CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 
AGRICULTURAL. Page. 
Inquiries and Notes.—Hooks, or Haw; Gas Lime; Wash 
for Outbuildings,...191 
The Oat Crop.—Prince Edward Island Black Oats; Cali- 
ness is recovering from its late depression. Liti- Conflagrations, Casualties, &c, FOREIGN NEWS. 
gation seems to be on the decrease in the State.— A fire broke out in Cincinnati, at 8 o’clock, on - 
The business of the Courts is so much diminished, the evening of the 10 th inst., in John Piper’s tin From the Seat of War. 
that it might be well to inquire if some of the shop, on Front street, anfl communicated to Mr. In the Rural of last week we gave the particu- 
terms might not be discontinued without any det- Jone’s carpenter shop, and French and Wilson’s lars of the first collision (at Montebello,) between 
Rural Spirit of the Press —Large vs. Small Horses; the objects of its establishment. Though the lav 
Ravages of the Turnip Fly; About Feeding Pigs ; Com aga j ns t the sale of intoxicating liquors does not ir 
Fodder,.1!L G p era t; on satisfy all the wishes of the friends o: 
Agricultural MUceOany -The Frost-Its Range and t r t it ig a grea t aid to their efforts 
Effects; Season and Crops of New England; Rats take I ’ J ’ f 5 _ 
theCorn; Western New York ns. India; ThePrize Essay and ought not to be disturbed. twenty stores and shops, 
on Butter-Making; Notes on European Agriculture, &c... 198 fp HE Democracy of Louisiana, met at Baton from $100,000 to $150,000. 
T( HORTICULTURAL. Rouge on the 25th ult., and, after a stormy session The steame r John Lawt 
Fruit Culture Its Difficu les,........ • • ■ •••••• • • ■ • ... 0 f three days, nominated a ticket for State officers. 
Protection of Fruit Trees from Spring Frosts, [Ill.,]. # J / 
where the combat was renewed, and the Austrians 
_. HORTICULTURAL. Rouge on the 25th ult., and, after a stormy session The steame r John Lawton exploded near Savan- a 2 ain treated towards Milan. All the steamers 
Protection 1 of Fruit Trees from ^HngVrosteViu'i,]199 of thrce days, nominated a ticket for State officers, nah . Geo>> on the 9th inst ., killing the Captain, on the lake were in the hands of the patriots. It 
Strawberries.199 in the selection of which the Slidell wing of the Pilot> Asst . Engineer, and John S. Montholin, a was re P ort ed, via Berne, that on the 29th, Gari- 
Genesee Valley Horticultural Exhibition,.199 party seems to have triumphed by a small majority passen g er and a man named Goty F Barnwell A ba ^ d * was defeated by a superior force, and with- 
’a - ;™ - s^wb^'itoin« Up- 199 over the Soule faction \ The result 0f the C ° nVen - number were scalded and bruised, some of them, dre ? into Canton Tessin, but this lacks confir- 
Promng a Winter-Killed Grape Vine; Strawberries; De- tion was the nomination of Mr. T. O. Moore, for jt is feared, fatally. The number killed and miss- ma ion, an Turin dispaches give the impression 
^o n mleed!. 0 f .. i '!?^ e !'!. : .. E . 8 . 8 .. 1 > ! a . DtS . : .. K . alS . m . 8 .^ff. 199 Governor; Mr. Hyams, for Lieutenant-Governor; ing ig eight> The steamer is a total loss . that he was making further progress. 
Irom Seed* ”* --- 199 Governor; Mr. Hyams, for Lieutenant-Governor; 
DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr. Hardy, for Secretary of State; Mr. Semmes, 
Ginger Snaps; Ginger Cookies; Doughnuts; Queen’s for Attorney-General; Mr. Robertson, for Auditor, 
Cake: Soda Cake; Snow-Ball Cake; Chicken Pie; In- « Tjefrepap f nr Treasurer- and Mr Averv for 
dian kidding; Beef Pie; Crullers; Cracker Pie; In- Mr - Detreese, lor lreasurer, ana Air. Averj, ior 
quiries; Johnny Cake; Pickled Eggs,. 199 Superintendent of Public Instruction. The Con- 
LADIES’ OLIO. vention adopted resolutions highly laudatory of 
Remember Me, [Poetical.] Queen Mary’s Love: Female u President mrl aHimirned 
Education-./Romance of the Needle; Sisters and *he 1 resident, ana aajournea. 
Mothers; Envy... After the adjournment of the Southern Conven- 
_ CHOICE MISCELLANY. tion a Society was formed for the encouragement 
Summer—A Song, [Poetical.] Theory®*. Practice—Heart J ° 
«*. Tongue; Day Dreams; Use of Adversity; Saturday of the Slave Trade. 
