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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
AUGUST 14 
Contents of the Rural for August 14, 1858. 
AGRICULTURAL. PAGE. 
Best Time for Cutting Timber,.261 
Jbe An of Horse Taming, as Practiced by Wm. and John 8. 
Karey, [Illustrated,].261 
Artesian Wells in St Lawrence Co.262 
Milk Wasting—Remedy. 262 
The Haw—Treatment when Diseased.262 
Wheat Growing—The Midge,.262 
Jonathan to H. T. B ,. 262 
Ag. College in Minnesota,. 262 
Good Agriculture,. 262 
Condensed Corrcpondence.— Garget— Wheat In Genesee Co, 
Michigan A Preventive of Murrian.262 
Inquiries and Answers .—Enlargement of the Udder. Informa¬ 
tion Wanted,...-.262 
Rural Miscellany. —Early May Wheat Care of Stock. “Con¬ 
sternation.” Horse Show at A IbioD. National, State, and Coun¬ 
ty Fairs—1858. Farmers’ Weather Calendar. Great Western 
World's Fair. Tonawanda Valley Ag. Society,.262 
THE ORCHARD AND GARDEN. 
American Pomological Society,.263 
Destructive Insects, [3 Illustrations ].263 
Diseased Apple Trees—Charcoal, [Illustrated,].263 
Small Fruits—Whortleberries,.263 
Cherry Trees—Gooseberry Mildew, Ac. 263 
Horticultural Notes irom Indiana,.263 
A Nut lor Horticulturists.263 
Remedy for Pear Blight,. 263 
To Destroy Seeds in Mature.263 
Blackberries,.263 
Death of Mrs. L C. Loudon.263 
DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 
Inquiries—Coloring Merino Dresses Tea Cake. Sister to Sponge 
Cake Everlasting Cookies Cookies Blackberry Wine. To 
Remove Mildew from Clothing. Blackberry Jam. Sewing 
Machines. Cold Jelly. Cement for Crockery.263 
LADIE8’ PORT-FOLIO. 
One Harsh Word, [Poetical] Little Stockings. A Leaf from my 
Diary. For What is Woman Responsible? Husbands and 
Wives. Father and Mother,.264 
CHOICE MISCELLANY. 
Music and Beauty, [Poetical ] Mr Plowhandle Excited. Leaves 
from my Port-Folio—No. I. About Marriage. 264 
SABBATH MU8ING& 
The Heavenly Voice, [Poetical] “Now I Lay me down to 
Sleep.” Treasures in Heaven. Prayer,. 264 
THE TRAVELER. 
Sketches from the Alps to the Adria'ic—No. L. 265 
USEFUL OLIO. 
Rochester Collegiate Institute, [Illustrated,] Revolutionary 
Verses. Fungus Flower on a Boy’s Leg Principle of the 
Thermometer. Tenderness to Animals. Ages of our Distin¬ 
guished Statemen at their Death,.265 
THE YOUNG RURALI8T. 
Preserving Fish. A Word to Young Ruralists,. 265 
THE SKETCH BOOK. 
The Path Through the Com, [Poetical] Marrying far Pride. 
Maxims of Washington,.268 
List of New Advertisements this Week 
Albany Ag’l Works—Emery Brothers. 
Young Men— II. G. Eastman. 
Colic iiate Institute—J. E Dexter. 
Pretr "mm Strawberries—Wm. R Prince A Co. 
Ontario Female Seminary—B. Richards 
Gainesville Female Seminary—M Hardy and C. A. Eldridge. 
Diseases of the Throat and Lungs—Dr. F. W. Bartlett 
Hamilton Female Seminary—Clinton C. Buell 
Mi ■‘dleimry Academy—M. Weed. 
Imported Consternation. 
Something to Do—S. M. Myrick A Co. 
Tracy Female Institute—Lucilia Tracy. 
