The daily paper of that m 
, _ . the hydrants were useless. A strong west wind j t Ihe consent of her Maiesty s government has 
Any person can send for four or more copies at f, . , , . wesh wina date was not so large as a sheet of common v, „ J ° . 8 
$ 1,60 each-and, on 8u‘oflequeDtly filling out a club of ten w &s blowing at the time, and the citizeus were foolscap. obtained lor the erection of two more 
or over, receive extra copy, &c., or other premium to compelled to stand and see their property con- Mr McConnfil of Sauoamon Co Ill 1 bishoprics in Canada, by a subdivision of the 
Which be mny be entitled, the same as though all the suined, with nothing to stop the progress of the the West flock o/rLopta in Qr f “ di °cese of Toronto. It was intended that they 
copies were ordered atone time. See Premium List. t •,,, m, , , . . tlie largest HOCK ot Sheep in the United States. „-l i j -l .f -ty . , T J 
1 fare. Ihe entire loss will fall but little short of It mimh™ twsniv sa ouldbearthenamesofKingstonandLon- 
In remitting $15, or more, if convenient please dtsn nno ^ c numoers twenty-one thousand, and all of ^ , , •, • w , . , , 
send draft on New York, Albany, Buffalo, or Rochester, f 0 ’ 000 ’ ^ rGach “ 0re - ° Ve1 ' 0De hua ’ the choicest merinos. ^ J 18 th ° l1 ^ ht Westminster and 
(less cost of exchange,) or check or certificate of deposit dred < amdi es are rendered homeless. The fire Madame Bodisco, widow of the late Russian , or smoa 1 W1 more appropriate, there 
on any Bank in either of said cities,—payable to our order, was undoubtedly the work of an incendiary. Minister at Washington with her family are ” eiD £ a l reac 'Y tHe See of London in England 
t3^"TH(.sK who are forming large club, can semi on the The extensive machine shop and engine among the passengers by the steamship Persia^ a »' lorKi "8 sto ” i » Ja'>'»i«a. 
«»'■ Oincinnati, foe Liverpool SIf. going to St. PeLburg.’ 
or W... P.™. m,u. thvb Y" e , °° ’” St ' L “ 8 hea ’ y - V 7“ °T S ‘““ James Wilhamson A Co in litiontle 
early as conveaient. This will greatly facilitate the entry 1 he woods m the western part of Ohio are ^ oik and Bremen has been very successful. It warehouse about 2 500 b 1 1 f 
of names on our books. on fire, and areat damage is dnne tn fopnon is said that, in addition t.o rcmilar HividcnHs, . . . ’ ’ us els of grain were 
, were burned on the 7th inst. Loss heavy. The Ocean Steam Company between New T w- al ^ t V, e messrp * 
m , . ,, xr i , tv , , 1 J James Williamson & Co. In addition fn fbo 
The woods in the western part of Ohio are York and Bremen has been very successful. It _.„. ni , CD 0 r nn , , . . 1 ie 
£ j , . • •i.i, . , .... warehouse, about 2,*)00 bushels of f?rain wptp 
fire, and P'leat damao-p i« rlnno tr» is said that, in addition to rpo-nlar dividpnda, . , gidiu vveie 
names on our books. on fire, and great damage is done to fences, 48 said that, in addition to regular dividends* 
In ordering the Rural, be sure and specify name railroads, bridges, &c. the Company has accumulated a surplus of 
°f Post-Office, County, and State, Territory or Province. -^- $100,000, in a capital of $600,000. „ T T “ There 8rC 6 > 000 coloied ^Habitants in California who 
o- Any person so disposed can act as local agent for Presidential Election Gov - IzARD > of Nebraska, lias appointed No- under8 < aad that It IS the Intention of the are estimated to own property vaiued at 53,(00,000. 
the Rural without certificate, and eich and all who vol- riewueiiucu J-iiecnon. _ n , ’ . , . . ’ ", " present Ministry, as soon as the necessary ar- * •, , , . . ' t 
unteer in the good cause Will not only receive premiums, m . - vember 20 for Thanksgiving. The Omaha City rangement and details can be coZwL f t - A railroad clearing-house has been established in 
but their aid Will be gratefully appreciated. Fhe contest is over, and the general result Democrat boasts of a sample of fine molasses, 5 eted, to mndon, similar to the clearing-house for the bauks. 
