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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-20

here cheap as in any par. ofthe British ISLES Ma
,ure has plainly designed Galway for a great
and prosperous city, the site of extensive manu-
lectures. the emporium Of an imPor,an: trade,
and the gateway of Europe toward America ,
tu, whether all this Is or : n6 70 BE dashed ~
the fatality which has hitherto attended lrish
prospects, remains 20 be seen. trust that It
j. not. but that a new Liverpool IS destined
soon 70 arse here and that, should ever sgaln
visit Europe, shall first land on the quay OF
GALWAY 6
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-20
ALABAMA.-Wiliam r. Smith { Union }

has been reported Member Of Congress elect
from the Iyth Tuscaloosa, late lnges) District
but we suspect enormously We have the re-
ported vote or majority from every County, and
the aggregates elect Erwin, e Southern RIghts,)
by AZ votes.
Hon. Henry W Collier, the reelected Gov
emor, is termed a Secessionist IN the telegraphle
reports He did not 80 classify himself before
the election, but wished to occupy an equivocal
or middle ground. How It may be- with him
sincs his reelection we cannot yet say
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-20
PERSONAL Discrimination. Wright

and Senator Bright, Of Indiana, have adjusted
their personal relations, and will not come 70
blows, how ever they may differ as to politics
The personal difficulty between Colonel LINN
Boyd and Mr.. II NJ NcCsry, Congressional
candidates at the late Kentucky election,) has
been ad listed upon fair and honorable terms to
both Of the parties.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-20
Man Drowned At PsEKsKILL.-An IrisI

man named Patrick Aurtagh, was found drowned
under the Royhook Bridge, at 10 O'Clock Monday
morning The Coroner held an inquest on the body,
and /, was shown in evidence that the deceased had
worked on the Hudson River Railroad Company s
gravel train. and on Saturday last had derium ue-
mems. The deceased Was from the Norm OF Ire
land and las number Of respectable friends iiving
there. Verde; drowned by acc'deai' or de!inam
tIeMeLs.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-20
Vors on THE ConpRomsg BmLs.-We

VOTE on THE tOhPkOMIsk BILL5.-We
give, in condensed form, from The Ca,oa Ban
aer the vote on the Compromise bills, as they
passed both Houses of Congress. It will be
seen that they, as whole, were largely sus'
tanned by Southern votes:
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-20
A Review of the Present Political Condition
of the Mexican Republic.
Special Correspondence OF The New-YorA Tribune
Mexico, Wednesday July ., ls5..

SPECIAL Correspondence Of The New-lorA Tribune
MEXICO, Wednesday, July 3, ls5..
In the conversations of those interested IN ne
politics OF the day the following Is the sab
stance Of what is said respecting matters and
things IN regard 10 Mexico. | do not think Il
can be OF much II any interest, but send you
10 show the opinions that prevail among those
who think Of Mexican affairs.
Towards the close Of the Administration Of
General Herrera, there began TO be more interest
manifested by the Mexicans IN the general vel
fare of their country, than had been witnessed
FOR some wears before The various and ire
quent revolutions had gwen rise to nothing good !;
but diScord, selhshnesS and oppression was the
consequence.
The war showed them the prosperity. happl-
ness and power OF 4 neighborIng nation, pos
sessing in their minds, no more physical advania-
ges than their own. The consequence was they
reflected on the causes OF this prosperity, happi-
ness and power and found It arose from the
real hberallty OF our wise institutions, which
gave perfect freedom, and even kind Of nobility
TO those who dwell under their influence They
thought OF the manner IN which they had been
oppressed, and partially resolved Il say partially
resolved. because Mexican can never thorough
" decide on anythlng) 70 possess the same
Though OF q Monarchy Were laid aside as well
as OF those who had been most deeply concerned
in the revolutions and they endeayored to find
man who could appreciate the wants Of the
country, and with the energy 20 fulfill them
The minds Of the intelligent were directed TO-
ward General Arlsia. not because he was thought
to ts the man for the situation, but as one pos
sessing the most virtues and the least Incapable
When he was elected, grea, portion OF the
thinking part OF the population. and II NAV be
even said majority OF them, had great expec,a-
lions for the country land an underlined hope
was thought 70 dwell In the bOsoms Of the Door
people believing him man Of sufficient caoa-
city 20 see what was needed. possessing energy
20 cons ence radical and general reform Of the
many abuses 50 long existing In fact he cave
them 10 understand lha, with his administration
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-20
"NArIoNAL FREE DgMocRArIc CoyyEy-

TON. "A meeting Of this Convention has been
called to take place at Cleveland, June Is, Puf-
suant % resolutions adopted at Kavenna, June y.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-20
NORTH CAROLINA Hon. THOMAS j..

