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MOOBE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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ATTENTION EVERYBODY! 
The Rural’s Fall Campaign ! 
A TRIAL TRIP ! 
Four Months for Only Fifty Cents! 
THE BEST OFFEIt YET! 
All Aboard for the Closing Excursion of 
the Twenty-Fifth Annual Cruise 
of Moore's Rural! 
AGENTS, SUBSCRIBERS AND OUTSIDERS 
WILL PLKA8E 
READ, HEED AND ACT! 
The Rural New-Yorker recently entered 
upon the Fall Term of it* Twenty-Fifth Year,— 
and, Id order to close Its first quarter of a cen¬ 
tury properly and get a good send-off for its 
next annual voyage, proposes to make It an 
object for at least ten thousand persons to take 
a Trial Trip on board the staunch old craft. 
Ploaae listen to our propositions: 
1. The Thirteen Numbers of tbe Rural's 
closing Quarter for 1874—Oot. 1 to Dec. 31—will 
be sent, On Trial, for Orly Fifty Cents, to the 
address of any person in the United States 
whose remittance Is received before Nov. 1. 
To those who remit at once, nr before Oct. 1st, 
we will do still better, as follows: 
FOUR MONTHS FOR FIFTY CENTS. 
2. To every person whoso Trial Subscription 
of Only Fifty Cents is received before Sept. 10, 
we will send Seven teen Number* of the RURAL, 
or the Issues for Four Month*, from Sept. 5 to 
Dec. 81. To those whose money Is received 
after 8ept. 10, and previous to the 15th, we will 
send the Sixteen Numbers from Sept. 12; to 
those Bonding before Sept. 20, we will mail the 
Fifteen Numbers from Sept, lit; and to those 
sending before Oct. 1, we will mall tbe Four¬ 
teen Numbers from Sept .26. In other words, all 
whose remittances reach us before Nov. 1 will 
be sure to receive the Thirteen Number* of the 
Trial Quarter,—and such as remit early, or so 
as to roach us before Oct. 1, will receive from 
Fourteen to Seventeen Numbers, as above 
stated. Thus tbe earlier you send the more 
papers you will receive in return. 
Agents. Subscribers and other friends of 
Moore's Rural aro earnestly invited to make 
known the above offers, and to lend their 
influence to render the Trial Trip a success. 
Unless of the Uf^h. 
CURRENT TOPICS. 
The Holocaust at Fall River. 
At Fall River, Mass., shortly after 7 A. M., on 
the morning of the 19th, a fire broke oil t on the 
fourth floor of Granite Mill, No. 1, 700 employes 
then being in the buildlug, about 200, mainly 
girls, being on the fifth and sixth floors, and 
the first knowledge they had of the fire was t he 
rolling iu upon them of a dense, suffocating 
volume of smoke. They rushed to the stair¬ 
case, and there were the ascending flames; the 
elevator was motionless, and the fire escapes 
were beyond reach. In th6tr fright many leaped 
from the windows and were Instantly killed or 
badly Injured by the fall. A number were saved 
by means of ropes, and a boy of Bixteen made 
the perilous leap from the top floor to the 
ground in safety. About forty were killed — 
many of the bodies being charred beyond rec¬ 
ognition—and some seventy-five fatally or seri¬ 
ously injured. The mill was one of the hugest 
ami finest factories In Fall River, having 30,048 
spindles, 850 looms, and a capacity of 10,000,000 
yards per year. _ 
Bloodshed in New Orleans. 
On the 14tli the supporters and opponents of 
the Louisiana State Government came into 
open conflict in New Orleaus, the Governor's 
forces, under Gen. Longstreet, and the city 
police being routed and put to flight by the 
Penn party, who Immediately took control of 
the State Government, Gov. Kellogg taklug ref¬ 
uge in the Custom House, which was guarded 
by U. S. troops. Many of the best citizens of 
New Orleans aided the Penn parly, atid there 
was no rapine or violence aside from the brief 
conflict, during which, however, some fifty were 
killed and many wounded, the loss being about 
evenly divided. On receipt of a proclamation 
from the President, giving them five days in 
which to disperse and retire to their homes, the 
McEnery Government at once surrendered the 
State House and all other property to Gen. 
Emory, the Federal commander, who made a 
similar transfer to Gov. Kellogg, and all is now 
quiet in the Crescent City. 
The Brooklyn Scandal. 
