New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-12-30

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A CHANCE FOR PHILosoPHERs-Ssmuel ". Adkisson OF
Tennessee Offers various premiums Of twenty five dollars
for solutions Of the following problems;
l. To establish principle in modern Philosophy that
II For GOOD ceson WHY the bottom OF shingles
should he olly two double, and the rest three
Ill Why the front wheels of wagon should DC 30 10"
a. 70 cause the front boster to be lowest
". Why the outer edge of the rim Of wagon-wheei
should he thinner than he inner.
" Why the inside Of horse shoc should De eou'aFe'
and have narrow heels.
EmBEzzIExEST or $4,000 WORTH OF GooDs-PGr-
ties Ar,esi,dA instance OF embezzlement vas az
velcIed in this city Yesterday The parties coaTeLnsi a
what is derived from the affidavit OF Mr. Isaac JACOBS m
extensive liquor and wine dealer OF that city VINO arrived
here day before yesterday The principal deie9itnt =
David Seecer who, understand, was repnte IN Yin
our s to be partner Of Jacobs the style of the house
being Jacobs ~ Sceger. The latter II now appears,
wss clerk or travelling salesman, and frequently male
trps TO Chicago New Orleans, and ST. Louis t. dispose
Of opaitis Of goods entrusted t. him by his employer
The following is the substance of the ahdayt taken before
About The Ist of September lot Of goods delivered
into setlieers posssison to he sold in ST. ous on a
ants account consisting Of sixty seventy haf pipes OF
braIdy worth sGOO0 three pipes OF GIN worth 500
Iuroh,on Of Scotch whisky, AID one Of Irish wni,ky'
WOith $40: two IuncheOns Of ram worm SoOi my Oas
Les # oLampaigne worth 800; lot Of vine cases aad
quarter asls Of brandy worth 81 600 and Ipyoo cga
worth $4,000 which were left in store at hurdock Il
Iiclsons These goods he secreted, ard converted 20
bis own without the Assem-; OF their owner and soil
them 10 his faherin law Christopher 1cCaey and one
Indv ic Phllls They bought and received them from
stelip er, knowing them 10 he embezLled.
Before leaving Cincinnati Seeger took pair OF dia-
q ,.rrw ~ Ifn
diamond breast pine diamond nge rings, watch
ctai g. gold pencil cases. and other diapond ani gold
jowry TO large amount $3.50 in money and bank Dook
Warrants were accordingly issued to Capt Cozzens AMI
Iuln, Of the police, aud Seeiger, MeCefrey add Phillip
were arrested. The former was committed in default of
sloCCO bail and McCarey and Phillips in default of
S5,t each. Capt COZzens under authority OF search
vgreni, examined Seoigers house, COns-st, and
found the ledger and articles of ewely described ia
NeCafIrey once kent family grocery store in Cinein.
natl but failed and removed TO ST. Louis. Here he has
been dealer and huckster in market. Nothing Is known
# Ililps and his connection with this affair is not
Their has it been learned what disposition he and Mccaf
frey mede of the goods which jacobs alleges they received
Of steliger. lSt Louis Intcllgencer, Dec 81.
According TO The Baltimore Amaieaa, the product Of
The oyster trade Of the city is equal to greater than the
product Of Oh he wheat aud corn raised in the STATE OF
Maryland The whole shores of the Chesapeake Bay and
10 tributaries adapted TO the growth Of the oyster ana
as but one year required for their fall growth an i'm
mense profit accrues those engaged IN the business
profit vch is estimated at some three hundred TO six
hundred per cent There are $50 vessels engaged IN me
business which average about 900 bushels to the cargo
and require nine or ten days 10 the trip These vessels
making in the aggregate 600 trips during the eight months
in which they axe engaged give total Of isg9Ooo oasn
els per year sold in the Baltimore market The oysters
bring an average piceof 80 cents per bushe which gives
grand total per year paid Tor oysters by he
dealers in the city Some Of the houses send by the Bal
tmore and Ohio and Baltimore and Susqaehanna Rail
roads say nothing of the other modes OF transportation
from eight to twelve tuns of canned oyster: per day
The shells carried for manure 10 all parts OF virginia
ard North Carolina In the shocking ofoysers the shells
will increase about fourth which would give total OF
about 6OO0CC0 bushels Of shells which sell for two cents
per bushe making return Of sl2o0O per year for the
shells alone.
