The New York Herald Newspaper, December 29, 1860, Page 10

Tre SEVENTH REGIMENT. | Formal Opening of Thet® New Armory Deseviotion of the Baliding—The Quar- ters of the Officers And Men—Tihe Drill Kowms, Be, de. Whe new Armory of Mie Seventh regiment was formally spent last might, @A was inspected by the Common Coune!l cod the heads of the v us city departments, AD’the rooms were elegantly illuminated, and the regi ‘rigntal band diieoursed excellent music throughout the evening in {Wa battalion drill room. The epectotors num. ered sever’ hundred, including many ladies, who were ‘Dighly de¥ghted with the grandeur of the interior of the edifice. At nine o'clock the company drill room was throws open, and the visiters invited to partake of a oun! ful collation, The Armory will be opened to the pubiqfearly in January THE NEW ARMORY AND ITS LOCATION. ‘The location of the new armory building is at the rorner of Third avenue and Sixth street, and is beanded Dy the latter street, Seventh street and Hall place, and at vhe point from which converge the Bowery aud Fourth avenue—im the heart of one of the busiest parts of ‘the metropolts, and direetly im the viciity of tae Astor ard Mereantiic libraries, Cooper Institute and American Ble House. A more stigivle locatiaa could pat be desired. The edifice is of «composite style of architecture, con- structed of iron, hres stories op heighit,one hundesd and eighty six feet, @eap ‘dbyone hundred end twenty feet in width, Its argaitectura! design—ofwhich we shall speak more in detaSl tboreafter-is the conception of Col. Mar- shall Lefferts, ‘he -present efficiem® commandant of the |; Keventh regitnent; and when we announce to Shose of our readers wh) heve seen and-admired the-proportions of the buildimg ‘that that gontleran is not u professions’ | architect ywethave no deubtshey will at-ence pronounce dhis, his Mratartterktpt tm that line, 4 perfect success, ‘Nomerous-attompts Saye'been made im the daily papers ‘Xo convey am idea to'heir readers by @ deseription of the Duilding; Dut as shese articles have been neceaserily vague—as the building and its interior arrangements have enly bean completed within Ue .past week—we have deferred publishing any ‘allusion “to the buiktigg until now. Whe building was placed in possession of the regi. meek Jast Gotober, with nothing in its interior but bare wails, Since that ¢ime @ littearmy ef artists and arti- sans Thwve "beon omployed in'the building adapting it to reg mortal purposes, and their efforts and skill have fash fouad it to a style of palatial grandeur as well as its adap- tabBity to its present purposes. The expense already in- | ered in the interior fittings ‘will not fall short of the gum of thirty thousand dollars, and this debt will be de- frawed by the equal contributions of the several compa- of the regiment. The ‘building is judiciously and dogantly orected. There is a solidity, convenience and oauty init, hh simplicity and harmony of design, that renders the building an object of attraction. The building ts painted .in gnitation of Dorchester stone, and cost a quarter of a-mullion of dali UNTRANCES TO THE ‘BUILDING AND MAIN HALL. There are two-entrances to the building—one on Sixth wtreet andthe north one on Seventh street. These are covered with two neat.columnar porticos of the compo- pite order of-architecture. Wide iron staircases lead to the mam-eorridor on the second or armory floor of the Building. -Gn reaching the head of the stairs from either entrance thovviaitar is led-to the larger corridor, twenty feet wide, and running the entire length of the building 286 feet) from north to south, and vice versa, En trances-to the company armories lead from this ball, The -small howitzers, with their caissons, belonging to the regimental artillery-corps, occupy a prominent place fw the body of the corridor. The main corridor is lighted at night-by twelve large Drouze gas brackets, richly or- nantented with Romanie armorial designs. The wallsare bung-«ith numerons pictures of European battles, which faddto the general appearance of the corridor. The doors NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1860~TRIPLE SHEET. second floor, and is thirty-six by forty-two fF e¢ in ‘dman- | | sion, 1t bas no furniture or decoratio, in ity Dut ist ample for its purpose. One hundred men cr 4 he drilled | in it at one time with convenience, It is I as night | porte y ta J #e length of the ENGINBER CORPS’ A” gpopy This room is eituated in the p partof the building, and is feted up with ” wide waleut nuaket racks | of very unique atehitectare, ¥ aby tockors, clowots, desk and | | other furniture of the 86°40, material. The lockers are | upholstered in emerald fren i cloth of very rich | fabric. The ceilin | conte of arme Of tha a with artistic armorial ety. The imitation oak ‘paper, Ath ieitaiton black walnut border | ano gilt edges, I t lighted at night by ten five-light | armorial c andelinm, ‘which were denigned. expressly for | this room . The rése is heated withame of the Littlefield ‘dase cov’; burnemtof a very rich apa ornamental decerip- | | thon, THE TROOP’S AWKORY. Whe Troop Mmve their afmory sijoining the Engineers’. |r is fitted wp with black walnet-carved desks, gua cases, lockers, &. The windows are neatly upholstered. The | walls amd-eeiling are perfect’ plain, From the latter are | suspended two tive-light cbsndeliers, ornamented with rich ammerial ornaments. FIRST COMPANY'S ARMORY, } ‘Thie-room is furnished sith costly black walnut mus- ket ehaes, lockers and prnsiding ofticor’s desk. The walls are ‘painted green ané the ceiling delicate pink. The | ‘windows are upholstered with the best satin French de ‘laine, and the curtaine are lined and interlined. The cush- ‘yous ov the lockers aro made of claret and greem striped English arras, and wre stuffed with the best curled hair, “The window cornices are 0. gold and green, and “present a very rich ame. This room is lighted at night by two five-light armorial chandeliers. SECOND COMPANY'S ARMORY. This room is fitted up with black-walaut gum cases, | with swell fronts and revolving racks; black walnat | lockers, one for each member, for the safe keeping of his | uniform. The moveable furniture of this room consists of aState armchair for the presiding officer, two side chairs for secretary and treasurer, and four table chairs, | all of black walnut, and made in the style of Louis XIV. The State chair 2 ornamented with a glory wreath, crossed with two flags, wii regimental cypher, N. G. in gold relief. The Windows in this room are furnished with drapery valences in the French style, and fabri- cated of green billiard