The New York Herald Newspaper, December 28, 1871, Page 8

THE CRUISE OF THE PLYMOUTH. Thirty Months on the Medi- terranean Station. Some Fallacies About Fancy Life in the Euro- pean Flost—Family Life on Board an Ameri- ean Man-of-War—Touching in Spanish, Prussian, French, Italian, Grecian, English and Egyptian Ports—A Fine Cruise on Board a Model Ship—The Vessel’s People Afloat and Ashore. NaPLes, Nov. 17, 1871. On the 25th of February, 1869, the United States @ioop-of-war Plymouth (then named Kenosha) teamed from tne port of New York, bound for Lis- on. Since that date she has been attached to the Mediterranean squadron, and bas been an exemplar of man-of-war service from the coast of Africa to the porthern seas, Three wecks ago to-day she ropped anchor in the Bay of Naples; and here, Jying surrounded by so many objects of conspicuous Anterest—Pompel!, Vesuvins, Herculaneum, and the tombs and ruins of the most celebratea characters m Roman history—she is to the American the most smteresting of all. Her narrow, graceful hull; her clean, distinctly streaked exterior; her fine bows and well adapted spars, together with her white boats and taut rigging, make her the most marked ‘vexsel anchored by the Mole, id As the cruise of the Plymouth in @ manner t!lus- trates the character of duty on this station, and as her THIRTY MONTHS ABROAD Rave no. been characterized by any of the specialties ‘which timid imaginations assign to a “fancy cruise.” I shall try to describe, briefy, what her recent his tory bas been; especially as many people are sat- urated wiih the fallacy What those who live in the cablo, wardroom or steerage, and are on duty in “the Mediterranean, ” exist in a higher state of bliss than Mohammed’s loftiest heaven. In conversing ‘With the Plymoutn’s officers, 1 do not flad that they are very generaily enamored of the station, nor does it appear that other messes elsewhere in the | Meet are possessed with any extreme degree of happiness from service in these waters, Lo be sure, “the Mediterranean” is a pleasant statioa—one finds Mice, Naples, Alexandria and Athens here; but the Raval officer, without he has a too induigent admiral and captain, does not have an opportunity to see the outlying couniries more Man skin deep. Ii is a great mistake on the part of enthusiastic people to imagine that sigitt-seeing 1s the only pleasure to be round abroad, Conscientious travellers take a courier in | every town, visil every church, see every object made famous by sowie local historian in neea of bread; but such voyagers tn a crowd can be counted on ihe Hngers of one band. It is a great misiage | iso Wo Suppose the highest joy comes from viewing some great Leap of stones, to which 18 assigned a Dioody superstition. sight-seeing palls; reveries by the rolling surf or in dense antique thickets are PLEASANT PASTIMES, snd do well enough on tie stage; but the truth Is | they do pot always compeusate for hunger or alle- viate an epicurcan thirst. in fine, signt-seeing ts, after all, only a painful use of one’s eyes, and tue man Who goes twice to visit @ fabled solitude is voted an ass, and the woman as fonder of “Childe Harold” than common sense, Such is the food offered to the young officer at Annapolis, who harbors ue fond dream that service in “the Mediterranean” is only a hoil- @ay three years long. He had better clear ug his faoric of a vision and expose the trath. Here, as elsewhere, there are mid-watches, morning quar- ‘ers and regular duty; and the wardroom or steer- age officer, muco less the captain, cannot indulge ail those pleasures which are the property or the young “gent” who was educated behind a counter and earned his competency by going round a sud- gen corner in Wall street. Officers out here assure me that ail come to the squadron with too high ex- pectations, and that, therefore, ali are disappointed. At least one-half of the wardruom mess must be constantly on board, and the rigor of discipine is severer than in American waters, because no Ameri+ can officer is willing to allow his snip to gain the reputation of being sioveniy. The Plymouth, not. withstanding, has bad a very PLEASANT AND PROFITABLE CRUISB, @aving anchored in almost every accessible Euro- peab port, and in many of them two or three times since the day she steamed out of New York; and n ow, following the routine, she goes home in February to her place on some other station, When she left the Brooklyn yard her present captain, Com- mander K. R. Breeze, did not command her; in_ deed, many of Ler present officers were not on boara. THK PLYMOUTH BEGAN BER CRUISE bark-rigged, tonnage 1,570, with wnirty-four ma- vines apd 213 men, and a speed which sometimes frau @ Dighb as Hitecn knots, From unwise altera- Uvns made in her rig by the aepartment she 1s not now 4s feet as when she bore the name of Kenosha. Her armament consisted of one 11-inch, 81x §-inch, one 60-pounder Parrot, wo 24-pounaers and one 12- pounder. Arriving at Lisbon in twenty-four days jrom New York tne Piymouth sailed from that port nuirecily to Barcelona, and dropped ancaor on April 6, Where vccarred one of the most inieresting events of tue cruise. Over eigaty invitations were Issued iv A GRAND BALL ov board; a repast was preparea; the arms were wlocked ufler the best skill of the ship’s armorer, and cutlasses, battle axes and revolvers were Woven tmlo those serangely ianiastic shapes which the reader May Someuines have seen at the ADDApolis Seasts, All Barceliowa was in an uproar. Lvery Karceiona beauty desired an invitation, and vast, Indeed, Was Une BWeetuess which greeied the Viy- Mouih’s people ashore, ‘They were the choicest morsels On earth: aud the Piymouth—the gods oer equal. So themselves had ne scidow does 4 wan- ccasiou became One OI Listorical LUportauce to the town. Not to be invited was deemed Lo be snubved m thefuture society of the town. ‘the evening | came, and, instead of eighty responding to their cards, two hundred and more poured over we stae, wronged the ship jore and ait, and, when the music struck up, it was like dancing in Me middie of rock crystal—there was no sea way. A supper provided for eighty was not one tu satisiy Wwe maws of our Barceloua friends, and 80, while some were feasted as became their beauty, many had to spend extra coppers on their next morning's breakfast, 1t was, however, joily, and but exem- pliles the rage that there 1s to board AN AMERICAN MAN-OF-WAK IN A FORRIGN PORT. Every ofticer ts credited with such am amouut of Savagery Unat in some places the superstition ex- iste that no man 1s considered & good oilicer in the United states Navy witbout he Kills & blue jacket in every Walch ‘This sad delusion of the Europeans 3# NOt contined to Our Warriors; they believe it as couceived well o! civilians. I was sittipg ina reading rooin m Rome, sume days ao, walking = with an accomplisvead Russian lady, who spoke sour janguages and prided berseif on her kuowiedye of European poliucs, Caiding her tor HOt visiting America, she said:—‘Bot lie is not sale; why. you gentiemen never take your break- fast before your worming duel. Pray. now many have youxtiied’” Not aione the desire to visit an american maa-of-war, ald imspect the crew aud officers 18 the incentive Wich drawé 80 many Jair ladies Wo our quarter-deck. There 