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MOORE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
Notices to Correspondents. 
Miriam, Woodville, Mias. —Your MSS. was duly receiv¬ 
ed. The subject discussed is odb with which we have 
“ nothing to do,”—we don’t dabble in politics, and, what is 
more, we don’t want to. Fields of waving grain, myriad- 
hued flowers, and the song of birds have charms for us 
that the place and power of partizanship cannot offer.— 
Would be pleased to receive pen-graphs upon such topics 
as come within the sphere of the Rural. 
W. P.—We cannot conceive why you should think your 
“rejected poem ” was submitted to unfair criticism. An 
editor’s tasks may be “ wearying and worrying,” neverthe¬ 
less, he Bhould do justice to all. This was our aim in ar¬ 
riving at a conclusion in regard to the poem referred to. 
Of those now received, we must say—“neither up to the 
mark.” 
W., Burnt Hills, N. K—Consider us under many obli¬ 
gations for your MSS., entitled “ The Dead Wife.” If you 
should be blessed with an original idea, photograph it, 
send it along, and we will endeavor to give its likeness to 
the world. When piratically cruising upon the “ sea of 
literature,” don’t board the Rural for prizes, or you may 
receive a warmer welcome than anticipated or desired.— 
“ The Dead Wife" appeared in the New-Yorker for March, 
1807, and was then and there properly credited. 
J. W. M., Rochester, N. Y.— Our friend “ W.,” above re¬ 
ferred to, and yourself, would answer as a representation 
of the “Siamese Twins.” If you can find any honorable 
employment, we advise you to engage in it, and leave 
poetry for those who have more sense and honor than to 
appropriate the labors of another. 
J. W., Lobo, Middlesex Co., C. W. —Your Problem, in 
the Rural of May 8, has called out quite a number of 
young mathematicians, and, as they ariive at a different 
result from that accompanying your question, they ask 
for the process by which it was solved. 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., JULY 3, 1858. 
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in their respective localities. 
The Dead Animals and Offal op New York._ 
The following is the amount of animals and offal 
received by the offal contractor from March Cth, 
1856, to March 10,1857, for the term of one year, 
as given in the N. Y. Tribune:—Horses, 2,544; 
cows and oxen, 301; dogs, 4,534; other animals, 
85. For the year ending March 10, 1858:—Horses, 
2,404; cows and oxen, 235; dogs, 4,944; other ani¬ 
mals, 115. The Tribune says:—It may be well to 
state that there is no portion of this offal but what 
is rendered useful to the agriculturist, manufactur¬ 
er or chemist, in various ways. 
From the Army in Utah. 
Sufficient intelligence has been received at 
Washington to leave no doubt that CapL Marcy’s 
command has reached Camp Scott in safety. 
It was the intention of Gov. Cumming, when last 
heard from, to proceed at once to open a trade with 
the Yalley. Many of the Mormons were understood 
to own more cattle than they were desirous to take 
away, and of which they were anxious to dispose 
of. The safety and general welfare of the troops 
at Camp Scott and elsewhere between that Fort 
and the United States, may be relied upon with 
confidence. 
The Mormon troops had been entirely withdrawn 
from the approaches to Salt Lake, though the peo¬ 
ple threatened to return if the army advanced 
before they reaped and carried off the wheat 
harvest 
Gov. Cumming says it may be regarded as safe 
for emigrants from the United States to proceed to 
California, via. Salt Lake, the road being entirely 
opened. 
A letter from an officer high in command expres¬ 
ses the conviction that the troops would not be 
employed against the Mormons. 
The Leavenworth T\mes, of June 21st contains a 
letter from Fort Bridger, dated May 21st, which 
says that Brigham Young and the principal Mor¬ 
mon elders had consented to deliver themselves 
into the custody of the U. S. Marshal to await trial, 
provided they were tried by a jury in no way con¬ 
nected with the army. A party of Mormons had 
arrived at Camp Scott in a half starved condition. 
They belonged to a portion opposed to Young, and 
represented that the church was torn down by dis¬ 
sensions, and said they wished to return to the 
United States. 
Capt, Marcy had been heard from between A r- 
quesas and Flat Rivers. In a snow 6torm on the 
12th of April he lost two hundred and fifty mules 
and a large number of sheep. Col. Boring had 
proceeded very well until the 29th of April, when 
he was overtaken by a snowstorm, in which six of 
his men were frozen to death. 
Lieut. M’Nally, Regimental Quartermaster, lost 
forty-five mules and all his beef cattle and sheep. 
