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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER, 
DEC, 11 
Contents of the Rural for December 11,1858. 
AGRICULTURAL. Rags. 
I>be*ees of Caltla—Black Quarter,.-.-.397 
India, a African Giote, (UluEt-ated.) --............... 397 
FmCtiral Farm Note j . 397 
Bremen and African Geere.... 897 
Pitctl'nir Hay wita Horae Rower, (Illustrated,)...397 
Prairie Nc-Ra*ent Fence, [ Illustrated,]....898 
Sorghum Sticcestful,. 398 
Bees arrd Bee-Hives,. 398 
F«»t Huskeis, Again,..—................... ?98 
Par king Batter for Winter Uae,...398 
Brtak'ng btet-re,. 398 
Sacrhaiiue Market Repoit®,.... —...—398 
To Cure ' oil Kvll,.....398 
Pumpkin Meal for Hog”,..—..893 
Jrxpnrirs end Aniuvr*—Hack and Feeding Trough; White 
Guinea Few's; Poudretto; Agricultural Col’egea; Crain lile,.. 398 
Conilenmd Corntpondiwt —Lemon in Rennet; To Preserve 
Onion Sen; Experiment with Potatoes; The Time of Saving 
Steu Potatoes; Coin Crop if k ansas..398 
ftnraJ bl tet’lany —Wool Grower at,d Stock Register; Credit; 
Buckwheat as Food; Faet Com Husking; Pr. mium Steam 
Plow ; Cbineee Sugar Cane; A New Cattle Disease in Califor¬ 
nia; Wheat end Com iu Ohio; Increase of Wool in Ohio, ..... 393 
HORTICULTURAL 
Horticnllural Department for 1859. 399 
Clay Soil, A gain..................899 
Saving Trees iinring Winter, Ac,..399 
Vine,aids on Long Islard.3°9 
The Kwaar App’e, (Illustrated,)...399 
Orebardii g in Illinois .899 
T ins rated Anneal Keg tier of Rnra’ ACT ire,.899 
Is the New Rochelle or Lawton Blackberry Sour?.399 
Gr.IVng Pearson Quince, Ae.399 
Nortoem Muscadine Gr pe,. 899 
Curious to Kirtw.399 
Tail Bark for Hot Beds.399 
Diseased App’e Trees. ?99 
Pru t Growers' Mecii. g. 399 
DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 
The Bread Question, Aviin; Potato Yeast; Sjlvar.us Heard 
From; Loaf Cake; Cora Beef,...399 
LADIES’ PORT-FOLIO. 
Tlie Fiower Language of the Heart, (Poetical.) Gleanings— 
No. IV; Hoopol-rgy Again; Our Mother; Sympathy,. 
CHOICE MISCELL*NY. 
Da'e and Do. [Poetical.| Elder Iririh r; Our Duties; T’ c Phy¬ 
sician; Monotony; Set a Good Example; The Newspaper; 
If cad li g. 4C0 
SABBATH M USINGS. 
The Angel of Hope, [Poe’icalJ The Ai tent; Life’s Voyagers, 410 
EDUCATIONAL 
An Appeal for my Sister Teach rs; Pnnetnatt n; Comnression 
Inflatory; Never D.Bpa r; A Lung Walk after a Diploma,.. 401 
USEFUL OLIO. 
Mnsieal Practice among Birds; Witch' ra r t in Europe; Duration 
or I, rva Life; Robert buitnu; Winter Shoes; Treatment of 
FroBted Feet,. 401 
THE YOUNG RURALI8T. 
Description of Snow-Flakes, (Illustrated.) The Sea Star, or 
Star Fish. (Illustrated ] R»„)y io Questions of W. K B., Min¬ 
nesota; The Indian Bean; Libraries. 401 
THE SKETCH BOOK. 
The Winters, [Poetical.] Loving and Patfen*,. 404 
List of Hew Advertisements this Week. 
Brilliant Prospects for IfiftPI— Beadle Adams. 
Holiday Trade—Hu 1 b-»rd A /vord-rGp. 
Cattle, Sheep and Swine for Rate— E. G. Cocfc. 
Clover Wac i* K W. Uudi im a Co. 
