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10 TWH CAR-HOOK MURDERER. Phe Decision of the Court of Appeals Denying a New Trial to Foster---Exhaustive Opinion of Judge Andrews. BaP What Constitutes Violence with ‘Intent to Haim” and “Intent to Kill.” oa A NEW QUESTION OF LAW SETTLED. Every Man Responsible for His Own Actions. “The Sanctions of the Law Must Not Be Weak- ened, Nor Convictions Be Reversod Upon Objections Unsustained by Reason or Authority.” ALBANY, Jan, 22, 1873. As the decision in the case of Foster involves a ecw question of law and is quite exhaustive, and as, judging trom the despatches received here already, there seems to be among the legal iraternity in New York considerable anxiety 80 learn just what the decision is, I herewith ap- pena it in ful, Judge Andrews’ Decision. Vpon the conclusion of the testimony the prisoner's eounsel requested the Court to charge the jury that upon the indictment and evidence the jury could ‘convict the risoner of murder in the second degree, and further, ‘titthe prixoner killed the deceased by an assault upon him with a dangerous weapon, with intent to maim him, but without any intent to effect death, such killing was murder in the second degree. The Court refused to eharge either of these propositions, and to this refusal the prisoner's counsel excepted. ‘This exception presents the enly question argued by the learned counsel for the pris: ‘ener, and no ground ts suggested for the reversal of the eonviction and ludgment except that the Court erred in refusing to charge these propositions. The Court charged ‘the jury that the defendant could not be CONVICTED OF MURDER in the first degree uniess he acted from a premeditated design to effect the death of the deceased, and that in the absence of such an intent bis offence was reduced to apansiaughter. The Court, by the ruling upon the ‘propositions of the priconer’s counsel and by the charge, excluded from the consideration of the jury the ques: tion whether the prisoner could, upon the evidence, be + convicted of murder in the second degree, and de as matter ot law that such a conviction was not war- ranted by the evidence, It was the dnty of the Court to instruct the jury ax to the legal effect of conclusions of fact which they were at liberty to deduce from the evi- dence. It was the province of the jury to determine the questions of fact arising ‘upon the evidence and the intent of the prisoner, Dut if the facts proved were capable of two con: structions, or if in one view of the evidence a particular ‘tent might be found and yet the facts might justify the finding of an intent involving another degree of guilt, the Court was bound, upon the request of the prisoner, to declare the rule of law applicable to the case in either aspect asthe jury might deterinine the facts. This rule is fundamental and is essential to the due administration of the law and to the protection of the accused. It was declared by Judge Nelson in the case of The People vs. Enoch (13 Wend., 164), as tollows “It in the business of the Court to see that a proper di- EB itad be given to the jury in point of law upon the evi- lemce.’? If there was in this case any evidence tending to show that the prisoner was guilty of murder in the second de- glee the Court erred in retusing to give the instruction Barked. It becomes necessary, therefore, to consider whether there was such evidence in the case, and, to de- termine it, we must ascertain what constitutes murder in the second degree. The division of the crime of mur- der into two degrees was made by the statute of I Laws of 1862, ch. 197), THE KILLING OF A NUMAN BEING, without authority of law, “when perpetrated withont any design to effect death, by a person engaged in the commission of apy felony,’’ was murder by one of th definitions of that crime Contamed in the revised stat- ules 2 Rev. Stat. , 656, vec. 5, sub. 3), By the amendment of 1862 the killing of another by a person engaged in the commission of a telony was made auurder only when perpetrated in committing the erime of arson in the first degree. The other cases embraced in the definition of the revised statutes above cited were made murder in the second degree. The law of 1862 de- elares “that such killing, unless it be murder in the first degree, or manslaughter, or excusable or justifiable hor tide, * * * or perpetrated without any design to effect death by a person engaged in the commission of any delony, shall be made murder in the second degree.” It was decided in Fitzgerald's case (7 New York, 427) that under this statute those cases only were murder in the second degree in which the killing was by @ person engaged at the time in the commission of a felony other than arson in the first degree. ‘The question we are now considering depends, there- fore, upon the fact whether the evidence discloses or tends to establish that the prisoner when he inflicted Bpon Putnam the blow which resulted in his death was engaged in the commission of a felony within the pur- view of the statute. There can be no doubt that the risoner when he struck the deceased intended to in- ta personal injury. If any felony, therefore, was in- by the prisoner other than the killing of the de- ceased % was aielonious assault upon him. It is aimed on the part of the people that the words “en- wed in the commission of any felony” in the statute do ot include cases in which the killing resulted from in: tentional violence to the person killed, and wher although the intent was to commit a felonious assan there was no intention to kill—or, in other words, whe: Ahe felony intended, although not the telony of homicide, was the very ACT OF PERSONAL VIOLENCE. which caused the death, that this is not a “felony”? within the meaning of the statute. A question of the same character has arisen upon the construction of the provision of the statute declaring that the killing of a human being wiihout a design to effect death by the a ., of another While such other Is en- gaged “in the perpetration of any crime or misdemean Motamounting to felony” shall be manslaughter in th firstdeyree. (2 Revised Statutes, 661, section 6) It has Fiven rise to much discussion, and DIFFERENT ¥ have been expressed been finally (People vs. Rector, 19 is jew York, 120; People vs. Butler, 3 Par., What the true construction of the statute is is immate- via] in this case, unless the evidence warranted the i ference, or unless (he jury might have found trom the evidence that the prisoner when he struck the deceased intended to commit some {felony other than the homicide with which he was charged. We think that there was no evidence that the prisoner committed or intended to commit any felony other than 8 pon it by Judges, butit has never edb the court of last resort. 608, ple vs. Darry, 10 7.) the felony of homicide Hiet a per sonal inlury upon the di But an as- sault and battery upon another is a misdemeanor, except only in cases where by statute the offence 1s'made a felony. This was so at common Jaw, and the offence was @ misdemeanor simply, although the assailant may have had @ felonous intent ax an intent to murder or to rob when he inflicted the injury, If the felony attempted wax accomplished, then the misdemeanor was merged in the higher offence. ‘The Revised Statutes declare @ R. 8, 665, sec. 36) that “every person who shall be convicted of * * sault and battery upon another by means of any weapon * * * with the intent to kill, maim, r: rob such other person, of in an attempt to com burglary, larceny or other telony * * * punished by imprisonment in # State prison for a term ‘Of not more than ten years.” ‘The oifences deserived in this se “PELONIES' the meaning of that term, as used { ie the eotmurder. (2K. 8., 702, se was “engaged in the cominiss felony” other than homicide when he struck the d At must have been one described in-this section, naultand battery is not w ‘within it, We have not overlooked the Which makes an assault with “any other sharp dangerous weapon,” &e yritonment in a State prison orin a q fence ix not a felony within the statute of at common Jaw, and the act relates to assaults only and with an in- strument different trom the one used by the prisoner. (Fassett vs. Sinith, 23 N. ¥., 262, And we have io comprehensive statute like that ot 9 George IV., chapter Si, which makes an unlawful Wounding with intent to do some great bodily injury a Felony. None of the specifications in the