The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-13
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We surrender large portion of our space Thu
nar0iDg 20 urther ce.als respecting this de po able
catastrophe. Tbs steamer which ran into the Arltic
nus The Vesta, q French vessel. she reached s.
Johns, N. F., with toirsy-one Of the shipwre k-d
PERSONS bav,ng lost thi teen Of her crew. Tlenum-
hsr ued, as far az known, is one hundred ann
tAIse, leaving two hundred and ninety Gig It to be
accounted for. The public interest in this great
disaster continues TO increase. Tho Bsari of Super
viso and Aldermen q journed last evening, in re-
apect 10 toe mry OF fellow citizens VINO have
been lest aud in the latter bcdy resolutions Of sym
patti and condoence were adopted. The Court of
Sessions also adjourned, after appropriate alnsion
81 the painful event.
A. late hour las. night we received news Of
tie arrival Of the steamship Edropi at Boston,
with fourteen Of the sule rers, two Of whom coarm
t,e statement OF Mr. Blu Ms, that the family Of Ms
Collins persisted in the sea BY tne parting Of Lhe
davit Jackie OF Il boat. The statement Of the pas
epgsrs also eestro IS what little hope may hav.
been anticipated % TO the probable safety Of the
members Of Mr.. Browns family The statement q
M. Degbon first assistant engineer, ss TO the acct
dent, is given under the ttleeraphii head
POLITICAL AFFAIRS
The sscsdsrs from the 80 called hard shell demo
cratic Msyoraity convention which nominaed
Fernando Wood for Mayor on Midday night, held
amesiiDg last evening. The proceedings passed of
without Interruption. After several Intellectual
balotinas Augustus She'll was unanimously chose
a. tire national democratic nominee for Mayor
The Municipal RefJrm Committee also met last
evening, ard agreed upon ticket for city and
county officers, headed by Wilson G. Hunt for
Mayor. The programme Is nov fully made up
ard the candidates of al the parties for the Mayor
atty are before the people, as follows
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hard sa,h toogus}...... .feraando wo ID
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For comfy off ers the rcsrva-s % ase Tod t,e
so,,owi,y.-
Surrogate. Alexander VI. Bradford
Recorder. .Frenci' !: 7iIoa.
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The pb;,s NJ tse Fonct, strc, last evannr solec.
.5 s,oafora 7. Maconbor a. tteir c,nai,at, ov.r
James n. Bryce. Mr.. BrVce. however. in a card
nuhlishea elsevhe,e- o,nonn ,.s h,m.elf "a cana.
5a,e ns,,bon. ,ers,a - ,o ,;, or no,,t, al 80
pn,,.rs.r
STATE OF THE MARKETS.
The market for brcadstufTs ycs.e day was again
frrper. Common to good brands of State four,
closed >. abb ut 81 IS 50 Wheat was also hi yher
Indian corn closed at sic. a SIC. for sound mixed
ard argo of round yellow sold as high as So
Mess po,k closed at sI2 % a sl2 81. Cotton wa,
arm, but comparatively quiet, as dealers were wait.
ing the receipt Of letters by tie Europa.
Tnere were several large auction sales yesterday.
but, with orc or two exceptions, the goods went Off
ut rather lover rates than those obt,ioed at pre-
vious saos Of the season. This was partly owing to
several large sales falling together on the same day,
and the diversion to some extent of tde attcaton
Of purchasers by the feeling and excitement gov
ing cut of the melancholy loss Of life by tho ctic
Msssrs. Ccffn Haydock commenced large
catalogue sale of French goods yesterday, which
comprised / ,3t5 lots The sale was continued unit