Night; The Press; Coleridge.200 
sabbath MUSINGS. The House °f Delegates of the Virginia Legisla- 
After the Niglit, Morning. [Poetical.] The Ideal; “Lead- ture consists of 152 members. The election re- 
ingMen;” Here and Hereafter. 200 ^ urng thus far received show that 77 Democrats 
EDUCATIONAL. and gQ Opposition members have been elected. 
Teaching; The Teacher in the School-Room,. 201 _ 
THEREvniWER. State Editorial Convention. 
The Life of General II. Havelock, K. C. B.; The North 
British Review,.201 The Sixth Annual Meeting of the N. Y. State 
USEFUL OLIO. Editorial and Typographical Association was held 
Anecdotes of Wild Geese—No. II; Something for Geolo- in Convention Hall, Syracuse, on the 9th inst. 
gists,.zui o 
YOUNG RURALIST About forty representatives of the press were pres- 
mation, and Turin dispaches give the impression 
Governor; Mr. Hyams, lor uieutenant-uovernor; ing ig eight> The gteamer ig a total loss> that he was making further progress. 
Mr. Hardy, for Secretary of State; Mr. Semmes, - r The Moniteur publishes the following telegram: 
, ... „ . *' _ , , . .... Minnesota papers contain full details of the re- ((rr , . . . _ , * 6 m 
for Attorney-General; Mr. Robertson, for Auditor; j ihe Lcoperor is enjoying perfect health. We 
Mr. Defreese, for Treasurer; and Mr. Avery, for cent flood in the Mississippi. Tne damage done have but few sick . The weather is beautiful and 
Superintendent of Public Instruction. The Con- a PP ear - s / ® argreaert ana ns s ae . e harvest is begun. The army is abundantly 
vention adopted resolutions highly laudatory of evaea ‘ 60 lra / su raei S e > an a 1 ' supplied, and the soldiers continue to feel full of 
the President, and adjourned. Anthony and Minneapolis, the storm and flood confidence> and are in high gpiritg The Emperor 
the President, and adjourned. Anthony and Minneapolis, the storm and flood con g dence and are ; n high spirits. The Emperor 
combined were terribly destructive. In the former „ rno . . „ , . , K 
After the adjournment of the Southern Conven- place property to the value of severai hundred 'a nd rK n / t ^ head ^ uarters fr °“ Alles * 
tion a Society was formed for the encouragement thousand dollars was destroyed. The St. Anthony d 8 re P orted he would g° to 
of the Slave Trade. Water Co. lost 5 , 000,000 feet of logs, valued at $40,- 
The House of Delegates of the Virginia Legisla- 000. The boom at Coon Creek, containing 10,000,- Great Britain. The London Post, in reply to 
ture consists of 152 members. The election re- 000 feet of logs, is momentarily expected to give some statements as to Lord Palmerston and Lord 
turns thus far received show that 77 Democrats way. Logs to the value of $13,000 went over the dobn Russell being actuated by mutual rivalry, 
and 50 Opposition members have been elected. Falls during the three days previous. The river is sa L s 4be P ubbc ma J res t assured that if the Liberal 
- twenty-one feet above low water mark, it being partycannot act unitedly the fault will not rest 
state Editorial Convention. within a foot and a half of its height at the time of Wltb its chiefs. 
STORY TELLER. 
Dreaming, [Poetical.] The “Household Angels of Zunge- 
Stadts. 204 
LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 
A Valuable Book for Invalids—S. S. Fitch & Oo. 
Great Work on Cattle—John P. Jewett & Co. 
Copeland’s Country Life—John P. Jewett A Co, 
Edwards’ Shingle Machine—E. Edwards. 
Farmers, Attention !—B. H.Colgrove & Son. 
Cider Press Screws—L M. Arnold. 
300 Agents Wanted—M. M. Sanborn. 
special notices. 
Horse Fair at the Maple Grove Track, Waterloo, N. Y. 
Monroe Co. Horse Show—Daniel Warner, Pres't. 
Exhibition of Horses at Lyons. 
and 50 Opposition members have been elected. Falls during the three days previous. The river is sa L s P ubbc ma J res t assured that if the Liberal 
- twenty-one feet above low water mark, it being party cannot act unitedly the fault will not rest 
state Editorial Convention. within a foot and a half of its height at the time of Wlth Rs chiefs. 