Mr. Alexander, who was sending a train to Utah, 
lost all his animals excepting fifteen, and was 
obliged to abandon his wagons on the road. 
A private letter from Gov. Cumming lays much 
stress upon the importance of the Mormons being 
induced to come to their homes and employments. 
He is opposed to their going to Sonora, and con¬ 
firms a statement heretofore made, that they are 
divided into peace and war parties, and thinks it 
the policy, as well as the duty, of the government 
to support the former and break down the latter. 
He speaks of Brigham Young as a man of great 
perseverance, intellect and experience. 
There is, says Gov. Cumming, a division among 
the Mormons—all fearing while many hate him be¬ 
cause of the pacific measures with which he is 
charged. Gov. Cumming plainly saysthat his chief 
hope of control over the Mormons is exerted 
through Young, and that if anything should hap¬ 
pen to thwart his efforts to avert the perils of a col¬ 
lision between the army and the Mormons, the 
country may reasonably expect a guerilla war of 
several years’ duration, at an expense of many mil¬ 
lions of dollars, while the war would be visited 
upon those less deserving of its terrors. 
Leopard Killed.—A week or two since we 
stated that a leopard had escaped from a Menage¬ 
rie in Fulton, Oswego Co. After obtaining his 
liberty, so great were his depredations upon cattle 
and sheep that a party of hunters turned out to 
capture him and on Monday week he was shot. 
The Oswego Palladium says: — “A young man 
named Wm. Bryan, came near losing his life in the 
encounter. When the first volley was fired, the 
leopard sprang from the tree on which it was 
crouched, directly upon young Bryan, and stood 
over him with his sharp claws fastened in the 
young man’s body. His brother, Joseph Bryan, 
rushed forward, and placing the muzzle of his gun 
to the animal’s ear, lodged the charge in his head 
and killed him instantly. Young Bryan was badly 
scratched, but was able to walk home and join in 
the enthusiasm of the hunters on their success. 
A New Cent Piece. —The Boston Post says:— 
We have seen a specimen of a new coin of one 
cent denomination, just from the mint at Philadel¬ 
phia. Something of this kind is much needed to 
take the place of that abominable abortion, the one 
cent coin of 1857. The new cent piece, like the 
other, is of nickel, and of the same size; it has the 
head of an Indian girl upon one side, and the words 
United States of America, with the date. Upon the 
reverse is a wreath surmounted with a shield with 
a bunch of arrows entwined at the bottom, and the 
words “ one cent” in the middle of it The work¬ 
manship as well as the design is beautifully exe- 
ecuted. 
The Little Drummer Boy.— Among the troops 
at the Newport Barracks is a tiny drummer, who is 
only eight years old, but handles the drum-sticks 
with the skill of a veteran. For forty years his 
father beat the drum in the Cth Infantry, and when 
he died, his mother wished to have the boy join 
the army in the same capacity as his father. So a 
permit was procured from General Scott, and the 
little boy is now duly enrolled. He dresses like 
the soldiers, though his cap is nearly half as tall as 
he, and marches about with a drum into which he 
might almost crawl, so small is he, suspended from 
his neck, as grave as a judge, precise, regular and 
soldierly. 
Grand Balloon Ascension.— Prof. Steiner, the 
celebrated mronaut, who made three successful 
ascensions in this city last seasoD, has been en¬ 
gaged by the Monroe County Agricultural Society 
to make an xrial flight from the Fair Grounds 
during the Exhibition of Horses, on Monday, July 
5th. He will ascend in his balloon “ Comet,” at or 
near the close of the exhibition. Though the last 
we regard this as the most attractive feature in the 
Society’s programme for its Holiday Exhibition.— 
Rochester Daily Democrat, June 28th. 
Cholera. —The Louisiana Courier, of the 15th 
inst, notices the fact that the cholera prevails in 
many parts of Arkansas, and is making ravages 
over other Western States. 
ilfU’S ftotapipltss. 
Mk. Titus, of the town of Hannibal, Osw. Co., 
N. Y., has upon his farm a fig tree in fall bearing, 
transplanted from the tropical clime. At present 
the tree exhibits the fruit in all stages, from the 
embryo to the full-grown fig. 
A prospectus has been issued of a journal de¬ 
voted to American interests, to be published in 
London, and called “ The London Cotton Plant—a 
Journal of Tropical Civilization.” Particular at¬ 
tention is promised to the cotton interest and the 
question of negro labor. 
