The New York Herald Newspaper, December 26, 1870, Page 8

A RICHMOND 0 Burning of the Spotswood Hotel. A DREADFUL CHRISTMAS GREETING. Seven Lives Lost and Many Persons Missing. Another Horror Shrouding the City of Dis- asters in Gloom, INCIDENTS OF THE FIRE. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE HERALD. KicuMonn, Dee. 25, 1870, Not @ year has pas: since—swiftly, suddenly without a shadow of premonition-—this city was plunged into 4 depth of gloom almost without @ paraliel in the annals of any city on this Continent by the falling tn of the floor of the Court of Appeals in the Capitol building. Since then food has spread desolation throughout the State t) add to the List of horrors that have marked the last decade in this beautiful land, and now I have to chronicle a cala- mity which, commng at the time it does, makes us feel that it is written by the fates, “City of the Seven Hills, (hou art doomed,” THE DEMON OF FIRE of property and loss of life. Desolation, destruciion, death, come hand in hand with vhe ice King. Last mght—Christmas Eve, whlen never, even in the dark days of our civil sirife, was aught but 4 ume of merry-making and rejoicing throughout the Old Dowinton—found nearly every house in the clty the scene of festivity. Chnst- | mas morning found the cypress where the holly | had been the night before. At half-past two o'clock A. M. a canopy of tire hung over the whole city. In | one short hour, certalwy, five if not more souls were, not hurled, but dragged slowly into eternity, through the most horrivle death-gates known to hu- manity. Only Dance, im his wildest fights of poetic | Imagination, could have depicted one-half the ; ho.rors of THE BURNING OF THE SPOTSWOOD HOTEL. Notsince the burning of the old theatre has Rich- 4wond witnessed such a scene, Built withont any brick partitions above the first Moor, the flames having once gotten a headway, any attempt to check them was worse than futile. Ina few minutes after the fire was discovered by the watchman, Who happened to pass the pamtry where a stove had been negligently allowed to burn, and which, becoming red hot, communicated to tho Moor, it had crushed with lighting speed from cellar to gairet, and by the time = the Fire Department had become thoroughly or- ganized for work the whole interior of 4he immense structure was one sheet of living flame—mad, wild, Wisaing fame—in is | resistiess, desolating sweep, hurlivg athwart the frosty sky masses of burning timber, like some vol- eanic aemon laboring to digorge iiseli—now silent, 28 if to gather new strength; now roaring, crack- ding, thundering, as if striving to drown THE SHRIEKS OF ITS VICTIMS, the hoarse, confused cries of the tiremen, the shrill whistles of the engines and the agonizing hum of | the swaying crowd of citizens below ready to do und die tn the cause of humanity, bat powerless. Here 1s a mother barefooted on the frozen streets, and just as the cry of fire had startled her from her sluinbers raises that most agonizing of cries, “SAVE MY CHILDREN!” here a brother looking frantically for a sister, or @ wife pleading for some tidings of her husband, ‘who when last seen was braving fre and smoke to save some relation; there a man stupefied by hor- ror and fear; beside him another, whose gallant spirit knows not the meaning of the latter word, and who, having saved one friend, 1s preparing to rush again into the jaws of death to rescue another. Here is young SAM HINES who has just brought two friends from the fourth story out and rushes back for a third, who 1s seen at the window of his room froin the street below; but now the stairway is in flames. Only one chance re- mains; it is to jump. He prepares for the feariul leap. Brave hearts will catch him, if he crushes them. ‘Too jate; the fire fend has claimed him, A velome 1 black, stifling smoke euvelops hin; angry, forked Hames leap like serpents’ tongues from without the ant soul is In eternity. Creeping, writhing, hissing during the lulls of the winter's blast—rushing as it springs fresh from its lair—the demon finally seizes upon two large build- ings adjoining the hotel. Then the scene, if possible, Wecomes more fearful than before, mingling as it <loes the failing of walls and the shing of the Moors with tne over HORRORS OF THE SCENE. At onetime itappeared as if ine destruction of the whole block was inevitable. The night was the severest of thts winter, the spray from the streams failing in hail upon the hali-dressed inmates of the hotel), as they stood watching the means of egress from the building, to see if the next that rushed ont Was a brother, sister, husband, wife, son or daughier, orto give a word of encouragement to some one poised between two horrible forms of death and powerless, except to cry oul aboye the ain below, “SAVE ME! 1 AM BURNING )”? This heartrending appeal rang out from more than fifty windows, and rang out only once. It is not known positively that there were more than five actual victims of the flames, but the aniversal fear is that this does not approximate the nomber. One short hour and the fire fend had done its worst. Jis progress had been stayed, put wwo-thirds ef the biock fronting Main street and running back nearly the same distance was a flery charnel lake, stil smoking and seething, but conquered. When THE FIRE FIRST BROKE OUT, and the wild cry rang through the house, repeated from mouth to mouth with frantic and despairing energy, your correspondent, whose room was in the deft wing of the building, im the third story, woke up, and, after getting on some clothes, rushed into the jong passage, pow filled with smoke. A terrible sSeene met the eye throagh the smoky atmosphere. ‘The forms of haif-dreseed males and females could be seen rushing, they Knew not whither, and sbriek- ing with despair. Proceeding further to the head of 4 staircase all egress was biocked up with an Indis- crimimate mass of luggage and people trying to es- cape. Rushing then to the right wing of the build- ing another staircase was reached which brought une to the second Noor, and here the long corridors but served as Ques to conduct the fame through the building. Continuing on, the ground floor is reached at last, and then the cold, icy air strikes the face. A PITROUS SCENE. Here 1 saw the wife of Captain McPhail in her bare feet, with a blanket wrapped around her, while her husband, half dressed, carried their infant child, whose piteous cries could be neard above the has again ravished It and added to the destruction | NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1870. j vain was sne urged by the proprietor, Mr. Luck, to escape; but she wanted her trunk. This she got, but then she wanted to save something else, aud at last all the avenues of escape were cut off and she was swallowed up by the devouring element. Besides this lady and Hines among the known victims are Erasmus Ress, famons as clerk of the Libby Prison during the war, Samuel Robinson, of New Orleans, cigar vender, and