The Sixth Annual Meeting of the N. Y. State the great flood of 1850. The storms of the last ^ b ® English Parliament met May 31st Speaker 
Editorial and Typographical Association was held week in that section of the country are described Dennison was unanimously elected, 
in Convention Hall, Syracuse, on the 9th inst. as the most frightful ever witnessed. ^ be ^ erms offered by the Government to the At- 
About forty representatives of the press were pres- The steamship Edinburg, from New York for lantic Tel egraph Co. to be considered at the ap- 
ent at the business sessions-principally from Cen- Glasgow, put into St. Johns on the evening of the meetm S are .<^ par cen [‘ S uarantee for 
tral. Southern and Western New York—including 4 ..™ ^ -+ a,h ^ we ^'^ lve years, provided the cable is in sucess- 
Fecding Calves; An Out-Door Cellar; Quiet 0 *. Fuss, .. 201 en ^ at the business sessions principally from Cen- Glasgow, put into St. Johns on the evening of the g 
tp«l SmiMioni anil Western Xfiw York—innllldinp *. 1 . :_X_:ii- X_ -J? 1 _ _X_ e 1 , -r weniy-nve 
tral, Southern and Western New\ork including ^th inst., with two of her compartments full of 
the following named gentlemen : water, having struck an iceberg on Monday at 11.20 //+// "" “/*/'“/ *“" 
Franklin Tuthill, N. Y. Times; D. D. Waite, Daily A M 18Q u t f gt j h • , f and the y Wl11 P a 7 ±-20,000 per annmn-the ar- 
Republican Advocate, Batavia; J. Tarbell, Times, Os- A ’ • Lbu mues east 01 bt ’ ln a aeav y l0 g- rangement for £94,000 per annum to stand good, 
wego; N. Burrill, Transcript, Jordan; Oscar F. Knapp, The iceberg was first discovered directly ahead of rni.„ . 
Advertiser, Auburn; Isaac’ Fuller, Seneca County the sh in being in lat 47 40 Ion 48 20 The helm Th COmpan y ln return surrender the exclusive 
rwi«r Rpn Wa EpIU- .T TT Selkre.g. Journal. Ttbaca- me Sm P> DeiD g ln Ut - ’ 40 > l0n ’ 4y -2P- tile Helm „ riv : W . nf 1 aru K n „ n ^ Q v,l 0 NT™. 
ful operation, at the rate of 100 words per hour, 
Courier, Seneca Falls; J. H. Selkreg, Journal, Ithaca; 
J. J. Mattison, Ontario Messenger, Canandaigua; W. 
r * T ■ j ', r privilege of landing a cable on the coast of New- 
was put hard aport, and she passed close along- f ound i and 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., JUNE 18, 1859. 
Johnson, Courier, Geneva; Henry Stowell, American side without touching the part above water, but T ? ^ c ii , .. , 
Reveille, Seneca Falls; II. N. Beach, Republic, Brock- ®. ( ’ The Red Sea cable was believed to have been 
port; N. T. Hackstaff, Niagara City Herald; W.T.Tins- struck under water, a little abaft the port bow, and success fully laid from Suez to Perim a distance nf 
fey, Republican, Lyons; James T. Norton Livingston gtove in one 0 f her forward p i ate s. The two fore- ! ' 7 ’ 
Republican, Geneseo; C. B. Thomson, Gazette, Le Roy; 201 miles. 
A. M. Clapp, Express, Buffalo; Anson G. Chester, T. S. most compartments filled almost immediately with Th r d yv alludes to the designs nn the 
Truair, J.G.K.Truair,R.L. Adams, Journal, Syracuse; water The Dumns were auicklv set going and f ^ . allaae s to ttie designs on the 
P. H. Agan, M. Summers, Standard, Syracuse; D. J. , J ? I quickly set going and part 0 f the Viceroy of Egypt to take advantage 
Halsted, Courier, Syracuse; II C. Page, Sentinel, Dans- sails and bedding lowered over into the boats. All of auy d i stur bance which may arise in Turkey, for 
ville; R. Perry Staples, Republic, Brockport; W. J. La- the male passengers assisted the crew in workin" - , , . . ’ , . , , J ’ 
Rue, Times, Dansville; S. M. Pettengill, New York; J. , *■ , ... „ the purpose of obtaining, if not independence, at 
H. Masten, Cataract Colioes; Edward D. Yan Slyck, the pumps and bailing. There was a dense fog all leagt a large measure 0 f authority. The influence 
Republican Banner, Cortland; C. G. Beach, Orleans day Monday and Monday night, with rain — wind +• i i i 
Republican, Albion; R. K. Sanford, Patriot & Gazette, ciu* cmj i oi France for the moment is supreme, but England 
Fulton; C. Fairchild, Bee, Ovid; Chas. Sentell, Seneca fresh > but sea smooth. At noon of Tuesday an ob- will al i ow of no trifling in the matter. The slight- 
observer, Waterloo; II. L. Tobey, Herald, Utica; Geo. servation was taken for the first time for three r ... , . 