CLlSGMAN, formerly a Wing, now Southern
Rights Member OF Congress, has Just been re-
elected by over $500 majority. tie was opposed
by Burgess ; Gather who remains a Wing.
The vote 81 far "a we have returns stands
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-20

A Man OF Business the Greene
County New York. Agricultural Fair, an
address was made by Col. Zedoc Pratt,
from which we take the following pas
sage
Aud now will show you the advsn-
tage those dreary nemlocks have been to
the farmers of oar mountain towns
Sincr | first engaged in farming it has
been my lot to employ over fifteen thou
sandyear's Of other men's labor; an army
Of thirty thousand men have | employed,
and | have paid those men, for their labor
alone, ever two million five hundred thou
sand dollars. [ have cleared over ten
thousand acres of land, used over two
hundred thousand cords Of heu1iock bark,
and paid over half million Of dollars
for it. Used and worn out five hundred
horses, AM one thousand yoke of oxen.
Used two hundred thousand bushels of
oats, one hundred and twenty thousand
tons of hay; thirty thousand barrels Of
beef and porh, and nearly one hundred
thousand barrels of -four, and potatoes
without number or measure. ! have
tanned onemllAon two hundred aud fifty
sides ct leather; my usual disbursement
is over fiveIhousand dollars per day, and
| have usedin my business here over ten
millions. Every lahorer received his
money, yea every man his penny, in
peace, and TO the credit of this communi-
ty be it said, that | never had a side of
leather stolen, aud never was chosen de-
fendant in law o. account of my business
transactions, Gurisg my resideuce among
you. The great object Of my living is to
be useful. Live with your neighbor, and
not on him. Allow me, gentlemen and
ladies, to conclude by congfatulaung You
upon the rich blessings of health, power
and prosperity, which surrounds you; and
may succeeding generations do as much
you have done toward national wealth
aud industry, which are the safe guards
to our independence.
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-20

Ice Produced by Steam we,.-Mr.
Thomas Masters, OF the Royal Polytec-
nic institutions, Regent ST., London, the
inventor Of various ingenious machines
for freezing. has all apparatus at the ex-
hibllion capable of freezing upwards OF 100
quarts of desert ices (siX different sorts
are Produced in one macnine) every hf-
teen or sixteen minutes. ct a perfectly
smooth quality. The machines are also
made to produce cylinders of solid ice,
sufficiently large to hold decanters OF
water aud many bottles of wine. These
cylinders are made in the form OF castel-
lated towers, aud have a very novel ap-
pearance. The converted steam or va
por into snow may also be effected by the
machiue, ana this way whole room can
be easily cooled down IN the hottest
weather. The patentee's smallest ma
chimes, Of which there are several exhlb-
tied in class %, are calculated for use III
small family, or bachelor S chamber
The cost OF turning pure water INTO Ice,
for sherry cobblers, cooling VINE, and
other purposes, is said TO be less than
what 1t can be purchased for at the Ice
stores.
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-20

4 N5ce BasineSs TRANSACTION We
are Informed that few days since
lady, having every mark of respectable
geutility about her. entered the dry
goods store of Mr.. Stewart, i'll Broad
way, aud purchased a shawl valued at
four hundred dollars. offering a $1,000
bill OF the Bank of America III payment.
The clerk being suspicious OF the bill,
sent il over To the cashier Of the bank,
who pronounced it genuine. The change
was thereupon given her, aud she took
the purchased shawl and had proceeded
as far as the door, when she stepped
back. and remarked that she thought
she had better consult with her husband.
The 81 900 bill was handed to her, aud
she returned the shawl and the change
she had received, aud left the store In
the course of All hour she returned, say
ING she had concluded to take 1t, aud
LAYING down a 81 coo ncte received
again the change, took the Cashmere on
ner arm and disappeared. After the lady
had gone, it was discovered tina. she had
changed the 5iil, aud in place OF the gen
nine note had pu. off upon the clerk a
counterfeit bill on the same bank, leav-
, ing Mr., Stewart minus valuable
shawl and SIX hundred dollars in cash.
The lady would make an Invaluable Ete
partner for Wall street financier.
Argus.
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-20

