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JUNE 27. 
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List ot New Advertisements thi3 Week. 
Grand Ag'l Exhibition—Hon. S. M. Burroughs President. 
Chicago Ag'l Warehouse and Seed Store—H. D. Emery & Co. 
To Breeders cf North America—John Wade. 
“Think of Living"—Fowler & Wells 
Attorney and Counsellor at Low—Henry Sargent. 
Haying end Harvesting Tools, Ac—II ]>. Emery A Co. 
Domestic Gas Apparatus—Wright & Chappell 
Durham Stock lot Sale—F. II Barnard and F. B. Shearer. 
The Bunker Hill Celebration. 
The Bunker Hill celebration in Boston was a 
magnificent affair. The sky was overcast, but no 
rain fell. Among the distinguished gentlemen 
present were the Governors of New York, New 
Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Vermont, 
the Mayors of Baltimore and Montreal, Senator 
Mason of Virginia, Judge Breese of Illinois, Geo. 
Peabody, Caleb Cushing, and a crowd of other no¬ 
tabilities. 
The procession, the main features of which were 
the military and Free Masons, the Banker Hill 
Monument Association, the Governors of different 
States, the municipal officials, and distinguished 
guests in carriages, was about one hour in passing 
a given a given point. The Masons, in their varied 
and imposing regalia, turned out about 1,500 
strong. 
The procession reached the monument grounds 
at about 3 o’clock, where a pavillion capable of 
holding 7,000 persons was immediately filled, while 
thousands were unable to pass in. 
Important Mews from Mexico. 
Gen. Vidal, Santa Anna’s father-in-law, haa writ¬ 
ten to Santa Anna’s friends that the former Dictator 
of Mexico will be again in Vera Cruz in less than 
ninety days. 
A letter received by a person of high standing 
in Washington, from a gentleman in Havana, who 
has access to the best sources of information, says 
that if the letters sent through by the last steamer 
for Spain reached Madrid in time, the Spanish 
Government will not make any kind of arrange¬ 
ment with the Government of Comonfort Santa 
Anna offers to make a treaty. Spain is to furnish 
to Santa Anna three ships of war and 1,500 men, 
with which he will proceed to any point in Mexico 
that he may deem proper. These forces to be 
maintained by Santa Anna at the port where they 
may land during the revolution, and until his gov¬ 
ernment is consolidated. Santa Anna believes 
that he will not reqnire a larger force than this, 
but if reinforcements should become necessary, all 
that he may desire shall be sent to him. It is 
The statue of Gen. Warren was within thepavil- stated that all these propositions have been ap- 
lion, hidden from view by a tent composed of 
American flags, and lacing the speaker’s platform. 
The inauguration exercises commenced by prayer 
from President. Walker, of Harvard College, which 
was followed by an original ode, finely sung by the 
Handel and Hayden Society of Boston. 
The Hon. Edward Everett was then introduced, 
when the statue was uncovered, the band playing 
the Star Spangled Banner. Mr. Everett's address 
was listened to with the deepest attention, and he 
was frequently interrupted by vehement bursts of 
applause. 
ROCHESTER, JUNE 27, 1857. 
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Washington Mews, 
The correspondent of the N. Y. Herald says:— 
The Postmaster General is working clay and night, 
examining the various routes for carrying the 
overland mail to California. From reports remit¬ 
ted, the Northern and Mississippi, and even middle 
routes are not considered practicable. A decision, 
I understand, will be made this week, and the 
Southern route will he selected, starting from 
Memphis or Vicksburg. 
Prof. Alexander, of Baltimore, has been ap¬ 
pointed Commissioner on the part of the United 
States under joint resolution of the last Congress, 
to provide for ascertaining the relative value of 
the coinage of the United States and Great Britain. 
The Navy Department have determined to build ■ 
one of the five new sloopa-of-war by private con- i 
tract, for which proposals are soon to he issued. J 
Judge Crawford charged the Grand Jury on the i 
16th inst., that their duty was to make a full in- 1 
quiry into the true causes of the election riots.— ] 
They should ascertain the facts and present them j 
in an embodied form. Nothing short of this ) 
ought to satisfy the community. The laws, he c 
says, must be maintained and enforced, and the c 
rights of citizens under those laws, and the fair f 
Latest "Intelligence from Kansas. 
The St. Louis Democrat learns that the Free 
State Legislature of Kansas met at Topeka on the 
9th inst, but there was not a quorum of the mem¬ 
bers present On the 10th they went into secret 
session to discuss the propriety of immediately 
organizing and putting in operation the new gov¬ 
ernment On the 11th the Senate elected W. A. 
