New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-24


il fastened by hssp over staple BY wooden
plug. These various items comprise the grounds
of Fort Porter and its appointments, belonging to
the Government Of the United States Of America,
with an annual revenue of $40 600 900, and out Of
which the Buffalo City Government have as yet
been unable to coax, tax or worm single dollar
toward the expense Of grading, paving, or in any
other way improving that noble avenue, Six'n
street, for which the property-holders on its limo
lave been taxed the past and present year more
than $4,000.
Now, it 40 happens that the New-York S1a1e
Agricultural Society holds ts annual Exhibition 10
the City Of Buffalo in October next and mas 81
cured for that purpose about twenty acres OF
vacant lots Immediately adjoining the Aforesaid
Fort Porter. 1t was presumed that the war Orhce
would cheerfully lend the use of these grounds Tor
a few DAYS to contribute to 80 laudable an OBJ
iect which. added to those the Society have Sc
cured would have given, in beauty Of position
and ample area, the finest possible effect TO the
Exhibition. The people of Buffalo requested it
the Society pettiOned for it, not tree nor stone
would be mOlested-the grounds would be inclosed
BY high fence-an efficient police would guard it
in common with the other grounds-they only
wanted the Fort land as an appendage on tho
soft and elastic turf Of which a portion of their
temporary buildings and Offices could be erected,
and seats arranged for the accommodation mainly
of the thousands of ladies with their attendants
who annually throng To the show; no vulgar uses
Of horse and cattle stalls, sheep or swine pens,
would desecrste it, and the Fort buildings would be
properly guarded and cared fOr-all Of which the
Superintendent Mr. Hosmer, was ready to con-
sent to on bis part, if the Department should
so order.
Now, what do the publc-tte owners Of this
very seedy and neglected piece ofprOpety-supposs
it's fastidiOus cOnservatOrs of the War Department
consented to do in this weshty matter of granting
its uee to the State Agricultural Society for twenty
or thirty days. to besrestored complete in every
thing as they should take it Why, simply, that
they might occupy the dilapidatcd, wall-stained
tumble down house aforesaid, without foot of the
mission, an order came to Mr.. Hosuer to
fasten up all the rooms in the house but one
or two, aud lock up the Fort" and, to carry the
o, der into effect, he was authorized to employ a
guard of twenty five men, to b. picked up in the
streets, for that purpose We dare say Mr..
Hosmer and his "guard" will have nice time in
keeping hundred thousand people, more or less,
f,cm coming upon their own grounds during the
week of the Csttle-ShOw; and also congratulate
the " Department On the superior care which its
trees, grass and other appurtenances will re-
reive over that to be expected from a responsible
body like tie Managers Of the State Agricultural
Society.
Fortunately, the Society do not need the Fort
grounds for the main purposes of their exhibtiOnl
To give increased or strOllng. room for the
thousands of visitors from New. York and other
States, and the Canadas, who will attend, they
would have been pleased with the use of the prem
ises but they get along quite we'll without Them
II is however, quite edying to how beautifully
our conservative rulers at Washington preserve in
it, Immaculate integrity adilapidated establishment
its neglected grounds scarcely fit for goose
pasture, while millions Of it's treasure are squan-
tered in the some Department for purposes a.
worthless a. possible. We commend Mr. Secretary
FLOYD and Superintendent Totten, of the War De-
partment, to the Study of passage in a celebrated
discourse, delivered in city called Jerusalem, some
eighteen hundred and odd years ago, where men
not altogether unlike themselves were character
lied as "strainipg at a gnat and swallowing a
camel"