394 
CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 
AGRICULTURAL. Pack. 
The Tiroes and the Panic,. 389 
European Agriculture,.3*0 
Steep for Wheat,.389 
Wintering Young 8tock,. 389 
Breedn of English Sheep,.385 
Ball's Hand-Power Stump Machine, |Illustrated,].3l>9 
Soiling Cattle,. 389 
Labor-Saving in Doors—Women*’ Rights.390 
Practical Sermons from Short Texts,.... ...,. 390 
Facts about Feeding Horses,. .390 
Improved “ Ho-Patent"Com Shelter,.390 
Jlural Spirit of th* Press The l‘se of Rawhide; 
Baden’* Method of Saving Seed Corn; Beautify the 
Homestead; Fsrnnng is Business; ninl* on Shingling,..390 
Inquiries unit drawers. Kll’lf.g Sorrel; Whitening 
Broom Corn; Kro»i-Bitt«n K#et lu Cows, Black Tongue; 
Best Time lot Painting Houses.390 
JgriaUtural Miscellany —The Rural New-Yorker 
Advancing—Enlargement and Impi-nroiijont; Horso- 
Klesn si Pur; A New Concentrated Manure; Cows, 
Cost and Profit; The Universal Plow; Points of Merit 
in a Farm Horse; Items— Stuffing Swine, A Large 
Young Bovine, Heavy Turkeys; The Rural New-Yorker 
and one of its Imitators,.390 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Wine from the Black Currant,.391 
Clapp’s Favorite Pear, [illustrated,1.391 
Horticultural Notes K GieenKose; Progressive Gar¬ 
deners' Sieletjf of Philadelphia j Pennsylvania Hort. 
Society; Tree Pruner; Keeping Winter Squaahes,.391 
Inquiries and Answers Bearing of Apple Trees; 
Grapes for Iowa; Making Raisins; Ever-Bearing Black 
Raspberry,. 391 
DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 
Ginger Cookies; Citron Cake; Brentl Cnke; Fruit Cake; 
Wingate Cake; Barnard Cuke; Sunderland 1'ulding; llow 
to make Ilop Yeast; How Jo make a Cement for Stoves; 
A Seasonable Inquiry; Another Cure for White Swell¬ 
ing; Cooking Egg Plant,. 301 
LADIES' OLIO, 
Tra Twenty-One, [Poetical ;] Mv Mother; Sermon¬ 
ising Fashon-Wise; Some of rov ‘ Wonders; Woman’s 
Courage; The Mourning Molher;‘KeaI Pets,.392 
CHOICE MISCELLANY. 
A I.ifa Picture, [Poetical;] Laughter; Aversion to a 
large House; Big Words; Doctors; Bishop Ames and 
.Newspapers, ...392 
8ABBATIT MU8ING8. 
Thanksgiving Hymn, [Poetical;] Consolations of Re¬ 
ligion; uld Age without Religion.392 
EDUCATIONAL. 
School Teaching; Why Teachers Fail,.3S3 
USEFUL OLIO. 
Animals of South Africa, [Illustrated,].393 
YOUNG RUHALI8T. 
Letters to Farmer's Boy* —No. Ill; Canary Birds— 
Yermin; Intellect without Heart,. .£93 
THE STORY TELLER. 
A Score of Years Ago, I Poetical;] My Autograph,.3U(i 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., DECEMBER 8, 18G0. 
Special Announcement! 
ENLARGEMENT OE 
MOORE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER! 
Having completed arrangements to fulfill a 
long-cherished design, we have the pleasure of 
announcing that the Rubai, New-Yorker will 
he MATERIALLY ENLARGED and otherwise 
Improved on the commencement of its Twelfth 
Volume—next month. The enlargement will 
enable ub to give about onb-sixth uohk heading! 
—equal to an addition of considerably more than 
a page to our present form. The Type, and other 
material nsod, will all be entirely new, of the 
best style, and manufactured expressly for the 
purpose. Indeed, we hope to manifest true 
“Progress and Improvement” in the enlarge¬ 
ment, aud to render the ensuing volume of the 
Rural New-Yorker far more acceptable and 
valuable than any of its predecessors—an im¬ 
provement in Size, Style, Contents and Appear- 
anoe. (Jnr aim in the future, as in the past, will 
be to excel—to try to make this the Best and 
Cheapest Journal of its Class—and if we fail it 
will not bo for the want of earnest desire, per¬ 
sistent labor, or liberal expenditure, as all these 
requisites will be invested in the new enterprise. 
