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OTAY EJiTERTJIMEM
Mr. Talmage Condemns "Conse
crated Tight Rope."
Falk's Fight Against Time?Mid
night Pantomime.
THE AMERICAN SABBATH SUSTAINED.
Midnight Performance at the Ttvolft
Theatre,
Paul Falk again: It was fondly hoped toe
police Had buried the hatcbet and tbat tbe great
sacred Sunday concertizer would be allowed to
pursue tne even tenor of bis way. It wasthought,
indeed, in view or tbe general Indulgence in Sab
batarian luxuries, to wit, cancan exhibitions, the
fortunes and ute of "Brian Borolbme," sparkling 1
vpfra boutft and otber equally solemn and awe
inspiring displays, tbat poor Paul, under cover or
tbe religions sentiment wbtcb, like a revival. I
?eemed to animate a large portion of tbe commu- I
Blty, would be at least ignored by tbe keen i
eye or tbe law and permitted to de- !
ilgbt and ediry a bost of appreciative
Matrons who believe In tbe unities of tbe j
drama and a mil fleet ot " schooners " In corn* 1
mand or Admiral Gambrlnus. Now, Paul bM done
much toward tbe improvement of bis establish
ment, and It does not appear tbat tbe perform
ances therein conducted bare of lata been calcu
lated to demoralize tbe pleasure-bent minds of the
laughter-loving crowds that congregate within Its
Vails. For instance, the proprietor intended to
trot out "Tbe Seven Dwaria" yesterday evening.
' and It Is believed that their antics and deformities
would have excited appropriate risibility, and
would have served as a warning to tbe audteoce to
observe more care In fnture in getting on or off
street cars, or, indeed, In treading on slippery iron
plates wbicb cover coalboles on frosty oays. But
vhe hopes of tbe bright Teutonic youtbs who lay
abed all baturoay night dreaming or clown, panta
loon and spangled harlequin, to say nothing of the
rocy roiumomf. blushing like a maiden in
ber teeus, were doomed to be frustrated.
Tbe dismay or the gushing throng must
bave been something indescribable when
at three o'clock yesterday notices were scattered
?*uut the llvoli Theatre to tbe effect that as strict
urders liad been issued by the police authorities
"prohibiting any performance wherein costumes
would be introduced, tbe performance would be
confined to vocal and instrumental music. The
tact was tbat Captain Siebert verbally notified
air. Fatt on Saturday that -'The Seven Dwarfs,"
"The Maid or Athens.*' "Tbe Hand and Dagger, or,
The Bleeding Turkey." or, in (act. any similar
solemnity could not be regarded as sacred and
would, consequently, be prohibited. Paul, how
ever, was e<iual to tbe occasion and substituted a
concert lu which several artists appeared "at a
moment's notice" and gave great satiHiacdon, the
wily owner of the concern arjyiing that as tnera
was music in the churches a similar treat might
.be enjoyed elsewhere. In the evening again, tie
?gave another concert, and It is but lair to add that
the assemblage was orderly and decorous.
But it was not the .vocal and Instrumental
treat that caused the laces of the audience to light
np with an intellectual halo or gave rise to the .
Babetic sounds or surprise and pleasurable antici
pation that rang through the haJl. It was not tne
warbling of tue tat prima donna nor the sepul
chral tones or tbe heavy-headed basso that pro
voked such universal comment. In short, it was
tbe pithy, plucky and paternal notification, which
read as follows:?"At midnight (twelve o'clock),
not infringing with the Sunday law, the curtain
will be r ised to introduce to mv friends and
patrons the principal parts of tbe great trick ;
pantomime, 'The seven Dwarfs.'? Chests heaved ]
wlth-emotl'in, and, with mingled feelings or curi
osity .and dread, it was resolved that the drear is
ehouldt have a show. "Vat I vant," said Kalk,
?"is tbtf. I vant to show that that vlch is a crime
at five minutes to twelve o'clock is no crime at all
St twelve."
Weli, sure enough, Paul was as good as his
word, and precisely at twelve o'clock up went the
curtain before a substantial house. There was a |
sprinkling or the fair sex?and very I
lair and sleepless damsels they were. *
-Cariosity was aroused to ascertain whether i
the police would interiere. Captain Sieoert
and a lew detectives from tbe Seventeenth pre- |
cinct were m attendance, bat their services were i
not called into requisition. Indeed, the audience
sat down soberly to eujoy ilie entertainment,
giant glasses of beer enhancing the pleasure tliey
, derived from tbe Interesting evolutions or the
dwarfs. The bounding lairies appeared to possess
extra elasticity, and at one o'clock tbls morning
tbe perlormance was in lull blast. With eyes
glistening with triumph tho hero of the hour sur
veyed the scene, and with arms akimbo ex
claimed, "And all for twenty cents." it
was a scene to be remembered. Walters
were almost tripping each otber up in their
zeal to respond to customers, lor, despite tbe rain,
batches or revellers kept poarlcg in, tne orches
tra struck up tbe most suggestive strains,
the ballet wriggled and twisted in
most approved style, and. what with the
popping or corks, fames or smoke and peals of
laughter, which were frequent and prolonged, the
Tivoll presented a picture rarely witnessed beiore
dawn on a Monday morning. It was long past
one o'clock before the well disposed lalry
of the piece handed the wand to the liarle
Siin and Summoned the Columbine. Then loll owed
e usual scenes incident to pantomimic exhibi
tions. There was no disorder and the audience,
irom all appearances, would have tbe felicity of
encountering the milk carta in their way home
sadder and wiser men.
Tit* Stadt Theatre Closed by Order ot
the Police.
An Immense crowd assembled at the Stadt The
atre last evening to witness the performance or
Miss Una Mayr In the Viennese optrai boujpe
'?Die Duar.hgegangenen Welber," which, in Its
.ocaiized form, might be called "Girls or the Pe
riod." The doors or the theatre were closed and
a notice affixed stating that the pollcc would not
permit any performance to take place. The crowd
thereupon crossed over to the Bowery Theatre and
filled u to the extent ot "standing room only."
The injanction obtained by Mr. AdolDh Neuen
dorf!, or the Stadt Theatre, against tne police
being dissolved, no more "Sunday concerts" can
be given there. The manager or the Bowery The
atre still holds hl6 injunction, but action will be
taken upon It this week. Loud and angry rorn
?>laints were made last evening against the Inter
erence with Sunday amusements.
German!* Theatre?STo Performance.
" Hundreds or highly respectable German citizens,
who are In the habit or spending a dellgotrnl Sun
day evening with their families at the Germanla
Theatre, were greatly disappointed at finding this
popular resort shrouded in the deepest gloom last
evening. The spacious lager beer saloon off
the entrance was closed; there was
?jo clinking or glasses, no flirting with
pretty German girls, no roars 01 mirth
nvcr Mr. Marten's quaint humor and Mr.
Xirschner's exuberant spirits: no bright Maze of
itm lights?all was diirkness and silence. Against
, the door there was posted a notice announcing
that at five o'clock in tne afternoon the police
iorba<le the performance, and that the money tor
the tickets already sold would be rctaided this
morning.
Bowery Theatre.
Sacred concerts are decidedly in favor at this
liouse. The twenty-tblrd fUnrion was given last
night to an overflowing audience, ir there was
little evidence or religions feeling there was at
least an absence of anything calculated to give
offence to any save the grlqp-visaged "unco'
Tlghteous." The plecc selected for the occasion
was the well known romantic drama, "The
Pearl of Savoy," a work with the sterling ring or
honesty which most delights the hard-handed but
sort-hearted sons of toll, who chiefly support this
house of the earnest drama. The moral or the piay
1s unexceptionable, and there isenougn Incidental
?vocallsm to give color to the claim put forward 111
avor oi "the sacred concert." The lair sex was
argely represented. It Is a question open to
serious discussion whether Sunday amusements
?re not directly conducive to the moral well-being
or a larire portion oi our population. The sacred
concert Keeps the family together. One nas only
to look round at the smiling faces or husbands,
wives, children and lovers, to come to the conclu
sion that the audience might find very much
worse employment lor their Sunday nights than
attending the sacred concerts.
Dr. Talmas;* on Uod'i Sabbath as an
American I nut it n t Ion.
The Brooklyn Tabernacle was crowded to Its
very utmost capacity yesterday morning. The
Rev. T. J?e Witt Tannage, i>. D.t preached a very
powerful sermon on the question of opening the
theatres ana other puces or secular amusement
on the Christian Sabbath. He took his text irom
the thirty-flrst chapter or Exodus and part or the
thirteenth verse"Verily my Sabbaths jo shall
keep." He suit that the wisdom or assigning one
day oat or the seven to rest and as a relier to the
hard lot of man as a laborer had commended ltseir
to thinking people. Actually man could do less in
iev*n days than in six with the prorlsion of the
a ay or rear, wnieo is aasantial for bl? mantel ran
otsMod and the renewal of hla strength.
