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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 
AGRICULTURAL. Pack. 
Tho Season * Results and Labors,.317 
Com pn rati vn Value of Guanos, &C,.317 
An Ornamental Ben-House, [Illustrated,].317 
Saving Cornstalks for Fodder,.318 
Konping Potatoes,.,...318 
A Voice from tlio Wilderness,.318 
Fence-Making,.. 318 
Wonk-Kyod Horns,... 318 
Mole Catching,... 318 
Rural Spirit of the Prrtt No Mauge iu Black Ho#*; 
Heaves iu Horses; Scours in Calves; Pea Vine Hay; 
Turning Under Stubble; “Giant WheatUnloading 
Hay; Oil for Boots and Harness; Saving Seed Coru, —318 
Agricultural Miscellany -The Weather—State Fair; 
Read the Term* of Advertising; lllinoia State Fair; The 
St, Louis Fair; County and Local Cairn; Auction Sales of 
Pure Bred Slock; A Call from John Johnston; Illinois 
Spring Wheat; Good Berkshire; Whence it emanates,..318 
HORTICULTURAL. 
! on behalf of the friends of Bell and Everett iu 
| Pennsylvania, with authority to so modify aud 
change the electoral ticket this day made, as 
shall last secure the harmonious action of all 
Katioaa i men. 
Revolved, That we recommend the holding of a 
Union St. te Mass Convention of all citizens of 
Pennsylvania opposed to the Republican organi¬ 
zation, at as early a day after the October elec¬ 
tion as practicable. 
Tuk California lireckenridge an i Lane Demo¬ 
cratic State Convention which recently assembled 
at Sacramento, after nominating an electoral 
The squitrels are so numerous and destructive 
in Santa Cruz county, California, that the farmers 
are compelled to construct board fences suffi¬ 
ciently tight t.o keep them out of their gardens. 
Tub latest project of the people of Chicago is 
one to connect the waters of Lake Michigan with 
those of the Gulf of Mexico, by an uninterrupted 
channel for steamboat navigation. 
The geological examination of Texas, which is 
now going on, has revealed the existence, in great 
abundance, in that State, of the finest clay, suit- 
ticket, adopted a series of resolutions endorsing able for the manufacture of Queensvvare. 
Mr. Buchanan's administration, favoring the 
Overland Mail, and also the Pacilic Railroad, and 
recommending the people to vote in favor of 
calling a convention to revise the State Constitu¬ 
tion. 
It is understood that the New York Douglas 
American Poraologic.il Society.319 State Committee notified Mr. Henry, C 
Discussions on Fruit,...319 
JJorticullural Rotes. -Fruit Growers' Society of West¬ 
ern New York; Genesee Valley Horticultural Society; 
Fruits Received,.319 
DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 
Clothes Bars, again, [Illustrated;] Ripe Tomatoes; 
Remedy for Sores; Cleaning Window Curtains,.319 
LADIES’ OLIO. 
My Brothers. [Poetical:] “Over In Grandpa’s;” The 
Burial of the Poor; Solicitude for Children; The Bright 
Side,. 320 
CHOICE MISCKLI.ANY. 
The Dying Chieftain, I Poetical,i Niagara in the Sum- 
State Committee notified Mr. Henry, Chairman 
of the Committee of Fifteen, that they will sub¬ 
stitute six of the seven names proposed by the 
latter for an equal number of Douglas electors, 
who have declined; aud as to Mr. Kandull, the 
sixth name proposed, they will answer as soon as 
they can learn whether any vacancy can be made. 
Mr. Walworth, in whose place it was proposed to 
substitute Mr. Randall, had not been heard from. 
The Executive Committee of both wings of 
the Democracy of Virginia are to meet at Rich¬ 
mond on the 6th inst., and will endeavor to effect 
a fusion. The Enquirer hopes that the union of 
Life! EbSc^ the two wings will he effected by the withdrawal 
SABBATH MUSIN'GS. of Mr. Douglas, but fears this proposition comes 
The Way, the Life, [Poetical;] Trust in God forFu- too late._ 
ture Blessing; The Empty Cup,.320 
EDUCATIONAL. From the Pacific Side. 
