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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY ]#WSPAPER, 
Items of News, 
Latest News from Mexico. 
Kansas Matters. 
Thk Patent Office has received three thousand 
applications for patents within the histsix months, 
and has issued abont half that number. The in¬ 
come of the office daring that time has been abont 
$116,000, and its expenditures about $8,000 less. 
Three large cargoes of oil from the South Paci¬ 
fic are expected at Panama to be transported over 
the Panama Railroad, and thus avoid the tedious 
and perilous passage around the boisterous region 
of Capo Horn. 
Potatoes are selling in Cincinnati at 26 oeuta a 
bushel. The Cleveland Herald says that it heard 
on Saturday of an offer to contract to deliver one 
thousand bushels at twenty cents in digging time. 
An English paper informs us that it costs as 
much per annum to support the family of Prince 
Albert, as it does to support forty thousand, families 
of workingmen! 
Bkibeht at elections in England seems reduced 
to a system. Mr. Mouekton Milnes, a poet by 
chance and a Senator by election, very naively 
states that so accustomed bad bis constituents 
been to bribes that they had sent lawyers’ letters 
threatening him with prosecution if he did not re¬ 
mit them their usual allowance of £3 per vote, by 
return of post. 
Thk Postmaster General lias awarded the con¬ 
tract for furnishing stamped envelops to G. F. 
Nesbitt, New York, as the lowest bidder, having 
reierence to the quality of samples and prices.— 
Mr. Nesbitt is the present contractor. 
Mas. Margaret Gilson died in Procterville, Vt, 
on the 17th inst, at the advanced age of ninety- 
two years. Mrs. Gilson was on a visit to Charles¬ 
ton on the day the battle of Canker Hill was 
fought. Bhe was then ten years of age. 
There will be ten Opposition Deputies in the 
French Chambers, if all elected take the oath and 
their seate. But it is intimated that Cavignac and 
several others will reinse to swear allegiance to a 
Government which was founded upon the rains of 
the P.epublic. The demonstration made by the 
Republicans in the recent election, has alarmed 
the Napoleonists. 
The total export of gold from San Francisco for 
the first half of 1867, amounted to $22,742,589- 
showing a decrease of $472,322 aa compared with 
the first, half year of 1855. The tunnage also show 
a falling off, the whole freight charges show a de¬ 
crease of more than a million of dollars. The net 
gain of population during tbe past six months has 
been only 4,295, more than one-half of which is 
made up by Chinamen. 
During a late thnnder storm at Greenville, 
8. C., the lightning struck a mill, knocking over 
two negroes who were at work in it. As soon as 
they regained their feet, the first exclamation of 
one of them, iu great surprise, was, “ Who fire dal 
gun?' 1 ' 
Nearly sixty of the scattered remnants of 
Walker's lillibuster army in Nicaragua, were land¬ 
ed in Boston on the 29th nit., by tho TJ. S. ship 
Cyaue. They are penniless, ragged, homeless and 
friendless. 
Tuk Alta California snggests that the next 5th 
of September should bn observed throuukont, t.he 
United States as the centennial anniversary ot La¬ 
fayette's birth, he having been born Sept 6,1757. 
A cemetery for foreign seamen, who die in the 
port of New Yors, has just been prepared at an 
expense of $15,000, two-thirds of which sum was 
contributed by the merchants of New York, and 
the remainder was appropriated by Congress. 
Mbs. Binney, wife of a Bcbool teacher connect¬ 
ed with the Methodist Missions in tho Fcejee Isl¬ 
ands, has written a book for the Feejees in their 
native tongue, and is now translating the Pilgrim’s 
Progress iuto Feejeean. 
One of the few, tho immortal names not born 
to die, is, evidently, Bmitlu It is stated that in 
England and Wales, every year, 6,688 Smiths are 
born, 4,044 die, and 3,005 Smiths, determined to 
preserve tho Smith family from extinotion, do 
marry. 
A man in Chicago, who fell into a cellar which 
the owner of the building had left unguarded,has 
obtained a verdict against the city of $16,000 dam¬ 
ages. The city will endeavor to recover the 
amount of the owner of the property. 
Neal Dow, the author of the Maine Law, is being 
enthusiastically received by the people of England. 
The Alliance Weekly News says that 14,000 per¬ 
sons assembled at Pradshaw Crag to hear 1dm ad¬ 
vocate Prohibition. 
