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NEW YORK STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY 
Judges appointed for the State Fair to be held 
Rochester, September 16, 17, 18 and 19. 
CATTLE. 
Short Horns (Bulls.)—Col. Chas. B. Calvert, 
Riversdale, Prince Georges co., Maryland, Ch’n 
Aaron Clement, Philadelphia; Samuel W. Bart 
lett. East Windsor, Ct. 
Cows.—M. J. Ilay'es, Montreal, C. E.; B. B 
Kinnaird, Lexington, Kentucky; Archibald Fra 
zer, Williamstown, Glengary co., C. W. 
Devons (Bulls.)—Col. Horace Capron, Laurel 
Factory, Md.; F. M. Botch, Morris, Otsego co, 
Joshua R. Lawton, Great Barrington, Mass. 
Cows.—R. C. Gapper, Thornhill, C. W.; Rich 
ard Peters, Jr., Atalanta, Ga.; Sanford Howard 
Albany. 
Herefords. — E. P. Beck, Sheldon; Edward 
Wells, Johnstown; Edward Ilalleck, Milton, Uls 
ter co. 
Ayrsliircs. —A. Pinsoneault, Montreal, C. E 
J. B. Ewart, Dundas, C. W 1 ; Eldad Post, Lenox 
Mass. • 
Natives and Cross Breeds. —Albert II. Tracey, 
Buffalo; Jeremiah Brown, Ridgeway, Orleans co 
Nelson S. Collin, Hillsdale. 
Working Oxen. —Elisha W. Shelden, Sennett 
Hiram Clift, Marcellus; Daniel M. Crowell, Rome 
J. D. Ledyard, Jr., Cazonovia; Martin Springer, 
Brunswick. 
Steers, Three Years Old. —Hon. Smith Stil 
well, Ogdensburgh; Stephen Brown, Somerstown 
John Webster, East Hamburgh. 
Steers, Two Years Old. —Wm. Slocum, North 
ampton; Columbus Medler, Manlius; Isaac D, 
Beers, North Salem, Westchester co. 
Steers, One Year Old. —Moses Eames, Rut 
land, Jefferson; Samuel H. Church, Vernon Cen 
ter; John Page, Sennett. 
Milch Cows. —Arden Woodruff, Strykersvillo 
John Johnston, Rose Hill, Seneca; Joseph Hast 
ings, Brunswick. 
Fat Cattle, Stall Fed.— Henry' Parsons, Guelph 
C. W.; Henry Felt, Earlville; James Battersby, 
Albany. 
Fat Cattle, Grass Fed. —Thomas Broadway, 
Clinton Market, N. Y.; Israel Boies, Homer; Les 
ter Barker, Clinton, Oneida. 
Fat Sheep. —Elisha Briggs, Johnstown; James 
Suffern, Ramapoo; John Barnes, Buffalo. 
Foreign Cattle. —L. Chandler Ball, Hoosick 
Falls; R. K. Sanford, Wyoming; Alpheus Morse 
Eaton. 
HORSES. 
Horses, All-ioork. —flon. S. S. Ellsworth, Penn 
Yan: Ambrose Worthington, Canandaigua; Geo, 
D. Wheeler, Deposit. 
Draught Horses. —Zachariah Longyear, Lima 
Wm. Stewart, Perth; Jared Crane, Somerstown 
Thorough Bred Horses. —John B. Wheeler, 
Burlington, Vt.; Wm. Bacon, Ogdensburgh; Al¬ 
fred Conover, Colts Neck, N. J. 
Three year old Stallions and Mares. _L. E. 
Smith, Mechanicsville; Andrew Robinson, Lew¬ 
iston; Truman Boardman, Trumansburgh. 
Two year old Stallions and Mares. —Ardell 
B. Raymond, West Farms; Henry Beach, Bata¬ 
via; John D. Vanderhayden, Brunswick. 
One year old Colts. —lion. Levi Colvin, Cato; 
Jonah Sandford, Ilopkinton; Jedediah Wilder, 
Wolcott. 
Matched. Horses for Carriage. —Le Roy Farn 
ham, Buffalo; Robert R. Morris, Westchester; 
James D. Wasson, Albany. 
