The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-08-19


men, at their meeting yesterday, adopted the usua
resolutions of coincidence and sympathy with the
family of the deceased, and appointed committee
10 make arrangements for the funeral which takes
place TO morrow at one o'clock.
The screw steamship City of Washington, which
left Liverpool at o'clock in the afternoon of the
4th, reached this port yesterday evening. Our
European advices by the City of Washington have
been anticipated by the arrival of the Saxona and
the report of the Arabia telegraphed from ST. Johns,
N. F., already published in the HERALD.
We have received letter from Messrs. g. Merle &
Son, in reference to assertion of counsel in re-
cent case in the Supreme Court Livingston VS..
Brennan), to the effect that it was privileged
usage fer porters in bonded warehouses to take what
liquor and segars were necessary for their own use
Oh the premises Messrs. Merle Son emphatical.
1y deny the truth Of the assertion.
Our correspondent at Mayagucz, Porto Rico, writ
ing on the Goth ult., says The market for both
sugars and molasses has of late been very quiet,
owing principally to want of stock to speculate in.
The advces from the Emitted States to 26th ult,
received some days since, caused an advance in
prices which now range at 4ac. a sc. per lb. The
produce of the island this year is more than an
average yield. Business is dull. The absence o.
American. French English and Spanish steamships
Of war causes money to be very scarce.
No meeting of the Board Of Education takes
place during the month Of August, consequently the
usual semi monthly session of that body was not
convened yesterdy
Tae receipts OF beef cattle at the various yards
during the past week amounted TO 2,o06 head de-
Gre ase of SIC head compared with the receipts of
tie seek previous. Owing to the comparatively
short supply ollef ID, with y moderately active de-
mand, prices advanced quarter to half o cent per
pound the range being &C. a 94c., according oQnel
fy. The receipts of cows and calves were moderate
iy heavy, and the supplies readily disposed of
at $40 a $780, There was little change in veal
calves, ard few brought more than 6ac The sup
ply of sheep and lambs was very large, and the mar
ket was exceedingly dull in consequence. Prices de-
ciincd fully soc. The greatest rates So SO S.
The market for swine was very dull and prices de-
clined 20 43c. &c. for all descriptions.
Ihe sales Of cotton yesterday embraced about 1000
pales coeins the basis Of about I24c for middng
uplares Flour In better deusrc, and closed at i'm
proved raee, especially for lower grades whea. was
aimer sales Of about 60 600 bushels, a. rates given
in soohef column Corn toerably active with sales
o. abou. 60 eco bshels including unsound Western nixed
TO good and sound do at 72c &c., jersey and Southern
SECS SIC Pork rather brisk sod rmer, with
gales OF mess At SIT 12Hs SIT 49, and prime al si4 80
ass sh Sugar continued 6r, with sales OF about 500
a eco hh6s and 100 boxes at rates given 10 another
place Cofee was quiet and, In the absence or sales
quotations were nominal. Freight engagements were
moderate; but With rather aud frmness among
sbip owners for shipmer: to Liverpool
Tne Niagsr:'s Lat Voyage from Queenstown
Laying OF the CabIe-Ths Great Epic Of
1855
The glorious issue of the last voyage Of the
steam frigate Niagara from Queenstown to
Trinity Bay is now familiar thing to nine
tenths of those who speak the English tongue.
The fishermen Of the OrlSueys and the settlers
IN the distant region Of Kansas and Nebraska
have been alike inspired with wonder and en-
thusiasm at hearing recounted the tidings of
the great event and in few weeks more the
news will have traversed the civilized portions
of the globe, and all their inhabitants will have
learned that the continents OF Europe aud
America are united by the electric telegraph.
But up to the present time the details of the
voyages Of the Niagara and Agamemaon
have not been made public. We know
nothing Of them, except that Providence
smiled thereon; and that, through the
efforts of the gallant and persevering men
on board these two national ships, the greatest
triumph OF modern days was achieved So far
as the Niagara is concerned We supply to-day
that void. The history of her last voyage from
Queenstown TO Trinity Bay, as written by our
accomplished special correspondent on board,
is published in another portion of this days
HERALD aud, as well on account of the re-
markablc incidents in which il abounds as Of
the Importance Of the result attained, il may
well be regarded as the great epic OF 1858. IL
IL intensely interesting, and there will be few
of our own citizens, ct least, who will not pos
sess themselves Of this narrative, and preserve
il in memory of the great event OF the age.
Taken in conjunction with the narrative Of the
voyage Of the Agamemnon, which will proba.
bly, reach us in the course Of week, 1t will
form enc Of the most interesting pages Of his.
tory-the Introduction of the epoch OF inter-
continental telegraphic communication.
IL il impossible at this time TO foresee the ef-
fects which this event Is destined TO have upon
mankind. Our finite minds cannot entertain
more than the narrowest glimpse Of those eff
fects, and this even dimly and indefinitely. IL
will be for future generations to realize the i'm
purtAncc of he worl- Of these latter days In
ahe great facilities which the Atlantic telegraph
viii give TO trade aud commerce we will be, of
course, participators and bencfciaries; but this
will be but one of It's minor and less important
results Who can, OF the present day, form
auytbing like just conception of the influence
which this bringing together Of the two CONT
nents, 90 unlike in their political and social re-
lstions, will have on boths Who can tell how
coon and to what extent the despotic systems of
Europe will be affected by our simple and per-