MOOKE’S BURAL NEW-YO EKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
RURAL NEW-YORKER, w “* 
•--- Pump Factories.—Seneca Falla has long been 
ROCHESTER, OCTOBER 28, 1852. celebrated for its superior Pumps—and its fame 
SPECIAL NOTICES. in this line “ in n0 Ji,,linish ' m S- There are 
Remember that our terms art in advance, and that three establishments u.n.,tM 1 om e> ( nsl U 
wet, not send the Rural after the expiration of the time able business. Downs & Gould have a huge and 
paid for. See terms on last page. very complete establishment. The Improved 
tfjr Until further notice new subscribers paying $2 will Garden Engine, figured and described 111 the 
receive the present or either back vol. of The Wool Grower. R URA L some time ago, is manufactured by them. 
tfsT Pack numbers from October 1st, can be supplied. They have a very commodious building, and every 
DANIEL WEBSTER IS DEAD ! Cowing & Co. are largely engaged in the man- 
- ufacture of Pumps, Garden Engines, Ac. They 
Such is the brief and mournful announcement mate a new Hty ] e 0 f brass barreled pumps wor- 
madc by the telegraph on Sunday last—and which ^ of attent j on . ;dso 8U p C rior well force pumps, 
is now being echoed and re-echoed by press and ^ oit j ie] . 8pout or hose. They also furnish a fine 
tongue throughout the land. He expired at Ins artic ] e of j otters for patterns, machinists, Ac.— 
residence in Marshfield, at thirty-eight minutes Q n(} ()f tb eir garden engines which we saw in 
past two o’clock on Sunday morning, Oct. 24th— operat .} on> WO rked admirably, and was pronounced 
leaving a nation to mourn the departure of its }jy lho 8pec t a tors. 
most profound Lawyer, matchless Orator, and McClary A Powis are also in the pump line, 
eminent Statesman—a man of world-wide fame hut manufacture Chain Pumps exclusively. They 
and mighty intellect. _ furnish a beautiful iron curb—the most tasty ar- 
Mr. Webster’s death was unexpected, until ti( , le of tbe hind we ever saw. They are doing a 
very recently, though he had long been suffering good business _ 
from a painful disease. His last illness was drop- yy tc Woolen Factory, (owned by an incorporat- 
sy of the chest, induced by an injury received ^ q () ^ wo believe,) is an extensive concern.— 
when thrown from his carriage some months Tbe q () manu f ac ture cassimeres principally, and 
since. It is stated that his last moments^were emp ] () y a hout 125 persons. The stock is not 
Christian-like—his calm, dignified, and religious above par> we understand—owing probably, to 
manner rendering the scene most impressive. tbe fact that «] arge bodies move slow.” It takes 
Daniel Webster was born in the town of Sal- tc cut riae to do business profitably. 
isburv. (now Boscawcn.) New Hampshire, on the . . , . „ 
8 - , i The Milling Business is much greater in Seneca 
18th of January, 7H2,—and was therefore, nearly J , w 
I V * „r ll. a,,.,*), W Falls than a stranger would at first suppose. YVe 
71 years of ajjc at the time of his death. Mr. W. . , . 
^ f on no « were surprised to learn that there were nine floui- 
commenced his public earrer at the a#e ol oU, as a 1 
commuiu-u ni» P s nir and custom mills—some of them quite ex- 
member of Congress for New Hampshire, and has » . 
