, 1866-08-21

Cholera Report-Arr1ynl Of Ncv Cotton |
Later Details In Relation to the Fire /
In jersey Clty-ContFtbutlons In Aid |
Of Portland Attempt to Throw q
Train Off the Track.
NEw Yong, August a1.-Thc steamer New York |
Of tlc eth ult. |
seven cases and four deaths from cholera in this
eiiy nre rcBoEtsd today, and 1Te eases and four
The drsl bale oi new cotton arrived in this city
yesterday from New Orleans. 1t vas fine .pec- |
eb sn ana rPs7Ss nse tof the quality ot Inc crop
'ase &C. PC ey Yesterday va. one Of
most disastrous eyer occurring IN this sictnity;
nigbtfsll. 1t broke out on The schooner Alfred |
Barrett lying IT the p!e,, on The Jersey shore. shc
iost"n 1his morning On hcr catchins die, she
hrew MP, and the flames spread with great rapid
isy 10 the adjoining piers and VESSELS. Two piers
Thirteen lives were lost, and eayeEal persons in
jured The loss Of property Is estimated at from
ens 70 two millions: On wlish partial insa!anee
cotton, tobacco and oil, two piers and part Of
third, and sumo eighteen veese's Of all elassesS
coins into lie foreeastie Of tbe schooner to look
for blaeksn@.hrush and while there either light
Ing or tEcading npoa match.
Mr. Henwood, one OF The .lesseca OF the cotton
dock, and other gentlemen competent to iadse,
estimate the Total loss At not less thau T. 900 0
The lozs to ihe Erie Railway Company Il esti-
mated At EM,D-G. The cotton pier. eight hnr~
dred fe+t in length, is owned BIZ Mo4ca Tuyior:
buildip. il ai,out Sio.OoN, partly INSPIRED. The
loeSea On cotton md tobacco could not he asccr-
tafnrd. The following named firms were lnsers
On oil; robbins, .Jaeobus : Co.. about asJJ
barrels; Lombard s. Stevens, largely; S. Foster
Dewey Il Co., largely: Lyles, F5ihcnnis d CO..
1sf, barrels; Root & Rush. io00 barrels in tank
md 10 barrels; Aowits, seoneld :; Co., LILO
tarr+ls in tank.
Ii is nou stated that there were only three lives
lost at the jersey Ci:y IRE, and they were employ
q h1n On The nc II "a blown
James S:tpl.cna the Fenian leader, i. Indignant
ut the rcuDf that an attachment Is to he procured
against him On account Of The vc4scI now 1yius at
BTook1sn, and says he has nothing to do with
The Mayor Of Portland, Maine, acknowledges
the receipt Of more than $tsO O00 from This cry IN
aid OF the sufferer. by the recent IRE.
The evening parcre fcssu that a yIflaIrons at
tempt WAS made to throw of the track the Satur-
day night tralp Of the Erie Road when It wss
near SuEeEn's. Rails were ptaced acrozs the
| track; no damage occurred.
| Two persons named Wurms and stznuea, mer-
chant ard salesman hare been a.rested and com
mittcd TO jail CHARGED with setting nre to their
premises, No. College place, on the 31th Of july
last with the design Of getting large sum Of in
suTanee money.
fresh cases were reported 10 The Bo3fd Of Health
yesterday and thirteen burial certificates were t.
| SUED from the Bpreau OF Vital Statistics In
Drook1yu there are 10 pctcc.,tfb1e chanccs In the
rfocref4 Of the epidemic, and fou5eep re-h
| ca<ee werc reuorted in that city Yesterday.
man nnmeii Rnbert Raca xas arrested In
BrooEiyu, On safurdsy. for 1hc alleged murder o{
his wife in IIycrpooi, England. In December.
1861. He ras surrendered 10 an English iettectiye