CONTENTS OP THIS NUMBER. 
AGRICULTURAL. Pag*. 
Mental Improvement-Timely Hints. 333 
Ringbone, Causes, Treatment, See., [Illustrated!.333 
West Highland Fat Ox, [Illustrated]. . 333 
European Agriculture — Winter Barley for Feeding 
Sheep; Pasturage in a Prolific Season; Flowering of 
Potatoes; In-and-in Breeding.333, 334 
The New York State Fair—Report of various Depart¬ 
ments. 334 
How to Hunt the Woodchucks. 334 
Agricultural Miscellany. — Hammond Fair—Jefferson 
and St. Lawrence; Skaneateles Farmers’ Club Fair; Sher¬ 
burne Fair; Men who are Men; Comparative Value of 
Hay and other Fodder; A Weighty Two-Year Old; De¬ 
ferred. 334 
Rural Spirit of the Press.— To Remove Films; Leaves 
as a Manure; The use of Quails. 334 
HORTICULTURAL. 
New-York State Fair—Horticultural Department—Section 
of Floral Hall at Albany, (Illustrated.) Better Plan for a 
Floral Hall. Section of Floral Hall, as Proposed, (Illus¬ 
trated.) Ground Plan of proposed Floral Hall, (Illustrated) 
Fruit, Flowers, Vegetables,. 335 
Fruit Received. 335 
Prices of Fruit in New York City. 335 
To Save Trees from Mice. 335 
Triomphe de Gand and Alice Maude Strawberries.335 
The Horticulturist—Pear Question. The Editor among 
the Dwarf Pears. 335 
Grapes, Pears and Quinces. 335 
Pears on Mountain Ash. 333 
DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 
Cooking Meat, Pie-Plant, Ac.; Inquiries; Plain Cookies; 
Information Wanted; Tomato Wine... 335 
LADIES’ OLIO. 
The Dear Little Girl is Dead, rPoetical;] A Chat with 
Young House keepers; The Little Hand; Friendship. 336 
CHOICE MISCELLANY. 
Giving, [Poetical;] A Magazine of the Last Century; 
Prose Poetry; Beware of Parting.336 
SABBATn MUSINGS. 
God’s First Temples, [Poetical;] Self-Knowledge; 
God’s Bounty.336 
EDUCATIONAL. 
The Art of Teaching; Physiology in Schools; Very 
Young Children at School; School Libraries.337 
USEFUL OLIO. 
Weyer’s Cave—No. I; A List of Wonders; Artesian 
Weils. 337 
YOUNG RURALIST. 
The Odors we Enjoy—Camphor, [Illustrated;] Noble 
Sentiments. 337 
STORY TELLER. 
Agricultural Hymn, [Poetical;] The Orphan Governess; 
Sleep. 340 
LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, 
The Life of the World-Renowned Engineer—Ticknor Sc 
Fields. 
Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary—Pictorial Edition—G. 
& C. Merriam. 
Auction of Cattle, Horses and Sheep—Chas. II. Carroll. 
Hardy Fruit Trees—Cowles Sc Warren. 
‘ Shawmut Mills.” Rochester-James M. Whitney Sc Co. 
Ontario Grape Vines—A. W. Potter & Co. 
Illinois Farms—John W. Iledenberg. 
Graces by Mail—C. P. Bissell & Salter. 
Wood Sawing Machines—Henry C. Lake. 
5,0011 Agents vVanted—Ephraim Brown. 
Peach Trees—R. Sanford. 
300 Agents Wanted—M. M. Sanborn. 
News Paragraphs. 
On board one of the English gun-boats, in the 
late attempt ol the British to go to Pekin in their 
own way, a single shot took a leg from each«f six 
men who were standing in a line. 
In Chester Co., Penn., an old cent has been 
exhumed. On one side it bears the inscription, 
“Nova Constellatio." In the centre is the “eye,” 
and around the thirteen stars. On the other side 
are the words “ Libertas — Justitia —1783.” In the 
centre, “ U. S.” surrounded by a wreath. 
The Springfield (0.) Republican has a poor 
opinion of tobacco raising. It says:—“If there 
is any dirtier work than raising tobacco, except 
chewing it, we should like to know it. A gum 
issues from green tobacco that covers everything 
that it conies iu contact with. We met recently a 
troop of men fresh from the tobacco field, that, in 
any other portion of the world than this, would 
pass for Hottentots. They looked as if they always 
burrowed in the ground, and'in hands and face, as 
well as dress, were the color of woodchucks.” 