Grade Ku 1 for Sale—R G P* ckhanx 
P holography, cr Phonetic Rhort Hand—A. T. Notlbnp 
8rEClAL NOTICES. 
C. W. Grant's Catalogue of Native Vines. 
ROCHESTER, N. Y, DECEMBER 11 1858. 
Our Tenth Volume. 
As the present volume of the Rural is rapidly 
drawing to a close, we confidently and earnestly 
invito all its friends to lend such aid as may be 
consistent with their views and engagements to 
maintain and augment the circulation and nseful- 
nessof the paper. We can safely promise that the 
new volume will be more woitby than either of its 
predecessors of the kind and cordial encourage¬ 
ment and support of all who approve the Rural 
and deBire to promote itsOtjects — for, extraor- 
dinaries excepted, we are determined to present 
greiter improvements, and labor more zealously 
for the cause, than ever before. 
But we must rely upon the generous efforts of 
individuals all over the land to make the paper 
more and more knowD, and we trust that each and 
all who believe its tendency is in the right direc¬ 
tion—that its influence is promotive of the best 
interests of its readers and community—will act 
ia its behalf without waiting for others. We have 
no traveling agents, and give none the exclu¬ 
sive agency of a township or district, so that 
all no disposed aro invited to form clubs in 
their respective localities — and especially in 
neighborhoods where no one is canvassing.— 
We may add that the prospects are most flattering 
for a considerable increase of subscribers next, 
year; but as we have discontinued the practice of 
giving large premiums, wo must mainly depend 
upon the voluntary efforts of tbe friends of the 
paper for accessions. For Terms, Notices, &e., see 
first .column of next page. 
Meeting of Congress. 
The tc-legrsph this A. M., (Tuesday) gives Ihe 
initial movements of the Second Session of the 
Thirtj-Fifth Congress. At roll call in the Senate 
about fifty Senators answered to their names. Ad¬ 
ministering of the oath of office and receptions of 
credentials being completed, oh motion of Mr. 
Gwinn, the House was notified that the Senate was 
i«ady for business, and a committee was appointed 
to inform tbe Prt g’dent of tbe 6ame. The Message 
was received and read, and at tbe conclusion 
thereof Mr. Bigler, of Penn., moved the printing of 
20,000 extra copies. Ha'e, of N. IT., took the 
opportunity to make some comments upon the 
character of the official document, which were not 
at all complimentary. Pending a vote the Senate 
adjourned. 
At noon the Speaker called the House to order, 
when a prayer was offered. The roll was then 
called, and about 200 members responded to their 
names. 
On motion of Mr. Florence, of Pe., a resolution 
was adopted appointing a committee, in conjunc¬ 
tion with that of the Sena’e, to wait on the Presi¬ 
dent and inform him that a quorum in both Houses 
had assembled, and were ready to receive any 
communication be might be pleased to make. 
Mr. Grow introduced a bill to amend the act 
establishing the Court of Claims, so as to permit 
creditors to sue in the District Courts of the United 
States. 
Mr. Curtiss, of Iowa, introduced a bill for the 
construction of a Central Pacific Railroad. 
Mr. Dewart, of Pa, asked leave to introduce a 
resolution instructing the Committee of Ways end 
Means to report a bill increasing the duty on coal 
and iron, and, at the request of several gentlemen, 
including lead, sngar, and such other articles as 
need protection against foreign competition. Ob¬ 
jection was made. Mr. Dewart moved a suspen¬ 
sion of the rules. Negatived, 102 against 87—a 
twe third vote being required. 
The Speaker was authorized to appoint the vari¬ 
ous S’anding Committees. 
Mr. Florence, from Penn., from the Committee 
appointed to wait on the Presdent, reported that 
the latter would immediately communicate his 
annual message. 
The message was received about 2 o’clock, read, 
referred to the Committee of the Whole on the 
State of the Union, and ordered to be printed. 
The daily hour of meeting was fixed at 12 o’clock 
M, and the House adjourned. 
A synopsis of tbe message came by telegraph, 
but we ptefer to wait tbe receipt of a complete 
copy before giving any portion of it to our read¬ 
ers. We will endeavor to note all matters of gen¬ 
eral import it contains, together with the facts 
embodied in the Reports of the Heads of Depart¬ 
ments, in ouj next. 
