CONTENTS OF TH IS NUMBER. the rule*, and the appointment of a oommittee on 
AGRICULTURAL. Pag*. credenti f ,a ' Tbe President again refused to put 
Inquiries and Notes,. m lbe niotioD, and John L, Hiker moved that the 
forking and Black Spanish Fow/V, tBluairatedj’.....88S ' ice President take the Chair, which waB can ied. 
To Keep Potatoes troni Rotting,. 2 &', >n accordance with the vote, General Prescott 
.2 Ctolr. whs. Geo. Scro««, 
• » ' ,2T>> ft f I f! ell a Vi flff )l'.4 tl /lc (Dltlv VC #. I>.i. n nr.<4 AW. 1 
Tjib Republicans of Massachusetts met in Cod- Wp loam fp„ m ,,, „ 
vention at Worcester on,be 29th alt Ex-Gover- busine s of the V A ' ban * 8tHteBman tbat «> e 
»«»»•«« - «b.«. whoX^d tZ1ZX Til "a T7r 
Z e m uT e T[ 0 l °?L™ f0 "° W f d . by . CbarIefc engag * d ' Everything that ooaW possibl/be 
Jfeu.i0 Condenser. 
Snitiner. A committee on the electoral ticket d^7f^ b f 
*as appointed. The convention nominated John number of boats from the Pennsylvania Works 
A. Andrews for Governor by a Vote of 733 to 329 a,e already employed on L 
Butter-Making,. ’ .‘.^ and shaking hands with Mr. Prescott, and rcsign- 
Eatteninfr Animal* — Stall* and Sheds,. ed th ° Chair to him, admidst loud applause and 
Prospective Sterility Re-Affirmed,.””!!!z86 °'“Ch excitement. General AmoB U. PreBCott, on 
.s uu ,"f c , h,ir -«*•c-™— 
Mange in Young J'igs Cured, .^ would come to order. There WaB no necsshity for 
Rural Spirit uf the prut. Why Hungarian Grass 
should not be Grown; flouring in Grans Seed; Salt for 
Pence Post*; Eradication of Bushes; Driving Milch 
Cows; Loir Lands tilftt will hear a Team; Dwarf Broom 
Oorn,.... 
Inquiries and Aneieere. - Yankee Cheese; Turning 
under Bickwhcat; Laying Tile Drain; Smoking Seed 
confusion, and the Council need bo under no ex¬ 
citement. 
Gen. Scroggs and his frieDds then withdrew. 
The committee reported the following officers 
for the ensning year;— President— Amos II. Pres¬ 
cott, Herkimer. Vice President —Jesse C. Dann, 
■ * W -— **» WCCU n , 
Corn; Spleut, . . Erie. Secretary —Win. D. Murphy, Albany, 
Agricultural. AJitcellanv -Jlorrc Shows; Monroe Co. tint ant Secretary —C. B, Mticoruber, The report 
F “* r ; international Ho™ Show at Buffalo; Seeds was adopted, and the officers named elected amid 
and Lulling* from Syria; Four Calves at a Birth; Coun- loud cheers 
ty lairs; Sheep ve. Dag; Reaping Machines on the TO i>„. „ . 
Prairies; Tartar Camel* for Utah; Good Yield of Wheat- . 1 ar80DE moved th e appointment of a C 
Pairs next Week,. ’ 2ge mittce of fifteen as a State Committee for the 
A. Andrews for Governor by a vote of 733 to 329 
for Dawes. J. Goodrich was nominated for 
Lieut. Governor; Abner Warner, for Secretary of 
Biate, and George Morris and R. A. Chapman for 
electors at large. 
The North Carolina Douglas State Convention 
met at Raleigh on Friday week, Resolutions en¬ 
dorsing the Cincinnati and Charleston Platforms 
were passed, ami a full Douglas Electoral ticket 
was put in the field. R. P. Dick and Duncan K, 
McRae were chosen the electors at large. 
Official returns haveDow been received from 
all but two counties in Kentucky (Laurel and 
Jackson.) In 103 counties the vote is as follows: 
are already employed on the Erie Canal, and last 
week a fleet of about twenty barges from the Del¬ 
aware and Hudson passed this city on their way 
to the West, to be employed in the trade between 
Buffalo and this city. 
Lkttkhs published in San Antonio, Texas, say 
Iwo incendiaries were arrested at Henderson and 
lynched. Large quantities of poison were found 
on the negroes for the understood purpose of 
poisoning the wells and food of the whites. The 
total loss of property in Texas, it is said, reaches 
£3,000,000. Twenty persons have been hanged. 
Advices from Hondnras state that Walker had 
A ninety cent postage stamp has just been issued. 