Hon. Horatio Kino, 1st Assistant Post-Master- 
General, in a letter to the Post-Master at Montpe¬ 
lier, informs him “ that patterns and blank sample 
sheets are subject to letter postage; and that printed 
ballots and business blanks are to be rated by the 
sheet—each sheet being considered a Bingle circu¬ 
lar—without regard to the number of times the 
ballot or blank is repeated on it 
A London, Eng., freight circular of the 4th nit, 
gives a list of forty-six American ships in that 
port, more than one-fourth of which were from 
Maine. These ships average over 1,000 tuns each, 
and more than half of the aggregate number ar¬ 
rived from Callao. 
It is stated that since the Massachusetts’ State 
liquor agent notified the railroad managers that 
he should enforce the law, in regard to the trans¬ 
portation of liquors, the trade in vinegar has in¬ 
creased rapidly, and large quantities are being car¬ 
ried into the country towns, the home manufacture 
not being sufficient to supply the demand so sud¬ 
denly increased. 
Congress, after blustering tremendously in re¬ 
gard to vast preparations for a vigorous warfare 
with the “ Qneen of the Seas,” upon her favorite 
element, merely passed a bill to build five sloops of 
war. The mouse is safely delivered, and the moun¬ 
tain is doing as well as can be expected. 
The New York Tribune insists that the popula¬ 
tion of that city is now 900,000 souls; that Brook¬ 
lyn contains between 300,000 and 400,000, and that 
the other suburbs embrace sufficient to raise the 
whole metropolitan population to 1,500,000; thus 
making New York the second city of the civilized 
world. 
Thirty leagues square of forests and settle¬ 
ments in the Saguenay country, Canada, have been 
ravaged by fire, and many of the inhabitants are 
now houseless and destitute of the necessaries of 
life. 
In New York, the other day, a Mrs. Reynolds 
having bought some clams, her little son, six years 
of age, run his tongue into one to get the juice; 
the clam shut and nearly cut the little shaver’s 
tongue off before its mother could free its hold. 
The youngest graduate of any American college 
was William Willard Moore, who graduated at 
Dartmouth College in 1804, at the age of twelve 
years. He was a brilliant youth, the pet of his class 
and of the college. At his graduation he took 
part with two of his eldest classmates in a Hebrew 
dialogue. 
The Columbus (Ohio) Statesman says that a com¬ 
pany has been organized in Cincinnati and Colum¬ 
bus to work the famous silver mines of the Santa 
Rita Mountains, in Arizona, particularly the old 
Salere Mine. A party of twenty-five enterprising 
young men were to leave Columbus on the 28th ult., 
for Arizona, as a sort of advance guard of the 
expedition. 
It is said that Prof. Morse returns to this coun¬ 
try with $80,000 in his pocket, awarded him by the 
ten continental powers who have adopted his 
telegraph system. 
How to Do It.— The cruise of the propeller 
Arctic, sent out by our Government to “blow the 
English fleet out of the water,” is a matter for 
discussion, and statements as to her speed are very 
conflicting. One account says she was twelve and 
a half days making the voyage from Sandy Hook 
to the Moro — a distance of 1,240 miles — so that 
our belligerent vessel averaged four miles an hour. 
Another statement pretends to give all the particu¬ 
lars and denies that any such speed was attained. 
It says:—“The first day out, she made three miles 
an hour. The third day out, she rolled so that a 
guard of Marines had to hold the howitzer to keep 
it from pitching overboard. On the seventh she 
broke her engine. On the eighth sprung aleak.— 
On the ninth, set all hands at the pumps. Succeed¬ 
ing in stopping the leak, she crept on to Havana 
at canal boat speed — 2£ miles an hour. She did 
not see tlie British fleet—didn’t see the Styx—did 
not see any thing in fact, except when some mer¬ 
chantman overtook and sailed past her. Finally 
after a voyage of eighteen days she reached Ha¬ 
vana. Then it was found that her boilers were out 
of order, and she started back to Key West for re¬ 
pairs. It is hardly necessary to add that she did 
not 4 blow the British Fleet out of the water.’ ” 
How not to Do It.—O fficers on the steamer Min¬ 
nesota, sent to Shanghai to strike terror into the 
hearts of the Chinese, write home that she draws 
so much water they can’t get within 15 miles of 
port. All they see of Shanghai is done through the 
telescope. This illustrates the management of our 
Navy Department The perfection of our Postal 
system is apparent in the fact that a boy at work in 
a shoe shop at Milford recently found in an old 
mail bag, which the proprietor of the shop had 
purchased to work into shoes, a letter, which had 
been mailed at an office in Tennessee, and directed 
to another place in the same State, and which con¬ 
tained four fifty dollar bills, a twenty, a ten, a five, 
and a three — in all, $238. 
