The New York Herald Newspaper, December 24, 1870, Page 10

WORE ABOUT THE PILGRIMS. he Extinguished Oration Deliv- ered at Last. Address of Ralph Waldo Emerson at Steinway Hall. ‘Tho adfress in honor of the Pilgrim saints, who Janded two centuries and a half ago upoa Plymouth Rock, and which would have been successfully ce- Uvered at Asscelation Hall the evening before last by Mr. R. W. Emerson had not an inopportune ex- plosion-of gas imghtened away alt his audience and compelied him to defer it, was at length read yester- day evening al Steinway Hall. There wasa very goed attendance, who plainly betrayed thelr New Eng- lund origin by the critical fecbleness with which they applauded their chosen orator, As 1s well ‘mown, the hearty approval with which a New York crowd greet their favorites is extremely vulgar, and altogether too low beans, pumpkin p THE HIGH PRIE y TRANSOUNDENTALISM was introduced by a brief prayer from @ well knowa sensational preacher and a few fulsomely eulogistic remarks by Mr. Choate, who officiated as chairman. The lecturer was evidently gotten up for the oe: @on—in a suit of rasty, Wel-worn black, and wit apectacies ant boots both of huge dimensions. Has hair was neatly br over te bald patoh i top of his head, where, accordl the phrenolo- ASts, the bump Of seli-esteeiu has 13 seat, and he jooked, every square iuch of him, a light of Boston letters. andie He said he greeted this a 2 who had met Yo honor the re:aembrauces of t iversary @! the nding. ‘the impressive virtue of Wwe fouuiters of the repuabl the words of tue original charter, ¥ ‘a all the wide lands from the mouth of way to the far north, and from Lie for their he literal fact. had taken 200 yeurs to br avout. The grow 4 not generally cont ntous, bur moved by sud APS. But country is'an exception. In these two and @ bali centuries We had oudlived any dy had drawn oew lessons ont of their Paltr ‘These planers at Plymouth tries the crucial experi ment of getting a fot arest to Burope, and had succeeded, though many others had fatled, by the might of their virtue, the industry of their hands aut the biessing of Ged, where ti tiled had hever growa very big. tmey tree, happy aud hon- est’ republic rt shore, Year atier year, as new co.on and seitied Sia THE OF at Plymouth, ic nad now been establ Brownists or Separatists, who betty Church Was a purely spiritual insicidion, aud hot Puritans, wi d that Wie Reforma. | Lion Was noe Carri je their peace wih 3. RS ‘ished, were 1M the Siat cepted its aid, Robinson, 8 er and Bradford were all Separatists. Later on, the Portans, in 1628, also formea a cempany to go to New giand, thoagh they at the Uwe expressly stated that they did not desire to leave the Charen of England, but simply to sever themseives Lrou its reviewed the priva of the Piigrims. settlement on Christuias Gy pti ‘Tne speaker then 48 actendat upon the landing roloaists began building thei OuL of 101 seuls that compoxed the company huif dted during the first | year. Mr. Emerson then traced tue first few settle ments made by the Pilgrims, and, in speaking of Boston, elivded ‘in a long and learned digression 3B Which tie opinions of many philosophers aud theolog of the ninth and eleventh ceaturies were adrolily Introduced, to the influence of climate upon human ana national character, Chemical atoms had their spiritual importan Pertiaps the people of New Eugiand owed their equal dexterity in compatible wo to THEIR CLIMATE OF TH ES, which gave them the syiender of the eqnator, and | then ran down to a cold approachtag the tempera- ture of the celestial spaces. The capital fact diss | Vinguishing we colony of New England from ajl others Was that they stipulated that the charcer granted to the company in England should be transferred to them, and so they were able to bring their own ideas of goverument with them and put them inw practice. No doubt the eariy colonists exaggersied their dangers and privadons, and really faced very much less than a hardy back- wootsman or a frontiersman at the present day. Captain Smith was neariy stung to death by a sting ray, and an xploring e@Xx- pedition was reported to have nearly died of the strong scent of th ferns, and some other Pilgrims tirmly eved they had seen licns in the forests of New England. Bi te these dangers were lmagt ary the terror inspired by them was real. ‘That was, indeod, an age of had terror of witches and of evil spiniis—terror even of God. New Eagiand was gituaied in a cimate unfriendly w grace and ele- gance; bat there might be found there that refine Ment which elucation aud wealih were power: Jess to bestow. Tis was the effect of deep gious «sentiment, which imparted a delicacy and grandeur of thought that nothing else could yiela, Oue secret of the success of the Pil- grins as colonists was the subdivision of the State They built up into simall parcels of land. ‘The lec- turer then showed that in the system of town mect- Ings introduced by the Pilgims the grand secret of wod government was reached, He had jouad, owever, in tue antique books which treated of the proceedings of > meetings—What some might tink cusons—a certain spice of vy PIQUE AND SPITE, which, perhaps, was the surest proof that justice was done and vitue aud truth triumphant. Tt was very touching to read of the Kind and loving regard with which the cuolonists regarded good Governor Winthrop. In particular he aliuded to the request made by the Governor that none of the citizens should make hun presents, and the kiudly anger of the people at the pronibtti The Tulers Of that age did not possess the greed of those of the present day. Tho signal pre-eminence of Boston over all the rest of the world, even In Luose early times, Was then at lengti insisted upon by the lecturer, especially aa evinced tn the fact that a house wiihin its sacred precincts was worth a5 much as one it a more timorous town. ‘a3 true that history told cruel tales about assachusetts—of murders of Quakers and witches; boat it must be understood that the first colonisis, tie Browntstis of iymouth, had no part in’ these outrages and stood aloof from them. The prosperity of 4 chusetts was singu- a3 Without exainple elsewhere in jere Was 4 permanent (oue of au- of right wiike OF BOSTON pre-eminently possessed, in spite of the many sins ot Which her peuple, itke the peopic of ali great cities, Were guilty. Boston was sometimes pushed fatoa Duman annals. dacity in Wie THEATRICAL ATT! to which she was not enti TUDE OP VIRTUE nt she might fa claiin & certain high, luteiectaal tone of mind, which — wa unfavorable to opp! sion, Lite tov, had come over to Heston wi ‘St colonists and had never de- serted her. £ et lid wot find in Bosion, with all the hereditary education of its people, a falr amount of originality of thought or any cap: for broad gencralizations or any large power of Imagination. They had produced no Organum,” no “Principia,” no “Paradis no “Wealth of Natlous,”? n0 national anthem. it must be remembered that nature was a fru mother, and never gave without measu chusetts so far had not perhaps N » BVle PORMS, but simply workers. Mr. Hmersou then alluded to Engish criticism of Awerica. In reply to it he pouted to the large Pnglish emuration to country, the enormous Investments of british ¢: talists In American *¢ 4 aud the v: whe trade vetween the two counries, And was now looking forward to Ing not ouly English colunies, but Buglaud heree England had long been the casiiter of the world; bui now Engiish cap sis Musi pass to Olina and Japan by the Pacttic Rutlroad. ENGLAND'S Tit LORY was her Fteady justice toward subject nations, and he especially alluded to India. And im all the dan. gers tbat were likely to threaten her America was gure to sympathize and so far as possible aid her, And What protection could be more nobie—to bestow or wo receive? ‘The reason why England bad better writers and artists than we had was probably that the power of her genius had been drawn into a focus, while ours had been scattered over aa unde- veloped Continent, Mr. Emerson cone by doubuully expressing a hope that wherever they might be scattered the childrenoi New Hogiant and their most remote posterity would not disgrace we soll from which they sprvo. ARREST OF A DIAMOHD THIEF. 