The Manner of enlargement may not he striking, 
but the tnailer gained quite material, while the 
general form and characteristics of the Rubai, 
will bo so well preserved that its friends will 
readily recognize it without a new or speciul 
introduction. But wo will not anticipate. 
The necessity of the change now announced 
has been impressed upon us for years, as from 
week to week and month to month, we have been 
compelled to defer or omit altogether various 
matters of interest which ought to appear in our 
pages. With ull our powers and labors of con¬ 
densation we have been unable to discuss many 
timely and important subjects, or give contribu¬ 
tors and correspondents a bearing—and, though 
we may still lack space for all, the enlargement 
will enable us to do better justice to readers, 
writers and ourselves. 
The dentils of the enlargement will accrue 
mainly to Subscribers and Advertisers —for, while 
we make no advance in the rates of either Sub¬ 
scription or Advertising, we shall give each 
class of supporters, more than ever before, “ value 
received” for the money invested—Subscribers 
obtaining considerable additional reading, and 
Advertisers more space, without an increase of 
expense. [To explain the latter, we will here 
6tate that the columns of the enlarged paper will 
be wider, and the lines of course longer, than the 
present] 
The expense of the proposed expansion will be 
no Bmall item—the extra paper and type-setting 
alone amounting to several thousand dollars per 
annum. Indeed, we do not expect any real profit 
on the subscription of the paper, without a mate¬ 
rial increase of its present large circulation, for 
our expenses will be what many would pronounce 
MOORE’S RURAL MEW-YORSER. 
enormous — our estimate for paper alone, next 
year, being about forty thousand dollarsl 
— But we arc confident of being nobly sus¬ 
tained, for we verily believe no paper in thiB 
broad Union hiiB such a host of ardent, generous 
and influential friend#, or more appreciative and 
attached subscribers, than the Rural Nbw- 
Yorkek. Of this we have the best evidence— 
for from Maine to Minnesota, and Canada to 
California, we are daily receiving the most en¬ 
couraging and substantial assurances of continued 
and largely increased support. 
DOMESTIC NEWS. 
Washington Mutter*. 
A Washington telegram to the N. Y. Com¬ 
mercial, says the President will, in his message, 
insist that the Federal law# must be obeyed, and 
he will maintain them at all hazards. He ex¬ 
presses the earnest hope that the South will not 
provoke a collision. He will also emphatically 
declare hia duty to the country, which forbids the 
Idea of his permitting the secessionists to take 
possession of Federal ports or to withhold Federal 
revenue. The PreBidenthas received information 
that the ordinance for South Carolina secession 
is prepared, and will be adopted December 18th, 
though the President expresses a desire that no 
collision may occur, lie anticipates very great 
danger that It will come now. 
The Cabinet held a meeting on the 28th ult. It 
is rumored Unit the Southern members were ad¬ 
verse to Mr. Buchanan’s discussing the question 
of secession in the message, they deeming it ad¬ 
visable to wait until a formal declaration bad been 
made by the seceding States, when the subject 
could be treated in a special message. 
The Census Bureau ia in receipt of returns from 
all the States, South Carolina included. In a few 
scattered districts, however, some are withheld 
for correction. The returns from the Territory of 
New Mexico are now on their way to Washing¬ 
ton, and those of Utah and Kansas have only in 
part come to baud. In all cuaes, with one excep¬ 
tion, laws have heretofore been passed to extend 
the time for taking the census. As to the present 
one, they have beeu rendered within a shorter 
period than ever before, but not in time to enable 
the Secretary of the Interior to communicate to 
Congress at the commencement of the session, the 
enumeration of inhabitants, and the new repre¬ 
sentative government. 
The N. Y. Commercial’s Washington letter Bay b, 
adviceB from St. Petersburg give reason to believe 
that ere this, Minister Appleton has obtained pay¬ 
ment of the celebrated Perkin claim against the 
Russian government, amounting to $385,000, for 
non compliance with the contract for smuggling 
arms and ammunition during the Crimean war. 
