The New York Herald Newspaper, February 24, 1876, Page 10

10 THE OUTPOSTS €P THE DESERT. The French Exploring Party to the Sahara. TOUGGOURT’S TRANSFORMATION A Storm in the Desert—The “Bahr-Bela-ma.” THE BURIED GARDENS OF THE SOUF. Preparations for the March to Rhadames. Tovecourr, Dec, 3, 1875. AS we left the wonderful but uninviting waste of the Chott el Mir our progress was difficult’ Behind us at | imposing heights still arose the highest peaks of the | mountains whose tops were cut in two by the clouds | which seem at times to add to their size. After that everything disappeared trom view. We traversed the dried up beds of several rivers, and breakfasted under the shade of the palm trees in the Girst oasis which wo met since we let Biskra, called Ourhir. The artesian well spreads its water abundantly im the midst of A CLUSTER OF SUPERU PALM TRERS. ‘Two paces from us, in a wide basin, some young girls, ‘8 black as ebony, regarded us with curiosity as they Ailled their vessels with water or washed their linen. Phey were pretty and did not get frightened when we in our turn looked at them washing their linen on the bank of the little stream. They were half naked, with ‘heir hands gracefully posed on their hips, and hold- ing their petticoats gathered in like pantaloons even above the knees, Unfortunately the goatskintook the | place of the pitcher, and it is rags that cover these | Ruths and Nocmis of the Sahara, 1 bave often re- marked, however, with these daughters of the desert— all imagination aside—great purity of form, attractions whieh are very uncommon and sometimes figures of a fine and delicate model. When they laugh their teeth, which are often beautiful, shine like so many pearls in contrast with their black skin. The tops of the palm trees onco more appeared rising up from the plain at the horizon, reheving the eye, which had been fatigued from the sight of so many fesolate or deceptive scenes. Alter the brutalizing toptemplation of the arid solitude the reappearance ot these patches on the surface of the desert—verdant spots in the middle of the sands—charms the eye of the traveller all the more because he feels a kind of | Aneasiness caused by the monotonous evenness of the | surface and by the almost total absence of noise and motion, From Ourhir to Touggourt the plain is dotted with oases, more or less near cach other, detaching them- selves from the line of the horizon or marking with a dark streak the extent of the plain. Attimes it was only a simple patch composed ofa few palm trees which have been able to grow, thanks to some smal] wells—thin threads of water which do not suffice even to relieve the thirst of the caravans. | fhe breeze sighs through the fohage and the sunlight | plays through the palms. We stretch ourselves under the delightful shade of the cluster of trees and listen to the chirping of the little birds, anchorites of the Sahara, which come to quench their thirst in the mur- tmuring water of the rivulet. We experience a feeling | of comfort which makes us admire the splendors of this | almost tropical nature, and we forget for a moment the desert and its dry and wearying monotony, In the afternoon wo traversed a very important Oasis, called Ei Mrhayer. Our strange faces and our weapons set the whole tribe in motion, Largeau told them he wanted to buy a sheep to replenish our stock of provisions, and while waiting for the delivery of the | ‘Snimal sent our horses and camels to the bord) to rest. fhe sheik having been told of our arrival sent his servants to us, who arrived out of breath to insist that we should retrace ovr steps, as their master would bo very angry if we would not go and rest under his roof, We turned, therefore, tothe right about and found surselves soon in the house of Si Mohammed el Thebid, who recognized our explorer as having been his guest At breakfast in the month of January last, along with tue Cadi of El Oued Souf The sheik pressed us Mrongly to partake of the kous-kous and stay over lull the next day. We declined the invitation and con- tented ourselves with drinking the kaoua (coffee), which he prepared himself, in order to do us tho Breater houor. After many salutations and passing of compliments with this amiable man and all bis ad- herents, and after vbtaining possession of the sheep, we took our departure in the direction of the oasis of Sidi Khelil, where we arrived that night’ Our Arabs were short of provisions and orders were given to Ali \o prepare them an cnormous plate of kous-kous, and, Jo make the feast complete, we also offered them the Raoua, The next morning 1 surprised Ali attempting to tmpty my gourd of cognac. Largéau perceived at the | Jame trme that the rascal had emptied his, which he | yad not yet touched, Forced to explain, he said he vad only drunk a few drops of it. He was taught a tevere lesson. A shower of rain having prevented us | Yom leaving the bordj till atter breakfast, Ali tried to jecure a pardon by making a ragout of mutton in his pest style. ‘On the 28th, after having passed the night in THR WORDS OF ZAOUIA, #0 passed through tbe oasis of Uurhiana during the morning, where we were received with every mark of | fespect by the shcik and his two spabis, Largeau | brought us to sec the modest monument erected to the | memory of the lieutenant of spahis Lebaut, director of the artesian soundings for the Oued Rhir, who died po the 18th of May, 1800, atthe nospital of Batua, of | lever contracted in the Oued Rhir. Beninad the monu- ment runs the water ofa well dug by M. Lohaut, the | ‘quantity it brings up now being 3,800 litres a minute. Below the burdj we remarked the complete success of the last soundings executed last year by the sub- lieutenant of spahis Lillo, successor to M. Lehaut, and who is also suffering from an attack of fever at present. The quantity of water yiclded by this well cannot be Joss than 5,000 litres a mincte, and its clevation above the average tovel of tho soil affords facilities for spread- ing the water in all directions through the oasis. | ‘Largeau remarked that in the course of eight months vast and pumerous gardens had been planted in districts where nothing grew before but some sickly brusnwood, | and that plantations of palm trees, irrigated by the waters | of the woll, are springing up from the soil, The sight of this sudden transformation made him still more | Dighly appreciate the truth of these words of the Aga | af Touggourt:;—*If you wish to teach the Arabs how | to make uso of the system of sounding, before ten years the