The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-12-21

The news.
notwithstanding the heavy continuous rain of
Yesterday he meeting called in the Broadway
Tabernacle 20 sympathlze with, aud send material
aid to Walker and his army, in Nicaragua, was
yery large and enthusiastic one. Gen. Ward b.
Burnett, Colonel OF the New York regiment OF
Volunteers in the Mexican war, presided. Speeches
were made by him; Mr.. 0aksmith-t rmerly COM
missiored by Walker as Minister TO the United
States; General Duff Green-who formerly figured
in connection with ilibusterism IN Dominica; Gene
raj wheat-a distinguished officer of our army in
she Mexican war; General Green, OF Texas, who
acquired celebrity in connection with the acquls-
ton u taat territory, and our two New York
friends, Capmin Rynders and Mr.. Thos. j. Mundy.
Letters oil sympathy were received and read from
General Qlitman, of Mississippi; Senator Jonss, of
Tennessee: General walbridge, of New York, and
Thos. Francis Meaeher. \ series OF resolutions
pledging aid 10 Walker, calling on the
government send national vessels 20 San Juan del
Norte aad san Juan del Sur, and endorsing Minis
YER Wheeler's course in Nicaragua, were adopted.
collection wa, afterwards maize; and it appears that
there was received, in checks, 3l,l00; from the
guests Of the Mansion House, SEQ; from the
guests of the Washington Hotel, $50, aud in
small collections sg7- making in al &l,30.. The
committee was also no.ifei that 900 rifles
xere ready 70 lie placed &C their servi.e that
,he e. Nicholas Hotel would send by the
steamer on Wednes day 100 barrels Of bread,
and the Metropolitan Hotel 900 lbs. of bacon,
for the use Of the army. Il vas also an
pounced by General whsa; that 900 volunteers
were ready to start from New Orleans, and that
hundreds would leave New York on Wednesday
next.
Our Washington desp1:oh states tina: orders have
been sent 20 the government officers N this city
To stop all shipments of men, arms and provisions
70 Gen. Walker. Now, therefore all ye nlbusters
and ;, mpaihisers with d. busters take warning and,
N the WORDS Of the old sung, mind what you are
about, and vhat Jon are going to do
The Belgian screw steamer Constitution arrived
yesterday fron Antwerp and Southampton. She
vas .wenty.ore days in making the passage from
tie latter port having experienced strong westerly
gales throughout the voyage, aud for the last three
aaya bail storms and frost. The nonaFrival 81 tie
Herman non n h. eighteenth day, and the Amer
ca. fscon days out, is undoubtedly owing = the
pieya lence Of wester,y gales
Tie steamship BlaSk Warrior arrived u shis port
Yesterday With Havana dates 70 The 1851 Inst. The
cir wa healthy. The sugar market was inactive,
bu, prices remained unchanged. b his arrival we
earn tina the a.ms despatched by the Cuban as;no-
rites 70 Dominica bad been distributed, according
~ orders, among the volunteers naturilized 10y e.
goyia, the spanish Consul General The iotet
gencc from Mexico re clyed som. days s,uce, rela
tive to the tnproyA prospects Of Comon .ors, and
vidaurrs adhesion 70 the g0ysrnment, j. fully cJn.
iirmed.
Nothing " inportlnc occurred N the H9nss Of
re.entatives yesterday. Several private bills
were discussed snong them one granting pen
non 10 tie widow Of the late Comm0do Porter.
me Senate sas not IN session.
Tie President 81 the United states hes issued an
or,Ier for tho arrest a. Cornelius X. Garrison,
Cbsr.es Morgan and General William Walker %
answer the Accessory Transit Company in pIea Of
,respass for converting and dispoing o. ths go0ls
and eha.,es u the company to the valne Of ne
mil ,ou dollars ana also further sum o. one mil
bon ds!srs damages Tor in'errupting their business.
In consequence or the storm the George Law,
win tie california passengers for AspnSall, and
tbe three sog'hcTp bound steamers, we're detained
a. Craran'iue. They viii sail early tn morning.
NJ. Reran. the staten leland boatuan, will take
ales of the HErALD 70 the George Lis before she
starts.
rAe proceedings III tie Court n Sessions yester.
aav we're he most varied and interesting tha' have
tranapirsd IN that tribunal for some time pas.
First, AMONG other sentences, We find Wills AID
Copey the receivers Ct stolen goods, condemned to
The safe prison lor the term ~ foar years aud eight
months. Next we have the posiponenent of he
Huntington trial. because Of one q The iurymen
being II the Hebrew faith followed by remark ~
james 7 Brady. District Attorney Hal and Judge
Capron, upon Newspaper criticism Of criminal trials
generally and the Huntington case in particular.
Then comes the return OF the Grand Jury. This
body take especial pains to Comphmen. the police
force 81 the city tor their efficiency, ~ which sen
ment Judge Caproo, having In view certain Incl
dents Of the late election, does nS subscribe TIE
Grand Jury have failed to ndict any Of the liquor
sellers and this circumstance l. seized upon By the
lodge as a text for an excessively dull bomily upon
The evils Of intemperaDce, and display q stat ii
cal information regarding the number Of grog sel.
ers and grog drinkers in The city.
Another suit for receiyership was commenced
yesterday in the Supreme Court Against the Aces.
sorry Transit Company, in which The plaintiffs al-
lege that they have o claim against the company for
nearly twenty-one thousand dollars. They ask also
Tor the sale Of the steamships belonging to the line.
The Gaze is adjourned 70 Friday next.
Lieutenant Maury delivered lecture last even.
ing. at the Brooklyn Athenaum, on "The Open sea
in the Arctic Ocean" our report is nnavoilabiy
crowded out Notwithstanding the stormy weather
an attentive audience filed the building.
The City Inspector reports 3'3 deaths during the
past week. decrease Of e5 as compared With the
return Of the week previous We are glad TO notice
an abatement Of scarlet fever, and also Of other
complaints jncideuR - children. The following is