The New York Herald Newspaper, January 23, 1860, Page 1

€ e et W YORK HERAL vy r f 7 [MOM .,. -; CrarLy tos 5 aHOY W * VHOLE NO. 8539. MORNING EDITION—MONDAY, JANUARY ORE OF THE LAWRENCE MASSACRE. Interesting Letters from Our Correspondents at Lawrence and Boston, Farther Particulars as to the Pemberton Mills. Graphic Descriptions of the Other Mills--Con- dition of the Operatives—Their Pay— Influx of Foreign Operatives, &e., do, « SPECIAL LAWRENOE CORRESPONDENCE Lawaxnce, Mass., Jan. 18, 1860, Phe Cotton and Woollen Mills of New England, laking fhe @reat ‘Pacific? Mills at Lawrence as a Pype—How hey Are Governal—fhe Gondition of the Operatives dgiouly end Morally—Their Wages and Privileges i anity of the Buiidings, de., dc. *s regards the regimen of the cotton and woollen mills of England, an accurate account of the interval admicis_ “wot one of the leading establiahmests will afford a y clear ipeight into the system of goveroment in the ale. At any rate, taking such & corporation as a type, “ge be any material diffrence it must be for the im all the smaller concerns. The regulations in re- "1 to the board, clothing and pay of the operatives ; of course, slightly dissimilar. The large corporations, example, have less to do with relations of landlord or “ty and operatives than the smaller ones. They do ve #0 much of the ‘trust and dicker” business, so om between these parties, in which the ope- ‘must as inevitably lose as the corporation, and the “boarding officera” must inevitably gain. Bat as a whole, a@ am index illustrative of the system on which Northern setten and woollen manufactories aro conducted, one may, for details, do for the whole. We therefore the following statement, obtained from reliable cea, of the modus operands of conducting the PACIFIC MILLS AT LAWRENCE. fa company was incorporated in the year 1853, with = "tal of $2,480,000. The number of shares were 2,500, the par value of each share $1,000. Wm. ©. Chapin, , 1s the Jooal agent, amd to that gentleman are we m- ily Je main Wailding, or Ne. 1, is now 600 fect long, and it ‘eposed to add 300 feet more; width, 72 feet; it is ive ‘e high, with attic, and is constructed of brick, with # foundations, which average about five feet thick up F@, the first story. In this building arc 1,400 looms and 8,000 spindles, and about 1,000 optratives. There are all, with 96 pillars or supports in each pillars were originally all of wood; but as decayed they were removed, and cast iron supports put in their places. Building No. 2 is what is termed the “Intermediate Building.” It i 750 feet long by 60 wide. This building ‘ope. atives are employed. Building No. 3 embraces the print works, It is 960 Jeet long, and bas two wings—one 360 and the other 400 feet long. The first story of the print works is used for setton bleaching, delaine bleaching, color printing and engraving, dyeing and delaine washing. The second The ‘and presents a stately amcrable gaslights, it of an palace. ur are other buildings on the grounds of the Corpo- ' n which are used for rooms, offices, &. + CLARA Ca FOC REE He AUREAAED S ro of Lawrence was ® sandy pl Paes Toye er hills on sides of the river, per- © for centeries. It was, in fact, a blowing desert Fem the city was founded. In orcer to vbtain anything xe 8 sure foundation, it is necessary to dig from twenty ht -five feet through this sand. A portion of the main mill rests on this sandy foundation, another portion em part of a ledge of flint rock which extends into the Quzsrion sy Rerorrer—What is the nature of this sand? Is it what is called quicksand ? ‘Acext—No, sir. It isnot aquicksand. There is no- thing better to build on than this kind of sand. Rerorter—There aro re) abroad that the main Wailding is seriously crack Is that 80? Axswer—There is but one crack. Jt occurred about = ‘ears ego, but has created xo alarm. — How was it occasioned? _—It occurred in thst part of the building resting on "rock, and was occasioned, in my opinion, by that ntion of the foundation on the rock remaining firm hile that on the sand gave way very slightly. . BUSINRSS GOING AIGAD—MORE LOOM, So far from the business of the mills decreasing, the y has been the case during the past few years. ¥ © ibereased from year to year, and two hundred ne “i are abont being put up in the intermediate building. =" aeific Print Works orint all the lawas made in the 4 States—viz, at the mills to Holyoke and in © yshire. They amount to about 2,000 picces ay: » amount of cloths manufactured by the Paciftc is rer than ever before. MUCH TRADE WITH THE SOUTI—AGENTS NO POLITICIANS. } lh repr a8 question as to whether business with the ‘outh failen off lately, the agent replied that the foots of these milis are net of that description which fing heir way iuto the markets of, or are in demand in, the wethern States. They are sent mostly to the West, the > thwest, to foreign porta, &. 1e corporation are concerned, noue of its agents know ching about politics. They are eomething they do not dle with, and if jeft to their own meditations within walls of the corporation, they would never know or John Brown had been hung, or that the cry of on had been raired. ES OF KMPLOYES PLEDGED IN ADVANCE TO STOREKEEPERS— HOW PAID—HOURS OF WORKING, ETO. Tbapin informed your reporter that five weeks’ ient to the employés of the mills would be made to- ow (19th), when about $40,000 would be disbursed, vages amounting to some $8,000 per week. The pay: ts.ar+ made in bauk bills or in specie, at the option of perative. It does not make much difference to the oration or the operative how the money is paid, for, +. C. remarked, “it ia m iged in advance to _ Keepers, and comes back again in a stort time.” wages of the operatives, adults and chil- ‘and ninety cents a fatben years of age in mi ‘The hoars of labor are from half past . 