Respecting the island of San Juan or Bellevue, 
which is now in dispute between the United States 
and Great Britain, Col. Lee of the Topographical 
Engineers, made a thorough exploration in the 
Straits of Haro, and reports that the island is 
worthless to either government for any purpose 
whatever. Col. Rankin’s report is to the same 
effect. According to the observations of Col. Lee, 
San Juan is destitute of wood and water, and 
entirely unproductive. The value of its harbor is 
also said to have been much exaggerated. 
From an official report, it appears that since 
1847 the introduction of Asiatics to meet the wants 
of Cuban labor cover 42,501 subjects—there hav¬ 
ing perished in the transit 7,622, or 15 per cent, of 
those taken on board. 
Tue Toronto Globe of Monday, says:—“Mer¬ 
chants and others should, at the present time, 
make a close examination of the one dollar bills 
on the Niagara District and Commercial Banks, 
Canada, as counterfeits on them are afloat. A 
large number of them were put into circulation 
on Saturday evening. They are well executed, 
and have a very close resemblance to the genuine 
bills.” 
Vermont refuses to allow a traveling circus to 
desecrate her territory. As the State is not very 
wide, the showmen, however, manage to accommo¬ 
date her sight-seeing population by exhibiting up 
and down her eastern and western boundaries. 
Mr. Leslie, the enterprising young man who 
swindled a platoon of girls by hiring them as 
teachers and leaving them suddenly in New York, 
at the same time attempting to steal their baggage, 
was sentenced in Philadelphia, on the 20th, to 
three years hard labor in the Penitentiary. 
The Grand Jury of Chittenden county, Vt., has 
indicted the Managers of the State Agricultural 
Society, for giving premiums on horse trotting. 
The Burlington Times says, “human virtue” can 
go no further than this. The Pharisee of the 
Scriptures can “ come down !” If the Chitten¬ 
den County Grand Jury is a “blessing,” it is 
emphatically a “ blessing in disguise, ” this time. 
An American “Great Eastern.” — The sail¬ 
ing of the Great Eastern revives reminiscences of 
an American ship very nearly her size. She was 
launched about thirty years ago on the St. Law¬ 
rence, and was called the “Baron of Renfrew.” 
She was 600 feet loDg, and was composed of long 
logs of timber clamped together in the roughest 
manner. She crossed the Atlantic safely, and 
I immediately on her arrival in England was broken 
| up and sold. She was, in fact, an ingenious expe- 
; dient to get rid of the timber duty, which was then 
excessive, and was a sort of magnified and finished 
ocean raft. The Government would not allow the 
experiment to be repeated, holding it to be a viola¬ 
tion of the revenue laws.— Alb. Jour. 
American Colors. —The Kennebec (Me.) Jour¬ 
nal says that a few years since the wife of the 
American Minister to England, received from a 
friend in New England, a box of autumnal leaves, 
selected for their beauty and variety of tints. The 
lady wore them as ornaments, and they attracted 
much attention, and were greatly admired by the 
English people. Since then these leaves have been 
in demand there, and every autumn packages are 
sent over in steamers, and flash their beauty in 
high circles in London. 
From Venezuela.— We have later news from Ven¬ 
ezuela. The French Charge d’Affairs had been 
sent out of the country on ten days’ notice. His 
opposition to the existing government and partici¬ 
pation in the bloody revolution are the causes al¬ 
leged for driving him away. Gen. Rubin, with the 
government forces, had taken the town of Hargue- 
retta, but the rebel chief, Gen. Aquada, escaped to 
Barcelona. He had been retaken, and the govern¬ 
ment forces were everywhere victorious. The 
revolutionists, or rather the robbers, had commit¬ 
ted the most outrageous excesses, murdering and 
plundering to a fearful extent. From present ac¬ 
counts, however, their triumph is at an end. 
Arrival of TnE Overland Mail.— The overland 
mail has reached Jefferson City with San Francisco 
dates of the 12th instant. Sufficient returns had 
been received to ensure the election of the entire 
Democratic ticket. All the candidates for Supreme 
Judges and State Printer, and the two Lecompton 
candidates for members of Congress, were also 
elected. There was also a very large Lecompton 
majority in both branches of the Legislature. The 
people’s reform ticket in San Francisco was elected 
by a majority of from one to three thousand. 
