The New York Herald Newspaper, February 4, 1872, Page 10

Flying Flowers and Feath- ered Gems. OUR HOUSEHOLD MINSTRELS Their Numbers—lcw to Care for Them— Their Value and Pcculiarities, opengl ner perpen cloud-cleaving wings. 4t this season of the year, when so many are bought as appropriate and acceptable holiday gifts, ‘% muy be interesting to some of our readers to learn sSumething of the best ways of treating these charm- ng, tnnocent pets which we hold in captivity. 16 NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1872.—TRIPLE SHEET the young birds are a week old give them some green food—lettuce or chickweed, Also tako @ little rapeseed and pour hot water on 1t, and let it soak for two hours; then mash it and feed it. to the birda, Should you have to feed them your- self do it by taking a quill and shaping the point Tound, and cut it away on one side, as if for a pen; then gently open their bill and give them one quill- Mlatatime, Assoon as they leave the nest let themalone. The male will begin to twitter and Warbie a little, sometimes before he has left the nest, They can be left alone as soon as they begin vo feed themselves, You will soon discover how many male birds you havo, Take the old nest out of the cage and putin stuff for a new one, and the old birds will mate again and begin building. Sometimes the old ones are ugly to tho first brood, and knock them around and pull their feathers ont, If they do, take tne young ones out of the cage and putthem py themselves. Put the young canary’s perch very low down. Never get your sand for your birds from the sea beach, a3 sult will surely kill them, Twenty yearsago there were comparatively few canary oirds in America. Their price ranges now 3% 80 sad to see them pine and die, as they surely | from four to ten dollars apiece. ‘Will, # we neglect them. Thanks, little miss, for all my woes, ‘And thanks for this effectual close ‘And cure of every tll; More cruelty could rione express, Add I, if you bad shown me lesa, ‘Had been your prisoner still, ‘Woe were astonished to fod how great a number of foreign birds were imported into this city annu- THE SISKIN, of which we have spoken as crossing with the Canary, 1s quite a favorite for the cage. Hus song is Jow, but he imitates the notes of some other birds. ‘The siskin will eat too much when allowed; there- fore it # best to deal his rations ous to him. These birds are fed principally on poppy and hemp seed ally as & matter of trafic, From staustics furnished | POUBded up, They are valued at $2 and $3. ws atthe appraiser's office, tor the six months end- wag on the 1st of January, 1872, we found there ‘were 33,237 birds imported, and for the year just ‘assed there must have been over sixty-six thousand foretgn birds prougnt to this pors by direct importa- ion for she trade. It is estimated, too, that fully ‘be-lourth as many more find their way here by sailors and returned tourists, thus swelling up the member to nearly eighty-three theasana birds of \Warloug kinds, ‘There are thirty-eight established stores in this > sale of birds, and about one-fourth as aos olty for quo ii — ‘4 they are sold in private, many more placés Wn, aking in all and not exposed to the passer-py, : mearly fity dealers in birds. There are fou! ta five wire cage manufactories and six where they manufacture wooden ones. And thea degra Jp | #uone birds and pirdcages all make me~* About ning-tansia> = miele “ --« va the European birds are cage el ‘nd Frenon (or long breed) canary. The most de- sirable and principal part of. the remainder of this , and of this class two-thirds are the German | plainest plum THE GRAY LINNET and the green linnet are very gratifying to their Pprohasers, but the gray is most admired, He has, @ reddish shade on his breast, and his wings @nd tall are grayish brown. They are five inches Jong. The male gray linnet sings vetter than the green one, the latver being a larger bird by an inch or nearly so. The price of this bird is generally $3, THE GREEN LINNET can be fed on rape and canary seed mixed, A small-sized cage will do for them. Give them Plenty of bathing water and gravel on the bottem of the cage. They live in & cage seven or elgnt years, Their sellig price is $2 or $3. THE NIGHTINGALE, Oh! sooner shall the rose of May STO” Mite ner ove orf Hight Me Arcee, thrush’s wings and tail feathers are dark brown. His song 1s very electrifying; his voice 1s so strong, clear and loud that 1 seems to say, “Pll show you what a thrush can do,” every time he pipes ms notes, and he bas a3 much meiody as power. Ina state of freedom and during the spring months Is the tame to hear him to the greatest advantage, and You can plunly at @ Nall-mile distance, When caged he makes up in quantity wnat he loses in juailty and sings for nine months, instead of I 1 of the year, and loud enough to give the whole neighvornood the benefit, and sweet enough to charm the very souls of all who hearhim. Give him a cage three feet long and two teet high, witn two percies, the thick- ness of @ man’s thumb; give him @ pint of water every day to bathe in, and hang the out of doors every day when the weatuer is fine and warm, ‘The thrush will eat driea currants, but they must be well washed. This fruit agrees with his palate and health, but he must nave, at the same time, another dish, made as foliows:—A tablespoon- ful of oatmeal, mixed to a paste, with sweet, new milk, and this must be removed from his cage be - fore it becomes sour, Another dish, and one that dissolved in soapy water—boil an ounce of saltpetre and a little piece of castile 8 in two qaarts of water aod scald the cage wita it thoroughly—and Wash the bird with it under its wings and joints ‘when nearly cold. A little piece of soft or feather, is best to apply it wita. You can tell erally in time to save your bird by noticing that he is drooping and that his plumage 1a rumpled, and when these armptons are apparent atvend to them at once. it is well, however, to wash the cage if It 18 &n old wooden one at least once ® month ‘on sus- spicion.”” sometimes your birds will droop and lose their appetite from other causes, such as COs- tiveness, astama or the pip; If the satter, you can tell it by their frequent gaping and dry looking congue, tie latter looking inflamed. ‘The best remedy for this is w take a little fresh buuter and melt it slowly in @ cup and then put a small piece of garlic or wild onion and a Jew pepper grains in it; then Jet this mixture stand where it will keep warm enough to simmer tor half an hour, and when cold grease the top of the bird’s head with lt and give him poppergrase in the cage, or lettuce, or @ plantain Jeaf. ii it is the astnma {nas ails the bird he will open nis bill, and you can the bird likes still better than the previous, is a hard-boiled egg, chopped fine, and hail the quan- tity of lean beer, raw, chopped fine; the juice of a grated carrot, mixed with a spoonful of crumbs of dry baker’s bread; and these should be mixed to- gether. ‘This food does not pons na dolly as the other, and he will consume twice this quantity m Winter before it spoils, In summer mix cracked hemp seed tn place of the beef, In the cage tie thrush begins his singing about Christmas. This bira 1s not very plentiiul among us, He 1s more appreciated in land than here. He is enduring and long-lived. He soon learns to know the person