CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 
.AGRICULTURAL. 
The receipts into the treasury the first quarter 
of the present fiscal year, commencing with July, 
are about $18,0(10,000. Those during the present 
Agricultural Exhibitions,—Their late Retrogression, and , u ki„„, ,, c . lr ,ur„,n 
its Causes. *11 week, $87 /,000. Subject to draft, $4,103,000. 
Inquiries and Notes,. 3 jj Mr. Clemin, the Superintendent of the Agricul- 
To Improve a Light Sandy Soil,.-in taral branch of the Patent Office, is on hia way 
ripe for Water Rtun«,. 3 ii j )0me f rom Europe, whither he went by the direc* 
Silver Spangled Bantams, [Illustrated,].311 * . .. . , . J , 
Crawford County o»«.) Fair,.311 tlon of the Secrt ' lar y of the Interior, to purchase 
Discussion on Sheep,. 342 vegetable, medicinal and economical plants and 
Harvesting Roots, .312 seeds generally. Many varietiea have already 
i,,JJ,inoi * ! *.been received. Before they arc distributed 
. , , „ . . , among the citizens of the United Stales, they 
Jwjutrtr.i and Ansvert — Pasturing Wheat in the , ,, , . 
FaU; Fattening Bogs; Cracked Hoof,. 312 be tested at the (government Propagating 
Agricultural MitctUanv The KuRsL'a Fall Cam- harden in Washington, where additional facilities 
paign; Mr. Seward's Arab Hors< s; A Late Harvest Re- for thi» purpose arc in progress, 
liable News; ** Woman's Rights" and Skill at a Plowing During the year ending with June, the receipts 
Match: Tho Hum) in Culhirnia,..... 342 
for the salea of public lands were less than 
hokJIOULTURAL. $2,000,000. Those recently Bold yielded a very 
aniount ' owin « to the Bcarcit y of mone y 
7 .... ' _.1 .11 . . J .ll . _L * 1 .. A 
Garden in Washington, where additional facilities 
for this purpose arc in progress. 
During the year ending with June, the receipts 
for the sales of public lands were less than 
$2,000,000. Those recently Bold yielded a very 
The Italians of San Francisco celebrated Gari¬ 
baldi’s entrance into Naples. 
The Broderick will, after a long contest to prove 
it a forgery, has been admitted to probate. 
Oregon. —Advices from Oregon report a massa¬ 
cre of an emigrant train consisting of forty-six 
persons, nineteen of whom were males, and the 
balance women and children. The fight lasted 
several days, and only one man, named Scheiber, 
escaped, and he traveled seven days through the 
bushOB without food. Six of the party were dis¬ 
charged soldiers from Fort Hall. Mr. Scheiber 
thinks the whole party were butchered. 
J. W. Nesmith, Douglas Democrat, and E, D. 
Baker, Republican, were legally chosen Senators 
from Oregon—the former for the long, and the 
latter for the short term. 
Cuyahoga Grape, [ILliiatrati d,]. ...343 and other causes, aud in other cases no bids at 
Inquiritt and AnHccrt What in the Matter with 
the Apples? A Seedling Grape; A White Blackberry,.. 313 
Horticultural Hotci American Bornological Society; 
Fruit* Received; Introduction of Dahlias Into England 
and America,.. .. 343 
DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 
Preserving Fruits In CauB and Bottles, . 343 
LADIES’ OLIO. 
all were received. 
Four or five California land cases only will be 
argued before the Supremo Court of the United 
States at the next term, the bulk of them, involv¬ 
ing millions of dollars, having already been adju¬ 
dicated. 
Gen. Paez presented bis credentials as minister 
, ,, „ from Venezuela, on the 20tb inst, and was receiv- 
The Returned Let tori’, The Pet Lamb, (Poetical; 1 
Sneak Gently to the Little Om-a: Give hi Light and Air: cd by the President in that capacity. 
Choosing Husbands; A Graceful Compliment to a Wile, .844 _ 
in .1 ni ,, ( ; n< :' Ch MISCELLANY. Political lnU-IH{{»*nco. 
To the Right bc> True, I Poetical;) Night Musings; . 