been some forty years in the public service— tensive. . , • , , 
’ .: . ■ , l i . Sunk and Blind Making is an extensive branch 
Standing pre-eminent as a scholar, lawyer, orator . . . , . *. ,, , 
1 , . i • . i , .,*• „i in the manufacturing business of the place.— 
and statesman, his loss is not only a national be- & . , , .„„ 
’ , ,. . ., , . Wkscott A Co. have a large and fine factory, 
reavement, but will be regretted throughout the ., , , 
•.• 1,1 IT They manufacture expressly for sale m Philadel- 
civiizcc vv oi phia—having a shop in the latter city where the 
— In a subsequent number wo propose to pub- I . ° , . , , 
, _ , i *ii , finishing is done. Most of the work is done bv 
lish a Biographical Sketch, accompanied by a ' & r v , , 
' ‘ 1 machinery of the most perfect kind. Yet a large 
number of workmen are employed. The busi- 
Etc. ncss is said t0 be exceedingly profitable as man- 
__ aged by this firm. 
Seneca Falls, famous as the nativity of Bloom- Powell A Jones are engage 1 in the same line, 
erism, and distinguished for celebrities connected but to furnish the home market. Their sash and 
with the anti-male-and-female movement, is in blinds are made and finished in superior style.— 
other respects somewhat, if not eminently, note- Some of their work just finished for the new lio- 
wortliy. During a recent sojourn of a few days tel at Canandaigua exhibited extra workmanship, 
thereat, we had ample leisure to see the place, and There are several other manufacturing establish- 
learn many interesting facts relative to the char- n)Cn t 8 worthy of notice, hut want of space pre- 
acter and extent of its business. An allusion to eludes a further enumeration. The business of 
some of its prominent features may not be devoid Gie place, as a whole, is large and generally 
of interest to many of our readers, even should we flourishing,—as is indicated by the appearance of 
recapitulate facts with which some are already the village, the buildings in the process of erection, 
familiar; hence this article—founded principally and other improvements. There are some fine 
upon personal observation. streets and elegant suburban residences. Among 
The village contains a population of about four the latter those of Messrs. Silsby and Shoemaker 
thousand,—is pleasant, healthy, and surrounded —and the new homesteads of Messrs. Myndiierse 
by a beautiful, rich and well cultivated country, and Downs— arc finely located, and embrace beau- 
The Central Railroad and tbe Seneca River (Out- tiful surroundings, with “ ample room and verge 
let of Seneca Lake) and Canal pass through the enough” for all practical and ornamental purposes, 
village—affording superior facilities to its business Though unable to speak particularly in regard 
men, whose extensive operations in certain to the mercantile business of the place, we must 
branches have already proclaimed their enterprise allude to the extensive and very complete Ilard- 
throughout the country. Though the business of ware Store of Messers. Silsby, Lang worthy A 
the place embraces the usual variety pursued in Burt. This is a fine and deservedly prosperous 
like and larger towns, that of manufacturing is establishment. The proprietors are all very clever 
altogether the most prominent, and to this branch fellows—and withal friend Langworthy attends 
our remarks will be chiefly confined. Seneca to the interests of the Rural. Of course we can 
Falls is peculiarly adapted to this line of business cordially commend the “Hardware” to all our 
_possessing a superior and abundant water pow- readers in the surrounding country. 
or, and facilities for transportation by canal and —Withal Seneca Falls is not destitute of com- 
railroad. I f the reader will permit us to take his patent professors of the “ light ” art. The Seneca 
arm, we will escort him to the principal manu- County Courier, by our friend Isaac Fuller, Esq.» 
facturing establishments—giving a glance, if no ; a an excellent local and family newspaper. The 
more, at each. We will “strike” the Outlet in Lily, by Mrs. Bloomer, is also creditably conduct- 
the lower part of the village, proceeding upward, e( j ( ailt j wc trust affords botli editor and readers a 
—as it is always commendable to rise as we ad- profitable harvest as often as it blooms — once a 
vance. And first we find a 
Truss Factory.—lie re is a novelty, for this re¬ 
gion at least. This is the establishment of II 
month. The town also contains the usual variety 
of professional gentlemen, ardent reformers, and 
earnest politicians — severally anxious to serve 
Seymour A Co., who have recently commenced their friends, improve mankind, and “save the 
the manufacture of a neat Truss or Galvanic Sup- country.” 
porter, and other similar articles. Most of the —-- 
work is done by machinery (the invention of Mr. The Weather. 
