The New York Herald Newspaper, December 27, 1872, Page 8

4 ‘L GREAT SNOW STORM. The Ground Covered Three Feet Deep by a Mantle of Ermine. BT. STEPGEN'S DAY SCENES. The Fantastical Frozen Fan- cies of Jack Frost. | WHITE-SHEETED STREETS. The Good St. Nicholas Braving the Wild Wind and Doing Golden Deeds by the Wayside to the Little Waifs end Wanderers. CROWDS ON THE CARS. One of the Most .Remarkable Falls of Snow Since the Fall of Man. ‘ther Bitterly Cold Christmas Seasons in England and on the Continent. Business Blockaded and Mail Trains Shut in the Snow. Announced by all the trampets of the sky, The Christmas weather is noted above the rest “of the year for the fact that it is usually marked by ‘the bitterest cold and the deepest snow storms, The present weather is cven exceptionally severe ‘nd the recollections of ‘the oldest inhabitant,” veaching back to the fall of man, do not compass ‘any time when the snow fgkes descended faster from the sky or the wind was wilder and more ‘keen than irom an early hour yesterday morning antil the gathering of the shadows at night/all. Yhe day after Christmas 1s traditionally one of follity, less observed to celebrate the memory of St. Stephen, the proto-martyr, than in continuation ef the good feeling and festivities of the great oliday itself that has just passed. St. Stephen ‘was placed first after the Master in the calendar of taints, because of his having been earliest of the Bposties to seal by the shedding Of his bicod his testimony of faith and love. + His name, however, ts now seldom meutioned upon this occasion, ex- cept in the solemn intonations of the Church ser- wice, and so little is known of his life that there are | few old associations and memories to be revived. In most of the great civilized cities of the earth the flay has been from time immemorial a season ot Sicighing and skating carnival, especially so in St. | Petersburg and other northern capitais, In Eng- land, besides its being the occasion for OUTDOOR WINTER SPORTS, It is famous for the institution of Christmas boxes, whereby it is known by the name of “Boxing Day.” After this introduction it is now proper to say that “hoary Winter’ yesterday seemed intent himself upon appropriately signalizing the anni- versary, and did so by sending one of the most sud- @en and rapid snow storms ever known in this city. Bo intense was the cold and so fast fell the fairy NEW. YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1872. Somtinast tty ‘glared orin at inter howrn, where duty compelled and met witn tera to their comfort THE CaaS ~ on ail the lines were kept running, and were, {TOD} nine o'clock until six in the efternoon, loaded with hundreds of people. On ail of them the teams were doubled, Even tien the beasts were often unable t¢ “rag their pondefous burdens, and many ‘were the delays which occurred in ~2 Midst of the cold and damp snow, hich cls the heavy wheels. The exe pensen were then compelled to step off upon the cron wetting their band os covered from hea to foot with the sw: e8, uptil the groan- ing vehicle would be ag: started upon its difll- cult ray to aget undoubtedly with other ill-luck at some futhre point ef its Journey. ‘The rattling win- dows were covered with t! ns een Saas FANTASTIC FROZEN FANCIRS of Jack Frost, but their varied wonders did not much repay the impatient prosaic passengers for their uncomfortable delay in reaching their des- tination, Yet still they seemed full of jocund good humor, and joked and chatted about the dificuities that beset them. The drivers, brusque and hardy fellows, were grotesque pictures, The snow fringed every angle of their thickly clothed figures and froze in masses upon their crinkled beards, Their strong hands were — en- veloped in great shaggy gloves, and their voices, a8 they shouted, “get up,” and “whoa,” sounded pleasant and cherry. Huge woollen com- forters were ludicrously wound about their necks and heads. The horses were sheeted with con- gealed perspiration and snow, icicles. depending from the harness like gems, until they looked like the steeds of a fairy king; but then the delusion was destroyed by a glance at the unshapely out- lines of the by no means supernatural street car, The newsboys found their occupation gone. It was not a thing to be expected that people should be fond of handling pennies with bare fingers. ‘The majestic facades of Broadway were given adai- tional beauty by the,lodgments of snow that clus- tered upon every break in the solid lines of stone and iron and contrasted strikingly with their darker hues, TOWARD SUNSET ‘the wind subsided, while the fakes still continued to fall, and the bare, gray branches of the trees in the parks and churchyards were invested with @ sparkling white more beautiiul even, in its parity, than the pleasant n of Summer, The awnings along the streets were ail laden with &@ toot of snow, which, on ove of the fine days that are yet to come, will undoubtedly melt under a warner sun and slide dewn upon some luckless passer-by who will net be dreaming of the impend- mg disaster. ‘The snow always brings with it fanciful pictures. of {ature pleasure bo delight the imaginations of the young folks, ‘The jingling of the merry bells @lready sounds in their cars, and they laugh at the fury and discomforts of the weather, If Christinas ‘had not brought the ice and the snow how down- ‘hearted and discontented would they have been! As you passed through the streets yesterday—if you aid so rash a thing—you must have seen their WARM YOUNG FACES pee against the window panes, watching wist- jully the wonder/ul hosts that wavered dowa and made the air a mystery of moving images, their outlines formed-by the vague wanderings of the gray snowflakes, There were merry gleams in their eyes that broke through the reflected glamour of the twilight, and the soit feeling of sadness that | always comes when the darkness silent snow storm, and is exp: pathos of Longtellow’s lines:— - ‘The day is ending, Th athers upon a ssed in the simple night is descending ; marsh is frozen, ‘The river dead. piel aaa Shadows are tralling, My heartis bewailing Aid tolling within. Like a funeral bell. “OLD-FASHIONED” STORMS. Compared with corresponding weeks of other | years the present one may be counted among the | most severely cold, The storm of yesterday certainly has not been equalled in a long time, The | despatches from all over the country, which are given below, cofroborate this assertion, The coldest th successive days near Christmas ever known in Great Britain were the 24th, 26th | and 26th of December, 1860, Near Nottingham at | that time the observations were as follows:—On | the morning of the 25th the temperature at a | point four feet above the ground was eight degrees | below zero, and