New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-02-20
NETWORK TRIBUNE.
NEW YORK. FRIDAY. FEB. 20, 1852.


,T1, so,e.r,nr matters occurring the City
,,.d s Mail or Telegraph riH be found more or less
at iengts IN o,r columns thu nnornrns1
In the United States Senate, yesterday,
some sixty petitions were presented for addl-
,;on.l CONDENSATION to Assistant Msrshals en-
Gagged in taking the Census We protest
AGAINST all these extra allowances. If the pay
is not sufficient, why such anxiety to get ap-
ponted7 We regret to see petitions presented,
calculated only TO in ure the movement made
for the relief of the Irish State Prisoners. The
Oregon Mileage case was discussed and dropped.
Mr. Seward introduced bill TO expedite the
discharge of cargoes from steamships. fhe
Iowa Railroad bill was discussed By Mr.. Under
wood till the adjournment
The House was engaged generally In dis
cussiDg bill granting night of way and lands 10
Missouri for railroad purposes. Miller, OF No.
Rantoul, of Mass; Moore, Of La, and tIcklin,
of ILL.,, all spoke war ly in favor of the measure
The Senate of this State was engaged In
discussing change Of name for the Buffalo and
Cohocton Railroad.
In the Assembly two reports were made
on the seat of f. L. Snow, contested by Russell
Smith. A long debate arose on the bill prov-
ding for Commissioners OF the funds OF the late
Court of Chancery, which was finally made the
order of the day for Tuesday next. The never
ending subject of Canal Contracts was again
brought up, and after long discussion, laid on
the table. Among the subsequent proceedings,
was a resolution offered by Mr. Monroe, con-
demning the action and report of the Controller
sent in the previous day.
The ice on the Susquehannah remains
firm. We wish it would move for the Tele
graph has spent lightning enough in telling US
It's frmness TO melt 1t.
The Maine Liquor Law, which had passed
the popular body OF the Rhode Island Legislature,
was lost in the Senate, Yeas IL, Nays 20.
Tbrasher's release gave great joy at
New Orleans The Spanish Censul's reception
on the contrary, quite the reverse
The College Rioters at Cleveland have
had an examination, and are remanded.
The Meeting of Spirit Rapping Media at
Cleveland is reported failure.
DIR. Dewey's Lectures on the Progress of
Human Destiny, are concluded.
We sketch an interesting lecture Of
Ralph Waldo Emerson, on the Eighth Page.
Kossuth looms largely up in our columns
this morning. He spoke to the Ladies of Gin
cinnati Yesterday To-day the Germans present
him with large sum of money We give, on
our Sixth Page, Speech delivered by him on
Friday last, before the Clergy of that city; also
Speech to the People of the city the same
day.
The North American Phalanx for Kos.
suth and Hungary, with their address, on the
same page.
A Washington letter on Compromise,
Foote, Mileage, Public Lands, Long and Kos.
suth, &c Yeas and Nays on the Mileage ques
tion in the House of Representatives details of
an important new Mail Arrangement, &c, will
also be found on the Sixth Page.
On the Seventh Page will be found
Temperance News from Albany, Long Island
and Connecticut City Items, over a column !;
Real Estate Sales; Aldermanic (Assistant)
DOings Court Proceedings Fires IN Brooklyn;
Swindl,pg in Boston; Chagres and Havana
News by the Georgia a Note from Jamaica, by
a pen evidently preJudiced against Irshmen
Convention with Brazil; Appointments by the
Governor List of Patents, &C., &c.