The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-02-09

AWE ASAA ~ AAs0 L
AFTER they had gathered a their harvest. Failures
or the United se:ea. MaAa were frequent in vAlpA.
raiso. Pfic& Of wfess and -four we're very low.
Inc nrst heutens,atc f the British ship OF war Dido
MSS murdered ID hoard by . marine.
From tne Argentine Confederation we haye Msn.
doza daHs to yne 9th Of December. Strong hopes
were esterSIned that the difficulties between Bue-
nos Ayres and the Proviross would soon be settled |
Tae raoonsl Congress had sdjcurned until May. All
quies in the country.
From Bolivia we have new TO tho 27th OF Dscen-
Der. General Acka, who ct former dates was sue.
eessfully marching on La Paz, had been put down.
Tie President pardonea his followers. An extra
fessiOn Of Coegrsss was TO have met on thu lst OF
February, in order to accept the ressg nation Of the
President ans to name his successor. A commercial
prohibition toward Peru, Of long Standing, had
been abolished.
By wayof Callao we have received news feom
Australia 20 the lss Of December. Trade Nas IN Q
very depressed state. There was considerable fear
that the CROP would fail, and Chill and California
gram and q ~ were being imported to o considera-
BILE extent. The price Of oil had risen, and sailors'
wages ha itiaien. The Sydney Empire Gays that
The expol 4 of gold from Janaary l to eetobsr 81,
1854, ex' Asits q decline Of more than 0 e half ON
the amt Nat exported during the csrresp ,ndins
period E last year, the deficit being to the value Of
$40 20 4. Merchants stii advocated the Panama
route. slhe action Of the o m government on the
new COZ stitution bin caused great dissatisfaction
Xaf 81 ayes still eliuited great enthusiasm.
F4Oa the Sandwich Islands we have dates to the
1 23ifo December. The news ia not impor iaut. Au-
D~e41s-ion, as q State question:, was considered inds
! fAitcly postponed by the accecsi IN OF His Majesty
King KamehamSha the Fout h. On the l6sA Of
December the ministers of the late King offered
their coincidence to His Majesty, when he replied in
q sensible speech, requesting Of the officials to re-
tain their portfolios and continue their lsbors. Tae
new King had made his first appearance in pubic
at Divine service, leading his sister, the Process
Victoria, en- his left. His late Msjes.y was to have
been buried on Decembsr 3Oth. There were six mel
Of war-one Of the United S.Ates-in port Q. H,no-
lalu on the 10th Of December All the ships fred
o royal salute in honor Of the King. The country
was very quiet.
Lyman Trumbul was yesterday elected to the
United States Senate, by the Legislature of Illinois,
for six years from the 4th Of March next. He
takes the place Of Gen. Shields. Mr.. 7. Is the rep
resentatise elect from the Eighth congressional
district Of Illinois, and is an anti Nebraska demo-
crst.
In the United States Senae yesterday a bill to
amend the act to carry the reciprocity treaty with
bAC Asn1 oAe &AhSAASNn A~vAASu ANY, SAUSs
was passed. The bill giving three years extension
of credit for duties on iron to Railroad companies
was taken up. Mr.. Jones, Of Tennessee, advocated
the measure, and Mr.. Brodhead, OF Pennsylvania,
opposed Ii. Mr.. Pearce obtained The floor, bat gave
way for an executive session. The debate will be
resumed to day. Saturday next was assigned for
the confederation Of the Indian Appropriation bill.
In the HOUSE nothing Of general inte.es. trans
Fired. Several unimportant bills from the Judi ,iary
Committee we're passed.
Our Washington despatch announces . number Of
nominations and combinations to Offices, ct home
and abroad.
In the New York Senate yesterday a bill was in
troduced authorizing Q loan of 81, 255 900 for the
enlargement of the Erie Canal. The Lennon ala7s
case was taken up, and . debate ensued upon slavery
ard sewardiam. The Assembly was occapied the
most part Of the day by members giving explsna-
tiors regarding their votes for United States Senator
and their obligations 10 the Know Nothiugs. The
Prohibitory Liquor law was taken up. An effort
was made to refer the bill back to the select com
mittee, with Instructions to report complete. Had
the plan proved successful it would have stopped
all discussion. 1t failed, however, and the bill still
remsins an open and debateable question. As yet
but three sections Of the act have been vosed on,
and It is deemed quite problsmatical whether the
bill will, during the present session, be ready 70:
the Governors signature.
The Maize liquor law has passed the Senate Of
|, Indiana by o majority Of ten.
We give else where q graphic account OF Q snow
storm Of thirty six hours duration which has pre-
0 vailed in this city, at the South, East and Wes;.
The telegraph informs US that early yesterday
0 morning, at Halifax, N. s., Sackylle and 81. John,
N. B., snd at Calais and Eassport, Me-, shocks Of
earthquake were felt. Truly, this is o remarkable
Q season, considered either politically, morally. ply
tically, geographically or atmosPhericauy. Whether
the quaking manifestations viii extend to this no
gion Of couree It is impossible to conjecture. Its
r quite certain, however, that an earthquake shock is
the only phenomenon In nature remaining to b. de-
veloped.
Owing to the continuance Of the seyere sno Y
4 storm yesterday, both the Corn ond Merchants Elk.
+: changes we're but thinly attended, and commercial
: transactions were limited. There was q healthy
/, tone, however, in most articles Of produce. In cot
ton about ] 900 bales were sold at -stsady prices.
There was no New Orleans aud Texas middling on
|. the market. In -four q moderate business vas done,
/ at unchanged prices. Wheat and corn were some.
, what nominal. But one lot of corn sold, which
brought &c.,, from store. Old meas pork washeld ct
|, an advance, but layers did not meet it. Other pro.
visions were unchanged. The chief engagements Of
freights were madeto the Continent. The sta.e of
the weather, with the desire for later foreign news,
pretty well suspended engagements 70 Liverpool
and London.
The Chief Of Police mad . return to theSloard
of Aldermen last evening, enumerating the articles
ard moneys found on thisp % from 1851 To- 1854, and
how the Same were dispose Of. The only matter
Of interest before the Board was g resolution toEtop
all sieanboats on the Long Island Sound running
below Peck alp, East river. The resolution was
lost.