New-York daily tribune., 1856-09-27

terIupted by repeated discharges VI "i'i.''
which was entirely at loss to account du ho'
find out what il all meant until after my letter WAS
gone. was not sure that the Border Humans
might not have arrived ard begun cannonading the
CITY. or that Brooks had not come in quest oi buh-
cane. discovered. however, that IT was no such
thing, but oily a Galvanic Battery set at work D!
the Fillmore men to give spasmodic appearance
Of vitality to the party they have in charge ana 10
deceive the people into belief that il is really 1--we
thing, instead of being
- corpse mp for show
GALVANIZED 81 time 70 90"
Tho pcr,inac;tv of these Wig Resurrection Men
is insisting that the subject they have snatched
is alive. IA well az kicking puts all former de-
usious Of this kind to the blush. Ii reminds me
of what salor l heard OF the other day sald'
who had wandered into a churchyard, ana was
amusing himself by reading the inscriptions on Inc
praye-stones. Presently he came to one on Which
the defunct stonly addressed the pauring traveller
in this wise:
"Weep not for , ne s,on;, ny drrIeit ar .ls1 5e1T'
This wa, too much for Jack. Shifting his qmd,
he calculated: "We I've heard say that there
"are cases in which man may lie; but, sweat
"1Iuds dead, I'd Oun It!
The Fillmore men, however, are not gong to give
suy rate. They are like the mystery-oving Sar-
dinian Minister, Count Vir of whom his secretary
said 10 one nquiring as Ia his health " lie Is
dead. but he does not wish il TO be known. Ii
WAS II he same nobleman who, having called IN
surgeon to attend TO q hurt he had received III one
Of his legs ard receiving another III the other ee'
called in d different surgeon that 1t might not be
known that he had hurts in both legs at the
same time. But as the poor Count was lame IN
the last case and dead in the first, notwithstanding
the mystery he would make about it, so the un-
lucky Wing party, after not having leg left 70
stand up0n for u long time, il dead now past all
resuscifatOn and the attempts the Fillmore men are
making TO pass it of alive will only end in making
il a stencil in all wholesome nostrlls. l rather
think. as Hamlet says, They viii nose il as they
ego up stairs into the lobby of the Capitol at
Washington, az well as of the State House here, if
tb,y do not find it cut before, after the next cleo
titns By the way, an unlucky omen attended THIS
salute to tie Baltimore nomination. poor fellow,
who WAS serving one Of the guns, through some of
the aWkwardnesscs incident 10 citizen sOldlership,
had both his hands blown Of, 50 that il was inter-
,rupted aud LEFT haifred in the middle An event
emblenatic, | should imagine, OF the fate Of the
nomination it was meant to gloriy. trust that the
Wing gentlemen v hO set it a-blaZng have had the
conscience 10 provide for this unucky cdnnonier,
thus MANNED in their cause. And as they have
plenty Of money, and not mean i'll cases such as
this | dare say they have.
The Exhibition of the Horticultural Society,
which occupied three days of last week, wasayery
fine us we'll as very tantalizng one. 1t was held
in the Music Hall. That fine room was hung with
various devices and streamers, with the names OF
eminent bolanists and pomologists inscribed on the
walls Tie ample floor spread with tables
covered with the kindly fruits of the earth, inter
srersed with flowers while the statue of Beethoven
pll sued IFS Symphonic inspiration among IN array
of the purcst and rarest pot plants that the puolc
ard private conseryatories hereabouts could furnish
Under the galleries were to be seen the humber
tribes of the garden marslaled by mammoth
squasbes, gigantic pumpkins, carrots preternatural
of length, and potatoes superlatiye IN circumfer-
erce Tie fruits ard flowers, however were
the chief charm Of the assemblage, and it
certainly was gratifying evidence of the
power of man TO .ubdue the powers OF Nature 10
his will. that such magnificent display could be
e2tOrted from so cold soil under SO bleak heaven
as ours. Such peaches, and pears, and nectarines,
and apricois Such immense punches of grapes,
from which any spies, sent to spy cut the land,
would not have inferred its natural nakcdness
The variety of pears was endless. Col. Wilder,
the President Of the National Agricultural Society,
offered no less than 2-j kinds, among which l no.
ticrd a variety that was new to me-the Clairgeau
large rough and knobby, but melting and de-
lcious. as was assured by those more happy than
/, who had tasted it.
fine pear. Much may be said in favor OF the best
peaches, aud grapes and nectarlnes are not 10 be
treated with unmerted contempt. But Of all the
fruits that be brought 10 perfection in our eli
mate, without having 10 frame and glaze it. as
Horace Walpole say, commend me the pear |
trust that | have gentle consideration for the
lt.e railties and amiabe errors OF the airer por.
tiOn Of mankind as any one; but | must confess
that have nerer been quite able 70 forgive our
Gentle mother, Eve. for having - brought death
- into this world and all our wee, :" for the sake of
an apple. Had II been pear even Il peach of
The inner sorts, one could have understood the tempta.
ton and made allowance for it. lie thi. as il NAV
tlere was very ine display OF pears as well as of
al the Other eeutIe races which Thomson saws.
"a various sNcctnes. smells. Dir. Hoyey had col
lection only second 10 Col. Wilder's He had al.o a
new grape, called the Delaware about the size
OF the Rose Chasselas, which ripess a fortniob,
earlier in The open air than the isabella and ma,
very likely take tie place ri that tayOrte variety
Dir. Bracket Of IuOn Village exhibited a new and
TIE sort of gfnpe resembling tie BLck Halnburc
but mnch larger, UElch also ripcns in the 0Den air
sooner than the Isabella. Mr. BroeSslauk OF Hind.
son, Ia York State, had curious early Seeding
Of his own Manufacture which prOmixs well. And
The Syrsn grapes Of Mr. Darics Of Fan River uer.
""ithy N'rehdahls of those which tIE spies cut
Il, N utsir tie RroOk Of Eshco "a patt.rn of tb..
Lano ol ea.H; sllazng bg, and bine aud tempting
6ty were, to be sure. do not reoollect auytbins
ise That stuck me as new invention. The Floral
O','sns were executed with much rlea,nee and |
"s"' ana me display Of pot-plantS was never 80
'.' "n any iofirr nccason. lIdted, il was agreed
" Az bands that II the bet .bo,y "a. bav, .~.r
ad III New England. We nave '''
ne Mechanics Fair or Exposition. /. al.o ou.,
: ,,e BEST ever beld here. You enter by Faneuii
''"' "''FD y oiled With syeeipeQs Of Oh binds OF