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A Wealthy Cuban F.ntieeil Irom NewYork lo Brooklyn?Robbery and Murder?The Crime Planned In New York.

[From the New York Post. 23.]A cold blooded murder was perpetrated in Brook-

lyn last evening about ten o'clock in a thickly popu-lated neighborhood, and almost within a stone'sthrow of two police station houses. The circumstan -

ces which led to the perpetration of the deed, andthe manner in which it was committed, so far as theyhave been ascertained, are as follows:

On the 15th instant, Jose Garcia Otero arrived herefrom Havana with his interpreter, Joseph A. Gon-zales. Three days ago they stopped at the BarcelonaHotel, No. 23 Great Jones street. The object ofOtero's visit to New York was to purchase machinery,wardrobes, Ac., for a new theatre at Havana, and lomake other arrangements for the operation of theestablishment. The interpreter declined to registerhis name, for what reason nobody inquired.

Early last evening Otero paid at the hotel his billand that of Gonzales, and showed a large amount ofgold. The two men left the hotel together.

Before leaving, the proprietor asked Mr. Otero,to leave his money with the bar-keeper for safetyGonzales told Otero that his money was safe enougliin his pocket. They immediately went out, and thatwas the last seen of Otero alive.

About ten o'clock last evening some citizens whowere crossing tho Brooklyn CityPark saw the bodyof a man who they supposed hp.l committed suicide.They immediately proceeded tothe Forty-fourth pre-cinct station-house, and acquainted the officer onduty with the fact. Officers Corr and Eaton were atonce sent to the place indicated, where they foundthe body, horribly cut and mutilated. Life was ex-tinct, but the remains were scarcely cold.

The body was at once taken to the station house,and Coroner Lynch was sent for, and. on his arrival,an examination of it was made. The officers who re-moved the body stated that they found it in the cen-tre of the park, on tho path running from Cantonstreet to Nassau, near the edge of the path, restingagainst a tree.

Near the place where the body was found was adirkknife, seven inches in length, and two razors,the instruments which had evidently been use! inthe commission of the offence. There were papersinthe pockets, from which some of the facts appear.

The deceased was dressed in a new suit of clothes,and on his person was found two hundred dollars ingold and sixteen dollars in bills. It is declared thatthe deceased had about ten thousand dollars in hispossession. Gonzales, the supposed murderer, isdescribed as a map about forty years of age, five feeteight inches in height, with dark hair and complexion.

THE TOBACCONISTS'CONVENTION?ADJOURNMENT.?The tobacconists' convent ion?whose proceedings yes-terday morning, at Cooper Institute, were reported?-adjourned last evening, after adopting a series of res-olutions to promote the objects of the convention,which were fully stated. The following is the sub-stance of the resolutions: Urging Congress to removethe tax from manufactured tobacco to the raw mate-rialor leaf, as an act of justice to the grower and pro-tection to the public: declaring it to be the impera-tive duty of Congress to raise the duty on importedcigars, so as to be at least equal to that paid by homemanufacturers, the present duties on the formerbeing from twenty to thirty per cent. less than on thelatter; continuing the organization until its objectsare attained; and directing copies of the resolutionsto be submitted to Congress and to the United StatesRevenue Committee appointed thereby.? Hew Yorkrost, 23a.

FRIENDLY FEELING BETWEEN WHITES AND BLACKSIN \IRGINIA. An officer of the Preedmen's Bureau,Stat'pued in \irgmia writes to General Howardthat at Appomattox Court House and near sur-roundings. there are about two thousand freedmena small portion of them near the Court House andthe balance scattered through the country, fhereappears to be a very noticeable kindness of feelingtoward them on the part of the old residents of thedistrict. The whites are willing toaid them all intheir power, but owing to the fact that two largearmies were encamped hero for a long time, andshortness of the crops thepresentscason, the country

cxbauited mid people for tie time being poor/'

NEWS OF THE DAY.The receipts at the Internal Revenue Bu

reau, Washington, amounted to $915,000.St. Paul, Minnesota, has a population n

13,012, against 10,105 in 1860.Senator Creswell was last week admitted t<

practice in the Circuit Court for the District of Columhifl.

Ihe steamship W estern Metropolis arrivrcat New York on Thursday from Apalachicola, Florida. with 3,010 bales of cotton.

Forty thousand dollars worth of oil was destroyed on Thursday by the burning of a portion oCozzens A Co's kerosene factory at Blissville, L. 1.

