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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL ANT) FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
SEPT. 19. 
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similar Journal In the World—and is from 20,000 to 30,000 mater 
than that of any other paper (out ot Now York city! published In 
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List of New Advertisements this week, . 
Webster's Quarto Dictionary- G. A C. Merriam. 
Gifts! Gifts!! Wifi*!!!—A. liasmey. 
Downing's Fruits and Frail Trees—Wiicy & ITalsted. 
Flavensrvood Fruit Garden—Freeman A Kendall. 
Scbooley'a Combination Patent I’n-rt vutory—,T. I,. Albergcr. 
Notice Extraordinary—Richard 11. Poasc. 
Seneca Lake Highland Nurseries—K. O. Frost. 
Choice Trees for Sale— N. M. Hnrlbnri. 
Financial Matters. 
The Bank of Orleans, AlbioD, N. Y., has closed 
its doors. There has been a steady drain upon it 
for about a week by bill-holders and depositors, 
entirely exhausting its ready, available means, and 
so large a portion of its assets being in suspended 
debts of last fall and wiDter, it became necessary, 
in the present state of finances of the country, to 
close up. We learn the liabilities are not large, 
and it is believed the assets are ample to pay 
everything, 
A dispatch from New Brunswick, N. J., says, 
the Bank of New Jersey has suspended, but will 
probably resume in a few days. Bill-holders are 
advised not to sacrifice them, as they are worth 
dollar for dollar, and are taken by the business 
men at par. The liabilities of the bank are $200.- 
000, while their means to pay with are over $500,- 
000 . 
The Agricultural Bank, located at Brownsville. 
Tennessee, has failed. 
The N. Y. Tribune of Saturday says:—The busi¬ 
ness of the Sub-Treasury during the week was:— 
Receipts, $140,522; payments, $277,502 13; bal¬ 
ance, $10,5$4,950 89. The disbursements continue 
choice Trees ' * rott ' to ^ceed the receipts, and the Treasury has lost 
The illustrated iL.in.,, ethic Encyclopedia—Fowler A Wells, -during the present week $1,100,000. The receipts 
Agents Wanted—<J. P Blseotl. - .. .. . . . 
Thirteen Dipiomw, riwiinms. Ac Welle A Provost. of coin from the interior are considerable, but not 
Something Nd*w— cTp' Bisseii!*' ward as large as last week, and to some quarters the 
2iw Bnthcis Winter itnttey—,f. Rapaije. tide has turned, and gold is being drawn from ub. 
4 buWcp fni Side—T-ra' B rheipe. It is generally estimated that the banks will Bhow 
F^r B^ntoguhtaMo r &l™?Onno-H. o. Buckley. $11,600,000, the actual amount being about $12,- 
Wlnter Barley—Hollis Daggett. 000,000. This amount is, however, placed by some 
Ora AdvSRTishtU Fiubnds will please note that, although par1 j es a3 a8 $13,000,000. The banks evi- 
thaJtCBAL ba« largely increased in ciienlation during the past , . f , , , , . .. 