Shaking mods; Prenchlug; How Soon Forgotten; Pov- Election returns from Nebraska are all in but 
•rty the Puremof Pun,. 3H . ... .. .. . „ 
...„ Shorter uud balime counties. Morton, Democrat, 
SABBATH MUBINGS. , rr , .. , „ 7 ’ 
The Soul'* Refuge, [Poetical ;l Religion: Life and baft 55 for Congress. The two counties 
Death; Lovr- and Duty; Fun Gently the Dying Spark,. . 314 to hear from will probably increase thiB to 150 or 
Educational. more. TheJLegislatnre stands—House, Rep., 12 ; 
Staten—Maine, New It a t n 1 .' i .j *r ^ 1 *< >VVl i ,, J r \f t i'-'h i n , r V11 ! - Dem., 17. Council, Rep., C; Dem., G; in doubt, 1 . 
Mary land,* : I > enBsy^^'^^ 0 N>v^ n Yoi? 1 ,, ’(^oD I n 6 t!Ucutl' t R. , The for “« r r «P orts 8 jviu « a majority, are 
Inland, California, Massachusetts 1 Germany,. .315 incorrect. 
young RURALIST. TnK Pennsylvania Douglas Central Committee, 
TtK'ory°of a U Bi1ek ;’M oral’couragt". 0 / T''. . , .?.??. ; . T .'!?.S46 on tbe 20 iust > withdrew the straight electoral 
THE STORY TELLER. ticket, and pledged tbexiiBclves to the support of 
The stranger on the Bill, rPoetica):) “Som« Peopk-’H the Reading electoral ticket, but endorsed Doug- 
Professions.” A Story of your Neighbors and mine.318 , „ , , , 
’ las and Johnson as the nominees of the party. 
An attempt to erase the Breckenridge men from 
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. the ticket was unsuccessful. 
To^tb'e^uTtHi^s^lney 1 F.^Morse^'jr 111 '^' Tijr Governor of South Carolina has issued a 
Two Valuable Work* Dr H. 8. £itcli. proclamation calling an extra session of the Leg- 
New Bonks for Agents Duane Rulisi.n, 
fo Nursery men soil Farmers—.folio I, Gross. islftturO of that State, for the purpose of electing 
k'anner'wanteli—ihmSiiC)?nrch^ Presidential electors, and, ‘'if advisable, to take 
PhotoelummOiuChl llooliugH-I,. L. Todd A: Co. action for thC P rotection ftnd of tbe State.” 
a”S viinteS^-M *m a nbornf’ Tl,K Kanfta8 Democratic Convention at Topeka 
SuS5blte e ofi"mV-W^brWalker *Co WftB dividcd tbe ado P tion of llie majority re- 
Fun 1 Fun!—P 
SPECIAL NOTICES. 
Dory. 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., OCTOBER 27, I860. 
DOMESTIC NEWS. 
Washington Hint to is. 
The Times’ Washington correspondent tele¬ 
graphs that the Nicaraguan Minister notifies the 
State Department that a plot exists in the South¬ 
ern States to invade Central America, for the 
purpose of extending slavery, under the uuspices 
of a powerful combination, of which Cen. Walker 
was Bimply un agent. 
Tu respect to the claims of officials for payment 
for services outside of the dnties of their regular 
office, the Attorney-General decides the important 
matter in the case of Mr. Hunter, chief clerk of 
tbe State Department, ns follows: “ It seems that 
while Mr. Webster was Secretary of State, he was 
absent during several protracted periods from 
the Department, and that at thoBe times Mr. 
Hunter was the acting Secretary of State. Has 
he a right to lie paid? The opinions heretofore 
given by me would answer this question in tbe 
negative. The plain words of the acts of Con¬ 
gress, as I read them, made the conclusion at 
which 1 arrived inevitable. Though two of my 
predecessors and one of the Judges of the Su¬ 
preme Court, have had the same point before 
them, and have given a construction to the act 
of Congress which compels me to yield up the 
doctrine I formerly held, ray private judgment 
remains unconvinced. But private judgment 
must surrender to that public wisdom whose 
organ is the highest judicial tribunal of the 
country. There is nothing in the law, as it now 
stands explained, which forbids Mr. Hunter from 
receiving hia pay, provided that there be any 
appropriated fund out of which he can he legally 
satisfied.” Under the above decision of tbe 
Attorney-General, Mr. Hunter will get as addi¬ 
tional compensation for acting as Secretary of 
State, the difference between his pay as Chief 
Clerk of the State Department, and that of the 
Secretary. By another decision of the Attorney- 
General, it seems established that all officials who 
discharge the duties of two offices, or perform 
extra service outside of that pertaining to their 
regular offiee, can receive compensation therefor 
under the decision of the Supreme Court. 
