The New York Herald Newspaper, December 24, 1867, Page 8

8 fair, 004 100 management bes placed the piece well OB as Bella Wilfer gave an land of our hopes would be one ‘no heart and one in life, es it was fn name and @ unica the proudest on the carb, (Uboers). THE NEW EMGLAND SOCIETY. € Se “The City of New York" was the next toast pro} jon at Delasenteo’e | 4n4 in 2 Mayor Hoffman to respond, the ‘herman, Rev. H. W- oes that be belie 4 bis samy - a General Sickles. Beecher @imost wade ac gentleman cannes commemoration of the landing of be pt ra pie oe ee nan a4 Pilcrim Fathers in 1620 at Plymouth Rock was ce® | yyayees in iuoir places - «= the customey jor HorraaN, after some preliminary remarks, in manner last eveaing by 4 banquet at Delmonkwsn Re he alluded to the uwnostentetious manner in stiendance was woususily large, partly, probably,im | Whieb the toast had been read, ‘‘without comment or Wonsegueuce of a rumor which had been circulated, ig | OPP2™2°" op,” said that be found, wheg he went toa which the event verified, that the occasion wend AMUSEMENTS, ‘The French Theatre. ‘The firat of the las: five representations of the “Grand Duchess” was given yesterday evening Gt the Freech theatre, Wescarcely need say that this aduminsbie o- Se wreshi De, with spring of music and fuu was po less Beartlly weloomed f & Brows, greta than On [is earliest appearance in New York. lndeet, Sng 13 ‘ech. as “blessings brighien as they teke thelr Sight,” (he wee od Grand Duchess and ber court seem more britiientiy Wis She'S) ae Bote or eke attractive than ever during this foal week of their vivit off Five Fathom 1 to Fourteenth street, The opera Was rendered thr sas) apparently a portion of @ pirit and minute atiention to dete # Hi te Anniversary Celeb Specehes by Genera’ it ii fl B “3 ad chureh, At eat mixture of piety and poll- New bu New Engiand dinner he fouod ties (Laughter.) I pastry. “4 Smyrna.7%5 days, with frutt. be graced by the presence of General Showman, | & Dect 'a: Tanclinaticn whelever te TP yao oe) nd io acting which have made its tmtrodwe'°s | teug a atroeg WAW. and WW gales tbo Among the moro distinguished of the guess wer | pastry, though he found both, at times, somewhat indi. | to the American siage an event. Mile. fous gangnoored | qoy jftove bulwarks and hatch ho when she sang “Le sabre de son pire” aad “Legr Old), Warthmann, Rio Janciro, 55 days, verre de 200 eeand pire.” Mer tsimmalte ating ty 19 Punch, Meineke Wendt, iad very hear? supplied as usual the deiiclencies of ber volte, The Se of the cancan aad of Das, CO PSs, OF POL, Pet por Of the conspirators Was as coutagiows as ever. The play of the unrivalled trio, General Boum, Peines 19! Rev. g H. W. Beechor, General Sickles, Rey, Mr. Gal | gestible; but be had a decided aversion to the politics, . ol 5 (Renewed laughter.) In considering these things he ery Mayer Hollman and represeminsiwes of tht) eee at’ thom from his own’ standpoint ls us berevolont societies of the city; and /atei| friena, Beecher, had said that “Yankees in New York Lieutenant General Sherman wes adéed| hed a hard time of it” He could be Bosjou, tosail ina fe We; brig: Alico, ‘dude: f or do's ay : ~ jalled 16th.schr M J Moore (Br), Boston. StJoux, NB, Deo I Castin Livecraolt Sith, sebe JB Marabet, wes ball, finns rink Avenne Theatre. The vaste for hight metrical compuriiions, always to be found in « comanwnlty Whe thas of New York, fostered + Jon 73 80, passed @ weather, Lis eaiis, &c; 220 inst, cPlamber adrift . BR Morray Jr. Dee 12, in 2 heavy to throw about 8) tous of logw guaatit * The festival wb the dri. | Were permitted to live here—(la Y ° . . Bry Grace Worthington (Br), Dussant, Belize, Hon, 34 oi 7 Bil a es stash mitted to. engage in. all ‘commerce | gad Rares. - -, f x mere Sagnatran Bove! 2 | A bee been Oy the recest iatroduction of the French | a: 8 Delaware Breskevales, with mahogany, &c, i American Ports, 4 t ch have hitherto cbara }and trade, and make about all _ the " . -s ce | comnte qpena, athe send eneves af the euccees of tho Has boon 18 days N of Hatloras, wil BOSTON, Dec 31, PM—Arrived, enbadin: ; rings of the gociety, monoy that is made (Appiause.) Thoy | ¥85 a3 original, Nopomuc a8 unique, ; . eatery | les. vig J Urant, Byrnes E beeen be ‘At tho business meeting Immedia’ely preceding the | 8 permitted at gland dinner, in bey enig ohare ao ee aie tito: samy, | MUteed bariengue ww en the boards of the Fifth Ave- | | Brig Hepiegle (Fr), Vinoee! Tiartinique, 22 daze, with oa- | Am a Mars, tay Gor one tn i mitt : epee ro Frenen resteurant, to eat por beans, which was no whea the ' ty | RWO tRestre, The author was Keen enongh to notice | i> | é hye vith loguend= to A Wenguet the following gentlem: fo elected the | Moro like the pork and beans eaten by t! on ibe epeat ee a op tea? poe li lig—-Poabimigs 1 > ry albaa for the similarity in mosey of the incidents of Ristorl's of tho soolety for the cusuivg year:—President, | tan the place in which it was eaten was like tho pri ‘overboard to lighen the | Tens N¥ork: Hortense pow gilt might be made of all were, 1 Ni i f , i 4 Ps , E », | tive abodes in which the Puritans ato it’ (Laughter.) , Kizabeth sad OGhadss vessel : for Charieston; Ada At ph H, Choate; Wrst Vice Fresidont, Elliot G | One portians have thelr own notichs of things, and he | delightful