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MOURE’S RURAL NEW-YO RKERl AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
ROCHESTER, AUGUST 19, 1852. 
SPECIAL JSOTICES. 
jjgp” Remember that our terms are in advance, and that 
we do not send the Rural after the expiration of the time 
paid for. See terms on last page. 
JTjp” Bach numbers can still be supplied from commence¬ 
ment of present half volume, (July 1 si,) to new subscribers, j 
How is the lime to secure them, as ice have but few on hand. 
JjT Until further notice new subscribers paying ©2 will 
receive the present or either back vol. of The Wool Grower. 
Apologetical. — In consequence of an unfor- 
seen and most provoking delay on the part of 
forwarders, we are without sufficient printing pa¬ 
per of the right size and quality for this number. 
Hence, necessity (the mother of many worse sub¬ 
stitutions,) compels us to use such paper loi a 
part of our edition as we can procure at the last 
moment. This is, we believe, the first time the 
Rural lias been placed in such a “ fix,” and we 
shall most assuredly endeavor to avoid a similar 
occasion for an apologetical explanation,—a very 
unpleasant business,- and one at which the reader 
will perceive we are not exactly au fall. 
The Cholera in Rochester. 
The NT. Y. Farmer (Rome,) of the 14th inst., 
savs ; —“ We have reason to believe, although the 
newspapers from those places do not announce it, 
that the Cholera prevails to some extent at Roch¬ 
ester and Buffalo. A gentleman from Rochester 
informs us that the Board of Health, on Sunday, 
reported 40 cases and 19 deaths.” 
Our contemporary is mistaken, so far as Roch¬ 
ester is concerned, in stating that the newspapers 
do not announce the prevalence and extent of 
the cholera. A reference to either of our dailies, 
or the Rural, would have informed him of the 
facts in the c; S3. Had he dona so, it is not prob¬ 
able the exaggeration of the “gentleman from 
Rochester” would have been credited, much less 
published. The Sunday alluded to, as we sup¬ 
pose, (the 8lh inst,,) the Board of Health reported 
only six cases of cholera, and three deaths, one of 
which resulted from a case previously reported,— 
not quite/orty cases and nineteen deaths ! 
We allude to this statement from the fact that 
similar exaggerations are going the rounds of the 
papers,—east, west and south,—and that pedlers, 
and other interested persons, have set afloat most 
alarming rumors in the surrounding country. In 
one case, a pedler, not fifty miles distant, offered 
a wager of some amount that there were a hun¬ 
dred deaths from cholera, daily, in Rochester !— 
Absurd as such reports are, in fact, they have had 
the effect designed by their authors. A panic lias 
been created on the subject, which time alone 
can abate,—for when people become frightened, 
or overmuch excited, truth rarely penetrates their 
reasoning faculties. 
As an instance in point, we may mention that 
‘the good and cautious people of Dansville have, 
during the past week, placed the Packet boats 
hailing from Rochester on the Valley Canal, in 
Quarantine 1—not permitting the passengers to 
land until after an inspection by the Health Offi¬ 
cer ! To those who know the facts in regard to 
the extent of the epidemic, this course appears 
simply ridiculous,—and yet the Pansvillians are 
probably most sincere and honest in the convic¬ 
tion that our people are being rapidly decimaetd 
by the dreaded disease. 
That our readers may be as correctly informed 
as possible, in regard to the prevalence of the 
cholera here, we give au abstract of the reports of 
the Board of Health during the past week—in¬ 
cluding all the cases made known since the pub¬ 
lication of our last article on the subject—as fol¬ 
lows :—Tuesday, 10th, twelve cases, and three 
deaths; Wednesday, 11th, five cases, and three 
deaths; Thursday, 12th, eleven cases, and four 
deaths; Friday, 13th, nine cases and four deaths; 
Saturday, 14th, nine cases, and seven deaths.— 
(Of the last 9 cases, 5 were children, and of these 
four were fatal—supposed to be the direct result 
of eating green fruit.) On Sunday and Monday, 
(days of the week on which there is usually more 
sickness than any others, for reasons well known 
to those acquainted with city life,) the 15th and 
16th there only seventeen cases and ten deaths 
reported. 
—With these facts before them our readers can 
judge for themselves in regard to the extent of 
the epidemic, and the risk of visiting the city 
when occasion demands. AVe urge none to come, 
though we think much unnecessary alarm has 
been created,—and that prudent, temperate peo¬ 
ple, whether citizens or strangers, have little to 
fear from the cholera or aDy other disease. 
