MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
Contents of the Rural for August 21, 1858. 
AGRICULTURAL. Page. 
The Potato Disease ; Its Cause and Remedies.269 
The Two Cruisers,—Wild and Tame, [Illustrated,].269 
Ventilation of Stables,.269 
The Art of Horse-Taming, as practiced by Win. H. and John S. 
Rarey, [ Illustrated,].269 
The Diagonal Scraper,.270 
Manuring Grass Lands,. 270 
Packing Butter for Winter Use,.270 
Proportion of Milk to Butter,.270 
Timber Underdrains.270 
Seeding Down Grass Lands,.270 
Indian Mode of Dressing Skins,.270 
Horse Statistics,.270 
Jturai Miscellany.—Y.m\y Wheat Good Yield of Wheat Lu¬ 
zerne Co., I’a., Items “Transferring Bees.” Wayne Co. Horse 
.Show. Manuring Grass Lauds. Notice to Officers of Ag. So¬ 
cieties, .. 270 
THE ORCHARD AND GARDEN. 
Too Much Troubb.271 
Walking Plant. 271 
Fruits in Season,. 271 
The Useful and Ornamental,.271 
The Curiam Moth,. 271 
Trees and Plants,. 271 
The Madeleine Pear on the Quince.271 
Black Raspberry and Blackberry Culture,. 271 
Death of Tis inguished Horticulturists,.271 
Information Wanted—The Leaf Roller, <fcc,. 271 
To Make a Small Lot Profitable.271 
DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 
To Cook Dried Cora Buckwheat Shirt Cake. Graham Bread. 
Graham Drop Cake. Nice Biscuit To Color Blacx on Silks. 
Finish for Silks of all Colors. To Destroy Ar ts To Take 
Mildew out of Clothing. Good Dumplings. Coffee and its 
Adulterations,. 271 
LADIES' PORT - FOLIO. 
The Lake and the Rill, [Poetical.) Our Blackberry Party. Un¬ 
written Poetry. Importance of Truthfulness. Floral Beauty. 
Excess of Ceremony.272 
CHOICE MISCELLANY. 
Be Kind to the Aged, |Poetical] Lamp Musings. Scraps. 
Family F’ailiugs. A Pretty F'ancy,.272 
SABBATH MUSINGS. 
The Earthly nnd the Heavenly. “ Not my will, but Thine, O 
Lord, be Done." Immortality. Charity. Spiritual Healing,.. 272 
EDUCATIONAL. 
Common Schools—Defective Education. Flreride Education. 
Defects in Primary Schools. Moral Tone of a School. I was 
Once Young,.273 
USEFUL OLIO. 
Rev. E. II. Chapin, [Illustrated,] Geological Tour-H. A. Ward 
in Egypt and Arabia Petrara. Log of the Telegraph Expedi¬ 
tion,. 273 
THE YOUNG KURALIST. 
“ Young Ruralist” Correspondents. The Mind of Childhood,_273 
THE SKETCH BOOK. 
“ Where there's a Will There’s a Way,” [Poetical,] The Jealous 
Husband ; or, “ What's in a Name.” Time’s Changes ; or. The 
Young and tire Old Man. 276 
List of New Advertisements this Week 
Genesee Valley Nurseries—A. Frost A Co. 
A Rare Chance—For Sale or Rent—K. 11. Corwith. 
I-oa A Perrins' Celebrated Worcestershire Sauce-J. Duncan A Sons 
F'ruit Trees for Autumn of 1858—Krlwangcr A Barry. 
Ornamental Trees, Ac—Kllwanger A Hairy. 
G. W. Eastman's Model Mercantile College—G. W. Eastman. 
Edward,,' Shingle Machine—Edwin Edwards. 
Attention!—Nurserymen, Farmers, Ac—Eastman A Co. 
To Nurserymen—Ellwnnger A Barry. 
A Wile Wanted—C. W. 
A. Frost A Co., Genesee Valley Nurseries. 
Sugar Mills, Kettles and Furnace Fixtures—Hedges, Free A Co. 
Strawberries—Mount Hope Nurseries. 