4n Ex-Coachman e! a Hartford Away With $49,000 Worth ef avd £1,000 is Money—te Jo bui is Apprehended and Arrested Rosrow, Dec. 23, 1870. hing young fell named Samuel F. An- jorjoetly a coackman for Mrs. A nette pilie Gridley, was arrested at tie Ludy ¢ Diamenus the Aa drew and Miss J Navy Yard this afternoon for larceny from the women na of about £40,00) worth of dtamonds, He had serv the nman for some tt aud had gained their co: e to such an ext Mat Mrs, Gridley seub tur few weeks since, to Lancaster, Penn., with power of artery to mawage sume property white Amproves the opporinuily by 1 she had there. £ py $1,000 or mor on the property, aid then returaed io Hurtiord, aud gatheréd up diamonds and ner jewelry to the | awount of 80 $40,000, and th rts ane known. He was tracked to Boston, aad tnaliy found over Jn tie Navy Yard, where he had enlisted @ aAscamad ob bic Ce to sail to- morrow. DEATH OF AN AnIEN Boston, Dec, 23, 1870, A private cable telegram reecived this ey toned for a high bred, pork and | a the | asties and | ‘True, the country | But | 1 that the | WOMAN'S PEACE CONVENTION. Election of OMcersAddress by Julin Ward Howe—Speech of David Dudley Field. The first session of the Woman's Peace Conven- tion was opened at tea o'clock yesteraay morning, atthe Union League theatre. The attendance was rather slim, aud among those present were Mrs. Jula Ward Howe, Mr. William Cullen Bryant and the Rev. 0. B. Frothingnam, The following were nominated officers of the conventlon:—President, Julia Ward Howe; Vice Presidents, Wiliam Cullen Bryant, Lucrecia Mott, Henry Ward Beecher, George W. Julian, Rachel §. Howland, Professor T. 8. Upham, Gerrit Smith, Isabella Beecher Hooker, Rev, Abel Stevens, Rev. 0. B. Frothingham and Alfred H, Love; Secretaries, Mary F. Davis, T. B. Sanborn, Anna Rice Powell and Henry T. Child; Treasurer, George Cabot Ward, Mrs. Hows then said that two questions are to be | decided—first, whether a peace congress should be held ta the coming year, and, second, whetber it should be callela woman's movement, Woman is @ sympathetic agent for the transmission of truth, and in every way adapted to tue work. While ask- ing the ald of Christian men in the work It 1s im | every way essential that the sisteruood should take each other by the baud aud use their iatuence 11 beha of peace. Rev. $ bas OTHINGHAM next delivered a long | oration in favor of peace, and was followed by Mrs. Winsock, Vice President of the Woman's Suffrage | Association. | G SESSION | commenced at eight o'clock. | Mrs. JULIA Warp Hows called the meeting to or- der, She read letters from Mr, Wiliam H. Furnac | of Phitadelpnia; Professor Thomas C, Upham, Rev. Dr. Avel Stevens, Gerrit Smith, Madame Gas- vin and Harriet Beecher Slowe—all expressini their sympathy for tae object of the Convention. 4 jetter irom Mr. Jonn Stuart Mill was then read; it expressed & doubt as to the advisability of having & separate congress of Women, as such movements— he says—are more prolific of words than of actions, Mr. Davip DopL#y FirLp next came forward and nddressed the meeting. He sald:—This is a meeting ace by | VE INULUENCE OF WOMAN. us look at the end and at the means by which ect may be atiained,. ‘The end is peace—peace among the nations of the earth, War sometimes 1s & necessity, for we bi arrived at the ad- vanced slage at which peace Gan be secured under all cir S tan unity, for instance, could never have been attained without war. But we ought to find a remedy for war. A comimon autho- rity should be establisbed, which will be to make it just as difleult for nations as for individuals to war against one another, 1s this merely a visionary | Scheme, or cad such @ supreme council settle the disputes between the nauons? The speaker then | clied tre United States as an example for the Lurepean nations, whence he concluded taat A COURT OF ARBITRATION would be the panacea of all the troubies and feter- metional quar of Oid Europe. He, therelore, thougit the object whica tae meeting proposes to attain a reasonable ove, whicm sbould meet with sal favor, ‘Tae next quesuon that arises 1s ther the means Dave the tendency of securing al The means, said the speaker, are the in- nee of Woman, As woman su(fers as much war it is her duty to do all she can to pre- Hie did not quite like the idea of a woman's congress, be would pav givenit a less pretentious name. The means, therefore, he thought, were trae and legitimate. . ows then itroduced an address, tn which cted the horrors of war, THE PRESENT WAR unee, sald the speaker, cries out before high heaven for something to ch us feartul aud bloody progre Men are not likely to take the necessary steps mst War, thereiore Women, Who are nou- combatanis, Outside the diplomatic bias, aud the Mothers of mea, ought to stay Luis bitter destruction of human ilfe. Lfitts wrong and foolish for women to fight it surely cannot be right for men to do so, The address conunued ia tis strain, After the read- ing of which Mr. Joun O'HARA, a gentleman from Ireland, de- livered a lengthy oration, He was followed by Mrs, Mary F. Davis, Who spoke very feclingiyon tne sad resulis of war. The audience was then requested to append their signatures to a document and to con- tribuve something handsome toward Mrs, Howe's expenses, which proposition seemed to chill the audience, Mrs, HOWE then delivered a closing address, after which the mectiug adjourned, EEAVY FORGERY. to Swindle Parties Well Keown in the Commercial World. Yesterday afternoon a young man acting as mes- senger for L. S. Lawrence & Co., bankers, appeared atthe National Park Bank, and presenting a check to Mr. Wriglit, the paying teller, asked to have It certified. Mr. Wright took the check 1 his brisk business way, pulled It through between the thumb and foretiuger of his left hand, held it off by both hands atarm’s length, gazed at the paper, placed his head a little one side and squinted at the paper, turned it over, looked at the back of the note, turned it over again and again with a nervous ra- pidity, looked quizzically at the young man who pre- sented the check, shook the cleck vwo or three times, and suid, “Tais check ray be all right, but as sure as my name is Wright Pm afraid it aint right, Where did you get this, Young mau ?? “A gentleman is at our office now, money. It is to be p: dn goid.’