New-York daily tribune., 1844-11-09
g. 20. or rur ExrIon1nG ExrEpIrloN.

Tys Book OF THE EXPLORING ExfEDrrloN.-
A ,e,v natural curiosity having been expressed
hv the public, both at homo and abroad, IN regard
,hs progress of the Narrative Of the U. S.
E,nloripg Expedition the years 1888, '39, 40.
1J and ~, by Charles Wilkes, U. S. N" and
hu, little or nothing having been published to
s,st;fy that curiosity, we have applied TO the
s,oner source, and have been permitted to say
ihst cous derable progress has been madein Phil
.delphia in printing the work. II will consist,
srst. OF FIVE denny quarto volumes of about five
hundred pages each, illustrated very snperby
,,h xty.ei2 ht steel plates. about tysix steel
v;sne,,es worked on the pages oi letter press and
,wo hundred wood cuts scattered through the
work, with four very large maps and several
smaller ones. The edition is ordered by Con.
oress for distribution 10 iorcign peweEs and few
nb,ariea it uil' be a very small one.
A second edition, Gt such 1t NAV be called
when noth are simultaneously printed,) of cctavo
s;z.. will b. published, and he under the ccntrc
of Lea 4 Blanchard. of TINS city. The copy
right of these belongs 70 and has been secured
hy the author. II Will contsin the same iilustra
nops. thc whole If which are IN very forward
stale: nesrly two vclun of both eultl"ns are
actually printed FIom what we lean, we shoud
probably he safe in stating nrf belief that the
wnoe will be re4dy f,r poniicarnn 10 three
montns. Mare attention ras neen pa'd To The
"mere getting up" Of this a'ork ,iian any other
published in this country. its purely. IN all its
paris. an Amer can production The Iluslrt ttions
are highly cGedltsble to csT artists I'D draughts
men, and may be classed with the best that nave
appeared in Europe; large portion Of these VIC
have seen. When we nib our critical pen after
the publication, we shall endeavor to convey to
our readers correct account oi The literary ex-
ecution. Great labor has undoubtedly been be-
slowed BY the author, artists and the scientific
gentlemen belonging to the Expedition, to make
this a truly elegant work. We anticipate its
publication, in common with our countrymen,
with considerable impatence, Smiths Journal
of Bellies Letters.
MURDER.-A Coroner's inquest was called on
Wednesday, to examine the body of a man
named Lewis Smith, who died from the effects of
a blow inflicted by man named Brown, at
Council Hill. The blow was given few days
before in some quarrel which had arisen about
the decision of bet. Smith was teamster,
and Brown struck him over the head with the
butt of his own whip. The blow did not knock
him down, but merely staggered him. He soon
became deraDged, and on Tuesday night, died.
The examination proved, that his death was &C..
casiored by conclusion OF the brain IN conse-
ouence of the blow, and the verdict of the Jury
was given accordingly.
We since learn that the name Of the person
who struck Smith was Wells Brown. A warrant
was issued for his arrest, but he fed and escaped
the vigilance of the officers. Smith, we are told,
was formerly from Pottsville, Pa. and was lately
married. GaleDa Gazette.
AMERICAN BIBLE SocIETY.-At the monthly
meeting of the Board of Managers of this nstitu
ton, held Thursday evening, the general agent re-
ported that the issues of copies of the Holy Scrip
lures during the month Of October have been
larger than in any month since the formation of
the Society. The number sent out from the
Bible House is At ,442, of which 1926 were BIZ
bles, 80, l02 Testaments, and IA copies OF the
Scriptures for the blind; the whole valued at
SlO455 SO. These Scriptures were in fourteen
languages, viz: English, French, German, Span
ish, Welsh, Dutch Swedish, Danish. Italian,
Polish, Latin, Hebrew, Chinese and Indian.