on the ground 13.8 below zero, or 45.8 of frost, The temperature on the preceding day (the 24th) had never risen as high as zero between | the hours of seven and eleven A.M. At hall-past. | twelve P. M. it was seven degrees above zero. At | other points in England the observations made correspond with these. Yet this period of extreme cold was too short of duration to have such won- | see results as were chronicled in eurlier times 0 j WINTERS ON THE CONTINENT. In the year 401, about Christmas, the Black Sea. was entirely frozen over. Thredmore, tn 452, marched upon the ice of the frozen Danube to Swabia to wreak vengeance upon the slayer of his } brother. Both the Dardanelles and the Black Sea @akes, looking like tiny feathers from the wings of angels, that the aspect of the streets changed like magic. Long before the dawn of day the snow began to float softly and wavering down from the sky, and rested daintily upon the pavements, as if the wind were doubtful whether to leave them in | their delicate beauty in such rude quarters or to sweep them further onward in its moaning course; when presently it began to blow furiously and whirled the snow with wild antics in ail direc, tions. East, the cold stones under foot were covered fleeply with the white mantle and the tallng tlouds grew denser until the land could not more be scen if held before one’s face than in the thick- tet London ‘og. But the storm compared very favora'ly with that aMiction of nature, as it awakened in the breast a keen enthusiasm in its very wildness und bittemcold. The necessity of keeping warm appealed to the animal sense of self preservation, and the movements of pedestrians were consequently of the most brisk aud lively sort. The dim outlines of “MEN, LIKE TREES WALKING,” who could be seen jaunting through the snow that encompassed them all around, on the ground under their fect, in the air, and piled up in litle mountains jpon their heads and shoulders, indicated vaguely 4o the mind the idea that they were gesticulating Boremittingly with arms and hands as they went | rapidly aloug to keep going the blood of lile in | their veins and arteries. SOME OF THE SCENES IN THE STREETS | Were grotesque and laughable. On Broadway opie went in single file along the sidewalks, peaking abruptly but jocularly to one anether from the depths of their bundling muitiers, One tinge gd atall, red-faced German, with a large ead and immense form, clad in a great coat ofa Bhaggy description aud wearing a high Russian | cap, Was pushing through the snow with an ex- pression upon his jovial features of contentment | and comfort. If ever there was a tue, veritable picture of THE GOOD ST. NICHOLAS himself this was one, ouly licking the long Dnich Pipe aud the bundle of toys on bis back to make it | complete, But then it Was the day alter Christ- mas, and those things Were not strictly necessary to finish his realistic equipment; tor were not ail the gilts of the holiday aday old? All over his portly form was scattered | THE FROZEN SPRAY OF THE STORM, the flakes resting confidingly against the black cloth as if to signif¥ the Irieudship of gruf old Boreas, under whose icy nature there lurks @ jovial Jove of the nobie aud brave. On the great fur cap | there rose a pyraiwid of the snowy gems that had | been gathering one by one, and had been ap- Proaching in their accumulation to a lotty ay ever since he had left the door of his home to ven- ture, With dauntiess good humor, into the storm. | Down Broadway he went with sture trides, but he paused once or twice, and, putting his hand in | an outside pocket, drew out some pennies and | five-cent pieces which he gave to the wails and | wanderers who stood at the street corners and | pleaded with the passers for small gifts to soiten their poverty. After each of these stoppages he went on ugain more _ pris but his face wore an expression more tender than that of mere good humor, At last a great laugh from the throat of some hoarse pedestrian rang out in the air, St. Nick was down, He had slipped and fallen over | an iron-covered coal-hole in the walk and lay there | @moment, laughing at his own ludicrous tis | fortune. suow crown liad been shaken oi by the sudden shock. He picked limseif up and | went on, But the pyramid of snow slowly re- @athered, and when lagt seen le was trudging along with the same happy look. The question then arose whether this was not the real Si. Nicholas, going about, as he aiways does, to mark the after effect of his Christmas generosit | Throughout the day the storm rather increased | than jessened tn violence, and many were the com- parisons made by weather-wise and hoary-haired | old Jolks with iormer Christmas seasons. Desp the high aud bitver wind, a large number of cutters | were driven on Broadway by gentlemen who | usually make their business Calis in their carriages, | and there were also some bold adventurers who careered behind fleet horses through thePark and | the Lane, heir homes, and the shivering steeds felt blessed | oO gain the conuorts of the stable, ea few SKATERS ON THE LAKES, warmly clothed in furs aud wrappings, and the ice, when swept of the su Was ib splendid cond tion; but, of course, the area Unat was open to learure-seckers duriig the storm was very small in exten ‘The disiculty of the majority of the people in get- ting down town was simply appalling. Few Win- ters of the pastin New York ever presented such exciting pictures 4s those of half the population of the city striving franticaily to make some progress through the driving storm, when at every for- ward step they sipped backwards and thus | exemplified the siory the country lad who was unable to to school until he turned about and walked with his face to- ward an opposite point. Those who lingered by There we When the flush of dawn fairly streaked the | | Wednesday and Thursday. But ail of them were glad to retreat to | frontage work Was at a comp | the bulkheads and the curbstones over five fe were In 642 covered with solid ice. The driits of snow are said to have been in some localities ninety fect in depth, and the ice against the walls of some of the old cities was heaped in such qnan- | tities as to cause them to fallover. ‘he Adriatic | was trozen in 850, In the years 892 and 898 the vines on its shores were killed by frost and cattle vere frozen to death in their stails, he severity of the winter of 981 caused an extended period of famine and pestilence, In 1207 travellers by the wayside in Germany died of the cold, In 1833 the River Po, in Italy, was , frozen from Cremona down to the sea, while the reads were rendered impassable by the snow: Wine casks burst and trees split with the frost, with a great noise, In 12344 pine forest was killed | by frost in Ravenna. In 