Business at San Francisco continued dull, with 
a slight country demand. Quotations were nomi¬ 
nally unchanged, but for the goods sold buyers ob¬ 
tained better terms. 
The silver mines of Arizona were doing well, 
although the people there were much annoyed by 
the depredations of the Apache Indians. Capt. 
Smith, Supt. of the 8d Division of the Overland 
Mail line arrived from El Paso, having in charge 
200 lbs. of silver bullion assigned to the Philadel¬ 
phia Mint. There was upwards of a ton of silver 
bullion at El Paso awaiting shipment to the States. 
A private letter from Arizona, dated Sept. 17th, 
says the Apaches are getting bolder, and we have 
almost the usual number of murders and fights.— 
The vote at the recent election for delegates to 
Congress exceeds 2,000. Only about one-sixth 
participated in the New Mexican election. 
Production of Gold in California. —A cor¬ 
respondent of the N. Y. Courier & Enquirer says 
the quartz - crushing machines now in California 
cost upwards of $3,300,000, and makes the following 
statements as to the present rate of gold produc¬ 
tion in that State :—The richest quartz vein in the 
State is that pf Allison’s Ranch, which is believftd 
here to be the richest gold mine in the world. The 
first sixty-three tuns of quartz from this vein pro¬ 
duced $22,000. The vein or lode, called lead by 
the miners, wus opened in October, 1856. The 
yield during the ensuing two years was esti¬ 
mated at about $1,500,000. Eight thousand tuns 
of rock have been crushed, which has yielded 
$200 per tun. Street & Soulsby’s claim, in Tou- 
lumne county, is supposed to contain gold rock 
worth $4,000,000. Colonel Fremont’s Mariposa 
Ranche mines are yielding him, it is estimated, 
$5,000 per week. The authorities, adopted by the 
Register, state the production to have been very 
uniform since 1854, at about $70,000,000 per 
annum, and from various facts brought to my 
knowledge, I believe the estimate to be nearly cor¬ 
rect. The total yield of the California mines from 
the discovery up to December, 1858, is stated to 
have been $580,623,207. 
Agriculturists, try Guano and Plaster on your fall 
sown crops. Bone Phosphate of Lime and Phosphoric 
Acid and Ammonia is what you want to quicken your 
fall wheat, and give it strength of root, putting it be¬ 
yond the power of insects to injure. Guano will do 
this, with the advantage of a splendid crop without 
weeds. 509-2t 
Rural New-Yorker Office.) 
Rochester, Oct. 11, 1859. ) 
Flour and Wheat are without change. Corn has ad¬ 
vanced 2@5 cents during the week, and is firm at 80 cents 
$ bushel. Oats are quoted at 30@37X cents per bushel, and 
are wanted. Barley is as last quoted in this market. The 
Eastern market is as we predicted a week since. The re¬ 
ceipts having been satisfactory, speculators have concluded 
to drop, and prices are no better in New York than here. 
Meats are without change in rates, but we notice farmers 
in the market as the cold weather approaches. Several 
hundred sheep, and a very fair lot of beef were on sale 
Saturday last. The sheep were readily disposed of at 4'Ac 
$ lb for fore, and 5 cents for hind quarters, although a 
prime article was hardly to be found. 
Dairy.— “What has become of all the butter?” is the 
inquiry now-a-days. Very scarce is it, and the market is 
steadily moving upward. 
Hay.—W e have to put another dollar to the rates of hay 
—$ 10 , 00 @$ 20,00 is the range, tip-top is readily seld at the 
latter figure. 
Rochester Wholesale Prices. 
Flour and Grain. 
Flour, wint. wheat,. *l, 75 @ 5,75 
Flour, spring do. ,$1,25@4,50 
Flour, buckwheat, $ ewt.40,00 
Wheat, Genesee. .41,15@1,20 
Best white Can’a..$1,15® 1,20 
Corn.80@80c 
Rye, 60 Its. # bu.60@60c 
Oats, by weight ...,36@37Xc 
Barley.65@70c 
Buckwheat .00@00 
Beans.62X®75c 
Meats 
Pork, mess.$17,00® 18,50 
Pork, clear.$20,00@20,00 
Pork, cwt.$6,50®7,o0 
Beef, V cwt.$4,00@5,00 
Spring lambs, each$l,50@l,75 
Mutton, carcass.4@5o 
Hams, smoked.10@llc 
Shoulders.7@8c 
Chickens.8@9o 
Turkeys.9@10c 
Geese.B8@44c 
Ducks, pair.00®00c 
Dairy, Sco. 
