MOORE’S RURAL NEW-i'O RKER : AF AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
RURAL NEW-YORKER/ 
ROCHESTER, DECEMBER 2, 1852. 
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Literary Notices. 
The World’s Laconics ; or the Best Thoughts of 
the Best Authors. In Prose and Poetry. By 
Everard Berkley, with an Introduction by 
Wm. B, Sprague, D. D. New York: M. W. 
Dodd, Publisher. 1853. 
The “ Best thoughts of the best Authors ” is a 
fitting title for this useful volume. In it are gath¬ 
ered (alphabetically arranged according to their 
subjects,) the aphorisms, pithy and striking say¬ 
ing;;, and exquisite sentiments of such men as 
ed that the Rural is conducted strictly upon the cash sys- j Bacon, Joiinson, Taylor, Sterne, Addison, Pope, 
tem. That it is always discontinued at the expiration of . Goldsmith, Locke, Montaigne, and many others 
the time paid for—and that all Orders should be accompa¬ 
nied with the money to insure attention. 
Club Prices, &c. —The lowest club price of the Rural 
is §1,25 a year, however large the number of copies taken. 
See Terms, Premium List, etc., on lust page. 
Clubbing.—I f in making up clubs for the Rural, any 
—the best writers of early and later times. It is 
rather a bock for study than for desultory reading, 
and many of tbe gems set therein will prove to 
the meditative mind, germs for sage reflection— 
for careful, candid thought. Another use may be 
desire the Wool Grower and Stock Register, it may be made of this volume. A contemporary clitic re- 
added at 30 cents, which is tbe lowest club price. marks that it affords an opportunity for curious 
Specimen number of the Rural New Yorker, and of the s | lK ]y • as i u “ contrasting the remarks of different 
Wool Grower and Stock Register, furnished on application, (m fche same sabjecfc> one make a 
or forwarded to address of third persons. , r .. . c 
_ shrewd guess, how jar the experience ot each one 
Terra-Culture and its “Discoverer” Libeled! ~ edified his options. When they are unani- 
- mous, they are pretty apt to be right; when they 
Reader, give us your sympathy ! It is inti- disagree, an insight into their lives, and the times 
mated that the pretended discoverer of Terra- in which they lived, will generally show why.” 
Culture — one “Prof.” Comstock — proposes to Sold at Darrow’s Main St. Bookstore, 
prosecute the Editor of this paper for an alleged 
libel in speaking disrespectfully and disparagingly Romance of American History. By Josefu 
„ , „ . , • \i , , Banvard, author ot “Plymouth and the Pil¬ 
ot the said 1 rofessor and his tlieoiy. Ihe ead- grims,” etc. Boston: Gould & Lincoln. 1852. 
ing count in the forthcoming indictment is, that rM , . „ . „ , r 
. „ . , j , . , , This is the third volume ot the senes ot Mr. 
we were the first editor who darca to speak out, , , , . . . , , 
, , , .. , „ , Banvard’s Histones, and refers more particularly 
— and that many others have followed our exam- , , .... 5, ~ , 
, . . , , .. . , . . to the earlv history and colonization ot the South- 
pie m exposing the humbug, to the great detn- ^ * Ti • • . , , f , , 
1 „ \ . , , ° ,, , ern States. It is intended tor youthful readers, 
ment of the pocket and reputation ot its author! , ^ , . . , , » 
. . , ,, , ... , and well calculated to interest and instruct them. 
