The New York Herald Newspaper, January 28, 1873, Page 10

10\ ST ee ee “POOR HORACE GREELEY.” The Greeley Will Case Before the Sur- rogate at White Plains. The Founder of the Tribune a Mo- nomaniac in His Last Days. Painful Memories of a Good Man. ———__——— THE LAST DAYS AT CHAPPAQUA. ——_——— Mr. Greeley Possessed with the Idea that He Was Beggared. ——— Testimony of Oliver Johnson, 0. A. Runkle and the Bosom Friend of the Phi- losopher, A. J. Johnson. Le ERNE et THE SAD WRECK OF A GIANT INTELLECT, nea EE eat Carious Revelations Concerning the Tribune As- sociation—The Meeting of the 13th of Novem- ber—Mr. Greeley Denounces Himself asa ~Black Frand” and States that the Tribune is blayed Ont and Its Editor Without Brains. ‘The testimony in the contested Greeley will case, which was adjourned from January 13, was again resumed yesterday morning at eleven o’clock, in the Westchester county Court House, at White Plains, before Surrogate Coftin, The building is of stone in which the examination was had, and the room in which the case was resumed is thirty by fifteen feet indimensions. The Surrogate isa sharp- featured, keen-faced man, with iron-gray whis- kers and hair, who wears spectacles and who seems to deem his oilice a very responsible and weighty one. The room was plainly fitted up, and to witness the fight over the property earned during a lifetime by the man whom | half of the Union was shouting hosannas te four months ago there were just seventeen men and one aged woman present. None of the relatives of Mr. Greeley were present, not even the daughters, Miss Ida and Miss Gabrielle, the latter being at the convent school of the Sacred Heart, A FIGHT FOR POOR MR. GREELEY’S PROPERTY. The counsel present were Judge Hart, a solidly built, gray-naired gentleman, who appeared for Miss [da Greeley; Mr. Nelson, a@ plain, farmer- Jooking man, who appeared for Miss Gabriclle Greeley; Isafah T. Williams. an old, pugnacious and obstinate lawyer, who is fond of late dinners, and who appeared for the contestants of the will of 1872, there being two wills in question, one made in 1871, which has not yet been reached, and the will of 1872, which is now being argued; Mr. Joseph H. Choate, well known in the Union League Club, the Committee of Seventy and the New Englana Society, a tali chestnut bionde, with an intellectual face, jor the two daughters of Mr. Greeley, against Manning, Storrs and Sinclatr. THE LAWYERS LOSE TEMPER. Among the witnesses were Mr. Runkle, a lawyer, busband to the celebrated Mrs. Lucia G. Calhoun, who appeared in the McFarland case; Oliver John- gon, one time editor of the independent, also a lile- Jong abolitionist and now a trustee and stock- | holder of the Trivune, and Mr. Alvin J, Johnson, the bosom iriend of Mr. Grecley, who was always styled by the latter “A, J,” in @ familiar sense, during the Philosopher's life, There was a great deal of sparring between the lawyers, and the chief aim of the counsel for the contestants seemed to be that the alleged in- sanity 0} poor Mr. Greeley should be proven at the time of his making the will of 1872, which gives Miss Ida haif of her father’s property for herself, | and the other half ajso to her to hold in trust for her sister, Miss Gabrielle, who is a minor, and v0 Whom nothing but a gold watch was leit by her father until she should become of age to take care of her half. The chief object of Mr. Nelson, coun- sel for Miss Gabrielle, seemed to be to bother Isaiah T, Williams & much as possible in his Hight for tie contestants, Mr. Choate, who had appeared for the children as the senior counsel jor the first time, said that he was not quite prepared to go on, and said he thought it was due to the public, as well as to himself and his clients, to have anadjournment in order to make proper prepara- tion, as there was so much interest taken by all parties in the case. Mr, Choate believed that if an adjournment was had for two weeks an ad- justment might be made between both parties that | would be satisfactory to all concerned. He asked for mutual satisfaction and without prejudice to any one. Mr. Williams opposed the motion, and the Surro- gate stated that he thought the case should pro- ceed forthwith, as the case had been pending be- jore him for months and he could see no further cause for delay. DON’T WANT TO GO ON”? Mr. Choate—I have very, very strong objections to going on now. At this stage of the case the po- sition may be said to have changed. He then read a@ letter from the Children’s Ald Society, signed by ite secretary, Mr. C. L, Brace, and a subsequent letter trom the trustees, both of which letters were to the purpose that the society had resigned any claim against the Gree'ey estate, regardless of the bequest made in favor ol the society by Mr. Greeley in the will of 1871. Judge Hart stated that they had no right to ap- pear in the case onthe application for admission to probate of the will of 1872. ‘he Surrogate ruled that they had aright to ap- | pear. The executors of the will of 1871 have a right to appear if the former will holds good, AN OLD ABOLITIONIST TESTIFIES. Mr. Oliver Johnson was the first witness called Dy the contestan He is a spare built, looking man, With a bilious face. He sal now the managing editor of the Christian Union; ‘was editor of the weekly and semi-weekly Tribune for two years; was connected with the staff of the Tribune for six years, not continuonsh Was the editor of the /ndépendent for five years; resident of New York for five years; knew Mr. Greeley for twenty-nine years; first got acqnatnted with him in 1844; Was Closely relaved with him to 1848; took charge o1 the paper during the absence of Mr, Greeley at that time; left the Tridune in 1848 and went back to it in 1801; le(t again and was there in 1870-1871 and @ part of Isi2; Was in daily intercourse with Mr, Greeley whtle on the Trivune; met Mr. Greeley at the time of his wile’s death. | * THE DEATH OF MRS. GREELEY, | Saw Mr. Greeley on the day of her death and on the Sunday preceding saw him at his home, at Alvin J. Johnson's honse, West Filty-seventh street, in the afternoon; w with him hal to three-quarters of an hour; did not see bim aione | on the morning of his wife's funeral; he met me in a manner which arresved my attention; he met | me and shook my hands and held on to me for full | half a minute, and did not sneak fer that time; wi he did speak he spoke of himself as an utterly ruined man; said nothing to me in regard to his ‘> wile’s death; spoke to me of the Tribune, and | spoke of himself as having utterly destroyed the Trivune; that was the substance; what impressed me at fret was the manner in which he seized my hand; he had never done it before; his look was peculiar and strange; he did not allude to his wife's decease except to me ona reply; I had never before seen such a look on his face; he replied to me over and over and said tie same thing again and again; nothing that I said could stop hit; “1AM A RUINED MAN,"? he repeated over and over again, “Iam a ruined maa and I have ruined the Tribune and its all gone to the dogs; [then told him that he was mise taken, that the 2rivune “was doing well;” he said, “Yon are all wrong; you know nothing ‘about 1t;" tls la had a look; his expression was intense; he said “1 wish I was dead” instead of his wife more than Mr. Williams—Mr. Johnson, from what you saw 2 of Mr. Greeley’s expression and wildness oj eye did | you form an opinion of jis unsoundness of mind? Mr. Choate—i object, Your Hi on the ground that the witness is 0% @ professional, and should therefore not be allowed to give an opinion, Surrogate Cottin—State what he said in regard to the fact of the 7r/bune \eing ruined, Witness—It was not a iact that the Trttune ‘wae ruined; it was a jact well known to the stock- noldore that the @rivune was ihen_ prospero NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1873.