1256 the Cattegat was frozen between Norway and Jutland. The farm. houses in Austria, in 1282, were completely buried | iu snow. In 1292 the Rhine was frozen, and 600 peasants cleared the snow away trom the path of the Austrian army. All the Italian rivers were fvozen ia 1314, and in 1884 the Rhine and Scheldt | Were frozen and there was ice in the canals of | Venice. In 1467 the winter was so intensely ‘cold in Flanders that the wine at Christmas time was cut with hatenets to be distributed to the solaiery, In 1694 forest trees in England split with frost. The Winter of 15: 8 remarkable for the fact that the starved wot were diiven by | the unremitting cold to enter the cities of Austria and attack men and cettle. The Zuyder Zee was | entirely frozen over in the winter of 1540, In 1776 the snow was very deep, and the Danube, below Vienna, was covered with ice five feet thick, In the winter of 1848-49 the mercury in the ther- mometers at Aggershuns, in Sweden, was frozen fast, the temperature being more than thirty-nine degrees below zero. OUR “COLDEST DAYS.” Mr. Getson furnishes the following record, which was never before published, of the coldest days that have happened in New York since the winter of 1840, Itis given in tabular form, and may be ae with the temperature of yesterday and of Christmas :— | ' Year. Day. sobcsbal elie otk cheonenensabesse Yesterday the cold was not so intense as it was | keen aud searching, There has never, however, | in the recollection of any one living been a Qbrist- mas or a St. Stephen's day so severe as were On the 2ist of Decem- ber, in 187i, the mercury at seven A. M. stood two degrees above zero, but on Clu thirty-eight degrees above zero, aud the same on the day atter. On the 22d of the present month it was at twelve degrees. terday the following Were the results of the obser. vations made and given as compared with those of Wi1:— CHRISTMAS DAY, 18t1 i Average temperature... Average temperature WAKE YCAT...cceeee 1871, age temperatare yesterda Average temperature for corresponding da last year. oo ‘The ferryboats towards the in the evening were somewhat delayed by the tee in the river, and the fact that the darkness was 80 thick that to avoid collisions With other vessels was a very dificult matter. 3024 Along the ¥ te standsill, while the b ter The corner rough-e the cdge o tin streets were almost groggeries were densely i workingmen. Drilts had formed alo: ted depth, and to cross the way men had to wad “through the snow up to theirhips. Many stores were closed in the lower parts of the town, where the narrow thoroughfares were simply imparsatle for vehicles, Women were scarcely to be seen iu the streeta, At hall-past elght in the evening THE STORM ABATED, but the snow was then about three feet in depth, The street cars were run during the nigut with reat diMculty, and many of them were blockaded for some how The wind continued to Mow, and the flakes were sent gyrating through the air with the wildness of furies, It grew gradually colder towards midnight, tlhe wind being keener, aithough the thermomerer since o'clock had ‘their firesides with the fond hope that it would be easier by and by for them to get to their places of bas ness were sadly disappointed, for the unab a dailing of the suyw aud blowing of the wind were not varied from ten degrees above zero, THE MAILS from all parts of the country jayed, ‘Lhe Bostoy mail, dyy Wednesday night a mas day it was | On Christmas and on yes- | close of the day and | were very much de. | y had not been received at ten Oreloek Last i t. Neither the Southern mail nor the Northern or Western mails had been received tot Rae td the New eerand Ie the Superintendents of isen Biver railroads saying that it would ba Impessinie $0 send ou. the neval ie Seaind, 40 the mails Ton River, Penne etvatin Central, Phi aaleiphta, Wil ni |- ington and. Bate all the Long Island mington and Ba! rimores ahd raijroads were blocked up, ‘ THE ERIE roe raat : left here yesterday mornin, clock e ing the eatire veut ha hed Your , haf wee on! . A station, just be; Sencha te althot it three Joco| Iront and two behind, The Erie R; cet way consolidated last evening a4 halepast six three of tuelr trains at Jerséy City and started them with five locomotives. From Easton, Pa., Mr. Duryee received the fol- lowing despatch :— Our train abandoned, Will leave at seven A. M. ¥. E. SILGREAVES, Rallroad Agent, The only mail which the Superintendent expected last night wasthe Washington mail, due hore at half-past six yesterday Cie but up til twelve o’clock it had not arrived. Mr. Duryee said that the storm would cause two or three days’ deten. tion in-sthe mails, “It will take us till Sunday be- fore we can get over this,’ he said. THE ENTIRE BUSINESS CGMMUNITY. suffered, Men who expected remittances from the South and West came wildly to the Post Office and dewanded their letters. There was scarcely a | business firm in the city which did not feel the eifect of the storm, THE STORM IN BRCOKLYN. “The heaviest storm, sir, that I’ve seen in years;” “This is an old timer; “How is this for high?” “One of the snow storms you read about, young fellow;” “How ia, this, eh?” “I pity vessels on our coast in this sque),” and @ hundred similar remarks grected the pedestrian as he ploughed his way from knee to Waist deep in the great white Nakey padding whith covered the lap of Mother Earth in Brooktyn yestemlay. Indeed, judging from the semidleserted condition of the streets, none ventured out other than those whose business was of a most imperative nature, The appearance ofa woman on the streets was hailed as something remarkable; yet there were a few out to verify the growing independence, as it were, doubtless, of the sex. The storekeepers were dis- consolate in the ‘extreme, having nothing to oc- cupy their attention or replenish their exchequers. The horses—poor, miserable, spavined stock of the Brooklyn City Railroad Company—panted, and not unfrequently fell in their harness.as they dragged great crowds of damp, bedraggied passengers over the snow covered tracks, THE CARS were run on the Court street, Myrtle, Fulton, Flatbush, Greene and Third avenue lines at inter- vals of half hour, four korses only being used, ‘the snow ploughs, drawn by ten horses, convales- sents from the Epizooty Hospitals, were whipped up and down the lines the live-long day, and did the best they could to clear the track, But the task was an up-hill one, and the day was one of equine calamity. The cars stopped running at five o’clock, An immense army of sialwarth men and boys held themselves in imputient reserve jor the signal to charge on the SNOW-COVERED SIDEWALKS and the pockets of householders. The wished-for signal for action—a cessation of the storm—was ng