MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YO RKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
The Good Time Come! —Cheap Postage. 
The Plowing Match at Brighton. 
Cnba — Important Movement of onr Government 
-------According to the new law, the postage on the 
ROCHESTER, OCTOBER 14, 1852. Rural (from and after 1st inst.) any where in this 
————-——- r State, is only thirteen cords a year, or three and a 
SPECIAL NOTICES. | half cents a quarter. In all other places in the 
tw Remember that our term, are. in *>r A *c*, and that g California and Oregon included, 
ice do not send the Rural after the expiration of the time . . 
paid for. see ten™ on last page. the legal postage is but twenty-six cents a year.- 
KW" Until further notice new subscribers paying Unless paid quarterly in advance, however, the 
receive the present or either back vol. of The Wool Grotcer. postage will he double the above rates. IlenCC, 
SPECIAL NOTICES. 
As previously announced, the Monroe Co. Ag. W e learn that orders were received from the _ 
Societv held its second Plowing Match for the *>'7 Department at Washington on Saturday 
_ J „ mi.w rpi-./, ® wo* m ? bt - directing the sloop-of-war Cyane, G. N. 
items of Hems, &e. 
season, on Thursday last. The weather was fine, jj 0 jij na> Commander, to prepare immediately for on ^ ednesday last. 
-Ex-Senator Haywood died at Raleigh, N. 
and the arrangements complete. Nineteen teams sea , and to sail for Havana, at the earliest moment 
The Legislature of Mississippi assembled 
were entered, seventeen, of which plowed one- 
fourth of an acre each. The Committee—Messrs. 
F. P. Root, Alfred Fitch, and A. E. Harmon,— 
possible. As the Cyane had just arrived at this in extra session on the 4th inst. 
port for Norfolk, she was ready for sea, and accord¬ 
ingly took her departure yesterday morning. She cently in Maine, 
was towed outside the Hook, in order to get a fair __ tuopg 
A boy was killed and eaten by a bear re- 
23’’” Pock numbers from October 1st, can be supplied. 
Jottings of Travel.—Glance at Cleveland. 
During a recent excursion westward, we ob¬ 
served and jotted down sundry matters which 
were then considered of sufficient importance to 
be submitted to the readers of the Rural. And 
j in order to avail themselves of its advantages, our 
subscribers should fulfil the requirements of the 
of the law in respect to pre-payment. 
The Pioneer Festival. 
The Pioneers of Rochester and the Genesee 
turning a stiff sward, having a smooth bottom 
The following is their award of premiums : 
port is true ; and that the Mississippi will there¬ 
fore speedily take her departure for Hav na. 
The object of this movement, although nothing 
And Country held their Annua] Festival at Blossom’s certain can be known in regard to it, cannot be persons killed on all the railways of Great Britain 
had we taken time by the forelock, and promptly Hotcl on Wednesday the 6th inst. The venera- 
presented our wayside gatherings, they might ble Asiilky Sampson presided, surrounded by 
have proved endurable if not interesting. But, the gray-haired and time-honored patnarches, 
inasmuch as some of our notes are now past grace, who have bee “ mercifully spared to be witnesses 
and subject to protest, we will only offer a few of the unexampled prosperity of this region.- 
instead of particular items of ob- Amon g them were ma, 7 of tbe earl Y settlers > or 
2d premium to J. sf Ramsdel, Perimoii, .! 6 00 difficult of conjecture. The treatment to which 
John Ryan, plowman, Eagle 25 plow. American vessels are now systematically subjected 
3d premium to William Brodie, Riga,........... 4 00 bv He Spanisli authorities of Cuba, renders indis- 
Thomas Brodie, plowman, Livingston Co. plow. “ , , r ,, r ■. i r c 
4th premium to Charles Lueoi Sweden... 2 00 pensable the presence of a large naval force for 
Augustus Ootlioudt, plowman, Eagle 75 plow. their protection. The Crescent City has been re- 
Harvey Sprague, Riga,.^. 2 00 fused admission into the port of Havana, unless 
general glances instead of particular items of ob¬ 
servation. 
