MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YOR KE'Jl: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
ROCHESTER, OCTOBER 7, 1854. 
October and its Suggestions. 
The Sun crossed the line a couple of weeks 
since, and has now fairly entered on his South¬ 
ern declination. Equatorial shadows now fall 
towards the North, and for three months to 
come will lengthen day by day. The North 
pole is now merged in the darkness of a six 
months night, and the premonitory symptoms 
of coming winter are beginning to be experi¬ 
enced even here. On Friday evening (the 29th 
ult.,) there was quite a frost in this locality, and 
on the succeeding Sunday evening another, not 
quite so severe ; but enough to tinge the her¬ 
bage by a touch of its destroying finger, and 
suffuse the foliage with the first mellow tints of 
Autumn. Pomona is shaking down her golden 
treasures, and Ceres is gathering into the garner 
her later harvests. 
The citizen is not unmindful of the coming 
winter, and along our sidewalks the dusty coal- 
heaver is dumping down his sooty “ rocks,” 
elaborated in some subterranean coal-pit into 
the best possible material for fuel. Thanks to 
the wise provisions of an over-ruling Providence, 
the remains of a former era in the worlds ex¬ 
istence, have beenstored up in exhaustless beds 
to meet the necessities of the present times. If 
it were not so, the earth would be denuded of 
her forests in half-a-dozen years, and human 
existence blotted out from whole countries 
which now sustain a dense and vigorous pop¬ 
ulation. 
The farmer, as he sits beside the wide¬ 
mouthed chimney which holds in its blazing 
throat the bright burning wood-fire, can hardly 
estimate the amount of fuel consumed by the 
inhabitants of a great city ; by the millions of 
work-shops where steam engine and forge are 
laboring night and day; by the thousands of 
locomotives that go thundering over the plains 
in all directions ; by the countless number of 
steamships that cross the ocean and ply along 
its shores, and by the innumerable other inter¬ 
ests that in their processes must involve the in¬ 
tensity of fire. All this fuel must be supplied 
from vegetable sources, but the majority of it is 
in the form of coal, produced from the wreck of 
organic matter which grew upon the earth at a 
remote geological period. 
The return of long evenings, and the cessation 
of farm labors which will soon ensue, afford 
leisure and opportunity for the young agricul¬ 
turist to improve his mind and elevate his ideas. 
The dignity of his profession cannot be exalted 
too high, for on its success that of all other em¬ 
ployments must depend. Cut off the supply of 
raw materials, and every cotten and woolen 
spindle must cease to hum, every mill wheel 
cease to rotate, every saw stop cutting, every 
canal boat and freight car halt in its transit, and 
every branch of human industry come to a stand 
still. Stop the food wherewith mankind re¬ 
plenishes the inner man, and gaunt spectral 
forms would gather at the corners of the streets, 
and perchance literally, as they do now figura¬ 
tively, prey upon each other. Merchants would 
cease chaffering, lawyers wagging their tongues 
in court, doctors drop their pill bags, and editors 
their pens; at which point in the argument we 
will close the subject. 
The Erie Canal Enlargement. 
The Canal Board, sitting at Albany on the 
28th ult,, reversed the decision of the Board of 
1850 ; and # have decided to retain the old line 
of canal by the way of Pitt'ford. This Ls some 
six miles further than by the new route located 
on the straight line from Brighton to Fairport; 
but the change would work groat local injury 
to the people of Pittsford, whatever advantage 
it might be to “ the rest of mankind.” Still, 
we are not sure but the saving of six miles 
of eanal navigation to the great forwarding 
business of this Slate and the West, would not be 
sufficient to buy up all local interests, for the 
purpose of using them to fill up the old ditch. 
The new line as originally located from Albany 
to Buffalo, cuts off full thirty miles of windings 
and sinuosities. 
Provisional Bisnor of the N. Y'. Diocese.— 
Dr. Horatio Potter, of Albany, was last week 
elected Provisional Bishop of the Episcopal Di¬ 
ocese of New York, in the place of the late 
Bishop Wainwright. The opposing candidates 
for the honors of the church were the Rev. Drs. 