who takes care of him and mani- fenta pleasure at their approach, but will get to the topmost perch and farthest corner of his big house and ook very courtly and aristocratic if a neigh- bor’s cat visits him. She can sit there, looking Milled with love and devotion, bus 1t 18 “no use, Mrs, Grimaikin, You cannot hold a post-mortem to-day on this littie fellow’s healthy ly, ao how.”” Eliza Cook says:— Give me when I die A grave where no marble will shut out the sky: But be sure there's a tree stretching out far and wide, Where the linet, the thrush and the woodlark may hide; For the truest and purest of requiems beard Is the eloquent hymn of a beautiful vird, THE STARLING is of @ blackish-greenish hue, changing to purple, 1ts feathers are all vipped with white, ana it is nearly nine inches tong. Ita song 1s nothing wo brag of ; but its memory and powers of mimicry make him a@ wonderful thing. The bird learns alt it knows the first two years of its ltte, and never forgets 1% notwithstanding he lives to be seventeen years ld, He likes to be allowed to run around aroom and talk to himself, and pick up the crumbs and tiles; but he makes so free with Silva's workbasket that she is obliged to tie him by the leg to a chair. Soon after, when she is on the point of saying the calielted “Yes” to youn Daman her atariing stops than we wil doubt shaxane is the smectesy singer | her PY daiting out va ab is TS RUE We _ ~—«.vpean birds, ne nigktingaie’s rau among virds 1s what the rose is among flowers, So few are there in thia country, it is probaple that many of our readers never saw one. It 1s the bird ible, with a demure, almost (teeta look about its eyes, and in length it only alittle over five inches, and shaped a good deal like our cat bird. Its head and back are gray- eighty-three thousand are composed of the follow- | ish brown, and its breast isa light ash color. The $ng kinds:—Tne skylark, chaM@inch, thrush, black- bird, wood lark, stailing, linnet (gray), linnet @reen), siskin, nightingale, bullfinch, goldfinch, Java sparrow, amandanet, the gray or African Parrot, the yellow headed or green parrot, the com- mon yellow headed parrot, and the Australian (or shell) paroquets, macaws and cockatoos, We should take up too much space to mention all the parrot family by name, there being over twenty @ufferent kinds to choose from in our market, The Sulpbur crested cockatoo, however, commands the wing and tall feathers are quite a pretty dark brown, and {ts throat is white, The nightingale abounds all over Europe, put sings best in Ireland im a wild, free state; and is there 80 plaintive, so tender, that if the blarney stone ever had a heart the nightingale must nave Meited it jong since, Oh, for an opportunity to hear them in the Emerald Isle, ‘when the beiitting should to their chaste primrose bower direct!” When cagea the nightingale has bee known to live six or seven years, but they frequently die soon. They require @ great deal of care. ‘Their cage should be a foot anaa half long and square, Covered overhead with green muslin, wad- ded with three or four layera of cotton or wool to moon Dighest price, which is $45; unless it is the cooka- | Prevent their horting their heads against the top of Killos, and be is worth $50. Some of the lower @rades fetch only $3, The ‘“Troopial,” of South America, is the handsomest of all the above named birds, Our taik with our readers snail relate to such of She European biras as we have chosen to mention ‘above, and it shall be of an informatory character, We were gratified to find the demand for these harming household minstrels was on the increase. 3m no pars of tie world do they command the the cage. Perches shoulu be put low down in their es. Buy the prej food irom the bird stores; 4t Comes in Uns, Should the owners of nightingaies chose to prepare the food themselves we will tell them how to do it, The bird eats wheat oran or oat- meal, mixed up in carrot juice. You have to grate the carrot before you can press the juice out. Do hot mix stiff, and be sure to change it often enough not to let 1t sour in the cuge. You can also give them hard bolled egg and some raw beef chopped fine; bunt what they like best In the way of meat are m worms, The latter have to breed in the follow. ing manner:—Take @ tight box or Pec that will hold six or eight quarts, fill it half full of wheat middlings @verage high price nor are there as many sold in | Or bran and @ handful or two of corn meal; then take Proportion to the population as in New York city. an old leather shoe and cut it in httle chips and and 8 much old woollen rags and a bandiul of brown As we 100k at our statistics we say to ourself, “This | paper, torn up, with @ little brown sugar on the speaks well for ‘a nation of shopkeepers.’” Bring | Paper, ©n, say we, your winged flowers and fying gems, ‘We have money and to spare for all that 1s beaut- ful, social and refined, We shall first speak of the universal favorite, THE OANARY, about which we have before us such a beautiful Piece of poetry that we cannot refram from giv- tng it:— ° God oleas thee and thy joyous throat, Thy trill, thy churr, tuy piercing nove, My sweet canary | ‘Thou gush of song! thoa water-brook Or joy | thou poem, doctrine, book, Voowoulary ‘Thou caged up treasure of delight, ‘That knowest to make a prison bright ‘Through music's myatery ; ‘Fo swell tuy rich votes in fall tide, Anon the bighest reach of sound divide, Like Paganini, Where didst thon gain this wondrous lore ? ‘Where that which | actmire still mure, ‘The glad philosophy ‘That smiles at prisca bars and doors, In Jonwiiness a spirit Of mirthful minatreley. All our readers know how the canary looks, and therefore description 1s useless, They all know ‘mat he will live in any sized cage, but may not know that he will sing best in a mederately small sized, round wire cage. Give bim two perehes, and ‘Clean them when you clean the bottom of his cage, once or twice a week. If you let the perches get rough irom any accumulation his feet will become wore. Keep the cage bottom covered with dry, gravelly sand; give the bird fresh water to drink and bathe in every day, and have his seed cup filled with fresh crop, glossy canary seed; and from time to ume fill it with hemp and canary seed, mixed, and sometimes rape and canary seed, mixed, They also like chickweed, lettuce and cavbage, and it would be well to put a littie of eltner in the cage every week. In winier you cao give the canary a Piece of sweet apple, and a piece of cuttlefish Jastened to the wires of the cage never hurts him, Keep the bird in a moderately coo! room, out of a @raught. The canary can stand a great deal ‘of cold. Sometimes his claws may want cutting, Do this with a sharp scissors, but mind you do not ut deep enough to draw blood. No other directions @re needed for the care of a bird kept only to sing, ‘and you had better give him nothing else at a veu- ture, such as cracker or lump of sugar from the tuple. He does not need it, and if a particle of but- ter adheres to it you will lose your vird. Sait or butter kills him, The canary bird came originally from the Canary Islands, and were more ofien of a gray green color than yellow. The best singers among us are a mix- ture of the linnet and canary; but these never breed, ana the supply can only be kept up by mating the female canary with the male lnnet, Ia