—TRIPLE SHEET. manner was that his mind was not rational at the time; the day belore the funeral of his wife I jndged he was in the same state of mind and that it was a case Of insanity, Surrogate—Any facts or airect evidence in proof of insanity may be given by the witness. “POOR MR, GREELEY.” Witness resumed—On the Sunday previous to nis wile’s death, when I dined with him, his con- versation was of a similar kind in regard to the other two interviews; it was Sunday, of Octo- ber; my conversation was less on that Sunday; my anxiety was cenfirmed at the subsequent 1n- terviews; saw him the evening of the funeral at A. J. Johnson’s house; when I entered the house I found him geated alone by himself ona chair in the centre of the room; there was a large company; saw that he was in a very singular con- dition; his manner was very unusual; his face was vacant and desp: 3 1 think T saw him next in the house of Mr. Sinclair, Novem- ber 13; there were others connected with the Tribune who met there in _ regard to Mr. Greeley’s condition; he said nothing at any of those interviews abeut his wife but what I have mentioned; the meeting at Mr. Sinclair’s house was not a stockkelders’ meeting formally, but we met as friends; can hardly repeat what was said; Mr. Greeley present; there was neral con- versation on the subject of the » In the midst of which Mr. Greeley rose and said, among other things, that he had ed us all; he couldn't tell why, but he knew he had done it; “Iam ruin- ing you now; I try to do ‘ht, but everything I do is wrong; he finaliy lost self and the thread of his discourse; he came to no natural pause in his speech. Mr, Choate—Let us have the whole speech. Witness—He said, “I tried to do right, but I find that everything I do is wrong;” his manner was that of sorrow and lamentation; his eye and man- ner were those of a man deprived of his reason; my conviction was at that time that he was de- ranged; I have no more doubt of that fact than that I am here at this moment; I saw him next at the house of Mr. Alvin Johnson; I think it was about Tuesday, November 19; I found Mr. Greeley lying upon the sefa; I went up to bim and took his hand and expressed the hope that he-was bet- ter; he said, “I am no better; he was silent for awhile and then, looking at me with a wild look said in a half whisper to me, “Where did you come from last?’ J answered, ‘i have just come from the cars, ashort time since, in the usual way, and before that from the Tribune office.’ Mr. Greeley said, “How do they get the pus from the Tribune alfice to the Post Oilice ?” answered, “Mr. Sinclair sends them down as usual in the cart providea for them.” Mr. Greeley then questioned me again, and said in the same wild half whisper, ‘(What does it cost?” I saw that he was in no meod to taik, and I tried to pacify him, That was the last time | ever saw Mr. Gree- ley to speak to him. I have olten heard him speak of his family. MR, GREELEY’s BENEVOLENCE. Mr, Greeley was generous and benevolent, and remarkably sympathetic and open to the appeals of the suuiering. . By Mr. Williams—From your close connection with Mr, Greeley did you ever form an opinion that it was his purpose to disinnerit his youngest daughter ? ‘Lhe Surrogate did not allow this question, Mr, Williams—I wish to claim that the preferment of the eider to the younger daughter would be an evidence of insanity. Witness resumed—I have heard Mr. Greeley say more than once—I don’t know how many i ed “Gabe is my girl, Ida is Mrs. Greeley’s girl,” and I remember further that on more than one occasion he spoke in substance of Gabrielle being his favorite daughter. BYMr. Williams—Do you know of any reason to doubt the capacity of Miss Gabrielle to take charge of her property ? Objected to. Mr, Williams—The very letter of this will charges congenital insanity, a8 it implies that she is unfit to take charge of the property, her share of which is willed to Miss Gabrielle, in charge of Miss Ida, not only during the minority of Miss Gabrielle, but during the years of her seniority, Witness—I have ne opinion in regard to that. A RELIGIOUS DISCUSSION. By Mr. Williams—Do you know that the elder daughter of Mr. Greeley was educated at a Roman Catholic institution ? Witness—I have heard Mr. Greeley say 80; Ido not know it. By Mr. Williams—Do you know whether it was a matter ef regret or congratatation to Mr. Greeley during his lifetime that his daughter Jda was edu- cated at a Catholic convent ? Witness—I have heard Mr. Greeley frequently within the years of my acquaintamceship with him speak with regret and mortification in view of the are his daughter had been educated in a con- vent. Mr, Williams—Do you know if Mr. Greeley had any feeling or desire that his youngest deughter, Gabrieile, sheuld not be educated at that convent Witness—I never heard him say 80. Exceptions were taken bv Choate to these questions and answers, and the Surrogate said it was a needless discussion, as no ene would know where it wouid lead to. The witness was asked by Mr. Williams if he knew of any pecuniary losses suffered by Mr. Greeley in the years previous to nis death. Ques- ion objected to, Cross-examined by Mr. Choate—The meeting of the stockholders was an informal ene; we came together in regard to the interests of the Tribune; Ido not think that Mr. Greeley called the meeting; word was passed round among our friends; I can- not tel! ai! Who Weré present; f know thet Mr. George Ripley, Mr. Thomas N. Roeker, Mr. Fitzpat- rick, Mr. Runkle, Mr. Samuel Sinclair and myself were present; I do not recollect any others at S present; some were. trustees and all were stockholders; no business was dene until Mr. Greeley had gone out of the reom; the Tribune had always been a leading political journal, and it made no change in its principles during the campaign; in its relations to the party it had chamged; the prosperity of the ioune would not be affected by a political change in its principles; Mr. Greeley became a candidate of a party to Whom he had always been epposed, THE CIRCULATION OF THE TRIBUNE. Nothing whatever was stated at the meeting in re- gard to any apprehensions of a loss of circulation on the Tribune; ie circulation of the Weekly Tridune betore t mpaign began was 119,000; at the close of the campaign it was 170,000, By Mr. Ch —How about the circulation of the datiy? Objected to. Surrogate—They have a right to show that Mr. Greeley’s candidacy way have aifected the fortunes of the paper. Mr. Jotinson resumed his testimony—1 am not sure, but I think there was a slight laliing off in he circulation of the daily 7rivune; 1am one of he trastees of the Tribune Association; I am not absolutely certain, but I think that all the issues of the Tribune have inereaged in their circulation, excepting the weékly; the daily has iné¢reased since the election; the change in the course of the Tribune was indicated by the publication of a card in the paper from Mr. Grecley; 1 did not know that Mr. Greeley wrote several articles after the election that were published in the Tribune; I know noth- ing of any large loans that Mr. Greeley had made; I replied to Mr. Greeley when he said the Tritune was ruined, and all the trustees also responded to him and denied it; I said that the Tribune was oetasae was prosperous and had a great future before it; he responded, “I have ruined you; Ihave been ruining you all this alternoon;"’ several of the trustees told him that he was mis- taken, that he had net ruined the 7tbune nor himself; I don’t think that a newspaper like the Tribune can be much aifected by the result of elec- tions; some newspapers might; I do not know of any change in the Post Office Department at that time; at one time, when Miss Ida Greeley was in Europe, and also when she was here, Mr. Greeley spoke to me of his daughter Gabrielle; Mrs. Greeley ‘was sick on one of these occastons. THE COMMON SCHOOL QUESTION. Mr. Greeley said that his wife was opposed to have his daughter Ida go to a common school, and that he had to take his choice of letting her grow up im ignorance or take his wife’s choice of send- ing her to the convent school; I heard that sie was sent to the school of the Convent of the | Sacred Heart. 