The New York Herald Newspaper, February 4, 1872, Page 8

Flying Flowers and Feath- ered Gems. OUR HOUSEHOLD MINSTRELS Their Numbers—iicw to Care for Them— Their Valuo and Pecullarities. ‘Birde, birds! ye are beautiful things, ‘With your earth-treading feet aad your cloud-cleaving wings. At this season of the year, when so many are ‘ought as appropriate and acceptabie holiday gifts, % muy be interesting to some of our readers to learn sumething of the best ways of treating these charm- ng, mnocent pets which we nold in captivity. 16 1% 80 sad to see them pine and die, ag they surely ‘Will, of we neglect them. Tat tittaks for tite ofectunl close” More cruelty could sone'cxpress, Aad I, if you had shown me Had been your prisoner atill, We were astonished to fad how great a number of foreign birds were imported into this city annu- ally a8 & matter of traffic. From staustics furnished ws at the appraiser's office, for the six months end- tg on the Ist of January, 1872, we found there were 33,237 birds imported, and for the year just ‘Dassed there must have been over sixty-six thousand foretgu birds prougnt to this port by direct importa- dion for vhe trade. It is estimated, too, that fully ‘®ne-lourth as many more find their way here by sailors and returned tourists, thus swelling up the member to nearly elghty-three thousand birds of \Warloug kinds, NEW YOKK HERALD, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1872—TRIPLE SHEET. the young birds are a week old give them some green food—lettuce or onickweed, Also take & little rapeseed and pour hot water on it, and let it soak for two hours; then mash it and feed it to the birds, Should you have to feed them your- self do it by taking aguill 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- fulatatime, Assoon as they leave tne nest let themalone, The mate will begin to twitter and warble 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 have, Take the old nest out of the cage and putin stuff for a new one, and the ola birds will mate again and begin building. Sometimes the old ones are ugly to the first brood, and knock them around and pull their feathers ont, If they do, take tne young ones out of the cage and put them by 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 virds in America. Their price ranges now trom four to ten dollars apiece. THE SISKIN, of which we have spoken as crossing with the Canary, 18 quite a favorite for the cage. His song is Jow, but he imitates the notes of some other birds, ‘The siskin will eat too much when allowed; there- fore It 1 best to deal his rations ous to him, These birds are fed principally on poppy and hemp seed Pounded up. They are valued at $2 and $3. THE GRAY LINNET and the green linnet are very gratifying to their pprohasers, but the gray 1s most admired, He has, @ reddish shade on his breast, and his wings @nd tail are grayish brown, They are five inches long. The male gray linnet singe 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 LINNRT can be fed on rape and canary seed mixed, A small-sized will do for them. Give them ‘There are thirty-eight established stores in this } plenty of bathing water and gravel on the bottem > sale of birds, and about one-fourth as | of the cage. They live in @ cage seven or elgnt sos etty for wee ,,, va they are sold in private, many more placed wue., aking in all and not exposed to the paiser-py, se pearly flty dealers in biras. There are fouF Stem: fave wire cage manufactories and six where they manufacture wooden ones, And theae Aoaigza JB birds and pirdcages all make m«~* er Dy <ieieae = ~~ and of this class two-thirds are the German | plainest plumaged bird and Frencn (or long breed) canary. The most de- sirable and principal part of the remainder of this eighty-three thousand are composed of the follow. tng kinds:—Tne skylark, chaMinch, thrush, black- bird, wood lark, startling, Mnnet (gray), linnet @reen), siskin, nightingale, bulitinch, 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 inention all the parrot family by name, there being over twenty @ifferent kinds to choose from in our market, The sulpbur crested cockatoo, however, commands the Dighest price, which is $45; unless it is the cocka- illo, and he 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 the European biras as we have chosen to mention above, and it shall ve of an informatory character, We were gratitied to find the demand for these charming household minstrels was on the increase, In no pars of the world do they command the average high price nor are there as many sold in Proportion to the population as in New York city. A8 we look at our statistics we say to ourself, “This | paper, torn up, with & Bring | Paper, speaks well for ‘a nation of shopkeepers,’”” on, say We, your winged flowers and fying gems. | put, ‘We havo money and to spare for a)) 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 pieve of poetry that we cannot refram from giv- tng 18:— : God pleas thee and thy joyous throat, Thy trill, thy churr, tuy piercing note, My sweet canary! ‘Thou gush of song! thou water-brook OF joy | thon poem, doctrine, book, Voowoulary! ‘Thou caged up treasure of deligh: That knowest to ranko a prison’ bright ‘Throw, mystery; ‘Fo swell tuy rich votes in fail tide, ‘Anon tbe bigbest reach of sound divide, Like Paganini, Where didst thon gain this wondrous lore ? Where that which | acmire stil! mure, The glad philosop! That smiles at prisea bi All our readers know how the canary looks, and therefore description 13 useless, They all know ‘mat he will live in any sizeu cage, but may not know that he will sing best in a moderately small sized, round wire cage. Give Lim two perehes, and clean them when you clean the bottom of his cage, ence or twice a week. If you let the perches get rough irom any accumulation his feet wili become sore. Keep the cage bottom covered with dry, gravelly sund; 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 tame fill 1t with hemp and canary seed, mixed, and sometimes rape and canary seed, mixed. They also like chickweed, lettuce and caobage, and it would be well to put a iittie of eitner in the cage every week. In winter you can give the canary & plece of sweet appie, and a piece of cuttlefish fastened to the Wires of the cage never hurts him, Keep the bird in @ moderately cool 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 cut deep enough to draw blood. No other directions @re needed for the care of a bird Kept only to sing, nd you had betier give him nothing else at a veu- ture, such as cracker or lump of sugar from the table. 