The New York Herald Newspaper, January 2, 1879, Page 8

THE NEGLECTED SCHOOLS. | Deplorable State of Some in the Eighth Ward. HOW TRUSTEES DEFEND JANITORS. Views on Ventilation and Children’s Habits. aloe 'Yhore are three public schools in the Eighth ward— Nos, 8, 25 and 38—the two former being those to which attention was called by a recent report in the Hexatp concerning their overcrowded, ill drained and ill ventilated condition. The trustees of the ward are Joseph F, Rogers, chairman; Austin Leake, Charles H. Housely, Franz Branig aud Charles W. Baum, Talking yesterday to Mr, Rogers ou the state of these schools a Henanp reporter inquired :— sider the criticism of schools 8 and 25 It was true, every word of it,” promptly ers. “You couldn't exaggerate the subject if you tried, ‘There cannot be any worse schools in the city, and the only remedy is the erection of a new school build ing, because the present structures are radically defective, and no amount of repairing can make them what they ought to be. If a coat be madé too small for a man all the altering in the world will never render it a perfect fit, and so with these schools; they can never be made even tolerable, The drainage in No. 8 is of the worst possible kind, and when there is ahigh tide in the river the offensive sewage matter is driven right back to where it comes from, Gas hes to bo burned all day long in some of the class- rooms, but the want of light is nothing compared to the ventilation, especially in the water closets, In those belonging to the girls there was neither light nor ir, It was all darkness, and the smells were overpowering. It is somewhat better now since I hada hole cut at the end of the passageway, which allows a current of air to come in and also gives illumination to the place. Sometimes, especially when there is a high tide, the state of these water closcts is beyond the power of words to de- scribe. The vapors from them fill the whole build- ing, cling to the window glass end p-netrate the very walls and linger there. Another complaint about the building is the narrowness of the only stairway for reaching the classrooms. In case of a panic it would be utterly impossible to get the children out in time to prevent a catastrophe.” “Why is it such a state of affairs is not remedied ?” TOO MUCH RED TAPE. “There is too much red tape in the Board of Edu- cation, and that is one of the reasons. This condi- tion of things has existed for several years. I went before them a few months ago and represented how matters stood, but I never heard of any step being taken by them up to this. S+hool No. 33, in Clark street, is about as well as it is possible to make it. The only mode of yentilation, however, in that school, as well as in the others, is in pulling the win- dows up and down.” “How do the janitors discharge their duties?” “As far as I know the janitors are attentive; but they can do little or nothing, under the circumstances I have stated, to make matters better than they are.” AN O'ER TRUE TALE. Mr. Austin Leake, another of the trustees, on being asked if it were so that schools Nos. 8 and 25, in the Eighth ward, wero overcrowded, badly venti- lated, dirty and dangerous, replied:—“That report on these schools is only too true, We have been asking the Board of Education for the last four years to give us anew schoo! building that would take the place of these two, but without avail. No. 25 is not by any means fitted for a school, and No. 8 is built in a swamp, and there is absolutely no drainage to it, 0 that at certain stages of the tide the sewage can- not escape. There is no overcrowding in it, but there is in No. 2%. It would be a. saving ‘of $20,000 a year if a new building was put up to take tite piace of the two, as there are constant re- pairs required on them, and no repairs can make theta available for the purposes for which they are used. No. 38 is overcrowded, and if wo had to carry out the instructions of the Board of Education we should have to turn away a large number of the chil- en."” “Decidedly responded Mr TOO MANY OLD FOSSILS. “There seems to be a good deal of fault found with the Board of Education?” Vell, there 1s good reason for it. ‘There are too many old fossils on it. The trustees have no power whatever, though, if the laws were examined, I think it would be fowid that they are authorized to do many things that the Koard of @ineation claim as their privilege. In place of attending to the condi- tion of the schools they spend their time discussing theories of class teaching and contriving some new fengled study for the children, who have already essons to learn than they are able to, When we Normal College the teaching was better than it is now. How abcut the ventilation of these schools “It is imporsibie to ventilate No. factory manner, and the heating is defective 38 and 4, where steam is used, the teachers can regu- date the hea! The buildings aro ventilated before and after school hours.” IN FAVOR OF THE JAN! Vhat is your opinion of the janitors ? ‘he remarks concerning the janitors of this ward »in my opinion unjust. There may be some neg- ; but, on the whole, I think they try to make the y can of the old buildings’ they have in ‘The best janitor in t charge. nothing of the water closet accom: No. 8, because the drainage is ‘ive and would cost some money to remedy, but that is the business of the Board of Edveation.” TWENTILTH WARD SCHOOLS, The schools in this ward have their full comple- ment of pupils, but are not considered by the trus- tees as being overcrowded. The trustees are H. D. y, Thon Maher, Christopher F. Tietj J, Hall and James G. Dimond. M: wnof the Board, said, in ¢ mur Schools Nos. “{ have been connected with the manag schools off and on for the last tw have had occasion to go through them’ frequently in # month and to talk with the teachers and janitors, and whenever there was anything wrong with ‘the conduct of teachers or janitors | or with the schools themeclves, I snppoxed the | Superintendent looked into it nd had at re died, it about school No, niilation are the window: but that is the that the only and doors is means correct, I believe nd we must do the best we can with it when we 0 other way of accommodating the children. assertion that the air in. the class room on the ground floor adjacent to the water closets is intolerable sounds like exaggeration, and this about Janitor Conboy being negligent in the performance ot his duties, and that dant evidence of the fact was seen in'the dirty fithy «ition of the wate closets and sting odor arising trom them, I regard as aggeration. ider the janitor is so attentive to his duties that none of these things a?” “consider he tries to dixch duties re- | quired of him as knows how, All our fenitors are compet table men. They have sen there for years, and they ate posted on the atilating better than most men, nt I don’t believe is that the air was eral of the pupils were absent on sick ight be sick if they never went ntilation has nothing to do but © | heating sud v Another stater Ko bad that s¢ leave. T children 1, #0 that the with that. They talk about the ventilatios think it is as good as in any ordinai house.’ welling | wo: WEE TO ANYTHING ALatosT. “What do y to this remark about School N 82:—"The play room on this bright sunny day was so mutch so that it was with dim y through the ehildren ? “ @ prejudicial statement. Theonly thing Layree with ix the variation of thet here it s# said that in some rooms it was as low as | ed and iu others ove ede that the are very Wally lighted?’ . ‘eh: xo” (warming wp in his denial), ve beon there for tweuty years, and that’s the first time I've heard of any comple them.” It was evident that the chair Lourd of Trustees of the Twenticth ward was pr pared to adimit os little ax possibl eting on the condition and management of the schools he is sup- posed to oversee. Mr. James G. Dimond, another trustee of the ward, said he considered the criticisms on schools Nos, 52 and a were unjust. “Are there not reasons to find fault with the il verttilation, the overcrowding and the neglect on the part of the janitors? “St there were neglect on the part of the janitors we should have heard of it, as it is the business of rincipals to report any thing of the kind, the iL ventilation, what is tot dwge as we have, with ov Goutribution’ Tn No. what can you expect ot th fa such a crowd, and yet the condition? N want is ad¢ ery classes in No. 33 “Thess « Te there Jonets ¥ wed. What we tion, and until perature, | NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1879. as many improvements as possible, but there is a limit even to these tor want of space.” VIEWS OF MEN OF EXPERIENCE, A former school trustee of the Nineteenth ward, in speaking of the subject of ventilation in the schools, i:—T think the course of the Hevaip is very i to be commended, and it ix about time that the subject of tilation was ventilated, One of ¢ great difficulties in the way of any improvement this aye is progressive in all things except the ding of schools. ‘Three years ayo the plans for a school building were prepared by the Superinten- dent of the Board of Education. ‘The law requires them to be approved by .the trustees, and though a aiajority condemned the the building was erected” without amy — mat change. jority of tho trustees — urged should be ample yard room in a school de pinmodate over two thousand pupils, laughed at and, instead of having the Super- ntire gro intendent of the ground tloor and, ax if that were ne used the tront part of the same floor tor th: apartments, thus leaving little or no space for one of the most essential featnres in the economy of a school—that is, yerd room, the children, who are confined in What ily, where sneh a throng is assembled, be more or of a vitiated nosphere, vd is indispensable, where they for awhile aud come to For overcrowded class hould be frequent recesses.” gentleman of long affairs held the same theory for crowded class rooms. to a great extent im the primary department helps to cure any vitiation of the wir trom breathing and irom exhalations ot the body. In most classes ot primary departments, expecially of boys, there is an unpleasant odor that comes from the uncloanly habits of children, from their clothing, which is not of the best, and’ from the fact that children trequently live in rooms where cook- ing, eating and smoking old pipes are all rquent recesses remedy this evil, irely get rid of mimon to school rooms, In the 5 ‘ammar departments, aud in girls’ yenerally, uo stich odors are noticeable or any great degree. If these odors could dThave no doubt that pure air enough id be found supplied to the schools, I have the tt much time in the examination of this aiatter of yentilation and have read many treatises on the subject so as to determine what way the constant presence of pure air could be maintained in the schools, and Lam frank to say that utter all my opinion is that the defect whis exists cannot be absolutely cured, but, of course, can be greatly remedied, It is a good practice, and frequently. resorted to, of sending cluldren who are ‘uncleanly home to be inade neat and returned again. The teachers, for the most part, are constantly muaking efforts to induce the children, even if they are badly clad, to form cleanly habits and to be neat, even it inrags. The morals and manners of children are taught as well as their lessons. ‘Teachers use their own discretion in the ventilation ot the several lass rooms, there being no code for their guidance s there should be according to the HrnaLp’s sug- ‘tion. In well regulated schools the principal akex, or should make, trequent visits to Ber claws rooms, and be thus better able to detect, coming from the outside, any defect in the atmospheric condition, and she then sees to it herself, In regard to heating I believe most of the schools are heated by steam. This is a de fe matter to regulate where the build- ing is large and the currents and draughts of air are numerous. ‘The temperature of the rooms is sup- 1,400 children, and | tin a very fair | and posed to be taken twice aday, With regard to the foul odors and emanations trom the water closets and urinais I think where there is no other way of getting rid of. them for want of space they should be taken above the roof.”” KATE COBB'S TRIAL. TESTIMONY OF PROFESSOR CHARLES A. DORE- MUS, WHO FOUND ARSENIC IN THE BODY OP HER HUSBAND. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Nonrwicu, Conn., Jan. 1, 1879. Mrs. Kate Cobb’s trial for the murder of Charles H. Cobb, her husband, was resumed this morning. The first witness called was Professor Charles A. Doremus, of New York. He testified:—I am pro- fessor of chemistry at the Buffalo Medical College, New York, and assistant and instructor at the Bellevue Hospital College, New York city ; I have for many years assisted my father in toxicological cases; the vitals of the body of Charles H. Cobb, Jr., were submitted to me for investigation on the 8th of June last by Mr. N. D. Levir, with a written request from Coroner Young for an analysis for the detection of poison; I placed the stomach on a large new dish, properly cleaned. APPEARANCE OF THE ORGANS, Opened the stomach, so as to cxamine the con tents, which were of alight gray; there was no un- pleasant odor; they were a little acid; the mass was pulpy, and the contents were not bitter to the taste; the amount of the contents was about seven fidid ounces; stomach was placed in a jar and the washed particles in another jar; the tissues appeared pate in color; there was no inflammation; at one part there was a little greenish color, probably due to the post-mortem; there was nothing marked about subsequently I opened the in- was no inflammation; at a cer- ‘olor was yellow, the remainder was of a greenish color; in both the stomach and intestines were inflated with gas; I examined the liver, which had been cut by the physicians at the post-mortem; the spleen and kidneys were healthy, with the exception of a stnall spot in'one kiduey; the Leart was also healthy; subsequently Iwas present at the examination, in Jun: » of the re- mains of Cobb at the shop ot Mr. Allen, the undertaker, and Drs, Carleton, Paddock and Per- kins examined the body in my presence; the general appearance of the body was not remarkable, exce a scaly appearance of the skin, Witness detailed xperiments and texts. and demonstr tain spot the 1 yt ; he found the stomach onl, nic, also a of arsenic in the contents of the stomach; the tof the intestines, the washings of the in- sand some bloody substance amounting to mn finid ounces found therein by chemical produced arsenical mirrors by the Marsh ‘court the methods used to detec in trac conte THE QUANTITY OF POISON FOUND. After the dinner recess Professor Doremus con- tinued his testimony, eluctdating methods of detect- ing poisons in the tissues and fuid imasses of the body, and announcing as the result of his tigations the findiug of @ grain (approximated amount in the fifteen or twenty pounds of remains submitted to him for analysis); the urine examined revealing the greatest amount, five-hundredths of a yrain, which indicated that the arsenic had passed into the blood through the whole system and was being climiuated, at the approx- imate amount of one-half grain per day, by natural healthy process; he tound arsenic in very portion of the body analyzed, which he decmed an indication that the poixon was distributed throughout the system; taking the atuount found as an indication of what remained in other por- tions Of Mr. at the minimum th Cobb's. body, -he should ay that ‘© were two grains in his systent hand as a maximum amount three grains. He thinks he had tound it in quantities to warrant the announce- ment that it had been administered to Mr, Cobb in fatal doses. CHARTER OAK CONSPIRACY, TATION OF THE ARGUMENTS—ADDRESS IN BEHALF OF .N IMPORTANT CONTIN BY JUDGE SWETT, OF CHICAGO, FURDER AND HIS ASSOCIATES RULING ASKED FOR, Hantronp, Conn., Jan. 1, 1879, There was no postponement of the Charter Oak conspiracy trial on account of New Year's; in fact, the Judge and counsel on both sides cared less for tho holiday than they did to hurry the case along in the hope of finishing it this week. JUDGE SWETT'S ARGUMENT. Judge Foster, of Norwich, one of the counsel for the State, continuing ill, the whole order of arrange- | ment for the argmnents was overturned, and Judge Swett, of Chicago, took the floor this morning in be- half of the accused, devoting his remarks particularly to the doings of Furber whenever they had any nection with the evidence before the In opening his remarks said nry should consider the all 7 jur; ho the aud not the extravagance of ma crippled condition ot t ut and the «ler the man- agers preceding Purber, Pre jeseribed the Purber contract ty contribute $500,000 in considera- tion that he should be paid back by receiving seven halt pere from the premiums collected at «office on all its policy obligations, and fifty of the net profits after setting aside the com- y’sreserve. ‘This repayment, then, came out of the profits; the “loading” was not less thanjthirty percent, ‘This the company had a perfect right to do with as it pleased, and the insurance department even took no aecount of it. Furber having put in £500,000 was entitled to get it back; if he received inore than he put in, then he might rightly be eriti- ceived, but until then no epology for his acts was neoded, Furber substantially got the Charter Oak out of ite crippled condition while acting as its financial man- ager for twenty months, and then hie “kind Con dis plastered on lis back an indictment CP DISCOVERED. allegation of false an- unt of the indie the outset erent » surprise by mak | pomt that the whole count was dotective and should be thrown out, as well #8 all the evidence that had | nual ret wo get that ibere will be complaints from one source or another whieh it is out of our: power to remedy. An the old buildings we have eudeavored to introduce been introduced in support of it. The averment was that the conspirators had defrauded Mesers. Capron and Sawtelle wad other policvholders. yet tho State had not proven the existence of a single ope of these parses. The purpose of the co! cy alleged must named in the description, and the facts alleged must be proven. In closing on this point Mr. Swett asked Judge Hovey to charge the jury that no evi- dence introduced under the second count could be considered by them. FALSE REPORTS, Regarding the allegation that false reports had been », Mr. Swett said that at no time had the accused arged with making such reports, but only with conspiring to do so, However, they had shown in evidence that they merely took ledger balances in making up their reports, and never claimed that the separate items were worth their full value, Furber came to Instirance Commissioner Stedman in 1875 and was told thfit $509,000 would make the com- pany solvent. Is it to Le supposed that Furber would make steh a contribution until he could be assured that it was sate to imake it? The speaker reierred in rather satirical terms to the praise g Secretary