Success of the Atlantic Telegraph Expedition, 
The nation was startled on the 6th inst. by the 
announcement that the Atlantic Telegraph Cable 
bad been successfully laid. Cyrus W. Field, Esq., 
who has watched every movement connected with 
the attempt to unite the Western and Eastern Hem¬ 
ispheres thus speaks of the event: 
“ Trinity Bay, Aug. 6.—The Atlantic telegraph 
fleet sailed from Queenstown Julyl7tb, Saturday. 
Met at mid-ocean, Wednesday 28th. Made the 
splice at 1 P. M., on Thursday, the 29tb, and then 
separated—the Agamemnon and Valorous, bound 
to Valencia, Ireland, and the Niagara and Gorgon 
for this place, where they arrived yesterday, and 
this morning the end of the cable will be landed. 
It is 1,696 nautical, or 1,950 statute miles from the 
telegraph house at tbe Bay of Bulls, Trinity Bay, 
and for more than two-thirds of this distance, the 
water is over two miles in depth. The cable had 
been paid out from the Agamemnon at about the 
same speed as from the Niagara. The electrical 
signals sent and received through the whole cable, 
are perfect. The machinery for paying out worked 
in the most satisfactory manner, and was not 
stopped for a single minute from the time the splice 
was made till we arrived here. 
Capt Hudson, Messrs. Everett and Woodhouse 
the engineers, the electricians and officers of the 
ships, and in fact every man on board the fleet has 
exerted himself to the utmost to make the expedi¬ 
tion successful, and by the blessing of Divine 
Providence it has succeeded. 
After the end of the cable is landed and con¬ 
nected with the land line of telegraph, and the 
Niagara has discharged some cargo belonging to 
the telegraph company, she will go to St. Johns for 
coal, and then proceed to New York.” 
President Buchanan, who is at Bedford, received 
the first intimation 6f the successful laying of the 
Atlantic cable, through the agency of the Associa¬ 
ted Press. The following is a copy of Mr. Field's 
message to the President : 
To the President of the United Slates : 
“Dear Sir: —The Atlantic Telegraph Cable, on 
hoard the United States frigate Niagara, and Her 
ed with the land lines, Queen Victoria will send a 
message to yon, and the cable will be kept free un¬ 
til after your reply has been transmitted. 
With great respect, 
I remain your ohd’t serv’t, 
Cyrus W. Field.” 
On the 7th inst,—the latest intelligence received, 
—we learn that the cable was landed at Trinity Bay, 
and is in perfect order. A dispatch says:—“The 
Agamemnon has landed her end of the cable, and 
we are now receiving signals from the Telegraph 
House A alencia. The U. S. steamer Niagara and H. 
M. steamers Gorgon and Porcupine, leave for St 
Johns to-morrow. Due notice will be given when 
the Atlantic Telegraph line will be open for public 
business.” 
Several days will elapse before the line will be 
open to the public, as it is desired that the first 
messages exchanged may be between Queen Vic¬ 
toria and the President, and, in addition, the 
electricians wish to make a series of experiments 
with their recording instruments. 
Steam Navigation on the Canal. 
The recent experiments in propelling boats on 
the Erie Canal by steam power, are very satisfac¬ 
tory. Indeed, the result of the trials has been 
such, that it is safe to announce the successful in¬ 
auguration of the improvement, and that its gen¬ 
eral introduction, at no distant day, is entirely 
feasible. As stated in onr last number, a canal 
boat propelled by steam, recently made a trip from 
Buffalo to Albany with a load of 800 barrels of 
flour. Last week more satisfactory experiments 
were made, accompanied with public demonstra¬ 
tions, in this city, Buffalo, and at several “ inter¬ 
mediate ports.” 
An excursion by Bteamers on the canal was made 
from Rochester to Buffalo, on Friday and Saturday. 
The boats consisted of the “Charles Wack” and 
“P. L. Sternberg,” and tugs “Gov. King” and “S. 
