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NEW YORK CITY. THE cOURTS. * UNITED STATES DISTRICT court. Condemnation of Whiskey. Before Judge Blatchford. Whe United States vs, Nine Barrels of Distilled Hptrits.—The whiskey in this case was seized at 316 Greenwich street. One witness only was examined, and without requiring other evidence the Court @irected the jury to ind for the government. A ver- dict accordingly. UWWITED STATES MARSHAL'S OFFICE. The President’s Mandate for the Extradition of Heiurich Shafer. Marehal Marray received yesterday from the De- partment of the Secretary of stave the President’s Mandate directing the surrender of the fugitive Memrich Sbasfer to the custody of the Prussian Con- #ul, a order that he be returned to the authorities of Hesse Darmstadt for trial for the offence with which he stands charged, All the facts in this case were fully reported in the HekaLp from day to day dur- Ing the eXamination before the Commissioner, upon Whose certiticate the order for rendition was granted. Shader is charged with the murder of his wile in the riueipaity of Hesse Darmstadt, in the month of ane last, of which piace the parties were then resi- Shager was put on board the steamer Main jor Bremen, ahd was transierred to the custody of ‘Whe captatu uuder the certilicate of the Consul. Pardon by the President. Uuited States Marshal Murray receivea yesterday ‘Phe Execuuve pardon tn the case of William Heit- Man, convicted of running an illicit distiliery on Kose sircet in the monti of June last. Heitznan was wenteuced to pay a Gne of $1,000 ana to be im- risoned until Sail suia was paid, On the applica- and representation of Mayor Hoffman anu other ladueutial oilicials and citizens the President ex- tended lis cleweacy, and Metiman is once wore at liberty. SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS. The Erie Litigation—Another Order~A De- cision Wanted. Before Judge Cardezo, Belmont et al. vs. the Erie Raitway Company et @i.—The argument in this case, on the,defendants’ motion for a reargument before Judge Cardozo of the order made by Judge Sutherland appointing Henry ®. Davies receiver, was adjourned on Savar- day jast until o-morrow, when the defendants were to close the discussion. Ou Monday last Jadge Cardozo granted an order, ‘Dpon application of the plalvtills’ counsel, appoivtin, Gratz Nathan referee to take tie compulsory exami- nation of Alexander 8. Diven, the testimony to be used by the plaintiffs on the movon now pending. ‘The afidavit on which this order was granted set forth that Mr. Diven had knowledge of certain financial matters of the Erie Railway Company whiea were unportant and material in behalf of the Plainuds on tuis motion, and that Mr. Diven had @echined to furnish an aifidavit voluntarily. On Tuesday the piaintits were served with an order, also grant by Judge Cardozo, staying pro- coedings under his own order of Monday and re- quiring the piaintiifs to show cause why that order should not be vacated, This second order was granted on the afidavit of tienry W. Bookstaver, of the firm of Brown, Hall & Vanderpoel, which merely set forth the proceedings on the movion now p mmmne | wud Uhal the order of examination had been ran! Yesterday morning counsel appeared on both sides argue the matter on the return of the order to show cause, and alter a brief discussion Judge Car- dozo Wook the papers, reserving his decision, Of course the procecdings under tue order of examina- tion are staves «d uO decision can now be rendered Until to-morrow morning, When the main motion is set down to come on tor the closing argument. Of course If that motion is then concluded, the plam- tims cannot then avail Lucuiselves ef the testimony of Mr, Diven. How Far May an Oticer Bind « Corporation? hefore Judge Curtis, The Knickerbocker Joe Company vs. Stone et a— The plaint{ifs sue on # promissory note given by the Gefendants. The complaint 1 admitted, but a Bpecial defence is set up that the ice company mer to @ tend the time of payment, The evideace tended to kiow that Mr. Barmore, the President of the company, had promised to extend the ume ot E ment if Stone would discontinue an action he a0 brought against him individually in the Supreme ‘Court. The action was in tfespase for $3,000 dam- ages, It was urged for the plaintiffs that by the by- Jaws such powers, were contined to the Finance Committee, and thet if they were.not the defendants could not avail themselves Of a promise to bind the company when they knew (hat the consideration was Apersonal benefit to Mr. Barmore exclusively, and Without advantage to the company. Decision re- rved. William Walter Phelps for plainti(fa; Platt, Girard & Bulkicy for defeudauts, CITY IVPELLIGENCE. Tar WeatTnen Yesreapay.—The following record will show the thanges in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours, as indicated by the ther mometer ot Hodnuc’s pharmacy, HERALD Building, Broudway, corner‘of Aun street: 2 3P. M. +19 Average temperatur . APPROACH OF VENUS AND Sarunx, brilliant morning stare now appear én the eastern quarter of the heavens before sunrise. At a quarter to seven o'clock Venus ts two hours above the east- southeast horizon and twelve degrees west-northwest of Sawrn. On the second day of January these two planets wil! be less than one half of the apparent @iameter of the moou apart. Buriep UNDER AN EMRANKMENT.—Yesterday afternvon Charles Conner, a cartman, residing at No. 152 Mulberry street, wae loading hus cart at No, 16 Walker street, when the embankment upon which he stood gave way aud he was buried under the ‘earth. When rescued from his pertious position he was found to Le dangerously hurt, aud was taken to the New York Hosptial. Diep PROM 4 Fata.—Coroner Fiynn held an in- Quest yesterday over the remains of Patrick Egan, aged fifty, and a native of Ireland, who died at beile- vue Hospital from the effects of a fractured saul, caused by 4 fall down stairs at No. 606 Molt street on the 220 inst, The jury rendered @ verdict in ao- cordance With the facts. w Fara Ratieoan A pENT.An inquest was held yesterday by Coroner Mollina, at the foot of 160d street, over the body of Peter Quigiey, a native of Ireland, aged thirty-five and a fagman on the Hud @on Kiver Kailroad, woo was » over op Tuesday Dight by a freight train, as already ved. As the Qccurrence was purely accidental jury 80 ren- Qerod a verdict, Te Lavoancm Cast.—An inquest was held yes terday ty Coroner ollins ever the body of Joha G, Btack, who died from 0 Mfecta of iandanomn = Mrs. De Baun, of West 1 /xth street, stated that irty deceased’ recently came from Philadelphia to work in the stove yard on the ¢ rof Tenth averus aud Thirty-Afth strect, and had ding ia Baste mre, had com ory and took Fay ou w un, a bis brother bad given ase was adjourned for fur final weeting of the with errone Ously assessed remaining oo Mie were dispowed of Tue county ¢ bul for tie jast quarier, amount fog to svine 0), Was audiied and allowed, a Were dlxo the bills of Ube several newepapers which had bee allowed by the Board of Aedt. The asuat Cop wen lary resolutions were adop'éd, after which the Bowrd sijourned. Kenquer To Phere Chase has ousen even to Pr inst, Aum to be present w Minister; 8 he son Moun. Chief Justice A@tinguished gentiemer thors Harnerd, Pre kendall aed ex MICAS BENT bo ADK of the world Yartag the scopes? in Gasxd SreEeT.