The New York Herald Newspaper, February 25, 1872, Page 10

THE COURTS. Anteresting Proceedings in the New York and Brooklyn Courts. ‘General B. F. Butler in Court—A Chapter in the History of the City of New Orleans During the War—Motions in Bankruptey—De. cisions—Recorder Hackett and the Coming Trial of Mayor Hall. UNITED STATES CIRCUIT GouaT. A Chapter In the Military History of General Benjamin F. Butler—His Seizures aud Cone fiecations’at New Orleans. Yesterday Judge Biatchtord rendered an im- “portant decision in te case of Willlam A. Britton | ‘va, Benjumip F. Buiier. ‘The master at issue relates i to ceriain seizures which were made at New Or Jeans during the war by order of General Butler, while he was 1n command of the Department o1 the Gulf, We give below we materai portions of the | Juage’s | DECISION. ‘This suit was brought in a State Court ana trans- | ferred into this Vourt, ‘dhe declaration is in as- | sumpsit ov Wie money counis aud aa account stated, The damages are laid at $15,000, apd we causes of aculon are alleged to have occurred at New Orleans on the 1st of september, 1862. ine de- fendant pleaus the general issue and two special pleas. To each of tne special pleas a special de- murrer 13 interposed by the plaiutit, alleging deiects in substance ang form, The iirst special plea avers that “from February 24, 4562, until the léin ef December, 1862, the defenuant eid the position of major-general of Volunteers in the Department of the Gull, and as such took possession of the city of New Orieans and Places adjacent, On the 1st of Seprember, 1562, the pickets of tie outer lines Oi the camp ut New Or- | Jeans capture. a person endeavoring to make his way turuively from te lines and territory occupied by the enemy at Natchez, ten in the occupation of the Confederates, to tue cuy of New Orieans. Upon | this person were'tound concealed drafts or checks | drawn by persons in business in Natchez | upon business firms in New Orleans. The proceeds | Ol the dratts, when collected, were ordered by Gen- eral Butler lo be turned over to tue freasury of the | United States, and they have been auwy passed | upon, audited aud eredited to him by tue order of | tne President of the United States, Generai Butler pleads that be did this act uader the circumstances | Of tae war, and not ovnerwise. ‘Line Jadge says that | on the facts set up 1 the first special piea it clearly appears that, on the Ist of September, 1362, aud When the matters alleged m the piea took piace, | commercial intercourse bewween the State of Mis: | Sisaippl ana the city of New | That being so the drafts, ene Mentioned th that plea were Liegai and void ments, having been drawn by persons doing ness m Natwiez, Miss., 04 persons doing busin m New Orieaus, both piaces being ai tie tine occu led by cuntending forces, enemies i a state of ane | Tus | asi- | 8 are The defendant contends that as the bills of change were thus Voll they were subjects 61 ¢ Ascation; that, as Martial law prevailed, and there Were no Courts and io civii aUiorities, the bills of exchange becaine contiscate ai tie will of tne Com- Mauding General, without any of the ordmary pro- | cesses of law; that the bills thus became the prop- | erty of the United states, in the pandas of tue General in command, and tiat He, on behalf of the United States, aud as its agent, tne amounts for which they were drawn, she same moneys vo recover whiew wns sult 13 brought, ana that that isa deience to the suit, | 1b 18 diNicuit to see how tne consequence logically | follows the premisea, If the bills ol exchange were void then, even if they were coniiscuble by mere | seizure, 10 18 diflicuit lo see Low their seizure aud contiscation passed a Utle to the United states vo | the moneys in tne hands of the drawees of the Wills | in New Oricans, wich the defendant sets up that | 6 afterwards received as & collection of the bis. Phe piils are not averred to have been accepted by the drawees before they were seized. Tue couliscaiion | by the seizure, Uf of anytning, Was merely of the naked pieces ol paper seized, 1 gave no vaid claim to | the United States tu coliect from the drawees we moneys expressed in tue Uills. i the moueys were Beized tn the po: drawees the trausac- Uon was no ditt tit would Have been M the bills Of exchange ued never been drawn or | seized, * * * The transaction set up in the first special i plea comes down to tis:;—ilut the defeadant, by i oraer of the Presideut, either took or received the moneys relerrea to, which are tue moneys rejerred to, ‘The draits Were uot seized Whe passing be- tween loyal and disioyal terriory. ‘ihey were in loyal serritory, There is ho warrant tor saying tuat the transaction, as set Up in tue piea, If Ou Of seizure, Was lawiul, ‘The ioneys are not even averred to have been the property of an eneniy or of an insur. gent. ven if tue moneys were the property of an enemy of the United States, or were the represen- tative of debts due to suck enemy, the plea sets up authority lor tueir seizure, = ¢he mere deciara- ion of war does nol couliscate enemy property or debts due to an enemy, nor does It so vest the prop- erty or the debis in the government as to support | judicial proceedings for tue coniiscauon oO the property or debts, without tie ex ression of the wili of the government, rough its proper depariment, to that eheéct. Under the consuvution of the United States the | power of confiscating enemy property and devis due to an enemy Is 1u Congress aivne. (Growl Vs. United states, § Crauch, 100.) I tie moueys were voluntarily paid to tue defendant, aud not seized by him by wilitary power, the fact tuat ne received them as Major Geuerai, and in obedieuce vo Ane orders of the President. aud paid thew, ito tue Yreasury, apd tbat such paymeut has becu @ proved by the President, cavnot vary his lavility tor them to the pial, if he would be lable | for them in case ho such fact existed, on} evidence to be adduced by the — piwintit | under his declaration. Whether, U we case ever | comes to trial on the piea of the general issue, the plaioall can make out the delendant’s labulty is | another quesuon. Aj! J mcan to say 1s that, if the delendant 18 Other Wise liavie, the facts set up in the plea coustitute no defence to the action. ‘vhe demurrer to Lue first special plea must, there- fore, be aiiowed, witn seave bo the defendant to amend on payment of cosis. The demurrer to the second speciai plea is allowed, with leave to tue defendant to amend on payment of Costs, KP. Wheeler tor the pisinui; John B. Develin for the detendant. UNITED STATES DISTRICT cauaT—mN BANKRUPTCY. vemng | | ; Wise abuse: | brought by plaintiff against diferent parties. | the | ceny, pleaded guilty. ; Brooklyn, were admitied tu probate by surrogate ; George A. Kunzier anu Henry W. Cooper, all of the NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1872. Sno value Of their vessels must be disallowed aud a decree be entered for the other items allowed by the District Court, with costs in District Court, but with- out costs In apy Eli G, Dale et al. ve, The Ship Queen of the Age.