Literary Notices. 
The White Slave, or Memoirs of a Fugitive.— 
Boston : Tappan & Whittemore. 1S52. 
The success of Mrs. Stowe’s “ Uncle Tom’s 
Cabin” has called out several works of kindred 
titles, though in some instances the subjects of 
the books have been very different in character.— 
The present volume purports to be a true story of 
a fugitive—almost a white mah, and a descendant 
from two of the first families of Virginia—and is 
written in the style which a man in his position 
would naturally use in speaking of the past. For 
sale at Darrow’s Main St, Book Store. 
“ Graham’s Magazine ” for September presents 
its usual attractive features for all classes of read¬ 
ers. An illustrated article on the races of men, 
will attract the attention of the scientific. 
Godey’s Lady’s Book for September, is also 
before us. It is as usual, amply illustrated, and 
has a large variety of reading matter. D, M. 
Dewey, Agent, Arcade News Room. 
Fruit Trees, Ac.—A ttention is directed to the 
advertisement of T. C. Maxwell A Co., of Geneva. 
Congrrsstomil. 
Synopsis of Proceedings, 
Monday, August 9.—The Senate passed a res¬ 
olution calling for copies of correspondence on 
the Guano question with Pern, *«. She death of 
Robert Rantoul, Jr., of Mass., on Saturday was ; 
communicated to the Senate, and an eulogy pro- j 
nounced by Mr. Sumner, and passed the custom¬ 
ary resolutions. In the House, Mr. Mann an¬ 
nounced the death of Hon. Robert Rantoul, Jr., 
late a member of the House from Massachusetts, 
lie died on Saturday night of erysipelas—the ill¬ 
ness was brief, lie having been in his seat on 
Tuesday last. His wife reached the city on the 
- morning of the day upon which he breathed his 
; last, and yesterday returned with his remains to 
i assachusetts. The deceased was born in that 
State, and had he lived till next Friday, would 
have been 47 yeaYs < f age. Several members j 
spoke on the subject, and after the passage of the | 
customary resolutions the House adjourned. 
Tuesday, August 10.—In the Senate the Indian 
appropriation bill was up for discussion. I’lie 
clerks of the city post office presented a petition 
for additional compensation, stating therein that 
the aggregate number of free letters from the 
tenateand House during three years was over 
six millions and a half, weighing 1,300,000 lbs. 
The weight of free newspapers was over 62,000 
lbs., and the aggregate number of free letters, Ac., 
passing through this office, was over ten and a 
quarter millions, weighing 1,200 tons. In the 
House, the new Judiciary Fee bill, and then the 
Appropriation bill came up in Committee of the 
Whole. An amendment was adopted, appropri¬ 
ating $300,000 for a branch Mint at San Fran¬ 
cisco, and another proposed raising ti e salaries of 
Clerks in the Departments at Washington. 
Wednesday, August 11.—Several bills were 
reported to the Senate, among them the River and 
Harbor bill with amendments. The Indian ap¬ 
propriation bill was also taken up. In the House, 
about sixty amendments were passed to the gen¬ 
eral Appropriation bill, one prohibiting construc¬ 
tive mileage for any session called within ten 
days after the adjournment of Congress. 
Thursday, August 12.—In the Senate, the 
Homestead bill came to a vote and was lost, 14 
to 31. An interesting debate took place on the 
Fishing question. In the House the bill relating 
to costs and fees in the U. S. Courts passed, the 
Wheeling Bridge question was debated, and also 
the bill for the relief of Thomas Ritchie, after 
which the Army Appropriation bill came up. 
Friday, August 13.—The Senate were engaged 
on private bills, arid questions of privilege. The 
House again engaged ou the general Appropria¬ 
tion bill. The Army bil was discussed in Com¬ 
mittee of the Whole, and a resolution to appro¬ 
priate $20,000 to test the value of camels instead 
of mules and horses on the southern route to Cal¬ 
ifornia was rejected. 
Saturday, August 14.—The principal topics 
under consideration were Mr. Merri wether’s reso¬ 
lution calling for information as to moneys paid 
out of the Treasury to Generals Scott and Pierce, 
and the President’s Message in regard to the 
Fisheries. Mr. Seward made a speech on the 
latter question. In the House, the principal top¬ 
ics were the Wheeling Bridge question, and the 
Army appropriation bill. The latter bill passed, 
and the private calendar was then taken up. 