—@mon Mace, a butcher at 14 Seound evener, wes driving s drove of cattle acros\ the city between eleven and twelve o'clock yesterday, whew the animals became frigutened in G am full apeed, ¢ mom «. Mr. Mace, le endeavoring tw stop the 14, Was Tun Over bY ine dreve and terribly Mangied. When picked up ve presented a sekening Bight. He was taken imto tha Kichmend Horse, cor: ner of Kim street. bat there le litte prospect of hw recovery. Mary Mulcaby, owner of an apple etand, ‘Was Fun Over, bat eecaped wits few benises. The cattle were foal'y topped whet near ive Bowery (and placed in Mr, Weexs’ coal yan). 1 BoMnD OF ALvRnKEX —Thts Bown aft noo, PUrsuaH! to ad curnwen! SeOUe nd strapt aud fA across Kroad way mngerihg the lives of @ hember uf dent, Alderman Coman, io the chy. fesotutions were adopted @irecting the Clerk to have ' 6,000 “oe Ho. Twat 's Ligest hemes | atree! op ned fromt Sta Vent avqyue; te pave Rinote street (rt fi) b Lath \« haven Yor ty- frei stres. from §).%th to bir : Vorveth Birect Sth to Ane ae (he street | fron Moth oo hia th aveny ', ome pave Twenty Sith wureet Mou hie be lo promide @t the banquet to be | fee at Delmonioo's o@ tke zvth e | j NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1868. Forty-8exth street from Third avenue to river, Bond street and enemag place with woodea parame Resseact the Bou of Councilmen appoin Patri vereaux messenger Board of Souncliane ata salary of $1, 000 per an- nom was concurred in, transact some fur- ther unimportant jurned to business the Board meet again on Saturday at two o’clock P. COMMISSIONERS OF CHARITIES AND CORRECTION.— A meeting of the above Commissioners was held yesterday morning. Present, Messrs, Bowen, Bell, Brennan and Nicholson, Requisitions from the war- dens of the Almshouse, Penitentiary, Charity and Smallpox Hospitals, Lunatic Asylum, Paralytic Hos- pital, Randali’s Island, Ward's Island, Bellevue Hos- pital, Cily Prison, clerk of Hospital on Randall's island aud others were received, examined and acted upon, It was resolved to inform the Board of Education that the Commissioners had established a reformatory school on Hart's Island, which, by the ist of April, will contain 250 pupils, and to request that Board to assign such number of teachers from time to time as nay be deemed neces- sary. A resolution was adopted reiating to the ex- tension of buiidings for the accommodation of lunatics, and appointing a committee to examine and report as to the advisability of such an en- largement. ‘Tue PARX PLACE EXTENSION.—The final meeting of the committee of the Board of Aider- men to whom the matter of extending Park place was referred was held yesterday, at noon, in the Chamber of the Board of Alder- men. A large number of those who had attended at the previous meetings of the committee were pre- sent, and those who addressed we committeo— Judge Vanderpoel, J. M. Bowers and J. H, Glover— each spoke again, but adduced no new arguments in favor of the opposition. Mr. 3. B, Chittenden and Mr. Moses H. Grinnell appeared, and each stated that ita majgrity of the Le oe owners in Interest wouid petit in favor of the extension they would gladly acquiesce; but they did not believe a ma- jority coutd be found who would sign it, They thought it would be better to Wait uuill Beckwan street was extended or the new Post Ofice was built, and see if this extension would be needed. Mr, Grinnell and Mr. ‘I’, H. Monroe argued against the idea of widen- ing Kobinson street, in order that the commerce should be beaelited, In fact, it was not needed, as the large shipping was not confined to the docks below Canal street, ‘The heavy Sound steamers would ere long be obliged to remove high up on the East river side, and the large Liudson river sicamers would be compelied to moor up town beyond the ferry crossings, Business {8 moving up and the construction of these very wide streets down town is not now so absolutely necessary as to incur the Mnposition ef heavy assessments for what would accrue cnly to the beneilt ot New Jersey. ‘They were in favor of improvements, such as stone piers, underground ‘oads, and those which would un- doubtedly beneiit the community. Mr. A. R. Law- rence, in pehalf of the petitioners, reiterated the arguments which aupeAred in the HERALD of Tues-, day. At the close of his address Alderman Hardy’ aunounced that the discussion would thea close and the committee would report at an early day. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, OPERATIONS OF A PickPocKET.—Mary Ann Phillips, alias Mary Ann Taylor, one of the most noted and adroit pickpockets in the country, who, it is said, has been in prison scores of times, was arraigned before Justice Dodge, at the Jefferson Market Police Court yesterday morning, on the charge of picking the pocket of Moi. Ferdinanda Stuebner, who resides at No, 65 Sixth avenue, ‘Tis lady went out on Broad- Way yesterday aivernoon with her granddaughter, a wiri of Lourteen, lo buy a few Curistumas gifts. They had completed their shopping aud were on their re- turo, Wien tiey stopped uear Bleecker street to look m a window tual displayed many avtrac- tive articles. While standing there sie felt a femaie crowding her closer to the window, and si- duuilanevusly with the movement felt a hand in her pocket, Looking around suddenly she discowered tue prisoner in company Witd & companion standing next (© her, when, juiving found that her pocker book was gone, she demanded it from the jormer. Al lirst Mary Ann denied all knowiedge of it, but when she was seized by Uie complainant, why per- sisted she Was a (aief, she drew it irom her muil, and quivuy extending it Wo her, unmediateiy made excel- jent time down Bleecker sireet, pursued by the little girl, Who cried at the Lop of.her voice, “Stop thief velore sie had gone far she was arrested and con- veyed to the Filteenth precinct station Louse. When iniormally examined upon the charge Mary Ann suid she Was Uurty-live years old, born 1a Hugland, and Was nut guilty of tie charge. Sie was couuniited to answer in default of $2,000 bail. The pocketbook contained but $4 75, A SENSATION IN CITY HALL PARK. Attempted Suicide by Shooting. Yesterday afternoon @ youug man, clad in the rough and scant garb of poverty, sat upon one of the benches of City Hail Park, apparently one of the numerous and useless loafers who constantly haunt that locality, The youth had asad and care- worn expreasion and looked, aa it were, unploringly upow the hundreds who passed him by without so much as a look of commiseration for the sorrows he had or dreaded, Suddenly the young man drew a pistol from his pocket, A lady passing saw hud do Vas aud saw him too, without a mouent’s hesita- ton, pommt