opera! ewough to combiee in « Brvg Blanche (Br), Dean, Kingaton, Ja, 24 days, with log- Bub. Also. cleared, brig” Fai € Second Vice Prevideat, Isaac H. Bailey; Couns | was sorry to aay that they have a very unhapny way of Nabi buriesqu of Uae oe am Poi Lionas Choy tet ot kins, 29 days, with eatt, to | 2! Powow, Henderson, Barbados t wellors, SarpuelysM, Sicdi:s, Joba W. Quincy, Colonel | forcing them upon the country. But he looked forward t. zs OR Gre Nag oe ye eed pe eet ae Pt Eee ee eS rane 8 Wiliam -Rakeems” C Frank E, Howo; Assistant | t the time when politicians shall be buried beneath the | “A moment since, methinks, I ‘+ | Sf the hour. Loticgwels grotesque Biimabeth is ail | tirong N, NW and NI? gales, with heary sea; suipped larga Leets ee Rastonte, hewn taanee kamen ae ‘ : = Biba « i \ a and statesmen rise to fill their places, and then the chirrup of a frog, sn0a the yell. more grotesque lor whal we have seen of Kistori’*, | quegiiics of water, slove bulwarka, boat, lost matusail and | yer fom Swan Island for We, ‘2 brig. fi Counsel m0! Churebill, William H. Lee, ‘The following additional toasts wore also offered and Settee all 4 dows by F sad the charecir has am aduwilrabte coutrast i th® | other sails, ‘§d—Arrived, sieamships Giaucus, M tt haries &. fh, Gueiles E, Beebe, Dr. W. N, Blake. | appropriately responded to with all the honors, and | *llisator; and as all these are se : Ghaimative duin'iner: of Mra, Wake’ Deeox, This | Brig Caiawha, Gil Bahamas), 15 day ¥ F Vi with ” tt, Wiliam H. Fogg, Josiah M. | ®™!4 8 genial enthusissm:— - Agassiz as water fowl we must be near the weir Comey ite theatre can make ove boas, Ite handsome Ree se ° Leander Seaver, e vce dhe gail oe ae O8u: Josiah M. | ““Navional Unity—Having recently achioved it for | “zier wird Deutsch geeprochen.”” 80 whem the wan- for Vueuw uamber, ie mot excet.ed om | Cushing, ile, seaman, died of consumption, and wa! —— Treasurer, Luthor yman; Secreiary, Ly P. | ourselves, we know how to sympathize with the other agement announce that this is the last week bat one of oo. ER (Br), Pas. St John, NB, 10 days, with mdse, : ‘Bubbord peoples now striving for it, J —_—_—_— vramdalt. Umphray & Co. way against it, Sie is probably ane! Ate helf-past six él ho guesta were usherea | , “the — ‘and the Bar’—In every era of our his- | the “Binck Crook” the money cotning magician in bis * Phe Fourteenth sereet Cirens. Brig Masia, Jary Witzabet! | BAL AIMO NE, ee 2)arrived, £ tory, thi rhess c shis; " (1 y by a ” on » Oe Janeiro; Aqui ¥ Bie ino nd for the following two hours and | {0'y;,the fearless champions of popular rights; the sure | dealings with the devil and his angele must Beuear ih | There war a targe end feshvowsble aathenee at thie | get) James bishon.& Co. Charleston? Iza, Thompeon, Navassa: continual gale; carried awaf maintopm:s! ad. jibboom, foot and split sails; 24 tak Sasaman, aaine wnkoown, fe end of his contract, Last might, as usual, there wets ¥ ved. house full of the worshippers of the devil and hie anges capiivated by the captivating beauties of the Tho believers in the religious dogma that “beauty vben unadorned is adorned tho Most” are Hot Yet exhawsiet but “the ery is still they come,” and suil they wl como while the grass grows and tho water rose Any undertaking, theatrical or otherwise, based «poo ton, Hilliken, Providence, Salled—Bark Industrie (Brem), 2st—Arrived. schr Suliote Dexter, Boston, Barks William (Br), May, Liverpool: 8+ Demarara: schrs Valeria, zu J . i . Jersey City. Guiled “Snipe, Tiuiour, Bt Jamesy brig Worald (Br) Honrletta, BRISTOL, Dec 20—Arri schrs John Compton, and OL thane: Jones, Binatetupare for fa\ uric place of anusement last eveming, assembied to Witnoas the opening Of the «‘festivwien'’ of the Christe mas week, which are modestiy bub withal wot Gujustiy, dorignated by the porters as “wuperd atiractionsa” If a crowded hours in whieh the clapping of bands aod the joytul shouts of th> young tulkts wae uh their parental eelabena,” epesbines with the oft @ bait s employed ther sion of the ignumerable ‘solids’ and choice “liquids” furnished for their entertainment, At nine o'clock the President, Mr. Joseph H. Choate, called the meeting to erder, and the more serious business of toasts and yesponses WAS entered upon. Mr, Choate, aftor a few ves ju the discus. “The American Union’’—Comented by the blood of brave men on a hundred batile fields and deels of daring on the trackless deep, lot this Loud be dndis- soluble to the latest posterity, ‘American Industry”—While reaping ite benefits we have domonstrated to tho nations in the world’s great show that thi @ a potent rival to contend with in every material branch of art and industry. tego Bay, J: eons Bom & UO. NS po. (The J B arrived iv oana. 1 days, with fra tt, t % facetious romarks, proposed the fret regular toast— ur Sister Societaes?’ ting them with hearty fel- | the fundamental! laws of human nature and Ube pieve’ | repented appacee of thelr seniors is @ criterion of the Weather. harles, Burdick, do for Providence, “The Day We Celobrate—a year abundant in blessings | }°WS2IP, We offer our earnest wishes for their continued | ary laws of aitraction and graviiation must pice’. | success of « goodly bili of fare, then the new series of Deo 8, vis Delaware Break CUHARLESTON, ‘Deo 19—Arrived, echr Mary Pleicher eri . “i success and God speed in all their beneficent purposes, Heroin lies the success of the “Black Crook.” It 6 | gterseuons began last @veaing at the Cireus was a most Ee wi hich eartled | Pendieton, NYork. ring? us again to this festival of commemoration and “Plymouth Rock”’—The great stepping stone of civil | demonstration of the infallibility of ay Tong | decided sncoems The pantomime of the “Miser of Bag- Siinecarriveds ache Harts bbb es ei ‘ork. sends an ¢ thrill to the heart of every true gon of | and religous Nberty. Its adamantine mass still looms | upon the fixed principles of “Adam and Sve,” “Anion | dad.” with ite grand Corps de Ballet, the pranks of Bilode Bieemesig Porta Prince, Jackson, Saran New England’’—sod called upon the Kev, Mr, Beecher | UP upon the vision of the descendants of the Pilgrims. | and Cleopatra,” ‘Abelard and Heloise, “Romeo sud quia and the of Santa Claus in real Sesh ton. ‘ to respond. “Our National Credit?—In a trying hour it saved cur | Juliet” or “Pompey and Dinah. Y | and blood ‘were themes of edmiration and jsuguter ou allis, NB, 10 $84—Salled, bark Danl McNutt, Liverpool. Mr Busemen, who was greeted with very loud ap. | country’s life; may no base sophistry convert it into | protest and moraliste may weep over the sins of Iere"!, | tne part of y tnd oid foike ahke, white the enter- rif tg is, GEORGETOWN, SC, Dec 12—Arr' yauee, rendered yet more emphatic by the waving of | Our vational shame, but if a tax of $2. gallon has only served to incress® | prising efloris of oon is hie historical investiga: edee, Nae ia days, with plaster, | Fulford, Charleston: 16th, sche WW Phiro, Allan, de andkerebie(s, Said, after thanking the society for the | ‘Our Common Schools’?—Tho time-honored nurseries | the manufacture and consumption of whiskey, wh: Gees Gould ove Gneiueh the Gummendeien of even Windsor, Clearéa 14th, brig J W Drisco, Eaion, Bat { *hespitailty it had extended to him, it was true, what- | Of American manhood; they furnish the safe passport io | the use of uttempting to limit the rum of that remorseless ehroa'cier of events who chose some is (Br). Taylor rat, with plaster, QEGUMES HOLE, Dec 19—Arrived, echr Prank B _Sver migdt be ther virtues and uscfuinees, Yankees | American citizenship. tions a6 the “Biack Crook == Ume ago to consider Joba mith ao Joho ata, Who- yee, Bt John, NB,’ 35 days, with lum | Robinson, Wilmington, Richd Bull fs were certainly not popular. If he bad read aright the “It ia one of the few tmmortal ever goes to the Crous during Curistmas week will fad oe is, © 3 with lumber, to | Freuch, NYork for do; 3 Pa Ristory of the Puritans of England they bad be- HELL GATE aiigh were net bare to dia. theres fund of fun and enjoyment that will give Bim a | » uh" Bien Br), Medoaghlin, Bt Johns, + | nosk for dor Chas. Conary, Mealy, Nes ‘ jeved from the time w nded on Plymouth . lee against the “hives for @ te eame. Black ), Dawson, ith lumber, to ier) Ren i Rock that par. of a man sre rerecéa ‘And Bis Teawenenee ae SiGe Get'be persen should think of gotug there without the | mason b eager seeee Wee Hever f ‘ Bim was big brains, and with ebildren, for no fear need be eulertained of their going tebr TD Willer, Heather, Mobile. tem everything ultimately ran to braing After | Improvements to the Navigation of the Rast Olympic Theatre. te sleep during the performance; athough 4 # v0 be |. Bebr Aritsgion, Butrou, Apalachicola, $1 with cotton, semarking ‘pon the ‘predominan sof the moral River. “Midsammer Nighv’s Dream” at the Ulympic ic * hoped thay wil aot nave oocano, as the watienee a6 pA AG ge Vinekney, Has been 19 days north o sentiment iD 16 Now Englander, 18 O~ aii! 1 to bist out of the afene one ceeded to say that wherever a Yankeo Wt Byes aapanpnnsey Ste cy a luxury in this midwinter season, The gorgeous scencry | TON, BINS, 0° Bi Ot Nemper brotally caused b found he would be seca dr The several articles recently published in your val- | of summer woodlands, and perhaps alittle less thao | husiiul jail to one of the Runnell culidren, Bice, at right, at intelligence, uable paper calling the attention of the public to the | summer costumes in the fairy parts of the adramatis per- ‘i gud) then, as Pendant fo tesa and sequent | importance of some action on the part of the general | wma, contraste pleasantly with the outdoor cold sa1 | | Miscellaneous Theatrical and Musical, er, Philadelphia ever they found a thoroughbred Yankee, worthy to be | Sovermment, during the session of Congress, for the | slush. That the play is put upon the stage with as Mrs, Jeuny Van Zandt (Signore Venzini) made ber for Boston; sche Ealet, Dasha Gardiner cs, i eatled a son of w Purxan, they would flada man that | improvement of navigation at Hell Gate, have been | much fidelity'to the Shaksperian idea as managers are | début, November 90, at La Scala, Milan, in the character Eliaabethport for Wareham. | eeri; ne | Mattie Holmen, Ta ig i area hes ten mene Saehoe pene oe ut frig | Tead with mach interest by all who are Interested in the | expected to do is undoubted. That the effects of the | of Matilda, in Hossini's grand opere “Wiliam Tell.” A es ee ore | sor ports i Cotes. Colt . a theory of Puritanism was that it was the top of the | Commerce of the country, and one of the important ST a ied ec an ne