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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 
AGRICULTURAL. Pag*. 
The Great Crops of the Country.389 
Thomery System of Pruning and Training the Vine, 
Illlustrated].389 
John Johnston on Wintering Sheep.389 
Saving Fodder.389, 390 
A Word for Domestic Animals...390 
About Butter and Cheese.'..390 
The Dairy t>8. Grain-Growing on the Prairies.390 
A Prolific Sheep.290 
Do Bees Select a Home Before Swarming ?.390 
Beans for Fattening Hogs.390 
Horizontal Wells. 390 
Sheet Iron Eaves Conductors. 390 
Making Cheese from a Few Cows. 390 
Rural Spirit of the Press.— About W 7 inter Barley; 
Raising Stock; Increasing the Weight of Wool; Pre¬ 
serving Butter; Hints tor the Farmer; Charcoal for 
Fattening Animals; Linseed Cake for Heifers.390 
Agricultural Miscellany.—The Rural Progressing; 
“Stop My Paper ;” Small Farms in Western New Yerk; 
Give the Prices; Kansas Wheat and Agricultural Fair; 
Good Cows. 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Pruning and Training the Vine—No. I, [Five Illustra¬ 
tions].351 
Colored Plates of Fruits and Flowers.391 
Inquiries and Answers.— Altheas Freezing, Ac.; 
Apple and Cherry Grafts; Season for Planting Ever¬ 
green Hedges; Apple Roots for Grafting-Grafting Pa¬ 
per; Rose Culture, Ac.; How to Keep Onion "Sets;” 
Summer Bonchretien Pear.391 
Allen County (Ind.) Hort. Society.391 
Dwarf Prolific Okra.391 
Love of Gardening Among the Poor.391 
DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 
Washing Flannels; Broiling Beef Steak; Cream Cook¬ 
ies; To Dye Straw Bonoets Black; To Clean and Re- 
dip Black Featners; Miss ilaitineau on Cookery; 
Boiling Potatoes.391 
LADIES’ OLIO. 
Lines to One Afar, [Poetical:] The Garden on the Rock; 
The Heroism of Common Life; Childish Days. 
CHOICE MISCELLANY. 
Winter’s Song, [Poetical;] Cowley and Milton; Jack 
Frost; Parties; If, and its Progeny. I 
SABBATH MUSINGa 
Ambition’s Dream, [Poetical;] Preach by the Life ; 
Eternity; Feeling for the Pillars; Mercies.392 
SPICE FROM NEW BOOKS. 
Preservation ot Character; Domestic Life in Turkey; 
Thackeray on Washington; A Sketch of Garibaldi; 
Books Received.393 
USEFUL OLIO. 
Cure for Fits: A Remarkable Fact in Astronomy; Two 
Streams; Chaste Language; Apologizing. 393 
YOUNG RURALIST. 
Out West Twelve Years Ago; The Boy Farmers.393 
were spent As the borders of civilization en¬ 
larged, he gradually withdrew farther and farther 
from the settlements, preferring the haunts of the 
Indian to the abodes of the white race. About 
seventeen years since he fell in with Col. Fremont 
His services as a guide to that explorer, and 
others of his class, have won for him a national 
reputation. In 1847 he was sent to Washington 
as bearer of dispatches, and received an appoint¬ 
ment of Lieutenant in the rifle corps of the United 
States Army. Six years later he drove 6,500 sheep 
to California, for the successful execution of 
which difficult undertaking he was rewarded 
with the post of Indian Agent at Taos, the place 
of his death. 
Jefferson Co., in this State, has the honor of 
having furnished several of the Western S‘ates 
with Governors. We believe that Gov. Matteson, 
of Ill., Gov. Farwell, of Wis., Gov. Wood, of O, 
and the present Governor, (late U. S. Senator) 
Petit, of Nebraska, were all natives of that county. 
Oneida may also put in a claim for similar honors, 
since Judge Miller and Eon. Norman Todd, both 
from Oneida Co., in th's State, are named at the 
same time as candidates for the Gubernatorial 
nomination in Illinois. 
The returns are now nearly complete from 
Wisconsin. The majorities foot up as follows:— 
Randall, (Rep.) 14,799, Hobart (Dem.) 11,003, 
sbowmg a majority for Randall in the State of 
3,796. Only four Counties remain to be heard 
from, and their vote is too small to materially 
vary the result. 