Matched Horses for Draught. —Henry Dela- 
rriater, Rhinebeck; Charles D. Miller, Poterboro; 
Uriah II. Orvis, Massena. 
Geldings. —Seth Miller, Constableville; J. 
Woodruff, Syracuse; Wm. Landon, Albany. 
Mares. —Thomas C. Nye, Hamilton; Dr. Elisha 
Doubleday, Italy Hill; E. N. Pratt, Greenbush. 
Foreign Horses.—A. M. Clarke, Watertown; 
Hon. Orlando Allen, Buffalo; Edgar C. Dibble, 
Batavia. 
SHEER. 
Long Wooled. —Clayton B. Reybold, Delaware 
City; Wm. A. McCullock, Greenbush; Charles 
Wright, Somers, Westchester. 
Middle Wooled. —Wm. Kelly, Rhinebeck; P. 
Lathrop, South Hadley, Mass.; Valentine W. Hal- 
leck, Milton, Ulster. 
Merinos. —J. W. Ball, Schuyler’s Lake; Dr. J. 
L. Eastman, Lodi; David Collin, Fayettville. 
Saxons. —Curtis Iloppin, Lebanon; J. Town¬ 
send, Walton; Stephen Barker, White Creek, 
Washington. 
Cross Bred Sheep.—A. C. Hull, Angelica; N. 
M. Waldron, South Otselic; Hiram Taft, West 
Bloomfield. 
Foreign Sheep, Long and Middle Wooled. _ 
Francis Botch, Morris, Otsego; Asahel R. Dutton, 
Meredith; John L. Smith, Southport, Chemung. 
Foreign, Merino and Saxon. —Hon. Nathan 
Brown, Oppenheim Center; Hiram Ashley, Al¬ 
len’s Hill, Ontario; Philip Church, jr., Angelica. 
SWINE. 
George Miller, Markham, C. W.; Abraham 
Leggett, Stillwater; Augustus Rayner, Clarence 
TOULTRY. 
John R. Lee, Buffalo; T. C. Abrams, West 
Troy; E. E. Platt, Albany. 
PLOWING MATCH. 
Joseph Watson, Galen; John Smoalie, Gal¬ 
way; M. II. Lawrence, Penn Yan; Nicholas Wy- 
koff, Brooklyn; H. T. E. Foster, Rose Hill, 
Seneca. 
FARM IMPLEMENTS. 
) No. 1.—Jonathan Edgecomb, Albion; James 
j D. Shuler, Lockport; Walden Eddy, Union Vil- 
) lage- 
! , No. 2.—D. D. T. More, Watervliet; Anthony 
) Feer, Cortlandville; John W. McCombs, Angelica 
> No. 3. A—L. B. Lang worthy, Rochester; C. 
> B. Hoard, Watertown: Helira Sutton, Ovid. 
] No. 3. B—Enoch Marks, Fairinount; Gen. T. 
' Rodgers, Palmyra: David Mather, Truxton. 
MACHINERY AND IMPLEMENTS. 
' lion. G. W. Patterson, Westfield; C. C. Den- 
' nis, Auburn; F. G. Fine, Ogdensburgh. 
DAIRY. 
] Batter .—Ebonezer Miner, Canton; John Shat- 
) tuck, Norwich; Israel Denio, Rome. 
) Cheese .—Daniel Lassell, Lassellsville; E. C. 
' Adams, Syracuse; E. G. Tyler, Canandaigua. 
J 8UGAR. 
> Morris L. Farrington, Delhi; Augustus Chap¬ 
man, Morristown; Robt. Iladficld, Sheldon. 
HONEY. 
Hiram E. Howard, Buffalo; John S- Chipman 
Waddington; B. L Bessac, Albion. 
GRAIN AND SEEDS. 
Isaac Tarker, Potsdam; Hon. Lyman Bates, 
Kidgoway; Thos. J. Folwell, Romulus. 
VEGETABLES. 
Plon. D. C. Leroy, Camillus; John I. Shear, 
Brodalbin; Plon. Cady Hollister, Burnt Hills, 
Saratoga. 
