The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-05-09

warohouse SAT and $40 washngsoa street. and stealing
therefrom quantity Of cigars. 41
A sailov q native OF Sweden, named Charles Reed,
committed suicide by swallowing audanum, while suf
ferng from temporary dssangement Of mind Sunday
night, at his lodgings 9s Mott street.
The sudden disappearance the cause OF the
consumption Of horsccsh In army operations has pro-
duccd great stagnaton in the horse market and prices
have fallen of twenty i've per cent within week
Horses valued week ago $3.50 now be bought for
$40 $780, and artillery horses for which the govern
ment paid sloo, can now be had at sl2e This rcdac
ton In prices mainly applies tho class OF horses usually
sold for army purposes Fast animals run at higher
guros but coach horses lower than they two
weeks since
A FIRE, the origin of which is unknown, broke out
about 1--WE O'Clock yesterday morning in the basement OF
No 81 Delaney street, and extended the upper por
ton Of the premises About thousand dollars worth
of damage done to the building and the loss in per-
sona property TO the occupants amounted to about eight
hundred dollars.
An interesting and significant portion Of the closing up
work of the was witnessed in the City Hall Park
yesterday The buildings used by the Supervisors
Volunteering Committee for recruiting purposes with
their contents sold at public auction The attend
at the sale large and the bidding spirited
The total amount realized four thousand hundred
dollars.
The forty seventh anniversary meeting Of the Port
Society Of New York. for the spread the Gospel among
seamen took place yesterday afternoon In the Mariners
Church. Of Catharine and Madison streets The
annual reports exhibit nourishing condition Of tho
association, both morally and financially.
The twenty eighth anniversary Of tho Union THEOLOGY
cal Seminary held in tho Mercer Presbyterian
church last evening. number Of students graduated,
and the exercises consisting principally Of ontory and
music, were worry interesting Rev. Dr. Smith made the
address to the graduating class
Mr.. George w. Morton, late United States Commits
soner In this city died at his residence in Hobokcn last
Sunday. nal ifsss.. ~
The stock market was firm yesterday morning. but
at an advance Gold was weak and closed at $780, after
selling ~ low as lssk ss
There not much change IN commercial aYhrs yes
to-day general thing yet In some articles there was
considerable difference IN prices Foreign goods were
generally quiet; but there were some exceptions Do
mesc produce was fairly active. Cotton was excited,
and prices advanced fully 7c per h., with largo bus
ness. Petroleum . shade lower. On Change the
-four market opened al &C. 10c higher but closed dull
with tho improvement lost Wheat quiet and steady
while and outs were dull and nominnlly lower.
Pork quiet bat prices were without material change
Beef was steady, while lard active and firm.
Frsights were duh, and whiskey was 10. lower
According tho City Inspectors report there wore
472 deaths in the city during the week ending May q
Of IS compared with the mortality Of the
week previous and 81 less than occurred during the
corresponding week last year. OF tho deaths which &C.
cured during the past week. 21s resulted from acute
diseases ga from chronic Diseases and 40 from external
causes &c. There 327 natives Of the United States
SO OF Ireland IA of England, so of Germany, Of Scot
land and the balance Of various foreign countries.
There twenty eight deaths from smallpox last week.
being slight increase the mortality from that disease
the several previous weeks However the increase
the number of is not sufficient 10 give any just
for ALARM NE fatal results from other affections
about which excitcmentcvcr occurs numerically
much heavier For instance thirty persons died
in this city in the past week from the effects of nam
nation of tho lungs.