The New York Herald Newspaper, July 16, 1872, Page 10

WEST POINT. The Board of Visitors’ Report to} xc the War Department. SCATHING CRITICISMS. Discipline Severe, but a Low Standard of Intellect in Junior Classes. DEFECTIVE ADMISSION REGULATIONS. Great Improvements Necessary in Training the Embryo Commanders, SPANISH VS. FRENCH. eee ae The Study of Languages, Physics, Philosophy, Engincering, Chemistry, Astronomy and General Sciences Must Be Modified. —~-———_. General Statement of Affairs at the Military Academy. Wasnincron, July 13, 1872. The following is the unanimous report of the Board of Visitors to West Point, just presented to ‘the Secretary of War:— BOARD OF VISITORS’ REPORT. Wesr Pornt, June, 1872. Str—The Board of Visitors to the United States | Military Academy for 1872, have the honor to sub- | mit the following réport on the actual state of the discipline, instruction, police administration, fiscal | affairs and other concerns of the institution. The | discipline of the academy has been excelient under | the administration of the present Superintendent | and Commandant, partiy because of the good judgmentand soldierly qualities of these oMcers, and partly because of the firm support which the War Department has wisely given to the Superin- | tendent and the Academic Board. The visitors be- | Heve that, while the discipline is strict and severe, as is essential in a military institution, it 1s also in the Lng just and judiciously adapted to the ends | view. | ‘The board cordially approve of the discontinu- | ‘ance within the last year of the system of exacting | from cadets pledges on oath or on honor with re- | gard to their conduct. Such pledges are objection- | able as giving occasion for all sorts of demoralizing casuistry, and as being confessions of weakness on | the part of the “authorities, which are singularly visable in a military school. PUNISHMENT FOR OFFENDING CADETS. In general the visitors believe that the punish- | ments used in the academy are duiy proportioned to the offences for which they are inflicted; but | they find the punishment of summary dismission | too’ severe to be made by regulation tie oniy legal | nishment for the offence of harassing or molest- ig NeW cadets, an offeuce which may have Many | Gexrees of heinousness. cessive or unreasonable punishments give grounds for legitimate complaints, | and do more harm than good co the discipline of | any place of instrngtion. There are, it is. tr | means of avokiing the injustice which the lite’ enforcement of the reguiation, No. 1 unfreguentiy cause. The Superintendent may | recommend to mercy & cadet who has committed | an Gzeuce which is really venial, or the War De- | mi or the President may modify the sen- | impoBed by regulation; but inasmuch as the bare existence Org Teguiation which is frequently | disregarded is an @yil it Hach ang iffisniueh as | the influence of authorities dutside Of and above the academy is to be deprecated as inevitably injurious | to discipline, unless such mterference 18 very | rare and very judicious, the visitors respectfully suggest that there be added to Kegulation 122 the | caer employed in several other regulations rela ing to ofen namely:—“Or be otherwise le severely punished, according to the degree of his offence.” | EMPLOYMENT OF PROFANE LANGUAGE. | It has seemed to the Board of Visitors that some | of the cadets needed to be reminded, by the precept | and example of all their officers and teachers, that | violence of speech is as unbecoming an olticer and @ gentleman as any other sort of brutality, and that it woula be well to have it understood that in se- lecting young officers for duty at {he Academy the department look for men who are as quiet as they are firm, and self-controlled as they are energetic, STEALING SLEEP AFTER REVIELLE, By Regulation 174, as amended March 15, 1872, revielle is at five o'clock A. M. from June 1 to | — mber 1; at six o'clock A. M. from November 1 | to March 1, and at half-past five o'clock A. M. the | rest of the year; the signal to extinguish lights | being at ten P. M. during the whole year. The great majority of the cadets go to bed again aiter reveille and the first inspection of rooms, and get from an hour anda half to three-quarters of an hour ofstoien sleep. This violation of the regulations has been winked at for many years, because the young men actually need more sleep than the regulation gives them. The visitors respectfully suggest that the | lations be so changed as to allow every et «at least eight hours of unbroken sleep at all seasons of the year. The best medical opinion is opposed to the use of the eyes in reading or study immediately atter waking, and before breakfast, and to violent exer- | cise of any sort before breakfast. In deference to | this opinion the board suggests that the hour of | breakfast should be placed as soon as practicable after reveille. TERMS OF ADMISSION. The character of a school is greatly influenced by the quality of the young persons who are admitted | to its lowest class, and the requisitions for admis- | sion go far to determine this quality. The Military | Academy is very disadvantageously situated in this regard. Its requisitions for admission are by no means as high as those of the leading scientific and | polytechnic schools of the country. Indeed, there are many high schools and academies which demand more for admission than is demanded at West Point, The average age of the candidates for admission is eighteen years and | eleven months; but these adult men are only ex- amined in reading, writing, arithmetic, Euglish grammar and the elements of geography and American history. Many boys of twelve could sus- tain the examination with ease during the past tive | years. The rejections for incompetency, even at | ‘this admission examination, have been from twenty | 10 fifty per cent of the Whole number of applicants, | In spite of the fact that the candidates have re- | cently had notice of their provisional appointment several months before the examination, the protes- | sors and instructors who deal with the lowest classes of the Academy testify that they have to teach the greater part of the class how to study Much time is necessarily devoted to this preliminary training. Opimions may differ as to the real causes | i Of this VERY LOW INTELLECTUAL CONDITION of the majority of the young men who gain admis- sion to West Point, or as to the inevitableness of | ‘this condition of things; but as to the fact there | can be no dispute. It 18 a fuct which affects the | whole course of study at the Academy, and itis | necessary that av examining board should bear it | constantly in mind or they will be liable to do in- | justice to the teachers and the methods of the | Academy. The reason for keeping the requisitions | for admission to West Point low 18 that there are parts of the country in which a poor man's son can get no instruction in any but the most elementary subjects, This argument, though reasonable within | certain limits, need not be pushed to the extreme | of aliowing the most ignorant State or Territory to | set the standard for ail the rest of the country. Five years ago the requisites for admission were ine creased by adding “a knowledge of the element of lish grammar, of descriptive geograph r- | ticularly of our own country, and of the history of the United States,’ to the earlier requisites, | which were simply reading, writing and arithinet It is never wise to make sudden changes of great Moment in the requisites for admission to an edu cational institution, The Board of Visitors, there- | fore, while it joins the many preceding boards which have reported upon this subject in depioring | the present low standard of admission, would | RECOMMEND THAT THE STANDARD BE RAISED | in a slow way, by successive small steps. One step would be the addition to the requsitions of a portion of elementar, Tules, fractions and imple equations, A second step would be the addition of quadratic equations 10 this first requisition of algebra. A third step would be the addition of plain geometry. It isin the power of the Academic Board to make much or littie of the requisitions actually prescribed by Congress. The visitors observed with satisfaction that it was the purpose of the Academic Board to, muke the admission examination searching and Gective within its very limited range. It is alegit- te and wholesome effect of @ la onal school, to which admission is ob tained through a well conducted examina- tion of reasonable range, that it stimulates and, to some extent, regulates the lower schools of the country. The lower scnools, both public and pri- vate, exert themselves to fit boys well tor such ex- aminations. Every boy who succeeds in passing creditably the government examination wins a for the school which fitted him as well as for mself. ‘The strong effect of the college examina- tions for adinission upon the preparatory schools and academies of tag country illustrates tis prin- lo | quired, the visitors recommend that a French text | Know what is | all their | sirable that the colle algebra, viz:—the ground | With their present requisitions for admis- STesion and Naval Academies of the United States can have no stimulating eifect on school in the country but a primary school, The Board of Visitors respectfully commends this important subject of the terms of admission to the consideration of the department, They feei that the future welfare of the Academy depends ly mn the solution of this problem. ‘he Academy must keep up with tire general educa- tional pi ess of the country. Its raw material ‘will go far to determine the nature of its product. arias COURSE OF IN! discipline at West Point, taken asa whole, is that it cultivates in an eminent degree the virtues of obedience and seli-denial; the sentiment of honor and the sense of duty. The next conspicuous merit of the Academy is the thoroughness with which all the instruction is given, both in theoretical and ractical branches, In the theoretical studies this horoughness 18 obtained at a sacrifice of range and Variety, but under the present circumstances of the Academy this sacrifice is wise. It is a third merit of the Academy that it sends out lieutenants Who are competent to command in all three arms of the service. They have learned the duties of a soldier in the artillery, cavalry and infantry. This is not the system of European military achools, but is nevertheless a system regularly adopted to the meg need of the people and government of the Jnited States. The Board of Visitors desire thus to express its hearty recognition of these conspicu- ous merits of the itary Acade! om the points at which improvements seem pos- sible. RELINQUISH SPANISH FOR FRENCH, The visitors are decidedly of the opinion that the study of Spanish shouid be discontinued, and that the time now allotted to Spanish should be given to French, The argument which caused the introduc- tion of Spanish into the course was that we border upon a people who speak Spanish, and have many relations with the South American Spanish speak- ing nations, The arguments which determind the opinion of the Board of Visitors are: First, that as there js not time for the cadets to learn foreign languages well, French is vastiy the best language for them to study, because it is still the most available language for communication with foreigners, and because it has a very im- portant military literature, winch Spanish has no’ secondly, that the mental trainiug ovtained by studying’ one language thoroughly is more valu: | able than that gained in getting a smattering of two languages; thirdly, that as a matter of fact the | c can get only a very slight acquaintance with Spanish in the short time allotted to this study, | there is no possibility of teaching them to speak or | write the language, and this little they learn of tt must soon be forgotten by the great majority of the ts. If this recommendation of the Board of Visitors should be adopted, French would be studied every day for two vears, A substantial knowledge of the language can be gained in this time, even by young men who have had no other linguistic training. At the end of the second year, however, French is peepee f dropped, according to the present programme ‘of studies.’ In order to keep up the knowledge of the language once ac- book be used in some important department, both in the third and fourth year of the course. BAD ENGLISH AND DEFICIENT RHETORIC. The Board of Visitors, like many pr boards, has remarked among the cadets a la ease and precision in the use of English, Rhetoric is not studied, and there are no exercises in the Engiish composition, Under the existing terms of adiission the graduate of the Military Aca may never have received any adequate instruction betore it makes | a criticism on the course of instruction, or indi- | | | | moderate expenditure upon the present obse subject it, with due regard tot demands es their attention. At present the in- struction given at the Academy in applied mechan- ics and engineering is necessarily e! omantary and incomplete. There are several scientific an tech schools in the country in which much pe yond courses of instruction in applied mechanics and civil, topographical and mechanical engineer- ing are provided thau are given at West Point, or can be given there so long as the starting point of the Academy remains what it is. EXTREMELY POOR DRAUGHTSMEN. The drawings made by the several classes of the Academy were carefully in: ted by the Board of Visitors, The free rawings prove that o certain number of the cadets are capable of learn- ing to use the pencil, pen and brush with skill, but that, for the majority of the cadets, the time spent in free hand drawing is wasted. In spite of the assiduity and genius of the Professor of Drawing, With the greater number of his pupils neither the eye nor the hand can be train The attention paid to mechanical drawing, taking the whole course through, seemed insufficient, The general mechanical execution of the last drawing made by the first class—a drawing of a haif front of fortifications, with dry ditches and horizontal site—was not very creditable. In view of these facts the Board ventures to suggest that the draw- ing of the second year, third Class, be confined to lettering, plotting, perspective shades and shadows, topography and other kinds of mechanical draw- ing, and that the drawing oi the third year, second class, be dispensed with. AS @ required exercise to ili the void thus made the Board further ven- tures to suggest that each cadet be required to study some one of the following subjects:—Free hand drawing, chemistry, laboratory work, egret mental philosophy, or French ; the value to be given to either subject, In forming the merit roll, being 100, The cadets would probably choose with refer- ence to their own tastes and capacity, This mea- sure would give a chance of training ‘assistant in- structors in those four departments, who would have attainments somewhat beyond the ordinary requirements. ABSOLUTE WASTE OF TIME. ‘The Board were surprised to find that several weeks of the second-year, third class, were devoted | to oral ans penmanship, at the ex pense of draw. | ing. In the opinion of the a& fair hand - | writing ought to be insisted on at the admission examination, and no time should be given in the programme of