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Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-11-27

ENGLISH GAME.-It is no uncommon thing for English
game to be sold in the New York market Some of il is
brought out for the OF the English steamers and the
surplus sold on their arrival here We heard Of FIVE pairs
OF English pheasants sold Saturday for five dollars
pair and English hares at 81 so piece The pheasants
are natives Of Asia. They have beautiful plumage,
elegant FORMS and delicate esh and choice birds with
epicurcs The English hare is better than the Amer
can rabbit, and to the taste Of many good The
animals very like each other except that the hare IL
said to be sagacous The rabbit has become very
common American food. As little incident connected
with the purchase of game in this market learn that
Demonco, for the two houses alone pays for this kind
Of food alone quite year. and game makes but
drop in the great Of expenditureotr. Of Com.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-11-27

The BEoUEsr TO QUEEN NIsroRIA.-It may perhaps be
recoeced that eccentric and agedr bachelor Of the
name of j. CAMDEN WELD died in England about three
months SINCE possessed OF property to the amount
estimated, Of two and half millions Of dollars the whole
Of which he bequeathed 70 abe Queen. On the will being
presented for probate opposition made which has
since been withdrawn and the will has been proved but
In the recent English papers il stated that the
Queen will probably accept the bequest but will cause
to be divided amoagt the heirs of the testator Who
however, are distant.
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NAvAL.-It is reported that the steamer Princeton,
lately furnished with boilers Baltimore cannot
proceed with the contemplated expedition to Japan
account Of her boilers having been condemned by the En-
gneers at Norfolk. 1t is said that not than fifteen
inches of steam be kept her and that her speed
is but six miles hour in consequence of which Com.
PERRY has left Norfolk for this city, endeavor
have the steamer Powhaan substituted to occupy her
place in his SQUADRON
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MILITARY RIoT AT NKwPoRT.--The Newport fR ~
Daily News says that there serious riot in that
town Friday night last caused by somsrunken SOL
ders from the United States garrison at Fort Adams
The watch attempted to arrest the soldiers but were vo
lenty resisted and the authority Of the sheriff was also
dsregarded There sixteen eighteen soldiers en-
gagged in the ARRAY and of them used Ratchet They
all escaped into the Fort but Of them were recog
missed and will be taken to bring them to pun
ishment.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-11-27

The VINE HARVEST Of ,he,present year at Hermann,
Missouri has turned out favorable the yield is 5000
gallons and if the crop is good next year. it will be
$4,000 to 10000 gallons n the town, which is mostly
inhabited by Germans, there are already two hundred
acres planted with 100000 vines all Of which win be in
bearing in two years. yielding 20 900 gallons in common
seasons, and $4,000 in good An acre of land in
vines is reckoned to be worth ST 600
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-11-27

new silkworm, as we learn by the New York Times,
has been discovered by the Rev. Mr. Fitch, according
whom all the caterpalars of California silkworms
They feed the foliage of the oak which they prefer to
any other food Their about one third as
large those of the Chinese worm and the silk is strong
and of yellow color the thread being finer than that Of
our silkworm. Dr. Fitch led to believe that this
worm, fed the mulberry, would spin it's cocoon Is
large rs the Italian or Chinese
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Dr. JONATHAN CowDERY, the senior Surgeon in the
United States Navy died at Norfolk on Saturday night
last in the s7th year of his age He was born in the
town Of Sandisfed, Massachusetts, Apr 3D. 1857 and
received appointment Assistant Surgeon in the
Navy of the United States under INSTRUMENTATION of
John Adams, bearing date January l. 1900 He served
board the frgate Philadelphia the West Ipdes and
in the Mediterraneanthe first cruise p the West In
dies under the command of the elder Commodore Decatur
the second in the Mediterranean under Che command Of
Com. Samuel Barron the third in the Mediterranean
under the command of Capt Banbrdgg in the squadron
commanded by Com Prebe During this cruise the ship
stranded the coast Of Trpo the 3lst Of Octo
ber l803 where the whole crew. consisting of three hun
bred and fifty officers and men, made prisoners by
the Turks and detained in Trpol nearly two years.
der much suffering, when they relieved by treaty
and returned home DR.. Cowdery was promoted under
the administration of Mr. Jefferson to the rank Of Sur
geon in the Navy the 9th of November, 1904 and
was ordered from New York to the Norfolk station.
From that time ays the Norfolk Beacon he has looked
upon Norfolk as his home; and few men have borne
more unblemshed character been held in such high
and universal esteem for all the qualities of head and
heart that constitute the efficient officer and worthy
citizen"
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SOIL ANALYSES.