delayed, however, as the flukes fell thick and fast the entire day. A few brave bearts there were among storekeepers, who, tired of the monotony of glancing listlessly at their unpatronized stock, frantically seized a shovel, and, buttoning up their coats “went at it with a will,’ to clear the snowy hillocks from in front of their premises. These were RARE INSTANCES OF ENTERPRISE. On the roadway the car tracks were more popular pathways with pedestrians than the sidewalks, Several of the telegraph lines (police) broke down, inconveniencing those who had recourse to its use, It may be safely summed up that the verdict of Brooklyn is that the memory of the most vener- able sojourner within its precinets runneth not back to that period which surpassed yesterday in the severity of its snow storm. TRE STORM ON LONG ISLAND. cesar estas Railroaa travel was practically suspended yes- terday aiternoon and evening on Long Island. On the Flushing and Northside Road three engines were attached to each train, and even then the trips were few and irregular, The depot was crowded with passengers waiting transportation. A train on the Long Island Road is snow-bound between Thompson and Brentwood, and up to seven o'clock last evening had not been heard from. It was due at Hunter’s Point at half-past twelve P. M. An engine, with a snow-plough attached, was sent out to clear the track, but was unable to make any progresa, in consequence of which no trains left | Hunter's Point for the interior after twelve M. esterday, The Southside Road was able to make ut few trips, and late in the atternoon travel had been suspende.l almost altogether, A METEOR SEEN AT HUNTER’S POINT, The people of Hunter's Point were startled yes- terday afternoon at the appearance of an uncom- mon sight. About half-past five, when hundreds were returning home trom thelr work in New York, the eastern horizon was all of a sudden lit up. It is described as beautiful in the extreme. People ran out of their stores and houses to view it. The storm was raging with all its fury at the time, which made the sight all the more interest- ing. No report was heard, but it is generally be- licved to have been a meteor, THE WEATHER ELSEWHERE. ene Terrific Snow Storms in the Eastern, Western, Middle and Southern States—Fearful Squalls Along the Great Lakes and on a Por- tion of the Atlantic Seaboard. Hilinots, Ciicaco, Dec. 26, 1872. About six inches of snow fell here since eleven o'clock last night. It drifted considerably, but it | is believed that it will not interfere seriously with raliroad travel, as the snow is very light. Indiana. INDIANAPOLIS, Dec, 26—-2:30 P. M. Thermometer twenty-one degrees above zero; weather cloudy; it is now snowing. About five inches fell Jast night, Kansas, Parsons, Dec, 26, 1872, The present weather is the coldest ever ex perienced in Kansas. The mercury is cighteen de- | grees below zero to-night. Canada, TORONTO, Dee. 26, 1872. Asevere snow storm set in yesterday and still continues. The trains on the different railroads og behind time. The weather is intensely cold. Maine. PORTLAND, Dec, 26, 1872, A heavy snow storm commenced here at half-past three o'clock this afternoon. Tke wind is blowing | almost a gale, and the snow is drifting badly. The train from Boston due here at five o'clock was two rs late, and the train wh left there at thre | o'clock is stuck at Ipswich, with two engines, aud | no prospect of getting through to-night, BELFAST, Dec, 26, 1872, ‘The residents of this vicinity are experiencin, | the most severe weather since the memorable col ; term in January, 1857, Yesterday the thermome- ter was twenty degrees below zero, and to-day It is twelve degrees below, The railroad is blocked | by drifted suow, and no trains have arrived since Mouday. Massa usetts, . Bosvon, Dec, 26, 1872. A thick northwesterly snow storm has prevaiied all day and 4hreatens to continue. snow have fallen. | Rhode Istand, PRovIDENCE, Dec. 26, 1872. | The snow storm which commenced early this morning continues at nine o'clock this evening, with no prospect of abatement, are all behind, The train from Poston has just ar- rived. The afternoon train for Boston has put up at Mans . No b for New York leaves this city or Stoning- ton to-night. ‘The street car tracks are kept clear by plougiis and cars ruu occasionally, | New York state, | KINGSTON, Dee, 26, 1872, | The coldest weather known in several years has been experienced during the past three or four 1 ian York gt four o'clock P. Meena the Pough- e0) Six inches of | Rallroad trains | days, the thermometer having ranged very little | above zero, and to-day going down to six degrees below zero, Yesterday was the voldest Christmas remembered here in many years, The ice inthe river is firm ond solid, end heavy teams with loads have crossen with perfect salety since yesterday forenoon, A terrific snow storm raged to-day and this evening, and shows no sign of abatement. It is accompanied by flerce northerly winds. Travel ofall kinds is interrupted, the roads and streets | being nearly impassable. The railpoad traips and | Morgan & € street cars are unable to force thelr way with any regularity. . Poucuk: 1m, Dec. 26, 1872. oonnnanr ae acto ae sree River r The cial express, ch left here 2 at twenty minutes past weer clock P, at., aac at express, whic! left here at one o'clock P. M., both bound sout now lie near Garrigon’s, snow-bound The Spoca: New York ex] due here, Soing sone, at forty- five minutes past four o’clock P. M., still lies here and cannot go on until the mor! The North- western express, which left New York at forty-five minutea ten o'clock A. M, lies at il. The Montreal which H le special wince !eft New York at two P, M., He at Montrose station snow-bound, Four locome. tives will be hitched to the Montreal trots, aamps will be made to 7°" it through. cessful, thres iucomotives “will be hitched to Pougb’¢epsie special, which will follow. horthwestern express at Poughkeepsie has three ones but cannot move. All other trains, by order of Superintendent Toucey, have been ase continued for the night. It has ceased snowing and the wind hag abated. The snow drifts are very heavy. The Hudson River ig closed solidly as far south as Tarrytown, and every ferryboat on ‘he river be- tween Albany and Yonkers has ccased running except the one av Newburg. The ice in the river here is eight inches thick. Above here prepara- tions have already been mad¢ to harvest the ice crop. The mercury stands at zero. A passenger sleigh, with five or six men and @ boy in it, got lost. the storm while crossing the river at Rhinebeck to-night. Aler wandering about the river in the snow drifts for three hours, the mules drawing the sleign walkea into the open ferry track, dri ing the sleigh after them. e parties