New-York daily tribune., 1849-02-17

TBE PENNsYLvANtA HISTORICAL SOCfETY.-The
Annual Election OF officers Of the Pennsy H.tori
cal Society held Tuesday evening last, resulted In
the choice Of ihe folo~iug gentlemen; ProiasHi-
rHoNAs sEKsEANr. LID Ylos-Presidmfs-Thomss
PetuL William Rssle, Francis shef, Wm
Reed. Ltbrarids--Sidney V. Fisher. CE'di0r-HO~.
ard spencer. ireasEvg-Thomss ; Mitchell Record
iSs Secyetarg-Edward Armstrong Fors'sH Corrts
poadHS Seorsiary-H- g. Jones. Jr Donessic Coryss
poEdigg Seeveiarg-Phip T. Snyder. ErecufiUs : "a
Iitse-Ssmuel hsIarc, John Jordsn Lansdon e.
syn, MD. n. c. Bsicd. VIM Duane Lewis Weiss
Townsend Ward, John 4. Lewis Chsflei J. Henni-s
Philadelphia North American
REClTROCITy.-lu the House OF Assembly OF
Novs seouS, the 20ih January. Committee was
sppoined on mo ion OF Mr. Attorney General Uniscke
confer with the Legislatures Of the United Ssie.
Canada and New Brunswick on the subject OF reepro
cal free trade TIE Committee consists Of Hon. J. B
Uniacke. Hon. G Young Hon. M. Huntington, and
Messrs Marshall, Taylor hilsn, and Mott
THE FIRE AT CONCORD, n. H.-The Concord
Pat-ot contains farther particulars in relation %
the Ore which destroyed the carriage mandatory Of
stephens Abbott on the 18th Inst The Patrioi says
The business OF this i6 let out 70 severs rfms
aud individuals under the saperintenience Of The
thy proprietor who Is alone responsible Tor the business
arrsng gemenis snd receives per centsge al work
performed The siocS, tools sc are therefore Owned
oy the hard working mechanics, who Win Mr.. 4.
hesvy losers. TIE aggregate loss IS esumstei A,
$4,000. On this there Is insurance. IS lole~s $
Abbott (on huildings) Ia \ Il Nctusl $3.50 Caleb
Parker body slop) do. q, 400, George hsin (psnI
shop) 90. S10o Kendall n Mason (bseksmlih shop)
do. S6lO, Willard Williams AIrinming shop) NJ {. Sic.
tual 81 100: Webster & Peacock (Nheel shopl Rock
iugham Mutusl Exeter 81 100 Total insurance g so
in this establishment there were employed about ID
hands on whom dependent somo 80 ind vi5us.s
embraced IN their families Aside from the serious
osses which these worthy have met the ujury
grester from the loss ~ employment The amount of
stock consumei has been very large We urdcrstsfi
there were about % coaches IN the establishment m
eyegy stsie Of manufacture trom the rough body OF
n vehicle The tcg Snty finished Carrge some %
these saved oGy r4tively icw- portion
ing element bat s was = mite compared wits tbs por
ton destroyed
FIRE AT BALLARD VALE.-About o'clock tins
morning the large and splendid school house IN Ballard
Vale Village, Antcver. discovered % De entirely
IN Aarlss Ina house built .le isst season cost
oi $3.50 9y Ae school district la which u sss located
Tue basement occupied by Frye Dssconb - =
grocery store, W. ID stark, market house. and 4
w. Mcclure - r rcst1rator. The second story
brsced the school sn3 the thrd story used
tor religious purposes by the Episcopal Church TIE
loss o. the district shove the Insurance will % abou.
- OC1. ". d. Sisrks loss s5ol-no Insurance TIE
losses OF tho other parties unknown Bosa Jour l5ih
FIRE IN LowELL.--We learn from = gent ernsn
from Lowell that soon sfter O'Clock this morning IRE
broke on, IA large t~0story wooden building belong
nx 10 the Miilesex Corporation and occupied as re
pair shop The bglding aearlv Destroyed.
Boston JOlr 18Th
posr- -OFFIcE RoBBEKY The Pos'-Othce az
Cr~s, Fals n was broken open last night and the
.tters Aei Of their snd streSed about the
aoor About 10 s5 only taken Bostoa Jour l5sa
HIGHWAY RoBBEsr.-Mr. Samuel E. Collier OF
fvnn N.ss IVES knocked down and robbed lear The
Railroad Depot IN that to~a, Q! about $50 on Taesdsy
evening lass.