Locomotive, Volume 46, Number 8, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 October 1858 — Page 2

THE LOCOMOTIVE.

1 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1858. "jj."satrjllyisili day of publication of tho Locomotive when it willulwaysbereadyfot subscribers. In nocasewill weletacopyoflhepaper go from theoffice before publics Monday. " LOCOMOTIVE STEAM PRESS "BOOK AND JOE PRINTING OFFICE. WE would cull the attention of Railroad Men, Presidontsof Colleges and Academics, the Medical Profession, and all others, to our assortment of NEW AND BEAUTIFUL TYPE ! Just received from the best Foundries in the United Ktalos, embracing all the Medical Sign; Accent!, Fraction, French Letters, Algebraical Signs, Slll'l all the modern facilities for doInjrwork iu the best style. All our Type and Machinery is new, and in good order, including two of Adams' Improved STEAM PRINTING PRESSES which enables us to do our work in asuperiorstyle,on asshor time, and as good terms as r.ny other ottice. We have on hand a superior article or Mooli and Colored l'apcrs,iiii the bestof Inks, and as we are practical workmen, we guaranty all work entrusted to us to be done In the neatest manner, with promptness and accuracy. Our Job Department is well supplied with all kinds of New nd Fashionable Type, and we are prepared to do A.11 ZSlixicl of Jol3 Worlt! on the shortest notice, and at the lowest living rates; and II I, A MiS OF EVEUI DKSCK1PTIOH! on Cup, Letter, Folio Post, Flat Cap, French, or Colored Papers, and Cards or Card Boards. For the character of our work we confidently refer to any Book orJob bearing our imprint. Our prices are regulated at the lowest cash standard, so as to be regular and uniform, and equal to all; and contracts for work will be adhered to, without resort to extra charges. JtjOrlerfroin a iialunre promptly attended to, und accurate euurantied. ir7Offlceon Meridian street, immediately opposltethe Poi Office. EL1ER HARKNESS. ' The Board of Tiustees of Marion County Library met on Saturday the 2d instant at their Library room in the Court House. From reports made by their officers it appears that the library consists of 1,600 volumes of carefully selected books. That said Library has a fund of $2,000 loaned out, the interest of -which is expended in the purchase of new books. We annex some of the rules relating to loaning books from the library. All responsible persons in Marion County may procure books from the Libray by paying semi-annually in advance fifty cents per annum for one book, or seventy-five cents for two books, to be retained not exceeding four weeks at one time. Library open every Saturday from 9 o'clock A. M. to 3 o'clock P. M. 63T Reader do you know, and have you thought of it, thnt-ncarly $ii00,000.00,or over half amillion, have been expended this year in improvements in this cityj and that, too, when all cities, east and west, north and south, are prostrated by the commercial crash that has swept the land? In no place of this size, has this much money been spent in improvements this year it furnishes the best of evidence that our city is being built up on a solid foundation that it must and wilj be the first inland city of the West, and that in a very few years it will reach a population of 50,000. And what is more aud better, the prospects are, from contracts now made, and others in progress, that there will be more improvements next year than there has been this. . Think of this, and toll it to your friends. ' ("aT Persons in want of handsome lots for dwellings in a pleasant iiart of the city, in a good neighborhood, should look at the lots advertised by us, fronting on North Meridian and First streets. These lots can be bought at from Si 2 to $15 per foot front less than any property south of them, by from $8 to $50. Terms are easy. New Type. We receive this day a large addition to our Job Type, consisting of an extra large font of new and beautiful Script, Fancy Type and Ornaments, that will enable us to print long forms of Deeds and works that character. AVc have now larger fonts, and a greater variety of good Script Type, than any other office in this city. ' 65" One thing should be remembered by every voter in this county, and that is if you have known the candidates for many years to be honest, honorable and upright gentlemen, consistent and uniformly courteous in their deportment, and worthy the confidence they ask of you, vote for them, and do not believe the lying insinuations thrown out by partisan sheets, on the eve of the election, to excite your prejudices, and induce you to vote for worse men. Judge all candidates by the characters they have borne for years, and not by any unfounded insinuations, and do your own voting. Du. C. K. Moore. One Dr. C.K. Moore, that had his residence on Meridian street, corner of Georgia, in this city, has left clandestinely, swindling us out of a bill for printing, and his landlord out of near a year's rent We understand he has gone to Chicago, to practice medicine, and we hereby notify the craft in that city to be on their guard against his promises. If , Doctor Moore honestly came by his title it should be ' taken from him, as no honorable member of that pro- ' fession would sneak away from a place leaving his printer's bills unpaid. Pass him round. 