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DEATH OF EZRA CORNELL. 
It becomes our painful duty to chronicle the 
demise l»f the lion. Ezra Cornell, founder of 
the Cornell University, which event occurred 
at his residence in Ithaca, N. Y., on the 9th 
instant, of pneumonia. 
Deceased was horn at Westchester Landing, 
N. Y., Jan. 11, 18(17, and during his youth worked 
many years in his father's pottery, About 1828 
he removed to Ithaca, where he worked at 
rather scanty wages In the machine shop belong¬ 
ing to the cotton mill of OTIS JEOUY, which 
stood on the site that Is now occupied by one 
of the stately buildings of Cornell University. 
Mill work and agriculture occupied him until 
1843, when he became connected with the con¬ 
struction of the first telegraph line established 
in this country. To Mr. Cornell's enterprise 
and energy the early extension of our tele¬ 
graphic system was mainly due. lie superin¬ 
tended the work of constructing the first ex¬ 
perimental line between Haiti more and Wash¬ 
ington. After many failures the telegraph 
became a wonderful success, ami years later 
Mr. CORNELL amassed a handsome fortune 
therefrom us a result of ids earlier labors, per¬ 
sistent efforts and good judgment. 
Mr. Cornell's business career was remarkable 
for sterling integrity, for sound judgment, for 
great exactness in management, and in all his 
transactions, and for close attention to detail. 
In manners be was companionable, and was 
well esteemed of those with whom he became 
associated. In public affairs lie took a consid¬ 
erable part during some years of his life, ami 
for six years was a member of the Legislature, 
a part of the time In the Assembly, but In the 
main in the Senate. 
Mr. Cornell has been President of the State 
Agricultural Society, and at the time of his 
death was President and Director of several 
railroads, banking and manufacturing compan¬ 
ies, and Chairman of the Hoard of Trustees of 
Cornell University, and of the Public Library 
of Ithaca. The latter institution bo founded 
several years ago, hating erected a building at 
his own expense for it, and endowed it with a 
fund of $100,000. 
But the crown of Mr. Cornell's life work, to 
which he devoted almost all other energies of 
Ids later years, was Cornell University. IDs lav¬ 
ish generosity In Us founding and maintenance, 
his diligent efforts to secure the utmost to the 
institution from the National land grant, Ills 
patient devotion to his interests for many 
years, and the broad liberality of plan which he 
worked out for it, and which he always sought 
to have expanded and elevated so far as might 
be, will be remembered so long as this great 
and noble memorial of bis life and works shall 
endure. 
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HOME NEWS PARAGRAPHS. 
William E. Dodge, Dr. Henry M. Field, Dr. 
I. S. Primo, William Cullen Bryant, and a num¬ 
ber of the alumni of W illiaius College are about 
to present thntlnstltutlon with a bronze medal¬ 
lion of ex-Presidont Murk Hopkins. 
Brigham Young's poor health is thus pleas¬ 
antly alluded to by the Salt Lake Tribune: 
“Age and disease, aggravated by the reilee- 
tions of an ill-spent life, have notified this old, 
bad man that his sands have run the course of 
wickedness.” 
Supervisor Architect Mullett in Ids annual 
report makes a detailed statement, of the build¬ 
ing operations of the Government, advocates 
the repeal of the Eight-hour law, and makes 
various recommendations regarding the erec¬ 
tion of now buildings. 
San Francisco preachers choose popular top- 
ios, “The Great Scandal,.rhe Firemen’s 
Squabble,Suicides and Murders—The Great 
Tragedy,” and “The Horse Race” are adver¬ 
tised as titles to sermons in that city. 
Dr. Asa Hill, D. D., formerly editor of The 
American Dental Recorder and a leading citi¬ 
zen of Western Connecticut, died suddenly at 
Norwalk. Nov. 25. 
Alexander Jones, an old and respected Cana¬ 
dian citizen, died at Amhersthorg, C. W., Nov. 
25. 
The Hon. George W. Julian is spoken of as an 
available candidate for the United States Sen¬ 
ate from Indiana. 
Annie Louise Cary and Max Strakosch stoutly 
deny the report that they are married or have 
such intent, and they ought to know. 
