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MOORE’S RURAL JNEW-YOK KER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAI’ER. 
ROCHESTER, NOVEMBER 18, 1854. 
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Recent Elections.— Results. 
Elections were held in New York, Michigan, 
Illinois, Wisconsin and New Jersey, last week 
—and in Massachusetts on Monday last. Tho’ 
the official returns are not yet received, we are 
enabled to give a synopsis embracing, or indi¬ 
cating, the result in each State. 
Decease of a Venerable Lady. 
The venerable widow of the lamented Alex¬ 
ander Hamilton, died at Washington last week 
at the advanced age of ninety-seven years.— 
Mrs. Hamilton was the daughter of General 
Philip Schuyler of revolutionary memory, and 
was a person in early life possessed of extraor¬ 
dinary intellect and personal accomplishments. 
Married to one of the most popular and cele¬ 
brated men of the time, no prospect was ever 
brighter for a prosperous and happy life; but 
the political feuds of the times subsequently 
involved her husband in a fatal duel with Aaron 
Burr in 1804, and then t he sun of her happiness 
set in blood. 
Hamilton discharged his pistol in the air, 
while at the same time he received a mortal 
wound from the weapon of his antagonist. The 
fate of the former was really the happiest of the 
two, for he died universally lamented, while 
Burr lived .to a neglected old age, the subject 
of universal execration. 
A cotemporary says of Mrs. Hamilton, “she 
proved the truth of the axiom, ‘Sweet are the 
uses of adversity;’ and with a chastened heart, 
and a submissive, cheerful spirit, she has ever 
done what her hands found to do with a ready 
zeal. In company with Mrs. Bkthune she 
founded the ‘Orphan Asylum’ at Blooming- 
dale, the head directress of which she became, 
and for many years devoted her time, and purse, 
and heart in doing what she could to cheer the 
lives of the poor orphans who came into her es¬ 
tablishment,” Her remains were taken to 
the city ot New York for interment. 
Important to Millers. 
Tng Secretary of the Treasury has issued a 
•vj v . circular giving notice to all whom it may con- 
ew York has astonished a great many wise cern, that Canadian wheat will be henceforth 
people—including sundry politicians who had admitted to the Stales duty free ; the importer 
apparently reckoned on a very different result giving a bond for the payment of duties hereaf- 
rom a ac uevec. The friends and partisans j ter in case the reciprocity treaty fails of fina 
ot each of the three principal candidates for | ratification by the high contracting parties.- 
Governor Clark, Seymour and Ullman — | There is little probability of such a contingency 
probably anticipated a triumph, but the returns j occurring, as the treaty is already endorsed by 
indicate so close a vote that neither is badly j the United Slates, Great Britain, 
beaten, while the majority of the successful can- j the Provinces. 
didale will be very meagre. Indeed, though a I Many of our millers and others have been 
week has elapsed since the election (we write j purchasing wheat in Canada in anticipation of 
on Tuesday, Nov. 14.) the vote is so close be- ' this measure, and the recent, rise in the article, 
tween Clark and Seymour that the question 1 added to the difference made by the rcmissioi 
Direful Shipwrecks. 
The steamer Yankee Blade, from San Fran¬ 
cisco to Panama went ashore on her last trip 
down, and became a total wreck. There were 
over 800 passengers on board, out of whom it 
now appears probable at least 150 perished.— 
The ship was deserted by all her officers except 
the third mate, and while lying on the rocks a 
portion of the crew and ruffianly deck passen¬ 
gers armed themselves and engaged in a work 
of pillage and riot that ought to have shamed 
a legion of fiends. Some of the passengers, it 
is alleged, were murdored during the time the 
ship lay at the mercy of the waves. The sur¬ 
vivors were finally taken off tlis wreck next 
day by the steamer Goliah, which landed them 
at San Diego. 
