The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-16


bancmeDt of both com psnies. Should this be car
REC into effect it will deprive the department Of
two very efficient companies. Should the recon-
meDdarion he disregsrded, it is rumored that the
Commissioners may deem 1t cause for the renewal
of = cir res gDstiops-
The gale of Friday and Saturday last proves to
have been very severe along our Southern coast
Already we have intelligence of the loss of the
barks Colin HcRea and John w. Blodgett, and the
schooDers Emily Ward and Add Ell Ksder, and also
of several vessels being ashore the coast of North
Carolina. The steamship Empire City, from Ha-
vana for New York, put into Norfolk yesterday,
short of coal. Her officers report having encoun-
tered succession Of heavy gales, during which she
received some slight damage. The non-arrivsl at
this port of the steamship Central America, from
sspinwsl with the semi monthly shipment Of pas
seugers, mails and gold from California, is doubt.
less 70 be attributed to the prevalence Of the heavy
gales alluded to.
An interesting episode to the Nicaragua Transit
grant controversy has just happened the river
in New jersey, where suits on charge Of Islander
have been commenced by Mr.. w. r. @. Webster
against r. F. Kirkpatrick and Syvanus NJ. Spencer
The damages IN each case are laid at the insight
cant sum Of fifty thousand dollars Both the de-
PENDANTS have been arrested and, in default of ten
thousand dollars bonds, committed TO the Hudson
county Jail Apropos Of Nicamgsa-it is stated in
a Mobile paper that $4,000 have been raised in
Georgia to aid Walker in another raid INFO that
country.
We have received the official majority and mnori.
ty reports of the Quarantine Commissioners relative
to the Seguines Point Quarantine and the selec lion
Of site in the harbor fo- a permanent Quarantine,
together with the report of the Governor Leuten ant
Governor and State Comptroller relative to the same
subjects. The State officers, although expressing ap.
proval of the temporary accom- nodations provided
at Seguine's Point, are opposed to any immediate
action being taken to settling upon the "Old Or
chard Seoal" location for any portion of per-
msnent Quarantine establishment as urged in the
majority report As the case stands there is the en-
couragDg promise Of the effort being repeated this
winter to induce New Jersey to grant Sandy Hook
for Quarantine.
The suit between the States of New York and
Virginia, kno WI the Lemon slave case, with the
parti culsrs of which our readers are already ia
miliar, was brought up in the Supreme Court yes
terday, and by request OF counsel postponed till
the third Tuesday of the present term.
The twenty ninth annual fair of the American
Institute opened at the Crystal Palace last evening.
Though the arrangements were not quite COM
pleted there was large number of persons present
to witness the Inauguration OF an exhibition 20
fruitful of usefulness to the progress Of the me-
chanical arts of the nation. At eight o'clock the
company assembled in the picture gallery, when the
Chairman Of the Institute, Mr.. Charles A. Whitney,
introduced the Hon. Henry Megs, who delivered an
appropriate inaugural address.
Five Marshal Baker yesterday concluded before
Justice Dawson another case Of arson. One James
Shepherd stood charged with wilfully burnisg bis
dwelling in Fifty third street last June, in the ruins
of which the chaued remains of Shepherds wife
were found. The magistrate decided to hold Shep-
herd for trial.
The recent failures and pressure in the money
market affect The receipt of taxes at the Tax Re.
cevers Office, as veil affecting business generally
For the eight days closing yesterday, during which
time the Tax Receivers Office has been open, the
aggregate sum paid in has been SAT- 900, against
goo for the CORE 'pondiug period last year.
Yestei day, at the Conptroller's Office, 100000
Of the city Indebtedness in, the form OF revenue
bonds red.eme
An interesting account of descent upon an ex-
tensive obscene literature establishment by the Off
GERS Of tie Court Of Sessions yesterday will be
found in another part Of to days paper. George
Alderman The proprietor and also the publisher of
an obscene sheet entitled the Venus Miscellany has
fed hut IL is confidently hoped that he will soon be
arrested.
The only case that was tried in the Court of SEES
sions yesterday charge o. grand larceny.
which resulted in the conviction of Isaac Come. He
was sent to the peniteutary for two years.
The Almsbouse Governors met yesterday, but
transacted no business Of importance.
The trial o. James p. Donnelly for the murder OF
Albert S. Hoses al one of the hotels at the High.
lands the Isl ut, commenced at Freehold, N. j.,
yesterday. We give a report Of the proceedings
else where.
ne ssles or cotton yesterday confined TO aboui
40 bales, ha,ed upon pitdirg Upland, A. 15xo rue
statement q the cep fer the year ls6e57 'niirg the Isl
instant has been computed BY the SHIPPING List, AVID
10 nd to amount 10 1852 $40 bsss, against OF SIS In
1885 &C. .ho1ipg falling of 70 the extent OF bss 32s
bsles The sboe consumption In the Unsea sses for
pa' ysa- sep,smbo' l. 1857, $50 100 bales against
7ss eco Tor he pr,voa,, giving domes
tic onp,vnpoa Of 90 bales while exports 10 Great
Britain emNrsocd eny lssss1o baes, against e2i 1856
for he o's year showing decrease or sa2 36 bales
To France lac deree vas less and 10 the North Of Earope
there sg d increase This ttsamen discoees The
fact that the Cniied Gates consumed tao pat year
move tran h.h the While quantity shipped
% q eat R'isn The acreage rice Of cotton h~ been
tmaied q. 70 $50 per bae some have nxoo ~ hIgo
s2 tssins the nrst 1guro the nearest correct
sha Id thai the aue 81 the crop, though nitet 70
1850 sle bacs or lsss-'ss. may do Of sI.e
sfl,ia ihs crop Of $685. valued al $40 per balls,
~osit give s1'i ls eco 81 STA large calou alton
would sse sss 100 400 still leaving balance In favor Of
the ending Seoien be, let, 1857 OF as 2ol $50 Toe
Persas news with GIT stocks, had . tender, 70 i'm
prove th- pr'ees rf brcAc stuas, sheh generally
betsr uhle provisions vi bout change Il impor,
Sugars steady, viii ssles Of 600 I, 500 hhds
incu-rs ,ome tor e,por, ooreo steady, with sale,
Of sbout 900 nag, Of RIO Freghts nrm, ~nh FUR
thor ersaesEcpis Of grain and nur 10 LIVERPOOL al 70
rates, vbe c.iton taken al s2d. 1874, and oil
CAKE 10 ohdsp 1T az ed