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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-24
Weather Intelligence.

BUFFALO, Thursday, Jan. 2S-9A.M.
most glorious morning. Clear as bell
Wind southwest Thermometer, SO Barome-
ter, 90 35 and rising. Heavy frost last night.
ROCHESTER, Thursday, Jas. S-s AN.
Beautiful, Spring-like morning. Wind west u
Thermometer, 49, Sky clear and sun shines
brightly.
AUBURN, Thursday, Jan 2-9 NJ.
Cloudy, but quite warm and pleassnti slight
frost last night.
SYRACUSE, Thursday, Jan. 23-9 AM.
Somewhat cloudy and colder. Wind west
OswEGo. Thursday. jan z5-9AM
Light wind from southwest and cloudy; Their
mometer SO.
UTICA, Thursday Jan. 2S-9 AM.
Cloudy and thawing not unpleasant; mild and
Spring like; wind west north west Thermome-
ter So Barometer 90 $40.
ALBANY, Thursday, Jan 2S-9AM.
Clear and pleasant this morning wind north; ;
Mercury in Barometer Ga; Barometer 80 100 !
Thermometer 30.
TROY Thursday, Jan. 23-9 AM.
Mild and slightly cloudy Thermometer 30
no wind
furious snow storm from , 1ne ease All u ~
,.os,arJsy ard stiII showing Thermometer l3i
barometer 80 IS.
MONTREAL, Thursday, Jan 3-s NJ.
Thermometer 10, Barometer 30 95 Wind
northeast and cloudy. A foot OF snow fell during
Yesterday. Sleighing very heavy.
ToRoSro Thursday, Jan 23-8AM.
A mild, clear and beautiful morning. Their 80
BURLINGTON, VT. Thursdsy, Jan 23-8 AM
Thermometer 80, Barometer 30 80 and falling.
Cloudy and looks like rain.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-24

BOARD OF Observation-Disclosures Caryin
}Ae Chair
Resolwtioas-That the School officers OF the
Sixteeath Ward be authorized to purchase lots
pf ground, north side Twenty .fourth-st. 800 feet
west Seventh avenue, as the site Of new Ward
School Referred.
That sI,7l4 40 be appropriated to pay for work
lon SchooLhouse No. 90, Greenwichavenue. Re-
tfened.
That the Clerk report TO the Board the price
paid BY every Ward in this City for the various
books purchased for the supply Of the Schools in
said Ward as exhibited in the quarterly bills pre-
scented during the past year Adopted
The Finance Committee reported In favor 0,
sppropriating s3.O45 II to support the new soeoo'
In the Ninth Ward to LIST February, 1881; also
3 The following appropriations to meet deficiencies
10 lst February, 1881; First Ward, 1914 4Si
( Fourth S2,5s7 10; Seventh, 1910 81; Tenth
sl,s45 70; Twelfth, sass A; Thirteenth. 81 1898
Is; Fifteenth, 81 500 81 Seventeenth, ssOs 60
Eighteenth, sl,64l SO; Nineteenth, 1873 81
also, sppropropristBg ss2l 81 to complete repairs
&c Of Ward School No. 3, in Tenth Ward. anI
S7S9 80 for repairs &C. of Ward School No. rs, h
Eighteenth Ward. Adopted.
Vhs Board thea adjourned.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-24
Washington Items.

WAsHINGToN, Thursday, Jan. D
The Committee on Public Buildings OF the two
Houses have not yet been able to agree upon a
plan for the extension of the Capitol, ordered by
Congress last session, though frequent joint meet
ings have been held upon the subject. Mlllss
plan seems most in favor, though it is feared the
rivalry of architects and friends will prevent any
conclusion on the subject this session.
The Harbor Bill will be zeslously pressed in
the Housa next week.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-24
By telegraph to The New.YOrk Tribune,
u. y. senator for massachusetts.