Phillips, U. 8. Senator in place of Col. Lane. The 
Legislature almost unanimously sustained the Con¬ 
vention. 
The Free State Convention met at Topeka on the 
9th inst, Col. Lane presiding. A resolution was 
adopted, disowning the Territorial Government, 
and declaring that the admission of the Territory 
. into the Union under the Topeka Constitution was 
the only method of adjusting the difficulties. The 
Convention pledged itself to pursue the applica¬ 
tion now pending before Congress,—believing that 
a measure so just and in accordance with the prin¬ 
ciples of the past legislation of the country will be 
eventually conceded, aud announced that it is the 
duty of the Legislature to complete the State or¬ 
ganization. 
Other resolutions,recommending the Free State 
party to disregard the approaching election, and 
casting suspicion on any man who consents to be¬ 
come a candidate for the Constitutional Conven¬ 
tion were passed, and the Convention adjourned. 
The correspondent of the Democrat, writing 
from Quindaro, on the lGtli inst., Bays that the Le¬ 
gislature adjourned on the 13tb. Acta providing 
for taking the census, and for an election on the 
1st Monday iu August for State officers and Rep¬ 
resentatives in Congress, and locating the seat of 
Government at Topeka, were passed. 
Also a joint resolution under the Topeka Census 
Act, providing for the appointment of five marshals 
whose deputies Bhall take a census immediately, 
and make an apportionment of the State which 
shall give a Senate of no more than twenty mem¬ 
bers and a nouae of sixty. 
Some of the Territorial County Judges have 
pronounced parts of the census inoperative. 
It is reported that Gov. Walker has been inform¬ 
ed that the Constitution will not be submitted to 
the people. 
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Conflagrations, &c. 
An extensive fire broke out in Memphis, Tenn., 
on the 18th inst., destroying the whole block of 
buildings occupied by the Bank of West Tennes¬ 
see, the Commercial Bank, J, W. McCracken, and 
others. Loss not ascertained. 
The four story building, 3C1 West street, New 
York, owned by Wm. B. Astor, was burned on the 
18th. Loss $15,000. 
The Old Dominion Bteam flour mill at Peters¬ 
burg, Va,, burnt on the 18th inst. Loss $50,000; 
partially insured. 
The woolen mills inNavuet, N. Y.,were destroy¬ 
ed by fire on the ICth inst, The fire is supposed 
to have been the work of an incendiary. Loss 
abont $5,000; no insurance. 
The flouring mills of C. W. Northrop, at Ban- 
gall, in Dutchess c-onnty, with th: ir contents, in¬ 
cluding 500 bushels of rye, were entirely destroyed 
by fire on the 19th inst. 
From Havana. —By the arrival of the steamer 
Black Warrior we have Havana dateB to the loth. 
Santa Anna had not then arrived. The Spanish 
fleet, intended for the Mexican difficulty was said 
to be near the Island, and soldiers were arriving 
by every vessel from Spain. General Concha has 
been recalled, and Lesnndi appointed in his 
place. Concha will leave on the 12th of August, if 
his successor docs not come before that time. The 
cause of Concha’s change of fortune is the demand 
of the English Ambassador at Madrid for his recall 
for openly countenancing the slave trade. 
Sugar market same as last advices. Holders are 
f proved by the Spanish Government. 
The New Orleans mail of the 13th inst. has been 
r received. The Havana correspondent of the 9th 
i in the New Orleans papers, confirms the intention 
; of Spain to invade Mexioo. Orders have been 
given to prepare three months’ rations for 10,000 
,, men. The navy yards are busily occupied in pack- 
5 ing materials, and volunteers are enrolling, 
s It also confirms tbe special despatch from 
Washington respecting Gen. Santa Anna’sagency. 
The latest advices from Mexioo make it almost 
certain that General Comonfort is elected Presi¬ 
dent of the Republic, by a large majority. This is 
gratifying intelligence. It shows that the people 
are resolved on sustaining the Republic. Another 
item is, that Comonfort is on his march to Yera 
Crnz at the head of 18,000 troops,—to put down a 
new insurrection. 
Provincial Items. 
The Canadian Parliament, at its recent session, 
granted 1,500,000 acies of land to the Quebec and 
Lake Huron Railroad. 
Gov. Head has gone to England, and during his 
absence Gen. Eyre is acting Governor of Canada. 
