The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-03-06

Tho steamship City Of New York. from Liver
pool on the 18th and Queenstown ON the 10th ult.,
arrived at this port yesterday morning. Her
sdvices are not so late by one day % those by
the Hiberaisn at Portland, which we published
yesterday morning; but from her mails and those
Of the Hibernian-which latter arrived in this
city at late hour last Might've this morning
furnish some interesting details of late European
news.
Spring has come, according to the almanacs;
but old winter seems disposed to linger with US
yet little while longer before yielding up the
sceptre finally to his more welcome successor.
Yesterday we had a very sharp snap of cold,
anew. and gave very decided impulse to loco
motion. The wind was also disposed to be trou-
blesome, blowing very brisk all through the day
and up to late hour last evening.
During the excitement in Wall street yesterday
over the sudden fall in gold number of the
SPECTATORS became noisy that the police had to
interfere. Two Of the specie operators, named
Leon Nassau and Jules Hart, were arrested for OBJ
structing the sidewalk. but upon being brought be-
fore Justice Bowling they were discharged with q
reprinand.
The Chamber Of Commerce held its usual week.
ly meeting at one O'Clock yesterday, Peletiah Pc
rIt, Esq, in tho chair. The proceedings are fully
detailed in another part of todays paper, and will
be found to be of unusual interest The remarks
Of members on the late burning Of the Jacob Bell
are altogether to the point.
The Harbor Defence Board met yesterday, and
received and adopted the report of their Commit
tee ON Bylaws. They also directed the clerk to
invite General Mcclellan, Admiral Paulding, Cap
tain Ericsson, and other eminent and worthy pat
riots. to before them for consultation. after
which the Board adjourned to Monday next
The second annual commencement of the Belle
vue Hospital Medical College took place even
ing, when quite an interesting programme was
gone through. The Most Rev.. Archbishop
Hughes was present ON the occasion and delivered
an address, which was listened to with profound
attention.
At the meeting Of the Board OF Councilmen yes
terday motion was made to discharge the Com
mittee on Finance from the further consideration
of the Tax Levy. The motion was carried. The
rest of the business was of no consequence or in
terest The Board adjourned to Saturday at two
o'clock Pm.
General Robert B. Mitchell, at Nashville, has
issued special order announcing that all indivi-
duals and corporations attempting to avail them
selves Of or to obey any law of the socalled Con-
federate Congress, or any statute of any Legisla-
ture passed subsequent to the passage of disoyal
acts by such Legislature shall forfeit all their pro-
perty, in pursuance of the Confiscaton act passed
by the Congress Of the United States; and the in
dividuals attempting, for themselves or for cor
porations, to commit this act of treason shall be
sent south of the lines of the United States army
The New Hampshire Second regiment, which
has just been sent home ostensibly to be consoli-
dated with the Seventeenth has in it, as has been
ascertained, over three hundred republican 70.
ters. The nggerheads up to tricks of this kind.
Nine conventions--State, district and1 county,
called by the various parties in Rhode Island-will
be held in Providence on the 10th inst.
A correspondence has taken place between COL
LOOMS and Judge McCunn in respect to the writ
of habeas corpus issued for the production of the
body Of Edward G. Maturn in which the Colonel
satisfactorily explains that dsrespect could
have been intended to the City Judge. The attach
ment was therefore withdrawn; but Mr.. Howe, the
counsel, has sued out new writ and the matter is
therefore not yet at an end.
The feature of the dealings Wall street yesterday
again the decline in gold which fell time fifteen
per cent below the price Of Wednesday evening closed
154 bid. Exchange fell to I72 a ia Money was very
easy at 8. The stock market is inactive, spectators
being engrossed by the decline in gold
Business was much restricted yesterday by the de
pressing reaction gold. Flour fell on 15c &c. wheat
sc. 10c and corn &C. &c. with light sales Pro
visions were less active and tending downwards Whskey
unsettled. There less doing groceries Sugars
and molasses depressed Cotton declined to s5c.
Soc for middng, with sales and resaes Of $50 bales All
descriptions Of general merchandise In demand
The freight market extremely dull