yean ita advertising rates remain unchanged. Thus, while it is gently feel encouraged that, as far as they are con- 
decidediy the best medium uf Agricultural and HorttcaUnrat cerned, the crisis is passed, and that any future 
Advertising in the Union, it is also one of tho cheapest. Oar contraction which may be necessary nmy be made 
terms will remain the same as nt present, until the close of the modera * p X hfl i„ hnnh-s nrp diaonnntinrr 
present year and volume, whan they will probably be materially , , ® ‘ & 
increased, to correspond with oar greatly augmented circulation, nearly or quite their receipts, and some ot them 
—— are exceeding that amount- Fnper continues to 
be active with the discount liunses, bat there is 
-» — . h e, n0 amelioration of rates. The best names are 15 
@18 ^ cent The 6tock houses are generally quite 
jllk B C Y eaB - v * and thc leading fancies are more scarce with 
T§lf)•:pf;,,'V.J p||v/ ;Jn them tln R moue y- In commercial circles the 
stringency is very severe, and large sacrifices are 
-_-Tns long established banking house of Messrs. 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., SEPTEMBER 19, 1857. Pa{r <> & bourse. Washington, D. C., suspended 
- - ■ . . . — payment on the 14th inst, owing to the difficulty 
Affairs at Washington. * n money on their securities. They have 
_ made an assignment, and it is represented their 
The State Department has information from asse t a largely exceed their liabilities, 
ficial source^ that Prof. Francis, in Equador, It is said the Bank of 8onth County, R, I., has 
is accidentally wounded by Prof. Moore, the cap suspended. Thero can be no donbt of its abun- 
wbose gun exploded while he was loading it. in daut ability to meet its engagement, 
e dark. The Government of Equador, expreB- The Citizen’s Bank of Smead, Collord & Hughes, 
ag great solicitude on the subject, gave orders Cincinnati, O., has suspended. They have have 
spare no expense nor sacrifice in endeavoring jssned a circular, stating the cause to be the illness 
save his life; but he died after lingo ring for two of the senior partner, and the present crises in 
onths. money affairs. 
The President has recognized Antonia Guzman XlJE bil]s of tbe Hugnenot Banki at New Paltz 
anco as Consul of Venezuela, m Philadelphia, u]flter Co , N. Y., are discredited. This is a small 
d Frantz BnloaMuller as Vice-Consul of Den- affair with a capital of $50 000> and a 8ecured cir . 
irk, in New York. dilation. 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., SEPTEMBER 19, 1857. 
Affairs at Washington. 
The State Department has information from 
official source^ that Prof. Francis, in Equador, 
was accidentally wounded by Prof. Moore, tbe cap 
of whose gun exploded while he was loading it in 
the dark. Tbe Government of Equador, expres¬ 
sing great solicitude on the subject, gave orders 
to spare no expense nor sacrifice in endeavoring 
to save his life; but he died after lingering for two 
months. 
The President has recognized Antonia Guzman 
Bianco as Consul of Venezuela, in Philadelphia, 
and Frantz Bnloa Muller as Vice-Consul of Den¬ 
mark, in New York. 
The treaty arrangement between our Govern¬ 
ment and Gen. Herron, providcafor a Commission 
to ascertain tlic amount which New Grenada shall 
pay ns indemnity for American citizens for the 
Iobscb they sustained throughout the Panama riots; 
while the other questions in controversy are post 
poned. Our Government makes the emphatic 
declaration that it will not consent to the imposi¬ 
tion of taxes, and such as have heretofore been 
levied. 
A decision important to contractors with the 
Government has jnst been rendered by tbe Attor¬ 
ney General. H. L. Gallagher had a contract for 
doing certain work on the Washington Aqueduct; 
tho Government reserving the right, to suspend 
the work under the contract at any time. The 
engineer in charge gave him notice to suspend in 
July, 1856, and in March, 1857, he was notifie d to 
resume work, and did so. He now says that he is 
doing tbe work at a loss, and asks for larger com¬ 
pensation than he bargained for, else to be released 
from the contract. The Attorney General informs 
the Secretary of State, who submitted to him the 
case that the latter had no authority to do either, 
and that if Gallagher violates the contract, he 
must do so at his own peril and that of his sureties. 
The construction of Mr. McClcllen, former Sec¬ 
retary of the Interior, relative to the allowance of. 
the Virginia Land Warrants, is followed by Mr, 
Thompson, bis successor. 
The President has recognized Charles Edward 
Kortright as Consul of Her Brittanic Majesty for 
Pennsylvania, to reside In Philadelphia; and Den¬ 
nis Ponohne as Consul of Her MajeBty at Buffalo. 
The British Consul for New York has not yet ask¬ 
ed to be officially recognized. 
Joseph R, Brown has been appointed Indian 
Agc.at for the Sioux Indians of Minnesota, vice 
Flandran resigned. 