'y Judge Hart—Do you net know that Mr. Gree- ley was opposed to having Ida go to a convent school? Objected to, and ruled out. Testimony resumed—I base ny opinion partly as to the insanity. of Mr. Greeley upon the fact as well as the manner of his differing with me in regard to the condition of the 7rivune; Mr. Grecley had his peculiaritics—-(here the witness smiled)—but his manner at the meeting. was not as ususl; there were no apprehensions felt during the campaign, By Mr. Williams—I had observed a break in Mr. 8 health previous to the Saturday before e's death; I have heard Mr. Greeley speak of sleeplessness during the campaign he had a marked habit of sleeping in the daytime; I suppose | that Mr, Greeley’s brain was over-taxed by his campaign labors, MRS, CALNOUN’S HUSBAND TESTIFIES. The next witness was Mr. Cornelius A. Runkle, husband to the well known Mrs, Lucia Gilbert Cal- houn, the famous witness in the McFarland case. Mr. Runkle is @ short, thick-eet man, with a large head of hair and @ handsome moustache. His tes- timony was as follows:—I am a lawyer in New York, and have been practising for sevente years; Was present at the meeting held at Mr. Sin- clair’s house; Mr. Greeley seemed to be very much troubled and depressed ; he said that he had‘rutned everybody, ruined all his friends and him- sell 5 when remonstrated with and told that he had not ruined anybody, he said, “Tama biack frand, and IT have been raining you all the time—I was as wrong a8 J could be all the time” all he said else was simply repetitions; he put his hand to his head and complained of « pain there; his manner Was that of an unhappy and depressed man, painful, but not violent; he looked sick, and had failen away in flesh; there was a vacant, or, rather, & meaningless expression in his face; I had no doubt that he was insane; on the 13th of No- vember Mr. Greeley was at a meeting of the trus- tees, and lie seemed as usual, With the exception of serious affliction, resulting (rom the disasters of the capapelge Lady not seen any newspaper arti- r. cles in % jreeley’s handwriting from the sth to the 13th of November; got a letter from Mr. Greeley on the 7th of November; haven't got it with me now; I turned ttover to Mr, Cleaveland; I did not call that meeting myself; I knew the meeting was called to consider the afairs of the Zribune; LE got a note from Mr. Sinclair te come to his house; Mr. Greeley was lying on a sola in an adjoining room; he was called in when f liad gone out of the room; he had been asicep; some one asked him what was bis trouble; he was asked the same question by several and made uo reply; Lb Went np stairs When he came back; he was stating thing he did was wrong, and that he could not do anything right any more; my impression was that = meant he had gone wrong against his own will; said to the meeting, “W! hell gets hold of you it’s no use; you can’t bi right any more,” and ‘add “It you want to prosper you had better t& rid of me; or “that he was in their way; there had been no sentiment among us that Mr, Greeley’s useiuinesss had ceased on the Tribune; on the’ contrary, the sentiment was of a reverse nature; he was the editor-in-chief of the newspaper at the meeting oa the 13th November, at Mr. Sinclatr’s house; T attended a meeting o1 the trustees of the Tribune which was held next evening; the action taken was that the paper should continue running with the gentlemen who were then in the office and that no Change should be made; at the meet- ing of the 13th November the matter was dis- cussed and it was advised that Mr. Greeley should have a position immediately. MR. GREELEY’S GOOD NATURF, By Mr. Nelson—Mr. Runkle, do you know of any moneys then owed to Mr. Greeley that were in @ state ef jeopardy or loss ? Witness—I think there was one—a claim of $5,000, By Mr. Nelson—Do you not know that there were five notes each of $5,000 due to him ¢ Witness—I never heard of but two notes for $5,000 each and I never saw but one, and that was made by Mr. Samue! Sinclair; the other note was made ‘by General Wiswail; I did not know that Mr. Sinclair's notes had been circulating to any ex- tent for the past two years among the brokers on the street. GREELEY'S OLD FRIEND SWORN, ‘The next witness sworn. was Mr. Alvin J. Jonn- son, Horace Greeley’s bosom triend and admirer, with whom Mr. Greeloy had lived for a long time and in whose house Mrs, Horace Greeley had died. Mr. Johnson is a stout, dark featured gentleman, with a good, honest face, and when called to the stand he protested most indignantly and earnestly against having to testy as to the privacies of Mr. Greeley’s life, He stood up and faciug the Surro- gate spoke as follows :— “Tstand here as the most intimate and warmest friend of the dead Horace Greeley, and I think that I ought not to be catechised on a witness stand as to matters which would scandalize the memory of my dead friend, 1am also the friend of his orphan daughters, and I protest against this cruel dissec- tion of Horace Greeley’s life.” * Surrogate—It cannot be helped, Mr. Johnson, orm eyiaenge has a bearing on the case and must e given, Mr. Johnson testified as follows:—I knew Horace Greeley since 1849; we were intimate friends; he had been an invited guest at my house; he removed there in November, 1870, and remained there until he went to Dr, Choate’s; I have hexrd him complain of sleeplessness in 1870, when he first came to my house; I was troubled with spelis of sleeplessness myself, and he and I used to compare notes at the breakfast table every morning; I had some con- versations with him about my making a will; he told me the necessity in the Winter of 1870-71; he never told me that he had made a will himself; he wrote his editoriais at my house regularly and had dis boy come up with proofs; I live at 323 West Fifty-seventh street; in the Spring he went to Texas; Mrs. Greeley came to my house on October 11, 1872, and she died there on October 30; Mr. Greeley had a room in my house and we were very intimate; I was as intimate with Mr. Greeley as T wus with my own father; lt loved the man and he loved me; I used to go to SHA pO every Sat- urday; 1 went to Chappaqua on the Saturday aiter the death of Mrs. Greeley; Miss Ida Greeley said that [must go to Chappaqua with him and get him to bring up his trunk; when he came to my house he said that he would leave his trunk there and never take it away until he went to Greenwood; on the day we were going to Shappacue 1 went up stairs to Mr. Greeley’s room and I saw him acting ina strange manner; he was tossing his things about from place to piace, pecking them and un- packing them; seeing his manner, I helped him to pack, and he acted very strange- ly; I was alraid. he would lose the train, and I packed the