MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YOB KER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
ROCHESTER, SEPTEMBER 16, 1854. 
To Correspondents. 
Democratic Convention. 
The Democratic State Convention met at 
Syracuse on the 6th, and continued in session 
two days. The committee on organization re¬ 
ported for President Wm. H. Ludlow, sustained 
by eight Vice Presidents and five Secretaries. 
A committee on resolutions was then ap¬ 
pointed, which subsequently reported a series, 
After some excitement and debate, they were 
finally adopted. They eulogize Democratic 
principles, denounce the Whigs, reaffirm the 
Baltimore platform, endorse the administrations, 
Fire Among the Manuscripts !-A sad ca- P nnc, P ies ’ ue,luul,ce 
lamity has befallen the productions of several Baltimore platform, endorse the admnitrations, 
of our correspondents, whereby the readers of State and Nationa1 ’ favor free trade on a basis 
the Rural will be losers. It may be proper to of reciprocity, with a tariff reduced to a point 
remark, first, that we have a “ home sanctum,” collecting reuenue sufficient for the wants of 
wherein we have a sizable table, whereon are a free and economical government; oppose all 
usually deposited a large number of manuscript government appropriations for river or railroad 
articles, selections, Ac., whereat we are wont of improvements of doubtful constitutionality, 
evenings to write, and examine and revise the a,ld more doubtful expediency ; favor the free 
favors of correspondents. Through the care- distribution of public lands in limited portions, 
lessness of a servant, a few evenings since, the as homesteads, among citizens, and other per- 
documents on said table caught fire unobserved, sons shall have declared their intention to 
and on our entering the room some minutes become citizens, but subject to the condition of 
after, we were nearly blinded by the glare of a 
conflagration, which, unchecked, would have 
soon destroyed the whole premises. As it was, 
inalienableness and occupation, and oppose the 
e-establishment of the Missouri Compromise. 
The following is the resolution on this behalf, 
almost every manuscript was either wholly or which created a good deal of feeling, and on its 
partially burned, and we found it very difficult adoption caused many delegates to withdraw : 
to extinguish the fire. 
Fortunately many of the manuscripts were 
Resolved, That we consider the clause in the 
Nebraska and Kansas bill, repealing the Mis¬ 
souri Compromise, as inexpedient and unneces- 
fiom anonymous correspondents, and others sary ; but we are opposed to any agitation, hav- 
had been rejected,—yet there were some, in ing in view the restoration of that line, or tend- 
both prose and verse, the loss of which we hig to promote any sectional controversy in re- 
much regret, and others, unexamined, which lalio '\ theret » 5 alld we congratulate the country 
. , that the results to grow out of that measure are 
would probably have proved eminently worthy likely to prove beneficial to the people of the 
of publication. Though the “ assortment ” had territories, and that while we maintain our po- 
been accumulating for months, and was quite sition, that opinions in regard to the power of 
complete in quantity, variety, style, Ac we be- Congress this matter are not tests ; we nev- 
i- «... , • ,*, . , . , ertbeless consider that the act of renunciation 
lieve it did not include any art.cles from special b y Congress of the power it has heretofore ex- 
contnbutors, and but few from regular corres- ercised over the subject, as the practical surren- 
pondents. Most of the articles were of a lite- der °f a formidable function on the part of the 
rary character—such as tales, sketches, poetry federal government, and as the cession of a right 
Ac. Of the large number of manuscripts,’ °f the incipient States of the Union. 
, . * ’ the exercise of which can, in all probability, 
scarce y one remains entire, and moreover we result only auspiciously to the people of the 
cannot give the titles of articles, or the names territories and the peace of the Union, 
or signatures ot their authors. On these points The Convention renominated Gov. Seymour, 
our Irish “help” has rendered us a Know and then proceeded to the choice of candidates 
Nothing and almost induced us to join that for other State officers, with the following re- 
fraternity ! Should the authors of the consum- suit: For Lieut. Governor, Wm. H. Ludlow; 
ed documents feel equally exasperated, the K. N. Canal Commissioner, Jason Clark; State 
order will soon receive large and respectable Prison Inspector, William B. Andrews. 