Tuk Montreal City Council have appropriated 
£100 to defray the expense of entertaining the 
members of the Scientific Convention at a Soiree 
or Conversazione on one of the nights of their stay 
in Montreal. 
The Leavenworth Times of the 25th ult states 
that the present population of Kansas, as asocr 
tained by the census just taken by authority of the 
Free State Legislature, exceeds 70,000. No Terri¬ 
tory ever before had so rupid a growth. 
The New Orleans papr rs of the 20th ult., are at 
hand. They contain Vera Cruz dates to the 21st, 
and city of Mexico dates to the 17th. As far as 
heard from, the elections were all favorable to 
Comoufort It was believed that Bemeto .Inaties, 
a ProgresBisto, was elected President of tbe Su¬ 
preme Court. In the election of the Deputies in 
the city of Mexico, on the 12th, the Liberals were 
triumphant. 
Serious alarm was felt regarding the state of nf 
fairs with Spain. The Secretary of the Interiorhad 
addressed circulars to tbe Governor of the States 
on the subject. They Btated that a rupture is in 
evitable, and called on the Governors to bold the 
National Guards in readiness for orders, and to 
transmit reports of their numbers and efficiency 
to headquarters. 
The Eoo National sayp, that in case of war Com¬ 
onfort will lead the army and Jnanes act as Presi¬ 
dent in his stead. 
The news of tho war with the Pinto Indians was 
conflicting. Gen. Alvarez had not succeeded in 
subduing them, and it was reported that, bis health 
was giving away. 
Gen. Lopez Uragnada, who was formally exiled, 
has offered his services to Comonfort in case of a 
war with Spain. 
The Vera Cruz papers were silent on the subject 
of tbe vomito. 
The revolutionary movement at Jalapa in favor 
of Santa Anna, had caused the Government con¬ 
siderable uneasiness. It was generally believed 
at Vera Cruz that Santa Anna was somewhere in 
Cnba, 
TnB Kansas correspondent of the N. Y. Evening 
Post, writing from Leavenworth City, under dale 
of July 21st, states that the Free State Convention 
met on the 15th inst., and nominated M. J. Parrott, 
Esq., of Leavenworth, as a nominee for delegate 
to Congress. 
In speaking of the tactics of the Free State 
rarty.be says:—"The election in August will be 
held under a census, now being taken, of all the 
inhabitants of the Territory, for Governor, State 
Officers aud Legislature, as provided by the To¬ 
peka Constitution. 
In October, tbe Free State men will attend the 
polls at the Territorial election, and sec ire both 
branches of the Legislature and delegate to Con¬ 
gress. This Legislature will repeal every act of 
the Shawnee Mission, bogus statutes, and take a 
fresh start. 
It is possible the Legislature, if Free State, as it 
undoubtedly will be this fall, may offer the Topeka 
Constitution to the people, but this is opposed 
strenuously by many good and worthy men in tbe 
Free State ranks. Should this latter course not 
be adopted, a Convemion will be called, and a new 
Constitution will be submitted to and passed by 
the people, and sept V) Congress for their appro¬ 
bation.” 
Tbe nominees for State Officers under the To¬ 
peka Constitution, are :—Secretary of State— P. C. 
Sehnyler. Auditor of State —G. A. Cutler. Judges 
of the Supreme Court —M. F. Conway, S. N. Latta. 
Reporter of the Supreme Court —E. M. Thurston. 
Clerk of the Supreme Court —A. G. Patrick. 
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their aid. will be gratefully appreciated. 
— There are 61,000 Indiana in California. 
— There are eight Congregational churches in Kansas. 
— The population of Oollevitle, C. VI., is said to he 7,000. 
— They are going to try to sow cotton in the Sandwich 
Islands. 
— Stephen, the famous guide of the Mammoth Cave, Ky., 
is dead. 
— Mules were selling in Minnesota, at frem $350 to $500 
per pair. 
— Green corn was exhibited in Louisville, Ky., on the 
18th nit. 
— New York spends daily $10,000 for cigars and $8,600 
for bread. 
— An investigation is in progress in Cincinnati to detect 
poisoned liquor. 
— C. L. Dunham, of Jackson, Ind., has 550 acres of land 
planted with corn. 
— Hon. Eli Thayer is addressing the people of Virginia, 
on Free Labor, ftc. 