things as fast as I could; I got an expressman; I wanted to get a car- riage, and he said that would not do, that he was ruined; that it would cost $100 for a hack, and that the horses were ail sick, MR, GREELEY’S MONOMANIA. At Chappaqua he acted very strangely; I knew he was not right; we were chopping in the woods at Chappaqua one day in October, previous to Mrs. Greeley’s death; { put the ladder up a hem- lock tree, and he went up the tree; he did not seem to work as he used to; alter qecung up im the tree he would stop shoppin . and look far away can | the trees; when he stopped chopping he woul look around for a moment, and he cried out sev- eral times, “Oh! oh!’ he crouched down and looked at me to see was noticim; him; he acted very strange, and seem wild; the . Saturday before Mrs. Greeley came down to house he was in very great trouble and said he ‘wanted to get rid of that crowd; he said he wanted to find a good bed for “mother’—that was his wife; he asked me if I bad any objection to giving per aroom in my house; I said I could not answer, as I would have to consult my wife on account of the servants soln away ; he grabbed me by the coat and said, ‘Mother is dving, and I want yeu to let me have her go to your house and die there; I am dying, A. J.;” I knew Mr. Greeley was dying; the Sunday before Mr. Greeley died he had avery bad time; he went.to the bar- ber’s and came back; when he came back my wile told me to go down and see him; she said that, as far as she A Ww, the barber ney have thrown water over his coat and heir; Ewen: down and saw Water on his coat and hair; 1 was frightened and asked him what tae matter was; the perspiration was running down his hair in « tet- rible way; he said, “I am dying;” Tasked hint tf ne Was going to church and be said No;” on-qhe 2d of November, when Iwas packing his trunks, he went to the window, and, looking (rough it, Ww some men blasting rocks; he saii to me, ‘hose fellows are all fools, Johnson; they don’t know how to blast rocks; they haven't ot the executive ability; you and [ wouldn't blast rocks that way, Johnson; we would biastthe stones smooth and straight aad leave the cellar way clean ;" there were some French fats on some lots that! had built, and Miss Ida wanted to have a flat, as she thought that Mr, Gre "s family was giving our famiiy too much trouble; she went to get a fat from Mr, Jardine; I don’t knew whether she saw him or not; Mr. Greeley told me that I must not let Miss Ida have a flat, as he was utterly ruined and bankrupt, and that if I dia it I must pay tor it my- self; Isaid, “I! don’t care anything about that;” during Mrs. Greeley’s stay at my house I suppose that T heard Mr, Greeley say five hundred times that he was ruined; he did not have his regular sleep, and wes very much troubled. THE LAST HOURS OF MRS, GREELEY. About half-past four e’clock on the morning of. the goth of October my wile gave me notice that Mrs. Greeley was dying; Ldressed and went down stairs; | met Mr, Greeley, who was wandering about; he rushed up and said, “A. J., A, we are all ruined, and I want you to stand by u I said, “Mrs. Greeley is out of her troubles now;” he answered, “Oh, I den't care about that; Mother is gone, but we are utterly—utteriy—utterly—utterly ruined ;"' I tried to convince him that it was not 80, but T could not succeed—he would always break out afresh; on the Saturday that we went to C qua he would not have a carriage; he said press wagon would do, that he had no mor pay for a carriage; on the 2d November, at ae he insisted that Ishould take a transfer i ‘is property—Chappaqua, Trivune stock and all rest; he said that Poe were owing him money, and nothing would save him but my taking the Tribune ‘stock; he said Ishould take the ne stock at $4,500 apiece, and that they were net worth more than $3,500; 1 toid him that he had better let that matter pass and that I did not understand him; he wanted me to make up & pool and we would go in and run the Tribune; the Saturday before election he said that the Tribune was ruined, that Sam Sinclair was bankrupt and that the stock was going on the mar- ket; he said the only thing to be done was for me to step into Sinclair's place as publisher of the Tribune and get up & pool to run it; we were walking out by a place at Chappaqua called by Gabrielle “Pussy's place,” and had been walking arm-in-arm; suddenly he let go of my arm and ran behind this place; I had just said to him that it was very foviish of Mr. Sinclair to get his business so extended and hazard the Tribune; he jumped behind the pussy house quickly, and peering out from behind it, cried out, “A. J., it ain’t Sam is to blame, itis | who have ruined the 7ribune;"’ I thought I had offended him; we did not do much Le eg 3 that day at Chap- paqna; when he went to the louse he asked me to excuse him for a short time while he wrote a letter. “THE WRECK OF A MIGHTY MAN,” The letter was to be sent to Mr. Whitelaw Reid; Lwaited a long time for him, and fearing that I might lose the train, I fnaliy went up stairs; there I saw Mr. Greeley sitting in a stupor, with a large, fat letter in his land; he handed me the letter, and asked me to take it toe Sam Sinclair's, and they would take it to Whitelaw Reid; as he gave me the letter he said to me, “i never was a democrat, never had anything to do with the democrats, never wanted to be a democrat, and Tam nota democrat now, and [want you to tell that to everybody on the cars, and to tell them that lam utterly bank- rupt; he told me at Chappaqua that he would have died if | had not come up there; he did not want to read the papers but very seldom, and would only read the 7imes, which he read con- stantly; he would take up the Trivune and throw it down in disgust, and say that it was ruined; IT woudl y to him, “You are mista Kat the advertisements‘? he would reply, ‘I all deadheads; you know nothing about i! —you know nothing about i—the paper is nothing but a fraud—there is no brains about it; then he would take up the other papers and say, “Here's a paper that has brains—there’s the Times—look at the HkrraLp—the advertise- ments in the Zridune ain't paid for; good God! look at this paper (opening the Times), it's mak- ing money right along; there's no brains in the Tribune, it's bankrupt and played out.” On another occasion Mr, Greeley told the wit- ness that he had broken open a will which was sealed, and which should only have been opened in the Pan of the Surrogate, and that Ida must send him to the Penitentiary for perjury, and that he had ted $40,000 of “mother's property ; Witness tried to convince him that he had not done wrong, and that Ida, who was pres eut at the time, could ‘not intend to do him any = hari. asked him = who the executors — wer and he said that he was one and Ida the executrix; [told him. that I was not a lawyer, and he said, “Ne, you know nothing about it; that he would have to go to the Penetentiary unless | would stand by him; I him that I Would take the 7ivune stock at $5,000 @ share, though I believed it was worth $10,000; that seemed to relieve him; he said he wanted money for Ida and for Gabrielle; while at Chappaqua he she impprespiom coayeyed ta mg py My, Gregigy'a) vhay hg pad ruined sVorghodyj bp said that every-) made a remark that amused me; he saw sone of Jordan’s hogs coming down the hill and he said, “Look at thoge satans coming down the hil; I*never wanted hogs on this place; Ihate a hog; they’ve eaten up all the corn ip the crib, and look how lean they are.” Surrogate (with interest) to witness—Well, were the hogs lean? Witness—No, they were fat and happy-looking, and