The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-12-31

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a run made ali the bsDk houses Of San Fraa-
DISCO, which result cd in the allure Of Page Bacon Co.,
Adams Co., Wells Fargo Co., Robinson Co., and
a nj OCCURRED At drinking saloon Ia New York,
Between Der Of the prize sighting fraternity during
he Unsd States House Of Representative rsda hog the
2s-Ths sword worn BY General Andrew jackson dur
Ing bis military ooits having been offered to Congress
~ NE nmny o. me a,e General Armstrong jons rsso
he same en- the part Of the government OF the Uaited
Btates. number II speeches mace, in which tho
chArsctes and achievements Of the old hero were fully
1.-Tbe shock of an earthquake ssnsibly felt 81
Tampa, Fla.
4Papefs and correspondence relating to the Ostsnd
Conference, being letters and instructions from Mr.
Marcy Secretary of State to Mr. Soule and joint
unicaon from Messrs. mason, Minister France; Bu-
chanAn Minister to England; aud Soule, Minister to
Spain, SAINT into Congress BY the President They
related to the acquisition Of Cuba and the affairs Of Spain
SUNDAY, 4-The Thirty third United States Congress
csssA to exist at the adjournment Of both houses few
minutes before II o'clock NJ
a-Nn Poole who was shot In IN ARRAY In Broadway,
Nsw York. on the oath Of February, died Of his wounds
"a nre broke out at Quarantine, Staten Island,
ehica destroyed buildings and property to the
amount of s2s 900. .
N-FEes were raging in the woods in parts OF south
CArOIina North Carolina and Georgia, which destroyed
dwellings,, barns mills, fences pitch and turpenne, TO
tho amount OF Thousands Of dollars.
IL The funeral Of Bill Poole took place from his resi-
dsncs Ia New York. and attended by about five thou
sand people. About eighty thousand persons wers
gregsted In Br,sdway to witness the procession.
12.-The Legislature Of New York having taken . re-
cess for six day. most Of the members vd ed New York
city, and were entertained BY the Common Council.
ia terrible accident happened at Mereditl, n a.,
which was caused BY the giving away Of the floors OF the
y hAC Aasem lied f,r q
the state cleo dOn Five persons were killed and over
ons hun sred more or less injured No, less than atty
1s.-lne President of the United States issued pro-
clamaon declaring the Reciprocity treaty between this
productions of Canads New Brur swik Nova Scotia and
Prince Edward Island free OF duty to be Ia full force
causes Of The death Of william Poole in New York closed
with VERDICT OF wful murder duplicating some sx or
seven inoyldvsls.
SUNDAY, Is The clipper bark Grape Shot sailed from
New York ia pursuit of Louis Baker the murderer Of
Bull Poole, wkO il was ascsr'a aimed had embarked On
baald the brig ie.beua Jewett for the Canary Islands
19-1he steamship Northern Light, Of the Nicaragua
kne arrived at New York, having, ia conjunction with
the steamship Uncle SAM on tie Pacific side made the
passage from San Francisco in twenty days aud one hour
me quickest trip on record The Midlothian coal pits
ct Chesterfield, Va oloded, killing nine white and
pits At The time Of the explosion.
c0.-p navigation Of the Hudson river opened The
steanbeat Oregon went through from New York to Al
1.-The body Of Miss Emma Moore, whose sudden dis
eppe6ral &c rom Rochester the l4th oil November,
caused great excitement among the citizens, and Tor
whose large TeSsrds were offered was found In
mill 'scs by boy but whet er she committed saciae
or was forciby drowned will probably never be known
...A ewoI ks manufac DRY Bergen Point N. j., ex-
plodeo, causing the dea,n OF seven persons.
22-Recrui'ing stations for the purpose of entstipg
men for the british army discovers ia Ne York
and Philadelphia They we're proceeded against accord
ing 10 Law and broken up.
M.-1be steamer Bulletin burned on the N ssis-
spp river vicklburg ard the accident csusei the
sacrifice Of the hives of twenty three persons.