Cary Collegiate Seminary. —The Fall term of 
this Institution commences on the 28th inst., un¬ 
der the charge of our old friend and school-mate, 
Prof. M. M. Baldwin. He lias had charge of 
similar institutions for many years, and is an able, 
successful and popular instructor, and the present 
high reputation of the Seminary will be well sus¬ 
tained under the care of Prof. B. and his associates. 
New Daily. —We have received the initial 
number of the “Rochester Daily Union,” a Dem¬ 
ocratic paper announced in our last as forthcom¬ 
ing. It makes a very creditable appearance in 
externals, and indicates ability and good judg¬ 
ment in matter. A weekly is to be issued from 
the same establishment. 
Correction. —The Seneca Co. Agricultural Fair 
and Cattle Show will be held at Waterloo, on 
Thursday, September 30, and the day following, 
instead of Oct. 14 and 15 as before stated. The 
Genesee Co. Fair will bo held at Bergen, not Ba¬ 
tavia, as before stated. 
The Sins of Congress. 
In the discussion on the recent proposition to 
adjourn on the 31st inst., the character of Con¬ 
gress was alluded to, and it was generally admit¬ 
ted that it had much degenerated, and that Con¬ 
gress had become impracticable and imbecile.— 
The following are the acknowledged evils of pres¬ 
ent Legislation: 
“ It is an evil that appropriation bills are kept 
back so late, that they must be either voted upon 
blindly or the supplies must stop. 11 is an evil 
that appropriations which ought to be made by 
one Congress are thrown upon another, thus forc¬ 
ing upon the Executive the responsibility of in¬ 
curring debt, or of transferring appropriations 
contrary to law, or witnessing the destruction of 
important public interests. It is an evil that sub¬ 
jects which do not properly belong to Congress 
should be continually agitated, to the neglect of 
legitimate public business. It is an evil that so 
fe w members feel any responsibility for the ac¬ 
tion of Congress. It is an evil that so many 
members deem the proper functions of Congress 
to be the mere collection and disbursement of 
revenue. It is a crying evil that our chief object 
is to make Presidents, and provide places, emolu¬ 
ments, and jobs, for themselves and their friends.” 
The Washington Monument. —The appeals in 
behalf of this enterprise have not been made in 
vain. It begins to go on more rapidly. $3,16fl 
were received in July, and the obelisk is now 113 
feet high. 
■orngti InbUigtnrt. bq Hr Mail®. Items of &t. 
ARRIVAL or THE FRANKLIN. 
The steamer Franklin arrived at New York, on 
the 16th inst., with four days later news, 120 
passengers and 600 tons of valuable French goods. 
Among - the passengers are S. C. Goodrich, U. S. 
Consul at Paris and bearer of dispatches, and Rev. 
Geo. Hastings, of Boston, bearer of despatches 
from Turin. 
Markets.— Flour and wheat were firm, at the 
rates of Friday, white corn was scarce and held 
at Is. advance. Yellow corn quoted at 41s.— 
Provisions were steady. _ 
The political news is interesting. 
England. —The Queen was to leave for Ant¬ 
werp on Saturday. One hundred and seventeen 
vessels were up in the United Kingdom for Aus¬ 
tralia. Trade at Manchester had somewhat 
slackened. 
France.—I t is reported that the official an¬ 
nouncement of the marriage of the French Presi¬ 
dent would be made in a few days. The elections 
of the Counsel Generals had resulted iu iavor of 
the Government. 
Russia.— The Russian Government declares the 
reported Secret Convention of the Northern Pow¬ 
ers a fabrication. 
Stain. —Dissensions in the Cabinet at Madrid 
were current. 
Portugal. —The grape crop at Maderia near Lis¬ 
bon, had tailed. The Cortes had been dissolved. 
Currency Items. 
Latest Counterfeits.— 20’s on the Farmers’ 
Bank of Bucks County, Pa.—altered, the words 
“ Bucks County,” and the “20” on the medallion 
head, on upper corner, looks bad. 
2’s and 5’s on the Knickerbocker Bank, N. Y. 
cit y—altered from ones —vig. a view of New - York 
in 1659, with a Dutch ship, sail boat and row 
boats iu fore-ground. 
