New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-09-01
LOWER MOHAWK hQrEDucT,
Chspuireced ~ August, 1858,
TomplFte.i IL May, ist.
Aaurue rl.se Comptroller

s,sesg ~ w. 1 Lt1II cans Commissioners
Ne.srs fiAea and YouSa, whose names arc
herr eefIrfuated, had ia, come inso ofcc, and I
had dome uothiRE 20 THIS work and its kindred
.tauetstgs. bur abuse them. Their able aud feal (
rgs predecessors. 10 whose financial cxrrtions the
tauelsct ,shs indebted Tor tho possibility Of It's
suiplc,son sfe not zcttinned while The men who
lave most mady opposed and deprecated thr I'm
larrefarut aud Improvement Of the Caual-one OF
whom trismphontiy predict. the repudiston ot the
debt incurred or the-e benefits, sfd the other Of
,yhom .acr,hee. al auction public work for lcss
t,sn years ineunr OF IL, infant cSistencc-haye
the Inconsistent and ridiculous vanity allow their
name, 10 bc Inscribed on this structure .sts friends
lul patrons. They thus show how in.nccrc is
sbeit prediction of rum from ths great work and
how we'll awa,e they really ara Of the admiration
md appreciation which il will receive from pos.
tcrty Ihry display much foresight in linking
their aames to il, and thus perrsuating their
cphemerhl clcvntian, Tor this. alone can their mr.
ueries survive the destruction Of their party and
their measures. Mr.. WHITNEY, tho late cner-
sclic Canal Commissioner, under whom The chief
| part o The work was exerutcd is never mentioned
| The Commissioner bv whom the inscription de-
eler- tho work to have been completed is a Doctor
from Otsego County who must there have gained
his Cana experience by nagretic vision and who
had never oven seen the Aqueduct at the time
the stone was cut certifying him 10 have corn
| petod 1t; nor knew ihcn &c he now does, the diff
ference bctwecnan Aquoduct and Cuivcrt. Hi.
uame Ia followed by those of the Engineers; but
contrary 10 MI precedent and courtesy, the name
] uf the CAief Engineer. l. w CRANE (tno hsncst
nnl upright man 10 become the tool of the partly
u omitted and that Of his timo.serlng LocoFoco
unfortunate. whose sycophancy Messrs. Flngg
and Yopng owe their falsc position takes its place.
| We ttust that when the Canals arc ngain in the
hanss Of their tire friends this slab. which has
osurped the tomb. stone 5 privilege Of lying, will
bc removed. and this monument OF the enerprize OF
tho Empire stnta will be longer dOtaced by
Intentional falsehood.
" Peache. are selling e, eighteen cents per
bushel in Louisville, Ky
| A WIG EptruR The editor of the Column
bns cid School Republican and Mr.. Patrick cd
| Tor of the fuseaswaa Ohio Adyseae, have had
| word OF two in relation 10 a Tyler meeting which
IS said 10 have CONT of in friend Patrick county.
| Dr.. Miller OF the Republican, during the contro-
| yersy asked whether Mr Patrick is gentle
man To this ticki,h question, Mr.. Patrick
| replies MS follows
"Aslolheq ncstoBpropouni by the Republican,
| Is MIR Patrck gentleman we Gun only reply,
he il not corycrsant with pukes and purges ny
| ir. Miller IL his clothing go fashionable az
those who beast OF their connexion with the upper
/ crust ol refined political society. He is "A little
man, between forty and fifty who supports him
! ,rlf and family hy printing and farming He pull,
| now and then at hs own press; euts bread made
/ from his own grain; feeds his own horses cows
| and hogs; wears clothes made from wool shorn
| from his own sheep, and woye ct Mnssillon hates
any fellow who prefers British coat TO an Ame-
| rtenn one; and, Of course, ia in favor of Pro-
| iectiyc Tariff; has worn moccasens, chowed dried
Jerk with the Indians and been knocked down by the
kick of his own atpd-horsc, but never by an urgu
mcnt from Vanocratic editor
SNrr IN WHEAT" An old fashioned farmer
! Of experience, far advanced in years and
who dates from 80 Hoxbnrgh, III Scotland" in a
letsr In the a. Cuitivatorf says, /" it should be
horno in mind that smut il very Infectious dis,
cnse and wheat seed, even after it is picked
should not be spread out to dry upon floor. upon
winch smutted wheat had previously been threshed
Neither should II be put into smut tainted sacks
! for the purpose at carrying 10 the field.
he saws he has g several times tried the expe-
riment of inoculaung seedwhcat with smut, after
the seed has been picked lined, and dried for
sowing, by taking sample OF it in his hand, and
rubbing it with the powder of smutbslls, then
sowing II apart from the other. The result; was
in every instance, in the produce of the in
i oculated samples, and none in the produce of the
/ l,,lt H.
sometimes taken to the field in unfermen.ed dung,
made from the straw of smuttcd wheat of the
| former years growth. Farmers Cabinet
pJ' The following extract Of letter dated Ma
rengo County, Ala, Angus, 18TH Is published in
the Charleston Courier:
9 There is a great deal OF fever about in the
country and number OF deaths. We have CON-
ncncsd gathering cotton. The worms and rust
think will make a short crop of cotton /
have never so much rust. in one field in NV
life. except the old which we had in Carolina
not caused by too much lime on the land The
worms are equally as bad this year. The crop be-
tore this was as good ever grew on the land.
lne corn crop is good.
ASrrSLAvERY MEErrse.-Tha Aboli,ionists
opened their meeting yesterday morning at the |
res:ry OF The Third Presbyterian Chureh; but be- |
tere the close of the morning session, were, by |
The Trustees of the Society, duly warned to quiz
the premises forthwith. The reasons assigned
were that it wns understood a womaa named Abby
Nelly was expected and indeed had already spoken
in this place, and tina, subjects had already been
lntiodaced and discussed. whose introduction and
discussion would not be tolerated in that conse-
crmed place Rochester Post
NAvAL.-The French corvette Cree went into