The New York Herald Newspaper, December 16, 1869, Page 10

~ A COUNCIL %F SCOLDS, SOCIETY DEMFATED AND DECAYED, ‘War to Knife ‘animes the Women and the ;—What Do the Women’s Rights Women Mean ?—Consulta- fion of Ladies and’ Doctors Upon the Subject—A Mon- ster Petition to Congress, ‘The alarming symptoms visible in that complex entity known under the soubriquet of “society” brought together a number of anxious and inte- rested friends yesterday afternoon at Packard’s ollege, corner of Broadway and Twenty-second wtreet, The meeting resolved itself into devising the best means for the care and guidance of the vener- able pauient, and to provide such specifics as would substitute a luminous mental condition for the moral obliquity and insane perversity appa- rent in the social institutions, particularly whose appertaining wo that fruitful source of trouble, “sex.’? The leaders of the woman's Tights movement in this city were there, fully armed With notable proofs of sundry aberrations on the part of “society.” The indefatigable Miss Anthony was there, evidently refreshed by her north eountry tour, She was blithe as a butterfly and earnest as Jonn Knox. So also was the handsome and stylish Mra. Wilbour, her heavy common eense and grandiose gait during the preliminary chit-chat con- trasting strongly witn the mercurial, intelligent by- play—snort, sharp and decisive as the ring of # rine—of the pretty Mrs. Blake, who was wie very impersonation of fun and coquetry. Jt would seem that either accident or design had turned the meet- ing mto proceedings in re lunatico inquirendo, 28 two medical practitioners were in attendance who had made a diagnosis of the case, and who pre- sented the melancholy facts of the tyranny, inhu- manity and brutality of social usages in a light almost as strong as the stentorlan strength of lung in which they expressed their high opinion of the entire want of deticacy in the nervous system ofthe ladies present. To epitomize tae medical opinion, all existing human wisdoin is folly, and the grand pile of sixty centuries of human experience ought to be pulled down and utterly razed to make room for a new social fabric, ju which “women’s rights’ should be the chief corner stone. The proceedings were under the presidency of Miss Susan B, Anthony, who feared that, during her absence from New York on this business, she had Jost the track of these meetings, Mrs. Crosby, the secretary, read the minntes of the previous meeting as hurriedly as she could, in Wich the most notewortfy incident was the ‘uf’ between Mrs. Norton and Mrs, Blake, relative to an Ml-undérstood assertion said to have been made by tue former allowing, as during the French revolu- uon, @ Woman to have eight liusbands, if they were all content with the arrangemeut, After wiicu, NOT PERTINENT TO THE SUBJECT, Miss ANTHONY Called the attention of those present to the anomalous condition of their associauon in regard to its name. They were calied by a variety ot names; but she did think it was assuming too qiuch to cail themselves the National Women’s suf- fsrage Association. They were at best but a handful. It seemed, therefore, consonant with reason that they should express by their name what they really were, By founding a cisy association they could call theuiselve by the distinctive ttle of the New York City Women’s Suffrage Association. Sue deprecated The idea of the press entitiing their body Miss An- ‘thony’s association, though she accepied IL as an evi- dence of her power, She did not diame the reporters for having things called by the wrong naimes; but somebody did 1. Miss HUTCHINSON, erroneously, undertook to say that reporters did not pwt tue headings to their re- ports. Miss ANTHONY politely assented. The Cleveland Heraid had, however, represented her as stamping her foot during the course of a lecture as if wm a towering rage. Alluding to Mrs, Stanton’s “stump ing’’ itin the West, she toid of a@ continuous series of lectures, followed by a large number of proselytes to the new Idea. Wyoming Territory had passed a bill alowmg women the sutrage, aud were it not @ mining instead of an agricuitura! coun- try Womelf, she Was satisfied, would flock to it as to a land of promise—ihe very thing, probably, ine shrewd Wyomingites wanted, Durtug the elections m England women bad gone to the polis, and the island was not yet swaliowed into the sea. A non- resident had written to her to complain of the senu- ments of Mrs. Mott and Mrs. Stone, wuo, the writer etated, had assertea if women were fit to partake of the sacratment they were 1it for the ballot. Mrs. WiLBOUR Wished It to be understood that they Were not responsibie for every Word spoken lus riedly in that room. fbeir country friend muse have been mistaken, as If it was likely Mrs. Moit and Mrs. Stone could be of the sae uind on any subject! ‘ ‘This diversion gave a text to Mrs. BLAKE, WhO suid the fact of some of the papers having pudiished the resolutions which were presented at their meetings would lead people to Uunk thet dark mignt and old chaos would resuit from the establishment of woman's siuirage. ‘That would not fairly represent them, A NICE, DELICATE CASE Suppose some member should bring here a set of resolutions proposing that the women of tis associ- ation should murder their hasbaods on an appointed niglit—although she trusted no such reso.aiion Would pass—the next morning the papérs would have it at fuil length, with “horrified coimu ‘That is rather bard. Suppose the United states Congress w be heid responsible for all tie absurd resolutions brought before it. She was in the senate chamoer once when Zach. Chandler brought 1n his reso- lution asking a declaration of war against England, and inthe papers next morning no mention was made of it, Jn this strain Mrs, siake advocated the notion of having ali the pretty things set down and all the naughty things left out. If women’s meeungs were designated “A Crinoline Council,” why not call those of men “a meeung of overcoats”? ‘Then she was called the pious Ajneas so oiten she was beginning to believe she liked tyat son of Venus, THE REMEDY. . Political power was absolutely necessary to wo- man. Without it they were powerless. Tuey shouid be on the Board of Heaith, among the School Com- missioners, and those of Biackwell’s Island. With. out the suffrage they could not attain to these eiy- siums, thereby to resurrect hamanity from tie slough in which It lay engulfed, -THANKS TO GOD AND THE REVOLUTION, Mias ANTHONY abnounced that a bill was about being presented to Congress for mcreasing the saia- Ties of the government officials. it was prepared by Mr, J. A. Broadhead, Secon Comptrouer of the Treasury, and Was @ unique instance of the lngrained idea of the !nferiority of women anu of the determination to make her piay second fiddle in every position and relation of lite, She would have read for them an adimirable letter on tnia subject, but belore doing so she wished to unpress upon them the idea that no such bill could even be con- templated, But the day of their redemption was Tast approaching, thanks to God and the evolution, GERTRUDE ON YOLITICS AND ON THE EDGE OF THE ABYRS, Mra, WILBour read the lecter of Gertrude to Dear Revotution, tt showed that the Comptroller's vill reduces the clerical force, both male and female, ta every bureau. and increases the pay and Classifica- ion Of cierkships, and changes the grade so that the iirst