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New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-08
GOTERNOR CHASr'S MESSAGE.

The Governor cf Ohio in this, IS in his last years
Messsge instead of oonfniDg himself 10 the fact, Of
he moment, calls attention to some important COM
parsons between the past and tie present, According
The estir If tie Commissioner Cf Statistics the
deaths in Ohio duog the year 1853, were 300.
TIE marIisg,s, 1900 the births, sOOoo;the ex-
OF immigrants eInigrants, 20Ou0, showing
increase Of population during the year of 5000.
Tie rev buildings during the year are es.imstei at
lOcCO, and, allowing six persons TO each buliing
would Indicate about the same increase. Assuming
tbs 10 have been the average ibcrease Tor the as
eight yesrs-tbe increase os inhabitants the last
oersus is 40 600, making the to,al population at pre-
sent 2,i2O, ,327. Tlis estimate is open, however
to some ciiiicism- The births, I. is reA,on-
abe TO presume, increase with the whole
ruu.Scr o. inhsbiiaits ard the number for 1853
exceeds, therefore, tie average Of the eight years
What nay be the average increase BY immigration is
hardly 10 b. judged of with any precision by the
retbirs Of gle year. !, appeass by the school
iors aitefward cite BY the Governor, tis, in 1853
New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-08
CENTRAL PARK COMMISSIONERS

The regular semi-monthly meeting Of the Board Of
Commissioners Of Cei tral Park was held on Thursday
afternoon.
Tie Archltscn- Chief sent in his report. Since his
lsst previous report 2 800 m.n bave been employed
when the weather and condition Of the ground would
permit princiI ally upon the transverse roads, grading
carriage roads in the upper park and excavatng rock.
The rest Of the report relates chiefly to experimental
roads and the progress VI the work.
A communicative received from the Manhattan
Base Ball Club asking that playground be BET apart
for them.
Calvert vsu1 was appointed Consulting Ar,hitect,
at q salary Of g. coo.
The Special Committee on altering the Arsenal for
tire purposes Of um and the officers Of the COM
mission, made report which Wa. lad over and made
the spe isl order for tie next esting.
The following resolutions, recommended by the
Architect.iu Ctief were adopted:
Reei That this Board regards with Interest the project
.sbhirg IN the City o. Newfok which shall
with the magnitude Of is commercial inter-
s and the complement Of s other sntsTises and ates
ReosS Ths, the Board Is fvorsby inclined to the propod
. b e can a. b. selected sbd pan Of bsinss Poped
shall harmOnize entirely with the primary pupo'e 70 "hics
Ro Ira. q ,ae re.eution. reported sy The P,.s
rni.tee consirg u Mesr Loonis Parker and Abeo s1s
~hh saoIse dis day b. "'HmaSicstsdso 70 said ia'e
The Treasurer was authorized to pay 80 TO James
Grady, whose leg wss accidentally broken While ss
vUik in the Park.
The President was requested 10 communicate 10 tbs
Croton Aqueduct Board the derire Of the Board 70
proceed st with the consrucon Of rde " dnve
around 'he reservoir, similar 10 that ccnfenpAtsd
in the plan Of the Park and to obtain the views of the
Croton Aqreduet Board With reference thereto that
10 the construction AID maintenance of said ride OF
drive due gard shall be had ~ the safety of the rs'
servoir and the purity Of the water. :,
The President was authorized to prepare nensrAl
10 the Legislature in relation 10 the eycenfor of the
Park 10 Ore Hundred and Tenth street.
Some routine buiness was transacted, saa 'os
Board adjourned.
New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-08
PUBLIC MEETINGS.
AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY.

