New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-02-06
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great reserve is pTscticed BY the Navy Departmen
in resard TO the proposed Naval Expedition 70 Japan
The expedition will depart under the command
Commodore Perry, as soon as the vessels can BE-
rot resdy-probsby abou. the frs. OF March. The
s,esn-frisaie Mississippi will be Commodore Per-
rvs flag ship The Cumberland and So. Lawrence
viii form part OF his squadron IL is believed that
the objec, OF the expedition is to make favorable
impre ssion as to the naval power Of the Unised
States upon the Emperor OF japan, and tina. /. sto
10 10 he poit ard City ofJeddo which is al the head
Of nayiiablc bay and is, according TO Easlish aa-
thouues, accessible. The city contains more than
a million inhabitants, and IS one OF the rcaest and
most maInifcent cites OF the East II Is the seat
Of vast commerce and extensive manufscipres.
and is the residence of the Emperor and Of the no
blss OF The Empire. This Government asks Of the
Emperor TO open his potts to our commerce. and TO
treat with hospitality those 0! our seamen who may
be cast on his shores.
= The Jacksonville Qu.) Journal says
tfa' when the Superintendent of the Asylum for the
Poor in that County first took charge Of 1t, he found
an ipsare n an who had been loaded with heavy
o,sns for years Believing that this cruelty kept
tie man iIssre lie ,cok the responsibility Of taking
lien. Of AID gradually restoring him 10 liberty The
nan AZ fIst TayCc, expecting fresh torture then he
doubted ard fl ally realized that he Was free. lie
Was oyepOwersd With delight, exclainine constant
". IS no Looked upon the outer world Of sunshine,
On bow heaulifu'" The gratitude to his libe-
raior prevailed. A. length be voluntarily went TO
work IN the garden, though he had nearly los, all
his pOwe Of lOcOmOion, and becsme entirely recov-
eIto lie is now working on farm.
- On Monday morning last, gross
attempt Was made 20 assassina;e school teacher
named George Armstrong, who resides on the Bur
u. n
On gong to his school. Monday morning, he was
fired upon by some unknown psrson, who immed-
ae'y fed 10 The woods. The charge took effect In
MI srmstrorg' hand, SCATTERING i, quite seriously.
~ The General Plank Road bill was
again vno az discussion in the NewJesey Senate on
Tues sy la,t The bill was so amended as to give
to porsions formed under it the power to locate
Plank Roads on old roads already formed, whene yer
the same are vacated for the purpose. 1t is said
thai in this foim it will become law. and prove
satisfactory to Eiost of the applicants for Plank
Road charters
z 4 little son and daughter of the late
Mr. CHARLES Gregory, of Norwich, Conu., went on
the ice 10 slide last Wednesday, when the little girl
broke through and fell into the water. She called
10 er brother for help and the little fellow ran TO
assist her, when he too fell in and both were
chSless Her husband was drowned q few years
since.
"a The town of Parkersville, Mo-, has
been thrown into a state OF intense excitement BY
the anira OF a band of Delaware Indians from .
hunting expedition, who bring with them large
quantity Of gold dust finer than California dust"
The Indian from whom it was purchased says he eb-
tanned it this side the mountains, about 700 miles
west Of Paikersyille
~ The Lawrenceburgh Press states that
Dr. j. G. Dunn, OF that city, had discovered chemt-
cal combination by which he can charge the sur
face of any hind of stone or brick so as to represent
the most be utiful and substantial marble granite
1t is simply process for chrystalizng lime, and Is
capable of being colored or mottled by any tins
whatever.
To- Coal of an exceedingly fine quality
has been found one hundred and seven!y-fve miles
up the Minnesota River. 1t is said TO abound there In
great quantities. Every report. every exploration,
every day, adds some and interesting feature to
the value Of the lands lately acquired from the Sioux
Nation.
fy' The value of the taxable property of
the Territory of Minnesota returned by tho Assess
ors, is between 100000 and 81 100000, and has
increased Fifty per cent within the last year. About
$4,000 acres OF land have been entered 10 one form
or another a. the Land Office during the same time.
tD' The new steamer s. s. Lewis, which
was built in Philadelphia last summer, TO run be-
tween Boston and Liverpool is to be sold at auction
The line OF steam propeefs between Boston and
Liverpool is therefore, to be abandonedat least By
its present proprietors.
~ On the goth ult., the laborers on the
Great Western Railroad, Burlington Hights
W. md RI of tha head
OF an elephant, beneath the strata OF stone ana
gravel The tusk measured six feet nine inches In
Ter 9Th and 10 inches in circumference
~ We learn from Palmyra, Michigan,
that the mill occupied by Messrs Harrison & Roe
exploded few days since, killing and woundins SIX
persoLs Among the killed were MesTs. Wolever'
Bowen, VIM II. Roe. Ezra Bartrum and sornber-
ger. A N.Y. Harrison was also severely injured.
~ Thomas Mccoy, Patrick McSouleys
and George G. Long escaped from jail at Providence
r. l., on Monday. Mccoy is charged win seveTat
bureJayies and is faid TO be desperate fellow
LONE and Mcsouley were charged with minor often.
" Charles Curtis has been convicted
ofipceneiarism at Great Falls, N. H. and sentenced
to IA years in the State Prison Indictments are
nendine asans. John Moore and Isaac Pray, for the
same ofense.
II Troy is besieged with burglars and
incepdiaries The grocery store Of William Eddy
was broken open on Monday evening, robbed, set on
fire and entirely consumed. Loss, $4,000. insu-
lance, 81, 400.
u Henry O. Averal, Joseph Averal and
Charles Pierce have been tried for the murder OF An
son Van oman, at Lewis, New York, and acquitted.
The trial lasted several days and created much IN
terest In the community.
" correspondent at New-Milford in
forms Us that p T. BarnuIn, Esq, lecssred ON Tsn-
ner.nce and the Maine Law to a large audience, 10
that town, on Monday evening last
rzys II ia stated by The Boston Journal