Oued Rhir will become richer than the Teli,"” which ie the name applicd to the cultivated region between the desort and the Mediterranean. To judge by what {is passing at the present time im the Oued Rhir the time js not far distant when the Algerian sahara will be covered with plantations, The transformation which Biskra and Touggourt aro undergoing, as | have al- ready told you, and the boring of artesian wells, which “Ww daily contributing to the development of the oases, | are the proofs of thisassertion. Thanks to the artesian | wells the cultivation of products is steadily on the in- | Grease. Perhaps, thon, we shall bo able to get all these | tribes of Arabs, whose life and movements are 80 rest- lessly active—who change continually their encamp- ents, and pass every summer in the Tell—to settic down permanently on the soil A lively incident oc- curred to while away the time during the course of the @ay, At Sidi Rasched were we camped at four o'clock, She sheik came to take coffee with us. M. Louis Say showed a glove which be had bought in order to make & present to the caimacam of Rhadamés, The sheik ran at once to the village to fetch his friends and the theleb (learned men) to let them see ‘the earth.’ ‘The Arabs were greatly astonished on perceiving that ‘there was s0 much water in the world, while there was euch a dearth of it in the Sahara The ovening was passed in giving lessous in geography, and we sepa- rated as old friends. ‘Wad almost forgotten another incident less pleasant than the former, and which we would not like to see repeated, above all alter passing El Oued. Before our healt ot Sidi Rasched we tell in with some Arabs who id not exchange the “‘salaam alikoum,” the custom. NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY © 24, _1876.—TRIPLE SHEET. ary salutation, with us. Ali made inquiries, Tho | Uvely explanations are terminated by a series of “Ma- cash, macash”’ (“*No, no”), pronounced with indigna- tion by our servant. We found at last the key to the enigma, for which we might have looked a long time. ‘These Arabs came from the country of the Chiamba, and they had been told at Touggourt that a disguised French priest had been seen to pass by, coming from Biskra, This missionary was going to Ouargla to take five little negroes who had been bought at In-Calah by two missionaries from Algiers, who pretended to be Moorish doctors, and who, under cover of the science of | thebib (medicine), entice unfortunote little creatures away, who are intended to become ata later period “apostles of the faith.” Ali adds that it is owing to the utter impossibility of converting the Mussulmans that they do these “very bad things,’ and that it was our foreign faces, and, above all, our arms—carbines and revolvers, such the priest carried—which made them regard us as having come from the Place St, Sul- pice. The purchase of children for the purpose of educat- ing them in their seminaries reminds me ot another “peuetit” conferred by the missionaries, In 1867, during the famine which desolated Algeria, the mission of Algiers gave the most generous hospitality to a crowd of children who were dying of hunger, and thus founded @ nucleus of young proselytes dosigned in the future to combat Islamism, These were the very fortunate predecessors of the five little negroes of In-Calah, It is bad enough to know that these peuple proceed iu the same way throughout the whole world; but it will be submitted that it struck us as being rather two much to find them even in the desert, I do not wish to trouble myself any moro with these doctors without diploma, but not without object, But it will be admitted that if through them any difficulties met us, who only went forward on a mission of civilization and concihation, it would be deplorable to see the efforts of explorers hampered by people who come to thrust the Bible where the Bible has no business, and where roads and artesian wells can do much better, A WHIRLWIND, On the 29th all our preparations were mado to enter Touggourt at two o’clock, The weather was cold, not- withstanding that a strong wind blew from the south- east. At Rhomra one of our camels, which was doubt- jess sick, fell under its load. We divided the load among the other beasts and left the sick camel with tho sheik, We reached the sand hills which precede by a few miles the capital of the Oued Rhir. The wind grew stronger in proportion as we advanced toward the south, At breakfast hour wo tried to shelter ourselves behind a large cluster of tamarinds, but the whirlwinds increased and covered our provisions with sand. At noon we resumed our march. The tempest roared with unheard of violence. There was no water, but plenty of sand, It was raised up from the sand hulls and formed a fog around us, which penetrated our cyes, our throats, our nostrils and ourears, The horizon was hidden from our view, Around us little sand hills were formed, which were increased or diminished by the caprice of the wind, Keeping in the saddie, with’ our faces buried in our bernouses, we let our animals go as they pleased, and they stopped or stumbled by turns in their march through these torments. The noise created by all this chuos recalled to our minds that of the’angry waves. Jt is a veritable sand storm—‘the sea without the water” (Bahr-Bela-ma), as the Arabs poetically call it, as they are struck with the aspect presented by the plains when the wind raises up the sand, Largeau ex- plained to us tranquilly that the wind which was blow- ing had no connection with the simoom whose burning caresses he had received in the deserts which stretch between El Oued and Rhadamés. In fact, the wind which inconveniences us is fresh; but, although it only raises a proportionally small quantity of sand, it is none the less painful on account of its violence. Our Arabs lost the direction of Touggourt, with the exception of one, who was an old Turco, He ram over the tops of the sand bills, making us go around them and kept crying out to us continually to follow him. What made us most uneasy was the fear that the Aga, who hud been told of our coming by one of our servants sent torward during the night, might do us the honor to come out and meet us, and we knew woll that Sidi Mohammed ben el Hadj ben Dris, Aga of the Oued Rhir and of the Souf, was still suffering from the effects of granular ophthalmia, At last, at three o'clock, Just as the tempest began to moderate, our Turco noti- fied us of the approach ofa group of horsemen bent and stooped, on the top of a sand hill, about 