H, A. Thomas, agent of the pano- rama of Buayan’s Pligrims Progress; W. H. Pau, of Danville, Va.,JJnited Sates mati agent, and J. B. Fariss, messenger of the Southern Express Com- pany. A number of strangers on the register are missing, some of whom may have gone off on the morning train. THE FOLLOWING NAMES, however, appear on the register who are not believed to have gone off:— Samuel Friedman an@ Henry Kroetn, New York. D. N. Cannergore, of Cincinnati; 0. George and FE. H. Andrews, of Syracuse, N, Y.; J. H. Wilcox, ef Lynchburg; N. Beimstein, of Washington; A. Le! of Tampa, Fia.; H. G. Krotte, of New York, and John H. Holman, Jr., of Jackson, Tenn. Fourth district, was registered and ts also missing. The Spotswood Hotel was valuea at $140,000, and insured in Northern companies, represented by D. N, Walker, fer $60,000. M ssrs, Branch & Currant were insured in the Nerth British and Mercantile | for $5,000. Measrs, Sublett, Luck & Co., proprietors | of the Spotswood, had their furniture insured for | $20,000, and their wines and carpets for $7,000, in { the North British Company. ‘The National Insarance Company, of Baltimore, Joses $8,000, and the Continental, of New York, $3,000. All the goods ready for delivery in the cel- Jar of the Southern Express Company were de- stroyed, The company’s money safes are buned in the ruins, Among those whe had very narrew escapes were M. Maillefert, of New York, engineer of the James river ebstructions; 8. A. Pearce, of Columbia, 8. (., private secretary to Senator Sprague, and Mrs. £. Magill, proprietress of the theatre. The De Lave Troupe lost their baggage. The hotel regis- ter was feund to-night, and there are only six strangers not accounted for, It is probable some of the citizens have taken some ef them to their houses, The name of the housekeeper burned was | Mrs, Emily Kennearly. The business houses destroyed were Messrs. Branch & Currant’s crockery store, Adams’ Express Company's office, hewes’ machine store and other smaller stores. The sun that went down last night upon the happy auticipations of all ciasses of citizens rose with a glory seldom equalled but to flash back from the icicles that hung from THE BLEAK RUINS all the grandeur of myriad rainbows like death and destraction decked in diamonds. It 1s impossible to gather anything like a@ full statement of the incl- dents ef this last catastrophe, or to depict its hor- rors to-day. It 18 as if another funeral pall had been spread over the entire community. A MIRACLE PLAY. | W. H. H. Stowell, Cengressman elect from the | UMIFICATION OF AMERICA. The Proposed Annexation of Canada to the United States, Correspondence Between the Canadian Patriot Papineau and the Canadian Union Club, of New York. The subjoined Bighly important and interesting correspondence between the Canadian Union Club, of unis cliy, and the celebrated agitator and pub- licist, Louis Joseph Papineau, 18 another indication ofthe tide that 1s gradually but surely setung in | toward the fulfilment of ardent antictpations enter- | tained upon beth sides of the border that separates us from the British possessions in North Americ). Iv is full of matter for reflection, and is peculiarly werthy of note at a moment when the condition of political affairs in the Old World seems to be pre- paring the way for many great changes in the New. | SKETCH OF PAPINEAU. Loui Joseph Papineau, now tn his elghty-sixth year, entered Parliament at the age of twenty-two, and was Speaker of the House of Assembly o1 Lower Canada trom 1814 to 1837, when the insurrection broke out, A price was set upon his head, when he | took refuge in the United States. He returned to Canada In 1847 and toek a prominent place in Cana- dian politics, His love for censtatutional liberty and his hatred of English rule are as strong to-day asever. Although retired from pubiie life his influ. | ence on public opinion {8 still powerful with We radical party, LETTER OF PROFESSOR G. BATCHELOK PAPINEAU. New YORK, Noy, 28, 1870. HONORABLE AND Honored Sik—The Canad: of New York have just founded a political asse tien under the name of the “Canadian Umien Club,” With the object of promoting the ‘union of Cauada with the United States’? ; I send you the circulars and resolutions published by the club, accompanied by 4 pamphiet on the unification ef North America, whieh has supplied the broad foundations of our programme. Con- scious of the lively interest you always take in the emancipation of our native country, 1 thought you would be glad to learn what we propose todo to efect this desirable consummation. You would be received among our people with the greatest enthusiasm. It is to the expression of this grateful sentiment that | owe the pleasure of invit- ing you to come aad encourage, with your manly speeches, our iacipient society, at the third monthly meeting on the 16th December next, If, a8 it 1s tO TOL. J than to Canada, and emigrants there become rich in one-tenth the time necessary to acquire a litle wealth i our severe climes. They become more useful consumers of English industrial products, and, in spite of all these advantages, England tells them: We do not want you any Gaenee as colonists, In yay your Union Club, having for its special object to bring about as soon as possible the union of Canada with the United States, you cannot fail to second the elevated and judicious views of the statesmen who now govern England. If among the selfish rolers who form the cabinet of Ottowa there was the shadow of a true statesman, having at heart the public welfare, of high intelligence, of a moral and powerful authority, acquired by @ long public life entirely upright, what numberless advantages he would procure for Canada ! You truly said that all the countries bordering ‘upon the territory of the central nation of America are manifestly destined to enter its vast aud pros- perous orbit, ‘The time has come tor a new order of things. We are going to ne aseociated at last to the grandeur acquired by and promised to the model nation, the institutions of which assure to all thoge who may adopt them liberty, peace, order, educauon and the virtues Newing from them; rotection accorded te.all religious denominauons by public toleration and the ation of Church and State, love of labor, contempt for idleness, and general welfare and contentment, better than It has ever been accomplished at any tame before and by any other nation, Let us repens unceasingly that after the happy re- alization of our heartfelt aspirations for annexation to the American confederation, which cannot have subjects, but only citizen-brothers, more than nine- tenths of the fotifications fall, from the shores of the Newfoundland to the Pacific; that their murderous walls may be converted Into beneficial schools, aud their destructive soldiers into industrious producers; that the legion of custom house officers and smug- giers equally injurious to tke interests of honest trade are dispensed with and better employed in