TIE stated meeting Of tae managers VA, held at the
Bible House, Astor place. on Thursday, the 9TH nst
al Il o'co. k D. NJ, DIR. THOMAS Cook in the Chair
assisted by the Hon. Luther Brsdish, with Wan. b.
Or, shy Benjamin L. Swan an1 Francis Hall, esq..
Tie Rev. Mr.. SHELros read the 9th PsalD, and
offered prayer.
SIX oew auxiaries were Recognized two in North
Carolina, and in kentucky Florlda Illinois, and Con.
uecticut each.
Cormuncations were received from agents sAd
Others showing encouraging prospects IN tue Work t
home notwithstanding the continued money pressure.
and the need of great exertOn TO supply imsigrnnt,
and Others with the Holy Scriptures; from the Rev.
X. s. Maclsy, Fuh Chau, China sending printed
copy Of the treaty between China an' the Allied
Powers also in reference to the opening OF Japani
from the Rev. l. q. Biss, Coneantinople, in regard
10 the work in that region; from the Rev. William
Walker, Gaboon Misson, West Africa, with request
to print portions Of the Scriptures in the Mpongwe
language; from the Rev. DR.. Van Dyck, Bsyrout,
Syria, sending specimens OF the Arabic Testament
now ia course of publication.
Grnnis of ooks we're made Of Portuguese Bibles
and Testame hts ard Spanish Tes, ments for the Rio
Grande Oibwa Testameots 10 the American MIS-
sionaIy Association; books in English, Portuguese,
and French. for distribution In Madeira; several
grants Of books in various languages tn captains Of
vessels for distribution 10 foreign ports; English
and German books 10 the Toledo Bethel, Ohio to the
Seamens Fnerd Society, French Testarnents for de
tlitution at Hsyre; the Missionary Society Of tho
Methodist Episcopal Cbach, books in Danish and
SSei ish for their Missions among those people in tbe
Wes. and North west; various grants To poor anxil
aries and 10 Sunday Schools where there are no
auxiares and twenty three volumes in raised letters
for the Bind.
The following sums were appropriated 10 the sey-
ersl objects named, to be- paid rs they wanted,
cut Of the earliest funds that be spared:
To the A. B. G. NJ. for publshns the Armsno Turkish
For The Arneni.n svo references Bbis 500
To the Prestyerisn Board toIeisn Mssons 10 ooo
To ths Frsnch and Foriso B. s................. 1000
To the MHs!enaFy Society Of Prot T. ChuFcA".'' 100
New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-08
DEATH OF THE EMPEROR OF JAPAN.
orresroaderee Of TIE Public Ledger.
UslTED STATES STEAMER PowHArAs,

CgITED STATES STEAMER PowHATAs, !
NAGAsAKI, Japan, Oct. /, 1888.
wrote you No. IA from shaDghae, its latest date
b,-g tie Sd ut. Oa the morning Of the 4th the En-
brought 10 tie United States steamship Minnesota
direct ou this plsce. Her officers complained greatly
Of The length Of their passage, attrbuting il mainly to
tie reflective state tf her engines.
Fortunately she returns home in November, when
sfe will be released from this "special seryic-," "
bef re, it is hoped, her machinery snail have been
seriously injured.
In No IL also gave you an account Of the tresty
lately made by us with Japan. Let me low tsl you
Of tragic well IS Interesting events, which are
said TO have already flowed from il. You must first
along these unknown shoals, we have still an occa-
sionsl European msi BY some wandering snip, and
while che red here semi-weekly mail from IsftO.
Ths hitter comes overland by special messenger,
who sometimes Ides, sometimes walks, snd sgan pro-
ceeds by wGter. few days after our arrival, one Of
these "posts" n and the next day the interpre-
ters gave our Dutch friends of Desim4 the Yeiio
news they in trrp, passed it to II wes said
that, after The signing of szt treaty 18th Of Jaly
ultl, il was sent by the Ta-Koon, or Imperial Err
peror at Yeddo 10 the Mikado or Spiritual Emperor
at Miaco for his approval. The latter, however who
is seid 20 be yourg man Of eighteen aware of his
Ights and power and determined to enforce them,
fused his approval upon the ground that he should
have been consulted previous 10 the sgnirg Of the
treaty, and departing boldly from the tmid policy Of
hie more immediate predecessors initiated that OF the
"od regime, and notified his great ruler" Tor Tai
Koor, that, in obedience TO the laws of Jspan the
time bad come for him 10 commit Herikari. The
Great Ruler therefore stabbed himself in the bowels
receiving at the same moment q severe blow on the
back Of the neck from fr<nd and relotiv, which, dis
locating the veTtsbra, produced insAnt Death. This
New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-08
IBy Telesrarh !

