MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YO RKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER, 
RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
----- The Election on Tuesday of last week, resulted 
ROCHESTER, NOVEMBER 11,1852. j n an unexpected and overwhelming majority for 
- Franklin Pierce, of New Hampshire, and Wm, 
SPECIAL NOTICES. r Kino, of Alabama, for the offices of President 
g-f'” Remember that our terms are in advance, and that yj ce President. Nearly all the States have 
we do not send the Rural after the expiration of the time ] jear( j f roII}) ailc ] only two are yet sure for 
paid for. See terms on lastpa B Scott, viz., Vermont and Massachusetts. This is 
TC?r Until further notice new subscribers paying' ® J wiu . e . . 
recete the present or cither back vol. of The Wool Grower, no place for speculation as to the causes of this 
rr Pack numbers from October 1st, can be supplied. result, and we shall only attempt to give the Ultl- 
... ..— — —— • . ■ - mate returns up to the present writing. 
Campaigning. —The Rural for 1853. In Maine, the Democratic electoral ticket has a 
-- . majority of 6,000; in New Hampshire 14,000. In 
Thf. Presidential Campaign of 1852, is num- Vcrmont) the Whi electora i ticket has 8,000 ma- 
PISOCL, AVIATION, 
By Washington Hunt, Governor of the State op 
New York. 
The varied blessings enjoyed by the people of this State, From an article in the Boston Puritan 
during the past year, call forth the grateful tribute of praise Re „ order . we learn, t hat in the six New England 
SPECIAL NOTICES. 
paid for. See terms on last page. 
Until further notice new subscribers paying ©2 will 
receive the present or cither back vol. of The Wool Grower. 
Rack numbers from October 1st, can be supplied. 
Campaigning. —The Rural for 1853. 
Thf, Presidential Campaign of 1852, is nnm- 
and devotion due to our Heavenly Benefactor. 
States, there are 1,367 Orthodox Congregational 
in* — -i -o- ' , Vermont, the wnig electoral ticKet nas»,uuu ma- 
bered among the things that u ei e ant a i cat j j or ity; in Massachusetts 7,100. Connecticut has 
hath abated the agitation and excitement therein ^ 8>000 Democratic majority ; Rhode Island, 
engendered. If its future destiny has no een ^ ^ _ New y<jrk> 25,000; New Jersey 1.000; 
particularly shaped, at least t e po i 1C ® 0 e Pennsylvania 20,000; Delaware 34; Maryland 
country, or the Government, or t ie ensuing ■ u g ()00 • Virginia .large majority; North Carolina 
country, or tne government,& 6,000 ; Virginia, large majority ; North Carolina 
years has been incvocably eterminei . n p ro h a bly Whig; South Carolina, Legislature 
everybody, we take it, feel iehe\e t at t ic a e Democratic, and electors favorable to Pierce and 
is ended, whatever they may t in * o t e re..u . R]x( , p ave geen chosen* Alabama, Democratic 
People, and especially politicians, breathe reer, m . ^ . 6eorgia 20,000; Florida, 500; Missis- 
reason closer, and calculate ettei now t la ic gjppj^ ] ar g e majority, Louisiana the same; Ten- 
vexed question is decided. Having performed his ncseej snpposed whig . Kentucky, doubtful; Mis- 
chosen part in this great Diamao a .u tui in 0 S ouri, 10,000 Democratic ; Ohio 12,000 ; Michigan, 
which, peacefully and almost silently, a comp etc j arge ma j 0 rity, Indiana the same, Illinois, do.; 
revolution hath been enacted in the administra- wisconsin> do . Iowaj 5)000 . Texas and Califor- 
tion of our Government; a sublime spectacle, y . , , , , , , , Tho nnnnlnr 
An abundant harvest crowning the labors of the hus- Churches The slIlr) total 0 f members is 153 518, 
bandman and filling the land with plenty; peace with all of w hom only 49,387 are males. The whole 
