ROCHESTER, N. Y., SEPTEMBER 17, 1859. 
DOMESTIC NEWS. 
Matters at "Washington. 
Mr. HcLane, Minister to Mexico, arrived at 
"Washington on the 11th inst., having left Vera 
Cruz on the 1st. Our Government had previously 
granted him two months’ leave of absence. Relia¬ 
ble accounts just received, mention that Senor 
Fuente, who held the Cabinet office under Presi¬ 
dent Comonfort’s administration, has just been 
appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, the duties 
of which were heretofore discharged by Senor 
Ocampo, who remains in charge of the Home De¬ 
partment under the Constitutional Government. 
All our Consuls, with the exception of Mr. Black, 
of the city of Mexico, are everywhere officially 
recognized. The most friendly feelings are ex¬ 
pressed by the Liberalists for the United States, 
from which they expect assistance against the 
re-actionists. The Americans in Mexico, however, 
utter their surprise that so much indifference is 
manifested in this country towards the Liberal 
party, who continue to be enthusiastically ani¬ 
mated by the hope of success, the immediate want 
of money alone crippling their energy. Notwith¬ 
standing this, troops continue to be revised for 
operations against the city of Mexico. Mr. Mc- 
Lane has returned without a treaty, but the mat¬ 
ters at interest between the two countries are such 
as to leave no doubt of an early accommodation. 
If Senor Lerdo had been in Vera Cruz it is proba¬ 
ble, according to the accounts from that city, that 
a convention or treaty would have been concluded. 
The N. Y. Tribunes Washington correspondent 
states that the points of controversy between our 
Government and Great Britain, so far as General 
Harney’s course in Oregon is concerned, are these: 
The island of San Juan has been occupied as a 
sort of common ground by Americans and a party 
of the Hudson Bay Company, which Company 
has now no legal existence. Some differences 
have arisen between these parties. Gen. Harney, 
at the request of the Americans, interposed with 
a small party of troops to decide a matter which 
properly pertains to the jurisdiction of the British 
and American Commissioners now on the ground, 
who are charged with the duty of running the 
boundary line. It is not apprehended that hostili¬ 
ties will grow out of the affair. 
Geo. Harney has acquainted Lieut. Gen. Scott 
with all the circumstances attending his occupa¬ 
tion of the island of San Juan. It appears that he 
had not been previously specifically instructed to 
take possession, but sent troops thither to protect 
the 25 or 80 Americans residing there who had 
been included in the taxation limits by the authori¬ 
ties of Washington Territory. Our Boundary 
Commissioner, Campbell, has no doubt about the 
island belonging to the United States, but the 
British Commissioner made issue, and hence the 
protest of Gov. Douglas. This subject excites 
much interest in official and diplomatic circles. 
Some time ago Captain Stone made a full state¬ 
ment to our Government of the circumstances 
attending the expulsion of himself and other 
Americans from Sonora. This act of Gov. Pes- 
chiera being clearly a violation of the provisions 
of our treaty with Mexico, proper measures have 
been taken for the protection of United States citi¬ 
zens in that quarter, and instructions are now on 
their way for that purpose. 
Personal and Political. 
Ex-G ov. Wallace, one of the oldest residents of 
Indianapolis, and late Judge of the Court of Com¬ 
mon Pleas, died of apoplexy on the 4th inst. 
The New York Republican State Convention 
met at Syracuse on the 7th inst. A committee on 
organization was appointed, a report submitted 
by them was adopted, and the following permanent 
officers chosen:— President —William A. Wheeler, 
Franklin. Vice-Presidents—A st District, Augustus 
F. Dow, James Davis; 2d, Lucien Birdseye, J. G. 
Wilkin ; 3d, Peter Crespell, Jr., A. B. Olin ; 4th, 
Peter Keese, A. Backus; 5th, Joseph Fayle, F. E. 