Holly, of the Island Works, hereinafter men- ^ q{ ~ e weather hag 
tinned,) of peculiar construction, which performs The s(orm which wc n)en tioned nsoccur- 
admirably. The trusses, Ac., are super,or in style Qn Mond evening> the 18th , waa terrific at 
and finish, and afforded at much less prices than ,, b „ ,, ’ r> • u , c 
‘ ’ . J Geneva. Says the Geneva Courier, “a storm of 
was formerly paid for inferior articles. 
thunder, lightning, wind, hail, and rain of terrible 
r lhe IIoc and Torlc Manufactory of A. Gould is violence passed over this town Monday evening- 
next iu order. Ibis is not veiy extensive, but q.h e greets were flooded, and at times the hail 
produces a good article. Some GOO dozen forks, 8eeme d powerful enough to destroy all the glass 
and 200 dozen hoes, have been made during the the neighborhood. The broken trees and pros- 
past year, and the intention is to increase the busi- (rap. signs the following morning attested its pow- 
ncss largely. Mr. G. makes a manure fork with er „ q 
malleable iron top—an invention of his own, and t(ie 8eason . 
which we consider a decided improvement. „ s s t ru( .v 
er.” At Owego, it was the most terrific storm of 
the season. A barn filled with grain and hay i 
was struck and consumed by the electric fluid.— 
The Island Works, by Silsby, Race A Hon-y, Here, we have seldom seen a more splendid exhi- 
is the most extensive establishment for the man- bition of chain lightning. 
ufacture of iron work in the place. The machine Friday was rainy. All the other days of the 
shops, furnace, warehouse, Ac., are situated on the week were exceedingly fine. The Fall Crickets 
Seneca Outlet and Canal—affording ample water were heard shrilling last evening (the 25th.) 
power and other facilities for their extensive and We are, and have been for several days, enjoy- 
r ipidly increasing business. Among the articles ing the “ Indiah Summer,” which is peculiarly 
M anufactured wc may note Double Acting Force American. The splendid and gorgeous attire of 
Pumps, 3 Piston Blower, Press Drill (3 spindles,) the forests now, is iiidiscrilmble. Very soonj 
Iron Planers (costing from $400 to $1,200,) Jm- however, a,)( l even now while we write, t hese 
proved Engine Lathes, Arnott’s V entilator, Race’s leaves begin to fall, and as the wailing autumnal 
Patent Stove Regulator and Expansion Regulator wind strews them along our pathway, we are re- 
—also tops, bases, Ac., for stoves, or stoves com- in i nded 0 f () „ r ((W1 , decav.—w. 
plete to order; Planes and Sash and Blind Fast- - 
eners. Also various other articles, specially and A Tali. Sprout. —Mr. II. II. Hitchcock, of Al¬ 
to order, in the iron line—including heavy and bion, Indiana, writes us that from an Eglantine, 
costly machinery. Many of the machines are which was transplanted in June, one shoot has 
invented by the manufacturers—two members of grown twelve feet and two inches, notwithstand- 
the firm being practical mechanics and machinists, ing the season has been unusually dry in that lo- 
The establishment is altogether one of the most cality. How many rural homes can be cheaply 
complete in Western New York ; the perfect and beautified by devoting a few hours each season, 
costly machinery reflects credit upon the enter- to planting shrubs and flowers, a work which our 
prising proprietors ai d is well worth examining, fanners wives and daughters can well afford, tho’ 
As a specimen of their heavy work, wo may add it may furnish flowers which will vie with their 
that the irou pillars for the large hotel now in own blushing chcecks, for freshness and beauty. 
Death of the Rev. Dr. Maginnis. 
