The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-06-08
TUE News.

TUE News.
Our Paris correspondent writes under date of the
1lst, as follows -
M Fillmore arrived here yesterday from Copenhagen
BE let Rome with view go Russia, bat found the
Baltic blocked with ice. So he returned here, and will
N te~ asys leave for England. You may pest him
bone in four or fvs He looks remarkably wel
s1d venture say IL the composed candidate for
the Presidency extaut. NJ. FILLMORE received the
6.st cal information Of his nomination by the Amsr
can party IN Venice ard eupcs,e Of it here the day
before yesterday. His acceptance goes out BY the
mail which carries This let Nc f. endorses the gene
raj principles Of the platform aad condemns all sectional
agitation. lie accepts the nomination IS rational
A grand rally of the democracy 20 respond to the
nomination Of Mr.. Buchanan, was held in Washing
ton city last night Senator Douglas was the prin
cipal speaker the occasion, and in the course of
his remarks paid high compliment to the charac-
ter of the nominee. and strongly urged the demo-
cracy TO unity and harmony for the 90 sake of the
Union General Ciss also made a speech, which
was received by the meeting with much enthusiasm.
After the speech Of Senator Douglas, the meeting
proceeded TO serenade the President, who made a
speech approving of the proceedings of the Conven
ton. A report of the proceedings will be found
in our paper this morning.
The House OF Representatives met yesterday but
as there only thirty members present, immedi-
ately adjourned. Eight dollars soon earned.
BY the arrival of the Cahawba at New Orleans
we have advices from Havana to the I'd inst. Sugar
had advanced, and large business had been trans
acted at Havana. The new crop, it was estimated,
would lie 100000 boxes short. The United States
frigate Merrimac had arrived at Havana.
The report Of the City Inspector shows that sixty.
nine men, fifty women, one hundred and sixteen
bows and one hundred and two gIls-making a
total of three hundred and thirty-seven persons
died in New York during the week ended on Satur
day OF this number forty were taken off by con-
SUMPTION twenty-eight by different feyers, twenty
eight by infammatory affections, eight by diseases
of the heart, and seven BY cancer. The majority
were adults. Among the fever cases there were
fifteen of the scarlet class. Infaatile commissions
carried away Twenty-Five little ones and dropsy of
the head eighteen. Five persons died from the eff
fects Of casualty and accident, and one committed
suicide. Forty stilloorn children are enumerated
in the report. classification Of the diseases gives
the following results From diseases of brain and
nerves 20; lungs, throat &c, 49, digestive organs,
As: eruptive fevers skin, &c. 43; old age, three OF
the children, III were under one year of age, and
30 had not reached to ten years. $50 Of the num-
Der were born in the United States 81 in iceland, 10
in England and II in Germany. Tie greatest
amount Of mortality-thirty-two cases-was in the
Seventeenth ward and the smallest--three cases-in
the Third ward.
The letters from our correspondents in London,
Paris, Berlin and st. Petersburg, given elsewhere
in our paper, will be found interesting.
The cotton market was quite steady yesterday,
with sales based upon good middlng New Orleans at
llgc and strict middng do, on the spot, at ii c,
and low do, in transtu with freight at 5-l6d., at
lOac The private advices by the Niagara regard
ing breadsuffs were more favorable than those for
warded by telegraph. They also brought orders for
purchases. The result that -four was freely
sold for export at an advance of 10 cents per bbl
and in some cases as high as l5c. per Dbl. was
claimed. Wheat advanced about &c. SC. per
bushel, with free sales. Corn was in fair demand,
and good sound qualities advanced fully lc per
bushel Pork opened dull but rallied and closed at
SIS Is per Dbl for mess. Sugars were in good de-
mand, closing at an advance Of fully c. for the
day and about lc. in the last three days.
Coffee was more active, with sales at full lc ad
vance. Freights were quite steady. About 5000
40 900 bushels Of grain were engaged for Liver
pool including 1000 bushels corn, in bulk, at 3d.
and the remainder (wheat) at I'd. in bags Flour
5000 5000 bbls., at 2s. 3d. ahead, and IS. Sd. for
immediate shipment, and compressed and uncom-
pressed cotton at 3-l6d. 732d