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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-04-06

ciseaies hat frequently spread through the city
AVA ;houssnts, aud cot conhniDg their isors
@ocs tc the clsss with which they orgaste but
satr INTO the localities occupied by the wealthy and
asaesfis desoiato ma0y hsppy househsi. Hundred
np.n hundiecs o. psupers pour into thu hospitals
cfeh ~ ossas congaosed In thee hotbads pssti-
ieLce From them drunkenness mainly receives ts vic
'ms; Tor what will drive the int oxc stng
cup thsn an absence Of all attraction and ell c7mf,rs
om his home' From them the brothels Of the city are
popped for there the female early taught to forget ali
,tnsniy feeling, and Injured to life Of shame From
,nsm 'ns Jss AIS supplied, for they the natural
taun.s Of siops IT is ols assertion to say that re-
icrn by which the rdtoa Of the homes Of the poor
hs criminals trom prisons and the from our
mshonsss In LONDON, aimee the model lodging
houes have been in existence together with baths and
wa hhouses for he poor the mortality decreased 81
yer cent and ism 80 Per cens similar result
would q aerd similar reform in New York.
The practical uls which your committee will endea-
yor 20 secure through gsa i've action and TO vhich
'bsif inquiries " III be cted,
'eDtistf and cleanliness tenement houses 80 that
lie rneac health may te protected the spread Of nec-
nous seasfs checked. and the expenses Of public hos
I,tsls and lnshouses dec1eased
against permitting the renting Of under
ground apartments or cellars a. tene ments
KsguAons as TO the building OF hans and stairwavs in
hoCes lriel by than three families 40 as to an
su1e easy egiese In case Of Ere
he prevention CT and incest by proyiiing
'ha; only sufficient number of rooms, pro-
Iery tivced hepa ats departments shall be rented to
10 miles, AID ty prohibiting subiet iDg.
The ion Of drunGe nnes By providing TO eyery
ear clean aud comfortable home.
II csnclusiop. comni would ate that a. they
st ~ resiaenta OF New York ito i'm aediets ne
ho the sxpsDfes attending ther aboss du,ieg the re-
cess would ne comparatively trrg and they therefore
esg RESPECTFULLY TO submit fer the Iteration Of the
Home The following resolution -
Resolved That the Special Committee appointed 10 ak
anime into The contion OF the tenemeI houses in New
fcik nna Brrckyn have power to extend hsir opera
icns ouins the tc'as OF tie Legislature sr as is ne
ce.a'y to enable them to perect plan of REFORM
and to prepare bill hr the consideration OF the next
houe Of Assembly ar that they be required present
their report and bill to the Legislature some time
ou1ipg toe first week Of Jar ua,y, 1857.
JOHN N REID Ch
H. DCGANNE,
WILLIAM ) sHFA, ! Comm;ttaa
ELI CURTIS (
SAMUEL. BRhEyOORT
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lfoRE UNCONSTITUTIONAL PRoHrBrroRY LAWS
The Atany Masan says that the Governor has vetoed
the bin 10 prevent the killing OF deer in Warren county
The reasons assigned that II Is prchittory In its
character rra tpree urfcr the recent tessi,n Of the
l,t,t.f Attasl, "a UNCONSTITUTIONAL
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TIE INDIAN WAR IN FLoRIpA-One hundred and
thirty four recruits the companies serving In Florida
arrived at Key West the 18th ult from Fort Colum
ts N Y. Vigorous MEASURES are to BE- taken against
the Indans who is thought have retired to the Big
Cypress swamp
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Destruction or PEACH TRygs.--A nursery Of
Gte itnss.to ~ ch hee in Nineenres nd. has bsta
u, de@ptd si,h &c eve icn u 0ty " the org Goa
lIu't 1r.sl
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-04-06

Il FdAN L co, 3S2 BowsRy.
4. Co vi open on TO norIoy Dye cases of Msrseles
torep sh danask and sno~drpp napkins, from vi to
u - per dozen
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r INEN HALL.- -
EGAN CO., 332 BOWFRY
ue received from aucion splendid lot OF French Ia
from Is sd TO 2s. Ga. per yard.
SIX bare ses and tissues, from 2s. 10 Go. Cd yard
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LOSS OF THE STEAMER LYoNNAIsE.