section of the Statute relating 1 felonious assaults are applicable this case unless the act of the prisoner could be construed asan ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO MAIM Unless the prisoner was guilty of an atte that felony there is no other to which his a ferred, except that of murder in the first de slaughter. The prisoner intentionally aimed a blow at the head of the deceased with a dangerous weapon and ‘with a force likely to fracture the skull, and which, in fact, did crush it; and itis insisted that the jury from this evidence, and in the absence of any proof of antece- oF subsequent facts tending to establish it, might found that the prisoner's intent was to tracture the skull or injure the head and not to kill had been found, there was an assault with an intent to maim within the statute. ‘Mayhem av common law is defined by Blackstone as the violently dep use Of sich of his mem. Ders as may render bi fighting either to de- fend himself or to annoy his adversa 4 Bl. 204) 1 ‘was recognized as a felony at a very early period of the common law, and the offender was punished by lowe ‘of the same member of Which he had deprived the party Maimed—Membrum promendro. It was treated as an offence against the State for the Feason assigned by Lord Coke (I Inst., 127) "For the Members of every subject are under the safeguard and PROTECTION OF THE LAW to the end s man may serve his king and country when ‘Occasion shall be offere The special injuries which constitute mayhem are stated by Hawkins as follows:—''And therefore the cut ‘Ung of Or disatling or weakening a man’s hand or fin- f striking out his eyes, or tore tooth, or castrating wm, are said w be maims; but the cutting off his ear or Hove are wot esteemed inaiins, because they do not weaken, but oniy disfigure him.” (Hawkins’ Pleas of the Crown, vol... 107.) And Blackstone treats it as an Snjury resulting in a permanent disabil and says that dt is attended with the aggravating circumstance that eby the ps ty injured “is forever disabled from mak- Do erence against future ¢ ern ‘otherwise might havedones GB ee ee ‘The injury two the bi Fskull is noi specified by Haw- ‘Kins or Blackstone as mayhem, and as the usual conse- juenee of uch an injury’ is cither death or temporary imability it does not seem to be embraced within the dé nytion of that crime ven by these commentators. in the definition of n n by Lord Coke the breaking ot hem,” he says, “signifi pete , ER ead HURT, 1 whereby a man loseth a member, by feason whereof Able to Hebt, as by pulling out historeiouth, Ureakiie his arm, hand or finger, cutting off OF foot, or whereby he loseth the use of any of his mnbers.’” Coke Litt, 246. An Coke refers euthority of Glanville and Britton in supportot this ition. “Mayl , “signifies the break ‘any bone or injuri head by wounding or abra In'such case the accused ix obliged to purge hin welt by the ordeal—that is, by the hot irom if he be a tr gman, by water if he bea ruse.” Glanville, Beame's franslation, book 9, ch. |, 35.) See also Britton, Nichol’s tion are an as. le @ felony in any case not ct of 1854 (chap' 74), ‘any knife, dirk, day to commit Bis striking off Wanslation, Liv. 1. ch. 26. fol. 45, 6, 49 @ 123 Some reoogMized Instances of mayhem are omitied in Gran fs definition, and it would seem to include any injury Joithe head, however trivial, But no authority has beon gited subsequent to the Gwe oF Lord Geko, nor has any dif such intent | strongiy true in this city. NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23%, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. hon that a fracture of that Mr. East in his Pleas siving the general desinition Ans! of maybem at com: i bay se 3) St: aa in illustration BREAKING OF TH Cd KULL. But whatever act may have been recognized as may- hom at a remote period of the common luw, the crime and the punishment became the subject of statute defini- ‘on and Fegulation. Some statutes had been passed upon the subject prior to Charles Il., but the first general and coraprehensive one was the statute 22 and 23 Car. 2, chapter 1, entitled “An act vent malicious maiming and wounding.” Chitty speaks of It asthe most impor. tant and extensive ancient statute upon the subject (Criminal Law, vol. 3, 785), and Blackstone says that this and the prior 'statutes put the crime and punishment of mayhem more out of doubt. (4 B1., 206) By this statute it is enacted that any person who “shall on purpose and of malice aforethought, by lying in wait, unlawtully cut ‘out or disable the tongue, put out the eye, slit the nose or ip or cut off or disable any limb. or member of any sub- ject, with intention in so doing to maim or disfigure him in dny of the manners aforesaid,” shall be guilty of elony WITHOUT BENEFIT OF CLERGY. Whatever may have been the law of mayhem In Eng- Jand antecedent to this statute, and no case can be found, we think, arising since its enactment in which an injury to the head, or any act or | has been regarded as mayhem other than the acts and injuries enumerated jn this statute. It has been regarded as defining what betcre may have been uncertain, and it was held in Rex vs. Lee (Lead 61), where @ husband had cut the throat of his wife quite’ across, that it was not maiming within this statute, The act of Car. 2 has been the basis of the legis- lation of this State on the subject of maiming. ‘The first act was passed in 1788, and is entitled “An act to prevent malicious wounding ' and maiming.” This act was followed by the act of 1801, entitled “An act to prevent mahcious inaiming,” which latter act was substantially a re-enactment of the former one, except in respect to the punishment. In both statutes’ the enumeration and description of the injuries which are made punishable are the same asin the English statute, and no others are in- eluded. ‘The revised statutes (2’ Key. Pt 665, section 34) declare, ‘That every person who, trom A PREMEDITATED DESIGN, 4c., shall—l, Cut out or disable the tongue; or% Put out'the eye; or 3 Siit the lip, or destroy the nose, or cut of or disable any Mmb or member of another on purpose,” upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned In a Stale prison, &c.; continuing the enumeration in the previous statutes. ‘The statute of Car. 2 hasbeen fol- lowed also in the iegislation by Congress, and of many of the States of the Union. (See collection of statutes in Wheaton’s Criminal Law relating to mayhem.) We ure of opinion that since that, statute the crime of mayhem includes those injuries only which are therein enumerated, and that the section of the revised statutes above cited was intended as a statute definition of that crime, It does not declare in terms that the acts thercin enumérated constitute maiming, but the section ix con tained in the article entitled "of rape, maiming,” &c., and the injuries are those which are generally known as maiming, ana it includes all the cases which since the time of Lord Coke have come within that designation. ivan (1C, and Marsh 209) the prisoner was act of7 William IV, and 1 Vict., ¢! 85, which enacted that any one who shall stab, cut or wound any person with intent to maim, disfigure or dis- able such person, or to do some other grievous bodily arm’? he shall be guilty of felony. It appeared in the vidence that the prisoner, with an axe, struck the prose- cutor on the head with the edge of it and inflicted a cut upon it. Parke, B. in charging the jury, said :—"There is no doubt of an intent to maim or disable, as the blow was aimed at the head of the prosecutor. It would have been otherwise If it had been ‘AIMED AT THE ARM, to prevent his being able to use it. ‘the question, there- fore, will be, whether there was a wounding witn intent either to murder the prosecutor or to do him some griev- ous bodily injury.” This is w direct authority and ihe opinion of an eminent Judge in support of the view herein explained. It isto be observed. moreover, that the case did not arise under the statute of Charles, which was re peated by statute 9Geo. LV. chap. Bl, so tat it stood upon he consiruction of the words “to maim” in the statute of Victoria. We might bere close the cor this case, but we are of opinion that the result would not be changed, although it should be held, according to Lord Coke's definition, that breaking of the skull is, or might be, a mat ‘The refusal of the Court to charge that if the prisoner Intended to maim and not to Killy