535 The pavement that Judge Blackford is laying down in front of his new block, is a model worthy of imitation for all property holders. It is of flag stone, ' dressed square ou the edges, and laid even and solid, ' and will stand the fire engines, and the tramp of the ten , thousand boot-heels that will daily cross it. If all the pavements in the city were as good, it would save 810,000 a year to our citizens alone in the cost of. boots aud shoes, that are ground down on our gravelly , sidewalks. If there is a choice between men, for either State or County offices if one man will make a good officer, and his opponent will not, or there is doubt about it, vote for the one you know to be right. It i . important that good and true men should fill all the responsible offices in both County and State, and it is the duty of every voter to help place such men in office. 63TMr. Joseph McCIain, of this county, had on the Fair Ground, this week, a beautiful sucking Colt, of the Morgan stock, that he was offered, and refused $150.00 dollars for, in cash. That is the kind of stock for the Farmers of Marion county to raise—it pays. ———<>——— SENTENCED.—John Bates, the young man whose arrest for larceny and robbing the mail, at Danville, we noticed a few weeks ago, has been sentenced by Hendricks County Circuit Court, to seven years imprisonment in the penitentiary, for the first named offence. ———<>——— A small Business Koom is for rent, on Meridian gtreot, a few doors south of the Post office. In. quire at this office.

SEVENTH ANNUAL FAIR OF THE STATE BOAED of AGKICULTURE.

This has been the great week of the State Fair of the Mechanical and Agricultural Products. The general collection of the best and most approved Agricul tural Implements; the best Agricultural Products; the best Mechanical articles of all kinds; the best stock of Horses, Cattle, Hogs, Sheep, and Poultry; the most select Dairy Products, works of Art, Fruit and Flow. ers, brought from all parts of the State to one point, arranged and exhibited to the best, advantage, and explained by persons interested, have been presented for the examination of all disposed to visit them. By this means, more information could be gained in the three days of exhibition, than could have been ob tained by any individual by traveling one year, at an expense of over $1,000; and the result will be felt in the State for years, by the spirit of improvement it will stir up the great desire persons from each part of the State will experience to employ the improved facilities offered, and raise the best Stock of all kinds. ; The exhibition this year was inferior to that of previous years in no one particular either in quantity or quality of articles exhibited,whilc in some branches there was a most decided improvement over past years, noticed and freely remarked on by those in the habit of attending these exhibitions. The following is the number and kind of articles made, and in the different classes. The system of abolishing badges to exhibitors on the two first days of the Fair, had the effect of preventing the entry of a large number inferior articles, entered merely to get a badge, so that the articles on exhibition were of a decidedly superior character. LIVE STOCK DEPARTMENT. CLASSES A AND B HORSES, JACKS AND MULES. A Horses, 382 B Jacks and Mules 49 431 CLASSES C, D AND E CATTLE, HOGS AND SHEEP. C Cattle 200 D Hogs 135 E Sheep 207 544 CLASS F POULTRY. F Poultry i 42 AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. CLASS A. A Vegetables, Grain, Seed, &e. . . J 2C8 CLASS B. Fruits 57 Flowers 75 132 MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT. . CLASSES A, B AND C PLOWS, IIORR0W8, EDGE 1 : TOOLS, liC. A and B Plows, Harrows, Edge Tools, &e. . . . 465 C Domestic Manufactures, &c 146 DEPARTMENT FOR GIRLS AND BOYS. PREMIUMS FOR GIRLS. Dairy Products, Needle Work, &c 496 PREMIUMS FOR BOYS. Field Crops and Plowing Match 10 MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT. CLASS A SECTIONS 1 AND 2. Needle Work, Paintings, Drawings, &c 212 SECTIONS 3 AND 4. Table Comforts, &c . . . ; 234 CLASS B. Articles on which no Premium in the general list are offered, 229 Total number of Entries, . . 