Deafness—Deafness—Dr. J. P. Gilbert 
Bulbous F’lower Roots—Mount Hope Nurseries. 
SPECIAL NOTICES. 
“ Prove nil Things, Hold Fast that which is Good."—H. H Doolittle 
Something to Do—S. M. Myrick A Co. 
A Lady Agent Wanted—Dr. F’leming. 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., AUGUST 21,1858. 
ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH IN OPERATION! 
THE PROBLEM SUCCESSFULLY DEMONSTRATED. 
At 10 o’clock last night, (Monday 16th,) the land 
lines of the electric telegraph flashed through the 
country the welcome intelligence, that the message 
of Queen Victoria had been received. All were 
willing to accept the tidings as glad and true, but 
the delay that has occurred since the landing of 
the cable, together with the various reports con¬ 
cocted and sent forth by Madame Rumor, had 
materially dampened the ardor, and weakened the 
the faith of the masses. The excitement soon 
worked up to fever heat, however, and with bells 
ringing and discharges of cannon commenced the 
work of rejoicing. But to the Messages: 
THE QUEEN’S MESSAGE. 
To His Excellency the President of the United States : 
Her Majesty desires to congratulate the President 
upon the successful completion of this great Inter¬ 
national Work, in which the Queen has taken the 
deepest interest. The Queen is convinced that 
the President will join with her infervently hoping 
that the electric cable which now connects Great 
Britain with the United States, will prove an ad¬ 
ditional link between the nations whose friendship 
is founded upon their common interests and re¬ 
ciprocal esteem. The Queen has much pleasure in 
thus communicating with the President, and re¬ 
newing to him her wishes for the prosperity of the 
United States. 
THE PRESIDENT’S REPLY. 
To Her Majesty, Victoria, Queen of Great Britain : 
The President cordially reciprocates the congrat¬ 
ulations of Her Majesty the Queen, on the success 
of the great International Enterprise, accomplish¬ 
ed by the science, skill and indomitable energy of 
the two countries. It is a triumph more glorious, 
because far more useful to mankind, than was ever 
won by conquerers on the field of battle. 
May the Atlantic Telegraph, under the blessing 
of Heaven, prove to be a bond of perpetual peace 
and friendship between the kindred nations, and an 
instrument destined by Divine Providence to dif¬ 
fuse Religion, Civilization, Liberty and Law through 
out the land. 
In this view, will not all the nations of Christen¬ 
dom spontaneously unite in the declaration that it 
shall be forever neutral, and that its communica¬ 
tions be held sacred in passing their places of des¬ 
tination, even in the midst of hostilities. 
(Signed) James Buchanan. 
GOV. HEAD'S MESSAGE TO THE QUEEN. 
Toronto, August 16. 
To the Right Hon. the Secretary of State for the Colonies, 
London, England: 
The Governor-General of British North America 
presents his humble duty to the Queen, and respect¬ 
fully congratulates Her Majesty on the completion 
of the Telegraphic communication between Great 
Britain and these Colonies. 
(Signed) Edmund Head. 
THE ENGLISH TO THE AMERICAN DIRECTORS. 
Cyrus Station, Aug. 16 . 
To the Directors of the Atlantic Telegraph Co.: 
Europe and America are united by Telegraph.— 
Glory to God in the highest! On Earih Peace, good 
will toward men! Signature, 
Directors Atlantic Telegraph Co. Great Britain. 
New Gold Discoveries. 
The people of Washington Territory are becom- 
| ing excited on account of recent discoveries of 
gold within the geographical limits. The head 
waters of the Nesqualley, the Puyallup, the YVnite, 
the Cedar, the Skagit and the Snoqualmie, seem to 
abound in auriferous deposits. Good prospects 
were found on the Nesqualley, and serious hopes 
were entertained by the prospectors that they 
would find rich diggings on that Btream. 
Still more gold has been found on the eastern 
slope of the Cascade Mountains. The auriferous 
character of that country was known four years 
ago, but no careful examination had been made > 
and it was not known that there were any very rich 
diggings. MinerB, however, worked on the Yak¬ 
ima, one hundred miles southeast of Steilacoom in 
1854, but the mints were not very rich, and the 
whites were soon driven off by the Indians. Gov. 
