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From the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser,' TEEEIBLE ACCIDENT. ^wo 3rle<a ovet Niagara Falls — Peril* situation of a third. The most intense excitement tras created at Niagara this (Monday^ morn ing by the startling inteliigence that a man was in the midst of the Rapids within a few feet o f the Falls, clinging for life to a ffsrt stump, against which in his perifous deitceht of the rapids he had been thrown. As soen as the ter rible news became kncrwn hundreds of persons hurried to thq spot, and the re port was found to be too true. Upon inquiry it was ascertained that the poor fellow was one of three men be longing. t& a sco w used fqr taking Sand down the river, who had got into a small boat attached to the scow about 9 o’clock last evening, and having by some means become separated there from, were hurried down the*rapids. The boat, of coursei was speedily swamped, and the men cast into the water; two of them' being at once car ried over the Falls to their dreadful fate, and the other, by chance striking and clinging to a stump about midway between the Falls and Goat Island bridge. At daylight this morning this poor fellow was discovered in his perilous situation, and it was speedily found that his rescue was almost impossible, since no boat that could be procured would float a moment in the rapids without being swamped and overturned. A dispatch was immediately sent to this city for a life boat, and one was sent by express over the railroad without delay. In the mean time a hox con taining refreshment was attempted to be floated to the poor fellow, who had clung with desperation to his frail sup port, in the midst of the dizzying, whirling rapids, and within hearing of the roar of the cataract over which at any moment he might be hurled, for upwards of twenty-four hours ! What was the result of the attempt we are not informed. During the morning we have receiv ed several telegraphic despatches at in tervals from the Falls, detailing the a- hove particulars, for which We are in debted to Mr. Whiting, of Kissock’s Canada Junction Line. The excite ment is described as painfully ^intense, and the banks of the river, the Island and the bridge are covered with an anxious multitude, awaiting the result of the terrible affair. It must be a fear ful sight thus to watch a fellow being in a situation of such mortal peril, without the power of extending assist ance to him. If he can continue in his hazardous position until the life-boat reaches the Falls—if his strength, al ready fearfully faxed, does not give way—he may yet be rescued. But we fear that the raging waters will yet claim him as their victim. The name of one of the men lost is Thomas Han- naman. The one in the rapids is named Joseph Avery, Since writing the above we have re ceived the following additional intelli gence* N iagara F alls , 1 P. f i f . . The man, Joseph Avery, is still in the rapids a few rods above the brink of the American falls. The third boat has been lost, and they are now getting ready the fourth to make an other trial. THE LATEST AND WORST. N iagara F alls , 6 P. M. . The man went over the Falls about 5 o’clock. A raft had been floated to him, upon which he had lashed hiinself, but at the approach of the life-boat, sent down from this city by the last train, he undid the lashing go as to he ready to leap into the boat, the latter unfortunately struck the raft with such violence as to precipitate the unhappy man into the water. He at once com: meiiced swimming for a small,island oii the briuk,. but was unable to. reach it, Wbenb© perceived that all his efforts were fVuitless, he raised his body erect in the water, waived his arms wildly, and with a shriek disappeared over the Fails. To have clung so long with desperate love for life, and then just as escape seemed certain, to And the last chance disappear, must have been in deed terrible.' To BE H anged *—^There is a fearful accumulation Of work for the hangman to perform, in the coming two months, as- will be seen by the following cata- •logue: ■ Gapioand Emmons, convicted in Phil- adfelpmia foe .the murder o f Christopher* Loohan, will pay the penalty of their crime on the 5th of August. Margaret Butler* who was found guil ty at Culpepper, Virginia, of assisting Jim Phillips tG murder Mr. Gaines, to be executed on August 12th. : .. James McGuire,. who murdered Mr. J. W. Holland, was sentenced at Syra cuse, to be hung on the 17th August. . John Hendriokson, at Albany, to be executed on the 2fl£h of August, for the lUUrder'of his wife. . , ^Robert Robertson, will be bung at AlekandMa^ om the 