the fields and manufactories, Let us state shat, between Montreal and Kingston, there are more water powers than in all the New England States; that our water powers are rendered useless because we are colonists who are not allow- ed compete with English producers; that the British capitalists have gone to the United States instead of Canada, because the superiority ef Amer- ican institutions guarantees profitable remuneration for investments, and that the inferiority and insta bility of our institutions, so frequeatly altered with- out our consent, inspire distrust and do not afford the same security to European capitalists. The free exchange of products between Raffin Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, between the Westera and EKastern extremity of the North American Conti- nent, expels ull danger of war; creates every day new riches, and for their rapid and ecomomical 4is- tribution covers all those 1mmense regions with an uninterrapted network of canais and railroads; that those innumerable afivantages and a thousand others are interdicted to us by our separation; that they would spring up and multiply throngh anne: ation, Oh, what a fruitful marriage it would be! May God grant it to us! With esteem, your associate, L, J. PAPINEAU, To Prof. GEORGY BATCHELOR, Secretary Canadian Union Club of New York. ¢ feared, circumstances keep you chained to the louse, we should be happy to receive. in 1ieu of this Jorced absence, one ef those istructve letters for which you hold a patent. ‘The American people, whe are rested from thelr gigautic struggie with secession, are going to re- sume, at the point where it had been left, their his- torle mission ol continental reconstruciion. They need torches to lignten their way into the countries not forming part as yet of their domain. You can eloquentiy supply that need, Now, @ paragraph about our own association. The founders of the Canadian Union Club said to them- selves, “Annexation is a process, union 1s a result.” In the eyes of many people annexation implies the absolute absorption of the weaker Canada, by the strenger, the Waited States carried out through Brilliant Feast,” Hou ‘The “miracle play” forms one ef the few bright gleams Of poetry that iiumined the medieval ages, and many modern putts and essayists (notably Longfellow in “the Golden Legend”) have at tempted, not without success, te ering home to us the strangely quaint charm tat stl) elings to it in the memory of scholars. It had, however, two grave and even conspicuous faults—coarseness aud blasphemy. With these few words of introaue- tion we bring to the notice of our readers the interesting entertainment at the Grand Opera House last evening, under the auspices of the So- dality of St. Paul’s Church. Although announced simply a8 a Kinderfeste, or Cnrist-child’s feast, it revived all the more pleasing features of the old miracle play, wile it carefully avolded its grosser blemishes, There was the same curious mingling of faints and sckool children and angels and Mary and Joseph, and the shepherds of Bethlehem; the same splendid display of rich colored dresses; the same tone of child-like belief in the absolute power of mother Church, and the unquestionable reality of her traduions and legends. No mere charming or appropriate mode of wortaily celebral- ing a Christmas Sunday evening could have been devised. The play opeved with a tableau of school children, the boys dressed in the uniform of the Sodality and the girls in plain white muslin, In the centre were a boy with a red cape fringed with gold, and a girlfor larger growth (the queen of the feast) ‘with a wand of authority, while the side groups were rellevea by two maidens ‘bearing the green fag of rm and our own dear many-starred banner. Alter several giees, hymning the praises of this joyous festival, had been rendered with a singularly pleasing effect by the fresh voices of the children, the goed Santa Klaus kimself appeared upon the scene, vested in his snow-spangied robe and fur cap, and bearing in one hand a bundle of switches and | in the other a bag of goodies to reward the evil anda | the good children according to their deeds of the | past year. The next part exhibited the episode of | the shepherds and the announcement of the birth ot the Messiah by the heavenly messengers, with a view in the background of the stable—not a grotto, but a realistic stable with a realistic manger—in which the Saviour of mankind first “took upon Him = our fesh.? The closing tableau con- | sisted of scenes around the Christmas tree, three of which were stripped to fill the hearts of the youth- Tul players with harinless pleasure. The play con- cluded by speeches of thanks to the givers of the entertainment and a chorus of praise te Him whose | band is ever opened to minister to the wants of 11s creatures, The entertainment could scarcely have been better Manage, if the want of punctuality in beginning at the advertised time be excepted, and reflected the greatest credit on all concerned im its production. The singing was excellent, the orchestra well trained, the dresses and appoiuunents splendid and et tasteful. Indeed, the whole affair was so byil- | lant @ success that there can be little doubt that every Christmas henceforth a Christ-ciild’s feast will be one of the most charming features of tie New York celebration of the festival. Success of Last Ni The Christ Child’s bt, at the Grand Opera PICKING POCKETS IN CHURCH. In the bright, crisp morning air of yesterday Maria | Scheppler, of 183 Kast Houston street, sailied away to the German Catholic church in Third street to at- tend the Christmas mass. The church was crowded. In the pew where Maria knelt knelt also Augustus Crawford, who secmed to be full of the spirit of the occasion, saying his orlsons with apparently the most pious, devotion. Whea the holy service Was abeut over and the congregation began to leave the church Mrs. Scheppler observed Augustus putting his hand inte her dress pocket and drawing out her wallet. Disliking to make any alarm in church she waited ull the thie! got outside, when she accused him of robbing her. The fellew imme- diately darted off, but was pursued ana brought to by a police oMcer before he had run many blocks. Yesterday Crawford was taken before Jus. fice Scoit at the Essex Market Police Court and held to answer. A GERMAN VICTORY IN HOBOKEN. The district of Hoboken known as Shippenviile | ‘was alarmed at one o'clock yesterday morning with the yells of two belligerent individuais, named Join Anderson and Henry Miltop, The men had a dis- pute about the Franco-Prussian war, which, how- ever, was confined to words, tiil John offered to bet twenty dollars that not more than one-fourth the present German army in France would ever re- cross the Rhine, Hereupon a desperate encounter took place, the result of which was that John’s physiognomy was battered out of its tormer shape, though he showed pluck co the last. The fight was ended by the intervention