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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-IO RKER: AM AGRICULTURAL AMR FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
T>TT1) AT lVT?W-VOT3Tf It is very difficult to say, from the confused ac- 
IX U it AL IN ill \ V 1 UitiVi.IV. counts rece - v?d) bow man} , or who are saved or 
ROCHESTER, AUGUST 26, 1852. lost ' thou S h we b 'T e the . faots may be 11101 u U ." 
___ vorable than the above estimate, It is not possi- 
SPECIAL NOTICES. ble to tell to which pari}' the most blame attaches 
jr’gr” Remember that our terms are in advance, and that but that both are chargeable with negligence, and 
icc do not send the Rural after the expiration of the lime a disregard of the responsible duty devolving upon 
SPECIAL NOTICES. 
canal; but although he had a more commanding 
view, he could not see quite so much wheat.— 
Nevertheless, when he came back to the village 
from his celestial excursion, he was eloquent in 
the praise, not only of exuberant wheat fields, but 
ConguMional. 
Synopsis of Proceedings. 
Monday, August 16.—The Senate was engaged 
(funs of I fam, &r. 
-A portion of the Nicaragua Canal has 
been so A to English capitalist, 
-A tunnel ten miles long is now in the 
paid for. See terms on last page. 
23?° Pack numbers can still be supplied from commence- 
them, the people will not be slow to believe.— 
The whole matter should undergo the most search- 
of every thing else which lie saw. And well he discussing a bill making appropriations for a progress of construction in Hungary, 
might be, for Northern Ohio is truly one of the cana j ar0 und the Saidt Ste. Marie. No action -There are twelve thousand I 
upon it. 
meat of present half volume, (July 1st,) to new subscribers. n^Rial investigation, though any punishment 
Note is the Lime to secure them, as ice have but few on hand. ... 
that shall be meted out to the delinquents, can 
2"#” Until further notice new subscribers paying will . . . 
receive the present or either back vol. of The Wool Grmeer. <1° little toward binding up the broken, bleeding, 
.. .-.— ■ — grief-stricken hearts of those whose friends and 
Disclosures m “Terra Culture.” relatives have thus suddenly perished. Public 
-- indignation may be awakened, and its deepest 
With others, to tlie number of some seventy, S y m p a thy aroused, but the depth of suffering will 
we attended the “disclosures’ ol Russell Com- be silently felt by the mourning hearts thus irre- 
stock upon the subject known as Terra Culture. p arab ]y bereaved. t 
Mr. C. claims lo have discovered a law in vegeta¬ 
ble physiology of the utmost importance to the 
Agriculturist, the Horticulturist, and “ the rest of 
mankind.” 
We listened attentively, and with a real desire 
to leam the whole extent of the great discoveries 
inignt De, ior rsonnern hho is umy o c i i canal around the Sault Ste. Marie. No action -There are twelve thousand live bundled 
best sections ol die western countri. upon it. Nothin 0 * of interest occurred in the miles of railroad m the Ij nited States. 
The counties lying immediately south of the jj ouse _ -The armies of Europe contain 2,773,833 
Reserve, like several others in the State, arosettled, Tuesday, August 17.—The Senate continued re o llktr soldiers. 
to a large extent, by the “ Pennsylvania Dutch,” as the debate of yesterday, and the bill with amend- Pearls to the value of about $100,000 per 
they are called, they are an industrious class, and ments, was ordered to be engrossed. The House T • • i , , • , 
, “ , , ’ ° „ -Louisiana has received under various laws 
know how to accumulate; but it appears to me, passed a bill granting to the several States, ten jo, 210 122 acres of the Public Laud. 
they are lamentably deficient in taste. Very few millions of acres of public lands for the benefit of -’ There arc 4,335 Presbyterian churches in 
of the wealthiest of them know any thing about indigent insane persons, and engaged in debate on the United States. 
The counties lying immediately south of the House. 
Reserve, like several others in the State, arosettled, Tuesday, August 17.—The Senate continued 
to a large extent, by the “ Pennsylvania Dutch,” as the debate of yesterday, and the bill with amend- 
they are called. They are an industrious class, and ments, was ordered to be engrossed. The House 
know how to accumulate; but it appears to me, passed a hill granting to the several States, ten 
they are lamentably deficient in taste. A cry few millions of acres of public lands for the benefit of 
the comforts of rural refinement, such as comino- the Naval appropriation bill, 
dious and neat cottages, and shade trees. I was Wednesday. August 18.- 
Ohio Correspondence. 