A. M. Jackson, of Mississippi, has been appoint¬ 
ed Secretary of Stale for New Mexico, vice Davis 
resigned. 
The modifications made to the Overland Mail 
Route to the PaclGc, at the instance of Hon. John 
S. Phelps, but which required tho report, of the 
contractors, are as follows:—The ronte starting 
from St. Lonisto pass not further west than Spring- 
field, Mo., thence by Fayotteville, Van Burcn and 
Fort Smith, Arkansas, to PreBton, Texas, — inter¬ 
secting at that point the route from Memphis via. 
Little Rock, Preston and Fort Fillmore, to San 
Francisco. 
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Connecticut Tobacco.— The frost on the night 
of the 7th inst., it is now &aid, seriously injured 
the tobacco crop in Connecticut, and the loss mast 
be considerable. A large amount) however, has 
been safely housed. The Hartford Times says that 
more tobacco has been grown this year in Connec¬ 
ticut than ever before. A single bouse in that city 
has sold this season more than two tuns of twine 
for tying tobacco. 
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Wiiat War does for Men,— Daring tbe Mexi¬ 
can war, a company (G) of 105 effective men ship¬ 
ped from Detroit The compaay went to Vera 
Cruz. Of these, 70 were cut off in the forty days 
before Vera Cruz, Five more perished afterwards. 
The small remnant of 30 returned front the cam¬ 
paign, and went into quarters at Detroit Of these, 
15 have died; and of the 15 living, notone is capa¬ 
ble of doing hard labor. 
Conflagrations. 
A fire broke out at St Johns, N. B., on tbe 11th 
inst, in John Dawson’s bouse, on Corporation st, 
from whence it extended to Portland st, destroy¬ 
ing Orange corner, and as far back as Chapel st 
The Methodist church was saved. About forty 
houses were burned. The value of the property 
destroyed is $60,000, and the estimated insurance 
$ 20 , 000 . 
The malt house and vinegar distillery belonging 
to A. Wood, and tbe rectifying establishment of 
W. 8. Sherman, St Lonis, Mo., were destroyed by 
fire on the 11th inst Loss about $40,000. Insur¬ 
ance unknown. 
A fire broke out on Northampton st, Boston, on 
the 12th inst, in the extensive cordage manufac¬ 
tory of Messrs. Lampson. The damage to the ma¬ 
chinery and buildings will amount to about $10,- 
000, and is insured. Probably the work of an 
incendiary. 
A foundry and four dwelling honacB were burned 
in Conallton, N. B., on tbe 9th. Loss about $25,000. 
A telegraph dispatch announces the destruction 
by fire of the flouting mill at Port Byron, Cayuga 
Co., N. Y., owned by Messrs. Bradfield, Roberta &, 
Fairbank, of this city. No particulars are given. 
Insured for $30,000. 
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Moke of the Hog Cholera.— A merchant of 
Cincinnati, who traveled through several counties 
in Indiana, last week, reports to the Gazette that 
the hog cholera is prevailing to an alarming ex¬ 
tent. The trade in stock hogs had been checked 
in consequence, feeders not being disposed to run 
the risk, which is now very great. In some sec¬ 
tions the opinion prevailed that the use of pork 
would be suspended in a great measure, owing to 
fears created by the sprou<Lof the disease. 
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Fuel on the Railroad.—I t is stated that the 
amount of wood required daily on the N. Y. Cen¬ 
tral Railroad is 1,000 cords, at a cost of $4 50 per 
cord when prepared for use. The aunnal outlay, 
therefore, for wood is nearly a million and a half 
of dollars! At Savannah, Wayne county, accord¬ 
ing to the Auburn American, a sawing machine is 
in operation which cuts 100 cordoof wood per day 
—sawing in two twice—and can be driven so as to 
cat double that amount. 