cloth, trimmed with gold gimp and six inch gold and green bullion fringe. The lockers are upholstered with pure green English urras. The room is lighted with two five-light chandeliers, ornamented with rich Roman and heraldic designs. | THIRD COMPANY'S ARMORY. This room is also fitted up with black walnut gun cases, with revolving racks and magic windows. At one end of the room is a platform about five feet deep by the | width of the room and about nine inches in height, on | which the desk for the company officers is placed. On | this platform is placed a stationary desk, of solid black walnut, of about ten feet in length by four in width. | The whole is covered with cloth. Bshind this desk, in the style renaissance, is a black walnut and ebony State | chair, upholstered with crimson cloth and ornamented | | with 'gilt nails. Four chairs of similar material, one | table for the secretary and an elaborately carved ballot box make up the moveable furniture of the room. The | draperies of the windows of this room are made of crimson broadcloth, trimmed with gold gimp and six | inch wide crimson and gold fringe. The lockers are up- | holstered in Euglidm crimson ottoman cloth, finished with | gilt pails. ‘The tomer portion of the door has looking- | glass panels, six by three feet. In the centre of the | room is suspended a double deck twelve-light chandelier, | ented with armorial designs. The walls and ceiling | of the rocm are perfectly plain. | FOURTH COMPANY'S ARMORY, This room is furnished similar to the other companies’ we have described. The presiding officer's chair has an | elaborate back and panels, with representation of a stack | of antique arms in bold r The sub-officers’ chairs | are smaller than the one above described. On the backs are carved representations of wreaths of acorns, with side panels same as Stateehair. The backs arc Isterod in fine English diamond damask, green finished | with brass nails. The gas fixtures are similar to the | other companies. of tho company rooms and the surbases of the corridor ! FIFTH COMPANY'S ARMORY. are Gnely paiuited in imitation of black walnut. |": ‘hin yom, 1ike all the oomipamy voce, ‘is! twenty? THE BATTALION DRILL ROOM. | one by thirty feet in ize, The gun casee and desks are The-main drill reom occupies tho entire third floor; it | Simitar to the other companies’. The moveable furniture fs atcensitve from the story beneath’ by two wide stair- | is in the Elizabethan style and of a very wecherthe de- sways on the north and sonth end of the building. Its di- mensions are one hundred and eighty feet long by one hun- dred apd twenty -feot wide, and it contains 21,600 square feet, or 4,604 feet more than the new State Arsenal in event avenue. “It is lighted in the daytime by numer- ‘ous large windows on all sides of the building, and at night dy a double row frame light; consisting of seven Bundrod burners. The burners are placed about nine wehes apart, and cach row controlled by separate stops. The edoct of these lights last night was very fine, and showed off this immense room to great advantage. The | gas ip the building is supplied through two metres, one Fupply ing the-second or armory fleor and the other this drill room. This room is ample in size for the manmu- ‘wring of four companies at atime. It was thought by #ome before the cecupancy of the armory that the floor ‘of this room was insecure, but recently these suspicions were dissipated, after the application of numerous infal- Mbie tests by Armorer Scott, The only other noticeable features of this room are the linen: window curtains, epon-which are printed the coats of arms of the States @ the Union, of the companies of the regiment, and thore of the: cities of Boston, Richmond, sooo, ne Baltimore and other cities which the regiment ve visited, Gn the north end of the room is a band gallery. ‘The room is heated by four large stoves, similar to those used -in churches. APPORTIONMENT. OF. THE ARMORY. The several portions of the armory are allotted as fol- bowse- The eight *mall rooms ‘Pattalion companies of the company, in numerical suc the south cote aud the westerly room. th corps, the room adjoining to the Troop, and the south: easterly roum to the band, janitor and armorer. The Larger of the #0 central easterly rooms is the company adil! room, and the smaller is e>1 Baird or Gouncil of Ollicers, The large bull om the third oor is the battalion drill room. THE COUNCIL ROOM 2s thewprincipel apartment on the segond floor, set aside for the use of the Board of officers, and where the gene Fal.butiness of the regiment is transacted. Its dimen. Sions are twenty one feet wide by thirty six deep, and admitted through four highly tiniehou windows. is covered with rich Brustels carpet. at the bai le of the eoom, in an eligible and promineut posi tga large black walnut stationary table, for the o9- the Gskcnel and Geld offers. At the its, carved and finished in the largest of those ir sted trophies—pre. ng on the whok a marked and distingue appearance. le fold officers’ chairs are aleo verybeautifal, On Ducks in ornaments! script and wid. are embiazon ad she lowers ON, ©. —the initiate of the regiment. sm other ade of the eseritoire are two miniature feld Over the facing westerly to the eight regiment, one room to each ly room to the EXgineer & dene Fries, complete in every detoil of equipment. calenel’s clair isa magnificent picture uf the patriot Waasrington, four feetoy three anda half, executed by the a geter hend of Rerabrandt Peale, and costing upwards of Hh. 2 spendidiy walnut bookcase, or _irary, edorns ob extremity of the uh lie cplossal toy jeudidiy feted with an, 20% ste representation o State coat of arms, ta a Wve eurerounted & ‘The vide wings are Or, me » crows oy ot the reg. . fuily corr with its extertor magnificence. ins weve. We dunired 4f cholee works ou wilitary Beien & tea contributions of ex ( Morgan L. Sevith. The fh. tet Ay pletion & Co. hawe a nbribution of thet “qelopedés. The reat of the furméture in this room ¢ Wamets of Siirty-eighe binck walnet armohy four t Wwer, two large setae, seeretarion ry Y opholetered = in n cleth Ginished in\die.chasteatyle of Louis XLV. The stand of ce bow the rogiment by Ce eity of Washingw t, walnut cu ¢, cooupies @ prominent yp nthe agi The four large windows are tastefulhy av meaty op@eolatered in green billiard cloth * are alse deco. The inter? e@inbrokiored wish raved jaya einai ogence, ahd the Ww sur moanted, BY @ echt cor green ant gold The arnengerote doy the unination of the chamber are ox portect at they t Two twelve-dight chanieier, of chaste and teetefy! design, shed a of light ower every abject in