New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-09-07
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From Lake Superior.
The steamboat Julia Palmer. after many delays
and disappoirtments, has at length been launched
On Lake Superior aud has made pleasant trip 10
Copper Harbor Eagle River, &c 1t burning
shame that there any need of this arduous Ell
fort, when Ship Canal opening ready steamboat
communication from Bufialodirect to the West end
OF Lake Superior would cost only 100000 hut
thas is the dag OF Vctoes.
The Lake Superior Ncws of the 22d ult is before
as. 1t vindicatcs the Climate Of the Copper Re
go from i,nputations hitherto cast upon 1t, stating
that Lake Superior only freezes two or three miles
from the shore and that consequently, though the
winters are long, they are not severe. The mer'
curry last winter fell below but thrice and at
the lowest to but 70 below The snow averages
ab out three feet in depth. CThe summers. on the
other hand are delightfully."- cool and pleasant,
ard the climate unquestonaby beautifully The
ia, be of the country, after you pass q few miles
s ,u,h Of Lake Superior is represented as much
be tier than has been rcpresented-the land hand
sol nelly rolling the timber mainly Sugar Maple and
B,lsswood very luxurant and handsome. The
Like region is rough aud barren no mistake.)
The Porcupine and Keneenow Mountains rise
ab out 1000 feet above Lake Superior at their high
est SUBMITS. The width of each range is from
to 10 miles, being widest where highest. Water
power is every where abundant
THE GOLD ORE.-Our readers will remember
hI in paper of the 9Th inst we noticed the recent
as ay OF some from his district that yielded rich
pei. centagc OF gold. We have since lonrncd that the
picked from the surface OF welldeincd vein
by cstimsbc friend Jacob Houghton r in June last
anil who prucuceds assay at the laboratory OF Rob
& Hubbard.
aged. 1--WE informed by Mr. Houghtou) weighed
% and was impregnated with particles oil native
>pcr and silver The result proved 10! ozs oil cop
pet. OF silver and - ers of gold the whole pro
du Ct in mineral n, market value being precisely three
dollars and nine cents.
1owA.-The reported maiorities for and against
the State Constitution in all the Counties but four
new ones give an aggregate of 367 in favor of
it: ii is conceded that the Constitution is car
ried-on the third trial. II has been defeated hilh
eHto by dissatisfaction with the boundary assigned
to the new State by Congress. and by opposition
to n most mschicvous provision inserted as Art.
IN of the Constitution substantially orbidding the
establishment OF any Corporation within the State,
for any purpose whatever, and also iorbdding all
+ INKS Probably twothirds OF the whole People
areuttery aversc TO these restrictions but they have
lnslly been forced through by party drill and the
natural anxiety of the People to get into the Union
somehow. The two counties of Lee and Jackson
gave over 900 majority for the Constitution.
The first State Election will probably be held
neS month, for the choice OF Governor two Mem
bcrs of Congress Legislature, Secretary OF State
Auditor ana Treasurer On the Legislature thus
Senators. Nc trus, the Wings OF the new State
| III,
| Gen. JAMES WILSON, late Of New Hampshire
has fixed his residence permanently III Iowa 1t
would gladden. the hearts Of several hundreds OF
| thousands to welcome his return far as Wash
ngton as Representative or Senator from the
State OF his adoption. Perhaps they may have
| that pleasure some dsy-who knows
~ The Rochester idrcrfi<er thinks the fact sta
ted by US that fourteen Calico Printers designers
and engraversl have left one establishment in Mas
Sachuse;ts Tor England since the New Tariff passed
is proottha, Americans can underworld tie pau
per labor OF Europe No sir; this class OF labor is
not paupcr labor any where; and these men were
not Americans but Engshmen drawn hither
by brisk work and good wages under the Wing
Tariff, The Loco Foco rule having decided that
we preferred 70 buy Calicoes N Europe they
lind no farther work here, snd have followed their
business back 10 England. That Is the whole story.
CoTroS GooDs,-The Providence Journal states
thar the goods recently sold at auction il this City
a, prices which the Journal OF Commerce cites as
showing how cheap they can probably be made
were part of the effects Of company which cop,-
meneed business two years ago with capital of
s3s.ooo, and have just failed minus their capital
and $4,000 besides. The Journal says thar the
goods sold at cents st that sale cannon be made
tor less than cents, Snd gives detailed calcuia
ton. showing that the Printing Cloths now selling
sc TO / cents actually cost over cents
tHE Sus.TREAsuRr-The Collector at Bslti-
more recently sent $4,000 in coin TO the Treas
"ry at Washington-the first instalnent under the
new law. Five or six clerks and messengers were
employed sll day sld into the next counting it
we shall need Jolly lot OF officers when the set
gets fully into operasion-isi i, ever does
RESssELAER Co.-aa:i Rea. .ickss Congress,
full term GIDEON RErNoIps; Vacancy, Thomss w.
Jones; Sheriff. Henry Shipley; Assembly. Elijah Dr.
CERT Greenbush Joseph Gregory ssndlake; David 3
Mason, perersau-gh.-Mess-s. Reynolds and Gregory
are slsc on the whis ,ieke;
e MANCHESTER, n. Il, elected Hirsn Brown
whis for 6rss Mayor On Tuesday lsst. Vote Brown
co., Flanders Loco, st7; Scattering so5