Stevens found gold in this district while making 
his survey for the northern railroad route, and 
when Major Haller crossed tbe Natchess Pass, dur¬ 
ing the Indian war several years ago, his men 
found the color wherever they prospected. 
Gold, says an exchange, has been found of late 
on the Natchess, the We-nat-the, the Met How, and 
tbe Yakima rivers. Some half-breeds are now 
at work on the We-nat-the, and they have 
found very rich diggings. Mr. Clark brings forty- 
eight ounces of dust dug in Washington Territory, 
and about twenty-two ounces from the Wo na-the. 
About 125 men have gone out from Steilacoom, 
Seattle and Victoria, to mine on the We-nat-the, ex¬ 
pecting to stop there, though before starting most 
of them had prepared themselves to go to Frazer 
or Thompson’s river. 
A correspondent of the Portland (Oregon) Times 
says that gold can be found anywhere above Fort 
Simcoe, which is about sixty five miles from tbe 
Dalles, Prospects made along the route, yielded 
from five cents to a dollar and a half to the pan, 
from the loose dirt and giavel on the surface.— 
The whole formation of the country is represented 
as indicating rich deposits of gold. 
As “opposition is the life of trade,” the Los 
Angelos Star, of the 23d ult., strongly advocates 
the claims of Southern California upon the seekers 
of “filthy lucre.” It says:—“The great topic of 
conversation during the present week has been 
the lately discovered gold mines at Owen’s Lake, 
distant from this city less than 200 miles. They 
are reported to be rich beyond all precedent in Cal¬ 
ifornia, 
It would seem that these mines were known to 
several who had unexpectedly made their discovery 
several years since. The party being nearly out of 
provisions, could not remain at the place, but has¬ 
tened on to the settlements for the purpose of pro¬ 
curing provisions and mining implementa Having 
passed some time in this city, the gentleman refer¬ 
red to fitted out an expedition to work the mines; 
but after traveling in various directions, and pro¬ 
visions becoming short, the party abandoned the 
search and returned to this city, having accom¬ 
plished nothing in the way of discovery.” 
Ilecent, explorations, however, have discovered 
the locality, and it is now considered that the 
vicinity of Owen’s Lake is the place where rich de¬ 
posits of gold were discovered in f848. Informa 
tion of this fact reached Los Angelos lately, and a 
party was immediately formed to proceed to Owen’s 
Lake, and make a minute survey of the country, 
and to thoroughly prospect the same for gold. 
Prom Utah, Santa Pe, and the Par West. 
A dispatch from St. Josephs dated the 7th inst,, 
per U. S. Express to Booneville, says tbe Salt Lake 
Mail has arrived. Brigham Young, Orson Hyde, 
and Ileber Kimball bad returned to the city. 
Capt Dickinson, Quarter-Master, had issued pro¬ 
posals for timber and materials for building a Fort 
in Cedar Valley, which, when completed, will be 
occupied by Gen. Johnston, in command of the 15th 
Infantry, Phelps’ Battery and Second Dragoons, as 
the Head-Quarters of the Utah forces. 
The 6th Infantry had been ordered to Oregon, to 
reinforce Col. Steptoe. The volnnteer batallion, 
under command of Col B. Lee, left on the 19th nit 
for Fort Leavenworth, where they will be mustered 
out of the service. 
A dispatch from Independence of the 6th, says 
the Santa Fe mail had arrived with dates to the 
8th nit The news is unimportant. 
The mail party report the Indians very trouble¬ 
some on the route, stopping the trains ard demand¬ 
ing provisions and whisky. Tbe rivers continue 
high and the weather wet In some places the 
roads were washed away to such an extent as to 
render it very difficult for the trains to proceed.— 
Very heavy rains fell in Santa Fe before the mail 
left. 
