The New York Herald Newspaper, December 31, 1856, Page 2

4 2 NAW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1856. the defrndanta upon trial, as in consequence of the (tniguen secure a ina eared ey DESTRUCTIVE FIRES DURING THE YEAR 1856, dlacloved the fact ihat be scpount of money acd political iaflueme that would be ‘it nace Woe tonne cro nas oe one as ‘The following ts mrecord of all the fires whioh have = NOVEMBER. 4.—A series of election riots occurred in Baltimore, Gonrye » Oe Inne enn ere he rere, ? where the amount ef property destroye: hag been éeti- during which four persons were ‘ed and betwee | waied and upwards of twenty thousand eighty and ninety wounded, some fatal'y. i 8.—The shock of an earthquake w @ fe at Cairo, Ill, STEAMBOAT ACCIDENTS Im 1956, ‘Tho following table the Humber of steam boss accidents which have eocurred on the rivers, lakes and bays of this country which were attended with loss of Ife and tojury to person uring the year 1886, together ‘with the number of Killed and wounde Wo also givea com, arative table of .tke socidents in 1855:— ‘brought to bear upon the trials, they com vieted. The following were the cases in which nolle prosequi W © entered ~-Taoe People agt, Anson Herrick, fwoind ments; The People agt. Joseph E. Ebiag; Tae People agt. Bartholomew Healy; The People agt. Willlam B Drake; The Peopto agt. Jobn C, Wandell; The People dollars:— ant Bartholomew B. ‘urdy; Tne Peopie agt. William B «++ destructive fire coourred at Syracuse, N. ¥., which ee emt ee bt after sentenced. Reynolds; The People agt. Francia M. Curry; The People burned bons ove hundred buildings, embracing a loan of = 4 FY f 3 Tome er, rearon vo alors iba She rigico o gt Samuel H. Moser. Property to the amount of $1,000,000. | E pa ey a aa been without Beck 14,—Ocnaideradle excttement was eocationed in Wall Sunpay, 9.—The shook of an earthquake was felt at § : 5 : ‘Judge Beis will hold the January term of the District. street in consequence of the receipt of news that Gea. Hickman, Ky. ¥ 3s—Rome, 2 0 2% l= 1 | ours, and Judge Hall will presige ys. tha. Grout apie Welker bad selard the boats of the Nioregna Transit 18,—The Britiah discovery bark Resolute, which Oapt, | f—Newpert, Iki. 98000 $1—>ar re pie Nap TEE RE Jidgs Melson 6 engaged in ine Bepremio Court at Consens, eames oF Se Chee ober, Buddington, °f New London, found ebandoved at sea, | f—Nacogd’s,Tex’s $0,000 29-—Gi's 26 @ 2 8 = UNITED STATES DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OPFIOR. 16—A terrible calamity ooowred on the Delaware i ntcdihae bund 2 i = 3 2 Hon, Jobn U be seer, oo eaten See Sens the Cam H 3 a 3 d a Brn. ne Marat Inited Siates Attorney, appointed ean ne aresuppmed t have bee acy and a boa ‘ = 6 ices ee Pd Toechimesea, Esq , Associate United” States Attor- waar oe conta oman, oe Marge, were 4 SF FF) edreceayte Rie, desman Died Mins. ates raw! - ‘ © tor ETanait Company ‘ennuiled in Central amert- an = 1 5 17 | ney, appointed May 1, 1666. oa by Ge alg ANE TEP a Carty, ‘1s. —The schooner? Falmouth was seised aud iibelled by TOL. cecereseeeeeB? 