3 to thesame hour in the evening, with three , Bofan bour tutermission for dinner. This aall the mills. TIGHER, AND WHY—YANKER GIRLS TAKE TO EWING : MACKIINES. wages in the Pacific Mill aro now higher than in years, for a variety of reasons ; among which are, ‘val of business after the depression of '57, the ‘of American workmen in consequence of the in- on Of foreigners—for it seems the two classes can- Jate in th®se corporations, to board to- the same boardinghouses, Lynn, re 1,600, all worked by American girls. The town of Methuen is alive with the industrious Haverhill is « pertect bechive of them, and a have in like manner, for some years past, «y drafts upon the American female element in ‘oo... mills to supply the. demand for workwo:nen on there machines, MATES FOL ROARD—LODILY AND MENTAL YOOD FOR THD: OPERA. “gee vesary for the sup) n livrary (which nom. wut 2.600 volumes) and a reading room. The sur- need in getting up lectures aga cuncerts, and other ‘of entertainment, So far as the operations © Some of the female are refined and lady like, ‘They are capable of adorning almost avy circle in snciety, and are freq Picuour wm the best Lawrence. room. HOW ABOUT THE RELIGIOUS OUARAOTER OF THR OPERATIVES? Raroxrer—What might you ‘on red the religious racter of & our employ a mee reteiooe , 1am eorry to say, is too good! Our aim ie to Dave @ good, moral ano religions influence; and I] would as soon ofecharge an overseer for . Thavenever beard ‘an oath from the lips of an overseer since the mills started. Q—Do many of the operatives attend church? A —Not many. bah yo oie te ig clothing, and set in the ba it Of staying at bome Bal . ‘The Catholics, cot mostly of the Irish wae church as regularly as Cathohes go- ver 0. WOODEN PILLARS VE CAPT IRON—WHAT OF THE ROTTEN FIL- LARS TN THE PACHIC MILLS? Q.—There are rumors abroud that the mill js unsafe, that tbe wooden pillars are rapidly decaying, and that fear to set men to work at once to repair . fear. i Lawreves, Mass. , Jan. 18, 1860. ‘The Cause of the Disaster to the Pemberton Mll— Will Others Tumble Down ?—Bricf Accounts of the Pacific, ABlantic, Washington and Duck Mille—The Operatives and Their Tdeat—The Serious Flutterings of the ‘‘Latie Ouck’’— Rt ts abandoned by the Workmen—Damage to the Pacific BMills— Stampede of Workmen—A Word on Politica—The Helper Book, do., dc. ‘The excitement in relation to the destraction of the Pemberton Mill is very naturally causing the attention of the community tobe attracted to the other immense stroctares used as manufactories, and situated, as is sup. posed, with but one or two exceptions, upon nearly the same description of foundation as that of the Pemberton. But the theory that that miil collapsed on ac- count of a faulty foundation or sub-foundation is nearly exploded, as, upon examination of the stone wall. upon which the whole structare rested, it ig ascertained that there bas been no matorial variation in it from its o-iginal base since the buikling was erected. The report of a quicksand bottom is doubtless fabulous, The destruction of the edifice'is, in the opinion of inteligent men—an opinion based upon the facta elicited during the investigation thus far, an? from matters be- fore known—to be attributed either to defective cast iron pillars, or supports, which .bed to sustain an undue weight of machinery and other material, or to some error in the calculations of the civil engineer under whose supervision the building was constructed or plan- ned, The latter supposition, however, is not so weil sus- tained as the former, for the engineer referred to was Capt. H. Bigelow, a graduate of West Polat, and for some time past superintending government works, at New Bed- ford. He arrived in town last night from the latter place, and will give his tesumony before the Coroner’s jury to- day. Otber experts in civil engineering will also be pro- sent, and afoll history of the mechanical defect of this and other similar structures clicited. This testimony will be important, snd probably shed @ pew light upon tho causes which produced the lamentabie catastrophe which has thy this entire community into s state of gloom, and witch will undoubtedly awaken every comunity where similar establiehmenis are situated toa grave pense of the im of guarding, as far as possivie, against the recurrence of #0 eno: mous a fatality. Now asto large manutactories In Lawrence. ‘The largest and most important iB the Pacific; the Bay State (or, as it is now termed, the Washington) is the next; Atlantic third; snd a concern called the ‘Duck mill, or ‘Little’ Duck,’ am it is familiarly denominated, 16 the last in the Lawrence category of these ‘‘comestic institutions of the North,” and one most Likely to be the first to follow the dieastrous fate of the Pemberton. ‘The Pacific Mills embrace a cotton mill and print works, and manufacture cotton and woollen goods, delaines, &c. It ig the largest establishment of the kind in the United States, and, perbaps, the world. Its groond floorings cover an area of five acres. The main building is butit of brick, five stories high. The foundation is of soild ma- ronry, twenty-five feet below the surface, resting upou a fimt rock bottom, upon a part of a ledge extending into the river. The Pacific Mills are capable of employing 3,560 persons, and its pay roll was at one time $60,000 per | month At present about 1,600 hands are employed—be: tween 400 aud 600 in the pript works, the balance in the main mills, The operatives in the print works are mostly males, natives of Evgland and Scotland; those in the cot- ton mill aro principally females, young and old, and are composed of Irish, English and American—the preponde- rance being about in the order named, with some ch, Germans, &c., intermingled. The principal supports of the building are wooden pillars, which are removed as they decay, and their places supplied by cast iron pillars. No flaw bas been found in apy of the latter thus far. Mr. Chapin, the agent of the Pacific, is one of the moet sincere and kindest of men, allevutes the distresses of the | poorest, and whenever one of them dies, bimself and his jamity attend their funeral. Inthe print works of the Pacific the beet workmen carn about $3 per day; others down to $14 per month. What the females earn in the cotton mill, snd how they spend it for board, clothing, the support of poor relatives, &., we may be able to state in our next. ‘Wh regard to the Washington Mills (formerly Bay State, the name they bore until the financial collapse of 1867, which prostrated some of the millionaires, but left the walls of the mills standing), we have to state that the agent thereof is Capt. Fox, formerty commander of acele- brated New York eteamer called the George Law. The superintendent 18 a worthy Scotchman, named John Pen- der, who was among the most active of the Pemberton ‘This js alco an immense concern, but not 80 ex- teverve as the Pacific, employing about the same num- ber of bands (1,600), capacity to furnish empioy- ment to within a few