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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 
AGRICULTURAL. Pad*. 
Imported lusect* and Weed*,...157 
Hessian Fly, [llluHlrulud,]. J57 
Wheat llld(ll, (Illustrated,).157 
Granary Weevil, (Illustrated,].157 
Gooseberry Haw Fly, |Illustrated,]....157 
The Clod-Crusher, Attain,..157, 158 
Manuring Pasture* and Meadow*,.158 
The Monly Question,. .....158 
How to Raise Calve*,.168 
Rural .Spirit of thr, I’rttt- Quick and steady Milk¬ 
ing; Hotline Fence Poet*; liow to destroy the Pea-Rug; 
Cattle Disease in England,. 158 
tnr/uiric * anti JnHctr* Patent Wire Fencing; Howto 
ntend India Rubber Hoot*; Pnrcival’s Veterinarian; Scab 
in Sheep; About Ditching; Waab for Out-building*; The 
Timber Question, again; The Scratches,..,. 158 
Agricultural MUteUany- Los* of the Turnip Heed 
Crop in Kurland; Potatoes from Michigan; Terra-Cultu¬ 
ral honors (Uncialmed; State Agricultural College; Prof- 
it* of Sheep Husbandry; Premium on Shade Trees; 
Monroe Co. Ay Society; Brock port Union Ag. Society, 168 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Origin of the King Apple,. 169 
Laying out Front Yard*,. 169 
The Garden,—Narcissus[Illustrated].. 169 
Rhubarb Wine,... ,..159 
injurious Insect*, [illustrated,]... 159 
Imjuinea and Anritcrs Preserving Strawberries *0 
a* to retain their Color; May Bug* and CurculiOS; Gar¬ 
den Walks; Growing Parsnip*; Strawberries at Dayton, 
Ohio,. .159 
Horticultural AWm—N ew Fruit Book; Garden Peas; 
The Curcuiio in Michigan, ... 169 
DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 
Uses of nieccN of Bread; While Swelling; Skimming 
Milk; To Color Green; HtA’kies, an Arkansas Dessert; 
Preserving Buttermilk; Oilental Printing, .169 
LADIES' OLIO. 
A Ihdrospeetion. [Poetical,| The Last Marriage in the 
Family; Beauty and Consistency; Female Society; 
The Heroism of Economy. ICO 
CHOICE MISCELLANY. 
Our Ships, (Poetical,| The Poet and the Philosopher; 
Self-Esteem- A Reply; What Divers meet with,_..ICO 
SABBATH MUS1NG8. 
Sabbath in the Country, [Poetical,] 1 am a Stranger; 
heeling and Faith; The Test of Love,. ICO 
THE REVIEWER. 
The History of France; Life of Andrew Jackson; The 
Legal Adviser; A Voyage Down the Amour: Religious 
Denominations of the World; CaMeli's Illustrated 
I’amity Bible; Wild Sport* in tin- South; The Teach¬ 
er'll Assistant; Westminster Review; Books Received,lfil 
SPICK FROM NEW BOOKS, 
Night Air; Cleanliness,.....„.]g] 
USEFUL OLIO. 
Views in Western New York, No. 1 Cayuga Bridge, foot 
ol Cayuga Lake, [illustrated,] View of Aurora,... 1 G 1 
YOUNG KURA LIST. 
Preservation of Birds, Ac. No. IV’,. 1C] 
STORY TELLER. 
If we knew, [Poetical,] My School Teacher; An Auto¬ 
biography, .. km 
ROCHESTER, N. Y„ MAY 1!>, 1WJ0. 
DOMESTIC NEWS. 
Washington Matters. 
The Postmaster-General in a communication to 
the Senate on the 8th inst., responsive to a reso¬ 
lution of inquiry on the subject of lessoning the 
number of dead letters, says that after the most 
careful consideration he is constrained to believe 
that the chief improvement in the dead letter of¬ 
fice must lie effected by providing for the return 
of letters through the office in a greater number 
at a shorter time. 