studies at the Academy to the prac- tice of penmansnip, The cadets get but very litue practice in the use of surveying tustruments, In the opinion of the Board more time might wisely be devoted totield work, in surveying and levelling, The actual use of the instruments gives excellent training of eye and hand, and the theory of the subject is made familiar by practical application, DILAPIDATED OBSERVATORY. The tory of the academy is not in work- ing order; the dome shutters and other appurte- nances are out of repair; the equatorial is an old | instrument and is not in good condition, and cer- tain alterations in the butlding have rendered it Jess fit than it originally was for the uses of an ob- servatory. If the government proposes to main- tain at West Point an astronomical observatory as @ station for scientific labor a liberal appropriation for building and equipping a new observatory will be necessary, and, thereafter, an annual appropria- tion for defraying the expenses of incessant obser- vation, If, on the other hand, the government simply desires to fit a few engineers every year for work upon the surveys which are likely to be in progress for many years to come in this country a vale tory would make it an available though not a con- in the us¢ of his native language. In addition to what he has been taught at the Academy itself the graduate of the Academy is only expected to | taught in primary schools or in the lower classes of grammar schools, | If he knows anything else he has gone beyoud | the official requirements, and to this condition of things the Board recommends that in the event of | time allotted to French being increased by the sup- | ression of Spanish, the Department of French be | Instructed to require of the cadets frequent written | translations from French into English, and to ex act careful attention to the correctness and the | elegance of the English and to neatness of pe manship. The visitors think better of such exer- cises than of English compositions, believing that it i8 vicious practice for young men’ to write upon subjects about which they really have no ideas. The Board of Visitors further recommends the rig- | orous and incessant enforcement of accuracy of | language and distinctness of enunciation on the | Part of cadets at all ordinary recitations. HATIONAL FH OsorETy AND CHEMISTRY. | The Board respectlull; ronan to the department that the equipment of the Departments of National | Philosophy and Chemistry Is wholly i and the fi Gili fi bok ‘ti Mens poeds yeoonsigeration and modifical that iff Cartan Programme Of stydigs the cards Spends one-iaif of all the time he has for study fh | the first two rs of his course upon mathematics. | The Professor of Mathematics is a man of ab | ability, force and experience, and he comes in con- tact with every cadet every week for two year from his first entrance into the Academy Under these circumstances the mode of | teaching and the mode of recitation in | details, including the use of the chalk and pointer at the blackboard, which are pro- | scribed, and wisely proscribed in the mathematical | department, carried into the teaching of the sclences of observation and experiment, where | they are by uo means so appropriate. ‘There ts a | peculiar discipline to be got from the proper study of chemistry, mmearology, acoustics, optics and | electricity, a’ diseipiine Which is not like the disci- | pline to be derived from mathematics, and it is that peculiar discipline which the cadets should get from these studies, for chemistry and | physic, when taught with book and blackboard, as if they were mathematical, are not as useful for | training as the mathematics themselves. Indeed, | it would be hard to contrive @ more unprofitable and odius employment for the mind than commit- | ting to memory the fucts of chemistry out of & | manual, To commit a Latin grammar to memory Would be better training and tore useful In every | point of view. In order that chemistry and physics | should yield to the student's mind their own pecu- | liar fruits they must be studied by observation and | experiment onthe part of the student, Only in | this way can he acquire any just conceptions | of the process, methods “and results of | these sciences, The student must handle the tools himself and observe for himseif, and if the bare facts of chemistry and physics are unprofitable tasks, the theories and hypothesis of those sciences are not much better mental food when separated from the experimental data on which they rest. | Indeed, when an Xperienced and defenceless | student has a ph, 1 theory or speculation im- | pressed on his mind by authority, as if it were a | natural fact, he suffers a mental injury which is al- ways serious and sometimes irreparable. These | views concerning the right mode of teaching the | natural and physical sciences are by no means ne They are admitted in the practice of the best scien- tific schools and colleges. In order TQ EQUIP WORKING LABORATORIES in chemistry and physics it would he ssary to spend a moderate sum, say $5,000 in each depart. ment, in providing the necessary fixtures an apparatus. Several excellent examples of such working laboratories may be found among the private incorporated colleges and polytechme schools of the country. Tt is, moreover, Very de- ions of iustration apparatus in chemistry and physics should be gradually in- creased, A moderate annual appropriation in eagh | department would be better than a large sum | in’ one ear and nothing in succeeding | years, While they make these suggestions | about the mode of teaching chemistry and | physics the Board of Visitors «do not | mean to cast any imputation upon the eficiency of the excellent professors in these departments, and they desire expressly to guard against the possible inference that they Would like to have more time devoted to these sciences. The Board is of the opin- | ion that enough time ts allotted to these subjects; | they only suggest a different use of the time now riven tothem. The thought that it will be hard to | tind young army oMicers, graduates of West Point, | who would be competent laboratory assistants to | the accomplished professors of chemistry and nat- | ural philosophy in giving the new kind of instruc- | Ba suggested, brings into view a general diMeulty | in the 5 ORGANIZATION OF THE ACADEMY which well deserves the attention of the depart- ment. All the instructors at West Point, apart | from the professors, are young graduates of the | Academy, Who, after a few years of service on the frontier or on the seaboard, come back to West | Point to act as teachers for four or tive years under | the active supervision of the professors, and these | young men have had the West Point training, and, as arule, no other systematic instruction, Being | | under the orders of the permanent professors they | drainage. vs of their own, even if | cannot strike out new w: they should devise any, which is highly improbable. They have no opportunity of enlarging their expe rience and increasing their knowledge and skill by studying at the universities or special schools, either of this country or Europe. In short, the Military Academy dimculty in the inherent conservatism of the system is only intensified by the frequency with which the Superintendent and Commandant are changed. The Board of Visitors content themselves with calling the attention of the Department to | these dangers, which they feel to be grave. EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY AN@ MECHANICS. The three departments of mathematics, natural | and experimental philosophy, which includes ime- | chanic and military and civil engineering, form, in | some