hundreds of double that number. They are but little affected by tho Pemberton to bave unbounded cunfidence in the security of wi buildings in which they labor. There is no crack in the walls of the Ws tha: we can hear of; om the contrary, it is represented to be an sound and substanual « structure of the kind as any in the'country, except, petbaps, the Merrimac, at Lowell. Its foundations, also, mainly rest upon. flint and roci. ‘The Auantic mills are well epoken of as to their solidity, ard no apprehensions, that we can ascertain, are felt a3 10 thew eecurity. The work in them provecds as usual, with ee othe Duck mil imperfect, Taig, shaky, fmay As to }, Imperfect, a F > as it is, there is one thing to be éaid about t—it has not yet tumbled Gown, nor will t soon, it le likely, from the ‘weight of operatives, as it pew etands or rather , ae if it had the delirium tremens in every high wind. The faut in regard tw this mil) ie in placing its heaviest machinery in its upper stories—on the sare principle, probably, that a ship shonld carry its bel- last in the . The ives and from this “‘nettle, a “as have plucked this flower, safety.” Tt under- stood that work will be resumed today . ia but probably mot one-third of the number will within ite walls again until the security of the Placed bey ond peradventure. ‘The above embracee a list of all the ice, with such facts connected with them be g! in the midst of the prevailing people bere do net seem to have ‘fully realized the v nese of the late calamity: when they do, themeelves to the duty of throwing around those who, by Tistortune or otherwise, are compelied to seek S for life aad pointed out corporai’s guard of avowed Jobr Browners. So weak are the faction in law. Tence that they have Lot even attempted to g-t up a sym- pathizing meeting here. Yet, notwithstanding their sen. timen t of nationality, it sa romarkabin fact that the Helper book'has an enormous circulation bere. In fact, everybody is said to have road it. Butot this more anon. ‘The Mofo Camp of the Sous of Malta, of this town, last be tal 8 few minutes v] of $200 for tbe sul ‘by the disaster. The ampurt will be sxo!'at to thrice that sum in the course of today. Contributions from all quarters continue to pour in. Lawsence, Mass, Jan. 19, 1860. A City in Mourning—A Visit to the Ruins of the Pember- ton Mills—The Coroner's Manders and the Relicf Fund—Contrtbution of Washington Mar- ket Butchers—Zhe Names and Occupations of the Coro- ners Jury, ec. ’ ‘Lawrence is to-Cay a city iu mourning. Although days bave elapsed since the whieh feat one. bandred poor operatives to an grave, and wounced two or three hundred others, there yet ap: pear strong indications in the demeanor and conversation of the people of Lawrence, that thcir visitation hag been sad and heartrending. Today I visited the rutom of the yo Pemberton Milis, and although possessed of what think good moral and physical courage, yet 1 was forced to succumb to my sympathetic feelings when I gezed upon | the sepuichral roins that Teaw. My attention was partion larly attracted to the large number of female clad in eho habdilements of mourning who were viewing the iuétra- mentality by which they bad been summarily robbed of thore relatives and friends who, a few days betore, were im the enjoyment of health and strength Others were Present who, although they bad not learved any tidings of thetr missing relativer, yet had made up their minds that their bodies were totally destroyed amid the burning ruins. The ecene onthis occation was indeed sorrowful, 88 the widow would offer up a sigh lor the loss of @ bus. band, or the orphan would drop a tear for the departed mother. The ruins bave been thoroughly searched, in order, it possible, to discover the remains of the mivsing. All the wooden debris has been removed, nd nothing indicative of the disaster remains but the fragments of massive ma- chinery and the towering chimneys of the late mills. As vietim; then fr te of melted silver, e fron ais teers ccs, Tie apd remn. nis of wear-ng a mako the stout hearted fee) the uvcertainty of human lire, apd the meecurity of itwhen a wealthy moneyea corpors- hon could erect a monster mautrap, knowing it to be nothing else Yer, Lawrence is a ony in moursipg—a slrange contrast to what it was a few weeks on pothipg was heard but the busy hum of the convereation of ite imbabitants and the es his sled secarity —Wt eng etipated Now that we have am attempt, to prejudge exist, to prevent, tnfivences to be bi Dana, ty engaged in manufacturing tinware in Lawrence. Leonard Stoddard, formerly one of the Daputy Sherifis “Zaware Page icon bolt maker. Hla principal trade ‘a ware 5 a With the factories. the 8. P. Simmons, stone mason. Has extensive business connections with the factories. tron pillars taken fre the Pemberton the jury in the process of their investigation. Ro great segacity or know: of an iron founder’ in arriving at the conciusion they were totally in- strength and material for the purposes in which they were used. Passing further on to the right of tbe ball, my attention was directed to a group around a doorway ; on pasring Iwas in the room where ‘the wearing apparel, gathered from the ruins, was stored, ‘the. relatives of the mitsing. twountk od coffing; in apother corner was a lar; of dortles rome of which, comaining chemi there for the purpose of preventing position of Duman remains of the victims until they could be identi Ca medicines there in. the avfierers. The committee bave divided ix districts, each of which is under the direction ‘Visiter, who aticnés to the proper and judicious distribu- tion of the money end clothing. Up to this time sbout $17.00 bave been contributed, rough the hands of Mayor Saunders. This amount is mace up of donations of from twenty Gve cents to cre thousand dollars. But one individual donation amounting to the latter sum has ‘yet been made, and that was by a gentleman of Boston. The smaliest contribution was from the hands of two little birlk, Bho gave to Mayor Saunders two postage stamps towaras dofraying the postage expense of that gentleman in his multifarious correspondence from various parta of the country, making inquiries, &c. The average number ot leters received by the Mayor of Lawrence is about nny per day. as most of theee letters contain inquiries, it is no easy taek to auewer correspondence. In this, however, | Mayor Sauncers has been assisted by ex-Mayor