MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YOR KER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
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ROCHESTER, AUGUST 5, 1854. 
The Cholera. 
The Cholera has made its appearance in 
nearly every city, and in many country locali¬ 
ties heretofore considered proof against its rav¬ 
ages. Niagara Falls, Cape May, and even the 
granite hills of New Hampshire, have been 
visited by the scourge, which has put to flight 
the multitudes that congregate at those places 
during the warm season. 
Up to this time the epidemic has, thanks to a 
Merciful Providence, kept aloof from this city. 
True, there have been a very few sporadic ca¬ 
ses, some of the sufferers being non-residents, 
who brought with them the seeds of the disease, 
and the others directly traceable to intemperate 
habits, carelessness in diet, or filthiness of per¬ 
son or of residence. No prudent and sober cit¬ 
izen has even been attacked, and in no part of 
the city has the disease assumed the form of air 
epidemic. 
Some of our country friends who read the 
papers, and observe that the Board of Health 
have prohibited the sale of certain crude vege¬ 
table productions and unripe fruits, and have 
empowered the police to seize and destroy arti¬ 
cles coming under the ban of the wise provis¬ 
ion, hence conclude that some terrible cause 
must exist amongst us unconfessed, which has 
caused the Supervisors of the Public Health to 
take such summary action in the premises.— 
Under these impressions, they shun the city as 
they would a rabid dog, and tremble at the 
idea of crossing the imaginary line which sepa¬ 
rates urbs from suburbs, as if they were about to 
enter a district infested with everything le¬ 
thiferous and terrible. 
All these fears are totally unfounded. The 
epidemic may be impending over, but it has 
not fallen upon us with any force ; and it is 
with a view to avert the possibility of its pres¬ 
ence, that these sanitary measures have been 
taken. They are entered upon for the purpose 
of averting, not removing, the cholera from 
among us. They are 'preventive, not curative, 
measures ; and we would say to all those who 
have business in the city which they desire to 
do, to come and do it without fear and without 
haste. Be temperate in diet and potations, 
avoid exposure to excessive heat of the sun, be¬ 
ware of over-exertion physically, or over-ex¬ 
citement mentally, and you are as safe from 
death or sickness in Rochester to-day, as you 
are while breathing God’s free air in the open 
fields. 
Destruction of Greytown. 
The United States sloop-of-war Cyane, Capt. 
Hollins, has, under the instructions of our Gov¬ 
ernment, been engaged in an affair which, under 
present appearances, strikes the press and the 
country generally as an ignoble act, viz., the 
bombardment and burning of Greytown, on the 
Mosquito shore. 
It seems that our Minister to Central Ameri¬ 
ca, Solon Borland, of Arkansas, saw fit while a 
passenger going through Greytown, some time 
since, to stand between an American named 
Smyth, who was charged with murder, and the 
authorities of the place ; for which interference 
the Minister was himself arrested, and kept un¬ 
der restraint for a portion of a day. For this 
alleged violation of the privileges of a Minister, 
Capt. Hollins was despatched by Government 
with instructions to demand an apology and 
pecuniary satisfaction ; and in case of refusal to 
destroy the town. 
The demand having been made, and no apol¬ 
ogy given, the place was utterly destroyed ; 200 
shot and shells having been thrown into it, and 
the torch afterwards applied to the wreck of the 
buildings. No lives were lost, as the inhabitants 
were notified to withdraw, which they did. Not 
a shot was fired in return, as the foreign resi¬ 
dents withdrew on board various ships in the 
harbor, and the poor Mosquitoes had not so much 
as a quiver of arrows to defend themselves with. 
Eighty houses were destroyed, and the house¬ 
less inhabitants are represented to be in great 
suffering for the want of food, and of clothing, 
and protection from the weather. They stretch¬ 
ed up sheets for tents, and many were obliged 
to sleep in the open air. 
The British are stigmatized in American his¬ 
tory as barbarians, for burning Buffalo and 
Washington during the last war; but the de¬ 
struction of an unresisting and defenceless town 
in time of peace, will probably be heralded as a 
deed of transcendent glory. 