—Subscriptions are being raised to build a home for the 
veteran soldiers of 1812. 
— About seven thousand 'business men in Boston reside 
in the neighboring towns. 
— Fire different methods of plowing by steam axe 
now In operation in England. 
—The wife of ex Post-Master General Campbell, died at 
Philadelphia, on the 31st ult. 
— A new life pwssrvar has been introduced into use at 
Quebec, costing but fifty cents. 
— Late New Brunswick papers report a large catch of 
codfish at the banks, this season. 
— An Inexhaustible supply of borax has been found in 
Clear Lake. N»pu Co, C»lifornla. 
— A montTOua bear, weighing about 400 pounds, was 
killed near Depere, Win., last week. J 
— J. T. Rath bun, of A Ibany, has donated property worth 
525,000 to the Rochester Uuiverelty. 
— It is estimated that Mayor Wood’s resistance to the 
new Police few will cost over $160,000. 
— Rev. Dr. Kirk, now in Paris, is expected to resume his 
pastoral labors in Boston, October next 
— The largest number of wbaleahipg in tbe world are 
sent out by Nantucket and New Bodford. 
— The white population of Oregon Territory is stated by 
the Oregon papers at from 40,000 to 40,000. 
— Lady Franklin’s new expedition to the Arctic regions, 
was to Rail on the 1st inst., from Aberdeen. 
— Lewis Rutskay, a nephew of Kottsulh, graduated at 
Union College, Schenectady, on tho 22d ult. 
— The new light-house In course of construction at 
Minot’s lyedge, it is said will cost $1,000,000. 
— I.onisann papers say that the sugar crop promises to 
be very large' it looks splendidly everywhere. 
— Tbe American Institute is to commence its annual 
fair on the 15th of S>q>t, nt the Crystal Palace. 
— A writer in Blackwood's Magnaine recommends that 
the British Colonies be represented in Parliament. 
— The fillibuster managers deny the reports from the 
South of another exptditlOD against Central America. 
— The cholera is raging fearfully in St. Petersbnrgh, 
Russia. At last acoounts, the deaths exceeded 70 a day. 
— The receipts of the different religious and benevolent 
societies of London the past year, amounted $5,000,000. 
— The number of locomotive* running In tho United 
States, says the American Engln-vr. i* probably over 9,000. 
— Within the borders of the United States are SO,000 
schools, 5,000 academic*, 334 colleges and 3,800 ohnrches. 
-Col. Ilaghcs, of tho engineer eorp* at Washington, 
has been appointed Superintendent of the Capitol Uxtet- 
sion. 
— Io Philadelphia there is a widow lady who has twen¬ 
ty-five children, all living at home, and none of them 
married. 
— At Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth, there is a cabinet inlaid 
with pearl that once belonged to PeregTine White, the first 
Yankee. 
— Two prizea of $25,000, have been offered in England, 
for the best model design for the monument to Lord Wel¬ 
lington. 
— An apparently inexhaustible quantity of blue granite, 
according to the Superior Chronicle, has been fonnd near 
Superior. 
— There have been 55,676 persons altogether buried in 
Greenwood Cemetery since its opening. It is truly a “ city 
ot the dead.” 
— The government papera in Paris have received notice 
to suspend their discussion on the question ol the Isth¬ 
mus of Sue*. 
— Large quantities of excellent guano have been found 
ou Elide island, Lower California, it has been tested at 
San Franolsco. 
— The claBS of 1807, in Yale College, held their fifty 
) oars’ meeting, last week. There are Baid to be 26 survi- 
vors of the class. 
— Onr Buffalo ootemporaries are discussing the proprie¬ 
ty and necessity ot introducing steam tugs on the canal 
to tow the boats. 
— The utnnm fire engine in Boston has been sold, as not 
The Railway Times says it was because 
List ot New Advertisements this Week, 
Frnit and Ornamental Trees—Kllwsnger A Barry. 
Webster's Qnarto Dictionary—«• A Q. Mcrrtam. 
Small Frtills—Ellwanger & Batrv. 
GeDesee Valley Nurseries—A Frost A Co. 
jB-yiirn Taylor—Moore. WI Ftneb, Keys & Co 
Fairfield Seminary—J. Maiher. 
Strawberry I'Ioiiih for F*le—O. W. Seelye. 
Farm for Sale—Wm. U Jtrifton. 