— The libel was propery dismissed. Let a decree be entered to tnat effect, with cost to the claimant, Max Newman et al. vs. the Bark Elwin Kreplin.— ‘Boorse in the District Court reversed and libel dis- missed. In the Matter of the American Waterproof Cloth Company.—The orders to answer affirmed, with costs to be paid ont of the estate, The United States vs. The Steamship Missouri, oe Dener for the libellants confirmed, togetner with UNITEG STATES COMMISSIONERS’ COU! An Alleged Mutineer. Before Commissioner Jones. William Johnson, @ seaman aboard the brig Mat- tano, was before Commissioner Jones on the charge ol having mutunied while in the port of Trinidad, { Cuba, on the 2d of January last. James E. Jarvis, | the second mate, swore that the prisoner refused to turn out of his bunk and go to work when ordered to do so. Henry Hoffman, the Second mate, swore that when he ordered Johnson to go to his work afterwards the latter followed him to the deck and assaulted with a capstan bar. Captain James 0, Jarvis, hearing the noise, went on deck and found the mate lying bleeding on the deck, On the part of the defence it was claimed that the prisoner was sick, and that when he was ordered | to tin out he said that he would as soon as he | could pull on his boots, Nevertheless, he was | Gragyed on deck by the hair of bis nead and other- He ciuimed that the assauit was committed in self-deience, Jonnson was beld to await the action of the Grand Jury. SUPREME COURT—SPECIAL TEAM. Prince iraham Estate Agnin—The Prince’s First Wife After the Dower. Before Judge Gilbert. Saran Graham vs, N. b. La Bau and Others.— This is nearty the last of some twenty-tive suits The defendant La Bau is son in-law of Commodore Van- derbilt, and plainnf® brought suit against him and the other defendants to recover ner dower In a tract The of land—tive acres in extent—near the Nintn ward Boulevard. The husband of plain tit, Prince Graham, was a siave, and left her in Oharleston, S ©., at the time he was banished to Africa for the part which he took in the Denmark Vesey insurrection, and on big re- turning to the States ne married at various times three other women, 1t was by these last wives that | Re came ico possession of wie property 10 suit, and | sentiments, provity of character and the soul of ; honor, and a politictan as a patriot, who, feeling | that ali poliucians were not gentlemen, and in- | stanced as of this class those who go to make up | unless we had good men admine {aster it, Whatever we have of goo ‘in our. system 18 for our benefit; tne | han to be a patriot, sustain his government, and | assist in purgin, } Ment was founded on tue idea that more good LECTURE BY EX-GOVERNOR HAWLEY. The Rights aud Duties of Citizens. General Hawley, ex-Governor of Connecticut, lec- tured last evening at Cooper Union before a large audience upon the above eundject. In opening nis address he announced that it was not his intention to touch upon party politics, put merely to consider the duty of the citizen in participating in the politi cal aifairs of the country. Many had come to look upon it beneath the dignity of an American gentle manto dabble in the filth of politics; but he held that it was the duty of every gentieman to participate im them. No American could be 4 gentleman im the true acceptation or the term, without being a politician. Arter aefning a gentle- man to be a citizen of courteous address, refined that he had a duty to perform in exercising his rights as a voter and a citizen, the lecturer declared ; the whiskey riugs and lobby rmgs of the country. He believed no system of government could be good American citizen 1s a peer of his realm, and he | asked to what greater height need a man aspire it of its corruptions, ‘This govern- could be secured from the wisdom of the many than from that of one man, and whenever a man says he will not have anything to do with dirty polities he contrivutes to deleat repnbdlican govern- ment. It the wise and the honest desert politics and remit them to the vicious and bad they are not performing their duty. If the corrupt men of the nation were altowed to go on in their crimes it 18 because tne vad men represent the peop! Tweed had tutuence, and after all the ¢ posure of mis crimes secured 12,000 majority. The fact is, there were about eighteen thousand people ike him in his district aud there were plenty Wanted lo be a3 rich as be, and were prepared to resort to the same means to secure it, The lecturer declared that he did not believe that our iatners Who settled at Plymouth Rock and in Virginia ex- pected to build up @ great country, ‘They merely | wanted religious freedom. In the War of tne | Revolution a majority was opposed to it and evea | when the Declaration of Independence was signed they were opposed to it and we drove them out. So it was when the constitution was adopted; there was great dimlcuity in getting 10 ratified, In ou | in i jate war he believed a majority were favor of peace, but now one would not exchange those iive years of war for any five years in Judea, We were ied by Providence as the children of israel were led by & cloud and a pillar of fire. We were not in favor of the abolition of slavery, but we got into a corner where we liad to be Kilied or abolisa it; 1t Was done, and now we go around boasting of it, Divine Providence, the lece turer sald, had made this republic, and the world looks to us to work out the grand probiem of seil- iirst wie and widow now coming on trom | Unarieston sues tor her dower, Tne property 13 | valued at $20,000, and was left to La Bau by the will of Prince Granam. La Bau had been tne attor- ney for Graham during ius lifeume, Some ume | ailer Granam’s deaih he sent wora to the heirs to come over aud hear the will read. The paper pur- | porting to be a will Was drawn in the handwriting of La Bau, and atter giving a life estate to is | } | hephew and sister the estate Was given 1 fee to La The property covered severai valuable .plots Jim the Ninth ward of the cily of Brooklyn. 1 the bill Was offered for probate vetore Jesse th, thea Surrogate of Kings county, it was jected. Ali the circumstances surrounding It seem very suspicions, La Bau appealed, had the question ‘ot its vaudity tried belore a jury, aud agaia the will was defeated. A new trial was ov- ldlued, ana on a technical question of iaw the jury Was charged to bring in a verdict for defendant. | collected | ‘The heirs at law had no money to appeal or bunas- men to offer, aud, toerelore, Uiey Nad Lo let the cause | rest. The attorneys, Judge Nelson, of New York, and aiso Judge Gilvert and others, nad given their Ume aud money to sustain the heirs at that ume in setting aside tae will, Graham brought a suit against his third wife for | diveree on the ground of uduitery, but while the | tions tral was proceeding m the Brooklyn Supreme | Court, he met his wile ana made ail up wita her | again, Whereupon they both went home and leit Court and jury waiting for them. Alter heuring the argument in the present suit, Judge Gilbert decided io iavor ot plainuil, the form of judgment to ve settled by the Court. Decisions. By Judge Pratt. Ellen C, Marvin, Execuurix, &c,, vs. Ellen Mar- vin ct al —Decree as 10 construction of will, and allowance of $2,000 to plain and $1,000 to guar- dian ad Liem. doin , Smith vs, August Rolker, Jr., Execntor, é&e.