The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-01

thought that the bin erecting the rant Of Lieu
tenant General viii BE- 60; through the House ane
become . law. The compliment Of the title 10 o
least due - the brave 6enefal Scott.
Horstis Seymour, the ne y Governor Of this State
will be insugurstsd IN Albany. at ten O'Clock thi
morning fhs Legislature viii meet on Tuesday
The mem bers are already hocking to the capital,
order to secure comfortable lodgings for the season
By 'els graph from New Orleans We have late and
very important news fiom Mexico IL appssrs that
| Count Boulbop, the leader Of the French move
ment in Sonora, had capitulated, bis forces hsd
SUR ndtred their AIMS and the iusurre,tiou was at
an end This reminds of the old eouplet concern
irg former mona rob Of The Counts country, who
With forty housaod men
Marched mp the bill and then mafc0es oo~n ssAn-
| Thus ends all the roasDontsde ABOUT foreign &C.
auisition Of TERRITORY in that quarter however,
the difficulty relative to the encroachments 81 the
French st SANTANA, and the British in Central
America are not to be 80 easily disposed Of We
shall doubtless, have warm wsrk In the United
States nate next Tuesday, respecting our foreign
relations
With regard to the Tehnantspec route, We leara
that the Mexican Congress had declared in favor Of
the Gusnsj us,o proposition There was another
ministerial c,isis-s Senior Yaez having resigned the
foreign per, folio, which, !, vas supposed, would
change the pscy Of the goverunen relative TO tho
famous Garsy grant. This looks as though the
Mexican authorities we're coming to their senses on
this ,uhject
BY the arrival Of the brig Oscar, we have late az
interesting advices from Baracos, from which we
learn Eat the shocks Of earthquakes which frat
felt in August continued up to the 18th nit The
respecting the ravsges Of the h'iera are
frghtfu but We are pleased TO find that the disease
was rapidly abaslDg
Late sdyices from Buenos Ayres announce that
Don Valentine Alsna had been named by the
Chamber of Representatives as Governor and Cap
tain General Of the provinces. Trouble with Ur-
auizs, the deposed Provisional Dictator was still
spprehsnded
The offer Of s6O6 600 by Messrs Clark & McGrii-
lis for the Maine lands owned by Mass sohusst has
been unanimously accepted by the Commissioners,
and they have reported accordingly to the Governor
and Council.
The statistics Of the United States mint show
that during the past year the golden deposits
amounted to SOL ,o59 295 AMI the coinage to $751;.
5o5,G3s Over eighteen and half miio a' Of three
cent pieces we're coined during the year. no'~ith-
star drg which fact, change is . very scarce com
modify in all sections of the country
The steamship Georgia, which arrived from As
pinvall yesterday brough. California golo dast to
the value Of ever two millions and r. half Of dol
lars The continued inAox to this port of such enor-
quantities of The precious metals must certainly
convince Congress of the necessity Of establishing
brsnch mint in this city.
Four persons were burned to death at Aontr e.
on Thursday night. See the despatch.
The crew Of the schooner Advance, Of NswJOs
leans, lately seized by Commodore Gregory at Por
Prasa as SLAYER, aad brought here, have hesl
committed for trial
The proceedings of New Years eve d the Gem
mon Council we're Of very tame and ordinary ma
tire. In the Board of Aldermen there was no:
quorum, and 1t was therefore adjourned till Monda.
next, in due course of Law
The Assistants passed the ordinary valedctor
vote of thanks to the president and aLo one to tn
clerk and ASSISTANT clerk. No business OF impor
lance was transacted, unless consider such tn
concurrence of the other Board in the adoption q
the report Of the Firance Committee in tavor Q
paying the balance Of the bill for the boarding
Kossuth and suite at the Irving House, amount
ing to three thousand dollsrs-makiug, a. bef,r
stated, thirteen Thousand dollars in all. Thi
Board, 0 matter Of course, adj burned ,sne dt<
| The eon.umacious members Of the Board of ssis
ants who voted for the Broadway railway graz
were yesterday served with citations, signed b
Judge Bosworth, simil " (antatis mwandis) {
those previously served on the members of The Boar
! Of Alder men AL are returnahle on Monday, til
1oth i.s+ant
1t will be seen from the fire Statistics, published
another column, that three hundred and forty iv
fires have occurred in this city, and one hundfe
and ninety three false alarms have been made Tn
total amount Of damage by fire to buildings
1921 42s loss Of stock, 81 1853, COB 1t will also
that there have bsen thirteen lives lost by FIRE
| which is great increase over that of last year.
We regret being unable to make room to day 70
the proceedings Of the meeting held yesterday b
the members of tho different insurance com panie
interested as underwriters in the ship Tornado, 70
tie purpose of presenting service of plate to Capt
o r. Munford as testimonial of their approoa
tion Of his services, in partially repsiring the dam
ages, and safely navigating tina. vessel eight thou
sard miles, after she was dismas.ed in a vhirl vim
90 the Pacific ocean, the llth Of last September
The address Of Walter r Jones, Esq on. maxim;
the presentation, and the reply Of Capt Muufold
are worthy Of t1e gentlemen concerned We shall
/ give full report OF tae ceremony on monday
There are COW no less than five steamers dae at thi
| port from Europe, viz the Franklin, Washington
Pacific, glasgow, and Asia. The latter will brn,
one weeks later news. 1t is hoped that they vii
al be here before the issuing of another HERALD.
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Eighteen Hundred and E1ny.two.
| A new year. Eighteen hundred and 6fty-tw
has gone out, shaking his hoary locks as he went
L L. Il. - -.
this morning ushered into shivering exissance
Gaze we awhile On the tottering form of the oil
man, as he fades in the distance let US scan hi
share of historys de, and grasp, if we can, in on
broad veiu, the whole tendency Of his career.
motley crew they are, these years some joyous, a
when period Of famine is succeeded by plenteou
harvest, or long war is terminated by a genera
peace, or q noble invention or happy discovery Of