New-York daily tribune., 1844-08-08

p,ru s,nrs OF THE TaAcK.-At the Loco
Enco meeting held in Peekskill, a week ago Satur
~. sne soecimen OF the new Polk way oil
go, ho,h sides of the road at once, was beau
.;ni" ee,h;bted. Gen. Ward got up, and made
LILY ,.a., fair Tariff speech, eulogizng the Congress
a., nsssed il. and proudly ranked h.mseii among
,,asa ,rbo voted for the Tariff Act OF le42 Inc
General took his seat with bow, as inuch DO ~
e,v. al have touched the FOUNDRY oIys nsn'
tb;s time" He had hardly got seated, ho"eye.' Me
before up pops Mr.. Alexander "ens, 'roa' ~" !oo"
York, regular Slamm' Bang "a .,,;os ~. of Eree
nd bc talked to the Boys of the>beautes OF free
Tradc and succeeded admirably IN knocking INTO
,hrcc. .cornered hat all the General had SAID.
"Mv dear General" you must caucus iitue
Nth these fellows, before they come up INTO
Wos,cbeser. They think they are talking TO the
SATAN Band. where Free Trade is popular
tbev were not aware that Westminster men go Tor
,ho Tariff. Hudson River Chron.
ANOTHER FAILuRE.-The Utica Gazette says
that great efforts were made to procure turn
ont from that city for Herkimer on Saturday last,
10 attend the Fort Dayton celebration. Free pas
ssce boats were chartered and bands Of music en-
Gagged. HandbilIs announcing these facts were
., .ensively circulated, urging the Democracy
to w for the Great Meeting,' promising
s,leassnt ride,' &c. At an early hour in the
rFoYn,ng III e music struck up and kept 1t up TIL
] honr .f.er the time of starting. Two boats
IA boon n-ov;, He'd which a, length started from
,ha dcckEtbe f, st with some 80 or 40, and
sbortlv after the Other, with the balance OF those
oo;ng. less than 10 in number! The second
boa, had not proceede;i many rods when the
managers of the concern dumped It's load, banner
and ali, into the first boat, leaving the second
quietly moored in the Basin.
n The raising of hickory pole in this city
was formerly event celebrated by the Loc"
Foco party in the attendance of thousands on
MONDAY a pole, of no ordinary dimensions, was
broueht in to be raised opposite the viciualing
cellar of Charles Quin, near The Centre Market.
So little interest was manifested IN the matter
,bat 10, more than Dozen or 80 ot persons were
present. Albany Daily Adv.
rr In Illinois, says the st. Louis New Err,
soue uf the Loco. Fnco Candidates tor the Legs.
)aure are openly advocating repndlatlon, aho
Others are dong the Same deed OF shame IN
cuyer manner We are glad TO know that no
Whig has b, en- infected with this lOathsome moral
and political Ieprosy. louisville jour-
CupA-Accouuts from Trinidad to the 9th in
stant state that the American brig Washington
of rhad. phis, Tnos Lyle master. which sailed
frurn ngstun for Carcenns On the 23d June, was
totally lost on the Oath of the month, on the
res to the south Of the Great Cayrnan. The
Captain and eght OF the crew arrived ut Trln,-
dad III an open boat Capt. L. reported that The
American brig Mary. York, master, which sailed
from Clenfue gos on The 18th June, bound for
Boston, was totally lost on the hardness
IN. o. Bulletin
HoRR1p MuRpER-The last Madison Express
gives an account of most shocking murder
committed upon Mr. A. nj. Green, worthy and
enterprsing young farmer, Of Exeter, Green
County in this Territory. The murderer has nut
been discovered, but his object IS supposed 10
have been to possess himself of two hundred dol
lars in GOLD which Green was known to have re-
ceived few days before, for the proceeds OF the
sale of claim. Luckily, however, the villain
failed in his design. Southport, w. T. Amer.
The MARINE CouRT.-We find in the Albany
Alas of Monday, an official report of decision
of the Supreme Court of this State, heretofore
enormously represented in relation TO the consti-
tuition and powers of the Marine Court of this
CITY, This decision sustains the jurisdiction Of
the Marine Court {" except in cases between par
ty and party ~ in the exercise of those functions
(anong them that of naturalizeton,) which the
law has deYolved on it.
CARPET WEAvING.-The Lowell Courier says:
Every hand.loom belonging to the Lowell mills
is now IN active operation, and carpet hand-loo
weavers were never more in demand than at pre-
sent. a gentleman in the town of Framing
ham, in this county, is now putting up one hun
dred carpet hand-looms in addition TO those which
he has now in operation
PENNSYLVANIA WHEAT CRoP-The Union
Times of the 3Oth July, states that the harvest in
Union county is nearly completed and the Wheat
crop does not equal the expectations of the
farmers. There is abundance Of straw, but the
grains are small, and good deal has been struck
by rust. Every thing except wheat in that
county has yielded abundanty
HEAVY RAINs.-Yesterday and the day before
the city was nearly flooded for several hours by
heavy and constant rains, accompanied ION Sum-
day. by severe gust of wind, and on both days
by lightning and thunder. The river continues
at about high water mark tluctuatng only with
the winds and tides an inch or 50.
N. o. Bulletin, July 30.
VEGETABLE CuRIosrY.-We have been shown
cluster of six ears Of Indian corn, all growing
from the same stem, and covered by one shuck.
Each eur is perfectly filled with grain, except
few rows where it adheres to its fellows, in which
the grains are scattering. Norfolk Beacon
A CLERGYMAN DRowNED.-The Rev. Mr..
Dyar, of the Episcopal Church, late of White
hail, was accidentally drowned at the ''Chasm
OF The Ausable," (Hlgh Brdge,) near Keeseville,
N. Y. between five and six o'clock in the after
noon of the lst inst
% A German gentleman had his pocket
pcktd of wallet containing $500, at Bristol
last night, us he was going from The boat TO the
cars.
u The Common Council of Albany on Mon.
day evening appropriated an addlt,Dal S500 to
watn removing the obstrucuuns to the navlga-
ton Of The Hudson at Castieron.
MAHhIED,
In the Bro adwny Tsbetnacle, on "Wednesday morning h