nations; the maintenance of social order and free institu- Ullmber of ministers is 1,396; of these 284 are 
tions, imparting fresh vigor to the cause of civilliberty; without any charge; and only 857 of them are 
the diffusion of religion and learning; the general preva- se ttled as pastors. The net increase of members 
lence of health; the merciful deliverance of the towns j n the above churches the past year, was 1,631, 
and cities which were visited for a season by the destroying w hich gives but a fraction over‘one member to 
Pestilence; and the innumerable benefits which have been eac h church. About one fifth of these churches 
conferred upon our Commonwealth, proclaim the infinite h ave neither pastors lior Stated supplies, 
goodness and protecting care of the Creator and Supreme __ , 
Ruler of the Universe. According to the returns from the Turkish 
In compliance with established usage, I respectfully ^ House in Sinyina, the imports there for 
recommend to the people of this State, the observance of } 85 }l a,noUTlted , to $0,200,000, and the exports 
Thursday, the twenty-fifth day of November next, as a th 6 Same period amounted to $6 700,000— 
day of Braver and Thanksgiving. EnVoT ? ^ A v mel ’ lca ““ted to about 
In witness whereof 1 have hereunto signed my f j00 -° )0 < <>/ whl<:h ab ? u ono-haU WaS cof ' 
i i ,, „ „ • o , a ‘ toe and cotton manufactures. The exports to 
name and affixed the Privy Seal of the State , . , , , , „ i , 
r , ... .. . ... ... . . . . , America amounted to about $/00,000 and were 
[l. s.] at the city of Albany, tins sixteenth day of i • a j • i e - j ’, 
„ , , . .. J ’ • chiefly dried fruits, opium, and wool. 
October, in the year of our Lord one thou- J 1 
snnd eight hundred and fifty-two. The American population of Liberia is 
By the Governor : WASHINGTON HUNT. now about 8,000, inhabiting a territory stretched 
James F. Ruggles, Private Secretary. over 500 miles of coast. They have but about 
__ twenty cities and towns. They have made treat- 
The Death of Webster. ie® b Y which one thousand natives are brought 
-- under their laws, and nearly a million have aban- 
To the Reverend Clergy of the CUv and Countv: d « n ed the slave traffic. The money to accom- 
The Death of Webster. 
To the Reverend Clergy of the City and County: 
~ " plish this good has not exceeded a million and a 
At a meeting of the seveial Committees ap- half of dollars. 
pointed to adopt measures for the suitable com- ^- A ship wLich cleared at Boston on Tuea . 
, ~ . 1 ,._ 1 A. r,,.r.rr,r, '-' ul WBCUUU HlSW gUllO i^eHlOCrHUC.- 
tional and State affairs, and attend to the piomo- , . „ . , 
„ . . . .... ... ’ r,f Lie ^ be Assembly as far as heard from, stands 72 
tion of his individual interests, and those ot bis . _ ’ 
immediate neighborhood. Whether a member of m J, B V\' , f 0, f 13 
this or that party, his doty is elear-to abide the 11 W bl f 2 “ d 1 Ab °- 
— ., . . 1 Tar/voido for l.is htiomst—GKRRiTT Smith, of Lladison Co. 
will of the majority, and honestly provide for his 
own household. Whoever is President, every citi¬ 
zen has a continuous campaign of his own to con- 
duc t—one largely affecting, for good or evil, liim- 
Literary Notices. 
Eclectic Journal of Medicine. —The Novem- 
self and his posterity—and to bring it to a sue- her number has been promptly issued, and like 
cessful issue his chief time and best energies may its predecessors contains much valuable matter 
appropriately be devoted. To provide the neces- for the professional and general reader. The 
saries and comforts of life, and a competency for American Journal of Medicine has been merged 
declining years, or against misfortune to ourselves in this work which thus receives an accession to 
Resolved, That the Clergy of Rochester and smppea arouna uape uom or oape oi txoort Mope. 