the " ‘They are orte mente? with armonig! bearings, und in js tyle aud work ines slip are eqend to apy thing of the eave kind ever Amported (ra beyord the seas Promise ntly displayed in this room if a painting five by threes ot. enclosed in an elegant git frame, reyr Renting the storking of Fort Meiienry by the Britiel 3512. Thig chef d’qurre wap presonted to the Seventh Fegiment ly the Baitimage City ¢ i. Bronge busts of Wedstor aact4cott ocoupy eligible placos in ti» room The Coanet Chamber, when got in vse he Board of | Ofticers of ewwpenitte the ® 1 t@ all mom fthe nagenent 4 feceptien, conversation ant " ‘Wo smoking nor pisying of eards ts per ihier precinei« NON -G9uM) QRENED ETAPY AND AWD ARMORY The quarars oh M2 hon commievioned ea and Bint She in the suthem Wag Wing of thearmory waiting. Ths | roo (0 fitted ap wiNbGErek waluot wardrober, in Gorhte style, ome Ciceet for 0.8 snember, aad which are mum yr deciguat The @afding i freseoed, and the win Sow con forntare cletty eplolstered in green ottom vu window curtatus ac® very rich, ant vate t with a deep co with a @reen grown and gold ors mis ie monte: in the centre of the 61 tadoy i ane wiean shield. The gas brackets 2) ornam ntet ‘with mediaval desigas. Tho movable furn in th room is made of golid earvot t\%k waiout.§ This rootn $e also used aa tho armorer’s ome Feeling from this Foom is @ small but compact arm ters workshop. Mm» @hanically fitted up with ¢ jescr iy tion of iools, workbench, forge, la Dasof ire heated by one of Litt 3 dat coonomical aa weil as ornamental appa ats. THR COMPANY DRILL, ROOM. She company dy!) room is m at wing of the * ssion—the First company in | th company in the north- | werved for the library | rear of | ccription. The State chair for the occupancy of the pre- It namented with company’s eseute The top ornaments of the side chairs consist of a heral- ign, with the cyper N. G. in gold relief. The win ¢ upholstered with green billiard cloth drape- ries, trimmed with pare gold gimps. The lockers ure upholstered in green fig English ottoman cloth, finished with gilt nails. The ceiling aud walls of this room are perfectly plain. Two double decked five-light chande- liers of chaste design axd ornamentation light it SIXTH COMPANY'S ARMORY. ‘The gencral character of the furniture and decorations of this room is such as to justify the nem de fantatsic which bas been bestowed upon it by some of the members of other companies, viz:—The Alhambra. Ali the cabinet work is in the castellated Gothic style, while the decora- tions in painting are in a style uniting the Gothic with the Moorish, in which the latterepredominates. ‘The room is, in size, the same as all the ether company rooms, but is made to appear somewhat longer and nar- rower by the arrangement of the furniture. The room is divided into two parts by the erection, as in the other rooms, of a platform of about five feet in depth by the width of the room, and about nine inches in height, at the end of the room towards the windows, on which the desk for the accommodation of the company officers is placed. The main Goor is injaid in marqueterie, the pattern be- ing that known as the Maltese cross, The figures are | forme! of blocks of three kinds of wood—black walnut, | cherry and ash—their average superices being about | twenty aquare inches. These blocks are all tongued and grooved, and are firmly nailed to the planking beneath. A border of thirteen inches in width, of smaller blocks, and of a pattern somewhat difficult to deseribe, gives the proper degree of nish to the oor. The whole is render- ed smooth by planing, scraping and sandpapering, and is polished after being thoroughly oiled and waxed. ‘The platform is also inlaid, in what ts called the block pattern, which combines « six-peinted star. with a hexw onal block of three pieces. The woods are the same as | those of the main floor, ‘On this platéorm stands a desk, in solid black walaut, of about ten feet im length and four in width. The central portion is fat, white each end is formed imte an inelined urfuce, for Che use of the company’s secretary and trea | "Tiene are covered witt clot, ‘The whole ie amply with book racks, drawers, &c., fer bolding Papers, umler «wire! of the offcere. tn the front of the desk a eu panels, four of whieh are cireular a » loa waned. Those ve ate of va rious colored marbles, wlile ihe remaining six are of mottled walnut | books and mbors for keeping their uniforine are also of colid black walnat, and oceupy nearly the entire sides of the room. They are eight feet in btecn inches in depeh, with the exception taken up by the armrecks, whicbare hexa gonal turrets, cight in number. These are two feet sb inches in diameter by ton feet in height, and are rranged as to be equidistant, four in each case. Cir alar pladforins in thees turrets, at ebout four tect from with brass sockets for the recep: we whole front of the racks being and heavy plate glass circular railway entirely ry toopen the rack ts, 4hns making in dl The space pekets will ve used as lo kere « rom the floor, thes bringing vel of the main hare line of three feet in hol Po the kere are and 01 tr members room between the end ¢., at egeh end closet: ok one otter for a Prished wit a of the nnif te the geperal ef. | the room in twelve walnut 4 oe ' plush cogered benches, each ane caps persons with perfec! comfort. six of use will be piaoed beneath the locke remaibing =x standiug ordinarily At each side of the door is 4 hoat, covered sofa, With a high back, and ing with the character of the room. On platéorm are A each side of the ceiling and (exide the medallions are » im & pale pink, twenty ‘shields or escutcheons, in ition om each side with tem of the In pos these shields are shown, in representation of eito relivvo, groups of arms and itnplements of warfare from remote ages down to the present time. bole coiling is di- vided into three cumpaitments, by nes f tracery frou side to side, thus affording a distin .ive position to th» arins of ancient, mediwval and modern periods. In the first compartment (that noarest the windows), having three shields on eaab side, are showa the Egyptian, Gre- cian and Reman arms, ta the central division, having four shiek!s on each wide, are the arms of Europe during: the Middle Ages, and im the third, symmetrical with the Bret, are thoke of Revolutionary aad present times. The ground color of the whole centr] portion of the ceiling is ‘@ pate green, so very pale, iadeed, that it is nearly im- possible to say whether it is-ef a blue or of @ green tint. ‘An arabesque design is painted around the opening for each chandelier. ‘Tho walls, which show-about