New-York daily tribune., 1844-11-29

thci, way TO the Capital
At Houayas'-D. L. Seymour, Amasa DANA
Lemuel se!s7n. C. s Benton and Albert Smith,
of this State, and Paul Dillingham;, OF Vermont.
A. the Asto, Hoyss-William a. Mose!y and
D. D. Barnard, OF this State, and John Went
worth, of Illinois.
A. the City Hotel-Zsdock Pratt OF New
York.
NATIONAL LORDS DAY YCoNvEsTIoN.-IhisC Con-
venton me, on Wednesday; about ,2OO Delegates
were present Hoa. JOIN QCIscT ADAMS was
chosen President, and W. Hall, Hon. Theodore
Frel;oebuysen and fye others Vice Presidents. The
organization being completed. the question was
raised by Mr Lennon OF Baltimore, as 10 the par
tcuIsr dav OF the week which should be kept as
the Christian Sabbath. This w:s considered oaf
OF order as the object OF the Convention was, TO
devise measures to promote the more strict ooseT-
vance Of the Christian Sabbath. The Convention
will continue its meetings from day TO day.
THE Ky1ckERBocKER.-Th favorite boat had
an odd run on one CT It's late trips Ii could get
up TO Albany, so the Jonas Heartt went down TO her
with her passengers at 4 o'clock. They reached
the Knickerbocker at o'clock. but il was before
the tide enabled her to get Off She had got little
wav. when her rudder broke. To mend II required
TWO hours; and when all was ready, ii was found
she had rurned round with her bows toward Albany,
the wind blowing high. They worked 'lll md
night to get her round it was all in vain, so she was
run back to Albany TO tarn, where she arrived al
o'clock in the morning. A large number of the
passengers, who had enjoyed good nights sleep
Notwithstanding the racket overhead, thinking that
they had arrived at New-York, reused up and piled
out TO go ashore. Judge of their astonshment when
they found themselves book a.in"
~ We understand that Messrs. SMITH & DE-
MING have laid the keel Of new steamboat, TO run
in connection with the Neptune, between New
York, Providence and Newport
BRowy g. BELL have just laid the keel OF ship
of 200 to 300 TONS for Grinnell, Ainturn 81 Co.'s
Line Of Packets. She will be the largest American
Packet Ship ahoat
EARTHQUAKE.-By the arrival of the brig Rock
ct, Capt Holmes, from Falmouth Jamaica, whence
she sailed October 27,b, we learn that three days
previous, nj A. NJ. there was severe shock from
an earthquake that lasted 40 seconds, and broke the
moorings of the vessels in the haIbor. We did not
learn if there was any damage on shore.
CoRREcTIoN-Th Troy Whig corrects state
ment that has been going the rounds of the papers
10 the effect that Stephen Van Rensselaer,, OF Alba
nv County, has removed to Pennsylvania, in order
10 bring suits against his delinquent tenants IN the
u. S. Courts. The statement is unfounded.
THEATRICAL INTELLIGENcE.-A correspondent
of the Ne,s- York Aurora (William Carroll, Jr. OF
Rutherford, Tenn. relates n remarkable occurrence
which took place at the Park Theatre, a few even
ings SINCE neither more nor less than assaultuFon
respectable young lady by man OF advanced
years. in one eff the first tier Of boxes, who beat her
with caue so severely that the blows given might
be heard in every part of the Theatre. The names
Of neither party are given.
MAIL ARRAHGEMEST.-A contract has been made
with the Housaonic Railroad Co. 10 carry the North
ern and Western Mails over their road during the
coming Winter 1t is intended TO run through in
thirteen hours This will be great convenience to
business men. The Housatonic Co. have been i'm
proving their road and have obtained two fine boats
to run 10 Bridgeport during the winter. Messrs.
Livingstone Wells e. Pomeroy, are the agents IN ~
York for this Company.
RAILROADS IN yMAssAcAUsETTs.-Thea admirable
perseverance of the people of Massachusetts IN ex-
tending their system of Railroads to the greatest
possible extent becomes more and more evident
every day. The people of birmingham village In
tend to connect their town with the Ftchburg Rail
road, having depot at Weston. At bingham, they
intend 10 construct branch TO the Plymouth Rail-
road. The cost of this branch is expected to be
$4,000.
AMERICAN INsT1TUTE.-The following subjects
will be discussed in course at the Repository in the
Park.
This evening, Steam Engine. Tomorrow (Sa-
turday) evening, same SUBJECT Tuesday, Dec. Sd,
IL o'clock, A. NJ. Agricultural Board will meet; at
- O'Clock NJ Farmers Club discuss the preparation
of Muck for manure, and on Wednesday evening at
II o'clock, Lightning Rods will be the subject.
See advertisement.
BANcRoFr's History OF THE UNITED STATES
The Nep Bedford Bulletin makes the following
statement. Can it be true
MIR. Bancroft is amenable 10 the charge OF pla-
giarism, as would have been shown, had he not him
self recently suppressed the entire edition Of his
fourth volume, by melting dorn the stereotype plates.
That volume was announced some months since,
and was to have appeared before the election, at
which its author was candidate for the Guberna-
toral chair of Massachusetts. II seems, however,
that MIR. Bancroft had incorporated in il as his oen,
an entire original manuscript connected with our
revolutionary history, which he received from Mr..
Everett, our Minister to England. When the volume
was ready for the press MIR. Barcroftearned, TO his
amazement and confusion, that copy of the same
article was to be sold q, book auction. Failing in
his efforts to purchase il, any prce-eher a, auc
ton or from the purchaser-and knowing that as
long as that copy was in existence, his plagiarism
would be exposed, upon the appearance OF his vol
ume-he Immediately melted dorn the plates and