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ROCHESTER, SEPTEMBER 8, 1855. 
Exciting Foreign News. 
The news brought by the Canada, which 
arrived at Halifax last week Wednesday, is of 
a highly interesting character, being no less 
than the announcement that a great battle 
had been fought in the Crimea, in which the 
allies were victorious ; and that Sweaborg, one 
of the strongholds of Russia in the Baltic, had 
been bombarded and destroyed. Of the Cri¬ 
mea affair, it is stated that at daylight on the 
morning of the 16th of August, the Russian 
field army under General Liprandi, amounting 
to 60,000 men, attacked the fortified line of 
the Tchernaya, and that, after a fierce contest 
of three hours’ duration, the Russians neve 
repulsed with a loss of 5,000 to 6,000 killed 
and wounded, and an equal number of pris¬ 
oners taken. The latter fact, (if it is a fact,) 
shows more than any other, the decisive na¬ 
ture of the engagement. The loss of the al¬ 
lies is represented to be small, but the number 
is not stated. Confident anticipations of the 
speedy fall of the southern forts of Sebastopol 
are entertained, and the bombardment was 
soon to be recommenced. 
In the matter of this battle, it must be 
borne in mind that the Canada left Liverpool 
on the 18th, only two days after the event, and 
that the telegraph lines are all in the hands of 
the Government. It is therefore quite possi¬ 
ble the affair may assume new features when 
the other side comes to be beard. 
Another exciting topic is the reported bom¬ 
bardment and destruction of Sweaborg. The 
attack was commenced on the 9th ult., and 
lasted two days. It will be seen under the 
head of “ foreign intelligence,” what the 
French and British Admirals say of this affair. 
Such a statement is Munchansen-like, to say 
the least of it. That a fortress like Sweaborg, 
so strong as to have been denominated the 
“ Gibralter of the North,” and in the hands 
of a people who have shown themselves thus 
far equal in bravery, and little inferior in 
scientific skill to their enemies, should fall 
without the loss of one man on the part of the 
aitaclcing party, is utterly incredible. We 
will believe a good deal t-o accommodate 
Louis Napoleon’s Admiral, hut we don’t be¬ 
lieve that! There are other circumstances 
which throw discredit upon the alleged bril¬ 
liancy of this feat, among which are the fol¬ 
lowing : The allies did not land from their 
vessels to complete the destruction of the 
place, nor did they follow up their successes 
by sailing triumphantly up the channel and 
assaulting Helsingfors, which the unexpected 
fall of Sweaborg must have placed at their 
mercy. The latter place is the great naval 
arsenal of Russia in the Baltic, and its destruc¬ 
tion would be an irreparable loss to her. 
The bombardment of Sweaborg, when all 
facts become known, will probably turn out 
about as follows : The boats carrying heavy 
guns and mortars placed themselves beyond 
the reach of the fort, and from that position 
threw heavy shot and shell into the fortifica¬ 
tions, blew up some magazines, burnt some 
buildings, killed some of the garrison and then 
withdrew, leaving the main defences as im¬ 
pregnable as they found them. 
We shall hear more of these affairs by the 
Atlantic which left Liverpool cn the 25th.— 
Victoria is just now on a visit to France, 
returning her compliment to Louis Napo¬ 
leon’s, and these reputed successes will not 
unlikely add greatly to the enthusiasm of her 
reception. 
Canada Ahead. —Canada took the first pre¬ 
mium on wheat at the great fair in London. 
It weighed sixty-five pounds to the measured 
bushel, and a letter from Paris states that it 
beats the world at the industrial exhibition 
now progressing at Paris. There are compe¬ 
ting samples from Franoe, Australia, Algeria, 
Portugal, Spain, Greece, the‘United States 
and other countries. Canada wheat stands the 
heaviest so far, it being 654 lbs. to the bushel. 
Temperance State Convention. —The State 
Convention of the friends of the Prohibitory 
Law is officially announced to be held in the 
City Hall, Utica, cn Wednesday, the 3d day 
of Oct. ensuing, commencing at 1 o’clock p. m. 
State Convention. 