Spinner; 6th, J. B. Williams, R. Franchot; 7th, 
John Wiley, E. M. Parsons; 8th, H. S. Comstock, 
Milton Smith. Secretaries —1st Dis., J. H. White, 
Wm. Orton; 2d, Luther Caldwell, Park Godwin; 
3d, J. S. Anable, W. J. Humphrey; 4th, W. Lan¬ 
sing, T. V. Russell; 5th, John Wilkinson, John 
Cantwell; 6th, G. J. J. Barber, Lauren Fowler; 
7th, G. C. Buell, E. G. Lapham; 8th, S. Pettibone, 
A. N. Cole. 
The following nominations were made by the 
Convention :— Judge of Court of Appeals— Henry 
E. Davies, of New Y ork. Secretary of State —Elias 
W. Leavenworth, of Onondaga county. Comp¬ 
troller —Robert Denniston, Orange county. At¬ 
torney General— Charles G. Myers, St. Lawrence 
county. State Engineer —Orville W. Story, Alle¬ 
gany county. Treasurer— Philip Dorsheimer, of 
Erie county. Canal Commissioner — Ogden N. 
Chapin, Albany county. State Prison Inspector — 
David P. Forrest, Schenectady county. Cleric of 
Court of Appeals —Chas. Hughes, Washington Co. 
The following were reported as members of the 
Republican State Central Committee for the ensu¬ 
ing year:—1st Dis., James Kelly, Benj. F. Maniere, 
James W. Nye. 2d, Rollin Sanford, F. W. Lord, 
E. M. Madden. 3d, John L. Schoolcraft, Chas. L. 
Beale, Charles R. Richards. 4th, Edward Dodd, 
Wm. A. Dart, Thomas R. Horton. 5th, John Wil¬ 
kinson, Henry Fitzhugh, S. D. Eungerford. 6th, 
Wm. Smith, G. J. J. Barber, H. C. Goodwin. 7th, 
S. C. Cuyler, R. Van Valkenburgh, H. S. Wells. 
8th, E. G. Spaulding, E. R. Reynolds, W. Bristol. 
The annual election of State officers in Vermont 
took place on the 6th inst. Holland Hall, the pres¬ 
ent Governor, was voted for by the Republicans 
and Opposition, and John G. Saxe was the Demo¬ 
cratic nominee. There was no unusual interest 
manifested, and the returns indicate the re-election 
of the Republican State ticket, by about the same 
majority as last year; also, a small Republican 
gain to the Legislature over last year. The vote 
for Governor in 71 towns stands for Hall, 12,814; 
for Saxe, 5,123. The same to>vns last year gave 
Hall 11,105, and Keys 5,168. Hall gains, therefore, 
over last year’s vote in these towns 1,049. Re¬ 
turns from 165 towns gives the Republicans 144 
and the Democrats 17. In four districts there is 
no choice. 
TnE Opposition and American Conventions of 
New Jersey met at Trenton on the 7th inst. Chas. 
S. Olden was nominated by the Opposition on the 
third ballot for Governor, receiving 379 votes out 
of 579 cast. A Committee of Conference was then 
sent to the American Convention, with the request 
that they adopt Mr. Olden as their candidate. The 
ballot was taken, and Mr. Olden nominated by 93 
to 68. 
The Rev. James Roneyn, pastor of the Reformed 
Dutch Church in New Brunswick, N. J., died at 
his residence in that city on the morning of the 
7th inst. 
The Democratic Convention of St. Mary’s Co., 
Md., held on the 27th ult., adopted a resolution 
that no nomination be made by the party in that 
Gounty for the approaching fall elections, but that 
“the aspirants for all the offices, be allowed to 
present themselves individually for the suffrages 
of the people, and that each and every citizen be 
recommended to cast his vote in obedience to his 
own views and sentiments, without the trammel 
and diction of unnecessary and arbitrary Conven¬ 
tions.” 
A Law and Order Meeting called by 200 mer¬ 
chants, mechanics, business and professional men 
of Baltimore, assembled in Monument Square on 
theSth inst., to deliberate on and devise the means 
of rescuing the city from its present condition, 
and restoring the supremacy of law and order. 
The vast Square was densely crowded, and all of 
the avenues leading thereto were thronged with 
masses of orderly, respectable and influential 
citizens. The meeting organized, on motion of 
Chas. D. Hinks, by calling to the Chair William 
H. Woodworth, of the well known firm of Wood- 
worth & Co. A preamble and resolutions were 
read, setting forth in clear and emphatic language 
their social and political evils, condemning Club 
rule, and proposing effective measures to ensure 
a fair expression of the sentiments of the public 
at the ensuing election, by protecting the purity 
of the ballot box, and placing in nomination capa¬ 
ble and fearless men, in opposition to the nominees 
of the political Clubs. The resolutions provide 
for a Committee to call on the Mayor and demand 
the appointment of reliable men as Judges at the 
next election, and the appointment of a special 
police for to attend the polls, keep them clear, and 
emphatically disavow party fear; and empower a 
special committee to nominate, irrespective of 
party, the most respectable men for the officers 
shortly to be elected. The papers state that law 
and order has been fully vindicated, and the most 
determined opposition to rowdies and lawlessness 
been established, which already has overawed the 
majority of the disturbers of the public peace. 
