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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER, 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
18 PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, 
BY B. 0. T. MOORE, ROCHESTER 9. Y. 
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ROCHESTER, OCTOBER 27,1855. 
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New-Yorker is $1,50 per yearly copy. We 
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cordance with former terms. They will please 
note this announcement, and be governed 
thereby in forwarding subscriptions. 
The Moon’s Eclipse. 
The almanacs say that on Thursday of this 
week there will be a total eclipse of the moon, 
beginning a little past eleven o’clock on 
Wednesday night, and ending near three 
o’clock on the morning of Thursday. We go 
to press too early to announce the result, but 
have full faith in the calculations of the as 
tronomers. There will be a brilliant array of 
planets also in the heavens, viz. :—Venus 
will be rising as the eclipse ends, Mars will 
be visible an hour earlier, Jupiter will set as 
the eclipse begins, and Saturn will be near 
the meridian. 
The moon while totally eclipsed, gen, rally 
appears of a bright copper color, that part 
under the centre of the shadow having the 
appearance of tarnished copper. Several in¬ 
stances of the total disappearance of the 
moon’s disc are on record. In 1601, accord¬ 
ing to Kbfler, it entirely disappeared. In 
1642, not a vestige of the moon could be seen, 
though a telescope, with different magnifying 
powers, was used for the purpose. Also, in 
1816, in a total eclipse, it could not be seen 
from London, even with the aid of a teles¬ 
cope. The appearance of the moon depends 
greatly upon the condition of the atmosphere. 
Humboldt remarks that in 1801, when not far 
from Carthegene de Indias, he observed a 
total eclipse of the moon, and was extremely 
struck with the greater luminous intensity of 
the moon’s disc under a tropical sky than in 
his native North. 
Massacre of Emigrants. 
The Oregon papers contain statements of a 
horrible massacre of emigrants at a place called 
Devil’s Gate. The train which left St. Jo¬ 
sephs, Mo., on the 15th of March, consisted of 
ten wagons, three thousand head of stock, 
and about three hundred persons, the greater 
part of whom were from Missouri. They got 
along very well until the 15th of July, when 
they encamped at Devil’s Gate for the night. 
Up to this time they had seen but few Indians 
on the road ; consequently they became care¬ 
less, and declined “ standing guard.” About 
one o’clock at night, two thousand Sioux and 
Cheyennes charged upon them while the whole 
company were sound asleep, killing all but 
six men, six women and seven children. The 
savages, after a hurried slaughter of such as 
fell in their way, retreated to the mountains, 
driving the stock before them. In the morn¬ 
ing the survivors packed up what provisions 
they could well carry, burned the wagons and 
everything that remained, and then started 
for Salt Lake on foot, where they arrived after 
thirteen day’s travel—four of which were with¬ 
out food. The Mormons received the survivors 
kindly, and fitted them out with teams and 
provisions with which they continued on to 
Sacramento. 
There exists in Boston a society established 
for the purpose of procuring public lectures 
on Slavery pro and con. Invitations hare 
been forwarded to several distinguished South¬ 
ern gentlemen to address this body, and 
among the number Hon. Robert Toombs of 
Georgia, and Got. Wise of Virginia. The 
former gentleman accepts the invitation, and 
in a respectful letter announces his subject to 
be, “ The consistency of African Slavery with 
the Constitution of the United States and Re¬ 
publican Institutions, and the effect of the 
American Revolution upon the African race.” 
The latter answers with a peppery communi¬ 
cation, evincing a great amount of ill humor, 
and says it is not his pleasure to address them 
at the time appointed, nor at apy other time; 
and subscribes bis letter, “yours to fight if 
we must. ’ ’ The Baltimore American , and seve¬ 
ral other Southern papers, comment severely 
on this answer of Mr. Wise. 
Javan and Around this World.— An Account of Threo 
Visit* to the Japanese Empire—with Sketches of Ma- 
deria, St. Helena, Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, Cey¬ 
lon, Singapore, Ch'na, and Loo-Choo. By J. W. Spald¬ 
ing. of the U. S. Steam-frigate Mississippi, Flag Ship of 
the Japan Expedition. Now York : Redfikld—1855. 