State Teaohkrs’ Association. —The Aasocia- 
tion of Teachers held their 8th Annual State 
Meeting at Oswego on the 1st, 2d and 3d of Au¬ 
gust. The Hon, V. M. Rick, State Superintend¬ 
ent of Public Instruction, delivered the opening 
A ddress. Many of the Railroad and Steamboat 
lines carried delegates at half fare, and a large 
number of teachers were present from all parte 
of the State. Our own city sent out a respecta¬ 
ble delegation by way of Lake Ontario. 
Congressional. 
Various pressing matters have occupied the 
Senate during the week. The Appropriation 
bill, and the River and Harbor bill have receiv¬ 
ed the chief attention. Many amendments were 
made to the two bills as they came from the 
House. The bill providing for a final settlement 
of accounts with Revolutionary officers, was 
taken up and then postponed until next session. 
The House bill to create a new collection district 
at Dunkirk, making that a port of delivery, and 
also Cattaraugus Creek a port of entry, was 
passed. A resolution was passed giving to Ed¬ 
ward Riddle $20,000 for his expenses in fitting 
the American department of the World’s Exhi¬ 
bition in London. The salaries of U. S. Minis¬ 
ters to England and France were increased to 
$15,000. The bill providing for the payment to 
Col. Fremont of $183,000 for beef furnished by 
him to the Indians in California, was passed. A 
resolution was adopted calling upon the Presi¬ 
dent for information, correspondence, <fec., re¬ 
specting the bombardment and destruction of 
Greytown. Mr. Hunter, of Va., reported back 
the Army and Post Office Appropriation bills. 
A large number of House bills were read and 
referred. 
House. —A fraud has been discovered in the 
Minnesota Land bill, which grants certain pub¬ 
lic lands to that Territory for Railroad purposes. 
Certain material alterations have been made in 
the bill since it passed the House, and a Com¬ 
mittee has been appointed to inquire into the 
matter. They have not yet reported. The 
Navy Appropriation bill was amended, on mo¬ 
tion of Gerritt Smith, so as to prohibit the use 
of intoxicating liquors as a beverage by either 
the officers or men. The vote upon agreeing to 
this amendment stood, ayes 84, nays 65. 
Mr. Bardsdale, of Mo., asked leave of the 
House to introduce a bill granting the President 
of the United States the sum of $10,000,000 to 
enable him during the recess of Congress, to 
preserve the tranquillity, integrity and honor of 
the country, in the existing difficulties with 
Spain. Numerous objections being raised, leave 
was not granted. 
On motion of Mr. Wentworth, of Mass., the 
Committee on Commerce was directed to inquire 
into what legislation is necessary to regulate or 
prohibit the introduction of insane and blind 
foreigners. 
Mr. Elliot, of Mass., moved a suspension of the 
rules to enable him'to introduce a bill, having 
for its object the repeal of the Fugitive Slave 
Law. A vote being taken upon the motion, it 
was decided to be lost—yeas 45, nays 130. 
Genesee Valley Canal and Railroad. 
The long delayed completion of the Gen. Val. 
Canal is now likely to be consummated, much to 
the gratification of the friends of the Canal 
generally, and the southern counties and this 
city in particular. The valuable pine regions of 
the Allegan} will then be accessible to our 
northern cities, by a water communication, lock¬ 
ing into the above named river at Olean. The 
upper sections have lately been let by the Canal 
Board, and when completed the summit level 
and the lockage this way will be fed from Oil 
creek and the Isliua, branches of the Allegany, 
instead of borrowing so much water from the 
Genesee. 
The troubles in regard to the Valley Railroad 
are also reported to be adjusted, and the injunc¬ 
tion is to be at once removed, so as to allow the 
early opening, at least of the northern secdons. 
We shall then have two routes to New Y'ork 
from this city. 
Street Preaching. —During the past week, 
our city has been visited by itinerant sermon- 
izers, and our streets have been made musical 
by the soundings of Gabriel’s horn. The verit¬ 
able Orr himself, preceded a day or two by an¬ 
other of the same stamp, preached from the 
steps of the Market House and other public 
places several evenings in succession. Quite 
large crowds assembled to hear him, but no 
disturbances occurred ; the Roman Catholics, 
under the advice of their priests, it is said, very 
wisely and commendably abstained from all 
demonstrations. 