For tboae purposes fifty-two days in the year
have been added, and all experlmenta prove that
without them man cannot attain to age. The
great Engliah Minister Lord Castiereagh broke
down through devoting all tea daya of bia life,
witnout cessation, to worldly avocation*, and
Wliberforce said of bloo, "Poor Castlereacb, this
is the result of non-obedience to Ooa's ordlnsnce
of the sabbath." Everything in man?bis muscles,
bis mina, hn whole nature?requires it. And
what li true of man la true alao of the brute
creation. The traveller who allows rest to bis
borae makes more real progress than be wno docs
not consider this necessary law of the Creator.
Sheep ana cattle tbat are aent m droves
cannot get on without a rest, and those
wbose drovers remember tne Sabbatn get
first to the seaboard. It la known by
tlie fishermen of Newfoundland that tnose among
them who make the best banl of fisa are those
who rest on the Sabbath day. He bad even been
told by a railway engineer that locomotlvea re
quire to be allowed to cool one day In seven; and
thus, as a law of the God of Nature, It was shown
to be necessary that tbe Sabbath should be ob
served. Intelligent man. dumb beasts and dead
machinery alike proclaim It to be necessary; bnt
in tbis state and in these cities there is an attempt
to kill it. It is either to be respectably drowned
by being flooded with secular amusements, wblcb
possess every type of worldlings and the worst
week-day pleasures or mankind, or It la to be
BURIID DECENTLY
to the sound of brazen music and the cborna of
enraptured audiences. At the present moment in
this great country there are tens ol thousands of
people who are attempting to cut out the heart of
tbe sabbatn and to leave It bleeding. We don't
want, aa Christian men and women, to be aroused
after the citadel is taken nor to enumerate New
York, although the last found, among the citlca
that have perished. We received our piety and
our Sabbath from previous generations, which
gave us tne heritage of our Institutions. Hball we
pass tbem on to our descendants, the sabbath
with our laws and onr institutions, or snail we
give them up f God helping us, we will pass them
on. These. tben, are my rcasous tor
upholding that sacred institution, and on the
I grouud oi whtcn 1 desire to maintain Its growth. I
protest, tben, against those Sabbatn amuse
ments?first, because they war upon a divine en
actment and against the will 01 tbat holy One,
who has said tbat man shall not do Ms own picas
are on the Lord's Day. Tue sensual and worldly
man has no dread nor appreciation or the
, earthquake; bnt tne beasts or the field bel
low and the fowl hides Itself under its own wing
when it feels Its sensation, and, although the
i whole lower crcation know Its necessity, man
I will nor remember Goo's decree to keep holy the
> Sabbath Day.
j Enter these Dlaces and look from tbe boxes at
their Sunday entertainments and see bow God Is
regarded. He will not be aesplsed nor Ignored
upon His own holy dav; but, perhaps, I snail be
told that among all inese lively exerelses. senti
mental songs, trapeze, dancing and frivolity He
is not forgotten; mat it Is a holy dance and a
CONSECRATED TIGHT HOPE.
If the people nave rights, has God no rights, or
Is God to be pushed out of His rlarhts ana have no
appeal? Is tnere no conri ol appeal for tbe Maker
oi heaven ami earth against tne wrongs done to
Hnn? You caunot put God on trial, lor His court j
is above all. He has never given a right to break I
the sabbath, wntch Is Ills own Institution, and
never will, and the people nave no rights but i
Jehovah's. Tbe Prophet asks will a man rob God?
Yes, he will at theatres and every Kind or en- 1
tertalnment opened upon His day, winch Is the
most nigh-handed larceny ever heara of.
When a crew bad been discharged and new
bands were being taken on an old sailor asked i
the captain li lie should be required to work on a
Sunday, and on being told he would be said, "If I
yon would rob Goa you would rob me," and re
fused to go to such an employment. It la indeed
dastardly and mean to break the Sabbath, and
therebT rob God. Would any of you, having given !
your children six oranges, be contented tbat they
should steal your seventh; or, as a drv goods man,
having sold or given away six yards or clotb, j
would you be contented tbat tbe man shonld go 1
behind your counter and steal another ? The ,
Almighty has the same rights as man, and pre- I
serves one for himself. But tbls movement of
sabbatn amusements is war on tbe atatutes of the
state.
Dr. Talmage then qnotea tbe words of the
statute In reference to Sunday prohibition of
amusements, and asked who made this law, and I
be satd?Is it not an insult to you who made this
law at tbe oallot boxes that it should be wiliuily >
infringed by some low manager of some low
tneatrer Judge Donoliue issued an mjunc- '
tion?which the reverend preacher also tead at !
length?requiring the authorities to retrain from |
interieriug with unv theatrical, operatic or other i
entertainment on Sundays, or iron arresting any I
one concerned in providing them for tbe public. I
For tnree whole weeks was tbis injunction
honored over the city, and it could not have been ;
neccssary that the law oi God and tbe law of the
State should be so long defied. At length the in
junction was lifted, and it was then snown what 1
tbe Legislature had a right to say, and had really
said. Again, this desecration or the sabbath Is
A FOREIGN WAR.
If tbe news of a foreign war reached us by a
shot thrown into tbe Tabernacle, abonid we not
do alarmed ? Would not every ship of war be
brougbt out and every gun brought Into requlai- j
tlon? And yet this is an invasion. There are two '
classes in every population, the good and t ie bad; !
but the lawless people who come irom other j
shores to these bring witu them this Sabbath i
desecration. Do the people oi this country want
such an luvaslon ? Do tne people ol New Eng- ;
lana, those who have lived under the Adirondack*
or the Catskill Mountains, or the lurtber off 1
people irom lennessee or Onlo t 1 sav, don't
bring your Spanish, French, Italian or German
Sabbatn into this country. We want none or tbem,
for we love and will preserve our Christian con- I
secrated American Sabbath.
1 was once In Paris as an observer, and saw and
leu a Parisian Sabbath. 1 woke np with more
noises In tbe street than usual, and was told it
was Sunday. Noises musical, unmusical and bois
terous were perceptible all day ; parrots, pedlers.
Punch and Judy shows and aud.ences were to be
lound in the streets all day, aud in tbe evening
i tbe theatres were in mil blaze and tne wine stores
, and all the vilest places open. I saw the men,
! women and cnilareu returning irom as endless ex
cursions as onr Gult Stream, and the wnole affair
seemed to me like an elephant Fourth of Julv.
Compare such a day as this with such an American
1 Sabbath as we nave been used to. Think or the
solemn silence in tbe morning, the busi
ness man talking to his children of sacred
sabjects. Tliey may linger at table, ror their l ieas
are ol congratulation and good cheer and thauk
lulness lor what God has given them; but tbe
streets are sitent, and there is rest for body and
soul, and the soul needs it entirely, and they arc
all turned out in the morning ten years younger.
. Which picture do you like best?the foreign sab
bath or tbe American oner And I can tell you in
I what boat one came and in what boat tbe otner
| will take it away. The American Sunday came in
I the Mayflower, and If It should ever happen tnat
i she lei^vps us it will be In an urk float
! log over a delude of iniquity. Again, this
: Invasion or our Chrl?tion rights, secured to
I us by state law, wrongs employes oi rest. We
, will not speak or the first class actors, but- let us
I Hunk of the scene-shifters, the supers and the
call boys, and the inferior actors wbo have to
i take parts, those who have to go home after
twelve o'clock at night regularly, tired, to gar
rets?and you want to take away from them one
l day of rest! Is it thus that the
CRUSHINO JUGGERNAUT OF PLEASURE
| Is to pass over the bodies and souls of those wbo
1 serve its votaries? uan it not stop for one day f
I In the next place I object to this unthinking
I Sunday desec ration because it is a war on the
I spiritual welfare oi the peopie. How do theatres
I give culture to the >oul - I once knew a lady who
sang in a theatre "Rock of Aires, Clert lor Me," bnt
1 cannot help tninking that the idea of being born
' again would not accord with the music of tbo
??Grand Duchess." Ouirht not, In fair play, If such
{ entertainments go on all the week. Christian min
isters to have one day to do their imperlsh
i able soul work ? There was once a jewel whicn,
I being ol great value and lu the hands of one wbo
could compare sucb things, bad tn it three
I stones?a carnellan, an amethyst aud a diamond,
1 and the carnoiian was interpreted as tne body,
. the amethyst as tbe intellect and the diamond as
the soul, looking irom tlw body will you snow
no value for the ?oiil, which is jtiar about worth
$loo,ooo.ouo.ooo to a tanning. On the saobath toe
whole Christian efforts or all our States go rorth
with one blast from wi.ooo pulpits to summon to
repentance and to heaven.
