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Get the Best—0. & C. Me it i am. 
1’ree Lectures—H. G. Eastman 
Small Fruits—Wm. R- Prince & Oo. 
Lawton Blackberry Plants—Wm. I.awton. 
A Good Faira fbr Sale—P. B. Hoyt. 
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Bhort-Horti Bull Halves lor Sale—0, K Ward- 
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Apple Seedling) for sale.—X. Drake & Co. 
ROCHESTER, N. Y„ OCTOBER 10, 1857. 
Monetary Matters—Have we touched Bottom? 
Last Saturday, Oct 3d, was a day of intense ex¬ 
citement among those particularly interested in 
monetary matters. With the first of the month 
began a financial quarter—the payments maturing 
throughout the country were known to be im¬ 
mense—and the final day of grace being the 3d 
inst, invested it with unusual importance. To 
what extent paper was protested is not yet known, 
but there is little doubt that Notary Publics had, 
plenty to do. Telegraph advices from New York 
city state that the day was a gloomy one for Wall 
street. The suspension of a leading banking house 
(noted below) exercised a moBt depressing effect 
upon the market, already burdened to Ita full ca¬ 
pacity to Buatain. The feeling of the Stock Ex¬ 
change was one of total depression. From Boston 
we learn that, the money market wa3 stringent,but 
by a spirit of accommodation and aid from the 
banks, the merchants have stood the test, though 
there are a few failures to report. Bank stock is 
selling low. It was emphatically a blue day in 
Philadelphia. In Cincinnati the day was greatly 
dreaded, for it was feared that it would bring with 
it several failures and suspensions. A good deal 
of third and fourth class paper went to protest 
but none of the second or first class houses failed. 
All are surprised and delighted with the result. 
The Governor of Pennsylvania has issued a 
proclamation calling an extra session of the Leg¬ 
islature for the purpose of relieving, if possible, 
the embarrassment that now exists in that State. 
The document says that the pressure of the timeB 
has resulted in “the suspension of specie payments 
by the banks of this and other States, and whereas 
the failure of mapy long established commercial 
houses is leading to the destruction of confidence, 
and to a general embarrassment and depression in 
trade, and ia threatening to affect disastrously the 
credit of the commonwealth and the great indus¬ 
trial interests of the people, and it requiring 
prompt and efficient action to relieve the alarmed 
and suffering community; therefore I convene the 
Legislature to meet on the Cth of October, and 
adopt such measures as the present exigency re¬ 
quires.” 
The Bank Department of our own State has been 
exceedingly busy during the p 2 st week. Judge 
Harris recently decided that Banking Associa¬ 
tions having securities deposited with the Depart¬ 
ment, have a right to reduce these securities be¬ 
low $100,000, by the return of circulating notes.— 
As many of onr Banks have a large proportion of 
these bills lying idle In their vaults, and being 
fearful to use them to any extent, they are sending 
them to Albany and releasing the stock deposited. 
A dispatch on the 2d inst. says:—“Circulating 
notes to the amount of $200,000 were received at 
the Bank Department to-day np to 5 o’clock.— 
About the same amount, were received yesterday. 