Rev. John S. Maginnis, D. D., Professor of The¬ 
ology, in the Rochester Baptist Theological Sem¬ 
inary, died suddenly, of the-dropsy of the heart, 
on the 15th inst., aged 48 years. He had been a 
man of frail bodily powers, for many years. Y et, 
notwithstanding this, he was a close student, and 
a faithful teacher. We deeply sympathize with 
the bereaved family. The loss to the Seminary 
is very great. 
At a meeting of the Senior Class under the in¬ 
struction of the late Rev. J. S. Maginnis, D. D., 
the following resolutions were adopted : 
Resolved, That the sudden death of Dr. Magin¬ 
nis, has overwhelmed us with grief. 
“Resolved, That while the Institution has lost a 
strong and beautiful pillar, the Denomination its 
ablest Thelogian, we have lost the sympathies of 
a warm friend, the counsels of a discerning ad¬ 
viser, and tho instructions of one pre-eminently 
qualified by the greatness of his mental powers, 
the perseverance of his rigid application, and the 
richness of his religious experience to direct our 
minds in the profound investigations of Theologi¬ 
cal Science. 
Resolved, That we shall ever look back upon 
the hours spent “ at his feet ” as among the most 
pleasing and profitable eras of our course. 
Resolved, That in our own affliction we sym¬ 
pathize with those who have been more immedi¬ 
ately afflicted and ask the privilege “to weep 
with those who weep.” 
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be 
sent to the family of the deceased, and that they 
be published in the papers of this city, and the 
principal papers of the Denomination. 
J. Harvard Castle, ) 
David T. Morrill, > Com. 
N. Judson Clark. ) 
Literary Notices. 
Japan and the Japanese : from the most authen¬ 
tic sources, with illustrations of their manners, 
religious ceremonies, Ac. By Talbot Watts, 
M. D. New York : J. P. Neagle. 1852. 
This comparatively unknown country and its 
strange people have been the subject of much in¬ 
terest of late in this country. We here find, in a 
cheap form, a mass of valuable information con¬ 
cerning them, drawn from reliable sources, which 
will go far to satisfy those whose curiosity has 
been excited. For sale by J. McMahon A Co., 
142 State St. 
“ The National Magazine” for November, 
contains a portrait and biography of the poet, 
Bryant, an illustrated article on the Life and 
Times of Johnson, and many oilier sketches of 
subjects of recent or permanent interest. No 
magazine in the country is edited with more abilty 
than Ihc National, and we are glad to learn that 
it is widely circulated. New York: Carlton A 
Phillips. $2 per annum. 
The Heroines of History. —Such is the title of 
a neat volume just ready to be issued from the 
press of Wanzeu, Beardsley A Co , of this city. 
It will embrace tbe portraits and biographies of 
the most distinguished women who have made 
their names “familiar as household words.”— 
Cleopatra, the dark eyed Egyptian Queen, who 
broke the hearts of Rome’s imperial masters, 
Caesar and Antony— the heroic Joan d’Arc —the 
proud Queen Elizabeth —the beautiful Mary, 
Queen of Scots—the unfortunate Marik Axtoin- 
ktte —and tho brilliant Josephine, the guiding 
star of Bonaparte’s destiny—are all here deline¬ 
ated by eloquent prose and well engraved portraits, 
the latter worth the juice of the volume. W. M. 
Hayward, No. 15 Rochester House, is the can¬ 
vassing agent, of whom it may be obtained as 
soon as published, as it is sold only by the can¬ 
vassing agents of the publishers. t 
Going to Albany. —We observe that brother 
Peters, of the Wool Grower, is the YYliig nomi¬ 
nee for Assembly in the Western District of Gen¬ 
esee county. He will probably be elected, and if 
so, most likely stir up the “ assembled wisdom 
of the State ” to some good work. 
1>. S.—We have just received a barrel of very 
choice sweet apples from friend P., and now feel 
confident of his election ! 