—Judgment for piamtill, with relief prayed for. | Nathan Randall vs. J. P. Elwell et sl—Monen for new trial denied. GOURT GF SESSIONS. Young Thieves Disposed Of. Before Judge Moore. Three boys, named Joseph Matthews, Francis Lyons anu Samuel Walsh, indicted for grand lar- Judge Moore, in view of their youth and of the fact that this was their first offence, did Lol Impose a severe sentence, but sent tuem to the Peniieutiary for one year each only. SUAROGATE’S COURT. Acmitted=Letters of Administration. Before Surrogate Veeder, During the past week the wills of Henry Behrens, Henrietta Rushmore, Joun Laidlaw, Stephen Lea- With, Joun McGuire, Richard C. Undernill, Patrick | Hy Doyle and Mary A, Lyons, all of the city of Wills Veede: Lewers of administration were issuea on the estates of the lollowing deceased persons, viz. :— Buzavetia Bedell, of the town of Flatbush; Jonn Henschel, Janet Rovertson, Spencer 0. Basstord, city of Brooklyn. Letters of guardianship of the person and estate of Elia Weis were granted to Mary A, Wells, ner mother; oi Caroline Adler to Joseph H. Strauss; of Aunie \. Collins to Aud M. Weils; of Jonn Mcvarthy to Sylvester McCarthy, his father; of Adelaide A. Christian, Willian! A. Christan, James H. Christian and Juha E, Christian to 8, Arthur Gilbert, ail of ine city of Brooklyn. . NEGROPHOBIA IN NEWARK. Yesterday Judge Biatehifora sat for the purpose of | A Radical Educational Change—Senator Sam. hearing motiona in bankruptcy. An adjudication in bankruptcy was grantea against Andrew King Chandler, of Newburg, Orange county. ‘The case was referred to Register Little. A similar adjudication was granted against Alpert ¥. Gescheidt, ol Mount Vernon, Westchester county, Case reierred to Regis 108, Morris Harris, of Ne @ bankrupt, and we Jobn Fitca. Voluntary Petition in Bankruptcy. Daniel W. Adams, Adjudication iv Involuntary Cases. New York Powlng Green savings Bauk, 8, Open- henn, Annie M. Wulicomb. SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS. Decision». By Judge Barnara, Marshall vs. McGregor.—Motion granted, Fuuer et al. vs. Hunt et al.—Order granted, Buck vs. buck.—Judgment of divorce granted. By Judge Barrett. Sperry vs. Lozier et al.—Reference ordered, York, W: se Was referred to Register COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS Before Recorder Hackett. The Court met yesterday morning and the Re corder issued the following order :— Court oF GENERAL Sgssions—The People vs, A. Oakey Hall.—Wuereas it is provided by chapter 564 of thé Laws of 1870 that any Judge of the Court of Common Pieas in aud ior the city and county of New York 1s authorized and empowered to hold any session of the Court of Geueral Sessions in and for the city and county of New York, in place of the Recorder or City Judge during the temporary gfeability or absence of said Kecorucr or City Judge; and whereas the indictment of the People of the State of New York against A. Oakey Hall, Mayor ‘of the city of New ork, for alleged oficial neg- lect, has been ordered tor trial on Monday, the’ 26th instant, i this Court, ana the said Mayor has objected that by reason of his social futimacy with the Recorder, that the Recorder is disablea aa a Judge of said Court trom presidiug av the trial of the said indictment; and whereas the Clty Judge 18 absent trom the city aud State, there- fore it is ordered, by and witl the consent hereto wen in open Court by th@ District Atvorney in vhalf and prosecuting for tle people, and also that of A. Gakey Hall, deiendant, Mayor of te city of New York in bis proper person, that the sald in- dictment be tried before any Judge of the Court of Common Pieas of the city and county of New York who may, on Monday, the zth of February ins, appear in this Court tor the purpose of Loh | the wame; and it is further ordered that notice of this order be fortuwith served upon the Clerk of the gaid Court of Common Pieas, duly ceruified by the y this Conrt. oer - JOHN K. HACKET?, Recorder. BROOKLYN COURTS. UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COUAT. Decisions. By Judge Woodruff, James A. Beebe et al, va. ‘Ih Mbeilauts must have a decree for the amounts awarded to mem respectively in the District Court, ether With costs On the appeal. joseph V. Throop eb al. Vs. ie Steamship Penn- sylvania.—daime decision, Jonn W. Petty et al. vs, Henry B. Merritt et al.— ‘dhe sum of livel @ Hark Vivid.—The | Tomorrow he will have the privilege of an ox- news Dream Realized—Colored Children To Be Admitted to the Public Schools. Newark has been tn the throes of negrophobia for several days past, und bids fair to continue so for some iitue time to come, A few days agoa great commotion was caused in consequence of the 4 also adjudicated | action of a leading hotel keeper who refused to entertain at his place a company of songsters. | | abnses, and the man who neglects it ts not a patri- government. It is, therefore, the duty of every citi zen to be a politician, and perform his part in se curing the stability of our 1ustitutions and correcting “SINK THE TRACKS.” Meeting of the Nineteenth Ward Railroad Association—Aaother Bill Against the Har- lem Railroad Company—An Injunction To Be Sought for—“The Crowbar and the Pick.” ‘The Nineteenth War Ratlroad Association held a meeting last evening at their nail, 889 Third avenue, Mr. George W. Glaze presiding. The object of the meeting was to take action upon a bili to be pre- sented to the Legislature compelling the Harlem Railroad Company to “sink the track’? above Forty- second street to Harlem. The bill ls, in the main, similar to that accepted on Friday evening by a number of Harlem residents ‘at the meeting in the East Side Association Hall, but 13 more exphcit both as to what is demanded of :he Harlem Rauroad Company, and in regard to the Proposed depression and elevation of theroad. Ab Forty-second street it 1s asked that there shall be adepression of eight feet, at Forty-eightn street ol tweive feet, at Filty-second street of sixteen Jeet, at Kighiy-eighth street of thiriy feet, the road theace to ascend uatil the preseut grade of the tunnel, between Kigaty-eighth uaa Ninety-fourth streets, ig reached. From losd street tuere would be an eievation twenty feet greater wan 13 at pre- sent at lzdth street, aud by this viaiuct road wouia be continued to Harlem At the crossings. of streets 100 in width the elevation of tue viaduct would be uity feet. Tne work tnis side of ls*th street should be completed Lefere January, 1874. One section of the bili required the Harlem Kailroad | Company to pay for tue running 0: [ruins in viola- on of the requirements of the vill 960v for sald