New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-01-14
Ne.y.York Legislature.

THURSDAY, Jan IL.
In SENATE. after receiving petitions, Nh
| WRIGHT introduced a bill to amend the law con-
corning costs and fees in courts OF law. a Iesou-
ton was then adopted on motion OF Mr.. DicSks-
son, calling on the Comptroller for The date OF
all contracts for the enlargement OF the EFie "a
nal between Albany and West Troy. Oa motion
of Mr. VAElAS the bill in relation to contracts In
this city was read second time and referred to
the Senators from the first District.
The bill in relation to the public printing then
coming up, Mr.. FOSTER moved as an amendment
that the Governor and Senate appoint printer to
the State and that each House choose its own
prin,er-being some other than the State pratt
er-all 10 hold their Offices for the same time as
the Secretary of State. Alter a little debate Mr.
Ruo.pgs moved as an amendment tina; al! Legs
lative printing ought to be let cut to the lowest
bidder. This was lost. The matter underwent
farther discussion up to the hour when the Jour-
nal went TO press.
In ASSEMBLY. after receiving petitions, resolli-
lions and bills were introduced, among which was
one by Mr.. DAILY to amend the charter OF the
Apollo Association in this city. MIR. FULLER Of
fered concurrent resolution to instruct the sena-
tors and Representative, to use their eiierts to
prevent the repeal OF the Tariff. 1t was laid over
The Governors Message was then discussed I'll!
the adjournment.
The FREsHEr.-Albany papers of Wednesday
state that the frcshet continues undated. The
water in front OF the Eagle Tavern was about four
feet deep A violent rain on Tuesday night helped
to swell the current The ice in the river was frla
about eight miles below Albany. The Trey Wing
saws that the water was very high on Monday in
the Poesten and Wynantskills ard other small
streams. The saw-miil at Millville was carried
off, and some damage done to the mills OF Alessrs
Buckley. Marshall, and others in that city. The
old furnace of the Troy IroS and Nail Company,
as also the mill-dam of Hon. Hartman knlck er-
hacker of Schaghticoke, seriously damaged
The ice in the Connecticut at Hartford broke up
on Wednesday morning, and continued, with slight
interruption, to move downward during the day.
The bridge was somewhat injured The ice was
about foot in thickness. The Thames river is
stated to be open, and the boats go up to Norwich
Navigation has also Deen resumed III TIC dssdiC'
WREcK.-The brig Mohawk, from Palermo,
which arrived here yesterday morning, reports that
on the 18th of December, in lat 25 II lon. 46 %
she spoke ship Frances, Wescott, from Liverpool;
bound to Savannah; had sprung leak that mora
ing a, s o'clock kept company till 4. M. on
the II tn, when the leak had gained SO much that
that they then had feet water in the hold as
the leak gained so fast, it determined to aban-
don the ship. Took from her some provisions,
wood and water, and the crew, % in number, with
their luggage, left her at ?. M. having Ia feet
water n the hold, with every appearance of going
down soon.
FlRE.-A fire occurred last night about half-past
nine o'clock in the rear of the secondstory of 1913
Front-street, occupied cotton-duck ware-rootH
by [. V. Cole. 1t was extinguished with little
more injury than was done by the water. W.
Hartman and w. b. Wayriner commission mer-
chants, were cooccupants of the building, but the
fire was confined to MIR. Coles property