The New York Herald Newspaper, December 15, 1873, Page 10

0) WASHINGTON. Secretary Fish’s Reflections Upon the Great Spanish Victory. The Beaming Smile Changed Into Weird Chagrin. OUR SPANISH CHRISTMAS BOX. The Great Financial Question of the Day Agitating Congressional Minds, NO TAXATION. The Confirmation of Attorney General Williams Very Doubtful. WasHIneTon, Dec. 14, 1873. Secretary Fish Dreads the Scrutiny of Congress—Spain’s Victory Over the United States—The Salute To Be Fired on Christmas Day, Being, Therefore, a Customary Ceremony. From a prominent oficia:, who is in the secrets of the administration, and whose intimacy with the Secretary of State makes his opinions valuable, I have received the following :— Now that time has intervened fora more delib- erate view of the whole case of the Virginius than heretofore, Secretary Fish 1s less dis- posed to plume himself on the course of the State Department in respect to the Virginius affair, and is not confident that ‘when all the papers get before Congress the policy of the department will receive unqualified com- mendation, It is feared that the position that Congress may take on the subject will be that, for the sake of wringing from the Spanish government a@relactant and qualified agreement to do what ought to and would have been doue spontaneousiy and instantly by any o‘her government claiming the reciprocal rights and privileges observed among civilized Powers, the State Department, im its protracted negotiations, the protocol with Admiral Polo, and in the subsequent pro- ceedings relative to the execution therof, has vir- tally bartered the dignity of the government, as Wellas the opportunities of justiflable interven- tion afforded to the United States by the flagrant outrage against this country, consummated in the seizure of the Virginius, and the almost indiscrim- Inate slaughter that followed it, Besides this, the Tights of those who failed to realize the pro- tection supposed to belong to the fag of the Virginius have been remanded to the paltering remedy of a long winded diplomatic dis- cussion betivcen the two governments, as likely as not to spread itself over years before the promise ofa reference to arbitration is resorted to, and all this, as many Congressmen already have said in conversation on the subject, in the face or a fact as plain as daylignt itself, under any theory set up on either side, the capture of the vessel was without the shadow of right, and the subsequent executions, even when glazed over with the iorm of martial law, pure and simple murder, and that there was nothing in the Whole proceeding to justify the slightest conces- | sion on our side to the Spanish government. There is little doubt that when the subiect does get before Congress it will provoke vehement denials that the miscalled settlement made of it through the present Secretary of State has any right to stand as a fair deduction trom what pre- vious administrations have done in cases Tequiring the vindication of our flag or a proper precedent to be observed by the successors of Mr, Fish in cases that may arise hereaiter. Thesneak- ang manner of the actual surrender of the vessel is not thought likely to increase the satisfaction of either the Secretary or Congress at the issue ‘worked out of the question by the State Depart- ment. As it is too late now to begin anew the practical side of the discussion in Congress, when it comes on, it is deemed likely to be the urging on of the administration to a more peremptory attitude towards the whole Cuban grestion, with the view of settling it in a manner consistent with our wounded pride, our duty to- ward the struggling Cubans and our material in- tereste. Now the facts, divested of diplomatic Janguage, are that while the administra- tion would gladly proclaizn a great triumph, the aggravating source of our recent bluster has been annihilated by Spanish diplomacy. The administration began with a concession which was intended to be creditable, and that’ was—the Castelar government is weak, so far as it repre- BSents republican ideas among monarchical Powers. When our demands were received Mm Madnd, Casteiar represented that the fanguage used was stronger than in a literal interpretation was intended, and, instead of acting on the proposition, rewrote the Memands in Spanish, and, rewritten and trans- Jated by the Spanish Minister, Adiiral Polo, they Were submitted to Secretary Fish and dignified With the name of protocol, In addition, the saluté Ww the flag, which is stipulated to take place on Christmas Day, would have been fired on that day Without regard to the Virginius matter, and the Spanish authorities in Cuba will carry out the cus- tom of saluting the flags of all nations on the 25th Ist. as the Catholic idea of “peace on earth and good will to men,” as well as the Christmas greeting of Spain to all the peoples of the earth, It 1s iurther alleged that the victory of Spaip over the United States is narrowed down to a@ pecuniary matter. For nearly half a century the Peninsular government has found a wayward colony in the island of Cuba; her authority has been defied both in word and act. ow, the United States, by threatening the volunteers, has, ata cost of millions of dollars, with no loss to Spain, enabled the Castelar government to say the Captain Gencral 1s the representative of the Spanish government, and what the government of the United States expects us to do is exactly what we wish you todo, Acting under these instructions Captain General Jovellar has endeavered to impress upon the Havanese that itywas not so much the home government that was @ustalning hin as the United States government, and now that the Casino Espanol is crushed, General Jovellar master of the situation, with our navy to give hin its moral sup- port, the State Department has prepared the way tor the information that a salute to our flag is, after all, only @ diplomatic coremony of no signifi- cance whatever, but merely 2 matter of formality, euch as the sealing of @ document or the wituess Wg Of a sicnature. ‘We have been outwitted,” remarked a member Of the Committee on Foreign Relations to your correspondent. ‘It has cost us $15,000,000 to pretend we were preparing to maintain our Tights and sustain the dignity of the flag on this Continent, It turns out that the money spent just suits the Spanish government, for at our expense she 1s now able to do what she has not ‘been able to do since 1925, and that is compel Obedience to her authority. Castelar might truly say, With the starving woman who prayed for help and believed Ler petition was answered when mis- thievous boys threw loaves of bread down the chimney, ‘The devil may have been the servant, Dut the Lord jurnished the nourishment.’ ? Whe Triangular Duel Between Re trenchment, Increased Tuxation and Inflation—How “Permanent” Appro- priations May Be Reduced and What Is Said of Them. ‘There is a general distrust among members of ‘doth Houses of Congress reiative to an increase Oftaxation for the purpose of meeting the exist- ing and anticipated deficiency in the revenue, ‘Tits fecling is stronger with the republican than ‘With tue democratic members, the Iaivor content dpg themselves with disavowing responsibil sor NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1873.