The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-09-04
The News.

A despatch from New Orleans announces the ar
rival Of the Crescent City at that port with Havana
dates to the 2sth ut. Santa Anna and family ar
rived at Havana on the oath, from Vera Cruz, and
left on the 26th for Caracas. We give elsewhere
additional particulars respecting his fight, and
the movements at the Mexican capital consequent
thereupon.
Both boards of the Common Council commenced
their September sessions last night. The Aldermen
were occupied with the reception Of official commu-
nications. The Central Park Commissioners apollo
gise for delay in their work by the stale excuse of
circumstances beyond their control" They pro
mise that the estimates and assessments with refe
renee to the Park shall be completed some time
during the present month. The Comptrollers report
relative to the city expenditures for the year ending
June, 1855, was presentad. We give the document
IN another part Of the paper. The semiannuai
report Of Mr.. Matsell Chief of Police, was also
presented. From January to June 80 the ar
rests for all offences by the patrol police numbered
1880, and by the reserved corps 4,O04 There are
1907 men of all grades in the police department
The Comptroller was instructed to furnish state
ment of all the moneys paid out Of the treasury since
January, 1853, on account Of public works, the ex
pense of which is payable by assessment upon the
property benefited by the improvements made.
In the Board Of Councilmen resolution was Of
fered authorizing the Comptroller to contract for
the removal of the onal from the city, but this was
laid over by the friends Of Mr.. Reynolds. The docu
ment Of the evening was message Of his Honor the
Mayor. The reading of a portion OF this message
caused no little sensation in the Board and 1t being
rather unpalatabe, the members stopped its read.
ing and ordered it to be printed. The message and
doings Of the Board may be found in another
column.
The Board of Supervisors met and ordered num-
Der Of Census Marshals bills to be paid No other
business was transacted.
The Furey investigating committee met yesterday.
Two witnesses were examined, but the testimony
elected presented no fact tending to substantate the
charges of corruption alleged against the Street
Commissioner. In connection with our report OF
the proceedings ofthe committee we publish COM
munication from Mr.. s. d. Moulton, to which the
attention Of parties interested is directed.
The Young Mems Democratic Union Club held a
meeting last night. grandiloquent letter upon
political affairs from Hon. Henry A. Wise was read,
and responded to by resolutions in similar vein.
Resolutions, containing among other declarations
an unqualified approval of the principles of tie
Kansas-Nebraska act, were unanimously adopted,
thus rebuking the free soilism of the Syracure con
vention. A report is given elsewhere.
The workingmen of the Fourteenth ward held
meeting last evening" in order to organize plan of
action for the coming election. general platform,
denuncatory of the Know Nothngs, the present sys-
tenn of letting public contracts the cheating Of labor
ers. Of their wages by rich employers, the present
Prohibitory Liquor law, and monopoly Of public
lands, was adopted and will evidently be enthu.
siastically supported
Tho Eon,|1, Senatorial nj efricf Whip Convention
met last night and nominated Mr.. William Allen, Of
the Tenth ward as their candidate for State Senator
in place of Thomas r. Whitney, whose term of office
expires next January. Joseph II. Petty, of the
Thirteenth ward, is the Know Nothing candidate in
the same district.
We continue our report Of the evidence taken be-
fore the coroners jury at Burlington, relative to the
causes Of the recent railroad catastrophe The tes
timony was concluded yesterday, and the jury will
probably render verdict in day or two. With re-
gard to the condition of the wounded no change had
taken place since Saturday. r'"-'
The corner stone Of a new and splendid edhce
about to be erected by the Roman Catholics OF Ro-
chester was laid on Sunday afternoon, I'd inst, in
presence Of between ten and fifteen thousand
persons, who assembled from different parts OF
the diocess OF Buffalo to witness the imposing cere
monies.
We have advces from Nassau, N. p, to the 18th
ult. At Inagua and Rum Cay heavy rains had fall
en-, and no hope remained Of reaping anything like
remuneratve crop of salt. At the latter place and
at Crooked Island the provision crops have entirely
failed and the inhabitants are reduced TO state OF
desttuton but little short of actual starvation. The
late rains will doubtless, bring relief to these people
in the long run, but, in the meantime, they viii
have to endure an amount of privation and suffer
ing which it should be the object alike of private
benevolence and public charity to mitigate and re-
move
Our correspondent at Rio Janero writing on 18th
Of August, says:-ln consequence of finding no
shippers TO purchase Of prices Of the 18th instant
coffee tell ESQ to 800 ries per aroba yesterday,
which created quite good feeling and several sales
were effected. The steamer Bay City, bough, bv
the Amazon steam Packet Company, will soon be
sesdy to take her place on that river She i under
.e management CT an ALaer..ar engineer, and thev