The Newark Advertiser gives the official vote of 
New Jersey at the reeeDt election, as follows:— 
Olden, (Opp.) 53,367, Wright, (Dem.) 51,738. 
Olden’s majority, 1,629. 
The St. Paul Minnesotian publishes full returns 
of the recent election, from all the Counties. They 
show a Republican majority of 3,353 tor Governor 
Ramsey. 
The contestants for seats in Congress are unusu¬ 
ally numerous, as is shown by the following list, 
prepared by the N. Y. Tribune; 
STORY TELLER. 
Relics of the Lost, [Poetical;] Hidden Love; Salma¬ 
gundi. 
LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 
Spalding’s Prepared Glue—Henry C. Spalding A Co. 
Tue People’s Mill—K. L. Howard. 
Howe’s Scslee. Herring’s Safes, <fcc.—James G. Dudley. 
Teachers, Get the Best^-D. W. Pish. 
Mils# 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., DECEMBER. 3, [S59. 
DOMESTIC NEWS. 
RETURNED. CONTESTED BY 
Daniel E. Sickles, of N. Y. Atner J. Williamson. 
W. C. Anderson, Ky. Jam*-s 8. Otiri-man. 
J. Morrison Harris, Md. Wi'iiam P. Preston. 
Henrv Winter Davis, do. William G. Harrison. 
Ge«. B Cooper, Mich. William Howard. 
J Richard Barret, Mo. Francis P. Brair, Jr. 
Lao Ring Stout, Oregon. David Logan. 
E. Esubrook, Nebraska. Samuel G. Daily. 
Miguel A. Otero, N. Mex. Henry M. Watts. 
Taking the difficult question of organization, 
and the settlement of these claims, together with 
all the other sources of d fficulty, we may antici¬ 
pate a stormy session of Congress. 
The official vote of New York gives the follow, 
ing result—the vote of each candidate, and the 
majority, as taken from the returns at the Secre¬ 
tary of State’s office, by the Albany Argus: 
Jones.252,594 Leavenworth.251,098.. 1.498 
Onnrcb.227.202 Dennitton ... 275,849.. 4*,647 
VuiKli-rpoel.226 665 D'osbeiaier .274590..47,984 
Tre main.227.245 My ere.275.892.. 48.647 
Ric 'ijB'<»d ..I... .251 999 Story.250 884.. 1,115 
Hainoer.251,786 then'll.251,472.. 814 
Eieerkm.251.195 Forrest.251.V72.. 672 
Lewis .227,150 Hogoes.275.375. .48 225 
Johnson.227,615 Davies..272,209. .45,294 
Matters at Washington. 
In consequence of the recent occurrences on the 
frontier, the suggestion has been made to the 
Liberal Government of Mexico, from a distinguish¬ 
ed quarter, that immediate steps be taken with a 
view of entering into an agreement or treaty with 
the Government of the United States for the pun¬ 
ishment of such outlaws as Cortinas and his men. 
The main feature of the agreement being to treat 
offences committed on either side of the Rio Grat'de 
as against the peace of both Republics. Trie 
parties to be tried and punished according to the 
laws of the country in which they may be arrested. 
The Secretary of War on the 25th ult., received 
the following dispatch from Lieut. Gen. Scott, 
dated Straits of Fuca, and sent by way of Leaven¬ 
worth:—“Two days ago I dispatched from Fort 
Townsend a communication to Gov. Douglass, 
proposing a temporary adjustment of the existing 
difficulties, on the basis suggested by the Presi¬ 
dent in his instructions to me. There has been 
no answer yet, but there is no doubt the proposi¬ 
tion will be accepted. Everything is tranquil in 
these islands.” 
The number of members of Congress in the city 
is daily increasing. The organization of the House 
of Representatives is with them the prominent 
topic of conversation and concern. 
The Treasurer’s statement shows that the re¬ 
ceipts for the week endiDg on Monday week were 
$366,000. The amount of the drafts paid was 
$798,000, and drafts issued $1,260,000. The amount 
subject to draft is $5,287,000. The increase over 
the sum on hand last week is nearly $98,000. 
Personal and Political. 
A Salt Lake City paper nominates Gen. Sam 
Houston as the Mormon candidate for the Presi¬ 
dency in 1860. 
Senator Sumner is about to resign his seat in 
the United States Senate, and, it is said, will 
marry and reside in England. 
