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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YO RKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER, 
RURAL NEW YORKER. 
ROCHESTER, SEPTEMBER 9, 1S52. 
SPECIAL NOTICES. 
{fgT Remember that our terms are IN ADVANCE, and that 
we do not send the Rural after the expiration of the time 
paid for. Sec terms on last page. 
J(jp" Back numbers can still be supplied from commence¬ 
ment of present half volume , (July 1 st-,) to new subscribers. 
Now is the time to secure them , as we have but few on hand. 
jr'sp’ Until further notice neie subscribers paying $2 will 
receive the present or either back vol. of The P ool Croicer. 
The New York State Fair. 
From various sources and reports, up to Satur¬ 
day night, we learn, that every thing encouraged 
the belief that the present will be among the 
most interesting and successful Exhibitions yet 
given by the farmers of New York. The entries 
were already large and the preparations nearly 
completed. The Fair grounds comprise about 50 
acres, enclosed by a fence eight feet high, with a 
carriage road around the whole, one mile in length. 
The streets are to be sprinkled, so as to keep down 
the dust, which heretofore has been a serious an¬ 
noyance to visitors and exhibitors. 
The show of Improved Cattle will be large. 
Many entries were made on Saturday, and the 
herds began to arrive. Livingston, Cayuga, Clin¬ 
ton, Albany, Green,e Fulton, Dutchess, Oneida, 
Ac., will be well represented in the matter of Cat¬ 
tle. From one town in the latter county, twenty 
yoke of three year old steers have been entered 
by two farmers, and another farmer has entered 
the county for twenty yoke of working oxen 
and ten additional yoke for the town of New 
Hartford. Sheep and horses promise to be well 
represented. 
The show of Fruits and Flowers, it is said will 
be very fine. This city will contribute, we pre¬ 
dict, some of the premium specimens. Large lists 
have already been entered by our nurserymen and 
amateurs. 
The Poultry show, it is thought, will be one of 
the best ever made. 
The citizens of Utica and Rome, to which place 
an extra train runs morning and evening, have 
made ample preparation for the accommodation 
of the multitude. The weather promises to be 
delightful, and we look for a good report of the 
Fair of 1852. 
The President of the Society, Mr. Wager, has 
been present supervising the preparations, and Mr. 
Butterfield, the energetic Superintendent, will 
doubtless have every thing in readiness for the 
Judges to-morrow, and for the public on Thurs¬ 
day, the great day of the Fair. 
Newspaper Postage. —New Law. 
A xong the most important enactments of the 
recent session of Congress, was a new Postage 
bill, materially reducing and simplifying the lates 
of postage on newspapers, and other printed mat¬ 
ter. From the latest version of its provisions, we 
condense the following, which we presume will 
be found in the main part correct. It goes into 
operation on the 30th inst.: 
Each newspaper, periodical, unsealed circu¬ 
lar, or other printed matter, not exceeding three 
ounces in weight, shall be sent to any (tart of the 
United States for one cent, and when paid yearly 
or quarterly in advance, at rim* oiice where deliv¬ 
ered or where mailed, one half said rate only 
shall be charged. Newspapers, Ac.., not weigh¬ 
ing over one ounce and a halt when circulating 
in the State where published, one half the rates 
above mentioned. Weekly newspapers free in the 
county of publication. 
Transient newspapers and pamphlets, not over 
three ounces weight, one cent if prepaid, other¬ 
wise two cents. 
Packages of several small newspapers or pam¬ 
phlets of not more than 16 octavo pages, to one 
address, to be charged only half a cent an ounce. 
Books, bound or unbound, are to be deemed mail- 
able when not weighing over four pounds, and 
chargeable with one cent an ounce for under 3,006 
miles; and two cents for over that distance—fifty 
per cent, to be added when not pre-paid. Pub¬ 
lishers of newspapers and periodicals are permit¬ 
ted to send exchange copies, and to enclose bills 
and receipts free of postage. 
Under this law the postage of the Rural Nkw- 
1'orker will be as follows : 
Within the county of Monroe, free. 
Within the State of New York, if prepaid 
yearly or quarterly. Thirteen cents per year. 
Within the United States, if prepaid as above, 
Twenty-six cents per year. 
Vermont State Agricultural Fair. 
Rutland, Vt., Sept. 2, 1852. 