Lake Erie, August, 1852. 
Mr. Editor Having just returned from a 
visit to several of the counties in the northern 
riding through Stark and Wayne counties a year a Till granting 750,000 acres of land to the State 
or two ago, on the outside of the stage coach, with of Michigan for the Sault Canal. The principal 
a gentleman who had long resided in that section topic of the session was the RL'er and Harbor 
of the State, and was well acquainted with the bill; and an amendment to the item appropria- 
farmers on the* road. In several instances he ting $75,000 for a Ship Canal from the Missis- 
pointed out farms, the proprietors of which were gippi to the Gulf of Mexico gave rise to a spirited 
about which so much has been said yet must P art of this State—Summit, Stark, Wayne, Ash- worth from fifteen to thirty thousand dollars, and debate. The House did nothing of interest, 
confess that we came away with a feeling of great 
disappointment. It is true the lecturer unfolded 
land, Richland, Erie, and Huron—I seat myself, 
before returning to Buffalo, to give you a few 
could live like eails and dukes if they chose to; Thursday, August 19.—In the Senate, the -The Attica people are talking about build- 
yet they occupied little, dilapidated, comfortless Civil and Diplomatic appropriation bill was dis- a railioad fiom that place to Clean, and the 
looking houses, without a particle of shrubbery cussed, but not disposed of, and was followed by BuBa,01 “ aas encourage the project. 
; Naval appropriation bill. -Another revolution has broken out in sev- 
Wednesday, August 18.—The Senate passed era l °f the Mexican departments. 
fill granting 750,000 acres of land to the State -“Uncle Tom’s Cabin” is being drama- 
Michigan for the Sault Canal. The principal tised ’ il is said > ai1 experienced writer in Boston, 
fic of the session was the River and Harbor A magnificent hath of oriental alabaster 
1 ; and an amendment to the item appropria- b ^ been excavated iu Rome > uear Tra J an ’ 8 
g $75,000 for a Ship Canal from the Missis- m, .. c ,, ,, 
• . , -1 he meeting of the State Temperance Al- 
P 1 to the Gull of Mexico gave rise to a spirited fi ance has been postponed till the 15th of Sep¬ 
tate. The House did nothing of interest. ternber. 
Thursday, August 19.—In the Senate, the -The Attica people are talking about build- 
some things connected with the cultivation of ideas - suggested by my excursion through this 
trees, plants and grain, which might be called rich agricultural district. 
new, and which on trial may prove of much value. Lalld,i 'S from the lake ’ at Cleveland, if a stran- 
Far be it from us to underrate one particle the ger in the place, the first thing that attracts the 
information received. It is not what we had been traveler’s attent ion, is the number of railroads 
led to expect, In comparison to the published "’hich centre here. As he reaches the dock, he 
pretensions of the lecturer, it sinks into insignifi- 8aes a track leadin g to Columbus and Cincinnati, 
cauce * it is very much what a Yankee would call ail0 t hci ‘ to Pittsburgh, and a third to Painesville 
«the little end of nothing whittled to a point.” aild Ashtabula on its way to Erie. If he makes 
, , „ ,, , . , further investigations, he may discover that the 
This may not be tlie fault of tlie subject, more , r a ., J . ...... 
J . , . . ^ . j „„ „ cars are, before many months, to come m Irom the 
than the manner m which it is treated. Of all ’ ... , , . 
, , ,, , west, connecting Cleveland with Ioiedo, and con- 
the itinerants from whom we have heard lectures , . . b . 
„ . . ,, sequently with Chicago, 
upon any subject, we think no one amoDg them \.. T ,, , ,, , , 
‘ , . . Ohio, I may as well here add, lias more leagues 
so wanting in capacity to communicate ideas m- ...... , , 
... ., , ,, „ v , n , , of railroad, as 1 am credibly informed, than any 
telhgibly as Mr. Comstock. Rhe world has been T r • w * . j 
° J . , ... . , . , other fetate m the Union. Between ten and 
favored with many philosophers and naturalists, . , . 
. , ‘ , . . . , eleven hundred miles are now in use, and upwards 
the result of whose labors have been of inealeu- . . , , . . ' . 