Washington Matters. 
TnK President has received information from 
Japan that a full embassy from that country will 
appear at Washington in the spring. 
Through the * Aorta of tbe State Department for 
an amelioration of the duty on flour in Brazil, an 
imperial decree has been issued reducing it 30 per 
cent, below the former tariff. This is considered 
an important concession. 
Advices from Costa Rica from an oflicial source 
express an earnest disposition to enter into ar¬ 
rangements for the settlement of the claim of the 
United S'ates against that Republic. 
It, is said by a gentleman particularly interested, 
that while a recommendation will be made to Con¬ 
gress for a modification of the tariff with a view 
to increase the revenues, the means by which this 
should be effected will not be designated by the 
Secretary of the Treasury. The subject is already 
agitated in political circles as to whether there 
shall be a specific instead of an ad valorem duty 
on iron. 
It is understood that the Executive intends to 
concentrate immediately as large a naval force as 
possible upon the Gulf of Mexico and coast of 
Central America. 
It is said the Secretary of the Navy will recom 
mend the construction of 20 or 25 vessels, proba¬ 
bly s'oops-of-war. 
Letters to the Navy Department from the Com¬ 
mander of the frigate Wabash at Beyrout, state 
that no effort had been made by the anthoiities 
there to bring to trial the au'hors of the outrage 
on the American family at Jaffa. The Comman¬ 
der had informed tbe Pasha that be should insist 
upon their immediate trial, notwithstanding the 
wish that bad been expressed to postpone it l>i 
all the miscreants had been captured. The Pasha 
evinced a disposition to do justice. 
Chief Justice Ecke, of Utah, is in Washington 
for the purpose of conferring with the Adminis¬ 
tration relative to the affairs of that Territory. It 
is understood that, he will earnestly protest against 
tbe proposed offering of the public lands therefor 
sale, excepting under such restrictions as shall 
prevent their monopoly by the Mormon Church. 
Interesting News from Arizona. 
The Overland Mail, which arrived at St. Louis 
on the 3d insi, brought six passengers, among 
them Mr. MeKibbiD, of California, and Liet. Me wry, 
from Arizona. Lieut Mowry left Gila City on tbe 
4th of November, at which time.- some 150 men 
were digging gold, the average yield being about 
$10 per day, wiih the rudest implements. Every 
part of the country jet prospected in the vicinity 
of tbe mines proved auriferous, and the opinion 
was current amoDg old miners that no richer sur¬ 
face digging exists, even in the most favored 
portions of California. The mines are located on 
the neutral ground between the Yuma and Pinos 
Indians, and thus no danger is apprehended from 
hostile tribes. The Sonora Silver Mining Co. were 
swelling a thousand ounces per week. Several 
other mines were also being actively worked.— 
Lieub Mowry briDgs several rich specimens from 
the silver mines, also about $300 in gold from the 
GPa River diggings. Lieut. M. computes the popu¬ 
lation of the territory at 15 000, and gives glowing 
descriptions of the beiuty aud of the agricultural 
and grazing resources of the country. 
A political meeting at Gila City, November 4tb, 
pasted resolutions endorsing tbe action of the 
Conventions held at Mesilla and TuesoD, and asking 
Congress for a territorial organization. 
Mr. McKibbin reports that the Apache Indians 
continued their depredations on the frontier of 
Sonora and Arizona. Seven out of a party of eight 
had been recently killed by a body of Mexicans, 
forty miles from Fort Bnchanar. 
The ievolation in Sonora was in full progress. 
Governor Petquiera had lost the support of the 
rich men 8nd merchants of the province, on ac¬ 
count of his failare to return a large snm of money 
borrowed from them, according to promise. 
The Santa Fb Mail. —The Santa Fe mail of the 
8th Oct, reached Independence on the 28th ult. The 
enow is a foot deep from the Arkansas river to 
Walworth creek. Weather very cold. A letter 
from Mr. Crenshaw, one of the contractors on the 
route between Independence and Stockton, Cal., 
states that news had reached Santa Fe of a battle 
between Lt. Bbal’s party of Surveyors and the 
Camanches, and that fears were entertained lhat 
the mails from Neosha to Albuquerque were lost. 