Uliver; between these two gentlemen the work continues to be cheerfully performed. Mayor Saunders thinks that if $50,000 were raised, it Would be sufficient to relivve the ceatitate operatives, aud render comfortabie the sick and wounded, and place the widows and orphans by the calamity — beyond the reach of poverty. It is expected that New York city will make a noble response to this call for charity, and | that at least $10,°00 be raised by her for this noble’ pur- p To do this eflectualiy, and to prevent unauthorized Persons from collecting funor, Mayor Saunders proposes | that subscription lists, attended by proper persons, be kept in all the metropolitan newspaper offices, aud that each day's receipta be acknowledged in the coluimus of the papers of the metropoks giving the name or initials of the contributor; by this means it is thought the sum above | mentioned can be raised Among the contributions received were $322 from the Butchers and Stalibolders of Washington Market, N. Y.; Naumke+g Mills, Saiem, Mass., $1,000; the Forest River Lead Company, of Salem, $200; Peter Smith, of Andover, Maee., $50; Mrs. Theodore Chase, of Boston, $5¢, Whiton, Hopkins & Co., Boston, $25; Theodore Blies, 18 North street, Philadelphia, $50; F. Gordon, Plymouth, Mags., $10; ©. EB aldrich & Co., Boston, '$50; from’ the or: 8 ard family of DeVcaux College, Sus- pensicn Bridge, New York, $10: is & ‘Byers, Andover, Mass., $10; B. B. Converse, Boston, $5; employéer in the gas metre factory of Mesers. Code, Hopper & Gratz, Philacelphia, $315; Waltham Social Club, $160; Capt, John Perera, U.'8. A., $86; Mrs. Benjamin; vi Second Universalist Society, Manchester, operatives of Newmarket Manufacturing Company, $268 00; Harnden’s Express, for various con- tributions, £45 60; operatives of Maryland Woollen Mill, Andover, $C6, The mill for the manu‘acture of sail duck, ‘aojoining the site of the late Pemberton Mill, is at present pearly or quite , from the fact that in the manufacture of this peculiar goods very heavy ey used, and ashe ntum caused thereby given ‘the public the impression that it is hazardous to work in it. The operatives, acting on this opinion, Dave, therefore, deserted it. How far any ground for such a belief exiets will be made clear in & lew days, or ae soon as an examination of the structare can be made by scientific men. The building in question 4s four stories in height, and from a pol gr) view ap- pears perfectly safe. As regaros the safety of the other ils in Lawrence—the Bay Wa ‘Atlantic cirectors and ‘nts does not speak “eae favor of the safety of these huge edifices. " ‘At prenent two hundred eons are dependent cu ih rebel fund; abeen tee keedsen is the tarene number of their killed, and about two homdred and fifty Wilavy of ibe grecere spd olorekeepers of Lawrence let be grocers wrence money from the indebtedness to them bs ocgot of the billed, wounded or destitute operatives. aggregate oes by this means i# estimated at $8,000. The Pemberton Mills were no doubt destroyed by their ara unscientific construction. OUR BOSTON CORRESPONDENCE. Bostox, Jan. 17, 1860. The Lawrence Mauacre—Scme Account of the Origin of Lawrence—Funds Wanted) dc. Tbave read your interesting and truthful articles on the late awful calamity at Lawrence, and am pleased to notice that there is one paper that dares to speak out against the factory system and the sbam mills ot Massachusetts. The Lawrence calamity may be stated in afew words. Law. rence i# ® part and parcel of the old town of Methuen. In ‘Hayward’s Gazeteor for 1845, be says:— The eoll of Mo- thuen (now Lawrence) is composed of peat and loam (san- ¢y) land.’ About the yoar 1846 a band of factory specula tors of the old Boston gentlemen of State street organized a compsny, called tho Exsex Company, and were incorpo- rated by the State. Among the leaders in the movemen was Samucl Jawrence (now in Earope as a defanl- ter), of the firm of lawrence, Stone & Go., who dallt, with others, the stam mill. purebared ail the land on cach sido of up in State etreet, » ne ‘The work went on tn piling the new city. ing frail ebelis of rotten brick burldi the air, witb rotten loamy foundations, and, as it were, the town’ Was crested in le®s than seven days. ‘Tn 1950 @ largo number of Yankors flocked to the town and ©; ttores; then the biggest part of Methuen was se‘ off, shad in 2668 the wisdom of Mastachusetis made tt 4 ey; aMd to vutdo the Howell family it was cariateurd Lawrenor. Tm 1666 business became sta vead A 5, poor mechanics and laborera coald haraty bread and butter fo tho new ciiy, and, aftor tosing their bard collars in the wild speculation, left the town. In 1887 the sham rookery concern, Pemborton of Mille, war closed up by the failure of San Lawrence, & Co, 1s was put ip at.wuction to close their affairs. Acompotent eagincer, who was sent toexamine the Dwiding jor w company tn this city, pronounced it 4 tail strvetbre,and thovgbl it would tamble down some day, It was knocked off to David Nevins and George Howe for ibe Jow sum of wdout The $606 060. Howe! Stove & Co. lost no small sum of their money in toe w) speculation (mt Methuen), and at last hundreds of lives have been siangbterea; aud who is responsible but tho ting ola Boston gentiemen? Aterry vpecuiution was the Lawrence shop, Duyit up at sb expense of $400,000, and sold at aaction ® few mouths ago to James Davia tor $150,000. So has the property 1 Lawrence becn running down for three years, ena, in fact, it eeems to be a doomed town. Outside the lectory operatives the population is some five thonsand ut tbe present time. It is stated that Nevins & Howe cleared some $150 000 profits out of the ranning of the Pemberton mill the pact year. . 