Germany and France much attention is paid to »roeding canaries, both for profit and pleasure, and about one-eighth of tne number we see in New Yor« were Falsed here by persons actuated by the same mo- ives as those across the Atlantic, ‘The canary seed that 1s shipped here comes from the fast Indies, and is the best. It is packed in #mal) barrels, holding about two-thirds as much as our common-tized flour barrels do, the staves being very narrow, and made with great precision. No caged bird is more easily taken care of or pro- pagated inacage, They will cross with the linnet, @iskin, and goldOnch; that ts, the femaie canary will mate with the males of the above birds, but the re+ Werse cannot ve. What we deem most interesting to our readers on that whici remains to be said avout the canary here is how to breed them, which is very simple, but requires some care and attention. Two weeks before the pairing season comes, put tne female in a square cage fully two feet long and about twenty inches high and wide; place it in a re- tired corner of the room where 1t ts intended to Femain. In addition to the usual daily seed give her about one-eighth of a hard-boiled egg, chopped up fine, yolk and wulte vogether. Give the male vird also in his cage the game quantity of egg. Al we expiration of SB fortnight put the muie bird in the cage with the female, and they will usually mate in abouta week's time, Then they want to begia their nest. Get a wire nest. Taey are better than wooden. ‘Tue wooden ones frequently oreed vermin, You Can buy either at the bird stores, Hang the nest Up securely—sv a8 not to tip or totter—in the Cor - ner, or midway against the farcnest side from the door of the cage, and put in hair and mos: ‘white paper shavings, Cow’s or deer’s hair 18 best, 48 s00n as the birds finish their nest laying com- menices, and tie number is from two ww sIx eggs. On these the bird sits for thirteen days. When the Aittle ones are hatched they must ve fed on hard- boed eggs, mixed with the same amount of crackers, roiled fine. This food must be made fresn twice a day, and if the old bird (as she somes * times ia) 18 negligent about feeding them five or six =] = dimen 8 day, pomebouy cise must go it, Wheg | birds it iy beligr kpown ap “ollye @tay,’! Tho | kil thew birds By Wasuidy the caves in pat and mix these all through the bran; and then lay in’ filty or @ hundred meai worms, after which ut ON a tin cover with diminutive holes in it to al- low ir, and set it for three months where it will be warm. The worms will then turn to beetle-bugs, ‘which wiil lay eggs that will hate. out meal worms again; give the nightungales half @ dozen of these ‘worms daily in addition to the carrot paste. Loox alter the feet of the birds, as they frequently die from sore feet. Take a little castile soap and luke- warm water and soak their feet in it, and grease them with new churned butter. Keep the cage well gravelled and clean. Give the nightingales spiders ‘to eat, as they consider them aluxury. Spiders are good for them, and during the moulting season a ne- cessity. These b.rds require @ warm room, but look out for gas (rom the coal; that killa them, ln an old Work calied “Russel’s Apello” it 1s stated that in Asia and Persia the mightngales sing #ix months of the year in their wild stale—singing both by day and by night—irom the pomegranate groves in the daytime and from tue loftiest trees by might. The natives of these countries attach great importance to them 1D @ supersuuous way. For ins tance, Russel tella us, “when about to start on & journey they go to the seaside or brookside and listen for the nightingale (or buibull) ana when they hear it they tarow into the water the dower of the cocoanut tree aud start. ‘This tsures a pros- perous journey.” Dropping the superstitions of the Asiatics and Per- sians, we come back to the nightingale, about which we have not space to say more tan that he is called the “king of songsters,’’ by reason of the greatest compass and greatest variety of notes, and each one, if possible, sweeter than the other, ‘the selling price among us varies from $20 to $200. We will add that the nightingale 1s fond of elderberries and dried currants; but vefore you give them to the bird be sure to Wash them clean. THE ENGLIGO BRYLARK, Emblem of happiness, Bitthsome and cumberiess, O'er the red streamers that herald the day; Over the cloudiet dim, Over the rainbow’s rim, Musical cherub, soar singing away. ve gave it enerzy—love gave it birth, Where on thy downy wing— Where art thou journeying? Thy lay is in heaven, thy love is on earth, He 18 & noted bird, and justly so, The skylark has a Way of bis own avout flying Lhat no other bird has, When he leaves his nest he flies iu a perpendicular line; and he opens fis pretty throat as he soars, aud upward and onward he goes, his song growing faint and fainter until it seems like celestial music, for he ts lost in the clouds and you see him not for several minutes. You strain your eyes with watch- log, and then you vehold @ litte mote and you KnOW he 18 coming. You think you hear him; in an instant you know you do, for down to earth again the clear, full sound is sent, and he alights at a con- siderabie distance from lis nest. He tien skulks along through the grass as siyly as if he thought some lurking, unseen foe might be watching for lim. Mow we should like to be able like him to wing our way in saiety to where the veau- uful Lady Lorelei has sat for ages comb- ing her down-fowing hair with a goluen comb, and listen like him to the wild, wondrous and mighty song she sings, the whiie she suks the sailor and his ship. We would like tu see for ourself whether it 1s true that if the lady leaves off combing (or one single instant tue whole sky pute on mourning, (he storm king gels angry, whisties and goes abroad, Bat we must leave the sturm king and the beautilul Lady Lorelei and our own vain desire, and taik only of tne skylark of England, Which is precisely that of America wWadot, We love the skyiark, and wish we could write out nis notes for such of our jady readers ag have not heard him “when he first gets up of @ morning,’’ But whoever could write out the notes of theskylark or measure 018 metre could make scales with which to weigh out the priveless value of true love and friendsiip—either of which 19 too fine for us; but We may presume to tell you how he looks, He is @ pretty Jeiow, pert and strong, with a brewst and sides spotied all over with # dark brown on an almost white gruundwork. His back 18 brownish, and spotted’ ikewise, He 1s nearly eight inches long, with a large, beaull- fuleye. The skylark has one spot loo many, how- ever, and this one spot isin the wrong place, It 18 on nis escutcheon. He roos otner birds of their eggs; bub maybe he «toes it “for a lark,” which may have won for hin hia title of “rhe Merry Lark.” He must have caught ts first inspiring notes when “the morning stars first sang together, and all the sons of men suvuted tor joy.” He pad been merry ever since, and there Will be shouung tor joy as long as he sings. The cage the skylark is to be kept in should be longer aud nigher than the nigntingaie’s, and lined | atthe top imthe same manner, but suould have no perches in tt. ‘This bird always remains wild in 1s nature, 20 mater how young they are caged. no bathing cup in the skylark’s cage. ie never