New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-08-30
Grwtifyisg Intelligence

We published. says the Ne,r- Bedford Mercury a
le days since ststement Of tho cspture aud de-.
tenton OF Mr. Benismin Y Bourne. chief mate OF
the schooner John Allyne, from this port tor Cali
iornis. by the natives at Procession Bay. The
facts IN the case were forwarded u the Secretary
Of the Navy. accompanied with petition signed
BY the aged father OF the captive. Hon. Joseph
Gtinnell. Daniel Webster. X. &. Winthrop and
others, requesting that the Government would IN.
terpose.
The correspondent of the Afids, writing from
Washington 2tth inst. says;
The case OF the American sailor on board Caliior'
MIA bound vessel, detained among tho ssvsscs In the
straits OF Magellan, has attracted considerable stten
ton am happy TO be able 10 state that the = sloop
of war Vsndaia, Capt Gardner. has been ordered By
the Secretary OF the Navy TO stop In those waters and
the lost To accomplish this object and
pescestls ASainst similar ssgres
sions II 10 probable the Vsndaia will chssse the lndi
pretty severely Mr. Preston has jus,y won the
need OF praise by this proceeding lie has ost not
moments time In 1hs matter.
TRoors FOR FLoRIDA.--On Sunday evening.
the steamer Olivia Capt Guce, LETT this port tor Tam
pa Bay, under charter by the Government She 10 10
stop Psscssous for Gen Twsgs and .tsf and slso At
Pensscols for tho troops nov there. The following
troops ordered for Florida Five companies OF
the 9Th Artillery, lstsy In garrison OF New Orleans
Barracks Fort Pike and Wood and Psscsgoula lisrbor
-Four companies Of the ID Artillery. that gsrrisoned
Point Comfort, Augusta Arsenal, Fort Moultrie, and
OgethOrp Barracks and these, Win the Two com
psnes Of the 4th Artillery already stationed at Tampa.
will make eleven compsniss of Artillery and ten com.
Psnies 81 Infantry numbering In all about 1000 men
is understood that the 7th Infantry commanded by
Lieut. Col Plympton. 10 daily expected here from 81
Louis and will immedistsy go to Florida
New.Orlesns Balleton, 2ist
DEArH or Hon. AusrIs r. WIso.-Hon. Austin
r. Wing Of Monroe Mich. died at the Water. Curs
Establishment this morning, at u O'Clock. lie had
been suffering severely from disease previously and
tme In ~ but
ds~sse was beyond tho roach Of human aid Mr. Wing
moved to Detroit from the East in 1915, and for
OF Michigan and since the admission Of that State o.
the Union. he has held various office there. Until
Gently he was U. 4. Msrshsl. Mr Wing was about ~
years Il age, and was man much esteemed
cleveland Herald. 25th
TA Board OF Examiners Of Engineers Of the
u = Navy has been In session In this city since the
Goth mat. The examinations for promotion Of those
whose absence on foreign service prevented their sp
pesrsnce before previous boards will continue iii the
81 OF September, at which tims the admissions for
admission will commence. Forty candidates have per.
mts 10 appear before the Board, ten OF whom are b.
be selected should such number bs found quslised,
three only OF whom. and those highest In merit are to
be appointed immedi selythe naming seven b. be
appointed In tho line OF merit, a. their services airs re-
CURED. lPhils Ledger 18th.
LIsERrY Rssrr Cosyrsrios.--Ths Gsrrit
Smith wing OF tho old guard Liberty Party meets In
state Convention u Cortland vtlaxs on 5th September
y.ntion. The latter organization the third party
AZ the last Presidential election In this STATE and Tot
the Liberty Party, ss heretofore. Ths Free Demo
crscy have nearly absorbed thu Liberty Party Gerrt
81 mith polling but 2,545 votes for President, while
81 rney received 1892 in 1874
MoyEsgsr or TRoops-Ths Company OF 4. X.
troops stationed ct Savannah, left tor 81 Augustine
yesterday afternoon board the steamer Ockmulgee
Capt Wilson. Ths officers ara Breyet Major Loud
Lieut. Taylor. acting Qusrkrmsster,
md Lieut. Merchant. The Company mustered thirty
'eyen pnys,es tssvannsh Georgian, 2tth.
DrATH or juror FoRD-New Jersey 10 be
resved today Of Of its honorable snd
Die citizens, By tho death Of Hon. Gabriel II. Ford
We earn By letter from Morristown that be died At
'is family residence In that place ct " o'clock this
morning, ct the advanced ago Of - years
Newark Adv. 9Th.
~ The three soldiers who were concerned in
he attempt 10 murder the Chsrokee Agent, and De
erted, arrested time snce, and nov In
at Fort Gibson There 10 no Marshal In
his section, where 10 needed than any other
,srt Of tho STATE 20 take Of such fsjlovs
lFor smith (Ark) Herald.
w. X NicHoLsy-Ws notice. with great pain
md sorrow, tbs death Of Judge Wemsn r. Nichols. OF
AVE created extended grief than that Ut Judge
'ichols. Though quite young man, he had achieved
high position 10 the STATE. n. o. Delta, 2lst
~ Gen. Taylor has been invited 10 visit
'pnngheld, Mass and writes back word that his en-.
sgernents will not permit
Professor MAyTirT.-Ths notorious individual
sys the Lnis RocS (Ark) Bana1, Of the Ilth, isst
iunssville' catching sinners With . naked hook"