Hon. Fenner Ferguson, formerly Chief Justice 
of Nebraska, and delegate to Congress from that 
Territory, died of paralysis on the 11th ult. The 
Nebraska Republican says;—“It is a remarkable 
fact that of the eight original appointees to office 
in Nebraska by President Pierce, not one of them 
is now in office, and only four of them are now* 
living. Only two of them (Gen. Eastabrook and 
A. R. Gilmore. Esq.,) now reside in the Territory. 
Gov. Burt, the first Governor, died at Bellevue 
soon after reaching the Territory. Marshal Doyle 
died suddenly from a fall down a flight of steps in 
the Exchange Bank in the winter of 55-56. Sec¬ 
retary Cuming died a year and a half ago in this 
city, and now Judge Ferguson is added to the list 
of the dead. 
The celebrated trapper and guide, Kit Carson, 
one of the noblest of our brave frontiersmen, died 
recently at Taos, in New Mexico. He was a native 
of Madison Co,, Ky., and would have completed 
his fiftieth year had he lived to the 24th of 
December next. While he was yet an infant, 
his parents removed to the Territory of Missouri, 
iu which wild region his youth and manhood 
News Paragraphs. 
The city of Brooklyn proposes to lay ont a chain 
of five magnificent parks, connected by a broad 
macadamized avenue, forming, when comple’ed, 
a drive of twelve miles, which will challenge the 
world for its equal in magnificence. 
The Pittsfield (Mass.) Sun states “that A. W. 
Richardson & Co., of North Adams, took one 
hundred and sixty-two pounds of sand from a 
bale of wool they purchased last week for fifteen 
cents per pound.” 
The Board of Underwriters of New Orleans 
have offered a reward of three thousand dollars 
for every apprehension and conviction of an incen¬ 
diary duriDg the next twelve months. 
The Massachusetts House of Representatives 
has abolished the provision of law authorizing 
flogging in the State Prison. Mr. Goodwin, of 
Lowell, who is chairman of the Board of Inspec¬ 
tors of the Prison, stated that not a blow had been 
inflicted there for nearly three years. 
George Bower, a resident of Hummelstown, 
Pa., having a very large wart on one of his hands, 
was induced to cut it out, and apply arsenic to 
destroy the root3. He did so on Monday, and 
died from the effects on the Wednesday following. 
A young lady passed through Cincinnati last 
week on her way to St. Louis, whither she had 
been forwarded by express. She was from Paris, 
and being ignorant of our language, her friends 
had placed her in charge of an express messenger. 
The “way bill” was made out in due form and the 
charges paid as per tariff. The messenger de¬ 
clared that he never took such good care of 
“freight” before, considering it extra, we pre- 
abutment on the village side of the river, was 
broken down last week by a drove of cattle while 
crossing it, and 16 head of cattle fell with the 
bridge, from 15 to 20 feet, upon the rocks below, 
without killing one or even breaking a limb. 
The following e’ght states have no iron works: 
—Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, Texas, Iowa, 
Minnesota, California and Oregon. There are in 
the United States 1,545 works, 882 furnaces, 438 
forges, and 225 rolling mills, which produce 
annually aboat 850,000 tons of iron, the value of 
which, in an ordinary year, is fifty millions of 
dollars. 
It i3 rumored that the failure of John A. 
Washington, with a half a million of liabilities 
incumbering the Mt. Vernon estate, will prevent 
him from transferring the property with a good 
title. 
A tavern keeper named PraDgley, living in the 
town of Williams, near London, C. W., on the 
Grand Trunk Railway, has been indicted for man¬ 
slaughter, because a man was sold liquor where¬ 
with he got drank, and going home, fell off a 
railroad bridge and was drowned. The man 
Prangley, while he owned the tavern and the 
liquor, was some thirty miles distant at the time 
the liquor wa3 sold. 
A patent medicne agent named Carr, commit¬ 
ted suicide a few days since, in Ohio, by poisoning 
himself with arsenic. He might have accom¬ 
plished his intention quite as well by taking his 
own compound. 
The Canadian Seat of Government.— The 
Seat of Government for Canada seems to be 
established at Ottawa City, beyond peradventure, 
at last, as a contract has been awarded for the 
erection of the Parliamentary and Departmental 
Buildings. It is taken by Mr. McGreevy, of 
Quebec, at the sum of $518,000, which amount 
will be largely increased as the buildings ap¬ 
proach completion. The appropriation made 
originally was $800,000, and this contract is 
lower than was anticipated. 