bathes, 1b bas been said of him “he rains | Cown music from is wings aud batues nis plumage in tne fount of light’? Cover tue bottom of the cage half over with green sod, | aud the remainder cover with ine dirt two incnes Thick, In Wich Lo rol aad dust alnseif, ‘The sky - lark has been known to have lived ten years in a cage, and will sing the whole year round. They should be ied on poppy seed and rolied cracker, varied with hard builed egg, with sometimes an angle worm broken up, or some raw beel chopped up fine, They seil for irom iive to ten dollars, Pu Bu, one—'A merry heart decth good like a medicine.” THE WOODLARK must, we think, be blood akin to theskylark. He is not much more than half the size, but there 18 a likeness between tuem, and his food is the same, He lias not, however, the same propensity jor flying up. and we may, teretore, venture to give hima perch, Many people insist that his song 1s sweeter tha the skylark, aud he orings @ higuer price THE ENGLISH THRUSH has a body about eight inches aud a half iong. He | bird, ana proud enough we are to say so; but of “ew A, be niues oie aye > SREAK 2 COMRECUUTS WOKOA, BE can be taught to whistle thtee or iour airs, wuu Lo imitate the song of some i When confined, the cage should be near! large a3 that -of the thrush, and he should have the same food as the thrush, The staring 1s very cunning and playful. and amtses himself by hopping into the cradle and waking the baby, and mocki it when it cries, ‘There used to be one in London that, whenever there was @ rapat the door knocker he would run to the door with the housemaid, and nodd: his Mitte head, would cali out “How do you do?” Who Would not like to own 2 starling? A pennyworth of mirth 1 worth a pound of sorrow. THE BULLFINCH has a dark reddish breast. His head, wings and ‘tall are Diack, and his back has a patoh of gray pnd white. The female 18 gray just wiere the Ted, and red where he ja gray. ‘This seems singular, indeed. The birds ure about six inches long. The male bird whistles ag easily as Boreas, and the sound is “solver than @ lover’s lute;” but you have to teach him to shape itinto song. By first whist- ing to him he will give you almost any tune you Want, and come out of hia cage and git on your finger while ne does so. But he must be taught all this while very young. ‘The bulifinch likes to listen to the music of flute. They are natives of Germany. There are pleniy of them 1n this market for gale at the present time, They vary more in their degrees of excellence than almost any other bird. Some of them will not learn at all. Those that bring high prices are the earned birds, They ull have rather @ stupid look aud movement, but they can whistle charmingly, and yoa gg | ed money's worth, They will breed in a cage, but there must be a green pine bush in It, ‘Treat them the same as the cavary bird, and cut their claws when they need it. ‘Their price Varies from ten to forty dollars, THE BLACK OAP is @ fine singer, some think him next to tne nightingale, altuough he does not sing at all like one. Cage him and feed bim the same as the nightingale. His cage need not be quite as large, and needs no cloth on the top of it, Tue top of this Dird’s head does not justify his being cailed “black cap.” His body and wings and tail are light drab, and the cap on his head 13 a dark brown. ftiis notes are very soft, but very blithe and gay, as if No grief affected yet his breast, Nor to a mournful tale was tuned is soft enchanting lays, ‘The black cap can be bought for $10, THE ROBIN REDBREAST 18 a brave, bold bird, and “eye hath not seen, ear hath not heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man’? that any songs since Solomon's have been found more acceptable to the weary pligrim along iite’s dusty highway than the robin’s, The noonday carol of a bird, Orleat by moraing zephyr surred, rr May touch the heary within, And ever since the robin’s compassion was mani- fest in covering the babes in the woods with leaves he has touched our hearts to reverence him for a Christian bird; and the record of this kind deed will live as loug as Adsop’s fables, all our readers know how the robin redpreast looks, He is one aad the same here and in England, except that the English bird sings nearly as well in the cage as waen free. Not so with ours, however. We must go to the orchard of apple or of cherry bloom in the merry mouth ot May to have our hearts melt away in raptures. If the airs that are said to be played to the departed souls of tne good on their first arrival in Paradise to Wear out the impressions of tne last agonies and qualify them for the pleasures of that nappy place are more purely laden with tranquilizing delight we should like to know it. The song of tue robin, and his affable famiilanty in coming so near our dwellings to build, make moments as rosy for us as for his own breast; and we love the rovin with all our heart. Their nest is larger than most birds of their size build, and they will work away at building 1t as unconcernedly when they see us under the tree ag if we Were not seen by them. ‘They lay four and sometimes five eggs, ol a blue-green color, and oval shape. They sil fourteen days on theit eggs. They breed twice during the summer. The young ones are the most awkward litue iumps of things imaginable, unless it 1s the young whippoor- will, which opens its wide mouth a little wider than the young robin. ‘Tne robin’s eyes are not opened for four days after he leaves the shell, and there is no sixn of feathers on him; yet they throw open their yellow throat at the least sound and will swaliow a worm as long as themselves, When they are ten daysold, ityou take them—nest and all—anu put them in a cage and close the door, and hang tiem where the old birds can come to them, the latter will do so, and feed the young througa the wires of the cage for five or six days, but at the expiration of that time the old ones, Unding that they cannot get the young ones out, will bring them poison food and Kill them all, Cases of this kind have occurred many times within our observation, ‘The rovin is easily taken care of, The American robin redbreast needs, when caged, only Indian meal and angle worms, ‘hey must havea large, square cage. and plenty of drinking and bathing water, in a large, round, saucer-shaped cup. Putin their cage gravel and a piece of fresh sod of earth, You can give them cherries and elderberries in the season of fruit, and they will get along nicely. ‘They soon learn to know you and to know their name, and Will flap their wings aud chirp as soon as you come to their cage; and tiey like to eat out of your hands or take a cherry from your mouth, ana fight and vite for more, Ii you open the cage door and te it back, and hang It out by the side of the house alter the birds have been caged two months, they Will go in and out afcer staylug away tor hours in the trees around the house they are used to, This 4s done by the American bird; but we are not sure that the English one will become so domesticated, IL18, however, best to keep the cage closed in the spring of the year for fear that the robin may roam and ve inclinéd to stay with ais mates in the or- chard, ‘the English robias among us are fed on Poppy and cracked hemp seed, Whether they re- quire more care and dainties than’ our native ‘bird We do uot know, but the bird dealers will direct you to take as uch care of them and as much trouble Wwitu their [ood as sre required jur the nignungale, The swamp robin of America 13 better worta caging than almost any bird we have that ts pecu- larly our own. Of course no One Wii! dare to say that there 18 any bird equal to our mocking vird, which i an aborigine—solely 4 native American him We propose to speak at a future ume, when we shall talk of American birds only. ‘the English robin is a treasure aud can be bougnt for $15, The swamp robin of America differs from the common robin redbreast of the orchard; but we will teil of tiem hereafter, THE BLACKBIRD of England is righuy named. He is blacker than Poe's Kaven.