1 the matter. firm founcauen any person to place vpop, with 6CO locus and 3,080 “ail for the dollars ana cents’? Are the fine old gentle: men responel for the slaughter? But what care they when they are feasting and drinking ibeir wines in their marble bulls, on Beacon street, 80 loug as the poor opera- tives are cooped up in the milis, from daylight until dark, nan averege of woges pot fifty cente per aay, filing up the nilemen's povkets, and building up an uris- vermey m Sine street, by grinding down the wages of te their Did men fo up to Lawrence, to render any as litanoe We tk dead faa cunaea or open their purse bags to the sugerers? Notatall. The laborers and poor men have afsisted the needy and done the work of charity, Last Thursday, the “New England Society,” a club of the fine o\) Boston gentlemen, while holaing their avpual meeting at Parker’s Hotel, agreed to dispense with their dimmer and wine drinking and of $6,000 for Lawrence. This money not been vent as yet up to Loui A while from the butchers and others of New from Philadelphia and New Haven, have come There ig no doubt of the want of the money and as- Po pe mill cor Maine Baitreed, that has made thousands of dollars the reap Shoes pemvenser travel to Lawrence, )> 801 i. It would be a great benefit if a fund could be obtained for the purpose of test- the caec of the murder of the operatives against relief fund, as the matter cannot be started ed or the relatives of the dead, for the want ‘This has resulted in 1g Lawrence 7s and places refreshments, the rail- ‘the telegraph jomutlradher tte po aga ‘Boston, have made a complete winter’s work as regar dollara and centa. L BELIEF FOR THE SUFFERERS. To Jauzs $ Bawxerr, Esq. For the ‘of the Lawrenoce mills sufferers. A WIDOW’S MITE. New York, Jan. 21, 1860, five dollars for ine inshes JOHN H. WATSON, per H. J. Hupxera. Newe#rom the Sandwich Islands. TOUR OF TSB KING, AND HEALTH OF HIS SECRETARY— DEATH OFTHE BRITISH ACTING CONSUL ORNKKAL— THB BUDBON BAY COMPANY REMOVING THEIR AGENOY—@UANO AND WHALING REPORTS, ETC. By way of California we have news from the Sandwich Talands dated on the 6th of December. His Majesty the King returned from Labaina on the 26th of November. His Majesty was rather unwell,ani bas not revived since his return. ‘Tho Commercial Advertiser says that the King left for Lahaina on the 29.5 of November in the schooner Maria. The critical in which Mr, Neilson, his gecretary, ‘was reported to called him thither. Tis 4 in Honolulu that Mons Emile Perrin, His Imperial y sioner and Consul General, ex- pects soon 10 be recalled, or obtain leave of absence. B. T. Nichols, the late acting British Commissioner and Consul General at Honolulu, died on board the ship Pizarro, on ber ager ade g Bremen. ‘The earthquake as having been felt at Honotula ‘appears on Hawaii to have been the most ‘A correspondent at Kau writes:—‘Un the night of Nov. 20 we had the hardest shaking hore that bas probably ever been felt in Kona. Two distinct and heavy shocks were felt.” t. ‘Another eorrespondent at Kat says:—‘The only item of pews & report brought to day (Nov. 28) from Kiholo, A and of lava has within a day or ye from oo Loa, and ie now a that of February ‘The Hudeon Bay Company are about crag er 4 their agency from the Sandwich Islands; James Bisscth, the agent at Honolulu, adverwecs for sale the entire stock of merchandise that may be on hand, including the comps- y's right and interest in the premises, good will of tho ens, &C. Captain Freeman, of the Tybee, informs the Comm-rcial Advertiser that while cruising at the north, in search of whaies, Neer pene apes m4 in north lat. 61 05, loug. 176 20, and about 100 miles weet of Cape Thaddeus. Nearly across the mouth of the bay an island stretches, on the northern ehore of which is excellent landing. Th bay has eeveral arms, is large and spacious, with nine to fifteen fathoms of water, and versels can lic in safety in any weather. On the 15th of June, when discovered, it was found entirely free from ice. e Cal has too much Modesty to give tt & name, but as it is not noted on any chart to which we have had access, we will name it Free- man’s Harbor. A Honolulu correspondent of the Ala, California, writes:—The Guano company have taken possession of another island,avd named jt William’s Island, It nasa large amount of guano on it. Tho schooner Far West, Capt. Porter, wili run between here and Baker’s Island, in tbe employ of the American Guano Company, the same as the Josephine, employed m the game capacity to Jarvis Island. As both these islands are now colonized, or will be shortly, they being supplied with the requicite mate. rial, this interchange of intercourse is highly desirable. A sale of 1,000 tons of Jarvis Island guano is reported to parties here as having been made at $0 per tonin New ‘ork. Ww ave endeavored to obtain some approximation to the amount of oil and bone being shipped to home ports this fall, but owing to the fact that but few of the vessels taking freight, havo closed their accounts, we find it diffi- cult to give acorrect statement. The heey: res will serve by 4 4 a8 an estimate, several of ships being still on the berth loading. ie Slush. Bone, Whale. Bois. Ths, Per Siam, to dato. 56 72,208 19 192,338 — 170,276 62 _ 79 «287,499 — 37,340 Shipments as above... 768,691 Shipmentaat Hilo (eat) 100,000 -+-59,900 936,609 866,601 to barrels gives ubout 1,800 barrela sperm, and 29,780 barrels of whale oil. The shipments laet fall from these islands were 4,620 barrels sperm, 47,000 barrels whale oil, and 1,244,786 pounds bone. From these dats, although they are only an approxima- tion, it will be ecen that there will be a large falliag off io the amount of oil and bone homeward bound. Personal Intelligence. The famous Jt H. Swmp, Juage of the Crimmal Court of Baltimore, been ordered to before a gemomitiee of both houses of th borat gee — are, On Monday, Jan. 28, to answer charges prefe against him by some of his fellow citizens. ‘the Taunton Gaseie reports that ex-Goyernor Morton, of Massachusetss, lies dangerously ill at his residence in that town. ‘The Worcester says it bas been ascertained that forged paper, tr He to his eeat in the State Senate of inst, to the amount of $10,000 or $11,000, is held by various parties in Boston, and itis provable that more will be discovered. He had used most of it as collatoral necurity, and the names of five or six different business firme had been forged upon it. Clapp & Heywood, of ‘Worcester, find their names on this paper to the amount of more than $1,200. Mr. Frye was a leading member of the Quaker Fraternity in that section of Worcester county, Rey. Austin Pheips, of Andover, has been selected to reach tho Lig electuon sermon before the Legislature of ueetts. In the Supertor Court at New Bedford, Maas., a case of breach of promise of marriage is on trial Miss Watestiil Stevens, of Pawtucket, claims $4,000 damages of Ktisha C. Fuller, of Fail River. The piu.otif 's a maiden lady who resides in Pawtucket, ix very good looking, and aged fifty five years. The defendant is a geotinman sixty-nine years old, and resides in Fall River, where he is a