MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
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tjence. 
Arrival of the Europa. 
Tiif. Europa arrived at New York, Feb. 25.— 
N i) decided change in the Eastern question, but 
there is another talk of arbitration. 
Despatches from St. Petersburg were re¬ 
ceived in Paris to Feb, IsL The excitement 
there was very great, and tne war party were 
enthusiastic. 
Three battalions of the Guards, with six regi¬ 
ments of the line are under orders to embark 
from London, on the llith, for the Mediterra¬ 
nean. The whole number of troops to be de- 
s}aitched is 10,000, but as many more will be 
held in readiness. Twenty ships of the largest 
tonnage will be required to convey troops and 
supplies. The Government had taken the Ori¬ 
ental Co.’s steamers Himalaya, iiiton, and Ma¬ 
nilla. 
'Fhe Cunard company deny that their steam¬ 
ers are chartered by Government for conveying 
troops to Turkey. 
Li o reply has yet been received from the Gear 
to the ultimatum of France and England.— 
Count Orloff left Vienna on the 8th, direct for 
Petersburg, his mission having failed. 
The ramifications of a Greek conspiracy have 
been discovered to exist widely through Tur¬ 
key, and crushed. 
On the Danube, there had been rather a se¬ 
vere encounter at Giurgevo, without any de¬ 
cisive results, and another atlack on ixalafat 
was daily looked for. Omar Pacha had recov¬ 
ered from his sickness. The army on the Dan¬ 
ube is in good health and spirits. 
The allied Ueets were immediately to re-enter 
the Black boa, and it is reported that the Am¬ 
bassadors were much dissatisfied with their re¬ 
turn to the Bosphorus. 
The Emperor of Russia is sick, and had not 
been seen for several days, and it is rumored 
tout a change is to be made in the Russian Min¬ 
istry. 
England and France continue arming on a 
large scale. 
The ship W. H. Davis, from Liverpool to 
New Orleans, was totally lost Jan. 27th, on the 
Island of Barra, west of bcotland. Ail hands 
but the steward lost. 
France is making extensive arrangements 
with the Bank and Credit Mobilier to meet the 
events of the coining war. 
Dates from China to Dec. 27th are received. 
Ningpoand Amoy quiet The insurgents had 
burnt a large part of bhanghae, and had also 
captured Tieusuig, eighty miles from Pekin. 
L’he death of the Emperor of Japan and the 
seizure of New Caledonia by' the French, are 
both confirmed. 
Latest from Liverpool.— A democratic con¬ 
spiracy was discovered at Madrid, on ihe 6lh, 
and 14 persons arrested. 
Cen. Jose Concha is proclaimed a rebel in 
Spain, and has escaped to France. 
Count Buol notified the Turkish Ambassador 
that Ihe concentration of troops on the frontier 
was intended only as a precautionary measure 
against Turkey. This notice was accompanied 
by friendiy expressions. . 
The British Government has advertised for 
seven or eight coppered ships ol seven or eight 
hundred tons, to be engaged for four months in 
conveying cavalry v 
Accounts from the Danube announce positive¬ 
ly another Turkish success between Galatz and 
AbmiL Ivlapta and others have embraced ls- 
lumisrn. 
Liverpool Breadstuffs. —The dullness before 
noted in breadstuff's continued to prevail, the de¬ 
mand being confined Ito immediate wants. 
Wheat must be called on the week 3d per 70 
lbs. lower. Flour lsalslid lower. Indian corn 
in limited request, 2s lower on the wea k. A 
few t ales Indian meal at 23s to-day, (10th.)— 
Hat her more doing in all articles, and prices firm 
at the decline. 
Richardson, Bros. <fc Co. quote American fine 
while wheat I2s8da0d. and I2s4dal2s6d. For 
secondary Canadian Ilsl0dal2s4d. Western 
No. 1 Hour 41sa-llst>d—ex-ship Gd less. Ohio, 
Baltimore and Philadelphia 42sa42s6d. 
Provisions. —Gardner it Co. quote beef steady, 
qmet demand, full prices. Pork generally firm. 
Bacon, new, sells readily as landed. In old, 
a speculative demand lias advanced prices lsa2s. 
Laid, on the spot, sold readily at 57sa58s. 
Cheese scarce ; full rates lor line. 
Tallow advanced ; firm ; 64sa64s6d. 
Winter in the Lake Superior Region. —A 
correspondent of the Detroit Inquirer, writing 
from Portage Lake, has the following meteoro¬ 
logical statistics of that region : 
The whiter, I am informed by Close long in 
the country, has been unusually mild up to tire 
1st of January, with much less snow than visual. 
January, however, lias made up in part the de¬ 
ficiency, so that there is no reasonable cause to 
complain for the want of cold weather or plenty 
of snow, the latter being on an average four 
feet deep, and the former quite as severe as any 
one wishes to encounter. On or about these days, 
say from ihe 21st to the 28th. Beginning with 
the 21st, the daily mean temperature for eight 
successive days was 6 to 8 ° below zero, the cold¬ 
est day during the month was the 24th—the 
mean temperature being 17 c 33 below zero; 
the warmest, 31st—the mean being 3G°. 'The 
lowest degree observed was on the morning of 
the 28th—30 = below zero; the highest on the 
31st—at noon, 40° ; the mean temperature for 
the whole month was 11 = . 
