The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-06-15


President Mcnroes remains from their present rest
ing place In Second street cemetry to Virginia. held
a preliminary meeting yesterday in the City Hall.
The session, however, was private and none Of the
proceedings were permitted to trsnspire.
A despatch from Washington states that General
Scott has received dispatches from Utah of five days
later date than those transmitted by Governor
Cumming. They represent that the Governor has
been deceived by the Mormons; that after they had
removed their women and children from Salt Lake
City the men returned strengthened their defensive
Positions and assumed q threatening attitude. The
news ia regarded as reliable. The soldiers under
General Johnston were on short allowance Of food.
Captain Marcy was within six daysyof Camp Scott
ut last accounts.
Both houses of Congress finally adjourned at six
o'clock last evening. All the appropriation bills,
except, we believe, the one providing for light
houses, were passed and received the sanction Of
the President. The appropriations amount to
eighty millions Of dollars, and perhaps they will
reach larger sum- but 1t is impossible to ascertain
the amount with accuracy until the confusion Incl
dental upon the close Of the session has subsidized
Among the appointments confirmed by the Senate
yesterday were those of Collector ScheIl and Navy
Agent Sanders. All the New York nominations
have thus successfully passed the Senate The
friends of Mr. Sche last evening gave expression to
their qualification by firing a salute in the Park.
making cougratulatory speeches. and by other usual
modes OF popular rejoicing
~ A terrible catastrophe happened on the Missis-
sippi river on Sunday morning. The steamboat Penn
sylvania, of PittsDurg, while on the way from New
Orleans to ST. Louis when at Ship Island, about
pfv- f,xya hall NH 6od har
boilers, caught fire and burned to the waters edge.
OF three hundred and fifty persons on board, it is
believed at least one hundred persisted, while of
those saved nearly all were more or less injured.
The names of the saved and of the lost, as far as
could be ascertained, are given in our despatch
under the Geographic head.
The case of Cancemi, charged with the murder of
policeman Anderson, has assumed different aspect
Mr.. Blankman, counsel for the defence and three
other witnesses, testified yesterday that the rag
picker volunteered his services and mportuned them
for money to leave the country before the present
trial. Mr. Blankman refused, and the testimony
clearly refues the allegation of any offer of money
the part of the counsel for the prisoner to pur-
chase the rag picker, towards whom the defence
now points with something more than suspicion as
being himself implicated in the murder.
The trial Of Martin Dowd for the murder of John
Dooey, at East Twentyfour street, on the 7th of
February progressing slowly in the Court of Gene
raj Session. Four witnesses were examined yester-
day for the prosecution, giving minute account Of
the afisy in which the deceased Gas is aleged) was
stabbed with sword cane by the prisoner. The
case win be continued this morning.
There was large meeting of the citizens of the
Seventeenth ward last evening at the Norfolk street
Methodist chapel in relation to the expulsion of
the Bible from the public schools Of some of the
wards of this city, thereby encouraging the growth
Of crime and depravity among the juvenile populs-
ton" Dr.. J. X. Bigelow was called TO the chair,
and addresses were delivered by DIR. Rees, Col
Snow, Gen. Lloyd and Others and appropriate re-
solutions in support of the object of the meeting
having been adopted the meeting separated.
The sales ofcoon yesterday embraced about $50 bales
without quotabie change prices Owing 70 recent I'd.
vices from the South, holders manifested nrmncss,
and less disposed 70 press sales. BY references
extract OF letter respectable house In this
city, from . the reliability Of which vouches
for received yesterday from Memphis, dated Juno 9th,
Published In another conmn, Il would soem ths, the
writer's estimate Of the loss sustained By cotton planters
In consequence Of the floods, reaches . much higher
figure others had been led suppose say about
900 goo bales which many doaicrs however, in the alb
sence OF further and more gsnersl accounts,
sicer too high, though al concur In the belief
tia. tho injury has been both extensive and
serious The nour market quite active and the
for the CAY footed up about Is 20 900 bbls closing
on common and medium grades d advance Of about
&C. per barrel whea, active and hrmer, with sales
about 90 600 bushels ct rates given In another
column. Corn also firm, with fair amount OF sales
The excessive wet wcsther In the interior and the
West extent mArred for the present. pros
poets OF large Yield OF Indian Much q his grain
destroyed Of The West last autumn by rossns the
fields barns, and should The present years yield
curtsed, viii be felt In principal markets. Europe,
and especially GrcA, Brn has learned the value Of In
tive demand for than formerly Tho unreasonable
chilly and vet wesher the crop prospects generally
was not without IL influence yesterday 81 tho Corn Ex
change dood deal Of the buAness done on specu-
la,on with good demand for export Pork was heavy
and lower. Sales Of mess made nj ti7 eli 10,
mostly 1t The inside figure and Of prime at eN Coffee
was quiet Frcighb unchanged except for grain 10
Liverpool, about &c 900 bushels OF which tacn
bags at Cd, and about 900 bbs nour 81 Is Cd with
cheese 26s some freight also engaged 70 GlAs.
cow London and to the continent q, steady rates.
MIR. Buchanan's Adminissr att on-I0 suc-
ceses-Iss Enemies and its Supporter In
Congress-
With the closing Of the present session of
Congress we can begin TO comprehend what
has been accomplished within the first sixteen
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