grocer. ‘the circumetaners tn brief are these:—Mr. Fulier’s Gres wife died in September, 1867, and after # short time, it is , he commenced paying his addresses to Miw Stevens, whioh he contimned for some months. tember, 1858, he married # woman named Sarah Jane Fieke, and in consequence Miss Stevens b: ings this suit. The clipper sbip Fiora Temple, the loss of which we publighed a few days since, had on board five youths trom Norfolk, as mentions, all Of respectable families. Much uneasiness is feit for their safety. Capt. Johnson ie also @ tative of Norfolk, though his family resides in Balti- more, The Baltimore Sun notices the m: Ginappearanco of @ German named John R. Ritzins, who was @ witness ie seoond ward op Eastern avenue, where be wes confined from Moniay procedipg until election day, when be was voted five or x times at the second ward polls; cooped again in Holli- cay street, and voted sixteen times during tho oh Hie family fear that he has been violently deat ¥ Governor Olden has elected President of the New Jersey Monument berohers Bip Ron, J. A. P. Campbell, Speaker of the Houee of Repre. septatives of Miesieeippt, i bnt twenty nine years old, and his precooereor, Hon. J. L. Autry, was ouly twenty-eight. ‘There being no Upera just now, and the fasvionable world being chiefly interested in the music of Straurs and Isoner, rather than that of Verdi and Mozart, the metro- poi offers but little to interest the musical amateur. From Reston, we hear that the Opora, which made rather 4 bed beginning, has been eaved, as # was bure, by Ade- lina Patti, who recoives the most extravagant kiudatious from the pens of the Athenian critics. Boston runs to ex- tremes about everything Tho aucccss of Adclina Patti will extend the season in Boston beyond the time first settled upon, and tho artists will not return to Irving Place before Fobruary 6. ‘Then it is proposed to bring out Halevy’s ‘“Juive” ‘with a grand mise em scone, Patti will add several operas to her repertoiro, among them the ‘“Barbor,”’ the “‘£lisir @ Amore,” the ‘Puritan’ and ‘Robert lo Disable.” In Boston the critica were so much delighted with the “Bar- ber” that they gaid splendid things about Brignoii, one of which (Post) wo copy a8 a curiosity :— Brigvoli sang and bore bimeelf well. There was an we and geniality to hia whole performance which he rarely exhibited. He rang the florid music grace- fully and fluently, and lent himgolt with cordjality vo tho exhibition of a \over’s assiau'ty. as never given Us fo much satis‘action; never has appeared £0 identified with bis assumed character, Mr. Hopkins will give the second of his Chamber Oon- certs at Chickering’s, this eveniag. The concert is worthy of special attention. In tho metropolitan theatres the most noticeable event is the withdrawal of “The Outo roon’”’ from the beards of the Winter Garden, where it has been played every night since De- cember 6, and the announcement of its simultaneous production at both the Bowory theatres. Tho copy for the O11 Bowery comes from Mr. Bourcicauit, and that for the New from the manager of the Winter Gardon. “Jeanie Deans’? is still fonnd the leading attraction of the day, “viding the attention of the town with Nibio’s Garden, where Cook’s Circus has had agroat wook. For tbe present week there will be special attractions at all the theatres, and a lively time may bo anticipated. At the Winter Garden, this evening, “Tasbia,” a trans. lation of Victor Sejour’s five act orama “Les Noces’ Veni- tiennes.”” (Porte Saint Martin theatre, 1854) will be pro- duced. It is announced as the work of Matil’a Heron, who plays Lesbia. Mr. J. W. Wallack, Jr., Mr. George Jordan and Mrs. Allen are in the cast. The play has been performed in the provinces, and it is said to bo very in- teresting. At Wallack’s theatre the very suecesaful comedies, A Husband to Order,” and ‘(Everybody's Friend,” will be played for the last time. To morrow night the new piece, “The Romance of a Poor Young Man,” will be producod in grand etyle. At Laura Keene’s theatre, ‘Jeanie Deana” will be played te-night and every night during the week. At Niblo’s Garden, the programme of Cook’s Circus wili receive ap additional attraction in the shape of the trained horse Ducrow, a graduate from the Circe Napoleon, in Paris. At the Bowery theatre, and the New Bowery, also, ‘The Octoroon”’ wiil be produced this evening. Tuere is some natural curiosity as to the reception of this play on the castern side of the city. In Boston, two points touching upon the irrepressible conflict were received with marked dissatisfaction. ‘The Broadway Boudoir, No. 444 Broadway, offers three light piecee— Our Gal,” “The Lady of the Lions”? and “The Actress of All Work,” in all of which the pretty and clever Webb Sisters will appear. ‘The new subscription at the French theatre commencod on Saturday, when two charming comedies, “ La Joie de la Maison’? and ‘Le Chapeau d'un Horloger’’ were rep- resented. The next performance will be given to-mor- row evening. At Barnum’s Museum Mr. E. F. Taylor, the populat and efficient stage manager, bas a benefit. The programme of entertainments on this occasion is a very taking oue. George Christy’s Minstrels will produce at Nibio’s Sa loon this evening ® Darlesque on the ‘“Ucturoon,”’ called the “‘Mostoroon.’” George and Master Kugeno wAl play the principal parts. Ifthe play is as funny as the bill the Public will do well to look after its buttons. Bryant’s Minstrels offer their usual concert programme and a number of buricsque scenes, dunces, &o. ‘Wood's Minstrels will give a concert and dramatic per- formance at Farrington Hall, Yonkers, this evening. The people of Yonkers will lad Wood’s a very oxcellont band. It is now under the direction of Mr. Sylvester Bleecker. ‘Trearres Exsswuxre —Mr. Thomas Barry was in town lagt week, making arrangements for the dramatic season at the Boston theatre, which will commence on the 6th of February, with Mrs. Joi Wood and J. Jefferson as the stars. ‘An Unequal Match’? will probably be the open- ing pieco, Mr. Barney Williams bas quite recovered his health. With Mrs. Williams he will commence an engage. ment at the Howard Atheneum, Boston, on the 6th Feb- ruary. Mrs. W. J. Florence had a benefit at Memphis, Tenu., on the 13th, and was publicly presented with a diamond ring by her admirers in that city. Miss Eliza Logan is playing a farewe}l engagement at Cincinnati. ‘The drama of ‘Toussaint