The New York Herald Newspaper, December 29, 1868, Page 10

ty) . THE HILL MURDER. Continuation ef the Trial of George 8. Twitchell, Jr.—The Evidence for the De- fence—Iuteresting Testimony as to a Strange German and His Relation with Mrs, Hill. ° PHILADELPALIA, Dec. 28, 1868. ‘The trial of George 8. Twatehell, Jr., was resumed ‘this morning at-ten e’clock, the court room and the adjcining street being, as usual, crowded to excess by av excited gathering of men, women and chil- dren. The evidence of Ellen Dolin, as well as that ‘of Mrs. Isenhaufen, and the witnesses sworn to tm- peach the character of the witness Gilbert, was the most interesting given to-day. It will be seen that the defence believe that the murder was committed by aman who was in the habit of coming to get ‘work from Mrs, Hill, and unknown to their client, THE TESTIMONY. Jonn R. Sickler, sworn—I am a physician by pro- fession; I reside at Mantua, N. J.; 1 know and have known the defendant since boyhood; I know other people -who know him; he was always highly ~ esteemed for peace, good order, honesty and bu- manity, Samuel Willis, of Woodbury, N. J.; Joseph R. Nor- ris and Wilamt Middleton, of Mantua, also testified t the good character of the accused, Robert Hughes, sworn—I reside at No, 342 South Front street; I know George 8. Twitchell; I first made Ws acquaintance at the Dock street market; he was there tn business about seven months; he was always held tn high esteem by every person who knew him for honesty, humanity, peace and good order. dames Logan, of 427 Dickerson street, sworn—I , knew the,prisoner for three years before last July; his character was always good as far as I ever heard; Thave always heard him spoken of as a good heart- ed, honest man. George Halloway, of 514 Dickerson street; Daniel Outerbridge, of 826 South Fourth street; Isaac Kertz, of Camden, N.J.; Horace Hammill, of the same place; Jacob Hinchman, of the Dock street market ; Albert Daniels, of No. 216 Lombard street ; Leonard Fissier, of 1,882 North Twelfth street; Banlay Ken. ney, of the Tweifth street market; Leonard Jump, of the Ridgeway Hotel; Phillis Fissier, of Camden, N. J; Charles Kid, of 310 Cypress street; Wm. Zeis, of 114 South Fifteenth street; J. >. ‘Yhorne, 429 Wainut street; John McCully, 238 Cathe- rine street; George Horn, 1,913 Wallace street, anda large number of other persons, also testified to the general good character of the prisoner. James P, Mead sworn—! am in the silver and plated ware business, on the northeast corner of Ninth ana Chestnut streets, Counsel for detence (nanding witness a bill)\—Was that bill made out in your store? District Attorney—I object unless the bill is in the hanuwriting of the witness. If it is not his evidence concerning it can only be hearsay. Counsel tor defence—I have reason to believe that the biil is from this man’s store, and was made out an the « of Mrs. Twitchell by request. Wit resumed—I receipted this bill and it is in my hi writing; the articies mentioned in it were Pl at our store on ae 16, 1866, and deliv- ered; I recollect the purchase from the fact that 1 had some personal trouble about the matter; two !adies caine nto my place and wanted to see sorfe spoons and forks; one of the ladies gave the name of Mra, ‘Twitchell; one was very much older than the other; afier the ‘goods had been sold the elder lady asked for a bill to be made out, and on asking her in what name I should make it out she said Twitchell. Cross-examined—The elder lady handed me the money for the articles; it was the old lady who told me to make out the bill in the name of Twitchell. John 0. Hopkins, sworn—I am in the queen’s ware ‘Dusiness (bill shown to witness); that bill was re- ceipted by me; we got paid for the goods; the bill was made out on the 10th of April, 1866, and the stamp cancelied on the 11th; I sold the goods to a person who gave me her name as Mrs. Twitchell. Cross-examined—My presumption 1s that it was a who made the purchase; I do not remember whether it was an elderly lady or not; the name on the book of the original entry is Twitchell. James H. Cornwall, sworn—In May, 1866, I was en- gaged for the firm of McClane, Crease & Sloan, carpet dealera, 519 Chestnut street (bill shown); recognize the signature on that receipt; it 18 that of the bookkeeper who was eusployed by the firm at that time; I remember one day ‘that Mr. Twitchell and his wife caine into the store to look at a pattern, and the bf following Mrs. Hill came with them and she decided as to what pattern should be taken; 1 Is the receipt of the goods that were sold on asion; the bill was made out to the name of Cross-examined—I do not know why the bill was made out in the name of Twitchell; I did not know, . any other person in the transaction but the Twitch- , eii8, although Ilearned shortly after the purchase 4 that the elderly lady was Mr. ‘Twitchell’s mother-in- aw; Mr. I'witcheli paid fur the goods and he re- < eived the receipted bill. s ungel for defence (showing another bi!l)—I re- a ‘nize this Dill made out to Mrs, Twitchell; it re eipted by the bookkeeper. ¢ ‘ounsel for prosecution—I know nothing of the sah > to which the bill refers; 1 had nothing to do it. Oo ‘ansel for defence—! offér this bill in evidence. pi Mle Attorney—I object. The witness knows noth, 0 Of the trausaction to.which the bill refers. The « efence propose to show by presenting these bills that Mrs. Hill bought the goods and had the bile nn \ade out im the name of Mrs, Twitchell, In tnis ‘ec itis not shown at whose request the bill pony A - out in the name of Mrs. Twitchei', or Whethe, °Mrs. Twitchell herself did not pay for aud Feceive: the bill, a for defence—The witness knows that the cous Dill sag enulme one, aud we propose to show that that bil, luke all tue otuers, Was found in the pos- session ot Mrs. Hill. ceorge 4. Henkie sworn—I am a cabinet maker (vill show, 0); this 48 my receipt to this bill; the aru- {les ment) "ed in it were purchased in the name of MMee-twitch ll; two or three parties came to look over tue goods, one a lady aud auother a gentleman, Whom Irec Ognize as Mr. Twithel; at another time this bill (bu, | SBOwWn) Of goods was sold to the same parties. Cross-exam. the transactio: wih Mr. Twit how oid the w made out to th Apri, tue other $6 25; it was @ ‘Was made out to Counse! for deft and would like th District Attorne they are offered to chased by Mrs. Hill Mrs. Twitchell, and ‘ned—I made the first sale in person; 1 Was over two years ago; @ lady came chelijat tue time; 1 do not remember oman seemed vo be; both bills were e name of Mrs. Twitchell, the one in in May, 1860, amounUng togetier to mere accident thas the second bill Mr. Twitchell. ‘ace—I offer these bills in evidence, + jury to look at them, . y—i object on the growad that prove that the goods were pur- and made out vy her order to