MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YO RKER: AA T AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
RURAL NEW-YORKER. PabUc Kodi “ te r- 
~ --We notice the announcement in the daily pa- 
ROCH ESTER, SEPTEMBER 2, 1852. pers {- ba j- ^ be p ubbc Schools in the city are to 
SPECIAL NOTICES ~ commcnce ^ 1C tcrra on the Gth instant. Few 
Remember that our terms arc in advance, and that cities in the Union can boast of a better, a more 
■ice do not send the Rural after the expiration of the time efficient system of Common School instruction. — 
paid for. Sec terms on last page. The school houses for the most part, are large, new, 
Or” Back numbers can still be supplied from commence - and constructed on the most approved plan, while 
ment of present half volume, (July 1st,) to new subscribers. (-[ )c S ysten\ of instruction and the care and con- 
Now is the time t o secure them, as we have but few on hand. . . , T , , , • , , ,, 
trol ot the board ol Education, are models worthy 
Until further notice new subscribers paying ®2 will ^ imitation 
receive the present or either back vol. of The Wool Grower. 
_ _ _ Rochester is fortunate too, in having an excel- 
The State Fair. lent Superintendent of Schools, R. D. Jokes, Esq. ; 
- one who has had large and successful experience 
The State Fair of 1852, to be held next week as a teacher, which, added to his sterling character 
at Utica, gives promise of being the best and most and devotion to his calling, renders him a merit- 
interesting exhibition of the Industry and Pro- orious and useful public officer. Some estimate 
ducts of our State, which has ever been given.— 0 f the Schools and the duties connected there- 
The Premium List, in its revised form, is well cal- with, may be made by a glance at the following 
culated to provoke and reward active competition, statistics, just furnished by the Superintendent, 
and the experience of former years has not been for the consideration of the City Council: 
lost sight of in perfecting the arrangements foi “ In 1848, the number of children in the city of 
the present occasion. "We do not anticipate as school age, was 6,095. Amount of money raised 
large an attendance at the present Fair as at the ^hat year by the city tax, for teachers’ wages and 
last; yet we think its benefit to the Agricultural cont i n gencies, .$12,300 ; received from the State, 
interests will be as great, if not greater than those exclusive of Library money, $2,211,72, making a 
ROCHESTER, SEPTEMBER 2, 1852. 
CongtTMiotml. Mm tnj tip Maite. Stems of Mtms, &r. 
Synopsis of Proceedings. CW” On the 27th of September next, the im- -The currant and raisin crops in the east 
Monday, August 28^Fhe President sent the gy the Wyandotte «n PI ihe S I’vr° bi i°’ W falled tWS year - . 
Senate the correspondence relative to tlie Lobos will again be offered at public sale at Upper San- ten miles long. 6118 b ° Ulg constructed ln IIuiJ g ai 7 
Islands. The River and Harbor Bill was up for dusky, Ohio. By the provision of an act recently * ° i i <• ,, . . . 
discussion A sniev ... „„ passed, these lands will be offered for sale at not , —^.fevere shock of an earthquake has been 
Synopsis of Proceedings. 
discussion. A spicy debate occurred on motion E^ S J h kn$2 fiOper'acre^"witlumt re-ardT ?, 0t felt at Kilmarnock, Scotland. 
o Air. Douglas, for an amendment authorizing valuation of the Indian improvements. Thehfoh -The passage from London to Boulogne is 
the States to levy tonnage duties on vessels, Ac., appraisement of these improvements, has hereto- now made i u eight hours and a quarter. 
for the River and Harbor improvements. It was fore prevented the sale of those lands. -The publication of Sartain’s Magazine has 
voted down 36 to 10. Several amendments were ^ According to a statistical account of Nova been discontinued. 
passed and the bill reported to the Senate. The Scotia, given by “Lc Canadian,” the eighteen --The crops are said to be excellent through- 
House passed a resolution requiring the Speaker c ountiesof that province contain 276,117 persons, ol) t Nova Scotia. 
