The New York herald., 1863-05-15

frmer, and all qualities slightly higher on the I'd
of Nav. Breadstuffs wore steady, with quiet
market Provisions steady.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
The British West India mail steamer Plantagenet,
from Kingston, Jamaica, and Port au Prince Hayti,
arrived at her moorings in this harbor yesterday
morning. Our dates from Jamaica are TO the 9th
and from Hayt to the 9th inst. There is no news
whatever from the former place. The Mercantile
| IntelS9encer of May says:-"We are neces-
stated to record continued prostration in trade,
heavy rains in the interior have rendered traffic
| difficult, and purchases are consequently made to
only limited extent except of -four and meal. in
which larger transa actions have taken place. The
| Additional Duty bill has again been enacted. ex-
| cept malt, on which article 1t was shown that
the increased duty had tended considerably to
| check consumption"
| The Jamaica papers announce the formation In
Liverpool of another steam navigation company,
to keep up o monthly trade between Liverpool,
Jamaica and Central America. Four large screw
steamers, the Darien, Granadian, Venezuelan and
Mexican, will leave Liverpool for Colon on the
2lst of every month, and return from Colon about
the ID of each month. conveying goods at through
rates of freight to and from the Pacific. London.
Hamburg, Havre and Bordeaux. The BARREN will
leave Colon for Liverpool on or about the "a of
june calling at Kingston, and will reserve freight
room for coffee and light goods. The steamers to
follow the Darien will call at Kingston, both on
outward and homeward passages, and wiki take
freight each way. All the vessels are fitted with
superior accommodations for passengers.
From Hayti we learn that on the 9Th of May
there was commotion at Port au Prince caused
by an insurrection headed by General Aime lie
Gras, who had taken himself to village called
Dessalines, in the department of Artibonite. On
his way he was joined by some partisans to his
foolish attempt to overthrow the government of
Geffrard The good sense of the people, however,
soon settled the natter for in fortyeight hours he
was arrested, and was expected to be brought to
Port an Prince. At the time of the sailing of the
Piantagenet all was quiet again.
The Hambleton habeas corpus case has ap.
parently come to a dead lock. The Sherif,s war
rant for the arrest of Captain Armstrong, keeper
of the Park Barracks, and the original custodian
of Hambet0n, Is still unserved, in consequence of
that gentleman having left town. Hambleton has
been removed to Fort Lafayette, where there is
every prospect of his remaining as long as the
military authorities see fit. These strategical
movements by Gen. Wool have completely non
| plussed Judge McCunn, and at the same time pre-
| vented any conflict between the civil and military
| powers.
The Convention of Loyal Women of the North
commenced its session yesterday, in the Church Of
the Puritans, Lucy Stone presiding The resolu-
tions reported by Susan B. Anthony from the Bu.
siness Committee, having mixed up the questions
OF antislsvery and woman's rights with the SUBJ
jects more appropriate to the movement, quite a
spicy discussion sprang up, the opposition being
led by Mrs. Hoyt, of Madison, Wisconsin. The ra-
dicals, however, carried their point. The evening
session was held at the Cooper Institute, when an
address to the President of the United States, to
be submitted to the Business Committee at its ses.
sion to-day, was read. Speeches were made by
Rev. Antoinette Brown Blackwell and Mrs. Ernes-
tine L. Rose.
The forty-seventh anniversary Of the American
Bible Society celebrated in Irving Hall at ten
o'clock yesterday morning. The Hon. Luther
Bradish, President Of the society, presided over
the exercises. The principal feature of interest in
the proceedings was the presence of Major
General Mcclellan, who occupied seat beside
Rev. DR.. Adams on the platform. From the an
nual report it appears that the receipts from all
sources were s422,5ss, of which $23s,6ll 2l was
from the sale of books; 81 life directors and ], ,3l4
life members were made during the year; there
were 1.l9S, ,8sl books printed at the Bible House,
and 1.259.ll7 issued, making an aggregate since
the formation of the society of 1883, ,7ls;
the donations for the past year amount
to $l3s,5s3 &c; s39,365 had been granted
for the circulation of the Bible in foreign
nations. A very large proportion Of the
issues of the year were distributed in the army
and navy and among colored people. Addresses
| war dolivarad hv q Of
delphia; Right Reverend NJ. c. Eastburn, of Mas.
sachusetts; Rev. DIR. Gulick, of Micronesia, and
others, which all went to show that an immense
number Of Bibles had been distributed at home
and abroad, and that large harvest of soulsaving
was expected to be the consequence.
, The regular annual meeting of the American
and Foreign Bible Society was held yesterday at
the Tabernacle church (Baptist), in Second ave-
nue. near Tenth street. The proceedings which
were opened with prayer, were of formal charac.
tor-the reading Of the annual reports. appoint.
ment of officers, &c. The Rev. B. T. Welch OF
Albany, was reelected President, as were also the
Vice Presidents Of the past year. The meeting
then adjourned. In the evening the usual annual
sermon was preached.
The forty-seventh anniversary OF the New York
| Institution for the Deaf and Dumb was celebrated
at the Cooper Institute at four o'clock yesterday
afternoon. In consequence Of the threatening ap.
pearance of the weather the attendance Of the in
teresting pupils Of the academy was not as large
as on previous years. The audience, too, was
somewhat diminished, probably through similar
cause. The exercises began with a fervent prayer
by the Rev. DR.. Adams, after which the members
Of the most juvenile Of all the classes were care
fully examined in the sign language, acquitting
themselves to the satisfaction Of ell present A
more advanced class Of boys and girls was next
examined, and examples afforded the audience OF
various kinds Of sign language. One kind of this
strange manner of expressing thought Is called