The New York Herald Newspaper, January 2, 1873, Page 8

FIRE. ——— i The Fifth Avenue Theatre Com- pletely Destroy¢d. PROGRESS OF THE FLAMES. How the Fire Originated ‘and How ‘It Proceeded. BRAVERY’ OF THE‘ FIREMEN. List ofthe Losses of the Actors and the Management. At alquatter to five o’clock last night a fire broxe ‘sat im the Fifth Avenue Theatre that completely 4deatroyed that building and ail its contents, The ‘“fivat indication of the fire was noticed by Mr. Aaron Appteton, the treasurerof the theatre. As he was counting up the house after'the matinée, in the box oftice, he felt a quantity of smoke rushing through the register. Being desirous of finding out where the amoke came from, he called to Charley, the office boy, and directed him ‘to look into the theatre and see what was goingen. While the oy was away the smoke grew denser, and Mr, Appleton, realizing that a fire had started some- ‘where beneath him, hurried to the floor below. Rushing down the narrow staircase that led to the ‘vault where the furnaces were situated, he was met by @ volume of smoke and flame that —greveliea his penetrating beyond the door lead- émg into the space’ under the auditorium. In the excitement of the moment and being without any ‘other means, he pulied down the sign that used to stand over the box office and commenced to batter down the door with it. In a few minutes Kelly, the machinist, arrived with an axe, but before they could burstopen the door THE FLAMES BURST OUT over it. and compelled them to fly. Seeing the sheatre was on fire, and nothing could save the body of the building, Mr. Appleton dashed back to the box office and tried to get the money ont of the safe, Through the blinding smoke ‘and burning flame he pulled out drawer after drawer and emptied the contents into his pockets. He suc- ceeded in getting the receipts of the matinée and some other moneys, and was going back to-take ‘out the valuables in the safe when the firemen arrived and prevented him from going again into the building. The fire broke out, from what can de ascertained, in the furnaces underneath the box ©Mice, in the trout of the theatre. It then passed underneath the foor of the auditorium and SWEPT WITH TERRIBLE RAPIDITY to the stage. The draught from the front of the house was very strong, and gave a double fury (0 the fames. The watchman had gone to supper only a few minutes before the fire broke out. He fad carried with.him the key of the door that led into the back of the house, which Mr. Appleton tried to break down. The curtain :was down, the stage was set and everything was in order for the evening performance. When the flames burst through the flooring of the parquet they caught up the chairs and soon dashed into the orchestra- The woodwork of the partitions lent additional aid, and with renewed vigor the flames dashed over ‘the stage. The drop curtain lasted but a moment, ‘and the opening caused by its fall created a great current for the sweep of the fire. The handsome set that revealed Summer life at the Bryan Gylle Falls lasted but a moment, and ail THE BEAUTIFUL SCENERY the theatre possessed soon followed, At the time sthe flames attacked the stage Mf. Roberts, the scenic artist, was engaged upon the front paint -frame on the scenery for the new piece. Two of his assistants were with him. Finding escape cut ff from the front of the house, they pulled the sframe up to the Mies, and, scaling the ladder ‘hat led to the roof, got away over the #ifth Avenue Hotel, Mr. Roberts was dressed in his canvas painting clothes, ut when he got into the Fifth Avenue Hotel -Mr. George De Vere procured him things to go ome in. He narrowly escaped with his life. The aadling of the fies created a frightfai noise, and for sthe first time the people in the Fifth Avenue Hotel ecame alarmed. The thunder-dram smashed with ;@ report like acannon, and the bursting of the {yaain-box creased a PANIC AMONG THE PEOPLE faving in Twenty-fourth street. The machinery hat held the scenes over the sounding board tore gv ay.¢ great portion of the roof when it fell and @ Granght was created. through the building. The hheat.in the theatre was very fierce. The dressing @oojns0nder the auditorium seemed the root of t.vepire and the property room added considerab.e fuefito the fame. A current of air passing through | th ® prompt entrance on the left hand sid'e of the stage cansed the various bel. Wito ring, and the people on the opposite side of t, W street thought the fairy scene in the “Merry Wivy. @.0f Windsor” was being again enacted. As thee] ‘auantsety piled against the side walls tum- bled u pon the burning mass the Names dashed out in new ‘directions, and ina few minutes the rear wall fe @ in, The report made by the crush- dng of ‘this wall upon the burning heap beneath Woke the windows in the peighborhood and the o Wwnupants of the houses RUSHED INTO THE STREETS, fearing for ‘\their. lives. When the rear wall had fallen a larg €,POrtion of the mass of fire was for athe moment ‘atopped. The fames were for several seconds blinc 4, but the smoke increased in dense- mess. Soona ter the side wall adjoining the Fifth avenue gave Way, tearing with it a part of the hotel wall, “She ice house of the hotel ran out almost t) the theatre, and the roof then started into the hotel, and a part of the wall left standing when \Ale side wall of the. theatre fell hotel, narrowly esca being killed. One of the Kitchens and the Jar \e" of ‘Be HOTEL I, was uly .thaough the most seremuous efforts @f the = firemen that of the theatre was bei consumed the flames danced through the open. 8 in the front, Crowds most intense interest wa. ¥dnanifested in the fire. Messrs. Ringgold and Rx “kwell, who appeared re the centres of a go deal of attention from the hosts of eh. wr adminers, and jorge Clarke, One of the-fir Wi) persons who uo- ticed the fire was Mr. George » %¢ Vere) He made save some of the property, but L‘€ Was each time | repelled by the flames. ‘The low. We the sectors liad any insurance. Several theon wre afnoat Jast night about ‘ thought it originata\d wn the | stage; others were sure the scenei,y was the | Of that building \ ¥#8 eutirely taken oi. The flames tumbled in, and Mi * Darling, the proprietor of the are sit ated just pt Vifhis foo and against the the hotel was sa We While the rear of people gathered on a the corners, and the upon the acene shortly aft @ the fre broke out, tions were asked on‘ :@ll sides about three or four attempts to go i Wlothe house and and actresses are very severe, anu’ Lowe of them iaaing THE OBIGTH OF, THE FIRE. cause of the catastrophe; and ag Win , some | were inclined to" think the’ fire thet work of incendiaries. The almost simultaneo.¢ burst ing out of the fames all over the house Jooked so strange that numbers felt co: tiaced some malicious persons had set fi the theatre. The firemen were soon on, hana the alarm was given, and the men, as‘usual,e ang good service. Commissioners Hennes: Gal way were on the ground am orived | en, unceasingly to stop the progress of the These gentlemen held @ consultation Wit Engineer Sullivan at Start and Commissioner Galway 6! of the ftt+ny saving the building, tty Nelle wife be and he returned to wis, eo Bs meaee- appointment of his life. The snow and slush in the veets were no impediment to the sig! The; flocked te the scene in thousands, and it require the utmost sternness on the part of the police to keep them back, The Fifth Avenue Hotel was again at fauit. 