, ,, , , . ... „„ of a thousand more are under contract. In this 
lahle benefit to the great mass of mankind. Jhe . T , . c . . , ,, 
, ,, , ,, respect, I know of no State where the energy 
lono* list of illustrious names emblazoned on the 1 . ( 
around them ; and all the buildings were sm- a long debate on the River and Harbor bill. In ^ continullTjud^L. BrnTows," M. a o/or- 
rounded by a miserable old V lrgmia fence, an in- the House the hill declaring the M heeling bridges leans, will lie appointed 1'. M. General. 
dex of shiftlessuess iu all matters of rural caste legal structures and post routes was passed. The -It is reported that Gorgcy has been, or is 
-> 11 UUK uic uni ucuamig me .. ncuuiig unuges ieans, will be appointed M. Ueueral. 
dex of shiftlessuess iu all matters of rural caste legal structures and post routes was passed. The -It is reported that Gorgcy has been, or is 
and neatness. Such agriculturists may enjoy their French Spoliation bill was passed by, and the to be, sent to take command of ihe Austrian fur- 
riches, hut if they do, it is mysterious. I have Navy Appropriation bill was taken up. tress of Ifufstein, in Tyrol. 
only to add that this picture is not a type of all Friday, August 20.-In the Senate a motion-The Hotel on the summit of Mt. Wash- 
farm houses and estates, even (in a mental sense) to take up the Homestead bill was voted down by ia g ton >^ s loet ab<n ! e tbe iuvul ol yua *~ 
in the most uncultivated districts. i. c. 38 to 16. The Postage bill was amended so that °, S ’ ... 
Severe Drouth. 
Navy Appropriation bill was taken up. Uess of Kufstein, in Tyrol. 
Friday, August 20.-In the Senate a motion - Tlie Hotel on the summit of Mt. Wash- 
to take up the Homestead bill was voted dowu by ff26 feet above the level of the Sea.- 
.. if. 1 mi t, , ... , , , J It is a Hotel iu the clouds. 
38 to lb. the Postage bill was amended so that „„ w ^ 
. .. . ,, . , ,, -Ihe New Urleans Bee is of the opinion 
newspapers, penodicals and all printed matter, that Virginia will be a free State in a few years, 
weighing not over three ounces, may go to any 
part of the Republic for one cent, and when paid 
We hear from different parts of our State, com- P ait 01 U)U ^epumic ior one cent, ana wnen paia 
plaints of a lack of rain, which has been detri- W terl Y in advanc e. one-half cent; newspapers 
mental to the crops. In Northern New York, weighing not over an ounce and a half when cir- 
the hay crop is very short in consequence of the cu Uitecl in the State where they are published, will 
by the inevitable action of natural events. 
-The receipts of the Rochester and Syra- 
qijprterly in advance, one-half cent; newspapers cuse Railroad, for the first week in August, were 
weighing not over an ounce and a half when cir- $19,099, against $16,990, same week, last year. 
drouth, and hay is selling at eight dollars per ton, 
n ai ly twice the usual price. Farmers are selling | 
off their surplus stock of cattle and sheep. In j 
eulated in the State where they are published, will —— The process of cutting the Koh-i-noor 
be charged half these rates ; books not weighing diamond is going on successfully, but is expected 
over four pounds may be taken at a cent an ounce 
for distances under 3,000 miles, and two cents an 
- - -I- x c . i'LIl' ±WUliUclU, uas> uuu 
other localities we hear of complaints of like 011 or greater, distances, when prepaid. nen and Eirnira Railroad. 
to be a work of many weeks. 
-The name of the Canandaigua and Corn¬ 
ing Railroad, has been changed to “ Canandaigua 
d 0 wn to the latest and enter P riseof the country are better developed j character though the drouth has not been as | s,, ch books are hot prepaid, they will be charged -Of the clerks in the Government offices of 
roll of undying fame, will go down to the latest . v . - , • 
f Ohio lies so centrally in the great confederacy 
postenly side by side with the knowledge of the , , . . . ... , , , . 
V , , .... ... . that in passing to its extremities by land m al- 
discovenes and tlie principles for which each as a 1 .. . . , ,. . 
,, . , . - 1 . c . most any direction, her dominions must be crossed; 
public benefactor, and as lovers ol truth and re- . , J ... 
1 and she seems determined that the journey thro’ 
semi i, c. o.ei. them shall he as expeditions as the disposition of 
These men, at a great expenditure of time and .. .. , , , , . 
,* ° , : . , this swift age demands. 1 hen, too, she knows it 
means, sought out the unknown in nature and . . , . . , , 
’ , . , ., . . is for tho benefit ol her industrious sons, that 
philosophy and freely gave to tlie world the sub- , , , , ,, 
\ 1 *■ . , . Z _ _ railroads should connect her many fertile districts 
lime results of then* efforts. Russell Comstock, . , , . ~ ., , , . . 