There is nothing in the conduct of Orr that 
need stir up strife or enmity, for he is a mere 
ranter, half lunatic and half buffoon. The only 
reason why Americans sustain him, is the fact 
that attempts have been made to put him down 
by mob violence, and the determination is 
manifested to sustain freedom of speech at all 
hazards. 
Melancholy Bereavement. —Miss Abby Fill¬ 
more, aged 22 years, the only daughter of the 
Ex-President, died last week of cholera at Auro¬ 
ra, Erie county. She retired in comparative 
health at night, and awoke, it is stated, in the 
collapsed stage of that terrible disease. A dis¬ 
patch was sent immediately to Buffalo, fifteen 
miles distant, for her father and brother, but the 
progress of the disease was so rapid that she had 
become insensible before their arrival, and died 
soon after. Miss Fillmore is spoken of in high 
terms by the Buffalo papers. A telegraph dis¬ 
patch has also been received in that city, stating 
that Charles Fillmore, brother of the Ex- 
President, recently died at St. Paul, Minnesota. 
Workingmen’s State Convention 
The first coffer dam, preparatory to the 
nstruction of the mammoth bridge at Mon- 
>al, has just been sunk and pumped out. A 
rty took lunch inside the dam on the 22d. It 
is a novel place for a feast. 
A Goon Appointment. —We are gratified to 
announce that the Superintendent of Public In¬ 
struction, Hon. Mr. Rice, has tendered a clerk¬ 
ship in his office to Prof. T. H. Bowen, and that 
Prof. B. accepts it in the hope that his health 
may be restored without an entire withdrawal 
from the educational field of labor to which he 
has so long devoted himself.. Our citizens will 
join in this hope .—State Register, 
The following notice is published in various 
of our dailies here and elsewhere : 
To the Mechanics and Workingmen of the State of 
New York: 
In May last your State Central Committee 
resolved to call a General Convention of Dele¬ 
gates, to meet in the city of Rochester during 
the month of July. They have concluded, ow¬ 
ing to unforseen circumstances, to postpone the 
general meeting until further notice. 
The members of the various councils, clubs 
and associations throughout the State will use 
all due exertions for the promotion of such men 
to Congress who may be relied upon as being 
true in the cause of Land Reform. Address 
John Williamson, Rochester. 
T. C. Wittenberg, 
Chairman ot State Cen. Com. 
Rochester, July 19, 1854. 
Negro Literature. —The New Orleans Delia 
complains of the number of works of fiction 
after the pattern of Uncle Tom, which are circu¬ 
lating throughout the South. It says: 
“Some impertinent publisher has sent us a copy 
of a new nigger novel, entitled ‘ The Master’s 
House,’ or ‘ A Tale of Southern Life,’ one of 
that myriad of infamous fictions and libels upon 
the South, which are scattered broad-cast over 
this Union. We thi nk that the laws of the S tate, 
in regard to the sale and circulation of these 
books, ought to be put in force. Here, in New 
Orleans, a Southern city, there is not a book 
store where these books are not exposed for 
sale.” 
Uncle Tom, et id omne genus, may be hard to 
take, but like a dose of picra to an ailing man, 
it w r ill undoubtedly do the patient good. 
The Carriage-Road to Mt. Washington.— 
A friend who has recently returned from the 
White Mountains, informs us that the Mountain 
Road is in progress, and contractors are examin¬ 
ing the plans, considering it a perfectly feasible 
undertaking. The mountain path, as now trav¬ 
eled from the Glen House, is about five miles, 
but this road, by its windings, will lie about 
eight miles. The average rise will be about one 
foot in eight—the greatest rise being one foot 
in five, and in many places it is level. The 
road is to be constructed of a good width, to be 
made of the large stones or boulders found on 
the spot, and filled in with broken, or small 
stones, and then covered with a coat of earth 
and cement. The carriages are to be so con¬ 
structed as to be level when ascending or de¬ 
scending. The estimated cost of building is 
about $7,000 per mile. We have an engraved 
view' of the house projected on Mount Washing¬ 
ton, as it will appear when erected, and also of 
the road as constructed. It is also contemplat¬ 
ed by the enterprising projectors of this under¬ 
taking to have the telegraph extended to the 
hotel on top of Mount Washington.— Boston 
*Transcript. 