Stevens of the Charter Oak yesteraay, in the opening argument for the State, and then invited attention to the fact that Mr. Ste had signed the 1875 report, which the State had de das such a mass of fraud and mis- representation: The speaker was checked by the Court at this point, and an adjournment was taken to ten A. M. to-mor- row, to give the jury and ull others a part holiday, BUSINESS PROSPECTS. GENERAT, DEPRESSION IN THE AGRICULTURAL 4) MANUFACTURING INTERESTS OF VERMONT HARD PAN REACHED AND A HOPEFUL VIEW OF THE FUTURE, Sr. ALBANS, Dec. 30, 1878. Vermont is essentially an agricultural State, and an inquiry into her present relative condition of pros- perity naturally commences among the farmers. ‘The crops of the past year have aggregated considerably above the average, In the early part of the growing season there was a serious and protracted drought, which affected unfavorably the upland districts and inflicted more or less injury generally upon the grass crop and growing cereals; but in the valleys of the numerous rivers and small streams th's injury was slight and more than counterbalanced by the unusual length of the growing season and the rapidity of growth, ‘The hay crop was considerably above an average, the corn crop never was bet- ter, and all the English grains—wheat, barley, rye, &c.—yielded fine returns. ‘The crop of oats and some of the late sowed grains was light. The potato crop, owing to the drought and the Colorado beetles’ ray- ages, was an almost total failure, and the fruit yicld was below the average, though better than in some recent seasons, BUITER AND CHEESE. The production of Vermont's great staples—butter and cheese—has been as large, if not larger, than usual; but prices have ruled low, particularly on butter, which has brought less the past year than any season since the commencement of the war. The fall in cheese since the previous year has been somewhat less than in butter, and as a consequence farmers have been producing more cheese and less butter, the greater part of the manufacture being through’ the medium of cheese factories conducted on the mutual benefit plan. ‘The price of hay has never ruled so low since the opening up of outside markets by the medium of steam transportation, and many of the larger land- holders this fall declined to merket their surplus, preferring to store it and take their chances of a short crop next season or a spring demand rather than ship at prices which, as they allege, afford no margin of profit whatever. Nearly all the farm products of the State are down proportionately, and although the fall in the price of labor has been considerable and the staple commodities which farmers must use have touched ante bellum figures, while butter and cheese are not quite so low as betore the war, leaving an ap- parent balance in the farmers’ favor, yet the past year has been one ot almost unprecedented financial distress among the farming population. This is prob- ably accounted for by the tact that so large a pro- "portion of the landholders purchased or encumbered. their tarms during the ‘flush times,” and are now suffering under the incubus of heavy mortgages. ‘The number of foreclosures of mortgages upon tarming property the past year has been unprecedented, and the proportion of mortgagors who have: redeemed very small; the consequence of which is that a very large number of farms have fallen, or will soon fall, into the hands of capitalists and money lenders. Taking all these considerations together it is readily seen, and so the fact is, that despite the large crops and the reduction in the cost of labor and living, the past has been the most trying year for the agricul- tural interest of Vermont that has been experienced since the commencement of the ‘‘hard times,”” MANUFACTURING INTERESTS. ‘This general statcment is even more true of the other producing and manufacturing interests of the State. Certainly no year in the last twenty-five has been so hard for the manufacturing and producin, interests of Vermont as has the year 1878. The great ‘marble business of Rutland county.scems a thing of the past, for the demand has fatien-eff to almost nothing, and the yards are packed with marble, dressed and in the rough, for which there is no sale, ‘The lumber interest has suffered nearly as much, and manufacturers report an unprecedentedly small demand both at home and abroad. Almost wahout au exception Vermont manufacturers report an un- precedented stagnation in business. No year in the history of the State approaches the year 1878 in the number of business failures, end witn the masses it has been a hard, wearing struggle to pull through, the question of profits being almost left out of con- sideration. RAILROAD TRAFFIC. The railroads report the hardest year within their experience. They have been compelled by the im- portunate demands of shippers to cut down their treight tariffs to the very lowest living figures, and still the local tonnage has been continually talling behind to such a degree that the aggregate of the year will be the smallest since railroads were first in- troduced in Vermont in proportion to population. “How do you account for this state of things 2” asked the Henavp correspondent of a prominent rail- road official. “Lam at a loss to do was the revly. “Th ple want transporte Passenger trafic has fallen: off proportionately, and many of the roads have beca éompelled to reduce the number of trains run. Vlewsure travel during the past season was very light, and but for the jreat num- ver of excursions ‘run at cheaper rates than ever be- fore and which aggregated a considerable amount of revenue, the summers business would hardly have shown a pel ible improvement over the other ionths of the year, Although the cost of labor and supplies has been’ so largely reduced, the railroads find it impossible to cut down expenses proportion- ately to this large shrinkage in both rates and ton- nage, and the close of the year’s business will show a year of unprecedented hardship for the Vermont Fouls. so to my own satisfaction,” seems to be nothing that peo- MERCHANDISE. On the other hand the merchants, who have been fecling severely the depression of the past eighteen months, generally report an improving tendency in the last three or four, with indications of a slow but steady iercase in demand and a gencral disposition on the part of