Superintendent COok yesterday released $130,000 
worth of stock securities, and about the same 
amount released to-day. A large pile of circu¬ 
lating noteB yet remain in the Department un¬ 
counted, although work in the office is kept np 
until 9 P. XL” 1 
The entire community looked forward to the 
advent of the 3d with “fear and trembling.” The 
eventful day came and went, and though we can- * 
not realize the extent of the damage—though wo 
are, as yet, ignorant of the number of the wrecked 1 
among those who embarked upon financial waters 
—still there is little doubt bnt that many were eii- 1 
gulphed. Those who have managed to keep them- ^ 
selves afloat look more cheerful now that the storm 1 
is over—and with returning confidence Btrike out 1 
for the shoal places of rest We believe that, 
when the disaster* which must inevitably flow 
from the non-fulfillment of obligations on Satur- , 
day last will have disappeared, the worst will be i 
over — that the bottom has been reached, and re-action l 
must now take place. The Banks of Boston re- I 
solved, on the 1st inst., to discount to the amount < 
of $3,000,000; the New York Banks have agreed < 
to do the same, and though this sum. large as itte 
would of itself be totally inadequate, it, will do 
much to restore confidence us well as case the 
pressure. Every department of trade will feel the 
effect of these discounts, business will revive, a 
feeling of security usurp the placa of distrust, and 
every individual so unfortunate as to bepoHse-sed 
of oneliandrcd cents in the shape of a promise to 
pay, issued by some banking institution, will not 
think his country requires anything more than 
ordinary locomotion of hitn while seeking its place 
of redemption. Our over-iradiug, stock-gambling, 
and extravagance have doubtless brought this 
embarrassment upon na as a people; but we are 
inclined to the belief that many have gone down 
from the effects of the panic-—many who would 
have ridden ont the gale at any other period, have 
foundered either through their own fear or through 
lack of that assistance which man owes hiB fellow 
man in cases of extremity. 
There arc many practical lessons to be learned 
from this disturbed state ol financial affair a Some 
of these we have referred to heretofore, and will 
now advert to but one or two. It shows the falla- 
cy of making haste to be rich. Speculation has 
run riot and men have acted as though utterly be¬ 
reft of reason. It exhibits t.be lolly of making 
investments iu anything the value of which can be 
inflated or depressed by the mere finesse of a few 
individuals, and has given to railroad stock gamb¬ 
ling a blow from which we trust it will never re¬ 
cover. Men will now seek for something that has 
stability in its composition when they wish to in¬ 
vest—“fancies” will no more attract, nor golden 
offers of heavy rates of interest allure but to de¬ 
stroy. “In the long run,” says the Philadelphia 
Ledger, "those men get to he the richest, as all 
past experience proves, who invest most of their 
surplus capital in good mortgages and real estate. 
It is astonishing how fast a fortune accumulates, 
even at six per cent, if dividends and rents are 
invested quarterly, or even Bcmi-annually. In¬ 
vestments in real estate securities rarely or never 
bring loss; and hence there is no drawback on 
the compounding of interest The fact is noto¬ 
rious that, of the Philadelphia families which were 
rich a century ago, only those remain rich that 
kept the bulk of their wealth in real estate. No 
business man can afford—for any long period—to 
pay two per cent, for money; to demand such high 
rateB is, therefore, not sound policy in the capital¬ 
ist; arid the history of the rich in this or ativ other 
city, if traced back a hundred years, affords abun¬ 
dant proof of this. It is wiser, believe us, not to 
‘kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.’ ” 
Septembor—Its Weather. 
Bank Failures, Suspensions, Etc, 
The following Banka and private Banking 
Houses have failed, suspended or assigned since 
our last issue i 
The Farmers’ Bank, of Elizabeth City, N. C., has 
suspended. The brokers are taking its notes at 
50 per cent discount. 
The People’s Bank, Milwaukee, Wis, the Badger 
State Bank, Wis., and the Fox River Bank, Green 
Bay, Wis., have suspended. 
Clark, Dodge & Co., bankers, New York city, 
have suspended. 
Swift, Ransom A Co., New York, brokers and 
agents of a Chicago banking house, have failed. 
The Genesee River Bank, and Bank of Water- 
town, thiB State, are reported this morning, Oct 
6th, among the suspended. 
J. W, Clark & Co., Bankers, Boston, suspended 
payment on the 3d inst. 
R. H. Brett, Banker, of Toronto, C. W., failed and 
assigned. The assignees report that his creditors 
will be paid In full. 
Hutchings & Co., and John Smith & Co., Bank¬ 
ers, Louisville, Ky., have suspended payment. 
The Peninsular Bank, of Detroit, Mich., has been 
enjoined by Attorney General Howard, on account 
of its refusal to surrender to the State Treasurer 
its circulating bills, to the amount of the deficien¬ 
cy between the present value of ita stock securi¬ 
ties and that of its circulating notes, as required 
by its charter. It is said that the bank has abun¬ 
dant means to pay its debts. 