150 yards trom us, We went forward and Largeau recognized the Aga, who got up from the sand where ho had Iain down, his head wrapped up in bis bornous, and remounted his horse to come and mcet us We saluted him im- mediately by a volley from all our pieces, The presen- tations being over we again set out for the town, while the best horsemen of the escort do the ‘fantasia’ (feats of horsemanship) around us, Some moments later we had before us the 400,000 palm trees of Touggourt, the capital of the Oued Rhir, ‘The most profuse hospitality was extended to us by Ben Dris, whom I remember having seen during the siege of Paris, when he was @ lieutenant of spahis. He lodged us in the Kasbah and invited us to his table. The very evenitig of our arrival he told Largeau exactly what was the condition of the Sahara, Absolute quiet reigned along the road from the Souf to Rhadamés since the assassins of the Cadi El arbe Mohammed were made prisoners by the Aga El Hadj, who is the Aga’s own brother. Between the Touat and Rhat some revolted bands of Touaregs and Chiiambas hovered, but venture near the north in winter because during that season cavalry can be sent in pursuit of them, a thing which is impossible in summer im consequence of want of water, A Rbadal u caravan had been made THR VICTIM OF A RAZZIA between Rhat and Rhadamés. The Aga thought this caravan might possibly belong to a mutual friend of his and of M. Largeau, Si el Hadj Attiya, who had written to him some time previous to announce bis departure from Rbat and who at the time the razzia took place was probably on his return to Rhadamés, The next day I went to see tne oasis, But time presses, because we had to leave the day following and we were obliged to busy ourselves once more with preparing for our departure, We had to change our camels [rom the Tell for camels of the Sahara, which are larger and stronger. When we return I shall visit Touggourt in detail, and will give you such a deserip- tion of this sown as I have given of Biskra, In spite of my short stay I was able to remark that a complete transiormation was in progress. The pools of stag- nant water and the streams of corrupt water, which are the principal causes of the fevers which make the climate of Touggourt go deadly during the summer, have beon filled up or filtered. ‘The vegetation, which surprised us at Biskra, astonished us still more at Touggourt. Inthe gardens of the Aga, in the middle ofthe palm trees and outside the vegetable garden, where celory, parsley, radishes, &c., grew, we re- marked a maguiticent cotton plantation, which dated only from the month of May last. ‘The seed comes froth two different sources, from the Tell (province of Oran) and from the Soudan. The stalk of the cotton | which comes from the latter place had a red skin, and reached a height of three metres tweaty-five centi- metres; the bunches had as many as exghtorten | capsules, some of which were open and showed a very fine kind of cotton, M. Largeau sent to the Governor of Algeria and to several chambers of commerce several specunens of these two kinds of cotton, which will prove the ex- cellence of the results obtained by the Aga. All the dried up beds of chotis of the Oued Rbir, as wellasall the damp and uncultivated lands which stretch as faras Ouargia, which include an immense surface, could be thus utilized as cotton plantations and would yield superior crops. In digging on tho banks of the chotts running water ts always found ata little depth, and these lands put under cultivation would become soarces of immense wealth as well for France as for Algeria, It would be, besides, making the road easy to the Soudan, which woutd be- come for us, if we wished it, what India is to the Eng- lish, with this advantage, that the Soudan, whose soil 18 80 rich, could be connected with Algeria by railway, the control of which no real enemy could dispute with us, while a European conflict might cut off the road to India from the English cither by sea or by the jected road through Central Asia. From the excelient information supphed by the Aga, M. Louis Say drew up a chart of the districts of the Oued Rbir in which cotton could be cultivated with @ chance of success. ‘We learned with satisfaction that a caravan of mer- chants from the Souf would probably joim us in order to go to Rhadamés. The evening before oar departure the Aga gave M. Largeau letters for the Cailmacam of Rhadamés, Si Mobammed Bou Ateha, and for several notables of the town with whom be was on good terms, He also gave him two other letter ich were to be | the Azguers, and to Si el Hadj amoae chief of the Hag- gars, iu which ho asked them if they would kindly re- ceive us in their territory, FYROM TOUGGOURT TO EL OUED. Ex Ovep (Sour), Dec, 10, 1875. We quitted Touggourt on the 4th, accompanied by the Aga and his secretary, M. Pauchet, the son of a Paris merchant, a distance of about two kilometres from the town, We resumed our journey gayly, happy at having been able to pass some pleasant hours with a real friend of science, who is at the same time an ex- cellent administrator, and who »ids fair to accomplish at Touggourt, in making ita kind of trial garden for | the Oued Rhir, what Commandant Crouzet so success- fully carried out at Biskra, After crossing the slippery channel of the ancient river Igharghar, the wide marshy bed of which loses itself not far from there in the Chott Mel Rhir, we once more entered the Chott, among small, sandy hills, In the evening we camped on a plain with largo undu- lations, covered with a fine growth of alfa, and where numerous flocks of sheep and goats were grazing. The night had been very cold, the thermometer having fallen to three degrees below zero (centigrade). We got up shivering, but as soon as we got on the march the sun rose and warmed us with his rays. In the afternoon we drew water at the well called Bir el Ferd- jan, the water of which is very scarce and has avery strong flavor of sulphur. It is, unfortunately, the same in all the low lands of the Oued Rhir and of the Souf, where the Arabs take no precautions against the sand, which {s continually getting into the wells, mingled with the excrement of the flocks which come to quench their thirst, THE DESERT. Tho next day at one o'clock we entered the sea of sand, in the middle of wilich are sunk the oases of theSouf. The sand hills, or rather the waves of this sea, were alroady imposing in appearance, From fifteen to twenty metres in height, they suceeed one another without interruption, and, as we were obliged