New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-20

VARIETIES.
From Our Own CoTfessr5en.-
PHLADELPHs, Aug. II, l-59.
While the political Campaign Of last October was
raging here, the Sbam Democracy packed some
go working men sad losters into the Navy
Yard, being fVl three times as many as there ~as
any employ aren't for. Tue scenes then enacted
wese 50 shameless that they rung through the
Dewspspers, ssd cannot have been forgotten. IL
is now Gscertained that the number has been re-
duce9 TO about 800 though there Is almost as much
real work to be done now there was then. The
difference is that votes must be bad at that time, 10
usttter how, while Just now no election is coming
OF. Yet The abuses Of last year, though widely
ventilated by the press, viii have to undergo 8
more efectual exposure in the House this Winter,
when the CONTEXT 70 upseat Mr.. Tom Florence
comes up. Ia spite of this impending exposure
an oficsl drill has been going on for weeks past
in which ihe Mayfair al Cust0m-IIouse workers
sre required to act prominent part. All the
Government employees, Mint and Post Office III
cluded, are required to participate. The Office
holders are the lesders. and the Objec, is
to control the nominations this Fall. You
have DO idea how systematic the espion-
age over every mans cOGduct mas be-
cone aud how certain he is 10 be turned out of his
position unless giving IN bis adhesion. i pr0u-
nett part Of the game is ~ secure Buchanan dele
/ gates, and a denomination Of that tunctlOnary.
! You may rely On It that Mr.. BuchaDan's decnation
| is only sham. He is really as much candidate
as ever Indeed it is rouDdly asserted here by the
fIieI ds Of Governor Wise that the former was the
author and cOntrivtr OF The trap set TO ,stch the
latter in The Brney DonDelly affair, believing he
| could be killed of In DO other way. These suspi
cioDs of foul play have caused new heart burnines
/ among the party, which will require years To heal
unless a community Of pubic plunder should be
agreed On ard secured as paciicaton. While
this lew family feud is thus producing new aliena
tons We lJng on with quiet eXuitation, bappy III
the great fact that nothing but minor differences
exist among us, and in the confidence that even
these Will be healed over by the cemeDtatiOn which
the developments of the coming year are pretty
| certain to produce.
What peculiarly of mechanics it is That one
adaptstion soon leads the way 10 the others. Pro-
! eression is indeed the order Of the day. Twenty
five YEAR, ago the man who introduced the Omnibus
among us Was hailed public beneactor. Bu,
! the omnibus is now obsolete--we hate the very
eight of IT, The city railroads have inaugufated
new era Of social comfort, but even they are threat
ened Nth revolutionary Tenderness, though barely
one YEAR in use. The NewYOrk loo )motiye fire.
engine performs so well whenever it turns ont, that
! it has set our inventors and mechanics 10 thinking
planning and deyising how to extend It's great cipa
! bites TO new purposes. Que is seeking 70 con-
! struct machine for common roads. and has made
! some improvements in tie axles. Two Others are
engaged in making light engines to supersede horses
on the city roads One Of these, with vertical
boiler, consumes its own smoke, and is mansged
by q single driver IL VIII be sort of locomotive
dummy rs it is boxed up SO as TO look like all ord
nary ear, with small stove pipe in the top, and
! VIII cOBdcnSe Its steam without noise 1t VIII oc-
I H., L III I.st
horses, VIII heat the cars ia winter and cool them
by fan in summer, besides raising no dust The
maker claims that 1t Will consume less feed thar
pair of horses and last four times as long. An
Other inventor proposes to place his engine under
the car instead of before, which he can do without
eltva,ng the latter more than six inches thus
| ing tie space occupied by tie horse. Nose aud
smoke will both be dispensed with by peculiar
/ C ntrivances and the use Of coke. What is to be.
come Of the heat from the boiler we don't know
unless il be driven out OF the by fan, event
! likely to happen to passengers aso in case OF II
! blow up. Ibis engine is Ia cost no more than a
! pair of omnibus bOrses, and so comes very cheap.
These several contriyabces have been brought 10
the notice OF the city roads Officials, AID the pros
! pect is fair that something may grow out of the
| matter.
The State Agricultural Society gives note Of pre-.
paratiOn for It's annual exhibition, TO be held here
the four last days OF September, and as many OF
I
items of information may be acceptable. EXhib-
itors must be members of the Society, for which
they pay 81. They can enter their names such
any time after the iIst OF neat month as the COM
petition for prizes is open 10 all the Union. All
tie lroads 10 this city will bring and return free
ol charge, whatever freight may be intended for
! LlbliiCn. new feature aud highly prOInotiye
Of good, VIII be daily public sale OF stock, mple-
meLtS, and fsrmeIs' and gardeners books, while
Tor each If the leading articles exhibited sweep
I stakes premiums will be permitted Ia those who
choose to go in for them Premiums will rot bs
given as formerly IN imitation of the English fairs
Tor merely oycr-ied cattle which are on their way
t. the butcher, and TIE cash for every award Will
DC paid On the spot rs soon as made. To close up
the managers viii nj up spacious tent exclusively
tcr reporters and representatives of tue press in
which they may meet talk, and write long letters
10 headquarters The list premiums Hills 10 pages
octSVO.
While on this subject, LET me mention that new
agricultural curiosity is just fully developing itself,
and hhtiy 10 turn out as great wonder. in It's
| way, as guauO.
We are sctuslly beginning to import our cattle
ieed r,m the cotton States, in the shape of cotton
seed, Oncase, and meal. Within a short time. a
process has been devised by which the oil contained
IN cotton seed II extracted IN large quantities The
IeslduUm ia an oicake which has been found on ex.
/ ANIMATION and trial L. be richer IN albumen and
/ mncliageuous aid saccacaaTiue matters than tue
iar-iarmed hnsted oilcake, So long staple article
OF export from this c"uory 10 EHgsu whers it is
! amolu dependence of the farmers for Increasing
The yield of mix in cOws, Ms Well as for feedipg ,nl
iatteuing. Chemical ans sis proves il 70 be- - per
cent ricner 10 oil, ard 80 per cent richer 10 al
luminous matter than cake from linseed. Qaslt-
tiles of the new oilc.ks are being ordered for
England, where, as well as here ii has been used
with satisfactory results. One of our dealers has
just received several tnDs from New Orleans, aud
/ beIceioIwsTd VII keep kmstli re- gulirly supplied.