Violation on any oue day, bul an amendment Was unanimously adopted nxing the peualsy for any one violadon or number oi violations on auy one ‘ay, ut $6,000 for that day's trespass, Alter the adoption of the amendment the bil was passed unanimously and placed in the hands of Assembly. | man Moulton, who is to urge its passage through the Legislature and secure the co-operation ol Seua- tor Ticinanu, and others to the saine end, A resolution, proposed by Mr. Vall, and denying that the Niueteeuta Ward Asgociation intended to | introuuee a tunuel ciosed up, badiy ventillated and fithy, such as that now used by the Hariem Kail- road Company, Was adopted, the plan proposed in the associauon’s bill betng to arch over the tunnel, leaving sits for light and veatliation in the centre Of eal piock, A resolution calling for “the pick and crowbar,” to root up the track, Was adopted. “Yacup’? Cohen, Wav had entered the room amid continued applause, made one of his peculiar speeches, in Wnich he said he was there to an- nouace to the meeting that sending bills to tue Legisiature on this subject was all “bosh,’? as the ouly thing at Albany of any weight was “stamps,” and “where was the stamps?” 118 plan would be to get an injonction restraining the Harlem Rail- road Company irom running trains above Forty- second sireet, Where there was 1gminent danger of loss of life, and where numbers of persons had already been Killed oy the locomotives, If this were done, a beginuing would have been made, He, him- sell, Came “near losing Mis life a few days ago, but forttinately wasn’t hurt” by one of these trains ovic citizen nor a friend of b NEW YORK CITY. country. Arrests last week, 1,411, Vital statistics tor the past week:—Deatns, 621; Still born, 42; marriages, 172; virths, 428, The order of arrest against Ingersoll, the Tam- many furniture man, was yesterday returned to.At- torney General Barl@w, Marshal McSpedon reports 33 fires for the week ending February 24, at noon, The estimated loss 13 $20,895; amount Of insurance, $122,453, Superintendent Donahue, of tne Labor Bureau, makes the following report ior the week:—Applica- jor employment, 809—142 males and 667 1emales, Male heip required, 73; lemaie, 698. Situa ons procured Jor 62 males and 632 females. Marshal Hart granted the following licenses dur. ing the week:—Boarding house keepers, 11; express wagons, 7; venders, 67; carts and cartmen, 46; coaches, 7; porter, 1; two-horse cars, 100; drivers, 14—Lotal, 273, Awount received, $6,761 50, Mr. Stephen V. R. Patterson, a widower, fifty-one years of age, who had been committed on a charge of intoxication, died in the Tombs at one o‘clock yesterday morning. Deceased lived in Perth Am- boy, N.J. Coroner Herrman Was notifled to hold An inquest on the body. Anumber of depositors in the Market Savings Bank visited that institution yesterday to prove their claims before tho Commussioner. To give those an opportunity of proving their claims wno Were not present the Commissioner will sit at tae bank Lext Wednesday and Saturday. Coroner Young was yesterday notifled to hold an Inquest in the Penitenuary Hospital, Blackwell’s Jsiand, on the body of John McCarty, a convict, who died while serving out a six month’s sentence, on conviction for petty larceny. Deceased was twenty- seven years of age and a native of Ireland, The testimony in the case of Harbor Master Hart, which was laken in the investigation before Hon, ‘James B. Jones, the Captain of the Port, has been jut in shape by the Clerk of the Port, and will be ransmitted to Governor Hoffman on Monday next, It covers over 380 pages o! Icolscap and contains all the evidence taken during the enure examination, BROOKLYN AFFAIRS. Arrests. There were 390 persons arrested in this city by the police during the past week. Of the prisoners two were German physicians, who failed to report cases of smallpox under their treatment They ‘were fined $25 each. Mness of an Actor. Mr. F. B. Conway, of the Brooklyn Theatre, and widely Known as an able artist, ts lying dangerously iil at his residence in Clermont avenue, and much anxiety ts experienced by bis relatives and nume ous friends, Gastric lever 1s the cause o! his suites! ing. Whiskey War. ‘The vigilance of the autnorities in keeping an eye on the illicit, whiskey distilling district in the Fitth ward is unreiaxed, Yesterday a squad of po- licemen and sixteen assistant assessors of the United States Revenue Department visited United States, Little aud John streets, in search of ille- gally manufactured potteen, but they were unsuc- ‘Their advance agent had hired accommodations | °S**ul 1 Weir investigations, for them without mentioning that they were colored. They came during the pruprietor’s ab- sence, and were assigned rooms, but immediately on hie return he peremtorily ordered the troupe to re- Recapture of a Burglar. Wiillam Crocker was sentenced to the County | Jail yesterday to await the action of the Grand Jury. Tbe accused roobed the residence of Mr. Move elsewhere. They did so, aud were taken in by | spacer, of Jamaica, last summer, and carried off @ philanthropic clergyman, Rev. Mr. Brown. Ere peo- ple hau ceased to discuss this bearing Of sociai righis anotier and stil more UDportaut one has loomed up. On Friday night the Board of Education passed colored children on the same footing as the wile. ‘The vove by which the resolution passed was 21 to 1, ‘The solitary opponent of the innovation ts Mr. J. W. Smith, a democrat, who, tn the Course of the aebate wich preceded the passage of the resolution, opposed it tooth and nail, Of those who voved in favor of the resolution turee only are democrats, ‘The balances are ail republicans, The full Board stands twenty-three republicans to seven democrats. ‘There were seven absentees. ‘Ibe matter was tne subject of general discussion yesterday. It is diMficult to veli What the Teal sense Of the people on the subjectis, While we feviing appears to ve generai that the colored peopie, should fu apparent iat this move towards the amalgamation of color in te public sclovls was entirely unex- pected and uplooked for, A strong senument pre- | Valls thai the Board had no right to take so radical @ slep Without having first consulted the sentunent gf tie peopie, white and colored, by & popular vote, 8 14 Ube Case of Lie Sunday horse cars, THE NEWARK GOAL CONTROVERSY. | Tampering With a Jaury—One jArrest Made | und More to ¥ollow=Uonsternation in Court. The case of the Consumers’ Coal Company vs. Charles Hutchinson, the facts of which have already been related in the HeRALD, assumed ap entirely new phase yesterday in the Supreme Court at New- ark, The triai of the case was concluded after nav. jog veen before tue Court for several weeks and was given to the jury, in charging the jusy Judge Pepe siaved that daring the pending of the suit an occurrence had takep place which the Court could not over. look, An effort bad been made to tamper with a juror. The juror in question, James McLaughlin, had, as desired, qubscribed to a formal afidavit