116 107 99 868 197 a ot Me ee eneen Seles ao 1856, to Dec, 31, 1866.... Civil suits on Treasury transi aod House bonds durin; tion case. er prerage trom Newark to New York, was burned near senses -esccesesscces Bedloe’s Island, in New York bay, and three or four per- cripts, forfeitures and cenn were supstecd te tava eecn last ae the same period, a aaemetitony ‘On the Erte canal arrived at the United states authorities at New York, on sob of having been flied out for the perpose of engaging 12 the slave trade. ‘XH —The steamboat Leviathan, the largest, feolest and mi tug boned mee ptmany | fo i oun: try. was totaly destroyed by fire, mear Sandy Hook.. . ‘The United States steam propeller Hartetein, which bad pece want as ts sere \\ee- EMIGRATION DURING THE PAST YEAR, Compared with that of the year 1865, but is much less than any other year since 1848. The following aro the Ogures:— From 1800 to 1810. 70,08 Daring eovtipue ber searcd. DEGEMBBR. — New Yorks 6~Cincinnati 29 ‘sults and batteries, cruel and unusual v4 —Toe complaint which charged the Chief of Police, | throngb the Fox river improve: connecting the Mis- 3.—Various plots for negro insurrections were dis: | | onsee Al © 1810 to.1820, 214, Ld q Siric Ser eetaet prcaerceear hes hd | COPE SAP RAPES apy et we Srme | Stetis Nemes Key od tet Ave: | Scie i ine fae oun ais et Gevr hae _ 1D at t) a Qj a cnused considerable exciton, ‘was dismissed by the | CoUrt of Californie, was arrested lance Com. | PF Of negrore were put to d¢ 2 ‘The above statement docs nat inctade any gulte or Police Commirsionert, James M. Bmlib, Recorder; E. T. | mittee of San Francieco for stabbing one of | 4.—The navigation of the Erie Canal closed by the foe. | 1—Napol’s, Ark. . ceedings. sither civil or criminsl, which were. Gaproa, Cy Judge, and Fernando Wood, Mayor, The | the members of the Committee, igilance Com- | The folowing table shows the commencement and chee | °—Savannah..... ‘and unOnished on the Sist of December, nor of navigation of the Erie Canal since 1824:—~ two former gave lengthy writien opipions. Sunday, 28 —latetiigepce reached Net HY gE liminary examinations before the several United. York that the States Comb iesloners. Jobo Boviedg:, from Liverpool for New York, haa | military orgevizations of the city, ‘purpose of a Coty on epee, 1k. wank oh. 008. Tas atlp Bok tontivintatete ede Franklin oouaty, UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE: op beard ope Dunore: four passengers aad ns G grew, who took to the boats. Gus ot ie bene wih N,V; deukaping betneen Gee bumired and Siar bax: ‘i om ‘Messrs. Betts, Morton, Bridgham aud Btiliwell, Unite? had cuntaiaed thirteen: | Was picked up by's New | dred buildings. 220 1,040 3,237 6,5) ‘States Commissioners, have issued 261 warrants during Zeek meokes ain, apd nop REN Rat wae sULY. 1—New York..... $60,000 15—St. Louis. ....$100,000 446 2,206 303 9,045 | the year, f pre others having perished from cold and 1 —About one hundred persons congregated on Reed | 700,000 pero BJ. anne oy = i = ba 4 ‘Many of theae cases were taken before the Grand Jury, ; rend. tie. sar ne how ore wpa Tow "wuseocares | ever, when th per gov way, dred te sites Sicaeeeats'” Saeee i ish ott 8 Se | geeatpy deinen bing Tend or he compan ‘epoonstitational by the Court of appeals. whole party into the water. Ter obildren, of ages rang- ox a 9 44 62 45 bromarbod me APBIL. ing between two and seventecn y ears, wore drowned. * » igs ue a becasue bor apoanye Mi ee Bp wn one} dinratssed—the 1.—The Indian wars continued in Washington and Ore- 4—The bronze equestrian statue of Washington, in 887 - - 7 — | evidence on the part of oe United States being regarded gem Territories, and in Northern Californa. ‘Union square, in New York, was inaugurated, Tne statues 1 1 - 6 aia ven parties were commilted 4.