Our Adopted Citizena — Apropos of the 
Harper’s Ferry outbreak, the Winchester Virgi¬ 
nian says :—“It is worthy of remark, that, though 
the Abolitionists had beea a whole year plotting 
the insurrection at Harper’s Ferry, they were 
unable to enlist a siDgle foreign-born citizen in 
their ranks; not one was found among them to 
share their treason against their race and nation. 
An Irishman (the keeper of the bridge) was the 
first to offer them resistance—an Irishman was 
tbesecond man they killed, while he had his rifle 
drawn to shoot—and the last man they killed was 
ayouDg and gallant Irishman (the marine.)” 
What John Mitchell Expects.— John Mitchell 
writes a second letter of his series from Paris to 
the Irishman, counselling the “nationalists” of 
Ireland “ to be prepared.” He expects ere long to 
see Gibraltar, as the key of the Mediterranean, aDd 
San Juan, as the key of the Columbian Archipel- 
ago, wrested from “the swindler and usurer of 
nations,” England; then he adds, on behalf of Jus 
brother “Celts”:—“Happy if we can but prepare 
ourseivts to own feet, and stand erect 
upon our own soil, when the felonious gripe is 
loosened from our throats.” 
A Rare Case. —A person who was recently al¬ 
lowed a pension on account of a disability incurred 
in the naval service, and supposed to be of a per¬ 
manent character, has informed the Pension Office 
that he is happily restored to health, and theio- 
fore relinquishes his claim to the beneficence of 
the government. A similar instance has not oc¬ 
curred for many years. 
General Thomas Thumb, who, although barely 
knee-high to a grasshopper, made a large fortune 
for P. T. Barnum and a snug one for himself, is 
reported to be about to unice himself in wedlock 
with a lady of youth and beauty. The authorities 
differ about her height, and it is variously stated 
as three feet six, and six feet three. 
The Massachusetts Senate has adopted an 
amendment to the law, which removes the dis¬ 
ability to receive the testimony of atheists in 
courts of law. The amendment provides that 
“every person not a believer in any religion 
shall be required to testify truly under pains and 
penalties of perjury.” To this, an amendment 
was adopted as follows: “And the evidence of 
such person’s disbelief ia the existence of God 
may be received to affect credibility as a witness.” 
The latter clause of the amendment was adopted 
by a vote of 10 to 7. The vote upon the amend¬ 
ment, as amended, was 13 to 13, and it was 
adopted by the casting vote of the President. 
The amount of grain afloat upon the upper 
lakes for Oswego, up to the latest advices, is 
400,000 bushels wheat, 135,000 bushels corn, and 
55,000 bushels barley. This does not include the 
quantity to come from Canada. 
A portion of the bridge across White river, 
opposite West Hartford, Vt., from the pier to the 
EOEEIGN NEWS. 
Great Britain. —Sir G. C. Lewis, at the Lord 
Major’s banquet, said that no final proposition 
had yet been made to Eogland for a Congress. 
When one should be received the Ministry would 
deliberate on its acceptance on the understanding 
that the Italians are not to be coerced. 
Two war steamers and four gun-boats had left 
England for China. 
Capt. Petrie, of the steamship City of Washing¬ 
ton, had been formally presented with a gold 
chronometer and chain from the President of the 
United States, for services rendered to the crew of 
the ship Grey Oak, of New York. 
France. —The three treaties were finally signed 
at Zurich on the 10th, and the Plenipotentiaries 
departed on the 12th. It was said that Austria 
had consented to take 102,(>00,000 francs from 
France, instead of 104,000,000 previously de¬ 
manded. 
Tne Moniteur, in announcing the signing of the 
treaties, says that France and Austria agreed to 
promote the meeting of a Congress. 
A circular by Count Walewski anEounces that 
France has demanded from Sardinia 60,000,000f. 
for expenses of the late war. The circular also 
sajs that the French government has received 
assurances that the Pope was only waiting for an 
opportune moment to make public certain reforms 
by which the government of the e'ergy would be 
replaced by a government generally composed ot 
the laity, which would give to the country better 
guaranties for the administration of justioe and 
for the control of the public finances, by means of 
an Assembly elected by the people. 
