New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-02-20

| the House.
The bill to abolish Capital Punishment wa, taken uph
Cu,;t,e of the Whole during the afternoon Of Wedae
DAY, aud was mos, ably advocated by MI Shar,wocd oil
this city, He wai replied 10, In opposition, by Mr. Delotd
l., the Serate bill 10 issue certificates OF six per celt
stock in payment the February hiere. on all sums above
$50 p.Ised final reading and was sent to the House All
.pms pner $50 are be paid out OF the nnds in the ra
snrv The Reform bill, reducEe the pay OF Members Of
Tho spiss,ure &C. was again under discussion in the Sen
| ate, when that bcdy adJourned.
Seven banks applyi for rechartcr. and bill es-
t,hsbing new one in Lehigh Comfy has been reported
in opr Stat. Legislature. Al the present moment, the
p,e booa of Pennsylvania cantans ythree Bask Charters
uertyeight of which pay specie aud twenty ave do
Ten OF those which redeem their promises ia specie are To-
Gated in this city, aad three III Pi,sburg Ouioi the who
number eg ht hGTe failed to such all exea as 10 be entirely
| beyond recovery
An eviden, Improvement has manifested tss ia the Sc.
ma nd and relief issues Of the various Banks throusbou!
the state within the last days The relief noes
| cow quoted at 5 u 9 per cent discount baulUs
| DlSoLER ceSslsNLp To THE STATE PRlsoN.-
On Saturday morning Deputy Sheriff A. NJ. C.
Smith, proceeded from the jail In this city to Sing
Sing, having in custody William Dlnsler, convicted
of a rape on Ann Murphy, at tho Broadway cot.
,age, and sentenced for Ia years and months to
the State Prison. He also took to the State Prison
Mrs. Henora Shepherd, sentenced to 8 years and
3 months for counterfeling; aud several oib'r
prisoners convicted during the term. twill be
long time before the two first named will be able
TO return to enjoy the freedom they have forfeited
by their crimes. Mrs Shepherd will find at Sing
Sing prison her husband, her father-naw, and
bro,her-in-law and her mother-in-aw Ia now in
the City Prison for trial. for the same offence, viz,
| oassin, counterfeit MONEY!
&C. The battling owned by Porter & Hurd, at
Bridgeport, CT, and occupied leather store
and other business shops, we, burned on the 10TH
1t was insured fer $1,000. Messcs. Ferguson&
Hurd, leather dealers, had an insurance of $4,000
and Mr.. 5eo!oy, shoemaker, Of $700. The los.
above the insurance will not exceed $4,000.
E Fifty-two Creek Indians, captured by Lieu
tenant Hitchcock, have arrived at New Orleans on
their way to the far west. The band, oscoped
from the party which cmgrated in 1888, and have
since been perfect scourge to the settlements
along the Apalachicola river.
BT MAD. MRAoScELLl, whose Musical talent
is so we'll known, in our City especially, proposes
to give Grand Concer, at the Tabernacle on some
evening early In Murch. There Is hardly lover
OF Music in our City who is not indebted to her
for enjoyment and delight; and trust there will
be a general gathering to her Concert. She will
BIO sustained by oil tho Musical ability of our City.
&c Three fellows, named Snyder, Mackay and
Watson, have been arrested at Cincinnati for cut.
ting the trunk Of Judge Baldwin from the stage be-
tween Pittsburgh and Washington, few days
since. They were detected in attempting to pass
the notes, which they stole to the amount of $3.50,
and Of which Judge 3. had retained description.
The Cincinnati Gazette says that Officer Satin,
who tracked the rogues, is the greatest thief
catcher in all tho country. The Editor ought to
Paos few days In our city, and observe how
kcenly prisoners here have to manage it TO escape
out of the Court Room when half dozen OF our
vigant officers are standing by.
10 The Kcnnebec Me Journal says that 1t is
reported thu, young lad in Jefferson county, being
as he supposed about to die, disclosed the fact
that several years ago in walking through the
woods he ceme upon two men digging grove in
whics they about to bury the body of man
then lying dead before them. They forced a pro-
mise from him never to tell of it, which he has oo
served till now. The man murdered is supposed
to have been traveller who was missed at the
| time.
LATEST FROM YusArAs.-By schooner HeHry
| Clay, which arrived in port yesterday, from sss,
we are put in possession OF files OF papers from
| Canpeachy to the Goth, and from Merida To ne
9th, ut. The news they contain, though no,ot
IL tla ub,la
Mexicahs, at the last q ate5, had made steps in
conquering the country. Tho invading forces had
continually dwinded in numbers from death and
deserton since their first arrival. This deserters
come in daily to Campeachy, in small parties Of
| five te htcen-and in late instance, party OF
more than sixty, headed by their officer, disgusted
with bad usage and The general object Of the ger
vice, departed for Chiapas, where they had de-
| ,crmined to take up permanent residence. Us
stated that the late Mexican reinforcement OF 6oo
men did not bring the army any where near up 70
| It's original numerical force
The fpcatecos were in their usual high splris'
and entertained not the least fear that the bleAi
cans could conquer them, or even capture lam
peachy, with even four times their present fotse
1t has been ascertained by intercepted iettss' :.
that the surrender Of the Yecatan fleet TO ln n
Mexicans at Laguna, was consequence oil LIE
| reasonable action Of General Lemes, the COM
| manderinchief; and that the Mexicans were ena.
bled to occupy one of the eulinences near the CT!
through the sane infamous influence. Lemas ns'
since fed and sought protection ofthose VINO nav
twice doomed him 10 death for treason
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