Importance of Railroad Communication.— 
Flour was landed here this week from Michigan, 
which was ferried across at Detroit to the Cana¬ 
dian shore on 13th February, and then by the 
Great Western Canadian Railroad to Niagara 
Falls, where it was carted over the Suspension 
Bridge, and thence by railroad to Canandaigua, 
and by branch road to the Erie Railroad, and 
by that conveyance to New York, where it ar¬ 
rived on the 20th February. This, we are in¬ 
formed, is the first lot that has reached this city. 
— Cow. <£ Fnq., Fob. 24. 
Important Legal Decision.— Judge Mitchell 
of the Supreme Court, has rendered a decision 
that on the sale of real estate by auction, there 
must lie a written agreement to sell and pur¬ 
chase, iu order to hold the parties, the same as 
at private sale, ami that unless the auctioneer in 
his book stating the terms, <fcc.. discloses the 
name of the owner of the lots, and that he, the 
auctioneer, acts as Ins agent, the owner of the 
land is not obliged to perfect the sale. 
Dewey, in the Arcade, has received for sale, 
Blackwood's Magazine, ami the North British Re¬ 
view, for February. Both periodicals, besides 
other things, contain interesting and able articles 
on Turkey. 
California Uttos. 
Arrival of the northern Light 
The Northern Light, with California dates to 
the 1st iust., reached New York, Feb. 23d, hav¬ 
ing left San Juan on the evening of the 15th, 
and brings San Francisco dates to the evening 
of the 1st, making the time through in 21 days, 
IS) hours. This is the quickest trip on record. 
The Northern Light connected with the 
steamer Cortez, which reports passing the Bro. 
Jonathan going into San Francisco on the 1st, 
and the Sierra Nevada on the 7th off Cape St. 
Lucas, bound up. 
Tiie mail steamer Columbia left San Francisco 
for Panama on the 1st. 
The Northern Light brings 400 passengers, 
and $800,000 on freight. 
The steamer Golden Gate was stranded at the 
entrance of the harbor of San Diego, on the 
18th inst. 
She had previously broken her shaft when 10 
days out from Panama, 
Her passengers and mails all saved. Four 
hundred took passage on board the Southerner 
and Goliah. 
The latter arrived up on the 22d. 500 remain¬ 
ed at San Diego. 
Advices at San Francisco from the Walker 
expedition, slate that the bark Caroline was 
captured in the Gulf by the Mexican Cutter 
Guerregorus. 
Markets at San Francisco during the fortnight 
bad been stagnant and prices lower than for 
months previously, while a large number of ar¬ 
rivals had materially increased the stocks. 
At latest reports Ilaxala flour was selling at 
$12 from outside hands, with more in the mar¬ 
ket. Sales for the fortnight 3,000 bbls., ranging 
from $8 to $.) clear. Pork $17. Choice hams 
do. butter 23)dc per lb. 
The Golden Gate wits got off on the morning 
of the 25th, less injured than was expected.— 
She was lying at San Diego, awaiting the arrival 
of steam pumps. 
New Orleans, Feb. 28.—The steamer United 
States from Aspinvvall Feb. 22d, arrived below 
to day. The Empire City reached Aspimvall 
on the 22d, and \v uld leave the same afternoon 
for New York, with 200 passengers and $G00,- 
000 in gold. 
Mammoth Iron Steamship.— The British screw 
steamer Himalaya, recently built in England for 
the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation 
Company, is said to be the largest vessel in the 
world. Sne registers 3,550 tons, and is equal to 
over 5,000 tons burthen. Her length is 372 Let 
9 inches—47 feet longer than the Boston clipper 
ship Great Republic. Her tonnage, however, is 
something under the latter. The war steamer 
Duke of Wellington, of 131 guns, exceeds her in 
tonnage by 209 tons, but ihe Himalaya is 92 feet 
longer. The engines of the Himalaya are of 700 
horse power. She can carry 1,200 tons of coal, 
has stowage for 1,000 tons of measurement 
goods, and can accommodate 200 first and sec¬ 
ond class passengers. 
The Anerican Minister.— In the House of 
Commons on the 10th, Lord John Russelll stat¬ 
ed in answer to Mr. Roebuck, “ that the cards 
sent by the Chamberlain for the admission of 
the American Minister to the opening of Parlia¬ 
ment by the Queen, were the same as those sent 
to other diplomatic representatives ; and he did 
not think any difficulty was likely to arise out 
of the question as to the dress in which the 
American Minister w T as to appeal - on state oc¬ 
casions !” 
The first newspaper establishment in 
North America was the Boston News Letter, 
commenced April 24, 1704. It. was a half sheet 
of paper, 12 inches by 8, tvvo'columns on a page. 
B. Green was the printer. 
|!ttblisljcr’s Notices. 
EOOKS FOR PREMIUMS. 
Below we give the titles, and prices, of a portion of the 
worts furnished to agents and others entitled to Premiums 
in Books, for procuring subscribers to the Rural. Those 
who prefer works not mentioned in this list, can have them 
in payment of Premiums at the lowest cash prices; 
Johnston’s Ag. Chemistry, $1,25; Boussingault’s Rural 
Economy, $1,25; Downing's Eru ts and Fruit Trees ot 
America, $1,50; Amer. Fruit Culrtirist, by Thomas, $1,25: 
Dictionary of Gardening, by Johnson, $1,25; Fanner’s 
Die ionary, by Gaidner, $1,75; Farmer’s Every-Day Book, 
by Blake, $2,50; The Complete Farmer and Gardner, b\ 
Fessenden, $1,25; Rural Architecture, by Allen, $1,25; La¬ 
dies’ Companion to Ihe Flower Garden, by Mrs. Loudon. 