A Paris letter of November 9th, says deplor¬ 
able events are probablein Syria. So threatening 
are the appearances that Abdel lvadcrhas advised 
the Christians to quit the country. 
Congressional Proceeding!*. 
Both Houses of Congress met yesterday, 
(Monday,) and the telegraph this A. M. gives us 
the following summary of the transactions: 
Senate. —The Senate convened at 12 precisely, 
Mr. Breckenridge in the Chair. 
Absent — Messrs. Benjamin, Chestnut, Clay, 
Gwin, Hammond, Harlin, Iverson, Johnson, of 
Ark; Johnson, of Tenn.; Mallory, Pugh, Sebas¬ 
tian, Slidell, Ten Eyok, Thompson, Toombs, aud 
Wilkinson. 
Prayer was offered by the Chaplain, Mr. Gurley. 
Mr. Bright moved that the Secretary inform the 
House that a quorum of the Senate had assem¬ 
bled and was ready to proceed to business. 
Adopted. Mr. Bigler introduced the following 
resolution; 
Resolved, That a Committee of three from the 
Senate and such as may be appointed bv the 
Houbo, wait upon the President of the United 
States and inform him that there is a quorum in 
each House of Congress, and are ready to receive 
any communication he is pleased to make, 
A dopted, 
Messrs. Bigler, Mason, and Collamer were ap¬ 
pointed a Committee. 
Mr. Fitzpatrick ordered that the hour of daily 
meeting of the Senate be 12 o’clock, until other¬ 
wise ordered. Adopted. 
A message was received from the House, to the 
effect that it concurred in the Senate resolution 
for a Committee to wait on the President, and had 
appointed a similar Committee. Adjourned. 
House. —Excessive good humor prevailed pre¬ 
vious to the Speaker taking the Chair at noon, 
and calling the House to order. 
A prayer was offered op by Rev. Mr. Stockton. 
The roll of members was then called. About 
200 members responded to their names. 
Mr. Me Kentry, of Pa., appeared iu the place of 
Mr. Schwartz, deceased. Mr. Barrett, of Mo., and 
John Young Brown, of Ivy., severally appeared 
and were qualified. 
A message was received from the Senate an¬ 
nouncing the appointment of Messrs. Bigler, 
Meson, and Collamer, as a Committee on the part 
of the Senate, to wait on the President, and 
inform him that a quorum of both Houses were in 
attendance, and ready to receive any communica¬ 
tion he may be pleased to make. 
Mr. Horchead offered a similar resolution, which 
was adopted; he aud Meesrs. Bocock and Adams, 
of Ky., were appointed a Committee on the part 
of the House. 
On motion of Mr. Grow, a message was sent to 
the Senate, informing them that a quorum of the 
House was present, and ready to proceed to busi¬ 
ness. 
Mr, Washburn, of Me.—As he would vacate his 
seat on the first of January, he asked to be ex¬ 
cused from serving on the Committee of Ways 
and Means. The Speaker replied that the Com¬ 
mittee appointed at the last session would be 
continued throughout the present session, but the 
vacancies, however, that may occur, will be filled 
by him, Mr. Washburn was excused. 
Mr. Washburn, of Illinois, said, as it was under¬ 
stood that the President's Message would not be 
transmitted to the House till to-morrow, be 
moved an adjournment till that time. Carried. 
The Secession Movement. 
Gov. Hicks, of Maryland, replies to a petition 
for a special session of the Legislature, declining 
to convene it. He is unwilling to place Mary¬ 
land in a position of appearing to join in any 
treasonable designs against the Union, whilst he 
is ready to go »s far as any man in demanding the 
rights of the Sonth in the Union. 
Jn Georgis, a debate took place in the House 
on the bill to protect the rights of citizens. An 
amendment was offered to extend the provisions 
of the bill to every State which voted for Liacoln, 
and was agreed to. 
Mr. McDonald opposed the bill and amendment, 
expressing warm union sentiments, and moved 
an amendment, fining any Georgian $2,000 who 
sells a bale of cotton or a barrel of appleB to any 
person north of Dixon line. Mr. McDonald’s 
amendment caused a commotion and discussion, 
and conservative sentiments were uttered. The 
bill waB made the special order for the 30th ult, 
when an exciting discussion is anticipated. The 
disunionists oppose, and the conservatives favor 
it. It is still generally thought the Governor will 
vote for it. 