3d of September neat, for the murder of Moses Guard* Lawrence Fogarty is to be executed in Buffalo, on the 26th o f August, for the murder of John Brown. Besides these there are. a* number of eriininals in some of the ISastem States 'who have been convicted'of cap ital offences, but the laws require that? they shall remain in prison 9110 year before Axing the day for their execu- tion* . . ' ’ \ C rops - at the 'VY est . *—'The follojW* ing is an extract o f ® letter datedit.St^ Charles, Illinois, July 17th, 185S: ^ “ The cropa in this region certainly Took remarkably wolf, partieutarly corn told potatoes^ We have had^justTaiir enough to bring .everything'h>rward finely, and the prairies, hath cultivated and uncuitivatefl,.look. contin uous garden. Some- of tfle wiseacres stand ready to “bet their pile’*, that po tatoes will not be over a* York shilling a. bushel here, thi^ fall. C l j c i U m o c m t . ROBERT EARL, E d ito r , Wtejdiiesday« J uly 37, 18£*8. oiocratic party upon this occasion to declare to the Dem ocracy of the Union, its adhesion, and that of its constituents, to the doctrines enunciated at the Baltimore Conventions of 1844, ’48 and ’52, to declare its approval 6f.tKe sentiments of the late Inaugural address,’ and to set forth the views and principles o f its Bemoctatic con stituency upon matters of State and National importance, Therejsre, Resolved, (1st,) 'That tachmentto, and approval platform, and heartily congratulate the Democ racy of the Union, on the doctrines avowed by President Pierce, in his_ Inaugural address to his countrymen, believing that the doctrines are sound expressions o f pur duty, as one of the powers of the civilized world, and of the du ties of the several States to each other under States* incide with the “ it is not to be disguised that oar attitude as a nation, and our position on the globe, renders the acquisi tionn of certainrtain possessionsossessions notot withinithin ourur ju-i tio o f ce p n w o j risdiction, eminently important for our prote* tion, if not in the future essential, for the pn servation of the rights of commerce, and the peace of the world”—and also with the princi- [e which we all regard as fundamental, the rights, security and repose qf this deracy, reject the idea o f interference or col- lization on this side of the ocean by any for eign power beyond present jurisdiction,” as utterly inadmissable. Resolved, (3d.) That the Democracy of the State o f New York re-afBrm the doctrine of the inaugural “ that involuntary servitude, as it exists in different States of this confederacy, is recognized by the Constitution—that it stands like any other admitted right, and that the States where it exists are entitled, to efficient wis- recogi like any othei States where it exists are . ____ , remedies to enforce the constitutional provis ions—that “ the laws of 1850, commonly call- this republic are bound to regard the rights of the South in this respect, as they would view any other legal and constitutional right—and that the laws to enforce them should he respect ed and obeyed, not with a reluctance encourag ed hy abstract opinions as to their propriety in diferent state o f society, but cheerfully, and :ording to the decisions United States^ including the Fugitive Slave law, shall be faithfully enforced within the lim* its of this State. . for th’e enlarg canals, in accordai hy the Democratic State,—a result mainly due efforts of Deraodratic Sen! MEETING OF THE BEMOCBATIC STATE * COMMITTEE. At a meeting of the Democratic Republican Committee, held pursuant to regular Dutchess, was elected Chairman, and James I. Johnson, of Albany, elected Secretary.— On motion, the following resolutions were adhpted; Wht \ ’ i, it becomes this State Committee, iting the Democratic party of New 'e reiterate our at- l of the Baltimore igratulate the Democ- ihtal, that con- the tribunal to and that the Resolved, (4th,) That we congratulate y Democrats throughout the State, r doption, by the - * ■ legislature, o f the istitution, designed to pro- lent attd completion of the THE MAINE DAW DEFEATED. On the morning of the Adjotirnmeht, the Assembly was brought to a vote on the Maine Law, i^kich had previouslj* passed the SenateJ.and it was defeated by’thefoflofring voter A yes —Messrs. Beman, Burroughs, Champlin, Cook, Ellsworth, I. N. Ely, A. M. Gardiner, Gifford, Green, Hand- ly, B. Hall, Hardin, Hastings, Hayden, Hickox, Holley, Hoyle, Hutchins, Hutch inson, Kennedy, Lawrence, Littlejohn, Lozier, McBurney, Mizler, Osborn, Payne, Perkins, Persons, Pettengiil, Peters, L. Rood, Rogers, A. B. Rose, Sessions, B. Smith, W. A. Smith, Stan ford, Stewart, Thorne, Weeks, \Welch