—TRIPLE SHEET. eitner tne deficit or the vast expense of maintain- ing the peace establishment of the government, ana predicting that, overlooked as it now is, the republican party can never go to the polls successfully after.a restoration of war taxes and the exposure of the emptiness of the cry of economy and reduction of the public debt, on which the Presidential contest of last year was chiefly fought in the rural districts. The fore- sighted among the republicans look at the matter in just about the same light, and are anxious to escape the danger by averting the necessity of the new taxes that Secretary Richardson asks for in his purely ministerial character as keeper of the public treasury. The New England and Middle States Congressmen favor reduction of ex- penditure if it is only in & smali degree, but they are not very clear as to where any considerable saving is possible. The Western and Southern members, to @ considerable number, favor, on the contrary, @ liberal expenditure by the government wherever it can relieve the pros* trate industries of the country, and think the con- vertibie three-sixty-five bond would furnish the means without restoring a dollar of abandoned taxation. The advocates of retrenchment, look- ing over the estimates, find them to be $319,000,000, against $306,000,000 of actual appropriations for the fiscal year ending with next June, and without the several millions that Congress generally ap- propriates during the session without regular estimates made by or through the Treasury De- partment. Some of the largest yearly appropriations are permaneyt--that is, not actually passed every year, but runnfhg till altered or repealed. Among them, those for collecting customs, $6,500,000; expenses of the national loan, $2,250,000; Pacific Railway in- terest, nearly $4,000,000; interest on the public debt, over $97,000,000, and nearly $30,000,000 for the sinking fund, It is thought that a million and a half could be saved on the customs if members were willing to reduce their patronage and electioncer- ing facilities, and there might be a reduction of half million on the loan by real economy. The exhibits offer no subjects for the pruning knife. If the Sal- ary bill passes in honest form, there will be a cheese-paring saved in that, and the public print- ing and binding could be made to yield half a mil- lion, or even three-quarters, if the executive de- partments would join in an effort, The Internal revenue service, costing $5,000,000 and collecting $100,000,000 and more, claims to be on its smallest Possible basis without sacrifice of revenue. The revenue cutter service, costing over $1,000,000, it is thought might be retrenched if seriously looked after by Congress. The administration of federal Justice, costing $3,500,000, is thought by economical New Englanders to be too heavy by far, consider. ing the kind of justice administered south of the Potomac and the suppression of the Ku Klux; but it is found that that service—as federal jurors at $3 each—is the only substantial means of support possessed by many useful henchmen of the party in the Southern States, and for this the appropria- tions and estimates are not too great. Our Minis- ters and Consuls cost about a million, which might be, but are not likely to be, reduced one- third by suppression of useless stations or | superabundant officers, the salaries not | being too high anywhere. The army wants | $34,000,000 and is existing meantime on | $32,000,000, and certain zealous gentlemen in Congress are going to give especial attention to increasing the combative power of the military es- tablishment, while at the same time lopping off superfuous and ornamental attachments, and sav- ing, at one whole transaction, several millions of | useless expenditure. The navy will, doubtless, | escape reduction this year, and may even get in- creased appropriations through the opportune occurrence of threatening weather in the Gulfand now recognize the diMculties surrounding Unton men in the South in the rushing days of secession, when there appeared to be little chance of any- thing surviving of the Union but its past history. It provides that submission to the de facto authority of any State while the authority and protection of the United States were subverted and in abey- anee, or compulsory service in the rebel State militia im ¢he early days of the revellion, or in the Confederate army alter due service of notice under the conscript acts, shall not be held by the Claims Commission as conclusive evidence oi disloyalty where a claimant's rebellion record is clear in other respects. The bili lastly attempts to remedy the yearly and entirely pro Jorma disallowance of large numbers of claims for want of suficicut proof by requiring that the Claims Commissioners shall give a claimant an opportunity to rebut pre- sumptions against the claim before reporting it to Congress, but that having done so the report shall be dnal and not be as now, subject to reconsider: tion. fee Su ines Conflicting Demands of Sections for Transportation Routes. From conversations with members from the South and West who are interested im the problem of cheap transportation to the seaboard, it ap- pears that a strong effort 1s to be made to prevent railroad legislation this session, unless aid be given to some of the great projects already proposed for bringing about increased facilities for carrying the products of the great Northwest to market. The project upon which the Western and Southern men propose to unite, if united action can be brought about, is the construction of the Fort St. Philip Canal and the dredging of the Mississippi River. This route, they claim, is the cheapest and the best, and will give to the great Northwest & market for all her cereals. There is a strong sectional feeling about the matter, although some of the members put it on a broader basis, and claim that all the States will be benefited, and Representatives should, therefore, act together in the matter. One gentle- man remarked to-day that the feeling in the North- west is particularly strong, and they think there that tne railroad and money power of the Eastern and Middle States has too long prevented that sec- tion from receiving any aid whatever. It is appar- ent that the James River and Kanawha Canal scheme is to have a strong backing by those who are interested in its success, and that no compro- mise will be made with the Northwest or South that will interfere with the carrying on of this work. On the other hand the members from the Mississippi Valley say they will stand firm this session, and if they fail to get what they want they will renew the fight again next year. The Chief Justiceship Bouquet. Mrs. Attorney General Williams was enraptured when, ten days or so since, she received an ele- gant bouquet from Mrs. President Grant, with her compliments on the nomination of the Attorney General as Chief Justice, But while “the Presi- dent proposes the Senate disposes,’ and it is doubt- jul whether the power of the administration in the Senate, marshailed by Conkling, can secure tie nomination, Should Williams be rejected or with- drawn it remains to be seen whether the President will fall