The New York Herald Newspaper, December 20, 1875, Page 10

NKW YURK #KRALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1 GORTSCHLAKOFP AND. BISWRCK, The Russian Prince Chancellor’s Recent Visit to the German Capital. A Moment of Uneasiness for the Statesmen. The Suez Canal Shares Purchase a Serious Incident in British Diplomacy. Professor Von Sybel on the East- ern Question. Beri, Dec. 1, 1875. Prince Gortsehakoff, after several months’ sojourn jn the south of Germany and in Switzerland, where bis | only son, Prince Michael, is accredited as Russian Min ister, arrived here on Monday on his way back to St. Petersburg. He took up his abode, as usual, in the Russian Embassy, with his friend Herr Von Oubril. On Tuesday the Chancellor paid his respects to the members of the imperial family, and then called at noon on Prince Bismarck, with whom he conferred abvut an hour anda half Bismarck returned the visit shortly afterward and then proceeded from the Rus- sian Embassy directly to the Imperial Palace to have | an audience of the Emperor, Chancellors are said to have met again for a Jong con- ference, To-day Prince Gortschakoff also had a tudience of His Majesty, which lasted three hours, He was invited by the Emperor to dinner, which he partook of with their majesties 19 ' creed between the differcnt subjects of the Sultan. All private. After having taken leave of the members of the tmpenal family and again con! Bismarck he continued, at eleven in the evening, bis journey to St. Petersburg. The leading Russian states- man, whose great influence over the Emperor Alexan- der is well known, was received here in the most cor- dial manner. Prince Bismarck and Prince Gortschakoff stand on the most intimate terms. The two eminent men learned to appreciate each other's merits when Bismarck was Prussian Minister in St. Petersburg and Gortschakoff had just been raised to the rank of Chan_ sellor, li is said that the Russian Premier then recommended Herr Yon Bismarck to the Emperor 4s a man of remarkable abilities and worthy of the fullest confidence of his monarch. Even the somewhat brusque behavior shown by Prince Bortschakoff last May, when he ostentatiously pro- slaimed to the world that the differences threatening the peace between France and Germany had been smoothed away by the peaceful endeavors of Russia, Pi Hi Fed with Prince | courts of law shail be created, consisting of Turkish and The evidence of a | { | their wellare, and the, | stant brutality of the | while th | There are in general three whys | whicl without an insight into secular matters; the Sclavonians: st the rule of the Greek priests; the brutah force of the pachas and beys interfered in matters. In addition to this came the condition of # quantitively swall portion of the entire population, that of the Roman Catholics (Latins, Greeks, Armenians, Syrians, one million), For them aiso acted ax the udininistrative power in secu lar matters, Neither did the government look alter ima sitnilar way, felt the con- uiation. But overnmgut and the Greek clergy he Koman Catholic clergy 18 the rule of Papal Curia, and ts, of thi independence particularly troublesome to the Turkish Ministers; it eugages zealously in missions and propaganda, and for this reason is detestable to the Greek lation as also to the Turkish government. autpathies are exceedingly strong and energetic. imaginable for immeasurable evils of which the Ottoman Empire is dying uway, The one of these ways would be di toward re-establisninent of the ancient Ottoman Empire, strengthening of the Mohammedan executive power on tire security of law amd right to the Rajah. ideal form in the eyes of the greater portio sh g bold together under on account the healing of the it a the yn of the Turkish popalation, of most o! the pascl spahis, ulemals, kadis and mollabs, They bavi youd & doubt, the Koran and its directions on side, but it {s also certaim that by adopting the same means in the sixteenth century, made the Empire great, they would, mthe nineteenth century, speedily de- strey it ieee MAVE BECOME WEAKER, THE RAJAH STRONGER, Even without foreigu intervention, so complete an Osmaniag victory would be aoubtful, and the European Powers would never permit it, The second system a te direction, und would wish to restore the sinkiug Empire by means of reforms in the Oceidental, European conception—reforms ax well as in the manner and way of the general administration, as also in the relationship the Osmans stand to the Chris- tians. It isthe system of the Sultans, Selim IT. and Mahmoud Il. —the system which placed an army, or- ganized afer European fashion, in leu of the janisea- In the evening the two | to | | | | | | | | | j seems not to have disturbed the good relations between | the two statesmen. The repeated conferences of the two Chancellors durig the last few days are said to have principally referred to THE EASTERN QUESTION, again opened by England’s purchase of the Suez Canal shares, The Germans, little interested in this high- way between Europe and India, are pleased England has given up the so-called non-intervention policy and again is taking an active part in European politics. Acertain pleasure is also secretly expressed at France being duped by the affair, Some German papers cer- tainly declare that by the independent proceedings of | England the Northern Powers are authorized, without . consultation of the other States, to forward the solu- tion of the Eastern question. ‘This. latter statement seems, nevertheless, questionable to me, for the pur- chase of the Suez Canal shares from the Khedive is no direct political event, but rather a commercial aifair. With regard to the position of Germany in the compli- cations on the Balkan peninsula, 1 take the liberty of drawing your attention to a lecture held in Berlin the day before yesterday by PROPESSOR HEINRICH VON SYBEL on the subject. The eminent historian, who has lately accepted the important post of chief custodian of the Prussian State archives, recommends toward muitigat- Ing the terrible state of affairs in Turkey the reconsid- eration of the proposal made by Prussia at the Paris Peace Conference in 1856, which at the time was not much approved of. wriking description of the development of the Ottoman Empire in Europe I have asked Professor Von Sybel to ive me the manuscript tor the New York Hwmanv, his request of mine was immediately complied with. Before proceeding to the reproduction of this interest ing lecture | must state the assertion current in political tircles that Prince Bismarck intends in the approaching @plomatic negotiations advocating the proposition of Prussia as worked out in 1850 by Leopold Von Rauke, the celebrated author of the “History of the Popes.’’ PROFESSOR VON SYBEL'S LECTURE ON THE EASTERN QUESTION. The Oriental question has occupied Europe ever since 1815, and been the cause of more than one great war, Aud yetone may ask, ‘What is tobe under- stood by these words’? At one time they simply meant as follows:—Are the Russians to conquer Cou- stantinople and chase the Turk out of Europe? There ‘was 4 time when this question greatly perplexed many great aod noole Phiiheilenists. The fuct of the matter is that wishes and desires of a conflicting nature are therished, No one begrudged the Turkish oppressor of Greece any overthrow which might belall him, and again every one would have been equally rejoiced to see the formidable Russians suffer deieat at the hand of the Turk. Such can at best no longer bea matter of question. In 1820, 1840 and 1854 it was clearly shown \hat without the unaa:mous consent of all the great Powers the rule of the Sultan is not to be overthrown by any foreign uttack, Russia bas had to put off he longings for the possession of the Church of St. So- phia, Nowadays the Oriental question has assumed Auother form and runs thus:—Has Turkey inwardly still sufficient powers of vitality? Are there any re- forms to be found which might render her continuance possible, and if not, in the event of ber collapse, what will be the tate of the different individual States of the Empire’ The present insurrection in Bosnia and Her- zegovina has suddenly turned the question in this form into one of vital importance. There bas been no lack of speedy answers in reply to the question, Sore be- eve that the insurrection would soon be settled were it not for foreign imterference bhere—above all, any Russian cabals. If the Sultan were lett to have his own way, as is customary with the other States of Europe, there would be no further cause for trouble; that whoever acts otherwise would by so doing merely be opening the passage to the Bosphorus jor the Kussians, Others uguin, quite on the contrary, are of opinion that the death knell of the sick man has long since tolled, and that the time has come when Europe must put an end to the Ottoman contusion, constitute Bosnia, Christian principality, and thereupon deal similarly with Bulgaria, Albania, Macedouia, &. In mut- ters pertaining to religion, it is, however, divided, and there are Latin, Greek and Mobam- medan’ Albanians. iu Bosnia, which is fou fifths Sclavonic, there are 500,00U Greek Christiana, 200,000 Catholic Christians, 500,000 Mohatumedan: suree parties of One nationality who hate one auothe: mortally, astate of atlairs which would render a Chris- tian principality a somewhat difficult undertaking. It is the same with the very numerous and wealthy Armenians ; they are (ivided into Schismaticand Roman Catholics, ' A muitifarious confusion of peculiar and special rights and privileges, at variance with one another in all directions; therefore a most unfavoraple state of affairs toward anything ike « blending or a national unity! All the more necessary must therefore appear a right procedure. first of all security of person, property and law. Up to the commencement of the present century the Osmans alone formed the political power. They aldne poswessed fcal rights, civil rights and the right to bear arms. ¢ Christians were absolutely sabjugated. Every Turk considered himself entitled to look upon every Christian as one of castaway race. This was the immediate consequence of bis religious ideas. THOSE SUMJUGATED LACK THE PRINCIPAL CONDITIONS, viz, security of person and property, the observance of their rights and honor. Pride und brutality on the one side, eringing servility and hatred on the other, these are the permanent modes by which the two parties are kept aloof and are demoralized within themselves. , the State does nothing whatever toward subjects. he Osman despises agriculture and The education of the majority does not rise above a very meagre instruction ip the Koran, The military and civil service are the only higher callings which exist, and these are in many cases combined with personal slavery under the Sultaa Or some grandee to commence with. ‘he inner admin- istration of the State ever remained 1 the rudiments, Sanitary affairs, the care for public education, arrange- ment of means of traffic, the furtherance of commerce and industries, vf these there was no talk whatever. Each village remained isolated trom its neighboring village, and bow much more so tue provinces and different races, The affairs of state had the same tendency to keep the races or the different creeds together to themselves, ‘The Greek Christians were already, im 1463, by Mahmoud II. placed under their own patriarchs, and the latter wade responsible for their poll tax and rendering obedience. bach village got its village authorities, the village of cach district stood under the bishops, these, again, al! un- der the patriarch, ‘The clergy held spiritual and @ portion of the temporal jurisdiction mixed police power—and the right to collect taxes us it wished Coureh, Inconsideration of so considerable an wuthor itative place of power among its fellow believers it yielded entire submissiveness to the Turkish govern- ment, The latter understands how to keep the Synod, which has the right of electing a patriarch, ma state of dependency, #0 that, according \o a hint from the Pte, it vominates or deposes a patriarch, and im like iii patriarch deal with tho bishops Thus the wnment secures for itself the depenuenee of the tian officials, and otherwise leaves them com- y to themselves a8 regards their relationship to subjects. POPULATION ALWAYS REMAINED DISCONTENTED. The sway of the clergy was oppressive, expensive, for the requirements of the | As this lecture contains a very | | clerg Ties and begs, made all sorts of experi- ments in the finances, but which, above all, during the late war,’ on being strongly urged jo so by England and ber ambassador, Lord Jiffe, proclaimed an entire revolution in regard to It culminates in the cele- Ral the position of the brated code, the Hat Humayum of the 18th of Febru: ary, for | 1856, and in the measures which prepared and amended that law. According to it there is to be no distinction made in the civil rights any further by reason of their inhabitapts shall enjoy equal rights of property, of justice and confession, Administrative offices ‘and Christian judges and assessors Christian shall be of equal value as that ofa Turk. The Christians are not to pay heavier taxes than the Turks, in consideration of which a portion of the army shall consist of Christian regiments, The Chris- tians are in secular matters to have secular administration; the clergy as to be limited to its ecclesiastical privileges and to be confirmed in the sume. The peace negotiation at Paris im 1856 recog- nized this Legislature with thanks, not as a concession to the foreign Powers, but as a spontaneous act on the part of the sovereign Turkish government, and there- upon received Turkey into the concert of the greg European Powers. All this would, of course, be mirable, if it were shown eflect. Buttheentire Turkish population stands as One man opposed to it, in exactly the same manner in which it frustrated the carrying out of the similar | Hatticherif of Gulhane, November 2, 1839. The mixed authorities of justice were instituted, but never came into force. The testimony of a Christian is to be valid, but no judge takes any notice of it. As yet no Christian has been recruited ‘for military service; the Christians —_ themselves prefer’ to continue to pay the poll tax to