Titus & Co., of New York, have been informed 
that they cannot hold the Arizona mines under 
the Mexican mining laws. The land office has 
ordered that the rules for surveying the lands in 
California be applied to the lands in Arizona, by 
which all mineral lands will be omitted from the 
public surveys. This ruling prevents the loca¬ 
tion of miueB by private parties, and leaves them 
open to be worked by any one, as they are in 
California. There is no positive law for this, hut 
it iB consistent with the previous law of our gov¬ 
ernment 
Capt. Gaines, of the Government Survey, with 
his party, reached home on the 18th inst He 
has been engaged upon the government survey 
west of the six principal meridians for the past 
two months. He reports a country rich in soil, 
and well watered, but sparsely timbered, except 
upon tbe Little Bine River and its tributaries. I 
the Reading electoral ticket, but endorsed Doug- 
y las and Johnson as tbe nominees of tbe party. 
An attempt to erase the Breckenridge men from 
tbe ticket was unsuccessful. 
Tub Governor of South Carolina has issued a 
proclamation calling an extra session of the Leg¬ 
islature of that State, for the purpose of electing 
Presidential electors, and, “ if advisable, to take 
action for the protection and safety of tbe State.” 
Tiik Kansas Democratic Convention at Topeka 
was divided by the adoption of the majority re¬ 
port of committee on credentials. The with¬ 
drawing delegates, embracing those from Breck- 
: enridge, Bourbon, Doniphan, Douglas, Leaven¬ 
worth, Osage, and Wanbenzrr counties, with a 
portion of thoso from Wyundott, Reilly and Al¬ 
len counties, re presenting two-tbirds of the pop¬ 
ulation and wealth of the Territory, organized a 
separate Convention, and recommended, unani¬ 
mously, the passage of the bill which has been 
recommended by the Committee on Public Lands 
in tbe House of Representatives. Much feeling 
exists in the mutter between partizans of rival 
towns and localities. 
The result of the late Congressional elections 
is us follows:—The Ohio delegation to the next 
Congress stands 13 Republicans, 8 Democrats. 
Tbe last Congressional representation of Ohio 
was 15 Republicans aDd G Democrats, showing in 
tbe late election a gain of two Democratic mem¬ 
bers. The representation from Pennsylvania in 
the next Congress will stand, Republicans 20, 
Democrats 5. The representation from Indiana 
in the next Congress, will stand, Republicans 7, 
Democrats 2, Independent 1, with one District yet 
to bear from. The doubtful District, in 1S58 elecD 
ed a Democrat. The entire representation in 
Congress from Indiana at the last session was, 
Republicans 7, Democrats 3, Independent 1 . 
Complete official returns from Pennsylvania 
make Curtin’s majority 32,092. 
From the Pacific [Side. 
The Pony Express, with San Francisco dates to 
tbe Ctb inst., reached St Joseph, Mo., on the 18th 
inst. The news is unimportant. 
The yacht Emma Rourke arrived on the 4th 
from Honolulu via. Victoria, bringing Prince 
Kammehameha and party. They have since re¬ 
ceived considerable attention from city and State 
functionaries. The presence of the Royal parly, 
however, excites more curiosity than practical 
interest 
Showers of rain fell on the nights of the 3d and 
4th, indicating an early rainy season. 
On the loth of September, Lient, Beale, accom¬ 
panied by Fred. Keilen, arrived at Fort Majove, 
on the Colorado river. Fifty days were occupied 
in reaching that, point from Westport, Mo. The 
party were all well. All along lhe route from 
about 120 miles of the place of starting, the Indi¬ 
ans were hostile, snd the Lieutenant was strongly 
advised not to make the experiment, but he 
reached his destination witnout tbe loss of a man 
or animal. He had fourteen men, forty head of 
cattle, and J two wagons. Beale reports the road 
in good condition, but owing to the determined 
hostility of the Indians, he would not encourage 
emigrants to go that way, as their stock would be 
in danger. As soon as,protection is afforded by 
the government, the route may be traveled with 
advantage. 
It was reported at Los Angelos, that the In¬ 
dians had attacked the store of settlers at Fort 
Defiance and held possession of the port for six j 
hours in the face of four companies of United j 
States troops. 
Operations were [about to commence at the 
l.emescal tin mines. The purchase of stock in 
the various leadB had been made by Col. Fremont 1 
and others, who have the utmost confidence in the \ 
success of the enterprise. 