five feet above the cases, are painted in a flat green, an arabesque pendant border giving the Lecessary Gnish to the portion contiguous to ihe ceiling. Above each of the sofas at the east end of the room “> puitted a circular headed panel about four feet in height, of a shaded lilac color, , surrounded by & dark g:ven border, In these panel upon carved walnut consoles, a pair ‘stand, bronzes given to the company some time since by an honorary mem! r. The figures r t a Gaul and @ Sara 4. Above each panel Kee medaiiion aud trophy of colors in golden bronze in alto relievo, one medallion having a representation of Washington, the other of Lafayette. chandeliers, two in number, were made by Ball, Black & Co., expressly for this company. They are in Dronze and gold, of a graceful pattern, combining the Gothic and Moorish styles. They have twelve lights euch. - All the designs for this room, with the exception of those for the floor and ceilings, were made by, and the work carried on under the supervision of, Mr. Henry Hoffmann. The furniture, including the cases, was made by Franz Schreiber & Co.’ The painting, upon which a duy’s study might be profitably spent, is by Mr. Charles Milner. Ped ery by tt, Magne, of Baltimore, The cost of the whole will be about three thousand re. THE SEVENTH COMPANY'S ARMORY. This room is furnished in much the same style as the companies’ we have described, The window dra- peries are made of French satin de laine, trimmed with Jace gimp. The lockers are upholstered in green arras cloth, and finished with gilt nails. The desks, chando- liers and other arrangements of the room are of a very tasteful description. THE EIGHTH COMPANY'S ARMORY. This armory is fitted up in a very unique manner, with imitation oak castellated wardrobes, with the musket turrets in different parts of the room. This room has five ‘windows; each is upholstered in the newest stylo— French draperies, made of green billiard cloth, trimmed with gold gimp and green and gold bullion fringe. The chandeliers and cornices are of a very superior character. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BUILDING. The general superintendence of the armory building is entrusted to an armory committee, who have sole charge of the arrangements for lighting and heating the en- tire building, and are responsible for the general good order and neatness of every part thereof except the company rooms. Itis their duty to make all contracts for labor, repairs, &c. This committee consists of the Regimental Quartermaster, as chairman; Ordnance t, as Be- cretary, and of two lieutenants and three ite, who are nominated by the Colonel on the Ist of January of each year. THE ARMORY FLAGS. The national standard will be displayed from sunrise to sunset on each of the following days in every year, viz:—8th day of January, 22d day of February, 17th day of June, 4th day of July, and 25th day of Novem- ‘ber, and only upon such other occasions of national im- portance and concern as the commandant of the regiment may deem appropriate; at all other times a white flag, Dearing the arms of the Stateof New York, will be the standard used. Whenever the regiment shall be called ‘upon to aid the civil authorities, a flag bearing the cy- herer the corps (N. G.) will be displayed under and ‘along with the State flag, and upon the ce of such signal it is the duty of every member of the regi- ment, cognizant , to repair at once to the armory for orders. TINE OF HOLDING COMPANY DRILLS. Théarrangement of the regular company drillg are as fe a 3 y evenings, Fourth and Seventh Nes, y evenings, Fifth and Sixth = evenings, Engineers:and Third companies. Fridapcvenings. First and Eighth compat. The cothpanies sre enitied, on their respective evenings, from seve until ten ‘o'clock, to the equal use of the bat- talion and company drill rooms, alternately, in such manner as they may mutually agree upon. THR GUARD AT COMPANY DRILLS. ‘Throughout the regular drill season—on each evening occupied by companies drilling—a guard is set and the arm doors: med at seven o'clock; and all strangers excluded, the doors closed and the dis- miseed at ten o'clock, or upon the conclusion of the com- Se following are among some of the artisans who contributed their skill in roe, the armory :—Gas fix- tures, Geo. H. Kitchen & » 561 work, Pottier & Stynus, Broadway: Riker, Broadway ; heating ‘tus, Tibbetts & Co. , 690 Broadway; joiner work, V. Gridley. The armory will be open to the public January 2. THE REGIMENTAL GYMNASIUM. The official visiters and their ladies, after paasing a pleasantftime at the armory, proceeded to (he regimental gymnasium, which is directly in the vicinity of the for- mer. It is without doubt one of the most interesting de- partments connected with this model armory, and in keeping with the general elegance and comfort with which it is marked throughout. This is an instgution established under the patronage of the regiment, by Abner §. Brady, Corporal professor of calisthenics, one of its members, and a well known gymnast, and is, without exception, in every fality belonging ‘to a gytunasium, the finest in the United Pate bntering at ‘St. Mark's place, what appears a private roetdence, the \siter finds himself in a suit of elegant parlor and reali_g rooms, where piano, rausic, chess boards, billiard table, and other polite en tertainments of the day, may be had for the asking. Above these, on the second and third stories, are the | In the basement are | fencing and sparring apartments. arranged numbers of battm, basins, closets, dressing rooms, and everything necessary to purify aud beautify | the outer man. Fmerging from this apartment into what in ordinary premises ts the yard, the visiter stands a in immense practice hall, ‘extending back to nth strect,one hundred and eight fret long, fifty-two feet wide and twenty-two feet high. The ceiling, and the wainseotting around the room, which is about ten feet high, are constructed of yellow pine, oiled and highly polished. The rest of the apartment is a maze of rings, bare, ladders, inclined plane, batoute boards, horizontal breast poles, magic ladders. ay \ #, chest weights, dumb belle, ‘war clubs (very belligerent) ,« walking course and all the paraphernalia necessary to make a poriect maa, or rather perfect him after he is m: Here the members of the reiment nightly assemble, and, under the direction of Mr. Brady, go through a re. guler series of exercises. Tt may, indeed, be said that it is the only time when these gentlemanly fellows are really “on their muscle.” The institation now nam- vers nearly five hundred members, and, outside of the regiment, embraces