Our author was a volunteer member of the Japan Ex¬ 
pedition, and has embodied in a volume of 377 pages the 
gist of what, came under his observation during a cruise 
of nearly two and a half years. Though not professing 
historical accuracy, it is a most interesting and instruc¬ 
tive work — embracing graphic descriptions of scenery 
and people — and will prove a valuable acquisition to 
those seeking knowledge relative to Japan and the other 
countries visited. It gives many interesting facts con 
corning tho habits, customs and other prominent char¬ 
acteristics of people comparatively unknown to Ameri 
cans. The volume is handsomely executed, embracing 
several spirited illustrations. For sale by Dbwey. 
A Royal Swindler. 
Ferbinand, King of Naples, it is Mated by 
the English papers, ordered of a British man¬ 
ufacturer a splendid set of carpets, made to fit 
the palace and ornamented with the royal 
arms. When the carpets arrived he refused 
to receive them on the ground that they had 
not been ordered, and compelled the manu 
facturer to re-ship them, paying the export 
duties, and then denied the vessel a clearance 
The goods were then again landed, put up at 
auction, bid off by an agent of the King at a 
less figure than the duty paid, no one being 
allowed to compete with the agent, and the 
owner forbidden to bid them in. They are 
now actually down on the floors of the palace ; 
but a complaint having been made to the Brit¬ 
ish Consul of the barefaced piece of royal 
villainy, and the Government being likely to 
take up the matter, the King has become 
frightened, and offers to make full pecuniary 
reparation. 
Cora and this Doctor ; or, Revelations of a Physician’s 
Wife. Boston : John P. Jewett & Co_1855. 
A friend in whose judgment we placo much confidence, 
has been delighted in perusing this volume — assuring 
us that it is most readable and interesting. It exhibits 
in a pleasant manner the benevolent acts and exemplary 
Christian character of a practicing physician of exalted 
virtues. Tho work happily exemplifies tho salutaryin- 
fluence which mombers of the profession may exercise 
upon the moral character of those with whom they be¬ 
come associated, while ministering to their physical 
infirmities. Sold by Dewey. 
Railroad Casualties.— Last week Wednes¬ 
day morning, an emigrant girl fifteen years of 
age, was killed on the track of the Central 
Railroad in this city. She left the train, 
which was standing, and got between some 
freight cars upon a side track, and while there 
a train was backed down for the purpose of 
attaching these cars, and by the movement 
the girl was knocked down and killed. At 
Oneida station, another emigrant woman, ac¬ 
companied by a husband and five children, 
was run over, the wheels severing one of her 
limbs from her body. Many of the papers 
say, “ no blame is attached to the company 
let it be remembered that at least one of these 
accidents resulted from inadequate accommo¬ 
dations for emigrants at tho stopping places. 
Missing aeronaut. — A gentleman named 
Winchester, ascended in a balloon from Nor¬ 
walk, Ohio, on the 2d ir st., since which time 
no tidings have been receive! from him.— 
When last seen his airy vessel was wafted 
towards the north, sufficiently inflated, as we 
are told by the Norwalk papers, for a voyage 
of from two to thre9 days. Perhaps he landed 
in Canada, so far from railroaf s and telegraphs 
as to prevent tidings yet reaching his home, 
His family at Milan (0.) are in great dis¬ 
tress at his possible fate, fearing he may have 
been drowned in the lake, or been frozen to 
death in the upper regions of the atmosphere. 
Meteorologi ,yl. — The weather, during 
much of the pa*st week has been beautiful, and 
many persons say it is our Indian Summer.— 
We hope, however, to see several weeks of 
pleasant weather yet before the setting in of 
winter. A number of frosty nights have oc¬ 
curred, succeeded by pleasant days, but the 
ripened nut and the “sere and yellow leaf” 
come rustling down with every passing breeze. 
Tuesday it commenced raining moderately, 
and the clouds looked threatening and dark as 
if a settled storm was upon us. Whether the 
signs will prove true or false, remains to be 
seen. 
Kansas Elections. 
Two elections have lately been held in 
Kansas ; one on the second of October, which 
was authorized by the Legislature, and re¬ 
sulted in the choice of Whitfield, pro-sla¬ 
very, as a delegate to Congress, by a vote of 
4,504 against 86. The free State men re¬ 
frained from voting, and repudiated the au¬ 
thority of the Legislature. A large number 
of Missourians crossed over the river to vote. 
On the ninth of October the free State men 
held an election of their own, and chose Ex- 
Governor Reeder to the same office, who will 
contest the seat with Whitfield. The re¬ 
turns of the second election are not received 
in full, but Leavenworth and Lawrence gave 
for Reeder 855 votes, which is twice the 
number given his opponent oh the previous 
election. 