Price of Seed Corn at the West.— Th e Indi 
anapolis Journal, of the 23d nit, says:—“Farmers 
from this and adjoining counties were in the city 
yesterday, in numbers, purchasing seed corn. A 
single shipment to Hancock county, of 60 bushels,- 
came to two hundred and sixteen dollars—or three 
dollars and sixty cents per bushel. This was of 
the sort called 'ninety day corn.’ ” 
Resignation of Officers in India. —One hun¬ 
dred and fifty officers serving in India have ten¬ 
dered their resignations to General Sir Colin 
Campbell. 
Letter from the Susquehanna Valley. 
The Genesee Valley as seen from the Cars—Cohocton and 
Susquehanna Valleys—Villages—Style of Ruildings — 
Wheal-Raising and “ Hard Times "— Fruit Projects — 
Animal Labor, how applied—The Ladies and Bread- 
Making. 
Messrs. Eds. : — A fortnight since 1 hardly 
thought as I sat in the very farm-house where I 
was born—and but a few miles from the Rural 
office—that I would send a scrip from the Susque¬ 
hanna Yalley, to the editor of the paper I was then 
reading,—but having a bit of leisure just now, I 
fancy that a word from this direction, might not be 
void of interest to the many readers of the New- 
Yorker, although onr honorable philanthropist, 
D. D. T. M-, might be personally acquainted 
with the scenes of enr neighboring State. I say 
our, for I am a real “Yorker” yet, and shall be so 
long as I remember that from my native home, I 
can see the spires which bespeak the proximity of 
the “Flour City.” On Tuesday, the 8th ult, you 
might have seen the usual accompaniments of the 
traveler, as they were put aboard the Genesee Yal¬ 
ley cars—and had you noticed the owner of a cer¬ 
tain trunk, &c., yon might have concluded that 
“ inklings” from such a source would hardly pay 
for “ setting up.” But presumption is the king of 
“bumps” upon the Yankee’s head, “yen know,” 
and doubtless you have become convinced already 
that your Pa. correspondent does not lack in this 
particular, notwithstanding his other deficiencies. 
But to my subject. 
As we came down the road towards Corning, I 
saw nothing nnnsually attractive until we entered 
the Cohocton Yalley, which seems to be walled up 
on either side with lofty hills, covered with an un¬ 
disturbed growth of pine, cedar, soft-maple and 
shrub-oak, giving it an interesting appearance to 
one more used to level tracts of country; and while 
we wondered that persons of any enterprise should 
thus allow thousands of acres to remain unoccu¬ 
pied, the mystery was solved by the appearance of 
cleared lands, exposing to our view a soil, the 
color of which showed barrenness unmistakable. 
Still on we came, beholding little variety where¬ 
with to gratify our observation, until we left Elmira 
for Williamsport Here I found the scenery un¬ 
rivaled by anything I had ever seen on any railroad 
route. On the east of us, the hills almost become 
mountains, rising nearly five hundred feet, being 
spread overby a dense forest of evergreens and de¬ 
ciduous trees, beautifully intermixed, affording a 
contrast which the most fastidious observer must 
admire. In one place, I observed a steep but grad¬ 
ual ascent, first, of some two hundred feet, to a 
table land of about the same width, I should judge, 
and then, as if inspired with new vigor by a resting 
spell, it rose still higher than before, and being 
thickly covered with foliage like that already men¬ 
tioned, the sight was beautiful to look upon. But 
soon this was to be excelled, for as we left Williams¬ 
port and crossed the river, we found corresponding 
scenery equally magnificent upon onr right and 
left, made doubly so by the gentle flowing of the 
Susquehanna through the valley, and although my 
eyelids were heavy from weariness of the rum¬ 
bling cars, yet you might have seen me gazing first 
ti the tops of the hills, then upon the placid bosom 
of the limpid stream, really wondering if it was the 
same I learned about in my early school-boy daya 
I stopped a day or two at Milton, Northumberland 
Co., and while there I visited Lewisbnrg, four miles 
further down upon the west bank of the river. It 
is the county-seat of Union Co., and seems to be 
quite a thriving place. Some enterprise is mani¬ 
fested by the erection of several good buildings.— 
At present the University buildings at this place, 
are undergoing some repairs and enlargements. 