Sr. LoUIs, Friday, Ja1. : 1879.
Gov S,ewart Of this Stste transmitted yesterday
to tie Senate a special messags, rec,rs the re.
cent depredations committed BY the kausss banditi
rrder Montgomery and Brown upon our -,@srs resid-
ing in the border couuties and s-king for Legislative
acton il tie matter.
A bill was accordingly immediately repNtei, which
authorizes the Governor TO coll out volunteer force
suflicert TO protect parsons sni property peri aud
to rsp.l al iurthsr attempts ct invasion.
The biz sppropda,ss $50 900 to defray e1lenses. It
will ~ obably pa. to-day.
New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-08

These omca. understand the title of Fas Oheer'
ana therefore u.e rith,s Admiral "CommodoIei"
fSsrsmsno ami most powerful Prince Of Japan, died
week. since ns subjects believe tsN he 10 sucseoded ey
s on aged 49, while lis family knows that the child only
years Old Th {. aha, they mesn BY "oiide' aud "isrS
IL 10 simply sgsl method of lying
New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-08

50 plenty 10 game 1t the West that one nrm y, "
Chicsgo contracted TO send 100000 pounds Of qaau
and prairie chickens 10 the East this ssaso0, ana ~
already exceeded the amount.
New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-08

MIssoUHlsHs PREPARING TO INVADE KANSAS.
New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-08
IMPORTANT FROM KANSAS
WAR REoPENE0 IN BOURBON COUNTY.
FORT SCOTT TAKEN BY MONTGOMERY

Ex-NARsHAL LYTTLH KILLED.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-02-01

AN INCIDENT IN CoURT.-Yesterday morn
ing, an Irishman, from Fitchburg, named Ed
ward Murphy, was brought before the Police
Court, for drunkenness. He pleaded guilty to
the charge, and, at the same time, signified his
desire to inform the Court where he purchased
the liquor A warrant was accordingly issued,
but, as Murphy did not know the name of the
person, an officer was sent with him, that he
might designate and identify the party Ac-
cordingly, he pointed out a woman, named
Catherine Houlhan, as the tempter, who had
stolen away his senses with bad liquor-and
Catherine was, accordingly, brought into
Court. Presently, Michael was sworn and
placed upon the stand, but his senses seemed
suddenly to have been stepped in oblivion. His
memory gave out, all of sudden, and he dared
not S,0edr before His Honor that Catherine was
the woman. But" said the Judge, "did you
not point her out to the officer 2" can sure an
did" said Michael, ''but would not like to
take my oath of it, now" DWELL Mr. Muir
ply" said the Judge, "who have you seen
since that time, or conyersed with upon the
subject 2" "Nobody, your Honor" said Mi
chael "Mr. Murphy" said the Judge, will
you not look at the woman again, very close
ly, and say whether she is not the person 2"
81 can't swear that she is" again responded
Michael. "Has not somebody conversed with
you upon the subject?" again asked the
Judge. "Not conversed," said Michael, ''but
gentleman over there said he would pay my
fine" "Will you point him out 2" said the
Judge. Michael looked in the direction to
which he had pointed, but he failed to recog-
nize his friend, and Catherine was discharged,
for want of evidence and Michael found him
self sentenced to pay a fine of five dollars and
costs, which his obliging friend in the corner
was not forthcoming to settle, and he was, ac,
cordingly, sent over.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-02-01
WORCESTER CITY AND COUNTY.


IMPORTANT ARREsr.-On Monday, Thomas
murder of Willard S. fainter, at the halfway
house." on the Millbury road, on Thursday
last, was arrested in Dudley by constable Geo.
Hastings, of Sutton.
1t appears that information had reached the
ears of the city police, which induced suspi-
cion that Malone had been secreted in the
house of one Dennis Murphy, in Sutton. Ac-
cordngly, the house was visited on Monday
morning, by Deputy Marshal Studley and
officer Davis, of this city, in company with
officer Hastings, of Sutton. Murphy was not
at home, and a thorough search of his premises
gave no clue to the whereabouts of Malone.
The officers then proceeded to a wood lot,
where Murphy was at work, and questioned
him as to his knowledge of the place where
Malone was At first he resolutely denied
that he had seen him for several weeks, but
subsequently confessed that he had seen him
on the night of the murder. He was accord
ingly arrested and given in charge of officer
Hastings, with instructions to take him to
Worcester, while the other officers continued
their search.
Upon Mr.. Hastings arrival with his prisoner
at Sutton Centre, Murphy expressed consider
able reluctance TO proceed to Worcester, and
indicated wish to regain his own liberty by
revealing where Malone was, confessing, at the
same time, that he carried him to Webster
Sunday morninU flor some DarleVinp he
consented to go with MIR. Hastings, taking
him to Webster, and thence to the house
of an Irishman named Lyon, in Dudley, near
Webster where Malone was found quietly en-
sconced in room in the second story, under
lock and key. He was Immediately taken into
custody by officer Hastings, brought to Wor-
cester, and placed in the lookup, and will prob
ably be brought up for examination this morn
ing at the Police Court.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-02-01