S. Whallon”—all propelled by Bteam. The fleet 
left this city at 11 o’clock on Friday, having on 
board Gov. King, Canal Commissioner Ruggles, 
and Committees consisting of prominent citizens 
of Rochester and Buffalo. The excursion was a 
pleasant one to those who participated in it, and 
especially gratifying to the State officers and others 
interested in a vast improvement, the practicabil¬ 
ity of which they had an opportunity of witnessing. 
Though we only accompanied the fleet a short 
distance, we heard and observed sufficient to con¬ 
vince us of the feasibility of substituting steam for 
animal power in canal navigation, and congratulate 
the people and the country upon the introduction 
of an improvement of such vast importance. 
Affairs at Washington. 
Two thousand troops, equipped with the most 
effective arms known to the army, will soon repair 
to Washington and Oregon Territories, to make a 
vigorous fall and winter campaign against the hos¬ 
tile Indians. General Harney will command the 
operations. 
The receipts of the U. 8. Treasury for the quarter 
ending June 30th, were over $23,000,000, including 
$9,850,000 from customs, and $11,629,000 from 
treasury notes. Expenditures for the same period 
$22,730,000, including nearly $4,000,000 for interest 
on the public debt and for the payment of treasury 
notes. 
The deposits made with the United States Sub- 
Treasurer, Cisco, indicate that the bids for the new 
loan are $18,500,000 for the ten millions to be 
awarded. It is rumored that two bids will be made 
in Washington for the whole loan, and at full 
prices. 
The receipts from customs are regarded as in¬ 
dicative of a general revival of business, and will 
more than realize the expectations of the Depart¬ 
ment, as communicated to Congress towards the 
close of the late session. Should the improve¬ 
ments continue at the same ratio, the remaining ten 
or twenty million loan will not be called for daring 
the first two quarters of the present fiscal year. 
Although New Grenada has interposed objections 
to U. S. troops passing over the Isthmus, our Gov¬ 
ernment asserts its right and will exercise it, on 
the basis of treaty stipulations thus to transport 
them to and from the Pacific. Instructions have 
gone to Gen. Lamar to advise Costa Rica and 
Nicaragua that the United States will take justice 
into their own hands. Terez is not accredited. 
Eastman’s Mercantile College. — Under the 
Presidency and Management of Mr. G. W. East¬ 
man, so long and favorably known as a superior 
Teacher of Penmanship, Book-Keeping, &c., this 
College has attained a popularity and position 
which places it in the foremost rank of such insti¬ 
tutions. But popular as it has been heretofore, the 
change of location announced in our advertising 
department, and the adoption of an original and 
greatly improved mode of instruction — a system 
which is pronounced by competent judges far the 
best yet devised or introduced—must greatly aug¬ 
ment its merit, popularity and patronage. We 
therefore take sincere pleasure in directing the at¬ 
tention of our readers, in both Town and Country, 
to an institution which combines such advantages, 
in location, mode of instruction and other facili¬ 
ties for imparting a thorough Commercial Educa¬ 
tion, as to render it eminently worthy of being 
styled a Model Mercantile College. Like our model 
University, this College has become one of the 
permanent institutions of the Emporium of West¬ 
ern New York, and we trust its influence and use¬ 
fulness may long be continued and substantially 
appreciated. 
An EriDEMic in Virginia. — A singular fever 
which has been prevailing so fatally for nearly a 
year, at Peterstown, Giles county, Va., has be¬ 
come more violent. Forty additional cases are 
announced. The editor of the Advocate has visit¬ 
ed the doomed neighborhood, and says:—“A 
more desolate looking place we have never visit¬ 
ed. Nearly every business establishment in the 
city was closed, and only an occasional female 
form, dressed in the sombre habiliments of mourn¬ 
ing, was to be seen. The graveyard which we 
visited in the neighborhood was a fearful confir¬ 
mation of the sad reports which have been in cir¬ 
culation. There was many a mound of fresh earth 
—alas, too many to allow for a moment the con¬ 
soling hope of the exaggeration usual in cases of 
such a general distress.” 