Mr. Moulton makes a defense which fills 
fifteen columns of the daily papers; it contains 
much that is not fit to be read or narrated; 
rubs the knuckles of one of the Plymouth law¬ 
yers, and that personage makes a five-column 
explanation. Mr. Tilton gives a second edition 
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SEPT. 2§ 
of his statement, occupying twenty-four news¬ 
paper columns. While he strives to matntalnthe 
purity of expression which usually marks h*s 
writings, he does not fail to give the t raditional 
mother-in-law a severe scoring. Several of the 
strong-minded are announced as ready to 
bloom In print, and In utter despair wt- pamm 
and ask, “ Can't we have an end of this disgust¬ 
ing mess?” _____ 
Obituary. 
Curtis.— The Hon. Benjamin Robbins Curtis 
of Boston, the distinguished jurist, died on the 
Kith. Mr. C. was born at Watertown, Mass.. 
Nov. 4. 1809, and was gratuated In 1829 at Har¬ 
vard College, where he studied law under Jus¬ 
tice Story. Admitted to the bar in IKE!, lie 
began the practice of law at Norfleld, Mass., 
but soon removed to Boston, where he attained 
eminence In his profession and acquired exten¬ 
sive business. Though he studiously kept aloof 
from polities, he was the Democratic candidate 
in the protracted senatorial contest of last year. 
He waa also a member of the Commission on 
the New Charter. His name was frequently 
mentioned in connection with the Chief-Jus¬ 
ticeship before the appointment of Judge Waite, 
lie was thrice married and leave* children by 
each wife. 
Guizot.— The death ofM. Guizot, heretofore 
prematurely announced by the cable, is now 
definitely announced to have occurred on the 
18th. This aged statesman and philosopher 
has seen so many dynasties come and go in his 
own country that his death seems like the 
closing of an important historical epoch. Born 
before t he Reign of Terror, he held office under 
Louis XVIII, and Louis Philippe, and was a 
conspicuous figure during the existence of two 
Empires and two Republics of Franco. Of late 
be bus contented himself with recording con¬ 
temporaneous history; and, though denied 
that active participation in national politics 
that he at one time desired, it is safe to say 
tlmt his works will endure long after posterity 
has forgotten politicians wh o have filled in their 
lime a larger space than he in the present age. 
Know won.—T he Rev. Ebenezer Know! ton, 
who died recently at Belfast, Me., was a promi¬ 
nent member of the Free Baptist denomination, 
and for many years an active politician. In 
1846 he w is Speaker of tho Maine House of Re¬ 
presentatives, and in 1854 he was elected n mem¬ 
ber of the XXXlVtb Congress. Mr. Knowlton 
was one of the founders of the [Maine State 
Seminary, which h;is since been converted into 
Bates College. He was a man of good ability 
and was highly respected. 
Vandkkvoort.— Charles Vandervoort, Grand 
Master Of [the Independent Order of'Odd Fel¬ 
lows, died Monday night week, at his residence, 
in New York. For more than thirty yours ho 
was a zealous (and eflclent officer and had! but 
recently been chosen Grand Master of the Stnto- 
Hls death had causod sadness among the mem¬ 
bers of the Order, in which bo was very highly 
respected, anil his funeral was attended by the 
grand officers and by all the Lodges iu and near 
the city. 
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HOME NEWS PARAGRAPHS. 
The New Jersey Democratic State Convention 
nominated Judge Bedle for Governor almost 
unanimously, the names of Clias. Haight and 
John F. Bird being withdrawn. Resolutions 
were adopted in favor of a return to specie pay¬ 
ments. 
The Postmaster General of Canada has noti¬ 
fied our Government that Canada is ready to 
agree to the ostabilshment of a money order 
system between the two countries. 1 n u recent 
letter tbe Cauadian Government Kaye asked of 
our authorities what steps have been taken to 
that end. Our Post-0 ffice Department! s greatly 
embarrassed from the fact that the appropria¬ 
tions for the clerical force are inadequate to put 
such u system In operation. At present the 
Canadian Government has, therefore, been ad¬ 
vised that it will be necessary to await the reas¬ 
sembling of Congress before the Initial steps 
can be taken. 
The DemooraJo State Conventoln of New 
York made the following 'nominations:—For 
Governor, Samuel J. Tilden of New York; 
Licut.-Gov., WilliamDorsheimer of Erie; Canal 
Commissioner, Aden Thayer of Rensselaer; 
State Prison Inspector, Gen. George Wagner of 
Yates; Judge of the Court of Appeals, Theo¬ 
dore Miller of Columbia; and adopted a plat¬ 
form favoring gold and silver as the only legal 
tender ; steady steps toward specie payments; 
honest payment of the public debt in coin; 
revenue reform; economy in the public ex¬ 
pense; and opposing gag and sumptuary laws 
and the third term. 