the pistol at his breast and pull the trigger. He fell to the ground simul- taneousiy with the report of the plscol, which, startling all that busy section and enforcing a pause in the hurrying current of business ue, brought hundreds of excited citizens crowding around the falen man. The deed had been done within a stone's throw of the City Hall police station, and of course police officers were among the first comers. Ibese rawed the prostrate man, and nding him suli alive, without wasting time in any unprofes- sional examination of bis hurts, dastily caued @ hack, and placing him in it, drove rapidly away to we New York Hospital, Yule en route they found the youth able to taik, and iearned from him that he is “one Shor E, Stevenson, e.ghteen years of age, a jeweller by occupation aud a resident of Bridgeport, Conn., Where us father is established in business as a jeweller, Arrived at the hospital the officers tenderly bore their charge to the surgeon, Who proceeded to make an examination so as to determine the extent of the injuries. No biood had been seen by the oflivers any- where upon the clothing of the would-be suicide, 4 the circumstance had occasioned considerable astonishment, which, however, was entirely dissl- pated when the surgeon announced that the youth was hot wounded at all. His aim had been so ua- certain or his purpose so tremblingly formed that the bnliet had mereiy tora his clothing slighty, ‘The hospital, therefore, was no piace for him, aad he was taken back to the station house and last evening forwarded to his home in Bridgeport by Captain Greer, of the Twenty-sixth precinct, young man was overjoyed when he was in- formed by the surgeon that be had escaped unnart, and Was Iree in the confession of the motive tha: had Jnduced the fooulsh allem pt at self-destruction, 1b was the oid sory of a “stranger Ina strange land” and destitute, lie bad been out West aud been robbed of his money, and, journeying homeward, had reacted this city penuliess and friendiess, and, not having tasted food for forty-cight hours, io 4 rash moment made the femet upon Bis life, He had apparently formed a definite purpose to take his lite, for the lohow ing Role Was iouLa Upon his person:— sem fasn, dead take me home to Bridgeport, Conn. My faba F. Blovenson, 272 Matin street, Bri will peoses. “I dy thle rash uct because 1am out Of moves ange place, Guod hy, mother. . BE. A gy 8. PK My baggage fe at No. 110 Chaibaim strest. Vease feed i ome 8. Bb. WESTCHESTER INTELLIGENCE. MeeGLaRsy AT QuakeW Kipae.—Daring rogres entered the carriage rooms of Mr, William H, Stilea, on Quaker Hidge, a few evenings ago, and afier threateomg (6 send the ecoachman very expedi- ously to amother work provided he raised an aiarm, proceeded \o help themseeives to some valu- able budalo rebes, horse blankets, &c., with which they coolly departed. Democratic CuaniTy.—The Democratic Club of Rastehester, after petting their accounts found themeetves ip funds to (he amount of $188, which, on the suggestion of Mr. Fdward Martin, was soon swelled op to & euMelent eum for the purchase of eleven barrels of Dour, which was divided into of any each and distributed anong needy inhebitents of the town, The gentiemen who part in the movement were agreeably disap- wel at Guding 0 few persous w tie place in 2 condition to require essiatanc THE CLEM-YOUNG MURDER IN INDIAMA. Dienareement and Discharge of the Jury— Weven for Conviction, One Aguiuat—De- wmeraner of the Accused. (Prem the Indi olla Journal, Dec. 22.) At even o'clock A. M. the court again met, and the Jary came m without having agreed upon a ver. bere det, On iy each one of Abe jurors a AY did pot Loa oy by i ta Nberaben We resal an agreement. ‘ou! then asked (be conasel for the defendant If they were willog (hat the jury shogid be discharged. The; wered in the aificmative. iia Honor then ad- reseed them briefly and du harged them from any furtoer commderation of the case. ‘There were no steps taken as to the time for the defendant trig! of the cause again, The t came into court wit her asual ap pare: Wotiference, and — t poulipg the jury m. ct from, When the jury passed o: walked out wish the wader shoris wan ab we nerve ant Coolness that iecngutshed throughou her proionged trial. sunday she much ag py e ay ared to be the Jeast bit auxions; sul) her confuct aii throagh has been that ef @ woman Whore mind had been fully made up to ‘tol fo mater What Us might nate been, en ee re a be further concession could Tetood that the one man was BROOKLYN CITY. THE COURTS. UNITED STATES OISTACT COURT. Andrew Hockman, sa elderly German, recem!y convicted of defrauding the government of theli- conse and special duty ov the manufacture of whiskey, was arraigned yesterday for sentence, (a motion of Assistant District Attorney Parris te prisoner was taken before the bar, when Mr. Samtel Garrison, counsel for the prisoner, moved for a new trial, on’ the ground (hal the indictment om wih he had been tried coutamed two counts, which a common law was deemed irregular, The , LO, he held, had rendered two verdicts, mm the one ot whic they were tn doubt as to his on one of these counts; and considering ali ats 1c prayed the Court would grant abs Cowt replied that it was entire y legal to join two ms- deineanors in the one indietwnent, aud he thereiee denied the motion. The prisouer was then sei- tenced to fourteen months’ coulmement in the Albay Peaitenuary. °: Counterfeiters. The Assistant District Attorney moved the se tence of the Court upon John McLees, Moritz Ros- vally and Theodore Roffel, who were convicted executing countericit United States cut of te denommation of twenty-five and Ofty M. W. L, Gill, counsel for Rossvally, moved @ suspei- sion of ludgment in behalf of his client om, ° procure tesumony for argument on motion a nov trial. The hearing of the motion was set down ly the Court for January Pending this motion tie Judge deferred sentence upos MeLees and Roiel, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT—IN ADMIRALTY. Interesting to Sulvors=Important Decision @ Judge Benedict, John E, Miller et al. vs. The Schooner Eawart Lee,—This case came up before Judge Benedict it the United States Court for the Eastern district re cently upon @ petition of Nicholas Thompson, ont of the crew of the bark ada Carter, praying that Muller and Houghton, part owners ant agents of that vessel, may be compellec to repay Into the registry of the court, for the ben efit of the petitioner, a proper portion of a certain salvage award which Waa made by this court i favor of the master, owners and crew of the Adi Carter, but in which the part owners above men- tioned refuse to allow tue petitioner to participate, Tue petition was opposed by Miller and Houguton upon the ground that the petitioner had parted witt all his interest in the salvage award. It appeared by the evidence that the bark Ada Carter, wiilie at sea, picked up a dereilct, puton board thereof a mate and two seamen and sent her to the port of New York, where she arrived in safety, aud was