MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YO RKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
SPECIAL NOTICES. 
Letter from Michigan —The Crops, &c. 
Uniox City, Mich., July 8, 1852. 
Friend Moore :—A line from a rambler in the 
western country would probably be interesting to 
some of your readers, or at least that portion who 
are interested in the progress of Agriculture. 
,, .... v 1U I left Western New York on the 1 st of June 
ItOCHKblKR, a ULY 22 , 18o2. . , ™ , , , . ,, . , , , , 
___, last. Then many farmers bad not finished plant- 
SPECIAI NOTICES ing. I reached the interior of Michigan, June 10th, 
rw a new halt volume Of the Rural commenced last —the farmers were hoeing their corn for the first 
week, and hence the present is a favorable opportunity to time. It looked well, Considering the cold, back- 
subscribe, or renew former subscriptions. We shall add to ward spring, which prevailed everywhere. I 
our present editiion, in order to supply new subscribers. should judge that corn, and all ether grains and 
EY7° As we cannot furnish baek numbers, single or club grasses were 80Ilie three weeks earlier in this State 
t subscribers (after this dale and until further notice,) will be , .. , ,,,, . . 
* , . V, ■ . , „ , . , , „ „r than in Western New York. Why this difference 
furnished with numbers from 1st July , or from the dale °J . ... 
1 Iheir orders, as preferred. 1 cannot conceive, as this State ls in the same 
8 _ — latitude of New York. 
Wheat Harvest.—The Crops, &c. We begin to be subject to the inconveniences 
- ... of very hot weather. For about a week now, it 
Wheat harvest was commenced in this region hag btei , g0 hot and dry that grass is drying up, 
last week, though but few fields ha\e yet been g0 as to be hardly worth cutting, or at least many 
entered by cradle or reaper. 1 he crop, for reasons pj eces arc> Corn suffers also, very much by the 
before slated, will be less than an aiemge. Dui- JK)W preva ilhig drouth. I saw some pieces which 
U in ? the past week we have heard of the ravages had bcen planted tbe tbr ] ti ne> and many which 
of the weevil in various sections, especial!) in were not worth hoeing at all. As regards the corn 
Wheat Harvest. -The Crops, &c. 
of the weevil in various sections, especially in 
Ontario and other counties,—but how much dam- 
may make a good ciop. 1 otatoes aie likewise des £ ruc ti ve enemy to the wheat crop, has not yet 
behind time for the season, yet if the ciop es- reacbed them ; they know but little of it, and it 
cape the scourge, of which we hear nothing yet, ig to be hoped tbey may not . 
there will be enough and to spare, <as man) haie 'Wool bears a better price in this State than in 
planted largely in this legion. ^ ^ New York. It is of a quality, too, which sells for 
The apple and peach ciop.-. of Western New 40 cents per pound. Wool growing is good busi- 
A ork will both be small this yeai, the latter cs- negg bere Eastern buyers who are here, tell me 
pecially. t )i ey had rather have western wool at the same 
_ , T T , • ... r. _„ , price, for eastern manufacture, than eastern,—not- 
_ withstanding the ditference m transportation.— 
In our last number we adverted to the open- The reason assigned, I thought an obvious one. 
ing exercises of Commencement at this Institu- Cattle look fine, and any quantity of them are 
tion. The remaining and concluding exercises raised here. Horses are being raised in great 
were all highly creditable to those who partici- abundance. The horse team is now being substi- 
pated in them, and we regret the necessity of tuted for oxen, to a great extent. Of colts and 
making only brief mention of the. same. The dogs, I never saw the like. Iu almost every vil- 
Oration and Poem, on Tuesday evening, were lage you would see scores of colts and dogs. In 
both fine efforts, and listened to by a large and this branch of stock raising the farmers of Micki- 
apparontly delighted audience. The proceedings gan are not at all behind the time. Hogs are very 
on Wednesday and Thursday were highly credit- inferior indeed. I think and can say that Michi- 
able to faculty and graduates in both the Litera- gau produces the hardest quantity of this valuable 
ry andTheological Departments, and gratifying to product I ever saw. 
the large number of strangers and citizens in at- The farmers here, begin to sec that every thing 
tendance. will not grow of itself, as it once would,—that 
The degree of A. B., was conferred upon the they must use some systematic effort to receive an 
Graduating Class, 17 in all. The Chancellor on equivalent for their labor. I find there are a 
conferring the degrees addressed the class at some goodly number of the Rural New-Yorker taken 
length, after which ho conferred the degree of A. in these parts, andjpnore of them would conduce 
M., in course, upon Wm. Sawyer, Chas. H, Key- to their prosperity. Yet, I think, Michigan to be 
scr, J. S. Dickinson, G. W. Harvey, T. Bradley, a great Agricultural State. 