accessions in different parts of the country ! The above refers, of course, to the “Soft” 
But, seriously, we assure all interested of our wing of the party,—the,“Hards” having held 
regiet at the occurrence—for, though many of their Convention and nominated a ticket (head- 
the effusions may have deserved such light ed by Judge Bronson) some weeks ago. 
usage, others were designed, by us as well as _, . m , ,_ 
ft 8 U T rre ‘ n ° bl " P° se '. j rhe The Recent Rains. 
authors may, therefore, very properly attribute _ 
the non-appearance ot their favors to the acci- On Friday night and Saturday through the 
dental conflagration. day, there were almost continuous and ahnn. 
me non-appearance of their favors to the acci- On Friday night and Saturday through the 
dental conflagration.^__ day, there were almost continuous and abun- 
- Severe illness during most of the east two 1““ rai “ s! “ d w l at ls , “ ore to “» I>" r P»'*- 
months, ha, precluded us from responding, by v.- 0 rc not. as heretofore, confined to a oar- 
letter, to the favor, of per.onal friends, contrib- W ' ° f b “‘,“ tendcd 
utorsand business correspondents. Those an- the th.rsty earth a tolerable | 
ticipating written epistles, will therefore please de f “ ° f "P «'e tanks and j 
accept the will for the deed-at least for Selin- 0 ' 8ter " S - “ d P«°P‘« ®»“ 1 
quencies during the past few weeks, and the T" “ ** °! *" abundant supply of j 
immediate future. What little strength we l"'™ f S “” d »f «»• j 
have is necessarily devoted to the most press¬ 
ing duties, and they are neither “ few nor far 
between.” 
Disastrous Conflagration. 
On Thursday afternoon. Sept. 7th, a disas- 
leaving the atmosphere cool and pure, with al- I 
most the premonitory symptoms of a frost, / 
which however is to be deprecated, and, it is j 
believed, will not occur for several weeks to ) 
come. Summer has departed like a tale that is j 
told, and Autumn speedily follows. Let the 1 
thrifty and far-seeing make preparation for i 
trous fire occurred on premises owned by the condn f? storms, and the unthrifty and sliort- 
New York Central Railroad in this city, which 8i S Lted make haste to mend their ways, 
destroyed property to the amount of seventy or * ' * ' * 
eighty thousand dollars. The fire caught in Annexation. 
the wood-pile, from a small steam engine at- - 
tached to a sawing machine, and almost instant- ^ generally believed that, a treaty for the 
ly some four or five hundred cords of wood annexadon °fthe Sandwich Islands to the Uni- 
were in a blaze, and rolling up towards the sky ted ®'ates was received by the Star of the West, 
in immense volumes of smoke and flame. The and bas been taken on to Washington. Its 
huge round-house situated on North street, and P rov * K i (,ns are of course a secret, and it must 
containing at the time seven locomotives, was rec<dve a two-thirds vote of the Senate for its 
instantly surrounded by the fire and consumed- Confirmation ; unless, as in the case of 1 exas, it 
The immense dome-shaped roof, composed of a be P ld through Congress in the form of a stat- 
net-work of iron and zinc, twisted from its an- ude ‘ ^ be fl ue8 tions °f slavery or freedom, of 
chorage on the top of the walls and fell in, State or territorial form of government, are of 
while the valves of the heated engines gave great interest, and their solution will be looked 
forth a last puff of expiring energy, and then b,r wdb anxiety. If the public become too im- 
with tendor and tubes, tank and turidahle, the P & t’ en t for an insight before the Senate see fit 
whole structure and its valuable contents be¬ 
came a mass of ruins. 