Vinton, of Brooklyn, and Haight, of New 
Y'ork, and nine bailotings were had before a 
choice was effected. The contest between the 
Bishop elect and Dr. Vinton, was a close one 
the latter representing the so-called High. 
Church party. The Low Church party, which 
has thus proved itself the stronger, is perhaps 
the more Democratic of the two ; but what the 
precise difference between them is, must be left 
to theologians to determine. 
Indictment ok a Mayor and Councilmen.— 
The Grand Jury of New York city last Satur¬ 
day indicted the Mayor, Jacob A. Westervelt, 
and two members of the Common Council for 
granting licenses to aliens and other persons 
incompetent by law to hold licences. The 
same Jury also indicted one thousand, one hundred 
and thirteen pel-sons for selling liquor without a 
license. Three cheers for that Grand Jury, we 
say! 
Political Intelligence. 
The Anti-Nebraska Fusion State Convention, 
I assembled at Auburn on Tuesday of last week, 
' adopted the YVhig State Ticket out and out. 
The Free Demociatic Convention, assembled at 
the same place on the same day, nominated 
Clark, the Whig candidate, for Governor, and 
Bradford R. Wood, a Democrat, for Lieutenant 
Governor. 
The Massachusetts Dcmocra'ic Convention 
also met on the same day at Lowell, and nomi¬ 
nated a State ticket with Judge Bishop at the 
j head for Governor. A series of resolutions was 
I reported amid much confusion, endorsing the 
| Nebraska bill and all other measures of the 
Administration. A severe speech was made in 
opposition by G. M. V esher, of Medford, but 
the resolutions were afterwards adopted with¬ 
out dissent, those opposed not voting either way. 
Judge Bishop, like Messrs. Bronson and Sey¬ 
mour of our own State, declined the nomina¬ 
tion, but was placed at the head of the ticket 
notwithstanding. 
Liberty Ticket. —The Liberty Party which 
held their State Convention at Auburn last 
week, nominated the following ticket : For 
Governor, Wm. Goodale, of New Y'ork ; Lieut. 
Governor, Austin Ward, of Oneida ; Canal 
Commissioner, John C. Hknnington, of Oswego ; 
State Prison Inspector, Wm. Shafcolt. This 
makes five distinct organizations in the field, 
with as many separate State tickets. The dear 
people have reason to be thankful that only one 
of the tickets can be elected, for if all the aspi¬ 
rants for office would get what they asked for, 
the seven plagues of Egypt would be light af¬ 
flictions in comparison. 
Western Railroad Convention. 
A general Convention of the Railroads of the 
West was held recently at Columbus, Ohio. 
Like that of our own State, they abolished the 
system of employing runners and outside agents. 
In regard to the monstrous and unjust practice 
of dead heading so many persons generally from 
the class of men best able to pay their passage, 
the Convention provided :—“ That after the 1st 
of January next, no free passes, or half passes, 
should be given to any person whatever, except 
to the officers and employees of the respective 
roads; and not even to the Presidents or Su¬ 
perintendents of adjoining roads; that fare 
should be exacted from employees of roads, 
except when traveling on the business of the 
road ; that children under live years of age, 
accompanied by parents or guardians, should 
pass free ; between five and twelve years, half 
price ; that no half fare trains should be run, 
except to and from State Agricultural Fairs, but 
tlic local excursion trains might be run at the 
discretion of the Companies.” 
Wreck of a Steamer. 
The fears expressed last week that the steam¬ 
er City of Philadelphia might be wrecked, have 
proved true. She ran on the rocks off Cape 
Race, (New Foundland,) and, being got off in 
a sinking condition, she was run ashore seven 
miles distant, and sunk in three fathoms of wa¬ 
ter. Her crew and passengers are all safe, and 
the cargo, valued at $60,000, has been landed 
in a damaged condition. This is the fourth 
American trans-Atlantic steamer lost within a 
few months, viz., the Humboldt, the City of 
Glasgow, the Franklin, and now the City of 
Philadelphia. Underwriters must groan over 
such a repetition of losses, which, if continued, | 
will make a wreck of their fortunes. 