Or We are indebted to Mr.. n. w. Thomp-
son, of Wells, Fargo, & Co.'s California Ex-
press, for California papers of the 9Th ult.
We Gull the following brief summary from
these journals, being all our space will admit
The Presidents message reached San Fran
cisco at O'Clock A. NJ, Sunday, of December
26, having come from St. Louis by the South
ern route, in 10 days, IL hours, 40 minutes.
The message was read with great avidity by
the people of San Francisco and the State gen
orally. In one of the churches, the parson
read portion to his congregation, many of
whom were not aware OF its arrival. 1t is
generally thought that the message is scarcely
as strong on the great railroad question as the
message of 1857 was.
The present season has been unusually cold
in California. An extraordinary amount of
snow has fallen in the mountains, and the roads
are rendered uncommonly impossible.
During the year 1858, there were 81 suits
for divorce commenced in San Francisco-64
by wives and % by husbands. There are now
50 divorce suits pending in that city. During
the year, 62 divorces were granted.
In 1858, there were 81 applications for insol-
vency in San Francisco, with an aggregate of
liabilities of 81 500, 534, and assets amounting
to $70,603
The total number of deaths in San Francis
co, during the year 1858, was 1925 The great
est monthly mortality was l27-in July. There
were, during the year, u inquests held by the
coroner.
Some very severe weather has been felt in
the Frazer River region, and good deal of
suffering was caused thereby. A number of
deaths have occurred from the cold.
The mines are looking up. Bank diggings
have been prospected that undoubtedly will
pay handsomely. The feeling at Victoria is
much better than formerly, notwithstanding
the late severe weather.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-02-01

MANUFACTURES AT THE SoUTH.-In various
localities in Georgia, in Alabama, in Mississip-
pi, and in some other Southern States cotton
mills have been put in operation, the operatives
being slaves. On the Sd inst the "Warren
Agricultural Society,"" at Vicksburg, voted to
establish cotton factory in that city, and to
commence operations Immediately.
The idea has been expressed that the South
will some day rival the North in the cotton
manufactures but this is by no means proba-
bic. The Southern mills, as yet, make nothing
but the coarsest fabrics, and they will not for
many years hence if ever. All the skillful
laborers are obtained at the North, for whom
large wages have to be paid. The machinery
is also made here, and Northern mechanics are
required for its repair. There are disadvan-
tages which the South must overcome, and
will require years to effect
The North has too strong hold on manufac-
lures even to be distanced by the South, where
the business is incidental than otherwise Here
we have the capital, the skill, the ingenuity,
the industry and the experience which alone
can make the business successful.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-02-01

The TARIFF QUESTION IGNoRED-CoNDI.
TIoN OF THE TREAsURY-ExPEcTED MESSAGE
OF THE PREsIDENT.-A caucus Of Democratic
members of the Senate, on Saturday, resulted
in the passage of a resolution declaring it in
expedient to alter the Tariff at the present ses-
sion. This is in the face of the unpleasant
fact that the National Treasury is empty, and
that by the LIST of July next the deficiency
will amount to over twenty million dollars.
The President is preparing special message
in relation to the whole subject which, it is
expected, will be laid before Congress to-mor-
row, Feb2. Those in the secrets of the Treas
ury Department say that Secretary Cobb is
opposed to any increase of the revenue rates,
but is anxious for authority to is ue ten million
in Treasury notes.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-02-01