— Comodore Mackintosh died, at Pensacola on the 1st 
inst, 
— The small pox is raging in Olivet, Clinton countv 
Iowa. 
— Geo. Washington Kirabal, U. S. Consul at St. Helena 
is dead. 
— The diocese of New Y'ork has sent $53,321 f or the 
relief of the Pope. 
— The Irish News calls Walker, the filibuster, our 
American Garibaldi. 
— It is estimated that not loss than 20,000 people visit¬ 
ed Central Park on Sunday week. 
— A rnmor was current in Paris, at latest dates, that 
Maziini had been arrested at Naples. 
— The streets of New Orleans are now being laid with 
,:T”- Camh.n 5 „ ~ ,ote “ *’ »'•* «*• old FM.cl C.tr.l America «« " a «••»* « M d , 
L.& P.r,oaa movd ‘he .ppolatmeat o( a com- Bolliag, 10,872; «mu.»l.tad the .ad t !,1 -7b. „„„ „„ 
Hopkins, 802, 
horticultural. 
suing year. Carried. The following Bute Com- James T. Brady accepts the Brcckenridge gub- Nicaragua, Kalvado’r, and Costa Rica. 
Picking and Transporting Finn*. 287 mittee was appointed : — Erastus Brooks, New eroatorial nomination of New York with the 
.* ITT* p “ r T.t „ H - o,i , h " ,,n - c -«-«•■* ■»«».nurwa,« 
Pear Culture_The Tyson, ., w ^' jaD y> Harvey Brmth, Rensselaer; R.J. Stevens, )»& union of the Democracy, 
contemplated the regeneration and union of all ~ 71)0 Bo " t0D papers say that the rains of Tuesday 
five of the States, viz,: Honduras, Guatemala, week were ^e heaviest ever witnessed tu that city. 
Nicaragua, Salvador, and Costa Rica. ’ — The population of Cleveland, Ohio, as shown by the 
Stevens, 
Beurre AudiMBonPeur, (Hiustnitedjj ".."”"’287 f,no,lda 8 a ! H.S. Sweet, Tioga; Lorenzo Burrows, 
Inquiries and Aveven Black Raspberry; Ameri- 0rleilD8 ’ E- W. Parks, J. C. Wager, New York; 
tan and Houghton's Seedling Gooseberries; Grapes, Ac, N. B. Lord, Jefferson; M, Strong, Mo 
for Minnesota; Stock* for Budding, Ac.; Shipping C. Dann, Erie; Abel Smith, Bchcncctady. the 2d insi 
» “"d*- ’'.«••.» On motion, the nnmo. of H.,l„„ h.ken, of Iltt, *251 
.SLSS. , U ' 0 , 0wr «" Wm «t New e'lwr o,c. 
mological Meeting*; A Fine Tomato; The Syrian Hedge 1 Were fl(3(3cd to the committee. There is 
.. Convention resolved to sustali 
DOMKSUC ECONOMY. Electoral Ticket in the coming contesl 
SwenTomato Pickles; Tomato Catsup; To Remove Tbe branch met at the Eagle I 
Mock Cream; Impi'esflion'pape^^CoiorVug Rci^.^.^.’.287 ^ CB ‘ ^ cro K" s suggested the following: 
LADIES' OLIO. Whereas, The A rncriran Party has n 
The Children’* Hour, | PoeticnLi pear Trees and Pearl for President aud Vice President; and 
Muttons; Perpetual Dreamers; ‘‘Uuly One Left,”.283 Whereas, It is not deemed udvisabl 
CHOICE MISCELLANY. na *« on American Statat ticket; tbeicfo 
Orleans; L. W. Parks, J. C. Wager, New York; Frw,n Hie Puclflc Side. 
N. B. Lord, Jefferson; M, Strong, Monroe; Jesse TlIK Northern Light arrived at New York 
P' riown . » i . 1 O_SAW. n . . At. . A V i * ■ . 
■e un- The Montreal Advertiser says that A. M. Ross, MDBa,<Ja ' ,t uken ’ iB * 3 ' 5S8 ' Io 185 °- ia 17,084. 
there Esq., the engineer who superintended the erection , — 14 ,s fald H** 1 ,be J* ra8 « river and Kanawh* canal, 
of the Victoria bridge, under Stephenson, and V<L - b&Te be#n 6old to * Freo ^ company of capitalists, 
whose name will be associated with itas long as ~ T1 J e « were 472 death, in New York last week-lees 
it endures, is now the inmate of a lunatic asylu □ &DJ corrM P on<liD 8 weel * du,lD g <hree y»ar* past. 
the 2d inst., bringing California advices of Aug, 
11th, $931,000 in gold, and 004 bags of Wauhoe 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
I a., have be»n sold to a FreDcb company of capitalists. 
