New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-11-08
CITY ITEMS,

audience AID enthusiasm Oar extended cs1s-
igue Of tee former will therefore apply without
charge to the latter The next will be given to
MORROW night Companies are nockug into the
! City to hear Jenny, with excursion tickets from
! AZ tbs towns and villages OF Nex York aud New
! England. within geo miles. There
! oral parties from Vermont and New Hampshire
present last night.
MrRcANrIg LIBRARY AssocMIloy.-.We
chcerf1lly give place to che following communica
t;oE. The fortune of Miss Demtl,, $4,000 OF
which was beqoeathcd to various literary and
charitable societies was derived from the accu-
mutation Of her brothers, Benjamin and Samuel
Demilt, long and tavorably known in this commu-
pity es business men OF great probity and worth.
CLGSroN HILL Nov g. 1880.
As Treasurer Of the Mercantile Library Association !.
..uis IRE great pleasure TO acknowledge the receipt this
cay OF Three Thousand DolAs from George 7. Trnb!e
ESQ Executor beng Tie amour; 6eqqeahed to the AsSo,
rspproprale N THIS place TO quoe from our iaS Annual
ReHor' tho following closing remarks III rotation 10 Iais
The 1eoty CT Miss DraLr and her brothers deserves
lie grateful respects by members IN all future
jre ;-1t will become to ur!ie cordially with 0theI
Institutions hat have enjoyed ter bounty in any move
hat may 10 uude taken for c0nlmemoraing their
yiItuesn THEODORE STOUT, Treasurer 81. l. A.
u Mir. Jenkins has discovered that the bill,
which recently passed Congress in regard to Ore.
gon, provided that all mkite malo citizens of the
United States, persons who shall have made q
declaration CT intention to become such, enti-
tied to certain portion Of land in the far-of Ter
ritory, and he, MIR. Jenkins, desires to know i
Mr. Burauu 5 negro who is low undergoing the
process Of becoming such, has put in his claim
A EtGS. NOT Of THE TIMEs.-A certain place
Of amusement, recently opened in this City, bears
tn. following inscription: HALL OF LYRIcX's."
We hope AIr Iyrick will find the hall profitable
speculation.
DIR WlErING IN PHILADELrHIA.--We un.
deystand that this popular lecturer on Physiology
and the kindred scieucos whose course attracted
such crowded houses in this city last winter, is
about tc commence a course of lectures III PhlIa'
delph.a W have no donbt of thor brilliant sue
cess 10 that city, such al opportunity ofobtan
lug the most valuable information on tho construc'
ton Of the human system and the manner Of pre-
serving hoalth is rarely presented. DR.. WietlnS
i. nun Of uncommon scientific accomplishments
and at the same time possesses peculiar talent
olimpoyting his knowledge in highly agreeable
and Instructive manner. We DO not remember
an instance OF such long continued and general IN
tcrest, rs attended tho Dr.s lectures in this city
ard vicinity during the past winter.
De. Morris INTRODUCTORY LEcTURE.-The
Introductory Lecture Of Dr. VALENTINE Morris
Course for the present season was delivered last
evening at the Medical College in Crosby St be.
fora large audience Our report s crowded out
A MoYGnEI FIsH.--It is not often we are dis,
posed to itcmze icLthy olosically but remarkable
! i,shes are not to be dcspisod. We were shown
Yesterday singular specimen OF the genus winch
is apparently natural compound of the catfish,
bulIfrog, eel and another variety, possessing only
enc eve colored dirty brown, streaked with
t blue; and about eighteen inches in length. 1t
WINS speared in the Agawan river near Spring,
field, Mass few days since, and ia in the
nossession Of Prof G. P Bronson Of this City. 1t
NAY Be. sc on at this oce The animal is certain
" remarkable in its way, and will reward some.
What attentive examination That it is a fish OF
some species, Of Of several, is undenlabIei but
v.o do not pretend to call it by name. II any of
cur readers know the species, 1t is much more
L4hcr attaiuIneet in scientific research than we
haze yet reached it may, however be no stran.
ger to The ardent disciples of Izaak Walton,
AMERICAN lHSrITUTE.-The irstregular month
Il meeting Of the Institute since the late Far
was held at tLo rooms of the Institute, 35l Broad
WAY, asst evening, The Board OF Managers made
partial report OF the financial results OF the Elk
hbticn, from which it appears that the total re-
CENTS from the Fair were S2l, 987 60 The man
aqers haze paid ouflsll $40 80, and they estimate
That The v hole expenses OF the Fair, when all
roid vii! he about SIS 0O6. Both the gross
and net receipts are larger than ever before,
Trough the duration of the Fair the present year
gas several Days less than last year
Eishtytwo new members, including all pro-
posed during the exhibition, were admitted.
The Library Committee reported that since
sept, Goth the have purchased 264 volumes cost
'po s2a7 49, The whole number OF volumes Puf
chased since May is ESQ. costing $3.50. The Lii
! brsrian is roy engaged in making perfect cata'
locae Of tho books already in the Library, prepar'
atory TO carving out the new arrangement by
Utch members may take Looks from the rooms
Several communications were received and the
meeting was adjourned 70 Thursday evening
next
WFouorr. fRos FgEcE5--We saw yesterday
scn.e fine speoimens Of Wire-Fence for Farms
constructed wholly OF wroughtron. The wires
are stretched horizontally at regular distances
apart ana supported at suitable intervals by iron
po..s Of .uoh or inch and quarter iron. The
witcs are sccured by bolss passing through an eye
corresponding with holes drilled in the sides Of
the posr. The supports arc sunk in the ground to
tic depth oi eighteen inches or TWO feet care
fply secured AM strengthened when necessary
hy iran traccs These fences can be made of any
dssi5od size, and e.e exceedingly neat and orna
mental. The .aye already came into extensive
use IL England, and in otter parts OF Europe
similar eontnyances have met with universal
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