FLOUR, MEAL AND FARINA. 
Gen. J. G. Marked, Waterloo; Goo. W. Tift, 
Buffalo; Wm. Fonda, Orleans. 
SILK AND DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES. 
No. 1.—Roland S. Doty, Rome; James Lock¬ 
hart, Angelica; Gen. John B. Lee, Albion. 
No. 2.—A. J. Wynkoop, Chemung; John Wil¬ 
liams, Cazenovia; H. B. T imothy, Ransomville. 
,No. 3.—Augustus Sandford, Norwich; G. J. J 
Barber, Homer; E. W. Andrews, Warsaw. 
MANUFACTURES. 
Hon. George Brayton, Western; Richard Titus, 
Delhi; Ephram Powell, Madrid. 
NEEDLE, SHELL AND WAX-WORK. 
Mrs. Gen. Gould, Rochester; Mrs. Babcock and 
Mrs. Hollister, Buffalo; Mrs. II. M. Beers, Medi¬ 
na; Mrs. S. E. Goodwin, Auburn; Mrs. S. R. 
Fish, Penn Yan; MissL. J. Whitney, Rochester; 
Miss Mary G. Harrison, Rhinebeck; O. E. Brett, 
Medina, Secretary. 
FLOWERS. 
Professional and Amateur List. —A. Thomn- 
son, M. D., Aurora; Dr. H. P. Sartwell, Penn Yan; 
J. Stevens, Ithaca. Ladies —Mrs. John Greig, 
Canandaigua; Mrs. H. E. Rochester, Rochester; 
Mrs. B. D. Coe, Buffalo; Mrs. J. B. Burnet, Sy¬ 
racuse; Mrs. E. Huntington, Rome; Miss Gran¬ 
ger, Canandaigua; Miss M. Conkling, Auburn; 
Miss Mary Wells, Aurora. 
General List.—C. M. Ilovey, Boston; Andrew 
Finley, West Farms; IP. D. D'idama, Romulus. 
FRUIT. 
Apples, Pears.— Hon. M. P. Wilder, Boston; 
T. G. Yeomans, Walworth; Charles Downing, 
Newburgh. 
Peaches, Plums and Nectarines .—J as. Dougall, 
Amherstburgh, C. W.; John A. Granger, Canan¬ 
daigua; J. W. Knevels, Fishkill Landing. 
Grapes, Quinces, SfC. —A. J. Downing, New¬ 
burgh; P. S. Van Rensselaer, Clinton Point; R. 
G. Pardee, Palmyra. 
FOREIGN FRUITS. 
Herman Wendell, M. D., Albany; W. D. 
Brinckle, M. D., Philadelphia; J. J. Thomas! 
Macedon; J. Morse, Cayuga Bridge; J. J. Viele, 
Troy. 
ANIMAL PAINTINGS. 
Francis Rotch, Butternuts; J. McD. McIntyre 
Albany; A. Stevens, N. Y. 
STOVES. 
Cooking.— Wm. Chester, Erie, Penn.; John D. 
Norton, Syracuse; Dr. Caleb Hill, Lockport. 
Parlor .—Eliakim Elmer, Delta: John H. Till¬ 
man, Geneva; Hiram Frisbee, Plolley. 
SILVER WARE, CTTLERY, AC. 
J. C. Duff, Constableville; J. H. Chedell, Au¬ 
burn; Benj. R. Norton, Syracuse. 
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES. 
Hon. Wm. A. Dart, Potsdam; Wm. Davison, 
Ilartwick Seminary; Jas. Wilson, jr., Angelica.' 
DISCRETIONARY. 
No. 1. Agricultural Implements, or Machinery 
for Ag. purposes.—lion. G. Gedden, Fairmount; 
Lyman A. Spalding, Lockport; G. N. Biseell 
Rome. 
No. 2. Machinery for Metal Composition.—I 
Mallory, Penn Yan; Myron Adams, East Bloom¬ 
field; Nelson Noble, Covert. 