So rapid was the progress of the conflagra¬ 
te remove the seal of secresy, the N. Y. Times, 
or some other paper equally successful in that 
line of business, must get an advance transcript 
tion, that th« workmen connected with the % underground telegraph. Money veil do it. 
building were unable to shift the turntable so 
as to remove a single locomotive before they Yermont Elections. —The election in Ver- 
were compelled to flee for their lives. To any mont has resulted, as was anticipated, in favor 
one unacquainted with the building and its po- the AVbigs. As New Hampshire has always 
sition, an engine house of the kind would be been Democratic, so Y ermont has generally 
deemed indestructible ; but the facts were, it been Whig ; the result is not, therefore, consid- 
was surrounded by a funeral pyre which noth- ered b Y ^ a ^ r P ar fy s° much of a triumph 
ing could withstand. The loss is a heavy one, 88 dle P rev * ous elections in the former State 
but it can more easily be borne by a gigantic and * n ^ owa> ^ he N ebraska issue seems to 
corporation like the N. Y. Central, than by pri- bave exerted a decided influence in Vermont, 
vate individuals. The loss of the engines will as * n a ^ the States which have heretofore held 
be most severely felt, as the company, in con- their elections. 
sequence of its extensive business, is greatly Wife W anted.-Au exchange paper says 
pressed for locomotive power. « A professional man with a respectable look- 
■ - ing name, advertises in the Concord Patriot, that 
Let Justice be Done. —Air. Scoresby writes he will certainly marry the first girl that offers 
to The London Morning Herald in favor of giving herself through the mails.” If he pays postage on 
to the land discovered by Lieut. De Haven and her at the rate of three cents the half ounce, a 
his companions north of Wellington Channel moderate sized woman will cost over one hun- 
the name they affixed to it of “ Grinnell Land.” dred dollars, besides the expense of advertising. 
The English who subsequently discovered the -- 
same territory, gave it the name of “ Prince Prick of Hops.— The N. Y. ’I'ribitne, of recent 
Albert’s Land,” which remains in their charts, date, says :—“ Contracts for the new crop have 
but Mr. Scoresby contends that justice to the recently been made to a limited extent, at 30 
American Expedition requires the adoption of cents—a higher figure than has been paid so 
the American name. No doubt it does, and we early in the season for many years past. These 
presume the remonstrance of so eminent an au- sales have mostly been made to fill orders, and 
thority will have its effect not on speculation.” 
Our Albany Correspondence. 
Albany, Sept. 11, 1854. 
I wonder how it would appear if I should j 
“ pay up” some of my debts to the Rural. — 
Sometimes I am half inclined to dislike my 
name, for even when I do my best, it is still ( 
Owe, with very little prospect of being anything 
else. O! Oh! “Owe!” is it not too bad? But 
this is not what is expected. Some news, some 
gossip, some far-seeing speculations, and some 
truthful predictions with reference to the ship 
of state, would be far more palatable. So here 
goes. 
The weather has cooled off very perceptibly, 
and it has rained here as elsewhere. The chol¬ 
era is really abating. Our city has suffered 
very much from its ravages. Many family cir¬ 
cles have been broken, many seats become va¬ 
cant, many parents been left childless, many 
children deprived of parents. Brothers have 
been made sisterless, and sisters have lost broth¬ 
ers. Our vaults have been crowded with the 
dead, and our asylums have been more than 
filled with orphans. Thank God! the scourge is 
receding. May it be long ere it makes another 
visit! 
A few educational items are worthy of note. 
Samuel H. Hammond has, on motion of the 
State Superintendent of Public Instruction, 
been appointed as one of the Executive Commit¬ 
tee of the Normal School, in place of Hon. W. 
W. Forsyth, deceased. This is an excellent ap¬ 
pointment, as Air. H. possesses superior qualifi¬ 
cations for the position, and is in education, as 
in other things, a progressive man. The Facul¬ 
ty of the Normal School has been enforced by 
the appointment of three of Western New 
York’s noblest sons— David II. Cochrane, late 
Principal of Fredonia Academy; Rev. Air. Jew¬ 
ell, of Homer Academy; and T. C. Ester, of 
Water Valley, Erie county. The first is Profes¬ 
sor of Natural Sciences, the second of English 
Literature, and Air. Estee, of Music and Pen¬ 
manship. It is needless to say that this adds 
materially to the strength of the Faculty. The 
Institution opens next Alonday. Albany is to 
have a Teachers’ Institute, which is very re¬ 
markable, being entirely new to this locality.— 
How such a result has been achieved in this 
stronghold of Fogydom, may be explained when 
it is mentioned that the Superintendent of Pub¬ 
lic Instruction (Air. Rice,) is a Western man, 
and believes in progress! This is some fruit.al- 
ready, and more is forthcoming. YVlio supposes 
that all has been accomplished in the world that 
ought to be? 