Lands in Kanzas. —It is a mistake which very 
generally prevails, that the United States will 
donate 160 acres of land to all actual settlers 
in Ivanzas and Nebraska. The two territories 
were united with New Mexico, in the title of 
the act “ establishing tjie office of Surveyor 
General,” Ac., and lands in New Mexico were 
granted under certain conditions to actual set¬ 
tlers. In Nebraska and Kanzas, Government 
donates no land to settlers, but allows each person 
to take up one hundred and sixty acres, provi¬ 
ded he pays for the same at the rate of one dol¬ 
lar and a quarter per acre—ample time being 
granted for the earning of the amount, with 
ordinary industry and success, before it becomes 
due. 
Ashland in Ruins. — The Ashland estate, 
Henry Clay’s old home, is now in the. posses¬ 
sion of his son, who has razed the old house to 
its foundations, preparatory to erecting a new- 
and more elegant structure upon its site. Much 
regret is expressed that such a course has been 
taken, the national reverence for a great man 
naturally attaching itself to the residence in 
which he lived and died. Still, no man has 
any just cause to complain of the present occu¬ 
pant of Ashland, as the title to estates cannot 
be Lied up under the wise provisions of our law, 
and, consequently, any man has a right to do 
as he pleases with his own. 
Kansas Emigration. —The fourth party for 
Kansas, under the auspices of the Emigrant 
Aid Association, left Boston last week. They 
numbered 86, and the Atlas estimates the party 
to reacli the number of 200 before arriving at St. 
Louis. The next party will leave on or about 
the 20th inst.; and the New' Y'ork Kansas 
League will also send a train from New Y'ork 
city, by way of Albany, on the 3d of Cctober. 
The Syracuse Journal says that Gov. Reeder 
and a party of five hundred emigrants for Kan¬ 
sas, passed through that place a few days since. 
The Sandwich Islands Treaty. 
„ The Albany Evening Journal, on what it con¬ 
siders the best of authority, reaffiams the state¬ 
ment that there is now a treaty for the aunexa- 
tion of the Sandwich Islands to this country at 
Washington, awaiting the action of the United 
States Government, and gives the following as 
substantially the terms of the treaty: 
“The Islands are to be at once admitted into 
■the Union, not as a Territory, but as a State —with 
full State sovereign powers. In consideration 
of this surrender of their national sovereignty, 
theUnited States, besides agreeing to respect all 
existing charters, land titles, Ac., are to pay 
some $300,000 or $400 000 annually, as life an¬ 
nuities to such persons as the sovereign author¬ 
ities shall designate. It is believed that the 
number who will be declared entitled to share 
in this annuity, will not exceed thirty individ¬ 
uals, including the King, his two sons, and the 
members of the House of Nobles, all of whom 
are now' rich, and constitute the great land¬ 
holders of the kingdom. Their ages will ave¬ 
rage about 40 years, and the sum to be paid to 
each will cease to be a debt upon the United 
States Government at their death. 
“ Besides the sovereignty of the Islands, all 
the government property—including buildings, 
claims upon foreign governments, Ac., will, it, is 
understood, be transferred to the U. S. Govern¬ 
ment by this treaty. The value of these build¬ 
ings alone is said to exceed $1,500,000, and the 
claims upon the French and British Govern¬ 
ments to about $500,000 more; making an ag¬ 
gregate of $2,000,000.” 
Testimonials. 
The Committee appointed by the New York 
merchants to arrange and determine the matter 
of testimonials to certain officers and seamen, for 
meritorious conduct in saving the lives of per¬ 
sons wrecked at sea, made the following awards 
last week : 
Steamship Washington. 
Cn.pt. Fitch, $750 and au appropriate Gold Medal. Mr. 
King, Chief Offlcer, whose conduct on the occasion of the 
rescue of near 400 lives from the wreck of the Winchester 
was deserving of the highest pruise, $500 and a Gold Watch. 