RrIsING.-Genin, the great halter,
in a note TO the editor of the New ork
Courier, inviting hlm to test his style OF
hats, holds the following language:
"The benefits | nave derived from the
Press as an advertising medium, II is be-
vond nay power to estimate, and l am
well satisfied. from careful observation
and experience, that advertising is the
main-spring of success IN every branch OF
business"
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-20
BosroN COMING To New YoRK.-Seve

BosToN COMING To New YORK. K.-Seve-
raj large mercantile houses III Boston
have established branches i'll this city
within the last six months aud we taear
Of others about to come. Two reasons
have led TO this step: the first is the an
tlpalhy of the South to New England
Aboi,tioliism; aud the second, the saving
of commissions hitherto paid to the New
Yorkers.-N Y Mirror.
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-20

OpD LUoK-In New York, last week,
a man seventy years old, and worth a
half million, says a contemporary, was
SO severely bitten by a mad dog, that he
died within five hours after the attack
The whole Of his vast property is be-
lueathed to wild young nephew, who
who for several years past has been, and
still is, employed as common sailor in
one OF the Liverpool emigrant ships.
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-20

| FAcrs FOR THE CURIOUS The BODY
| after Death.-The commonest ond most
| natural disposition of a body soon to be
reduced TO earth, has been that OF depos-
ting il in the earth itself. 10 dig cave,
| or TO use one already prepared BY nature.
was but an enlargement OF the grave'
and the costliest sepulchre is but wider
coffin. Mausoleums and pyramids can
do no more than delay for time the ful-
liment of the decree-"Dust thou art,
and unto dust shalt thou return" Some
savage tribes expose the bodies of the
dead to the sun aud air,-upon scaffolds.
TIE Parsees at Bombay even leave them
to the vuitures. The classic nations OF
antiquity commonly burned their dead,
whose ashes were then collected in urns
ard sepuchres.
One of the first productions Of the
grave is phosphorus. Indeed, inaamma-
BILE air has issued from cemeteries; and
the dead body has been known to take
fire spontaneously.
After .hs stage of corruption are form
eG CONSUMING alkalies. similar to those,
which, for like purpose, are sometimes
deposited in populons burial places, or
with the bodies Of beasts. AT Still la
ter period, oily and fat substances are
generated, and all unpleasant smells dis
appear. The bones remain still later.
and, laest of all. the teeth and hair; TIL
at length these are dissolved, and nothing
distinguishes the dust OF men from tue
surrounding soil.
All this IL some circumstances is ac:
complished with amazing rapidity. ln
Yucatan, it is the custom TO collect, at
ter some months, the bones CT the dead
and place them all in one heap, exposed
to beautiful view; and so speedy is the
decay that only few months need inter-
vene between the burial of the body and
the collection of the bones. At the
great burial place in Naples, where the
vaults are three hundred and sixty-ive in
number, ard Que is opened every day of
the year for the reception of dead bodies,
quick lime is thrown III; and at the expi-
ration Of the year, scarcely the least relic
Of the human frame is apparent.
In other circumstances, however, the
process of decay is so slow that not only
the skulls of WhiteGeld and Milton have
been seen and handled; but :he hnea-
ments of Kings who have been buried
for centuries have been seen once more,
The almost gigantic body of William
the Conqueror,-af it had been en=
tombed four hundred and City years, was
found almost entire. When the tombs Of
the French princesses at St. Deuy's were
riAed, during the revolution OF 1889, the
features Of Henry the Fourth, who had
been buried one hundred and eighty
years, were found perfect. Other instan-
ces might be mentioned Of the body's
resistance TO the decree of ProvidenceI
but this can be hu; for time. Into dust
it shall return. Though the skill OF Egypt
did succeed III preserving, for thousands
of years, the very skin aud integuments,
shrivelled and hlackened, but identical
i'll feature; yet, since the very pyramids
are searched at the end of ages, II has ena
ly postponed the issue.
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-20