* A messenger belonging to the bank was called and told to hasten up to the party by whom tie check was drawn—k. S. Higgins & Co., the carpet deaiers, on Broadway. In due time the messenger returued, in company with the altoraey of Messrs. Higgins & Uo, ‘The attorney examined the check and recognized It by the namber as one which had been drawn two days before in favor of some party in Newark lor $5) 29. An order had been sent to the Higgins es- Tablishment for a sample of carpet, with money to pay for the sample add a request that a check be sent for whatever balance may remain, ‘Tie check had been seat for the balance, which, a3 above stated, was $00 5%. Tals was evidenuy A “PUT UP JOR” to get possession of a check. The rogues having obtulned tne check ust bave gone to Work imine- diately to alter the fuce of the note, and so Cleverly had they done the work that ihe lightest lines in the signatare Were not erased. The date had been ob- Mwrated, the figures andjwording had been altered by meaus of acids and the requisite changes written tn. The amount was written over the signature and along on the back of the note, and everything was done apparentiy to guard agaiust counteriolting er alteration. The discovery of the forgery having been com- pleted the messenger and Messrs. iiggins’ aitorney proceeded to the banking house of the Messrs. Law- puce to capture the owner of the cheek. He bad evideutiy become alarmed at the long absence of . Lawrence's messenger and left, Owing to hrewdloess of Mr. Wiigut tie bank was saved the heavy joss of $3,880 64in gold. The matter has been placed in the hands of the detectives and the “smart? Jerseyman may yet be brought to justive. CHiRITSBLE FAIRS IN JERSZY. Attempt waiting for the What the People Have Done and are Doing for Churches, Hospitals and Other Objects ot Charity. The people of Jersey City can be truly-said to have contributed far more towards objects of charity than those of New York, liberal though the latter have been, during the past 61x months,jconsidering the means at the disposal of each. One of the largest fairs ever held in the city was that in aid of the iiudsoa County Hospital, which closed last Monday might, Tue proceeds are very large. It was pre- coved In the very same building by tne fair in aid of the Chiidren’s Home, which, in point of success, 18 entitied to rank third. A week or two previously the German Jair was held, in aidjof the wounded soldiers, and the amount realized was nearly doubvle that of any other city, taking into account the number of Ger- mans m the population. Then came the fair in aid of St. Patrick’s church 1m the Bergen district, which proved grea ity on the part of the residents of that loc | comes the f ing St. Peter's churc! j da ald of the ¢ hohe church ‘in South | Kightn strees. lutier was opened yesterday | under such fasorable sees that the past | F t hascvery rewson to feel gratifi Tr hh Cathoiie: | Le pastor asa most ‘zealous and deservis | who knows no avorilisin among Catholt | any country. | But that whict will _not appeal in yain to the ir which Will pe o nis even chien to enabi good Sisters of St. erwise Know rs Of the Poor, to complete the ere : hospital on Ham Of what wis sisteriiood have accomp their splendid hos | pital at Hoboken, not only for th | endye northern secciou of th every eld resident of Hoboken | the Highest commendation. In the matter | pital aceommoaaion the people of Jer Been hitherto poverty stricken. ‘The people of Tretiton are also up 4 Holic uve been holding a fat Was eve e stl than that of ia ar, and tl friends of the Central Methodist charen are enga; tua ainiilar business al Wustingten Hall, TRIAL OF WLEGAL VOTERS IN ELIZABETH, HH. Yesterday, in the Unien Conv peti, Willlam Zimmermano, Meary Zimmermann, y, but for county of Hudson, peaks m terms of of to. Th | Charles B, Whatey, Abraham fownley, R. W. For- syth, Charies Rist ond Conrad Martz were ar raigned for trial on a charge of having voted today announces the deai of gona Munroe, the well known American banker o! Paris, He died ja Longon yesteriay afvernoon, motion, He agreed, Lowever, 10 a postwy¥ sient of the Wial, NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, illegaliy and procuring others sa to Go. Their counsel tried to have the indictments Gveshed oa | tecliaical grounds, but Jndge Depa dene AMUSEMENTS. SPeINWAY HALL—MISS GLYN—ANTONY AND CLBO- PATRA.—The first remark that any unprejudiced looker-on in Verona would have made Wednesday evening, while entering Steinway Hall a few moments before elght o'clock, would have been, “low fine an audience for so bitter a night!” The next obser- vation would most probably have rested on the pecullatiy intellectual and distinguished tone of the company present. Many active and emineat mem- bers of the beach and of the bar, well Known literati, artists, authors, promiaent politicians of the higher order, diligent tollers on the press, and even some Noted divines were there, attracted by the love ot genuine dramatic art im the legitimate Shakspearian sense, and by the reputation of superior talent which has preceded the Junglisn tragedleane and reader, Miss Glyn to our shores, and has already made her name familiar here. The sudden biting cold and searching north wind that made the evening the most wintry that December has brought us this year had threatened to mar the attendance of just that claas of people whose presence is most desirable upon such an occasion; but the vast hall was comfortably fillea, aud skilful organ pre- laude, pleasant warmth and briluane light made up the rest that was required to farnish agreeable concomiants to the programme offered. The latter was simple and straightforward enough to please the most fastidious tase, A few minutes jater than (he hour Axed for the beginning of her task Miss Giyn appeared Jn plain draperies of pluk and white, with but Hite ornament to contrast With her glossy jet biack tresses, her clear, bright complexion and a contour of shoulders, arms and bust full of classic vigor, The lady’s counte- nance is notin the first Mush of youth, nor yet of lauitless Grecian outline, but is rather of the sub- stantial Eogilsh or even Celtic type, yet extrem ly animated and earnest In expresston, mobile, changeful, and jit up with eyes that sometimes bey sometimes glow, With lutelleciual and emo- uonal ire, playtul, Wimning, threatening, pleading by turns, sense vanes and ‘the 1ner spirit moves. Her voice, which at first seemed Jess distinct, owing to the pecullar English accent that is not picasant to the Americaa eur unvl the latter has Wh accustomed to It, became ciearer and more melodious with each succeeding scene, unl, Warmlag with ine work, the fair reader Was enavied to reveal its thorough training and rounded, sonorous elocntion with Just esfect. Only here it was, indeed, that fair criticism could com- men Any one who will consider the spe- cial aificuity that s rrounds a@ foreign artist confronting a strauge ancience in a strange place, untried before in the presence of a throng of peopie assembled to note every ingection and every ges- ture; without the aid of theatrical facilities, rests, relief, costuines, make-up and “business” (as It 1s technically termed), yet assaming all the chief characters of the most dificult acung drama ot the Shakspearian repertory, and with ali the intri- c of Shakspearuin phrase and diction to overcome, will appreciate our approval when we say that Mis: ‘a achieved an unequivocal apd de- cident succes: She was the coguettish, craity, fascinaung Egyptian Queen—the seul of artful de- vice, and yet of passion as boundless as ara and as burning as its ciime—to the life, so far as voice und gesture were engaged; and yet she was as the equally eifective as the doting Roman Mark Aatony, — stragglin; between love and duty, with ali the pride of his race and the dignity of his great fume and martial temperament, but finging all way, at last, for the embraces of the bewitcaing: sorceress of the Nile. The wonder was that, por- traying these great parts so well, the wagdédienne should lose nothing i the presentation of the re- morsetul Jnobarbus, the tender, devoted, high- souled Eros, the geutle Ociavia, or even in the more lordly | ana commanding, although briefly sketched rile of — great, stern, imperial Cesar himseif, And then, at a bound, to spring trem these to the serio-comic part of the clown, who brings the falien Queen “the worm of Nilus’? in his basket of fruit and flowers, and to there elicit the repeated applause of her ‘audience, was certainly a triumph rarely witnessed on any stage or platform. All this Miss Glyn honestly achieved. Sufiice it to say that, in ali tie love and death passages she displayed real histrionic power of tne highest order: and the general remark was that in set a on the stage she would have ranked ta any of the parts with the strongest artists fa. miliar to the American boards, Yet, take it ail im all, as & reading the work was too lony, and eve! ine exqui-ite dying farewell of Cleopatra would have been the’ more telling for an cariier por- trayal. We look forward to the next rewhug for this tmaprovement, but, in the main, Miss Glyn deserves the welcome that fau, just and yenial criticism has elsewhere accorded to her. On Wednesday evening next, the 23th inst, Miss Glyn will read *Macbeti”—oue of her most famous and maguiticeat eiforts—and active preparations are making to present her on the stage. Granp Orrra House.