New-York daily tribune., 1845-11-03
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fearful raining has not been Witnessed in these aitudes
for very long lime L was cordially welcomed TOO
Tor The lorsproacted dry weather had filled the City
with dust ,ha ou, OF Broadway got choked directly
The streets 100 mad become encountered with immense
masses of hh-ior not Election seems to have had
power on me present occasion to stir either the mud
I or the inspectors This is strange word-now sufo
Gated in dus, now s,rsngled in mud When we see
what miserable dull blue place is we no longer won
der that according Shakespeare the world sometimes
runs away!
U We were shown on Saturday specimen OF
Kentucky Hemp prepared by short and cheap
1t had the softness and fneness OF silk. was fine
enough for the most delicate handkerchiefs We were
also shown other specimens of the Hemp calculated for
making all the goods for which Flax is used and at
less than hall the present Tie discoverer OF this
process gentleman of Louisville is now here on MS
way 20 Europe for the purpose OF carrying out his plans
Il is almost impossible ~ conceive the immense npoF-
lance to the Hemp growing regions OF this coui1!: VI
discovery which will enable Ne 10 manufacture 'he nnes
as well as coarsest linen from this production OF LIE
West Our mportations OF Linen Goods for las' year
amounted to about s. 100000 the whole OF which, 'n'
improvement is practicable WI; be retained at nome IN
future and dow into the pockets OF the Hempsro~eFs
and manufacturers and the thousands TO whom they VIII
be thus enabled to give steady employment
! - Our old subordinate in the First Regiment
OF the Witty Brigade even Corporal Stree'er OF the
Richmond Siarhss gone twinkle al Boston where we
hope good Fortune will keep her eyes on him to some
purpose. His new paper is sparkler
~ Decidedly the most attractive musical pro-
granme that has been published in Newfork this season
is that of u c. Hills Festival Concert to take place next
Monday evening The overtures of Guillaumc Tell and
The Ruler of the Spirits the latter one Of Webers
finest never having been heard hcrehe exquisite cho-
rus from Webers Preciosa, The Stars are brightly
bearns'-the Prayer from Moses in Esyp:-she Finale
OF the First act Of Weber's Ewgouthe SC. &c.-per-
formed by the full strength of,he Sacred Music and Phil
harmonic Societies, with instrumental orchestra OF
hundred members. will be such musical treat as is
sseldom offered any where. And beside al fhs, L. C.
Hill is Of the most untirine devoted and enthusiastic
friends and promoters of good music in the City Iolhe
united excrtions Of himself and Mr.. Wyman, President
ofhe Sacred Music Society, we indebted for much
Of the rapid progress which the for Sacred Music
has made in this City. We do not anticipate that any
friend of Music or OF personal and professional worth
will be absen, on the occasion which we have alluded
~ Our correspondent Music has given us the
fret ntimation had of the existence OF Prof
Beal's new system OF Notation We shall wait patiently
sincerely Ofone thing feel almost cer1ain-hc time
for complete change in the written language of Music
rapidly approaching.
~ Prof Bush delivered the first of his able Sc
ne, of Lectures on swedenborgs doctrine of Future
Lii last evening at the Coliseum the weather of course
Or venting 60 large an attendance might have been
de ired The second lecture will be given Sunday
ev ming next.
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ce this evening at Nblos Saloon. We glad to
tn they have taken large room as the Society Library
room was quite too small to accommodate the numbers
who thronged to hear them their first concert They
present new and as we should judge very excellent
programme par, of which is OF their composition
Col Ethan Aliens Song Of The rermOacrs, which We
understand will oe sung in its original style will be su
ensure the attendance oevery othc
Green Mountain Boys.
~ The extension of the Magnetic Telegraph to
Owepo from Syr has already been determined on
and the stock all taken
Eye The Sunday Times says that recently, III
tearing down an old building the lower part of the
City portions of human skeleton were found buried IN
the cellar-and then relates the following Incident
About the wear 1928 the Hon. John Lansing OF Albany
tic -laIe, ".i '.s".Ie Of tic cum
ven,on that framed the Constitution OF the United States
le MS boarding house in the upper part OF the City to
visit a friend (Mr Ray, believe) who resided in
Broadway near the Battery. was about dusk in the
fall of the year. He never reached Mr.. Rays and from
that day to this his fate is mystery. He was an old
man. and beside his gold watch had considerable money
with him.
TT The Anniversary of the Hebrew Benevolent
Society has been postponed to Thursday next
EEs' The House Carpenters of Brooklyn, we un-
derstand mean to insist eleven shilngs day as the
rate OF wages for the ensuing winter
t5F' The steamer Galrcston, built here for the
New Orleans and Texas trade, made trial trip down
the Harbor on Saturday. She is beautiful vessel.
Ess@ The ship John r. Skidley on Saturday
brought over from Liverpool the new big gun for the
Princeton.
Cy' Two gentlemen had pleasant seance at
cowhiding and other innocent recrininatons satur
day in Broadway near Barcay-street
Es5s On Friday afternoon. between the hours Of
two and half past three o'clock. over ye thousand let
tcrs for the steamship Hberna Boston deposited
stamped assorted and dispatched from the Post Office
of this City An instance of dispatch fully equal this
also occurred in the newspaper department the nrri
val of The Great Western, Tuesday last.
tg \ libel case to be tried shortly is said to in
volve the evidence of Borghese Pco and most Of the
musical dilletGntt OF New-iork.
H- The steamer Niagara, Capt. De Groot, left
this City at seven minutes past o'clock Wednesday
morning-reached Newburgh in hours 9 minutes,
Poushkeepsie 3 hours So minutes. Albany hours
minutes arrived at Albany Is minutes after o'clock,
making t.cve landings-leaving the running time
hours and 25 minutes without extra effort being made.
From Newburgh Poughkeepsie 6 miles, she ran in AZ
minutes.
r. The reward for the discovery OF the robbers
of Livingston Wells Express is increased to $500
e Miss Mary ST. Clair, Of whose claims to per
sona beauty well mysterious powers in Magical
Illusions report speaks highly, holds her first sorke
this evening Palmos Opera House where if any curl
osy exists in community to witness the transforma
on of inanins;e animate objccts-a adys glove into
rabbit and such ike optical experimenis-she will at,
large audiences for her deceptons are performed
most adroi.ly and peaslngly Dancing and statuary fill
up the entertainment
u Herr Alexander, the German Magician who
comes 10 us loudly heralded announces hs opening
,ertainmen tonight al Ni5los H. ID called the Father
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