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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-10-11
OUR JUDICIARY.

We think Tammany Hall is impOlitic as well
as mgenerous in nominating none but Demo
Gratis for Judges. The nominations Of Judges
Clerke and Brady by the Peoples and Repub.
lican Conventions deserved an approaching re-
spouse; while the selection by the Peoples
Union of Hiram Ketchum for the Marine
Court afforded our Democrats handsome op-
portunity to recognize the faithful cooperation
of their Bell-Eyerett allies last Fall. Yet Tam
many dominates full ticket of regular thick
and-thin Democrats, proposing to Dismiss Judges
Woodruff and Hoffman from the bench OF the
Superior Court and give their places to John
NJ. Barbour and Claudius i. Mcneil, and to
make Edmund l.. Hearne Judge of the Marine
Court in preference to Hiram Ketchum. We
suspect the Ring" who seem to have go'
complete possession of the old Hall, will NOS
commend such candidates as Tweed and Genet
to the support of responsible citizens BY sne''
judicial nominations.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-10-11

The error Of proclaiming blockade of the
Southern ports, instead of simply depriying
them of the character Of ports of entry, is be-
ginning to produce its natural fruits of diplo-
matte complication. Spain and other neutral
powers have demanded explanations as to the
jurisdiction of our cOnsuls in neutral ports over
merchant vessels under the rebel Aogi questions
have also been raised concerning the delays
granted to vessels loading in tho blockaded
ports, and also as to the efficiency of tho
blockade. England justfes her recognition of
the Rebels as belligerents by saying that the
proclamation Of blockade is made exclusively
against on independent Government. by tho
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-10-11

BY the recent advance of our lines the
National Army on the Potomac now holds the
line OF the hills running almost due north from
the river near Great Falls to point beyond
Little River Turnpike and the Orange and
Alexandria Turnpike, thus threatening the com.
mupication of the Rebel army on the Upper
Potomac.
There are positively no Rebel Notifications
on the Potomac except at Acquia Creek. AT
that place are three batteries of twenty guns
but their design is to protect the terminus of
the Great Southern Railroad, not to hinder
navigation.
Gen. Reynolds has driven the Rebels under
Gen. Lee from Big Spring in Western vir-
ginia. Part Of the dislOdged force is at Elk
Mountain, and part at Greenbrier Bridge, 30
and 40 miles from Elk Water. The Rebels
destroyed camp equipage and ammunition, and
left number of wagons. Gen. Rosecrans is
p Mountain Cave, rs miles beyond Gauley.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-10-11

" 10 carrying into full effect the sequestraton
" act Of the 30th of August. 1861, and state
" the same as fully and particularly as if
" thereuntO specially Intercepted The Re.
ceiver is to inform oil persons questioned that
the law compels thom to give full and correct
answers and information, and any failure to do
so will be severely punished. In the case of
attorneys and agents, they are not to wait to
be called upon, but if they fail speedily to in
form the Receiver as to property subject to
the law, they shall 90 be guilty Of high mis-
" demeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be
" fined in a sum not exceeding five thousand
" dollars, and imprisoned not longer than six
4" months, and BIO liable to pay, besides, to the
" Confederate States, double the value of the
property or interest of the alien enemies 30
e" held or subject to his control
1t is under this sweeping enactment that the
editors in the South are Boosting Of having
seized property to the extent Of hundreds OF
millions, and under this act that agents of the
Rebel Government sound the pockets Of pas
senpers coming Northward, robbing them Of
whatever money they may have. as they have
repeatedly done on the Nashville Railroad.
They do not mean to pay back dollar Of
seized property. and such foreign houses as
may have their effects seized, may as well
make up their minds to carry it to account oil
profit and loss. Blackboard the pirate never
made cleaner sweep of the Golfers OF Mex
lean gaIleOn than these highway robbers mean
to make of the property within their reach.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-10-11
THE CONGRESSIONAL ENvEsTiGATs
ING COMMITTEE.