BosroN Thufsdsy, JEa. .
The House voted again this morning for U ):
Senator. The whole number of votes was 1872, Of
which
Simmer had ...,.,....l87 Winthrop 1853
Scattering % and BlanksS.
There was consequently no choice, bat Sumner
has gained four upon the last vote.
I'D Dispdch BosrOS, Thursday Jan. ..
At the second ballot for Senator TO day
winthrop. lS3
Scattering ............2h.
Sumner lacks again. One Wing voted for
g. A. Elliott.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-24
List afPatents
I,,,ed from the United States Patent otiee, t0T n
ending January p, 1851.
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Isued from The United States Patent once JoF ne 0eH
ending JGnuaTy 81, 1851
Icarsfaly prepared for The rrbuneJ
Andrew w Thompson OF Philadelphia, Pa Tor improv-
ed Propeller. Dated Jan. q, 1851.
Jacob scheitln of Louisville Ky. for improvement II
brick presses Dated Jan. q, 1851.
Geoige Thatcher Of Albany ~ I. FER Improvement
in stoves. Dated Ian. q, 1871.
Edward Parker Of Berkey Ala fo- improvement in
convertabe plow stock. Dated Jan. Il, 1851.
Charles Starr of New-York, n. z. for improvement n
tools for enclosing backs OF books Dated IAN a. lsoi
A. A. Wilder Of Detroit, Mich for improved lee-Way IN
dictator. Dated Jan. q, 1851.
Daniel Wilson Jr OF North chelnsford, Mass: assgnor
of Wilson j.. II. NJ Bird Of North Chelmsford Goie-
aid for horseshoe nail machine Dated Jan. q, lsol
DESIGNS.
Joseph Lamb OF Cincinnati, o. for design for stoves
Dated jan q, 1851
w Gibbs Of Albany N Y. assignor to North Harrison
4 Co. OF Philadelphia Pa for design Of stoves Dao1
Jar. q, l85l-snte-dated Dec ST. 1880
Samuel w Gibbs OF Albany ~ Y assignor to Ira Jag
ger VIM. B Tresdwen John g. Perry OF Albany, aore
said for design for cooking stoves DaIed Jan H. loo
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-24
House OF REPRESENTATIVES,.


Committees were called for reports.
The House passed the bill to enable an old
Revolutionary soldier to locate two pieces OF land
M. JOHNSON os Tenn. from the Committee on
Agriculture reported bill to encourage egricul'
tuTe. commerce and manufactures, by giving to
every head Of family one hundred and sixty
acres OF land, provided they cultivate the Ssne
for q certain period. .,,,
Mr. JoHNs5N moved that the bill be referred to
the Committee of the Whole, and said this bill
ought To have passed instead OF the Bounty Land
hill NJ last session which gave forty eight millions
to soldiers not previously provided Tor dis
scheme would have kept out o. the hands q ehy-
locks large numbers Of warrants and oeenoi more
benefit to those who are boaily s1ls 70 SulIyate
the soil He would give TO the old soldiers who
were not able, Treasury scrip. SIXTY I'VE oils
have been brought forward asking lands Tor corpo-
rate companies, Lunatic Asy lumns and every
other purpose. and surely the poor landless man
should have 100 acres provided be cultivated
it. The proposition is laying hold oil the
public mind The Legislature oil Illinois was tne
first legislature to pass resolutions IA i9yoro 1 II,
and he was satisfied it was not the last he caneo
upon all true friends of the working man to give
to the measure their support.
Mr. HILLARD believed truly and sincerely this
10 be the true system for disposing OF the Public
Lands Government ought not to be landholder.
Give every man q home, make It has interest to
cultivate the soil to maintain bis family and edu-
cate his children, and this would do more to lay
the foundation of national prosperity than any
pecuniary system. He believed we should have
no settled system Of revenue until the Public
Lands shall cease TO be a source ofrevenue.
Dir. CASEY said he was a Member Of the Com
rnittee on Agriculture but was not present when
the bill was prepared. He knew nothing about
its objects he had not turned his attention TO &c
and thought the House was in same condition as
himself He spoke against the unequal portions
Of Lands given TO the new States, and wanted nc
older ones to have their share. lie wE s.i NO
prepared to express his opposition 20 .ne hano
He was the last man to deny bountes Inu 'ono
fits Of the Government TO the houseIess ana q
homeless. but he would devote proper portion Oh
the lands to National Internal Improvements and
Educational purposes.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-24
Pennsylvania state Agricultural society.