No particulars of the fight are given. No news¬ 
papers are received, but private letters say that no 
news of importance had reached Santa Fe from 
the Navajo country. The St. Joseph Gazette learns 
from a private letter from Santa Fe, Oct 31st that 
the Navajo Indians had attacked Fort Defiance, 
but were repulsed with a loss of ninety killed — 
Four troops were killed. 
Jfetcs fatapfiite. 
General Niel, of the French Engineers, has 
just published a “Journal of the Operations of 
the Siege of Sebastopol.” He states that daring 
the siege, which lasted 334 days, the French artil¬ 
lery threw into the town 510,000 round shot, 236,- 
000 shells from bowiizers, 350,000 shells from mor¬ 
tars, and 8,000 r ickets: duiing the war the French 
infantry fired 25,000,010 of cartridges. 
Latest advices from the West Coast of Africa 
represent it to be very sickly there—a French war 
ste-.mer having lost 25 men within two weeks. 
Mention is made of the impressment of a French 
ssilor from an American vessel, though no par¬ 
ticulars are given. 
The Mississippian states that the experiment of 
excluding all paper money of a denomination less 
than five dollars has succeeded perfectly in the 
State of Mississippi. 
Alabaster, of a very superior quality, is found 
in large deposits in the hills near the Missions of 
Soledad and San Antonio, in Monterey Co., Cali¬ 
fornia. It is cleaD, close-grained, very fine and 
translucent, and can be cut with a knife. Its color 
is a beautifal light cream. 
An old man, named John Brobst, living in pov¬ 
erty in the Glades of Cumberland Co., Md., lately 
discovered that he owned a large tract of coal and 
iron land in Pennsylvania, has proved hia title and 
sold his claim fur > $2,000,000. 
A young man in Cincinnati has sued a surgeon 
for $20,000 damages for unnecessarily cutting off 
his leg. He alleges that ether was given him while 
in the hospital, and advantage taken of his uncon¬ 
sciousness for a nice operation. 
Accounts from Washington Territory say it is 
not certain that two or more of our army officers 
who have fallen were not shot by their own men, 
The conduct of Col. Steptoe in that engagement 
is to be investigated, and orders have been issued 
requiring the presence of some of the army offi¬ 
cers at Washington for that object 
Four overland mail routes to the Pacific coast 
have now been settled upon. The southern one 
will be open all the year, and the other three for 
summer travel. These routes belt the continent 
in parallels, and are so distributed that each divis¬ 
ion of the Union is brought into stage and rail¬ 
road connection with all the others. 
The Howaid Association of New Orleans pub¬ 
lish a statement of their operations during the 
season of the epidemic; 3,414 cases were treated, 
of which only 771 proved fatal. The fund of the 
Association has dwindled from $45,000 in August 
to $1,900 in November. 
The Europa brings news of the death of Rob¬ 
ert Owen, a social reformer who attracted much 
notice a few years ago. He was born in Wales in 
1771. 
Personal and Political. 
In the South Carolina Legislature, on the 2d 
Inst., Hon. Jas. Chesnnt, President of the Senate, 
was elected U. S. Senator on the 10th ballot. 
Is signal triumph of the Conservatives. 
lov. Bissell, of Illinois, has issued a Proclf.ma- j 
ti n calling for a special election on the 5th of 
January to fill the vacancy caused by the death of 
Col. Harris, Representative in Congress. 
Hon. J. J. Crittenden was called upon recently 
at hi” hotel in New York city, by a delegation from 
the “Whig” General Committee, and presented 
with addresses from that “body.” Mr. Crittenden, 
in his reply, disclaimed any intention of being a 
candidate for the Presidency, and refused to accept 
of any nomination. 
The No i th Carolina Legislature has elected 
Thomas L. Clingman to fill out the balance of Mr. 
Biggs’ term in the U. S. Senate, ending March 4tb, 
1861; and ex-Gov. Thomas Bragg for the full term, 
ending in 1865. 
Hon. Jonathan Knight died at Washington, 
Pa., Nov. 23. He was a member of Congress in 
1854 from the 20th district of Pennsylvania. 