Ido pat tink that they have ‘es kn oWledge in ihe affair. shown Mrs. Hit cen: —If airs. Twitchell furnished the goods with her #y “2 money the articles would be hea and we cannot, See thei what motive the ac- cused could have had =! killing Mrs. Hill to obtain articles already his D; rigit. ihe District Attor- articles gen he think § We Waut to show that Mrs. Hill Was present at ev ery trausaction; but we do intend to show that, m ’Matler wilh whose money the articles inthe house w ere purchased, the prisoner had no motive to kil her 40 #Lt possession of them. District Attoraey—I ba. Ve no’ as yeb been able to gee the materiality of tht ‘ile re hast be op not alleged that Mrs. Hil waa, liled by Twitchelt to ob- tain the {uraiture, but one. the motives which we allege prompted him to do the murder was the de- sire to get hold of the real ee. ‘The Court—it strikes my sai Dest illustrate what | tank ot lustration. Supposing wo pers room ina hovl and one of t murdered, and that bank notesé should be found in Wwe truak ob blood be discovered on his cloth Drought to wim the man shouk tue evidence of the bioodL Possession of the bank notes vy owned the Washstand and basin weoms to me the defendant im this Case rebuts the evidence of bank notes and diamon: | In his posses sion by offering Morr to prove th the owns the cai pets and due bilis. Counsel tur the defence—This is not pe ws mei i @ hotel, but of two persons Of the same family living in the one house aud & " peace and Inenaly relations, But to take your, |ustration. Suppose that the two men in a hote | Were =o faher and son. Now, if it could & © | shown alto: the father was discovered yurderec | =. he was in the habit of paying his 00 0, oat 4 day of every month to spend as iked,. nd that aii their relations were friendly, would hise Vidence not be adtissibie, if the prosecution attem Pted to »rove that the son murdered the father to g &t pos- ale, nd in this . Tcan te evidence by an ii- ons occupied the saine hem should be found f the murdered man the other man, and in id thet when 1 attempt to rebut aarks and = the proving that he iu the room. it seasion of the $500 on one day, when it wou — been freely given to him the following day, w. =a was due. That bill you have in your hand was, out to Mr. Twitenell by mistake. , Judes Brewster and Ludlow, after a few mint. ‘tes’ suitation, decided that the evidence was adt ‘Us Bile William ©, Shalkey, eworn—On May 20, 1866, 1 w %9 empic Rukoft's pom | 4 (his elty (bill shown); this is my rec to Mrs. Twitchell; Mra. NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1868—TRIPLE SHEET. Croas-ex: i—I could not aay when it was paid, whether on the delivery of the goods or at the when the purchase was made; a lady bought the ‘The bills were given as evidence and shown to the jury. Judge Brew: the declaration to the nded ve her property to her te injended to Rodent, has offered to show by a witness the a of the deceased, made, as it is to the witness—to the effect that the deceased had bought the house and fuiniture for and had given them, with the exeeption of the piano, to her daughter. ‘This has been ot wo and argued - counsel, We were not favored with the citation @ny au- thority ¢ on heme} Oe and our examination has not enabled us ins bearing upon the point thus submitted Guacene le ire remitted, therefore, to the general principle of the law which may in our consideration of suc! to be denied that the pro) ous to the rule which excludes Such statements, not made under obligation of an oath, and repeated, by a witness who may distort a We applied them, are fraught with great danger. this rule rigidly, too, in favor of the defendant when we excluded upon his objection decla- rations of the deceased as to her fear of ‘in, at her intention to submit her complaint him to counsel with a view to the recovery of the real estate. Nor does this otfer commend itself as falling within any one of the ex- ceptions under which evidence is some- times admitted; for this is neither, first, a case where the question as to whether a certain declaration was or Was not made is in controvery; nor, secondly, does it refer to bodily or mental feelings, which are the subject of inquiry; nor, thirdly, does it touch a uestiongof pedigree; nor, for r, ig the proposed leclaration a part of any res gestw. But the Com- monwealth has been allowed to show facts froin which it re ie bethereaite rargued, first, that the de- fendant had practised a fraud upon the deceased by securing the name of his wife and co-defendant to be inserted in the title paper for the house; secondly, that the defendant had a motive for the comnussion of this offence, not only to avoid the exposure of this fraud, but to obtain possession of the other property belo. to the deceased—iucri causa. Now suppose the truth to be that the mother had intended to have the deed made as tt was made; or, in other words, let us imagine that the order given by the defendant the conveyancer was delivered at the request of the deceased. How couia he prove his innocence in this behalf except by the declara- tions of the deceased? Take another illustration:— A watch formerly belonging to a deceased person is found in the pocket of a person arrested for murder; could not the defendant prove that the deceased had declared that he had given the watch to the defend- ant? ithink such evidence would be admicsible, for it would fall under the exception of declarations made by @ person since deceased. and against the interest of the person making them at the time when they were made, Whule, therefore, I feel the difficulty of deciding this question and the danger of admitting the proposed evidence, 1 have concluded to overrule the objection and in Javorem vite to ire the defendant the benefit of every possible loubt. Judge Ludlow delivered a dissenting epinicn, and under the rule the evidence was admitte Ellen Dolin recalied—Mrs. Hill said to me at dif- ferent times that the house was Mrs. Twitchell and all that was in it, except the piano; she said tnat tie piano would be e's (Mrs, Twitchell) if she would only learn to play; she used to speak to me very often about matters concerning the house; the rea- son why I returned to Mrs. Hill's after leaving was because she and Mrs. Twitchell came after me on @ Sunday evening; she (Mrs. told me to come the next Tuesda; Hill) as the wanted to aee me; I did go to her and she said she had no girl, and wouldn’t I like to come back again; I said.as I was in no other place I hadn’t the least objection to return, and I did return; there used to be a man who caine to the house whenever she had any work to be done anout the house; he used to be there very often, and if he didn’t happen to come she always used to send after him; the dogs knew him very well; he used to come there Sundays; he the bell several times once