3 208 Our space will not permit us to give anything like a detailed account of the articles exhibited to do so in full, would occupy our whole paper; and to do so in part, would be unfair to all not noticed. We shall publish, next week, all the premiums awarded to per sons residing in this county, and the first premiums in all the principle classes of animals. We will say, however, that in the live stock department, and particularly in Horses, and Jacks and Mules, there has never been such fine stock exhibited here. There was splendid animals on the ground, in all the classes, and the horse ring was the principal point of attraction during the entire Fair. The mechanical department was well represented, and particularly in Machinery. Three Portable Engines a new feature at the State Fair were exhtbited, from different makers, and furnished power for the Threshing Machines. Of the attendance, there is various estimates. We thought that on Wednesday there was not near so many on the ground, as on the same day last year; but on Thursday, there was certainly more, as the whole ground, and all the space was crowded with human beings. We should estimate that there was fully 80,000 people inside of the grounds at one timei on Thursday, and at least 10,000 on the ground outside. The receipts on Thursday was about $6,000.00. On Wednesday, about $3,000.00; and for the Fair, it will be nearly $12,000.00. IT The Firemen's parade, on Thursday, and the trial of the engines, for the premium awarded by the State Board, attracted a great deal of attention. All the companies in this city, with a company from Terre Haute, joined in procession, and on the trial the Invincible's carried off the award, as they have on several occasions. The following is the result of the throwing, as reported by the committee : The Conqueror 213 feet 10 inches. The Relief. 204 " 6 " ; The Marion 202 " 6 4 The Terre Haute 196 " 6 " Editors Locomotive : I wish to make an inquiry, through your paper, why it is that we cannot get pajiers, through the mail, from Indianapolis, a distance of only fifty miles ? We have not had a paper from there for two weeks, and sometimes letters are five days getting here. There is carelessness some place and we would be glad to know where it is. Yours truly, A. S. Dale. Curtisville, Ind., Oct, 2, 1858. Of the cattle on exhibition, was some very fine Devon stock, by Squire Shinier, of this county. This stock is fast growing in favor, and the number of animals on exhibition this year was four times as large as any previous year. Sqnre blnmer is raising quite a herd of this stock, and in a few years can supply cows for the use of our citizens. Enlargement of Beecher's Church. The parishioners of Henry Ward Beechor propose to enlarge his church so as to accommodate six thousand persons. At a recent meeting on the subject lie said he thought that in the natural course of events, he had ten years longer, at least, to live ; and that ten years ! was likely to be the most active portion of his life. He believed he could preach as easily to 6,000 persons i as to 3,900, if the church was properly constructed, and thus he would be enabled to do twenty years ' preaching in ten years ; in other words, to double him- i self. Moses S. Beach offered to be one of one hun- ! dred men to give $1,000 each for the purpose. '

The Election. Next Tuesday is the day of the annual election. It is a very important election to the people of the State, and every voter should be early on the ground to deposit his votes. The election of State Officers is important, and particularly those of Secretary, Treasurer, and Auditor, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction. In past years these offices have been bestowed on unworthy recipients, who have abused the powers' intrusted to them, and the interests of the State has suffered in consequence. the present incumbents have the credit, on all hands, of having discharged their duty faithfully if you help to remove them be sure that you fill their places with others equally trustworthy. The election of a Congressman, for this district is important. This is purely a political office, and really of less interest to us as citizens of the State than either the State or county offices, but important to the Nation. In this we advise all our readers to vole with their party if you are identified with a party, and feel that the general policy of your party is right, vote for the nominee of that party for this office, as you vote for principles, and not for men, in voting for Congressmen. The election of Supreme Judges is also important This is an office that lasts six years, and during that time all doubtful questions of law, and very important interests will