The New York Herald Newspaper, February 26, 1872, Page 10

ERIE RING. CONTINUED FROM THIRD PAGE, which will bring the last permenant two months hence, about the time the Legisiature will adjourn, Now tell the boys togo ahead and give us @ lilt. By the way, I have not yet arranged with you for ‘what you are to receive. Come to my office in Broadway this afternoon, and we will fix it. Let me see, [am goinz rignt down town. Get into my coupé and | Will take you part way.” | ‘On onr way down Mr, Lane intormed me that he did not wish me to enaorse the checks, They | would pay me at the ‘Tenth National Kank, upon { which they were drawn. If not, one of nis clerks, | Mr. Denman, would get me the money. This aroused my suspicions, and 1, therefore, determined to deposit them, draw against them and see what would be the result. If tnere was any sharp Ene trick being played upon me | concluded to ascertain whatit was. Our ride was devola of interest to the public ex- cept that during our conversauon Mr. Lane ree marked, in answer toa question from me, that It cost the Erie Road a large sum yearly to keep the ress in their favor, ‘The coups Stopped in front of ’ Clunton place, where Mr, Lane and myself alighted, and where 1 bade hum sdieu, It was getting late in the afteraoon when IJ ar- Tived at the office. Aiter leaving Lane I nad gone | to the Grand Central, partaken of some reiresh- | ments and walked vown town, fad the checks in my pocket. I determined to carry out the last act of my scheme, I made my way to the Park Bank, opened an account and registered myseif a3 a dealer in oll, J thougat that having | dealt so long with such slippery customers It was really no decepuon, I made my deposits. Did I want a cneck book? No, I expecced to draw but | one cneck, and 1 could use a@ blank. I waited unul twelve o'clock on Wednesday, when I sent in a eheck to bearer for $500, lt was not paid. Mr, | Lane could not be found to certify nis endorse- | ments, 1 saw him on Thursday. He was very | angry, a3 I supposed he woula be, I had just | dropped In to see how he felt, THE SIEGE IS SUDDENLY RAISED. “What is the meaning of those blasts in the HERALD this morning?’ he asked, excitedly. 1 had apprised all my co-workers that my scheme had been successfuily carried out, and having released them from their promise to keep quiet, tney haxl de- termined to make up tor lost time, ‘The consequence was that the Ene Ring got raked by two editortals and a dash trom Albany. 1 lett Mr. Lane ia a vad humor and went to the Park Bank and withdrew | my checks. They are now in my possession and | may serve as curiosities to those stockholiers who have oiten wondered where the earnings of the Erie Road so mysteriously disappeared. WHAT THE SI'Y THINKS OF HIS GREAT CAMPAIGN. My dealings with the Erie Ring 1u the above nego- tiations covered a period of about six weeks, Dur- ing that ume I was a frequent visitor at their offices, and sustaining confidenual relations witn many of the managers of it, 1 bad abundant opportunities for seeing how the “old thing worked,” I freely express the belief that a more unscrupulous set of rascals never existed than those that are at present controlling the destintes of Erie. They are un- ¥ NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1872.—TRIPLE SHEET, the writer’s room, and finding the coast clear, drew up @ chair and commencea the conversation, Not being familiar with the Interviewing department of journalism, the writer neglected to take notes of the remarks, but they were in substance as fol- lows:— WiLcox—I understand that you write the edi. torials on Albany matters. Is that so? Atracnk~Well, I suppose 1 write some Albany editorials, Why do you ask? WiLcox—I supposed they were written by Mr. He writes some of them, does he not? ArTacu¥—I should say he writes very little on Albany subjects; but why do you put the question? WiILcox—Well, you see the Erie directors are anxious that the HERALD should cease its attacks upon them, and they are wiliing to pay liberally if this can be managed, ATTACHE—How do you know this fact? LANE WANTS TO ENOW IF YOU ARE ‘FIXED.’ WiLcox—I have been treating with them for some | time. Mr. —— 18 @ particular friend of mine and [ mentioned his name to them as the gentleman who {| you write them, and ne wa»ted to know whether you were in the interest of the English stockholders, He thonght you might have been “fixed” by them. ATTACHE—Mr. Lane 1s mistaken on that point at least, I nave no interest whatever in the English stockholders, Indeed, for my own part, Jam op- posed to any English stockholder being @ director in any American ratiroad, and 1 believe the HERALD has taken that ground. Wiicox—Then I am to see Lane and the others on Monday, and I will make them come toa point and say what they will do. ‘They are anxious to place some statements about the Classification act in your hands, as they want that law sustained. ATracHE—I shall be happy to receive any state- ments they may nave in regard to the law, but I think nothing they can show can prove itto be a good one, Are you certain, however, that they are willing to pay out money for the purpose of mfu- encing the HERALD editorials? WiLcox—On, yes; they will pay five or ten thon- sand dollars, But they must not delay, I will make them come to the point at once and will sce you again on Monday and let you know exactly ‘what they will do. Alter this friendly conversation Wilcox with- drew, satisfied, no doubi, that all difficulty was re- moved, and apparentiy unconscious that the HERALD 1s controlled solely by its proprietor and its manager, and not by its editors ana reporters, Un Sunday morning, February 4, the whole of the eee bent upon retaining control of | Bennett, Jr., the manager of the HERALD, who re- the roac, and will use every means in} quested they might be kept secret in their power to attain that ‘object. They | draer” tna. the parties to the conspiracy | ‘Will spend hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to continue in power, tor they will even then make millions of profit, if Meecing the poor stockholders can be dignified by so respectable a Utie. I could name one of their tools who told me that he had ought up Legislators both at Albany and Trenton Tor the road, and had used piles of Erie money for similar purposes. An investigating committee 18 clearly needed in the case of the Ene Ring, and did the Lezisiature appoint one I fully belteve that euch @ mass of evidence would be unearthed respecting the rascalities of the King as would make the world stand appalled at the villany ana bold- ness of that unscrupulous clique. The pill to repeal the Classification act and the Attorney General’s bills are, I am fully convinced, excellent measures and ought to be passed at once, for the reason that the Ring are afraid of them and are using every Means in their power to deleat their passage. Let them be passed and an end at once put to the great- est financial scandal that the city has ever had to bear the onus of—the Erie King of Archer, Lane and Gould, iam, sir, your obedient servant, GEORGE WILCOX. New York, Feb. 24, 1872. SKETCH OF GEORGE WILCOX, THE CELE- BRATED BOHEMIAN SPY. — Mr, George Wilcox is ® young man about twenty- seven years Of age. He has the appearance of re- spectability and is well connected. He is always neauy dressed, boards at first class hotels, and When he removes his nat