20’s on the Columbian Bank, Mass.—altered 
from genuine ones, well done—vig. a female, child, 
Ac.—not like genuine 20’s. 
3’s on the Quinsigamond Bank, Mass.—vig. a 
female putting flowers on the neck of the eagle— 
sailor ou right and farmer with scythe on the left. 
2’s on the Truxton Bank, Mass.—-said to bo al¬ 
tered from a broken affair. 
3’s on the Tremont Bank, Mass.—said to have 
three blacksmiths, anvil, Ac. 
20’s on the Globe Bank, Providence, R. I.— 
engraving coarse aud pale. 
l’s on the Bank of Middletown, Pa.—re-issue 
relief notes—attempt to imitate the genuine, but 
engraving very coarse—the shading of “one dol¬ 
lar” and gound work of “re-issue” is heavy. 
5”s on the Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank, 
Washington, D. C.—altered from ones—vig. a man 
on horse back, another binding a sheaf of grain, 
and one with a pitchfork ; bridge, canal boat, Ac., 
on right end, portrait of Scott on left—genuine 5 
has three mechanics, steam and sail ships, and 
ship on stocks. 
20’s on the Phoenix Bank, Bainbridge, N. Y .— 
altered from a smaller denomination—vig. an In¬ 
dian female reclining on a rock, viewing a steam¬ 
boat aud canal boat in the distance—portrait of a 
female on lower right corner—small State arms on 
the lower corner. 
5’s on the Rhode Island Union Bank, Newport, 
R. I.—vig. a drover on horseback, with cattle, Ac. 
—steamboat between the signature — not like 
genuine. 
5’s on the Lancaster Bank, Pa.—Re-issue relief 
notes—altered from ones by pasting operation.— 
Thomtpson ’ s Reporter. 
Bogus Around. —The Chicago Journal says :— 
“ We were shown some specimens of bogus coin, 
this morning, which shows no ‘journeymen’ have 
been at work, but practiced hands. They were 
of the following denominations : 
SrLVER—Five francs, dated 1821 ; half dollars, 
do. 1844 ; dimes, do. 1841. 
Gold —Eagles, dated 1851 ; half do. do. 1846 ; 
Eagles, unfinished, do. 1835; double do, do. 1851.” 
There is reason to believe that there is consid¬ 
erable of the above, in circulation in this vicinity. 
—Buffalo Republic. 
The Harvest and Crops of 1852. 
We gather from various quarters the following 
additional items relating to the wheat harvest 
and the prospects of other crops, the present 
season: 
A ride of some twelve or fifteen miles in¬ 
to the country has given us a glimpse of Monroe 
county farms—which we must say are always 
pleasant to look upon. Corn appears well and 
flourishing—the late good weather having brought 
it on wonderfully. There will be a fair yield ; 
and it is one of the most profitable crops the 
farmer can raise—more so than wheat. The lat¬ 
ter grain has been securely harvested. Every 
where you hear the hum of the threshing ma¬ 
chine. Prices at present do not suit the farmer, 
who always wants a dollar a bushel for his 
wheat. Lands are steadily advancing in price; 
and there is no happier community any where 
than the industrious, prosperous, intelligent ag¬ 
riculturists of the Genesee country. — Rochester 
American. 
The Wisconsin says :—An observing per¬ 
son who has just traveled over three-fourths of the 
State, declares, in all his experience, that he never 
saw such crops. The corn is generally good, but 
on the Wisconsin River it is wonderful; it is ful¬ 
ly seven feet high, and the ears are correspondingly 
large and prolific. 
The Vincennes (Ind.) Gazette says, that 
the crop of pork next tall, will be very heavy 
throughout the Wabash valley. It is now pretty 
certain that the corn will yield an immense har¬ 
vest, and farmers, stimulated by the good prices 
of last year, seem disposed to produce as much 
pork as possible. 
jgp” A letter from Burlingtou, Iowa, states that 
there will be a larger crop of com in that State 
than ever before. 