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 often of a gray green color than yellow. The best singers amoug us are a mix- ture of the linnet and canary; ut these never breed, and the sapply can only be kept up by mating the female canary with the male lnnet, In Germany and France much attention is paid % orceding | canaries, both for profit and pleasare, and aboat one-eighth of tne number we see in New Yora were raised here by persons actuated by the same mo- | aves as those across the Atlantic. | ‘The canary seed that 18 sipped here comes from the Kast Indies, and is the best. Itis packed in mal) barrels, holding about two-thirds as much as our common-#ized 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 wili cross with the linnet, siskin, and goldfinch; that is, the femaie canary will mate with the males of the above birds, but the ree werse cannot ve. What we deem mostinteresting to our readers on that whici remains to ve satd 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 it is intended to vemain. In addition to the usual dally seed give her about one-cighth of a hard-boiled egg, chopped up fine, yolk and wilte Give the male bird also in his cage the game quantity of egg. Al tie expiration of Bifortnight put the mule bird in the cage with the female, and they will usually mate in abouta ‘week's time. Then they want to begin their nest. Get a wire nest. Toey are better than wooden. ‘Tue wooden ones frequently oreed vermin, You an buy either at the bird stores, Hang the nest up securely—sv a3 not to tip or totter—in the cor - ner, or midway against the farthest side from ‘the (oor of the cage, and put in hair and moss and ‘White paper shavings, Cow’s or deer’s hair 18 best As soon as the birds finish their nest laying com- mences, aod tue number is from two to sx eggs. On these the bird sits for thirteen days. When the Litde ones are hatched they must ve fed on hard- boned eggs, mixed with the same amount of crackers, rolled fine. This food must be made fresh twice a day, and if the old bird (as she some- ‘times is) 18 negligent about feeding thera five or six | back together. | Years, Their sellmg price 1s $2 or $3, THE NIGHTINGALE. Oh! sooner shall the rose of May ro Mistake ner ove eG SE ight gales = May ili Aaubt sharnhe js the smeatesh _ pean birds, + ne nigutingale’s raux among virds 1s what the rose is among flowers. So few are there in this country, it is probable that many of our readers never saw one. It is the ee, with a demure, almost pitiful look about its eyes, and in length it iy only alittle over five inches, and shaped a good deal like our cat bird. Its head and back are gray- ish brown, and its breast isa light ash color. The wing and tall feat are quite a pretty dark brown, and its throat is white, The nightingale abounds all over ‘ope, bat sings best in Iretand in a wild, tree state; and is there go plaintive, so tender, that if the blaruey stone ever had a heart the nightingale must have Melted it long since, Oh, for an opportunity to hear them in the Emerald Isle, ‘when the befitting moon should to their chaste primrose bower direct !? When cagea the nightingale has beei known to live six or seven years, but they frequently die soon. They require @ great deal oi care. ‘Their cage should be a foot ana a half long and square, covered overhead with green muslin, wad- ded with taree or four layera of cotton or wool to prevent their hurting their heads against the top of the cage. Perches shoulu be put low down in their es. Buy the prepared food irom the bird stores; 1 comes in Uns, Should the owners of nightingaies chose to prepare the food themselves we will tell them how to do 1t, 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 jet 1tsour in the cuge. You can also give them hard boiled egg and some raw beef choppea fine; bnt what they like best in the way of meat are me: worms. The latter have to breed in tne follow- ing manner:—Take a tight box or Beat that will hold six or eight quarts, fll it half full of wheat middlings or bran and @ handful or two of corn meal; then take an old leather shoe and cut it in little chips and and 8 much old Woollen rags and a bandiul of brown lutte brown sugar on the and mix these all through the bran; and then in’ fiity or & hundred meal worms, after which on a tin cover with diminutive holes im it to al- low ulr, and set it for three months where it will be warm. ‘The worms will then turn to beetie-bugs, which wiil lay eggs that will hatch out meal worms again; give the nungales half @ dozen of these worms dally in addition to the carrot paste. Loox alter the feet of the birds, as they frequently die irom sore feet. Take a litte castile soap and luke- warm water and soak their feet in it, and greaso them with new churned butter. Keep the cage well graveiled and clean. Give the night ales spiders to eat, as they consider them a luxury. Spiders are good for them, and during the moulting season a ne- cessity. These b.rds require &@ warm room, but look out for gas from the coal; that killa them, In an old work calied “Kussel’s Apello” it 18 stated that in Asia and Persia the nightungales 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 the loftiest trees by Dight. The natives of these countries attach great importance to them in @ supersutious way. For ns tance, Russel tells us, “when about to start on ® journey they go to the seaside or brookside and usten for the nighungale (or buiball) ana when they hear it they tarow into the water the dower of the cocoanut tree and start, This imsures a pros- perous journey.’’ Dropping the superstitions of the Asiatics and Per- slans, 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. he 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 tbe bird be sure to Wash them clean. THR ENGLIGO SRYLARE, Emblem of happiness, Biithsome and cumberless, O'er the red streamers that herald the day ; ‘Over the clouulet dim, Over the rainvow's rim, Huslcal cherub, soar singing away. Love gave it energy—love gave it birth, Where on thy doway wing— Where art thou journeying? ‘Thy lay is in heaven, thy love is on earth, He 1s a noted bird, and justly so, The skylark has a Way of bis own agoat flying Lhat no other bird las. When he leaves is nest he flies iu a perpendicular jine; and he opens fis pretty throat as he soars, aud upWard and onward he goes, his song growimg faint and fainter until it seems like celestial music, for he 1s lost in the clouds and you see him not for several minutes. You strain your eyes with watch- ing, and then you behold a@ little mote and you KnOW he 18 coming. You think you hear lim; 1 an instant you Know you do, for down to earth again te ciear, full sound ts sent, and he alights at a con- siderabie distance {rom lus nest, He lien skulks along through the grass as siyly as if he thought some lurking, unseen foe might be watching for lim. How we should like to be able like nim to wing our way in sajety to where tune vdeau- ural Lady Lorelei has sat for ages comb- ing her down-flowing hair with @ golden comb, and listen like him to the wild, wondrous and mighty song she sings, Lhe while she sinks the sailor and fis ship. We would like to see for ourself whether it 1s true that if the lady leaves off combing for one single instant tue whole sky pute on mourning, the storm king gets angry, wiisties and goes abroad. Bat we must leave the storm king and the beauti(ul Lady Lorelei and our owa vain desire, and taik only of tne skylark of England, wuich 1s precisely that of America toadot, We love the Skylark, and wish we could write out nis notes for such of out lady readers as lave not heard him ‘when he first gets up of a morning,’ but whoever could write out the notes of the skyiark or measure fis metre could make scales With which vo weigh out the priveless value of trac love and Iriendsnip—either of which 18 too fine for us; but we may presume to tell you how he looks, He js @ pretty felow, pert and strong, with a breast aod sides spotied all over with # dark brown on un almost white groundwork. His is brownish, and spotted likewise, He 1s nearly eight inches long, with a large, beautl- fuleye. The skylark tas one spot loo many, how- ever, and Uils one spot isin the wrong place, It 18 on fis escutcheon, He roos otner birds of their eggs; but maybe he does it “fora lark,” which may have won for hii hia tite of “ine Merry Lark.” He must have caught bis first inspiring notes when “the morning stars first sang together, and ali the sons of men suouted for joy.” He bad been merry ever since, and there will be shouung lor joy as long as he sings. The cage the skylark 18 to be kept in should be | longer aud nigher than the nighuogaie’s, and lined atthe Wop inthe same manner, but suould have no Perches in tt ‘This bird always remains Wild in iis nature, nO mater how young they are caged. Put no bathing cup im the skylark’s cage. ile never | bathes, It pas been sail of tim “he rains ; Cown music from bis wings aud batues his | plumage in the fount of light’? Cover tue bottom of the cage half over with green sod, | and the remainder cover with tne dirt two inches thick, In wich to rol aad dust mimseif, ‘The sky- jark has een Known to nave lived ten years in a cage, and will sing the whole year round. They should be sed on poppy seed and rolied cracker, | varied with hard builed egg, with sometumes an angie worm broken up, or some raw beel chopped up ine, They seil for irom itive to ten doliars, Buy one—"'A merry heart decih 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 is @ likeness between tuem, and his food is the same, He tas not, however, the same propensity ior tying up, and we may, thereiore, venture to give hima perch, Many poopie insist that his song 1s sweeter thau the skylark, wud he vrings @ higher price u ten. THE ENGLISH THRUSH has a body about eight mches aud a half iong, He thrush’s wings and tall feathers are dark brown. ‘His song 1s very eciectrifying; his voice 1s so strong, clear and loud that 16 seems to gay, “l’ll show you what a thrush can do,’ every time he pipes ls notes, and he has as much melody as power. Ina state of freedom and during the spring months Is the time to hear him to the greatest advantage, and you can plainly at @ lall-mile distance, When caged he makes up in qnantity what he loses in uailty and sings for mine months, instead of three, of the year, and loud enough to give the whole neighborhood the benefit, and sweet enough to charm the very souls of all who hear him. Give him a cage three feet long and two leet bleh, wae two perches, the thick- ness of @ man’s thumb; give him a pint of water every day to bathe in, and hang the cage 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 have, at the same Ume, another dish, made as foliows:—A tablespoon- ful of oatmeal, mixed to a paste, with sweet, new milk, and this must bo removed from is cage be - fore it becomes sour. Another dish, and one that the bird likes still better than the previous, is a hard-boiled egg, chopped fine, aud hail the quan- tity of Jean beer, raw, chopped fine; the juice of @ grated carrot, mixed with a spoonful of crumbs of dry baker's bread; and these should be mixed to- gether. ‘This food does not sour as quickly as the other, and he will consume twice this quantity m winter before it spoils, In summer mix cracked hemp seed in place of the beef. In the cage tue thrush begins his singing about Christmas, This bird 1s not very plentiful among us, He 1s more appreciated in England than here, He is enduring and long-lived. He soon learns to know the person who takes care of him and mani- fests pleasure at their approach, but will get to the topmost perch and farthest corner of his big bouse and 100k very courtly and aristocratic if a neigh- bor’s cat visits him, She can sit there, looking filled with love and devotion, bus 1t 18 ‘no use, Mrs. Grimaikin. You cannot hold @ post-mortem to-day on this littie fellow’s healthy body, ao how.” Eliza Cook says:— Give me when