TnE people of Nebraska are ambitious to take 
rank as a State. The Democratic Territorial Con¬ 
vention passed the following resolution : 
Resolved, That by virtue of the provisions of the 
Treaty of 1803, for the purchase of Louisiana, and 
by the provisions of the Federal Constitution, the 
“ inhabitants” of this Territory have the right to 
demand admission into the Union, as of right, and 
we are in favor of such admission, as a Sovereign 
State, with such boundaries as the people may pre¬ 
scribe, as “ soon as possible,” and we believe that 
that time has now arrived. 
News Paragraphs. 
Sixty-two iron furnaces in the neighborhood of 
Portsmouth, Ohio, and in Kentucky, turn out a 
yearly aggregate of pig iron estimated at 155,000 
tuns, valued at $4,650,000. The number of hands 
employed at these furnaces is stated at 6,200, re¬ 
ceiving the total sum per month of $155,000. The 
iron trade is quite a feature in the Sciota Valley 
and its neighborhood. 
During the display of the Aurora, on Thursday 
night week, in Boston, the telegraph wires were 
worked for about two hours without the usual 
batteries, the messages being transmitted with the 
Auroral current. The effect of the Aurora is to 
neutralize and augment the usual batteries alter¬ 
nately, making the current at times too strong for 
the magnets. This is the first instance on record 
of more than a word or two having been transmit¬ 
ted with the Auroral current. 
Georgia is probably the lightest taxed State in 
the Union. Its State tax is only two-thirds of a 
mill on the dollar. A man owning $10,000 of 
property pays only $6,62 taxes. Georgia is one 
of the most flourishing States, also, rapidly rising 
in manufactures as well as in agriculture. 
The Island of Bermuda is fast becoming a vast 
market garden for the city of New York. The 
export of potatoes for the last season to that city 
shows an increase of nine thousand bushels. The 
exportation of onions has reached over eight hun¬ 
dred thousand pounds, while that of tomatoes 
amounted to four thousand five hundred and 
ninety-two boxes. More than sixty vessels were 
engaged in carrying the above mentioned produce. 
The tide water receipts for the season up to Sep¬ 
tember 1st, show a decrease in wheat and flour 
equal to 1,727,380 barrels of flour. Owing to the 
increase in other articles the receipts of tolls do 
not show a corresponding falling off. The defi¬ 
ciency from last year is less than $300,000, with a 
large fall business to come, to offset against a very 
light after-harvest traffic last year. The canal 
revenues for the season will equal, and perhaps 
exceed those of 1858. 
The “season” at Saratoga is over. Fashion 
and folly has mainly left the Springs. According 
to the Saratogian the leading hotel registers foot 
up 23,084 visitors in a period of seventy-three days 
from June 20th, the commencement of the season. 
This is 25 per cent, increase on last year, and very 
much the largest of any former season. The ag¬ 
gregate of the season, including the number which 
stopped at boarding and private houses, is 32,000. 
Mexican News. —The dates from Vera Cruz are 
to the 25th inst. Mr. McLane returned to Vera 
Cruz on the 22d ult., and presented Mr. Buchanan’s 
ultimatum to Juarez, demanding the immediate 
ratification of the treaty. There is nothing impor¬ 
tant from the Capital. General Degollado had 
ordered the troops at Tampico and its immediate 
neighborhood, to march to San Louis Potosi, which 
is to be the general rendezvous of the Liberals. 
He intends attacking the Capital in October. All 
the Pacific coast was in the peaceable possession of 
the Liberals. General Vidori was organizing his 
forces at Nuevallon to march against the Indians 
and Americans. 
Salt Inspection.— -The Syracuse Journal says 
the quantity of salt inspected on the Onondaga 
Salt Springs Reservation, for the four weeks end¬ 
ing August 27th, 1859, was as follows :—At Syra¬ 
cuse District No. 1, 212,178 bush.; Salina District 
No. 2, 462,813 ; Liverpool District No. 3, 67,263; 
Geddes District No. 4, 175,484. Total, 917,484. 