aoe Her success exceeded even the wermest anticipations of uaa sirens wikink ladelphia, Revayy } ‘Dead asserting its right to rule over the Lottom. Hore | harbor approaches to its greatest commercial port, part of ite excollance, as prosented at the Olympic, 47° | her frenda The press speak of her in the bighest a poetiand, a Hary Hy Wont JoseP in as rear ; (Loud inuchtor and applauce) ‘They Rede rect poral, | For the last ten years Ihave hed occasion to pass | satisiled upon this point, Probably the Goal transfor. | terme La Persevwransa aad Finds Teatrale say that or ae comt Lodge, Lelia, Gen Banks, Lucy Mt tion here who were net Yankees, and wore not vory | rough the ute frequently. During that period tt has | mation scone could not be oaslly Arpanet Com, | ber voice, without being powerful, pomesses a fexivio, orees Me moles Globend, sobre i W Perry, parti! to Yankee kieas, But, going Westward, the | ween an exccption if there has not been one or more | hued Guoris Of cue, masngers, SAnemaley BOP y | sympathetic quality of tone thet makes ‘tseif felt in ‘Vernal, Perry, Portl ; number of Puritans jucreased, and their influence in- creased relatively, and the result was the splendid Staves ‘Sbat had sprung wp in that section of the country. ‘The second reguinr toast, *tho President of the United ‘Blavee,”’ was thon drank standing, Mr. Choate explain- dag thet he hoped the mombers would drink as gentie- gen ured to do in Eagiand when there was come doubt about tho proper occuyant of the throne, ‘to the man of hie ohvice.”” “The Army and Nevy of the Dnited es" was then proposed, end Mr, Choate called upon all that the bayvoc of battle and tho Wrath of governments had left of a General Sicktea, a man, too, whom ho high in the confidence of that gallant man upen whom-the faces ead hearts of all the loyal Fos eet iar tb were waiting with ag intense an terest as wien‘he marched out striking those gigantic blows which seut the rebetlion reeling to its last ditch, Wo respond, General SitxLEs then ‘rose and said that it was very @ratitying him, now that the war was over and when. Shearmy and navy were the especial targote of Sur am- Bitiows economisis in Congress aad elsewhere, who were euxions to save enongh mufey somehow to buy ep deeberge and eartbutakes, to respond for the two ser. vicos, they al! knewthat greenbacks bad now super, weded irOn-cti and that m the maxtms of our current dipiomaoy the doliar was mightier than the sword, bul Mon mighter than battalions, Certainly we had the rent time a gr need of a fui! treasury, but very le for strong arme, It was even hoped by some to @urn our grievances to account, and to barter our Alabama claims perhaps for Ireland. Ireland ours, wo eould then supply p fpr all the Ineh candidates for Mice; and redeem the much suffering city of New York from the demands~t could now hardly fli. He then said that the-nccupation of the army recently had principally ‘been in tho jing of recoustruciion, and. duties imposed Upon it ef the most dehcate and difficult charac- ter, especially for men, most of whom had been ugiomad 40 civil adminetratian, Te the Boner “sr service he thought it might we said that im these things men bred to the military profession had diedained the thrift which fol. lows farming, @nd that they had preferred to keep steadiky trae to the conscience of the nation as em- Bodied in the Jaws of the land rather than to curry favor by any concessions to Executive preterences, Genera! Sickles enlarged at some length upon the ques- Mop of reconstruction, and said we ought not to allow veuretives to be deceived 4 any superficial criticisms Supon the excerses into which the nowly made freedmen wight fall, History had shown uniformly that every ‘eppreseed people and rece, which had been eu- “Wancbised, committed -exceases in exact ratio wo the ‘reign and severity of the despotism previously dominant over st. General Sickles concladed Uy vindicating Gonern) Grant from the doubts that bad cast upon him as true to the Congressional policy » ef veconstruction Lecutenant General Sherman here entered the room a ‘Td was greeted with the most enthusiasi.c applause. 2 In Choate at once proposed his hesith, which was @ “Wk standing and with al! the honora "The General, jp \ leeponding, explained that be had only received the im | ‘ation to attend the celeoration through a committee ‘wh\ ‘ch had waited upon him tbat evening, and that be waa‘ thersforo wholly onprepared to make e speech, He aid) te life he had led for the last tweny years had ‘Deer, av-extreme!y varied owe, having risen-in the army Shrov gh ali the various grades from lieatenal eral. Part of toe time he bad been a banker a@ircet\, and whilo 80 evgaged, dank Wb whom bho did most of bis busines: would Dear W\ itwens, he bad at least always been punctual iu his ps)rwrts At last, however, the war broke out, and cal ie@ Sor him in the capacity of the profession in swhich &ho) government had educated him, and he cou'd mot, @id not, disregard the call. And from the Deginning to the end he had to the best of his ability fulfiiied th) part which lay Dbefora him. General Suer- men cond's éed by avowing his belicf that the army of which he fo tmed @ part wae eit! aciuated by the same Feeling aw \W old—tho simple dos.re todo what was right as (hey est knew how, q ly whon they conld, fearlessly Wh widbey must and boilly when the. occa sion called for The Cusmc then announced as the next regular toast, ‘The t tate of New York,” which was brieiy Feaponded to LY Lieutenant Governor Woovrona, who said that heen we before the society with a double em- Darrassment, \H ¢ bed expected thatthe Governor would be present to 4 on behalf of the Coming. ae be (the speak Ww) had jost done, from an autum: Sojourn across the .