18 stil another hypothesis reiguing in the European mind—that every American can draw his check for ap indeduie Siwount— thousands at pleasure, MILLIONS ON THE “'PINCH,’? It was @ spring of action partaking very much of the golden ring, which, doubtiess, recentiy mdu # Lewnching Bourbon Princess W marry a8 Awerl- can adventurer. The Plymouth now having Visited Cadiz, Malaga, Givraiter and Carinagena, ARUIVED OFF SPELLIA im June, 166% ‘There ber officers were treated w a royal feast by King Amadeus, Of Spain, then aAdmira Of the Italian Navy, when Lieutenant Ide delivered @ stirring speech In Spanish, aud almost every oiticer spoke in a tongue nut Is own, Includ- yng 4 successful efort by Chiel Engineer Muliia in Quent Italian, The then Admiral, irom sickness in his iatuily, Was pot aole to be preseut, but the able Was Uriltianuly bordered by the ete of ihe station. THE NEST ANCHORAGE was at Villafranca, wuere, (ue ship received her Puritauical name. Leghorn came next, and a lew days alterwards tue smoke of Vesuvius Wid the | Piymouth that sie was neanng Naples. Naples, indeed! as the Hailans ay, “VROKE NAPOLI B MORI,” and yet, feeling the poetry of the apostrophe, I had muct svoner see Napies anid there jive, Lae ward- room Was Of course rent With discussions as to Lie correct Uheery about the eruption of Vesuvius, and the chief engineer, maiMlaiuing We bonor of lis department, avowed WI mighty empliasts thal it Was steam In Lie Cai lu's boiler. She aver thougat 11 was @ bad asstimdution of subterranean Wediciles; the paymaster an €Xhadston of Lhe mountain's Dal hou, aud Une Caplan, Wilh reagious fervor, Unat It was a warmng WO evi tivers, Wille Wis soemn arg iient Was going Ga ihe Wy BaIpINeD We Mi WW Ligh Kee, VUCHUSY, LUCY CLUGhIPYy © bm ont of the Academy, where we learned all about Vesuvius,” The first Meutenant said nothing, and aiterwards consulted the ‘old man of te mountain,” who, be it known, has talked Java for twenty-eight years from that hermitage where somuch good Lachryme Chrisu is wasted on appreciative palates. Ail hands, of course, did" the mountain, breathea the noxious vapors of the Scoria, and with that soit sentimentuiliy woick characterizes the naval officer, tried to dwell in BYRON’S VERSE AND BULWBR’S PROSE. The wardroom mess did much the same in Naples and its environs as Limagiue every One does who comes here. Waether among the ruins of prostrate Pompeii or tn the dark caumbers of hidden Hereu- laneum—two cities to wich authentic ftistory and highly Uluminated tradition have assigned te ag- gravated juxurtes of the Roman empwe—or in the loathsome relic of Capri, and through many of the beantful eavirons of Naples, our oMcers are ever present. And here let me say @ word avout NAPLES OF TO-DAY. There 1s every prospect of a fine season, and the boicl keepers talk as hotel Keepers always do, “the most brilliant season ever known in Naples.” zy even now 1s life in Naples. The air scidom gets up enough energy to move; the men are well typified in the broiling Jazzaront, whether in the inanimate touch and bean movement with which your friend accepts your hand, or in the unsightly torpidity of maitres Who and their over-jied poreera, Naples is the most charming city of Europe. Its ample bay, now filled with men-of-war Of all nations and the petty shipping of the Alrican ana European ports; the splendid museum, which contains marbies Which even the fires of Vesuvius have not impaired, and which for expression and fidelity to that state, which 1 may describe as the ‘active suddenly made passive, yet typliving every intensity and agony of feature—sus- pense, apxiety, pathos, torutude, resignation, tri- uniph, hope, happiness—are nowhere excelled; the long rolis of charred papyrus retaining characters writien by Sallust aad nis Roman peers ~bronzes, Musaics, remains as well of vice as of virtue; su. burvan towns wiica present to the eye strange and Marvelous rains, 300 churches and monastic estav- Ushivents, the richest of which are being confiscated by the State; hunung, fisting, boating, yachting, pain. and with all these rusung—such is Napies. It is a city too gay and dissoiuie to be in- dustrial, and too light and fippant vo be substantial. iu 18 a city where every person 18 entitled to a bal- cony, every man to do as he pleases and every woman to sustain a reputation under the heaviest load of fashionable mmorality. 1b 1s actly to visit— to visit Lf only to prove that testal temples were, in- deed, unnecessary. From Napies to Messina, pass- THE SMOKING CRATER OF STROMBOLI, the Piymouth, after threading Scylla and Charybdis (which, probably, never had more than tabled dangers), remained a iew days at auchor under we biufs of ine ancient city. Then came ATHENS, which involved the whole wardroom again in one of taose learned discussions on the iain of Plato and tke doctrines of Aristotle, which sometimes wax more exciiing than the lengthy computations of line officers to show how many generauons must pass away before 2 commander can beco: tain or & master a heutenant Howe Mars’ Hill to Smyrna, Beyrout, Jatfa and Jerusalem, the oMcets found their way, and visited the sacred soil Walch has been fruitiul 1a so much sacred and legendary lore. From Beyrout we Plymouth sailed to AleAandria, and here her ollicers and crew were mact by the MUNIFICENT HOSPITALITY OF THE KWEDIVE. Fie gave tiem a special train to Cairo; the author! ties were ordered to take no money, and the PI qouth was declared to be the guest of Egypt. A Spleudid diner was given them; and when the Piymouth weighed anchor ior Tripoli saluung powder was sent on board by order of the Viceroy, Dut on the condition that no money shoula be re- celved m payment. From ‘THIS GRAND WELCOME she went to Tripoli, woich was described to me by a member of the Wardroom mess as a city ol “nasty Arabs,” The Untied Siates Consul, ninely-tive years old, Went on board, and, speaking Of the necessity of ‘having a new consiituiion, the clef engineer Interpreved lis desire to mean a copy of tne Constt- tution of the Untted states, which the chief tmme- diately repeated word jor word—an instrument with Wlich the veteran was not wholly wnac- quainted. For this marvellous feat of the memory the Consul styled Chief sngineer Mullin “Atemory Mullin.” So wonderiul ts this officer's gift in that direction that upon the minutest fact nis Memory 1s trusted in preference to otter peopile’s writiug. OTHER PORTS. Palermo was the next threshold sought by the Plymouth, aid at this port it was noticeab.e how Many o1 the visitors were dukes or ducnesses, At Marseilles, the next port, the ship was prepared to convoy the remains of the late George reaboay, bailing thence she went to Lisbon, and Portsmouth, England, where she reiitted, und thence w Port- land, Me., where the remains o1 the great dead were received in state. ‘This Is already fresh in we mind of the reader, From Portland the cruise continued to Portsmouth, N. H., theuce to New York, wnere Commander Breese became captain of the ship. This line oMcer conducied the assauk with the naval forces ol the North Atlantic squadron in the second attack against Fort Fisher, where he earaed distinction for bravery aud covlness, OFFICERS OF THE PLYMOUTH. The following 18 # list of the oiticers since com- mander