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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-20
COMMITTEE ON RAILROADS.

TIE Committee on Railroads. of the Board Of Coun-
cilnep, Mr.. REED Chairman held an adjourned meet
ing yesterday nocr, TO hear further remarks from the
citizens of Yokve ard persons residiCg the upper
part OF the slsnd ave TO the abuses they had
iaI ed end were constantly obliged 10 pat with from
NJ. FAssHAw and several other gentlemen stated their
txperier and z ievabces; bat nothing neV vas
.Iicited, tie arguments being of the same tenor IS
those presented at previous meetings and already pub
lisfec in The TRIBUNE.
Tie Con mittee adjourned subec. to The call of tie
Chairman,
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-20
4 he e1.en,ior Referred to he Committee on Sites

tf the extension. Referred 20 He COMMITTEES Oh oics
A Communicates from the School Officers o. the
Fourteenth Ward Domins ing Henry p. West ~ True
tee, wa, referred % Committee on Elections and Qnhi'
fcaiiobs
Reports from the Inspectors of the Seventh and
Eighteenth Wsrds, relative to the Schools Of these
wards were ordered on ble.
Apettion from large NUMBER Of the female teach
eYs asking for the Monday before Oh istmss aud the
dsy SITTER NewYesr fer release from school duties,
referred 70 The Committee on By Laws.
The Cry SUPERINTENDENT submitted his report OF
the sasbers grades and other matters whi;h was or
dered 70 be printed. .,y
,lston relative TO Ward School No. ls, was recon-
mitted to the Committee on School Farni.ure.
A report Of the Auditing Committee in favor OF psy
ir .undry bills for expenses was presented sud ELL
cited comfortable debse-tse odious item being;
"Gilespie g. Carlisle for coach hire for the Com nit
tee on Lib aries Sl5 60"
Messrs. WEBB. TAPPAS and GREEN were in favor
of paying the bill az pretentsd.
Mess. A II. GREEy, TOWNSEND and SHANNON
were opposed. .,,
On motion the item for carriage hire was stricken
when the bill was passed. n, w,
Mr. TAPPAS, Commissioner from the fntn "aru,
offered resolution 10 appropriate ~ 600 Tor new prop
erty in the Fifth Ward The resolution was not
The report Of the COMMITTEES on Sites snd School.
houses relative n organizing new colored schooi Id
the Twentieth Ward was adopted.
TIE report of the Fioar ce Committee, re commend
ING the pay me IT OF sundry bills for repairs and nrnh
ipe Ward S,hool No 2, in Henry street. was adopted
The following resoutic vas adopted:
Rsslssd Th.. the por Of Gen Tnble the list ps
dent Of the Pobc School sesy teoderd o ts SoaId
throu,h b. Winthrop bs accepted and that the President
be the same IN such ace IN me h o. .e
Board or in the hail Of the Normal rcsoo will best 'uit the
crcun s-.nces Of the picture
Mr.. join GREEY OF the Twelfth Wsri at this time
obai, ed the floor ard ste ed that he had heard ru
mora out of doors relative the manner in which the
tusr ess OF the School Depository conducted aud
moved thst Special Committee be appointed to IN
vestigate the matter.
Mr.. DAVENPORT rose and hoped the gentleman
from The Twelfth would state all he knew about the
matter. 1t,
Messrs. NELSON, GREEN, PHILLIPS and Others
hoped tee gent eman woulo 90 on.
On notion the subject VIDE laid on the table, when
tie Board a. jcurned.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-20

A communication was received from Il. ID. Morris
County Judge elect, asking the Board to III his sss3
al 50 500 year. Referred.
Tie CO mmi,tee appointed by resolution of tie B,ui
TO prepare plan for reformation in the ex )enaiturs
for the support of the poor submitted act for pre-
sertation 10 the Lega lature The act provides tbs.
all supplies for the County institutions shall be sup.
piled by contract The consideration Of the subject
wss laid over for one week.
The Board shortly after adjourned to Thursdayrax.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-20
MONUMENT TO GEN. WORTH.

