The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-12-31

vas dismissed nom bs dipenss.o capacity sy Ne s,.sd
BY s,t ppssg 70 raise resruis IN I'M 0oanx Tor ne
a-vssDcs Aorrsy,, aliss james Or Yanr = ssifvHz,
notorious poe'iss and prize aghter oom1 led suicide
Gonmsts.. ana = ,be ue Of hs death - opsesd n
tine Ccmmtstee rooms. His death was ssused BY the
severance Of the main aztery IN hs ssn which hs done
with knife.
"A riot occurred during tbe holding Of The charter
election n New Orleans, = whnh two persons were
killed and . nuneer Of oshc.s seriously wounded.
a-rhs Governor ef Caanornia sad the military CON-
HADder San yra0csoo Issued proolamssions, called
spoa No cs0s tosnron themselves into companies for
the purpose n putAng down the Vigilance Comnittee OF
San Francises and ressong the supremacy os the law
Ssn Francisce sadeclared under martial law.
1.-The Grand Trunk Railroad ferry boat On the B.
IAwreDce river, exploded ss Lougueu wharf, kon
tres Canada billing about thirty persons ana wounding
aaumber Of others. The steamer City Of Newark on
her pssage IRON Newark 70 New Yerk, burned
Bedloe's laDd In New York bay and three four per-
were sup ,oGed to have peen lost
n-he nrst boat through on the Erie canal arrived 1t
N-Ihe negro Wilson, who was Charged With tho
murder Of Captain Palmer and crew Of tho schooner
river, tried Il White Paios wesschs ster county, n
Y, found guilty, and sentenced u be hung
Green Bay wsooo.n, Bong The rs. boat snsoh passed
through the Fox river Improvement connecting the Ms
sisspp river With the great lakes
n.sse Of San Fssncsco Tor sAbsng the streets Of
mittee OF San Francisco seized large amount Of State
arms which we're deposited tn tue armory Of one Of tho
being used sgamat the Committee
30-A terrible tornado passed over Franklin county,
Y, damaging between three hundred and four hun
dred buildings.
About one hundred persons ooDgregated on Reed
street wharf, Philadelphia 70 enjoy the cool breeze from
the rver when the pier gave way, and precpated the
whole party into the water Tea children, OF ages rang
ing between two and seventeen ears, were drowned.
4-The bronze equestrian statue OF Washington, in
Union square, in New York. was inaugurated The staus
fourteen feet high standing granite pedestal equal
height cost thirty thousand dollars, which sum
rased by private subscription.
by soundings made by the Hsrbor Commissioners
the deepest water in the havbor Of New Yerk found
10 be Off Fort Washington, in the North river, whore
measured one hundred and thirty i've feet.
S.-The bills making appropriations for the improve
men OF the Southwest Pass Of the Assaspp river the
81 Clair Flats, and the st. Narys river, which bad been
vetoed by the President passed both houses Of Congress
by the constitutional vote, and became laws
ia nre occurred In Toronto, Canada, by which
seven peraons were burned to death
Railroad, about twelve miles from Philadelphia, be
tween regular passenger train and q Catholic Sunday
school pic MO excursion train. immediately amer the
coion the cars or the excursion train took Are and
were burned up SIXTY az person: ere killed innedL
wounded mostly Irish children. Rsv Daniel Sheridan
Of st. Mchsels church KcnsiDston Pnilsdslphia WAS
among the killed. The conductor OF the regular train,
10 whom the Of the accident attributed, went
edistely 70 his residence in Phisdelphis and com
ntted suicide BY taking OF arsenic. :. The
Northern Indiana burned &c Lake Eris and
u in
was burned on Laks oaAro, and sixteen persons were
lost.
pamer captain end 6ibs Pratt, mats OF the schooner
Euoosa luge 10 The EA river, on the 2osh OF No
w .s.S Sass ana wss ra: r county a0s M
2o.-Hon. p. 7 Hesscrt, nsness Of Caogres from /
California, having been tried the soccsd time for the
murder Of q man named Heating, waiter IN hotel in
Washington city, acquitted By the jury sxpo
sion Of rome part Of one Of the boilers Of the sse er
ss emile ?. As Fail
peraons and severely scaldng ten othes Inc yellow
fever broke out ~ Fort Hamilton, N. Y.
2e-Tne Vigilance COMMITTEE Of San Francisco hung
Ioeeph Hchsrirson aud Puilander Brace, for murder
2e-Steamer John jay was burned on LAKE George,
assirucsiVo Ar. Occurred occur IL BOSTON. IN
olocx Of tenement houses by which niue persons were
uurped to death. /
AUGUST.
"a steam boiler In The iron safe manu-
factory Of B. G. wilder Co, q Gowasus, |
srooktn exploded, killing ,hrco persons and wound
ing fifteen oihers. ....ln consequence OF the In
crtase In the number OF Of yellow fever
1t the ouaranuae hospital Staten Island, the iahAb-
,anss OF cassieon became greatly alarmed and CON-
misiee from the Board Of Health Of the barrcaded
tho entrances 10 the hospital enclosure and refused 70
permit further ingress egrcss 10 the Quarantine
grounds.
SUNDAY, lo.-A destructive storm q wind and rain
CARED New Orleans 1T the mouth Of the hssspp river
and In tho Gulf Of Mexico Last Island place Of summer
rsort The mouth of the Nissssipp, completely
swept by the wind OF every building contained and
was afterwards submerged killing and drowning about
one hundred and forty persona othsr places IN The
vicinity moro or sss damaged, and the loss o. mo
not confined 70 the above slAnd number OF yes
sells wrecked In tue Quit and tho steamer Nauulus
hound from Texas 70 New Orleans was lost with al
board.
10 - Congress passed a law changing the pay Of the
members rom eight dollars day 70 ihree shousand dol
lars year.
A-A yacht was sunk In Boston harbor by coming in
collision with Terry boat and i've ladies drowned
B-rhe Vigilance Committee Of San FRANCISCO uncou-
dtonslly released Judge Terry. l
The eios ievW vas ssportsd 70 be prevalent q
SoveApa broos,yn, and Q number Of persons died Of
-. dstssc The civil In Kaasas between the fres
and pro slavery parties having again broke cut IN
attack was made by The Tree Sale upon COL rlus
pro slavery camp and after desperate n(hi In which
some twelve fourteen were wounded, the Tree SAH
ms y we're victorious. An attack had previously been
made upon Franklin, In which Tho rroslavery party
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