This is probably true, and we therefore, with due 
, ... * , J , . ,, Sage & Brother have it tor sale, 
humility, acknowledge the compliment, we are , _ 
not in the habit of waiting for others to express Blackwood’s Magazine — (republished, with 
an opinion in matters of such importance to the ^ ie leading English Reviews, by Scott tfc Co.,)— 
agricultural community,—and the Professor knows bas beeu received regularly during the past year. 
t t money cannot secure a favorable notice of ft j s unnecessary to say a word in praise of this 
his so-called “discovery” (nor the publication of veteran monthly, but we would remark that the 
a “puff” of himself, by himself) in the Rural late postage law is very favorable to subscribers 
New-Yorker. And we more than suspect that, to these works. The yearly rate of Blackwood is 
during his sojourn hereabouts, he discovered some now but 24 cents, and that of any of the Reviews 
other editors in Rochester and Western New York but half that sum. New volumes commence 
who were equally independent. with the year. Dewey agent, Rochester. 
Without wishing to forestall public opinion, we _ ^ ~ , 
respectfully submit two or three reasons why the . ...... f 
. , n i. __, • serial continues to maintain the high character 
learned Professor “ hadn’t oughter” prosecute in ° 
this case. In the first place, he could never re- we bave hltherto acc ° rded , to tbe wo [ k * I he 
cover the $ 100,000 damages to his pocket, char- “umbers from 11 to 1 G, inclusive, now before us 
, , . , /,,, are not inferior to preceding issues. We again 
acter, and culture — tbe amount he expected (!) 1 , ° . , , 
. , . , n 4 i • + .. commend the work as truly National, and worthy 
to obtain from Congress. On this point we are , J - 
. . , , T , ,, . , i a place in the library ot every American. Ihe 
positive! Next, we aver that we have endeav- v J J . 
, „ , . . ,* ,i ■ Gallerv is to be completed m forty numbers, is- 
nvorl fmni tlir> hpo-mnimr fn discover somethinfi- in i J ’ 
who were equally independent. 
Without wishing to forestall public opinion, we 
respectfully submit two or three reasons why the 
learned Professor “hadn’t oughter” prosecute in 
this case. Iu the first place, he could never re¬ 
cover the $ 100,000 damages to his pocket, char¬ 
acter, and culture — the amount he expected (?) 
to obtain from Congress. On this point we are 
positive! Next, we aver that we have endeav- 
, P , -i i • • , j* _ 4 1, • , • vjraiiery 10 lu ce uuijj uuiuu ui iuily nuinuu s, is- 
ored from tlie beginning to discover something in J J _ _ 
the man and his theory, approximating to what edb / Robt ' L * Pet u erson 
he claimed - and if we could come to no other & Co “ PhUadeiphia, Pa.-2o cents per number- 
conclusion tlian that he was either an ass or a Po1 saR _ 
knave, and his “ discovery” a superlative humbug, The Democratic Review from July to Novem- 
the fact must be attributed to our ignorance. ber has been received. It is a valuable exponent 
Again, we claim that we were called upon to 0 f “ democratic, principles,” ably conducted, not 
speak boldly anti decidedly, in self-defence, as on jy } n j ts political, but in its literary depart- 
well as for the common weal, lor the lecturer meu ts, making it a readable magazine for tbe 
was ingeniously using our name at the head of a f an q]y circle. The new volume begins with the 
list of some fifty editors, to commend himself and commencement of the new year, when all who 
his theory to the public ; whereas v.e only gate to possess themselves of a standard publi- 
our signature as one who would hear him lecane, cation, can be served by forwarding $3, to G. N. 
and not to be used in the manner above indicated. g ASDBE g 170 Broadway, N. Y. t 
If be is so hard-hearted as to persist in proseeut- ’ -- 
ing us, we shall offer this last as a full and suffi- The National Magazine for December closes 
cieut offset — and indeed justly claim a balance the first volume. It contains, among other en- 
of damage! Meantime, and perhaps after, the gravings, portraits (with biographical sketches) 
publication of the Rural will be continued. 
New Agricultural Journals. 
As the old year wanes, and the new one draw- 
of the poet Hali.eck, and of Rev. Drs. Hopkins 
and Elliot. New York: Carlton & Phillips.— 
Harrow has it for sale. 