08E THE WH were all‘wncoupled there when the fire broke ont, and QCommissioner Hennessy found one man en- deavoring to piay upon the flames through the broken bend of a hose pipe. Itis astonishing the people who control this house will not take warn- ing. ‘The merest chance saved’them last night, and but for the bravery and daring of the Fire Depart- ment it is questionable whether the hotel could have been saved. This recent epidemic in fires has brought forward most prominently the necessit; of increasing the force of the Fire Department, The work how done by the lice should be performed by firemen, an they alone should have control of fires, The police #8 Uncy are at present constituted are barely sufli- cient for their own work, and itis really crowding too much duty upon them to keep them standing for hours aronnd a fire when they should either be resting or looking after thieves in their localities, The present MISTAKEN FINANCIAL POLICY of the city government prevents anything likea pee disposition of this most ‘department ir this respect; and it is to be hoped the Commi siouers will be consulted with and proper additions made to the Department by the next Comptroller. One noticeable thing about the Fire Department Is that the Commissioners are always to be found on the ground of a large fire, unlike our other heads of departments, who content themselves with ling in all the money they caa lay hands upon tment run itself, sTHRE FIRE IN THE THEATRE occupied less than one hour, and in that time the whole construction was @ mass of ruins. Mr, * Daly lost all his valuable wardrobe and library, as well as the fittings in the theatre. Mrs Gilbert was One the heaviest sufferers among the artists. She lost all her la- monds and a large portion ef her ward- Trobe, She estimates her loss at $6,000, Miss Clara Morris lost some magnificent costumes and stage jewelry. The lady was so distracted by the news of the fire she could not estimate her Joss, but itis snpposed by the actors in the theatre she lost at least $2,500 worth of property. Miss Fanny Davenport, according to Mr. Appieton’s re- port, was the heaviest loser among the ladies next to Mra. Gibbert. Mr. George Clarke, the rising ruler of American dramatic taste, lost all his modern wardrobe and a large portion of the elegant costumes he wore in the old comedies. He estimates his loss at $1,600. Mr. Ringgold lost modern wardrobe he valued at $1,300, and Mr. Rockwell, the elegant, supposes his loss cannot be much beneath $1,100. Mr. DeVere and his wife Miss Nellie Mortimer suiferred a loss of $800, and Mr. James Lewis lost property valued at $1,200, The actors in the theatre not only suffered the loss of their wardrobe, but the balance of the sea- son is useless to them. And it is to hoped some substantial aid will be given to them, for they are each and every one favorites of the public. A strong feeling of sympathy was shown for the actors last night, and it is to be hoped it will be kept up. The property Songed to Mr. Amos F. Eno, and the heatre to Mrs, Lucy D. Fisk. The estimated loss by the tire is $275,000. A subscription list was started last night in the Fifth Avenue Hotel for the benetit ot the actors. It was headed by Mr. William Wilkin- son for a handsome sum, Description of the Theatre. The Fifth Avenue Theatre, which was utterly destroyed last night, was originally erected in 1867, a8 an uptown “gold room,” for the gratification Jose enough money down town during the day lighted, on the site of the stage entrance to the Old Hippodrome, the clamor and discordance were almost infernal, After the gold fever had abated the house was let to George Christy, as a negro minstrel hall, and classic -per‘ormances of the burnt-cork character were given upstairs, while on the ground floor a@ large billiard hall flourished and billiard balls were shot to and tro. Negro minstrelsy failed here and so did bil- Mards, and it was let out to a variety show, which failed in most miserable sucession. In January, 1869, the theatre was altered, and, in fact, it might have been said to be nearly rebuilt, by John Brougham ostensibly, although it was James Fisk, Jr., who furnished the money, he being the real proprietor, as it appeared to the public eye ina very short time, when Mr. Brougham’s name dis- appeared and when Fisk’s name glared forth in boldletters. On the evening of Monday, January 25, 1869, the new Brougham theatre was opened to the public vith the two-act comedy of “Better Late Than Never,” written by.the manager himself, and the burlesque of ‘The Dramatic Review of 1868." A handsome and substantial awning was the first nag noticeable to the stranger at the front of the building. There were three doorways, with @ lobby having @ neat tiled pavement, and from this lobby, on either side, a handsome biack wal- nut stairway led to the upper circles of the house, On goiug up a step or two, and where a red door was swung open, gilded panel mouldings dis- covered themselves, and the aspect was very cheerful. The seats were arranged in semi- circles, and the chairs had white frames. The Walls on either side were wainscotted in 0'k four feet high, and above these oak surfaces were rows of dazzling mirrors. The balconies were guarded with a handsome wire vinework, painted white and artistically picked with gold. The dress circle seats were similar to those in the gone having iron frames Rane white, with upholstery of pink diamond leather, The ceiling was beautitully panelled around the ventilators, From the centre of the ceiling depended a handsome chandelier, with some forty handsome porcelain burners, the light from which was reflected by innumerable crystais | and glittering pendants, by which the body of the chandelier was hidden. At either side of the andi- torium, adjoining the proscenium, were three boxes divided from the rest of the house by iron-lattice work painted white and gold, behind which were sliding curtains of crimson silk chatelaine. The paranes was where the floor of the billiard wae formerly, and the dress circle was where the parquet of the negro Minstrel Hall was formerly. The stage was forty- five feet front by fifty feet deep. ‘The stage had some resemblance to that at Wallack’s. being flanked by columns, with carved scroil-work, painted in white and gold, with a background of rose pink, Mr. Daly had a very handsome drop- curtain painted lately, The mechanics’ lofts for working the fies were on either side of the build- ing, with a level on the dress cirele, and the scene painters held possession of the galleries further up, on a level with the family circle, The carpenter’s shop was still higher up, over the auditorium, and in front of this’ were the costumers’ rooms. The dressing rooms, green room and property rooms were located under the auditorium, and were keptin avery neat and orderly state. There were ‘eat number of traps on the stage, and the machinery was very | complicated, All the flats of importamce were constructed