MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YO RKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
Cr ps and Weather in Kent Co., Mich. 
Messrs. Editors :—Our .farmers are nearly 
through their wheat cutting, and the harvest prom¬ 
ises a fair average yield. The weather, thus far, 
has been quite propitious for the work of secur¬ 
ing it. 
Corn is coming on bravely. The hot weather 
ROCHESTER, AUGLbT .>, 1802. and the showers since the incoming of the pres- 
ent month have given it a wonderful lift. So 
The Cholera in Rochester. much of the crop was late planted, and that with 
, .. . ,, , not the best of seed, that the season must be more 
As no little excitement prevails in the surround- ’ . . 
... than usually good to give above an average yield, 
mg country, relative to the prevalence of cholera . J b b , 
j 1 here is now and then a held planted in good 
in this city,—caused by sundry rumors, and great . , , , , , . 1 , , , 6 
,. . , . ., i ■_season with good seed and having had good care, 
exaggeration of facts,—it may be proper to give b . . f b 
, 7 „ , Y,, t> _i looks very promising. Pieces planted from the 
CongttMDtml. 
'■Skm bi] tip Malls. 
'fonts of 3Sems, &r. 
The Cholera in Rochester. 
a statement founded upon reports of the Board of 
Health, and our own knowledge. 
The epidemic has prevailed, to a limited extent 
in unfavorable localities, for nearly two months, 
looks very promising. Pieces planted from the 
middle to the 20th of May, are getting “ into the 
silk,” Potatoes look well in the vine. Broad¬ 
cast spring crops, with grass and clover, have suf- 
, ., . • , fered materially by a severe June drouth 
but little was said or known concerning it up to . - - 
Saturday last. On that day and Sunday, how¬ 
ever, the number of new cases and deaths report- 
Comparing the weather with that of last sea¬ 
son, this exceeds it in heat and dryness. April, 
ed, caused no little alarm among citizens generally llowever ’ was coolen In tliat monfch > we had ;l 
rit.rr .nfhnritiPB tn a A nn t fal1 of 8 1UC,ieS ° f S,10W > tbllt With the rain, made 
Synopsis of Proceedings. The Rochester Theological Seminary has -Mr. Crampton, the British minister, is the 
- received from a gentleman of Hew York, the val- guest of Mr. Webster, at Marshfield. 
Monday, July 26.—After> short debate a bill uable donation of a copy of the “ Sprashenhalle,” -The area burnt over by the great fire at 
granting compensation to J. C. Watson of Geor- ? r . ,e or . B ra 7 cl > ln8 , binguages and dia- Montreal, is said to measure 700 acres. 
. , , ., n , • lects. This work, it will bo recollected, was pre- m, T 
gia, for certain slaves Liken by the Creek warriors, pared with great care and labor at the ’ Imp £ rial —— There are fifty agricultural schools m Ire- 
engaged in the service of the U. S. in the Semi- printing post in Vienna, for exhibition at the and ’ seven ty-hve in France, and forty in Prussia. 
nole war, passed the Senate. In the House, a World’s Fair in London. It excited so much at- -A soldier in the French army costs the 
resolution was passed that the Congressional tention there as a specimen of printing, and on government $185 a year. An English soldier 
Globe, containing the laws and debates in Con- S&SS ?w ° f C ° StS $400 ’ 
cross shall mss the mail free of nostage Con- f mp , e Philology that a few copies have -The inhabitants of Tahiti, in the Pacific, 
gross, shall pass the mail tree ot postage. Lon been put on sale for the public -libraries. It is have expelled their Queen and established a re¬ 
gress pays for slaves but not for postage. The believed that this is the third copy that has been public* 
House were in Committee on the River and Har- received into the United States. - An invC ntion has been recently patented 
bor bill. ZW One firm in Boston sold 1,700 barrels of in England, by which a cloak is packed in a walk- 
Tuesday, July 27.— Mr. Sumner, of Mass., gave wdhin a and an ‘ 
notice of an intention to sneak on the repeal of w G / so 1 '"oitli ot liquors on -Mr. Catlin, it is said, is negotiating with 
notice ot an intcutmn to speak on the lepeal o Wednesday, more than the same concern had sold the French Government for the purchase of hU 
of the fugitive slave law to-morrow. Several m one day, for forty years that it had been in the j ud j an c 0 u ec ti 0 n 1 
other matters were taken up and postponed by trade. The Yarmouth Register says there has _Tli» div tinnn™ , 
t1ip Thp House ami, on the River and not b <*» 80 large a quantity of liquors in that T®’ California, was almost 
the Senate The House again on the River and ^ ^ J ^ ^ , g at thig wholly destroyed by fire on the 18th ult, Bam- 
IIarbor bill. Ho progress. t j me J age estimated at two millions. 
