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Contents of the Rural for October 23,1358, 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
AGRICULTURAL. Pag* 
New York State Fair,.344 
Varieties of Indian Com, [Illustrated,]. 341 
Cheese-Making—Preparing Rennet.342 
Sweet Potatoes,.. 
Moon Theories—Potato Experiments,.312 
Water Pipe... 
Potatoes. Digging and Storing,.342 
Garget,. 312 
Growing Millet, Inquiries,.. 
A Cheap and Good Board Fence,.3^2 
Condensed Correspondence .—Spanish Merino Sheep; Another 
Remedy for Blood Spavin; Sorghum not Given np Yet,.342 
Inquiries and Answers .-Tamarac Posts; Subsoil Plow for 
Ditching; Wine-Making............. 312 
liuraJ Miscellany—Prize Plans of Farm Buildings; More 
Short-boms for Western New York; N. Y. State Fair; The Fair 
of the Union Ag. Society; State Fair Premiums; Sale of Ayr- 
aMres,.. 
HORTICULTURAL 
Seasonable Hints, [Illustrated,].. 
Dwarf Pears—Misrepresentation,.343 
Northern Muscadine Grape,... 343 
Grape Grower's Association,. 343 j 
Large Tomato,. 343 
Black Raspberries,. 343 
Watermelons—Winter Pears,. 343 
Everbearing Strawberries,.. 
Cracking of the App'e,. 343 
Weather for the First Half of October. 
There is bat little of weather to call for remarks 
for this half month. The fine weather has been 
often the subject of remark, as it should be for 
gratitude. Ibe heat has been about the average, 
and the rain has fallen in sufficient quantity. The 
latter harvest has been in good part gathered, and 
the people have rejoiced. Only light frosts have 
fallen, and not often, and have done no damage. 
The trees, however, have changed in the color of 
tbeir foliage from green to yellow, brown to red, 
and the variety of autumnal foliage is all about us. 
The leaves are falling on every side, emblem of 
the eno of life, and the warning to be active and 
ready for its close. 
The Comet has been the great attraction; and 
well it might be, for it has been a splendid object 
I think it has had no equal in this century, for 
biilliancy. The tails of some have been longer, but 
none so bright. This train, too, has been long and 
busby, and enveloping the head. The Comet was 
nearest the earth on the 9 th, only 52,000,000 of 
miles distant; its velocity greatly increased, and 
its train had turned upwards much more than be- 
Maine Pomoiogicaland iiort Society, . 343 fore; on the loth the tail was nearly perpendicu- 
domestio ECONOMY I lar, the stars shone brightly through it, and it was 
near the perihelion, and, indeed, it passed this point 
on the 10th. When next seen, its train was turned 
towards the east, and its direction from the bud, 
as it had been before the perihelion. When we 
shall see the like again cannot be told. A nother 
Comet appears in the constellation Pegasus, but 
no one can tell its pointness or its splendor. 
October, 16, 1858. c D _ 
Making; To Color Sky Blue; The Virtues of Borax,..’.. 343 
LADIES’ PORT-FOLIO. 
"My Lost Bride" [Poetiea'] Gratify the Little Ones; Whom to 
Marry; Ihe Gilt of Beauty; Hoopology; Shun Affectation, 344 
CHOICE MISCELLANY. 
Autumn, [Poetical.] Tbe Dreamer No. Ill; The Comet- Com¬ 
forts 01 a Small House,... ’ . 344 
SABBATH MUSINGS. 
Strive, Wait and Pray, [Poetical] Partings; The True Source of 
Happiness; A Shining Church,. 344 
THE YOUNG RURALIST. 
Perseverance; Will Clerks make Fanners? The First Twenty 
lean,, Glass— Its Uses; To Make a Bark Canoe,.. 345 j 
THE SKETCH BOOK. 
2i 
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iHE New England Theocracy. A History of the Con- 
gregationalists of New England to the Revivals of 1740. 