ibis is a war upon political Instltntlons. With
j the Sabbath's downfall the Republic would go
down. Its ruin means the dissolution of our gov
ernment. Look at France and Spain, with no sab
baths. See the young man at Chiselhnrst before
| whom France quakes, and wby ? Because sue Is
: a Republic desecrating the Sabbath and conse
quently will go down In Communism and in that
j' prosperity which sets iu blood. Resides this the
operauou or tbe law is unfair and partial; sonic
| theatres can remain open an'i others no:. While
Tlie artists of the latter sit tn greenrooms
wasting their sweetness on the desert air
some may open to night, others arc pre
vented by the club oi the law. Wlir,
however, should any of them be open if an ordi
nary storekeeper cannot ? Why shut the
stores an<.' keep theatres open? Are theatre
people better r Are ballet girls, the mau who
clutches the blood-stained dagger, the man wr.o
pretends to write with a pen witn no ink m it, or
the man who pretends to make thunder out of
gongs, are these better tnan nonest workimrmen
ano women ? May It please you. Judges ot tne
Supreme court, what la rignt id one n right In
ab. Next we are told tbat the manager en n't pay.
lie wants more dollars, and II tn? theatre is not
kept open on Sunday he wilt iro Into bankruptcy.
We are not certainly irolng to surrender tne Sab
bath toenaole such men as tnese to pay expenses.
Who, then, will be on the side ol those who would
wish to massacre the Christian Sabbath? 1 call
on all who love our political institutions and
Christianity, lor all depends on tbe saobato con
I teat. Of ttatm it will ot ma twy ?? tjojj who
I niMA Adf of vrAAt triDQlfttloDt but of ttoose who
reustod this (treat coram?odm?nt ^Ai'Vlin'hS
not worthy of burning but their bodies will be
?uokInthe depths of the sea Long liw tue
! CbJ|,Ufanimffea en'nouncea that he would ma
aeries 01 mtuie sermoas Indicate wnat are lawfnl
Chcistian amusement! and show the many other
foe* winch assail the Christian life, including tne
corrnpt literature of the day.
?I
TIE PACIFIC KAIL.
The Contract with the feet 0?ee Be*
partme sat Cnbrokost?Opinion ot the At
torney General-1The Jfew Iron Steam
era for Peace or War.
Washington, Dec. 18. 1874.
The following la the full text of the opinion of
the Solicitor General, indoraed by Atttrtney Gen
eral Williams, relative to the contract with the
Pacific Mall Steamship Company lor an additional
monthly mall between San Francisco and China
and Japan, which was recommitted by the House
10 tne Committee on Appropriations and ordered
to be printedDirtnnn or j?.
WASHINGTOK, Aug- V 18'*- ?
8i?:?The cut stated by you In your co?mrala?tton
addressed to ?&? Attorney General, under date o< the ?a
ult.. la. in brief as loilowe:?By act o! February 7, ib<?
(13 star. 43"). the Postmaster General was ?"''""JffL 2
contract with the lowest bidder for a monthiy steamshlg
mail serrtce between san Kranclaco and China ana
Jaoan in first claw American sea-going steum
ihfp, ' of not less than^ 3.000 tons burden, for
a term of not more than ten years. 'J"***}
accordingly done, and the service t so contracted
lor has been continued until now by the ,A Bust!
steamship Company. By act ot June I. 1871ltl7 Stat.,
i.iii tne Postmaster General was further authorized to
wntract wUb "he lo"e,t bidder tor a term ofyear.
from October 1.1873. for an addlUonal tnonthly m?U wr
?ice between tne (lw>e places, upon the ?auie conditions
anil limitations, and at rales not to exceed tliose in the
tor me r contract; -provided that all steamships here
accented for ?uid service shall be i.t not less than
4 000 tone, register each, and shall bebuiltol ""on, and
with their em'me* aud machinery shall be wholly ol
American construction, and shall be so constructed as
I Ut be readily adapted to ilic armed naval service ot the
ISSrSSsasj!
! con* orn?"n all'respects'toLtb? miulrement* and pProvi
Juno*'VdVif'and'o^'si,fHcient"?n um ber
SSdrni.Hl.lv ^rv.ccJorandaurluK tin; ?rm{*ten
| )87JLi,and',,l'"hatC "he steamships hereafter"""an ,
! ftjoo "on, ^register ' A and ? shn?[, be built ot |
iron and with their engines and machlnerj, shall be
who'll* ' of A nirlcau construction," Ac. tpursu Ing ?h?
i Snuiol the act); also -that this contract shall In all
' if. nMrts lH-.uhiect to and in all respects governed bv
! the requirements und provisions ot the third and sixth
fnV,?"'.?^U,e^rpV.cent8orebe p^^fhiTrvfie1^
*"io 000 per annum tor at the rnte of $41,666 66 par rov
I ace) a p*o rula deduction to be mane lor anv vor^e
' omitted. No ships like tho.-e specified In this contrsO
i nave vet been offered und accepted. and out of this con
I di'Ton ol mlnsS as modified by tactt yet to be stated,
arise the questions mentioned below.
bi Momrriau rAurs. ,
' These tacts are that since 1869, and with more or less
1 frequency until now, the company has made extra trip*
afeijs rKpKn',K"'jsrsarssr,?
^ovi?ionPS?St theP?e.;eral law as lor.
to and including a trip ending November^1871 . ome
ni th?ce extra trios were and some were not oy steam
*hn>? accented under the first contract. Mnce May. >
with iwr omissions, these extra steamers have Kept up
* fHtKSuf.'p???to
ffmVl'* and Post Roads. 1 he-e agree in stating that the
contrac" is still in torce. No legislation occurrtd in that
C0The Pacific Mall steamship Company upon belng asked
hv thp Po-tinastcr General to account tor Its Don tulnj
n^tnt ?r its contract.stated as Its reasons therefor, first,
that it was lound by the contractor tor the ships, as the
work progressed, that the roliin?r mills ad no
machinery la rue enough to roll the beams required which
tor American ships were of an ?"P;^eS^
mid that five month* were lo&t In preparing sue. 1 new
machinery i and second, that other considerable tune
ha<l been lost in consequence ot ^oes^iot I
nsnv al?(o ^utf^ests that the uct ot io7-? aoove. floes lioj
cuntemulate that the additional monthly service should (
nJJ ,.i?t,rr?iv hv shiDtf ot the (iize. Ac., spociflfl In the Con- ,
tract - but on^y that such aadltionul ship* as I
?? iiirraiiler acceuted'' kiC that purpose should be; that
tlio a^sV contemplated the chances that the com- t
rianv might become contractors lor such additional
!krvice Ss appears t.i section 6) and therefore provided
that the new requirements shonld affectonly ail steam- |
i;",/r iiceiitea " leaving the cotnpanr tree to ;
cSminueroiu X!e oi a\l "hips already accepted tor postal
service under the act ot inM. Theretore, that under the
fflr*j aireadv stated as to its extra, trips. Ar,. it was
Ci?wa?v doing all that the law ot 1872 required, and so
all lor which the parties to tne second contrac. had In
^pttsfh'At the company requested the Inspec
?^?Liog<1andefhe,>Cltv' oV^T^SI BBdS uw contrac? of
August 20, M73. w hich, as Is alleged. coBtorm to all the
reijuircuicnts of said contract
Tnr. costxict stili. bispijio. . ..
In view ot tbe above statement yon ask whether tne
contract ot August au, 187.1, not having been annulled by
the Postmaster General, is all existing agreement, under
whtfli thi two siilps^ should be inspected, and, it ap
nroved accepted : or, whether the continuance or aboli
tion ot 'such additional service Is at ?*[? ^
hv^e'ratlon Stt?w! ?ln Tn^optnionThVcontra'cf 1. still
0 llgPatorv. and thcrelore'the company is eutltled to the
the continuance or abolition ot which Is not
roMn?tPhrth0ef ict Ma5i^ot;rn.^e i!,M'
riitionat mail service to be done in steamships ot the
s-rSa euxn?h"
iwi?en the nlaces named, an<i then jpsaks ot steamships
?*erealter accepted? t^r the ''addMacrtp'tUjif
i
?5SsSw=ia|
ssk; s,h'K't~ tSS'S sif 55K i
Xn The 1st of Octobcr. 1S73;" that Is. t*\e entire adoltluiiai ,
service was to done in new veiaels of the class speci- :
flWe have then, a case in which an agent has varied
the instructions of his principal so a* to a !
perhaps more beneficial tor 'hat prlntupal but cerUl^y
quently'l'appencd is't'at t'lic contract as planned by
1 w'llc ^CfaUnre att^u?edb^ec<u mily the vanatlon!