A telegraph despatch from New York, dated 
Nov. 12th, says: 
The emigrant ship “ New Era,” belonging to 
Bath, Me., from Bremen, with 300 passengers, 
went ashore last night in a dense fog off Deal, 
near the Jersey shore, and will probably be a 
toial wreck. 
Later despatches say that should the heavy 
sea continue during the night, it is scarcely pos¬ 
sible that more than a very few of the passen¬ 
gers now on board and holding on to the rig¬ 
ging. can be saved, and it. is not at all improba¬ 
ble that every soul will be washed overboard 
before daylight. The ship la) s broadside to the 
sea, which runs mountains high, and renders it 
impossible for the tug boats to render any as¬ 
sistance. The sea is breaking over the wreck, 
and before dark we could see every available 
space in the rigging filled with probably some 
2(10 persons. No less, probably, than 75 have 
already been washed overboard; and from pres¬ 
ent indications, a great many more will be hurl¬ 
ed into the sea, before any efficient assistance 
can be rendered. 
as to who will be Governor can only be decided 
by the official canvass. Most of the New York 
and Albany papers figure a small majority for 
Clark. Tho Tribune, however, contends that 
Seymour is elected. So far as ascertained the 
following are about the aggregates:— Clark, 
and Seymour, each, 120,000; Ullman 108,000; 
Bronson, 23,000. All the Whig State Ticket,’ 
except Gov., succeeds by a handsome majority. 
The Congressmen elected are thus enumera¬ 
ted and classed by the Tribune of Monday:_ 
“Total 25 Whigs, including regular Whig can¬ 
didates who had the Know-Nothing support; 2 
Know-Nothings (Valk and WJ itnfey) elected 
over regular Whig candidates; 1 ditto (Edwards) 
elected over Fenton, Anti-Nebraska Dem.; 3 
Softs, including one (Williams) elected in 
a Whig District (Monroe) by the Know-Noth- 
inns; 2 Anti-Nebraska Independents < Wheeler 
and Oliver) elected on the merits of their oppo¬ 
sition to Douglas. No Hards fit all, unless the 
attempts to count Mike Walsh into Kelly’s seal 
should prove successful. Total 33, of whom 
but three even affect to like Pierce, Douglas «fc 
Co., and they are not half in earnest about it,— 
Two years ago, Pierce had 23, the Whigs 10.” 
The Members of Assembly chosen, so far as 
ascertained, are 
ot duty, will make these purchases a splendid 
speculation. 
Indictment for Manslaughter. —A Canadian 
Grand Jury has found an indictment for man¬ 
slaughter against D. W. Twitchkll, the Con¬ 
ductor, and J. Kittlkwell, the Engineer of the 
locomotive St. Lawrence, employed at the gravel 
pit on the Great Western Railroad, they having, 
by reason of wilful negligence, caused the death 
of J. 1 *. Bodfish and Nathaniel Oakes, and 
about 50 others. In accordance with this pre¬ 
sentment, the Lord Chief Justice Macaulay 
issued bench warrants for the apprehension ot 
Twitchkll and Kittlkwell, and the latter was 
apprehended aud lodged in jail, bail for his re¬ 
appearance being refused. 
The Jury also censured the Great Western 
Railway Company for not having a watchman 
in their employment stationed at the gravel sid¬ 
ing, instead of one employed by the gravel con¬ 
tractor. 
Diplomatic Tempest. 
Rumors came some time since from Europe, 
in substance that Mr. Soule, the United States 
Minister to the Court of Madrid, would be de¬ 
nied permission to pass through France on his 
return to Spain, from London, whither he had 
gone on a visit. It now appears that he was 
actually stopped by the police at Calais, and 
sent back to England by the return steamer.— 
Great indignation is manifested by the mem¬ 
bers of the. legation and other Americans in 
London, at the alleged wanton insult offered to 
the United States in the person of one of her 
Ministers. The intention was to send Mr. Sick¬ 
les, of the American legation at London, over 
to France to inquire into the affair, butforsome 
cause the matter was delayed. Further devel¬ 
opments will be looked for with interest, and 
until they appear it will be useless to speculate 
upon the consequences of such an unusual lack 
of courtesy on the part of the French authori¬ 
ties. 