“y * • Uhden. With a Preface by the late Dr. Nean- 
translated fron * the Second German Edition by 
H. C. Con-ant. Boston: Gould & Lincoln—1858. 
In this work we find the politico-religious history of 
Congregationalism in New England treated by a foreigner, 
with probably less of partiality than though it were the 
product of a native historian. As a testimonial of the 
thoroughness, candor and ability displayed in this volume, 
the name of Dr. Neander is sufficient. The author had 
access to a large collection of original authorities_ 
everything that was indispensable to the forming of an 
independent and comprehensive judgment, and tire mate¬ 
rials thus obtained were so sifted as to present, within 
moderate limits, a complete sketch of the subject under 
consideration. From the Publishers. 
OCT. 23. 
®Itf Ijtat’s Condense. 
Fairbanks’ Scales. — Advertising. 
IJir , 01V r,n,n huuk. I P ” R publication of the Illustrated Advertisement 
The Comet, [Poetical.] TheTaiioress . 343 | Fairbanks & Co., on the preceding page, is a 
departure from our usual rule, and may perhaps 
List of New Advertisements this Week. 
Fairbanks' Scales-Illustrated—Fairbanks & Co. 
The only Article Unrivalled In Market—O. J. Wood A Co 
\V heeler & Wilson’s Sewing Machines—S W Dibble. 
Kmerv 8 Journal ot Agriculture and Prairie Farmer 
New Books for Old—Charles B. Norton. 
Thirteen more Energetic Agents Wanted—H. N. Lockwood. 
Superior Dwarf Pear Trees—T. G. Yeomans. 
For Sale—1,SnU—C. K. Kelsey. 
The Ladles Visitor—K. B Elder. 
A Desirable Farm at Auction—B. F. Bristol 
Agents Wanted—J. Challe* A Son. 
Concord Urape Vines— R. B. Shaw. 
Voting Men—Walworth’s Commercial College. 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., OCTOBER 23, 1858. 
FALL CAMPAIGN QUARTER! 
The Rural Three Months, on Trial, at Half Price! 
render a word of explanation necessary, though 
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advertisement necessarily precluded it from the 
appropriate department; and hence, thinking an 
illustration and description of so useful an “ insti¬ 
tution ” as Fairbanks’ Scales would prove inter¬ 
esting to most of oar readers — and therefore not 
be regarded as an infringement, even if given thus 
prominently —we concluded to comply with the 
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tation and wide popularity of the wares of Messrs. 
Fairbanks & Co., long since placed them in the 
front rank as manufacturers, and rendered their 
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position already attained. Regarding these Scales 
as superior, we commend them to the public, and 
trust that thousands of our readers will not only 
he interested but benefited by the information im 
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In this connection it may not he improper to 
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others who wish to introduce their wares and bus! 
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At the suggestion of many of its friends 
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the Fall Campaign Quarter of their favorite Rural ' 1 ® pages. 
Weekly. We can still furnish two or three thous¬ 
and more “trials” from Oct. 2—having prepared 
fora brisk campaign—and trust our friends will 
continue their calls as long as we can supply the 
demand.. We this week add largely to former 
editions, so that, in case of emergency, we can 
supply the last ten numbers of this quarter, and 
three of some previous one, in order to complete 
the Baker’s Dozen. Send on the Trials ! 
Washington Matters. 
A dispatch to the New York Tribune, of the 
14 h inst, states that Gen. Jerez had a long inter¬ 
view with Gen. Cass. Notwithstanding he had 
previously asserted that he had full power to ratify 
the Cass-Yrissarri treaty, and to finally arrange all 
matters pertaining thereto, without the necessity 
of referring it back to Nicaragua, it appears from 
the official document just submitted by him to the 
State Department, and of which a translation was 
immediately made, that he is empowered only to 
act, “ in order that tbe amendments made by the 
Assembly of Nicaragua to the treaty, may be sub¬ 
stantially carried into effect.” This is the language 
employed, but it is not considered sufficient to 
meet the demands of our Government. The Sec¬ 
retary of State will have a consultation with the 
President on the subject to morrow, and General 
Jerez will soon thereafter be informed of the re¬ 
sult His mission is generally considered at an 
end, and unless he has documents of a more satis¬ 
factory character to present, he will very shortly 
be dismissed. Later intelligence state that Jerew, 
fe.uing his dismissal, has asked indulgence till he 
can communicate with Nicaragua respecting the 
pending treaty, but Gen. Cass wrote him a letter 
declaring his mission closed. 