I die A grave whore no marble will shut out the sky; But be sure there's a tree stretching out far and wide, Where the linnet, the thrush and the woodiark may hide; For the truest and purest of requiems heard Is the eloquent hymn of # beautiful vird. THE STARLING is Of a Diackish-greenish hue, changing to purple. its feathers are all vipped with white, and it is nearly nine inches tong. Its song 1s nothing to brag of ; but its memory aud pee of mimicry make him @ wonderful thing. The bird learns alt it knows the firat two years of its lite, and never forgets notwithstanding he lives to be seventeen years old, He likes to be allowed to run around aroom and talk to himself, and pick up the crumbs and ties; but ne 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 sabelted “Yes” to young Damon hor atarling stops ig otit “You od’ untic the kuok’!” Ber rue Usiug ween 2 SBCAK Ave COMRECURVG WOAs, Be. can be taught to whistie thiee or jour airs, wuu 10 imitate the song of some birds When confined, the cage should be nearly as ate a8 thas ‘of the thrush, and he should have the same food as the thrush, The staring 1s very cunning and playful. and amuses himself by hopping uito the cradle and waking the baby, and moci it when 1t cries, ‘There used to be one im London that, whenever there was @ rapat the door knocker he would run to the door with the housemaid, and nodding his Mtde nead, would cali out “How do youdo?? Who Would not like to Own a staring? A pennyworth of mirth 18 worth a pound of sorrow. THE BULLFINCH has a dark reddish breast. His head, wings and Vall are Piao and his back has a patoh of gray and white. The female 18 gray just wuere the mate 1s red, and red where he Is gray, This seems singular, indeed. The birds are avout six inches long, The male bird whistles as easily as Boreas, and the sound is “soiter than @ lover's lute;” but you have tw teach him to shape it tato song. By first whist- ing to him he will give you almost any tune you Want, and come out of his cage and sit on our finger while ne does so. But he must ught all this while very young. ‘The bulifinch likes to listen to the music of @ flute. They are natives of Germany. There are plenty them in this market for sale 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 searned birds, They all have rather @ stupid look and movement, but they can whistle charmingly, and yoa get your money's worth. They will breed in a cage, but tuere 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 a fine singer, some think him next to tne nightingale, altuough he does not sing at ail 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, The top of this bird’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. fis notes are very soft, but very blithe and gay, as if No grief affected yet his breast, Nor to a mournful tale was tuned soft enchanting lays. ‘The black cap can be bought for $10, THE ROBIN REDBREAST is a brave, bold bird, and “eye hath not seen, car hath not heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man’? that any songs since Solomon’s have been found more acceptavie to the weary pligrim along iife’s dusty hignway than the robin’s, The noonday carol of a bird, Like loving smiles we win, Or jeaf by morning zephyr stirred, ‘May touch the heart within, And ever since the robin’s compassion was mani- fest in coveriug 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 long as Aisop’s fables, all our readers know how the robin redpreast looks, He is one and the same here aad 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 bioom in the merry month ot May to have our hearts melt away in raptures. If the airs that are said to be played to the departed souls of we good on their first arrival in Paradise to Wear out the impressions of the last agonies and qualify them for the pleasures of that happy place are more purely laden with tranquillizing delight we should like to kuow it, The song of tue robin, and his affable famililanty in coming so near our dwellings to bulid, 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 anconcernedly when they see us under the tree ag 1f we were not seen by tnem. ‘They lay four and sometimes five eggs, of a blue-green color, and oval shape. They sil fourteen days on their eggs. They breed twice during the summer. The young ones are the most awkward litle iumps of things imaginable, unless it 1s the young whippoor- Wil, which opens its wide mouth a little wider than the young robin, ‘The robin's eyes are not opened for four days after he leaves the shell, and there is no sin of leathers 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, dl feed the young through the wires of the cage for five or six days, but at the expiration of that time the old ones, Unding that they caunot get the young ones out, wili bring them ogg aro food and Kill them all, Cases of tis Kind have occurred many times within our observation, ‘The robin is easily taken care of. The American robin redbreast needs, when caged, only Indian meal aud angle worms. ‘They must have a large, square cage and plenty of drinking and bathing water, in # large, round, saucer-shaped cup. Put in their cage gravel and a piece Of fresh sod of earth. You can give them cherries and eiderberries 1m 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 tuey like to eat out of your hands or take @ cherry from your mouta, and Oght and bite for more. Li you open the cage door and te it back, and hang It out by tne side of the house atier the birds have been caged two months, they Will go in ant out after stayiug away tor hours in the trees around the house they are used to, This 4s dope by the American bird; but we ure not sure that we English one will become so domesticated, 1018, however, best to keep the cage closed in the spring of the sear for fear that the robin may roam and ve inclined to stay with ais mates in the or- chard. ‘the English robios among us are fed on Poppy and cracked hemp seed. Whether they re- quire more care and duinties than’ our native bird we do n0t Know, but the bird dealers will direct you to take as much care of them and as much trouble Witu their [ood as are required jur the oigaungale, The swamp robin