, . , . , with the great emporiums or the east; and it is 
in the nineteenth century, claims to have accident- ... . * .. , . . . . , . 
„ , , J , r • , gratifying to see with what interest she observes 
ally discovered a law m vegetable physiology . . . . , , . 
.*V , . the progress ot her own internal improvements— 
which may be of some use to culturists, and to Y . . , ., , 
, \ ., , . , particularly her railroads, 
which he has added minor results ot his labors* l 
For these he desires a patent or pension from the 1 was at Woo8tcr > Wa Y ne co,int }'> on the l0 th 
National or State Legislatures, failing in which, i,istaut > wben Avas celebrated the opening of the 
he retails them out to the wondering and credu- 1 ennsylvania and Ohio lailioad, fiom Massillon 
lous world, at one dollar per head, with the agree- tbat * P^ ace * *^ be cUstance is twenty-two miles, 
ment of a further fee of five dollars in case of aud tbe road nnis through one of the best wheat 
their ultimate use. These discoveries may prove growing sections of the State. 1 he farmers ot 
of the greatest value, and be very cheap at the Wayne county had been anticipating with a great 
price asked, but tbe great parade made by tbe de<-d pleasure, the time when their county seat 
discoverer, and the rank and importance claimed wou l t l be connected by railioad with tbe great 
for them, illy comport with what we were enabled mar hct at Pittsburgh, 1.3.3 miles distant; and 
to learn at the lecture given in this city. t when the day came for the airival of the first 
___ train of cars, thousands hurried into town to be- 
The Lake Erie Calamity. hold the joy-giving sight. The train consisted of 
Our friends “ down east ” appear to be suffering mese provisions, i lie uni granting land to tne 
much worse than elsewhere, as will be learned States foi the benefit of the indigent insane, was 
fifty per cent more. The bill was passed with the United States, 6R1- are from Free and 93U from 
these provisions. The bill granting land to the Slave State?. 
-The present population of Detroit is 26,- 
648. By the United Suites census ol 1850, it was 
from the annexed paragraph, clipped from'Gospel re P 0lted *' The River and Harbor bill was again - v Ule umteU &lates census ot lbou, it was 
Banner, Augusta, Maine “ Everything is suffer- t; ikon up, and several amendments adopted in 1-TPg Wheeling Gazette denies the report 
ing here from the effects of the long continued* . Committee. . ». of a great fire in the coal banks in that quai ter, 
drouth. Feed is dried up so that the cattle need Ti tlie House the Navy appropriation biljP\ros and wishes it contradicted. 
feeding from the barns; potatoes, corn, ifec. are ! P assed > including an appropriation of $5,000 for 
-The new eight wheeled locomotive, Cayu¬ 
ga, recently drew a train of 157 coal cars from 
Ithaca to Owego. 
dying, and even fruit is falling from the trees.— a burying ground for seamen dying in the New a U 01 ^ CaiS k °‘ n 
We know some trees the leaves and fruit on ^ brk City Hospital. An amendment, providing ° . v ■ n , 
Which are actually dead-as if scorched and dried for 8endlQ g a Commissioner to negotiate for the that a r / volution had brokcn out in ’ Tampico, 
up by a fire. At this rate, things look gloomy.” acquisition of the Sandwich Islands, was declared Mazatlan, Guadalaquayra, and Vera Cruz. 
+ out of order. T , - . . T .... 
up by a fire. At this rate, things look gloomy.” 
t 
__ _It is not true that the Japan expedition 
Saturday, August 21. Jn the Senate, the Se- Png been abandoned. It will sail m autumn, un- 
1 1!E State Fair. — I be arrangements for the lect Committee, on petition of David L. Yulec, less the vessels are required for other service. 
coming Fair are liberally made, and the citizens who ..contests the seat of Mr. Mallory, Senator -Benjamin Matthews, Slate Senator from 
of Ltica feel disposed to do all in their power'to from Florida, reported unanimously that the seat Philadelphia, and President of the Senate of 
aid the local committee in rendering the details belonged to the latter gentleman. The River and Pennsylvania, died on Saturday last week. 
as perfect as possible. We are assured efforts Harbor bil^was considered, and amendments add- -Mrs. General Taylor, relict of the late 
will be made to dispense with the clouds of dust ing largely to the appropriations were adopted._ President, died at East Pascagoula, on Saturday 
which so much annoyed visitors in this city at The House passed the bill to authorize soldiers lugbt ’ tbo l ltb mst 
to learn at tbe lecture given in this city. 