A writer in the Hampshire and Franklin Express,
published at Amherst Massachusetts bears the fol-
lowing testimony to the value of soil analyses
Mr. VIM. p. Dickinson, of Hadley had field Of eight
acres thoroughly grown with moss almost rs thick
and matted as the wool the back of sheep that will
give tenpound fleece The land of course must have
been exceedingly unpromisng for any crop He
an analysis of 1t by the late Professor Norton and
told that it deficient in two or three ingredients
which could be cheaply supplied. For the analysis and
long letter. advising how to supply the deficiencies in
the cheapest possible manner, he paid pl0 and
laughed at, as commonly happens when man ventures
step out Of the beaten track He ploughed that field and
treated 1t in every respect Professor Norton advised
with the exception of here and there couple of rows,
which were cultivated he would have cultivated the
whole If he had not been otherwise advised The result
Is crop OF corn now in the field, equal to perhaps
twenty bushels TO the where cultivated in the old
way and very nearly fifty where cultivated Mr. Norton
advised. This, | know, all might have been, and yet
there be increase of profit for the and od
der (both more than doubled might have than
they are worth. But il net in this Mr. D.,
after keeping exact Of the expense gives it
as his deliberate opinion that the ncressed profit in
sequence of Mr. Nortons advice is at least fifty dollars
this year and besides this he has better hopes for that
land hereafter and has, moreover several fields OF similar
land adjoining that to which Mr. Nortons prescription
will apply He values the advice much higher than its
cost for its future application to each of those fields
Now may it not be desirable for farmers to pay for
lyses.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-11-27

(NHRisTOPHER NEALE continues the Practice Of
~ Law in tho superior and inferior of Law and Chan
Of Alexandria and Fairfax counties in the Superior
Court Of Prince William also, In the Supreme Court Of
United States.
He wn future attend tho Court Of Appeals at Richmond
Virginia and will attend TO the prosecution of claims before
Congress or any OF the public Departments Of the General
doyernment-d Alexandria, Va. sep 7--oaf6m
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NOR SALE, $50 acres rich Cotton Land in Mississp-
IL p 1t lies the Tombgbee river only few miles from the
Hourishng town Of Aberdeen which cons 5000
inhabitants Steamboats, from Mobile pass regularly 10 Aber
deem and the contemplated railroad from Jackson the cap
tai of the State to Nashville will pass directly by or near his
land The country about Aberdeen is settled up largely by
vrginans and the above property presents aatterng
ducement wishing emgrate the rich cotton
lands the Tombgbee 1t will be sold or exchanged on
reasonable for lands in Eastern Virginia or in any Of
the Northern Middle States, the owner has left the
South, and wishes to close his business there Address
post paid, AMBROSE r. MERRILL
sept 2Z-3mwp Frankfort Maine
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Several Of the Senators OF the former Empire were mem
bers the Chamber Peers and sitting judges trial
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advocated great enlargement Of the franchise and hoped
ere long to liberal Government in power again He
stated however that he would himself again take
Office
The weekly returns Of the Bank Of England present
considerable changes indicative of life and business
The circulation has decreased e549 924; the bullion,
f426l43 the public deposites E449 222; and the pri
yate increased Esq., 100. The drain upon the bull
lion is expected to continue time The amount
held is $2l 3l5 the circulation g23 l602l5 There
is alteration in the terms of the money market Money
continues easy and abundant The funds firm, with
little business doing The demand for foreign stocks Of
known stability is increasing The Turkish loan is repu
dated by the Sultan; but, he has offered to pay
ESQ 000about ~ per cent upon the e. 000 900 sub
scrbedto the stockholders, sales st effected at 81
to per cent Railway shares and mining stock also
firm and in demand. s&
The Registrar Generals quarterly return of marriages
births and deaths in England shows great increase in
all three and indicates great activity in oil the sources
Of employment but no general diminuton in the causes
of mortality. The marriages during the quarter
OO7 or $3.50 than in the corresponding quarter
of 1913 In general in the ports from which emigrants
SAIL an unusual number Of marriages celebrated
The births registered in the quarter 1885, being
37l above the number in the corresponding quarter Of
l849. Within the last twelve months 62l260 children
have enrolled the national registers The deaths
during the quarter 100 497 and the births were
| 15l 1893, there increase Of $1,000.
The emigration from English ports a. 925 If all
these emgrants were English people there would be a
dminuon Of 44,229 in the population but, large
proportion Of the emgrants who sail from Liverpool
of Irish BIRTH the dimnution Of English population can
be ascerained it is known, however to be very
siderable.
The total emigration from all the ports in the United
Kingdom, where there are Government emigration Off
GERS was
To the United States 579
To British North America 7116
To the Australian Colonies 6Q1
To all other places $40
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1852-09-24
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.
New YORK, Sept. II, lS5'