A committee of citizens of Texas petitioned 
Gov. Houston to convene the Legislature. The 
Governor responded, that viewing the proposed 
measure as unwise, he could not call the Legisla¬ 
ture. but if a majority of the citizens of the State 
petitioned for it, he couldn't stand in tbeir way. 
The secession feeling largely predominates. 
A Washington special dispatch to the Charles¬ 
ton Courier, semi-official in tone, says that the 
President hopes that South Carolina will appre¬ 
ciate the delicacy of hia position and not compel 
him to use force for the collection of the revenue. 
The President will maintain the laws, collect 
the revenue, and protect the public property. 
The Florida Legislature unanimously passed 
the Convention bill. It meets the 3d of January. 
The Kuumum DHUcuUch. 
It is hard work to believe anything that comes 
from Kansas no w a-days. One mail brings intelli¬ 
gence of famine dire and dreadful,—the next de¬ 
nies that scarcity exists; the telegraph to-day 
tells of civil war, to-morrow brotherly peace and 
union are in the ascendant. The reports arc con¬ 
flicting, and but very little can be drawn from 
them in consequence, but we give them, in order 
to complete our record of the transac tions of the 
times: 
Kansas City, Nov. 27th.—The Mail Coach from 
Fort Scott arrived here this evening, bringing 
Jesse Morrison and two registers of the land office 
at Fort Scott, who furnish the following touching 
the late disturbances:—“Much of the excitement 
here during the last, week has been without rea¬ 
sonable cause; the business of the land office has 
not been interrupted, and no fears exist that it 
will be. The flight of Judge Williams and the 
Court was not warranted by the circumstances in 
the case.” 
A meeting was called at Leavenworth on the 
2Gth ult., the Mayor presiding, but a variance of 
opinion caused a disruption, when two sets of 
resolutions were reported and adopted. 
The first declare that intelligence has been re¬ 
ceived from South-eastern Kansas, which leaves 
little room to doubt that civil war has been added 
to the curse of famine, which already oppresses 
that section of Kansas; and that, without express¬ 
ing any opinion as to the causes which may have 
led Montgomery, Jameson, aud their followers, or 
any bands of men acting with, or in opposition to 
them, to the renewal of violence and disorder in 
that section of Kansas, we regard it our duty, as 
citixens of the Territory, to denounce this unlaw¬ 
ful and insurrectionary act, aud to Eupport the 
Executive authorities of the Territory in restoring 
and preserving peace. 
The second state that there is no reliable infor¬ 
mation on the subject, and it is resolved that the 
people of Leavenworth withhold all action in the 
matter, until the facts connected with the case 
can be satisfactorily ascertained; and that a com¬ 
mittee of three be appointed by the Chair, for the 
purpose of ascertaining the facts with regard to 
the nature and origin of thoso difficulties and 
their extent. 
Intelligence from Lawrence states that Secre¬ 
tary Beebe had arrived, and had an interview 
with Montgomery. At the time of the interview 
Montgomery, with forty-three men, was engaged 
in the trial of a man charged with kidnapping a 
free negro. The man, whose name was not given, 
was found guilty, and hung in the presence of 
Beebe. On being expostulated with, Montgomery 
is reported as having defied the power of the 
Territorial and Federal Governments. 
Icoin California arid Oregon. 
We have received by the Pony Express, Cali¬ 
fornia dates to the lfctb ult. 
The election returns are nearly completed. 
Lincoln is 500 to 800 ahead of Douglas, and all 
parties concede California to Lincoln. 
The people of California are waiting with anxi¬ 
ety for Eastern news, showing the disposition of 
the Ben them States in the disunion question. 
All political animosities are greatly moderated— 
the Republicans as well as Democrats seeming to 
be fearful of serious trouble. The Republican 
illumination m San Francisco in honor of Lin¬ 
coln's election, was a complete failure, and the 
Republican!! generally are not in an exulting 
mood. 
The returns from 15 counties in Oregon show 
Lincoln 5,062, Breckenridge 1,866, Douglas 3,S50, 
Bell 148. _ 
News PnrngragIis. 