But Albany", now as heretofore, is politics 
first, politics last, and politics in the middle. 
A stranger entering our city would be surprised 
to see what a stir there is. Y\ ire-pullers are 
running to and fro—candidates sending and re¬ 
ceiving, almost hourly, telegraph dispatches 
from this, that and the other direction. Spies 
are sent into all quarters, and vicighty induce¬ 
ments offered for veduab/e services. The “Hard*” 
and the “ Softs ’’ having flung their banner to 
] the breeze, it is now the problem for Whigs to 
j solve, to find the mem and the pretensions that 
■j will draw the most votes. It seems to be con- 
I ceded that the Whigs will come off victorious. 
f But they are also in a quandary, for the “ Know 
j Nothings ” seem to have cut them in two about 
‘ the middle, getting a little more than half, if 
- there be any difference. Still the desire seems 
j to be to re-elect Wm. H. Seward to the Senate, 
i H must be well known that the election of some 
I one to fill the vacancy in the Senate of the 
United States, is one of the important things to 
be decided at the next election. The Senate of 
our State is Whig, and if the Assembly elected 
this fall shall be of the same faith and order, 
Mr. Seward will be returned. All seem to 
concede the desirableness of this. But it is 
hinted that Mr. S. is obnoxious to the “ Know 
Nothings.” This will have some weight; yet 
his course will undoubtedly be sustained by a 
majority of that peculiar class. The following 
qualifications seem to be desirable for candi¬ 
dates this fall: 1, “Whig;” 2, “Know Noth¬ 
ing ;” 3, “ Temperance ;” 4, “ Sewardites ;” 
5, “ Anti-Nebraskite ;” 6, “ Non-Committals far 
enough to secure a heavy vole from all other 
factions.” If any body can ride all these 
horses and not get thrown, he may reach the 
goal of his desires. If he cannot, he must ex¬ 
pect to be entirely dashed to pieces, or allowed 
j to slip off into “ Salt River ” to pickle. It is 
! doubtful whether matters were ever so much 
i mixed up, and withal so uncertain as to results, 
| as at present. But let them mix. Let them 
connive. Let them barter away their birth¬ 
right. Let them triumph in their selfish and 
unprincipled schemes. Yet the people are al¬ 
ready “ posting their books,” and a day of set¬ 
tlement is at hand. The time draweth nigh 
when the good and the wise are to be our rulers 
—and when he who would be great among men 
shall be their servant. The true theory of De¬ 
mocracy is bursting forth from the masses, and 
the petty tricks of politicians will ere long be 
entirely discarded. Y'oung man I study these 
times, and learn wisdom. *Owk.* 
Resignation of the Canadian AIinistry.— A 
despatch from Quebec, dated Sept. 8th, brings 
the intelligence that the Ministry lias resigned 
The Governor General prorogued Parliament 
last spring, and ordered a new election because 
the AIinistry were in minority. The elections 
have resulted in the return of an overwhelming 
anti-Ministerial majority, and the administration 
were defeated on the first parliamentary vote ; 
hence their resignation. No new AIinistry has 
yet been formed. 
The Protection Insurance Company of Hart¬ 
ford, an old institution, $300,000 capital, has 
been obliged to make an assignment. 
An English paper, noticing the danger to 
which the transport screw ship Tynemouth was 
lately exposed by the incorrectness of her com¬ 
pass, sau's that an investigation of the binnacles 
by the aid of a small magnet, led to t he discov¬ 
ery of a piece of iron wire inside the rim which 
strengthened the cover used at night to hold the 
lights. The Compass had the name of Hewitson, 
Newcastle, on it. No doubt many a ship has 
been lost by similar unscientific arrangements. 
