CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. It is said that Ex-President Martin VanBuren 
- is engaged on an important and elaborate work, 
AGRICULTURAL. Page. w hich shall embrace a political history of the 
Inquiries and Notes -Potatoes-Names and Varieties; dow n fae close of his administration. 
Corn Stook Jack, [Illustrated;] Preparing Tobacco J ,, -j ± -n 1 _ 
for Market; Feeding Bees. 365 It is to be hoped that the Ex-President will be 
Cattle—Characteristics of Breeds—A Iloldemess Cow, spared to complete his undertaking, begun in the 
[Illlustrated]. 365 evening of life, and amid the retirement which is 
IIow to Get Through the Winter. 365, 366 „ _ 
-Sorghum, Where Is It?”.. 366 so favorable to its accomplishment. 
“WhatKilled the Bees?”.36o At Easton, Pa., on Monday week, the Right 
Wintering Bees. 366 Rev Andrew Benade, the oldest Bishop of the 
Rural Notes from Missouri. 866 ,, . , , . ._• 
Moravian church in America, and nearly Do years 
Rural Spirit of the Press .—Points of Cows; Care c , , rT fnrhis intpl- 
of Horses; Pasture Lands; A Quick Cure for Founder; of age, died. He was much lespected lor ms in e 
Black J ongue. 366 [jgence and good qualities. 
Agricultural Miscellany.— Death of David Thomas; ° 
Gouverneur and other Town Fairs; Farmers’ Clubs Tub Legislature of Georgia met on the 2d inst. 
and Town Ag’l Societies; Hamilton Co. Ag’l Society; , “ i -n _ 
Heath of Hon. Wra, Jarvis; Corn-Husking; Is it Life- Legrand Gerry was chosen I resident oi the oenate, 
Like; A Mine of Emery; a Timely Suggestion. 366 and Isaiah j rving S p eake r of the House. The 
HORTICULTURAL. message was sent in; it is quite lengthy, and con- 
Transplanting Large Trees, [Illustrated]. 367 g ned t0 state affairs. 
Onondaga, or Swan’s Orange Pear.367 
Grape Culture in Alabama. 367 A DISPATCH to the Philadelphia Agrees says that 
European Nurseries. 367 the Pennsylvania Opposition State Committee have 
A String of Questions. 367 agreed to call a State Convention to elect delegates 
The'limber'T wig Apple‘.'! 367 to a National Opposition Convention of the whole 
New Plant Protector, [Illustrated]. 367 Union. 
5f d ?f G r ing . Ill A special dispatch to the St. Louis Republican 
Heath of Thomas Nuttall. 367 gives the official vote at the recent election in 
Persimmons. 367 Kansas as followsFor the Constitution, 10,419; 
AGRICULTURAL. Page. 
Inquiries and Notes —Potatoes—Names and Varieties; 
Corn Stook Jack, [Illustrated;] Preparing Tobacco 
for Market; Feeding Bees. 365 
Cattle—Characteristics of Breeds—A Iloldemess Cow, 
[Illlustrated]. 365 
“WhatKilled the Bees?”.36o 
Wintering Bees. 366 
Rural Notes from Missouri. 866 
Rural Spirit of the Press .—Points of Cows; Care 
of Horses; Pasture Lands; A Quick Cure for Founder; 
Black Tongue.366 
Agricultural Miscellany.— Heath of Havid Thomas; 
Gouverneur and other Town Fairs; Farmers’ Clubs 
and Town Ag’l Societies; Hamilton Co. Ag’l Society; 
Heath of Hon. VVm, Jarvis; Corn-Husking; Is it Life- 
Like; A Mine of Emery; A Timely Suggestion.366 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Transplanting Large Trees, [Illustrated].367 
Onondaga, or Swan’s Orange Pear. 367 
Grape Culture in Alabama. 367 
urowing.3b7 A gpKCIAL dispatch to the St. Louis Republican 
Heath of Thomas Nuttall. 367 gives the official vote at the recent election in 
Persimmons. 367 Kansas as followsFor the Constitution, 10,419; 
Massachuset's Horticultural Society. 367 a g a inst the Constitution, 5,530. For the Home- 
S22ESK2 ■*»«, 
HOMESTIC ECONOMY The returns of the recent election in Maryland 
How to Make Beer from Malt; Wilmington Cake; 1, 2, are very meagre, and seem to favor the Democracy. 