libelled in this court for salvage, the libel being tiled in behalf of John E, Miller and Bhjanh Houghton, ag the owners, and John E, Kenny, the master, for themselves ahd all others inierested. Pending this proceeding » Miller and Houghton wrote w the master, at Cuba, announoing the safe arrival of the derelict in New York, and wat they had demanded $8,000 saivage and to realize $4,000, and sug- gesting the procurement from the seamen of an as- signment of their interest, A written assignment of all the interest of master, mate aud crew to Elijah lioughton ior twenty-five doliars each was there- upon prepares and signed by the master, mate and then by the crew—uo money being then pald, but the master going through the iorm of lauding twenty-five ollars to each seaman and Sane it back at the same moment with the promise to give it to him in clothes or at the eud of the voyage. The bark and crew arrived back in New York in May, and about the 20th of May the crew, inomading the petitioner, were paid of by the master in the siream, each receiving his balance of wages and tweaty-five dollars besides, ‘The petitioner then signed a receipt in full for atl demands arising out of service, saivage claims, as- saults, batteries, &c., objecting, however, at the time, that he was cntitied to more for the’ salvage. At the time of tis payment, although the sailors did not know the fact, the bark had been condemned in the salvage suit, and, as is quite clear, the amount of salvage to be paid ‘nad been agreed on between Miller and Noughton and the claimants in that suit, 1m pursuance of which agreement, within four or five days the sum of $4,100, sn addition to the costa, was drawn out of the registry by [ssaac L. Miller, acting as proctor in behalf of all the sailors, and the same suin, less expenses, paid over by him to Miller aad Houghton. The petitioner subsequently learuing of the saivage award, demansed a proportionate share of Milier and Hought&h, and being refused applied to the Court for relief upon pedtion, and proved the foregoiug facts. Judge Benedict, in his decision, says:—Although there may be, perhaps, cases when ab assignment, obtaimed from 4 seaman by the master for tle bene- fit of an owner, of the seaman’s suare of a salvage claim can be upheld, this is no such case. ‘This owner, Wheu he sought to procure the assignment from the pe- titioner for twenty-five doliars, expected, as lils letter shows, that the salvage award would be $4,000, and he had made a cia:mfor $5,000; but neither He nor the master gave the seamen auy hint that the elatm would amount to Sake sn sum when they the assignment in Cuba. The execution of the iment was induced by the master himself aud the mate falsely pretending to assign their rights, also for the same sum, @nd tho transaction as con- ducted was & suain, intended so to be treated by ail except the seamen. The master intended It as @ sham, for he lias aince recetved $1,100 for his share of, the salvage. The mate treated itas a sham, for he has since received 3200 for his share of the sal- vage. The owners treated it as a sham, - they divided the rest of the money amoung them. Hough- ton, the assignge, has treated it as a sham, for he does not pretend, he has never pretended, to be en- tidled to the interest which the assignment purports to convey to him, The petitioner may aiso treat it aa @ sham. It was made in ignorance of facts, which, if made known, would have prevented its execution, and these facts were then within the knowledge of the parties engaging in ita procurement, and it was a contrivance iar from 4 creditable either to the owner who suggested it or ‘the master who consented to carry it Invo execution. Sach a transaction will net mitied to siand for @ moment betwi a sum awarded to him for meritorious salvage services. It 1s for the interest of commerce that seamen of ail other vessels receive the benefit of that provision of the maritime law which gives salvage rewards to encourage ecorta in behai! o1 vessels in distress, and any assiznment which has the effect to deposit the reward in the kets Of tue owners, to be sustained in a court of adiniraity—o! which all sailors are the wards—must bear untiistakable inarks of good faith and fair dealing; nor is the case Loiped by the fact that after the arrival of the bark in New York the petitioner was paid the twouty-five doliars by the master while in ihe stream and then signed @ re- ceipt in full of all demands, including any demand for salvage. At this time the money had not been paid over to Miller and Houzhton, although they un- doubtedly knew how much it was by agreement to be. ‘The petitioner then had no claim against them to release; his claim Was Iu suit against the derelict and Miller was his proctor, as the owners knew. The receipt written does not release the owners from any- thing, nor did it purport to anthorize them to receive from the proctor the petitioner's share of the award when It siouid be made. e receipt and the pay- ment of the twenty-five do! nh have no eifect to work 4 transfer of the interest to the owners, fer the sailor was mot then informed of the fact that the derelict had been sod and the award on at $4,150, mor was his proctor consulted. The right of the peil- tioner to participate im this award as one of the original saivors then remains unimpaired, and as Miller aad Houghton, who received tue money for his proctor with fail knowledge of ail the facts, refused to allow htm to particl; , Ley must be compelled to repay into the try Of tio court, within forty. eight hours from the service of the order of this Court, the sum of $360 for (he beneit of the petl- toner. Itshould be added that it was an oversight Ou the pari of the proctor for (he salyors to draw the whole award from the registry, without having pro- Viously, for his own protection, having applied for and obtained ap order of distribution xing the pers peed gn to each salvor; and it was also an over- eight on the part of the Court to permit the money to, be drawn before such distribuiion had been made. BROOKLYN CITY COURT. Damages for Personal [njuries. Before Judge Thompson. John A. Simpson rs, Rockill Robinson.—This was anaction for $5,000 damages for personal injuries sustained in 1863 through the negiivence of the de- feedant. A plic of dirt, which had been thrown out from @ plumbers excavation in Tompkins place, had been left by the defendant without lights or guards, and the plaintid, in driving along at night, Tan bia baggy on it and was thrown out. i1e was so badly injured that he waa unable to leave his house for six weeks, It was claimed by the defence that the aceldent was the result of negligence on the part of the plaintiff, as there was light cnough for him to ‘see the pile of dirt. A point was also ral whether the defendant was liabie, inasm ashe had compiied with all the requirements of the Board of Sewer Commussioners, which compelled him to employ # licensed plumber to do the Work. The jury aan @ verdict in favor of plaintitt, giving num 000, BROOKLYN INTELLIGENCE. SONPLICT WITH A THikF.