Butter. — The New England papers say there 
will be more butter made during the present 
month thAn ever before in October. The feed is 
now good all over the New England States, and 
any deficiency in richness will be amply compen¬ 
sated by feeding out from the abundance of the 
root crops. ___ 
ji^T The National Intelligencer learns from the 
Secretary of the Executive Committee of the 
United States on the Industrial Exhibition of 
1851, that the A.edals, Certificates and Jurors’ 
Reports have just been forwarded to America from 
the Royal Commissioners in London, for distribu¬ 
tion among such citizens of the United States ns 
may be entitled thereto, who will receive them at 
an early day. 
The aggregate wealth of the United States 
amounts to $12,000,000,000, and the population is 
24,000,000 of souls. The wealth divided by the 
population gives $500 to each person, young and 
old ; and counting five persons to each family, it 
would give the handsome little fortune of $2,500 
to every family of the republic, not excluding the 
slaves. 
Upgj” The Boston Journal learns that the clies- 
nut crop is very large this year. The woods, at 
comparatively a small distance from Boston, are 
filled with them, and bushels are rotting under 
the trees. They can Ire purchased in the country, 
ready for transportation, at 75 cents ])er bushel.— 
In the Boston market, however, they are sold at 
$2 per bushel. _ 
j^gpq’he Mormons are determined to get a 
foothold upon the Pacific. They have selected 
“ Agua Caliente,” near San Bernardino, as tho 
site for a new city. They have a school number¬ 
ing one hundredomd thirty-five scholars, besides 
a grist-mill completed and in operation. It is 
supposed their wheat crop will make over thirty- 
five thousand barrels of superfine flour. 
Kossuth’s Sister.— Madame Zulaski, Kossuth’s 
sister, who, with her family, arrived a short time 
ago, has taken the largo new house on the corner 
of Fourteenth street and Irving Place, for board¬ 
ers.— Cincinnati Gazette. 
Presidential Elections. 
As an item of jiolitical history of general in¬ 
terest at the present time, we transfer from the 
New Y'ork Herald the following correct statement 
of the Electoral Votes given to the various eandi-. 
dates for President and Vice President of tho 
United States, since the adoption of the Constitu¬ 
tion. It should be observed that at the first four 
elections the Colleges of Electors were required 
to vote for two persons, the highest of whom 
should he President, and the next highest YUce 
President, of the United States. In consequence 
of the equal vote between Jefferson and Burr, in 
in 1800, the Constitution was amended so as to re¬ 
quire the President and Y’icc President to be voted 
for separately, as at present. 
1789—FIRST TERM. 
Tkn States, Entitled to 73 Votes. 
Georgo Washington. . . 69 George Clinton.3 
John Adams. . ..31 Samuel Huntingdon.... 2 
John Jay. 9 John Milton.1 
Robert ilarrison. 6 James Armstrong.1 
John Rutledge. 6 Edward Telfair.1 
John Hancock. 4 Benjamin Lincoln.1 
George Washington was unanimously elected 
President. New York, Rhode Island and North 
Carolina not having at the above time ratified the 
Constitution, chose no electors. Two votes of 
Virginia and t wo of Maryland were not given. 
1792—SECOND TERM. 
Fifteen States, Entitled to 135 Votf.s. 
George Washington. . .132 j Thomas Jell'erson.4 
John Adams.77 Aaron Burr.1 
Georgo ■ linton.50 | 
George Washington was again unanimously 
elected President, find John Adams, by a plurality 
of votes, Vice President. Two votes of Maryland, 
and one of South Carolina, were not given. 
1796—THIRD TERM. 
Sixteen States, Entitled to 138 Votes. 
John Adams.71 I John Jay.5 
Thomas Jell'erson.08 | James Iredell.. 3 
Thomas Pinckney.59 I Samuel Johnson.2 
Aaron Burr.30 | George Washington.2 
Samuel Adams.15 J. Henry.2 
Oliver Ellsworth.11 Charles C. Pinckney. ... 1 
Georgo Clinton. 7 | 
John Adams was elected President, and Thus 
Jefferson Vice President. During this adminis¬ 
tration was passed the famous “Alien and Sedi¬ 
tion Acts.” 
