Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-10-19
EVENING STAR.
NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE.
NEW YORK, Oct. IL, lS5

.- .s....-..r New YORK, Oct. IL, 1855.
Our City Fathers are endeayoring 70 attract
public attention by their violent efforts to
prove each other robbers Of the public treas
ury-a matter upon which the people gener-
ally are very easily convinced. Our Mayor
(may his shadow never grow less) set the ball
in motion by indictipg six Of our civic repre-
sentstives for corruption; in revenge for
which, one of them, whose good fortune IL is
to be at the head Of an influential newspaper,
is publishing a catalogue of the crimes of the
Mayor No edition Of the Newgate Calendar
ever published greater enormities than are
charged upon our municipal chief If one
half Off is true, he ought rather to be an IL
mate of State prison than the first man in
the first city on the continent. The Mayor,
however, goes il strong upon the conscientious
line, and seems determined to " bring up'' ev-
cry person against whom I" true bIll' can be
found. Some are wicked enough to say that
he thus tries to disgrace those who differ from
him in politics, his ideas of reform, or in his
endeayors to make money out Of bis Office.
The twenty Annual Fair of the
American Institute is being held at the Crvs-
tai Palace. As many of the statues which
were on exhibition during the Worlds Fair
remain, the place has a very brilliant appear
aDce. Among the best are KISS celebrated
statue of the Amazon attacked by Tiger
and Thorwalstein's Christ and the Apostles
This Fair 5urpasSss any held in several years.
Among many articles of value already well
known to the public, and great M any things
of comparatively small account, are several
new, or nearly new inventions deserving no
tice.
For novelty and utility, nothing on exhibi
tion exceeds the g Automatic Grain Scale
| invented by Wm. Ii. Bramble From a shute
erected over the scale stream of grain l.
poured into the receiver, which, rs in the one
on exhibition, holds about three bushels The
instant the weight Of three bushels has been
poured in, the receiver, which has two appIr-
| tures, performs a part of a circle, bringing
one under the falling grain, while it discharges
at the other. There are five different sizes
manufactured, which will weigh from one
bushel at time to twenty, ard from three
| hundred TO six hundred bushels per hour It's
action is regulated by its own gravity, and
therefore requires DO winding up. If given
| quantity Of grain is required, the automaton
may be set so that precisely that amount will
| be weighed, and no more. The completion of
the task and the stopping Of the machine are
announced by the ringing Of bell. Among
| other advantages, the inventor claims that
:" 1t never stops to rest, makes no mistakes,
works on small salary, and never strikes for
/ wages" All that it lacks of perfection is
thatit cGnr OF vote. Mr.. Br amble spent eleren
years in bringing this curious and valuable
| apparatus To It's present state of perfection.
| Sewing machines have been SO long before
the public that they require TO particular no
| tice. But there Is one on exhibition so essen
| tally different from all others as to deserve
mention. In the Old way of sewing by ma
chincry the stitches arc loops Of two threads
running over and under the cloth. BY the
new machine-patentedb by Robinson, and in
4 h-rD Il
| the same as those made by hand. BY slight
| change in the position of the needles each ma
chine will produce every variety Of stitch that
| can be made by hand. 1t threads its cwn
! needle; and one machine is said to perform
as much work as six or eight hand sewers can.
To describe fractional part Of what is new
| and valuable On exhibition would occupy
more space than is usually allotted to a letter
/ There arc some fine specimens of plate glass
| OF native manufacture, superior to the article
| imported from Franco and Germany. The
| sand from which it is made is said 10 be of n
/ peculiar quality, discovered near Lenox
! Massachusetts,. There are also horse shoes
which are worn without nails very fine arti-
fetal marbles, and limitations Of much valued
stones, Of which l may speak more at length
| In my next.
The vegetable department does not appca.
to be especially varied or extensive. There
| arc a few very large apples some fine pears
and plums, but do not notice any novelty in
the way of fruit. There is a pumpkin from
| Peekskill, N. T., that weighs l54 lbs, and
| measures feet in circumference A VaIpa-
| raise squash, grown at Harlem, N. Y, meas
| uripg 3 feet o inches in length, and feet 8
inches In girth; a Palestine pumpkin from
New Jersey that weighs l24 lbs, and Cali
| fOrnia cucumber from West Chester, N Y,
that measures "a inches In length.
The arrival of DR.. Kane and his party of
| Arctic explorers has created a new fund of
gossip. While among the bellies Of Greenland
| 1t appears that the Doctor made the conquest
of one of their hearts, and endeavOred to per-
suade her to leave father and mother and
! cleave unto him (perhaps the word up there
would be "freeze" unto him. Failing in this
| and determined not to be beaten, he bore
away pair of her seal skin trowers, which he
now exhibits with an air Of triumph. On the
first day of his arrival he was literally beseiged
| in the Astor House. The number of persons
| who were desirous Of shaking the hand that
came so near shaking the North pole was inn
mense. 1t is not often that person can touch
man who has touched the verge of creation
The Kane party brought heme daguerreotypes
The pictures are Of peculiar interest, insomuch
as they appear to have been taken in light
that was all white, without the admixture of
cclored rays. The daguerreotypes are mere
shadows, almost as faint as if taken by the
moon here. Would it not be nice question
for philosophy whether the absence Of colored
rays in the Arctic regions is partial cause Of
the intense cold TEcUHsEH