New-York daily tribune., 1844-04-12
Ncv-York Legislature.

New-YOrlS Legislature.
ALBANY Wednesday. April 10.
In SENATE motion 10 print ten times the usual
number of the Report on closing the Canals, &C
on the Sabbath, was agreed to.
A motion to print the aohoie of the Annual Re-
port of the American Institute was, alter some
discussion, referred to the Printing Committee
The bill to incorporate the P. E. Church MIS-
sionary Society in N. Y, and the Kings County
Nut. Ins. Co. were passed.
The rest of the day consumed in debate upon
Mr.. DENIsroN's Report on the Unfinished puollc
Works.
In ASSEMBLY the Senate's amendments to the
bill 10 incorporate Mohawk Village were concur
red in; also to the bill respecting the Assistant
Justices Courts of New York and the Courts oi
Common Pleas.
The bill in relation to the Cayuga and Seneca
and Crooked Lake Canals, after a long debate,
was passed in Committee ei the Whole and re-
ported.
The bill providing for the erection of new
Arsenal in the city of New York was, after varl-
GUS amendments and good deal Of discus SION,
passed to third reading.
TEXAS GRApEs.-A friend Of ours received,
few DAYS since, 500 cuttings of the genuine Post
Oak Grape of Texas They arc purple grape,
either for the table, or making wine. The vine
has dwarfish habit, with short joints, generally
a good indication of superior fruit. MIR. BUcH-
ANAN has one in his garden en- Fourth street.
which was set out in lS40. 1t is in very thrifty
condition and as handsome vine he has
growing. 1t will probably bear this season; and
we hope will prove an acquisition to the hortl-
culturists of our Valley.
Mr.. E. S. PERKINS of Houston, who sent the
above to Concinnati, has Vineyard of five acres
at the former place, in which are growing lo,0u0
rooted vines, chiefly the Post Oak, with a few OF
the native Scuppernong variety. The latter af-
fords wine of an extraordinary and peculiar flavor
Our friend Dr. MosHER, who has paid atten-
ton to the subject, considers Texas the favorte
climate of the Vine; and that eventually our
best varieties for both the table and for wine, will
be derived from that county. Among others
splendid white grape is known to abound at tho
base Of the hills between San Antonio and Aus
tin, which has large berries of delicious flavor
and free from pulp, with thln skin the lunches
are very large, and have been known to measure
Id inches in length.
We arc glad to learn that DR.. Nj. intends to
visit Texas the ensuing winter, for the purpose
of procuring quantities Of roots Of the best varie
ties of the Grape, and other indigenous fruits,
and ornamental shrubs Of that country.
Cincinnati Alias.
A BopY FouNp-The National Inteligencer
states that the body of man was found floating
in the Potomac, on Saturday last On exemill-
ing the body and clothes Of the deceased, he was
found to be man apparently of about thirty
FIVE or forty years of age, stout, well made ana
from FIVE feet nine inches 10 six feet high, with
black hair and whiskers. The deceased was
l.x, bod nbS
cd floating in the river. The pantaloons. vest,
scarf and boots found on the deceased showed
him 70 be person of genteel dress About two
weeks since, coiored man, named Bliss, found
coat and hat on the banks OF the Potomac,
which arc supposed to have belonged to the de-
ceased. In the coat pocket was found card.
printed OIL one side Eagle Horel, Baltimore"
on the other side, written in ink, {, l. w. Will
son, Carbondalc, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, ="
and above the writing, an pencil, and in the same
handwriting, 9" THIS is my true name" From
these facts It is thought the unfortunate gentle
man committed suicide.
~ The splendid trigs, the Ashland, of 205
tons, and the Cumberland, of 1875 tons, have
been recently launched at Cleveland. and will
soon make their appearance here. The A. be-
longs to Pease s. Allen, and the G. TO Winslow
& Co, and are represented as being of most ap-
proved models. Several other large hrigs are now
building at various points between this port and
Chicago, which when added to the thirty brigs
already in commission, will give us fine array
of that class of vessels.
We had no boat from the West since early
yesterday morning. Buffalo Com. 9th.
ANOTHER STEAMBOAT rAccIDENr.-Thc steamer
Decatur reports having passed the Hteamer Water
Witch on the 23d inst, sunk on bar below
Princeton. The Decatur took on part of her
cargo, raised the boat and towcd her to Prince
ton; from there she will have to go into some
dock before she can be made seaworthy. Her
cargo consisted of sugar, moasses, TN, cotton,
SC, consigned to merchants in Pittsburgh, and
which sustained considerable damage.
St. Louis New Era, Ap. l.
ANsExAr1oN-The Question Settled-From
our last accounts from Galveston We gather infor
NATION that the people of the new republic arc
still npe for joining the United States. They
now say, that in case our Senate refuses to ratily
the bill for annexation, that the Senate of Texas
will at oncesannex the United States to that Re-
public AS there is no such thing as getting
round a movement of this kind, we must look
,,-1, %bo Question enttlnd What will orr