The Red Flannel Drawers. —The Buffalo 
Express says :—“ Our readers will remember an 
incident that we published in May last, relative 
to Mr. and Mrs. Horton, of Owego, who finding 
that a tree had fallen across the track of the N. 
Y'. Jr Erie Railroad, took measures to warn the 
approaching train, and thereby saved many lives 
and much valuable property. Mr. Horton took 
off his red flannel drawers, tore them asunder, 
and with one-lialf signalled the down train while 
his wife, with the! other half, signalled the up 
train. We are gratified to see that the company 
have not suffered this noble conduct to go un¬ 
rewarded, and have sent to Mrs. II. a beautiful 
silk dress, accompanied by a life pass for the 
worthy pair over the road. 
A Fruitful Neighborhood, —In Wayne co., 
Pa., in a circle of seven miles, there live thirteen 
families, which boast the aggregate number of 
one hundred and ninety-five children. They 
are distributed as follows :—Jonathan Adams, 
18 ; Jacob Kelluin, 14 ; John Kellum, 10 ; David 
Eaton, 15 ; Eben Brown, 15 ; James Adams, 14 ; 
Josiah Cole, 13 ; Thomas Tood, 29 ; John Phil¬ 
lips, 12 ; Oliver Bulling, 13 ; James Brown, 10 ; 
Wm. Tyler, 10 ; Amos Tyler, 22. Total, 195.— 
Except Thomas Tood, none of these worthy cit¬ 
izens lias had more than one wife. There may 
be more aristocratic, more wealthy sections in 
the State ; but we doubt if any other portion of 
the whole Union can produce a population more 
distinguished for good breeding. 
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Nursery for Infants. —Close by a ship-yard 
in Portugal street, there is a nursery for infants. 
Here parents who are obliged to work during 
the day can leave their children, on payment of 
a small sum. They are well cared for, in a clean, 
well-ventilated place, lodged in snug little beds, 
and supplied with playthings, and that best of 
instruction for early years, kind and pleasant 
words. It is painful to witness the bleached 
countenances of the most healthy of these lit¬ 
tle ones. We have traced a few of them to their 
homes. Poor babies ; alas for the future ! No 
wonder they are pale. Plant a potato in a dark 
cellar, and see the result.— London Builder. 
Tunneling Chicago River. —A committee of 
the Chicag.o Councils, have resolved to aocept 
the plan for tunneling Chicago river as proposed 
by the American Sub-Marine Tunnel Company, 
of New York. It is to be finished by May 1st, 
1855, made of cast iron ; entrances on a grade 
not exceeding one foot fall in nine. The plan to 
be two wagon tracks, each ten feet wide, and 
two foot-ways, each four feet wide, the former 
eleven feet high, and the latter seven feet. The 
top of the tunnel to be not less than twelve feet 
below low water mark for one hundred and fifty 
feet in the center of the river. 
Slatf.s for Kansas. —The following para¬ 
graph from the Arkansas Intelligencer shows 
the feeling with which the settlement of Kansas 
is regarded in the northern part of that State : 
« We hear of some talk among our farmers 
about getting up a company to go to Kansas.— 
We hope they will do so and take their negroes 
along. The South ought to make an effort to 
secure a slave State out of this territory. Ar¬ 
kansas is especially interested. If Kansas be¬ 
comes a free-soil State, farewell to slave prop¬ 
erty in North-west Arkansas.” 
The Boston Herald says a colored man who 
called himself Charles Shadrack, and who has 
resided in Boston about fourteen years, ascer¬ 
tained a day or two since that his former owner 
was in town, making particular inquiries re¬ 
specting him. He took passage in the Admiral 
yesterday morning for St. John, thinking that 
the air of the provinces would be more conge¬ 
nial at this season of the year than the variable 
climate of Boston. 