The Lake Erie Calamity. 
T . . - . , ~ 7 — , six passenger cars, winch ran expressly to convey 
It is our painful duty to record another fearlul , . . , , 
- - - - - - the invited guests, and were completelv filled 
and desolating destruction of human life, bv a 
, , , R. 0 , , . T , . „ A before they had hardly reached the first station' 
steamboat disaster on lake Erie. On Friday . , IT J ' , ! 
a i ,, n . , . , i i m Wayne county, two or three hundred came, 
morning, August 20th, about half-past two o’clock “ . . R j 
,, . , , ,. ,,, ,, r . , , from the cities of Pittsburgh and Allegany; and 
the steamboat Atlantic ol the Michigan Central , , , . ° ° J 
. ... . ... ,, there must have been irom five to seven hundred J 
Railroad line, came m collision with the propeller . ...... ... . 
, T . in all. Immediately in the rear of this tram, was 
Ogaensburgh, about six miles above Long Point, , , . r, 
, . n j i r,., the regular tram, with two passenger-cars, which 
and four miles irom the Canada shore. Ihe , ,, .V , ’ ! 
, were also tolerably well tilled. When the two i 
damage to the Atlantic was so severe that it sunk . . . . , 
. , ... . trams reached VV ooster, trom six to eight mou¬ 
rn less than halt an hour. , . , . . ° 
. , . ,.. ,, .. sand people stood around the station grounds to 
A dense fog prevailed at the time the propeller . A . . , , , , , , , 
... . ... J ‘ receive the invited guests and to behold the novel 
came in collision with the steamer. The passen- ... . ^ . 
. , , , . . , . sight of cars in w ooster! A national salute was 
gers were all m bed, and tbe first mate was on * , . . . 
, , T , . . . ir ^. fired, a procession was formed; and the immense 
the Fair last fall. Iu Utica and vicinity there is to exchange bounty lands unfit for cultivation for 
“ ample room and verge enough ” for all who« good lands. The Post Office appropriation bill 
may desire to attend this annual farmers’’ jubilee passed. 
We would urge upon all of our readers who 
design exhibiting articles of any kind, to forward ^WRTTTff. ml iflD Xv) HI f K 
to tho Secretary at Utica, one dollar for their ^ UUJ Ul j 
membership, accompanied with a list of the arti- ~- 
cles they design exhibiting at the coming fail*.— ^ or an agreultural bureau this session of 
Do this at once. It will be a great help to the Coa g re88 > tbera 18 110 cbaace * «etWe, vigilant, 
61 energetic mind seems to take np the project, and 
officers, and a still greater one to those who do t0 f orce action unon it. Manv members have 
I H ’ or an agrcnltural bureau this session of bave 
Congress, there is no chance. No active, vigilant, ba 
energetic mind seems to take np the project, and dent 
to force action upon it. Many members have _j 
-Mrs. General Taylor, relict of tho lato 
President, died at East Pascagoula, on Saturday 
night, the 14th inst. 
-The steamship Princeton, of the Japan 
expedition, is slowly approaching completion, and 
it will Le from four to six weeks before she is 
ready to sail. 
--The bark Oriole sailed from Baltimore on 
the 9th for Sari Francisco, with tlie materials of 
eight light-houses, to be erected on the Pacific 
coast. 
—- The Free Soil Convention, at Pittsburgh, 
have nominated John P. Hale and George W. Ju¬ 
lian as candidates for President and Vice Presi- 
UU1 ° ; f V , U t0 orce aetlon u P on «■ y ^mbeis have ___ Tke noxt term of the Randolph Academy 
so, as their articles will be entered, and placed made good speeches for it, but they have not, and Ladies’ Seminary will commence on Septem- 
upontho committee books, ensuring a full and commanded the attention of either House. There her 9th. There isa prospectofaverylargeat- 
early examination, and the exhibitors will be 1S before the House a bill for a bureau contem- tendance. 
