New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-10-05

Fssp 10 aSls I'd RosS Doas !. w..os
rss o. from 1 We ss & .5 Nations.
lgLLiss. CosoErTs sf metrOi oli,sn Hall, tonight
Fr.scoss shernooa and eTsalas
%.aI.sI I .fsr1o12 nd s..a,ns
sesot BLIrz-yenlecusm and Assestnyvessai lns;iste
Pasos.s. o. FAIIsn aoes chps
tss ~ Essrn M M hr
Tar Bsr.s GALLrnY o. CshsrI.s AsI-So Us Bsosd.'y
THs PRIcE oy GRAPEs-The question may be very per
tnenty put to every farmer within fifty miles Of this city
Why don you plant vineyard r lie that planteth vine
in his youth shall grapes his manhood aud have
bis old age reeshed with health giving fruit and bis name
blessed by bis posery Yet few seeking that bes
ing Il we may Judge how few have been planted by the
present price Of fruit this city Common Isabella grapes
such as viii grow Everywhere in almost all situations where
vine gf in the soil among the rocks or by the
foot Of brck wall selling ct this time for l2i cents
IL at wholesale and ISL at retail This is more than the
preserved grapes rasns from abroad sell form their
dry state The principal Of supply to the Ne" York
market is Crvon Point the Hudson, about 30 miles above
the CITY DR. Underhi has about 30 seres in his vine
yard and his brother few more. and presume
that no equal number Of furnishing produce to this
market produces gre income The principal crop
the Isabella kind the next Catawba We In his sales
in Broadway last week and found the demand exceed
ing the supply Dealers who wanted two baskets were put
of with one and orders were registered for supply by the
next boat; money rendered and refused at shilling
pound for hundreds Of pounds together The crop of the
Coton Point this about three ouhs that Of
last very neone The quality not as good
~ year there has been much wet weather and
good many were lost by rot The fruit from this vine
yard generally market ripe and in good order in
covered and locked baskets. containing about 50 ID
Every south face Of all the hills in Weschester County il
is probable just goods situations for vineyards
Croton Point Why do not the owners plant vinesl AT
MATHEW an Point in New Jersey Mr. Hughes has the next
largest vineyard TO that Croton Point from which
have heretofore had excellent grapes. lie grows the
some kind as DIR Underh that principally Isabella and
Caawba The first Of these is supposed to be Spanish
grape introduced into North Carolina many years and
from thence transpaned to garden in Brooklyn by Mrs
Isabella Gibbs The other ia undoubted native Of that
State and takes ts name from the Catawba Indians aud
Catar ba river where found growing wild. Mr.
Hughess vineyard has entirely failed this year from the
Whether this is altogether owing to wet weather,
damp situation, prevailing epidemic among vines we
advised There successful vine growers at
Peekskl Fsbkil and other points on the Hudson but
not half enough Of thhem Lately have in market
rome very fine grapes put up in neat boxes of about
busbe and half capacity which we are told grown
upon small island in the river, near Newburgh We know
that opes grown great perfection in the gardens Of
produce such abundance that citizens might have
this healthy and excellent fruit upon their tab every day
in the at price such the people could afford to
pay and such the producers could afford to grow for
Now but the mil ionse and those who venture upon
bis extravaganza can afford to eat grapes Sluggard 90
thou and plant vine.
NIBLos THEATER-An over crowded house last night
at Niblos prevented from getting proper view of the
new Russian dancer Yrka Matthias As far as we could
Judge from distant glance she appeared to possess the re-
quisie and activity for the poetry OF motion and due
acquaintance with all the eonventonalsms of the ballet
stage The curiosity Of the people her que
markable
To night will be given the Opera Of LEssr d amore,
by the Opera Company, which aternates three times
week with the Raves
We refer our readers the programme Of Julien. at
Metropolitan Hail. this evenng--adviing them to avail
themselves Of such music while the opportunity offers
For THE CRYSTAL PaLAcE-The Norwich and worces
ter Railroad and Steamboat Line have adopted The Tr-
bunes suggestion. An Excursion train left Worcester
yesterday and crowd of many hundreds expected in
the STEAMBOAT Worcester ON Wednesday this morning
The fare is reduced for the occasion and they coming
with rush. These excursions win be repeated
The GIRAFFEs-These very rare and very beautiful
cnims, Barnums Museum, great attraction to the
strangers III tONn hnccl o'cl eecn III
country
EXPLOSION OE A GAS MANTACTORY-About ~ NJ
the Gas Mandatory belonging to the St Nicholas Hotel
standing in the rear Of the Nicholas Hotel Nos 81 and
50 Mercer st. conducted by Messrs Ceaver Mason aud
orn,d by MIR Anthony, bursed exploded with tremen
dous crash completely demoshiDg the building the cistern
ard ao the reservoir containing the gas generated for the
use Of the st Nicholas portion Of the stable extend NJ to
the extr, mt rear the lot alongside of the Gas Factory
was entirely destroyed
By the conclusion and the falling walls and mbers com
ing in contact with il Cleayer and Mason sustained consd
erab loss in the smashing and breaking OF several coach
C. wagons and harness also about 200 bushels oats were
scattered among the ruins and lost But fortunately and
strange to say not a limb broken or fractured nor
life lost amid the falling Of brick walls aud heavy tim
bers the sudden flow Of large quantity OF water and the
dispersion of many thousand feet Of gas through the at
mosphere which very suocatng and destructive to hu
man life 1t is supposed that the Immediate cause OF the
accd nj was the of the gas and water contained in
the reservoir and csern the iron hoops around which mol
being strong enough gave way, and thus produced th
alarming destruction of property and cons rnaii IN the
m ,ebborhood Loss about Is 600 Mesrs. Cleayer Ma
are insured
Loso ISLAND RAILROAD Extraordinarily the
President and Directors Of the Long Island Railroad 10
geher with the Mayor and number of the members oil the
Common Council took excursion along the route Tor
the purpose Of viewing the line and the country around
The party left the depot at the foot OF Ailantct 81 -
o'clock and proceeded in special train to Jsmaica on
the road they stopped view the difference in the grade oil
Atlantic av where the Railway is from eight to ten feet De
low the level of the street and it manifest to all parties