The Administration has received an official 
document from those in power in the Society 
Islands, proposing to surrender them to the United 
States. It is said in diplomatic circles that this 
proposition is transmitted to our Government thro’ 
Count Saktiges, the French Minister. The subject 
will receive due consideratien, especially in R s 
geographical aspect. 
The balance in the Treasury, on the 15th inst, 
wa 3 $8,270,626. The receipts for the week amount 
to nearly $785,000, being $206,000 more than for 
the preceding week. The amount of drafts paid 
was SI,432,482, and the amount, of drafts issued 
$1,285,000; a reduction of $900,520. 
Mexican Affairs.— Details of Mexican news 
have been received. The statement of the defeat at 
San Luis Potosi of Vidaurri, by Minromon, is con¬ 
firmed. Other battles on a smaller scale bad taken 
place, but the result is doubtful. It would seem, 
however, that the fortunes of the Constitutionalists 
wane. The report that Garza had imposed a forced 
loan at Tampico, is also fully confirmed. The 
French Consul at that port had applied for some 
national vessels to protect the French merchants at 
that port. Lieut. Jones, of the Navy, has arrived 
at Washington, bringing dispatches from Minister 
Forsyth, who will leave Vera Cruz on the 18th 
inst., for the U. S,, in the sloop of war Plymoth. 
The levying of contributions at Tampico by Gov. 
Garza on foreigners, is condemned by the leaders 
of tho Liberal party. Gen. Robles, Mexican Minis¬ 
ter to Washington, was still on board a Spanish 
vessel, the commander of which, it is said, was de 
tected in giving secret aid to the Church party— 
The arrival of the Spanish fleet is daily expected, 
Message of the Governor of Nebraska. _The 
Nebraska City News of Oct. 2 , brings the Message 
of Gov. Richardson to the Legislative Assembly of 
the Territory. He impresses upon the members 
tbe necessity of promptly enacting the laws neces 
sary for the protection of persons and property, 
and the rights of citizens generally, the justices of 
the peace in the Territory having refused to inves¬ 
tigate charges of crime until they are authorized 
to do so by statute. He condemns the present 
banking system of the Territory, and has instructed 
the district attorneys to prosecute all banks that 
have failed to redeem their notes when presented, 
with a view to the forfeiture of their charters.— 
He speaks highly of the general prosperity of the 
Territory, especially of its abundant supply of coal 
and recommends that Congress be memorialized 
for an appropriation for a geological survey; and, 
after allusion to some purely local matters, ex¬ 
presses the hope that patriotism will rule over their 
counsels. 
MEN-SHEAfiON AND Practical Geometry; Containing 
Tables of Weights and Measures, Vulgar and Decimal 
Fractions, Mensuration of Areas, Lines, Su.faces and 
bohds. Lengths of Circular Arcs, Areas cf Segments 
and Zones of a Circle, Board and Timber Measure, 
Centres of Gravity, &c., &c. To which is appended a 
Treatise on the Carpenter’s Slide Rule and Gauging 
By Charles H. IIaswell, Civil and Marine Engineer. 
New York: Harper & Brothers-1858. 
The character of this work, which is specially designed 
for the use of Students, Mechanics, and Engineers, is 
fully explained by its title. The purpose has been to 
present a full set of rules for guidance in each department 
of Mathematical Science discussed, and we doubt not that 
those who are to he benefited, will, upon examination, be 
ready to award that degree of commendation which the 
author so eminently merits. For sale by Dewey. 
Memoir of Elizabeth Charlotte Ingersoll, who died 
September 18, 1867, aged 12 years. Rochester: A 
StroDg & Co., 1858. 
Tiie incidents of a young life are here drawn with 
truthful peD, in the hope, as the author says, “that it may 
prove a blessing to the world-by inducing mothers to 
the full consecration of their children to the Lord in 
their early infancy; and that children, by its perusal, may 
be led to seek the Savior, in whom the subjeot of this 
Memoir so firmly trusted, that their path to the grave 
may be made as bright as hers.’’ From a perusal of this 
little work we should recommend at least one copy in 
every Sunday-School Library, and the family circle will 
find it a mine of wealth to youthful minds. Nor are its 
precepts alone applicable to the young —“Libbie's” 
years were few, hut her pure life and holy influence are 
calculated for good. For sale by booksellers generally. 