Eds. Rural :—The Second Annual Fair of the 
Green Mountain State, commenced at this place 
yesterday, and though not so crowded as are the 
N. Y. State Exhibitions, it is estimated that from 
fifty to sixty thousand persons are present. At 
all events, every nook and corner of our town is 
filled, and in the surrounding villages everything 
is put in requisition to render “material aid” and 
comfort to the spectators. The Fair grounds, a 
mile north of the town, enclose about thirty acres 
of field and forest. 
Vermont may well feel pride in this gathering 
of the industrial masses, and the exhibition of 
their skill and handiwork. Without any assist¬ 
ance from government except an empty charter, 
the experiment of annual shows was extremely 
hazardous, but Yankee enterprise with, a faith not i part of those in charge of the boat, or not. 
to be disheartened under any circumstances, en¬ 
tered the field and won ti e victory. The Society 
at the time of their first Fair, held last year at 
Middlebury, did not possess one dollar with which 
to operate, yet the festival was an honor to the 
State, and thronged by thousands, inspired by 
that generous rivalry so necessary to the full de¬ 
velopment of either Science or Art. This year 
again, no prizes were offered, though premiums 
were adjudged, and the sequel but proves what 
difficulties can be overcome, and what obstacles, 
seemingly insurmountable, be conquered. 
There was a magnificent display of horses, cat¬ 
tle, fruits, flowers, and other products of the soil ; 
agricultural implements and machinery, domestic 
woolens and homespuns, and the finer products oj 
the factories. To sum the matter up, the display 
of the useful and ornamental was highly credit ■ 
able to the energy, activity, and zeal of the son 
and daughters of Vermont. 
To-day the Address was delivered by Hon. W, 
H. Seward —his theme—the comparative paucit 
of Scientific Agricultural Knowledge, its cause' 
and the remedy—was happily chosen. The man 
ner ill which it was treated, was clear, concis t 
and instructive, and the words of counsel and ad 
vice were eagerly listened to by the assemble 
multitude. Yours, Ac., k. t. w. 
Our correspondent fails to speak of one gre: I 
feature of Vermont Agriculture,—sheep and woi 
We hope to hear about them from other sourciii 
Meteorological Abstract. 
BT L. WKTHERKLX. 
July, 1852. 
1 THERMOMETER. 
| MAX. | MIN. | MEAN. 
j RAIN. 
| WINDS. 
t 
ti(i 
65 
61.66 
N W. N K. 
2 
65 
55 
58.66 
N W. 
3 
75 
55 
67.66 
N W. 
4 
79 
63 
69.00 
N W. 
5 
84 
66 
72.33 
N W. 
6 
91 
| 76 
81.00 
N W. 
7 
96 
78 
84.33 
N W. 
8 
97 
79 
85.33 1 
X W. 
9 
90 
74 
82.143 
N W. W. 
10 
83 | 
73 
77.00 1 
W. 
11 
90 
70 
79.33 i 
\v. 
12 
74 
61 
67.00 
w. x vr. 
13 
84 
7" 
75.G5 
i 
W. N W. 
14 
74 
64 
67.33 
X W. 
15 
70 
60 
68.33 
I N W. 
16 
76 
62 
67.00 1 
1 N IV. 
17 
80 
61 
70.33 | 
i 
! N w. 
18 
75 
55 
61.66 
1 N E 
19 
73 
57 
65.00 
| N W. 
20 
87 
67 1 
74.33 | 
N W. 
21 
90 
73 
80.00 | 
X w. 
22 
86 
73 
78.33 | 
X w. 
23 
79 
67 
72.00 
X w. 
24 
76 
65 
69.66 j 
X w. 
25 
78 
67 
71.33 I 
s. s w. 
26 
76 
G5 
69.33 1 
S. X * . 
27 
77 
64 
68.33 
N W. 
28 
78 
64 
69.00 | 
X \\. 
29 
87 
74 
78.66 
W. X w. 
30 
76 
64 
70 33 | 
X W. 
31 
68 
58 
62.00 j 
1 N W. 
Monthly mean . . , 
71.69 
REMARKS. 
The month of July was rather above the me 
dium temperature of the corresponding month i 
years gone by. No want of rain. It was vci 
healthy through the month. Y’egetation rat Ik 
later than usual. Corn not very promising. 
Literary Notices. 