MURDER-On Monday afternoon last, man named
Eben Goodstn, living in the upper part OF Greenfield
Parish in Fairfield, was killed by negro named Morris
Nichols The statements to the affair differ somewhat;
but u we are informed GOodsel Just at night, was cut
ting wood at his door, when Nichols who had been at
shooting match and was partially intoxicated came to
the place. Some conversation occurred and the negro
became yiolant and abusive. Goodsen told him to leave
the premises and bis refusing to do So threw down the
ak and stepped toward him On this Nichols drew pis
to from bis pocket, and G. stepped back Nichols tits
said followed him step or two and fred The ball passed.
through GOodsols body and he fox to the ground man
who wines tie occurrence at the distance Of few rods
TO bis assistance and carried him ino the house lie
lived but short time.
Goodse was about -. Tie leaves wife end number
Of children Among the stories afOs Is ono setting forth
that there had been old quarrel between these men
This may NAV not be correct but the circumstances in
dictate an unprOvoked murder, committed under the in
huence of the great murderer-Rsm s..,.-, ..s
AGRICULTURAL PREMIuNs-The Wisconsin State Ag-
riculiura Society makes offer Of the following pre- niu
For the approved Agricultural work OF farm hus
bandy generally not les than 30 pages in leng OF prsc
ticsl value and adapted popular prem OF so
win be sworded 3 For the most approved essay on any
branch Of Agriculture Of practicssvaHe and adapted to
popular use premium Of $50 will be awarded In this
last case the subject to be Of the writer's choosing
either upon stock raising wool growing, dairy horicul
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any other subject he may select In this last case should
than essay be presented Which, IN the opinion Of
the Committee is worthy Of premium tbs premium Of
fered viii be divided The essays to be whoa. Signature
and be sent before the ls Of February next in
asesed envelope directed to tho Corresponding Secretary
of the Society.
today and viii decide the suit Of tie People agst Wm p
Van Rensselaer, and others this week also the salt of tho
People sfst George Csrse Wh1t these decisions VII
be arr Of unable TO say but inclined TO the
opinion that they VII be n favor Of the landlords These
decisions will be final to ell questions about the title Of
tire Ven Rensseaers 10 the Manor of RenselaerEk and
George Clarke 10 lands held by him la Montgomery COun
IT, Wheeler in favor gain the People they Of
vast importance 10 the tcnanry throughout he Statenot
whsarding the landlords VII undoubtedly hold the lands
by long possession in any event The question whether
the tenants have been rglt wrong in 6splng their
landlords title win be settled in the minds of the enemies
OF the Anti Renters 81 least forever We shall endeayor
10 lay these decisions before readers next week
Albany Frsehoiier.
ACCIDENT AND SuDDEs DE,TH.-We are called upon to
perform pantul ucll IN announcing the ssiIrn utal ot
Anthony Ten Eyck, Esq, Clerk TO the Attorney General
Of this State and Of the late Conrad A. Tea Eyek
This sudden death caused by accident, which
cured about O'Clock last night, the Troy rOai ap
pear that he going toward Troy II horse wagon
and when few yards beyond the gate his wagon eanea
collision with horse and wagon driven b. Elijah Sim
mons when both thrown with Crea. force the
road Simmons received considerable injury particularly
heavy blow his shoulder. Mr. Ten Eyck struck on
lis head ard picked up insensble lie was imnsdi-
atly conveyed the toll gate house aud physri1n sent
for hut before medical aid obtained be ise breath
Ing having died within twenty minutes after the collision