there was plenty of corn in the crib. THE TRANSFER OF TRIBUNE STOCK. The witness resumed:—On Wednesday, Novem- ber 13,1 met Mr. Greeley by appointment at the Trivune office at one o'clock; I wanted to pacify him by taking the Tribune stock; I had a room in the Astor House for him warmed; { had a large bundle of papers which he gave me, and which I had not-exainined; there was 0 ray he with us, Mr. Taffe, of the firm of Benedict & Taffe; Mr. Greeley ‘told me that he would be at the Astor House in five minutes, but he did not get there for some time; he had the stock made out transferred, and it was made out at $5,000 a share; I told him in my house that I would not take the shares, as there was no need of it; in the Astor House Mr, Greeley insisted that he must assign everything tom ir. Taffe asked, “For what consideration?” Mr. Greeley said, ‘For no con- sideration at all;’ . Tatfe said, “This man is sick and unfit to make this transfer; and I told Mr, Taffe that I only did it to pacify him, and I also told Mr. Taffe that I would inform the Tribune As- sociation, and he said that was right; I did’ inform the ‘rivune Association; six shares were made out, valued at $30,000, and transferred to me by Mr. Greeley; y Mr, Greeley told me he wanted money for Ida, for Gabrielle and for everything; I asked him how much he wanted; he said he wanted $1,000; It was after banking hours and I did not have the mone; with me; I went to the Broadway Bank, although it was late, and having told Mr. Everett, of the bank, of the circumstances, he let me have’ $1,000, which I brought back to Mr, Greeley; I gave him the money and he laughed with a childish glee; Mr. Greeley had some money:in his pocket and I was afraid he would lose the $1,000; he had no need of money; I then d an agreement to pay him $29,000 on demand. r. Oliver Johnson was recalled by Mr, Williams vo testify to the chirography and style of composi- tion of Mr. Greeley in regard to the language used in drawing up the will of 1872, Mr. Johnson testi- fied, on being examined in detail as to the clauses in the will, that, owing to the technical language apres, he did not believe the will was drawn up by Mr. reels: The case was adjourned until February 3, THE CHRISTIAN UNION. ha a . Wilson Wanting—A Review of the Fi- nancial Condition. The hall of the Young Men’s Christian Associa- tion was densely crowded, even to the galleries, on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the Association last evening. No doubt the announce- ment that Henry Wilson, Vice President of the United States, would be present drew together the greater number of those in attendance. ‘The exer- cises began with the singing of Psalm 186. After this the 145th Psalm was read and a prayer was offered by the Rev. W. T. Sabine, At the conclu- sion of the prayer a few remarks were made by Mr. Morris K, Jessup. He stated that although many in New York knew of the existence of the association there were many others who had, only @ partial knowledge at most of If8 AIMS AND OBJECTS, They strove to take young men who came as strangers to the city and introduce them to the circle of the association. Nothing there offerea to them would be of a character they ought ever to be ashamed of, Ciasses were taught by those who were masters of the French, German and Italian languages, and other classes were taught in music, mathematics and bookkeeping. Prayer meetings are also held nightly, and all the young men are invited but not forced to attend. Prayer meet- ings are also held on Sunday afternoons, at FIVE O'CLOCK SHARP, after which those young men who have ne homes are invited to stop and take tea. After tea there is another meeting. Taking all things into consid- eration the work is a profitable ene, said the spee ker, and we will offer up a prayer. Previous to praying, however, some statistics were given to show tho financial condition of the association. The receipts for the past year were given at $56,309 34, and the sneaker stated he was happy to announce that ail the indebtedness of the associa- tion had been met, with the exception of $150,000 owed upon the building, which was mortgaged. I am very sorry, he continued, to state that Mr. Wilson, who had promised to be present, has disappointed ns. I will now read a telegram received from him during the evening, as follows :—“Owing to press of bustness and sickness of colleague, I cannot leave here, but will write.” And I am more than happy to be able to state that the Rev. Dr. Tyng, Sr., will take Mr. Wilson’s piace, Dr. TyxG, aiter an apology for his appearance, worn out as he was Bd long years of service, said that he recalled with pleasure a time when he . ADDRESSED THR ASSOCIATION, That was in 1864, To stand there in place of that honored layman whose name had been mentioned wasagreat honor as well as surprise. h lay. men as Henry Witson, Schuyler Coltax and General Howard were entitied to all honor. (Feeble ap- piause.) ‘The Christian religion taught as a princi- ple that you should speak evil of no man, but that you skould speak no evil of a servant of Christ was amore commanding principle. te tnanked God for such Christian laymen as Henry Wilson. A Christian layman had more influence in America than a Christian minister. Dr. Joun HALL, upon being introduced, said it was time to go home, and he would only say a few words and wish alla goed night. He was very tre- quently called upon to e the jast little speech in such meetings, and supposed it was because What he said was apt to produce sleep. What he would y was a word here | there upon the subjec cant. A great many claimed to be “broad thinkers,” BROAD THINKERS were in the habit of finding good in Buddhism, Mo- hammedanism, Brahminism, and, perhaps, Mor- monism. tees 8 saw less that was good in Christianity. Now, though he could well appre- ciate the efforts of scientists to discover the laws of our universe, he felt quite as able as they to draw his own deductions from their discoveries. The meeting was concluded by prayer. MRS. WHARTON. Pee een The Evidence Still Doubtfal—No Proof Against the Accused Lady—Medical Ex- perts Agreeing to Disagree. ANKAPOLIS, Md., Jan, 27, 1 In the Wharton trial to-day the cross-examina- tion of Dr. Reese, of Philadelphia, as chemical and medical expert, was concluded. This witness corrected some of bis testimony on Saturday in regard to the symptoms of poison by Prussic acid, admitting that he was in error on Saturday. Dr. Josiah Simpson, United States Army, amd Dr. Abraham Claude, of Annapolis, were next exam- ined as medical experts. The latter on hypotheti- cal questions stated that the symptoms of Van Ness were, in his opinion, inconclusive evidence of the administration of poison. They were consistent with an unusual yet well recognized form of nat- ural disease, Van Ness’ disorder might be attribu- ted te emotional susceptibility. Finally as Van Ness had an attack of rheumatism in 1865 his dis- order might have been a recurrence of that attack, and was wiat was medically designated rhea- matism. By the agreement of counsel the evidence of some twenty Witnesses in regard to the good character of the accused, given at the Wharton- Ketchum trial, was then read, among which was that of General Hancock, ited Siates Army; Colonel! Brantz Mayer, United States Army; Rev, eds, Professor James C. Welling, President of Columbian College, District of Columbia, and others. The Court then adjourned, LAST OF THE FIREMEN’S BALL, The last of the old Volunteer Firemen's balls came off last evening at the Academy of Music. It was tbe forty-fourth of @ brilliant series; and if