on single frames, and were lowered down or hoisted up instead of being run of in | grooves, The arrangements for working the lights Were quite novel and worked extremely well. ‘The | building was valued at about $200,000,and belonged | to the estate of Mrs. Lucy D. Fisk, the widow of Colonel James Fisk, Jr. The Plays Produced at the Theatre, On the 25th of January, 1869, the Gold Room was metamorphosed into Brougham’s Theatre, with | James Fisk, Jr., as proprietor, John Brougham | as lessee and James Schomberg as manager. An original comedy in two acts, entitled “Better Late Than Never,” was then produced, the principal actors being John Brougham, George Stoddard, Efile Germon, Eliza Newton, Charles Hale, Edward Lamb, Clara Fisher and Annie Firman. The bur- lesque of “Pocahontas” was put upon the stage in the following February, and was succeeded in March by “Jennie Lind,” in which Miss Jenne Kimball played, on the 8th of, March Brougham’s burlesque, “Much Ado About-a Merchant of Venice,” was enacted, and was fallowed by “His Last Legs,” the final per- formance of which, on March 29, closed Brougham’'s engagement. During that month the receipts of reached $24,209, @n Monday, April 5, Fisk—~having deposed | Brougham—started with opéra bo&se, Adolph Birg- id | felt as manager. “La Périchole,® with Tostee Irma, Duclos, Aajac, De Cre and Le Duc in the caste, was first played, and the house was re- named, belug cadled the Fifth Avenue The- etre. “La Grande Duchesse,” “Barbd Bleue,” Jed up into the PALM f. ai. us en Enfer,” “La Belle Meléne,”* Avenue Hote) to direct the movements of the men Wetcnige seth ” “Qhanson de Fortin,” Mons. See ne, vials entre to acuueeey te) NU udry,” Le’ Maitre de Chapelle” and’ thetLer- mained in front of the theatre to see that the | . eis it tousned peek thee tn salt os toctee. prenident Micah Was acne oe | ™ "a Desclausas sung and the Morlacchi bailet m . he dise | gi trict encouraging the men and suggesting valuabie trou, % eee pat. at ihe orers vlosea ent ie Kerdan ane ‘aacoorh et ” apa wader Cap | 19, 1h. Ae asy, June 21, the Boston Combinatiort THE IMMENSE chowDe unser ‘which included Fred. Robinson, Kitty of people back from where the firemen were at work, and everything that was possible at the hands of both departments was done te save the building. Mr, James Lewis, the pet comedian of the town, arrived in front of the theatre shortiy atter the fire broke out, and remained on the stoop of one of the houses opposite during the burning. The face of Americus Toole was yu- Blanchara 8@B Theatre at “Dora” and + ay Strike” until the. id stewart Robson, from Selwyn’s Boston, were engaged and played ‘Black-Kyed-Susan” until July 3, when Wallack’s and played ‘ihe Long \ gteuok themeclves, toes “hind ~ Sugustin Daly rente: e tv Pn aie *,, W_ assumed charge, Robert- 800s “Play” was put VOD the boards by the new went to of the uneasy spirits who could neither meke nor time. They used to have a sort of an hospital to congregate in at night, and here, after the gas was the theatre had been only $11,295, while Wallack’s | the elie wing otrcoe: cast being employed Clarke, widge, J. B, are Gin in its Fendition venport, William Polk, Clara Agnes Ethel, Guibert ana “Dreams” led in iy October pe when Mrs. Scott Siddons made her début in “Twelfth Night.” On November 16 Mrs. Chaui peered to “Caste,” and during the ens en] pave Sir Giles Overreach, in “A New Way to id Debts.” “The Duke’s Motto’ was produced on the 20th of the following December, and on Janu- ary 12, 1870, Olive Logan’s “Surf” was presented to public approbation. On February 15 es Ethel appeared in “Frou Frou,” after which Sardou’s four act drama, ‘‘Fernande,” ran until July 9. ‘The Fall and Winter season ai the Filth Avenue ‘Theatre opened with “Man and Wile,” Harkins playin, eae ag Borne deer “Saratoga” was the sensation of Christmas, 1870-71, and was fol- lowed by ‘Jesebel,” “Married for Money,” “Used Up” and “The ritic.” “London Assurance’? ‘was temporarily resuscitated, and ‘“Delmonico’s,”* “No Name” and ‘The Savage and Maiden’? occupied by the boards until September 5, from hich date “Divorce” ran until October 8, “The Streets of New York” then had a short turn, and after that ‘Divorce’ wag revived, and was not Withdrawn until March 18, 1872, “Article 47° was Piayed from early in April antil the close of the lune season; afterwards the Fall season openea with “Diamonds,” Since September Mr, Daly has been reviving the old comedies with morked success. In‘ stant”? Mr. George Olarke made a decided hit, the “Merry Wives of Windsor” and a number of other ancient favorites were well received, and “False Shame,” newly imported from Eng!and, was at the zenith of its popularity when last pight’s conflagra- tion terminrted the existence of the pretty temple -of Thespis in which it was being enacted. A Tragedy of Five Years Ago. It was close to the entrance to the Filth Avenue Theatre that a tragedy was enacted on Wednesday afternoon, December 12, 1867, that excited con- siderable attention among Thespians, as tne two principal performers were members of the theatri- cal profession, A feeling of rivalry haa existed for some time between a negro minstrel named Sam- uel Sharpley or Sharpé, of the Theatre Comique, and Edwin Kelly, of Kelly & Leon's Minstrel troupe, Broadway. The two men met in the theatre and engaged in wordy warfare at the termination of the matinée at the Fifth Avenue Theatre. A fight ensued, in which Thomas Sharpley, a brother of Samuel's and Kelly’s partner, Leon, took a hand in, Samuel Sharpley struck Leon and the brother of the former attacked Kelly. ‘The result was that Kelly shot and killed ‘Thomas Sharpley, and was woundedin turn by a ball from the pistol of Samuel eeDlRy. A verdict of justifiable homicide was subsequently renderea in the case. Kelly re- covered from the wound he received and is now playing in some part of the United States. The Bill of the Last Performance, The following is the bin of the last performance given at the Filth Avenue Theatre. “The periorm- ance was & matinée :— NEW YEAR'S EVE, or FALSE SHAME, To be offered with entirely now scenery b: Roberts; new and ingenious mechanical ef by Mr Thomas’ Kelly; original music, including a “New Year Ci rol” by Mr. Harvey Dodworth, avd new costumes a la mode. THE CAST will include the following favorite artists :— Earl of Dashington Mr, D. Whiting Arthur, Lord Clifton, his son (Cornet in the Royal Bui»), Mr. George Clarko Mr, C. H, Rockwell { Mr. W. Davidge Mr, B. T. Ringgold Mr, J. HW, Kurneit Captain Karnest Bragleigh.. jowa deuter § Royal Busty Lieutenant Frank Percy Honorable Charles Ewart. i Philip Bragieigh’s man. r, Owen Faweett Servants, Visiiors and Choristers. Magdalen Atherloigh, ward of Lord Dashington, Miss Clara Morris Mra. G. M. Gilbert Mrs, Howard. Constance Howard. # Fanny Davenport id to Magdal ns Miss Nellie Mortimer mer Fete at the Rowan Gyll Falls, The cr ‘ew Year's Eve—Sceing the Oft Year out! ‘Acr I1.