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10 WASHINGTGN. Grave Importance of Our Future 2; lations with Spai Probzbie Complications for Min- ister Cushing to Untangle. A Demand for Arbi- tration I!xpected. Explanation of the Omission of the Stipulated Salute and the Strong Points of the Spanish Government Against the United States. ‘WASHINGTON, Dec. 28, 1573. Whe Future Relations of the United States and Spain=the Gravity of Min- ister Cushing’s Mission — Arbitration and New International Ruics Proba. ble. The despatches of last night, alluding to impor- tant interests in the relations between this gov- ernment and Spain, the gravity of which required ©n our part the enlistment of the services of the Hon. Caleb Cushing, merely outhned or suggested @ policy which has been somewhat more detfl- nitely ascertained to-day, It is certain that abe diplomatic relations of Spain and the United States for the next six, and, pos- Bibly, for the next twelve months, will -possess an interest and a delicacy not surpassed by any event in the history of our intercourse with mations. The questions which will be discussed Possess an importance not outweighed by even the points of international law that came before the Geneva tribunal for settlement and establishment, ‘The intentions of Spain are first to institute suit against the United States, probably before @ tribunal of arbitration, for damages. In this suit the whole subject of the Cuban insurrection will be embraced, and all aid and comfort rendered to the insurgents by citizens and from ports of the United States will be in- cluded in the bill. Upon this count the defence of the United States will be simple and direct, and will be based upon the role established by the Geneva Tribunal, to the effect that a nation is Hable only for such damages as ‘may have been directly inflicted upon the commerce of another nation by am armed cruiser fitted out in her ports. The Virginius, not having been an armed ship and not having inflicted injury upon the commerce or upon the subjects of Spain upon the high seas, the United States cannot be held answerable for any @irect damages. The only count that could tie @gainst her then would be for indirect or conse- quential damages, and the inadmissibility of claims for such damages was fully settied at Ge- meva. Mr. Cushing’s qualifications ior the hand- ‘ing of this department of tne case will be appa- rent. The intention of Spain, secondly, is to institute a general discussion of international law, using the ease of the Virginius asa test to determine and x the status of what is called a filibuster on the high seas. The proximity to the United States of the Spanish American States and colonies, and their frequent involvement in Tevolu- tion and anarchy, has from time to time tempted the Amercan spirit of adven- ture, until filibusterimg has become an fence of sufficiently common occurrence to de- mand the attention of all nations and necessitate international legislation in regard to it. The old Jaw of nations, while amply providing for cases arising under a state of belligerency, plain and simple, and for cases of common piracy against ll nations, makes no provision and con- tains no precedent whereby to adjudi- cate a case of that irregular sort of warfare known as filibustering. filibuster is not @ belligerent, because she is not the recognized enemy of any nation. She cannot be adjudged a common pirate, because she is not the common enemy of all nations. Thus in the one case, while her hostile intent may be notorious as against one mation, she may be entitled to respect by the naval forces of other nations, because she respects their flag, and she is also technically exempt from seizure by the naval forces of the Matton against whom her hostile intent is notori- ous, because the law of nations makes no pro- vision against an enemy on the high seas who is not either a belligerent or a common pirate. The impossibility of any nation adequately Protecting its own flag and register against abuse by filibusters has been amply demon. Btrated. So it has become necessary to enlarge the scope of the international right of seizure to make it cover cases of filibustering in fume of peace, as well as cases of blockade running in time of war, or of common piracy, as under the old law of nations, This will be by far the most important development of the case, since it will in- yolve the establishment of an entirely new doc- trine and the formulation of entirely new rules. In &@ movement for the establishment of rules re- tating to fillbustering Spain will not be opposed by the United States, and it is not unlikely that the subject may ultimately be made the occasion of an international congress and be settled by general treaty, as m the famous case of the subject of the privateering in 1818, It is to represent the United States at Madrid through the delicate and difficult negotiations which this matter will involve that mr. Cushing ‘was selected to replace Minister Sickles. It is therefore to be understood that bis selection ts the fesult of advice from the highest advisory sources and for the special purposes indicated above. And it is also to be understood that the appoint. ment is in this sense temporary only, in that the position was accepted by Mr. Cushing to cover this special emergency, and not to em- brace the continuous discharge of ministerial da- ties as the ordinary representative of the United States at Madrid. As soon as tne preliminaries are arranged a definite proposition will be made by Spain to place filibusters under tne same subjection to the rigit of seizure which under Present usage Of nations lies upon a blockade run- ner or any merchant vess«i of a belligerent Power, with this exception, tnat the right of juris. @iction to adjudicate such: ei as is seized shail Vest in the courts of the nation whose flag and fegister she may have, und uot in the courts of the nation effecting her seizure, While the Bavy of Spain, for instance, may have the ight to seize a libuster fitted out in an American port, with notorionsly hostile intent against Spain, yet it shall be the duty of tne Spanish mag-of-war efecting the seizure of such filibuster to tow her or send her into an American ort for adjudication ana condemnation by an wsmerican Court, and that no Spanish Court of Ad- ‘«miraity shall have any jurisdicuon over her as a wrize. This, it will readily be seen, is wholly in the Mavare of an innovation upon all present rnles of international law. In the proposed international legislation upon the status of filibusters Spain will not ony not be opposed by the United States but the United States will heartily co-operate with the Spanish A vernment in the attainment of the ends sought. ‘AS aD earnest of the purpose of the United States #0 this dizection, may be mentioned the proposed detention of the steamer Edgar Stuart in Balti- more, by orgler of the Secretary of the Treasury, becanse of her well known bostile intent towagd Spain, and tne fact that