see ting forth that one Robert Love bad approached him on the merits of the Case, and by represent: tions aud promises hac endeavored to influence his conscience and action as @ juror regarding a ver- aict. By order of the Court Love was at once takea into custody. Being a resident of Pennsyivania he was required fo go to jail or give bonds in $600 for his appearance next term of Court. He was not adie to give ball and so went to fall. amination. The Judge also stated that simiiar a resolution Uirowing Open the public scbvols to the | ail their rights ana privilege, 1t 18 4180 | Captain —, precinct No. #500 worth of property. He was snbsequently caugitand lodged in the “cage’’? at Mineola, L. I. Whitlam escaped from confinement and kept out of sight of the oificer until an early hour yesterday morning, when Detective Leavy, of the Ninth pre- clncl, arrested lim in a sbauty on Crow iil. The Sunday Luw to be Enforced. Several months ago 4 petition, signed by many Christian ladies, was recelved by the Board of Aldermen, praying that body to enforce the ordi- nance requiring stores to be kept closed on Sun- days. The suggestion was acted upon recently, and yesterday the Chief of Police caused the sudjomed order to be promulgated among the captains of the respective precincts: GENE! AL ORDER NO, Ol. ‘StR—Ata meeting of the Common Council held February 72, the foliowing was adopted and has become a law :— “Resolved, That this Common Council observe with re- gret the 4 it enforcement of the law against the sale Of merchandise and intoxicating drinks on the Sabbath, and ‘upon our law ollicera the imminent necessity of ‘their vigorous action in the premises, believing that the ingreasing prevalence of crime and violence 1 largely due to this, among other causes.” ‘You will snatruct the members of your command to pro- erly enforce the law in accordance with the above resolu ion, PATRIOK CAMPBELL, Chiet of Police. OBITUARY. Le Grand Lockwood. Mr, Le Grand Lockwood, the founder and head of the old banking house of Lockwood & Co, and a prominent member of the Stock Exchange, died at his residence, in this chy, yesterday morning, at the age of fifty-two. Mr. Lockwood was 4 leading spirit on ‘Change in the days of Jacob Little and wenry Keep, but during the last few years remained closely at his desk in the counting room, and de- voted himself more strictly to the banking business. He was largely interested as a stockholder and dir rector in many of our leading corporations. OHECK RAISING IN PENNSYLVANIA. HARRISBURG, Feb, 24, 1872. ‘Two meu, calling themselves H. L, Myers and dames Watson, stopping at the Lochiel Hotel here for @ few days past, sold some wheat to Hoffer & 0o., here, and received a check for $24 on the Dau- phin Deposit Bank. ‘hey raised the figures, mak- ing 1t $2,000, and receivea the money, ‘The altera- on Was svon discove: and the men were ai compiaunts had been made against residents of Reware, ‘who would aiso be taken into custody, as it Was the desire of the Court to make examples of such pares. Pi daca he neo to say that Uns dénouement in open Court caused tue greatest Map for suppesed devreciauon jp + Conslernavion 1a every direction, rested at the depot and the money secured. Jmple- ments were found 1 thelr possession for raisin; checks, ‘hey ieft their Dill unpata at the hotel ‘and pal valises contalued potlung fore valuable aD above the Harlem Ratroad depot. Un motion of i. F.Waldron a committee of five was subsequently appointed to inquire if there were any chance of obtaining Such an injunction ag Mr. Cohen had snggested. ‘ybe meeting then adjourned. THE DOMESTIO DEMON, Frightful Benzine Accident in Newark. There is now lying at the point of death in New- ark, if, indeed, she ig not already dead, a young girl named Elizabeth Kapf, another victim to the careless handing of burning flaid. Lateon Friday night, while removing spots from garment near the stove, a botue of benzine fell on the hearth, It caught fire instantly and she was at ouce enveloped in ame, she rushed out of her employer's house, 12 Newark street, Mr. Wiliam Bohiers’, and created the wildest excitement vy her piercing shrieks for help and her biaziug garments, Finally @ young min, named Chares Winters, threw a blanket about her and put out the flames. She was removed to the hospital, where she lay Suffering m- descrioabie torture up to the last accounts. She is about nineteen years of age, and has been away from Germany only about oue year. The action of @ saloon Keeper named Habechtg in refusing to aid the pucuing girl, ls the subject of severe condemna- SHIPPING NEWS. Sun rises... Sun sets... 6 40 | Moon rises....eve 7 05 5 48 | High water.morn 911 OCEAN STEAMERS, DATES OF DEPARTURE FROM NEW YORK FOR THE MONTUS OF FEBRUARY AND MARCH. ~ Steamer. Sails | Deatinataon. jis. Liverpools.....[15 Broadway. 19 Broadway. 7 Bowling Green Bowing Green iy Broadw: 19 Broaaway. 58 Broadway. 7 Bowitog Green ‘Laverpoo! Ginsgow, PORT OF NEW VORA, FEBRUARY 24, 1872, CLEARED. Steamship City of London (Br), Mirehouse, Liverpool— hea G ee ‘Alantio (B Steamship Atlantic (Br), Perry, Liverpool vi Mogeed Blears te ee Ve orrens beg ‘Kgypt (Br), Grogan, Liverpool via Queenstown iu ctgamehip ‘St Laurent (Fr), Lemaire, Havre—George Mac- enzie. Steamship City of West—C H Mallory & Geo Wasbington, Gage, New Orleans— B ape Eldredge, Galveston via Key 0. +, Steamabiy Western Metropolis, Quick, New Orleans—F x hip Ashland, Moore, Fernandina—Jas Hand. 1p Luntevilie, Crowell, Savani Lowden. ip Magnolia, Palmer, Savannah—W & Garrison. Steamship Champion, Lockwood, Charleston—H & Mor an & Co. Steamship Frances Wright, Morgan, Wilmington, No— Washington & Co, Steamship Geo B Upton, Roberts, Norfolk, City Point and Richmond—Wasnington & Co. Steamship Mechel Coucn, Richmond, &c—Old Domn- fon Steamsnip Co, Steamsnip: Merric john Gibson, Winters, Georgetown, DC—G B Steamship Benefactor, Philage!phia—Loriliard Steamship Co. Woe Wamautta Fish, New Bedford—Ferguson & ‘ood Steamshiv Neptune, Baker. Boston--H F Dimock Ship Black Prince (Br), Kngiis, London—Grinnell, Minturn Jones, 0. BAF Velece (ital), Luzzi, Cork or Falmouth—Slocovich & 0. idjark Primo (Ital), Debarberie, Cork or Faimouth—sloeo- vieh & Co, . BAe Ferdinand (NG), Meyer, Hambury—Funch, Kaye & 0, Bark Rosalia (Ital), Pesce, Marseilies—Funch, Edge & Co, Bark Mary (, Ross, Port Johneon—Milier & Houghton, ogitié Madouns (ir), Jordan, Barbados—D Trowunidge & 00, Brig Harry & Aubrey (Br), Briggs, Barbados—T T & F A right. Trig Silas N Martin, Brown, Demarara—Miller {& Hough- ton, Brig M A Berry . Berry, Havana—Milier & Houghton, Brig Thomas Owen, Gnptill, Havana—Jas E Ward & Co, Brig Sarah B Hale, White, Cardenas—Miller & Houghton, Brig Anna (Br), Doe, Gibara—Peniston & Co. Brie Halcyon (ir), Dunham, Hallfax—D R DeWolf & Co, Brig Lizzie Wyman, Hopkins, Galveston—O H Mallory & Co. Brig Antilies, Thestrup, Porwana—Miller & Nouehton. Sebr Edward Burnett, Pend Schr America (ir Sebr Geo Savage, Nye, Gals on—H W Loud 3 Sebr Paul P Ke . King, Jacksonville—-Slaght & Petty. tone, Beary © Sheppard, Clark, St Augustine—Bentley, aller & Co. Schr Statesman, Cole, Charieston—Bentley, Miller & Co. Sehr Carrie 8 Webb, Brewster, Georgetown, SC—Bentiey, Miller & Co. Senr H § Roe, ‘Tonnen, Norfolk—C E Staples. Kehr Anna © Leverett, Stephens, Baltimore—Slaght & nd, Baker, Wilmington, ‘arnum, Bidueford—C ‘assar, Jr, Kelly, New Be ‘A Abbott, les, f ‘ord—Ferguson & ‘ood. Sehr Gipay, Van Valkinburg, New Haven—Rackeut & Bros. Sloop Emily, Mapes, New Haven—Rackett & Bro. Sloop Bronx, Ratewell, New Haven-—Rackett & Bro, Sloup Alida, Chevaiier, Briageport—Rackeit & Bros, ARRIVALS. REPORTED BY THE HERALD STEAM YACHTS, Steamship Bremen (NG), Wiliigerod, Bremen Feb 10, via Southampton 1étb, with mdse and paesengers to Oelrichs & Co. Steamenip Trinacria (Br), Thon.son, Glasgow Feb 10, and Londonderry 1i\n, with mdae and 148 passengers, to Hender. son Bros. jad light variable winds and fine weather during the entire passage lat 41 24, lon 67 93, paused a large steamer bound east ; 224, Jat 41 14, ton U2 44, steamship Den- mark hence for London; 28d, lat 40 35, lon 68 13, steamship (NG), hence for Hambut, Steamship Missouri, Morton, Havana Feb 27,5 PM, via Rossau a 1 PM, with mdse and passengers, to the Atlantic Mail 8 hip Co. Encountered strong NW and NE ‘with heavy head sea, since leaving Nassau. gales, atten Steamship Kguator Pendleton, New Orieana Feb 15 South West Pass 1th, with mdse and passengers to Mallory & Co. Experienced strong NW gaies from Cape ‘arnaveral to Hatteras; 20th inst, lat 28 15, spoke brig WH t, bound north ; 23d, passed, 20 miles north Hat teras, in the Gulf stream, ainted black ; game day signall blue and white penant. Captato Bartlett, in going on board his vessel while lying at New had his right le broken above the ankle joint by merchandise fall: toy eee aod roiling down t taging, a passengers, Murray, Verte ate. ee an oi Kteameniy. Manhattan, WoodnulltCharieston Peb 99, with a and passengers. to Ship Lord Macautay (Br), Care, pom, 113 daye; with mdse to. A A Low Bros, Passed’ Anjier N Cape of Good Hope Dec 31, St Helens Jan 10 and crossed Equator Jan % in jon 29 W; had light winds from St He tolat4 N, trom thence 1 9 Ne ton’ 68 "W, strong NE traces they heary gales from NNW t6 NK and been ten days north ° roy 1p Birdaton (Br), Hunter, Hong Kong, Nov 13, with mdse pion devisser” Passes, Angier Nov 20, Cape of Good Hope dan I, St Helena Jan 14 and crossed the Equ 98 in ion 29) Hatteras fine weath for Boston. Abiy American Unton, Delano, Londod Deo 20, aad the ry Baker, Kong, Oct 15, with women Heath w Hide to Porceiey had good trades which travelled to the quarter, the wind then lowest baron id @ cvclon ote on the 5! al 5 hin to . westward, and veering to SI ter 29 90; hor e compass for five weather to Dec: passe Goo et Good e'Beo' 30, then light winds to St Helina, which we 4 Jan 10, then light tre. ies to lat 13 8; passed between de Norondo and Hr eiadaM tok aan oe ie ancien ane roased: %, in lon 36 W, then me ued to Bark Ching Too (Hr), Douglas, Amoy, Sept 27, with teas to Olyphant & Go, alice Nov cone of sea Hey Deo 43 ot Helene Jan 8 and crossed the equator Jan 16, in Ion 28 W, Had fine weather up to lat 80 N; then beavy nari Adolon {GN}, Mager Singtore Ot 28, with mise, to r, S1my Recknazet 'Co, Passed aigier Nov 25° Cape of Goo Hope Dec 19, St Hel juator Jan 15, in ton 26 30 weather ym thence 15 fine uy ida, froi ethaa ther dandel hia Std Woametea a , lon . 8] thr), from ‘Capetown, UUH, for Hamberk, Noura Mond 12 days out. Bark Addfe McAdam, Partrid ux Nov 1, via Ber- muda Feb 13, where she put in in distress, with’ mdse to Brett, Son & Co, Feb 19 bad. a burricane from. NE, lastia 2a hols, Ue veesel's deck being filled with water during that Brig Samuel T Holbrook (Br), Frisbie, Port au Prince, 24 with logwood und cotter (oF Margunte vessel to Ft jeen 16 days north of Hatteras with N and NE Feb 9, bad a hurricane from Ni, in which had decks Her broken and lost and aplitsales; Feb 4, Int 32, lon w ship Rochester, from New Orleans for Liverpool ; lat, &c, spoke brig Hattle Durkee, from Philadelphia mfueKoR, Brig Taabel (Br), McLaren, Matanzas 12 days, with sugar to PV King & Co--veusel to master. Had modurate weal up to Hatteras; from thence 6 days, with strong N and NE nds. Brig Guaco (Br), Mosher, Matanzas, 21 days, with sugar, to Younys, Smith & Co--veasel tu P d/Nevines & Sona. fad gut moriherly winds up to Hatteras, from thenes NNT and gales. Feo 11, olf Hatteras, saw a vessel, supposed a brig, on tire; stood toward her, and_when within three miles of her the wind came ont strong from the SSE, ana aceing no boats in the vicinity and schooner being close by going towards her, kept away on our course, Schr Dougiaa (Br) Ludlow, Port-au-Prince, 28 urs, with 0 logwood, & ‘flson & Asmus; vessel to Brett, Son'& Co; been 11 days north of Hatieras, with heavy N and NE gales, Left no vessels in por "he pine datues Jones, thiton, Jacksonville, 18 daye with yellow leg Nelson, Been 8 days north of Hatteras with chr ME Fernerick, Dasey, Jacksonville, via Hamoton Roads, It days, with yellow pine to Van Brunt Bros. “Been 9daya’north of Hatteras, with strong Nand NE 4 Seb J F Alburger, Carson, Fernandina, vie’ Hampton Roads, 12 days, with ‘yellow pine to Watts, Maione & Son; vessel 'to Evuns, Orall & Co. Been 9 days ‘with heavy NW. and NE winds. Schr MJ Granger, Van Name, Virginia, Schr A R Washington, Holbrook, Virginia, Rebr O Curtis, Curtis, Virzinia. Schr AT Wood, Cures, Virginia. Schr Moonlight, Rogera, Virginia, Schr M L Wedmore, Terry, Virginia, for New Haven. Schr Excel, Ludlum, Virgin, Scur ET Smith, Rose, Virginia. Schr G P Wright, Cropper, Virginia, Schr Kizabeth White, Deacon, Virginia, Schr # G Russell, Rankin, Virginia for New Haven, Schr D B Martin, Peterson, Virginia, g2ht, Hattie Vreoland, Dempsey, “Virginia for Hemp- Sehr G White, Chambers, Virgin! Senr Mary Ellen, Hawkins, Virg Schr Rambler, Sehr Joseph, frelan: agile. Schr Wm Kem &, Baltimore for Bridgeport, Schr W T Hiton, Weaver, Baltimore, Schr Wm Tice, Tice, Baltimore, for Fairhaven. Schr Rhoda Holmes, Bragg, Baltimore, Sehr B R Burton, Moore, Deleware. Sloop Mary A Hayward, Young, Virginia, Passed Through Hell Gate. BOUND SOUTH. Schr Mercer, Wasson, New Haven for New York. fa. nia. a hineotes Schr Long Island, Wells, Cow Bay tor New York. Steamer Galatea, Nye, Providence for New York, witb mdse and passengers, BOUND EAST. Steamsnin Neptune. Baker. New York for Boston. Steamship Wameutta, Fish. New Yor for New Bedford. Sehr O C Acken, Mead, New York for Stamford. aa James Phelps, Brockway, Jersey City for New Lon- n, Schr Niantic, Ball, Port Johnson for Taunton. gchcht James i Anderson, Waeatley, New York for Provi- ence. ‘Schr A F Queen, Chase, Virginia for New Haven. Schr Favorite, Parks, Virginia for New Haven. Schr 5 C Lattiam, Ellis, Virginia. for New Haven. Schr HM Woodward, srooks, Vircinia for New Haven. Schr David Colina, Townsend, New York for Providence. Schr Hope On, Chase, Puiladelphia for Boston. Schr Lucta