It lacked the throng of patronage and the enthusi- astic spirit which characteiized the gay assem- blages of the olden time, when the fire- men were @ power in socia) and political life, it was none the less enjoyabie to the particular class of people who were present. There was no overcrowding, and there was consequently an unrestrained and de:ightfal indulgence in the chief feature of every ball—the dancing. To the old patrons of this now defunct association sad memories must of course have oc- casionally intruded themselves, despite the biaze of light, the panoramic distraction of colors and the sensuous influence of the merry music, It was the last ofa bright concatena- tion of pleasant events that sweetened the mem- ories of many lives, and it 1s easy to conceive how much of emotion must have stirred the souls of those who, reverting to the glorious past of the old association, dwelt for a moment on the painful jact that this occasion marked the end of it, It was the last of the balls, because people were growing indifferent and the difculty of seiling the tickets was every year growing greater; but last evening, a# though the end demanded some marked recognition,a greater income from the sale of tickets was recorded than for some preceding years, Of the prominent patrons present were Owen Bren- nan, C. Godfrey Gunther, Jordan L. Mott, Daniel D. Conover, Nathanie) D, White, Robert McGinnis, James M. McGregor, Lorenzo elmonico, Charles Deimonico, George L, Jordan, Joun Garcia, Samuel A. Besson and John J. Bloomfield. The dresses of the ladies in many instances were exceedingly rich and claborate. There was no vulgar display of jewelry, and the ensemble of the ball floor was of the quite elegant drawing room model, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, WASHINGTON, Jan, 27, 1873, Commander D. L. Braine has received orders from the Secretary of the Navy to assume com- mand of the United States steamer Juniata, now Atting out at the Navy Yard, Boston. Chief Engt- neer William H, King has been ordered on duty a3 storekeeper of the Steam Engineering Department at the Norfolk Navy Yard. Lieutenant George W. Delong has been detached from tue Frolic and or- dered to the Juniata. H Call For a Naval Retired Bill. WASHINGTON, Jan. 25, 1873. To THe Eprror oF THE HERALD :— With the passage of the bill for the abolishment of the grades of admiral and vice admiral of our navy, these high ranks removed from the Naval Register upon the death of the present incumbents, places the navy upon a footing with the army, and asa preper sequence the retired laws of the navy should be likewise made to correspond with the army; all officers upon the navy retired list snould, like the army, receive three-quai relieved from all active duty afloat and ashore, I am sure, from the sentiments of the naval officers I have conversed with, the yaeare of this Naval Ke- tired bill will give universal satisfaction and settle for all time a@ cause of discord relative to the now employed retired officer forever being in the way oi the active list oMcer, particularly when the latter returns from jong Sea Service and finds it almost impossible to get the much desired duty because of the retired officers filling places upon shore duty which the active sea-going officer feels he should have and finds it impossible to obtain, and which the skore duty navy officer successfully holds, through political influence, trom year to year beyond any given term allowed by naval rules or regulations. Lecltnd SHIPPING NEWS. Almanac for New York—This Day. SUN AND MOON, HIGH WATER, Gov. Island,....eve 8 38 Sandy Hoo! ve 7 53 Hell Gate.. eve 10 23 OCEAN STEAMERS. DATES OF DEPARTURE FROM NEW YORK FOR THE MONTHS OF JANUARY AND FEBRUARY. Stewimer: Office, Helvetia. Broudway. Minnesota 29 Broadway. Italy road wi Frisia ‘I61 Broadwa Adriatic . U]19 Broadway. City of Antwerp... =| Broadway. Mosel, Fe 5 Califo: Manhat City of Br Westphalia {]61 Broadway, Oceanic. .. Liverpool, :|19 Broadway. City of London. Liverpool. .|15 Broadway Australia 2/7 Bowling ¢ America . 2 Bowling Washing 59 Broadway. Greece... 69 Broadway. Wisconsin . ) Broadway. Broadway. ‘oad way. ‘oad way, Broadway. 27, 1873 ity. of Montrea: 8t urent. Havre. PORT OF NEW YORK, JAN. CLEARED. Steamship, Dione (Br), James, Hamburg—Jacob W Schmidt & Co. Steamship ‘Isaac Bell, Blakeman, City Point and Rich- mond—Old Dominion Steamship Co, Steamship Albemarle, Stark, Richmond—Old Dominion Steamshipwo. Steamship Hatteras, Lawrence, Norfolk—Old Dominion Steamship Co, Steamship Ghesapeake. Mangum, Portland—J F Ares. Steamship Nereus, Bearse, Rostop—H F eels pani Strathearn (Br), Jarman, Liverpool—Henderson ros. Ship Joven Thomas (Port), Pellica, Oporto—Hage- meyer & Brunn. Bark Hermelin (Swe), Borgersen, Marseilles—C Tobias 0. Bark Allemannia (NG), Moller, Maracaibo—E Paven- stedt & Co. Bark Eliza Barss (Br), Vesey, Bermuda—Middleton & 6. Bark Imogene (Br), Dunn, St Johns, NF—Bowring & archiva ee © s Brig Vincenzo (Ital), Carivario, Genoa—A P Agresta. Brig Parthenope (NG), Nordop, Montevideo—C Tobias 0. Brig Emil ir), Marshall, Santa Martha via New Or- ene TW Henson & Co, PONE ee Brig Bogota, Marsins, Brunswick, Ga—W H T Hughes. Schr Eothen, Brandtberg, Aux Cayes—Youngs, Smith Co. Schr West Side, Davis, Corpus Christi—G H Brewer. Sehr Ella Brown, Robinson, Savannah—Evans, Ball & 0. Sebr Henry, Wass, Charleston—Evans, Ball & Co. Penh Luola Murchison, Jones, Wilmington, NC-E 8 rowel. Nea Lucy Ames, Bishop, Rockland, Me—J V Haviland ‘0. Sloop Alida, Chevelier, New Haven—Rackett & Bro, ARRIVALS. REPORTED BY THE HERALD STEAM YACHTS AND HERALD WHITESTONE TELEGRAPH LINE. Steamship Minnesota (Br), Freeman, Liverpool Jan 8, via Halifax 24th, with mdse and 54 passer to Wil- liams & Guion. Had strong westerly winds and head sea the entire passage. Putinto Halitax for a stuply of coal. Jan 25, at §:30 AM, lat 4115, lon 6540, passed steamship Spain, hence for Liverpool: 26th, at 11 AM, Int 4) 40, lon 68 34, an Inman steamship, bound east; sane da, ‘ahteots 68 42,0 Whito’ Star steamship, do; 1:30 PM, lat 40 44, lon lat 40 38, lon 69, an Anchor line steamship. do; 2:30 PM, lat 4030, lon 6:10, a brig-rigged steamship, do. Steamship California (Br), Craig, Glasgow, via Moville Jan 15, with mdse and 97 passengers to Henderson Bros. Steamship James Adger, Lockwood, Charleston Jan with mdse and passengers to H R Morvan & Co. ‘25th, PM, off Frying Fan lightship, passed steamship Gen Sedwick, Hound south; 27th, 2M, north of Barnegat, spoke brig Antelope, bound north, Steamship Benefactor, Jones, Philadelphia, with mdse toJ Lorillard. Bark Maggie Elliott, (of Halifax), Gilmore, Hantsport, NS, 16 days, with plaster to H J DeWolf& Co. Had mod- erate weather. Brig Olga (Aust), Clacerich, Taganrog 97 days, with wool to order. Passed Gibraltar Dee 15 and took the southern passage, and had fine weather to the lat of Ber- ‘rom thence 25 days with heavy variable gales, F Erichsen (Dan), Lohmann, Rio Janciro Dec 4, yin Hampton Roads Jan '25, with coffee, &c. to Ferd, Hertz & Co; vessel to Funch, Edye & Co. Crossed the Eqcatcy Dec 31in lon 21 W. Had variable weather. chr FA DeHart (of Roothbay), Pinkham, Baracoa 1 days, with fruit to Win Douglass; vessel to E Puig & Co. Had moderate weather ; was 3 days north of Hatteras. Sehr Camma (of East Machias), Hunt cksonville 8 days, via Hampton Roads 3 days, with yellow pine to the New Haven Sawmill Co, Was 4 days north of Hat- teras, with heavy head winds, The © is bound to New javen. Schr LN Lovell, Gage, Jacksonville 6 day oak to John Biglin & © vessel to Bentley, Go. Schr $J Vaughn, Vanghn, Virginia. Sehr