This Commi ttee, composed OF nessrs. van
WICK, Washburne, Holman, Fenton, Dawes,
steele and Jackson, assembled in this city
about the 23d of August, and entered upon the
discharge of their duties. Very soon after their
organization Col. Jackson, who commands
regiment of Union cavalry in Kentucky was
summoned home by telegraphic dispatch, up.
on the breaking out of the difficulties in bis
ate, and Mr.. YanWyck has been 30 actively
and constantly engaged in organizing and equip
ing regiment of troops in his Congressional
District. as to render it impossible for him, so
far, to give much Of his time to the investiga'
ton. The other members have been constant
and untiring in their investigations, aud have
taken an immense amount Of testimony.
Their lubors up to this time have, We believe.
been chiefly directed TO contracts made in the
Army and Navy Departments, and into the
conduct of agents connected with and acting
for those departments; and we are led to infer
that the results of their Investigations are highly
important, and promise to be very beneficial to
the public interest
Their researches have not been alone Goa
fined to transactions for which there is 40 rem
edy or advantage, except in exposing parties
whose corrupt practices should come to light,
but TO practical ends-in the investigation IL
matters where whatever abuses exist may be
corrected; and we are glad to learn that the
departments at Washington cheerfully aaeid
the Committee every facility in theii power
necessary for the success of their labors, and,
as far as practicable, cooperate to correct the
evils complained Of.
We understand that the testimony taken by
the Committee reveals some very dark tran
sactions, and that in some instances very large
sums have been withheld in order to give tins
for fur,snser investigation at the United Stats
Treasury: while IN others unfaithfal agents
have been compelled to admit their frauds AM
Iefund to the Treasury money corrupuy takeu.
The Committee will, We presume pace sns
country under lasting obligations, Us We nasd
no doubt it will save millions to we IaA-Pa!ins
people of the nation.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-10-11

rules of maritime warfare. Hero is quoted,
also, in defense of this position, the phrnseology
of some of the communications from the State
Department to Lord Lyons, wherein the
National Government is spoken Of as
:" belligerent," and it is argued that if we in
clude ourselves under this name we by that
act admit the Rebels to the same position.
All these matters would cause no trouble had
the course pointed out by the act of Congress
been adopted by issuing proclamation to the
effect that the Southern ports were no longer
ports Of entry.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-10-11

On these works many millions Of dollars are
annually expended. They will penetrate regions
where vast quantities of cotton are now grown.
but on which the cost of transit shuts it out
from market 1t is conceded that the quality
of India cotton which reaches England is i'm
proving; and Mr. Bailey recently stated before
the British Association, that if, in spite of all
the difficulties proper efforts were made, all tho
common cottons. or IS per cent of the con.
sumption Of Great Britain, might be obtained
from India in couple Of years.
But in proportion to the difficulties to b
overcome, so is British enterprise and perse
yerance. The rude India churka or cotton-gin,
requires twenty persons to work ten hours to
clean 100 pounds of cotton, or less than
pound per hour to each person. But this mis-
cradle continuance is now being superseded BY
hand machines of Manchester origin, which
perform seven times as much work. They are
constructed differently from the American saw
gin, which cuts the staple; bot these draw
out in its whole length, and add twenty-five
per cent TO its market value. In addition to
the shipment of gins, cotton presses, plows,
hoes, and every appliance by which the native
culture may be improved, are being extern
sively dispatched to India. The records of the
Indian Government are voluntarily thrown open
TO public examination of the vast fund OF &C.
curate statistical information they contain, and
authors are invited to compile from them
popular treatise on the cotton culture. Ii IL
even proposed to transport 100000 emigranta
to Queensland, in Australia, to produce cotton.
That country yields il, from the better classes
up to the most beautiful Sea Island, but Ia
destitute of the necessary labor. These numer-
Gus expedients show the deep anxiety prevail
ing in England touching the future. In the
face of it, many of her older citizens who have
lived through former cotton panics, continue
firm 10 the belief that cotton will somehow
come at the time it is wanted, and that Lan-
cashiIe is not yet to starve.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-10-11

1t is reported that Henry W. Genet the
Tammany candidate Cor County Clerk Is 70
be nominated at Mozart Hall also. True 10
processes to be an implacable enemy OF FER
nando Wood, but that may be arranged. ku'
NOR adds that Tweed is TO give way to Lyncc
for Sheriff, or to be traded off by agreemen.
at the polls 1t is thus not improbable 1nA'
the two Halls may " fuse" and "ooa 70
Tammanys next candidate for Mayor. Grea'
is Fusion, and Fernando is its prophet
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-10-11
The Li,lIeiehn Libel suit.