-“sird, beast or devil’ —and lis marl+ @oid-cojored beak uniting with his ali-over black- hess, makes one feel like asking If his ancestors Teaily believed that “the devil was dead and buried in Jamaica’ when they put on his mourning, or Whether they used him as @ candle to ligut ap bages, The rigat name for this oird should be “ghou Adie.’ But notwithstanding his ap- earalce Is 80 much against bit you must come to jove al he sings ior you so cordially all the year rouud from his cage, He is @ know: ing bird, and will learn the airs you whistie | for him, ami execute inem in grand style. The ‘piackvird requires a jarge Cage, ancl It should be cleaned three times a Week, hot more jor the bird's comfort than your own, His food may be the same as the thrusin's: besides, ne ried since he has been im America to eat al. ‘The lengih of the wiackbird is nearly ten inches. When ie is iree io roam he sings Oniy 4 auriog the three spring mous, He can ve bought retiy-snaped fellow, With a saucy iouk aoa xed one alstance?? air about him that becomes him weu, His breast and es are yellow, with pretty brown, oval-shaped spots, very distinct. His back 18 covered With precisely the shade that the fasnionable gentiemen oO: to-duy Wear on theirs, aud which they call “London smoke.” Awong It may be well beiore we how to Weat tne diseases of virds and clean old cages, 80 Wal Lhose of our readers living remove trom cities, without faciiues tor buying new cages: at pleasure, may know that the oi ones can be freea jrom vermin toat are liavle vw trouble aud for $15. go any further to tel see that he breathes with difficulty. He nas a cold, and it affects nis lungs, Linseed tea, by pouring afew drops at 4 time from the point of a little spoon, 18 ood for him, Peppergrass to eat is leg good for the rd. If you judge the bird to be sick frum costive- ness give him halt a drop of castor oil on bis bey Srna with @ uttle dried saffron flower put in his drinking water, Some think sweet oll 18 beter than castor; but in trying either be careful not to give more than the above directions require, ‘The tinest-voiced bird May lose his song if exposed to cold draughts of air or by being kept ina damp place. Be very careful avout this, particularly in monlting time, and give birds baker's bread in new milk if they will eat it; bat be sure to give them plenty of the green tood above alluded to during their moulting. We have n0 more right to let a sick bird die by neglecting to attend to him than if be was a human being, und whoever would be cruel enough to do the one would be very apt to do the other. THE SOUTH AMERICAN TROOPIAL, Blest power of tropic sunshine | waat influence 4s there in thy rays to color birds so exquisitely and so gorgeously, and yet dealest so diametrically Op- to us jumans? No meteor was ever righter than is troupial, with his resplendent Per- sian lilly-hued body, with just glossy black and white enamel enough on his wings 10 make them look to us through his cage the golden treasure be is, sur- rounded by filligree work, And he 18 reconciled too, to bis cold northern home. He is worth more to look at than any cag twice the size of our Baitmore oriole, but otherwise he resembles him, and puilds in the tropics, high Up in the swaying limb Of @ cocoa-nut tree, the sae Wonderiul nest about waici turds wrote— It wins my admis To view the structure of that live wore he that wrought’ o0 kui 3 aa ed Ue join; le wi i And yet how neatly finished, ea $e MME NOW mnsiny sno 97 eT HOPICMIEL Mr? Pere correc Mela AYRES? Seine Anu twenty years apprenuvc...... . id make me suen another > Vainiy, then, We boast of excellence, whose nv! kill Tastinctive genius tolls, ‘The troopial becomes so tame that he hops out of his cage and eats from the hand and whistles for the favor. Give nim a large, square cage, buy 100d Breparee for him from the bird store, and give him ides grasshoppers and spiders and angie-worms., He must be kept out of the cold alr, He sings loud and elegantly. it sounds like the sweet notes of Beecher’s church organ. ‘These birds are very social 1m their nature; like company, aud never quarrel. No poet or painter can do them justice. ‘(heir shape aud proportions are alike tu our swamp robin, The ec they bring im the siores ts not enough ton ie They are suld for trom ten to twenty ol PARROTS. A few words about parrots and we are done for the nonce. We shall not stop to particularize about apy one of them. You will readily understand that we could not about all when we iniorm the reader what there are nearly two hundred ditferent kinds. ‘Those of our readers who do not know all the par- rov’s pecuilarities will stand a chance to become acquainteu with them if they attain the great lon- Revisy that the bird himself does, viz., one hundred years, Tne parrot is rascally and cunuing enough to be human, and when he 1s heard to oy, the mght word in the right place you fee as uf he 1s at least the connecting link, There was once a “pretty Poll,” whose home was on Sansome street, San — peng that hint Manly to a bis tee into quently by saying disagreeavie things to the passers by. There was a very portly boarding .Douse keeper, who lived around the corner from Poll, that for sears had gone past the house to the Wasbington ‘Ket, DUL Was ovliged to change her route at last te avoid being made furious by ‘pretty Poll’s” salute as soon as she rounded the corner, fauy |” “Well, fatty!’ “Well. fatty !” ‘atty | latuy | fatty |? until the woman was out of sight, and then she could hear his laugh. There Was another parrot, owned at the same time by the keeper of a canay store in Vallejo street, Who, Wien the run came on Adams & Uo.’s bank, drew her gold out and hid tt for safety under &@ floor board. One day a beggar came in, and the storekeeper shook her head and said, ‘I’ve got no money for you.” “Look under the floor,” cried Polly, and when he saw the woman looking [rignt- ened he laughed as if he enjoyea it hugely, But* all ‘ots donot talk. A round cage best suits them, and they are very little trouble, an anecdote 18 tola of one, owned by @ deacon, that got out of its cage and up in a tree, The deacon went after it, and stood lookt wistfully at Poll, and tried to coax the bird down, but Poily only Jaugued and said “ietus pray.” We ciose with our readers for to-day by echuing Polly’s remark. 