New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-12-03
CITY ITEMS.
THrRspAy. Dec 9

THURSDAY. Dec. 2.
rgr The AMERICAS AGRICULTURAL AssocA-
TON held regular meeting Wednesday evening at
the Lyceym. sol Broadway. The unsowardpen Of the
evening precudipg general attendance on motion Mr..
Hosos e.bora,ey prepared paper on Sazsd and Gas.
seel Planting notices Of < Trees and SlrnJs
toned in Scripture and The Classics was postponed until
the next meeting.
Oral discussion being In order Mr. JONES made few
remarks On the Potato Disease He had had grea. sue
cess in his cultivation OF crop Of that eseuent and
attributed II To early planting When lac planted, they
almost invariably decsyed
Mr. DRLAFrKLp thought this statement would be cor
robors,ed by almos every at all acquainted with the
subject, He vouched for ts authenticity from his own
observation
Mr. r. l.. PILL remarked that he met great success
In Potato culiure--boih with early and late planting
and attributed /, mainly to the of oysershen lime
lie proceeded to show the rationale oil ths stating that
the Pot,o contains large proportion Of meeven the
tops according to sprensel aud BouIsngsuls contain
about 80 per cen, Of me-and the plant accordingly
requires soil with oil these constituent properties else
later the tubers rH ro, To Insure proper
growth Mr. Pe remarked tbs: TIE soll for this pant
should always contain potash soda, msgnesa siumi1s
oxide Of iron oxide of manganese, snd sics-eh put
the lsst being Indispensable to the growth OF the tuoe1
After some desultory conversation, the meeting nd
journed until "Wednesday, 10th inss
The FRENCH STEAaEss.-The Memorial Of the
French reslden,s OF New York addressed 10 Mn He
roult and De Handel 10 relation to the failures OF the
French line OF steamers, appears IN the Court1 des
Esas Uuis of this morning 1t s well drawn docu-
setting forth sill the difficulties Of the case 10 just
and moderate language The points considered the
Il a. al
the passengers and the security of the nerchsndse-
Under the first head q change OF the present heavy g
ring Of the steamers Is recommended, change OF 'he
furnaces and the procuring Of fifth to In
case of accident to of the others With regard to
the comfort of the passengers change Of the cabin Ar
raneements by which the state rooms will DO made
more convenient and elegant while they somewhat
increased Ia number /, is also suggested that no other
chips have such extensive accommodations for their
officers az theirs and tnsi some dminuton OF them
might well be made. The want OF stewards 10 also sig
nazed and the grievances Of second-csss passengers
who psy more but fare better than those OF the steer
age are spoken Of
The INJURIES which the light and valuable goods
transported by their steamers have In many cssos re-
ceived from salt all the text of the memorial and
the company urged institute tae necessary reforms
To the memorial these tables added one shows
the average length of the voyages OF the Great western
from 1888 10 1874 which Is Is days ~ hours from Eu
rope to America and 10 days hours on the return;
another the average Of the voyages the Cunsrd steam
ors nearly IA days hours and the third the average OF
tins five voyages of the Washington, which is 10 days
RESCUED FROM DRowEISe.-A woman named
Bridget Brown Of stockbridge Mass In attempting TO
board the Bridgeport bost, at the foot Of hsrketst
about o'clock this morning, fell overheard. She had
child In her arms which she chung to with ell the sfec-
ton and care of mother. They both rescued, in
In almost ieless condition, and taken to the Seventh
Ward ssonhouse where by the application of proper
remedies they were both restored.
man named John Warren. fell overheard last night
at Pier No. II f. r. and rescued from drowning by
officer Dryer Of the First Ward.
FIRE.-A FIRE broke out o'clock this morning in
the house of SO Downright caused by csrelessly
leaving FIRE on the hearth. Ii extngushed with
little damage by officer Spears. Of the Ninth Ward.
DRowsED--A colored woman named Betsey
Johnson attempting land last night from OF the
Troy bsrges lying at pier No. East River fell over
board and drowned. Her body Was soon after re-
covered and tskon to the First Ward station house.
PoLIcE.-A woman who gave her name as Mrs
Hsrrlson arrested last night by officer stoweli OF
the Fourth Ward charged with asssultieg Ellen Roder-
lex with a Ratchet She was detained