The New York herald., 1865-07-18

The popuace with extraordinary demonstrations. rne
Havana Diaro de Ia Marina contradcts the report that
the rebel Captain Page late commander of the ram stone
wall has offered his services to Maxmilian, ana says
that he left Havana for Glasgow the early part oil
june command of the Anglo rebel xbockade runner
Ptarmagan and devote himself hereafter 70
the merchant service.
severe drought prevails at sagus Lagrande, Cuba,
which has almost ruined the crops and threatens
the sugar cane.
The Spanish evacuation of the Dominican republic is
still not completed but continues to drag Its slow length
along There yet remain about three thousand Spanish
troops in the country.
News from tho republic Of Hayt TO the 2sh Of June
three days later than that previously received
that the revoluonists still held the town Of Cape Hay
tien towards the recapure Of which the government
forces were making slow progress The remainder OF the
country tranquil and loyal to President Gerard
Additional particulars regarding the hostile operations
of Paraguay the side, against Brazil the Argen
tine Confederation and Uruguay, the other, fur
nshed us by our Buenos Ayres correspondent under
date Of May 21. No engagement had yet taken place.
but one could not much longer be delayed, Paraguay
was still pushing forward her two strong columns OF
troops into the territories Of Brazil and the Confedera
ton respectively and had also powerful feet ready for
action The Of the triumph Of the Union cause in
this country caused much and sincere rejoicing in
Buenos Ayres, among the natives we'll as among our
own people The Buenos Ayrean national holiday, the
26th of May, corresponding to Fourth Of july
celebrated this year. heretofore, with grand military
civic and pyrotechnic demonstrations
Advces from Halifax, N. s., and from Liverpool
cast further light upon the disaster which occurred
to the ship william Nelson, from Antwerp on June
for New York. with German emigrants, burned Off the
banks Of Newfoundland on June 2S The fire arose
from some pitch boiling while the vessel was being
fumigated The Captain officers and cabin passengers
took to the boats leaving the four hundred storage
passengers to their fate The bark Meteor Of st. John
picked up forty cabin passengers many Of them badly
burned and the steamship Lafayette has arrived at the
French harbor of Brest with forty five persons more
picked up from three boats Three hundred and ninety
five souls have still to be accounted for and it feared
that they have miscrably perished.
The heavy rain of Sunday night caused fresh
ests in different parts of the country The Raran river
in New Jersey, so much swollen that yesterday
several villages along the line Of the New Jersey Central
Railroad were almost entirely submerged and property
TO the amount Of hundred thousand dollars at least
destroyed. Many bridges were washed away, and
freight train on the New Jersey Central Railroad
smashed by the breaking Of one Of them. We have
heard of no loss of life by food In Pennsylvania the
seriously damaging the railroads and the Schuylkil
Canal putting temporary stop to trade and travel and
sweeping away bridges and houses and nundating the
streets Of towns. ft
The Board of Counclmen met yesterday, and trans
acted large amount Of routine business. resolution
adopted directing the Corporation Counsel to report
to the Board the judgments obtained against the city
from the lst of January 1854 to the present timc giving
the names Of the plaintiffs and specifying the judgments
that were obtained by default
The procession OF German singers did not take place
yesterday as intended, but postponed till TO-
morrow "wednesday During the day thore was re-
hoarsal for the evenings performance At night at the
Academy of Music, place the monster concert, par
ticpated in by two thousand vocal and hundred tn
strumontal performers.
Madame Jume, widow Of Aaron Burr, died on Sunday
ast at Washington Heights in this city, aged ninety
years.
The investigation of the Of the United Service
Petroleum and Mining Company, in which charges Of
fraud made by George Kellogg, one Of the officers,
against Colonel Mann and Daniel D. Stratton Jr, two
other officials OF the concern, was resumed yesterday
before Justice Dodge at tho Jefferson Market Police
Court The greater part Of the day taken up in hear
ing the testimony Of Mr. Kellogg which was occasionally
dvcrsi0ad by sharp skrmishing between the op-
posing counsel The examination further postponed
till next Friday morning.
The following commitments were mede vest rday -
Patrick Sullivan charged with recklessy discharglng
into the street. from window the Of Seventh
and Fifty yfoarth street. loaded pistol portions
of the contents Of which struck Miss Gilfo and her
brother, young lad, inncting serious njures Ellen
Richards keeper of alleged disrepuabe house at No.
Mulberry street. and Ann Murray, Of her boarders,
charge Of stealing In said place hundred and forty
dollars from james Brown, returned solder Frederick
Grossmaker keeper Of lodging house at l4S Leonard
street. and Of his patrons named Edward Hampson,
on complaint of robbing while In said establishment
John Lochrane OF los Seventh avenue, and Jenny
White inmate of the alleged disrepuable house l45
Greenwich street, charged with stealing two hundred
dollars from Benjamin Kicker, Of Bangor, Me-, while he
in her company.
There six hundred and sixty deaths in this city
during the past week. being increase Of hundred
and six the mortality Of the previous week. and fifty
on that OF the corresponding week last year OF the total
number only two hundred and six were adults Tho
principal diseases those of the bowels there being
from these causes hundred and fourteen Deaths Of
which one hundred and forty eight from cholera
infantum.
The stock market was dull and lower yesterday. Gov
ernments heavy. Gold was steady, and closed on
the street at 1427s, and at night at 142h
meeting OF tho striking cartmen and street swecpers
held yesterday afternoon in front Of the City Hail.
when speeches made and resolutions adopted ind
eating their and condcming the action of the
street cleaning contractors
The REAL Issue SETTIED.-The radicals de-
sire to make public opinion that will sustain
them in keeping up a military occupation of
the Southern States. To that end they tell US
pretty regularly how bitter the rebel leaders
still are, and that they have not in their hearts,
even yet, any love or respect for the Union.
We never supposed they had, and hardly de-
sire that they should have; and yet we do not
consider that any reason why military govern
mcnt should be kept up in those States one day
after it is possible 10 supersede It by properly