The New York herald., 1866-05-27


tions liquor dealers whose licenses have been here
tofore reserved. As usual there were q good man!
rejected addresses but large proportion Of the appli
cants having conformed to tho orders OF the Board re
ceived their licenses and went their way rejoicing.
Between eight and nine o'clock last evening murdo
was committed in the tenement house, No. 100 Eas
Fourth street. The murderer's name Is william Cor
mack, that Of the victim Richard Pollard
In the United States District Court yesterday oeiors
Judge Belts motion granted for withdrawing the
proceeds realized from the sale Of the prise steamer
Stephen Hart and the accumulated interest," tnereon
from the Sub Treasury Of the United States and the
same to be paid into court await distribution among
the captors
In the United States Circuit Court yesterday Charles
| Zimmerman pleaded guilty TO indictment charging
him with stealing certain letters from the Post once
Judge Nelson sentenced him to two years imprisonment
| John Schultz who pleaded guilty to an Indictment
charging him with passing counterfeit United States
currency was sentepced to years imprisonment al
Sing Sing.
nre broke out last evening in the dstiery No. 6ls
East Thirteenth street. in the Of feed mill in ave-
nue. and before the flames could be subdued the dis
ery destroyed resulting in loss Of about $50
and the mill damaged to the amount Of $l2, ,000 The
losses covered by insurance.
A special meeting of Me Musical Protective Union,
which present is composed of about three hundred
members held yesterday at the Germania Assembly
Rooms when special committee appointed 70 pre-
pare q price Inst, which will be submitted at tho
next quarterly meeting for approval
The stock market was buoyant yesterday. Govern.
ments strong Gold opened at 1924 and closed at
13sax.
NIsCELLANEOUs.
Tho special letter the Paris Fashions which pub
ish this morning will be read with much interest," not
only containing q spirited and faithful report Of the
latest styles and mysre prevailing in tho dreesses and
adornments Of the ladies, but as giving strange and
amusing erposi OF the standard Of morals prevailing In
very high circles in the French capital.
From Cuba we learn that the Governor General had
forbidden the reading Of political papers and newspapers
to the men employed in the cigar and other manufac-
tories as tending to produce bad feelings and quaes
and hatred with graver consequences
The North Carolina State Convention was in session
yesterday. Another attempt to adjourn die
feated by decisive vote With the exception Of pro-
position amend the constitution the basis Of
senatlon there very little business of any general
Importance Transacted The session will probably be
continued for two three weeks longer.
The yachting seaso, which is now about commencing z
promises to be one Of crsat activity The yachts be-
longing to the Now York Squadron have emerged from
their winter quarters in New London, and the
making active preparations for the forthcoming
gatas. number Of thcm-the FleetMing Haze, Sylvia
Calypso, Rambler, Magic and L'Hirondele-have been
repaired and refurnished in magnificent STYLE and lovers
of aquatic sports are anticipating lively seasof
writ Of habeas corpus has been granted by the Cane
dan court in the Of the Fenan prisoners confined
at Cornwall The impression Toronto Is that the court
will discharge Murphy aud Sheedy.
John Moran whose trial for the murder of Mary Ellen
Reamey has just terminated at Boston, found guilty
Of murder in the first degree and sentenced BY Chief
Justice Bgeow 70 be hanged such time and place a
the Executive may appoint.
Another large and disastrous nre occurred yesterday
in Oil City, Pa, consuming ssventy-nve stores, eight
hotels, forty dwellings, church and seminary laying
half the business portion of the city in ruins and destro
ing property to the amount Of million of dollars, on
which the insurance Is not than hundred thou
sand II is stated that hundred and sevcnty-nve
families have thus been rendered houseless.
Tho old Harrisburg pa bridge destroyed BY ve
at early hour yesterday morning The flames threM-
ened the Cumberland Valley Railroad bridge, few hun.
dred yards below, which, however. was saved.
nre in Pittsburg, Pa yesterday morning destroyed
ten buildings on Liberty street. The loss not stated
The insurance amounted to $14 O00 moaty in Eastern
companies
A'nre in st. Louis last evening destroyed the drug
store Of Peter Elbow and the printing establishment of
Studley Co.. involving loss of about $3.50 900.
FIRE in st. Paul. Minnesota on Friday night destroyed
ten buildings, resulting in a loss OF $4,000.
Two Days Later News from Europe-The
Financial and the Political Situation.
BY the steamers America and Saxonia, from
Southampton, we received yesterday two days
later Ne Ero
in England, without any reported increase of
failures of any consequence, had subsidized.
The suspension of the Bank Charter act on Fri
day, enabling the Bank of England to come to
the rescue, put an end to the excitement and
the pressure on Saturday morning, and conf
dence was re-ostablished. But the commercial
depression on the Continent had seriously there
affected stocks, trade and manufacturing ope-
rations. That little but ominous speech of Ma
poleon at Auxerre, in spite Of all the pacific
explanations interposed, had been doing its
work, and the end is not yet reached
Meantime, however, the general alarm ava
kened by Napoleon's emphatic detestation of
the treaties of 1915 had been somewhat softened
by the circulation of probabilities of Euro
pean congress and Of assurances of the pacific
inclinations Of Napoleon. Reflection had in
tervened, and La France of Paris says. "Evcry
minute gained for reflection strengthens the
chances Of peace" and that ''many dispatches
have recently been exchanged and the idea Of
a congress limited to actual questions gains
ground" But the difficulty of convening .
congress upon these "actual questions" is a
serious one. Veneta, the Danish. duchies, the
territories wrested from France on the left bank
Of the Rhine by those treaties Of 1915, are
among these "actual questions" The Powers
of the Holy Alliance, IL called together, will
adhere to those treaties. Napoleon detests
them. Prussia will hardly consent to enter a
congress with the understanding that her sur
render of those Danish duchies Is to be de-
bated; nor, from her energetic measures for the
defence of Venetia, does Austria seem disposed