The Legislature of South Carolina is engaged in 
a tangled contest in regard to the re-opening of 
the Slave Trade. The supporters and opposers of 
the supremacy of Congress in the matter, are both 
sanguine as to the result The contest entered into 
the election for Senator and Governor. 
The Legislature of Florida assembled at Talla- 
hasse on the 22d ult John Finlayson, of Jefferson, 
was elected Pres dent of the Senate, aud J. D. 
Gailbraitb, of LeoD, Speaker of the House. Gov. 
Perry’s Message discourages the idea of re-opening 
the slave trade, and favors the removal of the 
remaining Seminoles from Florida soil. 
A dispatch from Martinsbnrg announces the 
death of Hon. Mr. Bedinger, Ex-Minibter to Den¬ 
mark. He returned home from Europe a few weeks 
ago, in good health, and since then partook of a 
complimentary dinner, tendered him by his fellow 
citizens, without regard to party. Mr. B. was for¬ 
merly a member of Congress, and distinguished for 
the ability and energy he brought to the discharge 
of all his public duties. 
The election to fill the vacancy in Congress from 
the Reading piatrict, Pa., caused by tbe resignation 
of J. Glancy Jones, took place the 30th nit. Gen. 
Wm. H. Ktim, opposition, was elected, by about 400 
majority. 
Hon. John Letcher has received the nomina¬ 
tion for Governor from the Democratic State Con¬ 
vention of Virginia. 
The Territorial Ma=s Convention of the Conser¬ 
vative Element in Kansas, for the purpose of 
organizing an opposition to the Republicans, was 
held in Leavenworth on the 25th nit. The atten¬ 
dance was numerous, though but six counties were 
represented. The re-nnion and re organization of 
the Democracy was advocated and hotly debated— 
a strong minority characterizing such action as 
premature. A series of resolutions petitioning 
Congress to repeal the land grants, asking aid for 
improvements, denouncing the Republican party, 
declaring in favor of excluding free negroes from 
the future State of Kansas, declaring the slave 
question a dead issue, and in favor of a modifica¬ 
tion of the pre emption laws, were finally adopted, 
with a preamble determining upon the immediate 
organization of the Democracy of the Territory. 
jptemjj potters. 
History of Civilization in England. By Henry 
Thomas Buckle. Volume I. From tne second Lon¬ 
don edition. To which is aooed an Alphabetical Index 
Hew York : D. AppleTOD & Co.—1868. 
The “History ef Civil zalion in England” is, to say the 
least, one of the very best books it has been our good 
fortune to peruse during tbe present year. We aie not 
ready to adopt the philosophy of the author in many re¬ 
spects—in fact, have felt a spirit of hostility awakening 
at times—still there is so much to atimalale reflection 
and excite 1o inquiry, so much to promote investigation, 
and that in a path comparatively untrodden, that ihe first 
volume is finished with an intense desire to take fast hold 
upon what is to follow. Tbe writer states that he has 
selected tbe progress of English civilization for his 
especial study, “rimply because, being less affechd by 
sgencies, not arising from itself, we cm the more clearly 
discern in it tbe normal march of society, aid the undis¬ 
turbed operation of those great laws by wh'chthe fortunes 
of mankind are ultimately regulated.” He selects Eng 
land in pieference to France became, although the Eng¬ 
lish sre greatly indebted to the French for improvement 
in taste, for refinement in manner, and, indeed, in all the 
amenities of life, j et they have borrowed nothing abso¬ 
lutely essential, nothing by which tbe destinies of nations 
are permanently altered, while Fiance has borrowed from 
England some very valuable political institutions. And 
he prefers it to Germany, because the ssme objections are 
still more applicable to the Germans. Tbe German intel¬ 
lect he regards as stimulated by tbe French into asnddm 
growth, and thus irregularly developed—being in fact 
hurried into an activity greater than the average civiliza¬ 
tion of the country requires; whence it results, lhat in no 
European nalion do we find so wide an interval betwetn 
the highest minds and the lowest—the German philoso¬ 
pher possessing a learning, and a reach of thought, which 
plac> s them at the head of tbe civilized world, while the 
German people are more tuperstilious, more prtjudiced, 
more really ignorant and unfit to guide themselves, than 
are the inhabitants either of France or of England. 