Second and Third Officers, each $100 and Silver Medal.-. 
To each of the four men composing the crew of the first 
boat to the wreck, $50. 
Ship Currituck. 
Capt. Foster, $500 and Gold Medal. First Officer S100 
and Silver Meda!. Second Officer $50 and Silver Medal. 
Ship Dirigo. 
Capt. Young, $350 and Gold Medal. First Officer $100 
and Silver Medal. Second Officer $ >0 and Silver Medal. 
Ship Monmouth. 
Captain Ludlow, $150. 
British Brig Carolinh. 
Gold Medal to Captain of Brig Caroline. 
Brig Good Intent. 
Gold Medal to Captain of Brig Good Intent. 
State Fair Ground. 
We copy from the New York Tribune the fol¬ 
lowing description of the ground on which the 
State Fair is being held : 
“ The square is bounded on the north by Six¬ 
ty-ninth st,; east by Third av.; west by Fourth 
av., through which-?* - ns the Harlem Railroad, 
and where all the trains will discharge passen¬ 
gers close by the gates of the show' ground.— 
The Third av. cars discharge passengers at the 
gate on the other side. 
“ The square, it is said, contains eighteen 
acres. It is fenced with a tight high hoard 
fence, 872 feet long on the north and south 
sides, and 1,133 feet on the east and west sides. 
The principal cilices and entrance gates are on 
the south side. Private carriages will mostly 
approach by Fifth av. and Seventy-first st., to 
l he north entrance gale, close by the little 
church. There will be ample standing-room 
>r carriages, and officers to keep order. There 
> no carriage-room inside the inclosure, except 
>r teams entered to compete for the prizes in 
■ he show ring.” 
New Route to New Y'ork. —The cars on the 
ienesee Y r alley Raihpad commenced running 
i Monday last; two passenger and one freight 
ain, going through daily. This opens a new 
•ute by a broad gauge road to New York from 
is city, so that people can have their choice 
two independent lines of road, either east or 
est,—an event which lias been long and anx- 
usly looked for. Success to the Y 7 alley Road, 
id may its cars never prove so slow running 
, they have in getting ready to run. 
Massachusetts State Reform School for 
Iirls. —We learn from the Boston Advertiser 
■ latthe whole sum of $ 20 , 000 , required by the 
.egislature at the last session, to be contributed 
y private individuals for the establishment of 
State Reform School for girls, in order to se- 
ire the appropriation of a like sum from the 
easury of the State, has been made up. Com- 
lissionera will now be appointed by the Gov- 
rnor and Council, to select a location for the 
Closing the Canals. —The Commissioners 
ave decided on closing the canals on the 5 th 
December. Navigation could probably be 
■ntiuued some days later than that date, but it 
deemed advisable to shut out the w r ater thus 
irly in order to prosecute the work of the en- 
rgement now under contract. 
Fossil Remains. —A few days since, says the 
Vlbany Slate Register, the tusks of a Masto- 
on, of enormous size, were discovered pro- 
uding from the inclined side of a marshy de- 
ivity, a few miles from the city of Pough- 
eepsie. Measures were immediately taken to 
icavate the place and exhume the skeleton.— 
' /e are informed that the work thus far lias 
een remarkably successful, and the condition 
f the skeleton such as to promise the security 
f the most perlect specimen of the Mastodon 
ver found. The location is extremely favora- 
ie. The excavation, which is prosecuted under 
ie direction of Prof. Morse, ihe discoverer of 
>e Magnetic Telegraph, who resides at Pougb- 
eepsie, has proceeded as far as the head and 
mulders of the mammoth. The bones are 
irtially petrified, as far as the exhumation lias 
ctended, and this promises the recovery of the 
itire skeleton in a more perfect state than any 
et discovered. 
glff" The steamer Southern Michigan met 
with a serious anil somewhat singular accident, 
while going up the lake on the 27tli ult. When 
about 20 miles from Monroe, one of the wheels, 
which had been racked a little in a previous 
storm, burst its bands, and the whole mass of 
timber and iron composing it fell into the lake, 
leaving the shaft and flanges bare. The boat 
careened over, and there was great, consterna¬ 
tion among the passengers, about 400, for a few 
minutes; but the officers and crew, with great 
presence of mind, set to work, shifted the 
freight over, so as to balance the boat, and she 
made her way into port with one wheel. 