The peach crop in Delaware and Maryland 
is good. ' 
Another State.—A letter writer from Oregon 
to one of the New York papers says :—“ It is not 
improbable that before the expiration of a year, 
Oregon will apply for admission into the Union ; 
the northern portion having already the requisite 
population to form a state, leaving the southern 
portion still a territory of the United States.— 
California may be rich in gold aud other minerals, 
but the elements of moral power, based on the 
development of industry, by a sturdy, laborious 
aud steady population, are accumulating faster 
in Oregon. Oregonians will become the Yan¬ 
kees of the Pacific coast, and from Puget and 
Nutka Sounds will start the expeditions of mod¬ 
ern Argonauts.” 
jglT The New Yorkers are going to work in 
earnest, in the investigation of the causes which 
led to the horrible burning of the Henry Clay.— 
The United States Marshal has arrested Thomas 
Collier—one of the owuers of the boat—Captain 
Talman, John Germaine, engineer, James L. Jes* 
sup, clerk, and Edward Hubbard, pilot, on charge 
of manslaughter. The arrest was made under the 
act of Congress of July, 1838, which provides 
that if by the misconduct of the captain, pilot or 
other persons employed on board, in their respec¬ 
tive duties, the life or lives of any person or per¬ 
sons .shall be destroyed, said captain or others, 
shall be deemed guilty of manslaughter—the trial 
to be before any Circuit Court in the United 
States—aud punished by imprisonment at hard 
labor for a .period of not more than ten years. 
Jgf” The London Times has a very full and 
flattering description of the origin, progress of 
construction, and other particulars of the Panama 
Railway, furnished by Mr. Alexander Wylie, 
Chief Edgineer of the Royal West India steamer 
Trent. lie states that the twenty-one miles fin¬ 
ished, only about one half the line, when he was 
last at Panama, is in good running order, and the 
charge for passengers is $7,50 each, or 32J J cents 
a mile. The guage is five fleet. The contract for 
remainder of the work is bound to be delivered 
by August 1st, 1853. 
If the civilization of a country is meas¬ 
ured by the amount of soap used in it as some 
philosopher contends, Great Britain is highly civ¬ 
ilized. In England amj Scotland, during the 
year ending on the 5th of January last, there 
were 1,327,183 pounds of silicated soap made; 
184,725,265 pounds of other hard soap; and 19,- 
025,051 pounds of soft soap. There were 317 
licensed soap makers; namely, 152 in England, 
24 in Scotland, and 141 in Ireland. 
The reported triumph of the Earl of Derby 
in the late English elcctons, is confirmed. A 
Ministerial majority of 43 is claimed. This, if 
the Premier uses his power to carry out his prin¬ 
ciples, will produce great excitement iu ana out 
of Parliament. England was prosperous beyond 
all exarii pie under the Policy of the late Sir Robt. 
Peel. The Landed interests demand a change 
which cannot be effected without a convulsive 
struggle. 
YffY The bridge over the Muskingum river, at 
Zanesville, which is about to be erected by the 
Central Ohio Bailroad Company, is to be an iron 
one, invented and patented by Wendell Bollman, 
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. It is to be 
538to feet in length, having four spans of 124Q, 
containing 67 tons of wrought, and 130 tons of 
cast iron. The only timber used will be the floor, 
which will require 65,000 feet of lumber. 
One million acres of Canadian School 
Lands have been opened for sale in the counties of 
Bruce, Grey and Hurou, at two dollars an acre— 
payments to be made in inslalraents, running over 
ten years. Not an acre will be sold but to actual 
aud continuous settlers, who must clear five acres 
a year for the first six years. The proceeds will 
be devoted to the establishment of a Common 
School education. 
The leading New Nork papers, called the 
New l T ork associated press, have leased with the 
right to purchase, the House line of Telegraph 
between Boston and New York. Their purpose 
is, to put it in the most thorough repair, and 
throw upon it all the extensive newspaper busi¬ 
ness which they control. It will of course con¬ 
tinue open to the public patronage, as heretofore. 
Within ten days recently, five thousand 
dogs were destroyed in Paris alone. It is stated 
the dogs of France annually consume food to the 
value of fifty-five millions of francs, about eleven 
millions of dollars. The calculations are said to 
be rather under than over the truth. Eleven 
millions of dollars form a sum considerably great¬ 
er than the annual budget of the city of Paris. 
A railway is now being constructed from 
Bombay to Calcutta. So it appears that even iu 
the far indies, the railway is the great lever to 
rouse the people to a more active civilization.— 
The natives are anticipating wonders from the 
iron horse. In so intensely a hot climate nothing 
could be better than an iron elephaut—such as 
the locomotive may well be termed. 