—Mile, Aimee made her first appearance Wednesday evening as Boulotte, in the “Barbe Bleue,” the most musical of all tne works by which Offenbach has Ilited opéra bowfe into its legitimate sphere as an attractive feature of the modern French stage. Everybody is fainiliar with the plot of “Barbe Bleue.” And ail that we have to do is beartily to endorse the commendations which Mile, Aimce, a8 Bouiotte, won at the Varietés in this character after having made her débit in 1868, when sixteen years old, at the Con, cert des Ambassadeurs, in the Champs Elys¢es, and then singing successfully at the Elderado; after which she sang at Marseilles and Bordeaux, and for four years and a half at io Janeiro, She made stll ‘another voyage to Rio, whence she returned to Paris im 1869, simce which date she has been the “actrice aimee des Varietés.” aping from Paris by balloon, sho has come to New York, Where her youth, her beauty, her fresh and clear voice, and the vivacity, and at the same ume the good taste of her acing, made jast evening a most favorabie first impression, Lhe merry archness with which she sang ‘2a des Bergers dang le Village” introduced her at once to the best good wil of those who Were most obslinately deteruilned to aduere to their oid and well fouaded prejudices in favor of Mile. Irma-Marie as their typical Boulotte. And throughout the representation ol “Barbe Bieue’’ Mile, Aimée sustained with increasing power te earliest favorable impressions which she had made. ‘Three times encored in the favorite song, “Qu tl est Charman, le Freluquet,” and rapturously applauded in several other morceaus, she Was never tempted to go beyond the proprieties—that 1s, to indulge in the cascades, the ‘gays’? which certain il-advised {rlends of the members of opdra bvouffe companies have erroneously told them are indispensible with a New York audiencs. At last we may hope they have al ed that the contrary is the truth. M, Gausains, Who cannot boast ‘of a voice that, as might be desired, wakes all the echoes of so spacious a as that of the Grand opera, but who is nevertheless a comte accor of fine quality and high degree, almost made the audience lorget the magnetic force of M. Aujas in Barbe Bleue. M, Duchesne as the Kot Bobeche, seemed to have recovered entirely the healtnful vigor which im- pressed all the oldadmtrera of General Boum, The roles were crediiaoly sustained. We need scarcely add that les choeirs were excellent, and that the mise en some was aamirabie, -* Barbe Bleue’ 1s destined again to be the success of the sea- son. BRisTow’s GRAND ORGAN CoNncERT.—This cele- brated musician and favorite organist gave on Wednesday evening, at Zion charch, the first of a series of organ concerts, which, judging from its success, augurs well for the rest. Among the audience were some of the lead- ing people of this wealthy and fashionable parish, The quality of the audience may be ima- gined from the fact that, unwilling to indulge in outward demonstrations of applause, a written re- quest was sent to the conductor when an encore was desired. The ariisis were Miss Henrietta Beebe, soprano; Miss Jenny Kemp- ton, contraito, and Mr. Beckett, basso. Mr. Bristow played turee organ pieces—the “Pas- toraie” of Bach (four movements), overture to “Egmont”? and the ever welcome “Poet and Pea- sant” overture. The organ arrangement of Beetho- ven’s Work brought Ia all the orchestral effects of the original—a work attainable only by @ first class mnusiclan, Miss Beebe's beautiful soprano voice was heard to advantage in “With Verdure Clad,” and Miss Kempton tained tully the high reputa- tion she bas acquired both m America aud laity by singing a little, tender song by M F. 5. Hodges, called ‘fhe Rose Basa.” lato tars song Mrs. Kempion threw a world of expression aud fecling, Which went right to the heart of every @ preseat, The duet “Quis est Homo,’ trot | Rossiui’s “stabat sung by these artists | Wilh an effect buat toid well for American alent. Mr. Beckett did just to tae “Pro Peccaus’! and in a duet with Miss £ Lina E. ck Sheppard,’ one of the most successful barlesques of the season, has been renovated at Lina Edwin's, and Marston, the ebe, celebrated scenic artist, has furnished it with some superb sccnery—2a much needed addition to tne bur. Jesque. ‘This Was the only tung wanting to make the burlesgue a luorougaly eajoyadle Ueat for an evening br THEATRE.—Miss Clara Perl, tl ell knowa prima donna contralto, closed her brillant engage- ment at the Stadt theatre this Week, taking a bene fitin “The Merry Wives of ndsor.” The house | was crowded to its fullest extent, aud the beantitul iaire Was laden with bouquets aud applause. interest Kk Of publ vor Was in the which flew from one of tie boxes $3 Verl’s shouider, bearing a vosuly and lig! brian’ tit its bi “LITTLE OLLGE'S ENTERTAINMENT.—Master Oliver B. Goldsmith, the “little Snakspearian wonder,” gave @ series Of recitations, Wednesday evening, at Chick- ering’s new Music fall, in Fourteenth str The lite prodigy is only six years of age, and his his- trivnic powers are extraordinary for one so young. He portrayed the flery ardor of the Jove-sick Romeo | in a srasdiag manocr; butin reciting te “Seven ( Ages” id the dpgeer secue in “Mach 7 be oy DECEMBER 24, 1870.-TRIPLE SHEET. mouthéd and seemed to ape the mannerisms of his teacher, This little iragedian m embryo will yet, however, make his mark, Miss Sterling, the ex- cellent contralto, several ballads that were re- stedly encored, and Mr. Joseph Poznanski’s per formance on the piano was highly appreciated by the audience, BROOKLYN CONSERVATORY OF Music.—A “grand musical soirée’ was given Thursday at the Conser- vatory Hall, 128 Court street. ‘fhe audience crowded every part of the hall, and the concert was credit- able to the conductors, Signor E. Marzo and Mr. G. Carmtencke, ‘the Fo mrs included the Haydn symphony in E flat; Donizettt’s song, “O Mio Fer- nando;? Mendeissohn’s “Priests? March,’? from ‘Athalia,” and Mozarc’s duet, “La cl Darem la Mano." Musses L, and A. Serre and Miss Josie Eddy were the principal vocailsts, and Mr, Isaac B. Poz- nanskt was violin soloist. The pupils of the Con- servatory sang, Wita excellent time and precision, Rossinl’s overtare, “Elizabeth.” and Sir H, Bishop's overture, “Guy Manoering,” Mr, Mark Hallam acting a8 dtrecto Fire broke out at an early hour yesterday morning in the extension of the threo story frame tenement house 512 West Thirty-seventh street, occupied by Christian Werner a3 & bakery, damaging the build- ing to the extent of $2,000. Insured for $1,000, SHIPPING NEWS. Almanac for New York~This Dry. 7 22 | Moon sets. 437 | High water OCEAN STEAMERS. DATE OF DEPARTURES FROM NEW YORK FOR THE MONTHS OF DECEMBER AND JANUARY. Sun rises... Sun sets... seve 7 IL -eve 10 17 Sleamer. | Saila Destination, Opices Lafayette. Deo 24.,.,/iTavre.. 58 Broadway. City of Londoa:| Deo 24... | Liverpool. 15 Vroadway. Deo 24°21. ] Glasgow. 7 Bowling Green Dec {| Liverpoo!: 169 Broadway, Dee :|Liverpoot.....1)15 Broadway. Deo {| Liverpool 29 Broadway. +-|Deo -|Giassow. 