Examination of Teachers: School Hours and Exer- Tjik Pony Express, with California advices to 
clues; Spelling fur Advanced Pupils,.. 321 the nrr j vc d a t St. Joseph, Mo., on the 27th 
USEFUL OLIO. ult. rpjjg new8 j g meagre. 
Origin ofUo^.lim.uere" Thf Gn-^t mLFof AmwT^ ^hc shipments of grain from California promisee 
SwilinessoPBirds,....321 to bo large. The ship Comet sailed for Hong 
YOUNG KURAL1ST. Kong on the 13th, carrying 2,000 feet of lumber, 
Reading for Youth; Genealogy (if the Prince <>f Wales; tS.000 quarter SilCkft Of U0U1‘, 200 BIUd<8 potatoes, 
Fish and Plants for Aquariums; Paste for Scrap Books,.321 ^ ^ CaUfornia productB( besides 0,000 iu 
1IJL STOP.V TLLLLH. gold. The ship Bisurgis lias cleared for Liver- 
*o A nf"-r 8 ^ pool with 30,000 sacks wheat, 0-10 sacks Hour, &c. 
N I.W A I) V KRTIS ITU PINTS. 
The Hour el: Aid Jouroul A Hartlii'il A Co. 
Publ’c Sale of Pure Bred Stock. 
To Teachers—Ivison, Phinney k Co. 
Assignees Sale oj Blooded Stock —11. B. Thompson. 
Cat aseraga Nui -erh s (). B. Maxwell A Co. 
Andre Leroy’- N urseues-Ihugiiieic K Thebaud. 
A Farm lor Hale Samuel Hill. 
Employment fur Youm- Men 1.. Hall A Pro. 
Money tan t..- made—Saxton A Barker. 
Pear Storks for Sate—I. Hildreth. 
A Propagator Wanted. 
too late. consequence 
the survives 
From Hie Pacific Side. that there w 
The Pony Express, with California advices to f a terl vessel, 
the J6tb, arrived at St. Joseph, Mo., on the 27th i 0B ^ 
ult. The news is meagre. XuK largej 
The shipments of grain from California promisee 30Q ams 
to bo large. The ship Comet sailed for Ilong p 0X ,.’ 8 ( 
Kong on the 13th, carrying 2,000 feet of lumber, , 0 
8,000 quarter sacks of (lour, 200 sacks potatoes, ^ lcHg tljan 
and other California products, besides 6,000 in , g J() (|(j() ( 
gold. The ship Biaurgis has cleared for Liver- Cfi1a ^ s on 
pool with 30,000 sacks wheat, 0-10 saekB flour, &e. 
Tho receipts of wheat are scarcely so free aR noted. ^ IIE 
Prices steady at $l,4.»al,60, for shipping qualities. ^ ,nrn ^ )Q 
Tonnage iw getting very scarce, with no prospect cc,eliratfilJ 'J' 1 
of an increased supply at present top after thi 
Anew ■woolen factory is nearly completed in Out of tho tw 
San Francisco, being the second establishment of ^ !C t l U ' J,J 
the kind in the country. The manufacture of I 3am P^ n K 
blankets and other coarse woolen fabrics, isprov- According 
ing highly lucrative. seems thut n< 
Several apparently well authenticated state- nobles, thirty 
There are about 4,000 acres laid out in vine¬ 
yards in the Siate of Ohio, of which nearly one- 
half are in the immediate vicinity of Cincinnati. 
It is anticipated that with good weather the Ohio 
vineyards will yield 1,COO,000 gallons this year. 
On the 20th of July the Princess Isabel, of 
Brazil, attained her majority, and, amidst great 
rejoicing, took the oath of office, which consti¬ 
tutes her tho Empress of Brazil in the case of the 
death of the present Emperor, Don Pedro II., her 
father. 