of America 13 better worta caging than almost any bird we have that is pecu- larly our own, Of course no one Wil dare to 8: that there 13 any bird equal to our mocking bi which 18 an aborigine—solely a native American bird, and proud enough we are (o say 80; but of | him we propose to speak at a tuture ume, when we shall taik of American birds only. ‘the Englisn robin is a treasure aud can be bought for $15, The | 8Wamp robin of America differs [rom the common robin redvreast of the orchard; but we will teil of tiem hereafter. THE BLACKBIRD of England 13 rightly named. He is blacker than Poe's Kaven--“sird, beast or devil’ —and his mari+ goid-colored beak uniting with bis ali-over black~- Hess, makes one teel like asking If lits ancestors Teaily believed Unat “te devil was dead and buried in Jamaica” when they put on iis nmuraing, or Whether they used him as @ candie to ligut up hades. The rigat name for this ‘d should be “ghoul'se candice.” But notwithstanding his ap- earauce Is 80 much against Lit you must come to ove iM, Ke sings ior you so cordially all the round = year from his cage. He is @ know- ing bird, and will jearn the airs you whistle for m, ami execule wem in grand style. = T) bias cage, and it should be not more tor the bird’: food may be the sam has learned since ne requires a large ieaned three times @ week, pmiort than yourown, His 4 the thrush’s; besides, My if as been 1 vs corn meal The lengut of the wiagebird is neariy ten inches, When tie is free io roam ne sings ony during the three spring moutus, He can be bought is @ pretty-shaped fellow, with a saucy iook ana “keep your distance” air about him that becomes him we, His breast and Sides are yellow, with preity brown, ovai-si dd spots, very distinct, His back 18 covered with precisely the shade that the fashionable gentiemen oO: to-day Wear on theirs, aud which they call ‘London smoke.” Awong 0 $15. Aa t may be well before we go any furt! how to Weal tne diseases of oitay and ‘cleea on cages, 80 Wal Uhose of our readers living remo irom cities, without facies tor buying new cages at pleasure, may know that the oid ones can be freea jrom Vermin toat are liavle to trouble and dimes @ day, womebody cise must go it, Whey) birds it iy Lever Kaown ap “ollye gray’! Tho t kil wou birds. By Wasuily ihe caves in paitvewre, dissolved in soapy water—botl an ounce of saltpetre and a litte piece of castile soap in two quarts of water aad scald the cage with it thoroughly—and wash the bird with it under its wings and joints when nearly cold. A little piece of soft 8] or feather, is best to apply it wita. You can tell gen- erally in time to save your bird by noticing that he 4s drooping and that his plumage 1a rampied, and when these symptoms are apparent attend to them at once. it is well, however, to wash tne cage if it 1s an 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 iatter, you can teli it by their frequent gapmg and dry looking tae latter looking intlamed. ‘The best y for tus is to take @ little fresh butter and melt it slowly in a@ cup and then put @ small piece of garlic or wild onion and a lew pepper rains tn it; sen Jet this mixture stand where it will keep Warm enough to simmer tor nalt an hour, and when cold grease tne top of the bird's head with it and give him peppergrass in the cage, or lettuce, or a ntain Jeaf, ii it 1s the asthma Unat alls the bird he will open nis bill, and you can see that he breathes with aifiiculty. He nas a cold, and 1t affects his lungs. Liaseed tea, by pouring a few drops at 4 time from the point of a littie spoon, is ood for him, Peppergrass to eat is good for the rd, If you judge the bird to be sick from costive- ness give him half a drop of castor oil on nis ei with @ uttle dried saffron flower put in bis drinking water, Some think sweet ou 1s 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. se very careful avout this, particularly in moulting time, and give birds baker’s bread in new milk if they will eat it; but be sure to give them plenty of the green tood above alluded to during their moulting. We have no more right to let a sick bird die by neglecting to attend to him than if he was a buman By la 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 4g there in thy rays to color birds so exquisitely and so gorgeously, and Rs dealest so diametrically op- tw us jumans? No meteor was ever righter than the trovpial, with his resplendent Per- sian lilly-hued vody, with just glossy black and white enamel enough on his wings © make them 100k to us through Nis cage the golden treasure he is, sur- rounded by fllligree work, And he 18 reconciled too, to nis cold northern home. He is worth more to look at than any caged bird that lives, He is twice the size of our Baiumore oriole, but otherwise he resembles him, and vuilds in the tropics, high up in the swaying limb Of @ cocoa-nut tree, the sane Wonderiul nest about waici Hurdis wrote— It wins admirati To view the structure of that frit a A bird’s nest, ric at No tool bad he th: Ro puso Jalay his H jue join; i And vot how neat eon $e MRE 108 tary sonny 79 207 MOPICTEDL Had mean oF Bee a ta ig oe Anu wwenty years apprentvs....,. ‘ Could make me suc another ? "Vainiy, then, We boast of excellence, whose nubiest skill Tantinctive 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 Lim a large, square cage, buy 100d prepared for him from the bird store, and give him des grasshoppers and spiders angie-worms. He must be kept out of the cold alr. He sings loud @nd elegantly. it sounds like the sweet notes of Beecher’s church organ. These birds are very social im their nature; like company, aud never quarrel. No poet or painter can do them justice. ‘Cheir shape @ud proportions are alike tu our swamp robin, ‘The price they bring im the siores 1s not enough at om. They are suld for from ten to twenty joliars, PARROTS, A few words about parrots and we are done for the nonce. We shall not stop to particularize about any one of thei You will readily understand that We could not about all when we iniorm the reader what there are neariy two hundred diiferent kinds. ‘Those of Our readers who do not know all the par- rot’s peculiarities will stand a chance to become acquaintea with them if they attain the great lon- wevisy that the bird himself does, viz., one hundred years. Tne parrot is rascally and cunuing enough vo be human, and when he js heard to say the mght word in the right piace you feet as if he 1s at least the connecting link. There was once a “pretty Poll,” whose home was on Sansome street, San Francisco, that was wont to get bis mistress into trouble frequently by saying disagreeavie things to the passers by. There was a very portly boarding ,house keeper, who lived around the corner from Poll, that for years had gone pasi the house to the Washington ‘Ket, DUL Was ovliged to change her Toute at last te avoid being made furious by “pretty Poll’s” salute as soon as she rounded the corner, “Weil, fatty!” “Well, fatty!’ “Well. fatty 7 “Fatty | latiy | fatty !? “unui! the woman was out of sight, and then she could hear his laugh. ‘There Was another parrot, owned at the same time bythe keeper of a canay store in Vallejo street, Who, Wen the run came on Adams & Uo.'s bank, drew her gold out and hia it for safety under @ floor board. One day a beggar came in, and the storekeeper shook her head and said, “I’ve got no money tor you.” “Look under the floor,’ cried Polly, and when he saw the woman looking frignt- ened he laughed as if he enjoyea it hugely. But’ all parrots donot talk. A round cage best suits them, and they are very little trouble, an anecdote 1s told of one, owned by a deacon, that got out of its cage and up in a tree. ‘The deacon went after it, and stood looking 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 echoing Polly’s remark, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, The Asiatic Fleet—Despatcies from Rear Admiral Rodgers. OMecial 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 Munis- 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 tnrough the ship and witnessed the drill of the men. The Palos has been ordered to winter at Tien- isin, 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 Places, she remained two weeks, and was to go to Hong Kong. ‘rhe Monocacy was at Shanghae. She accompanied the Benicia to Ningpo. The Ashuelot bom pat at Foochow, at which port affairs were quiet. Naval Orders. Commander 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 ‘%o Taylor Barracks, Louisville, Ky., for assignment to the Seventh cavalry. MEETING OF THE FIRE COMMISSIONERS, ‘The Board of Fire Commisstoners held a meeting yesterday morning at their building, No. 127 Mercer street, President Hitchman presiding,.and @ 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 Ia fires of twelve per cent, and a decrease in losses Of s1X per Cent, a3 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 smaller than heretofore, the de- partment being so very eMc:ently handled tnat it is only @ question of time. A resolution was omfered by Commissioner Shaier requesting the President to communicate with the Comptroller in regard to the pay roils of the department for December and Janu- ary, and urge upon him the speeuy payment of the same, which was adopted, Tne Board then ad. journed. THOSE SAFES, What John Fox Knows About the “Safe Game.” To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— The Zines newspaper of the 3a inst, published an article stating tnat I had received @ safe costing $1,350 from the firm of John McB. Davidson, In justice to myself [ ask that you do ine the favor to aviish in your Widely circulated paper the follow- ing aitidavit. JOHN Fox. City ant, County of Kew York, «John Fox, being duly sworn, doth depose and say that he did not at any time order or purchas: a sate vaiued at $1,650 from John Mc#. David. son & Co, ; that he never received any auch sate, nor was the same delivered on deponent's order to any person. ‘That the only transaction bad with the firm of Jobn McB, Davidson wan that of the purchase of o for the Founding Asylum. which | was to Sister Irene # a personal contribution avium, for, which sale deponent gave sald firm his check for #460, taking a recelpt in, full for ail demands up to May 80, 1870, Accordin; javidson’s own books the safe ch to deponet is alieged to mM That deponent did not ha with sald firm before salt May 90, 1670, m with said firm wipce said date, The foliowing er for the payment of the sate purchased by New York, May 30, 1870, Tux Imronrens any Trapens’ MOTUAL BANK OF John McB, Davidson four hundred and fifty dollars in Ty a ny jorned, Safe Foungiing AaytumJ. MeB. Davidson, md Chan A. Hoff, Jobo F Sworn 10 before me, February 8, 1872.—Ronr, H, Joun- jew Yorks Gon Notary Public. County of Bs 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 initiate them, are about to be renewed in our midst, ‘Two weeks ago the Coopers’ Trade Unton “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 plase., Yesterday morning 1t 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 the 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 part 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 waiton the officera 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 tasen that the places of the disaffected were not to be filled BY UNSKILLED MEN from the Weat or elsewhere, es w of this state iad headin [ dak dav yesvard weal UO 1 both these reported strikes 1rOM suv most rei. authority, and for the benefit of the readers of the Sunday HERAcp ts enabled to give the following ac- curate saith of the origin and progress oi the juarrels:— one reporter first visited the Produce Exchange, on Broadway, and inquired for Mr. Sensel, the Secretary of the Produce Exchange Committee, who nave been appointed on the part of the mer- chants to resist THE DISAFFECTED WORKMEN at all nazards. The following conversation, in which Mr. Bepsel makes o clear statement of the cause, Origin and pre of the strike, will no doubt be read with the greatest interest. RerorteR—Mr. Bensel, I have come to you from the HeRALp for the reat facts of the guarrel which hus been pong on for some days past between the Coopers’ Trade Union and the employers:— Mr, BENSEL—Well, sir, as far as the strike 13 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 oi the Union—number 2 | thmk 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 1s Lo hold at the Astor House will cease, will 1t not??? “Not at all, Now that we have begun in earnest we will go on with our work ualil we have suc- ceeded in effecting our ovject.”” “And what 1s thaty’? “1 can better answer that Feng by telling you how this strike commenced, J myself never employ @ ‘union’ workman. 