3, 4 Cake; Hot Tea-cake; Treatment of Biarrhoea; j n Baltimore dreadful scenes were to be witnessed 
Cocoa-nut Cake. 367 
I ABIES’ OLIO at tbe P olls ’ firearms were freely used, and quite 
For the Mother’s Sake, [Poetical;]‘The Two Nests; a number were killed. In a majority of the wards 
Children’s Joys and Sorrows; Household Cares; the rioters took possession of every thing, carrying 
Good Nature . 368 . ,, , . 
CHOICE MISCELLANY. a11 matterat * suit themselves The following 
The Autumn Time, [Poetical;] The Beautiful; Middle members of Congress are elected . Harris, Da’* is 
Life; Endure Hardship. 368 Webster, Americans; Stewart, Kunkel, Hughes, 
SABBATH MUSINGS. Democrats. The State Legislature stands as fol- 
M.y. Home,_ [Poetlcalj] Forgiveness, of Sin Through i 0W s :-House-25 Americans, 49 Democrats.- 
Christ; Christian Enthusiasm; They Snail Obtain 
Mercy; Reading the Bible. 368 Senate—8 Americans, 13 Democrats. One district 
EBUCATIONAL. to Bear from. 
Diffidence of our Abilities; The Good Newspaper a _ 
Teacher; How Shall I Begin?. 369 
THE REVIEWER. News Paragraphs. 
Historical Vindications, by SewallS. Cutting; New Ele- The death of Frederick F. Smith, Esq., “the 
mentary Algebra, by II. N. Robinson; Sermons, „ , ... , 
Preached and Revised by the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon; first white male child born in Erie county, Ohio, 
The Atlantic Monthly; Books Received. 369 , g announced as baving taken place at Sandusky, 
* xr r,- rt> *• U . s f!' UL GLI0 ’ . ,, ... a few days since, at the age of fifty years. 
A New Piano, [Poetical;] Insects as Seen in the Micro- J ° 
scope; Autographs of Milton and his Wife; Borax ^ r State Convention of sportsmen will be held 
. YOUNG RURALIST. . in the villa S e of Geneva > this State, on Tuesday, 
Hurrah for the City; Boys. Help Your Mother. 369 the 15th inst., for the purpose of discussing and 
STORY TELLFR devising means for united action throughout the 
Be Brave of Heart, [Poetical;] Ups and Bowns; In- State for a revision of the present inefficient game 
dustry . . . 372 and fish laws. 
LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Over 300 men are now em P lo L ed in gating out 
_ ' timber in the Virginia mountains near Rowles- 
The New-York Tribune—Horace Greeley & Co. burg, on the Cheat river, which is to be used for 
Pianos for *150—Boardman, Gray & Co. varrlio-pc hv tlio British Onvernment The 
Notice to Teachers—D. W. Fish. gun-carriages oy toe x>riiisii government, me 
Removal—E. F. Wilson. contractor has orders which it will take two years 
Normal MosicSchool—Prof. A. N. Johnson. . J 
$1000 to $1500 Per Year—E. G. Storke. to fill. The Cheat river oak is said to be the best 
Thorough bred Stock for Sale—H. & M. C. Mordoff. , . , j ■ * i? i„ j 
Home Insurance Company—J. Borr. yet imported into LDgland. 
50 Bushels Prime Apple Seed—J. A. Root. . .. 
____The fourth span of the Mississippi bridge at 
Clinton, Iowa, was finished on Saturday week. 
f «r This completes the entire work between Little 
Rock Island and Willow Island. The masonry is 
& [M, nearly done—the sixth and last pier being far 
4 «%.-$. A advanced towards completion. 