HAkkIsHUkbf r.
The first meeting of the Pennsylvania State Ag.
ricultural Society adjourned sine die last night
after the members had signed Constitution,
handed in subscriptions, and drafted a memorial
to the Legislature for a charter and Legislative
aid. The body declined sending delegates to the
Worlds Fair.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-24
serious Afray at a Ball.

FoRr PLAINs, Thursday, Jan q.
AtaBall last night in Fultonville, Montgome-
~ Co. drunken row occurred, in which a man
named Ferguson stabbed another, named Ireland,
cutting out his eye, and brutaly lascersting him.
The man Ireland was thought to be dying at nine
o'clock this morning. Ferguson has made bis es-
cane
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-24

COMMISSION on CLAIMS AGAINST MEXICO
Washington, Tuesday. Jan. 81, le5l.-The Board
met according to adjournment; Members present
as yesterday. The memorial OF Frederick Bange
and Alfred Southmayd, claiming for the seizure
and detention Of the schooner Caroline at Burrta,
on the goth April, 1886, and for consequent dam
with the proofs and documents connected there
with, the Board came to an opinion that the claim
was valid against the Republic Of Mexico. and the
same was allowed accordingly; the amount to be
awarded subject 10 the future action Of the Board
The Board then adjourned until IL AN. t0-mor'
row,
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-24
Receipts Of Produce

"WEDNESDAY, Jan =
BE- The Men. York and Nep Haven Rdstrodd-
$50 bushels Oais n pkgs Cheese III do Butter Cayes
l5 Hogs co. bushels Malt 25 casks Ashes, % Dolls VINE
kv, IT'S sides Leather and 10 bags Flour - /, 49,
BY ne Erie Railroads.&c. bags Oats, 669 sides Lg1-
27 pkgs Butter IA do. Hogs, 81 bales Wool % ~
cAsks Ashes sl4 Sheep, 24 head Cattle 81 Caves i'f JUS
Flour, sad II bags de.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-24
xxxIst CONGRESS. second Session