}0eaD, proved to him also an*en- ra he bad not received his myitation to be jn wer until last evening, and be Lad member of t jety. One of the most delightful things connected with hie accidenta! @levaiion to tho \eVlee which he held was tha ss New Engiand antiq\anan had discovered that be he speaker) bapp, (o be a lineal descendant ef old John Tottie, one of the pilgrims of (he Mayflower. To allusion to the rive\aad progress of Aimerica since t landing at Plymowh Reok, the spesker theu erid t on the occasion of a recent visit to Westuntnster palace he found that history bat at last done ioe to Hself, end that there was thera enshrined a simple picture that touched the Americaa beart more deeply inan worls could express—a pictur ef the pilgrims emberkiag from the Old World ou ‘oir voyage to the New. Ab ‘the international Expoeitieo it was found that jean had been awaré@4 the medal for iuvention. Wention of ihe aewirg\machine There toe had 4 he art by Church's “Niagara On the Champ de Mare of y thousand of the Uri!iiant hoped the time wa every man Would have the right ad | idesa \which he would ask Vie had) enid that when all jaded moa would go and peo ie the BSoeth and take thelr piasos with them, He ped that when (hey did they wawld not take down y jor they brought ap ftom there (Laughter) And come allasion bad jade to bis irish con situente ia York. Genorm Sickles bad said That when we had acquired [pelaed as au oftnet for the Alobs: claims we wanid, then be abie So furnish them with offices within ¥! own country and reserve « few in New York for New Engiantere. lause.) The Alavama claims should be settled ono Vindieatory aud jurt basic, aud the right) of American ont adopted and native, throughyws the world ertabl} aod maintained (Cheers) Now who built ‘the canals and the raliroace but the iran (Laughver.) ‘The only canal he over know to be dug bx ® New Eng. lender was the Dutch Gap Canai, thet Was cote ‘very successful piece of 4igging — roars of lang hter)—aod if the notions of repudiation entertained by) its origin- jor Were Hot more Taccess{e! than his potions of canal ing there would; not remain much to be said to hie credit, Tho speaker then concluded with come ilightiy @potistroa) allusions to ue ner in which be balieved Bimsolf to have carried out by im to hie von poop'e as well ag for pr to the auspicious omer for the “Empire City, the'r swords, not for race ly hneage, but im vin easion of union and of law conelasion, xpressed he Dype fier tay Vem, Hs Jove oF ous Iuibers, ibe looked forward be stranded or wrecked veszels on the hidden rocks of the Gate, and not untrequently lives have been lost The amount of property lost has fearfully increased doring the last year, and will so continue from year to year with the ever advancing prosperity of our commerce, unless prompt action is bad, not only to remove the more‘dangerous rocks, but to cause the construction of works to guide and direct the cross currents into chan- nele safe for navigation, It is very difficult to decide upen a definite and proper plan for tiiese improvements, ‘there aro almost as many opinions expresse@ by pilo: and nautical men navigating this passage as there are pring pot rocks which = ae Some are cf inion that any attem; fasprove Saniention by the T moval of the will create greater the opinion that, wit rocks, @ hha 2fAvete and ‘ the proper direction to she cross currents, whic are now: the Cause of a majority of all tho-acciden which occur, A work of the importance o/ that contem lated, aud the to be adopted, requires a fuli ko Of all the facts to be derived frem those thorough'y acquainted with this dificalt and dangerous passage—all the attouding circums:ances of accidents that have or may ‘hereafcer ocuur, » full and complete enrvey and fi th of water and ite direc With such data y what required to make the Gate safe to al! craft passing through it, This improvement Js a question whioh ebould no longer be delayed; pronrptand efficient jou should be underiakep, and every effort should be put forth on tho part of all interested in commercial hile in Europe I had occasion. to investigate merino’ operations: I was saformed that works of the character contemplated were, as a general rule, aapeciaity of the military and naval arms of the service, Nearly all such works wore planned and oxe- cuted by authority of government, under the direction ofthe topographical and engincer corps of both branches ofthe service, On the score of economy this direction is preferable to that usuaily given to works of a public character in this country. ‘ince the jate war military men and governments of ‘alb-civitized countries have sought, by-every means, the keowlodge our officers have acquired in mining and sub- merine operations. From the various corpe of the army aed navy Congress would have no difficulty in selecting #oard of officers more competent to