Westoder, \West Whitcomb, Wilson, Winans, Wood—54. N ays —Messsrs. Alden, Barker, Beck with, Blauvelt, Cary, Carpenter, Cham berlin, Clapp, Crocker, DeHart, Dubois, J. E. Ely, Emans, Finch, Fulton, Gale, J. K. Gardiner, B. T. Gilmore, Glover, A. 0. Hall, Henderson, Hibbard, Howes, Ingalls, Jackson, Kearney, Livingston, Loomis, Lounsbury, Marsh, Martin, McClary, McLean, Noble, O’Brien, O- dell, O’Keefe, J* C. Osgood, Patterson, J. Reid, J. Rose, C. Smith, L. H. Smith, R. P. Smith, Russell Smith, S. S. Smith, Spafard, Speaker, Sprague, St. John, D. B, Taylor,; W. Taylor, Ten Eyck, Tem ple, \Yan Vranken, Webb—56. AssENTr^Messrsi Amsbry, Ashley, Bushnell, Bash, Case, Chatfield, For syth, D. Gilmore, Hendee, Howard, Malburn, Searing, Shaw, Stratton, Streeter, Townsend, Van Alstine, Wede kind—28. L a w s P a s s e d . —The number of laws passed at the regular session of our Leg islature, was 261; and the number passed at the extra session was 393 ; making in all 654, which, we are of the opinion, is the largest number of laws made in any one year, for this State since its organization. Most of the laws are of a private and local nature; those of a general nature will appear in our columns in due time. T he M a n ag e r s . —The Legislature before its adjournment, passed a law dispensing with the necessity of the presence of the Assembly during the trial of Mr. Mather’s Impeachment.— The following persons were appointed by the speaker of the Assembly Man agers, to manage and conduct the trial of the Inapeachment, before the Court, to wit; Messrs. Loomis, Champlin, No ble, Hastings, Sessions, McBurney and Wood. bat great systen our State has just c?mse to be proud. (5thj) That a Democrat ■ he cofmposed 1 Resolved, Conventi( ! puTposer of nominating candidates for such State officers aS arc to be elected at the next election ; and for the transaction of such other business as may come before if. Resolved, That these resolutionsbepUhlisli- ed in the Democratic papers o f this State. MINOR C. STORY. Chairman. - J ames I. J ohnson , Secretary. THE FDGITIVB SLAYS LA^W CONSTITII7 TIONAL. The Supreme Oourfc of this pis- trict, which is deservedly distinguish ed for its ability, at the recent Gen* eral Term, announced its decision thAt the Fugitive Slave Law o f 1850, is Constitutional. It will be recollected that after the riot which disgraced Sy racuse in October, 1851, and the rescue of the fugitive “ Jerry,” the Abolition instigators of the mob brought an ac- tioh''df assault and battery, in the name of the Si^ye, against some o f the per sons who uoted as assistants of the Mar shal on that oeeasion. The defend ants set up for their defence, the war rant issued for the arrest of the fugitive under the act in question. At the trial last summer, before Judge Pratt, hold ing the Onondaga Oircuit, the defence was held good, and the plaintiff non suited. An appeal was brought in . the name o f the negrOj from the decision at Che Circuit to the General Term, and the decision of the Circuit has been sus tained* T he L egislature —-This body ad journed on Thursday of last week at 6 o’clock P. M. Its closing moments were not characterized with the har mony and good feeling usual on such oecasionsi A resolution of thanks to the Speaker was introduced and gave rise to a discussion, and the resolution was not passed. This legislature did s fast amount of business, and whether it did Its business well, time only will reveal. It di*d ma ny things that had better been left idone. The partizan feelings of its •; members earned them many times into extremes, and caused them to lose sight of their duty to fhe^eople. But rotation office is a cure for all the evils of leg- isfatitm-, and it is a chre that the people will most likely apply to the present Legislature pretty effectualfyl O^r The receipts a# the New York .Custom House on Thursday, were $348,- 000—said to be larger than was ever before received la one day at th^t pprL THE DIRECTORS OF THE NEW YORK CEN TRAL RAIL ROAD. A correspondent of the N. Y. Couri er & Enquirer briefly^jSket'ches the characteristics of each l^|ect6r, as’eon- cerns business tact and ib^nagement.