verbatim report of the trial Of the suit of LIT
rtxyoHN GREELEY is published in pamphlet form at THE
TRIBuNK Office 1t contain the Pleas, Opening and Argu
meus Of Counsel Rulings of the Court. the entire Testimony
Summing up Council &C. Our Subscribers who desire to
secure and preserve full report OF this remarkable trial win
do well procure pamphlet edition. Price 10 cents
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-10-11

A correspondent suggests that Mr. Elijah Z.
Purdy ought not to be classed among sns
Tammany aspirants for chance ct the Puous
crib, since the office (superyisor) for WHICH
he is a candidate entities him to no compenSa'
ton. The suggestion seems ~ Us just, and W.
stand corrected,
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-10-11

In this mornings paper will be found an in
teresting letter from a London correspondent on
the American Question in Europe; also, one from
our Turin correspondent concerning Garibaldi and
his rumOred visit to this country. Letters from
Kentucky and Baltimore, and an account from
our Fortress Monroe correspondent of the
slaughter of the Rebels near Hatteras Inlet will
also be found on other pages Among other
valuable matter may be mentioned an article from
The Richmond Examiner disclosing the designs
of the Rebels, and the Message of Gov. Buck.
ingham to the Legislature of Connecticut.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-10-11

The Mayor sent two vetoss to the Board OF
Councilmen last evening. The first was re.
tusal to approve a resolution to have certain
work done on the house Of Hook and Ladder
Company No. IA, from which it appears that
alterations had been made to that building
without contract the cost of which amounted
to a much larger sum than the $3.50 limit of
the charter but that in order to evade the
law the work had been cut up into several
Jobs, aud given out; and further that the work
bad already been performed and tbe vetoed
resolution to have it done was merely device
to enable the builder to get his pay. Ii is
believed that such frauds are but too common.
and if the Mayor will only resolutely veto
them, be will do The taxpayers a real service.
The second veto was of the ordinance re.
ducing the deficiency appropriation" in the
tax levy from SI60, 600 TO $4,000. on the
ground that there can be no diversion of the
funds raised for a specific purpose; that the
ordnance has been egalized by the Legsla-
ture' and is therefore irrepealable; that the
amount is needed for the purpose for which it
was provided, and that it is too late to arrest
the levy and collection of the item. Whatever
the law may be, it has been the constant
practice Of the Common Council TO divert
spare funds from one account 70 another
where any specific appropriation has been too
early exhausted
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-10-11

Our friends win please not send us Postage Stamps
Of the old emission the time for exchanging heh ioi tue
aew issue has expired, and they to u.s. worthless
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-10-11
Netp'2lprk Daily @ibWlIa
FRIDAY, OCTOBER II. 1861.
o cnpRESPnNnENTS.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.
We cannot undertake return rejected Comunlcaloh
All business letters tor office should be addressed 70
"THK Tribune" New-Iork
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-04
NUMBER g.
asked Mr.. Dawes to allow the majority and
minority report to be read.

asked Mr.. Dawes to allow the majority and
minority report to be read.
The resolution was adopted.
Mr.. Phelps offered a resolution that the
thanks of this Honse are due and are
hereby presented 70 the Hon. VIM. Penning-
ton, the Speaker thereof for the faithful,
courteous and impartial administration Of
his duties during the present Congress. He
moved the previous question. b..
Messrs. Ruffin and Craig, of North Caro-
lima, objected, but the Speaker pro tenn.
(Branch) decided this a privileged dWestion.
Mr. Maynard said the value of .yssolu-
ton of this kind depended upon the yeas
and nays being called, and made motion
accordingly. f -
The House refused to order thsyeas end
nays. .. .....
The resolution was adopted wish several
objections
Reports from the Conference Committees
were from time to time eoncurred in.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-04
River News.