pearing the burden of service for a ‘ment odious to them. The Hat Humayum ‘everything that correct principle considera- can demand, with the exception of one thing, the first and the last that should be demanded—namely, that the constitution should be adapted to the degree of civ- ilization and the nature of that civilization in the ution, It proclains intermixwure without distinc- tion of the vartous races wud creeds, Uniortunately, however, these ail vie with one another, no matter how much they differ otherwise, inthe one aim of abhor- ring and avoiding amalgamation, Its ex- ecution would immediately scatter the whole Empire. The third system proposed still remains; to allow the separation of the nations and creeds to remain as It is; to give, however, to one and all, especially to the Chri: tians hitherto so oppresged, a firm footing ; as to the ad- ministration of justice to go on It is the system which for some eighty years past has, before everything else, been represented by Hassia. ‘It aims at bringing alle- viation to the Christians, not by amalgamations REGARDLESS OF DISTINCTION OF ALL THE DIFFERENT RLIGIONS, which nobody desires, but by a nearer placing together of the mdividual ones in their national ties, combinin; at the same time and improving the existing municip: and ecclesiastical institutions, in such princi ing ish ment ts the = Turk- develop. ranks of however, a juridical and im the distinctly, ministrative, ‘hristiaus to manage its own affairs, under the guidance of the ivide the taxes falling upon it among its inhab- itants ; issues at law between Christians to be tried be fore an ecclesiastical court, those between Christians | and Turks before mixed courts of law; each nation to as @ complete or semi-absolute | | in the motion was weakened by | tiary jubject and | | improve their frame of mind, but on! | rebeltion, have a representative in the Provincial Administra- tive body and also a representative at the Sublime Porte; the patriarchs to be verily and truly chosen by Independent election and never to be de; ; the ec- clesiastical institutions, however, are to to the nationalities, divine worship to be per- formed in the vulgar tongue, and the clergy chosen from out of the tion of their district and the election of the patriarchs be limited to the Greeks. This system has a preference over that of Hat Hamayum, in that it dovetails so completely to the conditions of affairs and to the people, and that it buiids further on the ground of given facts, whereas that of the Hat stands completely im the air aud would ignore the substance of a develop- ment spreading over 400 years, The Osmans would, for that matter, have paid as little respect to such a Legislature as to the Hat, and for this reason Russia had, through Prince Mentschikotf, demanded tor herself the placing of a guarantor of these liberties, Such a guarantee would, however, have amounted to Rossia's ruling the rayab; the system which, without it, woud be powerless against the brutality of the Osmans, turned, with it, Turkey into a prov- ince of Russia It was this matter, then, which gave rise to the war and led to the alliance of Turkey with the Western Powers, It was in this connection that, in the Paris Peace Convention, Turkey managed to avert any control on the part of a foreign Power—‘“to what purpose,” said she, “a control,” after the Sultan has granted the entire emancipation of the rayah through the Hat Humayum?—and with it that any real im- improvement in the condition of the rayah become im- yossibie. Nothing was, therefore done, and the Pari eace treaty felt entirely satisfied with the Hat Hum: yum, which was and remained a dead letter. ‘THR CONSEQUENCES ARE KNOWS, In reality nothing has been done since. France was obliged to intervene armed a iew years later in Syria. Bosnia and Montenegro remained in a perpetual fer ment. The Bulgarians have, since 1862, as good as done away with the ecclesiustical supremacy of the Greek patriarchs. No doubt it has been said that such a constitution of the rayah as demanded by Prussia or even Russia, would, under all circumstances, lead to the dissolution of the Em- ire, that the rayabs desire nothing else. The Osmanian rutalities of 400 years duration had embittered them once for all. No alleviation of their position would ly hasten on their This is possible, but not exactly probable, i the Greeks, Sclavonians and Bulgarians are uulavor ably disposed toward one auother, as also toward Turks, And it is certain that this danger would h: to be risked, for the given circumstances are intoler- able, Without an amelioration there can be no thought of quietness, and without European interven- tion any attempt at real improvement is futile, I will leave it undecided whether his interest the faet that its realization would not have forced the continuance ot the Ottoman Empire to break up so certain as the Rus sian proposal You will recot also, that in 1856 Prussia still held a very bumble position in Europe and her Minister had subsequently entercd {nto the con ence by a back door aud could not speak with th thority with which the German Minister Ph 1s, after a lapse of twenty to do.’ The Prussian motion “proposed, not like the Hat Humayum to proclaim without further ado the equality of all men, but to acknowledge and maintain the existing differences, and only to const tute them regularly. It differ erially, how from the Russian one in that it did not affect the ec! Siastical condition of things in any way, and was equally far from demanding the constituting of indi- vidual groups, but contented itself with the securing of the right of the individual, the security of his persoual safety and of bis life and property, IN ORDER TO ATTAIN THIS imple principle was proposed for the jurisdiction every defendant oF accused person have the rigbt of seeking justice at the hangs of a contession. In order further to pre: collivions, it was proposed to | to bring together within a few y manian population of the provinces into the towns and fortresses and leave the villages to the Christian rayahs. Such a proposition would seem monstrous in our state of alfairs, but as they were in Turkey it was by no means so, Such a system would have been far more acceptable, for, by the Osmanians being collected im the fortresses, the Porte would have possessed military strongholds in the interior of the country. Further, Christians were to be allowed carry arms in their houses, ax the Turkish government had confessed to ber own police not Lemyg able to guarantee security; and last of all, Prussia proposed Uvat the guarantee be secured by these institutions nut by one Power, but by acollective guarantee of all the Powers for ten years. Without such a Kuropean pre caution there can be nu hope of matters mending, and tany aetoul measures are whe Os without an improvement in the state of ithars no settlement of the Kastern question can be looked jor, It is not improbable thi it this had been realized in there tthe present day er now, after again Vrussian proposal would no more exist such a thin a4 an Kastern question. Whet nearly twenty yoars of affairs becoming worse, | ul