MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
NOV, 7. 
EXCELSIOR STILL HIGHER!” 
PREMIUM LIST OF 
THE RU RAL FOR 1857-8. 
The Agents ami other ardent and working frit'mIn of 
Moore’s Rural New- Yorker— and all disposed to become 
such - are referred to the annexed very extraordinary Pro¬ 
gramme of Premiums for the Rural Canvass of 18"*7—S. 
Examine it carefully and then decide as to its MERITS.— 
The Premiums are Worth Contending tor, without any 
other argument than is comprised in their enumeration.— 
Indeed, we are confident that it is altogether the Best 
and moit Liberal List of /Vires f rrr off red by an 
American Publisher J It gives every ONK who obtains 
even a email club some substantial reward for his ef¬ 
forts, and each and all who make exertions in the good 
cause wiII be rennmeratoa i-j proportion lo the attention 
and influence bestowed. Ftrf, please read the 
CHRISTMAS PRIZES-AIL CASH!* 
{Optn to Competitors for the April Premiums.) 
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS, IN Cash, lor the largest 
list ot r early Mibscnbers to Kuhal Nkw-Vokreb obtain¬ 
ed In any one Township, and snii in or temitted according 
to our IVrms, or or tx tore the 2(itb Bay of December, 1867. 
SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS fur the next largest list 
FIFTY DOLLARS» o' the next largest list. 
THIRTY-FIVE DOLLARS fur '.he next list 
TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS for the next list 
FIFTEEN DOLLARS for the next list. 
TEN DOLLARS foi each of the next TWENTT lists, 
gtj?” Those competing for the Christmas Prizes w ill 
please note that their lists will also he counted for the 
Grand April Premiums. 
GRAND APRIL PREMIUMS! 
$310 00. —To the Person obtaining the Largest Num¬ 
ber ot Yearly Subscribers t > the Rural Nlvt- Vorrer in 
any one comity, suit paying therefor according to our 
Terms, previous to th- 1st Of April, 1868, we will give a 
Superb PIANO FORTE, WITH lORRUGATPI) SOUNDING 
Board, ot me celenrhino inanafacture of Boardman, 
Gray A Co, Alhsnv, the Cssn Pkioh of which is THREE 
HUNDRED AND TEN DOLLARS. 
$200 00. -To the IV -fori nbtui riing the next largest 
number. , a ah v , we will give a PjaNO Case Five iJo- 
tave MEL0DE0N, With 'Two Hanks of Keys, of the 
most popular null celebrated manufacture in this country 
—that of Geo, a. Prince A Co,, Buffalo,— CASn Price, 
TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS. 
§150 00. For the next list, we will give a COMBIN- j 
ED REAPER AND MOWER, of Manny's Patent »ua I 
Wood's Improvement, (wl icii tvwe awarded the Premium 
as Best Combined Macninc, at the U.S Ag. Society’s Trial 
oi Implements in July last.) —ca»h price, UNE HONDRED 
AND THIRTY FIVE DOLLARS; and Jin in WtaeTLK 
Dictionaries or Ag. Hooks at cash prices. 
$125 00. —For the next largest list, we will give a Ma¬ 
hogany Cased SEWING MACHINE, of Ito very supe¬ 
rior matu fact ore ot \\ utsi.m ii Wilson. New York-the 
lowest Cash Price of which is ONE HUNDRED AND 
TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS. 
$110 00.—For the next list, a Half Cased WtiF.KLER it 
Wilson SEWING MACHINE,-Cash Price, ONE HUN¬ 
DRED AND TEN DOLLARS. 
$75 00.-For the next list, SEVENTY-FIVE DOL¬ 
LARS, cash. 
$50 00.—For the next list, FIFTY DOLLARS in Cash. 
$40 00 — For the next list, FORTY DOLLARS j.v Cash. 
$30 00,-For the next list, THIRTY DOLLARS, vs 
Cask 
$20 00— For the next list, TWENTY DOLLARS in 
Cash. 
6100.—For E ACH of the next Ten Lists, TEN DOL¬ 
LARS, Oash. 
SPLENDID CASH PREMIUMS 
FOR LISTS FROM OTHER STATES AND CANADA! 
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS, in Cask, for the largest 
list of Yearly subscribers to the Kckal Nnw-Yorker, ob¬ 
tained out of the State nf New York, aud by a resident of 
the State, Territory or Province from which it is forward¬ 
ed,— wnt In or remitted according to our terms, previous 
to the let f t April, 1S58. 
SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS for the next list. 
FIFTY DOLLARS for the next list. 
TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS for the next list. 
TEN DOLLARS for hack of the next FIVE Lists. 
Competitors for these Premiums can also compete 
for (wilt the Grand April end Christmas Premiums! — 
Thus one person rn\y secure three prizes, and if the firri 
in etch ni..r-, obtain premiums amounting to over Five 
Hundred Dollars : 
To give Loeat AgtnU and other Frieito- of the Rural a fair. 
eQUaT chance traveling Agvnis, i osi-riders and citizens ot 
Rochester arc excluded from competition for any of the Premi¬ 
ums hereinbefore enumerated. 
Prizes for Each and All—]>7o Blanks! 
Having resolved to give every Agent and actjye 
friend a Benefit, we offer bach and all— excepting 
only successful competitors for Premiums already enumer¬ 
ated—the folio wing extra liberal and 
SURE SPECIFIC PREMIUMS! 
TEN JIOLLAHB, ix CASH, to McA person remitting for 
Beyrnty-Five or more Yearly Subscribers to the Rural New- 
Yorker, according to our Term*, previous to the 1st ot May, 1858. 
8EVRN DOLLARS, in Cash, or Wi,total* Unabridged 
Dictionary and $3 tn Ag. Books, Uu very otic remitting for Sixty 
or rooie subscribers as above. 
Kl VK POI.LAIlS, in Cash, for $6 in Agricultural Books,) 
to every one remitting tor Forty-Five or more subscribers. 
WEB»TEN<g IN.tllltlllt; KO DICTION A It Y,—Low¬ 
est cosh price, $5 —to every one remit bug lor Forty or more 
rt, 
TIllthE POLT.AIfS, IN CAilf ,or a copy of Webster's 
Eojul«. cuvo Jiiclionary, LuubnCged in Words, of, Scars' Pic¬ 
torial J'flm ly Bible, or, jl In Ag. hooks.) to every one remitting 
for Thikty or mi re eubscrlbire. 
To every one tniding Twenty-Five or more subscribers, we 
wi 1 give two extra copies o! the Rural, sud seuu, poet-paid, a 
Urc*» of the V. akui.nctox Medallion Pen, (a tip-top steel 
Pon, such as we to.', ci„.h price, $150.)—or, a hnndsomely 
hound volume of t ie Rusal lor l-si7, end a groisof W. 11. Pena 
as ulorccaid. 
To evcij one trading Twenty or more scbscribere, two extra 
copies of ihe Rural and half a dross of ttie above Pens— or, n 
bound voiomw Of Ibe Rural lor U-/>7 Had the Pent. 
To every one serming Fjctken or tnoro snnscriberr, an extra 
copy of the Rural and a Gross of the iibovo Pens post-paid. 
To every one sending Ten or mote antocrtbers, «n extra copy 
of the Rural real half a Grose of the Washington Medal* 
won pen. 
To every one Pending Six or more rntocribcrt, an extra copy, 
or, a post-paid dross of the above Peng. 
f'i/” The Specific Cash Premiums can be retained by those 
entitled. The Books, Pens, Arc., are ready for delivery or mail¬ 
ing to order. 
$450,00 MORE, AND EXTRA! 
/it addition lo ail oilier Prtmiumi, both Genera] ar d Specific, we 
will give to Kach of the One Hundred I’ersons sending the first 
licta of Twelve or more Yearly Subscribers lo the I-oiul, after 
this date, according to onr Terms, b Gross of the Wash. Med. 
Pen, post-paid. 
To each of the Ohs Hundred Persons sending Ilia first lists of 
Twenty or more fubtciibeu, as above, we will give n bound 
Volume of il e Rural for Ib.'T, (csrii price, $.!,) or. If pro tarred 
to tho bound Rusal, a grots or the w M Pen and a copy of 
the Year Boor or agiuccliobl— b jih post-paid. 
V~p* Compstitow for these Fxtra and the above Specific Pre¬ 
miums are not limited to townships, but nil subscriptions ob¬ 
tained will he counted on i reniiums, no matter how widely 
distributed. 
TERMS, IN ADVANCE. 