l’Overture” is underlined at ‘Woou’s theatre. Mr. Sam Cowell has’been very success ful at the Boston Museum. Signors Macaferri, Beaucarde, Mme. Albertini and Sig. Ardavani will commence a con- cert wur in Philadelphia this week. Beaucarde, who has suffered with his throat sinee his arrival here, has bad an operation. performed, which promises to remove the trouble entirely, aad restore his exquisive voice to all its original ‘lexibility. The-Raveis are at Baltimore, where Miss Maggie Mitchell will play during this week. At Wood's theatre, Cincinnati, an original five act tragedy by FE. M. Powers, Fsq., entitled “The Fatalist, or Visions of the Faturo,”’ has been produced. At New Orleans ‘‘Dot’’ had a run of three weeks at the Varicties ; Mr. Edwin Booth played a brilliant engagement atthe St. Charies. ‘‘ L’Etoile du Nord’? was the latest novelty in London. Madame Celeste has brought out a new balletina atthe Lyceum. She must be pretty good, if we may be- lieve the following extract from the Londou Sun (Decem- ber 30):— Jn appearance tho Dona Isabel ‘ubas embodies the idea which we have been accustomed to attach to thuse may nificent Andalusian beauties who have maddened th brame of both Moors and Christians, and have been the theme of some of the most charmiog compositions of the Spanish muse. Her costsmes (for the audience wore deugbted with two sets of national characteriutic dancer) were at once simple and costiy, and distin- guished by a contrast of color evincing the most correct laste. Her dancing emphatically belougs to the grandiose school, if we may use the ex |, and bas nowhing in common with bog nner elegance which rendered Perca a fo wheess in ‘pane dancing, is by Dona Isabel subdued by most exquisite elegance and refinement, which pro- duced so decided an effect upon the discriminating audi- ence, a8 to leave us no hesitation in deciaring ber debut was a success. It is but justice to rve that Dona Isabel Cubase was most ably supported by Don Juan Ximeres, whose movements were distinguished by groat grace and feeling. It is scarcely necersary to add that both were recalled at tho close of each of their dances to receive the warmest marks of approbation frem tho anai- ence. it was recognized by the bella senora with an indescribable charm, which must be wit- neseed to be appreciated. Arrivals and Departures. ARRIV A: From Liverpool, in the ‘Edinburg —Rev J Mis Withawen Mrs Vorgensen ant child, Proteseor Franke and Mr and Mrs Lewis, John Bevan and iedy, Mies kien Be- corse Starr end iedy, Mrs MeKey, Jaines Boou. Joba Heartiey, Richard Suayuer dod son, Waller # Law. Mra Ma- theson, 8 Bravh, M_# Hewett, Job Hamition, H Obampenios, 1 Bird, A Leland, Mr Kumford, Mr Chesawieh, “lax Verraart, © Setiedmayer, Mr Ballentine, Mr Young, James Thom W Elliott Crofts, Thomas Proctor, Hev O Bidwell, and the steerage. iy From Savanna, tn the steamalip berry, J HL irrow and wife. ML. fm tn OMPABTURES, For Savannah, Augusta—J BR Smeed. © Domas, K Bi C Gray, WH Holcomhe snond, hier Rar ean ean seen te Mra ¥urpby, 3 lake, Jr,J M. Riske, AW Turper, W S King, Chea Washburn, a Gholey x Rivera, Jobn § Norris and Gaugbier, Mra i L Gleson, Mrad L. Alnen acd ecbtidren, aise ML Grain, Mrs SM Gradin, Jon Maguire and wife, Master Herman Bina, Joha Ine Eaters: 0 BG aod wife, $ ‘Moran, Siorx Ixmaxa —The St. Anthony (Nobrasai.) V.ws saya those Indians, to the number of 2,308, havo been scatter. td through the Big Woods. have killed over 2,000 Geer, cutting off the supply upon which many of ‘en whites revied. ‘Their presence is a great nuisance. They are inveterate |, and sometimes enforce their ap- Plicatione by thr |, though they always retire when they are met boldly by the whites. Gan nothing be done by the Incian Avent to keep them on their Reservation? The Sioux left the reigbborhood of Medina suddenly Saturday morning, having heard a rumor that the Chippewas were coming to attack them. PRICE TWO CENTS. THE STATE OF THE UNION. Public Opinion in New England and Canada on the Present Crisis. TEE MANUFACTURERS’ HEETING AT MERIDEN, THE SENTIMENT OF THE SOUTH, io, be, ko, THE LATE UNION MANUFACTURERS’ CON- VENTION. OUR SPECIAL MERIDEN CORRESPONDENCE. Mgniney, Coun., Jan. 19, 1860, The Manufacturers’ Convention in Meriden—Rifect on Po- Wtical Parties— Progress af the Pillage— Advance of Wan- vfacturing Industry—Condition iy the Artisansand Work- ing Girle—Architectural Advancement in Meriden—Joha Brown Preachert—The Town Hall—East and West sleri- den—In fluence of Manufacturers—The Joory Camb Bita- Uhment—Perfectiom of Machinery—The Slate Reform School—The Post Office— Political Opinions, dc , kc. * The Manufacturers’ Union Convention, held in this town yesterday, bas produced considerable excitement among the village politicians, and little knots of sebaters may be seen on every side discussing the efluct which te is likely to produce im political and commerciat errctes. ‘The full report of the proceedivgs, published in the Herat this morning, has been devoured with the xreatest avidity by all clasees of our people. The news agent here—Mr. Hubbard—who seems to have known by inetinct that the Hera would be iu great demand, teok the wisg precaution on Wednesday evening of telegraphing to hin agents in New York fora svpply of three hundrea copies of the morning edition over and above the usual number he generally receives, In consequence of other heavy orders, the Now York agents could not send bim more than two hundred extra copies of the morning issue, but they promised t> send the remainder of the eveping edition. The Heaat ar- rived by the midday train w-day, and the anxiety to sea it Decame so great that Mr. Hubbard’s news office was at once bombarded by hundreds of people, and in the course of leas than an hour not a single number of the paper could be had on any terms, although in many in- stances as much as twenty-ffve cents were offered for a copy. The ordinary price of the New York dailies in Meriden is three cents per copy, the usual terms on which the city papers are sold in many country towns. But friend Hubbard, who is wise and fore- seeing in his own day and generation, concluded that there was a rare chance to-day to enhance the value of the news stock, and so he very letsurely laid on two cents on the usualthree, making the price of the Hsrarp five cents. There were some people who grum- bled about this ‘move’ on Hubbard’s chessboard; but they bad