Departure of Missionaries. —The Boston Trav¬ 
eller of the 5th inst, says:—The following persons 
sailed this morning for Smyrna, in the Henry Hill, 
Capt. Watson, viz.: Rev. Dr. Riggs, and Rev. Dr. 
Ladd, with their wives, and Rev. T. L. Ambrose.— 
Dr. Riggs takes six children with him; Mr. Ladd 
has two. Both of these missionaries return to the 
North Armenian mission, having labored in con¬ 
nection with it for many years. Mr. Ambrose 
goes out for the first time. He will join the Nes- 
torian mission, in the expectation of devoting his 
life to the Mountain Nestorians. The usual em¬ 
barkation services were held, Rev. Dr. White, Pres¬ 
ident of Wabash College, officiating on the occa¬ 
sion. 
Capt. Charles H. Webb, of Stamford, Ct, who 
sailed to England in the little yacht Charter Oak, 
with only one man as an assistant, is now building 
another yacht, to be called the Christopher Colum¬ 
bus, with which he will proceed to St Petersburg, 
touching at Southampton and Copenhagen. 
Key-Stone State Correspondence. 
Eds. Rural: —A fine shower we had this morn¬ 
ing, and among the many things which have taken 
a new start, you may include that wonderful “Yan¬ 
kee bump;” but whether it will ever, like the un¬ 
folding bud, show forth a beautiful flower, I very 
much doubt, yet He who “bestoweth all things” 
will hold us as accountable “ stewards” for all our 
opportunities to do onr fellow-creatures good, and 
perchance another word from the “Key-Stone 
State” might be acceptable to your many readers. 
On the 22d of June I was obliged to bid farewell 
to Selim’s Grave, the beautiful Susquehanna, its 
islands of living greeD, and borders of charming 
scenery, to perform my varied duties in another 
direction and feast my eyes with other sights. I 
crossed over by stage to Mifflin, a place on the 
Penn. Central R. R., some thirty-four miles distant, 
in a southernly direction, and although the span of 
little mules, which drew our conveyance, jogged 
along at a good pace, considering the roughness 
of the road, I mast say it was very unlike a trip 
with a light buggy and a spirited horse nearer 
home. In short my partiality for “staging” was 
far below “zero.” The route, most of the way, lay 
through valleys, walled up on either side by Penn¬ 
sylvania hills, too common to receive a name.— 
These hills and mountains are covered with a 
dense growth of forest trees, save where an acre 
or two of huge rocks show forth their rugged 
forms. The valley varies in width, and affords 
quite a strip of farming country the whole length 
of the route. Almost every farmer has his own 
lime-kilD, from which he supplies the soil with the 
necessary calcareous property in which it is won¬ 
derfully deficient 
We arrived at Mifflin at about half-past five, and 
being obliged to wait until the train from the east 
arrived, I took the opportunity to look around, but 
found nothing worthy of notice. A locomotive 
shop helps to keep the place alive, and a very large 
eating-house, with exorbitant prices, and little in 
return, makes up the sum of the business done 
here. At the appointed time I was aboard the 
cars, and found myself flying up the Juniata Val¬ 
ley. It soon grew dark and I can say but little of 
the characteristic scenery, only that there seemed 
to be mountains on our right and left, before and 
behind, and of all the “ crooks and turns” which 
seem distributed the world over, the Penn. Cen¬ 
tral R. R. has its full share. After about two and 
a half hours ride, the usual noise of the cars, was 
changed to a hollow rumbling while passing thro’ 
a tunnel in the Alleghany mountains, about seven- 
eighths of a mile in length. 
As I was aboard the fast train, and wished to 
eave the main road at the Blairsville intersection 
for Indiana, I was obliged to get off at Johnstown; 
as the train had no stopping-place less than thirty 
miles distant from the branch, without going be¬ 
yond several miles. Accordingly midnight found 
me wandering through the dark and narrow streets, 
to the only hotel in town, known by the name of 
the “ Mansion House.” I arose at five next morn¬ 
ing, with a desire to see something of the place, 
before the train in which I was to leave arrived. 