Two Dollars A Year. Three Copies one year, for $5—Six 
Crpies for $ln '|, u rapier tor $lf>, and any additional nu ober l 
at same rate, (71,50 percopr ; A» we pre-pay American Port¬ 
age on paper* sect to British Provinces, $.1,811)4 per copy la 
lowest ciuh price to Canaduns. Clnb pap is sent to CitR rent 
poll-attires, and tiarao* adCnl at nrynma Bills ou all 
splvor.i Hunks In U. S. and Unuads (eken at par, hut Agents 
will please remit New York. Ust adri or New England money 
when convenient For ail nr.esu:- over $16, wo prefer drat is on 
Now York (less exchangt.) whore the cost is not greater Ilian 
Jn«t ye»T. 
Such is our « Still Higher " List,—unequalled In both 
number and amount ofPremiums. The portion not in Cash 
is In tho best Instruments, Machines, Books, Pens, &c , ob¬ 
tainable, lit the lowest Cush Prices,—and they are all such 
articles as can he sold if not wanted by the persons entitled. 
now is the time for action ; as those : 
who commence early will be moat successful. Specimen 
Numbers, Show Bills, Ate., furnished free to all disposed to 
compete for the Premiums, anti thus aid in extending the 
u&tfulnesB of the Leading aod Largest Circulated Rural, 
Litxkary am> Family Wlehly. Subscriptions should be 
properly inclosed, and carefully mailed to 
Nov., 1857. D. D. T. MOORE, Rochester, N, Y. 1 
AN EXTRA PREMIUM! 
We Kill furnish the last Ten Numbers of the 
present I olume of the Rural ijrom Oct. 24 ill to close of 
Dec.,) on trial, for 20 cents, (about half price ) if five 
or more copies are ordered. That is, ire Kill send 5 copies 
Ten Weeks for $1,-10 for $2,—16 for $3,—20 for $4,— 
25 for $6, 4-c., lo any non suberibers Kho wish to try the 
Rural. And to every person forwarding pay ($5,1 for 
Twkntt-Fivk copies for Ten Weeks, as above, we will 
tend, by return mail,post paid, a Gross of the WASH¬ 
INGTON MEDALLION PEN! This, as tte stated 
last week, is a first rate, warranted Steel Pen, such ns we 
use. The cash jrries is $1 60 per gross, and we pay 18 
cents postage. 
List, of New Advertisements this week 
The -Atlantic Monthly—Phillips, Sampson A Co. 
Rural A (fairs—Luther Tucker ,t Son. 
Emery’s Journal of Agriculture—Emory & Co. 
Agents Wanted—W m J Moses. 
Pear Slocks—Cowles A Warren. 
Premium Brahms Fowls—\V f. Kly. 
50,0110 Apple Seed ings—8 Weaver. 
100,000 Apple Seedhngs—O. Lyndon. 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., NOVEMBER 7, 1867. 
Washington Matters. 
A telegraphic report, of the 30th nit., gives the 
following information:—"Prevtona to the election 
in Kansas, Gov. Walker received specific, instrnc- 
iion8 from the Administration relative to hiB dnty 
on that subject, and which precluded him from 
purging the polls, as he recently did In rejecting 
the returns from Oxford district Acting without 
authority from Washington, and clearly violating 
the instructions sent to him, his conduct is em¬ 
phatically condemned. There is reason to believe 
that both Gov. Walker and Secretary Stanton will 
be removed, unless they shall choose to resign.” 
Jn reply to a post-master who complained of 
being overwhelmed with small change, 1st Assis¬ 
tant Post-M68ter General King says, a post-master 
is not compelled to receive cents in payment 
either of postage or stamps, of more thar thirty at 
any one time. The Post-Master General has ap¬ 
pointed six ronte agents to accompany the mails 
from Philadelphia to Colnmbns, Ohio, with a view 
to secure their prompt transmission. 
Attorney General Black has given an opinion 
that the Government of the United States pos¬ 
sesses ample power, and is by the highest treaty 
stipalations bound to redress the wrongs of the 
Kansas nation of Indians, and to protect them 
aguinet unlawful intruders on their reserved lands. 
The N. Y. Times correspondent says:—“The 
Administration is evidently recovering from the 
effects of the monetary panic, and it will not mate¬ 
rially curtail the expenditures on public works. It 
is understood that the Cabinet is not disposed to 
contract a loan, but favors a resort to Treasury 
notes if necessary. Secretary Cobb’s opinion from 
present evidences is, that the revenue will increase 
sufficiently for expenses within two or four 
months.” 