important respects, @ sequence or progres: | sion. It is important that the several subjects Which coustitute this service should occupy their | roper portion of time, and that the transition ‘oin one subject to the next higher should be made | at the right moment and without waste by unneces- sary repetition in one department of what has really been taught in another, The Board has received the impression that some time might be saved in the last two years of the course if the relations of the three departments above mentioned shi thoroughly examined by the Academic Boal they believe that the present is a propitious time for such @ revision, because two young professors have lately been appointed who would bring fresh minds to the work. The Professorship of Military and Civil Engineering is greatly ‘overloaded. one professor, however able, is insuMcient for such a wide range of both theoretical and practical knowledge, Lgatanan gf as the same professor is called upon to give all the instruction in grand tac- tics, strategy and the art of war. It is greatly to be desired that military and civil engineering should be separated and & professorship be estab- lished for each subject; but so long as the requi- sitions for admission remain at their deplorably low level this improvement cannot well be janade, because the course is full and the cadets | divided in each subject do venient place of practice. In the common astro- | nomical and geodetical observations with the pres- ent programme of instruction in the academy, it is impossible to give the cadets any practical instruc- tion either in astronomy or geodesy, and the board does not perceive that the observatory has any direct function, IN REGARD TO THE CADETS, every class in the academy is divided tor the recita- tions in each subject, according to proficiency in that subject; the sections into which each class ts not all accomplish the same amount. of work; the poorest scholars pass over in a somewhat inferior maaner irom two-thirds to three-quarters of the ground covered by the best scholars. It is the cust to omit the hardest problems in passages of the text book with the poorer sections, That the ratlo of the attainments of the worst section to those of the best can be kept so high illustrates the eiticieney of the means of compeliing study which are in use at the academy. The Board of Visitors has been much genset with the prominence which the merit roil has in the minds of both teach- ers and cadets, itis an Relat yunction of the rssop to teach the gesistynt instructors (who ee te ctdaay wae bo Pan a 8 rh the dally recitations of the cadets, with a view to estimating accurately the true standing of each individual, 7! he ¢ ‘ave allowed to GET TH MARKS"? every week, and so to keep account of their own | aud each other's progress. Emulation is thas made constant and keen, Ev cadet, therefore, whether | agood scholar or a bad, works under an intense external pressure, The Board of Visitors feeis some doubt as to the after-effects of this system, The training given at West Point ts but a good foundation on which the young graduate must himself build) if he hopes to attain to any broad culture or any high professional skill. ‘The Visitors cannot but fear that the young graduate may miss the accustomed stimulus and find nothing within good the loss of it. The fact that the permanent professors at West. Point do not as a rule give instruction themselves increases the diMfculty now under discussion. ‘Their time is given mainly to supervising the daily work of the assistant instructors, and hence It happens that the only experienced teachers at the academy do not habtiually ana regularly instrug} any portion of the cadets, Now, good teaching largely a matter of personal skill and personal in- fluence, and this skill and influence can very seldom’ be imparted to others by any amount of drilling. The cadets studying under this system have very little chance of catching inspiration from their teachers, and yet inspiration and enthu- siasm are essential to any large success in any pure or applied sctence. The Board regrets vhe practi- cal diversion of the professors from the hfgh func- tion of daily teaching, but does not venture to give any advice concerning a remedy for this evil. LONG RECITATIONS. The Board is not persuaded that the custom of making the ordinary recitations one hour and a half long, Which has prevailed for many years at this academy, is a wise one. The practice of the aca- demic World 18 in favor of one hour recitations. In Germany the ordinary length of a lecture is three- uarters of an hour, Ifthe cadets attend closely during the hour and a half the continuous strain 18 inreasonably long; if each attends only while he is himself at work he wastes an hour or more during which he might be doing something profitable, The Board is inclined to think that general experience would be a safe guide upon this point. WRITTEN KXAMINATIONS. The Visitors would suggest that the Academic Board might advantageously consider whether written examinations could not be substituted for oral throughout the academy. The oral examina- tions which the Board attended were rather exhi- bitions, or specimens Qf recitations, than examina- tions. ‘The written eXamipatiofi applies the same test to all, and the written evidence of Grae or incompetency remains behind. [tis impossibt togive nitich weight to a hasty oral examination, Which, after all, is only a single recitation Of five or ten minutes for each person examined. The very gen- eral adoption of the written mode of examination on all serious occasions, both in this country and in Europe, seems to the Board of Visitors suggestive | administration. THE MESS TABLE. The Board of Visitors took pains to inspect fre- quently and unexpectedly the cadets’ mess during theirstay. The mess hall, kitchen and store rooms were,neat and the food was good. The dict seemed judiciously selected except in one respect, to which the Board begs to call attention, The Board thinks that the cadets should be encouraged to use milk instead of strong tea and coffe d advises that as much milk as they will consume be regularly provided morning and evening. In the opinion of the Board it is desirable that a more skilful cook and a better class of waiters should be employed for the mess, himself to make A POOR HOSPITAL, The cadets’ hospital seemed to the Board entirely unsuitable, badly placed, badly constructed and lacking light, ventilation and drainage. The bulld- ing would make good quarters for officers, which are much ni 4d. The Board recommends that a new hospital be built as soon as possible. THE HOUSES on the western side of the plain, occupied by of: cers of the academy, have no proper means 6 The Board recommends that a sewer be constructed for them, with a water supply capable of keeping the sewer clean, FI AFFAIRS. The Board of Visitors, through a committee of its | number, examined the books and vouchers of the | Treasurer and Quarterinaster, The system of ac- | counts is clear and comprehensive, so that the | committee were enabled readily to ascertain the | amounts appropriated and the items of expendi- ture. And the committee furt examined the | accor ith the cadets, and reported to th counts Were kept with great care and with all necessary details, ROOM FOR OTHER CADETS. The buildings and appointments of the academy are adequate fora much larger number of cadets than are ever present, and an Increase ber of cadets will not, therefore, entail @ corre: sponding increase in the cost of maintaining the academy. Under the new apportionment the size of the corps will be somewhat increased, The Board of Visitors believe that it would