has tnat placid, calm ap- pearance about his brow, that is sometimes charac- teristic of church deacons. It 18 said that a well | known sexton of a fashionable church up town finds his gentlemanly appearance so useful that‘ Mr. Wilcox is sometimes called upon to supply a vacant place Qtthe dinner table in the houses of would-be fash- fonable people. Mr. Wilcox commenced his business career as acierk ina coal merchant's Office, but this occupation neither suited his health nor his tastes, and he sought employment on “the press,” He acquired some distinction as a writer of tashionable gossip, and ultimately endeavored to turn his reputation to some pecuniary advantage yy, establishing @ fasbionable weekly journal in this city. Our Society was the result of thisidea, ‘This Journal has not, however, had a very peaceful career, and Mr. Wilcox ceased nis connection with itafter it had peen published about six months, Since that time Mr. Wilcox nas endeavored to in- crease his mcome by a “Bohemian’’ counection with newspapers. His specialty is ‘society’? writing, a description of a wedding, or the assemblage of a cluster of **high toned’? people at an evening party, where a ‘Jenkins’ is indispensable, is quite in Mir, Wilcox’s line. His ambition, however, is to be a ‘funny man.” He frequently remarks chat he hasa “‘pecuiia. kind of humor,” and most people think that ts very pecu- Mar, masmuch as the fun is never very perceptible, Failing to find anything todoon a newspaper, he | will condescend to guide a stranger in the city through the labyrinth of its wonders, and may oc: might be thoroughly entrapped and expused. At the same time he ordered that no articles against the Erie corruptions should appear in the HERALD for a few days, for the purpose of encouraging the negociations and ascertaining the extent of the impudence and rascality of the persons implicated in thom. THE LITTLE GAME HANGS FIRB, On Monday the following letter was placed on the desk of the writer:— Dean 8im:—I am to have a final interview to-morrow A. M, with the parties in charge ot the matter about whicn I ke to you on Saturday evening, Will fee you about ft when you come down in the afternoon or evening. Yours, 2 GEO. WILCOX. JONDAY EVENING, Feb. 5, 1872. Uf course, 1t was not to be expected that so im- porns @ diplomatic negotiation was to be settled @ moment, and the expectant receiver of Mr. Lane’s bribe was compelled to wait patiently until the wily Wilcox and the foxy Lane had conciuded their bargain. A day or two afterwaras, however, Wiicox again put in an appearance, TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRBD DOLLARS A PIECE, JUST AT PRESENT, This time the matter had been all settled, though the figure at whicn Wilcox bad generously placed tae honesty of an attache of the HERALD had been ungenerously eat down down by Lane. ‘That worthy had been dealing with Bohemians,aud, prob- ably, had no very high estimate of the value of a journalst’s integrity. “They have agreed upon terms,” was Wiicox’s statement, ‘16 is to be $2,5u0 Tor you and $2,600 for Mr. . You seel had spoken to bim first, and so he had to be considered.” { ATTACHE—Wheu is this money to ve paid over, and how? WILCOX—Well. it 1s all paid on vouchers, you see, and these have to be drawn, They nave able to bring you @ check to-morrow for the amount. Lane has not acted very well. The amouut is not enough, Don’t you think so? —1 really consider the sum as very ‘The service required ought certainly te ve worth more than that. ONLY FOR THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, i's only to be for the legisiative ses- sion, you know, and they have to pay out money to otuers, Butiv’s a smail piece of business on the pari of Lane, althouga it is not his fault. ‘The Others would not agree to give more just now, It ought to nave been $5,000 apiece, at least. The following day passed and no money was forthcoming. On the next Saturday, February 10, had, evidently, not learned oue of the radiments of his calling—to beware of letter writing. Thus ume another fall had taken place in Erie—the bears were in the ascendant, Instead of the whole $5,000 being drawn on a voucher out of the treasury of the Erie rauroad, the contents of which properly belong to the stockholders, only, ONE QUARTER OF THE AMOUNT was to be forthcoming, the balance to be pald by mstalments, This depressing fact was communi- cated to the writer in the following communi cation:— Mr. —— —Parties positively promise to make a payment of a quarter of the amount on Monday. Vouchers aireaiy drawn, awaiting signature of Gould. Let the matter rest til Monday morning, when, if not satis{actory, will posi- tively clo WILCOX, Fup. 10,72, Wilcox was not going to be fooled any longer. casionally be seen enjoying himself with his coun- try iriends in some o! the ‘‘Broudway dives.” STATEMENT OF A RERALD ATTACHE. The Last Man Needed to Complete Wil- cox’s Little Game. Lane’s Suspicion that the Attache Was Already “Fixed.” Is He Under the Pay of the English Stockholders? A Retainer of Five Hundred Dollars. THE MANAGER OF THE HERALD POSTED. A Bombshell in the Camp of the Conspiraiors. “Can't You Smooth It Over ?”---How | the Thing was Sincothed. Lane Stops Payment and Wileox Wilts. “THE THING HAS BUSTES—S AL IN” An Appendix to the Tale of a Bobemian. ‘The story #0 cleverly told by the biack-mall Bohe- mian, Wilcox, would not be complete without the appendix of a statement of an attaché of the HER- ALD, who was the last man necessary to be ‘fxed’’ im order to render the nice litte plot in which the adventurer was engaged a glorious success, On saturday, february 4, the atiache in ques. tion was approached by @ mysterious indi- vidual in the paesssge of the HERALD editorial rooms, and asked when he could be spoken to privately on @ matter of great interest, That evening was fixed for an interview, aud he attaché in the meantime discovered that the name of the person who professed to have an iportant communication to make to him was Wilcox; that ne ‘was not and never had been an employé of the HERALD, but was a sort of hanger-on, who obtained entrance to ube offices by reason of occasional little jobs Which he was permitted to pick up in the’ city department. Agreeably with his appointment Wilcox appeared ayous ten g’olock at the ayer of, a magiy Janiern—bis Orel sien Woe Wo WrM) Drown} Year this frm of fogrags memory Ge Gould could not pull the wool over nis eyes, He bad pledged himseif to pay up, and the cash must be forthcoming or he would ‘positively close” the negotiation. Wilcox’s hoaor was at stake, and provably Wilcox’s landlady and washerwoman ‘were clumorous. Gould must ‘ante’? at once, or expect the terribie Wrath of Wilcox and the HERALD, “li pay five banared down.’’ ‘The firmmess of Wilcox met its reward. On Mon- day, the 12th, he was to bring Gould to the scraten, and he succeeded im dolug 80, That afternoon the writer Was gratilied to learn in a stage whisper rom the mysterious Wilcox as he swept past him oo the HERALD stairs or in one of the passages, “lvs all right—the money's patd— shall have @ check for you for the first five huadred to-murrow.” Sure enough, later in the day an envelope was slipped into the writer’s haud, and @ hoarse askle breached im his ear. “You can draw the money on that to-morrow.” The fol- sowing 18 @ j/ucsimie of the contents of tie envelope :— o--9 OL ODIE ROLE DE LEELLELODELEDEDENEDE DE DEDEDE Ht LED No. New Yous, Jan, 18th, 1372, THE NATIONAL PARK BANK, Pay to— —— Or Bearer, Dollars. GEORGE WILCOX, Five Hundred w50u. 3 Vinten, Printer, 100 Nassau street. FAD Nstern tara cian RO ‘This check was of course handed at once to Mr. Bennett, Jr, the manager of the HERALD, as had been all tue previous communications of Wilcox. Mr. Bennett at once gave orders for the reopening of the [MERALD batteries upon the Erie rascalities, Walling hisown tue to make this last piece of meauness, roguery and stupidity public, A TRIP TO ALBANY. The HERALD attache, who had been thus “seen,” easive slang of Erie, leit on the evening 2th jor Albany, and on the lollowing morn- on which the check was payabie, an article the HERA verations of the Ene King at ine On te lollowing day Wilcox was evicentiy taken ‘to tasx by the be1ooled and astouished Lane, aud, no douvt, pledged himseli to have the thing “SMOOTHED OVER AT ONCE.” Accordingly Ube recipient of the $600 check was favored on the sth With the followmg telegram, pat either by the vewlidered Witicox out of his own pocket or by the stockhoiders of the Erie Koad:— The Nationa! Park Bank. pecereneneee re ners rene ee: ing, appeared im notorious 1ooby ¢ State capital, Biank No, THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. The rules of Company require that all messages re- ceived Lor trak ‘ m shall be written on the message plavks of the € ander a et to the condivior 8 , ndition fe been agreed io by he following mm 5 KLUKERT, Gen' Supt, New York. WILLIAM ORTON, Presta CTL PALMBR, Seo'y, | New York, New York, 15, 1872, ALBANY, Fev, 13, Delevan House noth OVEF What bevesiaa ner nave ier Yuet appeared this, morning 1h pd Aa. SMOOTHED WITH A ROUUT IRON, Of course no reply Was sent directly Lo this tele. | gr OUL It Was aosWered Indirectly in the HERALD | on the foiluwing day, When 4 second and severer | casugalion was adimini@ered to the jobvers, bribers and pluaderers Wo hold possession ot ine Erie road and boast of ther ability to condnue their | powers through the den; ery Of tae present re jorm Legisiature, On (he appearance of this arn! Lane's eves began to open, and beyond doupt he at once stoppea payment oi the jurther caecks or orders ne had handed over to Wilcox. A “BUSTED” CONCERN. ‘The consternation of Wilcox may be imagined, but not described, A sneak tiief, caught by the ear in the very act of stealing @ spoon irom an area window, could not have felt more contemptibly mean and disconcerted, What was to be done? Out off trom his sapphes—with the vision of thousands melting away froin him like the dissolving views of a promised | to have that done to-day, and [shall no doubt be | another little billet was received trom Wilcox, who | Lp severely reviewing we | round? upon the he had been Herat afeaaehGat A Si a 1s We 0} ns been exposed to the man: ‘of the’ HERALD, and, believing he had a sympathizing ally in the writer, he immediately despatched,a second telegram as follows :— New Youx, Feb, 14, 1872. WILCOX, Mr, ———, Delavan Hot ‘The thing bas busted. "Salt in, He was right. The thing had indeed “busted,” and so had the Bohemian Wilcox, A PERSEVERING OPERATOR. But it soon became evident that Wilcox was not | to be so easily beaten, Cut off from one source of prot he Was not siow to seek another. His great idea of controling the HERALD by bribing editors and reporters who had no more power over its columns than he had himself having signally failed, he hit upon the expedient of turmng the | affair to account in another. Nm 4 by pretending to | have played all ulong the réle of the stool pigeon, and so imposing upon the manager of the HBRALD the story that ne had only been entrapping the Erie “Ring” in order to expose their unscrupulous ness and dishonesty. In this Jatter attempt he had & More dificult task to perform than when he per- suaded Fisk and Gould that acharacieriess Bohemian | Could exercise any sort of influence, honest or dishonest, creditable or diagracetul over the columns | of the leading journal of the nation, His story nas | wrote the editorials, Mr. Lane now understands that | been used by the HkRkALD for the purpose of expos- ing all the rascals who have been concerned in & mean and dishonorable conspiracy; of showing the corruption aud profligacy, a8 well as the stupidity of the men who form | the present Erte “Ring;” of waraing all respect- | able Journals from suffering Bohemian adventurers | to disgrace their offices, and of cautioning futare | Fisks and Lanes against the confidence rogues who | pretend to be able to influence or control the col- | umns of reputable ope ‘This appendix will prove the falsity of Wilcox’s present version of nis intentions when victimizing his Erie dupes; his own story will show Lane and, his associaies with how | despicable & toolthey have been seeking to carry out tneir disgraceful and rascally plots, ERIE IN WALL STREET. The Hannibal and St. Jo- seph Game. History of the Confederate Houses Engaged— Three Blind Mice~A Memorial to the Stock Exchange on Which Action Should Be Taken—An Eternal Vigilance Com- mittee May Become the Price of Financial Liberty. (From the New York Tribune, Feb. 21.) above facts were iaid before Mr. James Gordon | TO THE EDITOR OF THR TRIBUNE:— Str—That reform 1s the order of the day here. about one can scarcely believe, for the worst Teminiscences of the old Erie days are revived in surreptitious and ulegal issues or stock by railway managers, and the authors are still seen in Wall street, not arrayea in tne fanciful garment of tar and feathers you would naturally suppose. but vex- ing the air with the smell of new clothes and show- ing themselves brazenly in seats in the Stock Exchange, as though they had done nothing of which to be ashamed. You will wonder that this shoula be when 1 show you, briefly as is consistent with an tovelligent understanding of affairs, what has been going on. The Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad is one whose stock has tor years been conspicuous among the “fancies,” It paid no dividends, but was under Roston management, embodying the same interests that controlled the Michigan Central and Chicago, Burlington and Quincy; many permanent improve- ments nad been put upon the road, it had a very valuable land grant, and the day was supposed to be not far dixtaut when its stockholders would be reimoureed for their long and patient waiting by a Jarge stock dividend aad regular cash dividends thereafter, Little more than » year since the stock was selling at 120, but by degrees a bight came and it drimed to par and below, Finally the trial of Tam- many came over it; that reckless chieftaim, the great great Boss Americanus—not “Buffalo Bul,” but Bill ‘’weed—emvarked his fortunes and those of the numerous savings banks under his control, in the stock, and the road gradually passed from Boston control into the hands of tne Erie Ring, represented by Smith, , Gould ana Carver. This was going from bad to worse with a vengeance! Yet persons who nad bougnt and paid for the stock at high figures stil clung to 1t with pious trust in its intrinsic value and a de- lusive hope that disreputabie rascais at the last gasp Of existence as railway managers might be tempted to do something decent to reaeem, as far 48 possible, the bad record Of their past lives. But a | few weeks since it became evident to the Street that whe new