The barque Elise, Captain Nelson, of and
from Hamburg, arrived at New York on the
evening of the 18th, and reports speaking on
the 10Th Bremen barque, having on board
sixteen passengers and the crew of the steamer
Lyonnaise hence for Havre on the lst instant.
which was run into by large ship on the night
of the I'd, and abandoned next day. These
sixteen persons were picked up in a boat on
the 9th, with two others who had died.
Among the saved is the second mate of the
Lyonnaise, who furnishes the above. The sec.
ond mate, and those with him, left the steamer
on the afternoon of the Sd; consequently they
we're six days in the boat. The mate says, to
his knowledge, the captain and all others on
board left the next morning. There were forty
passengers on board the Lyonnaise. The fate
of the rest is uncertain.
The Lyonnaise was built in seven water-tight
compartments, and if only two bulkheads re-
manned, she would still float.
The steamer was abandoned the next day
crew and passengers taking to her six boats
and a raft. The latter had forty on board, but
it is not supposed it could have lived through
the rough weather that followed. The boat
picked up was the only ife-boat on board.
Nothing is known of the raft and the five
other boats, and it is feared that they and those
on them (about one hundred and thirty have
persisted. The Lyonnaise was still afoat when
abandoned.
Among the passengers was Mr.. ALBERT SUM.
NER, a brother Of Hon. Charles Sumner 1t is
a melancholy coincidence, that another brother
of Mr.. Sumner Horace, a young man of great
promise) lost his life by drowning at the wreck
of the ship Elizabeth, on Fire Island, in 1850.
Further Particulars of the Lyonnaise Disaster
Neso York, NoUember 1.-THE vessel that
came in contact with the Lyonnaise was the
barque Adriatic, from Belfast, Maine bound to
Savannah. 1t appears that the steamers lights
were seen by the Adriatic twenty minutes be-
fore the collision. The captain, who was on
the deck at the time, supposed the steamer stood
on her course, and was not aware of the injury
done her. The Adriatic has arrived at Glou
cester, having sustained but little injury.
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THE NATIONAL ERA: WASHINGTON D. c. NOVEMBER 90 1856

his return, which was most unexpected, he
found the city in possession of party of Cho-
morrists from Chantales, numbering some three
hundred, who had completely sacked the city,
even Walkers private papers coming into their
hands, and Granada was theirs, were it not
that in their eagerness for plumber they neglect.
ed the necessary precaution for defence. They
stripped Walker of all his clothing and provi-
sions as well as those belonging to his army.
Walkers position is now a critical one, and on
his next battle depends his fate. He receives nu-
merous augmentstions and plentiful supplies by
every opportunity; nevertheless, the assertions
from his army are numerous. In the last battle,
he was $50 strong. The 800 men who occupied
Granada made bad use of their time, and thought
more of plumber than of duty. Had they burnt
the town, Walker was completely ruined. The
few Americans who were in Granada behaved
well, defending the ordnance, guard-house, and
hospital.
I" The next battle, which must be fought at
Masaya, will probably decide the fate of Gen.
trail America; and were it not for the jealousy
of the native forces, there is no doubt on what
side the victory would be. In fact, they have
too many Generals who quarrel and intrigue
among themselves, and neutralize the good they
might otherwise be able to effect"
Nep Orleans, Nor. 1.-THE latest accounts
from Nicaragua represent that there are pros
poets that peace will shortly be proclaimed
President Walker had appointed Fermin
Ferrer Minister to the United States.
Mr.. Wheeler, the American Minister, was
about returning home.
Walker had received large accessions to his
forces, from New York, New Orleans, and Cali
torria. No further fighting, however, had
taken place.
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oxYGENATED BITTERs IN EUROPE.