SENATE. WARRINGTON, Thursday, Jan. 2S 1851
large number OF petitions were offered.
Mr. SEWARD offered petition TO repeal the
Fugitive Slave Law.
On motion of MIR. DICKINSON this petition was
laid on the table.
A large number of adverse reports were made
on private bills.
A bill granting a pension to the heirs OF Gen.
Barton was taken up aLd It's engrossment ordered
Mr. EWING resolution, directing an inquiry as to
whether the law authorizing the construction oil
floating Dry Dock in California, cannot be amend
ed so as to cave q large sum OF money approPrla-
ted for that purpose, was taken up and adopted
Mr. BENTON resolution, directing an inquiry
into the expediency of suspending the Public Auc-
tion sale OF Public Lands and authorizing sales
by private entry Of all new lands prepared for
market was adopted.
Mr. DOUGLASS moved to take up the bill relm-
bursting people OF Oregon for expenses OF the Cay
use war After debate the motion was lost.
The French Spoliaton Bill was taken up, the
question being on cor curing with the vote In
Committee of the Whole, by which the llth sec
ton was stricken out, and 1t was concurred in
Yeas 90 Nays 90.
Mr.. HAMLiY said that Ia the Northern papers
appeared the report of the Senate proceedings
sent on by telegraph, in which he was stated to
have made the speech against the bill which Mr.
Hunter has made. He was in favor OF the bill.
Mr.. BoRLAED moved to amend by striking out
the words not exceeding five millions OF dollars"
so as to allow payment of the full amount OF claims
II said if the claimants were entitled to anything,
they were entitled to be paid in full.
After q long debate, the amendment was re-
iected. The bill was then ordered to be en-
crossed. MI,
AYEs-Messrs. Badger, Baldwin, Berrien, Bradbury,
Clarke, Clay, Cooper, John Davis, Dawson, Dayton,
Downs Ewing, Greene, Hale, Bamtn, Miller Morton,
Pearce Phelps Pratt Seward Shields Smith Soule Sprn
ance Surgeon Underwood, Uphsm, Wales, Winthrop-50
NAYs-Messrs Achison, Bell Benton, Borlaud, Butler,
Csss Chase Clemens, JEFF Davis, Dickinson, Dodge OF
Wis Dodge OF Iowa. Douglass, Felch. Foote Hunter
Jones' King Mangum, Norris RheII, kusA Turney " ak
er, Whitcomb, Yulee-6. -
MIR. GwIN moved, and the Senate went into Elk
ecutive Session.
At O'Clock the doors were opened, and mo-
ton to adjourn was Lost. 80, =,
vision no quorum voted.
Mr.. MASGUM moved and the Senate adjourned
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-24
Ceurtof General Sessions WEDNESDAY,, Jan. %

Before Judge Beebe and Aid Griffin and Dodge
TyiaI for Grand Larceny. Patrlck h armed was
mt unon trial charged with having, the 30th of
November last, committed grand larceny, In
stealing upw ards Of s25 from Matthew Hanley.
Hanly. it appears, happened to be in public
house in Oak st. short time previous to the al
legged larceny having been committed, and while
there asked the landlord to look at some bills
which he said he had just received from his en-
pIoyer. Soon after he left, and was followed by
the prisoner, who, as he was entering an alley
way, robbed him of his money. An officer was
called and the accused was arrested but no money
was found upon him. The Jury found him guilty
of petty larceny, and he was remanded for sem
teDce- 49,,
Assault and Battery cith intent to Kill
John Kegan was next called to trial charged
with assault and battery with intent to kill MI
chael Shine on the sth Of October last No evl-
dence was taken in the case, as the hour for ad-
iournment had arrived. The testimony will be
taken this Thursday morning.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-24

FNDEAvoR TO MAKE REvoLT.-I Examination
continued. Tile United States VS. Hugh Bright
and ThoS Ward.-Witnesses were introduced
on part of prisoners, confirming the testimony al
ready given Of the unseaworthiness Of the ship
Radius and the willingness Of the crew to work,
aud that survey was necessary and asked Tor;
The Commissioner held that the complaint did
not come within the meaning Of the sct-that the
fears of the seamen were well grounded and that
a survey should have been habitat the crew
mantle sted no disposition to create arevolt The
complaint was dismissed
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-24
LAW COURTS.
Supreme Court.

Supreme Court. THURSDAY, Jan -.
HABEAs CoRPUs.-LeonOre MarekGnd VS.. Aler'
dndeY Cor-For the care and custody OF Theo-
dore f. Cor child 81 years old, already referred
TO Judge Edwards, before whom the case was
brought, decided that the child should remain in
the custody of the father.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-04-03
The PhiladeIphia Collectorshfp.

few weeks since the Secretary of the Treas
ury commissioned A. H. Dunlevy, Esq. of Ohio, to
investigate certain charges preferred against the
Collector of Philadelphia, charges on which are
based request upon the administration to have
him removed.
The charges are that the Collector keeps in
his employ person, not only VIGOROUSLY incompe-
tent to the proper performance of his official duties
as weigh-master, but who stands charged with
perjury on the legislative records of the State
that moreover the Collector together with the Sur
veyor of the port had hand in procuring fctl-
tous signatures to certain letters, purporting to
have been written by members of Congress urging
their own confirmation.
There are other minor charges, we believe, but
these are the principal ones The investigation is
closed and the result is now before the Cabinet at
Washington. How it decides in the premises, a
few days will probably determine.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-04-03
A Tower of Skulls.