The whole amount of salt inspected on the Onon¬ 
daga Salt Springs Reservation, from January 1st, 
1859, to August 27th, is 3,507,371 bushels. The 
whole amount inspected during the same time 
in 1858, was 3,698,995 bushels. Decrease, 191,624 
bushels. 
Northern Farmers Emigrating to Virginia.— 
A large body of land—82,000 acres—lying in the 
counties of Highland, Randolph and Pendleton, 
Va., has been sold ftfr $60,000, or 80 cents per 
acre, to a Northern Emigation Company, whose 
design is to settle upon it. 
From Buenos Ayres.— Advices from Buenos 
Ayres of the 10th of July, state that active hostili¬ 
ties had commenced between that State and the 
Argentine Confederation. Two Buenos Ayrean 
war vessels had been fired on off Rosario, and an 
Argentine war schooner had been captured on the 
other side. The American steamer Ascension, 
with Mr. Zancy, our Minister, on board, had also 
been fired on from Rosario, having been mistaken 
for a Buenos Ayrean vessel. Satisfactory expla¬ 
nations, however, followed. 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
Great Britain. —There is no news of political 
importance. Queen Victoria was about to pay her 
annual visit to Scotland. 
The Board of Trade returns for July, show an 
increase of exports £291,000 for the month, and 
£9,816,000 for the last seven months, over the same 
period of last year. 
The potato blight is said to be committing con¬ 
siderable ravages in some parts of Ireland. 
At a meeting of the Great Ship Company the 
Directors were authorized to issue the remaining 
capital, £30,000, so as to dispatch the Great East¬ 
ern on her voyage free of debt. It was also de¬ 
termined not to insure the vessel at present, leav¬ 
ing the proprietors to insure their respective risks 
if they thought best. Mr. -Lever had renewed his 
offer to charter the ship for her first voyage, on 
still more liberal tennM^rhfc offer is stated, but 
it is presumed was not entertained. 
The Atlantic Telegraph Company recently depu¬ 
tised Mr. F. C. West, an Engineer of considerable 
experience in testing and experimeRting on tele¬ 
graph cables, to proceed to Valentia and examine 
the present state of the Atlantic Cable, and his 
report is published in the English papers. After 
detailing the scientific result of his experiments, 
he concludes as follows:—“I am of the opinion 
that a serious fault exists about 263 statute miles 
from Valentia, measured along the cable, and that 
the cable between that spot and this shore is com¬ 
paratively perfect. The trouble is, from here we 
cannot now decide whether the cable is mechani¬ 
cally severed; and all attempts to detect the re¬ 
ception of the most intense currents from the 
opposite shore, have since proved fruitless, still, 
from various circumstances attendant on the de¬ 
cline of the insulation, there is every reason to be¬ 
lieve that the continuity both of the cable and 
conductor is perfect. Whether any other faults 
exist beyond the one alluded to, it is impossible to 
ascertain by tests from Valentia. The fact that 
signals received from Valentia, were always better 
than those received from New Foundland, proves 
undoubtedly that the worst insulation has always 
been near Valentia. Therefore it seems probable 
that if the fault that exists on this coast, which 
very likely forms the principal cause of leakage, 
would be removed, the insulation would be so far 
improved as to render the cable again available 
for signalling, provided the fault which is said by 
those who have tested from New Foundland to 
exist near Trinity Bay, was removed.” 
France. —A Berne telegram of the 24th says that 
according to intelligence from Zurich, the French 
and Austrian Plenipotentiaries had regulated a 
settlement of the affairs of Lombardy with the 
consent of the Sardinian Plenipotentiary, and that 
the arrangement is expected to be confirmed by 
the different sovereigns. The affairs of the Duchy 
are to be treated of directly between the Courts of 
Paris and Vienna. The French and Sardinian 
representatives were in consultation on the 24th. 
The impression prevailed that the Conference 
would be successfully concluded early in Septem¬ 
ber. Austria is said to have modified her instruc¬ 
tions with her Representatives. There were con¬ 
stant arrivals at and departures of Couriers from 
Zurich. 
The rumor of a duel between Gens. Canrobert 
and Neil, which prevailed when the Africa sailed, 
proved unfounded. 