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The War in India. —The foreign correspondent, 
of tbe New York Journal of Commerce says it iB 
not calculated by the most gloomy judgeH as to 
tbe condition of affiilrB in India that the war will 
be protracted beyond six or eight months, or that 
it will cost more than £10,000,000, in which are 
included loss of revenue, expensed moving troops, 
reinforcements, loss by plunder, <fcc. 
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A dispatch from Washington, Sept. 14, stated 
that Col. Benton was lying in a very critical con¬ 
dition in that city, with constipation of the bowels. 
A report a few hours later gave hopes of his re¬ 
covery. 
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From Mexico.—A dispatch from the Balize snys 
that the Tehuantepec question has been settled at 
Mexico. The Garey and Sloo grants have been 
nullified. The vomito had much abated at Vera 
Cruz. 
Important, from Kansas. 
The St. Loujs Democrat of the 11th inst, pub¬ 
lishes an address to tbe people of the United States 
prepared by the Committee appointed by the, 
Grasshopper Falls Convention, in wbicb a history 
of the troubles of Kansas is given. The present 
attitude of affairs in the Territory is discussed. 
The address alleges that the chiof incentive 
for participation of the Free-State men in the 
coming election, is the urgent appeals from 
the Free States to do so. The address says, 
however, there is little likelihood of these appeals 
being successful. The document contains a special 
clause to tbe people of Missonri, setting forth the 
relative positions of Kansas and Missouri, implor¬ 
ing the citizens of tho latter to refrain from an¬ 
other invasion, and saying that if she should con¬ 
tinue her previous course of aggression, a persis¬ 
tent, protracted and bloody war mnst ensue. The 
address concludes by exhorting tbe people of Kan¬ 
sas to vote at the coming election, in pursuance of 
the action of the Convention. 
The municipal election at Leavenworth, Kansas, 
on Monday, resulted in the election of tho Free- 
State ticket, by 260 majority. 
The Constitutional Convention convened at Le- 
compton on the 7th inst. 
Gen. Whitfield, the late Kansas delegate, is in 
New York, and has informed the Journal of Com¬ 
merce that all is quiet in that Territory, and no 
further collision is apprehended. The collection 
of taxes was goiog forward, and no murmuring 
had anywhere been made except in Lawrence.— 
Gen. W. thinks the elections will be conducted 
quietly, and that the Free State party will succeed. 
The Journal has also a letter from auotber person 
of similar politics, who says that Ransom, the 
Democratic candidate for Congress, cannot poll 
the Southern vote; that efforts are being made to 
shove him off’ the field, and substitute R. L. Ste¬ 
vens; that the Republicans will vote at the elec¬ 
tion, and the signs are that the new State will be 
carried by the Republican party. 
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Political News. 
The official vote onthenew Constitution in Iowa 
haH at length beeu received, showing a majority 
for that instrument of 1,630. The votes of four 
counties was thrown out for informality, the re¬ 
turns from which, ifc legally made, would reduce 
the mabority 214. 
According to the present apportionment in 
Minnesota, the number of Senators to be elected 
this fall, is 37, and the number of Representatives 
80. The election will come off on the 17 th of Oc¬ 
tober, at which time all free white persons, 21 years 
of age, wjio have resided ten days in the Territory, 
will be allowed to vote, simultaneously for State 
officers, and for the adoption of the Constitution. 
Ex-Gov. Ramsey has been nominated by the Re¬ 
publican Convention at St. Paul, for Governor. 
The Delegates to the Democratic State Conven¬ 
tion, met at Syracuse on the 9th inst, and made 
the following nominations, after a two days’ ses¬ 
sion:— For Secretary of State —Gideon J. Tucker; 
State Treasurer —Isaac V. Vanderpool, of Buffalo; 
Comptroller —Sanford E. Church, Orleans; Attor¬ 
ney General —Lyman Tremaine, of Albany; Canal 
Commissioner —Daniel R. Richmond, of Wayne; 
State Prison Inspector —W. C. Rhodes, of Elmira. 