to submit to his terms or go without their news- papers. So Hubbard’s triumph was complete. ‘The Town Hall, where the Convention was held, is situ- Ate in the eastern district of Meriden. It is a very pretty architectural structure, but very badly adapted to the purposes of public theetings. The constroction is by no means well suited tothe conveyance of sound, and it ‘would be advisable if the Meriden folks would in future bold their mectings elsewhere. I know that there is a difficulty, én limine, to their doing #0, a8 there is no other public building in the town ‘80 well fitted for the accommodation of numbers as the Town Hall. If, however, proper alterations, under sclen- tific direction, are made in tho interior of the Hall, it is possible that the evii may be remedied. Meriden is divided into two districts, forming the same town—kuown as Eust and West Meriden. The astern part is the old settlement, where there is quite a number of churches and agrea: many fine comfortable couages. | Fifteen or twenty years ago West Meriden was nothing but an empty valley. The houses that were then to be seen there were, like angels’ visits, ‘few and far be- tween.’ Now the Western part of the town is fast lead- ing in the path of progress and improvemest. The East always bad the advantage in the oli fogy times before the establishment of the railroad But now that the iron horse rups his daily course from New York through the numberless thriving towns of Son necticut, and further on beyond Maseachusetis, the Esstorn district of Meriden bas been forcibly impelled forward. On this side there are now some of the mont stately builaipge—churches, hotela and private residetcus. On ail sides there is evidence of improvement ia the Western district—pew houses are being run up, old ones are boing removed, and mapufactares are pushing forward boldly. ‘Tbe other district remains pretty much in state Among the most solid and beausiful residences ia West Meriden is one now in courte of erection for Mr. ED. Wil- cox, one of the members of the Britannia Metal Manufac- tug Company. This building, when complete, will betbe Dest reeicence in any part of the State—at least the pro- Prictor iv desirous ot making ito. Itis beiug construct- ed entirely of Milwaukee yellow brick and Portiacd atoae, in the Itahan style of architecture, and when foished, ac- cording w expectation next summer, will be a great or- Dament and triumph of taste for the town. The Congre- gauienul chorch is also a very beautiful building, even ia the great simpiicity of its architecture. where Faytou Thatcher bolds forth hie contemptuous lan- Ree to the South and the institutions of a friendl; hs is the same kenration preacher who, during the last Presidentiai campaign, deciarea that whoever voted for vemes Buchanan a8 President would leave a stain of bicoo on the ballot box. He got up oce of his treasoa- abie Ciscourses in bis own church on the life and tmes of John Brown, and thought to make capital by re- peating itat Guilford. Buteven the republicans at this later place were disgusted with his fanfarouade, and he had to give up his sermon as@ bad job. But this is en passant. As an evicence of the rapid progress which Meriden has made, I have been to some pains to obtain the fullowing report of a committee appointed 8ix years ago for tae pur- pose of collecting mformetion relauve to the amount of banking capital requirea by the business portion of the community, and by the citizens of adjoining pisces who wonid naturally transact their banking business in Meri- den, and to prepare and present @ petition w the General Ageembly oi the State for a charter for a vew bank, to be Jocated in the village of West Meriden—which bas since been establisbec—and for an increase ot the capital stock. of the former Meriden bank. The committee reported follows:-— © We find the amount of besiness transsetions in Meriden to seed four millions of dollars anpually—that there are 1a thie Raeed i lade and bustess, evupting isa aeeen eee of Meriden wu ao eum cf three milhicxs of dollars annually, and the amoumt of paver the Mericen Bank can discount annasUy will not one milion deilare, w hicb will jeave an amonnt of ¢ thea, more than Wey Sow Aura, in order wo presesulo thee men, more then they bow have. in or bisess svosemsfully” We also fird. that tbe tuber annually, elgbt bundred aud f'y thousand dollars went ie Mace in part upon setoal Inquiry, and im robable ewtumates. ‘from ledge of your fe. derive: from thelr Lusiness relauona wih the various seve and firms:— Amonat of berk dlecounts wapted annual'y.. ‘Amcunt supposed the Meriden Hank ean discount Amonzt st: in Meriden. pred enowelly tn Adjotatng, towne nt Want ual to Atoust waned tu Merk asjotntn are cy cnn W. Raldwin, Henry c. KB. H.C Bertrend L. Yale, Jedediah Wileox, Geory@ Cartas, wi Butler, Jobnt ‘arker, Rests Stedman, Denar B. Wrig Menioen) Conn, April 10, 1884, ‘Tho town has since that time in point of population, size and wealth, Mat hare Cap iermed on the best authority that there cannot ‘than six cipal manufactories bere are tho Manufacturipg Company, involving @ capital of over $400,000, aud giving employment to about of both eexes; the several establishments of Mr. Parker, in which over 600 persous which leads to ap outlay of haifa ally; the factories of G. J. Mix ° Frery, Cary & Co.; the Meriden Cutler) ploying about 366 havde; Juttus comb manufacturers; Foster, Merriam P. Cot, Goodrich, Ives & Co, N. Co, the Mericen Tape Company, J. Co., Wileox’s heop skirt factory, Dbenides nber of carriage, harness, augur, cl r establishments, which pave gi growing up, until pew the whole village is with them. In one of the factories of Mr. Charles jor the manufacture of britannia metal, 400,000 feet of deal boards aro usea up ani hidgle article of pecking boxes. In there as well as in that of the company with Wileex ure connected, there are employed some of Most talented and Competent workmen and artisan can be found avy where. Tn. fact, are. alltiet, and combine iu themselves the pense of nearly all Svrope. The gomb. pratt & O.— «bo have been immortalized ea ey oe anne ee 4 pas ieve muntbor or Sperateee nae ny OF ths en ‘Tees nomber ar pears any privcios! cstabliehmente io Meriaen. This trewing to the fact that their machinery bas beea Dronght to the utmost state of perfection, aud Were ie scarcely any branch i i E ‘3 i i onc? e 5 iif Re i FerTea 53 Z g iy & ell i HB