to appoint a Committee of Five for the purpose rm/T’ i aUd W Q ~ llier f are y i L^ nia550 Ba Ptist churches, 
y* • +1 , .. c c < . * 1 . people. 1 heieare 1,096schools,and31,354schol- 90,000 members, and 413 ministers. 
of investigating the relation of Secretary Corwin ars. In the year 1851, there were 8,120 births, _The finished railroads in Ohio now meas 
to the Gardiner claim. The regular appropria- 2,802 deaths, and 1,710 marriages. Of the above ure nine hundred and eighty-seven miles 
tions for ocean steamer mail contracts were passed. P«H atloa 31,004 are farmers, and 9,927 fisher- -There are now over 881,000 ho-rs in Ken- 
Also a bill for the relief of Margaret L. Worth.— 1 ‘ ~ tucky over six months old. 
in,000 copies of the proceedings of both Ironses is'S s "«S£i nf&rtSSS S t WAT' E°"k ’ 
on occasion of the death of Henry Clay were Hudson River Railroad. The Hartford Register ’ 18 a ikmker. 
ordered. says, that not only is the dust excluded bv the -Count D’Orsay came to his death by a cold 
-The publication of Sartain’s Magazine has 
been discontinued. 
■-The crops are said to be excellent through¬ 
out Nova Scotia. 
-- There are in Virginia 550 Baptist churches, 
90,000 members, and 413 ministers. 
-The finished railroads in Ohio now moas- 
ot any former show ot the State Society. "W e t 0 t a i expenditure for teachers’ wages and contin- 
hope every farmer who can, will be an exhibitor, gencie8 of $14> 511,72, or $2,37 per scholar of 
and that from every county in the State a strong Q f scboo i ao . e 
ordered. 
Tuesday, August 24.—The River and Harbor 
bill wras the principal thing before the Senate.— 
Amendments were passed, adding $530,000 to its 
amount. The House passed several unimportant 
bills, and had any quantity of talk on everything 
but the business before them. 
says, that not only is the dust excluded by the -Count D’Orsay came to his death by a cold 
Ventilators, but the constant outward current of cail sUf while boating at Havre. 
air prevents the noise coming in, and passengers -The emigration from the United Kingdom 
l accordingly are enabled to carry on conversation n °w greater than the increase of population. 
in an ordinary tone of voice. _ m- 1 1 . , . , , 
-Mr. Stephens, the celebrated traveler and 
The Bangor Whig tells of a remarkable author is lying hopelessly ill at Hempstead, L. I. 
crop of wheat, grown in that State, and averauinn- Tf f . , r 
one hundred bushels to the acre. The «ee, - 1118 tb ?^ ht the . P° tato C 7°P of Kentucky 
delegation will be present with the choicest pro¬ 
ducts of their respective localities. 
In 1849, the number of children of school age 
was 7,240. The amount of money raised by city 
The great object of such a gathering, it seems loan was $13)300 makiug with the amount re l 
to us, is, and should be, the diffusion of all useful ceived from tbe state, $15,511,72, or $2,14 per 
improvements iu Agriculture and the Domestic sc holar 
but tlie business before them. one hundred bushels to the acre. The seed was T / P 1VC,U,1C ^' 
Wednesday, August 25.— The Senate passed sown in one town, and the crop reaped in another ma D y years. ™ CXCG ° d ^ ° f any SeaS ° n f ° r 
the Printing bill as it came from the House. The — tBe ^ arin t ^ ie interim having been setoff T ‘ • \ r r . 0 
River and Harbor bill was read a third rime T,t froin the town of brewer and added to Holden. — Ifc ,s belleved that 4 thc F >; encb Senate will 
it, \ei anci xiriiooi 0111 Mas ieaa a tnira time. In . ere long propose a change irom the republic to tbe 
the House, the Steamboat bill, after more than a HfW’The Superintendent of the Illinois Cen- empire. 