PITTsBuRG, March 2-M.-RiTer ten feet
six inches by the pier-mark, and rising
slowly. Weather clear and warm. '7a.
ST. LOUIS, March 2-M. The river con-
tinues to swell at this point at the rate of
about thirty-four inches per hour. The IL
linois is open to La Sale, and clear of ice.
The Mississippi is rising slowly. The ice
at Rock Island started yesterday, and the
river at that point is high, and rising. The
weather is clear and very mild. a.T
LOUISVILLE, March 2-two P. M,--Riyer
stationary, with eight feet five inches in the
Canal. Weather clear mercury 72o.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-04

Uncertainty Of LdV.-0ne John Vandeveer,
travelling from Philadelphia to Parkersburg,
on the Pennsylvania Railroad, became in
toxicated and lost his ticket. Not being able
to produce it, and not willing to pay for
another, he was put out of the car. In doing
SO he fell down bank, and ndsubsequently in
going after his bat, fell among some stones
and injured himself so that he died. The
wife brought suit against the Railroad Com
pany, and got 81, 734 damages.
The company appealed to the Supreme
Court, where the Judgment was reversed, on
the greRnd of a want OF. distinct direction
to the jury as to- the measure of damages,
and new trial awarded. Upon this trial,
the jury gave verdict of $4,000. ~ 2a
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-04

CAPTURE Of SPARRow BY AN OYsTBR.-
The Birmingham Daily Post narrates the
following Incident, which occurred on the
premises oi Mr.. Potter, fshmonger, Dale.
end, Birmingham, England "a neighbor,
passing though the yard observed SPAR
row flutteriug in a frantic manner on the
top of heap Of oyster shells, as though
struggling to release himself from the un-
pleasant detention.
HE found that the leg of the poor bird
had been caught fsmly in the grip of a
young oyster, which was attached to the
outside Of one of the discarded shells. He
at once took his prisoner into Mr.. Potter's
shop, where the singular bird trap was
opened with knife, and the bird released
1t is supposed that the oyster had opened It's
pearly jaw for air, and that the feathered
wah6erer, while hopping herrily past, &C.
eidantetlyI bHt too surely, put his foot
|. ia it. ,"
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-04

SIBERIAN ExILEs.-The average number
ofpersons exiled in Siberia yearly is about
$500, exclusive of the women and children
that accompany them. To get to the station
of fTobolsk they have to travel from 927 to
4,6oo yeIstes according 70 the district they
journey Of eighty FIVE days, to Kransnojersk
1l6 days, and to Irkutsh III days. Most of
the exiles go through Irkutsh to Merchiuak.
This long journey made by the criminals
promiscuously with the women and children
has lamentable effect on their morals.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-04

THE CELESTIAL CU1sWE-IRgenious Mode
of Cookery When anxious to cook lamb
in the highest style Of art, the Chinese build
a low mud wall, inclosipg a space of two or
three feet across, and another wall outside,
forming a circus of about two feet wide, in
which they set pots containing wine, vine
gar, soy sauce, &c.
In the inner space they light good fire,
and in the circus thus prepared put q live
lamb. The lamb naturally becomes thirsty
from the great heat Of the fire, and drinks
what he finds as he runs backward and for
ward in search of means of escape. When
the drinks are all swallowed and dried into
the animals flesh, the lamb becomes ex-
hausted, falls down dead, and in very short
time is completely roasted.
Turtle may be prepared, according to the
same authority, by placing it over the ere
in pot of water, in the lid of which there
is hole large enough to allow the turtle to
put out his head.
AS the water becomes hot. the turtle
naturally thrust his head out to get at the
cooler air, when he is fed with spiced wine
and sauce, which he drinks readily. as a
relief from the heat. This goes on as long
as be has strength to keep his head up; and
as the turtle does not part with life easy, he
seldom fails to 60 on stuting himself till he
is cooked.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-04

A HAREN SENSATION is PARIs,-The Eau
bourg st. Germain was for some time in
futter about the report that a veritable
Chinaman had arrived, with his harem all
complete. The streets, in the neighborhood
of the residence Of this thrice. blessed son Of
the Flowery Kingdom, were besieged by a
compact crowd. Everybody wanted TO get
and finished by discovering that the MAndh-
rim was an authenJie Ffenehman, and that
his harem was not exaGtly al Chinese one.
The people who hoped 70 profit By the Oeles-
tial example, and bring harenls into fashion,
were obliged to postpone their pretty plans
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-04
Chnins Mndo hr MachInerr.