plan and execuie ‘the work proposed than could be found in any of the gerernments of Europe; these officera, being in the ser- vies of the government and under ite pay, the work could be accomplished at comparatively smali additional cont, besides the advantage which the country would derive, in time of war, by having officers schooled in practical engineering. No counity has 80 extensive a commerce snd numer- ous rivers, harbors, sounds and bays as t United States, certainly none require, with the burden of taxation we are under, more rigid economy. The ra. tical knowledge aerived from experience, with all the Improvements developed during the late war, as prac: tised by both sides in worke of the character to be per i, 18 poasessed by the officers pamed. Ui on and direction ef Congress works of ind are now being performed in the Westera rivers a1 pon ‘ifc side by officers and their men with entire success, The removal of obstructions beneath past, The improvements-and discovories of years Dave juced (he modes of operation to the simple qnesijon of time and money. It may aot it hazard in its use being increased; that explosions are offectod with the same ease and certainty under water as on land. It is not now necessary that any new invention should be made for the purpose of making examinations of submarine rocks; apparatus for that purpose is now 8© perfect that explorauions may be made for. hours ith the atmosphere. mprevements, When under competent direction an ded by appropriations, will soon smooth 6h track of the navigator tn all oar importent rivers, ber- bors, bayaand inlets throughout the Uniied States, and enable these interested in marine rin! the full assurance that the in your morning paper disaster to their property. to aleep with will not awoken to read i account ef some sad GEO. W. BEARDSLEE. NEWSPAPER CURRENCY. Robert fivcola was one of Wo groom's men ina late five: class wedding io Ottawa, Ll Joseph Sebnepf, tried for the murder of bie fatber in Columbia, Wis, har been acquitted, General Bam, Houston died in Indepemdence, bout the Sth imet., of yellew fever. ‘The Mayor of Boston has vetoed the @rect a pew hospisal for the insane in that @ty. Thomas A. Greene, a» member of the. Seciety of Friends, and one of tho ‘‘olid men'’ of New Bedford, Mage., died lately, aged 74. Tt hag been sald that it is ke ‘drawing tcpth’’ to get & potitica! opinion from General Grank So {t-would ap- pear frow ihe Dent-a! operation, ie only one daily paper im the aountry that em- special ‘funvy man,” Dickens has refused an offer of $2.00 frem the Young Men's Institute of Hartford for one reaWang in tivst city, Marni in high life are now ail @he.rago ja tho West, ‘the apapere contain columa reports of shese Interesting events, » Frank Sparkes and John Reno havo been arre: Missouri, charged with robling the couaty save in Gal- Jatin, Daviess county, Mo, of $28,000 inet mivath. Major Ben White, of Texana, Texas, is dead, aged futy-six. He was one of the three hundred oi" Au is. ton to Chicago next oe the Chicagvites will at up Lake Michigan. The St. Louis bas been dui kating tink, .The emp! will be to Bara ican says the tale about that city town bas been revived, and that it‘ Ti dose not condescend to of St Josephs, Mo., b ing the Americas Minister efficient measures for the The New Haves states that Governor English of Litchfield) William or- has appointed by J Our, J, Hamorstey, of Hartford, and Jona T. Wait, of N wich, Commissioners to ha pond inte and xt General Aer 4 es, if Jaws of the Sta! 1@ 1m the Joi FIRE WW SALE Boston, Deo. 98, 1867, ‘The emafl Meck of stores in Essex street, Salem, were Raturda; ‘The mated Eee tye epee Rito We vaitly jaws, hots \ * \ \ \ Ny A. S. Cox, ad ol resident ef Washington city, t¢ dead. © in a state of combustion, To say that it ie very beautiful is not to say too much. The scenic ecouracy, a3 weobser ian temple, in the fest act, must be commended because it presents to us a hittic more of historic truth than scene paintors often care to Produce; and indeed ee ee ail the rn Original, were the worst actors im the Tepresonted by Fox, Davidge, and the rest, make very Gapital actore, in so far as they represent the author very nearly aa ie how admit, in speaking of Suwkspeare, is somewhat ol a mori. All tho rést of the performance belongs to the et, and the stage carpenter, if we exclude Miss Rosa is Oberon, a semi-operatic part, which she ys Pemarkably well, Tho hoaso last nigh: was well filled, givimg promise of @ fine ‘holiday season for the ‘*hid- ‘Summer Nighi’s Decam." Brondway Theatre, The renzational ¢rama entitled “Lady Audley’s Sceret,"? fouuted “on Miss Braddon’s highly spiced novel of that name, was produced fast’ night at the Broadway. The play has been ‘produced before in this city, and is, of course, famitfar to play-goors as the plot is to the readers of tho novel, I¢ie full of dramatic offects and incidents, and securing the interest of the audience in the Girat actitearries through to the culmination in the last. The audience attested the success of the drama last night by frequent applause, Mrs. D, P. Bowers effectually exbibited more than ordinary powers in the rendition of the intensely passionate but strang well poised baracter of Lady Audiey. The cold, cru calculating, deceitful tan of the heroine, w! tempestuots