Il d.,vu d.. ,nC tf Ind po
In the case Of slave girl arrested as fugi I've, who
had ben brought into the State by her that
whenever slave by consent Of the owner sets foot on
Ohio soil he or she becomes in all respects free.
APRIL.
"A glass factory in the Of Progress, N j. was
blown down by gale Of wind, and twenty ave of the
Wsrkmen buried beneath the ruins. Eight were in
atAnty killed and number Of othees seriously in
iured. Tho municipal election held in Cincinnati,
and riots occurred between the American and
German citizens. Cannon brought out by the Ger
mans, which taken away from them by the Ameri-
cans Pistols freely used, and some eight or ton In
avidua lost their lives the melee The horse
Lexington four miles the Aetairie Course,
New Orleans, a against time 10 seven minutes
nineteen and three-quarer seconds. The for
twenty thousand dollars.
"A bill to smend the charter Of New York city was
introduced in the Legislature. The bill provides for
changing the Board of Councimen and making 1t the
higher branch of the Common Council and to be COM
posed Of twelve members II also proposes to four
Pslce Ccnmissioners one of whom shall be the Mayor,
whose duty is TO supervise the Police Department and
point policemen ;. The prohibtory Liquor law passed
the Now York Senate, by vote Of II to H. With amend.
neu and sent back to the House for concurrence
Che dssruotn q some Of the Sso. boxes during the
election In Cincinnati the people becAme excited and Or
gaaised INTO riotoas bands the German citizens on one
part Of the city bArIcaded the streets and armed
Themselves with al kinds of deadly weapons, expecting to
b attacked and Of Americans who ventured
toopeaI the barbados OF the Germans fred into,
and two persons killed and Ave wounded.
4--Two distinct shocks Of earthquake were felt in
St. INuis.
6-The House of Represer atives Of the State of New
York ccncured with The amendme nts Of the Senate to
the Prohibitoy Liquor bill oy vote OF 80 TO 40. The
.bil previously passed the House
9--The Governor Of New York sgrcd the Prohibitory
n.-rbe Church Tenure bill, which puts the property
OF all religious demon nations in tie hands Of rus ees,
wss sign py tho Cover OF New York.
Is -1bs Prohib,tcry Iqaor bill Of Pennsylvania was
signed ~ The Governor ana became a law.
being in session one hundred and three pa sting
Eve hundred sixty nine acts The depot OF the Sew
York aid Ede Railroad, at Jersey City together with
eight passenger baggage and four reght care
were oeslrt ysd by fire. $50 600 riot occurred
in parkve Mo- during whica the printing office OF the
Pars vile Lumind,y an abolition paper was destroyed
ana the pros the Missouri river The roters
passed solutions Threatening to iynch me edito ana
also Ear and feather and hang all Methodist preachers
1T-Fernsndo Wood, Mayor Of New York, and George
Hal Mayor u Brooklyn both tuolshed addresses to tue
peope irg their determina alton to carry out the
provs ions Of the Prohibitory liquor law The Nrw
Yorx grRaID Of this contained thirty ihree columns
IL sdvertuemsnt1 which Numbered over one tnonsana
Two huadcd and yeliet average Of twenty dol
lsrs column, mnkipg eight hundred and twenty 1--WE
dollars worth a advertisements In one day The fastest
Zine ever seen wa. mace by horse called Henry rerrt
on tho kekirs Course New Orleans, he having accom-
piished mi In tho second heat In one minute orty-two
and o half seconds.
1S.--A cloud passed New York city about half.
past eleven A. NJ which caused darkness almost equal
to night newspaper could not have been &c "a IN tne
street II was with thunder ard lightning
ami some rain In other parts Of the state hiistones
fell M inches In circumete The ccculta ion
or the planet Venus by the occurred at O'Clock
ani 40 minutes +. NJ
2l-A riot occurred in Chi,ago, H.. between party
OF and the police in which one man was killed
and number OF others injured The riot ciused By
the police interfering with procession wh-h was gt up
demonstrstion against the Prohibitory taqnor law
% Colonel Kinney and his associates were indicted In
New York BIZ tho Grand Jury for violation OF the nen