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ROCHESTER, JUNE 20, 1857. 
NEW HALE VOLUME. 
A GOOD TOME TO CIRCULATE THE RUHAL. 
The second half of our Eighth Volume will 
commence on the ever-memorable Fourth of July 
— an auspicious coincidence. Whether future 
historians will chronicle the fact we will not now 
stop to inquire, but proceed to say that we purpose 
to make the ensuing half volume equal if not su¬ 
perior in interest aud value to that which is now 
closing. Our facilities were never so great, and 
they will bo used to the best advantage—not only 
for the benefit of readers, but with the view of en¬ 
hancing the Merit and Usefulness of tbe Rural.— 
Both the Contents and Appearance of the paper 
will receive great care and attention, and neither 
labor nor expense be spared in maintaining its 
standing as tbe leading and best Agricultural, 
Literary and Family Weekly. 
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whether friends or comparative strangers, are re¬ 
spectfully invited to lend such attention and influ¬ 
ence as may be consistent in behalf of the Rural. 
With itB able writers and large circulation, we be¬ 
lieve it is wielding an immense salutary influence 
all over the land—and it is certainly conducted 
with a sincere desire to promote tbe best interests 
of Individuals, Families and Communities. Our 
aim and determination from the beginning bas 
been to excel— to furnish the best and most use¬ 
ful journal of its class, and one eminently worthy 
of encouragement and support. Money making 
has not been our chief aim, and we have therefore 
annually improved the paper,—expending thou¬ 
sands of dollars for this object, which most, pub¬ 
lishers would have reserved for profits or a rainy 
day. In troth, contrary to the advice of friends, 
we have (perhaps unwisely,) always expended most 
of its receipts upon the Rural, and this year a 
greater proportion than ever before. This has 
been done with a view of rendering it indispensa¬ 
ble to Farmers, Horticulturists and others, and 
giving it such rank and position that it would en¬ 
list the attention and aupport of the right-thinking' 
and discriminating. And it is now most prosper¬ 
ous—has been, continuously, thanks to its ardent 
and active friends all over the country, a triumph¬ 
ant success. And yet—was man ever satisfied?— 
we want and have room on our hooka for a few 
thousand more subscribers. 
FoBt-Mastera and their Assistants 
Can perhaps aid us more than any other class. 
From their position and standing they can exercise 
an influence in behalf of the Rural which would 
Washington News. 
The Presideut has declared that in matters re¬ 
lating to the Nicaragua Transit Company he will 
not recognize Costa Rica as having any control 
over it. 
The N. Y. Herald’s correspondent of Washing¬ 
ton, 9th inst., says:—Col. Cummings to-day receiv- 
! ed the appointment of Governor of Utah. The 
! other appointments for the Territory have not 
been agreed on. 
1 The Secretary of the Treasury, will recommend 
a repeal of all laws requiring the coastingtrade to 
be carried on in American ships. This restriction 
is a tax on tbe trade, violative of the spirit of tbe 
Constitution. 
A proposition has been made to tbe Post Office 
Department, and is now under consideration, for 
tbe transmission of tbe mail from New York to 
New Orleans by way of Fernandina and Cedar 
Keys, Florida—the route having been established 
by Congress. By it the mails would be carried 
with more regularity, and in less time than now 
from Washington to New Orleans. 
Gen. Walker has paid a visit of courtesy, merely 7 , 
to tbe President who kindly received him. 
The State Department, we understand, positively 
denies that any new proposition had been made by 
England touching Central America, as announced 
by Lord Clarendon to tbe British Parliament. 
There was bnt a small attendance at the public 
meeting held here on the 11th inst Resolutions 
were passed condemnatory of the invasion of the 
city by a band of lawless ruffians from Baltimore 
on election day, and commending tbe Presideut, 
the zeal of the Mayor, and the military for their 
forbearance, as well as their effective execution of 
the orders given them on the occasion. The 
meeting quietly dispersed. 
The Court of ClaimB will continue in session un¬ 
til the close of June, and in the meantime will hear 
any cases which persons may desire to submit 
There are eight or ten applicants for the Utah 
Judgeship. 
Wm. B. Gere has been appointed U. S. Marshal 
for Minnesota, vice Erwin, resigned. 