A firm of Cambridge, MasR., have contracted 
to build eleven dwelling houses for the Egyptian 
government. All the wood work of the houses is 
to be completed in this country, even to fitting 
the locks and hinges ou the doors. They arc to 
cost about S3,000 each. 
The Milwaukee People’s Press thinks that the 
number of passengers onboard the Lady Elgin at 
the time of her loss, has been underrated. In 
consequence of conversations had with several of 
the survivers, the Press is confirmed in the belief 
that there were fully 500 souls on hoard the ill- 
fated vessel, and that consequently 400 souls were 
lost. 
The largest sugar estate in Cuba contains 11,* 
300 acres, employs WOO slaves, and turns out 16,- 
000 boxes of sugar. The smallest number of 
slaves employed on any estate is 300, and no estate 
has less than 6,000 acres. The yield to each slave 
is 10,000 pounds of sugar. There are 2,000 sugar 
estates on the Island. 
The Pittsburg Chronicle says late intelligence 
from the oil districts, reveals the fact that the 
celebrated Tiedout well stopped flowing over the 
top after throwing some two hundred barrels. 
Out of tho two linndred and sixty seven wells on 
the creek above Titusville, only thirty-four are yet 
KTU 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., OCTOBER G, 1860. 
DOMESTIC NEWS. 
Washington Mattcn. 
A dispatch from Washington on the 2Sth ult, 
says that the Post-Muster General is meditating 
the re-arrangement of the California service via. 
Salt Lake, which it is understood will stop the 
Pony Express at an early day. 
blankets and other coarse woolen fabrics, isjirov- According to late Russian criminal returns, it 
ing highly lucrative. seems thut no Icbb than twenty-three hereditary 
Several apparently well authenticated state- nobles, thirty-nine persons of rank, enjoying what, 
merits have recently been published in the San is called “personal nobility,” and twenty-two 
Francisco papers, concerning the discovery of a ecclesiastics, were among the convicts of last 
new forest of mammoth trees on the eastern year; and they were punished as though they bud 
borders of Tullureco. The group is represented been the meanest villains in the land, so impartl- 
to extend a distance of eight miles, and embrac- ally are the scales of justice held in that despotic 
ing a vast number of trees exceeding 30 feet iu realm. 
diameter, and estimated at 300 feet high. Ouc Estimates based upon the returns so far made 
tree, supposed to be the largest, it is thought will 0 f the present census in Minnesota, place the 
measure 123 feet In circumference. population of the State at 170,700. In fifty coun- 
Recent acconuts from the New Coro silver min- ties the number of inhabitants Is 111,213; tim¬ 
ing district are encouraging. Two tuns of ore 
are on the way to San Francisco for testing, and 
number of farms, 10,625; the number of manufac¬ 
tories, 37-1, In 1857 the population of tho State 
high-expectations arc indulged for the richness of was 153,312; at tho last census the Territory con- 
the advanced specimen?. The Washoe mining tainod 6,087. 
A dispatch fiom Washington on the 28th ult, accounts continue favorable, but are a mere repe- 
ys that tho Post-Muster General is meditating tition ol former accounts. The receipts of the 
e re-arrangement of the California service via. ore at San Francisco continued large, and there 
ilt Lake, which it is understood will stop the SCCIn8 no doubt that when the necessary works 
my Express at an early day. arc erected for extracting silver at the mines, the 
Official dispatches from Peru announce that will be sufficient to form an important item 
the Peruvian Government had made a proposi¬ 
tion to our Minister for a settlement of all the 
existing diilicultics between the two Govern¬ 
ments. 
in the treasure products of the world. 
The Atlantic and Pacific telegraph line was to 
be opened to Los Angelos by the 20tb inst. 