—and the city authorities proceeded to adopt 
{what it was their duly to have done weeks before,) 
Harbor bill. Ho progress. t j me ° J age estimated at 
Wednesday, July 28.—The Senate passed a fcST” A new telegraph line is to be constructed ~T~ ! be Fr ® ljcu OI reonneur, ana its vicinity 
right of way bill for all sorts of rail, plank and from Quebec to Detroit river, a distance of 850 ’wjon 000 francs ’ aUmia me 0118 *’° t beva lueof 
age estimated at two millions. 
-The French of Honfleur, and its vicinity 
-_3 4„ 1?_1_A _it i ,i , 
measures to purify the city, and prevent, as much was 40°.85-being 3° lower than last season. 
3.1G inches of water. The average temperature other roads through the public lands. Mr. Sum- miles; from which branches are to be extended 
as possible, the increase and spread of the disease. 
Had this duty been performed at the proper time, 
,we believe the city would have continued com- 
May averaged 57°.41, being a trifle over 3° 
higher than in 1851. The fall of rain was 2.03 
inches, being 8 J inches less than the year before 
oinor roaus mroueu mu mono jauus. w. oum- . ; ------ .. — - -- -- —--— mi „ t „„„_: /• , T 
, 1 , ,, f ■, into the interior in some cases, and to the frontier - 1 ne London papers inform us that Jenny 
ner was prevented from speaking by the refusal jn otherfl . of which the aggregate length will be L “ d will soon publish a miniature edition of 
of permission to ofrer his proposed resolution. In goo miles. There will be stations at all the ports Goldschmidt’s animated nature ! 
paratively free from disease,-with few deaths from On the 20th there was a sharp frost that injured 
cholera, and consequently less apprehension in 8a ch fruit blossoms as were expanded. The oak 
both city and country. And, though late, we WOods were uot 111 leaf til1 tlie last da - vs of the 
, ,, month, which was at least two weeks later than 
the House a railroad land bill was passed, and an of Lake Erie of any consequence. * -S. H. Clark, of Ogdensburg, U. Y., in one 
amendment to the River and Harbor bill. This A tree on Cunningham’s plantation, near day l ately V S ?f fc to Boston by railroad, 44,000 
was followed by a debate on the state of Salt river Lexington, was struck by lightning on the 12 th l )0lUH a ° u cr am c t ' cso chiefly the former. 
navigation. ub; -> and of seven negroes who were sitting be- -The Montreal Herald learns that Mr. Mau- 
m T t on mi r j• . neath it, eating their dinners, four were killed—a ritz Maquer, a very distinguished German natura- 
T hursdat, July «J. T he Indian appropnation j 08S t0 the owner of some $2,500 or $3,000. How list, is now making a tour in Canada. 
bill was taken up, debated and postponed. The unfortunate for him (exclaims an exchange pa- .__ A letter 'from Clinton, Illinois says that 
Senate then held an executive session. In the per) that they were not free laborers! the hog crop in "that vicinity' will be'greater in 
cholera, and consequently less apprehension in 
both city and country. And, though late, we 
tliink the means adopted, will check the epidemic, 
and trust the crisis has been passed. 
The greatest number of cases reported in one 
in May previous. 