The Bank of Galena, 111., Traders’ Bank of In¬ 
dianapolis, Ind., Union Bank, of Frenchtown, N. 
J., and Bank of Greensborongb, Georgia, have sus¬ 
pended. 
The agents in New Orleans of the Northern 
Bank of Mississippi were unable to redeem its 
notes on the 1st inst. 
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Suspension of Manufactures. 
The Buffalo Courier of the 5th inst., says:—“ For 
the first time, in many years, the sound of ths ham¬ 
mer and the saw is not heard In onr Ship-Yard*.— 
Not a new vessel has been placed on the stocks 
this fall, and scarcely a man can be seen in the 
various Yards, excepting the few employed in fin¬ 
ishing the ferry-boat for the Lake Huron Co. The 
usual force employed in the Yards is about 1,600 
men, not one cf whom can be employed there du¬ 
ring the coming winter. In many other of the 
manufacturing branches of business, large num¬ 
bers of hands have been discharged, with no proB- 
pect of employment before spring. There are, at 
the present moment, more mechanics ont of em¬ 
ployment in Buffalo, than at any time heretofore.” 
At a meeting of Directors of the Utica Steam 
Cotton MUIb, held Tuesday week, it was moved to 
rospend work immediately until the first of Novem¬ 
ber next. This is sad news to the 330 operatives 
in the factory; but no more melancholy than thou¬ 
sands of laborers like them are hearing all over 
the country. 
Within the last week the cotton factories in 
Georgia have stopped work, on account of the 
high price of cotton and the low price of manu¬ 
factured goodB. 
Two thousand operatives are thrown ont of em¬ 
ployment by the stoppage of Mananuck mills, 
Penn. The Wakefield inillB are closed. The wool 
mills at Crescentvillo partially closed, and those 
along the Wissahicon with scarcely an exception. 
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Cost of Getting Flour from the West.— Tbo 
State of Maine speakB of a lot of flour just re¬ 
ceived by E Mi-Kenney, Portland, Me., which was 
taken on the Grand Trunk oars at Detroit, and de¬ 
livered at Portland without steam shipment. The 
cost of bringing this from Detroit to Portland, a 
distance of 849 miles, is 105 cents per barrel. 
e This pleasam autumnal month has gone, leaving 
e many memorials of its fruitfulness and health.— 
j Rapidly has it flitted away, while there has been 
j no little agitation in the circles of commerce and 
1 business, to which the beat and cold and light, 
j rain and wiuds, have paid very little regard, 
t, The mean heat of the last half of the month is 
3 64,G°, while that of 20 years is 5C.8°, or 2 C higher. 
3 The mean heat of the month ia 60.9°. which is 
very nearly the same for the twenty years. We 
3 have had, therefore, about the average temperature. 
3 As The spring was late, and the summer harvest 
L later.than usual, so has been the season for this 
I month. Taking Indian corn us the standard, it is 
, undoubtedly a fortnight later than usual Still 
, fields of it in the country have become forward 
. enough to be cut up by the roots for harvesting.— 
The yield will be quite unequal, some fields having 
a flue crop, and others very poor, while abundance 
, is judged to be secured and nearly ready for the 
I harvest. 
Potatoes appear to give a good yield, though 
, there is fear of their decaying condition in many 
fields. Peaches have been abundant, and are still 
, so. They are held relatively high on account of 
the great demand for them in the west, north and 
east. Apples and pears give a good yield. Fall 
feed is rich and luxuriant. Grapes begin to fill 
the market. 
Some autumnal diseases are over the land, bnt 
general and great health is the blessing. 
In France and England, the harvest has been 
rather early, from the greater warmth and less 
rain. Indeed, this is said to be in France an early 
year for both harvest and vintage. 
Slight frosts occurred on the Stb, and heavier at 
a distance from the lakes and on higher ground.— 
Some frost on the 21st and 24th in low and ex¬ 
posed places, but vegetables uninjured. Indeed, 
grapes have ripened rapidly since the slight frost 
Some snow near ns on the 29th. c. d. 