Jefferson Go. Fair. —A correspondent sends us 
a draught and description of the building erected 
by the Jefferson Co. Agricultural Society, near the 
village of Watertown, of which we have before 
spoken in our columns. He says the Society have 
two acres of land enclosed with a hoard fence, 
seven feet high. They erected a Dairy Hall last 
year, 50 by 30 feet, and the present season have 
finished another building 105 by 50, with plat¬ 
forms, seats, Ac., well calculated to accommodate 
those interested. Our correspondent, Mr. Becker, 
says they anticipate a good exhibition the present 
vear. 
Cholera Reports. —From the date of our last 
report, (Monday, Aug, 30,) to September 1st, the 
Board of Health reported sixteen deaths by 
cholera ; from that date to Aug. 3d, seven deaths; 
from the 3d to the afternoon of the 6th, twenty- 
six deaths, making the weekly mortality from 
this disease, forty-nine. It will be seen that more 
than one-half of the deaths by cholera occur be¬ 
tween Saturday morning and Monday night, for 
“ reasons apparent when the character of the per • 
sons chiefly suffering from it are known.” 
-Elmira, by a census just taken, has 7,114 
inhabitants. 
“Tiie National Magazine” for Septembe* 
contains some dozen illustrations ; the first a fin 
portrait of Neandfr, the great German TlieoL 
gian. It is beautifully printed, and the conteni 
are such as to render it a welcome visitor to evei 
fireside where sound sense and pure literature 
preferred to mere amusement and fustian deck 
ination. Monthly, 96 pp. $2 per annum. Gar 
ton A Phillips, 200 Mulberry St, New Y'ork. 
“The Wool Grower and Stock Register” ft 
September, was issued last week, but after tl 
publication of our paper. This valuable an 
much-needed journal has now become a fixed fac 
but seems also to belong to the progressive orde 
of existences, since the last is the best numbe 
yet published. Every owner of a horse, cow o 
sheep may find in a single number, information 
fully equal in value to its cost for a year. We an-J 
nex the table of Contents : 
wool and sheep husbandry. 
Winter is Coming; Flies on Sheep.37 
Sheep Management,— Weight of Fleeces; A Hint, and 
an Example,.38 
Importance of Sheep in Agriculture.39 
Mr. Campbell's French Merino Sheep,.40 
French and Spanish Merinos; Time for tuking Sheep 
from Pasture,.41 
Sheep, Wool, and Feed, ...*.... 42 
Review of Wool Market for August; That Challenge— 
Again ; Approval,— Good Advice ; Water for Sheep ; 
Costiveness in Sheep ; Poisoned Sheep,.43 
THE STOCK REGISTER. 
A Chapter on Farm Horses,.44 
Gulls on Horses; Cattle Grazing South and West; Sore 
Necks on Working Oxen,.46 
Improved Stock,— Short-horns; Wounds in Cattle,. . . 47 
Rive Stock in the United States,—Statisties,.48 
Census Table, showing Number and Value of Live 
Stock in U. S.,.49 
The Bantam Fowl; Lice on Hogs; Words of Encour¬ 
agement; Another Rebus,.5(1 
Review of the Cattle Markets for August,.52 
EDITOR’S BRIEF MENTION. 
A Question Decided; N. Y. State Fair; The Sales of 
Stock, &c.; Weighty Calves; Imported Sheep; Fat 
Cow; Slieep and Wool in the U. S.; (and other items,) 51 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Group of French Merino Sheep,.40 
A Modem Suffolk Horse,.41 
A Draught Horse,.45 
A Draught Mare.45 
Sebright Bantam,.50 
Illustrated Rebus,.59 
Another Steamboat Accident. 
Ox Saturday last the Steamboat Reindeer, one 
of the best on the Hudson River, burst her boil 
ers near Bristol landiug, killing seven persons on 
the spot, and scalding twenty-five others so that 
they have since died of their injuries. The boat 
had just made the landing, and the passengers for 
Bristol had stepped ashore when an explosion oc¬ 
curred which shook the ground and caused great 
commotion. Instantaneous with the report, the 
smoke pipe fell over, and a volume of steam is 
sued from the cabin. It was found that the re¬ 
turn flues of the boilers, which was below the 
deck, had blown out, and those who were in the 
cabins were either instantly killed or very badly 
scalded. 