The Democratic (Soft) State Convention 
was holden at Syracuse last week, commencing 
Wednesday, Aug. 29th, and continuing in 
session three days. A good deal of difficulty 
occurred on the adoption of a platform, the 
action of the administration on the slavery 
question being the bone of contention. The 
resolutiors adopted assert the principle al¬ 
ways put forth in every Convention, viz., an 
economical administration of government.— 
They denounce the Whigs as wasteful and 
extravagant; repudiate the liquor law ; con¬ 
temn the Know Nothings; discountenance 
fusion ; recommend the selection of delegates 
to a State Convention, for the purpose of 
choosing representatives to the National Con¬ 
vention to be held next year at Cincinnati ; 
and rejoice over the Democratic victories in 
several of the State. The resolution endors¬ 
ing President Pierce’s administration as a 
whole was rejected, and, after a two days and 
somewhat acrimonious debate, a modified 
form, partially approving the course of the 
Administration, was finally passed. 
The following is the ticket adopted : 
Judges of Appeals—S. L. Sildin, Monroe, 
(full term) ; J. A. Lott, Kings, (short term.) 
Secretary of State— Israel T. Hatch, Buf¬ 
falo. 
V Comptroller— Lemuel Stetson, Clinton. 
~ Treasurer— Ariel S. Thurston, Chemung. 
Canal Commissioner— Curtis Hawley, Liv¬ 
ingston. 
Attorney General— Samuel J. Tildin, New 
York 
Engineer— John B. Jervis, Oneida. 
Prison Inspector—P. H. Agan, Ononcaga. 
Judge Seiden is on both the Hard and Soft 
tickets. He is at present one of the Supreme 
Judges in this district, and is an able jurist. 
The Whigs could not do better than to put 
Judge Selden in nomination also, and thus 
withdraw that office from the arena of party 
politics. 
Swindling Newspeper Agents. 
An Imposter. —A young man, probably one 
of the gang of burglars which has recently 
infested this community, has, we learn, been 
driving quite a thriving business, in a small 
way, about this county getting subscribers to 
the Rural Kew-Yorker, a popular agricultural 
paper, published at Rochester, N. Y. He 
represents himself as a clerk in the Post Office 
at Pontiac, and that he only wants one more 
name to complete the club. We have heard 
of several who have been diddled out of a 
dollar each, and several more who subscribed 
but preferred to wait till they had received 
the paper before paying. No such person is 
or has been clerk in the Pontiac Post Office, 
and the whole thing is undoubtedly a swindle. 
Persons who wish to subscribe for a paper 
should inclose the money to the publishers by 
mail, or request the Post-Master to do it for 
them, and not trust irresponsible strangers.— 
Pontiac ( Mich ) Jacksonian. 
Such revelations as the above account for 
the severe letters and lectures we not unfre- 
quently receive from confidence men, residing 
in distant sections, who have been sold by 
some itinerant impostor. Of course all such 
chaps as the one mentioned are swindlers, and 
their prevalence one of the curses of the Ru¬ 
ral’s popularity. The only safe course is for 
people to regard all itinerant canvassers (who 
cannot exhibit undoubted testimonials,) as 
knaves, and treat them accordingly. And 
the best way to secure the Rural, or any oth¬ 
er paper, is as above suggested—to mail the 
money direct to the publisher, or request a 
Post-Master or local agent to forward the sub¬ 
scription. 
Conflict of Laws. 
Quite an excitement occurred in Philadel¬ 
phia last week Wednesday, cn the trial of 
Ballard, Moose, and other colored men, 
charged with riot and assault and battery.—■ 
The case arose out of the escape of Jane John¬ 
son and her two children from Col. Wheeler, 
the newly appointed U. S. Minister to Nicara¬ 
gua. The slaves left him at Philadelphia, on 
his way to Central America, and the offence 
alleged against the persons on trial was a 
forcible abduction, attended with riot, &c.— 
On the trial, the Minister swore point blank 
as to the forcible removal cf his servants and 
the assault upon himself; but when the de¬ 
fence entered on the case, much to the sur¬ 
prise of the master, Jane Johnson herself ap¬ 
peared upon the witness stand and contra¬ 
dicted him in every important particular.— 
The United States District Altorney, and the 
Marshal, threatened to arrest her as a fugitive 
slave ; hut the State Couit protected her, the 
Judge forbidding them to touch the witness at 
their peril. She was guarded by a strong po¬ 
lice force, and under their escort retired un¬ 
molested. * 
By the laws of Pennsylvania, as well as 
our ow’n and many other States, a slave 
brought within her teriitory voluntarily by 
the master, is henceforth free; and it was 
under this law that the slaves of Col. Wheel¬ 
er went off voluntarily with their friends, 
against the will of their late master. 