Tbs Courcilmen Committee having this subject ia
charge met yesterday af.eraoon in the Library Room
Of the City Hall The ma.ers under con.i' Iteration 10
regard TO bids for the work we're suoh that IL not
deemed sdvisable to hsve their proceedings made
public, ard cordin.ly reporters were not admitted.
Ii s saio u at the Committee will illustrate the mode
by witch eonir,cts are obtsined by showing up the
particular facs in this case and several other things
il gerersl. Aroth:r nesting will be held Friday.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-20

SOMETHING TO DE INVESTIGATED "A quantity O.
The public arms at the SAFE Arsenal, Harrisburg, hiss
been removed recently suneRtitiously and i, is cup.
ciiion. The arms consisted Of fies, muske., s.bsrs
and povde, task. and they have been sent to New.
York. The matter s DOW under investigation, AMI if
any such robbery has betn committed, for any sue,
iPhiisaelph!s Lsdssr.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-20
BOARD OF EDUCATION,

A rguls- meeti' 6 Of the Board of Educri'n wac
ted last evening. WV. H. NELSON, President, in
the chair.
A communication from the School Officers Of the
Fosrh Ward relative to the opeong of the Bowsry,
and the procuring Of Lev site AID building for No.
20 in said v&d, which will be removed " consequence
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-20
COLoRBD CONVENTION.

The Convention met again LAST evening. Philip
A. BELL, President Of the Convention, occupied se
chair After the minutes Of the Second Session were
read, the COMMITTEES on Rules reported, and code Of
regulations for tho government Of the Convention were
accepted. The Business Committee brought in pre-
smbe and resolutions, but ct 10 o'clock taey had no.
been put to the M, epg. The preliminary business Of
the Convention IL now over, and the deIegstes q
rtssed great satisfaction a. the prospec. OF goog
rieht into The busi ess Of the Convention.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-20
COMMISSIONERS OF EMIGRATION.

The Board met yesterday afternoon at the office Ia
Worth street The Hor. Guian c. Verplanck in The
chair, and Mes1s. Csrigan, Kelly, Gun mog. Cab
tree, Kennedy Morgan, Gangue and Purdg present
Mr.. Kennedy, from the Castle G srden Commi!ee
reported that DUNG the past two weeks there arrived
at that depot 427 passengers liable to bond, and III
not lisole. Their aggregate cash meins amounted
to $50 902 10. 80
1t was resolved TO give the inmates Of the lssttn
tons undsr the Commissioners the usual Christmas
treat Of poultry, pies, Ne, and Cspf. Craotfee was
deputed 10 provide aud s'Iibute the sane.
Mr. KESSEDY reported hat the ship Emerald, AFTER
rec Giving due notice, passsd the Castle Girdea ceio
without sn0ioe her pa.sepgers and proceeded to her
wharf on the sst River. The Board ordered that
Ieeal cps be taken gaiust the captain and owners
Mr. KENNEDY reported nirey'one enigrant ships
at sea from European ports with enigraus Tor New
York, with al average OF two hundred passengers on
board of esch
Tie following is q summary OF the weekly STATE
menir OF the sfiaiIs of the Commission:
Number of emf srans arrived n Des. ~ 1855 5e5
Number Of lrants arrived since Dec 10, lSao 2,eS
Total s sS,
1855. 1871.
Inmates in ipstita'ion at waris Isand.".,576 $50
Inmates In Marine Hospital. ...........,... 30 20
Toth. ...."................,....l,s 66 SS5
Asgregsts rec siots . Dec II, ls5'.... S4s605 81
Received since De,. l9, 1885, for oommu.- ,,. -,
ston CT alien ps,sepg1s, 6c...... 3@l3 oS-So!St9 10
.........................$n4.On 81
Disbursements to Gee. ~, S4ss, 400 81
SundrS expenses Of nov. IA 49, 1854. 1886 9-fso9 Is
Ovsrdr.f, in .s66s35 81
The Board then adjourned.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-20

BROOKLYN BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
A meeting OF the Board wss held yesterday. A
communication wss received from the County Tresa.
arer, stating that be had received the following
smounts from the diff, rem. Justices for vos.ons o.
the Prohibitoiy law:
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-20

Addresses were aftsrwerd delivered by the Rev.
joins THOMSON and The Rev. II MATrIsoy. and the
'zessfes closed With he bened,on BY The President,
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-04-26
Every DescriPtion of
 ' Q B-P II I IT T | IT c NEATLY Asp PROMPTLY EXECUTED AT THIS OFFICE
Niscsiiapy.
CHANGES OF CLIMATE.