r JI W The commissioners of emigration in New 
York have discovered that gross frauds have 
been committed upon them by some of the 
poor masters, in the “ rural districts.” Scores 
of foreign paupers in the interior of the State, 
who were registered as chargeable on the Em¬ 
igration fund, were found on investigation to be 
dead or missing. In one county, sixty paupers 
were charged who could not be accounted for, 
ZW" William Grisby, a successful pedestrian, 
ann,.voces that he will undertake on the Union 
Course, L. I., the extraordinary feat of walking 
one mile, draw a sulkey containing a boy l(i 
years ot age two miles, go backwards one mile, 
and pick up stone 50 yards apart, and place 
then) one by one in a basket, all to be done 
within one hour. A bet of $1,000 lias been stak¬ 
ed on the result. 
JigT A writer in the New York Journal of 
Commerce says that when the accident to the 
Arctic was discovered, had the boilers been 
blown clear of steam, and filled with air, which 
could easily heve been done, the bulk would 
have sustained the entire fabric in which they 
rested. 1 he builders of the engine confirm this 
opinion. 
ZW It is said that before the expedition 
started for Sevastopol, the Sultan made a pres¬ 
ent. to the British sailors ; and it was one cer¬ 
tainly more consonant with the established sen¬ 
timents of the true British tar than with those , .- 
which are supposed to be hereditary in the de- rect 
scendants of the Caliphs—he gave them five 
hogsheads of rum. 
£§T I’be Boston Railroad Company, it is 
said, are about to introduce coke, from Cumber¬ 
land coal, as fuel for their engines, in conse- 1 
quence of the high and increasing price of wood. 
Some of them are endeavoring to use anthracite 
but the experiments made show that their en¬ 
gines have to be specially adapted to that kind 
of fuel. 
-Greytown is being rebuilt rapidly. 
-The Mormon population of Utah is 50 - 
000 . 
-In Denmark entire villages have been 
converted to the Mormon faith. 
— There are thirty-two States and nine 
lerntories in the United States. 
-An Agricultural College is to he estab¬ 
lished in Ohio, to be located at. Oberlin. 
-Grain constitutes t he bulk of the export 
trade from the Crimean Harbors. 
-The force of workmen at. the Washing¬ 
ton Navy Y'ard is almost nine hundred men. 
-A field of sweet potatoes in Scott coun¬ 
ty, Iowa, yields 700 bushels to the acre? 
-The bonded goods in the Crystal Pal¬ 
ace, at, New Y ork, are being sold at auction. 
-The Wisconsin says (hat, sportsmen are 
shooting quails in the streets of Milwaukee. 
The ports of the Sandwich Islands have 
been made tree to the commerce of all Nations. 
The Legislative Assembly of Canada has 
adopted the Maine Law by a majority of 95 to 5. 
The YY ashington Monument has now at¬ 
tained a height of one hundred and sixty-six 
feet. 
A tunnel is being constructed in Swit- 
zerland, which will bo, when completed, 8,300 
-A recent census of Michigan shows a 
population of about 520,000, being a gain of 
110,000 in four years. 
--SR Edward Head, the new Gov. General, 
arrived at Quebec, Nov, 9th. Lord Elgin will 
leave in 3 or 4 days. 
Ex-mayor Maury, of YV ashington, was 
lately presented with a service of plate valued 
at $ 1,000. 
British YY ar Steamers. — 1 he screw steam 
navy of Great Britain now comprises 107 ships, 
ranging from 131 guns and a crew of 700 men, 
to 3 guns and a crew of 40 men. The Duke of 
Whigs, 77; Democrats, 33;! Wellington is the maximum, and the Teazer is 
Temperance and Independent, 3. {the minimum limit, both in guns and crew._ 
Michigan.— The returns are incomplete ; yet Between tliese limits there is one steam-ship of 
sufficient have been received to show that the ! 121 guns ’ 2 of ~ of 100, 6 of 91,10 of 90, and 
Republican State and Congressional candidates I U 36 reraa " 1<ler ra,,ge at vai 'i<>us figures below. 
have all been elected by handsome majorities. 