An American traveler in Europe, in describing 
[©A? the German railways, says that “smoking is all 
HMLduvj QJ 0 v 0® but universal in railway carriages. In some of 
- - them, in fact, I have seen this queerly illustrated 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., NOVEMBER 12,1859. by a small compartment of the car devoted to 
. — those who did not like tobacco smoke — quite the 
DOMESTIC NEWS reverse of our system of smoking cars.” 
- A discovery of great importance has just been 
[atters at Washington. made by the State Geologist in Texas. It is no 
LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 
The New-York Tribune—Horace Greeley & Co. 
Pianos for $150—Boardman, Gray & Co. 
Notice to Teachers—H. W. Fish. 
Removal—E. F. Wilson. 
Normal Music School—Prof. A. N. Johnson. 
$1000 to $1500 Per Year—E. G. Storke. 
Thorough bred Stock for Sale—H. & M. C. Mordoff. 
Home Insurance Company—J. Borr. 
50 Bushels Prime Apple Seed—J. A. Root. 
ROCHESTER, N. V., NO\ EMBER 12,1859. by a small compartment of the car devoted to 
— - ' ~ those who did not like tobacco smoke — quite the 
DOMESTIC NEWS reverse of our system of smoking cars.” 
- A discovery of great importance has just been 
Matters at Washington. made by the State Geologist in Texas. It is no 
The special correspondent of the N. Y. Times less than the discovery of vast bodies of iron ore, 
says that Mr. McLane, on the 3d inst., left Wash- as well as tertiary coal or lignite, beds of lime- 
ington en route for Mexico. His instructions are stone, pipe-clay, fire-rock and hydraulic limestone, 
very full, including the subject of transit protec- in the region of country immediately south of 
tion, and looking to the possibility of a general Harrison county. 
reciprocity treaty with regard to American pro- In 1858 more than one million two hundred 
tection of the transit. He is instructed to insist thousand barrels of flour were received in Boston, 
on that, but to limit the operation of the treaty to or about four thousand barrels each business day. 
some definite period. The year ending September 1, 1859, the receipts 
At the last session of the Senate a resolution were 1,077,720 barrels. From Boston this article 
was passed, requesting the President to cause the is distributed all over the Eastern New England 
heads of the Departments to submit estimates for States and British Provinces. Western Massa- 
the expenses of the Government for the next Con- chusetts, a portion of Maine, and the large seaports 
gress, exclusive of the public debt and interest 0 f Massachusetts, import their own flour to a con- 
thereon, provided the same can be done without sizable extent. 
injury to the public service. Estimates are in m -> x r r> * u 
-__ „ The 1st of October, 1859, occupies an important 
course of preparation and in accordance with the , ... . R „ 
• .. ~ , ... . . . . , place in the meteorological history of San Fran- 
spint of the resolutions, and with a view to strict . . . , .. , .. J 
- . , „ .. cisco; its night was the first sultry one known to 
economy, but it is not at all probable that the ex- ., I A . . , ... . v . " 
__ , , . , j . , the oldest inhabitant. >ever before had a night 
penditures will be restricted to such a narrow j ... , , . , . „ s 
limit passed without blankets being necessary for a 
Reliable advices state that the government of com f° rtadde s ^ ee P- 
Nicaragua has every disposition to make with us While repairing the break in the Croton water 
a satisfactory transit arrangement, and that the P'P es ' n -^ ew ^ ork, it was discovered that the 
only obstacle to this is the Belly contract, which, PiP es > a11 the wa y from Croton lake to the city, 
however, has already failed in some particulars. ^ ave been a swimming pond for the fish. Num- 
The dispatches from Consul Black to the State bers of white and y ellow bass were found, and as 
Department show that Ormond Chase was most f as * as found were roasted by the laborers at the 
atrociously murdered in Mexico, by officers be- S rea * res i n dres ^ e Pf U P during Friday night, and 
longing to the Church party. All that was in the eaten witb avidi ^- 0ne of the fisl1 thus caught 
President’s power to do, will be or has been done was n * ne * n(dies length. 
