The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-12-19


Tie steamer America, FROM Iyorpo3l Lad not
bscn telegrlVhcd ~ Halifax UP t. IGst evening.
Che II now In her fourteenth Day ort.
The cold srup sill continnes. Yesterday wa =
severe day Tor those having outdoor employment.
Tsv Dighs The atmosphere was bitter cold. The
thermotneter IN the HfrALD Office stood at seven
degrees above zoIo Al II O'Clock last night. The
following L a table showing the ST o. the msr-
esry yesterday g;
. \ IA aEA or
pu, little bBslucss ~ done in Congress yesser.
cay. The Senate passed the House resolution CIV
M nedala 70 Dr. kane and hls assoc'at's IN the
Arctic expedition but voted 10 IN the imposition to
purchase coolea al the Doctafs narrative. reso-
hilton wa adopted directing an Investigation a. T.
the manner Of supporting lnirn soldiers nj the milf
tary asyluns IL the District or Columbia AMI Il Iias
yeasbarg ny. There appear u Nc considerable petty
swindling connected with the administration n
these establishments, ahle The Ga snd.ers arc kept
On short Commons a great expense. Tic memorial
Of ar Collins, a.kBg for ;bc dissoatiauance o. hrs
hIse IL mail steamer, and the purchase BY govern
snt az his shps wa p-essutId and referred 70 the
Zoe, or ! Committee u l. reported that tho re-
quest win ~ complied with, and thai comaDlore
Vanderbilt win bc awarded The contract A debate
upon The Presidents Structures upon the motives of
tie republicans then eDsGcd, add continued until
Tie adjournment. IL DE ii9use tie session was o.
eupied with q discussion of political question:
Twenty tlouf AMI copies a tn preJidents message
were ordered 70 " prinlei.
We publish elsewhere ia our columns an lntcrsst
ng report rom Lieuf. Maury upon mboocaalc
geography, submarine .tlcgaphic plateau, decp "a
.-..g,.,a. a. frvuuYrmfwv. II fsr and ~
matters connected ih,Ica.ih. There j. an a'trac
aycncsa In thee subjects which vill ensure ~ q,
scnrye ru,al 81 tie document alluded 70 by the
unskillcd as we'll a. the scientific. The practice
blny 81 stretching ielcpraphic cable acro.s he
Atlantic or Tic tiulf Strcam I. clearly demon trated.
tn rcfcr; proDtncts tie recent voyage q the
steamer Arctic . far a. tic deep syundings
concerned, partial failure II least, and states thai
80 work eI have = le done over again.
The Canal Commissioners have advertised fof .
loan a. one million collars At * per cent. The
hid arc 10 h. opened on The 18th u January ncxt
The New York staic Temperance Society me, ~
Ansny yesterday. There was far attendance o,
delegates. From roport q TIC procecdisgs, which
We give undr The tclcgmphic head, g will
be seen that the temperance cause has
teen blown ~ high by the Court Of Az
reals and the ProsideHEai election, lcavlng a
,lefen n some tgoi u,cwand dollsrs n the ~
eicty sxchsquer. Tie socey has circulated an In.
credible number ~ tracts end ne society agent has
spoken quito aufuicr ~ speeches; still We have
fot, IN grog .hcp 70 one church, and cvcy seventy
attn soldier Ia Canada dies 81 tefium tfcmens.
The society. how,vcr ars determined 20 rally Their
forces Tor another campaign upon Maine Law plat
form, with modiGcatons - eBt the times snd the
scrupsE ~ tho Jsdges 81 tic Court o. Appcala
Adyiccs from rucnoa Ayree - the llth october
sftc that q mutiny hal broken ont In the Lohnna
AquicoIa and that Iobonei olivier had been muir.
.isr,d. A contract had been made by government
with NJ Van Lanrcshone for the construction OF
yalroad from Tic cliy custom house " the mouth Of
che nachuco. Several new bridges were about 70
be built General H0rng vas nj The villa Mercedes.
The military officers were On the alert, bu. n9thng
decisive had tanspncd IN The north.
By The arrival ~ the bng Clarence al this port
yesterday, from TURKS Islands, We have received
flies Of late papers They contain nothing 81 i'm.
PortsDce.
The death OF Or. Pussy, TIE celebrated English
iucologian, " announced by tho steamer City of
Baltimore He 6rpt ~ anne conspicuous by The
publication of ihc oxford Tracts. fDmc iaeniy
years ago, and eaa the originator % toc Pure ile
party u TIE Church " England. We was Reglaa
Professor q Hsbfew ~ 0xford nod cAnou of Chrsl
church ., NE time q hia death.
Tho Beard Of Aldermen last evening adopted r..
ports IN favor VI Widening aud extending Worth