AS me om year wanes, ana um new one u.«tw- TtIE Albany Cultivator— This standard work 
eth nigh, we receive announcements of the birth , g hereafter to be blishcd at 50 cents a year, in- 
of several rural periodicals, and the decease or stead of as formerly. L. Tucker, Albany. 
suspension of others. Among the former, we 
learn that weeklies are to lie published by A. B. 
Thackeray. —The lectures of this gentlemen 
Allen <k Co., of New \ ork, and Luther Tucket, appear to be attracting much attention and give 
Esq., of Albany, one under the title of “New g rea t satisfaction in New York. The papers of 
York Agricultor,” and the other yclept The tha.t city, and some correspondents of the country 
Country Gentleman.” Specimen numbers of press, seem determined to immortalize tbe man— 
each bave been circulated, but as we have not 
been favored with copies, are unable to particu- 
on paper. Some pronounce him a greater and 
bettor writer than Dickens. A contemporary well 
larize. r lhe first named is said to be $2 a year, reitialkSj that Thackeray probably will have an 
and the other $2,50. Ihe Messrs. Allen also abundance of material for a Dew work on “snobs” 
announce the publication of a monthly- 
-his favorite subject—when lie reaches home.— 
Farm and Garden ” to succeed Ihe Plow, which pj e j s described as a large, florid-faced man, with 
is to be discontinued at the close of the present white ba i r . His delivery is said to be good—only 
year. As there is abundant room for all who h e pronounces humor, hewmor, and does not know 
wish to do good, we extend a hearty welcome to wba t to do with his hands. 
the new comers. -:— -y—— 
Another Railroad Proposed. —The paners are 
The Farmer’s Companion and Horticultural talking of an air _ line railroad betwe en this city 
Gazette is the title of a new monthly hailing au( j qq. 0 y—to be 225 miles long, and to cost not 
from Detroit, Mich. The specimen number, just i es8 than $5,000,000. It is a new project, in the 
received, makes aver} neat and beautiful appear- Hieipienfc stage of agitation and discussion. The 
ance, and is exceedingly well filled. It bears the j m p 0 r f a nt question, and one which will bear no 
■prestige of success in both matter and manner, and litt]e fig Ur i U g, is,—Will it. pay ? 
we predict that the Companion will soon achieve Speaking "of railroads, why is not some pro- 
a good name and laige ciicmation. Chas. Fox „ rogs reported in regard to the Genesee Valiev 
and Chas. Betts, Editors. Linus Cone, Corres¬ 
ponding Editor — J. C. Holmes, Horticultural 
Editor. With such men at the helm the new craft 
must soon sail into public favor. Monthly—16 
double octavo pages — at 50 cents a year. Ad¬ 
dress Chas. Betts, Detroit, Mich. 
Kossuth in London. —This gentleman recently 
line? The work is of vast importance — will 
prove largely beneficial to tbe people of the Val¬ 
ley and this city—and its early completion is 
justly demanded. 
The Weather. —The past four weeks have 
constituted what may be emphatically called the 
rainy season—for it has either rained, or more 
appeared at a public meeting ol the “Friends of receu t]y, snowed, almost every day. The tem- 
Liberty,” in London, at which Mazzini was also p era ture continues mild. This morning, Tuesday, 
present. After an address from the latter, Kossuth the sun rose clear, and shone with great bright- 
was urged to speak, and made a short address, uesg< qq le c ity for the past four weeks, had it 
taking the hand of Mazzini in the course ol it, nQt been f or the plank roads, would have been 
and saying that the world would some time see weU • h inaccessible. The snow has much of it 
the people of Italy and Hungary united in the melted> aud thc prospect is not good at prese nt, 
work of redeeming their native countries, even as ^ sleudiino’_w. 
they, their representatives, were joined hand in 0 —-- 
hand. Nothing was to be gained by words, and Phillips’ Fire Anniiiilator. —Several success¬ 
or himself, be had taken the rule to have but one ful experiments upon a house erected and set on 
speech hereafter, to be spoken in due time, and fire for the purpose, have recently been made in 
that was, “Up boys, and at them—follow me.” this city, under the charge of Dr. Boynton. The 
His health is excellent, and the London News last trial gave great satisfaction, and those who 
says he seems improved in all respects by his witnessed it consider the Fire Annihilator “a 
American journey. fixed fact ” among the inventions of the day. 