Leavenworth advices of the 5tb, by the U. S. ex¬ 
press to Boonville, had been received. The Utah 
Peace Commissioners, Powell and MoCollucb, ar¬ 
rived there on that day and proceeded to the East 
immediately. Mr. Bridger, the original settler of 
Fort Bridger, accompanied the Commissioners — 
Over 2,000 of Russel, May and Waddel's wugons 
met on the plains. S one Mormon families passed 
down the river that evening. 
Scattering returns from Calhoun, Douglas and 
Slramee counties, increased the majority against 
the bill to 5,376. 
Preparations are being made at Washington for 
the organization of an efficient military staff for 
the Washington and Oiegon Territories, prelimin¬ 
ary to the contemplated operations against, the 
hostile Indians, and to prevent a repetition of such 
defeats as were experienced by Col. Step'oe. Tbe 
object of the Secretary of War is to make them 
fully sensible of the power of the Federal arm — 
A force of 2,500 men will be kept in Utah. One 
of the Peace Commissioners, in a piivate letter, 
represents the affairs of tbe Territory as in a good 
condition. The arrival of the Peace Commission¬ 
ers at Washington is daily expected. 
Plumbago in Maine.—A large and vsluable de¬ 
posit of plumbago or black lead has been discover¬ 
ed in Buzzell mountain, in the town of Newry, Ox 
ford county, Maine. Several tuns have already 
been mined, and found to be of an excellent quali¬ 
ty. Men are now engaged in taking out the mine¬ 
ral ore for market. This article is used in large 
quantities for pencils, for burnishing cast iroD, and 
for dim nishing fiic ion in the machinery of rail¬ 
roads, steamboats, &c. 
The Atlantic Telegraph Termini. 
Valentia, the terminus of the Atlantic cable on 
the other side, is an island off the west coast of 
Ireland, County Kerry, separated from the main 
land by a straight one mile and a half in breadth, 
which forms the most westerly harbor in the Brit¬ 
ish isles. The harbor is deep, capacious and land¬ 
locked, and bids fair to become the westerly ter¬ 
minus of railway communication, and principal 
station for Atlantic steamers. The island measures 
two by seven miles, and contains 6,371 acres and 
a population of 3,000. On it are slate quarries and 
the mansion of the “ Knight of Kerry,” chief pro¬ 
prietor. It exports slate, fish, corn and butter. 
Latitude 51 deg. 55 min. 8 sec. N., longitude 10 deg. 
19 min. West. 
The Bay of Bull’s Arm, orBaboul Bay, the termi¬ 
nus on this side, is a bay on the east side of New¬ 
foundland, in latitude 47 deg. 25 min. North, longi¬ 
tude 52 deg. 20 min. West. Trinity Bay is about 
eighty miles in length, its breadth about thirty 
miles, opening boldly into the Ailantic on the 
northern side of the island. At its southwestern 
shore it branches iBto the Bay of Bull’s Arm, which 
is a quiet, safe and beautiful harbor, about two 
miles in breadth, nine or ten in length, running in 
a direction northwest. The depth of water is suffi¬ 
cient for the largest vessels. The tide rises seven 
or eight feet, and the Bay terminates in a beautiful 
sand teach. The shore is clothed with dark green 
fir-trees, which, mixed with birch and mountain 
asb, present a pleasing contrast The land rises 
gradually from the water all around. About four 
miles southward of the entrance at the Bay of Bull's 
Arm, on the shore of Placentia Bay, is situated the 
extraordinary La Manche lead mine, the property 
of the Telegraph Company, already yielding a rich 
supply of remaikably pure galena. The place 
where the cable was landed, is memorable in the 
history of the ibland as the naval battle ground 
between the French and English in their early 
struggle for the exclusive occupancy of the valu¬ 
able fisheries along the coast. 
The New Canadian Ministry. —In Parliament 
daring the past week very little has been done, ex¬ 
cept vague discussions npon the ministerial crisis. 
After Mr. Brown resigned, Mr. Galt was called upon 
to frame a ministry, but declined the task, recom¬ 
mending Mr. Cartier, who, with the aid of John A. 
