The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-17

The N ew

The News.
MORTALITY or THE CRY.
We learn Fl m the official report Of the City In
spector that one undred an6 forty one mou, one
hun bred and thirty women, two hundred aud ak
teas boys, and one uni, ed and ninety,our girls
A,king tota OF six hundr and eighty Que per-
sons-died in New York during the past week.
Comparing the return 18th that presented for sever
days ending on the 10th inst, wo find t at the
gross morality is sgen reduced by rs many rs
fry .one cases. This gratifying fact is, no drabt,
Attribrtable TO the inv,gorating weather which we
have enjoyed since The termination OF the" heated
term and the thorough publication which WAS
Rivenso our neglected. streets ky the ssutary chow
sss hIch succeeded that toDg hoped for change in
The state OF the atmosphere.
The deaths from cholera we're one huad-ed aud
kRenty-six beiog three less than the gross number
Imported for he preceding week, and &c are happy
10 add speaking generally of tho city, that both in
~ maignity oil form and intensity of atGck the dis
ease Is considerably modified. Forty adults died Of
consumption, foityone Of diarrhoa, thirty.fou Of
dysentery, tweLtyeight of infsmms ory elections,
and twenty Eve of different fevers 0ne of the lat
ser died Of yellow fever. Three persons were muir
dered, seven drowned, end one committed suicide.
Croleia intantum carried off sixty.ore infants ma
Erasmus Efty.fye, drop5y of the bead tse ty, and
ponvulsions thity.scycl. Or the infants one hun
drsd and ninety three we're under one year OF age,
and tbrec hundIed AID ninety nine had not CON-
pleted their tenth year. Eighfy-six Of the adalss
were between "a ensy and fifty years Of age. -Four
h2ndred and eighteen Of the decease were natives
a the United Staes Ono hundred and forty six came
from Ireland, thirteen from EoglanS, and the re
mainder from other foreign CO lniries. The Twelfth
-Wsra had seyenty.two deaths-the highest number
--tne Twentieth SIXTY, the Eleventh fifty, aud the
Sixteenth forty four.
INTERESTING FROM CUEi.
We publish to-day three letters from our Havana
correspondents, containing some mest intervening
acts relative to the state OF affairs 10 Cuba, o: the
a,test date, with regard to the slave trade, the sp
preaching depsi ture CT Gen. Pezuea, the expected
arrival OF Gov. ConchG, and the tone feeling which
existed in the minds of the newly arrived soldiers
relative to the Spanish revolution aud home politics
b general. 1t appears that Mark Chsuncey, OF
Phi adelpbis and VI liam Vim, Of The State Of
Aaine-American seanan and citzens--with q mum.
her Of Portuguese sailors, now lying In Taoon JAIL
awaiting punishment for having formed part OF the
crew of the SLAYER Espe-anzs, which was fitted out
In New York in March last under another name,
Sen - the Cape, took cargo Of negrses and had
70 be burned at the Isle o. Pines owing to the nesi
gence OF tie conignees Of the human freight whi,n
abe had on board. The sGilors detail the events o.
the voyage, watch was at the same MON ant both
. romantic and vilsnous enc. Great preparations
were being made for the reception Of Conc ha and
committee OF arrangements were preparing for
most expensive denomination on the occasion.
This was at first very annoying to its retiring func-
Nonary; but General Pezucla ss-alowea his chayr
and i" headed Of" the plan Of his opponents by
coup d'etrf worthy o. himself only. He put down
his own nGme for subscription Of OF gheen dollars
and as ne person ccn well give more than the
Captain General the committee are likely to rat in
debt whilst he turns popular OHM from bi nself
by his outlay. The recently arrived regiment, he
CORDOBA, had been brigaded in deta :hments, with
other troops IN order to dissolve,if possible, the
spirit of national unity which existed among
them. As the men boss.od that they were the
frat OF the troops which gave an Impetus to TIL
rev utian at home they became highly css SIZED
and spirit Of universal characterization existed for
time al hatanzas, CsrdenGe, Trinidad, and the
Cabanos f-.t The Creole population were highly
ex ited and grand opportunity was sfIrded for
the material aid and emfort Of fibust sro andog
The Chief Of The Treasury of tho DspsrtGent
Havana had Issued circular 10 show that Queen
Christina did not receive much from the revenues
o. the islsnd as The Of the Msdrid barrie AIDES
bad asserted In fact. that only had the mode
rate sum Of one million six hundred and s,xty-Ivc
thousand dollars in ten years. trsnslation of this
paper, with several otaers OF importance, will b
lound else where.
DI5ooRD AMONG THE soYr sHyLLs
The letter OF Hon. William ii. Ludlow, soft shell
democratic candidate for the ofice OF Lieutenant |
Ssve nor of this State, in reply to communication
rom Abijah Mann, IL, delegate TO the soft shell
democratic State convention, is given In another
Osumn. 1t is evident from this document that thsre
va been some cheating around tho board, and a.
ir. Ludlow received nomination We conclude be
ocbsted the stokes
TIRE SAVANNAH SUFFERERS.
A meeting was convened at the Merchants Ex
haDge yesterday, for the purpose of taking the
reliuinary steps towards relieving the destitute
eop.e of Savannah who are suffering from che raw.
ges Of yellow fever. After the organisation Of the
Getting committee was appointed to take up col. |
ctions. The committee are notified TO meet at ths
sDk Of the Republic at IL O'Clock on Monday,
hen other arrangements viii be maxi ia further.
zee Of this truly benevolent work.
TIE MASSACRE AT rohT LARAMIE.
we have re eivcd foil particulars of the mas.
ere BY the Nioux Indians Of Lieut. @ attain and
deTsslment # troops under Lila command. nea'
= Laramie, a scf account Of which recently ]
.stls Us by telsrrank. The pasnfu! fact Of the de-