ET Courksponpents and Advertisers who wish arti- iudicutes the election of the Democratic candi- the product of Chinese sugar cane grown in the aa ex RDSlve an 1 eia system of em- —SirWilUamTemplebasbequeathcdhisvaluablecol- 
cles or announcements to appear promptly, are advised dates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency, lower part of Douglas county, in that Territory, f \ / sc eme M 1C J 1 m all probabil- ec mn o oman antiquities to the Bntish Museum. 
that our edition is now so large that we are obliged to put by a majority of ten on the electoral vote. The The cars on the Lackawa nna and Blossburg \7 * “°? 8ultabl ® for the generality of - rbrer is two inches lower than e™'before 
the outside form of the Rural to press at least one week canto n f . 1.1 , , . . . . p ° the emigrating classes in this country than the ,ln0WD J an( I sixty-two feet lower than it was in 18471 
before its date and the last form on Tuesday noon. n , ’* K>11 ® C alme O 1 the ■ 1 oat > 8 an exc uihge, were attac ved by F ree Land Grants ; for as we have pointed out — Luring Ihe past ten years, the New Orleans andTex- 
1 — - emociats and Republicans, is given to thelat- a bull below the Y\ yoming Depot, on Saturday .1 i a tf pr rpni ,;rp oortnir, tvLtto;/.. 1 tv ’ as steamship line has lest vessels, valunl at $ 730 ,OCO. 
Review of the Week. tel, on the result of the election for State ofli- morning. His bullship was not on the track and some practical experience althoulV un- - There was a great gale in the bay of st. Lawrence on 
_ cers previous to the national contest, at which out as the locomotive approached he jumped on doubted! there ma be* r. ’' L . ’ the 18 th ult., and twelve fishing vessels were wrecked. 
The election passed off quietly, with one or time it favored that party by a considerable and made at it with head down. The cow- f ^ ere ma y e pfronns in t e nited — The table-service, la ■ ps and outfit of the staterooms 
two exceptions, and returns as far as received ma j°rity. Illinois is claimed by both parties, catcher of the locomotive was broken, and the opp( 7 rtU nitv ’’ BUCCCSSluI U embrace this alone of the new Collins steamer Adriatic, cost $ 25 , 000 . 
indicate a largely increased vote. The result and tJ)e returns therefrom being meagre and cars forced off the track. Part of the passen- 1 __ 4 , # _ - A man in Louisville, Ky., was caught recently thrust- 
we have attempted to give in another column, 8ub j ect t0 much alteration, the opinion cannot gers returned, and part got on the tender and Business at Washington _Contracts for the 1Bg pmsmtobis wi.e in ordertodnve out the deviL 
f,„ m suoh 8 ,„„cs» as could be ob.aiued, and' ^ ti m e will elapse before went on to Scranton. snpp, y of goods to the^ ^we"ded 
though the general tenor thereof may not be Callfornia 18 heard from - 1HK New York Mirror 8a J 8 that Mr. Edwin 0 n Thursday, 6th inst., to Crowin, Huxthrall & - The steamship Arabia sailed on the 5th inst with 
changed, still it is subject to alterations. For Buchanan and Breckinridge.— Alabama 9; Forrest has sold his magnificent house on the Sears, of New York, for Mackinac blankets, fifty-four passengers for Liverpool, and $779,OCO in specie, 
instance, Tennessee, with 12 electoral votes, is Arkansas 4 ; Delaware 3 ; Florida 3 ; Georgia Hudson ri ver, below Yonkers, to Arch-Bishop doth and dry goods ; Beuff Brothers & Seaver,' ” Hon - Samuel H « ar » a distinguished citizen of Massa- 
given to Buchanau, but the telegraph now places 10 ; Indiana 13; Kentucky 12; Louisiana 6 ; Hu g bes - Only a portion of the grounds were of New York, hardware and agricultural imple- chuset,s > died on 1he 2d inst., at his residence in Concord, 
it uncertain, while Illinois, in our table as Mississippi 7; Missouri 9; New Jersey 7; S(dd > the price, $50,000. Under the patronage ments ; Henry E. Leaman, of Lancaster, Pa —The Post-master at Council Bluffs, Iowa, is n Mormon, 
doubtful, is ceded to the Democrats. With all North Carolina 10 ; Pennsylvania 27 ; South' of the Arch-Bishop the. home of the tragedian guns. The whole contract is one of the largest aml ,J1B llouse fi°ld is presiced over by three gentle dames, 
the conveniences for obtaining information in Carolina 8 : Tennessee 12 ; Texas 4; Virginia is to be conv erted into an institution for the Sis- ever made by the Indian department There ~ A * Iexica “7 on)aD * recent, y rescued from the Indians, 
use at the present time, it seems to take as 15. Total 159. teis ot Chanty. have been issued under the act of March, 1855, Fe. 