The main structure is too hundred and eighty feet 
in length, and is situated upon a high eminence, 
being surrounded by burr-oaks, which add much to 
the beauty of the situation; for instead of being 
the precise delineation of man’s ingenuity, the 
grounds are laid out according to the promiscuous, 
yet harmonious arrangement of nature, making it 
the more attractive, for 
The praiseworthy tools of art. 
Dare not with Nature’s handiwork compete; 
And though well they act their part, 
Still only Nature’s works we find complete. 
On the 11th inst, I came on to Selin’s Grove, 
Snyder Co. It is quite a town, but has not the busi¬ 
ness aspect of a New York village. The manner 
of building close to the walk in these towns, would 
hardly suit persons so fond of ornamental trees and 
shrubbery as the “Yorkers” are. 
The country in this vicinity is mountainous and 
the hills are mostly covered with trees. The wheat 
crop ha3 been a failure here for some two or three 
seasons, on account of ravages made by the weevil, 
but it was never a total loss until last season. The 
farmers much dislike the idea of growing wheat, 
and seem determined to raise straw, if nothing 
more. No doubt their perseverance in this direc¬ 
tion will enable them to cry “ hard times” still louder 
than at present. I think if these hills were con¬ 
verted into large peach orchards, or vineyards, it 
would afford them a speedy relief by way of profita¬ 
ble returns. Every farmer, nearly, has his own 
lime-kiln, from which he obtains the most impor¬ 
tant fertilizer of this soil. Here their plows turn 
furrows to the left instead of right Mules are used 
extensively for heavy drawing. The farmers come 
to town with four-horse teams and heavy wagons 
loaded with produce or after lumber. A boy, or 
man, rides the “near-side wheel-horse,” driving the 
forward team with one line, attached to the check- 
rein of the “near leader,” and guides him by a jerk 
to the right or left, as occasion requires. I under¬ 
stand that only one rein is used in plowing, and 
doing ordinary kinds of work. 
Notwithstanding this section of the country is 
far behind the Empire State in many things, yet it 
rivals her in the robust and healthy appearance of 
its ladies. I have seen many here, and fine appear¬ 
ing, too, but have never heard one deny that she 
knew how to make a loaf of bread, or that feared to 
be seen sweeping in the morning or at work in the 
garden. But I must close, for the patience of an 
editor is worth preserving. E. 
Selin’s Grove, Pa., June, 1858. 
Capital of Canada. —Mr. Dorion, member of 
the Provincial Parliament from Montreal, has 
moved an address to Queen Victoria, requesting 
her to reconsider her selection of Ottawa as the 
seat of Government, and to name Montreal as the 
future capital of Canada. 
©he ikies ffiondensev. 
— Farm hands in Oregon are paid $40 per month. 
— There is a great demand for women in Oregon. 
— Illinois is building a new State Prison at Joliet. 
— It is reported that the Emperor of China is 
dead. 
— Mr. Dodge, it is said, will be recalled from 
Spain. 
— Oberlin College has 845 students, 341 of whom 
are females. 
— The Chicago dailies have ail adopted the ad¬ 
vance pay system. 
—Massachusetts expects to realize $50,000 ayear 
out of her dogs. 
— The accounts of the flood at Cairo, are said to 
be greatly exaggerated. 
— Last year the women of the United States spent 
$28,000,000 for finery. 
— There is a clock in New Haven three hundred 
and forty-nine years old. 
— Col. Harrison, American Consul at Jamaica, 
died there on the 24th nit. 
— A thousand bushels of strawberries are con¬ 
sumed per diem in Cincinnati. 
— There is to be a grand railroad celebration at 
Godericb^C. W., on the 7th inst. 
— The emigration from Ireland averages at the 
present time 100,000 per year. 
— A catfish, weighing 124 pounds, was caught 
recently in Kansas river, Kansas. 
— A saloon-keeper at Cincinnati, has had to pay 
costs for giving away ale on Sunday. 
— The largest ox ever slaughtered in Pennsylva¬ 
nia, weighed, when dressed, 2,409 fl>?. 
— There is an Indian in Cattaraugus county, N. 
Y., one hundred and sixteen years old. 
— There are about 1,000 children in Adrian, 
Michigan, destitute of school privileges. 
— It is thought we will have telegraphic commu¬ 
nication with England on the 4 th of July. 
— It is now said that Hon. John A. Dix, of this 
State, will be sent as Minister to France. 
— Old Ironsides, now in her 73d year, is as 
staunch and effective as any ship in^the Navy. 