—New Year's Day—with « bad Wginning for all parties! “The difference between False Glory and False ame Between the flirst and second acts a lapse of six months, THESPIAN TEMPLES BURNED. Theatres, Opera Houses and Museums Burned in the United States. The following 1s a list of the places of amusement destroyed by fire in the United States since the year 1798:— Federal Street Theatre, Boston, February 2, 1798. Daniel Bowen's Museum, Boston, January 16, 1803, . peng: Street Theatre, Philadelphia, April 20, 20, Park Theatre, New York, July 4, 1821. Richmond Theatre, Richmond, December 16, 21, Theatre, Natchez, Miss., September 5, 1822, Bowery Theatre, New York, May 28, 1828. Lafayette Theatre, New York, 1829, i Caidwell’s Theatre, Cincinnati, October 22, 1830, Richmond Hill Theatre, New York, July 4, 1831. Front Street Theatre, Baltunore, january 5, 1838, Cook's Theatre, Baltimore, February 2, 1838, Mobile Theatre, Mobile, February 6, 1838, Bowery Theatre, New York, February 18, 1838, New Theatre, Charleston, 8, C., April 27, 1838, National Theatre, New York, September 23, 1839. Nationai Theatre, New York, May 29, 1841, St. Charics Theatre, New Orleans, March 13, 1842, American Theatre, New Orleans, July 29, 1842. Old American Theatre, Cincinnati, September 22, 842. State Theatre, Mobile, November 13, 1842, Providence Theatre, Providence, October 24, 1844 National Theatre, Washingt 5 March 5, 1840. Bowery Theatre, New York, April 25, 1845, Niblo’s Theatre, New York, September 18, 1846. Park Theatre, Néw York, December 16, 1848, ‘on Lheatre, Norfolk, Va., February 14, 1850, eatre, Lafayette, Ind., March 18, 1850, Wood's Museum, Cincinnati, July 15, 1861. American Theatre, Sacramento, Cal,, 1852. National Theatre, Boston, April’22, 1852. American Theatre, Placerville, Cal, January 30, 1854, Ghinese Museum, Philadelphia, July 15, 1854, National Theatre, Philadelphia, July 15, 1854. Placide’s Varieties, New Orleans, November 21, 854. Vannucchi’s Museum, New Orleans, May 6, 1855. Metropolitan Theat: n Francisco, Cal., 1857, ‘él. November 17, 1864. Barnum’s Museum, New York, July 13, 1865. Bowery Theatre, St. Louis, October 6, 1865, Butter’s American Theatre, New York, February 15, 1866, Pike's Opera House, Cincinnati, March 22, 1868, * Academy of Music, New York, May 22, 1866, Academy of Music, Cincinnati, July 12, 1866, | _ New Bowery Theatre, New York, December 18, 1866. Winter Garden, New york, March 23, 1867. Varieties, Philadelphia, June 19, 1867, Academy of Music, Albany, January 29, 1868, American Theatre, San Francisco, February 16, 1868, | Barnum’s Museum, New York, March 3, 1868, Butler's American Theatre, New York, April 8, 1968, | Theatre Comique, New York, December 4, 1868. | Olympic Theatre, New Orleans, December 23, 1 868, Olympic Theatre, Detroit, January 23, 1869. Opera House, St. Louis, February 28, 1869, Opera House, Dayton, Ohio, May 16, 1869, Theatre, Atianta, Ga., May 28, 186y, Metropolitan Theatre, Rochester, N. Y., Novem- ber 6, 1869, Variety Theatre, Helena, Montana Territory, No- vember 7, 1869, | : Gaity Theatre, Milwaukee, Wis., November 15. 819, Theatre, Galveston, Texas, December 3, 1869, Opera House, Latayette, Ind., December 24, 1860, Opera Rall, Indianapolis, Ind., January 17, 1870. 7 Varieties Theatre, New Orleans, December 1, | 1870. | Adelphi Theatre, Boston, February 5, 1871. | MeVicker’s Theatre, Chicago, October 9, 1871. Crosby Opera House, Chicago, October 9, 18 | Hooley’s Opera House, Chicago, October 9, |. Dearborn ‘Theatre, Chicago, October 9, 1871. Olympic Theatr hicago, October 9, 1871, | Niblo’s Garden, New Yor! May 6, 1872, ‘ Lina Edwin heatre, New York, November 28, 87 rnum's Circus, New York, December 24, 1872, Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York, January 1, 1873, | _ we | OTHER FIRES IN THE CITY. —_—-——— A $35,000 Fire in Broadway. Fire was discovered at twenty minutes to three | o'clock yesterday morning in the cellar of the | wholesale grocery store of 8. W. Geery & Co., 1,298 | and 1,300 Broadway, and before the firemen could | get the fames under subjection they extended to the first floor, where damage to the extent of $35,000 was inflicted on stock. The firm were in- sured for $70,000, in the Pacific, North British and Americaycompanies. The building is owned by u Hugh Smith, and was damaged to the extentof | Ha 5,000, Fire in Forty-cighth Street. Ata quartet past one o'clock yesterday morning | a fire broke outin the three story frame building N }2 822 and 824 West Forty-eighth street, occn- pied by Mra. Lockwood, $1,500; to furniture $500, | Fire in Forty-second Street. | At 8x o'clock last evening a fire occurred in the | brows! stone dwelling of 0. M. Clifford, 213 West | Forty-svcond street, caused by a window enrtain coming it contact with the gas, and damage te the extent oF 9200 Was indicted on the furniture, Damage to building Insurance unknown. SANDWICH ISLANDS. SAP earn a ee The Death of the King Announced to the People—His Educational Debt io Americans—Public Opinion of the Pros- pect of Annexation to t United States—What the Natives Think They Would Gain. By mail from the Pacific we have our files of Sandwich Island journals dated at Honolulu on the 14th of Deéember, His Majesty King Kame- hameha the Filth had just dled—on the night of the 11th ultimo—and the papers were already en- gaged in canvassing the probable result of the event, The subject of annexation to the Unitea States was discussed previous to the demise of the King. Death of His Majesty the King. (From the Pacific Commercial Advertiser (Hono- lulu), Dee. 14.) The vague rumors wh'ch had for a week past filled the public ear as to the condition of His Majesty’s health received a@ startling confirmation on Wednesday morning, when it was authorita- tively stated that he had been insensible through- out the previous night, He, however, rallied again at about eight o’clock on that morning, sufficiently to authorize the report that his symptoms were im- proving, but at ten o'clock he became again insen- ole, and expired at twenty minutes past ten, The disease waich was the immediate cause of the King’s death is now said to have been dropsy en the c the serious nature of which appears to have been either misapprchended by the medical attendants, and by His Majesty himself, or to ‘have been withheld, ” ‘ Forty-two years ago last Wednesday the Prince Lot Kamehameha Kapuaiwa, second son of Mataio Kekuanaoa and Kinuu (daughter of Kamehameha in the city 1), first saw the light of Honolulu, the late Mrs. G. P, Judd being the immediate attend- ant 0! the Princess at the birth. In company with the late King Kamehameha IV, @ number of other scions of the high chiefs, His Majesty, now deceased, was educated at the Royal School, estab- lished by the American Mission, in 1839, under the charge of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. tooke, and in alter years the King held his earlier teachers in the. highest regard. The late King was distinguished for keen judgment, firmness of purpose and sta- bility of character, and was an ardent Jover of his country. The Prospect and Consequences of An- mexation to the United States. {From the Pacific Advertiser (Honolalu), Dec. 7.) An editorial in a San Francisco paper directs at. tention to these islands under the heading of “Hardly a Prosperous Kingdom.” ‘The writer is evidently @ person tolerably well informed about that of which he discourses, and in some respects he criticises us fairly