of a crowd of persons, Who had agreed to remain neutral so long as fire- arms or Weapons were not employed. A CHILD iN FLAMES, A melancholy accident occurred yesterday after- noon about two o'clock in Jersey Oity. A [ttle girl | din of the falling timbers and crashing floors. But here was AN ACT OF CHIVALRY worthy of mention. A young man named ‘Towers Sprang forward, puiled off his shoes and gave them to the lady, aud, divesting himself of his overcoat, wrapped the ehild in it and curried tt a distance of several squares to the nouse of a friend of McPhail’s. Again there was another cr “A MAN AP A PIFPH STORY WINDOW |” 1 looked up, and there was C. A. Schaffter, the State Superintendent of Public Printing, clinging ao the sill of a Ath story window. His feet reach the upper rew of glass in the fourth stery windew, and he kicks out the panes. He places his feet on » the sash, moves his hands cautiously to the cap of the windew and them descends to the ill of that window. in this way the gallant Schaffter came from story to story amid the plaudits of the crowd, by whom he was seized and carried out of danger when he reached the ground. AMONG THE VICTIMS Je Mrs, Kerusly, the housekeeper of the hovel, In named Julla Barrett, seven years of age, was with her mother visiting some friends at No. 110 Morgan street. Ata moment when no person was near the child her clothes caught fire from the stove and she ran out of the door enveloped in flames. Oue of the inmates of the house came to the rescue, but in the eagerness to grasp the child tne latter tumbled aown a Might of stairs. Finally, when the flames were ex- tunguished, the poor child was so fearfully rousted that her condition is hopeless, She was taken to her residence, No. 19 Prospect street. RUM AND STEEL IN BROOKLYN. Shortly after five o'clock last evening fwo young men—Joseph Shandiey and Taomas McGlyan—both of whom were under the influence of liquor, quar- relied while standing on the corner of Hudson ive- | their absolute mas some kind of vivience—an idea that wounds our nawional pride. Let us, then, adopt the conciliaung tities of Union and Unionist. It will make our peo- ple understand the betier that by throwing aside colonial thraidom they maay enter the American Union on an equal foeting with the other States and Ot as a conquered people. Please uccept my pairiotic greetings, GEORGE BATCHELOR, Secretary of the Canadian Union Club of New York. 645 BROADWAY, St. Charles Hotel, LETTER OF THE HON. LOUIS JOSKPH PAPINEAU ON THE POLITICAL CONSTITUTION OF CANADA. Im answer to an invitation of Professor George Batchelor, secretary of the “Club Untoniste Cana- dien de New York,” the Hon, L, J. Papinean, for forty years the popular leader of Lower Canada, has written the following important letter, trans- lated from the original, in French, expressly tor the HERALD:— MONTREAL, Dec. 11, 1870, GENTLEMEN OF THE CANADIAN UNION CLUB—I applaud with all my heart my dear compatriots of New York, volantary exiles, vecause they ceutd not endure the shames and injustice which the foreign master and his mercenary tollowers, born on the soll but traitors to their country, daily indict upon her. Lalso applaud the holy inspirations of your grateful hearts, of your ardeot patriotism, of your passionate love for human dignity and sreedom, as. Well as sor the emancipation of our dear country at the earliest date. On the 12th of October last yeu assembled in Ma- sonic Hall for two great, legitimate, virtueus mant- iestations—that ef your veneration for genius and that of your devotion for your ceuntry; for honor- ing the name, gtes' ameng all, ef Columbas, and contriving the best ime: for sweeping away from the American Contines jonial Vassalage. If you | mvite me again for the celebration of this glorious anniversary 1 will undeubtedly carry there my full eighty-six years. It Was @ Very geod thought to establish a Canadian Union Club in New York, associate myself with you and all otners who shall openly protest against made us by the British Par- wie a portion of the public law ef the European Content, moratized by the enlight- eument and the politica: philesophy of the nin teenth century that men living in society | have imalicnable rights inherent to ther autonomy, and that the latter cannot. pe altered Without their cousent freely exercised. Two despotisins more brutal than the others, that of Prussia aud that of British toryism, have alone re- mained strangers to these principles of justice. ‘They have disposed of the men of Holstein and of Brit'sh Continental America, respectively, as of tugs without rights aud without sous, baving noting to say concerning the disposition watch might make ef them. Be- yond these two odious exceptions, no changes in the constitutions er dommions in Europe have been considered moral, legitimate and obligatory unless ratified by the mlerested parties m1 conventions or constituent assemblies elected for ti plebisgliums. Victory can ask fo) and diplomacy acquiesce in them, aione ¢: versal suffrage moralize and make them valid, 1g the aivine right gf the nineteenth century, divine | since it is jast and is derived from the free choice of men to Whom reason and conscience have been given to conduce tier to happiness, The confederation of the British provinces was passed when, for the last time | hope and believe, he old foryish aristocracy was dominant, Lt was passed with criminal designs, with a view to con- tinue the languishing anciet nial system; that , Mulltplicity of places, sinecures and pen- of the nobillty, and in favor of ‘or the imaintenance and ex- | nges n unt That cominerciat monopol: tension of which Hngland has made all her wars and shed, by Its armies, but much more by ite sub- sidies, more humaa blood since two centurtes than ve all other causes or pretexts of war ever done. it was passed principally with another object, the most culpable of all—that of setting a jew thousands of weak colonists, spread over spaces toe vast to be aefended on any single point against the innumera- ble battalions of tie most pewerful nation of mod- ern times, the mest assured of an untram- meled future, the most progressive among all the Powers of the earth. Fear and wrath are bad counsellors. Such are the ignovle passions which have deranged the brains of the pro- moters of that beilicuse Confederstien. ‘To preserve it until a a@iMculty with the United States should occur ihey vote millions for the establishment of an inter-colonial ratiwi {tis true, they confess, that for lifty years and more it will not pay expenses ; but no matter; it woud enable Kayland to send a umited number of troops in winter from Halilax, provided an avalanche of Yankee soldiers would not gobble them on thelr way to Quebec. Still other mil- lions are more toolishiy spent in fortitications to shelter the defenders of the count What could small army, such as could be raised here, do agat those who could raise in a short time, armed and disciplined, twelve hundred