1S00—FOURTH TERM. 
Sixteen States, Entitled to 138 Votes. 
Thomas Jefferson.73 I Charles C. Pinckney. . . 04 
Aaron Burr.73 I John Jay. 1 
John Adams.05 | 
No choice by the jieople. The House of Rep¬ 
resentatives, after balloting six days, on the thirty- 
sixth ballot elected Thomas Jefferson, President. 
Aaron Burr was, of course, elected Vice President. 
Maryland voted for Burr on the firstballotings, and 
finally decided the Presidency on the thirty-sixth 
ballot for Mr. Jefferson. 
1804—FIFTH TERM. 
Seventeen States, Entitled to 176 Votes. 
Constitution altered. 
President. Vice President. 
Thomas Jefferson.102 | George Clinton.102 
George Pinckney.14 | Rufus King.14 
1808—SIXTH TERM. 
Skveteen States, Entitled to 170 Votes. 
James Madison.122 George Clinton.113 
C. C. Pinckney.47 Rufus King.47 
George Clinton. 0 John Langdon. 9 
James Madison. 3 
James Monroo. 3 
One of the votes of Kentucky not given. 
1812—SEVENTH TERM. 
Eighteen States, Entitled to 218 Votes. 
James Madison.128 | Elbridge Gerry.131 
De Witt Clinton.89 | Jared Ingersoll.80 
One of the votes of Ohio not given. 
1816—EIGHTH TERM. 
Nineteen States, Entitled to 221 Votes. 
Janies Monroe.183 I). D. Tompkins.183 
Rufus King.. 34 John E. Howard.22 
James Howard. 5 
John Marshal. 4 
Robert G. Harper. 3 
Three votes of Maryland and one of tho votes of 
Delaware not given. 
1820—NINTH TERM. 
Twenty-Four States, Entitled to 232 Votes. 
James Monroe.231 I). 1). Tompkins.218 
John Q. Adams. 1 Richard Stockton. 8 
Daniel Rodney. 4 
Robert G. Harper. 1 
Ricliai d Rush. 1 
1824—TENTH TERM. 
Twenty-Four States, Entitled to 201 Votes. 
Andrew Jackson. . 
.... 99 John C. Calhoun. . .. 
. . 132 
John Adams. 
.... 84 Nathan Sanford. 
. . 80 
W. It. Crawford. . . 
. . . 41 Nathaniel Macon. . . 
.. . 21 
Henry day. 
... 37 Andrew Jackson . . . 
... 13 
Martin Van Buron . . 
. . 9 
Henry Clay. 
. . 2 
No choice by the people for President. 
The 
House of Representatives elected John Quincy 
Adams. One of the votes of Rhode Island for 
Vice President, blank. 
1828—ELEVENTH TERM. 
Twenty-Four States, Entitled to 201 Votes. 
Andrew Jackson. . 
-178 
John C. Calhoun. 
.171 
John (f. Adams. . . 
.. . . 83 
Richard Rush. 
William Smith. ...... 
. 83 
. 7 
1832 
—TWELFTH TERM. 
Twenty-Four 
States, J 
Entitled to 288 Votes. 
Andrew Jackson. . 
... .219 
Martin Van Buron... . 
. 189 
Henry Clay. 
_49 
| John Sergent... 
. 49 
John Floyd. 
.... 11 
| William Wilkins. 
. 30 
William Wirt. 
.. . . 7 
Henry I.ee. 
| Amos Ellmaker. 
. 11 
• 7 
Two of the votes of Maryland were not given ; 
vacancies. 
1836—THIRTEENTH TERM. 
Twenty-Six States, Entitled to 294 Votes. 