Tiie Grand Jury of the District of Columbia 
reported to the Court that they had failed to 
find a bill in the case of Charles A. Dana of 
New York, charged by Alexander R. Shepherd 
with criminal libel. 
A very pleasant report comes from Vicksburg, 
of the formation of an order of soldiers from 
the Union and Confederate armies. Hearty 
good fellowship appears to have been elicited 
at the preliminary meetings, and the organiza¬ 
tion of the order of the “Blues and Grays" 
seems to have made rapid progress. The men 
who actually did the fighting have a respect for 
each other unknown to civilians who took no 
part in it. 
In Michigan the Democrats and Reformers 
have nominated Henry Chamberlain for Gov¬ 
ernor. 
On the 16th Mr. P. T. Barnum was married to 
Miss Nancy Fish, daughter of Mr. John Fish of 
Boulhport, Lancashire, England. The ceremony 
was performed by Itev. Dr. Chapin. Miss Fish 
Is twenty-six years old, and Mr. Barnum’s sec¬ 
ond wife. The great showman is sixty-seven. 
After the ceremony Mr. Barnum took a novel 
wedding tour. He proceeded to the Hippo¬ 
drome and deliberately walked once around 
the track. “ This,” he pleasantly remarked, 
“ is my wedding trip." 
Hon. Bills H. Roberts of Utica, N. Y., has 
been renominated for Congress on a platform 
favoring Immediate steps toward a resumption 
of specie payments and opposing a third term. 
A Grange was organized at Seeley Creek, 
Chemung county, last week, with Jonas D. Wil¬ 
son, master. 
A Canadian named McGee was robbed of $220 
In gold and $32 In greenbacks, by Rochester 
sharpers, last week. 
On the14th, the State Line railway was opened 
lrom Rochester to LeRoy, and the first passen¬ 
ger train run over tbe road. 
Chicf-Jastiee Ryan of Wisconsin has rendered 
his opinion In the railroad Injunction case. 
The court affirms the constitutionality of the 
Potter law, and directs an injunction to Issue 
Compelling all railroads In the State to comply 
with the provisions. 
A Ore at Racine, Wls., on the 14th, destroyed 
the sash and blind factory of Miner & Co. Loss 
$30,000. 
The bark Dolphin, arrived at Fortress Monroe, 
picked up on the seventh, the captain and crow, 
thirteen men, of the Galatian bark, Emma, 
from Now York, which had foundered that 
morning. The men lost everything. 
The following is the American rifle team se¬ 
lected to complete with the Trish team in the 
international match at Creed moor, on the 26th 
Inst.:—H. Fulton. H. A. Gtldersleeve, T. S. 
Dakin, L. L. Hepburn, G. IV. Yale, J. T. B. Col¬ 
lins, J. Uodine, and A. Anderson. Colonel Win¬ 
gate was chosen captain of the team. 
The barn of Irvin T. Fenner at West Henriet¬ 
ta, N. Y., was destroyed by Are on the 12th. 
Loss $2,000. The boneB of a man supposed to be 
a vagrant named Secor, were found in the ashes. 
The residence of John Dinning and the 
Methodist church at Addison, Steuben county, 
N. Y., were destroyed by fire Saturday week. 
Loss $5,000. 
George Hall was arrested at Albany, on the 
14th, having in his possession u team valued at. 
$700, which he had stolen from parties in 
Waterford. 
Charles W. Reynolds a prominent lawyer of 
Albany, and who had been chosen a delegate to 
attend the democratic convention at Syracuse, 
died on the 14t.li, aged 31. 
The election in Maine resulted in the return 
of Gov. Dingley by a majority 1,500 larger than 
ho received last year. Messrs. Burleigh, Frye, 
Blain., Horsey and Hale, Republicans, are 
chosen to Congress, by majorities rangiug from 
1,000 to 3,000. 
The annual meeting of the Central New-York 
Pioneers' Association was held in Syracuse, on 
the 15th. It was largely attended, and much 
Interest manifested. Among the prominent 
persons present were Thurlow Weed and Ho¬ 
ratio Seymour. An address was made by An¬ 
drew D. White, on pioneers and pioneer work. 