Though we have journeyed somewhat with our 
carpet bag, and occasionally with a trunk also., 
yet, up to the time now written of, we had not 
their sous, who, in youth shared in the toils and 
privation incident to a pioneer life in the wilder¬ 
ness. 
In their recitals of pioneer life and personal 
William Bend, plowman, Cayuga Co. plow. 
v 'self plowman. ^Wiard's Csdedo'nia Plow. .. tence of the Government of Cuba to dictate to 
Alex ltumsey, Ogden,... .. 2 00 any foreign vessel upon such a point as this, is 
w, u-M'ddleton, plowman, Curtis No. 10 plow. simply insolent. The right of Cuban authorities 
Geo. Ashman, plowman, Curtis No. 12 plow. to exclude American vessels from their ports, de- 
Wm. I*. Pringle, Perinton, vol. trans. and. 100 pends upon the nature of the treaties between 
Spencer Pringle, plowman. A boy, Oyears old, descrv- Spain and the United States. But whatever these 
ing praise, though liis plowing in depth and width hard- nia y be the act indicates a hostile spirit on their 
ly came up the rules, but he will be up to tbe mark “ i . , 
next time. part, winch will vent itseli in still grosser out- 
To each of the following we award, for good plowmanship ragas whenever it can hope to do so with im- 
she will first dismiss one of her officers. The pre- Bishop of Rhode Island. 
traveled farther west than Buffalo-the “ Queen experience we have a thrilling account of the 
City of the Lakes’’-for a number of years- tiines throu S h wbich Llic 7 P assed - wben ; Wlth 
Hence in visiting Cleveland, Detroit, and other 8cant Y mean8 * tbe Y ™de tbci1 ' wa J mto this then 
points-and in traversing the land route from almost unbroken wilderness -following -instead 
L, i j i. t> ce i 4. li. of roads, the trail of the red man, or the more 
Cleveland to Buffalo, on our return, we naturally . ’ , ’ . , 
observed some novelties, and not a few evidences clvlllzed P ath of blazed trees - left as ^id-marks 
of advancement. The improved facilities for b 7 the surveyor. They speak of having hunted 
traveling, by both land and water, and the largely thc liirable decr in his native wildnc8S u P on the 
ow ' ! oo simply insolent. The right of Cuban authorities - The .< Free Democracy,” have nominated 
«7 t0 exclude American vessels from their ports, de- an Electoral ticket in Maryland. 
.100 pends upon the nature of the treaties between T , m. i , , 
Old, descrv- fe pain J (l thc United States. But whatever these . ~ Fro,n Thursday to Monday morning week, 
may be, the act indicates a hostile spirit on their 14 ’ 153 m,m, " rants arnved a ! New ? ork - 
it i. part, which will vent itself in still grosser out- -The Southern Michigan railroad 
a vol. trans. or Am. Inst. 
Jonathan Nelson, Brighton; 
H. B. Moore, Brighton ; 
L. D. Mifcliei, Pittsford; 
Henry Smith, Ogden; 
Wilson Brodie, Riga; 
N. J. Rice, Henrietta. 
puuity.— N. Y. Times. 
Latest Counterfeits. — 10s and 20s on the 
-The Southern Michigan railroad is now 
relaid with T rail from Adrian to Toledo. 
-The Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad pro¬ 
ject, appears in a fair way of going ahead. 
-At a recent fire in Belvidere, (111.) proper- 
Boaton Bank, Mass., altered from genuine notes on ty to the amount of $10,000 was destroyed. 
the same bank. 
increased number of passengers within the past 
few years, was moft manifest on our route and at 
all places whereat we sojourned. Traveling in 
ground now covered by solid blocks of buildings, 
and well remember when thc spot covered by our 
office was still ornamented with the primitive for- 
Notes on the Hamilton Bank, Boston, altered week, is one to every 2,133. 