class will be the highest grade, not the lowest, as now. ‘The men clerks were to have $2,500, $2,200, $1,800, $1,500 and $1,200, according to class; whue the female clerks were to have only $1,200, $900 and $700. Males were to be classified; fernaies to be graded. From a woman's heart Gertrude asks why tls ingenious ianguage was used, It Was & gross Insult couched In cunning Janguage. Women are not playthings, not dolls: don’t want to be petted. If men are not able to live on their salaries not twice as large as those of wo- men, what are women todo? “Sha'l we starve? asks Gertrude. Or beg? Or, my fingers creiabie to write it, or—God forbid ? A WOMAN WITHOUT A GRIRVANCE. Mrs, Dr, HALLOCK approached the platform, and after opening her discourse, as if talking at che cheerless anatomy of @ grinning skeleton which hung over the dais for a moment, she turned to the meeting and with @ most benign face tola the auai- tory that it was the purest benevolence which brought her there. She had no grievance; she did tall for posterity, But sao recited the following Pay o— 1. The papers—one was the Stur—she believed there were two Siars—they were fallen stars— They had made it @ point to make her say things she had not, and never told what she said. 2, She dia not blame reporters or editors, but the vibrated lash of Une public, Who gorged themselves with faisehood, %. The public seemed to imagine that they of this Movement were a set of deformed creatures with one eye or one leg, or some olner equally enviabie accomplishment, 4. It was said, when she got up to speak, that the whole audience went out and leit wer to harangue empty benches, 4. She was so incensed she went toa lawyer, and notio a ye hall-penny iawyer or shyster be yg she was libelled. up the same tone, and repre- sented everything untrue, unjust, low, mean toa false. They ought to siut up and go into another 7, She conldn’t get across Broadway the other di at Fulton street, owing to the mad aud’ a ful and rushing a04 confusion of stages and vehicies. That was fee jement, & a ough women would be glad t Congress amd work there for nothing, they were not sent. THE BLRCTROPATHIC pocton. Mr. WinuiaAM WHITR, & magnetic and hom«o- = physician, Dext ‘discoursed on the tls to hich female flesh uy heir, and testitied to tue ill cone Oioued state of aogiely, WMICN Wus Organically and bad and wrong. He had come there to answer to the “feelings of nis conscience,” and to accuse Man of all tie injustice he bad perpetrated upon woman from the inning of the worla until now, Even in the most favored circumstances Woman was a sufferer and a slave. Men talked of sympathy with the negn and the Hottentot, Yet aiter the constitation iad been adminiatered fora century man born of a woman delighted in degrad- ing wowan, How could it be explaned ? Thus—The Tace started from @ low state. Alter this andsome compliment to adam and Eve the doctor waxed complimentary to thelr descendants. The race started low, and man, being stronger thau wotnan, enslaved her and acted almost like a brute. A PRACTICAL SUGGESTION, In the pulpits slavery was denounced, but women’s rights were wuored or su¢gered at. Weil, he tuought the time had come to look things in jhe face squarely, and if @ mimisier of the Gospel did not syinpauuize With them, well, Re wag the wroug ian ip the wrong place. THE DOCTOR'S SYMPATHIBS were all with ine ladies, Alter this dose of electropathtc sympathy, which was anything but hommopathic, Mra. SOMEKKY found fault with the ladies for spending so much time at the toilet instead of at- tending meetings like the present, Sne told two of her lady friends, who had “no time”? to come there, that thelr style in dress showed what eat up their time, it was a luxury to her te come. But fashion enslaved woman, and she did not see the advantage of letting the light into her soni. Even if proscribed she would come there, Persecution would not harm them. WANTS INFORMATION, She wanted to know dared the men clerks in Washington take double the salaries given to the women Mrs. BLAKE wished 1t to be understood that she did Not join in the attacks made on the press. Mrs. WiLpour told them to remember that a vote was the sesame to all good things—not to mind the papers, She didn’t care for them, She recom- mended private efforts everywhere. Dr. HALLOCK asked permission to say a word. If they were ever to get their rights it would be through the medium of enlightened public opinion. They funda should, therefore, attach much importance to whatever _vitiates ~— public sentiment. Reports were the straws on the surtace iat stowed the undercurrent of public feeling. Thereiore public opinion was wrong and bad. He entered bis strongest protest against all thas the ladies complained of. He claimed for them the equal protection of the laws, though ia regard to women they were organically bad. If women hat the rights claimed men would be raised to a higher stratum of morals and patriousm, A MONSTER PETITION. Miss ANTHONY told the ladies to prosecute the work of getting names totheir petition. In January it would be a monster In size and would express Lo Congress the myriad voice of saifering female hu- manity. THE FEMALE PARLIAMENTARIANS. The Pandora’s Box Opened—First Public Meeting of the Womens’ Council—Interest- ing and Harmless Proceedings. ‘That wing of the army of female reformers which foes by the name of Women’s Parliament, and fights on its own hook, and has no connection with the concern over the way, had a meeting last evening in the lecture ball of the Young Men's Christian Association to lay the plans and objects of the undertaking before such persons of both sexes as might attend. Before elght o’clock there were a couple of hundred comfortably seated and a couple of hundred more strolied in before tne performance commenced. The new hall, with its gas jets turned down low and barely enough light left to pick out the bright blue tracery in the carved woodwork of the galleries, looked somewhat like a theatre before the curtain goes up and the actors come out, The parliamentary ladies who intended wo come upon the stage spent some little tame in what might be called the green room—a capacious side box to the right of the stage. his was brilliantly lighted and hang with lace and damask curtains. While the patient audience, composed of ancient maidenuood, nondescript masculinity, plous young men, of the Young Men’s Curistian Association, and self-reliant young ladies, of no particular beauty save that charming “sassiness” of manner that makes them the terror of old logies, a good many glances were cast upwards at tue box, and guesses made as to who on earth the bewitching bionde curls belonged to Which every now and then duttered inside wie trapsparent jace curtain. “IE's MISS ANTHONY, I'LL BET,” said one young lady, who evidentiy never Ima her eyes upon the great and fair agiltor of woman's rights, as sue might Know that raven, and not blonde, 18 the color of the capillary treasure that adorns the head or the amiable susal Then, again, the amiable and lovely Susan has nothing to do with the parliamentarians. To use a homely byt expres- sive phrase, ske is down on that crowd, tooth and nail, and ieels as Uivie honored in being Wentitied mM aS A Coroner's doctor might ieel tn being he Coroner's wan.” She BAYS so, too, and has ick@l Up & shine’? with the members of Parlia- ment inany & time and oft, To wiom these blonde