The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-13


Foster having received his sppeiAtnsat ifsa our
Mini, ster demanded Of Mr.. Rice The seals Of Office,
which Nr Rice refused 10 deliver. Mr.. Foster ap-
Piled - the authorities for assistance; bat up to the
time of the departure of the Golden Gate no steps
had been taken, although il was rumored that the
Mexican authorities going to force Mr. Rice to
deliver the seals of Office to Mr. Foster. In tho
meantime the steamers arriving refuse to deliver
their papers to either Captain Patterson delivered
the Golden Gates to Mr.. Rice.
In another column will be found the particulars
of the burning, at Valparaiso, of the screw steam
ship City o. Pittsburg. Tho disaster is heavy
loss TO the owners, the value of her stores and
provisions, including duplicates Of nearly all her
mach nery, and the expenses Of her outfits Mt Rio
and Valparaiso, amounting to Sl0O, 900, were not
covered by insurance. She was a fine vessel, Of
336s tons, and cost $500 600 for which amount she
was insured in this city and EOgland.
The police Of Albany, last Saturday night, pro.
eeeded to West Troy and arrested man named
Robert Morrison, in whose possession they found
counterfeit notes on the banks Of this and other
States to the amount of nearly thirteen hundred
dollars The prisoner is suspected of being connect
ed with an organized band of swindlers, who have,
within the last twelve months, put into circulation
money Of every description.
Seven prisoners, two Of them accused Of murder,
made their escape from the Baltimore Jail last Satur
dav night None Of them had been recapturcd up
to last evening.
The ship Esinore, bound to this port with one
hundred and fifty passengers from London and Deal,
of Halifax on the 9th inst short Of provisions
and with loss of sails Assistance was sent to her
from Halifax.
A Savannah paper states that in consequence Of
the settlement of the Crescent City Affair." to the
satisfaction of Purser Smith and the Captain
General of Cuba, Captain Davenport will resume
the command Of one of the Law steamers. Captain
ID. was in Savannah on Wednesday.
The jury, on retiring from the Criminal Court in
Baltimore, last Saturday, after having rendered
verdict of guilty of manslaughter against James
Karr, were assaulted by a gang Of the prisoners
friends, and one Of them was severely beaten Com
ment is unnecessary.
The new Roman Catholic church lately built at
Fort Hamilton was dedicated yesterday by Arch
bishop Hughes We give full report of the csre.
mopy and sermon, in another part Of our paper this
morning
The fifth anniversary Of the Sabbath School Mis-
sonay Society of Allen street Presbyterian church
was ccepr&too yeSGeIuay evening" lne cnurcn vas
very crowded, and the interest of the proceedings
was enhanced by the singing of hymns by man.
Der Of the children belonging to the Sunday school.
An interesting report was read by Mr.. Proll, and
the Rev Nessrs. Clark end Street delivered eloquent
addresses Having press of matter, we are COM
PEELED to defer publishing report of the proceed
ipgs.
We are also compelled to omit reports of the New
York City Tract Society, and the annual missionary
meeting Of the Second street Methodist Episcopal
church At the first, the Rev Asa Smith preached
preliminary sermon, previous to its anniversary on
Wednesday next, at the Reformed Dutch church ut
Lafayette place At the seconh Bishop James and
the Rev NJ l.. Scud Ter delivered forcible and elo-
quent addresses There were nearly a thousand
people present. and the collection amounted to about
$3.50
Two very important decisions were given on Sa-
turday-one in The Supreme Court, by Hon. Judge
Roosevelt, respecting the lights Of citizens to search
in the Registers Office and the other in the Com
mon Pleas, by Hon Judge DAILY, in a matter arising
out of the celebrated Warner case. Both will be
read with interest, not only by the members Of the
legal profession, but by the community at large.
Our columns to-day contain account of the
killing Of a white man by negro in Water street
stabbing ARRAY in James street, and a variety Of
other local information, to which it is unnecessary
to more particularly refer.