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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YOR KER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
Letter from St. PanL 
—v St. ^ >A ’ n '’ M‘ nnos °ta. July 5, 1854. 
QOflttY^OW&) Mkssk 8 . Editors :—Although we are at the 
extreme Northwest boundary of civilization in 
uwyi}. America, yet is patriotism and love of liberty 
__ and union, as strong here as in any eastern State. 
ROCHESTER, JULY 22, 1854. The . Foi f b n {?* 7“ * olebrated here ^ 
ringing of bells, thunder of cannon, eating ot 
„ ../\, v,troiat and venison, drinking of Catawba and 
To Agents and Others. Minnesota wine, speeches, toasts. Sioux Indians 
playing on jewsharps, some little drunkenness, 
A nfiw half volume of the Rural commenced last week an( ] general rejoicing, to sav nothing about the 
—a favorable time to subscribe or form clubs for either T r n r ■ r i i i , ‘ . .. . , 
six months or a year. Agents and other kind friends Balb wh,ch WOuld W Y our Rochester indmdu- 
throughout the country are requested to give the matter als out c<dd ;us a Bembi na iceberg. Tlie day came 
such attention as may be consistent with their engage- in like a Lion and went out like an Elephant, 
meats, lire Rural will be furnished for six months,from marching along with majestic strides, fully con- 
July to January, at half the yearly rates, or as follows*_ . • ~ c ,i , r ,, . . 
m. j! „„ •„ r 4,0 „ „. , scious of the importance of the occasion, and 
Three copies for $2,50; Six copies (and one free to agent) , , / , „ , 
for $5; Ten copies (and one to agent) for $7,50; Twenty P Jl> ud as d beaimg the Queen of .Sheba, who 
Con gressio nal. g# S fiOTtanqi|S. 
As tlie time draws near for final adjournment,- 
so much evil and so little good has been done, JjgT* It is stated that, in tlie bombardment ol 
—so many bills remain to be acted upon, and Odessa, the Congreve guns played the most im- 
.■ , i portent part in the action. They were found to 
so little time to act,—that Congress has com- 1 ... , J , .. . 
” carry their exploding charge at a distance 
menced holding Saturday sessions, and the ben- w ] lerc the Russian balls could not reach. The 
It is stated that in the bombardment of 
Dttos ffrdrttiia. 
-A horse died from hydrophobia in Bos¬ 
ton on the 4th. 
-An express train is to run from Philadel- 
carry their exploding charge at a distance | phia to Pittsburgh in thirteen hours. 
where the Russian halls could not reach. 
To Agents and Others. 
ate meets at 11, instead of 12 o’clock, as here- officer who directed this part of the service, re- to be erected at Dunkirk. 
Extensive Locomotive Works are about 
tofore. ceived a promotion for the precision and effi- - The corner stone of the Elmira Female 
Tlie principal subjects of discussion and action Cle ic f, ^ ^ t f accom P llshed bl8 . dut Y> College was laid on t he 4th. 
1 1 J . . and tins is tlie first promotion which has oc- 
in the hcnjit-Gj l.i<i\ c ocen the introduction dj 7 curred in the combined forces since the com- " I\I<i^ T or of Hudson lists fined seveml 
Senators Sumner, Chase and Rockwell, of pe- meucement of hostilities. persons in that city for selling liquor on Sunday, 
titions for the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law. KVr,™ the Go,872 inhabitants of Chicago, 35,- 
in the Senate, have been the introduction by j curred in the combined forces since the com- 
Senators Sumner, Chase and Rockwell, of pe- J meucement of hostilities. 
titions for the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law. 
marching along with majestic strides, fully con¬ 
scious of the importance of the occasion, and 
Mr. Chase introduced a bill to prohibit slavery 
in the territories of the United States. Tlie 
the average market price, brought a return to 
the farmers of that State of over half a million of 
-Barnum has resigned the Presidency of 
the Crystal Palace on account of ill health. 