enough, especially when ho saysi— re is no epgaiat hostility to the present form of gov- nt It does not intiict any great ¢ upon the But it is apparent enough that there is a lack of nergy aut of that vitalizer rise which he most of great natural resources, ‘The lack of enterprise in developing our great natura! resources has been and still is our national Jaiting, to which we must attribute the unprosper- ous condition which we so keenly feel at home, and Which is attracting the attention of our neighbors. Our heritage is truly a good one, and needs only an awakening of dormant energies on our part, prop- erly seconiied by the government, Speaking of our national prospects, the writer goes on to say:— If the Reciprocity Treaty had not failed it would have stimulated the planting interest, especially sugar pro- duction. A betier reciprocity would be that which ad- mitted Hawaii on her own application as @ State into the Union. There would be an introduction of new blood, new capital and enterprise. We all know why the Reciprocity Treaty so nar- rowly failed. It was because of the jealousy of sectional interests on ater of some American politicians, the mean trickery of others and damaging misrepresentations sent from the islands, with other circumstances, to which allusion is how unnecessary, ‘That reciprocity would have vastly stimulated our prosperity there isevery reason to believe, and we believe more- over that a timely and judicious effort will yet cure it, The idea of the annexation of these islands to the Ainerican Union is simply out of the question, principally for the reason that whatever advantages might result would be all on one side. ‘The United States have no poeple need Of acquir- ing these islands. Not for our valuable waste Jands surely, and they have already ample harbors for naval depots on the Pacific coast. We-should be a bilbof expense to the American government, absorbing Meantime to our own advantage the above-mentionea “new blood, new capital and enterprise.”’ er 3 The Idea of Revolution. {From the Honolulu Advertiser, Dec. 14.) Shali we drit or shall we take @ new departure, aud with an approved helmsman, following a pre- scribed course, sail onward on the sea of national rosperity and progress? We have indeed been riiting, and now is the time to put our Hawaiian ship of State under right headway. Were we not drifting or dawdling, or what were the intelligent people of this community doing, when a constitu- tion granted by a “King of the Hawaiian islands, by and with the advice and consent of the nobles and representatives of the people, in legisiative council assembled,’’ was set aside for a decree, mis- called constitution, paves by “‘His Majesty by the ers of God King of the Hawaiian Islands t” We ad then no Charter Oak wherein to save our char- tered rights, or, at any rate, no “hearts of oak” to Withstand tyrannic power and save those rights in- violate. But they still live. The charter or consti- tution ef Kamehameha III. lives this day, and to its provisions and to the order which it would establish are we only amenable. There has been a vast deal of assumption by unscrupu- lous men fa our public affairs, It is high time that the people should begin to assume some- thing. Now, would it be an unwarranted assump- tion that, in view of the present state of public affairs, the people should desire a Convention to be called, or at any rate to have a new election of Representatives ordered, so that the Convention or Legislature which should assemble would be a cor- rect exponent of the public sentiment in respect to the new order of public atfairs which 1s to tollow? We deny the legality of tie Legislative Assembly that is called by the now acting Council of Regency, The Chancellor, with the Privy Council, exercising the sovereign functions, according to the provisions of the constitution whose legality we recognize, must issue an order for the assemblage of repre- sentatives of the people in a new gislature. Meanwhile the Counct! of Regency, while tulfilling the duties appertaining to the vacant throne before @ new incumbent is seated, may very appropriately retain at the head of thetr several departments the able gentiemen who now have charge of the affairs of the Interior, of Finance and of Law. Our discus- sion and criticism is of principles, not men. But we want men. Do we not want intelligent, true men -at this exigency in the public affairs of this small but interesting country? We must have men to shape and move and stand by a true course—or still we must drift. SHIPPING NEWS. pO SEEI: WHITESTONE TELEGRAPH. os The New Yous Henry has constructed a telegraph line from New York city to Whitestone, LI, and the same is now open for the transaction of business. ‘The line will be found of great service to those having business with vessels passing to and from the Sound. every facility will be given to merchants and oth communicate promptly, As there is no other telegraph communication with Whitestone, the Herald Line will be open for all business and private messages, and the same attended to with all possible despatch. All messages must be prepaid. The following rates have been established :-— Private messages, twenty-five cents for ten words or less; two cents for every additional word. Business messages—For a message of twenty words or less, to be delivered on board vessels off Whitestone, one dollar; five cents for every additional word. Advertisements for the Naw Yorx Usnraup free. ovrices. Herald Office, corner Broadway and Ann street. Herald Ship News Office, pier No 1 East River. Herald Branch OMce, No 1265 Broadway. Whitestone Dock, Whitestone, LI. | ——— Almanac for New York=This Day. SUN AND MOON, HIGH WATER, Sun ris + 17 24] Gov. Isiand.....eve 11 28 | Sun sets.. - 445] Sandy Hook....eve 10 43 Moon sets......eve 8 59] Hell Gate,....morn 1 13 OCEAN S'TEAMERS. DATES OF DEPARTURE FROM NEW YORK FOR THB MO} rfhica, Thoringia 2..|Hambarg.. 161 Broadway. City of 4..|Liverpool../15 Broad wa; jew York ic. ‘ City of Bristot | Hammonia. City of Brookiyn. Itie ne 18. L 25. AH AVEO 6. on PORT OF NEW YORK, JAN. 1, 1873. j CLEARED, a Steamship Ocean Queen, Seabury, Aspinwall—Pacific Mail Steamship Ce. . awna 8 Lee, Kpringer, Wood's Hole, Mass—Ferguson Steamship Fran! (NG), Dehnicke, Swinemunde Nov n 39th, Havre Dec 6, vis Halifax 29th, with passengers to Chas Kammelsberg’ & Co, Westerly gales the whole . particularly Poe into Halitas iy of fuel erate a] x for a oly of ip fanteville, relly Savannah Dec 29, and jers to -R Lowden. passengers to PM, 25 mi h of Cape Lookout, passed steamsh City of Mexico, San Jacinto and Cliy'of Dallas; Jan i. 10 miles north of Barnegat, passed sip Missou Steamship Niagara, Read, Richmond, City Point and Norfolk, with and passengers to Old Dominion vetip Pomona, (of Glasgow), Bruce, Liverpool 60 4 omona (0! ow), Bruce, Liverpool ays, vin Fayal Dee % with mdse"to Henderson ros, ‘Made & northern passage, and had variable weather to Nov 20; terly gales to Dec 1; since moderate , lat 4830, lon 32, fell in with bark David jast, 1), Cunningham, from Miramichi for lon, waterlogged ; took off the captain and crew, 9 in number, and lande!l them at Fayal. Ship # C Winthrop, Smith, Antwerp 49 