Thecbolera among the French troops, in Africa, 
is said to be abattDg. 
The Bank of France had lost nearly 19,000,<K>0 
of francB in cases during the month. 
Italy. —Tuscany has followed the example of 
the other States of Central Italy, and conferred 
the Regency upon the Prince of Carignan. 
The King of Sardinia, under the pressure of 
France, refused to grant Carignan permission to 
accept the Regency. 
Spain. —The affair between Spain and Morooco 
was unchanged, though it was reported that the 
Sultan had empowered his brother to grant the 
demands of Spain. 
Commercial — Breadstuff's —Liverpool br<*ad»tuffs 
marfcet firm and all qualifec Iiigher. Ricnard- 
son, Spnnce & C'». qonie flour quirt ai d bo'd^rx de¬ 
manding an advance of 1*. Wt.eat firai and 
hieber (Vm r>U"yant and advanced lr@l?6d per 
quarmr. Liverpool provi-inu maifee* dull. P*>m quiet, 
hot firmer for e.-inamon. Bacon steady and new wanted. 
Lard steady 67a^6ss. 
From the Pacific Side. 
The Overland Mail of Oct. 31st arrived at Saint 
Louis on the 22d ult. There was unusual agita¬ 
tion of Railroad projects in Cali ornia, and strong 
appeals were being made to capitalists for aid. 
The overland emigration by the Central Route, it 
is stated by competent parties, will reach 30,000, 
and but little sickness has occurred, and the gold 
and stiver discoveries in Washoe Valley and 
Walker River have created a great demand for 
laborers. 
Dates from Portland, OregoD, are to Oct. 27th, 
and from Victoria to the 27th. A special corres¬ 
pondent of the Alta California, who accompanied 
Gen. Scott on his trip to the Northwest, says that 
the General arrived at Port Townsend on the 25tb, 
and would immediate'y establish his headquarters 
on board the U. S. steamer Massachusetts. 
Commissioner Campbell, expected overland from 
Colville, had been directed to join the Commission 
at San Juan. No plan of action has yet been de¬ 
cided upon by Genera! Scott. 
The Overland Express brought dispatches from 
the British Consul at San Francisco to Lord 
Lyons, at Washington; and also a communication, 
franked by Gen. Scott, and addressed to the Com¬ 
manding officer at Fort Leaven worth, statiDg that 
the British have withdrawn ail tbeir forces from 
San Juan, with the exception of the steamer 
Satellite. 
Advices from Arizona state that Capt. Ewell had 
left Fort Buchanan for Sonora, under orders from 
the Secretary of War, to call on Governor Pes- 
chiera and protest in the name of the Uniied States 
Government, against the expulsion of Captain 
Storie’s party and of other American citizens from 
that State. 
It is said that Peschiera has recently expressed 
a strong desire for the formation of Emigration 
Colonies in the United States, for the purpose of 
inducing a general emigration iDto Sonora. 
The Baltic, from Aspinwali the 19th, arrived at 
New York, Nov. 27. She brought six hundred 
and fifty passengers, and upwards of $1,700,000 in 
treasure. The Baltic brings over as freight one 
hundred cases silk worm eggs from China, for 
Italy and the South of France. 
The Governor has ordered an election for Dec. 
10th, to fill the vacancy in the State Senate. This 
will be an exciting election, as it involves the 
question whether the Legislature shall grant the 
right to construct bulkheads to proteet the harbor 
of San Francisco, a project involving an expendi¬ 
ture of $5,000,000. 
An association has been formed at San Francis¬ 
co, with the intention of embracing the whole 
State, for the purpose of excluding the Chinamen 
from all employment except the lowest kind. 
®f )t (Kenfrettser. 
— Snow fell ia Mississippi Nov. 13th. 
— There are 230 students in Antioch Coliege, 85 of 
whom are females. 
— Quails are appearing in great numbers in some of 
the towns of Illinois, 
— T»e underground railroad brought 26 negroes to 
Detroit Friday week. 
— There are now nineteen steam fire engines in the 
city of Philadelphia. 
— London and Calcutta are to be connected by tele¬ 
graph in January, 1859. 
— The good people of Baltimore are just now hoid- 
ing business prayer meetings! 
— The Canadians are discussing the subject of sup¬ 
porting schools by direct taxation. 