Butter, roll.17®18o 
Butter, firkin.16c 
Cheese.8@10c 
Lard, tried.12@12c 
Tallow.10X®10&b 
Eggs, dozen.13c 
Honey, box.15@15c 
Candles, box.12@13c 
Fruits and Roots. 
Apples, bushel.25@37Kc 
Apples, dried.$0,00 
Peaches, dried, 19 lb.00c 
Cherries, dried, ¥ It. 00 c 
Potatoes, new.31@37c 
Hides and Skins. 
Slaughter. 6 @ 6 c 
Calf... 10 ® 10 c 
Sheep pelts.50®$1,00 
Lamb pelts.38@75c 
Seeds. 
Clover, bush.$5,00@5,50 
Timothy .2,50@2,7o 
Sundries. 
Wood, hard.$4,00®4,50 
Wood, soft.$3,00@3,50 
Coal, Lehigh.$5,75@6,00 
Coal, Scranton...$4,25@4,50 
Coal, Pittston ... ,$4,25@4,50 
Coal, Shamokin. ,$4,25®4,50 
Coal, Char.10®12Kc 
Salt, bbl.*1,12 
Hay, tun.$10.00® 20,00 
Wool, V lb.37t4@50c 
Whitefish, bbl... .$!),00@9,50 
Codfish, 19 quintal.$4,60@5,25 
I Trout, bbl .$3,00®8,50 
Produce and Provision Markets. 
NEW YORK, Oct. 10.—Flour— Market moderately active 
and a shade better. Sales at $4,55@4,60 for super State; 
$(,70@L80 for common to good extra do; $t,5()@4.65 for 
super Western; $t.75@5,00 for common to good ex’rado: 
5,40®5,55 for inferior to good shipping brands extra round 
hoop Ohio—closing dull. Canada flour firmer; sales at 
$5.50@6,25 for common to choice extra. 
Grain— Wheat firm and better. Sales at 105c for No. 1 
Milwaukee club; 123@125c for white Canada; 145 fordo. 
Kentucky; 120c for red Southern. Rye is scarce and 
better; sales at85®88c. Barley dull and lower: sales at75® 
77c. Corn better; sales at!) 8 c for mixed western and yellow 
Southern. Oats firmer; 42@45c for State, and 43®41A for 
Western and Canadian. 
Provisions — Pork market unchanged. Sales at $15,56® 
15.62 for mess; $10,62@75 for prime. Lard lower: sales 350 
bbls at 11@11%. Butter steady at 12k:®i6c for Ohio; and 
17@21cfor State. Cheese steady at 6><@9Kc for common 
to prime. 
OSWEGO, Oct. 10.—Flour— Steady at previous rates; 
sales small. 
Grain— Wheat wanted, but the supply of upper lake is 
very light and held above tiie views of buyers; no sales.— 
Corn better; sales Illinois at 89c. Barley in moderate de¬ 
mand ; sales, including Canada, at lUAc afloat. Rye firm; 
sales Canada, at 75c. Oats scarce and no sales. 
BUFFALO, Oct, 10.—Flour— Market firm, particularly 
for the better grades, which are rather scarce. Quotations, 
bower, are unchanged. 
Wheat—M arket for Milwaukee club and No. 2 spring le 
better, and in good demand with more firmness on the part 
of holders towards the close. Sales No. 2 Chicago spring, in 
three lots, at 87c; Milwaukee club at 89@89>£c—the greater 
portion at the former figure; white Indiana at $1.16: prime 
do at $1,18. Corn—Market lc better, and in good demand. 
Sales Toledo at 86 c; do at 87c, and No-1 Illinois at 81 Ac.— 
Oats—Advanced and in good request. Sales Oanauian at 37 
@37Xc—the greater portion at the latter figure, and prime 
Illinois at 38c. Other grains quiet and no sales.— Com¬ 
mercial. 
TORONTO, Oct. 8.—Flour— The flour market continues 
very firm. The receip’s for the week are light, and offer¬ 
ings are still limited. The mi'lsin our vicinity are in active 
operation, and a good fall business is anticipated. The de. 
mand for all kinds is active, the better qualities for snip- 
ment. The present quotations at this point are—Superfine, 
$4,35 to $4,40; Fancy, $1,60 to $170; Extra, $4,80 to $-5.— 
Double Extra, $5,25. No. 2 Superfine is in demand at $3,80 
to $ 1,10 $ barrel. 