KIP The Lake Superior Journal of the 13th 
represents that there is a good deal of excite¬ 
ment at “the Sou” against the Canal Company, 
on political grounds. It is alleged that the 
Company are about to urge one of their agents 
for the State Senate, and another for the As¬ 
sembly, and that boasts are made that the num¬ 
ber of laborers in their employ is sufficient to 
secure their election. It is intimated that the 
Company have some scheme to push through 
the Legislature at its next session. 
The Richmond Dispatch, in protesting 
against the proposition to let Air. Zadock Pratt 
put a stone, with his name on it, in the Wash¬ 
ington Monument, says that if Mr. Zadock Pratt 
wants to be immortal, let him build a monument 
for himself, and suggests that it should be made 
of brass. A cotemporary adds :—“ The Dis¬ 
patch is wrong. Leather is the proper material 
for Mr. Zadock Pratt’s monument—nothing like 
leather!” 
The Grinnell Arctic Expedition, under 
Dr. Kane, was last heard from the 23d of July, 
1853, when he was at Uppernavic, west coast of 
Greenland. He is expected to report himself in 
New r York in the course of next month. Should 
he not be heard from at that time, it will be 
surmised that lie has decided upon spending 
another winter at the North. He could not re¬ 
main there longer than the first of September. 
Lenox, in Massachusetts, says an ex¬ 
change, is probably the most literary country 
town in America. It is at present the residence 
of Henry Ward Beecher. Oliver W. Holmes, 
Herman Melville, G. W. Curtis, Nathaniel Haw¬ 
thorne, Miss Segwick and Fanny Kemble But¬ 
ler. It was also, till recently, the residence of 
G. P. R. James. 
Arrison, who is supposed to be the- maker 
of t.iie Cincinnati “infernal machine,” is said to 
be skulking in the woods, somewhere in Iowa, 
where his father lives. Traces of him are seen 
every day, and he lias been shot at twice with¬ 
in the last, week, but the brush is so thick that 
he lias so far escaped. There is a continual 
watch kept up around the place. 
The Postmaster at Frankfort, Ky.. a few 
days since received by mail a small box con¬ 
taining a living horned frog, that had been for¬ 
warded from Texas. The frog had been three 
weeks on his travels ; the box was perforated 
to admit air, and when opened the animal ap¬ 
peared lively and in good condition, but died 
three days afterwards. 
KH” "The monument in honor of Pulaski, at 
Savannah, lias been completed by Mr. Launitz, 
the Russian sculptor, and will be erected short¬ 
ly in Savannah. It is a square column, sixty 
feet in height, with a Corinthian cap, and sur¬ 
mounted by a statue of liberty. Within the 
panels of the pedestals are inserted appropriate 
designs, wrought in basso relievo. 
K^fThe Artesian well at Charleston, S. C., 
has already reached the depth of 1,177 feet, 
301) of which have been dug through solid rock. 
The well, when completed, will be one of the 
most valuable as well as gigantic works in the 
country. Only think of drilling rock at the 
depth of nearly 1200 feet! 
5L1F” Tk® amount of money taken at the late 
fair at Marshfield, the Boston Courier estimates, 
will be sufficient, aft.«r paying expenses, to leave 
a balance of from $1,000 to $2,000, to apply 
to the beautifying of the old Winslow Burial 
Ground, where the remains of Daniel Webster 
repose. 
Nearly fifty persons have reported that 
their watches were stolen at Salem, during the 
Second Division Encampment last week. An 
expert pickpocket, named Charles Clark, has 
been arrested, and a number of watches found 
in liis possession. 
A private letter in the Aspinwall Couri¬ 
er of August 15, says that cholera is extending 
its ravages through the island of Grenada, spar¬ 
ing neither age nor sex, nor rank. The total 
number of deaths reported up to July 25, was 
2,000, in a population of less than 30,000 souls. 
Thackeray, who has been staying at 
Rome some months writing his “ Newcombs,” 
has returned to London, ana commenced a series 
of imaginary letters from the Seat of War, pub¬ 
lished in Bunch over the signature of “ Bashi- 
Bozouk.” 