October let, 1857. 
From Florida. —The Key West correspondent 
of the Journal of Commerce, Sept 24th, writes 
that but two companies of regular troops will re¬ 
main in Florida this winter. The Seminole war is 
to be carried on exclusively by volunteers, the 
number of which is to be considerably increased. 
The volunteers have proved themselves superior 
to the regular troops in warfare against the In¬ 
dians. The knowledge of the oountry and the 
manners of the natives render their service of 
great value. The yollow fever, which made its 
appearance there in the early part of the month, 
is still in our midst The number of oases in all 
which have occurred, is twelve, and of that num¬ 
ber, three terminated fatally. Only one person 
has been attacked within the last ten days, and 
his condition ia still very eriticaL As we are 
now having very ploasant, cool weather, I hope 
that all signs of the disease will soon disappear 
from the island. 
-- 
Abolition State Ticket. — The Abolitionists 
of New York State, held a Convention at Syracuse, 
last week, and made the following nominations 
for State officers --riWcrtitry of Stale— Jas. Mo- 
Cnno Smith, New York; Comptroller —Lewis Tap- 
pan; Attorney General—Goo. B. Vashan; State 
Treasure! —C. D, B. Mills; State Engineer —E. Por¬ 
ter; Canal Commissioner —J. C. Harrington; State 
Prison Inspector —J. C. DeLong; Judge of Court 
of Appeals —Beriah Green. 
The Famine in Liberia. —A few weeks Bince a 
statement went the rounds of the papers to the 
effect that a famine had broken out in Liberia, ac¬ 
companied by an appeal to the benevolent, for the 
relief of the snfl'orers there. It now turns out 
that the famine was in the imagination of some 
Jeremy Did (Her, who wants to fills his pockets on 
African account. Letters received at the Coloni¬ 
zation Office, Baltimore, dated August 6tb, make 
no reference to the “famine,” or a scarcity even. 
The Tobacco Trade. — The Richmond Exami¬ 
ner observes that the tobacco trade of Virginia 
has centered in New York, owing to the present 
banking system, and is depressed “with a ven¬ 
geance by the pressure now raging iu the great 
commercial emporium of the country.” Tobacco 
which sold ten days ago in Richmond for $15, $17 
and $20, brought only $10, $12 and $14 last Thurs¬ 
day, and the market falling. 
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Don’t oo to New York for Employment. — 
The New York Tribune cautions persons in quest 
of work or situation* of any kind against going to 
that city before next spring. It says there iB not 
employment for those who are there now, and es¬ 
timates that on the first of December there will 
be one hundred thousand persons in the city who 
will be unable to obtain anything r.o do. 
-- 
Returning to Ireland. — A correspondent of 
the Boston Post, noticing the contemplated clos¬ 
ing of the factories at Lowell, Mass., says that 
during the last month more than seven hundred 
of the Irish population have purchased return 
tickets to Liverpool, attracted by the improved 
and improving state of agricultural interests in 
the Emerald Isle. 
-- 
General Houston.—A private letter from Gen. 
Houston was received in Washington, on the 2Gtb 
nit, flatly contradicting the statement that he is 
or has been implicated in any contemplated lilli- 
bustering expedition. The story is probably an 
invention of Gen. Houston’s political enemies, put 
forth at this time because his senatorial term ap¬ 
proaches its close. 
Histokt of Kino Pump, Sovereign Chief of the Wam- 
panoagB. Including tha Early History of the Settle™ of 
New England. R,v John S U. ABBOTT. With engrav¬ 
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This volume gives an interesting epitome of the early 
history of New England, from the landing of the Pilgrims 
to the conclusion of the Indian Wnr in 3678. The incidents 
and .adventure* of our forefathers, woven into the narra¬ 
tive of King FiriLir, will prove interesting and instructive 
to the young, and also worthy of perusal by the general 
reader. Sold by Pkwky. 