be entrusted to them, and we must abide their decision. The Supreme Bench of Indiana has always held a high name-, both at home and abroad, and it is of the highest importance that this good name should be continued for the next six years. As citizens of Marion county, the most important part of the Ticket to us is the county officers. We are daily associated with some of them, in our social or business capacity, and we should see that they are filled with reliable men. These offices should not be connected with politics in any way, as they have nothing to do willl either State or National politics, and in voting for them you can select men those that you know are faithful and competent for the place. See to it that men of this character are elected vote for no other. One thing more do your own voting judge for yourself decide for yourself, and vote as you think best

North Western Indianna Conference. After a pleasant aud harmonious session of six or seven days at Valparaiso, the North Western Indiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church ad journed on Monday, the 4th. The appointments for the ensuing year are as follows : : INDIANAPOLIS DISTRICT A. WOOD, P. E. Indianapolis, Strange Chapel Wm. Graham. Clermont E. Rozzel. : Ziousville C. A. Brook, F. M. Pavey. Lebanon C. B. Heath. , . . Mechanicsburg F. Cox. . Brownsburg L. S. Martin. Danville A. Gurney. Fillmore J. S. Donaldson. North Salem A. Utter. Crawfordsville G. Morgan. " Circuit MT II. Wood. Darlington J. B. Grey. i Telegraphs in Indiana. A net work of tele graph lines, having Indianapolis as a common center, will soon cover Indiana in all directions. We have, at present, a line of telegraph along the Madison & India napolis Railroad to Madison ; one on the Indianapolis & Cincinnati Railroad to Cincinnati, and one on the liellefontaine Koad to Cleveland, 1'ittsburg, and other eastern points. The old line of telegraph along the National Road and to Lafa3rette,Logansport, Ter re Haute, &c, has been prostrated for some time, but the erection of some new lines will supply its place and embrace more territory than what was included in the extent of the old line. A new wire is to be stretched from Indianapolis to Cincinnati, so as to accommodate the railroad business without interference with that of the public. This line is-the. one over which the larger portion of the dispatches of the Associated Press reach this city. Along the Jeffersonville Railroad a line is to be established, which will give us a more direct telegraphic communication with Louisville and the interior towns of Kentucky. The Terre Haute Railroad Company intend erecting a line for their own use and that of the public. It will join a line now in operation between Terre Haute and St Louis, and gives us a second route tor lightning transit to the Mississippi, lhe .Lafayette Railroad Company also intend building a telegraph line. It will connect with one now in operation along the New Albany Kailroad to Chicago, and also with t he line of the Wabash Valley Railroad to Toledo. The Peru Railroad Company intend to construct a line from this city to Peru, which will also connect with the Wabash Valley line. Along the Indiana Central and Dayton & Western Railroad a line is to be built to connect this city directly with Richmond, Dayton, &c. These new lines will enable the managers of our railroads to gain early intelligence of whatever they may desire to know concerning their trains, or any particular matters connected with their roads making the transit of passengers and freights surer and safer at all times than they can .be without the aid of telegraphs. Journal. PROPERTY DESTROYEDIN THE CRYSTAL PALACE. New York, Oct 6. Among the property destroyed in the Palace were several fine pieces of statuary, including Kiss's equestrian statute of the Amazon ; Marcheltt's fine colossal statute of Washington ; casts from Thorwalden's group of the Apostles; Araba's relief of the Descent from the Cross of Mantle; the statute of Collumbus, and several other valuable works of art The pictures in the gallery were valued at $10,000; sewing machines, $8,000; forty pianoes, $20,000; seven steam and three caloric engines, $12,000; three steam caliopes, $5,000. The whole number of entries of articles deposited was 3,900. Nothing is left of the Palace but the iron towers at the angles and a portion of the iron sides. Everything combustible about the building and contents were, reduced to ashes. The iron parts of the ma- 1 chinery and the frame work of the building are all one undistinguished mass of ruins. The glass is fused in-' to large masses. The report that one man was killed ' is untie; there was no loss of life whatever, and no severe injuries to any one. The