— There were 472 deaths in New York last week—lees 
than In any corresponding week during three year* p M t. 
— The expense of maintaining the army and navy of 
France, for the current jear, L estimated at $107,400,000. 
— A police order has been iained in St, Lonls for the 
closing of all dance houses with which the city i* Infested. 
York, were added to the committee. There is an active business doing, with a good . ? KEA J Bkitain —The British Government has - The Prince of Wales intends to visit Bermuda 
ll.e Convention resolved to sustain the Union ^mand by the regular trade, and some specula ed from Par,iamen t an additional loan of »hould tim„ admit of it, on the voyage back to England 
Electoral Ticket in the coming contest tions to a limited extent. The market is as*um- two “Hlions iterling, by means of exchennov — Tt, e ™ *v.^.. j. ... . . .. 
The other branch met at the Eagle Hotel, when ir) S a Dlor e favorable appearance, while the easy 
Gen. Scroggs suggested the following: 8 tate of money matters continues to increase the 
Whereas, The American Party has no nominees dis P ositio11 to hny merchandize, 
for President and Vice President : and, The pony which should have brought the ex- 
n m T*° f 81 '->* »r um lib. 
CHOICE MISCELLANY. natc un Ameiicun State ticket; therefore, arrived r- n ' uau s oi August 4th, 
“By-and-by,"|Poetical -1 “They Bay” The Harvest- That the Americans of this State be Cai80 , n R,VCr on the “orning of the 
Little and Preciou*,..“.^X **.288 at . J1, "‘ rl 3 ' to vote as their judgment and con- 16tb > Without rider or letter bags. The supposi- 
SABBATH MUSLNGS. scient eH may dictate. tlon is that the horse threw the rider and got 
sciences may dictate. 
My Life, (Poetical;) The Sorrow of the World- The The resolution wits greeted with loud applause, ,l w'ay, or else that the Indiaus killed the rider, 
f.. l ^ ou . lfht: C^frolling th« Inclimi- and cries of «That’s right.” The resolution was took lhe letter hags, and allowed the horse to 
SPICE FROM NEW BOOKS ’ considerable opposition. 
Traces of Pant Life, . ....... - 8 9 followill K officers were then elected for tb< 
TIIK REVIEWER. ensuing year: President, Gnstnvus Adolphus 
The Magazines for September; Books' Received, .. 289 f cl0g * 8 >J '< re &***>* A. J. H. Duganne; Secre 
THE TRAVELER. 'ary, J. W. Dusted; Treasurer, W, P. Brayton; 
A Trip to the Wiiderne*,. No. nr- Map of Routes Alonzo Welch and Louis Lounshnry. 
through the New York Wilderness, [Illustrated,] ..„..2?9 1Ir - Contone moved that & State Committee be 
YOUNG RURALIST. appointed, consisting of one Horn each judicial 
IT Inr,i , a Man; Turkeys- a Curl- district, wilh the President as Chairman ex-officio. 
osity Menial Di .oiul ue; SkelcUms of Einhe* iec eco u 
THE ™nv T -, rf . *' I,u S UDne n,ovcd t0 add - " a n d that Should 
. , u lALbUK. circumstances arise which render it neoessHrv to 
Thorpe'* 1 (Tuardhin cal111 State CoDV, ‘tition this year, the State Com- 
"" 1 i ' mittee shall have power to call such Convention. 
_ . Both resolutione wore adopted. 
two millions sterling, by means of exchequer 
bills, on account of bad harvest prospects. 
In the House of Commons Sir C. Wood, in 
moving a resolution enabling the Secretary of 
Hiate in the Council of India to raise money in 
the United Kingdom for the service of the Gov- 
eminent of India, proceeded to show the stale of 
the Indian finances. The deficit for the present 
3 car » ending next April, wa* estimated at£7,472,• 
(100, Including guarantied interest on raiiway’s 
amounting to £1,270,000. 
The London Times says:—“There can be no 
— There are two thousand islands in Lake Huron that 
have actually been smveyed, besides others that have 
not. 
— The Mayor of New Orleans has issued an order pro¬ 
hibiting the police from taking an active part in political 
affairs. 
— Georgia is paid to be one of the most flourishing 
States in the Union, and one of the best governed in the 
8outb. 
— The Government of French Guiana has imposed a 
tax on a license to dance. The tax will bring a large 
incomp. 