Breese was appointed to the Piymouth:— Coninander—K, R. Breese. Liewenant Commanders—B. 3. Cromwell, George T. Davis. ‘Lieienants—George ©. Reiter, George E. Ido, dames H. Dayton, James N. Hemph. Master—Koyal K. Ingersoil. Midshipmen—George L. Dyer, He L. Green, Hago Osternaus, Boynton Leach. Mut—W. W. Wotherspoon. Surgeon—John Y. Taylor. Paymaster—C, P. Thompson, First Assistant Enginecr—A. T. Es Mullin. Passed Assisiant Surgeon—George A. bi jt Liewenant Marines—C. P. Porter. Commander's Clerk—Vhomas Dunnell, Paymaster’s Clerk—W. H. Campbeil. Acting Boatswain—Jonu Beil. Gunner—Joseph Swit, Sailmaker—George W. Frankland. PORTS VISiTED. With Captain Breese the Plymouth has continued to be one of the fluest vessels of the squadron. sie has 1 Vora Visited Tangiers, Gibraitar, Soutnamp- von, Copenhagen, Kiel, Copenhagen (2), Cuxhaven, Southaiptou, Lisvon, Villairanca (Nice), Malaga, Lisbon (z), Bordeaux, Brest, Gravesena, Flushing, Bremerhaven, Hamburg, Southampton, Lisvon (3), Nice, Spezzia, Nice, Naples (November, 1571). Thus the Piymouth, under her secoud, as ander her first captain, bas Da! an extensive cruise, ‘she most unportant incident during her cruise m the northern waters Was her entry igo Kiel barbor, which wes sown With ‘A PERFECT NETWORK OF TORPEDOKS. The pilot of the Plymouth, @ Dave, was sent be- low, and a Prussian oiicer boardea the Piymouth and piloted her toa safe anchorage. ‘Ihe experi- ment was @ very dangerous one, and no foreign vessel had ensred beiore the Piymouth. Ju tnis harbor, and, indeed, everywhere along the coast, the hospitauty which greeted the officers aud meu ‘was unbounded. ‘The Plymouth 18 now here and will go home in February as convoy to the Guerriere, Ue Wavasn, Commodore Aldeu, coming out as fagsmip, with General Sherman and stad on board, togetuer wiih tue Congress. The Geet, witn these two pewly- added Vessels, wili consist Of the Brooklyn, >henan- doah, Juniata, Wachusett and Saco. On board ihe Viyinoutu ail the symptoms of “going home” can be observed. The b.ue jackets have invested in ELABORATE COLLECTIONS OF PAINTINGS and every lar las become an art critic. In walking forward orf board I could notice tue general styie; but there was always tue one Ogure, ‘Vesuvius in erupiion,” belching forth, as I imagine, in wilder Tage tian it ever poured upon the ill-fated Pompei. 1t was cucouraging to nodce that the sailor men seemed to preier religious subjects; but even these, without the mountain, were nauht. You must not jeave Naples without having your picture taken In eruption. THE CRUISE OF THE PLYMOUTH summed up, has veea highly gratifying. In thirty months sue bus had but nine deaths, though small- pox has broken out three different times—at Lisvon, Malaga and breast. Four men died from the conta- gion, one Was lost overvoard while heaving the lead snd one was Kilied by carrying away one of Wwe jails of the capstan when resting on a chock. Tne general nealtn has been excelient and we discipline of the crew has attain @ state of high periecuon, Irom the very good sys- tem Of giving & nan his does according to lus con- duct, and which 1 will describe in another letter. The Piymouth, with her family of 250 oilicers and men, 18 about to complete what 1s believed to be the “tanciest’’ cruise in the world. Asi have tried to show, she has been an exemplar of the growing efiictoncy of the navy—of the excellent community which van pe established on board ship bv @ miXx- tare of true severity and high-tonet Kindness—the exemplar of @man-of-war of which our navy and bation may be justly proud in auy waters of the globe. itis even a greater triumph to regulate with justice and success a ship’s family Laan to sink your enemy in action, Sener ye re POLICE TRIALS. Ap Officer Charged with Robbery —Settling a Case. Two cases of delinquent policemen were heard yesterday before President Smith. The first wasa charge brought against Policeman Carrick, of the Twenty-ninth precinct, by Alexander Ward, of 122 ‘West Forty-ninth street, woo complained that about twelve o’ciock P. M, on the 20th inst. Carrick arrested him, and on the way to the station house picked his pocket of $237, Tue complainant did not appear, and the oficer was put upon his defence. He explamed that Wara was very drauk when he was arrested, and when searched in the station house tiere Was but twenty cents in his pocket and | ao old penknife, Onicer Maver, of the Tentn precinct, was charged Wit receiving money frum @ lady im tie Court of Special Sessions and setting the case sue Was en- | gaged in Jor $10, naif of which he pocketed, This gentleman. is Likely to ve relieved from police duty by (ae Board, Wao Will lake Dis case Into cousidera. | tion, YORKVILLE POLICE COURT, William Eliott, a young man, was yesterday ar ralgued before Justice Bixby, charged by George Radcliffe, of 731 Bleventh avenue, with robbing him of bis watch, Valued at $39, on the 17in inst. A Wivhess, numed Owen Moray, swore tiut to Accused sloWea fim ihe Umepieve a lew days aiter- wad, Hidolt Was commulieu, ba delault of $1,000 bal. Jor eapeWON, KINGS COUNTY MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS. The Sackett Street Boulevard—A Veto from the Mayor—The Smallpox—Ten Thousand Dol- lars Appropriated for Extra Fhysi- cians--the Ferry Encroachments— About the Fublic Markets The Board of Aldermen met yesterday afternoon, Alderman Bergen in the chatr, THE SACKETT STREET BOULEVARD. The committee appointed to consider the change Of grades Oi Various streets intersecting tne Sackett street boulevard, and also in regard to the proposed changes on Ninth avenue, submitted weir report. In connection with their report they off-red a reso- lution to the effect that the consent of tue Common Council be given tothe Park Commissiouers, pro- viding the contractors will make no claims for any damages which may result from the change. The matter was laid on the table. 4 VETO. ‘The Mayor sent in a communication stating that he should withold his signature from the resolution awarding a contract for the grading and paving of Ferris street, a number-of property owners on that street having protested and asked for an investiz a tion. The communication was placed on tle. THE SMALLPOX, Health OMcer Cochran called upon Mayor Kalb- feisch yesterday for the purpose of obtaining his name to certificates which had been drawn up by the Assistant Corporation Counsel to obtain tunds to defray the expenses of employing an extra force of physicians to vaccinate all who were in need of it. This Was maae necessary by the spread of the disease. The matter was called up in the Board by Alder- Man MCGROARTY, Who submitted the following:— We, the undersigned, the Mayor and the Health Officer of the clty of Brooklyn, and the presiding ofiicer of Kinga Coun- ty Medical Society, do hereby declare and certity that, in Our judgment, the ‘disease of amallpox is now in danger of becoming an epidemic disease in said city, and that unusual and extraordinary means should be taken to prevent the spread of the same. And we further certity that the sum of $10,000 ts necessary and proper to be raised to pay the ex- ose of auch unusual and extraordinary means necessary to e taken as aforesaid. In witness whereot we have hiere- unto set our hands this 27th day of December, 