New-York daily tribune., 1844-06-12
rar--Memhers of Cnncress-and

p.cc,er FaEE.-Mcmbers OF Congress-and
,p,,l;sment too, for that matter-have been
| 0.,;derably laughed at in former days tor avail
themselves largely OF their franking pr!vl-
ps n;auo is SAID 20 have been franked once,
e. ondon to Dcvonshirc; and on our side OF
nOn, .,cr p,ckagcs OF clean linen nave gone free
uN uN.'.;i rom Tennessee to Washington. But an
III !, Canada has gone bcyond either Amer.
cH'' rrcEsh legisators il there IS truth IN the
en- .;nc =. gnccdotc, which find in the Kings
tou,Wh's; -, .;.,., ,o,o no,;oo ,,.o,
~ IN, second time of rtuosal o. ,hc pnol
x..s ,yiihin threc years free passages "o"i: be
II, those officers who chose 10 accept th",
40 lrce convex lar their effects, and cases
IS w W.; then, in As may be mas sined most OF the
~ wstsl. ayal!ed themselves o. ths Kindness IN ITS
T.s. sy,ent, and few not only packed up their
....,r,bles, but also their tre wood Aiew days ago
NV Is-re apc Y.ishy Government packing ease,
' tis ;9 the act OF Shipment burst nsunder ard lis
H.ss WA" wrre found 10 be halt u cord of fire wood,
is, three al sxpenSc, the expense oi case and
vac. .-S, to Montreal, oSE POUND NiSg SHILLISGs
h,s s ,,yypEycE OF course the circumstance be-
nv nv. the immediate Iaik of tho town, and have
60 ,old hst the offender who is not an Upper Ca
dan. got well raped over the AmucSles by the
Ro,rd oi Works.
nj ~ The ST. Louis Reveille says:-Our scientific
,.sOd. DR.. B. B. Brown, yesterday showed us
.aS.o e-cellcn, specimens ol fossil palm tree, that
~ hes recently obtained from Iowa Territory,
..1cb As he remarked, singu!ar'y demonstrates
.s,, the palm must have been at some rcmotepc
.o3 nj time in abundant growth IN that section
,iour country We also saw several specimens
of,,odepa poriiichme stone from the same place,
,,h;cb DR.. B. declares to be sure indication Of
.osl IN the immediate vicinity. A great country,
,S,, iowa. bound soon to TEEN with agricultural
and mineral wealth.
r,REs.-A building at Kennebec Dam, Me. con-
..;,;nc .bout 1900 worth Of lumber was DESTROYED
b, fire on Monday week.
The loss by fire last week at Portsmouth, n. II.
~ which several buildings were burnt on Dane!
srce,. will be between and $4,000.
The barn OF Mr.. Lewis Slack, Ruggles street,
pnrbnry. was burnt on Saturday morning at )
o'clock, by an incendiary. Loss about $3.50, which
An unfinished house in the Old City, Fitchburg
orned by n. Sargent OF Boston, was PARTIAL, burnt
IN Thursday. The Sentinel says this is the second
u,e the same building has been on FIRE, although no
Oue has lived in 1T, nor any fire been kept there.
SgocKNd AccIDENr.-The Ohio Atlas, pub
E;bed at Elyria, Lorraine County, in that State
sys: "Whlle the cannon was being fred in
this place on Monday evening, on the reception
Of the news from the Loco-Foco Convention, it
vas prematurely discharged, and blew off an
ann Of one of the gunners, Peter Sherman, and
bsdly fractured the other. Joel Club, another
runner, had the right hand blown off, and Mel
ron Lothrop thumb. Sherman's recovery was
ioubtful.
The SHERIFF OF ALBASY.-Governor Bouck,
as we learn from the Argus, has dismissed the
charges against this gentleman. What the charges
we're we are not told, farther than that they re-
lated to "gross official misconduct of subordl-
ns,es' The ground OF the Governors action in
the case seems to be that the abuses had not been
bought to the knowledge of the Sheriff at the
time Of their occurrence, and that he had removed
The person guilty of them. The Governor gives
the Sheriff broad hint that he Will hardly gel
Of so well the second limc.
ANrI.DuELLlSG SOCIETY AT VIcKsBURGu-
From the Vicksburgh Constituencies ofthe 29th
ult. we copy the following
Our Anti Duelling and Peace Making Society was
completely organized on Monday. The Consttu-
iion preamble and resolutions were adopted. Col.
Henry w. Wick, elected President, and n. d. Cole
man, and w s. Bodley, Esq. Vice Presidents.
great number ofpersOns Immediately signed the con-
stituon, and we will convince the world that all the
citizens ot Fckeburg are not cut-taroets, essassiilS
and murderers or their advocates.
CoNINGsBY-Wc insert the following key, taken
from the Literary Gazette, to the zeal names OF
zone OF the principal characters in this Novel ;
HThe Late Marquis of Hertford (Lord Men
noutb,) the amabie Duke Of Rutland (Beauma-
mir) Lord J. Manners (Henry Sidney) LORD
Lonsdale iEskda!e,) Theodore Hook (Luc!an
Gsy) and John Wilson Croker MIR. Rgby.)
MoDERN APPETITE" Mrs, Sprigs, will YOU
be helped to ID small bit of The turkey 2" Yes,
ny Gear Mr.. Wilkins, l will" What par
would you prefer, my dear Mrs. Sprigs 2" .
will have couple of the wings-a couple OF the
kgs-somc Of the b.cast-Iho c-hune-somo
fling, ard c teto duMllings. as | feel very un-
well 10 day." Wilkins tainted.