The Rev. Charles G. Finney and wife have arrived 
Col. Fremont has issued a notice to the Chinese doubt of the 1, '- i " r y done to the b «P 8 by the uu- a, New York from England, on their wa'/to Xk home 
V. ^ A.... 1 -; a X v V . (f(»ritn1 traaG.A«* nun. A tl... ; _ «. . J 
adopted, after considerable opposition. escape. lhe London Times says:— 1 “There can be no - The Rev. Charles G, Finns and 7 h 
The following officers were then elected for the Co1- l ' 1remont ba8 issued a notice to the Chinese d ° U,,t of tho lri J ur 3 ? d «ne. to the hops by the un- at New York from England, onTheir way 6 to Xeir home 
ensuing year: President, Gnstnvus Adolphus who are working the gold mines on his grant, ger,, . al wea,bcr * a » d U>c intelligence of each day m Ohio. 
Scroggs; Vice President, A. J. 11. Duganne; Score • forb i ddi ug them to pay any more license tax Co,| finn8 the opinion that in many districts they —Four sailors were killed at the reception of the 
(ary, J. W. Dusted; Treasurer, W, P. Brayton; und 6f the State law taxing foreign miners. He will prove a total Inilure.” Prince of Wales at Montreal, by the premature discharge 
Sentinels, Alonzo Welch and Louis Lomihlinvo claims that all the cold contained in ti>a D „;i London Court Journal savs:—“Tt. is r-v. of E umi . 
tary, J. W. Dusted; Treasurer, W, P. Brayton; und 6t the State law taxing foreign miners. He will prove a total failure, 1 . Prince of Wales at Montreal, by the premature discharge 
Sentinels, Alonzo Welch and Louis Lounshnry. claims that all the gold contained in the soil TtlC ,j0nd<,n Court Journal says:—‘‘It is ex o{ eunB - 
Mr. CantfD6 moved that a State Committee be be longs to him, and the State has no control over peoted tliat Uer will not remain at Bal- ~ A lucky Irish miner, named O'Neil, has dhcovered 
appointed, consisting of one lroin each judicial tbe disposition of private property; that owners m0ral * 0U 8 C1 ' than a month, and that the Queen d,aroon<i8 >n the black Bands of the Ovens district, in 
district, wiili the President as Chairman r.t-offii io. of the land are also owners of the mineral.. an<1 Prince will then cross to Hamburg in the Aufctrttlift - 
Mr. Dugunne moved to add. “and that should and silver contained in it—a question never yet 
ireumstances arise which render it neoessarv to determined by the Supreme Court of the IlnitPd 
States. 
The schooner Caroline E, 
> Owners of the minerals, gold ’ innct win tnen cross to Hamburg in the 
d in it—a question never yet ' °* Val yact,t ! i”' ocefcd lo Coburg, and, after a short 
Supreme Court of the United B . t ttliei,,ba rtsbrun, go to Gotha. It is here 
that it is expected the meeting between the 
brought the camels from Ry 
3. Foot, which recently I>riB cess Royal and Her Majesty will take place.” J 1 
Syria, sailed yesterday J}° L ,° Ud ° n T.m.-s sayH.-“The new acts for ^ 
. w- ’ —uvu , i , . ~ - f4L»DOUIlC 
The Convention adjourned subject to the call H>r the Auiour River, via Ilakodadi, Japan,taking aK,Dg ,be c<itlsUH in England and Ireland next 
tho President and Secretary. home several Japanese who were left here sick ^ ll B ’ bave been '® 8 ued. The act for Scotland SHd 
— A box of coin has been found in an old bouse in 
Albany, where it is supposed to have been secreted many 
years ago, 
— The death of Senor Don Vincent Antonio Larranga, 
Spanish Consul at Charleston, South Carolina, has been 
announced. 
fJM ngBife 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., SEPTEMBER 8, I860. 
DOMESTIC NEWS. 
Wa^lilngton print: 
It Is ascertained that the Administration has 
no more official information on Mexican affaiis 6 
than is already known to the public through the 
newspapers. The dispatch of vessels to the U 
Gulf is merely a precautionary matter in view 
of the threatening RpaniBh hostilities against a "l ‘ 
Mexico. Jt is probable that Minister McLnne . “ 
will return to Vera Cruz in October, in accord- 
ance with tho desire expressed in official quar- ,‘ Ul 
ters. While our government would not view wiih 7, , “ 
indifference an armed European intervention in 7 Ut 
the affairs of that country, it would be powerless SUm ' r 
to lawfully interfere, Congress having mado no 
provision for such a contingency. at Lar 
Flag officer Cribley, of the East India squad- 
ron, officially reports that l.oid Elgin and Baron Tue 
Tuk radical Abolition National and State Con¬ 
vention assembled at Convention Hall, Syracuse, 
on the 29lh tilt. About lOOpersoDS were jtrosent. 
