The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-05-20


or years back Its creditaole to city military that
LEY maintain 90 excellent organization and drill
Inc OF yesterday shows that they dete
1ofateo any In efhcency and drill
TIE BucHAHAxns.-A meeting Of delegates from the
various Buchanan clubs in the city, he'd at the
Union Building No. 1oa Bowery last Friday evening, to
take meesues 70 promote the of "0ld Buck"
u was deiermined to send delegation TO Cincinnati to
promote the success Of Mr. Buchanan. Another meet
ing will - held next Thursday evening
IHR TAaMASY SouEry.--A special meeting OF the Tam
many Society," or Columbian Order held in ths Oid
Wgwam last evening The proceedings kept pro-
found secret and the object Of the meeting did not leak
Vs Vssou ..s that hs Con-
nothing dehite In regard to the matter could be learned
TIE COTTON TRADE IN NEW YoRK.-Ths business trans
acted in cotton In this city every year the increase
At present the annual sales the spot are est
mated at about 800 900 bales and at ab,ut 25O0oo in
hdnsitu, mahiDg total OF $50 000 The latter trade
has been of recent origin, and has been brought
sbou By ocean steamers and telegrsphs Samples Of
goes shipped TO Liverpool rather foreign ports sent
to this city from Southern towns BY seamer and sold
ID some cases two and three times bef the vessel
with the cotton reaches Liverpool thus giving
activity TO trade By having wide range of s,mp In
M here ss though they wsrs IN New dssn or
Mobile. and that time Of the year. perhaps when
the existence Of yellow iever might make it hazardous
in cotton operations ia cone by brokers,
Of whom there seventeen in this city They all act
rates OF sCmussion Hitherto they have bsen chiefly
located In snd abeut Wall street. but since the dry goods
bbers have left Pearl street tor the west side Of the
just south Of WALL Several firms have quit Wall street
for Pearl the present spring The whole Of the
other, viz lin Pearl Hanover and Wall. This concen-
trston carnot fall to prove great convenience to both
sellers and buyers who seek their aid in business ope-
rations
SxAYypox ~ ruv Nr,y,v An,,vv, c,,,x, ~. 80:
Webster Captain Lawiencs consigned to spo,rd Tiles
ton Co.. arrived at Quarantine on the 18th r st. from
Liverpool making the passage in thirtysix days. She
had on board 767 storage passenges Burng the last
days Of the passage smallpox broke ON board One
person having the disease died. and buried sea-
arrival Tne Heath ooer has ordered the rhoIe num
Der OF to be thoroughly vaccna.ed and
on shore at Quarantine for the purpose OF cleansing and
detained at Quarantine till the vaccination has taksn-
TIL the canger Of their spreading the d.ease shall have
been thus rendered impossible. 1t is remarkable tact
that most OF the passengers attacked with the disease
had scars as evidence OF having been vaccinAed The
roce sis used In their have besn spurious
Cry NIGHT DIRECTORY At q meeting Of tbs Council
mems Committee on Lamps and GAs-Mr. Floyd, chair
msn-held yesterday, ut five O'Clock P. NJ, It was de-
cded to report fAvorAby upon resolution directing
that upon the corner lamps Of the city the names Of
the streets be printed and upon the interven
iLg lamps the number Of the house opposite each lamp
The obest to afford night directory to the streets
and the number of the houses The whole pense 1t
making for the 600 lamps total expense OF s. OOO
The committee decided further to report in favor of
granting to Charles Cooper the contract for casting
the lamps and posts OF the city far the ensuing year.
they required renewal and replacing His bid $675.
There were seventeen other bids from this up to
$1,000.
INDIAN CU2oslTEs FOR ErR0PE One OF the
who leaves by the steamer America from Boston, to
fnr Gao
just returned after tour throughout the States the
Canadas and the Rio Grande He takes With him several
curiosiies to present to the Royal Dublin Bo,iety
amongst which are Indian shields, quivers, arrows
(Which have been taken out OF the bodies lately
ed by the CamAnche and Lpan Indians,) terancnilos
singing scorpions, centpedes, rattle snakes and
wo caught in the Western praires of Texas where Mr.
n Nc mas a. - nss o. Svs1 's as called
board and that gentleman, with great beraty ordered
tie woh should be properly Gagged and taken free. No
couot the wolf viii be honzsd BY the passengers during
the voyage.
Tm BRICK CHURCH-The demolition of THE church
was commenced yesterday. A wooden partition is in
the procees of erection ell around the yard and the
bodies of those that buried there be sxhuusd
and taken to the Cypress Hill Cemetery.
The NEW MARKET IN FRANKLIN SrRREr-The Franklin
street market (Which announced few days ago as in
progress of compe,ion opened last Saturday very
successfully. Among the occupants Of the stalls are
reveral wholesale dealers, of whom Mr. A. l.. Stimson
the eesee This market is worthy the attention OF
large consumers, rs the supplies are first rate and the
prices low.
Ut rowN Posi- OrFIcE-A public meeting of the inhabi-
tans Of the upper wards interested in the establishment
Of up town Post Office will be held at Platts Hall
Broadway, between Thirty second and Thirty third
Streets on Thursday evening, 22d inst, half past
seven o'cl,ck.
FIRST MAD DOG THE SEAsoN-WBERK HR APPEARED
AND WAS KnLm.-A dog perfectly rabid, killed by
the citizens yesterday mornisg at the corner Of Nine
teenth street. in Eighth He the 6rst victim
cf the season Al there large number of dogs In
that thicky populated neghborhood the police should
look out when the hot weather advances In this in
stance there was not policeman to be found
HoID Your HoRsEs.-A horse attached to a Doctors
gig took fright in Elm street yesterday afternoon and
running up into Broadway, produced great constsrna
tion among the ladies promenading that thoroughfars
He arrested the corner of Franklin street aud
Broadway, BY young man named Sincairs, to whose
caring exsrons the ladies and Sunday s:hool children
Who were passing at the time may attribute the safety
of their limbs, II not their lives.
COx0nexs' Inquest.