The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-01
The News.
ALL ABOUT OYSTERS.


The oyster panic, although it may have proved
Temporarily disaaSsntageous to dealers, las never
theles been productive Of good results. 1t has led
10 investigation, and nvestg alton leads to facts.
We have gwen from time to time descriptive aud
statistical accounts of tue oyster trafic-the
Of money invested therein, the number of persons
engaged in it, the process of cultivation &C., H.
and in to-day's paper we publish a comm unication
which sheds food Of light upon the cons.tutiss
properties of the oyster itself. Heretofore the pub
Nc mouth has watered in anticipation. and the pub,
Nc NAV has been crammed>:n realization Of oysters
raw and roasted, without sry just appreciation OF
their true merits. But our correspondent has rem
dared them full Justice H has eaten oysters
in their season almost daily for twenty years
has observed their effect upon the human sys
tenn, mas finally Analysed them, AID, sner. /.
fore, knows AL about oysters. The results of his
Ticroscopical examinations Einntey given, aud
they lead to the conclusion that the oyster
Aaordinary production indee !, an araazng produc
tiop. The fresh oyster, however, is quite common
plssc affari my be eaten with perfect impuuity.
1t ia the oyster that has been opened few hours
that con; aims one hurdred and fortyve millions Of
q species of animalcis, few of them resembling
sells, moving about with brisk, lively melton and
similar 10 dock rat seeking food" Our corrss
pendent s7es the oyster eating public to conjecture
what would be the effect of taking half dozen raw
of t is quality into The diaphrau, with eight hun
dred and sixty four millions Of anima's resembling
o :" dock rat seeking food" But, enough said
read t. e communication.
THE GREAT PACIFIC RAILROAD.
The gigantic project of Robert J. Walker aud y
Butler King ia likely to fall through sooner than
was anticipated TIC deposit of three hundred
thousand dollars required by the State of Texas be
fore making ever to the company several mill ms
acres o. to aid in the construction Of this road
was to be PAID on the 30th nit. The Houston TIE
gyaph Of The 2lst ult. intims ca that the deposit
would cot be forthcoming, ard that the contract
will, there one, be null and void.
FROM MEXICO.
Later sdvices have been received at New Orleans
from The ity of Mexico; but tie news was of no
impo lance Tie new war steamer Santa Anna,
from this port, arrived at Vera Cruz on the 18th
instant.
THE PACIFIo's NEWS.
The Pacific WAS boarded on Monday morning OF
Sandy Hook by the news yacht Of the Associated
Press at about O'Clock, and through the consider
ate attention of Captain Nye 'ull summary Of
her news was promptly delivered at the Sandy Hook
Telegraph office; but owiog to the storm, which de-
ranged all the wires GU of the city, it was found
impossible to get the news here in advance of the
steamers aniva.
STATE OF THE MARKETS.
The hou, market was Without further change
yes erday. Extras Continued firm. while inferior
A1d common graoes we're easier to purchase OF the
previous Wheat was quie. and firm for good
quality, which was in moderate supply. Corn sold
largely at SOC. a size. a SIC. for sound Western
mixed, but chiefly at the fist figures About two
cslgoes of round yellow were sold at $50. Chicago
oats sold at 57c. Cotton was firm, with moderat
sales. Indian corn was pretty freely engaged to
Liverpool, in bulk and bags, at 4Ac. 3D., which
was an advance in this kind Of freight.
For the frat time in long period probably some
$4,000 10000 bushels OF corn this week have
been engaged for Havre, France, and at 10.
per bushel. Some Indian corn, it l. said, has
long been grown in the south Of France, bit
not enough, In the falling off Of the wine crop,
20 supply the demsnd for dissiling purposes.
Il IL feared by some that the spirit of our
corn sent on, may come back to us in the form
of coed cognac brandy-such are he important
discoveries made in chemistry at the present day.
II the French inhabitants, and particularly those OF
the capital and Of the northern sections Of the EN-
pire, understood the chemical conversion Of Indian
corn into good wholesome b'esd as veil as The
Americans Dc, its practical application 1t woula b.
much more conducive to economy and their
general health than the use Of wheat -four excia
sively for breai.
TEe sales at the auction rooms yesterday were
in several cases. made to fair extent, but general
y not Of sufficient magnitude to require special no.
tice.
Messrs Coffin Haydock held large catalogue
sale of diamond iewery, imported watches by cele'
braed makers, &C., which embraced one hundred
&c thirty lots. r. Dpzslty ost,' sslc astrlctsd
~ : ccnpssy, WAC sispl4j ! t.'d comgeti
Nj and, considering the natare he ar si.its,a