Grain— throughout the week there has been a buoyant 
wheat market, and rates have remained steady for a longer 
period than any time before this season. There has been a 
good deal of competition between buyers, and much anxiety 
manifested to secure the best loads. Up to Tuesday $1,10 
to $1,13 was paid for extra lots, but yesterday nothing over 
$ 1,10 was realized, the range of prime being from that, to 
$1,07 : for ordinary and good $1,03 to $1,05; for common $1 
$ bushel. Spring wneat begins to be more freely offered, 
and tue receipts of yesterday were not less than 1,000 
bushels. A very prime sample briogs 90c, but the ordinary 
range is from 85c to 8 9 c $ bushel. There continues to be 
unusually large receipts of Barley, averaging between five 
to seven thousand bushels per day. Until th.s year com¬ 
paratively little attention has been given to this grain in 
this locality, and the large amount already bought, with 
still larger receipts promised, is an important indication 
that our farmers have determined to devote their attention 
less exclusively to wheat crops, and depend more on ihe 
cultivation of the lighter grains. The large supplies are 
beginning to have an effect and rates are now steady at 64c 
to 67 i? bushel. Rye comes forward very slowly and found 
ready sate at 60c ^ bushel. Oats—we continue to have very 
light receipts, notwithstanding that the crop is an unusually 
large one. The movement is so general in wheat and barley 
that oats are for the present neglected. It cannot he long 
until we shall have largely increased receipts, under which 
prices must droop. Present prices are firm at 30c to 32c $ 
bushel. Peas—the above remark is applicable to Pea 3 , of 
which the supply is yet limited, although it is known the 
yield was seldom as large. Rates yesterday were rather 
lower under increased supplies, ranging from 50c to 55c 19 
bushel.— Globe, 
Tide-water Receipts of Produce.— The receipts at tide¬ 
water of flour, wheat, corn and barley, for the 4 th week of 
September, in 1858 and 1859, have been as follows: 
Flour, bbls. Wheat, bu. Corn, hu. Barley, bu. 
1 808 . 70,700 264,300 480,900 91,000 
1809 . 28,700 245,900 172,500 34,000 
Decrease.. 42,000 18,400 308,400 57,000 
The aggregate quantity of the same articles left at tide¬ 
water from the commencement, of navigation to the 30th 
of September, inclusive, during the years 1858 and 1559, is 
as follows; 
Flour, bbls. Wheat, bu. Corn, bu. Barley, bu. 
1858.1,249,100 6,006,(100 4,521,400 573,800 
18o9. 272.200 1,447,100 2,271,900 245.b00 
Decrease. 976,000 4,558,900 2,250.000 328,200 
By reducing the wheat to flour, the quantity of the latter 
left at tide-water this year, compared with the correspond¬ 
ing period of last year, shows a falling off of 1,888,650 bar¬ 
rels of flour. 
OUhjgrttBenunts. 
The Cattle Markets. 
NEW YORK, Oct. 5.—The current prices for the week 
at all the markets are as follows : 
Beef Cattle—F irs! qualify, v cwh. $9,50® 10,00: ordina¬ 
ry do, $8,50@!),00; cokmnon do, *7,00® 8,00; Inferior do 
^6.00(^7,00. y 
Cows and Calves— wlrst quality, $50,00®65,00; ordinary 
db, $10®50; common £lo,> $30,1®® 40,00; inferior do, $20,00 
@30,00. 1 ' , 
Veal Calves — First, quality, 19 It., 6@7c; ordinary do 
a®5Ac ; common do. 4© 5 c; inferior do, 3@4c. 
Sheep and Lambs —Prime quality,]? head, $5,50@6,50; 
ordinary do, $4,50@5,00; common do, $3,50@4,00; inferior 
do, $2,00@3,00. 
SwiNE-First quality, 6@6Kc: other qualities, 5A®5Ac. 
ALBANY, Oct. 10.— Cattle— The market is slightly in favor 
of the drover this week, as compared with last. Tne de¬ 
mand is more, brisk, and prices are Ac $ a> better on all 
grades. This is owing to the improved feeling that, marked 
the trade in New York last Tuesday and Wednesday, and 
also to the fact there is a falling off in the supply-some 330 
head. The average quality ot the stock offering is fair, and 
the best meet with ready sales. 
We advance our quotations Ac 1? ft on all grades: 
_ . This week. Last week. 