thousand combatants. « In case of war the Canadian Carnot, without the genius of the pawiousm of his prototype, will organize vicvory to defend with his ve hundred thousand militiamen, in the plains of Canada, the interests of bis dear old Engiana, it was for having vocilerated such an atrocious iupertinevce that he was found worthy of climbing the footsteps of the august hierarchy of British baroucts or Knights, I do not know waic Such were the means of making a Tertune I have seen succeed for long years of a pain- ful political life, during which Downing street and thetr official valets 1 Canada soil the annals of the country as they are tow soiled by the Ministers of the Brilish North American confederation, Everythimg has turned for the better in England and all for the worse in her dependencies on this contivent. There toryism has been driven away trom power; here it 1s more and more domineering, insolent, corrupting, plundering, costly, dissipating, ut morals or seli-respect. Here also It 1s about do} ¢ Gladstone administration eive nothing but contempt agatast mar- plots and bullies who daily insuit the United States through their nirelings of (he press, and by laws hos- tile to American interests provoklug measures of retaliation, already ovicially auneunced, and which would Instantaaecously annimiate eur commerce, ignu Our Ministers are s antot what 1s iranspir- ing outside of then conclaves, that they seem to be- lieve in the continuation of the colonial system, suit as it was when they entered public Ife. In their torn they lave become, as in former times, the | experience on Christinas Day, SAVIOURS OLDER THAN CHRIST. A Christmas Review of Christianity and a Su- perb Solo—Rich, Rare and Racy Remi- niscences of Religion—Discourse by Eev. 0. B. Frothingham. Lyric Hall is densely crowdea on each Sunday of the seasou to listen to the eloquent sermon of the favorite interpreter of Jesus of Nazareth who preached to the poor. Preacling without notes, logical, eriginal, and at times startling—as sublime truths often are—this divine attracts to the foot of his rostrum the intellectual and liberal classes of te people. Each week he presents in new gar- ments and in faultless symmetry of form some old and well-known truth. With a spice of faith he mixes ancient mysteries and modern scientific dis- coveries, and evolves from them living, breathing tenets, only the more fascinating from the elegance of his delivery and the beauty of his diction. Yes- terday the throng was dense in the large hall, and every chair was brought into service in the room adjoining. THE MUSIC. ‘The services began with the Gloria from Farmer's Mass, and before the benediction Miss Gibbs, the beautiful and thoroughly trained soprano, of whom the Sanpete isso proud, sang the selo from Handol’s Messiah, ** Come Uuto Him.’’ At the con- clusion of this plece there was an almost irresistible tendency among the hearers Wo applaud. The hymn, “Lowth,’’ trom Greatorex’s collection, was given by the (ull quartette (Mrs. Gardner, Miss Gibbs, Mr. Huwes and Mr. Clapp), and a secend solo was sung ‘by, Miss Gibb: he “Christmas Morn,’ by Gounod. Mr. Frothingham began his sermon without a text, ana reviewed religion and science from the janes” to the coming of Jenn Tyn- ‘When the man of the world, wea- ried by the ceaseless patile and the many wrongs and crimes of life, returns to view the cot where he was born, and beholds, perhaps, THE LITTLE BED in which he lay as am mnocent child, he feels the same sentiment of sorrow which Onristians should When the memory of Galitee comes tous in the midst ef our present life we should ail feel semething of dissatisfaction at the course Christianity has pursued, and regret the lost innocence and purity of its character. Christianity went forth in the world and found a home. ‘Jo the immediate followers of Christ HEAVEN WAS 80 LARGE that its doors were open for all the human race to enter, and a simple faith saw all the children form- ing an inner circie about ihe Great Father. Chris- tianity since those early days of hope and joy has become wearled and faded and old through 1s cen- turies of war and trial. To-day one-half the Chris- tian worid bows before the hoitmess of God and the other half before the holiness of Pio Nono. Chris- luanity no longer dwells in the stable, no longer finds its supreme type in the purity and joy of the little one. it wanders im distant lands, carrying new idols to the idolaters, and only less idols than those it replaces. ‘The Christian Church is rich and powerful now; it Worships in magnificent cathedrais and 1s followed by a maguilicent wain singing grand psaims. Christianity does not in eur time breathe much of the manger. That humble place is almost forgotten, One searches for religion in our day at the hands of the doctors, and does not search his own soul to find there the simple cluid and THE GRAND FAITH. We carty Christianity to the Eastern World ana tell them the story ef our religion as new. Ah! my iriends, centuries since, when men followed Zoroas- ter in the East; when with mighty thought they con- quered laws the existence of which we have just jearn@d to acknowledge; when Persia, with marvel- lously complete philosopti and sciences, was in the gt light of noon the Hebrews were shrouded in the - DARKNESS OF MIDNIGRT. Christianity did not give birth to the idea of the unity of God. That idea was born from the He- brews, and the Hebrews had struggled for centuries in their efforts to cope with and believe in this doc- trine which had prevailed among a yet more East- ern people from an unknown and very remote an- tiquity. ‘The immortality of the soul is not alone @ Christian tenet. Jt was taught by count- less mililons ‘‘wnen the Jews were an ignorant and vagabond race wandering over the earth, rais- ing their hand against every man, aod every man raising his head against them.” Our Man of sorrow was not the only one. Long before fis birth the incarnate deities born in heaven, who came to dwell with man on earch, in sorrow and ip poy- erty—had become a muititude in the Orient. To-day We sometimes lose sight of the fact that one hun dred and seventy miliions ef people belleve in re- gard to Buddba what we believe in regara to OUR CUUIST. They relate as many miracles; they repeat the same pure sweet truths. ‘They tell of a God who came to them, not from the manger, but froin the Jory of heaven a king to put on the garb of the lowest caste of the most wretched order of people, less than the Parlah—a God who relinquished his throne in THE KINGDOM OF THE IMMORTAL tocome among them iu their poverty and to share their tears and agony. The millions of India tell us of many gods who came among them teaching immortality, self-sacritice and love towards one another, China points us to Cenfucius, whom millions praise as e anterior to Christ, who taught our living faite. A million volumes and a thousand tablets in the Celestial empire attest his virtues and celebrate his