History informs us that many of the countries of Europe which now possess very mild winters. at one time experienced severe cold during this season of the year. The Tibcr, at Romc. was often frozen over. and snow at one time lay for forty days in tha, city. The Euxine Sea was frozen over every winter during the time of Ovid. and ahe rivers Rhine and Rhone used to be fro- zen 90 deep that the ice sustained loaded wagons. The waters of the Fiber, Rhine and Rhonc, now flow freely every winter ice is unknown in Rome, and the waves of the Euxine dash their wintry foam uncrys- talized upon the rocks. Some one has ascribed these climate changes to agricul- ture the cutting down of dense forests, the exposure of the nptnrncd soil 10 the sum- mer's sun,and the draining of great marshes. We do not believe that such great changes could have been produced on the climate of any country by agriculture, and we are certain that no such theory can account for the contrary change of ofclimate-ftom warm to cold winters--which history tells us has taken place In other countries than those named. Greenland received it's name from the emerald herbage which once clothed its valleys and mountains; and it's east coast, which is now inaccessible, on account of perpetual ice heaped upon it's shores, was, in the eleventh century, the seat of hourisl,- ing Scandinavian colonies, all trace of which is now lost. Cold Labrador was named vinland hy the No'thmen who visit cd 1t A. D. 1000, and weIe charmed with its then mild climate.
 The cause of these changes is an import antinquiry. A pamphlet, by John Murray, civil engineer, has recently been published in London, in which he endeavors to aitri- bule these changes of the climate 10 the rilangeablc position of the magnetic poles. The magnetic variation or declinatioa ftle needle is well known. Al the present tisae il amounts in London to g degrees wes. north, while in l65s, tho line of variation pssscd through England, and then moved gradually west until 1916. In that year a greet removal of ice took place on the coast of' Greenland; hence it is inferred, that the cold meridian, which now passes through Canada and Sibe5ia, may at one time have pssscd through Italy, and that if the mag netic meridian returns as 1t is now doing, to its old limos in Europe, Rome may once more see her Fiber frozen over, and tho mcr- " Rhinelander drive his team on the ice of his classic river. Whether the changes oi the climate mentioned have been caused by the change of the magnetic meridian or not. ws have too few facts before Us at present 10 decide exclusively; but tho idea, once spread abroad, will soon lead to such in- vestigations as will no doubt remove every cbscurisy and settle the question.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-04-26
TO A BABY .

 sgxested 6y his attempting to Kiss the fgal ef the lnfont Jesas npon Breastpia- What Is if, my baby darliss,
 Keeps thee from thy evening rest; What thy little lips caressing,
 Here upon thy mothers breast Dost thou love The pretty color,
 Blue, with gold encircled round Why so fond of this new treasure Which thy busy hands have found Still thou eagerlq defisst
 Every art to lure thee hence; sGainst those baby lips thou triest Lovingly thine own to press. Does some strange emotion thrill thee As thy bright eyes gaze on Him7 Does the spirit whisper to thee .. or this Babe of Bethlehem 7'' Look again, my baby darling;
 Look, twill lult thee 10 thy rest- See Him to his mother ciinging, His dear hand upon her breast Look, and love Him, baby darling For this little one is He Who from Heaven so high desc ending, Pied on Calvary for thee, He to save thy soul from shining, Lett the Father of hts love; Now, Tn glory he is reisning
 On the throne of God above. Look, and love him, haby darling, Then, when death shall call for thee, He will ope the gates of Heaven Lovingly 10 look on thee.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-04-26
n. B.s.n q sAs Atlantic oe.an.

Tho Basin of the Atlantic Oceanis long trough, separating the Old World from the New, and extending probably from pole to pole. This ocean furrow was probably scored into the crust of our planet by the Almighty hand, that the waters which he called seas, might be gathered together so ss to lot tho dry land appear and ft the earth Tor tho hahitation Of man. From the top of Chimb3raxo to the bottom of the At- Iantic, at tho deepest place yet reached by the plummet in the Northern Atlantic, the distance in vertical line Is nine miles. = Could tho watrs Of tho Atlantic be drawn on so IT to expose this great sca-gash, whicn separates continents and extends from the Arctic to the Antarctic, it would present scene Inc most rugged, grand and imposing.
 Tho vsty ribs of tho solid earth. with the foundutions of the sea, would be brought to light. and we should have presented to us, at ono view, in the empty cradle of the ocean, . thous1nd fearful wrecks, with thai dreadful pfray of dead menss skulls, great anclsors. haaps of pearl and inestimable stones. which, in tho poet's eye, lie scat. 3ered in me bottom of the sea, making i, UI0&Q8N& tsA bl&utS " uSty uSASu. us deepeG Sart of tho Atlanlic is probably eomewll6te bsiwcon the B&Nndas and tht Grsnd Banks. Tho waters of tho Gulf q Mexico afe held in basin about mit' ieop ip the deepeat part. There is at ths hctfom of tho sea helween Cape May ant Nsufonndland md Capa Clear in Ireland \ resnarksblo steppe. which is nlreadJ knoWn n fhe laIer phic plateau. N com pany is noN eng1 in tho project of spbnnriue tslegfaI TT the Atlantic
 n fe prppooed n csr( Gires nl0ng thil plnse1u Inn the eel cses of Now 5onntland to lhe Wosle51 Of Ireland
 In f1oHt cI1clD d[S&nnee bS( ihese ", ellpss linee is leoo miles. and l. soa alonl
 eooQ ees dss reE Aassy.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-04-26