those interested én her Were known to be aiders and abettors of the enemies of Spain and disturbers of her peace and trapquillity. Furthermore it may be stated that the United States upon information, now in the hands of the Department of Justice, fill im- mediately proceed against ail persons who are members of Juntes§=and other seditious Organizations within the terrucns af the flnited States knamA to be ey | Jelted. sue hisipty Of har ila) seciaszqtion Js \ York, NEW YOR HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1873—WITH SUPPLEMENT. gaged in farnishing gid and comfor’s’to the enc- mies of Spain ~qpon the islang of Cuba, In |. pursuance #* tnis policy all yersons who may now or hererer be sound, tr informed against as en- #°ea in any cherie of raising money, procuring and shipping supplies, or implements or mu- nitions of warfare to Cuba, notoriously to be used by the, enemies of Spain, will bg arrested by,’ The United States and proceeded against‘as conspiring within_our terri-7"onve tory to invade the territory and disturb the peace ofa iriendly nation, This, it will be observed, will include all persons in New York, Baltimore and other cities in the United States who are known to be active agents of the Cuban insurrection and who are engaged in furnishing money oF pro- curlug supplies for the insurgent Cubans. Upon information against the steamer Edgar Stuart, Messrs. Aguira and Barjos, who are superintending her feiitting at Baltimore, with a view, as the Spanish Minister alleges in his letter to the Secre- tary of Stave, to violate the laws of the United | States, wil) be held responsible in large bonds not to commit apy violation of the neutrality laws. Thus it will be seen that the United States is taking time py the forelock and making ample provisions to avold the addition of any new complications to the case as it now stands, The selection of Mr, Cushing is another and at the same time the most important indica- tion of the policy of the United States to join with Spain in the suppression of filibastering, since Mr. Cushing has been for many years the consistent denunciator of ali that class of offences against the peace of nations, Why the Stipulated Salute to the, Amer~ ican Flag Was Omitted by Spain—Her Strong Points Against the United States. ‘The true reason why the Spanish government was not required to salute our flag, under tne terms of the protocol, has at last been divulged, | and not only shows how much better the counsel for Spain 18 acquainted with our laws than some of our own high officials, but that it compelled the State Department to resort to @ mean subterfuge in order to avoid confession of the grossest violations of the regis- tration laws of the United States by our officials. The language of the protocol was to the effect that, if on or veiore the 25th day of December, 1873, it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the United States that the Virginius was not entitled to carry the flag of the United States and was car- rying it at the time of her capture without right and improperly, the salute will be dispensed with as not necessarily to be required. It will thus be seen that the nature of the proof was immaterial, as the Secretary of State was to be the Judge; but, as 1s customary, the subject was to be referred to the Attorney General, whois the legal adviser of the Executive and heads of departments: At the time the protocol was under consideration between Mr. Fish and Admiral Poio the latter was positive he could satisfy the Secretary that tne Vir- ginius was not rightfully carrying the American flag, and so emphatic was his statement and per- sistent the demand of his government that this privilege should be accorded that the Secretary said he would consent to it if it could be done within 30 days. This was in the latter part of November, and the protocol was signed on Saturday after- noon, the 29th of that month. A few days after the Spanish Minister called at the State Depart- ment and presented tothe Secretary such over- whelming evidence from our own laws of the laches | of the United States officials in regard to the Vir- ginius, from the time of her possession by the Freed- man’s Bureau in January, 1866, down to the date of her last illegalregister, September 27, 1870, leav- ing entirely out of the questfon any evidence con- cerning the career of the vessel aiter her departure from New York in 1870. The Secretary of State, who is always self-possessed in an emergency, saw by the recital of facts and laws 0: the United States that the omission of’ the salute to the flag was a | foregone conclusion. The position the administra- tion would be placed in by explaining to the coun- try before Christmas Day why the salute would | not take place, if we were to acknowledge that the Virginius was never entitled to an American regis- ter, would ve most humiliating, and must be avoided, if possible. The Spanish Consul in New who, with the aid of detectives, | has, ever since the Cubans made that | | city their base of operations, accumulated evidence against the leaders of the movement, | and closely watched all their actions, had filed away in the archives of the Consulate depositions of traitors to the Cuban cause who had given in- formation as to the purchase of the Virginius, This evidence, together with other affidavits of me- | chanics, was hastily got together and sent to Washington to show that foreigners had an inter- | est in the vessel, that Patterson was only the | nominal owner and that he perjured himself when |he swore that he was the sole owner, and that therefore he fraudulently obtainea the register. It might be possible that this | charge would not be substantiated in an admiralty | court, before which the case of the vessel was to | be tried according to the terms of the protocol; but it was certain that for all the purposes of Spain | | door and iseued orders to the sergents an traced to the time when she was taken to New York by John F. Patterson in 1870, and when, upon his application, not only was a register granted, but her name changed, The document then recites that, admitting that she was legaliy registered up to this time, by the act of 1792, section 14, she ceased fo be vessel of the United States by the change “} her "Eane, the law enacting that when any vessel tered. omreued ox Meensed in purstance of law shall, in whole or in part be sold or transferred to a citizen or citi- zens of the United States, such vessel must be documented anew by her former name, other- wise she will cease to be a vessel of the United States, and the name having been changed from the Virgin to the Vir- ginius, in violation of law, she ceased by the laws of the United States to be a vessel of the United States; and that the register issued, whether fraudulently optained or not, was an il- legal document and did not confer upon the vessel the right to carry the American. flag; and, there+ ‘fore, at the time of her capture she was not a vessel of the United