fame. For uutold ages dead millions have welcomed gods ameng men, but in Jesus of Nazareth we behold the supreme incar- nation—the Man of Sorow and the Redeemer of the race. OBLTUARY. Fanny Stockton. The death of this pepular lyric actress, the an- nouncement of whichde made tis morning, will be @ matter ol sarprive to the public, which had heard nothing of her illness. Miss Stockton, or rather Mrs. Smith, was born in Tivoli,.on the Hadson, and was at the time of her death sfilla young woman, At an early age she gave evidences of musical talents, which were carefuily cultivated, and when she had reached the age of eighteen she made her deput in the concert room. Her reception was not as favorable as was expected and desired, and she therefore withdrew from the pubits and reapplied herselt to the cullvation of her voice. On re- appearing on the stage sne gained a decided triumph, her vocal powers having been fully developed. From that time she met with success wherever she went. After travelling through wicked old men of our Senate. The system they endorse is repudiaied by England. She does not de- nue and Plymouth street. The wrangle ended in a sanguinary manner by Shandley drawing @ knife and stabbing iis antagonist in the back, just be- neath the Jeft snoulder blade. He theu took to his heels, Subsequently ofiicer McCarthy, of the Second precinct police, discevered the whereabouts of the fugitive and took him to the station house in York street, where he is held for examjnaiion, The Wound is not considered fatale sire any mol 0 keep coloutes, and, Jess than any other, American Colonies, the preservation of which is too precarious and costiy. They are told so every day, but they seem listless and deaf. The colonies of Australia and New Caledonia are much more valuabie for England. Their rich gold mines, the extreme mildness of their climate, the exuberant fertility of their soi), attract thither the surplus of Briusp population ip a venloid proportion greater | country With concert troupes she decided on gomg upon the stage as a lyric artist. appearance Was at the Olympic theatre in this city, where she played the part of Oberon In ‘A Midsum- mer Night’s Dream.” Shertly after she accepted an engagement at Niblo’a, where she appeared as the Fairy Queen in the “White Fawn.” Subsequently Miss Stockton went to Chicago, where, at the Opera House in that city, she played during the season, and after leaving there went with Mr. Hess? com- pany to Phiadelplaa, appears at the Qnegtnut |B street theatre, Her last cuaagernenk, we think, ‘was with the ‘Rosa english opera troupe. Ip Angust, 1869, Mass Stockien was married in Phila- deiphia to a Mr. Smith, a private citizen. an actress she Was very popular, and her death will be Mmourned by all theatregoers as a loss to the the- atrical profession, BERGH ON THE “BIT BUX: Patrick Crowley, the azent on Staten Island of the American Society tor the Preveniton of Cruelty to Animals, on Friday, the 16th mstant, arrested T, Cut- tinghame, coachman of Mr. D. W. Lowe, for having two severe “bit burra”’ on his -horses; and the par- tles being taken before Justice Corbet the principal, Mr. Lowe, was fined ten dollars, the Jad, adding thereto a severe rebuke for the cracity of the act, and at the same time announcing his intention to severely punish ali persons found offending in like manaoer, THE WEATHER IM WEST VIRGINIA, SraunTon, Va., Dec, 25, 1870, The weather in West Virginia and the valley of Virginia is intensely cold, the coldest experienced for many years, Mercury touched zero here at days break. At Lexington it was twenty-four ee below freezing point. A‘ Greenbiel White Satpiu r a Sp.ings, W. Va., it was forty at point aia ice 1s six Inches ‘iio % amen RECORD. . Sunday, Dec. G3—11:35 PB. Me WAR DEPARIMENT, | SIGNAL SERVICE, UNirep Srares ARMY. § Force of the Wind. State of the Weather. 1H | Place of Obecr- vation. OTE Brisk.” Gentle. Brak. Brisk, Brisk, High wind, Very brisk, Ver¥ gentie. Very gente, Gente. Gentie, jHigh wind, Brisk, Calm, Very gentle, te. . ry brisk. Brisk. Geate, Brisk. Gentie. Very gentle. Sebaeleeeteeey | SSSSESTESSES ESF! =! Cloudy. Clear. Cloudy. Cloudy. ri Oswego, N. ¥ Washingtor led for elevation a) 1 tempera- SHIPPING NEWS. Almanac for New York—This Day. +. 723 | Moon sets, «oe 439 | High water. OCEAN STEAMERS. Sun rises. Sun sets, . eve 9 27 seve IL 54 DATE OF DEPARTURES FROM NEW YORK FOR THE | MONTHS OF DECEMBER AND JANUARY, ~ Steame City of Cork...)Dec 27 Nevada...,...-.|Dec yr :|Dee en Caledonia ::*:-|Dec 7 Bowling Green City of Brook’n| Dec 15 Broadway. Pennsylvania... | Dec .|Dec |69 Broadway. 17 Bowling Green [29 Broadway. PORT OF NEW YORK, DECEMBER 25, 1870, ARRIVALS. REPORTED BY THE HERALD STEAM YAORTS, Steamship George Washington, Gager, New Orleans Dec 17, with mdse and passengers, to Hb Cromwell & Co. &id and 2th experienced a viofent’ gale from N wo NW, with in- tensely cold weather, causing the shin to ice up very much, prepreg at =e bas a veered Lei and ortly after saw a wrecking steamer going to her assist- anee (ho doubt the Aries). sine St ip Crescent Cliy, Norton, New Orleans Dec 17, with mdse and ngers, to Frederic Baker. ‘Steamship Georgia, Crowell, Charleston, with mdse and Passengers, to Henry R Morgan & Co. Steamship John Gibaon, Winters. Georgetown, DO, 45 hours, with mdse, to G B Merrick. Dec 24, off Cedar Island, schooner ashore, with sails loose, and appeared to ne On; Haw two men on deck; went as close to her a8 safety would permit and blew the whistle to attract their attention, but the persons on board made no answer- ing signals; the vessel was painted pinck, with white quar- i k Letgame ship Fanita, Doane, Philadelphia, with mdse, to J or lard. Steamship Millville, Renear, Millville, NJ, with mdse. to Whitehouse & Tatem. rig, Anne Jane. (Br), Mullchaey. St Johns, NF, 29 days, with ‘fish, to Bowring Brothers. Had heavy westerly gules the whole passage. Dec 18, lat 39 27, lon 62, passed brig Sharon, with foretopsall and topgallaut yards gone, water- logged and abandoned, Schr Mary E Curtis, Craft, Virginia, Rehr Jenate Hail, Bailey, Virginia. Schr Wm Henry, Van Name, Virginia. Schr Garrett P Wright, Cropper, Virginia. Schr Miranda, Hardy, Virzinia for New Haven, Schr Danie! Holmes, Burr, Baltimore. Schr 8 W Bunnell, Bunnell, Baltimore for Bridgeport. Schr Wm A Crocker, Baxter, Pailadeiphia for Boston, Passed Through Hell Gate. BOUND SOUTH. Steamabip Acushnet, Rector, New Bedford for New York, with and passengers, to Ferguson & Wood. Schr Maria C Frye (new), Frost, Calain for New York, 15 days, with lumber to Gorham & Wiliams—vessel io Jed Frye & Co. Sebr M E Bartlett, Chase, New Haven for New York. Schr Thos Winants, Crawford, New Haven for Norfolk, Schr Sarah M Simmons, Gandy, New Haven for Baiti- more. Schr Phebe Elizabeth, Hill, New Haven for Elizabethport. BOUND EASt. Bark Ella, Lewis, New York for Portinn¢ Schr’ Emeline Haight, Avery, Neweustlé, Del, fer Ports- mouth, ‘Schr Sea Nymph, Connolly, Port