New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-02-02

persons, and the work still continues.
| ~ A miscreant was arrested in Wallfg-
ford Corn. on Thursday. for placing logs Of WOOD
onthc track of,he Nes -lfayen and Spring scli Rail
road.
ES Daguerreo!ypes are now taken by
the Drummond Light, said TO be superior TO those
taken BY sun light
ET Congress has been in session six
| weeks, during which ono Law and three Resolutions
have been passed.
~ Elk. Governor A. V. Brown, Of Tenn,
| he's been appointed agent for the Mobile and Ohio
Railroad for the States Of Tennessee and Kentucky
~ There were eighteen natives Of
South Carolina in the late Convention of mississippi
and of these eleven were Union men.
~ Hon. r. X. Meade is proposed as
candidate for Judge in ae Petersburg tyal Judicial
District
70 Woodin, who was recently tried for
the murder of his wife at Canandagus and acquitted
is still held to the charge of attempted rapc
on his daughter in law.
u" The population of the City of New
Bedford, the ist of January, is,o4e. being a
| gain of 2ci7 since lsi1.
~ It's estimated that one thousand Ger.
man emigran.s have settled at Cincinnati within the
| last sixty days
e The Rochelle (Md.) Journal states
that turkeys, chickens, ducks, Pigs, &c. in great
numbers have been found frozen in their roosss az
shelters that County, intense has been the cold
for the last few weeks.
~ During the is,t three years, the wives
81 nine men have been brought to the Massachusetts
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| of their husbands going to California.
~ The Fort Smlth ARK Herald of the
| 81 ut says that Gen. Blake, with q delegation Of
twelve or fifteen Seminoes ana Greeks, arrived at
that place the previous week. on ,leir way to Flor
Ga, to induce the Seminoles in that State to emigras
10 their new homes ives. of Arkansas Gen. b feels
very sanguine of success. and believes he will be
able to accomplish his design in fe weeks In the
mean time, Billy Bewiess, the ragamuftin Chief OF
these Indians threatens to shoe. zen Blake in case
| he comes into his dominons.
u A duel was fought in the outskirts of
the City of Cleveland, on the 10Th uls. The ohal'
lenged party fred his pistol in the air. The chai
lepger took deliberate aim-.and the ball passed by
the head OF his antagonist, and lodged Ia the tree
| The s4Iair was then settled.
" The ship American, Capt. Cunning
ham from Cardiff, tWales) arrived at Savannah,
Ca on Saturday week, having on board 2,ss7 bars o.
railroad iron for the State Railroad
TT Neander's Library has been pur-
chased By the University of Rochester Tho Prus.
sian Government and the Lane (Ohis) Seminary
we're the chief competitors. The Professors OF Lane
Seminary have published Statement in the papers
In respect TO this library in which they aver that al
though they fully complied vita the terms on which
was offered and received the promise Of Neanders
administrator that none but they should have 1t, he
was induced by the offer Of larger sum to break
his agreement with them and sell the valuable Ii.
brary to another institution According 20 this state
| msnt the transaction is ona which Neander would
hardly have sanctioned.
sV New-Jersey is moving in the matter
Of ipterdictins the sale and manufacture of inicr
eating drinks very large number Of petitions
from almost every County in the Stste--was pre-.
sontsd on Wednesday, fetting forth that the exist.
ing laws inadequate to suppress ntsmperance,
and asking the Legislature to pass act, nearly
| ideIs!ca nth the Maine Liquor Law, shall be
! deemed practicable. The petitions were numerous
W signed. On one OF them there was nearly 500
names They were referred to Especial Committee
| Ey The friends Of Gen. Wool held a
meeting in Troy the other day, for the purpose Of
bringing that gentleman before the public a
| die ate for the Presidency
70" The Free Sollers of Indiana are to
hold State Convention at indianapolis on the 9th
Of February
" A bill has been introduced in the
Pennsylvania House Of Representatives to exempt
| the HON estesd Of every family from levy and saleo
execution. The terms OF the bill propose that the
debtor shall designate his homestead, which shall
| not be sold, Of whatever value.
~ 1t has been generally supposed that
the Natural Bridge Of Va, the only geological
wonder of the kind In the county This is mis-
take In Carter County, Ky, there is Natural
| Bridge across the Rockbridge branch OF the Cany
Fork of Little Sandy II IS 1876 feet span, IL feet
wide 20 feet thick In the middle OF the arch, and O
feet above the water. In the County Of Walker In
Alabama there is another similar natural curiosity,
which was discovered IN recent geological explor-
alton The span is 100 feet and the hight nearly 40
This bridge is formed of sandstone and IS very sym
metr,cal Large beech and hemlock trees grow on
| the budee and the surrounding scenery - repre-
sented as sublime
Il The Wings of Tennessee are 10 hold
State Convention at Nashville on the 9th OF Feb
ruary next.
~ Capt. J Ohm Hoff, died at White Plains
| on Monday last, aged s. years. According 10 Ihe
White Plains Journal the Old man choked to death IN
endeayoripg to swallo large piece Of beef Capt
| Hsf's early years were spent 10 seafarns life,
snd during the administration of Presidsnt Monroe,
he held for short time, the post of Surveyor OF the
Port of New-York.
IL The Grand Jury of Chautauque
! Comfy have found bills Of indictment! against NJ
& w. w. Compton, brothers, for arson in the first
decree. In setting fire to their store at jamestown,
Chautauque County, by which the late destructive
FIRE in the village occurred. The Compsons have
heep arrested at Warren, Pa, where they await the
requisi,ion Of Gov Hunt.
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