The Age; A Colloquial Satire. By Philip James 
-185S Y ’ aUth ° r 0f “ Festus ’” Boston: Ticknor & Fields 
This Satire is more particularly intended for application 
to Great Britain, her government, people, etc., than to 
Americans, and yet we Yankees can draw very many good 
hints therefrom. Of the author's style it is unnecessary 
to speak; those who have read “ Festus” will read “ The 
Age,”-and those who have not, are depriving themselves 
of much mental pabulum. For sale by Dewey. 
A case in the British Court of Chancery, involv¬ 
ing the title of some Vermont heirs to a large 
English estate, has been decided, after ten years of 
litigation, in favor of the Americans, who will 
thus get some $ 200 , 000 . 
There is a lady living in Blooming Grove, Or- 
ange Co., N. J., by the name of Diana Brooks, who 
is 114 years old, and yet i 3 intelligent and active, 
and walks half a mile to church every Sabbath.— 
She was 32 years old when the Declaration of In¬ 
dependence was made. 
Capt. Pope’s expedition for boring Artesian 
wells on the great American desert has packed np 
and is coming home. It is settled that the pro¬ 
ject is impossible. 
Recent barometrical measurements show that 
Smoker mountain and several other peaks in 
North Carolina are higher than Mount Washington 
in New Hampshire, hitherto supposed to be the 
highest peak east of the Mississippi. 
The New York Sun says that a few days since 
— The yellow fever 
Vicksburg, Miss. 
has almost depopulated 
Lord Brougham completed his 80th year on 
Sunday, the 19th ult J 
— Prince Napoleon will set forth for Algeria on 
the 1 st of November. 
It is proposed to erect a memorable fountain 
to Alfred the Great, at Oxford. 
— Lord Derby, the Prime Minister of Eagland. 
lost $300,000 at the Epsom races. 
— The new Custom House at Oswego wa 3 opened 
for business last Monday morning. 
— Gen. Denver refuses, it is said, to withdraw 
his resignation as Governor of Kansas. 
— Over fourteen thousand bales of cotton were 
received in New Orleans on the 4th inst 
— A lad, 16 years old, was shot at Chicago, a 
few nights since, while committing a theft 
— Six years is the time now set by the contract¬ 
ors for the completion of the Hoosac Tunnel. 
— The Masonic Lodge of Newburgh, New York 
has just subscribed $150 to the Mount Vernon fund.’ 
— Two students have been expelled from the 
Hurricane in Allegany Co., N. Y. 
Mr. Moore:— I send you a description of a ter¬ 
rible hurricane that visited this part of the coun¬ 
try on the 30th day of September last. 
the Sheriff sold out the eflects of a merchant who Umver8lt * of North Carolina for fighting a duel, 
has been ruined by the purchase of lottery tickets. 111 9 . pr °P° se T <1 to . la Y iron pavements through 
He bought for years, hat never gained a prize un- foJt. * tS ° f ^ L ° U ’ 3 ’ &t * C ° St ° f 81Xty Centa per 
l a /rr k h 8 rf’ “a the l0ttery men refased t0 - The apple crop of New England is said to be 
pay the only hit he made. more abundant this year than for several years 
Five hundred bushels of potatoes were sent from pas *' 
Rocky Hill, Ct, to New York, one day last week— . Schamyl and his daring Circassians have 
The crop was said to have been so plenty in East 1admmi8tenng another thrashing to the Rus- 
Hartford as to sell for the low price of seventeen t„ .--fa..* m , 
cents a bnsheL * An , in ‘ ant in Nashville, Tenn., has fourteen 
“ U to f> and seven fingers on one hand, and six on the 
New Haven is in danger of being shorn of her otaer - 
glory. The long rows of venerable trees, which ~ A new church is to be built for the Rev. 
have given her the name of the “ City of Elms,” Heni 7 ^ ard Beecher, capable of seating 6,000 
are dying from the poisonous vapors that escape Pe ° P mL ..... 
from the leaky gas pipes. N„le M ,h.n t»ent 7 «L cM wa? toSSjo taStoS? 
trees, many of them a quarter of a century old, 000,000. 
have recently been killed from this cause on Woos- —The city of St. Joseph, Mo., with 10,000 in¬ 
ter Place alone. habitants, has not one public school, nor any place 
to hold one. 