some cf the wealthiest gentlemen in the city. | None but gentlemen, in fact, are permitted to enter the premises. We learn thot, at the solicitation of alarge number of ladies ‘indirectly’ belonging to thé regiment, there tx some prospect the gy maasiam will be opened for their benefit under a female teacher ‘The cost of the entire concern was about forty Uhoas. dollars, and the amount has beou se judici an tastefully expended as to result im the gymn erorllence of Atmerica. Army InteHi gence The War Department has caused orders detach one hundred Aifty. reernlia " Newport Barracks, Kentucky, and proceed to Fort iandall, Nebraska, there to be aswigned vo the Fourth regiment of artillery. | The officers ordered to asesmpany the detach ment are — ain C. 8. Lovell, Secoud infantry; Licw tenant Thomas W. Sweeny, Secoud infantry Rufus Suxton, Fourth artillery; Lieutenant B.D. Fourth artillery; Licutenay «1. Hallonge artillery; Lieutenant Wil Robinson fare ry Surgeon D.C. De Leon. Medical Departinent, is ordered to Fayetteville, N. C., and report for duty at that post Assistant Surgeon T. M. Getty, Medical Department ardered to duty in the eity of Baltinere. Assistant Surgeon P.G. 8. ‘Ten Brecck is ortered juty at Fort Toon, California, and will relieve Assistant Surgeon A. T. Ridgely, whe is ordered to ir to the aity of New York and report for further orders A laave of absenee for twelve mouths has boon grauted ty the War Department to Lieutenant Colonel Willian J Harder, Pirat cavalry fe: extewaion of leave of absence has been granted by the same authority to Captain R. P. Campbell, Second fit of his health, twelve mouths: to afantry, ten months J seterant four months: Captain Washington J. Newton, Second dragoons, tree months Captain Johu C. Robinson, Fifth infantry, for the benetit of his hea ith, efx months. be am © Second in Seproen® Lose or nine Stoo Ser iy. —The sloop Spray rendered netorious by the supposed murder of the cap tain and others on board by Jackalow, now awaiting his trial in Leys was Pic some two Bonths since by gentlemen Carolina, for the parpore of pat ting her on tha Cape Fear river as a passenger packet be five sive chairs, for the \ P tween Witrnit and Smithville. After undergoing rom iu, All (he wosdwork leeds ere eeeot SO repair tu freight, she sailed (rom Now. York Above the windows, and wcrese the intervening pier, is | “bout oat ee, ee eee of a cep. a walnut cornice orpamented in gold, attached to which | f4!, A ee are ‘or ves ti, taniog one isa double valence of cloth, with appropriate fringss pan sengee: Thee east ete ‘ae 5 * pn the tamels, &c. The cotorof the upholtery ‘sa rich erimaon, | Paneer pre i at ta bene bev lestiaation by land ‘The Ceiling is painted in encaustic fresco, A border of | Sinee ther we ‘en atl beg bed owners about three fect im width, ranoiog around the entire | The euppoeiséon in Boat the eles en blown «it te ceiling, is divided into thirty-four squares, \y ch ar sea and ,'ont Le on f af Zz true, the Spray was { ‘onze medallions the coate of arn: Ail ths | certainly & fatal veesel.—Trentom, N. J. rele, Dee, 28 ning South Carolint) and the t 1 States placed centrally at the west eat of the , directly over the seat to be occupied by the pre. siding officer. ‘Ibe others are arranged wishout regurii to any regularity whatever, except that they ate p alternately ib gviten and Brown brongs, both, showing | ¢ green reflects. Fach medaliion is about one foot ia di amoter, ud is surrounded by a delicate wreath of leaves in lilac and green, the whole upon a ground color of very pale green—almost white, Kach equae j< bounded hy Jracer ice wp rib dark colere last bein of rendering assistance an own architect of many William Thon. *, the well ks 1 | Canadian public b tldings, and a highly respocted eitiz mn, Ay eaterd ‘st "ware 18y marist Was burned thie morning “> " ~ ‘ie City peeterday for the Gerrit “mith wae in t ice fn 4 > of = laimed by the Upite | states 1 tive slave Andersop, who is { ' autboritice, He: The New City Chamberlain. ‘The bond of Mr. Deviim of $260,000 for the faithful performance of his duties as City Chamberlain, wa; ac- cepted yesterday morning by the Comptrolier, and Mr. Devlin will at once enter upon the duties of his office. ‘The sureties of course swear that they are each worth $100,000, making a total of double the amount of the penalty in the bond:— BOND, Know all men by these presents, that we, Daniel Dev- iin, Charles , William A. Hall, Henry L. Ho- guet and Francis A. Palmer, o! the city of New York. fre held and firmly bound unto tie Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty vf the city of New York, in the penal sum of two hundred thousand dollars, lawful of the United States of America, to be paid unto the said Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the city of New York, or to their successors, for which payment will and traly be utorh nnd amigas, Judy aad several, Uy’ theee pre trators assigns, fe ¥ pre- png seals, and ‘dated thus twenty. the year one thousand eight seventh day of December, in hundred and sixty. Whereas, ‘above bounden Daniel Devlin hath been office of the Chamberlain of the City of » the the appointed to New York; Now, the condition of this obii above bound tes A. Palmer, sureties. and delivered in the presence of Charles E. Mil- ler, No. 63 Lil street, New York. Mr. Plate int to contest the transfer of the office of City Chamberlain to Mr. Devlin, City Imtelligence. . ‘Tue Late Senunapé To SkxaTor Pucu.—The serenade in ‘Washingtom, last Saturday night, to Senator Pugh, of Ohio, by his friends, in token of their appreciatien of his efforts for the restoration ef peace to the Unien, was avery five affair, Among the @qpgreesmen who took part and made speeches on tj fjcasion were Mr. Val- landigham, of Ohio; Mr. MallO{ig@r Kentucky; Mr. Se- gur,of Virginia; Mr. Woodson, of Missouri; Mr. Pendle- ton and Senator Crittenden, of Kentucky. Tur Lare Post Ornce Ronagry.—Amos Leeds, Jr., the young man who was arrested a few days ago on charge of opening letters without having authority 60 to do, writes to us and says that at the time he is chargei with baving abstracted a certain registered letter, he was out of hort ed and could not, therefore, have been im- licated. ALoxe Houmay ror Tar Scnoors.—At a meeting of the Board of Education, held on Wednesday evening last, a resolution was presented by Nelson J. Waterbury, Esq., Commissioner from the Twentieth ward, in favor of clos- ‘the schools until Monday, the 7th day of January adopted by a large majority. ‘prolong the usual holiday vacation several , as otherwise the schools ‘would have resumed their daily exercises on Thuraday of next week. ‘Tm Rev. Mr. Vanpyke.