New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-12-11
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OGlciat Canvass OF inc 9t"'e' 'Nr'
.,.,,a .poy6 ence for The Td5nre
MA seatber here for the past week has oeeh
,caF .1a on. that is TO say, one day wei ana '''e
W. 1tv which on Friday night was d'Yefsi.'@o
a'A' a,,, three inches snow tnat affords soEt o.
py W., e., ,legbbclls to i'asie. The Presidents
sA''as :. &c received Aeza @th singular "a
@e's"7 .s,icb far 90 exea}lrf and 50 ezenp 'aTy
GU .,. ~ If that kind seemed rather unusual
ooVu'-i ;..,,;r;es were head 10 know what vas
1e1 to,g il was liked. But this ought not to
he altogether imputed 70 aae Pfeslaes.. 'ne
,eonIe have not fairly reeafered the excitement
r. ,b6a,e election aad tie almost agonizlns S0S,
80 created by some Of those horrible ioo'ln6s
E"ss v,bcb would cone uabidlen and unca'ed.
n, :. rood Wing Message says every BODY
/. cor tbo 1o,ynql saws so and it Tnurlow Ia sa''S-
es1 evcrv body elso ought 70 be-" That appears
So he about all the feeling there is on the spHlect
The portion relating to forsisn affairs 10 very %c'
titnde n geographical arrangement, winch IS a.
defect the public is f.s. conducted as iaF so0'i'
an Nicaragua and TIC canal that IS 70 De, ne@'
north to Tehuantepec aud heGico' thenoJ
.croes tbe Gulf and all the islands contained
TO-? - tbe broad Atlantic to Portugal; which
ia left With diagonal skip 90 the Imperial W
~cr,,nenta of Brazil. and thence across tne
mountains. westward no TO Chill and TIE Pa'
az aph commencing "PetYian gnano mas o'-
,nme so desirable" &c; Hawaii in Polynesia 10
no Deyt stopping place, thence TO OF. 70
;,g1 in the w est Indian Archipelago, winch
brings us up all standing ~ the end OF troPeZo'
dal shaped Journey over one side OF the 8looer
hat is not very satisfactory.
Now in public documents 6 little common sense
arrangement OF the subjects would De desnaOe'
,nch as TO take all the American states by them
,elves, and the European IA the same manner
Can WOW tell how Cuba is Our foreign relations
With that enchanting Island, which Cora Mont
gumery says, must be pa and parcel OF tne Y hion
,ome day SOON o! some conseqaence-at
east as much as those WIKI 81. Domingo. 1t is
yood document however though 1t does not bear
me stamp Of the Northern g .ants huge paw
The Common Council Of this City adopted
resolution at their last meeting, to ask the Legs
!ature for a change in the charter, so that the
charter officers may be elected IN the tall, as Is
now the practice in New York. 1t is to be hoped
that when the law is under consideration care
will be taken to provide that all names OF candl-
dates for Offices relating to he city, shall be on
single ticket instead OF on three, as is now the
case. The estimates OF taxes TO be raised ior
1he next year, for city eXpendltures, ID only
%l30353 g. being S37, 80 Gu less than the amount
5gf1ich was collected and expended this year-a
lots and houses regard with much favor. The in
PRODUCTION Of spirit gas instead OF OIL for lighting
the streets where coal gas pipes have not been
laid dQM@, has geen attended with good results,
1here b@shg saving of about two thousand dol
Bars on nm expenditure Of $4,000 or oneffth be-
sides obtaining far superior light.
EfIolts are being made 10 establish IN some
good practical form, a depd. io. the sac OF work
by the poorer seametresses of this city, and also
rs means of affording them employment and the
full value Of their work when done. This, if car
ried out i'll good temper and with the necessary
patience and forbearance on the part OF the mana
gers will aid in diminishing the rigors of winter
20 large number.
The Dunbar trial has nearly come to a close
she counsel having commenced addressing the
Jury. The testimony will hardly allow the con-
viction Of the prisoner all of it being crcumstan
fial, and much of that not very strong. The most
important is the fact that bis brother physician
after conversing with Mr.. Wheaton, went home
and burnt the boots of the prisoner, aud that there
was no one else seen round the premises but the
prisoner on the day it is thought the murder took
place.
The official canvass Of the State canvassers
will probably be published On "Wednesday or
Thursday next, The delay has been owing to the
absence OF the Attorney General, who is the only
one of the opposition on the Board, ana VINO mas
been attending an important criminal trial out
West.
Navigation on the canal and 10y river craft has
nearly come to close, and every thing appears
AS if ready for winter. DEMOS.