Unfortunate. —A despatch from Halifax, 
dated Aug. 21st, states that owing to some 
mismanagement in the laying of the subma¬ 
rine cable between Newfoundland and Cape 
Breton, when forty miles out from the New¬ 
foundland coast, the cable was lost. The ves¬ 
sels had been engaged two days in the under¬ 
taking when the accident happened. The 
company is understood to have had an insu¬ 
rance on the cable to the extent of $70,000. 
Shocking Railroad Casualty. 
One of those calamities which occasionally 
happen to chill men’s blood, took place last 
week Wednesday on the Camden & Amboy 
railroad, near Burlington, New Jersey. The 
road, notwithstanding it is one of the great¬ 
est thoroughfares in this country, and has the 
monopoly for carrying passengers through 
New Jersey, possesses bnta single track ; and 
as the 10 o’clock morning train from Phila¬ 
delphia, consisting of five passenger cars, 
reached Burlington, it was ascertained that 
the New York train had not arrived. After 
waiting ten minutes for it, the conductor or¬ 
dered on his train, and had proceeded about 
two miles; when the engineer perceived the 
New York train approaching in the opposite 
direction. He immediately whistled to put 
on the brakes, stopped the train, and then 
commenced hacking down again to the sta¬ 
tion he had passed, in order to switch off ana 
let the other go by. The train had backed 
about half way at a rapid rate, the con¬ 
ductor says 15 miles an hour, others say 
20, 25, 30, and even 35, when they en¬ 
countered a span of horses and carriage at 
a crossing. Four of the cars were thrown 
off and crushed to atoms, killing twenty five 
persons, and wounding at least seventy. The 
horses were both instantly killed, the carriage 
overturned, but strange to say, notone of the 
five persons inside was seriously injured.— 
Next to the Norwalk tragedy, this is one of 
the most teriible railroad accidents that ever 
occurred in this country, and the scene of 
horror presented, as stated by spectators, 
beggars all description. 
There is a city ordinance of Burlington 
which forbids the cars to run faster than five 
miles an hour within the corporation limits, 
which ordinance was violated, according to 
the statement of all parties. The bloated 
and offensive monopoly of the Camden and 
Amboy railroad, cannot restore the lives they 
have taken, hut they can and probably will be 
made to respond heavily in damages to the 
maimed and wounded survivors, and to the 
widows and orphans of the slain. 
Squatter Sovereignty. —Chief Justice Le- 
compte, of Kansas territory, gave a dinner at 
Shawnee, Mo., on the 22d ult., to the Kansas 
Legislature, in return for locating the Capital 
at the town named after him. Judge Elmore 
was present and was toasted enthusiastically. 
He announced his determination to resist 
President Pierce’s usvrpation of power in re¬ 
moving him from office. The Lfgislature on 
the 21st was occupied with concurrent resolu¬ 
tions denunciato; y of President Pierce for re¬ 
moving Judge Elmore. A sharp debate en¬ 
sued, and among other amiable sentiments 
expressed, one thought President Pierce 
should be taught to know his place ; the sec¬ 
ond did not object to censure Mr. Pierce, but 
thought they might be making themselves 
ridiculous ; a third thought they ought to act 
like squatter sovereigns, not like growling 
slaves ; a fourth said Reeder was removed on¬ 
ly to prepare the way for Elmore’s removal; 
a fifth thought the President should have 
sent a batallion of soldiers to slaughter the 
whole crowd cf free-soilers ; and a sixth look¬ 
ed upon the President as a mean Yankee and 
double-eyed coward, and said if the resolu¬ 
tion was an insult to the President, let the 
insult he given. 
Look out foe the Cars !—The Springfield 
(Mass.) Republican states that on Saturday last, 
as Miss Martha Burrows, of Bemardston, a 
young lady fourteen years cf age, was driving 
a horse and vehicle over a crossing of the 
Connecticut River railroad, her attention was 
attracted by the music of an organ grinder, 
and she did not observe an approaching train. 