-Detroit has now a population of 40,127, 
an increase of 5,001 since last year. 
-All the American Army and Navy Ofii- 
copies (and one to agent) for $12,50. 
verily declares that not half the truth concern- 
The Sixth Volume of The Wool Grower and Stock bl ® Minnesota has been told unto her. Such a 
Register,— improved and enlarged to 32 pages monthly general time of speechifying seldom comes. — 
also commences the 1st of July. We will furnish the Minnesota has orators of the genuine Western 
two journals, one year , at the following low rates :-Tl.ree stamp. Speeches were made by Gov. Gorman, 
copies of W. G. & S. R. and one of Rural for $3; Five v A. , ,*, *r v. at 
copies W. G. and two of Rural for $5; Nine copies W. G. Ex ‘ GoVelW 11amsay ’ Gob N - F * * ®W- 
and three of Rural for $8: Twelve copies of W. G. and sorr ’ and a B () llt twenty others. The best hotel 
four of Rural for $12. Fj^Specimen numbers, &c., of hi St. Paul, the American, keptopen house, with 
both journals sent free to all applicants. their usual liberality. Their bill of fare would 
( j o no discredit t 0 the St. Nicholas. 
A Seasonable Topic. Last week I rode up to Fort Snelling, and the 
^ Falls of St. Anthony. The Fort is situated seven 
The Weather is apparently the warmest miles above St. Paul, and commands a magnifi- 
topic, “about these days,” and we are inclined cent prospect. It is on a bluff about a hundred 
to indite a paragraph for the benefit of our fel- feet high, and at the confluence of the Missis- 
low sufteiers the attenuated specimens of per- sippi and Minnesota Rivers. The land in the 
spiring, sun-scorched, over-heated, city-im- Military reserve will be sold next month, and 
prisoned humanity, who are endeavoring to re- the rush after it will be like waters tumbling 
main at their posts during the summer solstice, over Niagara. 
We are obliged to forego the comforts and plea- The Falls of St. Anthony are surrounded by 
sures of sojourning in the God-made country, picturesque landscape, and, connecting past as- 
even for a brief season,—(the Rural mud be sociations along with them, look tolerably de- 
issued promptly, and contain its usual variety, cent. On the whole, they resemble a large un¬ 
even though editors and printers are city-sick manageable mill-dam, more than anything else, 
and exhausted,)—and can speak feelingly of The water falls about sixteen feet. They are no 
the misery of tarrying amid heated walls and more worthy of comparison with the Falls of 
pavements and traversing suffocating thorough- Genesee, than is your best farming land in Mon¬ 
fares. W ithout enumerating the ills that the roe with the Prairie land around St. Paul._ 
Homestead Bill and the Canadian reciprocity dollars. The estimate of the entire annual crop -All the American Army and Navy Offi- 
treaty were discussed, but tlie latter with closed °f clover seed in iho United States, is set down cers on furlough in Europe, have been recalled. 
doors. A large number of post office and other a ** 1,000,000 bushels worth $5,000,000. -The Mississippi recently overflowed the 
appointments were confirmed. Some idea of the importance of the per- county of Bolivar. Loss $250,000. 
In the House, Bennett’s Land Bill was post- fumel 7 madein France may be formed from the — A lot in Chicago for which the owner 
, „ fact, that one manufacturer employs each ycai' paid $75 in 1834, was sold on the 1st for .‘&51 000 
poned until next session. An apnronriation fof r. nnn i i . .• 1 r ornm/'i i w ’ ,p,>i,uuu. 