The steamship Illinois, Lieut.. Iartstein, ar
rived at this port at o'clock this morning, from
Aspinwall, with l55 passengers, and 81 ,370,.
600 i'll gold.
The Illinois brings the mails of the 18th OF
August. The health of the Isthnus had great
ly improved during the past month, and the
deaths were few.
The Alta California of the 18th, says the
three recent decisions of the United States
Land Commissioners are supposed to involve
all, or nearly all the principles coninlned In the
rest Of the grants in California, and will great
ly tend to alay the fevcrish apprehensions of
claimants as to the validity and confirmation
of their claims. The rules Of decision adop-
ted in the claim of Major Pearson b. Reading,
will apply, we are told, to every claim in the
valley of the Sacramento.
The mining news from the Mariposa is very
favorable. The miners were averaging from
S25 to $50 per day.
WIN. ;. Mcknight, formerly prominent
citizen of st. Louis, died at San Francisco on
the lIth Albridge G. Dresser, formerly of
Stockbrdge, Mass, committed suicide on the
Sd of July, at the South Fork of Feather River.
The dates from Panama are to Aug. 3lst.-
The English steamer Lima, arrived at Panama
amount of treasure, and number OF passen-
gers, among them Don joaquin Jose de Osmu,
Peruvian Minister to the United States; Gen
Herrera, Governor OF New Grenada, and 5. ID
Crane, of Boston, bearer of dispatches from
the Peruvian Government to Washington. The
Lima also transported 500 Peruvian troops from
Callao 20 Payta Gen. Flores had left Payta,
with the remnent of his forces, but nothing is
known of his future movements. A later ac-
colnt says he had gone to Valparaiso.
The President of Peru had been authorized
by the Council of State to levy an army of TO-
600 men, and equip a navy of not less than six
war steamers, and the same number of sailing
vessels, to protect the Peruvian flag and the
commercial interests of the country IRON any
lndignity or encroaChmcnt which may be offer.
cd to them.
The Panama Echo Of the 10Th, says :--Wl
understand that Governor Herrera. who arrived
in the I.lma had an interview with Gen. Flores
at some port on the way down, and also that {
few DAYS ago dispatches to Gen. Herrera were
received in this city from Bogcta, directing hin
to take charge OF the forces belonging to thi'
| Republic along the frontier, and hold hlmsel
i'll readiness to march at a moments notice,
One of the vessels belong ng to the Flore
! expedition the steamer Almaruntc Blanco,-
manned by Peruvian officers, had sailed from
/ Payta for C'llao, Gscortlng the remainder O
the Flores fleet, which were to undergo an ad
mIraity trial at that port.
! The Chllans, aud others engaged with Flores
were on their way to Valparaiso, the Peruvian
Government having refused them admlttanc
into the territory of that Republic.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1852-09-24
ARRIVAL OF TIE NIAGARA.
Three Days Later from T. urope

