New-York daily tribune., 1842-07-26
r We have received the Catalogue Of union

Potter. We learn that in turthorance OF TINS ouie''
:, !. contemplated to add new facilities fer 'cien
,6c and practical improvement by ESTABLISHING
fes.orshp of Civil Engineerin: and lechno'
logv This is an example which VIII IN '''n' o'
followed bv every College throughout the 'n'o"'
Such an education Is particularly needed d" u''
country and acc ords beat with tie practical bent o'
the American Character. Ii thorough know
ledge of even that small part of Engineering "h'h
comprchends the principles Of scientific hoa"'
making. were impaired to all Collegiate >t'o'"''
and by them spread throughout tie country u'
effects would soon be universally elt IN the I'M
men.e increase in economy OF repair, pernanence
Of construction and facility OF transportation. II
Union College carriss out th, project Il VIII pre-
sen, strong additional claims 70 the liberal sup
port Of the community.
GREAT FAIR-COxPETITIos ~ NE~ JkRisf'
Sc.-We like the spirit displayed ~ orhat o' '"'
Jersey Blues in the eNtrart, which We give oeio"'
from the Jersey City Adyeriiser-but We oah ten
m. Editor that hi. iown.msn have more WORK De-
fore them than perhaps they aprrenend' Com
and stronger than ever. They viii sa'e not oh'H
tho Long Island farmers and gardener. % contend
With bu, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, n' tie
notice. at the Repository already SNOW Hs'
Hudson county forgotten how last year she ma
distanccd by Mr.. Wycoff of king- county III NE
.abbage contest. and how IIarsimus, Bergen and
Communipau hung their head. , Ni,era triumph
Of centuries the jersey cabbage croNers were corr
PEELED to yield the palm and strike their lag we
wish TO know. through the Advertiser, whether
they will consent to stay bea, the coming season
We give New Jersey full credit tor her Nctefy
on the race ground. but she must remember II was
the North against the South. The competition
now !. from all suar,ers-Greek will meet OreeN
' then comes the tug ofwar.' We suspect ienn-
.yyania will have something TO say on cattle, and
the old Bay State toe We however highly ap-
prove the spirit that dictates such a challenge
TnI GRzar Assu,L FAIR or rHnANErIcss lSsTitv1t.
The Managers OF the 18th Annual Far have been 'cc
have met twice. issued their circular and are aceY
gagged in preparing for grand display OF r specimens "i
American productions Exhibitions are nountd ihl. n'-
contributions must be left nj \ihos Garien, on me 'h or
9Th OF October next, and that visitors he '
Monday following, VIZ the 10Th Of October Jersey OiN'
We have dsubt, will take her iu share ~ prtuus
| She has heretofore always done Il.
In glass; earthen and IN sastsss OF on Sc
We hay, always taken the lead IN many arc' o hori
culture our Har.imus gardens have stood preerueu We
hone the coming anniversary, ere VIII be no ail n-
of Where ,, ,hs We hnd sr9s1@s W. Al nR @
cultural will show at the coming farthai tl, dl'
to find them In this grand contest Ne have occasion 10 h'
nroud of our State There a city the co ury ~
cepng NevYors. that has won as many prize, at NE r'
Of the American Institute Neah IN cattle New Jersey
has frequently stood FIRST, and notices have already been
given by hrst brerders ba they mean tn II
bbit And this early iuormatos given. that n9y
| rsea hat Me-
Union 10 her the 18Th Far in competition ot
highest premium op caue She has lps' ru'nrhen o' ne
tion Tase Dotics-East West North south All ne ne 49,
papers In the Union are reanestes to notice ms cn'ens
| pleasant ExcuRsIoY.-A Fair will be he'd on
the grounds of the Rev Robert Bolton, Pelham
Priory, near New Rochelle, on Wednesday the @7th
and Thursday the 2sth inst, TO aid in the erection
of an Episcopal Chapel for Pelham. ltthr weather
should prove untayorsbe, the Fair will be opened
on the first fair day, and continue two days. The
steamer Fairfield will convey such a. are destou'
of attending, leaving Fulton Market Slip at . \.
NJ, and returning at P. VI
NV TH,EsHrsG MAcHISg.-We saw yester-
day a new modification of this valuable machine
entitled " Warren, Patent" which possesses re-
markabls compsctness and efficiency. II Is only
thirty inches high, and eis ishteen inches square and
can he easily carried in a common hand cart, and
ca. vet ,sresh fifteen bushels per hour with one
horse pswer without urging Ii can be examined
| at 58 Water-.t
u A small sloop boat belonging to Jersey con-
tanning two men, was cspsized on pier No. l.,
North River, during the squa on Sunday afternoon.
Eor,una,av mn lives were lost
" Il, has now been ascertained beyond doubt
that the number of persons who lost their lives by
the explosion Of the Shamrock amounts TO sixty.
eight-63 passengers and of the crew, instead Of
| 81 passenger. and of the crew, as first stated
Mont. Cour.
PARRrcIpE.-An old man by the name Of John
Sadbury. living in the eastern part Of rhe County
of New Hanover, y. C., was skot dead on the In
in.t.. while sitting in his horse The deceased
was upwards Of 10 years old. and blind. Su'Pi-
cion attached to his own son, To whom he had
made over large sum of money TO protect II from
the results of lawsuit in which he had become
involved The corsner, inquest subsequently, de-
clare the son to be the murderer.
| RENTsIscENCE OF SIXTY YEARS, by MID
| sHIPxAS SOW SEYENTY-NISE YEARS OLD.-ln
nv Youthful days, one Of my passages from
Philadelphia to Havre, in the sloop-ofwar General
Washington Joshua Barney, commander, we fell
in with lis Malestys ship Jupiter OF fifty guns, at
the mouth of the British Channel, having gnder her
convoy feet from Barbadoes this Information
we had from some of the vessels We spoke con-
sequsntly we knew the vessel which conveyed
them was the Jupiter. We had been oat but lG
DAYS this was in November thousand seven
hundred and eighty.,brec. We soon ran alongside
of the Jupiter. Our deck wa. crowded with pas
.engers it being so shortly after peace both French
an Americans They all brushed themselves up
with he expectation Of little pleasant chat; but,
the commander Of the Jupiter took 1p small
,r,i,ne, and with as few words az nnssihle in