! Morcover.fhe lalfure is atailureto meet the volunteer
te^'pt'?aiid'hat*sine* that daTlias' p^d no no,'ice
has bce'n given o' an intention to avoid the contract
r^'reem^io m'e'^atH'h'e ^'t'ha't' tMScipa'l
theretorefln^ia'^rtallf^insc'.^publfc poScvJ^tijaVr^spcct
which departures theretrotn are not, and that l? the ^se
( hi?tnrf? im what ha* happened, viz.. that events nuvo
J^finiormed u> the declared j?cllcv ot the government, aiwi
that its views have succecacd, makes the ease ''fronger,
i for tbe position that subsUntiaUy the relations between
l ? k* name* remain unbroken' in other words, tuat *ne
I nolnts in which the contract has been broken are lintua
tenal It be n conceded that the purposes of t ongress
I have been effected. It seems that other departments of
1 the government must hold thai a failure to obtain in ad
dition thereto other benefits stipulated lor by ?* !
appointed to make the contract Is not. In general, mat
tein?theaore*nt case, lor Instance, Concress desired to
put into operation a ?cn?i montnlv |n?tl serv
aan Kranclsco. Japan and China, [his Jjash-en done.
I'ntiffreni nrovided that no steamship hereafter ac
cepied tor that service should be without certain qual
1 im n?i, ns Thin nUn tins hotii ilot^fi Ine rottmaiter
!?einera" required in the conUnct .. drawn that the
' Thou'id bVt1*'ves^u'iavln^^^^ouauttc^lons. "hi
company has .Xd therein In th'e meanwh le .he
eomnutiy has done ' allihatit enn with its present re
sources to comply In good tilth wlh be r?. j
quirementi." stipulated lor by the
General, and the latter, tar from sugkestliig t
a lorieltare. reports to Congress in efiect that
The contract ought to 1* held a. still subsisting; and
thereupon ( onuress. by Inaction, acquiesces In fhw
view which, at the close ot its session, is indorsed by
reports troin two ol its standItic committees. In niv
opinion the matters in which the ic',"lr,?"
violated are not substantial; and oen )t they were, the
ni/ht tf? take advantage of such violation# has been
waived. I therefore repeat, that the enntract In J"??*}??
ta 4tiii obiitfatory. and the company entitled to have the
steamships mentioned above inspected, ana lf accented.
nlaro 1 in the ailditional mall service, and that the Post
i master General has no such option as i. above suggested,
i N*rv resD#cttully your obedient servant,
werj resp??.wu??T jv p phILlIP.s, Solicitor General.
THE ATTORVET GENERAL'S APPENDIX.
Without questioning the correctness of the foUcttor
General'i opinion I ureter to put my approval of it on
the following grounds:?
Firrt?Looting to the oblect of the act of .Jane 1, 187Z,
authorizing an additional monthly mull nervier, between
Man Krancfsco. .lanan and China, and taking into con
slderntlon the lact that such additional mall service has
been rendered as provided lor in Maid art, I am ot ilie
opinion that it wax not an essential part ot the contract
that the new iron steamships should be furnished hv the
1st of October, IWS, il at that iltne it satisfactorily ap
peared that thev would lie furnished wit Inn a reasona
ble tune thereafter
Stmttid?On the 1st of Octob?r, 1*7.1. it wa^wrll known
bv the Post OtllC" I*'partm?nr (lint the Pacific Mail
Maamabtp Company was cxpendins larite amounts ot
money in constructing such steamsnips as ?ere required
bv the contract to perform tne additional mall service
otherwise provided. But Instea i of notifying the com
pany that itM failure as to time would he regarded an
an end to the contract the Department, it seems,
afterwards treated the contract n* still subsisting. I no
not Ix'lieve it would be legal or right now, when the
completed steamships have Keen presented for inspec
tion. lor the government to reiuse to receive them into
service under -aid contract, liecaase they were not inr
nished bv the 1st of October, l*JS.
Third?Considering lhat the net in question provides
for a contract to continue ten vears from the 1st of tKs
tober, l*7.t, and that the primary objects ot tills legisla
tion were to subserve the Interests of American com
merce and provide ships lor the naval service ot the
United HtaMs in rate of war, 1 think tt would be subor- '
dinating the i.'rcai ends m the statute to umiiiiiortan t
matters to h"ld til at the will of Congress upon the sub
ject was wholly defeated t>v lit-- tailiue of the comuany
10 furnish tr<-n steamships within a tew months of flie
time rtxe.i ti> a specification In the contract, especially
when such specification was outside of the requirements
of ilie law Hiitlniri/.ing the contract.
Very respoctiuliy your ohediciit servant.
uKOKCr. il, VILi,IaMs, Attorney General.
The Posthaste ti Oknmiai.
ANOTHER MANIAC.
William R. swan, aged thirty-six yeata, who lias .
been araytng at the Hoffman House, was <ll?cov- !
ercu at half-past ten o'clock last uiglit to be In- 1
sane. Me was aeut to Hellenic Hospital.
ponrinniH abboad.
??wart of Ik* Me* with the Slack
?love had H?t?.
At laaat two footpads nave been Jubilant slnoe
Saturday night, when about nalf-paat ten o'olock
they robbed Mr. James Pollock. That gentleman
keep* a ary good* store at the corner or 121at
atreet and Third avenue, and ltrea at No. im Eaat
lietu atreet. Aa he waa on hia way home iron
business he waa graaped at the back of the neck
and' then tripped and thrown to the
fround. The man who had thrown
im down held him while another high
wayman sought lor his pocketbook.
When the latter had found this bulky reoeptacle
both robbers ran away, and escaped. Mr. Pollock
went to the Twelith precinct nation, where he
reported his unlucky adventure, and stated that
hU pocketbook contained $700 in cash; a check lor
1160, drawn in his lavor on the National shoe and
Leather Bauk by Dennis McMahou, and also some
valuable papers. He said he believed he could
Identiry the thieves, and described them as young
men. each about twenty-five years old, attired in
dark clothing and weariog black, slouched hata.
MADDENED BY GRIEF.
A young woman known as Mollte High has been
living for several months paat In the Revere
House. She ta well favored In fkce and form, and
haa always been gay In manner. She was the
wife of Jamea Sylvester, the yonng atnlete who
waa killed at Berry'a Opera House, In Thirty-fourth
atreet, about a year ago, and as she was
trained snd daring, she used often to take part
with bim in gymnastic performances before
the public. Since tue death of Sylvester Mollte has
had occasional fits of melancholia, but on no oc
casion has she given evidence that she was be
coming a maniac irom grief. The evidences of
violent Insanity were orst noticed in her actions
early last evening, and, as the indications were
mistaken by their ooservers, JMoUie was simply
put to oed. soon she became outrageous In her
demeanor and was conveyed in an ambulance to
Bellevue Hospital.
MATERSAL IHFAITIOIDE.
A choked waste pipe in Kent avenue. Green
point, qa Friday led to the dtsoovery of a revolt*
lng crime. The prevloua day Mary Molloy. nine
teen yeara old, a servant of Mr. Clarke, had
complained of being too ill to work, and been
allowed to go, as she asked, for rest and nursing
to a friend. It became evident that some solid
obstruction in the water pipe stopped the out
ward flow, and a plumber opened the tube. He
was horrified woen he lound that tbe plug was a
newlr-born baby. Mary was at once suspected.
Being lound oy Police Captain Rhodes sne con
lessed her guilt, averring that she had been se
duced by a man who bad refused to marry her,
and therefore, vo hide her shame, she had placed
her lniant in the waste pipe fliteea minutes alter
its birth. She was taken to tue City Hospital,
where she Is very dangerously ill.
MYSTERIOUS DEATH.
Last night, about half-past nine o'clock, a man
named Richard Downey, who resided at No. 123
Koosevelt street, was found lying dead in the yard
of that tenement. No knowledge is had 01 the
manner of bis death. A Coroner was notified to
make an Inquest Into the cause of bis decease.
SHIPPING NEWS.
OCEAN STEAMSHIP&
DATE8 OF DErABTlRE 1 BOX NEW TORE FOB THE
MCKTB8 OF DECEMBER AND JANUARY.
Steart ?r.
Ofim.
I Dec.
I Dec.
I Deo.
.! Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
.Dec.
!Dec.
(Dec.
I Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
I>ec.
Dec.
Jan.
Jaii.
Ian.
Jan.
Ian.
Tan.