Mo Donald, succeeded in forming the following: 
Lower Canada. —Cartier—Attorney General and 
Premier. Galt—Inspector General. Alleyn—Pro¬ 
vincial Secretary. Belleau — Speaker Legislative 
Council. Sicotte—Com. Public Works. Rose— 
Solicitor General, East. 
Ui'per Canada —Me Donald—Attorney General. 
Ross—President of the Council. Vankoughnet — 
Com. Crown Lands. Smith—Post-Master General. 
Sherwood — Receiver General. Solicitor General¬ 
ship vacant 
Read the Advertisements. —Though we do not 
insert all the advertisements received, by a good 
many, (being constrained to decline such as we 
consider of an immoral, deceptive or humbugeous 
character,) each number of the Rural comprises 
a variety of announcements of special interest 
to farmers, horticulturists and other readers.— 
Indeed, many of the most shrewd business men in 
various parts of the country, have discovered that 
the Rural is not only the best advertising medi¬ 
um of its class, but also one of the cheapest, (when 
its comparatively low rates and large circulation 
ate considered,) and are appreciating the discovery 
in such manner as will greatly redound to their 
advantage. We trust their announcements will 
prove beneficial to both readers and advertisers. 
Death of Judge Duer. — Hon. John Duer, of 
the Superior Court in New York, died on Staten 
Island last week, aged 72. His father was Colonel 
Wm. Duer, and his mother Lady Catharine, daugh¬ 
ter of Lord Stirling. The late William A. I)aer, 
who was President of Columbia College, and occu¬ 
pied several eminent official positions, was his 
brother. They both studied law in early life, and 
it was in their office, at Goshen, Orange county, 
that Gov. Seward prepared himself for the bar.— 
Judge Daer leaves several children, the eldest of 
whom, William Duer, was a member of Congress a 
few years since, and more recently held a diplo¬ 
matic position in South America. 
The Cotton Crop in 1858.— The Macon (Ga.) 
Telegraph says:—In conversation last week with a 
gentleman who has very recently traveled over 
nearly the whole cotton growing section of the 
United States, he expressed the opinion that if pre¬ 
sent prospects are verified, the crop will be beyond 
all precedent in quantity. The idea of a deficit of 
400,000 bales in the south-west, resulting from high 
water, he considered altogether delusive, and main¬ 
tained that he had been in no county of that sec¬ 
tion where present anticipations did not fix the 
quantity of cotton grown above what could be 
gathered. The corn crop everywhere was more 
than abundant 
The Lady Post Office Clerks. —The experi¬ 
ment of having female clerks in the Post Office, 
seems to have succeeded admirably in New York. 
The Express says:—“There is evidently a good un¬ 
derstanding and civility between the official and 
outsiders at the ‘ Ladies’ Window,’ where the voices 
of complaint, impatience and snubbing were won’t 
to be heard. It is pleasing to notice the diligence 
and care with which the duties seem to be per¬ 
formed, and the patience and kindness shown to¬ 
wards applicants. Let these occupants of office 
continue to give satisfaction, and the reform 
extended.” 
Sub marine Telegraph to Cuba. — The N. Y. 
Journal of Commerce learns that the Company 
which was formed last year for the purpose of es¬ 
tablishing telegraphic communication between the 
island of Cuba and the American continent, have 
completed their preliminary arrangements, and are 
resolved to commence the work immediately.— 
This will be a valuable addition to our comprehen¬ 
sive system of telegraphs, and one that ought to be 
supplied, now that tbe Sub marine Telegraph has 
been successfully laid. Among the managers of 
this company are some wealthy and enterprising 
citizens of Havana and New York. 
gcit'si g?imigrnpte. 
It is said that the grand Atlantic Telegraph 
cable has cost SI,258,250. The weight is 1,860 
pounds to the mile. From Boston to Trinity Bay, 
the length of telegraph wire is 1,600. 
The whortleberry crop of New Jersey is much 
smaller than last year. Ocean county, it is esti¬ 
mated, will furnish only $8,000 or $10,000 worth, 
from localities which last year furnished from $30,- 
000 to $40,000 worth. The whole crop from Bur¬ 
lington, Ocean, and Monmouth, it is estimated, will 
not exceed $20,000 in value. 