D. A. Bridgeman, Democrat, Penn Yan; S. O. Cleve- , , ,, ,. , . ,x „ est sign to evade the treaty of 1840, will bring 
land, Chronicle, Penn Yan ; Mr. Brunei, Record, Dun- da J s , and the ship was found to be in lat. 47.41, N. dowri on the Viceroy thewhole weight of England’s 
dee; D. D. T. Moore, Rural New-Yorker, Rochester. Ion. 50.29, at a distance from St. Johns of 47 miles. power 
The President Thomas S. Truair, Esq of the At-o’clock, made the land, all hands working CoMMERciAL-Area^^.-Richardsen, Spence & 
Syracuse Journal, made a very happy and appro- vigorously at the pumps and bailing to keep the Co. report that the weather has been very favorable for 
priate speech on calling the Association to order, ship from sinking. The loiter was only kept from 
Various matters pertaining to the interests of edi- labor. 
TtdVT'C'CT'TP ’KTC'WC tors and publishers were introduced, discussed and — 
U 10 JM Wb. adopted. Among the propositions submitted by News Paragraphs, 
Matters at Washington thc Business C° m ™ ttee > and adopted ^ the Ass °- The export of co 
The Administration has not yet fully determined c ^ a ^ 0D >' vere ^ e 0 owing. son is non 000 hales 
J J . As a means of protection against imposition, it is re- 
on its course of action pending the war in Europe, commended that in cases of strangers, itinerating doc- 
1 , ,, 13 ,, , . J 1 and 2d@3d lower. Thc quotations are lls]5)1388d. 
and the proceedings were generally harmonious, flowmg into the other comfartments, by incessant WhVat was also quite dull, and Uie prices were nominal- 
Yarious matters pertaining to the interests of edi- labor , M ly unchanged. Western red 8s@10sGd ; western white 
, , , _yril 10s6d@llsld; southern white 10s9d@13s. Corn dull 
tors and publishers were introduced, discussed and ^ and neglected. Mixed western quoted Cs8d(2i689d ; 
adopted. Among the propositions submitted by News Paragraphs. yellow (is9d@7sld; white 8s@8s9d. Provisions con- 
The export of cotton to Great Britain this sea- . , _ _ " , 
son is 500,000 bales larger than for the correspond- Clippm ^ S fr0U1 Foreign J ° Urnals ’ 
ing period of 1857; and the total foreign export is l' JOncb army in the city of 1 aris is larger 
Vi* ^ wv/twu n ^ xjuxv^v, CUUHHCUUCU mill 111 UJ DllcllJgCIS, HiUUiHni^ UGL* i x / O A ,, .. , /. ,, 
hut has under consideration a declaration or state- tors and new advertising agencies, &c„ seeking to ad- 640,000 in excess. This furnishes a basis to the man 11 was DeIore me war 
ment of the principles by which the United States, 
as a neutral, will be governed. It clearly sets forth 
the just rights of American citizens engaged in 
vertise, satisfactory references or advance payment be „ ,_ ( j mn ««« ; ,. -j x- e- 
invariably demanded, and that advertisers failing to pay, ex tent of $ u 0,000,000 at least, m liquidation of m- 
Austria has recognized the neutrality during 
It clearly sets forth he reported to the Secretary of the Association, and by 
... J . . him made known to all those present at this meeting, 
ltizens engaged in Of the Advertising Agencies, the firm of S. M. Petten- 
debtedness abroad; and makes amends for the / ,ke vvar ' °^ be States of thc Church. 
peaceful pursuits of commerce, which, as far as g'h & Co., is recognized as the fairest and most satisfac- 
... ,, ...... . . , , , tory, and recommended to the press for good prices and 
short supply of grain. 
Tiie St. Johns News learns from reliable author- 
The Vienna correspondent of the London Times 
says, Austria can keep 650,000 men on foot, Prussia 
possible, the Administration designs to protect. 
The precise positions which will be assumed, can- 
as a model advertising agency. 
ity that orders have been received from England to 400 ’ 000 ’ and the other German States 250 ’ 000 ’ 
not now be ascertained, but they approximate to cas'li'syMem^by exacUng"^ England, and to break up the military sations at feeling there and in some other parts of Italy 
the principles heretofore declared, namely :—That credit to be particularly onerous to publishers. Montreal and Toronto. Quebec and Kingston are was particularly hostile to England, 
free ships make free goods, contraband of war, jt s ^^/annurf meet?ng^°s submitted^aTworthy of to be the only garrisoned cities, and the head- A battalion of Hungarian volunteers, 2,000 
excepted, and that the goods of a friend captured being constantly kept before the minds of those conduct- quarters of the Royal Canadian Rifles are to be strong arrived at Vienna on the 19th of May, and 
_i_.1 xi.__i_ c _ imr the nress: . . ° . . ... . 