HIP The number of emigrants, Ac., who had 
passed Fort Kearney up to the 13th of July, was 
as follows : Men, 25,865 ; Women, 7,021 ; Chil¬ 
dren, 8,270 ; Wagons, 8,166 ; Mules, 5,853 ; Hor¬ 
ses, 9,483; Cattle, 90,343; Sheep, 34.32Q. There 
are 600 fresh graves between Fort Kearney and 
Weston, and a grSat number above the Fort. 
A monster iron steamship called the At- 
rate, is n 'W buil ling in one of the English ship¬ 
yards, "which will be large enough to contain the 
steamship Arabia, of 2,400 tons, and a good deal 
of room to spare. Her length of keel will'be 310, 
and her promenade, from stem to stern, 330 feet 
long by 38 feet broad. 
ypgp A young German applied to a physician 
in Boston to have a finger amputated, which had 
been injured by machinery. The doctor admin¬ 
istered chloroform before proceeding to the ope¬ 
ration, and while under the effects of the ether, 
and before he had inhaled the ordinary quantity, 
the young man died. 
The New Patent Law of England does 
away with the necessity of applying for separate 
patents for the different Islands of Great Britain. 
One patent will embrace the “United Kingdoms 
of England, Scotland and Ireland, the Islands of 
Guernsey, Sack aud Man, and the town of Ber¬ 
wick- upon-Tweed.” 
jggp A la ge number of Swedes arrived in Bos¬ 
ton a few days since. They marched through 
the streets soon after landing, with their baggage 
in wagons and and their children iu their arms, 
under this banner : “ Hail Columbia, land of the 
free. We will be no burden to Massachusetts.” 
jgp Episcopal Ministers are said to be much 
wanted in Virginia. There are twenty-seven va¬ 
cant parishes in that diocese. Some of these arc 
said to be among the most desirable parishes in 
the State. There is also a want of ministers in 
the Presbyterian and other churches. 
rsf” A few days since, an Irishwoman at Three 
Rivers, Palmer, went down to the river to get a 
nail of water, when she found her little child 
floating in the water, drowned. With a pail of 
water in one hand, and her child in the other, she 
hastened to tho house 
jrgp Upward of 40,000 men are toiling away 
from earliest morn till latest eve, in search of the 
‘golden ore of Australia, nor do they search in 
vain. Other business is at a stand still —the 
sheep unclipped, the harvests uureaped, ft. ctories, 
and even houses of prayer deserted. 
The total amount of imports into this 
country, during the year from July 1st, 1851, to 
July 1st, 1852, was $199,582,000, being eleven 
millions less than the preceding year. More than 
half of this amount was received at the port of 
New York. 
-There are seven steamships on the stocks 
at New York. 
-The American Board of Missions is out of 
debt with a surplus of $3 35. 
-3,500 persons suffered from small pox last 
year in New York, and 368 died from its effects. 
-Mr. Rantoul’s life was insured at the Brit¬ 
ish Life Insurance office in Boston, for $10,000. 
- A $10 “ paster,” on the Broome County 
Bank, Binghampton, is in circulation. 
-The Corning and Buffalo railroad is com¬ 
pleted to Wayland Depot, six miles from Dans¬ 
ville. 
-Thomas F. Meagher lias taken the oath 
preparatory to becoming a citizen of the United 
States. 
-The State tax of Iowa for the current vear 
is IQ mills on the dollar—-just half the levy of 
last year. 
-Maj. Joy, of Clayton, Jefferson county, a 
soldier of the ft evolution, died a few days since, 
at the age of 90. 
-Rev. Dr. Fitch, for many years Divinity 
Professor in Yale College, has tendered his resig¬ 
nation of that office. 
-The total number of dead bodies recovered 
from the burning of the Henry Clay is 70; 51 
have been recognized by name. 
-Steamboats without smoke pipes are being 
built on the Thames. The smoke, Ac., is to be 
carried off through the wheel-houses. 
-Salt beef and pork have risen lately in the* 
New York market. Mess beef now sells at $18,- 
50 per barrel, and mess pork at $20. 
•-A dog witli a wooden leg was recently 
seen in St. Charles Street, New Orleans, getting 
along quite comfortably. 
-Mr. Brocken bridge, of New Y r ork is to suc¬ 
ceed the late Mr. Downing in ornamenting the 
grounds at the Capitol in Washington. 
