New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-01-09
WHOLE No. 3s25.

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lie adr-iA -,r "a GO eo.e cfl.e Ceurury ~ - The
Rs1le Of Ma wArls ,Ae Rus.s-s were dedes'ed By
Cear.es XII rsca Nov 81 i7oo 49, 5 paced ia nle
liza Ceutgry Prf Nhewel s&ss ne plsne Cefes " A.
discovered "a he Srs; tsy Il tAs Cerr~' lwss c1s'
covered BY Dr. Oi6ers jan l. 1851
eor7es -cHGeat Of h,gh .ceau.c repgs-oa writes u
Ia 'aere are tNo Dode. Il les. snarGs re are o. a.
event ILs tTs; : ~ O. ,he iaterval Which has
eApsed s'Eee soss ePoeh vhess geuerAy iSr-ed upon
a. he eonirencemelt u cur recsoiuns To-. !. vefy
smpe node % rkou.as, and or purposes Il senc- the
nlosi eouvenen' 90 sly L = which 70 .one extent
s1opied IN common f. Thus We ars Accustomed 20 Se
su.ie tie hcUrs Of he d,y BY lie ume bca has es-sa
midnight Whou SPEAK Of sa,fp,s, I'm -
ne morning mean hat AMI BAT hour, Als. s,p,S
s.nce he eoamencement Of tie dav Accordingly ts-
middle OF he day occurs the instant ~hsn he hour Twelve
Bat dsere sno1her mode osdesi susnas Time
n common use Wien spesk 81 January III We do
no, mean hat days have eaPs~l s.Ges lie eca
rencerieui OF tae moniA mean that sx dsys have
e,p.ci ,nG ~e have now entered upon he seventh Ae-
-ornclv month eonsis;s OF dirty dave the middle u
the -onh does not when he tfeenh DAY oegns bat
wien the sfecuth iav ends amt The sXuih day begins
We employ similar mode Of reckoning speaking Of ths
wears % our raucrsi existence SovenN arc wears and
have elapsed lie DeeAssou Of Tie ndcpeudeuce
oC The ucd states and we are tie uiids, q uc
seventy fourth wear AceOrdngy 'hreecusrers q Gee.
n.r oar national VII DOT have espeed until the
seventy ffh wear has closed Here hcn aro two Different
modes % Designating Tine IN common use and before We
c.n determine where tho middle q the Nineteenth Cen.
rur, must decide meant By ealing the present
year he Year 1880 Do tts, 1850 wears have
elapsed suee lie comm Of Eroch or do we
mean hei 1919 wears elapsed and the eisheea han
arei and SAiefh wear has us, commenced This cues
ton heh can0 be decided by any abstract reasoning IS
msnv have attempted 10 do because the former OF these
meihods of reckoning would BE- perecflv legitimate one
al puTposc q science altogether more convenient 'nan
the latter T. SIMPLE question q fact Which method
= reckoning have me q Europe adopef AMI 70
decide this point must 80 back 20 he 'aoles % Chrono
ogv corresponding 10 the commencement os or Epoch
VIA vNs he first cf Era called Ii We ish to
designate he elapsed fvm lie commencement Of cur
Epoc the fret year should he nAAed In point OF fast
'Aere no question 'ha u h,s been called The nr.i Cen
,rv therefore expired with the e,e " The year 10 The
-ghcenih Century expired IA he dose Of he wear 1900
and he first halt u the nineteenth Century VIII expire with
ths ri,., vi the Year sSo therefore who contends
that 'he srs bali OF the Nineteenth Cnny has already
expired be rdiculed as obuse Tor this would be
he meaning of 5O fine des grated by The same
ru - fhs hours q the day only say that such
ignorant ~ he method OF reckoning which hss been
adopted Nv the ~ al Chris naious
FROM the.e data and many Others hch we lacA
quote, consider matter Of posrs evdtrss that tho
yesr OF our Era began with the Birth OF Christ he ar't
instant OF ne day ofhs birth ths's Century not com
as'ed uniil the wear 100 frHy flashed thar me Egh
.seu m Century completed the close Of the sl day Of
December OF the wear 1900 thar hs ru hdV Of ne Nur~
Csrfvy tctH -of b spTsfed vsl ne o'- II ne j'
AIy December The or0ur correspondent. and
coamporsres consists have before stated IN mo ib
.ury OF throwing sway The fret Of Eraby calling
10 No such thng ever occurred every maker " an En
whatever his starting point places The 6gure or year e
that point II 0ur poson not now pian We despair o.
miNng % eomprohsnslOie
SC,NpTNsyr,N--Some wears since, Mr. Christian
,lseu started in his City newspaper called Skord,na
"a prln,d IN the Danish and sv csh languages bat the
enterprise Id net succeed Since that time emigration
Hose eounie. has given us large scandinavian pop
alun the OF Mise emsr, Professor Bsrsia.k and
or 81 e.rrou and the probable coming Of Jeuny Lind has
.Sakened strong the Literature sad sceuce Of
s NOrh and MIR Hansen H. we hea sboa, 10 resume his
enterprise lie bears high recommend nons a. scholar
and teacher rom Hon Geo r March adls'ingIshed Sean
dnsviAn scholar now L Minister a. Consanunoplei AMI
viii the and, Trust, the literary assist.