— The suspension bridge over the Sc iota River fell 
on Saturday week, killing two men. 
— The supervisors of San Francisco, CaL, are pro¬ 
viding for a system of city railroads. 
— It is estimated that the British nation spends an¬ 
nually about $2,000,000 for perfumery. 
— Vulcanized India rubber is found to be the beet 
material for the manufacture of flutes. 
— There is now in operation in the U. S. one mile of 
railway to every thousand inhabitants. 
— There is a German woman in Milwaukee, 50 years 
of age, who is the mother of 24 children. 
— “ Doesticks” Thompson, is said to be an applicant 
for a passage in Prof. Lowe’s great balloon. 
— The “ bear tax ” of Vermont, last year, was $500. 
The State pays a premium for bear scalps. 
— On the Northumberland coast in England, there 
was a heavy frost and snow on the 22 of Oct. 
— Burnham, a Massachusetts Maine Law liquor agent, 
has been indicted for selling adulterated liquor. 
— The yellow fever is disappearing in New Orleans, 
in consequence of the recent frost in that region. 
— The Russ pavement, ia New York city, is being 
taken up. Cause—horses cannot stand well upon it. 
— One cent damages is the result of a libel suit 
against the Cincinnati Times, after six years litigation. 
— The State of Maine will export from the port of 
Bangor alone, 100,000 bushels of potatoes the present 
fall. 
— A committee has reported the north pier of the 
Chicago harbor liable to be washed away by the first 
gale. 
— In Canada, a scamp named Corbett goes three 
years to the penitentiary for throwing a stone at the 
Clippings from Foreign Journals. 
An association of the members of the clergy in 
England have pub'isbed an address in which they 
pledge themselves to a total abstinence from the 
use of intox'catmg liquors as a beverage. The 
Rev. Dr. Close, Dean of Carlisle, beads the list. 
The annual demand for postage stamps in Great 
Britain is 500,00(1,000. This would require 1,600,- 
000 to be manufactured each working day. 
The Emperor NaptJeon has recently ordered the 
appropriation of twenty - eight thousand dollars 
for the thorough repair of Longwood House, and 
the tomb of the Emperor Napoleon I, at St. Helena, 
as well as ibe domaiD called the Vale of Napoleon. 
Since the French Government came into posses¬ 
sion of this territory, they lave always kept a 
resident Commandant at Longwood. 
The English Home Government and the East 
India Government bind themselves to connect., 
with telegraph, the Indian peninsula with the 
island of Singapore, while the Dutch Government 
agrees to carry out the connection to the south-east 
point of the island of Java, which belongs to Hol¬ 
land. 
The cable for the telegraph from Aden to Kur- 
rachee has been dispatched from Liverpool, and 
was expected to be laid by the middle of January, 
when communication between London and Ca'cutta 
will be complete. The length of the new shipment 
is 1,900 knots, and electricians report it in a high 
state of perfection. 
The Great Eastern. —It is decided that the new 
mammoth is not exempt from the ills that ordinary 
ships are heir to. The directors having decided 
that the vessel should go to Southampton, she left 
Holy hood harbor on the 3d inst. In steamiDg clear 
of the Welch coast she put out far enough to sea 
to give those ou board a taste of life on the ocean 
wave. It was supposed that the steamer would 
ride upon the waves without rolling or pitching 
like ordinary vessels, but this anticipation was 
doomed to disappointment. The chairs and tables 
begain to be unsteady, to reel to and fro like a 
drunken man, and be at their wit’s eDd. The 
crockery followed, and cups, saucers and dishes 
rushed furiously to destruction agamst the pantry 
walls, and were dashed to pieces like a potter’s 
vessel. About five o’clock a giant wave came 
surging on towardstbe bows, and struck the Great 
Eastern with a loud boom, sending its green 
waters in a heavy clump clear over the forwaid 
bulwarks, and drenching the men on deck. It 
was also proved by this trial trip that the Great 
Eastern will require three hundred tons of coal a 
day to make her go at the rate of fifteen and a ball 
knots an hour. So, on the whole, it may be ques¬ 
tioned whether her gigantic size is not, after a' l, 
the chief and only merit of the mammoth steamer. 