Application was made on the 30th nit. for the 
employment of United States troops on Wednes¬ 
day next, to assist, if necessary, the State authori¬ 
ties of Maryland, in preserving the peace at the 
election in Baltimore. Definite action has not yet 
been taken, though it is probable the request will 
be refused. 
The Commissioner of Patents has tendered to 
Mr. Robert Fortune, of England, the agency for 
the introduction and cultivation of the tea plant 
and other productions of Chins, in this country. 
The selection of this gentleman is owing to his 
experience in such matters. 
The amount in the Treasury subject to draft is 
$9,802,000. The receipts of the week ending Mon¬ 
day last were $441,000. 
Nearly eight millions of acres were located with 
military land warrants from the lBt of July, 1856, 
to the 31st of August last. 
4 , ^_ 
Weather of October. 
The temperature of the first half of October, was 
a degree below tbe mean of twenty years; of the 
lest half it was two degrees below; for the whole 
month it was half a degree leas than the average of 
the month for the same years. The weather has 
been unpleasant from the great cumber of rainy 
days, the air or wind being cold or raw. 
Tbe fall of water for the month was 4,215 inches, 
of which more than two incheB fell on the 13th and 
14th. The rain of the 25th, 2Gth and 27th,—so 
great as to deluge much of New England, and the 
northern and eastern part of our State,— was not 
very abundaut west of Syracuse. Here, there fell 
only 0.C2 inches, enough with the already high wa¬ 
ter of the Genesee, to keep it still higher for seve¬ 
ral days. 
The snow storm of the 20th and 21st, on the east¬ 
ern part of Lake Ontario, and the adjoining coun¬ 
try, extended westward so sb to reach us on the 
21st, and gave us an inch or two of Bnow, which 
soon melted, the storm being slight here. This was 
the first snow of any consequence this autumn.— 
On the 22d was our first severe frost, so late that 
the crop of Indian corn was chiefly ripened and 
abundant. Only a little snow has fallen since, aud 
soon melttd. 
The earthquake, observed on tbe 23d, from Erie, 
Pa., to Buffalo, and east to Lockport and Medina, 
was so slight hero as to be observed by very few. 
At Buffalo tbe earthquake, at 3j P. M., wits alarm¬ 
ing for the time, though little damage was done to 
buildings. Since the heavy frost on the 22d, the 
foliage has fallen rapidly. c. D. 
November, 2,1857. 
•- : -♦ - 
Nebraska Bank Directors.— At the recent 
fair held in Polk Co., Iowa, the most noticea¬ 
ble feature of the whole exhibition was a large 
cage containing three ferocious wild cats, and on 
a placard over the cage in large letters, was the 
following inscription: 
“ Nebraska Bank Directors— Exhibited for the 
exclusive benefit of Nebraska bill holders.” 
Transportation of Cattle—Increase of Freight, 
On the first of tbe present month the new tariff 
of freight prices on the various railroads went in¬ 
to operation. The additional cost of bringing 
cattle from Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, or Illinois to 
New York market, is equivalent to five dollars per 
head— or an average ol three-quarters of a cent 
per pound. In consequence of this step great 
commotion is experienced among the drovers, and 
they are combining for the purpose or obtaining 
relief,—if such a thing is possible—and by this 
combination counteract the effects of the union of 
the rail road a 
The N. Y. Tribune, of the 29th ult., in speaking 
of the action of the drovers at a recent meeting 
held in New York city, says:—' 1 As the agreement 
of the roads is not to ‘ cut under ’ where there are 
competing lines, the drovers do not expect any 
reduction; but they hope to get increased facili¬ 
ties upon some of the roads, and they are now en¬ 
gaged in the airangcmcnt to throw the whole 
cattle freight business upon one line of roads un¬ 
til they force the competing routes to break the 
combination, or lose all transportation upon this 
extensive aDd constantly increasing trade. We 
understand the Illinois men favor the Michigan 
Central, and thence it is probable they will go 
through Canada and to Albany, on account of the 
Boston market. TbiB will cut off the Erie road 
entirely, as the other Western men are bound to 
go with the crowd. From Kentucky and Soutkorn 
Ohio, the Baltimore road will compete with the 
Ohio roads and Lake Shore. If this arrangement 
is perfected, the drovers will force the railrouds to 
terms in spite of combination, because no one of 
them now can afford to lose all the cattle-freighting 
business.” 