$1,25: American Flower Garden, by Bulst, $1,25; Ameri 
can Farm Book, $1; The Kitchen Garden, by Buist, 75c.- 
Continental Agriculture, by Colman, $1; Scientific Agri¬ 
culture, by Rodgers, $1; American Ladies’ System of 
Cookery, by Mrs. Crowen, $1.25. 
Youatt on the Horse, by Randall, $1,50; You at* and Alar- 
tin on Cattle, by Stevens, $1,25; Randall’s Sheep Husband¬ 
ry, $1,25; Morrell’s American Shepherd, $1; Canfield on 
Sheep, $1; Youatt on Sheep, 75c.; The Pig, by Youatt 
75c.; Clater and Youatt’s Cattle Doctor, bi Skinner, 50c.; 
American Veterinarian, by Cole, 50c.; The Dairyman’s 
Manual. $1; Brown’s Poultry Book, $1; Benne t’s do., $1; 
Bee-Keeper’s Manual, $1; Towrtly on Bees, 38c. 
The above works are all well bound, in muslin or leather, 
and mostly of late editions and finely illustrated. 
The following works are bound in paper, pamphlet style, 
and furnished at 25 cents each :—Elements of Agriculture; 
Dana’s Essay on Manures; Every Lady her own Flower 
Gardener; The American Kitchen Gardener; Amer. Bird 
Fancier; Amer. Rose Culturist; Pests of tire Farm; The 
Horse; The Cow; The Hog; Domestic Fowls and Orna¬ 
mental Poultry ; The Hive and the Honey Bee. 
AVe shall pre-pay the postage on books sent as premiums. 
Though this is more than was promised, we presume none 
of our friends will object! 
C o m m e r t i a L 
BUSINESS AND FINANCE. 
Tits San Juan steamer Northern Light arrived at N. Y., 
Feb. 23, with $800,000 on freight. The Africa left the same 
day for Liverpool, having on board $05,000; and the Her¬ 
mann, for Bremen, sailed from the same port on the 25th, 
taking out $262,570, which three transactions make up the 
principal outgoing and incoming specie movements. The 
balance in the New York Sub-Treasury is now over $7,- 
000,000, and still increasing. The imports for the week at 
New York, the Tribune sa} s, are about $3,000,000. 
Messrs. Duncan, Sherman A: Co., of New York, received 
heavy orders by, the late steamers for the purchase of Amer¬ 
ican stocks. This shows that foreign capitalists lack con¬ 
fidence in the stability of things in Europe. 
The Superintendent of the Banking Department has giv¬ 
en notice that the circulating notes of the Patchin Bank of 
Buffalo, must be presented at his office for redemption 
within two years from the 20th inst., after which time the 
surplus securities deposited with the Department, will be 
given up to the Bank. 
Chas. Minot, Esq., Superintendent of the Erie Railroad, 
has resigned his jioeition, the resignation to take effect in 
a few weeks. 
In the stock market there is no especial activity, lait a 
fair amount of business is transacted. New York Central 
1,12; Erie SIM; Michigan Central 104; Hudson River 70, 
and other stocks in proportion. 
Utakff Jfntclligmt, it. 
Rural Nf.w-Yorker Office, ) 
Rochester, March 1, 1854. j 
The market for breadstuff's has still further declined since 
our last report and prices are unsettled, with a heavy and 
bearish tendency. Flour is now quoted at $9@9,50, and 
Wheat at $1,88@1,94. Corn, which went up to 88c, has 
fallen back to 81@83c; other grains unchanged. 
The meat market not essentially different from previous 
quotations except that pork is a little higher, selling now 
at $7,25. 
Dairy products, fuel, hay and sundries, same as before, 
witli a tendency to a fuller supply of butter and eggs, 
which may be expected wi,th the opening of spring. 
Rochester Wholesale Prices, 
Flour and Grain. 
Flour, bbl.$9,00@9,50 
Wheat, bu.. 
Corn.. . ... 
Oats.. 
Rye. 
Barley . . . . 
Buckwheat.. 
Beans. 
1,83@1,94 
... ,Sl@S3c 
. . .40<g)42c 
. . . 00@()0 
...... .70c 
.. . .60@65 
.$1,25 
Meats. 
Pork, mess bbl.$16,00 
Do. cwt.7,25 
Beef, mess bbl. ,10,00@10,50 
Do. cwt.5,50@6,00 
Mutton carcass,.4,00^5 
Hams, smoked lb... . 0(3>9c 
Shoulders. . ..6@7c 
Chickens...9c 
Turkeys...10c 
Dairy, &c. 
Bvftter.15@17c 
Cheese.8@10c 
Lard, tried.@9c 
Do. leaf.10c 
Tallow ..12c 
Eggs, dor.18@20c 
Candles, box.14)* 
Fruits and Roots. 
Apples, bush.50@76c 
Do. dried.$1,25 
Potatoes... 75c 
Hides and Skins. 
Slaughter.5@6c 
Calf..@10c 
Sheep pelts.$1@1,75 
Lamb do.75c@$l 
Seeds. 
Clover, bu.$6,50@6,75 
Timothy.2,5U@3,00 
Flax.1,25 
Fuel. 
Wood, hard.4,Q0@4,50 
Do. soft.2,60@3,00 
Coal, Lehigh, too.$10 
Do. Scranton.6,25 
Blossburg.6,00 
Do. Char.8@10c 
Sundries. 