In many of the counties the Republican (more 
properly Whig and Free Soil Fusion) county 
tickets have been successful. 
Illinois has also chosen a large majority of 
Fusion representatives to Congress and the 
State Legislature. A dispatch dated Chicago, 
Nov. 9th, says: —“The Legislature is entirely 
Whig and Anti-Nebraska. Seven Senatorial 
and fifty-five Representative districts heard 
from, and not a single Nebraska member elected 
yet.” Douglas Nebraskaism has apparently 
received a terrible rebuke. 
Wisconsin tells the same story.—all Republi¬ 
can and Anti-Nebraska. Two of the Republi¬ 
can candidates for Congress are chosen ; and 
Mr. Wells, who voted against Nebraska, is re¬ 
elected. The Legislature is Republican. 
New Jersey elects four Whig and Anti-Ne¬ 
braska Congressmen, and one Nebraska Demo¬ 
crat. The new Assembly is also Anti-Douglas- 
The Senate (two-thirds holding over) is tied. 
Massachusetts has been taken by the Know 
Nothings—the returns indicating that they have 
made nearly a clean sweep of the State. Boston 
elects 44 Know Nothing representatives to the 
Legislature, and 6 Senators—a full ticket—and 
in other towns heard from the result is similar. 
Gardner, the K. N. candidate for Governor, is 
probably cho-en by the people. The Congress¬ 
men chosen are claimed as Know Nothings. A 
dispatch from Springfield, Monday evening, 
says:—The Know Nothings have swept the 
State, to-day, high md dry. In some places 
they have swallowed up all parties, carrying 
all the h roe Soil, and many of the YV big strong¬ 
holds. The majority of their Representatives 
elected seem to be Whigs, and all are Whig or 
Republican. The Administration is nowhere, 
and the old parties are now entirely licked up’ 
root and branch.” 
These ships are together armed with the enor¬ 
mous number of 4,410 guns, and manned by 
crews amounting in the aggregate to nearly 30- 
000 men. 
In contrast with this enormous steam marine 
of Great Britain, it may be proper to state that 
the United States have two screw steam-ships 
in commission, the Princeton and San Jacinto, 
and seven frigates building—total 9. 
Thanksgiving. —The Governor of the Stale of 
New Jersey has appointed the 23d inst., and the 
Governors of Connecticut, Rhode Island, Mich- 
gan, Illinois and North Carolina, the 30th, to be 
obseived as a day of thanksgiving and praise 
by the people of their Slates respectively. These, 
with the States noticed last week, amount to 
fifteen which have made the appointment for 
the annual religious anniversary, all but four of 
which named the 30th inst. as the day. 
1 . S. Gov. Seymour, of this State, has also 
appointed Thursday, die 30th inst. 
Western Money.— Bills on nearly all Banks 
in the Western Slates, except Ohio, are un¬ 
salable, and of course unusable, in this city.— 
Lankeis and brokers refuse to purchase, except 
at very high rates of discount, Indiana, Michi¬ 
gan, Illinois and Kentucky money. Western 
agents and (lends of the Rural will please note 
this fact, and remit Flastern money, (or drafts 
on New York or Buffalo, charging us the ex¬ 
change,) at least until there is a decided im¬ 
provement in the market for bills on Banks in 
the States above named. 
“Life Illustrated— a Journal of Entertain¬ 
ment, Improvement and Progress,” is the title 
of a new and beautiful folio weekly, published 
by Fowlers <fc Wells, New York, at $2 per 
annum. The number before us indicates talent, 
and ability, which, with the reputation of the 
publishers, give the enterprise the prestige of 
success. 