Martin Van Buren.170 R. M. Johnson...147 
W. H. Harrison.73 Francis Granger.87 
Hugh L. White.20 John Tyler.47 
Willie P. Miuiguin. ... 11 William Smith.13 
Daniel Webster.II 
R. M. Johnson being lied, the election went to 
the Senate, where he receive 1 33 votes ; Granger 
1G—3 absent. 
] 840—KOURTEENTH TERM. 
Twenty-Six States, Entitled to 291 Votes. 
W. H. Harrison.234 John Tyler.234 
Martin Van Buron.00 R. M Johnson. 18 
L. W. Tazewell.11 
James K. Polk.. 1 
Gen. Harrison died in office, and was succeeded 
by Jolm Tyler, April 4, 1841. 
1844—FIFTEENTH TERM. 
Twenty'S ix States, Entitled to 275 Votes. 
James K. Polk. . ..170 George M. Dallas.158 
Henry Clay.105 Thoo. Frelinghuysen. ...105 
L. W. Tazewell.J1 
J. Polk. 1 
1848—SIXTEENTH TERM. 
Thirty States, Entitled to 290 Votf.s. 
Zachary Taylor.103 I Millnrd Fillmore.105 
Lewis Cass.127 j William O. Butler.127 
Gen. Taylor died in office, and was succeeded 
by Millard Fillmore, July, 1850. 
Martin \ r an Buren received 291,678 votes in 19 
States. 
There are now thirty-one States, and 290 votes 
—California having been added within four years. 
(tfiius nf lletM, &c. 
-Charles Francis Adams is a Free Soil can¬ 
didate for Congress in Massachusetts. 
-Look out for $20 bills on the Jefferson 
county Bank, altered from $1. 
-The salary of the Mayor of Boston, after 
the present year, will be $4,000. 
-Thanksgiving in Maine has been appoint¬ 
ed for the25th of November. 
-- A shark was captured off Nahant, Sunday 
morning week, weighing 200 }bs. 
-Thanksgiving in New Hampshiie, Thurs¬ 
day, November 11. 
-The Potomac Savings Bank, at "Washing¬ 
ton, is reported to have suspended. 
-Thanksgiving day iu Ohio as iu this State, 
is to be on the 25th of November. 
-It is said that Chicago has almost doubled 
in population since the last census. 
-In Switzerland only one-lourth of the soil 
is under cultivation. 
-The value of tbe guano on the Lohos is¬ 
lands is said to be tivo thousand million dollars. 
-There have been over 300 persens natura¬ 
lized at the Circuit Court of Oneida county. 
-A fire broke out in West Troy about 5 
o’clock on Friday last, which destroyed property 
to the amount of $10,000. 
-By the new constitution all foreigners who 
have been in the United States twelve months 
are entitled to vote for all officers. 
-According to the New York Express there 
are 25,000 tons of guano consumed annually in 
the United States. 
-The Governor and Council of Massachu¬ 
setts have appointed Thursday, the 25ih of No¬ 
vember, as the day for Thanksgiving. 
-Porto Rico and the adjacent islands were 
visited by a terrific hurricane. Sept. 26th. Several 
vessels were lost, and many others damaged. 
-The four days’ Cattle Show and Fair of 
the Maryland Ag. Society commenced on the 26lh 
inst., at Baltimore. 
-Iu England, customs and excises are levied 
on more than four hundred articles of daily use 
and consumption. 
-The works for the French Crystal Palace 
are to he commenced immediately, and will be 
Completed in two years. 
-A telegraphic communication from Og- 
densburg, estimates the loss by the late fire at 
$150,000. 
-The Corning and Blossburg Railroad is 
being relaid with a heavy rail, and will be opened 
in a few days. 
-The Queen lias given her royal assent to 
the liquor law recently passed by the New Bruns¬ 
wick Assembly. 
-Erastus Fairbanks (Whig) was elected 
Governor of Vermont, by the Legislature, on 
Saturday, by a majority of 1G on joint ballot. 