I took a stroll down to the “Cambria Ironworks,” 
a mile distant The Works are bountifully sup¬ 
plied with ore and coal, from a mountain close by, 
and do a great business; but the trade of some 
fifteen hundred men in the employ of the Iron Co., 
is so monopolized by a store conducted by their 
employers, that what business is done by citizens 
of the town must be very limited. I merely pass¬ 
ed through the Works, and cannot give you a de¬ 
scription sufficiently minute, to be at all interesting. 
At half past seven, I was on my way te Indiana 
via Blairsville. This railway here runs along the 
side of the mountains, where the bank descends 
about two hundred feet on the north-eastern side, 
while a ledge of rocks seemed to be piled up nearly 
twice as high above ns. Indiana is the chief 
borough of Indiana county, and the court being in 
session at this time there were a great many to do 
what little there was to be done. The people here 
think as much of attending court, as a County 
Fair. Towards night, I left this place for Plum- 
ville, a small village, fourteen miles distant in a 
north-westerly direction, which place I have made 
my “head-quarters” up to this time. 
I believe I have traversed the country pretty 
well for some miles around, and, so far as I am able 
to judge, I consider this region naturally adapted 
to grazing; although growing wheat, corn, &c., has 
occupied the chief attention of the farming com¬ 
munity. The wheat crop here for this season, is a 
failure, so far as I can learn; being injured much 
by the weevil, but chiefly by rust No rain for six 
or seven weeks until yesterday. Corn will be a 
small crop; oats are badly rusted, and the buck¬ 
wheat worthless. 
The people live mostly in log-houses, two-stories 
in height, but more than half of the farmers have 
shown their good sense in the erection of barns, 
costing from seven to nine hundred dollars, which 
is much less than they would cost in Monroe Co., 
N. Y. It is not uncommon to see old log barns as 
large as our frame barns, and I venture to say that 
it will pay every farmer in the Union to build a 
“ Pennsylvania barn,” after the modern style. Land 
varies in price from fifteen to thirty dollars per 
acre, and plenty for sale at this time. Never-fail¬ 
ing springs are abundant, and I prophesy that this 
region of country will yet be extensively engaged 
in the stock trade. The roads lie around the hills 
and through the forests, not being fenced in, only 
now and then for a few miles. People travel most¬ 
ly on horse-back, and you often see women coming 
into town bringing in sacks of wool, a bag of grain, 
or a pail of butter. A great many horses are raised 
here, and whole families come to church each 
member of the same on a horse. The poor animals 
find little rest on the Sabbath and their number 
around the places of worship nearly equals that of 
persons within. The little spinning-wheels and 
old fashioned looms are extensively used, and many 
farmers raise a little patch of flax from which they 
manufacture summer clothing and sheeting. You 
will find generous hearts here, but the mass live 
only within their own fields of action; in short, 
they live physically, but starve mentally. I see in¬ 
dications of improvement, however, and hope that 
the efforts of “ all mankind,” will soon be for the 
benefit of others, as well as themselves. 
Coal is found here in great abundance, and can 
be obtained at the bank at from 50 to 80 cts. per 
ton; and I really believe that if the people here 
had a little “York State” enterprise, a railroad 
would soon he carrying off the valuable contents 
of these hills where a oonstant demand and a good 
price would insure stock-holders against any pos¬ 
sible loss. But I have trespassed upon your for¬ 
bearance much longer than I had intended, and 
must bid yon adien for this time. E. 
Plumville, Pa., July 31st., 1858. 
§xtV!S Ibiwgniplis. 
There is considerable excitement in Philadel¬ 
phia concerning the yellow fever. Two Custom 
House Inspectors, who were supervising the dis¬ 
charge of a vessel, after it came up to the city from 
the quarantine, were attacked with the fever, and 
have died. 
The rise of about three-eights of a cent per 
pound in sugar at New York, last week, was predi¬ 
cated on the reduced stock in all parts of the 
country, and the ascertained deficiency in the 
Cuban crop. 