Eoclies'.er University,— Commencement. 
0 . F. Gorton, J. R. Murphy, EL Perry, and J. It. Yours truly, C. W. Hobart. 
Dowuer. The Honorary Degree of A. M., was ITT II I 
conferred upon Rev. Henry J. Talbird, Professor 1 erar ^_otices. 
of Theology, in Howard College, Ala., S.A. Co- National Portrait Gallery.— We have re- 
ry, N. Y.; Rev. Henry Fish, Newark, N. J.; Geo. ceived the first m)mber of a work entitled “ The 
AVood, Prof. J. I. Quin by, and George A\ . Curtis. b r a t[ ona ] Portrait Gallery of distinguished Amer- 
The Degree of L. L. D., was conferred upon ioans, with Biographical Sketches, containing up- 
T. V. L. Pruyn, of Albany, and Robert Kelly, of wards of 120 engraved portraits of the mostenii- 
N. Y.;—that of D. D.. upon Rev. Edward Bright, nent persons who have occupied a place in the 
Secretary Union Missionary Society, Boston, Rev. history of the United States.” The number be- 
Morgan J. Reese, of Williamsburg, and Rev. James fore us is beautiful in typography and illustra- 
B. Shaw, of this city. These ceremonies were fol- tions. The whole is to be completed in 40 num- 
lowed by “Avid Lang Sync” from the Baud, after bers. The second number is to be issued on the 
which the congregation joined in singing “Old 1st of August, and the succeeding ones weekly 
Hundred” and a Benediction was pionounced by thereafter until the work is completed. The en- 
Rev. Dr. T. J. Conant. lerprise is a highly creditable one, and we are con- 
fident will receive liberal encouragement from the 
University of Rochester - Finances. -The American people> Publis . ieJ by Robert E. Pe- j 
C. AY. Hobart. 
Literary Notices. 
National Portrait Gallery. —AYe have re¬ 
ceived the first number of a work entitled “ The 
following is a statement of the financial affairs of 
terson & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.; 25 cents per 
the University, as presented by the Treasurer, AVm. uuraber 
N. Sage. It includes a period up to the 1st inst.: - 
15onds mid Mortjragcs.§28,793 42 F ©REIGN Periodical Literature. — Scott & 
University Buildings and Lot. 13,49168 Co.’s Reprints of the Westminster, Edinburgh, 
Four lots on Cayuga street. 800 00 , T tin' im, 
Lot 213 on Clay stfeet. 250 oo and London Quarterly Reviews, and Blackwood’s 
Library, net cost.... 3 3a3 17 Magazine, are well worthy of patronage. They 
Railroad and Plank road Stocks. 1,185 00 f J , T, J 
Cabinet. 650 00 each commence new volumes with the July No.’s. 
Philosophical Apparatus. 51-’72 The Norik British Review commenced with the 
Furniture. 1,100 1 1 
Diplomas. 10150 May number. Terms, per annum, Blackwood 
Due'f!on! Students' on Tuition .7.7.'.'.7600 83 $3,00; Blackwood and the four Reviews $10.— 
“ “ N. Y. Bap Min. Union, on account... 43900 iy ew York; L. Scott A Co., 79 Fulton street. 
Bills receivable, mostly on interest. 52,300 30 
Due on Subscriptions. 23,384 23 Dewey Agent. 
Location Subscription... 10,000 00 
Interest estimab d on bills receivable, §5,133 33 The Philadelphia Magazines.—Graham, Sar- 
“ “ Bonds and Mortgages, 886 67 . „. , ., , , , 
“ on subscriptions not settled, 1,573 09-7,595 oo tain and Godey, each give capital good numbers 
for August. We are glad to see instruction com- 
s^l 4 t)fUwi b 1 . , . , . , 1 * 1 • 
Deduct mortgage on buildings the only debt.. 4 500 Oo bined with amusement, m their late issues, more 
§1 iu 501 61 fllll y Rian before. Sold at Dewey’s. 
