The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-06-15
of the country

Tho News.
The screw steamship Canadian, Cant. Graham,
which sailed from Quecec on tho LIST inst for Lon.
dondery and Liverpool, struck on field of sunken
ice eight miles south of Belleise ON the 4th inst,
and sunk in thirty five minutes. She had on board
forty'nine cabin and seventy one steerage pas
sengers, and crew Of about eighty persons, one
hundred and eighty of whom were saved in the
ships boats and landed at Cape Baud, from
whence they were conveyed in French bark to
st. Johns, N. F., where they arrived yesterday
morning. Such brief particulars Of the disaster
as have reached us are given in another column.
Our European files by the Adriatic contain some
important details of the latest news from Europe
which we publish to-day. The resume of the
English commercial reports as to the effect of the
American war on the trade of the country are of
much interest at the present moment
The defeat of Henry Winter Davis in the Fourth
| Baltimore Congressional district of Maryland
must be attributed entirely to his republican pro-
clivites. He was elected to the last Congress on
the Know Nothing ticket, and received the sup
port of the Plug Ugies, Blood Tubs and Rose
Buds of Baltimore. After taking his seat in the
House of Representatives he commenced hobnob-
bing with the republicans, and finally went, body
the successful candidate in Davis district, was
first nominated by the unconditional Union men,
but upon being Intercepted he announced pub
icly his Union sentiments, but refused to pledge
himself to any particular course Of action. Upon
this another convention was called, in which Davis
succeeded in carrying majority of the delegates,
much to the dissatisfaction, as We announced at
The time, Of large portion of the sincere Union
men in the district. There is no doubt that all
the Union candidates are elected, although Mr..
William p. Preston, who entered the canvass in
the Third district with what may be termed a
masked battery, behind which he had mounted
his secession ordnance, was powerful antagonist
to Cornelius l.. J.. Leary, an unconditional Union
man. In the other districts except, perhaps, the
Sixth, there was no opposition sufficiently organ
lied to render the success Of the Union
candidates for moment doubtful; and there
fore we think we are safe in reterating our opin-
ion that the result of this election will show
that secessionism, and even neutrality" are
played out in Maryland. The following are the
names of the candidates elected, all being Union
men,
John W. Crisfeld 4-Heury Nav
2-Edwin Webster. 5-Francis Thomas
s-Cornelius L. Leary 6-Chares B. Calvert.
hoH AaIou HdIuuB, OulOu CduOludC0 IOr COu-
gress in the Fourth district of Kentucky is sound
on the eagle He says, if elected, he will vote to
put down the principle Of secession, even if it
costs millions of money, oceans of blood, and q
seven years war.
Governor Pickens, of South Carolina has at
last been induced to follow in the footsteps of
10. Brown, Governor of Georgia. He has also
issued a proclamation Informing the Palmetto
people that it is against the law to be honest and
that they must pay no more debts to Northern
creditors.
The popular vote of Tennessee will exhibit
msjority for secession of between sixty and seven
ty thousand. East Tennessee has given about ten
thousand majority for the Union.
meeting was held in Dover, Delaware, on the
18th inst, at which resolutions were passed re-
questng James A. Bayard to resign his seat in the
United States Senate, on the ground that he no
onger represents the sentiments of the people of
that State.
There are three thousand troops encamped at
Chicago consisting of the regiment for the State
at large, the Irish Brigade and the Hecker regi-
ment.
Printing paper is among the articles which are
declared contraband. There are in the States
composing the bogus confederacy fifteen paper
mills, which produce daily seventy-fve thousand
pounds, while the daily consumption is upwards
of one hundred and fifty thousand pounds. The
New Orleans journals want to know how long the
Southern papers can hold out at this rate.
The Register snd Advertiser, two Mobile daily
papers, both finding it somewhat difficult to make
accounts square, in consequence Of the prostration
of business in that city, have made one concern of
the two Offices.
The big gun Union was raised from the water
near Locust Point, Baltimore, on Thursday last,
and safely placed on the deck of the schooner j.
j. Baril. 1t was securely dashed to the vessel to
prevent it from rolling overheard should the YES
sci be caught in storm. 1t is also provided with
buoys, SO that should ii again by accident fall over
board the buoys will indicate its locality.
The report that the Hampton bridge is not
burned and that exPresident Tyler's rural resi-
dence is occupied as a hospital by federal troops
is mistake. The bridge is burned, and the house
is not occupied as hospital but is guarded by
the pickets of Colonel Duryee's Zouaves
Conmissary General Walsh has informed Colonel
McCunn, Of the Thirty seventh regiment of volun.
teers, that he will place two howitzers and as
many muskets as the regiment may require at
their disposal, for exercise and practice before
they are supplied with arms by the State.
Recorder Hoffman tried large number of
prisoners yesterday in the General Sessions. Thos
Mcdonald and James O'Brien, indicted for bur.
glary in breaking into the store of VIM. E. DUNG.
No. l7S Duane street, on the 9Th of June, pleaded
guilty to the charge. The former was sent to the
State prison for three years and four months, and
the latter to the same institution for three years
ard two months. VIM Burnside was sent to the
state prison for five years, having pleaded guilty
to breaking into the dwelling house of Henry
sturke, No. $40 Spring street, on the night of the
9th Of June. John Holtzing was convicted of
stealing COW, and sent to the State prison for
two years. Henry hyer, tried for stabbing Alcnz .
J. Howe with knife, on the 4th Of May, was con-
victed Of assault and battery, and sentenced to