States, properly and right- fully carrying the American flag. This concludes the original argument why the Salute to the flag could not be exacted. The sub- sequent proof of depositions and affidavits which the State Department accepted was never relied upon by the Spanish government, inasmuch as the oath taken by Patterson might be construed as of no. effect, it being preliminary to the issue of a register, which, in this case, the Collector of the port of New York had no right to issue, and therefore would, in all probability, be decided as not a lawtul oath, and the onus pro- bdandi would be against the government and not Against the individual. This is the latest phase of the Virginius muddle. The administration has recorded its reason why the salute was waived, and when the case is judi- cially investigated the unpleasant dilemma this course has occasioned will be made apparent. The Nomination of Mr. Williams Before the Judiciary Committee. Only three witnesses have been examined by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary in connection with the nomination of George H. Williams to be Chief Justice—namely, Assistant Attorney General Hill; A. J. Falls, Chief Clerk of the Department of Justice, and Representative Nesmith, of Uregon— the last named with reference to the adverse tele- grams from that State. While some Senators think the nowmination may ultimately be con- firmed, others are of the opfhion that it will die in the committee. SCOURING THE CITY. Six Hundred Young Men and Girls Arrested in Dance House by the Police—Dismay at the Descent—One of the Worst Haunts in the Metropolis Broken Up. Between half-past ten and eleven o’clock last night Inspector McDermott, Captain Irving and | the entire force of the Detective OMice made a raid on a dancing place in Grand street, known as the Assembly Rooms, The detectives were sent on im pairs in advance of Captain | Irving and Inspector McDermott, and posted in Grand street at different points. A platoon of Policemen was ordered from the Tenth precinct station house, and, headed by Inspector McDermott, the police dashed into the place, There were about 600 young men and girls in the room, and the excitement caused by the entrance of the police was bewildering. A large body of the men combined and pushed towards the main entrancey but they were met by the officers and driven back. As they returned, running into the hall, scream after scream went up from hundreds o! female throats. Some tried to jump through the windows and get out on the Toot; others rushed into the cellars and hid the: selves in barrels and cupboards, Detectives Field and Elder found one man _ lying prone on his stomach in a vault under the butiding. He held a pistol in his band ready for defence, but the detectives over- powered him and dragged him out. Some 50 or 60 crept out the back windows, and were just ready to drop imto the yard when they perceived the police waiting them below, and, thinking better of the risk they ran, stole into the hall again. Detective Farley discovered | @ Well known thief, wno had secreted himself in a closet behind @ partition that divided a driaking bar from the main room. The women at sight of the police flew in a body to the farthest corner of the hall, SCREAMING, CRYING, LAUGHING. Some of them were mere girls, and the eldest not apparently above 20, The greater number were of the worst of their class, but many were work girls accastomed to such scenes. The very hardened SHOUTING, YELLING AND ones laughed and sung _ribaid songs, treating the affair as a good joke; but the poor things who had been led in there, supposing the place one of ordinary amusement, cried bitterly. Five or six jainted and were carried into the street by the police. AS soon a8 anything like order could be obtained Captain Irving arranged his men along the side of the room from which the entrances to the street gone. Inspector McDermott stood at pie anna. rounds- The the fact of the Virginius not being legally regis- tered was bound to appear, and the Secretary of | | State chose to make an alleged charge of perjury, | | the satislactory evidence to the government of the United States, the reason why the salute to the | flag should not be given rather than aamit the other evidence which, if the | charge of perjury and fraudulent possession | of the papers was not sustained, was bound appear. The formality of submitting the deposi- tion to the Attorney General was gone through with, and the public already know his opinion, which he concluded witn the extraordinary state- ment that it was his decision that the Virginius at | the time of her capture was without right of pro- | tection irom and improperly carrying the Amert- | can flag. This bit of diplomatic strategy was re- | garded at the time asa great triumph, and ex- | plains why officials were so reticent during the | | pendency of the important question of whether | the salute was to be given or not. j But the sequel remains to be told. The govern- ment having avalied itself of a subterfuge seems to have blindly fallen into its own trap, for it agreed to institute inquiry and adopt proceedings against the vessel, and Mr. Fish must have lost sight of the important fact that the obnoxious evidence | first ofered by the Spanish Minister would appear | against him in the United States Court, and for our | officials to pretend ignorance of our own laws dur- | ing a period of nearly eight years would be a most mortifying position, The shallow and flimsy pre- | text set forth in the opinion of the would-be Chief | Justice of the United States is exposed to the gaze | of the people of the country. But the administration now finds itseif in the most embarrassing of situa- | tions, a8 @ consequence of a temporary expedient, | and the published opinion of the Attorney General | convicts the State Department of preferring to ac- | cuse @ citizen of a penal offence rather than | condemn the officials of the government of negli- gence and ignorance. AS was said at the begin- ning of this despatch, the knowledge possessed by the counsel for Spain has completely bewtidered our legal advisers. Tracing the history of how the government came in possession of the Virginius, and admitting the strongest argument that she was legally the prop. erty of the United States, that the subsequent | | charges might be sustained, the proof furnished was that tne transfer of the vessel to the Freedmen’s Bureau in | January, 1866, was a violation of the | act of Congress, as was her sale the following month at public auction in Mobile. The next point Was that, being a foreign bottom, and Congress never having by special act provided she should have an American register, the order of the Secre- tary of the Treasury in 1866 that she should | be furnished with an American register was i | direct viojation of the actof1792 and an assump- tion Of authority without warrant of law; that the oath of the original purchasers, God- bold & Moody, was false, is proved by the act of 1792, specifying