A careful examination of the condition of the 
Treasury shows there will bo a deficit of at least 
$8,000,000 ftt the dose of the fiscal year on the 
30th of June, on the basis of Secretary Cobb's re¬ 
ceipts, which must be supplied either from a loan 
or treasury notes. 
The steamer Philadelphia left for Hampton 
Roads 011 the 11th inst,, to receive the Japanese 
Embassy. Among her passengers are Capt I> 11 - 
pont and Lieut*. Lee and Porter, Charles W. Lee, 
Chief Clerk, and John W. Hogg, Corresponding 
Cleric of the Navy Department, Mr. Archbalra, 
Chief Engineer of the Navy, Mr. Ledyard, son-in- 
law of Mr. Cars, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. McDonald, 
Secretary to the commission, and a full band, 
The Embassy is to be received at the Navy 
Yard with great pomp, and conducted to their 
quarters under military escort. It is the intention 
of the President to have a formal interview on 
Wednesday, in presence of the Cabinet, aud others 
holding prominent public positions. 
Dispatches from our Minister, Mr, McLean, to 
our Government, which were brought by a mes¬ 
senger from the City of Mexico to Vera Cruz, an¬ 
nounce that Miramou's Government lias accept¬ 
ed the basis of adjustment proposed by the French 
and English Governments, excepting the provis¬ 
ions for civil and religious toleration. 
Circulars to Secedcrs from the Charleston 
Convention, showing the urgent necessity for 
their return to the National Convention at the 
adjourned meeting in June, have been in circula¬ 
tion for the signatures of members of Congress. 
The movement is intended to forestall the conven¬ 
tions in the seceding States to supply the vacan¬ 
cies occasioned h.y the withdrawal of delegates 
Lord Lyons bail a protracted interview with the 
Secretary of State, on the 11th inst., in regard to 
the San Juan affairs. It is pretty evident that the 
matter is not so easy of solution as Lord John 
Russell supposed. The proposition of the English 
government has been peremptorily and positively 
declined by our government, and the final settle¬ 
ment is as remote to-day us it was in the begin¬ 
ning. Oar government, as from the first, main¬ 
tains its indisputable rights to the Island. What 
new position England will next assume in the 
matter, the next mail will probably disclose. 
can be best observed. Mr. Pearce made some re¬ 
marks in support of the resolution, and it was 
adopted. 
The discussion on the Homestead bill was re¬ 
sumed, and most of the amendments presented by 
the committee of the whole, were adopted with¬ 
out debate. Mr. Rice's amendments extending 
the operations of the bill to lands not subject to 
private entry, were rejected. Other amendments 
were offered and rejected, and the bill finally 
passed—ayes 44, nays 8. 
Among other matters finally acted upon was the 
House bill, furnishing additional mail facilities, 
which was passed; also the deficiency bill. 
IIoi'SK.—Mr. Burlingame, from the Committee 
on Foreign Afl’airs, reported a bill authorizing the 
President to appoint a full Minister to Sardinia 
with a salary of $ 12,000 per year, with a Secre¬ 
tary of legation at $1,800 per annum. Passed 
without debate. Tlie House passed the Senate 
bill providing for carrying out stipulations of 
Convention with Paraguay. Adjourned. 
Politico! Intelligence. 
Tttk Republican State Convention of Ohio, to 
nominate candidates for State Officer*, will be 
held on Wednesday, June 13th. 
The Illinois Republican State Convention met 
at Decatur on the 9th inst. John M. Palmer, of 
Macoupin county, was chosen temporary Chair 
man. The committee on organization reported 
Joseph Gillespie, of Madison county, for Presi¬ 
dent, and nine Vice-Presidents and five Secreta¬ 
ries. 
Messrs. Sweat, Yates and Judd, were then put iu 
nomination for Governor, and after several bal¬ 
lots, Richard O. Yates, of Morgan county, was de¬ 
clared the unanimous choice of the Convention. 