The campaign in California was progressing 1 
vigorously. The canvass has taken such a shape 
that the Bucoffsa of Breckenridge would insure \ 
Senator Gwin’s re-election. c 
Telegraphic communication between San Fran- r 
cisco and Los AngeloB is established. The Pla- i 
cerville and Salt Lake line is extended thirty j 
miles east of Miller’s station. a 
Conflagrations and Casualties*. 
As cold weatber approaches, and the various 
modes for promoting warmth are brought into 
nse, the telegraph and the press arc daily recount¬ 
ing the destruction of life aud property by the 
agency of fire. It is evident that those who are 
in charge of these auxiliaries of our comfort do 
not exert that care and watchfulness incumbent 
upon them, or else the seekers for “news” would 
not be so frequently besot with painful and thrill¬ 
ing narrations of the ravages of this destroying 
element. We clip the following Items as a sample 
of the past three or four days; 
The whole inside of the upper part of the 
building No. 32 Platt street, New York, was burnt 
on the 20th inBt. The occupants of the building 
are Gaud clot & Louse—loss $10,000, fully insured; 
8 . J. Rardessus—loss $15,000, fully Insured; L. 
Baily—loss $3,000, insured. Tbe building was 
owned by Thos. Patten—damaged $3,500; insured. 
Nos. 30 and 34 also damaged by water. The total 
loss Sb about $40,000. 
Tbe Franklin buildings, five stories high, in 
tbe rear of Franklin Hall, Sixth street, below 
Arch, Philadelphia, were burnt on the 20th inst. 
They were occupied by Duncan White, bookbind¬ 
er—loss $2,500; W. S. Young, job printer, among 
whose stock the forms of several weekly and 
monthly papers were destroyed, including the 
Presbyterian Quarterly Review and Christian In¬ 
structor—loss not estimated; Peters, stereotype 
printer—loss $3,000. The buildings were owned 
by Rulings CopCrwaith. Total loss $15,000, cov¬ 
ered by insurance. The fire was the result of an 
accident. 
Schofield’s woolen yarn factory on Willow 
street, Philadelphia, was burnt on tbe 19th inst 
Lobb $30,000. 
A block of houses, on Gth avenue, X. Y., burnt 
on the 22d inst Loss $20,000. It belonged to 
the estate of 8 . P. Townsend. 
A firo in Salem, Mass., Sunday morning, de¬ 
stroyed the Franklin Buildings, occupied by seve¬ 
ral stores, the armory of the Salem Cadets, tbe 
raelodeou manufactory of E. T. Nichols, a private 
school, club rooms, Ac. The building was valued 
at $25,000 and insured for $13,000. Total loss 
about $35,000. 
Eighteen buildings in the square bounded by 
Monroe, Summit, and Perry streets, Toledo, Ohio, 
were burned Tlupsday morning, the 18th inst 
They were mostly of wood, and the lire caught in 
a bakery. Tbo loss is from $25,000 to $35,000, 
partly insured. 
A collision occurred on tbe Detroit and Mil¬ 
waukee Railway on the 19th inst, two miles west 
of Bermingliam, between a freight and express 
train, by which Mr. Jones, mail agent, Niokles, 
express messenger, and Wilkie, fireman, were 
killed. 
Tbe mail train on the Cleveland and Erie Rail¬ 
road, going east, ran into a wagon at Painesville 
on the 20th inst, killing Mrs. Solomon Stone, and 
a boy named Dyke, and injuring Mrs. Dyke, mas¬ 
ter Stone, and an infant, who were in the wagon. 
Reports indicate that the ship Black Hawk, 
from Calcutta for Boston, before reported iniBsing, 
has been lost with all on board. She was last 
seen in the Bay of Bengal, about April 15th, and 
afterwards a portion of the wreck of an American 
vessel was discovered. 
The potato disease in Ireland is again a subject 
of anxiety, and at the last accounts it was thought 
that not au eighth of the quantity sown would be 
realized. 
The first railway in Bonth Africa, extending 
two miles from the landing to the town of Dur¬ 
bar, on the 8 . E. coast, was opened with much 
ceremony on the 2Gth of June. 
The Post Office Department has issued an order 
that after November 1 st, all letters dropped in 
the Post Office without pre-payment *of postage 
will be sent to tbe Dead Letter Office. 