Extra...... 4Ac®5 4A®i 3 A 
First quality. 4 c®iA 3-'Y®4!4 
Second quality. 3Kc®3;\ 3 ®3A 
Third quality . 2Hc@3 2A®2X 
Inferior . 2Ac®‘2% 2 @2K 
About 1000 head have changed hands up to the present 
time .—Atlas <& Argus. 
CAMBRIDGE. Oct. 5.—At market 2066 cattle, about 900 
beeves, and 1166 stores, consisting of working oxen, cows 
and one, two and three years old. 
Prices— Market beef—Extra, $7,25@7.50; first quality. 
$6,50@7,00; second do, $6,00@0.00; third do, $4,50@0 00- 
ordinary do, $3,00. 
Working Oxen—$75. 1000175 V pair. 
Cows and Calves—$25, 40, 50@62. 
Stores—Y earlings, $9,00® 11,00: two years old, $17,00® 
21.00; three years old. $20,00@25,00. 
Sheep and Lambs— 5615 at market. Prices—iu lots, $1,00, 
1,25@1,75. Extra, $2.00, 2,50@3. 
Hides— 7c HR lb. Pelts. 07@87c each. 
Calf Skins— 12@13c $ tb. Tallow, i®"Ac HR ft. 
TORONTO, Oct. 8.—Beef— The market has seldom been 
more liberally supplied with beeves, in which a large and 
important business is being done. Purchases are constant¬ 
ly being made for the New York and Boston markets, and 
the trade is a growing one, to which the attention of 
farmers should be more generally directed. Present prices 
for first class cattle are $1 to $1,50 ¥ 100 lb; for second class 
$3,50@$4. 
Sheep— Are in moderate supply, and are in limited de¬ 
mand at $3 to $4 each. Lambs $1,75 to $2,25; and Calves 
plentiful at $4 to $6 each. 
Pork— Light hogs are offered sparingly, and bought at $5 
to $6 100 tbs. There is little or no cured meat offering — 
Bacon is quoted at $8 to $9 HR 100 lbs. Hams not smoked 
10 c, smoked 11 c to 12 c $ lb. 
Sheepskins 80c each from butchers, and 60c from pedlars. 
Beef hides $6 HR 100 lbs. Calf skins 10c %i ft.— Globe. 
The Wool Markets. 
BOalON, Oct, 6 .—The demand for domestic wool is good, 
but the extreme prices asked has a tendency to check ope¬ 
rations. I lie sales of the week have been 150,000 lbs. fleece 
and puffed, at full previous prices. In foreign, sales of 1UU 
bales Mestizo on private terms. All kinds of foreign wool 
are held firm, particularly fine grades. 
Sax. and Mer., fine... ,55@60 
Full blood.52@55 
Half and X blood.43@50 
Common.40@42 
Pulled, extra.48@57 
Do. superfine.42@50 
Do. No. 1.32®42 
Do. No. 2.00®00 
Western mixed.38@45 
Smyrna, washed.17@30 
Do. unwashed.9X@19 
Syrian.11@23 
Cape.24@00 
Crimea. 9@17 
Buenos Ayres.9@45 
Peruvian, washed.25@32 
NEW YORK, Oct. 6 .—There continues a good demand, 
both for native fleece and pulled wools: and with a reduced 
stock, particularly of the latter, prices in town and country 
are maintained with increased firmness. California is 
sought after, but the stock has become reduced, and prices 
are firmer: sales of 150,000 lbs. State and Western fleeces, 
at 40@60c for A to fuU blood, and 65c for fancy lots; 100,000 
lbs. California at 10®35c for low common to fine, and 50,000 
lbs. pulled at 32@52c. The stock on the seaboard now is 
unusually light for the season, and very little is coming 
forward from the interior or Western States. It is sought 
after in the interior by dealers at very full rates, as it is 
now understood that the clip in all the old States is a short 
one, and higher prices are anticipated by the general trade. 
Ihe,clip in California and Texas, however, is much larger, 
but is not sufficient, to meet the wants of the trade; the 
high blood quality of the former now compares favorably 
witn that of our own State. Foreign is held with much 
firmness; sales of 300 bales Donskoi at 20@22Xc, 6 mos.: 
1»0 do washed Peruvian and Mestizo, 85 do Cordova, and 
200 do common South American on private terms.- Tribune. 
