The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-31

the American Consul who was duly authorized BY sps
I-snow TO the depth Of nine inches fell In New York
Great otS reform meeting held IA AstropotsD Hail. Ne
introduced in the House Of Assembly.
SUNDAY s-Paoino mail stesmship Tennessee lost near
San Francisco pt. 81 1ss to sa's %
destroyed By 6rs Loss 500, o0O
ga comet discovered by Charles W. futile, assistant
| ct the observatory Of Harvard College
during the winter and the river clear
ON rsooF H.U pR Ss
Dor, IN charge of pilot, sshors the Romer
Shoals Mrs Honora Shaw and Mrs. Ellen Lynch sssers
two respectable women In Philadelphia, murdered
during the absencs Of their husbands in most shocking
manner. Tremendous storm CURED at Columbus Ga.
which was only OF ten minutes Duration and damaged,
more less near, every house in the place Some Of
the buildings we're totally demolished Damage ssi.
I2-Aldsrman Sturtevsnt sentenced BY Judge Dusr In
the Superior Court of New York. for contempt in voting
In the Board OF Aldermen on resolution granting pri
after an Injunction had been issued restraining the alder
men from taking any actien ON the resolution to pay
and be Imprisoned in the CITY prison for afssn days
And on each Of the following Alderman for the Of
ns q $3.50 va. imposed together With costs
car surtevant. Jacob r. Oakley Thomas J. Barr. VIM.
Y. Tweed, Richard Compton, VIM. J. B.islsy James n
Aldermen John Doherty and Wesley Smith aned 500
In addition to SOL costs; and each Of the foowins
ssi Of Bown Samuel IR'nS;
Timothy OBren Patrick Broaden, Charles r. Ring, Hell,
mus Wells, Edwin Bouton, WIN. MoContsy, Joseph
Rogers, Thomas Whelan. Shock of earthquake was
| felt ~ Water town. Jefferson county, N. Y.
sUsDAY, l3-Sheck Of earthquake felt 10 st. Cathc
rines, Canada, and also ut Queenstown and Niagara
Governor Lane, of New Mexico issued . proclamation
claiming for the United States the Mesa Valley tract
country lying on the vest aide Of the Rio GAnde col
hundred and seventy eight miles long The territory
thu claimed was acknowledged to belong to Mexico BY
7-Frst Official act 81 President Pierce, recos ssinx
| the Spanish q nsul ct Norfolk.
| Ign, by which loss q sSo,eos was sustained.
23-Seamboat FN mer ploded her boiler while racing
WITH the steamer Neptune, near Galveston Texas, BY
wnnSn twenty-five persons were killed, ana eleven
SUNDAY, 97.-Accdent on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
eight persons killed, and twenty more or less
injured some very seriously Two passenger cars went
four times over before Ysachins the bottom '1'S
49, The jail at Chesterfield Court House. O., de-
ssroyed BY fire, and eight persons persisted In the
s0-A 6rework mandatory in Williamsburg exploded,
killing one person, and seriously irurng eight Others
APRIL
Frst executive session of the Senate Of the Thirty
third Congress Adjourned having been In session since
the 4th Of March Steamer Jenny Lind exploded one Of
the ues Of her boiler in the bay Of San Francisco by
which accident twenty nine persons were killed. and nine
1sLsgsIsture Of the State 0, Now York, having been
in session hundred days. adjourned proclaim ation
issued BY the Governor calling an extra session Of the
iS-1hs s1tr. sion Of the Legislature of New York
SUNDAY, IA Are occurred in one of the large build
,ngs Of the Navy Yard At B;ooklyn which destroyed
2sThe gold discoveries in Texas caused great rush
of emigration towards the localtis. Of the mines
road, by collision Of two trains, BY which twenty
one persons we're killed and fifty injured Thomas Kane
Case was discharged "a New York By Judge Nelson in
the United States CHI cult Court Kane was claimed by
the British government fugitive from justice he hav
Bs s.so A. win intent 70 k' farmer IN Ireland named
27-Thomss Neary and Patrick Fitzgerald were sen
fenced TO be hung each for the murder Of his wife, in the
The hotel at Rochester called tho Rochester House
was destroyed ~ are and four persons consumed in
29.-Franc ni's Hppodrome opened to the members of
the pres. Of New York, to witness full dress rehearsal
taro about forty miles from Kingston and twenty eight
persons lost their lives.
