The New York herald., 1864-04-06

meals for the mprovement OF ghe Champlan Canal 70
amend the New York Deaf and Dumb Asylum act, iexa'
izing volunteer Communication and substitute ooess ~ VI
Albany Richmond counties and for the oestor 'ssu
| iA,isn OF the state Inebriate Asylum nsmoer "
others o. little importance passed. Tho Militia bill
was the special order n the afternoon SESSION. whcA
was entirely taken up the discussion OF that measure
No amendments were made IL. and after having pro-
gress reported, It Was again laid over.
The Assembly Committee Cit,es yesterday anernooa
again hoard arguments on the New York City Tax levy
but no final disposition was made Of the matter
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS
Our European Giles by the Hbernian reached this city
from Portland last night. The papers dsted 10 tho
24rh ultimo. The news has been anticipated
The emigration from ireland to America continues TO
increase daily and was going vast scale on the
25h Of March The people TO the soaboard from all
psrts o. the island. The Mayo Constellation says;-
Anoher feature in the present revolution the fact that
the majority or passages have been paid In America and
that the present Of value OF American paper tends
70 vastly nce the tide which threatens TO leave por
tions Of our island bowling Wilderness" The Kerry
oasays:"Wednesday morning the number OF mgrauts
who left Trslee and Killarney for Cork bound for America
was fully large at any time In tho height Of tho
season for su,igration last year,
Our correspondent in British Honduras dating at Be
lize the 18th ut reports that continued dull In
the colony. The commercial tariff had been revised by
the Legislature. The remain the last year
The Hon James Mcdonald, 40 eminent merchant In Be.
ze and exspeaksr OF the Assembly died tho 1lh Of
March.
The Sanitary Fair building 10 Fourteenth street was
visited by about thirteen thousand ve hundred persons
yese day No Information could be obtained relative 70
the amount Of receipts but largo number Of sales were
made and many Of the most costly articles found ready
purchasers. The building Union square will be
thrown open for the first time at three o'clock this after
noon, with grand concert and other ceremonies Ex.
tensve preparations being msde TO the
many thousands who will doubtless visit IT,
About yesterday Ere broke out 10 the wh,skey
distlery Of J. C. Dayton Co., Nos co. II and 70 Rob
inson street. The innammability OF the stock soon
caused terribly hot fame, which 10 less than half An
hour burned down the two four story buildings Nos II and
7S aud demolished about oneha Of the third building
The fire also extended to several OF the adjoining build
ngs before extingushed by tho nremen. The estimated
loss amounts to about seventy nve thousand dollars
the greater portion OF which is covered by insurance
The accident it seems caused by the workmen
allowing lighted lamp to be placed where hs
filing barrels with alcohol the fumes Of which toox
fire.
Colonel Hughes, Adjutant Mcdowell aud other officers
Of the Twenty fifth Tennessee rebel regiment recently sur
rendered to Colonel W. B. Stokes OF tho Fifth Tennessee
Union cavalry, commanding al Sparta Tenn. under the
amnesty proclamation Of President Lincoln
Miss Emma Webb delivered lecture at the Cooper
Institute last evening Her theme .sThe Present
Administration and the Affairs OF the Country but her
remarks were mainly 10 reply to Miss Dickinson pol
cal oratorcal efforts.
The Union General Committee met last night at their
rooms in Broadway, and after . short address by Mr.
Surveyor Andrews, the subject or the Connection,
elections, the committee adjourned til mex. Monday
evening
An onslaught made yesterday on the shadroes
placed our rvers and bay where they nterrered with
navigation, by order OF the Pilot Commissioners A
steamug was employed TO draw the poles while the bar.
Dor police boat, Captain Todd protected her from any
demonstrations that might be made by the fishermen
After drawing several poles, committee OF fishermen
came off to the tug and in order to save their property
made promises TO clear them of. They then given
specified time to do SO, and II not done the poles GER
tainy will be drawn and cast adrift by the tugs
The Erenrg Express case which was set down for
trial in the Court OF Common Pleas before Judge Cardozo
yesterday was postponed until Monday next At the re-
quest Of the counsel for the defence Mr.. Cram was
anxious TO try the but Mr. McKeon urged its most
ponement, on the ground that Mr. James Brooks was de-
tanned in Washington on Official business and could not
he in town unt next week and the went over
Nelson Secor recovered verdict Of two hundred and
nifty dollars against the city yesterday; IN the Court o.
Common Pleas before Judge Brady consequence OF In
juries received In December 1852 BY driving
bankment in One Hundred and street which
had been left unprotected by the contractor was then
engaged in opening the The plaintiff had several
OF bis ribs broken and the DOCTORS hands for teu
weeks The defence set up that the street was not
public highway a. the time OF the accident and that the
plaintf had no business there The plaintiff claimed
I'VE thousand dollars damages 50 the verdict was not
such fatterng one after an
The Court OF Oyer and Terminer win sit today in the
brown stone building in the City Hsl Park There are
eight murder cases TO be disposed Of Including the Nixon
and Brooks cases which will prove highly interesting
Jurors for part Of the Supreme Court viii report At
the Oyer and Termrer.
The Mariposa Gaze sEan before Judge Daly. 10
the Court OF Common Pleas, chambers yesterday Mr.
Garrison s still under examination and between the two
counsel-Charles oConcr side, and David D. Field
on the o,her-s having quite siege ., it.
In the Of John Z. Fremont We Washington Hunt
and others. Judge Barnard issued order yesterday
restraining the defendants from ssposing or certain
stock OF the Union Pacific Railroad Company pending the
litigation between these parties relative the delivery Of
certain bonds which Messrs Halett Co. authorized the
trustees to deliver 70 the plaintiff
The OF The Senator again mp yesterday ia the
United states Circuit Court. before Judge shpmsn. and
wac again postponed in consequence OF the government
not producing witnesses for the prosecution.
Before United states Commissioner White the csss OF
the United states against John W. Hunter under
animation yesterday. One wnes. only was examined,
when the case adjourned I'll to-day
The City Inspectors report states that there we're
4sl deaths in the city during the ending April
IA decrease oe 4 compared with the mortality Of
the previous, and 81 than occErred during
the corresponding week last year. To recapitua,iop
table gives deaths Of alcoholism OF diseases 0, the
bones joints &c 90 OF the brain sna nerves Is or The
generatve organs II Of the heart blood vessels lG0
Of the lungs throat, kc o. old age 81 Of diseases OF
thsskn and erdpive evers, premature births, 81 OF
diseases ot the stomach, bowels and other digestive
organs; 40 Of uncertain and general fevers, from
unknown causes OF diseases OF the urinary organs aud
from the United