In the only other country that might seem to claim the 
author’s preference, America, he argues that “ a civiiizi- 
tion precisely tke reverse of thif, the Germanic, is sren. 
For while the stock of German knowledge is immense, but 
confined to one class, the slock of American knowledge 
is small, hut distributed through all cla'ses-there bring 
no country to equal America in the scircity of men of 
great learning, and in the scarcity of men of great igno¬ 
rance. As in Germany, then, we find a serious failuie in 
the diffusion of knowledge, so in America we find a no less 
serious one in its accumulation.” Which failure is tbe 
more disadvantageous of the two, our author does not 
stay to decide. But he calls attention to the antithesis, 
with this comment ou the state of the case:—“ That as 
civilization is regulated by tbe accumulation and d (fusion 
of knowledge, it is evident that no country can even ap¬ 
proach to a complete and peifect pattern, if, cultivating 
one of these conditions to an excess, it neglects the culti¬ 
vation of the other. Iodeed from this want of balance 
and equilibrium between the two elements of civilization, 
there have arisen in America and in Germany, those 
great but opporite evils, which, it is to be feared, will not 
be easily remedied; and which, until remedied, will cer¬ 
tainly retard the progress of both countries, notwith¬ 
standing the temporary advantages which such one-sided 
energy does for the moment always procure.” 
The City op the Great King ; or Jerusalem as it Wap, 
as it Is, and as it is To Be. By J T. Barclay, M. D., 
Missionary to Jerusalem. Philadelphia, James Chal- 
len & Sous ; Rochester, E Darrow & Bro., 1868. 
This is a most beautiful book, of over 600 pages, large 
octavo, and as interesting as it is beautiful. The paper 
nations, nine lithographs, mostly maps and p’ans, and 
forty-five wood cuts. The author spent three years and a 
half in the holy city, and made some important discove¬ 
ries among the ancient ruins. In a week or two, we shall 
give some extracts from this work, accompanied with 
illustrations. We know of no better present the coming 
holidays than this book. 
Hadji in Syria : or Three Years iu Jerusalem. By 
Sarah Barclay Johnson. Philadelphia, James Chal- 
len & Sons ; Rochester, E. Darrow & Bro., 1868. 
This is a little book of about 300 pages, and its writer, 
who spent three years in Jerusalem, is the daughter of 
the author of the work noticed above—“The City of the 
Great King.” She gives a roost in'erestirg account of 
the domestic life of the people, and the sufferings of the 
women of the East. Her earnest appeal iu behalf of the 
females of Oriental countries, is eloquent and affecting. 
BOOKS RECEIVED. 
Otm table is loaded with new publications. Among the 
works recently received, and awaiting examination aud 
notice, are the following : 
History op Friedrich the Second, called Frederick tbe 
Great. By Thomas Caklylk In fonr yoiuous New 
Yotk : Harper & Brothers. [Vols. I and II received.) 
For sale in Rochester by Dewey. 
Dora Deane, or the East India Dac’e ; and Maggie Mil¬ 
ler. or Ola H.gar’s Secret. By Mrp. Mary J. Hglmks, 
author of “ Lena Rivers ” “ t’he Homestead ou the 
Hillside,” “Meadow Brook, or Rosa L-e,” “TemptSt 
and Sunshine,” ttc. New York : C. M. Saxton. 
In and Around Stamroul. Bv Mrs. Edmund Hornby 
Philadelphia: J*e. Onallen & Sons. Sold ia Rochester 
by £. Darrow & Bro. 
Sf.lp-Made Men. By Chas. C. B. Seymour. New York: 
Harpers. Sold by Dewey. 
The Modern Cook : a Practical Guide to the Culinary 
Art io all its Branches, comprising, in addition to 
English Cookery, the most approved and rechrrche sys¬ 
tems of French, Italian and German Cookery—adapted 
as well for the largest estab ishment” as for the use of 
private famiries. By Chas. Elme Francatelli From 
tbe ninth London edirion, carefully levised and con¬ 
siderably enlarged. Pniladelphia : T. B. Peterson & 
Bros. Sold by Dewet. 
Bertram Noel. A Story for Youth. By E. J. May. 