The Paris Moniteur contains the following:— 
“ The Emperor having ordered that the army be 
placed from a war to a peace footing, the Minister 
of War has given orders that from September 
20,000 men should return to their homes, whose 
terms of service expire in 1859. Moreover, fur¬ 
loughs of three months will be allowed to those 
who are in that class of exceptional cases provided 
for by the statute of 1832. 
In several of the wine growing districts the 
yield will be below the average, while in other 
parts there is great abundance. 
Austria. —Letters from Vienna had expressed 
the apprehension that the difficulties of the Italian 
question will not be settled at Zurich, and give as 
report, the furloughs granted the Austrian soldiers 
returning from Italy had been suspended, and 
that seven out of twelve of the Austrian corps de 
armie are to be placed on a war footing. 
The Augsburgh Gazette says that the Austrian 
Military Schools are to be completely re-organized 
on the model of those in France. 
Prussia. —The Berlin correspondent of the Lon- 
'Nzwb Conknaa. 
— The U. 8. Navy at present has S3 vessels and 8,490 
— In opium eating, the United States is now said to 
don Times says that owing to the complication of beat China. 
the affairs of Italy, the Prussian government is —The Presidency of Hayti is to be changed to a 
favorable to a European Congress, and the ac- Dictatorship. 
knowledgement that France and Austria are the —Baron E. Rothseliild, from Germany, is at present 
arbitrators of Europe, if mighty questions are in New York. 
allowed to be decided by the Zurich Conference. _ There are thirteen thousand uniformed volunteers 
No immediate change was expected in the health m Pennsylvania, 
of the King. 
— A man recently died in a Philadelphia prison from 
A Prussian journal says Lord John Russell had the effects of cold, 
addressed a dispatch to the British Minister at — The cranberry crop is Baid to be an almost total 
Berlin, expressing a wish for compact accord be- failure in Minnesota. 
tween the two Cabinets on all present questions 
of European politics. The same paper says that been sold for $16,000. 
- The great Blue Lick Springs of Kentucky have 
the understanding between Prussia and England —There are 7,350 paupers in the different alms- 
is still more intimate. houses of New York city. 
Italy. —The object of the defensive league by the — California is the scene of as hot a political light as 
provisional governments of Tuscany and Bologna, ever was known in America. 
and the Dictatorship of Modena, is stated to be to 
prevent the restoration of the fallen government, 
in maintaining internal order, and to lay down 
— Several newspapers are advocating the English 
custom of advertising births. 
— Wm. C. Conant proposes to issue a penny religious 
the basis of an assimilation in their institutions, daily in the city of New York. 
The King of Sardinia, in returning thanks for a — It is estimated that the tobacco crop of Connecticut 
medal presented to him by a private society, says: this y ear will be worth $1,000,000. 
That his efforts were always concentrated for — First Assistant Engineer Roberts has resigned his 
the great national cause, that he lived for it and position in the United States Navy. 
was ready to die for it. That although difficulties — Kansas, with her present boundaries, will make a 
and misfortunes might arise, they would certainly State more than twice as large as Ohio. 
be surmounted, that in view of the wisdom and —Haifa million pounds of cheese were shipped 
good order now displayed in the Duchies of Roma- from New York to Great Britain last week. 
na, it was impossible to go further, as he might — Two specimens of the Texas horned frog have 
have wished. He pledged his best efforts for the been received at the Smithsonian Institute. 
welfare of Italy. — Mention is made of much injury to the potato 
The mission of Prince Poniatowski to Italy had crop in some parts of Connecticut by the rot. 
attracted attention. It was supposed that Napo- 
The export of gold from this country, over im- 
leon had sent him to carry on the intrigue set on ports, within ten years, has been $305,000,000. 
foot by L. Reisset. 
— Kinkel’s Herman, a German weekly paper issued 
The London Times strongly urges the Tuscans by him in London, has been prohibited in Austria, 
to be prepared to constrain aggressions, even if — Tha number of arrivals at the Saratoga hotels this 
they have to fight, and points to Garibaldi as a season has been 23,000, or 4,600 more than last year, 
noble champion for them of the Washington — The women of Boston have contributed $9,500 to 
school. Prof. Agassiz’s “ Museum of Comparative Zoology.” 