to go around the greater portion of them, our march became slow and painful, On mounting the | ‘summit of one very high sand hill we had before our eves the immense sea of sand Fortunately the weather was magnificent, otherwise we should have had to endure a much stronger tempest than that which overtook us before entering Touggourt, Not being able to reach El Oued that evening, wo halted at Ouarmess, the first oasis of the Suuf, at night- fall. Our camping preparations quickly drew around us the population of the place, who at once notided the sheik, and we saw an old white-bearded man running toward us, who ,came to bid us welcome and to offer us the difa. Our stock of meat being run out we gladly accepted the offer. In about an hour the good sheik returned, followed by servants wao carried two enormous dishes of kous-kous, The first sight of the buried gardens of the Souf caused us some surprise. These gardens are so many deep tronches dug down till a sheet of water is struck, into which the roots of the palm trees strike, leaving visible only the top of the tuft of leaves above the chalky soil of the valley, which is covered with a white sand. This system of plantation, besides saving the trouble of watering, which is a question of life and death in the Oued Rhir confers the still further advantage of preserving the inhabitants from tho fevers which decimate the unfortunate Ruara (people of the Oued Rhir), and which are engendered by the stagnation of the waters in the lower lands of the oases, Although the summer heat is still greater here than at Touggourt, where the thermometer rises to the height of fifty degrees centigrade (122 Fahr.) in the shade, endemic diseases are totally unknown, Aside from the question of salubrity, palm trees thus planted, in addition to requiring less care, aro in tho best positions to yield excellent fruit, as, according to the Arab proverb, they have “their fect in the water and their heads in the fire.”” The next day, 7th, we crossed at a rapid pace tho few heights which still separated us from the Valley of the Sout, properly so called. Someumes our feet, which were as yet badly trained, sunk into gullies, and we went down to our knees. Ever quiet and without hurrying, our camels turned round tho sand hills without at any time straying from tho proper direc- tion, stretching out their long necks to seize, as they went along, some very rare mouthfuls of alta, Tow- ard nine o'clock we were surprised by the appearance of three horsemen who galloped toward us, They dismounted and advanced to salute us. It was the Khalifa of Kouinin, 8i Ali ben Ahmed, accompanied by a sheik anda Souf merchant, settled at Constantine, but on a visit to his native district. They informed us that they expected to see us arrive the evening before, and that a diffa had been prepared for our receptivn. We accepted the invitation to breakfast which was ten- dered us, All the oasis turned out to see the French travellers, The children squalled and jostled each other in order to get a better view of us, We marched along, escorted by big and littl, and we went into the Khalifa’s-house, There, after several minutes spent in salaams with a number of natives, many of whom pushed their devotion to the length of kissing our hanas, we were installed on the downy carpet of a little hall of very primitive architec- ture, opening on one side on tho passage, All our complimenters squat themselves down and proceed to contemplate us while waiting for the repast, and, while sipping the kaoua, wo engaged in a lively and animated conversation with the Sou@ merchant, who spoke French pretty well. Then the diffa was served. A PIQUANT DISH, For chemba (potage) We had a pure decoction of pi- mento, boiled in I don’t know what kind of bouillon, containing strings of vermicelli and bits of unboiled meat. The first spoonful made us make a fearful grimace, Largeau resigned himself and swallowed a second. We looked at him with horror, and we be- came heart-broken entirely when he told us we must honor the difa of our host, above all when he did us the honor of serving us himself, We made a second attempt, but it was imposzible to continue, I had ‘tears in my eyes, and I declare frankly that my courage failed me, Say, as red as the pimento that Largeau was devouring, asked for a drink. Faucheux, a trifle more calm, declared he would force himself to it, but for all that let his spoon fall. We were talking of feign- ing indisposition when the second course appeared. It consisted of a sauce made from macaroni called chak- chaucal bel macarouda, which was just as piquant as the potage. In short, it isthe same thing, except that the macaroni takes the place of the vermicelli, The groan- ing recommenced, Largeau, who kept on devouring- calls us to oraer and forbids all manifestations of feel, ing on account of our host, who was more and more devoted to us and who, not understanding what w: the matter, might have his feelings wounded 1 took some excellent cakes of pure wheat and allowed my companions to attack the mesfouf—kous-kous—pre- pared with butter and honey. For dessert we were all of one mind ag to the taste of the dates, watermelons, oranges and confectionery trom Constantine. Toward the close of the repast the Khalifa of the El Oued, Si Mohammed ben e} Touati, arrived. More salaaims and kaoua all round, after which we de- parted m good order for the capital of the Souf, where | ‘wo made our entry an houralter, As at Kouinin, the whole population came out to accompany us as far as the gate of the Kasbah, where the Khalifa lived, and im which he bad rooms prepared for us, When I say “rooms” do not understand me to mean even simple comfort. Four thick walls whitewashed with lime, into which the day peeped through a small skylight, with a carpet for furniture—there was our chamber, where we rested while waiting to start direct to Rha- damés. From our skylight, which opens on the single story in the Kasbah, we could overiook the whole town, which seemed to be as deeply buried as the gardens of paim trees which surround it, The number of these gardens remains at present stationary, When, how- ever, a Soufi finds a favorable depression m the valley he commences to dig, throwing the sand out to the border, where it forms a kind of circular heap. He then places some palin branches, or some such thing, ‘on the top of the heap, in order to maintain the exca- vation by arresting the movement of the sand, and ho keeps digging Ull he comes within a yard or two of the subterranean sheet