Despatches have been received at the State De¬ 
partment from Mr. Bowlin, our Minister at Bogota, 
I He will return by tbe next steamer from ABpin- 
wall. The Government of New Grenada has made 
no propositions to him for a re-opening of negoti¬ 
ations in regard to the Panama difficulties. It was 
supposed that should he not receive new instruc¬ 
tions from our Government on the subject, and 
close tbe legation at Bogota, the Government 
would send instructions to its Minister here to en¬ 
deavor to open negotiations with Gen. Cass. An 
amicable settlement was confidently anticipated 
at Bogota. 
Tremendous Freshets. 
Provincial Items. 
Townsend, tbe notorious highwayman, has been 
fully identified in Toronto, by those who formerly 
knew him. 
The Provincial Parliament has appropriated 
£200,000 for the building of the new houses of Par¬ 
liament, when Her Majesty shall have declared 
where the seat of government iB to be fixed. The 
Mayor of Montreal and Quebec have left, for Eng- 
Items of News. 
It is stated that prior to 1850, the number of 
Americans that indulged in a “tour to Europe,” 
did not exceed 7,500 in any year. Now, the num¬ 
ber who cro9S tbe water, annually, for an airing, 
has swelled to 35,000. How much of an effect has 
this travel on our exchanges? 
One of the women carried off by tbe hostile 
Indians, in their late attack upon the border set- 
s € 
land to advocate the claims of their respective tlementsof Iowa and Minnesota, has been restored. 
For several weeks rain has fallen a considerable 
portion of the time in Western and Southern New 
York, and the papers are beginning to teem with 
accounts of damage caused by tbe sudden over¬ 
flow of tbe streams and rivers. The Genesee river 
r 
passing through Rochester, has attained flood- 
height, and its turbid waters prove conclusively 
that the fall of water at tbe south nmst have been 
immense. We gather tbe following items from our 
exchanges. 
The Pittsburg (Pa.) Gazette of the 11th iuBtant 
says:—“ The rains for the past few days have been 
heavy to the north of us, and the Alleghany con. 
sequently was swollen very rapidly. It commenced 
rising here on Tuesday evening, aud by noon yes¬ 
terday had risen eight, feet, but then commenced 
to recede. Ever since the late rise, large numbers 
of ralts of lumber and timber have been up along 
the shores of tbe Alleghany, from this city up to 
Sharpsburg, ready to be floated down when wanted. 
The river rose so unexpectedly during Tuesday 
night that but little effort was made to secure the 
rafts, and so rapidly that by midnight they were 
beginning to break loose and go adrift. Large 
numbers were dashed against the piers of the 
bridges and torn in pieces, and probably butfew> 
if any, escaped this fate. The amount of lumber 
and timber destroyed is estimated at $40,000; very 
little of which was insured.” 
There was a great flood in Penn Yan last Mon¬ 
day night Some of the gardens in the village 
were four feet under water, and the occupants of 
the houses on getting out of bed stepped knee 
deep in water. 
According to the Dansville Herald, buildings 
were carried off, bridges destroyed, fences afloat j 
crops ruined, Ax., &o. Of material of this char¬ 
acter rendered worthless, together with the dam¬ 
ages to growing crops in the immediate vicinity 
of Dansville, the Herald estimates that $50,000 
would not cover the loss. The Slate, at tbiB point, 
it appears will have some repairs to make, from 
the tenor of the following dispatch received by 
tbe Canal Auditor at Albany:—“There was a tre¬ 
mendous deluge at Dansville on tbe 9th inst. The 
canal is in ruins for three miles, from Dansville 
cities. Messrs, J. EL Cameron and Mr. Allen rep¬ 
resent Toronto, and Kingston has also sent a brace 
of representatives. The corporation of Kingston 
employed a barrister, named Cooper, to prepare 
statistics, showing the superiority of that city over 
every other. Chief Justice Draper has been in 
London for some time, so that if the old proverb 
that saith “in the multitude of counsel there is 
wisdom,” be correct, Her Majesty and her minis¬ 
ters are likely to make an extremely judicious se¬ 
lection for the future seat of government for the 
Provinces. 
The Moutreal Herald of the Cth inst, says:— 
Yesterday the schooner Madeira Pet of Guernsey, 
Capt. Grange, a schooner of about 120 tuns, arrived 
here from Liverpool for Chicago. She has on 
board a full cargo of 240 tuns measurement of 
goods, consisting of steel, iron, c rockery and paints. 