Measures wili avail anything, | will leave andeeid ‘To decide such a question a person should he well a quainted with the circumstances rom a personal in spection, It 1 are the different systeins proposed for the solution of the Rastern question would x to give the preference to this ar 1856, and if Lam to exp Mysell as 1o the question if it would healing manner, then | must say that e other expedients proposed would only 6 deeper ruin of that vo richly endowed country. opu- | These | foundation of en- | tit could be carried into | a manner, how- | ever, as to leave them compatible with the national , le, It, therefore, by no means calls for plac- | financial © competencies and commonalties into netional groupsin | connection with that of the churches, each commonalty | coutormable | THE WHISKEY FRAUDS, General MeDonald's Account of His Interview with Seeretary Bristow. A CURIOUS COINCIDENCE IN DATES “Let No Guilty Man Escape” Intended for Effect. | OFFICIALS HOODWINKED BY BRISTOW. Wasutnotow, Dec. 19, 1875. McDonald’s version of his interview with Secretary Bristow, published inthe St. Louis Globe-Democrat, has been read with great interest here. It will be ob- served McDonald fixes the ‘talk with Bristow,” from dates in his note book, as having taken place on the 22d and 23d of April, Now, this latter is the date of one of the “Grit” telegrams from St. Louis to General Babcock, ‘“Grit” being the supposed pseudonym of Joyce. The telegram reads as follows:— Sr. Louis, April 23, 1875. General Bascock :— ‘Tell Mack to see Parker, of Colorado, and telegraph to Commissioner, “Crush out St. Louis baie 6 General Babcock's triends are, to say the least, an- noyed at this unfortunate coincidence in the dates of the despatch and of McDonald’s interview with Secre- tary Bristow and President Grant, GENERAL M’DONALD’S STATEMENT. [From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. } A Globe-Democrat reporter, impressed with the be- let that the time had come when General Mo- Donald could speak out, visited him yesterday, for the purpose of interviewing him upon certain subjects in which the public are very much interested, The Gen- eral was found, surrounded by a number of friends, who had called either to sympathize with him or to en- liven his prison life by soctal intercourse, When his friends had departed Gencral McDonald was found to be quite willing to impart such information as was desired. ‘The conversation turned upon the general merits of ‘the whiskey prosecutions, and he said:— “TL have heard a good deal about General Grant’s say- ing ‘Let no guilty man escape.’ Tne saying is Bris- tow’s, and it was suggested by him to Grant, The phrase was invented for effect, and it was never in- tended to be practically enforced, It is a matter of special notice that Joyce and myself are the only per- sons who have been thus fur deprived of. their liberty, though many others are confessedly as guilty as we were adjudged to be. Avery @vas found guilty, but is out on his bond. A large number of dis- tillers, rectifiers and subordinate officials are at liberty, though their pleas of guilty are recorded in court. I cite these tacts merely to show that at least a little distinction is being made in the prosecution of those charged with revenue frauds.” “General, what about the reported interview between you ana Mr. Bristow, -as published in this morning's Republican?” “It is a lie from beginning toend. 1t isa pure fabri- cation, made of whole cloth, and petntet for tne pur- pose of wjuring certain parties whom I can name. It is a covert attack on President Grant as well as an in- famous assaultonme. The part relating to the sale to injure Mr. McKee.” “Did you ever cali on Bristow with the avowed pur- pose of making a ‘compromise’ with bim “No, sir; the whole thing is a fabrication; I never made an admission to Mr. Bristow that savored of uilt,”? wDid you ev | Bristow?” | “shat, too, is a lie; [never said a word to the Pres- ident about the removal of Bristoy presumed there try to induce the President to dismiss Ring subject, and I never asked his discharge, though I suld to the President that Bristow had his political | ends to attain.”” “Are you Willing to tell what you did say to the Pres- ident and to Bristow!’’ 4 ‘TIME TO SPEAK. “These are matters about which I have heretofore kept silent, but I have been subjected to so much abuse and misrepresentation in connection therewith that I have concluded to make a statement of the facts. Un- derstand, however, that my statement to you is only a part of what I know, and I may some day tell some things decidedly more startling than anything | heretofore published, My visit to Washington aud con- | ference with Bristow and Grant were as fotlows:— Here the General produced diary to prove the dates{- left St. Louis on Monday, the 19th day of April, and arrived in Wasbington the 2lst. 1 had discovered that ‘tain investigations were being made in St. Louis and that efforts were being made to conceal them from me as well as from my superior officers in the Revenue | Department, and | went to Washington for the purpose ing my protest and to find out why Lwas ignored. in the examinations, I saw Commissioner Douglass at noon, | arrived on the 21st. When I entered his pri- ‘vate office ne was alone, though Yaryan, the revenue agent, came in and sat down alterward, I said to him substantially :-— ‘Mr. Douglass, are you aware that an investigation Is being conducted into certain alleged trauds in the dis- | nox Old. Bristow that if he would make the assessment as sug- ed by tne. he would not only recover the amount tof which the government hud been detrauded, but sums would be appropriated, by the ditter- I showed to Seeretary eizures contemplated by veroment, at the lowest cal say an aggregate of abo: $4,600,000 a year y large item in making up the expenditures of the goverument, After demonstrating to Bristow the merits of my plan be finally admitted that it was the only wise scheme which ha proposed for the protection of the government, and that he intended to have it at once adopted throughout the supervisory districts. Bristow asked mo to call on the President and sub- mit my plan for exposing those who Were cheating the goverument, | replied to him that I was willing to calh upon the President and make statement, provided he (Bristow) was present and heard what I had to com- unicate about the whiskey frauds. This was the 23d day of April (1875). Bristow said to me that it was Cabinet day, and that I had better speak to the Presi- dent about it before he went into the Cabinet. 