1871. MARTIN KALBFLEISCH, J. H. HOBART BURGE, M. D., Prealdent Medical society County of Kingn. GEORGE COCHRAN, M. D., Health Ofticer, Alderman McGROARTY then offered a resolution to the effect that the sum of $10,000 be appropriated to deiray ing the expenses of extra physicians, Alderman BERGEN objected, on we ground that as it was near the close of the year they might wait, and the Board of Health would then bave their ap- propr ation of $22,000, : The resolution appropriating $10,000 was adopted, THE PUBLIC MARKET. The Committee on Public Market reported that they had, as far as it was in their power, discharged their duty. The old market, at the corner of York and James streets, was at one time suilicient for the gccommodarion of the Long Island farmers and the public, but the population of tne city had in- e to such an extent that 1t nad become cient for the reception ana delivery of the in- creased amuunts of produce, The report of the committee was very lengthy, giving a detailed ac- count of the trouble experienced by the Long Island Tarmers in taking their produce to Washington Market, New York. The market was run by wnd- diemen. The tarjmers of Long Island had appealed to the city of Brooklyn to give them a market where they could dispose of their produce without taking itto New York. The cumuinittee urged the estab- lishment of @ public market in Brooklyn, and ene location, Which avove all others seemed most de- sirable and avaliable, was the low land pounded on the north by the Waliabout Canai and bay, on the south by Flushing avenue, on the east by Ryerson street and on the west by Washington avenue. ‘This was easily accessible to the people of the East- ero and Western Districts, 1here was also a water front of not less than five hundred feet. tee commitiee offered for adoption the follow- si Resolved, That the Special Committee on Public Markets be and they are hereby wuthurized to confer, on, bebait of the clty of Brookiyn, wit the United States’ authorities at Washington in regard to a grant or cession of the property in Question, and that they report the result of auch conference to this Board at thelr earliest convenience. ‘The resolution was adopted. The Committee on Ferry and Water Rights offered the followlag: efforts to arrive at an amicable determination to the prorenty on Water ana Fuiton of which has been usurped by tire Union Ferry Company—bave proved unavauing, the said ing every offer of the kind on the part city; theretore, oft Resolved, That the Corporation Counsel be and he ia here- by directed to institute forthwith and prosecute the neces- sary yon to establish and maintain the rights of the city to the property which the Union Ferry Com) vnwarrantably seized upon as part of tha site for th tion of their new terry house at Fulton ferry. Alderman RICHARDSON said that the President of the company was sick or .a communication upon the subject would have peen received from them. He moved that the matter be laid upon the tabie until the next meeting of this Board, This motion was adopted, and the Board then adjourned sine die, A Deficiency in the Salary Appropriation. Some of the city oficials made an unpleasant dis- covery yesterday. They found that the salary ap- propriation had all been used up, and that they were about $14,000 short of what would be required to pay those employed under the city goverument up to the ist of January. This has provaply been occasioned by the fact thata number ol clerks about the Hall have had their salaries increased. No more money can be raised until the Legislature meets, and some Of the oftictas wil, therefore, have to wait @ month or more for weir last montn’s salary. BROOKLYN REFORM. The Committee of Fitty Appeal fer Aid. ‘The Brooklyn Reform Committee of Fifty issued the following circular yesterday, calling upon the citizens to aid them financially in their work of in- vestigation :— COMMITTER OF FIFTY, BROOKLYN, December, 1671. WE CITIZENS AND PROYERKTY OWNERS OF Bnook- LYN :— Tt is known that pursuant to a call, numerouely signed by citizens, irrespective ot party, for a public mecting, held atthe Brooklyn Rink, October 24 last, @ resolution was pansed to appoint a ‘committee of filly members. to ex- amine into every administrative department of city and county. Tt baving become well understood that during the past few years the expenditures of the city and county governments have very largely increased, and, as is beiieved, beyond any equirements or in uplaon with economy, for the various tm- provements in process of construction, the commitiee are, thererore, fa exisience, and have already entered upon tue work, to aid In redressing wronge which for years have been accumulating, that cannot be removed ina day, @ week ora month, and baving to investigate books and accounts which nuwber by thousands, it Is not either an easy or enviabie task. The committes do not complain, nor will they neglect ‘Any part of the duties assigued them. Willing and true, witu positiveneas on their part, ia addilion to rendering their ser- vices, they will also give material aid, as, being on the com. mittee, we have not lost our identity aa citizens, and we will readily pay our share; but we must, furthermore, call upon the public to give us finanetal support. which will prove the wil! ng and moral sympathy of the people. Remember, if you tail in aiding the committee, and by auch retuaal ‘they are prevented from carrying out the duty ti ToT 1 posed in them, your future politica and the administration of municipal affairs in this ciy, as elsewhere, will be worth _ wed lease eranted to maladministration. for. man say, “I own no property; I, therefore, bi ext.” 'Y/'you do not live in toe. street, and you a on that dollar you pay the fuil share in any wasteful an corrupt expenditure of the city's finances, We call on one andail to aid us, Such aid will prove to the commitiee your patriotism and love for justice. The ‘of your mater! port will be doubie encourage- our disagrenable, yet necessary and worthy under- specttully yours, PeUSAMUEL HUTCHINSON, Ch MORRIS REY! ment taking. pOTBER C. CARTER, ‘rman. W. KALBFLEISCH, ROOKER, FE, T. BACKHOUSE, JOUN YOUNG, AMBROSE SNOW, JULIAN ALLEN, MARKOUS C. RIGGS, Executive Commiites, A VISIT TO THR WATRR BOARD. A sub-committee from the Commitice of Fifty visited the Water board yesterday for the purpose of jooking over the biJs Of the street cleaning con- tractors. They are of the opinion the work can ve done cheaper and quite as weil as it is now done, Alithe information they desired upon the subject. was readily given by Mr. Fowler, the President of the Board. he Board has always reserved the right to reject any proposais made vy irresponsibie arties, whether their bids were the lowest or not. ‘ne committee took the names of tue bidders with a view of looking into the matter. BROOKLYN ELECTION FRAUDS, Two of the Inspectors of Election of the Sixth Ward F id Guilty—IeGit and W don the Uniortunates. ‘The second and final day of the retrial of the in- spectors of Blection of the First district, Sixth ward, Who were indicted for corruptiy and know- ingly counting and returning 500 fraudulent votes, witnessed (te saine numerous attendance of politicians and friends of the pria- oners in the City Court that