Taxes are estimated to be 9,000 locomotives in 
uBe in the United States, tbeir total annual mile¬ 
age being 175,000,0ft) miles. The average cost of 
fuel at ten cents per mile, would be $17,500,000. 
A bon was born to the Emperor of RasBia on 
the 20th of September. He is named Paul, and 
has already been appointed Chief of the Koora 
regiment of infantry, several regiments of Guards, 
and the Bifle Battalion of the Imperial family. 
An Imperial proclamation announces the fact, 
and gives devout thanks for the auspicious event 
Loss of Life by tab kecent Gale.— The De¬ 
troit Free Press makes a summary of the effect# 
of the gale of Saturday week, as follows:—“We 
can now begin to form some estimate of the 
number of livesthathave been lost by this terrific 
gale, though this estimate mn-t necessarily be 
imperfect. Where the crew# of vessels have been 
lost, we estimate the number at eight for a crew, 
which will rather fall below than exceed the true 
number. The following are those who are lost, 
so far as known:—Propeller Dacotah, 24; propel¬ 
ler Jersey City, 17; propeller Cuyahoga, 1; brig 
F, B. Gardiner, 1; schooner William Maxwell, 7; 
schooner Marco Polo, 8; schooner Tornado, 8; 
schooner Omar Pasha, 1. Total 67. To this list 
it may be necessary hereafter to add others, and 
among them the crew and passengers of the steam¬ 
er Ploughboy.” 
-♦ — 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
Great Britain. —The Prince of Wales’ fleet had 
arrived. The details of the return voyage Bhow 
that the fleet had experienced head winds and 
bad weather daring the entire passage. The 
vessels were within a day's Bail of England on the 
6th, when a heavy gale prevented any further 
progress. They had only another week's provi¬ 
sions on board, and the Royal party, for the last 
few days, lived on salt and preserved provisions. 
The party, however, landed all well, and the Prince 
reached Windsor Castle on theevening of the 15th. 
The return of the Prince is made the theme of 
congratulatory editorials by the Press generally, 
and the reiteration of warm compliments to the 
American people. 
The Empress Eugenie arrived at London on 
the 14th irrat, and remained there in the strictest 
incognito. Hhe will make a visit to Scotland, in 
the hope of regaining her health. 
The Bishop of Worcester is dead. 
Australian gold to the value of £507,000 arrived 
on the 16th, which was immediately bought for 
the Bank of France, and this temporarily prevent¬ 
ed any further withdrawal from the Bank of Eng¬ 
land. There waB more confidence on Friday, arid 
tho funds Elightly improved, closing firm. The 
discount market continued to present an atix- 
ioub aud unsettled appearance, and no business 
had been done below the Bank minimum, aud in 
many oases GJ per cent was the lowest rate that 
wonld be taken. Three month’s paper was negoti¬ 
able below 7 per cent, and six mouth’s paper at 8 
per cent. 
It was rumored in London that tho British Gov¬ 
ernment had received official dispatches from 
China that peace had been concluded at Pekin by 
the English and French Ambassadors and the 
Emperor of China, but it was generally believed 
that the Government would not withhold such 
intelligence. 
France.— Itamors of Ministerial changes were 
rife. It iB reported that M. Lailly, who figured in 
the Savoy negotiations, is to be Minister of the In¬ 
terior. The commercial treaty of France and 
England was completed lit Paris on tho 10th, and 
received the final signatures. 
The formation of a French squadron of reserve, 
to be ready in the spring, is positively announced. 
It was said that the Representatives of France 
and England recommended the Kingot Naples to 
abandon the contest 
Tho drain upon the Bank of France continues, 
and has become more active. 
Italy. —There was a report that a conspiracy 
had been discovered at Gaeta against Francis 2d. 
Two officers and two men were shot 
The official Piedmontese Gazette of the 15th, 
says that the Neapolitans under Gen. Sabreans 
bad proposed to Fanti the surrender of the 
Neapolitan troops who remained outside of Gaeta, 
consisting of ten batallions of Chasseurs and a 
regiment of cavalry. Fanti rejected the propo¬ 
sition, but after a combat on the 12th the Bourbon 
troops re entered Gaeta aud the Sardinians took 
up fresh positions around the town. The garrison 
of Gaeta consisted of twenty-eight batallionB, 
but the dispatch announces that two merchant 
steamers, carrying the French colors, had left 
Gaeta with troops supposed for Civita Vecchia. 