The locomotive struck her carriage at a high 
rate of speed, shivering it to atoms and kill¬ 
ing the horse, while Miss Burrows was safely 
taken off by the engine and seated on the 
railing in front of the smoke stack, where she 
was found unharmed, v.hen the train was 
stopped. 
Know Nothing Convention. —This organiza¬ 
tion held a State Convention at Binghamton, 
Broome county, commencing its sessions on 
the 29th ult. A platform of principles was 
laid down, the most prominent features of 
which were, that ‘‘Americans should rule 
America that the naturalization laws should 
be remodeled, and that the interference of the 
Pope and his emissaries in the affairs of this 
country are to he repudiated. 
Auburn was selected as the place for the 
meeting of the nominating Convention, and 
Canandaigua for the annual session next year. 
Heading Financiers. —The Atalanta Bank 
of Georgia has been sending large amounts of 
hills for circulation into the North-western 
States, on a doubtful basis of security. The 
Chicago Tribune states that $210,000 of these 
bills had been sent hack in one package, on 
which the specie would he demanded ; and 
that $200,000 more would follow immediately. 
It is said, on good authority, that a quarter 
of a million will he sent down every fort¬ 
night, or until this currency is put upon a 
legitimate banking basis. 
Fictitious Value. —YVilmer & Smith’s Eu¬ 
ropean Times, of the 11th ult., says: ‘‘Sir 
George Brown has refused an offer of eleven 
hundred guineas for the gray hunter which 
carried him at the Alma. The horse is quite 
recovered from the bullet-riddling he re¬ 
ceived.” 
JLifeirni-ij IjeeolrS. £lippii)gs. 
A Mfmoir of the Key. Sydney Smittj. By his (laughter, 
Lady Holland. With a selection from his Letters, ed¬ 
ited by Mrs. Austin. In two volumes. New York : 
Harper & Brother. 
These volumes comprise the biography, private life 
and correspondence of a celebrated wit and divine, of 
whom all our readers have heard more or less through 
the newspapers. The contents of the work are indicated 
in a single sentence of the author’s preface, as follows :— 
“ The mode of life, the heart, the habits, the thoughts and 
feelings, the conversation, the home, the occupations of 
such a man — all, in short, which can give life and re¬ 
ality to the picture — are as yet wanting ; and it is to 
endeavor to supply this want that I have ventured to 
undertake this task.” Kor sale by E. Barrow & Br. 
PanAma in 1856. An account of the Panama Railroad, 
and of the cities of Panama and Aspinwall. With 
Sketches of Life and Character on the Isthmus. By 
Robert Tomes. New York : Harper & Br. 
This is a very readable little volume—descriptive, his¬ 
torical and lively. In the language of the author it is 
“a record of observations made during a short resi¬ 
dence on the Isthmus of Panama, under circumstances 
very favorable for the acquisition of such information as 
it is thought the public desire to have.” It is wcl! illus¬ 
trated. Darrow & Br. 
Habits and Men. With Remnants cf Records touching 
the makers of both. By Br. Doran author of “ Ta¬ 
ble Traits,” “ Queens of England,” Etc. New iork : 
Redfield. 
Such is the inviting title oi a handsome volume ofsome 
four hundred pages, comprising sundry sketches touch¬ 
ing the habits and men of former times. From a curso¬ 
ry examination it is apparently a volume which will in¬ 
terest many readers, and especially such as delight in 
anecdotes illustrative of the habits and characteristics 
of by-gone celebrities. For sale by Dewly. 
Catholic College. —The order of “ Chris¬ 
tian Brothers,” a Roman Catholic Society, 
are founding a school in this city. The cor¬ 
ner stone of the edifice was laid with appro¬ 
priate ceremonies last Sunday. A portion 
only of the building is to he erected this sea¬ 
son, which will accommodate four hundred 
day scholars. The Union says of this struc¬ 
ture that “the main building will he in the 
Italian style of architecture, 140 feet long, 80 
feet wide, and three stories high, from which 
will project two wings. The apartments on 
the ground floor w ill he as follows: One 
school room 80 by 32 feet, four class rooms 30 
by 35 feet each ; a large parlor, hall, and re¬ 
ception room, with stair cases front and rear. 