The Committee further recommend a strict adherence I d i spa tch the regiments of the line in Canada to T nE London Times' Turin correspondent says 
on board the vessels of an enemy, with the like in » Uie P ress - 
___ , ,, _„„ j Resolved, That we regard it as the duty of the editor 
exceptions, shall not be subject to confiscation, and ^ cu itiva.te more and more that kindly and courteous 
fixed at St. Johns. 
Garibaldi, the white-haired leader of the Italian the people. 
were received with the most enthusiastic cheers by 
that the rights of war ought not, in the nature of feeling that should ever exist among gentlemen; and volunteers in the army of Sardinia, was exiled A Vienna letter says that by the middle of June 
- 1 that in the controversies that may arise, political or ■ J 1 j j 
things, to extend further than to exact from neu- 0 t j icnvisei lhe personnel of the editor should never be from Italy in 1849, and found refuge in the United the Austrian army in Italy will probably be 325,- 
trals the interruption of all trade with a blockaded named, but ever sunk in his article or public course. States. A Western exchange says that he kept a 000 strong, with 75,000 horses and 850 to 900 guns, 
port, and to subject articles contraband of war to Buffalo was designated as the place for holding coffee-house in Cincinnati a few years ago. He is A conscription of 100,000 men was expected to be 
capture and confiscation. The official exposition the next Annual Meeting of the Association, and n ow a General in the Sardinian service, command- made in Austria in a few days. 
will involve the discussion of important questions, the following officers were elected: 
including that of blockade, as to how far this bellig- President— A. M. Clapi>, Buffalo Express. 
_ , • i , _• j Vice-Presidents — J. Tarbell, Oswego Times; I. 
erent right should be exeicised. Butts, Rochester Union ; Jos. Warren, Buffalo Courier; 
The Secretary of the Treasury has given notice Wm.Stuart,Binghamton Republican; I. Fuller,Seneca 
that sealed nronosals will he received until the 3Dth Co - Courier; D. J. Halsted, Central City Courier; O. F. 
that sealed proposals will Dei ecen ea until tne 30tn j£ na pp ; Au burn Advertiser; J. H. Selkreg, Ithaca Jour- 
inst., for the issue of any portion or the whole of nal; H. L. Tobey, Herald, Utica; C. Comstock, Albany 
$5 000,000 in Treasury notes in exchange for the Ar ///’No^n, Livingston Republican. 
ing fifteen thousand men, and to a great extent It is announced by the Suez Canal Company that 
controlling the destinies of States. Gm digging of the Isthmus of Suez commenced on 
It has lately been discovered that the Post-Office the 25th of last month, and that the first sod was 
Department loses about a million dollars a year by turned by M. Ferdinand de Lesseps, at the point 
counterfeit postage stamps. It seems that there determined on for the outlet of the Canal iii the 
are two classes of persons engaged in this nefarious Mediterranean. 
gold coin of the United States, under the authority 
of the acts of Congress of 1857 and 1859, the inter- 
Treasurer— T. S. Truair, Syracuse Journal. 
Resolutions were unanimously adopted thanking 
business—one which manufactures, either from 
engraved or photographed plates, and sells new 
The London Advertiser states that Kossuth in¬ 
tended to quit England in eight or ten days for 
est not to exceed 6 per cent. The receipts of the the Press of Syracuse for the courtesy and hospi- 
postage stamps; and another, that gathers those Hungary. He goes, in the first instance, to Genoa, 
which have been used, from waste paper collections, with the full concurrence of the King of Sardinia 
Treasury for the week ending Monday, were $ 1 ,- tality extended to members of the Association, and , , - ' ’ ., , T . . ’ , ,, „ , ... 
tl f ^ v . ’ and by means of an acid washes off the Post-Office and the Emperor Napoleon, and will then concert, 
263,000. The amount of the drafts issued $1,718, 
000 , and the amount subject to draft $ 2 , 574 . 
complimentary to the retiring President. 