The General is expected in Toronto about the 
middle of July. 
We learn from the Montreal Gazette, that the 
ocean steamer Canadian was removed from the 
rock on which she rested on Sunday, and immedi¬ 
ately sank in fifteen fathoms of water. 
The Kingston Aries reports the fine appearance 
of the crops in that region. Also that an unusual 
breadth of land has been put under crop. 
A Montreal paper states that Mr. J. W. Audu¬ 
bon, sou of the celebrated naturalist, has arrived 
at Montreal, and is abont to issue a book on the 
birds and quadrupeds of America, the plates being 
taken from his father’s great work. 
The store of 1). G. Hatton, in Peterboro, was 
destroyed by tire last week. Loss of Mr. Hatton 
$18,000, insured $12,000. Messrs. Denriistoun <fc 
Ward’s law office, the Custom House and the of¬ 
fice of the Clc A" of ti Oonnljr Coart store lu tho 
building, and many valuable papers were burned. 
Entire loss $33,000. insurance $20,000. 
The dwelling of Mrs. Kelly, in the township of 
Burford, was burned on the 7th inst., and James 
West, a boy whom Mrs. Kelly had taken as a pro¬ 
tege, was burned to death. Others of the inmates 
narrowly escaped. 
The Toronto Globe in speaking of the prospects 
of the Agriculturists in that section of the Upper 
Province, says:—"The wet weather of the last two 
weeks has not, upon the whole, done injury. In 
low situations, peas have suffered, and corn has 
rotted in the hill; hut the staple crops — wheat, 
oats and grass —have been benefited. Wheat 
throughout Upper Canada was very much injured 
by cold winds and frosts during the month of Feb¬ 
ruary; but its hits recovered amazingly within the 
last month, and now bids lair to give tbe farmer 
an average return at harvest. The crop of hay 
will be abundant — equal, if not superior, to that 
of lastyear. Potatoes except on very low grounds, 
bid fair to yield a good crop. The lateness of 
the season, and high price of seed, prevented the 
planting of a very large breadth, but still we may 
expect to see potatoes at a more reasonable price 
next year. Tbe turnip crop is not a very impor¬ 
tant one in this part of Canada, from the small 
quantity usually put in; but tbe present moist 
weather is very favorable to this crop. Upon tbe 
whole, the prospects of the approaching harvest 
are very gratifying.” 
. 
Ext’Okts op Tkbasure from San Francisco. 
—According to a statement prepared for the Lon¬ 
don Economist, of May 16th, the exports of treas¬ 
ure from San Francisco for the three months end¬ 
ing March 30th, 1857, were as follows: 
To New York.$6,826,400 
England. 2,020,594 
China. 860,285 
New Orleans. 214,000 
Panama. 151,381 
Manilla. 47,000 
Calcutta. 34,998 
Mexico. 17,600 
Other places ... 80,300 
Total first quarter of 1857. .10,258,548 
« “ 1850..10,430,950 
Decrease in 1857. $172,402 
Items ol News. 
Rev. Mr. Spurgeon is not coming to this coun¬ 
try at present He has received $1,000 from the 
sales of his books in America during the last three 
months. 
Last week the commencement of the Penn. 
Medical College, of Philadelphia, took place, when 
the degree of doctor of medicine was conferred 
upon seven female and twelve male graduates. 
Horse shoe nails are made by machinery in 
Providence, and the manufacturers have justmade 
a contract to supply tho General Government— 
The Post Bays one man and a boy with three ma¬ 
chines will do tbe work of fifty men in the ordina¬ 
ry way. 
It is said the Mormons have adopted a new al¬ 
phabet of 36 letters for their own ose, for the pur¬ 
pose of raising up a barrier between the Saints 
and Gentiles. 
The town of Wilmot, Herkimer county, runs far 
back into tbe wilderness. Its voting population 
numbers siacl Mr. Lane, an intelligent lumber; 
man, is tbe Supervisor. To take his place in the 
Board on Monday week he had to travel over 
eighty miles —thirty of which he had to perform 
on foot! Such an incident would not perhaps be 
worth narrating in Kansas or Minnesota; but it is 
a noteworthy fact happening in the State of New 
York. 
The Alta Californian received by the last steam¬ 
er says:—“It is estimated by those fully compe¬ 
tent to judge of such of such matters, that more 
than fifteen millions of gold now lie buried in the 
ground in various parts of the State, secreted sole¬ 
ly for safekeeping.” 