The average for June was 65°.30, being 1°.20 
day, occured during the 24 hours ending Sunday hl S ller tlian the year before - Amoullt of rain > 
evening-embracing about 40 cases and 19 deaths 06 lnches > which fel1 iu % ht shmvers ’ moisten- 
About half of these cases, and more than that pro- ln S only tbe surface of tlie g round - 0,1 the 14tb 
portion of deaths, occurred in one building, occu- the thermometer ran up to 98°, being 2° higher 
pied by several families, who were not only tban any bast soason - 
incautious in their habits, but lived in a filthy The avera S e of tbe first Lalf of the -present 
condition,-and the greatest wonder is that a still month 18 70 °“ 2 ’ Thls 18 Wltbin a fraction of 2 ° 
larger number were not cut down. The report hl S her than the 8ame P eriod last year - Tbe bot - 
of the Board of Health for 36 hours ending Mon- tes d '^ of the season ’ thus far > was the Gtb inst - 
day morning (and including most of the'period the average being 83°.66 which is 2A66 higher 
above named,) is as follows Since the 31st of than the hl ^ hest avera g e of auy day iu 185 b 
July, 1852, there have been reported to the board We have had several vury opportune showers, 
forty-seven ( 47 ) cases of cholera, twenty-six (26) mostly fallm S m the ni S bt > leaving the days fair 
of which terminated fatally.” This, and the in- and P^ easbnb T ‘ E- 
. ,. . t.ti i Laphamville Mich., July 22, 1852. 
formation we have obtained during Monday and ____ 
up to Tuesday noon, indidates that the disease Literary Notices 
prevails to a less extent since Sunday. It is - 
therefore hoped that the highest point of virulence The Rational Magazine.— This is a new 
has been passed, and that if our citizens are pru- monthly magazine, commencing with July, and 
House the Michigan railroad land bill with an 
The Portland (Me.) Advertiser says :— 
amendment including other States was laid on Mackerel have recently struck in along our shores, 
•-A letter [from Clinton, Illinois, says that 
the hog crop in that vicinity will be greater in 
numbers and better in weight than last year. 
-The number of convents in England alone 
the table. The River and Harbor bill was again and j lot a of ? ur citizens are enjoying fine is already fifty-three; and the number of nuns, 
, , , „ sport in taking them. A small party caught at a low estimate, somewhere about one thousand 
betore tne nouse. nearly two barrels in the course of an hours fish- five hundred. 
before the House. nearly two barrels in the course of an hours fish- 
Friday, July 30.—In the Senate the House ing between Bangs and Long Island, a day or 
resolution to allow the Congressional Globe to ^wo since. 
pass through the mails free of postage was passed. 
After an executive session, adjourned to Monday 
mg between rsangs ana -Long Island, a day or -There is a great mortality among cattle in 
two since. the neighborhood of Memphis, Tenn. °The dis- 
£7-*?“ The Belfast (Me.) Signal says that there ease is murrain. One man lost over forty out of 
are in that vicinity, five widowed sisters, daugh- seventy head. 
ters of the late John Brown, whose united ages -The guillotine, which the French Assera- 
oujuu,u«u u, — j ters of the late John whose united ages _1 The guillotine which the French A™ 
In the House, the River and Harbor bill was amount to 441 years Their children and grand- bly abolished! as well as every Ithei mode of 
passed and sent to the Senate. After some work children, even to the fourth and fifth generations, punishment by death, is to be revived again in 
on private bills, the House adjourned; bvc around them. F’rance. 
Saturday, July 31,-The House passed a^bill . Tbe 0rleans democrat says --“The mail -The Annual Exhibition of the Manufae- 
Saturday, July 31.—The House passed a^ill . / be 7 leans U f raocrafc The mail -The Annual Exhibition of the Manufac- 
ating additional land districts in Iowa The 18 T" b TO ht , to U8 by raib ' oad k .f lth tba cx ‘ turers and Mechanics of Vermont is to be holden 
g ° . . districts Iowa, i he ceptaon of Sunday, we have two daily mails from at Rutland, on the 1st, 2d and 3d days of Sen- 
Committee on Public Printing reported a bill the cast and two from the west; the former arriv- tember. 
which was adopted. The principal features of the iug at 11 A. M. and 6 jJ P. M., and the latter at 
mil —__9 A. M. and 5 P. M.” 
up to iuesday noon, indicates that the disease Literary Notices 
prevails to a less extent since Sunday. It is - 
therefore hoped that the highest point of virulence The Rational Magazine. —This is a new 
has been passed, and that if our citizens are pru- monthly magazine, commencing with July, and 
dent, and adopt proper precautions, the daily re- differs from those already in the field in the seri- 
ports will soon exhibit a speedy abatenient of ous and instructive character of its articles. It 
mortality. presents an interesting variety of matter both 
~~ ~ ~ j ’ original and selected; indicating, as always should 
x 6 rriDi 6 wt6^mD0Et xJlS3,S.Gl', i j ,i , c 1 ,i i ,. 
