The New York herald., 1863-06-13

made a dash into Shawneetown and destroyed it
by fire. killing four Union men who resisted
them. They were pursued Immediately by seve-
raj companies of our troops. and made of in the
direction of the Missouri border.
We have very interesting news from the British
West Indies. The foreign trade 10 the rebel
ports from Nassau, and vice persa, was exceed
ingly brisk The blockade runners were. how
ever, closely watched by our feet. as will be
seen from the reports Of the sharp action Of the
the former in pursuit of the British vessels Mar
garet ana Jessie and Sirius. and the latter in
obtaining information at to the whereabouts and
designs of the contraband traders England has got
another grievance. as alleged by the colonial
journals, in the fact that the Rhode Island at
tackled the Margaret and Jessie within the pre-
scribed limits of maritime law. and near the shore
Of James Point, Eleuthers. Some of the shots from
the Rhode Island fell the land. ploughed up the
ground near the dwellings of the people, and
scared the Inhabitants pretty generally. 1t is
her fire. Since July. 1862, ffty-seven steamers
and ninety-one sailing vessels left Nassau for the
rebel ports. Fifty-one of the former and ffty.fve
of the latter landed their cargoes affording i'm
mense aid to the rebels and realizing vast sums
for the speculators. Forty-four steamers and
forty five sailing vessels reached Nassau from the
confederacy during the same period. A letter.
purporting to be dated on board the Tioga, pub
lished in the Nassau papers, indicates, il genuine,
that the blockade runners were often betrayed to
United States cruisers. The captain of the steamer
Sirius had protested, in Charleston, against the
action of the Rhode Island in chasing her when
within the maritime league of a neutral shore. A
dangerous explosive war weapon, which had been
shipped from Nassau for Charleston on the Mar
garet and Jessie, was thrown overheard by order
of the captain of that vessel when near the
rebel port. The concussion produced by its fall in
the water exploded it. by which the steamer was
badly damaged. and Captain Wilson, who was su-
perintending the work of the destruction of the
+" internal machine" was nearly killed. Mr.. Roe
bucks late assault on Admiral Wilkes, in the Eng
lish House OF Commons as well as the fact of the or
dering Of British Army reinforcements to Canada,
were first reported to Nassau, from Charleston.
There were seventy y-three ships, chiefly British,
loading with cotton at Matamoros, on the 23d of
April. Il
We give highly interesting details to-day Of the
surrender of Puebla to the French, a disaster
brought about solely by inevitable necessity, re.
sulting from want of food and ammunition. After
the surrender General ortega and his officers were
sent towards Vera Cruz as prisoners of war, from
thence to be f9grwaraaed 70 Martinique; but while
on the road It IS rnmofsd that Ortega and several
of his officers made their escape from the escort.
~ MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
Judge Welles has ordered mandamus to be Ia.
sued against Comptroller Brennan, compelling
himto cooperate with the Mayor in designating
four newspapers entitled to the Corporation ad-
vertsing under the recent act Of the Legislature.
Until the courts shall have finally decided the
question at issue between the Mayor and Comp
troer relative to the public advertising the cor
poration advertising will be given exclusively to
the HERALD and Tribune. Messrs. Opdyke and |
Brennan agreed upon this plan yesterday, the |
Comptroller selecting the HERALD and the Mayor |
the Tribune as the two papers of the largest cir
culaton. The decision of Judge Welles will be
appealed.
The case Of William Sheffield against the city Of /
New York for injuries, reported in yesterdays |
HERALD, was postponed until Monday, in conse.
quence of the illness Of plaintiff g counsel.
In the Court Of General Sessions yesterday,
before Recorder Hoffman, John McDermott was |
arraigned on an indictment charging him with hsv-
ing stolen a gold watch, valued at $40 from Mrs. |
Ann McAvoy, Of SO Madison street, on the Sd
Of May last. He was allowed to plead guilty to
an attempt at grand larceny, and was sentenced to
the State prison for two years and four months.
The petit jurors, who have been in attendance
since the first of the month, were discharged for |
the term, and another panel has been summoned |
to attend on Monday and serve during the re-
mainder Of the month.
Another complaint was made yesterday
against Adelaide Moore, alias Shaw, the boarding
house sneak thief, before Justice Quackenbush.
The accused engaged board at the residence of
Mrs. Ellen Powers, No. 166 Third avenue, on the
3D. instant and on the following, day decamped
with lot Of wearing apparel, jewelry and cash.
valued in all at sl97, the property Of boarder
named Margaret King. The real name Of the pri-
soner is now ascertained to be Adelne. Weaver,
and it is said that she appeared at the Winter |
Garden some years ago in the capacity of light
comedian. She is certainly in fair way Of going
to Sing Sing.
The Munster Creland) Ne,cs Of the Goth of
May says:--The boat from Kilrush on Monday
last, was black with emigrants. The number was
so large as absolutely to astonsh those who had
beheld antecedent emigrations. The Northern
Wing, Belfast paper, says the value of the gift
Of breadstuffs Of Mr.. A. T. Stewart, Of New York,
to the cotton operatives Of Lisburn and the Maze,
will exceed four thousand pounds, and the vessel