Governor of Utah.— Colonel Steptoh, Uni¬ 
ted States Army, a personal friend of the 
President, is now in Washington, and a 
guest at the White House. He was appointed 
Governor of Utah last year, but has not yet 
accepted the office. It is stated, however, 
that he will do so in case the Administration 
backs bis authority with a sufficient military 
force to render it respected. Brigham Young, 
it will be recollected, when he heard he had 
been superceded, told his followers be would 
be Governor until the Almighty said to him, 
“ Brigham, you need be Governor no longer.” 
Railroad Difficulties. —That wretched con¬ 
cern, the Buffalo and Brantford Railroad, is 
again in trouble with its employees. A body 
of armed Irishmen tore up the bridges on the 
17th, and would not allow the trains to pass. 
They made an attempt the next day to pre¬ 
vent the trains from going west, but did not 
succeed. 
If the Railroad Company would make ar¬ 
rangements to pay off its laborers their hard 
earned wages, all this trouble would be 
avoided. 
The Gloria ix Excelsis : An extensive collection of New 
Church Music — consisting of Hymn-Tunes, Anthems, 
Sentences. Choruses and Chants, including, also, an 
entirely new and practical Arrangement of tho Ele¬ 
ments of Music ; to which is added a variot.y of V ooal 
Exercises and Glees, for Social Gatherings, Singing 
Schools and Choir Practice. By W. Williams. Bos¬ 
ton : Philups, Sampson & Co. 
The comprehensive title of this work indicates its con¬ 
tents and distinguishing characteristics. It is highly 
commended by those who are competent judges, and 
undoubtedly worthy of the attention of all interested in 
the subject of Church Music. Dewey. 
The Private Ijfk of an Eastern King. By a Member of 
the Household of His late Majesty, Nussir-u-dekx 
King of Oude. New York : Redfikld. 
Those who are fond of tho marvellous will be interest¬ 
ed in this personal narrative of sights and scenes, at and 
surrounding an Oriental Court. It gives a faithful 
picture of oriental magnificence, rapine and cruelty. 
Tho author,-an Englishman, spent sevoral years in the 
service of the King of Oude, in India, residing in the 
royal palace at Lacknow, a city of some 300,000 inhabi¬ 
tants, and therefore possessed peculiar facilities for 
obtaining definite information. For sale by Dewey. 
The Newcombs : Memoirs of a most Respectable Family. 
Edited by Arthur Pendennis, Esq. In two volumos. 
New York : Harpers. 
This is one of the most popular works of Thackeray, 
the celebrated humorous author of England. Tho nar¬ 
rative has been published in Harpers’ Magazine, and is 
now presented in one handsome, profusely illustrated 
volume. Sold by Harrow & Bro. 
Mrs. Martha Bradstreet. 
An Ancient Frog.— James Crabtree, pit- 
sinker to Messrs. Ackroyd, of Burkinshaw 
Bottom, in sinking a pit at Morley, near 
Leeds, recently found a live frog in the centre 
of a large coal, two hundred and thirty feet 
below the surface, considerably below the 
Morley tunnel, to which it is close adjoining. 
The frog is still very lively. When found it 
was very dark in color, but is becoming like 
the common every-day species. The eyes are 
very bright, and surrounded by a gold-colored 
ring. It has four claws on its fore feet, and 
five (web-footed) on the hind feet. Its mouth 
is closed, or firmly shut, but it has two vents, 
apparently nostrils, on the top of its nose. 
The seam of coal from which it was disinter¬ 
red was saturated with water ; and probably 
from this circumstance, combined with close 
confinement, it had been enabled to sustain 
its half-torpid life through countless ages.— 
Leeds {Eng.) Mercury. 
Clippings. 
Personnel of Marshal Pelissier. —The fol¬ 
lowing is an extract of a private letter dated 
before Sebastopol :—“ I was rather surprised 
at the appearance of the French commander 
of the forces. From his character I expected 
to have seen a young active man, whereas 
Gen. Pelissier is an enormously fat man, with 
very white hair, which is cut very close ; he 
is so fat that he is unable to ride any dis¬ 
tance. He was in an open carriage drawn by 
four greys, and two soldiers as outriders, and 
an Arab with a white flowing robe followed it, 
The General was dressed in uniform, with a 
number of decorations on his breast, and over 
his shoulders he wore a w r hit.e cloak somewhat 
similar to those worn by the Arab chiefs. He 
is not very tall, and his face has rather a 
good-humored expression, and quite different 
from what your imagination would portray 
from his history either here or in Africa.” 