Johngon for Providence. hr Geo Twibill, Herring, ‘Port Johnson for New Haven, Sebr Silver Bell, Bayley, Port Johnson for Boston. Sehr Lucy K Cogswell, Sweet, Port Johnson for Boston. Schr Alice Oakes, Marvon, Port Johnaon for Hostoi r Ann Elizabeth, Getchell, Port Johnson for Bostor Sarah Jane, Fordham, Eltzabethport tor New Haven. Schr Hate M Howes, Howes, Bhzavethport for Provi- dence. Schr Angler, Besse, Hoboken for Warcham, qSoMt Franklin D Nelson, Keene, New York for New Lon- 0 Exeter, Pendleton, New York for Boston, BELOW. Sch? Condova. from Savannah (by pilot boat Bara Nye, 02). SAILED. Ship Cynric, for London; bark Ida, do; brig Suwance, New Orleans. Wind at sunset NW, Shipping Notes. It 4s pretty generally known that for some time vast the extensive submarine ledge of rocks on either side of Gover- nor’s Ialand known ns Diamond Reef, which constitutes a most formidable and dangerous obstruction to the naviga- tion of the East river at low tide, and even under the most favorable circumstances a serious annoyance to the pilots of the port, 1s now being worked upon with a view of Its re- moval, It {sm task of great magnitude, but it is being con- ducted under such excellent supervision, and was only started upon after many experiments, so that those acquainted with the elaborate machinery in position and the mode of ita working are bold to proclaim that in time complete success will attend the effort, The general government and the State authorities have at intervals made various surveys and proposed many plans to accomplish the removal of the reef, but nothing really definite was done unti! the inauguration of the present plan of attack. Gen John” Newton, at the head of the United States Engineer corps, in charge of our harbor improvements, had long felt very anxious to effect « needed remedy in this particular, and thos experimented on alarge number of plans. At last several experiments were tried with a number of explosive materials at the Hallett's Point Reef excavation, to determine which was the best adapted for submarine and other blasting purposes. It was determined by the result that nitro-glycerine, used in a new and improved form, was tho most ellicacious, besldes being the most economical substance discovered. It wax then re- solved to test the mutter on an extensive scale, and arrange- ments were made to operate on Diamond Reef. To do this many and seemingly almost insurmountable obstacles were in the way, but Gen Newton has overcome them, eetting aside ail the diflculties that have hitherto been in the way of submarine rock-drilling from a floating surface above. The odd-l oking, square, box-like structure seen oi Gove no's Islan by all passengers on the lower ferries is the result of Gen Newton's inventive genius. ‘To use a coffer- dam or cateson, the only available method previously known, was made impossible on account of the tides, which would wreck any.hing of that nature placed there. The mud- dy water prevented the operations of divers, and all other ex- periments faiied completely. Finally the present machine was Invented, and it is absolutely new in every respect, net- ting in its weil-tried work many points that before were open to criticiam. Itcan be seen about a quarter of a mile from the Battery, where {1 has been moored some six weeks, Itis alarge scow, 140 feet long by 50 feet wide, strongly built and provided with overhanging guards, steam macainery, &c. There are four patent capstans, four an- chora of large size, heavy chain cables and hnge hawsers, which maintain it in the exact position required on the reef. In the centre of this acow {4 an fron dome, 3) feet in diame- ter and weighing 70 tons. ‘This is sunk in the water, resting upon legs, which are movable and adjusted by the diver, #0 that ft stands evenly on the rock, autiting the tide and motion of thescow. When sunk the surface water boils with an ‘angry bins over ft, but beneath the current, although strong, moves quite steadily. Over the well-hole of the dome are two movable bridges, which enable it to be raised or low- ered as desired by four large derricks at exther end of the acow, In cypptracting thin machine jt was frst apparent —_————$—————— that something must be made that would work or stand fo ‘Any ourrent, however strong. This led to the invention of the dome, after much experimenting, and it bas fully real- ized the expectations of Gen Newton, Next there was re- quired @ foundation for this, that {t could be properly worked, which led to the building of the scow, and as the position In which ft was to be anchored was one of the most exponed in the harbor, lying in the track of thousands of ‘steam vessels, both large and small, it was necessary that it should be of such strength that no ordinary collision could njure tt, Since it has been fo ite place many stapid pilots or captains have caused their vessels to collide with it; but it 1s pleasant to record that they have invariably got the worat of the bargain, and nothing can run it down but a first class steamship, and then it would have to be struck directly Auidships, After the scow was so constructed that it could resist all collisions the next problem was the working of the dome, which was accomplished by the bridges and derricks. ‘Then to hold the acow in position was the next dificulty, and that wan satisfactorily adjusted as above explained, In po- ‘sition on the scow are steam drills, which are fastened at desired points where the rock 18 to he pierced. Attached to thea@ ate pairs of jaws, sinker bars and cable clutches, atmt- lar to those in use at the oil regions, Each drill has an en- | gine. ‘This portion of the work presented difficulties, as dia the others. There was the placing of the drilling engines on deck, that they might work whatever the nature of the wea- ther, wad so successfully has this problem been solved that ‘he drilling has continued during ail the late heavy north- ‘Weak blow; and at times so severe were these galos that the guards of Gen Newton's steamboat rolled under water while alongaide There were also overcome the ines eventy.in the rise and fall pienso : Maples ol ftetunds, fs Bilge iy of the drills, | cal achievement ; but, ufter but little more than experimenting: ‘Bbere: ve done betore Diamond Reef 1s removed; bered, it possesses wn area of over 8000 aquare feet. There were but three drlils in use for the drat few days, but others have been added, and mine are now in operation. Divers descend and direct the motion of the piercer, and the natu- ral agitation of the water keeps the hole clear of fragments. Until the ice shall drive them from thelr position the work will go on, to be commenced again atthe tirst opportunity in early spring, Meanwhie Gea Newton will bave built « jarger machine than the one now In position, and ail the cs- sential details of its construction will be the same as the present, yet it will contain many little improvements sug- gested by the experieuce already gone through with, The work will then begin in ea:nest, with a fair hope of a apeedy and favorable ending. There has already been one explo- sion of the nitro-zlycerine charges, of about 140 pounds. ‘They were inserted by a two-ply India-rubber pipe, two and abalf inches in diameter and seven feet long. ‘This explo- sion broke up a aquare of rock from 80 to 8 feet, while it cracked, seamed and raised that about it. There wili shortly be another explosion of an increased amount of nitro-glyce- rine, ‘The charges will be of 30 pounds each—27) pounds altogether—and enveloped as before. The nine holes are each 11 feet 4 inches in diameter, and the blast ts tighily ne- cured, butnottamped. These charges will be exploded by the electric spark. One thousand feet of copper wire, heay- ily couted with gutta percha, will lead from a powerful Leyden jar battery to the charges, the ead of each wire con- necting with # fulminating pod or cap, which diacharzes the binst. 