Tub Hand Book of Practical Receipts, of Every-Day 
Use: A Manual for the Chemist, TJio Druggist, Medical 
Practitioner, Manufacturer, and heads of Families—com¬ 
prising Officinal Medicines, their uses aud modes of 
preparation; and formula' for trade preparations, min¬ 
eral waters, powders, beverages, dietetic articles, per¬ 
fumery, cosmetics, etc. A Glossary of the term* used in 
Chemistry and Medicine*, including old names, contrac¬ 
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From the Publishers. 
Essays in Biography and Criticism. By Pktkr Bayne, 
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our moBt distinguished writers, which ore written with evi¬ 
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Hugh Miller and the Bromk family will bo read with 
great Interest in the present statu of feeliug concerning 
those remarkable personages. If the second series, which 
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the young ladiea and gentlemen who desire to augment 
their facilities for mental improvement and entertainment. 
Every village ought to have a Lyceum and Library, or 
Book Club of some sort, with lecture* during the winter 
season. 
Items of News. 
Thb Chicago papers state that James Warcb 
who owns a large number of tenements in that 
city, has, in view of the hard times, visited his 
tenants and reduced their rents twenty per cent 
The standing army of the United States, as now 
organized, numbers 17,326 men, if the companies 
were all fnll to the number authorized by law. 
The Syracuse Journal says that many boats are 
being hauled off’ the canal, the freight not war¬ 
ranting forwarders In running them. There is 
very little of the freight coining forward which 
Bhonld at this season of the year. 
The name Sepoy, or Sipoy, is derived by Bishop 
Heber from 41 sip,” the bow and arrow, which were 
originally In almost universal use by the native 
soldiers of India in offensive warfare. 
Mohmonism in New York city has run ont; the 
Mormon newspaper is dead; and when the con¬ 
gregation gathered in their meeting house in 
Broome street on Monday, they were told that 
I there would be no more preaching there. 
The New York Day Book says, a married lady 
in that city enjoys tho luxury of no less than 
one hundred and twenty dresses, twenty-nine of 
which are mourning dresses. 
Kelly Lowe, pastor of the African church, Au¬ 
gusta, Ga., was originally a slave, bnt hiB people 
bought him some years ago, and “he is their ser¬ 
vant pecuniarily aa well as spiritually.” They al¬ 
low him a salary of from $800 to $1,000 per year. 
Dishonesty In pecuniary transactions seems to 
have invaded every circle. The American Sunday 
Bchool Union, of Philadelphia, have published a 
card announcing the defalcation of tho Corres¬ 
ponding Secretary, Mr. F. W. Porter, for au amount 
believed not to exceed $88,883, He has issued 
notes and acceptances at various times without 
entering them upon tho boobs of the Society. 
A “Working Men's” Convention Is to meet in 
New York on the 5th of October, for tin; purpose 
of considering tho bCBt means of enforcing the 
execution of tho law affecting the learning of 
trades in State Prisons, aa well as various other 
matteis connected with the intere&ta of the work¬ 
ing classeR. The “ Working Men” have enrolled 
in their clubs some twelve o* fifteen thousand 
voters. 
E. C. Dklevan has resigne he Presidency of 
the New York State Temperance Society. In his 
letter he states that the existing debt of the Socie¬ 
ty amounts to $6,600. Mr. Delevan desires ita 
members and friends to assist him in cancelling Its 
liabilities, the Treasurers, Messrs. E. Corning &. 
Co., giving accommodation until the first of July, 
1858. If the debt is not paid at that time by the 
Society, he stands pledged to pay it himself. 
Under the new railroad arrangement which 
goes into effect the 15th inst, the time from Buffa¬ 
lo to New York was fixed at eighteen honrB. It is 
now fifteen. 
Charles Astor Bristkd, the grandson of John 
Jacob Astor—the literary millionaire—tbo man 
whose glove bill is $400 per annum, ia now at Ba- 
den-Baden, where he has bought a splendid villa, 
and is astonishing the natives with bis Amerleau 
trotters. The old folks make the money, and the 
young ones spend it. 