Letter from Rock Co., Wisconsin. 
Johnstown, Hock Co., YVis., Nov., 1852. 
Editors Rural :—Not having observed among 
your correspondence any from Rock county—per¬ 
mit me to give you a few “jottings down” of 
this little spot of the “ great West.” 
This county is twenty-four miles wide, and 
thirty long. The surface of the country, like the 
“ West” generally, is gently undulating, and the 
soil of a rich, deep, vegetable mold, nearly equally 
divided between Prairie and Oak openings. The 
far famed and really beautiful Rock, flows mean¬ 
deringly through the county, dividing it into 
nearly equal parts. 
Janesville and Beloit are situated on this stream, 
each with an excellent water power, and I think 
them among the most flourishing villages in the 
State. The former is the county seat. The Mil¬ 
waukee and Mississippi Railroad will have reach¬ 
ed there by the first of January next, with the 
prospect of being speedily pushed forward to its 
final terminus. The Rock River Valley Union 
Railroad, is also in progress of construction, lead¬ 
ing from Chicago to Janesville and Fon Du Lac, 
with branches. The eastern extremity of this road 
is called the Illinois and Wisconsin Railroad. The 
present population of Janesville is about four 
thousand, and daily increasing. Beloit will soon be 
connected with Chicago by a branch from the 
Chicago and Galena Road — it is the seat Cf a 
flourishing College, aud its population numbers 
about three thousand. 
The energies of the farmers have formerly been 
almost entirely directed to tbe production of wheat 
—but, owing to bad crops, distance from market, 
tfcc., that blanch of industry is being rapidly aban¬ 
doned and people are turning their attention to 
the production of beef, pork, butter, cheese, and 
wool. Your humble correspondent ranks himself 
as a producer of thc latter. * 
N. Eldred. 
Eureka Mills Flour. —We are placed under 
manifold obligations to J. Harwich, Esq., for a 
barrel of “ double extra” flour, from the above 
named mill. The mill is situated at South Byron, 
N. Y., in the very heart of the Genesee country, 
surrounded by some of the best wheat farms in 
all out doors. Having superior stock the very 
best pure Genesee can be relied upon in answer 
to orders. t 
Thanksgiving Day in New York. —This day 
was observed in the different churches throughout 
the city with all the solemnity of the Sabbath.— 
Sermons appropriate to the occasion were deliv¬ 
ered, and the usual religious ceremonies celebrated. 
All the places of business were closed, and in the 
various charitable institutions the day was one of 
feasting and rejoicing. The Old Brewery on the 
Five Points, was tilled with a joyous crowd of 
poor children, who were made to forget their 
wretchedness in the midst of the abundance of 
the good things which had been provided for 
them by the benevolent ladies af the Home Mis¬ 
sion Society. One thousand garments, consisting 
of shoes, pants, jackets and shirts for boys, and 
entire dresses for girls, were distributed among 
them, after which they sat down to an excellent 
dinner. But as this building was not sufficiently 
large to accommodate all, a number of tables were 
laid in the big temperance tent, which was orna¬ 
mented with evergreens. Over five hundred chil¬ 
dren were entertained by the ladies, who waited 
upon them at the table, and attended to all their 
wants.—A r . Y. Eve. Post. 
The Patent Office. —It is stated by the Wash¬ 
ington correspondent of the New York Courier 
cfe Enquirer, that the New wing of the Patent 
Office will be ready for occupancy about the 1st 
of February, and that it will be one of the most 
spacious and architecturally beautiful rooms in 
the world. It is 270 feet long, by 70 feet wide, 
and apparently 25 or 30 feet in height. The ceil¬ 
ing is arched, and the continuity of the view is 
broken only bv the slender marble pillars which 
support the semi-arched alcoves that spring up¬ 
wards to the roof. There are now issued some¬ 
what over a thousand patents a year. The appli¬ 
cations rejected exceed two thousand. 