It cannot yet be ascertained whether this dis 
aster was owiug to culpable negligence on the 
This 
The 
matter should be thoroughly investigated 
Albany Evening Journal says : 
It is reported, among other things, that the 
boat, though not racing was running against time, 
and urged forward in order to reach Albany at a 
specified early hour. Various accounts concur in 
stating that no steam was blown off at Brislol, 
and some add that none had been at any of the 
previous landings—a course always fraught with 
danger when there is an unusual press of steam. 
While the engine is at rest, no steam is exhausted 
from the boiler, aud no cold water thrown in. On 
the contrary, the steam is rapidly accumulating, 
and the heat of the boiler increasing. The first 
stroke of the pumps brings a new supply of wa¬ 
ter in contact with this heated surface, aud a rapid 
production of steam and an increased pressure is 
the consequence. Hence it is that four-fifths of 
the steamboat explosions occur just as the boat is 
leaving the wharf. 
Democratic Nominations. — State Ticket. —Since 
the issue of our last paper, the Democratic Nom¬ 
inating Convention has been held at Syracuse.— 
The following is the ticket for State officers :— 
For Governor, Horatio Setmour, of Oneida; 
Lieut. Gov., Sanford E. Church, of Orleans ; 
Canal Commissioner, Fred’k. Follktt, of Gene¬ 
see ; State Prison Inspector, Darius Clark, of St. 
Lawrence. The Electors at large are Charles 
O’Connor, of New Y’ork, and Sherburne B. Piper, 
of Niagara. November will show whether these 
are to be our State officers or not. If the Whigs 
put as good men in nomination the country is 
safe, either way. 
To Correspondents. —YYe cannot always give 
the communications furnished us, as early an in¬ 
sertion as both the writers and ourselves desire. 
We have several now on hand, and one on “ The 
recent Trials of Implements” in type, for which 
we hope to find room next week. 
Jirais bq tj)t Hails. 
The Rochester American says that “ on 
the 23d and 24th of August one of Ketchum’s 
Mowing Machines cut thirty acres and a quarter 
of hay in a day and a half, on the farm of Melvin 
Poweis, Esq., iu Farmington, Ontario Co. Twen¬ 
ty acres were mowed the first day aud the balance 
on the second. There were about IU0 spectatois 
of this unparalleled performance, who declared 
they had never seen work so well done by a 
scythe. We venture to say that this feat has 
never been equalled in the United States.” 
Great mortality prevails at the gold dig¬ 
gings in Australia. The scarcity of water has 
been dreadful. They have had to go miles to fetch 
it for drinking and it has been scarcely possible 
to wash ore the found mixed with quartz, white 
or red. Prices remain extravagantly high. Six 
common second-hand mahogany chairs lately 
sold for eighteen guineas. All clothing is dear. 
Shoes are twenty shillings sterling a pair. Dys¬ 
entery, rheumatism and consumption abound. 
jcgf" A stalk of corn was sent to Mr. F. Clark, 
Express Agent, says the Cincinnati Gazette, hav- 
ing a large perfect ear ten feet from the root; the 
whole stalk was sixteen feet high. It was from 
the. farm of Win. M. Wright, Butler county, Ohio, 
who says this is curious alone for the groat dis¬ 
tance of the ear from the root; he can show a 
stalk twenty-one feet high. 
A new post office has been established at 
North Barton, Tioga County, S. M. Kenney, P. 
M. The Deepkill office, Rensselaer County, has 
been discontinued. Names changed—Linklam 
Chenango county, N. Y., name changed to “ North 
Pitcher.” West Linklam, Chenango county, 
name changed to “ Linklam.” Fremont, Sullivan 
county, name changed to “Hawkins.” 
I^T Mr. Z. Rochton will leave St. Joseph, Mo., 
about the 20th inst., with 6,000 sheep and a large 
number of cattle, hogs, horses, etc., which he in¬ 
tends to drive over the plains to California. The 
intention is, to go as far as Green River, near a 
thousand miles from St. Joseph, the present sea¬ 
son, and then winter. The trip will be resinned 
early in the spring to the Pueblo valley. 
23^" It is said that when the new Patent Ven¬ 
tilating Car was put on the N. Y. A New Haven 
road, the ventilating vessels in honor of the occa¬ 
sion, instead of water, were filled with cologne, 
rose water, and other perfumes. Many of the 
passengers, being entirely unconscious that- they 
were fashionable odors, complained bitterly, of 
the “very disagreeable smell.’' 