of water. The palm tree is then planted, and nothing more is necessary except to sten the garden, especially afer a burticane, or cise the sand would soon cover up the little basing, The houses of Ei Oued are only poor otures, 80 Jow that in passing through the lanes the eye can plunge into the interior of the courtyards, The rooms are half buried, so.as to afford protection from the heat of the san, A fact that is rather curious in the structure of these buildings 1s that the greater uumber ofthe rooms are surroanied by circular headpreces, which give the whole a strange aspect, The scarcity of wood, which is so necessary in making « terraced sent from Rbadamés to Si Hadj Khenoukben, chief of | roof, is the cause of this singular feawure of architec- Yure. ‘The capital of the Sous contains about 8,000 in- habitants. Since our arrival here {t has been a continual PROCESSION OF SHEIKS AND KBARS (notables) of the town and neighborhood, who come to salute us and bring us dates, oranges and confection- ery. Our guide and our camel drivers are ready; all our preparations for departure are finished. We have inspected our arms, for we are going to shoot more gazelles than we can eat. Aday’s march from El Oued we shall mect them in flocks, Our camel drivers are all intrepid humtsmen, and know how to place themselves against the wind and get near enough to the gazelles to shoot them ata hundred yards. It is true that with their long guns they would find it tm- Possible to reach them further off than that. We start to-morrow morning, December 13, less su- Perstitious than our Soufas, who did uot wish to start ona Friday and who are still prejudiced against Sun- =. On ‘Saturday the indisposition of one of them obliged us to put off our departure. We are going to march by long stages. The distance as a bird flies is only 450 kilometres. We hope to reach Rhadamés in fifteen or eighteen days. We think we can send news of our progress by way of Tri- poli or by a mehari (camel courier), who could carry & despatch in four days to El Oued. Our sojourn in the ancient Cydame will not be longer than one month, On the road trom El Oued to Rhadamés we will only be ten days without water—but ten 3 among the sand hills, ten days of hardship. We aro starting full of health and with the most entire confidence in the result of the expedition. You will hear from me in three months at the latest Salam alikoum, OPPOSING AN ELEVATED RAILWAY. A meeting of the property owners opposed to the construction of an elevated railroad on Chatham street, the Bowery and Third avenue was held at the Grand Union Hotel last evening. Ex-Alderman Charles G. Dean presided, and Mr. B. B. Chappell acted as secretary. After the meeting opened the secretary read the fol- lowing as his special report:— ‘The Commissioners appointed by the Supreme Court have closed their labors, so far as holding sessigns are concerned, and will now make up their report and will present that re- port to the Supreme Court for confirmation, There hi en placed before the Commissioners affida- number of property owners, seer a damage of from twenty to filty per cent should an elevate allowed to run upon Chatham street, Buwery a ‘hird ave- affidavits from first clas cha \d General McAlpin, showing it to be ble to build an elovated railroad upon the route imposs! named. Mr. H. P. Smith said that his opinion was that the elevated railroad project would have to be fought in the courts. The question now —_ was, | “Are the property owners willing to stand together im a tight before a legal tribunal??? ie was tollowed by Mr. Lawrence Drake, who ex- pressed himselt as strongly in favor of rapid transit, ut an open cut railroad and not an elevated one. He thought it a great mistake for the association to put themselves forward as opposing rapid transit, for the mind of the people was bent on it, and any eflort to op- pose it would be ruinous. REVOLUTIONARY NOTES. It was reported yesterday that the propeller Fall River, now lying in Gowanus Bay, has been purchased by M. 0. Canneau, of this city, the agent of the | revolutionary party of Haytt, which bas General Biron Canales at its head. Canales is now residing at Kings- | ton, Jam. The following are the principal propor tions of the Fall River:—Length, 173 feet; breadth of beam, 33 feet, and depth of hold, 21 feet. " She is of 636 tons ‘burden, and was built at Boston in 18604. She is Schooner rigged and draws twelve feet of water. She was recently in the employ of the New Jersey Southern Railroad Company. It is reported that ex-President Baez, of this city, is in treaty for the purchase of the Uruguay, formerly the Octavia, the Cuban filibustering steam yacht, seized some months back at Kingston, Jam., by the British authorities tor breach of the neutrality laws. This vessel is to go into the revolutionary business in St. Domingo. It is reported that President Gonzales, of St. Domingo, has effected the capture at St. Jago’ of Gen- eral Luperon, of the revolutionary forces. BORN IN A STABLE, Yesterday morning a young woman, respectably at, tired, called at the stable No. 205 Lexington avenue and asked to be allowed to rest herself ashort time. | Permission was granted, and shortly after she gave Dirth toa child. The proprietor of the stable, Mr. Cur- ran Bennett, had her removed in his own carriage to Bellevue Hospital. Mother and child are doing well. SHIPPING NEWS |_Saite [Destination | 72 Broadway U1 Broadway 169 Broadway 7 Bowling 2. yer Green 4 Bowling Green Brondway }2 Bowling Green 29 Broadway “|23 Broadway oT eee Broadway City of Chester. “|13 Brosdwey p@-NOTICE TO CAPTAINS OF VESSELS ENTERING THE PORT OF NEW YORK AT NIGHT.