The British Army in England. —When the 
reinforcements, now on the way to India, reach 
there, the British army in that country will num¬ 
ber 87,000 men. In England, orders have been is¬ 
sued, offering commissions in the army to any 
qualified person who may raise one hundred men. 
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Discovery of Treasure.— The Oswego Times 
says two men ut work down the lake shore found 
a keg of sixteen hundred silver five franc pieces, 
worth $1 09 each, and have taken it to Philadel¬ 
phia. It is supposed this treasure was secreted 
there in the old French war. 
Decline in Flour. — The following table ex¬ 
hibits the decline in flour in the New York city 
market within tho last two months. The small 
falling off in prico from day to day, is hardly per¬ 
ceptible, but when the prices of the present time 
are compared with those of the 29th of July last, 
it will be seen what a marked redaction there is in 
the cost of breadstuff's: 
July 29. Sept. 29. Dec. 
Superfine State, per barrel,.$8 40 ,?5 15 $1 25 
Extra State,... 8 76 6 60 1 25 
Western superfine,. 0 40 6 15 1 25 
Extra Western. 8 50 5 75 2 75 
Canadian extra,. 8 25 6 70 1 65 
Baltimore, Alex’a and Georgetown,... 8 75 6 60 315 
Southern and faucy extra,. 9 50 7 10 2 40 
— Milk is worth 7 cents a quart in New York city. 
— There has not been an execution in Maine in 24 years. 
— On the 19th nit., St. Paul, Min., wag Illuminated with 
gas. 
— There was a severe hail stonn in Toronto on Monday 
i week. 
— In Dallas Co., Ala., there are 16 candidate* for tho of¬ 
fice of sheriff. 
— Tho oldest ohnrch in Boston is Christ Church, Salem 
st., erected 1723. 
— The Capitol at Washington when completed, will have 
cost $10,000,000. 
— The receipts of tho IT. 8. Treasury since July 1st hnv 
been $20,400,000. 
— A lunip of gold, valued at $500, baa been taken out 
of a mine in Cabarrus Co,, N. C. 
— The present population of Canada is 2,500,000. It 
doubles itself in about U tju*. 
— Out of 372 dnat.l^ i during the month of 
August, 178 were froi^P^si^BB, 
— Guns were inveu^^by tr» Germans in 1387, andbro’t 
into use by the VeneiiAris iu 1392. 
— The MortnouB at the east are dry mg np their missions, 
with a view of going to Salt Lake. 
— During August more than 3,500 bounty land warrants 
were issued, requiring 231,000 acres. 
— There have been 03 murders and homicides in N. Or¬ 
leans, La., daring the past eighteen months. 
— The Mormons do their own coinage, and as might bo 
expected, their $20 pieces are worth but $17. 
— Tho tunnel through the Blue Bidge In Va., is now 
completed, and workmen are laying the track. 
— The Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia received 
3,881 patients lost year, and expended $34,000. 
— Two little girls, nine and four years old, were burnt to 
death in a shanty in Chicago, on Monday week. 
— The expenses of the London Daily News are £520 per 
week. Those of the London Times, much more. 
— The present Morroau population of Utah, male and 
female, is computed by F.lder Richards at 60,000. 
— The Bank of Commerce, N. Y., discounted business 
paper on the 18th ult. to the amount of $000,000. 
— The indebtedness of tbe several railroads of the U. 
S., now reaches the enormous sum of $470,000,000. 
— Among the guest* at tbe American, Buffalo, is Sir 
Charles Fox, the builder of tho British Crystal Palace. 
— Fourteen of the women saved from the Central Amer¬ 
ica had husbands on board, of whom only four survived. 
— Mr. YoBburg, of Alabama, Genesee Co., raised from 
three blue mercers, two and one-fourth bush. of potatoes. 
— By the lost census it was shown that there were more 
than 40,000 people in Georgia, who could neither read nor 
write. 
— The U. S. Assistant Treasurer at St. Louis, paid out, 
on the 24th nit,, $167,000 in coin, on Indian annuity ac¬ 
count. 
