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IL The Rochester papers speak of an unpa :
alleled drouth in that vicinity. The Democf'
saws: "The earth, in CITY and country, IS as
sdry as powder house. Vegetation OF AL klnGs
looks as though it had been kissed by hEe. W 9
have had but two or three showers during tfc
last four or FIVE weeks, and they were ligh'. lnc
bed of the Gencsec is nearly bare, and most o.
our mills arc idle, for the want OF water. Nan
of the wells in the city are dry, and all oi then'
are unusually loS Our principal pubic house
arc not only obliged 10 go over mio iof ever
droo of water they use 10! cooking and cIlnk.ng.
but have 10 pay for ii by the barrel! The adagn
as free as water, now possesses quite diiieTea'
signification from that heretofore attached 10 ~
Many of our farmers have already sown thc'f
wheat, but the seed will be long time IN gcri;i:
mating, unless we are favored with rain. II"
warm weather has hastencd the ripcning OF corr
which is now entirely gu. Of danger iton tn
frost. We hear that in many sections Of Tie
country the potato crop has been considerably -
iured with the rot This is probably owing f
some new disease instead Of the dfou.b, tic sam
calamity having last year heppcncd to that CT
at the cast. when the season was directly the +,
verse of what it Is now. 1t is dangerous usH.
potatoes thus affected. We have heard of fcce i
instances OF the death o. animals to winch pot
toes partially deceyed had been fed


DRY WEArHEe-Wc do not remember havl,.
ever witnessed 50 long succession OF dry weai'
er as we are now experiencing. The Canal Ia
fallen in consequence The old bed OF tr'
Schuylki, beside the Canal, is almost cntir'
dry. The leaves of the trees are comP!et'
wiltcd by the heat, as though heavy lrost N,
rested upon them without colorng them, ar
many of our best springs have become enuf''
destitute of water Dust, dust, dust, and noth'
but dust, pcrvades the atmosphere, and our goa
citizens can breathe 1t III by the gallon every Ma
mcnt in the day. PottsvilIe (Pa) Ua]


The SICKNESS AT WooDvILLE, Mlss.-lhe "a
counts that we receive almost daily from 'nten"s
sections oR the country are truly lamentaoie.
The following from the Woodville Republican at
the 9TH instant, is indeed melancholy picture


Those that have read a description Of IL"
"PIague in London" can have some idea of tlic
condition of the Woodvillc dcnizens at this TIM,
Some ono remarked today that the village W.
snotted with the sick The reverse is nearer u"
truth-the well being the spots, while sick ne j
is the whole ground work of the picture, In i
word, there has not been for some time past We.
persons enough to take care of the lnvallds. Th5
epidemic has seized all classes and ali profession,
especially those of the pill and the lancet.


The same paper also notices the death oi H.
following persons Hugh Connell, Richard Si"-
glelon Rev. Horace Beach, Preston W. farr,r,
Jun. Garnet Stone ard Virgil Augustus Rlc
ardson.


MoRnELLs WnEKHAnours.--a Many oi orf
readers will recollect the atrocities and dcpred
tons of Morrcll's gang of nurdc'crs and ro."
bers that few years since set Law and justice t
defiance in the western part of our Country
Most of them were finally captured and punls-
ed, and are now expating their crimes IN varior'
penilen,aries. Murrel the Captain, and one .
the most daring aud adroit lrccboolcis that tbs
or any other country ever produced, manage,
however, to escape, and his whereabouts his
ever since been as much OF mystery as his dar
ing and SUCCESS were marvel. The Clarksvilic
(Miss.) Standard has at last singled hun oul,
and states that he now resides d few miles ebovc
Robbins Ferry, on the Trinity river, Texas.


SUICIDE FROM Richmond Smith,
pilot Oh the steamboat Josiah Nichol Oh her ld;e
late passage up the Mississippi iron New Oflcal :
Jumped overheard in fit OF insanity, Just aboGa
Lake Providence, and was drowned