THE OFFENCE WAS MURDER : in the second degree, was proper. for the reason that there wasno evidence upon which the jury could have found that the prisoner intended to fracture the skull of the deceased as distinguished from an intent to kill him. The request assumes that the prisoner acted, in. striking the blow, after having formed an intent as to the ex of the injury to be inflicted. His act was a blow with an iron bar wpon the head of the deceased, with a force which crushed the skull or drove it in upon the brain, There was no evidence from which his intent could be ascertained, except what was furnished by the facts preceding the assault and by the act itself and its ‘ults. Itisa fundamental rule of evidence of very eral application, founded upon observation and ex perience, that a man is presumed to intend the natural consequences of his acts. In this case death ensued aud was likely to ensue from the act of the prisoner. And while it was for the jury to determine with what intent the blow was inflicted we cannot, without doing violence fo common sense, vay that the prisoner may have in- tended to break the skull of Putnam without pro. ducing death. Such an intentcannot be predicated of his act, and there is no evidence to establishit. I the prisoner acted from premeditation he may have intended to kill the deceased, or simply to do him a bodily injury; Dutthathe intended the particular injury of breakiiig eration ot the skull only carnot be interred. If a blo’ med atan arm or other member is by accident defeated from its course and INFLICTS A MORTAT. WOUND, In such or similar cases an intent to matm only might be found by the jury. And if in this case death had not rerulted, the prisoner might, perhaps (agsuming that the fracture’ of the head was & matming), have been con- victed of an intentto maim. (East. Pleas of the Crown ; Fel. Mayhem, vol. 4, 400; Rex vs. Coke, 1 St. Gr., 54.) But the quest to charge w pligable to the facts, and the Court was justified in refusing fo grant it. The jury have by their verdict tound that the prisoner, when he struck the blow, intended to kill the deceased, By necessary infer- ence the jury mast have found the prisoner was not at the tine of the t engaged in the commission of a felon: other than the homicide of which he was convicted. [ft the Court erred in refusing to charge as requested, yet it does not appear that the prisoner could have been rejudiced the: i especialiv in view of the further act that the © ry that unless this intent was found the prisoner could be convicted of manslaughter only. But we prefer to rest our decision upon the other grounds indicated. After a caretul consideration of the question of law arising upon thisrecord we are of opinion ni ing) i THE JUDGMENT MUST BE AFFIRMED. ‘This question is new and the case is a proper one to have been brought here for final adjudication, and while no errors are trivial in a judgment involving tife, It is to be remembered that the law of murder is designed for the protection of lite from lawless violence, and that its sanction ought not to be weakened by reversing con- Victious upon objections which are unsustained by reason or authority. The judgment is airmed, RAPID TRANSIT. os estan Meeting of the West Side Association—Twenty Million Dollars’ Worth of Property Repre- sented—Bonds and Mortgages Must Not Be Taxed—The West Side Parks To Be Completed and Improved. A meeting of the West Side Association was held last evening at Lyric Hall, in Sixth avenue, be- tween Forty-first and Forty-second streets, The meeting was Jarge and well attended, and the own- ers of real estate present represented in the aggre- gate over twenty million dollars’ worth of prop- erty, Among the people present were C, P. Leslie, Wheeler H. Peckham, Wilham A. Darling and John Bradburne. The President of the West Side Asso- ciation, Mr. William R. Martin, a well-known law- yer of this city, called the meeting to order and de- livered a long and comprehensive address to tne associatiun on the subjects of rapid transit, the widening of Broadway, Morningside and Riverside Parks and other improvements, He spoke as fol- lows :—The inevitable necessity of rapid transit is manifest. In every direction we find some new reason for it. No one is now opposed to it, and it is regarded as of the utmost importance to the welfare of the people of this city, who demand it, MONEY FOR THE ROAD, In the first place, it requires money to build the road. Thatis the first condition—some one must put his money in it. The condition upon which men of money put it into an enterprise 1s simple. It must pay; that is, the plan must be well de- vised; it must be free from obstructions, Now, when men of moncy in this city take up this sub- ject the first question they ask is, What will it cost to build it? and will the passenger travel pro- duce enough to make it pay a good business profit ? Then they say, What is the line of the road ? A GOOD ROUTE. Nothing is more important than a good route; nething more broadly true than the difference be- tween a good route and a poor one. This is true of railroads everywhere. It will pay to build on a good route, and not on a poorone., Itis more Aroute along a great thoroaghfare, such as Broadway, the Third avenue or the Eighth avenue, will pay better than other routes, So capital demands these two things—tne best route and a plan of construction that will not cost too much, compared with the estimated re- ceipts, The next condition is, the authority of the Legislature to build such a road, A PLAN PROPOSED, Now, in order to get rapid transit we must insist on two things :— First—The best route for the people without re- gard, utterly without regard, to the local interests of one man or set of men. Over and over again have we demonstrated, and no ene has ever at- py tile to reply to it, that a railroad by steam on the line of a great thoroughfare would increase and not depreciate the value of property on that thor- oughfare, The opposition does not rest on any grounds that show that property would be injured in value, but on the blind prejudices and bide- bound selfishness of such property-owners, who oppose everything trom lack of capacity to under- stand it, digg as that class of men did oppose in their day the Hudson River Railroad, the Croton Aqueduct and the Central Park. There is nothing to do with these men buttoride over them, In the city of New Yorksthis best route means Broad- way, the central route and the Fourth or Third avenne a8 & route on the east side and the Eighth or Ninth avenue up town, on the west side, waich- | ever the men who are going to put their money in it may select. AN ARCHED BROADWAY. Second—When the route is determined a plan adapted to it can be chosen. On Broadway an nderground would be the best plan, It would ise leas interference with existing travel and oc- cupation, ard it would pay, because, while it is the | Tost costly plan of construction, it is the route Which would furnish the most passenger travel}. Mv. Beach's hundred yards of tunnel under Broad- w ‘t Murray street, ix an illustration of this that dehes criticiem or refutation, On @ side avenue, such as the Thira or the Eighth avenue, an elevated road such as the Gilbert plas, or others of that kind would answer. It would cost jess; it would not injure the business or value of a seconda! thoroughfare, and if the arch was made a sheltere cover for the carriage w: it would positively benefit it. A route through the existing streets ought to be taken, for @ road should not be com- pelledsto go to the expense of buying a right of way—and we have streets enough. Besides, any secondary street will be benefited by having a line of rapid transit elevated over it, and its capacity to accommodate travel increased, tis this enor- mous travel which gives value to a thoroughfare, and to increase the capacity of a secondary avenue for travel is to give it a chance to become the main thoroughfare, one take a few illustrations to prove the truth 4 _ Mr. Beach’s Broadway Underground had the best route in the city, 90.8 plan not too expensive tor such a route, and could have found capital to build it, if it had not most unwisely been twice vetoed by Governor Hoffman. The Central Underground had a very valuabic charter, but a poor route, hence the capital ready to be put into it, in case it could have obtained Broadway, has hesitated, and it has not been built. ‘This road sheuld have route under Broadway, and then this road, if ever am underground can be built here, will have a fair chance. ‘A SECONDARY THOROUGHFARE. The Gilbert Elevated road has a plan adequate to any other avenue than Broadway, but it has a poor route. Itis a new illustration of the vice which has hitherto defeated rapid transit. The property owners on the Second avenue have influenced the Commissioners to locate the road so as to compel @ short tarn from the Second avenue, through Twenty-third street into First avenue, and then to return to the Second avenue by another sharp turn, No assumption is more unjust than that the owners of property on that avenue, because they are rich and do not ride in the street cars, are any better than their fellow citizens who reside on that avenue above ''wenty-third street, or that the rail- road would be an annoyance to them or an injury to their property. The Legislature should grant to this company a good route. The speaker then alluded to the evil effects of the onerous taxation on bonds and mortgages, which was driving the capital away from this city to some of the adjacent counties in New Jersey. ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL. In the neighboring State of New Jersey, in the counties extending north of the Raritan to the Passaic, the counties bordering on this city and tapping its wealth and population, mortgages have been exempted from taxation, No one will dispute that the northern end of this island and the con- tiguous portions of Westchester county have as many natural advantages for population and business as New Jersey, The banks of the Harlem are as good @ seat for a great manufac- turing town asthe banks of the Passaic, where Patterson and Newark are located. But you can- not turn land into @ city and build factories and houses unless you have money easy on mortgage, and you can if you do. That 1s the whole of it, and on one side you see the Harlem River almost vacant, and on the other side you see the Passaic, not to be surpassed as a busy manufacturing centre. NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY COMPARED. Look at the growth of these counties in New Jer- sey in population aud taxable valuation for a few years past :— TAXABLE PROPERTY IN TRE C ING ON NEW YORK. 1868. UNTIES OF NEW JERSEY BOKDER- 1865. \. 1870, 1872, Essex .......$49,500,400 $84,344,000 $10,691,000 $123,520,000 Hudson 10786» 7884 BS\070,050 97478, 477 Middles 2 22,415,000 23,070,000 Morris. x iq 24,576,156 26,4! ‘7 21,826, 20 21,461,000 24,096,000 Bergen: 20/516,619 25,561,097 ‘Totals. .. $180, 596,483 $272, 409,243 $312,224.712 $367,189, GOOD JUDGMENT IN PURCHASING, A great man recently taken from us gave a singu- Jar illustration of the acuteness of his judgment and the masterly comprehension of his genius. Although not tn any sense an investor or dealer in land, on three occasions he made purchases for his OWn purposes evincing power and sagacity not sur- passed by the oldest among us, I speak o1 James Gordon Bennett. When he purchased his news- paper ofice for the HekALD he chose a location which has turned out to be the finest for business purposes of the Whole business portion of the city. Wien he bought a city residence, it was on the summit of Murray Hill, at the corner of Fifth ave- nue and Thirty-eighth street, the finest point on that grand avenue. When he wanted a suburban villa he chose the summit of Fort Washington, on the west side, You cannot mention a man who did but three things in real estate and match him. In each case, though he was devoted to the duties of his profession, he made the selection of the very best. If anything marks his career it is untiring energy and constant success, Let us accept the award. Tne Boulevard which stretches from the gate of the Park at Fifty-ninth street and passes northwardly will, when its extension is completed, pass by that villaon the summit at Fert Washington, and it is the grand avenue of the west side, and it will become in time, with the parks on either side of it, the seat of the highest value land can attain on the island, INCREASE IN PROPERTY VALUE. We all know hew land has risen in value on the Fifth avenue during the past seven years—seven and in some cases ten fold. Nobody doubts that such advances will occur again. There is but one place for it, It is on the west side, from Filty-ninth street to Fort Washington. There will the high values of this decade be exceeded as much as present values exceed those we were accustomed to before the war. When will the time come? It will come as soon as he have rapid transit, the exemption ef mortgages from taxa- tion, and with the vigorous prosecution of the work on the parks, the grading and sewering of streets. We have done a great deal of work on these subjects before now. We have still a great deal to do and encouragement to do it. Mr. WILLIAM A. DARLING was the next speaker. He said that many in the room who had lived in New York for half a century could remember when the city of New York Bad tor its confines Canal or Spring street. .Our ancestors made many mis- takes in the laying out of streets and parks, and we ought to gather experience from the fruits that they have leit behind, We must have se- curity for life and property in this city, and capi- talists should come here and build up the greatest metropolis of the known world. We want rapid transit, and we must have it, no matter how we gevit, (Cheers.) Ue was in favor of a railroad—a rapid one—a viaduct road, or two viaduct roads, that,woula run up and down on each side of the city, and if private capital could not be procured let the city build it and the increase in the value of prop- erty on the upper end of the isiand would more than repay the city for its outlay. Agitation was the only thing that would bring us rapid transit, and meetings of citizens should be held regularly to bring about such a needed result, (Cheers.) Mr. WHEELER H. PECKHAM, the prosecutor of Tweed, was the next speaker, Mr. Peckham de- voted his time to an able and forcible exposition of the folly and injustice of the taxation which gov- erns bonds and mortgages in this city, and urged that measures be taken to do away with the wrong caused by such taxation, The meeting then ad- journed, What Has Been Accomplished Under the Charter in Brooklyn. The question of providing a rapid transit route between the Fulton ferry and the outskirts of Brooklyn (East New York) has been agitated in Brooklyn for the past three years, ever since the bridge enterprise assumed a practical form, Up to the present time, however, but little has been done toward perfecting the scheme save procuring a charter, Ata meeting of citizens held on Tuesday evening, at which were present Messrs. Simeon B. Chittenden, J. Douglas Brown, R. 8. Bussing, John T. Cuyler, Henry Taylor, William Richardson, ex- Mayor Lamber, Rey. Dr. M. H. Smith and others, the project was discussed and measures were taken for the furtherance ef the work. Mr. TAYLOR, Who occupied the chair, regretted that there were not more of the millionnaires of “the Hill’? present, as he presnmed it would be necessary to raise a few millions to inaugurate the enterprise. A charter was procured for the pur-- pose “of constructing either an underground or elevated railroad, or both, between the Fulton ferry and Kast New York in the month of June, 1871. Books for stock subscriptions were opened @ year ago; $300,000 had been subscribed, leaving a balance of $200,000 to be raised belore the work could be commenced. Mr. 8. B. CuirreNpEN then spoke in advocacy of the enterprise, and said that the road would hot only pay, but would pay at once. The investment would prove pecuniarily profitable, and the road Would be an advantage to the whole country. A committee was finally appointed to solicit sub- scription to the stock. The read is to be an under- ground steam route, and will commence at the bridge terminus, Adams street, running through Adams to Boerum, to Atlantic ‘avenue and along that thoroughiare to Flatbush avenue, and out to the city line, Much opposition is expressed against the pro- posed line by the property owners on Atlantic street, who contend that it will be injurious to them: and depreciate the vaiue of property. SHIPPING NEWS. Almanac for New York—This D: SUN AND MOON, HIGH WATER Sun rises... 