Cincinnati is now the largest horse market in 
the United Statep, and during one week lately, forty 
thousand dollars worth of horses were sold at the 
various stables. 
TnE last detachment of the 100th regiment, re¬ 
cently ordered into the Indian service, left Mon¬ 
treal for Liverpool last week. They numbered two 
hundred and fifty-four. 
A correspondent of the St Louis Republican 
says that a Utah mail party encountered On their 
journey, “millions of buffaloes, blocking up the 
highways so as to delay the mails, feeding upon 
the luxuriant grasses of the plains, while deer 
and antelopes were more numerious then ever seen 
before.” 
According to a circular from Mr. Reed, Ameri¬ 
can Minister in China, over twenty-five thousand 
Chinese were shipped in 1857 from that country, 
for the Coolie trade. 
The coinage at the Philadelphia mint during 
July, amounted to $593,254, of which $381,384 
was in gold, $184,900 in silver, and $27,000 in 
copper. 
The American Submarine Company, at Sebas¬ 
topol, have successfully raised from the harbor a 
seventy four gun steamer, called the “Turk.” 
Her machinery is almost perfect It is estimated 
that an outlay of five per cent will restore her to 
almost her original value; she will probably be 
purchased by the Russian Government 
The Green River Barrens, that fifty years ago, in 
Kentucky, were covered with grass and strawber¬ 
ries, morning glories, and other flowers, and were 
tbe resort of immense flocks of quailB, and a multi¬ 
tude of rabbits, are now great forest oaks, hickory 
and chestnut trees. This great change from a field 
to a forest, haB been in less than a half century. 
The germs of the oak, the chestnut and the hickory 
were in nature—unless we give the great colony 
of squirrels the credit of planting the chestnut, 
the walnut and the acorn, from their winter store 
of nuts collected in other localities. 
Marshal Bakaguay D. Hillikrs, at Nantes, re¬ 
cently made a distribution of St. Helena medals, 
to the old soldiers of the Empire. Among the 
number was a woman named Jeanne Louise Anto- 
nini, who has served in male attire ten years in the 
navy, and fifteen years in the infantry, where she 
attained the rank of a non-commissioned officer in 
the 70th regiment of the line. She received nine 
woundp, while bravely fighting. 
The avenues in the Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, 
thus far discovered, number two hundred and 
seventy-five, and their aggregate length is estimat¬ 
ed at two hundred miles. 
English papers contain accounts of the com¬ 
mencement, some months ago, of the Alpine Tun¬ 
nel connecting Modena and Bardoniche on oppo¬ 
site sides of the Alps, which there tower to a height 
of 4,800 English feet, nearly a mile high. Its 
length will be nearly eight and a half English 
miles. From the great height of the mountains, 
it can only be worked from the ends. By the or¬ 
dinary means hitherto employed, thirty-six years 
would be required to complete it. By the use of 
perforators or drilling machines, operated by com¬ 
pressed air, the work, it is estimated, will be com¬ 
pleted in six years. 
Progress of the Electric Telegraph — The 
first Telegraphic line, actually in practical opera¬ 
tion, was that between Baltimore and Washington, 
completed in 1844, and extending forty miles. 
From that small commencement arose a system of 
intercommunication so great that, in the United 
States alone, there are now 33,000 miles of tele¬ 
graph communication, all of which will be con¬ 
nected with the Atlantic Telegraph. In the whole 
of Europe there are only 38,000 miles of telegraph 
—viz.: Great Britain, 10,000; Germany and Aus¬ 
tria, 10,000; France, 7,000; Prussia, 6,700; Italy, 
2,500; Switzerland, 1,600; Spain and Portugal, 000; 
Holland, 600; and Belgium, 500. 
State Sabbath Convention.— There will be a 
State Convention of the friends of the Sabbath held 
in Syracuse on Tuesday, September 14th, at 10 A. 