A Curious Sight. —A few miles from Boston, 
this morning, a curious sight was seen, being a 
drove of turkeys, not driven, but led or coaxed by 
a man with a basket of corn. He occasionally 
threw out a handful, and the turkeys marched af- 
tjr, not reflecting on the many hungry appetites 
they were destined to satisfy on Thanksgiving.— 
There were 750 in the drove, and they came in 
that novel manner all the way from the northern 
part of Vermont, where live turkeys are worth 
lorn 8 to 10 cts. per pound.— Boston Jour. 16 tli. 
A Novel Advertisement. —The ways of adver¬ 
tising for a wife are various ; but perhaps the fol¬ 
lowing, mentioned by the Hull, England, Adver- 
.’iser, is the most extraordinary. A rustic residing 
near the village of Kirby-under-Dale, wanting a 
wife, provided himself with a large placard, and 
printed upon it, “ Wanted, a woman to make a 
wife of, with a little money, to go to America.”— 
This he placed on his hat, and planted himself in 
front of the church door on Sunday, when the 
congregation was leaving. 
Choctaw Cattle. —A drove of cattle from the 
Choctaw country and thc plains, some 1,500 
miles distant, passed through Winchester, Va.— 
Their unusually large frames and size of horns 
attracted many observers. The Virginian states 
that eighty of this breed of cattle, and not the 
largest size, fattened last year by Geo. H. Burwell, 
Flsq., of Clarke county, Va., averaged one hundred 
pounds of tallow to the head. 
Charlestown Navy Yard. — Nearly 1,000 
workmen arc now employed upon tbe U. S. ship 
Vermont, the steamer Hancock, and other work 
going on at this yard, and the indications are that 
more business is to be prosecuted there for some 
time lo come than for many years past. Report 
says the sliip Franklin, which is to be repaired and 
fitted out for sea, is to be sent to this yard for 
that purpose. 
Increase of Banks. —To show the rapid in¬ 
crease of the Banking business, (says the N. Y. 
Courier & Enquirer,) it. is only necessary to state 
that the operations of the city Banks are now 
equal to the operations of all the Banks of the 
State in 1848. 
New Counterfeits.— 10’son the Atlantic Bank, 
Cape May, altered from 3’s; vignette, large steam¬ 
ship, <fcc. The Bank issues no tens. 
(Brncrfll Sfnttlligtntt. Strain of JStraa, &r. 
The U. S. Steamship Princeton is a bad 
failure. In ber recent trip to Halifax, six knots 
an hour was the most that could be got out of her. 
As one of the Japan Expedition she will prove 
an incumbrance. The Mississippi is also very 
slow. The Government, so far, has been most 
unfortunate in its construction of steamers. None 
of our public vessels compare with the merchant 
steamers. Why is this ? With ample means, 
and, as is supposed, able and experienced naval 
architects and engineers, the Government ought 
to construct first-rate vessels. 
Notwithstanding the high price of butter, 
there are large amounts in the hands of the 
Chautauque dairymen, to go forward, and the 
movement in butter and cheese for the last week, 
has consequently been very heavy. Two firms 
have received during the week over four hundred 
thousand pounds, and forwarded the same to New 
York, via, N. Y. <fc Erie Railroad. That county is 
rapidly assuming the position of one of thc best 
dairy and grazing counties in the Slate. 
|£^f”The wine harvest of the present year at 
Hermann, Missouri, has turned out favorably ; the 
yield is 6,000 gallons, and, if the crop is as good 
next year, it will be 15,000 to 20,000 gallons. In 
the town, which is inhabited mostly by Germans, 
there are already 2 u 0 acres planted with 200,000 
vines, all of which be in bearing in two years, 
yielding 25,000 gallons in common seasons, and 
50,000 in good ones. An acre of land iu vines is 
reckoned to bo $ 1 , 000 . 