—About half-past two o'clock yesterday afternoon a sneak thicl entered the office of Meyer's wood yard, corner of Kent ave- nue and Ann street, E. D., by means of skeleton keys, while the proprietor was momentarily absent. While the thief was exploring the diiferont drawers of the office Mr. Meyers returned and attempted to arrest him, when adesperate confict ensued, the Uilef fighting valiantly for freedom. After a tracted ie, with no perceptible advantage on elther side, Mr. Meyers waa reinforced by one of his employes, and the thief, ag | hes position desy to strategy. Ho | noah eveape, and al- rsons wil the coniict none erlere, though several Atvempied to I sipped ont of his |. 1 ‘The Late Thomas C. Moore—His Wealth and ChariticoWidows and Children of South- ern Soldiers Not Forgotten. Thomas ©. Moore, a bachelor, formerly a resident of Brooklyn, E. D., but recently of New Jersey, where he died about a month ago, left a will of which the subjoined 13 an abstract. After thé usual introduc- tory sentences he orders that his executors shall pay his debts, with the exception of mortgages. The real estate named is principally in Brooklyn:— Hie leaves his estate to his sister, Martha Jane, which corn) bonds, mor! scrip, cer- tuicates or evidences of bank stock, moneys, &o. He also jueathes to the same sister all nis right, title and interest in the real estate on the nortuerly side of South Seventh street, westerly side of Fourta street and southerly side of South Sixth street. ‘To his executors in trast he wills all his real estate iu the Sixteenth ward, also certain portions of estate ia the Math and Nineteenth wards, to sell the same within three in after his decease, to invest and keep inve +m good securities the proceeds thereof, unt) the same are exhausted or disposed of in the following manner:—After the payment of certain legacies to his relatives he orders the sum of $2,000 to be mvested and the interest used for the beneflt of Kiecta P. Moore remen pia lifetime; at her death the principal to be divided between the Wil- Mamsburg City Missionary Society, American Home Bis Society and the American Board of Com for Foreign Missions, Out of this fand to all of the above named societies he gives $500 each, and also to the Ameri- can and Foreign Christian Union $300; American Seamau’s Friend Society, em Wiliamsburg Dispen- sary, $200; Williamsburg Department Fund for the benetit of Widows and Orphans of Firemen, $200; American Bible Society, $1,000; Amerizan Tract So- ciety, $500; trustees and elders of the Presbyterian churth in kikton, Md., for the benefit of such churen, $500; Consistory of the Reformed Duten church, late worshiping at the corner of Fourth and south Sec- ond streets, should it be in operation, separate aud apart oun ih wil another church, | $2,000; school of — said cuureb, Mission Sabbath school, Ninth $600; sureet (Dr. Porter's), $200; South Bushiok “Ite formed Duteh church, teenth ward, $500, If, after paying the whole of above bequests in the order named, there should Le still a balance left and remaining of this first fund there shail be pald to the Wiltamsburg Industrial School $300; Granam In- stitute, or home for respectable old ladi 000; Five Points House of Industry, New York, If there should still be @ balance left then to be divi- ded between the Wilifamsaburg City Missionary So- ciety and other benevolent societies, as his execu- tors may think most desirable. ‘To his sister Martha Jane he wills the real estate at (he southeast corner of Fourth and south Seventh streets, Washington Hall. ‘Vo John Moore, brother, real estate in Ninth ward, as well as all fire insurance siock or scrip, &c.; also estate in Elkton county, Md.; also estate in the Eigh- teenth ward, to be sold within five years after decease, the pi to be invested In safe securi- ties to the amount of wee and pay the said John Moore the interest accrut bok his natural lite; and also to pay said John Moore, if li atthe time of realizing the proceeds of sales of the atoresaid property, all sums above that amount. ifhe should not be living, thea the whole pt after the pay- ment of necessary expenses, go to ie American Bible Society, American Tract Socl- ety, Home Mission Society, American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mis- sions, New York; Howard Mission, New York; Reformed Dutch’ Domestic Mission and Board of publication, share and share alike. But in case his brother John Moore shouid be living at the time of realizing the proceeds of sate of the above de- scribed property, then deceased directs that after his brother’s death the said trust fund suail be paid as fullows:—$4,000, or go uch of that amount as shall be requisite, is to be applied to the supplying aud making up of any deficiency that may occur in first named trust fund, and the remainder. afver certain small legacies to relatives to the Board of the Ame- rican and Foreign Christian Union, New York, $1,000- American Seaman's Friend Society, $500; Williams- burg Danpens , Long Island, $500, and the re- mainder to be divided between the American Bibl Society, the American Tract Society, and the Ame’ can Home Missionary Soctety, share aud share aike. He authorizes itis executors to pay and alt sums of money, remainders or residues of trusts and remainders of proceeds of land, which may not be hereinbefore apportioned or provided for, after paving their own and all other legal claims or de- mands to the American Bible Society. To his execators, John Moore, James Hall and John H. Besher, $600 each for their services. ‘The attesting witnesses are Joh Simouson, John A. Staats and Theo, Y. Bainbridge, CODICIL. Certain bonds, mor &e., to his sister, Mar- tha Jane Moore, he revokes, for the reason that desiring to set apart a moderate fund for the reli of suffering and destitute widows and children of Southern soldiers, who died or were killed in the late war, in the castern parts of South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia, be therefore bequeaths to James Hall and Francis I. Porcher, Louis D, De Sausser and E. Henry Frost, of Charleston, S. C., and the Rev. John Rumley, bonds in trust for that purpose, amounting to $21,600. The portion to be ee in South Carolina to be more than one- All is mortgages, with few exceptions, he sets aside for the rebuilding or repairing of churches, without regard to sect or de- nomination, injured by the late war, within the dis- tricts of the Southern States aforesaid. . &c., excepted in the above, amounting to $7,000, be applied as follows:—Trustees of the Board of Domestic Missions of the General Assembly rian Church, $3,000; American Home Missi ty, $2,000; Board of Domestic Mis- sions of the Reformed Dutch Church, $2,000. Then follow bequests to the Rey. AlvahGuyon, late of Grace church, $100; Rev. Alfred H. Partridge, rector of Christ church,’ $1,000; Rev. Elbert 3. Porter, $100; Consistory of the Reformed Dutch church, Dr. Porter's, when the new church Is fully enciosed and windows put in, $2,500; Sunday