Tub mnnicipality of Msrasillfs celebrated the 
late visit of the Emperor and Empress to that city 
by depositing one hnndred francs in the savings 
bank for every female child born of poor French 
parents in Marseilles on the Stb, 9th and 10th of 
September. 
Tjik union of the fleets of Sardinia, Naples and 
the vessels of Garibaldi, makes the Sardinian navy 
now the first in Europe after those of England and 
France. The aggregate, including those recently 
purchased in England, iB about one hundred and 
forty men of war. 
A LApy writes from Pike’s Peak, that for three 
months she has not been in a house, sat in a chair, 
or seen a woman; she sleeps in a wet bed, wears 
damp clothes all the time, and finally, writes 
these experiences upon a board in her lap, sitting 
on tbe ground. 
Fifteen years ago there were not more than 
fifty miles of railroad in Mississippi: now.it is 
said that there are about eight hundred miles of 
completed railroad in successful operation, and 
about the same number of miles of road in the 
course of construction. 
Tjjk sea Borpent lias again been seen—this time 
off the coast of Ireland. One of the witnesses 
was a justice of tbe peace, who describes it as 
being some 25 or 30 feet in length, covered with 
brilliant scales of ayellowbue, with its neck about 
six feet above the surface. It was shot at, and 
immediately disappeared. 
The fleet, which is to take the Prince of Wales 
home, arrived at Portland the iGth inst. The last 
British fleet that arrived in that place waB the one 
commanded by Captain Mowatl, who, with two 
ships, two schooners and a bomb sloop, entered 
the harbor of Portland—then called Falmouth— 
on the Kith of October, 1775, and two days later 
destroyed the town by bombardment. 
<£l)e Sfctus Conbcnscr. 
News Paragraphs. 
The Legislative Council of Canada have taken 
a firm stand against death-bed bequests—enacting 
that no bequests will be valid if made within six 
months of the testator’s death. 
Chicago and Milwaukee receive and ship more 
wheat than any four cities on tbe globe. The 
receipts of wheat at these two cities since harvest, 
have been nearly ten millions of buBhcls! 
The population of Southern Ohio, excepting 
Hamilton county, (Cincinnati,) is ascertained to 
be 1 , 262 , 000 ; this is an aggregate increase of 
some 200,000 for the entire district. 
A Spanish Medical Journal is of opinion that 
cholera has chosen its domicile in that country, 
and fixed itself upon the soil,as it has not quitted 
it for the last six years. 
The editor of the N. O. Delta says that many 
items that would have been of interest to his 
readers, were spoiled in his pocket as he was 
swimming a lake to get to his officte during the 
late inundation, 
A Mr. Wdians, of Baltimore, intends to build a 
new and very large steamer on his cigar-shaped 
model, that will make the trip to Europe in five 
days. She will be between five and six hundred 
feet long. The experimental steamer ndjw built 
is said to have made thirty miles an honr. 
The execution at Damascus of 210 of the Druse 
murderers has struck the Moslems of Syria with 
terror. It seems that they were under the impres¬ 
sion that England would sustain them, and that 
Turkey would not dare to inflict any punishment 
for the atrocities committed upon the Christians. 
The old Monroe Tavern in Lexington, Mass., 
where the wounds of the British Boldiers were 
dressed after the battle of April 19th, 1775, has 
recently been put in complete repair. The origi¬ 
nal building is more than a hundred and fifty 
years old, and will last another cqntury at least, 
as the oak timber of the grame is still sound. 
The debtsof the several States of Europe, at the 
close of June, : G0, were as follows:—Great Britain, 
$5,360,000,000; France, $2,880,000,000; Russia, $1,- 
745,000,000; Austria, $1,600,000,000; Spain, $1,- 
050,000,000; Prussia, $284,000,000; Turkey, $185,- 
000,000; Portugal, $196,000,000; Belgium, $100,- 
000,000. 
Ti i k ke exists in I reland at present about seventy 
towns—containing from 10,000 to 25,000 inhabi¬ 
tants—without a book-seller’s shop; and six whole 
counties are found without either a publisher, 
book-seller, or circulating library. In Scotland, 
the number of book-sellers, as compared to Ire¬ 
land, in tbe proportion of the population, is nine 
to one. 
Messrs. J. Astinwall & Son, of Detroit, have 
chartered the bark T. F. Park for a trip from Mil¬ 
waukee to Cork, to load with wheat The Pafk is 
a staunch craft, and carries about 17,000 bushels. 