purchasers to buy close and caretully, but to pay cash, Several of the leading merchants of Vermont report better sales of use:ul holiday goods this mouth than in any previous season since the hurd times commen And among the people gen- erally there seems to be a steadily prowing feeling ot confidence and bopefulness which bas strenghtened rapidly with the near approach of resumption, The eneral conviction seems to be that the bottom has at last been touched; property of all kinds has been stripped of fictitious values and reached a stable and enduring foundation; fare wd have become satisfied that y must live and conduct business upon new and econoricgnethods: the credit in xo far as it is objectionable and dangerous, ceived its death blow in all parts of the Stute, people seem to have become convinced that they imust live and do business within their means hence- forth. With this, and the re-established soundness of the national currency system, which Vermont as a State has continually and earnestly advocated, hoped and labored tor, it may be truthtully said that, severely as she has suffered in all her producing 1 manufacturing interests the past year, Vermont is to-day permented with a feeling of cheerful aud hopeful confidence in the future aud will enter upon the new year with all her material juterests really baved upon a stronger, sounder aud better founda- tion than ever before. STRUGGLING WITH A MANIAC. A young man, who refused to give his name, called at the Central Office last night and informed Inspec- tor Dilks that the body of Gustave Textor, a German, was found in the East River and taken to the Morgue, The deceased was a drug clerk, residing at No. 435 West ‘Thirty-sixth street. developed syinptoms which Dr. Schmetzer, of Brooklyn, pose of determin- he ing whoth his acts. The Doctor had hardly beg’ tion when the patient became viole drew a curving knife from and attacked the physician. The latter de- fended himself with w chair, and the strug- Je which followed was short, sharp and decisive. fhe madman ina short time threw his opponent to the floor. In this position the prostrate phyxican was at the mercy of his antagonist. The latter, how- ta critical moment, while he held the Doctor the throat and brandished the glittering blade, re- ined trom twking advantage of the situation. He suddenly relinquished his hold and fled from the room. ‘That was the last seen ot bim alive by his friends. After the foregoing encounter it is atpposed that he fled to the river front and committed suicide, and suddenly his clothing DANGEROUS BLOWS. In a dispute with another man at the corner of Catharine and Hamilton streets yesterday John Hayes, a waiter, of No. 105 West Broadway, was struck in the face aud on the head with a club, breaking the bones of his checks und vose and lac the sculp. He was taken fospi- tal by an ofiicer of the Fourth precinct, and subse- quently was sent to Bellevue Hospital. very. much intoxicated, and his condition is by no means free {toim danger, He was | OUR COMPLAINT BOOK. (Norg.—Letters intended for this column must be accompanied by the writer's full name and address to insure attention. Complainants who are unwilling to comply with this rule simply waste time in writing. Write only on one side of the paper.—Ep. HEnat.] WANTED—A FEW LUXURIES. To THE Eprror or tar: Henatp:-—- Please ask the Belt Line Car Company to put their cars in a little better condition. A piece of carpet on the seats and a little straw on the floor during this cold weather would be greatly appreciated. And when this is done let them instruct their conductors to keep the front doors closed. RIDER. ASH BARREL THIEVES. To rue Eprron or tux HeraLp:— There is a lot of miserable people in East Thirty- seventh street, between First and Second avenues, who make it their yoeation to steal the ash barrels, tin pans and other vessels used for the same purpose, Cannot the police put a stop to their operations? CLEANLINESS. PUT DOWN THE FARE, To THE Eprrok or THE Hrenatp:— Will you try to persuade the elevated roads to run five cent trains between the hours of eight and nine A. M., so that the hundreds of clerks who have to be down town at nine o'clock can take advantage of cheap fares? ‘There are many who are compelled to take the horse cars on account of this difference, as fford to pay ten cents, and as they are ness Until nine o'clock are unable to not callet to rly trains HU: NDRED AND THIRTIETH STREET. RIVERSIDE DRIVE LABORE! To THE Eprror or tur HeraLp:— Is there any hope that the suffering laborers of the Riverside Drive will get their hard-earned wages ? We have waited until our means and our patience are exhausted, and we can get neither information nor satisfaction. Is there law or justice in Now York city for the poor, or are the workers compelled to starve, while commissioners and contractors squab- ble over the work, and some one pockets the proceeds of the laborer's toil? My husband has worked there from October 1 until the middle of the present month, trusting to the honesty of those who had no honesty. How is he to get his money? Must he’ ‘see his wife and_ little one starve? How are we to live? My entire femily are suffering for winter clothes, I have no coal, my means are exhausted, everything of value in my ‘pos- sesuion is inthe pawn office. My rent is due November, and I do not know dispossessed, I suppose my case is no worse than that of hundreds of others who are waiting in cold and hunger for their lawful mon A SUFFERING WOMAN. BEGINNING THE NEW YEAR. Officer Quigley, of the First police precinct, Brook- lyn, found Charles McGregor, twenty years of age, of No. 102 Duffield strect, near his residence, about three o'clock yesterday morning, suffering from a stab wound on the check, two in his arm and one in his left side, which, he ‘stated, were inflicted by a companion at the’ corner of’ Bridge and Tillary strevts, He was tuken at once to the station house and afterward to the City Hospital. His injuries are not considered of a serious nature. ROBBED IN THE STREET. John Edwards, of No. 52 Vestry street, while pass- ing through South Fitth avenue last night was at- tacked at the corner of Houston street by a gang of young rowdies, who robbed him of a valuable gold watch. Officer Finnerty arrested the ringlead- ers, who at the Prince strect station house gave their names as George Morris, of No. 