— Ground has been broken at Troy for the erection of 
the Roman Catholic College of St. Peters, which' Is to cost 
$50,000. 
—Twelve hundred men are now employed upon the 
Great Eastern, and it is expected she will be launched this 
month. 
— In Massachusetts, the law requires a woman, before 
she can be married, to tell her age, under penalty of a fine 
of $200. 
— Rev. Mr, Hay, the American Missionary who escaped 
from Aholiabad, tailed for New York in the AragO, on the 
10th nit 
— Tbe N. Y. Times sums np the marine losses during the 
month of Sept., including that by the Central America, at 
$2,994,000. 
— The Governor and Council of New Hampshire have 
appointed Thursday, Nov. 26th, for Thanksgiving Day in 
that State. 
— It ia thought Gov. Pollock, of Penn., will recommend 
a general suspension of specie payments by the banks until 
March next. 
— The St. Paul (Minnesota) Advertiser estimates the 
crop of wheat ot Min., at 1,800,000 bushels: potatoes, 800,- 
000 bushels. 
— Three cargoes of wheat, about 30,000 bushels, were 
sold in Joliet, Ill, on Saturday week, at the low price of 40 
cents per bushel. 
— The N. Y, Evening Post Bay* A. Dallas Bache, of the 
Coast .Survey, and Mr. Robert J. Walker, are both descen¬ 
dants of Franklin. 
— The artesian well in Louisville bas been bored to the 
depth ot 1,240 feet. The workmen proceed at an average 
of six feet per day. 
— The Commissioner of the Land Office has decided that 
railroads are to have no lands set apart until after actual 
survey and location. 
— Messrs. Brady h Evans, New York, have distanced all 
competitors by producing full-length photographic por¬ 
traits the size of life. 
— There has been cut in Calhoun Co., Ill., a tree that 
produced 6,01)0 staves aud six and a half cords of wood, 
which sold for $71 60. 
— The Montreal Pilot says that it is the intention of His 
Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, to visit Canada, the 
the ensuing summer. 
— A gentleman of Nantucket states that he bas a Bolton 
grey hen, which in 106 days, laid exactly 106 eggs, and in 
227 days laid 216 eggs. 
— There Is a falling off in the quantity of flour sent to 
tide-water thu* far this year, compared with the period last 
year, of 003,140 barrels. 
— Eight, hundred mechanics have been thrown ont of 
employment by ti e doting of three large manufacturing 
establishments at Buffalo. 
— Mrs. Sarah E. Shaw has recovered $18,000 from tho 
Boston and Worcester road, for the death of her husband 
in an accident on tbe road. 
— Yellow fever lias made ita appearance at Key West 
and is raging violently. The disease is said to have been 
introduced from Aepinwall. 
— The Board to examiue models for a sloop-of-war, pro¬ 
nounced the model of Mr. Page, of Norfolk, best, tbo sec¬ 
ond best, Mr. WVstervelt'e. 
— Tbe water in Lake Michigan ia now higher than ithas 
been for several years, this being the seven years high tide, 
as it i* culled by tho sailors. 
— A portion of the cable for the Cape Cod and Nantucket 
Telegraph bas been shipped from N. Y., and will probably 
be laid this week or next. 
— William Vaughn, the last surviving revolutionary 
soldier iu Sumter district, 8. C., died last week. He served 
under Marion and Sumter. 
— The sums collected in New York, up to Monday week, 
in aid of the sufferers by the wreck of the steamer Central 
America, amounted to $16,702. 
— Tbe Lowell Courier of Monday week says that the 
Massachusetts Mills have started up again, aud about two- 
thirds of their works are running. 
— There appear at present, 610 journals of Paris, of which 
40 are dedicated to politics, and the remaining 470 to litera¬ 
ture, art, sciences and the finances. 
— It was once sard of a canal in Connecticut, that the 
first dividend paid to tho stock-holders was from the pro- 
coeds of the hay cut on the tow path. 
— An eastern editor heads his list of Births, Marriages 
and Deaths, thus: Hatched, Matched and Dispatched.— 
The rascal's face deserves to be scratched. 