be for the interest of the country to have the academy Rept constantly full to the legal limit, and respectiully suggest that the department use all means within its power to accomplish this end. ° IN CONCLUSION the Visitors beg leave to say that they have at- satisfaction qualified only by a sense of the inade. quacy of the eo ‘which they have been able to make, and of their unfitness for the task, A thorough inspection of the place of instruction can only be made when the regulai byt SF Z On. The annual visit to West Point is inevitably some- what of @ “show occasion,” when the ordinary routine of the academy 1s interrupted, The | members of the Board of Visitors | received \ every facility and many courtesies from the | officers of ‘the academy, for of which | they beg to return their sincere acknowledg | ments, Their brief study of the institution has quickened their peed in its honorable past and | their zeal for its Improvement and growth in the uture, Gratitude, pride and prudence should ali tended to the duty imposed npon them with @ | impel he nation to cherish the Military Academy , T. Reid, of President of the Board. Simos Li Scudder, of Tennessee, Secretary of the r of New Jersey. ot, of Massachusetts. land. Simon Cameron, of Pennsylvania, Alexander Ramsey, of Minnesota. William L. Stoughton, of Michigan. Aaron A. Sargent, of California. To Hon, W. W. BELKNaP, Secretary of War, MADAME PESCHKA-LEUTNER. This truly great German prima donna, who was one of the principal features of the Boston Jubilee, made her first appearance in New York last night before an audience which, despite the rain, was large in number, Very many years have passed since an artist of such @ phenomenal order of vocalization has sung in this city. As we said in our remarks at ber début in Boston, she seems to unite the characteristic qualities of three of her predecessors on the Academy boards—the breadth and sonority of tone of Parepe-lices, the pyrotechnic _brilliancy of ‘lotta Patti in exceptionally high notes, and some of the delicacy of Nilsson in the rendering of ballads, Her faults are in the unevenness of her registers and a tendency to reediness of tone in the lower notes, when she sings with ail her force, But the good qualities of her voice are many and novel. She can drop at @ single interval two octaves with as much ease as other eingers an sing the scale. She gives foriturt of staceato notes tn alt with far more finish and effect than Carlotta Patti, In the last variation of Proch's air, which she sang last night, the staccato passages flashed from her throat like @ necklace of diamonds, and even the sensation’ G in alt was No trick note like some of Patti's, bat a clear, re- sonant tone. In the frat part of the concert she sang the well known air of “Astra flammante,” from “The Magic Fiute,” and in it she spared artistic qualities of a high order’ in relation to her apprectation of the idea of the matchless composer as well as in her management of the great gifts bestowed upon her by nature. The orchestra which Strauss conducted last weck—a very fine body of musi- | clans—played a couple of overtures, & march and a fantasia, under the able direction of Car) Bergmann, and Mr, J. H. Bonawitz, & pianist who is ever welcome to a New York audience, gave Liszt’s fantasia on * Lu- cia” and a delicious morcecu by Chopin, The next concert of Madame Peschka Leutner takes place on Wednesday, Mr. Rullmann made a sensible cal- culation in engaging such an artist for this city, West Fortieth street, was struck on the head with a piece of iron, at No, 519 West ‘Thirty-fifth street, yesterday afternoon, by Samuel Waker, and se- riously injured. THE CHEESE MARKET. Unica, July 15, 1872, —The offerings in the Utica market today were light, amounting to about 3,000 boxes, one third of whic was told at Sige, a lsge.—the ruling prices being 104 Wye, At Little Fulls about, 9,000 boxes were offered RON wore sold at lle, a 105,c.—the roling figure b Wage, About 800 boxes of private dairies Fold at 94 1Wlge.; one Lot sold at LOC. MAILS FOR EUROPE. Cheese. Gf SL The steamship Nevada wilt leave this port on Wednesday for Queenstown and Liverpool. ‘The mails for Europe will close at the Post OMce at half-past ten o'clock A. M. Tuk New York HeERkaLD—Edition for Europe— will be ready at half-past eight o’clock in the morn- ing. Single pie: SHIPPING NEWS. Almanac for New York—This Day. in wrappers for mailing, six cents. . 442) Moon sets. .morn 12 61 . 729 | High water.morn 4 00 OCEAN STEAMERS. DATES OF DEPARTURK FROM NEW YORK MONTHS OF JULY AND AUGUST. [Sette | Deen 16.. Sun rises. Sun sets. . ® FOR THE Steamers. 12 Bowling Green 29 Broadway. 7 Bowling Green 15 Broadway, 15 Broadway. 2 Bowling Green I? Bowling Green Bowling Green Liverpool Bremen. Hannover . neBSSSSERER EEE SSS: Nebraska. -. uly ) Broadway. iy 7 Bowling Green ty 15 Broadway. City of Brussels: 15 Broadway. Oveame: 19 Broadwa 58 Broadwa Bowling Green Minnesota Liverpool. .|29 Broadwa: Republic 4 {|Liverpool::/19 Broadway. Idaho ::Taug: ‘Liverpool. [29 Broadway. PORT OF NEW YORK, JULY 15, 1872. CLEARED. Steamship Rising Star, Conner, Aspinwall via Kingston, Ja—Pacilic Mail Steamship Co. Steamshio Franconia, Bragg. Portland—J F Ames. Bark Virgo (Dan), Michelsen, Penarth Roads—Funch, Rdve Bark Esau (Aus), Marassi, Cork for orders—Slocovich & 10. Bark Smiling Morn (Br), Manners, Cork for orders— Funch, Edye & Co. « Eber (Aus), Munich, Limerick—Slocovich & Co. Bark Coringa (Br), Watson, Valparaiso—Fabbri & Chauncey. Bark Pallas (Br), Biddle, Belize—Wm Jex, rma (Br), Coaltieet, St George, NB—Geo E Cook & Co, Bark Ormus, Pettingill, Cow Bay, CB—Brett, Son & Co. Brig L’Amico (Ital), Esposito, Gloucester—siocovich & Hand (Dan), Wrenstedt, Gibraltar for orders— dye & Co, Brig Maggie (Br), Wright, Santa Martha and Savanilla— Brett, Son & C Brig Manson, Gilkey, Boston—Carver & Barnes. Schr 8 © Evans, Yates, Lishon—A Abbott. Schr Portland (Br), Coifiil, Windsor, NS—J_A Horsey. Schr Freedom (Br), King, Windsor, NS—Crandall, Ber- teaux & Co. Sehr Uncie Tom, Look, Jacksor Schr Robert Myhan, Doane, B Schr Parepa, Morton, Boston Schr Belle, Simp:on, ‘Bridgey Steamer Vulcan, Wilcox, Biladeiphia Steamer Aum Eliza, Rictiards Phi Steamer D Utley, Brown, Philadelphia. ARRIVALS. REPORTED BY THE HERALD STEAM YACHTS. Steamship Canada (Br), Webster, Liverpool July vie ueenstown 4th, with mdse and 566 passengers to J Hurst. 9h, 10:45 PM, exchanged signals with a Guion steamer bound’ B; midnight, exchanged signals with Hamburg steamer bound EB; l4th,2 PM, passed a White Star steamer, a French and an Inman sieamer, all bound lot boat No. 3. ex Adger, Lockwood, Charleston July passe CCTs, i R Morgan & Co, |, Winsor, Shanghae Jan 6, Batavia &c, to Samuel G Reed & Passed ape Of Good Hope May 2%, and crossed the equator June iin Jon 50 20; had light winds and fine weather the entire passage; May 16, Int 3¢ 8, lon 29 E, spoke bark Golden Fleece (Br), from Colombo for London. Ship Agra (of Boston), Muller, Hong Kong March 18, yh toas, &c.. to Westray & Uibbe. Expertenced un- ille—W Ray. ston—B J Wenberg. April 11, with te: ‘Angier April 11, v f¥ Cape of Good Hope for 14 days, the passage very fine; passed Anjier April 10, ye of Good Hope May 28, St Helena June 7, and crossed Equator: 2), in lon 85 2 Joseph Carter, passenger, pul by the American Dousul, died of consumption and buried at se jay 2, lat 26538, lon 49 29 EB, tell in with ship Coringa, of Ginsgow, from Shields for Bombay, coal laden, dismasted and ina sink took off the captalh and crew and landed th ithe ec the damaxe had July 6, 1wt 27 55, lon OF 43, ‘Algoa ‘Bay tor New York. Ship Wotaniat (Br), Lankester, Calcutta, March 18, with 'w Chas ta