Francis A. Hoffman, of Dupage county, was nom¬ 
inated ior Lieut. Governor by acclamation. 
The rest of the ticket was filled out ns follows: 
Auditor—lesse K. Dubois. Treasurer—Wm. Bui- 
ier. Secretary—O. M. Hatch. Superintendent of 
Schools —Newton Bateman. Resolutions were 
unanimously adopted declaring Abram Lincoln 
the choice of the Republican party of Illinois for 
the Presidency, and instructing the delegates to 
Chicago to use all honorable means to secure his 
nomination, and vote as a unit for him. Four 
delegates at largo and t wo delegates from each 
Congressional District, and two electors at large 
and one elector from each District were appoint¬ 
ed. Delegates at large—Gustavos Keener, N. R. 
Judd, David Davis, O. II. Browning. Electors at 
large—Leonard Sweet and J. M. Palmer. 
Tun Connecticut Legislature, on the loth inst., 
re-elected Senator Lafayette S. Foster, The Dem¬ 
ocratic candidate was lion. W. W. Eaton, of Hart¬ 
ford. The vote stood in the Senate 14 for Foster, 
V for Eaton. In the House, 137 for Foster, 
70 for Eaton. 
Tub Constitutional Union Convention was held 
Baltimore on the bth inst. Delegates from 
every State, except Oregon and South Carolina, 
reported themselves 
At noon the Convention was called to order by 
John J. Crittenden, whose appearance was greet 
cd with loud and prolonged cheering. Prayer 
was offered by the Rev. Dr. James McCabe. Mr, 
Crittenden moved that Washington Hunt, of New 
York, take the chair, which was unanimously up 
proved. Mr. Hunt, on taking the chair, delivered 
a powerful address, designating the slave question 
that has split the Democratic party as a miserable 
abstraction. He believed that this Convention 
has power to rally around it, the patriotism of the 
country. On motion of Leslie Coombs, a Com¬ 
mittee on permanent organization was appointed, 
aud also on credentials. The Committee on Or¬ 
ganization reported the following list of officers: 
President—Washington Hunt, Yice-Presidents 
—One each from 19 States, including Marshall P. 
Wilder, of Mass.; Fred. A. Tallmadge, of New 
York; Peter J. Clark, of New Jersey, and Joseph 
It, Ingorsoll, of Pu. Also 11 Secretaries. The 
nominations were confirmed by acclamation 
Joseph R. Ingersoll reported from the commit¬ 
tee on business the result of their deliberations, 
which be said were characterized by great una¬ 
nimity and patriotism. The report says that, 
and 
vnd 
in 
Congressional Proceedings. 
Senate —Mr. Pearce offered a resolution to pro¬ 
vide for the observation of the total eclipse of the 
snn on the 15tb of July next. It authorizes the 
employment of a vessel to transport no more than 
live astronomers to some point where the eclipse 
Whereas, Experience lia* demonstrated Unit /ill plat¬ 
form,; :ul,,;.t„.I hy political pai-lie*. have the effect to 
mode/ol. trad to cause political division*, hy encouragin'- 
ge ,1 graphical nod scetluual parties; therefore 
Ri-«oI<Vd, That both patriotism and duty require that 
they should recognize nr, policy or principle* but those 
resting on tlie broad foundation of the Constitution of 
the country, the union ,,f the States, and the enforce¬ 
ment a or the laiv-, and that, as representative* of the 
Cnu-titutioual Union party and of the country, they 
pledge thrunc-lvo* to maintain, protect and deb-rid these 
principles, at home and abroad, and secure the blessings 
of liberty to themselves and posterity. 
Adopted by acclamation. 
Mr. Buell, of N. Y., moved to proceed to a bal¬ 
lot for President, and continue to vote until some 
one received a majority. Carried. 
