The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-01-15

and have heard great .ympathy expressed for hln
,oru1e aose not bu. that nc slsh have oo.aned SO
amount he had SO improperly made use Of the prope y
OF the municipality and which is vasousy stated q rsra
$50 900 to $0o00o but the true amount OF the dedcit
as yet impossible to know the accounts NOT yet having
been balanced.
rived the 9th inst Fl hon Vera Cruz we are posses
sion OF dates thence to the 30th ut Politically speaking
she did not bring any news. Robberes and assassns
ons were OF daily occurrence, yet the road was stated
TO be clear and the Conducts was reported to be coming
On the 2oth alt there had been terrible hurricane
Vera Cruz which caused the wreck of five or six snip
and vessels, amongst them the brig Nenuphar, Captain
Campbell, OF the line Of packets bet weeu New Yor6
ard Vera Cruz The Ne xoan steamer Hurbde frigat5
Guadaoupe and pilot boat Esrella were aSo all totay
w'eckes On board the lurbide were some eighty Ave
OF the officers and crew. who s unhnppiy drowned
amongst them George Cheney aud John Walker, hri.
and second engineers supposed from Their names TO hsv
been citizens Of the United states so frightul loss
e within sight OF the shore has beer rarely heard or
Amor Rst The passengers who arrived here BY tn,
the hexean navy, who have to take poSsesson Of
II OemOcraa, viz. Senor Don FranciScO Ferres captain
Senior Manuel Bststa dst lieutenant Senior Don Teodors
Urdsnea second heuenent Senior ID Don Lsureano 8asa,
midshipman, aud one or two othors. The officers aud
Iner on board the Democrsta with Ssnor vvacenca at
their head, (vho, no pruGently remains Shore
b refuse to give up the ship 10 their legally appointed
rdccessoIs is an extremely pretty quarrel as stands,
before possession of Fl Democraia il obtained Her rst
engineer John Thomas Martin, OF Phsdelphia as also
her second engineer native OF tho same city, whse
table yourg men, are on shore, and will not return to
their snip until the quarrel az to who Is the party In
whose rgbul possession che ought to Is decided.
Were n their position, scarcely think should tie
Iisk Of my life Wy returning again TO Mexico
There fall Of snow ~ Vls Clara this Island,
recently The poor. stupid Inhabitants Of that district
thought 1t fall OF salt msnua (perhaps) from
HEAVIER, end out like the Isrsetes In the Wilderness
to gather H. but, 10 their utter astonishmen, It melted III
their hapds
Tuesday last. 9Th inst, was Dd de Reyes tho niger
holiday. described last year the brute Ike exhibitions
of the Dggcrs In the streets Of this city that day
therefore spared the eoessity of saying than
that tie entire city within The walls up IL O'CLOCK
without the walls IN the siternoon, OF hor
gid noises, produced by human beings who acted
Ike devils than men and women; but then, pooe
ures they slaves and this their only day of free
dom In the year.
nee il stated In the Gaced that Gasparon has sspa
rated from the Opera troupe We have had 'a seaman
bula" DELIGHTFULLY."- rendered and promised tie Stsr
of the North" Great curiosity exists what
the nr tiles Of tie principal fngers Of the troupe Of
Corrad Leth at Matanzss They opened on the 6h int
with I Trovatore, but the mail whis reached this city
last evening did not bring any Of their per
formsnce Should favorable report be recsived shall
probably tase trip TO Mntan2ss pdrposey 10 hear the
IL II rot highly credabe to the inhabitants OF MatsnZas
thst they have furnished the large amount requisite TO
eDabe the emrresdro to to Europe engage tho chief
members OF his troupe and bring them 10 this isand
Our sugar market 10 dull, although drin.
Exchanges rather improved