She is at Milwaukee, and will soon start on her 
voyage. It will be remembered that she made a 
trip to Europe last summer, and returned with a 
cargo of pig iron shipped from Glasgow to De¬ 
troit 
The Emperor of China is represented to be in 
a state of drunken, helpless imbecility. The 
Chief Censor, whose duty it is to rebuke tbe 
faults of tbe highest Chinese officials, protested, 
some months ago, againat the conduct of the Em¬ 
peror—his drunkenness and dissipation, his at¬ 
tachment to actors, and love of low society. 
This reproof to His Mnjesty was published in the 
Pekin Gazette, and circulated throughout the 
Empire. 
The idea of installing the Pope in Jerusalem 
has been broached by the French press. They 
say it is no further from Jerusalem to Jaffa 
than from Rome to its sea port, CivitaVecchia; 
a railroad would place Jerusalem within one honr 
of the Mediterranean, and it would be very nearly 
as convenient for the Catholic world as Rome is 
now. It would add, also, very much to the ad¬ 
vance of Christianity in the East The French 
army in Syria can easily take possession of Pales¬ 
tine if the Sultan should dare refuse a demand for 
it; in fact they say it would be the easiest way to 
settle the Roman question. 
— The potato rot is making sad bavoc in some parts of 
Massachusetts. 
— Miss Dix, the philanthropist, is now visiting the pris¬ 
ons of Detroit, 
— There are twenty alleged murderers confined in the 
Tombs, New York. 
— Mazzini has had an interview with Garibaldi, and 
been well received. 
— A lynx, five feet long, was recently killed in Carlisle, 
Mass., near Concord. 
— The population of Iowa is about 600,000, a gain of 
46,000 over last year. 
— The Kingston (C. W.) people propose erecting a 
statue to William III. 
— The 29th of November has been named as Thanks¬ 
giving dsy in Michigan. 
— A Blight shock of an earthquake was felt all over 
Canada, on tbe 17th inst, 
— The total length of railroads in Germany, at the 
close of 1859, wan 7,949 miles. 
— A package of Siberian coffee, called the best known, 
has been received in New York. 
— The taxable property of Mississippi, in land and 
negroes, amounts to $653,100,000. 
— Mrs. Goll, the only daughter of the late Sir John 
Franklin, died a short time since. 
— A Frenchman, 7 feet 8 inches high, is stopping at 
the St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans. 
— Collections, in aid of Syrian sufferers, are to be 
taken up in all the churches of Boston. 
— Commodore Ch»s. M. Skinner, of the U. S. Navy, 
died at Bichmond, Va,, on Monday week. 
— There are now 8 different kinds of post-ofllce stamps, 
namely, 1, 3, 6,10,12, 24,30, and 90 cents. 
— It is reported that Lord Lyons will not allow the 
Prince to ride In an open barouche after dark. 
— The choir of Trinity Church, New York, made its 
first appearance in surplices, on Sunday week. 
— The midnight meetings for the restoration of unfor¬ 
tunate women in London, have been given np, 
— The lead mine recently discovered in Texas, eighty 
miles from Rome, Is turning out two tuns per day. 
— The Mobile Register say* that a movement i*on foot 
in that city to erect a monument to tillibuster Walker. 
— Tlio New York treasurer for the Syrian fund has 
received and forwarded about seventeen thousand dollars. 
— At the Bethel, Me., Towu Fair, a premium is to te 
paid for the best patched coat presented by an nnraarried 
lady. 
— The Empress Eugene, It is said, has symptoms of 
the tame disease that killed her sister, tbe Duchess of 
Alba. 
— Prince Alfred, brother of Albert Edward, is receiv¬ 
ing ovations from British subjects at the Cape of Good 
Hope. 
— A dispatch announces the murder of the Rev. Morris 
Brangnier, missionary to the Crow Indians, by a party of 
Sioux. 
— Lola Montez has had a very severe attack of paraly¬ 
sis, and it has left her face partly turned over her 
shoulder. 
— The Province town Banner says the whole front of 
that town presents the appearance of being shingled over 
wit.b codfish. 
— Nena Sahib has turned up again. He is still alive 
somewhere In India, according to a Bengal paper, but is 
out of reach. 
— A new manifesto of Mazzini declares no king of Italy 
should be proclaimed until the kingdom thereof is organ¬ 
ized in Rome. 