7:17} Gov, Island, eve 327 Sun sets - 5 08) Sandy Hook,...eve 2 42 Moon ris morn 2 00} Heli Gat «eve 6 12 OCEAN STEAMERS. DATES OF DEPARTURE FROM NEW YORK FOR THE MONTHS OF JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, Steamers {Sails | Destinatio Opie, | Gity of Brussels... Jan, Liverpool. | Broadway Biles (Jan Hamburg. 61 Broadwa: Ville de Paris...../Jan. Havre 58 Broad way. Auante, Livervool../19 Broadway. Hansa... |Bren 2 Bowling Green India |Glasge 7 Bowling Green Minnesota oo... Liverpool. [20 Broad way, Italy Liverpool, City of Bristol Liverpool Frisia... |Hamburg Adriatic. Liverpool MOMs css cece Bremen... |2 Bowling Green California... |Glaagow. ..|7 Bowling Green Washington §.. |} Havre oe Broadway. Oveamic,. 6. }Laverpool. Ty Broadway. PO! ‘The Anna Maria, Hook. Cardi for Galveston RY OF MEW FORE, JAN. $8, 18V6. | opleat bop. relia hey Ramil wae Tort = ef apo, Ja : gerhead, has arrived here with loss of Dulwarks sud CLEARED. khouses smashed. Queens | rived here von New vark: encountered a kale Nev 35,10 towne Withernsea ores Taverpoct, vis at lat4iN, fon SOW, ‘duri omnieniine Jost part bulwarks, Steamship Spain (Br), Grace, Liverpoot via Queenstown - lurse. rot teamahip Gen Sedgwick, Evans, New Orleans—C HMal- jory & Co. Steamship Zodiac, Chapin, Morehead City—Murray, Fer- ris & Co. Steamship Albemarle, Stark, Norfolk—Old Dominion Steamenip Co, Steamship Benefactor, Jones, Philadelphia—Lorillard Steamship Co. Steamship Neptune, Baker. Boston—H F Dimock Ship Varunna (Br), Kerr, Liverpool—H Sweetlana & Co. pan Gleniffer (Br), Cumming, Glasgow—Henderson ros. hi Storkors (Nor), Ericksen, Antwerp—Funch, Edye 20, Bark Nicolas (Aus), Miletich, Cork or Falmouth—Sloco- vic! Bo, Bark Ercole (Ital), Ruggiero, Antwerp—Slocovich & Co. Bark Goethe (NG), Stecnken, Bremen—C Luling & Co, Bark Edith Rose, Tobey, Caliao—Fabbri & Chauncey. Bark Jane Adeline, Hutchinson, Havana—Jvames Hen- ry. Tang Augnste (NG). Junge, Bremen—F W Junge & Co. gbtig Americus, Baas, Gibraltar for orders—Hand & wan, Brig Don Quixote, Hooper, Aspinwail—Hand & Swan. Schr England's Rose (Br), Bence. Bristol—G F Bulley. welt Saran Jane (ir), Finchion, St Pierre—D K De ‘olf & Co. Schr Isaac Goodwin (Br), Smith, Yarmouth, NS—D R DeWolf & Co. Schr E A Scribner, Smith, Galveston—Theo Nickerson Co. Schr Elizabeth DeHart, Low, Key West—Benner & Pinekney. Schr FE 8 Gildersleeve, Carter, 8t Augustine—Bentley, Gildersieeve & Co. Schr Anna Shepard, Newton, Charleston—Bentley, Gil- 4 eonr Myroves, Brown, Oh Evans, Ball & Ci hr Myrover, Brown, arleston—Evans, Ball 0. jSohr Daniel Webster, Reed, Norfolk, Va—Isaae R Sta- ples. peat O P Binns, Higbee, Richmond, Va—Slaght & ety. Rohr Kittie Stevens, Andrews, Elizabethport—P 1 Ne- vius & Son. 8 Schr Edward Everett, Gray, Gloucester—R J Godwin & jon, Steamer Elizabeth, Clark, Baltimore. ARRIVALS. REPORTED BY THE HERALD STEAM YACHTS AND HERALD WHITESTONE TELEGRAPH LINB, Steamship Atlantic (Br), Gleadell, Liverpool Jan 9 and pean nowy luth, with mdse and 140 passengers to J H Darks. Had hard westerly gales to the Banks; 1 miles east of Sandy east; 20th, 451 mil r, bound east. Steamship Stirprise (Br), Shaw, Shanghae Oct 1, Amo Nov 10, Singapore 2th, Point de Galle 0th, Suez Dee I Port Said 13th and Gibraltar Jan 3, with teas, &c, to Pea- body, Willis & Co. Had moderate weather until 7th inst, when encountered a heavy gale, lasting Sdays; since eather, Steamship City of Galveston, Rowland, New Orleans Jan 15 and the bar 16th, with mdse and passengers to © Mallory & Co. Had tine weather. Steamship Albemarle, Stark, Norfolk, with mdse and gers to the Old Dominion Steamship Co. Steamship Wyanoke, Couch, Richmond, Cit Norfolk, with mdse and passengers to tle Ol Steamship Co, Ship Brilliant (Nor), Bach, Batavia Oct 17, via Hampton Roads Jan 18, with sugar to’ H H Swift & Co. Passed An- Jier Oct 19, Cape of Good Hope Nov 25, 8t Helena Dec 9% ‘and crossed the Equator Dee 21, ir lon 34, Bark Henry, Satverson, Philadelphia 3 days, in ballast, to Funch, Edye & Co. Wis towed to this port’ by steam: tug Adeliide, of Philadelphia. Brig Asta (Dan), Moller, Rio Janeiro Noy 5, via Hamp- ton Roads Jan 18,’ with coffee to © E Coves; vessel to Funch, Baye 4 Go. Crossed the Equator Dec 6, in lon 38. Schr’ Edith May (of Wellfleet), Gross, Magagual (Centrai Ainerica) 20 days, with cocoanuts to Manuel Arango ; ves- sel to master. “Had fine weather; Jan 2, 6) miles east of Cape Hatteras spoke schr Annie Amsden, hence tor St Point and Dominion Schr John N Fiske (of Provincetown), Smith, Port Paix 1 daysSwith logwood to Kunhardt & Go; vessel to B J Wenberg. Had strong WNW winds to Hatteras; thence 40 hours, with fine weather. Jan 20, of Hatteras, spoke sehr L & D Fiske, steering 8. . Schr M W Hupper, Hilman, Fernandina 4 days, with lumber to8 C Loud & Co, Schr Guthrie (U8), Wright, Key West via Charleston 4 days, to the Lighthouse Department. Schr Florence Rogers, Sheppard, Charleston 4 days, with naval stores and cotton to ns, Ball & Co. Sehr Lilly, Uughes, Charleston 7 days, with cotton, &c to Fvans, Ball & Co. Senr Izetta, Smith, Port Royal, SC, 7 days, with lumber to Jonathan Beers; vessel to H W Loud & Co. Schr Roxanna Johnson, Johnaon, Virginia. ‘Tehr Mary E Turner, Hasey, Virginia. Schr Katie Hall, Hopkins, Virginia for Fairhaven. Schr J H Lockwood, Baltimore. Passed Through Hell Gate. BOUND S0UTH. Steamship Franconia, Bragg, Portland for New York, with mdse and passengera tod F Ames, Steamship Tillie, Bailey, New London for New York, with mdse and passengers. Schr 8 A Falconer, Wilson, Southport for New York. yogir Dwight Davidson, Freeman, New Laven sor New ia Schr Ida & Annie, Cook, Hyanni: tor New York. Schr H E Russell, Mehaffey, Bo-ion tor > ew Y Steamer Doris, Young, Providence for New Yor! mdse and passengers, Steamer El Cid, Smith, Norwicn for New York, with mdse and passengers. BOUND EAST. Steamshin Wamantta, Fisn, New York for New Bedford, Schr Freeman, MeMilicu, Baltimore for Bridseport. Schr Modesty, Weaver, Baltimore tor Sridgeport, Behr Susan Se veto, Schr C E McC Sehr Challenge, Schr Stephen tuber, Cox, Ni with irginia for New Haven, New York for Boston. rk tor Southport. y K for Northport. Schr E E Stimpson, ‘Brewster, New York tor Portiand. Sehr J G Fe! ckerson, New York (or Providence. xeone AB Baxter (Br), Baxter, New York for Canning, Schr PV Duryen, Schr Ann ‘arpenter, New York for Glen Cove. New York for Providenc pin, NB. Grove, Jacksonville for New Haven, 88 Tyicr, Tribble, New York tor Boston. Schr T W it White, Smith, New York for New Haven. Schr J C Nash, Cromley, New York for Addison, Me, Schr BL Slaght, Willety, Baltinoy* for New Haven, Schr Fredonia, Walsh, New Yor! sor Boston, Schr Bertha, Smith, Elizabeth). rt vor Providence. Schr Palma, Brewster, New Yorks (or Pairhaven. nr Lillian’ M Warren, Vickey nz. Baltimore for Bel- fast, Me. Schr E F Willard, Holmes, Baltimore for Southport. chr W F Burden, Adains, New York tor Providence, Schr White Rock, Laflerty, New York for Southport. Schr RA Forsythe, Hobbie, Stamford for New York, Steamer Galatea, Gale, New York for Frovidence. Zz SAILED. Steamships Calabria, and Idaho, for Liverpool; Gen Sedgwick, New Orleans: Zodiac, Morehead City, N¢ ships Jules Cezard, Marseilles,” Lottie Clerk, Cadiz barks Elisa, London’ Gueseppe d’Abundo, Genoa; Hud: son, Cadi W Holbrook, ——; Reindeer, Barbados; brigs E McLeod, Ualitax, N8; Argo, Gibraltar; Linus, Exeter, F; Carrie Purington, Caibarien; Americus, Gib: raltar;’Chas A Hoard, St Johns, PR Anna Mt St Thomas; schirs Paul Seavey, Oporto: Sunny § mington, NC; Warren Sawyer (from Boston), Baltimore. Wind at sunset NW, fresh. Marine Disasters, Srramsnir Acaptan (Br), from Baltimore for Halifax, before reported sunk 8 miles below Baltimore, has been raised, ahd was towed back to Baltimore AM January 21. A force of workmen were engaged on ‘Tuesday in dis- charging the coal from her forward compartment, so as to throw her bow further ont of the water. Already it has been ascertained that several other of the iron plates are cracked, which will require renewal, and it is not improbable that the vessel will have to be taken on the marine railway in order-to ascertain the fullextent of damages, It is said that all the plates that have proved detective are those put on when she was repaired some time since. Snip Francis B Courtine, Stone, at Liverpool 7th instant from Baltimore, reports :-On the 26th ult, lat 43.17, long 3820, the wind’ blowing almost a hurricane, the’ ship broached to and a sea struck her ster ting the whole of the stern frame and filling