The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-12-13


The Empire City has arrived at New Orleans from
Havana, where she connected with the Star of the
West, from Aspinwall, with the Pacific mails and
the semi-monthly shipment of gold from California
The Star of the West has on board 90 100000, the
largest sum ever shipped for this port in any one
vessel There is no news of importance from Cali
fornia.
We have, however, by this arrival the important
intelligence of the successful landing of Gen. Walker
at Punta Arenas, opposite Greytown in Nicaragua,
on the 25th ult. with one hundred and fifty of his
followers. He had previously landed fifty men at
the Colorado mouth of the river San Juan. On en-
tering the harbor, Walkers steamer-the Fashion
passed boldly under the stern of the sloop-of.war
Saratoga, and disembarked her enterprising freight
of flibusters without molestation. She then pro-
ceeded to Aspinwall where she was searched by the
frigate Wabash; but her papers were found to be all
perfectly regular, and she was not detained. The
United States and British naval vessels at Aspnwal
however, Immediately got under way for Greytown.
despatch from New Orleans states that there were
four hundred men on board the Fashion and that
thousand men are shortly to leave Mobile to re.
inforce Walker.
The steamship Europa, in her fifteenth day
out from Liverpool, had not been signazed of
SANDY HOOK al mldnlght last night.
The steamship Fulton sailed from this port yester.
day for Hsyre with fiftynine passengers and $500,
600 in specie.
Following the lead of the New York banks, the
banks OF Albany, Boston and New Haven have re-
solved to resume specie payments.
The Queen of Spain has conferred upon Captain
jose Bosch, of the Spanish brig Jacnto, the first
class cross of the Order OF Benefcencia, for his
humanity in picking up at and restoring to their
ship the three whale boats containing the captain
and most OF the crew of the American bark Alto Of
New Bedford on the 22d and 23d of July last.
In the Court Of Common Pleas yesterday, Judge
Ingraham delivered decision in the case Of Jonas
n Phillips the Corporation, for salary Coun.
Gilman, adverse to the claim.
The trial of James Shepherd for arson in the first
degree which has occupied the attention of the
Court Of Sessions since Thursday will be continued
on Monday, when counsel will make the closing
speeches and the case will be submitted to the jury
Theodore sedgwick has been appointed United
States District Attorney for New York in place of
John McKeon, removed.
We give elsewhere a resume OF the number Of per.
sons under confinement either on sentence Of death
or charged with murder. The list will be found TO
be larger than at any time within number OF years.
From the report Of the City Inspector II appears
there were 3j4 deaths In the city last week, a de.
crease Of 90 az compared with the mortality Of the
week previous OF the whole number, 200 were
under ten years Of age and 80 inmates Of the public
institutions. Some alarm has been felt in certain
sections Of the city during the past fortnight at the
unusual number Of cases Of smallpox that have
occurred. Upon investigation. however II was
satisfactorily ascertained that the disease had
manifested itself in q mild form only and readily
yielded TO medical treatment. But few deaths have
resulted from the disease-only eight being report
ed for the past week and fourteen the week pre-.
ceding We recommend our readers TO peryre the
ns,ice issued by the City Inspector respecting vac
cinaton. which We publish in another column. The
following table exhibits the number Of deaths during
the last two weeks among adults aud children dis
1inguishing the sexes:
s- Women Boys Girls Total
Week ending Dec SIS 70 ia ia ITO sls
Among the principal causes Of death were the fol.
lowing