in the sleigh were all thrown into the ‘water, but managed to crawl out on the ice, and their shouts for relief attracted attention and the; were taken ashore, The boy was badly frozen, an: his boots and clothing had to be cutomfhim. One or two of the men Were also frozen badly, but it is thougit that all were out of danger, The mules were drowned, ALBANY, Dec, 26, 1872. A very heavy snow storm prevailed here ail day. The thermometer for the past three days has been down to and below zero, the lowest point reached being eleven degrees below zero. The weather is more moderate to-day. The railroad trains are all behind time, BUFFALO, Dec, 26, 1872. A strong easterly wind accompanied by a snow storm, for the last forty-eight hours, has driven the water out of the Niagara River into the Lake, until the supply pipes of the city water works are en- tirely above water, New Jersey. PATERSON, Dec. 26, 1872, Travel has been entirely stopped on the Erie Ratlway on account of the heavy snow storm all along the eastern division, Only one train left here for New York since noon, and only one has arrived from New York. The twelve afternoon trains were abandoned, including all through trains. All trains on the Paterson and Newark Road, on the Midland Road and on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Road (Paterson branch) were abandoned this afternoon, Three locomotives have just brought in a train 0 hogs and sheep which was stack fast in the snowdrifts west of here, Strenuous efforts are making with a score of engines to keep the road clear. It is still snow- ing lightly and drifting. TRENTON, Dec. 26, 1872. The snow storm was very heavy here and all traius have been snow-bound. Nos. 46and 72, that left Philadelphia at. lA. M. arrived here at 5:05 P. M. ‘They were sent through combined with three engines. Nos. 29 and 33, that left Jersey City at 8 A. M., left here at 5:05 P.M. with two engines, No. 39, which left New York at 9:30 A. M., left here at 5:46 P. M. with two engines, No. 19, which left Bordentown at 8 A. M., arrived here at 5:50 P. M. One train was stuck fast In Trenton tunnel and it took three engines to pullit out, Trains are ali blocked on the Jersey side to Philadelphia, The snow is two feet deep, ‘The storm abated at six o’clock this evening. Pennsylvania. PHILADELPIIA, Dec, 26, 1872. The severe northeastern snow storm still con- tinues, and the strects are .aimost impassable. “Many street cars have been compelled to suspend Oper emOne ‘The prospect 18 that it will continue all day. A man was found last night frozen to death, PirtspuRG, Dec. 26—2:30 P. M. Wind northwest and light; thermometer twenty- five degrees above zero, About nine inches of snow have fallen, ScRANTON, Dec. 26, 1872, A heavy storm has prevatied all day, during which twelve inches of snow ieil. Delaware. Lewes, Dee. 2¢, 1872, Asevere gale from the north, with snow, com- menced last night and still continues, though the wind has moderated, The steamer Artisan broke from her moorings and drifted ashore on the beach opposite the town. No other damage hus yet been repoited, Maryland. | BaLrimore, Dec, 26, 1872, | A heavy snow storm set in yesterday afternoon and still continues. Atl the lines of city railroads are running hall the usual number of cars. District of Coiumbin, WASHINGTON, Dec, 26—2:30 P. M. The thermometer is twenty degrees above zero. It 1s snowing, with the wind from the northwest. Virginia, KicumonD, Dee, 26, 1872, Snow fell in this city all day yesterday and nearly all last night, with a heavy northeasterly gale. i South Carolina. | COLUMBIA, 8. C., Doc. 26, 1872, | The heaviest storm of sleet and snow ever known in this section commenced falling at one o'clock ' yesterday morning, and continued about thirteen jours, delaying railroad trains, &c. Improvised sleighs of every description were brought into use, and to-day everybody is busy cleaning off the side- walks. The clouds portend snow again. Alabama, MoribR, Dee. 26, 1872. place, of the 16th and 17th instants, bas failed to reach here. Several later dates have been re- ceived, ‘The delay causes great inconvenience, Tennessee. CHATTANOOGA, Dec, 26—2:30 P. M. The thermometer is thirty-four degrees above zero, and there is very heavy ice in the river. Everything 1s covered with ice. There wasa heavy sleet storm all day yesterday and all night last night. Itisrapidly growing colder, The wind is from the northeast, SHIPPING NEWS. a Almanac for New York—Tals Day. NIGH WATER, Gov. Island, Sandy Hook Heli Gate, SUN AND MOON, OCEAN STEAMERS, DATES OF DEPAKTURE FROM NEW YORK FOR THB MONTHS OF DECEMBER AND JANUARY, |_Saite Destination. | ~ Ofjice, ‘Steamers. «| Liverpool..|15 broadway. 1../19 Broadway 7 Bowling Green 2 Bowling Green 68 Broadway. hl St Laurent, Wisconsin om SESE |Liverpoo Hamburg. 16 Li 4..| Liverpool. .|15 Broadway, §--/ Liverpool. 19 Broadway, rf fi M. 7 Bowling Green i. 2 Bowling Green 4 Steamship City of Limerick (Br), Jamieson, Liverpool— G Dale. Steamship Holsatia hardt & Co. zs Steainship, Columbia, Steamship Co. Steamslip Gen Barnes, Mallory, Savannah—W R Gar- risou, Steamship South Carolina, Becket, Charleston—H R 0, Steamship Old Dominion, Walker, Norfolk—Old Domin- ton Steamship Co, Steamship Niagara, Read, City Point and Richmond— Old Dominion Steamship Co. Steamship Nereus, Bearse, Poston— F Dimoek. , Bark Piscataqua (Br), Scott, Liverpool—J F Whitney & Co oiark Templar (Br), Crosby, Antwerp—J W Schmidt & 0. Brig Martha, Cassidy, Mobile—E D Hurlbut & Co, Schr Morford & Trubce Smith, Bridgtou—Penniston & (NG), Barends, Hamburg—Kan- Curtis, Havana—Atlantic Majl ott Wm Penn, Thompson, Charleston—Evans, Ball & 10. ARRIVALS. REPORTED PY THE HERALD STHAM YACHTS AND HERALD WHITESTONE TELEGRAPH LINE. Bark Nordkyn (Nor), London Nov 4, in ballast, to Funeh, Kaye & Co, Js' auchornd \y tha lower bay tor orders. Ship Chinaman, I H M Bir, Havre; brig Geruld, Foruanbacs anes ‘ BOUND BAST. Steamship Nereus, Bearse, New York for Boston. SAILED. Schr Lookont, Smith, West Isle, NB,.for New York, 10 ays, with fish to master, Shipping Notcs. ‘There were no arrivals yesterday, owing to the flerce northeast gale and snow storm prevailing. Several steamers are due, but if close by it would scarcely be prudent to run in in the face of the blinding storm, and any sailing vessels in the vicinity of the Hook atthe commencement would undoubtedly use their utmost en- deavors to get as far off shore as was consistent with safety. ‘The rivers are, with the exception of the regular ferry- oats, entirely desolated. These, except the Staten Island boats, made their accustomed trips, There isasyet buta small quantity of ice drifting about, but the greater part of what there is was packed solidly on the Staten Island shore, making it somewhat difficult