Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-10-21
FROM OUR NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT.
New YoRK, OCTOBER Ie. ls4s.

New YoRK, OCTOBER l6 ls4s.
The third week OF the Fair opens to-day with bright skies
and bright prospects usual AS for the weather. fine
Indian summer and the attendance is as vet undmnshed
Among the yers day last week. Gen. Scorr accompa-
MED by two daughters made the tour of the arden and
expressed himself much grated with the exhibition was
glad to see the General looking in better health Mr. WEE
sTER is in town, and is expected the Fair this even
ing or Tomorrow Mr. Secretary MASON is also expected
here tonight and some other persons public station who
will probably have look Tomorrow. The interest Of the
Fair somewhat increased to-day by the addition Of the fruit
from the Convention Of Frugrowe which, together with
what had before been placed in the Fair presents spectacle
that might the eyes of Pomona herself sparkle with
delight.
mentioned in former letter monster cheese in the Fair
has since been labelled, and pupos have been made
by Muslin d. Stone, of Ausnburg Ashabua county, Ohio
weighing fifteen hundred pounds and made from the milk Of
seven hundred cows There other cheeses
also from Ohio. That young giant State seems to be getting
name for cheese well pork The largest cheeses here
last year from Ohio.
Several evenings in the of the Fair there have been
competition exhibitions Of fireworks the Battery by Mr.
Edge and others On Saturday evening they uncom-
monty ine This afternoon the excitement about the Castle
is on another OF the ancient elemens-no fire but water.
Inc show IS not gneous but aquatic. The baements of
Castle Garden, and also the whole line of he Battery, are
now while am writing tronged by Thousands of spectators
TO witness boat Four rowboak have just started TO-
round Bedlows Island and return. At the same time
person is swimming round Castle Garden in newly -nven
ed preserver consists Of entire Ihdia.rubber Dress
covering the whole person except the face and filled with
air that the person easily floats the surface Of the water
keeping both dry and The gotssque appearance of
the in The shapees dress would have puzzled Professor
AgA decide ho
to- and had been in Revolutionary mes hemsht perhaps
have startled British fleet from its moongs eectualy
il was done on that memorable morning when
" They a score of kegs or more
Come floating down the tide, sir"
New York, OCTOBER 49, ls4s.
TuE VINO SrmIr IN New YoRK.-As tie day of elec-
ton draws NIGH which is decide the politics and pros
pey of the country for The next four years. and probably for
many years afterwards the Wings Of this commercial metro
polls becoming oused earnest ard unit
ed for action They held meeting last evening Vauxha
Garden respond and ra the State nominations Though
the evening dark and part Of the time rainy, the
ing large and spirited. Ex-Mayor BRADr presided
the meeting in the great saloon, and to accommodate the
outside two meetings organized in the Garden.
There spirited speaking the three stands during the
whole evening. Among the speakers N. B. BLUNT,
WaW. CAMPBELL, Qate member OF Congress- Mr.. GREE
of tho Tribune, EaAsrUs BnooK of the Express and
several others Also, very opporunely Mr. MooRE, fresh
from the we-ough batte-felds Of Pennsylvania, himself
just elected Congress- addressed the meeting able and
Interesting speech, proamng the ascendency of Whg pn
cpes in the keystone State and assuring the meeting that
she would lead the Wing phalanx of States in gallant style
the grand battle of the 9TH of November On that day he
predicted that General TAYLOR would achieve victory as
decided and glorious that of Buena Vista.
This erenag the Wings of the First Ward have
grand rally at Atlantic Garden. Ths garden opposite the
Bowling Green, the Battery, and running from Broad
way to GreeRwich street number Of eminent speakers
announced for the occasion Fireworks prepared for
the evening, and salute Of hundred guns will be fired.
You viii perceive, therefore, that the Wings of New York
waking up, and evncng spirit, energy and union that
win accomplish all that be desired of them the coming
Let be proclaimed for the benefit Of all fencemen
throughout the land that New York and Pennsylvania will
head the list for TArLoR and FILLMORE by overwhelming
voc snd il they would escape being crushed by the ava
lanche, they must hurry and stand from under
THISos At THE FAIR.-The cLror0meterS Of Bliss and
Creighton which have been some years. and are for
sale in the principal Cities according certificates of
hpmases who have tested them n all kinds OF voyages
the and reliable articles of the kind yet pro-
duccd in any country another triumph Of American skill and
ingenuity.
The Safety Steam Pump and the Percussion Water
Gauge Of Worthington and Baker important articles,
which should be brought to the notice Of pcpors and
ducors Of steam vessels The latter ingenious contr
vance for showing height of the in the boiler that
the engineer always tell any the height Of the
water and there need be danger the getting below
;hcproper quantity. Hsbeevod ibis simple
prevent great many explosions Of boilers and
ny lives. II already adopted number Of the principal
railroads in the country and many Of the rstcass of
among them the Bay State, Empire State, Hermann,
Washington, Crescent City, California southerner &C.
LOCAL ITEMS.
THE ALEXANDRIA DEaoSsTRArIoN.-Thc turn out Of re-
jocng Wings in Alexandra Thursday evening very
extensive and the torchght procession estimated have