More Indictments in New York City.— The 
New York City Hall was the focus of great 
excitement on Saturday, caused by floating 
rumors that the grand jury bad found bills of 
indictment against certain public functiona¬ 
ries. In the afternoon the grand jury deliv¬ 
ered to the court a paper which set forth that 
knowledge had come to the jury of corruption 
in several of the heads of departments, suffi¬ 
cient to justify the presentment of the street 
commissioner, the collector of taxes, the com¬ 
missioner of repairs and supplies, and the 
commissioner of streets and lamps. The re¬ 
corder, Smith, declined to receive the present¬ 
ments, or allow them to be read, on the 
ground that their publicity might prejudice 
the public mind. 
The Albany Atlas of last week Thursday, 
gives the following account of the remarkable 
woman whose name heads this article : 
“ Old residents will remember the celebra¬ 
ted Bradstreet claim trial in this city in 1833 
—celebrated for the amount of property in¬ 
volved (50 acres on the west side of Genesee 
street, Utica, and valued at $500,000)—the 
great array of talent on each side (Daniel 
Webster being retained by the prosecutrix)— 
the fact that Mrs. Bradstreet argued her own 
cause before the court and jury, and in such.a 
masterly manner as to astound everybody, 
drawing from John Van Buren the assertion 
that she (Mrs. Bradstreet) was the best read 
real estate lawyer he ever knew or had read of 
—celebrated for the fact that the jury ate 
cheese which poisoned them and led to their 
being discharged at 3 o’clock in ihe morning, 
the judge believing that it was cholera, and 
fearful that it might become epidemic, dis¬ 
solved the court—and celebrated for the per¬ 
tinacity with which Mrs. B. has singe prose¬ 
cuted her claim. 
Mrs. Bradstreet, who is now quite 70 years 
of age, with hair white as snow-flakes, but 
with a step as firm and vigorous as some la¬ 
dies of 30, yesterday appeared in the United 
States Court, attired in modern habiliments, 
with a natty white hat, surmounted with an 
elegant white plume, three feet in length, 
and made a motion for the continuance of her 
suit, (or something to that effect,) expressing 
her determination to contest her claims in 
1856. Mrs. Bradstreet is confessedly one of 
the most remarkable females of this century. 
But few lawyers are as well read in real es¬ 
tate matters as she, and certainly none have 
the assiduity and indomitable perseverance 
which she has exhibited during the last 25 
years, in prosecuting her claims against par¬ 
ties now occupying property in Utica, which 
she asserts rightfully belongs to her.” 
TnE steamer Ericsson arrived at Southamp¬ 
ton in a little over sixteen days and a half, 
and at Bremen in less than thirteen days — a 
most gratifying result, with so large a ship, 
upon her veiy small consumption of fuel.— 
Her engines, from letters received from the 
Chief Engineer, Mr. Sneeden, worked perfect¬ 
ly. It may not be generally known that this 
ship uses no salt water in her boilers, which, 
considering the many evils of salt water, is a 
very gratifying result, after the great efforts 
which have been made to get rid of it. 
TnE Court of Claims. —This tribunal is now 
in session at Washington. The first section 
of the act constituting the Court provides 
that it “ shall hear and determine all claimg 
founded upon any law of Congress, or upon 
any regulation of an Executive Department, 
or upon any contract, express or implied, 
with the Government of the United States, 
which may be suggested to it by a petition 
filed therein ; and also all claims which may 
be referred to said Court by either Houge of 
Congress.” 
Unpaid Letters. —The Washington Star says 
that when the new postage law went into ef¬ 
fect, postmasters were permitted by the De¬ 
partment to deliver unpaid letters on the 
payment of postage by those to whom they 
might be addressed. The Department has 
just directed that on the receipt at their offices 
in the mails of unpaid letters, deputy post- 
m ’ sters shall promptly send them hack in the 
mails to the offices from whence they may 
have been originally sent. 
The Brock Monument.— The Brock Monu¬ 
ment on Queenston Heights, now nearly com¬ 
pleted, is 170 feet to the top of the cap, and is 
ascended by a spiral stairway, numbering 236 
Rteps. ’The statue, which has just been raised 
to the top, is 16 feet high, and represents the 
hero in the attitude of surveying the battle 
field with a spy glass in liis right hand, while 
the left is grasping a sword. The remains of 
the brave soldier are deposited under the mon¬ 
ument. 
A Lunatic Doctor Setting a Broken Arm. 
