New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-15

-. They formed n compact 10 resist the
payment Of ANYTHING beyond the legal iees but the
tbeves proved entirely too strong for them and the
tariff of extortion is at this moment as wen Under
stood. by all who have any regular dealings with
either Court or Sheriff, as if II had been fixed by
law. Judge Thompson, however, IN the Quarter
Sessions is acting az committee 'Oi vigilance
,monp the thieves, and those who do not stampede
10 parts unknown are promptly sent TO prison.
Other revelations equally curious, are sometimes
made in the COurts. Last week one Byram sued
Iloyd a Co 10 recover 1854 for engraving plates
for an edition of work of Dr. Kane Arctic EN-
pedition The evidence showed that DIR. Kane had
70 more TO do with the work than Sir John Frank
lin-that il was in fact cheat throughout. 1t was
also proved that an engraving which represented
the Advance as being stuck fast in the ice was
copied from an old picture IN tie Life OF Captain
James Cook, with the single exception that Byram
put in the ice according to bis own fancy. Then
portrait of Mr.. SOntag, one Of kanes officers, had
been got up with surprising accuracy by altering
the portrait Of an old hlghwayman from The Poilce
G0.fiie. An occultatiOn of Saturn was produced
by altering an eclipse of the sun from an old
geography. Beside these lilelke illustrations, all
the Others contained in the book about equally
true TO nature The book, nevertheless, gave I'M
mense satisfaction 10 the public, who bought thou
sands Of copies and il was pulled al round rate IN
most Of the newspapers to which copy had been
cent. Even the publisher, the defendant ID this
case. was entirely satisfied with the publication
vet not satisfied to pay the bill, though the jury
compelled him to do so. The whole trial was a
lauphable exposition of the humbugs sometimes
perpetratcd on the patient public by enterPrising
bOOkmakcrs.
An ingenious novelty has just been brought out
on the North Pennsylvania Railroad, IN the shape OF
station Indicator, which inOrme the passengers OF
the name Of the station or place which tie tram
.ltVla MIA m nsFl-
spicuous part Of each car, contains the names OF
all the stoppng.places on the line Of the road As
the train reaches or leaves station the brakes
man turns on. and exposes to view the name of the
next 1t is q great boon 10 travellers, especially
strangers. / have seen this cOntrJvance IN ope-
ration. and cannot commend it too highly. On all
railroads It will he most welcome to travellers.
Mr.. Florence will be candidate for reelection
to Congress from the First District. He IS moving
through his friends already, who are trying to sub
sdize the Fillmore men to join in and swallow Lc-
COMPTON lie cannot set his friends TO work BIT
too soon as they will need all the time before them
to compass his reelection. more hopeless job
could hardly be undertaken. The Fillmore men are
not to be caught in any such trap as Florence is able
to bait. 1t would pay him much better to con-
cate the Ant-Lecompton Democrats of whom
there are quite as many as be can manage.
The gift of the Anthracite Coal Agency to a
Berks County Democrat is one of the richest within
the power Of the President. 1t is said to be worth
S25,O per annum certain, with an untold margin
for pickngs and very probably steangs in addition,
the latter being now the order of the day. d..
Hunter of Reading gets it, and shares it with Clancy
Jones ard others, it being enough to satisfy three or
four patriots.
It would sound very strange to be told that the
British squadron did the work of Oyerhauling our
vessels in the Gulf by invitation of the Adminiotra-
tion But the fact viii probably come out yet be-
fore the country is done with this BuncOmbe affair.
Time will unfold some things not now dreamed of.