The first Wednesday of December, is the 
time a ppointed for the Presidential Electors of 
New York, and other States, to assemble at the 
capitals of their respective Stales, and give their 
votes, which will be sent under seal to the Presi¬ 
dent of the U. S. Senate, at Washington, and on 
the second Wednesday of February next, they 
are to be opened in the presence of both Houses 
of Congress, and the result officially declared. 
jpgp We learu from the Buffalo Courier, that 
the Susquehanna road is now under contract, 
which, when completed, will connect Baltimore 
and Buffalo, by a chain of Railroads which will 
be passed over in 10 hours. Think of it! The 
Bufialouian will take his morning coffee at home 
and attend a late debate in Congress the same 
day; just as if no Rochester, Albany, New York 
aud Philadelphia existed. 
jpgi" The fifty thousand dollars for the endow¬ 
ment of Delaware College, has all been subscribed 
and mainly in Delaware itself. A Professorship 
of Agriculture has been endowed, and will go in¬ 
to operation the present winter. This is as it 
should be. Students have long learned words— 
it is time they should be taught things. 
The oldest living Printer in the United 
States is a man named Carly, in Yorkville, S. C. 
He worked with Ben Russell, on the Boston Sen¬ 
tinel over half a century ago, and he yet sets type 
by candle light, and is 97 years of age. Alas! poor 
old typo, that he, or any other man, should stick 
at the case nearly one hundred years. 
At a birth-day celebration of Mrs. Sarah 
Bliss, aged 100 years, at Rohoboth, Mass., on the 
13th of October, there were present 21 persons of 
70 years and upwards, all of whom, with one ex¬ 
ception, were residents of Rohoboth. Mrs. Bins 
lias had 94 descendants, 75 of whom are supposed 
to he uow living. 
jusg” The Washington Union, New York Times 
and other journals deprecate the publication of 
tbe Correspondence relating to the contemplated 
purchase of Cuba. It will expose us, not only to 
the increased jealousy and watchfulness of Euro¬ 
pean Governments, but to severe and mortifying 
ridicule. 
It costs tbe people of the United States 
fifteen millions of dollars a year for newspapers 
and other periodicals; and these periodicals are 
as essential to their saftey and happiness as the 
roofs over their heads, and more so than the army 
and navy, which costs twice as much. 
SI?!” The British and North American Steam¬ 
ship Company, (the Cunard line,) have reduced 
the rate of passage from Boston to Liverpool to 
$ 1 00 ; the price heretofore has been $ 120 . This 
will doubtless prove a beneficial measure to tbe 
company, pecuniarily and otherwise. 
51?!” Franklin Pierce is the youngest man who 
has ever been elected President of the U. States. 
He is 43 years of age. Washington, John Adams, 
Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, John Quincy Adams 
and Van Buren were each 58 ; Jackson, 62 ; Har¬ 
rison, 68 ; Taylor, 66 ; and Polk, 50. 
jggp A journeyman printer, named Jos. Stevens, 
of Port Wayne, Ind., left home in 1844, and was 
last heard of in 1847. His parents are in great 
distress on his account, and will be thankful to 
any one who will give them any information of 
him- 
jpgf” A farmer in Canton has a cranberry 
meadow of twelve acres in extent, lying near 
Puukapoag Pond, from which he has raked, the 
present season, upwards of 1,000 bushels of fine 
cranberries, for which he has realized $3,000 cash 
It is stated in the Albany papers that Gov. 
Seymour will take the house on the corner of Elk 
street, now occupied by Gov. Hunt. He will only 
remain there temporarily, however, until Mr. 
Barnard, to whom it belongs, returns from Europe. 