_1-1--TJ-. T> T I 
- The rates of deaths in Philadelphia, every 
Deferred. —Several articles are necessarily de- bom . tbe . broken Hamilton Bank, Scituate, It. I., j n Ohio there are 202 lodges and 14,320 niein- 
ferred for a week or two. Among them remarks « “Xtto and JtoSdSrtStoS sus-’ of the ordcr ° f 0dd FelloW8 * 
crowded steamers, cars and stages-stopping at est trees - and 110 road bad bccn cut oufc throu e h 
thriving and populous towns, and passing through what is now the 80Uth P art of our cit Y* The har - 
most beautiful and rapidly improving rural dis- d >' P ioneer who dre ' v the stringers for the first 
tricts-we could realize the truth which has so bridge over the Genesee River, on Main street, and 
often been uttered on all hands in regard to the the clerk of tbe P ionecr merchant, sat down at 
on Seneca County Fair, and also that of Erie Co., picious 
Pa., at each of which wc observed something note- 2s or 
worthy. genuim 
“ Great West,” and its growth and prosperity in the festivc board together. The pioneer school- 
connection with tbe rest of tbe “ Universal Yan- master here met and was introduced to one of his 
worthy. genuine, vig. two fen ales, one holding a sickle, 
- and another pointing to a steamboat in tbe dis- 
Thackeray’s coming to America is said to tance—sheat ot grain, bale of goods, barrel, etc., 
have been postponed until December. The lec- beside them—female on each end margin, with 
tures which he has promised to deliver in New the word two and figure 2 in tbe corner—this is 
cious. -5,000 emigrants arrived at New York witk- 
2s on the Bank of Burlington, Vt., imitation of in 50 hours last week. 
nuine, vig. two females, one holding a 6ickle, -Sixteen citizens of Albany have subscribed 
d another pointing to a steamboat in the dis- $125,000 to the Albany and Susquehanna rail- 
nce—sheaf of grain, bale of goods, barrel, etc., road. 
side them—female on each end margin, with -Thirty thousand dollars have been sub- 
e word two and figure 2 in the corner—this is scribed in Lafayette county, Arkansas, for rail- 
York, are those upon “English Humorists,” rather coarse, but still a dangerous affair, and well road purposes. 
Steele, Swift, Addison, <tc., which have been so calculated to deceive. 
0n pvprv „ nw mrifiniMtinn early pupils, after a separation of half a century popular among his own countrymen. He is de- 5 s on the Boston Bank, Mass., vig. a female in 
Ull e\ eiV Slue \\ e Saw COn ni I nation J 1 I i j oo << o toll mon /Ar lnv»n sif.tim/ nnaturn lniirmicrnn All nnuliarnm nmntimr 
kee Nation. n On every side we saw confirmation ea2 v P U P US » auel a n^paiation 01 nan a century 
strong of many statements considered almost, or The meeting was sustained throughout the day 
quite, fabulous by non-observers. Indeed, to us with much interest. At 3 o’clock, the Secretary 
the changes and improvements, in both town and called to dinner with the “ tin horn ” which lias 
country, appeared most surprising, notwithstand- been used at all former festivals, and which, like 
ing the fact that we had endeavored to keep our- those gathered on tbe occasion, was itself a pio- 
selves well posted relative to the advancement of neer. The dinner was “got up” in Blos- 
the sections visited. som & Eaton’s best style, which served as a strik- demolisher of humbug, to be, 
-A steamship company is being formed in 
New York, for the purpose of opening the trade 
» t, , & „ , , v' ° „ - 44 - i D i • JNew l oik, lor tne purpose or opening tbe trade 
scribed as “a tall man of large frame, and fea- sitting posture, leaning on an anchor and pointing w i t i 1 p L ; 0 d e l a Plata and Paraguay, 
tures roughly cast, with a “ no-you-dou’t and to a ship in tlio distance—not like genuine. 1 ’ , . , 
Great Britain-ous expression of face,” but withal, °n the City Bank of Hartford, Conn., not ——Y ithin one month eight hundred and 
very fearless and very honest, with no symptom of hke genuine; the genuine has a view of a public bft 7 f ' jre TT? ls bave been uatu niLzed in Hamilton 
the dandy about him—blunt and peremptory in building, on left two farmers, on right a female U)Unt 7> umo - 
the dandy about him—blunt and peremptory in building, on left two farmers, on right a female 
address and conversation ; satirical on the surface encircled by a figure 2. ^ -1 wo hundred and twenty-six negroes are 
but genial at heart—in short, just what we might 3 , son the American Exchange Bank, city, preparing to emigrate from the port ol Norfolk, 
expect the great enemy of Snobbery and burly imitation of genuine, vig. a female with a sickle, Vu., to Liberia. 