the form of the oath which, if subscribed to by these parsies, ‘was illegal, and, if not sworn to, they could not, by any order of an executive officer, have been furnished with @ register. Having shown tat the original register was vitiatea by the laches of United States officers, and the vessel Never having been condemned or adjuaged for- F men as to the management of the prisoners. detectives gathering per all then of went throngh the immense men huddied in the up- end of the room and __ singied those they knew to be professional ‘Those were searched and &t once sent to adquarters in charge of officers, Pidtoons ve arrived trom the Eleventh, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Thirteenth, Sixth and Fourth precincts shortly after the first batch had taken charge of the hall, and each body of officers arriving in the place drew fresh outbursts of terror from the women. Detectives Clapp and Bennett took charge of the box office and the man in attendance t » and took him, with the money he had received, to the Central oftice, tinued until nearly hali-past one in the morning. This place has been the resort of the worst char- acters in the Tenth, Fourteenth and Sixth wards for @ long time and has been allowed to con- tinue unmolested uiitil Jast night. It is in the Fourteenth precinct, but the Captain of that district seems never to bave thought it worth lis while to break itup. More than two thirds of the young men arrested there last night are said to be thieves by the detectives, and their faces certainly would seem to confirm the statement. A worse assortment of the human countenance could with difficuity be found. The red-faced, low- browed, collarless young rough was there in aoundance, and mingled = with him =was the more presuming light-coated Bowery exquisite, It looked an uninviting den for @ man with any money in his possession, and the police say that if such an one got among the crowd he would part with his weaitn pretty quickly. ‘The inmates and surrounding of the place justified this assertion. Smoking and dringing were indulged in at the same time as dancing, and the state of tue atmosphere breathed by 600 persons all en- gaged im this way may be easily itnmagined, women, at least some of them, SMOKED AND DRANK as well as the men, and many of them continned their cigars during the dancing, he hall is a very Jarge one, and appears to have been built on pur- pose for the work going on there last night. On a raised platform in the south end the musicians sat, and in front of them, on the main floor, was a piano. A gallery supported by pillars was con- structed on the west side for the convenience and accommodation of visitors. bach dance was an- nounced jrom the platform by a large placard, which announced to the assemblage the kind of figure to prepare for, They were enjoyed in the intricacies of a waltz to the tune of “the Mulligan Guarde” last night, when the authorities entered and promenaded them to prison. One of the de- tectives dpscribed the scene at the moment of the Taid as fesembiing @ number Of rats in a pit on the arrival of @ termer to worry them, The rate in the Assembly Pit were considerably worried when the police presented themselves last Right, and itis doubtiul if they have got over it yet. The arrangements for the raid were planned and carried out in & masteriy manner, and the police deserve credit for the manner in which it was conducted, Not the slightest suspicion eutered the mind of any of those present of what was going forward until the strong hand of the law was laid on ali together, The occasion was @ fruitful one Captain Irving and tis detectives. They becanie acquainted with many faces new to them in the waiks of crime, and they met some oid frends quietly waiting for chances. Many of the peopie living in the neighbornood of this place have com- ae of ib. a8 4 nuisance, and their hearts will now giaddened »y the intelligence that it has been broken up. Similar descents are to be made vy Captain Irving and his detectives on places in the Eighth ward, out the time when they are to be effected has not been decided Inspector McDermott is thoroughly ac- quainted with the character of all such resorts on that eide of the town, and he has deters mined the present purging of the haunts of vice shall be thorough, prisoners from the diferent station houses will be conducted before the police magistrates this morning to be dealt with according to jo Poosograg ners will be in demand at Police re during the day as & large batch of faces ia to be added to the rogues’ collection. Em bryo gamblers out of work will now find a place among the disting).ebad criminals of the ata. The | THE GREAT RAILROAD STRIKE, The Strike at Clevelamd—The Brother- 3 CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 28, 1873. ‘The stnike of the railroad engineers is the gen- eral topic of conversation. Cleveland has been very little affected by the moyement thus far, the trains on all the roads centring here arriving and departing with the usual regularity. AS Cleveland is the headquarters of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers much interest is attached to the action ofthe grand officers of the associa- tion. Mr. Charles Wilson, GRAND CHIEF ENGINEER, will publish in the Herald monday morning the following communication :— Epirors HERALD :— Inasmuch mi extravagant rumors have been circulated in regard to the engineers’ strike, 1 deem it due to the public to say that the strike on the leased lines of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company west of Pittsburg was caused by a reduc tion of ten per cent of the engineers’ wages. The en- gineers claim that an agreement was entered into about two years since regulating the wages of the engineers, and that the engineers were assured that no change would be made in their pay unless they were cousulted. They also claim that @ slack in business on the roads materially reduced their pay, as they were paid ior trips actually Tun. In some instances they (the engineers) did not make half me, yet the company retained them in service, hoping for an increase in business. The order for a reduction applied to officials as well as employés, and the company claimed to have treated all all yet it will readily be seen that a reduction of 10 cent on @ salary of $100 per month still leaves Foo, while the reduc- tion caused by the less number of trips ran than usual and the percentage reduced the pay of some of the engineers over 50 per cent, This, the engi- neers claim, 18 unjust. ‘he company posted the notice of a reduction without consulting the engi- neers, and it created an intense excitement. The engineers appointed a committee to wait on the general manager and request the restoration of their pay. If not ‘acceded to the committee was authorized to demand the restoration of pa, notify the company of the time the eng! would qnit work. In doing this the engineers ACTED UPON THEIR OWN RESPONSIBILITY, ignoring and violating the rules of