A Female Sculptor. —A young woman named 
Harriet Hosmer, of Watertown, Mass., about 20 
years of age, has recently produced a piece of 
sculpture iu marble which evinces talent of a high 
order, and promise to render her prominent as an 
artist. She calls the bust which she liascomplet- 
ed, “ Hesper, the Evening Star.” It has the fare 
of a lovely maiden gently falling asleep with the 
sound cf distant music. Her hair is gracefully 
arranged, and intertwined with capsules of the 
poppy. A star shines on her forehead, and under 
her breast lies the cresent moon. Miss Hosmer 
proposes to visit Rome for a few years, with a 
view of becoming a sculptor by profession. 
Congressional. 
Synopsis of Proceedings. 
Salk of Hay. —The demand for hay in the 
Eastern market has already done much to strip 
this region of country of all the hay for sale in 
I urge quantities, and if the demand continues will 
ake still larger supplies. Contracts have been 
f;enerally made at $9@l0 per ton, the purchaser 
i'amishing the press and doing his own pressing 
•Lnd labor. We have heard of several large con¬ 
i'acts at the above prices, and think there are pur- 
,’hasers for all the surplus .—Rome Farmer. 
Monday, August 30.—The Naval and Light 
House appropriation bills passed in the Seuate. 
An executive session was also held. In the House 
100,000 copies of the Agricultural Report of the 
Patent Office were ordered printed, and 50,000 of 
the Mechanical part. Various amendments were 
made to the General appropriation bill. 
Tuesday, August 30.—Various bills before 
non-concuired in were reported to the Senate 
from the committees of conference and passed.— 
A select committee to sit through the recess, on 
Custom House matters and frauds was appointed. 
In the House the committees of conference also 
were heard from and various bills put through.- 
YYe give a list of the most important which have 
been passed during the session below : 
JOINT RESOLUTIONS 
Of welcome to Louis Kossuth. 
To authorize the contiuuauce of the work upon 
the two wings of the Capitol. 
Extending the time of the commission under 
the convention with Brazil. 
Approving and confirming an act of the Legis¬ 
lative Assembly of the Territory of Oregon, en¬ 
titled “ An act to provide for the selection of 
places for location aud erection of the public 
buildings of the territory of Oregon, aud for other 
purposes.” 
Accepting fiom Guiseppe Fagnani a portrait of 
Henry Clay, and ordering it to be placed in the 
library of Congress. 
Providing for the distribution of the laws of 
Congress, aud the debates thereon. 
ACTS PASSED. 
An act granting the right of way to the State 
of Missouri, aud a portion of the public lands, to 
aid in the construction of a railroad from Hanni¬ 
bal to St. Joseph in said State. 
An act to grant a branch of the United States 
Mint in California. 
An act to extend the time for selecting lands 
granted to the State of Wisconsin for saline pur¬ 
poses. 
An act to confirm to the State of Michigan 
certain lands selected for saline purposes. 
An act to relinquish to the State of Iowa the 
lands reseived for salt springs therein. 
An act to provide a room for the Congressional 
Library. 
An act to provide for the appointment of a su¬ 
perintendent of Indian affairs iu Calitotnia. 
An act to make laud warrants assignable, and 
for other purposes. 
An act to protect actual settlers upon the land 
on the line of the Central Railroad and branches, 
by granting pre-emption rights thereto. 
An act authorizing the payment of interest to 
the State of New Hampshire fur advances made 
for the use and benefit of the United States, in 
repelling invasion and suppressing insurrection at 
Indian stream, in that Siate. 
An act making appropriations for the payment 
of invalid and other pensions of the United States, 
for the year ending the 30th of June, 1853. 
An act making appropriation for the payment 
of navy pensions. 
An act for carrying into execution, in further 
part, the 12th article of the treaty with Mexico, 
concluded at Gaudaloupe Hidalgo. 
An act for the relief of American citizens lately 
imprisoned, and pardoned by Queen of Spain. 
An act supply deficiencies in the appropriations 
for the service of the fiscal year, ending the 30th 
of June, 1852. 
'An act authorizing the Legislature of the State 
of Mississippi to sell the lands heretofore appio- 
priated for the use of schools in that State, and 
to ratify and approve the sales already made. 
An act to provide for executing the public 
printing and establishing the prices thereof, and 
for other purposes. 
An act to grant the right of way to all rail and 
plank roads passing through the public lands be¬ 
longing to the United Stares. 
An act to enable the Legislature of the State 
of Indiana to dispose of the unsold saline lands 
in said State. 