bas auiended these proceedings from the first. The pri- soners are Thomas McGiif anu Jonn Shaadiey, dem- ocrats, and Michael J. Weidon, repaviican. On the former's trial the jury failed wo agree because of the conscientious scruples of one of the jurors, a Mr. Jonn O'Neil, The jurors retired to weir deliberas tons at half-paat four o’ciock yesterday afternoon and at fifteen minutes bejore seven returned and reported (hat wey bad found Thomas Meat guilty, a3 charged in the indictment, and John Soanuiey and Michael J, Wilson guilty of gross neglect. Judge McCue, who presided, refused to ac- cept this quibble, and informed them that they must either find vhat the prisoners were guilty or not gutity of the offences charged In the tndtet- ment, The jurors again retied, aud put in an appear. auce at éight o'clock, when they stated , that they found McGuf guiity and Shandiey and Weldon guilty of counting and returning 600 fraudulent voces, ‘The Court refused to receive this verdict, and said they must find them either gailty of orruphiy and Knowingly counting 500 votes,” or not guilty, They again withdrew, and at a quarter past nine Frank Mal- ison, Clerk of the Court, announced that the Court would now lake arecess until eleven o'clock. This auoouncement had the effect of clear. ing we court room, which was thronged by ap anxious audience, Shortly before the hour name: the jury re-eniered tne Court room and took up their position in their stall, when they an- nounced their verdict finding McGiff and Weldon “guilty,” ana Shandley “not guilty’? of the charges coutained in the indictment, Sbandiey was dis- charged, and the other prisoners will be senteaced on Saiurday next MORE BANK FORGERIES. Expert Forgeries of Merchants’ Names—Nearly Sixty Thouzand Dollars Reported to Have Been Discounted—The Ninth Na- tional Bank Victimized. Financial circles down town were yesterday after- noon startled by rumors of the discovery of exten- sive forgeries of commercial paper, much of which, it was declared, had run the gauntlet of expert bank oMiciais and been discounted. It was asserted that the names of several of our leading business men had been forged to thirty and sixty days’ notes for various sums, aggregating from fifty to sixty thousand dollars, Later in the day persons professing to be well iniormed reported that about forty thousand dollars of this bogus paper had been discounted at the Ninth National Bank be- fore the forgeries were detected. It is believed that the expert torgers ascertained the names of mer- chants who had large amounts of paper floating ‘upon the market, and securing one of the notes of each, made themselves familiar with the signatures of the gentlemen with whose names they have taken such unwarrantable liberties, and upon whose credit they have profited so largely. With a view of ascertaining some reliable facts & reporter about eight o’clock last evening called at the bank, 2nd on inquiring of a clerk named Chap- Man that gentleman declined to say anything avout the matter. The porter stated that all the officers of the bank resided out of the city, and be had neard nothing of the rumour, Mr, Nazro, one of tne clerks, who resides at 263 West Twenty-third street, was found, aud while he admitted that some of the forged paper had been recetved at the Ninth Na- tional Bank, he declared that he was unable to give any details, as he was not familiar with them, and even if they were 1n his possessiou, not being an officer of the institution, ne would feel a delicacy about giving them to the press, Mr. Hili, the cashier, Was sought, but he resides at New Bruns- Wick, and could not be reached. Until he arrives. in the city the exact amount in which the bank is swindled cannot be ascertained, ART MATTERS. Exhibition of the “Palette.” Some cause, which cannot be easily discovered, stands in the way of everything lke @ satisfactory exhibition of patotings by local artists, With a few exceptions, gentlemen distinguished tn thelr profes- sion seein indisposed to let their works come before the public through the medium of the exhibition room, This state of feeling is to be regretted, as it has an unfavorable influenee on the interest of art in which all the members of the profession are con- cerned. This fact, which 1s patent to everyone, ought to recall such artists as hold them- selves in selfish isolation to a Sense of their duty to their profession. Itis not fitting tnat the followers of high art should think only of their selfish inte- rests, and pursue their noble calling in this gpirit of trade. The artist owes something to the public and to art. His aim ought to be to instruct and delight, not alone the small circle of fortunate rich people, whose wealth enables them to purchase the enjoy- ment of powers that are conterred for the general benefit of humanity. The disposition to withdraw from public notice evincea by many of the leading artists has been attributed to a selfish desire of con- centrating patronage on themselves as well as escaping the undue severity of the critics, Both mouyes are unworthy ones, and aisplay at once @ want of confidence in their own powers and in- difference to the welfare of art. Perhaps the most painful resnit is the general level of mediocrity to ‘which most of the artistic exlivitions are reducea, by the policy of abstention, for though we have no very great artist among us THE GRADATIONS OF MERIT are pretty well preserved, and the absence of a dis- tinguished name 1s more likely to affect the general result of an exhibition with us than where there is 9 higher average merit. The rapid advance in taste which 1s visible among the public, and is in no small part due to the infuence of the highest European art on our travelling countrymen, ‘the rapid increase of tnis class, and the consequent art education of the, rich, render it more than ever necessary to raise the standard of our local exhibitions, in order that patron: be not turned into foreign channels, to the lasting detri- ment of our native School of Art. The present is a most important moment in the history of art on | Continent, as the future direction of the national taste will in great part depend on the impulse which it receives at its presentstage of developement, Our artists do not appear to recognize the tmport- ance of gathering all the availabe talent which we can muster into a strong ART PHALANX, with which to bear down on pubiic sentiment and make a stiong and lasting impression. On tue con- trary, they divide up their torces and fritter away their strength, so that when we enter an exhibition room & good Work isthe exception, and is 80 lost amid the crowd of bad or indierent works that we are thorongiy depressed before we come upon it. No doubt when found it often shines by con- trast with the rubbish by which 1 1s surrounded, but this is an ignoble triumph which can satisfy no true artist. It may well also be questioned if our power of admiration and appreciation be not impaired by contact with a number of works pos- sessing no meri, Jt appears Lo us that the directors of the “Palette” have failer into the same error as tue managers of otner local art exhibitions, In their desire to fill their walia they have not suficiently exercised their power of rejection. This ts the more to