New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-04-13

Mr. WAgEMAY submitted a letter from Hon. Mr. burke
Of the u s Patent Office, requesting assistance in com
mupcang to him the Of tho heads Of Agricultural
Associations throughout the country. Mr. WAEEM.S
also gave In letter Of acknowledgment from Joseph
Cowden, ESQ. u. 3. Consul az Glssgow
NJ, a & PowLER-the celebrated Phrenoogst-prs-
snted gratis of tine Apple known as the Loey variety
after the orginal cultvaor One Of the pecuhsriies Of
tn. tree 10 that it very beautfol another hstt Is very
thrifty and prolific bearer The fruit very large ne
a .vored and is highly recommended by Downing The
tree is old and is sitOsted 10 Duchess County.
These were distributed among the sqaienee togstne,
with gras of three other varieties the Nanderveer Fall
and Newown PPpins, and cuttings OF the Caawoa and
Isabelle Grapes.
Mr. SKINNER corrected misrepresentation of his re-
marks at the last meeting saying 10 substance, as follows
There had appeared said be, in what pUrportet to be
accounts OF this New York Farmers Club a. IL
40 many errors and indictments, no doubt unin
that felt called upon, 10 justice TO himself
we'll as 20 others who through him Implicated ID
those mistakes to correct them, as far ~ could now be
Ref.rins than 10 these so-caed official reports he
mepced with what had been given al authentic &C
of the meeting the 2ls March, and referring 70
experiments with potatoes given In letter to him by
NALL of Mary and which he read and left copy
here potatoes covered with straw were free from rot
"a those uncovered ere diseased he quoted from the
bu, those which happened to be left uncove cd
With straw, affected with the potato rot This
oose phrasoosy and disregard OF the fact ne said took
away from the gentleman who had carefully made the ex
pertinent the whole merit Of design and care In the bust
snd presented the discovery a. the result OF mere
acCdfuf.
ever the part of the exPerimenter THIS was dong
him Injustice hs, he respectfully thought ooght MOI
to 30 forth with the sanction OF Cup composed ho"i
uey Ut least OF the Farmers NJ NeU YORK.
He next instsnced yet more marked inattention to
facts where In the next column Of the Report IL sets forth
that be- Mr. mentioned the Judicious draining oy T.
Hall of Delaware" He had said nothing Of Mr. Hall
Of Delarare He knew Of such person la support Of
contested belief that the principles and the art of tho
dr.ning ought be studio and understood by every
Farmer and that 10 not only much needed, but pohla
u. If nal II
had publicly stated that It had oeeD IN many instances
prsctced with great success 10 Delaware on The primer
., laid down ard illustrated fully In The Farmers
and that much OF the best land 10 that State was
being oughl into cultivation by means OF thorOush
drseing IL was of Major Jones, not Of Mr. Hall o. Della
are. that he spoke 10 this connection Reports pu'RoI
ns be official aud 20 be ssOctioneo by The New foit
Farmers ought TO be substantially accurate al lest
Next and in the paragraph OF the Report u was
,t.tsd that he, Mr. s. had said that Mr. Halls Bind
Drains made at cost Ofoniyl2 csnsa tie ia sad
such tbinshe hsd read TO the meeting and LETT Nth IT,
that ali see and mistake be made Mr. Halls (noi
Of Delaware but Lebanon, ~ " letter, from which
Mr. S now gain quoted a. follows: GIVE me Tour good
horses proper tools and men, and can dig any guam
ty # drains a feet deep for u. cents per ROD Now
said Mr. s. instead Of quoting the words OF MI HAIL. as
ad and left with him, that one might see the
re port puts Ii naked unqualified assertion by hun
that Mr. Halls Blind Drains made at cost OF ony
l2i cents" He had said such thing We had read what
Mr. all himself said, and upon being asked BY the Chair
man whether Mr. Hall meant blind drains MI , mao
answered he supposed be ci Tor othstws oey wouu pc
bitches that would forbid AT cultivation OF the
and and on again turning TO Mr. halls letter tse
then submitted by Mr. It that he did msan BLOC
-rains for he have tried an experiment In the
construction Of blind bitches under drains SINCE saw
YOU which resulted sat'scorily and then he proceeds
Il describe the process ending with the declaration giv
an, fo, good hor0s nth proper tools and and
dig any qasnty OF drains feet deep for l3t cents per
rod" Was il fair said Mr. under such cifcums,anees
20 pu forth in hat purpoed 10 be eport sanctioned by
Farmers GLIB, sod which we are told are published ..
some considerable cost TO the ate, anaked unexplained
ed statement that Mr. \. had declared that Mr.