Salt, bbl.$1,50 
Hay, ton.8@13 
Wool, ft.35@45c 
White fish, bbl. .$8,50@9,50 
Codfish, quintal.4,50 
Trout, bbl..8,00 
NEW YORK MARKET-Feb. 28. 
Ashes—Market steady but quiet, for pots $6; pearls 
$6,75. 
Flour—Our market is again easier for Western and 
State hour, but the quotations are somewhat irregular; 
this being the last day of February when contracts ma¬ 
ture, an effort has been made to depress prices. The 
-hipping inquiry is fair, with a farther decline iu freights. 
■ anadian inactive and nominal, 12. Sale of western 
Canal 4.500 bbls—$8,12 for common to straight Stale; 
$8,00@8.25 for commou to good Ohio; $8,U6@8,31 for 
mixed to fancy Michigan and Indiana. 
Rye Flour—Lower. Sales 150 bids, fine $5,87. 
Com Meal—Lower. Sales 150 bbls. Jersey $4. 
Grain—Fair demand for wheat at the decline. Sales 
2,000 bu. prime white Genesee $2, part to arrive; 2,500 
bu. red Long Island $1,85; 400 bu. ordinary red Southern 
$1,70. 
Rye—Without change. Sales 1,500 bu. at the depot at 
$I.17@1 1114 
Oats—Plenty and dull, 51@55e. for State and Western. 
Corn—Easier and ' ot very active. Sales 17.0- 0 bu. 86@ 
38c for Jersey yellow; S8@89 for mixed southern and 
western; 89@90 for southern yeiJow; 90@93 for southern 
white. 
Provisions—Limited supply of pork in the market; pri¬ 
ces arc firmer; $15,37 mess; $I3.25@31 prime. 
Beef in moderate supply and firm, with fair shipping 
inquiry; $9@11,50 eouulry mess; $14 re-packed Chicago; 
$6@S country prime. 
Lard steady, IU@10)£. 
Butler and cheese s-cady. 
ALBANY MARKET-Feb. 27. 
There is but little doing in Flour, and the demand is of 
a retail character at former prices. Buckwheat Flour is 
selling in the street at $ j,06(Sj3,12 'V cwt. 
The market is again e asier for Grain Sales Rye, $1,06)4- 
Corn 80c. Barley 95@$1.01. Oats 45@50c. 
The demand for dressed hogs is limited, and with a good 
-up) ly at the Depot, the market is heavy. Sales at $7@ 
7,50 for fair to good lots. 
NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET-Feb. 20. 
At Washington Drove Yard—Offered to-day, 2,070 Beef 
Cattle; offered during the week 2,232. 
Prices—Beeves ranged from S)4@40)4c per ft. 
Cows and Calves sold at from $30 to $00. 
Veal Calves at from 4@7c. per 1b. 
Sheep—From $3 to $10. 
Swine—From b%c. to tic. 150 cattle left over. 
At Chamberlain’s—(Hudson River Bull’s Head.)—At 
market, 300 Beeves 50 Cows and Caivra, 20 Veal Calves, 
and 2,800 Sheep ami Lambs. 
Prices—Beeves from $8,00 to $10: 
Cows and Calves—From $25 to!40@60. 
Veal Calves—From ac to 7c. 
Sheep—From $3(8)5 to $8. 
At O’Brien’s—(No. 9 Sixth street)—Offered 100 Beeves, 
and 53 Cows and Calves. 
Prices—Beeves from $7,50 to $9,50. 
Cows and Calves—From $30 to $60. 
At Browning's — {Lower Bull’s Head)—Offered 70 Cows 
and Calves, and 5,000 Sheep and Lambs. 
Prices—Cows and Calves from $25 to $50. 
Sheep—From $3@6,50 to $7. Lambs—From $2,50 to $5. 
Extras $6 to $8. 
ALBANY CATTLE MARKET — Feb. 27. 
At W. Woolford’s Bull's Head, Washington street.—Beef 
Cattle—800 at market. Prices—Extra $8; first quality 7,- 
50; 2d do, $6,50 ; 3d, $6. 
Cows and Calves—15 in market. Prices range from $25 
to 30@45. 
Sheep and Lambs—1,050 in market. Prices at from $3,- 
>0(3)6. 
Swine—400 iu market. Prices—Stores ,$4,25; fat hogs, 
S5@5,50. 
Remarks—The market this week has been well filled with 
Cattle. Mostly all sold for Brighton and N York markets 
—about 250 Brighton and the balance New York. 
CAMBRIDGE CATTLE MARKET.—Feb. 22. 
At market 600 Cattle—about 575 Beeves, and 25 Stores; 
consisting of Working Oxen, Cows and Calves, yearlings, 
i wo anil three years oid. 
Prices—Market Beet.—Extra $8.25 P cwt: first quality 
87,75; 2d, $7@7.25; 3d do, $6,50; ordinary $5,75@6. 
Hides—$6,26<g6,50 V cwt. Tallow, §8,50@9. 
Pelts Sl,37@l,50. Calf skins ll)&@12c V lb. 
Veal Calves—$4, 5, 6@7. 
Barreling Cattle—$6,75, $6@6,50. 
Stores—Working Oxen—$SS, 94, 105, 11S, 125, 132, 144, 
15S@216. 
Cows and Calves—$25, 29, 30, 34, 38, 40, 45, 50, S6@65. 
Y earlings—None. 
two years old—§25, 2S, 30, 32, 35, 3S@42. 
Three years old—$36, 39, 41, 45, 48, 50, 56, 64@72. 
Sheep and Lambs—2,203 at market. 