The political difficulty we as Wings
have now to weather in this State, is the
double organization of the Wing party
here; for it is known we have two State
committees, the division having taken
place upon the expulsion of our section
of the Wing party at Syracuse, and the
oppugnation there manifested to such of
MS as favored The Compromise bills. The
Legislature of the State, chosen in the
midst of the anti-slavery excitement, was
never fully affected by the popular opin-
ion of the State, and therefore hesitatel
to the last TO give uiterance to that let
ter Judgment the people feel but, before
they adjourned; the Wings in caucus
appointed a committee, consisting OF
Messrs Giddes, Cook and Babcock; OF
the Senate; and Messrs. Cady, Swords;
and II. Harris, of the Assembly-equally
divided in all respects. It is believed
their efforts will result in finding COM
mon ground on which the two sec-'
tons of the whig party OF New York car
hereafter stand and act.
There is nothing clearerti than this, that
the Southern Wings will never go into
AJO
among us an.i-slavery agitation as
Wing principle, a Whig rule, or Wing
means OF getting into State and Federal!
power. II we desire to have Wing
National Convention. in short, we r,ust
keep on Wing National platform. TO
show that we are, il will be necessary
for New York TO say so in her State Con-
vention; for, be IT remembered, we shall
not have another State Convention, after
the coming one, until Wing candidate
for the Presidency is pat into the field
II is better, then, to lose village, en- q
square and fair platform, than to lose
whole states. lie who Gghts for a school
district, and gives up TO get il. such a
State as Tennessee or Kentucky, is a
mousing, purblind politician, of a very
poor caste aud order. But, if we cannot
persuade our old Wing associates 10 get
on with us upon our old Whig National
platform, our duty is clear: first, to save
the Whig party of the Union, which car
cnly be done by establishing platform
here, upon which Wings can stand else
where. To do this. if they will not act
with US we must hold oar Wing State
Convention, and they must hold theirs.
The Wings of other States will recog-
nize in National Convention the platform
we establish. aud the delegates we send
TO them, and we can act with them, and
they with us. Thus our National Party
can be restored, and our National Prnci-
| pies be virdicatea we doubt ..os, they
have been heretofore, with success; fol
| thsre will he -i,,1t few very few Who's
in the end, who will part with the Clays
and the Crittendens to 60 after strange
men, or strange gods. We repeat. how
ever, cur anxious desire that the two
| Wing State committees may, If possible
agree to act together, and 10 call acom
mon Stats Convention, upon .pi;nciple.
that will ensrre es the cooperation o
! other States, and which are indispensable
! Cor victory ~ Oh. cwn.---N: V. &yfs'1es
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-20

COMMON SENSE IN QUEER QUARTERS.
The New York Tribune recently made
an admission which. coming from quar-
ter so strongly Abolition. is full of mean
ing. We copy it. The editor, in his first
sentence. is speaking of the Southern dis
unionists:
"Nor shall We bestow any pleasure on
these gentlemen when we assure them
that the contingency on which they have
based the execution of their grand scheme
of pyrotechntcs is not likely to occnr.-
We look III vain for the probability of a
repeal or modification of the fugitive
slave law. That law we suppose is des-
tined to remain on the statute book
We could wish it were otherwise. We
could wish TO have it modified i'll many
particulars, especially by the introduction
OF jury trial among its provisions. But
there is not the least Indication that such
change will be made. The next Con-
gress will not make it. There is no
where great party demanding it. Pub
lie sentiment regards ii with comparative
indifference. There is nc such over
whelnIng popular movements i'll favor
OF repeating or changing this law as there
was at the north in lS4S and 1S49,
against the extension Of slavery. How,
then, can the law he touched!'
The Washington Southern Press has
the following equally significant adlnis-
sion:
In MasSa chusettS, move is making
10 induce the Democracy 10 Sc, IT'S lace
against farther lnterierences in the ques-
ton of slavery. They propose the Bal'i-
more platform as it has been affirmed and
re-athrmed ill every national convention
since 1876
In finishing an appeal to the party, the
Boston Post says: The achole country
expects the Massachusetts Democracy to
do thear duty.' Truly the eyes OF the
North are opening to the unreasonable
ness, and the dangers of Abolitionism,
through the influence whlc 1 this political
charlatanism is having on the interest OF
the pocket"
These admissions look as though the
oay OF genuine peace had come. and agl-
talon been forced to strike its flag.
---o-o~~~----~-o-~
SLow.-A wag in Detroit has been TAX
ing liberties with the reputation OF fhe
Pontiac Railroad He was asked wheth.
er he knew of any accidents on that road,
and rtolled1 sNovor-l,.lt Onco mid
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-20