School attached to said church, $500; Mission school, Niuth street, Dr. Porter's, = William Ferris, for his German mission school, Union avenue, 300; South Bushwick Datch Reformed 500; Presbyterian church, Dr. Wells’, $300; nristlan Aid Society, EK $1,000; In- dustrial school, Brooklyn, E. D., 500; Grace church, to church warders, &c., for benefit of said church, $600; Brooklyn Society for the Relief of Ke- spectable Aged Indigent Feral 080; Willitams- burg Dispensary, $1,000; Fire Department, Brook- lyn (E.D.), Widows’ and Orphans’ Fuad, $600; Ameri- can Female Guardian Society, New York, for the beneiit of the Home of the Friendiess, $500; Brook. iA Orphan Asylum, $1,000; The Sheltering Arma of the Cily of New York, of which the Rev. ‘Thomas M, Peters, D. D., is president, $1,000; Home for Incura- bles, of which Benj. H. Field is president, $600; Sam- aritan Home for the Aged, New York, of which Mes, James M, MeVickers is president, male department, $2,000; Howard Mission, Home for the Little Wan- terers, No, 38 New Bowery, $1,000; Children's Aid Boclety, New York, $500; New’ York Port Soctety, for looking after seamen when in t, $1,000; Five Points House of Industry, ; New York Ladies’ Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, conductag the Five Points Mission, 61 Park street, 7 on for Conducting the Instita- tion and Home for ble Femates, No, 226 East Twentieth st 1,000; American Seaman's Friend Soctety, $1, Tomestic Missions of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Churen, 12.0.0, He revokes that article leaving his sister, Martha church, sionary Society, $10,000; American Board of musstoners of Tract Society, Society the remi moneys. He leaves of Electa P. THEATRICAL AND MUSICAL NOTES, Miss Kellogg will arouse the Trojans on Saturday next. The terror of juveniles during the holidays will be the voracious ticket speculators, “The Babes in the Wood” collect crowds of aym- pathizing juveniles at Montreal, Doctors will make @ fortune if the steam in some establishments be not lowered at once. “The Colieen Bawn” is drowned 1 ly at Port land, “Foul Play” will shortly be juced there, “The Midsummer Night’s Dream,” with aay amount of well-clad nyraphs, is still the attraction St. Louis, “Playing with Fire’ {a the latest at Salt Lake City. What does Brigham say to the trifling with con science. Success attends both performances, GENERAL NOTES. ‘The Winterset (Iowa) Madisonian says that two young | adies, Emma and Elia Harlan, of that city, have taken up lands in Buena Vista county under the Homestead act, in their own names, and in the spring will remove thereon with their brothers, who have land adjoining. Colonel Eugene Tisdale, Collector of Internal Reve- nue for the Tiird district of Louisiana, has been sus- pended from office on charges of frauds on the revenue, embezzlement of public money and other crimes, A little of the same sort of suspension would Dot be out of place in this latitude, An old hunter, who represents the Penobscot In- dians in the Maine ure, has 600 traps set for wild animals, and says that ihe beavers have in- creased very much on the Penobscot river within the last few years, @ price of skins hag falien from twelvo dollars to seventy-five cents, Deacon Amase Sprague died A} Hanover, } x. Hy on 6th inst., aged ninety-et le voted for Washington for President. at his second election tn 792, and has voted at every national election since. On the 3d of November jasé he was carried to the Is in @ rocking chair avd voted for Grant and SKATES. What They Have Been and What They Are ‘The Styles in Vogue. ° Among the branches of trade which receive @ decided impetus during the holiday season the skate business certainly holds no insigni- ficant place. The hardware shops, toy shops, sportsmen’s equipment shops, and even some sla tionery and book shops, bave large assortinchts of shining runners glittering in the show windows and cases or hanging against the walls and shelves. A handsome, serviceable pair of skates is a very neat present, and since skating has become #0 popwar the present can be appreciated and put to service by old and young, males and females, Speaking of skates, it may not be out of piace to moption something of the SKATES OF THE REMOTE PAST, which something can be said in a very short space. Where or by whom skating was originated history doth not tell, some traditionists assert that there were specimens of the art of skate building and of skating anterior to Noali’s famous embarkation; but, although one might not wish to doubt the state- ments of these erudite individuals, it is very hard to believe the story. The first reliable information in regard to skates ts that they made their appearance in England some two hundred years ago, and that it was believed that they were brought from Germany by the cavaliers, The natural conclusion, therefore, is that they must have been used in Germany be- fore their. introduction into England, but how long cannot bo determined. The account of their use in England is recorded in & quaint diary of Pepys, Dearing date December 15, 1662, in which it 15 sald that some followers of the Duke “followed him into the Park, where, though the ice ‘was broken, he would go slide upon his skates, which I did not like; but he slides very well.” A historian of London records the beginning of skating in that town in the following style:—‘‘When the great fenn or moore (which watercth the walls of the citie on the north side) is frozen many young men play upon the ice; some stryding as wide as they may do slide swiftly; some tye bones to their feete and under their heeles, and, shoving themselves by ‘a little piked staffe, doe slide as swiftly as a birde flycth in the air or an arrow out of a cross bow.”” From this it appears that the earlier styles of Eng- lish skates were bones, which it is very easy to be- lieve; but from the statement that the young men fying as swiftly as a bird or an arrow out of a cross bow it is very evident that the historian, to use a modern ex; made ‘no bones” about telling a whopper, When the improvements in skates were made ts also a subject of unsatisfactory explanation; but real of the young men of to-day can call to mind SKATES OF THE RECENT PAST. which consisted of a rough block of wood set on an iron or steel runner, the runner ending at the toe in ‘a lengthy tall twisted and curled up over the toe and losing itself ina knobby orass button. ‘Then there were less aristocratic skates, the runners of which ended in a rather abrupt spike pointing upwards, These skates were fastened to the foot by means of straps passed through mortices in the wooden blocks and crossed over the toe and instep like sandal straps. There was also a heel band of broader and stronger leather passing through @ mortice tn the heel of the block over the mstep and buckled near the ankle. in those days there were no skatil ponds or rinks, and the gut- ters in the several streets when frozen were made to do duty as practising grounds for the skatorially Inclined juveniles, Many