The Congregasionalisf, in relating some of the doings of children, gives an anecdote of little boy who had received the best of orthodox indoctrinating. His mother had taken special pains to discourse to him oi heaven and hell. Among other matters she had rather insisted upon the Scripture that "all liars should have their part'' in the lat ter place:
 One twilight of closing day, just about his bedtime, our little hero wanted favor ite toy for little recreation previous to re- tiring. But the mother judged it best for him to seek his pillow al once. He found 1t something of a trial to yield the point. So she told him that he should have the toy the first thing in the morning; that she would place Il by his bedside, so that he could lay his hands upon it when he should awake.
 It chanced the next morning that the mo- ther rose with the sick headache, and find ing herself unable to busy herselfabout nur- sery matters, went into another room, in distant part of the house, and lay down giving directions to the maid that she should not be disturbed. The little slumberer soon after opened his eyes. Almost instinctive- ly he stretched out his hand for the pronis- ed toy. ltwas not there. It was nowhere. to be seen. The maid was summoned. Hasn't she seen 1t No, she had not seen it. Where was mamma, The maid was not very sure. Hadn't mamma given the toy to the maid to give to him. The maid was confident she had received no such trust.
 "Tell me where my mamma is"
 :" can't tell you."
 Don't yon know where she isl
 "N-n-o, don't know where she is"
 " Hasn't anybody seen her a'
 "I believe not"
 "Then know where she is,"--and he drew solemnly near the maid, and put up his face towards hers "She's gone to he'll for all liars go there, and she said should have my playihings the first ihing flis morn ing, and she didn't get Mem."
 Room for lesson therefor somebody. The pupil has turned teacher. We'll, if the teacher turn pupil and learn the lesson. Thess young sensibilities are so easily in- jured! Who can he careful enough, prayer ful enough, wise enough under such respon- sibility. God help us to treat tenderly, dis creetly these germs of being, by-and-by to be transplanted, We hope, to the gardens of immortality!
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-04-26

THs UsE OF GuANo.-Our farmers as yet have probably used imported or chemical fertilizers very little. Some may wish ts experiment in this line, and for their benefit we give the following experience of . cor. respondent of the Boston Culiivator: |.
 have made use Of guano for many years and in various ways. l put it in the hill for corn, but it did not fully answer my ex.. pectations, therefore th0ugut w0uId uyN new mode. In the spring of the year 1853, I took 400 pounds of Peruvian Guano, and spread it broadcast on piece of river mea- dow land, that had been cropped every year for probably more than 50 years, and plowed it in deep as should yard manure, and the result was wonderful; it paid me at least 100 per cent. on the cost of the guano.- There was no other manure whatever put on the lot. next took an old paature lot, poor as poverty, and in the last of July, I spread on about 225 pounds to the acre, and plowed it under, and in the first part of September sowed my rye and narrowed it in, and the result was 50 shocks of rye from 3 3-4 acres, which will probably yield as many bushels. For oats use about 250 pounds to the acre, and for moving land about the same, sowed on after the grass has we'll started. For turnips, use three pounds to the square rod, narrowing tin; for bucawheat from 80 to 100 pounds per acre.
 An advert ement in another column head- ed Guano,will inform our readers where the article may be procured. ss
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-04-26
The following truthful words are taken from the Springfield Republican;

The following truthful words are taken from the Springfield Republican
 Has it not occurred to everybody while reading the accounts of poverty and misery in the cities this winter, how large portion of it would be removed, and it's place sup piled with domestic thrift and comfort, if the numerous temptations to intemperance were but swept out of existence What benef- cent change is made in the whole aspect of New York, merely by the suppression of the public sale of liquors one day in the week! Let it's thousands of foul dram-shops be closed every day in the week, and how wonderful would be the transformation !- Does any body suppose that there would then be thousands of gaunt and shivering wretches thronging the soup-houses, and ekiag out miserable existence upon pub lie charity.
 Away with nice theories about the right of man to make beast of himself. We are taxed by pauperism, afflicted with crime and the very air Is polluted with putrid and fostering social corruption, admitted on all hands tospring from the liquor traffic, and if the community has any fight of self-pro- lection at all, il has right to protect itself from evils so palpable and insuferable as these. If Neal Dow's plan of relief is not the best, produce better. But until that is proposed, let us have the remedy which has certainly proved effecsual wherever it has been fairly and fully tested.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-04-26