_ be done, the sources trom whence the latter are 
The public have again been startled by one of derived. In addition to the Literary and Art 
those terrible steamboat accidents, resulting in notices, it gives a summary of General news and 
the wholesale destruction of human life, which Religious intelligence. It is published by Carl- 
are of so frequent occurrance and too often occa- ton & Phillips, 290 Mulberry St., H. Y.; very 
sioned by conduct and causes without excuse or neatly printed and embellished, and each number 
.defence. The steamboat Henry Clay, Capt, J. F. containing 96 pages—at $2 per annum. E. Dar- 
Tallman, plving between Albany and Hew Yorlq row. Main St. Bookstore, is agent for Rochester, 
having over 300 passengers on board, took fire and will receive subscriptions by the year, or 
and was run ashore, where it burned to the wa- supply single numbers at 18% cents each. 
ter’s edge, on the afternoon of the 28th ult., on - 
its downward passage, when near Yonkers. Chamber’s Pocket Miscellany, —Volume IV 
The fire was first discovered near the boilers, °^ b ! s ^ 01 b bas bewn rccebcd b N Harrow. It 
bill are, First, to repeal the present contract sys- J JU - aDQ ° r . in.. 
tern ; Secondly, the election of a Public Printer, £ 3 # Hussey s Reaping Machine, in an experi- 
. , ,, • „ ment recently in Maryland, among a company of 
who is to execute the punting not only for Con- farmers,-cut twenty-live acres of wheat in a day, 
gress, but for the Executive Departments; Thirdly, requiring twelve binders to keep pace with it.— 
iug tiu .a., in. iuiu i. jii., auu me laiaer ar a i i t i 
9 A. M. and 5 P. M.” , ~T A " otbcr P la «et has been discovered 
Tr . b y Hind, of London, it being the seven- 
Hussey’s Reaping Machine, in an expen- teenth now known to exist between Mars and 
ment recently in Maryland, among a company of Jupiter, 
farmers,-cut twenty-live acres of wheat in a day, m. 
_: A -d- j !_ •” -Ihe number of miles of railroad in urn- 
gress, but for the Executive Departments; Thirdly, requiring twelve binders to keep pace with it.— f The f numbe ! of rades of radroad in ,F™‘ 
the appointment of a Superintendent of Printing, The wheat operated on was about five feet high, 3 -projS^d 1 probalJe "n!ad “Jd?] Total 
to stand between tlie Public Printer and the Gov- and very thick and heavy. _ _ _ building and projected 2437 miles. 
eminent, to see that the work is neatly and The Rev. J. L. V ilson, American Mission- _Edward Riddle the nroiertor of tkn mm 
expeditiously done, and to exercise a general su- health; state8 that the slave trade is 8 uppr Le d f W ° rld 3 ? a ! r at , New Yo " k >” ha ? dl 8 P°«? d ( i 
pcrvision over the subject. The price to be paid on the whole African coast. Mr. Wilson is well blblnt ®F est ln j 1 to the association, who now have 
for type-setting about twenty per cent, below the known as reliable authority, and the statement e CU l T r f COU ,'' 1 ^ °, e en erprise. 
prices of 1819, and rbe Government to furnish come, well authenticated. _ ^ 
— 1 1-j vvv ' , “ - xuiai 
building and projected 2437 miles. 
-Edward Riddle, the projector of the com¬ 
ing “ World’s Fair at Hew York,” has disposed cf 
the white paper. 
-Bayard Taylor writes that “ninety-six 
vessels and eleven steamboats have passed up the 
Death of A- J- Down ng, Esq- 
m, • , , V. vowuo ouu UOYCII Dtcaujuudw nave uasstu U ) U10 
If There is a large amount of counterfeit 3’s Nile during the season, of which the greater part 
on the Saratoga County Bank in circulation,— were American.” 
They are altered from the counterfeit Hudson D . , , ,, . . . 
