New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-05-20

PHIL.pEL'Hls, Ma "a, i'i-

t04r readers. There aEr some stullrs ap"At tl'
Custom II og.e matters, but those VITO report N u
are not oyerw.c. From what can learn | sup
pose that Mr. Robert. viii retain Office until tie
adjournment Of the Senate. and then give place to
successor ,rlo has not 6eeH named. Some dep
citations have gone on TO Washington to sc What
can be done in Mr.. Robert, behalf; they vii he
likely to come back with mighty big flea. IN their
sars The rejection of Mr.. Tyson. notwi,hs,and-
ing the yslping of some cur. editorial j. rot over
well received. 1t vas causcless. aad tie prctencr
,hat it was Oh account OF his no. being a military
nan. i, absurd. considering the fac. that lot one
In i've OF hi predecessors ever va. ar officer oi
lne regular army.
The Travels Of Edward Joy Mor.i,, 10 = nom
bcr Of our Legislature. in Egypt. Arabia Petra "A.
etc. were published Yesterday To- me- Icy seem
rather stale and pointIes- but it may b. because
have recently re-rcad stephens, admirable mar
ratiye. They arr dedicated to Joseph Il. Chandler
E.o. " ~. t1sfimony II resPrci for the ajufy
he has sh0'ra iqh rari0us cohfri5WsoEs 10 liner
lean Ltcrature." pray YOU institute some m
qurics among your aniiqnaric'. touching those
aid contributions /. our national body OF letters;
| wot not OF them.
Tomorrow the Presbyterian General Assembly
old SCHOOL, j. to meet here, and there may be
something worth reporting connected with their
proceedings. This evening = ;. Key. the Dc Star
Spang ed Banner man. and Rev. Mr.. Gurley are
TO enighien "a, on the subject Of Colonization
Doubtless vou remember the Mesmcrr and
Phrenologic experiments which were rcccatly
chrouiced in the Louisville papers They "cTc
received with some ncredulIIy. but things more
maryciou- il the same way. hive been enacted
mere. ! had the pleasure Of being one Of small
patty assembled last evening nj the house ot FRO
fe,-or j. X. Mitchell. one OF our most eminent
| phy-ci4ns 20 witness some experiments 81 Ani-
-lai Magnetism which exceeded every thing bad
ever read of or seen before. The party consisted
| Of Professor Benjamin Franklin Bache. and -eve-
ra other professional Gentlemen, and few editors,
with three or four Of Professor MitcheIi- intimate
personal friends. Tn, person mogHch-ci J. one
| Of the most popular literary men in thi, county
Of whom have read in your TriJvae that he j.
the hes, Of our humons,s. and OF whom | have
heard from mmerou, sources that be Is as miib!c
and modest as Charlie. Lamb The experiment.
were all perfectly successful, and ever one pre-
sent VA. astoushcd beyond measure. Professor
| Mitchell had. understand. been careful 10 las to
the most skrD'icai of his friend, but one ctl
| The place an unbelicyer. The exhibition seems
now 10 ne like dream | may LAY more OF it
| hereafter. RECTOR.
| RAILROAD FIRE A curious ace dcnt nap,is ,.e,
this morning on the Auburn mud Rochester Rail
road eastward of Canandaigua There is AZ old
about setting rivers a-lire F" but here we hay,
blazing railroad ius.
| The car containing the baggage irors Syracuse
was wholly destroyed by fire, to the scriou. ia
convenience and loss of several passengers.
Among the chiet sufferers our friend Danic
WEIGH, Iron merchant OF Rochester, with his lad,
whose marriage in Pennsylvania wc'rublishcd :
few day, ago. Their lo... IN the baggage Of hv,
trunks, i estimated at 500.
Gen. Davis OF Troy, and Mr.. Humphrey th'
Dank Messenger, Were among the passengers, bu
The latter escaped without loss. "A, his baggage wa
along with Pomer.y 5 Co.'S Express in tho Alba
nl baggage crates.
Mi.- Ro-ina Clark ef 'tica. y. Y. Mr.. Bu
chm, Of Auburn Michigan, and Nlr Stone, Lock
port, y Y, also suffered considerable loss. cacl
from 800 to 300.
These particular. are furnished BY Mr. Wells
Of Pomeroy 4 Cos Express-who could have fur
ni-hcd Us with Nev-lor papers ahead Of the mai
ii his keys had not been lost
Mr.. Blossom. the travelling Collector passe,
the few moments before the fire and thin"'
that the conilagratiun must have been occa.iosro
by some combus,iblc matters (perhaps friction
maichc-) among the baggage. Rochester Dem
PAISrUL CArAsTRoPHE.-Tw litle girls. on,
.ix wears of age and the other two years, persisted
in the flames which DESTROYED the house of THEN
! father. MIR. Elias Russell. of CorstaDtia, O-weg,
| County, on the ID inst The fire broke out at
| o'clock in the afternoon, about half an hour after
! Mrs Russell, the mother of the children, had ei
| the house 10 go to one OF the neghbor.. The cld
est of the little girl. had walked tsc miles The
! same day, and in consequence had retired 10 rest
| and the mother had left both asleep IN bed. The
| house was Immediately enyelOpcd IN ilarnes ard
| the parents were there 10 witness the heart-rcnd
! ng scene, without the power of afOrdng relici
! TIE COUScu Win IHE INDIANS, for the pur
| pose of making some notifications ot the lat,
| Treaty. To which We alluded few weeks since
commenced is session to-day at the Council lioGs,
on the Buffalo Greek Reservation. The Commits
.loncr on the part of The United States !, the ven
cradle AMBROSE SPENCER. late Chief Justice %
| this State. whose appO,nimeGt l. sufficient qua
ranty that whatever arrangement HAY be made, Il
| will be in strict accordance with justice and the
rights OF tie respective parties. We entertain The
most confident hope, that the council viii result IL
the amicable aud satisfactory settlement of all DIFF
! fculties. Buffalo Com ADV. 10Th ihst.
Mr.. VAN ZAxDr AceulrrED-We learn tia
/ the Ecclesiastical Tribunal. which had the o.
/ Mr. Van Zandi under consideration. has acquitted
that parsonage of the crime tor which bis connec
ton WIKI Grace Church WAS severed, and OF which
ne was convicted by the Circuit Court in Roches
ter. The Eccle,iasical Court l. thus IN conflict
with the Civil Tribunal; aud what the up,hot may
| be, it i difficult to determine. Guilty or innocent
hi. punishment, in exposure TO the world Is severe
enough. Rochester I've. Post
~ IL i. stated that Mr.. Reycrdy johnson OF
Baltimore, while attending Mr. >tanly in that
city, and while Mr.. ). was practising at a marx