-At Quebec on the 18th the thermometer 
marked 22 above zero. There was considerable 
ice formed on the water barrels as they passed 
through the streets. 
-The Annual address before the Fair of the 
American Institute, was delivered on Thursday 
evening at Metropolitan Hall, New Y’ork, by Hon. 
James Dixon. 
-The Amazon river it is ascertained, is nav¬ 
igable for 5,000 miles, with a depth of waterfrom 
40 to 250 fee , approaching within 150 miles to 
the Pacific. 
-A hod of very valuable coal has been dis- 
coverered near Oswego, 111. The extent of the 
bed is not known, hut tho quality is represented 
as being very fine. 
-Cattle are selling at high rates in some 
partsof Canada. At a fair held at Lanark recent¬ 
ly, 1,400 head were offered, and 800 sold. Work¬ 
ing cattle sell at from £ 15 to £25. 
-The Geographical Society of St. Peters- 
burgh is about to send a mission to Kamschatka, 
the Kurile Islands and Russian America, to study 
the Floras and Faunas of those regions. 
-Prince Lu«ien Bonaparte has just had tl o 
good fortune to break the batik at the noted Ger 
man gaining place, Homberg. He won 484,000 
francs, or $95,000—rather a wflfck bank. 
-During lho past week, upwards of twenty 
thousand pounds of butter arrived at Georgetown, 
D. C., in wagons, and met with ready sales at from 
$18 to $20 per hundred pounds. 
-Flour mills have lately been erected in 
England on the Paris plan improved, which, in 
twelve minutes after the wheat is taken in, sends 
forth the flour fit for market. 
-At a recent exhibition of the Massachu¬ 
setts Horticultural Society Boston, Daniel Web¬ 
ster was awarded two prizes and a gratuity for 
vegetables grown on his farm at Marshfield. 
-At the recent meeting of the American 
Board of Missions, it was stated that since 1789 
the United States ha 1 paid to the Indians in 
money $35,274,877, in lands, $71,841,723, mak¬ 
ing an aggregate of $106,000,000. 
-J. Scott Harrison, a son of tbe late Presi¬ 
dent Harrison, is among the members of Congress 
just elected in Ohio. He was chosen from Cin¬ 
cinnati, and bears the reputation of an intelligent, 
upright and able public man. 
-An inquest lias been held at Milwaukee 
upon the body of John M. W. Lace, who was shot 
in the street there, on the 14th inst., and the jury 
have fouud a verdict of wilful murder against 
Mary Ann Wheeler. 
-Some Christian Jews are making great ex¬ 
ertions to promote an interest in agriculture in the 
vicinity of Jerusalem, and they solicit donations 
of seeds, plants and implements, from the United 
Stales. Several valuable gifts have already been 
sent them. 
-An English Agricultural paper states that 
1,500 Reapers were used in England during the 
late harvest. The American department of the 
Great Exhibition will benefit Mr. Bull quite as 
much as tho sho'fr of rich trappings from other 
quarters. 
IfT-A Malmo (Sweden) journal, states that 
Madame Jenny Lind Goldschmidt lias deposited 
a sum of 400,000 rix thalers in the hands of Pro¬ 
vost Themander and l)r. Weiselgreu, of the Ca¬ 
thedral, for the purpose of founding girls’ schools 
in Sweden 
-Over twelve hundred persons left New 
York in California steamers on Wednesday.name¬ 
ly ; —750 in the Star of the West, and 488 in the 
Illinois. Among those who went out in the lat¬ 
ter veasel was Miss Catherine Hayes. There weio 
also 150 laborers for the Panama railroad. 
-The Colonist says that the American Gov¬ 
ernment, having been led to suspect that goods 
were smuggled from Canada through the post of¬ 
fice, orders have been given to search all letters 
passing the frontier, in order to detect these sus¬ 
pected attempts to defraud the revenue. 