—The Naw York Hxnarp bas adopted @ distinguishing Coston nighs signal for use on board the HxRaLp steam yacht, showing white burn ing the colors red, green, red, changing trom one to the other in suceession, and can be seen several miles distant. Cap- tuins of vessels, upon seeing this signal, will oblige us by preparing any marine news they may have for the Ship News Department of the Hxnaxo, ar Persons desirous of communicating with vessels arriv- ing at New York can do so by addressing to such vesseus, care of Hxnatp news yacht, pier No 1 East River, New York, Letters received from all parts of the world and promptly de- livered. Duplicates ure required. ALMANAC FOR NEW YORK—THIS DAY, perth eh” ARRIVALS, REPORTED BY THE TERALD STRAM YACHTS AND HERALD WHITESTONE TELEGRAPH LINK Steamer New York. Quick, New Orleans Fel mdse and passengers to © A Whitney & Ov. rysiors, passed a British burl letters LF a: 200 33, 16, with b La isaac Beli, Lawrence, Richmona, Cit; ith mdse ‘and passengers to the O) SSenmer Albemarle, Gibbs, Lowes, Del, with mdso to the mer . Old Dominion Steamship dHurk aus Uist), Hill, Amoy Sept 12, with teas to Woods | Payson & Colgan jesvel to Rell arate & Co. Base Anjer Nov 19, ©. elena and crossed 1 on soa heb 18. tat 31 2X, lon 75 37. lasting 8 hours. Bark Victoria’ Peror, Marnenibo 30 daye, with coffee to Peren & Gourtlo. te ‘anchored Ct) Sehr Jordan L Mott, Brown, Mayagues, PR, 12 days, with oranges to BJ Wenberg. PASSED THROUGH HELL GATE BOUND SOUTH. i George Washington, Whitehead, Halifax for Jobnson, Portland tor New Yorks, ve, Boston tor New York jedtord, Fisn, Now Bedford for Steamer Electra, Young, Providence for New York, dehr F B Lawrence, Lawrence, Pawtucket for New York. Ser Robere Pettis, Robbins, Frovidence for ‘Socom Anglia (Br), Marray, London—Henderson Steauer Sunmerset (Py Meee eco ow D Mor. State of Indiana (Br), Sadler, Glasgow—Austin Columbia (Br), Montgomery, Glasgow—Hender- a Herman Livingston, Mallory, Savannab—W R 4g higniner Galt Stream, Holmes, Charleston—J W Quintard od New World, Hammond, London—Grinnell, Minturn stip Great Admiral, Thompson, San Francisco—Satton & alse Ambassador (Bri, Prebn, London—Peabody, Willis oe Smyrna—W J Russell & Brie Johanna, Lennox, Dunkirk tiwen & Son, Bris Kodiak, ys SR ee eater * a Brig Alice @n, “Vives, Gibraltar and Malte—Henry en ‘Mary C Mariner, Titcomb, Matanzas—Crocker, Wood Schr Silver Star, Mahony, Para—Francis Moran. eet Hews trina, Tooks, Georgetown, Dem suite Mery 4 Witham, Austin, Cape Hayti "aene Jonse 8 Clark, Day, Fernandina—E D Hurlbut & Co. Sehr John N Gali ileox, Charleston—Evans, Ball & Schr Mary R Hickman, Robinson, Norfolk, Va—Squire Fos. pitit BB Wharton, Bush, Philadelphia—Van Brunt & Sehr S ¥ Godwin, Williams, Stamford—Stamford Manufac- turing Co. Pes Dart, Campbell, Stamtord—Stamtord Manufacturing eared 224. and Booth- payed Vi ne ear enranee. Snow, Boston vo! SAILED. St J BY Li 1; Herman Livingston aoenae iusp (20.0 dare harletton bark Limerick Lass , Charl bi “Adela Bn, to; sehr Cepas Starrett, La- wuayre aod ‘Porto Cabelld, ae i Wina at midnight, NW, fresh. Barometer at sunset, 30.Us, MARITIME MISCELLANY Sreawxe Ciry or Gatvesto, from Port au Prince for New York, remained ashore at the Babsmas 10th inst. ‘The passengors have arrived at Nassau, after suffering s¢- vere privations, See general news columns, Suir Ricuano Bustaxo, from Philadelphia for Pichilingut whieh Rio Janeiro sold put baci Sept 28 in distress, was prior to Jan 27. Bank Cnarcowt (Br), for Queenstown, which returned to Baltimore after being in collision with ‘bark Woye (Nor), ng finished re) rogeeded 234 on her voyage. Brig Catno (Br), from New Fob tor Queens- town, was totally lost ou he a amas Feb 14. Orew and part of cargo saved. 20 consisted of 4459 sacks st cotton seed clioake and 530 staves Brig G T Wixsor (Br), from St Martins for Yarmouth NX, before reported ashore’ at Brier Island Feb 11, was got off with slight damage and taken to Westport, Biaa FRaNx Ctanx, Morton, from St Johns, NF. for New York, put into St Thomas Feb 21 with steering gear out of order, loss of sails and main boom, Buia Sanat E Kexxxpy, from New York for Limerick, before reported at Cadiz with loss of sails, put in Feb 14 Her cargo is damaged. Scur Wx H Vax Nawr, from New York for York River, ‘Va, in ballast, went ashore on the southeast point of Brewk: ers, off Smith's Island, on the morning of the 18th, Mr Fitehett, with tion, boarded her on the morning of the 19th, nt 2:30 o'clock, in haul- ing her off withoat sustaining any dasaay nd without any expense to her owners, But tor the tim: aid rendered by the station itis probable that she would have gone to pieces <n) as she was pounding heavily on the bottom, and it woul have taken some time for assistance to have arrived from Norfolk. Scun Ockax QuxEx, of Greenport, from New York for Key West, before reported abandoned, was found adrift Jan 27. between Naysau-and Abaco, by schr Express, of Nassau, She was towed into H. Ts Express and deliv- ered up to the Deputy Marshal @ Admiralty Court | for shet district. She had on board barrels of potatoes and he Ocean Queen Was subsequently towed to Nassau, Feu 14 Her mainmast was gone near the deck, foremast head and booms and gaffy gone. Scun Vouewraxy. Smith, {rom Gloucester Gshing, was run into off West Quoddy Light night of the 1th inst by phd Bsa hor stern knocked off and ‘sustained other damage to of $500 or more. She was towed to Eastport, where she ih undergo repairs. Sonn Jesste Witiaason, Jr, of Portsmouth, NH, which besa biown ashore in the upper harbor, Newport, last No- ber and afterwards inid ‘up for the winter. will be taken te rtsmouth for two new masts and other repairs. nton for New York, before |, Conn, was hove aflout 1s tight and will bring on her cargo in good order to New York. Scun Joun Samves, from, Dea ‘or ren arth with Jumber, went ashore at 5 AM, on Marcus bur, ver and sank. Crew fay Samcat Fis, from Rockport with ice for Norfolk, put lato Newport Feb 28 with sulle spit, Scur Sepona, from Rockport for Norfolk, with ice, put into Newport Feb 2y, with jib split aud foretopmast spran Scun Susax Harker, which went ashore ou L'Homme- diou Shoal, got off 22d inst and proceeded on her vovage. Lavxenep—at Wilmington, Del, Feb 5, by the Harlan & Hollingsworth Company, st lor Messrs CU A Whitney's New Orleans’ line. ff 88 feet beam, depth of hoid and ‘gud will stow 4000 baies cotton under deck. ‘At Meadows Side, Patrick, Jan 27, trom Messrs, Hender- son Bros’ shipbatkdin, yard,’ a named the Alsati intended for the rican gade. is 355 feet long, east po and pve, ee wud ; ures 2820,tons. t Newburyport, e 22d inst, bark Obed Baxter, of 00 a from the ara bs ‘Geo EC ‘She will be towed wo where will be rij nd fitted for Hl Ubed Baxter: shor wliom she fs named is vo commana WHALEMEN. 