for the boats to make their landings, The steamships Holsatia, for Hamburg; City of Lime- erick, for Liverpool; Columbia, for Havana, and several coasting steamers were to have sailed, but were obliged to postpone their departure in consequence of the storm, Marine Disasters. Sar AvKatHoR (Nor), at London 2d inst from New York, reports:—Nov 10, at 2 PM, while in lat 38 10 and lon 59, we passed a bark that was abandoned by the crew. She was painted black, with a narrow yellow. strit ainted white inside, cabin and forecastle on deck. Her igure head was a man painted blue, and a crown with a lion on the stern, The mainmast was broken two or three feet above the crosstree and the maintopmast cone overboard, as well as the mizzentopm rhe vessel was lying to for her mizzen nd mizzen staysall, and it would appear the crew had just left her, as we could see a ves- fel right ahend bearing off from her. The great bout was hooked in lines, so we suppose she Was leaky. Snir Jon Bryce, of Thomaston, Me, broke adrift in Penarth Dock and damaged steamers Lynx, Solent, Maggie and John Liddell, Swedish brig Augusta, and schr Symmetry in Penarth Roads. Suir Jurta (Br), Baker, from Charleston. at Nienwe Diep previous to Dec 10, experienced very heavy gales, during which lost sails and the ship received much damage... z Barx Svocess (Br), Wilmot, from Sydney, OB, for New York, put back to North Bydney Dec 15, leaky. Bria Sumerise—Capt Scott, of the brig Surprise. at Vineyard Haven, from Port'au Prince, for New York, reports that he was nine days north of Hatteras, and after making Barnegat was blown off to the northern edge of the Gulf Stream in the heavy WNW gales, and, not being able to get to the westward, bore up for Vi yard Haven; had two men frostbitten. Capt Scott says that the previous report in relation to mistaking Island for Little Egg Harbor Light was erroneous, and made by one of his crew in his absence from the vessel. Scur Gxo H Squires, from Alexandria for Boston, which has been reported abandoned at sea and crew taken to Halifax, is now stated to have arrived at Vine- yard Haven 24th Inst, and sailed from there on the 25th for her destination, Sour Saran 8, Tyrer, Phelps, from Providence for New York, loaded light,’ in getting under way in New- port harhor, Wednesday morning collided with schooner Waterfall, Cameron, trom Elizabethport, for Boston, loaded with pig Iron, breaking the latter's main boom and staving in her ‘starboard quarter and boat. The Tyler lost her Jibboom, Both vessels were towed to the wharf tor repairs, Scur DL Stunare, Chase, from New York for New Beds ford, loaded with pig iron, staves and apples, struck a rock off Hen and Chickens atternoon of 28d inat, and im- mediately commenced leaking, but by pumping and throwing over cargo she was kept afloat till near Pal. mers Island, below'New Bedford, where she was beached to keep her from sinking. The DI. 8 isowned by Capt Robt 8 Chase and others, of New Bedford, and Is partially insured, Rone Wirntam B, of Antigonish, was wrecked off Scat- terle night of 20th'inst, and two'of her crew were lost. ‘The remainder were taken off by the schr Jane Louisa and landed at Louisburg, CB, Sreawee Aatisan broke from her moorings at Lewes, Del, 26th inst, and drifted ashore on the beach opposite the town. Bristow (Pill), Dee 9—The Italian brig Saulle, Jac- carino, from New York for Gloucester, is reported ashore about the mouth of the river, with loss of anchors and chains. Canpirr, Dec 9—The Gefle (Swedish bark), and the Providence (Nova Scotia bark), for New York, tonled the Eldorado (American ship); the barks were’ dismasted \d all three seriously damaged. Gipnaxtar, Nov 30—The Nimwaukee (American briga tine), from > New York for Marseilles (petroleum). r ported Nov 26s having putin here with foremost sprung, jas discharged before proceeding for her destination. Hoxe Koxa, Oct 81—The Enoch’ Train, which arrived here Oct 20 from New York, encountered a typhoon Oet 2, in tat 17 8, long H7 E, during which she lost mainmast head, foretopgallantmast, ibd ad boats ec! ‘wept and cargo sisted into a safe anchorage, in Tsing gunboat, and ultimately tung (#). achean towed here by the Kwang- | from Liverpoot for | bowspript, The entire through mail from New York for this | d Liverroon, Dec 9—The Great Britain, for Doboy, has been in collision with bark Crystalline, from Cork, and adly damaged; she has been hauled into th basin, Birkenhead. The Imperator ‘Alexander IT, from New York for Queenstown, was, abandoned (as before reported) with seven feet water in her hold, on Dee 3, in lat 46, lon 13; crew landed here last night by the La Plata, from Ceara. Lowsstorr. Dec 9—The Norwegian bark Liburna, of Arendal, Pederson, from Sunderland for New York (rail- way iron), struck'on Newcome Sand at 11 o'clock on night and'sunk; crew took to their boat and landed on the beach at2 o'clock this morning, and were taken to the Sailor’s Home. Lissox, Dec7—The bark Restless, MeDonald, trom Bos. ton for Hamburg, has put in here leaky, with loss of some sails, cabin'Alled with water, water casks washed overboard, and jettison of part of cargo, Mitrorp, Dec 9—The Luisella (Ttatian brig), from Brin- disi, has been in collision with the Ahto (Russian brig), Baltimore; the former carried away Jibboom, cutwater, stem, forerigging, stan- 18 and bulwarks; the latter drove astiore on ehions. 1 Wear Point, in this harbor, but is expected to be got off with the assistance of tug. Extent of damage not known, New Beprorn, Dec 25—A diver, with ep paretas. went from this exty yesterday to Wood's amount | Hole, to ascertain the lainage done to the steamer Island Home reported as having struck ona rock at Nau- Poour, Dec 7—Passed, the St Louis, Pearce, from New York for Antwerp, aid landed the crew of the’ Redan, Mo- lan,of and for Lonion from Quebec. The Redan was aban- cl im iat 44 31 N. long 3524 W, with loss of rndder.and ly. The St Louis reports :—Dec 8, lat 455) N, ti , saw Italian bark St Angelo, from Newport for Philadelphia, weather fresh and cleat, laying to un- ler lower maintopsal and, thinking she was in BR, tacked and stood towards hér and found she had lost all port quarter bulwarks and some on sta side, but wanted no assistance. Crew came out of hatch, where they had probably been engaged restowing cargo. Porttaxn, Me, Dec 26—The schr Intrepid, of and for Portland, with iron, sunk about one mile south of Wood's Island. The captain, his wife and child were sick with the syiailpox. All on board were landed at Wood's is land. The schrs Virginia and General Tuttle are ashore, but will probably get off, A schooner painted white 1s ashore on Wood's Island, near Danvers Cove, and has been stripped. Tho steamer Iris has returned and reports that one of the