curls belonged was & question not satisfactorily set- ted tii the owner, Mrs, Charles Peirce, of Caiu- bridge, turmit » iuade her appearance. The suge @ consisted Ol NVe Chairs, a pitcher of water, Uliree bouquets of flowers-and wu reading desk, before (ue speaking commenced a dvor to the side of the haii opened and a string of young jadies in wihie vapory muslin came’ forth and seated themseives in front of the audience, for the purpose, a8 was afterwards experienced, of going \urough some vocal exercises. After tiis Mr. Jerome Hopkins emerged on the stage, and in a gort of hop, step and jump reached ‘tue other side and set the Organ squeaiing. The preiude over, there was a silence of @ few minutes, and thea @ rustie of sks aunounced the approach of the ladies who were to take part in the performance. The door at the side of the stage flew open and Mra. Densmore, clad in biack, lave coilar, hair a (a Brittany, walked forth looking every inch a queen of round ang mature years, Mrs, Demarest, ali in black veivet, exquisitely trimmed, followec, and Mrs. Curtis, a iady of severe couute- nance. sharp, angular and decisive, like Juuus Cvesar’s, wentjover and took a determined grip of a heavy chair, which ste planted in a suitable position, next to the fair artist in Jashion. Mrs. Pierce, the star of the evening and wearer of the bionde ringlets, took @ positioa ia front of the Stage aud let the full flood of light trom the gag buruers above iall squarely upon her New England face, Which Was fair as monumental alabaster and Seasoned with the meliowing tints of ume. Mrs, Dinsmoge opened pariiament by introauciog the lady iis! inéntfoned, who, in the true down East inatter-of-fact style, went to work right away, reading irom a copious yoluig ys Manuscript and rattling Over Jences of philosophy— hier menial and morai—with the breakueck speed ol a ateeple chase. Her subject Was United Woman- hood,” but there was anything save unity in the nu- ture of the discourse, Which was deligutfully din jolted all through. As far as she could judge, the unhappiness and evil which prevail in socievy may be attributed to the sexes not living together. One qoan, all aione by himself, would ve of very litue more use than One Woman, but when men combine among theniselves they revolutionize the world. if Womeu showed the same spirit of organization and combination a4 men do they would very soon secure ali the rights they are detnanding. Women should never ask for universal suffrage uuul Congress abol- ished the district system and gave minorities arep- re tauon, The woman's vote, anylow, only rep- resents her opinion; whereas the man's vote repre- sents not only bis opinion, but his fall moral and physical strength beside. She felt that there was someting serious ta the reflection tnat if women got the bailot, ail the degraded and ignorant nigger and foreign women would enjoy the same prt- Vileges as the virtuous, intelligent and conscientious American Women, She asked all present to join ihe association on the busis of pure womanhood. she believed women could be got to pay off the national debt in five years, if meu would only ask them; ont men take Nv pains to bring out what is nooie In Wo- men. Free jove, adultery, Mormonism and many other immoral excresences are coming into javor, on account of the disregard which xhibited to the proyer education of women, last ul Knowimg whereon to lay their heads, She believed there was something eise to be done before suffrage was asked for, She should hate women if she were a man for their apathy in everything that concerns their true Interests, She taiked much of co-operation and said it was bound to be the great question of this century, she said the cieaning of the city should be om the hands of the wowen, as they were ustomed to keep tbings straight and clean the domestic sphere. Sbe felt asiamed to ask for the ballot now after they nad given it vo the Irish, German and negroes. If they had got tt in the first Mush of the repuniiec, in the morning of its exist- euee, it would be someting to take a pride im, but now itis # barren and degraded thing. Mra. DeN=Mone made a brief speech explaining the objects of the association not to be sutlrage, but the social amelioration of womankind. ‘The row of girls in the front seats sang “How Lovely Are the Messengers’ (Mendelagolin), after which the audience separated, a good deal puzaled to Know the dite: between # Wor@n’s pariia- ment and @ woman's pow-wow under any other hame—A clear case, indeed, of the diference ‘twixt tweedledum ana tweediedee,”” WOMANS? SUFFRAGE IN MASSACHUSETT: The Convention at Worcester—speeches by Prominent Leaders of the Movement=Reso- lutions Favoring a Test at the Next Elece jiou—Adjourni Worvcrsien, Dec, 15, 1869. ‘The second and last day of the Womans’ Suffrage Convention was even more interesting than the first. In the morning steps were taken for the formation of county and city societies, with in- structions to call @ convention for that purpose Within afew weeks. Addresses were delivered by Mrs. Wiackwell and Mrs. Campbell, the latter, a new advocate of female suffrage, belonging in Springfield. Andrew Jackson Davis attempted to bring evan. gclica: Ourisvaae into uppopularity before tie Con- vention by dectaring that they failed to advocate wornans! suffrage; but toe attempted argument was efectuaily answered by the Rev. Mr, iowles, who showed thal many evangelical ministers were the Wari advocates of the reform, Mrs. Livermore deiivered an eloqvent and power- ful speech in favor of the cause whica bad called the Convention together, ‘The following resolution was adopted;— Rewlved, That this Convention request the executive com- miiioo of the New England Woman's Builrage Association, prior to our next State election, to interrogate the candidster ‘Of all political parties as to whether, in cage of election, thry will exert their oficial intiuence tn favor of the enfranch’«é- ment of the women of the commonwealth ; algo to uss every honorable means to defeat the election of All who fal! to Te pond or return a negative or evasive answer, In the afternoon Mrs. Mather, a missionary and leacher among the freedimen of South Carona, ad- dressed the meeting, and was followed py Mr. Black- well, Rev. Mr. Richardson and Rev, R, &, Snippen, of this city, Mr. and Mrs. 8. S, Foster, airs. Liv more and others, ‘The evening session was also occupied with speeches from many of the prominent movers in ‘he reform the most entertaining .and interesting por tion being the address by Mrs, Livermore, The result of the Convention fas been to awaken more iuterest in the subject of Woman's sudrage than has ever been felt in this community, A HOBOKEN SENSATION, eee Affinities and Their Consequences—Playing Fast and Loose With the Marriage ‘Tie—A Deserted Husband Completely Sold Out— Two Families Broken Up. ‘The steamship Hammonia, which sailed from Ho- boken on Tuesday, carried off among its passengers George Mersbuch and Mrs. Kirchner as man and wife. The undlushing woman who is @ party to this scandalous proceeding resided at the corner of Sec- ond and Bloomileld streets, Hoboken. Several days ago she persuaded her husband. who was in a dell- cate state of health, to gow a hospital in Philadel- phia, and he, with the blind obedience of ail the 1en- pecked unfortunates, adopted the advice. Finumg the coast clear, she entered into an illicit contract with Mersbuch, who