Monroe Co., of all denominations, be respectfully ® an b lari cisco, on Sept. 15, there was no ice, 
requested to preach a Funeral Sermon to their and for its substitute, snow was brought from the 
respective Congregations, on occasion of the death ®i erra Nevada mountains; the saloon-keepers 
of the Hon. Daniel Webster, on the morning of we P a Y in S ei S bt d °Bars per hundred pounds, 
the last Sabbath in November. A handsome monument is to be erected 
At a subsequent meeting of the Sub-Commit- over the remains of the late Richard M. Johnson, 
tee appointed to make further arrangements for I he marble and granite blocks that are to compose 
, , ., . ,, . ., .. ' it, were recently landed at Cleveland, to be trans- 
\ t ported thence to Kentucky. The sculpture repre- 
t° '- yder {D r ‘ je extended through the daily aud sents martial insignia and the American Eagle, 
weekly press of the County. the latter carved from a single block. The weight 
H. Stillwell, Chairman. °f lbe whole martial for the structure, is 26,752 lbs 
‘ ~—- EW” William Rankin, Esq., of Newark, N. J., 
Information Wanted. — Geo. Mitchell, who has erected a building in that city, at his own 
has recently arrived in this country from England, C0S L f° r a Sabbath school. The chapel is a neat 
and families—to train and educate our children the corps editorial, in Prof. S. H. Potter, of Sy- is desirous to hear from his brother, William tasteful structure, forty-two feet by twenty- 
for a proper discharge of future duties and re- racuse, who has been editor of the Am. Journal. Mitchell, who came to this country about three dred prisons*; by^he side a^va^nt lot^ias been 
sponsibilities, by accustoming them to both phvs- After the first of January the Eclectic Journal of years ago, and is supposed to reside in Western appropriated for a church, which will undoubtedly 
sponsibilities, byaccustoming them to both phvs- After the first of January the Eclectic Journal of 
ical and mental labor—are among the prominent Medicine will be removed to Syracuse, where we 
objects for which you and I, reader, are constantly bespeak for it the success it so well deserves, t 
campaigning. Aud who shall say that such a - 
campaign is not most laudable—one which should Intemperance. I wo Lectures, by Horace 
not enlist such potent weapons as industry, econo- Mann. Any thing emanating from the pen of 
my, sobriety aud judicious management ? The Hr. Mann is well deserving of attention. Those 
objects specified are practical “ home matters” of of our citizens who heard the lecture by him upon 
the highest importance, and their proper attain- tb,s subject at Corinthian Hall last winter, will 
ment will not only conduce to individual welfare, a ppreciate the little work before us, and those 
but promote the well being of thu Community, the who were not so fortunate should purchase and 
State and the Nation,—for we a#e all but “parts read lectures at once, as among the best ever 
of one stupenduous whole.” published on that subject. Sold by G. W. Fisher. 
—But what a poor comment upon our argument _ t 
about close reasoning and good calculation after Dicken’s Household Words commenced a new 
election, is this prolix digression! Truly, it is volume with last week’s issue. This is one of the 
more difficult to practice than preach. Our design most valuable publications of the day, having a 
in the outset simply was, to state that, the politi- distinctive character, and generally full of vi- 
cal campaign being over, we were preparing for vacity, blending fact and fiction very pleasantly, 
one of a different nature, but to us, if not the and using the language of common life in its de- 
country generally, equally interesting aud impor- sciiptions of every-day matters and occurrences 
tant. We wished to more than intimate that ar- New York : Angell, Engel & Hewitt. $2,50 
rangements were making for a most successful per annum; 3 copies for $6; 5 for $9; 10 for $15. 
campaign of the Rural New-Yorker for 1853— Dewey, agent. 
provided always, that its less than one hundred - 
thousand subscribers (mind, we do not say read- The Youth’s Casket is a very neatly printed 
ers, for we claim full that number,) adhere to the monthly Magazine, amply illustrated, aud con- 
standard, and proclaim the wherefore among their tabling an excellent variety of reading, suitable 
friends and fellow campaigners in agriculture, me- for the juveniles. A new volume commences with 
years ago, anil is supposed to reside in W estern appropriated for a church, which will undoubtedly 
New York. Or of his friends Barnet Downer or * ,e required in a few years. 
C lark Reson, also from England. Any in forma- The News from Mexico indicates that the 
tion concerning the residence of either of the dissolution of that Government is nearly, if not 
above named persons may be addressed to Tuos. < l uite C0 . m P lete - Insurrections exist at almost 
McMahon. 117 State St., Rochester, N. Y. pears to boa 
- a military d 
“ High Price of Provisions.” —This complaint again by the: 
is very general, but the cause of it arises from fall to pieces. 