One company of a colored regiment recently paid off in Texas, have remitted through theiicaptain $l,lOO to the Freedmen 's Savings Bank irNew York.

Hon. lom Corwin, of Ohio, says that hewould have continued inthe .Mexican embassy, buthat he had to climb mountains and keep on foot althe time to keep in rcacli of the Mexican Republicand ho was too old for it

Jhe Tribune'a Washington special of yes-terday saya: At an r.uction sale of two estates inStaunton, in the va ley of the Shenandoah, a shorttime ago, the white population were horrified tofindthat the highest bidder ws a colored man, who thusentered into the ranks of tho landed aristocracy olVirginia.

The executive office of the Clerk of theCourt of Appeals, at Frankfort, Ivy., was burned onThursday morning; also, a portion of the new build-ing being used for a military department and by theJudges of the Court of Appeals. The library,records, and papers of the court, were almost en-tirely destroyed.

A novel official document was received atthe Indian Bureau on Thursday, it is a tubularanalysis of the cost per head to the Government "ofkilling Indians and squaws." On the Western plainsthe average cost of killing an Indian has been about$500,000, while for a squaw the cost is nearly$2,000,000.

A dispatch from New Orleans furnishes uswith later news from Mexico. The Liberalists areconfident of the speedy capture of Matamoras andBagdad. Important communications have passed

between the commanders of the opposing forces. TheImperialist organ in Matamoras says there is no ap-prehensions of another attack upon the city.

Our financial reporter informs us thatstocks aro inactive, and for "fancies" tho market isquite flat. Gold seems to be as noted for the last dayor so at 147, though a few small lots were yesterdaysold at 146%. Governments were weakor; Statestock and City (Ys quid anu "nothing done." Balti-more and Ohio Railroad shares sold at sll2 and CityPassenger at s2l.

The Herald's Washington special of yes-terday says the rumors industriously Hrculated con-cerning the resignation of Judge Otto, AssistantSecretary of the Interior, and the appointment inhis place of Judge Morton, of Illinois, are withoutfoundation. Judge Otto is understood to enjoy tothe fullest extent the confidence and esteem of theSecretary of the Interior, as well as of the chiefs ofthe several bureaus of that department. There is noprospect of his removal from that position.

Thi' Washington correspondent of the Tribum observes that the Secretary of the Treasury willrccom tend in iiis report a considerable increase inNational banking capital, made necessary by thecommercial necessities ol' the country, and especiallythe destitution of banking capital at tho South. Hewillalso ask for discretionary power to withdrawlegal tenders and compound interest notes, retiringthem when necessary by the loan of money at six percent.

A citizen of Wilson county, Tennessee,hired a substitute in the rebel army, who served a?such through the war. The hirer agreed, in writing,to convey to the substitute a tract of land, for whichsuit was brought. Chancellor Steele, of Tennessee,has annulled the contract. He declares that therecognition of the Confederates as belligerents wasinduced by considerations of humanity, and in nowise invested the "so-called" with rights of nation-ality. Hence, contracts made in contemplation of theexistence of such government, in obedience to itsexactions, and to promote its ends, are in derogationof public morals and law, and arc void.

CENTRAL, AMERICA.

Terrific Gale on the Mosquito Coast?TheTown of Blnefiehl Swept Away by theTornado?Many Plantations in Nicara-gua and Belize Destroyed?l.oss of anAmerican Family Formerly of Balti-more. etc.From the Greytown correspondent of the Herald.

dated the sth instant, we learn than on the night ofthe 18th of October the Mosquito coast was visitedby a tremendous tornado, reaching from MonkeyPoint to above Blueficld. A heavy norther set infrom about Blueficld, commencing at about threeo'clock on the afternoon of the 18th, increasing to aperfect gale at midnight or thereabouts, when thewind suddenly changed to the southwest, and then aperfect tornado set in. The entire town of Blucfieldwas swept away, witli the exception of a portion ofthe Mosquito King's house and the Moravian Mis-siou. These buildings were finely constructed, thelatter nearly new.

All the oilier buildings of the pinee were blowndown. Men. women and children were killod?howmany is not yet accurately known. All the merchan-dise, provisions, Ac., have been either carried bodilyaway by tho tempest or destroyed in the debris of thecommon ruin. Houses were raised bodily from theirfoundations, carried for a hundred yards and thencrushed down, a mas of broken timbers. Boatsreached Greytown on the morning of tho 21st, bring-ing intelligence of the sad disaster and begging helpfor the surviving inhabitants, who were thus in amoment rendered houseless and destitute of e\ en thenecessities of subsistence. A fund was immediatelyraised, and provisions, Ac., despatched to the relief ofthe famishing and almost naked sufferers.