be regreited as We understand the ‘ ‘Palette’ 18 NOL without pretentions as a retorming agency in the domain ol art, Indeed, unless it has some mis- s10n it would be diMcuit to explain its existence in view of the Jarge amount of space at the disposal of the National Academy of Design, We suppose that no WORK OF REASONABLE MERIT would be rejected by the latter society in view of the number of works without any merit which are given a place, Alter sauntering through the pres- ent exhibition, however, we confess to a misgiving in the “Palette” as a reformer. That there ate works of considerable merit 1n the collection we hasten”at once to admit; but untortunately they are not namer- ous, We notice quite a number of paintings and some drawings for whose presence we can find no explanation, We are rather Inchued to think that even the Keception Committee of the Academy of Design, notwithstanding their well kuown toleration of very indifferent pic- tures would have rejected many of those to which the Palette has accorded a place, Sculpture 1s relatively better represented than in the National Acailemy, though we regret to say this branch of art does not give any very great signs of healthy vitality. One statue and some dozen busta consti- tute, with ‘uette of Lorelei, the representations Of the sculptor’s art, So far as the statuette of LORELEL fe concerned art has not much to be thankful for, | aud we are sure that if ever the artist ventures to float down the classic Rhine the syren will take exemplary vengeance on him for the Anjustic e done her. Mr. Buberl's statue ‘Farewell’ 1s afiected and somewhat weak im action, but is not wanting in merit, The outlines are good, dut the flesh modelling is hard, A bust ot “Flora,” py Mr. Bearer, 18 # most satistactory work, but the idea ot patating it bronze color Was & mistake; besides, the light im Which it is placed de- atroys tho effect of the modelling. Among the paintings which impart character to this exhidinon Mi foran's “New York Bay from the Battery’ 18 spectaliy deserving of notice. We have here @ painting of a fainiilar scene from which all attempt at trick or sensationulism 18 absent. ‘There 1s au air of naturalness and animation, with- Out apparent effort, which is qaite deighuul. The waves seem to swell with the peculiar MASSIVE MOTION which we observe in the sea, and the idea of welght and force which they impress upon us 18 Well caugit. The color of the picture is cool and har- mouious. A litte further on the same line we flud an example of an enuirely diferent class of art, which bears Internal evidence of joretgn tufluence, Mr. Engei’s ‘imbarrassing Question” 18 @ very clever painting, ‘hts young giri, hoiaing the letter behind her back, has been drawn with @ trecdo a and firmness that we do not olten tnd ia Works by our local artists; but che merits of (he work are by no means contined to this excelience, The composition 18 exceedingly simple and natural; i comumes grace with appropriateness, ‘Tho coor 18 stron, and evidently Infuenced py the Northern school, We havo We story told direcuy and without anv NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1871.—TRIPLE SHEET. Overstraining., Mr, William Hart is present in one ot his warmest landacapes. He calls it a “Pastoral,” and certainly the scene 1s peaceful and deligh enough for Arcadia, Weratuer saspeet that such golden flelds as the painter presents to us must have charmed the piping shepherds of the pastoral age. The most striking work in the coliection is a view of ue Grand Canycn of the Sierras,” by Mr. Hill. The subject is a grand one, full of FORCE AXD GRANDEUR, and the artist bas treated tt with excellent juag- ment. He has conveyed the idea of immensity and mystery that dwells im this wild region. Laying on Dis paint boldly he has souzht general effects, and treated his light and shade in masses with tae hap- plest resus, “in the Woods,” by J. H. Beard, 13 & picture of much petit, though the foreground is ver, weakly painted, There are no traces of study 1n the rocks, which are wanting in form aid color, But the manner in whieh me light among the trees in the backwrouny is Introduced redeems the tore- ground, and lends to the picture a real interest. “Orlando,” by Mr. McGrath, displays very nice Icet~ ings, and is drawn with ease and freedom. We should like to have seen a little more iorce in tue legs. This artist gives evidence of right feeling aud his works promise of @ successful future. Among the water colors we notice Le painting of an old gentleman drawn with tne ease and confidence which we find In this artisl’s work; the color 18 not, iow. ever, as pleasing as usual, We regret that we cannot 100k upon the exhibition as eminently su cessial; but there are many works of merit which we have no space to notice. Roman Art Notes. By late advices the artistic colony in Rome seems to be working vigorously, if we may judge [rom tie accounts that reach us of the many beautiful ana ine teresting works progressing in the various stud1os of the sacred city, Whatever revolutions arrive, Rome seated in grandeur amid her classic ruins, will ever Temain the centre-of inspiration to the artist. Here ‘will spring and thrive thoughts that are iu harmony with art, which seem ont of joint in the other capitals of the world. There comes with the shad- ows of evening shades of THE MYSTIC PAST, pregnant with undefinable feelings of awe and gran- deur, that chasten the attentive spirit and prepare the soui for the contemplation of the achievements of genius, which time and ruia have hallowed. Here the artistic mind seems to expand and feed upon some principle of the alr that it finds nowhere else, aa if the Roman legions had chamed even Jaspiration to their chariots and dragged her an eternal prisoner to the Capitol, The American artists are not behind the otner nationalities in ine pursuit of the beautiful, and have an advantage not enjoyed to the same extent by any gther class of students in the geuerous patronage of their travel- ling countrymen. Qne oruer entrusted to Mr, Voik by the widow of Henry Keep, of New York, consisting of two Kneeling life-size statues of Mrs. Keep and her daughter aud a bust of the deceasea genueiman, 1s progressing rapldiy. These staiues are for the interior of a mausoleum waicn will be one of the mosi costly private muauments in New York. About $100,000 will be expended upon it, Mr. St. Gaudens, anotner young American artist, who has attracted much notice by ius work im cameos, is engaged upon a statue of “Hiawatha.” ‘Lue moment chosen ivr illustration 18 Where the poet descrives the Iadian ciiet wandering in forest, pondering on the want 0: means of Comuauication petween distant friends. ‘the subject has been hap. puy treated, and the work receives the commenda- uon of those Who have hud tue pleasure ol seelug 1 This artist also modelies a very pleasing buss of Goethe's heroine, “Marguerite.’