2 +3 NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, The Asiatic Fleet—Despatcies from Rear Admiral Rodgers. OMcial despatches from Rear Admiral Rodgers, commanding the Asiatic feet, and dated Yokohama, December 5, received at the Navy Department, re- port affairs in Japan as perfectly quiet. On the 28th of November the Admiral received on board the Colorado His Excellency Iwakura, Prime Minis. terof the empire, accompanied by the Minister of War and suite. They were received with appro- priate honors, and passed some hours on board, during which they were escorted through the ship and witnessed the drill of the men. The Palos has been ordered to winter at Tien- tsin, The Admiral intended to sail on the 7th of December for Nagasaki, thence to Shanghae and thence to Hong Kong, where he expected to be on the 15th of January, The Alaska is at Yokohama. The Benicia recently visited Ningpo, and thence sailed for Amoy and Swatow, at each of which eee, she remained two weeks, aud was to go to Hong Kong. ‘rhe Monocacy was at Shanghae, She accompanied the Benicia to singpo. The Ashuelot was still at Foochow, at which port affairs were quiet. Naval Orders. Commanaer R. B. Lowry has been ordered to the command of the receiving ship at Boston. Masters William 1. Cowler and Hamilton Perkins have been ordered to the gunners’ practice ship Constellation. Passed Assistant Paymaster J. Porter Loomis has been ordered to the Ossipee. Paymaster George W. Beaman has been detached from the Ossipee and ordered to return home. ARMY INTELLIGENCE, Two hundred recruits are to be sent ‘to Taylor Barracks, Louisville, Ky., for assignment to the Seventh cavalry. MEETING OF THE FIRE COMMISSIONERS, ‘The Board of Fire Commissioners held a meeting yesterday morning at their building, No. 127 Mercer street, President Hitchman presiding,.and a full Board being present. Several charges against Members of the Department were investigated by the Board and referred to the Executive Committee for decision. Chief Engineerer Perley submitted his report for January, 1872, showing that in January, 1871, there were 122 fires, and. the estimated loss $582,304; that for January, 1872, there were 137 fires, and the estimated loss was $357,910, an in- crease Ig fires of tweive per cent, and a uecrease in losses Of six per cent, as compared with the pre- vious year. Commissioner Shaler hoped that the time was not far distant when the fires would be larger and the loss smalier than heretofore, the de- partment being so very effic:ently nandied that it is only a question of time. A resolution was offered by Commissioner Shaier requesting the President to communicate with the Comptroller in regard to the pay rolls of the department jor December and Janu- ary, and urge upon him the speeuy payment of the same, which was adopted. Tne Board then ads, journed. THOSE SAPES, What John Fox Kuows About the Game.” To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— The 7ines newspaper of the 3a inst. published an article stating that 1 had received a safe costing $1,850 from the firm of John McB. Davidson, In Justice to myzelf [ ask that you do Ine the favor to ablish in your wiuely circulated paper the follow- “Safe ng amidavit. JOHN FOX. City ant County of New York, s.—John Fox, being duly sworn, doth de nd say that he did not at any time order or purchase ted at $1,850 from John Met. David. fon & C r received any such sate, nor was same delivered on deponent's order to aay person. That the only transaction had with the firm of Jobn McB, Davidson was that of the purchase of @ safe which was delivered contribution to the deponent | gave firm [pc ta. full for ail demande up t> May 30,1870; According to Davidson's own booka the safe charged to deponet is alleged to have been purchased In May, 1660. ‘That’ ceponent dit not, have any tfausaction with sald firm before said May 90, 1870, nor has he had any dealings with said firm since said date, The toliowing isa copy of voucher for the payment of the sate purchased by i nities Naw YonK, May 90, 1870, Tue Importens ann Travers’ MOTOAL BANK oF New Yo McB. as four hundred and fifty dollars Pay John MoB. Davidson four but NOHN Fox (9400), Endorsed, Safe Founaling Aaylum—J. McB. Davidson, Chas, A, Hoff, John Fox, a gr aay 8 to befi Feb: 1872. s0n Notary Public, County of Wi Ww Yorks Irene as for which pe asylum, te bis check for #450, taking a recel THE STRIKES. TRADES UNIONS VERSUS EMPLOYERS. Beginning of the War—Origin, Cause and Pro- gress of the Coopers’ Strike—The Reported Railroad Strike—Interview with Com- modore Vanderbilt—“He Don’t Want Politics nor Unions.” Judging from the events of the last few days it ‘Would seem that the old contests between employ- ers and trades unions which raged so flercely in this city, and which, in every instance, bring with them serious Joss to merchants and employers and Injury to the entire community, as well as to the Giscontented workmen who iitiate them, are about to be renewed in our midst. ‘Two weeks ago the Coopers’ Trade Union “struck,”” and the quarrel between the coopers and their em- Ployers continued WITH UNABATED VIGOR on both sides up to yesterday morning, when a siignt lull took plave, Yesterday morning it was announced in one of the morning papers that a strike of the operatives of the Hudson River and New York Central Railroad Company was to begin yesterday or to-morrow (Monday). It was further Stated that the reason for this strike was tne diminution in working time made by the company this year, according to the custom of former years, and that 60 ° WIDE-SPREAD AND DEEP-SEATED was the sense of injuryon the parc of the opera- tives on these roads that meetings were held at several towns on the lines and that two committees had come to New York on Friday night to wait on the officers of the companies yesterday and press their demands, If these demands were not ac- ceded toa general strike was to be the result, and Precautions were to be taxen that the places of the disaffected were not to be filled BY UNSKILLED MEN from the West or elsewhere, v> tow of this state of things @ HERALD reporter 288 Va 8 eee et OT em Vine cree sting FS tain enone MaAay yesterday in gel rad mvt UNE a, Re aha serortety both these reported strikes iroM wus most rei. authority, and for the benefit of the readers of the Sunday Herat ts enabled to give the following ac- curate Pal of tne origin and progress oi the juarrels:— ne reporter first visited the Produce Exchange, on Broadway, and inquired for Mr. Bensel, the Secretary of the Produce Exchange Committee, who nave been appointea on the part of the mer- chants to resist THE DISAFFECTED WORKMEN at all hazards. The following conversation, in which Mr. Bepsel makes a clear statement of the cause, Origin and progress of the strike, will no doubt be read with the greatest interest. RePorTER—Mr. Bensel, I have come to you from the HERALD for the reat facts of the guarrel which hus been going on for some days past between the Coopers’ Trade Union and the employers:— Mir, BENSEL—Well, sir, as far as the strike 1s con- cerned I may tell you that it is virtaally over to-day. The “Union,” which would at first MAKB NO TERMS, has caved in, and to-day we tind that a motion has been passed by the Union, that the members of the Union—number 2 I think they call 1t—be permitted to apply for work at the shops which they have leit, ana where non-upion men are employed. “Then the necessity for the meeting which your committee 18 Lo hold at the Astor House will cease, Will it not?” “Not at all. Now that we have begun in earnest we will go on with our work until we have suc- ceeded in effecting our object.” “And what ts that?” “1 can better answer that question by telling you how this strike commences, I myself never employ @ ‘union’ workman. 