the ship's decks, cabin and houses with water ; the stanchions and waterway butts all opened, and ship ina feartul condition, All hands were keptto the pumps throughout the night, but could not keep her free. On the 27th, at 7 A.M., hoye overboard some of the cargo and lightened her’ aft; ound all the seams open and water rushing in, the pumps choked with corn, Worked on, heaving cargo all night and next day, until she made less water. Got the pumps clear and kept the vessel free. Sip Evizanetn Dovcart, (Br), White, from Swatow, Which arrived at thisvort Jan 18, had béen aground Oct 5nd 6, in the Sea of Molacea, im about lat 38, lon 126 Ey about 200 bags sugar were thrown overboard to get her off; vessel made no water. Bark Kxxso (Br), at San Francisco 1th inst trom Hong Kong, on the 2th Dec, in tat $629 N, lon 17328 W, had a very severe gale trom’ WNW to N; shipped a hedey sea over the starboard bow, which stove bulwarks, split rail, and, washed spars and everything movable’ trom thé eck. Bark Wixnwann (Rr) atSan Francisco 18th from Aca- nileo, reports;—Jan 7. David F Burr, a native of Provi- ence, Ri, seaman, died of phthisic, and was buried at sea. Bark Neretp (of Boston), Benrse, from San Francisco for Liverpool, before reported arrived at Queenstown Jan 2,had sprung fore and att mizzenmast, also rudder head, ih & succession of heavy gaies, which continued for three anto Prisco, Cork; weeks. She would resume her voyage ou the 7th inst, Scum FRANK Jameson, hence for Philadelphia, while going down the bay yesterday, carried away her foreiop- mast, which, in falling, drove through the foresail, tear- ing the sail badly. She returned to repair the damage, Sone Harrrer A Rocens, Steelman, from Philadelphia for Wilmington, NC, before reported ashore on Kody Island, had a cargo of coal. She went ashore during @ gale at 5 o'clock morning of Jant2, She was breaking up rapidly on the I6th, and would prove a total loss. Her captain and crew took to the boats as soon as she was beached, and succeeded in reaching the shore, where they were endeavoring to save all they could trom the wreck. The HA R was 210 tons, built at Bridgeton, NJ, in 1865, and hailed from Great Exg Harbor. Axtwanr, Jan 7—The James Montgomery. Perkins, which arrived here yesterday from Philadeiphia, had thrown over about 160 bbls of petroleam. Carpirr, Jan 8—The Italian bark Casa Marittlma, Oli- vari, from New York for Queenstown or Falmouth, with maize, has been driven up this channel through stress of weather, andarrived in Penarth Roads this afternoon with losé of sails, rudder damaged, &, The captain re ports having met with terrific weather in crossing the Atlantic The Norwegian bark Bayard, from Baltimore yia Queenstown for Newcastle, with ‘Indian corn, has also Deen driven up w our roadstead, and has had cargo shifted, Coxwaven, Jan 3—The Superb, German brig, Von Ap pen. from Savannah, grounded opposite the harbor on the Krautsand, but was towed off, and proceeded up the river under sail, (The above vessel arrived at Mamburg jan 5.) Deas, Jan 6—The Gloriana, of Shields, Peregrine, from London for Pensacola, put back to the Downs Jan 3, and was in collision last night with the Zuid Holland, Dutch ship, Swart, trom Helvoet for Batavia; both yessels sus- tained considerable damage to their hulls. The latter Vessel aiterwards fouled the Charles Dickens (#), Prince, from Shields for Marseilles, doing her some damage; the steamer will probably proceed on her voyage. Both ves- sels proceeded for the Fiver and arrived at Gravesand on the 7th, Dover, Jan7—The Joh L Dimmock, frem Savannah for Bremen, has passed up in tow, with loss of bowsprit and topmast. ‘ het a Phit Parmourn, Jan 6—The La Retla, Christensen, from Phil: adelphia, g*rived here yesterday with losy of sails and bulwark made water and shifted cargo; the leak afterwards took up and the cargo was trimmed. Havre, Jan 6—The Othello, Greenleaf, from Havre for Cardifr and Savannah, reported ‘Deed as stranded at Re- ville, has been sold; ‘workmen have been sent to her, and she will probably be got off and taken to Cherbourg. 0 pe Nov ismasted, has been 60! for 83,0001, and is to'be towed io London. Livenroou, Jan 7—The brig Napier, Dodd, of and from Sydney, CB, for Santiago de Cuba, was abandoned Dec le badly and with loss of ‘foretopmast, &c, hav- ing encountered a heavy gale on. the 10th, in lat 40, Jon 57. and again a hurricane on the 13th; one man drowned and mate badly injured; crew were taken off by ship J A Wright of Bath, which landed them at Havre. . ‘The Mount Royal, Wilmarth, arrived here from New reports having encountered severe gales from SSW and WNW, accompanied by a tremendous. cross sea, dur- ing which two new lower topsails and foresail were blown away, bulwarks, hatch houses and deck houses nove, £c: Jan 2 met @ severe gale, accompanied by thun- der and lightning. the lightning ‘striking the. foreroyal- RO masthead, proceeding down the backstay and exploding on deck, injuring the mate, carpenter, steward and onc seaman, &8h—The Eastern State, from Quebec for Dublin, was abandoned Dec 3), her bottom having dropped ont duriug a heavy gale; créw landed here by the Herinon, trom angoon. ‘Advices from Skibbereen, dated Jan 6, state that two lifebuoys came. axhore, one marked “Sardis Boston,” and the other "St Michael, Quebec.” [The ship Sardis, Follansbee, sailed from Howland’s Island Aug 14 for Liv: erpool.} Ligon, Jan 6—The bark Junak (Ans), (rom New York for Paimouth (wheat), has put in here leaky. Nantes, Jan 6—The Germany (s), wrecked at the mouth of the Gironde, ix quite covered with sand, and there is no longer any prospect of salvage. s Miscellancou: Purser WG Barritt, of the steamship Atlantic, from Liverpool, has our thanks for favors. The agent of the White Star line of steamers informs us that he has received a cable telegram announcing that the steamship Baltic’s last run from Sandy Hook to Queenstown was made 1n7 days, 20 hours and 9 minutes, which is the quickest passage ever made between the two continents by one minute—the city of Brussels hav- ing accomplished the trip in December, 1869, In 7 days, 20hours and 10 minutes. Suir Hazx, Wilkinson, from Rrashear City via Key West for Mare Island, Cal, before reported overdue at San Francisco, was spoken Jan t3, no lat, &e, given, by ship Young America, which arrived at Saa Francisco Jan 20 from Liverpool. ick PassaGes—Bark Yamoyden, which arrived at Baltimore 2ist from Rio Janeiro, made the run in the re~ markabls short space of * Schr Chimo (of Bangor), Lamis, which arrived at Bal- timore 2ist trom Demerara, made the passage to Cape Henry in 13 days. Ship Leander (Br), Knight, sailed from Yokohama Dec 22and anchored below Quarantine Jan 2, making the axsaze in W2 days, which is believed to be the shortest me on record. AugxanpriA, Jan 21—The ice gorges.in the Potomac, at Giesboro and at Fort Washington still exist and afford effectual barriers to navigation, though the river between those points is but little obstructed, ‘The tugboat Katie Wise, in an attempt to force a way through that at Fort Wastington yesterday, broke one of the flanges of her ropeller, and will have to be repaired before she can go nto service again. The steamship EC Knight remains aground above the Long Bridge, but is in a better position with regard to the ice which surrounds her than she was yesterday. Schr MC Cranmer fs aground at Quantico, dnd schr Waneta is adrift in the ive near that place, float” ing up and down with the tide. The Philadelphia steamer New York has come up the river as far as Fort Washing- ton, whe she is waiting for the ice to give way. Notice to Mariners. RAST COAST—WRECK OFF SOUTHWOLD. Notice is hereby given that a green buoy, marked with the word “Wreck,” has been placed 10° fathoms ESE from a brig (supposed to be the Ant) sunk off Southwold. ‘The buoy lies in 9% fathoms at low water spring tides, with the following marks and compass bearings:— Reydon Church Tower, three times its width to the eastward of the chance! end of Southwold Charch, NNW, Dunwich Church, west n herly, distant 3 7-10 miles, Sizewell Bank Buoy, SWS, distant 53 10 iuiles, East Barnard Buoy, NNEXE, distant 65-10 iniles. The maats of the’ sunken "vessel are visible at low water. BAY OF PRNGAL—LIGHTHOUSE ON THE CREAT ASSES ROCKS. The lighthouse which has been for some time past in course of erection on the Great Basses Rocks, off the southeast coast of Ceylon, being now