The Tribune publishes a list of the names of 
large forwarders who have adopted the foregoing 
plan, in which Ohio is represented by twelve indi¬ 
viduals or firms; Illinois by twenty; Indiana by 
eight; Kentucky by five; and states that many 
other names will be added on next market day.— 
The disposition is general to oppose this railroad 
spirit of monopoly—so prevalent within the year 
past—and we can hut hope that the drovers will 
triumph. When railroads pursue a legitimate busi¬ 
ness we are gratified t,o perceive and make mention 
of their success, bat the moment they step aside, 
and through combination or favoritism endeavor 
to benefit themselves by fleecing the public, we 
are pleased to see those most interested taking 
such measures as are deemed necessary for pro¬ 
tection. 
Freshets.—Great Destruction ot Property. 
Thb heavy rains of the past week caused a riB9 
in all the streams, aud, as the news comes to band, 
it is evident that a vast amount of damage was 
done. We give below extracts from such reports 
as we have received. 
The entire Valley of the Mohawk was badly 
flooded and much damage was done. A large 
amount of corn and buckwheat was destroyed or 
injnred. 
The Ontario Messenger notices a great, destruc. 
tion of crops, Ac., in that county by the recent 
rains. It slates thar along the banks of Mod 
Creek everything movable was swept away, corn i 
buckwheat and pumpkins covered the top of the 
water, and lumber, logs and rails danced along in 
rapid succession. Cob G. W. Torrence suffered a 
loss of about $2,000 by tbe summary removal ot 
the flume and a large portion of tie dam connect¬ 
ed with the plaster mill east of Victor village. 
At Albany boats were floated into Maiden Lane, 
the water being in that street nearly three feet 
deep. A large amount of damage was done to 
outbuildings and fences by the wind, a number ot 
which were blown down. 
At Kecsvillc the river (An Sable) rose 1G feet 
above low water mark Rogers & Co., Au Sable 
Forks, lost 75,000 buBhelB of coal, a part of their 
aqueduct and bellows house, and Tyler & Potter's 
store, with a large stock of goods, was swept off 
by tbe flood. The loss of the latter firm is about 
$ 10 , 000 . 
A telegram from Boston, Mass., on the 29th ult, 
says reports from the east mention heavy freshets 
with considerable damage to the bridges. The 
Kennebec River has risen eight feet. The Mcrri- 
mac had risen 5£ feet, and at Lowell was still ris¬ 
ing. Some of the mills were troubled with back 
water. Indications of fair weather lant night were 
dispelled, and heavy rains continued through the 
night, with no prospect of clearing np to-day. 
Martial Law Declared in Baltimore.—Gov. 
Ligon issued a proclamation on the 29th ult, 
placing the city under martial law, and ordering 
ont two divisions, some 7,000 men, and their com¬ 
manding officers are ordered to enrol at once and 
prepare for service, and hold themselves in readi¬ 
ness to preserve the peace on Wednesday, the day 
of the general election. The Governor takes this 
step against the desire of the Mayor, hat at the 
request and on the representations of respectable 
citizens. Considerable feeling was roused by the 
proclamation. There Is a general diversity of 
opinion in regard to the measure, many consider¬ 
ing it justified by existing circumstances, while 
otherH look upon it as most unwise, and calculated 
to increase the difficulties apprehended on election 
day. 
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Pay Your Small Debts.— An exchange thus 
notices the advantage of paying small debts:—A 
Fredericksburg merchant went to Caroline Court 
on a certain occasion with a $100 bill. Shortly 
after he got on the green he paid it over to a 
farmer. The farmer Boon discharged an indebted¬ 
ness to some one else, and thus the note kept on 
its mission of liquidation until near the heel of 
the evening, when it was again paid back to the 
same merchant who took it there, and he brought 
it hack to Fredericksburg. Having the curiosity 
to trace its working, he found that $1,000 worth of 
debts had been paid by that $100 note on a single 
day. 
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Ireland and its Potulatxon. —The total num¬ 
ber of emigrants from Ireland, from the lBt of 
May, 1851, to Ibe 1st of September, 1866, was 460,- 
640 males and 450,320 females—together, 910,966. 