days, with mdse toJ Atkins & Co. Took the southern passage. ov 22, Tat 3720, lon 11.50 W, took a ver; heay; gale from WSW, which tacked to 8 and SSE, bl arfully ; at same i he vy sea setting in from N' caused Tie she, to 1 d strain terribly; at 6 o'clock the wind died 9 acalm,; barometer suddenly begun to rise, and the wind came out from NNW, and in 20 minutes dtoa terrible hurricane; rin the ship to the southward in’ & tremendous head sea, which she would southward in, a tremendous head sea, strike and seem toad double ; decks constantly flooded ‘ith water; squalls would come over about every half hour blowing that hard it-scemed utterly impossible for 1d 'M sounded the pumpsand canvas or spars to. found hes w: abated; Nov 27, 13, island of Madeite ‘bearin j.at_midnight the gale fon iT ig Wethe centre of the Sic, distant 100 miles, we ‘ad & meteoric shower, which commenced at dark'and Jasted about two and a half hours; the first hour there was, au near as could be estimated, from nine to twelve hundred meteors in the mn second hour, they gradu: ‘of them appeared to of fire, shooting through th but about one-fifth presented @ most shooting like lightning through the and ‘4 trail of fire resembling the back fire of A War rocket. Dec 24, lat, lon 7448, took a heavy gale from NK to SE and NW, which lasted for four days; 20th, was struck by three seas within fifteen minutes, which oy ied away part of forward rail, started the foretop- gallant Jorecaatie. windlass and pall bitts, causing the inain decks to leuk badly; has been 8 days north of Hat- ras eras, Bark Teresa (of St Andre’ days, with marble, &c, to Noah Pa and had fine weath rom thence G days, with strong Nand NW gales, Dec 20, Jat 27, Yon 69 30, spoke bark Mary A Nelson (Br), from Har- wich for Philadelphia, Bark Carib, Jayne, Bt Orolx 17 days, with old iron and 5 passengers to P Hanford & Co. Had heavy weather; was 7 daysnorth of Hatteras. Brig Tenerific, Tracy, Marseilles 5 days with mdse to Miller &Houghton. Passed Gibraltar Nov 18, and took the southern passage. Had fine weather to lat 32, lon 72; since fresh westerly gales, Brig F H Jennings, Sears, Rio Janeiro 55 gare. with cot- feo to LR Amsinck' & Co} vessel to Jed Frye & Co. Crossed the Equator in lon 39 W; had light NE’ trades to lat 88; then light SE and NE trades and fine weather to Hatteras: from thence 10 days, with heavy N and NE gales. Dee ll, lat 19 N, lon 5450 W, spoke’ schr Chimo, trom Norfolk for Demarara, 22 days ou! Brig Harty & Aubrey (ot Pugwash, NS), Briggs, St Pierre 17 days, with sugar to T'T & F A Dwight &'Co. Had moderate Weather; was 7 days north of Hatteras. Brig Carrie P, Whittemore, Cardenas 15 days, with mo- lasses to J M Ceballos & Co; vessel to Miller & Houghton. Had strong NE and NW winds; was 5 days north ot Hat- teras. Dec 26, off Hatteras, saw schr CF Young, from —= for New York. Schr Cornelia (Dutch), Hookerwart, Montevideo 65 days, with bones, 4c, to’ master. Croded the Equator Nov 9 in ion 30 W; had moderate weathor up to Hatteras; from thence 2 days, with heavy NW and NE gales. Sehr Henry Middleton, Brower, Jacmel 19 days, with coffee and logwood to H Becker & Co; vessel to} R Sta- ine weather to Hatteras; from thence 8 days, with heavy NE and NW gales, Dev 20, Int 29 40, oe ne spoke brig Ocean Queen, from —— for Wilming- Schr Olive (of Addison), Pluncket, Machias 15 days, with lamber to @ Holyoke; vessel to master. Had heavy westerly gales; split sails. The bark Brilliant, from Havana, which arrived Dec 31, was 10 daysnorth of Hatteras, with heavy gales from NE to NW; Dec 2, lat 39, lon 74, had a very ‘severe gale from ENE, accompanied by rain, hail and snow, and a tremendous sea, which flooded the decks, caused the ves- sel to roll heavily and leak badly; same day the wind shifted to NW and blew equally as hard. Oct 27, died in hospital at Havana, Henry Sapet, cook, a native ot Eng- land; Oct 31, Henry Lane,seaman, native of England— bo.h of yellow fever. i Leghorn 63 SAILED. Brig Daylight, for Demarara. Wind at sunset, NNE. Herald Marine Correspondence. Newronr, RI, Jan 1, 1873, The schr Willie E Perry, from New York for Provi- dence, loaded with logwood and other merchandise, went ashore on Canonicut Island this morning, and lies in a bad position, surrounded by Ice. The schr Ward J Parks, from Marblehead for Darien, put in here to-day with crew sick. She shipped a new crew, and will proceed. Marine Disasters. Barx Cnanzir Woop (Br), from Sackville, land, before reported ashore at the hack of been condemned, and was to be sold at auction on the 27th ult. Itis believed there Ix no insurance onelther vessel or cargo. Bann JR Dorros (Br), for Bremen, which caught fire on the night of Dec 28, tiad on board about 2249 ba Jand cotton, worth near $200,000. This is supposed to_be fully covered by Insurance in Northern and. forei; offices, with a risk at Charleston of $20,000 gold in the Orient Insurance Company. The origin of tho fire is unknown, as the part of the vessefin which it originated was completed in stowage about ten days ago, and had not been worked on since. Banx A O Vinar (Nor), Olsen, from Baltimore for New- castle, E, before reported at Norfolk 3ist ult in distre: putin'with pumps choked, She doesnot leak, and will only have to discharge enough cargo to find the trouble and ease the pumps. ‘Che captain docs not think I* nec- essary to return to Baltimore. Very little of the cargo is damaged, and that by water running through the hatch: way while endeavoring to clear the pumps. Bana Frances (NQ), ashore on Cape Cod, remained Ist inst in the same position as before reported, She Is being stripped of sails, rigging and light spars. ‘The sea Is too rough to discharge the cargo. Scnx Macare EK Gray, from Baltimore for Martinique (before Sy Mickel ut into Annapolis Dec 24 in conse- quence of her windlass becoming disabled. ‘The vessel lay in Annapolis Roads exposed to the pitiless weather, and four of her seamen, all colored, became so badly frozen that it was found Georg! to bring them to Baltinore, and they are now in the fnflrmary. receiving roper attention. The windlass of the Maggie E Gray as been repaired, and she is now awaiting & new crew, which would be sent from Baltimore at ouce. Scour New Dompniow (Br), from Portland for St John, NB, asho Grand Me had been discharged previ- ous to Dec 28, and the chances of her speedily being got off were good. A Mainrormast Scuoonen, with about 25 feet of mast above water, was scen on the 3ist ult by steamship Ame- us at Baltimore, sunk off Smith's Point, Chesapeake . for Eng- mpobello, x a] Boston, Jan 1—Another body from the wreck of the | po aos was washed ashore to-day near Highland ig' Nonrorx, Dec 31—The gchr Oliver H Booth hauled off Ocean View beach last Thursday, and was compelled to remain at anchor off the beach during the recent storm, but was towed up, to tho city Saturday night. In conse! quence ot her leaky condition she was run ashore on erry Point flats, where she will remain until ready to go on the Nadie The tug Nettie) heretofore reported ashore on Black- water flats, hasbeen gotten off, and has proceeded to Hamilton, NC, where abo is ‘engaged in. raising the steamer I D Coleman, recently sunk by running oo a. Gilpin, from Santos, and the English bark England’s Rose, from Rio Janeiro, in Hampton ads for ordors, have both been ‘slightly damaged by ing ice. The former will sail to-day for Balumore ter for New York. sc] ¥, tid to be the Monitor, where from and where bound unknown, is reported ashore inside of Cape Henry. ‘The Bakers sént their steamer B& J Baker to her assistance on Sunday. They discredit the intell!