h Cincinnati they are manufacturing por- table cottages for Kansas and Nebraska in large numbers. They have generally two rooms. No nails are used, and they can be put up or taken down-in few hours. The scarcity of timber on tho praries makes il an object for settler to carry with him moi only his furniture bdt his house. It IS sta ted that cotiage of two rooms requires about 1000 feet of timber.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-04-26

1Hg KSour.-The knout, tho emblem Of Russian barbarism falls not only on tho slave or the criminal. A poor student of
 more than ordinary talents had by great perseverance, twice merissd prize; but he was regarded with jealous hostility by a certain professor, whom he was toQ poor to bribe. Twice cheated, the poof fellow made a third effort, though barely able to
 sustain himselfin his humble lodging until
 the period of his examination cane. llj4
 future hung upon the result; for. upon hie
 passing the ordeal with credit. depended hie
 access to employment that would get him
 bread. He strained every ne&y< Qnd suc-
 ceeded we'll. All the profes@i14 testihod their appreciation except one. whose voice was necessary to complete the votes. He
 rose, and withheld his suffrage upon false grounds, that cast dishonor on the young mans character. It was his old enemy !; and the poor boy--a widows son-with starvation before him, and his hopes all cast to winds, rushed forward by sudden impulse of despair, and struck his persecu-
 tor. He was arrested, tried, and condem- ned, by the Emperor himself, to receive .
 thousand lashes with the knouI All the students and professors were ordered to be
 present at the execution of the sentence.-- Long before it was complete, of course, the youth was dead but the full number
 was completed. Many students who were
 made spectators of the scene, lay on tho
 ground in swoon.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-04-26

EeYrT.--The viceroy of Egypt has so- lemly interdicted, for the future, the intro- duction of slaves into his provinces, but as to those already in Egypt, they S6te so re- main in stdtu quo. A change, says ne de- cree, would subvert the economy or prescrip- tiva constitution of the Mussulman family; the anii-slavery principle, however. is inau- gurated. The yiceroy was educated chiefly in Paris. and has acted wisely from the ideas which he imbibed there, and under the influence of his British and French councils. The tenderness for the domestic life of the Moslems. provided in the decree, may be thought of, in Euroupe and the American Union, as in favor of all tie tab- it's and interests of our slaveholding States. It appears from the testimony of trnvelers that the number of bondsmen throughout Egypt is considerable, and the lot of the majority wretched enough.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-04-26

ORIGINALITY what do they mean by iii The action of tine world upon us commences with the hour of our birth, and ends only with our death. It is here and there and everywhere. There is nothing we can claim as our own, but energy, strength, and vo- lition. Very little of me would be lefts fl I could but say what owe to my great pre- decessors and contemporaries.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-04-26

THr HEAT or HELL.-The Cleveland Herald, commenting upon the late disclo- sures about the temperature of hell, made by Father WaIworth week or two since, says:
 .. The temperature of hell has exercised the specnlasions of very many disines. bni we think the talented and eccentric Bur- chard must take the palm for glo,cing il- lustration of inc question. Burchard once passing through furnace with theological pupil, stopped and gazed into the white heat of the melted iron. Said he. in his deep, solemn. musical voice: Do you wish to know how hot hell isi J'lltell you. He'll is a much hotter than that fiery furnace. that supposing being who could live in hel! should jump thence into that furnace. l. rosid f,tese to dsdkk " fsf uiautss. '
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-04-26

The ardent reformer moves ths muItIfude, but the calm philosopher moves ne ardent reformer.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-04-26

They who excel in strength, arc not most likely to show contempt of weakness. 4 man does not despise the weakness of | child. x.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-04-26

It is useless to recommend to psoplea course which they have not judgment enough to pursue.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-04-26

The men who jump at conclusions. sel- dom reach any that are worth having = These must be got by climbing.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-04-26

lis very true remark, that pniss oftbs dead Is often intended as- eensuse of the living.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-04-26

SunraME.-Mr. Wise, in late speech, got out ,lse following beautiful thought on x Old Firginny :''
 ' She han m iron chain of mountains running through her centre, which God has placed there to milk the clouds and be the sourcs of her silycr riyers.n