Co. Had fine weather through- Gute passed Cape of Good Hope May %, and crossed the Equator June 19, in lon 33; April2 mip Ale i fat 1907 8, 1 spoke ck, frou Cateutta for Amsterd Jun 2390 W, ship Mercator (Br Ginna Tat 010 N, lon 33 10 Hheah Anne (ir fa for Falmouth; Jul; und South, uncer hooner Win Wilson (of ising, clean, wicutta, and Sand Heads Elwell & Co, Passed Capo mn 20 40, lon 66 18, & war steamer canvas; 9th,’ lat 3h lon 67, Marion), whaler, days out, Ship Tabor (ot Bath), Ou March 16, with mane to Jan of Godd Hope May @, and crossed the Equator June 21 in fon 36%. Nad fine weather, July 12, Int $4 43, lon 71 30, spoke slitp Sattara (Br), from Calcutts for Boston, Bark ack (Br), Ravage, Singapore M mise to Grinnell, Minturn &'Co. Hud heavy westerly | gales off md Hope, remainder of passage iat w i bared ‘Aniter, March $1. Cape of | Good Hope nicrowed the Equator June 48, in | Jon 20 9 rallw Bark Alpha (Nor), Naess, Cardiff 66 days, with fron to order: vessel W Hoyd & Kincken, Had ther, was #) Bani Bark West mdse ty order | fue wea- Malaga 46 days, with altar June ly and took the southern passage; had light winds and calms throughout the passage Bark K Murray, Jr, Purington, Port au Prince Ho aeys, with logwood and ceflee to K Murray, Jr. Had light winds ond caine; was 3 days north of Hatteras, Bark New York, Gibbs, Matanaas WW days, with sugar to Ward & © se Manly sr), Marshall, Porto Cabello 13 days, with Brig Kanliy (BF) copies Neljke ‘Gay, Recandila, Cumann M@ days, with cof: for te Wider; veuwel Uy muster Mad ight winds and Brig Anne Maria (NG), Nibbe, Marncaiho 17 days, with oe Yh val ot Mew age. Blotaae, Mayans woe Furull Gf New Haven), Phompson, u date, wit suger wo Le Wk Arumtrong, Hind fine digit winds. mi {'Hia, Alunan, Rayuabo, PR, 1 days, with sugar, to brig Oliver Cutts (ir), Nelwon, Cape Haytion 9 days wy ay, Wiirig Bheeusor ( rh iy hermuda Sdays, with pro: duge and 6 p D SicColl Or Hea 8 Had Mahe winds, calma and t fone ar} ¥ White ‘of Buck Sar eats ach tire I spoke sehr Mary gaa cts nge’ |. “firown, Gince Bay, CB, 17 days, with coal Tasker’ Vemel to Boreland, Dearborn & Co, ick fox. ny, ort), Hopkina, Arroyo, PR, sto Burdett & Pond. "Had jays north of Hatteras; Whiting, hence A Georgetown, DO, for —— Through Hell Gate. Bucklin, Bucklin, Last ¥ lanter to Tote De Wolf & Co. Windsor, NS, for New & Portesdiett. ndsor, NB, for New York, with ‘Sehr Geo Gilmore, Gardner, Windsor NB, for New York, 'indsor, NS, for New York, 10 days, with plaster to Crandall, Berteaux 4 Co; vessel to ‘Simpson. Sehr Thetis ha. Wel with lumber ir Aurora Bore: ir to Heney & Park: Beanel York. with lumber to orde! Schr Ald: Sehr Ad dletown, Sehr Ent Sehr Mar Schr Sugar ‘k; Sm a and repaire put i changes and Pacific Fuh out, watched up, Water she ti mainder. York for H York (before and sunk St John, NB, 12th inst. Tf. lower end of Nowell wh end of ‘Traver: other a bark terms. Halltax’ miralty Dominion. illmore. BAY OF FUN! the level of Jon 66 44 sell, of NB, oF ‘Airived we Ship Rei pinwall leans, June Anoy, Bu Ay Bi New York. ings to order. ent Leonora, Ashley, Nantucket Bhoals for New York, Sehr Ruth Schr Lavina chr Sarah Buckley, Buckley, Hobok: Wickford, Schr Charley Woe loboken for Wickford. ven. Schr Mail, Mead, New York for Stamford. Schr Mariner, Sheran, New York for Portchestor. _Sloop Americah Banner, Atkins, New York for New Ha- ven. Steamer Galatea, Nye, New York for Frovidence. down to Nanain repairs. Tho schr Discovery freight to Nanaimo, and the Idaho returned for the re- While assisting in getting the California off the ped going on the rocks. Barx Frorence, Aitken, from Sunderland for Havana, with coal (before reported), was totally wrecked at Cane 15, The veswel’s materials gelzed by a Dou of NB (and sali ter, of NB, last from Maurttiue. chatted from Uo May 12, 4s Sehr Annie EB, Wood, Sehr Columbi: Sehr Planter, Sebr Laura Schr Wind, Warwic! Schr Reading RE niling Morn, do; bri bello: Jeremial Geo H Eneas (Br), Nassau, NP. ale 1 following vessels are anchored off Quarantine :— Bark Haabet (Nor), for Stettin; brig Jylland (Dan), for ‘ise, us, ‘Fleminy Wri Mills Co. don, StJohn, wm for New York, 12 re 1, StJohn, NB, for New r. ar A Hammond, Payne, Rockport for New York, witn stone tovorder. Schr 8 5 Smith, ‘Snow, Wareham for New York, with Is to Parker Fleteher, Saco for New York, with head- Staples, Lord, Calais rthport for Alba BOUND East. Steamshin Pranconta, Bragg. Now ¥ Bark J M Morales, Foster, Ne Brig Peter Roberts, Hunter, PortJohnson for elris M Stevens, McDonald, Now York for Pletou, NS. Brig Wm R Sawyer, Sawy: a Schr Mary H Mifflin, Ferris, Elizal jence. SchrJulia A Tate, Tate, New York for Bridgeport. Sehr B L Condon,’ Lord, Elizabethport for East Cam- clr Copia, West, New York for Fall River. Sehr Estelle, Furness, Hoboken for Providence hr ‘arren, Neilson, Elizabetht Sehr Harriet Thorndike, Overton, P' vidence. Sehr Josephine, Phinney, Elizabethport for Bridgenort. gene Farah Ganmls, Piichet, Boboken fer, Providence. ehra hee nie loboken for Fall River. “ye acht 6 Betian on zabethport for Fresh Pond. Schr AJ Lawsoi rer, Weeha: via, Ellzabe port w York for thport for Sale: ethport for for New York, with mpson, Clapp & Go, jaisey, Howell, Providence for Elizabeth- rt, PNchr Resene, Kelly, Boston for New Schr 8 8 Brown, Noi York. ny. Dunbar, Boston for New York. P Avery, Myrick, New Haven for Baltimore. ‘ork for Portland. Pictou, NS. Windsor, wken for bethport for Provi- Boston. rt for Lynn. hilade}phia for Pro- m. ‘idgeport. tor Newport. .. Knapp, Haverstraw for Providence. Rohr Oregon, Wilson, New York for Providence, |, New York for Hillsboro, N: Donovan, Rondont for Bridgeport ‘Ralconor, J Ci Robinson, Robinson, binson, Wood New Brutiswick for Norwich, Schr Kata & Mary, Osgood, Rondout for Pawtucket, No 2%, Reilly, New Bedford for Nor- wich. Schr Santa Maria, Browne, Rondout for Providence. Schr Sarah E Sanimis, Sanus, Elizabethport tor, Bos: jon. Sehr M Miller, Miller, ENzabethpot for Harwich. Schr J B Browne. Jones, New Brunswick for Fall River. Schr Reading RR No 40, Murray, Port Johnson for Mid- for Boston. 121 Chelsea. Schr Maria Jones, Wheeler, Ni of Schr Marie r, New Bedford for Eastport. Teh, McGar, Hoboken for Providence. New York for Cushman, Now Yor! ight, Smith, ¢, Mott, Elizabothpo ‘art Schr Sequin, Davis, Elizabethport for Provi: Schr Granite State, Verger, Sehr Calvin, Clarl . Schr Sarah, Ellsworth, New York for Greenport. Schr Almeda, Smith, Port Johnson for Portsmouth. Schr Venelia,, Allen, New York for Boston. Schr Maria, Chadwick, Port Johnson for New London. nee. lew Brunswick for Boston. Boston, ‘k for Boston, Rondout for Boston. Nowburg for Providence. ort for Providence. nkiss, Kirk, South Amboy for Somerset. ey, Parker, Alex: SAILED. Krunswick, Ga; Wind at sunset 8, light. ‘andria for New Ha- Ship Livingstone (Br), for Belfast; barks Catarina (Ita), w Katie, Laguayra und Ports » Brindisi; setir Shipping Notes. ‘The frames are all up and the plating is rapidly going on of the two Pacific Mail steamers building in the Dela- ware River Iron Ship Building Works of Roach & Co, at Chester, Pa. These steamers are huge affairs, the one being three hundred and the other three hundred and twelve feet long, with each about torty feet beam. Marine Disasters. is considered stronger engines have also been Idaho narrowly esc: Verde, coast of Cuba, were saved, but no coal. Barx Rugs Syivra—The salvage awarded to the wreck- $78 for cargo saved from bark Rhe favana, wrecked on Mu 27 per cent ou the portion saved dry and. 33} the wet. Schr Bethel left with the dry portion of the cat Banx Erman Aten, lying off the shipyard of John Cur- rier, Jr, Newburyport, grounded upon the