W. W. Chapman, Chairman of State Committee, 
called the Convention to order, and T. li. McCor¬ 
mick, ol' Ohio, was selected Chairman. There was 
no list of delegates. All poisons who chose to 
attend where considered members. A letter was 
read from Gerritt Smith, containing $30 to aid in 
printing tickets, Ao. He discouraged the expen¬ 
diture of much time and money. He alluded to 
the sad experience in 18.38, and thought there I 
by the Japanese steamer Candinmarrah. 
has not yet received the royal assent. There 
The first crushing mill erected at Washoe nothiDg aa to ‘religious professions’ in the En- _ 
— Col, Cbarras, odo of the Republican French exiles, 
and not unknown in this country, has joined the army 
of Garibaldi. 
mines commenced operations on the 11th It is 
capable of crushing li urn 300 to 400 tuns of gold- ’ A ,e census is to I e laid before Parliament worth $7 ooe. 
be.rtng , n .m AnoLher mill of o„». * 1 ““ nU '*'-**» *0. M*. oftl.. 
Sidcrablc power has since commenced operations, „ 18 8lftled tbal P rance supplied made his appearance in public life at tho mature age of 
and several small mills anrfr. process of erection. ‘ Wlta ^ ar K e <juautiUes of guus and ammu- two and h Jbalf. 
-- nition at reduced rates. — It is said that thirty men have been killed, or wound- 
Fvom Pike's Peak. ccoidjng to despatches from Naples, which ed for life, by threshing machines in Indiana during the 
Advices from Denver City reached St Jo- rftacbt:d 1>ariH 011 Sunday, the King is likely to present season, 
sephp, Mo., on the 31st ult abandon bis dominions. Neither the army nor —Gen. Lamorclere has had great trouble with bis 
The census returns were nearly comnlptp Thp t!ie Uav ^' SBid ' wi)1 flir Francis II. frish brigade, and has been glad to pay their traveling 
° rvKODiuun III tuu 1LL1- a i •» V 
glish act, but there is in the one relating to Tro , ’ chopp ,n « wood a whiIe a 8°> 
I.._J m. latingtolre- found, in the but-end of a hollow Dee, a bag of gold dust 
worth $7,000. 
— The heir of Spain, the Prince of the Asturias, has 
From Pike's Peak. 
Advices from Denver City reached St Jo¬ 
sephs, Mo., on the 31st ult 
The census returns were nearly complete. The 
was little ground for encouragement for the future J apalation of K^ d region was about 60,000, 
Delegates were present from Kentucky, Pennsvl- ot " were in 7* 16 boundary of Kansas. 
t _ tf. i ^ The engineer of 4Ha Km.tiro i4;n 
vauia. New Jersey, Michigan,Massachusetts, Ohio 
and New York, 
The engineer of the Smoky Hill Explorirg 
Expedition has arrived at Denver from Colorado 
- —- saw*u WlV/iaUVl a* T * 
Tlie following are the nominations made-_ Pee* Ci,y «“ d reports wood, water and grass on nearly p II ,8 e^cted that before the departure of 
ent —Gerritt Smith, of New York • l ire President ,be wbole route ^om Missouri. He is confident jL “ P * ror . ,w1 ' b< ' vo >' aud Al « er,a > Wl « Ambassa- 
Samuel McFarland, of Pennsvl van),. • , tbat an fxcl ' llent road ia practicable, by whicL ... , R . U ^ a a “' tl,e Porle "' lU bave likewise 
" the distance from Leavenworth to Coloiado City u ‘. < ’f , '’ ed ,uU P ow ers, and that the Convention 
~ will not exceed 680 miles, and to Denver City Wl11 tben be deHuitely eigned. 
IS- « A ___ s i . * . _ 
iCe f< ‘ GS * — It is Baid tbat thirty men bave been killed, or wound- 
ccoiding to despatches from Naples, which ed for life, by threshing machines in Indiana during the 
reached Paris on Sunday, the King is likely to present season. 
abandon bis dominions. Neither the army nor — Gen. Lamorctero has had great trouble with bis 
the navy, it is said, will fight for Francis II. Irish brigade, and has been glad to pay their traveling 
The representatives of England, Austria aDd ex l ,eu8es home * 
Prussia at the Court of the Tuilleries, have already —About 60 negroes in Pittsbnrg, Pa., have formed 
received the full powers necessary ior converting tLero * 8lv<i8 into a Zouave Company, under the name of 
the pi otocol of the 3d inst. into a formal oouven- Fort Pltt c,1<ie,s - 
-Samuel McFarland, of Pennsylvania; OWemor T'™ i'° ad 13 P^CticaWe, by which ^^^ ™ - It is calculated 
-Wm. Goodale, of New York; Lieut. Governor- thC dl8taDCe fr0m Leavei iworth to Coloiado City i ^ , J T Convention prodace to lhe , alue 
Syduey A. Beers, of Brooklyn; Canal Covrnis- " *** DOt exceed miles, and to Denver City J 1 " U} 61 ^ UL * the end of the year. 
sioner— Zenas Brockets of Herkimer; Prison In- 6 °° DlileS ‘ • A,76TI:I A,—An Austrian note has declared that — The gold digginj 
s-pecto )—Ellis Clisbee, of Montgomery; Electors ® xc Hement continues in regard to the discov- 111 lIlC! event ol Gitribaldi t iking possession of the yiridingagoodreturt 
at Large— Frederick Douglass and Charles Itam eries of fiilver on tbe BIue Rl ver - and the veins Ki “fi dom of Naples, or organizing an expedition out £‘°° in fi 'e days. 
will then be definitely signed. 