In the first eight months of the present year, the 
number of emigrants from Ireland was 72,176, It 
It is estimated that the population of the island is 
now 6,015,768, against 6,652, 385 in 1851. 
s n I 
A Trkatise on Surveying, In which tbe Theory and 
Practice are folly Expmiued. By Samuel Alsou, Author 
of a Treatise ou Algebra. Philadelphia: B- 0. & J. 
Biddle. 
Whii.k there are abundant materials in existence for a 
good, practical Treatise on Surveying, truth compels us to 
say that they are rarely used by those who write such books. 
Too much Is generally attempted to he crowded into the nar¬ 
row limits of a text-hook to permit any thing to he thorough¬ 
ly handled. Perhaps, however, this arises as much from 
onr superficial method of teaching this science, as from 
any fault of the aatlmrs. The present work is very much 
like gome of its predecesrors,—hotter than many, and ex¬ 
celled by few. Ou the whole, it is well suited to the pres¬ 
ent state of teaching in the branches of which it treats, 
and, if closely adhered to, would, perhaps, introduce the 
much-needed reform, iu the manner wherein such sub¬ 
jects are regarded in most of our schools and colleges.— 
We see in this, ss In other late workB of the kind, that 
Surveying with a chain alono—as practical in England-is 
being more used by American Surveyors than formerly.— 
This, we tldDk, is a good ides, for the system has many 
advantages which we should rise. From the Publishers. 
Thr Noutijivkst Coast; or. Three Years’ Residence in 
Washington Territory. With a Map aod numerous U- 
luptnitious. Bv Jamas G. Swan. New York: Harper 
A: Brothers. 1867. 
The author states that this volume is issued “for the 
purpose of giving a general and concise account of that 
portion of the Northwest Coast, lying between the Straits 
of Fuca and the Columbia River;’’ and from its perusal we 
cai\hut say that the intention is very well carried out. Mr. 
Swan has had ample opportunity to become acquainted 
with the country and its inhabitants, and has furniabed 
much information in regard to both. The section of coun- 
try comprised iu the descriptions of the author is looked 
upon at the present day with great interest, and the pub¬ 
lication of this work is certainly opportune. Those who 
desire to obtain a later knowledge concerning Washington 
Territory than iB furnished in the works of Ross, Cox, 
Lewis, Clabkb, and Irving, will bnil this book with 
pleasnre. From the Publishers. 
Wk have received the North llritish Review for August. 
Its Table ot Contents comprises ten articles, as foLlows:— 
Bacon’s Essays—Wliateley; Isaac Watts; French Treat¬ 
ment of Criminals; Interior China; Medhurst and Fortune; 
Scottish Lunacy Commission: English Metrical Critics; The 
Marriage and Divorce Bill; Christian Songs In the East aud 
West; Inspiration; The Indian Crisis. Leonard Scott & 
Co., Publishers, New York. For sale by Dewey. 
Items ot News. 
One of the great evilB of the speculative char¬ 
acter of the business of the United Statep, for the 
last few years, has been to withdraw front general 
agriculture too much labor. 
Mr. Henry Shaw, a wealthy gentleman of S’- 
Lonis, has declared his intention to rent a vacant 
lot and fill it with wood for the benefit of the poor 
of St Louis daring the coming winter. His is a 
noble example. 
The largest number of passengers ever taken in 
a sailing vessel from this country to Europe, went 
ont in the clipper-ship Dreadnought, from New 
York, on Saturday. Emigrants, alarmed by the 
prevailing panic on money matters, arc returning 
in large numbers to Europe. 
R. Babinkt, the astronomer, has announced to 
tho Institute of Paris, that in consequence of ft 
favorable change in the currents of the ocean, a 
series of years of heat has been entered on. 
Scarlet Fever appears to be scourging a portion 
of Mississippi. The Macon Beacon says that since 
the first appearance of the disease in Noxube Co., 
(three months ago,) there have been upwards of a 
hnndred deaths. In some instances it has carried 
off as many as five or six members of family. 
A Sebastopol correspondent of the Boston 
Courier says that the former inhabitants of that 
ruined city are constantly returning in transports 
and steamers, and that already the place has a pop¬ 
ulation of upward of twelve thousand- Before the 
siege the population was 60,000. 
Hon. J. F. Farnsworth, member of Congress 
elect from Chicago, is sinking fast, and no hope is 
now entertained of his recovery. The circulation 
of blood in one of his lower limbs has entirely 
ceased and mortification lies set in. 