The Council of Ministers at Turin, at which the — They have the “ stump-tail milk ” mania in Ciu- 
King of Sardinia presided, had decided that before cinnati. The Mayor is engaged in an investigation, 
accepting, even provisionally, the provinces which _ During the last three monlhs 4>747 children have 
desire to be annexed to Piedmont, it was proper died in New York—an average of over fifty per day! 
to consult the Allied Powers, particlarly France. _ About 1)200 cor(]s of wood were consumed on the 
A number of distinguished veterans had been Bockport branch of the Central Road, on the 6th inst. 
sent as Representatives to the European Powers. _ There is talk of erecting an equcstrian statue to 
It is said they had issued a long address, in which j be mem0 ry 0 f (Jen. Jackson, in Western Tennessee, 
they say the conduct of Austria has not changed _ There are c opo denti8t9 now practicing in the n . 
since the peace. s. They cause an awful sight of aching during a year. 
India.—B ombay dates of July 21st, reached — Mile. Rosa Bonheur has undertaken the pictorial 
England. Estimates of the number of European illustration of a work on the “Agriculture of France.” 
troops who intend to avail themselves of permis- —There are twenty thousand country houses in Eng- 
sion to retire, reached from eight to ten thousand, land, each larger than the President’s house at Wash- 
There was a rumor that Sikh cavalry were follow- ington. 
ing in the wake of Europeans and growing dis¬ 
affected, but it is not corroborated. 
— The Illinois farmers are complaining that the wheat 
crop does not average as much per aero as was ex- 
Calcutta dates of the 16tb, and Hong Kong of the p , , , , , 
, , , , J . . . , , — An expense of sixty millions of dollars is to be 
5th, werG telegraphed to Trieste. A strong force . ,. .... .. ' , , T , _ . , 
’ ° r incurred in fitting the English Navy for more efficient 
was stationed on the frontier of Oude to prevent, gerv j ec 
if possible, the inroad of rebels into that country. _..... ...... , „ ^ „ 
■ 1 ’ J — Within the limits of New York and Kings coun- 
Commekcial— BreadsUiffs .—Very dull. Richardson, ties there are 402 churches, seating comfortably 335,000 
Spence & Go. state that tne weather had been stormy 
and unfavorable for the crops, but the harvest was persons. 
almost over. Flour very dull and easier, but quota- —Thirty Mormons, male and female, arrived at Nqw 
tions unchanged. American 10@12s. Wheat very _ , ' . . , T . , . , ., .. 
dull. Red 6s6d<&9s; white 9@9s6d. Corn steady.- York on the 3d inst., from Liverpool, on board the ship 
Mixed and yellow 5s6d©5s9d ; white 7@7s6d. Provi- Atlantic. 
sions declining. Pork heavy and nominal. Lard quiet , , , , , . , 
but steady. — A vessel drawing nearly eight feet water has pass- 
— A vessel drawing nearly eight feet water has pass¬ 
ed through the improved channel between Quebec and 
Clippings from Foreign Journals. Montreal. 
The British army at present consists of 246,412 — For the first time since the peace of Yillafranca 
men, of whom 119,551 are stationed abroad. This n °t a s ' n 8' e English newspaper was seized in Paris on 
includes the whole available force, militia, volun- 1110 30th ult. 
teers, rifle corps, enrolled pensioners, Ac. — Ecv - A - Blackburn, eight years editor of the Pres- 
_ , , . byterian Witness, published at Knoxville, Tenn, died 
TnE annual report of the registration of births, on tJie 0 g d ul( 
deaths and marriages in England, has iust been . . ,.. . „ . 
® ? , — There arc only two white women in the valley of 
teers, rifle corps, enrolled pensioners, Ac. — licv - A - HiackDurn, eight years editor oi tne rres- 
_ , , . byterian Witness, published at Knoxville, Tenn, died 
TnE annual report of the registration of births, on tJie 0 g d ul( 
deaths and marriages in England, has iust been . . ,.. . „ . 
. , , , , , — There arc only two white women in the valley of 
printed. The births for the past year have been Walker , 8 Eiver) California, and there are about 150 
in excess by 243,256; and the deaths also exceed w hite miners. 
those of previous years by upwards of 20,000. 
— It is reported that Ruskin has written a series of 
The North China Herald notices the marriage of lectures with the intention of delivering them in the 
a couple of Chinese Christians, by the Rev. K. C. United States. 