— Delirium Tremens dates back only to the time 
when drugging and adulteration commenced. 
— There are in the Methodist E. Church 13,000 
German Church members, and 3,300 probationers. 
— A celebration of the anniversary of the settle¬ 
ment of Detroit, is to take place on the 24th inst. 
— The wheat harvest is progressing in Tennes¬ 
see with a result less favorable than was expected. 
— A baby is flourishing in Union county, 8. C., 
only eleven months old, and weighing sixty pounds. 
— Hon. John C. Smith, of Connecticut, has been 
appointed Minister to the Republic of Bolivia, S. A. 
— An effort is being made to secure the adop¬ 
tion of an official uniform for the Albany police¬ 
men. 
— The cut worm is said to be doing considerable 
damage to the meadow fields in the vicinity of St. 
Louis. 
— The first direct telegraphic message from 
Constantinople to London, came through on the 
2d ult. 
— Trow’a New York Directory contains about 
140,000 names, nearly 4,000 less than it contained 
in 1857. 
— The Leavenworth Times announces the inten¬ 
tion of Judge Lecompton to vacate his seat on the 
bench. 
— The Kentucky Synod—New School—has voted 
to dissolve, and form itself into an independent 
Presbytery. 
I ’— A female convict in the Ohio penitentiary re¬ 
cently lived seven weeks without a particle of 
nourishment 
— It is said that in one of the interior towns of 
California, seven-eights of the population are under 
21 years of age. 
— The Orleans Bank at Cannelton, Ind., recently 
started by a couple of eastern financiers, turns out 
to be a swindle. 
— The editor of the Wilmington, N. C., Daily 
Journal is feastiDg upon ripe pears grown in New 
Hanover county. 
— There are at present between twenty-five and 
thirty American Artists in Rome, including paint¬ 
ers and sculptors. 
— A new counterfeit five dollar bill on the State 
Bank of New Jersey, at New Brunswick, has been 
put in circulation. 
— June 25th was the hottest day of the season in 
New York city, the thermometer standing at 90 
degrees in the shade. 
— Myriads of locusts have made their appearance 
in the southern part of Mississippi and the northern 
portion of Louisiana. 
— The citizens of Springfield, Ill., are about to 
erect a mill for the manufacture of sugar from the 
Sorghum Saccharatum. 
— George D. Prentice, the editor of the Louis¬ 
ville Journal, has enrolled himself as a member of 
the Sons of Temperance. 
— Tt is said that the Duke of Oporto, brother of 
the King of Portugal, is to marry the daughter of 
the Emperor of Brazil. 
— The Atchinson Champion says, Kansas has 
already a sufficient population to entitle her to ad¬ 
mission into the Union. 
— The Receiver of the Yates County Bank has 
made a dividend of fifteen per cent Senator Diven, 
of Elmira, is the Receiver. 
—“ Old Bob,” a negro drummer in the Revolu¬ 
tionary war, died recently in Elbert Co., Ga, at the 
advanced age of 107 years. 
— Elisha Mason, the last Revolutionary soldier 
in Litchfield, Conn., his birth place, died Jane 1st 
in the 100th year of his age. 
— A rascal was recently arrested in Boston, who 
had in his possession counterfeit bills on no less 
than thirty different banks! 
—Forty-eight of the protesting members of the 
Rev. Dr. Cheever’s Church, New York, were dis¬ 
missed on Thursday week. 
— A steam machine for manufacturing ice has 
been made by a London firm. The cost of the ice 
will be ten shillings a ton. 
— The number of emigrants arriving at Quebec 
up to the 11th of June was 4,175; same time last 
year, 13,225. Decrease, 9,050. 
— Some Mormons belonging to the party op¬ 
posed to Brigham Young, had arrived at Camp 
Scott in a destitute condition. 
— The Baptists in the Southern States number 
567,570. The number of Methodists in the same 
bounds is estimated at 650,000. 
— Nicaragua has declared itself against the 
United States, and in favor of an European protec¬ 
torate. So much for filibusterism. 
— The New York Tribune says that sewing ma¬ 
chines are being made at the rate of one thousand 
per week, and sold as fast as made. 
— Eliku Burritt, the learned blacksmith, com¬ 
plains of personal embarrassment by the debts of 
the National Emancipation Society. 
— It is said that Lieut. Ives has reported to the 
War Department that the navigation of the Colo¬ 
rado river is safe for large steamers. 
— The catch of salmon about Halifax, this sum¬ 
mer, has been very large. Immense quantities 
have been exported to the United States. 