Weekly Notes by a Naturalist. Horse Powers, <tc ,.—AYe direct particular at- 
- tention to the .advertisement of Emery A Co., in 
The week closing to-day, lias been cool, and tb is number, and as its length will prevent us 
exceedingly fine. On Monday night and Tuesday from giving it many insertions. 
about two and eight-tenths inches of water fell. r> .1 1 , ,. . . . , 
_ .. . , By the way, unless our advertising friends put 
On Tuesday, P. M, there was a smart thunder , ... , . , 1 
. ’ , , on the condenser, we shall soon be obliged to con- 
shower. Some pieces 01 wheat were cut and new „ . , ., , , „ 0 
1 , . , _ , , , fine each to a limited number 01 lines or squares, 
flour has appeared in market. Garden vegetables T r . , ,, , 
„ V , , , „ , . , , In consequence of the great length of the mani- 
are fine and abundant. Corn begins to look very . . , , , . , . „ 
, , ., , . , festos of the (wo plucky manufacturing firms at 
promising—and the old saving bids fair to be ... ,, . , e , , 
1 „ , ° T , , . " b . Albany, we are obliged to defer several advertise- 
venfied, that July and August will make corn. . ... , , 
’ J 0 meuts until next week. 
Sunday was very cool. Some frost was seen -- 
this (Monday) morning near Middleport, in Panorama oe the Crystal Palace. — Those 
Niagara county. of our citizens who wish a birds-eye view of the 
Droscra rotundi folia, Round-leaved Sundew, in World’s Fair, should visit Barnum’s celebrated 
flower. This was sent in to us by Philo Parks, Panorama, now on exhibition at Concert Hall.— 
Esq, of Victor. Tccoma radieans, Trumpet Flow- There are two exhibitions, daily, during the pres- 
er, in blossom; so is the Dahlia. ent week,—in the afternoon and evening. 
The week has been fine for hay-makers, because -- 
clear and cool—no danger from working briskly Morgan Horses.—A ttention is directed to the 
such weather. These are the days that try men’s advertisement of Mr. Dorr, relative to the sale by 
bodies. Take good care and not overwork—and auction of his fine Morgan stallions. The sale 
be equally scrupulous that every setting sun finds ' s t° take place in front of J. P. Fogo’s seed 
you conscious of having done a good day’s wmk. store, Buffalo street, Rochester, on the 25th of 
Monday, July 19, 1852. W. August, at 3 P. M, 
Congressional. 
Synopsis of Proceedings. 
foreign Intelligent*. Stems of Herns, &t. 
ARRIVAL OF THE HUMBOLDT. —-—No less than 734 Chinamen landed at San 
- Fraticisco from Whampoa in one day, lately. 
The Humboldt arrived at New A ork on flic -Massachusetts manufactures more cotton 
19th inst., bringing 99 passengers, and freight and woolen goods than any other State 111 the 
valued at $1,509,000. Kossuth’s sister, her bus- Uuion 
band and their children came over in the Hum- _1 The next term of the State Normal School, 
Markets .— 1 The Liverpool Cotton market of the wiH commence at Albany on the 2Uth of Sep- 
5tli was dull and heavy. Grain market the same ern m 11 ex ' . . 
—wheat and flour rather lower. Corn was in „ -Prof. Charles G. Page has resigned his of- 
Mondat, July 12.—In the Senate nothing im- Tiif. Humboldt arrived at New York on the 
portant transacted. In the House the Postage i Q St., bringing 99 passengers, and freight 
r c .. ., mi 1 mi valued at $ 1 ,oU0,l)()0. Kossuth’s sister, her hus- 
bril was up for farther consideration. The bill band and ^ their ; hlldreu came over in the Hum¬ 
granting additional compensation to the Collins bo ldt. 
line of steamers for carrying the mails, was passed. Markets.— The Liverpool Cotton market of the 
Tuesday, July 13 —The Steamboat bill was 5th was dull and heavy. Grain market the same 
X UESDAY. *) Y lO. -X 1U3 OUJaillUUHfc Dill Wci» j . — — -- 
—— wllDlt ‘Hill fl/inj* 1*5) ill PI* InWPT pArn rnno jn * P 1*01. vudllGS VT. X flfffi H(IS rGSlwHCCl llIS Ol“ 
passed in the Senate, and several others of less moderate demand at 31e> 6 d per qr. Money and fee of Examiner of Patents, which he has filled 
importance. The Postage bill passed, 122 to 32 nmv isinn markets mirbano-ed for ten yearn. 