President, Vice l’resident and ali hands were “snort? of the stock very largely; that 1s to say, they had sold large amounts Wiuch they did not pos- sess, trusting to be abie to buy 1 in at & much lower price by bringing machinery to bear for its de- pression, thus profiting by the difference. Nice | Work Lnis foi Oilicers of @ road to be eugayed 1a ! How they proposed Lo jam the stock down was made plain a tew days since by the sudden announcement that they had issued 50,000 shares *ot ne and that the place of registry was from Duacan, Sherman & o.’s to the nth National Bank, the latzer beng a pure (perhaps I should say impure) Erie concern. They did not even have the decency to make @ pretext of explaining What the new stock was issued for; the bold announcement was all that stock- holders and dealers were favored with You will better appreciate the sublime audacity of this act when you know that, by arule of the Stock Exchange, thirty days’ notice is required of any contemplated increase of stock, But what cared these rajiroad-pads for rulers or rights? Fortu- nately, however, the authorities of tne Stock Ex- change iaced this Ps bed music for once, and im- mediately announced that the new issue was not a “good delivery.” (You must understand that these Wileves and ‘their brokers had been borrowing the old stock to make their deliveries, in- tending to pay off the lenders with these new ceruficates representing & more than doubled cap- ital, and then call the thing square.) What did the impudent knaves then? Own up and beg off, and huinbly ask on thetr knees that they might not be kicked out of their seats at the Stock Exchange ? Not a bit of it, Accompanied by a notary and a witness they made tne tour of the street, pro!- lering to the persons of whom they had borrowed good and genuine stock these new and worthless certiiicates of illegal issue and taking note of each refusal to receive it. How high was that? It certainly seews to me that the sublimity of impudence never belore had so ample illustra- tion, Borrowing good money, a8 it were, and then calling high heaven and a notary to witness that the lenders retased to receive uoturiously couu- terfeit money in returao ! What recourse had the innocent lencers of good stock” in this case? you ask. Only one, to buy the stock in for the account of the defaulung brokers under the ruie, This 18 quite as terriple as the threat to “name names” by the Speaker of tne English House of Commons. What did the thieves, then? Simply soid the siock when bought in for thetr account, and aefaulted again in its delivery, And they were nelther mobbed nor punished + you ask. Neither. Barefaced ropbety has become so common in Wall street that it excites little wonder and very inconsiderable indignation, And the rules of the Stock Exchange here seem at fault. Buying in the stock for the account of the delaulters was no punishment, as it only enabled them to cover their shorts without paying the, asual commissions, The only persons who suitered at all were the inno- cent lenders of good stock, To go back how and begin at tho beginning, to give you a fair and clear understanding of how the game was worked, how it became possible to play 1, and also to enable you to understaud a commu- nication sent by a great and good house to the stock Exchange, which will presentiy be introduced: The principals 1m this disreputable transacuon were Jay Gould, Henry N. Smith and 8B F. Carver, It 1s scarcely necessary to explain who Mr. Jay Gould 1s; you nave beard of im be- fore. That Carver bas cut trom otner places, the naine Wouid indicate, if his record did not estaolisna the fact; he was formerly casnier of a bank in Chi- cago, and the rise, progress, decline and end of that insttution it is Unnecessary to recite, in the light of later iilustrations of this n- tleman’s financial abilities and possibilities, ith the name of Smitn you are perhaps somewhat familiar, This gentieman is now President of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad, of which Mr. Carver 1s Vice. Mr. Smith was not wholly uncon- nected with the ancient and fish-like firm of Smita, Gould & Martin, . —— that perfidious bark Built the eclipse and rigged wi b curses dark, of which you may have read, This firm was men- tioned in ‘connection with the Biack Faday busi- ness. Of late Mr. Smitn has doen singularly fortu- nate; he fed fail as a raven on the Chicago disaster, | the pante whick followed that fire giving him a pro- tit on his “shorts” of ren to tweuty per cent, where le expected at the most two or three, and he seeins vo nave had the impression that this was ail bratn- work on his part. Certainly the Fates have favored him strangely for some ume; but jal the while that Clotho and — Lachesis spin a golden thread for @ mortal~even though he be one of the proud Smith family—the shears of Atropos are not tar distant; tue fatal, final snip comes atiast, The Ides of March are near, Of late Mr. smith has been ou the “bear” side; it turns out that he it was who instigated tie recent inves- tigation into the atfairs of the Pacific Mail Sieamsny Company, in @ desperate endeavor to brea the stock, setting up ie captain of some canal boat, which heowns or coutrois, to agitate legis- lative waters at Albany, ‘We find nothing to con- demn but the authors of the investigation,” was about the report of the legislative committee. Mr. Smith may be @ nice litue man enough, yet many people who walk more circumspectly walk less con- sequentially. But to return to our legitimae mut Von. Satisiied, perhaps, with the pleasant notoriety it achieved in the Black Friday goid affair, and able to boast that It Was never guilty of & single square transaction, the house of Smith, Gould & Martin ri Sale| retirea from public benefaction, and the house of Wiliard, Martin & Bach (pronounced ea-l-tc-h), In which Jay Gould, Henry N. Smith and William M. ‘tweed were special partners, came into being. With the beginning of tne houses of W! » Bach (pronounced B-a-i-t-¢-h) & Co,, and Osborn & Chapim—in each or whicn Jay Gould and Henry N. Smith are special partners. (You will observ that these last-mentioned gentlemen seem @ sort fiorncial Fagins, educating boys to pick pockets and then setting them ” in “business or taking them into parvmersnip.) It was wondered when these \ree concerns— ‘Three firms with but a single thought, That thought to rob imeteee were created, what deviltry was going on or con- templated, and the first revelation is this Hannival and >t. Joseph business, Now you will be able to Understand the drift of the following letter, sub- mitted to the Governing Committee of the Stock Exchange by an aggrieved concern:— New Youk, Feb. 16, 1873, GENTLEMEN OF THE GOVERNING COMMITTER OF THR im, sou Sr0ck EXCHANGE—A brief statement of fi ou “On January 26th we loaned Messrs. Osborn & Chapin 100 hares Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad stock, the cersificate being signed by Duncan, Sherman & Co. and in the New York Stock Exchange. Y of & new issue, whicl lay nounced not @ good delivery by the authorities of the Stoo! iin consequence. we were. obli z 5 3 z g 2 Fi 5 =, i ¢; s 5 * ist 54 E 5 R 2 afternoon it was presented, fied check in payment—alter the custom of the street, This they refused to accept, demanding | tenders in- , though well aware that it was long bank hours, a knowiedge of which fact prompted the