—We understand that a paper is in circulation, and has already received a number of sig- natures, inviting the Rev. Mr. Vandyke to deliver a leo- ture next week at the Cooper Institute. . ‘Firreestu ANNUAL Convention ov THE Devta Kappa Ep- band was in attendance, and ings with music. After the opening prayer Benjamin H. Abbott, of the nema chapter ei S. Rand, Jr., of the Alpha. (Yale) chapter, presi duri number of students were t | FF PE i See day morning a fire occurred im the dry goods store of T. S. Brooks, No. 87}; Tutharine street. The firemen were Promptly at the premises, and.extinguished the fire Defore it extended beyond the store. The damage dene to stock by fire and water will amount to about $1,500; in- ances, it started an.ong some wrapping paper under ‘the shelving. ' Susriaox or Fort Piay,—A boy named Walter R. Tucker, fifteen years of age, residing at No. 23 Amity street, is missing from his home, and it is feared that he has been made the subject of foul play. He is five feet in hight, wore dark clothes and on becoming of age wns to receive a considerable estate. A large reward ie offered ‘or his recovery Conrecrios.—Philip Smith, who was arrested on Tues- day charged with etealing a baggage check belonging to Mise Jane Rrovks, desires us to state that he loaned mo- ney on the check, not knowing it to be stolen, and was ‘merely wanting to see if it really represented any proper- The Parsguuy Claims and Commander . TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. On the eve of leaving Buenos Ayres for the United ‘States—having finished the work assigned me in tho ex- ploration of the waters of La Plata—I read in a number of the New York Times the “opinion” of the American Commissioner in the arbitration case of the American company against the Paraguay government. ‘The astonishment produced in that community by such a decision may well be imagined (and no one could be more astonished than will her President, Lopez), when it is known that the people were familiar with the facts and Circumstances involved; and the question was often asked (rather too often to be agreeable to an American), “What means this decision of your American Commission- er? Can it be true? In this country it would be called a case of bargain and sale, but in yours it cannot, Old Lopes will be more tyrannical than ever, since he finds his con- duct in such an outrageous case excused and sanctioned by the American Commissioner; and wo to the American who has the temerity to set foot in Paraguay.’’ Very difficult questions to answer, and comments equally humiliating. And here, in thigeonnection, a most pertinent question does very naturally present itself—How comes it that after mature deliberation on, and examination of, that Paraguay question (when the very natural asperities pro- duced by the barbarous attack upon the Water Witch may have somewhat cooled down) by the able head and his assistant of the State Department—after the report made in pursuance of this examination to tho President of the United States, properly characterizing the outrages per. petrated, which he judges eo offensive, unjust and op- pressive as to require that the United States should not only demand reparetion for the ingult to the nation’s flag, Dut indemnity for the wrongs and losees sustained by the American yompauy; after thé President’s call upon Con- grese for authority, ways dnd means of enforcing the demand; after tho granting of these, and the subse” quent despatching of a squadron against Paraguay; after all this had been done (certainly not in ignorance) by those branches of government supposed to be compe- tent to judge in such cases, as the President, Secretary of State and Congress, before whom and by whom this subject bad been investigated, discuased and decided: after the government of Paraguay had acknowledged its indebtedness to the company, in the proposition to pay mmediately 16,000 ounces (equal to about $256,000)— pretty good evidence of indebtedness, at east 60 far— how comes it then, we ask, that it remains for the Com- missionerz alone to ascertain that the President, Secre_ tary, Congress, all are entirely in error, the claim a myth, and that consequently—the case being reversed— the government of Paraguay, and not the company, is + entitled to damages, for, I suppose, defamation of cha- racter? My object at this time is not to criticise the “opinion” of the American Commissioner; for whatso- ever may be my opinion (and I confess to no small degree of astonishment), that is none of my business, farther than, 28 an American citizen, to bear my share of the mortification occasioned by 0 much ado about nothing; and it might be thought Rails earned and able. a: detence of the course’ of tho Paraguay it; but inasmuch as my despatches to the State and Navy ments, on the subject of the forceably breaking up of the business of the American Company by the Paraguay government, in 1864, have ‘been considered of importance enough to be quoted by the Commission as evidence in the case, T hay complain, and do protest st the unfair manner in which extracts have been made subserve a special These d¢ ii eE22 ee HG sistent evasion of the ‘whole truth,”’ but have attributed it to the geal and right which every lawyer claims, pose, to make his the better #! “opinion” is for the L suppose; however this may be, it is the satisfaction of justice, and the public the justice of the argument and decision i ty when be was taken into custody, Brooklyn City News. Commos Coune.—An adjourned meeting of the Board was held yesterday afternoon, President Kalbfcisch in the chair. Alderman Strong rose to @ question of privilege, and moved that the special committee to whom was referred the investigation into the charges made against him in the Williamsburg Times, and « communication from the Comptroiier, relative to the lease of nay, ‘on the cor- ner of Fourth and South Second streets, E. D., have leave to report. The motion was agreed to, and an elaborate report was submitted, concluding with the follow ing resolution: — Resolved, That we deem the course of Alderman Strong, tn | | relation to the leasing of the propertyjon the corner of Fourth | | and South Second streets, 1s deserving the ceusure of this | Boe evolved, That the Commissioner of Repairs aud Supplies | began cy ms under (be direction of the Counselor of ae } fetal io ‘| the on the corner of Fourth and south Seon | niseels; knd the Comptroller io dirested te tgnore amy lease uf | | the property, and to refuse to receive it fi he | andthe Comisellor of the Board Is iereby directed 10 ke all