K ■ . , ■ PI pnauo 5,000 kilogrammes ot orange peel, 37,000 kilo- -Texas advices state that a revolution is 
the impiovement of rivers and harbors was grammes acacia flowers, 27,000 kilogrammes about to break out in Matamoras. 
passed by thirty majority, and sent to the Sen- violets, 8,000 kilogrammes lilac flowers, and tt ., .* i it . , 
ate, probably to be either killed by that, body, aboilt a similar quantity of mint, thyme, laven- Texan f ro !ujcrs agains^he" Indian! F ° ° 
or vetoed by the President. A committee of ‘ tr ’ a " ° 01 ° n er ° US P a ” _ -The honor of a Baronetcy lias beencon- 
the House are engaged in investigating an inter- 83?” The Bangor Mercury states that consid- ferred upon the Chief Justice of Upper Canada. 
esling case of aHeged bribery, in which it is the iptli, by the discovery of cabalistic charac- -The total number of deaths in the city of 
charged that, Colt ami liis agents have been ters marked in lead pencil over the hell pulls on hoston for the past week were 11/2, including 32 
tampering with members for the purpose of ob- the doors of houses. It turned out to have been b Y cholera. 
tabling an extension of his patent on revolving done b Y a German peddler, who wished to rec- -William Bixby, a hand employed in the 
firearms. Most of the week was consumed in ognizu P laccs where hc llad lcffc bis wares for P° W , de . r miU S P aacer ’ Mass *’ was kided b Y a '> 
, . „ , »« wioumeu inspection. explosion of the null. 
the discussion of the Appropriation Bills. r e -u - ,, 
The American Board of Missions and the John Smith, one of the Mormon patri- 
_ _ Bible Society are “ short.” The Board fears a a rchs, biother to the celebrated Joe. Smith,died 
the discussion of the Appropriation Bills. 
Mob Violence. 
inspection. explosion ol the null. 
EUf The American Board of Missions and the ~ dobn ® ind,b ’ ona ' 
Bible Society are “short.” The Board fears a arr - as » biother to the celel 
deficit this year of not less than $15,000; the a t Deseret on the ~.id ult. 
expenditures have been so much greater than 
A few days since the itinerant street preach- usual. The Bible Society states in a circular 
-Judge Dado, Chief Justice of R. I., died 
Iuly 15th, after an illness of 24 hours. His dis- 
er, Oiut, who is nicknamed Gabriel, in conse- letter, that it has incurred a debt of $30,000 for ease is said to have been cholera, 
quence of his calling together audiences by July) and $ Id,000 for August must be added. ——The Kansas Free Democrat is to be issued 
means of a horn, preached in the street at Bath, JTgrThe Cleveland Plain Dealer says there * at * urt Leaven worth about a month lienee. A 
Maine, in his usual vituperative spirit, denounc- a S rea ^ meeting of Spiritualists at Bain- com P ete lce 18 " ,)W on tbe ' 
* ,, ix'- • /• , bridge on Sunday last. It is estimated tliere -A Mexican boy, who kiln 
mg Catholics and foreigners m his accustomed wer< ? q 0 ()0 nresent. Thev exnected to meet in Texas a few weeks since, fled u 
Maine, in his usual vituperative spirit, denounc- ^“’ a gre£d maeti, f of Spiritualists at Bain- complete office is now on the way thither. 
r. t • /• i bridge on Sunday last. It is estimated tliere -A Mexican boy, who killed his mother 
mg Catholics and foreigners in his accustomed were b 8)000 p reS eut. They expected to meet in Texas a few weeks since, fled to Mexico. Hc 
strain. A mob was raised in consequence, and Gov. Tallmaclge and Judge Edmonds, who were has been arrested. 
the Catholic Church in the place sacked and a ‘*t there. This assembly was gathered with -It is said that there is a dog in Detroit 
the Catholic Church in the place sacked and mff there. This assembly was gathered with 
burned. This vindictive and intolerant spirit is or no poldm notice. 
just the thing for which the Catholics them- $3£F" A new discovery lias been made to re- 
wbo watches the arrival of the ice man, and 
pushes the lump into the shade until called for. 