police and the managers at the Institute are busy investigating the origin of the disaster. Nothing was saved except one hose carriage, one fire ladder truck, and some half dozen trifling articles on exhibition. In less than fifteen minutes after the fire was discovered the dome fell. The building was insured for $60,000. "6" There seems to be a great conflict of opinion as to the richness of the gold discoveries of western Kansas. The decided probability is that they will turn out poor. Gold is one of the mast universally diffused ot all the metals, but it seldom exists anywhere in sufficient quantities to pay for its collection. The whole eastern range of the Apalachian Mountains, from Canada to Alabama, produces gold, but nowhere in sufficient abundance to make its collection much of an object The mountains of western Kansas are a continuation of those of New-Mexico, but unless they are much richer in gold than those of New-Mexico are, the gold-seekers who are resorting thither will not get rich in a hurry. Fire. Cincinnati, Thursday, October 7. At ten o'clock this morning a fire broke out in D. P. Stiles liquor store, Columbia street The contents of which was destroyed. The fire communicated to the Miami Oil Factory and Lay & Brothers, manufacturers of printer's ink, also nearly destroyed. Loss, $20,000. Insurance not accertained. C The Democrats have appointments for Political speaking to night and To-morrow night, at the Palmer House. Gov. Wiflard, and others, will address the meetings.

WEEKLY REPORT OF THE N. Y. FLOUR AND WHEAT MARKET. New-York, Oct 2, 1858. Flouk, &c. The receipts of State and Western Flour have been in excess of the demand, and prices have tended strongly downwards, the decline for the week being 10 and 25 cents per barrel. The inquiry has been mainly for home use, and moderate, purchasers only supplying their immediate wants. The export demand has been limited. Yesterday's transactions were light, and the market heavy. Southern Flour has been less buoyant, especially the common descriptions, and prices have favored buyers. Canadian Flour has been in moderate demand, at reduced prices, closing heavily. Rye Flour has continued dull. Corn Meal has been moderately dealt in, closing firmly. Grain Wheat of prime quality and in good condition is not abundant The supply generally is moderate, whilst the demand has been lair for home use, with some inquiry for export, chiefly for inferior parcels. Prices are well supported, especially for the better qualities. Toward the close there has been less activity in the market than was shown in the early part of the week. Yesterday's transactions were quite limited. Rye is inquired for at 80a81c. Corn The supply is heavy, the demand moderate, and prices are easier. Oats continue in good demand, and are firmly held. Barley is scarce and wanted, at improved prices. Freights to Liverpool, for Flour, Is 3d a Is 6d per brl. Grain 8d a 4 Jd, in bulk and ship's bags. Paul Morphy in Paris. Private letters to the editor of The Chess Monthly, in this city, bring later intelligence from Mr. Morphy than is to be found in our foreign files. His match (for 250 frances a side) with Mr. Harwitz stands: Morphy, 3, Harwitz,2. The Cafe de laRegence, the traditional locale of Parisian chess, and the scene of Philidor's, Deschapelle's and Larbourdonna's triumphs, is crowded with spectators whenever our countryman plays. A gentleman now in Paris writes thus: " The greatest of living French sculptors, Lequesne, the pupil and successor of Pradier, has asked Morphy to sit to him for his bust in marble. Morphy gave him the first sitting yesterday. The bust will be exhibited at the Exposition des Beaux Arts. This is, I think, the highest honor Morphy has yet received. But I can assure you they treat him here like a god. He dines with his Royal Highness the Duke of Brunswick on Sunday. The other night, at the Theatre Francais, half the audience stood up and looked at him he was perfectly unconcious until it was pointed out to him. Everybody seeks introductions to him, and the old players of the time of Labourdonnais treat him with the greatest reverence." After finishing his match with Harwitz, Mr. Morphy will proceed directly to Berlin and Breaslau to meet Anderssen, Lang and Mayet ; who, with Von der Lasa, are at present the great exponents of German Chess. It is a matter of much regret, both to Mr. Morphy and his admirers, that the diplomatic duties of Von der Lasa (who is Prussian Minister at Rio Janeiro) preclude the possibility of bringing about a meeting between these distinguished players. The last Illustrated News of London gives a portrait and life of Mr. Morphy together with the eight games played blindfold by him at the Birmingham meeting.