long to elect a President as it did in times of Fremont and Dayton .—Connecticut 6; Iowa Ma - R ardy Hitch, a very worthy citizen of 5,642 land warrants in October, covering more' —Rich deposits of tin have been discovered in Aus- 
IU1 Ilve * roree ior lour, eignnor three, and three — A large business is being done at Sacramento, Cal., in 
for two years. the curing and smoking of salmon, 
nto woo wnt „„ , . r The consent of her Majesty’s government has — By a census just taken, it is ascertained that the pop- 
- c :: S g Of common been obtained for tbe erectio ^ of two more ulation of Grand Rapids, Mich., is 6,505. 
n , bishoprics in Canada, by a subdivision of the — L. Lay, wbo participated in the battle of Lundy’s 
ie largest flock of sheep in the United States, gi n I n rjompq pf T —The Elmira Gazette says the Chemung River was 
) numbers twenty-one thousand, and all of j , , . ' . p‘ ^>n- frozen over on Wednesday night, the 6th. 
i • a • cion, but it is now thought Westminster and 
te choicest, mprinna t> . ° —Hon: John Berry, a member of the Arkansas Sena*e, 
I ortsmouth will be more appropriate, there died a few days ago, from the bite of a spider. 
being already the See of London in England _j n LondoD , out of a population of two and a half mil- 
and of Kingston in Jamaica. lions, only five hundred thousand attend church. 
A ErRE occurred in Galt on the 5th inst., — Four and a half million dollars worth of raw silks are 
which destroyed the Grain Warehouse of Messrs. annua,] y imported from China into this country. 
James Williamson & Co. In addition to the —Hon. John Otis, formerly a member of Congress, died 
warehouse, about 2,500 bushels of grain were at Hallowe ll, Me., quite suddenly on the 1st inst. 
destroyed. — Ti* e English telegraph companies gave a grand ban- 
The Canadian News of the 15th ult says •- ^ t0 M ° rte ’ in L ° D<5 ° n ’ ° n the 9,h inBt 
“We understand that it is the intention of the - There Bie ( 6 > 000 C()loied inhabitants in California who 
.... . , l on OI me are estimated to own property valued at 53,(00,000. 
present Ministry, as soon as the necessary ar- _ A railroad cle aring.hou f e has been established in 
destroyed. 
The Canadian News of the 15th ult. says;— 
“We understand that it is the intention of the 
cers previous to the national contest, at which hut as the locomotive approached he jumped on dou Btedl there ma b '' b TT -Uri " the 18th ult., and twelve fisbiBg vessels were wrecked, 
time it favored that party by a considerable and made at it with head down. The cow- t° U f ^ ere may e persons in t e nited — The table-service, la ■ ps and outfit of the staterooms 
majority. Illinois is claimed by both parties, catcher of the locomotive was broken, and the p '^tu"^ ” SUCCeS&tully embrace this alon® of the new Collins steamer Adriatic, cost $25,C00. 
and the returns therefrom being meagre and cars forced off tbe track. Part of the passen- °^P 01 unl ^__ —AmaninLouisvi)le,Ky.,wascaughtrecentlythru8t- 
subiect, to much altprBiinn it. .* <rmret„r no ,l _^ ‘ » . . . ing hot pins into his wife in order to drive out the devil. 