completed, notice is hereby given that it 13 intended to exhibit the light therefrom on and after 15th March next, Mariners are to observe that the Great Basses light will be req revolving, of the first order, flashing at intervals of 45 seconds, and showing all round the horizon at an elevation of 110 tect above the sea. It will be visible in clear weather at a distance of 1644 miles, In foggy weather a bell will be sounded at intervals of 734 seconds, jotice 18 also hereby given that on the exhibition of the light trom the Great Basses lizhthouse the lightvessel Row moored one mile ENE of the’ Rocks will be discon. nued. jueprther notice will be issued when the light 1s exhth- ed. By order. ROBIN ALLEN, Secretary. Trinity House, London, Jan 3, 1873. Whalemen. Arrived at Barbados Dec 13, bark Cicero, Clay, from a cruise; 17th, achr Triver, Soper, do. Arrived at Panama Dec 30, bark Trident, Cogan, of NB, ‘with 1300 bbis oil and 21,000 Ibs bon Arrived atdo Jan 3, ship Jireh Perry, Owen, of NB, with 1600 bbls oi and 18,000 Ibs bone; brig Highland Light, Freneh, of SH, with 120'bbls sp oil. Arrived at do Jan 2, schr Shooting Star, Reed, from the Arctic, with seal furs for shipment across the Isthmus. Bark Andrew Hicks, Howland, of Westnort, was at Per- nambuco Dec 12, where Mr Sampson, who. went out to join the vessel as mate, met her. Had taken i whale since leaving Fayal. Spoken. Ship Wm Wileox, Crocker, from Shields for Callao, Dec 16, Jat 13 54 S, lon 33 48 W. Ship Agamemnon, from San Francisco for Cork, Dec 17, lat 11158, lon 3430 W. American ship fiving JLEP of the Commercial Code, Dee 10, Lat 16208, fon 35 W. Bark American Lloyds, Park, from New York for Bue- nos Ayres, Dec 12, lat'33 N, lon 8 W ‘ Bark Howland, Tucker, from Surinam for Boston, Jan 9, lat 405), Ion 64. Bark Miggie Horton (Br), Brown, from Darien for Mon- tevideo, Nov 22, lat 6 N, lon'31 W. Bark 'Aristos’ (Nor),’ Kildahl, from San Francisco for Falmouth, E, Dec 7, lat 152 N, lon 122 45, wirk Amelia, bound south, Dec ll, lat3 87'S, lon 148 50 A brig, steering east, showing pr balls on White ground and red borde tat 37 52, lon 74 32. Forcign Ports. Bristo1, F, Jan 7—In port bark Penelope (Swed), Thu- len, for Savannah, having put back from King Road. Strassburg (s), Barre, Nov 2l—Arrived, bark Chas Forbes, NA, Arrived, Arrogante Amelia, Ross, New Orleans; Zaragosa, Dias, Savannah, Cannire, Jan Arrived, bark Amelia, Rose, Hayre via Plymouth, E. CunistiaNsany, Dec 23—Sailed, bark Aukathor (Nor), Henricksen (from Gottenburg, having restowed cargo), Philadelphia (not as betore reported). Carcutra, Jan 6—Sailed, Riversdale, Irvine, New York. Cleared Jan 14, ship City of Boston, Ulmer, Boston. In port Dec 13, ships Benton (Br), Wilkie; Centaur (Br), Bachow, and Sikh (Br), Andrews, for New York; Beau maris Castle (Br), and Gilbert Thompson (Br), for do: Tennyson, Graves, tor Boston; and others reported later. Proceeding down the river 12th, ships British Sove. reigh (Br), Davis, and Sarah Hignett, Burwell, for New ‘ork, Duntn, Jan 7—Arrived, Jane, Ure, New York. DeMeRARA, Jan 5—Sailed, schr Adeliza, Huntley, Balti- more : 6th, brig Mississippi (Br), Marchant, do. Favmoutu, E, Jan 7—Arrived, Contest, Jameson, San Francisco. GuovcesteR, F, Jan 6—Arrived, Antonietta Borzone, Rogxiero, New York. CrnRaLtar, Dec 26—Arrived, Ferreri, Cafiero, New York (and cleared 27th for Genoa Hone Kone, Jan 12—Sailed, steamship Japan, Howard, San Francisco. Livervoot, Jan 22—Arrived, ship Goschen (Nor), Bahr, New Orleans, Entered out 6th, Frolic, Busch, for New Yor Moreh, Pensacola: British Const, Raymond, padre, Metealf, San Francisco. London, Jan'22—Arrived, steamship Erin (Br), Lawson, New York Lisnow, Jan 6—Put in, Junak. Bonacich, from New York for Falmouth, leaky. Messina, Jan 18—In port brig Clytie, Dow, from Fiume (Austria) for Boston, dg. PryMoom, Jan 7—Sailed, Mount Cenis (s), Barrett (from New York), Antwerp. Pornt-a-Prene (Guad), Dec 20—In port schr David Mil ler, Toothacker, for Fernandina, Poxce, PR, Dec 4—In port schr Windward, Ellis, for New York, ldg. Rio JANEIRO, Dec 18—In port barks Clifton (Br), Gavet, from Baltimore via Pernambuco, disg; New Light, Chap’ man, for Baltimore, ready; Campanero (Br), Walker, from do, dite; Paladin (Arg) Forbes, to repatr; brig Vir: ginia Dare, Bell, wtg. earatom, Nov 35—In port brig Admiral, Smith, for Bank- ok. Stvaarore, Jan 20—In port bark Anna T (Aus), for New York, ldg. Trikstk, Dec 31—Arrived (not cleared), Angelica, Des- semibus, Philadelphia, Vicrorta, V1, Jan 10—Passed down, bark B Aymar, Slo- cum, from Burrard Inlet for Shanghae. e signal, two black , Was seen Jan 15, Brewernaver, Jan 4—Sailed, New Orleans. Burnos Ayr Amelia, and Com- (PER STEAMSHIP ATLANTIC. ] Axtwenr, Jan 5—Arrived, Ulrika, Laurell, New York. Sailed 6th, P C Merryman, Young, Valparaiso. Arrived in the river 6th, J Montgomery, Perkins, Phila- delphia; Liverpool, Mos d Argosy, Jones, do. Brrstor, Jan ¢—In port Penelope, Thiirlin, for Savan- nah, In Kingroad 7th, Concord, Park, from New York for Gloucester. Brouwersttiaven, Jan 5—Arrived, Maria M, Sagasti, Sa vannah. xerncinuraven, Jan 5—Arrived, Alexander, Tarbox, ew Orleans. Canvrer, Jan 6—Cleared, Elvira, New Orleans. y Drat, Jan 7-Arrived, Cupid, Grant, London for Provi- dence (and anchored) ; 8th, Kjakan, Reynholt, do for Pen- sacola (and, anchored) ; Teviot (s), Nisbet, New York tor ad). London (and sailed) og gyn, Hannah Parr, Samberg, New from London for Pensacola. ‘ald Haarfager, Nielsen, Liverpool tor Phi- Faumoorn, Jan. 6—Arrived, Fama, Tortensen, York, 7th, Hai ar (Os Jan 5—Arrived, Olympia. () New York. h, India (s). Brown, New Yor! oy Dee oh arrived, Sollicito, Longobardo, Li- cata cand cleared for Baltimore); Maria, Savarese, New York; Emilia & Sophia, Caflero, do; Sist, JG Harkness, New Orleans (and cleared for Trieste). Gexod, Jan $—Arrived, Lada, Medanich, Savannah ; 4th, Win Welsh, Gay, Philadelphi: Hong Kona, Nov 19—Satied, Early Morn, Fursman, New York (hasbeen reported in port Nov 27); Witch, Bursley, do (has been reported at Whampoa Nov 27). Haven, Jan 5—Arrived, Argentine & Emma, Anderson, New York; Crescent City, Delano, N ‘abine, Breaker, Galveston; 6th, Kent rwood, Tedtoared 6th, John Patten, Wyman, and Zephyr, Sweet- | ger, New Orleans; Jonathan Chase, Chase, Cardif and United States. Sailed Sth, Albert, Anderson, New Orleans, Masnona,’ Jan 4-Arrived, Beta, Horn, New Orleans: Sth, Superb, Sprekelsen, Savanna Arrived at Cuxhaven 6th, Montreal, Davidson, for Phi- ladelp! Hetvort, Jan 6—Arrived off, E H Duval, Dnval, from Philadelph Tsun oF W Jan G—At anchor, George & Louise, uthampton tor Doboy; Aurora, Trew, do Shiels, from + Liverroot, Jan 7—~Arrived, St Pierre, San Francisco; New Orleans, Chas Gomm, Hutchinson, Morant Bay, Ja, via New York ; Lizie Wricht, Rockland; 8th (not Lith), Hermon, Minot, Sap Vranciscs Sailed 7th, Jardine Brothers, Nielson, poleared ih, Orion, Cook, New York? Aduetia: Flom: ing, jelphia. Entered out 7th, Jas R Boyd, Perry, and Ranger, Co: for Boston: Northampton, Machin, New Orleans; Canada eo Webster; City of Paris (s), Leitch, and Manhattan (), rice, New York. ‘Arrived at Holyhead 7th, Obey. Bisson. Live for geixeneas Generosa, Chiesa, New York for Glassop jock. Loxvox, Jan7—Arrived, Osmi Dubrovacki, Cravich- and Acta, Walker, New York; Rufus, Jorgensen, Wil, mington, NC; 8th, Rodolph Danovaro, Podesta, and Vin: cenza, Brillich, New York. nt Pensacola, Belle ANi- ance, Bartels’ Doboy. Arrived at Gravesend 7th, Larnax, Trail, New York; 8th, Maggie Lauder, Thomas, Pensacola, Sailed 7th, W G Russell, Owens, Montevideo, Mitroun, Jen 7—Put in, Royal Harry, Wiemers, from Cardiff for New Orleans, Maasuittes, Jan t—Sailed, Solo, Nordgrem, New York; Syrius, Knadsen, New Orleans. Newront, Jan 6—Entered or ldg, Ellen Dyer, Leland, for Havana. puenstow™, Jan 7—Arrived, Runer, Regna, New York. “val, Dec 2—Arrived, Derby (s), Newman, Savan- ry ‘ Swansea, Jan 6—Entered for ldg, Orbit, Nash, for Car- a ‘Sw w, Nov 25—Sailed, Moneynick, Marshall, Hong Sw Fons —Sailed, Joshua Loring, Lamb, Licata, in 5—Arrived, Tjomo, Raed, New York 4 7th, Ernestine, Auger, ‘Tuixsre, Jan 3 Warenrony, J (mot as betore). American Ports. BOSTON, Jan 21—Arrived, schrs A D Scull, Steelman, Mobile; W'L Bradley, Chase, and Gov J Y Smith, Bray, Buaitimore; JV Wellington, Doane, Philadelphia; Cres’ cent Lodge, Port John: ; Quoddy, Fanning Plymouth Rock, Loring, and Mary F Pike, Good, Hoboken. Cleared—Steamshiv Geo Appold, Loveland, Baltimore ; rk RA Allen, Tarr, Matauzas; schr Mary Baker, jompson. St Domingo, s Suiled—Steainship Samaria. The ship Sonora, out- ward bound, remains at anchor in the roads. . 