River Bank plate, but are a good imitation of the w B . etweer l and , tbr n ee hundred acres of 
genuine notes-well execute! and not easily de- m bun)t • VCT n Qro *> a > Mass - latel 7- 
TnE melancholy death of this gentleman will Fected ' 0 
be sincerely mourned not only by his personal 
friends, but by the thousands who have become 
acquainted with him through the medium of his yyq, 
writings. The following just tribute to his tal- denis rc 
cuts and worth is from the N. Y. Tribune : pects of 
Among the victims by the destruction of the q’ HK ( 
It was probably occasioned by fire-arms, as per¬ 
sons had been hunting in the woods. 
The Harvest and Crops of 1852, -The Port Huron Commercial estimates 
- that on the Saw Mills between Point au Barques 
We gather from various quarters the following on Lake Huron, and Algonac, there will this sea- 
items relating to the wheat harvest and the pros- son be manufactured 92,900,000 feet of lumber. 
pects of other crops, the present season ; -Edmund Lawrence, a member of the In- 
Thk Crops. —The weather is most favorable to diana Legislature, recently refused pay for eight 
in two, leaving the ladies saloon and after part l dete bl Astdb 
of the boat, where most of the passengers were, 
farthest from shore, and in deep water. The 
Transactions of the Rational Electic Medi¬ 
cal Association. —This is a volume of nearly 200 
. ] 11 • TI • , , Viu |-' ^ vuuu uw VIUIIV VUG. >» AllA\J ^UAWUIV/1L, i-ltk T AJli; O WA A kJ UCl lltlUHiS llUIl" 
bj long study and observation m Europe ; with corn on the valley land looks well and bids fair, tinuous canal 3 of 720 miles. 
tho lMolra J'&w fhTnS’fourS- — The receipt, of thc_ Rochctcr Syra- 
flames spread with such fearful rapidity that be- pages , containing a report of the proceedings of 
fore any assistance could be rendered a large num- this Association at its 3d annual meeting recently 
ber of those on board were compelled to seek the he]d in this city, with several reports on medical 
water to save themselves from a worse fate, and subjects presented by different members. It was 
the deliciences and to knew tlie needs of our do- u 18 backward, and its fate will depend much up- C use RailroaiTfor"the month^of"June 1852 "were 
mestic and especially of our rural, architecture: f.,n 0 L.ni,;,, ’, ■ . * n,D f> j 03 A were 
still in the mime of life md exeieisino- wide in • , e fl l,ailtu y ot ram tbat lalbs within a fort- $116,770,59, showing an increase of about $18,- 
stui m tne prime ol lite and excicismg a v ide n- mght .—Dansville Democrat. 000 over June 1851 
fluence by hn practical labors as well as by his ovcr rooi. 
writings, he is snatched from a sphere of high and The CRora— The Troy Journal says: — 'We -The American Line of Steamers on Lako 
beautiful utility, and a successor we cannot hope have heard of no appearance of blast or rot as yet Ontario have never lost a passenger by fire, ex- 
to find. What Mr. Downing had done and was in the porato fields in this section, but the severe plosion, drowning or other accident. Where 
doing to improve the fashion of our dwellings dfoulh must, we think, materially diminish the shall we find a parallel ? 
hardly surpassed in value his contributions, theo- yield in Eastern New York, and tho western sec- -- The Postmaster-General has directed that 
retical and practical, to the kindred art of land- tions of Y ermont and Massachusetts. Oats, we documents and speeches may be franked sepa- 
scape gardening. Under his directing hand the learn, are generally light, as is also rye. Corn rately, and, when tied in bundles, that the direc- 
Armenia, which was near, some schooners, and E0W iu very cre ditable form and style. 
boats from the shore, rendered every possible as- _ 
sistance, and succeeded in saving many from the The Wool Grower and Stock Register, for 
burning wreck. It appears by the latest accounts August, has been promptly issued. The first 
that the whole number of dead and missing so (July) Dumber of the Volume was well received 
far as ascertained, is seventy-one. It is impossible by the public, and the subscription list of the ' 
to give a list of the dead, embracing persons from work is rapidly increasing. We annex the table 
all parts of our country, many of whom are known 0 f Contents of August number : 
many of them were drowned. The steamboat edited by Prof. Reuben and is published by Dar- bo ' n fl to improve the fashion of our dwellings drouth must, wu think, materially diminish the shall w 
Armenia, which was near, some schooners, and „e .' i hardly surpassed in value his contributions, theo- yield in Eastern New Y ork, and tho western sec- -— 
w m ion cze' i a - 01111 an ' s Y e • retical and practical, to the kindred art of land- tions of Y ermont and Massachusetts. Oats, we documents and speeches may be franked sepa- 
scape gardening. Under his directing hand the learn, are generally light, as is also rye. Corn rately, and, when tied in bundles, that the direc- 
The Wool Grower and Stock Register, for 1 grounds of the Capitol and the Smithsonian In- will uot be more than middling, and hay will only Ron on the outer bundle alone shall be required. 