Business at Washington.— Contracts for the 
— It is stated that the proposed City Hall in New York, 
doubtful, is ceded to the Democrats. With all North Carolina 10 ; Pennsylvania 27 ; South of the Arch-Bishop the. home of the tragedian guns. The whole contract is one of the largest 
the conveniences for obtaining information in Carolina 8 : Tennessee 12 ; Texas 4; Virginia i8 to be converted into an institution for the Sis- ever made by the Indian department. There 
use at the present time, it seems to take as 15. Total 159. ters of Charity. have been issued under the act of March, 1855, 
long to elect a President as it did in times of Fremont and Dayton .—Connecticut 6; Iowa Mr - Hardy Hitch, a very worthy citizen of 5,642 land warrants in October, covering more' 
yore, when the Age had not won the appellation 4 ; Maine 8; Massachusetts 13 ; Michigan 6; Eairhaven, Mass., assisted, sixty-four years ago, than 742.000 acres. The total applications have 
of “fast.” However, a few days wiil definitely New Hampshire 5; New York 35; Ohio 23 ; in making the sails for the barque Maria, of been 260 ; 200, and the warrants issued 178,513, 
settle the matter. Rhode Island 4; Vermont 5; Wisconsin 5.— New Bedford, which vessel was the first that covering 21,501.250 acres. The net, amount, in 
supply ot goods to the Indians were awarded will cost that city not lers than eight millions of dollars. * 
on Ptuirsday, 6th inst., to Crowin, Huxthrall & — The steamship Arabia sailed on tho 6th inst, with 
Sears, of New York, for Mackinac blankets, fifty-four passengers for Liverpool, and J779,0C0 in specie, 
cloth and dry goods ; Beuff Brothers <fc Seaver, — Hon - SamueI Hoar . a distinguished citizen of Massa- 
of New York, hardware and agricultural imple- chuset,s > died on the 2d inst., at his residence in Concord. 
ments ; Henry E. Leaman, of Lancaster Pa — Th® Post-master at Council Bluffs, Iowa, la a Mormon, 
■’ »nd Ins household is presiced over by three gentle dames 
guns. Tbe whole contract is one of the largest 8 names. 
, , ,, T j- , , . —A Mexican woman, recently rescued from the Indians 
ever made By the Indian department. There , M „ ti „ eml , „ m ,i or M0 „ U( “sTS 
have been issued under the act of March, 1855, Fe. 
5,642 land warrants in October, covering more —Rich deposits of tin have been discovered in Aus- 
4; Maine 8; Massachusetts 13 ; Michigan 6; Eairhaven, Mass., assisted, sixty-four years ago, than 742.000 acres. The total applications have trali a, and large shipments of ore have been made to Eug- 
The telegraph announces the decease of Hon, T° ta l 114. 
Rhode Island 4; Vermont 5; Wisconsin 5.- New Bedford, which vessel was the first that covering 21,501,250 acres. The net amount in' llHuo^ie^ht^ 
John M. Clayton of Delaware—Senator from 
that State. Mr. Clayton was for many years 
one of the leading men of the Whig party, and 
stood prominent in the U. S. Senate when 
raised the American flag in the English Chan- the U. S. treasury subject to draft is upwards of 22dult. 
Del after the Revolution. A few days since, 24,000,000, of which 1 1,000,000 is at New York, - Th< 
Fillmore and Doneleon .—Maryland 8. nel after the Revolution. A few days since, 24,000,000, of which 11,( 
Doubtful .—Illinois 11; California 4. Total 15. Mr - Hitch, now eighty-one years old, was at and 3,000,000 at Boston'. 
The result in our own State favors the Re¬ 
publicans by a large plurality on the National 
work on the sails of this same barque Maria. 
The New York Journal of Commerce says 
Shipwrecks at Sea in October.—T he list of 
Henry Clay', Daniel Webster, Thomas H. Ben- ticket, estimated at from 50,000 to 70,000. The Yrestern apples are selling higher than was ever shipwrecks at sea during the month of Octo- in 1855 
ton and John C. Calhoun were the leading State ticket is of the same complexion, by are- bek)re known at this season of the year. Sales ber appears in the New York papers and com- —The land sales of the Illinois Central road for Sep¬ 
tembers of that body. When Gen. Taylor ducedvote. Legislature largely Republican.— are maklD g at $ 4 P cr barrel. Long Island prises steamers 3; ships 2, brigs 8; schooners t 7’ ber were * 906 . 8 °0; earnings of the road were 
selected the members of his Cabinet Mr. Clay- The Senate holds over and is composed of 12 Pl PP iR8 continue to be put up in large quanti- 16 ; barks 1 ; sloops 1; pilot boats 1. The Mayhew estimates that 1250 jobberies are com- 
ton was made Secretary of State, and filled the Republicans, 12 Americans and 8 Democrats. UeS lor ex P ort ation, at from $6 to $3 when roll- value of these vessels amounts to $304,900—of mit ted by pick-pockets of London, for every one who is 
position with honor and ability. On the death _. __ ed in papers and packed. the cargoes $268,350—total $573,250. The detected. 