in view of that crime. If more than this is neces- A Swarm of Bees let Loose in a Depot.— A 
sary to protect the lives and property of American f ew da 7 s a g° a man f rom Illinois passed through 
citizens in that country, Congress must provide Cleveland, on the railroad, with one hundred and 
further means. There is no doubt that the Presi- cases of bees, on the way to California. While 
dent will prominently present this subject in his the boxes were being conveyed from the Toledo to 
annual message. The friends of the Constitutional the C. and T. train, one of them fell off the truck 
Government think it is highly essential that Senor an d burst open, and in an instant the air was 
Ledas should immediately return to Yera Cruz, in filled with the buzzing insects. The depot being 
order to exert his influence towards the consum- crowded with passengers, quite a commotion was 
mation of the pending treaty. excited by the pointed attentions of the bees. 
Official information from Mexico to the 2d ult., Change of Fashion.- We take the following 
says that the Juarez government is waiting for the notice from the Philadelphia U. S. G azette of Aug. 
return of Minister McLane, to renew treaty nego- 9th, 1837: — “ Matthias, the Prophet,” visited the 
Cations. As this gentleman commenced them at Northern parts of this county last week, and on 
Vera Cruz, it was considered that it would be dis- Friday, preached in Manchester, Va. He was 
respectful for him to transfer the proceedings to decently clad, bat from the fact of wearing his 
W “ hin 8 ton - . beard, both on his chin and upper lip, he pre- 
lhe Treasury receipts for the past week are sented a most singular and uncouth appearance. 
plains since the killing of the Chief of the Karnz, 
at the former place about two months ago. 
Business Prospects in the West. — The Cin¬ 
cinnati Gazette says:—The demand for money 
continues active, but chiefly lrom the country, 
which is a favorable sign, indicating that business 
in produce throughout the interior has become 
very active, and that country collections will con¬ 
sequently very soon improve. Throughout Illinois 
and Indiana, the desire to sell corn at 20 cents to 
25 cents per bushel, is general and strong, and at 
Layfayette, Indiana, Monday, we understand, the 
supply of corn bronght in by wagons, exceeded 
anything before known, and the price declined 
five cents per bushel. This abundant supply of 
corn will lead to an abundant supply of pork and 
beef, and will place the West in a position to 
liquidate its indebtedness, which cannot be large, 
and put financial matters in an easy position 
within sixty days. We say the indebtedness of the 
West is not large, which will be apparent when it 
is considered that ever since 1857, business men 
have been engaged collecting up old accounts, and 
contracting their business, rather than extending 
it, so that no undue expansion can exist in th 
Western States just now; and consequently, no 
collapse need be feared. This, to our mind, is the 
common sense view, and in fact the true nature of 
the case, and it will take but comparatively little 
to place business matters in a most comfortable 
position, and the business community in very easy 
circumstances. 
Naturalized Chinaman. —One of the immi¬ 
grants from the Celestial Empire, has become a 
full-fledged American citizen. He declared his 
intentions in 1853, and having now perfected his 
papers, stands on his reserved rights, which 
white men in California respect without contest. 
The Cranberry Crop. —The Barnstable (Mass.) 
Patriot, says:—The cranberry crop has not been 
overabundant this year, but there has been a mid¬ 
dling yield, and the berries have ripened finely. 
The higher lands and richer soil seem to have 
produced best. The amount gathered in this town 
is not far from a thousand bushels, and they will 
sell for about $4 a bushel. In Brewster, Albert P. 
Clark raised 265 barrels, sold at $13 12X per 
barrel—amounting to $3,478; Mrs. Lurana Wins¬ 
low, 214 barrels, od three acres; Nathan Winslow, 
53, on one acre; and many others have from 15 to 
20 barrels. Our readers can judge for themselves 
of the great profit growing out of the culture of the 
cranberry iD Barnstable county. 
Brown Convicted. —The leader of the Harper’s 
Ferry insurrectionists has been convicted, and 
sentenced to be hung on Friday, the 2d day of 
December next. Green, the negro, was convicted 
of inciting negroes to insurrection and murder in 
the first degree. The charge of treason was 
abandoned in his case, he not being a citizen. 