— His description will be jPound interestr ing, as relating to men who now have the guidance of the most important and extensive chain of railroads in the world, in the proper management of which.'as interwoven with every branch, of business, public and private, nearly every man in the State feels an' ihter- . Erastus Corning is the head of the Railway men of Educated in the guidance ofo^e of the best mer chants this State haseyer seen or known, he has always been able to do well .whatever he has undertaken, and bear ing in himself the wgi^t of avast mass of business, he always finds time and calm considera'bn, for all its parts. A T he C ourt of I mpeaohment . —The Lt. Governor, who. is by statute, the President of this- Court, has summoued it to convene for the trial of^Mr; Math- pi^ on the 2Tt^ insfanf^. It^^is accused and to* tb« publm, wfepse ferv- ant he is, that the trialishobld be com menced and carried through immediate ly. A delay when the accused is ready and demands trial, would be an out rage. It is said that Hon. D. S. Dick inson will be the principal counsel for Mr. M. on tbe trial. 017*“ Abijah Lamed, who was con victed of robbing the Otsego Co. Bank, and sentenced to Auburn State Prison, having been represented to the Gover nor as rapidly failing under consump tion, was pardoned out of State Prison on Monday last, and died the next day. He was about 37 years of age. He made a profession of religion before his death, and was received into the* com« muiftoh 6f thb Ejdsdopal church. He denied any participation, in the robbery of the Bank. ■W ashington N ational M onusient . -The Board'bf Managers of the Wash ington National Monument Society, at Washington, D. C., have appointed Mr. John L. Brown, of Baltimore, Md., spe cial agent to receive contributions from the visitors who may atttend the Crys tal Palace. A model, a. fac simile of the monument, now in course of erec tion, will be exhibited during the Fair. Around it is placed contribution boxes, so that every visitor may have the prof fered honor of contributing his mite to wards erecting a National Blonument to the Memory o f Washington. This monument, when complete, will be six hundred and twenty feet high, It is now one hundred and thirty-two feet; amount already expended is $200,' OOU? the estimated cost is $ i,500,000. It has been estimated that if each visit or who may attend the World’s Fair, contributes the small sum of TEN CENTS, a sufficient sum would be rais ed to complete this great national work. W e d o ^ b s t sincerely hope that every loveir^ liberty will go prepared, and contribute such sum as circumstances will allow*. F atal A ccident o N the C entral R ailroad . —As the Saturday afternoon Express train from the west, was com ing between Cbittenango and Canasto- ta, a woman was seen Walking upon the , track. T i e ' engineer gave the usual 'alarnj signalSf, And ^ffo stepped oif the jtracky'imt again When the uare were close to her, she threw herself upon the’ in nnanciai insuiuuuu, rauwajys, iompanies, aJjl.'have his superyis- l his control and he succeeds in energy, he has already achieved fortune and position, and has placed himself by his energy, in a front rank. The Di rection will feel his value, and the peo ple will recognize ft. i Dean Richmond is to he, if he lives, toe first railroad man in our State. He js^ coming to that by his boldness of air, his just, sound, practical and intuitive grasp upon the questions presented to him. He has a silent strength,\'and will fill the important position of Director in the more immediate charge of the Great Western termination, with emi nent ability. I have not sketched these thirteen in indiscriminate eulogy, for such could have no value, noK would such be like our coldmAli'* The 'people expect from thik road, courtesy,’* security, safety, speed.' ' Thk people will hold them to these as their indfsliensable duties. . canal 9 0 ) ion and all—accomplishing success and in win ning the attachment of those whose united efforts are most powerful. He will quietly control this great rail way corporation, and inwall its magni tude of associationsj connection and ef fect, will carry it through. The mer cantile world everywhere will recognize in his power and conduct how apparent now is the truth, that there is no sta tion but that ^ em inent and intelligent merchant can illustrate by the success which shall attendlts administration. Mr. Pruyn, of Albany, is a cool, cau tious consellor, never moving till pre pared. A gentleman, exercising a re fined and elegant hospitality, well in formed! and, as a Regent of the Univer sity, one of the most useful—in’railroad matters-='Conservative—skilled by con tinued service in the Utica and Sche nectady road, and in all respects justi fying the long and enduring friendship of Mr. Corning, Mr. Meintosh, of Albany, is a merchant, active and zealous'. Un der his administration, the Albany and Schenectady road took its place among the complete successes of the times,- while it was yet fresh in recollection when it was a despised football of the stock market. Actual result is the best commentary On ability. , Russell