of Gen. Taylor he retired from public life, but m r v . . - -+-~+ - value of “unknown” cargoes, of which there — Th 
was, in 1853, re-elected Senator. He died at * RI LE ALE / , , auous portions of the Interesting from Japan. were seven, would probably bring the gross to- and pa ' 
Dover, on the evening of the 9th inst. 4it U T™ “ n m , - ‘a! a P to $700,000. The loss of life is not as- ta “ h< 
Affairs abr ad remain in about the same con- * ° J? ® ‘ l V ^ on ? 1 he last accounts from the China Seas men- certained. This is independent of the loss M f n “/ 
dition as when last noted. The Neapolitan • ‘ , lea ' . '° m ’ ° r ' ' essels Con a highly interesting fact. The Emperor of incurred by vessels merely going ashore, of were k’il 
troubles are the only matters of interest, and Jf !7i T™ 6 da ™ a 8 e - Ifc 18 thought Japan, being anxious to adjust various questions which there were many during the month.— — Th 
_ i _ tR at the damage done on this lake will exceed connected with the recent treaties he has con- TLuro i_ v 
— The Sacramento Union expresses the belief that the 
California mining regions will not be exhausted for cen¬ 
turies. 
— The total amount received for canal tolls to Novem¬ 
ber 1, is $2,365,426, against $2,412,672 lor the same period 
Terrible Gale. — Various portions of the 
country were visited by a severe and destruc¬ 
tive gale on the 4t,h and 5tli insts. On Lake 
Interesting from Japan. 
The last accounts from the China Seas men- 
the cargoes $268,350—total $573,250. The detected, 
value of “unknown” cargoes, of which there —The 
were seven, would probably bring the gross to- and Sava 
tal up to $700,000. The loss of life is not as- iU 65 
certained. This is independent of the loss m^sT 
— The shortest passage on record between New York 
and Savannah, has been made by the schooner J. T. Grice 
in 65 hours. 
live gale on the 4th and 5tli msts. On Lake The last accounts from the China Seas men- certained This is indenendent nf th» i„ OQ An ex P losion recently occurred at the Cymmer Coal 
Ontario as far as heard from, 20 or 30 vessels tion a highly interesting fact. The Emperor of incurred by vessels merely g7g ashore of ~ 
Z7 Ja P a "'7“® a “T 8l0 7r tVar 77”“ li0 ° 8 '’ , ‘ ichlhere Were dMi "e month. — — Tli, a.seMore’ valuation of Boston this year .mounts 
li rn noM T f ^ , lake 7 111 eXCeed connected Wlth the recent treaties he has con- There were also many very severe losses, both to $248,000,000, or one hundred millions of dollars more 
{jj>ioU,uuu. Bake Brie was also the scene of eluded with the several Governments of Enrons nf 1 orwi «,.nn fl vfTr «.i- than in 1846 - 
transactions relative thereto are almost station- li rn niin ' tT ' T11A CAUet:u connected with the recent treaties he has con- There were also many very severe losses, both t0 $248,000,000, or one hundred millions of dollars more 
ary. As discussions, of a not very agreeable V ° ’ , V 6 , W ‘ 18 a so tie scene of eluded with the several Governments of Europe of life and property, on the lakes, which are than in 184 °* 
nature, relative to the position assumed by Eng- 7*°° S f a i D esHuction of valuable property, and Ameiica, held on the 22d of June, at Jeddo, not included. — An engineer in Russia has discovered a method of 
land toward the Paris Conference attmot tL -b 088 nofc kD0WQ - At Norfolk, Va., it was a per- a solemu assemblage of the principal lords and converting peat turf into anthracite, and causing a saving 
public mind, nothing decisive is looked for. f ect tornado, doing much damage, unroofing most influential personages of his court. It Growth of the United States.—I t is stated of6 °P ercoDt 
-_ many houses. The new car house of the was decided at the meeting that the two ports that the population of the eleven infant colo- —The compositors of the Boston Post have formed a 
Financial Condition Of Texas. steamboat R. R. was blown down, severely in- of ihe Empire, those of Naugasaki an^ Hako- ides in 1701 was 262,000 souls. Georgia and ^ur^g'^kuess. anl ° ng tbemstlvos to !iuf>tuiu each otbor 
- J urin g ei g bt or ten persons; it is feared others dadi, should be open to the vessels of all na- Delaware were added to the number about 1749, _ 100 ,ooo good shares of the Vermont Central Railroad 
The State of Texas presents a state of finan- are under the ruins. tions. There they might repair, take in provis- and the census reports give us 1,046,000. In were sold, week before last, for one hundred dollars, to a 
cial prosperity rarely shown. The receipts for -- ions, establish depots of coal, <fec. the year 1775 the thirteen colonies had 2,303,- Vermont lawyer. 