A Good Dentist. —The root of an aching or 
diseased tooth may not be the root of all evil, but 
it is the cause of abundant pain and tribulation.— 
Sufferers from achll/gf diseased or lost instru¬ 
ments of mastication, art^ confidently referred to 
the card of Dr. E. F. Wilson, a practical and 
scientific Dentist of rare success, who performs 
operations which are often painful and annoying, 
in a satisfactory manner, giving little pain or 
trouble to the recipients of his delicate manipula¬ 
tions. Mr. W. is a true progressive, taking the 
lead in adopting'new inventions and real improve¬ 
ments in the dental art. We know whereof w r e 
affirm, and therefore take pleasure in saying thus 
much without the knowledge or solicitation of the 
party commended. 
$1,309,000. Drafts paid amounted to $1,072,000. 
Amount subject to draft, $4,865,000. On hand last FR - The Westport correspondent 
week $358,000 of the St. Louis Republican, says that four Santa 
_ Fe mai ls are now due at Independence, and that 
Personal and Political t api,rehens ‘ ons ai e . felt for tbe sa ^7 of 
‘ ooifl out-going and in-coming parties. The same 
Hon. James L. Jones, of Tennessee, is dead. He correspondent also states, on the authority of the 
pr J °“ m f i nt i in P oUtic s,was Governor mail carrier between Council Grove and Fort 
of that State, and for the last six y^ represented Riley, that nineteen returning Pike’s Peak emi- 
lt in the United States Senate. grants, have been murdered by the Indians on the 
Personal and Political. 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
Great Britain. —The London Times ,in speaking 
of Commodore Tatnall’s dispatch, relative to the 
operations at the mouth of the Peiho, editorially 
eulogizes it, and says if any defence were needed 
for the acts of the British Minister and Admiral 
in those distant regions, it would be found in the 
dispatch which it has had the pleasure of printing. 
The departure of tbe Great Eastern for America 
had been postponed sine die, and would probably 
not take place this year. 
The strike of the London builders continued, 
and there were indications that it was beginning 
to tell seriously against the men who refused to 
resume work. The dividend was diminishing, and 
a resolution was adopted to appeal to the public 
for support. Recent returns show excessive mor¬ 
tality among the wives and families of the opera¬ 
tives in the building trade, and there was fear that 
scores of innocent persons and young children 
were perishing from sheer want. 
The weather in England had been unusually 
severe for the season. Heavy frosts prevailed, 
and a considerable quantity of snow had fallen. 
Parliament is further prorogued to Dec. 10th. 
The policy of England, in taking a part in the 
Congress, is being canvassed by the press, and 
generally the arguments are against it. The Lon¬ 
don Times and Herald are both averse to England 
joining any European Congress on Italian affairs. 
The London Post, Lord Palmerston’s organ, asserts 
that it were an idle trifling with the influence of 
England and the hopes of Italy, to expect any 
English statesmen, at all worthy of the name, 
would hazard his own reputation and the national 
honor entrusted to his care, by entering a Con¬ 
gress, of which the basis may be an execution of 
the Zurich treaty. The journal, in another edito¬ 
rial, regards the Italian complications as very 
serious, and the position of Napoleon as extremely 
embarrassing. He has undertaken the special 
protection of the Papal Government, and also of 
Italian liberty — an opposition warfare. It is 
almost certain that the Romagna will be attacked 
by the Papal troops. It is also certain that at the 
first menace of armed intervention in the Duchies, 
the troops of Garibaldi will sweep before them 
every vestige of Papal rule. Under these circum¬ 
stances the intervention of Austria will be antici¬ 
pated. What part France will then play, and 
what extension w T ill the Roman question then 
assume ? The Post concludes by saying that Eng¬ 
lish statesmen will make efforts to avert the 
dangers which threaten Europe. 
The Chronicle says that Messrs. Beardmore 
& Robinson, electricians, visited Yalentia this 
week, and set on foot a series of experiments on 
the Atlantic cable. Encouragement as to the 
success of the undertaking, both as regards the 
resuscitation of the old and the laying of the new 
was in the ascendant. These gentlemen found 
room in the state of the cable to disseminate new 
courage among its friends. 