The Rev. Pierre Chanial, one of the 
priests of the Seminary, Montreal, was drowned 
while bathing, last week, in the Lake ot the Two 
Mountains. M. Chanial was 34 years of age.— 
He was much respected, and had gone to Two 
Mountains for the recovery of his health. 
The Utica Observer says it is informed 
on good authority, that the fanners of Whites- 
town are compelled to be very watchful over 
their potato patches, or lose their crop. AVatch- 
inen, steel traps, and spring guns are employed 
to prevent the depredations of the potato thieves. 
K5SF" There is no reasonable doubt of the com¬ 
pletion of the canal at the Sault by the time 
named in the contract—the 27th of Alay next. 
The locks are to be finished in the course of the 
month of September; 1,600 men are now at 
work on the canal. 
Chicago is fast peopling tho Illinois Pen¬ 
itentiary. Nineteen prisoners were convicted 
at the present term of the court, and the jail is 
crowded wit.li persons charged with offences 
against the law. 
23 ^“ Mrs. Elizabeth Fish, widow of Col. N. 
Fish, and mother of Gov. Fish, died at her resi¬ 
dence in New York,on the 6th, at the advanced 
age of 80 years. Airs. Fish was descended, in a 
direct line, from Gov. Stuyvesant. 
KT T wo conductors of the Boston and Maine 
Railroad were fined, a few days since, for eject¬ 
ing Mr. Clias. Poole from the cars, he having a 
check taken from the conductor of a preceding 
train, which they refused to receive. 
A correspondent of the Milwaukee News, 
writing from La Pointe, Lake Superior, wonders 
why the islands, upon one of winch that town 
is located, are called “ The Twelve Apostles,” 
as there are fifteen instead of twelve of them. 
New Brunswick papers report that the 
Legislatures of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, 
and Prince Edwards’ Island, will meet in Sep¬ 
tember, to take into consideration the treaty of 
reciprocity recently concluded. 
iftos Irtirife. 
-Emigration to the United States this 
year, it is thought, will reach 400,000. 
-- Twenty-five hundred head of cattle were 
conveyed over the Erie Railroad last week, to 
New York, 
—**- The soldiers, on their way to Malta, in¬ 
variably called the General on the Danube, Got- 
such-a-cough. 
-The loss to the Chemical Bank, N. Y., by 
the late counterfeiting fraud, will reach nearly 
$15,000. 
-A third and still larger party than any 
which has preceded it, will be ready to leave 
Alassacliusetts for Kansas on the 25th inst. 
-The New Orleans papers of the 3lst ult., 
report that 200 bales rtf new cotton were receiv¬ 
ed there on the 30th of August. 
-Rumor says the Cyane will go Vack to 
Sau Juan. The Buffalo Commercial insists that 
Caj)t„ Hollins should not command her. 
-‘ Hard Times,” by Dickens, which is sold 
here for 12^ cents, cannot be had in London 
for less than 10s sterling, or about $2,20. 
-The Freshman class just beginning its 
course at Harvard College numbers one hun¬ 
dred and five, which is extraordinarily large. 
-Rogers, the poet,- is not expected to live 
but a short time. He is ninety-two years of age, 
and is suffering from a recent paralytic stroke. 
-An experiment has just been successfully 
made in France of employing swallows to carry 
letters, as pigeons were used some years back. 
-Hon. Geo. P. Alarsli lias returned to. his 
home in Burlington, Vt., after five years' ab¬ 
sence as U. S. Minister, at Constantinople. 
-Upwards of 100 young men have gone 
from Baltimore to labor for one year in the 
Chincha Islands, loading guano, and more are 
to follow. 
-Ten editors have been elected to the 
Canadian Parliament. This tact demonstrates 
the advanced civilization of our provincial 
neighbors. 
-Of the glorious Army of the Revolution, 
the Veterans of which received their Pensions 
at the Albany Agency, there are less than fifty 
survivors 1 
-The Canadian Parliament assembled at 
Montreal on the 5th inst. The Reciprocity 
Treaty will probably be ratified in the course 
of two uveeks. 
