New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-03-17
SemeYurk Legislature.

Judiciary Committee. The Dill to provide LOT Tue
navment Of contractors was read third tire nnd
finally passed. The bill erecting ths eouhty ol
SCHUYLER wa. than ordered to third readlns-l9
tn Z. The bill authorizing the discontlnuanee Oh
part OF EIeventh-street in this city was then re
iec,sd-Ayes I. Nays IA, The Senate went ls'o
Executive Session, and sooa adjourned.
IN the ASSEMBLY, the bill naming an cf7cer
other than the Sheriff whose duty 1t shall be TO
draw the Panel of Jurors in the city OF New-1or h
and decide on the exemptions was passed Inc
hill relating to the Police Justices of Schenectady
after the passage of amendment giving their af9
nointmans TO tie Governor and Senate, was passed
and ordered to a third reading-73 to Il. Inc
House then adjourned.
FROM ST. Den1sco-Thc Journal OF Commerce
Yesterday contained later advices from st. Domin-
go, from which it appears that the Insurgents are
vet in arms, and likely to maintain severe strus-
gle with the authorities. They number about
G, 600 strong, and have taken possession of Ause
d'Hainault, Ause Veau, aud Jeremiei and IN the
latter city they have established provisional gov
eminent. A large number OF respectable citizens
have been imprisoned suspicion, and among
then, Dr. Lowell of the United States is invelved
more deeply than most others. He was seized on
mission (as is sadly to Colonel in the Govern
ment service to offer him the grade OF General
on the part Of the insurgents; brought TO AUX
Caves, tried by court martial, and condemned to
death Ee appealed against the sentence; and at
the latest accounts council of revision with Gen.
Borgella at the head, was sitting to decide The
question The Z. S. Commercial 4 gent tas made
representations Of tie matter to the State Depart
ment Business is entirely alta stand. The forces
of the Government have hot thus far been able to
make any successful opposition to the insulsent
troops, who are commanded b. two spirited Off.
GERS. A eight skirmish had taken place, in which
| the latter were the victors. An embargo had
been laid on all national vessels, including market
and fishing boats preventing them from leaving
the port; and foreign vessels were allowed to sail
only between sunrise and sunset, and then subject
| TO be searched.
SAD AccIDENr.-As party of nine persons, in
one wagon, were crossing the lake opposite Peo
ra in Illinois, on the evening of the LIST inst the
| ice gave way just before they reached the Peoria
side. and plunged all of them into the water. The
evening was very dark and the coolest OF the win
! ter. By desperate efforts on the part of two men
| in the company all were rescued except the young
child of Mr. Roedecker, and another OF Mr.
| Parker.
| The PRESIDENTIAL QUESTION SETTLED The
| Hon SILAs WRIGHT, one CT our Senator's in Con
/ il lie l,,k Ybp
! Loco-F oco Members of the Legislature, TO whom
inatiom By the Convention, and his Election By
Tie People, ,cere certain. This was designed,
and doubtless will effect, a Legislative nomination
of Mr. Van Buren in this State.
WHY should the friends of Messrs BUCHANAN,
CALHouN, CAss and JOHNSON waste their time
after this demonstration! They will all be circum-
vented Whatever capital they carry into the
J Convention will be worked up into Van Burensm.
These gentlemen and their friends may bring their
CRISIS to the MILL but the grinding will all be done
in Van Buren, hopper. Alb. Eve. Jour.
The ISLE OF P1NEs.-We have seen letter
from a gentleman at Matanzas, dated Feb. GOTH
which gives more circuHlstantal account OF the
chase given TO schooner OIL the Isle OF Pines
by the T. S. brig Boxer, than has before been pub
Eshed An officer Of the brig informed him tina.
off that island they fell in with long, low, rakish
looking schooner, which this officer thought very
like the San Antonio, which he had seen in Tex.
as. They gave chase to her, heisting the French
flag, and the schooner showed no signals till a gun
was fired from the brig, when she showed the
Spanish ensign. The officer said that she sailed
like witch, and soon away from them. They
we're about four miles of when they first made the
schooner The writer of the letter very appropri-
ately remarks, that it is not unusual in those at
,udes to meet with long, low, black schooners,
nor is it unusual for ast-sailing vessels to keep clear
OF any nlnn-owar that may wish them 10 heave
to- and that nothing but conjecture can be made
oet Of the circumstance. Boston Adv.
FATAL AcclbENr.-A young lad, (whose name
we have not learned,) while attending threshng
machine last week at Espersnce, in the OF
pitching the sheaves, slipped and fell, his head
striking Immediately upon the teeth of the ma
chine, and was drawn in and instantly crushed to
atoms. The unfortunate boy died Immediately.
Schoharie Patriot.
CHoAKED TO DEATH.-A child about four years
old, the son of Mr.. Walter Of Lyel Road WEE
| chcaked To death on Saturday evening, in conse-
quence of getting bean in his throat, while play
ing with it. Roch. Adv
APT EEPLY.-An honest son of Erin green from
his peregrinations, put his head into lawyers of
fee and asked the Inmate, .. and what do you sell
here - Blockheads, replied the limb of the
law "Och! then to be sure said Par, /" it must
be good trade; for see tha,there's but one left"
CHINE OF BELLs.-There are at present three
chimes of bells in the United States,-one in Bos-
ton and tive in Philadelphia. There will be one very
soon in this city, and another is about to be placed
in church in Cincinnati.
ssow.-on thursday, the eth instant, an unu-