She made tbe passage in thirty five days, and re¬ 
ceived for freight £360 sterling. From hence 
upwards and till her return to Montreal, her freight 
will be at the current rates per month for ships of 
her tunnage. 
The Montreal Herald believes that the Govern¬ 
ment has finally arranged with the contractors for 
the Quebec line of Ocean Steamers to put on ships 
to run every week during the summer instead of 
every fortnight, and every fortnight during the 
winter. 
In pursuance of a recent Act of the Provincial 
Legislature authorizing the banking institutions 
to keep their accounts in dollars and cents, an ad¬ 
vertisement has been issued on the authority of the 
principal banks in Canada notifying the public that 
on and after the first day of January next all trans¬ 
actions with them must be expressed in dollars 
and cents. This course will be the precursor of 
the abolition of the “ Halifax currency” and which 
will, in a very few months, be amongthe forgotten 
things. 
The 9th Regiment, which is stationed at King¬ 
ston, has lost nearly 100 men in ten months from 
desertion to the United States. 
At 4 o’clock on the 8th inst, the Governor Gen¬ 
eral prorogued the Canadian Parliament until the 
20th of July, About 150 bills have passed during 
the session. The session has lasted about four 
months. 
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Conflagrations, &c. 
A fire broke out on tbe 8th inst, in Chelsea, 
She gives a cruel story of the sufferings of herself —The thermometer at New Oriean 
and associates, one of whom was killed—while two the nineties. 
others remain in captivity. — Watermelons have made their aj 
A widow in Cuba has been offered one million Dab market - 
live hundred thousand dollars for a sugar estate on — Tbo P ro ®P«ct is said to be favort 
that Island. Another party is offered one million cr0p in LouUiaiia - 
two hundred thousand dollars for his farm. — Four murderers are now in the ji 
_ „ , .... sentence of death. 
Since September last more than sixty-six thou- „ . „ . _ 
sand chests of tea have arrived at Boston from sry ot Sonars ewr ° rt ’ y ’’ rec 
China. In the same time last year, only twenty- _ Km , oWldxBa for circuB t 
two thousand chests were received. tected at gt Louis 
The tax assessors of New York have just made _ There are in the town of Morris 
out their estimates for the current year. The total enteen different villages, 
value of property assessed is put down at fire I tun- — Sixteen murders have been perpi 
dredmillions of dollars —an increase of $35,000,000 city since the 1st of April, 
upon last year’s estimates. — P. B. Manchester, the Cincinnati 
A Lafayette (Indiana) paper says that two bas ** ea arresleb in Chlc< ‘8°- 
diamouds of the first water, one the size of a small ^ appears by the census of Irela 
pea and the other that of a grain of wheat, were lan 8 UR 8 e lH S nin 8 out oi use. 
recently taken from an Artesian well in that vi- — Tbe wWow 01 Gen - Ga,nes has go 
c j n jfy in the Courts at New Orleans. 
_ _ _ , —In the year I860 there were 64,62’ 
The N. Y.InspectorsofPnsonshaveaccepted the estivation for hops in England, 
plans and estimates of Mr. Grey, of the Utica Asy- _ Since September laBt more than 
lum, for the erection of a building on the Prison have arrived at Boston from China, 
grounds at Auburn, for the treatment and safe -There were 3,439 land warrants ii 
keeping of Insane convicts. The estimated cost of Bureau, at Washington, during May. 
— Small pox in prevalent in Owensboro, Ky. 
— St. Louis reports 7,000 more men than women. 
—A capital of £300,000,000 is Bank in railways in Britain. 
— There have been 14 murders in Caynga Co. within 11 
years. 
— Cast iron Bleepers for railroads are coming into use in 
England. 
— The thermometer at New Orleans has gone np among 
the nineties. 
— Watermelons have made their appearance in a Savan¬ 
nah market. 
— The prospect is said to be favorable for a large sugar 
crop in Louisiana. 
— Four murderers are now in the jail at St. Louis under 
sentence of death. 
— The Mayor of Newport, Ky., receives an annual sal¬ 
ary of ten dollars. 
— Kidnapping children for circus training has been de¬ 
tected at St. Louis. 
— There are in the town of Morrisiana, N. Y. only sev¬ 
enteen different villages. 
— Sixteen murders have been perpetrated in New York 
city since the 1st of April. 
— F. B. Manchester, the Cincinnati banker and swindler, 
has b«en arrested in Chicago. 
— It appears by the census of Ireland that the old Irish 
language is going out of use. 