— In perusing the Life, we find, among other 
sensible and spicy paragraphs, one which so 
happily expresses our own sentiments, and gen¬ 
eral practice, that we subjoin it for the benefit 
of all Rural readers interested. Contributors 
and correspondents are too apt to judge from 
wrong impressions or premises: were they in 
the position of Editors, what they often con¬ 
demn would be approved and practiced bv 
themselves. But to the paragraph—thus : 
Have the goodness to bear in mind, ladies and 
gentlemen, that a communication may he de¬ 
ferred or declined from considerations totally 
irrespective of its merit as a composition. It may 
be too long. It may come too late. YV'e may 
have another art cle on the same subject al¬ 
ready in type. Our space, may be pre-engaged 
The subject may be unsuitable or untimely^ or 
it mav be less suitable and less timely than t hat 
of articles previously received. Remember that 
the Editor alone is in a position to judge of the 
comparative claims of the different articles to 
insertion. YV’e are bound to consider ihe inter¬ 
est and pleasure of our subscribers before any 
thing else, and we shall, in all cases, do so. A 
writer naturally places a certain value upon his 
own productions, and is naturally disappointed 
when an article upon which he has sethis heart, 
does not appear. But we rely upon the good 
sense of our contributors, and believe that the 
considerations to which we have alluded will 
meet with an unfeigned response from all. 
Sentence of Dr. Graham. —Dr. Graham, the 
homicide of Col. Loiiing, was last week sen¬ 
tenced to a seven years term in State prison.— 
Ihe judge, in view of the aggravated circum¬ 
stances of the case, gave the prisoner the ex¬ 
treme limit allowed by the statute. 
Indebteuness of Cities.— The somewhat 
alarming tendency of municipal corporations to 
run into debt, is notorious, and ought to be held 
in check by the wholesome restraints of a sound 
public opinion. Of the enormous indebtedness 
of New York, Philadelphia, and other large 
cities, most people are fully aware ; but it takes 
western cities, predicating their ability to pav 
upon the rapid increase of population and indi¬ 
vidual wealth, to go into the market for credit 
most extensively, thus:—According to the an¬ 
nual report of the Comptroller of the city of St. 
Louis, the amount of the indebtedness is $35,- 
553,096, including subscriptions to railroads.— 
The amount of real estate assessed in the vari¬ 
ous wards of the city is put down at $41,104,- 
921.13. Amount of merchandise for taxation, 
$10,148,937.77, being an increase over last year 
of 3,081,885.93. The amount of revenue from 
all these sources collected during the year, is 
estimated at $651,090, which is an increase over 
last year’s return of $40,000. 
“The Old Folks ” will give a Concert at Cor¬ 
inthian Hall, in this city, on Friday evening, 
Nov. 24th, under the direction of Mr. Dukfke. 
A good time is anticipated. 
ZW The Legislature of Vermont, now in ses¬ 
sion, has passed a law to punish fraudulent is¬ 
sue and transfer of stock, making such issue a 
felony, punishable by fine not exceeding $1,- 
000, and imprisonment in the State Prison for a 
term not less than one year nor more than ten. 
.HfpTrish and Scotch laces to the value of 
£250,000 sterling, or over a million dollars, ar:* 
said to be sent every year to the United States, 
where most, of them are sold as “ French,” "YLi- 
lenciennes,” “ Marseilles,” “ Brussels,” <fc c ., 
which it is the fashion to believe are better than 
those made in Great Britain. 
ZW The Austin State Gazette of the 30th 
ultimo says, that the Governor of Texas has re¬ 
fused to receive the stock offered by Messrs. 
Walker and King as the deposits to secure the 
I’acitic Railroad Contract—the project is there¬ 
fore considered a failure. 
In the U. Slates District Court at Colum¬ 
bus, Ohio, R A. Sloane, a Sandusky lawyer, 
was convicted under the fugitive slave law of 
1850, of aiding in the escape of three slaves._ 
Judgment was awarded for the penalty of $3,- 
000, $1,000 in each case, with rosis. 