1 found the President in his private office a few minutes before the meeting of the Cuab- inet. I told him that investigations were being made over my head at St. Louis, and that I wisned to apprise him of the circum. stances; that revenue agents had been sent into my district to mvestigate alleged frauds without my knowledge and that a great outrage was lable to be perpetrated upon every person holding office. The only reply that I received trom the President was that he would look into the matter, On the same day I con- cluded that it was almost impossible to secure the | condition of affairs which I desired and determined to hand to the President in person my resignation. When | arrived at the President’s Mansion I met the President and his wife, who were just L ecaehon | foraride, Without ceremony I handed the President my resignation. He stepped aside and read it, while { escorted Mra, Grant to the carriag¢ \d assisted her in, One or two servants were presen' the time, When General Grant read my resignation he folded it up, placed it in his pocket, said nothing, got in the carriage and was driven out, That was the last interview | ever had with the President, excepting: courtesies that happened on his Bristow, him, he could save the bo vgen tt ane some of the papers. ‘ WHAT THE GENERAL DIDN'T DO, In conclusion General McDonald said;—I did not go to Washington and figure in having the order changing supervisors revoked, I did not write on the subject, ofticially or personally, but made all preparations to agents to report to me in Philadelphia, and all I know of that matter is that I received a telegram from the Commissioner notilying me that the ord as shown on the 22d and 23d of April, kills all that has been said on that subject, ws I am the first man that found out that there was an investigation agoing on without the knowledge of the Commissioner or my- self outside of the Bristow ring, The supposition that T received the ‘.ightning despatch” is utterly absurd, The fact that I found out that investigations were be- ing made, and notified Commissioner Douglass and Sec- retary Bristow, shows that I was thoroughly posted about events iu St, Louis, and that it was unnecessary for me to receive such despatches, CROOKED WHISKEY RING NOTES. So far as Babcock is concerned he ought to be grati- fled that he has been indicted. He has stoutly asserted his innocence, and of course if he is innocent ho will be able to prove itand thus settle a question which might have been left open indefinitely had the indict- ment not been made.—IWilliamsport (Pa.) Gazette (dem. ) There is no man so high or on such confidential terms with the President or his Cabinet that his posi- tion furnishes any protection from prosecution, any special favors on trial or any exemption from speedy and unmitigated puaishment-——Lockport (N. ¥.) Jour- nal (rep.) The country !s to be congratulated that General Bab- cock is to be brought to trial before a civil court. The and purchase of the Democrat by the Glove is intended | farce of military rank and privileges has been kept up quite long enough in his case.—Pittsburg Commercial (rep.) ‘The popular feeling in St. Louis has been exhibited in the form of a Presidential ticket bearing the names of Bristow and Henderson, The Germans propose to hold a meeting and give tie latter an indorsement, and the more discreet friends of the administration are was a feeling of accord between them ou the Whiskey | greatly worried at the unfortunate position in which the President bas placed himself.—Chicago Times (dem.) THE FLORENCE BANQUET. PLEASANT SPEECHES OF JOHN BROUGHAM AND THE GUEST. In recognition of the unquestioned merit of Mr. Willam J. Florence as an actor, the n.@nbers of the Lotos Club tendered him a banquet last evening, The genial John Brougham presided at the banquet, and spoke in the most eulogistic terms of Mr. Florence, whose success, he considered, was the result of mature judgment and appreciation on the part of the public, ‘The attendance included everybody well known to the | theatre-goers of the city; it included, moreover, a good representation of the Bench and Bar, and, indeed, of were characteristic of his own good nature. Amid ring- ing cheers Mr. Brougham resumed bis seat, and in reply to not only an enthusiastic but an irresistible call, Mr. Florence said :— ‘To say that 1 am proud of the honorconferred by tilleries at St. Louis?"” He at once replied that it wasa mistake. I assured him that investigations were being made. and that the clerks in my office were being used for the purpose of | copying transcripts and preparing other statistics to | show that frauds were being committed bere. When Douglass was satisfied that I was in earnest he became excited, and, jumping up trom his chair, went hurriedly out of the room, saytng he would retarn shortly. He was much agitated over the information I gave bim, and he went to demand of Bristow why he had not | | been apprised of pending investigations. [ remained in the vilice with Yaryan, In about half an hour Commissioner Douglass ‘returned, looking — caln and unexcited. I asked him what he had learned from Secretary Bristow. He replied that he was not then at liberty to relate what Bristow communicated to him, but that everything Wus satisfactory, It was evident to me that Bristow had “soft soaped”” him with some plausible story which soothed his wounded official dignity. I therflett Douglass’ office. At that time General Grant and General Babcock | | were absent down im Maine. I was stopping at the Arlington Hotel, the same house at which emer bourded. I got up early on the morning of the 22d, and while waiting in the hotel breaktast room met Bristow. Bristow shoek me vy the hand very cordi- ally, and asked :— “General, have you had breakfast!” I replied that I had not breakiasred, “Then come over to my table and join me,” he re- pled, I thanked him very cordially and stated that I might be intruding on his family. “He responded that his family was out of town and ‘that he was alone, then went with him and sat down at his table. He said to me:— “General, how are revenue matters in your district” | Trephed that I presumed he knew about as much as | I did, as I was reliably intorined he had secret emssa- ries at work in my district who were hunting up sus- pected frauds. ‘A generul conversation ensued between us, 1n which he assured me that no disrespect was intended to the revenue officers in my district, aud that the course he had adopted was necessary for the good of the service, I told him in very emphatic terms that L regarded the manner of his investigation got only a reflection upon myeelf, but apon the entire revenue service; that not even Commissioner Douglass had been apprised of t moveme nd that | thought bis conduct in takin od such ut out of =the — Commission hands unprecedented. [ remained three ¢ in Washington, during which time 1 had several interviews with Bristow about the investiga tions at st, Louis. 