FroDs Rsr. L. DooIiae, highly respectable Clergyman
PARIS, Nortnlbsr /, 1851.
DEAR SIR: About years since. made OF a few
bottles OF your Oxygenated Bitiers, for u stomach
plant, which was at that time relieved.
Since my stay in England and France, I have found
my old enemy irritability of the stomach, returning
again have not found any prescription afford me
relief, and made inquiries in London for your Oxyge-
mated Buers but could not find any write 10 beg
you will do the favor send, by the earliest steamer
Havre half dozen bottles, OF Lvingston Wells
& Co. Place de la Bourse, Paris.
An old friend OF mine in England, Captain Jackson of
the British Army, found my arrival, suffering from
asthma manfesty the result of dyspepsia Send an ad
dona half a dozen boules-I should like TO have the
Captain try the medicine
beg TO observe, as am that my name is
known TO you, that have been the resident clergyman
for twentythree years. in Sherbrook and Lennox-
vile, Canada Fast to which charge hope to be able to
return in the spring.
remain dear sir, your Obedent servant
l.. DOOLITTI.E.
SETH w. FOWLE CO, I3s Washington street
Boston, PrOpretors Sold by their agents everywhere
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SUMMARY OF CALIFORNIA NEWS
From the Alta California.

Nioih INC hud OdlliOfnla
The excitement consequent upon the action
of the Vigilance Committee has abated with
the dissolution of that organization.
In this city, the Republicans and the PEG.
pies party have united upon a local ticket.
thereby rendering the election of the reform
candidates for our municipal Offices wellnigh
certain. There is also but little doubt that the
Legislative delegation from this district will con-
sist of men pledged to vote for On amnesty act,
and to carry out generally the views of the
party favorable to the committee.
Great attention is being paid to political af-
fairs throughout the entire State, and how Cali
fornia will cast her vote on the Presidential
question is a matter of entire doubt. The re-
ception of the Maine news has no doubt acted
favorably On the Republican cause, and inspir
ed its supporters with additional hope of sue.
cess. Still this does not appear to have i'm.
paired the confidence of either of the other
parties in their ability to carry the State.
From Oregon.-The Indian troubles in this
Territory have recently been renewed, and
threaten to become more serious and extensive
than ever before. Gov. Stevens, who had ad.
vanced into the Walla- walla country for the
purpose of negotiating general peace with all
the tribes In that quarter, had been obliged to
vacate the same, together with such United
Olates troops Us nau accompanied MIN. The
entire country to the north and east of John
Days river was at last accounts in the posses
sion of the savages, numbering about thre e
thousand, many of whom were armed with
guns. Col. Steptoe had come into the Dalles
with his command, abandoning the whole coun-
try above to the Indians, except one block
house held by fifty men, whom he intended to
relieve as soon as he could procure forage.
Gov. Stevens had addressed the people of Port
land, declaring that the Indians had acted faith
lessly in all their transactions with the whites,
that nothing would satisfy them but an uncon-
ditional surrender of the entire country to the
east side of the Dalles, and that there remained
only prospect of another general war with all
the tribes in that quarter.
Lieut.. Miller, of the ninth regiment of the
army, disappeared from the steamer while on
his way up to the Dalles, and it was supposed
he had been drowned.
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IMPORTANT FROM B0GOTA.

BY sailing vessel which arrived at Aspin-
wall on Thursday, October 80, from Carthagena,
the important information has been received
that Mr.. Griffith, her Britannia Majesty's Charge
d'Affaires at Bogota, having failed to arrange
with the New Granadian Government the old
standing Macintosh claim, has broken off ne
gotiations with the Government, and given no.
tice that the Admiral of the British West India
squadron has been ordered to enforce the pay.
ment of the claim. The Gaceta Official of
October ii thus introduces the correspondence ::
Unfortunately disagreement has arisen
with the Government of her Britannia Majesty,
originating from the non-legislative appreciation
of the Convention arranged on the I'd Novem-
Der, 1885, to compensate Mr.. James Macintosh,
British subject, for the damage suffered by
him in consequence of not redeeming in the
custom-houses during certain period, and in
virtue of certain Executive dispositions of some
portions of the oales of the floating debt at six
per one hundred, which he received in payment
of his claim of Columbian origin. The Repub-
lie is threatened with coercive measures on the
part of the British naval forces, without the Elk.
ecutive power, using its constitutional powers,
having been able to prevent it. 1t is to be
hoped, from the sentiments of Justice of the
British Government, that before long it will be
regulated In a satisfactory manner"
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NICARAGUA.

