New-York daily tribune., 1844-07-30


Stare PsIsoN LABOR IS OnIo.-A State Con-
vcntlon Of The Mechanics of Ohio favorable TO
reform in the present system Of State Prison labor
in tha, State, whose abuses would seem to be
usually great, was recently held at Newark. The
following, among other resolutions, were adop;cd-
Resored That perpc,uly Institutions depends
upon the elsence and othe regHrd that
] a. m n if vp he feei sgs # State Prisons or
Resoired Tint have witnessed The rise and progress OF
this erus institution from lis nincy 10 It's present giant
renrih with deep modification. the thought TINT the
rIcentyes OF the free md eaen pe1Ie I l The g,ant @
representative capacity and pk calmly on and see the r;ea
mecnncnl interests of Ohio trampci IN The dust, rnd that
by an institution OF hc! own crea'lon and DISGUISED nj ite
illuminating spectacle of seeing institution crented or the
int" machine which will II persisted m bring cccnpa
ton into srepue, and the name OF mecanc bwcrd and
Rsoced That we no: only ask but demand aS right
dc, aud ia, the pfcice OF cominting the ve. sorey
such as thieves murdete and ncenderles- the Walls o
this for the punishment Of such crimes. md then
turning them upon the community. to associate in our
work shops with and the youth OF the cou
honest livelihood and engeTdeIng into Their minds e per
nc"a habits which haye m h0nsR them to the condition OF
Resoued That the success Of mechanism in Ohio the NOR
her ncchacS as well us ohe of the producing classes de-
mand thorough change In the affairs OF this institution
STEAMBOAT IoN-AccIDENr.-While the
steamer Nile was on her downward trip from Chi.
cago on Tuesday night Odd about fifteen or
twenty miles below the mouth OF Dr'roi. river,
she was run into by the propeller, OSwego, oi
Oswcgo and so much damaged as TO render 1t
impossible for her to proceed any farther. The
| Nile lost one wheclhousc and guard tmbers sup
porting her shaft, which rendered her engine Use
less.
From what VIC can learn, says the Buffalo
Commercial, the propeller is more injured than
the steamer She struck the latter stem FORE
most sustaining considerable injury. On reach
| ing Detroit it was found necessary to discharge
cargo and repair. as the collision made her leak
quite fast A few hours joiner wo,k will remedy
the injuries sustained by the Nile.
A New SuBsolL PLow.-Wc saw, a few days
since, says the Boston Cultivator, subsoil p.ow
of novel construction, and designed and made
by Capt. Chandler. It is we'll constructed for
strength, for running steady and keeping its true
position with very little labor of the powman
and fer a thorough and deep pulverization Of the
soil, with moderate draught. 1t will run fifteen
inches deep below the wake Of another plow. He
! has subsoed several acres with this plow, run
ming from twelve to fifteen inches deep after q
common plow that went six inches deep The
soil was claycy, full of small stones, and now and
then one Of good size. \ team of three horses
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powed in day, leaving The soil SO light that it
IMrRovsD STEAM ENGINE-We have been in.
| formed OF an important engine, worked by steam,
which, as explained to US, is not only novel, but
if really what it is represented TO be, will, we
think, add much to the already great value of the
steam engine 1t is called rotary, and has two
pistons working in each cylinder, and will entire
Iy avoid the "dcad CENTRE" This engine
is the result of the combined labor OF TWO young
engineers, one of whom has spent seven and the
ether five years in order 20 perfect it. The names
of the inventors are William II. PuIyer and Hem
ry K Smith, formerly of Albany, but now resid-
ing in Troy. Albanian.
An OLD JERSEY BLUE GONE -Colnelius Wells
| died on Sunday evening at his residence III Wash
ington, near Princeton, aged 81. He was in the
battles of Trenton and Princeton, i'll The last OF
which he received bayonet wound which the
Wig says, affected him TO the end of his life.
| He was in the lrgate Coniederacy when it was
taken, and was sent to a British prison ship in
! New York, from which he was released in The
Autunln of ISL. He continued in service TO
the end OF The war, and resolved an honorable dis
charge. Newark DAILY ADVERTISE
HonglBlE AccIDEHr.-On Saturday last Mr..
Patrick Deriny, while engaged in. feeding tue
Breaking Machine, at Mines & Co.'S ColIiery,
up the Norwegian, slipped and fell on the lion
Rollers, which drew his legs III up TO his thighs,
before the Engine could be stopped. He was
mangled in the most horrible manner, and only
survived about two hours He has left family.
Pottsvilc Journal
ARResTED-Burgess, who murdered his friend
and travelling companion in the Choctaw Ma
ton, has been arrested and committed 10 jail at
| E.yotteyiile Artapaao