At Cleveland we passed a bright and beautiful Lig contrast between the plain fate of try -gone 
day,— a brief period, yet one marked luminously da J 8 aild our present luxurious style of living. 
sheaf grain, etc., same as 2s on Washington Co. 
Bank, N. Y. 
Va., to Liberia. 
-'Flie Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co. lias 
been mulcted in $8,000 damages, for injuries suf- 
iu the calender of memory. Through the courtesy After 
of a resident friend, we were shown the length by Hoi 
breadth, improvements, notabilities, and peculiar journed. 
and most striking beauties of the “ Forest City.” 
During the drive we saw sufficient evidence of en¬ 
terprise, good taste and natural beauty, to imbue fp nK 
us with almost as much enthusiasm in behalf of rm p 
the place as was possessed by our companion — , , 
After a very appropriate and touching address 
by Hon. Moses Chapin, the Association ad¬ 
journed. t 
Washington, Oct. 11. — The “ Will-o-Wisp,” bs c . oan !®. rfbits are „ olA °. n . the l Walter J °7 Bank, fered by a passenger in one of their cars, 
anks inclndimr the Central Citizens F.mnire This, it will be recollected, is a broken bank. -Gerritt Smith is an indenendeni 
The Weather. 
hanks, including the Central, Citizens, Empire, 
Fulton, Mechanics, Merchants, Metropolitan Ocean 
and Railroad, are suffering a severe run upon their 
funds. 
There is considerable excitement, and holders 
of their notes appear determined to turn them in¬ 
to specie if possible. 
Tiik week past, closing to-day, has been very 
warm for the season. On Thursday night last, 
we had a scries of summer thunder showers. On 
and be very properly believes it to be the most thc Tuesdav preceding> w0 had a rainy day. The 
prosperous and handsome city in the Union. The same day> on Lake Erie> there was a violent snow 
town has certainly advanced rapidly during the sto ,. nl _ ' 0n the preC eding Monday, the mercury 
few years which liave elapsed since our former 
visit—presenting indications of substantial pro- I 
gress throughout the business thoroughfares, at 
ims, it will oe reconeciea, is a oroKen uanK. -Gerritt Smith is an independent candi- 
50s on the Ocean Bank, N. Y. city, altered date f or Congress in the Madison and Oswego 
from 2s - district. 
C1 T . ... „ -The Chicago Democrat states that there 
4 ale of Mr. Downing s Property.— The New are some seventy-five vessels, and five propellers 
} <» k Evening Post says The residence of tbe m the ba , bor of that city, 
late Mr. Downing, at Newburgh, was sold at auc- , . ,, 
tion last Thursday, for $18,0(10—much less than ~ A ra >® specimen of the rat genus, was 
in the region of the snow storm was down to 26 
degrees. Thc frosts here have not been very se¬ 
vere yet—for the songs of the insects are still 
ot their notes appear determined to turn them in- 1 or R evening i oss says .— i ne lebiuencu oi me i b e harbor of that city 
to specie if possible. late Mr. Downing,.at Newburgh, was sold at auc- , , . fl 
__ tion last Thursday, for $l8,0t)0—much less than , A ra !f B P ecim , cn .Die r.at genus, was 
A Centenarian Dfceasfd Mrs Tois Perk its estimated value. The purchasers were Messrs, caught recently, in a rouse in Allegany, 1 a. It 
A centenarian deceased—M is. l.ois 1 eck, „ . a ,,..,..j u nnrlorafanrl was completely white with red eves. 
widow of the late Amos Peck, of Hampden, Ct., J - J cits and H. RainsJell. V e uuderstandth.it _ . „ , - , 
lately deceased at the advanced age of one him- th( 7 haYe not brought the property of it at a price —Mr. HC Ames .if New \ oik, has ieceive.1 
dred years, eight months and six Jays. She had nearer its real value and applying the advance ° ' Aca P ulco ’ vice ' 
been a member of tbe Congregational Church proceeds to the benefit of Mrs. Downing, the widow Mr. Slocum, resigned. 