I hundred and fifty amendments, proposed by the ’tha^mad nv’Snn 16 "-! 10 7°^ -Macaulay has finished two more volumes 
I n_ui__v. , , , on that roa<1 - As there are over 700 miles to be n f i,; s Ui s t nrv ,,f .1 _ 
Macaulay has finished two more volumes 
Arts by an exhibition and comparison of the 
progress and products of different localities—by 
In 1850, the number of children of school age ! 
was 8,136. The city tax for teachers’ wages and I 
an interchange of the knowledge possessed of the contingencies was $13,820,15, making with the 
best Stock, Grain, Implements, modes of culture, State fuud> the sum of $i G ,031,87, or $1,96 per 
Ac.,—and a free expression of the general senti- scholar 
ment upon all subjects of special interest to the In 1851 , tbe number of children of school age 
classes represented. And we know of no better was 9 )267 . The sum raised bv tax aud received 
means for the furtherance of these objects, and from the State fund, was the same as the previous 
for encouraging enterprize and improvement than year . Au additional sum of $2,764 was received 
the annual gathering of tlie people at such Fairs j f rom tlie county, bv the operation of the Free 
Committee on Commerce, had been adopted with- completed,' and as the Sornpa^y" has Zple Lh this win Jen' J ^ Ellglaud ’ anJ wiU publish lhcln 
out debate, passed by a vote of 147 to 27. The funds in hands, an excellent opportunity is offered n ’ . . 
rules were suspended by a vote of 123 to 44 in p,r employment two or three years. u . rr 5? 1 « lvc , “ oBar ’ JlPs > tBe City 
1 , , , 1 ^ ..... , Bank, Hartford, Conn., have been put in circula- 
order to take up the baut Canal bill, which passed Thirteen cannon balls, fourteen, nine and tion. 
order to take up tlieSaut Canal bill, which passed Efif” Thirteen cannon balls, fourteen, nine and 
by a vote of 115 yeas, to only 48 nays. s ’ x pounders, which are doubtless relics of the 
Thursday, August 26.— Mr. Sumner addressed Fortbuilt b Y the Swede s about the year 
, ,. , , , to4U, more than two centuries ago, w r ere recently 
the Senate m opposuion to a section of the bill dug up near the Rocks below the old Swede’s 
six pounders, which are doubtless relics of the -- Prof. Henry P. Tappan, of the University 
“old Fort,” built by the Swedes about the year of New York, has been elected President of the 
1640, more than two centuries ago, were recently Michigan University of Ann Aibor. 
which makes appropriation for extraordinary ex¬ 
penses on the part of the Government, taking A Physician communicates to the editor ed it up, and received a reward of $200. 
this opportunity to make his speech 011 the Fugi- of the Tribune, his apprehensions that the death _The loss bv the m-cat fire at West Trnv 
tivc Slave bill. The light house appropriation of one of his children, and the dangerous illness lately, is stated at about $100,000-iust half the 
and the post route bills w'ere passed. The House ot ottier . s 1,1 his family, is to be attributed to Dys- original estimate. 
proceedings torfe of no general interest. S wticte tfdfet 7 & t0 ° ^ US<3 ° f Salted ^ ^ — The citizens of Portland, Maine, contrib- 
church, at Wilmington, Delaware. 
—— A Mr. Brevoort, lost a package in Boston, 
containing $2,400. An honest count rymau piek- 
j as those of our State Agricultural Society. yt School Law of 1849, making the entire sum cx- 
TheHogCron of the West. ' pended for teachers’ wages and contingencies $18,- 
_ /95,87, or $1,96 per scholar. 
The Hog crop of the "Western States is one of On the first of January, the present year, the 
the important productions of our country, and is number of children in the city of school age was 
now as regularly inquired about as the crop of 12,512. The amount of money raised by the city j 
wheat or corn. The unusual high prices paid for for the school year, now nearly expired, was the 
' pork and bacon have given an additional impor- same as for several years previous, $13,825. The 
tance to the forthcoming supply from the Valleys sum received from the State was $9,127. Do- 
of the Ohio and Mississippi. Very few farmers ducting 5 per cent., which by the amended school 
. iu tliis State raise any large amount of pork for fs set apart for Library purposes, leaves $8,- 
market; but when taken as a whole, the total of This added to the sum raised by city tax 
which is furnished makes no inconsiderable item p>r teachers’ wages and contingencies, makes 
in tlie products of our State. As the prospect at $22,491, or $1,81 per scholar of school age.” 