Nursery for Pale—.lames M- Taylor. 
Keystone Pori able Cider v,il1—II O. Finery & Co 
Pp’e.ndid Farm for Safe—1L O White. 
Tire Oriental Horse charmer—O J Kiurlrlps. 
Music rnbllatur. <te.—Joseph P. Shaw, 
Important to Teacher;—Smith A Boyd 
Sell or Exchange a Farm. 
Information Warned—John Cokelev. 
Special Notic*.— Senera County Horfe Show. 
Death ok Commodore Newton. — The Wash¬ 
ington Star announces the death of Commodore 
John T. Newton. He was the President of one oi 
the Naval Court6 of Inquiry now sitting in Wash¬ 
ington, and at the time of its adjournment, at 
ni on on Wednesday, the 27ih ult., appeared to be 
in the enjoyment of his customary vigorous health. 
On leaving the Court he walked to the residence 
of Charles Winder, and in a few minutes after en¬ 
tering tbe house of that gentlemau was attacked 
with apoplexy—surviving tbe attack only one 
hour. He was a native of Alexandria, Va., and 
brother of the late Thomas W. Newton, who serv¬ 
ed a term in tbe House of Representatives of the 
United States from Arkansas. Commodore New¬ 
ton leaves a wife and children. He entered tbe 
Navy on the 16th of January, 1809, baviug been in 
the service nearly half a century, during which 
period he has occupied various positions of Imst 
and responsibility. His loss will be severely felt. 
Conflagrations and Casualties 
On the 25th ult. the Lyons Woolen Mills In Mon- 
son, Mass., were totally destroyed by fire. Tbe loss 
is abont $50,000, mostly covered by insurance. 
The axle factory and machine shop of C. Hotch¬ 
kiss & Son, in Westville, Conn., was accidentally 
set on fire on tbe afternoon of the 25th ult, and 
completely destroyed, together with a large quan¬ 
tity of valuable machinery, tools and property— 
The loss will probably reach $10,000, on which 
there was about $8,000 insurance. 
The Scale and Safe Factory of Biers & Bro., St. 
Louis, was destroyed by fire on tho 31st ult Loss 
$ 20 , 000 . 
On the evening of the 29th nit a fire broke out 
in the bedstead, extension-table and crib manufac¬ 
tory of Wood & Haskall, 479 River street, corner of 
Hatton. Troy. The building was of brick, four sto¬ 
ries. The lower stories were probably occupied 
with heavy machinery, and the upper stories were 
the work-shops, varnish rooms, «to. The fire orig¬ 
inated in ihe second story, and spread rapidly to 
the stories above, consuming everything, leaving 
nothing but the bare walls of the building. A 
large amount of valuable stock, manufactured and 
partly finished, was in the upper stories. The 
basement, which contained the valuable machine¬ 
ry, escaped with only partial injury. Loss $5,000. 
A dispatch from 8t Pierre Mignelo, dated the 
27th nit., states that the barque Monasco, of War- 
rcD, Me., from Guttenburg, for New York, was to¬ 
tally lost near Burin, New Foundland, on tho 2let 
ult., together with fifty Bwedish atuersge passen¬ 
gers. The captain and his wife, tbe crew, and six 
passengers, were saved. The crew and the six 
passengers were landed at St. Pierre, and were 
sent on to New York in the brig Gilles, by the 
American Consul, The captain goeB home via 
Sidney. 
The front wall of Monk & Glean’s liquor Btore, 
in St. Louis, fell on the 1st inst, burying five per¬ 
sons in the mins, and two of them will probably 
not recover from their injuries. 
Anoi’T one hundred tuns of the rock fell from the 
precipice at Goat Island, Niagara Falls, about 300 
feet below the British Falls, on the 2d inst. Four 
persons were beneath it at the time. Three of 
them were hurt—G. W. Parsons, of Cleveland, it is 
feared, is fatally injured; F. G. Williams, of New 
Haven, had an arm broken; and a boy named 
Haney had a leg broken. 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., AUGUST 8, 1857, 
"Washington Matters. 
The number of warrants issued from the Pen¬ 
sion Office, during July, under the Bounty Land 
act of March, 1855, is 2,185, to satis'y which near¬ 
ly 322,000 acres are necessary. To satisfy the 201,* 
000 warrants issued since the passage of the act, 
26,250,000 acres of land are required. 