An act to reduce and define the boundaries of 
the Military Reserve at the St. Peter’s river, in 
the Territory of Minnesota, and to secure the 
rights of the actual settlers thereon. 
An act to authorize the President of the United 
States to designate the places for the ports of en¬ 
try and delivery for the collection districts of 
Puget’s Sound aud Umpqua, in the territory of 
Oregon, and to fix the compensation of the col¬ 
lector at Astoria in said territory. 
An act giving the assent of Congress to the 
State of Missouri, to impose a tax or taxes upon 
all land hereafter sold by the United States 
therein from and after the day of such sale. 
An act making appropriations for the civil and 
diplomatic expenses of the government, for the 
year ending the 30th of June, 1853, and for other 
purposes. 
An act making appropriations for the support 
of the army, for the year ending the 30th of 
June, 1853. 
An act making appropriation for the naval 
service for the year ending June 30th. 1853. 
An act making appropriations for the transpor¬ 
tation of the United States mail, by ocean steam¬ 
ers and otherwise, during the fiscal year ending 
June 30th, 1853. 
An act to provide for a tri-monthly mail from 
New Orleans to Vera Cruz, via Tampico, and 
back, in steam vessels. 
An act authorizing imported woods, wares, and 
merchandise, entered and bondid for warehousing 
in pursuance of law, to be exported by certain 
routes to ports and places in Mexico. 
An act to amend the act entitled “ An act to 
reduce and modify the rates of postage in the 
United States, and for other purposes,” passed 
March 3, 1851. 
An act to amend an act entitled “An act to 
provide for the better security of the lives of pas¬ 
sengers on board of vessels propelled iu whole or 
in part by steam.” 
An act making appropriations for the improve¬ 
ment of certain harbors and rivers. 
An act in addition to an act to promote the 
progress of the useful arts. 
An act supplementary to “ An act providing 
for the taking the seventh and subsequent cen¬ 
suses of United States, a id fixing the number 
of members of the House of Representatives, and 
provide f ir future apportionment among the sev¬ 
eral States,” approved May 23d, 1850. 
A bill making appropriation for Light Houses, 
Light Boats, Buoys, Ac., and providing for the 
erection and establishment of the same, and for 
other purposes. 
A bill making appropriations for the current 
and contingent expenses of the Indian Depart¬ 
ment, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with 
various Indian tribes for the year ending the 30th 
of June, 1853. 
Items of Hems, &c. 
-Father Mathew, the Apostle of Temper¬ 
ance, is restored to perfect health. 
-- Counterfeit $2 bills on the Hartford Bank 
Ct., have just been put into circulation. 
-It is stated that there are 81 Post Mis¬ 
tresses in the United States, 31 of whom are in 
Pennsylvania. 
-A swimming school has been formed in 
Cincinnati, under the direction of an experienced 
teacher. 
-The South Carolina and Florida papers 
complain of the ravages of the caterpillar iu the 
cottou. 
-Sixty-two hogs died from the heat on one 
of the steamers which came into Dunkirk last 
week. 
-The long contested Wheeling Bridge hav¬ 
ing been declared a national post road by Con¬ 
gress, will probably stand as it is. 
-The Naiimal Women’s Rights Conven¬ 
tion is to be held in Syracuse, N. Y'., on 8lh, 9th, 
and 10th of the present month. 
-Miss Baldwin, of Virginia, niece of Pres¬ 
ident Madison, is teaching a missionaiy school iu 
Athens, Greece. 
- Minne-ha-ha is the euphonious and appro¬ 
priate name for a dashing cascade, near Luke 
Pepin, in Minnesota Territory. 
-A bill has been noticed in the Canadian 
Parliament to restrain any priest or other min¬ 
ister of religion from interfering in elections. 
-Hon. Orrin Fowler, Representative in Con¬ 
gress from Massachusetts, died at Washington on 
the 3d inst., after five days illness. 
-Sixty freshmen have commenced the term 
iu Dartmouth college, and several others are ex¬ 
pected, having been examined aud admitted. 
-The Camden and Amboy Railroad Com¬ 
pany hate provided a medicine chest for all their 
trains, to be used iu cases of sickness or accident. 
-George D. Prentice, Esq., of the Loul- 
ville Journal, is mentioned as a candidate tor 
Congress, to succeed Hon. Humphrey Marshall. 