had sold out his dyeing estab- lishment in Hoboken for $3,000, on the piea that business was dull, but really with the object of en- joying atrip to Europe with Mrs. Kirchner, wo ‘was recently bequeathed a legacy of $10,u00, Tals will inake the union all the more comfortable, for a time, at least, As soon as Mrs. Mersbuch ascer- lamed = that her husband was gone sie started off In her rage to ine residence of Kirchner, witch she found securely fastened. But jocks and boits are Wifling obstacles to an injured woman, ana she soon gained access. She carried off every article of much value, and svid Wiat she did not find room to stow away in her own house, In the meantune Kirchner, who had received # telegram anuouncing his wile’s departure, was on his way from Philadelphia, and wren he arrived at his house on Tuesday night he bad not so much as a chair to rest upon. This is not the dark- est side of the picture. ‘The intimacy which existed between one of the two husbands in this transaction and his wife’s sister Was suci as every decent men and woman will reprovate, ‘The French Consul telegraphed to the authorities at Havre to arrest Mersbucn on his arrival there. EXTYENSIVE CUSTOM HOUSE FRAUDS, Another Discovery of Frauds at the Custom House~Undervaluation of Sagur—The In- ternal Revenue Department Defranded on an Extensive Scalp—An Order Stopping the Withdrawal of Sugar from tie Bonded Warehouses. There have doubtless always been system upon system of frand perpetrated at the Custom House in Spite of all the vigilance the government might dis- play. At last, however, it seems, that strenuous and successful efforts are beiug made to bring these fraudulent transactions to light. The Blatchford excitement has not yet subsided when WHOLESALE FRAUDS IN THB BONDING OF SUGAR have just been discovered—a system which has been in such general operation that now, on its discovery, it has been found necessary to order the retention of all the sugar now in bond until a thorough investiga- tion shall sueceed the examination which led to the discovery that a system of undervaluation of im. ported sugar bas been carried on to an alarming extent, the officials therepy enriching themseives and importers by whom they were bri DISCOVERY OF THE FRAUD. As far back as Jast July Coionel Frank Tlowe, Special agent here ofthe Treasury Department, re- ceived instructions from the Secretary of the ‘Trey sury to re-examine aif reweign ail the sugar im- ported and bonded in the various United Stat bonded warehouses in this city, as the department had reason to believe that great irregularities existed in making the valuatiogs at the the of the original importatfon and bonding of the sugar. Colonel Nowe accordingly mace these re-examinations, and reported the result to the Secretary a Washington. AN ORDER TO STOP THE WITUDRAWAL FROM BOND at once foliowed. This Order compelled all mer- chanis desiring to withdraw sugar from the United States bonded warehouses of this city to first pro- cure from Genera! George W. Palmer, Appralser of the Vort, an order to Une effect that the sugar in- tended to be withdrawn had deen re-examined, ‘The discrepancies between the valuation maae of the sugar at the time of bonding aud its real value are very great and extend throughout all varieties of the article. So extensively lay this mode of de- frauding the governinent been carred on that the IMPLICATION OF MANY PROMINENT IMPORTERS has been discovered beyond a doubt, while gutlt has been at the same time brought home to several Custom House oftictals. Extensive as have been the frauds, it 13 not at present the inteation of the authorities to impede the sugartrade by any ex- treme measures against the culpable parties, importers will have to pay @ large incre betore their sugar will be bond. The average increase two cents a pound, and, considering the enor: mons extent to witch the fraud has been carried on and the immense quantity of sugar now in bond, the increase to the internal revenue wil! be very great. In many cases the sugar will be raised as much as three cents a pound, and many lots entered at the lower rates will be advanced to the higher rates. Colonel Howe has in his custody a large number of vials containing samples of the various lots of sagar re-examined and sealed by himself in the presence of witnesses. These samples will, m case of necessity, be used as evidence against the wmporters. Colonel Howe and Genera Palmer have msututed and conducted with great skill this movement to prevent this evormous fraud oa the revenue department. ‘ pOLiDEHMeN AS CouNTERFEIT sitavEns. Another Chance for Judge Bosworth. About fifteen minutes after twelve o'clock yea- terday afternoon two policemen, in full uniform, passed down Eighth avenue leisurely on their way to drill, m Captain Copeland’s squad, at the Twenty - second regiment armory. Fourieenth — street, They seemed in no hurry, as there w: plenty of time to reach’ Fourteenta street by one o'clock, and they killed time by looking into shop windows. Passing a talivr’s shop near ‘Twenty-eighth street, they espied some late style of nobby overcoats that they covetied. In they went hurriedly, told the tailor they desired to pur- chase a coat each, They were fitted by articles at fifteen dollars each, One put down a genuine ten doliar biil and asked his friend to pay the other five for him, fils accommodating friend put down @ counterfelt twenty dollars on the National Commer- clal Bank, and remarked iat is just the change. Please wrap the coats up auickly, we wil be late at drill.” ‘The officers took their buddies and hurried away. . £n route to Fourteenth streat they left them tn @ store until their return, 3 The tauior soon found out that he had been vic timized, and hurried to the Twentieth precinct sia- tion house, where he supposed the officers belonged, and recouated tue particulars. Sergeant Lowery detalied detective Brice to go with the tailor to thé drill room, where he picked ont man from a large line. On being charged with the of- fence the oficer, who beloags to the hirty-second precinct, remarked, “It is lucky you cam or you would never have found me.’’ Th accompanied the tailor and the detective fo the store Where the coats were left and turued tiem over as security for the rederpption oi the counterfeit twent As the officer will likely 9e put on trial odlenice tis waIue 14 Suppressed fo rf te present. DEMISE OF A VETERAN POLICE OFFICIAL. ‘The Metropolitan Poln force will be grieved to learn that Eldred Poluamus, senior telegraph opera- tor at the Central Police OMece, died about half-past seven o'clock last evening, at his residence in Elgnty- third street, between Third and Fourth avenu Mr. Polhamus, Who i8 about forty years of age, hus been suffering for several months from inflammation of the lungs. He entered the police force about nineteen years ago, ag cierk toex-Chief of Police Matsell, and filled that position until the disbanding of the force, He then proceeded to Chicago, on an invitacion from Allen Pinkerton, be about so soon under whom he filled a similiar position. Avout a year after he returned to New York and was appoinved puirolman of tue Twenty-sixth precinct by the late Commissioner Bowen. Forsome time he was hack iaapector at the City Hall, was then detailed as telegraph opera- tor atthe Central Office, where he has continued wotil his last illness, from which he died last night. Mr. Poihamus, who