? ur paiuters are also very lidusirious. Mr. Tilton has made rapid progress With pis picture, Kulus of Paestum,”? which has been eiectively treated. He has piaced the Temple of veace in Wwe Joreground, and tie Basiica and Tempie of Neptune in the = distance. Yue = shadows oi evening are Just closing over the scene, and the lamt gleams of the setuing sun are dying on the horizon and struggiiog With the malaria rising from ihe plain, Among bis other works a group of “Fisning Boats in the Lagane” and a “pammer Evening ou the Lagune,” with the san setting Over the Grand Canal, vetween tue Senate and the Piazza San Marco. Miss Blunden, an English artist in water color, has just compicted # very interesung picture of ine “Faragioue Rocks,” woich will be eximviled in tne Iuternauonal bxibition on ine Pincto, An Snglish sculptor, Mr. Warrimgton Wood, has just completed a s-atue of “ive,” and bas placed 16 on exhibition in bis studio. Herr Dunner has beea at work for some time on a piewure callea the ng ol the Triton.” A youth and a Gsner girl are seated un a rock by the sea shore listening to the tuues played by tue spirit of the Waves, personified by a wild deily, wilh @ lyre 10 his hana, Mr. Lorange’s last work 18 entitled “The Little Maid Servanu” A youus child is seen standing on ol into a lamp. The @cene 18 iaid in Pompeu. erst 18 at present at work on @ new picture, which he ca:is “An Episode in the Koman Curaival.” ‘Two young girls are seen on @ baiustrade in the Corso throwing flowers and sweetmeats at the people. The com- position 1s very pleasing. Mr, A, Swieszewki has just completed a picture of the “Koemg-See,” In Bavaria, Mr. Burues, of New York, hus purchased It. MORE LIGHT WANTED. ‘the Darkened Uptown Districts—Laconven- jeace and Grambling. Darkness still continues despite the promises of the Metropolitan Gas Company that lignt would be furnished to the uptown districts aiter Monuay night. fhe greatest iconvenicnce has been caused by the fatlure of the company to make good their promises, and among the business portion of the inhabitants great indignation 1s expressed, as the loss incurred has been very serious, The Curist- mas festivilies which had been postponed until last evening bave in most cases been abandoned enturely, as there 1s no certainty of a supply of gas being fur- nished for some days to come. If the street iamps could have been kept lighted the gloom would not have been so great; but since Monday night the only purpose they have served was to BUMP THE HEADS of the unlucky wights who were unacquainted ‘With ther whereabouts, Since the light gave out several outrages have been commitied under cover of the darkness, and thongh it has been stated that an extra pulice torce had been detailed for duty in the darkened district there seemed to bearemarkable scarcity of the guardians of the peace last evening. Gangs of ruffians have been patrolling the streets, visiting houses in lonely loratities and inquiring for imaginary per- suns, doubliess With a view Lo plunder, Dut Lue Vigi- Jance exercised by the citizens has hitherto aeteree mem trom accomplishing much in tis Way, and per- sons who Were making evening visits were at a complete loss to distinguish the numbers on the res- idences, and make @ house-to- house visitation before could find the paces they were in search of, ‘the supply of kerosene lamps und oil nas been bought up al an advanced price, and the demand for tallow is something extraorainary. In the stores old black votes have been hunted up out of tue cobweos and turned ito candlesticks— proving the trath of the old adage, “necessity 1s the Tuother of invention.” The drug steres suttered more than those of any other business, as it is necessary that those places should kept open during the night On the street cars the coaductors had a busier ume than they usuaily do, as the names of the streets were undistinguishable in t.e gloom, so that those who would be familiar with tue locality under otner circumsiances were completely at @ 1085 last even- ing. ‘the Grand Central Depot bas been mosi aflected by the absence of light, and increased cau- tion has to be exercived to prevent the occurrence of accidents. Travellers entering the city by nignt are at @ loss to account jor tis strange gloom, they have entered some _ villa in the backwoods of the West, instead of the Empire City. The streets, which in many places are sadiy Out of repair, are extremely datigerous tor pedestrians who are forced to go out on business at night, and Lurts and bruises are the order of the day. 'A torce of 800 men are ¢1 m the work of repairing the damages in the gas works; but the latcer have proved greater than was stated at frat, ‘and the loss has beon mucn more serious —estimated ‘at $75,000. The company state that they will pe in working order ‘at the close of the Week; but litte Feliance can pe placed Jn this assertion in the Lace of previous disappoint nts. “HORSE NOTE. It is claimed by some importers and breeders of fine stock that the progeny of horses improve in the climate of Califorma from eight to twelve per cent over the original stock, The improvement is partly due, it 16 stated, to the nutritious properties of the grain and grass, dried as they are in a clim- ate void of rain and moisture, and of snow and ico during the winter. And, besides, there is no iong, coid, Winter weather which ts suidicient of itsell to stunt the growth of fhe 2 animals, some of the more sanguine stock breeuers of that State declare that the time will come when the oilspring of thorougnbred animals will ve exported trom Cull- jornia vo breed back again with the parent stock, AGRIOULTURAL, » Rock Island (Il.) agus claims that ‘the largest yield of corn ‘ ¢ acre cver recorded in Scott county was produced by L. W. Giemons, of Pleasant Valley township, tis year. His sworn statement Scott Vounty Agriculcural Society 1s that the yaa, ‘was 164 bushels and 3 pecks of snelied Lelgniy pusneis less per acre than he raised in a baon several years ago. [is carrot crop averaged 1,600 busbela ver ace, and the potato crop 160 buxbela? +| Treasury Departiuent at Washington, and this re- CHARLES CALLENDER'S CHECKS The Affairs of the Ocean Bank—Examination of the President—a Loose Way of Doing Business. ———. Commissioner Osborne’ held an inquiry yesterday afternoon relative to the Callender case in the directors’ room of the Ocean Bank, corner of Bar- clay street and Broadway. Diatrict attorney David attended to watch the case in the interest of the People, and Callender was ably represented by bis legal adviser, Mr, Joseph Beil, It was admittea py both sides that certain checks bad been given in evidence, and then Mr. C. W. Stevenson, PRESIDENT ON THE OCEAN BANK, was sworn by tne Commissioner. He testified te having been an officer of the bank since September, 1865; was, in fact, casnier of it until about a year ago, when no became tts President. In, reply to the interrogations of the Dia. trict Attorney he stated that he knew Charies Callender, who was a bank examiner in the:’ / governmental employ. He was acquaintea with . him both on account of busioess transactions ana also because he had examined che accounts of she bank early in October last. From tne 2Jth of Sep- tember to the 7th October, 1871, Mr. Callender was loaned the sum of $76,000 by the bank, checks and collateral security in bonds being given in ex+ | change. According to the act respecting thé examination of banking accounts the examiner has toreport to the Compiroiler of Ourrency in the Port is \ KEPT SECRET vat though the Comptroller charges for every bank Py { examined, after Mr, Callender got througn nw