The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-10-09

The steamship Evening STAR Of the New York NAH
steamship Company, which len this port on the w'n
ut, with an assorted cargo aud two hundred and my
cabin and steerage passengers and Of seventy
men, foundered at sea, hundred and eighty miles
east OF Tybee (Savannah Light the night OF the i@
inst The news conveyed to this city via Savannah,
Georgia and obtained from two OF the rescued pas
sengers who had arrived at Savannah. Another boat
had arrived at Fernandina Florida having on board the
purser and chief engineer Of the ship Captain Knapp,
commanding the vessel was drowned The schooner s.
J. Warng, which has arrived at Fernandna Florida has
some OF the rescued and passengers ON board but
how many stated The rest are supposed to havo
been lost.
The brig Eliza Ann, OF New York for Boston, was sunk
by collision with a schooner of Mnots Ledge Sunday
evening The crew saved The schooner A. B.
Terry OF Nantucket sprung leak and sunk near the
same place on Saturday night and the bark Venus for
Philadelphia from London had board fourteen Of the
officers and crew OF the wrecked ship Shooting STAR
from Liverpool for Eastpor
Our correspondent Fortress Monroe gives details Of
the severe encountered by tho bark Laura bound
from Bremen to Baltimore, on the 22d OF September
Seven men were washed overheard and nty were
wounded, as reported in the HERALD OF Thursday. Tho
Laura had arrived At Fortress Monroe 50 seriously dam
aged that 1t would require long time TO repair her
sufficiently to undertake another voyage.
The President In q proclamation published this morn
Ing recommends that Thursday the Goth rroxino, be
observed throughout the United States as day OF
Thanksgiving and Praise for another year OF National
life vouchsafed US people.
Secretary Seward far improved in health a. to
be able 70 visit the President the White House yester
day
Our Charleston cores ondence says that the South
Carolina Legislature adjourned after a stormy session
The black code virtually repealed and all the civil
rights except suffrage Office holding and being Juror
now extended 10 the negro. II Is reported that
Governor Orr will recommend the adoption OF the con-
stitutiona amendment aud also election Of Repre-
| sentativcs who can take the oath.
Colonel Bingham orc Of tho delegation of Southern
Northene who charged with the canvassng OF the
country tho nteres OF the radicals and who was in
terrupted Cairo Friday night by mob SAYS that
the disturbing eemeat armed with bowie knives and
i made desperate efrt to naugurae bloody tragedy.
The train which supposed to contain Parson Brown
/ low and A. j. Hamilton thrown from the track
about eighty miles Cairo, by the displacement OF
two rails The engineer killed and Ave persons we're
| wounded. The whoe delegation had arrived in st.
| Louis safely.
The proceedings o. the Catholic Council in Baltimore,
| were continued in private yesterday.
| Governor Fenton ias declined to commute the SEN
| tence OF Frank Ferris, the wife murderer who was
respited until the 9th instant by the executive some
time ago His Letter TO Ferris counsel on the subject Is
published the HSsALD this morning, In which he takes
the ground that a cmmutaton would establish prece
| dent unwarranted y law or public policy.
Charles D. Fuller the teller of the Hartford Bank who
is suspected Of aistracting bonds to the amolnt Of
$40 oOO brout before the court on Saturday and
bound over TO thu Superior Court for trial in $4,000
The bonds gwen by his father Fuller insists that
he innocent abouga his mode Of living has been SO
fast as to elicit gspcon that ho obtaining money
fraudulently Among other little pieces OF cxtrava-
gance he bought forty dolls at dollar apiece which he
| presented to tho Orphan Asylum
The Corones inquest on the body of Archibald Sto-
phens, Of Albany county, who was killed at Coeyman's
Hollow by hudson Palmer, who had eoped with
Stephens Daughter has resulted IN veiiot charging
Palmer with the killing He was married to Miss
Stephens beire meeting with her father He IS under
.rysst -.
ua'ue1 a-ss o,ar sYJsJely como to light His opcrs
!, uhran and Aray lodged in Hudso6 GdS rse ' r,
| ~ho,a he vas desined to await rcquisition from
rnor rsr,or out released yesterday afternoon OF
| q writ of t-p0A' ootpus
C.,,.el Rush G. Hawkins writcs letter to tn
q AID which Ia published this morning. In which he
asserts that General Grant, when hc arranged the
upon which Lees army surrendered at Appomattox
s'went far he could towards compounding the
further that the generous there offered were NO,
approved by tho volunteer army.
Nathan Floyd, OF Leavcnworth, Kansas, and sever
companions recently killed by Indians while en-
| route TO Montana
Commodore Stockton died at Princeton on Sunday
night.
The whites and blacks on Cat Island, about twenty.
Ave miles below Memphis, Tenn had fight on Satur-
day. IN which two OF the negroes XII led aud three
| wounded One white slightly injured
The British steamer Victoria foundered at on tn
eth instant, the recent storm Two lives were lost
the engineer dying from exposure and the maio being
washed overheard Her passengers and pick
up by the brig Pomfrst
II Is reported from San Antonio Texas, that SAINTS
Annals agents are very busy on the line OF the ri,
Gaude. They receive but little sympathy, however q
Santa Annals objects considered nimcal 70 the lib
eral interests The town Of Durango still In posses
sion Of the French late September TO- The liberia
troops are being well supplied with everything by ship
ments over tho frontier, and sangune Of success
There seventeen deaths from cholera during the
fortyesht hours ending yesterday and eight from vel
low fever Four OF cholera reported in Nor
folk va, on Friday. Thiry-one reported IN
Philadelphia up to noon yesterday
RANrNG BEN BurIxR.-Bethel Fisher Butler
ever since he backed ont Of fighting when the
clash Of arms resounded throughout the coun-
try and there was somo hot work to be done
in the field, has been advocating war to the
knife Con the stump with somebody; he does
not seem particularly to care with whom.
Having shirked fighting against the South in
his own person, he now wants somebody else
to fight In the North; probably, as OF old,
"snufing the war with cotton bales and silver
spoons" from afar. In his late speech at Gin
cinnai he demanded the impeachment Of the
President, and, assuming that "lf" such should
be the case, and "if' the army and navy of
the United States should be called upon bv