1 was the victim of a strike myself in 1866, and une trade union TURNED ME OUT, Since that ume I have never employed a member of a trade union, and | beheve 1am the only em- Ployer in New York whose workmen are exclusively “non-union” men. The other employers in our business are obliged, Much against their will, to en- gage members 01 the trade union. Among these was Mr. W. J. Wilcox, of Wasnington street, the refiner. ‘two weeks ago he discovered that he was not getting & proper amount of workdone in proportion to the number of men he employed, He had forty-two workmen and he found that turty honest’ men could do the work which was being done by his Jorty-two. To GET RID OF HIS ‘SLOUCHES’ he adopted @ plan which was formerly the regular practice of the trade, namely, that of asking the men to keep a ‘tally’ of the work which was done by each, or, in other worda, demanding from each man an account of the work which he did daring the day. ‘This was unconstitutional, accordlug to the rules of eoekar ee his men left him ina body. Finding that his business Se eve apna and having largé Contracts w ful e appl! Cy other aon shops for assistance. It was freely given to but when the “Union” found that there was a chance of is beating them they sent around to every cooper shop, packing house and re- finery where Union men were employed and threat ened the employers that if they assisted Mr. Wilcox 4n his dificalties the untonis' WOULD ‘KNOCK OFF! WORK. A Geputation waited on me and asked me not w do anything to injure the poor workingmen. I said [ never did anything to injure any workman in my employment, On the contrary, that | did everything to serve him when I saw that he was deserving of 1%. I con- tinued to assist Mr. Wilcox until his shop was tilled With non-union men, who were better tradesinen in every respect than those who had leit him. Now every Workshop 1s full, The unionists see that they are beaten, and some of the men who spend their time drinking ana STANDING AROUND CORNERS will find some difficulty m getting back to work again, A week ago a general meeting of the members of the Produce Exchange was held. Instances of vile conspiracy against employers by unionists were cited. It was unani- mvuusly resolved to send a delegation to Albany to ask the Legisiature to pass the conspiracy law which was in force up to last year, but which was Tepealed BY TWEED AND HIS CORRUPT GAN@ for political purposes lo gain the votes of the union- ists. It is the only protection that employers have. Merchants enter into heavy contracts which they must Keepor be ruined. Coopers make equally binding contracts with the merchants, and bow are atthe mercy of the working men, who, If a con- spiracy law be notin existence, may at any moment ‘knock of? Work and ruin us. As it is we are COMPLETELY aT THEIR MERCY. . To carry out this object a committee of the mem- bers or the Produce Exchange Was appointed. We Nave met several times and we decided on asking & committee of the members of the Mechanics and Traders’ Exchange, and of the members of the Stock Exchange, to conler with us. It was decided on Friday that we shouid meet on next Monday at the Astor m9use, but It was afterwards discovered that it Would be more expediedt to walt unul next Monday week.’’ “What was the delay, might I ask ?”” “Well, the members of the Mechanics and Traders’ Exchange have just elected their officers for tne current year. The officers of last year had a natural delicacy m putting the responsibility of this matter on the Shoulders of the gentiemen who have just come into office, so that a special committee of the members 18 to be appomted to conier with us next week. Besiaes there was some hitch in the case of the Chamber of Commerce. One gentieman, who 1s a member of our committee, belonged to tne committee of the Chamber of Commerce. There ‘was some SLIGHT MISUNDERSTANDING avout the matier, and it has been referred to a sub- committee, It 18 the interest of the Chamber of Commerce and ofthe Mechanics and Traders’ Ex- change that we should succeed im our work, and you will find that their committees will warmly take art in it. if “Finally, these unionists say that they eschew all Violent measures, intimation, &c, Now, one of Mr. Wilcox’s new bands was beaten rather badiy one night @ week ago. I could tell you of cases where everything was destroyed that could be ina workshop where non-union men worked in former strikes,and anything \hat could not be destroyed was taken away. For my part | will have no union man inside my place. He goes vut by force ii not ‘willingiy.”” ‘The reperter subsequently conversed with some well known members of the Produce Exchange, who SPOKE VERY BITTERLY against the doings of the unionists. The determin. ation to pul a stop to conspiracies and trade out rages ot every kind on employers seemed universal and earnest, THE REPORTED RAILROAD STRIKE. Our reporter subsequentiy visited the Forty-second street depot, to get the facts of the reported raliroad strike, He first callea at the Hudson River Railroad ofices, The Superintendent of the line said that he had heard nothing of an organized strike on the road. He seemed to be surprised at the report, but conceded, on being questioned by the reporter, taat there Was always A GOOD DEAL OF DISSENSION GOING ON, During the morning the reporter heard that Com- modore Vanderbilt had issued an order that no trades union mea should be employed on any of the company’s lines. ‘(he reporter asked the Superin- tendent if this rumor were true. He said be haa not heard it, and a genuleman Who was slanding by at the time remarked, ome made? “T WISH TO GOD THA Nobody at the offices of we New, York Central seemed to have heard of the strike, though It was acknowledged that tnere were always di ite goiug on. ihe seeing, too, seemed to Pe oan against the unionists, 10 make assurance doubiy sure, the reporter called on the venerable Commo- dore at his quiet house in Washington piace. ie founa the old gentleman enjoying HIS AFTER DINNKE CIGAR. He received the reporter kindly, and readily en- tered into conversauion about the Fevorted sITike, RTEX—Is it true, Commodore, that discharged lately? *™ aehionee know, they’re always discharging Along tle lines at tm time of year; but there ain’ “Commodore, I have heard do: “ Teport that you had ordered that uo. trates anton men should be employed on i ” (Lifting bis hands and 8 ening Voter asty.) + don’t know nothing about trades unions, or any4 afhen itisa face orger™ pe that you have issued no suct{ rously p at his cigar.) “I don’t wan tolhave no trade unions or police or eayent that sort on any of my roads, I always gave Haat there was nO Nolice to be taken of “Then there 18 no objection to Ne oot at all, Why, ph bel fo, “No, not a number o} me this morning from Albany or somewhere up country and asked me the same question, and told them no, certainly not, and they went aw: quite satisfied. The men that came tome were} fine, clever men, too,” The marble pollsbers" enn toyed in Fanchere, Willamson & Co.’s steam Pnarbie wo 1,281 and 1,283 Broad A cs a struck yesterday, Ti reason in this case was the employment of 9 non society man by the frm. ‘The employers, however, are determined to stand out. They say easily fll their shops with workmen, app! without