Austria.— An Austrian note has declared that 
— Vitriol throw ing has commenced in Worcester. Mass. 
A lady had an elegant dress destroyed, a few evenings 
hince, in that city. 
— It ia calculated that England will have to import 
prodnee to the value of full $45,000,000 between now and 
the end of tbe year. 
— The gold diggings at Springfield, Vt., are raid to be 
•n , e •« $ a. . , . c v t., ate tuiu to DB 
Excitement continues in regard to the discov- . eAeIlt ' ,, Garibaldi t *kiug possession of the yieldinga good return. A company of live men lately took 
The Democracy of Connecticut metinConven- 
Gross were endeavoring to settle the difficulties ticn at Hartford on the 30th ult. The nomination 
of the Chinese without resorting to force. 
Gen. Walker's plans excite so little interest in 
official quarters that no naval vessels have been 
directed specially to watch his movements. Eve¬ 
ry precaution will, however, be taken to inter¬ 
cept any armed bodies leaving our shores to join 
him. The errand of Minister Dimitry, from Costa 
Rica to Nicaragua, recently, to exercise all the 
power vested in him to repel the invader, was, it 
is known, more in a spirit of diplomatic duty 
than with means of success. Information has 
reached here that before Walker captured Trux- 
illo, he dispatched agents to Nicaragua to secret¬ 
ly organize his friends, in anticipation of his i 
invasion of that State. 
Political Intelligence. 
On the 2Sth ult, the American State Conven¬ 
tion was held at Schenectady, one hundred and 
twenty delegates being present. At 12 o’clock 
Gen. Scroggs called the Coun.il to order. 
Cn&rles 8. Maeomber, of Buffalo, was called out, 
and said the. old-line Americans were here in a 
body from Buffalo, representing every Council in 
that city, to repudiate the attempted sale of the 
of a clean Douglas electoral ticket was agreed od. 
There were -100 delegates present. The Brecken- 
ridge wing was in a minority. Tim following is 
the electoral ticket:— Electors at Large — Samuel 
Colt, of Hartford, and John J. Penrose. 1st Dis- 
increase in richness as they descend. against the Austrian possessions, Austria would — There Is a possibility of a scarcity of grain, in con- 
Mining operations coniinue brisk in the south- DOt Wttit for tbe attaclc > but would proceed to 8<?( l ueo «e of the continued cold and wet weather, in a 
ern diggings. A pan of dirt in McNulty’s gulch, D<eett,1 ° G’aiibaldian troops on whatever point 8^*7 of France. 
a few days since, yielded $67.35, and several °f 7h e malu land it might be necessary. —The receiver of the B aD k of Orleans gives notice 
Frederick Crosweil, of New Haven; 3d District— 
Wm. J. Johnson, of Montville; 4 th District—Wm. 
P. Burrell, of Salisbury. 
Resolutions were passed adopting the Charles¬ 
ton and Baltimore platform, aud recommending 
the same for adoption oy the Democracy of Con¬ 
necticut, and recognizing Douglas and Johnson 
as the regular nominated candidates of the Na¬ 
tional Democracy. An c-fibrt was made to affix a 
clause to one of the resolutions, instructing the 
delegates to vote for some other candidate than 
Douglas in order to defeat Lincoln, but this was 
rejected. Yeas 152, nays 220. 
The Republican Slate Central Committee of 
New York, met in Albany on the 30th ult Twen¬ 
ty out of twenty-four members were present- The 
Committee was organized by the appointment of 
Simeon Draper, Esq., of New York, Chairman; 
James Terwilligor, of Syracuse, Secretary, and G. 
C. Davidson, of Albany, Treasurer. Executive 
few days since, yielded $67.35, and several °‘ t,ie mi,i « land it inight be necessary, —The receiver of the Bank of Orleans gives notice 
nuggets ranging in value from $50 to $94, have ' v * ien Commander WuUersdorff, with a flotilla, that 'he notes will be redeemed at par, on presentation 
recently been found. was sent in May last to cruise in the Neapolitan his onice in Albion. 