M., for the purpose of devising and considering 
means to promote the better observance of the 
day—especially in securing the closing of the locks 
on the State Canals. The Sabbath Committees of 
the different cities and countiep, as well as the 
various churches in the State, are requested to 
send a full representation to the Convention; and 
all the friends of good order are invited to attend, 
and lend the aid of their presence and counsel to an 
effort to reform the abuse of the day of rest 
Churches in the State. — According to the 
Census of 1855, there are 5,077 churches in this 
State, which are distributed among the various de¬ 
nominations, as follows:—Baptists, 882; Congrega¬ 
tional, 301; Evangelical, 4; Evangelical Lutheran, 
100; Friends, 134; German Evangelical Reformed, 
14; Jews, 19; Menonites, 6; Methodists, 1,580; 
Presbyterian, 710; Protestant Episcopal, 346; Re¬ 
formed Protestant Dutch, 280; Roman Catholic 
291; Union Bethel and Free Churches, 152; Unitari¬ 
ans, 16; Universalists, 135; Minor Sects, 135. To¬ 
tal, 5,077. 
These figures are interesting. It shows that 
about one-third of the churcheB in this State belong 
to the Methodists, and about one-sixth belong to 
the Baptists. The Methodists and Baptists joined 
own half of all the churches in this State. 
Trinity Bay—Curious Coincidence. —The tria 
juncla in tmo is realized at Trinity Bay with the 
cable that binds three continents, Europe, Africa 
and America, together. The name is singularly 
applicable to the fact 
AUGUST 21. 
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— Deaths in Philadelphia last week, 333. 
— Deaths in New York city last week, 679. 
— Bears are so thick in Wisconsin that they de¬ 
stroy cattle. 
— Frazer River district is said to he as mild and 
fertile as England. 
— The Niagara had eighty miles of spare cable 
when she landed. 
— Gerrit Smith accepts the nomination for Gov¬ 
ernor of this State. 
— Gen. Lane and Delazon Smith are U. S. Senators 
elect from Oregon. 
— Horace Greely is spoken of a candidate for 
Governor of New York. 
— The population of Providence, R. I., is 1,500 
less than it was a year ago. 
— The crop of apples near Boston is an excellent 
one. The fruit is large and fair. 
— The naval expedition intended for Paraguay 
will not be ready for a month yet. 
— At Birmingham, Eng., eight tuns of wire per 
week are made into hooks and eyes. 
— About 1,800 patents were issued at the Patent 
Office for the year ending June 30th. 
— An experiment is on foot to apply steam on 
the Ohio canal as a propelling power. 
— Four brothers, named Reed, are now incarce¬ 
rated in the State Prison of Georgia. 
— The militia of New York largely exceeds that 
of any other State—numbering 350,000. 
— Within the last twenty years, upwards of fifty 
colleges have been founded in the U. S. 
— Discoveries of flake gold in a brook at Fred¬ 
ericton, are reported in the Boston papers. 
— Twenty-five lunatics in Zurich Asylum are the 
victims of table turning and spirit rapping. 
— The London Times declares the Thames to be 
the “ uncleanest," “foulest ” river in the world. 
— The next Fair of the American Institute com¬ 
mences September 15th, in the Crystal Palace. 
— Property in Chicago is mortgaged for $109,- 
000,000—total assessed value only $36,000,000! 
— The St. Louis Democrat thinks the majority 
in Kansas against the English bill will be 12,000. 
— Col. Alexander Wilson, of Philadelphia, has 
been appointed U. S. District Attorney for Utah. 
— The Free Lovers of Berlin Heights, Ohio, have 
refused to sell their property and leave the place. 
— The Kansas City Journal says that 5,000 letters 
were received at the Post Office in that city in one 
day. 
— Rev. Dr. Joseph^Lathrop, of West Springfield, 
during his ministry of 65 years, wrote 5,000 ser¬ 
mons. 
— There are from twelve hundred to fourteen 
hundred houses vacant in Boston and its immedi¬ 
ate suburbs. 
— An arrival at Newburyport brings intelligence 
confirming the reported ill-success of the mackerel 
fishing fleet 
— John Gordon, the richest commoner in Scot¬ 
land, died on the 16th ult. He was worth about 
$16,000,000. 