Iressed to Tuos. fl u * te complete. Insurrections exist at almost 
i . Y, y every point, and the last extreme of anarchy ap- 
u1 ’ 1 ' X ‘ pears to be at hand. Without the appearance of 
a military despot to bind the country together 
This complaint again by their sheer force, it must now, we think, 
chanics, and other occupations. 
the new year, when the publishers will make nu- 
That the numerous readers of the Rural may merous improvements. Buffalo : Beadle Van 
thus lend it their encouragement, thereby extend- Duzke. 50 cents per annum. 
ing the area of its circulation and usefulness, is 
most devoutly wished,—and that many of them 
The YYool Grower and Stock Register for 
will generously exercise a portion of their influ- November contains articles and illustrations as 
ence in that behalf, during the ensuing six month?, follows: 
is as confidently believed. And this confidence wool and sheep husbandry. 
is well founded— for we judge of the future by moat I >rofit “ ,, le Breed of Sheep ?—A Tost 
the past and present. The progress of the paper Foil Caro and Feeding,. 7 <j 
from its commencement-thanks to earnest aud c^terfor Woo^ ciower^ Driers ,.‘.'.’ j /. \ j j 73 
influential friends on every hand—has been mark- Mr. Dickinson’s Answer; Sheep,. 
ed by a measure of success unparalleled in the Review of the Wool Market for October... 
history of any similar publication. The fact that Kilul Words and Deeds,. 
its subscription list lias largely increased within THE stock register. 
the exoi bitant pioiits exacted by hucksters and The manufacture of three cent pieces 
letaii giocers, rather than from the actual dearness during the last month has been immense—2,666,- 
01 provisions when first brought to market. It is 800 pieces were coined, representing in value 
t 11 s t iat oppresses.the poor man, while lie who is $80,000. In September the coinage of this very 
a ile to purchase in considerable quantities.es- convenient little piece was over a million and a 
capes, in a measure, the taxation—another illus- half, and the amount was then thought to be im- 
tration of the expense of poverty. We were at mense. Large as this supply is, it does not ex- 
tlic tiouble, tlio other day, through motives of cced the demand# 
self-interest, to compare prices at the retail gro- 
eery, aud at the dock where provisions are landed, £^”4he stock of tobacco in the State ware- 
with this result:—At the grocery, potatoes, 18 houses, in Baltimore, on the last of January, 1852, 
shillings per barrel—on the boats, from 10 to 12 was 17 > C99 hhds.; inspected previously 42,649 
shillings. Fall pippins, from 16 to 18 shillings hhds—making in all 61,510 hhds. Exported 
at the grocery—on the wharves, 12 shillings.— smee January 1st., to foreign ports, 48,611 hhds. 
Hams, at the grocery, 18 cts. per pound—at the — st °ck now in ware houses and on ship-board, 
wholesale provision store 14 cents. Many other 1 2,889 hhds. 
examples might be cited. Butter now brings at The aggregate imports of merchandise at 
retail the enormous price of 34 cents per pound. Hew York for the ten months past are about eight 
Situated in the heart of one of the most produc- millions less than for the same period of last year, 
tive countries in the world, with the best possible The exports for the ten months show an excess of 
means of transportation, it is hard to conceive nearly $700,000. The decrease in specie ship- 
why such prices should prevail. If farmers could nieDts, as compared with the same period of last 
obtain immediate access to the consumers, they year, is $10,000,000. 
would soon accumulate fortunes.— Jour, of Com. A dangerous counterfeit ten on the Mer- 
■ chants’ Bank, Boston, Inis appeared at Albany.— 
Irish Butter. —Our enterprising neighbor, Gov. The only genuine $10 on that bank, has for a 
Davis, has imported several firkins of Irish butter vignette the Boston Custom House. All others 
by way of experiment, and finds the actual cost ar e frauds. A host of new counterfeits have just 
of the article on its arrival here, duties and freight made their appearance and all must be on their 
included, is within a fraction of 25 cts. per pound, guard. 