the brotherhood. ‘oth sides claim to be sure of success, and, so far as heard trom, they are stubbornly carrying on the controversy. The Brotherhood of Locomotive En- gineers claim to be able, as a general rule, to ob- viate strikes, and one of the main features that have recommended this organization to public favor is their action in regard to strikes. While it is generally admitted that a man has a right to | quit if he is not satisfied, yet, when that man accepts a position that involves the welfare of thousands of other persons, the case is differ- ent, and the fact that the members .of the Brotherhood had voluntarily obligated them- selves not to go into a strike until every honorabie means had been tried to settle the difficulty, gave them more influence and than any other labor society ever obtained. It be lamentable i, alter gaining so much, our members, through ill-tem- per and hasty action, lose all, There 1s no doubt but that both sides are at fault, and the results thus far show plainly the absolute necessity of providing in some way atribunal that shall have POWER TO PEACEABLY SETTLE ALL SUCH DIFFI- CULTIES, The, business interests of the country cannot al- ford to stop and witness a fight between raliway oftciais}and employes, and, more than all else, working men caunot afford to starve while capital sits idiy by. Ags have already stated, the main purposes of the — brotherhood are to avoid these ruinous conflicts, and, although many | of our members are engaged in a strike at the present time, I feel it to be my duty to say that they are in no way sustained by the organization; } and so far as the officers of the organization are concerned, it 1s my firm belief that they will en- force our rules, if by 80 doing we exciude one-half of our membership, CHARLES WILSON, Grand Chief Engineer. Mr. Wuson has also issued an order tor all en- gineers of the brotherhood to go to work and to desist from any interference with the men or property of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Mr. Jonn Feherenbach, President of the Ma- chinists and Blacksmiths’ International Union, has issued an order to all members of the association to refrain from any interference with the 1ocomo- tive engineers in the present strike. and ecrs Violent Phase of the Strike at Cincin- nati, CINCINNATI, Dec. 28, 1873. it is now apparent that the strike of engineers is more extensive, systemized and wicked in spirit than at first 1t appeared to be. The move- ment embraces over 3,000 miles of roads, known as the leased lines of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, the termini of which are Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville, and as nearly 3,000 men are engaged in it, about twice that number are necessarily thrown out of employment. There is every indication of a determination on the part of the strikers to enforce their demands by a ter- roriem irom which humanity shrinks with @ sick- ening heart, The first demonstration of this diabolical spirit Was made at Coluinbia station, a few miles east of this city, on Saturday night, when it appears that the Eastern express on the Little Miama Railroad, due here at ten minutes past three Py. M. was several hours behind time in leaving Columbus, bus would have reached our depot at eight P. M. only for A MURDEROUS EFFORT to throw it off the track at Columbia and prectpi- tate itintoa deep gully, The train was in charge of Conductor Holloway and Mr, J. H. Gatchelie, master mechanic at the Cincinnati shops, acted as engineer from Columbus, When it reached Colum- bia it Was running at aspeed of 25 miles an hour, and justas if neared the Columbia switch the engiveer felt it Jeave the main track and knew something Was wrong. He reversed the engine and gave the usual signal for stopping, but not- withstanding tmis check the train demolished 10 empty freight cars on the side track, and as there were no bumpers at the end it walked over a large sycamore tree and dashed the end of a heavy box car into a smail frame house, occupied by a widow named Neviile, who At about eleven o'clock the despatching of | With her only child, narrowly escaped destruction. | the prisoners to station houses began, and it con- The engineer and fireman jumped tor their lives vbeiore the tram struck and escaped with some severe bruises. ‘he conductor had his hands pain- juliy lacerated by broken glass. None of the PASSENGERS WERE INJURED, although the train was large. An examination of the switch showed that it had been purposely shited, and to-day there is evidence that a man Was seen to shift 1t shortly before the train passed, and tuen to run away. Charles Wilson, the Grand Chief of the Interna- tonal Division of the Brotherhood of Locomo- uve Engineers, has been interviewed at Cieveland, and reports the organization in a very flourishing condition pecuniarily, with nearly $36,0000n hand and @& membership of 9,500 men, Me positively denies that the | Order 18 in any way responsible tor the strike, ana affirms that it was not authorized, consented to or encouraged in any particular by it; but the siinultaneousness and obstinacy of the strike and the many facts now appearing of concerted action only prove that, without the orgamization had through the Brotherhood, there could not have been such widespread and instantaneous results. At Dennison, Ohio, the Sheriff and the whole torce at the command of the county were UNABLE TO PREVENT VIOLENCE to those employés who were willing to run the trains, and the Governor of the State was calied on tor troops to protect the road and maintain the peace. The strikers had possessed themselves of large quantities ot liquor, and the aspect of affairs Was very serions. Trouble was expected at Fort Wayne, Ind. Engineer Vance was shot at and wounded in the arm 4s he took his train out of Indianapolis on Saturday night, and at Logansport, Ind., the Sherif was telegraphed for assistance to quell the riot commenced there by 160 strikers. The Strike at Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, Dec, 27, 1873, ‘The railroad engineers on the main division of the Pennsylvania Railroad (between Pittsburg and Philadeiphia) have not gone on a strike. ‘The engineers who are on strike, all of whom be~ Jong to the Brotherhood, will not receive an of! cial notification of the reduction of wages until Mon- day, although the company’s circular was seni to- day. Therefore no trouble is apprehended by the officers of the Pennsyivania road wntil their em- pigyes, are officially informed about their wages. our correspondent to-day had a talk with Mr. A. J. Cassatt, general manager, He said that the reduction was absolutely necessary. The com- pany did not want to make @ reduction, but could not help it, Kvery man on the road, from president to laborer, wae placed on the ¢ame footung, and all, they hoped, would snb- mit, The company two years ro had raised the Wages of the engincers 10 per ce! They now pro- posed to take that increase off aud make the wages correspond with what they were two years ago. } , The Pennsyivarésa Raiiroad oMmcers hope thet’ employés will not surike. They are a8 anxious jor the welfare of thelr employés as they are for them. selves, Consequently, the com: ag | Will do all it can to prevent a rupture between themselves and their employés, PIRE IN WOOSfER STREET. A fire broke out last evening in the two story brick building. rear of No. 69 Wooster strect, that ry of $14,500, The Lied was used as a drying room by the Lorillard Tobacco Manu- factnring inanv. inanred, SHIPPING NEWS. OF DEPARTURE FROM NEW YORE FOR THE MONTHS OF DECEMBER AND JANUARY. DATES “Beamer. | tingtion. afica, Minnesota Fie. MT... Liverpool..