Wreck of the Indian. — The iron steamer 
Indian, from Liverpool, struck a sea ledge near 
Marie Joseph, on Monday, the 21st inst. She bad 
138 passengers, a crew of 190, 800 tons of cargo 
and some specie. Half au hour after striking she 
parted amidships. One boat was capsized and 
several persons drowned. Another was stove 
alongside. Two more boats, with part of the 
passengers and crew, drifted to sea and have not 
since beeu heard of. Tne schooner Alexander, 
Capt. Sheilnut, was first to reuder assistance, and 
arrived at Halifax the 24th inst., with 24 persons 
on board. The number of lives lost is not yet 
known. The schooner Lutea ran close amoDg the 
breakers and became herself a total wreck. Crew 
saved. 
— The stock is all taken for a telegraph line between 
Pensacola and Mobile, and is to be completed in ninety 
days. 
— A large number of prosecutions has been com¬ 
menced in New York city, for violation of the Excise 
Law. 
— The Brandon (Mies) Republican proposes that no 
persons shall travel in Southern States without pass¬ 
ports. 
— The artesian well at Columbus, Ohio, is suspended 
at a depth of 2,840 feet—the deepest bore on earth, and 
no water! 
— The merchants and capitalists of great Britain 
are estimated to own about nine hundred ocean 
steamers. 
— The city of Detroit is about to erect a new Cit 7 
Hall, at a cost of $250,000, and a Workhouse at a cost 
of $50,000. 
— The house in which John Huss, the great reformer, 
was bom, at Husice, in Bohemia, was recently destroy¬ 
ed by fire. 
— The steamer Nile was burned near Montgomery, 
Ala., a few nights since, and 500 bales of cotton were 
destroyed. 
— The Stamford Mercury in England has been pub¬ 
lished without interruption for one hundred and sixty- 
four j ears. 
— Margaret Dixon, a youDg seamstress, reoently died 
at Cincinnati from the prick of a needle in the palm of 
her left hand. 
— One hundred and fifteen workmen were discharged 
from employment at the Norfolk Navy Yard Saturday 
evening week. 
— Lombardy, birthplace of pawnbrokers, is now her¬ 
self in pawn. Austria has advanced ten millions, Eng¬ 
lish, upon her. 
— Joe Smith, son of the Mormon prophet, remains at 
Nauvoo, a respected Justice of the Peace. He refuses 
to go to Utah. 
— The State Prison of New Jersey contains three 
hundred ana fifty prisoners, a greater number than at 
any previous time. 
— The Central Park in New York proves very attrac¬ 
tive. On any fair day not less than 5,000 visitors throng 
its walks and drives. 
— Washington Territory is COO miles long, 290 broad 
and contains 128,022 square miles. It is now principally 
valued for its lumber. 
— Fires in the forests of Virginia have spread a dis¬ 
tance of 20 miles. At one time some 2,000 acres of 
timber land were on fire. 
— An innocent negro was shot and killed a few nights 
since, in Somerset Co., Md., during a panic caused by a 
false report of insurrection. 
— Three thousand inebriates have applied for admis¬ 
sion into the N. Y. State Inebriate Asylum. Among 
the number are 30 clergymen. 
— The Burlington stove manufacturers have con¬ 
structed an oven with over fifty feet of baking surface 
for the Connecticut State Hotel. 
— The railroad aloDg the Welland Canal has con¬ 
veyed from Port Colbnrn to Lake Ontario, during the 
season, 600,000 bushels of wheat. 
— A Cincinnati paper estimates that between $2,000,- 
000 and $3 000,000 are invested in that city in the busi¬ 
ness of manufacturing carriages. 
— A citizens’ gas-light company has been organized 
in Brooklyn, all the 6tock taken, and contracts mado 
for building works, laying pipe, etc. 
— Southern Legislatures are everywhere called upon 
by the plantation press to make striDgent laws against 
Northern peddlers and traveling agents. 
— The amount of wheat accumulating on the Upper 
Mississippi for the steamboats to take down the river 
before navigation closes, is immensely large. 
— Horatio Stone, the sculptor, has matured and mod¬ 
elled his design of a statue of Tnomas H. Benton, as he 
often appeared before the American Senate. 
— A Connecticut school-mistress having a troublesome 
big boy to manage, sat down on him. She is a large 
woman, and “ crushed out” his insubordination. 
— Four new churches are in process of erection in 
Trenton, N. J , by the Presbyterians, Episcopalians, 
Baptists and Methodists, at a cost of over $100,000. 
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