importance. Hie I ostage bill passed, 122 to 32 provision markets unchanged. Ior ten y ear9, 
in the House. In addition to the provisions men- England. _AVlien the Humboldt left the whole -The Free Soilers of Maine, have nominated 
tioned last week, we notice a clause providing United Kingdom was engaged in the excitement ^ r - Fzekiel Holmes, editor of the Maine Farmer, 
that all newspapers and periodicals, weight under and turmoil of a general election, the result of for Governor. , , 
The Free Soilers of Maine, have nominated 
crop in Michigan, I will venture to say, thai there 
age has been, or is likely to be, caused bv this wd j n(A be b;i ]f a cl -op. The same is true of oats 
insect cannot now be ascertained. So far as we &nd other gpring grain8 . 1 bave seen many pieces 
learn wheal/ lias suffered little or no injury rom ear jy sown oats, which have grown some six 
rus '- a,K ^ R lhc P lcsen t ^ ne anc ^ coc ^ wea, i lier inches high, and have headed out. ' This is the 
continues, the crop will geneially be secuic 111 gffygj G f the drouth and backward season, 
excellent condition. AYlieat looks well. June 10th, wheat was liead- 
1 he hay crop is not so lica\) as ast )ear, i\ e ed Qut and j n tbe blow. Now there are many 
think, but of bettei quality. Com is ackwau , p i wes ready f or the cradle. The crop is an average 
but the recent favorable weather has hi ought it one j n t b i 8 State. The farmers here, have the ad- 
forward rapidly in many localities, an August van { age bl one thing, mi l that is t\iewceviL This 
cent each, if the postage be paid quarterly in turbance, the Storkports riots having fearfully -A man at Utica who had been sun-struck, 
advance. The Deficiency bill was before the aroused the religious animosities of the Protes- and was delirious and near dying, was saved by 
House tants and Catholics of the north. putting his feet iu warm water. 
Wednesday, July 14—The Senate referred the , Dates from the Ca P s 4 of . Go ? d ^°P e to the 29th - Thc degree of D D . , va8 conferred on 
TT^nuo Pnota.ro Kilftn Dio -lnnrnnriaio Pnmmittflu ^ were icceued in London. Accouufo T] 10 mas Francis Meagher, by St. John’s College, 
House t ostage bill to the appn priate Committee. f roni that country are of an unceitain character. Eordham on Thursday. 
A 11 Executive Session was held. The Printing Gen. Catlicart was forming camps all around the , , fo . r ,, T> , . 
f ,• tvt i*.• 1 , , , , -1 lie indoor students of the Roval Acade- 
bill was before the House. frontiers. No casualties of moment had passed r , , ,■, v • • _ 
uni woo ueiuiv uie ixuuov. , . 1 • r my of Music, in England, pav filty guineas per 
rr,,,,..,.,.. o during the preceding month but there were nidi- J 0 1 
i hursdai, Juiy« 10 .—benate cicDatea a piopo- . .* , ,P annum, and ten guineas entrance ice. 
. , ,. „ cations of insubordination among the Kaffirs. >0 
sition to adjourn August la. Railroad land bill „ . . . ” . . -Gen. Beni. Whitman, one of the early set- 
. , , , . „ , TT France. —Business m Pans favorable and the . 7 ... J , . nre ’ n „ 
occupied the attention of the House. in thn Lid nm •, „ ( ,nd of. t]ers of 01no ' at Clifton, Greene county, on 
House Postage bill to the appropriate Committee. 
A 11 Executive Session was held. The Printing 
bill was before the House. 