demand. At gr | inconvenience we finu!ly succeeded in getting the legal ten- ders, and thus came at iast in posession of the stock. We supmit that in our dealings we abide by the decisions FA the Stock xchange, and conform to the customs of the eet We suggest that in attempting to thrust upon us stock wileh they knew the Stock Eschange haa pronounced not a good delivery, Messrs. Osborn & Chapin manifested a oon- tempt for its decisions which should be permitied to neltuer unnotiwed nor unpunished, In demandin tenders from us at a late hour of the afternoon, Joslyn, Bach & Co, departed from the custom of the putting us to great and unne inconvenie! only provocation being that demanded Mears. Osborn & Chapin the valltd certificate which we had loaned them, and to which we were entitled. We sug- eat thar in making this demand Messrs. Joslyn, Inaugurated a precedent which, if established, only embarrass stock transactions, but virtually tothe business. We respectfully submit that it 1s unfair to expect one house to abide by the decisions of the Board and conform to the customs of the street 1f another be permitted to violate them with impunity, In endeavoring to obtain the good stock to which we were) entitied we were mot at every jurn by the same invalid certificates and the same diferent guise, We submit that the recently introduced system of con- federate nouses sufliciently illustrated itself in the trans. actions of yesterday to some desirable. We suxgest that the atten; pane! business into Wail street, ahould be suppressed, oF jeast discouraged, As the thing at present stan your hands are held by one house the other two go through ou. YelHere are three thimbles and only one pea, Gentlemen, where Is the ‘little joker?” Oar stock yesteriay representing the pea,we found it diffl- cult to tell where our property lay. We think that one way- farer should pot pe compelled to fight the same highwayman under different allages at three separate qurners, and that no single rat should be permitted three holes to hide in. submit that “Erie Bill” ts in realit; div whether he turn up as the “cold Friday | William,” or “Hannibal and” that — thimble-rigging isnot e. Finally, insomuch as a rule of the Stock Exchange obliges one meinber to accept the contract of another, irrespective of Teputation or responsibility, we respectfully represent that some modifications of that ‘rule, permitting membere to ex- ercise a proper discrimination, and to limit their dealings to men having some comprebension of what is meant by com- mercial honor, seems desirable. For ourselves, we ask to be excused from the necessity of accepting the contracts of, or indeed having further dealings with any house representing ne disreputable remains of the “Erie Hing.” | Very respect- fully yours, WEBB & HUESTib. Is seems clear to me that the Stock Exchange ought to tuke some action in the matter of these three houses for the sake of its own SSR HOR if not for the protection of honest members. ‘nis nonorable body 1s too iax 1n itsgrip, Aside from the three in regular piratical commission just men- tioned, there are other long, low, suspicious crait that are always in the offing for any villainous job that may offer, sure to turn up in event of any dis- reputable transaction beisg on hand. In this H. & St. J. business We fee the same “‘scalpers,” mainly, that showed in the gold corner. For instance, there has been nothing out of order and odor 1n the Whole history of the Stock Exchange that a cer- tain long, lamentable individual in particular has not been connected with. Tne “Great American Deer,” however, should not be blamed too severely Jor getting into scrapes, since it would be stmply by » the from we had x thing—“He must have somewhere to step,’ as a brother broker remarked, on whose toes he trod the other day. Certainly the Stock Exchange ought to do some- thing to purge itself of the unworthy members who bring discredit upon it, So far as the three houses, all working in one villainous interest, are con- cerned, if they can be reached by no known rule, a Atte California justice might be applied with some propriet; 1t 18 ail very well to cry that nothing can be done; that there is no use in fighting such ras- cals. ‘fhe same thing was said for years as re- gardea the Tammany thieves, but when honest men went to work with a will down came their house. One thing of two should not be delayea—el| abandon Wall street to thieves altogetner, or d it of them. JOUN PAUL, WALL STREsT, Feb. 17, 1872. THE ERIE RING PETITIONS, ‘Signaturcé Obtained from Those Who Did and Those Who Didn’t Sign Before—A Different Petition to Tiose Who Didn’t, But the Same to Those Who Did—Employes Expect to Lose their Places if the Ma e- ment Changes—One Man Signs Four Times. To THE EDITOR OF THE TRIBUNE:— Str—Petitions to the State Legislature in behalf of the present Erie managers are again in circulation. ‘ney are very shrewdly gotten up. The heading covers @ multitude of sins, Ere employés come again to those who + would not sign the first petition circulated, and say, “This js another thing; this 1s asking the Legisiature not to repeal the Classification act, and has nothing to do with the stockholders’ interests.” To those who signed the first petition, they say, ‘Ic is tue same thing, only im different form.” The Erie clerks, and each of their friends, have a pet- tion, They’ teil their friends tf tne management ts changed they will lose their places, So they indace Many to sign (who say they are opposed to it) as a rticular favor to them. They present the petition the business men with the ciincher, “Tne Ene Company favors those who favor them.” They present it toall teamsters, who sign, as they are de- pendent on them for favors in carting. They get many names of the ignorant, who kuow nothing and care nothing about the mutter. They get men to sign three or four different copies Of the same petition, and as a reason they say “The men at Albany wiil never notice it; but U will act a8 so many different names.” One man tells me he has signed four petitions of the same kind on this ground, and he did it as a iavor to his Erie triends, and not because he thought tt right. I have not yet seen a petition circulated except by persons who are recipients of favors of the Erie Company or Erie employés. I wish to present these facts to your readers, whica I think can be substan- uated by statements from every town aloag the line of the Erie Railway. The sentiment of the people in this tocality will misrepresented yy the petitions going irom here. The mand 1s, let jusuce be done, Iwrite this as a pro- test against the use of the names ol the citizens of this place, fraudulently obtained, in such 8 way a3 will give outsiders the impression that all of t+ hamton 1s bought up as Cogn he one of our dail apers, and set us in a false light before the peopie. ‘he voice of Binghamton 1s, give every man equal rights, whether his property be in Erie stock or elsewhere, _ BINGHAMTON, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1872. WEATHER REPORT. War DePaRTMeNr, OFFIOR OF THE CHIBF SIGNAL UFstoga, WASHINGTON, D. C,, Feb, 26—7 P. M. Synopsis sor the Past Twenty-four Hours, The area of lowest barometer has moved east- ward since Saturday night to the Bay of Fundy, Northwest winds, with rising barometer and clear or clearing weather, now prevail from Virginia north and east to Maine. The