The following correspondence from the As
pinaoau Courier gives some additional particu.
lars in regard to the battles of Masaya and
Granada, and confirms the statements concern
ing the critical position of Walker received by
our last advices from Nicaragua:
From private letter received from Greytown,
by the Royal West India steamer Dee, we have
been favored with the following extract:
{" From the interior, there are so many con-
Trajectory statements, that really none of them
are reliable; the most 80, is, that on the 18th
Walker marched his forces to Masaya, and
when within two miles of there, the allied forces
came out to meet him, and, after some skirmish.
ing, retreated to that town, where Walker re-
ceived a very warm reception, 30 much so as to
think Granada more hospitable quarters. On
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NO. SIG.

LIKING from the Union men of the South,
80 believe that every day adds to the repro
- of such an idea, and that the African
trade will forever remain condemned
'' outlawed upon the National statute book.
-sr;ca will never degrade herself to the level
1Hpa-uguese and Spanish pirates.
T,bout further comment, we commend to
yo,tbern-born editor of the Delta the elo-
' ~ .neech of the Hon. VIM. G. Rives, or that
- Of il in which he avows his suspicion of
POl .D,an reared in the North, who goes South,
10 s,rves to scatter frebrands by outdoing the
81 IN praise of her institutions, and to en-
S- - greater hostility between the two Sec
~ f the Union.-Petersburg Va.) Eutelti-
gsnosr. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
The Republican party, as will be testified by
faction. is one million tuo hundred thou
'D' ..ronp in the Northern States. 1t is made
S-' !, large measure, of the best portion of So
P.,-men of understanding and eminence. 1t
-.t,ongest where society is the purest-in the
,.Ttrr. not in the town or the city. There is
Lng of the hot-bed character about tit is
-f5ep1ine country growth-of pure sap, deep
-, solid grain, and vigor that defes the
storm. -,
In spite Of the immense Official power WELD
=, AGAINST il by the Administration; in spite of
no monstrous abuses practced at the ballot
l,xes in the large cities; IN spite OF the miser-
.bls calumnies directed against Its candidate !;
i spite of the lack of organization and OF dis
qpline necessarily incident to party of recent
oT1;gin. and in spite of treacherous allies and
considerable foes, the Republican party has
,s;ptaiued itself most noby in this contest. 1t
Las shown a strength which its enemies cannot
No respecting, and which, if they were wise,
they are not, would, by its mere moral effect,
Ter them from the innovations and aggres-
ms they are bent upon following up and COM
sleting.-Neic York Courier and Enquirer.
OPPOSITION TO SLAVERY IN MISSOURI
The Missouri Democrat states that there is a
.,rong Free Soil feeling in that slave State, es
nscially among the Germans. AS there was no
R.publican ticket nominated, they could only
oopose Buchanan by voting for Fillmore. The
Dsaocrdt says:
the increase on Fillmore's vote over Ew-
NJ. was derived from two sources-the Old
LIE Wings and the independent Free Soil Ger
mans.
The opposition to the extension of Slavery
vbeh is so characteristic of portion of our
German fellow citizens, prompted them to vote
FIR Fillmore as protest against the Cincinnati
patform. They dislike the Know Nothings, but
they dislike the Slavery Propagandists and Fill
busters more.
aSach is brief and candid explanation of
the issue in St. Louis. The Wings voted for
Fillmore, the Germans voted against the Gin
cinna,i platform, while some of the Benton Dem
ocrais regarded the contest with the same apa-
lhy with which the Buchanan men regarded the
rejection of our delegates by the Convention.
The event is pregnant with instruction"
Hereafter the Free Laborers of Missouri will
20, be reduced to such an alternative. They
will hare a Republican ticket, and will vote for
a.-ibany EUening Journal
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cHINA-pRoGREss OF THE REBELLION