The new church of St. Yincent de Paul, the cor¬ 
ner stone of which was laid on Twenty-third-Bt, 
near Sixth Avenue, New York, on the 12th inst., 
by Bishop Hughes, is to cost about $100,000. It is 
intended to accommodate about 1,000 worshipers. 
The New Orleans Picayune has been presented 
with an apple grown in that city—“the first New 
Orleans apple,” it says, " we ever saw.” It grew on 
a tree about four feet high. 
It is rumored in London that Sir Robert Peel 
rashly and wildly backing bis own horse, Anton, 
at Derby, lost £70,000—$360,000, and is in a state 
that might be expected in consequence. 
The Post Master General lias recently decided 
that bona fide subscribers to weekly newspapers 
can receive the same free of postage, if they reside 
in the county In which the paper is printed and 
published, even if the office to which the paper Is 
sent is without the county, provided it is the office 
j at which they receive their mail matter. This 
will he an Item of interest to newspaper subscri¬ 
bers living near the county lines. 
The frauds upon the Ohio State Treasury now 
foot up $775,711, and the Cincinnati Gazette says 
that the deficit is steadily increased as the inves¬ 
tigation proceeds, and the fact is fully established 
that not very far from the round sum of one mil¬ 
lion dollars of the public money has been directly 
and deliberately stolen. 
The death of seven children of the Rev. B. 
Hutchins, of Albion, Ill., formerly of York, Pa., 
has already been recorded. The Gray ville Herald 
contafjro 11 a obituary of tho eighth, a (laughter 
seven years old. Within a few weeks the parents 
have buried eight out of nine, all from scarlet 
fever. 
The Empress Eugenie of France recently ap¬ 
peared at a ball wearing jewels whose value was 
estimated at $800,000, and having flounces of lace 
on her robe that coat $120,000. 
The New Jersey Strawberry crop yields very 
abundantly this season. It is estimated that 600,- 
000 baskets are taken into New York daily. These 
sold at Si cents each would bring $21,000, as the 
daily expenditure of the city for this single loxnry. 
Novel Mode of Imforting Stock _The De¬ 
troit Free Press of the 13th inst,, says:— Four 
families of English emigrants crossed on the ferry¬ 
boat Transit yesterday, on their way to settle on 
the fertile prairies of Iowa. There was nothing 
remarkable in tbe appearance of the emigrants, 
but an accompaniment of the train was worthy of 
notice. This was a two-year-old Durham bull, a 
splendid looking animal, who bad been the com¬ 
panion of their travels all the way from England. 
He came over in the Hame vessel, traveled on tbe 
same canal boat, and rode in the same cars with 
his friends and protectors. They puid the noble 
animal every attention, and seemed to consider 
him as one of the family, and entitled to all its 
privileges, lie will be a good addition to western 
imported stock, and an ornament to the new home 
of his possessors. 
Elections in Franck.— The general election in 
France occurred the 21st and 22d inst., Sunday and 
Monday. The number of voters registered is 9,- 
521,220. The entire Chamber of Deputies is to be 
elected. Theoretically, the ballot Is to be free,but 
the Government expresses the hope of being able 
easily to extinguish any opposition that may show 
itself. They, in fact, make the nominations, and 
no one who is in the least obnoxious to the Gov¬ 
ernment, can even be nominated or elected, and 
persona wbo circulate tickets with unauthorized | 
names on them, will bo puuished lor “ distributing 
seditions publications.” 
and full exercise of tbem without interference or Sugar market same as last advices. Hoi 
hindiance bom any quarter mnst be protected by finn in their determination to keep it up. 
whatever legally authorized means are necessary _ +<+ _ 
ior these put poses. Hamilton College Commencement.— Hamilton 
Z'Z? 7? J r5 0f ‘T ?• S - (Citato* H. Y„) Commencement .ill take 
Hi. life ia deep^eaU * “ ~ *“• »“*■* C^mencement Week, 
\ Rev, William Adams, D. D., of New York, will ad- 
. A terrific hail storm visited tbe city of Wash- dresB the Society of Christian Research. Hon. 
lngtou, on the inst., and caused an immense William F. Allen, of Oswego, will address the grad- 
destruction of glass in sky-lights, conservatories uating Law Class. The orator of the Alumni will 
and windows. Trees were stripped of their foli- be Rev. Henry S. Clarke, D. D., of Philadelphia, 
age, and grain, vegetables and shrubbery beat to of the class of 1837; Poet, Prof. Theodore W. 
the earth, The storm was about twelve miles in Dwight Hon. A. P. Willard, Governor of Indiana, 
width, and extended from the south-west to the will be the orator of the Literary Societies, and T. 
north-east Some of the hail stones were so large B. Aldrich, of New York, the poet 
as to weigh from five to seven ounces. It is feared_ # ¥ _ 
the crops thi oughout Rb course are much injured, About thirty fresh water springs are dis 
if not entirely ruined. under tho awn. nn t.hft Hnnt.Vi nf tho TWoIot, 
About thirty fresh water springs are discovered 
under the sea on the south of the Persian Gulf. 