Jan.
Jan.
Hamburg..
I Liverpool..
iHsmbure.
i Liverpool..
Liverpool.
Liverpool..
Glasgow...
Bremen
Liverpool.
Liverpool.,
lilaseow...
Rotterdam
Hamburg.,
r.iverpool..
Glasgow...
Havre
i Bremen....
Liverpool..
Hamburr..
Liverpool..
Hamourg..
Liverpool..
Liverpool
Liverpool.
Glascow...
Bremen....
Glawow...
Haninure..
I Havre
1113 Broadwav.
4 Bowline Green
fil Broadwav.
15 Broadway.
l9Broudwar.
6V Broadway.
7 bowling Green
2 Bowlinir Green
29 Broadwav.
4 Bowline Green
72 Broadway.
SO Broadway
61 Broadwav.
IS Broadway.
7 Bowline Green
5S Broadway
i Bowline Greem
SW Broadway.
11) Broadwav.
4 Bowline Green
?l broad way.
19 Broadwav.
IS Broadway.
W? Broadwav.
7 Bowline Green
Z Bowline Green
72 Broadway,
til Broadwav.
166 Broadwav.
Vchlller...
Abyssinia,
Cimhrla ..
City olNew VorK
Republic
Helvetia
California
Hiin<a
Wvominc.
IIu.-mb
state ot Georgia..
Rotterdam
Frisia
Citvot Liondon...
Victoria
Pereire
Oder
Erin
Lessinz ;
Java
Thuringia
Baltic
ciiv oi Montreal..
'I be Queen
Ctopia
NecKar
Ptstc of Nevada.
Wesipnaiia
St I.uurcnt
Almanac for Hew Tork-Thli Day.
FUN AND MOON. 1 HIGH WATER.
Sun rises 7 17 | Gov. Island..morn 12 oo
Sunsets 4 33 sandy Hook....eye 11 15
Moou sets.....eve 10 10 j Hell Gate....morn 1 46
PORT OF NEW YORK, DEC. 13, 1874.
ARRIVALS.
REPORTED BT THE HERALD STEAK YACHTS AND
HERALD WHITESTONB TELEORAFH LINE.
Steamship Grecce (Br), Thomas, London Nov 21, via
Havre Mth. with tndie and 100 passengers to F W J
Hiirut. Dec P. passed a iteamahln bound E, showing 6
red balls In succession; 11th, a Gulon atcamahlp,
bound K.
steamship Cornwall (Br), fltamoer. Bristol Nov 30.
witn mdae and 13 passengers to W D Morgan. Had strong
W cale* the entire parage.
Steamsnlp Colon, Tanner. Aspinwall Dec 5. with mdse
and nas-engers to Pacific Mail Steamship Co1
Steamship Canlma (Brl. Ledalcuai. Hamilton (Ber
muda). 3 days, with mdse and passengers to A E
Outerbrldee.
steamship Cortes, Freeman. New Orleans Dec 6, with
mdae and passengers to Clark A Seaman.
Steamship ^cbllles. Artis, Wilmington, NC. 80 hours,
with mdse to Wm P Clvde A Co.
Meanithip Wyanone. Couch, Richmond, City Foint
and Norfolk, with mdse and passenjers to the Old Domi
nion Steainnhip Co.
steamship E c Knight, Chichester. Georgetown, DC,
with mdse and passenger to J C Konvon.
steamship Kanlta, Howe, Philadelphia, with mdse
aud passengers to l^irlllard Steamship C?.
Meain.-hip Georgia, Crowcll. Pailadelphla, In ballast to
J W vuintard A Co.
Bark Don Guillcrino (of Liverpool). Ismay. Iqulque 119
days. wt?h nitrate ot soda to Hrown Bros A Co: vessel to
R J Cortl*. Passed Cspe Horn Sept 24, and crossed the
Equator Nov 10. in Ion M 20.
bark David (Itali. Bozzo, Cork 47 days, In ballast to J
C scaeer.
Bark Klisa (Nor). Kle'.dsen, Taganrog 67 days with
wool to order; vessel to 1'etens A Bockmann. Passed
Gibraltar Nov 1.
bark fearless (or Yarmouth, NS,\ Eld ridge. Rio Janeiro
Oct 11 via Hampton Koads 3 day* with coffee to U Am
slnck A Co,-vessel to H J De Wolf A Co.
Schr C P Vlnnlr kson. Murray. Mosquito Inlet. Fla. 19
davs. with lumber to swltt Bros; vessel to master. Had
strong northerly w inds the entire passage; lost boat.
SchrB.i Hazard. Georgetown. SC.S days, with naval
stores to Rountree A Co; vessel to Bentley, Gildersleeve
A Co.
8chr Hannah Little, Ingersoll, Norfolk for Boston.
Schr G T Hubbard, Loveland, Virginia.
Schr H J Raymond, Craamcr, Virginia.
Schr J W Harlow. Soper. Virginia.
Schr Adallza. Lovelaud. Virginia.
schr J H Rapp, Cale. Virginia.
Fchr hxertion, Lvinan, V irgiuia.
Schr Keiiecca Knight, I?ek. Virginia.
8chr Alethea. Darby. Virginia.
schr Joseph A Franklin, Randolph, Virginia.
Schr J S (?ilmore, smith. Virginia.
Bchr Eva Holmes. Van Nort, Virginia.
Schr Jos Parker. Vaiuaun, Virginia.
Schr isle ol l'lnes. Steelinan, Virsmla.
Sclir Atlantic, Hearse, Virginia lor Hyannls.
Schr Mary Riley. Kiley, Georgetown, DC.
schr Resiless. Bunnell, Georgetown. DC, for Boston,
sclir l'ocasset. Racket, Georgetown, DC, for Provi
dence.
fchr Abbv. Noves. Baltimore.
S.'hr Sallle Malr, Powell. Philadelphia (or Boston.
echr L .? i-everlng. Ilorton, Philadelphia for Boston.
Schr L Q C Wishart, Mason, Philadelphia (or Boston.
Schr M P Smith. Grace, PhllaMlphla lor Boston.
Schr It F Miller. Jarvla, Philadelphia for Boston.
Sclir Alex Young. Blake, Philadelphia for New Bed
s . 'hr J R Malov. Flefting, Philadelphia for Lynn.
Schr K C Irwin, Johnson. Philadelphia tor Newport
Schr American Eagle, Newlove, Newcastle, Del, lor
N ewhuryport,
pfhr K II uueen, Paine, Proridence for Philadelphia.
Put In tor a harbor.
Schr White Wing. Hawkins. Providence for Virginls.
Put In tor a harbor.
Schr M M Howes, Howes. Wareham for Philadelphia.
Put in tor u harbor. _
Sclir R M Smith, Gray. Boston for Philadelphia. Pnt
in I.t a harbor.
fchr Alice, Love. Halem lor Norfolk. Put In for a har
bor.
The brie Snsan Bergen, which arrived 12th, reports
crossed the Equator Nov 14, in Ion 37 to. Was 4 days N of
Hatteras, with heavy NE aud SW gales.
Passed Through Hell Oats.
bound sotrrit.
Schr E Chambers (Br). Reed, Gloucester, NB, for New
York 15 davs, with stone to K P !? her wood A Co.
echr Aanes, Hodgdon, Bridgeport lor Now York.
Schr Henry Waltman. ? lor New York, with lum
ber to John Brinion.
.-cur Bay state, Bucklcy, Boston for New York, with
atone to order.
.schr S S Tyler. Barrett, Providence for noboken.
Schr J B Carrington, Parker, New Haven tor Balti
more.
.?ehr Georgle D Loud, Clark, Providence lor Charles
ton.
Sclir Frank W Emory. Feller, New l/ondon for New
York.
nrhr Prlm llla Scribner, t'ase.v, Boston lor Baltimore,
??chr Henrietta, Iruedell, Stamford lor New York.
Sclir While Rock. tVickaon, foulliport lor New V?rk.
Si lir Arm Amelia, Alien, .New Haven lor New York.
M lir 'llil Zrtrk. Mnyliew, New Haven lor New York.
; c.rr Brazos, snow, >e? London lor New York.
.'rlir M Tvler, "<mm1. Kail Kiver for New York.
Stur Bela Peck, A very. New London lor New Y,,rk.
M:nr s J Brlehl. sinitli. Bo?ton lor I'hiludelphia.
M:iir l.ouisa Wilson. Smith. Bridgeport lor New York.
M-lir .la? f.nglish, i lark, Providence for New York,
eclir Uiverdale. Brown, Gloucester lor New York, with
fl-.li In order.
Sclir J G Plerson, Ferris, Greenwicn tor New York.
BOUND Kisr.