France. —A Zurich telegram of the 18th, says 
the principal points of the treaty of peace between 
France and Austria, signed by the Plenipotentia¬ 
ries and ratified by the two Governments, are as 
follows : — Austria gives up Lombardy, except 
Mantua and Peschiera, and as far as the frontier 
line fixed by a special commission to France, who 
transfers it to Piedmont. Pensions acquired in 
Lombardy are to be paid by the new Government. 
Piedmont is to pay Austria 40,000,000 florins, and 
be responsible for three-fifths of the debt of Monte 
Lombard—Venetia making a debtin all transferred 
to Sardinia, 250,000,000f. The two Powers will 
unite their efforts in order that reform in the 
administration should be carried out by the Pope. 
The return of the Dukes of Tuscany, ModeDa and 
Parma, are expressly reserved to the two Empe¬ 
rors, who will assist with all their power in a 
formation of a Confederation of all the States of 
Italy and Yenetia, under Austrian rule. Ratifica¬ 
tions were to be exchanged at Zurich within fif¬ 
teen days. 
The projected Chinese expedition had been dis¬ 
cussed in the Council of Ministers. It was pro¬ 
posed to dispatch 15,000 men, but nothing definite 
was arrived at. The troops would not leave 
before the end of the year. 
Accounts from Cochin China say that the French 
forces were so worn out by fatigue and disease, 
that they were preparing to abandon Touraine, 
and return to China. The only point which the 
Admiral will not abandon is Segon, where exten¬ 
sive fortifications had been raised, and a strong 
garrison will be left. 
Italy. —Marshal Vailliant is reported to have 
written to NapoleoD, suggesting the occupation of 
the Duchies by French troops, to prevent civil war 
from breaking out. 
The Neapolitan army, the Roman portion, was 
increasing. It was rumored that troops had 
landed at Ancona. 
Considerable excitement prevailed in Piedmont 
on the condition of the Zurich treaty. 
The King of Sardinia, on receiving a deputation 
from the municipality of Genoa, reiterated his 
intention to defend the cause of Italian indepen¬ 
dence to the utmost of his power. He expressed 
the hope that the wishes of Italy would be granted. 
The Common Council of Milan had voted 100,- 
OOOf. toward Garibald’s subscription for the pur¬ 
chase of muskets. 
It is expected that the effective strength of the 
new Sardinian army will be 100,000, exclusive of 
the rifle corps and military marine. In addition 
there will be throughout the kingdom, about 600,- 
000 National Guards. 
Commercial — Breadstvffs.— Breadstuff's depressed, 
theimprovement noted at beginning of the week being 
all lost. Flour 22s6d@27s; lied Wheat 9*5d@Ps6d; 
Wheat, do. Osgd^lis. Yellow Corn OsiffGfdd ; White 
do. 6s3d@7s8d. Provisions.— Verv little doing in beef. 
Sales of pork steady. Lard steady— 54(2lG08. Bacon 
dull. Tallow unchanged. 
Clippings from Foreign Journals. 
The oldest pensioner at the Chelsea Hospital, 
England, is in his 105th year. Excepting that he 
is unable to feed himself, his powers and faculties 
are remarkable; his sight, hearing, memory, etc., 
are good, and he is able to walk without the aid of 
a stick. 
The Rajah of Coorz, who has lived in Oriental 
magnificence, near London, of late years, is dead. 
He leaves a daughter to inherit his millions, who 
has been the object of the especial care of her 
Majesty, and been educated and brought up with 
English ideas, and in the Protestant faith. 
Schamyl, who, at the head of his Caucasian 
mountaineers, has so long baffled and annoyed the 
Russians, is a prisoner for life'. He was presented 
to the Emperor last month, and has been assigned 
by him a residence and an income in an inland 
town, where he will enjoy every liberty except 
that of leaving the place. 