Sage, of Troy, is the member of Congress from the Renssalaer Dis trict. He is thoroughly conversant with all the relations of the trade and travel of that region, and it is a wise se lection. His bright city was entitled to the representative; and his position was such as to point to him as a gentleman who would bring to the new Board the confidence of the North. Judge Paige, of Schenectady, is re cently from the Bench of the Superior Court,' and streiij^hens th® direction by his legal learning. He once was jrather -a, severe poIiticFan, but the calm expe riences of the Judiciary, I doubt not, have obliterated or softened all that. Mr. David \Wager of Utica, was once widely known as one of the mas ter-spirits of the Albany Regency, when it controlled this State, and of right therefore, the Union. He has become a devoted railroad man, attentive to all the rainiito of management and the run ning arrangement. It is only a change of habit to attend to the discipline of a Railroad after au education in \the Re gency.” John Wilkinson, of Syracuse, is in all probability, by reading and reflection the best informed railway man in the State-^most acquainted with their rise, and With all the.public movements con.- nected with them. A long experience as an eminent lawyer, was a prepara tion to a thorough e.famination of all the subjects to which his duties would lead him. He has been of eminent ser vice in other days to his city, Syracuse, and lias in well Written. public; docu ments/ left valuable record of his.yi®^s. The direction of this great .Road would have been incomplete had it not includ ed his name. In the correspondence of a laft-ge association, his good power of expression would always be of great service. Horace White, of Syracuse, is a Bank er, with keen sagacity, extending and enlarging Ms operations, till he finds himself acknowledged among the front rank of financiers. He will give the Direction the careful and fajr?seeing counsel of a man who has rigidly looked at the passing event, distinguishing the fiash of the moment from the steady and enduring light. H.imself and his brother have made good use oC their wealth. .They are of those citizens of our Western Counties who emuljate the liberality and the enterprise of those men, who in the great City, are teach ing the worldv,th®^ wealth apja-eciates intellect, admires art, and has its list ening of kindness towards the suffer- Mr, Chedellis a prominent citizen uf Auburn—practical and industrious and long associated with railway manage ment. He will act with reference.to tbe faithful interest of all the road, and is, in reference to the expectations and wishes, of the people on the route, one of tbe very best informed of the Board. Henry B. Gibson, of Canandaigua, , is ■known to everybody. A keen, shrewd business man is he—always successful, and attempting nathms fiut that which he sees through^ He has conducted for a long series :of years the roadin hie .vj- oinity with ability. * i Mr. Field o f Rochester, is greatly es teemed in his vicinity as a good rail way manager. His Qompany gate him recently the most .substantial evidence of their gratification, Mr, Boody, of Rochester, is the mera- Hops.—The Freeman’s Journal thinks the Hop Crop in Otsego County’ will he quite a short one, and says the price has,' in view Of the small yield, materially advanced. M ormon A trocity .— On the 13th instant, the sheriff of Emmet County’ Michigan, went \to Pine River to sum mon some jurors to attend Court, when he and his party were attacked by a hand of Beaver Island Mormons, and six of his men were wounded. It is said that the Mormons fired more than 200 guns, and the escape of the Sheriff and his pArty, who were unarmed, Was truly miraculous. A ttempted S u icide op a M urder er .— The Cortland County Whig says, we learn that Patrick O’Donague, whose trial* was to take place this week for the murder of M rs. Kinney and daughter, in Truxlon, last fall, attempted to com mit suicide on Thursday afternoon, by cutting the jugular vein with a razor,— He had been permitted to shave him self, and being left alone for a moment, drew the razor across his throat, in flicting a frightful wound, b'ut not of sufecient depth to sever the carotid ar tery. It is thought he will recover., (D** Daniel P, Page, banker of St. Louis, announces that he will undertake to build one mile of railroad to the Pa cific, if 1,500 persons can be found who will take an equal share iii the Work, T urkish A ppaib S. —'The. Tribune says that the President and Cabinet have determined to appoint a Minister Resident at Constantinople, but a suita ble man is not yet fixed upon. Robert