Hchr Ella. Ilntchtns. New York tor Huntington.
fchr Pilot's Brule. Eldridge. New York lor boston,
.-chr Watchlul. Gill, New York lor I'rovidemv.
Schr Calvin, Clark, New York tor Boston.
s?-hr II Blaekinan. Arnold, Port Johtnon lor Provi
dence. ?
Mr 0 0 Aekan.T*??u,, ??w Tort tor ?Milan. _
?car Aioer ? rarker, Carpenter, Ntw York for ?)aa
Core.
Bed?"rd" 01 r>tet>MU*' *,w Tarn for Haw
ateamer Kieetra. loung. Mew York tot mntne*
Wind at tumet, N, light
Maritime Mtacoll?ar<
rurser Clark, of steamthlo Canima. (ton Barmuda,
hai onr tbanlM for oourteslet,
Biu Captain Dam (of Pletou). White, from Brunt.
wick. G?, bound to Montevideo, with a cargo of Ditch
pine, pot Into Bermuda ?th ln?t In distress, with lottof
?pari, saili and rigging t wai repairing Dec 9.
Bare Kfdab, irom Philippine Jalands for Hong Kong,
with limber, loundered In ilie China deariurlng a vio.ent
typhoon on Dec 6. Crew raved
Bate Wisooeue (Bri, Lofvertng. from Leghorn for
Philadelphia, which was reported by cable at having
! put (tack to the former port In distress, will have lo dis
charge > argo lor repairs.
Fen* Dica William, Irom Rockland for Newborn. NC,
with a cargo ot ice. put into Newport Dec 12, with lota of
talis and head stayt.
Schk Geo F baibd, of and from Bt John, MB, for Bos
ton. which sot ashore ofl Little Cranberry Itland Uec 1.
eame off 7th, after discharging her lumber. She It badlv
damaged, probably to the extent of
The American Lloyd's Register of American and
Foreign shipping have attained a permanent signal
number to cach vessel reported therein. There num
bers, dlsplaved on the signal tetter, can be Keen Irom
tlgnal mation*, and the same display of numbers bv
vessel* passing each other will give the name and his
torv ot each more fullvand with more certainty. The
system of numbering has become of great service In con
nection with the telegraphic system for reporting ma
rine newt
('nauLKtTON, Dec 1.1?Brig Florence. Fritbee. at this
port tor Liverpool with 7s0 bales of upland cotton, was
discovered on lire in the cotton last night, to extinguish
which the vessel was Oiled with water. She is now
being pnmped out. The cargo Is damaged by water and
totoine extent bv fire. The injury to the vessel is as
yet uncertain, vessel and cargo are said to be Insured.
CitAxaxaar 1st.as. Doc 7?A Nova Scotlan schooner,
Capt Crane, from Windsor for Boston, got ssliore on the
bar last night, being misled bv a lire on the beach where
the wreckers were at work on the O K Balrd. She came
off to-day leaking a little.
Lawn, Del, Dec 13?Sclir K Duryea, with sugar, from
Demarara for order*, went ashore on Cape Henlopen
this morning, but got off apparently uninjured, and la
anchored off the Breakwater.
Nobtolk, Dec 12?Schr Cora, having been thoroughly
repaired, was vesterday launched from the ways at HI
Ha' shipyard, (i'ne Cora was bound to Boston, and put
back to Norfolk Nov 17 leaking badly.]
StiifatjtLDiHO? Bost C K Ketchum and lilt ton John W
Ketcbum. of Oreenport. LI. have leased a yard at City
Island and will build there tor C W Alcott, of New Vora.
a light draught 3-masted schooner for the Virginia pine
wood trade. Mr J W Ketchum is now in Virginia get
ting out the frame.
LAtncn?The One bark building at Mr Starrett's yard.
Rockland, lor Capt Hooper, will be ready for launching
about the last of this month.
Lacscuep?At Wilmington. Del, Dec 10. from the yard
of Jackton t Sharp, a three-masted tcbr named Henry K
Tllton.
At Fort Medway. NS, on Thursday, bark H F Ketch
um, 60) tons burthen.
If ottee to Narlntri,
Light at Foixt Hcsxbkb, CaLiroaxtA.?Washington,
Dec 1??the Lighthouse Bosrd gives notice that on and
after Dec 15. 1874. a light will be shown from the lights
house recentlv erected at Point liuenemv. California.
The light will be tlxed white for one minute, lollowed
bv six consecutive flashes of ten seconds each.
The illuminating apparatus is catadioptrlc of the
fourth order, lighting 3?)deg of the horizon. The focal
flame is 4t> feet above the ground and M feet above mead
low water The light should be seen In clear weather,
from the deck of a vessel 1.1 leet above the sea, 1
nautical miles.
the structure Is a frame house, painte 1 light buff, the
tower rising from the house. an<l stands on a slight ele
vation, showing very, promlnentlv against the distant
hills.
The approximate position of the llghtheuse, as taken
from the Coat* Survey charts, Is as follows*?Lat 34 u9 N,
and Ion 118 13 W.
Magnetic bearings and distances of ororalhent objecla
are as follows: ?
Point Mugu K by 8, nautical miles.
East Point (over Point Vincent', Anacapa Island. SW
by S, H S, ins nautical miles.
Santa Barbara light W i>y N. N, 29 nautical mile*.
Point San Buenaventura nantical miles.
Spoken.
Ship St John, Kcribner, from San Franclscu for Liver
pool. Dec 2. lat SS N. Ion 124 W.
Ship Col Adams, from Liverpool for Callao, Oct SO, lat
8 21 N. Ion 25 -A W.
Uark Pearl. Harding, from New Vork for Anjler, Nov
7, lat 10 08 8, Ion SHOW.
Bark Hoppot (Bus), from New Tork for Calcutta, Nov
11, lat 7 14 N. Ion 26 50 W.
NOTICE TO HERCHANTS DID SHIP CAPTAINS*
Merchants, shipping agents and ship captain* are \
informed that by telegraphing to the Hzbald London j
Bureau, No 44 Fleet street, the arrivals at and depart
ures from European ports, and other ports abroad, of
American and all foreign vessels trading with the
United States, the same will be cabled to thla country
tree of charge and published.
OCR CABLE SHIPPING NEWS.
Bon at, Ceo 12?Arrived, ship Sagamore, Wood, Llrer.
pool; bark Mallerllle, Wait*, do.
Babia (by telegraph from Lisbon)?Arrlred. brig Harj
E Thayer, Oroesnlck, New York.
Cadiz, Dec 13?Arrlred, brig It T Munsoo, Munson,
Mew York.
Liverpool, Dec IS?Sailed, bark Jesale (Br), Morgan,
(aTiunh.
i.oiidok, Dec IS?Arrlred, bark Mathilda (Oer). Kraeft,
New York.
Maassluii, Deo 13?Sailed, bark Precloia (Nor), Jacob
aen. New York.
Pltmoctr, Dec 18?Arrlred, (teamsnip Silesia (Oer),
lleblch. New York for Hamburg (and proceeded).
Queefstowh, Dee 13, ?I'M?Arrlred, steamship Cltr
of Montreal (Br), Mlrehouse, New York for Llrerpool
(and proceeded).
Also arrlred, steamship Indiana, Morse, Philadelphia
for Urerpoo! (and proceeded).
London, Dec IS?A telegram from Brest reports that as
American sblp has been wrecked off Audlerne, coast of
Prance. Her name could not be made out
Barks Arena, from "St Johns" tor tligo, and the Brl
arley, trom Demerara for Liverpool (both foreign ves
sels), have foundered at aea. Their crews were rescued
by the staamshlp Indiana, at Queanatown from Philadel
phia, and the steamship Silesia (Oer), at Plymouth trom
New York, and lunlel.
A telegram from Santander says two reasels (neither
names nor nationalities given) hare been wrecked off
that port and eight lires lost.
foreign Ports.
Bkbhcda, Deo 3?Arrived, brig W R Barry, Bhenard. St
John, NB: 7th, bark Capt t>an (Br), White, Brunswick,
Ua, lor Montevideo (see Miscellany); brUr Oyster Bed
Lans (Br). Hooper, t>nedlac; senr Tidal Wave, New
York.
In port Deo 9. bark Lotus (Br), Carrie. diag; brigs
Conjunct (Dutch). Uevllger, Irorn New York fur Barliu- 1
dos. repg; Mb* (Br). Chiaholm. from Leghorn for Phila
delphia, in distress, disg: Helen O Phtnncv, Boyd, from
Cadiz for Gloucester, rcpg: and the aoove.
Iqcique, Oct 10?Sailed, bark C o Wnltmore, Peabody,
Falmouth, K.