B Ives, Miller, Balthnore tor Stonington. Schr Naiad Queen, Chase, Chesapeake Bay for Fail River. Schr Marcus L Ward, Holland, Hoboken for Greenport. Schr Wm B Cove, Harvey, New York for Providence, Schr Richard Morrell, kydney. New York for Greenwich, tehr John t Manson, Manson, Baltimore for New Haven. Schr White Boek: jones, New York for Southport. Schr John R Brick, Wilson, New York for Black Rock. Senr J Payne, Stevens, New York for Boston. Behr Ann Eliza, Pearl, New York rof Somerset. Steamer Galatea, Nye, New York tor Providence. dteamer Albatross, Davis, New York for Fal: River. SAILED. Steamships Atlantic, Egypt, and City of London, Liver- pool; St Laurent, Havre; Dacian, London; Angila, Glas gow; City of Austin, Key West and Gaiveston; Western Me- tropolis, and Geo Wasblagion, New Orleans; Ashland, Fer. nandina; M. olia, and Huntsville, Savannah ; Champion, * fon ess oe ay nnetcn, NC; Wyanoke, an eo pton, Richmond; Jot jyson, Georgetown, DC; Benefactor, Poiiadelpyia. rs be Wind at sunset 8, Light, Shipping Notes. The past week bas been a broken one in all kinds of buai- ness, and this, added to the scarcity of arrivals for the last two weeks, has made sbip-repairing very dull. We have but Mittle in this ine to report. Bark Inspector has occupied the central screw dock for cleaning and painting bottom. Bark Chief, 456 tons, of Boston, is on the large balance dock foot ot Pike street patching metal. Bark Thomas Pope, 231 tous, belonging to Messrs Yates & Portefield, was lowered from the large sectional dock foot of Rutgers street on Friday after patching metal. Brig Louisa Price (Haytien, iron) ia on the small sectional dock adjoining painting bottom. Bark Oriente (Bus), 450 tons, was lowered from the seo- tional dock, foot of Clinton street, on Friday, ater stripping and calking. Bark Brunette (Br), 375 tons, now occupies the same dock to paint bottom, Steamboat New Philadelphia, owned by the Pennsylvania Rallroad Co, was lowered from the mammoth sectional dock at Hoboken on Thursday, after a few repairs of a general nature, and followed by the Troy steamer Vanderbilt, owued by Com Hancox, for exteusive repairs, Schr R W Godfrey, 393 tons, of Dorchester, NJ, was low- ered from O'Connell's Erie Basin sectional dock on Thurs- day after parting bottom. Schr Nellie is on Messrs Merritt & Sparks’ dock, foot of Gouverneur street, to be calked. Brig Caroline Eddy, 317 tons, of Brewer, Me, was lowered on Friday from the Peoples? dry dock adjoining after patch- Ing metal, and her place is now occupied by three masied schr Mary E Rankin, 949 tons, of Portland, Conn, to paint. Marine Disasters. SCAR FRANCES SATTERLEY, Stetson, which put into Nas- sau in distress, was reloacing 17th inst, cu ONTARIO, McCauley, from Anguilla for New York, with a cargo of salt, put into Nassau 10th inst to repair salle, Scun ABnre E CAMPBELL, Dennison, from Ne Mobile, ran ashore at ‘Long Sank, ahatay ne SPM, oe too Mth inst, After lightening part cargo was assisted off by wreckers and finally floated at 2 AM on the idth. She has suffered no particular damage, and put into Nassan to ar- range salvage. Sour HAstTines, Chase. of and from New Bedford for New York, at Newport 28d, cai away mainsheet and pat in tor repairs, Miscelianeow We are under obligations to the purser of the steamship Missouri, from Havana and Nassau, for the prompt delivery of our files, despatches, &c, We are indebted to purser Chas F Burke, of the steamship Virgo, from Savannah, for hts attentions, We are indebted to purser John R Moffett, of the steam. abip Manhattan, from Charleston, for his attentions, ARK LOTHAIR (Br), Leslie, from Cardiff for New Or , touched at Nassau 16th inst for water, Scun THOS H SEYMOUR, of Dennis, bas been sold to Capt urd, of Winterport, Me. ‘She {s to be contraued in the coast- ing business. A NEW STEAMBOAT—A light draft steamboat, 65 feet in length, to be called the Brookhaven, ts now building at Lor iu yard, Red Hook. When coupietad i will 0 upon we route between Bridgeport, Conn, and Yort son, LI. Spoken, Bark Ada Gray, Race, from N Jens AON, ind Py jew York for Buenos Ayres, foreian Ports. BUENO® Ayres, Deo 81—Arrived, brig Carrie Winslow, Waish, Portland. re d » barks Clara (Br), MeConnell, Antwerp; Jan 6 Dover, stlipen, New Work, kilos ont : Som Dupont, Rickels, New York, Cvvers Bowon: Ten, Tn port Jan 18, barks Mary A Marsbatl (Br), Wright; Ri- alto (Br), Smith, and Juan F Pearson (Arg), Gould, for New York, ldg Tatay, Lewis; Pii'ena, Chase ‘La Plata, Crow- s Cay ed. Sprne oe ad Wiese do; Kate Har- Ging, Harding, for Liverpool, do; Wheatland, Kuraley, {rota New York, arrived Dec 80; Bugents (Br), Mawson, from do, arrived 9th ult; Archer, Moody, trom Portland, arrived 10th; Commerce, Stetson, unc; brig Jobn Sherwood, Berry, unc. CRLONIA, Jan 1 ied, bark Surprise, Howes, Boston, HYERES (Fram jan 3i--Salied, seby Georgetta Law- rence,,Robioson, na, to.load tor Boston. raship India (Br), Munroe, HALIFAX, Feb rived, MESSINA, Jan 30 -Sailed. brige Frode ;Dan), Heering, Bal- Glasgow for New York. timore; Feo 1, Salita, Partriage, New York; (Br), Wil tiams, do; John (Nor), Anderson, Philadel wteuner Dorian (Br), Taylor, Palermo and New York: brigs Julla A Gaaton, do; Vere Hallock, Briggs, New York; Acadia (Br), TALOmikvtDyO, fan b—Arrived, brig Fermine mE, Y Th parks Wit ‘Geeelisy Jon Ga" iad sailed: for” Paysancu Tarqatt, “Tar a ian for’ Pay! 5 4 ath, Garo, Biancoard, ew tory, i Blaine, Sawyer’ jenos Ayres (an jed for “roreigo Hy rk Geo Enson ( Be), MaLeam New York; 1ith, Na ng : Br), Graham; James i ae ammonia for oe 1B . hon; Brol, Romarates ADUMBE ete rt Rass ein Dagion tor New York, a and others. aeetrelp far As slated yes day), sob5e Bias Bootabay Now ¥ = lavlor, for James ODO } | den, Ne » oy wcbr Mary A Cleared 25th, bark Santa Ursula (Br), Dickman, Hampton Roadh. x BOSARTO, Jan 15—In port bark Keunton, Tucker, for New re Dowtiao Crry, Feb 7—Arrived, echr Ella ulger, Boston. Frauces, yistDay, Feb 10-Arrived, brig Clarabelle, Tracey, New or! American Ports. ALEXANDRIA, Feb 23—Satled, steamship E © Knight, Johnson, New York. BOSTON, Feb 23—Cleared, steamships Samaria ol tinge, Liverpool; bark Lizzie, Wotton, Havana; schre ‘on, Crowell, Galveston; Hector, Higgins, Savannah; Mar, Nie Baltimore; Samuel Giman, Weaver, Pailac io Sailed—Barks Montana, and Lizzie; schr Edie Waters (latter touched tt id vs Mi: came Sut injury and proseeded. | St ates Duk came off wait: ‘dt. d, steamship Wil bare Garay Nichol, Batavia: brig Abby, Cape Lay len see BALTIMORE, Feb 28-. steamers Maryland, John- son, New Orleans via Havana and Key West; Geo 5 Loveland, Hoston’ via Norfolk; ach JM APPing, Cleared—Steamer Wm Crane, Howes. Bosto: jortolk 5 | snip Oriana (iin, Colltua, Dunia: bore ta ars 4 cera Londond +, Origa Voitt Soerga teas ic einen, Some dkene Wild Pizeon” Hndleoit we ark St Chrlstopuer, for Cork; brig Christian fast Ireland. ee oe Corn els ‘AST, Feb id -arrive hrs Al Ralthnore; 1th, John Mt Tsk, Pacer dos Mate Frederioe B Frye, Alexander, do. ATH, Feb 26—Arrived, schr Canary, “Hart, Rappaban: nock River, “ oy |, Fel a ‘ived, shi Kolin, New York, FSR Sn Palmares ry) re Cleared—Brig Salas (Sp). Salas, Tew York. ‘2th—Arrived, schr J E Bowley, Boston. Salie!