- gence, Miscell: Purser Wm Hathaway, Jr, of the steamship San Salva- dor, from Savannah, has our thanks for courtesies. We are indebted to the purser of the steamship Hunts. ville, from Savannah, for favors. Sav PRorenty—After about a dozen years of great de- Pression to the shipping interests of the country, we are able to make review of one of uninterrupted prosperity ar@ substantial improvement, During the year 1872 lufitimate causes have effected a prosperity in this Inter- est which at its beginning could hardly 'e been antici- pated, and this improvement being general throughout he great marts of the world is regarded as of a solid and eerpet| order, so that our. buil owners now eel encouraged to a degree they ha t realized since 1860. Whether it be attributable toa great increase in the volume of trade or other causes, it Is @ noticeable fact that there has existed a scarcity of tonnage during the ers ast year at almost ail the leading freight markets of the | World, and consequently frejgt Fates have. sreadily en | hanced In all directions, until they have reached w remunerative point, wi strong indications of continn ance the present In consequence, values ot ship, r. roperty are considerably enhanced, while the cost of Eonstruction has not increased; with these facts operating favor, and the evklent decadence of iron shipbuil Great Britain, we have most satisfactor: assurance or athorel ts during the past year have been motanly farge, and Include many well-known ships, ‘The building | Interésts of the country have greatly improved during year, and perhaps never were more active than capecianly do the eastward. Operations in this mar for the past month were very light, owing to the want of desirable tonnage offering. The demand is good full values, The only sales last month were :— Bark Onior tons register, built at Brunswick 1363, Inetalled 1860, $12.00; British brig Anna, Is8 tons regi: | ter, built at Bermuda 1856, metalled 1871, $7,500; brig Nel. lie Gay, 190 tons Ferister, built at Millbridge 1966, metalled A g Rackett, 9 tons register, built oar ae ee GATE $6,000; schooner ‘Ben’ Woriaild, 126 | tone ister, built at Damariscotta 1867 (metalied), — $8,000.—A J Maguire's Circular, New York, Jan 1, | xpria, Dec 30—As far up and down as heard from the Potoinac River presents an-tmbroken suriace of ice and snow, the ice averaging, to 18 ine in thiekness, and in the channel 1s as clear as crystal. Al- ough the weather to-day has been somewhat milder no derceptible impression has been made on the ice, and there is no telling, unless @ decided change takes place, | when the “break up’ will occur. Vingvann Haven, Dec 30—Brig Athalaska (Br), was towed out of the ice at the railway whart, where she has boen reloading her cargo of coal. "A portion of her cargo has been sold » from 7 ‘Whatemen. Cleared at San Francisco Dec 4, bark Live Oak, Whel- don, on a cruise, | ness “of this report, if the, fri Ni | PHILAD: fled from St Helena Oct 12, brig D_A Small, Lair, provi yetown, to cruise; 28th, bark rah, Foster, Ni, ; hark Ospray, Harper, do, do, ‘at Honoiniu Nov 22, barks Triton, Hepping- tie Ocean (and sailed Dec 2 to cruise); Heel, vames Allen, Kelly, trom San Francisco; 7th, ship Marengo, Barn roin do. ‘Balled trom do Nov 8). ships Raiabow, Gray, to cruise; , TN. ha a ee elgg cr pod . Islands Miltor Is dso bts ap oli dad ae wh oll: Nicer Grime a Be doe de mai, ooh rhc, a es H from ri he 1 bis ‘nin ait 00 do sine in’June. ‘Both the Niger and Milton, have lost their soccnd ae Sse Spa. copeiaing the mate of was flerwards found the beach oh Zenae, ana ee Russell will leave again tor the of ucuoea ig aaa oe alan Hince leaving the Bay, bo Db lnep and ot ‘do humpback oil: Ne DN Ny ae in-Shield, of Fairhaven, has taken, 1400 bbls Wh » all told. ‘The three last mentioned vessels have gone to Hobart Town for water, &c. Spoken, Bark Concordia (Br), Goudie, from Plymouth for Pen-- sacola, Dec 7, lat 46, lon 8 31. Foreign Ports. Avcxaxp, NZ, Noy 28—In port bark Coronills @Br);. Mensop, tor New York, Ig. ‘an RK, Dec 26—Arrived, bark Clansman (Br), Marr, Bal- ore. Caucurra, Dec 13—Sailed, ship City of Lahore (Br), La- mont, NewYork. Howouoy, Dec 18—In port ships Ceylon, Woods, from on. arrived Nov 21, for San Francisco; Syren, John- son, from Newcastle, NSW, arrived Dec 10, for New Bed- ford; bark, Excelsior (Br), Edgar, from Liverpool, ar- rived Noy 21, for Starbuck Ysland. Arrived Nov 30, ship Alice Ball, Guest, Newcastle, NSW 5. Dec 15, steamship Dakota, Ingersoll, San Francisco. need Nov 25, steamship Nevada, Blethen, Auckland, Movittx, Dec $1—Arrived, steamship California (Br), Craig, New York for Glasgow (and proceeded). Quexxstown, Dec 3l—Arrived, steamship Clty of Ant- rrerp ,\Br), Eynon, New York'for Liverpoal (and pro- eer 5 * Sournamrron, Dec 31—Arrived, steamship Woser (NG),. Willigerod, New York for Dremon and proceadedye oo” American Ports. BOSTON, Ji 1—Arrived, stesmships Wm Lawrence, Norfolk: Wim Kennedy. ‘Baltimore ‘schrs WD Bickford, faytien veston, omALHwons, atl aw, Galveston. Si—Cieared, schr W L Bradley, . Boston. CHARLESTON, f > HCpABL Br haa —— fo R Hassett, 29th—Sailed, sc! a DARIEN, Ga, Dee Harnived, ark Loiair, Batton, Cleared—Barks Harvest Home, Wilson, Lianelly: Vic- ory (Br), Robinson. Sharpness Point; schr Ide Birdsall, tt aan pore arin: ship Orwell (B ‘Young, for United Ki in port ship Orwel a 5 ing- y rks Bot Mounee , rks Araminta M 4 nd St Louis, Guion, for do, ao Georg a Jo" hann (NG), Cortes, for Bremen, do;' Lothair, Hutton, Lot disg to load for United Kingdom} schts Louisa Birdsall Birdsall, for New York, ldg; Waldemar, Parker, for Rio- janeiro, do. MO BILE, Dec 26—Cleared, steamship Enterprise, Falk- ner, Havi 27th—Arrived, ship Adriatic (Br), Webster, Liverpool. plowed to vea Both, ship Oty of Brooklyn, Cousins, for verpool. NEW. ORLEANS, Dec 26—Arrived, ships Woodburn, Hartwell, Trinidad; Anglesea, Kerr, Glasgow ; Celestial Empire, Stewart, Bremen; bark Veti Dubrovachi (Ans), Charsatiaz, London: brig Jose, Maria (Sn), Rervel, Pro= rego; schts Angelina, Ward, Ruatan; H W Foster, Rich, joston; Ftua, Newburgh, Ruatan Isiand; Linda, Agnew, Cientuegos. Cleared—Schrs Lizzie Batchelder, English, Baltimore ;. Chas A Lawrence, Kemp in, 27th—Arrived, steamships Corinthian (Br), Scott, Liver: pool; Penedo (Br), Cain, Hartlepool. Below, ships Flo- rence Nightingale, Jones, from Liverpool; Wm Yeo, Howes, from Bristol; barks Champlon, Scott, from — La Pinta, Mathews, from Liverpool; Homeward Boun Merryman, from Havana; Cephas’ Starret, Burbrid from Spruce Head; schr May Evelyn, Hukin, from maica, Cleared—Steamship Gen Meade, Sampson, New York; i Advance (Br), Morrison, ; erra, Barcelona; ima M Wright, Freeman, New York; 8 J Whipple, Wright, Belize, Hon. Sournwxst Pass, Dec 27, 6 PM—Arrived, bark Para- mount, Wiswell, Rio