In the evening an Address was delivered by Dr, 
stamp that was put on them when they passed thro’ with Gen. Klapka and other eminent Hungarian 
A dispatch fiom AS ashington on the 11th inst., Tuthill, of the N. Y. Times, and a Poem by 
states that owing to complaints from the English 
authorities, of the inefficiency of our Navy in carry¬ 
ing out the treaty stipulations for the suppression 
A. G. Chester, Esq., of the Syracuse Journal, to 
a highly pleased and appreciative audience. Both 
were excellent, and well worthy the four compli- 
the Office. 
A Boston paper states that of 953 clergymen at¬ 
tending the late Anniversaries in that city, but 73 
wore the professional badge, the white cravat.— 
officers who are waiting to receive him, measures 
for throwing off the Austrian yoke in their native 
country, and for restoring its independence. 
A dispatch from Vienna announces the death of 
of the Slave Trade, President Buchanan has de- men tarv adjectives (able eloquent instructive and The gl '° Wth ° f hah ' ° D the faCCS ° f ° f the the Ban Jellachich > famous durin g the Hungarian 
termined to send to the Coast of Africa and Gulf of ‘ q . divines, was another sign that they are willing to war as an unscrupulous ruler, and a firm adherent 
leiminea io stnu tome v^oast oi Ainca ana uullol appropriate) included m the resolution of thanks , , . . L T , « 
Mexico all the gun-boats now being built at the , JLJ of conies for nublication We shall Stand aS m6n am0Dg men 5 andt ° Cnd their appr °' of the Empcror of Austna - No Han of the Croats 
several Navv Yards C<1 ,. P p . . , priate distinctions in something of more conse- ever possessed such entire power over that wild, 
several A av y iai US. endeavor to publish extracts in a future number. r r r 
The evening’s exercises included the singing of 
Mexico all the gun-boati 
several Navy Yards. 
Personal and Political. 
quence than peculiarities of costume. 
unruly tribe, as Jellachich. In spite of the life of 
ic i, im ip Tl »« r r, iuir The imports of dry goods at New York, during warfare he had led, he was devoted to the arts and 
Gov. Goodwin, of New Hampshire, in his late se ' eral fine ballads James G ’ ClARK ‘ Iast wee k, amounted to $1,296,637, against $497,- sciences, and was the inventor of the art of fixing 
Message, congratulates the Legislature on the very After the public exercises the members of the ygg game time last vear and $884 675 in 1857 The the color on zinc bv means of acid,nowsogener- 
™„11 JA* nf Urn Sloto T+ __A ronoiroJ tn din TOoiilom>o nf Mi' Prcsi. J > V > • . -r, , 
small public debt of the State. It now amounts to Association repaired to the residence of Mr. Presi- f or yeai . f ar j g ^ 47 ^ 99^56 against aP Y adopted, and which, in France, has increased 
$72,386, having been reduced the last year $17,700; dent Truair, and spent an hour or two most pleas- ^ 0g2 5g6 . q lg5 ^ and £ 49 ^ 59^44 in 4 858i ^y hile the value of zinc, according to returns of the Vieille 
also, upon the flourishing condition of the public antly in social intercourse. A fine collation was thg / j/ mense importations are made trade is Montague, more than forty per cent, during the 
schools, and upon the great improvements made partaken of, an unexpected serenade listened to, ^ stagnant Millions of coin are flowing out last few years. 
withinafew years past in agriculture. But, tho’ and a beautiful display of pyrotechnics witnessed. whileluxuEiesa ' ecomin „ inatthisDrodi ™ iougrate ’-—- 
much has been done and is done in this behalf, by The occasion was apparently most pleasant to all ' E g ‘ From Brazil—Terrific Storms and Terrible 
the agricultural societies, there is ample room for participants. TnE whole North American Continent has only Ravages of Yellow Fever.— Advices from Per- 
further advancement, and as a means toward it, — The Press of Syracuse, and the hosts of the 36,000,000 of inhabitants, hardly as much as France nambuco represent that there has been a terrific 
the Governor refers with much satisfaction to a Voorhees House, Syracuse House and Globe Hotel, or Austria. The whole of Central and South storm on the coast of Brazil, and the whole coast 
plan in progress to establish an agricultural de- are entitled to the acknowledgments of members, America has only 23,000,000; less, then, than Italy, from Bolivia southward was covered with wrecks, 
partment in Dartmouth College. for the courtesy and hospitality manifested. Those European Prussia, with its 60,000,000, has as many and the loss of life is terrible. A Brazilian frigate 
New-Hampshire has also derived great benefit who remained over Thursday night, visited the inhabitants as America, Australia and Polynesia went down with over 400 on board, only 40 ofwhom 
from the manufacturing establishments set up Salt Works and Idiot Asylum on Friday, under the together. More people live in London than in all were saved. The yellow fever is worse than ever 
within her borders—in which is invested a capital escort of Ex-Mayor Winton and Messrs. Chester Australia and Polynesia. China proper has more at Rio. People are dying by thousands. The de- 
of sixteen millions of dollars—by means of which and Halsted, and were highly pleased with what inhabitants than America, Australia and Africa put vastation among the shipping was unparalleled.— 
towns and cities have been built up where, a few they saw of the works and institutions of the Cen- together, and Indiahas nearly three times as many One English brig had lost five captains; the sixth 
®l)e Kctus donknscr. 