At. the last regular monthly auction sales of 
Scranton coal in New York City, Nov. 25, fifty 
thousand tons sold at $5,50 for steamboat, 
$5.£2>A<3 i 5.50 for grate, $5.70 for egg, $6.16 for 
stove ami $4.87V4®J5 for chestnut. 
The estimates for the public expenditures of 
Philadelphia the coming year are $1,000,000 
more than last year, and the city debt, is $60,- 
000,000. 
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bigelow died at Genesee 
Falls, N. Y., a few days since. They were each 
over eighty years of age, and had lived together 
as husband and wife for over sixty years, rais¬ 
ing a family of sixteen children. Both died on 
the same day, only a few hours apart., of natu¬ 
ral causes, and they were burled In the same 
grave. 
Tim soil found around the slopes of Vosu 
vlus Is said to be an antidote to the potato 
disease and other fungoid diseases of plants. 
Miss Susan II. Anthony is sufficiently well to 
lecture again. 
The Occidental and Orient Steamship Com¬ 
pany of Kan Francisco, has filed an act of Incor¬ 
poration. 'The capital is $10,000,000 in 100,000 
shares of $100 each. The lino is to compete 
with the Pacific Mail. 
It is rumored that. Rev. “Adirondack" Mur¬ 
ray has already secured subscriptions amount¬ 
ing to $07,000, in sums not over $500 each, to 
carry out his pot scheme for a new church at. 
Boston. 
Stoddard Johnston, who has aspirations to 
t he Governorship of Kentucky, Is a nephew of 
Iho late Albert Sydney Johnston. 
The name and merits oi the Rsv. Dr. Robin¬ 
son, President of Brown University, and form¬ 
erly of Rochester Theological Heminary, are 
talked of In Northern Rhode island as a candi¬ 
date for the U. 8. Senate. Dr. Robinson is an 
able man and would dignify the position. 
Mr. Walker of the Bureau of Education, 
Washington, D. C„ is in Ottawa collecting in¬ 
formation concerning the Canadian system of 
education. 
Mr. James M. Barnard, Treasurer of the 
Teachers’ and Pupils’ Fund of the Agassiz 
Memorial, reports that $9,191,94 have been re¬ 
ceived from 86,696 contributors. 
Franco lias now but one doctor to every 
twenty-four hundred inhabitants. America has 
one to every eight hundred, and is none the 
healthier for it. 
The watch presented by Washington to Mar¬ 
quis de Lafayette as a souvenir of the capitula¬ 
tion of Lord Cornwallis, and afterwards stolen 
from him, was last week in conformity with a 
congressional resolution, again presented t.o 
t he representative of the Lafayette family, by 
Minister Washburns, In Paris, in the presence 
of h number of distinguished person ages. 
A nolle prow/nt lux* been ordered In the Dis¬ 
trict of Columbia safe-burglary case. 
The fourth anuual Convention of the “ Now 
York 8fate Christian Association Opposed to 
Secret Societies" will meet at, Loakport Dec. 
2t. The Rev. J. P. Stoddard of Illinois, J. 1„ 
Barlow, D. P. Rath burn and others are to speak. 
On account of the falling off in missionary 
contributions this year, the American Missien¬ 
try Association lias been obliged to give up the 
plan of sending the Rev. E. M. Cravath to Africa 
to exI)loro the territory near Its mission. Un¬ 
less more money is received, the Association 
Will have to recall some of its missionaries now 
In the Southern States, 
The Welland canal has been officially closed. 
A number of copies Of Bonupartlat almanacs 
ave been seized by the police in Paris. 
Typhoid fever prevails in the lower part of 
Troy. 
The Hudson is frozen over between Albany 
and Catsklll. 
Receipts of the Saratoga County Agricultural 
Society for the year, $8,976; expenditures, $2,- 
832.81. 
The Little Rook and Fort Smith Railroad was 
sold last week, under a deoroe of the United 
States Court, for one million dollars; bought 
by representatives of Hie holders of first mort¬ 
gage bonds. 
FOREIGN NOTES. 
Intelligence lias been received of the con¬ 
clusion of peace between the Argentine Gov¬ 
ernment and Gen. Mitre, who with his officers 
and soldiers have been granted amnesty. 
It Is reported that a serious revolution has 
broken out in the Republic of Uruguay. 
