The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-12-26

crs were in all cases patriotic. The firm decision
Of government was applauded, and hopes were ex
pressed that the national honor would be vindi
Gated.
Paris letter Of the 7th instant says the Meus,
q few days back took on board, at Lorient, thu
Seventeenth and Eighteenth batteries of marine
artillery for Mexico but on account Of the weather
being dreadfuly bad on the coast, she has not YET
been able to leave.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
I The steamship Niagara, from Liyerl DOL l4th and
Queenstown 18th inst, passed Cape Race at eleven
! o'clock on Monday night. The Eastern telegraph
1 lines, after having been down two days, resumed
work to some extent last night, but were able to
forward only brief synopsis OF the N;agara's
news. The details will come to hand to-day via
Halifax. The adsices by the Niagara are TO the
same date as those received by the Persia.
Later accounts have been received from ST.
Domingo, in Paris, which affirm that General San
tana has not only remained faithful to Spain but is
laboring ciyely in the administrative reorganiza-
ton Of the country. IN his quality Of Captain
General he received, the 10th October the visit
of the authorities who charged him to transmit to
sho IuSth VI OPIUM their onpuhent5 rs Iespecuui
subjects.
The Journal du Hos,e of December says
The police arrested here two evenings back twelve
American sailors, for making disturbance in a
public house One of them named Snow, has been
placed at the disposal Of the Procurear Imperial
on charge ofcarrying prohibited weapon called
steel knuckles.'n
gentleman who arrived in this city yesterday
from Albany reports that the Hudson river is
blocked up with ice from Hudson TO Albany. The
sloop Bachelor, M which our informant came,
sailed Som Albany on Saturday last, and did not
arrive here until yesterdays trip usually accom-
plished il forty-eght hours. The steamer New
World, wlnnh left here III Monday last, wSs unable
to proceed further than New Baltimore sud the
steamer Hendrix Hudson " on Castiston PSF near
Albany, in a very dangerous situation. The river
may now, theresore, be corsidered az closed for
the season. since 1920 there have been but egilt
seasons that navigation has remained uIs,hstrucaed
as late as during tie present
The laying OF the corner store Of the new Coufe
House in the PARK iss to take place to-day at'half
past two o'clock p. NJ with appropriate cgremoy
MES Addresses are to. be made, by the lsav or,
Hon. Thomas ". Clerke, Chief Jus scc of the SUI
prene Court, land VIM. r. Stewart, Esq President I
OF the Board OF Supervisors. At meeting OF the |
Board OF Commissioners ,swas resolved that The
propretors and editors of the daily and weekly |
Journals be invited to contribute copy OF their
papers for deposit within the corner stone
II the abolitionsts should Succeed in their endeape
vors 10 make our present struggle war OF eman
cipaon, The loyal people in certain localities who
are now fighting harder and rskns and suffering
more IN the cause of the Union than those of any i
other section wouid be unconsitutionally end I'M
justly robbed of over five hundrea aud nnetq thou
sand slaves, valued at the iowcs5 estimate at up.
wards of two hundred and nincty-fre millions of
dollars. Those portions OF Tie Union to whica we
refer contain, according to the census of 1850, the
vrip az eIo