Gov. Gardner, of Massachusetts, Las been re¬ 
nominated for that office by the State Convention 
of National A mermans in session at Boston, by a 
unanimous vote. Hon. Alexander DeWitt was 
nominated for Lieut. Governor. 
The election In Vermont resulted in the choice 
of Fletcher, Rep., for Govenor, by 13,144 majority. 
The Senate consists of thirty members, and is 
unanimously Republican. The House of Repre¬ 
sentatives will contain 186 Republicans and 38 Op¬ 
position members. 
The Settlers’ Convention had nominated Hon. 
Edward Stanley, the Republican candidate, for 
Governor, of California, and a mixed ticket. 
In Washington Territory, Stevens, Democrat had 
been elected to Congress, by a large majority. 
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A Plan to Keep the North River Clear of 
Ice.—C apt. A. H. Schultz, of New York, proposes 
to keep the North River navigable during next 
winter for $50,000. Unless he perform all he 
promises he i9 to get nothing. He does not pro¬ 
pose to cat the ice, for much of it is so thick ns 
to defy separation in that way, but to break it Into 
fragments by the weight of the boat, which is 
brought to bear upon it by means of a false bow 
constructed in tbe shape of a table spoon, extend¬ 
ing for Borne distance beyond tbe real bow, and 
having the effect to elide the boat upon the ice 
until it breaks beneath the weight. This plan has 
been successfully tried on several boats owned or 
commanded by Capt. Schultz. 
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Temperance Convention. — The Executive 
Committee of the N. Y. State Temperance Society, 
met at Albany, on the 8th inst. Resolutions were 
adopted, that as authorized by the State Society 
at its Summer Annual Meeting, and in accordance 
with the urgent request of numerous friends of 
prohibition, assembled in County Conventions, the 
Committee will call a Convention of the friends of 
prohibition to meet in the city of Rochester on 
the 30tk of September, for the purpose of seeming 
the election of men in favor of the enactment and 
enforcement of prohibitory laws. Also, a resolution 
calling on friends in favor of prohibition in each 
county to send delegates to said Convention.— 
Rev. E. Jackson was elected corresponding Sec’y 
ot the Society vice Prof. McCoy. 
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Powder-Mill Explosion.— The packingbnilding 
of Win, Russell's powder-mills, in Bennington, Vt», 
was blown up, on the 8th inst. The hands employ¬ 
ed in tho mills had all left for the night, excepting 
the watohman. It is supposed that the building 
was fired by two boys, about 8 years old, who were 
playing with matches, and one of them, a sou of 
H. D. Bradford, waB instantly killed. The other 
was fatally injured. About 30 kegs of powder 
were stored in the building, bat the explosion did 
not materially injure any of the other houses in 
the viciuity. 
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Where the Silver Goes. — In the last seven 
years, India has drained the reBt of the world oi 
two hundred millions of dollars, in silver. Gold 
is not used there as money. 
Items of News. 
The potato speculators are busy at Bangor, Me., 
buying up potatoes at the rate of fifty to sixty cents 
per bushel. The Mirror says much is said about 
potato rot, but it is not thought to be general 
enough to seriously affect the crop. 
The cotton and wool manufacturers oi Philadel¬ 
phia have agreed to work their mills on half time, 
on and after the 11th of the present month, until 
further notice. They complain that they have been 
for a time loserB by continuing to work their mills 
at the present very low prices received for goods. 
The yellow fever among the passengers of the 
Illinois, at New York, continues to spread. The 
passengers, 600 in number, are still detained at 
quarantine. Over twenty-five cases have been re¬ 
ported and four deaths. 
Nathan B. Willets, of Haddonfield, N. J., ex¬ 
tracted forty gallons of jnice from five hundred 
stalks of the Chinese sugar cane, which was subse¬ 
quently redneed to eight gallons of molasses. The 
canes were not ripe, but bad attained a height of 
fifteen feet. About the 20th inst,, they would be 
fit to gather, and Mr. Willetts intends to make an 
experiment to ascertain if tho syrup can be made 
to granulate. 