Prices—Extra $6, 7, 8, 9@12. 
By lot—S3, 3,50, 4, 4,50, 6,75. 
Swine — None. 
BRIGHTON CATTLE MARKET-Feb. 23.’ 
At market 650 Beef Cattle, 20 pairs Working Oxen, 35 
Cows ami Calves, 1,850 Sheep, and ISO Swine. 
Prices—Beef Cattle—The supply short and higher prices 
were obtained. Wequote Extra $8@s,60; firs! quality $7,- 
50@S; 2d, $7@7,50: 3d do, $5,50; third $5,50@6,75. 
Working Oxen—No sides, probably on account of the 
severe weather. 
Cows and Calves—Sales $25 28, 31, 35, 37, 42@4S. 
Sheep—Sales $3,5o, 4,50, 5,25, 7, 8@9,50. 
Swine—No sales in lots to peddle. A few were re hilled 
at 5>4@6)4c. 
A HOME E0R ALL: 
Or, the Gravel Wall and Octagon. Mode of Budding —New, 
cheap, convenient, superior and adapted to rich and poor, 
showing its superiority over brick, stone ami frame hous¬ 
es; the cost, capacity, beauty, compactness and utility of 
octagou houses; the author's residence, barns aud out¬ 
buildings, board and plank walls, the working-man’s dwel¬ 
ling, &c., with engraved illustrations. By 0. S. Fowler.— 
Price, prepaid by mail, 87 cents. Please address FOWLER 
& WELLS, Publishers, No. 131 Nassau st., New York. 
“ The author of this work, a prominent advocate of the 
doctrine of progress, lias here applied his principles to the 
improvement of house-building. He has occupied much 
time and thought for several years past in planning the 
best mode of building the home of his future life. He has 
sueceeded in devising a method, which will bring a com¬ 
fortable dwelling within the reach of the pooler classes, 
while it admits any degree of luxury, which may lie de¬ 
manded by the taste and convenience of the proprietor.— 
Except in one particular—and this greatly improved by 
himself—Mr. Fowler claim-this mode as his own invention. 
The two main fea ures of the plan are the octagonal form 
and gravel wall.” ******* 
After the selection of His material, Mr. Fowler proceeds 
to illustrate the advantages of the octagon form, and to 
give minute and explicit directions for the practical reali¬ 
zation of his ideas. His statements, which are marked by 
a certain pithy quaintness of expression, are accompanied 
by figures and specifications, showing the economical ben¬ 
efits that result from his plan. The volume contains nu¬ 
merous suggestions in regard to several important points 
of domestic arrangement, agricultural economies, and the 
practical philosophy of life in general. Hence his work is 
of a very readable character, and will form a welcome ad¬ 
dition to the rural library .—JSetc Pork Tribune. 217-2t 
mirn - tt5.emeitts. 
Advertisements. —Brief and appropriate advertisements 
will be inserted in this paper at $1,50 pr. square, (ten lines, 
or 100 words,) or 15 cents a line— lo be paid in advance. 
Those who send advertisements without payment will 
understand from the abeve why they are not inserted. 
FOR SALE, 
An excellent Farm of some eighty-three acres, situated 
in the town of Gorham, Ontario Co., N. Y., one and a half 
miles east of Keed’s Corners, and three miles from the 
Railroad. Said farm has large commodious buildings, good 
fruits, and about 25 acres of wood land, containing much 
valuable timber. Apply to the subscriber, on the premises. 
Mrs. NATHAN WITTER. 
Gorham, Ontario Co., N. Y., Feb. 21, 1854. 217-lt* 
LAND PLASTER 
At Canandaigua, Victor, and Fisher’s Railroad Depots. 
The subscriber has on hand at each of the above Railroad 
Stations, 500 tons of pure, fresh ground land Plaster.— 
Farmers can depend upon getting their Plaster at the above 
places, of a superior quality and not kiln dried. 
217-4m. JIREH ROWLEY. 
PURE V/INE.—MEXICAN POTATO. 
Pitre j uice of the Grape is offered by the subscriber, for 
medicinal and restorative purposes. City physicians may 
depend on its purity, and recommend it in their practice, 
with entire safety. Price, $1 per bottle. 
Also, the Mexican Potato for sale, at $-4 per barrel. The 
M exiean potato is becoming too wolf known to spend mo¬ 
ney on a long advertisement. Its excellence and delicate 
flavor, together with its productiveness, will meet your 
highest expectation, being a beautiful white color, and kid¬ 
ney shape. Address or apply to 
' H. N. LANG WORTHY, 
19 South Washington st., Rochester. N. Y. 
Feb., 1854. 217-3t 
ALFRED ACADEMY^ 
A First Class Male and Female Seminary. —Its loca¬ 
tion on the New York and Erie Railroad, two miles from 
the Alfred Depot, is romantic, retired, and healthy. The 
course of instruction is divided into ten departments, with 
an experienced Professor at the head of each. The edifice 
containing the chapel, recitation, society and library rooms, 
is one of the largest and finest school structures in Western 
New York The supervision of the students is parental, 
and well adapted for securing their highest intellectual and 
moral discipline. The next term commences Wednesday, 
March 28th. Expenses moderate. For circulars, apply to 
21 7-3t W. C. KENYON, A. M. 
Alfred Centre, Allegany Co., N. Y., Feb. 20, 1854. 
SALE OF THOROUGH-BRED CATTLE. 