when 1 was alone in the house and I didn’t let him in; she called him Conrad Smith; he must have been close on sixty years of age. Cross-examined—Smith used to come when there was anything to do; 1 do not know where he lives; 1 used to see him juently: when I was at Mrs. Hill's; | have not seen him since then; I believe he usea to witewash and anything ¢lse he got to do; he was a German, I believe; he came there the second Sunday I was there; he used to come there often to get his meals on Sundays; he also used to runer- rands for Mrs. Hill when she asked him; he used to clean up the Kitchen and the furnace and carry things to the attic; he used to come to the house on Sundays in the afternoon; the dogs knew him very well; when he came in they used to jump about him and make a great fuss over him and he used to play with them; they did not bark at him; he is an old oe man, dressed very poorly and was thin; Mrs. Hill always called on her daughter to do whatever she wanted done before she gave me orders to do it; in speaking of the plano, she sald to me she wished vo leave Muilie (Mrs. Twitchell) fixed; that the house and all were hers, and the piano, too, if she would learn to play; she always used the same words to me in speaking about the property; L asked her once if she had any sister, and she replied she had none liv- ing; she said she had a brother; when she told me she had no sister I satd, “Then you will give all to Mrs, Twitchell,” and she said, “Yes, for no one ever did anything for me since my father died but my mother;”’ she said that she had nobody else but Mrs. ‘Twitcbeil to leave her property to, and that she (Mrs. Twitchell) wasn’t very strong, and would conse- quently be well provided for by her after she di she said she would leave the house and furniture she had, she said, another relative besides her brother, but she was far away; she spoke often about —? will, saying she would make onesome day Mrs. E, Carter, sworn—I knew Mfs. Hill when I was in the store 235 South Tenth street; she then lived near me on the corner of Pine street; I once uad @ conversation with her in relation to the pro- perty; at the time (November, 186¢) I had just started # house furnishing store, and she asked me what | paid rent for the store; I told her $450, and she re- plied that I might have had her store for $350 a year; I replied I wanted a house and store together; she saic I could have had her house tn Tenth street, above Wajnut; | asked her if she lived there and sie , “No, Lhave bought a piece of property for children, and I ata now living with them." Cross-examined—The conversation I had with Mrs. Hill was in November, 1866, about the 17th; 1 have given her words as near as I can remember them. Mrs, Chariotte Ilsenham, sworn—I reside at No. 924 Sansom street; | kaew Mrs, Hill in her hfetime; 1 knew her before she lived at Tenth and Pine streets some ten years; she used to come to see me very often some vears ago; she did not cali on me during the eight months previous to her death; I saw her last in her house in Pine street; I visited her several tumes; | noticed the relations existing between Mr. Twitcuell and her; I heard Mra. Hill speak about the house; she showed me all over it, and on my remark- ing that it was rather large she replied that she didn’t like it on that account, but that she had bought it 80 that Camilla (Mrs. Twitchell) might have a nice home ; she told me that she felt lonesome in it, it was so big and said she would move to her house in Tenth street whenever she could; she said once, “George and Camilla are getting in style,” and pointing to everything in the parlor she added, “aint [a good mother?” J have Mrs. Hill's dress at my house. Cross-examined—Mra. Hill's words were to me, “You know I bought this house for Camilla that she might baveanice home; when paying the visit during which this conversation occurred | stayed over two hours; Mrs. Twitchell was present when Hl spoke to me in this way; the last time | saw her was in April last; it was then that the con- versation occurred; I visited Mrs. Hill six or seven times efter she went to live at the corner of Tenth and Pine streets; the house she referred to, to which she said sue would ike to move, is, I think, the third house from the corner of Tenth street; she said to me once, “George and Camilla waut to live in style now,” and laughed. Robert B. Easier, sworn—I know Mr. Dobbins, the builde! went there with him and two or three others to make experiments in the transmission of sound from room to room in the batiding corner of Tenth and Pine streets; while they went into the second story back room Iwas invited to remain in the sitting room (back building); I then haliooed, stamped on the foo jooed murder and made a reat noise; We afterwards reversed our positions; £ listened attentively in the second story back room (bedroom); ey my ear within eighteen inches of the door, but could hear no sound whatev asked them if they heard me, and they said 3” the house is built with a piazza, and there is a distance of some seventeen to twenty-four feet between the sitting room and the bedroom; the doors are very thick. 4 Crossexamined—I hailooed, screeched and stamped op the floor when I was in the sitting room, William Zeiss was recalled and corroborated the testimony of the previous Witness about the trans mission of sound from the two rooins, Charles F. Hollingshed, sworn—The defendant's lace of business was at the foot of Cooper stree Jamden, N. J.; he had on hand there about 69,4 shingles; theae shingles were made by the umcbines in the defendant's asin; 1 am @ machinist; the defendant emp oyed the men of our firm to repair the machinery; it must have been worth $5,000, includi the cost of putting it up; he paid our men $100; I went to. Camden this after- noon and counted the shi ; im addition tiere were six thousand common wh bog no ap- ll were present when they were s#e- ther bills shown); these bilis are in m, ; the goods were paid for and deliver ned—All the js Were not pur- one time; Mrs. Hill Was present at ry parchase; two mantel mirrors were pur- aged; tne were made out to Mrs. Twitdhell; them to be charyed to herself; as present at the purchases, but did not ruer as Wo whom the bills should be mace : kle caine fo the piace @ day the sales and getged for theun: hot all made out at the same times le that she came to settle for e other occasions I charged the the bids we ii wae after the Wout putting her name down. Ke-direéi-| Koew tat the lady with Mr. and Mrs. ‘rwitcnen Was Mra. Hil; wh addressed her 6 they Used ile tert ner.” defence here offe District Attorney objected, but tl « ed the objection, work—i was t, a8 Baleewan with Clarke, gu Apr 21, 1806; yr change in the shingles now condi- jon they were ip previous to the murder; the shin- gies belong to a Mr. Wallace, I have