In a speech delivered at Aberdeen, Scotland, a 
few days since, Lord John Russell entered at large 
upon sundry political questions. In speaking of 
Italy he took occasion to declare that England 
would never, under his auspices, enter into the 
contest if the rights of the people of Italy to gov¬ 
ern themselves, without the interference of foreign 
coercion, were recognized. At the same time he 
declared his firm belief that neither Austria nor 
France would use any compulsion with the people 
of Central Italy. 
The London Times says that agents of the 
French, Austrian and Sardinian governments have 
been soliciting tenders from the leading English 
iron founders for a very large number of rifled 
cannon. The Paris correspondent of the London 
Herald says nothing is heard on every side but 
preparations for war. Not a single man in the 
French army has yet been sent home on renewable 
furlough, and only those entitled to discharge in 
December next have obtained it. Not a single 
ship has been dismantled, and active measures of 
defence are progressing at the ports. The corres¬ 
pondent gives a similar picture of operations in 
Austria and Sardinia. 
A paper read before the British Scientific Asso¬ 
ciation on “Underground Temperature,” stated 
that, with the thermometer sunk to the depth of 
three feet, the greatest cold was experienced in 
February, while at six feet deep the greatest cold 
was in March; at twenty feet deep the greatest 
cold was in April, and at twenty-four feet deep the 
greatest cold was in July. 
Lord Brougham, though eighty-one years of age, 
has just undergone an amount of work in a single 
week which would have severely taxed the energies 
of a man in middle life. His address at the meet¬ 
ing of the Social Science Association on the 11th 
ult., was a marvel of length and ability; on the 
night of the 12th he took part in the anniversary 
proceedings of the Bradford Mechanics’ Institute; 
on the 13th he paid Sheffield a visit, and delivered 
speeches marked by his wonted fire and vigor ; 
and the same night he was one of the speakers at 
a working-men’s meeting at Bradford. 
$f)* Heto0 Condenser. 
— Fillibuster Walker is living in obscurity in New 
Orleans. 
— The Walker Fillibusters have been acquitted in 
New Orleans. 
— The United States forces at San Juan Island num¬ 
ber about 600 men. 
— An eel three feet and six inches long was found in 
a hydrant in Boston last week. 
— The International and Colonial Banks of Canada 
suspended payment last week. 
— Garibaldi has issued an address to his troops warn¬ 
ing them that a battle is at hand. 
— At the last State Fair of California, a cabbage was 
exhibited that weighed 53 pounds. 
— Salt springs have been discovered in the coal fields 
of Southern Illinois, in Marion Co. 
— Secretary Floyd, it is said, will succeed Hon. J. Y. 
Mason, (deceased) as Minister to France. 
— The coon crop in the Ohio and Sciota bottoms, 
says the Portsmouth Tribune, is very heavy. 
— Oasawatamie Brown was a soldier in the war of 
1812, and fought at the battle of Plattsburgh. 
— A well preserved colossal bronze bust of Cicero 
has been recently discovered near Pompeii. 
— In Hamburg, out of 2,343 cases of cholera this sum¬ 
mer, 1,193 have died and 1,149 have recovered. 
— Wild ducks abound in the Susquehanna now, and 
the sportsmen bag large numbers of them daily. 
— All the prisoners in the La Crosse, Minn., jail, 
including a German murderer, recently escaped. 
— Providence, R. I„ contains 52,000 inhabitants, of 
whom 82,000 are Americans and 20,000 foreigners. 
— They charged one dollar for an admission ticket to 
a single lecture by Bayard Taylor in San Francisco. 
— Hon. Francis P. Blair, of Missouri, a few days 
since emancipated four slaves in the St. Louis court. 
— Some ef the Chicago merchants are agitating the 
establishment of a clearing house for grain in that city. 
— There is as much difference between a statesman 
and a politician as there is between a pillar and a post. 
— At Lavacca, Texas, it is stated that a line of pack¬ 
ets will shortly commence running from that port to 
Hamburg. 
— The Tennessee Legislature has before it a propo¬ 
sition to expel all free negroes from the State after Jan¬ 
uary 1st, 1862. 