of these youths, whose feet were too smuil to fill ue Btrappings even at the ‘last hole,” might be secn tightening the skate by inserting huge blocks of kindling wood, like the bridge on a banjo, under the cross of the foot straps and sliding slong “on one” as independently as princes. “The fellow ‘what could go on two” was an acknowledged artist. Those styles contiiued in vogue untila few years since, when the Park pond gave popularity tothe sport, Then there was @ slight change in style; the heels of the runners were rounded oi like the toes, but for some time the individual who ven- tured on skates thus made was considered exceed- ingly reckless. Year after year improvements were introduced until they were brought very near per- fection, and the SKATES OF THE PRESENT combine such unique and beautiful designs, such strength and finish as would make the eyes of the boys of a score of years ago dance with wonder and delight, ‘There are stil remaining a few of the -old atyies, but they are so very few as to be objects of curiosity, Among the most popular styles at present in vogue are the New York Ciub, Acme, Empire, Kink, I. X. L., Patent Clamp, and a few others, which are worthy of special mention. Hyatt & Spencer’s, in Beekman street, is the ape- cial depot of the ACME SKATE, which has but recentiy been introduced to the New York market and is fast making its way into pe@pu- larity. The runner is verv gracefully and strongly formed, ana the peculiarity avd simplicity of the mode of ee recommends it very strongly, At the back of the heel are two Lemp | sta clamps. The toe is formed by a band of trou, which is connected with tne heel plate by means of an vval late and a jointed tongue passing under the instep, ‘rom the point of this tongue depends a strong steel spring lever. This spi rests, when the skate is fastened on the foot, on the upper edge of the run- ner and is held there by means of two smal! clamps. In the oval plate referred to are two irregular open- ings, in and by which the screw rivets holding the sole clamps are moved. By releasing the spring trom tts hold on the ruaner, and palling it out to one side of the tongue, which ts slotted near the joint, is permitted to slide along under the joint screw. At the end of the tongue, near the heel, is a clamp which catches on the tront of the boot heel, and when the tongue ts worked along by the movement of the Jever the catch on the heel ts released, At the same time the oval piate is drawn backward, and the buttons of the sole clamps, moving in the open- ings on the plate, release tueir hold on the sole of the boot. The distances between tie clamps are to be arranged at the beginuing of the season and the skate is always ready for use. To mst the skate it is only necessary to release the spr! lever, pull it to one side, place the skate against the foot with the heel firmly set against the back clamps, then push the spring brack to Its resting place on the runner, and the work of fastening is completed. At the same estabiishment there 1s also on exmbi- ton a new style of skate, the fastenings of which are worked by means of a thumbscrew at the instep. On tho runner are secured the eel and toe plates, on exch side of which plates are two clamps. These clataps are portions Of two strips of steel, which pass underneath the plates the entire length of the skate, cach strip forming what looks tke an elon. gated Roman E, with the centre bar omitet Across these claipa, on the rg side, te pis-ud the tiumbecrew, by means which the Chap ing process is perforined. THE NEW YORK CLOW SKATE, Which was introduced &@ season or two ago, and which became almos: immediately very popu-ar, bas been improved on in & wanner which will tend to add to 8 popularity. One style of the improve- ment ts shown at Tr! bazasr, Broadway, and is styled the American Kink Skate. The mode of fas- tening the skate is the same as last year’s, The tm a consists of a toe, incining dowaward the iromt of the ranner, and con- structed for the performance fancy too movements, There is also in addition an q clamp in the centre of the we plate, catches in the middle of the boot sole and heips to keep the skate steady on tue foot. Another Mnprovement on the Ciao skate is shown af Post's pkate ¢: um, on Broadway. The improvement ited consists of @ tuethod of fastening the Tarhe be ¥ ey angie to inserting the heel baiton in the slot of the the boot, tarn ‘he skate untt! It position under the foot, and then te clamps on the sole. By the wew method adjusted to the size of the boot y, aad the vutcon in the heel is by a spring lever from underneath, The foot plate, the spring is the heel bution tn proper po- the slot im the heel plate, the bution is inserted and the spring (urned back to its piace, thus torumg the button around securety to tue Weel. AL Post's establishment THE EMPIRE SKATR ie to acertain extent made aepecialty. There is not very mach difference in general app-arance be- tween thts and the New York Club Skale. The sole a ; : i working the clamp in (he forward part of the heel. This spring, is slender, but quite strong, and is bent at the forward end +0 a* 'o HL into a Slot in the sole plate, To adjust the skate to the foot it isonly ne- cesmary to turn the lever oat sideways, rest the foot on the skate if proper postion and thee turn the Jever back again Woul (he crowed end eolehes in tic slot on the forward plate, AC tus emporium tuere is wise to be found 1. SKATE, vHe bx. Which Is now, however, but seldom used, The foot rest of this consists of « scroll Work of brass, with clamps for the sole and heel. ‘The fasvening 18 Made ty Lye forward part of the heel by Means O1 @ Short steel arm, ending in a broad binde, Which catches firmiy on the heel and is w under the instep, Tuere are also to ve found here a variety of OTHER STYLES, inctuding the old style, with wooden blocks: others With bras# and pole leather heel guards, ankle braces: and other appurtenances whieh the advanced skill of the present day skaters has rendered almost un- necessary. While the improvements which bave been made i ates in general are quite commendable, they given rae, to a great deal of chagrin on the part of anxious and attendant gailants, who formerly took delight im Kueeing On Ube coll, wet ground oF lee (regaritiess of 4 onabies and the fear of gen ing the adiroitiy diaplac lea will en-leaded gimiew, and secarely adjushag the skates aud straps Now the aduiring sweins content to see their charmers th ay skate, move a small us ly sec! paren on the silvery suriace of pond. seem that the skate has been brought would as perfection as tg possible; but there w.ll, in all pi be their mn the ively securing the gliding a bility, spring up some inventive Yankee who ieee: THE a FUTURE, 3 OF THR i which future, ae pleasant, we have ap not to trust, batt to which desp! admonition, we are ob!igt any further improvement in skated and skal coucomitants, NEW JERSEY INTELL Hudson City. A MAN PALLS INTO A Prr.