—Dr. R. M. Graham, of New Orieans, who was con. 2 1% = 8 200 | for trial. : eo 7% 8 8 125 SUPREME COURT—GENERAL TERM. vioted and rentenced to seven years in the State prison, - 4% = = 38] goo. James J. for the murder of Col. Loring, at the 8. Nicholas Hotel, = 5 5 & «| ™ force seen eth mn tm Now York, was pardoned by Gov. Cark. T=By soundings made by the Harbor Commissioners Fey teen ae eoeqeerthcngerags Bethune Mr 7.—The mammoth Collins steamship Adriatic was | the deepest water in the barbor of New Yerk was found 2 S156 95 | Charlo A. Peabody, Associate Judges. (Judge Peabody Yeanched in fine style from the yard at the foot of | to be off Fort Washington, in the North river, where tt = Bn’ 8, 8 bs nance ver Governor of the State to fil, until Beventh mreet, New York. Upwards of sixty thousand | measured one hundred and thirty-five feet. cay hae $ ats cscinpoper nme the vacancy created by the re persons witnessed ihe launch....The Coroner’s jary 8.—The bills making appropriations for the improve- - - 2 -~ a Crier of the slneny, Oyer and Terminer, wpon the bodies of the persons killed by the boraing of | ment of the Southwest Pass of the Missiasippt river, the ax, —- = = 8 2] Mr. Henry Berthoit, the ferry vet Now Jersey, on the Delaware river, at | St Clair Fits, and the St. Mary's river, which bed boon YoCamb int Mase. 0 0ee eens hig omto a hiner aa aa tna year ites, ‘naeting eee ine Seeereinct during Fassisitie, retrsed o verde ts whieh’ thay decieoa:| So's 3g See Fresiient, preset bove Brana of Cengoeae Wis, 20,000 31—New York..." 75 = = = 7 BY] astoiows:— eee hat jeceazed came yy the inefficieacy | “}5.—A fire occurred in Toronto, Canada, by which 50.000 31—, ~~. fe Oct. Nov. Dec | Cases Argued and Decided. No. of Students admitied to exhibited by the inspector of the dilapidated boiler, and , 26—New York. % 4; 5,691 6,901 1,342 Fe! Practice, the negligence of the directors of the ferry company in ime San aon ae toy we allowing an unt and unsafe boat to be employed in a a 2 | September term. @ansporting passepgers, and failing to make suitabie 6.—A very perceptible shock of an earthquake m4 19 3 67 a | November term., Praviswas tov soonpe is case of emergency, perierced at Petersburg, Va. a a a) a) —fhe New York schooner Maryland was seized 10 pte excurted on the Pltiebutg nd Vavelend % st 2 5 Sorenen COcEe Care Norfolk, under « new jaw in Virginia, on suspicion of .— A eolltaion oa burg 207 104 «(197 «814188 ‘Saifn, Req. ee en es ener ae ew wee 172 vy 6 «350 87 aT me ayy Die B | gies ibs” ie’ Port wits 2 9—Tho Legislature of Now York tine 12 —A body of water from » neighbor broke quests. ferred. mised, Total. wihhons peasing the annual suppiy bila 7; ae into the Midlothian coal pits; te. Vinnie, ead°arencea ae i Se Ge 6a. 6 8 pal’. The navigation of the Hudaon river opened vo Al-'|'rmnraedistely to his residence in Philedelphia and com- | *leven of the laborers... The Southern Commercial Com I 1 il 3 om p> 800 Be vine wee ys tultted sulciée by taking an ounce of arsenis....The | Yention, which assem| ‘at Savannah on the 8h, ad > “<a 1 p-4 2 4 86 7 3 a 11 —4 inrgo meteor fell north of Belfast, Mo , staking | stepmer Northern Indiana was burned 1 Lake Brie, and | ured. 7 mo om 38 1 40 i oe Gee By uuldines i tne Vicky and being ciaunclly cart | swensy stx persons Jott thelr lives... Tho propeller Tato | yon iy sifaoainiae wiih aad saan fends he Soon Oe ek ee ee ee an OM OS dues oo teeneels eenletaae, som { rap burned on Lake Oniarle, and sixteen persons were | weiver, 10 sid him in maintaining hie government in iow m & 7% a i mM oub 12—~A terrible gale coourred in Philadelphia which | "n4 George Nicaragua against the other Central American govern. ee en aa 208 : se destroy ed & large amount of property and anrooféd about | pamer, captain, and meste. 