Fate of Sir John Franklin. —It is seldom that 
the public ear is electrified with news more unex¬ 
pected than that contained in our “Foreign De¬ 
partment,” and which will be found under the ap¬ 
propriate head. The fate of Sir John Franklin 
is at last ascertained. He died in June, 1847- 
more than 12 years since. The bold navigator, 
long before the search for him commenced in earn¬ 
est, had gone to his rest, and it is a melancholy 
satisfaction—even after so many years have elaps¬ 
ed—to learn how and where his days were ended. 
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Stove and Railroad Wood, S*ave and Shingle Bolts 
from the I.og: strong, durable and pottahie. Warranted 
to cut two cords of blocks per hour; weigh 800 fts.; cost, all 
complete, $60,00. Delivered on the Cars or Boats at Dun¬ 
kirk. Send for a Circular to 
HENRY C. LAKE, Manufacturer. 
510-lt Charlotte Centre, Chautauque Co., N. Y. 
f7j_^APLS BY MAIL.— Sample Grapes sent post paid 
AA to those who inclose 13 cents in stamps. The 15 cents 
returned to those who buy vines. 
Logan ripens early in August; King 20th of August; 
Delaware last of August; Diana, To Kalox, &c , Ac. 
Our Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of 73 sorts 
Hardy Native Vines, sent, to applicants inclosing a stamp to 
C. P. BISSELL & SALTER. Nurserymen, 
510-2t Rochester, N. Y. 
I LLINOIS FARMS! !—'Three thousand acres of supe¬ 
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so located as to make fifteen to twenty small farms. Two 
railroads are within five miles of the tract, and the distance 
from Chicago is eighty-five miles. Bargains are offered to 
parties wanting farms in the West for their o»m occupancy. 
For particulars address JOHN W. HEDENBERG, 
510-lc P. O. Box, 1462, St. Louis, Mo., 
O ntario grape vines— tiie largest and 
BEST Native Grape in America. Bunches and Berries 
enormously large. Good size plants, $5,00. For 25 cents we 
will mail, post-paid, a few berries of this splendid grape. 
Ripe 15th September. The 25 cents returned to those who 
buy a vine. Priced list of 150 varieties sent free to all appli¬ 
cants. Stamps not refused. 
Address A. W. POTTER & Co.. 
Grapelawn Nurseries, Knowlesville, Orleans Co., N. Y. 
“CHAWMUT MILLS” ROCHESTER— We con- 
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and having improved the machinery of our mill for that 
purpose, we pledge ourselves to give full satisfaction to all 
customers. 
We have for sfte at all times, wholesale and retail, the 
best and most reliable brands of Flour. Also, Corn Meal, 
Rye Flour Mill Feed and Screenings at the lowest prices, 
and we solicit the attention of the farming community. 
510-13t JAS. M. WHITNEY & Co. 
Brown’s Race, Rochester, Sept. 25,1859- 
H 
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50,1100 Stand, and Dwf. Pear, 2 yrs, very fine trees; 
16,000 Stand. Cherry, 2 yr, extra fine, $12 per 100; 
16,000 New Rochelle Blackberries, $40 to $60 per 1000; 
20 000 Isabella. Catawba and Clinton grapes, $30 to $60 : 
200.060 Apple Root Grafts, to order in spring, 10,060 for $50: 
200,600 stocks, Apple, 1 yr $3, 2 yr $4, extra $ 6 , Cherries $4 
to $5, Quince, $10, Pear, $8 to $12. 
Also Apple Tiees, Plum, Peach, Quince, Currants, Rasp¬ 
berries, Strawberries. Mountain ish. Horse Chestnut. All 
for sale very cheap at wholesale, by 
COWLES & WARREN. 
5101t Highland Nurseries, Syracuse, N. Y. 
A uction of cattle, horses and sheep 
-TL On Wednesday, 25th October, at the residence of the 
Subscriber—Sale to commence at 10 o’clock A. M. 
GO Head of Cattle —Durham and high grade Durham. 
Among them the thorough bred imported bull Usurper, six 
years old: several young bulls and bull calves,—steers,— 
cows,— heifers and calves. 
16 Horses — Among them valuable blooded breeding 
mares of Florizel stock, in foal by Philip Allen. Work 
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BOO 8 heep and Lijtmbs — Fine and coa.rse wool. 
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six months; over $5(rand under $100, nine months; over 
$160. twelve months. Approved endorsed notes for all sums 
not paid in cash. CHARLES II. CARROLL, 
519-2t Groveland, Liv. Co., N. Y„ Oct. 10,1S59. 