A resolution was carried for the appointment, 
of tellers, and Messrs. Brooks, of N. Y.; Ilaeliett, 
of Tennessee; Watson, Of Miss., and Rockwell, of 
Conn., were appointed. 
i'intt Ballot —Houston, 57; Bell, <:s'; Scott, 25; 
McLean, 22; Graham, 22? Sharkey, «; Crittenden, 
28; Goggin, 3; Butts, PA; Rives, S. 
Du the second ballot Mr. Bell was nominated. 
Edward Everett was unanimously nominated as 
candidate for V ice-President, and the Convention 
adjourned sin* die, 
Mr. Bku., the nominee, first became known to 
the country while a member of the House of Rep¬ 
resentatives, of which body he has been Speaker. 
He was a member of Gen. Harrison’s Cabinet, but 
resigned on John Tyler's accession. Since that 
event he has been for a considerable portion of 
the time a member of the United States Senate. 
The Legislature, since the 20th ulL, has passed 
an act to create the office of State Ot ologist; to 
provide for a vote of the people to decide whether 
a Convention shall be called to review the Con¬ 
stitution. 
The bill giving a bonus of $00,000 and $40,000 
in installments of $6,000 and $4,000 per annum, 
to the first and second companies carrying tele¬ 
graph lines across the continent, has passed both 
houses. 
Late news from Mexico, brought by the steamer 
Cortez, says, a Liberal army 6,000 strong was re¬ 
ported to have taken Colima and Manzanilia with¬ 
out opposition. 
The WaBhoe silver mines are still the absorb¬ 
ing matter of public consideration; itisestimated 
that 7,000 people have already gone there. Im¬ 
proved roads over the mountains give a new im¬ 
petus to emigration thither. A gentleman just 
returned, met on the mountains during two days, 
1,000 laden mules, 3,500 head of sheep, and 800 
head of beef cattle going over to the mines. New 
discoveries or silver mines arc reported, and the 
general belief is Increasing in the great, extent 
and richness of this silver region. 
Since the sailing of the steamer on the 20tb, 
business in the interior has shown manifest im¬ 
provement. Orders are coming forward liberally, 
and money isbceomingmore abundant. Trade has, 
however, not been of sufficient duration yet to 
bring jobbers forward for goods from first bunds 
to auy great extent. They are buying, but scarce¬ 
ly with the freedom with which they are moving 
their own stock. Prices are steady and likely to 
keep so; no speculative movement appears prob¬ 
able, and operators are meeting the market from 
stock already on hand. Few speculations have 
occurred the past week. 
Oregon dates are received to the 21st. G. R. 
Othiol has been nominated as Democratic candi¬ 
date for Congress by a Convention held at Eugene 
City. The Convention failed to nominate candi¬ 
dates for 1'residential Electors. 
Btitish Columbia advices are to the 24th. Fra¬ 
zer river mining news continues favorable. 
By telegraph from St. Joseph's, thiH A. M., we 
learn of a later arrival, and are in possession of 
California dates 1o the 5th inst., from which wc 
give the following: 
Nows had been received at San Francisco, that 
twenty camels from Liberia and Russia will ar 
rive at Son Francisco about mid-summer, and 
will be used instead oi mules tor freight express 
between California and Silt Luke. 
An apparently well authenticated minor pre¬ 
vails that the Rothschilds have sent out an agent 
from London to examine the Washoe silver mines. 
The Opbir Co., owning a part of the original 
Comstock lead at Washoe, have organize:) with a 
capital stock of $7,009,000. Capt. Ball has been 
elected Superintendent of operations at the 
mines, and has just returned from them, ne re¬ 
ports that, Hie mine could he made to yield $1,500,- 
000 this summer. 
The Placervillc and Bt. Joseph telegraph line 
has been extended eastward, and, its Superintend¬ 
ent states, will be in workijig order 45 miles east 
of Carson City, during the present, month 
Two tuns of copper 010 have arrived at Carson 
City, for shipment to San Francisco, ft pays from 
40 to 50 per cent. The new mines, where it was 
On Saturday week. Master William Chapman 
attracted considerable attention by driving in 
Watertown, N. Y„ a pair of well broken steers, 
attached to a little cart, neither of which was 
eleven months old. The boy i* but thirteen years 
old, and so thoroughly has he disciplined his 
team, that he could get into his cart and drive 
them where he pleased. 