schooners got off and would proceed to Biddeford Pool to avoid storm. Rorrerpas, Dec 9—The San Jnan, from New Orleans, is ashore at Helvoct with lose of fore and maininasts, and cannot be got off without assistance. Swanacr, Dec O—At 9 PM yosterday the German, ship Stralsund (general cargo), from Hamburg for New York, came on shore at Kimmeridze Ledge, with sails blown away and mainmast gone, where she will become a total wreck unless the weather improves. Her crew of 15, all told, were rescued next morning (Monday) by the Kim- meridge lifeboat Mary Heep, and 18 of them are here, being cared for by the Shipwreck Agent, who has supplicd their present wants and will forward them on to their Consul the first opportunity, Whalemen, Sailed from San Francisco Dec 17, bark Tamerlane, Fordham, to cruise, Spoken. Ship Edith, Goff, from Liverpool for New York, Nov 29, IaEnip Brookville Uy), Th from Li Ship Brookville (Br), Thompson, from Liverpool for New Orleans, Dee 2 oft the Mull orCantyre. Ship Robinson Crusoe (Br), McLeod, from San Fran- cisco for Liverpool, Nov 24. no'lat &e. Bark St Angelo (ital), from Newport for Philadelphia Dec 3, lat 45 50, lon 15 30. Foreign Ports. canter, Dec 4—Sailed, Horace Beals, Strout, Gib- A, Deo 4—Arrived, Etta Whittemore, Wright, Newport, E. AxtwrRr, Dec 6—Arrived, Pantser, Nielsen, Philadel- hia; 7th, Lucy, Grundell, Charleston: Constance, chroot, Boston: ‘8th, Argo, ‘Bruns, New York; Ocea Simonsen, do; %h, John Harvey, Lovell, Philadelphi: Orion, Frutterer, New York, Arrived in the river 9th, Mercur, Frivold, from Phila- delphia Sailed 6th, John Eills, Melven, Savannah. Arrived at Flushing 9th, St Louis, Pearce, New York, Saited from Flushing ‘Roads zd, Trio, Ohlsson, New York; Venus, Davis, Boston, Avstenpas, Dec Arrived, Edith, Douglass, Philadel- hia Piktoy, Noy 8—In port atoainship Surprise (Br), Shaw, from Shanghae for New York via Suez Canal, to sail next ay. Axster, Oct 21—Pacsed, Cutwater, Smith, from Singa. pore for Boston; Conqueror, Davidson, Shanghae tor New York; 23d, Beemah, Wakeham, Hong Kong tor do; Jessic Isabel, Mills, Yokohama for do; 26th, Etta Loring, ring, do for do; 26th, ArchiosDimelow, Hong Kong (oF do; 29th, Boreno, Walker, Boston for Batavia; Dirigo, Staples, Souraba; lor Boston. Bristor, Dec 7—Arrived, Blien Dyer, Leland, Cron- stadt. Arrived in Kingsroad 8th, Saul, Jaccarino, New York for Gloucester, Bonnravx, Dec Arrived, St Genevieve, Coquelin, New Orleans. Arrived at Paniliac 6th, Fram, Weisser, Philadelphia. Sailed trom Royan 6th, Alps @), Websier, New Orleans; Marie Charlotte, Mehouas, San Francisco, Betrast, Dec 8—Arrived, Semplice, legregori, New ‘ork. _ Buementaver, Dec 6Arrived, Koin (s), #ranke, New ‘ork. BSailed 6th, Inca, Wenderborst, Baltimore. Bouwensnaven, Dec 7—Arrived, Apotii Segebarth, Philadelphia (and les Rust, Dec 25—Arrived, steamship Washingt sau, New York for Havre. BAncriona, Dee 4—Arrived, Leopoldo, Ligures York; 5th, Claravelte, Tracy, do, . Brnnoa, Deo 6—Arrived, Mira, Gundersen, New York. Batavia, Oct 29—Arrived, Heiry Buck, Nichols, Bucnos Ayres, J Balled Oct 90, Clara, Nichols, America. next day. -Arrived, trom New ¥« erature tnateh cette Pensacola tnd anchored); Pierre Kuyper, Falck, Wile re ton d , eae ths roads, Astronom, Klopper,. me er A Nivel, Matador, Ewort, Philadel miaNoe*Retack, Tk War Cmning Wile, deaoe ‘s Eliada, Johnson, New York. me Deo d-Arrived, Abrahaiy, Brustadich, New" ork. Foocnow, Oct 24—Sailed, ship Guinevere (Br), Anthony,. ng onc ‘ren, Dec 7—Arrived, Weylandt, Mennella, Phl- eiphia. Bailed 7th, Gracie, Johnson, Darien, a N '299—Arrived, Daisy, McCarthy, New Yor pk (and cleared for Marseilles); Giovanni, Tulse, do; or Nov 30 Sailed, Lawrence, Howes, Boston via esata, Arrivea, Paralos, Chauvelon, New York vin Fuimoathe Tin aAubotstord, Cooper, Rio Janeiro; Erin (s), Lawson, London (and cleared for New Yor! Cleared 6th, Marie Lawson, Roach. Ardrossan nd United States; 7th, Frotens, Raton, ‘Cardiff ind Havana. | Tan ee arta e ee Wimancions f i ; ‘Salied 7th, Alfred, Schrocder, New York; Aurors, Abra- ja hamsen, Pensacola. Sailed'from Cuxhaven 7th, Josephtne Oulton, Oulton,. New Orleans (ince reported dismasted); Emily, Belch: mann, San Francisco. 1 Hexvorr, Dec &—Arrived, Jan Juan, Mahoney, New Or- jeans, HAeneroos (West), Dec 8—Sailed, Nyhamn, Lund, New: or Hong, ap, Dee 7—arrived, Arbitrator (s), Craig, Liver- pool (and salled for New Orleans). Hona Kona, Nov 12—In port ship Peradua (Br), Mal- calmsgns ior’ New York, ‘dg, bark Constantin’ (Br),, Christian, for Manila, to load for New York. 3 HioGa, Nov 18—In port barks Albuera (Br) for New York; Woodhull (Br! Gibson, for do—both fo load rays “Yavanh, Dee 2e—Arriveds steamshiPy City of Merida” wand, Dec r Ds a Vera Cruz; ’th, Morro Cas ‘Timmerman, New York fo tle, Morton, New York ssa. pulatarar, ‘Dec 26—Arrived, steamship Alpha (Br), from ermuda, Txo1o, Oct $1—In port ship Belted Will (Br), Braith. waite, for Boston. yeas Dec 16—In port schr Mary G Curran, for New’ ‘ork, ldg. rea water 16th, brig Romance, from. Navassa’ for Baltintore, LivEnroot, Dec 6—Arrived, Dr OJ Brock, Usterud, New: York; 7th, Annie, Lock wood, do; Sth, Cuba. (s), Moodie, do (and entered out 9th to return); 10th, Malta (9), Mc> Kay, Boston via Halifax. ‘learea 7th, oF na, Smith, Charleston; Arbitrator: oe Oram, New Orleans; 9th, Conterbury, Taylor, do. intered out 7th, Bel Stew: Boy for Boston; Lake’ St Clair, Lamont, New Orleans; 9th, Rowena, Watson, do; City’ of New York (s), Loc ‘New York; Baltic, Taylor. Ou Universe, Jones, Savannah; Rana, Larsen, imington. Loxpon, Dee 9—Arrived, Minia (s), Doucet, New York;: Diana, Johannessen, Wilmington; ‘0th, Roslin Castle, Penfold, New Ye ork. Cleared 9th, Elphinstone, Shantze, Pensacola; 10th, Czar, Connell, Dohoy. Entered out 9h, Medway (s), Harris, for Boston. Salted from Gravesend 7th, Constantine, Creeyy, New: ork. Lawtasn, Dec 2—Sailed, Hope, Frazer, and Neptune,. Edwards, Pensacola (both frome Glasgow)? 