J •nhitino* mi Hr tho nnn/imtmftnt. f nfbrrova on/1 
saved the trouble of crowding round the office for 
plating only the appointment of six officers, and 
an annual expenditure of $10,350 ;• so it will be 
• p- • *,1 ii , rrn ujic xuvjLi^vi kucois anu wuuujlu lxic Liuvci 
came in collision with the steamer. The passen- ... . ^ . i 
„ . , , , . , , sight of cars in VV ooster! A national salute was 
gers were all m bed, and tbe first mate was on ® . . . 
r i- . i . fired, a procession was formed; and the immense j 
duty, immediately after the collision, a scene , , , , .. ’ , j 
n ., . . , • •, , throng inarched to a beautiful grove near by, and i 
of the utmost confusion prevailed among the b 6 - ’ i 
an hour or two to obtain tickets of membership perceived that the cost, or the patronage conferred, 
and a jiroper entry of the goods or articles they cannot be very objectionable. Our agricultural 
have to exhibit. t exports amount to over $190,000,000 annually; 
—— Tlie Post-Master General again cautions 
the public against the use of wax seals on letters 
emu a Niupi Cl.LI J Cl LUC guvAD Cl diLicica Lucy cannot be very objectionable. Our agricultural ^ich are to be transmitted across the Isthmus, 
have to exhibit. / exports amount to over $100,000,000 annually ; eltber to (,r from tbe Faclfie '. 
and surely, such an interest is entitled to an -The hired girls of Pittsburgh have sen t 
. especial bureau. $35,000 to the okl country during the past six 
Junction Canal. Me learn *rom the Elmira field in Kendall months, to enable their relations bo come to this 
Gazette, that the whole amount of stock ($400,- S of]^ ^2 ^ry. 
000) uccessaiy to complete the canal from Elmira w Rh the cattle. They tied the ends of a long -It is stated that Mr. Reyboldi, the distin- 
to the North Branch canal at Athens, Pa., about rope around their waists with slipping knots, and guished orchard 1st, ot Delaware, has 80,000 bas- 
twenty miles distant, bas been subscribed by driving the cattle over it, tripped them down by kets of peaches this season, for the New York and 
. , - .... r ,. . suddenlv raisinit. One of the cattlecauuht the Philadelphia markets, 
men able, and willing to pay. 1 his secures the 8 J., 8 u out w uw uuituujjiu uie 1 . 
,, . 7 _ c.i , , rope on its horns and ran away, dragging the -It is said ou the authority of the official 
connection of the wateis ot the canals ot the two boys for some distance. When rescued they were reports, that in Great Britain, Prussia, France, 
States, and opens a direct communication with both insensible and their waists compressed to Sweden, aud the United States, $540,000,000 are 
the best coal fields of Pennsylvania. It is stated four and six inches in circumference. Both of the expended year by year on intoxicating drink ! 
that coal can be delivered at Elmira at $2,50 per bo J s d ' letk -Mrs. Ann S. Stephens, the authoress, who 
Junction Canal. —We leam from the Elmira’ 
and surely, such an interest is entitled to an 
especial bureau. 
steerage and deck passengers, a very large propor¬ 
tion of whom were Norwegian emigrants, and 
there partook of a bountiful collation. At the j 
dinner table several toasts were read, aud they 
,, , , a , , , , , ... (f , n hoys went into a field in Kenda l, 
Gazette, that the whole amount of stock (S100,- tir, ; .• „ J fl „ • 
’ w ’ Illinois, for the purpose ot having some sport 
■ ,, , ( drew out some very excellent speeches. Every’ 
many, it is thought, m the terror and darkness , . , _ / , , „ , , 
that prevailed, jumped overboard at once. tbin S P assed oft orderl y> and a11 beaits see,ned to I 
u’lAn _ 11 i be full of cheer. 
that prevailed, jumped overboard at once. 
The cabin passengers, and all who could be 
made to understand, were exhorted by the captain 
and officers to remain calm, and to provide them- 
For the citizens of Wayne county, in particular, 
it was a day of great rejoicing. Their proximity 
selves each with a chair, settee or bed, all of which to an exco]lellt eastern market ’ bas raised tbc P lioe 
were patent life-preservers, and would buoy them of wbeat aild otber P roduce ’ and consequently 
up in the water. Numbers, however, unheeding tbe ? fee] ’ as ^ are > ncber tbau tb ^ were wben 
or not understanding the advice, rushed overboard tbeir crw P 8 canie off last T ear ‘ In re ff ard to tbe 
to certain death. The propeller, which had kept Pennsylvania and Ohio road, 1 have only to add 
in the wake of the sinking boat, did .all in her tbat xt bas 5o . railes morc to run westward in 
power to preserve the lives of the hundreds of liu- ® b ^°’ anu tbat b ’ 8 to be done to tbe bne 
man beings who were struggling in the water. diana about tbo middle of tbe comin S winter. 1 
, have recently traveled on almost all of the rail- 
1 he stools m the state rooms were constructed , . „ , , 
. . . ... , , roads in Northern Ginn, and find them m an ex- 
so as to be used as ate preservers. Ol these, there ,, , , . , ,, , 
,, . . . ! . , ,A,. celient condition. Ihe conductors, and other of- 
were three hundred on board, one to each berth in . . , r , . , , „ 
n „ , ., , ficers with whom 1 have come m contact, are af- 
every state room. Ihe boat was also provided ,. , , , . 0 . „ . 
