New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-12-17

DRILLING WHEAr.-Edward Stabler, in his
admirable essay on the advantage of drill seeding states
that after examining it, results on some 800 or lOO
acres besides large experience hs own land he hnds
there il not a single In stance where has not proved
the mot profitable rt In the saving OF seed and sec
ondy in the increased product OF the grain amounting
10 from 20 six seven bushels per acre He has
known the increase in one by careful comparison
Of the two modes 20 amount to nine bushels per acre IN
favor Of drilling He rcG'es an interesting incidents
yender offered drill for the incrcasc In crop OF nhy
acres OF wheat to be determined by sowing lew strips
broadcast for comparison But before harvest the farm
preferred paying the hundred dollars the price OF the
drl, with interest On carefully ascertaning the In
crease he found IL to be one hundred and hfy tirce
bushels. Albany Cultivafor.
~ Professor O. p Hubbard, of Dartmouth
College writes 10 a friend Ia New York ~ follows.
have been shown this afternoon and have now In pos
session. series Of specimens containing gold, foand In
RrdgewAter, VI, by Mr.. Matthew Kennedy Of Ply.
mouth, VI They were taken from quartz vein In
mica and tacese slate and the gold il associated and In
termngled with the white quartz, ferruginous quartz
gaena and mon and copper pyrtes Ii occurs IA scales
and grains OF various szes, and Is Of beautiful clear
yellow The vein hrs been traced some 30 or lO0 rods
and further explorations VIII soon be made ~ proveh
al other points. The gold formation IL known 10 ex'
tend nearly the whole length o. the State and this dis
covery may lead TO fair examination OF the lorna
ton"
~ A letter from Florence to The Nersrk
Adrertser under date OF the ODD says "The legal pen
alty Of death which abolshed many years ago BY
the great Leopold grandfather OF the present regnng
Duke has just been revived In Tuscany, BY Ducai de
cree 10 the full OF IL application In olden limos
The decree resstabzhes the penalty in all the Grand
Duca territory for crimes OF public violence against the
Government and against religion, Of high reasJn. Of
preneditsted homicide and violent robbery tho pen
atty be enforced whenever majority OF the Judges
pronounce in its favor and without the unanimous vote
OF the Judicial College"
~ The BToOk1Iie Democrat gives the fol-
lowing amusing account Of The stratagem Of woman
II seems that by the name Of Hayden w~ con-
vc,ed Of nsnssughter aud sentenced 10 the Peniten-
tsry for ten years by the Circuit Court OF W@hingon
County A day or two previous % the time liked for
his departure for Jacksonville, hb wife, IN company
with her children ssked pernissOn OF te jsor 10 bad
final adieu, and while with hin IN ine sDssnse !" .no
rating tn. IA had come be- dsgued - his wife, walked
cut Of the jail and len bic wife IN the prison u 10
ssd thu, the ailor not aware Of the rss that had
been Jlayed upon hun for several days dter, ami n0
until L was too late TO spprehend the prisoner.
An IMPORTANT IsyEsTios.-Gen. Crosby, Of
Chautaunue IA well known to the lumber world, ~ the
inventor Of several useal improvements 10 he saving
deper,mepts Ills las, invention longeought desd.
trs,ua circular FOR sswng clap boards and panel
s,uf or in ether words FOR splthng plank boards to
auy desired hinness The process now In general use
Is cumbersoms and slow. comparatively three hundred
feet an hour being deemed int work This $40 viii do
thousand feet per hour or beveiled and u, Ia
its construction nest and compact WORKER In wood
will appreciate the importance Of such Machine.
lAlb. Evening Journal
BALD HEADS AND THIx Human English
barber claims TO have nveLted touch In the hair
restorative art. Net any Of your lotions, &C. but true
blue mechanical operation. IL consists Of machine
eontsning combs and brushes, so arranged and con
s,lucsed a. TO produce galyanic current when used
The tech Of the combs made Of copper snd zinc, a.
ternstely and continued back 10 chamber 10 ths szer
pert Of the comb In which placed Hannel sstursfed
wAh salt wster excsnt The object Of The nveD-
ton to excite electric current When the combs or
hrushes used The brisies mxdoocf hne copper
and zinc in place ofbrist'es.
CANAL BRKAK-We are informed, says 1xs
Loekpos Corrier Of Saturday that break occurred In
the Canal about mile below Albion, On Thursday
night lsst which carried away, y esamseed, about
100 feet Of earth II viii be impossible 70 repair ~
fall Superintendent Britt n work erecting adam cnas
tide of the break which win be completed IN nms sor
boats To be enabled to pes - FAR - Albion RON ms
WY.
The RAppNes IL LoSDos.-Sir Edward bol-
wrr Lyt,on hss become interested IN thess pseso1
MIRA Harden medium from Bcston, v GcoHs ~
sensstion among the Engish noethv IN
ceived n N
~A negro man, belonging g -. 0eo. n:
81 ~ Clsrhs6urs w., YVES found gd'g q oo5kYy
- Cunt Cont ~ Harrison County On As In ias.
ssd .ente1eed % be hung on alS Day Of 1sanay.