New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-01-06

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~ Seventeenth Ward.-Ai meeting. purslssi
70 n0uce - ne members eeci 70 ~ Seventeenth Ws1
Wing CommiI.e Or $780, WILLIAM DUKE uss
chosen Chairman - I'm md JssrrH KEESF -, r-tsry
r. fu After oa7i fo' permanent o1srs = tse 1l-
Mite" Tor me rrs-n year DE f1y~ ng members = ere
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se7s frs.........-..E DELAFlELD SMITH
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1suon ~ appointing ihe s,-s saaC onnii.s-s ana A.
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~ Mercantile Library A.sociation.-Th-
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he -Isus wear respectfully fegort or ths cJnsf-rson
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Director.
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John Merchant, with........ Cammeror ard.
Cha. Richardson. with. Nsl0rll lrs CO.
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ticket that they old DOT know hey were g. r-
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by tie ting from whom fey received their appoint
nent We belong % ciicle. vii suffer 10 d.-is-
ton We have performed TO he best OF our ability The du.
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Jry Of he members cannot but JOIN " 10 hearty support
u the Ticket shove presented.
WALTER y WIGGINS, HENRY DROUGHT.
EDWIN GREENE, JOSH ". HiNCHLlFFE,
Is'H D HARDEN8ERCH. wa. A caldwell,
Is JAMES p. FOUNTAIN, Nominating Committee
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January AID 'orela' padG eassi,ssIy'
Lecture ] J,D. 49," csrysaie.1
II. Ella scope and Spirit OF Don ou'H-
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III. g. The cen.or.lip Of the Librsry-Lh-
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Tickets admitting lacy aud Ferternsn to tie Course,
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Tckei. les usual. a. hafpnce viii be furnished ~ The
The Leciure.wil commerce At u O'Clock
70 ThOS BAiA.D. Chairman Of Lee Com.
to The undersigned having been requested to a..
tend survey The bun and machinery OF he L. Ma
SesmrscEei PANAMA Cspt j. }. Comsock, recently r.
turned his port repair damages her machinery, az
accordingly hoard ssd steamer Tuesday lhe "a
inst with Com. ~ Perry and Chas n Hsswel, In
city, DO not JON in this certificate
A'ihe m essn3:q on On es gs lsu 10 =, 'he s sa
order she len this pom with The exception of the
smoke pipe which had been taken down after ne accident
o. f.cae her sailing. We found hat The machinery hai
dot been surbed the accident and hist the damage,
fr could be aacertsne1 by careful insp cuon VS.
c0Lfn~d % the cylinder and s apruuel cyta'
top being broken of from the fange, ard both top sna
fange fractured in several places snd the cylinder dam 20
also beyond reg6ir-the whole evidently from blow rom
within u unusual force. With the evidence then before
us We could not ds,ernine the cause u The accident
but suspended opinion until Tue cylinder could be clear
81 aud the piston be examined
These examinations have since beer made The piston i
found broken IN two and separated from TIE piston rod
the cylinder bottom broken, end piece Of hard yeo"
pine about inches lODg. and % appearance origin
ally for inches square, vas olnd gtesy cfushr', sL
bearing the impress u tie piston The piston was i9uhd
% De OF unusual weight and 81 strength su lent 20 bear
MANIFOLD the pressure Of steam which had 81 anY uue
been apr ed 10 The clearance between The piston ard
ne bottom of the rs i1der ghihs Of an inch
IN cur opinion Tie first blow OF he piston on his block
Of wood sner II had wo-k ed into the CYLINDER suh-
cent To- cause The breaking ~ he piston. and al the dam
sge which eusued Bud have doubt ha1 The unec-
couuahe presence oi this block IN the cylinder was The
csus- Of he accident hli whether % had lodged IN the
pipe chest ard whether there by design OF Sec
dent, we cOnn1 pretend 10 determine
Il proper 10 add, hist We found he machinery VIII
the above exception 10 such order 20 furnish NJ ursi
proof 81 s greet strength and Of s cng brsced and se-
cured IN the most solid msnne We sso asceftansd from
the testimony Of the Captain ant officers Of The ship ih 81
.he had proved herself AZ unusually .eabOa having
passed rroush the gaies Of % and 81 OF December WIN
ogt aknp any water On deck during nine'een hours se
kepl head ih- that The CINE had Dot stopped
from the lime OF esving s wharf, and that The weather
was and the smooth " heu The ecci-n. happened
tsignedl GOuNERNEUR kEM8Lk
EDWARD X. COLLINS.
WM sklDDY, Naysl Constructor