We see it stated in a New York paper that the 
trans-Atlantic mail averages 16,000 letters a day.— 
This fact gives some idea of the vast amount of 
business which would be done by a trans-Atlantic 
telegraph. 
The enormous overflow of waters down south 
has given the alligators a widely extended territory. 
The New Orleans Picayune states that on one 
plantation over one hundred of these amphibious 
monsters have been killed. 
Such arrangements, it is said, have been finally 
concluded by the New Orleans Tehuantepec Com¬ 
pany, as will enable them to open that transit and 
comply with the terms of their mail contract, in 
October next. Mr. Augustus Belmont has advanced 
$170,000 upon the mail contract 
Two of the seven anacondas lately brought to 
Salem, Mass., have absconded, and the women folks 
are afraid to go into their cellars, lest they come 
in contact with the varmints. 
Two Cornish miners, father and sod, are engaged 
in extracting lead ore from a mine located about 
one mile from Carleton Place, C. W. They com¬ 
menced on the 26th of June, and have already taken 
several tons of good ore from the lode. 
A telegram from New Orleans, dated 26th July, 
says the first cotton from the new crop has been 
received from Texas. It comprised two bales, and 
was sold at 15 cents. The first arrival of the new 
cotton last year was on the 15th of August 
Queen Victoria is going to Prussia, whence 
disagreeable rumors about misunderstandings in 
the Royal family frequently arrive to disturb the 
temper of the Court. Her visit is intended to ar¬ 
range all these personal difficulties. 
A letter from a correspondent on hoard theU. 
S. Steamer Niagara, dated at Queenstown on the 
15th ult., stated that the Niagara was then fully 
ready for sea, prepared to start at a moment’s warn¬ 
ing. The previous statements in relation to the 
serious damage sustained by the Agamemnon du¬ 
ring the last expedition, are fully confirmed by the 
reports of the officers of that vessel It is stated 
that the cable parted on hoard the Agamemnon 
while undergoing the operation of shifting from 
the upper deck cone to the cone on the lower deck. 
The Spanish government has drawn up new reg¬ 
ulations respecting foreigners, which enact that 
when any foreigner arrives in Spain, without a 
passport, he shall be detained until he can prove 
who he is and the object of his journey. 
The oldest incumbent of any Post Office in the 
United States, is Gen. Joseph Locke, now acting 
Postmaster in Bloomfield, Me. He has filled the 
office for 45 consective years, and is 74 years of age. 
The Detroit Board of Education, who must be a 
little waggishly inclined, have adopted as a device 
for the seal of that body a handsome young school 
mistress, with a thriving younker across her lap.— 
The left hand is uplifted, having a stout leathern 
strap in the act of descending upon the younker 
aforesaid, whose mouth is wide open, from which 
issues the motto of zeal, “ Strike, but bear me.” 
From New Mexico.—A dispatch from Indepen¬ 
dence, 30th ult., says the New Mexican mail party 
encountered violent storms of wind, rain and hail 
on the route. No rain had fallen in the vicinity of 
Santa Fe for several months. Large bodies of In¬ 
dians were on the plains and manifested an un¬ 
friendly feeling. They showed a disposition to 
forcibly relieve the mail party of their arms and 
provisions. On the 4th of July a celebration was 
held in fine style at Santa Fe. The Declaration of 
Independence was read in English and Spanish, 
and addresses were delivered in both languages.— 
The Apaches, heretofore so hostile to the whites, 
were perfectly friendly, and are planting large 
crops of grain on the banks of the Bonetto river 
travelers and their herds passing through their 
country unmolested. A party of Californians ar¬ 
rived at Albuquerque in the latter part of June, 
and had determined to take the route of the 35th 
parallel of latitude to accomplish their journey. 
Commercial news unimportant. 
