The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-01-03

The European Hsiss brought by the Niagara
wsceed this city at early hoRr this morning.
&c files contain nothing Of importance tnat Eot
mentioned in our telegraph; summary of the sews
yctlished ON Thursday morning.
TIE rteau ship Vigo, from Havre for New York,
encountered heavy gaie when seventy miles west
81 Cape Clear, and pus back She arrived at Mi
krd Haven the 18Th Gt., and is repor ed as bss-
Sg sails split and mai og water in the engine roon-
Thu intelligence viii relieve the anxiety Of tho4e
Who were apprehensive that she had met with
vore fate during the late gales which have prevail
el OF the English coast.
Both honses Of Congress met yesterday, bat 10
business % special importance was transacted. The
6erste adopted reso,sson calling for the cores
yonae5oe relative to the refusal Of the Dutch Minis
ssr 70 testify before the court in the Of Hetert
Who shot the waiter a. one Of the hotels at
Washington last spring. She course OF Mr.. Dsbois,
he Minister alluded TO- as, it appears, met tie dis
approiatiSn Of his government, AMI he has. there
fore, tecn transferred to. Copenhagen. Among the
concentrations sent 10 The Senate was one from
Ne Secretary Of War submitting letter from the
suesn Of Construction and from the Engineerin-
Chief On the set Of greater safety from fire 10
Ae construction Of steam vessels. rnese of ,ers
male Numerous suggestions, bat the giss Of
,lsm-an is the use Of metal upon the foo-s
and decks and the surrounding OF the furnaces With
~htr. Tie Houle was occupied exclusively with
abe CONFEDERATION OF private bills thirteen Of which
vsre passed. Both houses &C iogrbed I'll MJnlsy,
wsen tie business Of the session VIII i! the niger
question = no. again intsGiaced, oommsnce IN
earnest.
SoV, kllg and Iient. Gov. Se den were duly IN
tuguraud ~ Albany On Thgrsiay Appropriate
addresses Szeie delivered by Governors King and
Gs1B. reports Of which given in another column
TIE LeGisla.use will convene on Monday next.
Tie CouH Of appeals hes determined, ia the long
contested H2aAwsy Railroad suit, that the grant TO
Jacob sharp and others is void and that the corpo
Tatcn 81 Nex York has no power 10 authorize
ualrcsd in Broadway. Bat as it did no; appear from
tbe case that the plaintiffs owners OF property
or Ste street, tie judgmen. Of the Superior Court
has teen reversed and mex trial ogdorea-e9sts %
sbidt the event This TACT Of ownership was stated
IN the eggplant and proven on the trial before
Judge Duor, but he did not consider 70 Inase-ial
isct twas u referred 10 in bis decision, and there
sge did not appear in the case presented q tue
Court Of Appeals.
t@sewbeTe We publish a statement signed ~ tAir-
tetn Of iae crew OF the ship New York, who are in
prison at Freehold, ". j. for sssaullng their Cap
sin while the vessel ashore on Barnega, beach.
Their accom-; OF the mutiny differs in many respects
fron those hitherto published in regard to IT,
Oar correspondent at Carthagena, writing on the
2e;b q November states that the yellow fever rss
pitvsk1g WITH great viruIence among tho shi ming
Of ssv&rlla, some vessels having los, TIC majority
81 thCir crews.
Mr.. F.Galardot, in his correspondence 10 tao
Consfirt. JRHd Of Paris, states that there il no
doubt tbs. The idea OF forming from The several
States Of Csatrsl Ameri.a and Mexico rival con.
fecsracy 10 the Northern States Of the Union has
ben sugeested 70 Walker by IL. Soulc as ten
years ago The ssme idea was openly adv5cste by
tie 81 senator from Louisiana.
We have nexf from Bienos Ayros % the 9th OF
November. Heavy rains had swollen the rivers and
Inundated large tracts Of land, destroying an ga.
merse pumber Of sheep aud cattle. and preyentsV
tee sboaring OF he focks. The warIike bands Of
Indians in the south continued their depredations
Notwithstanding tie suppression Of the revolt at
Santa Fe, a civil war was regarded a. certain, ia
,olvipg the dos nfa OF Urquiza and the dissolution
OF the confederst on.
THE coinage biz, witch we publish in auo:he
column. rss reported " the House by Nr. Phelps
fOu the Committee Of Ways and Means, and wa
rade tho special order for Wednesday, the I'll inst
Toe bll is one Of great importance, and will un.
dosbedy elicit considerable discussion. When the
biil sss reported an attempt wss made % put II |
,pon US passage, but through tie fundamentally OF
MI George W. Jones T. was poe .Poned for two
weeks IL viii he observed that the bill changes the
"boe system OF coinsge, foreign and otherwise.
We publish to-day some interesting extracts from
ga turopesn files relative TO the British dsclsratiou
q war against Persia. sixteen tn Jussnd tons OF |
Iseiclant shipping had been hired 81 BJm3ay for
service IN the Penitn Calf Comm .sariat on .ers
I'd Teen Gesps'chei TO the scene of contest in order
t. Fiotae fer Tie 'iciuang o. TIE Eogl 40 trlops.
= 80 a, of Brussels, siates that the Sbsh bss
rt' 20 Csuard ~ fiem Russia under the trtay Of
'utf sn. S,me q the Bombay paoer. dsapy-oye ,
tl'tsg 81 tie wal. The ierssns wee IN llers }
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