New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-02-05
Legislature of NeIv-York.
In SENATE Mr.. BARLOW submitted the follow
ing concurrent resolutions which lie one day upon

In SENATE Mr. BARLOW submitted the follow
ing concurrent resolutions, which lie one day upon
the table.
Rcsoirea IF the Assembly concur That our Rsprssen.;l
and influence have the question of the pretended
s4Gs an ] and e the UNI
ted States relative thereto Defined INDICATED and defended
70 their lxtet with all reasonable and prompt despatch
Rcsolrcd t the Assembly concur That the Governor be
to transmit the FOREGOING resolutions to our senators
and Representatives III Congress-.
In AssEMBLY-A petition was presented for
pecuniary aid to establish an Agricultural School
| under the auspices of the American Institute.
The bill to incorporate the Kings Co. Mutual
Insurance Co. passed to third reading, when
Mr. Coz called up his resolution referring the
petitions for an appropriation to protect the I'M
| finished works upon the canals, and gradually to
resume progress upon the same, to the committee
on canals instead of that Of ways and means,
which, after lengthy address from Mr.. c., was
lost CD to 46. Adjourned.
FRIDAY, Feb. 2.
In SENATE nothing Of importance was DONE
Mr. LAWRENCE made long report on that part
of the Governors Message relating to the Colo
NAL History of New-York, matchmaking all
former legislation the subject.
The bill to amend the act regulating the loan
of the y. S. Fund was past.
In the ASSEMBLY several bills of an entirely
local character were passed..
Also, the bill to amend the charter of the Peli-
can Insurance Company in the city of New
York changed the name to the Peoples Insur-
ance Company" and the clause which conters
the power of Life Insurance struck out.
M1cH1GAN.-.Sale Of Public Works.-We learn
from the Detroit Free Press that the Committee on
WAYS and Means in the Michigan House of Repre-
sentatves have reported in favor of selling the Pub
lie Works for State Bonds, accompanying the
port is "a bill to incorporate the Michigan Railroad
Company, and to authorize the sale of the Southern
and Central railroads. The bill provides for the
sale of those roads 10 the company for the sum OF
s., 1888 796-the estimated cost OF the roads-toge-
Their with such further sum the books and papers
of the proper officers shall show 10 have been eX-
pended upon the roads since the LIST OF December
last-whch is calculated at Sl97 800 up 10 July |,
l84l-making the aggregate cost or value OF the
roads at that time, $2,776,293 81.
We learn also that " the Committee are Of opin-
ION that the roads can be disposed of according to
the terms Of the BILL
Should the public works be sold for that sum,
SAYS the Free Press, g the balance of 0ckn0w-
ledged debt, on account of the five million loan,
would be reduced to s3557O7, to be otherwise pro-
vided for by the State"
1t is by no means certain the scheme will sue
coed, as a report was made the same day by the
Internal improvement Committee, bringing in bills
for appropriations Tor the Public Works Tor the
present year.
One bill appropriates 1000 out Of the assets Of
the Michigan State Bank, for the purpose of con-
structing the Central railroad to Kalamazoo. Also
appropriatng $4,000 dollars out of the nett pro-
ceeds OF the central railroad, not already APP
propriated, for the purpose of ironing the road 10
Kalamazoo. In making contracts under the appro
priation OF the State Bank assets the Commission
er omternal improvement is required TO make them
payable in warrants the neutrality-suspicious.
fund.- and the State is to be in no way responsible
Tor the payment of SAID warrants, until the fund
shall be reimbursed by the sale of said assets, or
from moneys coming into that fund from other
sources.
The other bill makes ON additional appropriation
OF two thousand acres of the Internal improvement
land, for the completion and preservation OF that
portion of the Clinton and Kalamazoo canal be-
tween the villages of Rochester and Frederick.
07 WIN. r. SKATER has been nominated for
Governor by the Abolitonists of Vermont
Chief Justice Williams declining to be run again.
y The bill TO repeal the law abolishing impri-
sonment for debt which has been discussed for some
time past in the Tennessee Legislature has been re-
jected by majority OF FIVE.
ANOTHER STEAMBOAT BURsT.-The Charleston
Courier says an extract ola letter from Cheraw, dated
18th ult states that boat at the landing at that
place took fire the evening previous, and was de-
soyed, together with her cargo, consisting of 300
bales of Cotton. The boat 10 have left the next
morning. No other particulars given.
INDIA RUBsEa SHoEs-PR!cEs Observation-Disclosures
Sheet Rubber Overshses best quality 81 75 Geemens
Cloth Rubber Oyershos best quality 81 IS; Ladies' Misses,
and Chdrens Sheet Rubber Overhos and Buskns together
with 5000 pair of comnpa Rg9HsTs qu1 lev Pssss a"
IS lwis. (2) SO Maiden Lane
RHEUMATIC ArrEcrross-stif and contracted o,ns aud