Thursday, July" 15.—Senate debated a propo- 
X ii UKSlM j , dUlV XtJ. OlSLJrtLU UUOrtlUtl tl DID DU" . «=* . • . . „ 
. , , „ cations of insubordination among tbe Kaffirs, 
sition to adiourn August Id. Railroad land bill ,, 77 . _ . , 
. . , . . . Tr France.—B usiness m Pans favorable and t 
occupied the attention of the House. changes in the weather had produced a good ef- !i ers 1 w 5 . U T’- ^ 
Friday, July 16.—The Senate was engaged on f ec t on all branches of business. The Pails pa- tlie lst lnst ’ 111 the b4 h • veai 0 ’ ° 
bills of no very general interest. The House re- pers are full of comments on the plots of the po- -Madame Goldschmidt has transmitted 
iccted the Florida railroad land bill. lice of Paiis - Xt appears, notwithstanding, that £10,090 to the Swedish government, for the erec- 
Rochsster Post Office. 
numerous arrests were made. The insurrection lion of schools in destitute districts. 
at Algiers has been quelled by the French. -The second assessment of personal prop- 
Switzerland — Tlie Swiss Government, at the cr ty iu Cincinnati city and county, gives a return 
demand of the French Government, wereendeav- of upwards of thirteen millions and a half. 
oringto expel M. Thiers from Switzerland. -- Mr. Lawrence, it is now said, does not in- 
Italy. —It is stated that a recent, attempt to tend to resign his place at the Court of St. James, 
poison the French Minister was made at Rome, Somebody will, therefore, be disappointed. 
by puttmg arsenic in his coffee. -Cassius M. Clay declines being a candi- 
-- date for the nomination of the Pittsburgh Con- 
N e ws Clippings* vcntion, though he will act with the movement. 
- --The Montreal Herald, in its details of the 
£^p*The Mowing Machines are making rapid fire in tliat city, puts down the number of build- 
work with the fields of grass on Long Island, ings burnt at 1,100, and the loss at about $1,- 
The business of this office has largely increased demand of the F ranch Government, wereendeav 
• . oringto expel M. 1 hi era from Switzerland, 
within a few years, llie aggregate number of * . , , 
n ,, . , . ... Italy. —It is stated that a recent, attempt ti 
newspapers sent from this place is probably . , F , Minister was made at Rome 
greater than that of any other in the State, New 
York city exi^pted. According to our estimate, the 
number of agricultural jouruals which will be sent 
to subscribers from the Rochester Post Office, du¬ 
ring the present quarter, will reach over 200 , 000 , 
and we presume the other papers will number full 
iy putting arsenic in his coffee. 
News Clippings- 
During tbe four weeks ending the 10th 
ana we presume tne oiner papers win nuinoer iuu a)ld ^ be f arm ers are exceedingly well satisfied 900,000. 
150,000,—making an aggregate of at least 350,000. with them. The mowers, in consequence of the _During the four weeks ending the 10th 
Mr. H. S. Allis furnishes the Daily Advertiser demand for laborers, had begun to ask $2 a day, j n 8 f. 501,334 bushels of salt were inspected at 
the following statement of the number of papers X)ti ^' machine makes their skill supeifluous.- die Onondaga Reservation. For tlie week, 141,- 
, , ,, ,. , , , ,, , * , It is moved by horses, the driver sitting on the 452 bushels, 
ami letters which have pared the through the iu0 _ a J lnor , atc< f m „ r „i„ g drito in 1™ _ Tho resillc „ ra „ f tte lato Mr . Cooper, 
office during the three months ending June 30th, meadow, and tlie work is done. I he makers are known a8 Qtsego Hall, lias been purchased by Mr. 
1852. With the exception of the estimate on unable to supply the demand for it.— N. Y. Eve. Eyckman, of New York, for the moderate sum of 
regular newspapers and pamphlets sent, (which Post. _ $10,000. 
we consider far too low,) we presume the state- . The recent decision of the U. S. Senate in - A pair of negro twins are exhibiting in 
favor of Mr. Mallo.y, recognizes the_ principle New York, connected like the Siamese twins, only 
we consider far too low,) we presume the state¬ 
ment is mainly correct: 
$ 10 , 000 . 
-A pair of negro twins are exhibiting in 
New York, connected like the Siamese twins, only 
No. of Letters received unpaid .. 29.450 received 29 votes for Senator in the Legislature of 
lhat blank votes must be counted Mr. Yulee I the C0Illiec ’ tiug ligament is behind instead of in 
“ “ “ paid, .104,190 
[Of tlie paid letters received 43,500 were paid iu 
money, and 60,600 l>y Stamps.] 
No. of letters scut unpaid, . 38,000 
“ ‘ “ paid, .110,300 
[Of tlie paid Letters smit 45,200 were paid in 
money, and 65,100 by Stamps.] 