No. 3. Articles of Wood —Andrew Dunlap 
, Ovid; Wm. Fuller, Skeneateles; Hon. Orren 
Southwick, Junius. 
Articles Manufactured of Leather, India Rub¬ 
ber, fyc. —Hon. John Horton, Madrid; Wm. A. 
Gilbert, Adams; Wm. H. Cheney, Rochester. 
Articles, composed of Cloth, Fur, fyc., as Caps 
Hats, Umbrellas, Furs, c^c.—Plon. Noble S. El- 
derkin, Potsdam; Hon. Austin Smith, Westfield- 
Hon. Archibald McLean, Caledonia. 
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CULTURE 
STRAWBERRIES. 
P. Johnson, Sec’y. 
AGRICULTURE IN SWITZERLAND. 
Dr. J. V .C. Smith, the editor of the Bos¬ 
ton Medical and Surgical Journal , has 
been traveling in that mountainous region 
of the world, and in one of his letters, notices 
some of the agricultural products of locali 
ties where the best efforts of the husband 
man produce but a poor return in grain or 
potatoes. Hence the production of crops 
unknown to American farmers. One of 
these, is poppies, which are grown by thou¬ 
sands of acres; not for opium, but the seeds, 
from which a beautiful transparent oil is 
produced, which is much used in house 
painting, and is considered far superior to 
linseed oil, because it is almost colorless, 
and when used with white lead, does not 
turn yellow like the oil of flaxseed, when 
exposed to the light Poppies can be grown 
upon soil too sandy and light to produce 
flax. Why should not this new crop be 
sown in this country ?—Who will try it ? 
Ger, Telegraph. 
Surface Drains.— Careful hands should 
be made to go through the fields in winter 
grain, examine the surface drains, and re¬ 
move all obstructions to the passage of wa¬ 
ter this should be often repeated, so as to 
prevent any accumulation of water upon 
the young plants which always exerts the 
most unfriendly influence, being frequently 
the cause of what is termed winterkilling; 
ground surcharged with water, being more 
liable to be operated upon by the contract¬ 
ing and expansive powers of cold and heat, 
than when such is not the case. 
A Veal Pie.— Take a breast of veal, the 
knuckle or the scrag end of the neck; just 
cover it with water, and let it stew very 
gently until about half done; let it stand to 
be cold, then cut into pieces rather small; 
season with pepper and salt; lay the veal 
in regularly; put some of the liquor into the 
dish, and have more ready to put in when 
baked; put a puff paste round the edge of 
the dish, let the top be about half an inch 
thick. 
Eds. Rural:— The communications of 
your correspondents, H. P. N. of Brockport, 
and R. G. Pardee, of Palmyra, on the cul¬ 
tivation of strawberries, gave me much 
pleasure, for I consider it one of the most 
delicious fruits, and that anything which will 
attract attention to the subject and induce 
every person who may have a garden, be it 
ever so small, to raise a few for their own 
use, is very desirable. Both your corres¬ 
pondents are amateurs in the business, and 
anything they may say, having come under 
their personal observation, ought to have 
great weight. 
I have grown strawberries for a number 
of years—have tried nearly fifty varieties 
—now have some fifteen or twenty varie¬ 
ties in the garden, exclusive of seedlings— 
and from observation have come to the con¬ 
clusion, that no strawberry plant that is 
strictly pistillate, that is, having no stamens 
sufficiently developed to produce pollen, 
will ever produce the least fruit, unless fer¬ 
tilized by pollen from stamens in some oth¬ 
er blossom of the same variety. I have 
never grown any variety of strawberry, but 
what in the most favorable seasons and 
times, I could discover stamens in some of 
the blossoms—those of Hovey’s, Burr’s New 
Pine, Rival Hudson, Black Prince, Bishop’s 
Orange, <fcc., not excepted. 
But as all varieties that are called pistil¬ 
late, in the most favorable seasons, produce 
but few blossoms that contain stamens suf¬ 
ficiently developed to furnish pollen to fer¬ 
tilize the pistils, there should always be some 
good staminate variety grown beside the 
pistillate variety, to secure a good crop. 