-Large numbers of Chinese continue to ar¬ 
rive in California ; and the opposition to their im¬ 
migration seems to have quite subsided. 
-The National Era, the Anti-Slavery organ 
published at Washinton, boasts a weekly circula¬ 
tion of over nineteen thousand copies. 
-An unknown Frenchman was run over 1 y 
a train of cars in Canandaigua a few nights since, 
in whose pockets are said to have been found 
.$5,000. 
-The Lewis County Bank, after having 
suspended business some time, has again resumed 
it, under the management of T. O. Grauniss, Esq., 
as Cashier. 
-A Convention of cotton Planters and 
Southern merchants is to be held at Macon, Ga., 
in October uext, during the holding of the State 
Fair at that place. 
-The Phonetic system of teaching the com¬ 
mon orthography, has, with the sanction of the 
school committees, been introduced iulo 114pub¬ 
lic schools of Massachusetts. 
-Among the survivors of the Atlantic were 
a French Canadian, his wife and nine children, all 
of whom he saved by his individual exertions, 
and, as he expressed it, by “ keeping cool.” 
-The Collins Steamers have made fifty 
voyages, to the present time, or crossed the ocean 
one hundred times. r lhey have averaged.it is 
said, about 90 passengers a trip, or 9,000 iu all. 
-The Hartford Courant learns that Hon. 
Samuel D. Hubbard has accepted the invitation 
of the President to take a seat iu his Cabinet a* 
Postmaster General. 
-In the famous fishing town of Marblehead, 
having a population of 8,000, there are not two 
buildings standing on the same line, and no street 
that has not a turn at least every dozen feet. 
-Several wells have recently been dug in 
Lexington, showing water of a decided mineral 
character. The analysis shows it to be very sim¬ 
ilar to the Congress Spring at Saratoga. 
-The export of tea from China, up to June 
last, was 64.000,00© pounds, against 63,000,000 
last year. Of silk, the export was 16,400 bales 
against 20,200 last year. 
-There is a great freshet in Roanoke river. 
Great damage lias been done, and fears are enter¬ 
tained that the com and tobacco crops on the 
river will be entirely ruined. 
-It is stated by Prof. Graham, of England, 
that turpentine at the temperature of 110 degrees, 
makes the air explosive. To this cause is attrib¬ 
uted the loss of the steamship Amazon. 
-A pump weighing four tons, and costing 
two thousand dollars, has been placed in a well at 
Hoboken, aud is to be worked alter the fashion 
of the old style windmills. 
-There is a snow bank three feet in depth 
still remaining in a gulf, near Lowvi’lle, Lewis 
Co. A pailful taken from the gulf, was brought 
into the office of the Northern Journal, on Thurs¬ 
day last. 
-The late heavy rains have served to devel¬ 
op the potato disease in some port! ns of the 
country. It is noticed in Bucks county, Pa., and 
in Baltimore county, Md., it exists to a serious 
extent. # 
-It is stated that Mrs. Stows, the authoress 
of Uncle Tom’s Cabin has engaged to write a 
popular tale upon the effect of the Maine Liquor 
Law, intended for wide circulation by the friends 
of the law. 
-Upwards of 3,000 head of fat hogs have 
been shipped, from Dayton, Osborn, and Emu, 
Ohio, during the past three weeks, destined for 
New York. They go by the way of Mad river 
and Lake Erie, and N. Y. A Erie railroad. 
-The Detroit papers state that Cant. Ward 
has commenced legal proceedings against the pro¬ 
peller Ogdensburgh, for sinking the Atlantic.— 
This will bring out the whole testimony, and 
show where all the blame rests or ought to rest. 
-Vast numbers of grasshoppers arrived re¬ 
cently from Canada at Sackett’s Harbor across 
the river St. Lawrence. The water was covered 
with them for a considerable distance. They 
must have traveled with the aid of the wind, over 
three miles. 
—— In Montreal a suit was brought by a man 
against a railroad company for damage, for killing 
one of his cattle on the road. The court dis¬ 
missed the suit, holding that the owner of the 
slain beast was a tresspasser, and liable to the 
Company for damages. 
—.— The explosion on the steamer Franklin, 
No. 2, near St. Louis on the 23d, is said to have 
been caused by r the carelessness of the engineer. 
The boilers burst with a tremendous force, com¬ 
pletely shattering the boat amidships. One ac¬ 
count states that 15 persons were killed, and 40 
sevorely wounded. 