to our readers. We cannot forbear to mention the wool and sheep husbandry. mixture oi strong sense, tnorougn unuerstanumg 
death of A. J. Downing, Esq., of Hewburg, well j s production of Wool on the Increase ?. 21 bls subject, and genial originality. The cessa- 
known as editor of the Horticulturist, and Hon. Challenge Accepted; Good Clip,.22 tion of his monthly essays in the Horticulturist 
Stephen Allen, ex-Mayor of New York; to which 1 *.! 1 *. .*.*24 U ^ eave a permanent blank in the literature of 
,, , ... A , , , Sn„m ifnwn swr. .o t the Domestic Arts While he drew his materials 
might be added other citizens of note, but where whitoring Shee^. P ’’.'.‘.'.‘.‘.!!!!!.' .‘.'.V.'.V ;.'.'fe from tho most varied culture, he-was atways, and 
the mortality has been so extended, thousands French Merinos in Ohio..27 in the most frank and manly way, an Ameiican. 
mnon nlmnct in nttor linnolnsanees nnd tho mnst Review ©f the Wool Market for July, 1852,. 27 Tlis chief aim was to refine the taste, and elevate 
stitute at Washington were being transformed in- average halt a crop. The Fruit Crop is reported 
to models of beauty in their kind ; and tho as ver 7 generally light. Reaches are very un- 
grounds about many private mansions also bear promising, and apples but little better, 
testimony to the same taste, the same wise sense Wueat Harvest. —The wheat crop in tbissec- 
of beauty and fitness. tion is secured, and the work of threshing already 
As a writer Mr. Downing was remarkable for a commenced. The yield is large, being the 
mixture of strong sense, thorough understanding best that has been realized within the last three 
of his subject, and genial originality. The cessa- or four years. In quality it has been seldom bet- 
-The number of dead letters received at 
the General Post-office for the fiscal year, is esti¬ 
mated at 2,780,000—and the aggregate money 
found therein $40,336,70. 
-The news of the death of Mr. Clay was re- 
allenge Accepted; Good Clip, . 22 tion of his monthly essays in tlie Horticulturist ter. Grass and spring crops generally, have suf- 
portauce °f Sheep in Agriculture,.28 will leave a permanent blank in the literature of fered severely from the drouth. — Mich. Watch 
“ Regulator^ Regulated,.24 ' the Domestic Arts While he drew his materials 7W. 
mi _ , : i i • i i • - auu uovb u* me uufiiuui xur. v^Jciy was re- 
° ^ v i 186 ceived with general regret in London, and nearlv 
ieen realized within the last three aJ1 the % conlain ° eulogi8tic reI )arks 0Q bis 
or four years. In quality it has been seldom be - emineut > t i lent8 aud lo | lic career . 
ter. (irass and spring crops generally, have suf- . G \ 
from the drouth,— Mich. Watch --Saratoga Springs is said to be crowded 
weep almost in utter hopelessness, and the most XVUV1UW Ior 100Z -.^ 
1 1.1 r 1 i.1 c .1 ,1. .1 • r the STOCK REGISTER. 
humble feel the pangs of death and grief as sen- i mproved Breeds of Ca ttle-No. l, The Devons, .28 
sibly as those better known to the world at large. ;;;;; ■ • • ;;;;;;; ■ ;;;;; » artist, a scholar and a gentleman, v 
Of the causes of the sad calamity a strict in- Use of Yearling Bulls; “The Wool Grower,”—Good untimely loss; and a wide circle of 
vfxditration will take nlace It cannot be nossi- Sheep; Cure for Heaves; Food for Sick Animals,. .. 32 ces, who with us recall his eminent s 
vestlgation will Like piacc. ar cannor oe possi Chinese Hogs; BerkshiresRising; Kidney-worm in Swme 33 TO ;n u»in with na 
in the most trank and manly way, an Ameiican. j] ie harvest is goiug on bravely. Wheat looks 
, 18 cbl . td ai ! a was t-o roe ne the taste, and elevate well, and the weather thus far has been propitious 
the qocial life and habits of his countrymen to for the farmer. A large part of the wheat has been 
something like the idea] proper to freemen. An secured in excellent order. Corn is coming on 
Tbuier. with visitors. A correspondent of the American 
on t t> n .. no.i i. says thal Clifton has a goodly number, and he 
The Le Roy Gazette of the 28th ult says / eaks in hi h praise of t | e a i- actioES and com . 