the West may have some influence upon the nuvn- This exhibit must be gratifying to every friend 
ber fattened by the farmers in this State, we have of Common Schools, aud more particularly so to 
gathered all the information practicable on the those most immediately interested. It may well 
subject which may be summed up as pillows : be doubted whether the same utimber of scholars j 
ln Kentucky and Indiana there is reported to a "e any where taught for a less sum for teachers’ j 
be a large increase in numbers, and those of a wages and contingencies than $1,81 per scholar, ! 
much better quality than last year. In Indiana when it is known that the schools will be open 
in particular, the increase is very large, and the .forty-five weeks during the year, 
improvement in quality is set down at ten per This has been done only by a most prudent ex- 
cent. Many farmers are feeding on corn, vdiicli penditure of means, on the part of the Board of 
is unusual at this season. Education, and they now find the school facilties 
From Illinois, Iowa and Missouri, but little can inadequate to the increasing wants of our grow- 
be gleaned. There was great scarcity in these mg city. 
States last year, and it is but proper to set them We trust the subject will elicit the attention of 
down for a large increase for the present, as two Bie Council, and the inhabitants generally. It is j 
seasons of scarcity 7 seldom come in succession.— important to furnish means aud facilities for in- | 
In Ohio young hogs have received unusual atten- structing the youth of the city, as the most effect ■ 
tion aud an increase of one third is confidently ua l means of rendering the burden of taxation j 
anticipated. Many planters at the South are also l ess onerous in other departments, to which is to j 
making strong endeavors to “grow their own pe added the still greater incentive, of having 
meat.” grow up among us a generation that shall be 
In regard to prices the Cincinnati Price Current marked as model citizens, “abounding in every 
says :—“ We hear of contracts by the packers, for good work.” f 
proceedings \vCfe of no general interest. 
Friday, August 27. -The fate of the River and 
Harbor bill remains doubtful, as it will tiow re- the Christians residing at Jerusalem, of whom 
quire a two-thirds vote to pass it through the Rmre are nineteen sects. These sects are so quar- 
Senate. In the House the Indian appropriation is al W? 
bill was passed. The Newspaper Postage bill SSputi 7 Sepulchre, to prevent bloody 
was received from the Committee. The Senate jy There is in New York city a milk estah- 
amendments were concurred in, with a slight lishment, and another in Williamsburg, which 
change of phraseology in the first of them. Gen. finish daily for consumption between 6,000 and 
t, , , , . , „ uted $2,600 for the relief of the sufferers by the 
Bayard Taylor draws a sorry picture of Montreal fire J 
e Christians residing at Jerusalem, of whom n A , . 
ere are nineteen sects. These sects are so quar- The city of Pans is about making ar- 
sorne, that a Turkish policeman is always sta- r a I^f™ Dts to have a tul1 supply of water lor its 
med in the Holy Sepulchre, to prevent bloody nil,ablta nls. 
sputes. -Nearly 170,000 bales of cotton were ship- 
KT*There is in New York city a milk estab- ped ^ Memphis, from September 1st, 1851, to 
hment, and another in Williamsburg, which Au » ust '» 
■nish daily for consumption between 6,000 and -T An Express line has been started between 
100 gallons, or near 30,000 quarts. The former ,bc cb .Y of Hew York and the Australia gold 
itains 1,300 cows; the latter 1,200. diggings. 
&T An old and well known beggar-woman, •, — Cleveland[ was never more prosperous since 
d in Mohawk on Saturday. Amonr her ef- l( :s settlement. Railways have aided it beyond all 
' t u lrom U1U e-ommiuee. I lie Senate ^ There is in New York city a milk estab- < e ™ 1V ? 
amendments were concurred in, with a slight lishment, and another in Williamsburg, which Al,gU3t ’ " 
change of phraseology in the first of them. Gen. furnish daily for consumption between 6,000 and -T An b 
Armstrong of the Union was elected public 7 ’ 000 . gaIlon ^ or near 30 - 000 Quarts. The former tbe , clt Y of 
rinter 0 P C contains 1,300 cows; the latter 1,200. diggings. 
