The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-05-19
City intelligence.

Of Dumbiston's company.
City Intelligence.
INVENTORS INsrIrurE.-Tho meeting of inventors,
mechanics and Others interested in the above scheme
will be held this morning Clinton Hail. at l0k O'Clock
We have before called the attention of readers to
the plan and informed that 1t has been received
with cordial by the inventive genius the coun-
try We refer readers to the call In another
lumn.
Enthusiastically morning about o'clock the roof
OF House No ID Goerck street. took recause unknown.
Damage trifing fire also occurred early yesterday
morning, at I75 Chatham street. The FIRE promptly
put out through the aid Of the Fire Department-but
the premises much damaged by water Supposed
to be the work Of an incendiary
THE ORIoIS OF LlrE.--Dr Hollick commenced giving
his Of lectures this interesting topic last
ming Anatomical Hail. of Broadway and Grand
street and will continue 1t this and tomorrow evening
in the same place He bore away the seal which ohur
sh profession had placed the book Of nature
hbted to his auditors their natural structure
tony in all their beauty and perfection. How it has
happened that few men have been able to keep the
world long In the dark respecting the extremely i'm
portant and interesting subjects which Dr. Hollick
lectures is to us a mystery new era has however,
dawned upon the world. and truths of momentous
interest to every descendant of Adam can now
be investigated and comprehended by every one The
impediments placed by few pretenders in the way of
the multitude acquiring knowledge, are broken down,
and the path to it made clear and unobstructed This
has been accomplished by Doctor Hollick Who unlike
the majority of his medical brethren. thinks that
which the Doctor in illustration of his lectures are
fac SMILES Of the different parts of the human system
could be obtained by attending the dssecting
The second lecture Of the course will be deliver
ed this evening.
KEEPER AND DEPUTIES OF THE CRY PnnoS.-Yester-
day the long looked for Inauguration took place In the
city prison The following is List, including the keep
and his deputies Keeper, William Edmonds of the
9th ward Deputes-John D. Lindon ,th ward; Peter
Crosby, Id Alexander jackson, 4th John w. Bennett,
9th; Archibald G. Reynolds, 9Th; Robert MoGowen,
W. Clark, 18th. Engineer-Lowis Halaran i4th ward
Night Watch-Peter Van Houghton, LIST ward Charles
Hoople 3D. Female Observation-Disclosures, Mrs. Foster
Night Watch, Barry Conway.
Essex MARKRT PRIsoN-Deputies, Edward j. Oliver,
10th ward; John Cooper 18th.
JEFFERSON MARKET PRisor-Deputy, Asa Butman,
9th ward.
HARLEM PanoS-winiam Chapman Physician to
the Prison-Dr. J. c. Covel, of the 9Th ward
FoREIGS PAPERs-We have received from Berford &
Co, No. Aston House, the London Punch and Illus
trated News, to the latest dates
FARMERS CLup-Tuesday 18th May-Col Clarke in
| the Chsir-Thc attendance of the members yester-
day less than hitherto The desultory
business Of the club commenced by the secretary
reading translation Of article, written in the Hor-
cultural Revew of Paris by lie Compile Leprers upon
the method Of preparing seeds generally. The count
mpresses the necessity Of rejecting all that
when immersed in water. He recommends the process
of putting piece Of cotton into cup Of
ter the .na s 90 d in If
het-not to mix seeds An extract was read from
the Journal Of .fgreultnre of the Highland Agri-
Tober NJ X. ST. where he illustrates the benefit of cleo
tro culture and states that the pous Of fresh grass will
u
the experiment Of the perforated card which Mr.
Oliver Smith illustrated in the presence Of the
Farmers Club several months ago, in this city.
practically the burst Of the two surfaces Of the
showing that tho electric spark had not produced per
ration from side to the ether, when made with
needle but raised from the centre outwards on the op
poste side OF the cards. letter read from T g.
Skinner tho benefits Of agricultural education, and
enclosed pamphlet containing the sentiments Of the
Hon. Elisha Whsbee, the necessity Of the science
of agriculture forming the basis Of national industry
and prosperity which illustrated by the earliest
Recommendations Of Washington Jefferson, and other
men Of that day, who predicted the results that
under the fostering Of government patronage Pro-
lessor Mapes warmly supported the principle by which
agriculture be sustained and showed the RESPONSE
bility In government in not literally sustaining and
chershng all institutions that tended to the develop.
ment Of the soil and the science that should reduce it.
that In spinach yellow locust &c. by immersing them
In warm water, fresh animation excited and good
plants produced A letter read from Mons Payer,
the permanent secretary Of the Royal Central Society
Of Agriculture In Paris forwarded to the club by the
consul Of the King Of the French in this city requiring
all the information either printed written that tho
institution could furnish the subject Of the poatoe
for the years 845 and 1896 The process of raising po-
tatoes from seed prsctised successfully by Mr. Bos-
singer OF Germany read from published report Of
his system. containing remarks upon which Alder
man Hall protested The discussion of his plan was
postponed TO the next meeting Of the club when MIR
Hall will prove the Of his dissent The record
show the produce Of wheat according to the depth of
ground the seed sown. 1t the experiment Of
Mr. Moreau who furnished the club with the following
the result Of his investigation He formed twelve
distinct beds In each Of which he planted 100 grains
wheat at different depths.