2 atansstiuxs, Dec 6—Sailed, Emmantel, Hansen, Phila- elphia, MataGa, Dec $—Arrived, bark This, Overton, New York, Cleared’sd, bark Syra, Corning, New York’; brig Ossi pee, Sprague, Messina, Macao, Oct 81—In port ship Oracle (Br), Humphrey,. une. MANILA, Nov 1—In port ship Horatio, Hardy, from Foo- chow, arrived Oct 26, w York. ared, Royal Standard (s), New ew York. Newcastir, Dec 9—C! Orleans; Latira (Ital) Newport, Dec 7—Entored for ldg, Josie Mildred, Maine, for Havana; Gusta Helene, Florenas, for New Orleai Nantes, Dec 6—Arrived, Georges Henry, Conrtois, and? St Aubin, Tual, Charleston, Narixs, Dec 6—Arrived, Serpentina, Vervena, New: ‘ork, Nixuwe Dirp—Arrived previous to Dec 10, ship Julia Br), Baker, Charleston. Nortn Syprey, CB, Dec 15—Put back, bark Success (Br), Wilmot, for New York, loaky. Porrsmourn, Dec 9—Put in, Cheviot (6), from Neweastio- for New Orleans, Porttann, Dec 5—Off, Geo Jenkins, Hilton, from Ant-- werp for New York. Parmnoxor, Dec 6—In tho roads, Madaline, Thomas,. from Charleston, Queenstown, Dec 8—Arrived, Tweed, Johnson, Baltl- more; Adolph, Sternbolt, Wilmington. Arrived 25th, 5 PM, steamship Samaria (Br), Billinge,. Boston for Liverpool, Boutnampron, Dec 26,8 AM—Arrived, steamslfip Ame- rica (NG), Bussins, New York for Bremen. wavy, LIV, Déc 8 Put into St Helen's Roads 7th, ship. lam Woodbury, Herriinan, from Shields for Bombay, SwinkMUNDE, Dew'S—Arrived, Fremad, Olsen, Philadel:- hia. PRNawanan, Nov N—In port ship Black Prince (Br). Inglish, for New York, dg; bark Clara Bubuyan (Br), Duncan, for do. Sailed Oct 24, ship Fontenaye Br), Taylor, Foochow, ta: load for London or New York; Nov 2, bark Adele, Con: ner, Nagasaki. Sinauanc, Oct 1S—Arrived, Rocket, Reatherstone, Sin: apore (and sailed 2ith for Boston, and passed Anjics ). Sailed Oct 18, Bengal, Bates, Passaroen' ysixaarous, Nov 7—Arrived, nnehala, Carpenter, jacasear. Scene 7T—Arrived inthe bay, Maury, Christian. sen, New York. SantanpeR, Dec 4—Arrived, “Mira, Gunderson, New- ork. ‘Trieste, Dec 8—Sailed, Virginia L Stafford, Curry, Mes: sina and United States. Texex, Dec 8—In the roads, Julla, Baker, from Charles. to TOROmAMA, Nov 16—Salled (not arrived, as misprintea),. hip Magnet, Crosby, L lon. i ‘Also walled Nov ll, bark Columbus (Br), MeNillic, San waka Amertean Ports. BOSTON, Dec 26—Arrived, steamship Rapidan, Howe, Savannah: briz Cora (Br), Henderson, Port Morant,Va. CHARLESTON, Dec 26—Arrived, steamship Mercedita, Marshman, Boston. Sailed—Steamship Georgia, Crowell, New Vork; brig Anna (Swe), Jansen, London; schr Myrover, Brown, New York, VORTRESS MONROE, Dee 26—Arrived, steamenip Ti+ bernian (Br), Watts, Liverpool via Halifax. for Norfolk | rigs Hedwig, Snow, ho Janeiro for Baltimore; Geor Fecibo for de. WESTON, Doc 19—Arrived, steamshin Metropriis, Nickerson, Havana. NEWCASTLE, Del, Dec 26—Arrived, barks India (NG), Lepschinsky, London for Philadelphia; Zulma (Br), Pat terson, Getie for do. 1 at aecy, Tsland—Brig Riverside, from Dubjin for Phi- jadeIphia. The storm is xevere and the ice heavy. PORT GAMBLE, Dec 16—Sailed, schr W @ Patton,. Howes, Callao. PORTLAND, Dec 24—CI Se schrs Rising Sun, Jones, nnan.’ Boge! Sav j—Bark A C Bean. -Arrived, steamship Mississippi (Br), Dantevy, Bos ton. 26th—Arrived, amship Sarmatian (Br), Wylie, Liver: ool. mecca Pes, aaecret ave, Sartre ichmond ; 22d. Calist r, an rian, Hunt New York; 24, 0 L Hix, Hix, do.” Sailed Zist, schr Florida, Thompson, New York. SAN FRANCISCO, Dev 17—Arrived, barks Mallvillo (Aud, Patton, Caling; Severn, (Br), Hastings, Newcastle, . via Valparaiso; Santiago (Br), Mills do. Clear rig Robert Cowan, Revele: Sailed—Steamer Aluska, Lachlan, ships Elizabeth Kimball, Keller, m chester, Arnolds, Queenstown; sehr Superior, Mollenda. SAVANNAH, Dec 26—Arrived, rchra Bessie Morris, Allen, Boston; Mary Patten, from Warren. Cleared—Ship Wild Hunter, Mowatt, Havre; schr La. moing, King, Rio Janeir i Sailed—Steamship Herman Livi Cheeseman, Now York: bark Angelos (Sp), Orquida, Liverpool. SALEM. Dec 2t—Arrived, schrs Warren Sawyer, Orie, Philadelphia; Leader, Barter, aud Sedonia, Alley, Eliza: bethport. VINEYARD HAVEN, Dee 25—Arrived, steamers Centi- ede, and Leopard, Philadelphia for Boston: brig Etta Maria: Onarlecton tor do “dost anchor in ‘Turpentine Cove)} schrs Muracaibo, Weehawkep for di ura, fouth ‘Amboy for do; Jas A Brow! Haytien for do! Silver Heels, Elizabethport for do; Ann Eliza, New York for do; F A Goleord, do for Seareport; J F Cnandler (Br. do for Parsborough; Nettle J Dinsmore, Philadelphia for jalem. Sailed—Brigs Chimborazo, and Bonnie Bird; echre hraim & Annie, Fanuie A Baile; eo H Saat (chia reported as having been abandoned at sea a pred at Halifax); Lucia B Ives, Twenty-one ice. BSOLUTE DIVORCES OBTAINED FROM DI¥- ferent States, lexal ever#where; desertion, &c.. sul ficient cause; no publicity réquired; no charge uath di vorce granted; advice tre: M. HOU A —H ALD BRANCH OFFICE, BROOKLYN, + corner of Fulton avenue and Boerum street, ‘Open trom 8 A. M. to 8B, My On Sunday from 3 to 8 B, Me DIVOR BALNED FROM COURTS of different States; legal everywhere ; no publicity; no fees in advance ; ad’ ‘ ner for every State. FRI , KING, Counsellor at-Law, 963 Broad way. EURITIC CONSUMPLION—BY DR, J, H SCHENCK. This variety of consumption Sopepae on an effusion into the cayity of the chest, trom mmation of the pleura, While the euene into the cavity of the eet co going on the lung mes more and more separate from the surface of the thorax, being gradually com- pressed by the accumulated futd until itis reduced to a very small size and more or less disorgan! in its strne- ture. While this is going on ulceration sometimes takes place in some parts of the pulmonary pleura and the cor- Fesponding substance of the lung, atid an opening is thie made into the bronchial tabes, through which the eMused seropurulent fluld is discharged by cough or ex; tion. When this takes j-lace, irritative fever, wit sweats, frequent couyh, emaciation, and, in. shor ordinaty symptoms of constimption supervenc. 1 form of Consumption is generally the consequence of Pleurisy, Itis characterized by a sense of oppression in the chest on lying down; diMeult and burried breath- ing in, ascending stairs, or muscular exertion; short, dis- turbed sleep; short, tickling cough, aggravated on first lying down; spells of hurricd and oppressed breathing alter speaking, and generally more or less soreness of the external surface of the affected side of the chest. The pationt is easiest when in a sitting posture, and, if re quested to take a deep breath while in the neee heer: he will generally do it with little apparent dimoulty, bu When he lies fat down, nnd draws aenh ne tig pe complain of pain, tightness, so , Kind ot {hconvenience'on thes est. Death often eccurs etora- suddenly, and is almost invariably | preceded by considerable swelling of the, lexs and tects In some Instances, after the ¢ fluid is rged a ‘ough ‘the lungs, the progress of the disease Pee ine ted nid the patient recovers to a tolerable eee hentthy When this ocours the affected side ot the chest contracts to a maniiest degree, forming what Lacn- nec describes under the, name of contracted chest. Un- iow the progress of the disease Is arrested the difflenity of becomes greater and greater, until at length breathing Peanmor ie down at Ail, and remains in (his woe Pea We dles. SCHENCK 'S PULMONIC SYRUP, SCHENCK'S SEAWEED TONIC and SCHENCK'S MAN: DRAKE PILLS are are the remedies that will cure this and other forms of CONSUMP SUMPTION, Prepared and for sale H. 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