fornia Oats; Egyptian Oats; Green Mountain Oats,.. 197 riment to the administration of justice. The bauk- feed store, all of which were destroyed. Loss $25,- the Allies and Austrians. Since that period we 
Ketchum’s One-Horse Mower, [Illustrated,] ..197 j ng 8 ys t em 0 f ^e State is in a sound and satisfac- 000. At 2 o’clock in the morning, the saw-mill of have been particularly favored with foreign arri- 
BU OattlIn'fluence of Feed!^xerdse and Shdter; 0 D;ury toi T condition. The banking capital is five mil- Richard Swift, on East Front street, was almost vals, and the ball then opened seems to be kept up 
Salt; Milking the Cows;’Dairy Apartment; Care of lions; the circulation three millions; the specie destroyed by fire. Loss $10,000; partially insured, although a lack of spirit is observable. Anofficial 
the Milk; Winter Care of Milk; Churning; Working and specie funds upward of eleven hundred thou- A FIEE broke out in Salem, Mass., at 1 o’clock on Sardinian bulletin says that the Sardinians passed 
theButter; Final Packing.. 197, 198 gand _ The Insane Asylum supports itself, as does the morning 0 fthe 8 th, in the stable of thc Mansion the Sesia in the face of the Austrians, who were 
Where Should Be^s^be Kept; Culture of Onions; To a ^ so the State Prison. The House of Reformation j douse) j n Essex street, destroying it together with fortified at Palastrio, after a severe conflict, and 
Keep Eggs Fresh; How to Cure Hollow Horn,.198 for juvenile and female offenders promises to fulfill 18 horses. The hostler, named Hatch, was burned carried the plaoe, making many prisoners. The 
Rural Spirit of the Press.— Large vs. Small Horses ; the objects of its establishment. Though the law to death. The stable of the Essex House was next Sardinians were under under the command of 
Fodder 8 ° f theTUrmPFly ’ Ab0Ut Feedins PlSS; C ° m 198 a g ainst tbe sale of intoxicating liquors does not in des troyed. The Mansion House, the largest and King Victor Emanuel. Garibaldi was making 
/ . its operation satisfy all the wishes of the friends of oldest hotel in the city, was also destroyed, as well some bold movements in Lombardy. On the 27th, 
EffecfsTS e ason and Crops of New England 8 ; Ilats take temperance, yet, it is a great aid to their eflorts, as a large number of smaller buildings, containing after a furious fight of three hours, he entered 
the Corn; Western New York®*. India; The Prize Essay and ought not to be disturbed. twenty stores and shops. The loss is estimated Como. The Austrians retreated to Camerlatta, 
years since, there were no inhabitants. This busi- | tral City—of which we may say more anon. 
inhabitants as the whole of the New World. 
was sick and not expected to recover. 
— The prospects for a large harvest in Oregon are 
good, 
— A knitting factory is about to be started at Oswego 
N. Y. 
— It is stated that M. Collard, a Parisian, photographs 
at night, 
— The wheat harvest commenced in North Carolina 
on the 23d ult. 
— Copper ore, very pure, has been discovered in Mc¬ 
Henry Co., Ill 
— The manufacture of silk was introduced in Europe 
in the year 551. 
— Two boys only 7 years old have been arrested in 
Utica for burglary. 
— The telegraph cable has been laid under the Red 
Sea from Aden to Suez. 
— At the period of his retirement Mr. Buchanan will 
be seventy years of age. 
— The European steamers week before last took five 
million dollars in specie! 
— The vintage in Cincinnati bids fair to be the most 
prolific for many seasons. 
— It is estimated that the Americans spend forty mil¬ 
lions a year in pleasure travel. 
Incendiaries are at work in Hamilton, C. W., destroy¬ 
ing barns and other buildings. 
— The number of emigrants who landed in this coun¬ 
try during last week was 5,8S1. 
— The Spiritualists at Sturgis, Mich., have built a 
Gothic temple, costing $8,000. 
— Several dogs, supposed to be rabid, were killed 
within three days in Cincinnati. 
— In New Jersey there is a good prospect of apples, 
pears, and cherries, but no peaches. 