183 Mulberry street, and John Cornelius Mc- Auliffe, of No, 280 Mott street. Morris, it is said, threw the watch away when arrested, and the police were unable to discover it inthe snow. The prison- crs were held on a charge of highway robbery. CITY ITEMS. James Coyle, a drummer, was slightly stabbed shortly after midnight yesterday morning, in a fracas" which occurred at « ball of the Sixty-ninth regiment, at the corner of Grand and Essex streets. John McDonnold, of No. 315 Madison street, was arrested, but for want of evidence hadto be discharged by Judge Kilbreth. Charlea Johnson was sent to the Tombs yesterday for having attacked William Gould, 2 young man Itv- ing in Fast 145th street. Gould is afflicted with an impediment in his specch, which subjects him to the taunts and ill treatment of thoughtlees boys. While endeavoring to excape from this annoyance on New Year's Eve he was shametully maltreated, Sarah Hayden, fifteen years of age, who, it will be remembered, wae shot on the afternoon of Christmas Day at the corner of White and Centre streets by Felix Lavelle, has died at Bellevue Hospital. It was supposed at the time of the shooting that it was ac- cidental, but the prisoner was held to await the result of the woman's injuries. An mquest will be held next week. Mary Reardon, thirty years of age, received some serious burns last evening on her body and limbs while engaged in illuminating a New Year's tree at her home, No. 361 Cherry street. The resinous fo- liage and twigs ignited, and blazing up in e dreadful manner set fire to her clothing. She has a husband who is dying of consumption and six «small children dependent upon her. She was carried to the Cham- bers Street Hospital in an ambulance, and it is feared that she cannot survive THE WEEKLY TIERALD. 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Letters received from all parts of the world and promptly delivered. Duplicates are required. ALMANAC FOR NEW YORK—THIS DAY. SUN AND MOON, HIGH WATER. Sun rises. ~ 795| Sandy Hook..morn 2 05 Sun sets ) 444] Gov. Island...morn 2 50 Moon sets. morn 1 56| Hell Gate......morn 4 35 HERALD YACHT WEATHER OBSER- VATIONS. Rinte of Weather. Bar. | Ther.| | Inch. | Deg. Wind. 31 31) PORT OF NEW YORK, JAN. 1, 1879. ARRIVALS. REPORTED BY TIF HERALD STEAM YACHTS AND HERALD WHITESTONE TELEGRAPH LINE. Steamer Anchoria (Br), Hedderwick, Glasgow, Dec 21, Iso aud passenuers to Henderson Bros. Dec 29, lat rere nrg steamor, bound E, ‘Steamer Pomona (Bri, Clristi 0 Bay, Ju, 7 days, 0G Wessels. Has on board as Verew of the schr Express Til- ked. Stevens, Galvoston Dee 23 and vol Key, Florid: Mount, from Brazos, Sa if Hatteras, steamer T; nadia M4 26, parsed a Harn iho for New York; 30th, ‘ee, from New York for Fer: + Reculator, Doane, Wilmington, NC, 3 days, with so to Win PCL ¢ St Mazaire 60 days, in wae off the Highland vy NW yule; Dee 19 was stro rt bulwarks; also lost miazen by a ranhing: pi rig Olaf Kyere (Nor), Keller, Bergen 41 days, in ballast, to C Tobias & Co. Doe 6, lat'42 20, lon 50, pansed a din: Masted vessel, apparently abandoned, but was tuo far away to nscortain Brig Tula, Morgan, B o Wa dox & ( inuation of severe NW gales . spoke bark Oneco, from Charles y sen, stays . Hon, 28 days, with logwood Has bi anys N of Hat y ‘over (of Bucksport), Brown Maracaibo i Co passod brig Anita Owen, yann(t), The Jd G8 was 16 days N of W gales, and wus twice blown off losing sails, de. Smith, Spauiding, Aux C: & Co; vessol to B . but was bla 0420 days, with Venberg & Co. off by m heavy Miragoane 19 days, with ol to Jas E Ward & Co, V gales; had all the log. Was 8 days 3 headgear carrie Sehr h_ Quinn, Lee, Virginia. Dec 23, PM. went ashore on Point. Pleasant Beach, and was haw led off with assistance, full of water; lost deckload and jib. *), PASSED THROUGH HELL GATE, BOUND SOUTH. Steamer Franconia, Bragg, Portland for New York, with nygcers tod F Ames. une, Berry, Boston for New York, with mdso sengers to HF Dimock, Stoamer City of Fitchburg, Ellis, New Bedford for New York, with mdse and passengers to Barling & Davis. clir Landseer (of Gloucester, E), Melady, Summerside, via Newvort for Baltimore, with . Dec 19. les off the rooard ; b ix Lightship for water, which |. The Landseoris at anchor in Hart’ {stand . Perry, Grand Menan, NB, for New rk. chr J © Rogers, Bath for New York. joston for New York. Schr Chas Banks, Hix hr Xparkle, Shropshire, hr Orlando, Rowland, Providence for Eliza Pharo, Wataor wana, Allen, Por or, Riley, New Ha id Carll, Hawking, 3 beam, Warwick, New Haven for New Xpedite, Rackett, Greenport for New York, BOUND EAST. Stoamer Nereus, Hallett, New York for Boston. Bark Olive Thurlow, Corbett, New York for Giloucester, E (und anchored in the Roads above). Bark David Taylor (Br), Wallace, Now York for Dundee (and anchored in Hart Island Roads). CLEARED, ster, Baltimore vie South Am- a, Ct, for N -n 'for'New York, Steamer J W Garrett, boy and Camden—J 8 Ki SAILED. Steamers Seythia (Br), for Liverpool: Sidontan (Br), tol: Gresham (Br), Ronen: Harald (Dan), Rotterdam Lert (Br), Tarragona; City of Columbus, Savannal Stream, Charleston. MARITIME MISCELLANY. Srxanee WD Monto was cut through by the tee on Rat» urday morning last, near Cannon's Ferry, and was run on the flats to prevent hor from sinking. The damage was soon repatred, when she proceuded to Vienna, Md. nunac Bat (Sp), from Baltimore, before ro. d'a cargo of insured of fear nee Company $11,000 and balance of the cargo: is tual Mariue Insurance Company, of B he Mer: for oM Itimore: Bank Amatta (Sp), from Charleston for Cork, bofore re- ported returned leaky, wan surveyed on Suturday and it was recommended that she discharge cargo. r1x (Gor), bound ‘for Brazil, hanted ont at Richy Friday'and remained mnéil Monday, when sh il to ots. Ice in the river will pre- vent her immediate departure. x Ontret Dren, Falker, from Salt Cay, at Vineyard n Dee 31, was I days N of Hatteras with southwest split rails badly. Saran Quins, Leo, from Virginia for New Yorks sly reported ashore at Point Ploasant beach, was off morning Int Inst and towed to this city.” The xeaol is not so badiy damaged as ut first supposed. “About 65 cords wood on deck were washed overboard, Scun Fraxcrs (Br), from Charlottetown via Sholbourne York, put into Beaver Harbor Dee 24, with decks ey shifted, &c, bat without receiving any #eri- Bark Scum W F Garrisox (beforo reported), is sunk