R. G. P. speaks of the Duke of Kent as 
a staminate plant, and leaves us to infer 
that it is a good fertilizer. It is a good fla¬ 
vored berry, and makes out to fertilize its 
own pistils, sometimes, but as some blossoms 
have no stamens developed, and others very 
weak and feeble, I would as soon look to the 
blossoms of white daises for a surplus of 
pollen to fertilize other varieties of straw¬ 
berries. I should like to see a bed of Hov¬ 
ey’s, or any other variety of strawberries. 
bearing astonishingly during four succes 
sive years, with not a staminate plant with¬ 
in say 200 feet.” Were I to see a bed of 
that description, when in blossom, and could 
not find many flowers with stamens pro¬ 
ducing pollen, then I would readily ac 
knowledge that my observation and expe 
rience in the cultivation of the strawberry 
has amounted to but little. 
Strawberries, like all other fruits and 
crops, will produce much better some sea¬ 
sons than others, on the same soil and same 
kind of cultivation—but no one has a right 
to expect a good crop from Hovey’s, Burr’s 
New Pine, Hudson, or any other pistillate 
variety, unless some good staminate variety 
grows near, to furnish pollen for fertilizing 
Renraw. 
When I prepared a brief article for your 
paper concerning verbenas, I did not design 
to write an advertisement for a nursery es¬ 
tablishment, but only to recommend, to 
those who might choose to read, two varie¬ 
ties which I knew, by trial, to be eminently 
worthy of cultivation, and to give a mode 
of culture I had successfully practiced. I 
alluded to certain sorts exhibited in Boston, 
which were said to be extra fine; but never 
having seen them growing, I could not, of 
course, speak understandingly about them. 
I had in mind Reine du Jour, St. Margaret 
and others praised by your Syracuse cor¬ 
respondent, which have often been described 
before; and although I had no reason to 
suppose them otherwise than as represented, 
yet, until I had seen them growing in the 
open garden, out of the peculiar at¬ 
mosphere and mode of culture prevailing in 
green houses, I did not wish to speak of 
them; for I intend to communicate only the 
results of my own observation. So I really 
do not discover what, in the language of 
your correspondent, I am to “ give up.” I 
cannot “ give up” that his is the first ac¬ 
count of these varieties given to the public, 
nor that the establishment of Messrs. Smith, 
Thorpe, Hauciiett <fc Co., is the only one 
in this region where they have been propo- 
gated. I suppose the whole and many 
more are to be found in the collections of 
all extensive plant growers. h. p. n. 
Brockport, N. Y., March, 1851. 
TRANSPLANTING SHRUBS. 
GOOD AND BAD TRANSPLANTING- 
We find the following statement from 
Linus Cone in the Michigan Farmer, show¬ 
ing the difference between abusing a young 
tree and treating it as its value and nature 
requires: 
Some twenty years since, I purchased and 
set out about fifty apple trees. They were 
large thrifty trees, of five or six years’ growth, 
taken up with great care and set out in the 
ordinary way—that is, by digging a small 
hole, and if the roots were too long, by twist¬ 
ing them round or cutting them oft' with a 
shovel, throwing the earth back and tread¬ 
ing it down. About one-quarter of the trees 
died; the balance gave me about a bushel 
of fruit the fifth year after setting. 
Again, two years ago, I set about the 
same number, of three years’ growth; 
none died, some bore last year, and this 
year nearly all; after thinning out to pre¬ 
vent the trees breaking, and what 
blown off by the winds, I gathered about 
two bushels of fine apples. Here, then, 
was the difference in setting—one bushel 
from fifty trees of eleven years’ growth, and 
two bushels from fifty trees of five years’ 
growth. 
Great as were these advantages of care¬ 
ful transplanting, still greater would be the 
difference, by similarly contrasted experi¬ 
ments, between careful, clean and mellow 
cultivation; and neglect, weeds and grass, 
for the first five years after transplanting. 
In transplanting shrubs, as well as very 
small trees, a cbmmon error is to place 
them too deep in the earth. This has 
arisen from the fact that, by receiving more 
moisture, they often succeed best in the 
first summer, at the expense, however, of 
their subsequent healthy growth. It is 
much better to plant shallow; imparting the 
necessary moisture by means of a deep, 
mellow soil beneath, and by mulching above. 