1 was the victim of a strike myself in 1865, and une trade union TURNED ME OUT. Since that ume I have never employed a member of a trade umion, and 1 beheve I am 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 Washington street, the refiner. ‘two weeks ago he discovered that he was not getting & proper amount of work'done in proportfon to the number of men he empioyea. He had forty-two workmen and he found that thirty honest men could do the work which was being done by his forty-two. To GET RID OF HIS ‘SLOUCHES’ he adopted a plan which was formerly the regular practice of the trade, namely, that of asking the men to keep a ‘‘tally”’ of tne work which was done by each, or, in other words, demanding from each man an account of the work which he did during the day, ‘This was unconstitutional, accordlug to the rules of tne Union, and his men left him ina body, Finding that his business and havi contracts ‘ul 1e appl oO other Cooke s heope for assistance. It was freely given to but when the “Union” found that there was a chance of his 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 in his difficalties the untonis' WOULD ‘KNOCK OFF! WORK. A deputation waited on me and asked me not w do anything to injure the poor workingmen. I said [ never did anytiing 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 Icon- tinued to assist Mr. Wilcox until his shop was filled With non-union men, who were better tradesmen in every respect than those who had left 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 pack to work again, A week ago a general meeting of the members of the Produce Exchange was held, Instances of vile conspiracy agaiust employers by unionists were cited. It was unani- mously resolved to send a delegation to Albany to ask the Legisiature to pass the conspiracy law which was in lorce up to last year, but which was repealed BY TWEED AND HIS CORRUPT GANG for political purposes Lo gain Laue votes of tne unlon- ists, It is the only protecuon that employers have. Merchants enter into heavy contracts which they must keep or be ruined. Coopers make equally binding contracts with the merchants, aud bow are atthe mercy of the working men, who, if a con- splracy law be notin existence, nay at any Moment *kuock off? Work and ruin us. As it is we are COMPLETELY aT THEIR MERCY. . To carry out this object a committee of the mem- bers of the Produce Exchange wa» appointed. We have met several times and we decided on asking a committee of the members of the mechanics and ‘Traders’ Exchange, and of the members of the Stock Exchange, to comer with us. It was deciaed on Friday that we should meet on next Monday at the Astor 19use, but it was afterwards discovered that at would wth gai expediedt to walt unul next Monday wee What was the delay, might I ask ?” Exchange have just elected their officers for tne current year. The officers of last year had a natural delicacy in putting the responsibility of this matter on the Shoulders of the genuiemen who have just come into office, so that a special committee of the members 1s to be appoimted to conier with us next week, Besiaes there was some hitch in the case of the Chamber of Commerce. One gentleman, who 18 a member of our committee, belonged tw the committee of the Chamber of Commerce. There ‘was some SLIGHT MISUNDERSTANDING apout the matter, and it has been referred to a sub- committee, It 18 the interest of the Chamber of Commerce and of the Mechanics and Traders’ Ex- change that we should succeed in our work, and you Will find that their committees will warmly take rt in it. Perinally, these unionists say that they eschew all violent measures, intimuiation, &c, Now, one of Mr. Wilcox’s new bands was beaten rather badly 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 ihat could not be destroyed was taken away. For my part {| will have no union man inside my place. He goes out by lorce 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 of every kind on employers seemed universal and earnest, THE REPORTED RAILROAD STRIKE. Our reporter subsequently visited the Forty-second street depot, to get the facts of the reported ratiroad strike. He first called 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 tue morning the reporter heard tvat Com- modore Vanderbilt had issued an order that no trades union men should be employed on any of the company’s lines, ‘(he reporter asked the Superin- tendent if this rumor were true, He said be had not heard {t, aad a genuieman Who was standing by at tne time remarked, “[ WISH TO GOD THAT HB HAD.” Nobody at the ofices of wwe New York Central seemed to have heard of the sinke, though It was acknowledged that there were always dissenstous goiug on. ‘he seeing, too, seemed to be much against the unionisis, “10 make assurance doubiy sure, the reporter calied on the venerable Commo- dore at his quiet house in Washington place, ie founa the old gentieman enjoying HIS AFTER DINNER CIGAR. He received the reporter kindly, and readily en- tered inLo Conversation about the Fevorted sIrike, ” be ncaa “Bar se nine om = RTER—Is it true, Commodore, that a well, you KnOW, they're waye ducharginy iM along tie, lines at tos time of year; but there ain’ “Commodore, I have heard down Teport that you had ordered that no eaten men should be employed on any of your |.nes.” (Lifting his hands and spe: vigorousiy.) “3 @on’t know nothing about trades unions, or any4 of that sort,” that you have issued no such ‘thi rt then 1b 18a fact °"Vigorousty pulling at mis cigar.) “1 don ously p his ro) 44] u pi no trade uplons or politics ockare ae that sort on any of my roads, I always gave ininga Mists nls “Then there 18 no objection to c me trade unton ?”” rot “No, not at all, Why, a number of men me this morning from ‘Albany or somewhere up th country and asked me the same and told them no, certainly not, and they went aw: quite satisfied, Tue men that came tome wera, fine, clever men, too,’” Th ble polishers. employed in Fanchere,) q @ marble poi employs Wullamson & Co.’s steam marpie works, N 1,281 and 1,283 TORO WAY, struck yesterday, Tha reason in this case was the employment of a non« society man by the firm. The employers, however,, are determined to stand out. ‘hey say they cai easily fll their sbone with workmen, app! without number having been recently made to them. pe a ap n association of employers has formed in London (England) for the purpose of maine the aggressions of the English trades whe demand a reduction of hours to eight and nalf, which was regarded as the firs: step toa re= duction vo eight hours of labor, THE COURTS. A Theatrical Disputo—the Market and 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 and Thompson! 