We have tasted it, and find it of as good quality The Lectures of the American Academy 
as the Orange county butter, which is now sold at of Arts and Sciences at Boston, this winter, will 
from 31 to 34 cents per pound. It is rather too be delivered by Messrs. Everett, Ticknor, Tread- 
salt, but for culinary purposes that will not prob- well, Felton, Elliot, Emerson, Hopkins, Hitch- 
ably be considered an objection. Mr. Davis offers cock, Holmes, Davis, and Gould. The course was 
to sell at ~6 cents a very small advance on cost, opened with a lecture by Prof. Anassiz 
—If. Y. Commercial. ’ . 
____ VfT The new (English) Crystal Palace is to be 
Immigration for OcTOBER-During the month * Up } f d ^ T** °l the ' Z 7 ^ Ii ' T ™ 
on i ic _ 1 “j j 7,r sculpture,—the loro Farnese, the colo^al Flora, 
’ P‘ . ig is were larnled at New tIn* DmnVen Fawn nnrl pvnrv finn Trnrlr fmm ! 
York, of whom 11,439 came from England; 836 
the Drunken Fawn, and every fine work from 
from 'Ireland ; 1,045 from Scotland; W 'from *“' S 
Havre; 1,625 from Bremen, and ihe remainder and accident leveaied. 
from European ports, and Chagres. The number 7n digging a well in Wisconsin, recently, 
the past twelve months — notwithstanding the paprovedBreeds^ ‘ofca “So.'2-Tlio ShoVt-hVrn.s ‘ ‘ 77 from Eun) P ea ri ports, and Chagres. The number Hi digging a well in Wisconsin, recently, 
scarcity of money in many sections, and the oc- On weighing Cifftlo. 79 <>f vessels arrived during the same time, was 221, a Mr. Watts came across a hard substance of wood, 
1 of nri ovp! finer nnlifical mmr.aifrn rlm ino- H , reedin K 1111,1 Feeding Domestic Animals— No. 1,.so comprising a tonnage of 106,905 tons. upon digging into it, it was foun 1 a petrified chest, 
currence of an exciting political campaign, cluung Plllll of carriage House, Horse Barn. &c .so b 0 
which nartv naners have been freely distributed L- F. Allen’s Sale of Short-horns,. .81---- containing a skeleton anil some Hundreds ol dol- 
wlnch party papers nave De y a su outeu M| S(Jc Short _ hornSj ’. 81 Old Books.— There is a Bible in Cincinnati lars ln g°. ld C0I11S > wltL rilst y arms and other war- 
throughout the cou n ti) is moie than encourag- Poultry—The English Dorking, Cochin China and printed in the year fourteen hundred and seventy- like missiles. 
ing. It determines us, ex raordinaries excepted, 1 ir?^s*vv’irio 7... 83 nine, thirteen years before the discovery of Amer- B^”We learn from the N. Y. Observer, that 
to open the fourth campaign creditably and to Review ^ of the Cattle Markets,'.’ J84 lea* Though it lias been rebound several times, Frederick R. Griffing, Esq., of Guilford, Conn., 
prosecute it in such manner as shall prove profit- editor’s brief mention. Ele paper and print are still firm and clear, and it wbo d *°d at the Astor House, on the 13th lilt., by 
able to subscribers and all others interested. To Herefords; Which is the Best Breed of Fowls; French bid f f;dr to lilst centuries longer. There is a his will benueathed to the American Colonization 
awe . Caiuidian Horses; Suffolk Swine; Hungarian Cattle ; still older copy at Worcester, printed at Venice, Society, $2,000 ; Bible Society, $1,000 ; Home 
keep the Rural in the van ol its able contempo- Great Price for Short-horns; Strychnine vs. Dogs; in 1447. Missionary Society, $1,000. 
prosecute it in such manner as shall prove profit- editor’s brief mention. 
able to subscribers and all others interested. To Herefords; Which is the Best Breed of Fowls; French 
. _ . , - , , Canadian Horses; Suffolk Swine; Hungarian Cattle; 
keep the Rural in the van of its able contempo- Great Brice for Short-horns; Strychnine vs. Dogs; 
raries, old and new, will be our earnest and con- Lar S e Sal ° of Wool,.83 
stant endeavor—and to accomplish this and other illustrations. 