— The hand fire engines in St. Louis are all 
offered for sale, steam engines having entirely dis- 
Gen. Paez has been recalled by the popular voice 
to the control of affairs in Venzeuela, was banished _ 
from that country eight years ago, since which placed them, 
time he has been residing in New York city where — Sugar and molasses, of the new crop, is be- 
he has made many warm friends. ginning to be brought rapidly into the market of 
, , , New Orleans. 
A new and very dangerous counterfeit $20 bill, rm, tt Atv , 0 - „ T ... . 
purporting to be on tho Bant ot the State ot New S3,000 for the detection it tbe 
York, has just been put in circulation. The vig- Crystal Palace. 
nette represents an Indian girl seated, leaning her — The prize money awarded to the officers and 
arm on a rock and looking at rail cars, steamboat, crew °. f the dolphin for the capture of the slaver 
and city in the distance. On the right end is an Echo ’ 19 S7 ’ C00 ’ 
oval picture of locomotive, and the figures 20. It 
is unlike the genuine, which has two females for 
vignette, 
A letter from New Orleans says:—“ If the fools 
would only keep away, we who have battled it out 
all summer, might begin to see daylight ; but they — The Medical Times says there are 134,000 
will not The steamer Uncle brought down a dav ba ® be l°. rs i Q Australia, who would be glad to take 
° ’ j and maintain uritraa 
— A correspondent of the Picayune prophecies 
an immense sugar crop iu Louisiana this season- 
say 400,000 hhds. 
— A bear weighing 450 pounds was shot by Rev. 
Z. Thompson, in his yard at Bethel Hill, Maine, on 
Tuesday, loth inst 
its appearance, a little to the north of west, and 
spread very rapidly until the whole heavens were 
overcast In an instant, a terrible wind arose, 
spreading desolation and destruction, sweeping 
every thing before it The first of its ravages were 
observable in the town of Caneadea, Allegany Co., 
N. Y., sweeping down a large grove of pine and 
oak timber, thence faking an easterly course, scat¬ 
tering fences, trees, until it passed into the 
town of Allen. Coming in contract with a grain 
barn of R. King it scattered the roof into a thou 
sand pieces for the distance of 20 rods. Passing- 
by his house it struck a tan shop and demolished 
it. Thence passing on, a little south of east, it 
swept every thing within its reach. It came in 
contact with a barn of H. Ckowel, rending the 
roof, and passed on to a barn of G. L. Walker the 
roof of which it lifted and carried it for many 
roda In its course it came so near the barn of T. 
Bacon as to npset and demolish g. wagon and rack 
that stood beside it. A couple of men were in the 
barn at the time and thinking it would be demol¬ 
ished started for the house, a distance of 20 rods. 
They were lifted from the ground and borne for 
some distance, but happily escaped without much 
injury. Another piece of woods it soonreached and 
swept many acres down, thence unroofing and de¬ 
molishing two barns for Wm. Wilson. What other 
damage it has done I have not learned. The ave¬ 
rage width of the current was 30 rods, in some 
places more, in some less. It visited alike the val¬ 
leys and the hills, sweeping with a besom of de¬ 
struction over the surface of the earth. The 
aloud appeared like one great foaming caldron 
howling and-groaning in it wrath. 
Granger, N. Y., 1858. C. L. Cudebee. 
of Baron Rothschild. 
— It is said that the Atlantic Telegraph Com¬ 
pany have sold their lead mines in Newfoundland 
to parties for $ 200 , 000 . 
Florida gets through the Interior Department 
” The 
....... At ab °«t 4 I or two since, over 400 passengers, and nearly 100 ^ “ J nt ““ wlves ‘ 
o’clock, in the afternoon, a very black cloud made are now dead and manv ilL” — Germantown Independent records two 
3 cases of death from hydrophobia, in that town 
The Bath (N. Y.) Advocate says:—“On Friday during the past week, 
morning last we beheld the first snow of the sea- — The Jews in Boston have adopted a series of 
son, which covered the earth to the depth of about solutionsi thanking Parliament for the admission 
one inch. Snow fell briskly also during the day. 