— The widow of Gen. Gaines has gained another victory 
in the Courts at New Orleans. 
— In the year I860 there were 64,627 acres of land under 
cultivation for hopn in England, 
— Since September last more than 66,000 chests of tea 
hare arrived at Boston from China. 
— There were 3,439 land warrants frsued by the Pension 
vv uutauR, lUU □kA J4.1 AJ-ivJl JU3LCUU VL , -1 v- „ • AAA 
every fortnight, and every fortnight during the e g ^ ’ * 
w j nter John C. Stevens, well known as the Commo- 
_ , ... dore of the “New York Yatch Club,” died on 
In pursuance of a recent Act of the Provincial Wedaesd He took out the yacbt America, fa . 
Legislature authorizing the banking institutions m0U8 forlavjng beateD tbe English fleet in 1851, 
to keep their accounts in dollars and cents, an ad- and was ft Uberal patrou of tbe regglta and the 
vertisement has been issued on the authority of the tU[ , nis eetate J, lte larg0 , and be leave8 uo 
pnncipa banks rn Canadanotafying the public that cLildrcr . He was 72 years of 8ge . 
on and after the first day of January next all trana- . „ , t ,, . 7 , 
actions with them must be expressed iu dollars . A'r the date of tlie last accounts, 600 vessels were 
and cents. This course will be tbe precursor of “ Bosphorus, bound for^porii.in the Black Sea 
the abolition of the “Halifax currency” and which the Sea of Azof ’ and the Danube ’ ckiellyt0 load 
will, in a very few months, he amongthe forgotten graiD ‘ . 
things Late news from Mexico represents the country 
m ..... . . as very much agitated on the expected Spanish 
he t .egiment, which is stationed at King- } nva8 i on4 Extensive preparations were making at 
ston, has lost nearly 100 men in ten months from Vera Cruz> both in the Castle of San Juan and in 
teseition o e ni e Sates. the town, and Government was to raise a force of 
At 4 o clock on the 8th inst, the Governor Gen- 25,000 men to he held in readiness for any contin- 
ei al proiogued tbe Canadian Parliament until the gencies that might arrive. 
20th of July, About 150 bills have passed during ^ The recent oenflDfl of 8U Louis ahowa a di rit 
months lhe ses910n haa la8ted ab0Qt foar in the sexes of nearly 7,000 in favor of males. By 
the census of Iowo, the males are in a majority by 
~ ~ Z nearly thirty-four thousand. Other States are also 
Confl agration s, &c. calling for reinforcements of the fair sex. 
A fire broke out on tbe 8th inst., in Chelsea, Samples of new Georgia wheat have been ex. 
Mass., and destroyed nineteen dwelling houses on hibited at Augusta, which were exceedingly fine. 
Cedar street, mostly occupied by private families. 
A good portion of the furniture was saved. The 
The harvest is nearly over near Augusta. It is 
said that the wheat crop of Georgia and Tennessee 
houses were valued at, $3,200 each. Loss about never presented a more flattering appearance for 
$60,000. 
A fire broke out on the 13th inst in the steam 
saw and planingestablishment belonging to Messrs. 
Yan Winkle and Johnson, Patterson, N. J., and 
totally consumed it The loss is estimated at 
$20,000. No insurance. 
We learn by the Rochester Democrat that a de¬ 
structive fire occurred at Syracuse on Sundo/ 
morniug, the 14th inst. The new block of five 
story buildings, on Salina street, south of the 
Washington Block, were destroyed, involving a 
total loss of $40,000 or $50,000 on the buildings, 
and a heavy loss in goods. The buildings com¬ 
prised six separate stores, three of which were 
only partially finished. Insured $17,500. 
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Political Matters. 
Hon. Miles Taylor has been renominated for 
Congress by the Democrats of the Second Con¬ 
gressional District of Louisiana. 
The New Hampshire Legislature, on joint ballot, 
elected, June 12, Daniel Clark, of Manchester, Re¬ 
publican, to the U. S. Senate—190 votes to 125 for 
John 8. Wells, Democrat. 
A communication signed by 118 citizens, with¬ 
out regard to politics, haa been presented to Eli 
Perry and Dr. Qnackenbusb, requesting them both 
to resign their claims to the Mayorship of Albany. 
It is now regarded as certain that tbe Republi¬ 
cans have eleolcd a majority of the members of 
the Constitutional Convention in Minnesota. 