seventy-five years and was at the time of her t] ie deceased. Mr. Downing’s architectural skill -Dan Rice, the circus clown, was on Friday 
death, the ancestress of one hundred and thirty- andtaste werc successfully exerted in making his fined two thousand dollars, in the Superior Court 
ei<dit descendants. residence one oi the most beautiful places 111 the of Baltimore, for an assault upon a printer. 
country.” -q>h e Secretary of the Treasury has issued 
-— proposals for building a Mint at San Francisco, 
The Copper Mines of Lake Superior. —-An the cost not to exceed $300,000. 
old copper mine of extraordinary richness lias re- -Thomas S. Clark, Esq., of Albion. Orleans 
cently been discovered on what is called the Hill Co., died on Thursday. At the time of his death 
\ ein, in the Lake Superior country. Certain oir- he was Cashier of the Bank of Orleans. 
the docks on river and lake, and in the more pleas- heard 0n Satui . da> . 3d instf j. heard for the last 
ant and most beautiful suburbs. A large share of 
of this prosperity has been produced by tho com¬ 
pleted and contemplated railroads which termi- 
time this season, the Harvest Fly. Thus far the 
Autumn has been unusually delightful in the 
Genesee valley. The rains of the past week 
nate or connect hue the moic pi eminent °f have raised the water in the river, which will re- bled violently, sunk down, and died in his tracks. 
which are the lines leading to Cincinnati, Pitts¬ 
burg, and tbe Lake Shore road. The construction 
of these “iron arteries” has quickened the pulse 
of the Clevelanders, and given an impetus to all 
branches of business. Within live years real 
estate has advanced in value far beyond the for 
Death of a Horse from Fright. —On Saturday 
morning, as a train of cars was coming in, a 
horse of Mr. Collins, butcher, while hitched to a 
wagon near the railroad track, became quite res¬ 
tive. He was seized and held by thc bridle. As 
the cars came nearer be reared and plunged, trem¬ 
bled violently, sunk down, and died in his tracks. 
cumstauces, recently brought to light by its dis¬ 
covery, indicate that it was worked long before 
move from its channel the accumulation of filth 
which tended to produce disease. The city is 
now about as healthy as usual at this season.—w. 
Tuesday livening, Oct. 12. 
The “City Fathers” in Bad Company.— 
Was a like case ever before known ?—Frankfort discovery of America by Columbus. I lie 
(Ay.) Commonwealth. ' richness of the mine may be imagined from the 
-The dress worn by Madame Sontagather 
first concert in New Y ork on Monday night, was 
richness of the mine may be imagined from the ma de in New York, and cost fifteen hundred dol- 
fact that Mr. Mendlebaurn, the manager, in cans- ^ ars - 
mer figures of the most sanguine holders and The Grand Jury transacted no little business dur- 
speculators. 
Taken all in all, Cleveland is a progressive, ad¬ 
vantageously located and most beautiful city.— 
ing the session just closed. Among the doings 
during the past week, the most noteworthy item, 
is the indictment of ten members of the Common 
We always admired it, and since our last visit Council for voting tavern license to persons not 
more than ever. In certain respects it is a model properly qualified according to the statute. The 
worthy the examination and study of strangers— worthy protectors and defenders of law and mot- thousand turkeys, all hale and hearty. They cost been proportionally greater than in this citv. On 
and some of its features might well be imitated alitv were arraigned and bound over in the sum Lim about fitty cents apiece in the States, and the Sunday week, one citizen buried the last of his 
bv larger and much older towns. Its broad ave- of $250 each! YYe hope justice will be meted cost of fee ing them on t ie m.iv was nothing , five children, the mother having also died, and he 
and at Buffalo. This looks like a speedy comple¬ 
tion of an important improvement. 