A letter from Bordeaux, France, dated 
June 25t.h, says,—We bad avisit yesterday from 
the widow of Aaron Burr. Her business here is 
the marriage of a niece to a gentleman of this 
place, named Perry. She gives $100,000 as a 
marriage gift; and Mr. Perry, the father of the 
young man, gives the same amount. Mr. Bowen, 
the U. S. Consul, has been requested to be the 
trustee of the money. Mrs. Burr is the Ameri¬ 
can lady who created such a sensation at the 
balls in Paris last winter. 
A London correspondent of a New York 
paper announces that Mr. Charles Dickens is 
hopelessly bankrupt—and has had even to flee 
the constables lately to escape imprisonment for 
a paltry wine bill. The writer charges that this 
humilitating condition of the novelist’s affairs is 
the direct result of his notorious personal ex¬ 
travagances, and altogether portrays the author 
of “American Notes” in colors far from en¬ 
chanting. 
(fgf” It is not known generally, and but for 
facts would hardly be credited, that more officers 
have died violent deaths, arising from accidents 
or explosions, on the Coast Survey, than on any 
other branch of the public service. Some of the 
most active and talented officers of the navy 
have perished on duty, when engaged on the 
Coast Survey. Mr. Bache, the Chief of the Sur¬ 
vey, lost two brothers on this service. 
Two young Lawyers, named Hazelrigg 
and Easley, being recently candidates in Ken¬ 
tucky for the office of County Attorney, can¬ 
vassed the county (Morgan) for influence and 
votes, and in their stump speeches were very 
personal and abusive toward each other. On 
the 30th of June, this ended in Hazelrigg shoot¬ 
ing Easley through the head with a pistol. 
jyWm, Sullivan, alias Iluxford, the ex- 
deputv U. S. Marshal who made the murderous 
assult, upon Richard H. Dana, Jr., was arrested, 
forfeited his bail and run away, was pursued and 
re-arrested at New Orleans, arrived at Boston in 
custody of an officer lately. He was well known 
at New Orleans, having formerly resided there 
as a sort of curb-stone bully. 
A great fire occurred last week in the 
woods near the State Line Railroad, between 
Dunkirk and Silver Creek. In some places the 
fences were destroyed, and large quantities of 
cord-wood burned. The fire also extended to 
the ties and timbers of the road, burning them, 
and warping the iron rails so much a& to' render 
them impassable. 
A steamboat captain on Lake Superior 
relates that in a recent trip he saw directly in 
the course which liis boat was pursuing, what 
appeared to be a reef of rocks, which, on a 
nearer and fearful approach, was discovered to 
be only what he termed a “ reef of flies.” The 
“reef” was many rods in length, and several 
feet wide. 
Among the novelties advertised to take 
place at Huntsville, Texas, on the 4th, was a 
foot race between “ three boys, the oldest of 
whom was born in 1775, the second in 1786, and 
the youngest in 1795.” The contest between 
these “juveniles ” was looked iorward to with 
much anxiety by the fun-loving and sporting 
fraternity. 
Prof. Gibbs, of the Free Academy, has 
received an invitation to become a Professor in 
the Antioch College, Ohio. Mr. Gibbs was the 
candidate urged by the Alumni of Columbia 
College for the Professorship made vacant by 
the resignation of Prof. Renwick, and was re¬ 
fected, as has been charged, for being a Unitarian. 
jvjgp’ The Columbia (Ohio) State Journal says 
that there will be more grass cut this season in 
that county, than at any former period. Thou¬ 
sands of bushels of new wheat have been offered 
by the farmers in that county at $1 per bushel, 
but the.millers decline making contracts at that 
price. 
Jtfp It is stated, on the authority of the Dem- 
erara Royal Gazette, that paper of a good quali¬ 
ty has been successfully manufactured in that 
region from the plantain, whose spontaneous 
growth in almost every country renders it a 
cheap substitute for the articles at present used. 
Two negro men belonging to C. M. Fort, 
of Pickens county, Ala., between whom a grudge 
bad long existed, went out on the bank of a 
small stream, on the night of the 24th ult., where 
they were found the next morning, dead. It is 
believed that they killed each other in a fight. 
Dr. Avery Downer, the last survivor of 
the battle of Fort Griswold, died at Preston, Ct., 
lately, aged 91 years and 8 mouths. He was at 
Fort Griswold with his father, who was also a 
physician, at the time of the massacre, and as¬ 
sisted to dress the wounds of the soldiers. 