A train in charge of a man named Smith, from 
A dispatch to the World says the Government Decatur, 111., was attacked by a party of Apaches 
as ordered 17,000 stand of arms to Fort Moultrie, an<J Camanche Indians, at Doubtful PaBs. Seven 
outh Carolina. horseB belonging to the train were killed and 
The U. S. store ship Relief will leave Boston on others stoleD. The day following, the same party 
le 15th inst. for the Mediterranean. The Secre- of Indians attacked another train, and drovo off 
iry of the Navy cheerfully responded to a request 100 horses. Eight mules belonging to the Qvcr- 
iat the vessel be directed to convey thither bucIi land Mail Company, were stolen by the Indians 
rtlcles of clothing and fabrics so convertible, for at Ilorsehead Crossing, Pecos river. They were 
io relief of the sufferers in Syria, as the ebarita- subsequently recaptured by the station men, who 
le of this country may contribute up to that took them from the camp of the Indians by strata- 
Br j 0 <]. gem. Two companies of mounted troops are re- 
The Neapolitan Minister has taken leave of our ported en route from Salt Lake to Fort Brewster, 
overnment, his diplomatic functions having on Membros river. 
;en terminated by the recent revolutionary Nothing new had transpired in relation to the 
rents in lii« nwn r.mintrw. Arizona mines. 
lias ordered 17,000 stand of arms to Fort Moultrie, 
South Carolina. 
The U. S. store ship Relief will leave Boston on 
the 15th inst. for the Mediterranean. The Secre¬ 
tary of the Navy cheerfully responded to a request 
that the vessel he directed to convey thither such 
articles of clothing and fabrics so convertible, for 
tho relief of the sufferers in Syria, as the charita¬ 
ble of this country may contribute up to that 
period. 
The Neapolitan Minister has taken leave of our 
Government, his diplomatic functions having 
been terminated by the recent revolutionary 
events in his own country. 
Reliable information has been received, show¬ 
ing that no difficulty exists in the confirmation 
of the cession of the Bay Islands to the Republic 
of Honduras, hut the transfer has been delayed 
by the Cllibustcring attempts of Gen. Walker. 
The stories as to the disaffection of the British 
residents were exaggerations. Nor is there any 
truth whatever in the report that Cabaras, of Sal¬ 
vador, was friendly to his movements. The Cen¬ 
tral American States were unitedly preparing to 
make common cause against the invasion of any 
of them. For the first time they all are now 
diplomatically represented here by Senor Moliva 
for Costa Itica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and by 
Senor Yrissasi, for Salvador aud Guatemala. 
The telegraph this (Monday) morning, says that 
the President is giving more than usual attention 
to our foreign affairs. A room for his especial 
use has been prepared at the State Department. 
The Post-Office Department has determined to 
discontinue the present mail service from St. 
Joseph to Denver, and send the mails around by 
Council Bluffs, Iowa. 
Political Intelligence. 
The Pennsylvania Constitutional Union Ex¬ 
executive Committee met on the 27th ult., under 
the call of the Chairman, Henry M. Fuller, for 
the purpose of completing the electoral ticket 
News Paragraphs. 
A correspondent of the London Times calcu¬ 
lates the age of the great California Tree (a part 
of which was in the Crystal Palace,) at six thou¬ 
sand lour hundred and eight years. 
An acre of orchard near San Jose, California, is 
estimated to be worth $s00 to $1,200. One garden 
of eleven acres is offered for sale at $12,000. Two 
pear trues iu it will produce each, this year, about 
2,5u0 pounds of fruit. 
A COPY of the Bay Psalm Book, the first book 
printed in British America, at Cambridge, Mass., 
has been sold iu England, to a private individual, 
for one hundred and fifty guineas, a sum exceed¬ 
ing $750. 
Silk culture is to be added to the industrial 
pursuits in California. It is ascertained that the 
climate is warmer and more applicable to the 
culture of the silkworm than that of France, where 
they succeed admirably, and that the silkworm of 
Japan will stand Ike best chance in that climate. 