1 2 8B 7 Lhe ms 4 2 8 a “ one hundred and fifty houses. Toe gale was expert- | cocora im! cea 34.—The steamship Knoxville, belonging to the Savan- eal tas: oom sta er reat Os ER Spe Seen? ‘Sikaneo use ether places Gnteeres atees aeontnns or | remees fa New York Loas6200,C00 7s? re Ber SDT = | Whole number of causes tried by the Oourtand ajary. 174 royeu aantitios suedeer x . . property and caused tae lone of any Sew. TR4 rat el ees ae eee ey = Paseo: EN be Oe I i iota “ Nip oe “ e storm eeason occurres in Now - A | caivorni time for the REVOLU TRIOTS ee ee ee yarene ~4 man wes kiiled by lightoing in Brookiyn.... Tae anaiver- | murder of a Sentineed Keating. a waiter in p hotel in bsptenacaal Fa - - = = = 1 f ss = Fark cd other ine! (olny rae celgurated ia New | wasbingwon city, was acquitied by the jury....an explo- | Who have Died During the Year 1856. fe ee ee ne a county, Va., the celebration was a marked event. Some | fimpiro Srate Ee ee Oe ete ee JANUARY. RRCAPIULATION. Total number of causes disposed of ..... f the most Gistingviahed persons a wo ovantry, tastad | river 10 New York, whieh caused 7000 Porvagal. nesting | SUPREME COURT—SFBCIAL TERM. great Lpmp Persons aod severcty scalding ten 66,855 Beigiam ee oe eS ae, Nerds tron ou en Fenn teal 5 23°001 West Indice Sit Bese eas. uh-e: Saag, ee 14.~ Ibe shook of em earthquake was feit at Los Ango 28 —Toe Vigilance Committee 7 4678 Nova Bootis. ‘20 Causes, including equity cases, trials of issues of law, es pr te Wak nie Wie with | Joseph Hetherizgion aud Patiander Brace, for murder 1,376 Mardinis 42 | demurrers and motions, argued, tried and decided at Spe- the murder of Jostus W. Matthews, at New Haren, were | 4,72 Steamer Joba Jay was burned on Laxe George, | 14— Timothy Armatreng.. 3}981 Routh ameris 1¢2 | Jai Term, im the year 1856:— fried, and scquited ox the grouad of ieaaity. " They ee ee 3,768 Obina % -e: Bi —A severe storm of wind ard rain visited Now | ome arenes HoUem DY which Bide persons were FEBRUARY. a 2 = ee nae mee pao avavsr. 918 Russia Cd 23 ~ina” Janwes Beahanan, late (a 9—A steam Ddoller in the fron safe manv- a1 Turkey 4 pdf aap ona whe an in Soa Arago, factory of B. G. Wilder & Co, mt Gowanus, ‘aes : mri ved By. 'y authorities, $10 freedom of | proxy n, exploded, Killing three persons and wound- Emigvonts, Totah AEB te city haviag been previously voted him by the Com. . bd 2.344 4,846 ‘The most important causes disposed of durieg the mon Councll..".A young man named Ba. Pierce left a | ing fiteen others.....Im consequence of the in- cca 3,204 “4.337 | were the = pdt’ Eivel saree How York, acd wes sever shetwards sets | “ruse Getrismes mannan, Co teen taal ae wet : 208 ae1d | January term—Oontras Part (hoard by Junge atria). | we $000, aitve. = dody i oe gaye fy ee eon ates Maren form. 8. Trust Compeny vs. Stockholders of qauee of bia fate, All bis joweiry was fouad upon his penny ives nus ay widening <The case of the contested Comptrollerstip of the | ‘BO entrances to the hospital enclogure, and refused ¥0 | 5 main stroud... 