The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-17

board. .he fact tt1.t the Arabia was sgnalied OF
Halifax that orsiing, and that shortly after our
correspondent made the announcement the tele-
graph line III New Brunswick was either cut or
broken. 1t be NJ Reasonable to suppose that specu-
tators were at the bottom of this movement, our
merchants were advised to be on their guard. Ne
Nrtheess, we understand that certain parties who
were Inclined to I ace confidence n a report rela-
tive to the O Ia at, published IN evening
paper and bearing upon its face the evidence of
gross sa'sehood, made extensive purchases Of -four
at an advance of half dollar per barrel. In addi-
on we earn that the authors of this false runor,
not content with leading the unwary in this city
astay, flooded the Southern and Western ofRces
with dispatches setting forth the alleged character
Of the news, and is eject on our market. Now, the
suth u.s. the Arabia did not reach Halifax till near
three o'clock on Thursday afternoon; and yet city
afternoon paper was circulating in the strees before
IN i borr what pQTported to be the steamccs news
and this, too, n face of the fact thatl.e editors
could not well kave avoided knowing thas the tele
graph wire was and had been down ever since the
steamer was Hfst sgnalled, and that'shere could
not possibly be any reliance placed n the report
they and their agents were so indust1ously spread
ing bets re the public.
has ami, cd In this city from Australia by way Of
Caao, fer files of allShe Melbourne and Sydney pa
peIs to December 9Th. Later dates had previously
reached us.
Some excitement has been produced in Canada by
the circulation Of arumor that the Russian govern
ment contemplated invading the provinces, and
with that object in view was now concentrating
troops IN this country. The strangest part of the
affair is that any sane person could be induced to
credit such ridiculous story.
despatch from Louisville states that twenty-five
of the injured by the explosion of the steam
er Reindeer have died, and that twentyfour others
are not expected to recover.
Friend Humphrey, a prominent citizen of Albany,
died in that place on Wednesday night, aged seven
tyseven years. He was the architect of his own for
tune, having risen from a tanners apprentice to
State Senator Mayor, and various other public and
private Offices Of trust and emolument.
The Board of Councilmen met again last evening,
at the usual hour, and transacted large amount of
business, in the shape Of adopting resolutions and
accepting reports of committees. The Board went
into Committee of the Whole on all reports
where there was expenditure Of money. Some
remarks were made about reform; but, generally
speaking, the members were unusually quiet, which
arose from some outside movement-probably the
Nebraska meeting at Tammany Hall. An interest
ing communication was received from the Comp
troller, on the water line of New York city on the
Long Island shore, which will be found under the
head of our special report.
The tenth anniversary meeting of the Mariners
Family Industrial Society of the port Of New York,
was held yesterday morning at No. 322 Pearl street.
The anniversary dinner of the st. Patrick's So
ciety of Brooklyn, took place in Central Hail. last
evening. Owing to the crowded state Of our
columns we are compelled to omit sketch Of the
speeches, toasts, &c.
To-day's inside pages contain an account of the
preparations for the celebration Of st. Patricks day.
particulars of the loss of about forty lives by the burn
ing of the steamer Caroline; Acting Consul Robert
sons official statement relative to the outrage on
the steamship Black Warrior, at Havana; COM
mercial, legal, local. theatrical and miscellaneous
news &c