The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-05-02

win embrace the news received by mail and telegraph at
she office during the previous week. and to the hour Of
publication.
The News.
The steamship Atlantic il now due at this port
with one weeks later news from Europe. she left
Liverpool on the 2lst ut., and is therefore now In
California is also due.
We publish thislmorning an interesting account
from European traveller, of visit which he paid
few days ago to Washington Irving, at his resi-
denoe at "SunnysIde." As he Is an enthusiastic ad
miier Of Irving, We have no doubt his letter
win be read with pleasure by all who have perused
that authors works.
The second and twenty fifth sections Of the pro-
hibitory liquor law went into force yesterday.
The first named section relates to the qualifications
and liabilities Of persons duly authorized to sell
liquor under the new statute the other section pro
hibits the granting Of licenses, except as provided
for in section second, and states that all
Kquer kept in violation of any provision OF Prov
sions Of the act shall be deemed and Is declared to
be public nuisance. The licenses now held ex.
pire on Tuesday next after which time they will not
be renewed. In this city, however, until the 4th Of
July We shall have free trade in liquor, his honor
the Mayer having 80 decreed. Sunday selling is
punishable on conviction, but by q merely nominal
penalty. In other parts Of the State after Tuesday
next, persons selling liquor in less quantity than
five gallons are liable to fine Of twenty-five dollars
for each offence. Not until after Tuesday, there
fore, does the liquor kept in violation Of the new
law become public nuisance.
Navigation on al the canals in this State was
resumed yesterday morning. Up to one o'clock
yesterday afternoon, sixty boats had cleared from
the collectors Office in Albany, for which tolls were
paid amounting to 1876 81. The Canal Depart
ment has prohibited the use OF skeleton bills,
instead Of full bills Of ladng, in ORDER if possible,
TO prevent frauds upon the revenue.
Our correspondents at Havana, writing on the
25th ult., state that the Concha and McCauey con.
ferences we're virtually at an end, and that the
Commodore was about to sail for Key West, without
having made any demand for redress on the Cap
tain General. The most pleasing peace rumors were
prevalent, and 1t said that the blockade Of the
ialand would be Immediately raised, and the extra
drills ofhe volunteers and regular troops suspended
From waid room gossip on board the Princeton, it
would appear if some United STATES Off ,ers saw no
cause for complaint in any of the late occurrences
the diuids ct impra principle of the rulers Of Cuba
had been ably caricatured. General Corcha had
replied to the complaint of the captain of the ship
Thom as Church, citing as fact that she had not
opened register previous to obtaining q charter
IL was reported tina. cholera had appeared amongst
the troops in the Csbanas fortress. Tourists from
Havana to Cadiz by the Fernando ell Cstolico
spesk highly of the new route and pleasures OF
the trip. The Roxburgh Castls-a British vessel |
had landed five hundred and seventy.fve Chinamen,
from Annoy, at Havana, the philanthropists max |
ing tie nice distinction between voluntary and in
voluntary slavery act as balm for their conscien-
ticus qualms.
Her Catholic Majesty has MAJ tested to Captain.
General de Ia Concha the grief with which her pious
heart was afflicted on being informed o. the recent
revolutionary roceediDgs in Cuba, and has taken
the opportunity OF leitersting the assurance that
the Spanish na.ion-as represented in the Cortes-
will protect the form and conditions Of property in
The island, recognizing explicitly that one OF the
most essential conditions thereof is slavery. She
thanks CoDcha for the zeal he has displayed 10 re-
pi essps criminal outbreaks; and notifies him that
she is disposed in anticipation, to approve Of what
soever measures be may adopt. Finally, she en-
powers him t, return thanks, in her royal name, to
the land and sea forces of the Island and its loyal
Inhabitants, and to the latter tbs the rein
forcements Of troops which are to be sent to Cuba
will be more than sufficient TO repress all further
outbTesks. We give a translation of the docu.
mtnt.
Our correspondent at Valparaiso, writing on March
18th, sdvocates the propriety OF establishing
regular American steam line communication along
the Pacific coast, from Panams to Valparaiso, very
strongly. He thinks IL would serve the trade of the
United States vastly, reoder intercourse with South
America more certain, make her resources better
known and read wholesome lesson t, the old fogies
OF the British Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
at the same moment. he also points out the prob.
able profits and cost Of snco speculation. The
Yankee enterprise for the navigation OF the Bio
Bio river was progressing favorsbly, and
even now American four horse stages sweep from
Valparaiso to Santiago The inhabitants, however
were still decided anti-snnexatonists. Vessels of
the allied Pacific squadron were moving about prepa
Hatory to another attack Petropaulovsk which Is
called in Chill "the Sebastopo of the Pacific" The
cause of the Gear in the Crimea had the warm sym.
pathies of the Chilians, and bets of FIVE hundred
dollars were made that the allies would be unsuc
cessful. great religious farore was created on
che receipt of the news of the settlement of the
Immaculate Conception dogma. Commodore Mer.
vim was IN port with his flag hoisted on the United
States frigate Independence.
The joint committee of the two houses of the
Pennsylvania Legislature, appointed on the gath of
March last for the purpose DEMONSTRATING whether
bribery or any other improper influence had been
Ie:orted to during the late election OF United
States Senator TO I'LL the vacancy occasloned by the
expiration of the term Of the Hon. James Cooper
handed IN oDg and elaborate report to the Senate