Cerbdo Is tbe name of the town that is to be 
built in d ayne co., (Va.) on the Ohio river, two 
miles above tbe mouth of Big Sandy river, and 12 
miles above Ironton, by the Homestead Aid Socie¬ 
ty, of which Eli Thayer, of Worcester, is President. 
Tbe Worcester (Mass.) Transcript, says the com¬ 
pany has already dispatched $40,000 worth of en¬ 
gines and machinery for the new city, and that the 
first detachment of settlers is to leave in the mid¬ 
dle of August. 
A queer case is now before the New York Sur¬ 
rogate. Mr. McLoskey, a gentleman worth Borne 
$150,000, dyiDg in Paris, left $6,000 to a niece in 
Dubuque, Iowa. The niece or legatee died on the 
same day tvs the testator. If the hour of her death 
preceded hie, the legacy lapsed; if it succeeded 
his, the legacy is vested in her. The time of their 
decease was so nearly identical that it is supposed 
it will have to be determined by the difference be¬ 
tween solar and true time, the legacy depending 
upon a question of longitude. 
Two hunters killed fifty-four rattlesnakes on the 
23d of August, on Rattlesnake Hill, Sullivan Co., 
N. Y. There were, besides, in embryo, more than 
one thousand; twenty-four were taken from one 
venerable head of a great many broodB. Many of 
the old ones were three and four feet long. 
An example of incredible modesty is recorded 
in Shasta Co., California, where two gentlemen 
were each tendered the office of County Judge by 
the Governor, and declined on the ground that 
they did not think themselves qualified for the 
positon. 
The saying o( a White Mountain stage-driver to 
a New Yorker sitting with him “ I s’pose if I went 
deawn to New York I Bhould geawk reannd jest as 
yeau folks deau up here ,” is not bad. 
The enormous quantity of peaches received in 
New York muy be guessed when we learn that the 
Camden and Amboy Railroad have received $2,400 
freight in one day, at 8 cents a basket, for peaches. 
The St Catharines Post says the 39th Regiment 
has received orders to be in readiness to proceed 
to Quebec. The destination is not yet known, bnt 
everything is now pointing to and dependent up¬ 
on the course of affairs in India. 
On the 21st nit, the first locomotive ever run in 
the State of Arkansas ran over the track of the 
Memphis and Little ReoD Rniirood, for a distance 
of three miles—as far as the road is completed 
from Memphis. 
Owing to the reduction of ten per cent, on the 
wages of the employees in the weaving and spin¬ 
ning rooinB of the Lancaster, (Pa.) cotton mill, op¬ 
erations have entirely ceased. The girls refused 
in a body to work at the reduced rates. The re¬ 
daction, it is alleged, was necessary, on account of 
the high price of cotton. 
The Washington papers say that Col. Totten, the 
Superintendent of the Panama Railroad, has set 
on foot a project for cutting a ship canal across 
the Isthmus. The ChagreB river, as far as Cruces, 
can be made available. The greatest elevation 
from that point to Panama bay is bnt two hundred 
feet above the level of the Atlantic. 
The Atlanta (Ga.) Sentinel states that the steam 
flour mills at that place turn out daily two hundred 
and eighty barrels of flour. Until within a few 
years Georgia was a large importer of flour, and 
now she is a large exporter. 
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Minnesota Coat of Arms.— The St. Paul Daily 
limes says: — “We have seen the device of the Seal 
and Coat of Arms adopted by the Republican Con¬ 
vention, for our future State. It represents a 
waterfall—supposed to be that of Minnehaha— 
within a shield, symbolizing the abundant and va¬ 
ried water power and privilege in the State. An 
Indian figure with his face toward the Betting sun, 
and tomahawk and arrows at his feet. Opposite 
is a figure of a white man, with a sheaf of wheat 
and agricultural implements. The Indian is rep¬ 
resented ub asking of the white man whither ho 
ahull go, and the while man pointing to the imple¬ 
ments, as if he would direct him in the hubita of 
civilized life. In one corner a distant view of Lake 
Superior and a sail, and In the other the Minneso¬ 
ta river and a steamer. The pine regions of the 
St. Croix, Mississippi rnd Lake Superior are repre 
geuted by three pine trees. The motto to accom¬ 
pany the words “State of Minnesota, A. D. 1857,” 
is in the words “ Liberty and Union.” 