A Speculation. —A letter from California says: 
“ A man from Illinois has just arrived from Inde¬ 
pendence, having driven the entire distance, two 
. ing it to be explored, had a mass of copper, which -Dr. James Webster, Professor of Anatomy 
Straight Link Railroad.— There are sixteen weighed 2,390 pounds, removed from the surface of Geneva College, is now a resident of the city 
ules of the straight line road of the Buffalo and () f the vein. There is certainly much mystery in New Y'ork, having recently removed from 
Rochester railway already completed, and the connected writh these ancient traces of mining Rochester. 
progress is at the rate of one-halt mile per day.— opera ti 0 ns, discovered from time to time, in thc -Advices from Milan state that two girls of 
I he laying of the rail has commenced at Batavia copper reg ion of Lake Superior. the ballet have been whipped for their politics, 
- and s j x t CC n Milanese shot. Such is the awful 
Mortality in the Country. —The prevalence work going on in Italy. 
dysentery and kindred diseases, in the country -Rev. Jared Sparks has in press three large 
o dysentery and kindred diseases, in the country 
villages, has been deplorably great during the octavo volumes of “ Letters to Washington,” a 
present season. In the pleasant village of Y ork, selection from hitherto unedited revolutionary 
Livingston county, w r e are told thc deaths have correspondence. 
been proportionally greater than in this city. On _ The N . Y. Herald says that Mr. Redfield, 
nues, well lined with shade and ornamental trees out to all evil doers in this matter—and especially 
—the neatness and good taste every where appa- to such as are held up its legal guide-boards for 
rent — the fine public buildings, and business the benefit of community. 
blocks — and .above all the beautiful private resi¬ 
dences, surrounded by lawns, sbubbery and model 
gardens — at once attract the attention and capti¬ 
vate the fancy of temporary sojourners. We were 
Temperance Gathering. —The Annual Meet¬ 
ing of the Grand Division of Western New Y’ork, 
will be held in Rochester on the 26th inst., and 
they fed themselves. He has been offered eight 
dollars apeice.” 
Texas Wine. —We learn from the Houston Tel¬ 
egraph that a very large quantity of wine has 
been made in Texas this season, from native 
grapes. Most of this wine has been made from 
was left alone, the only one remaining of a large 
family. Several of the substantial citizens of the 
town, whose names we do noUrecollect, have also 
died during the season.— Democrat. 
Wesleyan General Conference at Syra¬ 
cuse.— The third Y.’eslovan General Conference 
the mustang grape, which yields a wine of a j nie ^ a j Syracuse on the 9th inst., and is still in 
struck with one marked and most commendable on ^ be ~7th there will be a Mass Meeting of the 
peculiarity. Unlike those of other cities most of Uiendsot lemperance, 
the private residences of citizens embrace “ample Ueal Dow, of Uortlaui 
room and verge enough” for comfort and the dis- multitude. Other pro 
play of taste in ornamental shrubbery, gardening, pected, and we doubt 
etc. In this and other respects Euclid street is the one °f unusual interest 
finest avenue we ever saw ; the broad lots, with j ~ 
fine houses (noton, hut some fifty or a hundred Botato Rot.— -Y e t 
feet back from the street,) and beautiful landscape nar ’ Au o us ^ a> e -> 1 lld 
surroundings, present a combination rarely found, ^ <ddo countb ' s i 5' • 
and most desirable. Reader, should vou chance become 80 niucb affectc 
friends of Temperance, on which occasion thc Hon. 
Neal Dow, of Portland, Maine, will address the 
multitude. Other prominent speakers are ex¬ 
pected, and we doubt not the gathering will be 
beautiful color, and seems to combine some of the 
qualities of claret and port. 
session. Thirty-one clergymen and thirty-one lay 
of New Y’ork, has in press and will issue, during 
the coming winter, the works, political and lite¬ 
rary, of the Hon. Wm. II. Seward. 
-Sheridan Knowles, the author, is said to 
have become a Baptist. He was baptised by im¬ 
mersion, some time back, by the Rev. Dr. Innes, 
of Edinburgh. 