No of/ree Letters received,. 1,853 
No. of free Letters sent,. 865 
No. of regular newspapers, periodicals and pam¬ 
phlets received. 40,000 
Estimated No. regular newspapers, periodicals 
and pamphlets sent,. 250,000 
No. of irregular newspapers pamphlets, periodi¬ 
cals aud circulars sent, (paid). 17,963 
Exchange newspapers received free. 24,881 
Weekly newspapers sent to subscribers in county, 
fr.e. 40,186 
Newspapers sent by Post Kiders from Rochester 
outside oi the Mail,. 19,500 
u 4 ,ioo Florida, while there were 30 blanks, which were 
subsequently given to Mr. Mallory. Senator 
38,000 James, of Rhode Island, was elected by disregard- 
110,300 jh e b ]au X votes. 
-A table in tbe San Francisco Herald shows 
the excess of arrivals of passengers at that port 
over the departures during the month of May, to 
be 9,l4l. 
-Movements are making in New York ami 
. HIT The Dansville Herald says Mr. C. Bradley, _Movements are making in New York and 
865 of that vllla S e - who ’“wluug keen engaged in the A]baI)y for tbe r( . licf „ f tbe sufferers bv thc Mon¬ 
paper making business, lias commenced tbe erec- trea] f1 *;. e ^15,000 have already been forwarded 
40,000 tion of a new paper mill m that place The from the fi r8t -named city. 
building is to be constructed of stone the first 
story, and brick the second ; the building is to be 
. The ball recently given by the army of 
Newspapers sent by Post Riders from Rochester County, (Pa.,) is being harvested, but the crop, it 
outside oi the Mail,. 19,500 is suicl, will bo a failure, owing to the weevil’s de- 
-- structive operations. The Mediterranean wheat 
Kossuth’s Departure —Is said to have been j 8 good, and the rye crop, from all appearances, 
entirely private, or only known to a few friends, will yield largely. The appeaiances for a large 
story, and brick the second; the building is to he „ , 7 . , T , , c , 
75 by 100 feet. This makes the fourth paper mill Louis, apiy-on cos wi 1 
in Dansville. 1 1 $240,000; supper, $o,0U0; music, $u,000; and 
m, ,., , , . ., , lights, $ 6 , 000 . 
lhe white wheat crop in Montgomery „ , , i j i 
_ . 1 , , , & f 7 _Thu Snnmch (invornmoTif hn« rnrip. lirintl 
lights, $ 6 , 000 . 
-The Spanish Government has concluded 
to establish a magnetic telegraph through the Is¬ 
land of Cuba. The cost is estimated at between 
$300,000 and $409,000. 
-Judge Lansing died in Lansingburli on 
original patroon of that village, and an estimable 
citizen. 
-A woman residing in New York city. 
He did not sail in the Washington, as was antici- crop of Indian corn never were better chan at the 10th, aged c[ Xo d i‘. l! L ‘ l Htil^ni'w'Rthnalilp 
& ’ nr&sent original patroon ot tliat village, and an estimable 
pated, but in the Africa, under the assumed name 1 ’ , , . „ _ , . citizen 
. . „ , 1 he business men of Oswego are taking 
of Alexander Smith, and so disguised in dress In £f ures for establishing a daily line of steamem -A woman resid.ng in New York city, 
that he was not recognized by the other passen- be tween Oswego and the flourishing Canadian who is 50 years of age, anp lias been married 30 
gers. It is supposed be adopted this course in cities of Toronto and Hamilton. An association years, gave birth, a day or two since, to her 
order to avoid publicity. with a capital of $ 200,000 for the construction of twenty-eighth child. 
__two first class steamers has been formed, and tlie -The students of Yale and Harvard, con* 
m ti, ,, mv c • . .i Canadians will unite in the enterprise. nected with the boat clubs, are making arrange- 
The Famine in GERMANY.-The famine in the * ments for a grand reget U on Lake Winnepisiogce, 
mountain districts ot Southern Germany is yet I he canicular or dog days commence on b b - 
unabated, and provisions scarce and prices exor- the 3d of July, and end on the 1 lth of August.— 0 e G ' . , ' 
bitant A letter to the New York Express, dated Before the alteration of the style, in 1752, they ——Mr. Clays funeral at Lexingtonwasat- 
Prague, June 3, says : Families, formerly in easy began, according to some almanacs, on the 19th tended by a large concourse ol jieopie lroin the 
circumstances, are reduced to beggary and to se- of July, and terminated on the 27th of August, stirrounding country. 1 here were nearly 40,00U 
vere sufferings from hunger. Bakers sell bread of Many made them commence on the 24th of July, persons m the piocession. 
