The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-12-13
NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER ID, 1853

days Of southeriy and coquettish weather the frs.
regular storm Of the season came in thunder light
ming and in rain, Tuesday night last and con.
tinued tn oughout Wednesday and following niga
We have received files Of Utah papers and CO
respondence up 70 the 18th ult The Deseret Ne,os-
the M rmon organ-after eight years clear cous
has at last got rival in a spirited paper started
Great Salt Lake City by Mr.. Kirk Anderson, late Of
the Missouri Republican. The Valley Tan is the
name OF the Gentle" organ and Judging f. m
the contents of the first numbers which have
reached US promises to air the peccadllos o. the
"brethren here is nothing very stirring in the
Territory The army at Camp Floyd had a gala
| day on the 9th at the raising Of national flag
After the ceremonies Of the day, the Army Theatre
was opened for the first time, when everything
went of TO the satisfaction Of the most fistdious
The Indians in Malad Valley, under the leadership Of
Tintic threaten mischief but General Johnston is
on the alert.
Our correspondent at Port Spain, Trinidad wr-
ting on the oath Of November, says-The mo It i'm.
portant news that has occurred recently here Is
that a contract for one million tons Of coal has
been signed, sealed and delivered by the British
government at lss. Cd. per ton Of 2,2io pounds
The shipping merchants of this island will realize
very handsomely by this engagement, which is the
hai bnger OF future contracts from the Department
OF supply. The supply to be obtained is limited to
be fulfilled in one year from March next, and in
tended for the East Indies and China. The mines
of this island are considered to be inexhaustible.
Our resources are increasing rapidly, and the eli
mate Is salubrous to attract the visits of many
invalids from England. Business dull as the old
crops are all gone and we must wait for the new
before revival takes place.
Archbishop Hughes deivereda sermon yesterday
in ST. Pa,rck's Cathedral on the subject Of the Ca
tholic Church Teacher. During his discourse
he alluded to the question of the Bible in our public
schools, and also to the establishment of an Ameri
can Catholic college at Rome, for the benefit of
which collection was taken up. We have full
report of the sermon. which is crowded out by the
great press Of news, but which will appear in to.
mouows Herald. In the evening the Archbishop
delivered another sermon, but this tins II was in
he James street Catholic church. He stated that
The lecture on "The Idea of the Church with respect
10 Childhood" announced for the evening was to
have been delivered by the Rev. John I.aikn who
the previous day was engaged in the confessional,
but that at the close Of the evening, when the bell
summoned him to the repast prepared, another
summons came from Heaven. calling him to that
tecompense prepared for the good and faithful
His penitents, said the Archbishop, were waiting
around the Confessional but they waited in vain for
him: less than three minutes from the time he sat
down to take his cup of tea, he was corpse. Yet
they had no tears to shed for him. for he died as a
soldier OF the Cross shouldn't his post. The Arch
bishop then entered at length into the subject of
the education of the young, and in the conrse of his
remarks paid high tribute Of respect to the me.
mory OF Father Larkin, whom he had known for
thiftyiour years. He urged upon the congregation
20 persevere In their good work Of providing
Catholic schools for the education Of Catholic |
children, as twas impossible for them, Catholics
ever to approve Of the system of education which |
the law would seem TO impose upon them.
Sermons were preached last evening at the AGA \
DENY Of Music and at the National theaarc. Rev. |
John p. Durbn dictated at the Academy and Rev. |
+. I. iliseox at the National. synopsis Of both l
sermons will be found elsewhere.
The Life Saving and Benevo VIOLENT Association have
presented The officers and Of the ship Isaac
Bell with appropriate medals for saving the lives
II the captain and five seamen Of the British bark
'laude. which was wrecked in the disastrous hur-
icane Of October last, while on her way from One.
&c to Sunderland.
4 fine audience assembled nj d. Alexander
reet, last evening. to hear the annual sermon on
Ie City Tract Society" by the Rev. DR.. Prime.
ner the discourse a collection was aiken up for
le society.
The cotton market on Saturday was armer and more no
= with salcs II 600 bales, closing sdva,ce
about &c. per ID. We quote md1,,ng uplsads
a l2c. The forT firm, With fxir oiu,
sales, closing uil pr,ccs both for pmmuo and extra
loes of State ard Western. Wheat cout1ued 6sn, L
Lit' saios nofcraie, including mixed Ininois a
~ IN store red Southern Al 81 2H and wsn4 Socsn
- at 81 25asi 80 Corn vas quite active, with free
Ala OF Western mrcs at Tskc. a.sLc., ncu' white
oatbern at roc .To cid yellow SIC csc. rorx
No. ltwer Int actvs Old mess was a; ell g., check
ray. a els ~ SIS IS. Prime was at slSa 81. e
he ~ ., The aside ia re- Sales q ade ~
oavcty Fcbruargs } ,nuary aud March, a. ais -.
an we're aru, Sb - les q 200 $40 hhGs asd scc
% torcs. cosug o. sb.ut le. higher. oofse was -
ii, Nth ssles II twe oargo.s Eo, GOO bass FAR 70
os5 - loAc &C., with 600 Bahia at 4 Frelghss
.s-s steady, but cnEss meuls quite limited.
n.h nc san , sss. del Ncrte-The Right of
sreth NOT A ssi ,dop~A.
Two events have occurred TO confirm in re-
~ -kabie mannsr the opinion we so raolutaly
f. raontha since, that he British
government had not given up the exercise OF
he right Of scare hing American vessels upon
hs ocean.
The readcrD cf the HERALD will RENE nber
how teuacicsly We defended our views, ard
how clearly we exposed the isllacy Of the con-
Irary assertion. with arguments drawn from the
Z iard.d dcclsr&tiops aud csutious admissions Of
tie British Ministers in Par lament, and lngical
deductions iron tito poss history Of the british
government and is policy. To-day we publish
in another column the Hcial correspondence
upon which the s,s,su ent that the right Of
search question had heeu settled was founded 10