7 Bowling t:reen ee ‘|Glasgow . owing Gree City of Brook’ | Dee “WEiverpooi::::::]19 Broadeuye Pennaylvania,..| Deo {| Liverpool 69 Broadway. Hansa, Des {| Bremen. . 3 Broad street, Colorado Jan Liverpool. 29 Broadway. City of Brussels Jan Liverpool. Broadway. Anglia. Jan | Glasgow. Bowling Green Wisconsia.:/°2)|Jan 11,...|Liverpooi. [29 Broadway, PORT OF NEW YORK, DECEMBER 23, 1870, a Sigamaip City of London (Br), Tibbits, Liverpool—Jobn ale. pitaabip England (Br), Webster, Liverpool—¥ W J un Steamship North America, Slocum, Rio Janeiro, 4e—U 8 and Brazil Mail Steamship ( Ship Agnes, Tisdale, East {ndies—Frederic Baker. Bark MA Evans (Br), Davis, Bristol, B— Morgan's Bark A M Schweigaard (Nor), Pedei Gh — Finch faye 2c igaard (Nor), Pedersen, Gloucester. Bark Amoy (bi), Parkman, Glasgow—Chas P Swan & Hark Svanen (Can), Ebsen, Allcante—Wendt, Tetens & Bockmann, Bark Arcadia (Nor), Eldrup, Gibraltar for orders—Funeb, Bayo & Vo 4 Birk Calypso, Whitmore, Buenos Ayres—Russell, Howes Bark Jobn Grifiln, Downey, Havana—J E Ward & Co" Bark Ella, Lewis, Portland—Howe, White & Co. gohtis Eastern Star, Foster, Demarara—D ‘Trowbridge's ans, Brig Curacoa (Br), Lockhart, Curacoa—Joa Fi Brig Suwanee, Super, New Orieans—N H Bri Bri; John Shay, Nickerson, Richmond, V: Abbott. oettt L Whitney, Masters, Aspinwall—S L Merchant & hr Annie Harper, Wood, Brashear City—J § Ingraham r Cora Nash, Coffin, r Sarah Watson, Sn javannah—Van Brunt & Slaght. ih, Wilmington, NC—Evans, Ball & Co, F Schr Geo I Squire, Haley, Richmond, Va—Evans, Ball & U0, Schr Cora, Bush, Washington, DC—Thomas, Holmes & Co. ic Scar Mary Lee Newton, Murphy, Baltimore—Jed Frye & 0. Schr Elia, Grindle, Baltimore—Miller & Houghton, Schr Sailfe Burton, Palmer, Statnfora, OC Acken, Meade, Stamford, mer Octavia, Revaoids, Baltimore, Na leiphia, Philadelphia, jadelphia, Philadelphia, Be Steamer Mars, Grumley, eamer EC Biddle, eamer Frank, Pierce, P Steamer A € Stimers, Davis, ARRIVALS. REPORTED BY THE HERALD STEAM YACHTS, Steamship Palmyra (Br), Brown, Liverpool Dec 6, Quee! town 7th, via Boston 22d, with mdse, to G G Franckion, Staamship Geo, Dearborn, Savannah Dec 20, with mds to Murray, Ferns & Co. Had stormy weather, with snow, after passing Hatteras. 22d inst, at4 PM, 40 miles south of Frying Pan Shoals, passea steamship City of Merida, bound south, ymship Geo B Upton, Roberts, Richmond, City Point jorfoikc, with mdse and passengers, to Washington & Steamship Hatteras, Lawrence, Richmond, Clty Point and Norfolk, with mdse and passengers, to the Old Dominion Steamship Co, Slip Elizabeth Hamfiton, White, Hartlepool, 65 days, with railway fron, to J Atkins & Co; came the southern passace. Had moderate weather to Haticras, and been 12 days north of that point, with heavy N and NW gales; stove bul- warks, ec. Bark PA Munch (Nor), Brentsen, Cardiff, 73 days, with railroad tron, to order—vessel to Funch, Kage & Co. Had Strong westerly gales the entire passage.’ Nov 7, lat 374N, Jon 1? 7 W, spoke ship Hilda, from Chriatiansund for New Orleans. ‘The P A M Js anchored at the Southwest Spit. Bark Hattie M (Er), Parker, Bremen, Nov 30, with mdse, to Funch, Edge & Co.’ First five days ont had strong westerly winds, then had four days calm. Nov 20, wind ESE.’ Passed Dungness Nov 80. On Deo '1_took nny departure from the Lizzard bearing NE; distant 18 mil wind canted northerly; on the 7th canted back to £; on the 13th canted to the westward; 15th, got tucket; since strong westerly gales and very cold weather, Burk Veteran, Catheart, Cronstadt Oct 28, and FE 43 days, via Edgartown Deo 23, with hemp, &o, to Wm Ropes & Co. Had heavy ‘westerly gales the entire pasan lost, and spilt fost boat and kalley, and bad decks swept of everything moveable. Nov 29, 1a:'48 53 N, lon 31 20 W, fell In with bark Ina, of and for Bristol, E from St John, NB, with a cargo of limber, dis- masted, and had her’ decks swept of boats, galloy and everything else moveable, and five feet of water in the ‘hold; lay by ber’ for two days waiting for a chance to get the crow afl, but neither of us having a boat, and it blowing very heavy ail the time, could not do ft. After ranning down by ler and getting a line to her for “the | purpose ‘of getting them “olf in that way, they would not risk it, and said they wonld slay by the wreck and try to” get her in some port, as she was lumber Joaded and could not sink, Bark Arizona (of Stockton), Conant, Catania, 5 days, with brimstone, &, to Fabbri & Chaun Made tho Southern passage; has been 23 days from lat 28 20 N, lon 67-40 W; been driven across the Gnif twice, with heavy NW gales: spiitanils, stove water casks, batch houses, te. Dec9, lat 8556 Nylon 7213 W, spoke brig So- oa for Baliimore, 74 days out, The A southwest Spit, pring (of Portiand), Small, Montevideon, ‘Nc, to Broit, Son & Co, Have had heavy nd NW gales for the last 10 days; crossed the Equator Nov 22; Nov 6, Int 20 89 S, lon 33 Ww Ww, spoke dark Argentine (of Bangor), from Rosario via. Montevideo for Boston; Nov 16, Iat 11 S, lon 8424 W, exchanged signals with a ship in distrces who reported bis foreinast sprung. He gave no name, where from or where bound to. our signals, but reported that he required no assistance; showel American colors and. was steering to.’ the nor.hward. | November 0, lat 53, 1on 3420 W, exchanged stgnais with bark Stella (Br), potnd sonth; gaine (ime schr Teresa (Arg), do. Nov Ql, lat L 8, lon 25 W, ship Lyttleton, from Buenos Ayres for Boston, Bark Mary (Br), Bartaby, Havana, 17 daya, with sugar to F Fisher & Co; tod F Whitney & Co. Had very heavy northerly and westerly, gules; was blown off on Dec 17, lon 70 0 W, neross the Gulf Stream; been 1) days north of Hat- eras. Brig Richmond (of Bangor), Powers, Bordeaux, f2 days, with wine, 40, to Lamont & Son. Had moderate easterly Winds up to the Banks, since, strong westerly gaies, and re celved some slight damage. The X is anchored at the South- west S| tcrope (Br), Trogarthen, Ma fruit, to Gomez, Wallfs & Co--vessel to Geo F Butley. Pasi Gibraltar Nov 4; had fine wenther up to Hatter Strong westerly gales, Dec 19, off Fire Island, gp Palestro (Fr), from St Domingo for New York; 1th, at J PM, 75 miles east of Sandy Hook, was run toto by an un- kndwn brig, bound east, carrying away boweprit, cutwater head and head gear and’ forclopgallant mast, topgallant an royal yards and sails, and had boate stove; “damage t0 the oti er Vease! unknown, Brig Palestro (Fr), Lagriutet, Acnin, Haytl, 31 days, with logiwood, to Baker ¢ Co. Hud heavy northerly and westerly gales the entire passage, Frig Vitoriana (Span), Mendezana, Cienfuegos, 26 “ays, in ballast, to Rubira & Co. Had heavy W and NW gaies on the coast, Had a pilot_on board 9 days, Brig Renshaw, Sylvester, Sagna, 23 days, with mahogany and sugar to R A’ Robinson & Co. Had moderate weuther up to Hatteras; since heavy W and NW galcs, (Br), Pursell, St Johns, Newfoundland, 26 i ge and ofl, to'R P Curio; bad strong west- ales the entire passas Sehr CS Bushnell (of New Haven), Mayo, Genoa 65 days, with mart ind rage, to J Phillips & Son. sel to Bentley, Miller & Tuomas, Passed Gibraltar Nov 4; moderate weat up to Hulteras, then strong westeriy winds; Nov 4, in tho rats, passed bark Shawmut, bound east; Dec 11, lat 27, 86 spoke schooner Abbott Lawrence, from Surinam 19th, lat 3830, lon 7410, passed brig Hunter, ; no date, €c, brig Melrose, do. The C8 B is at the Southwest Spit. netta (of Stockton), Crocker, Jacme!, 28 days, with to Kunbardt & Co, ves to James lind heavy westeriy pales; 12, days N of Latteras lost and eplit sails, Dec7, in Crooked [sland asaage sew schooner Susan, Stetson, from Jacmel for New York.” Lett in port orig (Br) and sehor iL Sim- New \ork days. Smith (of Bangor), Smith, Salt Cay, Ti, 21 days, with aalt, to Woodruff & Robiuson vessel to HW Loud & Co. Was 10 days north of Hatteras, with hoavy Wand NW