Departure ok the Prince op Wales. —The 
telegraph this (Monday) morning gives a full ac¬ 
count of the departure of the Prince from Port¬ 
land. After describing the display made in honor 
of the heir to England’s throne, we- learn that the 
procession proceeded through the principal 
streets to Victoria wharves, where the Royal 
barge was awaiting the Prince, and whence he 
embarked at 3:15 o’clock, the military presenting 
arms. Before the Prince embarked, he Bhook 
hands cordially with Lord Lyons, the Mayor, the 
British Consul and, others. As the Royal barge 
left the wharf, the British squadron fired a salute 
of 21 guns, and similar salutes were fired from 
the city and Fort Preble. The harbor was fall of J 
steamers, boats, barges, Ac., which accompanied 
the Royal barge from the wharf, the latter being 
surrounded with boats from the Royal squadron 
filled with officers. 
As tbe Royal party passed the various vessels 
of the squadron, the Prince was received with 
repeated cheers, and when he reached the Hero, 
the Royal standard was run np to the main, and 
another salute fired by all the fleet At half-past 
four the squadron sailed, steaming out of the har¬ 
bor, the Hero leading, followed by the Nile, 
Ariadne, Flying Fish and the Styx, Baluting and 
being saluted by the first Battery passed. The 
Royal squadron will steam long enough to clear 
the land, and the remainder of the voyage will 
be under saiL The Nile and Btyx will leave the 
squadron off Halifax. 
— Sharp’s Rifle Company of Hartford has entered into 
contract with a foreign government to furnish $200,000 
worth of arms. 
— It appears from statistics recently published that the 
consumption of coffee is Increasing more rapidly than 
the production. 
— Lady Franklin will soon leave New York to proceed 
to California, which, it is expected, she will make her 
future residence. 
— Upwards of 10,000 persons were in attendance upon 
the receut jubilee of the American Board of Foreign 
Missions in Boston. 
— The Sardinian forces,in conjunction with the French 
army of occupation, are now masters of the whole extent 
of the Papal Slates; 
— The average wealth of every inhabitant, male and 
female, man, woman and child, in Linchburg, Va., is over 
one thousand dollars. 
— A rich silver mine, the Montreal Herald is informed, 
has been discovered by Mr. Charles Page, about a mile 
east from Sherbrooke. 
— The White Mountains are covered with snow, and 
in tbe clear sunlight of these fine October days, presents 
a beautiful appearance. 
— Census returns have been received from 31 of the 40 
conoties of Kansas. The aggregate number of inhabi¬ 
tants reported ia S3 435. 
— Friends of Walker say there is no reliance to be 
placed in the Spanish acconnts recently published of his 
dying speech, or execution. 
— According the last Leipric Catalogue, 3,860 new 
books were published in Germany during the first six 
months of the present year. 
— A severe shock of an earthquake was felt at Saco, Me., 
on the lTtli, rocking buildings, ringing bells, &c. It was 
accompanied by loud thunder. 
— Tbe Empress Eugene, since the death of her sister, 
the Duchess of Alba, has absolutely refused to receive 
company, or be seen in public. 
— Garibaldi hae issued a decree granting pemsioms to 
the mother and sisters of Agizilaa Milano, who tried to 
assassinate tbe King Of Naples. 
— Wholesale dealere in Chicago are selling more goods 
in the day time than they can pack at Dight, as a result 
of tbe heavy crops now Coming in. 
— There are 1,600 Evangelical Missionaries abroad in 
the heathen world. Ninety thousand are wanted to give 
one preacher to every 10,000 touls. 
— A New York paper says, by tbe next steamer, $337,000 
will be sent in drafts to England to charter vessels to go 
to China and take coolies for Havana, 
— Gov. Hardings, a wealthy gentleman residing near 
Nashville, Tenn,, has a park of 600 acres, in which are 
300 deer, 20 buffaloes, aud a herd of elk. 
— Tbe New Orleans Delta of Thursday week says that 
one broker of that city bought, on the day previous, 
10,000 bales of cotton, valued at $750,000. 
— It is now an admitted fact that the cotton crop of 
the Southern States tliie year will fall folly one-third 
short in the number of hales of last year. 
— They had a great squirrel hunt in North Stratford, 
N, H., last week, which brought in game numbering 
21,125. The wiDDiDg party brought in 11,180, [ 
— The Cuban Messenger of the 8!b says, on Monday, 
the locomotive WaB heard for the first time in the Reta ! 
Pena Valley, on the branch from Guinea to Matanzas. / 