the harvest is going on bravely Wheat looks fi rt8 0 f the place. 
me §ociai me ana nanus oi ms countrymen to for the farmer. A large part of the wheat ha's been -A ship has cleared from New York for the 
something like the ideal proper to freemen. An secured in excellent order. Corn is coming on Australian gold-diggings, carrying a number of 
artist, a scholar and a gentleman, ire deplore bis Duely. Potatoes look well, but the crop will no emigrants; among them is a practical printer, 
untimely loss; and a wide circle of acquaintan- do ubt suffer as for several years past with the t} r I j e, press, and other necessary materials, for es- 
Of the causes of the sad calamity a strict in- Use of Yearling Bulls; “The Wool Grower,”—Good 
.. . i i_ T ,_ . , . Sheep; Cure for Heaves; Food for Sick Animals.. . . 32 
vestlgation Will take place. It cannot be possi- Chinese Hogs; Berkshires Rising; Kidney-worm in S-.viue 33 
ble that all are free from censure, and we hope White vs. Colored Shanghais; Shanghai and Dorking 
justice will be meted to all. It has been charged Review of the Cattle Markets for July,.3G 
that the Henry Clay was racing with the Arme- editor’s brief mention. 
nia, which the proprietors of both boats deny, but T< ? Correspondents; Acknowledgment; Stock Raising 
’ r r ' m Missouri; An Editor Released; Sale of Short-horns; 
there IS too much reason to believe the charge Vt. State Fair; State Fairs; Morgan Stock; Heavy 
true. The public are loud and unsparing in their Cattl °; Stock Raising West;—(and other items.)... 35 
denunciation of the officers and owners of the Mr . Morris's IVemiui^Sof^Dowmlwe,.25 
boat, but to our apprehension, the public are not Microscopic appearance of fibres of South Down wool, 25 
altogether blameless in the affair. I o cater to the p or tnut of a Devon Cow,...29 
ces, who with us recall his eminent social as well 
as public qualities, will join with us iu this trib¬ 
ute to his memory. 
blioht J 1 tablishing a newspaper there. 
Sl-lf” The Orleans Democrat, of the 24th, says : .. ~~ A,n0 buucb(X l and fifty persons died in N. 
—" Wheat harvest has commenced in this county ; * ork during the last twelve months, of delirium 
i n .1 • • i , • o t.rpmp.ns f I ipre worn mnA TnjirrlAi'H ranspn Fyv 
Correction. —In an article in our last number, 
and if the weather rt 
the fields will be cut 
remains fair a large portion of tremens I There were nine murders caused by 
it next week. YVe learn that rum > and R earl 7 ten thousand five-day commit- 
relativc to the Trial of Implements at Geneva, in some parts the crops appear light, aud that meu t s f° r drunkenness during the same time-. 
Vt. state Fair; state Fairs; Morgan stock; Heavy we unintentionally omitted to mention T. R. Hus- probably there will be less than a middling yield, - 
Cattle; Stock Raising W est;—(and other items.)... 35 » p. • r ,e ti,„„ „„ compared with that of other years.” Yfork. 1 
compared with that of other years.” 