Saturday, August 28.—In the Senate the Civil A " °, ld f d we" known beggar-woman, 
1 n . , , died in Mohawk on Saturday. Amono- her ef- ”.. . 
and Diplomatic appropriation bill was taken up, foots were two gold watches, and several rings and autlc, P at ‘ 0D - 
ami all the amendments made to it in Committee breastpins, and about $300 in money ! This old 
of the Whole wciy agreed to. Amendments ap- creature is not the last of her kind, 
propriating $11,.00() to run the boundary line be- We learn from the Newark Advertiser that 
tween MisfKijrtand Iowa, and increasing the sal- Bie peach crop in Delaware and Maryland is very 
ary of" the Mi'msior Resident at Constantinople to Tlsrc f ! thmumnd baskets m-nf the 
$9,060, wire adepted. The hill at let,gth passed “'LTlltd'y.'”’' R * J ™* k " m '*• Vork > 
and went down to the House. A message was Tim .• 1 
0 l d -'fhe clerks in the Cincinnati Post Office, 
have contributed $100 towards the completion of 
the Washington Monument. 
e ia -A trunk-maker in Cincinnati has invented 
(lie a PA-preserver trunk with which he swam across 
>rk ^ ie Chio river with perfect safety. 
-An excellent fountain was struck at Fond 
received Irom the President in relation to the recently recommending laws prohibiting the sepa- 
Lobos Islands, and transmitting documents. An ration of slave families. The Press also recom- 
extract from a letter from Mr. Webster is import¬ 
ant, the Secretary affirming that he had no per¬ 
sonal acquaintance with Mr. Jewett, and no cor- 
m one day lately. -An excellent fountain was struck at Fond 
1W The Southern Press published an article !?L Lac * b T bo j" in g 0I »ly 88 feet. It discharges 6,- 
recently recommending laws prohibiting the sepa- U quarts an hour of excellent water, 
ration of slave families. The Press also recorn- —7 R is officially announced that the land 
mended that marriage should be encouraged srdcs f° wa are indefinitely postponed, on ae- 
among tlie slaves. count of the change in the districts. 
$W“ Lowell Mason, now in Europe, writes that -The Loon, or great northern diver, has 
it has become fashionable in England, and to been caught in Seneca Lake, upon trout hooks. 
lespondence with him previous to the well known some extent on the continent, to omit the inter- 80 or 90 feet underwater. 
letter addressed to him. Mr. Armstrong was lvde—ox playing between the stanzas—by the or- -The American Board of Commissioners 
elected Printer on the part of the Senate, having gan, in singing hymns. for Foreign Missions hold their next meeting at 
35 of 45 votes. All the House amendments tr> Returning from school in Whitlockville. Troy, N. Y., on the 7th of September. 
the Senate amendments, save three, to the 0,1 e 110 , s a j , a snake, which he after- -The editor of the Wilmington (N. C.) 
Indian Appropriation bill, were adopted, and n threw herinto'convffi Vmr'n 1° a ? ilb Journal, has received a stalk of corn measuring 
Committee of Coogrees .^pointed i„ relation to da™ ‘° ^ ** “ “«» ‘ Mee " ** 
those. Mr. Davis’Steamboat bill caused some WMr. Sumner has finally made t.l,e snood, sized jaisfare nw C rctaU<S”in”^ 
tiiose. Mr. Davis Steamboat bill caused some Jgjf” Mr. Sumner has finally made the speech sized jars,'’are now retailed 
debate, and finally all the hundred and fifty he desired to make. Following the prevalent $1 per dozen. 
the future delivery of some 20,000 hogs, to be 
fattened iu Indiana, at 3 and 3J f cents gross.— 
Several thousand have been engaged by Madison 
packers for the next season at 4 and 4JK cents net 
amendments of the House were concurred in.— 
The Army Appropriation bill then came. $30,- 
000 were appropriated to purchase camels for the 
fashion in legislative bodies, he made a motion in rr „ n • v • • 
one direction, and a speech in another. ■ ?® 88 n ut J !f lmng f In the s rlctest retirement 
1 m London, and has great apprehension from the 
51 ^” Isaac Rice, aged 87, died at Ticonderoga known hostility of the Derby government. 