The Charter Election in Buffalo last week re¬ 
sulted in the selection of the Democratic candi¬ 
dates, with the exception of Street Commissioner. 
The Democrats had 10 aldermen, the opposition 4. 
an abundant yield. 
The appropriations made from the Connecticut 
State treasury, during the past five yeara, for be¬ 
nevolent, literary and patriotic- purposes, show the 
handsome aggregate oC *268,066 96. 
The London Times announces that the St. Jean 
d ?A ezo screw line-of-battle steamship, of 101 gun?, 
is to be fitted up for the purpose of taking the 
New Fonndland side portion of the Sub-Marine 
Telegraph Cable, instead of the Niagara, which 
will render services in any way in which they may 
be available. 
Counterfeit 10’s on the Chemung Canal Bank, 
Elmira, raised from 2’s, are in circulation. Vig¬ 
nette—milkmaid and cows, Indians on the left. 
Subscription for the Soldiers of 1812.—Some 
patriotic and grateful citizens of New York city 
have inaugurated a series of entertainments, the 
object of which is to procure means for providing 
a home for the destitute soldiers of the war of 
1812, many of whom are in this category, without 
means of livelihood, blind and decrepid, living in 
alms-houses, suffering for the want of decent 
homes and the common necesBarieB of life. It is 
proposed to raise a ten cent subscription through¬ 
out the State, for the purpose of taking care of 
these veterans during the remainder of their lives. 
Every one will be glad to contribute to that object, 
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Churches in the Different States. —Tbe last 
official returns show that there is oue church for 
every 557 free inhabitants in the United States, or 
for every 646 of the entire population. The aver¬ 
age number these churches are found to accommo¬ 
date is 384, and the average value $2,400. Churches 
are more numerous, in proportion to the popu- 
. . lation, In Indiana, Florida,Delawareaud Ohio; and 
Mexican News.— Santa Anna, Ex-Dictator of le s fi numerous in California, Louisiana and Iowa. 
. . bftUftl JO m UDUQ H/l I'Ll l LUUL3, JIUULI DHUD Y IIIC a.1 a. it o.- KPUULa ik UIRl, LaJv-J- 1 luUauV/1 l/l -- 
w r Q tf Q . , h .. e rct a ion an use i ness. dowI1 the side cut. Three locks have given way. Mexico, is evidently engaged in an attempt to get Those in Masssachusetts are the largest, and have beL.ui»et g 
— The aggregate wealth of the whole concern of the 
Rothschilds is only about 540,000,000. 
— The recent heavy rains have caused a considerable 
rise in the Ohio and Alleghany rivers. 
— Fifteen landsmen, who shipped for the cruize on the 
steam frigate Minnesota, have deserted. 
— The sword lately presented by Congress to Gen. Wool 
lor bravery at Buena Vista, cost J1.600. 
— The property of Lionel Redpath, the London railroad 
swindler, sold by auction, brought $46,000. 
— The exports of tea from CbiDa for the season is 67,- 
000,000 pounds against 74,000,000 last year. 
— Great Britain has 10,000 men at Malta, the head quar¬ 
ters of her naval force in the Mediterranean. 
— A Cincinnati Naturalist has found some beautiful 
pi-ails in the fresh water clam shells of Ohio. 
— An establishment for the manufacture of champaign 
wine is about to be founded in San Francisco. 
—The crew of the sloop-cif-war Jamestown lately arrived 
at Philadelphia. The sum due them is $48,000. 
— The Grand Jury of a town in Ohio haze presented the 
“ Sowing Society" of the place as a “nuisance.” 
— In Albemarle Co., Ya., 150 indictments have wen 
found against one man for illegal tales of liquor. 
— The steamship Arabia sailed on the 10th inst for Liv¬ 
erpool with 286 passengers and $2,265,000 in specie. 
— A heavy frost last week completely destr-'jod the first 
crop of strawberries In tho vicinity of Cov 0 ?* 011 , Ky. 
— The Episcopal Convention at AuaDi bas elected Rev. 
Dr. Alexander Vinton Bishop of the Diocese of Texas. 
— A petition for tho abolition of Teacher’s Institutes, 
has been presented iu the New fluupshfre Legislature. 
— During twenty-four ho 1 * 8 previous to Monday noon, 
8th lost., 11,607 bushels o' grain were received at Chicago. 
