The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-11-28
ShlppiaG Notes.


The docks along the North East rivers were made verv
pleasant yesterday by the large bunting displayed
in the genial sunshine. The vessels Or nil naonaes both
sailing and seam were gay at.rsd presenting pretty and
instructive picture.
The improvement Of the Battery at the instance Of the
Commissioners of Parks goes earnestness to the
delight OF all down town residents. For hundred or
more laborers under the direction practical and compc.
tent oversees have been engaged in removing unsghy
heaps OF dirt and changing character of the grounds
that the bummers Of ago who were there wont
to pass away the hours in luxurious now lament that
the spot for them forever The work has been
rightly commenced, and continued wise to the end,
as promised the "snow win hardly fly" the bar
rem place will be so pleasantly altered that the old
Inhabitants when wandering through IT, will recall the days
when was the breathing place Of Gothams arsocracy
may not be inappropriate to suggest in this that
with all the additions and alterations suitable
landing of stone should be conve
nfence OF naval shpmasters and mariners
Nothing of this kind exists the part OF the city,
and built the foot OF the Battery win greatly to s
usefulness and be the means Of causing many fire.
quent who would not otherwise seek that locality.
The condition Of Coenes slip has once been re-
ferred to in this column II nuisance to pedesrans
and their right OF disputed by the fnsolent men who
daily employed and about barges and canal boats
that load and unload al its bulkhead To walk across II IN
quite impossible without the poor subjectng himsefto
broken limbs and that being scaped by feas Of agility he
10 almost sure to be covered with -four the son
Of miller The public highway the street far beyond
have been taken Of by lot Of INSCRIPTIONS men
who, being long undsurbed their busness
have naturally como to the conclusion that the whole
section or the city whereabouts 10 their individua,
property and they use they IT. We hope the
Commissioners Of Docks may have look after this
dsgraceui place In their ursdictlon hope that while
they may make life and more secure surroun d,nu f.
they may Danish, to be banished social ex
crescsnces that hourly be found about place. and
thus they VIII do we'll The First precinct police officers
daily stationed there souls too to even
imagine that Coentics slip augh but the place
along the East river From them there Is little hope OF
better time in tins particular.
The bark George De Zado successfully launched from
the yard OF Hand Son, Seauke Saturday afternoon
She is beautiful model 1l9 feet Keel 81 inches BEAM III
feet lower hold aud feet between decks
tons. She is Intended for the West Indies trade.
The yacht Mystic, laying for the at Glen Cove
broke from her moorngs during gale and drfted
to the beach, where she upset. Damage .rininp
Mr. Charles Tutl, Of Greenport has purchased of the
government the hull Of the steamer Algonquin lying at
the Brooklyn Navy Yard and formerly gunboat viii be
remembers dthat the Algonquin the which the
experimental machinery of Dickinson, Esq, formerly
Chief Engineer Of the Navy placed Captain Tuthi
win convert the hull into coating fish oil factory She will
be owed to New London for the purpose having her ma.
chinery taken out.
The Hamburg. American Packet Companys s.cam,bip
foot Of Third street, HoboKen, tomorrow Tues iay
o'clock n, for Hamburg.
The Inman line steamship City OF Limerick Captain Phil
lips, will leave pier No IS North morrow Tuesday
ct O'Clock N, for Queenstown and Liverpool via Hall
fax.
The Mexican mail line steamship City of Mexico CAPTAIN
Zimmerman, will depart from pier No II Eas, river to-
(Tuesday) at o'clock NJ for Havana sisai and
Vera Cruz.
The Great Southern line steamship Georgia. Captain
crowcl win be despatched pier No North river to-
morrow trucsday), at O'Clock P NJ, for Charleston.
Marine Disasters.
sonR ALPHA (uot Mba Mnnson. Of Machias, Jack
sor nor os n as. the which went
New Inlet bar by the steamship Zodiac (see port arrva
ns sssm @ Oh. f Ss y:;
ssps n Tan % sss.s
at anchor IN the harbo cutting down the plank shear
no damage
LoSDeS Noy ~ The bark Josephine Is stranded at the
The following notice Of Importance to masters Of vessels
MAeDALEN1 BAY, Lower CALIFORNIA.
The osrssn or nS Co OCT
the last T. years in hess destroying COWS
Ike Gfo mass a sr determined
without delay enforce Us rishs franchise and
1H" ap '
tho o Of can Ss
ana alst degrees p latitude without rst Obtaining from
which subject 70 ts Supervision q IN
~ ~ % William street. New York to the secretary at No
oss.1 y ;ss ssi IsT 81
DRAKE DE KAY Sec Of tho Lower Cal Co.
Foreign Ports.
AEyoiBo, PR Nov Gin port, brig Velocity for New
MAyAourz, PR, Nov l5-In port brig Harriet Miller, for
AieciSo 70 load for -; scbr Israel Snow, Keatng for
VICTORIA, VI, Nov 2s-Arrved, Ada, from London.
American Ports.
BOSTON, Nov 2S-Arved schr Mary Dyer, Purvcre,
Cleared schrs David Collins Townsend, Philadelphia;
Pratt, Nckers0n, do. TT
s Ss Loo P
ker Danen Ga; Warren Sawyer, Cobb Alexandria, Va;
m,1s sns AsS: bs;s nsss. pG
Cranmer; I Batcheder, English; Sarah Wood, Hewitt; N
SsiSsn an rs;
TTul Robbins; Aderch, Nason, aud George Nevn.
s.!sS f eos Ioa
hr B'rS Merrill; Ada Herbert Could and chas Aolcr
Clearedships Prussia, Pa,,en New Orleans; VIM Ross,
Ro oss do; brig plover tBr), Hall, Brunswick, Ga 80
more ongs Surprise (Br, Brown. Faya; Crocus satis
BANGOR, Nov 2a-Arrived, schrs Prudence and Plane.
cleared-sshrs Trade Wind. corson, Philadelphia Sally
uodrey, dodrey New York; Sidney Price, Godfrey Phil
BRISTOL, Nov 24-Arrived, schr James Brown Bright
CHARLESTON, Nov Cleared, brig Isadora, Griswold,
Sailed, schr Joel vsngan., for New Orleans.
Arrived, steamship South Carolina New YORK; bark
Sailed ships Tranquebar, Harwood Liverpool zanova,
1NVRs AS cs sss va ra andso
Rondout; 22d, Davis. Hatch, Baltimore; George r
FAIL RIVER, Nov sS-Arr,vcd, schr Oliver Jameson,
GALVESTON, Nov is Cleared, schr George Thatcher,
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