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Peculiar Use of Words and Terms in the Bible. 
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RAILWAY ENGINEER. By SAMUEL SMILES. Second 
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DAVENSWOOD FRUIT GARDEN AND 
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H. C. FREEMAN, (late Freeman Sc Kendall,) offers to the 
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Brincklf-’s Orange Raspberry. 
Mvatt’s Linnaeus Rhubarb. 
New Rochelle or Lawton Blackbf.rry. 
Delaware and Rebecca Grape Vines— 1 and 2 years old. 
Cherry Currants. 
Also, Dwarf Pear Trees— of the best selected varieties; 
very fine 2 years old Trees. 
Also, Newman’s Thornless Blackberry, Black Naples 
Currants, See., Scc. Address H. C. FREEMAN, 
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B. MAXWELL &, CO., 
• Desire to call the attention of Nurserymen, Dealers 
and Planters to their present stock of Fruit Trees, Seed¬ 
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excelled in the State, and consists principally of 
Apple Trees — Standard, 1 to 4 years, very tnrifty and 
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Pear Trees —Standard and Dwarf, 2 years, very fine. 
Cherry Trees— Standard, 1 and 2 years, very uniform, 
thrifty and handsome, and largely of Dukes and Mo- 
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Cherry Trees— Early Richmond, 1 year, by the 100 or 1,000. 
Plum Trees—1 and 2 years, that are quite as thrifty and 
handsome as the Cnerry, very stocky and finely rooted. 
Peach Trees—1 year. 
Gooseberries— Mostly Houghton’s Seedling, 1 and 2 years. 
Raspberries— Leading sorts, and largely of Brinckle’s 
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Roses— Climbing and Hybrid Perpetuals, strong plants. 
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Plum Seedlings— From the Large Blue or Horse Plum, very 
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CnF.RRY Seedlings— Mahaleb and Mazzard No. I. 
Apple Seedlings— 2 years, a very large quantity. 
Quince Stocks— Angers, strong and well rooted. 
Quince Seedlings— Orange, 1 year, and various other arti¬ 
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506-3teow Fairfax Court House, Ya. 
QTRAWBERRY SEED FOR SALE.-We have a 
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TIIE LIFE, SPEECHES AND .MEMORIALS 
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ID-A-MTEL. WEBSTER, 
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nnn ACRES OF HANNIBAL AND ST. 
UIALUIA) JOSEPH RAILROAD LANDS, For Sale oa 
Long Credit and at Low Rates of Interest. 
These Lands, granted by Congress to aid in constructing 
the Road, lie, to a great extent, within Six Miles and all 
within Fifteen Miles of the Road, which is now completed 
through a country unsurpassed in the salubrity of its Cli¬ 
mate and fertility of its Soil. Its latitude adapts it to a 
greater variety of products than land either north or south 
of it, rendering the profits of farming more certain and 
steady than in any other district of our country. 
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To the Farmer desiring to better his condition, to parties 
wishing to invest money in the West, or any in search of a 
prosperous Home, these Lands are commended. 
For full particulars apply to JOSIAH HUNT, 
Land Commissioner Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad, 
505-13t _ Hannibal, Mo. 
N OT A HUMBUG.— Wanted, one or more Young Men 
in each State to travel, to whom will be paid $30 to $75 
per month, and expenses. For particulars, address with 
sta mp, M. B. ALLEN Sc CO., Piaistow, N. H. 504-13t 
r UHE LOGAN GRAPE. —The earliest ripening, black, 
A hardy Grape with which we are acquainted. Its fruit 
was sent to us this year earlier titan any other grape grown 
cut of doors. Berry oval; bunch compact. 
Our Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of over 70 sorts 
of Grapes, sent to applicants who inclose a stamp. 
504-c C. P. BISSELL & SALTER, Rochester, N. Y. 
HPRUE DELAWARE GRAPE VINES, PROPA- 
X gated from the original stock, price $2 to $3. Also, Lo¬ 
gan, Rebecca, Diana, Concord, Hartford Prolific, and other 
new varieties, $1 to $ 2 —all strong and well rooted, ready 
for delivery in the Fall. GEO. W. CAMPBELL, 
August, 1859. [502-13t] Delaware, Ohio. 
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A Ylioioii, Orleans Co., NT. Y, 
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„ H. L. ACHILLES, Proprietor. 
Albion, N. Y., Aug. 8,18o9. 501-tf 
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