The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-04-27
THE LEGISLATURE.

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In VI. Assembly the County Tax bin, having previous
l.. h..n model, wa adopted
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
Sessw' .srard 10 rapidly recovering On Tuesday
"a WAS wei! rIoash 20 attend TO some ofirm bastnea,
and yesterday he able to take short ride Mr..
Frederick seward's condition is daily improving.
Tho steamship Ariel, from Aspinwal on the nth Of
April reached this port yesterday morning. with news
from the United States Of Colombia and Central America
The q the fall Of Richmond, although expected,
produced considerable excitement in Panama. and In
duced the belief that the In North America was
nearly ended. Panama agitatsd by rumor Of fresh
outbreaks and revolutionary rsings. The new govern
ment was In quiet working order, however. In Central
America the republic Of Nicaragua was waiting with
great anxiety for the death Of President Caer OF Qua
temnla, which hourly expected. as the event was
likely to lead to trouble with regard 10 the succession
The extensive premises Of Messrs Fitzgerald Hussey,
Of Chnandagua Nicaragua destroyed by IRE the
3lst Of March, The cotton trade OF Nicaragua and San
Salvador WAS increasing
We have from Havana TO the I'd Of April Presi.
dent Lincons assassination had been announced in the
city. Tho news produced profound sensation of sor
the Southern rebel residents expressing their
regret ut such awful occurrence. News had been
received Havana that the Mexican leader Cortina had
reVolted against Maxmil1on aSsanlted MatamOrOS
He repuls,d by General Mejia 1t said that
Cortinas force made up chiefly Of Texans and
charged that his action against the empire nstgated
TO great extent by army officers and civil officials Of tho
United States We have little news from st. Domingo
by this arrival About hundred and seventy Spanish
prisoners, officers and soldiers had been exchanged
the Sh and 10th inst, all of whom in dcporabo
condition. nletvsix of them having to be sent to the
hospital.
The Board Fl Supervisors held meeting yesterday
and acted upon few papers and then adjourned
No business of public interest came up
The Court of Appeals has affirmed the judgment the
of Charles Walters, convicted Of the murder OF his
wife, in Centre street. and RENTED the to the Su
preme Court with directions to send it to the General
Sessions, where Judge Russell before whom the was
tried, will resentence the prisoner.
The case of Samuel X. Wilson the BrevoOrt In
surance Company, Of this city, trial yesterday
before Judge Peckham, in the Supreme Court, circuit
Plaintiffs cotton mill, at Newark N j., which was
destroyed by fire. partially insured by defendants
who refused TO pay their portion Of the risk claiming
that the policy nvaldated by the erection without
their knowledge subsequent 10 the act Of insurance. Of
adjoining works Of . dangerous character in one Of
which Is alleged the fire originated The case il still on
Judge Garvin Of the Superior Court, had yesterday
before him the case Of David Walenstien versus the
to recover the full value Of some coffee which was
board the ship Mortimer Livingston when she was
wrecked of Cape Nay, and portions Of which
saved by the defendants and rendered 10 Waonsen In
part payment Of his insurance. h. however, refused to
receive tho coffee, the ground that 1t was damaged.
The case is not concluded
In the Surrogates Court yesterday Surrogate Tucker
decided that the balance Of money belonging 10 the late
Francis Luqueer, which IN the hands Of his
Robert and Francis Jr at the time Of his death, 70
be considered having been loan made by him TO his
sons and which they entitled TO RETAIN under his
will, till the distribution Of his estate
In the Court Of General Sessions yesterday John
wyman, convicted Of stealing hundred dollars from
Urah Dot returned soldier sent to the State Prison
for two years John Dennie, notorious offender, who
pleaded guilty time ago to obtaining goods by false
pretences, was arragned Recorder Hoffman said that
in view Of his previous bad reputation he would
him to three years imprisonment in the State
Prison
Papers for the reception OF dollar subscriptions to the
fund for erecting monument to President Lincoln in
prominent locality or this city now to be found
by those wishing 70 contribute at all the newspaper
Offices hotels banks insurance and express Offices, and
many stores and other public places No doubt the
fifty thousand dollars which IL Is estimated will defray
the expenses of placing in Union square the Park
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raised within a few days
fire. the origin of which Is unknown broke out about
four o'clock yesterday morning on third floor of 1876
Division street. and extended to 1874 and 1885, doing dam
age buildings and personal property estimated at about
two thousand dollars
During quarrel yesterday afternoon in the drinking
house No 40 James street. between John H. Cowan and
Frederick Hsey tho latter drew pistol and fired at the
former but the shot missed its and struck the pro-
pretor Of the house. James Casey in the neck producing
injuries from the effects Of which he died soon after
Hisley was committed to the Tombs for trial
A considerable business done yesterday morning
by police justices in committing for trial number OF
pckpockes in addition those already noticed caught
in stealing articles from the persons of citizens in the
crowds attendant upon the Presidential obsequies.
Among the light fingered operators thus disposed of
John Ravel, William Bennett John Dugan James 0Con
nell, Lyon Meyers james Wells, John 1saacs, Robert
Anderson and James Miller
Between twelve and one O'Clock Tuesday morning
the steamer Massachusetts, loaded with soldiers coided
the Potomac river Blackstone Island with the
steam picket boat Black Diamond which sunk in about
three minutes after being struck. II Ia thought that tho
number of lives lost by the over fifty The
Massachusetts, was badly damaged; but by great exer
ton she was kept above water.
sixteen buildings we're burned at Minneapolis, Mime.
sofa the nigh, CT the 10th instant The loss is csti
mated to TO upwards Of one hundred and twenty
Ave thousand dollars which there Is an insurance of
thirty five thousand dollars, twenty-five thousand six
hundred dollars OF II being in New York companies.
According to the City Inspectors report there we're
49s deaths in the city during the week ending April "a
an increase Of 65 compared with the mortality Of the
week previous, and 81 than occurred during tho
corresponding week last year or the deaths which &C
Cured during the past week. 267 resulted from acute
diseases 2l0 from chronic Diseases and 81 from external
causes &c There $3.50 natives Of tho United States
So Of ireland, 10 Of England ~ Of Germany, Of Scot
land and the balance Of various foreign countries.
There only fourteen deaths from smallpox in the
past week. Daring each Of the preceding four or Ave
weeks there ninctcon twenty deaths from this
disease. There fifteen deaths last week from
typhus fever.