An injunction has been obtained in England 
against the payment of December coupons of 
the Erie Railway Company by moneys raised by 
the second consolidated mortgage loan. 
Our Minister at Constantinople has strongly 
protested against the Invasion of Hie houses of 
Americans near Lutukia. 
M. Buzaine’n purpose in going to Madrid, It 
appears, was to rejoin his wife’s relatives who 
reside there, and to offer his sword to Marshal 
Serrano against the Carlists. Tic was formerly 
six years in the Spanish army, and attained the 
rank of colonel. 
M. Slmoniu, the noted French engineer and 
author, who rnude his fifth visit to this country 
last year, read a paper recently in Paris In 
which tie says he was amazed at I lie progress 
tlm American people had made In Industry and 
commerce. 
I’resident MaeMahon in his message to the 
French Assembly, urges the necessity of set¬ 
tling the constitutional power of the Govern¬ 
ment, and announces his purpose to maintain 
order during his term of office. 
Abbe Hurtault, who succeeded Father Hya 
clothe ax pastor of the Liberal Catholics in 
Geneva, lias also resigned that position. 
The veteran Journalist, M. Kmllo de Girardin, 
announces that under ids management La 
France is to hold the first, rank for the fresh¬ 
ness and accuracy of itB news. 
The Charge d’ Affaires of the U. 8. at. 8t 
Petersburg, Russia, gave a Thanksgiving enter¬ 
tainment to American residents. 
Dr. Livingstone's memory is to be honored by 
the establishment at the southern end of Lukr 
Nyassa of a missionary and commercial settle¬ 
ment. which will boar his name, and be used In 
putting an end lo the slave trade in that part of 
Africa. Tills settlement will be the work of 
the Church of Scotland and the Free Church, 
The Nova Sooila elections take place on the 
17th of December. Nominations will be made 
on the 10t.ii of December. 
A violent storm occurred on Monday night 
week in St. Petersburg, Russia, causing the 
partial inundation of the city by the extraor¬ 
dinary rise of the tide. 
Advices from Spain state that lighting Is in 
progress at Oyarzun. Increased dissensions in 
the Carlist army are reported. The bankers of 
Madrid have advanced 150,000,000 reals to the 
Government for 011111107 purposes. 
The prospects are hopeful that the famine in 
Angora, Turkey, will soon abate. 
Count Bcuxt. announces that the medals for 
merit in connection with the Vienna Exhibi¬ 
tion, were distributed during the past month, 
and the diplomas of honor and the co-opera¬ 
tors' medals will be giv< n out during the pres¬ 
ent month, 11 s rapidly as possible. 
A Quebec dispatch of Dec. 11, says;—A vote 
of confidence in tin* present Government was 
passed late last night by a majority of 10. 
The German gun-boats Nautilus ami Alba¬ 
tross have withdrawn from Spanish waters. 
At a meeting of the representatives of all the 
fire insurance companies of Montreal, it, was 
decided to adopt one universal tariff. 
The strike of the operatives in the Jute mills 
of Dundee lias ended in a victory, the proprie¬ 
tors having renounced their Intention of re¬ 
ducing wages. 
News lias readied the advanced posts of the 
Russian Army In Central Asia of the safe arri¬ 
val in Khurasan of the first Russian trading 
caravan which over penetrated that country. 
The reports received from the caravan complain 
of hostile agitations among the native tribes, 
caused by the Intrigues and instigations of 
British agents. 
It Is feared that the steamer Pelican, from 
Cardiff for Cork, has been lost with ail on 
board. Her passengers and crew numbered 46 
in all. 
Telegrams in regard to tho transit of Venus 
report t hat the observations fulled in Omsk, 
Orenburg, Kasan, Till is, but wore entirely suc¬ 
cessful at Yokohama and Cairo. 
It is stated that the lumbermen up Gatineau 
River, Canada, arc not cutting more than half 
the quantity of logs produced last year. 
A dispatch from Charlottetown, P. E. I., says 
t hat business is very brisk, and a largo number 
of ships m— being rapidly loaded with oats and 
Other produce for England, the Provinces and 
the States. Navigation is unobstructed. 
The Minister of Foreign Affairs has handed to 
Mr. Cushing, United States ambassador, a note 
in regard to the Virginius question. An ami¬ 
cable settlement is expected. 