Overcoats and mufflers were comfortable.” 
The Hon. William Jay, a well known and esti¬ 
mable man, for many years First Judge of West- _ „ _ 
Chester county, died on the 13th inst, in the 70th 183 > 000 acres'of land for railroad purposes* 
year of his age, at the “Old Homestead” in Bed- grant was made 1856 - 
ford, the former residence of his honored father o -Arrangements are being made in Glasgow for 
r. tit T , ^ lamer, a grand demonstration on the approaching cente- 
Governor John Jay. Judge Jay has been an active nary of Burns’birthday. g 6 
member of several of our prominent institutions, — The furniture of the City Hall, New York is 
among which was the American Bible Society, of advertised at auction by the Sheriff, to satisfy an 
which he was the Vice-President. ’ execution against the city. 
At Crocket, Texas, butter is ten cents a pound, fr ~, Piedpa . tb ,’ Bar K ess . and Toster, the financial 
bee, three cento, bacon .«n„ cent,, „o»r L dob SSfiSUlT* 01 " 
lare for one hundred pound,. Oat, two dollar, _ The Chinese territory ceded to Bneeia, hy I.to 
per Dnsfiei. treaties, is said to be in extent about doable the 
A statement just furnished by the Secretary of 8Ize of the British IsIa nds. 
the Interior, in compliance with a resolution of ~ A bea ^ was ® nc oaatered and killed within six 
Congress, shows that about $20,000,000 have been sUowed consffle°raUe figh TUeSd3y ^ He 
expended by the United States government in the _ A Norfolk paper states that a new military 
District of Columbia, since its formation, exclu- company will shortly be raised in that city to be 
sive of salaries of clerks of the Departments and composed entirely of Jews. 
the appropriations for the Smithsonian Institute. . — A council of Baptist Churches, at Gloversville 
From Kansas—D ispatches from St Louis, on 
the 16th inst, state that the Central Committee of 
Kansas 1m called a Free Soil Delegate Convention 
to be held at Lawrence, November loth, for the 
purpose cf discussing various questions connected 
with the various political organizations in the 
Territory, of discussing the true policy of the 
party, and considering the question of speedy ad¬ 
mission of Kansas into the Union as a Free State. 
Forty two of the Austria’s Passengers Ar¬ 
rived— The British steam frigate Valorous, Capt. 
Oldham, arrived at New York on the 14th inst, 
from Fayal, bringing forty-two of the passengers 
of the steamship Austria, saved by the French 
bark Maurice. The Valorous left England on the 
16th of September, for New York, whither she was 
bound to take Sir W. Gore Onsely, special Minister 
to Greytown. But meeting with head winds, she 
was obliged to put into Fayal on the 25th for coal. 
The bark Maurice had already reached Fayal with 
the rescued passengers of the Austria, and Mr. 
Dart, the British Vice-Consul, solicited a passage 
for them on the Valorous to New l r ork. Captain 
Oldham cheerfully agreed to take them, and Mr. 
Lane, the Hamburgh Consul, put on board fourteen 
day’s provisions for their maintenance. The Val¬ 
orous sailed again on the evening of the 28th, with 
forty-two passengers; the officers of the steamer 
and the sick remaining behind. After a stormy 
passage, the Valorous arrived as before stated. 
Some idea of the cost of the Utah expedition d ecid ed that a man cannot be be both a 
may Be Kained from ttla fact. Corn at Port Lara- ^. 
one to feed the cavalry horses costs six dollars a Bell, will bo dlsp'otehldYoV New York ’next week’ 
bushel. with four loaded boats in tow. 
Col. Kinney informs the San Antonio (Texas) — A nephew and namesake of Gen. Narcisco 
Herald that he has concluded his negotiation with Bo P ez - of Cuban notoriety, has been arrested in 
the Mormons for the sale of his interest in Central ^ ew Y °rk for stealing jewelry. 
America, and has received an earnest of $200,000 W ? sllin ® t ® n ’ sBit >le is said to be in 
as , part of the purchase money. II, to to receive ° f La ' 
$2 000,000. He was in San Antonio on the 29th - It to ejected that stoves, ranyes, and iron 
nit, on his way to Austin. materials of the value of $100,000 will be recovered 
A Hanover paper tells the world that the “silly I from tbe ruins tbe Crystal Palace. 