1 said to Mr. Bristow that I had come to Washington with my resignation ail prepared, as [did nov intend (o submit toan investigation being de over my head. He told me ch a view of the mat nd endeavore he did not intend to cast a suspic rupon any of the officers in my district, and inst any of them, He asked me if 1 REVENUE | were being perpetrated in St, Lou T responded that Lielt certain the government was being cheated out of a large amount of revenue by the distillers of St. Louis, but that as lar as my personal knowled did not Ruow anythin unable to 1 and that my Videuces of iraud, agents bad been Bristow said that istulleries 4 seizing at le s. from the fact that he bad positive anat them On this sion L told Secretary Bristow that inas- much as be bad the entire power ot th verDMent Denind bim and could command tectives as he wanted, uperior to mine, and that, my knowle i iistend of niiseauing found ae aout would be nm igor propert b more tiilery proper cours mpor- aseons on then, — By adopting wing distiders would be impressed with che wee of keeping Within the bounds of the Re and would dis e With the. manulactar ked,"” and that violations of the law would very suon become unknown BKAL M'DONALD'S PLAN, Mr. Bristow admitted that my proposition was a excellout one and that he would carefully consid At the next interview Fhad with him be said that my plan was Most excellent and that he would carry it out He asked te if} evuld not obtain for rit, them bin. my reurn and repeatedly assured f the circumstances, was dh mY resignation, Ww ‘ he as repatedly importuned me not to do i, procure | the pleasurable emotions that possess me, | Wrapped om the | I told | tion of such being your guest to-night, does not convey one tithe (Applause. ) To be surrounded by so many of those celebrated in the world of art and letters is indeed calculated to inspire me with pride and emotion. 1 could tell you ot the trials and struggles of my noviciate; of how, on one cold might in November, some twenty-four years ago, I walked trom Newark to New York in the protecting folds of an alpaca coat anda pair of light summer trousers, and carrying my entire stage wardrobe and library, consisting of a | pair of tights and 4 book. of Oliver Twist; of how I | nearly ruined Macready by cutting out of his best | speeches in Richeheu ; of my supporting the elder | Booth on one occasion; of my having | twice (not layed Hamlet in the same city). These and other reminiscences might entertain you, but I do not feel, if itis apropos. ‘Jo you, my brother’ Lotos Eaters, my Dest thanks ure due, for upon each recurring appear- ance in New York, you have always manifested the greatest imterest in the success of Mrs. and myself. ‘(Loud applause.) Some distinguished savant has said bis projected tour im Americw désagrément of the Voyage was augmented by prospect of the inevitable Lotos Club dinner, If th | K. (clever cuss) who penned that sentiment, could see / your joyous tace | Consider the ques am contident he would R. the Q. re- n, I might refer to our late wonder- ful success in the “Mighty Dollar,” when for 104 nights | Mrs. Florence and myself were greeted by full and over- , flowing houses. In conclusion Mr. Florence expressed his acknowl- tendered him and finally resumed his seat amid a whirl- wind of applause. THE PEOPLE'S AVIN BANK, A meeting of the depositors of the People’s Savings 5 | Bank was held yesteraay afternoon at No, 200 Third avenue, The committee appointed at the previous meeting reported that no statement had been procured from Mr. French, the receiver, and recommended that legal action should be at once taken to procure bis re- moval. ‘This the depositors agreed to do, and counsel Was 10 be instructed at once to prepare the necessary papers with that olyect. It was aiso determined to commence legal proceedings against the trustees of the bauk individually, so that they may be compelled to muke good the amount of their bond. One ot the de- positors hereapon tnformed the that one of the trustees Lad failed and at nt tine he ft was deci’ cuted, as he was now peanut sua “gentleman uld not attempting to earn an hot Mr. Warren, the Accouttant, is expected to a financial statement this aiternoon to the depositors’ committee, AN OFFICIAL DEADLOCK. Mayor Hunter will, 1t is said, send in to the Brooklyn Common Council at the meeting to-day the name of James Murphy for contirmation as President of the Board of City Works. The Aldermen two weeks ago rejected the Mayor's nomination of that gentleman, but His Honor has determined “not to give it up 40.” "The cause of the refusal of the democratic majority to con. firme Mr. Marptg’s nomination ts attributed to doubt as to the “etraghtness’ of bis vo at the st election. Should the det to amicable with the Mayor in terms © apo avon that th in their hands 1 to the pos orks 13 $6,000 pr °, for the the appointme: wary it pub L Th January lary r President of the Board of City Wo aun, . WHITE AND COLORED MURDERERS. An indignation meeting, called to discuss the existing law by whieh the Lydig’s Wood murderers, Weston, Ellis and Thompson, were banged while Dolan has thus tar escaped punishment, was held in the Fleet street colored Methodist chureh last evening. The Rev. Mr. Gloucester was the first speaker, He said that the . were arbitrarily arraigned, tried, senten peed reason ged, and that the why they were hile Dolan escaped, 18 that ‘they’ were black. can never be tar and equal justice for the colored 1 unt! the black Ht be tr ya ju erred tothe many wor ers of negroes by white men in Brooklyn and the in- aniable exeape of the murderers from justice, The aker was applauded by the large congregation that gutoered in the little church, Mr, Le it Was expeeted, would speak in regard to the same topic, but the pastor of the church announced that there would be no further discussion as the church was not the proper place for the considera. subject, yet been | @ mere exchange of just visit to St. Louis, | where he did not refuse to sce me, a8 was published in obey and carry out the’ order by ordering my revenue | had been | revoked, never received that “lightning despatch,” os was reported, or any other one on that subject; but my talk with Bristow, | every intellectual element. Mr. Brougham’s remarks | jed that this | this nomination they will lose the | | | i N | | NOTICE TO MERCHANTS AND CAPTAINS edgments for the generous compliment that had been | | Balti —WirH SUPPLEMENT. NAVY YARD RETRENCHMENT, About 200 workmen were discharged from the sev- eral departments of the Brooklyn Navy Yard on Sat- urday afternoon in accerdance with instructions for re- trenchment received from Washington. Since the President's Message was published 600 men have been thrown out of work at this station—a fuct which has led to much complaint and a great deal of suifering among those who bave been added to the great army of unemployed. ‘The new sloop-of-war Trenton will be launched on Monday, 27th inst,, when a further reduction of the working force will be made, and the prospects are that by February there will not be more than a corporal’s guard left to tell the tule. SHIPPING NEWS DATES OF DEPARTURES PROM NEW YORK YoR 7) OF DECKMBER AND JANUARY, 69 Broadway 7 Bowling Green 85 Broadway ‘|1oBrondwiny. - |20 Bronaw: Bowling Green 61 Broadway .| 15 Bronaway 1] 20Broadway |) Broadway . | 15 Brosaway Idan City of Richmond, Baltic eval Hermann, 2 Bowling Green State of Pennsylia. | Glasgow ...|72 Bronaway Britannic, J Liverpool.: [37 Broadway B@- NOTICE TO CAPTAINS OF VESSELS ENTERING THE PORT GF NEW YORK AT NIGHT.