—On Wednesday afternool a man named Maguire, who was emplejed as the works in West End, fell from a sea(folu into tle pif where the tank is being made, a distance of twent; two feet. He was eeverely bruised, out ‘bis injuri are not likely to prove fatal. ei @xvLKine Tater CaGED.—A strange man cal at the house of Mrs, Ellen Rening, in Mont avenue, on Wednesday evening and inquired if certain man lived there, The woman replied the negative and closed the door, When she retired to her room tue fellow slipped in and off an overcoat, but he was seea by the wom who sat at the window. An alarin was raised an he was caught. Wheo taken before Kecorder Ald ridge he gave his name as John Alc/uersou, and was comuitted for trial. $ ‘Trenton. Turartan RignTs—Tue Hanstvs Cove TION—ReroRT OP THE ComMIss10 .—This vexe question, so important to the interests of the citi zens of Jersey City, and which created so much p ular agitation and legislation during (he last session of the New Jersey Legislature, has at length beef definitely settled, so far as a compliance with enactmenis bearing upon tho matter is concerne It will be remembered that according to ag} act passed last winter by the Legislature entitled “An act to’ enable the United Railroad and Can Companies to increase their depot an‘ terminal cilities at Jersey City,’ there wis granied to th united companies, consisting of (he velaware Raritan Canal Company, Camden aud Amboy R road and Trans ion Company and the Jersey Rail and ‘ransporiation Comp their successors and assigas, tue right and of the State to the land lying between Mgiy ze mark on the west, the water the Hudson river on the cast, the cent of South Second street on the norta, and the cent of South Seventh street on the soul. iu Jersey City, except the portion lying with said bound of the lands granted to Nathaniei Budd by the lature some thirty years ago, aut kaowa ag Budd grant, It ts also provided by the said the Legislature that said compaies siall State asurer on or before the ist jan next such sum or sums of money as shall tixed, adjudged or determined as ihe just an “equitable compensation the State ought to Fecel for the lands surrounding the *“suda grant,” by granted as aforesaid. By aoviuer provision o the said act the Supreme Court of (he State was em wered to appoint three comimissiouers, who, witl he Attorney General of the Staie, should visit locality in question and appraise iis vacus, Ine pliance with this authorizauou the state Sup Court appointed a8 commissioners Charles 8. olden Daniel Haines and Charles &. Ewer, and they, to gether with Attorney Geaera: jobeson, on 12th of November proceeded to 1nquire into the ter given them mM charge, aud Laying viewed U roperty granted, investigated the wature and co fiuon thereof and of the vatus rigate eh therein, and having cqnsiderd tae siatement € Parties interested aad of engineers and screnti® persons and arguments of counsel in veball of united companies, and having recard to the tion of the land and tae inducements the should hold out vo the grantee jor making bn meats, do fx, adjudge and Geernime toe wan $500,000 as the Just and equitable compens the State ougat to receive for Cas ands worry ing the “Budd it.” she report irom whieh correspondent culled the above jae s Was Med hat! office of the Secretary of State on sueeday lassend signed by George M. Robeson, Attu Genera ¢ New Jersey, and Charles 5. Oiden, Danie) Hatne 1 C. E. Eimér, the comuussioners appombea vo) We Supreme Court. OUR SOUTH AMERICAN SQUADRON, Oficial Advices from Kenr Admiral Divis@, Minister McMahon’s Instructions. 4 A WASHINGTON, Dec. 24, ‘S68, ‘The following despatch was received at thdNavg Department to-day:— UNITED STATES FLAGSULP GUERRERR, MONTEVIDEO, Nov, 15, 188. Sin—I have the honor to tnfuru the depatmen that this ship anchored in this roudstead online inst, having in company the Kausas and Up nebaug. The Pawnee arrived subsequently. | General McMahon 1s jnstructed by the Sec State to stop at Rio long enough to com: with Mr. Webb, and also at Montevideo and Ayres, to communicate with the consulate tion at those places, and to ascertain. whet military obstacles to his up the river, whic ‘were heretofore apprehended, fave been removed. Communications on this subject have been dressed to the falar oe of Paraguay and thei Argentine Republic by the Minister Kesideat. ¥ Worthington’s replies will provabiy be received td day oréo-morrow. As soon a8 thy are received shall proceed to Paraguay in the Wasp, taking Ge ral McMahon with me. ge a The Pawnee, Quinnebaug and Kansas will the Para and rendezvous at saunspie Pre ol passes which will give mé @inman of the ‘and will there await further orders. T have communicated freely and fully with Worthington and Mr. Washturn, and my in course with bota these gentlemen ias veen satiat tory. Mr. Biss, according to the latest from Paraguay, contiuues im the service of dent Lopez, and is engaged in tue preparation work on Paraguay. The rise in the river here, fortunately, began Year nearly a month earlier than usual; but for rise it would have been impossine to take 0 Pawnee, Quinnebaug and Kausas up the river, aq even now the tas kis an arduous one, ‘The heaith of the squadron contiuues to be ge Very respecttuily, your obedient servant, ©. H. DAVIS, Rear Admiral, ‘THE LOSS OF THE STEAMSHIP RIBERA Additional Particulars of they Loss of tho! Commanding South American Squadra, seleList of the Passengers Koown Saved. Captain Munro, of the til-fated steamer Iii has made a statement of the loss of Lis ship TB aceount 13 substantially the same as that woth already appeared in the columns of the HeRaD, w out justice to state that the passengers fly knowledge the indefatigable energy of the ap’ under the most trying circumstances, when al ail on board were threatened with certain tion by a watery grave. ‘The following is @ list of the passengers #4 who are positively known to be saved, Th pli mentioned are those from which the pi cane: — Cabin passengers—Mr. J. Bethel and lady N: Mr. Cox and Mrs. Cox, San Francisco; MB. Wi Dubuque, lowa; Mrs. D. N. Melvia, pew oa ware; M Morrell, Williamsburg; Boy! Bi ; Miss Rogerson, Brooklyn; Mr.P. ster, Mr. John Mundel Kobingon, New fork; Alexander M: Glasgow; Mr. J. ©. Jorbes, routo; Rev. B. McPheely, Boston; Rev, J,0’Co New York. 4 Intermediate.—Miss Campbell, Philadebhia. Steer —Mr. Charles Deveney, Piladelphisg, Mr, Fran rs, Philadelphia; Mr, Fraik Kicke George john, St. Louis; 3; Mr. John Austin, Net Yor! ‘, Patrick Mccown, wife and two chiliren, Ne York; Mr. Willtam McIntosh, Washingtot, WD. C.; dames Irvine, New York. Also Captain Muuro, Dr. Barclay andtwenty. of the crew. oe — ‘4 The /tatian Correspondence states tint & con’ von has just been signed in Paris letween French Minister of Foreign Aifairs aud the re; sentative of the government of Florene reducing to two francs the transit ore felegannic mes # sages sent through France I Eugland, n the one hand, and Turkey and Griece on th other, | THE WEEKLY HERALD. The Cheapest and Best Newspapir in Country. 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