The Cholera in Rochester. 
We inadvertently omitted the usual weekly re¬ 
port of cholera, in our paper of last M eek. From 
we hear also of various contracts in Kentucky, at; all that can be learned, it appears the epidemic ^ 
3 aud 3% cents gross, to be delivered when fatted still exists among us. and for a few days past the 
in the fall. A sale of 1,1/00 head has been made, number of cases have been again on the increase, 
delivered here at 4% cents. One of our principal It is probable that citizens have thrown off to 
provision dealers and packers sold 100 barrels of some degree, tbe self-imposed restraint, and in¬ 
mess pork on Monday, to be made of the next dulgcd too freely in unripe fruit, green corn, ! 
crop, and to be delivered in June, 1853, at $15 and other food calculated to induce the attacks.— 
army and some other amendments were made.— on tlie 11th. He was a soldier of the Revolution, 
1 he Army bill passed with all the amendments, and will be remembered by all visitors of that 
and two new 7 amendments, one granting money celebrated place, as the old guide 
m payment of certain claims to the State—not of m _.... , „ „ 
Massachusetts—but of Florida, and another of be c ; nrner stono of the now Crystal Pal- 
$50,000 for the Survey of the Delta of the Mis- acc at Sydenham has been laid. The new build- 
-The Buffalo Republic states crime has in¬ 
creased to a great extent iu that city during the 
past year. 
"I 0 SU) J 1C ot , Vl e 11 Crystal foil- | -The drouth in New Hampshire, it is feared 
ace at Sydenham lias been laid. 1 he new build- [ has injured a large portion of the corn and potato 
Bills in relation to the Post Office aud blg m uch surpass the old in beauty, and will crops, in that State, past recovery. 
- > - occupy three hundred acres. — - 
Ocean Postage passed, and the Naval Appropria¬ 
tion bill was before the Senate when that body 
adjourned. 
-The domestics at the Queen’s palace con- 
The Flax Cotton experiment in England verse entirely in French. The royal children can 
is pronounced to be a failure. The material pro- speak both French and German. 
,]_1 C _xl fol • t nr 1 • 1 
per bbl., which is $5 per bbl. less than the pres¬ 
ent prices.” 
In our own State the prospect is that the sup¬ 
ply will not exceed that of last year. The spring 
was cold, wet aud backward, retarding the plant- 
The recent cool weather seems also to have oper- j 
ated unfavorably, as during its prevalence there | 
appeared more of the disease than during the ! 
warm days preceding. 
Notwithstanding the continued prevalence of 1 
In tbe House, the River aud Harbor bill came Sliced from the flax is very different in structure 
up, and the Senate amendments were concurred and organic quality from cotton, 
in. Leave was granted to the Corwin In vesture- The Geneva Courier says there is a man 
tion Committee to sit during the recess. The at Sodus Bay, who comes to Geneva-30 miles 
‘l m J iplomatic Appiopnation bill came up —every night with fifteen bushels of blackberries, 
with the Senate amendments, but was not con- which be sells for 10 cents a quart, 
curred 111 . 1 
pronounced to be a failure. The material pro- speak both French and German. 
iced from the flax is very different in structure -On one day, 24 of the American soldiers, 
id organic quality from cotton. on their way to San Francisco, died at Panama of 
Iff 1 ’ The Geneva Courier says there is a man cholera. Six ot the eight orderlies have died. 
Sodus Bay, who crimes to Geneya-30 miles -The English moderate papers have come 
pvorv ninrllf. TVlf h tif+sw>n Knalinla nf a vi 1 • ,. 1 1 .. , , -_ 
Literary Notices. 