The Boston Medical nud Surgical Journal says: 
“The prevalence of influenza, or something close¬ 
ly rosembliDg it, has been remarked amongst us 
of late, The very open weather, with tho customa¬ 
ry marked autumnal alterations of temperature at 
morning, noon and night, render 'taking cold ’ an 
easy matter.” 
Tub Provideoee Tribune says that the star fish 
(five lingers) have made sad havoc among the 
oysters on “ Long Bed,” destroying not less than 
$500 worth belonging to one person alone. 
Orders have been received for a detachment of 
253 United States recruits for Governor’s Island, 
to go In the Northern Light on tbe 5th of Novem¬ 
ber. They are destined for the -1th Infantry in 
Oregon, and 3d Artillery inCaiitornUaud Oregon, 
and are under command of Col. Casey, 9th In¬ 
fantry. 
The papers record the death of John Seneca, 
President of the Seneca Nation of Indians, aged 
about 70 years. He was one of four who formed 
the first Mission Cbnrch upon the Buffalo Reserva¬ 
tion, nearly forty yeara ago, (Presbyterian.) He 
was a man very much respected by his own Nation 
as well as the whites. 
During the quarter which ended on the SOtb of 
last September, there arrived at Liverpool from the 
United StatCB 6,399 paaaengerp, of whom 2,759 were 
returned emigrant?, 
Tuk Whitby, (C. W.) Reporter, of the 20th inat, 
mentions that Mr. Chester Draper was loading his 
schooner Bloomer with the first cargo of wheat 
destined for an American market that has been 
shipped this season. 
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Dr. Duff’s Opinion of die Indian Revolt.— 
Dr. Duff, the iv iBsionary, has Baid in a recent let¬ 
ter:—“ I have no hesitation in saying, with the ut¬ 
most emphatds, that, the whole is the result of a 
long concocted Mohammedan conspiracy against 
the British power, with a view to the re-establish¬ 
ment of a Mohammedan dynasty instead. For the 
last hundred years they have been sighing and 
longing, and praying, not only In private, bnt in 
their public mosques, for the proaperity of the 
House of Timour, in the person of its representa 
tive, the titular King or Emperor of Delhi. But 
the prosperity of that house ia another name for 
the downfall of the British and the re-ascending 
of Mohammedan power.” 
— Pearls have been discovered in the Dane river, Texas. 
— Deaths in Philadelphia, last week, 175; in Nov York 
427. 
— Mazzini is making another attempt to revolutionize 
Italy. 
— The receipts of the Connecticut State Fair were about 
$5,000. 
— There are at present 600 students in the Virginia Uni¬ 
versity. 
— In 1837, gold was worth a premium in New York of 14 
per cent. 
— The Bank of England has lent $5,000,000 to the East 
India Company. 
— The hop crop of Otsego Co., is very full this year, and 
is all secured. 
— A horse with five feet has made its appearance in 
Westchester, Pn. 
— The Post-Office at West Batavia, Genesee Co., has 
been discontinued. 
— Mr. Dillon, iate French consul at San Francisco, baa 
just died nt Paris, 
— Brigham Young has only 16 wives at present. This is 
owing to the panic. 
— The European Times proposes to make slaves of the 
East India prisoners. 
— An addition of 10,000 men is to be made to the militia 
force of Great Britain. 
— It Is estimated that 120,000 tuna of lager beer are an¬ 
nually consumed in Prussia. 
— The Hon. Fred. Stanton, Secretary of State of Kansas, 
has arrived in Washington. 
— In some of the Indian papers, Gen. Havelock is styled 
“ the galvanized ramrod." 
— Another slaver has been captured on the Cuban coast, 
wilb 600 slaves on board. 
— Tho cholera now extends over nearly the whole north¬ 
ern continent of Europe. 
— The steamship Persia arrived nt New York on the 28th 
ult, with $1,000,000 In specie. 
— The birth day of Lafayette wna celebrated with great 
enthusiasm at Sau Francisco 
— The work on the Genesee Valley Railroad has been 
wholly suspended for this season. 
—The tobacco crop has been seriously injured by the 
ralus Lu August and September. 
— The State ol California has no banks of issue. There 
the currency ie all hard money. 
— Monday, Oct. 19th, was the anniversary of the surren¬ 
der of Cornwallis, at Yorktown. 
— Apples are abundant in Dubuque, Iowa, and are selling 
as low as $3@$3 50 per barrel. 