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Trouble in the Michigan State Prison.— 
An insurrection, headed by two desperate negro 
convicts, broke out in the Michigan State Prison, 
on the 7th inst. Two of the convicts succeeded 
in escaping over the wall, but were recaptured.— 
Others also made desperate efforts to escape, but 
were overpowered by the officers of the prison 
and secured. 
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Ladies as Pre-Emptors.— Mrs. Susan E. Wattles 
writes to have young ladies come to Kansas and 
make pre-emptions of land, and thuB secure to 
themselves independent homes, the Register of the 
land office having decided that such claims were 
valid. Some capital, some courage and spirit will 
be required to make the enterpise successful. Mrs. 
Iftus Clippings. 
— The yellow fever is increasing at Havana. 
— Women are pre-empting lands in Kansas. 
— Work has been resumed on the Hoosac Tunnel. 
— Shacopee, Minnesota, has taken on the dignity of a 
city. 
— Seventy mules were burned in a receDt fire at Now 
Orleans. 
— New York spends daily $10,000 for cigars, and $8,600 
for bread. 
— The population of Iowa, as ascertained by alate census 
is 509,414. 
— The camel experiment on the plains appears to be very 
successful. 
— Joseph Hall, of Kentucky, is the new Commissioner 
of Patents. 
— A drove of Texas ponies has been brought into Sanga¬ 
mon Co., III. 
— The Cottou worm has commenced its ravages near 
Selma, Louisiana. 
— There is much complaint around Kalamazoo, Mich., 
about tbe potato rot. 
— It Lh estimated that India is worth to England at least 
$36,000,000 per annum. 
The [.ondon Times concedes that the English Indian Em¬ 
pire hangs by a thread. 
—English papers announces the death of Lady Lyttleton, 
sister or Mr. Gladstone. 
— Miss Lydia Barnard, of Amherst, N. J., completed her 
100th year on the 0th inst. 
— The old U. S. Bank building, Philadelphia, is to be con¬ 
verted into the Post-Office. 
— New Granada refuses to cede away any of her posses¬ 
sions to tho United States. 
— Mr. Sullivun, the British Minister at Lima, had been 
murdered by six Peruvians. 
— A number of pearls, as large as peas, have been taken 
from musclOB in Grand River. 
— The Belvldere Standard believes thatpeatin any quan¬ 
tity can be found in Northern Ill. 
— Nathaniel Hawthorne, the distinguished author, has 
resigned the consulate at Liverpool. 
— Bayfield, on Lake Superior is said to be growing fine¬ 
ly, having a population of about 400. 
— There were $6,000 worth of blackberries shipped from 
Madison, Indiana, this season. 
— Specie in the New York oily banks amounts to $10,- 
000,000, and continues to increase. 
— Hoe ft Co., N. Y. are now constructing six of their fast 
printing presses for British journals. 
— Justus Beardsley, of Rochester, proposes a conven¬ 
tion of Chinese 8ugar Cane Growers. 
— Work has begun in several places on grading the track 
of tire Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad. 
— The eighty-ninth anniversary of Brown University, at 
Providenco, R. I., urns celebrated last week. 
— It is estimated in Missouri that tho expenses of that 
State in the war on Kansas was $2,500,000. 
— The Hon. James Lockhart, Member of Congress elect, 
died at Evansville, Indiana, on tho 7th inst. 
— The corner atone of a Jesuit College was laid in Chi¬ 
cago, on the 23d ult It la to cost $100,000. 