—every night with fifteen bushels of blackberries, to the conclusion, that the policy of Mr.!.)’Israeli 
which he sells for 10 cents a quart. will, after all conform to that of Sir Robert Peel. 
£1T Mr. Hicks Brownell, of the town of Han- -The English Church is sending Bishops 
over Cliautauque county last week cut upon Lis into Africa, to officiate in dioceses which are yet 
farm a tin In nt crrncu thnf vii.Mm) 11 ftflO 1 K« . i i. l- J 
ing of corn, and its after growth, while in many j the epidemic, we tliuk there is no cause for alarm, 
parts of the State it has since suffered very much i very few, if any citizens of regular habits, who 
f(-om dry weather. Hie crop of corn cannot be j used ordinary precautionary measures, have been 
as good as last year, and this will probably have ; attacked. Two of tbe active physicians have fallen 
_ • fai m, a field of grass that yielded 11,600 lbs.; in the hands of the unconquered 1 Caffres. 
i he Knickerbocker ” tor September, came nearly six tons to the acre. ^ 1 
the effect to diminish the amount of pork fat¬ 
tened. 
From the information wc have gleaned our 
j victims to the continued discharge of their public 
duty, where the disease prevailed in its worst 
out with unusual promptness, and is also “ up to 
the mark ” in the matter of print and contents. 
Tlie present number is rich in poetry, having 
some sixteen pieces in the body of the work, be¬ 
sides specimen “ pomes” aud “colored effusions” 
Barnum’s profits out of bis famous rae- 
-Perry Smith, of Sweden, Monroe county, 
raised 505 bushels of wheaton 10 1 acres. Efoiit 
ono i‘ 4 r,i ‘ , raised 505 bushelsof wheaton 10acres. Erg 
nagene weie ijsou.uuu last year. 1 om Ihumbis cm i , . ° 
one of its attractions, and ho pays him two hun- ° f the tC “ • ylclded ;)5 bushclfi to tlie acie - 
dred dollars per week. -In Cincinnati, the Tea business is perm; 
The Present Season.- 
»ur j form. 
readers can form their own opinion of the pros- ! which time the malady has. increased. During 
pect, and govern themselves accordingly, though j the latter part of the past week the deaths were 
Last week 17 deaths were reported, since j intermingled with the “Editor’s gossip.” New unusually dry cast and west of the Genesee Val- _ 
-In Cincinnati, the Tea business is perma¬ 
nently establshed as a separate branch, much to 
The Summer has been the advantage of country dealers and consumers. 
Houston. $3 per annum. 
it is difficult at this time to form any very re¬ 
liable opinion of the amount of speculation that 
will exist or its effect upon prices. t 
Prof. Clark’s Cottage.— We understand that 
Prof. C. having been engaged as Principal of Ho- 
about in the same ratio, 3 to 4 a day, but for three 
days, from Friday evening to Monday, P. M., at 
5 o’clock, the Board report 26 deaths, without giv¬ 
ing the number of cases which have been treated 
successfully. 
Sanitary measures should not be relaxed, aud 
draw from for the entertainment of our readers. 
Dewey, Agent. 
mcr Academy, offers the fine cottage of which we peop fo in tbc city sbould sti H, and ever exercise 
gave an engraving last week, for sale. It is, as ffreat rare in tbeir difit . n„r friend, in iR ™_ 
unusually ary cast and west ot the Genesee Val- -Dr. B. A. Snow, of Boston, has been ap- 
[ ley. Here rains have been seasonable, and tlie pointed Professor of Anatomy and Physiology in 
summer uncommonly fine—so savs a man who Genesee college, at Lima, Livingston Co., N. Y. 
has spent twenty-nine of them here. The hay--The Chicago Advertiser says, the drouth 
crop over New England is scarcely two-thirds of b ' ibo Y is doing great injury t<> the late crops, 
its usual amount, and feed so dried up, that farm- j! ,ld ' j a ^erious obstacle to tlie preparing ol laud 
ers are selling their stock at very low prices. The , , , , , 
. ,, , .. „ -President Hitchcock has declined the 
ways to Brighton market are thronged with the Secretaryship of the Massachusetts Board of Ag- 
boviue tribe for slaughter. It is thought by some riculture. 'I’lie Presidency of Amherst College 
gave an engraving last week, tor sale. I t is, as 
we remarked before, near the East Bloomfield 
Academy, and a man with a good wife and fami¬ 
ly of bright boys and girls, may find there a 
pleasant home,—and close at hand, a good school 
where his children may be properly educated. 