It is not susceptible to the cold, is hardier, more 
healthy, is easier fed, and yields a better species 
of cocoon. 
A i’Etkifed fish, over sixteen feet in length, 
and very perfectly preserved, its scales and fins 
being distinctly marked, has been taken from the 
coal mine at Blue Mound, Kansas. Its Bpccies 
In the year 1815, the late Elkanak Watson made 
aud published an estimate of the probable popu¬ 
lation of the United States, for a long series of 
years. The actual result thus far shows a singular 
approximation to the calculation. The estimate 
for 1850 was 22,185,368; the actual result, 23,191,' 
876. For IstiO, .81,753,851. We shall ascertain 
from the present census how nearly his calcula¬ 
tion is verified by the sum total of the returns. 
The Prince of Wales is to visit New York city, 
aud the following is a statement of the work cut 
out for him when he arrives;—Thursday, Oct II, 
arrival in New York. Friday, 12th, morning, 
parade of the First Division New York State 
Militia. Friday, 12th, evening, grand ball. Sat¬ 
urday, 13th, evening, Firemen's torch light pro¬ 
cession. Sunday, Mth, attends divine service at 
Trinity. Monday, 15th, visits West Point 
Tne Last of Walker. —The British war steamer 
Gladiator arrived at New Orleans on the 2Sth ult, 
and has been quarantined. Sbe bus on board the 
remains of Gen. Walker's army. Walker was 
shot on the 12th. Ten shots were fired at him 
amid the cheers of the natives. He was after¬ 
ward buried by foreigners, the natives refusing 
to take any part in the ceremony. Col. Rudler 
has been sentenced to four years imprisonment 
From Pike's Peak. —The Pike’s Peak Express 
arrived at St Joseph on the 26th ult, with a small 
treasure shipment of $1,570. The company here¬ 
after will have a messenger in the coaches tri¬ 
weekly. Many owners of quartz mines who two 
months ago became wholly discomaged and con¬ 
sidered they had lost all they bought, are now 
sanguine of success, and are making $200 or more 
per week. At last accounts, about twenty teams 
had left for the States, many of which were intend¬ 
ing to return in the spring to locate farms or 
develop their gold and silver leads with proper 
equipments. The weather at Denver is very cold, 
with an occasional fall of snow; the miners not 
being able to commence operations before nine 
o’clock, A. M., on aocount of ice. Winter is 
rapidly approaching. Trains consisting of mer. 
ckandize have left here this week to the number 
of fifty wagons; more are preparing to leave. 
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FOREIGN NEWS. 
Great Britain. —The English funds are heavy, 
aud the Paris Bourse shows a great dullness. The 
belief prevailed that there will be no general war 
in Europe, but that some new transactions, like 
aud selecting a candidate for Governor. Most ' ,as not keen determined, but it is much larger the Villa Franca treaty, will take place during the 
satisfactory accounts were received from all parts 
of the State. The following resolutions were 
adopted : 
Resolved, That it is not expedient at this time 
for the Constitutional party to nominate a candi¬ 
date for Governor. 
Resolved, That Henry M. Fuller, William M. 
than any fish now found in the Kansas rivers. 
By a decree of the President of Venezuela, l ice, 
corn, potatoes, salt beef, lard, and other necessa¬ 
ries, may be introduced free of duty “ and all im¬ 
portation charges, ordinary and extraordinary,” 
autumn. 
The English attacking party at Nartard, New 
Zealand, consisted of 347 men. The natives lay 
on the ground and killed men who were close 
upon them, when they sprang up, fired their 
double-barreled guns and met the bayonet charge 
Resolved That Henry M. Fuller, William M. throu g b any of the ports of that Republic. The double-barreled guns aud met the bayonet charge 
Wright, William Lyon, John Roberts, and William decree will remain in force until repealed by the of their adversaries with the tomahawk, keepiug 
P. Seymour, are hereby appointed a committee Bame authority. a hand to hand fight. The retreat of the English 
was so urgent that their dead and a few of their 
wounded were left on the battle field. It is also 
reported that the natives took one gun. Great 
complaints are made against Col. Gould, the com¬ 
mander of the attacking party, in not calling to 
his aid the additional force who were said to be 
within his reach. 