gaies. On the night of Dec 2}, under closereared Bails, went ashore on Jones’ Iniet, the wind at the t was taken of without damage at 6 AM J3d ist by the Const W: king st ner Relief. hr Mary EB Rankin, Fuller, Galveston for Boston, 22 days, with cotton, to master. Had moderate weather. Schr Brothers (of Harwk El‘ridge, Norfolk for New ork, with corn, for or: Went ashore on Sandy Hook at AM the 28d'Inst, during a st w storm; Ves- ight and lying easy, the crew ail haviog landed on the Hook. Sehr J T Wiltlama, Newbury, Balt! Schr Hanrah Cham Seur LC Cook, Gi Passed &h BO vonake, ge, 49, days, with De nore, Harbor. tou, for Vi inta, Somerset for Philadel- ‘dney, CB, for New York, Son--veusel to Mose & 1d NW ales (oe whole jassage; was wnchlp Ratti W bobby r & Uo. per to Watrow . a n for New Vor, in bal Thompson, ier. rie Spark (of New Bedford), 1 20, for New York, wiih tod . Runtan, Fried away ) Key West to repair dama 8 and again oo martingale gear; lett hey W n Seaway af ig had severe gates trom WNW. Se whole passage; waa 10 dave north ot Hatteras, Dec 17 wansed 4 full-rigged brig, standing north, with howepvit, | business has been experienced a in former years, which, | although at times oppressive in some measures, has had a 10 to Nantucket Soutir s) ris; from thence was Jost water casks and | stove bulwar 3 :'Chimborazo, Coombs, Bangor for New York, 15 day \ bead mast and head of foretopmast Bebe Kathleen (Br), yt ian, Kingston, Ja, for Now York, " eon (Br), Wyman, 25 daya, with logwood and coffee, 10 J Loaycraft—vessol (3 Honey & Parker, Had hoavy W and NW gales the whole paaanxes was 10 days north of Hatteras. ‘golng into fagaton, brig Marv E Ladd, from New York. Schr Harvest Queen (Br), Mcliride, Cornwallis, NS, for New York, with potatoes, to Henry Duryea—vessel to Cran- dall, Bertaux & Co, ‘Schr Jachen, Shute, Belfast for New York, with staves to Wetherspoon Bros, Behr [( Preacott, Freeman, Portland for Norfolk. Scur 8 B Jameson, Jameson, Rockland for New York, Schr Corvo, Lyre Rockiand for New York, Schr Calista, Spear, Itockland for New York. Sehr A D Huddell, Long, Salem tor Philadelphia, Schr L Q © Wishart, Mason, Spruce Head for New York, with granite to G F Dixon, Sehr Elwood Doran, Jarvis, Boston for Philadelphia, Sclir Joha B Clayton, Compton, Boston for Philadelphia, Behe James M Flanagan, Norwood, Boston for Philadel- hin. z Schr Mary ‘T Hudson, Vanghn, Boston for Baltimore, Schr Jane L Newton, Rich, Boston for Baltimore, Sebr Marietta Hand, Bayiis, Orient for New York. Behr J trueman, Gibis, New Bedford for New York, Sebr8L Crocker, ‘Thrasher, Taunton for New York, Schr JL Chew, Phillips, Taunton for New York, Schr RS Dean, Cook, Taunton for Baltimore. Schr Lady Antrim, Baker, Wareham for New York, Schr Hunter, Crane, Somerset fur New York. Schr Richard Borden, Borden, Fall River for New York. Schr Phil Sheridan, Murphy, Fall River for New York. Schr W H Bowen, Butler, Providence for New York, Schr Memento, Mason, Providence for New York, Schr W G Dearborn, Birch, Providence for New York. Schr Northera Light, Ireland, Providence for Philadelphia, Schr HJ Raymond, ‘Ellaworth, Providence for Philadel te Pigchr F B Colton, Somers, Providence for Philadelphia, Schr Elvie Davis, Hand, Providence for Philadelphia, Schr B F Jonas, Grabam, Providence for Philadelphia, Schr Kienzi, Perker, Newport for New York. Sebr Sparkling Sea, Falkeaburgh, Norwich for New York. Schr BS Gildersi¢ave, Ills, ‘New London for Philadel- a, Schr Jennie A Sheppard, Gilbert, New London for Baltt- more. Schr Challenge, Perry, Greenport for New York, Fenr EE Potier, Ellsworth, Greenport for New York, Schr Warren Gates, Smith, Millstone Point for New York. Schr Robert Pettis (new), Dennis, Connecticut Kiver for Virwinia. Schr Aifee H Belden, Mayo, Hartford for New York. Scur Mary A Rice, Rice. Portiand, Ct, for New York. Schr St Mary, Kilborn, Middietown, Ci, for Philadelphia, Schr Kate Grant, Grant, New Haven for New York. Scir Henry Parker, Pierce, New Haven for New York. Schr WS O'Brien, Burns, New Haven for New Yori. Schr Lizzie Taylor, New Haven for New York. ager Cordelia N ‘irk, Huatley, New Hayen for Phila- elphia, eit Samuel Castner, Jr, Robinson, New Haven for Phila- elphta, Schr © Goodwin, Dickerson, New Haven for Amboy. r Julius Webb, Granby, ‘New Haven for Virgin Schr Ripple, Conover, New Haven for Trenton. Schr Bast. Bartlett, New Haven for Trenton. Scur Judge Kunyou, Brewer, New Haven tor New Bruns- wick. Schr © P Shultts, Young, Bridgeport for Schr Brandywine, Kingar, Bridgeport Schr Mist, Muncey, Brldeport for Trenton, Schr Surze, Warwick, Bridgeport for Trenton, Schr Julia A Tate, Tale, Brilgeport for Jersey City. Schr Celeste, Clerk, Huntington for New York. BOUND EAST. Schr Marietta Smitn, Preston, Virginia for Pair Haven. Scar Katie) Hoyt, Parker, Baltimor r New Maven, Scur Chasset, G10bs, Pouadeipaia for New Bedford, ‘At anchor in Flushing Bay :— Schr Joseph Lindsey, Nason, Virginia for Pauw Haren. Sehr WC Atwater, Parker, Alexandria for Norwich. Schr C P Stickney, Matthews, Alexandria tor New Haven. Schr Rebecca Florence, Drayton, Baluimore for Wiuter- chr F Ls Porter, Jones, Baitimore for Providence, Schr Restleaa, Baxter, Philadeiphia for Boston. Sehr F Nickerson, Tilly, Phitadelphia for B Schr A G Pierce, Baxter, New Yor for Conn Schr Mount Hope, Aulen, New York for Be'f a Sehr Justina, Kennlston, New York for Hostoa, Schr Sarah, Mitchell, New York for Boston. SAILED. Steamsbipa Nortn America, for Rio Jauelro, de; Albe- marie, Richmond, 4c. Wind at sunsec N, n. ticut River. ‘shipping Notes. Captain Pierre Guana, commander of the schoolship Mer- cnry, has recelved instructions to proceed to sea and cruise between the intitudes of 10 degrees north and 5 degrees south and of longitudes 5 degrees east to 45 degrees west of Green- wich, until the 10th of March next, Captain Guana will take with him 287 boys berween the ages of 13 and 18 years, ‘The chief object in view isto perfect the boys in seamanship, but the Commismoners of Charities indulge the hope that by the careful observation of the officers the interests of commerce may be advanced and the cause of sclence greatly promoted, Raro results may be expected from this and lke cruises it that attention is given it which is demanded by the importance of the movement, Unlixe many of the large machine shops which by prostra- tion of the bfBiness that only made thelr owners’ fortunes and caused thelr murky laboratories to be hives of industry, that are now stilled and their machinery going to ruin, the Continental Works of Greenpoint, owned by MrT F Row- land, present a pleasant contrast. For a long time past they have been very busy and have had employed many compe- tent engineers and journeymen machinists of skill and ex- perience, ‘This number has been recentiy augmented, owing tothe consummation of the contract for the building of the two iron ferryboats for the Union Ferry Company, designed to be put on the Fulton ferry, and now the works are em- ploying over 500 artisans—a very fair exhibit, indeed, these dull days, Of course thers 1s not observable that bubbling, ceaseless activity surrounding the different shops of these works as during our late war, when monitors and tron-clads were turned out with such rapidity that the mechanfeal and naval worlds were astonished, but there is a gratifying evi- dence of what industry and talent will accomplish. The bonts for the Union Ferry Company will be sister vessels in every respect, even tothe minutest detail. They have been contracted for with the object that they shall be safe against collision, floating fields of ice or any other accident which is Mable to befall the boats of the company running on tho Fulton ferry, and itis fully believed that thelr construction will be such that this