During the three years x»f Mr. Buchanan’s 
administration, the Department of State has 
issued about eighteen thousand passports to 
Citizens desiring to travel in foreign parts. 
The N. Y. Herald’s Washington correspondent 
says that the famous Wutrous impeachment case 
will he revived this session. The House Com¬ 
mittee on the Judiciary have at leust thirty wit¬ 
nesses. Although there has heretofore been a 
(allure to make up a case for the Senate, the Com¬ 
mittee seem to think that the facts which will he 
developed on the present occasion, will he suffi¬ 
cient to secure the result so long <te>.ircd. 
Slaver Captured. —A dispatch from New Or¬ 
leans, on the 12th inst, nays, the Government 
Steamer Mohawk, with the bark Wildfire with 250 
negroes captured on the coast of Cuba, is below, 
awaiting order*. The capture of the Wildfire 
caused great excitement at Havana. 
®l)c JJttDs Condenser. 
f rom Mexico. —The New Orleans Picayune con¬ 
tains a summary of the news by the steamship 
Clyde from Mexico on the lOtli inst. Marquez 
had escaped from prison. Gen. Parra, formerly 
Minister of War under Zulooga, had enrolled un¬ 
der the Constitutionalist Monsieur Roliguy, suc¬ 
cessor to Minister Gabrace, of France, was shortly 
expected to arrive. Gen. Vega had evacuated 
Ban Luis, and meeting Ovuga at Salimas he was 
defeated, losing his baggage and artillery. Mira- 
mon was about leaving Mexico to repair his last 
disaster. 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
obtained, is iu Belmont Co., and it cost $15 per 
From 1 ho Pacific Bide. 
The Bony Express arrived at Bt Josephs on the 
7th inst, time nine days, four hours. 
Telegraph dispatches from Carson Valley to 
parties interested, but which are not yet publish¬ 
ed, state that the Indians between Balt Lake and 
Carson Valley have stolen ten horses belonging 
to the Pony Express Company. A new supply of 
horses will be sent from Sacramento, but tho in¬ 
coming express may leave three of four days be¬ 
hind time in consequence. 
tun to transport the ore to the nearest seaport. 
About 100 tuns of ore have already been taken 
from the mines, and the quantity easily obtained 
is said to lie almost inexhaustible. 
The Legislature adjourned April 30th. Tho 
principal journal acts passed, were to enable cer¬ 
tain counties to create debts for railroad purposes, 
subject to a vote of the people of the counties 
concerned. If the people bo vote, the total of the 
debts will lie $1,500,000; to pay $78,000 for the 
suppression of Indian hostilities in tho northern 
part of tlie State, during the past year; to pay 
$278,000 in liquidation of the State Prison claim*, 
leaving that institution self-sustaining; to submit 
to a vote of Hie peojdo whether a Convention 
shall be called to revise the State Constitution; to 
grant the right of way to the San Francisco and 
Los Angelos Telegraph Company; to appropriate 
$100,000 to aid the Trans-Continental Telegraph 
lines. The appropriations for ordinary State pur¬ 
poses exceed $1,(100,000, covering the fiscal year. 
'Ike fund in the State Treasury, after paying 
the State Prison and Indian War claims, will be 
about $250,000. 
New* Paragraphs. 
The venerable Plane as Allen, senior editor of 
the Pittsfield Bun, died last week. lie was 84 
years old, and the oldest editor probably iu tlie 
country. lie established tho Suu in 1800, more 
than sixty years ago. 
The lace manufacturers of Nottingham, Eng., 
have appealed to her majesty against the “ndverse- 
ness of fashion,” which is ruining their business, 
requesting her to Ret an example, which shall have 
the effect of filling tho counting-houses of Not¬ 
tingham with orders. 
