The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-05-04

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a., i refusal % 60 On board ne steamer Falccs,
ars CO dsci unwortky 4 an caaccr AMI rcnss-
man. The only wispcss examined va C,lTncI
gt.snas. who prodcced the osdegs which hal bs-n
ssYyed uroa MAJOR Uyse. aud ths ccrrcsrotd ence
that passed betwcsn them Ia relation - the charac
ter ana quality a the steamer. Ag0ag n, letters
i one IN which &c yajor reviews the whole ain.
Guilty, ard appeals a. tie facts or hi Justification.
u Was written e.tisnily under considerable warmth
o. feeling and i exceedingly iatcrestiag. A FUN
rtpcrt q The Whole prOeeedings win b. found else
wherr.
The taai q Clara Hayes, wang ana interesting
woman. wife a a member q the Scw York bar,
charged with The murder Of Doctor Lutener. by
shooting him ~ BIZ Once On Broadway. d nov oc-
copying ne Ceart q Oyer and Tcrniner. The pro
ceedings are peinfrlly Interesting and the facts
involved IA mystery. the evidence. which ! en-
tirely elrcuntsaniisi, nay perhaps deyclope some
thing lks romance 81 real liis. Mr.. Hayes, vino
has tssn saiering mesialiy aad bodily Cor some
months past was - mach overcome yesterday in
court that she was obliged % withdfsw from the
bar. and waf placed on . coach near open win.
dow. whrrg she remained all day In a state 81 ap-
parent stupyfa0iioa. Aftrr the adjournment Of the
Count sBe ~as removed ~ consent % the District
Attorney, . the irving House, under The sarvci
lance q o,iecrs Knight and hctts.
The Board a Aldennen did net transact much
business lsst evening. The Committee ~ Ferries
reported adverse 20 a uumeruusly signed petition d
The inhahaauts Of Sogtl Brooklyn praying tllt the
Ferry Company he compelled o. accommodate them
Ny rsnhing one q their boats "a that Lac until
O'Clock, ia~soad q 10, midnight seven members q
the BOARD rccmod alive - re necessities Of those
residing IN Brooklyn aud doing business y New
York. bot thc majority iot Otherwise. The signefs
u the petition, though numerous. are Comparatively
unimporlnnt. The company lswtaithy.
The Board q Counciifea met lest evening, AMI
dispofed u large number q pettions remOastraa-
ccs and resolutions none o. which, however, were
Of great importance. The only matter % any inter.
est whatever that came aP wa the report % tac
Committee on the Fire Dcrar;mcst IA favor 81 the
act now In the Senate and awaiting The Goyernors
signature creating five Commissioners, - whor,
all complaints and grievances Of against The Fire
Department should b. made. The rcplst, after
long debate was rejected by two-thlrd vote. For
detailed report Of the proceedings &c our report
in another column. The Beard adjourned until
Friday.
Coroner Hilton yesterday afternoon conclalcl the
testimony in the Broadway calamity case ana siib-
mtfed the whole affair 10 the jury for their deter
minaton. recess was then taken uatil 10 O'clock
this morning when The jury meet, and wiil render
verdict. We give a report Of The proceedings IN
another part Of the paper
The Coroner yesterday held an inquest on tho
body Of n German named Noting. who deliberately
destroyed his life by taking laudanum. lie let
very curious letter TO his friend, bcqaoa.hing g. him
about three hundred dollars. A copy Of the letter
is published elsewhere, under the inqGosts.
No very important business was transacted by the
Board of Education last evening. our report or
tie proceedings viii b found in another column.
Tic light stock Of flour, with delay 10 the open
ing Of the canals, caused continued frmncsa in the
market yesterday. State brands ruled at "a 10 ~
cents per barrel higher. The chief demand was gor
the eastward. There was nothing Of moment doing
for export. Among the sales were 800 barrels Bran
DIVINE, to go TO Philadelphia; and 220 barrels o.
Haxall Were sold at Richmond for shipment II 81
80. Prime yellow Southern corn sold Al one cen,
per barrel advance. Wheat was scarce aud Grm.
Cotton was dun and the market unsettled.
The recent food has not caused 80 great damage
TO the Delaware canal WA Mt iirst supposed. II
is thought that the canal win be in good navigablc
order in about fortnight. Throughout Maine the
injury to mills BY the breaking away Of dams win |
he very serious. The water having recedcl, the
trains between New Haven and Springfield are now
running as usual. The New York and Erie Rail. |
road trains an through yesterday without trans.
fer Of passengers. The repairs nearly com
pleted. All OF the trains due at Jersey City, except
the express train, arrived before midnight The
of the night rendered a slower speed
than usual necessary.
The General Assembly of Rhode Island convened
at Newport on the I'd inst, and Henry Y. Cranston
was elected Speaker of the House. William w.
Hoppn was inaugurated as Governor with the
usual ceremonies. The two houses afterwards met
in grand committee and elected the following off.
GERS in default of an election by the people-John
j. Reynolds, Li,utenant-G overnor; William II. Wat
son, Secretary Of state; Christopher Robinson, At
torney General; Samuel II. Vernon, General Urea.
surer.
The Connecticut Legislature met yesterday at
Hartford The State officers not having been chosen
at the last election by the people, the Senate and
House will meet to-day in convention for the pur-
pose of choosing those officers, and il Il expected
that the now Governor will lie inaugurated this
afternoon, when there viii probably be a military
parade.
The steamship Africa, from Liverpool, is now
fully due. The news brought by her will be very
important particularly in q commercial point Of
view
Our files from Havana are to the 2Sth ult. No
thing of any political importance has transpired
since the date Of our last adyiccs. The letters Of
our correspondents will be found in another column.
Trials OF w. ii. Seward and his Organs.
The anti-sayery organs Of the Hon. William
IL. Seward are again in sore distress. Their
life, to tell the truth, is one amending tale Of
woe. Apparently fulfilling the primeval curse
in its most literal sense these highly philan-
thropic and moral journals are always going
through unheard of suiierings on somebody's
account They have wept and groaned over
the blacks at the South till fatigue itself for
babe the righteous tear to flows" and now that
nature can endure no more grief on this head,