The London Times says that Victor Emanuel 
finds a formidable competitor in Garibaldi, whose 
success appears sufficient to overcome any resis¬ 
tance that can be made by the state or the church, 
and which brings him Into collision with the Aus¬ 
trian powers in Venice. Piedmont must make 
herself mistress of the revolution, or be content 
to give up the lead and follow. There is reason 
to believe that, the Emperor Napoleon sees things 
from this point of view, and that no danger need 
be apprehended from France. 
The harvest was making rapid progress, and the 
weather rather more favorable. 
France. —Gen. Guyon left Paris for Rome on 
the 13tb, to take command of the French troops. 
It was asserted that the French army at Rome 
would be increased to 10,000 men. 
The Paris telegram to the London Post, dated 
Wednesday night, says the Piedmontese forces 
were marching rapidly on Lamorlclere’s army, 
and an engagement is expected to take place to¬ 
morrow. The Emperor and the French Govern¬ 
ment had used every exertion to prevent an 
invasion of the Roman States. 
The relations of France and Piedmont are 
critical. 
It is reported that France refused to make the 
slightest concession to Switzerland in the Savoy 
affair. Switzerland, therefore, insists more than 
ever in considering tho question one for the de¬ 
cision of Europe. 
The Curesliiutionnel says that the recall of the 
Embassador is to express disapproval at the course 
of Sardinia, but is far from a rupture. 
The French Minister had withdrawn from Turin. 
The business of the Legation will be conducted 
by his Secretary. 
Sicily and Naples. — Naples was tranquil. 
The forts had all surrendered. 
Garibaldi exchanged interviews with the Eng¬ 
lish Admiral and Embassador. 
The Sardinian troops had disembarked at Na¬ 
ples, by request of Garibaldi, who transferred the 
Neapolitan fleet to Sardinia. 
General Fauti had been appointed Commander- 
in-Chicf. 
Naples letters state that very ardent popular 
demonstrations were taking place. Many priests 
had fraternized with the people. 
Numerous desertions had taken place from 
Gaeta. 
The enlistment of volunteers had been ordered. 
Liberio will be Dictator while Garibaldi is 
attacking Lirmorieiero. 
Garibaldi declared that he should proclaim the 
annexation of Naples to Piedmont from the sum¬ 
mit of Qulrinal, where all the Italians would be 
united at one national banquet. 
A revolutionary movement with fatal conflicts 
had taken place at Ariano. Garibaldi was march¬ 
ing there. 
Sardinia.— It is asserted that without waiting 
a reply from Rome, 25,000 Sardinian troops en¬ 
tered Umbria, on the 11th, and on the 12th, 25,000 
more Sardinian troops attacked and took Pesaro, 
taking prisoners 1,200 Germans, who were in the 
fortress. Gen. Bella, who commanded the Pope’s 
troops, and had ordered the sack of the town, 
was taken prisoner to Turin. The German gar¬ 
rison of Oribeto had capitulated to the insur¬ 
gents. 
The Sardinian General, Fauti, entered the 
Rugia on the I4tb, after a hot fight, which was 
continued through all the streets. The enemy 
withdrew into the fortress, which subsequently 
surrendered 1,000 prisoners, including General 
Schmidt. The Sardinian loss was insignificant. 
Perugia was declared in a state of siege. The 
inhabitants were threatened with the direst pen¬ 
alties for the mere fracture of telegraph wires. 
A Sardinian Memorandum in defence of the 
course adopted, is published. 
Rome. —The French forceB at Rome had been 
increased by two regiments. 
Lamoriciere bad concentrated his troops at An¬ 
cona. 
The tri-color was hoisted at Tivoli, Genervano, 
and Subraooo, but it is said that the people did 
not support the intended demonstrations. 
