The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-16

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The News.
MORTALITY OF THE CITY.
We learn by the official report oil the CITY luspec
tor that the whole numhero deaths in the city fov
TIE week ending July Is was sl7-ar increase Of
SO On the week previous.
The cholera is increasing slowly. Since the sast
peport there have been lA7 victims, being an ave.
rage OF Il per day. and increase Of 40 on the pre-
vious week. The weather during Thursday and
Friday vss rainy and cold, and the sudden change
from the excessive heat which previously prevailed
oubtless had the effect OF acceerating the disease
IA wip be seen by the accounts Of the progress Of
tie cholera which we publish IN another part Of
10 days paper, the disorder has increased in about
he same ratio with as in other localities 1t will
be remarked that the pestence this season has ex
tended to nearly all parts of this continent, and it
has Aleo proved very yirulent in the British West
hdia islands. Happily, as yet our people have not
become panc-scricken; and il is to this equanimity
Of mind and the superior skill with which the dis
ease is now treased by the medical faculty, that the
pumber Of fatal cases is at 20 low figaro. An Of
ecial card has been advertised by the Eealth Com
r,ssioners, which is annexed
M.ycR's erp1os Saturday, 5uly Is, 1864.
T,.ra seeus W be an apprehenson thrt the Commits
.saners Of Heath are suppressng information in re-
ton 10 the OF the health OF the city We IN re
erre snbmt the following report from Ir. j. ii. Wanda
esr rhI sieisnsof the Hopa, in Franklin street. since
ne cpening June "a, 1854, to IL O'Clock this day
Whole number received
Discharged, cured. 40
ne Se & Vii appear that Ter the ia wenty one Gay
The deaths shc hospital have not been TO the extent 9"
four per day .,v,,
"eio'' = - JACOB A. wEsTERvELT, Mayor
There were during the week IL deaths of cholera
porbus. IL or diarrhoa, of inflammation OF the
bowels, 20 Of dysentery, and Ii of debility OF the
diseases peculiar TO children there we're Of cholera
infantum III, of commissions -, crenp 8, measles
g. OF stiborn 30, and of premature birth, 10 cases
are reported.
There were s deaths Of bronchitis, 81 Of con-
sumption, IL Of Inflammation OF the lungs, % oil
parasrnus, Is Of congestion Of the brain, Of in.
fammation Of the brain, 81 OF dropsy in the head,
and Of smallpox OF deaths from external causes
there were:--San stroke, ]; casualties, 8; burned
Q: drowned, 81 fractures, ? ; poisoned, suicide
g. In the various charitable and penal institutions
az the city there were III deaths-59 at Wards
Island, Il al the franklin street hospital, and ID
nj the hospital, Bellevue. OF the total number
died 5ls were natives Of the United States, iss Of
Irelsnd Is Of I'm gland, and IS Of Germany.
FBoN WASHINGTON.
Cur special despatch informs us that the Se's,e,
IN secret session yesterday agreed TO remove the
Injunction Of secresy from the Canadian reciprc ty
treaty, and also TO print large number Of copies
of the document for distribution. This action was
subsequently rescnded. As our readers arc well
aware, every important feature contained IN thas
treaty has been long since laid before the pubic in
the columns of this paper, aud the whole subject
has been commented on throughout this country
and the British provinces. We have, therefore,
lost nothing by the action Of the Senate in this
particular As there can be no doubt as TO the nj
innate fate Of the treaty, very little Importance ia
attached to il.
The New York postmasters viii no doubt al be
confirmed, with the exception Of the incumbent AZ
Albany, Mr.. Reynolds, who will be superseded by
Mr.. Vosburgh. The former i an "adamantine,"
and the latter soft
The Colt investigation Is going on brisky i j.
said that certain telegraph operators have been
called on to testify regarding facts within their
knowledge. If Congressional committse have
power to do this thing, il viii undoubtedly tend to
prevent hereafter the transmission OF communca-
tions by this method, as secresy in instances
il as important as despatch
In the senate yesterday tue joint resolution from
the House, presenting the thanks Of Congress ana
a gold medal to Capt. Ingraham for his conduct in
the koszta affair, was amended by striking out tic
i" thank" and in that shape adopted. The Home
stead bill was further discussed. 1t appears that m
understanding has been arrived at BY Senators TO
alter the entire plan of the bill. II is proposed TO
grant, under certain conditions presumption rights
Of land to settlers, the price thereof TO be fixed
graduated .ecsle. The Appropriation bills sen. from
the House Were appropriately referred.
Nothing o. general interest transpred in the
House yesterday.
We publish in another column brief history OF
Japan during the last two or three centuries with
accounts of the many unsuccessful efforts that have
been made by European governments to open its
trade TO the word-a triumph that his been re-
served for American enterprise to accomplish. The
sketch Is interesting, ard is well worth pea,al.
LATER FROM HAVANA.
The steamship Cahawba arrived at this port yes
Ierday evening from Havana Her advices are On.
important, nothing special having transpircd.
TIE BURss RIOT.
The Grand Jury Of Boston have found bills Of
for riot and assault against eight Of the
persons ens >ged in the abolition tmeute in Boston
,n the 10th May, but miss In the list Of names
hose Of the prominent promoters Of that outrage.
NfscFLLASEors.
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