bank and fell over, bitt sustained no damage. Berw Nragana (of Bridgeport, CO, Worden, which aunt at Fail River, Masa, several, Wook ns been imme ted New der, K tor re} une 2 » by the ste June 1, iately, Bi res Nassau June 2 oO saved. Srxamanip France, before reported ashore at Montreal, was successtully got off morning of the 12h inst. immediately left for Quebec, where she will be docked she Stramsmir Crry oF Ganveston, which was o badly dam- aged by fire at New Orleans somo tin wards broucht on t by complete e since, and afte has Just been Portions of new decks, new Ams and extra braces have been put into her, and sh ow than when first i put in perfeet order, and sou improvements have been made in the en- gino room. She will resume her place for New Orlean Stxamsnir CatirorntA, before reported stranded on the coast, Was floated off day fell unusually low, leay upon the rocks, pon which heavy anchors were put out ahead to prevent her slipping off, and holes were made in her quarters to let the water When this was accomplished the well asthe injury in her forefoot, off without assistance, and waa towed er Tdaho, and beached for brought’ & cargo of her built. The tide on that the steamer high and dry she hung amidships, Two oles were At high ow Sylvia, from eof, Bahama: er cent ‘on or Havana a since, has been raised, and, after being thoroughly overhauled, sailed for Bridgeport 11th inst. Scnr Sora, from San Francisco for Sequel, before re- ported ashore below San Francisco, Was got off 4th inst and taken into port. Sone Guap Troinas (Br), Lang, from Halifax for New Fenpried). was run into off Georges Bank The crew saved themselves in the veasel’s boat, and had to row 15 miles to land. The vessel and cargo (fish) were owned by Messrs Russell, Cochran & Co. Scum Duxe or Newcasture (Br), Knox, from Boston for was ashore on Corn’ Ledge, Jonesport, Me, the weather continued good she would’ pro- bably be got off. Sour Sanam Brave, in changing her position from the off. Wilmington (NC) harbor arf, ran jeer at auction June y Court, and bought in by the goverment. being refitted she will be added to the marine police of the Miscellaneo of the Lady Hen Scnr Mazeera, of Wellflect, RT, 47.67 in Massachtsetts In 149, has "been purchased by Mr man Roberta, of Lanesville, Me, Newavrvyrort, 500 to $2000 to Messrs Harris & ‘an her bowsprit through the southern shed, nearly demolishing it. Sone CLarrssa, Clark, from Bangor for Boston, lumber laden, put Into Portland, Me, 18th inst, full of water, hav Ing sprung a leak 12th, off Seguin. Queene, July 12—Two vessels are reported ashore in the ‘outward bound; one a large black ship, and the Purser A J White, Jr, of the steamship James Adger, from Charleston, has our thanks for favors. Snir L’Exerarm (Fr), condemned and ordered to be sold by the French Consul, wassold at San Francisco Jaly 5. She brought $6500. This ship is 270 tons register, but actually bearing a much greater tonnage. Suir Ontos, 1196 tons, built at Thomaston in 1863, has been sold at Hong Kong for £10,000; also ship Wm scott, of 1630 tons, built in Bath, Me, in 1852, on private Tap- Scur J H Nickerson, of Gloucester, which was recently minion cutter for Mlegal fishing, arrived at 10, from Guysboro, In charge of Capt Matson, The JH under a decree of the Ad- ickerson After tons burthen, built Gil- 12—Schr J R Lawrence will be re- aired at the yard of Atkinson & Fillmore, by Mr John T She will need from $1 and strengthening. in repairs Notice to Mariners. NEW BRUNSWICK—REVOLVING LIGHT ON py? SOUTH WOLF ISLAND. The government of the Dominion of C1 notice that a hght is mow exhibited from a lighthouse re- cently erected on the South Wolf Island, Bay The hight is a revolving white light, att fancy every 1% minutes, clevated Il fect above ada has given of Fundy. ining its great. h water, and in'clear weather should be ington: deiphia, July 13, off Georges Shoal (0 21). ‘ch Jul %, aed ig Ton 6Y 15. ta 2). Mark Arlington, Coste Int 82 May 14—Arrived, June 26—Arri acruise. Reunion May r toc seen fiom a distauce of'10 miles. The illuminating apparatus Is catroptric, or by reflect: | inted Whaleme! ‘25th bark Pacific, Spok fey, Ton 68 48. 06, lon d white. Posijion, lat 44 56 50.N, ‘The lantern. surmounts the keeper's dwelling, is 35 feet high, and, with the dwelling, ated on Geae point of the island. Tt ts sita- The Lighthouse Board have ordered the erection of a fog bell at Point Lookout, St Mary's county, Mi Arrived at New Bedford 12th, schr Mary Knapp, Parker, didn, with 800 bbts sea elephant oil. ot ewed at Bermuda June a bark Ocean Steed, Rus- Young Phenix, Puller, a per ee ohn PW t, Man- , Taber, of NB, to Liverpool for Phila- ores Sion by pilot boat W HL AS man, Otis, from Shields for New York, Port, Bmorson, from Boston (Feb 16) Ton 69 39 W. ‘Apri, lat 48 Sy ton for San Francisco, Liverpool for Boston, June asters gs 7h oat tn Dayig, from, gt John, NB, for Bristol Onn Hatre A Rea? from Liverpool for New York, July & Ton @2 OL mba 1d (Ni from Boston for , no AeA a D0, fon G5 90 coy pilot boat WH Aspinwall, No, from Newport, E, for New Or- 1516. Foreign Ports. iked from Sat ‘Ganges, Ferguson, Ne Caicorta, May—Ball Mauriti jlethen, Shanghac. tay ‘abby Bacon, Merrill, ope, June 2—Arrived, schr Meteor, Dunscombe, ‘28th, Cora, Coombs, w York, Jane spe Orisea (Br), for Now the river June 1, Lucy 8 Wills, Priteh- 3 Alexandra (Br), do; Dundee, luly 2—Cleared, ship Andrew Jackson,. A You (not )—Arrived, steamship India (Br), Howouvty, ¢ E pain port ship Intrepid, Dunbar, for to load ybarks I yeti New Beton ides DO Murray, Moaekomer to mail doth brig North Star, Hauirax, July steamship Austrian (Br), verpoot, ee ee cee oecan one ai Gets be arta ada Rel coouns BaP eeannas (not Malaga), Juy 12—Arrived, bark Robinson, Boston. bese tg Momentus, July 12—~Cleared, bark Wenonah (Bx) Forbes, Naw TOee tind lied for Habusge se cumbia, Stabt* Port av Prixce, July 4—No Am veasels tn port. oRENsTOWN, July 15—Arrived, steamship Manhattan, foo, New, Yat for Liverpool (ahd proceeded). 0 , ache oe oS Cleared 1th, steamshtn Nestorian (Rr), Aird, Liverpool: bark Nellie May (Br), Blair, Huents Ayres. is Rangoon, May —Arrived, ship Montpelier, Dizer, Kio eae: Juty 13—Arri hiv Hi ‘OUTHAMPTON, uty rrived, steamship ja Brickenstein, New York for Bremen. md Arrived at Uo 15th, steamship Ohio, Basse, Baltimore for remen. St Jouns, PH, June 2—Arrived, schr J 8 Farland, Ba- * Gana dulg't—In port hrigs Sagua, Munday, for Phil -JUly 4—Tn port brigs Sazua, Munday, a deinhia, to sail 16th! Bilen P Stewart, Hollaud, for ‘north of Hatteras, to satl 15th. SrJouns NF. July 6—Arrived, brig Star of Peace (Br), Wheaton, New Yok oy ease aka oa |, at it ; ina, Jorgensen, Corks achr ws rd key, Smith, New York} 12th, bark’ Merning Star, Jones, Barbados. American Ports, ATRXARD AEA July 1—Arrived, schr E M Hart, Bos- BOSTON, July 18—Arrived, barks Einigkelt (NQ),JKantel, Trapani: Aquila de los Andes (Ital), Burigg do; schrs: General Connor, Shute, Cienfuezos} A W Fiske, ‘Kelly, and Loulsa Bliss, Strong, Alexandria, Va;M A Franklin, Purvere, Baltimore; Mary F Rankin, Fuller, aM m, Willant, Phitadeiphia, Pee Cleared—Schr L & D Fisk, Baker, Kennebec, to load for Washington. Sailed-—Steamors Norman and Nereus; barks Nevada, Lizzie Gillespie and Mendota; brig Goodwin, US steamer Talapoosa passed out by Cane Cod at 5:30 PM. Mth—Arrived, brig Glendale, Ross, Sagua} schrs Mary E Nason, Roberts, Baracon; Jovenh Ht Huddell, Jr. Sharp, Philadelphia; Samuel H Sharp, Willetts, do; Estella Day, Corey, do; George Taulane, Adams do; Daniel Gifford, Cobb, ito; Caroline EB Grant, Haskell, Elizabethport; Lil lian M Warren, Warren, do,” Below schr Emma Bacon, Isth—Arrived, steamers Wm