|29 Broadway. Italia. S1-|Ghusgow...[7 Bowling Grean Cuba, » | LiveFpool, .|4 Bowling mn Folsatus g Hamburg .« prada 4 Spain... Averpool,. ‘Ot Caty'ot Ne Tiverpoct: [te Broad wh Baltic “Av 19 Broadway: Samar 4 Bowling Green Rhein. 2 Bowling Greeit Ethiopia’ i bowling Green Wisconsin jy ar Calabria. 4Bowling Green Caledonia. 7 Bowling Green Cimbria 61 Broadwa Canada, 69 Broadw: City of Ai Wo broadwa yeser 2 Bowling Green Pennsylvania Broaaway St Laurent. 55 Broadway. PORT OF NEW YORK, DEC. 28, 1873, ARRIVALS. REPORTED BY THE HERALD STEAM YACHTS AND HERALD WHITESTONE TELFGRAPH LINES. US steamer Juniata, DL Br ‘0.10 days, with 102 survivors of steamer Virginiu: of Hatteras, spoke schr Edie Waters, trom St fielena for New Kedtord, 52 days out: supplied Ner with provisions. Steamship Weser (Ger), Willigerod, Bremen Dec 13, via Southampton 16th, with mdse and 130 passengers to el- richs & Co. Dec 4, lat 4620 N, lon 4610 W, passed a bark-nigged steamship, bound éast; 27th, lat 4114, lon 6615,a brig-rigged steaiship. do; same day, lat 40 44, lon 63, steamship Pommerania (Ger), hence’ for Ham- ba ‘eeamabiy Tyrian (Br), Lawson. Genoa Nov 17, Leg- horn 2st, Messina 25th, Palermo 29th, Castellamere Dec 3 and Gibraltar 9th, with mdse and 49 passengers to Hen- derson Bros. Dec 2%, on the southern edge of the Gulf Stream, had a strong gale from ESE; 26th, lat, 37 58, lon 69 60, tell in with a large ship, evidently of English build, waterlogged and abandoned; seemed to have been tn that condition a long time, Steamship George Washington, Whitenead, New Or- leans Dec 20, with indse and passengers to Clark & Sea- man. Had fine weather to lat 30, and then a heavy gale of wing, veering all around the compass, with heave sea; ship hove to 24 hours; north of Hatteras had SW gale, with rain and snow. Steamship Gen Meade, Sampson, New Orleans, with rad Asie Deeennners | bots er. h Dees, witn mdse iteamship Virgo, Buikiey, Savannah Dec s and passenzersto Murray, Perris & Co. Had heavy NE gales throughout; 26th, 10 miles north of Cave Hatteras, assed steamstin Crescent City, hence for Havana; same jay, steamshin Zodiac. hence for Savannah, ‘ Crowell, Charieston Dec 24, with mdse i ro. Deo 24, 2 PM, off Cape Roman, passed steamship Virginius, in tow, bound north. ‘steamship Hatteras, Ernest, Norfolk, with mdse and passengers to the Old Domtnion Steamship Co, Steamship Richmond, Lawrence, Ricnmond, City Point and Norfolk, with mdse passengers to the Ola Do- minion Steamship Company, Steamsmp E © Knight, Chichester, Georgetown, DC, ‘with mdse and passengers tod © Kenyon. Ship Eliza shaw (of London), Gaz, Yokohama Aug Fe] with teas to Hememann, Payson & Morgan. . Dec 4, lai 5.05 N, lon 38.08 W, spoke ship Rock City (Br), tom Buenos Ayres tor New Orleans, % days out; 5th, no lat, &c, ship Frank Flint (Br), from Caleutta for New York, 103 daywout. The # Sis ancnored outside the bar. Ship Niagara (of Glasgow), McFarland, London. 41 days, with mdve to Henderson Bros. The Nis anchored the tship. °'ship Cleopatra (Ausd, Druscovich, Rotterdam 45 da in ballast to Slocovich & Co. The Cis anchored outside ie bar. Burk George Treat (of Boston), Ginn, London 40 days, in ballast, to R P Buck & Co. Bark Festina Leute (Nor). Jureldsen, Silloth 44 days, in ballast to master, Dee 23, lat 38 41, lon 66 30, spoke brig San Juan (Br), hence for Vigo. Bark Pallas (Rus), Niska, Rotterdam 47 days, in ballast to Tetens & Bockimann. The P is anchored outside the r. Bark Carl Angell (Nor), Olsen, Alexandria, EF, 75, rede with rags to order; vessel to Funch, Edye & Co. Passe Gibraltar Nov 18. The C Ais anchored outside the bar. Bark Banco Navale B (Ital), Savignone, Genoa 78 day: ith mdse to order; paced Gibraltar Nov 10. The BN is ancho red outside the bar. Bark Auguste (Ital), Balsamo, Catania 81 days, with salt to master. Passed Gibraltar Nov 10. The A is an- a, 36 days, with Brig Eaglet (of Tortola), Tooker, Mi , fruit fo Devlin & Rose, vessel to Master ; passed Gibraltar lov 24, Brig Charlotte, Whittemore, Denia, Oct 7, via Malaga, $0 days, with frult to Miller & Houghton: passed Gibraltar ‘ov 10, Brig Lanra B (of St Johns, NB), Merriam, Salt Key, TI, 16 days, with salt to Dunscomb &' Frith, vessel to master. Dee 17, lat 82, lon 72 30, spoke brig G M Jones, from Salt Key for New York. Same time. schr ing, hence for Kingston, Ja, Sist, lat $7, lon 73, bark Appia (Nor) from Stavanger for New York. Schr Nellie, Brick, Charleston 11 days, with naval stores to 1 W Lond &’Co. Schr W H Van Name, Holmes, Virginia, Schr G P Wright, Cropper, Virginia. Schr J W Boyle, Smith, Virginia, Passed Through Hell Gate. BOUND SOUTH. Schr Adeline, Husted, Greenwich for New York. BOUND RAST. Steamship Gen Whitney, Hallett, New York for Boston. Brig Hattle Pettis. Pettis, New York tor Halifax: 08 Moon sets.. Brig Ann Elizabeth, Getchell, Hoboken for Boston, Schr Twilight, Johnson, Trenton for Norwich, Schr Bertha, Conover, South A:aboy for Providence. Schr Ada Ames, Walker, New York for Rockland. Schr F J Tragstory, Tapley, New York for Portsmouth. Schr Wm O trish, Tyrrell, Ellzabethport tor Provi- dence, Schr Huntress, Sprague, New York for Boston. Schr Helen Mar, Nickerson, Hovexen for Boston. Schr Samuel jodwin, Waterbury, New York for Stamford. Wind at sunset NW, fresh. Telegraphic Marine Correspondence. Newrort, RI, Dec 28, 1873. The storm has been severe in this vicinity. The New York boat Old Colony, due here at3 AM to-day, did not arrive until 1:30 PM, Two schooners dragged their anchors and went ashore on the south side of the inner harbor, near the lime rocks. One ot them fs the Willam Newton, from Somer- set, in ballast. The other is loaded, but the sea is run- ning so high it is impossible to gain any particulars. ‘A number of vessels have putin for a harbor, Marine Disasters. Bark Concorpra (Fr), Gaguery, for Falmouth, E, col- lided in the harbor of San Francisco, Dec 20, with ship Merwanijee Framjee (Br), causing the latter serious dam- aze, estimated at about $3,080. The Concordia was pro- ceeding to sea in tow of the Sol Thomas, and the Mer- wanjee Framiee was lying at anchor in the stream, be- tween Alcatraz and Black Point. When passing the Merwanice Framjee the Concordia was hauling up her anchor, but had not got it quite over water. The anchor of the latter caught the chain of the former, which wheeled the Concordia around, causing, her