on Dead s Shoals, Maurice River. Crew and part of cargo ed. vessel may probably be tloated. ALexAXDRIA, Doo 31—The river fs xtiil blocked up, except asmall spaco in front of the city, which ix kept open by the tug boats, The steamer BE Knight, from New f is at ico, having attempted to come up yesterday, but being forced to retarn after reaching Glymont, with the Joas of some of her iron. She reports the feo as five inches thiek, Naxtecner via Woon's Hore, Mass, Dec 31—Schr Annio Aimolia, lately reported ashore on this island, has had hor cargo discharged on the beach. Steamer Island Home will tuake an attempt to haul her off on to-night's tide. PoRTLAND, Me, Dec 31—The little pleasure steamer Fiona, hauled up on Deering shore, back cove, wax burned last wock, but not roported. She cost $1,800; insured for $1,200 in the Hudson Tnsuranes Company, of New Jersey. She was owned by Charles A Sparrow. Cause, spontancous or incendiary. of steamer City of ashore this morning west side of Prudence Sho went on durin 1; loaded, bul: Will probably como off at high Provipencr, Dec 31—Capt Kelley, Norfolk, roperts that a schooner wi on what is called Sheep-Pen Pol I i, opposite Ps night. jk warks painted light color. water. », Rreumoxp, 1—The River Point. Betweon City Point and Ri deal of ice. The brig Paran, for Pernambneo, went down with two tngs yesterday and experienced much difentty in getting out. WHALEMEN. '* President, Pease, anders, do, do, Ith, dy forton, of bark Petrel, of NB, rep! taken 17 bbis sp oil since day to cruise and bo there rts ‘Capt ber at St Helena Now last report. Would sail that again in the spring. All well. ‘A lettor from Capt Flanders, of sehr I her arrival at Samana Bay, Wi, Now 27, sage. All well. @ ‘rel. of NB, report fter a raged pas- NOTICE TO MERCHA CAPTAINS. Morchants, shipping agents and #hipmasters are informed that by telegraphing to ste aa London Burona, ad- drowsing “Bonnett, No. 40 Fi t, London,” oF to the Paris office, addressing “Bonnett, 61 Avenue do VOpern, Paris,” the arrivals at and departures from Earopoan and Eastern ports of American and all foreign vessols trading with the United States the anine will he exbled to this coun. try free of char, Captains arriving at and sailing from Froneh and Medi. terranean ports will find the Paris office the more economl- cal and expeditious for telographing news, OUR CABLE .SHIPPING NEWS. Axrwrnr, Jan 1—Arrived, steamer Exeolsior (Br), Clay. ton, New York; sbip Ornen (Nor), Melson, Philadelphia, bark Sognedaten (Nor), Falck, New York, Bounkavx, Dec 31—Arrived, bark Adolph Engler, Will. jams, New York. Bayonne, Dec 27—Arrived, brig Arg New York. Capiz, Dec 26—Arrived, bark Pasquale Ajello (Ital), Pinto, New York, Dusaexvss, Dec 31—Of, ship Bastern Light (Br), Jones, Philadelphia for Bromon. Doven, Jan 1—Of, ship Bremerlohe (Ger), Reinken, Phil. (Pr), Loteivro adetphia for Breme: Farwoorm, Jan 1—Arrived, bark Linda G (Ital), Bosra, Boston. Mens, Jan 1—Sailed, bark Marino (Aus, Menard, Ni York. Horvaran, Jan 1—Off, steamer City of Bristol (Br), Dete- motte, Philadelphia for Liverpool Harner, Dee 31—Arrived, steamers Crest (Be), Darling, New York; Harold (Rr), Waller, Baltimore; Jan 1, ship Richard TH, Habbard, Charleston, Sailed Dee 30, bark M Smith Petersen (Nor), Erteksen, United States, Liverroor, Dee 1—Arrived, steamers Istrian (i: Thomson, Boston; Linda (Br), Bedlington, New Orleans Ganges (Br), Baker, Galveste ia Norfolk, Jan 1, ships Henry (Br, Atkinson, Savannah; Willie Reed, Yates, Ne York; America (Br), Gedye, Norfolk; New. York (Br), Ir- win, San Francisco; barks Blancle (Br), Fleming, Nor “Loxas. Hinos, folk; Slieve Bloom (Br), Harkness, New York; Yuba (Bri, Power, Charleston; EP Bouverie (Bn, Evans, San Fram- cisco; George Booth (Br), James, Wil Zetland (Br), Hicks, do. Sailed Ist, steamers Iyrian (Br), Armstrong, Boston; Pounsylw: Harris, Philadelphia; ship Cormorin (Br), Major, Tybee; Caspian (Br), Clatworthy, do (latter not pre- viously); Britannia (Nor), Gronwold, United States, Lospox, Jan 1—Arrived, ship Hagarstown, Whitmore, New York; barks Ophir (Nor), Christiansen, Savannah; Marquis of Worcester (Br), Charles, Bull River. Lim:nwk, Dee 31—Sailed, bark Acadian (Br), Abbott, Philadelphia Lisnox, Dee 26—Arrived, barks Ebenezer (Nor), Neilsen, sons, Leighton, Philadelphig; brig Agate ‘ow York for Bayonne (last two before re- ported without date), Movintx, Jan 1—Arrived, Mansxiuies, Dec 20—Arrived, barks Constantia (Nox), Tallaksen, Baltimore; Mariannina Galatola (Ital), Mancino, New York. Newry, Dec 30—Sailed, bark Laila W (Br), Woodworth, New York. Portsmovti, Dec 31—Arrived, bark Nahor (Aus), Radoso- ° vich, Philadelphia. QuxKxstows, Dec 31—Arrived, barks Forto (Nor), Skare, Baltimore; Westernorrland (Sw), Norgreu, Beaufort, 80; Shakespeare (Br, Hughes, San, Francisco; Gigoppino @ (Ital), Chinpello, Philadelphia; Livingstone (Nor), Larsen, New York; Sedmi Dubrovacki (Aus), Baburiaxa, do-(atter lost bulwarks); Jan 1, ships British Commodore (Br), Purdy, San Francisco; Portland Lloyds, Chase, Howland Island via Rio Janeiro; bark Alma (Nor), Thorbjornsen, Baltimore. ‘Also arrived Ist, steamer Lord Clive (Br), Urqubart, Philadelphia for Liverpool. Revat, to Jan 1—Arrived, steamer Riversdale (Br), Hum- phreys, Now Orleans. Roven, Dec 31—Arrived, steamer Stag (Br), Willis, New York, Suez, to Jan 1—Arrived, steamer Glenartney (Br), Auld, Japan and China for New York. ‘Trarex, Dec 31—Arrived, bark Xema (Br), Foster, Balti- moro (see below). Westrorr, Dee 31—Arrived, bark Grane (Nor), Knuds New York. Lonpox, Jan 1—Steamer Laurestine (Br), Iliff, from Reval for has stranded neur Stockholm. Ship Cromwell, Barstow, from Antwerp for New York, stranded nt Flushing to-day, Bark Ruma (Aus), Begna, from Philadelphia for Ancona, put Into Fayal Dee 16 leaky. Bark Nanny (Sw), Aidereen, from Charleston for Fleet wood, put into Ballytigne Bay with loss of rudder and fore and main masts. Tag can rondor no assistance, Bark Xema (Br), Foster, from Baltimore, has arrived a8 Traloo with loss of Jibboom, forctopmast, rigging and sails. WEATHER REPORT, Horynrap, Jan 1—Wind E, gentle; barometer 2.705, Prysovtit, Jan 1—Wind 5, moderate, with rain, FOREIGN PORTS. sraroar, NS, Dec 3+—Arrived, sehr Ftta (BP. Mas cmraws, PEL, Dec 23—Arrived, ache Tiber ( tie solls, Ni Crone ark W D Stowart, English, Queenstown. 