£?!” The North Pacific fleet of 1852, of Amer¬ 
ican whalers, it is now ascertained, comprises not 
less than two hundred and sixty-six ships. This 
number exceeds that of any previous year, except 
in 1846, when the fleet consisted of 292 ships. 
The emigrants to Canada this year are 39,- 
292 ; being under the numbers of last year, which 
reached 4i,270. The Australian gold fields have 
doubtless attracted a particular class of emigrants, 
who would otherwise have come to Canada. 
The Richmond Republican prognosticates 
a severe winter, which is indicated by the unusual 
crop of persimmons. The sign proved good last 
year, the editor says, notwithstanding he was 
laughed at for his prediction. 
Over ninety-three millions of letters pass¬ 
ed through Ihe Post-office of the United States 
during the last fiscal year. Tbe revenue under 
the reduced rates of postage has fallen off nearly 
a million of dollars. 
jpgs" A Havana correspondent of the Tribune, 
affirms that at least two, and probably several 
cargoes of slaves were recently landed in Cuba. 
On one of them he asserts that the Capt. General 
received a bribe of $17,000. 
pff Austria (says an English journal,) is run¬ 
ning the career of a bankrupt and a spendthrift, 
and only keeps together by coercion. Prussia ai d 
tbe other States of Germany are in the strong 
grasp of a military des)>otism. 
Thc great telegraph case of F. O. J. Smith 
vs. Amos Kendall and others, has been decided in 
favor of the feomplainant, Smith. The amount of 
interest at issue in this case is said to amount to 
I upwards of half a million of dollars. 
-England has “annexed” another slice of 
India to her possessions. 
-In ten years,, sixty thousand houses have 
been built, in London. 
-In ihe German universities there are 18,810 
students, and 1,666 professors and tutors. 
--Ex-Governor Shultz, of Pennsylvania, died 
last week at Lancaster. 
-All of Prescott’s historical work's are pub¬ 
lished in London, in six-shilling volumes. 
-“ Uncle Tom’s Almanac !” is the title of a 
new London publication. > 
-The Geneva Courier says that village is 
shortly to be lighted with gas. 
-The cigar bill of an Oxford student has 
been known to run up to $7C0 a year. 
-Thecook of Christ-Church College, Oxford, 
keeps a carnage, and has a villa in the country. 
-A merchant in Hartford has cleared $40,- 
000 by flour shipped to California this seasou. 
'-Thirty barrels of biscuits were imported 
into Boston, last week, from London. 
-Three steamships, with nearly $3,000,000 
from California, arrived at New York on Sunday. 
-Five thousand dollars have been subscrib¬ 
ed towards the endowment, of Delaware College. 
-The articles from the English prints on 
the character of Daniel Webster, are curiously ill- 
informed. 
-Eighty silver cup&and goblets were award¬ 
ed at the Agricultural Fair lately held at Sacra¬ 
mento, California. 
-It is computed that two hundred and fifty 
thousand tourists visited Ireland during the last 
summer. 
-The emigrantion to theU. States from Ger¬ 
many, this year, exceeds in numbers that from 
Great Britain aud Ireland. 
-The Churchman has been purchased by 
Mr. John Hecker, aud is to be edited by the Rev. 
H. N. Hudson. 
-Mr. Fitzhugb, of Oswego, is arranging to 
put on a line of Propellers between Oswego aud 
Chicago, next season. 
-Counterfeit Indigo has been manufactured 
in New Jersey. So the Jersey men can no longer 
be called the “ True Blues.” 
-Ten young ladies recently took the veil at 
Toronto, attaching themselves to the orders of St. 
Joseph an l the Lady of the Loretto. 
-The King of Naples, during a late tour in 
the provinces, has liberated more ihan 1,500 po¬ 
litical prisoners. 
-The weather is September-like in Paris.— 
Files are not used. People sit on the Boulevard, 
in the open air, until 10 o’clock. 
-On the 5tli of November, there were five 
or six inches of snow at St. Anthony’s Falls 
Minnesota. 