An alleged order of Lamoriciere for pillage in 
ease of insurrection, is denied. 
Gen. Lamoiioiere bad concentrated his army at 
Ancona. 
Several powers had protested against the en¬ 
trance of the Sardinians into the States of the 
Church, as an attack upon their international 
rights. Russia and Prussia protested in the 
strongest terms, but would take no other step. 
O'avour had issued a note explaining the new 
attitude of Sardinia. 
Russia and Austria. —An interview between 
the Emperors of Austria and Russia, and the 
Prince Regent of Prussia, takes place at Warsaw 
on the first of October. 
Le Norde says that the statement of an alliance 
between England, Austria, and Prussia, is false, so 
far as Austria is concerned. 
Syria. —The French army is still encamped at 
BeirouL No open disturbances had taken place. 
The arrival of the prisoners at Constantinople 
had excited the populace. 
China. —The delays caused by the French is 
still a matter of complaint. Troubles were ex¬ 
pected at Canton, should the allies receive a 
check in the north. The rebels had taken pos¬ 
session of Lowkiang, only 25 miles distant from 
Shanghai. 
India. —All fears of famine in the northwest 
district of India have passed away. Abundant 
rains have fallen. There was every prospect of 
an average crop. 
Commercial Intklugknck - Rreadslufs—The weather 
had been favorable tor the crops, but bail agaiD become 
boisterous on Friday. Flour was quiet, but steady. 
Wh'-at firm. Corn quiet and rather firm. Nalesof mixed 
at 33s6d—holders demanding 34s. Provisions —Pork 
quiet and firm. : 
Stye Neiug (fioniteneer. 
— The Syrian Fund in New York has reached $14,465. 
— The new Freshman class of Y’ale College numbers 
150. 
— It is said 600,000 chickens are annually consumed at 
the Saratoga hotels. 
— The Philadelphia Press calls the disturbances in 
Canada “the King’s evil,” 
— There are 391 gas companies in the Union, with a 
capital of nearly $50,000,000. 
— The amount of “ Peter’s pence,” annually collected 
in France, exceeds $1,000,000, 
— The reconciliation of Austria and Prussia is said to 
have been fully accomplished. 
— Upwards of 5,000 hales of cotton were received at 
New Orleans, on Thursday week. 
— There is now a continuous line of telegraph from N. 
York city to Brownsville, Nebraska. 
— The heat fencer in Paris is a beautiful young lady of 
Polish origin, Madnrooiselle IJnowska, 
— The capital invested in the coal lands of Pennsyl¬ 
vania, ih said to be nearly $324,000,000. 
— A rich man of Boston has offered to found 16 scholar¬ 
ships of $250 a year each, for poor boys. 
— A marriage was solemnized in Lynn, Hass,, recently, 
between a man of 50 and a girl of 16 years! 
— The Pennsylvania Training School for feeble-minded 
children, had 56 admissions in tho last. year. 
— It is stated that large contracts have been made in 
Missouri for corn at twenty cents per bushel. 
— A mammoth tusk, fen feet in length, has recently 
been taken from n swamp in Ulster Co,, N. Y. 
— Gen, Cass recently presented to a Methodist Society 
of Detroit three lots of land, valued at $3,000, 
— The city of Peoria, with 14,360 inhabitants, has 24 
churches, being one church to 608 inhabitants. 
— It is estimated that, owiug to the drouth, not more 
than half a sugar crop may be expected in Louisiana. 
— The Vintners’ Company of London have presented 
to the city of N. Y. 49 swans, to be placed in the Central 
Paik. 
— The imports of foreign merchandise at New York, 
for August, were $25,800,000, against $24,300,000 last 
year. 
— A monument has been erected at Greenwood Ceme¬ 
tery, New York, to the memory of the sister of Kos¬ 
suth. 
— Dr. U. Martin recently rowed a boat alone from 
Boston to New York, in eighty hours, including resting 
hours. 