, ... , . , • , 1 , , , _ Three figures illustrative of Numbering Sheep,.71 
laudable objects, we intend to devote more time, 1Vtttrait " of Mr . chapman’s Brize Heifers — Hilpa 4th, 
labor, money and other essentials, in the forth- Ruby H, and Duchess,.7<i 
. J . Portrait of a Short-horn Hull,.79 
comiug than during any preceding campaign. Ground Plan of Carriage House, Horse Barn, &e.,. ... 80 
In conclusion, a word to agents and canvassing —— 
friends — the life-guard of the Rural, — and we Change of Residence—W e are constantly re- 
trjist every subscriber and reader will ere long be- cebbn g letters from subscribers informing us of a 
come a member of this honorable corps. Now change of lesidence, desiring the Rural changed 
friends, is the time for action. Much can be done accordingly. This kind of letter in too many in- 
between this and the first of January — and now stances blds °i object, in not giving the proper years old,) was with Wolfe, at Quebec, 95 years The exhibition.of the Maryland Institute, 
is live time to commence the canvass, while the field is illf(,rmatioT1 - When a subscriber wishes the direc- ago. Helong ago merged himself with the Indi- at Baltimore, closed on Monday night Thero- 
• i Tn tion of a paper changed, he has only to give notice of ans, and has adopted their habits. A woman, who ceipts for admissions to the hair, from its opening, 
Ti J .u iS^iS we will add oJiceiL the paper is them Lived, and of the » 106 years ohi, threads a needle without spec- until Friday evening have been $11,740-being 
inquired, and all otlieis interestea, mg will add •" / / . . ’ J tacles.— Rochester Union. an average of more than $500 per day. 
that there will be no change in the terms of the °f ic< at whtCh hc dcsirc ° lo rcceive d a / icr ihal Ume > _ _ . . . . „. , 
Rural, so that clubs may be formed at the same andpay the postage on the letter. Pre-ss in Russia— There are in Russia, 130 Ei|hL throw ouTfauriers into the^had™’The 
rates as heretofore. A Prospectus and List, of Ho other request can be complied with without Sclavoman journals and periodicals, of which 9 f u i] mv j ng prices are obtained over the water for 
Premiums (more liberal than any we have before looking over the ten thousand names on our books, are political and 53 official papers published by paire 0 f Cochin Chinas—$165, $150. For a 
* , , - the various ministerial departments of the empire; qino-lu b<m <ft80 lues been naid 
offered) will soon be announced. bh»“ A short time a«ro a vounc man a clerk in 6 periodicals are devoted to military sciences, and ^ ^ ’ 
'' a SI in San Francisco, having”$5,000 to spare, tbere ar( j 3 medical, 5 industrial, and 12 agricul- E^“,Tlie Buffalo Express says that the Express 
The Brattleb iro Engle learns that np- 
A Veteran.—J ohn Wadleigb, one of the found- wards of 10,00(J sheep have been sold and driven 
ers of the Society of Shakers, and a member for from the town of Shoreham, Vt., at prices rang- 
the last seventy years, died at the Shaker village, ing from fifty cents to three dollars and a half.— 
in New Hampshire, on the 23d ult., at the ad- This unusual sale of stock is owing to the scarc- 
vanced age of 95 years, 7 months, and 23 days, ity of food. 
w a H d WaS Sa ‘ 1 IW Mr. Bancroft has the fifth volume of his 
aetton b f 1 11 * the ie ° f History of the United States in the hands of the 
_ stereotypers. Of the fourth volume, issued last 
T „ m n i- , spring, the very large number of twenty thousand 
Longevity. — J he Canadian census returns 20 1 • & ■ , •* . q . , , , , ,, 
, aa r an ,, . ,, 7 r copies is understood to have beon already sold, 
persons over 100 years of age. The oldest, (115 1 J 
years old,) was with Wolfe, at Quebec, 95 years The exhibition.of the Maryland Institute, 
ago. Helong ago merged himself with the Indi- at Baltimore, closed on Monday night. The re- 
tacles .—Rochester Union. 
Press in Russia. —There are in Russia, 130 
an average of more than $500 per day. 