The subscriber will sell at pubiic auction on his farm at 
Rush, Monroe county, N. Y., on Thursday, March 9, 1854, 
his entire stock, consisting of one very superior Durham 
bull, one imported Durham cow and calf, one yearliugDur¬ 
ham bull and four Durham bull calves, six Durham cows, 
three yearling heifers and three calves, all thorough-bred; 
together with forty thorough-bred Leicester sheep, some 
of which were imported. 
At the same time and place, the entire stock, implements, 
and household furniture will be sold, as the subscriber has 
made arrangements to leave his farm. D. McHARDY. 
West Rush, Monroe Co., N. Y. 216-2t* 
FARM FOR SALE. 
A Farm containing 100 acres, six miles north of Seneca 
Falls. There is on said farm a frame iiouse aud barn, a 
large orchard, good fruit of all kinds, a nice graveilv brook 
running through it conveniently—10 acres of woods_all 
good dry land. Price. $40 per acre. For further particu¬ 
lars, inquire of the subscriber on Die premises. 
WILLIAM C. GRIGGS. 
Tyre, Seneca Co., N. Y., Feb., 1854. 217-lt* 
KETCHUM’S PATENT LEVER STRAW CUITER 
The accotnpanving cut is a 
front view oi R. Ketchum’s Pa¬ 
tent Lever Power Cutting Box, 
which is said to be the best now 
in use, for cutting hay, straw 
and stalks. This machine is so 
simple that any fanner can keep 
it in -order, and it will be sold 
cheaper than any other that is 
adapted to doing the same work 
with as little power. Any per¬ 
son residing in Monroe, Erie, 
Niagara, Orleans, or Genesee 
county, wishing to purchase cut¬ 
ting boxes, are invited to call at 
Rapalje & Co.’s Implement and 
Seed Store, 65 Buffalo st.. or at 
my shop, east Selye Building, 
Mill street, where I manufacture 
and sell at wholesale and retail. 
ifltBfo. THOS. HARDING. 
Rochester, Feb.,’54 217-lt* 
TEMPEST INSURANCE COMPANY. 
A Full Statement of the affairs of the Tempest Insu¬ 
rance Company, of Meridian, N. Y-, for the yar ending 
on the 31st of December, 1853, pursuant to the Laws of 
the State of New York. 
Whole amount of Capital.$242,379 70 
Of which the amount secured by mortgage on 
real estate is.... 
On deposit in Cayuga County Bank, in cash. . . 
Cash on hand... 
tn the hands of Agents and in course of trans¬ 
mission . 
Amount of other good securities.. 121/289 30 
Amount of losses sustained, the same having 
been paid. 
Total amount of liabilities.. 
Witole amount of commissions, salaries and fees 
paid during the year. 2,386 00 
Total amount of expenditures for the year . . . 3,886 00 
State of New York, ) 
County of Cayuga, ) **’ 
P. P. Meacham, President, 
and T. I. Ferris, V. President, and T. R. Timby, Secretary, 
of the Tempest Insurance Company, being severally' duiv 
sworn, depose and say, and each for himself says, t hat the 
foregoing is a true, full and correct statement of the affairs 
of the said Corporation, and that they are the above de¬ 
scribed officers thereof. P. P. MEACHAM, Pres’t. 
T. I. FERRIS, 1’. Pres’t. 
T. R. TIMBY, Sec’y. 
Subscribed and sworn before me, this 17th day of Janu¬ 
ary, 1854. 217-3t Jas. Hickok, Jus ice of the Peace. 
95,000 00 
20,000 00 
1,472 46 
4,617 00 
1,500 00 
135 00 
OSAGE ORANGE SEED. 
Just received from Texas and warranted good. Price, 
$20 per bushel, same rate per peck, with a ('eduction t > 
dealers. Directious for culture, &e., sent to all customers. 
Packages can be sent by express at moderate cost to all 
places on the line of Railroads. 
Five years’ experience has proven that this best of all 
hedge plants will endure the climate as far north as Western 
New Yoik, and it is rapidly finding favor wherever it has 
become known. M. B. BATEHAM. 
Columbus, 0., Feb., 1854. 216-3t 
ATKINS’ SELF-RAKING REAPER 
Forty of these machines were used the last harvest in 
grass or grain or both, with almost uniformly good suc¬ 
cess, in nine different States and Canada. 
Twenty-Six Premiums, including TWO <U the Crystal 
Paba.ce, (silver and bronze medals,) were awarded it at the 
autumn exhibitions. 1 am building only 300, which are be¬ 
ing rapidly ordered. Mr. Joseph Hall, Rochester, N. Y., 
will also build a few. ffjf* Early orders necessary to in¬ 
sure a Reaper. 
Price at Chicago $175—$75 cash with order, note for $50, 
payable when Reaper works successfully, and another for 
$50, payable 1st December next, with interest. Or $160 
cash iu advance. Warranted to be a good Self-Raking 
Reefer. 
c fN Agents properly recommended wanted throughout 
the country. Experienced agents preferred. It is impor¬ 
tant this year to have the machines widely scattered. 
Descriptive circulars with cuts, and giving impartially 
the difficulties as well as successes of the Reaper, mailed to 
post-paid applications. J. S. WRIGHT. 
“Prairie Farmer” Warehouse, Chicago, Feb., 1854. 
215-13t-m3t 
$50 TO $150 PER MONTH 
Can be easily made in selling the Popular Books, pub¬ 
lished by Miller, Orton & Mulligan, successors to Derby & 
Miller, Auburn, and Derby, Orton & Mulligan, Buffalo. 