McLane, of Maryland, has been named, but influential men in that State object to him. The President thinks that a tip-top man should be selected. CIRCULAR FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT OF eOMfllON SCHOOLS. ATE OF N. Y., SECBEiARv’s, OpFICE, 1 D e p a r t m e n t OP CoMoitfN' S c h o o l s , > A lbany , July 22, 1853.) To answer a great number of enqui ries daily received at this office, and to guard against the consequences of a misapprehension which many school officers have fallen into, in regard to a recent decision of the Court of Appeals, the undersigned would state : The Court of Appeals has recently decided the Free School law of 1849 to be unconstitutional. But this decision in no respect affects the act for estab lishing free schools throughout the state, passed April 12th, 1851. Trus tees of school districts may safely pro ceed to make out rate bills for the pay ment of teachers’ wages under the last named acL They may also safely levy and collect taxes voted under, or au thorized by, the school law of 1847, as ameti'ded by chats.*’''382 of the laws of To protect trustees from tbe liabili ties incurred under the act of 1849, which is how' declared unconstitution al, the Legislature, on the 30th day qf June last, passed the follo’s^ing law, to which the undersigned Would call the attention of all parties interested. AN ACT jn relation' to recoveries against school officers. Pass'ed June 30th, 1853, TfvRPeypU o f fiie StAe^of‘ ^ e w Tork, represented in Senate and .Assembly, do enact as follows : lector of a school\ district for the collection of any tax, levied in the district by reason of the tax or any part thereof having been imposed pursuant to* the provisipns.of the act entitled “ An act establishing'free schools throughout the state, passed'March twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and forty-nine,” it shall be the duty of thq terUbtees of the district for the time being, to ascertain the amount so recovered, together f execution thereon, the all costs, charges and ex- \ ictors have e action or with the expenses of execution thereon, interest thereon, and all costs, charges and penses, to whito.the irustees or colle< been subjected in the defence of the a [, a tax sufficient to discharge the amount sc icertaftied, and in addition thereto such fur- ler sum'as shall he sufficient to repay all to le tax nayers who shall have paid the first sntionedtax, and who shall not have brought mentioned tax, and wno snail not na actions therefor, the arpount by them respect ively paid, with interest thereon to the time i tax to he imposed is collected. , From the moneys collected hy virtue of e shall be paid to the recovery shall I § 2, From the ntioneys the preceding section, there shall person against whom such r irred hy them, i resaid, and to each tax payei ■' paid any portion of the firs sr who shall sntioned M oney L ost . —Dn Friday evening last, F. E. Spinner,- Cashier of the Mo hawk Valley Bank, lost between this village and the Mohawk River Bridge, a package of bills on the Mohawk Val ley Bank, amounting to |7.48. The package was handed to Mr. Spinner fay H. S. Clark, Express agent, and was lost from the pocket of Mr. S. between the above places stated. Diligent search has •been made ,and a reward of^ $lQ0 has been- offered, but as yet tlie missing treasure has not been found. CALiFoRNfA.—A Democratic ’ State Convention has again nominated Mr. Bigler for 0ofet'tor; Daniel Perdy for Lieut. Governor j S. A. McMeans for Treasui'er; Alexander \Wells for Judge of the Supreme Court;' Samuel Bell for Comptroller. T he G enesee R ivre ’.—T^he Oramef Republican Era stales that the volume of water of the Genesee River has di minished one-third during the last doz en years. Some years since the waters Df that stream were considered doubly ample for supplying the Valley Canal with water from Oramel to the junc tion aho've Mt. Morris— the entire stream is required- for the use of the canal. A dam has been erected and the course of the river changed from iM bed to the prism of the canal. [D* Ex-President Van Burfen,'Gov- Caraphell, Gov. Paulding^ Gen. Cooper \and lady, and Martin Van Bixren, Jr., Esq., and suits, were at Gresham Ho tel, Dublin, on the 8th inst. learn h^r name. I are made. With good judgment and ■Y h E (O swego ' )^ B urnt D istrict - L aborers \WANTED.