Alex. Dumas’ chateau of Monte Christo, 
built by himself, on an Island of the Seine, near 
St. Germain, has been sold at auction. It cost 
theromancer over 450,009 francs, and is a charm¬ 
ing residence for those who love the fantastic. 
It brought but 31,000 francs. 
A correspondent of the National Era says: 
We have now some ten or twelve anti-slavery 
churches established in Kentucky, in good con¬ 
dition, and there are few but admit that the time 
is not far distant when Kentucky will be free. 
May God speed tlie day. 
The ex-collector at Oswego, N. Y., Mr. 
Jacob Richardson, has been indicted by the 
grand jury of the United States Court for 
Northern district, for defalcation under the sub¬ 
treasury law. The amount is said to be about 
$ 100 , 000 . 
rpgp Mr. Jas. Wilgus has discovered a syca¬ 
more tree at Danville, N. J., which he estimates 
to be 2,000 years old. It measures at the butt 
20 feet in diameter. A room has been cut in the 
trunk capable of bolding fifty persons. 
A drove of sheep numbering eleven thou¬ 
sand, passed through Edwardsville, Ill., on the 
8t.h ulu They were from the State of Tennessee, 
and are to be wintered in Missouri, then they 
will be driven to Salt Lake. 
One of the jurors in the celebrated 
Ward case, has been expelled from the Baptist 
Church, it having been proved to the satisfac¬ 
tion of his brethren that ho had expressed an 
opinion previous to the trial. 
The N. Y. Herald states that Capt. Erics¬ 
son has abandoned his hot air project for pro¬ 
pelling steamers. It has had a fair and full trial, 
and if abandoned, it will be because there is no 
substantial virtue in it. 
STsT” Burbank, Esq., of this city, one of 
our most successful millers and moneyed men, 
has given the liberal sum of five thousand dol¬ 
lars to the endowment fund of the University 
of Rochester. 
The whole amount of the land in Canada 
West, owned by fugitive slaves, is stated at 55,- 
000 acres. It is estimated that there are over 
35,000 colored people now in Canada. 
-Tire Maryland coal trade of last week 
amounted to 19,000 tons. 
-There is a' movement in Ohio to' secure a 
free emigration to Kansas. 
-If built, the Wheeling bridge must be 
111 feet high. Former height 92 feet.. 
-The Cooperstowu Journal says the IIop 
crop promises to be very fine in that county. 
-While hunting near Petersburg]), Va., a 
boy aged 13 accidentally shot his brother, aged 9. 
-The Senate’s resolution for the meeting 
of Congress, will designate the 1st of November, 
-Lieut. Randolph, of the U. S. Navy, re¬ 
turned from Japan, died recently at Washington. 
-Two British deserters were shot and 
badly wounded, near Kingston on the 18th of 
J uly. 
-Judge Nicholson, of the Washington 
Union, declined the appointment of Governor 
of Nebraska. 
-A Post Office has been established at 
Lower Black Rock, and Henry Bennett appoint¬ 
ed Postmaster. 
-It is said that the clergy in Canada East 
discourage the growth of hemp, because it is not 
a titheable product. 
-A Virginia paper says that in 20 years 
211 slaves have escaped from Wood county, 
valued at $131,200. 
-Mr. Geo. Peabody, of London, has con¬ 
tributed $1,000 towards the completion of the 
Washington Monument. 
-Four Sisters of Mercy died in St. Louis 
last week. They had been very devoted in their 
attendance on the sick. 
-Dr. J. B. Webster, a well known physi¬ 
cian and surgeon, of this State, died of dropsy 
in Louisville on the 18th ult. 
-Nearly an average of 1,000 emigrants 
have arrived at the port of New York each day 
during the four weeks ending the 24th. 
-A facetious New Y'ork paper says the 
mercury in the thermometer is the only thing 
which lias gone up in Wall street recently. 
-The morning papers in Buffalo are here¬ 
after to dispense with Sunday labor. The Mon¬ 
day papers will be printed Saturday nights. 
-The Cincinnati Columbian says that the 
Cincinnati cabinet establishments turn out 300 
bureaus, 200 sofas, and over 6,000 chairs a week. 