Janeiro via Mobile. Sailed—Ship Mary Durkee. wOurRE, Dec 26—Sailed, steamship Havana; sehr ynstan ‘30th—Arrived, steamship Juniata, Catharine, Philadel- phia via Havana, NEW BEDFORD, Dec 31—Below, a schooner, with colors set fora tow, and steamer Helen Augusta has gone to her assistance. Behr Argo, Besse, of and for Wareham, from New York, is frozen in the Ico off Mattapoisett, NEW HAVEN, Dec 3l—Arrived, schr Maron A, Pratt, Hoboken for Saybrook; sloop Apollo, Freeman, Sag Har: or for New York. PO UTLADELPUTA, Dec $1—Arrived, steamanips Yazoo, Barrett, New Orleans via Havana; Hunter, Sherman, Wm P Clyde, Rogers, Providence. *"Sleared-—Steamiships Hercules, Vas and Rattle- snake, Pierce, Boston; bark Marie (Nor), Garmann, Fal-~ ders, mp OF eecathitpe Neruitin, for Béeton;-Altlamde, Pro wees Catharine Whiting, do—preceded by city ice boat No 2. |. steamships Hercules and Rattlesnake. Rigpeentety Bist Toport ice very heavy in the Horseshoe, and were assisted through by ice boat No 1, me ras, Dal, Dec 31, AM—Arrived, schr Glimpse, Arecibo: Lewes, for, Philadelphia. q ‘A Bernard and Annie Ingram, and bark pie beies EA The bark Chanticleer is etill on the NeEwCastLt ‘The ste: m, Dec 31, PM—' mer Virginia, from Charleston for Philadelphia, has got clear of the ice and is coming up the ‘The Seng Norma nan and Catharine Whiting are im comin; 5 “PORTLAND, ‘Deo M—Arrived, schr Neilie Chase, Dall- ig eT TTITCA, stsauuhip Moravian (Br), ‘Gesham, UNORESMOUTH, Dec 29—Arrived in lower harbor, schr Ranger, Osker, from New York for New Castle. SAN PRANCISCO, Dec 28—Atrived, steamship Montana, othe Xerived raska, Harding, Auckland via Honolala Scribner, Shields. Outside, bound in, bark Walter Scammel, trom ‘Valparaiso. rl Iso. |—Steamsahip Oulifornia, Metzgar, Guaymas. aarp ae ee ites VRAVANNAL, Dec 28—Arrived, bark Carioca, Cahill, Afr! Bark Alice Cooper, King, Liverpool. ‘Arrived, steamship Montyomery, Faircloth, New: ships Kate Troup, St Thomas; Bessie Crosby, New- port: bark Brazil, Montevideo, SaitedSteamstiip Leo, Dearborn, New York; ship Cy- nosure, Liverpool. VINEYARD HAVEN, Dec 30—Arrived, schrs Kate E Rich, ‘and Alcord, Port Johnson for Baston ; Angelino, Eltenbethport for’ do: Martha T Pike, Virginia for dot Silas MoLoon, New York for do; Poe, Hoboken for Lyun. Returned—Schr Bramhall. Sailea—Schr Eure! Sist—Arrived, steamers Wm Kennedy, and Wm Law- rence, Baltimore for Boston (the W L reports that the tightship on Five Fathom Bank lost her boats in the late ale); achrs Carrie G Crosby, and Eddie Pierce, Virgi for Boston ; n Cleaves, Norfolk for Portlan v- enty-six, Georgetown, SC, via Delawore Breakwater, for Thomaston; Sarah C Smith (three mast), Weymouth for Charleston. Suiled—Brig Surprise (Br), BSOLUTE DIVORCES OBTAINED FROM COURTS. of different States; legal every where ; no publicity; in advance ; advice free; commissioner for every i FREDERICK I. KING, 20 363 Broa: BSOLUTE DIVORC no fe State, BS LEGALLY OBTAINED IN. different States. Desertion, &c., suMeient cause 5 ho publicity required; no charge until divorce granted. Advice free. M. HOUSE, Attorney, 180 Broadway. peor —HERALD BRANCH OFFICE, BROOKLYN, + corner of Fulton avenue and Boerum stree! pen trom 8 A. M. tod P. M, On Sunday from 3 to 9 P.M. CG pupelidltend At bes READ THIS CERSIFICATE.—IT seems like raising one from death. It ls certified to by her ininister:— aS x Purtapeneara, Pa. Dr. ScmENcr : Dear Sin—Abont two years ago I was taxen with a very troublesome cough aud a pain in my breast. Seven oF eight months passed away without my doing anythin for myself. Then 1 applied to a physician, who atiended me for about three months without rendering me any service. Lalso obtained the advice an tinent of ® physician {1 ‘also had the adviec and but all to no pur~ pose. ime I was near!, dead. Several times m: nds came tosee me and wit- I wasconfined to m, ness my exit into the spirit world. bed two months one time. My fugly short. I gave up several times all hopes of getting better; and eras, Setting well, that was entirely out of the question. And fo think, this day Tam well and hearty |, Iwas advised by some of my friends to try Dr. SCHENCK'S Medicines. 1 accordinziy bought bottle after bottle until I reached the ninth; them I found a decided change in my cough for the betler. 1 suffered severely trom the palpitation of the heart, ani two woeks after { commenced taking your medicines ‘Whe T'Arst went to Dr. SCHENCK'S oMice it was with diMficalty that I could get up into his reception room. f was vo Weak and so swelled; my skin WAS as sallow as. though T ha ;, felt dull, heavy and sleep: Dr, SOHENCK, me,'said both were affected, and gave me but little hope ; cines, in about two weeks, ‘ook right hold togo right through my’ whole system. The P SYRUP-SEAWEED TONIC and MANDRAKE PILUS alt took right hold in the right place. The PILLS brought away great qiantitics of bile and alime; the SYRUP loos- ened the matter in my lungs, which came, off very free; the SEAWEED TONIC gave me an appetite, and every- thing seemed to taste good. To show What great ower the medicines had iy port ‘ing ay bor , show how bad I was, beside all the bile that pa: iy bowels, and the great quantities of phlegm and 1 ter I expectorated, I broke out all over in large boils that would continue to gather and run for about six weeks, and Thad at one time over twenty-five boils. I have nothing of the kind now, and feel like another person ether, Tcan safely say that I have not enjoyed such health for five vears a8 1do now, and cannot praise you and your medicines enough. May God abundantly bless and preserve you is the sincere desire of one Who lin been so wonderfully relieved through your agency; ant ifany one desires to know with regard to the truiliui- hey will call apon any of n 514 Thompson street, ctly satistied with breathing was excee:i- me—itseemcd 8 OF pon. ine they will be pe much res) ey y 4 e case. Yours, wit Mrs. Sos in H. BALDWIN, The above case as described is perfectly correct.” f know it to be true. T. B. MILLER, Ours, k Pastor of Hancock Methodist Episcopal church, CHARLES G. JOHNSON. of Bristol, Penn., who w: pronounced incurably fixed in the last stage ot Pulmon- ary Consumption by two skilful physicians, and time of his commencing with these medicines say was enduring sufferings that made life burdensoi periencing great painin coughing, of int to a quart of nauseous matte! ‘y twenty-tour hours, gradually sinking under the weakening pr ot my'disease, and had tallen away in prasee tol. I he 4 entire Bes weight a c ny years of hard v pounds, T have not had a day's sickness fora long conve HENCK'S PULMONIC SYRUP, SEA-WEED TON AND MANDRAKE PILLS, prepared by J. HL, SCMKNTK st t corner of 1 yj ‘ ‘ ited BePutA. For sale by all druggists and deal- bet J. FP. HENRY, No. 8 College place, New York, Wholesale Agent. (To be ATURE'S ONLY SPECIFIC Water, for Dyspepsia, Co! Bright's Di Dia- betes, ave, Urinary Organs, Liver. Consal- tation and directions tree by Dr. HEATH, Ageut, rooms aw Broadway. ESDA SP Dropay. 10 THE LADIES.—PIMPLES AND BLOTCHES IMMR- Giataly removed by, a tew Spplications of Dr, TOBIAS VENETIAN LINIMENT. It also makes the hands som and white, Sold by the drussist. Price W cen Je, = —