-A man named John Yan Every fell from 
a gravel train on Monday at Lockport, and was 
almost instantly killed, several ears passing over 
delegates are 'present. Cyrus Prindle, of the him and horrib, y wangling him 
- - * Champlain Conference, is President. An address -The Rome and New York Line are build- 
Potatoes. —The Buffalo Courier says the pota- was read on Thursday from the English Metlio- ing a boat capable of carrying 1,300 barrels of 
to crop this year will be uncommonly large and dlst Association. The committees appointed on flour—to run in their Watertown and Rome rail- 
good. YYe learn from farmers in this county and missions, agents, records, reforms, pastoral ad- road line. 
from those residing in Genesee and YVyoming, dresses, and correspondence, will report this week. -Father Mathew, the noted teetotSllar, and 
that the yield was never larger, and so far as has-five oilier Roman Catholic priests, have sailed for 
been seeu, is entirely free from rot. Canada Gold.— The Report of the Geologist Calcutta. Their business in India is, it is report- 
Potato Rot. —We learn from the Gospel Ban¬ 
ner, Augusta, Me., that the crop in Hancock and 
Waldo counties, which had promised well, has 
become so much affected in thc course of the past 
-Father Mathew, the noted teetotSllar, and 
five other Roman Catholic priests, have sailed for 
to visit Cleveland, do not fail of traversing this tw<: week r 8 ’ that man 7 fields wU1 n0 ?' be harvested 
street-for, whether resident of country or city, at alL We hear ’ also ’ of com P laints hl othor ( l u;u " 
you cannot fail of being delighted. ters to sorae extent ’ but nolhln - vei 7 bad 8wi ous, 
_ , . , . except in part of Maryland. Around Rochester, 
— But we are becoming prolix relative to the , f .-..i , • ,, , , 
, , . , , , . . , we bear of little complaint, though we under¬ 
beauty of Cleveland, and overlooking its business. , • , • , , , , 
_ J , ’ , . stand some varieties are somewhat affected. 
In truth we were so ‘ taken with the former, _ _ 
that the latter item was a minor consideration Phillip’s Fire Annihii.ator.— The Advertiser 
during our sojourn , yet we saw the best evidences unde stands that a public trial of this renowned 
of business prosperity on all sides, and especially invention is soon to by bad in Rochester, when 
in the particulars above mentioned. The city our citize ns will have an opportunity of forming 
now has, as is claimed, a population of some 24,- an eatimat() of its efficiency be ocular demonstra- 
000, and is rapidly advancing in that particular- ^ Meantime various sizes of the machine are 
while its business fully keeps pace therewith.- Qn exbibition at the store of Mr. Amsden, No. 39 
Of this latter we saw sufficient proof in the gtate street 
thronged and busy streets, and the large number - 
of buildings being erected in all parts of the city. Paign’s Early Grape. — This is a handsome, 
been seeu, is entirely free from rot. Canada Gold.— The Report of the Geologist Calcutta. Their business in India is, it is report- 
. ---employed by the Provincial authorities of Canada, ed, the foundation ol a Romish See at Hyder- 
A Preventive for Cholera^— It lias been fully gives an account of the washings on the Wolf abad. 
ascertained, says the report of a French physician, river, at is junction with the Chaudiere. He -The Kentucky State F’air was held at 
both at Paris and elsewhere, that rain water is a states that 1,700 pennyweights have been taken Paris on the 28th ult. About fifteen thousand 
prophylatic of cholera, and that this disease has out during the present season, by fifteen men.— persons were in attendance. The show of cattle 
never proved an epidemic in any city where rain The geologist is of opinion that deposits of gold was very fine. 
water is exclusively used. exist in the vicinity, but that persons unskilled _ F ] ie tr j a ] 0 f t h e Jerrv Rescue cases is ex- 
. . in mining cannot find remuneration in seeking pec t e d to take place at the present term of the 
A New Theory.— Prof. Thomas Spencer, for- for it. U. S. District Court, in session at Albany. Judges 
merly President of Geneva Medical Collate, will 
shortly bring out a new theory of “ Vital Heat, 
Minnesota. — The Chippewas, of the Upper 
pected to take place at the present term of the 
U. S. District Court, in session at Albany. Judges 
Hall and Nelson are on thc bench. 