Steamboat Explosion.—A steam tug explod¬ 
ed at Chicago on the 16th, tearing her boiler 
to pieces, killing the captain, mortally wound¬ 
ing the engineer and badly scalding the owner 
of the boat. The cause of the casualty is not 
stated. 
Recently, while one of the patients of the 
State Lunatic Asylum, who was formerly a 
doctor, was taking his accustomed stroll for 
air and exercise, he was attracted to a house 
not far from the Asylum, by the cries of a 
young girl who, in climbing over a fence, bad 
fallen and broken her arm. On entering the 
door he ascertained that the poor, dccrepid, 
bed-ridden mother and the unfortunate girl, 
whose labor was the only support of the two, 
were the only occupants. A boy had been 
sent for, and was then absent in quest of a 
surgeon. The doctor could not witness the 
young girl’s distress, so he instantly went to 
work and set and splintered the broken limb. 
The old lady , with tears of joy and gratitude, 
exclaimed, “ Doctor, what’s to pay ?” “ Ob, 
nothing,” he replied, “lam amply repaid in 
the satisfaction this opportunity has afforded 
me to relieve your daughter’s distress.”— 
“Thank you, dear doctor, and God bless you; 
hut when the doctor we have sent for arrives, 
who shall we say set the arm ? what name 
and residence, doctor ?” “ Tell him, said our 
doctor, “that a patient from the New York 
State Asylum did it .”—Utica Telegraph. 
American Association for the Advancement 
or Science.— Among the distinguished foreign¬ 
ers who are expected to attend the next meet¬ 
ing of this Association in Albany, the Journal 
understands the celebrated German chemist, 
Liebig, lias been invited, and the Hon. James 
S. Wadsworth has contributed the sum of 
$500 towards defraying his expenses. 
Monument to tub Pilgrims.— The corner 
stone of an immense granite monument, com¬ 
memorative of the landing of the Pilgrims, is 
to be laid at Plymouth on tho 1st of August, 
1856. Thirteen years is the maximum of time 
allowed for its construction, and it is expected 
to be one of the most magnificent monumen¬ 
tal structures in the world. 
More Breadstufts from California. —The 
clipper ship Adelaide, of New York, arrived 
at that port a few days since, from San Fran¬ 
cisco, June 29. She had about 2,000 tons of 
freight, among which were 10,000 sacks of 
barley, 13,000 sacks of wheat, 426 barrels, 422 
sacks and 128 casks of flour. 
Notice to Quit. — Great excitement was 
created in the neighborhood of Washington 
Square, New York city, on Tuesday week, by 
the service of some 150 writs of ejectment 
upon the inhabitants, from the U. S. Circuit 
Court. About thirty acres of land are claim¬ 
ed by two ladies, and they are attempting to 
establish their title. The property is valued 
at several millions of dollars. 
News from Mbxico. —A letter from Mexico, 
in the New Orleans Delta of Oct. 20, contains 
late news, and announces the capture of San 
Louis Potosi by the Revolutionists, and con¬ 
firming the accession of Gen. Alvarez to the 
Presidency. Alvarez received 16 votes, Com- 
monfort 3, Orampo 3, Vidaurri 1. 
In the year 1784, the Legislature of Penn¬ 
sylvania, to abolish a practice then prevailing, 
passed the following resolution : “ That here¬ 
after no member shall come into the chamber 
barefooted, nor eat his bread and cheese on tho 
steps of the Capitol.” 
Lord Brougham completed the 75th year 
of his age on the 19th inst. 
Another effort is made to sell the main line 
of the Public Works of Pennsylvania. 
The receipts of the Illinois State Fair for 
the first three days exceeded $10,000. 
The PIon. Wm. Ligler, late Governor, is 
proposed for United States Senator from 
Pennsylvania. 
The Governors of Virginia avid Maryland 
have both appointed the 15th of November for 
Thanksgiving. 
A Southern paper says, that a Mr. Ellis, o f 
Tenn., has emancipated twenty-four slaves 
of both sexes belonging to him. 
Tiie island of New Caledonia, in the Pacific 
has been formally declared part of the colo¬ 
nial domain of the French empire. 
Tiie little town of Solon, Ohio, with a pop¬ 
ulation of only 1,034, manufactures two hun¬ 
dred and fifty tons of cheese per annum. 
The steamer Arabian on her passage from 
Kingston to Toronto, Oct. 18th, struck Dar¬ 
lington Pier, and sunk in ten feet of water. 