2-Fr.ncons Hippodroms opened to the public. Eight
people Witnessed the first performances Three
shocks Of an earthquake experienced at Carmichael
most destructive storm visited Galveston Texas which
done great to the shipping in the harbo and also
to buildings in the town.
4Conventon to revise and amend the constitution of
Massachusetts met In Boston.
b-Fee soil banquet in Boston, given in honor Of
John P Hale. An earthquake occurred at Newcastle,
Lawrence county, Pa The shock lasted half minute.
She mort frightfa accident that occurred
and S.1 +, W on the New York
instantly killed died In twenty four hoars after and
twenty -four others wounded The train New York at
O'Clock A. NJ, and while going at the rate Of thirty
niles hour, the engine baggage car entire pas
eenger car and half Of another
the Norwak river in Of the drs vbrdrs being
open and one Of the most fshtfu scenes ever expert
enced was the consequences Rev Thomas Davis elected
Episcopal Bishop Of South Carolina At Charleston.
THE baggage and passenger on the New Bedford
and Taunton Railroad rolled down embank about
thirty feet high Taunton Mass and what is most
SUNDAY Two trains Of cars came in collision on he
Paterson Railroad by which accident persons were
injured 50 that they died the next day, and number Of
others otherwise hurt.
"A tornado passed tho loves part of Princess
Anne county, We. number of houses were swept OF,
ls-A building fell in Buffalo, buryins beneath the
ruins some fifteen or sixteen persons six Of whom wore
ana .ae G.ner; more OF less
being sent in honor of the Worlds Fair Exhibition and
also to bring to America eighty four Italian exies who
frigate 10 San Giovanni.
ia cona.grstion occurred in Ottawa Upper Canada
Horton Bromley Pembroke Stafford, wsstmeath, Adams
ton and Allumett island. The area Of country burned
over about four hundred and fifty square miles Three
hundred and Thirty families were rendered houaeless.
20C vsnderbIts steam yacht North Star sailed from
New York. with all Of Mr. VS. relations board pas
Old World The N s. was ha 70 sailed the day prsv
ou but after being out Of the dock she struck upon
reef Of rocks at the foot Of Corsa street. where she
which time her passengers were disembarked. shock
Of An earthquake was felt in Augusta Ga, asd other
parts Of the State, which lasted fifteen seconds
SUNDAY, 2.Thir'y.two buildings in Rockland, Ne,
w'rs destroyed BY fire. Total loss $40 900.
23.-SteamshiP Union arrived in New York bringing
passengers and mails from San Francisco by the route
across the sthmus Of Panama in twenty three days and
five hours the shor est trip made between Fran
cisco and New York The trial Of Dr. Gardner charged
with defraudiDg the government closed In Washington
city, after being sixty three days before the court The
jury could not agree, and were discharged.
A In Brook lvn Ia ha I0ck
founded by Fulton and Adams streets aud Myrtle avenue
which destroyed thirty baildngs, with aggregate
los OF over $4,000 The extra session Of the Legislature
OF New York again commenced at Albany.
25Frst case Of yellow lever occurred In New Orleans
in 1853.
bile.
So-A steam towboat Of Quebec burst her boilers, kill
ing eight persons
81 The expedition to the Northern Ocean, under com
maDd OF Ir Kane s. N, to the search for Sir
John Franz lin, sailed from New York in the brig Advance
1t IL known ~ the Kane Expedition" The following is
list Of the officers and board the Advance
Dir. Elisha X. Kane Passed Assistant Surgeon Of the
in nd has hoou siIn3h