-A deluge of rain near Medina, Orleans Co., 
carried away a dwelling house which was situated 
near a stream, and two children were drowned. 
-Judge Conkling of Auburn, has been ap¬ 
pointed Minister to Mexico, by the President and 
Senate, in place of Mr. Letcher, resigned. 
-The City Fathers, of Gotham, charged 
their constituents, says the Tribune, last month, 
for gloves and hack hire, $1,242 50. 
-There is at Ann Arbor, Mich., a Medical 
Collide, supported by State munificence, and free 
to all students without regard to residence. 
-A little girl, 6 years old, arose in her sleep, 
a few nights since, and was found eighty rods 
from the house by a watchman. 
-The contracts have been given out for the 
railroad suspension bridge at Niagara Falls. It 
will be located a short distance above tho present 
bridge. 
-The immigration into California from all 
parts of the world continues immense. For tho 
nine weeks ending July 8, the arrivals amounted 
to 22,000. 
-At Berlin, the children of imprisoned pa¬ 
rents who are destitute, a e taken to the prison 
also, where they are carefully taught and cared 
for. This is humanity. 
-Two vessels sailed from Canton within 
sixteen hours of each other, and reached New 
York just the same number of hours apart. This 
coincidence has probably no parallel. 
-A company has been organized to build a 
third railroad track ou the south side of the Mo¬ 
hawk. Erastus Corning is at the head of the 
new company. 
-Over 100,000 copies of Harpers Magazine 
are now published; and $1,500 per month, or 
$18,000 a year are paid for engravings and origi¬ 
nal contributions. 
-The Royal Agricultural Society has offered 
a premium of one thoui.aud pounds to any one 
who will either invent or discover a manure equal 
to Peruvian guano. 
-Simeon Rogers, Post Master at Chenango 
Forks, has held the office fifty years. He received 
his commission from Gideon Granger. He is now 
90 years of age. 
-The shoemakers of Milford, Mass., turn 
out one million five hundred pairs of boots every 
year. The business is brisk at present, and good 
prices are paid the workmen for their labor. 
-It is stated that in the city of New Y”ork 
alone, there are annually retailed, not less than 
50,000 pounds of opium, most of which is con¬ 
sumed as a stimulant! 
-Mr. Crampton has informed the President 
that Lord Derby has taken the fishery question 
out of liis hands, and referred it to the Colonial 
Government. 
-Only four days are required to bring live 
hogs from Cincinnati to New York city by way 
of the Erie Railroad, a lot of 450 having come 
through in that time recently. 
-Capt. Burdett has an acre of strawberry 
vines upon Cayuga Island, in the Niagara river, 
the product of which sold in Buffalo, yielded him 
$656, during the last season. 
-The Intelligencer officially announces the 
resignation of Hon. Abbott Lawrence, Minister 
to England, and the appointment of Joseph R. 
Iugersoll to fill his place. 
-The daily sides of nosegays in New York, 
during the flower season, are said to amount to 
several thousand dollars. One floral pcdlcr has 
amassed $9,000 by the sale of bouqets. 
-A Chinese New Testament, printed wil h 
metal types, and of a superior character has been 
forwarded to the Directors of the London Mission¬ 
ary Society, and is sold for four pence. 
-The Boston Traveller says : A man who 
has not wit enough to keep out of a mock auction 
shop, is hardly, fit to go at large, and deserves to 
lose all the money which the “ Peter Funks ” get 
from him. 
-The Greenfield (Mass.) Gazette learns that 
the machine for timneling the Koosack mountain 
was put in operation ou Friday. Tho machine 
promises to meet the highest expectations ol its 
friends. 
_A mill six hundred feet long is building 
iu Lawrence, Mass., for the manufacture of Barege 
de Laines, an article not before attempted in this 
country. It will probably require $3,000,000 to 
complete and operate the establishment, 
-The Duke of Northumberland has pre¬ 
sented to the Boston Athenannn, through Hon. 
Abbott Lawrence, a beautiful fac simile of the 
Turin Papyrus, or ancient manuscript of the ear¬ 
liest Pharaohs of Egypt, 
_The National Intelligencer, estimates the 
value of coffee consumed iu the United States, 
England and France, at $59,000,000 ; tea in Eu¬ 
rope aud America, at $35,000,000, and indigo at 
$ 21 , 000 , 000 . 