CRYSTAL PALACE BURNED. NEW-YORK, October 5. The Crystal Palace was entirely destroyed by fire with all its contents this afternoon. SECOND DISPATCH. The fire at the Crystal Palace broke out in a lumber room, which was entirely filled with boxes and a large quantity of old lumber. It is believed to be the work of an incendiary. When the flames were first discovered at the Palace an engine was brought out, but the hose was so full of holes that it was perfectly useless. The flames spread with astonishing rapidity, creating intense excitement among the visitors, of whom some 2,000 were present. It is feared that many were killed; one dead body has been taken out. ' The heat was so intense that the services of the firemen were of no avail. The whole building is in ruins, and but a very small portion of the articles saved. Two only of the many fire engines on exhibition were got out uninjured. The building was crowded with articles on exhibition of every possible description. It is impossibly [sic] to estimate the loss with accuracy. The building itself is said to be worth $250,000, and the contents must have been worth double that amount. ———<>——— MORE ABOUT THE KANSAS GOLD. <The Occidental> (Independence) <Messenger> of the 25th says: "Several gentlemen arrived at this place on Thursday last, direct from the gold mines near Pike's Peak. The parties live in Ray County, Mo., and have spent several months prospecting for gold in these mines. They state that as many as 150 persons had been at the mines this summer, and had explored and prospected them to their hearts' content This party represented that nearly all had abandoned the mines, they being about the last to leave. They say that gold certainly exists in that whole section of country, as they never tried at any point but they succeeded in washing out a small quantity from the dirt, but the yield was so small that it would not pay the miners at work while they were there, not averaging as much as fifty cents per day. The gentlemen intend, when they arrive home in Ray, to publish an account of their adventures and success in the mines, together with the prospects and inducements for others to go." <The Lawrence> (Kansas) <Republican> of the 23d says : "During the past week there have been several arrivals in town from the gold regions of the Rocky Mountains. From Mr. Baker, who was one of the original Lawrence company, we learn that that company have gone to the Spanish Peaks instead of Cherry Creek. The Spanish Peaks are in New-Mexico, about six days journey south from Pike's Peak. The Lawrence company have been encamped nearly all Summer at Pike's Peak, and have sent prospecting companies into all the country around about They found gold in all the streams, but not in sufficient quantities to prove profitable mining with their present facilities. Mr. Baker is satisfied that there are rich deposits of gold in all that region, and that, with the proper facilities for mining, it could be made to pay well. He confirms the account that there is a Georgia company at work on Cherry Creek. It is from this Georgia company that the arrivals of gold to Kansas City have been received. The Lawrence company have gone to Spanish Peaks, and will probably winter in NewMexico."———<>——— ——>We give some very interesting correspondence from Great Salt Lake City, down to the 4th ult. Governor Cummins; had returned to the city after a pleasure excursion of a couple of days to Cottonwood kanyon, with some of the <elite> of Mormondom. Gen. Grant and a man named Williams, were tried and convicted of a breach of the peace. They were both found guilty and sentenced to pay a fine of one hundred dollars and the costs of the Court. Breaches of the peace are becoming quite common in the streets of the holy city. Trouble is anticipated with the Indians. The mail of the 17th of August has been destroyed by them, and the carriers barely escaped with their lives. Colonel Hradin had been obliged to call upon Gen. Johnston for an escort of soldiers to protect the herds of cattle he was driving to California. The Indians have declared their intention to rob every mail, and to stampede the stock of every emigrant train that attemts to cross to California. Colonelp [sic] Lunder had arrived at Salt Lake City. He reported that the wagon road under his superentendence [sic] was progressing rapidly, and would be commpleted [sic] before the mountain snows set in. Brigham Young is still at Salt Lake City, but closely confines himself indoors. Business was reviving at Salt Lake, and traders were coming in with their goods. Snow fell on the 5th ult. at Platte Bridge, about one hundred and fifty miles above Fort Laramie.———<N. Y. Herald>. ——— Dr. Rae, the destinguished [sic] Arctic traveler, was visited yesterday by a deputation from the American Geographical and Statistical society, consisting of Messrs. Lefferts, Folsom, Grinnell and Conkling. Dr. Rae will leave the city to-morrow, to be absent a few weeks, and on his return about midwinter will favor the Society with a series of lectures upon his personal experience in the Arctic regions.—<N. Y. Tribune>.