Rio Janeiro. Dee II?Arrlred previously, bark Minnie
Allen, Loper, Cardiff.
I Per Steamship Cbijca, at Boston. ]
A a nr. Oct 10? Arrived. Eaglet. Nichols, Bwatow.
bailed 10th, Picciola, Urate, New York.
Bordeaux, Nov 30?Sailed, statu of Minnesota (s),
Hamlin drum Llrerpool), New Orleans
BajtMXHnAvKH, Nov 27?Arrived, Hester A Blapchard,
Hardy, Akyab.
Sailed Mth, Argonaut, Steengrafe, Baltimore; 37th,
Crown Jewel. Dclap. North America; Shakapeare, Fech
ter, Sandy hook.
BatavIa. Oct 16? Sailed, Bonlto, Seward, Sourabara;
, 17th, Caribou. Kenny, da
Boenos Ant?, Oct II?Arrived, Andre Marie, Oronden,
i ^Quebec: Reunion, Emerson, New York.
r ( ARDirr, Nov 3>?Arrived, ffm Croscop. Fltchet, Dun
' kirk.
Ckttb, Nor 33?Sailed, Catello Ciro, Havarlne. New
York.
CouAvcn, Nor 27?Sailed. Clto. Segborn. Sarannah.
Caicc*ta. Dec 1?Palled. Kate Kellock. New York.
Deal, Nov SO?Arrived and anchored. Hermann, Welle
?en. London for Pcnsacola; Dec I, Qoldflnder, Kelley,
Quebec.
Paused 30th. Dauntless, Amrrs, Boston lor London; Dec
I, Jane Kllgour, Kllgour, Montresl tor Newcastle.
Faleocth. Nov 21?off. Peleg, Meghello. from Rotter
dam for New York.
(ira.nton. Nov 28?Arrived, Brilliant Star, Nichols, Wil
mington, NC.
Helvokt, Nov 38? Cleared, Germanla. Evers, Philadel
phia.
Livebpoou Nov 30?Arrived, Alice Ada. Thurmott Ht
John*. NK; Klllda. Ounlap, Purwasb; Wave yueen. Wil
son. St Stephen, NB; Constance, tummlng, Quebec; Dec
1. Samaria 00. Billlnge. .New York; Polynesian (s).
Brown, Quebec; Matilda C smith. Musquash.
sailed th. Athenuls, Jones, lybee; Grandee, Jacobs,
Calcutta.
Cleared 28th, Liverpool, Crawford, Southwest Pass.
Entered out 3 th, Jamaican (si. Winder, Barbados, Ac.
London, Nov 30?Arrived. Winslow, Kncksen. Quebec;
Dec 1, Hervamka. Schwartz, New York.
Sailed from Wrarescnd 1st, Formosa, lor Tybee.
Leghorn, Nov *8?Sailed, Annie Burr, Simpson, New
York.
MK3M3A, Nov 34?Arrived, f tephen Bishop. Oilkey, Tri
este.
Montevideo, Oct Arrived, Bonafldea. Roetrup, Que
bec; 24th, John r.HK Meivin. Montreal; 26th, Eurique,
Olive, Buenos Ayres; 27th. .-teriiii?, Quebec.
NrwroaT, Nov 30?('learcd. Medusa, Jones. Bermuda.
Pkmartm, Nov *8?Sailed. New Wahcno. Nelll. Callao.
norrr.BDAM. Nov 28?cleared. Mary A War, Anderson,
Went Coast Africa.
shields, Dec 1?Put In for shelter, Phenlx from Que
bec lor West Hartlepool.
Saearano. Oct 1J? Arrived, H C Sibley, Colsoo, Safa
ris.
called 11th, Sacramento. Lane. SouraOava.
sini;apor*, Oct 20? called, Anni f. Oeorondl, New
York.
. *01 Rabat a, Oct 10?Arrived, Jennie Barker, Walte,
Bntavia.
Swatow, Oct 7?Arrived, Aim nils, Lowell, Now
1 chwang.
Troon, Nov 29?Sailed, Stormy Petrel, Pryor, Cfenlue
go*.
! Icticorin, Oct 22? Arrived, tappho, Huehea. Bomhav.
WATRHroRn, Dec 1?Sailed, Nornen, Jo.xeiiM-n, New
! Orleans.
I Liverpool. Nov SO?The Lea, Iroui New Vork, was In
eoliUioii to-day In the Alfred Does wuh the locrlan is);
I the laiter surtaliu'a sll/lit ilamage.
ihaESUATK. Nov ;V)?The Duppel, Krumrelch, Irom Lon
don lor Doooy, was towed in here ihi* iiiormiiK with
hallasi shiiled and a quantity ot water In her hold, hav
ing iiren in collision with the Maharalali, ot Newcastle.
In the Down*. *erlou?ly damaging her sternpost, and
lualflt two anchors ail I chains; agreement ?8V
! sio. KT0.1. Nov 30?II13 Kate Ague* Ferguson. from st
, Jonn. \ H, lor Hit* place, In commit "P the river. No* -M.
1 grounded close lo Newport landing, and Mill remain*.
efforts to tow Iter off having tailed . the ileeklond 1* now
I h- 111 k discharged: vessel itrained and tnnklnx mitt*It
water; at low tide there arc willy about lour fevl of water
I forward a'it Ave feet alt, uml bottom is 1011 ;li an>l un
| even.
Tripstk, Nov 17?A telegram, of yesterday's dale, from
Luoninpireoio. sIBtei thai the Austrian .Hungarian liar*
I 1*ia (!<uiilli 11 Im.l heen wrecked at l??i-mti??h
5,'^^wr.ndi?;. ^ wtswai;1*
Americaa Ptrti.
ALEXANDRIA, Ote II?Arrlvad, aebra Uora VMM
Boston; Clara. New York.
?"?fj up?dchra K R Kirk, ana Maria Fierson.
sailed?Schrs Henry Finch, Jersey Cltyi Maraeaiba.
Jfew York.
F??ed down? *hr Hersehel.
BOSTON. Dec II?Cleared, bark Nonpareil. Fllnn (na
Devena), Portland; brig Mary C Rojerelr. While coo' .
Deverenx). Wilmington. NC. ^
Balled Utb, steamshio Moravian (Br). Liverpool.
Mth?Arrived, steamship llsrrisburg. Worth, Philadel
phia; schrs H W Pierce. Pierce; W D Dalley Jenkins,
and Cor* Morrlaon. lliggins,. Virginia: Baiph Carlton.
Harkne?a. Weebawken.
BALTIMORK Dec 12?Arrived, iteamer Oetorara, Bar.
noma. hew York.
Cleared?8chrs John T Manion. Manaon. Boetoni Jobs
a>naw, Co*. Hoboken: Geo Churcnmau, Rlaley, Frovi.
de?c?; Kaimar, Lambert Portlaud.
lork ecl' steamcr Martha stavena, Chance, ifaw
BRISTOt, Dec 10? Arrived. schr J T Weaver. Olad
dlJ!&APJ?Ud.?nce for ??*? Vork.
i?? v 'J"11 IS?Arrived, steamship* Charles
% iewir^vrk: lrom Baltimore; bark
?><nLmp'J!' ypham, Hartlepool; Drta M E Dana,
.rtiM n^. t nr; M " llano, Hana, Baltimoret
Addle Ryerson. Const n?, New Tork.
lac?(Br )~Brlito*S.? Ne"' York bark Archl.
HaytL *' 1>eC 9_Cle?r?(,? Ay 1 ward,
(B^ffiAmSrf!rArrlved' b,r* Kllza McU>oghll.
I '*1 n Barbonr (Br), Jones, Antwerp;
n^rM.i ?rrnriiCii'..r Knuth. New York (before rc
ported arrived 1st); Hlsher (Br), Temple. JiarTport find
MM\rVSSLkuff^a^!? lo,d ,or L'"lte(1 Hinidomi.
Aurora (Br). Harp.'do ,Gtr)" IMder- Uwpooli
?^-'n| port, ah to Bessie Croibv (Br), Brown, for
^ kingdom. Id*: bt rks Geo M Jones (Br), Fortcr.
Lor?,nteen 'Nor), l'edersen. for do do; achr
Hat tie Turner. llunper. for
_ Kl>OARTO\VN. Dec ??Arrived, achr Rudaon. Fort,
uhk ! f"r Boston 9th).
ph'^rrVtWn.^V. Ll"'e Dlker' Back,rd
bart" Wuf'f*i?BSB;iDoc "7P*W?<11" for Baltimore,
ah7mJ#!??? J?r). Ropjiuon. from Jfova Scatla; brlga
R?15^0emerara. ? ' 11,0 J,nelro!
out?Ship sirlm (Ger), for Bremen; bark* In
So? 1 An,!? Cork? Ootland (iwl
J?;.,I?!B,_(Brt i Liverpool! brlga Lvdla Card ell (Bri
iro m BalMm o re). '''
Rlc!.mo1iTd AmanJa for Liverpool (fro*
Pawnor. PorVfth?n.?~ArriTed' ,chr EUen *
L'-flLR0fl"? Beat, Philadelphia.
fci?r*'iS? SM"?*' u.