Lamartine, in his " Pilgrimage to the Holy Land"
writes as follows:
"When was about league from Mas, the last
Turkish town almost on the frontier of Servia
saw large tower rising up in the midst of the
plain as white as Parian marble. | took the path
which led to it. desired a Turkish lad who ac-
companied me to hold my horse, and l sat down
under the shade of the tower to enjoy few mo-
ment's repose. No sooner was seated than rais-
ing my eyes to the monument, / discovered that
the walls which | supposed to be built of marble
or irregular rows of white stone, were composed
of regular rows of human skulls, bleached by the
rain and sun, and cemented by little sand and
lime, formed entirely the triumphal arch which
now sheltered me from the burning sun there
might be from fifteen to twenty thousand. In
some places portions of hair were still hanging,
and waved like linchen or moss with every breath
of wind. The mountain breeze was then blowing
fresh, penetrating the innumerable cavities of the
skull, and sounded like mournful and plaintive
sigh.-These were the skulls of fifteen thousand
Servaians who had been put to death by the Pacha
in the last insurrection at Servia. Servia, how.
ever is now free. and this moment will teach thei
children the value of independence by showing
them the price at which their forefathers purchas
ed it.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-04-03

SHEEP BREEDING IN VERMoNT-The wool grow
ers of Vermont beginning to realize the import
ance of obtaining full-blooded merino sheep, and
they are gradually being introduced into that State.
Mr.. Jesse Hinds of Mendon, imported last month,
thro' the agency of Mr.. John A. Tainter, of Hart
ford City, two ewes, at an expense of 5000 each.
About two years since, Mr.. Kinds purchased Of
Mr. Tainter buck six months old, for $780,
This buck is said to be the finest sheep in Vermont
The ewes will yield an average of twelve pounds
of wool. Mr. Kinds has a large farm, and devotes
himself chiefly to the breeding of sheep, and finds
ready market for them among the wool growers
in Western New York.-Bost. Traveller.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-04-03
California Morals.

4 California correspondent of the London News
furnishes sad picture of the morals of Eldorado.
.Perhaps the blackest page of American Califor-
MIA is the history or lives Of the females. Hus-
bands arrive here with their wives and families,
but they are not generally long on shore when
their better-halves cut connections for other and
richer men, so that the poor disconsolate husbands,
instead of mining for gold, have to nurse their
wee anes' Young damsels, however ugly or de-
formed, are soon picked up and spliced. Fire and
sword are no barrier to mems passions here, nor is
age preventive"
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-04-03
Melancholy Death OF "a Poor Debtor

The infamous barbarity to which poor man,
not able to discharge pecuniary obligation, is la
BILE at the hands of a soulless creditor, where the
law for Imprisonment for debt prevails, is pain
fully illustrated by the following tragic occurrence
in Boston:
"JoHN JAY BRADLEY man ofiberal education,
Greek scholar, and formerly an editor of pa
per, died in Boston jail on Thursday, where he had
been confined for week past for debt He was
in the last stage of consumption when sent to jail,
and could scarcely get up the steps for weakness.
The creditor peremtory refused to release him un-
less the money was paid. Deceased had certain
rights in property which were not available at the
present time, which prevented his swearing out un-
der the poor debtors act unless he assigned them
to his creditor He never attempted to get released
and was little insane. His father was applied to,
but he refused to interfere. There had been q
quarrel between father, and son, but it does not
appear that the former knew fully of his sons con-
dition The creditor must have imbibed all the
spirit of a Shylock, to send dying man to end his
DAYS in Jail for debt of $780,"
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-04-03
The Nova Scotia Giant.

