New-York daily tribune., 1844-01-19
Ne.v-york LIE gisiature.

New-Eork Legislature.
In SENATE, petition was presented, signed BY,
500 citizens oi Monroe, 10 pualsh seduction aha
adultery.
4 resolution requiring the Surrogates to make
returns Of fees received-allowlng 10 days IN
which 10 make ,hern-was passed, mem. con-
N ASSEMBLY, Mr.. E. SANFORD reported bid
20 incorporate the Odd Fellows Hall Association
in the City OF New York.
Mr.. ALLEN gave notice OF a bill to PROVIDE iot
holding al tie terms Of the Supreme Court at
By Mr.. ALvoRp, bill to improve the Com
mon Pleas and to reduce the expenses thereof
The subec, of Retrenchment came up and MI
Horrv,y,s amendment, providing that Congress
sbaj} nrov;de a Sinking Fund for the extingulsh
mont of the present DEBT Of the United states,
beino agreed TO. the resolutions were passed uan-
mously. ,r..,.v#
In SENATE number of petitions were present
ed and referred, among which was one by -''f.
RHo,pEs. of inhabitants OF BaIdwnsvlIle, TO me
mor;aI1ze Congress on the subject Of pensions 10
widows Of Revolutionary officers and soldiers
MIR. JONES, from the Joint Library Committee,
reported against the resolution offered by Mr.
Rhoades. directing the Clerk to purchase copies
Of the General Statutes of the State from 1885 10
1913 Concurred IN.
The Assembly returned the Joint resolutions OF
the Senate on the subject of National Retrench-
ment, with an amendment The amendment
concurrcd ln
The bill extending the time for collecting tax
es il, the different counties inthls State was then
taken up, and was ordered to be engrossed tor Il
third reading and the Senate adjourned
In the HOUSE, Mr.. CARR presented petition
from large number Of merchants and others IN
New York PRAYING that the business OF weighing
merchandise may be thrown open to all persons
Of good character.
Mr.. SANFORD reported a bill to incorporate the
Hebrew Ladies Benevolent Society IN the CITY ol
New York. :,
Mr.. Mann gave notice Of bill to require all
banks and bankers in the State to redeem Their
bills at par in the city of New York.
Mr. ALLEN, gave notice of a bill, that all the
terms of the Supreme Cour, be held at Albany.
Mr.. STEVENS offered the following resolution:
Resolped (f the Senate consurJ That our Senator'S N
Congress be instructed and Representatives be requested
10 use their eoits 10 procure the passage of bill making a
cra9gs for hs @ d q foy s and Ss South ps
of the shoals or distractions below Castleton.
The resolution was laid over.
MA MERCHANTS LIBRARY in our city has been
resolved on, of which James G.. King, Jas. BROWN
Fl. C. De Rham, John Duer, Iheo. Sedgwlck'
&c. have been chosen Directors. 1t is to be
MAGNIFICENT affair: Subscription ss25 Annual
navment SIS. We arc not sure that Library for
anv class is essential, and could wish that our
city had one good general Library, open to every
honest person free of charge in which there should
be departments devoted to Commerce, Mechan-
ism, Agriculture, History, Natural Science, &c
PoMEroY's TRUNK-The injunction laid by the
Houghtons to prevent the paying out OF the money
to the discoverers OF Pomeroy's trunk, has been
withdrawn, and all parties have agreed TO the
division of the money on the terms proposed by the
Mayor. The bill of the Messrs. Houghtons was
filed, and the Injunction taken out only 10 afford
time for the receipt OF explanations from the cores
pondent at Troy respecting the amount OF money
RENTED to them. These explanations have been
received, and all parties are satisfied.
sPoL1TlcAL ABOLITION, BY JuNIUs"-NEw
Ep1r1oN-In compliance with wishes expressed
in several quarters the Author Of this Tract has
and introduced new matter, which we think a
decided Improvement, and calculated to render
the document more acceptable, and therefore
more useful. We observe, that the publication
of this Tract has changed the position OF Pohti-
cal Abolitionists from that of attack to defence.
1t is easy to see, that they who D'nce arc gated
n TIE New WORLD of this week contains
strong origina! articles on Music IN Common
Schools Rcpudiation, and prescotts' Herman
do Cortes,' with two Poems by Park BENJAMIN
and one by Miss Edgarton. Joe Cowell's ThT-
" Years among the Players IS drawn upon for
four amusing pages; and the Edinburgh Re
views admirable biography OF J. j. Rousseau is
copied without credit habit Of which the
World, containing so much good original matter,
ought promptly TO break Itself. This IS now the
ab!est Literary Weekly in New Y ork, not fault
less, bat one that you may take up or purchase
with certainty Of finding your moneys worth
of choice reading.
eEs At meeting OF. the Stockholders of the
Northampton and Springfield Railroad last week,
$50 900 worth OF stock was taken on the spot, so
that $4,000 in all have been taken up, and II was
expected, before the week closed, it would amount
to S75,OO0. We may expect, therefore, with the
first opening of spring, 10 ground broke on this
route.
G-s- DR.. THOMAS O'HARA CRoswELL. Post
master at Casskill, n. Y. died at that place on
Tuesday, Jan. 10th, aged nearly 50. He had
been Postmaster at that place for iy-three years,
having been appointed under Washington. He
at one time ran the Mail as he could up and down
the River, receiving what he could get for his pay.