Veto, Watts, Baltimore for Providence. Schr Wm Rich, Pressey, Baltimore for Providence. Schr J Baymore, Burdge, Baltimore for Rockland, Me, Schr RM Atwooil, Walker, Wilmington, Del Schr Union, Solas, Delaware. ch, Philadelphia for Salem. with live ersiceve ge Nevinger, Wind at sunset N, Passed Throngh Hell Gate. BOUND SOUTH. Steamship Chesapeake, Mangum, Portland for New York, with mdse and passongers. yigir David “Currie, Crowley, Portland, Ct, for New ‘Schr M Tt MiMin, Mittin, Newport for New York. Schr Lizzie Taylor, New’ Haven for New York. Heratp TeLrcRapn Station, Wrirestoxs, Li, Jan %7—7 PM. In consequence of the severe northeast snow storm navigation is at a standstill, Sreamsmp Acaptan (Br), Wilson, from Baltimore for Matitax, which was recently cut through and sunk by ice in the Chesapeake Bay, and subsequently raised and taken back to Baitimore, has been thoroughly repaired, and sailed for destination on the 26th inst, Steausnir Prince Aurrep (Br), at San Franc from Victoria, reports :—On the 6th inst, at 7:30 lided_ with and turned over on her beamends th Wm Meghiil, with the captain, mate and 2 Cae ‘The mate juinped overboard and was drowned. a every effort was inade to save him. 8 W Pain, a pas- senger, remained on the Prince Alfred. Others went in search of the wreck ina boat from a schooner near at and. Bank Frances (NG), stranded on Cape Cod. still lies broadside on and full of water, Of her cargo, cones of 2466 baskets of sugar, 1370 pigs of block tin and bundles of rattan, 1100 baskets of sugar and 152] pigs of tin have been There ts small chance of getting off the vessel. essel seems to have had a singularly hard fate. § k in her cargo a va previous to e Christmas, 171, and encountered a he ricane goon atter sailing thence, was dismasted, put into Hong Kong and discharged her cargo. ph and refitted there, took in her cargo again and. after proceeding on her course again about 500 miles she was found to be too ik, re~ turned to port, unloaded her cargo, teok in at, re shipped her cargo, sailed again, and after being beset by minor mishaps and contrary gales, ran ashore in the ter- rible storm of the 25th wit, near the Islands of Truro, her captain dying in 48 hours after his ship stranded, Barw Natwanret. D Canisre (Br), trom Montreal for Montevideo, previously reported stranded at Rio Foxo, Brawl, has become a total wreck. This vessel was on her first voyage, She was worth $9000) and upwards, and her freight was valued at beg , i ah . Jann, Tucker, at, Boston from Surinam, an- cheaet MeNde or Boston Light during the storm of Pri day last, and lost an anchor and chain. Bie co nt Exizanern (of Bangor anchored on the A SGnn HANNS Cross Win Light Vessel Thursday night (wind. NE, thick snowstorm), parted one chain and slipped the other and ran for Edyvartown, ana got to the Whart safely, with the assistance of a boat's crew trom TeNhore. Fhe captain reported that there were quite # number of vessels Baek of the Cape working up the snore on Thursday. Scnw Cras A Guatren, Harvey, from Port Johnson for Providence, with coal, while passing through Hell Gate 26th inst,7 AM, ran ashore on the Gridiron, staving a hole in her starboard side, She immediately’ filled, and will probably be a total loss. Scar SARan A Hawwonn (of Boston), Allen, from Phila- delphia tor Boston, went ashore at Centre Moriches, LI, Jan 26, Crew are all safe, Scour Ruts Sraw, from Baltimore for New York, went ashore on Sandy Hook Point Jan 26. e Coast Wreck ing Company's steamer Lackawanna has gone to her assistance. Scr Witte Perry, of Lincolnville, from New York for Providence, which was driven ashore and sunk by ice Jan 2, on the north end of Conanieut, has been discharged and the cargo landed at Newport and Providence. thought that the vessel will be sold at auction as shi Senn Fatco, of St John, NB, is at anchor in Folly Cove, Gloucester, ful of water. Ponay Carmicnart, of Hooper's Island, was towed np to Balumore 2b, and during the night the vessel sai 9 feet of water, the sinking being caused by the pansy” ving been cut through with ice while in the bay. The Vessel has on board 1100 bushels of oysters, which Will De~ destroyed. Hauirax, NS, Jan 27—The steamer Chase, on her last broke the crosshead of her engine off Cape Sableg and'bore away for Yarmouth under canvass, arriving there on Thursday, She will be repaired and leave this reek. The sehr P! left Selb for Yarmouth with af gargo of salt on Christmas Day. She has not since becta Miscellaneous. . . Purser A J White, Jr, of the steamship James Adge?,: from Charleston, has our thanks for favors. Scur Reagcca G Waiter, of and now at Philadelphi: 188 tons register, built at Milford, Det in 180k has heer purchased by Capt Johm T Nichols, of Wickford: Samuel Allen, William B Lawton and others, of Warren, RI, om rivate terms. She will hereafter hail from Warren, ana ¢ under command of Capt Nichols, late of the sehr Elf Townsend. ALEXANDRIA, Jan 25—The in the Potomac at Giexboro’ has disappeared. Tusboats with vemote im tow have been passing up and down the river all day, and apparently meet with but little obstruction from the broken and comminuted flows which, however. yet fll the channel, floating up and down with the tide, The steamer Lady ot the Lake leit for Norioltk this morning, and the steamer New York, which arrived here yester= day from Philadelphia, also sailed this morning tor Wash ington, The schrs Louisa Crocker, BC Terry, Geo I Bent and Caroline Kenzel sailed yesterday afternoon tm tow of tugs for Washington, and the © P Stickney for the same port to-day. The sohrs Maggie & Lucy, Josiah hitehouse, Mary J Adams and Flora M Hawley arrived. here this morning in tow of tugs from Washington, aad together with the Enoch Moore, which has been ice~ bound here, were to start down the river for northern Ports this ‘aiternoon. The schooner J HW Ferris also arrived from Washington in tow of a tugboat and will load with coal here. ‘The Georgetown channel this morning remained completely obstructed and the New* York steamer EC Knight is still hard and fast on ther Virginia side of the river, above the Long Bridge. Battimorr, Jan 27—The ice continues to be somewhat tronblesome'about the mouth of the river, caused mostly’ by the large ficlds floating out of the Susquehanna, but itim no way affects navigation. Capt Travers, of the: steamer State of Maryland, which came up on Saturday, Fcports the weather very cold. in the bay, and that now. ice was making fast. The weather, however, modcrated: considerably yesterday. Spoken. Bark Narwa (Rr), Main, ti ? namin phia, Jan 24, 30 miles east oe pop I izarpool for Philadel c euin, of Bai . stated), Jan 21; off Cape Lookout Way ‘steering not Foreign Ports. Burranh Inver, Jan 8—In nort ships Wildivood; Rovd;. for Shanghae; Witch of the Wave: Batchelor we Reveie America ; bark Resolu (Br), Ozo, for —, to sail soon, Crenrvicos, Jan 15—Arrived, ‘brigs John Swan (not aq? before), Rumball, New York; Wm Mason, Adams, Demes a. Demerara, Jan7 (back date)—In port bark Clotilde,. Miller, from Brunswick via Berbice, arrived Dee 26, : Grpara, Dec 17—Arrived, schr Agnes, Hodgdon, New York (and sailed Jan 9 for Pensacola). Havre, Jan 24—Arrived. steamship Franklin (NG), Dehe nicke, New York for Stettin. Hona Kona, Dec 12—Arrivea, bark Alden Besse, Besse,. San Francisco. * Havana, Jan 24—Sailed, steamship City of Mexico, Sher wood, New York. Sailed 16th, ship Ocean Pearl (Br), Graves (from New Orleans), Liverpool. NS, Jan 27—Arrived, “iegghaia Scandinavian: nd for Liverpool Ny Ja, Jan 3—Sailed, brig J C Clark, Moored Milk River and’New York: gchirs