temperature has fallen decidedly except in eastern*New Eng- land. The tghest barometer § apparentiy extends, with clear weather, from Lake Erie to Wis- consin, and southward to Florida, An area of low barometer has probably developed in Kansas, but the midnight reports have not yet been received from stations west of Lake Erie and Georgia. Frobabilitves, The barometer will probably continue rising, with fresh northwest winds on Monday throughout the Middle States, and with brisk winds and clearing woather in New England; partially cloudy and clear weather prevail during the day from New Hamp- shire to Michigan and southwest to Florida, falling barometer and southerly winds extend from the upper lakes to the Missouri, with cloudy and threatening weather from Texas to Dakota and eastward over the Mississippi Valley. Dangerous winds are not anticipated ior Monday mornin other than the northwest winds in the Middie an Eastern States. The Weather in This City Yesterday. The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in com- parison with the corresponding day of last year, as indicatea by the thermometer at Hudnat’s Phar- macy, HERALD building:— ‘ me 1871, 1872, 1871, 1872 3A, M. 60 30 4 51 41 44 42 387 ‘ 66 54 29 Average temperature 42% Average temperature for corresponding date Iaat year... @ miracle that he could Keep ni3 feet out of any-~ 4 | ait, in working into the Downs SHIPPING NEWS. Almanac for New xork-This Day. at cs Sun rises.,..... 6 38 | Moon rises....eve 8 09 Sun sets, . .549| High water.morn 9 48 OCEAN STEAMERS. DATES OF DEPARTURE FROM NEW YORK POR THE 7 Bowling Green 2 Bowsing Green jay Broadway. 19 Broadway. 68 Broadway. }7 Bowling Green 1 Broaaw: PORT OF NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 25, 1872. ARRIVALS, REPORTED BY THE HERALD STEAM YACHTS, Steamship Baltic (Br), Mi Liverpool, Fob Queenstown 16th, “with mdse and ited lh to a liyae pari ‘Steamshi| er Jecinte. Baton’, Bie. Janeiro Jan 21, ‘Tho Fet wit! Garrison. Jaa it miles to of Pernambuco, exchanged signais with ark Oa Tea, of lew Yorks for Kalama, River; Feb joston, from Ni sauce in the Guf St » experienced severe gales from paki ty id with very heavy sea from Absecum ; had consid- St amahip United States, Crowell, New Orleans Feb 18 wrth mase and pas to Frederic Baker. 23d inst, o} Hatteras, saw manip Cleopatra, nence for’ Hayans, Steamship George Cromwell, Claj with mdse and passengers, to H B Int 26, lon 7950, passed ship Golconda (Br), jew Or: Jeans for Liverpool; 9th, lat 80 17940, spoke schr ork. ington, Cheeaman, Savannah Feb Passencers, to’ Livingston, Fox & Co. Norfolts with anise ahd posmoneers tetas Old Botan Bamana", te 10 the ‘Old Dominion eamship ‘night, Johnson, Georgetown, DC, with mdse and passengers. 10° 8 Merrick, Signe og 2 Anne Laity, Banteld (Br Sherrie, Hon eer » Sept y, Cape of Good’ Hope, ‘Dec 18, with mer- chandise to Oliphant & Co. Passed Angier Oct "29, Cape of Good Hope Dec 19, crossed the equator Jan 22,10 lon 35 W. Had fine weather up to lat 30 8 lon, 73 W, from thence to port heavy NE and NW gales; 19th indt, off Hatteras, had a sovare Rurricane of 24 hours’ duration from NNE; sustained Ship Orpheus (of Boston), Smith, Whampo: Nov 17, with teas and matting to F Baker, Passed Anjier Dec 2. Cape of Good Hope Jan 7, crossed the equator Feb 1, in lon 3 W; pad fing weather tp to lat 90 W; from thence 12, daye with lea ; sprung (oretopsail yard and lost lower, malntopaall, “Feb 12, in 3351 Ne lon 6935 W, spoke bark’| Grace, from New britain for Boston, Bark W A Farnsworth (Br), Freeman, Stngapore, Nov 14, with mdse to W F Weld & Co, Passed Anjier Nov's8, Cape of Good Hope Jan 1, crossed the equator Jan 28, In lon 82 W; had fine weather to lat 26 N; had violent NE and NW gales in the Gulf Stream for 6 days; bas been 4 days north of Hatte- ras. Bark Silas Fish, Sawyer, Liverpool, 65 day ID Fish € Co, Game the southern passage, ‘and bad. good Weather to lat 35; from thence constant, gales from NE“and NW; lost and apiit sails; been 11 days W ot Bermuda. Bark Madcap (Br), Verweil, Palermo, 64 days, with fruit to order; vessel to 'GF Bulley, Passed Gibraltar Jan 5; de the middie passage, and had fine weather up to Hatte- Fai from thence 14 days, with heavy Nis and NW gales; lost Jib Bark Idea (Ital), Romano, Trieste, 8 days, with mdse to Dutilh & Co. Passed Gibraltar Dec 29, made a southern and had tine weather to lat 87, lon 74, thence strong passage variable gales; lost and split sails; been 22 days N of Hat- Brig Saran Crowell (Br), M adil, PR, 16 di with Goffes, to1'V Onstivia & Con” Has hats. succession of os, from N to NE, singe 14th inet, lout and spilt sail, e wwith mage vo containing the captain and crew five, in number. took them on board, when they informed us that their vessel was the schr Gen Banks, of and from Boston for savannah, with a cargo of guaho and had sprung aleak; brought the ‘crew to this port. (See Disasters.) “Brig Branch (Br), Wyman, Anguilla, 15 days, with salt to G Wessels; vessel to master.’ Has been 6 days north of Hat- teras with heavy NE and NW gal! Brig Nance; (Br), McLel! ort au Platte 22 days, via Kast Harbor, TI, 16 days, with salt to Woodruff & Robin- son—vessel to Lynaz & Crosbey. Had heavy N and NE winds the entire passage ; 22d it, lat 86 2%, lon 72 66, passed lot of wreck stuff. Brig V H Hill, Whorf, Gonaives, 17 days, with logwood and coffee to Becker & Co; vessel to sirett, & Co, Has been 5 days north ot Hatteras, with strong N and NW winds. Brig 8 V Nichols (Br), Chase, Matanzas, 12 daya, with su- ar to order. Had strong nortnerly gales to Hatteras, since ght southerly winds, rig Aquidneck, Bisley, Inagua, 19 days, with railroad fron to the Great’ Western Insurance Company —vessel to Peniston & Co. Had strong NW gules all the passage; been driven back across the Guif three times and been 12 daya since first passing Hatteras; Feb 19 was hove to all day dur- ing # violent gale from N; aplitsailsand washed away part of stern planking. Scbr Henry Parker, Beers, Demarara, Feb 2, with sugar Edwin Rowe & Co; vessel to Van Brunt & Co. Been 9 da north of Hatteras with heavy head gales; 16th inst, lat 83 5U, Jon 71 40, spoke schr starlight, hence for Cienfuegos. Schr Antelope (Br), Barker, St Kitts, 21 days, with salt to G Wessels—vessel to DR Da Wolf & Uo. Been ‘18 days N of Hatteras, with heavy N and NE gules; lost boat, split salis; left no vessels. eplit sails, ac. ith, Smith, Matanzas, 12 days, with sugar, to —vessel to Evans, Ball & Co. Hadgvariable inst, lat 86 8), took’ a heavy gale By with fearful sea; split sa wi \d everything moveable off deck, and w: ater casks drove back to lat 34; has been 7 days north of Hatteras. chr Ida Bella, Fisher, Galveston, 20 days, with mdse to C H Mallory & Co, Schr James Wall, Grover, Jacksonville, 9 days, with lum- ber to master. . Is bound to New Haven. ‘Schr Sea Dog, Allen, Jacksonville, 12 days, with lumber to master. In bowmad to Fall River, senr Lizzie Moore, Baylor, Jacksonville, 12 days, with lum- Peehe Ke Lot, Brunswjck, Ga, 14 4: h it ont, Pomeroy, runt iy jays, wit! lumber, to master, Ip boued to Wetren, Ri; has een 10 days north of Hatteras, with heavy NN Qst just, lat $5 30, lon 73 passed the wreck of # vessel, dismasted, waterlogged ana abandoned; she was ap) brig, lumber Jaden. ‘Schr EC Rommel, Risley, Wilmington, NC, 4 days. with naval stores to Murray, Ferris & Co. Schr Menawa, Dissosway. Virgina. Schr