^ A wedding recently came off in Memphis, 
Tenn., which was the ninth occasion on which 
the bride had been made happy by matrimony. 
i Gov. Grimf.s, of Iowa, hag designated 
Thursday, the 2d day of November, to be set 
apart as a day for “ praise and thanksgiving.” 
In Toronto a paid Fire Brigade has just 
been organized, which will cost about £3,‘728 
per annum, each man to receive £10 per year. 
A pawnbroker in Philadelphia the other 
day bought and paid for a pair of table-covers 
which a rogue had purloined from his own 
house. 
TiiE^ship Manry was seized in New York 
Oct. 17th, on suspicion of having been fitted 
out as a privateer to sail under the Russian 
colors. 
Large lots of wheat are being shipped this 
year from Alabama to New York This will 
inaugurate a new feature in the commerce of 
the South. 
A match game of billiards, for three thou¬ 
sand dollars, is to be played in New Orleans, 
between two Creole ladies of the “first re¬ 
spectability.” 
Tub Philadelphia Ledger says the umbrella 
men in New York have been compelled to fit 
out a dozen whalers to get whalebone for 
their business. 
Yale College has 611 students Theologi¬ 
cal 25, Law 22, Medical 34, Scientific School 
60, Seniors 96, Juniors 110, Sophomores 118. 
Freshmen 157. 
The N. Y. Times says kidnapping sailors 
by ships bound out of port is very common in 
the city now-a-days, owing probably to the 
scarcity of seamen. 
A new Iron Shot Tower is going up in the 
Sixth Ward, New York. It has already 
reached its ninth story, and two more will 
finish the strueture. 
3 he R. E. Spiritualist had a “communica¬ 
tion” last June, stating that Dr. Kane had 
recently passed from earth, his ships had been 
broken to pieces, &c. 
The Columbus (0.) Statesman says “ Wo 
never knew the fever and ague to be as prev¬ 
alent in this city as at present. Scarcely a 
family has escaped.” 
William Martin, of Michigan, convicted 
on two indictments of forging pension papers, 
has been sentenced to six years’ imprisonment 
in the State penitentiary. 
Tiibre has been discovered in Liberia what 
is supposed to be the most valuable bed of 
iron ore in the world. The composition is 
said to be 98.40 pure iron. 
Five car loads of cotton, amounting to 
about 175 bales, were burned on Friday, on 
the Central Railroad, having taken fire from 
a spark from the locomotive. 
The Washington Union says Second Lieut. 
Frederick M. Follett—a son of Canal Com¬ 
missioner Follett, we believe, lias resigned 
his commission in the army. 
“ Silence —silence in Court!” cried an irri¬ 
tated Judge. “ Here we have decided half-a- 
dozen cases , this morning, and I have not 
heard a word of one of them.” 
It is now stated from Washington that no 
definite action has been taken, as yet, on the 
back pay of General Scott. The decision is 
yet open, with chances against him. 
Tub Newport News has seen fifty potatoes 
which weighed fifty and a half pounds. They 
were raised upon the farm of J. Prescott Hall, 
on low swampy land, recently reclaimed. 
Tin Troy Times says Mrs. Robinson is be¬ 
having badly at Sing Sing. She conducted 
herself properly for some time, but latterly, 
she has become frantic and ungovernable. 
The descendants of John Carver, who came 
out in the Mayflower in 1620, assembled at 
Plymouth on the 15th inst., to make ar¬ 
rangements for a general family gathering. 
Sbnor Morsliy, a citizen of New York in 
Cuba, has been condemned to ten years’ labor 
in the chain gang, for having in his posses¬ 
sion some alleged revolutionary documents. 
A child playing in a grain bin at Quenton’s 
Bridge, N. J., a few days ago, fell into the 
shute as the grain was running hits a vessel, 
and was smothered before he could be rescued. 
Tub Masonic College at Clarksville, Tenn., 
has been sold to the Presbyterians, who get 
the property by assuming the college debts, 
about $9,000, while the property is worth 
$25,000. 
Thu Providence Journal says that “ the 
stories about new discoveries of gold in the 
Gadsden purchase have turned, as we Btated 
some months ago they would, to be mere fab¬ 
rications.” 
A fink boy named Frazier fell upon bis 
knife while running a race with other boys at 
Bigbee Valley, Miss.; and he died before his 
father, who was one of the umpires, could 
reach him. 
The farmers of Washington territory have 
raised this year wheat more than enough to 
supply all that country ; and the mills at 
Olympia were early in August manufacturing 
an excellent article of flour. 
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