The Hornellsville Tribune says: 6,407 
car loads of lumber have gone from the West¬ 
ern Division of the New Y'ork and Erie railroad 
in the last seven months. Allowing an average 
of 8000 feet, per car, t here would he 51,250,000 
feet. As the cars measure about 30 feet in 
length, this would make a lumber train thirty- 
six miles and 2,120 feet long. 
Havana letters received at Charleston by 
the steamer George Dudley, are devoted to ac¬ 
counts of the reception of the new Captain- 
General. Orders have been given to place the 
cells of the Moro, Cabanos, and other forts in 
Cuba, in a state of complete repair. Let filli- 
busters beware or Die old Moro will close its 
iron jaws over their heads. 
The towers of the Suspension Bridge 
across the Mississippi, at St. Anthony’s Falls, 
are now nearly completed, and the workmen 
are busy twisting the wires, preparatory to 
stretching them across the river. The bridge 
seems likely to be completed in time to receive 
quite an income the present season. 
Coal of good quality has recently been 
discovered at Corunna, Mich., one hundred miles 
from Detroit. Ten thousand bushels have al¬ 
ready been taken out, and it. is now being mined 
at the rate of live hundred bushels per day, and 
sold at the rate of ten cents per bushel. This is 
better than a gold mine for Michigan. 
A Spiritual paper announces a new play 
by Die spirit of William Shakspeare, entitled 
“The Hermit of Malta.” It accompanies the 
announcement with some extracts, which show 
that the poeL’s genius has sadly deteriorated 
during the last three hundred years. 
A new kind of wheat has been introduced 
into California from Sonora, which, it, is said, 
will, in its yield, surpass any other variety, be¬ 
ing free from rust, and smut, and maturing a 
month or six weeks earlier. This will, it is 
thought, be peculiarly adapted to the climate of 
California. 
dpSf” The first meeting of the Board of Direc¬ 
tors of the U. S. Inebriate Asylum—an institu¬ 
tion for the reformation of poor and destitute 
drunkards, incorporated by the last Legislature 
—was held at Union 1’lace Hotel, New Y'ork, 
on Wednesday evening of last week. 
jpg'” A swarm of bees have taken possession 
of one of the lions at the entrance of Wynard 
Park, Durham, England, having formed their 
comb in the body of the statue, and gained an 
entrance by a hole in the ear. 
Jgg 5 ” The Chicago Democrat, of the 20th, says 
a contract has just been made in that city, by 
parties whose names it does not disclose, to de¬ 
liver 100,000 bushels of spring wheat at one dol¬ 
lar per bushel. 
During the storm at SquaM village, N. 
.1., on the 10th ult., the sea rose at a rapid rate, 
and inundated the meadows. About i{pi) cattle 
were swept into Barifegat hay and lost, and 35 
more managed to swim to the main laud, a dis¬ 
tance of eight miles. # 
The Universijtat Convention, which has 
just closed its ^mMTjsession at Philadelphia, 
adopted strong resolutions in opposition to 
Slavery and the repeal of the Missouri Com¬ 
promise. It meets next year at Middletown, 
Connecticut. 
It appears by a record kept at St. Pe¬ 
tersburg]! that the average date of the closing 
of the Neva by ice is the 13th November, hence 
the allied fleets have seven weeks yet for ope¬ 
rations against Russia in the Baltic. 
There is a great dearth of news paper 
in St. Louis. The large sheets are obliged to 
curtail, and the smaller sheets to resort to all 
sorts of stratagems to send out their daily issues. 
The unusual drouth is the cause of this present 
scarcity. 
Supposed Wreck of the City of Glasgow. 