is 4 member of the Police Mutual Aid sBociety, leaves a wife to mourn lis joss, He was ratory universally peloved by the mem- bers of the force Who were oficialiy brought in cou- tact with bi. DELTA UPSILON. A large number of the graduate members of Delta Upsilon residing in New York city and vicinity met at Deimonico’s Jast evening and organized a New York club. Many chapters were represented by graauates of different colleges, and a general good time was enjoyed. Rev. Isaac Farrm, D. D., LL.D., Chancellor of the University of N York, was elecved President; J. Sandford Wever, Vice Presi- dent; A, R. Waite, editor of the University Review, Secretary, and T. F, Ludiam, Treasurer. It was re- solved (0 hold @ Vanquet at Deluuvuivo’s, Januaay 15. A METAPHYSICAL FOG, “The Scientific Sotuth tal uestion? Before Lvveral Club, ‘ne ninth meeting of this club was held last right #t the rooms of the club in Third avenue. There was a large atteudance of members. Tie p‘gper for the evening was read by Mr. Stephen Pear! /.ndrews, and the subject was “The Scienuiic Seluéon of the Governmental Question.” Mr. Andrews Gid not read a paper, Dut delivered an address which was very much overburdenea with technical metaphysical phraseology that very much interfered with the anderstanding of a very abstract question, dificuit to understand, even, when discussed in commonplace language. Pedantry, and not the neceSsities of a metaphysical mtellect, seemed to be the constraining motive of the lec- turer in the selection of this style of address; for in- cidentally Mr. Andrews condescended to speak,the language of ordinary mortals and to verify the axlomatic adage that he who sees his own ideas clearly can make them clear to others, ‘The lecturer said that for thirty years he had stuuied “Universalology,” and the results of that line of thought he should shortly publish in the form of a volume. There were bat three priacipies of all things in the universe, aud those three things were, specilicaliy, the Dumbers one, two and three, or, wm other Words, uni-lsm, Guaism, triunism. Con- siderable UUme was spent im the aefiniion of these three words; but the result was that the lecturer meant to convey the idea of unity in one- hess, and thea duality, and afterwards a Kind of triuiky. He then castigated the Engiist language because it Was not large enough to contain these potest ia complimented the German because It was capable. He illustrated the two antithetical principles, convergent aud divergent, Which, im reference w woverninent, meant, he said, centrauzation and de- ceutraiization, Lough he might offend his demo- cratic friends by stating it, the ideal of government was to his mind that of “a head centre,” an auto- cracy, @ disposiuon by the people towards an indi- vidual lead, When that order of things came to ve recognizea by our leading liberals, and the evil of the overshudowimg iniluence of one mind was avoided, tue party who adopted this line would be Lhe strongest party on the planet. In liustration of this, if Brigham Young were to come to New York, notwithstanding he was believed lo be unpopular, he would, by the force of his iu- dividuailty, command the entire press of New York without tie cost of a single dollar to himself. Why was this not the case wita thinkers generally, and the New York Liberal Club in particular? Because imey bad bo rallying poiat; and, strange to reiave, everybody was so pure-minded thas they had no per- sonal ends of designs to accomplisn, as Brigham Young would be likely to have when he visited New York. Mr, Andrews did not eulighten the clab as wo whether the visit of Brigham \ Oung was for the pur- pose of giving a few lessons to the iree lovers of the city, nor whether he had heralded his approaci by @ card in the Trwune, As Mr. Andrews delivers himseli again on this subject to-mpght at Piymptun Hall, perhaps he will enligntea the old fashioned people who believe in being chaste husbands to one Wile. He complained o! scieuce because it never asserted the soverignty of the individual, and informed the aemocracy of the cit; that, thoagh 1t Was moving in the right direction, it had not yet even ureaint of the possibilities of the in- aividuai political ireedom It might yet attain to. Mr. Andrews did not state what etfect such an announce- ment mignt have upon the Tammany rings, but pro- babiy ‘Tammany will be content with the dream that enabies them to dwell so long and undisputediy in city halls, In religion the lecturer thought that we had reached jhe climax of political and iotellectual freedom, an assertion that ts uot likely to be con- tradicted in view of the recent fantastic tricks played before high Heaven by certain great religious lights. It was a very sad mistake Jor a com- munity to bow to public opinion, and we had bowed down to that luol in a way that robbed us of all individuality, Reiormers were next attacked, because they protested too much and lost their balance. 1c was a great blunder to suppose that truth was simple, It was not so; it was very com- plex, and was kind of duaiity. Comta stood as the beacon of this age: but he was severely castigated, because, although he was a puilosopher, with the reputation of a worid, he did not take the troybie to define his ideas, whiie tne jecturer did, Mr, Andrews Was not aware of u Single philosopher who took the trouble to state the way in which he was going to use his words. The lecturer concluded with @ peroration a to tne bene- tits of universalogy iu placfag {hé gréat diverge’ cies of human thougnt into a great complex unity. A discussion followed, In wich Mr. Moran and Mr. Wakeman successfully endeavored to obtain a few grains of wheat Irom this chair of philosophic thougut and verbiage, of the Governme g- the New Yak BULROOM Red Promenade Concert and Ball of the ort}. seventh Regiment. The annual grand promenade concert and ball of the Forty-sevenih regiment—the crack National Guard of Brooklyn—was held in the Fourth street (Bastern district) Armory, last night, and it proved to be one of the most brilliant afairs of the kind during the _ present briliiant ball season, ‘The hall was decorated with exquisite taste, and all the arrangements were cre- ditabie to the various committees. Among the con- Bpicuous invited guests were Major General Wood- ward and staff, Colonel Bradley, Lieutenant Colonel Smith and Captain Fox, of Connecticut, and General Meserole and staff, of the Eleventh brigade. The judiciary was represented by Judges Voorhles and Eames. Benevolent Association Ball. The annua: pall of this society came off last night at Irving Hall, the attendance being much better than in former years, Robertson's Seventy-ninth Regiment Band discoursed appropriate music during the evening. Mr. William Clelland, the celebrated Highiand piper, also performed on that pecutiar in- sirument to the gratification of those present. Pyramid Association. ‘The Pyramid association held their annual recep- tion last evening at Apollo Hail and was well at- tended, about 150 being present. Grafalla’s band lurnished the music in their well-known style and dancing was baad up till nearly two o'clock ‘by the large and select company present. The arrange- ments, which were under the superintendence of a committee, left nothing’to be desired, Young Men’s Friendship Club. The annual reception of this associat.on was held Po® foe fees we oe Bm ke last nignt at Lyrié Hail, about 120 being present. The attendance was not as good as last year; but the number present was just enough to render dancing pleasant and agreeable. An efficient band discoursed appropriate music, and the devotees of Terpsichore “tripped the light fantastic’ till an early hour, The arrangements, under the superin- pcg or Mr. C, Lutz, were everything to be desired, LOCAL INTELLIGEN FIRE IN MANMATTANVILLE.