— The French Gov* 01 ”* 0 ! has fixed the army at 600,000 
tuen—an Increase «pon the ordinary peace establishment- 
— Amos Stonf, for many years a resident of Syracuse, 
N. Y., has b*™ 11 elected the first Mayor of Appleton, Wis. 
— The New York Times states that there have been 263 
deaths in that city from small pox since the first of Jan. 
— Philadelphia and Camden are in telegraphic connec¬ 
tion, via the Delaware river. A wire was submerged last 
week. 
— “ Old Grimes is dead.” Mr. S. D. Grimes died recently 
in Georgia at the great age of 110 years. He was never 
sick. 
—The Hartford (Conn.) Times notices the death of a 
Miss Sarah J. Colborne, from the bite of a common black 
spider. 
— Mr. Hobbs has just erected a large building for the 
manufacture of his celebrated locks, in New North Road, 
London. 
— The imports in the United StateB for the first two 
quarters of the present fiscal year exceed the exports by 
$9,000,000. 
— Lord Panmure haa presented to tho city of New York 
two Russian iron guns and carriages, as trophies of the 
late war. 
— Johnston, of Edinburgh, one of the most scientific of 
geographers, has just brought out a magnificent atlas the 
United States. 
— Counterfeit dollars, made of brass and molded from 
the ordinary one dollar gold piece, are in circulation in 
Petersburg, Pa. 
— An iron bayonet, of rather peculiar shape, was found 
a few day* since by B me workmen, who were excavating 
on Bunker Hill. 
— The growing crop of flax-seed promises to be a large 
one, anil prices have now declined in Louisville, Ky., to 
$1 50 per baahel. 
— The corner stone of a monument to Henry Clay is to 
bn laid in the Lexington cemetery. The monument is to 
We frankly ask their assistance in Behalf of the 
enterprise, trusting that each and all will have the 
kindness to do what may be consistent toward in¬ 
troducing tile paper to notice and support. 
Merchants and their Clerks, 
Clergymen and Teachers, 
Officers of Ag’l Societies, 
Progressive Farmers, 
Periodical Agents, 
And others, can also materially aid in augmenting 
its circulation—and of all who read this we be¬ 
speak such attention and encouragement as tbe 
Tbe Aqueduct remains, but has no embankment.” 
«■» 
A New Emigration Moykment. — Among the 
passengers by the City of Mobile, at New York, is 
a party of 120 young women, and 14 men,members 
of 134 different families, the expense of whose im¬ 
migration is defrayed by public subscription from 
nearly 4,000 different persons, the majority of whom 
are laborers aud servant girls, to a fund entitled 
the “Irish Pioneer Emigration Fund.” The ob¬ 
ject oi this fund is to raise the wages, and other¬ 
wise better the condition of poor families in the 
Rural New-Yorker may, in their good judgment poorest districts of Ireland, by the assisted cmi- 
» __, . ... ’ oration tn thfi TTnitfirl Rtatpn nr Flnnarla. nt’ nnn 
seem to merit. Any and every aid will be grate¬ 
fully appreciated, and we shall be liberal in recog¬ 
nizing assistance by furnishing free copies, hooks, 
and other gratuities, to those who introduce the 
paper in their respective localities. 
The subscriptions of a large number of readers 
—-including over a thousand “trial subscribers”— 
expire next week. We trust all are disposed, and 
will not neglect, to renew their subscriptions 
promptly—the only way to secure the uninter¬ 
rupted continuance of the paper. 
Otbning of the Tehuantepec Route. — The 
Bchooner Chipola, arrived at New Orleans, from 
gration to the United States or Canada, of one 
member of each family, especially selected on ac¬ 
count of good character and industrious habits,in 
the expectation that tbe persons so assisted will 
not only better their own condition, but will, ac¬ 
cording to tbe usual generous practice of Irish 
emigrants, also send for, or otherwise greatly help, 
the rest of the family in Ireland. 