The chronicles of the “ lion fever,” in 
England throw our fanciers into the shade. The 
following prices are obtained over the water for 
offered) will soon be announced. ... 
' ___ A short time ago, a young man, a clerk m 
__ r _, . , . , , , a house in San Francisco, having $5,000 to spare, 
Thf. YV eather. fhe week closing to-day has sen |. R G ] dna and invested it in rice. He sold 
been nearly a fac simile, of the week immediately the cargo (to arrive) at 22 cents per pound, and 
preceding, which was reported in the last num made the handsome sum of $37,000 by the ope- 
ber—a little cooler perhaps. The river is gradu- n,b011 ’ J be purchaser was a Chinaman, and it so 
Sclavonian journals and periodicals, of which 9 following prices are obtained over the water for 
are political and .>3 official papers published by pa i re 0 f Cochin Chinas:—$165, $150. For a 
the various ministerial departments ol the empire; 4 in „ ]e heu £ 80 has been paid. 
6 periodicals are devoted to military sciences, and _ 
there are 3 medical, 5 industrial, and 12 agricul- (The Buffalo Express says that the Express 
tural periodicals. The Polish journals which are Company have made a contract with a Brooklyn 
)er—a nine euuitsi iwiunw. uvki « gwuu- , 
„ , . . . , . . . happened that the cargo arrived the very day 
lly rising—winch is an indication that the springs t( / J it wae p urchased S T he Chinaman ms 
published in Russia, amount to the number of 22 gentleman, to raise the Atlantic and bring her 
_ ' into dry dock, three months from the oponing of 
Altered Bills. —Ones of the “ Farmers’ Bank navd S nt ' lon * They paj $..o,000. 
f Saratoga County” are in circulation, altered to The Fair of the American Institute finally 
and swamps are filling up for winter.—w. 
--There are 586 omnibuses in New York. 
$65,000 on bis bargain. The large sum of $102,- 
000 has, therefore, been cleared on an investment 
of $5,000. 
of Saratoga County” are in circulation, altered to The Fair of the American Institute finally 
twenties. The job is well done; but it is enough closed at New York, Saturday night, with a brief 
to say that the Bank has no twenties in circula- address from Gen. Tallmadge. The receipts have 
tion. Consequently, if any ;ne offered, they are exceeded by five thousand dollars those of any 
frauds. preceding year. 
\mw of -Suns, &t. 
-Australia is an excellent wine-growing 
country. 
-- They have had ice in Lynn, Mass., half an 
inch thick. 
—■The ship of the line North Carolina cost 
$431,852. 
--Since January $36,299,571 in gold have 
been deposited at the Philadelphia Mint. 
—— Twenty * three thousand bales of cotton 
were received at New Orleans on Monday last. 
-—- The amount collected in Cincinnati for the 
Washington Monument is $1,210. 
-Heimann, Missouri) is a village of 1,200 
inhabitants, all engaged in the culture of the 
grape. 
-The net proceeds of Madame Si in tag’s 
eight Philadelphia concerts are put down at $815,- 
000 . 
-It is estimated that $12,000,000 will be 
expended in the construction of Railroads in this 
State this year. 
-During the present year, 1,478 new build¬ 
ings, valued at $14,239,100" have been erected in 
New York. 
-A benevolent gentleman distributed at the 
Brooklyn Ferries, recently, 10,000 Maine Law 
Tracts. 
-Every State in the Union has now sent 
on its block of stone or marble for the monument 
to the memory of Washington. 
-The total amount of donations to the 
Washington National Monument during the month 
of October was $2,139 59. 
-The Albany Register says butter is down 
to twenty five cents in that city. Very little goes 
down here at that price. 
-In Buffalo the amount contributed to the 
Washington Monument funds at the polls was 
$346 65. In New Orleans $5,160. 
-A vein of coal, four feet thick, lying un¬ 
der twelve feet of rock, has been discovered in 
Burton, Geauga Co., Ohio. 
-Hon. Edward Everett, of Mass., has been 
appointed Secretary of State, and has accepted 
the appointment. 
-A sugar house, nine stories high, and to 
cost $300,000, is about to be erected on Laight-st. 
New York. 