back on his orginal choice, Caleb Cushing. Fish has been for Caleb from the svart, and he may end his eventful lite as Chief Justice of the United States yet. But poor Williams! Madame de Noailles’ Parting Rall. Madame de Noailles will probably give a grand bali (which, Aélas/ is to be her pour prendre cong’) on the 6tn of January. The transfer of her hus- band from here to the mission at Rome is a promo- tion, but they would have preferred remaining here during the coming season, as they had just man- aged to get so installed as to dispense elegant hos- pitalities. along the coast. The Indian peace policy calls for more than $750,000,000 millions, which is much less than a mingled impolicy of war nd peace; but Congress 1s likely to distribute the Indians’ share of the financial bur- den among the tribes by keeping the appropriation at its present figure Of $1,000,000, or so less. Pensions cost $30,000,090 and admit of no material reduction. Public works are down for $33,000,000, against an appropriation of a third of a million beyond $24,000,000 for the existing year. Here is where the greatest say- ing is possible. Fortifications cail tor $3,500,000, river and harbor work two-thirds of it more, Con- gressional jobs more than $15,500,000 and $1,000,000 for the public buildings and grounds about Wash- ington, exclusive of the Capitol and the street im- provements of the Jocal authorities around govern- ment property. Castom House and Court House | buildings, many of them in ambitious young towns, call for $3,000,009, It is believed that on an issue between increased taxation and retrenchment$10,000,000 a year for all | the objects demanding between three and four times that sum would stop the leaks and breaches | Ull better times return, The expense of opening up the public lands to settiement 18 put down for next year at $1,750,000. But this will, beyond doubt, be pruned one-third or more, unless it ap- | pear thut settlement would be impeded thereby, | which is not likely for a year or two to come while times are bad and so many railroads are crowding the government in their efforts to tempt the | settlement of their land grants. Altogether the triangular duel in Congress between retrenchment, increased taxation and inflation of the currency | promises to be both lively and interesting. A Conflict in Regard to Mr. Williams’ Contirmation—The Executive Working | for Him, but the Judiciary Committee Hostile. ‘tis confidently asserted to-night by the friends of Mr. Williams that he will be confirmed as Chief Justice to-morrow by a strict party vote. It is also said that the President has made the confirmation @ personal matter, and has caused it to be given ny Senater voting against Mr. Williams it the friendship of the ecutive, President is displeased at the personal attac made upon the nominee, and has followed the ex- ample of President Jackson in using his induence in favor of one who has been attacked on personal grounds. But, in spite of the confidence felt by the iriends of Mr. Williams, it 18 asserted with equal positiveness among Senators to-night that he will not be confirmed, Though the Judiciary Committee cannot agree, yet the members are said to be op- posed to the confirmation, Conkling and Freling- huysen excepted. Edmunds, the chairman, Carpen- ter and Wright, and the democratic members of the committee, Messrs. Thurman and Stevenson, criticise the appointment as one that cannot have their support. The motives of Senator Conkling are ascribed to be his aspirations to the Presiden- tial nomination in 1876, and bis desire to keep the good will of the President. A Bill Extending Greater Facilities to Loyal Sufferers from the Rebellion for a Hearing. Representative Cobn, of North Carolina, will to- morrow tptroduce into the House, for reference to the Committee on War Ciatms, a bill extending ull March 3, 1875, the privilege of loyal South. erners to present claims before the commission here for property used by the Union armies in the rebel States during the rebellion, The sudden termination of the right to file claims by the last ngress left a good many claimants out in the cold, and there 1s ademand all over the South for the extension of time the bill proposes to grant. The bill goes further, however, and Proposes to remove the strict technical construc. tion put by the Claims Commissioner on the terms “stores and supplies,” as used in the organic act of 1871, and under which they have declined juris- diction over any claims for the use of bulldings occupied as barracks, hospitals or storehouses or for other military purposes, and provides that they shall entertain such claims where the owners were luyal to the United States and the occupation of the premises embraced a period of thirty con- | | | will fori secutive days. This particular imitation is introduced for the purpose of avoid. ing the consideration of cases of mere transient occupancy where any claim for rent would be too insignificant for prosecution, and the demand, in whatever form It might be put, would be really one for damages and not a matter for compensation nnder the present views in Con- gress and the opinion of the President as expressed in two or three vetoes on relief bilis passed for Southern claimants, ‘The bill also attempts to Acai with the subject of how Jar Congress suould | acceptes Coo! Reception of the Commitice on Ways and Means by the President. It was announced on Friday that on Saturday Mr. Dawes was to visit the White House, at the head of the House Committee on Ways and Means, to enjoy @ consultation with the President upon the financial situation, The committee accordingly repaired on Saturday to the White House, and was ushered into the office of the President, who welcomed them with a grim and sphynx-like smile. He had evidently read the speeches of Dawes and Kasson, reflecting on him, and he was not over cordial; in- deed, he did not even invite the visitors to sit down, Simply saying that he trusted that the committee would find “ways and means” for carry- ing on the government, he exchanged the usual larewell hand-shake, and the committee lett, wondering what they had come for. Going to the | Treasury Department the little Secretary was equally ceremonious and retentive, But as the committee was again retreating he suggested that they see the Printing of Currency Department, now running on half time, which invitation they i. The President and his finauctal agent were evidently not mclined to receive advice from Dawes & Company. Resume of the Work Done by the Civil Rights Convention. The results of the late National Civil Rights Con- vention, held in this city, are as follows:—The adoption of an address to Congress and the people in behalf of their cause—endorsing Senate bill No. 1, or some bill equivalent to it; the organization of a National Council of Civil Rights, consisting of one member from each State and Territory, with an executive committee located in Washing- ton; all existing organizations are to perform the functions conferred by the Convention; en- dorsing Senator Sumner and all other friends of progress; thanking President Grant for his cour- tesy in receiving the members of the Convention and his friendly utterances to them; organizing a Committee