Another Indian Battle in Minnesota. —The 
Chicago Tribune of the 4th inst, learns from a 
gentleman just down from the Red River country, 
that a fierce and bloody battle occurred between 
bands of the Sioux and Chippewa Indians, near 
Big Stone Lake, Minnesota, on the 14th of July.— 
The Chippewas lay in ambush, and when their 
enemies came within shooting distance, dropped 
twenty of them at the first fire. A hand-to hand 
encounter then ensued, both parties fighting despe¬ 
rately. In this the Sioux lost six more of their 
men, hut killed eleven of the Chippewas. The 
Tribune suggests that it is time the government 
interfered to stop this exterminating war between 
hostile Indian tribes. 
Indian Skirmish near Fort Kearney. —A skir¬ 
mish took place about the 12th of July, in the im¬ 
mediate vicinity of Fort Kearney, between a small 
war party of Cheyennes and Arrapahoes and the 
Pawnees. The assailants succeeded in surprising 
a party of Pawnees, killing them, among whom 
were two chiefs, and carrying off a considerable 
number of horses. A considerable force of the 
Pawnees afterwards pursued the Cheyennes, re¬ 
captured their horses, and wounded several of their 
adversaries. There were over 1,000 Pawnees as¬ 
sembled near the Fort for peacefal purposes. 
New Line of Steamers. —Since the establish¬ 
ment of Mr. Lover’s Line of Galway steamers, that 
port has attracted the attention of other steam- 
shipmen, and we see that another line, consisting 
of three ocean steamers, is about to run between 
Galway, Quebec and Montreal The pioneer ship, 
Lady Eglinton, was to leave Galway on the 3d of 
August 
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— The Minnesota State Prison is to be located at 
Winona. 
— Fleece wool has advanced five cents a pound 
in Boston. 
— It is said that the yellow fever prevails exten¬ 
sively in BraziL 
— The German population in Phildelphia is esti¬ 
mated at 80,000 souls. 
— There is some talk of a special session of the 
Wisconsin Legislature. 
— The Land Office at Mackinac has been re¬ 
moved to Grand Traverse. 
— The Nicaraguans are excited by rumors of 
another invasion from Walker. 
— The tolls on the New York canals show an in¬ 
crease, this season, of $105,699. 
— It is said that a coinage of double sovereigns 
is shortly to he issued in England. 
— Brigham Young is the father of forty-eight 
children—forty-one are still living. 
— Companies are forming in St Louis to pro¬ 
ceed to Frazer river, via. the Plains. 
— 4,781 dogs were killed “by authority” in New 
York, in the months of June and July. 
— Mr. Schomp, of Hunterdon county, N. J., says 
he owns a goose eighty-three years old. 
— The price of gas in Pittsburg has been re¬ 
duced to $1,50 per thousand cubic feet 
— Cases of yellow fever are occurring daily on 
board of vessels at New York Quarantine. 
— The excess of flour receipts at tide water by 
canal this year over last, is 975,279 barrels. 
— It is estimated that no less than 25,000 Califor¬ 
nians are now on their way to Frazer river. 
— Dr. Holmes says that he observes that coffee 
bought ready ground never affects the head. 
— Over three hundred tons of coal, daily, now 
reach Syracuse by the Binghamton Railroad. 
— A steamboat has been run up to Dixod, Ill, 
causing quite an excitement among the people. 
— Mr. B. A. Mathews, of Ya, has a diamond 
weighing 144 earets. It is valued at $2,000,000. 
— There are 700 cells in the Ohio Penitentiary, 
and 699 convicts—so that but one cell is vacant 
— The Windsor Journal says that the crops in 
Vermont are very promising with the exception of 
fruit 
— Emigrants to Arziona are to have the benefit 
of an organized caravan of camels for crossing the 
desert 
— The Prairie du Chien Courier says that a rich 
vein of copper has been struck in Crawford county 
Wisconsin. 
— The American State Committee of Massachu¬ 
setts have called a State Convention for the 15th 
of September. 