Parties just arrived from New Mexico report ' v,|U>rs » fount Hzecheny, lhe Austrian Minister at — Tb * 8,up car ! ,euters of Buffalo are on a strike for 
the wheat crop in that territory, which has hith- wa8 instracted lw “form King Francis II 3^‘verv 2x1!^ 8hmingSper die “’ 
•to largely supplied the Pike’s Peak region with tbat tbe Au8,1 " ian Botilla was principally destined ' '' 3 ‘ 
>nr, will be mostly cut off. * to be lie,d at the disposal of the young monarch - , °'“' a ' Vts ) er “ Company, extending 
The troubles with the Navajo Indians continue ftnd hl8 family, in the event of the revolution miles, ha* been organised/' 11 ' 1 e ’ AI ‘‘” 4 dl:,tanca of 90 
rious. compelling them to quit their own country. It 
The Rocky Mountain News of the 22d, says that j* 00 lo " ecr doubted tbat j f ^ibaldi succeeds b „ eiJ r^lvld todSnn^M^the Lf 'ofsmau’teeT 
>00 or 3,000 Cheyennes were causing much an- beuon,,ug ma8ter ot Naples, the King ami his by whatever name known. ’ 
trict—E, A. Converse, ** ^e’/peak region with ^ ^^us.rian flotii.a was principally destined 
.. 1 ‘-IUUU 1 U, -u 19IBIUCL— .,:n L_... ... „ ° to lie bold at th* 4i*niu.t .. , 
flour, will be mostly cut off. 
to be held at the disposal of the young monarch 
The troubles with the Navajo Indians continue aild b ’ 8 (he event of the revolution 
serious 
2,000 or 3,000 Cheyennes were causing much an¬ 
noyance on the Platte, begging and stealing, and 
in some cases attacking ranches. 
News Paragraphs. 
The Commissioner of Patents has given his 
hearty concurrence to a proposition for the erec¬ 
tion of statues to the memory of great. American 
Consort will retire on board lhe Imperial flotilla, 
and afterward take refuse at Vienna. 
It may be positively Btated that, during the 
conference at Toplitz, tbe Emperor of Austria 
and the Prince Regent of Prussia, had before 
them a memorandum elaborated by their minis¬ 
ters for Foieign Affairs, containing all the ques- 
oeeii resolved to ihseountenanee tbe use of small beer 
by whatever name known, 
— A German woman was recently arrested in New Or¬ 
leans on suspicion of hanging her husband, because he 
was ill and a burden to her. 
There is not, in tbe British House of Peers, a male 
descended of the 25 barons appointed to enfoice the 
observance of Magna Charts. 
A boa constrictor escaped from a showman, in Troy 
inventors, the expense to be defrayed by private U ° nH 0nwbieb ac * u“ d «^“n d iog between Austria e,,lI y *<> July, and was found at the Mansion House, in 
subscription. Niches will nrobablv he and 1,fUS8ia wa9 de&irable ' and filing forth their thilt ci, - v > Thursday week. 
Americans to the Republicans by Cen. Bcroggs. ’ , 1Danj7 ’ ire!)sur "- Executive 
When Mr. Maeomber had finished, Gen. Scroggs Commit^e-Hon Wm. II Ferry, of Utica; Hon. 
said the next business in order will be to hand in 2! f g °i ,d J ke > of ^ * rk . together with the 
the credentials of delegates. The dnty of exam¬ 
ining the credentials of delegates will, I presume, 
devolve on the presiding officer. He therefore 
devolves or delegates that duty on the following 
Committee:—James Dennjg, of New York. Great 
George Opdyke, of New York, together with the 
Chairman, Secietary and Treasurer. Efficient 
measures were adopted for carrying on a vigor¬ 
ous campaign. 
Ai.l political parties in California are actively 
preparing for their respective conventions to 
subscription. Niches will probably be prepaied awU8 
in the Patent Office building for the reception of mo,lves ' lhus ' 1 
such statues. one c l ues1iori altei 
„ „ . agreement thereu 
Victor G Audubon, sou of the late J. J. toco 1 was signed 
Audubon, and himself an artist of no little dia- engagements neve 
tinction, died at his residence near New l r ork on perL , r ol ^ nstritt £ 
the morning of the 17th inst. He was the assis- The iustrian M 
tant of his father in many of those fine drawings 100.000,000 florins, 
which illustrate the great works of the eminent » T 
Ornithologist Naples and 8: 
motives. Thus, the august negotiators ex .mined 
one question after another, an i came to a definite 
agreement thereupon. AJrhough no act or pro¬ 
tocol was signed at Top)itz. formal and mutual 
engagements ueverthtless exist between the Em¬ 
peror of A ustria and the Prince Regent 
The Austrian Marine budget is to be increased 
--Q. U V** buv VUiUlClil XT _ _ 
rnithologish Naples and Sicily.—F ifteen hundred Gari- 
Hv- n,* oaa ,e t i a a . , baldians have disembaiked in Calabria, and were 
0,n the SSd of July, a terrific tempest broke joined b tWo thoU8atld iu8Urgt?ntef with whom 6 
r »^r VH Pnrifl in Qnftvn of v.nr.n <-.4* r. A.1_* O * ,¥U nuuuj 
— Of the one hundred and seventy-three deaths in St. 