— A dispatch from Stockholm represents the health of 
the King of Sweden to be very unsatisfactory. 
— The Spanish anil Mexican war is to terminate in 
nothing worse than a diplomatic interruption. 
— A fire in Americas, Georgia, on the 0th inst, destroy¬ 
ed a large portion of the business part of the town. 
— Counterfeit notes on tho nudaon Co. (N. J.) Bank ap¬ 
peared in great quantities in N. Y. on the "th inst. 
— The average number of prisoners in the prisons of the 
U. S., Is 50,000, and 3(1,000 are discharged annually. 
— The long vacant office of British Consul at Pa., has been 
filled by the appointment of Mr. C. E. K. Kortright. 
— Tho city of Davenport Is building a C'onrt House and 
City Hall, at an exoeof reveuty thousand dollars. 
— There was a terrific firemen’s riot In Baltimore on the 
6 th inst. Shots were fired, and many persons wounded. 
— It Is said that the Hon. M. Fillmore, late President of 
the United States, is about to marry a lady of Montreal. 
— I.ieut. James McGarey, who accompanied Dr. Kane on 
his last Arctic Expedition, died suddenly, on the 1st inst. 
— There are 365 Roman Catholic churches in the city 
of Rome, while the population is coasidrably less than 
200,000. 
— The Keokuk and Des Moines Railroad is now in opera¬ 
tion from the former place to Bentonsport, a distance of 
40 miles. 
— A new bank called the “ International,” in which some 
Americans are interested, is about going into operation in 
Toronto. 
— A family at Waterloo lost from Aug. 16th to Sept. 3d, 
five children by scarlet fever. Their ages were from six to 
eighteen. 
— A workman discovered, on the 5th inst., a cave which 
promises to be of considerable extent, in the Central Park, 
New York. 
— The breaking of one of the locks of the Grand River, 
near Brantford, C. W., is likely to interrupt navigation for 
the season. 
— About 600 desertions have taken place from the Fifth 
and Tenth regiments of U. S. Infantry, lately arrived at 
Fort Kearney. 
— New hops have made thoir appearance in market.— 
Tho crop of Eastern hops bids fair to average much better 
than last year. 
— It is said that the Brockville Rifles and Ottawa Artil¬ 
lery, two Canadian militia companies, have volunteered to 
serve in India. 
— One of the new steam frigates, the Roanoke, is dis¬ 
covered to have “ broken her back,” and she has to be re¬ 
built amidships. 
— A correspondent of the Boston Courier writes that 
the prospect of a large crop of cotton in Georgia, was never 
fairer than now. 
— Rev. Peter Sanborn died at Reading, Mass, on the Sth 
inst., at the ago of 91, in the same house in which he had 
lived for 67 years. 
— It is stated that the Prussian clergy have privately 
been requested by the higher authorities to abstain from 
smoking in public. 
— The authorities ot St. Louis have dispensed with the 
steam lire engine, and the Leader pronounces it an un¬ 
mitigated humbug. 
— A correspondent ot the N. Y. Express says tho Col¬ 
lector of Customs at Toronto, is over one hundred thou¬ 
sand dollars in arrears. 
— It is said that Secretary Toncey positively declares 
that ho cannot upon any account, leave the Cabinet for the 
bench of the Supreme Court. 
— A race between a horse and a mule took place near 
Baltimore, recently. The mule won two straight heats of 
five miles, time 20.18-20.20. 
— Two hundred Texan horses and mules were offered for 
sale in Oregon, on the 22d nit. Mexican lassomon accom¬ 
panied the drove from Texas. 
_Among tho items of expenditures of the city of Bos¬ 
ton for the year ending, April 80th, 1857, is tho following: 
Food for squirrels, $33 27.” 
_ It is officially confirmed that gold fields have been dis¬ 
covered in British Guiana, and there is quite a rush of 
S. knows three who have already made such claims. I gold hunters to the auriferous region. 