1 -Sitiled from Provinestown Feb 18, schrs Rising Sun, Ta lor, Atlantic Ocean; 21st, Gracie M Parker, Dyer, and’ ME Simmons, Rich, do Suiled from St Helena Jan 21, burk Gen Scott, Robbins, NB, with 260 bis sp oil. haling brig Magellan Cloud cleared at Auckland Jan 13, It is understood that « Bay of Islands company has bought out the old company, and will start her afresh at Ru sell on another whaling expedition. er from the third officer of bark Voral, Marvin, of NB, reports hor at Mouganul Jao 12, having taken By Ubis sp oil last cruise. SPOKEN. is Ship Son Witch, Drew, from from New York for Iquique, Jan 15, Jat 88,1 Ship Cordillera “(Brs, mee from Hullfor San Fran- cisco, Nov 28, lat 26 8, Jou 43 We NOTICE TO MERCHANTS AND CAPTAINS Merchants, shipping agents and stipmasters are informed that by telegraphing to the Hxrato London Bureau, ad dressing “Bennett, No 46 Fieet street, London,” or to the Paris office, addressing “Bennett, 61 Avenue ds |'Opera, Paris,” the arrivals at and departures from European and Kastorn ports of Amoriean and all torsign vessols trading with the United States, the sane will be cabled to this country free of charge. Captains arriving at and sailing from French and Medi- terrancan ports will find the Faris oifice the more and expeditioas for telographing news, OUR CABLE SHIPPING NEWS. Axrwerr, Feb 22—Arrived, ship Marths (Nor), Zacharia- sen, Baltimore. Sailed 22d, the Catherine, for Baltimore. Sailed from Fiushing 22d, steamer W A Scholten (Duteb), Junzen, New York Buistot, Feb 23—Arrived, steamer Cornwall (Br), Stam- per, New York. Bremen, Feb 22—Arrived, barks Jenny (Ger), Grote, New York; Meridian Ger), Hoharst, Philadelphia, Bancxtona, Feb 16—Arrived, brig Joven Maria (Sp), Isera, Charleston, Capiz—Sailed, schr Dora § Prindle, Miner, Gloucester, Mass. Coxstaymixortx, Feb 6—Arrived, brig Nuova Providenza (tal), Manganero, New York. Giascow, Feb 23—Arrived, steamer California (Br), Le- craw, New York. Greenock, Feb 23—Sailed, bark HJ Libby, Brooks, Ha- vane. Ganstox, Feb 22—Satled, brig Cadet, Leighton, Carde- MAS, Haxsure, Feb 22—Sailed, bark Salome (Nor), Thygeson, New York (before reported sailed 8th). Huxvorr, Feb 22—Sailed, barks Elizabeth D (Ital), New York; Memento (Nor), Andersen, Philadelphia, *Havnx, Feb 20—Arrived, ship La Louisiane (Pr), Touffer, New Orleans, Liverroot, Feb 23—Arrived, ships Triamphant, Libbey + San Francisco; Highland Light, Collier, do. Cleared 224, ship Otago (Br), Gullison, United States; achr Welcome R Beebe, Loxier, do. Loxpox, Feb 22—Arrived, barks George HJenkins (Br) Hilton, Philadelphia; Luz (Sp). Moran, New Orleans; For- ris § Thompson, Potter, Demerara, Cleared 234, ship John Bertram (Nor), Roed, Umited States; bark Niord (Nor), Larsen do. Lisnox, Feb 15—Arrived, barks Marianne IIT (Port), San- tos, Philadelphia; Ferraro Primo (Ital), Murli, New York. Puysourd, 28—Arrived off, bark Valentina (Sp), Arubalzaga, Charleston for Havre. Arrived in the Channel 234, bark Germania (Ger), Evers, Baltimore for Rotterdam, QuERxstows, Feb 23—Arrived barks Ulalin (Swe), Berg- strom, Baltimore; Hedwig Ger), Warnken, San Francisco. Also arrived 23d. 2 PM, steamer City of Montreal (Br), Morchouse, New York for Liverpool (and proceeded) ; schr Adelia $ Hills, Gregory, Pensacola for Liverpool (see be- low). Arrived 21st, 9 PM, steamer Batavia (Br), Mouland, Bos- ton for Liverpool (and proceeded). Sailea 234, barks Sedmi Dubrovacki (Aus), Talliarint, New York: Cerere (Ans), Bertolich, do. ‘Trixste—Salled, bark Nuovo Monde (Ital), Starace, Phila- deiphia, Lowvon, Feb 23—The steamer Washington, which put back to Nautes, had damaged her propeller, and will go into dock, The Belgian steamer Switzerland, Capt Jackson, from Antwerp for New York, while steaming down the Channel yesterday, ran down and sunk the brigantine Hero, of Whitstable, of Folkstone. Four of the Hero's crew were drowned. The Switserland was unhurt and proceeded on her voyage. QueexstowN, Feb 23—Phe American senr Adelia S Hills, Capt Gregory, from Pensacola for Liverpool, before spoken dismasted, bas arrived at this port. FOREIGN GN PORTS Bounay, Jan 17— United Kingdom or port ships Tarmonia, Small, ork; Antrim ( Pendersent Choice (ir), Masters; City Camp (8 (Br). Green: Prince Os: ear (Br), Powles, and Prince Amadeo (Br), Linskell, une: bark Neiie M Slade, Atwood, do. ‘eb 15—Arrived sche Henry Lewts, Honduras, —Sailed, shi (Br, Ea obos). Pa wipe 'Anua Decatur, Proctor, leaky: BP Starkey, tor Kurope; art (Nie), Bonderson, Gearlog, Jos 8 tipinney, soraen, nsacols (Br), Cup™ yer, fer Baropes star jaaelio, do ; barks Hadsoo, Vaugh Nenaghar (ir). Levert, to load guano for Hampton iuluss, Howen disg: Colome, Howes, Liverpool tor ranciseo in port weney, ious Hol 21— Arrived bei Geo, W Chase, Patter. New York; Etta M er, La = Sy Philadelp! on W Hrawn Kane, Georgetown: Nelile Soot, Milan, St ‘otter, Kaye! aay re Ocoee ates’ Hickman, Robtnsen, New York ; Sarah Paige, ‘otver, Wi north of Hatters Chas E do; MC Mosely, ty do, sipciheiciesbiaitiaiMiaten insristen = Feb 18—Arri Shasta, Brown, pie eae sien tk ‘Holl ved, brig Sha Machine; ere | ~~ yt ieee ‘Aspinwall; Tavinis F Warren, Thomp. gon, Fort steamer Liberty, Lundberg vis riven 19h, sehr Abbie L Dow, Young, New York. Cle Sth, brig Neptune (Sp) Salas Fonseaie. 23 Abr: ‘of New York, a Aspinwall jos D Gover, New ‘York :stoamer steamer Maria aan), a aoe. New Orleans; Greg, Ander of Hatterax. ur Ocean Lily, New York. HaALivax, reived. Maraxzas, Fob ae lelntos| Fascagoulsi, 20th, Gat St Thomas: Alice 8 Wai schrs M A. Gibson, Lathrop, MeAllep,. Charleston : oie oe Paine, Hilyard, doz fins Yowalend: de; acess Reaaing. Nassav, Feb, B—arrivea, | brig Jarl Wilmington, NO; schrs Henry Whi York (and sailed 16th for Ci "ity Pott Henry W: Haig, New aco ing, Baltimore (and sailed 15th for Jamaten Suiled 18th, sche 8 E Douglass (Br), Bethel, Jacksonville Towed in Lith, schr Ocean Queen, of Greenport (see Mis eellan: PRT 4 Pitee, Feb 20—Arrived, bark Norah, Hall, New ‘oi av Panton, Feb 11—Arrived, schr L F Warren, Johm son, Wilmington, Ni Rio Jaxerko, Jan 8—Sailed, barks Recovery (Br), Li, Seen Toth, Liszie Gillespie (Br), Bergman, St Tse =n rt Jan 26, ship George H Warren (Br), Timot} PL, nll aasived Dee 27; bark 5 Merriam Merriam, trom bine wel brig Wesley & Seymour (ir), Knowiton, from Neweas com tons Pen atettae ln.” brig, Prank Clark, Mortom rc Soe ree eta cAeised, bre Sexua, Munday, Phitaded Ist, barks John F Rothman, Ray, Corunna; adetvi i im 4 Miccuere (Br). r. PJoux, NB, Feb 23—Arrived, "orl sate from Car s. jeured 22d, schr Spring Bird, New Yor Vauranatso, Jan 12—Sailed, brig Volant (Arg), Wark, Tome and Pernambuco, ared Dec 31, ship Marmion (Br), San Francisco, with 5 ton, dot M. Rhinde. a Yanwocnt Ss Feb 2 23—Arrived, Canta a (Br), Tarke AR, Jan 16—Arri bark Essex, Peterson, Muscat ed Feb 5 for Boston. ene Isla AMERICAN PORTS. BOSTON, Feb 23—Arrived, steamer Giga York: bark’ Obed Baxter (neWw), Baxter, Wa G Mosely, Urann, St Di Matanzas: Win H West, Hi mond, N ney. Hallett, Now Yort, brigs. Anglo (At) namatialigth how terk, ones Aes Sailed—Steamer Ontario, BALTIMORE, Feo 23—Arrived, steamers