Thurlow Weed contributed a paper of early re¬ 
collections of Onondaga County. Other pro¬ 
ceedings related to pioneer reminiscences, 
necrology of old settlers, and the correspon¬ 
dence of pioneers. 
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FOREIGN NOTES. 
A prize of 1,000 thalers, or about $750, has 
been offered fora “ Bismarck hymn ” in honor 
of the Prince Bismarck. The award will be 
made September 2. 
Ilia Majesty the Czar has written a letter to 
Don Carlos, assuring him of Russia’s sympathy 
with his cause, and regretting that Spain de¬ 
pends upon her monarchical traditions. 
The Old Catholic Conference at Bonn has 
agreed upon all important points of dogma. 
Rouronriia lias promised full reparation for 
the recent violation of the Hungarian frontier. 
The International Postal Congress at Berne 
has resolved to recommend uuiform rates of 
postage. 
President MacMahon was well received 
throughout his late tour. 
There is great excitement and indignation 
among the inhabitants of the Galician and 
Transylyauia frontiers, In consequence of a 
violation of territory by 600 Moldavian peasants, 
who forcibly crossed into tbe District of C’zik. 
The Governor of the district telegraphed to 
Pesth for military aid. 
A telegram from Marseilles states that the 
pilgrimage on Sunday to the Virgin of Notre- 
Dame-de-la-Garde was mavked by extraordi¬ 
nary enthusiasm, over 100,000 persous taking 
part in the proceedings. 
The London Times says M. De Lesseps has 
abandoned the project of a Central Asia rail¬ 
way. 
Charles Gilpin, member of Parliament for 
Northampton, Eng., Lord George John Man¬ 
ners and Sir Henry K. Storks aro dead. 
The Conference of Evangelical, Greek and 
Anglican clergy, called by Dr. Dollinger, began 
in Bonn ou Sept, 15. Forty clergymen were 
present. France, Russia, Germany, England, 
the U nited States and Greece were represented. 
Dr. Dollinger and Bishop Reink.ns made ad¬ 
dresses, 
THE SEASON, CROPS, PRICES, ETC. 
Cnlcdonin, Livingston Co., IV*. V., Sept. 14. 
—The weal her for over a month past very hot 
and dry. Oaks and hickories on the drier 
places of the openings hnvo the appearance of 
being singed by fire, and some of the trees upon 
the timbered lands begin to present the same 
appearance. Up to the fifth of this monlh 
many people were prepared to sow, but had 
doubts as to t he safety of doing so, fearing that 
the seed would malt rather than grow; but a 
fine rain removed those doubts and seeding 
went forward rapidly, stubble ground was suffi¬ 
ciently moistened to sprout the seed, but a 
week of scorching sun must have rendered 
such lands nearly as dry as before. Springs and 
wells are steadily falling and some Inconveni¬ 
ence is being experienced. The effect upon 
fall pasture cannot but cause early feeding, and 
this will necessitate careful and Judicious feed¬ 
ing as there was no surplus of hay left last 
spring to fall back upon, and the amount, of this 
season’s growth is not more than an average. 
The effect upon corn has been to shorten the 
grain portion of the crop at least twenty per 
cent, from what a liberal estimate made Au¬ 
gust 1st and in some cases thirty and forty per 
cent, would not more than meet the deficiency. 
Corn cutting commenced In August and a largo 
breadth of corn has been eutriu some Instances 
husking has commenced. Of the potato crop I 
cannot speak so positively, as It is not so ap¬ 
parent ; but there can be but little doubt but 
that the result will be much the same as with 
tho corn. The wheat crop has disappointed 
many, t he yield not being as great nor the qual¬ 
ity as good as was expected. There were many 
full and line crops, especially upon the open¬ 
ing*. Tho disappointments wore more frequent 
upon the timbered lands. But little clover 
seed will be cut In this vicinity this season. I 
have not seen a good piece. There is not ranch 
doing in the produce market except, in pota¬ 
toes. The price paid for shipping is 45 to 50 
cents per bush. The price for wheat ($1,155/ 
1.20) docs not stimulate the farmer to much ex¬ 
ertion to market tho crop. Beans as far as my 
observation extend were a very good crop anil 
of the finest quality. Of the new varieties of 
wheat sown this fall the Clawson will lead. 
Several thousand bushels wore brought to this 
town and sold for seed; the price obtained was 
$1.70fltl.8O per bush. Peaches are plentiful and 
fine grapes the same ; apples not a large crop. 