rye and oat bran at high prices; people gather and end on the 28th of August. -Wholesale dealers in boots and shoes are 
common grass along the public roads and high- The late dry weather has greatly dimin- making foitunes in an advance oi 20 per cent, in 
ways, and moss in the woods, cook and eat it, to ished the hay crop on Long Island. On the lands the*value of their stocks. One firm in Boston 
appease their hunger and prevent starvation.— about the middle of the Island, there is said not to has made $80,000. 
Such are a few of the many glaring features of be more than two-thirds of the average quantity of -The price of gas in Boston is $3,00 per 
the great famine not in the least exaggerated, but g rass j n the field. The drought seems to be rath- thousand cubic feet; in New York, $3,59; in Bal- 
authenticated by the official reports of the local er owing to the wind than the want of rain, for ti more, $4; in Charleston, Savannah, Richmond, 
authorities to their respective governments. Tru- the springs are not greatly affected. Providence, Worcester, Lowell, $3,50. 
The Dunkirk Journal says: Our fishermen — An American, an officer of an American 
are having a fine run these hot days. One boat, vessel at Calcutta, has been astonishing the na- 
in two days secured the valuable services of 152 tives by walking 1,090 miles in 1,009 hours, lhey 
salmon trout, weighing in the aggregate 2,282 billed linn the American btag. 
pounds! The boats proceed from five to ten miles -A subscription is on foot to purchase, for 
into the lake, where the supply, thus far, is found the city of Boston, Healy’s famous picture of 
to be inexhaustible. " “ Webster replying to Hayne.” It can, it is sup- 
ly, the wrath of God is upon us ! 
The Dunkirk Journal says: Our fishermen 
pounds! 
s proceed 
Horse Powers, <tc .—We direct particular at¬ 
tention to the advertisement of Emery Co., in 
this number, and as its length will prevent us 
from giving it many insertions. 
By the way, unless our advertising friends put 
on the condenser, we shall soon be obliged to con¬ 
fine each to a limited number of lines or squares. 
In consequence of the great length of the mani¬ 
festos of the (wo plucky manufacturing firms at 
Albany, we are obliged to defer several advertise- : 
meuts until next week. 
Panorama ok the Crystal Palace. — Those 
of our citizens who wish a birds-eye view of the 
World’s Fair, should visit Barnum’s celebrated 
Panorama, now on exhibition at Concert Hall.— 
There are two exhibitions, daily, during the pres¬ 
ent week,—in the afternoon and evening. 
Morgan Horses. —Attention is directed to the 
advertisement of Mr. Dorr, relative to the sale by 
auction of his fine Morgan stallions. The sale 
is to take place in front of J. P. Fogo’s seed 
store, Buffalo street, Ilochaster, on the 25th of 
August, at 3 p. m, 
took possession of the belfry of the First Congre- -Female pedestrians are allowed to pass 
gational Meeting House in Dover, N. IL, where the Augusta toll-bridge free of charge, by a recent 
they remained until disturbed and routed, last, vote of the proprietors of the bridge. The dowu- 
week by some workmen, who were repairing the casters don’t believe in tolling the belles. 
The Montreal Fire.— fine Montreal Gazette bl) jj d j ng> Some forty pounds of liouey were Mr. Gordon Gumming, tlie great South 
estimates the total loss by the late fire at £300,- fom)d in the comb . African hunter, is exhibiting himself iu London, 
c r ' | 01 ° i° \ / i f T ? 4 o' e A very destructive fire took place in Niles, as pre-eminent in club-exercise, and is attracting 
tire of the 6 th June, makes a total of about $2,- Saturday evening, July 3d. It origi- the attention of even royalty itself. 
mated from the improper use of fireworks, and-A leading British journal says, that “the 
burnt sixteen buildings in the most business part United States, that are now running us so hard in 
of the village, among which was the office of the the rivalry of greatness, possesses but one real 
Whig Newspaper. Loss $40,000. advantage over this country—lhat is space.” 
The funds in aid of the monument to Gen. -The appointment by tbe Governor, of Da- 
one gentleman in Charlotte having lost te 
another in Mecklenburg, as many as forty. 