Cart. McLkary, of the barque Mary Morris, 
from Glasgow, reports : 18th August, in lab 53 
26, Ion. 16 06, fell in with the hull of a large 
iron vessel, painted black, with a bright red 
bottom, apparently a Clyde built vessel; bad 
three or four compartments ; the wood work 
entirely burned out; sent some men aloft to 
look into her, some of whom report seeing ma¬ 
chinery in her. It was very thick at the time, 
with a heavy sea on. Next day fell in with 
and took on board a full length .female figure¬ 
head, about seven feet in height, has a wreath 
on her head, with, gilt stripes on her dress, 
hands extended. It is the impression on board 
the barque that the wreck was that of an iron 
propeller, and no doubt that of the City of 
Glasgow. 
Quill Driving. —By the return recently pre¬ 
sented to Parliament by the English Census 
Commissioner, it appears that the number of 
persons returned to the census as “ authors,” 
“editors,” or “ writers,” in the year 1851, was 
eighteen hundred and forty-four; viz: seventeen 
hundred and thirty-eight males, and one hun¬ 
dred and six females; and that of these the 
great metropolis swallowed up the lion’s share 
of eleven hundred and ninety-five. It further 
appears that England is fortunate enough to 
boast no less than ninety-two authors who are 
under twenty years of age. 
YVhkat Imported from England. —We hear 
of a shipment of 10,000 bushels of new wheat 
from Liverpool to New Y'ork. It will probably 
arrive next week. This is an excentricity in 
trade that beats a transaction in high wines that 
took place this week. A cargo was shipped 
from Cleveland, on the advice of a- telegraph 
• despatch of the market here, and was sold here, 
but before it was landed it was re-purDiased 
by the shippers, sent right hack to Clevelond, 
and sold there at another advance.— Buff. Bern. 
Large Fire in Philadelphia. —The steam 
plaster mills on Y'ork avenue and Callowhill st.., 
Philadelphia, were destroyed by fire on Satur¬ 
day last. The occupants were ( 3 . French A Co., 
and French A Richards. The loss is estimated 
at $45,000. Insurance $13,000. 
fhta Ijnbitits, 
-Ladies are now acting as clerks on some 
of the Mississippi steamboats. 
•-The Yellow Fever is abating in Charles¬ 
ton and Savannah. 
-The Free Church of Scotland is raising 
$250,000 for church purposes. 
-The salt inspected at Syracuse, has this 
year exceeded the last 130,000 bushels. 
-The present population of Texas is esti¬ 
mated at near 500,000, and the annual increase 
at 150,000. 
-The weather at Quebec is cold for the 
season. On the 20th ult. there was a fall of 
snow. 
-The annexation of Boston and Charles¬ 
ton has been carried by a majority of 10 to l,in 
the former place. 
-The steamboat Cleona, on the Red river, 
with 500 bales of cotton, took fire on Sunday 
week, and was burnt. 
-The Aquaduct at Freeport., Pa., fell re- 
cently,and navigation on the canal there is con¬ 
sequently suspended. 
-Two hundred and forty paupers, direct 
from Irish almhouses, have lately been shipped 
to this country. 
-Rev. Geo. Hastings, for many years chap¬ 
lain to the American Legation at Rome, died a 
few days ago in Tennessee. 
-Hon. G. W. Underhill, a Whig Senator 
in Arkansas, died on the 9ih ult. He was a 
popular anil estimable man. 
-At Savannah not over 1,600 of the white 
population is left. The hotels and stores in 
Augusta are all closed. 
-St. Andrews Church, building at Ham¬ 
ilton, 0. W„ will bold over 1,000 persons, and 
have a spire 180 feet high. 
-A letter received by the Hermann, and 
dated Hong Kong, July 22, reports the arrival 
at that place of Commodore Perry. 
-A party of Fillibusters are about to sail 
from New Orleans to seize Tampico. The ex¬ 
pedition excites ridicule in New Orleans. 
-Another of the New Orleans rioters has 
died, making the sixth life that has been sacri¬ 
ficed in that disgraceful affair. 
-The St. Louis Democrat notices a rumor 
that Senator Geyer, of Missouri, has resigned, 
and adds that it thinks it not unlikely. 
