New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-31

the level quality Of the ground snt where the hors
poor and feeble may be seen IA " day these rop
! traces with rude wooden bsrnes and straw collar
where's among the sncients piece of G 1rd was NOS
likely thrown around the back TO keep the traces from
flying abOut and becoming eutanged while T. cir front
attachment was 10 the head Of the spef bride
such A. - still used BY some nomad tribes.
We have already mentioned that saddles digDi-
fed by various legislative ensctment regulating their
Use among the tDgih Of former eras Ia the reign Of
Richard IT, the Of harnesses was also regulated by
law the persoLs being designated who might lawful y
use them, and the time hen prescribed.
There se a, yet, Oh exhibition, only tJO lots OF
T'afe hsnt's or indeed # any sort Of harness may
say, with tie excepoD Of collars sent in by John
B. seideDstIicker q Co, Of Baltimore. 10 show
the uolity II Taylors patent spring hamss - an
article. BY the way, well worthy Of attention. The
hIst OF these which shall notice il from the
foctoTy Of Lacey Phillips Of Philadelphia They ex-
hIb GltaiDing two Of brown sin
gle haress and set Of black; also three of
double 1beI,atber is very smooth aud strong and the
suiciGg well done The embroidery Of neatest qui
work aid the mOuDtiDgs Of plated silver, with tlr
rets set In gtail very heavy. The other lot which is
bsO arranged in large show case, is from Newark,
j FROM whose extensive Harness Factories represen
tatiOn TO bave been Anticipated If from any where
II besrs the name Of Owen Mcfarland Of those
naIkatle ARCHITECTS Of their own fortune who abound
among tie iDdustialsts Of the country. He presents
both double ard single carriage harness The body is of
plain leather, while the collars and blinds are Of
patent leather The mouulngs Of these are also partly
GOLDEN heavy, and the embroidery which is beautiful
quill WORK. is We done. 1t will give the Jurors
trouble 10 determine tie comparative merits OF
these two lots We shall dismiss them with word Of
thanks for The carevhch both manufacturers given
10 the TeIDs-always a paramount matter in harness.
1hese Tcbs are apparently very though of the
round style and very delicate looking. We should take
them i'll baud with of reliance, behind the widest
horse, so far their important Office is concsraed-
which would be far from the with large proportion
a 81 f.g he LIT adj rth hut
little regard, seemingly, 10 the quality adaptation Of
the leather, the safety Of life or limb in their
Iinite is the display of the articles already named
H. tl notice the reader will hardly be prepared learn
that but single travelling trunk To be found in the
entire Ame lean department. In travelling age such
ths,we Lad right to expect pretty fair other
countries; but bow il happened that so immense a
branch Of business the manufacture Of trunks in this
country rh0ud be represented by single sample, aud
that exhibited merely for the sake OF the ,ondary
quality 81 lis DeedewOTk ornaments AT loss .
conceive And this sample cones from - Louis, far
of WesteTn city, where the want Of manufacturing en-
terpse is aherne Of loud complaint among her Journal
sts. The article referred to manufactured by f.
Summers OF that city II il fair leather trunk, with
heavy plated silver bands and mountings which give it
strong exterior II il locked to prevent inspection
Of lis internal arrangements But, We have already
Linted it has evidently been sent ia to show what the
needle can do in the ornamental line The wife OF Mr.
Summers is dlted with this feature OF its finish, by
W ch she has won herself deserved pra-e The value
OF THIS TIIk ~ estimated az 0jD WHICH, perhaps, may
do for St Louis hero body is rich la the Italian
department there is single trunk, but it is remarkable
for nothing 1T beng made Of patent leather, aai
having glaIng brass bands aud white stchiDgs 1mag
such trunk in one OF our American baggage cars or
a. railway station amid the piles OF luggage when the
passengers are called to come forGard and polnt
cut their baggage" We should expect 10 sse the I'M
haypy owner emerging from the melee 50 ider and
uiscr man with his trunk banged to pieces, and not
trace Of it's pristine splendOr remaining on the relics
BLOCK OF LEAD ORE.-In TIE London Mining Jour
raj. Of July 2. find notice of "a colossal block OF
arQenlierous lead ore, weighing considerably more than
ha { TIM, on its va, from Mine IN Sweden 70 the
II elieh Crystal Palace The writer remarks that i, will
no doubt fo'm attractive addition to the series OF
minerals collecte for the instruction of the people.
block Of precisely the character of ore, from
the Ulster Mines in thus State was recently carried
through this civ drawn by four horses, 10 the Crystal
Palace Seeing the Importance attached to piece Of
half tun weight in the English papers, we have had
the curiosity make some inquiries regarding this large
mas We learn that il is part oil block which meas
ur,d wien frat extracted feet inches by feet ID
inches by IL inches cubic foot, weighing $50 pounds
the weight Of the block about $4,000 pounds or sur
and half tuns A portion, estimated as tun aud
bali, fell off in extracting the mass.
This is probably the largest piece of this ore Jyer re-
moved from mine and we are surprised 1t e1cites
no particular interest as a remarkable specimen.
Were the face of the ore be chiseled off, its bright
frcsh fracture would add much to its beauty; ani II II
placed upon of the large platform scales on ef-
bjbitlop il would serve the time % show their
capacity of weighing heavy bodies aud give to the visit
ors true idea Of actual weight Of the ORE which It's
,ize does not tend TO convey
The American ship St Nicholas Capt. Braydon, 80
DAYS from Iverpoo arrive ed Aug % She has on board
pac ages for the stall Palace, consstlngo
bronze articles valued al IL 500; ingenious machine
for ,pe setting and also for distributing type worth
f5O0; also a cast iron gate, valued at t2o ana Pho
tographc apparatus.
The Machine arcade is progressing Steam was applied
70 he engine to-day One line Of shaftng was put IN
notion and machines may be attached in day or two.
ne number of visitors admitted Yesterday was btu