New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-12-31

part of the business there for years and that II
has been carried on By the heads OF the Church
The amount counierfeited has been immense ana
the execution has been nice IS IN many cases 70
prevent its being detected. The Prophet '0e
Smith used to work at the business with MS own
hands.
o,ber disclosures were made in relation to rob
ber;es and murders which have never before been
made public. but will be in due time
Although these indictments have been found yet
no arrests will be made for reasons which viii Gully
sonear and whether creditable not TO our Execu-
tive, the public viii Judge Yours &c.
City Items.
~ The admirers of true eloquence and OF beau
ul poetry will be grstied to learn that that accomP'
ish-d scholar and brilliant eocudoniat Mr.. R j. HAH'
vEr is shortly to deliver Course Of Lectures ilustra-
tive of the beauties Of Shakespeare and the British and
American Poets. Mr.. Harvey intends, after the Holt
days TO Sc, apart portion OF his time exclusively to the
purpose of preparing students in Schools and Ooege
for Ora.orca Exhibitions Of which he will take the en-
tire conduct in the Greek Latin, French and English
languages.
70 The steamboat Thomas Powell VIII be
launched tomorrow morning at 10 O'Clock, from the
yard of Lawrence e. Sweden, head Of Cherryst she Is
6 feet long, 60 feet beam, Sc feet across the guards
She is intended run daily between NeW-fork and New
bursh, on the opening Of navigation
H Notwithstanding that $1,000 additional Tor
kpin the streets clean, saw no signs yesterday to
induce US to believe that particular disturbance OF
the mud is contemplated by the ancient and honorable
body of scavergers We do not remember to have seen
the streets of NeYork in worse situation than they
are at present
ET Peale's beautiful painting OF life and death,
or virtue and nemperance known as the Court oil
Death is open to visitors from 10 A. NJ until 10 P NJ.
every day except Sunday, at the corner OF Broadway
and Leonard.st 1t will remain in New-York only a
short time
~ The alarm in the Second District, yesterday
morning was caused By ere in the upper part OF
dwelling in the Sixth avenue near Nineeenthst. Not
much damage done.
III On Sunday evening, the Israeitcs OF this City
met at their different Tabenacles, and elected, by
unanimous vote Dr. Lilienshal Chief Rabb for the
suing year The learned Doctor recently af1ved from
Russia
u We learn from the Express that transla'
ton. in four volumes of Goethes DichtuDg und Wahr
bet Poetry and TRUTH was completed some time
since by gentleman of Vermont of high literary attain
menus anu IL lt NJ" 49,
the press and will shortly be published.
E-y= The Irish Epigrant Society Ball came oil at
Nblos on Monday evening, and was undoubtedly the
most brilliant affair the City has witnessed this season
The saloon was filled at an early hour The rooms were
decorated for the occasion with taste and magncence
the banners Of almost all the nations of Europe being
twincd with the and stripes and Cead m'de ta'he
and Erin go bragh table set in the saloon, sui
frllv 800 tickets
were sold, beside contribution OF $500 toward the
funds OF the Society, by the merchants
Book BUYERS FOR THE HoLIDAYs.-W hoover
wants to get the ANIMALS and splendid books for pre-
seu,aion at the lowest price should go the establish
ment of the Lsngeys, Aston House. Here most Gle.
CANT and complete assortmen. will be their command.
Their extensive and weA .lected stock comprises an
amazing variety including all the splendid new English
and American Animals, the numerous embelishcd edi
tons of the Poets valuable standerd productions richly
illustrated together with ally quantity of Books for Youth
in nov ell and attractive styles. Our friends would do
well to give them call
EJ- Public School No. l6 gave an exhibition
last evening which well attended The proficiency
of the pupils struck u.s. must strike every one who
sees them for the first time, with feeling OF wonder
The advancement which they appear to have made in
their separate studies from the youngest to the Oldest is
indeed astonishing. The exercises this occasion
sisted of reading and speaking, recitaons, singing &C.
The Directory both male and female of this establish
ment deserve high praise for the able and efficient man
ner in which they have ,u;ored their young charges.
TRIAL OF VIRGIL KsAPP.-Itappeared, from the
testimony presented yesterday that the deceased Sarah
Decker lived part of the time with her parents, who
are poor people residing at Mount Hope, Orange Co.
and part of the time employed domestic in the
neghborhood. Previous 10 her death, she was anxious
TO see her mother but expressed no wish to see the
prisoner whom she said, she hoped would be punished
as mach in the world she being punished in
this She stated that he brought TO her. after she had
gone to reside with Mr. B. in this City phia full of oil
of ,anzy and said she take half of it, The physi-
clan stated that OF the contents of the phal
would kill person. Witnesses were brought up to inn
peach The character of deceased under strong remon-
STRANGE from the Counsel for prosecution who contend
ed that the prisoner should not be allowed to backen the
character of his victim whose lips sealed IN DEATH
and who cannot defend herself Under the rules OF evil
dencc however it was allowed. It was shown by five
six witnesses that deceased had two sisters older than
herself who lived at home and that the general repua
ton Of all OF them bad. The Counsel for the prose-
cuon spoke Of it being village gossip 1t twas shown
deceased spoke of prisoner previous to her DEATH
being hcr cousin, WHICH "ds po'eu noi W d'e oce
the case The father Of prisoner who stated himself to
be 81 years OF age testified that the deceased resided in
his house as a domestic, in the town of Goshen from
March last continuing for about four months. The prf
oner also resided in the house during the time. Sew
e.al persons who had known the prisoner at Goshen
spoke of his general character being good The tes,-
mony having closed, the summing up commenced last
evening, and will be resumed this forenoon.
CONCERT The Harmonious, of whom we have
heard good account will give Concert at Niblos
Friday evening, Jan. 9.
B The amateurs had a good house and some
choice fun in the enacns OF Hamlet last evening The
gentlemen who performed the various characters
all evidently ignorant of the of acting and could
therefore have been expected to 90 bali well they
did With the exception Of every thing pertaining the
physical and personal duties of the performers, (and
most OF this excessively ludicrous) there
thing to laugh The gentlemen evidently no fools
except in the one particular of believing that they
act Several of them doubtless could learn to become
actors with sufficient time and study but they may be
something ono WHAT great deal better than