Machinery has been perfected in America,
says the London american, for the manufac-
ture of chains of every description. The
smallest chains as well as the largest are
constructed with a surprising rapidity and
exactness. Those for trimming jewelry, lit
tie larger than an ordinary pin, to the larg-
est ship cables.
The machines for the manufacture of watch
and other small chains have been brought
from America, and are now used at Birming-
ham, each doing the work of fifty hands, and
more perfectly than it is possible to accom-
plish it by manual labor.
The machines for manufacturing cables
have not, we believe, been used in this coun-
try, though for some time employed to linz
tied extent in America. Many of the cables,
we may say the great majority, with which
the American marine is furnished are now
manufactured by the old process in the iron
districts of England. For this and other
purposes large amount is yearly imported.
If the chain makers of WOlverhampton
desire to retain this foreign trade, or even
the domestic trade, they must follow the
wise example of the Birmingham gold chain
makers in introducing these la6cr-saving
machines. We learn that company has
been organized iG New York, with capital
stock of 81, 100000, for the purpose of manu-
featuring chains of every description. They
are TO manufacture with machinery invented
by gentleman who has spent thirteen yeats
in perfecting it, and for which invention they
have paid him the sum of 100000, or more
than ESQ, ,Q00. .-s.s1 fr~a
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-04

A COFFIN SELLING CLERGYMAs.-An Epis-
eopal minister in England was recently
prosecuted tor selling an old lead coffin,
which had been discovered while digging a
grave. The bones were decently reburied,
and as it was proved that he had purposed
putting up tablet in the church, which
would cost ten times the amount, the case
was honorably dismissed.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-04

ATTACK OF BUFFALoEs ON A BUdGY--Ri.
mar kable AdVent,fre and Escape, pe,-AttracteCt
by his red wagon, herd of buffaloes at
tackled Colonel Claiborne, while travelling in,
the wilds of Arkansas, lately. The phalanx
blocked his road, and as he turned to flee,
they rushed wildly on after him as he urged
onward the terror stricken horse. The
Colonel threw out successfully his over coat
and cushion, which the animals paused to
trample upon, but they soon gained upon
him, and their horns were already clashing
the back of the buggy, when he plugged his
horse breast deep into the hollow of large
oak, and there he was safe, the back of the
buggy being the only point of attack. Dis
charges from six shooter, two bottles of
brandy and finally bottle of Scotch snuff
at last sent them of sneezing and below
ing. L Ii 49,
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-04

TIE FmsT 0RsERvAToRY IN AMERIoA.-The
first observatory erected in America was in
Philadelphia, in November, 1863, by car
penteH who was employed by Mason &
Dixon, when these mathematicians were
employed to define the line which still bears
their name. This observatory was erected
for the purpose of ascertaining the southern
most point of the city of Philadelphia.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-04

SOUTHERN CHIvALRY-A Negro Burned at
the iStake.-In Harris County, Ca early last
week, negro was suspected of having COM
mitted a gross personal outrage upon the
wife of Isaac N. Middlebrook, and upon that
suspicion was arrested and lodged in jail.
A night or two afterward an infuriated mob,
overcoming the opposition of the Sheriff,
brol into the prison, seized the negro, and
there chained him to tree, and despite his
earnest protestations of innocence, burned
him N death ...' .'H. '" y 't .
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-04

IMMoRAL IfFPRcF OF MUsIo.E-A Miss Rhodes
disappeared from Troy, N. Y, few days
since, and it is now suspected that she has
eloped with a diminutiye German music pro
fessOr. The fellow was the recipient of q
complimentary concert not many evenings
since, and probably used the money which he
received to assist in the accomplishment Of
his designs. He leaves wife and several
children in.TrOY.. %, ~ srr4F
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-04

DELETERIoUsNEsso TOBACCO. John Quin-
eey Adams asserted that the abandonment
OF tobacco would add five years TO the aver
age of human life.J The Indians formerly
poisoned their arrows with decOction OF
tobacco and soldiers In the United States
their arms thus causing symptoms of i'll
ness. w 9- -3-a u -l4