The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-03-14

--Ss~- Varieties.
The bill to punish seduction and adultery been
Complete Ss 's s SScS the
Assembly lest year.
survey ofthe Illinois river has been made BY Geo.
Mowry at the instance of the Secretary the Navy
who appropriated 81, 500 for the purpose.
premium OF 500 10 offered for the best Practical
Essay upsn the best method Of improving the Public
the best wooden nutmegs.
Jonathan Lamb has proposed 10 purchase the Clinton
and Kalamazoo Canal, from the State Of Michigan.
is said that the repairs to the Pennsylvania canals
have been completed and that navigation will be opened
az soon as the weather will permit
The trial of Julia Cross, for poisoning the Ricketts,
family, 10 now going on In Washington Very eminent
counsel are employed upon the ESQ.
The Dayton Transcript Of the n informs US that the
water to be let on from that part Of the canal between
that city and Cincinnati early in March, for the purpose
cd CONSEQUENCE some four or I've weeks Much excite
ment prevails upon the subject
The navigation between st. Louis and New Orleans IL
now entirely free from obstruction with ice
The Philadslphans propose shsaths the permanent
bridge the Schuylk with "copper" in order pre-
vent its taking fire by sparks from steamboats,.
The town council Of Buffalo decided lately, that a
person delivering lectureon physiology. phrenoogy
and pathesm, violated the law requiring who per
form plays or feats Of jugglery to obtain license.
Hon. Kenneth Rayner. Of NJ c.. lies dangerously Ill
Montgomery il hereafter to be the seat Of government
Of Alabama. The vote in the Legislature 81 for
Montgomery, 40 for Tuscaloosa, weumpka .. Selma II,
Red River at the last accounts was rising rapidly
The New Haven Palladium mentions'the illness both
Of Judge storrs and Isaac H. Townsend Esq., the heads
the latter in New Haven.
The Senate passed the bill allowing foreign insur.
ance companies to establish agencies in
A meeting is to be held ct East Thomaston, Me, for
Company association to be organized for the pur.
pose Of affecting the transportation Of the Wyoming
valley coal Of Rennsylvanis, Mans for the use Of
backsmiths, and for the purposes Of fuel"
On and after the 10Th inst tho fare on the railroad be-
tween Philadelphia and Baltimore will be but IS from
city to city. aaf
ice and the Steamers via that inland channel have
sumed their trips
The M...;ppi Legislature have passed bill for max
| from vicksburg on the Mississippi.
We learn from the nnual report Of the managers OF
the House Of Refuge Philadelphia that from the ist Of
as follows :-soys iOs; 1ris 4s The average number
through the year sboys about l26; girls 56 Number
discharged during the year. ils. Remaining in the in
On Friday morning. the 27h Of Feb. the Thermometer,
Ogdensburg in this state, stood at twenty I've do.
| gress below
new medical college the franklin il announced in
Philadelpha, to open next October.
An effort is being made to have marine hospital
tablished at Chicago.
The M Z. Conference Of Maryland commenced its
|
sidencs Of Bishop Hedding by Bishop Waugh.
Henry Thomas was hung at Chillicoths, Ohio, Last
Friday.
Twenty-Five steamboats, have been lost in the Missis.
ppi and Ohio rivers since the first Of September last
The two junior editors Of the Richmond Nscs, an.
nounce that they have secured the services senior
editor in place ofJohn H. Peasants recently xii led in
| duel
The Baptist church at Newport Herkimer county,
have resolved allow any member of the Indspsn
dent Order Of Odd Fellows to commune with them.
The Wabash now too low for steamboat navigation
The tri-annual parade Of the fremen Of the city and
county of PHILADELPHIA will come Of on the 27th inst
The Massac Senate have passed for sngross.
ment the bill for supplying Boston with pur~ water
The albany Evening journal Of the ilth ult, says
waiting rapidly and the ice thick and strong as was
already weakened that slsighs broke through yes
terday.
There are IS daily papers published in this State, viz
toga Springs 5, Buffalo 4, Rochester 5, syracuse .
Utica !, Lockport J, Pen Yam !, Geneva !.
IN Hon on ps 4.
petition Congress to locate the proposed national
foundry At that city.
The Post Office at London, c. W., was burnt down or
Friday week. The mail bags and papers were saved
project is in agitation in Portland to establish .
communication between Halifax and Portland
NTH Sas: % e so: -:
new Post Office, called Last Chance" has been
established Cola in Carroll county, Miss and W.
B. Farmer, appointed postmaster.
The four companies Of volunteers called out at New
Orleans by Gen Gaines, for Texas, without any orders
from the War Department and without any occason for
their services, paid for three months ser.
vice. .Hs
man named James Pollard, was taken to the Hospi-
a in Phadslph,s on the 18th inst very badly bFussd
Railroad, near the Broad street depot. 3
The Nantucket Inquirer of the 18th inst, says "A
! humpback whale seen in Provincetown hsrbor q
short time SINCE aud several boats were i'm
| ma mall nd u
to two for $780, who attempted to have the
monster towsd to Boston The whale broke loose how.
| ever, and escaped
The bill to remove the seat of governm emit Of Louisi
70 the town Of Baton Rouge has paused the House
Of Representatives. and only await: the Executive
force until after the close Of the Legislative session Of
ls4s in conformity with the provisions Of the ll2th
article Of the Constitution
The Philadelphia United Satss Gazette Of yesterday
says-Informaon received in this city, renders more
probable that the State Canals will be in nsvigabls
order on Mondy next.
Avery exciting discussion going in the Pennsyl
vania Legislature upon the bill to grant right Of way
through that State to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
! Company.
Doctor Hollick has been indicted in Philadelphia, for
the supposed immoral tendency Of his lectures and
books He arrested and entered In recognzancs in
phans have become moral since the destruction Of the
three or four churches.
Morse's magnetic telegraph is to be adopted in
Austria niss TO b extended from Vienna to Prague
Capt T. A. F. Lavelletta, of the u. g. Navy, arrived
at Memphis the oath ult., to take command Of the
Memphis Navy Yard.
There much dispute in louisiana, relative to the
sunaciency Of many Of their official oaths
The wings OF Psnnsy lvana have nominated James M.
Power Of Mercer county, their candidate for Canal
Commissioner.
The Germantown Telegraph says that an effort is
being made for the erection Of Town Hall in that
borough
The Albany Argus proposes to reduce the salary Iof
the Governor.
Azarah Fuller aged years. died At bingham. the
l2th inst He entered the army at the age Of IT, In Capt
Brsdfordl company In which he served to the end Of
the war Among the anecdotes which he related
this His youth excited the surprise Of the lady Of
Washington, who enquirsd What could induce one Of
his age to leave home Of parents encounter the
psrils Of % He replied, Nothing but the love Of
my country" 8M
II 10 proposed by the colorsd people to hold National