Amert 1 Josephine Thomso Cleared: 1s Uetorara, Reynolds, Net Henneit, Charleston’ barks ‘Balthasar asd iteelecs esand Dundalk; Pater (Aust), Gladvileh, Queenstowns Earl Kkigin (Br), Alexander, Autwel Zampa — (Nor), Olsen, Gloucester; Midloth Areudal Norway). brigs Pace Sehlafing (tal), Onets. Gork os Falmouth’; Anuie (Dun), Wath 2, bit; Hanna {Bas SJoman. Groat Yarmouth ; sila cara Browny merara: schrs hdward Johnson, 3 w York ; Helen A Hoyt, o ess Lyon, Jetty ow Hasbrouck, Bennett, do, Sulled Burks Fee Frark Farzo (Ita, C: or), Ka ead Wwaline Cite remaster (Non, Anna A Rich (Br) and Craigow! (Br) ; brig’ Romance, CHARLESTON, Feb 22—Arrived, ship Ricbard TH, ub- bard Havre: bark Peter Gi fanro, Glasyo Bid--Arrived, steamer. Equator, Hinckley, Philadelphia brig Edith, from Orlent, LI; sehr F A Server, Cordery, Bost ited Crowell, New York: bark Char+ rool; brigs Hilda (Nor), Dantzic( on F Sinnickson, Mune ‘schr Mary Patten, Gil+ Sou ke: ‘Am Tith—Cleared, “set Charlie Morton, Pike, Queenstown o& Falmonth for oriers. FORTRESS MONROE, Feb 23—Passed in for Baltimore, bark Edward (Ger), Haiberstadt, from Bremen. Passed out—Ship Annie Camp, for San Francisco; barks Craigowl (Br), Cork; Attivita (Ital), Londonderry ; Emm F Sevor, Cork; youre, Eagle (Br), Thelfusts Fenivick Bo. var (BE). do; Bla Aus), Westport; brigs Italo (Ital), Ba row: Ali jatanzas; Potomac, Demerara, UXANNTS, ib 20Arrived, sehr’ JB Anderyon, Frink, ewens MOBIL ed 19—Clearea, bark Sea Crost (Br), Bennett, outh for orders, bap d—Arrived, ship Joaquin Serra (Sp), Isern, Havana, Cleared—Schr Stephen S Lee, Douglass, West Indiox, NEW ORLEANS, Feb 19—Arrived, barks Charlotte (Br, Wi rtide (Nor), Lassessen, ryport. Cleared-—Sebr conte Wood (Br), Pivati, Ruat 22d—Cleared, bark Bremen (Ger), Hilmers, Lives Fi 4d—Arrived, bark Wetterhorn, W; B. arrived, ship D W Chapinan, Tukey, Grimsby: ware on Lovald, Liverpool; Jennie Sweeney, ilade Cleared—Steamers Hudson, Gaxer, New York: New York uick, de: Corde Lang, Liverpool; barks Belle tewart (Br), Gilliat, 4 Jat uffus (Br), Shaw, Havre, Ki w). Tonnette, do; Porvernit (sp), Mag Wats mempeg ts ahipt ‘atson Liverpool; shipt peol, barks: Royal ; ont (Nor) , do; or), Havre’ sugars Ger] Sournweer Pass: Feb 19—the. ship King Cerdie and bark R’ Hilton, previously reported for ete ave satled—the former for St John, NB, and the latter for Baltimore. dated, ers Geo W. York: shiv Gen Shepley, Havre; Ulland G Dunrobia Gh, Fiserpect. pee (Br), do. RPOLK, —Arrived, schrs Carrie Edith, Worrell, pauls York: John ha K ge at Risley. New Y NEW inmbr Oe,” Feb 33—Arrived, bark Cleone, Shere in, New NEWPORT. Kpeb, 21—Arrived, schr E. P. Church, Ham- mond, Fall River for Philadelphi ‘Sailed—sehr Maggie Bell, Hall, Rockland for Richmond, Arrived, sche John Wontworth, Brown, Portland fur Baltimore Swan, Raynes, Boston for Washington J uh ton, ‘ston, Rockport, Me. tor ort. james W. Haig, Dole, do for Hog Island, Barre i, Rockport ‘tor Newbern, N. Foster, Robinson, Portiand for New York, (and’ all In port sehry Forest City, Hodgkins, and Ganges, Pomroy, for New York: Marivn, Melggs, Clinton; Flsetwing, Kenn! ton, Rockland for New YM Somerget for Were Nrevapeate Hay. Sd; 83 Sauthy Snows Wareham ‘eau |—Schr White Wing, Kenniston, Rockland, for New ‘WimArrived, schrs Sedona, Rawley, Rockport, Norfolk; Samuel Fish, do, do. tboth in intrest "ace Misc 4 Steclman, New York; Lula Am R Shaw, Baltimos eb 22—Arrived, schrs Kit Karson, Virginiay re NEW LONDON, Feb 22—Sailed schrs Texas, New York, Haitie Lewis, do. er ORT Ga AititLR, Feb 15—Sailed, ship King Philip, Kele seo "MADISON, Feb 15—Sailed, bark WH Gawley, San PORT BLAKELY. # Feb 14—Arrived, bark Menschikof, Smith, San Fran PORT DISCOY TERY, Feb 14—Arrived, ship War Hawk, Doyle, San Francisco, PORTLAND, 0, Feb 15—Arrived, bark Melanethon, Man- MOUENSACOLA, Feb 22—Artlved, bark Borg Ger). Brah Havat chr Sarah Eston. Tlromipeon, Rt Thoms.” sie jan (Rus), Strandberg, Live Weer Likhthonxe: Prince Abin (Non). nuerson, Neweastle on Maw Indi PHILADELPHIA, Feu. Fines Pendleton, Providence ; ngr Waite, Drisko, Matani ifeod (Br, setrd stoamérs Werks, bark Mary MeKee, Sharp, Oporto. Also cleared, steamer Penusyivanta, on ear Ra barks Sommeren (Nor), Pedersen, London; Rbe1 Gurich, Queenstown; Shepard, schrs Etta & Josie Bunk Douglass, Bost: vor Feb 23—Arrived, steamers, Prussia Bp), Kite Franconia, Bragg. = Mt Vraneln Pranclet PROVIDENCE, Reb 22""Acrived. steamers Blackstone, Hallett, Baitimore: Regulator, Rogers, Philadelphia, Satled—seh renin Sormeeny. Elizabethport; Mary B ley, New Yor! ashe Tight of the East, Harper, Orient, LI, t Royal, SC. or Savanna, Ried, "from Dutch’ Tsland Harbor 21st, schrs John § Detwitler, Urace, Pawtaaet for Vitara: arr Ravel Carr, Newport for New York: Jamos. Blixs, Me, for Wilmington, Marita tania, Ne Nawear Parkerl Head for Staten Island; Plymouth Rock, Lovel ton fou oi, amin New York. RICIIMOND, Fob 21— 4. te Walker, New Yor rs WeDouneli, SMeKendree, do Suiled. scht Lottie & Anma, MeCreery, New John W Hall, Powell, do. 20, Reb eae er aia rt hb rt, yn low, lenred—Bark Chirat (CR ite 1 Rt), Protoris, Pants Areni sche MipiAmunaf(bn, Becket, Liverpool; bark Antk A ‘imo, Horn 1 SENOME Feb l4—ateived, ship Germania, Baker, Sea Franciseo, Rie cy Feb 15—Arrived, ship Eldorado, Hayden, Say SRVAN Nan Feb 23—Arrived, homer 4 (Anee Martath, Cette (the V cee Mong ©, re Also aerived, st Ioan Beivanor, Nickereee, Now York, nat iieamer Hellimore Ger). | Bremen, ship Southers ‘trom Havre), Nortotk. 1 eee es eobr bve Ritsabeth, Rendall YAKD N, iladelphia fee Na ener pors: Ratile: fr nae fsnchraE Hl Purber, Savanna La M aa ton; Olive inabetl, Ps ag. Bnd gh nee TE, Do ased ov N aeae bak Pek Staten Islan ay alled Th hark Warten Hatitts ee ea Samuel Fish, MW lori M—Steamer Oriental, from te WILMINGTON, (NO, Feb 21—Arrived. ¢ Roy, Wilson, York fur Jacksonvil gents probe Lucy Moles, Teel, o Me. ‘2aa—Arrived, sehr faking aa Anderson, New York. * Cleared—Bark Brilliant Star (Br), Nicholas, Gi tehrs Do Mory Gray, Brunswick; Emily A Bartle, 4 Peatedeaceemer Raleigh, Oliver, Ral Sailey teamer Rale! yl liver, ith 2id--Ulenred, brig John Pierce, Townsend, Carden ‘sidona and L Standish. Piadeassed by, om Pr vannah for Boston. sTRAMBOAT —PADDLE AND PRO imbonts, Steam Ta; SCHMIDT, No. 1 YACHTS, OK SAL “BSOLUTE DIVORCES OSTAINED PROM font States, for numerous causes, without publ i everywners; no, charge antll divers MOUSE, Attorney, | WOMAS Ie “AGNEW, THE onvat tirocer, Toa, Coffey and Flour Dealer, Ni a ot eee BY Vesey st. everybody ent NDERM iyi BOW