— Chief Justice Duer, of the New York Superior 
Court, is lying very ill. He is supposed to be be¬ 
yond recovery. 
— The Moravain Church and fifteen to twenty 
other buildings were burnt at Lebanon, Pa, last 
week Thursday. 
— The sugar crop of Lonisana is estimated, 
(provided the weather hereafter proves favorable,) 
at 350,000 hlids. 
— The vineyards about Cincinnati are attacked 
by a species of rot, which will make the grape crop 
a perfect failure. 
— The London and Port Sarnia Railroad, (C.W.) 
is to be completed to the latter place by the first of 
September next 
— Farmers are confident that Kansas will prove 
a wheat country superior to Michigan, or to any 
State in the Union. 
— The subject of the propriety of admitting 
females into the University of Michigan is now be¬ 
fore the Regents. 
— There is a movement on foot for the federation 
of all the Australian Colonies. It is said to meet 
with general favor. 
— The whole number of Indians in Oregon apd 
Washington Territories, according to the latest 
returns, is 39,700. 
— The American Board of Commissioners for 
Foreign Missions are to meet in Detroit at the 
next annual session. 
— Hon. Rufus Choate’s physician insists on tem¬ 
porary abstinence from all labor, as essential to his 
restoration to health. 
— The Way of Life, the new revival paper so 
called, suspended publication on the 10th of July, 
with the 13th number. 
— The Michigan State Agricultural Fair is to be 
held at Detroit on the 28th of September to the 1st 
of October inclusive. 
— Messrs. Talcott Brothers, of Vernen, cut from 
thirty square rods of ground, 1,700 pounds of good 
quality of herds grass. 
— The only woman in Salt Lake City when the 
U. S. troops entered it, was Mrs. Cumming, the 
wife of the Governor. 
— The St Louis Democrat gives a list of nearly 
thirty counties in Missouri where the slave popula¬ 
tion is rapidly diminishing. 
— The Mount Vernon Fund has now reached the 
considerable sum of 8122,675. Of this, Mr. Ever¬ 
ett’s labors collected $80,000. 
— At Montreal, one day last week, public officers 
seized, in several bakeries, two hundred and twenty- 
eight loaves of light bread. 
— A committee of Germans have petitioned the 
city government of New York for the establish¬ 
ment of free salt water baths. 
— Two men in West HaveD, Conn., have raised 
this season 7,000 quarts of strawberries upon an 
acre and a quarter of ground. 
—The amount of money accruing to the State 
from the issuing of tavern licenses in Philadelphia, 
foots up a little over $167,000. 
— A curious effect of the electric discharges 
during a recent thunder storm in Boston, was the 
ringing of several church bells. 
— The parlors of the hotels in Boston had fires 
in them on Saturday and Sunday, July 24th and 
25th. That’s rare for dog days. 
— Nebraska is onr largest Territory. It will make 
about 80 States as large as New Hampshire, and is 
about one-sixth the size of Europe. 
— Mammoth bones were found the other day at 
Spring Creek, Long Island. One tooth, an incisor, 
measured fourteen inches in length. 
— Small but handsome pearls have been taken 
from muscles, found in Grand River, Mich. Pearl 
gathering, however, has had its day. 
— Three youthful incediaries, between 12 and 14 
years of age, have been arrested in Toledo. They 
have confessed to some of their villainy. 
— The Massachusetts Republican and American 
Committees issue a joint call for a State Conven¬ 
tion at Worcester, on the 9th of September. 
— The Governor General of Canada gets $31,000 
per annum—six -thousand dollars more than the 
salary of the President of the United States. 
— Five horses pastured in a field of rusted oats, 
near Springfield, III, were all found dead in the 
morning. The rnst is said to be poisonous. 
_ The Western Railroads declare that they were 
forced to take sides with the Central, because the 
Erie had knocked down fare to a ruinous figure. 
— The Dean of RipoD, England, and J. Q. Wilson, 
of Albany, N. Y., are the survivors of those who 
accompanied Robert Fulton on his first steam trip. 