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 they shoulé ~ ee rae oe peay ArT ne | BeFpatralned soah_nlaplig [a What masta Of ny y-—¥4 puuud piace Ihe “uraWoriuge sone” ADL. Hand; or, True to the Last,” was down for argu- ment yesterday. The plaintiff avers that the ‘‘draw- bridge scene,” as introduced in ‘On 77 18, plagiarized trom his sensational play, in three acts, | entitled $150,000." By consent the case hasigune over till next Saturday. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT—IN BANXAUPTCY. 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 oi Mrs, Sarah, i. Mackey, one of the depositors, to have the bank adjudicated an involuntary bankrupt, 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 credi:or wo adjourn the matter until Saturday next. It was then ascertained that a seconi petition, of F, J. Moisson, another depositor, had been pre- sented. Counsel stated that this petition had been filed by the petitioner under the impression and, through the fear that the proceedings commenced! under the petition of Mrs. Mackey were instituted through collusion with her and the officers and’ Mapdagers of the Market Savings Bank. A thi J. Stokes, ird petition was presented by ‘who claims to be a depositor of the bank. . ' | lution 1s put forward on the ground that the of Mra. Mackey was not in compliance with th law. The Judge expressed his opinion that th third petition was de‘ective in form, as 1t made averment that the Receiver, and not the bank, q acted so as to hinder and obsiruct the provisions the Bankruptcy law. The Court granted leave for the amendment of this peution, and the hearing on all three petitions ‘went over till next Saturday, The Bowling Green Savings Bx In the case of the Bowling Green Savings Bank’ counsel for the bank stated that he had made an arrangement with the opposing counsel lor an ad- journment of the proceedings until next Saturday. it was brought to the attention of the Court that 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 & corporation, dissolved before service could be made upon it in the proceedings in bank- Tuptcy. Tne service had been effected upon the gentieman who had held the office of secret afver the bank’s dissolution. .The Court deem« that this was nota 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 wl Saturday next, UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS’ COURT. Charge of Alleged Smuggling of Gold Watches. from Europe. 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 alarge number of gold watches into this port from Europe. Ther ination bad been ses down for one fendants appeared and stated that he required some time to read the aflidavits against the accused, who, he had po doubt, would be able to expiain away the charge that had been preferred aguinst them. ‘The Commissioner adjourned the examination until Wednesday next. Action for Alleged False Imprisooment—Suit 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 a@ civil suit issued by Judge Blatchford, The complainant in the suit is Michael J. O'Rourke, who claims $10,000 damages from. the defendant for 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 eccounts of the city. Morrissey has been held to bal 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 simuar to that preferred against the deiendant Morrtsscv, and he ave the bail required by the order of the Uourt SUPAEME COURT—CHAMBERS. Decisions. By Judge Barrett. Hess vs. Stewart et al,—Motion granted, Miller vs, Berrian. —Memoranda tor counsel Eeils vs. Eells.—Report confirmed and wae oo granted. Custody of child a wo : Volle 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 oa the Matter of the Petition of 1 In the Matter of the Petition re s Vine Ore anted, nis peda tay loat vs. Sloat.—Refort confirmed an? judgment of divorce granted, Y COURT OF COMMON PLEAS—SPECIAL Teim. Decisions. By Judge Loew, Wheaton vs. Katn.—Motion to strike out answer &s frivolous denied. (See memoranda tor counsel.) The Bank of North America vs, Raynor.—Refer- ence ordered. Same vs. Hupbard.—Reference ordered. BROOKLYN COURTS. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT. Before Judge Benedict. George U. Carpenter, by Guardian, vs. The Cam den and Amboy Railroad Company.—The plaintiff in this case, which was reported yesterday, brought suit to recover for injuries received on the road in July, 1870. ‘The defence denied all negiigence and alleged contributive negligence on the of piainumt, The jury found for plaintiff, and assessed damages at $3,000. Counsel for defendant asked for a stay ior twenty days, which was granted, SURAOGATE’S COURT. Wills Admitted—1ctters 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 Flatbush; George Vollkommer, Rose Keenan and Christian Warmuth, all of the city of Brookiyn. Lettors of aidininistration were granted to the estates of the following named deveased persons— viz., Georgiana T, Farleigh, Mary King, Alired East, George Voilkommer, Eilen Movan, DeWiti U. North- Top, Patrick Brenoan, Charles Vogely,. Patrick Rory eat baie ee omits a in ana Jane je city of Brooklyn; Willet Kowe, Hast Haven; New Haven, Conn, sdihat Lettere of foseaanantp of the person and estate of James Whitcrait were granted w Mary ann Mc Gowaa, of Frederick C, Van Brunt to Loulsa Van. Brunt, bie mother, all of the gity of Brookiya, _»~ A