to’ collide with the Merwanjce Framice, She stove in three of her bulwark plates, cagried away the chain plates, boats and kid stanchions, breaking the fore-and-att main pintes and the main ‘rail. The Concordia proceeded to sea, leaving the British ship in her damaged condition. The captain of the latter at once came ashore and notified the consignees, who immediately got out a libel against the Concordia, apon which a monition was Issued and given to Chief Operative Finnegass, who proceeded to sea after the Concordia, with instructions to seize her and bring her into port, if within the jurisdiction of the United States, which’ Is one marine league, or three miles, trom shore. As the Concordia was three hours in advance of her pursuer it is thought she escaned beyond the reach of the law, and has escaped liability for the damage done. Bark Carmartxe Doce (Itab, from New York for Queenstown (betore reported), was abandoned Nov 2 about 50 miles south of the Banks of Newfoundland. She had lost her rudder some time previous, Scr Avice M Lewrs, from Bay of Fundy for Philadel- phis, berore reported, remained ashore af Henlopen AM ‘th. Scnr Mary A Power, from New York for Savannah, put into Charleston, 27th inst, partially dismasted, Deat, Dec 16—Vhe Stirling, Baker, from Philadelphia for Antwerp, has arrived in the Downs, and landed the master (Fletcher) and crew of the J. 0. ye from Boston for St Domingo (velore reported by cable), which vessel is reported to have capsized; the mate's wite and two children were drowned. Norrork, Dec 27—Owing to the severe storm yesterday the wrecking steamers Resolute, Nettie and Mollie Wenty, and the schrs Planet Mars aud Henrietta returned from Below, where they had been, waiting for # chance forget the cargo out of the Urig Mary Rice, ashore on Cape Henry. Tho brig has been driven so’ far ashore that she is considered safe from serious damage. ‘out, Dec 15—The Aabine, Blix, from New York P for Antwerp, has put in here with wheel broken by a sea. ‘The Venus, O'Brien, from New York for Antwerp, has put in here with bows damaged, having been in collision at inidnight with @ schooner, name unknown. Portuaxp, Me, Dec 28—The schooner F A Calcord, of and from Séarsport, for Salem, broke her anchor during @ storm this morning and drifted on the break. water, losing her radder and a portion ot her false keel, &c, She was towed off, and will go on to the railway to be repaired. Sr. Hxuewa, Nov. %—The Fort Recent, Olsen, from Noilo for New York, having failed to raise money'to p: their expenses here, sold about 40 tons of sugar Noy her repairs are still going on, aud about Si0 tons of her cargo has been reshipped. Miscelbancoas, The purser of the steamship Weser, from Bremen and Southampton, will please accept our thanks for favors. Axxnicas Liovps Univensat Recisten—The new vol- ume for 1874 is received. This work was established in 1867 by Thos D Taylor, under the approval of shipowners and the New York Board of Marine Underwriters, Ell. ‘wood Waiter, Secretary. The Peruvian government en- dorses it as the only American Register ot Shipping whose certificates of class they will accept’ The work is hand- somely printed in clear type, and gives the names of about 18,000 vessels of all classes, with the port of con- struction, when built, where owned and the amount of registered tonnage. It also contains the rules of con- struction and classification of wood and tron bailt ves sels, the port charges and the depths of water of the principal ports of the world, the limit of load draft, the stowage of cargoes, the length and sizes of rigging, and much other information which is valuable to tnder- writersand shipping men. This Register (which origi- nated at % Wall street and continues to emanate from the old office) is now received as @ standard reference or insurance purposes, Whatemen. Satted from St Helena Nov 13, barks Desdemona, Da- vis, of NB, to cruise; 4th, Yen Fox, Kidridge, of West port, do; 20th, Greyhound, Weeks, of do, do. Spoken, Ship Cau Cheever, trom Calcutta Sept 3for Bos: ton, Oct 20, Int 4 90 8, lon 2231 E. ld tte. [s. ry Poe co oe Catentta Sept 16 for mm, Oct fd 8, lon by hip Oisv of 30 Ks, pntrae) ‘Amarioans Deo & lat 49 N, lon 5, 100 miles east | 4 'W (the ship City of Montreal, Muagett, has been reported, at Genoa Dec 4), Bark Sospir (Aus), Demichelll, from New York for Tri- este, Dee % west of Gibraltar, OUR CABLE SHIPPING NEWS. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALO. Movemenss of Shipping from and for the United States, Eexpos, Dec 28, 1873. VESSELS ARRIVED. Arrived at Gravesend Dec 23, bark Johann Holserland (Ger), Ziepke, from Philadelphia via Queenstown, Arrived off Deal Dec 23, brig Norge (Nor), Johannsen, from London for New York; also, Garibaldi, trom ~—~ for Pensacola (and both sailed). Arrived at Gloucester Dee 27, Nose Devote (?), and Guido (, from New Yors. Arrived at Queenstown Dec 28, bark Ceres (Nor), Boe, from New York. also arrived at Queenstown Dee 28, steamship Wyo- ming (Sr), Gaara, from New York. Arrived at Belfast Dee 27, bark Minerva (Br), Edwards, from Baltimore. Arrived at Dublin Dec 27, brig Mayfteld (Br), Lloyd, from New York. Arrived at Limerick Dec 27, bark Nuovo Dovere (Ital), Ciehero, trom New York via Falmouth, Arrived at Madeira, ship Mercury New York (school ship), from New York, VESSELS SAILED. Sailed from Liverpool Dee 27, ship Tron Cross (Br), Mt» Lelland, for Southwest V’ass; barks Mary Jane (Br), Snow, for Tybee (not previously); Annie Kimbail, Pea- body, for do; 28th, ships Adriatic, Taylor, for Southwest Pass; Advice (Br), Wallace, for do; bark W G Putnam (Br), Pitts, for Charleston; schr Hartstene, Dunham; for Tybee. Sailed from Milford Dec 27, brig A M Rowlands (Br), Rowlands (from Bangor, W), for New Orleans, Salled from Greenock Dec 27, James Dale, Cooper, for Pensacola; Cameo, for do; Marseilles, for New Orleans. Satled from Limerick Dec 27, bark Henoch (Aus), Hag- gie, for New York. Sailed from Waterford Dec 27, ship Carin (Br), for Pen- sacola; barks Druigi Dubrovacki (Aus), Caraman, for New York ; Trojednica (Aus), Gardley, for do. Foreign Ports. AcarUToo. Dec 2—Arrived, bark Panama (Ger), Wu» derlich, Hamburg. CouKSUKR Hanuor, TI, Dec 10—Sailed, brigs Dunder {Be for Cape Ann; Mth, Tally Ho, Plummer, New Or- jes ans. Grprattar, Dec 4—Sailed, bark Ricardo III (Ital), Cas, tellano, New York. Cleared 4th. barks Madura (Ger), Meyer (from Ne York), Genoa; 5th, brig Petrino (Ital), Lauro (trom dof} Civita Vecchia, en Port 8th, bark Progress (Nor), Olsen, from Philadel- a. Pivesstwa, Dee 18—Arrived, brig Hattie 8 Bishop, Web- ber, Genoa, to load for Bosion. Sailed 1sth, brig Zerlina (Br), Williams, Boston. Sr Uxiexa, Nov 12—Arrived, brig Edith Mary (Br), Miller, Algoa Bay, CGH (and’ sailed same day for Bos. ton); ‘léth, ships ‘Pegasus (Br), Elits, Manila for New : Lord Strathvain (Br), Sinclair, Calcutta for do (and both sailed same dav); 2lst. Sir’ Henry Lawrence Gp, Roberts, do for Demerara and sailed same aay), St Jony. NB, Dec 