Loui* last week, oue hundred and twenty-five were chil¬ 
dren under five years ot age. 
C. A, 51 ardeu, of Pittsfield, Mass., shot a bald eagle, 
near the Pontoosue lake, on Friday week, that measured 
6 feet 3 inches Irom tip to tip of wings. 
In St. Louis it is proposed to erect a public fount in 
front of the court house, for the dispensation of pure, 
clear ice water, to the thirsty populace. 
— So many buffaloes have been killed on the Western 
excitement followed this announcement,-the --inate electoral tickets, and politics in a, 1 the its 
President debating the power of the Chair, de- lu,erio i- counties engrosses the general public at- tremendous the body of water which fell 
ciding tbat he has the right to form tbe committee tentlon * In San Francisco the Republican organ- w . T 
_ -ry x • . ri . j v. m, mu tuv/ucauu 1UPUJ Lb* Willi WDOB 
over Valencia in Spam, at noon of a clear day. they retired to the mountains. Preparations eon 
In two hours time the river Tuna was swollen to t inue fur the defense of Naples. 
a torrent and oversowed, drowning a number of r n ) a n/.n , , , 
. , * LoL Coseug, with 4,000 volauteers, had auittec 
untoi tonate women, who were washing clothes od Tanmni-tn i.t;, ,<v " 
it. h.«v. utAt A._ _ ± _: Taomama, taking the d.rection of the main land 
“ U, B u,lve aiseniDai *en in Calabria, and were plains, for mere sport, tbat the stench from the carcases 
ined by two thoasaud insurg^uts, with whom io, in soiue places, almost iugupportable, 
ey retired to the mountains. Preparations con- - The five principal street railroads of New York car- 
rue fur the defense of Naples. ried, last year, 32,000,000 passengers, earned $1,733,566, 
C’oL Coseug, with 4,000 volauteers, had quitted an< ^ 0:v hi e 6 $637,689 after payiog expenses, 
odiog that, he has the right to form the* committee, 
when the Hon. Geo. Briggs appealed from the de¬ 
cision. The President refused to put the appeal, 
when N. B. Lord, of Jeffeison, one of the Vice 
Presidents, appeared in front of the President’s 
seat and put the question, and the decision of the 
Chair was reversed. 
tention. In San Francisco the Republican organ¬ 
ization manifests the most force and zeal. 
The Breckenridge State Convention of Michi¬ 
gan met in Detroit on the 30th ult, and nominated 
a full electoral ticket. Resolutions were adopted 
requesting each Congressional District to make 
— ““" M * D " Viivi wus me uuiu-e given, ana SO Pift^on hrmd.nrl , . . 
emendous the body of water which fell. J 1 1 A \ &nd ammuBlUon 
m VT . 7 Huicnien. from Sardinia, had lauded at Naples, but were 
The “National Political Chart and Map of the compelled to re-emhart. 
United States,” with portraits of the candidates Cohhwuu-B readstuff-T he weather had been 
of each party for Presideni and Vice-President, " nf * r «rai*ia tnr the cn.p*.. hut was tine on Tuesdav. 
their Letters of Accentanop Platform. A-h Lao Ka-h A C*. lepi.rt alt kinds of breadbtuffs 
P e * * I. ins, Ac., has active, au*l con-ideianiv advuncen.bui umlermore *-eUJed 
been received from the publisher, J. W. Bradley, wither ihe advance w*.s i.air lost The market ci..*t-d 
_ 1 tl run mlrunon .9 A i ... li . . :. .1 , _ 
— The whole direct and indirect taxation of tbe Aus¬ 
trian Empire amounted, in the year 1S58, to 252,300,000 
florins, the whole population being 37.81)0,000. 
— Seventy-two churches, or about one-fifth of the 
societies of the Dutch Reformed Church, have, by the aid 
of their domestic missions, become self-suitaining. 
— Thirteen of the Southern States have 16,823 miles 
of railway, 8,i94 miles of which are in woikiuir opeiaVion 
r. ,... , ‘ . nominations, and discountenancing aDy compro- 
bamucl Richmond then moved a suspension of) mise with their opponents. 1 
market dull. Lard ateauy. 
ordinary height, and heiress to quite a large estate. 