From the wide-spread reputation of our Publications, 
Book Agents, Colporteurs and Canvassers, can be sure, with 
ordinary diligence, of doing well, as there is hardly a fam¬ 
ily in the country but would be glad to purchase one or 
more Books from the list, if they were brought to the door. 
They are all good Books, well Printed, strongly bound, and 
sell readily wherever offered. 
To all those desirous of aiding in the noble work of dis¬ 
seminating a Pure and Wholesome Literature throughout 
our land, we offer a Rare Chance to Make Money and do 
great good. 
22U Cata logues of our Publications, containing full par¬ 
ticulars, furnished on application (post-paid) to 
MILLER, ORTON & MULLIGAN, 
Publishers of Popular Books, 
214-41 Auburn and Buffalo, N. Y. 
FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES, &C. 
The Subscribers have the pleasure of announcing an im¬ 
mense stock of Trees, &c., for the Spring trade,'embracing 
Standard Trees for Orchards. 
Dwarf and Pyramidal Trees for Gardens, 
Ornamental Trees for Streets, Park aud Pleasure Grounds, 
Rare and beautiful Lawn Trees, 
JSew and rare Weeping Trees, 
Evergreen Trees, embracing the rarest species of Pices, 
Fits, Spruces, Yews, Cedars, Junipers. 
Hardy Flowering Shrubs, 
Ruses of ail classes, and embracing the newest and best 
sorts, 
La/ihas, the finest English prize sorts. 
Chrysanthemums, including ihe finest of the new Pom pone 
varieties. 
Phloxes and Peonies, superb collections. 
Bedding Plants, a complete assortment. 
Hedge Plants, among them 50,060 Osage Orange. 
Box Edging, 
Rhubarb, Asparagus, ffC,, 4,-c. 
All orders, whether for large or small quantities, execut¬ 
ed with the greatest care and in strict compliance with the 
wishes of the purchaser. 1’acking done in the most secure 
and skillful manner, so that parcels can be transmitted 
thousands of miles with safety. 
Nurserymen and dealers in trees will be supplied on the 
most liberal terms. 
The following Catalogues are sent gratis and prepaid to 
all who apply and enclose one postage stamp for each : 
No. 1, Descriptive Catalogue of Fruits, 
“ 2, •• “ Ornamental Trees, 
“ 3, “ Dahlias, Green-house plants, Jtc. 
“ 4, Wholesale Catalogue. 
213-3teow ELLWANGER & BARRY, 
Feb. 1,185-4. Mt. Hope Nurseries, Rochester, N. Y. 
BOOK AGENTS, ATTENTION! 
Profitable Employment ! $1,000 to $2,000 a year. More 
than 200 varieties of Popular Books for the People.— 
New Wholesale Book Establishment, No. 8 Park Place, 
New York. 
The undersigned, for many years in the Book Business 
at Auburn, and late of the firm of Derby & Miller, has 
established himself as above, and, in addition to his own, 
will keep a full sfqqdy of the Publications of Phillips! 
-Sampson & Co., Miller, Orton & Mulligan (late Derby A 
Miller.) and Alden. Beardsley & Co., constantly on hand 
and for sale at their lowest prices. 
Our assortment of Agents’ Books is tire largest in the 
United Suites, embracing the most Popular Books in His¬ 
tory, Biography, Poetry, Religion, Temperance, Narratives, 
Travels, Adventures, Agriculture, Popular Miscellam, 
Books for the Young, &c. They are all of a good atid 
moral character, and are disposed ot throughout the coun¬ 
try mainly by Agents, Colporteurs and Ministers. Tliev 
are well printed, on good paper and fair type, and bound 
generally in neat muslin, gilt backs, and most of them 
beautifully illustrated with engravings. 
We have a great many Agents actively at work, who 
clear for themselves from $5 to $8 dollars per day. Those 
most successful, take sample copies of the books, and when 
they ascertain how many are wanted, order the Books di¬ 
rect Irotn us, and deliver them at the time agreed upon._ 
Still some Agents prefer to order quantities at the start, 
and sell them from house to house, as they go. There is 
hardly a family that cannot be induced to buy oneormore 
of the kinds, and we have been informed of instances 
where a single family has 23F* Subscribed for the whole 
list of Books, yielding the agent a very handsome profit. 
There is no employment more pleasanter profitable than 
that of selling Books in the way proposed. 
To all those desirous of aiding in the noble work of 
disseminating a Pure and Wholesome Literature through¬ 
out our land, we offer a rare chance to make money, and to 
do good. 
Catalogues of our Publications, containing full particu¬ 
lars, furnished on application (post-paid) to 
J. C. DERBY, Publisher aud Bookseller, 
217-lt 8 Park Place, (Second Floor,) New York. 
People’s Patent Office, ( 
86 Nassau st.. New York. { 
CAVEATS. —Inventors and others desiring to apply for 
Caveats, aie informed that ah the necessary drawings and 
papers are prepared by the undersigned with the utmost 
dispatch and on the most moderate terms. All other pa¬ 
tent business promptly attended to. 
Persons wishing for information or advice relative to 
Patents or Inventions, may at all tines consult the under¬ 
signed without charge, either personally at his office, or by 
letter. ALFRED E. BEACH, 
Solicitor of Patents, 
217-lt 86 Nassau st., New York. 
A VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE. 
Thk Subscriber offers for sale his Farm, consisting of 50 
acres, on which is a good Dwelling House, Barn, Sheds, 
and other necessary out buildings. An abundance of all 
Kinds of fruit, and under good improvement. Situated in 
the Town of Pultney, Steuben Co., N. Y., eighty rods from 
the west bank of Crooked Lake, and 2)4 miles from the 
Village of Branchport, A part of the purchase money 
will be required down, the balance on time to suit the 
purchaser. 