flesh of city denizens is heir to at this season. About three miles hence lUin ^ selves are denounced, and its manifestation heve deaf persons. Two artists in London have -A lady, supposed to be dead, recovered 
..... ’ Luiee nines nence is me Min-ne-nami or ... . invented an instrument, which is nlaced wit.hm ->o 1,/,^ f,-; 
we advise all who can to go into the country— Falls of Soughing Water, the most perfectly 
not on a visit to farming friends, who are just wild and beautiful that I have ever seen. Two 
now too busy to entertain company, but to Clif- miles from St. Paul we have a mammoth cave, 
ton Springs, Avon, Portage, or some other cool with springs of water in it as clear as crystal, 
and quiet resting place for the weary and over- Saint Paul flourishes and waxeth great. Every 
tasked. Clifton is a delightful resort, in a rich steamer that lands here brings us an accession of 
and beautiful region, and not too fashionable for population. We have some six churches, eight 
comfort. It is located on the Central Railroad, banking houses, twenty lawers, four daily and 
a few miles east of Canandaigua. Avon and four weekly papers, eight or ten hotels, three 
I ortage, though not so easy of access, are most book-stores, and but few loafers. For a town 
inviting at this season. For invalids, either of five yearn’ growth, where will you And one 
place is desirable and all neb, or well-to-do to rival it? Rochester men are constantly ar- 
city folks, who can leave home and business riving here,—some settle. 
cares, may be benefited in body and mind by A word here to young men who are looking 
visiting one of the resorts named, and perambu- toward this Goshen of America. Marry before 
lating the surrounding country. you start. Matrimonial chances here are slim,- 
Our advice to those who cannot leave the but about eighteen unmarried girls in St. Paul, 
city, is to keep calm and cool if possible—avoid- and ten of them engaged,—four hundred young 
ing excitement, unnecessary exposure to the heat bloods anxiously looking around for wives_ 
of the sun, and excessive labor, exercise, Ac. If With a wife, industry and economy, a man can 
you would retain health, keep your premises land here without a dollar, and in ten years be 
pure and sweet, and ignore eating unripe fruit, in comfortable circumstances. I know four in- 
vegetables, Ac., or partaking of the ardent.— stances of this character, of men residing in this 
Thus far the city has been remarkably healthy city who are now worth over a hundred thou- 
for the season,—not a case of cholera having oc- sand. 
curred, though the disease is prevailing at the The lakes of Minnesota are unapproachable 
east, west, and elsewhere. Cleanliness, equa- in beauty, and full of fish. This will be called 
nimity, and “Temperance in all things,” are the Lake State. They are generally from three 
essentially necessery, however, and should be to five miles long, with clear sandy shores and 
observed by all, whether at home or abroad,— bottoms. Go to Italy, Galilee or anywhere else, 
especially with the mercury near the nineties. and you will find nothinsr to eoual them. Comp 
against them is a cause of just reproach to our Rented an instrument which is placed within as her friends were placing her in the coffin. 
° J * the ears, without projecting, and, being the same She is now convalescent, in Detroit. 
people. It does no good, makes no converts color as the skin, is not perceptible. It enables _mu !• i.x.,* no . Mncovo n a 
f™, fnlcp r»l™ MU, _— ffhe lightning struck Messrs. Dean A 
from a false religion-hut on the other hand, deaf persons to enjoy general conversation, to H a,e’s store in Cincinnati, on the 7th. It was 
kindles a spirit of violence and vindictiveness * !ear distinctly at church and at public assem- consumed. Loss $20,000. 
ti_t __ blies. . . , ... 
in return that threatens the worst possible con¬ 
sequences. 
Democratic State Convention. —The Ada- fell fre 
mantine wing of the Democratic party held their and w 
State Convention at Syiacuse on the 12th, and 
nominated tlia following ticket: 
For Governor—Greene C. Bronson, of New _ 
York city. * ai, ' e . 