Imports and Exports. — From official tables 
made up at the Treasury Department, Washington, 
it appears that the imports and exports at six of 
the principal collection districts, for tho first three 
quarters of the fiscal year, ending March 31, were 
ab follows:—Imports $24G,422,050; exports $205,- 
331,660; total $.151,764,(110. Of the exports $192,- 
G61,178 was oi domestic produce. The above 
figures show an excess of imports of about $40,- 
000,000, which has been met by the export of gold. 
Bank Capital in New York City. —The rapid 
increase of bank capital in New York city, is one 
of tbe strong evidences of its growth as a commer- 
cial and manufacturing point. The annual increase 
of late years has been fully ten per cent. In Sep¬ 
tember, 1651, the aggregaxe was $34,000,000; it 
now reaches $60,000,000. 
Presidential Correspondence. —The Atlanta 
(Ga.) Intelligencer says the following letter was 
sent to Mi\ Buchanan by a juvenile Georgia poli¬ 
tician: 
Atlanta, Ga., 1857. 
“Hon. Jas. Buchanan, Dear Sir:—The election is 
now over, and you are President During the oan- 
vasa I have hollered for you until I am hoarse, and 
my throat is sore, and 1 have spent all my small 
change. If you have got any office that would suit 
a hoy of my age, (13 yearB,) I would like to have 
it—and if not, please send me ten dollars. 
Yours, respectfully.” 
A National Teachers’ Association. — The 
officers of several State Teachera’ Associations 
have united in calling a National Convenlion of 
Teachers to meet at Philadelphia on the 26th of 
Augustnext They cordialtyextend this invitation 
to all practical teachers In the North, the Sonth, 
the East and the West. 
> — Harvesting has commenced in South Carolina. 
— Tho gardens iu Cincinnati, are blooming with roses. 
. — A great crop of hay has just been gathered off Boston 
, Common. 
I — Six coroner's inquests were held in New York, on the 
16th inst 
— The crops in France promise a harvest of nnnsnal 
abundance. 
— The Millerites have been holding a camp mooting near 
Worcester, Mass. 
— A sister of Louis Kossuth is teaching sohool at Corn¬ 
wall, Orange Co. 
— Hans Christian Anderson is now in England, on a visit 
• to Charles Dickens. 
— Rev. Dr. Vinton, of Boston, has been elected Episco- 
3 pal Bishop of Texas. 
— There are 4,000 men at work in the lead mines of 
r BOnlhivest Missouri. 
I — A N. Y. paper sayB that hogs in that city are fed upon 
. dead cats, dogs and rats. 
> — From 2,000 to 4,000 frogs are consumed in the restau- 
■ runts in Albany every week. 
L — On the 15th inst, three men were drowned near the 
, light house in Buffalo harbor. 
j — A World’s Temperance Convention is to be held in 
. Chicago the present summer. 
— The use of whalebone for “ hoops," has nearly doub¬ 
led the price of that article. 
— The people of Seneca Falls and Waterloo are now re¬ 
joicing in the possession ol gas. 
— Mr. Wm. C. Bryant and family arrived at Havre in the 
! rhlp William Tell, on the 31st nit 
— Mrs. M. O. Beekman, a sister of ex-President Tyler 
died at her residence on the 2d inst. 
— Ten fugitives were at the depot ot the Underground 
, B. R. in Syracuse, one day last week. 
i — There is living In Cszenovia a family of four persona, 
1 whose united ages amount to 317 years. 
. — At least a thousand Norwegians arrived at Milwaukee 
[ on Tuesday and Wednesday of last week. 
r — Thirty thousand barrels of salt are manufactured an- 
l nually on the Muskingum river in Ohio. 
— A man was recently arrested in Albany for stealing his 
I daughter's ear-rings to bet on a dog-fight. 
— The N. O. Timey, of tbe 2d inst., says the weather is 
1 * particularly favotable for growing sugar." 