The net amount in the Treasury subject to draft 
is $18,666,667, of which over $8,000,000 are in New 
York; nearly $3,000,000 in Philadelphia; $2,774,- 
000 in Boston, and $1,500,000 each iu New Orleans 
and San Francisco. 
A letter from Col. Booueville, in command of 
the Gila Expedition, says that there is being de¬ 
veloped one of the moat beautiful, fertile and 
healthy regions of onr country, which in all places 
famishes evidence of a former numerous people, 
more civilized and industrious, and, no doubt, 
more docile than the wandering Apache who now 
desolates it. Onr efforts constantly at the heels of 
these Apaches force them further west, crowding 
them upon more western nations who report their 
mountains inundated with new people forcing 
their way with rifle and revolver. 
Lord Napier had an interview with the Secre¬ 
tary of State, on the 31st nit., relative to the seiz¬ 
ure of the alleged slaver Panchita by the English 
vessel of war Sappho. I understand that the Sec¬ 
retary explained everything satisfactorily to his 
lordship. 
The Cabinet will hold their regular meetings 
during the absence of the President. There wsb 
a special meeting on Friday, and considerable 
routine business was disposed of. 
An interesting incident occurred on the 31st 
ult, in the office on Indian affairs. A treaty was 
concluded and signed by the Commissioner and a 
delegation of Ottawas from Kansas, by which this 
band of Indians surrender their tribal character 
and become citizens of the United States. The 
delegates appeared highly delighted after the 
treaty was signed, and enjoyed the prospect of be¬ 
coming fellow-citizens. After a ratification by 
the Senate they surrender their reservation—sev¬ 
enty-four thousand acres—only to have it again 
patented to them individually. They also release 
the United States from all annuities and other 
claims, and receive in lien thereof sixty-six thou¬ 
sand dollars in two equal installments, the first 
installment payable on the ratification of the 
treaty, and the second one year thereafter. 
From the Far West. — CoL Noble, the Con¬ 
structing Superintendent of the wagon road to the 
Sonth Pass, was in St Paul, Min. Ter., on tbe 31st 
ult. The expedition is for the present suspended. 
The encampment West of the F»ig Sionx having 
been broken np on the 18th ult, on account ot the 
violent opposition offered by the Yankton and 
Sioux Indians to the farther progress of the party. 
They consequently retreated to Big Wood, about 
80 miles West of Fort Ridgley. The objections 
raised by the Yanktons to CoL Noble's party cross¬ 
ing their conntry, was that they would frighten 
away the buffalo, their sole means of subsistence. 
Col. Noble, before leaving the Indians, appointed 
the 20th of August to hold a council to treat for a 
right of way across the country. Should the ne¬ 
gotiations fail, it is bis intention to perform the 
duties assigned him, despite of ail hostilities. 
Expedition to Utati. —The St Louis Democrat 
learns by recent arrivals from St Josephs, that the 
most extensive preparations are making for tbe 
military expedition to Utah under Gen. Harney.— 
No less than 600 ox teams and 400 mule teams will 
accompany the troops. The infantry as they 
reach the fort are sent forward in detachments, a 
rendezvous having been appointed at some pt-int 
on the plains where Gen. Harney at the bead ol 
the cavalry will join them in about two months 
from the present time. The whole force, includ¬ 
ing teamsters, etc., will not fall short of 5.000 men 
It is said that Gen. Harney is determined to make 
abort- work with the saints, in caso they oppose the 
least obstacle to the fulfilment of his mission. 
New Counterfeits. —The Paterson N. J. Guar¬ 
dian mentions a dangerous counterfeit on the 
Morris County Bank. The bill (a five) is so well 
executed that it was taken by the cashier of one 
of the banks in that city. The Imitation is so 
thorough that the [date will probably have to be 
destroyed. 
Worthless bills on the old Wolfborough Bank 
of New Hampshire, are in circulation. The name 
of the present Bank at Wolfborough iB the Lake 
Bank. • 
An altered bill of the Metacomet Bank of Fall 
River, Mass., has made its appearance. The de¬ 
nomination of one is changed to ten. 