New York : D. Appleton & Co. Sold by Dewey. 
Elements op Natural Philosophy, designed for Acad¬ 
emies and High Scboo's. By Elias Loomis, LL. D. 
New Yoik : Harpers. Sold by Dewey. 
The History op Prostitution: Its Ex’ent, Onuses and 
Effects tbioughout tbe World. [Being an Official Re- 
ort to the Boa'd of Alms-H'-use Governors of the 
itv of New York.] By *"i W. Sawyer, M. D. New 
York : Harpers. Sold by Dewey. 
Sir Walter Raleigh and bis Time. With other Pspers. 
By Chas Kingsley, author of •• Hipttia.” -‘Two Years 
Ago,” etc. Boston: Tickner & Fields Sold by Dewey. 
Cornell’s Grammar-School Gkooraphy. New York : 
Appleton & Co. For sale by Dewey. 
We have also been favored with eleven different vol¬ 
umes issued by the American Tract Socie'y, the leading 
magazines for the month, various pamphletp, &e., &c. 
The Ontario Observer, Prince Albert, C. W., is a 
very neat and well-filled paper, but far from being 
oWif-able. For instance, of three different num¬ 
bers before ns, each contains from three to Bix or 
more articles copied from the Rural without 
credit. Not very observe -ing of the rule of meum 
and tuum, that ! 
The Indian Wars —Dispatches from the Pacific 
coast received by tbe last California steamer from 
officers in command, in Washington Territory, 
state that the approach of winter has produced a 
cessation of Indian hostilities, hat the impression 
prevails that they will recommence in spring. 
©lw ilrus (£ontlrnsfV. 
— Postage stamps have just been introduced in 
Spain. 
— Theodore Parker is ill again, having suffered 
a relapse. 
— A rat-killing association has been founded in 
New York. 
— Ceo. Harney arrived at Portland, Oregon, on 
the 25th nit. 
— The Opera singer Piccolomini has a salary of 
$4 000 a month. 
— The Liberals in Mexico were successful at 
latest accounts. 
— Only 70 000 emigrants have arrived in New 
York this year. 
— Gas was used in Belfast, Me., oa Tuesday week 
for the first time. 
— The emigration to Kansas has been quite 
large during the fall. 
— Tbe black tongue has made its appearance in 
several st ctions of Texas. 
— The English papers complain heavily of our 
sending back their paupers. 
— Nebraska is a Sioux word, compounded of 
Ne, water, Abraska, a valley. 
— The weather is very cold at the White Moun¬ 
tains, and the snow very deep. 
— Tbe Polish Revolution of 1830 was celebrated 
in New Yoik on Monday wetk. 
— Over a million barrels of lime are now man¬ 
ufactured yearly atRockiaLd, Me. 
— The Indians are committing many outrages 
in the border settlement of Texas. 
— A man in Philadelphia was recently fined $16 
for swearing and $5 for getting druuk. 
— Ex-Oov. Schley, of South Carolina, is dan¬ 
gerously ill, from a stroke ot paralysis. 
— Mayor Swann has vetoed the bill for the in¬ 
troduction of fire engints in Baltimore. 
— The last return ef tbe army shows that Aus- 
tiia can bring into the field 427,000 men. 
— Tbe amount of specie now in the banks of 
Boston ia very large, reaching $9,437,0(0. 
— Ex Governor Medary, of Ohio, was sworn in 
Wednesday week, as Governor ot Kansas. 
— The Supervisors of Oneida Co., voted 20 to 
12 agaiDst building a County Penitentiary. 
— The boa’s on Lake Champlain have been laid 
up for the winter, and navigation is closed. 
— There are millions of rich lands in Arkansas 
for sale by Government at 12£ cen's an acre. 
— The Jipan Treaty has arrived at Washington, 
together with dispatches from CoDsnl Harris. 
— On Wednesday, two Jewish Rabbis were ar¬ 
rested in New York for selling lottery tickets. 
— A man was killed, a few days since, by falling 
from the top of the Clay Monument at Lexington. 
— Judge Hart, of Cincinnati, was recently run 
over by a train of railrtad cars, and injured fa¬ 
tally. 