Mr. Wheelwright, the American projector of 
a railroad across the Andes, is prosecuting his 
plan. The Argentine Confederation voted him 
$50,000 to defray the expenses of the preliminary 
surveys, and a league of land on each side of the 
proposed road when completed. 
The disease which broke outamong the buffalo, 
deer, and other game, last seasou, destroying so 
many ol them on the South side of the Missouri, 
seems to have disappeared as it came, nothing of 
the kind having been reported since the fall. 
A destructive fire is raging in the forest on 
the line between New York and Massachusetts, 
north and east of Albany. Many hundred acres 
of land have been swept over. Some of the locali¬ 
ties are in Berkshire county, between Windsor 
aud Cheshire, Dalton, North Adams, and Clarkes- 
Lurg, all in Massachusetts, near the New York line. 
Twenty-seven girls and boys, who were on a 
pic-nic and fishing excursion, were drowned in 
Boykin's mill pond, S. C., recently. The boat 
suuk iu the middle of the pond. The water was 
drawn off, and, at the latest dates, nineteen bodies 
had been found. 
Great Britain.— The Prince of Wales will not 
visit Canada before the 1st of July. 
The English and French Ambassadors to China 
left Marseilles on the 21st. 
The English government is negotiating for the 
Great Eastern to lay the cable between Singapore 
and Rangoon. 
The Times, in a leader, says that if the exodus 
from Ireland continues, she will soon become 
English and Hie United States Irish, and that the 
new world is the true home of the Celtic race. 
France. — The voting in Savoy will exceed 
100,000 in favor of annexation, with only 1,200 
noes, and 300 who abstained from voting. 
A slight insurrection had occurred in the 
French possessions in Africa, but it was promptly 
suppressed. 
Advices from Paris, state that the Emperor had 
decided on two military expeditions —one from 
-Algeria and tlie other from Senegal, to proceed to 
Timbuctoo, where they will unite. 
Jt is stated that. France proposed to Switzerland 
to relinquish her rights in reference to neutraliz¬ 
ing the districts of Savoy, by paying 30,000,000f. 
The MonReur publishes a letter of M. Thouvcncl, 
proving that the annexation of the neutral 
Duchies of Savoy will not change the liberation 
of Switzerland. 
Italy.— The Bishops of Romagna have been 
prohibited taking any part in the reception of 
King Victor Emanuel. 
The correspondent of the Journal des Dehats 
was ordered to leave Rome, by the Pope, but 
obtained a delay of twenty days. Advices from 
Naples say:—The royal troops attacked tlie insur¬ 
gents, who were entrenched in tire town of Cas¬ 
sini, and after fighting desperately three days, the 
government troops received re-inforcements, and 
compelled the insurgents to retire to Portumseo, 
leaving 250 killed. The royal troops bad JOtt 
killed. The town of Cassini was pillaged and 
sot on fire. Great misery prevails at Palermo. 
Orders have been given by France to execute a 
railway from Nice to Geneva. 
Advices from Messina on the 28th of April, 
state that perfect tranquility prevails there, but 
that general discouragement prevails. The num¬ 
ber of persons arrested is considerable; the cita¬ 
dels and prisons are crowded to excess. Reports 
are very Contradictory. It is said that a Neapoli¬ 
tan General had been captured by the insurgents, 
and that, the scat of government wub about to be 
transferred to Messini, and that the garrison at 
Palermo, though numbering 20,000 men, are afraid 
to proceed to the interior. Letters assert that tho 
Neapolitan army amounts to 160,000 men. 
Stain. —Marshal O'Donnell was about to return 
to Spain. Tlie result of tlie peace negotiation 
was unknown ; the government had not agreed 
on a course to he pursued in the trial of Mont 
mellin. 
The Constitutionnel states that the only condi 
tion attached to the general amnesty granted by 
Spain is, that parties implicated must take an 
oath of allegiance to the Queen. 