On Tuesday morning week, as the light¬ 
ning train was passing the flag station at Allen’s 
Creek, on the Central Railroad, a stick of wood 
-7'lie Governor of Michigan has appointed 
John T. Clark, Esq., of this State, Chief Engi¬ 
neer of the Sault Ste Marie Canal. 
-The Skylarks imported from England 
fell from the tender, struck the rim of a wheel, , -V,* r 7* .U, im puneu irom langiam 
and was thrown with such force as to kill l he bava multiplied in Delaware, and are daily heard 
flagman, who was standing at the door of his over a tract of S1X miles 111 
E.'sF’ T be Worcester Spy announces that Mr. 
Paine has overcome the difficulty arising from 
electrical explosions, and that he has perfected j 
For Lieutenant Governor-Elijali T. Ford, of electrical explosions, and that lie lias perfected 
p r j t , J ’ Ins invention for producing light, heat, and mo- 
For Canal Commissioncr-Clark Burnham, of S? P owerfrom tbe decomposition of water.- 
y I ma nnnminp.Airw>nr. will hp rop.Piror wifh 
Chenango. . ms 
For State Prison Inspector—Abram Yernam, j nc ’ c 
of Livingston. ” ug ' 
The vote on Lieutenant Governor stood 81 for 
Ford to 29 for E. Darwin Smith, of Rochester, j * sa Y f ’ 1 
A letter was received from Judge Bronson, I be b 
This announcement will be received with great 
incredulity, and is, without much doubt, a hum- 
Quite an excitement was caused at Piqua, ~ B* Bui 
says tlie Cincinnati Gazetfe, on the 5th inst., by en $J>000 to the 
the hoisting of a cross over the American flag on es t er b Diversity. 
-A man named Brown was killed at Avon 
on the 4th, by the premature discharge of a 
cannon. 
-The New Hampshire House of Represen¬ 
tatives has ordered the Liquor bill to a third 
reading. It will be defeated in the Senate. 
-Tlie Steuben Courier says that the crops 
in that county are suffering severely for tlie want 
of rain. 
- It. S. Burrows, Esq., of Albion, has giv¬ 
en $3,000 to the Neander Library of tbe Eoch- 
England States, in most of which they have Buffalo. 
especially wim ine mercury near the nineties. and you will find nothing to equal them. Come 
«-- ye consumptives, and inhabit the land of health. 
Villains Caught and Caged. Come and set down by running waters, pure as 
- crystal, and live like the Patriarchs of old. 
Most of our readers recollect the kidnapping Well, if you won’t come, stay away, and make 
of a colored man named Solomon Northruu, room for better men, who are on the way from 
who was inveigled to Washington on false pre- all quarters of the world, 
fences, and there being plied with drugged St. Peters is mostly owned by a wealthy and 
liquor, he was, in a stupid condition, placed in enterprising land company. President of which 
a sla\e-pen, and sold to the South. He was is Gov. Gorman. Steam Saw and Grist Mills are 
passed successively through several hands, and now going up there. There is a fine chance for 
finally placed on a plantation up Red River, an enterprising Rochester sawyer to settle there 
where he was discovered, his freedom establish- and go to the Legislature this winter. Let stran- 
ed, and, after twelve years’ service as a slave, g e rs landing here go up the Minnesota River, if 
agencies. 
young lady contemplated eloping with 
her sailor lover in Philadelphia Saturday night, 
but no train left, and they were caught. The lbo ^ 0U8e ^ asd wee ^- 
-It is stated upon good authority, that the 
President intimated that, he should' veto the 
river and harbor appropriation bill, passed by 
tor is a good investment to be placed in factories, | young sailor behaved so well that the angry 
The' Cleveland Herald says that the Ra- 
stores, and other valuable establishments, and parents invited him to spend the night with cine and Beloit Railroad Company have been 
private dwellings—especially such as are not them. He will probably accomplish his wishes cheated out of all the iron for their road by the 
within immediate reach of other means of ex- Some time hereafter without an elo P ement - Schuyler fraud. 
tinguishing fires. Tims believing, we direct the ^ be Japanese would not agree to there- -Elder Richard Vt illard, one of the Mor- 
Schuyler fraud. 