Rev. Mr. Moreten, an English missiona- 
ary, now laboring at Loo Olioo, acknowledges 
the receipt of $275, a donation to his mission, 
from officers of the American Expedition to 
Japan. 
A duel was fought fourteen miles from 
Columbia, S. 0„ on Thursday week, between 
Peter Gaffeny and Dr. Ray. ' The former was 
killed at the second fire ; the latter was not in¬ 
jured. 
ZW" Isaac Toissaint L’Ouverature, son of the 
Havtien negro General of that name, died lately 
at Bordeaux, France, where he was in receipt 
of a liberal pension from the French govern¬ 
ment. 
ZW Joanna Renfz advertises in one of the 
Albany papers that if her runaway husband 
does not return within three days from date, 
she shall consider herself divorced and marry 
again. J j 
Mary Howit is engaged in writing a pop¬ 
ular History of America, intended to make the 
reading class of English artizans belt< r ac¬ 
quainted with the history ot the United States 
than they have heretofore been. 
IW Washington papers mention the recent, 
deat h of Col. YV'illiam Hunter, a gentleman who 
for the last quarter of a century had been a 
clerk in the office of the Fourth Auditor of the 
Treasury. 
ZWT The Philadelphia Ledge r gives a list of 
salaries paid annually under the new consolida¬ 
ted government of Philadelphia, amounting to 
$644,250. Of this aggregate $179,100 goes to 
tne police. 
McFarlane, a tight rope performer at, 
Castle Garden, New Y’ork, performing the dar¬ 
ing feat of ascending on a tight wire from the j 
ground to the wall, a distance of 130 yards, and 
came down again successfully. 
®fF*Two women have settled in Nevada, 
California, for the purpose of telling fortunes.— 
Locations of good mining claims are described an ° 8 
for $10 cash, aud $250 payable out of the first 
proceeds of the claim. 
ZW The Catholic Church at Oxford, Che¬ 
nango county, was recently broken into, and 
the Silver Pixis, or vessel cased with gold for 
containing the blessed Sacrament, stolen, and 
other damage committed. 
ZW The telegraph says that Mr. Hall, of 
Missouri, decliues the Governorship of Nebras¬ 
ka, and the vacancy will not lie filled perhaps 
for some months. In the meantime, the Secre¬ 
tary (Cumming) will he the acting Governor. 
ZW Arrison, the villain who murdered Alli¬ 
son and wife at Cincinnati, some time since, by 
an infernal machine, has been arrested at Mus¬ 
catine, Iowa, and taken hack to Cincinnati. 
ZW I» month of September, upward of 
fourteen thousand emigrants arrived at New 
York—one thousand more than in the same 
month last year. 
ZW Mr - Tiimej. a dentist, late of Alexandria, 
Egypt, is reported to have found a stuffed tooth’ 
in a mummy, and several teeth in other mum¬ 
mies which bore marks of filling. 
ZW The Panama railway is completed to 
within eleven miles of Panama, and the cars 
run that distance; the rest of the distance is 
performed in three hours on mules. 
^ir David Brewster has in preparation a 
work of great interest, namely, “ The Life, Wri¬ 
tings and discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton.” 
During the past twelve months, more 
than 4,000 American vessels, including those on 
the lakes and rivers, have been lost. 
UTiT It. is understood in Tampa, Florida, that, 
the Federal authorities are about commencing 
the construction of roads into the Indian coun¬ 
try. 
A wire suspension bridge across the Mo- 
nongahela river, at Morgantown, Va., is neaily 
completed. 
-The Baptist denomination are going to 
publish a paper in Knoxville, Tenn., to be call- 
tbe Baptist Watchman. 
-Milwaukee drives a pretty large trade 
in beer. Her exports for the present season 
have been 10,238 lbs. 
.-The wrecks on the coasts and in the seas 
<>f the British Empire, during 1853, were 832 
against 1115 in 1852. 