Second story: room 80 by 32 feet, four class 
rooms, library and two chambers, lliird 
story: four dormitories 35 by 30 feet each, 
four chambers for the Brothers, wash rooms, 
baths, &c.; also a large infirmary, and medi¬ 
cine rooms. In the basement of the eastern 
wing to he erected, will be a kitchen 30 by 40 
feet, refectory 30 by 35 feet, pantries, closets, 
&c , &c.” 
The Serpent in Silver Lake !—For several 
weeks past the Wyoming Times, published at 
Perry, has been giving accounts of a “ Sea- 
Serpent” said to inhabit Silver Hake, a sheet 
of water in that vicinity. The serpent is rep¬ 
resented to be some sixty feet long, and alto¬ 
gether a monster. It has been seen by many 
respectable persons, according to affidavits 
published in the Times. Great excitement has 
been the result, and hundreds of people have 
visited the Lake to see the “ great snaik.”— 
The newspapers have had much to say, pro 
and con, as to the genuineness of the animal 
—all which has redounded to the advantage 
of Perry, which has suddenly become a great 
resort for strangers, We at first supposed the 
whole thing a hoax, but are inclined to believe 
the Perry people have either a genuine “ Sar- 
pent,” or a remarkable faculty for gulling 
“ the rest of mankind.” 
Items from Salt Lake. —On the 12th u:t., 
an exodus of grasshoppers commenced. They 
passed through the air for three days, in ar¬ 
mies of myriads, and were drowned in the 
lake, the shores of which were so thickly lin - 
ed with them as to produce an offensive efflu" 
via. In a few days their places were filled by 
others from the mountains, and the new com¬ 
ers devoured the little vegetation left, includ¬ 
ing the third crop which had been sown and 
was just makiDg its appearance. The drouth 
has also been excessive, and except in the 
vicinity of some never-failing streams where 
the land can be irrigated, the entire country is 
parched and cattle are compelled to seek food 
in the mountains. 
Information Wanted.—Mary Smith, sixteen 
years of age, left Port Hope, C. W., on Friday, 
the 24tli ult., for this city, intending, as her 
parents supposed, to visit her sister, Bridget 
Smith, who is at service at No. 68 South So¬ 
phia street. Since leaving home, her parents 
have not heard from her, nor has she been 
seen or heard of by her sister. It is feared 
that some misfortune has befallen her, and 
any one who can give information concerning 
her is earnestly requested to communicate with 
her sister, in this city, as above, or with her 
father, Michael Smith, at Port Hope, C. W. 
CnANCE for Musicians. — Messrs. Mason, 
Brothers, of New York, offer a prize of $200 
for the best original song with piano forte ac¬ 
companiment, and $100 for the second best— 
the music to be sent in prior to October 1st. 
The decision is to be given by the subscribers 
of the New York Musical Review and Gazette, in 
which paper the compositions will appear. 
Editor Rural :—Please correct the follow¬ 
ing errors in my letters—the results, perhaps, 
of my poor hand-writing. Thy types make 
me say that excellent grain is raised in the 
marshes on Fox river, Wisconsin ; it should 
be grass. AIbo that in Michigan early wheat 
is excellent; it should be/mb G. h. s. 
The population of Minnesota is estimated at 
55,600. 
There is now at Buffalo 800,000 bushels of 
corn in store. 
There was a sharp frost at Chicago on the 
night of the 15th ult. 
Ebenezer Clinch and Julia Nail were mar¬ 
ried at Cincinnati, on Saturday last. 
The London Times says 30,000 recruits have 
been added to the army during the year. 
The imports into the United States for the 
last fiscal year, amount to about $60,000,000. 
It is estimated that the present population 
of Indianapolis is 20,000, and rapidly increas¬ 
ing. 
TnE State Fair Ground at Elmira is enclosed, 
and the Mechanics’ Hall is already up, hut not 
enclosed. 
The first cargo of breadstuff's from Cali¬ 
fornia, arrived at New York, Aug. 29, per ship 
Charmer. 
The editor of the Washington Examiner has 
seen a head of oats this year that contained 
241 grains. 
The Queen reviewed the Foreign Legion re¬ 
cently in person. It consists of l,800Germans 
and 1,100 Swiss. 
Geo. Bincoter. of Ionia, Mich., was robbed 
on the road near Lansing, of $1,000 last week, 
by three men. 
According to the Gloucester paper the sea 
serpent has turned up again near the haunts 
of his childhood. 