Maggie McDonnell, MeAlister, Virginia, Sebr H A Hoyt, Townsend, Baltimore. Sehr B T Bigxe, Bishop, Baltimore for Saybrook. Passed Through Hell Gate. BOUND SOUTH. Schr Maria E Henrn, Morrell, Stamford for New York. Schr Nightingale, Reehe, Orient for New York. Schr Geo Dickey, White, Freshpond for New York, with brick 10 Hudson River Brick Manufaciuring Co. soteht Ricker, Ricker, Rockport for New York, with lime 10 own. Schr Allte H Belden, Mayo, Boston for New York, with granite to order. ‘Schr Jessie W Knight, Fields, Bridgeport trom Philadel- P'Rchr Asher S Parker, Carpenter, New York for Gien ore. Sear Eveiyn, burger, New York tor Stamtora, Schr Geo Wasnington, Peck, New York for Stamfora, Schr Sarah A Falconer, Wilson, Southport for New Work. Schr Sunbeam, Whitmore, New Haven for New York. Steamer Kiectra, Mott, Proviaence tor New York, with mdse and passengers. ‘Steamer Uspray, Kenney, Fal River tor New York, with mise and passengers, to Isaac Odell. BOUND BAST. cht Reine de Preyrance (Br), Mernetr, New York. for St johns, NF. Schr M L Wedmore, Perry, Virginia, for New Haven. Sebr # G Russell, Rankin, Virginia for New Have Schr G A Hayden, Harrison, Virginia for New H: Sear Rambler, Hamilton, Virginia for Boston, Sehr Elie H Barnes, Hendricks. Baltimore for New Lon- jon. ‘Schr LM Strout, Keane, Elizabethport for Providence. heir Racer, Uorry, New York for old Spring. Schr Fiying Fish, Mould, New York for Cold Spring. Rehr Hyne; Browne, Elizabethpor: for Boston. Sebr Gen Grant, Arnold, New York for Boothbay. Sobr Adelia Kelly, Gaffney, Baltimore for Plymouth. Sehr id, Raynor, Staten island for Boston. Schr Porto Rico, Winters. New York for St John. Schr Mabel Hall, Bartlett, Elizabethport for New Redford. Schr Henry Cole, Morris, New York tor Providence. ‘The revenue cutter Northerner, Lieut King, is at anchor of ‘Throgg’a Neck. Wind at sunset NW, fresb. Marine Disasters. smr Sev ones es (Br), Walters, at Honolulu, reports left bi ently ® herm Por 6, with a cargo of lumber, bound to Callao, Pera; assing Vape Flattery experienced a succession of heay which appeared to increase as the vessel or south, accompanied with tremendous AR, The “Constant working of the. ship with a heavy cargo caused her to leak freely, which had increased to 17w strokes an hour by the time the vessel reached Int 7 north of the tquator. It was then considered impracticable to proceed further in such condition, as it required the con- stantexertion of tue crew to keep the vessel alloat. Altered the course and worked into the NE trades; then bore up for this port, which was the only available one, und ne Cire cumstances, of easy access, At noon on the 7th, about 16 mi es to the northward of Molokal, experienced an easter! ale, which lasted with t severity until 2 o’clock the fol- owing morning, with a heavy regular sea running; had light weather after the gale subsided, but the sea was a complete mass of boiling foam, which continued until close under this island. Anchored ontatde the night of the 8th; the officers and crew completely exhausted with constant pumping night and aay. On more than one occasion the aitn- ation appeared so critical that had another vessel nin sight at the time it is probable that the ship would have veen abandoned. BARK MARIANO, at Vineyard Haven, from Manilla, Oct 20, had light, variaole winds in China Sea; left Angier Nov 22; 1n lat'31 24 8, lon 68 E, encountered @ hurricane, lasting three days, during which sprung foremast, mizzenmast and malntopmast and split salle; passed Cape Sood, Hope pee 29, with strong easterly winds ; hy the Equator, and ‘Croased Jun 1, lon 37 80; had four heavy gales since passing Bermuda. SouR GENERAT. BANKS—Capt Bryant, of senr Gen Banks, abandoned at sea, makes the following statement :—Sailed from Boston for Savanna 16th inst; had NW anc NE winds upto Hatteras; at2 PM of 19th inst a terrific gale from NEE to NNE, sprang up with very high cross sea, accompanied with burricune squaiis of both wind and rain; ut 4 PM vessel very badly; #il bands were lashed to the pum) as the decks were constantly fouded with water; at 7 P washed forward house and thing movable ‘about the erboard decks; midnight, gale still raging; all hands con- otly atthe pump; 20th inst, atl AM, washed overboard mate, Silas H Stokes, of Waldoboro, from tne pump, and as t @8¢a was so very heavy at the time it was utterly inposal- ble to save him; brows it the vessel 10 as s00n AS bie on the port tack; the decks were constantly flvoded with water; at8 cne of the sails blew away set spanker; at noon gale began to break; at® PM wore vided westwe set reefed spanker and staynail ; 2ist, at 2 AM, the water bad gained no much that it was over the second ter of bags, an the men were about exhausted by | constant pumping; took piank out of the deck In bablh and. divited Pthe crew, 80 we coud aaa Tintcnat ecg the Yen afloat etal each other, with hopes of keepin ; Gurevorts'werein vain. With, all our ‘baling and pnmping the water had gained on us go rapidly that there was tive feet Or water m fio ut 6:30 AM, Bee lights in mizzen rig- nsign and Kaw a vessel At dayligh' ring NB, distant 4 miles, At 7 vessel began to rettic ; | ed boats and jumped in; 30 te! rol ‘to port and sunk. The men never left the pumps until the very inst minute, The baling and pumping was constantly ‘olng audi! five minutes before the boat was lowered. Pulled for'vessel, which proved to be the brig Sarah Crowell, Can- tain George H Morris, of Yarmouth, NB, who Kindly received tron porta and provided for ua in the most man- ner. We hereby return our mont sincere thanks in G H Morris and mate for their great Kindness to us while on board. The Caller On, Rea, from London for Car- iso rete ie Nast Bight, got into collision, rudder and sustained other damage, and remains. ‘Martha bas towed back to the river to repair, Pau Feb 1—The H Bou ftir'an uc Sone Cais Para an ¢ re rep as baving lost fore and main nines, separ one tha jan when in tat on fan, wi lon 65 W,’ she boarded trom Halifax, 'NS ‘im ballast); bi ng QUEENSTOWN, Feb 11—The Peterson, from Liverpool for Boston ( arrived here on the 7th leaky. bas been towed to Nictoria Dockyard, where she will undergo 2th—The Sampson, Hallowell, from Cardiff (tion, before repoewe, pat ta teaaplee ee ee Miscellaneous, MARGATE, Feb 11.