HALIFAX, Sep, li-ll A. M.--The steam
ship Niagara, from Liverpool for Boston, has
lust arrived. She brings no passengers, and
three days later news.
The news by the Niagara is Of slight inter
est.
ENGL,ND.--Wo have nothing from England
but few items of general news. Politics are
quiet The Premier has gone to Doncaster ra-
ces, and the Queen to her seat at Balmoral,
Scotland,
The fishery dispute is regarded as virtually
settled. Numerous authorities are being cited
in the papers to prove that the Labos Islands
belong to Peru.
Two more ships have arrived from Port Phil
ip, Australia. with thirty thousand ounces o.
gold, aud another is on the way with $4,000
Mrs. Harriet B1cchcr Stoves Uncic Tom!
CABIN is having an unprecedented run in Eng
land. The Times reviews 1t IN three column
article, not at all favorably.
Harvest Is progressing satisfactorily through
out the kingdom In Ireland the potaloe ro
has subslded, if indeed, 1t ever existed to any
extent. Reaping of wheat. barley and oat
goes on in all the earlier districts without in
ternssion, and with favorable weather.
FRAxcE-Gen. Blanhlno is dead.
The Minister of Commerce has informed tn
ship owners of Havre that the Government will
not protect them IN leading guano at the Labo
Islands.
Paris papers assert that the French troop
are not to be Withdrawn from Rome or Civitt
Vecchla.
Intelligence Just received states that tn
French settlements IN India have taken the oat
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1852-09-24

is arranged. The number of convicts at pre-
sent confined is 76-larger, with the exception
of last year, when there were 92-than have
been there together for the past - years. The
inmates are principally occupied in the manu-
facture of scythe handles, which, through eve
ry stage, are completed within the walls. An
engine o. 10 horse power works the machinery
The men have as Is usual, lot set apart for
their work. No talking or familiarity is allow
cd among them. With the exception of three,
who are confined for life, there are no cases OF
consequence, Our attention was directed to
the notorious "Brisol Bill" who looks as de-
mure as though all his days had been spent in
u monastery. The prison is capable ofaccom> :
moGating l36 convicts-a much larger lumber
than is ever expected to need lodgings there
1t is remarkably well ventilated, being situated
on gentle acclivity at the west part OF the
village. The enclosure, upon which the build
ing stands contains over four acres. There
are no female prisoners. Col. Harlow is well
liked, and deservedly popular. lie Is whole
host
The establishment of Messrs. Robbins g.
Lawrence, at the south end OF the village, for
the manufacture of U. 5. rifles patent arus,
&C.. consists of no less than six large brick
buildings. vrhere are over $50 men employed
there through the year. There is no similar
workshop in the State, and doubt IT, out Of
Boston, it has an equal in New England
The Windsor House, by J. II. Simonds, Esq.
is, in every particular, trst-class hote Ia
bles plentlully supplied with the best the coun-
try can afford; rooms large and airy and eve
ry thing in order, makes this elnphatcaly
place where the weary traveller is at rest. The
base of the Ascutney mountain is within three
miles, and (horses being here provided,) the
top has been reached by over 1000 strangers
during the present summer. | regret that
have not time to give even an idea OF the COM
mandng prospect which this mountain affords.
With the Green Mountains Oh the one side, and
the " hite Mountains on the other,-the Con-
nectcut in the valley below, a scene is pre-
sented delightful in the extreme. Come, all ye
seekers after pleasure, and be enriched by TINS
charming spot. You will find, as assistant to
Mr.. Smonds, Mr.. Doton, formerly proprietor of
the Middlesex House. Concord, Mass, who well
understands his business.
Yours.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1852-09-24