The Rothschilds of Paris have advanced 30,- 
000,009 reals to Spain. 
The British Consul at Damascus reports the 
trade of that famous city to be rapidly declin¬ 
ing on account of the change in the route of 
the Mohammedan pilgrims to Mecca. Formerly 
the caravan* stopped at Damascus before cross¬ 
ing the desert of Arabia. The journey is now 
made bv way of the Suez Canal, 
The Czar lias removed the disabilities of the 
RasUolniki, the Nonconforming sects of Bns- 
aia. They have been variously estimated to 
number from 9,000,000 to 14,000,000 persons. They 
acknowledge the civil authority of the Czar, 
but deny Ills Patriarchate and refuse to use the 
modern Russian liturgy. Up to time of the 
present decree their marriages have been held 
to bo illegal and their children Illegitimate, but 
hereafter they will be treated us other Russians, 
The Emperor of Germany has given to the 
Minister of Public Worship the authority to 
permit t he formation of Old Catholic parishes. 
Hitherto a royal decree has been necessary in 
each case. 
It is said that Sir John A. Macdonald will 
again accept the nomination for Kingston. 
P. C. Hill lists entered the Nova Scotia Gov¬ 
ernment. as Provincial Secretary. 
The Rev. Dr. Maconochie, the ritualistic 
preacher of England, has appealed from I he 
soil tenet suspending him from the exercise of 
his functions for six weeks. 
Several of tbs great powers, including France, 
have given favorable answers to Russia's invi¬ 
tation to the Kt. Petersburg conference. 
Tho Turcoman raids on the Caspian have 
been renewed. Many peaceful inhabitants have 
been slain and their wives and children carried 
into slavery. 
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THE SEASON, CHOPS, PEICES, ETC. 
Exsex Co., Va., Dec. 10.—The year about 
closing has been very variable, In early spring, 
wet and cold and a late season. Peaches, ap¬ 
ples and apricots all killed by late cold snaps. 
Wheat; a short, crop and quality poor. Tin- fall 
wax a fine season and all late crops were good. 
Early potatoes, a very short crop. Wheat, la 
looking well If properly cared for in seeding. 
Corn, 70c. per bush.; potatoes,50i\rtji,75c. Trices 
or all farm products good, and ready sale. 
Transportation to Baltimore, New York and 
Boston abundant and cheap by water. Land, 
In good locations, In demand and prices ad¬ 
vancing every month. Altogether the outlook 
is hopeful, as nil who rely on themselves seem 
to prosper. Good mechanics are scarce and 
very much in demand. Happy New Year to 
the Rural, with a desire that it may be well 
Clubbed by that, Mine.— Observer. 
Charlestown, Jefferson County, IV. Vn., Dec. 
1 * .—Our wheat does not look well. The weather 
baa been too dry. For more than one month 
after the wheat was sowed we had no rain, con¬ 
sequently it did not come up well and has 
looked badly all the time. We are having 
plenty of rain now, yet the streams remain low 
Wheat with ns ranges from $1£r. l,i5 per bush.; 
new corn, $I ) /",3 per bbl.; butter, 30c.; eggs, Z5o.; 
lard, 12>tfs.; pork, $<?{8.50 per cwt.; turkeys, 8 Vi (ft 
I O', per lb., gross. No demand for horses. Most 
or the farm v.i will get their corn and fodder In 
by Christmas, If the weather continues favora¬ 
ble. Farmers art? very much discouraged now. 
They cannot afford to raise wheat for $1 per 
bushel.- x. y. '/.. 
SEMI-BUSINESS PARAGRAPHS. 
A Remarkable Trial uud Triumph.— Tim tri¬ 
umph of Wheeler & Wilson, at the American 
Institute, New York, with their New No. 6 Sew¬ 
ing Machine, was remarkable in many respects. 
A powerful Influence was brought to bear 
against a favorable award- Additional Judges 
wero appointed of know n proclivities for other 
machines. Extrordlnary and repeated exami¬ 
nations were made, one lasting from 10 o’clock 
A. M. until 6 P. M. The parts of six machines 
were ordered from the manufactory, and a 
machine was constructed of parts selected by 
the Judges, which was then tested on all kinds 
0 / work, from gauze to heavy harness, by foot 
and steam power. The general quality of the 
Company’s workmanship was ascertained by an 
examination of machines in their warehouses, 
and the testimony of many disinterested users 
of tho machines, far and near, was procured to 
ascertain their practical working. 