Or"tir*?S vVKf "1" """? * Cromn
I Monde go, Lombard. 1 achr Frank
J?^"C 13?Arrived* at the Paaaea. abln
Roirers, Bremcrhaven; barks Asphodel (Brf
Stone, Rio Janeiro: Reformer (Br), Yarmouth ifi?* Tici
(Po;#fcffet Ha4XT : r>c,flnc (??>). BrlwSufi
LauBhton, trom cS?lhaSCrSr"B*rlt A*lncourt (**
Sailed?8teain?lilp New Orleans; ablpa Victoria. U?
' iVrv^K iS^i1! Ouljrovackl, Prairie Bird.
woid5h!;^clX. ed' 'chr Mar,on *<*???
NEwBURYPORT, Dec 1(V?Arrived, achr Lner V
cOfWweUt Lee, fhiladelphin. 1 r ^acr *
phla. ArriV#d' s,e*ra*h,P L??P?rd. Albertaon. Pmiadel
trom W BKDF0RI)- Dec "-Arrived, acbr Isabel Alberto,
t."il'*Na,;"?5S.v,??> ???
r? I'mi! fiCc," *w,*- tfr',ce do /or do, E A L .lor
Tlerv, .-inilli. do (or Paltimore: Ja* H Shindler Lee Mar
Annie"illvr J.'ll"a'l',Pl',a: Jaf-oh Kienzie. Steoimari, and
Annie May. hiraoson. Boston tor do; Mnrv Siinman a<i.
ams,do lor do; White Win* Kobbin^rovldenS tSi
alUaUnd1 PM??' U"r<1,mf' """"hafn for New Yore (and
lelgh*fav!?tr^C "? I,M_Arrive<1' *<"? *<*>
AI?o arrived. ?chra John Nve, Wiley, and A B Drar
and"wira"A I*ratt!?lpritf',1l>1' J.^H ^arnetL Gardner,'
Wh.f. IJ p'ov|den-e tor New York:
White Winn, Robbma, do for Virginia -, nioop Emily, Har
den. do lor New York (and all aalled AM I2th>.
w,,u- D,v1"- Hole lor
r rTaiinrt. i, of J,by?v (repaired and sailed AM 1Kb);
J>rlaU B FisH, lirown, Bohton for Baitimore; Ma^irle Bell
ft,!?UL'i?r Providence .and aatled AM lJtb*; Oliver
A&' ' cpviuence for ,\tw Hcdford.
Pltri uTJJT A""n: Copp. New York for Point s
Boston ?' k m T"rner, Port Johnson for
Lom Hub^ Acw York lr?V'dCnCe ^^ewYork;
13th, AM?No arrivals.
? rovldonce firr iio- Harvest, Onrwin. do for do: Hlanet
J*?1',J?r*on, Wickford fordo: S d Smith. Snow, Wareham
Alice. Love? 8*?"in?ror Vor7o|rk.ent NeW York ,0r 6?len?
In port?f-ciirs Potter A t'ooper, Bradburv. from Have*
NKW Luvnn\ ^n8nW?tt"1- fr9m s'John. NH.
wew.LONDON, Dec 11?Arrived, achr Emma (Br) St
0v1,l)uMr^,{*.n<'.*n''0<' 121 h lor >ew York1.
North Kver.' "-Arrived, schr Q :o Osborn, from
A&itabetSior1?*0 n-ArrlVed> "hr Ann
12th?Arrived, sclir Forest Oak. Baltimore.
Soiled?8cnr I B Carriugton. Baltimore.
Also arrived 13th. sciirsM E Ulggins. Naaon. Virginia 1
Rideout, Ford Melbourne bark Martha
(Gcr!!Be'S"jAerpool. 12~Arr?< ?*hraad
castfc*red?"*chr Nadab' uheD?3r. Newbury port via New.
istii?Arrived brig Marlsnna II (Port), Lopez. Lisbon.
Below?Brig Hannah 1) (hr. new), from Windaor, NA,
NEwriRTw. Dec 1H?Pa*aed down PM VAstsrdiv
Wr?t'p,i ly',or ''J'ovl('cnce; Norman, lor Boston;
wyonyns, lor Savannah'schrs starlight, lor Havana'
West wind, for Pail Hirer: A M ilond?e for 5o5I!?:
I ^ f is? iWHml5gto?' Gfl)- "?r Charleston.
1 fo^rder/(4IkcMI?nvj.SChr C D0rVCa',rom De'ner*r*
, Pe'a^Fe^pJovufrni?6 1_8*lled' 8chr Arierilla
rnhVB<}prSh*!,l,0Ck,.R'v^r.7thl?ch" Liaaia W Hannnm,
M? ftr FrovWence!' ^"on.and Robt Pettis, k!5;
York.RTLA>D' 000 ,1_Betarr? . ?r!s Eudorai, for Srm
York?Ted 1Uh (not 12tb)l *chr L<R?re, Stanley, New
r ?H,BiT?vt0tj?.'1, DV Arrived in lower harbor, achr
Lucy Bake, Alien, New \ori for Beliaat
rrorP.Vphli!^'! hicc l,"T'*rrlved steamship Florida,
Crocxer. Philadelnhia; schrs B 8 Wrlgnt, COillns, Vlr
pi ilia; Senator tirfmes. Philtrook, K lUa be ih port: Xanra
Wataon, Sargent, do; KiUba i smith. Baker, Fort John'
80" T.1* N',,7,ort;IT(: Lyman. Hill. Croton.
i.nniS <H."'n A Ame,? Kn-heott. Baltimore |
Jennie N Huddle, t.ranmer. rhuadelphia; J H Burnett
:S^?v?Sn.y*d^,Jd0r 8,0Ckh'm' H'r?*
j A,Um,,H?tatil>cc lo?Arrive.!, ?hr Wm F Bnrdaa,
Fort,C"ew)Yor't)CC U~Arr,ve<1' ?chr Samnel H Hawea,
D.TO'^aMe?d?negD,,n*W' 8tee,man' X#We^'
LU-prpooi for'ric^uiic)ruf v*nce (?">. Thrort.n?,n. fh?
^?o'.>CiK.'^vD,kI>f<i. s?lle<l. schrs A Jameson. Caa
a?h c.n,H?r .: ,t"rT.01' (ire8ory. Richmond.
2lh SSHJl' 1 "m V.cLoon' Ro*flr*. New York.
sa\ fh '"i4ln: Carson. Philadelpbla.
? J RANLlsco, Dec 5-( leared, bark Marlaao.
Ryder, Bnrrard Inlet.
I'.**"?,d7? Compadre (Br) Thomas. Liverpool;
? L ^?.u"(r' Cork; Granger, Doane. Liver
i 5.?*5'er. Harley. Melbourne
[ p,i,| ?:,,i ei1, "h'0 River Luno (Br, Wllllatna. Liver
I 11 a A,Vp r? vld eii. C ""^ved, ,chr Stephen O Hart,
I ,8iil!PdTSchr,cl?r?'r- ?er?cn. Dayton. PhlladalphU.
KJ?Eate 1**Day, M*"h'
Sade J-Schr Matt Bedell. Porier, New York.
isth?Arrived. ti?rk Unanlma (Bri, Nlckerson, Havana.
S "!ltno'e' Boston; America, BalU
mo^e.'e/.?nawan(la' Fhiladelphln.
ALE.M, Dec 10?Arrived, schrs Alcora, Robinson
Va*ne'?K^iif,!itrV?'J* i iCT Hammond. Robinson, and
Hohoke'n Fort John ion; Luey Wentworth, Dow,
llth?Arrived, schra Flora A Newcomb. Eaton. Tan.
5rh?'?uLvV> "untoni,?""hethport for Portland; L W
Wheeler. Bowman. Portland lor Matanzai '
toUrK^?cl?-5"H F"""" ????
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adelphla; L W Wheeler. RiVai. and others
_M^MEKSET, Dec ll-Arnved, brig M o"Haskell, fros
WILMINGTON. NC. Dec ll-Arrlved. achra RobeP
Palmer, Denntson, Navassa: M D Manton, irom Charlea
noW.^lbany0' D'C 10~ArrlTCd' schr E c Dennlaon, An
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