The Purchase of Mt. Y ernon. —We learn from 
the October number of the Mount Vernon Record, 
that the first instalment of $57,000, due January 1 , 
1859, is now on hand and ready to be paid. Of this 
amount, $33,000 is so advantageously invested as 
to earn from seven to eight and ten per cent, 
making it injudicious to forestall the payment, as 
the interest to be paid to Mr. Washington is but six 
per cent From the present time to the 22d of 
February, is nearly four months, and its hoped to 
raise the entire amount during this time, not only 
that possession may be taken of the estate at an 
early day, but also to save the interest, which is to 
he remitted, according to the agreement, if the 
amount is paid within the current year. i 
prejudice against horse flesh” has altogether van¬ 
ished in Denmark and Northern Germany, and that 
in the city of Hanover alone, in the course of 
Whitsunweek, about 2,000 pounds of horse flesh 
were consumed. The number of horses slaugh¬ 
tered for eating in that city is between 200 and 
300 a year. 
Obituary—Schuyler Putnam, aged 09 years, 
grandson of Gen. Putnam, (Old Put) of Revolu¬ 
tionary memory, died in Elyria, O., last week. 
Parker Cleveland, Professor of Chemistry and 
Mineralogy in Bowdoin College, Me., died on the 
15th inst., aged 79. 
The Spanish Expedition against Mexico— The 
following is translated from a letter dated Madrid, 
Sept. 21st. It confirms the report that the-Spanish 
Cabinet are determined to act energetically against 
Mexico—“ In the early part of October, four ships- 
of-war belonging to the squadron of Gallicia will 
depart for the waters of Cuba, two of them being 
the Petronilla and the Isabella-Catolica. They, 
and the transports accompanying them, will carry 
3,000 soldiers of all arms, with considerable war 
material, destined for the Antilles. It is designed 
to have at Havana a considerable squadron, and a 
disposal force of 12,000 men, destined to compel 
satisfaction from the Mexican Republic. The trip 
of the Minister of Marine to Cadiz, was principally 
with a view to prepare maritime reinforcements 
destined for the Gulf of Mexico.” 
The paper of late and now used in printing 
the Rural is far inferior to what we contracted for, 
bat we are compelled to submit for the present and 
until a better article can be manufactured. 
— A young lady in Paris made her fortieth as 
cension in a balloon, and landed in the country. 
The rustics maltreated her as a witch. 
— A railroad is now approaching completion . 
through Mo., which will enable passengers to go 
from Boston to Kansas in three days. 
— The loss of life by the explosion of the 
Havana Arsenal was 112, and the wounded amount I 
to 128. Loss of property, $1,000,000. 
Two hundred thousand pounds weight of I 
women’s hair is annually sold in France, and the 
price paid for it is six cents an ounce. 
. — A submarine telegraph of about 300 miles is 
m course of manufacture in Scotland, to connect ! 
the Colony of Victoria with Tastnania. 
— Private advices from Savannah indicate that i 
the yellow fever in that city assumes a more i 
serious type than is admitted by the Press. 
It is said that A. Keene Richards, of Scott 
county, has purchased the renowned English racer 
Fisherman, at the enormous price of $30,000. 
_ — There is great talk in Paris of the creation of 
500 barons, who are to form the nucleus of a new 
noblesse to surround and support the throne. * 
— The cork tree is being extensively cultivated 
in the neighborhood of Cincinnati. Ten thousand 
cans of acorns have been ordered for planting. 
— At the recent term of the Circuit Court of 
Jefferson county, Indiana, sixteen married people 
were turned loose, to marry again, if they can. 
— Industrious people at Key West are making a 
fortune out of prepared turtle soup, put up in her¬ 
metically sealed cans, and sent to distant parties. 
— Some of the Kansas papers are indignant that 
Eastern papers should estimate their population at 
only 2o,000. They say that they have full 80,060. 
— Ex-President Franklin Pierce, an Eastern 
editor learns, is engaged in preparing for pub¬ 
lication another “ History of the Mexican War.” 
— The Americans in London are talking of es- jj 
tablishing a newspaper, not unlike Gaiignani in j 
Paris, or the Albion iu N. Y., both English journals, j i 