heard; I always unders' from the defendant that the shingies were his own; I do not know whether the defendant dead paid for the macuinery in his establishment; he aves me @ balance of $130. John H, McCully, recailed—I sold Mr. Twitchell’s property at the stables for Cv0ss-exainined—It was a set of double harness, a herse and buggy; the property was sold since the murder; @ ware and colt weregsiso included in the sale. Joweph Crump, sworn—I have known Joseph Gil- bert, yho has testified in this case, some eighteen or twenty years; he bears a very ‘pad character for truth; & iss that I consider him @& dangerous man; | Would not place any reliance om him or be lieve him gydor oath, Cross-exagtined—I ceased to be on good terms with Mr. ¢ tin 1604; | have never spokes to him since but,o trath is very bad; from what I know of his charac- for truth I would place no reliance on anything would swear to, ‘amined—I formerly boarded with him; he not sue me for my board 1; he had me arrested the peace; he had a writ of replevin issued “Zeiss recalled know Mr Joseph Gilbert; is a |—I know Mr. Jo: ; Sincre chase Se truth is bad; I would not be- him under oath. Cross-examined—I was requested by oartain per- sons not to have anything to do with ; 1 heard Mr. Crump say he was not to be believed. 2 Name som who ever told you he could a id F ine nat y a to swear to not know what you wi when you came here? A. Assuredly I did, but I can- hot remember any other names without reflection. Q Have you not reflected? A. Yes, sir; during the past eight years, during which I have been toid to avoid Gilbert. The court here adjourned till to-morrow. ‘SUICIDE IN SEVENTH STREET, The densely crowded neighborhood of Seventh street and avenue B was, about five o’clock last evening, thrown into a state of intense excitement by the discovery that a remarkable suicide had been committed in the house No. 218 Seventh street. AS the news spread the huge tenement houses poured out their hundreds of inmates, all crowding eagerly to the house of horror, and a scene of wild con- fusion ensued in the street in front of the building. But the tidings had quickly reached the Eleventh recinct station house, and Captain Walsh instantly Respacched asufiicient police force to protect the house from the incursions of the horror mongers. When the police had restored order they entered the building and gleaned from the inmates that Nathan Konigsberg, a Prussian, sixty years of age, the owner of the house and one of its occupants, had cut his throat. The deed had been done tn one of the basement rooms, and the officers proceeding thither found full confirmation of the story in the nastly sight which they encountered. Konigsber; lay stretched upon the floor with great pools o| blood about him which had flowed from a frightful gash in the throat extending from ear to ear. The hand still retained the razor which had been used with such deadly effect that the windpipe had been severed; but ‘the officers were astonished to find that life was not extinct. Officer Waterman hastily procured a carriage, and the dying and in- sensible man was pace in it and conveyed to Bellevue Hospital. Upon the arrival of the officer, however, tiie attending Divan gave but one glance at his bloody charge recovery was impossible, for ter he a to George ‘Thcrme, reeailed—I have known Joseph Giivert for abput Uree years; his general character Baring removed the dying man, the officers en- deavored to ascertain the inducing cause for this desperate assault by Konigsberg upon hig life. It appeared that he had occupied the third floor, and from his gon it was learned that he had been adeater in jewelry, in which caliing he had amassed considera- bie property. It apyears that he had latterly become the victim of a morbid fear that his property was depreciating in value and that he was rapidly ap- proaching absolute destitution. ‘This fear, so far as could be ascertained, was the product of an unsuc- cessful negotiation with David Jones for the sale of the property, Konigsberg asking a price which Jones deemed to be previa and utterly refused to give it, notwithstanding the fact that he was ex- ceedingly anxious to obtain it. Up toa late hour last evening the wounded man was still alive, but it was considered that there was no possibility that he would survive until morning. BURGLARY AND ARSDN AT PEEKSKILL, N.Y. Thieves Rob the Office of the American Ex- press Company—The Building Fired and De- stroyed. POUGHKEEPSIE, Dec. 28, 1868. ‘There is considerable excitement in Peekskill over several robberies and @ conflagration there before daylight this morning. At about half-past two A.M. the inmates of a tenement house, known as the City Hotel, were suddenly aroused from their sleep by a sense of suffocation, Emerging from their beds hastily they ascertained that the house was on fire, the rooms already being filled with dense volumes of smoke. Hurriedly they ran to the street, by which time the fire e: es had arrived ; but a scarcity of water prevented the firemen from checking the ogress of the flames before the City Hotel and a dwelling next to it were entirely consumed. After the excitement over the destruction of the building ha@somewhat subsided, an investigation took place which resulted in tge tinding of the safe of the Ame- rican Express Company in the ruins, with the door blown off. The Express Company had an office under the City Hotel, and it is supposed that bur- gilars entered the building for plunder. After blow- ing open the safe with powder they took therefrom $1,200 in money, $700 of which belonged to the agent. It it thought that the building was then fired in order to draw people from their houses, when: the bd hs made other raids, robbing several dwellings in the neighborhood. By this fire, undoubtedly all the work of burglars, ten families have been de- prived of a home and all have iost everything they pn ed. There is no clue whatever to the bur- glars. TWE DEMOCRATIC UNION GENERAL COMMITTEE. Readjustment of the Representation. The General Committee of the democratic Union organization met last night for the purpose of closing up the business of the year and to provide for next year’s organization. The Chairman, Colo- nel James Bagley, presided. After the call of the roll and reading and approval of the minutes of the previous meeting, Judge Waterbury presented the report of the executive committee on the redistribution of members, assigning it ax foliows:—First ward, Second ward, 3; 1: ‘Third ward, 5; Fourth ward, 14; Fifth ward, 11; Sixth ward, 18; Seventh ward, 25; Eighth ward, 18; Ninth ward, 18; Tenth ward, 15; Eleventh ward, 29; Twelfth ward, 15; Thirteenth ward, 16; Four- teenth ward, 17; Fifteenth war®, 10; Sixteenth ward, 18; Seventeenth ward, 36; Kighteenth ward, 24; Nineteenth ward, 22; Twentieth ward, 29; Twen- ty-first