23—Arrived, achrs Wm _Philpot (Br), Phil- ‘ork: 20th, Ovata (of New Haven), Prince Ed- ard Island for United States. ‘Arrived Jan 1, steamer Ontario (Br), Roberts, Liverpool, to sail for P nd after discharging. ‘St Mays, NS, Dec 17—Sailed, bark Mary Ann (Br), New. comb, Liverpool, E. Yanwoutn, NS, Dec 23~Arrived, sehr Grand Master (Br), New York, : AMERICAN PORTS. ASTORIA, Dec 24—Arrived, brig Orient, Williams, Sam Francisco |—Bark North Bend, Hondiett, San Franciszo. |, Jan 1—Arrived, stoamers Mississippi, Talo, ern Tsinnds; Othello (BP), Mitebell, Hall bark Artura (Ital), Gambino, Girgenti; schrs Joseph Rudd, Tyl Charles Mason, McDonald, v, do; Saruh B Putnam, Low. do; oyal, Hoboken; N If Skinnor, Th er, Philad lleg Oakes, Mayo, Hoboken; Nancy J Day, Munroe, awke "A modorate west wind provails; weather eloar; ther. mometer 25 de BALTIMORE, Jan 1—Arrived, stoamer Chillingbam (Br), Sandorsen, Livarvonl: bark Young Eagle (Br), Dunham, ¥ Baker, Baker, Boston; Z M Reed, Helon, Perry, Now York. ‘Arrived, achr James Holmes, Rydor, jacksonville Hebok vant will a loboken (and will lay up). SiheeRatlod. sche Loe V Chaples, Chapl (trom below). : Sith—-Saited, schr Sarah L Davin, Cottrell, New York. nee Jan 1—Arrived, steamer Trafalgar (Br, icklo, Cardiff. Suilod—Steamor Charleston, Berry, New York. EDGARTOWN, Dec 30—Arrived, ‘schts Wiliam Preswey, Rockland for Ni A ore for Port h B Putnam, Low, New Yo dams, Rockland for Wilmington; den for Fall Rivor. FOR! ROE, Jan 1—Salled. brigs Leading Star (Bri; Grenfell (from ae York), Richmond; Angusta (Br), Buck (from Berwick), do. FALL RIVER, Dec 29—Arrived, steamor Santo, Ellt Now York; schrs Charles Dennis, Crane, Goorgetown (hi vers heavy wonther. split foreruil and carried away some Of her forerigging); Mary Augusta, Holt, Weehawken. Saited, steamer Florida. Crocker, Philadelphia; sche Willian Ie Hluston, Wostgate, Baltimore; Wild Pigeon, for Pl a. Dec 27—Arrived, bark Betsy Gude (Nor), red—Stoamer City of San Antonio, Pennington, New rk; barks AE Bottsford (Br), Atkinson, ters (Dutch), Harding, do; Agur (Nor), OL bt Ruff, Brigzs, New Orleans; Kate ‘Mill ork, . NNIS, Doc 20—Arrived, schr John Proctor, Doan m for Baltimore, ist—Arrived, sche Teresa P Bunker, Cobb, Boston for inia (and antled). Passod hy—Sehra Alice P Higgins, Higgine, and Wright, from Boston for Virginia. . Salled—Sehirs John Proctor, Doane, Baltimore; John Manson, Phinney. JACKSONVILLE, Jan 1—Arrived, stosmers Western Se w York: Seeret (Br). Bagnet. de, MOBILE, Dec 245—Bel rom Rio Went to sone ship Senator Weber, ‘Treads NEW ORLEANS, Dee 28—Arrived up, sbi 4 Erminia ft REN Oitnnitch: Dublin; Saranak, Wood, Hhtladel ph yw City (Br ova Emilia Cel tina (Ital, Manga Lisbon via St Thomas (Nor), Amundsen, Rio Janciro. Tosca, Genoa; Terosa, Russe, Bordenux; Lake, Castellamare ; Teresina (Ital 0 LJ Clerk, iro. |, for Livers Tiymouth:. Mixpah. (Nor), Olsen, Tno (Nor), Lorentsen, Havre: Gler ugusta Quinta (Ital), Ma, ‘Levpoldo (ital, licante: schre Romeo, Al Rebecea Shepherd, Frambes, Philade!phia; Ruth Robinson, Bakor (Ital), Cleared. Rio Janet tenner Margaret, Baker, Hava; schr Nellie k pol 5 ie eu 2—Sailed, steamer E B Ward, for Bo ‘ived, bark: een of Nations (Br), Edwar Liver vay Buches ie, Armstrong, Montevideo. asc) Bailed—Ne! tone. NORFOLK, Dac 30—Arrived, sehr W AH Phere, Osborne, k XSEW REDFORD, Dee S1—Arrived, sehr John Mettler, kK. aes AM—Arrived, schr Dwight Davidson, nos, Ill, Now York; John Metlor, ford (after discharging part ‘ronch, Rockland for New York; ror do. hrs Piymouth Kock, Lovell, Boston for New York: G1, Lovell, Providence for do, Railod—Sehr Nellie Brown, Young, Now York for Bo: Witcheraft, Maloson, Gloncester for Virginia; LO Po: Eldridge, X rk for Dennin; J Clark, Cousins, IN, Dec 31—Arrived, brig Moranay, Small, vin Newport for Uneasvillo: schrs Silas en for Groton; Elina Newburyport for rrington, Parker, Baltimore. * Jan 1—Arrived, steamers Wyomtn, Teal, Savannah; Kquator, Hinekley, Lawson, New York: bark: dy (Br), Garvin, A; aches Willie L Swi nas: Alia (Ri Hi terford: MeDonald, Georjetown, PEL; AH Waite, Dod Hand. Clonred—Steamers Roman, Crowell, 3 Albertson, Chelsea; Panther, Miller, Newb rt; Cath. arine Whiting, Harding, Providence: Berks, ith, Provi- dence; Florida, Crocker, Fall River and all sailed, DELAWAKE Biwakwarkn, Dec is1—Arrived, ship Poruvian (Br) , Dunkirk via Nerfol jarmonie (Nor), Jens mpton Roads; Carolina Z (Ital), Philadelphia for Queenstown, Sailed—Sehr Lucy K Cogswell. Neweasti, Del, Dec iti—Pasved down, #! 1, Dec i joneer; bark Sunbeam. In harbor, re for Boston (will leave early in the mornin finda; webr 1, W Wheeler. Tig Horcules camo in harbor on acconnt of having some shoot iron torn of. Will repair, {{ possible, before hes Gov J Y Smith, fa. ‘Atoclnan, do; Hilen hing, Mosier, 40, ‘stone, Mary F Pike, ® arrived, schrs Addie Puller, Deo Peita siniih. Wenber, Perth Am: iaMatio J Hoyt, iteany, Hoboken; Morrixon, Orne, New Yo Sniled—Sehry Maggie Benedict and others. PROVIDENCE, befor Di v Hailed, steamer O14 inion, Wa VER, vig Para (Be), pA Rg) buee, ‘ Dee 24—Arrived, ship Cognimbo, . parks, Grego, Hower Seabeck; Most ttle; J D Peters, Lane, Nanaimo, pririesson, Tacher, Departure Bay; sche kus, Itilo, Hitaenhope (Hit), Plott, Cork; bark Atalanta, Wittame, San Gattor, Port Gamble, Pair NC, Dec 30—In_ port, steam yacht Amos o NEATTLE, Dee 23—Arrived, bark Liss: einen. wont tam Kev York for Savannah, waiting for favorable weather to 0 to sea. FAWEST HARBOR, Doe 28—Sailed, bark Nicol os riBoston), for St John, NB, to load for the West Mt ENGTON, Dec 90—Arrived, schrs TP Abel, Horan, port Johneon; Luna, Wells, do; Dreadnaught, Saunders, N Yor VINEYARD, HAVEN, Dog at—Arrived, achrs Oliver Dyor, Falker, Salt Cay, for 01 Pathway, Snare, South Rinpay tor camden, Mas, (Be), Clark, New Yor! BtJohn: J Lindsey, Ki , Rock Bilver Spr Hall, r Baxter, ¢ allie, NS, for ry do for do; Alice P Higgins, §, Boston Railed—Sehra Vales comb, Aes Pr Hiicging, A Baxter (Br JA Htettield A Rose (iin, Blenara Vn Duwen, An Ley , Carrie L iy Wollinigton fferson, Murtiy N Gover Bucy May, and Mt O 0 NC, Dee 41—Arrived, steamer Bonofae- mes, Now York, ‘ASSET, Doe 27—Sailed, wchr Reno, Ackley, St Aw tin Hehe salted, brit Adetia MeTaion, Mason, Havana, Bist—Arrived, bark Ada P Gould M itt, Portiand. WARKIIAM, Dee $1—Arrived, sche Minquas, Jones, Phil ‘Iphin. , W0D'S HOLE, Dec 20—Arrived, F Corson. swiliome tall Hier, sar Tren Orme Mer icy