the two years, including the means on hand in Expedition to the South Atlantic.— The U. No foreigner is to be allowed to penetrate in- b00 whites and 500,000 slaves. After the adop- —The first volume of Prof. Agassiz’s contributions to 
October, 1856, were $4,522,000, and the expen- S. storeship Release has been selected by the to the interior of the country without a special tion of the present Constitution, in 1790, there the natu,al histoi 7 of the United States is to bo published 
ditures $2,907,000, leaving a balahce in the Government for the purpose of visiting the permission from the Chief of the State. No were thirteen States, with 3,172,664 white, 50,- tUu P resent month. 
Treasury of $1,615,000. The amonnt of Spe- American shores of the South Atlantic, to pro- decision had been come to with regard to the 456 free colored, and 696,807 slaves. In 1850 ~ Dun “K tbe P ast y ear - the P rac ' 0UB w e,al coined at the 
cial benool .bund is $2,^4],(J00, and of General cure sugar cane aad seeds -underthe appropria- commercial question. The right of trading the States had increased to dl,and the popula- and $956,222 in gold. 
School Fund $46,000. The Comptroller recom- tion of $75,000 which was made for that object with Japan is still exclusively maintained in tion to 19,550,000 whites, 434,000 free colored* —ApnvatetetterfromLondonstatesthatDouglasJer- 
mends that the balance of the “ Revenue Debt” by the last Congress. Lieut. Chas. C. Simms, favor of the Dutch and Chinese, who have long uud 3,204,000 slaves. The total population at rold and Charles Kingsley will visit America in the course 
be discharged, when, he says, “we would then U. S. N.,‘will command the Release, and sail possessed it on onerous terms, having but one this time is approaching thirty millions. of the coming winter. 
present a condition, as regards our finances, from New York in a week or ten days. It is market open to them, that of Nangaski. --— A lump of solid gold was exhibited at tbe late State 
which few States of the Union could exhibit— expected that she will visit the shores of Cen- The new policy adopted by the Government Lamas for Cuba.—T he first lotof Lamas im- ^tnes^valued at $ 600 ’ Cai ° Una ’ from th ° r ° rt,i8 
a Government out of debt, with a surplus of tral and South America, as well as many of the of Japan will be productive of incalculable re- ported from Ecuador on account of the Spanish Tlark d j °d ’ t 
over a million of dollars in the Treasury—a West India Islands, and return early in the suits. Hitherto no foreign vessel could enter Government, consisting of 107 fine animals, the 27th ult'jn'tiirRteaLhipTenMsi.S 
permanent 5 per cent. School Fund of ten mil- Spring. the ports of the country to refit or take in pro- were safely conveyed to Aspinwall on the 17th Walker in Nicaragua. 
lions of dollars—an unappropriated public do- - visions. Tlie last decision of the Court at Jed- b y the Railroad Company for shipment on — The citizens of Brooklyn have subscribed $10,000 for 
main, estimated at one hundred million acres, Boats for Florida.— A fleet of thirty metal- do accordiogly constitutes a great progress _ board the steamer Grenada. This is the first a P reRen t t0 Mayor Hall, as a testimonial for his labors 
which, if judiciously used, would subserve all lie boats are being built at Francis’ establish Should China, Cochin China, the Empire of shipment on a large scale ever made of these a s ainst th « yellow fever. 
the purposes of internal improvements required ment at Creenpoint, designed to aid the U. S Siam, and all the neighboring States follow the animals, and we understand that 400 or 500 - Hon - Thomas H. Benton has accepted an invitation 
l _ xi _ t J V 1 i xY . . _ • Ji • & tn lpnt.nrn hofnrn a lifavovv AQaAoiotiAn In Rnoton in 
Lake Erie was also the scene of eluded with the several Governments of Europe of life and property, on the lakes, which are than in l846 - 
public mind, nothing decisive is looked for. 