of fidelity to the President. The King of Siam
has sent his fluctuations to Louis Napoleon.
Marshal Haynau died on Sunday last in Pa
ris, at party where a number of distinguished
officers were present, and in an after dinner
speech he declared, on his honor as a soldier,
that he never ordered lady to be fogged
and that when he heard that an officer, sixty
legues off, had caused the Countess ss------t to
be logged, he (l1aynau) expressed disaproba-
ton and put the officer under arrest. As to his
other alleged seventies, he admitted them, and
contended that they were necessary.
ITALY Roman Catholic Bishops O'Connor
and Vaudevet had arrived at ONE, the latter
as bearer of the DEGREES Of the first Roman
Catholic National Convention in America, held
at Baltimore a few months since.
A letter from Rome of oath August, says
that the special Envoy, name not mentioned,
sent by the English government to convey their
friendly feelings to the Pope, had been very
cordial y received.
PRUssIA.-On the 3lst August, Prussia pre-
sented a declaration of the Zollverein question,
to which Hanover, brunswick, Oldenburg, and
the Thrurigan States have given their adhe-
sion. The declaration insists that the remod-
cling of the Zolveren must be conditional
with the negotiation OF commercial treaty
with Austria-Prussia willing, as soon as the
Zollverein shall have been reconstructed, to
open negotiations with Austria, from winch,
however, customs union is to be expressly ex-
cluded. A reconstruction of the Zollveren for
a term under ~ years will be rejected. The
Customs Congress is prorogued to the 18th in-
slant, when a final decision by the coalition
States is expected.
Cholera is abating a little in Silesa.
Great activity prevails in the Austrian Navy
Yard at Venice. Two new prepell frigates are
also ordered from England.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1852-09-24
\ STRANGER IN BosToS.

NJ~The shortest and most agreeable route
from New York to Montreal is by railroad to
Burlington, thence to Plattsburgh by the steam
er Saranac, connecting with the Pattsburgh
and Montreal Railroad. The Saranlc passes
directly through, but gives passengers ample
time to 'brush up get good dinner, and
view the beautiful scenery of the islands and
bays, and the "broad lake" Capt. J. O'GRApr
will always be found on duty, intelligent and
communicative; and although his vessel Is not
the largest in the world, it Is one Of the safest
and best managed. and mas performed moro
service while under his command than any
steamer on the lake. We expect to see him, at
no distant day, in command OF one of the finest
vessels on Lake Champlan---a post he is emi,
nently qualified to FILL and which he is entitled
to by years of laborlous and successful service,
i PLaiisbTgh Republican.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1852-09-24

A NEw MONSTER TELEsCoPE.-An unler.
taking Of great interest to scientific persons, ID
now being carried ont within few mlles Of
London, A wealthy country clergyman, named
Craig, is constructing new monster telescope
on the achromatlc principle, which will surpass
the celebrated instrument constructed by Lord
Ross in Ireland. Its total length will be sa
feet, and It's greatest circumference l3 feet
The weight of the tube is three tons. and the
contrlvances adopted to prevent vibration, and
to allow of its being rapidly turned to any re-
qured point, are descrned as being slngurlar-
ly perfect and ingenious. It's understood that
the Observatory will be endowed by Mr.. Craig
50 that it may be maintained in perpetulty ior
advantage OF astronomical science JrTnA
m5qf Co mrce.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1852-09-24

GRrAr RAILRuAp.-The Chief Engineer Of
the Illinois Central Railroad has made his Re-
port The road with lis branches, is to be 600
and ninety nine miles long. OF this 627
miles will be straight road 2aS miles will be
level; ll3 miles the ascent will be less than
ten feet to the mile on lle from 10 to 20
feet on ~ from 20 to 30 on l32 trom 80 to
40, and on z l.2 miles the ascent will be AZ
feet to the mile 1t extends from Chicago and
Galena to Cairo, at the mouth of the Ohio,
The amount of land which has been appro,
priated by the Government, for the benefit OF
the road, is 20,4Q0 900. The Superintendent of
the Road has advertised for 10000 men to work
on that road. As the Company has ample cas-
funds in hand an excellent opportunity is offer,
ed for two or three years,