—The New Youre Herat» has adopted a distinguishing Coston night signal for use on board the HxRatp steam yacht, showing while burn- ing the colors red, green, red, changing from one to the other in succession, and can be seen several miles distant, Cap- tains of vessels, upon seeing this signal, will oblige usby pre- paring any mariue news they may have for the Ship News Department of the Henan. iegPersons desirous of communicating with vessels arriv- ing at New York can do so by addrossing to such vessels, caro of Hxnatp news yacht, pier No i East River, New York, Letters received from all parts of the world aud promptly de- a, Duplicates are required. ALMANAC FOR NEW YORK—THIS DAY. SUX AND MOOX, WIGH WATER, Goy. Island. 720 435 12 29 PORT OF NEW YORK, DEC, 19, 1875. ARRIVALS. + REPORTED BY THE HERALD STEAM YACHTS AND HERALD WHITESTONE TELEGRAPH LINK, er Richmond, Kelley, Norfolk, with mdse to the Old n Steamship Co. er John Gibson, Winters, Georgetown, DC, with mdse and passengers to J C Kenyon, Bark Richard Pearce (of Windsor, NS), Bartaby, Dublin | Co, Had mg We rmuds. in ballast to J F Whitue nm), Moore, Jacksonville 11 days, was 20 days west of Sebr Hi ie Card (ot with lumber to order. Schr George P Hallock, Sharrot, Richmond, Pr Florence Doan, Westgate, Georgetown, jen Beir A C Lyon, Joffrey, Baltimore. PASSED THROUGH HELL GATE. BOUND SOUTH. Steamer George Cromwell, Bacon, Sydney, CB, for New ‘a, DO, for Prov- Yeported), Next day the A sighted @ vossel waterlogged, with part of mainmast standing. FOREIGN PORTS, Devartunx Bay, Dec 9—Sailed, bark Revere, Connor, San Francisco, Nanaimo, Dec 6—Sailed, bark Henry Buck, Sorman, Sam Francisco (since reported ashore in Nanaimo harbor. PruZeAtapy, Dee 6—Arrived, bark Brontes, Wickberg, Sam ‘AMERICAN. PORTS. BOGTOM, Deo 19—Sailed, steamer Ontario (Br), Liver= pool. BALTIMORE, Dee 18-() New York: Allen G y ti BASS HARBOR, dy, Crowley, Providence ‘Sith—Sailed, schr Fred © Holden, delphin, ork. McRae, Calais for Phila ATH, Dec 17—Sailed, sehr Kate M Hilton, Adams, Ha vana. BEVERLY, Dec 17—Arrived, schr Sophia Godfrey, Young. Philadelnhia, BRISTOL, Dee 17—Sulled, sehr Floronce Nowell, Feunt more a Ehilage CHAI inka, STON, Dec 19—Arrived, barks Guinerve ae. Ponema (Br), Gordon, Liverpool; ter, E: Valentina (Sp), Lawton (Br), Oliver, Belfast, : brigs Le Pellerin (Fr), Berthal, Havana; S (Nor), Knudsen, (lot iter, E; Columbus (Sp), Ferra Gientiezos: Eve (Sp), Domenioh, Matanza SMackford, Turks Islands via Port Royat; H King, Philadelphia; A & E Hooper, Hooper, do; Dani Brit- tan, Carroll, do. Sailed—Bark Arcadia (Br), Havre. CALAIS, Dee 15—Cleared, schrs Marion P Champlin (new), Freeman, Port Spain; Matanzas, Hammond, New ‘ork, DANVERS, Dec 16—Arrived, schr Hiawatha, Tobin, Bal- timore. DUTCH ISLAND HARBOR, Dec 16—In port, sehs V Ls Hickman, for Wilmington, Del; John E Hurst, John Stock: ham, Dexter Clark, Twilight, JQ Beacham snd Kate wud Mary, all from Providenes, and about 40 others, 17th--Salled, schrs Albert Dailey, Nuson, Boston for Charleston; © '® Wood, Gandy: John’s Lee, Vangilder, and ‘Thomas Vangilder, Vangilder, do for Baltimore; 8 H Corson, do for Dennisvill 11S Howitt, Foster; RW Godirey; Abbie L Dow; Samuel L Russell; Thomas Boas; J L Di wilder, Powers: WL ‘Abbott, Ludlam, and A. Trucell, Grace, do fF Philadelphia; Fauny Fern, Eaton, Fall River for New York; James M Bayles, Arnold, Apponaug for ¢ do; PB son, Gilkey, Portland Pawtucket for South Amboy; for do; Ripple: Mosley, Trenton for Somerset. howe before reported in port. 10—Sailed, bark Ella, Williams, Vallejo, ec 18—Arrived, ship Arzilla (Br), Durkee, tor ‘ ‘Twittehe, do edhe EPO GALVESTON, D Liverpool. Suilea—Steamer State of Texas, Bi shi Culedonia, Potter, Liverpool; (in, Lockhart, Havre: sehr Amos Edwards, Somers, Fall Rive NEW ORLEANS, Dec 18—Arrived, steamer Geo W Elder, Rend, New York, Cleared—Steamer Memphis (Br), Mellon, Liverpool ; barks Blandina P (Aust), Perovich, Leith; Emily (Ger), Reich- mann, Bremen, Sovruwxsr Pass, Dec 18—Arrived, ships Adolphus (Br), Rose, Li Andrew Lovitt (Br), Durkee, do via Shel olger, New York: Ella Fa burne, Ni rk Onni (Rus), Dahiber Liverpool. Suilod—Steamers City of Havana, Mexico; Yazoo, Phila- delphia via Havana, 1ith—Arrived, ship Paul Boyton (Br), McMullen, Yan mouth, Salle Stoner Francoll (Sp): ships Beethoven (Br), China, and La Louisiane (Fr) ; bargs Saga (Nor), Ebenezet (Nor), and Enterprise 11 (Duteb) ; sehr John H Hancock, piitlled steamer Abdiel. (Br), Steele (from’ Galveston), verpool, NEWBURYPORT, Dec 17—Arrived, sehr Helen G Hal- way, Thompson New York, EW BEDFORD, Dec 16—Arrived, schr Ella 'T Little, Crawford, Warcham for Philadelphia. NEWPORT, Dee 16—Arrived, sehrs Cores, rfl Som- erset for New’ York: Henry Remsen, Allen, Fall River for Elizabethport; R Robinson, do for New Yor! Sailed—Schrs Luna, Wells, for New York; J F Carve: Ba loop Ida E Vail, Norton, Bate: Landing for ig 17th—Arrived, sehrs Orozimbo, Guptil, Hoboken for Bos ton: Teranin, Wooster, Port Johnson for Portsmouth (and . for New York: Mary Clark, Hull, Rockport for do; Ganges, Pomroy, Ellsworth for do, and siile rs, Boston for Virginia; Mili Washburn, Littlefield, an Prov incetown for Virginia; Lizzie D Barker, Burker, Boston for do: Nathan Clexvos, Atwood, Portland for do: Floren ORFOLK, Dec 17—Arrived, sehr Helen Mar, trom Muine. Robbins, Bangor for do; dee both suited PM); Julia Clinch (Br), Malimey, St_ Andrews, Sailed—Selirs Alice, Ro, Lizzie W Hannum, Cobb, Mayo, Hall, Rockland for do: Idaho, Jameson, New York; "Annie Tibbetts, Eaton, Valais tor do: Gertrude E Smith, Jameson, Boston for Charleston; M K Rawley, Rollins, do for Savannah; Marcus Hunter, Henley, Wood's Hole for New Also schrs Currie E Woodbury, Woodbury, Georgetown, DO, for Allyn’s Pout; E Thompson, Gilkey, Portland for zu Je rand erson, Robbins, Pi oek Ri Cherub, Fletcher, ndulia, Sadler, do for do: Mary »: Wm HH Bowen, Dill, and John ¥ for do; Ceres Myers, Providence for New York. PM—Arrived, WW Brainard Fitch, South Amboy; Favor- ite, Dyer, Providence; NH Skinner, Thrasher, Fall River for Georgetown, DC, or Baltimore; Martha May, Vroman, do for Orient; Pointer, Jackson, and Blackstone, Wickson, Providence for New York; F Nowell, Fennimore, Bristol for Philadelphia; Wave, Hubbard, Pawtucket for South Ambo to lay up; George & Albert, Harlow, do for New Yor! Messenger, Spell New York ; Rest! ham, Providence for do ; tug Narragansett, Sheerwood, do for do, with 4 barges in tow. y Chernb, Carrie E Woodbury, and Robert Byron. hittemore, Wright, Cadiz for or- ders. NORWICH, Dec 17—Arrived, schr R 1H Wilson, Hoboken. Sailed—Sehr A W Thompson, New York. NEW LONDON, Dec 17—Arrived, schrs RH Wilson, Ho. ‘oop’ Westerle Returned, schrs Ceres, ork. Steamer City ot Fitchburg, Springer, New Bedford for New | boken for Norwich; Warren Gate: illstone. York. sé Sailed—Schrs Joseph Marsh, and Julia Ann, w York. Schr Ida Palmer, Palmer, Stamtord for New York. NEW HAY! we 17—Arrived, schrs E M Wells, Ki Newburg; Wm G Bartlett, Parsons, and Althea, Blac! Ay BOUND EAST. . Georgetown; Jobn K Shaw, Cox, Baltimore; Seud, Fuller, Schr F G Russell, Rankin, Jacksonville for New London. Wind at midnight, NNW. MARITIME MISCELLANY. Sm Jonas Rexwre (Br), from Auckland, arrived off San Francisco Nov 30 and received orders to go to Portland. On 2d inst, when about 400 miles vorth of San Francisco was thrown gn her beam ends tn id shifted ballast, sprung aleak and had to cut y her main