-Elder Richard Willard, one of the Mor- 
,. , „ .’ , , , . , cent treaty with the United States, until it was mon Saints, died recently in Utah, leaving 20 
attention of all interested to the advertisement stipu i atc / ttat no American woman should be disconsolate widows to mourn their irreparable 
of Mr. Amsdkn, in this paper. 
set at liberty in January, 1853. 
Indefatigable exertions have since been made 
they would get any rational idea of the country. 
Capt. Dodd, one of the oldest settlers in the 
to ferret out the perpetrators of this most dia- Territory, has a fine horse and buggy, and will 
bolical outrage, and last week the villains were be gratified to show you the sights around the 
discovered and identified near Fonda. Their Jerusalem of the West. w. m. h. 
names are Alexander Merrill and Joseph-_ 
Russell, and they were taken to Saratoga, ex- Strange Suicide.—A pair of very foolish and 
amined, and fully committed for trial. There is wicked lovers, named Isaac P. Nash and 
plenty of evidence to convict them of kidnap- Adrianna B. Sampson, committed an act of joint 
ping, and the penalty for the offence is State suicide at East Abington, Mass., last week._ 
Prison not less than two, nor more than ten They hired a horse and buggy, drove to a pond 
years. The negio, by advice of friends, has also in the night, fastened the horse to a fence, and 
instituted a civil action against them, laying the after tying themselves together with cords, 
damages at $5,000. Let ample justice be meted walked into the pond and were drowned. The 
out to them. rash and wicked act seems to have been one of 
--- great coolness and deliberation, as they left let- 
Trans-Pacific Steam Navigation. ters announcing their purpose, and declaring 
- their sanity and full knowledge of what they 
The readers of the Rural will recollect that Wfcre about to do. When found, they were 
a couple of months since we gave an illustration clinging around each other’s necks. Any 
of the American-built steamer Golden Age, person wlio, in his own mind, commits an 
then on her first voyage to Australia, via. Eng- a cL of self-destruction, is as guilty of murder in 
land and Cape of Good Hope. On the fifth of the sight of God as he who takes the life of his 
May she sailed from Melbourne for Panama, as fellow man. 
the pioneer steamer of a line from Australia to-» - ■» ■ -- 
England, by way of the Isthmus. This opens Total Depravity. —The State Register of 
Wives Wanted. —Marriageable girls are quick 
in the Minnesota market. We quote from a let¬ 
ter in the Boston Daily Advertiser: 
“Several leadine* arid wealthv citizens of St of the i^penshable monuments of ancient -Passengers who arrived at Louisville on 
t, , j ' ■ h | ,• ^ ' , . • Egyptian industry. It is to have ten arches, and the lltli July, per train from Chicago, report 
ladies, perhaps I ought to say. These matches ^>11 'be 870 feet in length Unlike the Britan- that there were 130 deaths from cholera in that 
are caused less by romance than by the neces- n,a bndge ’ the ra,lwa >' wdI paSS ° ver tbe to P‘ C1 7 on r Sunday. 
sity of having a wife, and the scarcity of white CW” A singular matrimonial mistake — the I lie walker divorce case in New York, 
women. When there is an impo.ta ion of the blushing bride having been married to the gen- ad;er a sixteen days trial, has ended in a disa- 
latter commodity from the East.it is eagerly tleman who acted as “ father ” on the occasion— greement of the jury. They stood 11 for Mrs. 
seized. I heard of a gentleman from our part took place at Wortley, England, recently. The W., to one for Mr. W. 
of the country who came out to settle with his mistake was rectified by the clergyman perform- -A committee of physicians have reported 
three daughters. In two weeks he was alone, ing the ceremony over again. against using colored candies. They are pois- 
allowed to set her foot on the Japanese territo- loss. 
ries. This was a concession they probably _Th e 1 
thought due to the Japanese women. E. Church cc 
5 t 3 f” Mr. Stephenson’s tubular bridge over the Geneva, on l 
Nile, at Benha, will he fit to rank by the side 1S preside, 
-Tlie East Genesee Conference of the M. 