— Lead pencil marks in scratching election 
tickets have been decided illegal in York county, 
Penn. 
— A white man in Maryland has been sentenced 
to 43 yeais imprisonment for enticing negroes to 
escape. 
— The receipts of the city of Paris last year 
amounted to 26,000,600, 8nd the expenses to $23,- 
000,000. 
— It is said that slaves are diminishing in Fair- 
fix C l, Vm, and that there is an influx ot Northern 
settlers. 
_About 45 per cent, ef tbe children born ia 
Rhode Island since 1862 have been of foreign 
piirent8gp. 
— A Kinsas city paper of the 23d nit. announces 
tbe arrival of $6,100 in gold dost in a kettle, from 
Cherry Creek. 
— The Secretary of the Navy has issued orders 
to have every available vessel fitted out with the 
utmost dispa’ch. 
— Tbe New Jersey State Prison is full fo over¬ 
flowing, having nearly three hundred prisoners 
within its walla. 
— A correspondent of tbe Picayune prophecies 
an immense sugar crop in Louisiana this season— 
say 400,000 hhds. 
— The Register of the Treasury reports that tbe 
sale of public lands this year will amount to three 
millions of dollars. 
— Tt is said that another effort will be made to 
get Oregon iDto the Union, as a State, at the next 
session of Congress. 
— The Bostonians have determined to celebrate 
the forthcoming centennial anniversary of the 
birthday of Bums. 
— A elephant that bad escaped from a menag¬ 
erie in BoltoD, Yazoo Co., Miss, was pursued and 
killed on the 4th iust. 
— There are 20 lotteries in the U. S., 15 of which 
are in the State of Maryland, and expire by their 
charter in April next. 
— Kansas City people are in exstacies over the 
fact that the 8 l Lou’s & Pacific Railroad has been 
located near tbat point. 
— Rev. F. N Ewing, pastor of the Presbyterian 
Chnrcb, in Bloomington, Ill., has recently inherit¬ 
ed a fo tune ot $100,000. 
— The expenses of Steuben Co. have decreased 
since 1857—from what cause is not stated. By 
some miracle, we suppote. 
— A man was fitted $43 in N. O., a few days since, 
for encasing a letter in a newspaper, and posting 
the tame to a correspondent. 
— Another revolutionary movement has broken 
out in BoDora. wh'ch seems likely to overthrow 
the existing 8'a’e Government. 
_Considerable activity in real estate, with im¬ 
proving prices is noticed in New York, Cincinnati, 
St. Lonis, and other large ciries. 
_Gold has heeD found all along the valley of 
the South Platte, iu Nehraeka. In ravines, lour 
dollars to a pan have been taken. 
— At the recent election in Illin ois, 252 000 votes 
were polbd—more than any of tbe States, save 
New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio. 
— The people of Buffalo have, by a majority of 
1716, decided in favor of an international bridge 
across the Niagara river at that place. 
— The task of laying a telegraph cable from 
Florida to Cuba will be commenced forthwith, the 
sabteriptions having been completed. 
— The trial of the 62 indicted officials in New 
York has been pur, over to the Eext term, on ac¬ 
count of difficulty in procuring jurors. 
— Nearly fifteen ’ million feet of sawed lumber 
have been shipped from Ottawa City, Canada, to 
the American markets during tbe beason. 
_Francis C. Walton, one of the members of the 
Kane Arctic expedition, was huried in Philadel¬ 
phia, on Sunday. He died in destitution. 
— Tbe Court of Appeals bas decided that Coun¬ 
ty Courts have jurisdiction of ac ions to foreclose 
mortgages on lands within their counties. 
— Preparations are made for a great lumber sea¬ 
son iu Maine. On the St Croix river alone about 
3,000 men and 500 teams will be employed. 
— The editor of tbe Franklin (Louisiana) Banner 
speaks of having received an orange seventeen 
and five-sixteenths of an inch in diameter. 
— The navigation of the Mississippi river below 
St. Paul has been closed by ice. The mail will be 
carried by stages from St Paul to La Crosse. 
p.n l tbe printing is of tbe very first class, and the engrav- 
Thf fl ■ are elegant and numerous, consisting of five fall 
page steel engravings, three colored drawings, or illumi- 