outburs's of by irigid wad forced calms, was admirabi: represonted with great power. Mr, iu the part of Robert Audi is a1 were recognized and grected with frequent applause. Mr, Jacks !u Sir Michael Audley had, a slim port carried it out In ‘hi ual sion, style. ite pe a low. ton presented thi weltish, sprig ‘and cheery Alicia Audley-in ‘es cheenler style which has made her so popular with metropolitan audiences, The other members of the company, among whom we may mea- tom perticul Mr. Evans as Lake Marks Mise Smith es Mra ks, Who gave us @ quiet bit ery nateral acting, ably fen porn the leading characters, The py has.stroug and exciting elements of success, and is likely te maintain its place upon the boards of the Broadway for some time to come, The New York Theatre. “Under the Gaslight” is still upon the boards at this establishment and is drawing good houses, We have noticed this piece upon several previous representa- tions, and can only add that it improves but slowly as it grows older. To be sure there is some little improve- ment to be observed in the acting of several of the lead- ing characters, but this ts to be attributed to their greater familiarity with their rdles, and we may also remark, on pi that there is hardly a cheracter ia the piece that is not overdrawn or exaggerated, Miss Irene Wor- rell, as Laura Cortlandt, acted the part capitaily, and looked a ‘‘belle” to the very life. Miss Jounie Worrell was as lively and mischievous as an: Indy could Well be imagined, in t telegraph and civilization. ' Miss Sophie Worrell has stilt room for improvement, With less of the “noly horrer’’ style of rolling hor eyes, firs: up, then down, trom one side of her head to the otuer, and by paying a little more attention to her part in tho play, and less “snickering” when there is no need of it, sie will then ap; nearer te what a good actress should be. Messrs. Clarke, Mortimer Parsi ticularly good, and merited the applause w repeatedly bestowed upon them, Bowery Thentre. ‘Watts Phillips’ sensational draa, “Nobody's Child,” which has had such a successful run at the New Surrey theatre, London, this season, wat brought out at the Bowery last night, There is no necessity in giving the plot or analyzing @ modern seasationa) drama, especially when it hatls from London. There is always an impro- bable, inconsistent story, startling tableaux that come ip unexpectedly atthe close of each aci, an outlandish hero, an impossi eroine, a villain such as we never meet in society, der or two, a storm, red fire, &c, “Nobody's Chi ite sensational cones are nly 8 ha ei sof thie kid, Mr. W, om played the part of Joe (Nobody's Child) wih much power, and Mra W. G@, Jones and Miss Leslie were excellent in the characters of Lucy Tregaroon and Paity Lavrock, A shadow pantomime and the comedy of ‘Stage Struck”’ foliowed Grama. Frank Giobons performed somo daring feate on the trapeze. Mr. Fre!h has pre- —s an immense Dill of eight differen’ pieces ior hristmas, and one long enough to sati*’y Lhe mori ex- acting of bie patrons, Walinckh’s Theatre. The “Double Gallant” was played here last night toa fall house, This te one of the old comedies shat it is customary te praise without stint, mainly becaise it is Ite perbaps the dullert and moet artificial of the ‘one with the least real point, least ebarac- ter sad it bumor. Its cast, as now given at Wal. Mack's, is not atroug. Mr. Davi t's part is tho one of the many he playa that te | ited to bw peculiar gouius than ail others, So properties go, and aside from ¢ it of vitality in the play and sirengtb ip tho casi, aud euch trifles, it te ad- miratiy dono, Irving Halt. Mise Jonny Buck wud Messrs De Meyer, Wenzel Kopta, W. J. Mill and G. W. Colby appeared at this ball inst bt, Before a very slim audience. The performance consisved of eeleetions from Mozart, Glover, Dancie, Kucken, Tarini, De Lieven, Vensane, De Meyer and } Alioned, Mise Busk's voice ie @ pure, aympethetio ‘soprano, Of rery moderate power, yet always fresh and ploneing Some of the brilliant passages tn the Venzago wali, however, Pes tg given by her with sufficient Jear.c08e, ani y to wing flat was fully pers ib'@, De Meyer played his Cossack ‘piece tm whie b (¢ would seem that all the techn’ Aton bie for a pianist's flogers aro crowded—in bis usual ashing wtyle, Few pisnists of the present can compare w.th bim if exquisite touch and com} Ned ‘We cagnot accord the same opie iol with two or three puch fin) ashie, The ‘Gran lg @ notable example in eupport of ‘ — Banvard’s Jiqseum. “Our Metual Friend,” dramais from Charles Dick- ene’ story of that same, wae play night at the aber henem TRO cost gh sbaractere Tag_responediy family were in their box, about bringing out one of bis operas at bis own theatre in Barcelona, Spain. ing there last woek:—The first appearance of the cele- viaied)ianist, Ovcar Preiifer, and the accomplished and charming vocal artiste, Mom, Altieri, last might, asena and aria from “Simon Beccanegra”-by Verdi, Co, atte J Bently, Bonnell, Georgetown, DO-N phia for Salem: ll, Bailey, do for NYork; Pi {ene for Baltiore, J C Thompson, Vaueant, onto Philadephia; Express, Atkins, Provincetown for Matt aiet, AM- Arrived, brig Burug, Yaten Poiadetnh | (oi Boston (see Disasi ft \—" re Ox Sailed—The, above and ail before, reported, dont for Pailadelphia. fayhew, in for Jersey C- ~— from 11 Dec ik acest Signor Muzio, formeriy of Grau’e opera troupe, is d, schrs Elsa a, steamer Perit, Delinoy (fro: Yorke, weston, Tnport 46, bark Hannibal, Hawking, for NYork few days, Ide; schr Gipsy, Obild, from 'NYork, arr Ut, awoutie.