To Correspondents.— I. A. C. will find his in¬ 
quiry as to the value and uses of Marl, <Lc., an¬ 
swered in No. 4 of the present volume. We shall 
probably give his letter next week. 
great care in their diet. Our friends in the coun¬ 
try need be under no unnecessary alarm. Sbould 
they desire to visit here ou business, they can do 
so, we think, with no more than the ordinary 
risk. f 
The East Genesee M. E. Conference. —This 
body has been in session during the past week at 
Honeoye, Bishop Morris presiding. The follow¬ 
ing are the Ministerial appointments for this city : 
First Church—Rev. A. C. George. St. John’s— 
“The Rochester Weekly Union,” is the name G.e farmers that a wet fall cannot make much I he will retain. 
of a new Democratic paper, from the office of the fced tlie old pastures, they are thoroughly -The Illinois and Indiana papers complain 
Daily Union, heretofore noticed in our columns, parched. Indian Corn in some soils is nearly much of a want of rain in those States, and say 
It is a large, well-printed and w'ell-filled sheet spoiled—and so of potatoes.—w. that in some sections the com and potato crops 
and is afforded at the low price of $1,50 per an- -~ ,dm< ’ ht ' ‘ l btlbu ° 7 
num. Messrs. Turner & Hatch, Editors. Cur- Mr. Wetherell’s Select School.— The Fall . --The Queen of England is on a summer 
tis, Falls Co., Publishers. Term of this school commenced on Monday, the v , ls ' t t0 bc T “p (,od cousbl °* Belgium,” whither 
oo.i , n «. i i , - J ., she went in her own steam yacht, and without 
- 30th ult, at the same place as heretofore-the lnncb parnde . > 
Ihk Ladies Repository, devoted to Litera- basement, of St. John’s Church, corner of Main _‘ Tl„. Tf i w 
-The Illinois and Indiana papers complain 
much of a want of rain in tiiose States, and say 
that iu some sections tlie corn and potato crops 
will be almost a failure. 
-The Queen of England is on a summer 
The communication sent us by “A New Hand” Rev . John Maudevilie. ’ Third Church—Rev. S. 
last April, was mislaid and did not turn up until P. Congdon. Fourth Church—Rev. Alpha Wright 
the proper season for its publication was past. If Tbe Itev. Mr. Goodwin, former pastor of St! 
he wil 1 write again his proposal shall be decided on. John’s is located at Elmira. 
ouu. U.U, au me same pmeo as nereioiore—Me mucb de . 
The Ladies Repository, devoted to Litera- basement of St. John’s Church, corner of Main _-The Keene IN Hi Amerfo™ tw 
ture and Rehgfon,” edited by W. C. Larrabee, is and Clinton streets. Mr. W.’s uniform success nouuces the death of ilon Bi naiah Cooke, editor 
a Magazine well worthy of patronage. Among and popularity as a teacher, render commendation and publisher of that paper, in the fifty-first year 
other attractions Prof. V ells, of Genesee College, on our part unnecessary. We understand that Vis age. 
has contributed an interesting series of Sketches arrangements have been made to give instruction -The Lock port folks are getting proud since 
of Travel in Germany and Central Europe. Cin- in the French and German languages, in con rue- tbe ’cliestor and Niagara Falls Railroad wasrn 
cinuati: Sworatedt t Poo. Monthly, 48 pp_ tion »itL tho foil courao of studies boforc provid- ^“'Lhooi'nJj mpl.llv nL^g,LSS'o“ 
taper annum. ed for. ing to obtain a city charter. 
