The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-10-29
The News.

The News.
To-day che remains of Mr.. Webster will be laid
IN the tomb at Mansfield. On reference to the
matter in another page, it will be that the day
viii be generally observed as one of mourning, in
the principal cities of the country.
By telegraph from New Orleans, we learn that the
steamship Falcon has arrived at that port, with two
weeks later advices from California and the Isshmus
Of Panama: Though our synopsis Of the news
brought by this arrival is very short, it will be
found exceedingly interesting. Everything appears
to be working most prosperously in our new State
the Pacific, as evidence Of which we notice that the
markets were firm, the accounts from the mines
favorable, and at recent sale Of real estate in San
Francisco, prices realized fifty per cent more than
was expected. 1t seems that our California breth-
rem are determined to carry out the purport Of the
compromise measures to the letter-they having
already arrested and returned several fugitive
slaves to their owners, since the decision in the
Supreme Court in that district. Butter is quoted
in the San Francisco market at so cents per h. Ia
New York it cannot be bought for less than 80 and
Sc cents - not xithstanding which an INN ense
quantity is shipped from this port to the Pa.i6c
side The Falcon makes the agreeable announce.
ment that the Georgia may be expected here to-
day or tomorrow, with one million OF the precious
dust on freight, and three hundred passengers.
On reference to our telegrapbic dispatches it will
be that the democrats wings and free sellers are
all remarkably busy in the interior of this State.
John Van Buren, yesterday stopped few hours at
Syracuse, and addressed large gathering Of en-.
tbusiastic democrats.
Senator Cooper is reported to have addressed
very large whig assemblage at Valley Forge, Pa,
yesterday. A delegation of three thousand persons
is sai6 to have been in attendance from Philadel-
rhia. The party mustered strongly for the occa-
sion, it being the last demonstration of the kind
that they viii be likely to make for some time to
come.
The official majority of the democratic candidate
for Governor in Indiana, is twenty thousand and
thirty. and yet some OF the Scott journals
throughout The country persist in setting down that
State as doubtful Can they have any other OBJ
ject in view than that Of misleading their own
friends
In consequence Of the illness Of the Hon. John P
Hale, the me- etpg Of the free denocscy, which was
TO have been held yesterday evening, at the Chi
nese Assembly rooms, did not come of. There were
about fifty persons collected the steps leading to
the hall Of this building, but the announcement
being made that no meeting would take place, they
dispersed.
The telegraph announces that the steamship
Niagara reached Boston shortly before four o'clock
yesterday afternoon-too late to send on her mails
by the evening train. They will arrive here thi,
afternoon.
On the arrival Of Mr.. Lawrence, the late American
Minister to England, in Boston last evening, he
welcomed by large number Of his frie nds-but no
osentatious display was made, out Of respect to the
memory Of Mr. Webster.
despatch from the West, states that most foul
triple murder was recently committed on board
trading boat, near Troy, Indiana. The bodies Of the
three victims, in horribly mutilated condition,
were found at the bottom of the river having been
sunken by heavy weights.
The receipts of cotton at New Orleans up to
Wednesday last, amounted to seventy six thousand
bales more than was brought in up to the same time
last year.
The ship Hoogly and bark Antelope were totally
lost last August in the vicinity of Shanghai China
Both vessels were owned and insured in Boston
The former was worth sky thousand dollars.
twenty-five buildings were consumed by fire ia
Troy yesterday. The property destroyed is esti.
mated to have been worth between forty and fifty
thousand dollars.
Forty thousand persons are estimated to have
been in attendance at the Maryland State Fair yes
terdsy. The holding Of these fairs, Of late years.
has certainly given great impetus to the agri-
cultural, mechanical and manufacturing interests Of
the country. They have given an incentive to ex-
ertion and assisted in bringing out talent to degree
hitherto unparalleled.
An eastern company has entered into contract
10 build short line railroad from Cincinnati TO Day
ton, Ohio, for the sum Of sI.7700O0 While the
enterprisipg people Of the West are thus yigor
oufly pushing ahead in tho railroad line, the
inhabitants Of the Canadian provinces are per
fectirg their plans for improvements .. the
same kind, upon an extensive scale des-
patch from 81 John states that the New Bruins
wiek Legislature have confirmed the contract for