examination of the affairs of the Ocean Bank, he made astatement to the Board of Directors, by special request, as to the state of the bank's affairs. This was on the 4th or 5tn of October, and the wit- ness did not know of any other report. The state- ment made by Mr. Callender ts on record. The check dated September 3, was included in dis statement, and Mr, Stevenson explained that it. Wes entered under the head of “cash” im thoe- | teler’s items; the check dated Octo! 2, would probably be also entered in a similar man- ner. {reply to the District Attorney the witness stated that he produced the report made by Mr, Cal- lender, which was drawn up at the request of one of the birectors—nhe Lhougat Mr. Hanson. Mr. Bel) argued that tue report was not legal, because Calien- der was obliged to fulii certain requirements, iis chent had ont, ment was 0) argued his side of the question, and recapitulated all. the evidence he nad put in. The Commissioner | settied the matter by adinitting the report ior what 1% was Worth, it Was a most laudatory statement of the dourisiing condivon of the bank's adairs, and) { caused cynical siuiies to play around the features of the FEW DEPOSITORS PRESENT, « In answer to Mr. Davis the witness said that Cale lender was engaged tor one day aad # half in pre- paring the statement, aud for so doing he received #100 as remuneration; Callender had had @ business connection with the bank for pearly three years prior to tis, In auswer to Mr, Bell the witness stated that he had been President of the bank a hiv over a year: he succeeded Mr, B. RK. Marcin; the checks produced were certined by tne company; they were drawa by Callender; eight of them to the amount of $75,000 were ceriifled; but the other three were not; they were drawn on the bank by Mr. Callender on tue strengta of bis credit with the concern. Mr. stevenson presumed that Callender drew the checks inorder to tdéke up loans of his. the)? collateral secarities deposited by Callender are noW "4 in the possession of the receiver Wio has been ap- pointed to setule tue aiairs of the bank. “I under- stood,’ added the witness, ‘irom Mr. Callender that. they had been previously deposited as collateral at other banks im the city. ‘The defendant Lives at Newark and he was requested as @ matter of courtesy to come before the bank direccors and make @ statement Cailender had a loan of $76,000 Jrom te bank; De depootied collateral security and checks. ( By the Commisstoner—*'Since I have been Pred # dent 1 nave loaned amounts to other banks in fy ol thirty or forty thousana dollars, That loan wo Calleader was merely a temporary one, Daring my presidency he only once examined our affairs, By the Disurict AUorney—The Board of Directors knew that Caliencer was iu debt to the bank; but I do not think any of them knew that the paok held as collateral a check of Caitender’s upoaa “bank in. which he had no funds. By the Commisstoner—The object in getting yt. Callender to examine the affairs of tne bank Was done to meet the views of one of tne directors, who. had been long abseut; he wished to have @ state- Meat Irum a government Officer, thouga any of ys ‘were competent to examine and report, Mr. BELL drew particular attention to the ful- some wording of the report, for the purpose of showing the lactt understanding existlag between. CadJender and the bank peopie, Examination continued—ar, Callender had ap ac- count with the bunk; he was irequently in the habit- of burrowing mioncy trom it; the bank had no Jar rule about loans; Isupposed that the securit ‘Were Worth ail we loaned wnd more too; } cannot tell What was the marketable vaiue of the Donds on the. day we accepted them as securities; some were worth fifly cents, others were unsalable; Wilde, whose name 1s on the notes, is worth from three to eight hundred thousand dol.ars; ne has not pala any of the notes yel. ter @ litue amicable discussion as to the 4g ‘ vVisability ola question Mr. Bell wished to ask, tle Commissioner adjourned the meeting unul two P. M. to-morrow, in te same apartment. THE EIGHTH WATIONAL BANK. The following statement of the condition of the. i Eighth National Bank, that went down during ‘the tate panic, has been (urnished by Receiver Man:— ASSETS. Good, including bills aiscouuted at tpe full amount + $700,108. Doubuul.. TOA... 0 sere cesses seseoeee sees \ LIABILITLES, For circulation......... Due to banks and banker: Taxes unpuid. + 18,000 wue to 5 + 840,687 Balance of dividen E Individual ci: goer 837,1804 } Balance to the debit ot the bank, and to be reaized irom the securities marked “doubtful” and baa” or by assessments. $137,679 | In the assets designated as good ure included $18,272 in legal tender notes, $847 cash collections in the bank at the Ume of suspension; $3,000 in mutilated currency, wiich nas been sent to Wash- ington for redemption; $105,586 discount paper, which has all been rediscounted and ig In the hay of other bauks; $3,400 discount paper, still neld by the Kignth National Bank; two lots on Lexington avenue, heavily mortgaged, valued at $10,000; the property on Fourteenth sieet, known as the Maison Doree, subject to hevvy mortwages and liens, valued at $127,000, and the banking house, leasehuld proper, at No. 650 Broadway, valued at $40,000, i} 80 far as preseuied...... THE FISHERY QUESTION, The Boston Fishermen in Council Discussing the “Fishy” Vart of the Washingtow Treaty and Appointing a Special Committee te Walt on Senators and Others in Congress. | Boston, Deo. 27, 1874. | | A meeting was held at the Uaited States Hotel to» day of persons interested in the fisheries, in whict the question of protection was discussed and the appointment of a special committee decided upon, lo Wait upon our Senators and Representatives in Congress and endeavor, with tnem, to obtain either @ bounty or some other means neutralizing what- ever evils the treaty may tnreaten to inflict upos fishermen, PB chan ae be ewe by ol diffe ne member irom cack estedy the fisheries. ree Among those present at the meeting were Gene! Butier and Congressman Buitinton. General Butler 13 to uddress the citizens of Pro vincetown to-morrow oa tue flanery quesuon. COLORED COMMUNISTS IN ARKANSAS, St. Lours, Mo., Dec. 27, 1871." A special despatch to tne Democrat from Litue Rock, Ark., says the arrivals from Chicot county report that after the shooting of the murderers ) Sanders, Garrett and Dugan, and the destruction of | Garrett's store, where Wynne was murdered, thy crowd immediately dispersed, and’ the Sheri? arty big posse have sice remained in peaceful posses- sion of the place. Sanders, Garrett and Dugan had been notoriously bad characters, one having committed several murders and another having whipped a negro avd broken his aria previous to their combined attack on Wyune. ‘These circumstances rendered bh negroes, When assemvied, unvontroliavie, aut 4 they had secured themselves irom any other » violence at their mands, , MASSACHUSEITS TEMPERANOE ALLIANCE, BOSTON, Dec, 27, 1871. The Executive Committee of the Stare Tempers ance Aillanve, Al a meeting to-day, elected Kev. A. A. Miner President and adopted an adaregs to the prohibitionists Of Mussachusetes urging contiiued mural achion, bul 4 Ting (Nal the fate of We cause mist be Healy decjed we Hie ballet pn: y