— The amount of money on deposit in the U. S. Treas¬ 
ury at Detroit on the 1st inst., was $38,916 68. 
— The recent storms in Franco occasioned great damage 
i to the vines and crops in many of the communes. 
— A boy in Dsuvors, Mass., nine years oi age, has brok¬ 
en hig leg five times within the past three years. 
— Bennett, of the N. Y., Herald has purchased a country 
seat at Fort Washington, for which he pays $95,OCO. 
— The Russian Government has signified its readiness to 
act in concert wilh the British Government in China. 
— The wheat crop of South Carolina, it is said, will be 
the largest, this season, ever harvested in that State. 
— The Spanirh census is nearly completed, and the re¬ 
sult will, it is said, ehow a population of 17,000,000 souls. 
— Mr, A. Wiight, of England, has taken out an improve¬ 
ment in apparatus for lighting coal and other mines with 
gas. 
— A marine telegraph, invented and perfected by a Mr. 
Ward, of Auburn, N. Y., is soon to be tested in Cayuga 
Lake. 
— Stall fed frogs are advertised for sale in the Sandusky 
(Ohto) ptiprto. They must be »» interesting animal to 
ieed. 
— The receipts ol the Missionary of Society of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church South last year amounted to 
$188,630. 
— There were arrested in Chicago during the past two 
and a half months, two thousand four hundred and eighty 
persons! 
— Two sharks measuring, respectively, seventeen and 
fifteen feet, were captured in Charleston harbor on the 
29th ult. 
— On the 3d inst., a boy In New Orleans 12 years of age, 
after being severely punished, procured a rope and hung 
himself. 
— An immense c«vo, said to rival the Mammoth cave of 
Kentucky, has lately been partially explored in Marion 
county, Mo. 
— Private letters state that the crops in Alabama have 
had to be planted over three times. The corn was killed 
by the frost. 
— A freight train was blown off the track of the Erie 
Railroad by a gust of wind and rain last week. No person 
was injured. 
— The capital of the State Bank of Ohio is a little over 
four million dollars. Its circulation is nearly two to one 
of its capital. 
— Rev. Dr. Scott, pastor of a Presbyterian Church in San 
Francisco, receives (or his services the handsome salary of 
$12,000 per year. 
— A $2 60 gold piece was paid out by a clerk in tho 
Philadelphia post-office, the other day, in mistake (or one 
of the new cents. 
— The Grand Rapids (Mich.) Enquirer states “ on the 
very best authority,” that the cars will be running to that 
city by September. 
_One of the omnibus lines in New York have placed a 
sign on tboir stages to this effect, “Fare 6, 1 * cents—ladles 
with hoops 12.‘a 11 
— An eel twenty-throe and one half Inches in length 
was taken from a Cocbituate water pipe at the Boston Gus 
Works on Saturday. 
— A special term of the New York Oyer and Terminer 
has been ordered, for the trial of Mayor Wood and others, 
charged with riot. 
— Dr. John Neilson, the oldest and one of the most 
eminent of the New York physicians, died on Friday at 
the age of 83 years. 
_There was a savage tornado at Charlotte, N. C., on the 
10th Inst. Damage was done to the amount of $20,000 ; 
but no lives were lost. 
— Tbe Oath lie Church at Coldwater, Mich., was blown 
into a mass of ruins, on the 14th Inst., by a cask of powder 
being placed under it. 
— The Seneca Kalis Reveille says that the water in 
Seneca river was higher on the 18th inst., than has been 
known in twenty years. 
_The Presidential canvass is just beginning in Mexico, 
but there are no candidates yet prominently presented in 
opposition to Comonfort. 
— Hon. Augnatus Young, State Naturalist, and formerly 
Member of Congress from Vermont, died in St. Albans, 
Vt., on the 17th inst., aged 63, 
_In the garden of Major Daniel R. Witt, in West Lynn, 
Mass, is a pffony, the root of which was brought from Eng¬ 
land more than 200 years ago. 
— A new and inexhaustible deposit ot coal, resembling 
Canuel, has been opened in Calloway Co., Missouri. It 
sells in St. Louis at 22 cents pur bushel. 
— The Grand Jury of Louisville have indicted for mnr- 
der fifteen persons, and all they could discover as partici¬ 
pators In the recent lynching of four negroes. 
— The Land-Office at Warsaw, Mo., was closed on the 
qBth inst. During the preceding two and a hall months, 
the tales amounted to over half a million acres. 