The seige works before Gaeta are actively con¬ 
tinued, and if the garrison will not capitulate, a 
general bombardment will commence. 
Francis has rejected the proposal to evacuate 
the town, on t~<e basis that he commands the 
troops, 13,000 in number, at Gaeta, and relies on 
the strength of the fortress. 
Fatiui has been appointed Viceroy of Naples. 
A new counsel was appointed, including Poerio 
and other liberals. 
Garibaldi was appointed General In the army. 
Garibaldi has issued a farewell proclamation to 
his late army, concluding by telling his compan¬ 
ions in arms that an army, a million men, will be 
wanted to follow bim again to a fresh conflict 
which is likely to break out in Italy by March 
next 
Austria.— An attempt has been made to intro¬ 
duce arms into Hungary. English vessels were 
engaged in the enterprise. 
Austrian preparations for war were continuing 
at Mantua. 
China.— The Paris Moniteur asserts that the 
latest telegram from Sir Hope Grant, fully author¬ 
izes the hope that further recourse to arms will 
not be necessary in China. 
It is reported that the settlement of negotiations 
has been delayed on the question of money and 
unity of understanding. 
The allied armies were marching on Pekin 
where Sang Kee Siu Sin had a large force to de¬ 
fend the city. Lord Elgin was to follow the 
troops September 9th. The army reacted Young 
Tein Tein on the 10th. The coolies were desert¬ 
ing and carriage was difficult Two thousand 
troops were left at Tein Tein, to protect it from 
the rebels wbo were inactive. At Canton trade 
was obstructed by the rebels. 
COwkbcial TktkLligrxcb — Breadslitjfs .— Breadstuff# 
lad a declining tendency. Richardson, Spence & Co. re¬ 
port !i >ur dull, at a reduction. Quotation, 28s@31o8d, 
Wakefield, N##h * Co. say fine wheat generally uachaug- 
ed, but inferior marketable at a reduction. Provisions. 
—Provisions generally quiet. Pork quiet. Lard firm. 
Market dieted 63s@63s&d- 
®I]C Nous Cent it onset. 
— The United State* Supreme Judges are all against 
ascension, 
— A single firm in Buffalo has received this season over 
5,000,000 bushels of grain. 
— No treaty has been existing between the United 
States and Chili since 1350. 
— Ten trout were found In the body of a snake killed 
at East PonltDay, Vt., recently. 
— Washington Irving's works have been translated into 
every leading tongue of Europe. 
— A little girl was burned to death in Albany, Thursday 
week, while playing with matches. 
— Pierre Antoine Beyer is considered the greatest 
French orator. He is 70 years old. 
— This year the Rensselaer Co. Excise Commissioners 
have collected something over $10,000. 
— Scarlet fever has taken an epidemic form in Philadel¬ 
phia. There were 22 deaths last week. 
— A lap dog, of the King Charles species, was sold at 
auction in London, not, long ago, for $2,600. 
— The Boston Traveller states that the amount of 
patronage in the Boston Custom House (s $221,990. 
— A F reach machinist, Darned Baldi, baa invented a 
movable fortress, which ia said to be a terrible machine. 
— Mrs. Jabez Lane, of Chatham, fell into a cistern, a few 
days ago, while dipping a pail of water, and was drowned. 
— The profits of the Bank of England have averaged a 
fraction under nine per cent, per annum for eleven years 
past. 
— In Alabama, the penalty for sending a challenge to 
fight a duel, is two years imprisonment in the peniten¬ 
tiary. 
— Specimens of new paper for printing, invented in 
Austria, and made entirely from straw, have reached 
Pari 8. 
— The cornmbsion given to Gov. Coddington by Crom¬ 
well, in the year 1650, has recently been found in Rhode 
Island. 
— We have the authority of Professor Agassis for the 
assertion that a grasshopper's organs of hearing aro in 
his legs. 
— The ciUaena of Chicago are beginning again to 
talk about a ship canal between their harbor and the 
Mississippi. 