Of Mise Bremen and Profs Bergfak and sieeirom
We hope Inc enterprise may succeed
FIRE-About O'Clock last night fire. broke
out in the dr. goods store Of Contan slS orands bu,
srngu.hed before any considerable damage bad been
lone Toe good, extensively wet but very ittle
oumed ar ). is insured sufkcIsn, 10 cover his loss.
buffers DEArHBED OF WIsLEY-The pub
she. have copy the Desth-Bed Of Ne-ry, VI
be odilon known IS Builsrs THIS admirable engraving
AZ now before the pubic for some t.x months and
Truly deserves The favor with which has been
-eceived Il pn.isd In tbs country rom the Engsh
hate which engraved By 0eAer Of London from the
H1siaa painting by Marshall ClaS'on An imitation VI
-fracf an over puce As been pubAshod ia Phls
pha and from comparison OF The Two We can pronounce
3uior. ncompsraoy superior II % badly executed. and
not Of the kenesses preserved boL esn be .con at
he Methos,t BOOK ROou 20 AulbenY-st aad a. Hooker
\ Brothers, % Fulton-si
fNsuEsrs-Patrick Kilroy was ound Yesterday
n the nver and taken 10 Bellevue Hospital where IN
quest oe.d; verdict-Found drowned Ann Leddy
-as held and verdict found that she died Of disease ~ the
aings
DARIsG BuRGLARY.-The Office Of George Dow
hng Attorney 20 North WlIamsi vas snerVd fofciby on
SUNDAY night and robbed OF era ls.oOOka All pae
His deck broken open. clue u had Ia ns pefpe'
Taiors.
ACCIDENT on THE HUDSON RoAD.-We learn
Ssips e.axh, S.twssU Two cars Ss sioppns Of Tsu
We did not earn ns name
DInocAr,ox William Massey wss driving bis
Gao on Saturday evening down Hadsoas When the horses
slipped and fell and be was hTowa, By which bis LET, shoa
der was disocaied -
CoURr OF OYER ASD TERaNRR-The trial Of
Robert Long indicted for not also At no Asorplaee
Opera House was set down for this forenoon The Dis
he ready, out important Witnesses IN The ease had
appeared. The nal wa therefore postponed IN to
n0FroW the District Attorney rsnsrkiBg that II tho WI
DID mt appear attachment VIII be Issued against
hem In tie ease OF he Dr1fys who stand committed
the examination which the Court granted fni, and tho
Will again before the GRAND JgTYl a. or
der Of Mr. CLARK granted, gushing - nrsr
7dctmsn and motion 10 70 be made tomorrow To qassh
he second winch found sw he frs, bad been stolen,
win other papers from The District AuorDsys Odee-
Judge Edmonds remarked that Il mo District Aiiornsy
lot resdy tomorrow morning, 10 viii adoorn the C"art
,ine die the uns Of Ito bench eennot 10 vnfef. "A
young fnsn named VIM. spear was brought W tos AagD
ueui on an judgement for laresny and Nj T. Philips 80
igpea him - counsel Mr r sfsr eouysfssng with bn
sleA 10 he Court 10 could get Dothzg out u the prs
ouer. ne appeared 70 be hssae and bs lMr p under
and. he sss been for long to Inc Lgnahc Asynn
Ths judge directed haf before nc prisoner aftRned
Jury suIp auneied e. n lie case OF hen " ny ne
e.on Of insanity NJ isndsgooTt, Cers was req1esisd
~ he Judge 10 cause Jury 40 W 30 emphasized Toe
over and Termner then Hijog Bed. and Judge Edmoofs
COX up els SPECIAL Term Calendar
CIRCUIT CorRr.-Thc January term commenced
before Iudge Edwards Ia me General Term roou'-ine
ea-. Of Ke1og Whtsrsy Wa 1ied, besg We osnsye,
isyus a. 70 quantity Of coal Il -ncas 'srnle' ""y'"
for defendant
CorRr OF COMMON PLEAs-BsIors Judge DAILY
, SYeh<,u,y VI. T. BoRhsim0 Y HsEss~as q .soqn
r.ns 70 lave bought Of defendants importing rsfehsan
n Beaver--s 100 DOZEN pair Of boot nole snA oseA
Ger tor bu 'hsf 81 dor only we're ds1'eroa 70 nm-
b~, anon 10 rrcTer ugv ards q 500 the dferenee Ia
$500 I; Wa sa.a hat Nr made appncnron tOf ne
-rd.fs,s ye-.rs stated ~ h1na nat 1ey were not
Srftsf Dc offered y dozsn counting Twelve backs and
-. s,,. dofsfhaf % pad and