Financial Condition of Texas. 
it included. — An engineer in Russia has discovered a method of 
- converting peat turf into anthracite, and causing a saving 
Growth of the United States.—I t is stated of6 °P ercont 
at the population of the eleven infant colo- — The compositors of the Boston Post have formed a 
QO • 17 n, oco non , ^ , benevolent club among themselves to sustain each other 
earn 1701 was 262,000 souls. Georgia and du rlng sickness. 
daware were added to the number about 1749, -100,000 good shares of the Vermont Central Railroad, 
lions of dollars—an unappropriated public do¬ 
main, estimated at one hundred million acres, 
which, if judiciously used, would subserve all 
the purposes of internal improvements required 
the purposes of internal improvements required ment at Creenpoint, designed to aid the U. S Siam, and all the neighboring States follow the animals, and we understand that 400 or 500 - Hon. Thomas H. Benton has accepted an invitation 
by the State, and a tax lighter than is imposed troops in their operations against the Indiansin example of Japan, the intercourse between the more wil1 80011 folloiY - The raisers of stock in ear!™? It the comT'* aSS ° ciati0n ‘ n B ° 8t ° n ’ th ® 
on any other people and which is adequate to ^mida this winter particularly in penetrating extreme East and the rest of the world would the United States should take into considera- " -^t is reported'thTthe noble-hearted Florence Night- 
all the wants (if the Governmenl. Jheaggre- the Everglades. 9 hey are twenty-two feet in be completely changed. tion whether tliese useful animals might not ingaie is about to he led to the altar by an English Earl 
gate amount of taxable property is very nearly length, and three feet six inches in breadth. 
$150,000,000, being an increase of $21,000 over 
the previous year. 
with lockers at each end for ammunition and 
provisions. Fifteen of them are already fin- 
' A “ ou, ° * jaou lluu J0Hb01 roe worm would imu considera- _ It is reported that the noble-hearted Florence Night- 
be completely changed. tion whether these useful animals might not ingaie is about to he led to the altar by an English Earl 
-- - be profitably introduced into the Union for the wbo was in 1,10 Crimean war. 
The India Trade.— Boston has alwaysshared sake of their valuable wool. —Two slaves belonging to Lewis B. Norwood, of Grant- 
largely in the trade with the East. At lastac- --— vi,,e ' North Caroli na, murdered their master by pouring 
counts twenty-four ships were at Calcutta load- Departed.— The party recently formed in boilin g water down his throat. 
ing for Boston, including seven that sailed a few S’l,® 167 / X1 ?, der the direction of Co1 ' Wm - H - - Char,es Callahan, the Nicaraguan correspondent of 
, . „ . & . , Nobles, for the purpose of surveying an Etui- the New Orleans Picayune, was recently killed at tbe bat- 
days previous for that nort, A lame number r.f _i..*. .... r _ 
The Book Trade at the West.— It is said --- iag for Boston, including seven that sailed a few tlliS city ’ l11lder the dll ection of Col. Wm. H. —Charles Callahan, the Nicaraguan correspondent of 
that, in proportion to its population, Chicago is Election Riots at Baltimore— The Bali i- davs nreviona’fm- tbnt wm-t ai™ , , Nobles, for the purpose of surveying an Emi- the New Orleans Picayune, was recently killed at the bat- 
r 1 - 
v ' ’ ‘ in t ie election nots of Monday. There Batavia, Pad an g, and other India ports. Cal- all thoroughly equipped for the expedition, and ed their golden wedding on the 6th ult, having finished a 
published in JNew 1 orlc, embraced o7,o00 vol- were four killed, fourteen fatally wounded, and cutta and East Iudia goods—although large tbe y have taken along with them ten horses aud half century of happy married life, 
umes. Such a fact speaks well for the future sixty-nine wounded,some dangerously. Among quantities are now due and on the way—are in ' wa g° D8 » heavily laden with sup- — The aggregate of the catalogues of the fall sales of 
Mass., celebrat- 
welfare of the West. 
the wounded are three women and four boys. active demand at high prices. 
fit e baggage wagons, heavily laden with sup- —The aggregate of the catalogues of tho fall sales of 
j*lies and camping utensils. St.Faul s, Minnes- books in New Yoik and Philadelphia Touches the sum of 
ota, Pioneer, Oct. 23. one million two hundred thousand dollars. 
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