—Last jevening slight damage was caused bya fire in the washhouse of baliding used by the Christian Brothers. CAR ACCIDENT.—Henry Downs, of No. 78 Grand street, In attempting to get on a car in Grand stree nedr Greene, fell under it and broke a leg. He was sent to Bellevue Hospital. Fiant BeTwksN WOMEN.—Last evening a fight occurred between Catharine Wendei, of No. 35 Forsythe street, and Catnarine Croft, of 61 Chrystie street. Wendel was badly cut in the forehead with a tumbier, ' FATALLY IxsuReD.—Yesterday afternoon while washing windows at No, 154 East Twenty-eighth street, Catharine Ferry fell from a third story win- dow to the pave fracturing ner skull, She was sent to Bedevue Hos pital. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—Last evening officer Finley, of the Eighth precinct, was called to No, 175 Wooster street, where he found # woman of abandoned character, named Annie How. ard, suffering from the effecta of a dose of Paris green, Which she had taken for the pur; of committing suicide, She was removed to the station house and from thence sent to Bellevue Hospital 10 a critical condition, Fing iN GOLD StrEET.—About eight o'clock last evening a fire broke out on the second floor of the five story brick building 43 Gold street, owned by Mr. DeGroot. The loss on building Is about $400, in- surance not ascertained. The other sufferers are 8, Singer, pipe manufacturer, rear of the second floos, 92,000; Marsh & Co., trusses, third floor, $200; Fred. erick Tl. Green, machinist, first floor. $900, and Hugh O'Brien, machinist, fourth floor; J. H. ftusal, machinist, basement, $100. The insurances of whe parties, if any, Were not ascertained. ARREST OF SHOPLIFTeRs.—Yesterday two women, who gave the names of Ann Miller and Dora Meyers, entered the store of James McCreery & Co., on Broadway, and while professing to be desirous of purchasing goods secreted $160 worth of silks in their clothing. They were caught in the act and turned over to officer Noxon, of the Broadway squad, Who arraighed thein at Jefferson Marke: dd they were committed in default of $1,000 bail each, On the persons of the women were found a goid braceiet valued at thirty dollars and nine gentie- men’s silk scarfs, for which no owner was found, The Jatter property is held at the Twenty-fifth pre- cluct station house to await @ claimant. George P. Barlow, of Florida, was found dead in bed at Terre Haute, Ind., yesterday morning, hay- ing committed suictde by taking laudanum. He ieft tue following letter:— Drax Farure—Tell my younger brother to heware of the dissipated course which bas caused my deaty, ours ayer, iu. Mave me buried near my mother, a a = z NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1869.—-TRIP%E SHEET. LONe am. ‘TAXABLE PROPERTY IN FLUSHING.—The following figures, taken from the assessor’s book, show the amount of taxable property in the village at the present time and also previous to the extension of the village linvite:—Old village bounds, 1863, $1,504,315; new village bounds, 1869, $1,566,480. Taxable property gained by eulargement of the vil- lage, $362,165, HEMPSTEAD PLAINS.—The plans for Mr. Stewart's railroad are all in the office and the route fixed as far as the western boundary of the purchase, which les about four miles cast of the village of Jamaica. All the farms on the eastern side of the Plains which were necessary to straighten Mr. Stewart's line in that direction have been purchased butone, Mr. Charlick, President of the Long Isiand Ratlroad, had an interview 1n relation to railroad connections at Hempstead Jast Monday. A NIGHT INSPECTION OF POLICE, The recent exposures of the composition of the Police force, by the trial of members for grand lar- ceny, highway robvery, passing counterfeit money, and other equally serious offences, has terrified the heads of the force. Between ten and twelve o'clock last night a@ police official, who has the power to make the entire force quake, made a tour of the Fourteenth, Eighth, Filteenth aud a part of the Twenty-eighth precincts on foot, In Bleecker street, near Mulberry, he caught a policeman in a doorway assaulting @ probably not unwilling female. Ip Prince street, near Mercer, the disguised official was invited to supper, under the shadow of an Eighth wara policeman, by a stout lady. in Fourth street, near Washington Park, the same gentleman was invited to submit himself to an examination of the ‘panel pnocess,”” by @ femaje, a few moments before, closely allied to a FitteentA precinct oificer, At No. 155 West Hous- ton streft he encountered an officer of the Twenty-ejghth precinct emerging from an alleyway leading to @ Macdougal street saloon, where the officer had become semi-intoxicated. In the Fourteenth precinct, in front of “Keddy the Blacksmith’s,” he encountered worse scenes. The result of his night inspections will likely end ina shaking up of the sergeants and roundsmen of the Pprecinc's named, if it does not end in the dismissal of more tnan one patrolman from the force. SHIPPING NEWS, Almanac for New York—This Day, Sun rises 718 | Moonsets...morn 4 42 Sun sets. 483 , High water..morn 6 13 PORT OF NEW YORK, DICEMBER 15, 1869. ' CLEARED. Steamship Nevada (Br), Greene, Liverpool—Willlams é& Guion, Steamship Fanita, Freeman, Wilmington, NO—J Lorillard. Steamship Ashland, Crowell, Boston—W P-Clyde. Steamenp Wamautta, Fish, New Bedford—Ferguson & ‘ood. Hark King Bird (Br), Dexter, Bremen—J F Whitney & Co. Bark Mary (NG), Dalek, Bilboa—C Tobias & Co, Bark Stampede (Br), Gilkey, Havana—J E Ward & Co, Brig Rabboni, coaae Oporto—Miller & Houghton, pire Moses Rogers, Dickinson, Rio Janeio—Pendergast 8. ir Schr A H Frye, Hickman, §t Martins—H A Vatable & Son. Schr A C Noyes, Robins, Galveston—C H Mallory & Co. Schr Lottie Beard, Perry, Mobile—E D Hurlbut & Co, Schr Ben Reid, Gregory, Savannah—Bentley, Miller & Tho- mas. Sehr Tona, Genn, Brunswick—H W Loud & Co. Schr R B Smith, Nickerson, New Bedford—Ferguson & Wood, Sloop Alchymiat, Muller, New Haven—G K Rackett & Bro. ARRIVALS. REPORTED BY THE HERALD STRAM YACHTS. Steamship Pennaylvania (Br), Webster, Liverpool Dec 2, via Queenstown 8d, with mdse and 264 ‘passensers, to the National Steamship Co. Had fine weather the entige pas- mship Cimbria (NG), Haack, Hamburg Dec 1, via Havre 5th, with mdse and 216 passonzers, to Kunhardt & Co. Dec &, lat 49 83, lon 25 18, saw ahip Fred Warren, from Liver- pool for Boston ; 12th, lat 44.08, lon 65 07, a Bremen steamer, bonnd E; 15th, iat 40 14, lon 71 62, passed steamship Alleman: nia, hence for' Hamburg. Hark Wilhelmine (NG), Rhetz, Rotterdam, 73 days, with mdse, to Boclen & Bierck. Took the southern passage and had fine weather up to Bermuda; bas been 25 dava from that point with heavy NW gales; lost and split eaila, stove bul- warks, kc. Bark Teresa (Dutch), Galle, Old Harbor, Ja, 19 days, with logwood to Henry De Cordova & Co—vessel to Maitland, Phelps & Co, Has beeu$ days north of Hattoras with NW winds. orig Trial Hopkins, Fajardo, PR, 97 days, with molasses tod VOnatlvia & Co—vesse! to M'K Wilson & Co. Had heavy NW gales the entire passage and has been 9 days north of Hatteras, Brig S V Merrick (of Philadelphia), Lippincott, Milk River, Ja, 2 dass, via D@aware Breakwater Deo 13, with logwood, toJ E Ward & C6, Schr Speculator (Br), Jacobsen, San Blas, 24 days, with cocoanuts to Owen Brenu to Miller. & Houghton, Was hove to ford days off Cape Haiteras, during a he orthery gale, and has been 10 days north of that point with strong N and NW gale 20, lat 24 11, lon $201, spoke schr C F Young, from ‘ew York. Sehr Florence N Tower (of Lincolnville), Perry, Port Mo- rant, Ja, 22 days, with logwood, &c, to J Leayeraft & Co— veunol to H W Lond & Co. Has been 9 days Nof Hatteras with strong northerly gales Sehr Caroline Kenzie, Dunham, Alexandrin for Fall River. Schr Moonlight, White, Virginia, Dec 1%, off Barnegat, during a strong bow, with heavy cross sea, stove bulwarks and damaged stern. Sehr Nil Desper Schr Geo Peabor ir, Schr Caroline Hail, Daiso: Canal boat C D Scheack, master, Passed Through Heli Gate, BOUND SOUTIL. nson, Portland for New York, with dow, Ohver, Virginia. Lee, nia. Virginia, mau, Oswego, with miso to Steamship Di mdse, to J F Ames. 4 Steamship Ashland, Crowéll, Boston for New York, with mase, to W P Clyde. Sclir Magnolia (Br), Sheridan, Cornwallis, NS, 18 days, for New York, with potatoes to Crandall, Umphray Schr Palins, French, Rockland for New York, R Brown. Schr R'8 Dean, Cook, Taunton for New York. Schr BH Jones, Leighton, Providence for Philadelphia, Schr Chimo, Ransom, Providence fo: w York. Sehr J O'Donobue, Wh te, Providence for New York. Schr Beliona, Davia, Norwicn for New York. Sehr David Pearsail, MeGinnts, Greenwich for New York. Schr Scud, Jones, Now Haven for New York. Ser Little David, Binir, New Haven for New York. Schr EH Lewis, Lewis, Northport for New Yor. Schr Lite Charley, Recye, Greenport for New York. BOUND EAST. Schr Adele Trudell, ——, Philadelphia for Boston, Schr Blackstone, Worden, Philadelphia for Providence. Schr Hannie Westbrook, Littlejohn, Port Jonnson for Port- h Hime to “ 0 Schr Winona, Baker. Port Johnson for Taunton. Schr W D Cargfil, Studley, Etizabethport for New Haven, Schr Silver Spray, Horton, Elizabethport for Brideport. Schr Geo Washington, Pack, Elizabethport for Staintord.” Schr Magule, Reddy, New York for Halifax. Sche T Sdackson, Avery, New York (or Gien Core, . Sebr Sarah Maria, Long, Now York for Oyater Buy. SAILED. Steamships Cuba, Lévernool; Nevada, do; Alabama, Fer. pandina. i SP * Wind at ennset ENE, fresh. Marino Disasters. RIG ENERGY—Hrig Fannie Lincoln, Bryant, at Holmes’ Hole 18th inet, from Turks Islands for Boston, A kd ‘4th inst, lat jon 78 30, fell in with the British brig from Liverpool for Ballimore, with & cargo ef salt, in = sinking condition, havleg sprung a leak same porate ook off the captain and crew and carried them to Holmes’ Hole. ScHn RINGLFADER, Snare, from Clenfuegos for Boston, before reported ashore, cane bff AM of 1th, leaking badip, having thrown overboard her deck load of ‘hay; will vo on the marine railway, Was towed into Holmes’ Hole by the er Island Home. Sonn Ront J Lroxann (Br), from St John, NB, for Bos- ton, ran ashore on Damariacotta Ledge, off Townsend Har dor, night of 14th inst, She got off, but stove her rudder and rudder post, and staried her keel, 16th, leaking slightly. Scur Danres. Wi Was towed into Portland AMS, from New York for Bail more, is ashore on Thomas Point. | A lighter load of brimstone has jugs been taken to Baltimore and two have been went to ber, It in expocted she will be got off, w ies easy. ScHr $C Lov, Hall, from Providence for Baltimore, be- fore reported ashdre on the Gridiron, Hell Gate, after’ dis- charging part of her ballast was towed off Lith by the Atlan- He Submarine Wrecking Company's steamer Anne, leaking aly. ‘MOUTH, Dec 15—The American ship Kearsarge, Capt Simonda, which left Liverpool iat inst for Calcutta, las put into this port in a leaking condition, Miscellaneous, The ship Crescent City, reported abandoned at sea, is not the ship by that name owned in Bath by Houghton Bros. The latter yeesol jauow on the Pacitic coast.—Bath Tim ‘Tuesday. ' Tha name of the pilot boat which has the dismasted brig Alex Milliken in tow ist be Abraham Leggett, No 4. Notice to Mariners. VIN ST GRE RIVER, MAINP. Notice is herevy given that a red fi joy has been placed to mark “Point of Rocks,” in George's rive West Thomaston, Me, with the follo Stone beacon off abipyard at Thom ‘The buoy ts 100 W by N from By order of the Lighthoure Board, 8 HUL , LET Inspector, Ist district, Portland, Dec 13, 1869, LUBRO NATROWS Notice is horaby given that the wooden beacon on Western Bar, in the passage through Lubec Narrows, Me, having been washedaway during the Tate severe gales, a spar buoy had been vemporarily placed to mark the danget. By order of the Lighthouse Boara, JB HULL, LH Inspector, Int district, Portiand, Dec 18, 1869, Whalemen. Schr Abbie Bradford, Murray, of Nantnoket, arrived at Fayal th ult, nothing slnce Jeaving Bermud 42.N, lon 39 26 W, wohr 8 R Soper, ‘rovincetown ; oll not reported. Spoken. Bark Narragansett, faom Newport for Havana, Nov 28, Int %, lon 74. Foreign Ports. Annovo, PR, Nov 23-in port bark © 8 Rogers, Morrison, from B: Iutinore for ——: briga Henry HS Loe, (rom NC; Belo (Hr, Brown, from NYork, schr © C 5 Soned jov ¥1—Arrived, brig Helen G Rich, Strout, ‘ork. DEMARARA, Nov 9—Arrived, bark Golden Floece, Rhodes, Barbados (and sailed 18th for NYork); 13th, schra Ann! Whiting, Travia, NYork (and sailed 19th for do); 15th, WA Vail, Beers, do (and salied Mth tor do); 2th, bark Eugenia (Br), Androssan, Bailod 16th, brig Favorite, Duell, NYork; 16th, Daniel Muir (Br), Hicks, Baltimore; scr Lotte. Johnean, do; 19th, bri Ouibe (Bry Arenburg, NYork; tld, schre ‘Aimorioa, Pause do, Clara Sawyer, Sawyer, do. To port 284, brigs Lima (ir) HN, from Wilmington, rived Ith; Maria Wheeler, Wheeler, from Boston, sth, for N Yor! ah Arey, from and for Philade! 16th 5 Export ir), Harding, for NYork; gchea tot the Bast, Heaih, of aad for NYonk, arrived idth; Buly Butts 3 §Brhy Horton from NYork, arrived 18h; Lion (Br), McLean, vaLAsaom, Dec 16—Arrived, ship Glad Tidings, Thomson, GIBRALTAR, Nov 27—Sailed, steamship Grecian, Smith , bark Volunteer, Maka. (re ort ath, ark Wild ‘Unzelle, Nickerson, from NYork ware ‘at do about Deo 12, bmg Vincenzo (Ital), Onorato, M Hava, Dee 13-—Sailed, steamubip Westphalia, Schwensen (from Hamburg), NYork, EV AtA, Dee Io Arrived, steamships Eagle, Greene, New York; Bienville, Baker, New Orleans. a fine Mr esti, New Ota i, ane York ; a Hel vi rl , New ; 4 & Greenman, Sat F cl Screamer, Young, Savanah ; irk Sabine, Breal weston. ng bri nly ed W—In port brig W N Z, for Dela- ware Breakwater 3 days. Tort Momant, Ja, Nov 22--In port brig Helen, Doane, for NYork next day SouTHAaMPTo, Deo 1k—Arrived, steamship Borussia, He- bich, NYork for Hamburg) and proceeded: St Prenue (Martinique), Nov 30--In port brig AJ Ross, Wyman, from St Marys, afrived 14thy diag. RIRSTE, Bec 12—Arrived, achr Mary McKee, Sharp, Balti- more. American Porta. ROSTON, Dec M4—Arrived, bark Scotland, Pianchard, Pensacola. Cleared” Steamship Palmyra (Br), Watson, Liverpool via RYork; brigs ? M Tinker, Jewett, Clenfuegos; Mary an: O'Neil, Georgetown, 8C; achr T Sinnickson, Dickerson, Phil- rH ; ade ifledt-Steamship Geo B Upton; barks Cambria, Protens ; and from the Ros park 8 W Bwazey. Bark Norah started, Dut returned to the Roads, where ahe remained at « ‘Isth—-Arrived, steamship Nereus, NYork. BALTIMORE, Dag: 6 Aare anes EH Furber, Cobb,. ; Kedron, McLanghlin, ¥ Bolcared'Schra Clarion, Clayton, NYork: Katle J Hoyt, Parker, New Haven: Maria Pierson, Grant, Jersey City. Sailed—Ship WJ Hatfleld; bark Cricket; brig J Polledo, 16th_-Arrived, bark New York, Gibbs, Havana. BUCKSVILLE, BO, Deo 4 Arrived, achra E A Hooper, jon, and Ella Fis! ite, ‘ork. ORehUenred, sche L.