on Jubilee to be prepared to celebrate the passage of a civil rights bill (the committee con- sists of one member from each State and Territory) ¢ appointing a National Historical end statistical Association, to report to the National Executive Committee of the Council subjects reiating to the interests of the colored of the independence of Cuba, and endorsing the call for a@ convention to take uy 3 for the erection, in Washington, of a monument to the colored sailors and soldiers who fell in the late civil war, Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress. The annual report of the Librarian of Congress exhibits the fact that 12,407 volumes have been added to the collection during the year closing December 1. The aggregate number of books now in the library is 258,752 volumes, besides about 60,000 pamphiets, In the copyright department there bave been 15,352 entries made during the year, and the Librarian has paid into the Treasury the sum of $13,404 as the receipts from copy- right fees. This exceeds the en. tries of the year preceding by about 10 percent. The Librarian reports the accessions to the library as unusually valuable, including an almost complete set of the county histories of England, purchased in London, and very tmpor- tant as throwing light upon the history and g@eneslogy of thousands of American families, The rapid growth of the llorary and of the copyright basiness of the country render the necessity tor anew building to accommodate ‘lowing collections an imperative neces- sity. While retaining in the Capitoi a sufictentiy large library for legisiative and judicial use, Con- gress has already authorized the preparation of planus for a separate building, and the commission appointed to select a pian will shortly make the award of premiums, The location of the vuilding, however, is not yet selected. BURGLARY IN NEWARK, cksmen Expressing Thetr Contempt for the Local Police. Sometime on Saturday night or early yeaterday morning ‘The Club House,” a well known “sample Cr room’ resort on Cedar street, Newark, kept by a@ local political celebrity, Major Thomas O'Connor, was broken into by burgiars, the safe blown open and robbed of a con- siderable sum of money, besides some valuable papers neid in trust by the Major for various par- ues. In the safe, also, were some documents hav- ing & most important bearing in the way of evi- dence on the Newark Ring frauds, but these were not disturbed, Before leaving the burglars helped themselves liberally to the Major's best brands of champagne and cigars, They lett behind them some of the papers stolen from the tactory of Biss & Drak which, as recorded in ht a HERALD, was broken into on ‘riday night and robbed. Jt ts thought the burglars left at O'Connor's the papers referred to in order to express their contempt for the Newark police, Last evening Chiet Rogers was asked by the HERALD reporter, “Anything new, Chief?” to which he replied in the negative, so that it Would appear that he Will have to read the HERALD in order to of buratanes kuow the Yedar street ‘Ace; resolutions in favor { and rulings of TRIBULATIONS OF TROTTING MEN. pci a a The Board of Appeals of the National Associa- tion Render an Important Decision—The Alleged Fraudulent Race on the Prospect Park Fair Grounds Last September— The Gray Gelding Hopeful Rein- stated, but the Penalty of Expulsion étands Against Chase and Jarvis,” The Board of Appeals of the National Trotting Association, of which Mr. T. J. Vail was chairman, ' closed its long and arduous labors late on Satur- day night, and yesterday rendered its decisions upon the several cases that came up for hearing. That in which the most interest is and has long been manifested was tke case of W. H. Jarvis (driver), L. C. Chase (owner), and the gray geld- ing Hopeful, expelled by the Prospect Park Fair, Grounds Association for alleged fraud in a race September 27 last. The case received a patient and careful investigation, and as will be found in the decision herewith, the Board reinstate Hope- ful, but justify the association in expelling Chase and Jarvis, and have ordered that the penalty re- main, The decisions in the other cases will, with- out donbdt, be published to-morrow. W. 1. Jarvis ano L, C. Cuase vs, Tae Prosrrct Pane Paik GROUNDS ASSOCIATION—APPEAL AND PETITION. By a written communication, dated September 29, 1873, the Prospect Park Fair Grounds Association notified the Secretary of the National Association that the appa) lants and the gray gelding Hopeful were expelled by said Association for traud committed by the appellants in purposely “pulling” said horse in a race which took place over ‘the course of said Association, on Saturday, September 27, 1878. Upon which and in conformity with rule 51, the secretary, on tne 0th of September, transmitted information to associate members, notifying them of the expulsion of the appellants ag aforesald, but excluding trom said notice the gray reine Hopetul; and on October 1 he communicated to said Association information of his action, and as his reason tor 0 ex- cluding sald gray gelding trom, sald notice of expulsion he reterred them to the authority and limitations in rule 28, applicable to such cases, Under date of October 3, the appellants filed their peti- tion by H. M. Whitehead, their attorney. appealing from the order of expulsion as aforesaid, and reciting that the etitioners, sai hase, ot Boston, Mass., and W. jarvis, ot New York, and the gray gelding Hopetul, were expelled under the order aforesaid, but claiming that by the decision of the judges of the race, it appea from the the grounds 0! expulsion driver, Jarvis, ha “pulled” horse in the race but whether with fraudulent intent to throw the race did not appeai and submitting that to incur such punishment the driv must pull his horse a heat which he was evidently able to win and with the intent to commit a fraud; and aver- ing that the sald Jarvis was expelled because he did not win a heat which the judges thought he ought to win, and which the driver in the exercise of nis discretion thought he ought not to win and could not win without umperilling the race. | Purther claiming that sald Cha was expelled tor being the owner of said horse so ex- pelled; that the official record does not exhibit sutlicient crounds tor the expulsion; that the petitioner, Chase, fins hitherto borne a good character and isa merchantin good standing and credit, and has suftered in name and credit by reason of published comments respecting said expulsion; that sald order of expuision was unlaw- ful and not warranted by the tacts, but was the result of an unperfect understanding of the rules on the part of the judges and also ot the pressure and influence of “pool buyers” that the petitioners had appealed irom the de- cision and order of the judges to the Prospect Park Fair Grounds Association, and that at a special meeting, but Jacking a quorum, the matter was considered before the Executive Committee, who tormally affirmed the deci- sion and order of the Judges, and expressed a preteren that the matter shoud go directly to tne Board of Ap- peals. ‘ The Association, by their Superintendent, produced their ofigial record of the race, and appearisig by W. D. Veeder, £sq., their