Hattie C Dow, Chases Pensacola; R8 Graham, Smith, Old Harbor and Phila« delphia, In port Jan 9, ships Sea Queen (Br), Plant, for New. Orleans; Audhill (Non), far Pensacola; " Helena (Nor). Samuelson, for do; bark Kildare (Br), for do; brigs & Howland, Ryder, from and for New York, ar Jan 6: schrs Willie, Eden, from New Orleans, ar Dec 30 for Por Lemon; Annie Harris, Harris, from Charleston, ar. tied for New York; Marietta Tilton, Richards, from and fo Philadelphia, ar 5th: Conservative, Sterling, from an for New York, ar 7th. Livervoot, Jan 27—Arrived, steamship Wm Cory (Br), Cole, New York; ship Cordillera (Br), Mitchell, do- led Jan 24, steamship Miss'ssippf (Br), Dunlevy, Bos= ton. Loxvon, Jan 28—Sailed, steamship Medway (Br), Hare Tis. Boston, Lxcnory, Jan 6—Sailed, Nancy M (not as before), Dexa ter, New York. Simpresuonovan, Jan 10—Sailed, Victor, Andersen, Gal yeston. Moxtevinro, Noy 22—Sailed, ship Priscilla, York, Key’ West for orders (before reported for Valparaiso). Mayacurz, Jai 10—Arrived previous, brig Madonna, Jordan, New York. Sailed 9th, brie Frank E Allen Cooper, Philadelphia. Matanzas, Jan 24—Arrived, brig Alfarata, Fickett, Boss- wie A Fisk, Crowell. do. Jan 26, 10 AM—Arrived, steamship Cimbria’ w York for Hambury (NG), Stahl, La ) Putin Jan 10, ship Laurens, Snow, from Havre for Pas sages, } Qurexstowx, Jin 25—Arrived, steamship Wyoming: BP), Price, New York for Liverngol. pitta Jansino, Jan 2—Sailed, bark New Light, Chapman/ altiinore. Sr Pienne, Mart, Jan 7—In port bark Caro, Reals, unc. Victonta, VI, Jan 4—Arrived, bark Lady Sampson (Br), London. American Ports. BOSTON, Jan 25—Arrived, schrs Beni Oliver, Freem: Virginia: Hannah F Baker, Whittemore, and Addie BI dell, Garfield, Baltimore. Cleared—Steamships Oriental, Snow, Savannah: Ro< man, Baker, Philadelphia; bark Chieftain (Br), Black. lock, Cork, Scilly or Falmouth, E, for orders; brigs Mar; emerara: Grace Kelle: BI Kirk. E Pennell, Eaton, Dé A ham, Baseaane Falcon, Smith, Mobile; schrs Charles Aj. Higgins, Mentosh, Hi Addie Walton, Rich, Norfolk Virgin adwick, New York. Sailed—Steamships Batavia, Oriental, Wm Crane, ai Roman; brig Mary E Pennell; and trom the roads, ing ocket. 2%6th—Sailed, ship Sonora (from the roads), in tow of steamer Chas'Pearson. 27th—Arrived, steamships Wm Kennedy, Foster, Balti« mare Norman, Nickerson, Philadelphia, } yBAUTIMORE, Jan 25—Arrived, sehr J K Shaw, Coxy New York. Cleared—Steamship Geo Appold, Loveland, Boston vied Norfolk; barks Willheha Gynther (Swe), Nordberg, Cork or Falmonth for orders; Biorgvin (Nor), Olsen, Queen: town or Falmouth tor orders; brig Avance, Thorstensen,, Cork or Falmouth for orders: schrs Hattle Ross, Ulrick; i Mayo, New Bedford: Addie M Bird, Merrill, ‘orest Oak, Parker, New Haven. Sailed—Steamships Acadian (having repaired), Hal fax; North Poi w York; barks Amazon, Rio Janet in tow; Clara, Bremen, in tow; brigs Alice Abbott, Mar~ tinique; Kalervo, Queenstown; schr La Simeona, Portal ello. BRISTOL, Jan 25—Arrived, schr Hattie M Howesy. Howes, Hyannis to load for Cuba, CHARLESTON, Jan 27—Arrived, steamship South Cars olina, Beckett, York; schrs Moses Williamson, -Bos- ton; 8 Smith, do; J T Weaver, Gladding, New York. Sailed—Bark Florence, Mayo, Boston. OITY POINT, Jan 24—Iin port: bark Loda (NG), Mullery, from Liverpool, diss. FORTRESS MONROE, Jan 27—Pasved in, brigs Apollor (Br), Paddock, from St Pierre, Mart, for Baltimore; Isa- dora, from West Indies tor do. Passed out—Steamship Acadian, for Halifax ;barks Ada) J Bonner, tor Cuba; Mindora, tor Rio Janeiro; Autocrat for Belfast: Bankside, for London: brigs Georgiana, for Martinique: Brooklyn, for Halifax; Prestissimo, for’ Ria Janeiro; schr Shiloh, for Matanzas FALL RIVER, Jan’ 19—Arrived, schr George H Millsy lotson. Baltimore, EORGETOWN, $0, Jan 23—Salled, schr Ridgewood,’ rson. New York. WEST, Jan 25—Arrived, steamships Geo W ey Cole, New York for Galveston ‘(and proceeded) ; City San Antonto, Pennington, Galveston for New York (an roceeded), PSalled Mth, steamships Cuba, Jehnson (from New Ore leans and Havana), Baltimore ; Fdgar stewart, do. MACHIASPORT, Jan 22—Sailed, schrs M M Knowles, Small, and Anita, Small, Barbados; Cygnus, Steel, and Northern Light, Rich, West Indies. NEW ORLEAS 22—Cleared, ship Athenais (Br), Leghorn, vi ; barks Paramount, Brown, Carn- Sp: 'D H Bills Ponny, Boston; Alice Campbell. Gor- ham, Havre: schrs Lily of the Valley, Leitch, Belize, Hon}, B W Hill, Cobh, Boston, NEW REDFORD, Jan 4—Arrived, schr James C Nashy Newcastle, De NEWPORT, Jan 2%, PM—Arrived, schrs Young America, nee? Bloomer, Gerring, Grand Menan, NB, via Gloucester for New York. th, PM—Arrived, schrs Jacob Raymond, Brown, and Panthea, Johnson, Elizabethy Tice Raymond, Ate ‘ovincetown for Philadelphia, NSACOLA, Jan 23—Cleared, barks Lady Louise (Br), , Penarth Roads; Marie (Nor), Zactariasen, Liv- erpool, HILADELPTTA, Jan 25—Arrived, steamshins Aries, Whelden, Boston; J W Everman, ae Richmond via Nortolk; brig 8 V Merrick, Lippincott, Havana. 26th—Arrived, steamship Win P Clyde, bon hes Provi-+ dence; brig Rockwood (Br), Delap, Liverpool. Sailed—Steamshin Catharine Whiting, Providence. PORTLAND, Jan 25—Arrived, steamship Polynesian (Rr), Brown, Liverpool. a Cleared—Steamship Scandinavian (Br), Aird, Liver- ool. POROVIDENCE, Jan 25—Arrived, steamahip Wm Laws rence, Hulett, Norfolk; schrs J @ Fell, Nickerson, and Ann Dole, Bunce, Port Johnson: Wm Arthur, McDufte, Weehawken; Win ¥ Burden, Adams, Hoboken; Francis Hateh, Pules, Rockland. 5 unter, Sherman, and Alliance, hia: schrs Richard § Newcomb, Migs john W Rumsev, Brown, Baltimore ; Geo rjCigo W Middleton, Sherman, and Tren= n, Walls, New York, tonYeHM: Dy" Jan’ B6—Arrived, steamshin Wyanckew ¥ rk. eat Nee SH Rapp, Cole, New York via Nelson’ va reared, brig Sarah & Emma, Carter, Rio Jaz en eatied from Osborne's Landing 25th, sehr Macgie Me- few York, oon ee NGO, Jan If-Gleared, ships Golden Statey Delano, New York; Geo H Warren (Br Ellis, Queense town; darks J Walter Scammell (Br), Hjelstrom, and! Moonbeam, Ficl®, do; Silas Fish, Brand, ‘Cork. Sailed—steamship Great Republic, Cav: isth-—Arrived, sehr Bill the Butcher, pulco. —Shins John Bryant, Baker, New York via Ma-' satan qoliee State, Delano, New York; John Duthie! ihr). Levie, Liverpool; barks Malleville, Patten, tem (Peru); Moonbeam, Field, Queenstown; Solomon, Upton, 90 AVANNAH, Jan%3—Arrived, brig Catalina (6p), Snes! ‘ana lied—Bark Johan Marie (NG), Hercksen, Bremet bria Nelson (Br), Dixon, Maryport; schrs A © Buckie: Buckley, Jacksonville:'A H Edwards, Hughes, Boston, Zth—Sailed, steamship Tyriau (Br), Murdock, Liver- ool. PoXtso sailed, bark Maria Yeasi (Sp), Echevarria, Liver-, ool: xclits RK Vaughan, Thompson, Jacksonville ; Dan¥ Britain, Carrol, Darien. Ae ee Albina (Sp), Torres, Barcelona; brig @ 6, Mele) TARPAULIN COVE, Jan 25—In port. schrs Convoy, French, trom Rockiand’ for New York; Justin, trom Bela, fast for do; Frank & Emily, Camden for Charleston; Hy Fesscott, from Portiand for Noriotk; Daylicht, from’ Bath for New York; Pacific, Herald, and Hattie Coomps, trom Rockland tor do; Eveline, trom Portland for do. WILMINGTON, NO. Jan 24—Arrived, schrs MC Mosely, Coggins, Navassa Island: Carleton, Aubrey, Cleared—Sehr Helene, Adams, Boston. , Panama. omen, Aca= wiac, Satilia River. N Nassau, : __ MISCELLANEOUS. _ BSOLUTE DIVORCES OBLALNED FROM CouRTSs An erditterent States: legal everywhere ho foes in advauce ; advice tree; comm State. FREDERICK Counsellor-at-Law, a —_— ne, HERALD BRANCH OFFICE, BROOKLYN, A. corner ot Fulton avenue and Bocram street. ‘Open from 8 A. M. to9 P. 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