and mizzen topmasts, and carried away her bulwarks and aren on deck, rendering it necessary to Po buck to San Francisco, where she arrived 19th inst, She also had aman washed overbourd. Scux May Day, of Salem, before reported ashoi ious, was towed into Rockland 16th inst full of wa Scar Bowpors, Randall, at Portland 17th from Philadel- hia, carried away foretopmass and tore foresail in @ heavy low on the 18th. Wasuixcrox, DO, Dec 19—The i Atlantic City reports the following mm Absecom, NJ, encoun jopen ana lost her bows) id at noon to-~ be ny gad this inlet to her it Matin- ignal service observer at e Charles o'clock last unmanageable, she me port by * crew fo Clytie, b vite. Lauxcuxp—The 3-masted sch ti ailt at West Pem- bi 4B Nutt, was launched on Weduesday. Length of breadth, 32 feet; depth of lower hold, 10 feet; 434 feet, She is built of Eastern wood. Her mirenient.. Her owners are Capt in eu decks, nnuge ix 160 tons old m Laughton, who comm Boston, New York and Phi NOTICE TO MARINERS. ouse Board from her, the builders and others, delphi Notice has been received by the Lighth the government of the Dominion of Canada that two range lights have been erected on Bots ¢ Island, in the De+ troit River, County of Essex, Province of Ontario. WHALEMEN. Sailed from San Francisco Dee 11, bark Acor Barns, Hick- mot, ot NB, to cruise. SPOKEN. Sehr Lottie Beard, Perry, from Mobile for New Bedford, Dec 17, Omiles off Little Egg Harbor, Merchants, shipping agents and shipmasters are informed that by telegraphing tothe Hunatp London Burewu, ad- dressing “Bennett, No 46 Fleet street, London,” or to the Paris office, addressing “Bennett, 61 Avenue de l’Opera, Paris,” the arrivals at and depattures from European and | Eastern ports of American and all foreign vessels trading | 4k with the United States, the same will be cabledto this | country free of charge. Captains arriving at and sailing from French and Medi- terranean ports will Gnd the Paris o!lics the more economical and expeditious for telegraphing nows. | OUR CABLE HIPPING NEWS. Axtwerr, D ¢ 1%—Arrived, ship Annie Bingay (Br), Wes- Philadelphtu; bark Ivalo (us), Spolander, New York (Nor), Larsen, Charleston, Northern Queen (Br), | Dullar, Baltimore, on, Hoboken about Dee 11--Arrived, ship British States:nan (Br), Fowler, San Francisco, Cleared 11th {not Oth). ships Gleneve (Br), Oliphant, Liv a erpool: Carmarthen Castle (Br). Hughes, do. pean UDLA jailed; bark Forest Queen, oi DLOW, Dec 10—Si urns, San Francisco, PORT ROYAL, Dec 18—Arrived, schr Jennie F Willey, Trefethen, Charleston, Sailed—Steamer Huntsville, Chester, New York; schrs Palos, Shuekford, Charleston Whitmore, Whitmore, Darien; Charlotte Jameson, Jameson, Bull River, PHILADELPIITA, Dec 19—Sailed, steamer Rattlesnake, Portland; Panther, Newburyport, Detawane Breakwater, Dec 19—Suiled, brig Maria C (rom Belfast, e.. Left in tow bark Jeunie Armstrong (Br), Gray, trom Dundalk. PORTLAND, Dec 17—Arrived, brig Mansanilla, Wal Newburyport; sehr William, Moon, New York for Ellswortl JB Allen, Alien, Boston, to load for New York, Cleared~Schr May Evelyn, MeLearn, Ruatan —Arrived, steamer Eleanora, Jolinson, red—Sehrs Nellie Chase, Havana; Fre 1; Delia Hodgking, Virginia; 8 MH He mond, Sailed—Brig Ysidora Rionda, Cardenas, 19th—Sailes Sarm: (Bri, Liverpool. PORTSMOU ié—Arrived, schr Joseph Baymore, WN, Dec 18—Arrived. brig Mattie B Rus ork, South Amboy for Portland (anchored in the har bor). PROVIDENCE, Dec 17—Arnived, steamers Bluckstone, Hallett, Baltimore via Norfolk; Florida, Crocker, Philadel” Trenton: Gust, Bent PORTLAND, ew York. uglass, Rae Port Rich- piles schrs John Ly Tracey, Messervey, Wilmington B Darli and John Slusman, Scull, Geor, town, DO; H Wines, Alexandria; Wm Tice, Tice, Philadelphia ‘ket; 'B F Woolsey, Terrill, Port Samucl Carlton, Burke, South Downer, Thos Philadelphia: winter; Blackstone, Wickson; 8 8 Smit MeDaid, and Marcena Munson, Jr, Dayton, New York. Aino sailed, schrs Florence, Sackett, Haverstraw (was re- ported sailed 16th for Stamford, Ct); Restless, Burnham, jew Yor! J, schr Ontara, Pettigrove, Pensncola, vt Dee 17—Arrived aches Wm. Ti ‘ork. rs Mare ew Y Bi Maria Pierson, Grant, New York: Flectwing, Kennisto 1. V MeCabe, Pickup, Philadelphia: ND, Dec 10—Arrived, sehrs James Henry, Snow, Fateh, Gi and ‘( Thomas, do in. Crockett 7 rewer, ach, Hendletor olbrook 5 ticello, Morton, do, Bodweil, Wallace, sew York ; load fi ared, sche jaltimore, '% As Matilde (Tah), ‘Sailed—Ship Poonah (Br), Stacy, Portland, 0; bark David Saunders, Port Gainble. | shipJohn Rennie (Br), Nicholson, Auck- 1 (see Mixceliany). ‘Also arrived, steamer Alaska, Howard, Hong Kong via SAVANNA Pierson, Orie H, Dec 18—Arrived, schrs Stephen G Hart, nt, LI: Crissie Wright, Clark, New York. } Rankin, Hall, Georgetown, teumer City of Dallas, Hines, New York, 19th—Arrived, ship H L Richardson, Morton, Liverpool: sehr Martha Welch, Burdge, Philadelphia, ailed— st Matthews, Boston; bark Hy. atin PNALEM, De Buexex, Dec 19—Sailed, ship Moonlight, Waterhouse, Now York. Borpeavx, Doe 17—Arrived, schr W 8 Jordan, Crowell, ore. Bancniona—Arrivea, bark Marjurita (Sp), Gorord, Savan- nuh Dawtatc, Dee 15—Arrived, bark Antares (Ger), Albrecht, New York. Guinsny, Dee 19—Arrived, ship D W Chapman, Tukey, New Orleuns. Oexoa—Arri vannah, Also arrived, “Carrie Annie,” from Philadelphia, Sailed, bark Nuova Manila (ft), Baltimore; brig Italia (tal), do, HvLt, Dee 18—Arrived, ship Ellen Munroe, Hotchkiss, Sun Francisco via Queenstown: Hannvns, Dee 17—Arrived, brig Catherine (Br), Smith, Philadelphia. Sailed 17th, bark Johannes (Ger), Ihlder, New York; brig Phnvert, Allen, di pxtasnend, Dee 16—Arrived, bark Sunshine, Clark, New York via Elsinore. Loxpos, Dee I%—Arrived, bark Prima Douna (Nor), Housken, New York; brig Caroline Gray, Poase, Bosto Lrauous—Arrived, brigs Onalaska, Fuller, Tele Purves, Small, d Also arelved, “Savannah,’? from Candidezza Law led, bark Jennie Berle of the Bay, Williams, do, Prymovtit, 18—Arrived, Jaam, Bull River, PaLenmo—Suiled, sehr Delia O Yates, Yates, New York, QueexstowN, Deo 19—Put in, bark Bounding Billow, Teague, from Malaga for Boston, lenking. Arrived 19th, steamers Pennsylvania, Harris, Philadel d, schr Prescott Hazeltine, McDonough, i tal), New York. bb, Small, Boston; brig ship Hollywood (Br), Ba- phia for Liverpool; City ot Berlin (Be), Kennedy, New York for do (latter ut 6 PM). Soctnamprox, Dec 18—Sailed, steamor Salier (Ger), Francke (from Bremen), New York, Loxpox, Dee 18—Steamer Algeria (Br), at Queenstown, fe k for Liverpool, reports having ed on the S—Arrived, schrs Ida R Freeman, Whort, Fisk, Wixon, Baltimore; Lizaie D Smull Jerell, jetrell, Philadelphia: George and HD ‘ay, Port Johnsot la MeVarland, Elizabeth. Haskell, Baltim meson, Jameson, phin: tJohinsou tor 7th—Arrived, brigs MC Haskell, Linabs t ik dy, Port’ bei hport; Star, Bi fe L Hix, Hix, do for BOTs. ‘ON, Deo i7—Arrived, sche Artist, Forrester, for Somerset (and sailed). Dec 14—Sailod, sebr Jennie Middleton, ‘Dec 16-Salled, sehr Caroline Knight, Dilks, it South Amboy WIC Cab: WICKFORD, Phil MISCELLANEOUS. EXTRAORDINARY DRAWING, HA. 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