| Dec ld-Arnved, bark Isubolla (Sp, Amloa Cleared. ot —Shins Francis A Palmer (Br), Barnaby, ald TRCHIAS. Dec 1S -Satled, ache Cvenuia. Small. SAC HTAS Ue: 1S Geline ‘Bichardoe A Springfield (Mase ) paper says of Mme. Aitieri’s sing - sea ead ome oak Barnegat Dec was es rare musical treat, Mme, Altieri sang “There's © Path by the River,” and Godfrey's Guard's Waltz. Every tone was rendered with @ rich, pure cud Clear voice, whose Hexibility, power and repid modulation " are really marvelious Her tritie and never-failing cor Rei roster, West sak Fectuess in the most difficult chromatics will astuefy the XBW ORLEANS, Deo it —Aari most scrupulous critic and seoure her an enviable piece . Marine Dieasters. Boston; sehr JG Whi Hawthorn, B _ the most akiifal veou! artisan of the presest | tenn Pansma—The bark MB Waiter, at Boston from | warty Luthen (Ncer), Sandman, Falmouth, y Terese Swan Istend, reports Doo 14, felt to with the wreck of sche | Ve heed #il--heviek: ailias 2) Panama, of gad for Revkinad, Me, trom New York, in T, Decemis La, Me areedcer # pking condiues, #.!) pump choked, eprang «leak; Fast or Belfast, new, 143 tons: 00k off ail Bands ant Vrought uem to eles M Condon. Condon. Rue at Fon Prancieoo from Bow Toth. bad york al epi eais. rai repairs which have been in here at sin gos sui seaworth and § brigs aachored on the bar, Trea (new), rim eion d Holway inown tagals. Re pis No arrivals, Conste:lation; sloop Rhode Island, for Pro widence; Oth.rs are going out HY | : i Dec 2—Arrt ache Whi ; sloops Charles, Burdick, and jon, Steamer Wh riwit , Philad ia. Tit “Groton Bewhtman NWork, i H f i i i Ef : rf iments, her perfecty iadyiike de- Arrived, Tit tare erope gre er eT utesed tence eee or Pare bas invariably susained with a "FRANCISCO, Dee 2 Arrived ships Hansa, Pook Indy wy (Be), nett. do via Rio Janeiro, «- contralto, and Mr. C. E. Pratt, BAVANNAL, Dec 1$—Sailed, bark Florence Hall on Sunday wight ioe om w. bark Quickstep, Chase, Portemouth, Ij Hall on Chris. a, unkoow: jp Ad vapeaee! itewtng echr Loyal ant * 1 BeereK, xo, Dec 30—Cleared, schr John, Ji SWISKFORD, Dee 21—Arvived, sloop Fred Brows. Wight: “orricts1. pRawixas OP tiie Pabucall LOM ea trys en 28, 1667, RET OS id8, IASON ke Boe ata Frederiabetath, Sam rus, hes bee week The “White Faw charming Miss Fanvy Steckton will appear, 1s the ceror's successor. Dan Bryant, the celebrated Irish comedian, turned from Cal:fornia, where he bas fo’ successful engagement ever played there Nenkin (uror, It yielded him over $12,000, Larry Barrett is now is way from Korope, will play an engagement at Broadway theatre, wi + te tail for Califernia, accompanied by Mr. a The Altier! ant 0 CO., Managers STATE LOTTERY OF KEN’ For the beneiit of the U: of Paretee is Deceunea 23. Is M8. 41, 25, 8, 69, 58, YD,’ DICKINSON & CO., Mnoagere, ofeteeays ‘Ss "cnnanme ener stlres WOOD deformation furnished —___ TA a A eee eeenee, THE KENTUO! a’ eR oy i 707, DucrwneR eg 4 So Nae POR THE BENEFIT OF Te tropoliz, He will start this week for Chicago, under the management of Mr. F. Widdows. He intends giving a series of concerts in the west and im this city this Royal Highness bad at the Theatre for an Hour,"’ and the South African Mc of his visit, which fortunately did not come off—e song callea ‘‘The Sailor Boy's Reverie," the words of which spoken by the Prince on the quarter at sunset, and are addressed to his mother, the Prince escaped this infliction, but could mot avoid the {fs Ordanry*to his Rovat Highness for BouteAfrice et SHIPPING NEWS. York=Thls Day. RED oped |} ey DIVORCES LEGALLY OBTAINED IN. ey . druakendess, ée-= No publicity, ‘No sharge anti ames Cons i WOweEs, Attorney, 78 Nassau bebo ¥ : DIVORCES LEGALLY OBTAINED I8 wthowt or ese $ Ea Almanac for N Sun cises Sun sete PORT OF NEW YORK, DECENBER 2, 1867, * ween le ee __ mann se WAAST WILK POR INFaNTS oo a SS So a Meee eles Peete Lhe N Presco::, frome Rie Janeve for Men Franeiean Oct 87, Of Piatne Land. — i >>>>——>S>SS———S ay Laces an, sworme Wen, Sor i OM tee HILLIANDS, 4c. pa erene eae at TOM eTRRET. Steamship Mary Svoamship Virj by >} elon New York for Antwerp, Dee ti D Lf oa ee ‘rom Bew York for Demarars. Me a sur Sivece, trom New Vor’ for Aspiawsl’, Doe 9, vo-ker, Mobile® D Rartbat Roberts, Norfolk—N ) Mebresdy ks teamedip Franconia. Snerwood, Portland) Bip Uncie Toby, Leavitl, Yokohama—s L C2, Ship Ida Tlliy, Pat'erao: Bark Alles Talvier F ames, Merchant & . Briatol—_Neemith & Sone, Nichols, Rotterdam—Sloeovich & Bremen—Sloma: Raye. Buenos Ayres? 253 jewaty en, Pack, Liverpool via Wiilming- , Um & Co. ridge, eCaity, Demarare—D Trowbridge & 5 Hamilton, Bermuda, a; ve doper, Calburlcan hh MeCronéy & Schr Kenduskeag, Wystt, Remedioe— Sear OM Newiti, Relaid, apalachiccian¥ D Wariect & L McCrea. 2 ———_—_ Foreign Porte. ~« jai! Dec ViSeiled, orig lenbel Bevrmann rows. Dor, Nov Htmto port brig Wareivie Frau. from wes ta nn (am, Mer. Hated ad eMac Nk “Elie, ona, sepa aimee " foe ST erway |. PEAT. i, em - ae uaanie to i y Meltenry, 7 \ - Tl BA Srt-as pose wnat name pelane fs GELS PSS ie ARRIVALS. vn gO