counsel, state to the Board that they do not seek io punish any body, ifinnocent, The ques- tion, they say, presented for consideration of the Board is—“Have the judges done right upon the facts as they occurred at the race ?” The association claimed that when the events were fresh in the minds of the judges who were present and witnessed the race, those jndges were more competent to ave a proper verdict than persons who may now tes- tify. The counsel claimed that according to article 13 of the bylaws it is incumbent upon the clerk of the course to “record all protests, fines, penalties ,and ,ap- peals,” but not necessarily to set out in détail ‘the premises upon which the decision of the judges is bu: The judges ound that the horse, driver ‘and owner bad s0 conducted themselves on that ‘occasion as to Warrant the iniliction of the penalty of expulsion, and they have icied it ‘he association say that the recorded judgment fs cor- rect, and ask the Board to try that question. Is the order of expulsion legitimate or not? We present the record of the penalties simply, and the Board can review it upon the tacts, We plant ourselves upon the ground that if a fraud has been committed, such as rule applies to, the Judges did right. We say that the horse having lost two heats in 2:30 and 2:32, and having won the three following heats in 2:27 and 2:25, was some evidence to support the judges in thelr view of the race. We say, if there was not any act of a fraudulent nature in this race the owner and driver and horse should not be expelled; but if there was such an act, then the Judgment and decision were correct. ‘The Board heard the testimony of numerous witnesses on both sides, and the appellants were examined in their own behalf and subject to cross-examination. ‘The case received a patient and careful investigation, and upon consideration of all the matters presented the Board arrived at the following conclusion: First—That the order of the judges of said race and the action of sald association, so far as relates to the expul- sion of the gray gelding Hopetul, were not in conformity with the rules, as appears trom the record and notice to the Secretary of the National Association; sid order of expulsion Was based upon the decision of the judges of the race that fraud had been com- mitted by the appellants in purposely “pulling” said horse in the race; tor which act rule 28 authorizes the expulsion of the rider or driver, and if the owner shall be a party to such fraud he is to be included in the ex- pulsion, “But no provision is made in the rules in refers ence 10 the offence reetted whereby the horse shall be included in such an order ot expulsion, Rule 48, recited as authority for said order, expressly says that “it no special provision ts made in the rules to meet the case” the judges shall have power to apply, the penalties set forth in rule 43. We hold that rule 28 makes “special provision” for such cases, and therefore that rule 48 has roper application to the matter, e herefore we order that the said order of expulsion, go far as It relates to sald gray gelding Hovetul, be reversed, and sald gray gelding be exempt trom any penalty by virtue thereof, and we approve the action of the Secretary in excluding said horse trom the official notlee transinitted to associated members. Secoad—That in respect to the penalty for acts and things charged against said appellants, or imputed to them through the decision of the judges and the tacts prevented in the record aforesaid, special provision 1s mace under rule 28, by authority of which, and in view of the evidence belore the Board, we find’ said order of ‘expuision Was properly promulgated as far as relates to suid appellants. Third—in respect to the issues presented, and the con- struction sought to be placed upon the rules, we have deemed Itnecessary to set forth our intepretation and ap- plication of the rules which particularly relate to the matter under consideration, which we do as follows :— Rule 25 clothes the ‘judges of the dey and race” with authority while presiding, among other things, “to de- termine ali questions of fact relating to the race over which they preside ;” and under such a state of facts, as they, the judges, hive determined, it is required that their decisions and rulings shall be’ in strict conformity with ihe rules or with the principles thereor, ule 23 torbids that the action of the judges shall be influenged by any statements and opinions coming from persons who are spectators of the race, excepting those who have been properly appointed to act at the “distance and patrol judges,” and those who are “own ers, riders or drivers in the race,” Theretore it cannot be supposed that the. Board of Appeals is to admit such statements and opinions 19 Influence their conclusions in reviewing the actions of the judges. he rulés and bylaws considered together confer upon the Board of Appeals authority to review ail decisions he judges of any race upon tacts and questions involving the proper interpretation and app! cation of the rules—(see rule 62)—and to examine all evi- dence of fraud, or any other maticrs relnting to the turf that is brought betore them—(ee bylaw 7); but always subject to the rules, regulations and bylaws. From these provisions and limitattons it follows that it was not intended the Board of Appeals should judge the race le novo—in more Jaimiliat language, we are not to judge the race anew, and in doing so to admit the statements and opinions of spectators, which the rules forbid the judges inthe stand trom’ entertaining; hor are we upon an appeal from the decision of the judges ofthe race to vacate the record as to any facts ‘which they ha ertified, while we may review all their rulings and decisions pronounced in the presence of those facts, otherwise the functions of the judges would become alinost nuvatory. The Board unanimousl, ee that that portion of rule 28, included in the folio ig words, to wit—"If the Judges believe that a horse is being or has been ‘pulled,’ or has been ridden or driven in other respects iimprop- erly, with the design to prevent his winning a neat which he was evidently able to win, and that such act was done on the part of the rider or driver for the pur- pose of perpetrating or aiding a fraud, they may deciare ‘that heat void, and they shall have power to sibstitute acompetentand reliable driver or rider for the re- mainder of the race”—conters. upon. the judges & power which this Board has no. authority to annul, And in respect to th words in rule 28, to wit:—"and ifthe result of th eceeding heat or heats shall confirm their belief, removed shall be expelled ;” that’ the nm these words to the judges, to ¢xpel when their S s i = é 5 3 riven b; vellet has been confirmed by what they themselves have wit- nesved, is a power invested in the judges which this Board is not authorized to annul, ‘The Board concar in the view that the following words in rule 28, to wit:—"And at the close of the race, it they are warranted under the foregoing circumstances in de- ciding that such improper conduct has ehanged the Fesult of the race to the preju 1 Innocent parties, they ide bets * » be construed thi to Mt in are warranted by the existence of ‘those circumstances which are inuicated in the rule, and this Board is not authorized to reverse such order of the judges when made as aforesald In respect to the provision in rule 28, to-wit:—"And if the owner or persons controlling the offending horse shall be a party or parties to such fraud he or they shall be punished by expulsion"—the Board concur in the view that these words iu the rule make if obligatory upon the Judges of the race, If they shall decide that "the owner or person oF persons controlling the offending horse!’ be a "party of pariies to such fraud,” to impoxe the penalty of expulsion; but the party #0 expelled is entitied to & hearing betore the Board ol Appeals in re spect to his guilt or innocence, and have said penalty modified or remove in the discretion of the Board shall be deemed pro ‘The Board holds that ihe authority given to the judges (under rule 28) when they believe a horse is being or has been “pulled,” or improperly driven, as recited In the rule. applies to the first heat as much as to the subses quent heats in the race. Yet there sometimes cir- cumstances under which the judges may ly and ieation of the authority referred to, ali by them be deemed to be placed in opardy by such delay j & further tial ot at wisely have been allowed to the di Finally is the decision of the Board, in view of the evidence presented and of the grounds taken by the par- ties, that the rulings and di yn of the judges of said race, and the action ot the Prospect Park Fair Grounds Assovlation in the premises, solar a8 relates to Messrs, Chase and Jarvis, be and they are sustained. [The testimony of witnesses and the facts presented by the official record of the Association, having been pub- Hshed during the luvestigation, are omitted here. | RAILROAD ACCIDENT, CoLcuses, Oblo, Dec, 14, 1873, Uy ete 9: c atta hed to the freight train, ‘the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, drawing a page gage car and three coaches filled with passengers, farted from the depot in apparently good con- dition, but when opposite the round honse, about 500 yards from the depot, and between two freight trains, the boiler of the passenger engine ex- ploded with terrible force, instantly killing Daniel Cooper, the engineer, and throwing Davia Loughry, @ fireman, several hundred yards into the. njuring mb Ye William) Sod, eno Snauncer of the yard engine, and Fletcher Bates, emai, Were considerably injured. The en- eee was blown to atoms, some heavy pieces being juried some 500 yards distant, Two freight cars were demolished, but, strange to say, the conductor and baggage master, who were seated in the baggage car, were not injured. ‘She cause of the explosion is unknown, PRINT CLOTHS MARKET, Provipence, R. I., Dec. 14, 1873, Print cloths steady with a firmer tone, especially for lower grades. Sales of the past week, 12R050 pleces, 6¢ square, including 24.00) extra on hand, at Ge, cash 25.000 utr standards, January to, April 6, 0,00 extra January to April, bigc,, 30 days, “HAVANA MARKETS. Havana, Nec, 13, 1873. Sugar—Demand active and prices advanced; opera- tions limited owing to the scarcity of clarses demanded for shipment; Nos. 10 to 12 Duteh standard, 12 a 13 reals per arrobe; Nos. 15 to 20 Dutch standard, 14); a 15 reals. Sugar at Havana and Matanzas—stock in warchonse 69,000 boxes and 2,0) hhds.; receipts of the week, 90) oxes and 275 bhds.; exported during the week, 20.1 boxes and 75 hhds, ‘including 10,000 boxes and ail the hhus. to the United States. Bacon in fair demand at $24a $2 per cwi. Butter firm; superior American, $4t 46 per quintal: Goshen, $48 a'$60. Vlour firm at $24 25 a $25, Hams—American ‘sugar cured tirm at $30 per Lard firm; in keys, $25 per quintals in tins $26 Potatoes firm, Tallow firm at $20 per quintal, ax—Yellow firm: white dull at $19 a | $22 er arrobe. Honey aniet at 6 reals per gallon. ions in’ tair demand. Coal oil firm at 634 a 7 reals per gallon, “Empty hogsheads_ active $5 50a $5 75. Lumber—White pine dull at $104 $45 er M; pitch pine in fair demand at $45 a $51. Shooks in Ruir demand. at 20 reals for, box, 35 a $0 for sugar hogs- heads. Naval stores in fair demand. ‘Turpentine, l6c, Ber Ib, Tar, $14 0 per DDL | Rosin, $8 59 por bbl. loops quiet, Freights quiet; loading at Havana for the United States, per box of sugar, 50c, a 75c.; per hhd, of stgar, $3 50 a $4; per hha. of molasses, $3 a $3 50; to Falmouth and orders, 47s, 6d. 57s, 6d.; loading at other ports on the north coast tothe United States, per hhd. of si 8 hhd. of molasses, $3 5) a $3 75; to 66s, a 663, Exchange firm! on United, States, 60 davs currericy ¥78 4 80 premiut sight, 8 a 85 ‘premium: short sieht, gold, 98 a 100 pre. mium, On London, 110 a 116 premium.’ On Paris, 85 ‘a 90 premium. SHIPPING NEWS. Sceiy Seni DATES OF DEPARTURE FROM NEW YORK FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. | Office. 4 Bowling Green 29 Broadway. 2 Bowling Green 7 Bowling Green 61 Broadway 2Bowling Green (69 Broadway. 4 Bowling Green roadway. 7 Bowling Green lb Broadway 29 Broadway 4Bowling Green » 89 days; quintal au Fatt the Anglia . City of Montreal. Liverpoo!. Idaho i Liverpool. Pommerania. City of New York Liverpool..|15 Broadway. Tua acsseres D Liverpoot..|69 Broaaway. Baltic Liverpool..|19 Broadway. 4 Bowline Green 72 Broadway -|7 Bowling Green 58 Broaaway +12 Bowling Green Liverpool., Almanac for New York—This Day. SUN AND MOON, HIGH WATER. Sun rises... Gov. Isiand....eve 4 57 Sandy Hod eve 412 Hell Gate eve 6 42 PORT OF NEW YORK, DEC. 14, 1873. ARRIVALS, REPORTED BY THE HERALD STEAM YACHTS AND HERALD WUITESTONE TELEGRAPH LINES. Steamship Adriatic (Br), Perry, Liverpool Dec 4, via Queenstown Sth, with mdse and passengers to J Hyde Sparks. Steamship Mississippi, Quick, New Orleans Dec 6, with mdse and passengers to F Baker. Dee 12, off Mat= teras pawed a US steamer with a monitor In tow, bound south. Steamship George Cromwell, Crawford, New Orleans Deo.6 and Southwest Pass 7th, with mdse and passengers Cl Seaman. Had strong easterly gales first part of passage: latter part strong northerly gales; Dec 9, 1 PM, exchanged signals with a United States steamship, standing nortnward. Steamship Gen Barnes, Cheeseman. Savannah Dec 11, with mdse and passengers to WR Garrison. Steamship Georgia, Crowell, Charteston Dec 11, with mdse and passengers to JW Quintard &Co. Dec 12, YM, Hatteras light NW 15 miles, passed a steamship hiav- ing’a monitor in tow. Steamship Wyanoke, Couch, Richmond, City Point and Nortolk, with mdse and passengers to the Old Dominion Steamship Co. Steamsmip E © Knight, Chichester, Georgetown, DC, with mdse and passengers tod C Kenyon. Steamship North Point, Moley, Philadelphia, with mdse to the Lorillard Steamship Bark Christofor Columbus (Ger), Doebler, Hamburg 71 jays, with mdse to Funch, Edye & Co. Brig Mary M Williams (of Nassau, NP), Oct 16 and Gibraltar 26th, with fruit to L: Co: vessel to James Henry. Made a souther: and had very light trades, with a heavy sea, lon 72; thence to Hatteras fresh easterly galck; lat 22 $0, lon 6945, spoke schr Francis Bailey, St Vincent; Dec 3. lat 24 20, lon 66 10, saw. a Vessel bear- ing SSW, with but one mast standiny, and, supposing as- sistance mightbe required, ran down to her; discovered itto be a schr, waterlogged and abandoned, of about 