Wong, a Chinese minister, as the first instance in 
which all the parties concerned were at once Chi- 
— A. T. Stewart, of New York, proposes to give a 
million towards founding an Asylum for Widows and 
nese, Christian and Protestant. The bride was Indigent Women. 
entirely hidden under the red robes, crown-shaped _ The project of effecting a junction between the 
head - dress, and the red crape veil of the Ming Caspian Sea and the Sea of Azoff is now the subject of 
Dynasty. There was music and a profusion of much conversation. 
garlands and flowers. — Charlcss H. Mann, Secretary of the Territory of 
Victor Hugo has published the following, dated Washington, died at Olympia on the 2d of July, in the 
Guernsey, Hauteville House, Aug. 18,1859 :—“No " 9tl1 Jear of hls a ° e- 
one will expect that, so far as I am personally con- ~ A com P^ of Zoua ™ s has bcen formed in J* 
, T , ,, . ., .. ,. . Orleans, their commander having served m one of too 
cerned, I should give a moment s attention to the . ’ ° 
. ,, , & . . (. corps m the Crimea, 
thing called an amnesty. While the state of 
France remains what it is, my duty will be to ~ An Arkansas paper says that many of the girls m 
.... , , , . „ J , „ -r -xi that State grow six feet high. They must be uncom- 
protest it absolutely, inflexibly, eternally. Faith- monly well b cultivated . 
ful to the engagement I have made with my con- „ „ ^ ^ ^ 
science I shall share to the last the exile of liberty. ^ wlthJn the ]agt gix wceks> with twent y more 
When liberty returns, I Will return. ' unsuccessful attempts. 
__ ' ' — The French Government have determined to in- 
Great Collection of Geological Wonders.- in tbc a ccomplishments of the army a knowledge 
Many of our readers will remember reading in the ol tbc art of 8 ' vimmil) 8• 
Rural, during the past two years, extracts of seve- Messrs. Hoe & Co., of New A ork, have reaan ^ 
. , . , , -,r -rr manufactured and shipped a six-cylinder press lor me 
ral letters written by our townsman, Mr. Henry 1 ‘ J 1 
a w.™ ™ o a an i„„;„„i ow nid Sydney Herald, Australia. 
Rural, during the past two years, extracts of seve¬ 
ral letters written by our townsman, Mr. Henry 
A. Ward, while on a Geological Tour in the Old 
World. The fruits of this excursion are abundant 
and wonderful, and have been exhibited for some 
days past in the large Hall over the Rochester 
Savings Bank. The museum of wonders—for 
such it really is - comprises a great amount and yict0ria 6 Brid ^ e at Monlreal 
variety of minerals, fossils, specimens of mum¬ 
mies, and other curiosities, collected chiefly in 
Europe and Africa during the past few years. The Year Eound „ for any price . 
variety of rock formations of the old continent are 
an unusual treat to Geologists,—and we observed 
— The Baltimore Patriot says that the property of 
the late George Brown, who died in that city last week, 
is estimated at $4,000,000. 
— It is reported that Stevenson, the celebrated Eng¬ 
lish engineer, received $225,000 for the plan of the 
It is said that Mr. Dickens is not coming to Amer- 
ne cannot afford to leave England and “ AU the 
— The frost of Monday night week was quite severe 
some places around Concord, N. II., -sufficiently so 
that our venerable friend, Prof. Dewey, while t0 cornj potatoes and squash vines. 
describing them to visitors a few days ago, seemed _ The gixty-ninth regiment of New York are going 
to have renewed his youthful vigor and enthusi- t 0 present a horse and trappings to Gen. Niol, of the 
asm. The fosssils from the Paris Basin, under and French army, he being of Irish descent. 
about that great city, are in the finest preservation _ During a religious procession in Ajaccio, Corsica, 
and of the highest beauty,— not to be found to the the dresses of eleven young ladies took fire from the 
same extent and variety in any other collection in candles. One of them died from her burns. 
this country. The large collection, numbering — A message was sent by telegraph, on Wednesdaj>, 
thousands of specimens, is not only wonderful, from an Albany office to Kansas City, and an answe 
but most honorable to the perseverance, indomita- received within the short space of six hours! 
ble energy and scientific knowledge of the pos- —The Supreme Court of N. Y. has decided that ^ 
sessor. A volume would not suffice to describe divorce obtained in Indiana, when the party 8 oes .^ 
tbe collection; it must be seen to be appreciated. procure said divorce, and then returns to N. Y., isvoi 