14,058 = «.17,407 | __Arril term—Watte’ case (involving $200,000 or $800,- eaty of York was decided by « verdict of the jury in | Permit further ingress or egrees to the Quarantine | 14 andrew . 16,986 20,960 | 000 fave; © grounds. 1¢—Justus Warner. br tg it] May ty oy Les aah Pit ae “ ~mggneed on ball, to appear at court and take bie Wiel 9p @ obarge of manslaughter. ot for fourteen days before ibe miners were reashed, ofi.ttt ag at ety iis i 2 + ie aH 3 °& i giote (ii fell fullt Pit] sya li it vt etate $3337 ! i i i He ‘ iat ae ; HI Hi if | i ai g he if i i i i i i | | i = i b Uetects ule sia i; a i; FH i f i gk done damege. Formst, —The ‘Comometer, which had the day betore in New York between 88 and ste 4“ degree 7 Jast sermon was preached in the old ebured York, by the Rev. Spring. The chare Dr. i wae erected in 1768, and Dr. Spring was inatalled ite — Senay, 10.—A destructive storm of wind and rain 00- carred at New Orleans. at the mouth of the Mississippi river Total... 141,916 = 185,234 and in the Guifof Mexico, Last Island, « place of summer The following tables, in connection with the above | P&Z Ostober torm—W ‘vs. Lowerte (will ease). October term—Pbel =... ‘vs. New York Balanee Dock« resort pear the mouth of the Misstssippl, was completely swept by the wind of every builiing it contained, and was afterwards submerged, killing and drowning about one bupdred and forty persons. Other places in the vicinity were more or less damaged, Was Dot confined to the above isiand. A number of vee- eels wore wrecked in the Gulf, and the steamer Nautilus, pee from Texas to New Orleans, was lost with ai] on figures, will be found interesting — Hid EEgES 2 esses 5555 EEEES 3 16 Ta peg ir pra be prevalent at 5 dingase ora meer | the te ae ee Roosevelt, J.—Injunct’s 24 poavec?, Sarre 5. Sato apd pro slavery Basing again broke cut an Stattatics of the Law Courts for the Your 1886, | Romeveth 1 Aram 80 Contes, 9) — teen ein et sm See ae eee ae Se Qerke, 3— 87 Cowles, J.— arrests. ‘ Persons jundred Years and U; HamaLp some years since, subsequently imitated Clerne, J.—Arrests . Sirong, J.. ~*& party res, where im wach instance the loss was‘ less than biting, J.— Injupet’ a tweniy thowdtind Aetlars, and the aggrogute would be tn. | “MHY ot cam be aovertained up to the prevent time, the | Whitlag, J.<-dsrene arg Congrees ad Ae Teenty-ouven sulions in 1866, ana | Malstics of the law courts of our city. The proceedings Davies, J—aiaah’s.. $34 5 jae 3 failed to probably 1866. (mn our balls of justice form, perhaps, ove of the most im- we § a 80 Sees Ad to eighteen qultiens te 2058, portant and most interesting branches of the local intelt!: , Fn httachs.. 16 ‘ogat Tee gence reported for the general newspaper reader. These Receevelt, Babes Oe ees . fan Francisco formally diabs LIVES LOST IN BURNING BUILDINGS reports embrace meters of importance to all classes of | Cierne, 1 a, $: Cale See eee eee ee the communtty—the merchant, the trader, mechanic, ta- Cane Se. P “Vat oan exira seosten Of Conzees convened in Wash- During the Year 1856. Ventor, acouser aad accused, the importer and exporter, | Roosevelt, “a7 } at i. *. The following table exhibiie the number of fires at- | the husband and wife, parent and child—in fact all per. : i ze tog thé passage of tbe Army Appropriation ill, which tended with the lost of human life which have occurred Sy Cab of Coaneoons ea biswa dows by 6 gue ot wind, tm the United States during the past two years, together » oe and com, demolished. ith the number of persons whose itves have been ss 4 erificed to the devouring element: — F F i | i F E - Stilwell, Raq. $8, —The Decley Astronomical Obser’ was Ineuga- ; ¥ rated at Albany, on whiod occasion Hon. Edward Everett 5 ‘ Celivered the oration... News reostved and published tp ; x the Naw Yous Hanatn of the settlement in Eagland of . 