The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-07-20

The News.
There has been during the present heated term
. buried packing up of trunks and bandboxes, and
. very general emigration towards the mount.ia
tops and lhe seashore, and the marquis Of quiet
lakes The fishing excursion boats do fne busi.
ness just n0w-fare fifty cents per heal splendid
cotillon bar d. see advertisements. Yesterday the
thsi momster marked ninety eigot, the ttsss yet,
according 70 the Sage Of Bcooklyn highs. There
were q number of fatal cases OF sanstroke, An tas
mortality list Of the present week viii re,eive
large addition from this cause. About nine o'clock
in II evening refreshing shower Of raia 10 tae
atmosphere became delightfully."- oool, and We trus.
the heated term is ever for some dsys a. leas.
Tae Cabinet, Is appears by our Vasainyt IA des.
patch, has determined that no Appointments snail
be made until after the result Of the coming els,-
kans at the South shall havs besn ascsrtatnsd.
This, OF course Is designed for the espe nal benefit
ofthe Soutbero Know Nothings Macy goes
O. Point for few days to Ieca 1erate his health,
which has become somswhss impsired. The Couct
OF Clsins Will probably adjourn 70 day until she
18th of Ocsaber. Abaus one hundred and fifty CAFES
have been d0cksted. Ths Court wers engaged yes
te.day in perfsstiDg the rules Tue sufferers by
the bombsrdment aod destruction Of Greytown ,ve
arrived at the capital 70 urge their claims for 10
demIity. These claims am,unt 70 about five
millions Of dolar--a pretty round sum for ,arryag
out the brilliant war policy Of the Pierce Cd nn,s
tSation.
At some Of the ports Collectors Or Surveyors have
been it appears, ia the habit of giving t, vssssls
papers puporDg to be certificates Of sher legal az
20 ity for the carriage Of passengers The Treasury
Department gives notice that no validity attaches to
- Il =.
MED by any Law Of tha United States and c,ass-
queutly NO officer has q right to issue it. The
responsibility in such cases, must rest where the
law places it on the chip owners whose duty II is
10 ascertsin and know how many passengers thsir
vessels csn lawfully carry, aud they should be held
to such rep Jnsbiity. 1t Is directed, therefore,
Ihs: officer of the Customs will neceaf; sr issue to
any person a certificate OF this description; but
Whenever any measu ement necessary to ascertain
the legal capacity Of vessels - carry passengers
shall be made, the Collector viii be careful to keep
an exact record Of it in the ofi,e.
The Gotten market yesterday Iemsnsd unsettled,
~ dealers were waiting the receipt OF the Ca7aass
fetters. The sales were restricted 70 fe hundred
bslss. the pricss Of which aff,rdsd no basis for
quotations. Flour OF common - medium and good
grades again about l2ac per barrel 10 yer, aud
nessee wheat sold a. 81 SO, an outside fgars, aad
Q small parcel OF new Georgia red sold a. 81 20.
Corn was about l.. per busae lower, with to,sr.by
free sale,, including parcels for export. New msss
pork was easier, ~aiIe other provisoos we 9 90
changed. Coffee was active, aud tue ga es rea he'd
about 500 bser: Rio st o.. ll,., WITH asnsll
lot of prime quality at lllc.; a 10: of Msrsca b
brought l0l,. sugars were drm, ~itn sales OF
IN ants Of
ccIn aud cotton for Liverpool there was bu. a
hight business done in freighis
The pev Health Officer Of the oors Of New York,
DR.. Thompson, entertained the Common Council
o. Albany, the State officers, tbs Co nissoners Of
H. sltb, ard large number Of his other friends
with he most liberal spi atty, at ia residence on
Staten Island. After psrtaking Of tho good things
Which we're provided in the most lavish asund An TO-
The company proceeded on an excursion do En ne
bay IN b at engaged expressly tor The occ ssion
returning 70 tie city about seven O'CLOCK. An In
teiestipg report of the affair will % found else
where.
The special committee of tina Board Of Aldermen,
having in charge the investi 1t on relative to che
ken ship Joseph Walker, were in session yes:ar
dsy. A fnn report Of che idsncs, including the
testimony Of Comptroller Flsgy, is gwen Ia Al
OsucT pufs VI poprr. Aue nov III
progress to raise the ship, by means OF hydraulic
screws, have so far proved su,iessful, aud 1t is
thought abe Will be s ,as by Saturday, 80 that ths
hulk can he towed ont Ct the slip.
On Sur day night last fend sh stem, u a. a.
destination Was peipstrated at Fa'rnaven In Rlt
lsDd county, Vermont. The hired mar OF farmer
hvue somswhat remote from any neishbor, under
took to chop no bis employer with broad AKA, a,
ne Ms quietly ssepDg IN his bed The foolnardy
vIaf avowsas his object toe forcib,s abduc ton Of
the msi : sister, The interesting and shocking par
dculsrs are given very fully ia the letter OF our
correspondent.
In the United States District Court es,srdsy, a
motion was granted TO postpone the trl, o. the
peftos charged with violating the ueutr ATTY IA
by mskipg tnlistments for toe Foreign eyi,n. The
parties urder arrest In Buffalo for m,i.r off N ,e
have been committed to PRISON, in default OF b.u in
three thousand dollars, TO a wit trial.
The trial of Count Louis Kszuski Hugo IA,pI
Rictsd Rudeling and Llspelos, VITO were taken
from the British brig Buffalo by the officers OF toe
revenue cutter James Campbell, on the charge OF
eplistirg recruits for the Crimes term mated yosser
dsy 10 the acquit,al OF the srcused.
Capt. Wileoy, Of the brig Fairy, arrived at taia
port yelterdsy morning from RIO Grsnde del Sud,
reports only enc American vessel ia part, q "a she
would Bail IL ballast Tor r Jaueiro t. load. Htdss
were scarce at Rio Grande, aad comm. adei high
pr,cee.
The Lamp end Gas Committee Of the Board
# CcuDcilmen met yesterday, when aryam snt
was heard for and sgnos. toe petition OF the
Metropolitan Gas Company for leave to lay down
pipfs throughout the city. report will be pre-
fented some time next month.
The decrease Of receipts Of tolls upon the NeR
York canals TINS far this season, rs compared ~iih
HE same period In 1854, amounts to $l53,s50 0S.