— In the manufacture of salt at Syracuse, about 
eight hundred thousand cords of wood are annual¬ 
ly consumed. 
— The prospects of Zuloaga in Mexico are repre¬ 
sented as desperate. The Liberals will probably 
be successful. 
— The amount of bullion in the Bank of England, 
is $90,000,000. Last year at this time it did not 
reach $55,000,000. 
— Young Chief, the Pagan Priest of the Seneca 
Indians on Cattaraugus Reservation, died on the 
6th inst, aged 74. 
— The excitable people of Dundas, C. W., re¬ 
cently burned the Governor General in effigy.— 
Very unloyal that 
— Wisconsin has ninety-one banks, with a capital 
of $6,155,000, and a circulation of $4,258,949. Pret¬ 
ty well, that, for a new State. 
— A cable is to be carried across the Gulf of 
Mexico, from this continent to the Island of Cuba. 
The first link of annexation. 
— The last census taken by order of the Emperor 
of China, gives 415,000,000 inhabitants of the Em¬ 
pire, and 1,648,814 in PekiD. 
— Typhoid fever prevails as an epidemic in the 
Ohio Penitentiary, at Columbup. On Monday week 
forty-one cases were reported. 
— A dangerous counterfeit, purporting to be a 
two dollar and a half gold coin, has just been put 
in circulation. Look ont for it 
— Dr. Hayes’ Arctic Expedition is receiving en¬ 
couragement, and another attempt will certainly be 
made to reach the North Pole. 
— There are 1,880 men employed on the New 
York Central Paik. The operations are much 
hindered by the want of manure. 
— Samuel L. Cooper, of Salem, N. J., is likely to 
be adjudged an heir to the Jennings estate in Eng¬ 
land, and will receive $1,000,000. 
— Wm. Gratt, at Warham, Va.,has been sentenced 
to six months imprisonment at hard labor, for kiss¬ 
ing a young lady against her will. 
— The election in North Carolina has resulted in 
favor of the democrats, Judge Ellis, their candi¬ 
date for Governor, being elected. 
— The meteorological writer of the Boston 
Traveller says the past month of July has been 
colder than any July since 1844. 
The American Association for the Advancement 
of Education will hold its Eighth Annual Meeting 
in November, 1858, at Albany, N. Y. 
— A parrot in the Faubourg of St. Germain, 
whose age is ascertained beyond doubt to be over 
sixty years, has actually laid an egg. 
— In order to check extravagance in dress, the 
Faculty of Newberry College, S. C., have ordered 
the students to wear a uniform dress. 
— A special dispatch from New Orleans to Nor¬ 
folk, dated August 4th, says that the yellow fever 
is rapidly increasing in New Orleans. 
— Three ladies, residing in the same square, at 
Washington, recently presented their husbands 
with seven interesting responsibilities. 
— The editor of the Prairie du Chien Courier, 
accompanied by a party of shooters, last week, 
bagged 85 prairie chickens in one day. 
— It is reported that Secretary Thompson’s es¬ 
tates in Mississippi are overflown by water, and 
that the damage approximates $100,000. 
— The Cleveland Plaindealer says that Gen. Cass 
is in cirtical health; is suffering from diarrhea, 
and has both age and season against him. 
— A man died on Saturday at a Station House in 
Boston, of the Asiatic Cholera. He was found sick 
in the street He was an intemperate man. 
—The deficiency in the exports from England 
for the first Bix months ol 1858, compared with the- 
same period last year, amounts to £7,358,577. 
— Tuesday afternoon week a very severe rain 
storm took place at Cincinnati, flooding the streets 
and cellars, and destroying considerable property. 
— Twenty-six sharks were caught, lately, in 
Providence Bay, in a little over two hours. The 
largest was over six feet and weighed 15& pounds. 
_The steamer Moses Taylor, which sailed from 
New York for Aspinwall, on Thursday last, took 
out 900 passengers, many of them for Frazer river. 
— The Judges of the English Court of Common 
Pleas have decided that railway travelers are not 
bound to take care of any portion of their baggage. 