10) he mainmast and jibboom were standin ‘Was painted an olive green, with yellow stripe and elli tic stern; no name on it: a square piece of canvas Was tied about halt way up the mainmast, asit for a signal of distress: she had evidently been but & short time jn that condition; a heavy sea was breaking all over her. Brig Camilla (Aus), Sovich, Tralee 33 days, in ballast to Slocovich & Co. Dec 10. lat lon 7135, exchanged Signals with a British bark NE, showing letters Brig A M Roberts (of Boston), Jenkins, Brunswick, Ga, 17 days, with railway ties to Eppinger, Russell & Co; ves- sel to 8 C Loud & Co. Schr Anme Freeman (of Boothbay), Boynton, Nassau 9 days, with indee to HJ Wenberg. cnr J B Smith, Tyler, rgetown, SC, 5 days, with naval stores to Zophar Mills; vessel to Bentley, Gilder- sleeve & Co. Schr Lamartine, Allen, Richmond, Va. Schr Dick Williams, ‘son, Richmond, Va, Schr Carre Holmes, Downing, Alexandria, Va. Schr Denie Hastings, Tilton, Virginia. &chr 8 J Hoyt, Cranmer, Virginia, Schr Alathen, Darby, Virginia. Schr Julius Webb, Cranmer, Virginia. Schr Three Brothers, Bai! Sir Virginia. Schr Hattie Lou, Sherer, Virginia, Sehr Napoleon. Rulon, Virginia. Schr MG Leonard, ‘tirgens, Virginia, Sehr Barbara, Hedden, Virginia, Senr C P Stickney, Matthews, Georgetown, DC, for Bridgevort. Passed Through Hell Gate. BOUND SOUTH. Schr A B Baxter (Br), Baxter, Cornwallis, NS, for New York, 20 days, with potatoes to Wm Durye Senr Orion, Osboi Hancock for New York, with staves to Weathersvoon Bros. Schr Mabel Hall, Hoyt, Rockland for New York, with lime to master, schr Anna Myrick, Richards, Gloucester for Philadel- phia, with fis! Schr 8S Bi ingham, Pease, Hartford for New York. Schr AG iiazard, Brewster, Norwich tor New York, ee Llwood Brewster, Jones, Norwich for Philadel- phia. Schr Anna 'tevens, Payne, Boston for Philadeiphia, Schr © 8 Grove, Weaver, Stonington for Alexandria, ‘a. Schr Joseph Rermore, Burge, Boston for Philadelphia, Sehr LQ © Wishart, Mason, Providence for Philadel- phia. wt Belle Bartlet, Bartiett, Provincetown for New Qn ork. Sebr Undine, Waterbury, Portland for New York, with , stone to or Sehr Vulcan, Hodgdon, New Haven for New York. Sehr RH Daley, Oliver, Norwich for New York. Schr Mariner, Rich, Greenwich for New York, with stone to order. yooh Mathew Vassar, Jr, Kelley, New Bedford for New 1 Steamer United States, Davis, Fall River tor New York, with mdse and passe Steamer Thetis, Gal Tndse and passengers. Steamer Electra, Mott, Providence for New York, witi d passengers r Santee, Providence for New York, BOUND EA! lopkina, Virginia for New Maven. New York for Somerset. Allen. York tor Lubeo, » French, New York for Boston. ings, hase, New York tor New Bedford. Sehr Piseataqua, Bartlett, New York for Boston Sehr Zebec, Shropsiire, Trenton for New Haven. Senr Chas 8 Rogers, Mayo, New York for Rockport, Schr James Hoffman, shropshire, Elizabethport for New lt , Schr Adriana, Bailey, w York for Boston. Sehr Hiram s Tathifi ubiil, New York tor Stamford, Schr Lottie K Friend, Collins, Philadelphia tor Salem, Schr Ring Dove, Swain, Hoboken tor Calais Sehr 8 A Gurney, Gurney, Hoboken for New Hayen. Sehr Kate & Lovell, Cousins, Baltinore for Fall Kiver. Sehr Kate © Rankin, Hall, New York tor Boston, &ehr Corning, New York tor Boston. Ri wi York for Boston. Sehr New Zealand, Haskell, New Corson, Philadelphia for New Bed: m, Hoboken for Bostot ford. Sehr Louisa Francis, Winchester, New York for New Bedford, ovidence for New Xork, with Schr John A Lewis, Sehr Jeddie, Turne BELOW. Brig Egerateia (Br), Means, from Mal SALLED. B Matt Aiton; BA Kennedy (Br), Mavies felos (Nor ont on brig Mattano, Liverpoo!. at Suiled from Guarapline at 2PM, steamships Repupiic, and Manhattan, for Liverpool. Wind at sungot NW, fresh. Marine Disasters. Olin, from Baltimore for Queens. toe ALES ange leuk when ten days out aiid put back to Norfolk Dee Ly pawed Fortress Monroe 14th on return to Baltimore for repairs. ‘i i ’ Hartlett, from Cadis for Backsport, Me, whi patito GibraltarOct, 9 in distress, resuuned’ her voyage Nov 21, having repaire a Oct 21, Atiour o'clock this alteruood @ locomotive on | scum PC Corsten» (Br), from Brandon tor Boston. was totally wrecked on Country Harbor Leage, NS, Deo® Crew saved. Sonn E B Purnuirs, of Provincetown, owned by the Union Wharf Co, ran ashore night of 9th inst, on Peaked Hill Bars, and has broken up and ariited ashore in pieces. Noinsurance. * Miscellaneous. Scun Fasiiox, 87 tons, formerl: been wold to Capt Henry Rowland, ot vate terms, . Lauxenep—At Ellsworth, 5th inst, from the yard of M & B Hall, « fine schoouer, called the City I diem. of 204 tons burtben. She was built by John Suminsby, and 4s constructed of the best materials, thoroughly tastened, and exhibits throughout superior workmanship. Tha Owners are the Messrs Hall. Her master is to be Capt Samuel A Goodwin, and she will be employed in foreign business. At Calais Dec 4, from the yard of Messrs Short Bros, ® as schr named Almaretta. She is owned by » Murchie & Sons, of Calais, and Capt A Merrill (who is to Comme hes and others, Her tonnage capacity will e about 700. At do recently, from the yard of Messrs Nickerson & Rideout, a 3-imasted schr, named Emma Crosby, of th following dimensions:—Keel, 111 feet; beam, depth of hold, 94¢ feet: tonnage old measurement about 300. Mr Daniel Downing was master builder, and she is to be commanded by Capt John Crosby, of Baste port who is partowner, She is also owned in part by @ Btonybi has Stinitet on pri; ) King & Sons, HF Eaton, Nickerson & Rideout, Calais: = joynton, New York; © H Hayden, ‘Eastport, and others, Lrauorn, Nov 26—The ship Ada E Oulton (Br), arrived: here yesterday trom the Varignano lazaretto (5) As already reported in arrivals of Oct 1, this vessel was trom New Orleans with a cargo of tobacco, and having. had some cases of yellow fever during the voys eae pees arenes, Bee bassinge performed ey yo nano thd assicned quarantine, an Of her cargo there. To-morrow. she will be admitted t free pratique, all on board being well. Notice to Mariners. BAY—CHANGE IN POSITION OF KADD.ELA MARAKKB LIGHT VESSEL. The Peynttan government has given notice that on the . a Bist of Dec, 1 e buoy now marking the New Rock will b> removed, and the vessel now off Kad -ele RED SEA—8U! Marakeb will be moored off the Newport Kock, must pass to the westward of the light vessel. INDIA—WRST COAST—ESTABLISHMENT OF A LIGHT AT RATA PUR RIVER. ‘The Collector of Salt Revenue, Poona, has given notice that from the 10th of Sept, 1873, a light would be exhib- ited trom a lighthouse of Keeva Hill, near the south of Rajapur River. The light is fixed white, clevated 75 fect avove the level of high water, and visiple 9 miles, he iuminating apparatus is dioptric, of the sixth order. ‘The tower is 2! feet hi Position—Lat 16 36 10 Pon 73 K] 80 This lightis not exhibited dur ne ¢ SW monsoon op pt, inclusive. ” between the 11th of June and 9th of CHINA—EAST COAST—YANG-TSE-KIANG—ALTERATION I WUSUNG LIGHT, The Engineer's oMice at Shanghai has given notice that from Oct 1, 1873, the following alteration would be made in, Wusune lizht, entrance of Wasung River -— ‘The red light, Senne, from SW by W round by 8 to the river bank, is discontinued, and instead thereof a. green light is exhibited between SW by W and S by W, and a white light trom 8 by W to the river bank, The sector of white light marking the channel of the Wusung River, as also the red light as seen to 8 of the connae yl pare atme: @ tower is painted blac! eo bearings are magnetic. Variation 2 deg westerly to By order of the Bureau of Navigation. y Ort WYMAN, Commodore USN. Hydrogreaher, Pk 8 Hydrographic Othce, Washington, DC, No¥ 28 ‘Wnhalemen. Safled from San Francisco Dec 6, ship Jireh Perry, Owen, to cruise; bark Helen Mar, Koon, do. Spoken. Ship Knight Commander (Br), Strap, from San Frame cisco for Queenstown, Nov 29. lat BAH 11730 W. bhip Wild Ranger (reported Ameritan), Nov 18, lat 10 N, lon 34 W. OUR CABLE SHIPPING NEWS. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERAS.O. The Burning Ship Preston—Movements of Vessels from and for American ang Other Ports, Loxnon, Dec 14, 18737 The ship Preston (Br), from New Orleans, before ree ported burning at Havre 13th inst, took fire while dis- charging her cargo ot cotton, She Is now full of waters VESSELS ARRIVED. Arrived at Liverpoo! Dec 13, ship Empire, Leckte, from, Tquique ; also the “Antenor,” from San Francisco, Arrived at Faimouth Dec 13, “Sea Spray," trom New York. Arrived in Kingroad Dec 13, bark Volturno (Ital), Sava- rese, from New York for Bristol. Arrived at Queenstown Dec 14, 10 PM, steamship Ne- vada (Br), Forsyth, trom New York for Liverpool. Arrived at Piliau Dee 10, bark Hedwig (Ger), Voss, frm New York, Arrived in the Dardanelles, bark Giovanni (Aus), De Luyk, from New York for Odessa. VESSELS SAILED. Sailed from Liverpool Dec 13, ships Gold Hunter, Freee man, for Pensacola (not 11th); Helen Morris, Chase, for do; bark Sir Robert Peet (Nor), Jacobsen, for New Or- leans; also the Emanuel, for Galveston, Foreign Ports. Gravesenn, Dec 1—Sailed, Plymouth Rock, Butman (from London), New York. GREENOCK, Noy 23—Sailed, ship Shandon (Br), McVicar, Savannah. Grmnattar, Nov 19—Arrived, steamship Arno (Br), Ste phenson, Port Said (and sailed 20th for Boston). Sajled 21st, briz Maurice, Bartlett (trom Cadiz), Backs+ Port, having re “dl. In port 25th. ire: (Br), Folste: ‘ew Orleans (cl ino, from New ¥ , from do, arr ‘nailed, Pb red). Havana, Dec 1 (from New Orleans) i Hattrax, Dec 1s—Sailed, steamship Excelsior (Br), Joss (from Barrow), New York. Lexpoxprrny, Dec 1—Arrived, bark Harvester (Br), Petterson, Baltimor Nassau, NP, Dec 4—In port schr White Wing, Williams (from Nasaan), tor New York in 4 days, Sneips, Now 20—Arrived (not sailed, as reported by cable), brig Island Beile (Br), Harris, Bull River, Sid NB, Dec 11—Cleared, steamship Nellie Wise w York; 12th, ship Stowell Brown (Br), ns. Warerrorn, Nov 30—Arrived, bark Mercar (Nor), Tri- vol, New York. American Ports. ASTORIA (Oregon), Dec 2—Crossed the bar, ship Esk- dale (Br), Jenkinson, for Liverpool. BOSTON, 1s—Arrived, steamship Centipede, Wil- letts, Phila hia. Iith—Relow, bark Lillian mew), from Harrington, Me. BALTIMORE, Dec 13—Arrived, ‘schrs A © Lyon, Lyon, New York; John K Shaw, Cox, do; Clara, Lippincott, do, Gleared—Schrs Jennie F Simmons, Young, Boston: JD Williams, Pierce, Providence Drury, Thompson, Port Lemuel Hall, Tripp. do. Mth—Arrived, steamship Berlin Ger) Putscher, Bre- men via Southdmpton, steamship Yazoo, jelphia, Barrett CHARLESTON, Dec U—Arrived, bark Boscq (Fr, Pas- quier, Demerara’ Cleared—Bark J Steele, Leighton, Liverpool. Sailed—Bri , Maristany, Barcelona. Mth—Arri’ eamship Flag, Foster, Boston; ship: Jaines Duncan, Liverpool. Qt, the port—ship New Wabeno @Br), Mathias, from ybe ee. FORTRESS MONROF, Dec 14—Passed up, bark Ueland; (Nor), Tallaksen, trom Cardiff? for Norfolk; brig Kalervo (Rus), Olin, from Norfolk for Baltimore (returning for repairs). f GREENPORT, LI, Dee 6—Arrived, achrs DB Beekford, Harris, New Haven ‘and sailed lth tor Baltimore) ; 12th, ‘Thos 8’ Rogers, Harris, Now Yora, LEWE-, Del, Dee 14 amship Ohfo, Morrison, from Philadelphia for Liverpool, went to sea at 11 AM on Sat- urday. MARBLEHEAD, Deo 12—Arrived, schr Abbie Pitman, Sanborn, tseorgerown, DG, for Salem. NEW ORLEANS, D aa a ae king, doy A il—Arrived,’ steamship Arbitra- ; ships ‘Crusader (Br), Jen= . do; barks Cordelia (Br), Atkins, Leith; Ve: or), Grunde, Antwerp: Timeoto (Sp), Aleeno, Matanz: brig. Margaret, Blakeny. Ha-: vana; schr Nellie Bowers, Stackpole, do, Below, ship Glendower, De Gruchy, from Loadon, Cleared—Ships Lancaster, Bartlett, Liverpool Wry-: oming, Baker, Hayre; barks Bremen (Ger), Hillmers, Bremen; Abbie N Franklin, Holbrook, New York. Soutnwest Pass, Dec 10—Arrived, shi Peacemaker,, Clasion, Liverpool: Matterhorn, Arey, Havre; bark Liv- Ga (Nor), Browitz, do; brig Faraon (Sp), Boroton, Hav: Ship Nunquam Dormio; bark J F McLellan. Pass-a-’Outre, Dec i0—arrived, ship President Thier Fr), Regaut, Bristol. CORWHCRTPORT, Dec 12—In port, ready for sen, sehrs for Jacksonville; Nadab, Cheney, rt, schra Lucy B Tves, M 'Cloutman, Greenlaw, s8 I Russel, tor wy yREWPORT, Deo 38, PM—In ‘ansant, froin Philadelphia; froin New Vork; No! Muller, Pinkham, Booubay fo Hen H Brown, Chase, Wood's Hole for do; Ch ainpbell, Mitchell. Gloucester for a ker, Somerset for do; Samuel L Crocker, Thrasher, Tax ton'for do; Wm D Mangam, Chase, New York for New Beatord; James A Brown, Colling for Havana, Donna Anna, Whaley, for Cuba: Oregon, Walson, New York for Providence; Pouler & Hooper, Bradbury, Jamestown or! 8 AM—No arrivals, LONDON, Dec New York for Now Bedtord; tor Providence. Bail ib «6 Wm B Darlin PORTLAND, Doc 12—Arth raden, Jacksonville; Thom Bath. Cicared—Brigs Loch Lomond, Gilchrist, Cardenas; Er- e K Havana. nesting, Knight {ine sinalon, New York for Machiag, Fae eaisinp Ausitian (Br), Ritchie, Liverpool. WORD Dee! 12—Arrived, ‘schr Hattie Coombs, Chas Moor rived. schrs Tattie Perry,, ASames M Bayles, MNoboken New York. schrs Kate Foster, Mar. h, Young, Savannah for- rourke Jameson, Nine It Eaton, Shackford, Norfolk, to lont dies. for Wott LANCISCO, Dec 6—Arrived, ships New Lampedo Br), Spurr, Rio Juncir hire, Bursley, Hong Kong $ £ ry Alundell (Br), N Newcastle, NSW; barks lda F taylor, Burton, Buenos ‘Ayres; Toftcombs (Br), Aus: frail cand sailed for Portiand, 0) Oleared—Ships Golden Fleece, Horton, Liverpool; Chas Luling Ger), Wecke, Queenstown; Whittier, Swap, Bur- Hard Matot; Flour de “Lis (br), ites, Porting, Uy Nope tune, Spencer, Liverpool. Sallea—Ships Panther, Bach, Nanatmo; Altcar (Br), Harvey, Liverpool; vark Admiral Fitzroy’ (Br), Prance, Cork, SAVANNAH, Deco M—Arrived, ship Robert Dixon, Smartwick, Dumarisco:ta; bark Oneata (Br), Carter, Leith; schra Thos Vangiider, Philadelphia; W GR Mow: Georgetown. + ys TM Deo 12—Arrived, schrs Challenge, Hart, and 0 8 Dyer, Foster, Port Johnson; Wm EB 08 Gott, Eliza: wikon. bethport: Loule F Smith, Brown. We ott ‘OUS, BSOLUTE DIVORCES OBTAINED FROM DIFFER- cit States for desertion, to. egal overy where; no subtler re ; ranted. Ads Vie trea. "i Attorney, 1 Broadway. HERALD BRANCH OFFICE, BROOKLYN, rof Fulton avenue and Boerum streot. AS corne Open tron 4 A. M. too F. vn Sunday trom 3 to9 A. M. BSOLUTE DIVORCES OBTAINED FROM COURTS roi fitferent Staves: logal every where: no publicity To fees vance: alvice free; commissioner tor ever, Bate FREUERICK |. RING, Counselor Law. $65 Broadwar,