The New York herald., 1869-01-02

battle with the Indians and the capture OF the cnies
Satanta and Little Raven.
Tho City.
New Years Day was duly observed in this city
yesterday. Business was wholly suspended. and
New Workers forgot their cares and tolls and devoted
the day 10 pleaslre-seeking. In spite OF the unfa-
vorable weather callers were more numerous than
during any previous year, and every descrip-
ton OF vehicle-sleighs, carriages and omnibuses-
was pressed into the service by those
who wished to escape the pelting Of the Storm Two
young men ambitious for fame essayed to make
their round OF calls upon velocipedes, but their
novel mode OF locomotion proved unnt for snow
drifts, and they were soon obliged to abandon the
idea In despair.
Mr.. Rogers OF No. A East Twelfth street, who was
mortay stabbed in front OF his own house on Thurs
day by an unknown rufiian, was still alive yester-
day afternoon. man named James Toland was
suspected OF being the assassin and learning that
the police were upon his track repaired to the Fiji
teenth ward station house and gave himself up to
the authorities Upon being confronted with Mr..
Rogers the wounded man said that Tolland had no
hand in the outrage. and he was at once discharged.
An afray occurred at the OF Tnrtieth street
and Eleventh avenue, about three O'Clock yesterday
afternoon, in which . boy named William Devine
stabbed William Concklin, INJECTING wound OF q
very serious character.
Henry Freeman, q resident OF Greenpoint, yester-
day afternoon attempted to jump aboard the ferry
boat it was leaving the slip foot Of Twenty-third
street, East river but mscalculating the distance he
fell into the river He was rescued almost unharmed
IRON his dangerous batn by officer Burden and sent
home, o wetter and q s0berer man.
The steamship Erin, Captain Hall. OF the National
lima will nj M
to-day for Liverpool, calling at Queenstown to land
passengers, &c.
The steamship Gulf Stream, Captain Spencer, OF
c. H. Mallory & Co.'s line. will leave pier No. 20
East river this afternoon for Galveston, Texas.
The steamship Rapdan, Captain Mallory, for
Havana and New Orleans, will sail from pier 80
North river at three P. M. to-day.
The steamship George Washington, Captain eager
will leave pier No. North river at three p. NJ. to-day
for New Orleans rss .-s...4~ .irtr'~
The Black Star line steamship Montgomery, Cap
tain Lyon, will sail from pier 13 North river at three
p. M. to-day for Savannah, Ca.
The steamship Manhattan, Captain Woodruff, will
leave pier No. North river at three P. NJ to-day
for Charleston.
The steamship Virginia, Captain Drew, of the
Express line win SAIL at four P. M to-day from pier
No. Is East river for Alexandria, Va, and Wash.
ingr0n and Georgetown, D. G.
Prominent Arrivals In the City.
Judge Noah Davis, OF Albion; Congressman W. II.
Barnum, Of Connecticut; E. Poulson Of Philadel-
phia; General George L. Real, OF Maine; Congress-
man N. p. Banks, Of Massachusetts,; General c. B.
Fiske, OF st. Louis and J. W. Winter, Of Philadel
phia. are at the st. Nicholas Hotel
Colonel d. Parker, OF Baltimore; II. s. Chandler,
Of Oswego and j. Coles, Of Kentucky, are at the Me-
tropolitan Hotel.
Judge F. A. Jones and Major J. J. Kamp, Of Gal
weston, are at the st. Charles Hotel.
Colonel Clapp, Of Chicago; L. II. Redway, Of
Philadelphia; c. Durand, OF Connecticut; H. M.
Adams, Of West Point and J. G. Blair, OF st. Louis,
are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
Colonel w. II. Barnes, Of Pennsylvania, and
James Cain, OF St. Louis and Colonel c. S. JONES' OF
New York, are at the Hoffman House.