necessary steps to toaintain the city in possession of the a! Janie diy te eae | ~ Strong, with: | Investigating the subject, and without con sulting with having the lease drawn by the Couusellor. Alderman Stroxe addressed the Board at great length | n his exettpation, aud in the course of his remarks he | braced the rtunity of most unmere! lly lashing the editor of the Brooklyn Times. After makiag mince- meat of the editor, he said, if that individual continued to write articies holding him up to public reprobation night after night, and to publish them day after day, so help him God, he will use the means for his defence which God and nature had given him. From this he pro- ceeded to refute the of fraud and corruption, by the tw argament, and accused his accusers of | thrusting their arms up to the shoulders in th+ public | treesury, After dwelling on this picture at sone length, | the Alderman went on to patronize vigiianee commitiees, which, he said, md done considerable good in New Or- | Jeans, by hanging the rogues in those diggings. He was of opinion that it would have been for the interest of the | city if the man of whom man) bat ales of that decn strung up years ago. man that would niake the angele weep; and he could name a member of the Board as being aworisted with him im his sehemes of villany. After some further re marks, avd a refusal to name the member of the Board alluded to, the Alderman sat down After consi/erable discussion the first resolution was amended by declaring that no fraud was committed by the parties leaging the property, but (hat it was simply an error of jadgment in not jes The recond resolution was ¢ and the third was lost by a vot The report of the special committee appointed to inves tigate the charge against AMlerman D. Green, of certif' | the bille of the contractor for street cleaning in the ward, was called np. ‘The report entirely exonegates th Alferman from the charge which forms the ground of the tment against him by the Grand Jury. The report wos adopted and the committee discha: The rest of the business was of a routim ter transacting which the Board adjourned SKATING IN BRoowLYN.—The Brooklynites have determin ed to have a skating pond under regulations ¢imilar to thee at Central Park. It is said that a clab was formed on Seturday evening, whose intention it is to seenre one of the many ponds in the outekirts of the city (one which be easily flooded), erect a pavilion for the accommo n of the members and their friends, not forgetting the ladies, and have a police foree to see that the rules are complied with, &e. The committee inted for purpore it said to have decided to secure the “Mill pond’ on Fifth the owner of which wiilatd in the move. ment in every way. ‘This pont is about tweaty acres in extent, is adinirably adapted for the purpose, and ts di- reotly on the line of the Central Railroad character, af | ‘1b: experiments whieh we mentioned some time since | being made on board the United States steamer Michigan, | in the harbor of Frie, Pa., on Lake Erie, relating to econo | | my in the use of steam, are stil in progress. The | experiinents mate by the offlcers show a very | favorable result—a detailed report of whch has not yet been made public, but is looked forward to by the navel community with much interest. The en ines are Kept seventy hours ranning without in miesiop, to test the result of each © ot: an curate nopount ie kept of the smonnt nd consnmed, the nomber of revolution A Notey Kartngrans.—The Hingor Wh: Readfield, Me., that the noise of fhe earth yu we «that in Me son lator's vege wud t the day last wie 20 loud that it drowned the m. and started several ladies to their feet windows | tained, should he not think it a matter of sufticient im- dence. How obi: , then, on the part of eating facts of the ease, the uth.”” I will endeavor to supply, to some extent, this omis- sion, by extending a little farther the quotations from the same — ASUNCION, PARAGUAY, Sept. 26, 1864. ‘To Tie ShcreTARY OF THE NavY:— fi, course of this government towards the my 4 American citizens, their maltreatment would not the presence of a man-of-war. the company, which their agent does not take away, the losses they have or may sustain in the interruption of their business, these are matters for the home govern- ment to settle. Again, to the Secretary of the Navy:— Astycion, Panacvay, Sept. 28, 1854. Were the Water Witch not bere, I do not believe that one of them connected with the company) country). The tyrannical course Sine Tamera | Ter the and ‘the wish to the Honorable Secretary of Navy that our government may take | some steps to assure this government that its acts of aggression and tyranny not be submitted to, when exercised on American citizens. * * * * I should be most happy to carry out any instructions of the honorable the Secretary, in relation to nification for the losses the American company about. portance to instruct the Commodore vscribes how this could be done. The same despatch Again—Synoptical. ‘t to the Secretary of the Navy, August 4, 1866:— “The time has el when the indignity offered the | fin"” (alluding to that set of barbarism to be foand only | in the dark ages—the attack on the Water Watch) ‘should | have been avenged; but TI trust it has not when the government of Paraguay shall be mate responsible | for the pecuniary losses sustained by those American citi- zens, andecaused by the exercise of the most tyrannical power.” The above will show that my despatches to the Navy ther exonerate the Paraguay rernment, which would be inferred from the argu. of the American Commissioner, and as it yay posed that the opinion was somewhat elections he thus carefully made, these farther show that the despatches fr taki ould not in any manne: Department do not alte rs A by will declaration y the mis- by quite a t, for the whe idable squadron) nav y afhoat liy way \n assurence. fn writing, from the xpedition for the exploration of the trilata r La Plat’ should not be molested on ite zh waters claimed by Paraguay, Secoud— / emily of Chaney (the poor fellow who was aly at the helm of the Water Witch, when tn serentitie . id ten arAgay government hat noching was accomplished by the mies HIP United States Nav vristmas Festival. The Sabbath school of the Latheran church of st. James, in Kast Fifteenth street, held their Christmas | celebration in the chureh on Thursday night last. The H building was den ly crowded. The exercises com menced at seven o'clock, opening with an appropriate in *, followed by a prayer. Then the was sung by the infant class, after of addresses and another song brought wn to the time when the