The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-12-31

this CITY 80 The revenue steamer Harriet Lane arrtvrx
a. her anchorage Oh the Battery after her cruise search
OF the Quaker City.
ie-A nunerously attended meeting Of Germans wa
ned AZ the Cooper Institute for the purpose OF initiating
measures for the better observance Of the Lords Day
ocseiA German and American gentlemen addressed ~
lILihe Fire Department Of New York had it's great
us nasn cseorsion tuned out In full foroe-soms
thousand nen ny SaS pan numbering probably x
Dus fortunately Il continued fine In tho forenoon ~
took place in front 81 Se csn y s to S hs Dsp:
enann made speech tracing tho history Of tho Dapsrt
ia meeting OF the members OF Ensins ca.,~..~
So ss ana o'des was held e take win =
committee was appointed 10 make arrangements cor
grand funeral demonstration Of tho Aren,en Of Nov
2oA meeting Of the presidents OF tho base hall olu
OF New York, Brooklyn, Williamsburg and others wss
held at the Astor House for the purpose OF cntrng ~
With nine Players q xn q base ss
seventh Regiment, National Guard, Colonel Marshal
Colonel vosbursn assemblies a. HamiI,Sn
Yorkvlle, Ia full Uniform. with knapsacks for aan,s3
inspection, drill and review.
Barclay street, having fallen overheard white jumpag
great excitement, consequence Of Tie bursting Of =
main Croton wator supply pipe between the distrbuag
Eighth avenue which for time submerged that iocali>
and produced the greatest Consideration among TIE II.
habiants IN the holows and low ground near tho break
I'm the supreme Court, on motion OF the Distriat
Attorney the OF James Shephard convicted Of arssa
In the first degree, was retted 10 the Sessions the C
OF Appeals having granted him new trial Tho triAa
Of Elisha Becher Sacke, charged with perjury wAIsh
was commenced in the General Sessions, resulted n -
M-The Independence Guard, Capt. Boyle, Of the lsAs
Twelfth regiment, numbering fory-six mnskots, pr.
Mines. Coson and Strakosch signor stigel Fsrri an
Rocco was given for the second time this the
his on xEes a. tine oasuss
etitue.
2s.-ghe steamer Long Island, plying between Nsv
York and Norwalk Conn, struck O rock, and susk
near Sands Point, Long Island
2e-The Albany steamer New World sunk in the North
rescued by tho sloop Jack Downing and tho steamsK
Ohio The accident appears, was caused by the givag
which snapped the connecting rod in two and droSe 60
end Of through the bottom OF the boat The damage q
the boat and cargo was estimated at S126 ooo upon wh
2S-Two Inen, named John Donneli and John Msna-
ghan got into fight at No. go West Sixteenth street
friend to both parties, named Charles Cobane inter-
fered for the purpose Of separating the combatants when
he was stabbed with knife, receiving deadly wou1d
in the chest likewise in the abdomen . The ship
lndiaman, Captain Smith, cleared for Hong Kong, China.
intending to proceed theDcc to Shanghai She had q
board as passenger Mr. Samuel Gouverneur, Jr, UssA
States Consul to Foo Chow. China.
29-The annual fair Of the American Institute, e
Palace Garden closed and an immense number Of peslas
SUNDAY, 3O.-Rev. Henry Ward Beecher and Rev. D..
Pet Peters lwhe) and Rev Mr. Garnet, coOred, made
act' the subject Of their pulpit discourses.
4.-The steamboat Champion, previously reported sunk
in the Sound by collision with the propeller Aibaro,
raised and brought to the city p tow Of two steam
tugs.
s.-Archbishop Hughes performed the interesting
ceremony Of blessing the bells Of the German Catholic
Church Of St. Francis Seraph in Thirty first street. BE-
tween Sixth and Seventh The First FreewiM
Baptist church, located In Twenty eighth street.
broadway, was dedicated with appropriate services
The wrecked steamer New World was towed
down % The Jersey mats opposite the city, By the tugs
lo-The Supreme Court, General Term. Judges
M ana ~, So'neran1 gssn.es
Gliding that the Court OF Oyer and Terminer has right -
grant new trial at any term subsequent to the one ut
l1-The bark Emily arrived at this port in charge II
Lieut. Stevens and prize crew, from the coast of Atrsea
where she seized by the United States sloop of
Portsmouth, on suspicion being engaged in the SLAVE
trade. When captured she had on board quantity a
lumber, several bags of salt, large quantity Of mashed
H-The suspension Of the house of Slate, Gardner &
Co., highly respectable firm in South street, Was an
l5.-N was reported that about ten O'Clock A. NJ.
huge meteoric ball the locality o. York
sTseani Clinton u tho Metropolitan fcce '" n B.
street, in elegraphic report to tho central Office IN
Broone street. stated that he witnessed one Of the ns1
singular things seen In this city large body &
horse and tail about forty feet long, fell from the
vens between this village Yorkyille) and Seventy rst
16-Captan Franklin, of the brig Reindeer which ar
rived at this port from Port au Prince the 1st
Mobile She had lost eight Of her crew by fever aud hsr
captain and the remainder Of her crew. excepting three
men, were on the sick list The Harry Of the West
ported the ship Pocahontas at ST. Thomas having lost SIX
men by fever.
ia very important seizure Of diamonds, jewelry
and watch movements amounting in their aggregate valuc
TO 1000, made the arrival of the steamship
Asa at Jersey City, The property belonged principally =
TWO Spanish gentlemen. The steamship Vanderbilt
sengers and 1907 800 in specie. The City of Baltimore
for Liverpool also sailed with 22 passengers aud $22 900
g20he obsequies of the late Senator Frederick took
place and were witnessed by large Of citizens
throughout the line Of the procession.
IA piece entitled Three Eras In the Life of Fire.
man founded On and illustrative of events in the He Of
the late senator Brodeck was put the stage at the
Old Eowery. The fact Of the management having been
obliged TO postpone its representation until after the
Boderck obsequics led many to suppose that il con-
tanned something Objectionable to the Fire Department,
but it did not
22.-Charles G. Cooper, tho seaman who murdered
George Ritter board Of the sloop Of war Brooklyn on
the morning Of the day on which She left this port was
brought before Judge Belts of the United States District
Court, on a writ Of habeas corpus.
24.-Thanksgiying Day was more generally observa1
than before in the metropolis During the day ihe
fashionable churches efe crowded and the streets pre-
sented most animated spectacle The theatres. concerts
and shows Of all kinds reaped rich harvest . The
jury in the Of Orrs NJ judd Of the revisers Of
the Scriptures Of the Bible Union, vs. James Eimunds
Secretary Of the American Bible Union for libel brought
in a verdict Of 81 600 in favor Of the plaintiff.
25-Among the passengers of packet ship Tonawanda,
which arrived OF this port from Liverpool was Mrs. Anna
McKenna, native Of Donegal Ireland aged ninety nine
years, with good teeth sight and hearing She was 60
companed by her youngest son, aged sixty six years
The anniversary Of the evacuation Of New York By the
Britsh army which took place on November g. 1783
First Division New York State Militia Brigadier General
VIM. Hall commanding, in the absence of Major General
Sanford At early hour in the morning the shipping
in the harbor the ferry boats, the hotels the City Hau
and indeed all the public buildings had the national and
other flags flying to the breeze.
26.A supposed murder perpetrated in the even
ing on board the schooner John Clayton lying in the
Fast river The subject Of II, being still alive when dis
covered able to relate the circumstance and desR
mated man named Downey who was subsequently ar
rested, as the individual who had shot him. Major
French agent Of the Treasury Department for the extern