-The Protestant and German Catholics 
had a collision in Philadelphia on the 26th ult. 
Three were wounded by pistol shots. 
-S. D. King, Surveyor General in Califor¬ 
nia, under the last Administration, is set down 
as a defaulter to the amount of $ 12 , 000 . 
-The price of a commission in the English 
foot guards is, Lieut. Colonel, $45,000 ; Major, 
$42,500; Lieut. $10,000; Ensign, $6,000. 
-The Reciprocity bill, passed on Friday 
week by the Canadian Legislature, was signed 
by the Governor-General on Saturday. 
-Owing to the drouth, the Northwestern 
Fruit Grower’s Association, to be held at Burl¬ 
ington, has been postponed for this year. 
-Four new locomotives have recently ar¬ 
rived from England for the Niagara Falls and 
Detroit Railroad, and 11 more are on the way. 
-Attorney General Drummond, of Quebec, 
lias gone to Washington to endeavor to arrange 
for an early application of the Reciprocity treaty. 
-A quantity of heavy guns and munitions 
of war have been sent to Key West by our na¬ 
tional government, for the fortification at that 
place. 
—*- The Legislative Council of Canada has 
appointed a committee to inquire into the charge 
ot undue speculation by some of the late Min¬ 
isters. 
-It is now satisfactorily ascertained that 
Schuyler, the railroad defaulter, has fled to 
Europe. A warrant for - his arrest has been 
issued. 
-The seventy-first regiment was with¬ 
drawn from Quebec, Sept. 23d, and embarked 
for Liverpool, and are not to be replaced Other 
troops will soon follow. 
-Merchant# and others in New Y'ork, 
have contributed $546 for the relief of sufferers 
by the great lire at Balize, Honduras, on the 
13th of last, mimih. 
-Capt. Layfield, of the steamship Locust 
Point, Iron) Boston to m iimore, picked lip a 
■tde-preserver t hat belonged to the lost steamer 
City of Glasgow. 
-The Massachusetts Pioneer Company to 
Kansas, have given the valley in which they 
commenced a settlement, the significant title of 
“ Backbone Valle j.” 
-The Canal Board have, appended John 
L. Stephenson 1st Assistant Engineer, his ap¬ 
pointment to take effi ct from and after the 17th 
day of August last. 
-A tiling the graduates at Yale College 
this summer, was Mr. Yung Wing, a young Cbi- 
nose gentleman, who has spent eight years in 
this country acquiring an education. 
-A recent collision on the Georgia Rail¬ 
road killed one of the engineers and a fireman, 
and severely scalded the other employes, but 
the passengers werq not injured. 
-The steamer Troy, which left Trov on 
the evening of ihe 27lh ult., went ashore near 
Peek-skill. She was running slowly through a 
dense fog at the time of the accident. 
-An experimental trip lias been made over 
the Railroad from Montreal to Quebec, in eight 
hours. The road will be formally opened tor 
business on the 4th day of October. 
-Nicholas Dean, an old and highly re¬ 
spectable citizen of New Y'ork, is the Reform 
candidate for Mayor of that city. There will, 
it is presumed, be three or four others in the 
field. 
-Among the outward bound passengers 
by the Pacific was Capt. 11. A. Adams, of the 
U. S. expedition, who was the bearer from 
Japan of the ratified treaty concluded by Com¬ 
modore Perry. 
- A pumpkin vine sprouting out of a ma¬ 
nure heap at Pittsford, produced thirty-four 
pumpkins, whose aggregate weight was 592 
pounds. These, says an exchange, must he 
w'liat people call “some pumpkins.” 
-The Washington Union discredits the 
statement of a Paris correspondent of the Trib¬ 
une, that Mr. Belmont has commenced a regular 
banking business at the office of the American 
Legation at the Hague. 
-A Quebec paper says a whale 45 feet 
long was recently killed near Green Island, by 
means of a small bombshell, fired from a pecu¬ 
liar musket, which burst after entering the body 
of the whale. 