— The cost of hauling a passenger or a tnn of goods a 
mile on an English railroad, is about one-hoif of what it 
in In America. 
— A great number of French Prelates were, at latest 
account#, about starting for Rome, to visit and confer 
with the Pope. 
— The President and Vice-President elect held a levee 
at Chicago, Friday week. Some 3,000 persons paid their 
respects to them. 
— The United States census shows that we might bet¬ 
ter afford to lose three successive crops of cotton than 
one crop of grass. 
— Two Spanish slave brigs have been recently captured 
on their way from Cuba to Africa. Three others were in 
night, but escaped. 
— The total number of bales of cotton raised in North 
Carolina for the year ending August 31, was 903,907, 
valued at $9,000,000. 
— All editors in Russia aro now compelled to insert, 
gratis, the replies of parties whom they may have attack¬ 
ed iu their columns. 
Uuxnit.ru in Upper Vermont buvo boen rushing their 
stock to market, sacrificing on the price rather than risk 
the wintering of them, 
— One of the attractions at a late Agricultural Fair in 
California, was a camel race. Fifteen were on exhibition, 
exciting great curiosity. 
— The London army aud Navy Gazette asserts that, in 
two years, all the artillery In Great Britain will be pro¬ 
vided with Armstrong guns. 
— The to 11 b upon the canal this year, amount to nearly 
or qnite three million dollars, and exceed those of last 
year a million and a quarter. 
— It required a whole freight car to convey the game 
shot by two sporttmen from Hamilton, C. W., in about a 
week, on the St. Claire Flats. 
— The attempt to find a practicable route fora railroad 
across the Isthmus, between Chiriqui and the Gulf of 
Dolce, has been a total failure. 
— The French Minister of Public Instruction is about 
to interdict the use of tobacco in any form in the educa¬ 
tional establishment of France, 
— Mary Ann Oothout, aged 58, died in Troy a few dayB 
since, after an illness of over 30 y ears, during which time 
she coaid not rise from her bed, 
— The income to the French government from tobacco 
—nearly one-half of which is from the U. S. and Cuba— 
last year, was about $36,000,000. 
— Daniel Coyne, a native of New York, is said to be 
the wealthiest merchant of Athens, Greece—having accu¬ 
mulated a fortune of $6,000,000. 
— The late Sir Charles Napier will be honored by a 
monument, to be erected to his memory by the officers 
and sailors of the British Navy. 
— Green corn, beans, radishes, and the general run of 
early vegetables, are in the Boston market from the 
second crop, at Brownsville, Texas. 
— The emigration project of Geffrard ia meeting with 
opposition on the part of a few planters in Hayti, who 
fear a decline in the price of labor. 
— The schooner Fleetwood arrived at New York, from 
Para, bringing 14 anaconda#, some of them larger than, 
any heretofore seen in this country. 
— The British Volunteers now number 200,000 men. 
They are in good condition, and are steadily increasing 
in military knowledge aud efficiency. 
— An idea of the commerce of London may be 
formed from the fact that 248 vessels (more than 52,000 
tuns,) arrived there on Monday, Nov. 5. 
— Four steamers have been lost, with all on board, in 
the North sea, between England, Norway, and Denmark, 
in the great storm of 3d and 4th of Oct. 
— Not long ainae Messrs. Graves & Beals, miners in 
Plymouth, 'Vt., gold diggings,founda nugget worth $6.50, 
and the next day another worth $10.75. 
— The great municipal question in Paris, of the best 
pavement for roadways, his been decided in favor of the 
dry asphalturo, a new patented invention. 
— It is stated in the N. Y. Tribune that, during the 
first half of this century, 3,240 visitations of earthquakes 
were noticed, or about one in every week. 
— The high price of rent in Paris has determined the 
Government to encourage the building of dwellings for 
the workmen, at some distance from the city. 
— The London Times, influenced by the experiment of 
a railway at Birkenhead, after the American pattern, is 
arguing in favor of their general introduction. 
— Travis, the celebrated marksman, shot at the rhi¬ 
noceros on exhibition in Memphis. The bullet fell to the 
ground, flattened by eontact with the thick skin- 
— Margaret Chesebrongh, lately deceased in New York, 
left the sum of $13,000 to various religions institutions of 
the German Evangelical Lutheran denomination. 