. . , . _ . _ , U , fable and obliging. Since the Cleveland, Colum- 
witli two ot Francis’Iron life boats and a large , , , _ , , 
. ... . , ,, /. . . „ ® bus and Cincinnati road was completed, it lias 
yawl, either of these capable of sustaining from a , ,, , ,, ,, 
r . , , , 1 , „„ , b become tlie great thoroughfare trom the south- 
hundred to a hundred and fiftv people. Two of , , ^ a , , . . r , 
. , a a“ west to Buffalo and eastward ot that point. It 
these were thrown overboard bv the passengers, • , • , • , ,, , , 
, . , , . • 1 ° is astonishing to see the length ot the trains, and 
and in the hurry were cast in bottom upwards e e . , 
. , J 1 ’ the numbers of passengers and amount of freight, 
and were, of course, unavailable. The yawl was u , 
, ’ , J brought over the road, 
made use of, but not nearly to the extent of its ° „ , . , 
capacity. As nearly as has been ascertained S ° me ° f the C0UUtieS wlllch 1 bave recent1 ^ 
about two hundred persons were taken from the vwited ’ are amorig tbe bcst for wbeat 111 tbe Stafce 
upper deck, and one hundred from the water - ° f theSB 1 mentio11 Stark ’ Wa ^ UC ’ and Ricb ‘ 
About forty saved themselves by the use of the lan<L Mn WlSE ’ tbe !cronaut * niade an a8ceilt - 
stool preservers. About twenty persons clung to fl '° m the C0Unty Seat ° f Ricblar,d > (Mansfield) a 
the boats which were swamped at the outset - few dayS ag °’ a ' ld L ° haS siDCe made tbe reniark 
The following is the estimate of passengers on ln niy heann & tbat be saw wbeat floIds enou g b 
board, those saved, and those lost: on tbat occasion - in bis tbirt - v or fort y raile8 ’ 
Number of passengers,.120 serial journey—to furnish supplies for one year, 
Do. emigrant do., including children,. 217 bc should think, for the whole country! This 
Second class passengers,. 54 was rather hyperbolical guessing, but as be went 
^ rew >. 40 more than thirty miles and could see that distance 
in all directions at any one time, his eye must 
have taken in a great many very large fields. A 
short time afterwards, lie ascended from Akron, 
Summit county, the highest point on the Ohio 
that coal can be delivered at Elmira at $2,50 per j bo Y s dled 
ton, consequently Rochester, and all Western New 
York, will be benefited by the completion of this 
enterprise. 
11 Western New tW The school to be established in the west- has been on a two years’ tour in Europe and Asia, 
l f11 * ern part of New York, under the terms of the has lately returned. It is expected that she will 
’ * b will of the late Judge De Veaux, is to bean Epis- favor the public with a book of travels. 
copal establishment for Orphans, at Niagara Falls. - Th e Wabash and Erie Canal, when com- 
—— Tbe con , tl '°U? vestcd in , tbe Blsb °P and Conven- plcted w m be the longest in the United States.— 
H T-T QiTWT/mm aR tbo Hia/iAAA • 1 f 1-./^ Av/inntAVP i U vrlll A . ’ „ _P . , ....... 
Brick-Making Machine. —Mr. C. H. Summers tion of the Diocese; and the executors of the will 
of Mt. Morris, N. Y., wants to obtain tbe best are Bishop De Lancey, Rev. Dr. Shelton, of Buf- 
machine in use foi making pressed brick. He fal °!. am | ^ Ir - l alls :....^ he _ wid 
tion of the Diocese ; and the executors ol the will now 0 p en fiom Toledo to Maysville in Indi- 
are Bishop Do Lancey, Rev. Dr. Shelton, ot But- ana yyq 1L1 ,i es 
falo, and Mr. Porter, of Niagara Fkalls. The will ’ . ... , ... . 
annronriates about *150.000 to the carrying out - Tbree extra trains will be run daily be- 
, , . appropriates about $150,000 to the carrying out 
wishes to purchase several machines, and the right 0 j* j.] le pj an 
for certain territory. Information may be ad- During tho month of July, the amount of 
dressed to him as above, or through the Rural gold deposits at the U, S. Mint, at Philadelphia, 
New-Yorker. 
as we learn from the Bulletin, have been $4,180,- 
000 ; of silver, $21,600 ; making over $4,200,000 
tween Syracuse and Utica, during the progress of 
the State Fair, which will carry passengers for 
one dollar, less than half the usual rate. 