4 the Central american question... Tie Ainerican Associ. 3 5 fin ‘as sever nee eee tae Pe of on g ‘and the 2 7 UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT. Scanian sarc eed apa New ‘ p Hoa. Judges Nelson and Betts. officers were elected, the constitution was remodeled, aad { n Olerk, John W. Nelson, Raq. ; Deputy Clerk, Richard K. a 19 fil ll i i b Ly hy ft, killing thirty mes, and 30—The Ovservatory, in Forty-second street, Tried. Inquests. Dismiseed. Referred. ee nt, earth Cry Fon, was bared 2. 2 t. | with eight other om! ‘® loss of $196,000. § $ 4 n is punted Be Arey ‘prrenrmtion ei, Sieovt ‘he Kenees ey “ a0 28 i} tives by © vote of 101 to 98. > ~ ae +f = Me = a2 yd n “4 6 6.—The Mount Vernon Hotel, at Cape May, was de- o M ¥ Fy io stroyed by fire, and the family of Mr. Phitip Onin, the p. | Bad a 4 heanee, consisting of A¥* persone, including himeel’, per 363 100 198 us nee ete eee ee eee SUPERIOR COURT—ORNERAL TERM. 17'—The statos of Franklin was inavgurated tn Boston, eps ad goer crt, Clerk—flobert D-Livingsten, fog, ‘he Siivutng te the- with a grand dieplay and procession. 2h ‘mount of business transected in this brasoh:— 44 —The steamboat Nievara was burned on Lake Mioht- ——_! kt “ Hert. Dede, and sixty six persons jost their lives About ‘ % $256,000 worth of property waa lont with the stoamer. OCTOBER. : * 2.—A atoam boiler, which was used for the machinery DECEM io io 4 4 at the Delaware county (Onio) fair, exploded, killing 8—Andrew Marshall (coi'a) : 10 a fourteen persons ad wounding twenty others. 17-—Kieanor Hanwa,...,.....Now York, “ u 3 3 HH Y > 9.—A complimentary dinner was given to George Pae- BRCAPITULATION—COMPARED WIFE 1066» as 4 se oe | 3 3 body, ® London banker, by tho citizens Of Danvers, | vcmner of men over 100 yeare.... 8 22 bd $ » 3 — - Mate., bia native piace, Number of women over 100 years... | 18 Ls R mw ‘a oie 10.-The President of the United Staten returned to | [ ie Hy § 7 sh fe 114 motions wore heard and 119 decided a eee eer of colors * ry 2 Hy it 0 n 6 wp COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Hampehire. 4 Hon. Oharles P. 18.—The Fire Decartment of the city of New York had | Vnued sgvs of age ty cae gt Gea’ anid oa —— Heng ee rie _ grand parade and procession, in which ton thousand | Hu0e OES ol “3 "a | Total . 169 116 609 148 186 629 “AL the trial terme tor the trial of fanwon of inet, wih © firemen took part, Fire companies from Detroit, Micb.; | United ager . 4,508 4,073 | Among the hifted enumerated in the above table there Jory, the contained 1,800 causes, of which 1,66 Boffalo, Boston, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Jamaica, I. L.; | Oidert whit BY He laws of volition an € tee eoart, ° of during the year Opariestown, Maes.; Rasion, Pa. and other places took SS ~ 120 14 1965, 1956. «1885 ‘On the common Jaw #86 of the court 09 aula were in. | Were disposed a went stew Port io the parade au a w Aas Rogineers..... 96 BTM. B ro “ as we wink terme tog iemuey of Met, : 4+ Consist B, Bustingwon, » Wall sireet broker, Was | v.Gcsh sane ovloren 4