Turkey.— The Porte concluded a loan with a 
great Greek house at Constantinop'e for £7,000,- 
000 sterling. 
India and China.— The mails from Calcutta of 
March 28, and Hong Kong of March 25, had 
reached England. The American portion was 
forwarded per the Asia. 
Affairs in Judy's districts of India were, for a 
time, quite serious, but the government had 
adopted measures calculated to secure the crops 
aud the tranquility in the districts. 
Calcutta letters state that affairs had been quite 
serious in the indigo districts, hut the govern¬ 
ment had passed a law making any broach of con¬ 
tract u criminal offence. This, it was hoped, 
would tranquilizc the districts and save the crops. 
The Chinese were making great defensive 
preparations. It was rumored, but not con¬ 
firmed, that two English vessels were sunk in 
tho I’eibo river. Tlie Chinese rebels had threat¬ 
ened the trade uf Shanghai. 
CoMMBR0jAi.[ATBu.i0KBfCE— Rrradtttijft,—! The weather 
w favorable for the crop*, causing little inquiry anil weak 
prices. Flour easier, but rate* unchanged. Wheat 
quiet,-l@2d lower; red 10«3d@Il*; white Ilgffll2s4d. 
Coro dull and 3d lower; yellow 35s0d<a36d: white 30a6d 
ATi'ITe C.. <r,. _• - 
— The cholera i« increasing in Africa. 
— On the 20th nit., Napoleon entered lbs 53d year. 
— The active militia of Connecticut numbers 2,598 men. 
— The new French Uinister ia coming out from Havre 
in June. 
— U. S. Consul Stapp died of yellow fever, at Pernam¬ 
buco, April 14. 
— There are 930 clergymen in London, 429 churches 
and 423 chapel*. 
— In Troy, the other day, a blacksmith made 240 horse¬ 
shoe* in ten hour*. 
— The lii*t. express from Ptko’s Peak to St. Louis met, 
in one day, 100 teams. 
— The heaviest freshet in the Juniata ever known, oc¬ 
curred on the 10th inst.. 
— Sprague, the newly elected Governor of Rhode 
Island, i* but 28 years of age. 
— The legal weight of oat* in Iowa is fixed, by recent 
enactment, to 83 lbs. to a bushel. 
— Tlie Paris Patrie says the Sardinian troops had com¬ 
menced the evacuation of Savoy. 
— Nine deaths from lightning have been reported from 
the West, within four or live weeks. 
— A colossal bust of Schiller is to be a permanent 
fixture in the New York Central Park. 
— Attempts arc now being made to introduce the cot¬ 
ton and coffee plant* into New Zealand. 
— The school fund of Connecticut is $2,044,072, and 
yielded an income last year of $133,159. 
— The United States troops quartered at Harper’s Ferry 
have been ordered to Governor's Island. 
— In Philadelphia, $30 per annum is levied on every 
street railroad car within the city limits. 
— An American weekly journal ia to make its appear¬ 
ance in London during the present month, 
— Balls of ice, weighing over one pound each, fell in a 
recent storm in the Kenosha Valley, Kansas. 
— Only $17,000 ha* been raised for the new Arctic 
Expedition of Dr. Hay*,-$30,000 arc needed. 
Iho assets of the Methodist Book Concern at Now 
York, are $714,993 03; total liabilities, $104,008 64. 
— There are six or Bcveu generation* of gnats in a 
summer, and each lays two hundred and fifty eggs. 
— S. O, Goodrich, batter known a* Peter Parley, died 
Wednesday la*t, iu New York city, of heart disease. 
— A clergyman in Maine ha* distinguished himself by 
raising a parsnip which measures three feet undone iuch. 
— The region of Boston i* suffering just now from 
drouth, which in unprecedented at thix season of the year. 
— Tlie ship Switzerland, of New York, loaded with 
cotton, has been totally destroyed by fire at Apalachicola. 
— A revere drought prevail* in Northern Mexico,caus¬ 
ing much suffering among the cattle on the plantations. 