— Massachusetts has had twenty Governors since the 
adoption of a State Constitution, eight of whom are now 
living. 
— At the Philadelphia U. S. Mint, three million gold 
dollars are now being melted and re-coined into double 
eagles. 
— The bureau of Napoleon I, recently advertised for 
sale, was sold in Paris for 5,000f., to M. Bineau, a furniture 
dealer. 
— The Pennsylvania Railroad Company have sent a 
splendid car to Cincinnati, for the use of the Prince of 
Wales. 
— The receipts for pew rent in Rev. nenry Ward 
Beecher's church, in Brooklyn, this year, will amount to 
$30,000. 
— The Grand Trunk Railroad brought to Portland, Me., 
the past week, fourteen thousand five hundred barrel^ 
of flour. 
— Two blacksmiths in Brooklyn, N. Y.,had a duel with 
sledge hammers the other day, and both were fatally 
injured. 
— Hon. John C. Richardson, an ex-member of the 
Supreme Bench of Missouri, died at St. Louis, on the 
2lst ult. 
— A proclamation has been issued by the President 
for tho sale of 231,000 acres of land in the State of 
Arkansas. 
— The receipts of grain at Toronto, on the 25th ult., 
amounted to 32,000 bushels, the largest day’s receipts of 
the season, 
— The census returns give Philadelphia a population 
of 040,000. The capital, in industrial pursuits, is about 
$150,000,0110. 
— The total cotton crop for the year ending the 1st 
ult., is 4,6*5,790 bales; increase over last year’s product, 
824,820 bales. 
— Think of a city containing 7,000 widows and 14,000 
orphans, aod you have an idea of Beyrout as it was at 
last accounts. 
— The first State Muster of the Volunteer Uniformed 
Militia of New Hampshire, will he held in Nashua, Oct. 
12th and 13th. 
— Six pocket books, rifled of their contents, were found 
in the cemetery, west of the Albany Fair Grounds, on 
Saturday week. 
— Three Cuban families are said to own one-sixteenth 
of the entire real and personal property of the island, 
and 25,000 slaves. 
— The Milwaukee (Wis.) Sentinel gays there are now 
about 1,000 orphans in that city, rendered so by the 
Lady Elgin calamity, 
— Jacob Grtenwood, of Starkville, Ga., who claims to 
be a prophet, predicts that Garibaldi will not survive the 
first of next January. 
— One hundred and forty tuns of cheese were sent 
from Richmond, Vermont, one day last week, all to two 
New York city dealers. 
— There are men in Chicago who have made the catch¬ 
ing and marketing of frogs a business—some of them 
earning $3 and $4 a day. 
— Baltimore will not reach 230,000 people. There are 
20,000 vacant houses! There is also a great falling off in 
manufacturing industry. 
— The treasure said to have been found by Garibaldi, 
in the royal bank at Naples, (89,000,000 livers,) amounts to 
$16,400,000 of our money. 
— Two sons of Kossuth have joined Garibaldi's army, 
as well as one of his nephews, son of the lately deceased 
Madam Kossuth Zulavsky. 
— The Adriatic, on her last outward trip, ran to the 
Needles in 9 days and 7 hours from her wharf—the quick¬ 
est time made this season. 
— The email pox is prevailing considerably in the towns 
of Effingham, Freedom, and Porter, on the borders of 
New Hampshire aud Maine. 
— Some of the most popular conductors on the Penn¬ 
sylvania railroads have been found guilty of peculation 
to an amount as high as $15,009, 
— Since the opening of the Crystal Palace at Syden¬ 
ham, on the 10th of June, 1851, upwards of nine million 
people have visited the building. 
— In spite of atl’tbe “ troubles” in our country, Amer¬ 
ican stocks are advancing iu the English markets, while 
European stocks are going down. 
— It is proposed to give the unrecognized dead of the 
steamer Lady Elgin common burial at Chicago, with a 
monument commemorative of the event. 
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