Crano, Baltimore; Achilles, Philadetphia; Neptune, Baker, New York; brigs Lily (Br), Lawrence, Clenfuegos; Wm Welsh, Catbarien, Alto arrived léth, ship Star of Hope, Little, Caleutt Woodside, Montgomery, Buenos Ayres brige Erie, Sears, ‘Sombs, Baltimore : Dirigo, Savannah; Rabboni, do; George Philadetynia; steamer Here jow, bark Zephyrine, Johnson, Bonair Philadelphia, " Be 2. BALTIMORE, July 13—Arrived, brig Pride (Br), Brooks, Calbariens sctirs Oygnus, Small, Coamo. PR; Ralpht Carleton, Patten, Sarva la Grande} Edng Harwood, Har- wood, Boston; Ida Richardson, Benell, Fernandina, Fla. Cleared—Steamer Maryland, Johnson, Key. West, Hay: ana and New Orleans; bark Auguste (NG), Von Harten, Bremen; brigs ldog (Swed), Ohlsen, Belfast, Ire; Aabing (Nor), Bitx, Sligo, Ire; Italia (ir), Roborts, Ponce, PRs ‘ond (Br, O'Neal, Halifax; J B Brown, Bain, Boston; schra Irvine, MeLarren, Barbadoes; "Ella ' Amsden, Brooks, Boston: Surprise, Beers, Providence. Sailed—Brig Romance, for Navassa. BRIDGEPORT, July ‘IS—Arrived,. sehre Ellen Jane, Allon, Now York’ Jobin P McDevitt, Port Jobuson, CHARLESTON, July 12—Sailed,’ sehr Marla G Frye, hip Saratoga (Sp), Ochra, New n for tel, Bunker, Bruns R Knighton, Knighton, New York, 2 Isth—Arrived, st York for Havana, put ed—Sohr Win CALATS, July 5—Cleared, schrs Wentworth, Col- Uns, New York 6th, Geo Staples, Lord, do; E D Finney, Falkingham, do; 8th, Clara, Clarke, do. DIGHTON, July schr Jessie B Jmith, Smith, Philadelphia or Georgetow DC. 1th—Arri sehr Tillie B, Wyman, Manhattanville. NWICH, July f2—Arrives schrs He is, Philadephia; Nausett, Hayden, New York, FORTRESS MONROE, July 15—Arrived, bark Alert (NG), Ackermonn, Japan; brig Albion (Aust), Santos— both for orders. Passed in for Baltlmore—Brigs Clyde, and Village Belle. Passed out—Bark Jose Maria; brigs Mixsiasipp!, Pasto- ria, and Florence; schrs Mary Collins, and 81 Also passed in for Balttinore, bark Eliza hran, from Cardenas; sohes Peerless, trom St Johns, PR; Har? riet Baker, from 8t Pierre, Mai Passed out—Bark Windwa: from Acapuico; George Henry, for Falmonth: Lenox, and Composite, for Cork; Mantien, for the West Indies; sehr J E Campbell. FALL RIVER, Jul; rrived, schrs JB Franklin, Jacksonvil LN Lov are, and WH Bowen, Terry, Philadelphia; Niantic, Smith, and Martha Jane, Mott, Newburg. Brig Reporter, New York; schrs Dolphin and B ¥ Farnham, do. A , achr Ann Eliza, Crowall, Elizabethport, Salled—Schr Wrandywine, Ph P GEORGETOWN, Dc, July |, schrs F Bell, Bridgeport: A Townsend, ideo. MILLBRIDQE, July 1--Sailed, brig J Leighton, Leigh- to Calas: schr Sablo (new), Dyer, and Virginia, Fickett, jew York, NEW ORLEANS, July 10—Bolow, bark Paul Eliza (Fr), crpool; brig Theresa Butler, Blohm, SAST GRE! Hedges, Danie Isth—Kalled, steamship Cortes, Kemble, New York. Mth—Arrived, stdamship St ‘Louls, Whitehead, New York. NORFOLK, July 18—Arrived, corvette Gazelle (NG), Arend?, Jamaica; schr RC Thoinas, Crockett, Rockpout Cloared Brig Nicasia (Sp), Pla Barcelona (and sit NEWBURYPORT, July ed, schs H F Townsend, Bartle Johnson ; Neptune, Robinson, Hoboken. 1, schr Jessie B Allen, ett, Port NANTUCKET, July 6—Arri Cass, Philadetpti Salled 9th, schrs Jessie B Allen, Cass, Philadelphia; 11th, Onward, Gorham, New York. NEWPORT, July 12, PM—Arrived, schrs Black Dia- mond, Goldthiwaite, Philadelphia; Sarah Jane, J New York; Elizabeth B, Hogan, Port Johns Mohrof, Mehrof, Croton; Martha P_ King, bridge, NJ, for Somerset; WW Brainard, Rathbone, Ell- zabethport for New Bedford ; Catharine Thomnas, Barlow, Poughkeepsie for Wareham; sloop Pearl, Cobleigh, Ha- verstraw. ‘Also arrived, brig Reporter, Coombs, Fall River for New York; schrs Fountain, Bennett, do for do; Nat Holines, Northrup, Providence’ for, doi C & N Rogers Boston for do: Wim H Lewis, Hammond, Chatha: Palladium, Ryder, New Bedlord for de Sailed—Jchirs FH Odicrne, Crowell, Philadelphia; Blackstone, Wickson, Providence for New York. 13th—Arrivea, schrs Tillie E,W; bg el rk. man, Manhattanville ton; J Ponder, Jr, Brow: ladtelphia. RWICH, July 12—Arrived, schrs W arcy, and emttg, Hoboken, TLAND '(Oregon). July 1—In port ship Annie M Small, Packer, for Liverpool. PHILADELPHIA, duly 13—Cleared, barks Lady McDo- nald, Whitmore, Bélfast; Agostina (Br), Birnie, Ivigtut (Greenland); brigs Mary (Br, Atughes, Digby, NB; Atha- laska (Br), , Liverpool, NS; Rio Grande, McLellan, Portland :‘schrs ‘Nellie Treat, Trim, Newburyport; Tan= wler, Griffin, Boston; Golden Baste itowes, Warren, Lewes, Del, July 15—Arrived, bark Argentine, from. Turks Island for orders, PORTLAND, July 18—Cleared. brig Ernst, Hodgdon, achr Teazer, Hamilton, New York. 0) CE, Ju ‘Arrived, schrs AM Aldridge, Fisher. Philadelphia: A F Baillie, Allen do; Surge, War? renton; North Pacific, Eaton, Ehzabethport; Jes- lo: J.J Harris, Hudson, New pensions, cr Wilson, do; ‘Sil dout; Willor iis 5 old ring, GI; Elm Kato McLean, Hallock, Huntington. ad—Schrs Gem, Doane, Alexandria: Ramon de) Alu: tow! ; McBride, Gears F i Lockwood, St Jotin, do; Ann KB Carl, ler, James Potter, Oxter, Philadelphia _or, ore; L Levering, Corson, Philadelphia; W: Pex, Keto, Gale, Shropshire, ‘Trenton; Hannan B Brown Sacket, Haverstraw; Mary A Predmore, Hart, New York Thomas P_ Cooper, Sleeper, do; mer, Fore, do Sarah A Gurney, Gurney, do; RT Graham, Barker, do: C Mathews, Lunt, do: Challenge, Terry, Greenport, Wth—Arrived, schrs Hattie Baker, Crowell, Alexandria; Emma D Endicott, Endicott, Georgetown, DC; Lizzie Raymond, Lord, Elizabethport; Susan BN. do for Paw: Dixon, Raritan River, NJ; ket; el Sallie M Evans, Tice, South Amboy for Pawtucket; Clark, Griffin, Port Johnson; Fashion, Hudson, Newburg, Sailed—Schrs Margaret Jane, Kennedy, Haverstraw; © TErrickson, Jayne, New York; Patron, Hubbard, Green- |, Overton, do. july 13—Arrived, schrs A Trudell, Hess, Philadelphia; C € Sinith, Phillips, Northport, a eaibetikd ‘W D Cargill, Rich, and Ella Powell, New ork. SA YANNAE, July 1—Sailed, sehr Jennie F Willey, wil. vi r Cleared, schr A J Faben (not asbefore), Bragg, Boston. 1sth—Arrived, steamship Seminole, Matthews, Boston; brigs Flora Goodall, Philadelphia; schrs Early Bird, Eldridge, New York; Somerset, from St Augustine. Sailed—Schr Catawamteak, Lord, Satilla River, SOMERSET, July 13—Arrived, schr Martha T King, Jarvis, Woodbrid VINEYARD TA July 18—Arrived, brig Dirigo, Baltimore for Boston;' schrs GL, Albany for Moston; Lucy A Blossom, Rondout for do; If Curtis, Weehawken for do; J C Drew, Jacksonville for do; Julia Aun, Tllen- bethport for do; D B Webb, New York for do; M8 Hath- Away, Sonth Amboy tor Portsmout®; Alpine, Hoboken for Salisbury; Ben{amin Strong, Elizabethport for Port- land: Helen Mar, Philaderphia for do. Satied—Schrs MS Hathaway, Julia Ann, h—Arrived, bark Daring, Boston for, Baltimores Tvigtut for Philadelphia; George & Dale, Pliil- oaton pl for izabethport for Portsmouth ; Medford, 3; May Munroe, Port Johnson for do; Staslight, Georgetown, DC, for do; Js Bragdon and Ephtalm Anna, Boston for | Philadel- hia; Bertha Louder, Windsor for do; Virginia, do for ew ‘York; Grand Island, Rockland for do; perus, Blue Hill for do; July 4, Bangor for do, “i—All before reported except a Ida; schrs Bertha, Noudar, July Fourth, Grand stand, Zingo, May Munroc, JS Bragdon, Bedford, Starlight, and Ephraim Anna. “ibthArnived, schry Beasie Morris, Portsmouth for iladelphia; rt Mason, Boston for do. PRUMUCIENGTON, NG, July Y—Arrived, sch Nelly Potter, Gaskill, New York. WILMINGTON, NO, July 12—Arrived, schrs Light of the East, Harper, Fall iver, 8 0 Ebort, Moore, Jackson- ‘WICKFORD, July 13—Satled, schr Eliza Hamilton, Cole, New York. BSOL DIVORCES LEGALLY OBTAINED FROM A the courts of different States. 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