00b,000,~withi n~a period oif little more than Tine Michigan, Saturday 
Tin ,, ti r,,„,i Hated from the uni 
month. The agent of the Hartford Protection 
Insurance Company states the loss of that Com¬ 
pany in the last fire is only $10,360. 
Cholera on the Isthmus. —A letter in the The funds in aid of tlie monument to Gen. -The appointment by the Governor, of Da- 
Herald, dated Chagres, 2d inst., states that six Brock, in Canada, have reached the sum of £5,- vid Meriwether, to he Senator iu Congress until 
deaths bv cholera Rave’ recent lv occurred at Cru- 794. A Committee lias been appointed to realize the first Monday of September next, in place of 
Z 2Z 30 at S a the required amounts. Twenty-five pounds are Henry Clay, deceased, is officially announced. 
ble number at Navy Bay, both on shore and to be paid for the best plan for a new monument, -The N ew School Presbyterian Church 
among the shipping. The writer states that tbe to be presented by the 2d of August. now comprises 140,050 communicants, being an 
disease is called dysentery, but that the symptoms r«” The bill to amend the postage law recent- increase of 576 during the last year. T he mim- 
are those of cholera. ly passed by the House will be now amended by ber of ^cluirches Ls 1,502, ministers 1 ,j2o, licen- 
■ the Senate, so as to do away with any distinction tiates 130. 
Methodist Bishops Abroad. —The Methodist j u weight of newspapers, or else be modified so -The editor ef thc Mobile Tribune has been 
Bishops have resolved to extend their official su- !IS to make the minimum weight include the lar- presented with a fig grown in that city which 
pervision to their churches in foreign lands. The g C st sheets in the country. measured nine inches in circumference. It re¬ 
mission churches in Africa are to be visited twice b i*ssr T t is estimated that the recent, Conventions ambled tbo lemon fig, and was of tho finest 
during the ensuing four years, by Bishops Scott, of “jf e Democrats and Whigs cost 1,000,000 each, fla vor. , 
and Bakd* respectively. J he churches on the an( j t]iat the contest preceding the Presidential -Major Long, one of the early settlers of 
lacinc coast aie to be visited also, by Bishops election will cost each party at least ten millions Genesee county, and much esteemed for his many 
$ 22 , 000 , 000 . 
Simpson and Ames. more—making the cost of electing a President, virtues, died at Darien, Genesee county, on the 
m ^ • *22,000,000. 28th ult„ after a very short illness. He was 54 
1 he Crops.— w inter grain comes in fair.— ’ ’ , , ,, , , c vpar8 () f a „ e 
Wheat, and rye will prove a good yield in Dutch- A large number of drafts drawn at, Sacra- . TT . , q , f v 
ess The bav and bat cron will he short Corn men to, bv J. W. Gregory, on Thompson & Hitch- -The great United States Mail from New 
promises well Of potatoes nothing can as yet C0( ' k . «> f New York are going to be protested for York to Chicago has been directed by the Post 
be said. Pastures have been dried up, and milk non-acceptance. They are most for small sums, Master General, to be sent hereafter ovei the Ccn- 
and butter command high prices iu this vicinity, and drawn to the wives and relatives of the Cali- tral line of New York Railroads, and the Miehi- 
—Poughkeepsie American. emigrants. gan Cent.al Railroad. 
-- £^”On the 7th inst., 53,800 dead letters were IW According to the census returns of 1852, 
Wheat. —Farmers are done harvesting wheat, sent from Boston to the dead letter office in Wash- the population of Upper Canada amounts 1o950,- 
and truly it may be said that a more abundant ington, being the accumulation there from Jan. 1, 530. The population, by the census ol 1850, 
harvest was never known in this country.— Wash- to March 31. On 50,000 of them the postage amounted to 791,000 ; and by thc census of 1843, 
ington (/oua) Journal. was not paid. it amounted to 725,000. 
^000. 28th ult., after a very short illness. He was 54 
A large number of drafts drawn at, Sacra- y ears oX a g c - 
bv J. W. Gregory, on Thompson tfc Hitch- -The great United States Mail from New 
tral line of New York Railroads, and the Michi¬ 
gan Cential Railroad. 
According to the census returns of 1852, 
tlie population of Upper Canada amounts lo950,- 
530. The population, by the census of 1850, 
