The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-07-09


| bone of the rebellion. A few decisive military
movements now will soon reduce 1t to shadow.
Richmond correspondent Of Charleston pa
per, under date Of June &c, says there are some
who believe We shall have peace before We have
fight. The reaction at the North having begun,
the circulating petitions Of merchants, bankers.
clergymen and other citizens of New York, which
are pressing their peaceful Influences upon Abra-
ham Lincoln, are also operating in Richmond"
He further says that the question Of peace ia freely
discussed.
story is told of Senator Joseph Lane, OF Ore
gon, which will bear epetition:-Accouuts Of the
Senator's rebel sentiments and movements pre-
ceded his return home, and, 1t is said, rendered
him very unpopular, particularly after the attack
on Fort Sumter. When he reached tho shores of
the Pacific he began to feel his unpopularity in
various ways but no remark that was made to
him and in his hearing was more cutting than that
of stage driver with whom he had entered into
conversation without disclosing his name. In the
course Of his talk the Senator took occasion to re-
mark that he considered himself at that time about
the worst abused man in the State. "Well, Idon't
know about that" replied the driver. eff you are
any worse abused than that rascal, 10. Lane, God
help you"
The bogus confederacy cotton bale loan Is
still dragging along in the seeded States. II is
not yet half taken, and probably never will be.
Some seventy or eighty of the "weak sisters Of
the New Hampshire Legislature have been &C.
duced into signing protest against the passage
OF the war bill, because they fear the men and
means which it authorizes will be used to assist in
desolating Southern homes and overthrowing
Southern institutions.
Over million and half dollars worth of pro.
perty was destroyed by fire on the 4th and 9Th
inst. The most disastrous Of these fires were at
Boston, which destroyed property to tho value of
five hundred thousand dollars; at East Albany
which consumed five hundred thousand dollars
worth, and at Milwaukee, where loss was aus
tanned of one hundred thousand dollars.
The Richmond papers have named the comet the
Southern Confederacyr
In our list Of gunboats, published yesterday we
omitted the steamer Montgomery. This vessel is
now blockadiDg the harbor Of st. Marks, Florida.
The heat yesterday was literally dissolving the
mercury standing at ninety-two degrees in the
shade, between noon and two o'clock p. M. In
the full blaze of the sun the heat was intOerably
oppressive. lady while passing through Broad
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lightning, and upon examination it was found that
she had been sunstruck.
The De Kalb regiment, Colonel Won elisa, left
this city yesterday for Washington.
In the Board of Aldermen yesterday O resolu-
ton directing the Comptroller to disburse the
unexpended balance of the appropriation made
for the relief of families Of volunteers was lost.
Alderman Bosle then offered resolution appro.
priatng half million dollars for relief fund.
This was laid over. The quarterly report of the
operations of the Street Commissioners Office was
sent in.
The Board of Councilmen met last evening, and,
as will be seen by the report of the proceedings
in another column, series of resolutions were
adopted condemning the manner in which the
Union Defence Committee discussed the million of
dollars given to them by the Common Council, and
calling upon the Defence Committee to furnish the
information called for by resolutions adopted last
month, which they have failed to do. Other reso-
lutions pertaining to the relief of the families Of
the VOLUNTEERS were adopted, and the Board ad'
journed to meet on Wednesday, to perfect plan
for their immediate relief, many of the families
being represented as in starving condition.
In the General Sessions yesterday Recorder
Hoffman sentenced John Samuel, who pleaded
guilty last week to msnslaughter in the first. de.
gree, to Imprisonment in the State prison for df
teen years. On the 24th of May last there was a
fight In sailors boarding house in Water street,
when Henry L. Jones was fatally stabbed by
Samuel. VIM. Skinner, who pleaded guilty to man
slaughter in the third degree, in killing Henry
Walker on the 18th Of October he having been
stabbed In the abdomen with knife, was sent to
the State prison for four years. Francis Charlock
pleaded guilty to passing counterfeit 50 bills on the
Union Bank of Vermont, and was sent to Sing
Sing for two years.
The Commissioners OF Excise met yesterday, and
granted licenses to ten innkeepers and two store
keepers, on payment of the usual fee Of thirty
dollars The Board adjourned until twelve O'Clock
to-day (Tuesdsy.)
According to the City Inspectors report, there
were 1893 deaths in the city during the past week
a decrease of 62 as compared with the mortality
of the week previous, and SO less than occurred
during the corresponding week last year. The re.
capitulation table gives deaths by alcoholism,
Of disease of the bones, joints, &C.; 70 Of the
brain and nerves, of the generative organs, 10 Of
the heart and blood vessels, 108 of the lungs,
throat, &C.; 2 of old age, SO Of diseases Of the
skin and eruptive fevers, premature births, "a
of diseases of the stomach, bowels and other
digestive organs p of uncertain seat and general
fevers l unknown and Is of violence, &c. The
nativity table gives 2S6 natives of the United
States, 65 of ireland, 26 of Germany, of England
Of Scotland, and the balance Of various foreign
countries.
The sales Of cotton yesterday enbrsc about LOCO
200 bales, closing the basis Of 15Hc per Id. for
mddng uplands. Flour, under the influence OF the
Great Eas.erns news, exhibited more Hrmness espe.
cay for good shipping grades OF superne State and
Western but owing 10 the enhanced rates OF freight the
market closed without change OF importance in prices
Wheat firm, especially good 10 prime Western spring
the sales large, and prices generally sustained
cept for inferior grades. Corn was heavy and dull,
while sales were 10 q fair extent. Pork was 10
fair request, and prices steady, with sales Of
inspected meas at $l4 80, and Of inspected do. At
Sl4 rs. Sugars were firm, with sales OF about
500 hhds and 90 boxes rates given in another col
umn. Coffee 6rm, with moderate sales, including
about 800 bags Rio and 27o do. Haracabo II sad the
duties to be proposed by Congress sugars will be Ike
per pound additional to the present rates. which viii