ward, 23, and Twenty-second ward, 24. Mr. Kerrin, the Secretary, said that the original report had varied somewhat from this, and that cor- rections had been made at his suggestion. Judge Waterbury expiained that these were merely errors of caiculation, and that tn some cases a ward having @ fraction over the representation on the basis of one to three hundred voters had not been allowed an additional representative. ‘The report was then bee L, Mr. Murphy then moved that a committee of five, consisting of Messrs. brinckman, Halloran, Kerrin, McCool and MeGucken, be appointed to take charge of the issuing of tickets for the primary ciections and for the procuring of @ room for the next meeting. Judge Waterbory moved that Messrs. Woods and MeGoveru be added to the committee. ‘The amendment was accepted, and two or three more names were Offered, but under the call of “question” the committee of seven was adopted. (he primaries were directed for the 4th of January, the places for holding them tobe advertised, and the meeting adjourned. EUROPEAN MARKETS. Lonpon Monty MARKET.—Lonpon, Dec. 28—11:30 A. M.—Consols open at 214 for money and 92% for account. United States five-twenty bonds quiet and steady at 744. Stocks quict—Eries, 2634; Llinois, 95. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.—LIVERPOOL, Dec. 28—11:30 A. M.—The market opens quiet at the fol- lowing quotations:—Middiing uplands, 10%d.; mid- dling Orleans, 107d. The sales of the day are esti- mated at 12,000 bales. Liverrool, BRRADSTUF? MARKET.—LIVERPOOL, Dec, 28.—Wheat, 118. 10d. per cental for California white and 9s. 10d. for No. 2 red Western. Flour, 268, A 268, 6d. per bbl. for Western canal. Corn, 383. 6d. per quarter for mixed Western, EUROPEAN MARINE NEWS. Lownpon, Dec. 28.—The steamship Columbia, Cap- tain Carnaghan, of the Anchor line, arrived at Queensiown last Saturday afternoon; all weil. Hav- ing Jost her screw in a violent gale when a few di out from New York for Glasgow, the Columbia m: Port as above under sail. SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 28.—The steamship Rhein ar- rived yesterday, _ QUEENSTOWN, Dec, 28.—The steamship City of New York arrived yesterday, A BATTLE AMONG THE BIRDS. From the Paris Kentacklan, Dee. 23, We all remember the legend of the war between the birds and the beasts, in whicl the poor bat held a doubtful position, aiding with the one or the other aa the fortunes of the fight seemed to turn. We have not Regn | a similar agair to record, but one which is akin to it, inasmuch as it Wasa battle between birds of almost tireless wing @nd those which do far more waiking than flying. Mr, Chambers Brent tells us of a ing Fe Which happened on his piace on Cooper's Ran the other day. A turkey strayed from the flock into @ corn field near the house, wi some crows were pickipg up scattered dropped from the wagon as it over the fleld. Singling out one of the trespassers he at- tacked him flercely, and the gallantly resisted the assault. Then ensued @ t which lasted for some twenty minutes, the turkey seeming to have the advantage generaily, and was on the point of compan: killing the crow, when some of the jatte: fons flew to the rescue. The flock of La! , Keel g the turn the affair was taking, sped valiantly to their comrade’ stance, and the battle vecame general, the worsted little black warrior making his escape during the melée, The crows were soon routed and Tose into the air with loud “caw-caw,” which we Suppose the turkeys took as a threat to return with re-enforcements, as the hens chirped encout id ment to their wattied beaux, and those gallant he- Toes, euding back a load ee of deflance, strutted ‘In ail the pride of victory. hext oceurs another fight, May we 0 wee. A VALUABLE OVSTRR, IF THR Stony is TAUR.—A friend with Whora we were dining the other day put @ fried oyster in his mouth, and after biting itfound bis mouth fall pearis, We counted the number contained in (ua single oyster and found it to be over forty, many of them being larger thas a pea.— MOnigomery shit, Deos thy efore he declared that. SHIPPING NEWS. Almanac tor New York---This Day. + 7 24 | Moon rises.... eve 515 «4 40; High water.morn 8 04 PORT OF NEW YORK, DECEMBER 28, 18 Herald Packages. Captains and Pursers of Vessels arriving at this port will please deliver all packages intended for the Hegapto our regularly authorized agents who are attached to our Steam Yacht fleet. The New York Associated Press do not now collect marine repdtis nor attend to the delivery of packages, ‘as will be se6a by the following extract from the proceedings ofthe regular monthly meeting held March 8, 1868 :— press Will discootiaua the collection. 6¢ aut nowe ta ie harbor of New York. Passed unanimously. eg The office of the Herald steam yachts JAMES and Seear catenins ia Paw ae sels will be forwarded free of charge. " CLEARED. Steamship The Queen (Br), Grogan, Liverpool—National Boarabp ‘Westphafla (NG), Trautmann, Hamburg-—Kun- ae Alabama, Limeburner, Fernandina—I K Ko- Bark Erminia (Br), Hi Be ok Arainie ( 1), Hilton, Liverpool via Philadelphia— « Bark Emma (Br), H ptr Emma (Br), Hemmet, Montevideo via St Marys, Ga— Bark Ada Carter, Kenney, New Urleans—R H Drummond Co, one Gem, Neal, Port Spain (Trinidad)—D Trowbridge & a bile Edward Everett (Br, Ryerson, Yarmowh, NS—Boyd Schr ‘Lilian M Warren, Warren, Port au Platt—Brett, Son Schr Eveline, Pearce, Barbados—D Trowbridge & Co. SchrL A Van Brunt, ‘Tooker, aibarien—Van Brunt & laght. pStht Prairie Bird (Br), Coldwell, Haltfax—Crandall, Um- ray & Co. pet Maotta (Br, Sheridan, Cornwallis—Crandall, Um- 20. Schr Adelia (Br), Holden, 8 John, NB, via Portland—He- ney & Parker. jer Queen of the South, Corson, Mobile—E D Hunibur & 0. giScht Lavinia Bell, Bayles, Jacksonvillo—Van Brunt & ant Schr W N Gesner, Egbert, Richmond—Van Brunt & Slaght. Schr Robt Smith, Ba! iselin, New ‘London—-G K Rackets « TO. Sebr A W Thompson, Lawson, New Haven—G K Rackett & chr Dart, Johnson, Stamford. ARRIVALS. REPORTED BY THE HERALD STEAM YACQTS. Bisamahip Weser (NG), Wenke, Bremen Dec 12, and South- ampton 15th, at 4PM, with mdse ‘and 222 - richs & Co. ' Had very h seas thronghout the voyage. Dec 1, mater going to 8 NW, which lasted 16 hours, the sea running at the time to a fearful height and breaking fi all af ih Warrlvedat Sandy Hook atl PM esr nose The Steamship Alaske. Gray, Aspinwall, Dec 21, with - gers, mails Sod freasure, to qeetin Mail Steamship0o. Steamship Manhattan, Woodhull, Charleston Dec 26, 4 PM, with mdse and passen, to HR Morgan &Co. Sun- day, at 7 AM, 80 miles NE from Frying Pan Shoals, passed a small US propelier, bound 8; 9 AM, ‘48 miles N from Hatte- Tas, passed steamships Geo’ Cromwell, hence for New Or- leans, and Champion, do for Charleston. Steamship Albemarie, Couch, Richmond, Norfolk, do, with mdve and pasengers, to the Old Dominion Steamship Co. Steamship Saratoga, Alexander, Richmond, &c, with mdse and passengers, to the Old Dominion Steamship Co. Steamship BO Knight, Denty, Norfalt, 2 hours, with Ise and passengers, to Phillips & Brown. Brig Cacique (of Rio Grande), Cintra, Rio Grande de Sul S6.days, with hides, 4c,to.J Bento, Had N and NW gales on the coast. 