The five judges. In conclusion, unanimously 
reported the Wheeler & Wilson New No. 6 
Sewing machine "ax a machine which, by Lite 
proof submitted, we are satisfied must even¬ 
tually supersede all others now known with 
which It comes In competition." And they 
“recommend for ft the highest award which It 
la In the power of the Institute to bestow." 
The Board of Managers unanimously ap¬ 
proved l lie report, and recommended for this 
machine the Gold Medal of the institute. 
Tho Board of Direction unanimously ap¬ 
proved tills recommendation, and awarded the 
Gold MeJal to Wheeler & Wilson, the only gold 
medal awarded for u sewing machine by tho 
American Institute for many years. 
Dairymen should *end to Messrs. WHITMAN & 
Burrill, Little Falls, N. Y., for their Cata¬ 
logues. They sell all kindsof Dairy Implements 
at the lowest market price. S7f/“ Fairbanks’ 
Scale a specialty. Also General Agents for the 
celebrated Anderson Food Steamer. 
THE MARKETS. 
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS. 
New York, Monday, Dec. 14, 1874. 
Receipts.—The receipts of the principal kinds of 
produce for the oust week are as follow* : 
Flour, bills.-. 87,200 Dried Fruit*, pkgs . 1,213 
Whoul., bush. 486,500 Raws, bids. 6,3.3ft 
Corn, hush. 181,800 Hops, halos.... ),‘>40 
Out*, hush,,. 106,900 Peanut*, bugs,. 1 ,720 
Grass Seed, bush.. 2,201 1 Pork, bids. 10,?ftO 
live, bush. 9,200 Beet, pkgs. 3,920 
Mult, bush. 18,800 Cut meals, pkgs... 12,700 
Com meal, bbl 1 — 2,719 Lard, to*. ... 12,015 
Corn meal. bags.,. 1,921 Butter, pisgs. 26,700 
Bean*, bbts... ,2,760 Cheese, |dcg*. 28.Bft.ft 
Colton, hales. 27.315 Wool, holes.. . 825 
Dean* Hint Pea*.—Exports of beans, past week, 
1 V 1 O bids.; of pens, 25,000 bu»n. The supply of mediums 
1 * large and the demand Is not strong enough to 
change price* tn seller’s favor. Marrows are quiet 
nl the moment; there hats boot, a fair export trade at 
old prices. Rea bean* firm. Roil kidney are selling 
more generally and white, do. »re flrtu. Oanadlnn 
pc.li* firm and unchanged. Green peas are waiting 
for buyers. Southern U. 15. pens scarce and higher. 
Medium bmm*, choice. $1.60® i-Si; fair to good, $1.60 
ffll.70; marrow bran*, choice, $?.40w$2.*5: do. other. 
•2.10('v2.20; pen, $2-1 Va$2.2ft; red kidney, prime. $3.25® 
3.85! Canadian pea*, in bulk Hnd bond. $1.12Ml.lt : 
green peas, new, $1.90®2; white- kidney, choice, $2.45 
''V-'.fta; do. fair to good, $2®2.2o; Black Eye peas, $m 
3.10. 
lireiWHx.-The export demand Is more active at 
steady prices. Sales at 3Cl@31e. 
Brooiu Corn—Is sparingly dealt in, with price* 
higher, however, as stocks are In few hands. The 
quotations are for chotoo brush. Short green, 13® 
14c.: green bun, 12S4@Uc.; medium green, ll<SU8o.; 
red and red tipped, 9®11c. 
Butter.—The stock of butter is unusually largo 
and every day ebow* the depression that always at¬ 
tends large supplies when tho market. Is dull. The 
medium buyers are almost a unit in their determina¬ 
tion to uot stoek up freely from the medium grades 
at the present price* a* they express themselves 
confident that the forthcoming winter family trade 
will not support the rates. This leaves 11 good many 
sound, useful parcels of State drugging Tn owners’ 
hands without Immediate remedy. The high grades 
of hulter are active, but the quotation of 46c. is ex¬ 
treme. Western butter Is weak; even fresh rolls 
show u decline. We quote: 
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