result will be realized. These boats will be 150 feet in lonath, 83 feet breadth of beam and 12 fect 4 inches depth of hold, They will be dividea into three athwartship watertight bulkheads, the fron of which will be three-elghths of an inch in thickness, ‘The hulls will also contain two fore and aft watertight bulkheads, running tho whole length of the vessel, and these are to be 80 con. structed that no injury can de sustained by the engines or boilers whatever the circumstances, and will be perfectly tight about the floors, the latter result being a mechanical achievement due to the inventive genius of Mr Rowland, and for which he has already received great credit. The keels wilt be molded 10 inches, slaed 10 inches and five-etghths of an inch in thickness. ‘The frames will be 24 inches apart centres, and of angle iron 4 inches by ‘The floors will rest on every frame and be 15 inches deep. The engine and boiler keelsons will be of fron, of box girder form, running the whole length of the vessel, Heads of frames will be tied together by shelf plates 7-16ths of an inch in thickness by 24 inches wide. ‘There will bo three breasthooks at each end of the vessel, running back 12 feet, and the sternposts will bo of forged fron 834 by 516 inches. The machinery for these boats is in process of construction at the Quintard Iron Works, and has before been alluded to in this column, ‘The engines will be of the inclined description, having cylinders 40 inches in diameter by 10 feet atroke of piston. The boilers will be of the cylindrical-drop return-flue character, Mr Rowland has agreed to have the hulls finished in three months, and in every respect these bouts, ft is believed, will prove to be models after which many others will be constructed, The Continental Works are also busily engaged in turning out the heavy iron work for the domes of the Union depot, now going up at tho corner of Forty-fifth street and Fourth ave- nue, and work of an extensive character for several gas- works throughout the country, among which are a telescopic holder, 80 feet in diameter and 41 feet high, for the Spring- field (Mass) Gas Works; a similar hoider, 80 by 21 feet, for the New Britain (Conn) works; and they have recently fn- ished holders, 110 by 64 feet and 168 by 70 feet respectively, for the Brooklyn and New York works. During the season just closed the business of towing barges and canal boats onthe Hudson to Albany and Troy by the various lines has been very heavy and marked by many pe- cullarities. The Schuyler line has five large boats, which have gonstantly been employed since the dates they were put upon the route, and during their running have towed up and down the river in safety 11,88 barges and canal boats, This is a handsome exhibit, and will give an idea of the extraordi- nary nature of the trade, The first trip was made by the Niagara March 81, and the other boats followed her in their initial trips for the season as the business demanded, being ‘Anna (April 2), Belle (April 9), America (April 25) and Ca- yuga (May 2). Much trouble was experienced by the unpre- cedented low state of the water at times, but they wero favored with very fair weather, noheavy gates playing havoc with tows, as has been the case in former years. In one instance a heavy tow was detained on the bar at Coeyman’s 86 hours, but detentions of this nature were infrequent. The largest tow down the Hudson during the season was by the Ameriea, which contefaed 52 barges and caaai boats. The same opposition between the firms engaged in the towing tendency to make the different captains of the towing steam- ers ever on the wlert and careful in afschirging their dut; It has also caused more than the usual activity among those interested on shore, and in this way has probably been of benefit to those who were their customers, of the present month tho business fell off, and then the withdrawal of the towing steamboats commenced. ‘There were laid up:—Belle, Dec 8; Niagara, 10th; Anna, 12th; America, 18th; Cayuga, 1th. It will be remembered tuat the above exhibit is by one line only, hore ure others inthe same business, but they seemed unwitiing to supply figures and facts when requested, holding, pechaps that such sbrewaness is the chief end of success. > Marine Disnster from Rio Jan t ashore y of Fort ale night of the 1uth, when she went to No lives were lost, but three fore repor two and @ half there until the pieces and Was totnlly ot, jadies lost all their by 0. Bank AB Wyman, which was burned at sea on the 7th Inst, was valued at #6),000, and owass by Bnoch Kenner & Co, of Boston, who bad only P8400 i ‘on vessel, Lut none on freight. ‘ths followin in which iusuran effected Washingt Boston, 85,000 7,000; Franklin, §7,000; 8,000. BRIG FANNY J Mraniman, from for Gal ton, which was blowa ashore "in th of Octove lant, avove Cape Fi and was lay for $10), bas be Dec 16. Sonne HOoKANOM, Exzza CRowrnt, and TraRR, before reported nshore at Baris’ Is are breaking’ np and are total wreeka, The Liger 4: «66 tons, waa built at Scarboro in 1-61, aud war owned iu Camden; the Hoekapom ‘The beginning | 1 built in 1960 owned MAgthe ease Crowell reulstered it tone wan bunt ie and was owned in Bangor. ‘The cargo of ach shuingof tour, meal ie von teeta ia Gninteea ae The Mockanom had a partial mixed cargo, » amall of wnich was saved in a damaged condition, Soun ONWARD—Portsmouth, NH, Dec 22—The rere achr Onward, of this port, misstayed ‘In beating the river Wedneatay night wad went ashore, at lies high and dry low tide, SOR FRANKLIN Bent, B: at Baltimore from Mill, River, Jn, was 6 days notth of Tatsncas with strony ‘north’ und northeast winds, aud los some vals, sings Sonu Brorurns (of Harwich), Elcriige, from Norf with 700 bushels corn, 1 Me on the Senay Hook. Bhe went on morning raza, ¢eicek Ae Sour DANIEL MOREIS was sold at Noank 20th inst A | #5 60 $60) to parties In New Have c ton, for'a company in Providenea, 2° coat for Sone NeLLIm STAPLES, ashore near Race Point, has heest condemned and will be soi as Tetee Fees: condemned and e wold At wuction to-day (2d), together, Sonn Exwa, Gilifatt, fro Pe Pigs Poy , from Nova Sedtia for Boston, wild 4 Miscelinneons Purser Harry Haskell, of the steamship Leo, from Savane nab, bas our thanks for favors. spoken. Rark Nina Figari (Ital), Ei arte, Deo la; lak eat Sueno from New York for Few it MC (Br), from Hayti for Boston, Deo 14, lat 36 15, “Forelan Ports. yAMO¥, Oct 20—Sailed, bark Amadine (Br), Barrows, New In port Oct 9, hark Cedars (Br), for New York ldg. BUENOS AYRES, Nov 14—Sailed, ship Charter ‘Oak, Tukey, Liverpool; Wut, bark La Plath, Crowel, Nev York. 4 200 N, Dec 2—| 5 ) Forsyth, from New York for lee Heats gn one Some p Oss Pa Thalleds Darke Memento (Br), Thompa, e' (not 7 vi gon New Zealand (not New York; 26th, Penang, Whitdy, 1n port Noy 1, bark Marathon, Donnell, taken up for News ‘ York. LIVERPOOL, Deo 2—Arrived, ships Pocahontas, Oliv New Orleanst’Sedburgh (itr), Berry; and. indymion. (Bing! Jones, do; Gertrude (itn), Dosing, Savannah, iy fol port Aitty wteanistny Onturlo, Townsend, from Havre, NAGASAKI, from Onrdiif May 17. PERNAMBUCO, Nov 17—Sailed, brig Water Witch, Sand ford (from Baltimore). Rio Janeiro, WHAMPOA, Oct 5—Sailed (as at first reported), ship Ned sutan, Schibye, New York. In port Oct 2%, ships Orceoln, Walden, for New York lig} John Milton (Br), Boutilier, tor do, American Ports. ALEXANDRIA, Dec 22—-Sailed, schr E R Kirk, Jereey city. AMNAPOLIS, Deo 29 In the rons, steams}ip Casplant (Br), Beott, from Liverpool. i Oct 12—In port ship Monte Rosa, Thomany BOSTON, Dec 22—Arrived, achra Belle (Br), Gray, May guo7, PR; A Tirrell, Atwood; NW Mazer, King, enty-Six, ‘Teel, Philadelphia; Senator Grimes, Olark, Eliza Lethport; New Zealand, Cook) Port Johnson: Nicolay'Kellny Weehawken. Below—Brig Goldfinder, Havana; scbre Paine, and K English, and a steamer, a brigand Wschra, Cleared—Steamsbip Blackstone, Loveland, Baltimore: bark Restless, Boomer, Vort gn. Colin, ype de Verds and a market; schr Whitne; ng, Hayes, Savannah, : ‘atled—Sh{p Cashmere. ' 83d—Arrived, brigs Goldfinder, Havana; H Houstong French, Galveston; schr MD Haskell, Wilmington, NC, BALMMORE, Dec 23—Cleared, schrs Beta, Corson, Mo-} bile; Herschel, Chamberlain, Providence; Clara, Cox, Hi boken; Lottie Wells, Wells, and 5 C_ Noyes, Bradley, Ne York: Jobn Manson, Manson, and Decatur Oakes, Berrvgi do; J a py Snow. and Mary & Eliza, Crowell, Boston, Sailed—-Brig Amphion. 