Col. Kinney’s farm in Nicaragua, (when he 
gets it,) will be 30,000,000 acres, with 300 
miles of sea coast. 
The cannon called the Lancaster gun, used 
by the Allies before Sebastopol, costs about 
$100 for each charge. 
Archbishop Hughes was a passenger on 
board the British mail steamer America, last 
Wednesday week for Halifax. 
London has 500 firemen ; New York 3,000. 
The rates of insurance are five times as much 
in New York as in London. 
The imports during this quarter at the lake 
ports from Canada and the Provinces, amount¬ 
ed to over six and a half millions. ff UfTY. 
The Lake Superior Journal says that new 
and valuable discoveries of copper have been 
made in the vicinity of Portage Lake. 
The American Express Company has recent¬ 
ly made a dividend of four per cent, for three 
months, with a surplus of $271,000. 
An Ohio paper, recording an accident to an 
individual, speaks of him as “a young man 
between seven and eight years of age.” 
The amount of “ material aid” brought over 
by the foreigners who landed at Castle Garden 
for twenty-three days, was $360,385,60. 
Hon. Wm. H. Seward has been invited to 
deliver the introductory lecture before the 
Boston Mercantile Library Association. 
The telegraph states that the American Con¬ 
vention to nominate State Officers will be held 
at Auburn. The time is September 25th. 
The schooner Knickerbocker, Capt. Richard, 
capsized off Sheboygan on Sunday, Aug. 26th. 
Capt. H. and two of his crew w r ere drowned. 
Three thousand six hundred and twenty- 
six persons sailed from Liverpool between No¬ 
vember and April last, to join the Mormons 
in Utah. 
Andrew B. Moore, of Alabama, declines the 
appointment of Associate Justice of the Su¬ 
preme Court of Kansas, Vice Elmore, re¬ 
moved. 
TnE late M. Solomon Rothchilds, of Paris, 
has left a fortune of £2,500,000 sterling ($12,- 
500,000,) which will be divided between his 
two nephews. 
An Editor tells the story that when he was 
in prison for libelling a justice of the peace, 
he was requested by the jailor to give the 
prison a puff. 
The Know Nothings of New york have 
nominated Erastus Brooks and James H. Pet¬ 
ty for the Senate—both members of the pres¬ 
ent Legislature. 
A railroad baggage robber, named Morgan, 
was arrested in Detroit, Wednesday week.— 
$1,000 worth of stolen property was found in 
his house at Buffalo. 
There is a “ Free Love Union” in Oshkosh, 
Wis., where they go even beyond the Mor¬ 
mons. The neighbors have held a public 
meeting to break it up. 
The corn crop in Kansas, which at first 
promised nothing but starvation, is represent¬ 
ed as growing with exceeding rapidity, and an 
immense yield is anticipated. 
J. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, has purchas¬ 
ed Basswood Island, one of the group of the 
“ Apostles,” Lake Superior, and intends erect¬ 
ing there a summer residence. 
The cholera is raging severely in some of 
the northern cities of Italy. In Florence at 
last accounts from forty to seventy cases had 
occurred daily for several weeks. 
A lot of goods, unclaimed, at the Boston 
and Lowell Depot, were sold recently at prices 
far above their value. One lot of beans cost 
the purchaser at least one cent a piece. 
The North Adams Free American states that 
a boy by the name of^fcones was killed and 
devoured by a wild beast, probably a bear or 
panther, in Woodford, Vt., a few days ago. 
The yellow fever was prevailing at Havana, 
at the last accounts, with fearful ravages 
among the military. Several members of the 
Governor General’s family are reported ill. 
The N. H. Patriot says a recent overturn of 
a stage, running between Centre Harbor and 
Conway, was attributable to the fact that all 
of the passengers insisted upon riding outside. 
At New Orleans on the 12th ult., not a ves¬ 
sel in port was loading for Boston or New 
York,—a circumstance, the Delta says, almost 
without parallel, during the last twenty years. 
Returns from thirteen counties of Wiscon¬ 
sin, comprising the earliest and most thickly 
settled portions of (lie State, exhibit » popu- 
tion of 308,131, against 191,452 five years ago. 
Mr. Timothy Bartholomew, of Nortliford, 
has upon his estate a turtle which he caught 
and marked with his initials in 1806. lhe 
turtle is often met with in the meadows of the 
farm. 