jr^fTlie YYayue County Whig says:—“We 
wants of the traveling public speed is the great Portrait of a Devon Ox, commencing to feed,.29 
... J ., 11.1 • , - „ „ Mr. Delafield's Chinese Hogs,.33 
requisite, and it was doubtless m a strite tor such 
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fame that the terrible casuality originated, and 
we may expect a recurrence of similar catastro¬ 
phes, until people are satisfied that it is impossi¬ 
ble to annihilate space in passing from one point 
As some of our readers suppose that the matter 
given in the above named paper is also published 
in the Rural, we may state that such is not the 
fact. YYe only copy an occasional article from 
sey &, Co., in the list of entries. They were on com P a ‘ ea warn mar 01 °n 
hand with Hussey’s Reaper, which machine per- The Wayne Cour 
formed well,—both in reaping and mowing. bear a general complaint f 
___ the fruit crop is light. T 
„ , ,, .. . good crop of apples in this county, but only a 
Seymour’s Grain DaiLL.-Our grain growing f llght yit ! ld of ‘ eaC hes. The lateness of the sea- 
readers will observe, by reference to an advertise- SO n probably produced it 
-Australia is about 15,000 miles from New 
York, which distance is accomplished in 90 days; 
fare from $125 lo 225 in sail vessels, no steam 
hear a general complaint all over the country, that communication having yet been established from 
the fruit crop is light. There will be a middling an American pore. 
to another, and are content to patronize the safe the W ° o1 Grower-the same as was our custom 
and sure lines, though they do not prove the wben ^ was published in Buffalo. 
fastest.-t State Fair. —Tents instead of buildings 
The Fishery Difficulty. —This question seems are to be altogether used at the coming State Fair 
likely to be promptly and satisfactorily settled, at Utica. A correspondent of the Daily Am- 
though someof the papers have sought to magnify erican, attending the trial of agricultural ma- 
it into an occasion for war. The pretensions gen- chines at Geneva, writes that Mr. E. C. Williams, 
erally supposed to be set up by the British Gov- of this city, has closed a contract with the State 
ernment, it Is now said, will be disclaimed, and Society, to furnish tents for their entire exliibi- 
her rights in the premises limited to the jurisdic- tion this fall at Utica—dispensing with buildings i 
tion which is undisputed. —a saving to the Society of at least $1,000. i 
ment published elsewhere in this number, that The Schoharie Sentinel states that the 
friend Seymour is prepared for the ensuing seed- winter crops will be abundant, but that spring 
ing campaign. He makes a good machine. Hal- crops and grass will be the lightest ever known. 
lock sells it in Rochester Farmers owning large stock are anxious to sell at 
op ot apples in tins county, out only a -The Canadians are congratulating them- 
iold of peaches. The lateness of the sea- selves on the great advance in their population for 
bably produced it the last four years, and exhibit figures to- show 
The Schoharie Sentinel states that the that the ratio of such increase is greater than that 
of tho United States for the last ten years. 
-Mr. Papineau, who has just been elected 
Farmers owning largo stock are anxious to sell at to the Canadian Parliament by an extraordinary 
reduced prices. 
The Tracy Female Institute, —Of which we 
have heretofore made favorable mention, com¬ 
mences a new term on the 1st proximo. For par¬ 
ticulars attention is directed to tlie Card of the 
Principal, on next page. 
majority, has published a long address in which 
he declares that he is in favor of annexing Cana- 
The average yield in the wheat crops ace ares: u>at m is in lavor oi annexing vana- 
throughout Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and c a tbc Grated btates. 
Iowa, are represented as being the best that has -The Leech Trade of Turkey is becoming 
been obtained in 20 years. quite an item in her trade. In 1851, leeches to 
__ the value of $1,440,000 were exported from Asi- 
Heat in LoNDON.-The Loudon papers of July atic T ! irke 7- They sell for f 8 a pound at Smyr- 
i complain of the intense heat, and state that na ‘ A P ound contains about 200 leeches, 
oole fell down in the streets, and some actu- -Dates from Fort Smith, Arkansas, state 
10 complain of the intense heat, and state that 
people fell down in the streets, and some actu- 
tf^-The engraving in our Natural History people fell down in the streets, and some actu- ~n iT V r J f ♦ TV a 
. , jillv died from sun strokes Yet tlie mercurv onlv tlint 2,000 O&immclic Indicins ri<iu nttnckeci &nd 
Department, is thought by some to represent the reaolied gq degrees# jj er ' e tbe murcury rims up killed Capt. Marcy and his whole command of 
J31ock fluted i itmouse mstend ol tlie decrees lii^lier before we even bc^in to coni- ei^lity. ^lie bsttlc continued for two diiys. Qtie 
Grosbeak, so we shall givo a description of tlie plain. Such is the difference in the climate of Indians are reported to be gathering in great 
former, also, in a week or two. the two countries. numbers. 
numbers. 