The Hingham Mass. Journal says:-"We have
seen the Giant-a veritable giant, and no mistake
Angus McKaskill is but l9 years old, so it is said
lis nearly eight feet high and is still grow
ing. lie is well proportioned, intelligent looking
and, by the time he attains maturity, will be tall
one indeed. His shoes are sixteen inches long, and
and his cap as big around as bingham bucket ;
everything else about him in the same proportion
The gentleman, under whose charge he exhibited,
states what, if fact, is remarkable one, namely
that seven years ago, that is when Angus was II
years old, he was known and noted as dwarf; he
was then but three feet high, and weighed only "a
pounds. Since that time he has grown eight iuch-
es year on an average, and has not done yet
He now weighs 400 pounds and has strength in
proportion He offers to lift couple of barrels of
-four at once Crowded he may have them for lift
ing,) or to forfeit their price. His mother, how
ever, cautioned him when he left home against in
dulging in uncommon exertions of strength; for as
yet, said she, "Angus is but tender boy"
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-04-03

1t is officially stated that up to this time about
one hundred thousand applications have been re-
ceived for the benefit of this law and every day.
number. The Office is now issuing between one
thousand and twelve hundred week; and it will
require more than eighteen months before the
claims now on hand can be disposed of, or matured
into warrants. All persons interested in the law,
or desiring information in regard to it. are request
ed to address their communications directly to the
Commissioner Of Pensions.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-04-03
Another Locofoca DefaIcaiion.

Peter Ali, Jr, who was elected Treasurer of
York county in l849, has resigned his post in con-
sequence, as the Locofoco papers there say of un-
fortunate difficulties These unfortunate difficult
ties, consist of defalcation of some eight or ten
thousand dolars-scratched, erased and altered or
ders-alterations on the books in the Commission
ers' Office, and some other matters involving high
criminal offence. Had he been Wing, we sup
pose the act would have been characterized as a
Robbery of the Peoples treasury-Forgery and
Corruption-and by other choice terms-but as he
has been good Loco foco, such things are only
unfortunate difficulties!'
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-04-03
To The Public.

0EF 1t gives us pleasure to be able to state that
Stroudsburg and vicinity are rid of the Small Pox
entirely. We have been informed by the proper au-
it is confidently believed, that with the care that
is used, there will be no more, unless they should
be imported here from abroad. The public may
rest assured Of the correctness Of this statement
for a considerable time, in the surrounding neghbor-
hood, viii be put to rest Our friends need not be
afraid of visiting Sroudsburg after this.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-04-03
The Knockers Knocked,

A Dr. Bell, of Buffalo, New York. has published
letter respecting the Rochester knockings, in
which, in the opinion of most people, the Knockers
are knocked-in the middle of next week, as the
phrase goes. 1t appears that Mrs. Fish and her
sister undertook to convince Dr. Bell of the spirit
ua character of the Knockings; and, for this pur-
pose, agreed to perform before him and few
friends. The result of the experiment was to con-
vince the spectators that the ladies themselves pro-
duced the mysterious sounds, by swapping certain
bones of the knee together, which they have the
faculty of doing as some people have of cracking
the finger-joint. DIR. Bell, suspecting this to be
the origin of the sounds, placed his hands on the
knees of Mrs. Fish, and felt the bones move when
ever the sounds were made, and only at that time.
He confirmed this view of the case, by insisting on
cushions being placed between the feet of Mrs.
F. and the floor, when, in consequence of there
being no proper medium, in connection with the
lady to continue the vibration, no sound was pro-
duced though, the instant the cushions were re-
moved, the pretended knockings were Immediately
heard. DIR. Bell says that others of these "Knock-
erso produce the strange sound by swapping the
toeoints, in all cases eecting it by mere voltion,
without the slight muscular motion requisite being
visible