By way of California we have received news
from Hong Kong to the 10th of August
! The rebels had taken the city of keu- 7 ung /,
also kintan, near Chang-tow. There were large
bodies OF the rebels near Soochow, and the
early capture of that city was inevitable. The
rebels were also making demonstrations upon
Pekin.
: A dreadful freshet had occurred at Canton
sAll the streets were submerged daily for fort
night, and much property had been destroyed.
The great Pagoda, fourteen centuries old, had
been undermined by the water, and had fallen,
burying the priests beneath it.
A great fire had also occurred at Canton.
Hundreds of buildings and boats were burned
and two hundred men, women, and children,
were burnt or drowned. The rice crops in the
vicinity of Canton were greatly damaged by the
freshet. Many villages had also been destroyed.
The United States frigate Levant had return
ed from o-Chow, where she had been to in
vestigate the circumstances attending the muir.
der of Mr.. Cunningham. DR.. Parker, the Uni
ted States Commissioner, had taken energetic
measures, and the Viceroy promised to have an
investigation, and to punish the guilty party.
The North China Herald of August 10th thus
sums up the present position of China Three
points appear to be established by variety of
concurrent testimony. LIST. That over a region,
equal in extent and population to some of the
most powerful States of Europe, the people
have discarded the Manchu costume, and re-
verted to that of the Ming dynasty. I'd. In
portion, if not the whole, of that extensive ter
fitory the people pay taxes for the support of
the Nankin Government; and Sd. That by the
establishment of examinations, they have the
privilege Of competing for literary honors and
civil Office. Whence, it is obvious that the
resclutionists are, and have right tc be, re-
garded as Government de factO.
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emigrants are arriving daily in Kansas, and in
largenumbers, by way ofthe Mssouririver, which
is now once more open to travellers The Her
aid has heard of no late violence along the
river, and believes that none exists, and that
persons will be perfectly secure in travelling in
small numbers to Kansas, if they keep silent on
the exciting issue of the day. The late troubles
have diminished the number of families, but
have hurried forward a large class of young
men and adventures. line of stages is ply
ing regularly between Lawrence and Leaven-
worth.
AFFAIRS IN KANSAS. - According to the
Leavenworth Journal, (Pro-Slsvery,) one of
the Free State prisoners in Kansas, named
Banter, of Grasshopper Falls, has been tried,
and sentenced to term of six years imprison-
ment at hard labor in the chain-gang A ru-
NOR was prevalent at Lawrence, that the grand
jury at Lecompton had found a true bill of in
dictment against g. w. Clark, U. S. Indian
Agent, for the murder of Barber, Free State
man. The rebuilding of the Free State Hotel
at Lawrence had been resumed. 1t will be
larger than the one destroyed by the Missouri
invaders. great deal of clothing and provis-
ions having been received at Lawrence from
the East, the Free State Committee was busiy
engaged in distributing relief to sufferers.
FROM KANsAs.-St. Louis, Nor. l3.-Ad-
vices from Lawrence, Kansas, to the 9Th instant,
state that fifteen State prisoners on trial for
murder had been acquitted, but were i'm
mediately rearrested on the charge of robbing
the Franklin post Office. The Free State men
were taking measures to contest the seat of Mr..
Whitfield to Congress-, on the ground of the
illegality of the election.
A large quantity of clothing and provisions
had arrived at Lawrence, and was being dis
tributed among the destitute.
The steamer Goddess arrived here to-day,
from the upper Missouri. Among the passen-
gers were Lieut.. Warren and party, from the
exploring expedition sent to the head-waters of
the Missouri and Yellow Stone rivers. They
report the smallpox to be raging among the
Indians in this region.
st. Louis, Nooember l7.-Advces from Law
renee to the 10th instant have been received.
On Saturday last, twenty prisoners were taken
to Hickory Point, and found guilty of man.
slaughter, and sentenced to five years impris-
onment at hard labor.
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REPUBLICAN, Rooms.

washington NOU. IL, 1896.
As the subscriber is in daily receipt of orders
for complete sets and sundry copies of docu-
ments and speeches issued by the Republican
Association of this city during the late cam
paign, he deems it proper to state his inability
to supply these orders, as previous to the cleo
ton all documents on hand were gratuitously
distributed in sections where thought most
needed.
AS most of our publications were stereotyped,
we propose, for the accommodation of our
friends wanting sets, to issue them shortly in a
bound rolume, with the addition of some other
matter, which may be considered desirable for
future reference and preservation.
LEWIS CLEPHANE,
Sec. Republican Association.