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From Liberia,— The schr. Antelope, at Boston, 
13th inst., from Monrovia, brings Liberia dates to 
tbe 5th ult. Tbe extra session of the Legislature 
had adjourned after admitting Cape Palmas as a 
county of the Republic, on terms of equality with 
Mazaltau, brings intelligence of tbe opening of Meaarado, Iiassa, and Einoe. The Cape Palmas 
the Tehuantepec route. Vessels had commenced difficulties with the natives had been settled.— 
arriving at V r antola bay. Bridges will probably There was sufficient of food, and the new rice crop 
he completed for stages by October 1st. was promising. 
up another revolution in that republic. From his 
present retreat in Carthagena be bas issued a man" 
ifesto lor private circulation among bis adherents, 
partizans and revolutionists generally, in Mexico, 
Cuba and elsewhere, denouncing tbe present gov¬ 
ernment of Comonfort, tbe new constitution, tbe 
laws affecting tbe property and privileges of tbe 
clergy, Ac., and announcing that there must be 
another sanguinary revolution, even though half 
of the territory of the republic Bhould have to be 
sold to supply the sinews of war. 
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Yellow Fever at New York.— The New York 
Tribune says the yellow fever is at tbe very doors 
of the city, and complains bitterly that no effi¬ 
cient steps are taken to avert the threatened pes¬ 
tilence, by remedying the shameful condition of 
the streetB. The Tribune does not learn that there 
are any cases actually iu tbe city, but it is at tbe 
Quarantine, an infected ship is at tbe Atlantic 
docks, and sailors from infected vessels are in the 
city. 
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The U. S. Treasury. —The Secretary of tho 
Treasury is of the opinion that the close of tbe 
preseut year, will find a surplus of $22,000,000 in 
tbe Treasury. The late reduction ol the Tariff he 
thinks will result in an increase of revenue from 
increased importations, and he has already deter¬ 
mined to recommend another large extension of 
the free list. 
tbe greatest average value. 
Titoors for the Indian Country. — Maj. Sedg- 
wick, with two squadrons of cavalry, left Fort 
Leavenworth on the lbtb ult., and Col. Sumner, 
with one squadron, left on the 20th. One squad¬ 
ron from Fort Kearney, and three companies of 
Infantry from Fort Laramie, would join Sumner, 
who goes against the Cheyennes and other hostile 
Indians. Maj. Sedgwick was to unite his force 
with that of Col. Sumner at Bent's Fort, in the 
Cheyenne country. 
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Heavy Defalcation.—W. H. Gibson, Ohio, 
State Treasurer, resigned his office on the 15th 
inst., and the Gov. appointed J. P. Stone, of Colum¬ 
bus, to fill the vacancy. A deficit of $552,000 bas 
been discovered in the Treasury, which Gibson 
says existed when he came into office, cuused by 
the defalcation of J. P. Breslim, formerly State 
Treasurer. Notwithstanding this deficit, the July 
interest will be paid. 
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Counterfeits. —Counterfeit $2 bills upon the 
“Ballston Spa Bank,” photographed, are among 
the latest issues in circulation. They are admira¬ 
bly executed, and well calculated to deceive.— 
Photographic counterfeit 3's On the “Bank of 
Whitehall” are also in circulation. The coloring 
Is excellent, and they can only be detected by tbe 
application of a chemical test. 
— Gen. Cayignnc and several other Republicans will, it 
la said, become candidates to represent Paris in the new 
Corps LeglBlatlf. 
— The tunnel on the Iron Mountain Railroad, to join St. 
Louis with the Southwest, is 800 feet long, 18 wide, and 15 
high. It L finished. 
— Tho now reading-room of the British Museum, erect¬ 
ed at an expense of $750,000, has been opened to the in¬ 
spection ot the public. 
— A down east editor advises his readers, if they wish 
to get teeth inserted gratis, to go and steal fruit where his 
watch-dog in on guard. 
— Alexander Von Humboldt has been honored with the 
decoration of grand officer ot the Legion of Honor by the 
Emperor ot the French. 
— The Florida Champion states that the Governor elect 
of that State now resides in a small double log cabin, built 
up with peeled pine poles. 
— A slave woman is advertised to be sold at auction at 
St. Louis, so beautiful that $6,000 has been offered for her 
and refused at private sale. 
— The Washington Union states that Fort Laramie, 
heretofore directed to be abandoned, will be kept upas a 
military post until further orders. 
— A drunken man fell from a betiding down east and was 
instantly killed. The verdict of the coroner's jury waa— 
“Died tor want of tho Mafre law-” 
— The veuerrble Stnrvesnnt pour tree, now upwards of 
two centuries old, i« New York, Is again In full blossom. 
Tho last winter ruled several of ita branches. 
— Liquor eulleTB are now being fined and imprisoned by 
wholesale in Vermont, and it is adifficultmatter for thirsty 
gentlemen to obtain “ the creature in the State.” 