-Mr. Webster’s Marshfield Farm, it is-said, 
contains 2,000 acres, and it is. in a high stole of 
culture. 
-In Baltimore the amount contributed to 
the Washington Monument fund at the polls is 
about $1,500. In Utica $137. 
-The amount of hay cleared at the Canal 
Collector’s Office in Utica, since Sept, 1, for the 
New York market, is 1,590 tons. 
-A general movement has been made in 
Texas for the construction, of works of internal 
improvement, particularly railroad's. 
-The Court of Appeals have decided that 
all quarter sales reserved in the Van Rensselaer 
Manor leases, and all others, are invalid. 
-The exports of St. Catharines for the past 
year, amounted to £89,000, being some £3,000 
more than those of Toronto. 
-In most of the churches of New York 
on Sunday, appropriate tributes were paid to the 
character of Mr. Webster, by tlie officiating clergy. 
-Messrs. Hollister, of Lake county, la., have 
a cranbury marsh, 30 acres in extent, on which 
there are between 15 and 16,000 bushels of fruit 
now ripe. 
-Ole Burl is expected to give a Concert in 
Buffalo some time this niontb, assisted by young 
Patti and Strakosch. If in Buffalo, of course in 
Rochester. 
-The Hutehinsons write back that their 
journey in California, in one year, has furnished 
more solid gold profit than a lifetime in the 
States. 
-On the 10th ult., a bear weighing 440 lbs. 
was killed in Canaan, Vt. Said Bruin had com¬ 
mitted depredations upon the flocks of the neigh¬ 
borhood. 
-The total amount of lass by fire in Boston 
for the year ending September 1st, was $482,819, 
of which amount $215,315 was covered by in¬ 
surance. 
-Edward Boughton lias been sentenced’ to 
j six years in the State Prison of Connecticut, for 
placing obstructions on the Naugatuck Railroad 
track at Plymouth. 
-While the Governor of California is trying 
to drive the Chinese owt of that State, the gov¬ 
ernment of British Guiana offers a bounty of $60 
on their importation. 
-The Mormons are building up a dense city 
at Salt Lake, and extending their settlements in 
all directions iu the valley. The tabernacle is 
finished. 
-It is reported that, Dr. Croily has very 
nearly completed Ids second part to. Salathiel, 
bringing it down to the present time. The vol¬ 
ume will be looked for eagerly. 
-The House of Representatives of Rhode 
Island have rejected by a vote of 49 to 14, a bill 
to repeal the Maine Liquor Law, passed at the 
last session. 
-The Richmond Whig of the 3d says that 
at twenty-five minutes before 7 o’clock on Tues¬ 
day evening the shock of an earthquake was dis¬ 
tinctly felt in that city. 
-President Sparks has resigned the offieeof 
President of the Harvard University, and the re¬ 
signation is to take effect at the close of the pres¬ 
ent Academic Term. 
-A woman, dressed in men’s clothes, at¬ 
tempted to vote in the Fourth District, N. York, 
but the inspectors, much to her disappointment, 
rejected her vote. 
-In Cincinnati it is estimated that there are 
$10,920,000 of capital employed in the clothing 
business, anil over 15,000 persons are directly or 
iudiroctly supported by the clothing trade. 
-Nathaniel Rand, Esq., of Lancaster, has 
raised a Gloria Mundi apple in his garden, which 
weighs 17 ounces and measures 14 and a half 
inches in circumference. 
_Mr. Webster’s Will gis'es Mrs. Webster 
the valuable estate at Marshfield — 2,000 acres— 
during her life time ; after her death it is to be 
inherited by his son, Fletcher Webster. 
—— The newest notion in Boston, is a lady 
who calling herself the ’• Yoiled Vocalist,” sings 
at the Melodeon, and gives the proceeds of her 
concerts to the paupers. Very sensible idea. 
— The Harlem Road puts in two Express 
trains a day, and reduces the fare from Albany to 
New Y T ork to $1,50; promising as good time as 
can be made upon other routes. 
-Colonel Isaao Way no, only son of Major 
General Anthony Wayne, died in Chester county, 
Pa., last week, injhis 83d year. He has been Stato 
Senator and candidate for Governor in that State. 