— Yellow fever is uud to have broken out with redoubled 
violence at Havana, on the 9th ult. • 
— Charles Mackay, the popular song writer of England, 
arrived in this country by the Asia. 
— The bronze statue of Daniel Webster, by Powers, has 
been shipped at Leghorn for Boston. 
— The actual loss of life on tbe ocean, from the year 
1852 to 1856, both included, was 4,348. 
— Hecker, a New York baker, has inaugurated the wel¬ 
come reform of selling bread by weight. 
— There will have been coined at the Paris Mint in the 
year 1857 not less than 600,000,c00f In gold. 
— M. Benito Inaree, Vice-President of Mexico, Is a full- 
blooded Indian. He is a man of great ability. 
— The American Sculptor, Mr. Thomas Crawford, died in 
London on tho 10th ult., at the ege of 43 years, 
— Gov. Izard, of Nebraska, ban resigned. It is reported 
that a citizen of Kentucky will fill the vacancy. 
— Hon. Pierre Soule is lying ill with a disease in the 
throat, contracted while on a recent visit to Mexico. 
— The vote on tho legalization of the State Debt in Cal¬ 
ifornia, stood-for tbe debt, 81,947; against it, 12,861. 
— A vein of canuel oo»l has been discovered in the bluffs 
above Doniphan, Kansas. It ia 13 inches thick. 
— Wives are still sold in England. One was publicly sold 
in AVorcester, tor one Bhtliing aud a quart of ale. 
— The first overland mail frqm Fan An'.onia, Texas, to 
San Diego, Cal., has been carried through in 38 days. 
— The Squatters aie to be expelled from the Delaware 
Indian Reserve In Kansas, by order of the government. 
— A fire in New York, on the 26th ult., destroyed a row 
of frame stables. Twtlve horses perished In the flames. 
— The light-house at tbe entrance of Fig Sodus Buy 
was carried away during the serious gale on the 2?th ult. 
— On the 29th ult., the ground in the viduity of Hamil¬ 
ton, Canada, was covered with snow to the depth of six 
inches. 
— The establishment in N. Y. city of an Hospital for 
Foundlings is being seriously entertained by the Common 
Council. 
— Fourteen hundred journeyman printers have been 
thrown out of employment ia New York during the past 
fortnight. 
— One of the set of anchors for the leviathan steamship 
Great Eastern, is now lying at Liverpool, aud weighs six 
tuna 19 cwt. 
— Last year only one person in 16,168,449 who traveled 
by Britbli railway, was killed from causes beyond their 
own control. 
— The telegraph cable, connecting Europe and Africa, 
has been laid between Bona and Cape Teniada, a distance 
of 146 miles. 
— The Jewish population of France, it appears, has since 
1808, actually doubled, and cannot amount to lees than 
100,000 souls. 
— The Secretary of the Treasury is already adopting 
measures of retrenchment so aB to avoid the necessity ot 
making n loan. 
— A number of the students of Williams College have 
been compelled by the present money pressure to leave 
that institution. 
— A good quality of coal has been discovered on tbe 
claim of Mr, Geo. B. Holmes, about two miles south of 
Topekn, Kansas. 
— Uollaud has settled all details for the general emanci¬ 
pation of slaves In the islands of Curacon, Bonaire, Aruba 
and 8t. Eust.it I us. 
— A Russian journal announces tbe number of medical 
men killed in her service in the late wRr nt 882. Of these, 
ten were Americans. 
— It Is said by the English papers that Russian and 
other European officers are flocking to India, to command 
the revolted Sepoys. 
— The entire Valley of the Mohawk was badly flooded 
Inst week, and much damage done. Much corn and buck¬ 
wheat was destroyed. 
— Thirty-oue Irishmen left Hartford one day last week, 
on their return to Ireland to live, thinking their chances 
better in tho old country. 
The British Government has been obliged to reduce 
tho standard height for recruits all round, one Inch, and to 
extend the ago to 30 years. 
— Tho decline in cotton from tho highest point is now 
seven cento pur pound—the most serious fall, for so brief 
a period of time, ever known. 
— Orders are to be issued, iu accordance with the request 
of Gov. Walker, for the continuance of the U. S. military 
forces in Kansas during the winter. 
— Both tn New York and Philadelphia, houses rents, 
which, within a lew years, have gone up to a very high 
figure, have now a downward tendency. 
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