The New York herald., 1864-04-07


amending the charter o. the New York Warehouse ara
Security Company. and incorporating sae Brooklyn
Basin Dock Company. bill was reported 20
confru the resolution OF Common Counoh
authorizing the building OF dock a. tne 1901 OF
Barclay street. The bill for new Croton reservoir on
the upper Manhattan Island was ordered 10 third
reading Considerable time was ent IN Committee OF
the WHOLE ard number OF bills were under considera
ron None OF them however, we're OF much Importance
debate occurred on the bill 70 issue $500 600
additional stock the completion OF new Court
House n the City Hall Park motion to order to It's
third reading was ultimately LAID the table.
In the bill approprating eight hundred thou
sand dollars support Of the militia again
taken stcrday, and long, animated and somewhat
personal debate took place It, Efforts made to
reduce the appropriation TO three hundred nfty
thousand dollars. but unsuccessful, and finally
progress was reported, and without having received
any amend ment. the bill made the special order
for this forenoon. An adverse report made
by the committee having II iu charge
the bill 70 take from the Governor the power
TO remove the heads OF our city departments and confer
1t the Mayor. and this report concurred by
the House. Mr.. Brandretn, as the minority OF the
Committee Banks, presented his report Of tho
bill to authorize the State banks 20 do business under the
National Banking act. The majority report OF the Same
committee, adverse to the bil II will be remembered.
presented last week. and referred TO tho Printing
Committee, in whose charge still remains. Ar,cng
many bills upon which reports wore made BY the com
mtees several for the ncos oraton and the amend
Of the Incorporation acts OF different fnanoa
other associations OF this city, but OF then
general interest.
melancholy affair occurred yesterday In the of
the Assembly Committee on Cities, while the New York
city tax levy under consideration Mr. v Drin.er,
In Nf 20 fv rttafe. ~
the his discussion with opposing
sell and suddenly fell forward table, thence rolling
to the foor whero BIO expired almost Immediately.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS
The STEAMSHIP Ocean Queen. Captain Tnklepaugh, from
Aspnwan March 27 arrived 1t this pert yesterday she
brings late from all parts OF The Pacific coast The
soopofwar Glaucus with the newly President OF
Colombia arrived at Carthagena Marca 10. sue.
cess experiment in the cultivation been
made In Guatemala. Gen. Nedins has been elected
President OF Honduras. The Nicaraguan Congress
refused TO accept PRESIDENT Martinezs resignation The
coffee crop that country estimated twenty thou.
sand quintas, and extensive preparations are be.
ing made for the next crop. Chile and Bolivia
have broken of diplomatic relations, and inerven-
tcn has been offered by and the United States
lister. On the 23d Of February disastrous re destroyed
four hundred Thousand dollars worth property VAL
paraiso. Tho French still bockaoing Acapulco at
last advices. suspicious steamer resembling the
Alabama, has been off Acapulco steering northwest
An official document, dated st the Imperial Palace at
Mexico, Department OF Foreign Affairs, March 4, 1854,
states that the Regency OF the empire, having been
formed that certain persons coming from ports the
Pacific have taken possession Of lands in Mexico
contracts made with President Juarez, announces that
" oil such contracts void and OF effect" This act
Of reputation 10 IN accordance with similar document
issued in July, 1868, by General Alnonte and others,
after Juarez had len the capital.
AT the doors che street portion OF the
Metropolitan Sanitary Fair twenty y-fve thousand tickets
sold yesterday, about twelve Thousand OF which
season tickets The Treasurer reported that up to
three O'Clock yesterday afternoon he bad received
SIT ,3O6; bu; double that amount still remained to be
counted The Union square department OF the Fair
opened last evening with much taste and enthusiasm
Speeches were delivered by lew gentlemen and the
utmost order and harmony prevailed.
An election IN Maryland for delegates to . convention
TO amend the State ccnsti,uttoa held yesterday II
is estimated that the majority unconditional
emancipation IS about fifteen thousand.
Tho State election in Rhode Island yesterday resulted
10 the success Of the republicans.
At the meeting OF the Board Of Education last evening
Commissioner Htchman presented ication from
Anson Herrck giving the Board Education the appoint
msnt OF midshpmau to the Naval Academy from the
Ninth Congressional district. The sum OF 81 500 was
appropriated to build wing to schoolhouse In the
Fourteenth ward. resolution adopted approprias
ing sol 22s for building schoohouse In the Six.
teenoh ward and $5s 900 for another in the Eighteenth
After dsposng Of minor business the Board ad.
jourred. |
Tho emigration from Europe to this port continues TO
Increase from week week. The number sf arrivals
last week 99I. making the number since January1 |
400 against 10 696 70 the period last
year The balance OF the fund now 70 the
credit OF the Commissioners Of Emigration is se2 924
The OF the United states against John ". Hunter
cha ssd with dsfrauding the government by forging
checks the sab Treasury, resumed yesterday
Commissioner White Only witness. w. H. Ferris
teller in the snb-Treasury, examined. The case
stands adjourned till TO day
TN United States District Attorney has resolved no.
ncaiion from The Secretary Of the Navy that be had
aggregate appraised vlue Of prize steamers Mar
garc and Jessie and Emma the vessels having taken
for government use.
In tie United States Comm mssioner's Office, before
Commissioner Osborne, yesterday, John MCGEE and
Isaac Oliver brought up TO answer the charge
OF having given aid and comfort to the enemy The gov
not being ready 10 90 on, the post
poned till the 2Sth inst.
The trial Of James NJ Nixon, the crippled volunteer,
FOR the killing OF William Brown late proprietor OF the
"Pewter Mug was commenced yesterday in the Court
OF oyer and Termner before Judge Barnard DIFF
Hculty experienced in getting jury and the panel
exhausted when The seventh man sworn An
additional panel has been ordered for to day. The
Jury not organized, in consequence OF there
ing quorum present. The absent jurors were 6ued
twenty-five dollars each and she Judge remarked that he
would impose the ne for every days nattendance.
Judge Miller in the Supreme Court, circuit yesterday
was engaged case, wherein Charles Mor,ord sued
William Marsh, william Yorck and others for the recove-
ry OF s4lo The descendants, appears, endorsed
that amount, which was allowed 10 90 TO protest The
plaintiff held the papes and failing TO get any satisfaction
Of the maker, sued the endorsers Verdict for the
plaintiff OF szlo, with interest.
The new steamer 81. John made the trip from New
York 70 Albany Monday night last In eight bours and
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