24th 26th inst, off Oxy beter: had a severe snow storm. Nov 26, lat 12, lon 33 ‘at spoke rig Elia, hence for Rio Grande; 28th, lat 6 03, lon 85, brig Rush. joSTig Guiding Star, Carter, Montegs Bay, Ja, 18 days, with pac pon & Hunter. Been 7 dave No ras, inst, lat 27 45, lon 7916, apoke brig, Baie Putman, din company Putnam, St Ann's Bay, Ja, 18 days, with log- iare'hoer tin, idem Ratan Md rey (ni, iatamon with sugar, ac, to TT APA Dwight& Co. Had'constant gales the entire Ryerss Sacksonviit, 11 days, with lumber to Brig Julius, Brig Paragon, Stokes, Bangor via Bridgeport, where she dischar; he loaded rallro einai e zo - var port with raliroad fron for ir Grapesho! jan Blas, 21 days, with cocoanu toHoadley’s Go.’ Beet, during & neavy ule trom NW, was struck by agen, rendering the rudder uscless; steered with the saila remainder of p Sehr Annie (Br), Green, Halifax, NS, 14 days, with fish t Jos Nickerson, {dh and Wth inst,'30 miles SE of the South Shoal of Georges, during wy NW gale, carried a1 rud- der head, cathead and si rd bulwarks, and cauled the vessel to leak 2000 strokes per hour. Was obliged to heave to for 20 hours to repair pumpg they being choked up, Schr Magenta, Wilson, Machias,9 days, with lumber, to master, Schr'Julla A Rich, Patten, Ellsworth, 10 days, with lumber to Peterson & Co. Schr Ls Higgins, Franklin, 9 days, with lumber, to ry Simpson & Clapp. qSitt Wave, Baxter, Franklin via Bristol, where she dis- Schr Mary Brewer, Jameson, Rockland via Providence, where she discharged. tr McNeil, Snow, Portland, 5 days, with produce, order, SchraJ Bpeeray Hall, Boston for Baltimore. Schr Geo Mitche! ries Plymouth. Schr Sylvester Hale, Coleman, Taunton. chr Win Strickland, Howes, Fairhaven for Virginia, Schr Isaac H Borden, Borde: Sobr Maitidn, Holt, Covutt Point. Sehr H B Warford, Sprague, Providence. Schr Benj Brown, Strong, Providence. jompson, Ferriss, Providence for Jersey City. ‘Schr WW Hall, Toomey, Providence for Philadelphia, Sehr Maria, Hall, Weatetiy. Schr Corea, Blatchford, New London. SAILED. Steamship Alabama, Fernandina. Marine Disasters. STRAMSIIP COLUMBIA, hence for Glasgow, before re- Ported spoken with machinery daranged, arrivea at Queens- town 26th inst with all well on board. SHIP ATMOSPHERE, Oram, from Bombay Nov 5 for Kurra- chee, put back to Bombay Nov 17; cause not stated, BARK PALACE, which went ashore at Galveston in the je of October, 18°7, was got atioat on the 19th inst. he dredge boat had to cut a canal of 800 yards in length to get to her. In this canal shé now lies. Bark Fiona (Br), from Quebec for Liv has been svandoued seth Pettes Bank, Grew saree ee Bria HALIFAX (Br), from Jamaica for Boston, put into Halifax, NS, Mth inst with captain (Rourke) dead, But Exner (Br), from Weymouth, NS, for Salem, lost her deek load in the gale of the 1sth inst,’ and «ubsequently went ‘ashore on Butler's Island, near Yarmouth, NS. Brig GroncIANA—The whalebont before reported picked up by steamer The Queen, at thi a is supposed by some to the missing brig Georgiana, of New Lon- dot that another boat, unlike any carried oy the brig, being found near it, leads people to believe that two ves- sels collided in that place. It is improbabr, if this is the that both vessels were sunk. On the contrary the crews of both vessels may be on one of them, and will be heard from in due time. Buia Coxpova—A despatch from Matanzas states that brig Cond Eddy, for whose safety fears were entertained, arrfred a thal por ate inst, all right. ‘No particulere aa to detention. Brig Express, Young, from Harwich for Baltimore, wis oken on the 23d inst, short of provisions—would try to reach elburne, NB. BRIG SAMUEL LINDSEY, from Liverpool for Philadelphia, qreh put into Hatta, NS, 2th Anat, with lose of rudder, &c, had also thrown part of cargo overboard. Sonn H W Jounaon, Comstock, frou New York for Mo- bile, before reported put into Savannah for repairs, lost fly- ing }ibboom, bobstays and other sails, stove boat and sus- tained other damage. Sone ETHAN ALLEN, Blake, at Savannah, reporte lost an anchor off the bar, having partod chain in 4 oF § fathoms. Soun Trortc Binp (Br), McDougal, from Cardenas for New York, which put into Neport 12tn inst, with loss of sails, ic, havingipurchased a new sult of sails throughout, will pro- ceed the trat wind, Sour RRLIANOR, for Rockland, with corn, bef ashore at Cape Isian th. ‘ore reported i, NJ, was got of Mth. Damace not at Philadelphia from New York, got lorse Shoe, Delaware river, and had injured. was extricated by the eliy ioeboat ‘and towed up to Philadelphia. CaLourTta, Nov 17--The St Albans, for Boston (eee cargo), was th collision this morning with a vessel in Garden Reach’ and in reported to have crushes her rudder 10 pieces. FALMOUTH, Dec 18—The Montana, Harriman, from Lon- don for New Zealand, has put in with loss of anchors, Liverroot., Dec 12—The Alice (s), Tutton, from New Or- Jeans, has arrived here with damage to tn a harrl- cane Nov 80, lat40, lon 48. Experie: since suo. cension of heavy westerly Dec 6, at 6 PM, in int 45 N, of Liverpool, waterio; ly maintopmast gone to bowaprit, sternposts out, i ‘and several of her to close of het topaiies t, Steenken, from fon Bh; pacsod the bark Lancaster, foremast found no person on board. PLYMOUTH, Dec 18—The Arnold *Bon!n; Rotterdam for yw York, has fa with loss of f ast head, mainmast sprung abd leaky, in a gale from SW, Dec 6, Jat 48, lon 14, Miscellaneous. Pursey Mallory, of the steamship Alaska, from Aspinwall, has our thanks tor his attentions, Spoken. Ship Moses Day, Woodward, from Bath f ee Erie, Od Tommalier tenes Mew Onna, Sbip Crawshay Bailey, from Shanghae for New York, Sept in Straits of Sunda, fark Gelente Clark, from St John, NB, for New Zealand, Milark Havelock, from Shanghae for New York, Oct rk Havelock, trom or China Sea. . aan Foreign Ports. ANTWeRpP, Dec 14--Sailed, Anna Christine, wa sg NYork. ADEN, Nov 24—Salied, Glide, Hathorne, Muscat Axstan, Oot 16-—Passed by, Prince Waldemar, Jages, from Singapore for Boston ; 2st, Hesfodel, Beyfield, from Shang- hae for NYork. rahe Dec 15—Arrived, ship Molocka, Hawthorn, or! Balled 18th, bark Bolivia, Whiteberry, New York ; 19th, shi; Win Cummings ater ‘New Orleans.” 3h extal Bristo (Pill), Dec 18—Arrivea, Huntress, Vincent, New York. ap aa Dec 10—Sailed, Chapman, Bjornness, New Or- leans. ion from Royan 10th, Konigen Augusta, Pritekow, New ‘ork. = BomBay, Nov 17—Artived, Pride of the Port, Jordan, Liver- poo Failed 14h, 8t John, Bursley, Rangoon; Moravia, Patten, Galle; Richard M’Mabus, Foster, do; 1b, Rocklight, Wit jarna, Akyal Datavia, Nov 3—Arrived, Arlington, Bartlett, Shanghae. AG ADIt, Dic 4—Arrived, baie White Wing (Br), Wall, Gib: raltar. Fre. Dee 10—Salled, Prima Donna, Perkins, NOrteans, Arrived, Heroine, Nickerson, Madras. 