-The Swamp Lands of Michigan were to 
be sold on the 18th ult., but the sale was post¬ 
poned by injunction, to the chagrin of some 200 
sharpers present. 
-The French war steamer Chimere, lately 
arrived at Norfolk from Havana, had to lie at 
quarantine because suspected of having yellow 
fever on board. 
-A gentleman in Cleveland recently re¬ 
covered $191 damages and also costs of suit 
against the owner of a dog which had attacked 
and injured hina 
-The N. Y. Commercial publishes a letter 
from London, stating that there is still an enor¬ 
mous demand for iron, and that the price is 
likely to advance. 
-A sprightly looking little girl passed 
through Buffalo on the 25th ult., in charge of 
the American Express Company. She was des¬ 
tined for Joliet, Ill. 
-The Whig candidate for Governor of 
Iowa is actively engaged in canvassing the State. 
He has appointments for every day (Sundays 
excepted) until after election. 
-The Schenectady Cabinet records the 
death by cholera within a fortnight, of Thomas 
Phillips and wife, two sons and two daughters, 
mother-in-law, and sister-in-law. 
-The corner stone of the new Court House 
at Corning was laid on the 20th of July, with 
the usual ceremonies.. Hon. T. A. Johnson made 
an appropriate and eloquent address. 
-The Rev. Samuel Dunwody, one of the 
oldest members of the South Carolina Confer¬ 
ence of the M. E. Church, died at his residence 
in Cockesbury, on Sunday, the 9th ult. 
-It is said that fifty or sixty families from 
Y r ermont arc about ready to-start for Kansas. 
They will probably go out in August, under the 
auspices of the Emigrant Aid Society. 
-The last census shows that out of nearly 
28,000,000 only 2,026,280 are foreign born ; and 
while there are 28,000 Protestant, there are but 
1100 Roman Catholic places of worship. 
-A desperate character called “ Butcher 
Metcalf,” knocked down the jailor at Hudson, 
the other day, and, with a negro, escaped. Met¬ 
calf was afterwards arrested in New Y’ork. 
-Henry G. Perkins, Collector on the Bos¬ 
ton and Worcester Railroad, while dining at a 
saloon in Boston, on the 22d ult., had a wallet 
containing $500 abstracted from his pocket. 
-The Lake Superior Journal of the 15th 
speaks encouragingly of the prospects of the 
Ship Canal. The excavation is in a forward 
state, and the locks are going forward briskly. 
-The salary of Mayor Conrad, of Phila¬ 
delphia, has been fixed by the Councils at $6.- 
000 per annum, and the annual cost of the whole 
city government is estimated at $700,000 a year. 
-The N. Y'. Mirror says that an Irish wo¬ 
man named Nancy Phillips, died from the effects 
of sixteen quarts of beer and a quantity of rum 
and brandy, drank by her on Wednesday week. 
-The Troy Whig says,—We regret to 
learn that Judge Bronson has lost nearly the 
whole of his fortune by the failure of the Empire 
Stone Dressing Co., of which he was President. 
-The Jonesboro’ (Tenn. ) Republican 
states that Cen. A. E. Jackson has a lead mine 
about ten miles south of that place, from which 
ore is taken that yields from 60 to 95 per cent, 
of lead. 
-Indiana gave seven votes for the Nebras¬ 
ka bill. One (Smith Miller) of the seven Mem¬ 
bers who gave those votes has secured a re¬ 
nomination, but it took two days and fifty-two 
ballots to effect it 
-An agent from an American Company 
has lately been in Copenhagen to request the 
permission of the Danish Government to lay 
down wires over Iceland and Denmark, as part 
of the line from America to Europe. 
-The Wisconsin University at Madison, 
YVis., is now in process of erection. It is to be 
built of stone. It stands on an eminence of 
1000 feet, a mile west of the Capitol, in a park 
of fifty-five acres. It has a fund of $ 10,000. 
-The Alta California says that the pro¬ 
prietors of a San Francisco steamboat line ad¬ 
vertise to send out two boats on Sunday to a 
certain place not far distant, one boat to carry 
passengers to a camp meeting, the other to a bull 
fight. 