Dy- John P. Robinson, che" some years
since said that New Hampshire was capital
State to emigrate from, and we believe the i'm
preston is very general, that, while the emigra
ton from that State is very large, there is but
very little to it. We were surprised, therefore,
in looking over a list of the city government of
Manchester, with their nativities, some forty
persons in all, to find that majority of them
were not natives of the State, and that more
than one-third of the number were Massachus-
etts men.
The nativities of the Lowell City Government
are thus distributed:
The Mayor is a native of Preston, CT. Six
of the Alderman are natives of New Hamp-
shire, the other two are from Billerica and
Freetown, Massachusetts.
Ten of the Common Council were born in
Massachusetts, seven in New Hampshire two
in Maine, two in Vermont two in England,
and one in Rhode Island. Only one of them
was native of Lowell
The City Clerk was born in Lowell, and the
Clerk of the Common Council in Woburn.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-02-01

PRovIDENcE.-Two persons were buried on
Sunday, who died of the malignant pustule,
which we have before referred to-
A man named Benoni King, who has been
playing series of new and peculiar "dodges,"
was arrested on Friday. One of his tricks was
to go to physicians house OF office, in great
haste, and say that one of the doctors person
al friends in the country had met with Sc
rious accident, demanding his immediate
presence; that in his (King's) haste to the
city, he had broken his carriage, and asking
for three or five dollars to get it repaired
Singular as it may seem, he obtained the
money in several instances. The rogue duped
several undertakes with similar story, SIM
ply changing it by saying that some one had
died. and his friends wanted burial case,
hearse, &C.
The Journal recommends that the fellow be
put through a course of medicine by the duped
physicians. Has our neighbor forgotten that
capital punishment is abolished in Rhode
Island
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-02-01

CoNNEcTIcUT-The Baptist Church at
Willimantic have unanimously invited Rev.
MIR. Darian, of Providence, to be their pastor.
The house of Chester Allen, in Ellington,
was entered by burglars, few nights since,
and robbed of four hundred dollars
Judge Briggs dwelling, in Hartford, was
fired by an incendiary, on Saturday morning,
and damaged to the extent of $4,000.
A perfect nest of 'varmints" was discover
ed by Elnathan Rice, while digging a grave
in Wilmington, last week. A family of black
snakes and adders were found three feet be-
low the surface. Mr.. Rice killed fourteen, the
largest being six feet long. and as many more
escaped
The receivers of the Woodbury. Bank adver-
tise that they will pay 80 per cent. on its bills
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-02-01

WAvERLEY NovELs-HousEHoL EDrTIoN-
This beautiful and complete edition of the Waverlcy
romances which has been in course Of publication
for nearly two years, is rapidly drawing TO close,
and we have before ns "Count Robert of Paris,n in
the neat style It's predecessors of the series
-Four more volumes the last Of which will be issued
on the first of March, will complete the series, and
then the fortunate possessor of them may realize that
he has upon his library shelves Of the best and
and his household n source of amusement and in
struction long he lives This edition has wide
sale In all parts of the country, for which the pub
fishers, M9ssrs. ricknor& Fields, return their CRATE
full acknowledgements
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-02-01

A RARE INTELLECTUAL ENTERTAINMENT
Our readers will learn from an advertisement
in another column, that Mrs. C. N. Sinclair,
the celebrated actress and authoress who was
formerly the wife Of Edwin Forrest, will give
one of her inimitable intellectual dramatic en-
tertainments, at Washburn Hall, on Wednes-
day evening. Mrs Sinclair is no stage novice
Her parentage, and her marriage with Mr.. Ed
win Forrest the American tragedian, from
wdom she was divorced few years since, I'M
der circumstances that assuredly left no stain
upon the character of the lady, made her, in
early life, a student of the dramatic art and,
on resuming her maiden name, it was natural,
that with the qualifications she possessed, she
should turn to the dramatic profession, as af-
fording her that honorable source of emou-
ment which a lady of energy and spirit would
be solictous to possess.
Her readings have been received in the chief
cities of our own and the mother country with
the most cordial manifestations of the public
approval and those who secure tickets for
Wednesday nights performance cannot fail of
enjoying rich and rare intellectual treat.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-02-01

THOMAS Enthusiastically was the one
hundred and twenty-second anniversary of the
birth of Thomas Paine, and the event was
celebrated in New York and other places
Paine, by his strong political writings, did
much in aid of our Revolutionary struggle,
and on this account is worthy to be held in re-
membrance. But his Gage of Reason" in
which he foolishly attempted to overthrow the
Christian religion, has blinded posterity to the
merits of his "Commm Sense" and his "Rights
of Man"