The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-07-16
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EUROPE.
By tho arrival Of the steamships America at this port
and Nova Scotian Father Point yesterday We have
news from Europe to the 9th Of July ave days later
Tho ady,ces are highly important as they announce
Tho defeat OF Austrians by tho Prussans
the utter Of Benedeks army and tho approach
or peace both in Germany and Italy. Austria
cedos veneta France and Napoleon is to settle both
wars The circumstances which preceded this extraor~
binary result are detailed in columns
Ka;ly, the Engishman boat HAmill in the interna.
tional sculllng match
Lord Derby had completed a tory cabinet in England
The Liverpool cotton market closed firm, and was
advancing the 9th Of July During tho previous days
OF the week 1t experienced buoyancy and
advance from a decline. Breadstuiis were very dull
at general decline Provisions inactive, but the
market steady consos closed in London, July Q, at
ST. as7,s for money. United States wenties
o74 o7s..
NIsCELLAGEOus.
NO of cholera wero reported to the Board OF
Health yesterday IN this city. In Brooklyn four cases
werc reported, all q them Hamilton and
Walcon street. three Of which resulted fatally Nine
cases the Twelfth ward Of THAT city have resulted IA
tally in the last ten days The 'convaescents in the
cholera fleet at the Lower Quarantine have been allowed
10 come up TO this CITY, and thirty vessels arriving from
foreign ports passed the inspection yesterday and
admitted 10 the upper bay.
The hea. oppressive Yesterday and in Washington
CITY The mercury reported TO have reached 100 de-
gees the shade Four sunstroke occurred in
tho city, and one of them proved fatal
The New York Fremens Association at a meeting a
few yenings ago. resolved 10 send delegation the
Paris Exposition In 1851. The will be finely uni
formed. and engine will be built especially
for the occasion.
Mr. Beecher At Plymouth church, In Brooklyn, yestsr
dpy morning. made fcw remarks the present in
Europe Hc nkened Austria and Prussia thieves
qnarrcling over their plumber His sympathy with
Italy first and Austria next. The ultimate rsau3t OF the
war would be the great advancement Of u cause Of
human liberty. sS
The new Catholic church in Carroll sisssl spush Brook
Ign, was dediasd yesterday By tho psE yather Doris
The pastor. 1t viii bs known ~ 81 sss0hsn's church
Pho dedication preached 81 bishop Loughln
The ante-mortem statement u M Eltzabssh Lang
who was 20 bru,aly beaten BY Masen Hull few days
aso tina, her lie dsspared g. vps taken BY Coroner
Naumann yesterday On tho strength Of tins statement
He'll was committed to await the result
General Sherman was sersnadsd by the band OF the
fhiryhrd Massachusetts, regiment u Boston yesterday
He addressed the assembled crowd, giving srissms u
he great Georgia march and Ne Atlanta eanea,gn. n
pd that no found the soldiers oe oss sscsa = pod =
Aose Of another and never In the darkest h0u Of u
bar did he doubt thss the Anal rss1s would - -
triumph Of the Union causA Hs lsavss today fos Han-
Dver NJ
Head Centre Stephens who was Imprisoned In Boston
for debt, was released on ball on Saturday night
Secretary welles has announced his intention Of hand
ins IN his resignation today Judge stansbury 10 re-
por'ed 70 be tho Intended 10 Mr. Speed Gen.
gal Grant has expressed his willingness 70 accept the
War once temporarily II II becomes vacant.
Our special correspondence from the West Coast Of
AFRICA dated at Mourovia the 2sth OF May goes TO
show that tho republic OF Liberia attracting the attsn
tson OF forc On governments and more the oxscu
tive authorities having had visits from war vessels and
commissioned officers In the service OF Sweden Russia
and the rsssd States since tbs commencement q the
year The commercial operations Of Ensland we're
being extended rapidly the coast and The commerce
OF hourovia was spirited and profitable
The Lowell Club won the base BAR championship Of
Massachusetts, Ia match against the Harvard Club al
Boston, on Saturday afternoon.
The latest tax imposed BY Maxmiliau In Mexico on
real esate IL very cxorblaut being seventeen per cent
OF The proceeds Tho al regulations require all houses
In ruebla 70 be lighted until p NJ aud hold board.
Ing house keepers responsible that there are no sus-
pcsoas characters among thar gussts
The steamship City Of Paris OF the Tuman lima
Me 2ad uii, shortly after nocn for oaeenstown and
liverpool, and arrived al Queenstown at haif.past nrs
~ on the ID inst, thus making the passage In eight
Gays twelve hours and thirty actual time which
70 NE shortest passage made between the two ports
CRIMINAL NEoIIGEScE OF THE BsooxLrS
FERRY CoxrASRs-The Brooklyn Union Ferry
COMPANY are morally, and ought to be made
legally, responsible for the painful accident
which resulted In the death Of lad at their Full
lon street dock on Saturday evening last There
Is no excuse for the negligence Of this oorpo-
ration In failing 70 provide proper and we'll
regulated exits and entrances 10 and from
hsir boats, such as are provided by some OF
the North river ferries. frame or net work
extending from the lower part Of the dock
nearly TO the boat, and on level with the
wafer, could be provided at an insignificant
expense. Resolutions aud ordinances snforc-
Ing such guards against accidents have been
pending In The Common Council for the past
nfteen years; and thers Il now an ordinance
Ia the possession Of the Ferry Committee OF
thc Board of Aide men which his passed the
C"nn, Il Boa melting the Terry companies
t. 81, tsa bridges and for the better
p, E. aoa z. humll lie At the river crossings
W. hopo the parents Of the child lost will, for
tho sake Of the public good, prosecute the
company, and bring this question home to the
"souiless corporation" In the only way In
which |. seems II can be touched--through Its
pocket
A PorTKS BoRouGH CONVENTION seems
iha. The rotten borough system Of sending del