The material for the latter may be short 
litter, manure, moss, spent tan, inverted turf, 
or leaves and leaf mould. A raised surface, 
consisting of these materials, to the height 
of six inches, will occasion no injury what¬ 
ever for a year or two, and admirably 
equalize the moisture of the soil. Manure 
used in this way operates beneficially, not 
only in preserving the moisture, but increas¬ 
ing the fertility by the liquid manure car¬ 
ried down in solution by rains, especially 
if applied in autumn or winter. The con¬ 
trast between the hard and baked surface, 
too often witnessed when the ground is left 
bare, and the moist and softened earth be¬ 
neath a coat of manure or litter, can be 
only sufficiently understood by actual ex¬ 
periment. Its advantages were strikingly 
exemplified a year or two since in planting 
a bed of straw-berries in the middle of an 
excessively dry summer. The roots, after 
being fixed by water in transplanting, wore 
protected from a drouth by a coat of ma¬ 
nure three inches thick, and although they 
were watered but ocne, not a plant perished. 
Staking may in some instances be neces¬ 
sary to prevent swaying by the wind, or a 
one-sided growth, where there are imper¬ 
fect or unequal roots. But usually, if the 
shrub is furnished with good roots, and if 
care is taken while the earth is shovelled 
in, to spread them all out like the arms of 
an umbrella, they will serve to brace it 
evenly, and prevent a one-sided growth. 
Fixing by water, as it is termed, is often 
sufficient, alone, to preclude the necessity 
of staking. It is most conveniently done 
by three persons—-one spreading out the 
roots with his fingers, a second sifting in 
the earth, while the third settles it by pour¬ 
ing water from the nose of a watering pot. 
Although soft at first, the soil in a few hours 
dries and hardens sufficiently to hold firm¬ 
ly the newly set roots. An additional stif¬ 
fening, if needed, may be given, by encir¬ 
cling the stem with a small, temporary 
mound of earth. 
In transplanting roses, and some other 
small shrubs, sufficient pruning of the top 
is rarely given. Climbing roses, aud those 
generally which throw up rapid and vigor¬ 
ous shoots, will make a better growth by 
autumn, by cutting down to a "few good 
buds when set out, than by leaving a long 
portion of stem and branches, which indeed, 
was not unfrequently draw so hard upon the 
roots as to cause the death of the plant. 
On the other hand, we have seen shrubs 
transplanted in wet weather with entire 
success, after having grown six inches, by 
taking up full roots, and drenching the soil 
well with water, at the same time very free¬ 
ly shortening back the shoots, and lopping 
most of the leaves.— Alb. Cultivator. 
To prevent caterpillars, worms, or in¬ 
sects, from crawling up the trunks of trees, 
make a ring of tar an inch in width around 
the tree, and they won’t cross it 
Nursery Advertisements. — We would direct 
the attention of fruit growers to the Nursery ad¬ 
vertisements given on last page of this number._ 
Those in want of trees, shrubs, flowers, &c., will 
find articles named and prices specified in most 
instances. As we cannot insert the notices as 
many times as desired, we hope all interested will 
observe them carefully this week. 
LIST OF PATENT CLAIMS 
ISSUED FROM THE UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. 
For the week ending March 18, 1851. 
To E. A. Andrews, of New Britain, Conn., for 
mprovement in trunk handles. 
1 To E. B. Bigelow, of Clinton, Mass., for im¬ 
provement in delivering* parti-colored warps in 
weaving. 
r° F. B, Bigelow, of Clinton, Mass., for improve¬ 
ment in jacquard looms for weaving cut pile fab¬ 
rics. 
To E. S. Clapp, of Montague, Mass., for im¬ 
provement in fastening of scythes to the snath. 
To J. M. Gardiner, of Troy, N. Y., for improve¬ 
ments in the method of casting the backs upon the 
teeth of curry combs. 
To -S. II. Gilman, of Cincinnati, O., for adjust¬ 
able cut-off. 