Pear blight bad.— Daviu Lkatukrscich. 
Corvallis, Oregon.—The weather is fine for 
harvesting. Wheat, oats, barley, Ac., full crop; 
rruit of all kinds Iu abundance. No curculio, 
no codling tnotli, but. as flue fruit as any one 
oversaw grow. The past growing season has 
been very favorable. A great many immigrants 
aro arriving in Oregon, especially from the 
Southern States. Prices of product* generally 
dull. Prospector a railroad from Corvallis to 
Jaquina Bay, sixty mllos, one of tho finest 
watering places in tho world. 
Ft. Inlon, .Yew Mexico, gopt. 2, 1871.—It 
Is raining very hard; almost the first this sea¬ 
son. Temporal crops last beyond redemption. 
Crops under “ irrigutiou ” shorter than usual. 
Proposals opened yesterday offer to supply 
Ft. Union with corn at prices ranging Tiom 
$1.85 to $2.35 per 100 lbs.; 1,800,000 lbs. taken. 
Wheat, 1'4 cents per !b.: flonr, $S.50®5 ; butter, 
50c.; oats, same price as corn. Mexican labor, 
$1 per day without board ; Americans, same 
with board.—J. B. Colijer. 
Borodino, IV. V., Sept. 14.—Winter and 
spring wheat very plump arid a good yield. 
Oats, barley, flax and hay first rate. Plenty of 
rain up to August 1st, since then scarcely any 
at all; very dry. Winter wheat mostly sowed ; 
doubtful if it comes up, owing to drouth and 
heat. Corn and late potatoes cut short; pas¬ 
tures dried up. A fair crop of apples. Pears 
scarce.—w. d. 
THE MARKETS. 
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS. 
New York, Monday, Sept. 21, 1874. 
Receipts.—The receipts of the principal Iliads of 
produce for the past week are us follow* : 
Clour, Uhls. 02,090 Dried Fruits, pkgs. 1,243 
Wheat, hush. 875,54) Bans, bbls. 0,229 
Corn, bush.. 2til,2i)Q Hops, bules. 252 
Outs, bush. 214 500 Peanuts, bugs_ 14 
Grass Seed. bush., 2,159; Pork, bbls. kj4 
Rye.hush.. — Beef, pkgs. • 322 
Mult, bush. 10.801); Cut ineut*. pkgs... *00 
Corn moul, bbls.... 873 Lard, tes. 200 
Corn men I. bugs... 7fts Mutter. pkgs. lC.t'J) 
Means, bbls. I,flo0 Cheese, pkgs. 5U,w> 
Cotton, hales. .... 0,194 Wool, bales. L‘05 
Iteans anil Peas.—Export of beans past week, 
425 bbls.; of peas, 4,200 bush. The market is quiet 
for both new and old beans. The weather has been 
severely against handling most 01 the week but 
outside of that fBct there Is uo tendency to activity. 
Buyers at this season prefer to wait for such devel¬ 
opments as an enlarged offering will oreato. \V * an¬ 
nex pru'cs tV>r old ond new crop. Red kidneys will 
have a larger stock this year trom accounts. Green 
peas quiet. Canudiuu peas are nominal, being or 
insignificant stock. Pea beans, new prime, ft 
$2.3.',; do new, $2.20(3.2.25; pea beans, fair t” good, 
«.98®2J0, medium beans, old. prime. 81.90®!. do 
old.$180*1.85; (lo fair to good. fl oO&l.OO; marrow 
beans, 18f4, prime, $:i.60S?2.5.>: do new. prime. $2.oU@ 
$2.35; do fair to good, $2(3,3.80; kidney beaus, new. 
prime, $2.30<$2.3Q; do lair to good, $2(3). 10; red kid¬ 
ney. prime, $3.75®4; Canadian peas, free In bulk, 
11.38® 1.30: green peas, new, prime, $1.76@1,B0* do 
new, poor to fair, fl.ttbil.IO- 
Beesvvnv.— There is a good demand from ship¬ 
pers, with full lute prices obtained. Hales are mak¬ 
ing at r " r Western ; 3Aa33c. for Southern. 
Broom Corn,—A small lot of new median) green, 
28 bales, has been received and sold at 9Kc- 11 was 
of good color. We quote: ... 
Brush, short green, choice, v lb. JO 
Hurl, green. 10 @11 
Green, medium. £ 
Ked and red tipped.....*• 5 