— A bill lias passed the California Legislature appro¬ 
priating $6,000 to provide wedls on the Colorado Desert. 
— In parts of Virginia, a large mortality has taken 
place among the hogs, in consequence of eating locust*. 
— The Legislature of Kentucky offer a reward of $1,000 
for a cure for the hog cholera, now prevailing iu that 
State. 
— It ia said that Horace Greeley has been appointed 
delegate to the Chicago Convention from the State of 
Oregon. 
— Reports are current in Augusta that frost has caused 
much damage to the cotton crop in upper Georgia and 
Alabams, 
— A new county has been formed iu Wisconsin from 
La Point® county. There are now fifty-eight counties in 
that State. 
— Aaron Leggett, a millionaire of New York city, died 
there a few days ago. His estate amounts to about 
$ 2 , 000 , 000 . 
— The new State House at Columbus, Ohio, will be 
Completed by the first of October next, at a cost of 
$1,350,000. 
— The Pennsylvania Railroad Company have lighted 
one of their cars with ga*,and are preparing to introduce 
it generally. 
— Advice* from Mexico say that the French and Eng¬ 
lish Ministers were endeavoring to arrange for a cessation 
of hostilities. 
— A Tennessee horse buyer in Cincinnati, who stands 
six feet in fils stockings, sayB that he is the shortest of 
seven brothers, 
— Rev. Dr. Hitchcock, of Amherst College, has received 
the honor of an election to the Imperial Geological Insti¬ 
tute of Austria. 
@37e. Sugar steady. Coffee quiet. 
— It Is said in Ireland that the Rev. Mr. Cahill’s letters 
Ron) America will greatly increase the number of emi¬ 
grants this year. 
— Tlie eccentric Kealfe, of John Brown notoriety, at 
latest date*, was donffeilating among the Shakers in War¬ 
ren county, Ohio. 
— The herring fisheries of tlie Chesapeake are proving 
very successful. Tlie run of herring is the largest in a 
period ol 30 years. 
— Some $15,000 worth of goods were consumed with 
tlie freight depot, of the Ottawa and Prescott road, ou 
Sunday night week. 
— One hundred and sixty vessels, loaded with about 
three million bushels of grain, passed Detroic on Thurs¬ 
day aud Friday Week, 
— There is at present in the poor-house of Cumberland 
Co., Pa., a negro aged 130 years. Ho was a servant under 
General Washington. 
— Toronto, C. W., is to be left without soldiers; all 
that are there now are to be removed. The people don’t 
relish the idea at all. 
— More than 3,000 panes of glass were broken by bail, 
on the JGth ult., at Rising Sun, Indiana. Scarcely a 
building escaped harm. 
— A suddeu darkness enveloped the city of Pittsburgh, 
about seven o'clock Monday-morning week, rendering the 
whole city as dark as night. 
— The New Orleans Delta says a lot of strawberries, 
about two quarts, recently sold in that city for $14, and 
cauliflowers for $2.60 apiece. 
— W. F. Burden, of Troy, has received orders from the 
Austrian Government for his machines for making horse¬ 
shoes for tho Austrian army. 
— Eleven hundred aud sixteen hungry persons appear¬ 
ed at the Soup House in Milwaukee, on Saturday week, 
and obtained something to eat. 
— Gen. Trezelj some time Minister-at-War under Louis 
Phillippe. and afterward tutor to the Count de Paris, 
has just died at the age of eighty. 
— Five treaties are now before the U, S. Senate for 
ratification, viz.: with Mexico, with Nicaragua, with Hon¬ 
duras, with Spain, and New Grenada. 
— A nioeting has been called in New Orleans, to pro- 
tent against auy action of the citizens of Louisiana com¬ 
mitting the State to disunion or secession. 
— An earthquake occurred In Eastern Ohio a fortnight 
ago, accompanied by a shower of meteoric stones, four of 
them weighing from 40 to CO pounds each. 
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