38d—Arrived, steamship McClellan, Howes, Boston. BUCKSPORT, Me, Dec 2l—Arrived, schr Maggie Bell, Hall, Hoboker CHARLESTON, Dec 20—Salled, achr Nellie, French, Sa- tila River, Ga, i cir Eveline, Duten, Darien, Ga, to load tor} zabeth, OGH; Brig Examp. Cleared Cuba, , 2d—Arrived, steamships James Adzer, Lockwood, New! York; J W Everman, Philadelphia; Sea Gull, Baltimore, | DANVERS, Dec 19—Arrived, schrs Pyrola, Sparrow, Bal + timore; Riverside, Brown, New York. } EDGARTOWN, Dec 19--Arrived, schra Commerce, Torrey, Hovoken for Boston; ME Torrey, Torrey, Baltimore fo Sedgwick; James Jewett, Coom #. do (or elfast; Damon, Jonson, Elizabethport for Portiand; Vanilla, Eaton, Bal more for Winterport. ‘2th, PM—In port, the above arrivals, bark Veteran schr HW Benedict and otuers unknown, Wind WNW Ught; clear. , FORTRESS MONROR, Deo 23—Arrived, brigs Harold (Br),4 Elis, Turks Islands for Baltimore : Airolo, do for do. Passed out—Brig Harry, for Matanzas, ' GALVESTON, Dec 15—Cleared, barks Golden Land, = cox, and Sabine, Breaker, Liverpool. ; HOLMES’ HOLE, Dec 21, PM—Arrived, schrs Len Hunter, Perry, Philadelphia for' Amesbury: Geo, Nevengery Young, do tor Lynn; Emma L Rich, Higgins, and Cora Mord rison, Higgins, Boston for Tangier. Returned—Schr Bedabedec. Salied—Schrs Iona, Chas 8 Rogers, © _S Dyer, Gen Men:le, T Benedich AH Cain, Perey, Chas © Bearse, Almira Woo ley, J W Woodraf. ‘assed by and anchored off Nobsque—Bark Veterang Cathcart, frora Cronstadt for New York. 22d, AM—Arrived, achra Sabao, Lamson, Philadelphia fo! Boston; Hiawatha, Leo, do for Bortsmouth ; Susanna, Grege ory, Baltimore for Rockland; Geo P Trigg, Linnekin, New! cautie, Del for Danvers Ada (Br), Belyca, New York fo it John, NK, KEY WEST, Dec I4—Arrivet, schra Laurel, Sawyer, New: York jan salled 16th, for Pensacola); 10th, Whleper, Fare row, Boston. . f Tn port 16th, brig WD Audrews, Cobb, from Matanza just arrived, to commence ‘or New Yor! JANNTIG. Dees Arrived, schr WW Brainard, Dibbieg Ellzabethport. : NEW ORLEANS, Dec 17—Cleared, steamships Ou Dukehart, Baltimore, via Havana aid Key West; Yaroo Catharine, Philadeiphia, via Havana; Darien, Sundry, 1 erpool; ships Gardner Colby, Dunbar, Breme Micketl, Leghorn; barks Newcastle, Armstron RA Allen, Farr, Boston; brig Theresa Butler, Cruz; schf Frank Lucas, Wuise, Ruatan. ‘Tsti_Arrived, steamer De Soto, orton, New York; st’ >! Chrvsolite (Br), Gill, Liverpool. 3 1th—Arrived, steamships Hutchinson (new), Talbot, ¥ mington, Del; Chrysolite (Br), Cobersiey, Liveroooi; ‘st Eurydice, Dowther, do; Louisa, Glover, Newport; Mare Day, Chase, L’Orient;’ Emil sta, Walters, Live New Wabe 3 barks Maggie’ Cha: Rutherford, gs Arienza, Havana: day Torjusen, Bordeatx, Below, coming up, aiip Hughson, from Liverpool; bark Wentworth, Bent, Cardiff; sehr A Denike, Jones, from Bordeaux. Sleared—Steamsip Tabasco (Mex), Pares, Vera Cr ‘Tabasco; ship Glendower, Lewis, Liverpool; bark Li. .”) Matthews, do; achr MA Fisk, Wix n, New York. Souruwxst Pass, Dec 18—Arrived, ships Nevr W (Sr), Mathias, Cardi; Meggie (Br), Hughson, Li bark Wentworth (Br), Bent, Cardi; sehr A Dentic, ordeaux. ‘Wth—Arrived, ship Guardian, Walla, Liverpool ; ba talloch, Skene, Cardif’; brigs Fanny Ui Jeanings, Nov! veston; MC Haskell, ‘Haskell, Rockland; steams! cent City (Br), Williat Liverpool. NORFOLK, Dec 20--Arrived, schr Mary J Fisher rence, James River for New York NEW BEDFORD, Dec 22—Arrived, schr Wm Ii i Chase, Now York. Suffolk, New York. Sailed—Sebr Lad; NEWPORT, Dec 21, PM-—Satled previous, schr Spark, Halsey, Key West tor New York. f 224, AM—Arrived, sehr Louisa Francis, Kelley, for New Bedford. Satied—Schr Titmouse, Handren, Providence for ; andothers. Wind NW, blowing fresh. PM—Arrived, brig Hyarene (Br), Carney, Wind > for Raitimore, NORWICH, Dec 21—Arrived, schr Jacob Raymo: Elizabethport, NEW LONDON, Dec 21—Arrived, echr San Jaan Elizabethport. PHILADELPHIA, Dec 22—Arrived, schrs Anni», Richmond; E & L Cordery, Smith, New York; Baker, Marbleheat. Cleared—Burks Figip (Br), Scovil, Liverpool ; Al! Losberg, Rio Janeiro; briza’ Koauoke (Br), Wik! ra; C C Colson, Payson, St Jago; Lizzie Troop, N>» barien; Hyperion, Woodbury, Havana; achrs Ma, Scull, Havana; 8'& MD Scull, Stee man, Galvest mah, Hall, Matanzas; J Johnson, Messick; Hazlo! mings, an innickson, Winsmore, Providence; 5 oo » Cheesman, Boston; Howard Macomber, \\ > ynn. LEWT8, Del, Dec 22, 12:15 PM—Barks Narra Sylvia remain at anchor up the bay; tng America to harbor last evening, aud this’ moroing brou 4 schooner from outside, PM-One of the barks up the bay went np in tow other stood up under sail; two schooners are beat Wind NW. 3d—Snow storm off the Capes this morning. WNW. PENSACOLA, Deo 17—Arrived, ships Hannah Wilhemsen, London ; 19th, Cambridge (Br), MeLe: pool; Queen of the Clyde (Br), MeNeal, Ur), Hupenhansen, and Czar (Br), Hegge miral Lyons (Br), Inkster, Plymout) fanetro; Roska (Nor), St ay ‘ rlof Figin (Br), Anderson, Glasgow; brig Wanderer Brown, Newport, sehr Helen Hastings, Aubrey, Matan Cleared lth, ship St Helena (Br), Mann, Belfast, I. PAWTUCKET, Dec 22—Arrived, achr’ Lizzie’) Si Small, Philadelphia, Sailed—Scbr A Trudell, Hess, Philadelphia. YROVIDENOS, Dec 23—Arrived, achrs Annfe E Mor n,. Weeks; John Johnson, Missick, and L 8 Lovering, Corsen,) Philadeiphin; Mary Augusta, Lord, Port Johnson; Mary Aj Predmore, Hart, Weebawken ; Expedite, Racket, Rondout. Salied—Schrs Charlie Cobb, Kennedy, Baltimore; Arme- > Klvie Davis, Hand, and Wm M Wilson, Brown, Philadelphia; Mary Weaver, Weaver, New York, RICHMOND, Dec 21-—Artived, achrs Annie Boriand, Yoo hees; Wim Tice, Tice, and Carollne Kienzel, Stucama, New York; Adelbert, Farnham, Boston ; Portland, Windsor, N&. ROCKLAND, Dec 18—Arrived, ‘achrs R 8 Hodgion, G1 bles, New York; 19th, 9 J Lindsey, Crockett, do. Sutled 1th, brig L W Snow, Hail, New Orleans; 16th, sohral Nautilus, Crockett; Wm Rice, Pi ey, and Bilow. Ames, New York: 18th, bark Trait d’Unton, Ballow, Port au Prince 1th, brig F Butier, Nickerson, Savannah; schrs Richmond, Gupltill, and Sarah’ Maria, Haim, New Yor ; SAN FRANCISCO, Dee %2—Arrivet, ships Fidoradog Woodside, Ardrossan: Achilles (Br), Massey, Newcast! NWR. Cleared, ship Sarah Newman (Br), Congdon, Queens bark Floris, Ellis, do. z SAVANNAH, Eee 23—Arrived, brig Clementine, Havana ; sehr Burdett Ha: w York Cleared—Ships Bridgewater, Sisson, and Golconda, Davia, } Liverpoo Fi J McClellan, Meviellan, do; echt Daniel Pierson, Darien, tn Arrived, sera Wave Crest, Davis, Phila-} dye, Bunker, Rondout; G'W Kimball Jry ‘ist, Roval Oak, Poole, South Amboy. } kebrs St James, Ke } Salmon’ Washbur y, Now York. chr Joseph Fish, Turner, Cardena MISCSLLANBOUS CREOLUTE DIVORCES LEGALLY OBTAINED IN, A aiverent States; desertion, &¢., snifictent cance. No; pablseity. No chaige until divorce obtained, | Advice (ree. _8M. HOUSE, Attorney, 180 Browdway, f, URLS, ONLY # only 84; handsome, WS Hair Bazaar, ord & Taylos’ € s MADE WHI hen removed, by a few ap ted Venetian Linament old by all th AMERICAN LAVA WAR ret Ne Kiverican Institute air, 1870, yatent Cusp: Orek. ue ‘ ‘ever invented. £0. 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