1o—Art Loch Lamar, Grant, Galle; Curt on; 1th, Calllope, Simons, Port P Whitney, Becknell, Bombay; 15th, George H Warren, Burwell, Boston. Salled 13th, Castine, Thurston, Bombay. Daat, Dee 4 Arrived, St Dunstan, Waleh, and Constan- Jag, Crévver, NY ork for London (aud’ both proceeded). F. 0" Dec 20—Arrii steamebip ALWer ved, Arago, fe GENda, Dec?—Arrived, Anna Wellington, Owens, Philadel. HOLYHEAD, Dee 13—Put in. Avalan: from Liv- or ten et rs ‘ae jouveau NY seen riba Masson, arth ‘ork 5 y Cleared 11th, Ella § Thayer, Thompson, New Orleans. Hsrvorr, eo is—arrived, Eilphalst Greely, Halcrow, be. abr Eamg ca. tatatat, name, St i, ‘ool H Tavnor Wiens, Deo "-Olf the’ Needles 12th, ‘ablp Fawn, Nelson, from London for NYork. LiveRpoo: -Arrivea, Gardner Colby, Dunbar, Sa- vanuah; 14th, Golden Horn Oy harieston, Sailed 12th, Lake Ontario, Mc! Macbeth, C n. Farlane, 'NYork; Vesta, Kol- asa ‘Francisco + Mag: Baltimore; Sava: York; Oscar, Prim, Jensen, dtd Clarke, Whitmore, Cardenas; Ocean, Jones, Enlered out 12th, Alloa a} Tutton, for New Orleans vis Havana; Russia (8), Cook, NYoric. Lonpon, Dee 12-"Arrived, Scotia, Delano, Rangoon; Mist, Lincoln, Bassein : 14th, Eleanor, Patten, St John, NB. Cleared 12, Cea 4}, Wilkin, NYork (and lef Gravesend ‘Salied from Gravesend 13th, Rhine, Kommerling, NYork. Lara, Dec 13—Salled, Leith (s), Barnetson, Savannah. Saancaw, Deo i—Selied, brig (NG), Kroger, Phila- Pb In port Deo 7, ships Webster, Freeman, for NYork, to. sail 20th; Energy, Caulking, for do, to saif 10th; Laine (Rus), Sandroos, to sail 16th. te Ln ime) Dec 10—Entered out, Willkomen, Domcke, for N Yor! 2 Ba wrene Ctony Deo Ti—Satled, Alice Graham, Morgan, ‘ranciaco, PLYMOUTH, Dec 13—Off the Eddystone, ship Daniel Web- ster, Brown, from London for NYork. Papa, Oct 38—Arrived, W A Farneworth, Hawes, Bax win. ‘QUEENSTOWN, Dee 14—Arrived, Erin (#), Webster, Liver- 1 (and sailed for NYork); 28th, Columbia jaghan, York for Glasgow, under canvass; Nebraska (8), Guard, NYor« for Liverpool, SINGAPORE. Nov 5—Arriyed, Amy Warwick, Haifenden, Manila. American Ports. BOSTON, Dec 28—Arrived, steamers Saxon, Boggs, Phila. delphia; Neptune, Baker, NYork; brigs Annie Eldriige, Clit. ford, Maracaibo; Day Spring (Br), from Aux Oayes, and Acrolite (Br), from Port au Prince; sehr E ¥ Crowell, from Turks Island. BALTIMORE, Dec 25—Sailed, brig Delopea; schr Oliver Jameson. 2ith— Arrived, steamer Wm Kennedy, Parker, Boston brigs Union (NG), Rlo Janerio; Chesapeake (Br), Wilson, Dem- arara; schrs Joseph Nickerson, ty NYork; Weat Den- nia Crowell, Boston; A A Andrews, Rabbins, Boston. Glared——Brig Finke, Sr (N G), Ebell, Belfast, Ireland ; schrs Uncos, Champlin, Norwich ; George Hunt, Portiand.-s BARER'S LANDING, Dec 25—Arrived, achr Win Ht Rowe, Whittemore, Hoboken, BRISTOL, Dec 5—Arrived. schr America, Reynolds, New York: sloop Harveal, Corwin, CHARLESTON, Dec 23--Arrived, ship Gorilla (Br), Jones, Liverpool; schr Nellie F Burgess, McKean, Boston. Sailed—Steamehip’ Camilla (Br), Peace, Liverpool; schr Thos Jefferson, Briggs, Mobile. 28th—Arrived, steamship Magnolia, Crowell, NYork; schr Mary Risley, Philadelphia. chr Rosalle Harbis, Bahama Islands. FALL RIVEE, DooS—Arrived, achr James Nelson, [Sta ‘ork. Mipailed Schr yohn Crockford, Briggs, Baltimore, GEORGETOWN, SC, Dec 17—Arrived, schrs Emma, An- thony, NYork; ED Finney, Tuttle, do; ‘George i Albert, Mc- Donald, Boston; 19th, M Merrill, Weeks, Georgetown, DU; M Patten, Harding, Elizabethpor}; M Stowe, Rankin, NYork; 20th, brigs Reporter, Coombs, Providence; Carver. Meyers, Souingion (Edward Gray, of Bluehill, Me, aged 19 died at sea on board; his was taken to George- ‘town and interred there). LAVACA, Des 18—In portchra Abbie Campbell, for New ‘York. dg; Agnes, from Hensacols, diag. ‘MOBILE, Dec 82—Arrh ps Marchmount (Br3}_ Cum- wings, Lontion Crusader (Hn, Jenkins, t Vincent, GV. NEW ORLEANS, Dec ived, ‘steamship Bienville, Baker, NYork, via Havana; ship Thos Harward, Strickland, Philadelphia ; barks Joshua Loring, Loring, NYork ;Antoinet- tia, § ») ——; Sea Coste, NYork. Below, coming ap i ‘Asironom, Klopper; Bremen’ bark Maria (Sp), Ballor es. ila Cleared—Shi} berg, for Havre; Artisan, Smith, for Boston; barks Gueyaqull (3p), Rosselly Yor Bi copardy, Mithleson, for Marseilles lg wie Jona; Leopard, ‘33d-—Below, coming up, steamuhip Cortes, Nelson, from NYork ; shi Lady Claredon, Bailey, from Liverpool ; Arran, Lawson, fom “London; bark Conception, Payes, {rom javana. ‘Cleared—Steamships Bremen (NG), Neynaber, Bremen, via eearet Peomnampton; Losone’ Hover, NYorks trade Wind, Morell, Belize, Hon} bark Lucy A Nichols, Banean, 2ith—Arrived, steamships Cresent City, Weir, NYork; Mariposa, Berry, do. Balled —Steamship United Norton, NY. ‘ork. SOUTHWEST Pass, Dec 2 —- ships Gettysburg and NORFOLK, Dec %—Cleared, schr Julia A Barkel, Larder, Qn NEWPORT, Dec %, P M—Sailed, brig Wm H Parks, Lane, Belfast for Savannah ; sc! wis, Portland for Washington, D C MIHIS vrnchburne kine ston fe for Washington, D C;’ Millie Washburne, Atwood, Boston for ‘Tangier B Hopkins §Newcomb, do for do; Newell B Hawes, Paine, do for do; Fisher, Newcomb, do'for do; Lookout, Barnard, Port- |. _and for Washington, DC; Abbie Pitman, bo} Wood" Hole for Charleston} Auiella, Fost, Newburyport for New ‘Mth, P M—Arrived, brig J W Woodruff, Haskell, Calais for NYork; Morancy, Hix, Rockland, for do; schrs Vulean, Small, Wareham ‘for do; Addie F Cole, Gole, and Mary Svecle, Higging, Boston for Virginia; John Crocklord, Briggs, ver for Fall Riv timore. ‘26th—Arrived, schra James Henry, Seal Harbor, NS, for NYork; Capitol, Winterport, Mt ‘Rock: land for Norfolk; Gertie ; Annie E Martin,’ Buell, Boston for Jacksonville; Nellie Brown, Higgins, Boston for Richmond; Hero, Kelley, Salem for NYorl Wth—Arrived, schrs Josiah Whitehouse, Rook Qhariosion ; Seventy-six, Teal, do tor, Nortolic; zig Achorn, apd Lucy Ame, Fianders, Rockland for NYork; July Fourth, Cobb, Bangor for do; ‘A Webb, Boston for Richmond; Dictator, do for Virginia, Wind E, mowing. NEW LONDON, Dec Arrived, schr Waterloo, Sinith, York. Safled—Brig Wm H Sawyer (from NYork), Boston. NEW HAVEN. Dec27—Arrived, schrs James H Hoyt, Ru- by, Baltimore ; Rachel A Edwards, Edwards, Virginia. