The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-06-19
ne News.


slant, arrived at this port yesterday morning Her
news had peou anticipated by the City of Balti-
more.
The Madrid Gazette Of the Goth of May au-
nouuces that the government has received an Off.
cir notification from The President of the United
States thar a blockade of the ports of the South
ern states has been established.
h IN adrid journals Of the 30th of May publish
Il le,'er from the Haytien Consul in that CITY, in
which he declares that a proclamation, ascrbed
by some Paris newspapers to the President of the
Haytien republic calling on the people to arm
against the Bpaniards aud containing offensive
language respecting Spain, is not authentic.
A Turin letter of the Goth of May says:-Mr.
Marsh, the American Minister, accredited to the
King of Italy. has arrived here.
The Fourteenth regiment Of New York State
Volunteers, under command Of Colonel James
McQuade, numbering $40 rank and file, arrived
from slbany at ore O'Clock r. NJ, and landed at
the foot of Fourteenth street, North river. They
are now quartered in the Park barracks, and will
leave this morning for Washington by railroad.
Fairfax Station 10 often COMPOUNDED with Fair.
fax Court House. The former is situated on the
orange and Alexandria Railroad, eighteen miles
from Alexandra, and the Court House or county
seat Of Fairfax county IL village about fourteen
miles from Alexandria, on the wagon road leading
to Wareron. And the same may be said Of Ma
nassas Gap and Manassas Junction. The latter
place n where tie rebel soldiers are encamped,
and Is about twenty seven miles from Alexandria.
The Gap Is in the valley of Virginia. running
through the Blue Ridge Mountains, and about six
~ miles from the Junction.
Colts regimen, now encamped at Hartford, is
already eight hundred strong. The men have en-
listed for three years, and are to receive twenty
one dollars per month, eleven dollars from the
government and ten from the State They are all
armed with Colts repeating rifles. A PROPOSE
ton has been made to the regiment to take po-
siiion in the regular army and serve for five years.
but we learn the men have refused the offer.
A warrant has been issued in Tennessee for the
arrest of Hon. Andrew johnson, United States
senator from that State, on charge of treason.
His where abouts seems not to be known. If we
felt inclined to betray the honorable Senator we
might inform the officer of Tennessee that he may
probably be found on the 4th Of July next in his
seat in the United States Senate
The trains between Parkersburg and Grafton,
on the Northwestern Virginia Railroad, branch
of the Baltimore and Ohio, are now running regu-
!lrly, and connect at Grafton with regular trains
running to Cumberland. The road is guarded by
Union troops
The law under which the buccaneers Of the pri.
va;eer Savannah will be tried was passed by Con-
gress in April, 1890. 1t declares that every cid.
zen of the United States who commits any rob-
oery or act Of hostility against the United States,
any citizen thereof upon the high seas, is to be
deemed q pirate, and, on conviction is to suffer
death.
French engineer in New Orleans offers to de-
s,loy the blockading steamer Brooklyn for twenty
thousand dollars. Another ambitious individual
is willing to undertake the job for sixty thousand
dollars, and third proposes to do the work nice
ly for one hundred thousand, payment to be made
when The job is finished.
Tie trial of the prize vessels was set down by
Judge Belts, in the United States District Court,
for Monday next.
We are indebted to Adams Express Company
for New Orleans papers of June IL. As our
mail facilities entirely cut of, these pa
pers come very acceptable.
The chip Robert Harding cleared at New Orleans
for Liverpool on the 10th inst. This was the last
foreign vessel in ort, and the business Of the Gus
tom House may be considered ended from that
date up to the time when 1t will again be taken
possession of by a collector appointed at Wash
ington.
at the Board of Supervisors last evening reso
luton was presented by Mr.. Conner, requiring the
Commissioners of Harlem bridge to inform the
Board whether the county of Westchester had paid
any portion of The exp incurred in construct.
ing that bridge. A resolution offered by Super
visor Stewart was adopted, directing the Comp.
roller to refuse to pay any bills incurred by the
Commissioners for building Harlem bridge, unless
they had been audited and allowed by the Board
of Supervisors
The committee appointed by the State Senate
at the close of the session last winter to investi.
gate the charges of corruption against the Mayor
and Common Council Of the City of New York,
and more especially the Hackley contract, met at
three o'clock yesterday afternoon, at the Office of
the Importers and Traders Insurance Company,
No. 21% Wall street. Senator's Manierre, Hillhouse,
k<gu.an ard Lawrerce were present. Senator
Mani, lc was elected chairman, pro tenn, when
| tie c., ,nittec, after short cons lltaton, ad-
| iourne,i meet again the 30th day Of Octo.
| Der, ard ,., hon pursue the investigation in a
thorough manner until they ascertain the truth or
| faIsity of the Charges.
| The preliminary examination, preparatory to
| the Commencement Of the New York University
| took place ct tie University Buildings yesterday
! morning. The annual Commencement will take
| place tomorrow Thursday, at hafpast ter
| O'Clock A. NJ, at Niblos Garden, in this city. A.
| eight O'Clock last evening an Grafton was deli
| yered in the Large Chapel before the New Yorl
Beta, of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, by Pro
lessor Henry B. Smith, d. D., Of the Union Theo
logical SEMINARY. The Commencement to-mor
row, it is expected, will be very largely attended
The members Of the New York Historical So
ciety assembled yesterday evening in special inset
ing at the library building. Tho President, Luthe
| A Bradish, occupied the chair. The minutes o
the previous meeting having been read and adopt
ed, and some preliminary business transacted, Mr.
Henry b. Dawson. of Morisania, read the paper O
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