THE ILL-FATED AUSTRIA. TOTAL LACK OF DISCIPLINE ON BOARD. The steamer Eastern- City, Captain Killam, from Halifax via Yarmouth, N. S., arrived at this port last night, and among her passengers were Mr. J. F. Cox, of Boston, and Charles Brew, of England, who escaped from the wreck of the steamer Austria. Although we have not seen either of them, yet we learn from others, to whom passengers at Halifax communicated the Earticulars of the terrible disaster, a few incidents not efore published. When the alarm of fire was given, the passengers and crew who rushed on deck seemed to pause for a moment and look aft, instinctively expecting orders from the captain or officers that would restore discipline, but no orders having been given no one vested with authority making his appearance to calm the tumult the mob rushed towards the boats. A few only who saw the utter folly of such a course tried to collect their friends around them and wait the issue. From the time the alarm was given until the flames obtained the mastery, by judicious management, every boat might have been lowered. The vessel, for five minutes, was under control time enough to change her course so that the fire could have been kept clear of the sides. But the boats themselves were so secure

ly lashed and chocked, that, under ordinary circum stances, much time would nave been required to clear them. Besides, the crew were slow in all their move ments there was no regular discipline beyond the mere watch-and-watch of a common merchant vessel. The men had never been stationed to the boats, and consequently, in the hour of peril, each ran towards the boat that was nearest. One or two boats were, therefore, in possession of the crew, and the rest were left to the mercy of the passengers hence the terrible mismanagement of lowering them. In most steamers, particularly those of the Cunard fine, there is always a quartermaster standing near the helmsman, to direct the course of the vessel ; but there was no such officer on the Austria; the helmsman. therefore, had to rely for orders upon the captain or mates, and when they were out of the way, was left to his own discretion. This was a bad oversight, for the quartermasters are generally the best sailors in the ship, and in the absence of superior officers are fully qualified to take charge. Had there been a quartermaster at the wheel of the Austria, he could not only have altered her course, but could have stopped her if he had seen ht, when he saw that such was the only hope of saving the boats and the lives of those on board. borne of the crew, without orders, seemed to com prehend the danger, and tried to restore confidence among the passengers ; but no one liked to take the responsibility of assuming command. Two men actually seized axes to cut awav the masts. and some of the passengers unbent the head sails for the purpose of smothering the fire, but want of decision was manifest in every movement. There was no head, and the passengers saw in a few moments that it was the old game of " every man for himself." The Austria was amply supplied with fire engines. force pumps, hose, fire buckets, &c., but all of these seemed to have been out of the way when required. Although the discipline of having a station tor every man, and compelling every man to fill his station, was not the rule on board the ill-fated steamer, yet there was one system ot discipline that was never relaxed, namely, scouring brass work, pointing ropes ends, grafting and other small work. The men were well worked but not well trained. Naturally slow, they were permitted to almost crawl along their duties, in stead of being compelled to move rapidly, as is the custom in American and British ships. The captain himself was evidently a man of ability in the ordinary navigation of the ship ; but neither he, nor any of his of ficers, appeared to have the experience necessary to take care of such a ship ; her details were too exten sive for any one of them to comprehend at a glance, and hence the miserable part they played in the ter rible tragedy. The boats might have been lowered, the masts and spare spars could have been cut away and thrown over board, the ship herselt could nave been stopped, and no doubt hundreds of lives saved. Some of the passengers say that the fire itself could have been suppressed by common promptness on the part of the officers, for the men never appeared to move without orders. The horrid details of the loss of life we shall not dwell upon