An Inundation op Corn. — The Buffalo Com¬ 
mercial of the 30th ult., says:—There are now ou 
the way here from Chicago forty-one cargoes of 
corn, (as shown by the clearances published in the 
Chicago papers,) aggregating 630,000 bushels! — 
There were cleared in one day, the 25tb, seventeen 
vessels, with 262,000 bushels of corn. There are 
only, however, three cargoes of wheat coming 
from the Upper Lakes, aggregating 50,000 bushels. 
The above amount, 630,000 bushels, is the largest 
fleet of corn ever put afloat for this port. The 
receipts of grain here by the time the new harvest 
setB in, will equal any former year, and if this be 
80 , we will close the season with a larger com¬ 
merce than we have ever before bad. 
New Discovery of Guano. — The California 
papers contain accounts of the successful explo¬ 
ration of the new guano island Elede, on the 
coast of Lower California. A cargo of 120 tuns 
was recently brought to San Francisco, and ia 
said to be equal in quality to Peruvian guano.— 
The island was sold by Mexico to American citi¬ 
zens some time ago. The property is in the hands 
of Americans, but tbe sovereignty of the island is 
in Mexico. 
pruritig tflicierit. 
it could not vote, 
— A dispatch to the Secretary of War, from Fort Snel- 
llnjf, Mlo., declares that the Sioux Indians have yielded, 
and are now quiet. 
— The Stato House for South Carolina, commenced at 
Columbia, Is to be of pure white marble, and to cost two 
million of dollars. 
— It ie reported from Washington that the Secretary of 
Stafe is now occupied with the settlement of the New 
Grenada difficulty. 
— There uxs 647 prisoners in the Ohio penitentiary, the 
greatest number ever known to be confined within the 
walla nt any one time. 
— The oldest living graduate of Harvard University is 
snid to be the Rev. Jacob Norton, of Billerica. He belongs 
to tbe class of 1770. 
— Intelligence from Texas by the Southern mail says 
the yield of wlreAt is immense. The acoounts of the cot¬ 
ton crop are conflicting, 
— Drudge whisky to the amount of 67,000 gallons per 
day is manufactured in and about New York city, using up 
17,000 bniihels of grain. 
— The foreigu emigration for this year already amounts 
to nearly 100,000, being 40,000 increase over the arrivals 
in the same period last year. 
— Complaints are made In the New York papers ot tho 
mannor ia whluh the Session Laws nre published. The 
Index in said to bo valueless. 
— The Cleveland Herald says that it heard on the 25th 
nit., an offer to contract to deliver 1,000 bush, of potatoes 
at 20 cents, in digging time. 
— It is said Bunker Hill Monument may ba Been on a 
clear day with a good glaav Irom Monsdnoek, in Joffrey, N. 
U , abont eighty miles distant. 
— A praiseworthy eflort Is being made in Boston to 
clothe the destitute children, tu order that they may not 
be ashamed to attend tho public sohoofe. 
— Six hundred cords of wood, worth $1,000, belonging 
to the Lenox Furnace Company, were destroyed by fire on 
Washington Mountain, Mas*,, on tho 26th ult 
_John Barnett has been a passenger conductor on the 
Boston and Lowell Road for twenty-two years, and never 
has had a passenger under his care killed. 
Marine Disasters for Jui.y. — DnriDg last 
month twenty-one sea going vessels, belonging to 
or sailing from American ports, were lost at sea- 
viz., five ships, two barks, three brigs and eleven 
sebooners, valued at one million dollars. The to¬ 
tal losses this year, not including losses from leak¬ 
age, dismasting, or other casualties not amounting 
to a wreck, have been:—vessels, 289; value, $11,- 
242,500. 
From the West Indies. —A planter in Barba- 
does calculates the excess of the value of the 
sugar crop of that island this year over that of the 
last, owing to the advance in the price, at not leas 
than $750,000. There were disturbances at Dom¬ 
inica, arising oat of public dissatisfaction at the 
legislation on tbe subject of ram duly. The Gov¬ 
ernor had been requested to dissolve the Assem¬ 
bly, but declined. Riots ensued, and some blood 
was spilt At St Vincent the cane crop, already 
reaped, reached ten thousand hogsheads. 
Shipment op Lead from Dubuque.— The Du- 
buqae Tribune gives a table of the shipments of 
lead from that place since April 1st showing that 
up to July 28th, 12,687 pigs, or 913,636 poundshad 
been slripped—"sufficient, if manufactured into 
musket balls, to furnish an army with fourteen 
millions, six hundred and sixteen thousand five 
hundred and seventy-six rounds!” 