-- Mrs. A. M. Hinckly, has been held to 
bail at New Orleans, on charge of cruel treat¬ 
ment. to her slaves. 
I lie Yankee Packet ship, James Baines, 
recently ran from Boc*ton to Liverpool in 12 
d usl The quickest time on record. 
,-Mrs. Catharine Cypress died of fright at. 
Fulton, Ohio, on the night of the 27t.h nil., in¬ 
duced by a gang of rowdies attacking h< r house 
- The large Passenger Station of the Al¬ 
bany and Boston Railroad at Pittsfield, Mass 
was destroyed by fire a few da\ s since. ’ 
-The whipping post is still in use in Cov¬ 
ington, Kentucky. Lawrence Hunt was pub! c- 
1.V' whipped in that place last week for stealing. 
-The Supreme Court oT Holland has just 
decided a case begun in 1420, respecting the 
boundary between two communes. 
-Contrary to the opinion generally recivod 
Finland is reported as Russian—not out of hue 
to Russian rule, but out of hatred to Sweden. 
-The new school Presbyterians have re¬ 
solved to establish a publishing house at Phila¬ 
delphia. A site and buildings have been pur¬ 
chased for $45,000. 
-A young man, named Y r an Olinden, has 
lately been sent to jail in Detroit, for ihe crime 
of throwing stones through the car windows on 
the Central road. 
-The English Society for the Propagation 
of the Gospel has it in contemplation to open a 
fund for maintaining an additional number of 
clergymen at the seat of war. 
-The Mormon Temple which is being 
erected at Salt Lake City is dc.-cribed as heim ; * 
a very magnificent structure, coverinir an area 
of 21,860 square feet. 
- 1 he sales of the public lands this year 
wid exceed 6,000,000 acres; a larger quantity 
than has been sold in any one year for fifteen or 
eighteen years. 
-The mining industry of Chili is in a high 
state of development. The yield of silverier 
18o2, is estimated at a sum equal to £2,400,000 
sterling. 
--New Clubs under the organization of 
Constitutionalists, have been formed in Phila¬ 
delphia, designed to be a counterpoise to the 
Know Nothings. 
-A statue of Beethoven, for the Boston 
Music Hall, has just been cast in bronze, at Mu¬ 
nich. It, is said to meet the approbation of the 
best European judges of statuary. 
-There are no less than six thousand pi- 
manufactured in Boston annually, ami 
they are sold at prices varying from $225 to 
$1,500 each. 
-A sheaf of wheat was suspended from 
the altar of the church in the little village of 
Empingham, England, on the occasion of the 
recent Thanksgiving for the bountiful harvest. 
-A large edition of the Italian New Tes¬ 
tament, of at, least 30,500 copies is soon to be 
published in Italy, under the superintendence 
of Dr. G. Achilla. 
-The Austrians are building forts around 
Cracow; one of thorn is called Fort Kosciusko! 
Can the Austrians pronounce that name without 
a blush? 
-Cholera is fast disappearing from most 
of the West India Colonies. The accounts of 
the coining sugar crops are generally good, but 
a great scarcity of labor prevails. 
-The Richmond Mirror of Oct,. 27, savs: 
Our streets tor two or three weeks past have 
been thronged with emigrants, going, we pre¬ 
sume, to Kansas and Nebraska territories. 
-John Collins, a minor, was recently sent 
to the Boston house of correction for six months 
as a common drunkard, lie has already spent 
six years of his life in that institution. 1 
-The Albany Register suggests that the 
story of the oyster disease was got up by the 
polit.itians, as a matter of political economy to 
save themselves the expense of suppers. 
-At present there are said to he seven 
hundred ami fifty paper-mills in the United 
States, computed to make nearly three hundred 
millions of pounds of paper annually. 
-An important Railroad has just been 
opened in Ohio—that leading from Wheeling 
to Columbus. This completes the connection 
between Cincinnati and Baltimore. 