-The officers of the State Agricultural Sc¬ 
our citizens will have an opportunity of forming ^ ^ ^ have [ c) be amp £ t 
an estimate of its efficiency be ocular demonstra- cven tba t will not save her life. 
tion. Meantime various sizes of the machine are --——- 
on exhibition at the store of Mr. Amsden, No. 39 Another Railroad. —The Pli 
State street. treal Railroad was opened on tl 
of buildings being erected in all parts of the city. I Paign’s Early Grape. — This is a handsome, 
Among these, we may mention as most notewor- fine - flavored fruit, and the testimonials shown 
thy, five large and pleasantly located churches in by Mr. P. prove that it is properly named in regard 
the course of construction—indicating that Mam- to earlinese of ripening. Those who would like 
mon is not alone worshipped by the habitans of to give it a trial are referred to advertisement in 
the “ Forest City.” this paper. I 
and Animal and Y'egetable Respiration and Nu- Snake river, are getting troublesome. They last cicty of Michigan, are Joseph R. Williams, St. 
trition.” _ __ week set fire to large quantities of hay, anil J osep h, President: John C. Holmes, Detroit, Sic- 
——" “ 7~ threaten further depredations. Measures should reta / y; Henry Brown, Detroit, Treasurer. 
Another! — A little daughter ol Mrs. Randall, a t once be adopted for tbe removal of these an- J T . p . , . , ,. . 
ition is soon to bv had in Rochester, when of Penn Y an, was dangerously burned by the noying fellows, and for keeping them out of the , af ,! dus f-° a ]to r ^l bills on the^Utic^Citv 
• i J f explosion of a camphene lamp a few days since, neighborhood. The destruction of the bay on E , IC against altered ns n me i Mia vnty 
■ten, Till law an opportunity of forming > „. M hav0 [„ bo nmpJutod, and perhaps Se Wc. will seriously hinder the..n.tioL of changed to tens It states also, list 
. k --- even that will not save her life. lumbermen during the wWr.-Sl. Anthony £,p. hero IS is a good ileal of the spurious afloat 
___ 6 __ ^ r m this city. Be on your guard. 
Another Railroad. —I he Plattsburg and Mon- The discovery of a new comet is annount- -Baron Humboldt celebrated liis eighfy- 
treal Railroad was opened on the 7 th inst. The e d in the N. Y. Tribune. When first discovered third birthday on the 14th. The “Nestor of 
residue of the line on the west side of Lake it was about two degrees below the pole star, at a Science” is m excellent health, and is engaged 
Champlain, to connect with the roads to Albany, srDa n a ngle to the eastward. It is moving in a daily for some hours on a fourth volume of the 
will not be long delayed. south-westerly direction at the rate of three-quar- “ Cosmos.” 
——--- ters of a degree per day, at the same time rapidly The bark Cornelia, which left Havana on 
A New Phase. —G. P. R. James, the novelist, approaching us. It is a fine object, condensing at tbe 24th ult., was boarded by the Cuban authori- 
has turned farmer,—located himself in Berkshire, the center to a nucleus, and although at present ties as she was leaving port for New Y’ork, her 
Maas., and delivered an address at the late Berk- telescopic, will no doubt be visible to the naked mails seized and rilled, and two of her passengers 
shire Agricultural Fair. eye in a few days. taken on shore and imprisoned 1 
i . , .’ , p. , , , was toweuoutside tne hook, hi oraer to get aiair -10,000 persons attended the anniversary 
speak in high terms of the general character of the bre eze, and is now on her way to Cuba. 0 j Bennington ba ttle the 16th ult. 
work performed, and of the difficulty of discrim- YYe have also been informed, but not from a , ”, , ^ - p ’ Tvn .. v 
inating and awarding premiums properly. They source which enables us to make the statement by been rece i ved 'i n Boston from Europe * 
considered tbe work of the Michigan Double Ilow ^ tQ fo]W the AVlth 111 dis . -Tbe rates of deaths in New York every 
preferable to any other on tbe field,—that is, for patcb -yy e have no doubt, however, that the re- "'eck, is one to every 1,214 persons. 
-There are 6,890 miles of railways in Great 
•ritaiu. 
-During the year 1851, there were only 36 
-Thc Grand Encampment of Odd Fellows, 
in Philadelphia, has 6,147 members. 
-Tbe yellow fever has been prevailing at 
Charleston, S. C., to a considerable extent. 
-Dr. Hawks, of New Y'ork, has been elected 
-Of the 6,463 children in Milwaukie, 2,900 
attend school. 