—The captain of the American ship Crown Prince, lying off Kingagate, 1s reported to have at Kingsgate to Zonsuls a doctor, having injured his band, Spoken. Bark Reperoe ( Br), from Shanghae for New Yor«, Nov 16, in Gaspar Forelan Ports. ANTWERP, Feb 10—Arrived at Flushin, F drat wie Douse, from’ Boston ; Scotland, an ten! > Pt % 3 bg Riladaiokie Charles, Locheres New York; Weno- rbes, Suvani BRisTOL (Pill), Feb 11—Arrived in Kingroad lth, Somer- for Gloucester. McBride, New York 5 REMERSHAVEN, Feb 8—Arrived, Douau (s), Ernest, New York. sone? T, Feb 17—Arrived, bark J W Blwell (Br), Wren, Bombay, Jan 17—Salled, 8t 10R, Moulmein. Bonpeaox, Fe i : jbonmtave, Feb Werwatleg, Silay Went, New Orieaia; ‘0, New CARDIFF, Feb 9—Entered f Sailed 9h, Francis yard (not as deter We Qrisenss 2 5 Bertha Ternole, Nelson, do; on Brown, CHARENTE, Fi ton ews York, ‘eb 10—Avrived, hureka, Rochefort, to load CALOUT’ use hs Jan 13—Arrived, Weathersfeld, Rayll, San ci Cleared 13th, New York. GREENOOK, Feb tre bat ship J P Wheeler, Harris (from Une haan ECM Go Pic, oran, London el Boston tand anchored on Re ae DARTMOUTH, Feb 12—Off Start Point 1th, Robert Boar, from Middlesbor« for Galveston. GLasGow, er —Arrived, Britannia (s), New York ; Kil- nan, Balled 10th—Anna (N G), San Francisco, Grinepy, Keb ll—At anchor, Sarah E Frazier, Knight, for lavana, GENOA, Feb 4—Sailed, barks Tidal Wave, Cosby, Phila- delpbia; th, Ronaae tes (Ital), Massa, Nuevo” Cle orld bark Bounding Billow, Reynolds, New York via Messina. Gon atves, Feb &—In port echt Annie Merrick, fur Boston. HAVRE, Feb 10—Arrived, Autocrat, Hesley, New York; River Krishna, Rice, San Francwco, Cleared 9th, Samuel D Carleton, Freeman, Cardi, . Salled sh, kate Prince, Hamilton, Cade Aad Caigatta, AMBURG, Fel jevada, juanapes Jouinh L Hale, Pike, Baker’ taland, ? is Sailed 6th, Mandarin, Maller, England, HELVORT, Feb lt leversink, Gibson, Cleared 10th, Burgemeister, Mu'ler. Fischer, New ¥: HoNnG KonG, Jan 14—Arrived, ship Khandelsh (Br), Len- nett, San Francisco Hoxouure, Jan 8—Arrived, ship Devonshire (Br), Wal- | ters, Puget Sound, Hawinax, Feb 28—arrived, steamship Austrian, Brown, Liverpool for Baltimore, JaRvis ISLAND, Nov 8—Sailed, bark Emma G Beal, Bai- ry nstownD. Penvoor Feb 1—Arrived, Suse, Lemon, Galveston ; 1, an eet oe eg x ; rm | Satied 10ch, Hanna Morris, Morris, New York; Uncle Joe, Ser Baltimore; Aj Bi Boston ; Record, iNew, Srieana Taiy Barkers Holloway, New York; ith, 0, Pensacol Curry, New Orleans, Entered out 10th, Joseph Fish, Stackpole, for Boston; Baltlo, ‘Kennedy, New Yor! es arom Feb 12—Arrived, Helen Campbell, Brooks, joston. Cleared 10th, Rachel, Harris, Philadelphia; Hudson, Knight, and Suigo Russo, Ruggiero, Now York. ‘Arrived at vesend » Soskummeron, Wilmington, Sailed from do lth, Veteran, Cathcart, Philadelphia. Leauorn, Feb 6—Sailed, J Simonsen, Crauford, Boston. Mxrssina, Feb —Arrived, Fury, Loud, Genoa; fmperado » Pilabury, Leghorn, Satied tat, Carlis te Patria, Boston (not New York). MAURITIUS, Dec 29—Sailed, ‘Moses Day, Woodworth, Port Philip; Amie, Morrison (from Rangoon), Falmouth,“ AMATANZAS, Feb'tt—amived, brig sagule Vall (Br), Holt, wall. EWCASTLE, NSW, Dec 20—Sailed, bark Sonoma, Howes; San Francisco. ‘NEWPORT (Mon), Feb 8—Sailed, Yreka, Withers, New New Orleans. York; 9h, Ocean Pearl, Englan ei Ld othe, Hatyatone fy olen Camp- , Brooks, from Boston for . ogee TALBOT, Feb 11—Salled, Hasaale, Bilesen, New rleans, Port AU PRINCE, Feb 8—In port brig Louisa (Br), Bed- fora. from New York, arrived Jan 30, disg, to load for New York. QUEENSTOWN, Feb 15—Sailed, ship Andrew Jackson, Morse (from Li having repaired’, Boston, ‘Arrived at do llth, Svalen, Beck, New York. ST JouN, NB, Feb 21—Cleared, brigs Ceres, Wilmers, Car- denas; 28d, Isaac Carver, Shute, do; schr die M Bird, do. ginoon, Feb 0—Balled, American Bago, Horsewall, St le Cuba. ‘EXEL, Feb 10—Arrived, Kate Troop, Crocker, Savannah. Yanuourn, IW, Feb WW—Arrived, Giovannina Califano, Shields for New York (and anchored). 2 Americas Ports. BOSTON, Feb 4, AM—Arrives, schr A E Martin, Bueb Port Johnson, Cieared—Steamshio Wm Lawrence. Hallett, Baltimore via Norfolk; ship Zouave, Swain, New York; barke Rjuhan (Dan), Clausen, Antwerp; Warren Ordway, Crosby, Havana. Salled.—Steamship Samaria. 26th. ed, steamahins Oriental, Savannah; Neptune, New York; barks Mariano, Bearse, Manila; Edith (Br), Singapore; brig Home, Turks Islands; schre R; Webster Bernard, Jacksonvilie, 22—A bark, suposed to be the Uriel, from Providence. Cleared—Bark Jennie 8 Barker,” Waite (not Rogers), Liv- schr Wapella, Penny, New Have 0 New wled—Schr Old Chad, McClintock, ess path gBelow, ships meta, from Madeira; Architect, from ‘Gleared—Steamship South Carolina, Beckett, New York. Salled—Brig Salas (dp), Salas, New York; achrs F Mer- win, Pearce, Boston; Constitution, Smith, Jacksonville; onesa, Meyers, Porto Rico; Daylight, McFadden, West In- dies, DARIEN, Ga, Feb 16—Cleared, bark Kildare (Br), Hillier, Swansen; 17th, rig. Magdala, ‘Upham, st Johns, N’Bs 19th; bark G P Paysant, Knowlton, United Kingdom. for Sharpness Point, loaded; Eleanor Chapman, for Sun- derinnd, do; brig Julia E Haskell, Haskell, for Rio Janel loading; Ida Clark, from Savannah, arrived 17th, for joston, do; achrs Charlotte Fish, Williams, for Boston, do; Mollie, Atherton, for Kingston, Ja, do. In port 1th, ships Nancy M, Mosher, from Boston, arrived 17th, disg, for United Kingdom; Venus, Anderson, for doy lag;’barks Presto, Kimoall; Haverabam, MoDermit; John Campbell (Br), Mozart, Cochran, and Vortex, —, for Kingdom, Idg; Shetield (Br)," Sloan, for St Joha, NB, dos. Jans, Treihowan, for Halty, loated; Polly, : JACKSONVILLE, ‘Feb Ip— Arrived, schr Kenduskeeg, Wy- att ‘all River. TithCleared. schrs Jos Fish, Turner, Belfast: Frank Walter, Cook, New Haven;( &C Brooks, Ludwigs, New ‘ork. 1%h—Cleared, schr Atavela, Joy, Elizal ISILEe Feb 1s Arrived, ship Magnet (Br), Beacd, Liver- Schr Lamoine, King, Pensacola. ‘fi, Feb 48—Sailed, achr Joseph Hay, Beebe,, a DELPHIA, Feb 24, AM—Arrived, schrs Marion, eae ‘Newport; Sinty P Hudson, Vaughan, Salem; B A sip oneare Cleared. ip Mol ‘y |—I r, tor Bristol, in tow. Sailed—Bark re te wah eink pees ‘New York via Wiicox’s Landing. oman FRANCISCO, Jan %—Arrived, bark Hadda (NG), 2 tle, 23th—Sal ed, ships Moumonthshire (Br), Arrived, batke Notre Dame de la Providence (Fr), Landgren, Corint < oa arrived, bark Gazetle (Br), Meyer, Tahiti. Sailed—Sieamship America, Doane, Yok and Hong Lettitia, Merrill, Melbourne. Sth_valled-Bark Mary Edey (Br), Flinot, Newcastle, NSW; Frolic, Bush, do; John Lidgett (Br), Polson, Paso roeang. jed—Ship Gi of the Seas, Knowles, Liverpool. Bin" Arrive, Dark Maravita, (Br Baird, iverpooi, i» Kreye, fareney, Grauam, Rio Janeiro, Richmond, Vi Baboock, Trovi rere ty , St John. NB. RICHMOND, Feb 33-Salled, schr Caroline Henrleksen, Manila. 4 Minot, Neweastle, NSW. ph Sere iocmocs irvine, and Van- couver (Br), Brown, Liverpool 30th Ta Feb 1—Sailed, ship Montgomery Castle (Br), Hughes, Liv- ohama kone, bark Messenger de Saigon (Fr), Eilies, Callao; sche NSW. 7tn—Arrived, ships Patterdale (Br), Dodd, Newcastle, Jath—Arrived, bark Twee Cornelissen (Dutel ‘Gioared-<Ships Archer, Evans, and Comet, Bray, Newcas- tle, NSW ; Titan, ees] ‘Liverpool; bark Notre ime de la Providence (Fr), Landgren, Burrard Inlet, Bauled, Ship eark Gulckstep, Chase; Hone Kong, ovarrived, bark Quicket 7 Te arrived, nip, Tocsmuite’ Mask, it h—A\ jong Kong. BAVANNAL. Feb fi—Arrived, schrs H @ Fay, Prescott, New York ; Jessie Hart, Pierson, Charieswon. Cleared—ark L Re Hi (Sp), Barens, Liverpool. 3ath—Arrived, steamship Seminole, ‘boon. ‘iit Vin jeamship Gen wart a " Arrived, at eed eee yas EYARD HAVEN, Feb 2 PM- mn, Elizabethport or Howton; R's “Pattison (Bry er, do for St John, NB (with jibs split); B tam? Portland tor New York; Fannie & its Riaplon, , Me, for do. d—Brigs Home, George Amos; achrs J H Barnett, (baring repaired), RF tart, Footua Braydon, Baltic, Wil- liam peat Guilion, James 8 Hewitt, = ro he Mctaban, George P Trigg, Ocean Woheer harman, '% king. sath, Boston; night, for’ Portiand; Ella @. SiéLain York for. st Joum, NB; Daniel Pi oY Boston for Richmond, Va; Emily § Gildersieeve, and; Convoy, French, Rockland for New York) @ M. Porter, ‘Alien, Portland for New York; J @ Hamblen, Eldredee,, bm oe oto ‘Thorndike, Ella @ McLain. New ra Waite! " MISCELUANSOUS. BSOLUTE DIVORCES LEGALLY OBTAINED FR A different States; It everywi desertion, &c.,! 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