1: is said the ignition will be commontcated from a distance of 850 fect, and will be simultaneous in cach wire. ‘The whole reef will be gone over with before the work of dredging ls commenced, and until the latter is in progress the story cannot be proper.y told; but there is no doubt of | the present working belag a complete success, so much #0 that what {t has heretofore cost the general government $59 peroubic yard to accomplish, Gen Newton, with tne new machine and explosive material, will do for $20 per cuble yard. Thisis a bold statement, but, nevertheless, it is trne, and it {s believed the time has arrived that the blasting and removing of rock unter water has been divested of all its chicanery—that is, where there is @ reasonable amount of work to do and a moderate wave only to contend with, aiike to or even worse than that in our harbor during the stormiest days. Hitherto many attempts have been made to blast rocks in this vicinity that proved an impediment to naviga- tion, but ft has been futile, as the tops only were taken off. Not so with the work at Diamond Reef. It isto be broken up and removed, aud when, in the spring, tho new and tm- proved dredger shall have commenced its work, it 1s to be hoped that Gen Newton's most sanguine expectations will | be realized, and that danzerous ledge of rock no longer | exist as an obstruction to the barbor of New York. This accomplished, he will have earned the lasting gratitude of the commercial world. Marine Disasters. STEAMSHIP ARLES, from Boston for Philadelphia, whick went ashore on Hereford Bur 28d inst, was go? off'on the 2th by the Coast Wrecking Company's steamer Relief, and proceeded to Philadelphia, BRIG SHARON (Br), from New York for Constantinople, was ron into by an unknown vessel on the night of the of December, 70 miles ESE of Sandy Hook. ‘The enpiain and crew were saved by the schooner Charles F Heyer Portland, which arrived at Savannah to-day (2th). The brig unk with her decks under water and was left in that tonditron. BuiG ANNA D Torry, from Pensacola for Boston, was at anchor in Provinestown' barbor 25th inst, with loss of sail and deckload. Some Neue F Bunarss (of Beiport), loading fish scraps at Wells! Factory, Shelter Island went ashore twice during the gales of week before last. SLOOP TEMPERANCE, Maves, from Elizabethport for New Haven, while passing thronsh Hell Gate AME 25th 1ust with a very light wind, struck on Ring Rock ana drifted into. Pot Cove; was towed into Huilo.t's Cove and beached, leaking ally. Carr MAY, Dec 25—The steamer Erie, from Philadelphia for Boston, is ashore on Hereford Bur. meee Lonpox, Dec %—The bark Panther was spoken on the 1th net, add reported loss oF seckload and her captain dis- abled. Ship Norval, of Greenock, from Montreal, is ashore in Oban Bay. Scotland, and is breaking up. Ship Balti, from’ Quebec for Oporto, is ashore at Matha- sinuos (>), The crew wero saved: the cargo may be. Sip K n Elizmbetl, Belfast, ire, for St Joba, aky, and was condemned. r fa i Carrie Wright (ir). Morgan, from New York Tull, put into the Scilly Islands, off southeast coast of Ei laud, with bows stove ant loss ‘of bowsprit, having been collision with a vessel, the name of which is not reported. Misceianeous The ship yards at Port Jefferson have eight vessels on the ways, ranging from 400 to 80) tons each, Foreign Ports. Cru, Nov9—In port bark Chasea, Crockett, for Boston (before reported for York). QUEENSTOWN, Di ‘Arrived, steamship City of Balti- more (Br), Delamotte. New York (Dee 13) via H alitax (ith) for Liverpool (anp proceeded), American Ports. ALEXANDRIA, Dec 28--Sailed, schr A Bartlett, Provle dence, BOSTON, Dec 24, AM—Arrived, scrs T J Tratton, Talpey, and J Paine, Stevens, Phiiaselphia; Flight, Crowell, Hobo- ken. signal for 1 ship and 2 brigs.’ Cleared-—Steamships Wm Lawrence, Hallett, Baltimore iaucus, Walden, New York; bark Duiveland Port Louis (isic of France); loge siete Cas- ; schr A & Nickerson, Nickerson, Philadelpnia, teamship Wm Lawrence, Hallett, Baltt- Br), Owens, Liverpool; bark Chilotiide, sdy, 2bth—Ai Henfnego Below. ai anchor in Proviucetown barbor. snip Wi Wood, bury, Herriman, Calcuita: bark dona (ir, Barker- Fayal; brig Anna D Torry, Pensacola; schr © © Bearse, Port au Spain. PORIDGEPORT, Dec 4—Arnvea, achra Belle, Simpson, BRIDG! ey boken ; B Flower, ‘Hoboken. Breoklyn ; Geo F Brown, ord, New London. do. alled~Sehrs Little David, Blatr, Gedney, Elizabethvort; Motto, Stal ESTON, Dec %5--Arrived, ateamer South Carolina, from New York. CHARL) Sailed -Steamships Manhattan, for New York; J W Ever- man, Philadelpbia; bark ivanel Randall, Liverpool ; schra WL Burroughs, Gork anda market; J M Bromell, Ferna- Gina; Jeane Wilson, Georgetown, DG; J GSmith, Savannah; Thon Slusman, Wiltnington, NC. EDGARTOWN, Dec 21, AM —Sailed, schr Laura Webb, for Baltimore. NORFOLK, Dec 22—Arrived, schra W G Tuff, Skidmore; Eva L Holmes, Clum, ana Clara © Frye, Cooper, New York, NEW LONDON, Dec %4—Arnved, schra Caroline, Mill- bridge for New York; P L Smito, Bangor for do; Gentile, Roeklaud for do; AJameson, do for do; Light Boat, do for do. Safled—Schrs Pantheon, and Success, for New York. PHILADELPHIA, Dec 24, AM—Arrived, schrs Lottie, Boston: E d Irwin, Jobnaon, Providence FRANCISCO, Dec }4—Sailed, ship Ade.aide Baker- Taylor, AN, itton, Liverpool. r), Sutton, eee etveds slo Padney Dawson (Br), Cole, Liverpool. el, Matanzas, for orders. SAVANNAH, Eec 21--Arrived, bark Racht Cleared--Bark Valentina (Sp), Arribalzaga, Liverpool ; brig Morning Star, Grozier, Bremen. 2th—arrived, sienmahip Sweden, from Glasgow. Cleared—Steamahips Huntaville, and San Jacinto, for New York; Tonawanda, for Philadelphia; barks Mayne Reid, Barcelona; Crescencla (Sp), Algerin, do; achra ‘Cushing, Cuba; Kenduskeag, Bronswick; Robert Caldwell, ni Sa -Arrived, steamship Sa ssa, from Baltimore; schr Thi Portland. WILMINGTON, NC, Dec 22—Arrived, brig Sussex (Br), Matanzas, Jobn Ferris, Field, New York; G B Me- ud, Boston; Jas ¥ Wit Bt MISCELLANEOUS. 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