E. Church commences its next annual session at 
Geneva, on tlie 17th of August. Bishop James 
Passengers who arrived at Louisville on 
but his family was increased by tlie addition of 
two sons-in-law.” 
The Mark of Cain.—T he editor of the Pliila- ence of 
The first railroad in Brazil was thrown 
open to the public on the 30tli of last April, the 
inauguration ceremonies taking place in pres- 
-A committee of physicians have reported 
against using colored candies. They are pois¬ 
onous—many of them being colored with paint 
in which lead is used. 
-As no Senator was elected in New Hamp¬ 
shire. Mr. Williams’ seat, held hv nnnmntmon! 
They hired a horse and buggy, drove to a pond delphia Courier says: Y bile at the Burning mense c< 
. . , , . ,, j; „ 1 , Spring, near JS lagara, a few days ago, we were the empi 
in the medit. fastened the horse to a feoee and 1 r* .... r 1 
f the emperor and empress, and an im- shire, Mr. Williams’ seat, held by appointment 
concourse of the leading personagos of from the Governor, becomes vacant, under the 
requested to enter the names of our party in the The Montreal Gazette complains that the 
\ isitor’s Register, and while complying, we ob- R $fioad agents and conductors in Canada are 
served that the registry had been suspended at f j a c ° omb ination to influence the result of 
about two-thirds down on the left-hand page, ap | roaching elections in the Province. It 
am then continued at the top of the right On J P J the con8equence8 of 8Uch a 
rule laid down in the Vermont case. 
-7'lie Directors of the Baltimore and Sus- 
Trans-Pacific Steam Navigation. 
seeking the cause, we found the last entry as combination . 
follows: 
“ Matt. F. Ward, Brother and Servant .” 1 he i 
Of course, that name had cast a bliglit upon the reports the total number of deaths for the 
page forever; no honest man would add his ending July 15, as 817 being the largest 
Railroad agents and conductors in Canada are quehanna Railroad, have removed Mr. Yin- 
forming a combination to influence the result of cheater from tlie post of Superintendent, on ac- 
the approaching elections in tlie Province. It count of the collision on the 1th inst. 
warns them against the consequences of such a --A crowd listening to a street preacher in 
combination. - Williamsburg on Sunday week, was run into by 
jugs” The Board of Health of New Yterk city aa engine company returning from a fire. Sev- 
reports the total number of deaths for the week enteen of the company were arrested, 
ending July 15, as 817—being the largest mor- -Gov. Baker, of N. H„ has vetoed a bill for 
England, by way of the Isthmus. This opens Total Depravity. —7’he State Register of 
a new era in steam navigation, and we may ex- I'liursda)’, contains the following : 
pect ere long that the broad Pacific will be “A wealthy gentleman from Western New 
turned into a great international highway, and York died in this city yesterday faternoon, at 
that the Orient and the Occident will shake on , e f ? f our hotels An only son and the only 
relative present at his decease, while the corpse 
hands across her waters. was yet warm, offered to sell the boots of the 
name beneath that of the Cain-branded fugitive, tality of any week this season ; of which there tlie charter of the city of Concord, becase it con- 
hut underneath was written, as by the hand of were 147 of cholera—an increase of 45 over the tained a clause giving the City Council power 
some recording angel,or crime pursuing Nemesis, preceding week. to prohibit tlie sale of all intoxicating drinks. 