—Steamship Georgia, Crowell, New Yor's. DIGHTON, Feb 2!—Suiled, sehr Heury Hobart, Benton, Baltimore (or Georgetown, DO). FORTRESS MONROE, Feb 34—Passed in for Baltimore, bark Don Justo, and brigs Winona, and Echo, from RIS janeiro, Passed out, steamships Caspian, and California, for Liver- pool; bark Bergman & Son, for do. Arrivet—irig Redwood, irom Cardenas, GALVESTON, Feb U21—Salled, steamshto City of Bouston, Pennington, New York. GLOUCESTER, Feb 23—Arrived, schrs Morning Star, Stimpson, Camden for New \ork; PS Lindsey, H milton, Portland for do; Verneiia, Lewis, Norfolk for’ Baltimore; Fitx J Babson, stapieton, New York, KEY W. Feo %—Arrive, steamsnip Ariadve, Doane, New York for Gaiveston (and sale same day), NEWBERN, NO, Feb 23--Arrived, teamalip Zodiac, Cha- pin, New Yors. NORFOLK, Feb, 23--Arrivad, schra, Wm MeGoo,, Wood. New York; Uritha .& ‘fa’ ithe, Gibson, do; Frank Emily, McCall, Fall River; Herald,’ Grave, ‘New Bedford; Hanuah ¥ Baker, Whitmore, Rockport, Me; H M Reed, Benson, Sm 3 ra, Pla. ch’ W if Phan, Edwards, Barbados and a t. iw BEDFORD, Feb 22—Arrived, schrs James H Bhss, N Hatch, Buckaville, $ jancellor, Ferguson, Hoboken, Sajled 224—Hastings, Chase, New Yors. 28d—schrs John H French, Burgess, Washington; Thomas Borden, Allen; Casco Lodge, Pierce’; Chariotte Brown, Paker ; Helen, Perry, and Filght, Chase, New York. NEWPORT, Feb. 22, PM—Arrived, brig Susie J Strout, Hainmond, Savannah 'for Fall Raver; scus E Sinnickgon, Dinsmore, Jacksonville; Native, Dehart, Perth Amboy. wil. Arrived, setts H Prescot, Merrhnan, Portland for New York; J B Robinson, Harding, Gloucester for do; Hastin Chase, New Bedford for do; Watchful, Gill, Somerset for do; N-& Hf Gould, Bristol for New York; Manslleld, Achorn, Providence for do; Storm King, Provincetown’ for do} Hampton, Fleicher, New York for Providence. NEW HAVEN, -Arrived, schrs Mary. Murray, Ho- boken; Henrietta, McAlinden, South Amboy, Suiten—Steamer Delaware. Crocker, New York: schrs Sal- We Burton, Dayton, and Mary, Murray, do; sloop Native, rown, do. NEW LONDON, Feb 21--Arrived, schr Billow, Eldridge, New York for Norwic! PHILADELPHIA, Feb 93—-Arrived, barks Minero (Br), ; Helena (Sw), Hemstro; Sampo Carrothers, Me, (Russian), Houvien, Liverpool; brigs Alice Lea, Foster, pay eerie 8 m- Salt Cay, T 1; AH Curus, Merriman Quoddy, Farming, St John, NB; Quango (Br), Proctor brero; Addie Ryerson, Pike, ‘St John, NB; Klvie Davis, Hand, Boston; J W Liail, Powell, Portiand; Moses, William: son, Lake, Boston; Alice Raymond, McFadden, and © Davis, Hatch, Provincetown; R Seatnan, Seaman, Somer- ge; 8 C Hart, Kelley, New Bedsord; Thomas Ciyde, Cain, joston, Cleared, steamship Juniata, Hoxle, New Orieans; barks Oreste (Ita), Chirico, Limerick; Mariatina VII (Port), Car- yalho, Lisbon; Sundsvall (Swed), Schmidt, Kingstown Lydie, Largen, Donegal; sora SC tiart, Kelley, New Bed- ford;"A'C Paige, Haley, Boston; Rachel ‘an, Seaman, Somerset ‘City Iceboat No 1, Captain Mason, which came to the orlerday attarneod frets Chester, reports, having, asaioiea ug America, with the suip Celestial Lmpite, over the bar about noon and she proceeded down; no to obstruct her passage. Captain Mason reports 26 feet of water on tbe bar at three-quarter tide and considerable 16a Between the city and Chester. Liwrs, Fen 3. The Howard reports, passed out eS day, barks Atikera, Marla Angela, Queen Victoria, . nia? brigs Datheim and CC Colson. United States steamer Frolic passed in yesterday. At Breakwater—Harcs Llszie, tor Philadelphia; Corrie Wright, bound out; brig Liberty, from Matanzas for Philadeipuia; schra Sinneckson, trom Matanzas for orders; Quady, from St Johny N ‘The Clashnacuddin and 8 P Holbrook stil M—Bark Carrie Wright going, to tea at 3:3) P.M. Schooner Quakdy salied at 2 PM, bound up. : PORTLAND, Feb 25—Uieared, brig Ben Nevis, Forest, Matanzas. PROVIDENCE, Feb 23—Arrived, steamer Panther, Mills, Philadelphia; bark Thomas H Armstrong, Braay, New Or Jeans; schrs UM Newins, Ruland, Mobile; E Sinnicl Winsmore, Pensacoia ; [ua S Burgess, Cottrell, Charieston Amelia G \d, Towosend, Baltimore; George Hotch! Doyle, Kitzabethport; JH ‘Youmans, Cook, blizabetnport ker, Elizabethport ; Alida, Knowles, Jonson ; Nat jel] Holmes, Northrup, Port Johnson; Har- riet Lewis, Hunt, Port Johnson; Francis C Smith, Enos, Hox boken; Bay Stale, Hart, Hoboken, Anna J Rudsel, Miler, jovoken. Balled--Schrs Robert Petts, Elis, Virginia: Vapor, Ay Baltimore; Amos Falkenburg, | eM Rew York Tia COR Drvey I Arrived, ‘steamships Wm P Oly iC , Feb 22--Arrived, steamships Wm scl Me Vobe® teane Bell Blakemans doy scr Veabel Sharp, Sharp, Boston. Salled—Sehrs Jude Hopkinson, Barker, Washington; W F Martin, Gaylor, Hampton. ROCKLANE, Feb 17—Arrived, schr Exchange, George- vealed 1ith—Schre Silas McLoon, Spear; Chase, Peck and veri Red Jacket, Averill, New York; French, do, '20th—schr Annie Lew: ‘ ‘SAVANNAH, Feb 20-—Arrived, schrs Diana, Fail River; J L Tracy, Boston; Gamma, Hinckley, New Haven; > N jew York. ch 4—Bark Deux Amts (Fri, Kergomenux, Darien. Sa Arrivedy rentaship Eso; Dearborn, New York. ed, — hr Geo H Mille, New York. Gleared. Sleainal pa ban lor, Nickerson, and Mont- gomery, Faircloth, New York; schr Abby Wasson, J: - ville. SALEM, Feb 22--Arrived, schr Sandy Point, Grant, Ho- boken. ‘Sailed—Schr Convoy (from Rockland), New York, STONINGTON, Feb 23--Arrived, schr Orion, Smith, Eliza- UURPERSET, Feb x2—Salled, schr Watchful, Gill, New York. 1D HAVEN, Feb PM—Arrit brig Home, ee enya eiens aohre RF Hart’ Bert Penee: :Joshua 8 Brayuon: Nickerson and Baltic, Parkgr, oe or say fOr do; William Demag, Mitchell; James ss Tlewttt, Foster, and Alice G Grace, Holbrook, Weebawken ‘do; Chilion, Winsiow, do for Portiand;’ He Granari do for Lynuy MA McGaban, Call, Beltast; Geo B Trigg, Linnekin, New York for Danvers; Brauscomb, do for St dohn, NB; Mary uckeport for New York; Maty Standish, more, Mary J Ward, Spartel; Ada (Br), Chase; jtandis} Bunker, Elirabeth- Smith, Jackson- hrs: Martha T Pike, Silas MeLoon, E M—A! brig Geot m1 Boston: schrs Weoster, Barnard, Pile for doy Walter DHorndike, Hall, Hoboken for dos Modesty, Weaver, New York for do; Enolac CC: nningham, door Gloucester; Helen C King, Marshall, do for Cal INGTON, Feb 21—Arr ie, Purinton, Lincoin, Provident re Taylor & Cheesman, Boston; 8 H Sharp, * 'Wenb, Morriss River, NJ; F 8t Clair, Eawarde, Ireland, New Xork: ‘Thomas G Smith, Bacon, do’; P'S Graham, Smith, do. sd Arriv 4, brig Maud (Br), Thomas, Liverpool, via Richmond, Va; schr Luola Murchison, Jones, New ork. ‘Cleared—Scbr Helen Hastings (Br), Aubrey, Havai ____ MISUBLLANEOUS Dg DIVORCES LEGALLY OBTAINED FROM different States; legal everywhere; desertion, dc. suiicient eer ne publ icity required; no charge unt ated 5 vice (ree, divorce granted; Alvi’ (HOUSE, Attorney, 180 Broadway. 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