New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-01-24
SruzTors Iegislature.

vss one bv Mr.. LAwREscE in favor OF printing
certain reports sfthe Comptroller against PRINT
ing that relstive to contracts on the Enlargement
between Albany and Troy. This caused some
sha-p words from Senator RooT and others, on tue
policy of hiding from the People the fraud "h'eh
that report discloses.
TIE Senate refused to agree with the report,
and the docursn, was ordered printed, only two
-Messrs. Lawrence and Ely-vosing against It
When the hour OF - arrived, the Senate proceed
| cd 20 ballot for State Printer, as follows:
Edrin Croswell albany Argus s...-...........O
Horace Greeley IN. Y. Trbaas} -.....-........-"
Mr. CRoswELL was thsreupoa declared no1'l-
mated.
On motion of Mr. REoADgs the Committee on
Public Printing ordered to inquire into the ex
pediency of making the State Printer salaried
officer and of reducing the charges for legal ad-
verlising
The Senate soon adjourned.
In ASSEMBLY, after presentation OF petitions, OF
which there were great number, and some silght
business had been transacted, the House proceed
ed TO ballot for State Printer, as follows:
Edwin CroswelI, ALBANY ArguEl ................se
Horace Greeley, IN. Y. ftibunel. ..............a
The Senate and Assembly then met, and de-
clarcd Mr.. eros we'll duly elected.
The bill to extend the time for collecting taxes
then came up, and after brief debate, and tie
adoption of one or two amendments, the House
adjourned.
Mr.. OepEs-The body Of Mr. Ogden, whose
sudden disappearance in New-ofeans created
general excitement was found floating in the Ca
nal near the City, on the 18th There were upon
it no unusual marks of violence or any indication
that robbery or murder had been committed
His friends still believe that ne killed out OF
some malice or revenge. It is more generally
surpassed tina, he was thrown froN his horse and
drowned.
MASSACHUSETTS SAVINGS BANxs.-The num-
Der Of depositcrs during the last year was 42,ooI
the amount CT deposites s69O0,451 10, tue divid.
ends fox the year s282,231 1s. In 1885 the
amount. of dcpcstes in these institutions was only
ss69, 392 80.
% We published some weeks since an inter-
estins article on Burr and Blanaerhasset," from
the Licking Valley Register. The Detroit Adver-
tiser copjectures that the writer is Robert Wick
life Senior of Kentucky, and adds that Judge
Williams, formerly Senator from Tennessee, al
ways maintained that Gen. Jackson possessed
Of facts which would have convicted Burr at Rich
mond, if he had thought proper to testify to them.
Certain it is, that Col. Burr was always warm
friend of the General.
% The steamboat NORWICH, Capt. I. H.
Hultz, arrived at Albany at o'clock Sunday
morning-;he first boat OF the scason-n il hours
from this city. The Robert L Stevens, which left
this city Oh Saturday afternoon, reached Albany a,
l P. NJ. of Sunday The Sanausky soon followed
with two freight boats in tow-so that the naviga.
CATION may be considered fairly opened The
Norwich left Albany on her return at 8 yesterday
morning, and reached this city between II and II
P. NJ.
70 We are rather surprised to learn that Of 81
Postmasters in the Union whose compensation ex-
ceeds $500, ttcenty-taco in Massachusetts. The
Postmastcrs Of the eight chief towns in that State
receive as follows: Boston, $4,000; New. Bedford
sl,57l 10; Newburyport, sl,25l 10; Northamp-
ton, sl,607 IA; Salem, S1,702 95; Springfield,
s ,499 IL; Worcester, Sl,5O91 %; Lowell,
$l,226 70.
u Some Internal scoundrel removed one of The
| supports of the Railroad track on the A,tica and
Buffalo road on the 1sth by which the locomotive
was thrown down bank and two or three men
somewhat injured. The Engineer suspected tina,
all wa. not right, and checked the train; but for
this, there would probably haze occurred far
more serious calamity.
90 A correspondent Of the Courier writing
from Columbus, Ga, states that the case of Gen.
MacDougald, charged with murder, in having shot
Col. Hepburn, has been submitted to the jary after
some days trial, and resulted in verdict of ac-
quttal.
70 Hon. GEe. w. CRAWFORD, the Wing can
didate for Congress in Georgia, has 5,l83 major
ity in 88 Counties, which the five small! Counties
remaining will probably reduce to 1900.
70 The Land Office at Dubuque, in the Terri
tory of Iowa, is to be removed to Marion, in Linn
County.
~ A fireman named Lloyd Hays was accidental
IL killed by being crushed by car in the railroad
depot at Washington on Friday evening.
70 MIR. John Worcester was drowned in the
Lake at Buffalo few day, since.
ILLiSols.-A law has just been passed by the
Legislature OF Illinois, which must interfere greatly
with the collection OF debts due in that State. II
provides that al! property offered for sale under
execution, shall sell for two-thirds of its appraised
valne, and that value is to, be regulated by whal
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