For further information inquire of S. BOOTH, Branch- 
pot, or the subscriber on the premises. 
DAVID W. MILLER. 
Pultney, Fob. 1st, 1854. 214-tf 
THORP, SMITH, HANCHETT & Co., 
Proprietors of the Syracuse Nurseries, Cultivators 
of, and Dealers in, all kinds of Nursery Productions, offer 
for the Spring Sales a very large stock of Apple, Pear, 
Cherry and Peach Trees, both Standards and Dwarfs, as well 
as a good supply of Plum, (Juince, Apricot and Nectarine 
Trees, and all the best and most popular sorts of the small¬ 
er Fruits; Currants, Raspberries, Strawberries and Goose¬ 
berries. 
Their stock of Raspberries includes Fastolff, Franconia, 
Knewit’s Giant, Large Monthly, the Antwerps, and Dr. 
Brinckl-e's Seedlings; of CurraiUs all the leading kinds; 
and of Gooseberries, 3,000 fine plants of the best Lan¬ 
cashire sorts. 
Grapes, — JYativc, one, two, and three years old, in large 
quantities; Foreign —Forty best sorts. 
Or,’iu men Lai 'Dees and Shrubbery, in great variety. 
.Sosos,—One of the best and rarest collections in the 
oountry ; including, of course, Mr. Mathews’ matchless 
Seedling, the Augusta, —of the most luxuriant growth and 
foliage, profusion of bloom, splendor of its flower, and of 
the most exquisite pet fume. The price, as will be seen by 
our Catalogue, is very much reduced. 
Dahlias, Phloxes , Bulbous Roots, Green-house and Bed¬ 
ding Plants, including all the novelties of the season.— 
Hedge Plants, Rhubarb and Asparagus in large quantities. 
Evergreens of choice varieties, as well as many thou¬ 
sands of Balsam, florway, European, Silver and Scotch 
Firs, Austrian Pines, Chinese and American Arbor Vitas, 
&c., &c ., ali in tine condition. 
Y.gf 3 Among their stock of Pear Trees, they have in large 
proportion, the Virgalicu, Onondaga and Oswego Beurrc, 
both Dwarf and Standard. No mote desirable kinds of 
early bearing, productiveness and great excellence, can be 
cultivated extensively for market. They have also several 
hundreds of Extra Sited Fruit Trees of the finest growth 
aud form, cultivated and trained into bearing for them¬ 
selves, which the necessity of changing their grounds to 
those much more extended requires them in part to re¬ 
move. These trees consist of Cherry, Plum, Standard and 
Dwarf Pears. They have furaished the greater portion of 
the specimen fruits exhibited by the proprietors at the 
State Fairs for two years past, and are offered at from $1 
to $3 each. 
The products of their Nurseries having a reputation 
second to none in the country, those now favoring them 
with their orders may rely upon that reputation being sus¬ 
tained. They annex a few commendations selected from 
many of a like nature, both as to the quality of their trees, 
and that other essential, the excellency of their paeking, 
to which they invite attention. 
“The trees were ali well packed, and are very fine—not 
one article but I am perfectly satisfied with.”—From Ley¬ 
den, Cook county, Illinois. 
“ The trees were well packed, and came to hand in fine 
order.”—South Bend, Indiana. 
“The trees, though long delayed on the way, arrived 
in good condition, aud opened well. I must sny they were 
evidently taken up and [racked with much more than or¬ 
dinary care.”—Delaware, Ohio. 
“And now about the trees. If you had trimmed them 
[a novel complaint,] they would have been the finest lot of 
trees I have ever seen from your State. I never saw finer 
roots.”—From Springfield, Ohio [The trees here spoken 
of, let it he remembered, were sent out from the Syracuse 
Nu rseri es as their second class trees. ] 
jj--^>aThe trees, to appearance, [having been delayed on 
the way] were in good order, and tetter trees than I have 
ever seen west of the Labes.”—Iioscoe, Ill. 
53?” The proprietors have also beeu favored by a cus¬ 
tomer with the following certificate, made after an exam¬ 
ination of a large lot of their trees : 
“ We, the undersigned, d-o hereby certify, that we have 
personally examined the lot of fruit trees which Mr.- 
now has in the village of Marshall, and we do not hesitate 
to say, that they are the best lot of Fruit Trees, to all ap¬ 
pearance, that has ever been offered for sale in this coun¬ 
ty. Dec. 14, ’53.” [Signed,] Aimer Pratt, Circuit Judge, 
Supreme Court; Erastus Hussey, Co. Cieik ; H. A. Noyes, 
Judge of Probate; J. II. Montgomery, M. D.; D. Darwin 
Hughes; T. A. Randall; J. A. Van Horn; Jas. A. Wav. 
C~1T‘ Catalogues fumisked gratis to all post-paid appli¬ 
cations, enclosing a letter stamp to pre-pay the same. 
Syracuse, N. Y., Feb., 1854. 213-3teow 
CORN SHELTERS. 
We have now on hand the most approved kinds of Corn 
Shelters—among them Burrall's celebrated Shelter and 
Separator—till warranted to work well or foie re urned. 
lb-ires from $7 to $13. J. RAPALJE A CO., 
At Genesee Seed Store and Agricultural Warehouse. 65 
216-2t Buffalo street, Rochester, N. Y. 