& M Knowles, West Indies KSPORT, Dec &—Satled George & Albert, Mow ‘ork; 9th, Hannibal, do; 1ith, Richmond, ellie Doe, Richardson, and Hattie, Carter, do. BELFAST, Dec 11. Cleared, ship Chandos (new, of Boston, 1600 42100ths tonm), Emery, N¥ork to wad for San Franc yachr ( rier, Savannah, COM ARLESTON, Doo 12 salle, achr J H Stickney, Pooks, york. NTAh Arrived, brig Antonio Maria, Matanzas, Bailed—Steamship Charli m, Berry, NYork. CALAIS, Dec 10—Arrived, schrs Gen Peavey, Armstrong, rk ; 11th, Owen T Hinds, Clendenin, do. eared 9th, brigs Henry Trowbridge, Letzhton, New York; 10th, HF Eaton, Reed, 40; schra Joun Boynton, Mitchell, do; tith, Mary Lee Newton, Carlow, do, FERNANDINA, Dec 9—Arrived, steamship Mercedita, Starkey, NYork; schr M J Russell, Smith, Savannel FORTRESS MONROE, Dec 15—Arrived, ‘ik Broughton, Kio Janeiro” for Baltimore; Cobb, San Blas for NYork. - Be vassed 10 Or Baltimore, abip” Duisburg, from NYork ; brig 1 Duch, do. bs fie Reade, chr a E oe and fete Burton, and { coasters. A heavy NE: storm prevails. os PALL RIVER, Dec 1s—Arrived, achr Naiad Queen, Chase, NYork. Mth—Arrived, schrs Cues P Stickney, be Ney, Chase, Poughkeepsie; Gipsey, Borden; Murphy; Charles W Bentiey, Baker, and Leander, Holbrook, ork. NE TORGETOWR, SC, Deo 4—Arriyed, brig Benj Carver, Pendleton, Searsport ; achr Charlotte Fiske, do. Cleared Sehr Maggie & ‘A Crowley 6 ima, Rankin, NYor! v0 ‘Dee’ d—Arrived, bark Andes, Shepard, for Porth and, LMES’ HOLE, Deo 13, PM--Arrived, bark Navasota, Greenough, Pascagoula for Boston; brige Hattie S, Bishop, Sagua for do; Lizzie Troop (Br). Newell, do for do; Fann! Lincoln, Bryant, Turk's Islands for do; schrs Emma L Rich, Jenkins, Tangier for Boston; Annie Hawes, Harris, Norfolk for Portsmouth; Defiance, Hall, South Amboy for Portl 3 Gen Ce vey aoe Lavesville for NYork. Returned, brigs Proteus, Jas Murchie, ‘dth. AM—Arrived, briga Mary E Mariner, Mariner, Carde- nas for Portland; Hattie E, Daggett, jaltimore for Boston ; Mary Siner (Br), Robertson, NYork for St John, N i echra Mary Standish, Rich, Georgetown, DC, for Boston; Chas F ‘Atwood, Burroughs, Yocomico River for do; Cora Morrison, Higgins, and Alice B Higging, Higgins, Tangler, Va. for do; J. @ Thompson, Vanzandt; A A Cain,’ Simpson, and Willie Martin, Noyes, Philadelphia for do; John Griffin, Coombs, Baltimore for do; J F Carver, Garver, and Northern Light, Hoboken for do; Carroll, Robinson, Elizabeth) leetwing, Nash, South Amboy for F ree Millan, Baltimore for Belfast; Viola, Hall, Elizabethport for Portsmouth; Maracaibo, Henley, do for Portland; Fair Wind, Smith, do for do; Evelyn, Crowley, do for Rockport, Mass; Planet, Pratt, NYork for Rockland; Gen Meade, Allen, do for Lubec; Garland, Libbey, do for Portland ; Caroline, Wallace, do for Millbridge; J Morton (Br), Knowlton, do for Halifax; Sarah Jane (Br, Ferguson, do fo#St John, NF; Velma,Cook Raritan River for do. Safied—Schrs Defiance, Emma 1 Rich, Annie Harris, © F Mayo, Chas F Atwood, Cora Morrison, Alice H Higgins, and Planet. ca KENNEBUNKPORT, Dee 18—Arrived, scbr Nellie Starr, Poland, Wilmington. MOBILE, Dee 10—Cleared, ship India (Br), Grose, Liver- i) ool, PREW ORLEANS, Dec 1—Arrived, steamship Liberty, Reed, Baltimore via Havana; bark Georgiana, Fowler, Lon- don; brig Inez (Fr), Bertenu, Matamoros; achrs Cora Kita, Sleeper, Havana: R P Reynard, Huntley, NYork. Below, coming up, bark Frances, Kelly, ‘from NYork; schr Marcus Trunter, from Charleston; waiting orders, bark Eva, Fisher, rom ————, Tith-—Arrived, steamship Charles W Lord, Hobart, New York. NORFOLK, Deo 11—Cleared, brig Chesapeake, Wyman, emarhia. oe ‘Schra Pomona (Br), Molyneux (from St Domingo, 1), Boston ; Sparkling Sea, Rowe, NYork. Sailed, steamal isaac Bell, NYork. BEDFORD, Dec 14—Arrived, achre H M Reod, Ben- nwood, Dickerson, Philadelphia; Ben) English, K. MUN, Nov 14, AM—Arrived, bark Palo Alto(Bry Tenney, London or Providence; schr' Sarah Jane, Gardner, ISDA M_—Aunieij'schr Decatur Oakes, Berry, Bridgepor y to NTIOH, Deo 13—Arrivea, echr Telegraph, Mead, Ar- Toyo UR cohrs American Eagle, Shaw, and Adele Feltcta, Elliott, N Arrived, achrs Texas, Charnplin, Elizabetiport for Norwich: F Merwin, Bunge, do for Provi- e1 A Gould, Mosher, Provit ce tor ‘ork. we OUVEN, Heo ld_Artived, achra OF Hawley, Bay- Jes, Vircinia; Cringline, Abrams,’ Baltimore; @ H Brown, Hemingway: liorace 'L, Frances, and Wave, Hubbard, Elizabeth port; Mary Miller, do. UMILADELPIIA,. Deo 14—Arrived, bark Lalla Rookh (ir), Sutherland. Liverpool; sehr Westmoreland, Rice, New York: John Cadwallader, Steelman; W Tiers, Gifford; Wm RG inal; EH Naylor, Naylor, and B’ Davis, Hahn, Boston: E A Babeock, Smith, and A M Aldridge, Fisher, Providence: Maggie P Sinith, Grace, and R Vanneman, Van- neman, Salem, below, barks Sam Sheppard, from Clenf fos; Arca In, from Loddon, and a deep foreign bark outalde the Capes, coming In, Sehr F_K Shaw (below) is from Fea bacola ani not as before reported. ‘Uleared_—Hrlg © V Williams, Thompson, Oports. 1oth—Arrived, steamship Juniata, foxle, New Orleans Havana; brig GF Geery, Conklin, Charleston. LEWwE®, Del, Dec M—At the Breakwater, schre J F Pratt, Fila F Crowell, Elizabeth English, Lottie, J V Wellington, ant Aiter B, ail for Boston ; George Fales, and Rescue, for Providence. PORTLAND, Deo 13—Arrived, steamship Moravian (Br), , Nyork. 4 NE\t LONDON, Dec via Brown, Liverpool via Londonderry; brig Gilmore Meradith, Ayres, Matanzas; schrs Lizzie, Tabbuy Hoboken; Idaho, Davis, NYork. eared-—Bark Henry Buck, Nichols, Buenos Ayres, ‘ailed—Bark H P Lord; brig Annie Batchelder; schra MM Pote, De mont, Jas Young, Starlight; and others, PORTSMOUTH, Dec 12--Arrivelf, achra Bucephatus, Hall, Baltimore; J ¥ Craig, Bachelor, NYork. PROVIDENCE, Dee 14—Arrived, ‘schra Wm Butman, Small, Grand Turk, TT; James M Bayles. Arnoid, and John Somes, Heath, Elizabetiports sloop Gertdi Snediker, Young, Haverstraw. Cleared—Brig Pelé & John (Br), McLaughlin, Charleston. Satled—Sehr Plow Boy, Hallett, NYor RICHMOND, Dec 12"-Arrived. brign Rath (Br), Dyer, Raltimore: Elinda (Br), Summers, NYork ; sehr Crisis, Bo- wen, Poughkeepsie. SAN FRANCISCO, Deo 7—Arrived, bark Witeb, Younry Jamin (Pera). 15th—Cleared, shtp Explorer (Br), Morley, Liverpool, with. f wheat, nileas hip Candi sailed At BAVANNAL, Dee Cleared, barks Delta (Br). Groves, Barve Crown Jewel (Br), Corning, and Norwogian (Br), Murray, Liverpool; brig Ida L Ray, Crowell, NYor! Sailed—Ship Theobala, Theobald, Liverpool; bark Clara Eaton, Merrymaan, St Marys to load for South America ; achr Trade Wind, Hoffman, Jacksonville. L 1ith—Arrived, steamship Oriental, Boston ; ship Colonist, 1. "Cleared—Steamer R L_ Mabey, Jacksonville; bark Went worth, Havre; brig Star, Wood's Hole, . SALEM, Dec 18--Arrived, schrs Kendrick Gray, Lakeman, Philadelphia, tor yj wich el ht, oe Elizabethport; Val imal ‘udson, ‘or Pembro} i WILMINGTON, NC, Dec 15—Arrived, steamship Empire, York. 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