they have been already spread before the public ; but from all we can learn, it appears that this noble vessel and her priceless freight of human life, were the victims of the inexperience of her cap tains and officers. DESTROYING GRAIN INSECTS. Agricultual science is perhaps the most important of all others, because we are dependent on its result! for the very stamina of life, and no subject in relation to it is of more general interst than the one which forms the topic of these remarks. The labors of the husbandman are frequently rendered aborative by the ravages of tiny insects, which devour his grain in the fields, dastroy the fruit of his toil, and blast his hopes of an abundant harvest. The two most destructive of these insects are the Hessian fly, and the wheat-midge or red weevil. The ravages of the latter have been very distructive in some sections of our country during the present year. The attaks of both are confined to grain in the fields. The means which should be employed by farmers to prevent or mitigate their depredations are described by the distinguished State entomologist of New York, Dr. A. Fitch, also by Professor Hind, of Toronto, C. W., in his prize essay of 1857. There is another wheat insect which is oftentimes very destructive to grain in heaps, namely, the true weevil (calandra granarid), and as the crops are now being "gathered into the garner," our remarks will be chiefly confined to it This weevil is a sort of small beetle, brown in color, having a slender body, and is about one-eighth of an inch long. The female lays her eggs in the wheat in the granary, and a single pair will produce six thousand descendants in one year. The young burrow in the kernels of the grain, consume the contents, and leave only the shells. So secretly are their operations conducted that it is impossible to detect them by the simple inspection of the wheat. On throwing a handful of the grain into a bucket of water, those attacked with the insect will float, while the sound grains will sink, and in this manner theirpresence will be discovered. After a female weevil has deposited an egg in a grain,she closes the puncture with a glutinous substance of the same color as the husk, hence the difficulty of detecting the presence of this depredator when in its larvm state. As one of these insects can be the means of destroying six thousand grains in a store house in a season, some conception will be formed of its means of destruction. ' On the approach of very cold weather, developed weevils retire from the wheat, and seek shelter in crevices where they remain in a torpid state. They are not so destructive in the cold as in the warmer sections of our country, where certain methods for their destruction are more urgent and necessary. They avoid light, hence, if the wheat is kept in welllighted granaries and frequently turned over, much will be done toward checking their operations. Authors, however, who have devoted much attention to their habits, have asserted that kiln-drying the wheat is the only effectual means of destroying them. It has also been recently recommended that wheat for storing up should be submitted to the action of a smut machine, to receive a thorough scouring, in order to rub off the glue with which the female conceals the punctures made for her eggs. The admission of air into these small holes, it is stated, destroys the germin- i ating powers of the eggs. It seems reasonable to us that by submitting wheat to a scouring process, then heating it in a kiln up to a temprature of obout 120 or 130 Fah., it would be completely protected from the destructive effects of this inset in granaries. A correspondent of the American Farmers' Magazine asserts that the weevil, midge, Hessian fly and rust may be exterminated from wheat by preparing it for sowing, as follows : Wash the wheat thoroughly in several waters in a tub, stirring it well until the water runs off clear. After this take two quarts of caustic lime to every bushel of grain, and mix it well with the wet wheat in the tub. . The amount of water in the tub should just cover the grain, which must be left to soak for twelve hours. This lime fte kills all the seeds of the insects, and the wheat is then ready for sowing by turning it over among dry wood ashes on the bai n floor, and using a pound of the flour of sulphur to each bushel. It is stated that the sulphur protects the grain from the attacks of vermin, while the alkali dissolves the insects ova in the seed. Wheat