-^The east bank of the river is all alive with laborers en gaged in removing the rubbish from the old foundations and constructing new ones, on which buildings will soon be seen rapidly going up. We have not witnessed a more animated scene in a long time. The only embarrass ment we hear complaified of i s . the scarcity of. laborers, the number being quite inade^iate tp the pressing de-' mand fo«^ them on atl sides. Th'erp will be abundant emj^oyment for all the day laborers, mechanics and arti sans, that our city can comfortably house*for some montfeato come. They will get good wages and prompt pay.— /Indeed the price paid for lafanr is from twenty-five,to flftjr per pent more than it was before the fire,—Qsirego Times, have paid any portion of the first rnen tax, and who has not brought an action for, the amount paid by him, with interest to the time the tax to he levied hy virtue of this act is collected. , , ,. § 3. 'Where the trustees of the school dis tricts shall have paid the amount of any such part thereof from moneys be le amount of monej hereton, shall be re- :o bf! raised under this iver as in the second 3 remainder of th( inevs shall be applied as heretofore provided HENRY S. RANDALL, Superintendent of Common Schools, D eath of H on . H. C. S eymour .— Hezekiah C. Seymour,- Esq., late State Engineer and Surveyor of this State, ^ gentleman occupying the highest posi tion in his profession, and extensively known in this county, of which be was a native, died at Piermont, on the Hud son River, yesterday afternoon. Mr. S. was Chief Engineer of the Erie Rail road during its construction, and was the author of tbe celebrated report which resulted in the adoption of the broad guage on that road. . At the time of his death, he was at the head of a company, wMchj under tbe name of H, C. Seymour & Go., had contracted to construct railroads at the west to the amount of from twenty to thirty mil lions of dollars. His death is a public misfortune, and leaves a place vacant not easily to be filled.— Utica Obs. D ie d au >\ H ei S M other ’ s F u n e r a l . —A death occurred at the western ter mination of Graee st./ yesterday after noon, under very • peculiar and distress ing circumstances. A large company had assembled for the purpose of per forming the last sad ceremonies of con veying to tbe gra've the body of Mrs. Thomas. ■ While in the act of removing the corpse from the house to the hearse at the door, followed hy its mourning friends, Mrs. Green the wife of Andrew Green, and daughter of the deceased la dy, suddenly fell and expired at the mo ment the coffin was plaped in the hearse. Tbe consternation and distress occa sioned by this afflicting event can he better imagined than described. Mrs. Green was in the prime of life, and leaves two small children,— Inquirer, July 18 T he W eather and C rops at the S outh .— There have been general and continued r^ns in the Southern States, and a marked improvement in the con dition of the growing crops is reported. The corn, however, had been so injured by the drouth as to be beyond restora tion, and'a short crop is generally an ticipated. T hickness op a N egro ’ s S kull .— The Memphis Appeal relates that afew days ago, while a barrel of flour waa being lovrered from the upper story of a warehouse, and when yet at a eonsid-. erable elevation, it slipped and foil up on a negro, striking him full on the head, and forcing out an eye. The skull was not even fractured, however* and the negro was doing well. A n Q x that G ives M tlk -— James Thora, of Clinton, has an ox that gives milk freely. He has a bag with four teats, each one nf which fields .milk like that of tfae cow. The ba^ is di-vided Into four sections. , but unlike ■the COW’S, it has ho u’dder; When 'milked out, it is readily\toppKed* dgaih, ; like that of the cow. Our inforhiarit 'states that the ahiihal, a fine one, is [ worked every day, on the farm of All T . ~-^TQUghheepsieAm.. : i, IE?' Mv- Dorn, of ^* 0 ., has |)een of- Tered §2,0OO.*OO() for hb gold mines, in tfiat Stgjfo. ,, , FROM THE FISHING GROUNDS. B oston , July 20. 1 he schooner L. McKenzie, from the Bay of St. Lawrence, the first of the mackerel fleet, has arrived at Glouces ter, Her captain reports that fish are not plentiful and the vessels not doing much. He also reports seeing quite a number o f armed vessels of the British Government fleet. An officer from one of the colonial vessels boarded him and was very gentlemanly in his behavior. He stated that vessels having more than two guns or muskets on board were likely to be seized. He understood that American fishing vessels were not al lowed to go into the Bay of Chaleur.