The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-21
Mall. for the Pacific.



CONGREGATIONS AND LOSS OF LTFR
About one O'Clock Seste day morsing Q fire broke
on, % w niamsbu &, a, No. 7 Battle row, in NORTH
FIRST stree I, Dear Tenth. The building tenant
ed b, o numbersof iamle.. The fire spread witt
snch rap,dity ,ha many OF the inmates bad grea
d'fHc.l,y in efecring their escape, ar.
one woman and two men persisted II
the flames man paue3 Monahan jumped
from third story window, and TINS escaped
d., I'D ul death. rba adjoining tll!ngs sught rt
And we're somewhat damaged. Dir. Pinkney, who
% upied one Of these buildings, was kadiy assisted
BY several i-rsOns in removing his furniture, a
portion OF shich WAS stolen. Among other plum
Cor vts aimed by the ds.nterested ends was about
one thousand d ,lars in money, which wa, abstract
ed fion bureau. A man namet John O Hare vas
arreged by the police on gus icion OF having ser
tee BUILDING fire. At last accounts the bodies .!
TO Of toe unfortunate VI ms had bsan extricated
fsoIn beneath the mass Of rubbish, and the fremen
were working unrewlstediy TO recover the one stilI
feniaiDf uDder the ruins.
On Sunday morning The stable of Afr. CARL,
10 Futon street, Brooklyn, containing thirty horses
ana . la ge number OF vehicles caught ire from
come unknown cause. The horses and Carriages
4ere got out bu. The other contents Of the stable
The adjoining building t,ok fire, but through tue
exertons of che fce men II escaped with light injury
o0ly. AT this fire col red man was run over b,
ee Of the engines and ~ badly hurt that he died
IN a ie. NONE Its, and q man Lamed Kearney wa
sn' cked down and severely bruised.
Full accounts Of these irrs given else where
together with r., orts of tnose hat cur ed in IN,
ciiy aud The proceedings instituted by the Fir
Marsha before the masist ates against parties
charged with aIson.
ADVANCE IN RAILROAD FARE AND FREIGHT.
Elsewhere we pnblish a report of the proceed
ngs of the convent n OF represent iv'vss Of the
Ne. York ano Ere, New York Central, Hudsoo
River, Penn ylvana Central, and Baltimore aud
Ohio Railroad Companies. ~n.'n met AT the St.
Nicholas II eel, ia this city, last week. Tue result
o. the DR. ibsratio1s involves general advance Of
eiargea on freight ard pass,Dge ID 4 reduction
Of speed and amIuut OF service. Freight fT
the pr. sent is TO be sdvanced abous ten per
ent, with further in rease ls:er in tho season.
An imn-nse saving to all the roads is anticips.ei
from the discontihuauce VI thu system Of runoers
and astnts. The free pas system has bsen
abridged, and the total al, ogston of the practice
II rec mmeL del 70 the execuiSa oft ers Of the re
80 Give companies. uniform classification OF
freight, on the four great lines has been adopted,
an, the charges eaua,szed. Measures are to be
taken to obtain an adequate increase Of conpen-a.
kon Tor the mail service, IL having been found oa
examination that this service IL performsi tFeaty.
ase PER cent cheaper tnan freight OF the lowest
grade. The fare ou the Erie and Central roads TO
Buff 0 l. to be advanced on TIE lst september TO
eiAht dollars and during The winter 20 nine dollars.
IN. re eht rise la prices fali ID the value OF
rsilrosd stock has rendered retrepchment oecSs-
sar., and the convention probably cou Jude these
%. assures are the hast ebjsc able as well the
most c, m stlhle with convenience and safety.
AFFAIRS IN HONDURAS.
Our correspondent It Omoa, in letter which il
given else~ here furnishes some interesting iotor.
nation cosctrniog the ibtrigucs sf the politicians
Of Central Aue lea. In ADDITION to the intestine
troubles FRI m which that region is now suffering,
taere famin. in the laod, the ,custs having de-.
yastsfeo the entire country. Large orders hare
BEEN sent tn. United States tor The purchase Of
breadsiuG-. In oi-trict the populfson was
saved IRON starvation by tue Timely ARRIVAL Of a
cargo OF corn, wncir was esented TO the fam'sh.
< ionabiaa ~ tn Hon iusa. Railroad Com 81 '.
N'tu rgard To the locusts, tie government 0 Qua
semsla has organ'zed COMM, sion 10 devise means
10 ytermic re III destructive iosecis.
ArFArrs IN c0ga.
Ne have receyei QUO lssters aui DIES o. D ,ers
4 N Havana 70 the litn ins,. bis aoshtnS o. any
importance bad trans ired o. t1e islaGd since toe
Js's o. prev Us adsoss. as-rss'taS letters com
our HavADa cvrrespoc den,. viii b. fond in . her
column.
MISCELLANEOUS.
In snothe- part NJ =, .,ys o4per may be fond a.
sccoun, Of the arrest } Exam .san % NJ aSsr
OF p.rsops, who nave or time pas' b-eN en-
ssgso H. "a. sing Of spurious CO u upon thr public
S+v. n, oI tae pesoos stag drivers, aud -
an pcsed TIA; there are others OF the sans 'cupa
t,on ho NJ. e., aged IN hls nrilrious bus ness.
The poll 2 dessfve cedit Tor br. skiing 40 this *
tf rive pacg ~ .oun,riser, asd II is - be bo ed
that ihey will keep sharp look ont for those that
Yet remain muetec,ea
There Sere twenty sfves deaths from yellow feyar
In the Chart, Hos. ital, New orleans, during ths
w.,k ending The 18th instant. In Savannah, durius
the pest week, there had been three ia, Il cas-
Of tbs ises-e and in Charleston II Wa oreva,ng
to q very hunted extent.
Miller, the man who accuses himself Of commltt,n.
murder III N-s Jersey, and who emily arrive
~ hJsdel his tom Pot Pri1ce, resolved TO ex
plate his offence according 10 Law, Is lying In to.
prs, hospital ve,y sick ADD doubs en.srt ,ins
Of his recovery. SINE sount Of tais siagalis
"cae ~ cln-c,ence," watch is iast nov txctiua
cons deJsble attention, u,sy b. found IA her co
hum.
notice haa been issued, calling meeting q III.
y. no ratio State @, mmittsr, as toe AStsf HJase
on We dp., day p.xt.
We publish to-day some ad4iioaal io.siea LtSs,