— A number of ripe watermelons were shipped from 
Charleston last week to New York. 
— Eggs are gelling in Minnesota at five cents per 
dozen, and potatoes at forty cents per bushel. 
— Immense swarms of grasshoppers have made thoir 
appearance in different parts of Bucks Co., Penn. 
— Henry C. Ware, of Youngstown, Ohio, entered a 
gas receiver to make some repairs and suffocated. 
— Several lady editors are to attend the Editorial 
Convention which is to come off shortly at Milwaukee. 
— An Italian translation of Mr. Longfellow’s poem, 
“ Evangeline,” has recently been published at Florence, 
— Count Teleki, the former Embassador of Kossuth 
in Paris, has just left for Italy as a volunteer of the army. 
— A French photographer has discovered a process 
for obtaining photographs of red, green, violet, or blue 
color. 
— John A. Washington has received another $10,000 
instalment for Mount Vernon. About $30,000 remains 
unpaid. 
— Twenty-two steamships arrived at Boston, New 
York and Quebec, during the month of May, from 
Europe. 
— The locusts have made their appearance in Egypt, 
or Southern Illinois, and cover the woods and orchards 
in swarms. 
— In a recent pistol target shoot at Peoria, Ill., the 
ladies (Germans) entered the lists and took six out of the 
nine prizes. 
— The Tiffin (Ohio) Tribune says that the wheat 
fields in that vicinity never looked better than the 
present year. 
— Three cities, Chicago, Boston, and New York, 
have been the scenes of 44 mnrders since the 1st of 
January last. 
— The library of a clergyman lately deceased in Eng¬ 
land, was valued at £3, while his wine is estimated to 
be worth £300. 
— A lawyer from Iowa, late clerk in the general land 
office, is in jail in Milwaukee for forgery of Senator 
Douglas’ frank. 
— A Vienna letter declares that the subscriptions to 
the Austrian patriotic fund amount to 100,409 florins 
(about £10,000.) 
— The Ilaytien Legislature will not expel Soulouque 
for life, and President Geffrard thinks of expelling the 
Legislature itself. 
— The Italians residing in Richmond, Va., are form¬ 
ing an association to raise funds for transmission to their 
brothers in Italy. 
— It is a startling fact that 30,000 out of 85,172 per¬ 
sons arrested for crime during last year in New York 
were intemperate. 
— One of the little Aztecs, who have been exhibited 
in the United States and Eorope, died early in May at 
Swansea, England. 
— Mr. Joseph Roy, one of Napoleon Bonaparte’s 
soldiers, died in Warren, Macomb Co., Mich., on the 10th 
ult., aged 76 years. 
— Over 1,000 hogs died of cholera at Jersey Ferry, 
Ill., within a few months past. At last accounts, the 
disease was abaiting. 
— It is reported that Lieut Gen. Scott has made abet 
of 500 bottles of champagne that Louis Napoleon will 
never return to Paris. 
— A large-sized “ elephant,” with yellow skin, is now 
on exhibition in the vicinity of Pike’s Peak, and is 
attracting many visitors. 
— The Syracuse Courier tells of a hen’s egg weigh¬ 
ing one pound twelve ounces, which has been sent to 
that office for inspection. 
— On Monday week four hundred and fifty dogs were 
impounded in New York, and before sunset they were 
all drowned. Poor Tray! 
— Hailstones, from the size of a partridge egg to that 
of a goose egg, fell in Talladega Co., Ala., recently, 
doing considerable damage. 
— The Oshkosh (Wis.) Democrat says that 57 new 
buildings are already under way in the district burnt 
over by the recent great fire. 
— Charles W. Allen, of New Haven, has a coin taken 
from the ruins of Nineveh, which cannot be less than 
from 2,300 to 3,500 years old. 
— The New York Historical Society are trying to 
raise $34,000, necessary to complete the purchase of 
Abbott’s Egyptian collection. 
— The. City Council of Boston have appropriated 
$14,000 to defray the expenses of the public celebration 
of the Fourth of July this year. 
— An emigrant, on his way to Pike’s Peak, was fortu 
nate enough to be struck by lightning lately before be 
had gone beyond St. Joseph, Mo. 
— A mammoth butterfly, brought to Plymouth from 
Brazil, and measuring ten inches from tip to tip ol his 
wings, has been sent to Prof. Agassiz. 
— L. B. Towsley, the Children’s Minister, has received 
since theinjury which disabled him, the sum of $13,197, 
contributions from various Sunday schools. 
— Some papers have a queer way of talking. I or 
instauce, the Boston Gazette boasts of the “healthy 
growth ” of a cemetery in that neighborhood 