Good temper is like a sunny day; 1t
sheds brightness over everything. 1t
is the sweetener OF toll, and the soother
of disQuietude.
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-20


GoLD IN LoUIsIANA.-The Natchito-
ches (La) Chronicle of the 19th has the
following:
ave have just seen specimen, equal
in fneness to the best California gold
1t is a piece of quartz rock incrusted all
over with gold, and filled in all its veins
with that s'root of all evil" It was
brought and exhibited to us from Judge
Billiards. place, on the Bayou Provincial,
ten miles from this town. From the face
of the country between the Provincial
and the main road from this 10 Fort Jes-
sup, we have always thought that vari-
Gus kinds of ores must be hid. The face
of the country is somewhat hilly, with
deep ravines between the hills. Coal
has been found there i'll large beds, and
Mr.. Lee who once lived near there,
brought specimens of what he thought
gold dust, to this place to be tested. It,,
however, appeared to be mica. The
specimen of which we speak, is the real
Simon Pure" anG no mistake.
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-20

Arabs cultivate the feelings, and are
nation OF bandits: they are exceedingly
genercns, and exceedinly hospitable, and
exceedingly unjust; they utter the noblest
sentiments and steal the saddle from un-
der youj they talk of the nagnanimity
Of the 0edopln, and they cut your throat.
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-20

HEAVY RECEIPTs-The receipts from
customs at the port of New York during
the week ending the l 9th lust ,amounted
40 S2,O46, ,994 90,
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-20

I'om;hjng Mcident-At the conclu-
sion q the Grafton of Mr. Sprone, at
sfington's Headquarters. in New
burgh, on the Fourth, he introduced Hen
ry Gibson, survivor Of "Washington S
Life GLnd," to his hearers. This aged
veteran completed his Tooth year on the
18th of February last, but still retains his
strength and recollection in remarkable
degree--the reward of a temperate and
weH spentsine.
He was in the battles Of Princetou,
Treuton aud Yorktown; was with Wash
ington during his encampment at New
burgh, and remembers all the excitement
produced by the publication of the cele-
brated :'Newburgh Letters.
He has resided in the town of Monroe,
in Ctsego country, since the close OF the
Revolutions, supporting himself by his
la Dor, as long as he was able &c toll; bat
is now, and has been for years, the CRATE
ful recipient of pension from the Gov
ernment-the reward of his early tolls,
pr;vations and ufferings-whlch, with
the assistance rendered by his charitable
neighbors, has given hun a comfortable
support.
The citizens of Newburgh intended
placing him in the Old Headquarters,
now owned by the State aud IL charge
of the Cooperation Of that village, where
his every want will be supplied, and
where he will spend the remnant OF his
days. surrounded by scenes his early SUI
feriugs helped TO consecrate, receiving
the homage of his grateful ccuntrymen.
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-20

PHILOSOPHY OF SWIMMING. = E.iZur
Wrig Int gives the rationale Of Swimming
as follows:
mo branch of education has been so
much neglected as this. Man is the
only animal that does not swim naturally.
He sinks in deep water fromthe size of his
brain when improperly exercised. That
is TO say that the weight of his brain above
his nose sinks that organ little beneath
The surface, when he is in an erect posi-
ton, before his body displaces its weight
of water and thus fluids an ebullbrim. -
With the uose under one must breathe
water and drown. But when the brain
comes to be exercised enough TO throw
the head back aud nose up, pointing TO
10 the very zenith, and keep hands aAd
feet carefully under water, then by the
eternal laws of hydroslatics. the nose
will continue above water, and the person
will hoas like an empty bottle which Is
so balanced as to keep its mouth upper
most. No human being can sink i'll still
water of any depth lying on his back
with hands and feet under water.
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-20

SLow.-A wag III Detroit has been TAX
ing liberties with the reputation OF fhe
Pontiac Railroad He was asked wheth-
ef he knew of any accidents on that ROAD
and replied? 'Never-bat once mid
dle-aged couple left Pontiac for Detroit,
and died of otd age at Birmingham-half
way"