Halls blind drains made at cost OF only ~ cents
Then, in the very next sentence In THIS 'o-caiieo
fsia report, It set forth skinner saa ma. 'ne
diciously and prof ably conducted Now here Is an eA
pct statement that Mr. 8 pronounced the opinion th.
The draining alone at Linden wad, was Judciousy and
proftaby managed. He had said no such thing Words
things and substantial accuracy at least tera was
not to be expected should he observed In all reports
cost to the State He had said simply and
solely that he unds.Soa very cOn'osIaSs assS Sss
and protsbiy reclaimed at Ltndenwald under
the direction Of Ex.Presiden, Van Buren,.
Mr.. next adverted TO the following passage IN 'he
" Official" report
mir SIMMER wants to know whether there we're six
that resolution of hsnss to Mr. Burchs'd for hi. report
in favor Of Agricultural College, TO be placed under
tse auspices Of the Amsr,esn Institute ] ,r,-,.
Yes sir fourhs of the emben ho attend our CLUBS
are gardeners farmers citizens having direct inter
est and many Of them OF f greater prsc
cal knowledge Of farming than Mr.; skinner suPposes
The Chairman, Mr.. Van Winke Of Bergen. has been
fsmer and excellent one, fIom youth 10 age count
ed here to-day over sixty persons N aenesnce anu re-
pest
" concerned in agriculture, probably about me same nam
Ser srGln the resolution REFERRED to passed"
Now sir said Mr. s. what does this declaration OF the
venerable Secretary OF the American Institute, whom
would wish all occasions to treat with the greatest re
.geet-whs does 1t imply WA. %r s Hs p sS,se
Farmers present at meeting where according to THIS
port Mr. Wakemsn 10 msde to declare 81, ths
hare were probably co. and OF them ISL
Gardeners deeply concerned 10 gficulture
Now Mr. s undertook in the presence OF this audience
10 say that II there than u persons present
that resolution submitted by the Secretary OF
he Institute aud passed there were more thsn lzV and
Il OF those present there were three psocai 20
ide the respectable Chairman who live In the country
md depend on the pillow for living there were Sooosueh
present Here Mr.. Wsteman explained that he hac
40 ntenton. error nor did he intend any dsrespect 10
.ny one but had he not right to protect himself ssns
10 many misstatemsnts OF fact a. 10 himself ana o'ne'
Mr. s next referred to the following statement which
,e found in the Official report , ,,
"Mr simmer has said that for more than twenty yerh
N. postage chiefly agricultural correspondence hsd beer
paid BY him instead of being free he being atschsd 70 inc
post Ohcs that postage have been 50 go per al
o Thi. At sbil!ins letter would give 24ooS letter.
. year, or about so per day, excepting sapdsys WI,
Mr.. 8. said he bad made no such statement WnM
\. AID sate VISA that for than twenty years ina
a Was Postmaster Of Baltimore daring great part OF
xhsh time he had been conduetor OF periodicals. HIS COT
,os,ss, TO 70 mors than $500 sy.s
The ofEoa re poTter for the Club with love OF NIL
,utenes snd accuracy, that II carried ,nioosnoi .
PORTS ought to give assurance assinsta material error
Nd with enci 10 hand doubles" with the osst IN
entons calculated how many letters this would smouu
o AT an assumed single rate OF III cents, which tne
inns was tbs rate for ell single letter. under 100 mihs
,ut be have forgotten that at that time al az
lie letters $50 iies paid 1874 cents for every -
ao,e az for every piece OF paper IS large Pesqne
iouble th amount and for three peses M snd Tor foni
pieces. however email or wsshins one ounce. Over
was the business Of private clers to keep on nans
supply Of brown paper bags with hist OF more than
hundred persons distant States chiefly In the SCUM
md West distinsuished asricuursts TO whom All rare
eeds eomiur into his Office were TO be cent, IS .
matter Of course That he had several times desired
bo Clerks the Post 0cs TO note the letters coming TO
nod going from him. to Whist the postage woud have
leen year and they had repeatedly ropor,ed-thsi
is COMING and going would have smouut
d 10 more ,hsn $500 Many Of these were eommuocs
ions for the Amerioaa Farmer, large portion Of which
would than dozsn single letters under
so mles the rate and distance selected BY the
porter He had often sent Of Of these little psetases
feed that would have averaged SIT cents from so to
90 and sometimes more. Of day Bot supposips the
e,fers going and umunicstons and letters conins
nost Of them closing money TO have averaged do1ble
xss aud 400 miles ard u would be that iostosd OF
I 600 letters ysu or about 80 8 day. I, would make
900 year or about 20 day, 10 coming and 10 soios
shout the year 10 thse anything very striking 10
,is-sbout O. day for letters snd communications go
mar cOninf, In cofrespondence with