To L. M. Hastings & John Shepherdson, of 
Jamestown, N. Y., for improvement in Cylinders 
for figuring looms. 
To E. G. Lamson, of Shelburne, Mass., for 
improvement in scythe fastenings. 
To John Scott & John Tannahill, of Phila¬ 
delphia, Pa,, for improvements in jacquard ma¬ 
chines. 
Po A. J. Surlcs, of Florence, Ga., for improve¬ 
ment in the construction of bee hives. 
1 0 T. 11. Pimby, of Meridian, N. Y., for remo- 
able handles to sad irons. 
To Simon Willard, of Cincinnati, O., for im¬ 
provement in the construction of metallio build- 
ln gs- _ _ 
THE GREATEST DISCOVERY OF THE AGE. 
Some weeks since we copied an article 
from the Germantown Telegraph respecting 
a new propelling power, which was to en¬ 
tirely supercede the use of steam. The 
editor of the Telegraph, in a late number 
makes this allusion to the wonderful dis¬ 
covery:— 
“We have the satisfaction to state that a 
vessel is now being fitted up at one of our 
ports, with the propelling power which we 
sometime ago announced in our columns, 
as having been discovered. With this ves¬ 
sel it is intended to visit the World’s Fair, 
and it may be expected to sail in the course 
of a month. The confidence in the com¬ 
pleteness and greatness of the discovery, 
we are informed, is in no wise lessened, but 
rather strengthened, by every additional 
development that has been made. What 
increases, or rather confirms, our faith in 
the discovery, is, that all our information 
comes from scientific gentlemen of the high¬ 
est character, who have no possible interest 
whatever, in bringing it to light” 
I he Nashville Banner, after some allu¬ 
sion to the above, mentions that Prof. Salo¬ 
mon, of Harrisburg, Ky., is said to have 
discovered another new motive power. He 
has successfully applied the entire power of 
carbonic acid gas as a substitute for steam 
in propelling enginery for every purpose.— 
Prof. Salomon claims to be able to control 
it with perfect safety, and that it will afford 
a power equal to steam in one fiftieth of the 
space, and one hundreth part of tho ex¬ 
pense, dispensing with furnaces and boilers. 
Lxperiments have recently been made in 
Cincinnati, which are said to be entirely 
satisfactory .—Boston Museum. 
GHOBELIN TAPESTRY. 
The Carpet and Tapestry Manufactory 
called the “ Ghobelins,” at Paris, is sus¬ 
tained by Government One hundred and 
twenty men are employed in putting this 
carpeting together, beside sthose who pre¬ 
pare the materia!, make designs, &c. It 
requires from 5 to 10 years to complete 
some of these carpets—we saw one on 
which 6 men had been constantly employed 
for 5 years, and it would require 2 more 
years to complete it, and when done it will 
cover 200 square yards. Some of the car¬ 
pets cost $30,000, and on some of the 
pieces of tapestry not larger than an ordi¬ 
nary bed quilt, 3 men will work 2 years, 
but when completed, they look like the 
finest paintings. 
NEW FLOATING RAILROAD. 
A first rate plan for crossing at Rouse’s 
Point between Canada and the United 
States. On the Vermont side a very ex¬ 
tensive pier has been made by driving piles 
for some thousands of feet from the shore, 
to such a distance from the bank as to re¬ 
duce the channel to the width of 400 feet 
A large vessel has been built of such dimen¬ 
sions as exactly to correspond with this 400 
feet channel, and upon the deck of this 
vessel iron rails are laid. Thus, when she 
is swung into the gap, there will be the 
continuous track required for the carriages, 
as there would be if there were really a 
bridge; and when the trains have passed 
over, there will be again the 400 feet of 
clear water way for the passage of craft.— 
Scientific American. 
New Swingle-tree for Carriages.— 
MrJ. ames Adam, of Norfolk, Va, has inven¬ 
ted a safety spring swingle-tree, which is so 
arranged that both traces can be slipped off 
at tho will of the driver and the horse de¬ 
tached in a moment from the vehicle, thus 
obviating any danger from the animal’s ta¬ 
king fright and running away .—Sci Am. 
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