26—Cleared, brig Crescent’ (Br), Faulkner, New York, [Pen Sreawsmip Waser] err, Dec 12—Arrived, Forest, Armstrong, Phila ANtW! delphia. . Balled 13th, Olga, Schmidt, New York. Pe all Dec 13—Sailed, Gustav Adolph, Ternstrom, fobile. Bangor, W, Dec 13—Sailed, Corwenna, Evans, New Or, ans. a a AES Dec 13—Arrived, Saturn, Torgesen, few York. Breweruaven, Dec 11—Arrived, Main (s), Von Oteren dorp, New York, t Bomsay, Nov 19—Sailed, H A Blanchard, Sardy, Chit agong. ‘Drat, Dec 18—Arrived, Emma, Sotch, London tor New, York (and sailed). BN 18—Of, Kosmos, Meyer, from Bremen for jew Yor ° Dusuin, Dec 14—Cieared, Eliza Everett, Dennis, Sa annah. inter at Kingstown 15th, Cathaya, Patterson, San neisco, Fatmouts, Dec M—Arrived, ‘Lionne,” Cuneo, New York for Hull. Lasgow, Dec 13—Salled, Ethiopia (), Craig, New York (and from Greenock 15th). panmumogg, Des 1—Arrived, § Lyman, Pinkham, 0 re. Guuwz, Dec 10—Safled, Auguste Mathilde, Seidel, Ame ca. Tica. AM BI BC Salled Maggie japman, hi Hiuvoen’ Dec i2—arrivedy Marie Heyn, Beck,” Wit mington, NO, Cleared 12th, Guidfax, Johannsen, Savannah; Kra- geroe, Larsen, 'New Orléans: Ida Lily, Otis, Philadel- phia;’ Elise Esrich, Esrich, America, Harur, Dec 12—Sailed. Autocrat, Healey, Charleston; Assyria, Easton, Cardif and United States. Ieswiou, Dec 13—Arrived, Vigilant, Nixon. New York. Liverroot, Dec 14—Arrived, Victory, Jacobs, New York; Tordenskiold, Olsen, do, Salied 13th, La Plata, Matthews, Sayannah; David MeNutt, Sutherland, Charleston; Salo, Nord Ni Orleans: Speed, Natvig, Wilmington, NU Baum, Nadke,' Pensacola; Agathe, Hansen, do; Jane Batters (9), Harris, New Orleans. Cleared i3th, Martha, Purington, Demer: Langen, Engelstadt. Doboy: Sancred, Jueli, Key West; Waver- ley, La Prelle, favannah mn Lo: vi ne tered out 13th, Racer, Kundre, for New Orleans. NvOX. Dec 13—Cleared. Morland, Nielsen, ensncol Arrived at Gravesend 16th, Margan, Jones,’ Bull River, 80, yea from Gravesend lth, Harold Haarfager (s), New. ‘orl Limeriox, Dec 18—Arrived, Conobbi. Fasce, New York. Arrived at Tarbert 13th. Grad Zagreb, Urpant, New: York; Protector, Stephenson, Baltimore. ookponnzany,’ Dec 12—Cieared, Langet, Nielscn, New rleans, Lawiasn, Dec 11—rrived, J Simonson, Crawford, An. drossan for Cardenas. Sailed 1th, Confidence, Menzies, and Bruce, Frazier (from Greenock), Pensucola; Harvest Home, German (from Londonderry), New Orleans. Lxanorn, Dec 8—Sailed, Semiramis, Gerrish, Philadel. phia; 9th, Emma, Richards, do. Messina, Dec $—Arrived, Lily, Lawrence, Cette (and sailed for New York): Ennis, Foster, Marsala. ‘ Sailed 24, Cambrian, Lewis, New York; 8d, Olarabette: Tracy, do: Sicilian, Péicival, Boston ; 6th, Harvest Mooi Riley, New York. PLymouts, Dec 12—Off, Savannah, Tabelman. from Bre- ‘men for Savannah. Off the Start 12th, Principessa, Margherita di Picmonte (tal bark), from Nieuwe Dlep for New York. Prnxawnvco, Noy 22—Sailed, Casco, Penny, Portland; 26th. Beltrees, Skinner, New York; ‘Retriever, Davies, do; Mary Lizzie, Ward. Hainpton Roads, Rio Graxpe, Nov t—Sailed, Rivulet, Johnson, Boston. Suaxxuin (Isle ot Wight), Dec 13-Off, Isabella, Allen, from Shields for Pensacola. Passed Ventnor l4th, Veteran, from Shields for Pensa- cola. Stavaxaer, Nov 22—Sailed, Erling. Skjalson, Schie, Pensacola. Sreriv. Deb 10—Arrived. Jano, Witt, Philadelphia. AQMineMunde, Dec 10—Sailed, Wega, Brandhoff, Phila- jelphia. St Hucasa, Nov 14—Arrived, Hereford, Garaner, Cak cutta (ana sailed for Demerara and New York). Passed 224, Talbot, Simons, trom Swatow via Mauritins for New Yor! tere, Dec is—Arrived, City of Bangor, Menzies, Ynil- ade! 1a, x taamnirore, Dec 13—Arrived, Da Capo, Andersen, jew York. Warrnrorn, Dec 12—Arrived, Afenegernen, Fversen, Baltimore; Amor, Bermuda, New York: Ith, Terecina, Ginnoni, do; Maud Cthotiide, Degarinda, do, American Ports, BOSTON, Dec 28—~Arrived, steamers Flag, Foster, Charleston; Blackstone, Hallett, Baltimore. BALTIMORE, Dec 27—Arrived, bark Sletpner (Nor), Ohissen, Bordeaux; schrs Nelly Lamper, Wiley. Boston; Bill Stowe, Manson, do; L A Burnham, Harris, do. Cleared—Sehr C Hi Foster, Coombs, Boston. 2sth—Arrived. steamship, Ohio (Ger), Von Emster, Bre men via Southampton: barks Ricardo (Ital, Chiesa, Hambarg; Sarah & Frazer, Knight, Havana, CHARLESTON, Dee 28—Arrived,’ schr Mary A Power, w York for Havana (seo Diststirsi. Below, Dark Oss- valdo (1 p), from Matanzas, Sailed—Bric M C_ Roosevelt, Devereaux, Weymonth, Mass: schrs Uriel. Jacksonville; Georgia, Seauiort; HB McCauley, Jacksonvilie. NORMOLK, Dee 26—Arrived, brie Chattan Whee- ler, Turks Island; schrs Marion Gage, Fountain, New York; Grasmere (Dan), MeComber, Boston. PENSACOLA, Dec 34—Arrived, barks Magna (Nor), Zachariaserm Swansea: American Eagle (Br) Cape de Verde; schrs Saarbruck, Clark, New York; Pal: ma, McDougall, Havana. red—Ship Magnolia (Br), Warden, Sunderland; barks Zetland tbr), Young, Greenoca; Anna Gray (Lr), Ellis, do. Wethee Dec 2%6—Cleared, schr Martha Innes, ‘Arrived, schrs John D Paige. Haley; J H Hua- any 1 dell, Sharp; Samuel Carter, Lal Harriet Brooks, Smith, Boston. Below, coming up, schrs Althea, Lottic, and George H Squires, from n; Mary G Can, trom Providence; Sidney C Tyler, from Salem. f Cleared—Steamers Mary, Crocker, and Ca Whiting, Harding, Providence; Norman, Ni Boston: barks Freyr (Nor), Kroger, Bristol, (Sw), rom, Antwerp; Ann Blizabeth, Cork or Pi th for orders; brigs Abby © Titcom!| Edeveer, Cardenas; schrs Only Son, Meander, Charlesto’ Martha Tnnis, Higgins, Boston; Sophia Wilson, Melvin, atanzas. ‘®th—arrived, steamer Juniata, Catharine, New Or- loans via Havana; schr Aithea, Sinith, Boston, wns, Del, Dec 27—Bark Gorda lett tor Philadelphia; alllother vassels as before. A three-masied steamer, lew tn dil gn the beach Very thick Of shore. Surf avy on Henlopen. F M—Steamship Pennsylvania went to sea at 3:15. PORTLAND. Dos oc Th leared, schr Carrie Belle, sea- “aera “ steamship Polynesian (Br), Brown, E Fal arine erson, 2 Gye Phelan, man, Jamaica; De TRE VERE Havana, Liste B Gregg, anderdon, « CHMON, Jed, sob R C Terry, Birdsall, D, Dee *EL RAMOS, Boo ae Arrive, ship Lady Dufte- In, ane, ibe Lore (Br), uly. Queenstown; Baltio, ‘ne Annunia : ercy Mined ir, Tahiti; sehr (ontana, Jn ‘obsen, tn Arent SATILLA, Dec 2—Arrived, schr Annie B Babcock, Lees Savanna. SAVANNAH,” Dec 28. ved, Ving: lew York; sb! igen sieamship Herman (Br), ms y p. Border Chiefiaus mshi fnolia, Nickerson, and Mont- omery, Farrtloth: New Fores ships Oaliata Haws (irk, Pavien Livenpoot: na (Br), Murphy, Bremen; bart Hope (Nor), Stoesen. Galveston: SALEM, Dec %—Arrived, sch Bilen Morrison, Dodge, Port Johnson. MISCELLANEOUS, * ABSOLUTE | BIVOROES OBTAINED IN DIFFE Uo pee fea &c., ena cause; no publicity; ta Not Pe bo haeae aul dives Wioraged a ae it Counsellor-at-Law, 363 Broadway. HERALD. BRANOH OFFICE, BROOKLYN, A. corner of Fulfon avenue and ‘um street. ORataday trom tos BSOLUTE DIVORCES OBTAINED PROM DIFFER ent Btat legal everywhere; desertion, ac., suff. chem onaen 0a F icity required; Be ed unt il Broadwass MOTiee fe me ay.