-The Wisconsin papers speak highly of a 
new species of wheat, called tlie “ Hungarian 
Snow Wheat.” The heads are large and long, 
«Bt ackwood’s Magazine” for Au°*ust pIvps altogether. During the same period, the exports ,Y, , ea ' , 1 0 a10 ia 
Blackwood s Magazine toi August, gives of £ tQ Eu b h ave been $3,158,000-feav- and tbe ben 7 P lum P and lar ^* 
Total,. 
Number saved,. 
Number drowned,.121 
„ , t, ,tt rr- ,• ot specie to Europe nave heen a>3,loa,UUU—leav- 
No. IX of Dies Borea.es, I ait II. of Katie >8tew- j n g a handsome surplus of receipts over exports, 
art; aud Chapters of Bulwer’s My Novel, which t 0 be added to that which was in the country 
seems drawing to a Jinis. There are also several previously. 
spicy reviews, and a political article on the late jr5tp”The proprietors of the New York Daily 
English Election. New York : L. Scott & Co.— Times have takeu the building now going up on 
„ b „ , the corner ot Ann and Nassau streets, at the an- 
D. M. Dewey, agent. nf ta?f| n onnnl 
-The Irish Peat Company is about to be 
extended. From the peat is obtained a sub¬ 
stance which is turned into candles, valuable vo- 
If-ijF’Tlie proprietors of the New York Daily futile and fixed oils, and an excellent chaicoal. 
Times have taken the building now going up on 
Look out for counterfeit 3’s ou the Sara- 
*7 ‘ ' x the corner of Ann and Nassau streets, at the an- toga County Bank. The imitation is so perfect 
D. M. Dewey, agent. _ nua l rent of $9,500, which is just equal to the that about $600 of the counterfeits were received 
^ ,, nr i i c j -ii gross receipts on nine hundred and fifty thousand at the Bank counter, without detecting the iui- 
F.ne MEi.ON.-We have been favored with a ^ pies oft L Times. What the net profits on so position. 
beautiful Muskmelon, from the garden of Dr man y copies of a penny newspaper are, it is not _An anthracite coal mine lias been discov- 
Ellwood, of this city, grown under the superin-, our business or arithmetic to figure out. ered in San Salvador—its value must be equal to 
tendence of his gardener, Mr. Wm. Jones, the ap- Mf" Rev. Edward F. Berkley, of Lexington, that of a gold mine, to its possessor, as there is 
pearance of which will certainly tempt us to Ky., who received Mr. Clay into the Church by no coal there except that earned from lore, at a 
ji. a ..pmiflintonce baptism, and whose ministrations he constantly cast °‘ $^0 a ton * 
' ‘ 1 _ attended, has been presented by Mrs. Clay with -A new toy for the amusement and exer- 
The New York Times bv a calculation a massive gold seal ring, set with a large and very cise of children has been invented, called the 
JST StSZilt aH5>P.t SFffiSU prccions stone. It »i a fevorito Ajg of Mr. N»,»,y Vncl.t. It lias :i * sea-saiv ” rooveineHt, 
Slates $270,000,000. The minium estimate of Clay, and worn by him during the last five or six is quite safe, and promises to rival the baby- 
that portion of tlie above owed or advanced on, y ear8 his life. jumpers.” 
abroad, is as follows : Federal loans, $40,000,000; HW” Four American fishing vessels have been -Tbe tolls on tbe Genesee Valley Canal, 
State loans, $43,000,000 ; City loans and bonds, seized by English cruisers anil carried into Char- for the present year, are $10,291 48 leas up to the 
$24,000,000 ; County loans and bonds, $2,000,- lottetown ; it is also stated that 29 French fishing first of July, than they were last year. This de- 
000 ; Railway bonds, $20,000,000. Total $225,- boats, with 100 men, have been driven away and crease is all occasioned by the failure of the Mt. 
000,000. * prevented from fishing off Belle Isle. Morris dam. 
make its further acquaintance. 
The New York Times, by a calculation. 
