The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-04-17

The News.
Our special dispatches from Washington this
morning announce that Gen. Pierce has been for
ally advised of the acceptance OF the Coectorship
Of this port by Judge Bronson, and the District
Attorneyshp by Chas. OConor, Esq. So the long
agony is positively at last We assured that
none but the most friendly relations exist between
Hon. Pierre Soule and Senior Calderon, the Spanish
Minister at Washington-ergo, all doubts as to the
acceptability of the former gentleman at the Court
Of Madrid are removed Foreign missions possess no
attractions in the eyes of COL Benton. He is deter
mined to serve his term OF two years in the House of
Representatives.
Great commotion was produced at Harrisburg
yesterday by the arrival Of the members Of the Ma.
Tyand Legislature, who came at the solicitation of,
and were cordially entertained by, their brethren Of
the Pennsylvania Legislature.
Arthur Spring was yesterday sentenced to be
hung for the murder of the two women in Philadel-
phia. Prior to the pronunciation Of the awful DOOM
the Judge permitted the unfortunate man to make
speech in which he again declared his entire nno-
cence and accused his Of being the author Of the
crime. He received his sentence with the utmost
oomposure, and expressed willingness to die. To
morrow, if possible, shall give the speech Of the
prisoner, together with the sentence pronounced by
Judge Kelly.
The report ofthe City Inspector shows that seventy
Sour men, seventy-one women, one hundred and
s Asss RSys ended last night The tctathree
hundred and sxty-sx-compared with the aggre-
gate number returned as having died during the
foregoing seven days, shows a very pleasing and
marked decrease of twenty four deaths. This san
tary improvement is mainly attributable to the mild
weather We have lately enjoyed. The character of
the prevailing diseases remains unchanged. Fifty
Eve adults died Of consumption, and thirtyfve of the
various fevers. That of the scarlet type proved fatal
totwelve Fifty-two persons died ofsevere infamma-
tory disorders lungs being affected in twenty-four
cases and the pericardium in one The list of sudden
deaths and fatal casualties is large Five died of
apoplexy, one of rupture of the heart, three were
drowned, and four were killed by burns and scalds.
From the infant population, twenty-one were car
ried away by dropsy in the head, nineteen by ma
rasmus, and eighteen by smallpox. One hundred
and four we're under one year of age, and two hun
bred and twenty-three had not reached to ten. Two
hundred and fifty two Of the entire number were ma
tives of the United States, seventytwo came from
Ireland, twenty-one from Germany, one from Bo-
hemia, and the remainder from other distant
countries.
The adjourned meeting Of the morocco leather
nishers and shavers was held last evening Several
shops were reported from, and, in the majority Of
instances, favorably. The journeymen pianoforte
makers also met yesterday, and resolved to form
protective union for the trade. Another meeting
will be held next Thursday for the purposes of ar
rangement. We have full reports Of the proceedings
Of the above named artizans, but they unavoida
bly, crowded out this morning.
In connection with much other interesting reli-
gious information, to-day publish accounts Of the
ceremony Of consecrating the new Jewish synagogue
10 Clinton street, last Friday, and the new Calvary
church in Williamsburg, yesterday morning, by
Bishop Wainwright assisted by several of his reve-
rend colleagues.
The Collins steamship Pacific is about due, with
four days later advices from Europe.