The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-07-21
The News.

She left Liverpool on the 9th inst, and is therefore
fully due.
By the overland mail we have one weeks later
advices from California. More prisoners had es-
capped from the California penitentary. The Ital.
ians of San Francisco had raised S. 900 for Victor
Emanuel The weather was exceedingly hot. The
county of Santa Barbara had been visited by a ter
rible sirocco. Captain Pendleton, of the bark
Sarah Park, had been sentenced The news by this
mail from Oregon gives us details of the excessive
floods which have visited that Territory, doing vast
damage to property.
From Washington Territory we learn that Gov
Stevens and Col. Wallace were on the stump for
Congress. Stevens had, it was thought the best
chance for election. The Indians were slightly
Troublesome.
The accounts from Fraser river continue discou-
raging, and was estimated that not more than 900
miners remained in British Columbia
Our Buenos Ayres correspondent, writing on the
9th and 26th of May, furnishes some very accurate
details of the late news concerning the prepare
tons which were being made in that republic in
order TO resist the attack of President Urquza of
the Argentine Confederation with some notes of
fhe military and naval progress and general war
energy Of the latter. Urquiza had purchased
three English trading steamers for war purposes and
it was thought that Brazil furnished him with the
money. 1t was expected that Derque Minister at
war of the Confederation, would order an assault
On Buenos Ayes, at Rosario. Buenos Ayres had
offered 100000 to Governor Lopez of Santa Fe for
his aid, but be declined it. One hundred Spanish
dollars were given as bounty to recruits for one
years service The Buenos Ayrean feet will con-
Eist of five vessels. An army Of six thousand men
had been paraded in the city, and looked we'll
Montevideo aiding Urouiza. aitho~sL assuming
10 be neutral. Ten thousand pupils Of the public
schools in Buenos Ayres had attended the laying
of the corner stone of building for public educa-
tona purposes in that city, which will be the finest
cdifce of the sort ever put up in South America.
Late advices from Dominica state that great
hopes were entertained Of peaceful solution O
the difficulties existing between the government
the republic and that Of Denmark-the latter
having received the Dominican plenipotentiary
very favorably. The issue of irredeem able paper
by Baez during his administration had led to con-
siderable trouble with the representatives Of
foreign governments residing at San Domingo.
We publish to-day interesting report of the
passage of the new Russian frigate General Admi-
ral from New York TO Cherbourg. The actual run
ming time, deductng difference Of time was eleven
days eight hours; and the greatest distance made
in one day three hundred and seven miles the
shortest being one hundred and ffty-three miles.
The Admiral was greatly admired in port amongst
the Russian and French war ships She was to
leave for Cronstadt soon after the 10Th ult
The Board Of Educ alton met last evening, but
only twenty-one members were present fifteen
minutes after the time appointed for the meeting,
when the roll was called and an adjournment pro-
nounced by the President. Immediately after
wards two other Commissioners entered, which,
with those present, constituted quorum, and Com
missioner Waterbury and some others made an eff
Tort to rally the meeting but as this course would
he contrary to the bylaws, Commissioner Cushing
and others objected to it. Nothing was done, and
a gradual separation Of the members followed The
Board. according to the bylaws, now stands ad.
iourned mil, the first Wednesday in September,
consequently no meeting will take place till then,
unles here be one SD cialy called Meantime, the
by-l9N .ecenty adopted regarding the reading of
lhe ie goes into operation on the lst Of next
nor
e. ycekly meeting Of the Commissioners Of
En-; 'on took place yesterday. communi
cat as received froll Mr.. Kennedy, Superinten-
De-: he Emigrant depot stating that Of the
eigh g rifles and pistols sent to Quarantine for
the ction Of the buildings there last Septem-
her . are now nineteen on hand and seven
miss, the remainder having been distributed
anon. ne police sent down to protect the build
incs d. Jerome sent in communication, an
nouncinp that he was notified by the Commissioners
of Quarantine on the 9th Of last month that such
patients as have heretofore been sent to the Marine
Hospital will in future be sent to the Floating Hos
ptal or the hospital for smallpox patients on
Blackwelrs Island, and informing the Board that
this regulation has already been complied with by
The health authorities OF New York. DR.. Jerome
also asked the appointment of c. D. Robinson as an
assistant pb'ys.cian, whom he would require to
'eAa' constantly In the s.coating hospital Inc ap'
pointment of an assistant was refused, ana W. I'M
nunication placed on file. The number Of emf.
grants arrived during the week was 1892, swelling
The number for the year to 44,67O. The overdraft
has risen to $20,S49 II.
The five vessels which were detained at Ouaran.
tine lately arrived from Matanzas and ST. Jago de
Cuba. Owing to only light cases of yellow fever
taking place on board two of them during their
homeward passage, they were yesterday permitted
to come up to the city and discharge their cargoes
by the Commissioners Of Health. Two proposals
for removing offal and dead animals from the city
one offering to do it for s25 day, and the other
for $4,000 year-were received, and the whole
subject was referred to a committee to report
upon.
The Excise Commissioners met yesterday and
granted eight licenses on the usual terms Com.
missioner Haskell stated that General Supern,en.
CENT Plusbury had reported List Of all those who