Accidents by the Mowing Machines. —Those 
of our farmers who use the mowing or reaping 
machines must needs be careful, lest they receive 
serious injury. Dr. Lorln.tr, near Boston, had his 
foot severed from his leg by a mower the other 
day. A similar accident occurred in Warren 
county, Ohio, last week. Mr. Joseph McGraff was 
ent through the calf and bone of one of bis legs, 
by 'a reaper in tbe way of which ho carelessly 
got. At. Joilet, Ill., last week, Mr. Loach bad his 
right leg cat off by a mower, and Mr. Aaron Lever, 
a farmer In Coles county, had his leg cat off a 
little above the ankle on Thursday last by a simi¬ 
lar machine. 
Decline in the Price of Sugars. —The long 
anticipated decline in the price of sugars is abont 
to be realized by consumers. Already the New 
York papers have noticed a decline of folly lie. 
per pound on general qualities. The New York 
Post Bays that “ recent importations from the West 
Indies, costing llic.,havc been sold in lots at Dio.” 
This is agreeable news. Of course the reduction 
has scarcely been felt as yet in the retail trade. 
Great Bains at the South.— On Friday there 
was a deluge of rain from Macon. Ga., to Mont¬ 
gomery, Ala. Bridges were carried away, and em 
bankmeuts injured. The trains were stopped in 
different directions. The crops were mooli dam¬ 
aged. Floods of the rivers were feared, as the 
rains throughout the State continued daily. 
Steam Communication.— Private advices from 
England, received at Halifax, state that the Home 
Government has guaranteed £3,000 per annum, In 
addition to tbe £7,000 given by the Province, to 
aid in the establish men t of steam communication 
between England and Bt» Johns, N. F. It is con¬ 
templated to run a steamer fortnightly by arrange¬ 
ment with the North Atlantic Steamship Co., thus 
giving the Provinces, in connection with the trips 
of the Canard steamers, a mail from Liverpool 
weekly.__ 
Ali.eoed Frauds at the Philadelphia Mint. 
—The officers at the Mint at. Philadelphia are 
charged by the Times of that city with making the 
new cent of deficient weight. The standard is 
seventy-two grains, Troy. Some of them fall short 
as much aa four grains, which, on one hundred 
dollars, would amount to about five dollars and a 
halt The same paper suggests that a similar pro¬ 
cess in the gold and silver coinage is within tho 
runge ot possibility. 
Stock Shipments. — The shipments of stock at 
Western porta are very heavy at present. From 
Toledo, Onio, on the 28th nit.., the shipments were 
853 head; 600 by Bteamer Minnesota, and 353 by 
propeller Araxes, for New York by the N. Y. Cen¬ 
tral Road. On the 3iat nit., there were shipments 
of 410 head; 234 by propeller New York, and 206 
by propeller Olcan, all large, fat cattle for the New 
York market, via. Erie Road. 
More Fillibustkrs Coming. —Advices received 
at the Navy Department on the 28th ult., dated the 
16th, say that, the United States steamship Roan¬ 
oke was to have sailed on tbe ‘21st inst, for New 
York, with 250 of the filllbusters. Their general 
health was improving; their sick list had been 
reduced from 120 to 59. 
How Far can Lightning be Seen? — A cor¬ 
respondent of the Adrian Expositor “figures up” 
as follows, in answering the question:—“ How far 
can lightning be 8eeD?” “At half-past nine 
o’clock on Sabbath evening, T observed lightning, 
low in the horizon, duo west. The light was quite 
bright, but no thunder was heard. A gentleman 
who came from Chicago on Monday morning, in¬ 
formed mo that at thut hour a heavy thunderstorm 
waa in progress in that city, no signs of which 
wore seen this aide of the head of Lake Michi¬ 
gan. 'So lightning can be seen at least two hun¬ 
dred miles.” 
Snow in July. — The Salem (Mass.) Register 
says:— On Thursday morning last, passengers be¬ 
tween Manchester and Lawrence, in the first train, 
were astonished to encounter quite a snow shower, 
which was visible to so many witnesses that there 
conld be no mistake as to the fact. 
Temperance State Convention.— The Albany 
Statesman says a State Convention of Prohibition¬ 
ists ia proposed to be he ld at Rochester on the 30th 
day of September next, to nominate a State Ticket 
