The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-03-15
TRIPLE SHEET.



The News.
By the arrival of the City of Baltimore at
this port yesterday, from Liverpool, we have re.
ceived our dispatches and European files to the
LIST inst The letters of our correspondents at Lon
don, Paris and st. Petersburg, and the extracts
from our files, which are published this morning.
contain complete details Of the news to the latest
moment
In the news by the steamer North American il
was said that the departure of the steamship Full
ton had been postponed until the 7th of March,"
That being her regular advertised day, the Futons
departure had not been postponed.
In Congress yesterday the Senate took up the
Military Academy Appropriation bill The amend
ment providing for regiment of mounted volun
teers for the defence of the Texan frontier was
adopted by vote of thirty-seven to nineteen, and
the bill was then passed. The bill for the protec-
ton of female passengers on shipboard was also
passed. We have heretofore given an abstract of
the provisions of this bill. A bill making Tampa
Bay port of delivery was reported Apetition
numerously signed by Connecticut manufacturers,
praying fo- an alteration of the tariff so as to az
ford them more protection, was presented and ad.
vocated by Mr.. Foster. Petitions in favor
of the Homestead bill were also presented.
The bill to increase and regulate the pay
Of officers of the navy was recommitted to the
Committee on Naval Affairs, with instructions to
inquire into the expediency Of reporting . bill
establishing the pay OF each grade Of officers per
annum in dollars and cents, with an increase at
stated periods up to twenty years Of service. The
House was engaged in discussing the slavery ques-
ton Mr.. Curry, of Alabama, delivered long
speech ON the protection Of slave property in the
Territories.
The most important point in the proceedings Of
the Legislature yesterday was the defeat of the 81
gantic New York City Seventh Avenue Railroad
bill in the Assembly, The Committee on Cities and
Villages reported adversely to the bill, and the re
port was accepted by vote of 70 to 10. In the
Senate the bill tolling railroads was made the spe.
cisl order for to-day The City Tax bill was passed
We publish in another column q memorial of
citizens of New York adverse to the Central Park
Commissioners application for authority to raise
money to carry on the Park improvements. 1t
will be presented to the Legislature to-day.
Among some interesting articles on the progress
OF the labor movement now going on throughout
the country, we give report of the proceedings of
the brickayers meeting held in this city last even
ing. The brickayers now receive 81 rs per day
wages, and they intend shortly to demand 80 per
day.
A general convention Of shoe leather dealers Of
the States Of New York and Pennsylvania was held
yesterday at the Astor House, for the purpose o
forming an association for the protection of their
interests. About forty tanneries were represented
The cause of this movement, is the depressed con
dition Of the sole leather manufacturing business
The meeting was strictly private. The general
opinion was that the only remedy for the present
state Of things was to curtail their business for
several months until the surplus of stock now on
hand should be exhausted, and it was proposed
to pass resolutions to that effect and to get the
agreement of every member of the association to
follow that course of action.
The ship Wabsmo, Captain Doty bound from
New York for Antwerp, caught fire about noon
yesterday, while going down the bay, and burned
to the waters edge The flames spread with sucl,
rapidity as to defy every effort to subdue them.
The officers and crew were taken of by the pilot
boat Elwood Walter, saving but little more than
the clothing on their backs The ship was owned
by Messrs Hurbut, Latin & Co., and was valued at
$50 ,000 Her loss is covered by insurance. She
nau al ussOrteu CdEgO VI mcIVuouuiSc Nuiucu Nv
$4,000, which was insured for $54,467.
In the Superior Court yesterday Judge Moncrie,
rendered decision confirming the report of the
referee In the Forrest divorce case as to the
amount Of the allowance of alimony, (deaucting
the sum paid by the defendant as temporary alimo
ny,) and final judgment was ordered in conformity
Herewith.
A trial of one Of the seven or eight hundred
suits involving the pay of the old police force
was commenced in the Supreme Court yesterday
When the tenth juror was qualified the panel was
exhausted, and the case was then adjourned till
Monday.
The trial of what is known as the Norwalk Bank
case, in which James 8. williams Is charged with
obtaining letter from the New York Post Office
addressed to F. A. Williams, containing q promis-
sorry note for $3 900, was commenced yesterday in
the United States Circuit Court. report of the
testimony IL given in another column.
Tho weekly statement presented at the meeting
OF Tie Commissioners of Emigration yesterday
showed the number of emigrants landed here dur.
ing the past week to be 2o2, making the number
since January l, 500. The apparen. balance Of
ths Communication Fund is now $ll ,l04 81. No
business came up for disposal at the meeting,
The national association Of base ball PLAYERS
held their annual meeting last night in the Cooper
Institute 1t was decided by majority of IS agai
81 that the cay game should net be pls,ed