— There was a general white frost in South Carolina 
on the 22d ult., and in the middle and upper country 
there was ice. 
— It is estimated that two-thirds of the population of 
the United States have at least two initial letters to 
their names. 
— Frost and ice were noticed near New Orleans on 
Sunday week, and also in various parts of Mississippi 
and Alabama. 
— The Free Masons of San Francisco have purchased 
a lot of land for $92,000, and will erect a building worth 
$100,000 on it. 
— There are five starch manufactories in Stowe, Yt., 
each of which uses from 17,000 to 20,000 bushels of 
potatoes a year. 
— A company of Zouaves has been formed in New 
Orleans, their commander having served in one of the 
corps in the Crimea. 
— The N. Y. Times numbers fifty-three actual sui¬ 
cides within the last six weeks, with twenty more un¬ 
successful attempts. 
— Agents from Tuscany are understood to have been 
in London and Paris trying to raise one or two millions, 
but without success. 
— The French Courier de Etats Unis states that 
the original of the Pilgrims’ Progress has been dis¬ 
covered in England. 
— The Ex-Royal Family of France-the Duke and 
Duchess D’Aumale, the Count de Paris and the Prince 
de Conde, are in Ireland. 
— Rev. J. W. Grier, the oldest Chaplain in the Navy, 
has resigned. He is from Pennsylvania, and entered 
the service 85 years ago. 
— The Museum of the late Hugh Miller has been 
purchased by the city of Edinburgh for the sum of one 
thousand pounds sterling. 
— Horace Yernet, the famous French painter, is en¬ 
gaged upon a large historical painting of Napoleon 
surrounded by his Marshals. 
— A farmer in Dearborn Co., Ind., produced proof 
that ten acres of his corn averaged one hundred and 
seventy-five bushels per acre. 
— In England no less than 30,000 tuns of iron are 
required every year for the necessary repairs of the 
tracks on the different roads. 
— A deaf and dumb man in Connecticut, who mar¬ 
ried a deaf and dumb woman, have had five children, 
all of whom hear and speak. 
— The manufacturing of salt from the brine of the 
springs discovered at Grand Rapids, Mich., has com¬ 
menced. It is of good quality. 
— Two “ cattle drovers ” were arrested in Columbus, 
O., Monday week. They had 51 head, all of which they 
had stolen at different points. 
— It is expected that, by the middle of January, tele¬ 
graphic ctfhimunication will have been established 
between London and Calcutta. 
— A steamboat to run upon the ice between Pough¬ 
keepsie and Albany during the winter, is among the 
novelties talked of in New York. 
— The Georgia State Railroad has paid into the State 
Treasury, for the year ending September, the sum of 
$402,000 over and above expenses. 
— Omnibuses, the first in Syria, have been run at 
Beyrout. Crowds of natives stood gaziDg at them for 
hours with wonder and admiration. 
— The taxes in Austria which were imposed last May, 
and which were to continue only during the war, are 
to be prolonged to November, 1800. 
— Arkansas contains 825,885 inhabitants; of these 
80,3S5 are slaves. The increase of taxable property for 
the last six years has been 188 per cent. 
— The Sci. American states that there are in the city 
of N. Y. about 200,000 smokers, each using two cigars 
daily, making 400,000 cigars every day. 
— A rich vein of gas has been discovered at Mans¬ 
field, O. Soon after being opened it caught fire, and 
has been burning brilliantly ever since. 
— The Michigan Normal School at Ypsilanti, with two 
libraries, furniture and laboratory, were burned Satur¬ 
day week. Loss $25,000, insured $10,000. 
— Andrew Jackson commenced life as a school mas¬ 
ter in South Carolina. With the money gained by that 
employment, he began the study of the law. 
— In Philadelphia, according to the directory, there 
are 595 Smiths, 412 Browns, 336 Johnsons, 304 Joneses, 
269 Williamses, 225 Wilsons, and 178 Davises. 
— It is a proverb in Jeff. Co., N. Y., that snow always 
falls at Sackett’s Harbor 19th Oct., and an old gentleman 
wins meney annually on a bet to that effect. 