-Wm. B. Francis swam the Alississippi, 
from the Iowa shore to Phelps’ wharf, in Quin¬ 
cy, in eighteen minutes. Distance a mile and a 
half. 
-The Agricultural Fair of Aladison Co., 
will he held at Atorrisville on the 20lli and 21st 
inst. AVm. Tracy, Esq., of Utica, will deliver 
the address. 
-A man named Baird murdered another 
named Robinson, near Xenia, O., because tho 
latter last Sunday married a young woman 
whom lie wanted. 
-Air. Stephenson’s tubular bridge over the 
river Nile, at Benha, is to have ten arches, and 
is to be 870 feet in length. The Egyptian rail¬ 
way will pass over the top. 
-Donna Maria Acosta resides in Cuba, 
aged 111. She was born at Santa Cruz, Tene- 
riffe, having crossed the sea to come to this 
island only six years since. 
-A State Convention of the veterans of 
1812, is called at Fonda, Alontgompry eounty, 
on the 27th inst., to elect a General-in-Chief in 
the place of Nicholas Haight. 
-The Montreal Freeman says:—It now 
appears certain that the rumors of the early re¬ 
tirement of Lord Elgin from the Government of 
Canada, are without foundation. 
-A man was recently tried for forgery, in 
Ireland, but it turned out that he had forged the 
signature of a man who neither read nor wrote, 
which the Judge decided was no forgery at all. 
-It is stated that on and a f ter the first of 
October, the circulation of foreign bank notes 
below $10, will be prohibited in the State of 
Ohio, by a law passed last winter. 
-The Montreal Pilot of a recent date, 
says that his Excellency the Governor General 
(Lord Elgin) has been confined at Spencer 
Wood, by indisposition, for several days. 
-Over 70 members of the Irish constabu¬ 
lary have volunteered to join the British troops 
in Turkey. Some have been appointed to sub¬ 
altern ranks in the commissariat department. 
-Among the losses by the recent fire in 
Troy, was that of the fine Library of Gen. Davis, 
embracing a rare collection of political works, 
pamphlets, Ac., to the number of over 4,000. 
-Hon. O. B. Alalteson, M. C. from Oneida 
County, lias given $100 towards the erection of 
an Observatory, for astronomical purposes, at 
Hamilton College in Clinton, Oneida county. 
-The quantity of coal produced in 1853 in 
various parts of the world, is set down at. 75,000,- 
000 tons, of which Great Britain produced 42,- 
000,000, and the United States 9,000,000 tons. 
-Miller, Orton it Mulligan, of Auburn, 
make a prosperous beginning for a new firm in 
a small town. They have published fourteen 
books, of which the aggregate sale is 376,000 
copies. 
-Recent intelligence from Cuba states that 
several free negroes and liberated African slaves 
have lately left Cuba and returned to the home 
of their forefathers in Africa, well provided with 
money. 
-A letter from St Peter-burgh says not a 
word about peace is uttered there, and if any 
one wishes, lie dare not express it, as the old 
Russian war party entirely govern public 
opinion. 
-Col. Benton, in a letter to the democratic 
voters of the St. Louis congressional district, ex¬ 
presses the opinion that the expenditures of the 
government for the present year will amount to 
$70,000,000 1 
-They are now experimenting at Saint 
Etienne upon a new cuirass or breastplate for 
the army. The weight is very light, but it i6 sa d 
to be capable of resisting bullets at even shoit 
distances. 
-The foundation-stone of the first Ragged 
Church in London, was laid on the 16tli ult., 
with deeply interesting religious services. The 
church is intended for ihe sole and exclusive uso 
of the lowest class of poor people. 
-A corn 6talk measuring 22 feet and 5 
inches in length, has been sent to the Reading 
Eagle office, from the farm of Air. Elijah Fisher, 
of Berks county. This is the tallest corn we 
ever remember to have heard of, even in the 
southwest, where corn grows much longer than 
here. 