number having been recently made to them. for work by non-society men, An association of employers has recently bee! formed in London (England) for the purpose of sisting the aggressions of the English trades whe demand @ redaction of hours to eight and nal, which was regarded as the firs: step toa rea duction vo eight hours of labor, THE COURTS. A Theatrical Dispute—Ihe Market ard Bowling Green Savings Banks in Bankruptey—A Smuggling Case—Suit Against a Police Judge for False Im- prizonment—Decisions. UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT. “On Hand; or, True to the Last? The suit of Findull vs, Wood ana Thompaon,! which is @ motion calling upon the defendants, one of whom (Mr. Wood) 1s proprietor of Wood's Mu- seum in this city, to show cause why thev should ~ | BE Fpeiralned frond wloplig [a that maacteg Of fanyr y-=¥s puuud piace ihe “uraWoriuge scene” DLA. Hand; or, True to the Last,” was down for argu- ment yesterday. The plaintiff avers that the ‘‘draw- bridge scene,” as introduced in “On 7 18, plagiarized trom his sensational play, in three acts, | entitled “$150,000.” By consent the case hasiguue over till next Saturday. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT—IN BANXRUPTCY. The Market Savings Bank. Before Judge Blatchford. We have already stated in previous law reports that proceedings had been commenced in the United States District Court for the purpose of throwing the affairs of the Market Savings into bankruptcy. Yesterday the petition o1 Mrs, Sarah, 4s. Mackey, one of the depositors, to have the bank adjudicated an involuntary bankrapt, came on for hearing betore Judge Blatchford. When the cause was called counsel for the bank: said that he had made an arrangement with coun- sel representing the petitioning creditor w adjourn the matter untii Saturday next. It was then ascertained that a second petition, of! F, J. Moisson, another depositor, had been pre- sented. Counsel stated that this petition had been filed_ by elitioner under the impression and, through the fear that the proceedings commenced! under the pecan of Mrs. Mackey were instituted through collusion with her and the officers and! mien of tne Market Savings Bank. A third petition was presented by F. J. Stokes, who claims to be a depositor of the bank. This ution 1s put forward on the ground that the of Mra. Mackey was not in compliance with law. The Judge expressed his opinion that thi third petition was de‘ective in form, as 1t made an{ averment that the Receiver, and not the bank, q so as to hinder and obstruct the provisions the Bankruptcy law. The Court granted leave for the amendment of this petition, and the hearing on all three ‘Went over tili next Saturday, The Bowling Green Savings Bank. In the case of the Bowling Green Savings Bank’ counsel for the bank stated that he had made an arrangement with the opposing counsel for am ad- Journment of the proceedings until next le it was brought to the attention of the Countess Proper service of the papers had not been made upon the bank. A judgment bad been obtained in the State Court against the bank, and the bank ‘was, a3 4 corporation, dissolved before service could be made upon it in the proceedings in bank- ruptcy. The service had been effected upon the gentleman who had held the office of Secretary afver the bank’s dissolution. The Court deemed that this was not a proper service, and gave leave to make the service by way of publication of notice to the parties concerned. The case was then ad- journed till Saturday next. UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS’ COURT. Charge of Alleged Smuggling of Gold Watches. from Earope. Before Commissioner Betts. The United States vs. Charles and U. E, Marx- sen.—The defendants, as already reported in the HERALD, are charged with having smuggled a large number of gold watches into this port from Europe. Ther examination bad been set down for one o’clock yesterday, but at that hour counsel for de- fendants appeared and stated that ne required some tune to read the aflidavits against the accused, who, he had po doubt, would be able to expiain away tne charge that had been preferred acuinst them. ‘The Commissioner adjourned the examination until Wednesday next. Action for Alleged False Imprisooment—Sult. Against Police Judge Cox. Before Commissioner Shields, The United States vs, Lawrence Morrissey and Police Judge Cox.—Yesterday Lawrence Morrissey was arrested by a United States Marshal on a writ in @ civil suit issued by Judge Blatchford. ‘The complainant in the suit Is Michael J. O'Rourke, who ciaims $10,000 damages from. the defendant tor alleged arrest and false imprisonment. It 1s stated that Mr. O'Rourke 1s the person who was some time sinve connected with the office of ex-Comptroller Connolly, and sup- plied to a morning paper certain information about the xccounts of the city. Morrissey has been held to bail in the sum of $5,000 to answer the complaint; and, with respect to Judge Cox, his arrest was ex- pected last evening on a complaint simular Lo that preferred against tne deiendant Morrissey, and he gave the bail required by tue order of the Court. SUPAEME COURT—CHAMBERS. Decisions, By Judge Barrett, Hess vs. Stewart et al,—Motion granted, Eine vB. FA ixconp Rome wong Cg 1s vs. Eells.—Keport confirmed and ju Kf ae granted. Custody of chila PRS yd jauntity, Pivolle vs, Abhon et al.—Report confirmed and judgment granted. Shear vs. Shear.—Report confirmed and judgment granted, declaring marriage to be null and void. In the Matter of the Petition of ©. J. Winters et al.—urder granted, In the Matter of the Petition of Haggerty Sur- vin.—Order granted. Sloat vs. Sloat.—Refort confirmed an? judgments of divorce granted, i COURT OF COMMON PLEAS—SPECIAL TciM. Decisions. By Judge Loew, ' Wheaton vs. Kain.—Motion to strike out answer as {rivolous denied. (See memoranda tor counsel.) The Bank of Norih America vs, Raynor.—Refer- ence ordered. Same vs. Hubbard.—Reference ordered. BROOKLYN COURTS. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT. Damages Against the Camden and Amboy Railroad Company. Before Judge Benedict. George U, Carpenter, by Guardian, vs. The Cam. den and Amboy Railroad Company.—The plaintiff in hich was reported yesterday, brought Milt to recover for injuries received on tie road in July, 1870. ‘The defence denied all negiigence and alleged contributive negligence on the part of aint. The jury found for plaintiff, and assessed es at $3,000. Uounsel for defendant asked for a atay ior twenty days, which was granted, SURAOGATE’S COURT. Wills Admitted—Letters of Administration, &a Before Surrogate Veeder, During the past week the Surrogate admitted to probate the wills of Sarah M. Ditmas, of the town of Flatbash; George Vollikommer, Rose Keenan and Christan Warmuth, ail of the city of Brookivn. Lettors of administration were granted to the estates of the following named deveased persons— viz., Georgiana T. Farleigh, Mary King, Alired George Voilkommer, Ellen Movan, DeWitt U. Norun- rop, Patrick Brenoan, Charies Vogely,. Patrick Comeriord, Ann J. Lundt, Robert Crooks ana Jane Ayres, all of the city of Brooklyn; Willet Kowe, of East Haven; New Haven, Conn, Letter of Wancran ae of the person and estate of James Whitcrait were granted 10 Mary ann McGowaa, of Frederick C, Van Brunt to Loulaa Van ~ runt, bie Motler, all of the gity of Brookiya, /