— Gun barges were stationed along most of the principal shores, and a general espionage established. He also stated that when a vessel is seized for fishing within the limits if the crew dispute the distance is to be measured. Captain McK, states that most if not all of the people at St. John’s Island, Cape Breton, and the Gut of Canso, who formerly* petitioned for official vessels to drive off\ the. Americans, are now signing petitions to have the restric tions removed, as formerly the Ameri can fishing vessels were the means of affording them considerable business, while now their own fisheries are des troyed, and they will soon be in a starv ing condition, and be obliged to call up on the government for pecuniary aid. NARROW ESCAFE FROM FIRE- The Utica Globe Mills narrowly es caped destruction by fire on Sunday morning last. About 9 o’clock, fire was discovered in the 4th story, used as the Carding room, and on examination, a large box partly ^lled with wool, pre pared for ceding, was found to be a mass of flames. For Safety in such cases, the water of the Utica Water Works Company is carried throughout tbe building, in large pipes, and each story is supplied with a short hose and pipe. Each story is also supplied with one of Phillips’ Fire Annihilators. The hose was fitted to the pipe, and an at tempt made to throw water on the flames, but the head was insufficient to reach it. Water was then carried to the fire in pails, but this also proved inadequate. The Annihilator was then placed as close to the flames as possi ble, put in operation, and the fire was almost instantaneously extinguished,-— The box was nearly converted into coals. By this time the Water Works had flooded the floors, and would probably have prevented the spread of the flames, but the Annihilator is entitled to the credit of extinguishing them. The fire can be accounted for in no other way than by the supposition o f spotaneous combustion. There had been no fire in that part of the building for months, and a faithful watchman is constantly kept in the building in the absence of the workmen. The case should receive the strictest investiga tion, for the benefit of manufacturers similarly situated, and we trust tbe able Superintendent of the Mills will give the public all the light on the subject that may be in his power .—Utica Obss M elancholy a ‘N d S trange .—^We are once more reminded of the terrible collision of April last, near our city, by the following brief but melancholy statemeiais. ' It will be remembered that in the list of the dead were re corded four unknown persons, a man, woman, and two lads of about eleven and fifteen years of age, and they were buried without being recognized, with no friend to follow them to tbe grave, and no inscription to be written above them but the sad one of the \unknown.” It will be Remembered also, that an in fant, very neatly dressed, was taken injured from the ruins, but found it- f among strangers, without one to claim or eVeh recognize it. It natural ly excited the sympathies of many of oat citizens and was kindly cared for aild nursed in one of our most respect able families. A cow was also on board - the train, for which no owner could be found. It was feared that all these might belong to one family, And after long continued and faithful exer tions such has been found to be the case. The investigation has also elici ted the following sad fact, that another young man who was killed, about sev enteen years of age, and supposed to be Mr. Misirer, from a card found in his pocket with his name upon it, was also one of the sons. The name o f the \family was Kellogg. They were mov ing from New York State to Minesota, whither two older sons had already gone, and leaving behind a daughter of ed the graves o f their pareiits and three brothers. Tills is the Maddest tale of all connected with this memorable and heart-rending catastrophe. Its record will live in some families through more than one generation.— Ghicago T r ib.' T he L aw ' s D elay . — ^An exchange thus anno.unqes the termination of a suit between one Jonathan ‘Wells and the Hudson River Steamboat Company: “ .It has been in the Courts for nine years, and has finally been decided in bis favor. In 1844, the canal boat Jay, owned by Mr. Wells, while being towed up the River, was run against a whgrf in the uppef part o f New York city,-unfi sunk. The boat was loaded with goods, and Mr. Wlells paid a large amount of the damage sustained. Mr. \Wells sued toe Steamboat Company,, and the mat ter has been in the Courts ever since- The amount in controversy, including costs up to the present tjme, was about $18,000-^” W ashing t on , July 23.—R. G. Barp- U[eli,: associate editor of DeBow’s Re« view,’has been appointed consul to, Arp-! sterdam. Hon. J. W. Torney, it is rumored* wiU'be editor o f the National Democrat^ a new paper in eontepaplation here tq 'sustain Southern Democratic ypiqn jentiraents, \ '