2d—Arrived, barks Eliza Evelina (Br), Monroe, Turks Islands; Roving Saitor, New Orleans brig Florence (Br), Rex, Pernambuco; schr Etta May, Jacksonville, Also arrived 22d, steamship Nereus, Bearse, New York ; brigs New Era (Br), Gordon, Liverpool; Mary Grace (Br), Kingston, Ja; schrs Dione, McDonald, Jacksonville; B F Farnham, Brewster, do. BALTIMORE, Jan 2l—Arrived, steamer North Poin! Foley, New York: ship tyra (Br), Mosher, Liverpo brig O Blanchard (Br) Dain, Rio Janeiro; schrs Chimo, Lansti, Demerara; Mary Jane Forbes, Lawson New York; R W Godtrey, ‘Batchelder, Boston; Eurek Stanley, Calals, Me; Edna Harwood, Inagua. Clearéd—Steamers Wm Lawrence, Hallett, Boston via Norfolk; Manito>an (Br), Archer, Liverpoot; barks Auto- crat (Br), Healey, Belfast, 1) brig Harry Sedgley, West Indies: Mary © Rosevelt, Devereux. Cardenas. Sailed—Barks M E Chapman, Clenfuegos; Mathilda, Cork; Mindora, Rio Janeiro; schr Shiloh, Matanzas, BRUNSWICK, Ga, Jan 15—Cleared, schr Loretto Fish, y, Norfolk (not New York). Arrived, senr Ada Barker, Sawyer, Bermuda, Cleared—Bnig Dashaway (Br), Kain, Montevideo, CHARLESTON, Jan 18—Arrived, bark St Peter, Curtis, St Thomas, Sailed—Schrs Lily, Hughes, New York; Equator (Br), Ranger, Harbor Island; Carrie S Webb, Homan, George- Lizzie Maul, Webster, Wilmington, Del. Brig Fortuna (Sp), Lienas, Barcelona. Sailed, schr A K Bentley, Mehaffey, Jacksonville, to load for New York. y2ii-Arnived, steainship Manhattan, Woodhull, New ‘ork. DARIEN, Jan 16—Arrived, bark Nymphen, Haagen- sen, Liverpool; 17th, brig Wandérer, Hetherington, Mary- port. ‘ Cleared 16th, schr Elwood Burton, Jarvis, Mystic; 17th. barks Mar. nn, Hamlin, Glassen Dock; Lothair, Hut- ton, Belfast hr Chas F Heyer, Poland, Boston, In port sth, ship Missouri, Cook; barks Huron, Wil- liams: Empire, Oakley; Peter Rohland, Prober; Gren- mar, Ludvigsen; Dunb: Hughes; West Wind, Riel- don~all ldg for United Kingdom; Nymphen, Haagensen, disg, to load for do; brig Wanderer, Hetherington, do do; schrs Armida Hall, for Boston, ldg; A Burlett, Fisher, for Philadelphia, do. FORTRESS MONROE, Jan 22—Arrived, brig J F Erich- sen, Lohman, Rio Janeiro (and sailed tor New York). Sailed—Bark Sjogasten (Nor), Olsen (from Rio Janeiro), New York. GALVESTON, Jan 16—Cleared, ships Armstrong (Br), Bryan, Liverpool; Arzilla (Br), Durk. Cork for orders. JACKSONVILLE, Jan 13—Arrived. schr Ada Ame: Adams, Hava’ Mth—Arrived, schrs Kate Foster, Foster, St Thomas; Fannie Elder, Smith, do. 16th—Arrived, schrs Windward, F! ve Ponce, PR; An- urchie, Merrill, Providen rew, Carter, and Hainmond, Bagley, New York; Prescott Hazeltine, bi oy mald, Boston, Cleared—Schr Howard, Wooster, Antigua. MOBILE, Jan 17—Cleared, brig Sibal (Nor). Hatte, Amsterdam. NEW ORLEANS, Jan 16—Arrived, brig Joven Miguet (Sp), Maristany, Porto Rico; schr Francis V Turner, Schiel, Ruatan: ‘Below, ships Fylgia, Jensen, from Liv= erpool; Golden Fleece, Fite, from Demerara; bark Alex- anier (Swe), Almfeldt, frou Havre; brig Frances Jane, Jones, from Rio Janeiro. Cletired—Barks Esperanza (Sp), Verges, Barcelona: Ann Wheaton (Br), Riddle, Pernambuco; brigs Trinidad (Sp), Raye; Rosa (Sp), Roig, and James Millet (Sp), Mil- lef, Barcelona. 1ith—Arrived, steamship Koln (N@), Franke, Bremen Bordeaux and Havana; ships Fulgia (Br), Jensen, rpool; Golden Fleece '(Br), Fife, Demerara; brig Francis Jano, Jones, Rio Janeiro, Below, ship John Parker, Scarborough, from Havana; bark’ Alexander (Swed), Olmfelat, trom Haven, Cleared—Steamship Mississippi, Crowell, New York; barks Jens Brandis (Nor), Elmertsen, Queenstown; Eyr ise Lammers, Genoa; Dolores (Span), Guerra, Ma- jaa.’ ournwEst Pass, Jan 16—Sailed, bark Espana. 17th—Sailed, steamer Arbitrator and brig Moses Rogers. NORFOLK, ‘Jan 20—Arrived, steamship Medora (Br), Stuart, New York; schrs H F Rowe, Tennen; L H Hop- kins, Predmore ; Ellen Lewis, Lewis, and Diploma, Tink- am, do. NEW BEDFORD, Jan 20—Arrived, schr B H Jones, Da- vis, Wareham for Georgetown, DC. NEWPORT, Jan 20, PM—Atrived, schrs GP Pomroy Tribble, Providence Yor New York;\ L A Johnson, Mahi= man, do for Philadelphia; John F Kranz, Pitcher, War- ren for New York or Baltimore. Sailed—Schrs St Croix, Eaton, Georgetown, SC. for Boston: Island City, MeIntosh, New York for Harwich. 2st, AM—Arrived, schr Katie P Lunt, Pomroy, Georges. town, SO, for Salem, s NORWICH, Jan 2i—Arrived, schrs_A F Bailie, Daniet Webster, and A'S Oaks, Georgetown, DO; J Cadwalader, Philadelphia. NEW LONDON, Jan 20—Arrived, schrs Surprise, Bos- ton for New York; Brandywine, Adams, and J B Can- he tte Geer, Providence for do, NEW HAV: Jan 22—Arrived, schrs Progress, Van Valkenberg, New. York; Annie W Collins, Looker, d Rowena Arabel, Hyland, Philadelphia; Carrie P Rich, Higgins, Virginia; E C Latham, Ellis, do; Susan Scran- ton, Hervey. do; sloop Competent, Hurley, New York, Sailed—Schrs Allen Gurney, Gurney, New York; $ Gurney, Gurney, do; Charlie Hawley, Rustin, do. PORTLAND, ©, Jan 13—Arrived, bark Felix Mendels- solin (NG), Barber, Hong Kong. * PHILADELPHIA, Jan 21—Arrived, steamships Nor- man, Nickerson, Boston; Catharine Whiting, Harding, Providence ; bark Naiaden (Nor), Barth, Pernambuco via. Hampton Roads; schrs Ella Amsden, Wixon, Windsor, 2 Elwood Doran, Jarvis, Boston; Electra Bailey, Smith, do; Marian Gage, Nickerson, Portlana. Cleared—Bark Ricardo UI (tal), Castellano, Gibraltar for orders, Sailed—Ship Peter Maxwell, Tamburg. yetimArnived, schr Sea Foam, Carter, Grand Menan, Lewes, Del, Jan 22—A bark and full-ri tosea this morning. A Norwegian bark went out at $ AM. Brig 8 V Merrick still remains. Steamshin Frances arrived last evening and went up the bay this AM. PORTLAND, Jan 20—Arrived, brig A Rowell, Atherton, Philadelphia; sehr Herald, Hodgdon, Rockland for New ork. Cleared—Schr Three Sisters, Baker, Philadelphia, Ale cleared (not arrived), brig Ella Maria, Boyd, Car- denas, 2st—Cleared, bri PORTSMOUTH L Baker, Snow, New York PROVIDENCE, Jan 3l—Arrived, steamshins Bunter, Sherman, and Alliance, Nickels, Philadelphia; schrs Ant E Valentine, Davis, Jacksonville; John W Rumsey, Brown, and Louis Walsh, Booth, Elizabeth} ert: Trenton Walls; Surf, Abbott, aud'Chas A Grainer, "Harvey, Port Johnsdn: D Sawyer, Rogers, Weehawken; Geo W Mid- on ‘Cant Messervey, for Sayan- sréported, but is on the marine ed brig went Giles Loring, Pinkham, Matanzas. Jan 19—Arrived in lower harbor, schr nah, did not sail 20th, railway. RICHMOND, Jan 20—Arrived, steamship Old Dominion, Walker, New York. Cleared—Bark Syea (Nor), Halverson, Baltimore, to load for Europe. SAN FRANC 1, Jan 13—Arrived, ship Volunteer, Hutchinson, Acapulco; barks Ben Moore (Br), Greig. Newcastle, Corea, Bartlett, Calla Windward (Br), Higgins, Acapulco: Ketso (Br), Dodds, Hong Kong ; senr Staghound, Piltz, Tahiti. Cleared—Ships Carrick (Br), Glover, Queenstown; Ja- erguson, Ritchie, do. Sailed—Barks Marie & Louise (Fr), Morenas, Iquiqne; Pearl, Harding, Queenstown; schr Three Sisters, Luce ith, leared, ship Glory of the Seas, Knowles, Liver- pool; parks Francis, Hill, Cork; Clara Louise, Sum- mers, que. Sailed—Ships Fortune, Taylor, Liverpool; bark Jo- hanna & Maria, Kerf, Crk, SAVANNAH, Jan mpson, St John, ed, schrs Lizae Irwin, dett Hart, Brooks, Porte SALEM, Jan 20. led, schr Josie A Devereux, for Wilmington, NC. STONINGTON, Jan 2—Arrived, schr Julia A Rich, x J i SR EVARD HAVEN, Jan 20—Arrived, schrs Alligator, i 0 0) for Portland; rel, avis, do for Feeres or blo e minery try. New York for Rockland. g SEmery, F. Boston: iy qi dak vere fheney, from Hoboken for Portland Sailed—Schr H T Townsend. BistcArrived, brigs JB Brown, Barnes, and Mary A Chase, Dolan, Hoboken for Portland; schts A L Butler, Webber, Charleston for Boston; Geo &B MeFariand, Mc* Farland, Fernandina tor do; St Croix, Eaton, George- town, 8G, ford Hart, Norfolk for do; GM Par- {ridge, Bunker, Wilmington, NC, for do; _M B Reeves, Ma- Ioney, Port Johnson for do; Hattie M Mayo, Chadwick, Hoboken for do; Louisa, Lowell, Weehawken tor do: Indiana, Penniman, New York for do: Hiram Know!- ‘and Ned Sumter, Pinkham, do tor Portland; Anna abeth, Getchel!, Hoboken tor Newburyport; Decorr: Port Johnson for Saiem: Miantonomoh, Bradle for Baliimore ; Flora Coneon, Condon, do tor Jack- sonville. 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