distribution | Of prizes was to take place. In the centre of the | cherch, whieh me, towered a large | Christmas tree, lit, by innumerable jets of and bang with all manner of from a squeaking parrot in ir. ‘There were wiiletlen’ and’ trumpets, ned and dol!s, without number and without clothes, which made the large, innocent eyes in many a Nitle fave apar- ke with Tight. We even «aw a very rare specimen of : jacks mech little Yoiees, and distribution com 4 perfect Babel scitement when the n with teachers their | ns xing their teachers, the blowing of shrill | tol the creaking and ing of varions inex. | y#, the confusion was delightful. A couple of | jours wore away pleasantly, the crowd gradually thinned off, the pupils diong in small batches, the prizes were all distributed, even to the dancing bear, which caneed as much enxiety as the golien apple of Paris, Our Leporter being appealed to, prono <l the whole thing a Pericct success, Was presented with a tin trumpet, and ‘went home ¥ nal NEWS FROM THE PACIFIC. ee eeennnrrees Arrival of the California Pony Expresss Forr Kzanngr, Dec. 28, 1860. The pony express passed this place at half-past nine- o'clock P.M. om the 27th. The following is a summary’ of the news:—~ Ss ge ane eine. X. Arriv . jorwester, Boston; Morning*Light New York; 15th, steamer Sonora, Panama, 7 Sailed 14th, Southern Cross, Hong Kong, carrying $170,000 in treasure and $67,000 worth of merchandise, GENERAL NEWS. California news for to-day’s express is not important. Judge Baldwin has sent in hie resignation ae Judge of the Supreme Court, to take effect January 1. ‘The political rumor finds considerable credence, that . General J, A. McDougall, Hon. J. W. McCorkle Richard P. Hammond have formed a combination to their united influence with the Douglas democracy elect Hon. Mr. McDougall to the United States Senate this» winter, Mr, Hammond Governor of the State next sum- mer, and Mr. McCorkle to the United States Senate on. the expiration of Mr. Latham’s term. The programme ‘will meet with strong opposition within the Douglas ranks., ‘The two strongest candidates for the Senatorship thie winter appear to be General McDougall and General Denver. The organization of a joint stock company to open the Washoe silver mines is among the most notable features: of the times. As often as two or three times per week some company, with @ nominal capital stock ranging all the way from $500,000 up to several millions, files articles. of incorporation with the Secretary of State, elects offi- cers, and appears to be earnestly preparing to commence silver miping. Some of these comprise men of wealth and character, while many are doubtless stock jobbing: ¥ operations. Some fine specimens of coal, resembling in the West Hartley coal, are on exhibition at San “< cisco, and purport to have been brought from a newly” discovered mine, about eighty miles from Carson Valleyy where a company have claimed three thousand acres of land, covering the mine, and are preparing to developing. The coal is very much needed in the Washoe silver mines, as other kinds of fuel for smelting purposes. very scarce and difficult ef access. The Keystone Oom- pany, who have been some months engaged in opening a copper mine in Calaveras county, claim to have struck» during tho past week, the richost vein ever dis” covered on the Pacific coast, being nearly as pure as the best copper of Lake Superior. The vein was struck thirty-five feet below the surface, and appears to be inexhaustible. Arrangements are making to ship the ore to Baltimore, and it is believed it can be put in the Eastern markets cheaper than the Lake Supe” rior article. ‘The pony exprees, with St. Louis dates to 30th ult., and telegraphic dates to three P. M. of $d inst. , via Fort Kearny was telegraphed from Carson Valley yesterday, and wi arrive at San Francisco by the Sacramento boat to-night. ‘The patronage ef this express is increasing under the in- fluence of regular trips. The last outgoing express took one hundred and seventy-five letters from San Francisoo- and thirty-four from Sacramento, many of them letters, paying five dollars each. To-day the express take about eighty-five letters from San Francisco. E i i # if fs u ‘ ‘ g i i i 2. 253 oF i ‘ #3 5 : ? : 8 RE 45 Zi | Ee cited: This Board met yesterday at one o'clock P. M. Super. | Wiser Blunt in the chair, the President being absent. ‘The reading of the minutes gas dispensed with, and the following business was trangacted:— The resolution of reqdest from the Board of Super visors to the Common Counci!, which bad been returned Without any notice being taken of it, and which was re sent to the Common Couneil, was again returned; this time it was accompanied by a note from the deputy clerk of the Common Council, stating that the Board of Aldermen had ordered the return of the resolution. it. Ms laid on the ge t was generally understood that this meeting shoal ‘be the last for the present year: but Supervisor Ler thonght it wonld be better to hold another meeting, so boy 9 so. ali the business, pene ep was 4 to this, and urged that. the thusiness should be tranmacted at, once. a uper again on Monday, at one P.M. Supervicor Twrm galled Bapervhor Pardy, het, the salaries preme and Superior rogate be incressed cock 62 tvieor Perpy — adoption on the they had for the position held by a long he felt that the public ‘would sever Ye ae as it was merely a just appreciation On motion, it was laid over. ‘The Committee on Annual Taxes offered a reselution (> twopay Joba MeLeo. itt bere I survey of Harlom urpby for serv: river, the work of which was done by the direction of the Board. the last report of the eng! are ae with an eat S07 8. It ordered 1 ‘was then laid on the table. x Dusiness wae attended to, and to meet on Monday, at one P. M. Board 4 Axorien Porfyive Case—A man named "Nathaniel Curiworth, was ortested in Agsonet, Sunder for eeu the death of soning. She prev Sees Bee ‘ping en with Cadworth. lied suddeply, on Tuesday, the 18th of November, and buried shortly after. Immediately after her decease stories were cireulated pointing to an improper intimacy between the deceased and Cudworth, and certain fhote coming to the knowledge of the seleetmen of the town induced them to believe that she had become enciente that Cudworth had given her of precuring an abortion, which, desired effect, had resulted fatally, He was arraigned jn New Bedford, yesterday, on charge of murder, Fxamina tion wes postponed to Friday. The deceased was twenty yours of age. Stremer or 4 Prrvten.— Mr. committed enicide by taking poison in Basten « 338: Francis Pennell, a orinter, the ‘24th inet. } “a t % “