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 26—Arrived, steamship Norman, Crowell, Boston; barks Eliza Oulten (Br), O'#rien, Liver- pool; LG Bigelow (Br), Corning, New Haven. LEwes, Del., Dec. %,6 P M—Bark Busy, brigs Julia E Arey and’ Clata P Gibbs, before reported, ‘remain /at the Breakwater; bark Jenny, for Bremen, was towed to sea this morning: schr } ¥ B Colton, from Philadelphia for Barbadoes, went to. sea this at a, ‘CAVE ISLAND, N. J., Dec. 96—Bark Idolique, from London for pttenepale Mees into the Breakwater lay. PROVIDENCE, Dec %5—Arrived, schrs Hatue, Carter, Da- Willow Harp, Davis, and Laurel, Coombs, Aicxan- dria; Y¥ x Teazer, ywman, Baltimore; R L Sherman, Talaneyy and Geo Hotchkiss, Rackett, Elizabethport. Sailed Schr Joseph Baxter, Nickerson, Baltimore. saad ‘Isaac P'Hazard, Northrup, NYork. Sailed—steamer Hunter, Harding,’ Philadelphia; Br bark Frances Bourneat, Perry, Savannah. ‘@ith—Arrived, steamer Harvest, Chadsey, NYork. RICHNOND, Dec 26—Salled, brig Alice, Loud, Rio Grande del Sul. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 28—Arrived, Corsica (Fr), Char- ron, Bordeanx ; Kingston, Rombay, Bailed Kenilworth, and Tenby Castle, Liverpool. NNAH, Dec’ 24—Arrived, schre Walter Thorndike, Ralv@tout NYork; Wi Johiwony, Gomatoek, do for Mobile, ork j johnson, ck, do for Mobile, putin in distress, ‘Sailed—Bark Lamplighter, Conklin, NYork ; schrs Enchan- tress, Covert, do; Nevada, New Haven. 27th—Arrived, steamship Gen Barnes, Morton, New York; achra Conservative, Norfolk; Grand Pre, Boston. Salled—Steamer New England, Prentiss (from New York), A lopkit itawes, do for do} Richard k ss for ived, sehr Key West, havi led. LEM, Arrived, scbr Henrietta Simmons, God- frog, Poliedelphs. Satied, achr Lizzie Maul, Buhler, Philadelphia ul SOMERSET, Dec 26—Arrived, schr Sarah W Blake, Blake, NYork, : WILMINGTON, NC, Dec %—Cleared, steamship Mary Sanford, NYork. Or, THE MYSTERIES OF NEW YORK LIFE, OUT ON WEDNESDAY, “IN THE FIRESIDE COMPANION, LL PAIN 18 THE RESULT OF INFLAMMATION, WOLCOTT'S PAIN PAINT on Femoves tt. Try it free, at 170 Chatham square, New York. BSOLUTE DIVORCES LEGALLY OBTAINED I A different States, No publicity. ‘No charge till aves Also Notary MISCELLANEOU POOR NELL; obtained. Advice free. Public sioner of Deeds for every State. chraherasal Fel. KING, Counsellor at Law, 261 Broadway. BSOLUTE DIVORCES LEGALLY OBTAINED busine No ee eicean shames: No jut a ‘ool ‘unt lvorce is ot 1. dvice free, “ ee HOUSE, Attorney, 78 Nassau nreet BEAUTIFUL ASSORTMENT OF PARIS FANCY GOODS FOR IDAY PRI HO ESENTS, GLOVE, JEWEL AND HANDKERCHIEF ROX! BISQUE STATUARY, ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS, BOBEMIAN DESSERT TOILET WARE, &C. IN ROSE, WHITE wear ans GREEN, ze Clocks, Mantel Sete, Groups ang Statuettes, ‘A full assortment of GORHAM PLATED WARE, At manufacturers’ prices, a FINE PLATED WARE, EXTRA QUALITY, Of our own manufacture. Decorated French China, fine cut and engraved Glassware, Parian Statuary, &c. Oil Patotings and Alabasters from Italy. Chan od Gas Fixtures of the handsomest pattern: tn gins ‘aod ormolu, of foreign and domestic manu: facture, N. B.—Holiday Presents selected in adv fall aimed fe deli vt fled ¢ isda ‘al godt imme. ye rf |AUVHWOUT & CO., 488, 490 and 499 Broadway, corner of Broome street, Al-rgics DRAWINGS . Missouri and Kentuel Got’ ae OLASB NO. 51, Oh ebount—chabe no. Lotteries. 5 oa ie a = rokMn . iy 1, 43, RENTUCRY—RXT! a oka *S ope fstien eid KENTUCRY—OLASS NO, 716, D! My i 5 8, aM," 43, Intotmation turnlaved in the afore’ and'sleo Roy's! Havana Lotteries by J. CLUTE, Broker, 200 Broadway and 103 Fultoa giteat. “\HAMPAGNE, ‘Received of Jate a fresh of Moet & Chandon’s Verzenay ‘ ‘and Vin Imperial (Green Seal), of the vintage 1865, in wines to this city. For sale with ail the first Glass dealers PONT OROLB. Naw Yous, December 16, 1868. ORDEN HOTEL, 142, 144 AND 146+ RAST FOUR. Wlconts strdet saponite vow ‘Tammany Hal, Academy of Masle and within the immediate vicinity of ali fashionable places of amusement, is now open to rece(ve guests, both per- Mnanent and transient, at reasonable prices. Rooms in suits . sha: G. P WORDEN, Proprietor. | 869-21 tHe COMPLIMENTS, Al, OF THE SEA- JD. son, abt See CORN WALL'S Grecian Bend and other styles New Year Cards. Reading room, Fifth Avenue ‘Motel, aud at the pringipal stationera: ote this season, which they especial refe lying the NEW YEANS TABLE NEW R's TABLE NEW 'S TABLE NEW bi TABLE of toon os ry id to friends who honor them KNICKERBOCKER Hi camel jOLIDAY, SOUNTEOUS AND HOSPTr OARD. Our Coffee department is ee ‘he larga per. haps in the country. We run 4 sometimes four and five, in roasting an \ding our coffee. Our cotfee buyers most of the cof- fees im ant finest flavors for our trade, “We employ the most expertenced and skilful ronsters, who ie care that it shall be cooke in @ perfect manner. It is always for our ordera crowd our facilities | to, ra capacity, A Ket of late is ‘ked while pods and ch seeiba Veartinetal a open the Thief not ‘good. as that which ripens in the to a se rscotie dindaguias the, gaturaly ripeted from can Ingul ie sntasially cured, and te only buys tho coffee ‘which is natu Hg Sipehed, We examine the cargoes an goon ha fey art |. We e: Tally Figen, Me ‘oo inne tase it roueiren al tae beens Lose? ‘This 1s what gives our coffee a superior flavor to many others and makes it so universally popular a1 consumers. It is common saying that most colfee does not taste as well as it formerly did. The reason for it is that siderable on of it is picked before it i fully ripe. sell none but the fully ripe, rich tlavored coffee, ‘The compaay are also receiving the cholcest . NEW CROP TEAS from the best tea cites of. Shine race sare fi at pack ay of any size at the lows them up In neat PackeenGO. PRICES, CARGO PRIC! CARGO. PRICE AND ALL WARRANTED TO BE CHEAPER AND BETTER tban can be purchased elsewhere in the city. Orders can be left at elther of the compat stor t by post, directed to headquarters, 31 an: y street, an Perot will be forwarded Loruwith 40 any part of the city without extra charE) HOLIDAY TABLE will be complete without the GREAT Cian cO."3 COFFEES AND TEAS, 's stores or sent @ (black), rod Wo ote; Best BI pest OOLONG (black), 70c., 80c,, 20, + . D. nd black), 40c., 80¢., 90¢. ; best @1 per Ib, Seen Tere ae cP ABT (black), Sey ddc., ly Bt 10; eat $1.20 per Ib. MPERIAL en), 80c.. 90c., 81, B1 10; best 125 per Ib. YOUNG HYSON (green), 60c,, %0c., @l, $1 10; best G1 25 per Ib. NCOLORED JAPAN, 90c., 81, $1 10; best $1 26 per Ib. GUNPOWDER Green), best ‘a ‘0 per Ib, La {8 ROASTED AND GROUND DalILy. oO! . COFFEES ROASTED AND GROUND BAILY. GROUND COFFEE, 20c., bc, 80c., B5c. SRO Nise, ealoot, bo 3 “ fee can that : large quantities of Coft economize article by using out FRENCH BRE. KFAST AND SINNER pri COFFEE, which we sell at the low of Sis. pes pound and warrant to give fect satisfaction. RO. ‘ED (un- und), BUc., Beet @c. per pound, GREEN (anroasted),, Sey B0c., 38¢., best 85c. per pound. From five to eight profits fa by purchasing of HE. GREAT AMERICAN GREAT AMERICAN GREAT AMERICAN GREAT AMERI "ANY, TEA COMPANY, TEA COMPANY, juarters + Nos, 81 and 83 Vesey street. 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