“the murderer !” Our Y’estern exchanges give sad accounts -7’he New Hampshire Legislature has ad- 
--- ♦ - -- of the cholera. The fearful epidemic is pre- journed sine die. The bills not acted upon have 
Josi ah Holbrook, who was for a long period vailing to a serious extent in many quarters, and been laid over till next session. No choice of 
a resident of New York, and was engaged in already the victims may be counted in the ag- U. S. Senators was made. 
professional pursuits to simplify science—espe- gregate by hundreds. -l) r . Bargos, Ex-President of the Repub- 
cially geology—to the capacity of youthful It is stated in the Washington Star that lie of Venezuela, died in New York, July 13th. 
minds, was drowned a few weeks since, in Yir- Miss Mary Ann Beachler, daughter of Mr. John The deceased was an intimate friend of tho 1‘at- 
A bill establishing a steam njail line from San dead to the porter of the hotel at which they 
Francisco for Shanghai, has passed the U. S were stopping. He deserves immortalizing.” 
Senate, so that steam circumnavigation of the And his “ memory would be embalmed in the 
globe will, before many years, become a fixed hearts #f his countrymen if they only know 
fact. who he was ! 
dally geology—to the capacity of youthful It is stated in the Washington Star that lie of Venezuela, died in New York, July 13th. 
minds, was drowned a few weeks since, in Yir- Miss Mary Ann Beachler, daughter of Mr. John Tlie deceased was an intimate friend of tho 1‘at- 
ginia, his body having been found in the Black Beachler, of Washington City, has fallen heir to riot Bolivar, and of Gen. Miranda. 
Water Creek, as we learn from the Lynchburg $100,000, by the death of a relative in Germany, -7'lie tower of the new Congregational 
“ Virginian.” It is supposed that he met his on condition that she marries on arriving at the church at Waterbury, Conn., fell on the 6th.— 
death by falling down a cliff, while searching age of 18. No one was hurt, but the damage is estimated at 
for geological specimens, 
jug*” A Buffalo wheat buyer invested $3,000 several thousand dollars. 
-* • ♦ • ♦- in wheat with the design to give the resulting -Asad accident occurred in Madison, O., 
The work of erecting a national monument profits to the cause of religion. On closing up on the 4th. Two men had their eyes blown out 
to the memory of the immortal Washington, the accounts, lie found a gain of fifty per cent., by the premature discharge of an anvil, which 
has been suspended for want of funds. and handed over $1,500 to Dr. Lord. they wero using in lieu of a camion. 
peremptorily declining the nomination, but it tbe Catholic church. The priest was im modi- The New York Teachers’ Association 
was not read until just as the Convention was atel Y advised to take it. down, and he complied will commence a three days’ session at Oswego, 
about to adjourn, and no action was taken in w > tb the advice. Had he refused, the citizens on the first Tuesday in August 
reference to it. would probably have torn down tlie church. -Two daughters of Frederick Howes, of 
A series of resolutions were adopted endors- rsgs» The Boston Atlas states that the clothing Boston, were accidentally killed by the railroad. 
ing ihe Nebraska Bill, but denouncing the Ad- business of Boston amounts to about $15,000an- train, at Danvers, July .17. 
ministration. mially. There are four houses which give em- -A Catholic Church at Keeseville has as- 
-« • ♦ ■ «- ployment directly or indirectly to about five sumed a position similar to that which led to the 
Phillips’ Fire Annjhilator is becoming a thousand persons, scattered throughout the New excommunication of the St. Louis Church at 
popular institution hereabouts. In several in- England States, in most of which they have Buffalo. 
stances of late, fires have been checked or en- a U encies * _ It is stated upon good authority, that the 
tirelv subdued hv this machine bpfnro pn jrg* A young lady contemplated eloping with ' resident intimated that he should veto the 
tnelj subdued by this machine, before fire en- ilo / lover e in Philadelphia Saturday night, »ver and harbor appropriation bill, passed by 
gmes could be made available. The Anmhila- w t.min ttevwpr* mnnht Thp the House last week. 