-The Hon. Wm. R. King, Vice-President 
elect, has almost recovered his health, and is now 
on a visit to his brother at Tuscaloosa. 
-The mackerel fishing this season in the 
Gulf of St. Lawrence has beeu unusually unprofit¬ 
able, owing to high gales. 
-James Brewster, Esq., of New-Haven, has 
presented the County Alms House with a library 
of useful books for thc use of the inmates. 
-The new Bank at Lansingburgh is named 
the Rensselaer County Bank. Its capital is$2U0,- 
UUU, divided in $50 shares. 
-The aggregate vote for John P. Hale at tho 
recent Presidential clcctiou it is believed was about 
130,060. In 1848, Van Buren received 292,828. 
-The Globe says that no book ever had so 
great a sale as Uncle Tom’s Cabin has enjoyed 111 
Canada. Near 8,000 of Maclean’s edition are sold. 
-Mr. Webster’s Congressional career em¬ 
braced 8 years in thc House of Representatives, 
and 19 years in the Senate; in all about 27 years. 
-The fishermen of Swampscot are doing a 
lively business; one hundred and fifty tons of 
fish were caught by tho fishermen of that place, 
last week. 
-The Fire Annihilator has changed hands. 
Barnum has sold entirely out of it. They say the 
Company has paid him $110,000 to resign all 
claim and all interest iu it. 
-The city of New York gave Pierce, at the 
late election, 34,277 votes, and Scott 23.115.— 
Webster had 237, and Hale 206. Majority for 
Pierce over all 10,719. 
-A new Bank is about to be established in 
Geneva, to take tbe name and place of the present 
Bank of Geneva, the charter of which expires with 
the present year. 
-Col. Benton, in a late speech at St. Louis, 
said that one hundred millions of dollars have 
been expended, mostly since 1836, to make slave 
States of free territory. 
-Late dates from Mexico announce that 
Uraga has prououuced in favor of the plan of 
Jalasco, which opposes Arista and favors the re¬ 
turn of Santa Anna. 
-Splendor in all things is the order of the 
day in Par s. The gentlemen arc about to assume 
a style of dress which is much more brilliant than 
that which they at present wear. 
-Trinity Church, in Nov/ York, was found¬ 
ed in 1696, a small church having been built upon 
the site of the present church, in that year. The 
present income of Trinity is $60,000 a year. 
-The receipts of the U. S. Treasury for the 
quarter ending Oct. 12, amounted to $16,686,948, 
of which nearly $16,000,000 was from customs. 
The expenditures amounted to $13,870,268. 
-The boilers of tbe steamer Buckeye Belle, 
exploded in Beaverly Locks, Nov. 13th, 12 miles 
from Marietta, killing 15 persons, and wounding 
several others. The boat Is a complete wreck. 
- 111 l800 the Baptists in Nova Scotia and 
Now Brunswick, numbered 924: the first associa¬ 
tion being formed that year. Now in two prov¬ 
inces and Prince Edward’s Island, they number 
over 16,000. 
-The custom-house valuation of China, por¬ 
celain, earthen and stone ware, imported into this 
countrv, in the year ending June 30, 1849, was 
$2,261/331; in 1850, $2,610,363; in 1851, $3,- 
420,622. 
-The Albany Cathedral has cost a little over 
$100,000 as yet. Its entire completion and deco¬ 
ration will involve an expenditure of upwards of 
$300,000. It will hold a congregation of over 
4,000. 
-A telegraph message was sent from New 
York on the 16th, at 9 o’clock and 10 minutes, for 
New Orleans. It reached New Orleans at 8 the 
same morning; thus beating time 1 hour and 10 
minutes. 
-Robt. H. Morris lias become one of the 
proprietors and editors of the Chicago Daily Jour¬ 
nal. He was for two years the private Secretary 
of Gov. Fish, and afterwards the assistant Adju¬ 
tant General of New York. 