Allthe plantations on the coast, so far as heardfrom, have been entirely swept away. From Monkey IPoint to Blueficld is represented to be a wide wasteof ruinand desolation, where lately existed fine cul-tivated plantations.

A boat arriving from Pearl Cay brought the intel-ligence that an American living there, Thompson byname, was known to have been at home withhiswife and four children, and bis workmen, thirteensou's inall, on the night of the 18th, and on thefollowing morning his dwelling and out-buildingsand his entire plantation (cocoa nuts,) had disap-peared. and the Cay was covered, with some five orix feel of water still breaking over it. Capt. Thomp-son was formerly engaged in the coasting trade here-abouts, but had been for the last few years engagedin laying out and cultivating a eoena-nut plantation,which was just commencing to pield him profitableremuneration, and in a year or two would have givenhim a competence, ifnot absolute wealth. He is saidto have a mother and brother residing inBaltimore,Md. Captain Thompson possessed considerable pro-

perty at l'carl Cay, and leaves no one there to carefor it.

At Breds, Bay Corn Island, the schooner Deliver-ance, Captain Samuel A. Cobb, master, Barrett kHosper, owners, from Boston to Old Providence, wastaken up bodily by the hurricane, carried some twohundred yards inland and derositcd high and dryupon the shore, Tho tornado reached as far inlandas Lake Nicaragua, where,on the northern (or Chon-tales) shore, great damage was done, and on the lakeitself several bangoes, with their entire crews, worelost.

On account of the incessant rains, day and night fornine weeks, at Belize, the crops of cotton, l ice, yams,corn, peanuts, etc., are entirely ruined. Besides this,the banks of the rivers have all been overflown, andgreat numbers of cattle, hogs, goats, sheen andpoultry have been drowned or swept away by thefloods. Many of the poor have lost their all, whileothers, more blessed in this world's goods, are left inwant aDd distress.

The Herald's Belize correspondent says:The ending of your wsr has finished our turpentine

works, and our sawmills for pitch and lumber arenow closed or about to be closed. Logwood is downin price both in Europe and America. Mahoganycutting?formerly our sole reliance?has been of lateyears very much neglected, owing to the great dis-tance from the water where itis now to be found, andnow is only carried on by two firms inthis colony.?The demand for sarsaparilla is very limited, and theprices have fallen from twenty-eight to twelve centsper pound.

'ITY NOTICES.

SEWING MACHINES.?Among the numerous inven-tions of American genius, none has exerted agreater revolution in the domestic circle than thesewing machine. Notwithstanding the seeming per-fection withwhich it first came into being, therehave been various improvements patented, amongwhich Grover &Baker's machine holds, if not thefirst, certainly one of the fonnest places in themarket, by different specialities, among which itsembroidery stitch attracts immense attention by themagnificent specimens of its workmanship, exhibit-ed in the windows of No. 181 Baltimore s'reet. Also,the beauty of the cases is worthy of remark, somebeing ornamented withdecorative paintings of quitea high style of art, and they combine the useful wi'hthe beautiful, so that among many items for Christ-mas presents, we believe one of Grover A- Baker'smachines a tasteful and, most desirable giftfor la-dies and families.

CLOTHING ESTABLISHMENT.? Among the advertise-ments in our columns we notice the wholesale estab-lishment ofMessrs. 6. Seldner & Co., Nos. 105 and 107N. Gay street. These gentlemen, for many years

among the most renowned clothiers of our city, havelately enlarged their business, by establishing abranchhouseundertho personal superintendence of Mr.Jas.Kirr, mainlyfor their retail customers, on the cornerof Baltimore and Frederick streets, and ifrumors arecorrect, contemplate still large extensions. Alreadynow they have two business houses in our city, one ofthe largest clothing establishments in Washington,and another equally extensive branch house in Nor-folk, Va? all of which are highly patronized by pub-lie favor. These facts speak so loudly in favor ofMessrs. Seldner Jc Co. that wo need not sound theirmerits inwords.

BUTTER.?Who does not wish to secure for the ap-proaching Christmas season a steady supply of goodbutter, eggs, game, cheese, and other supplies ofthe table ? If wo may believe their advertisementin our columns, the 3tores exhibited in the sales-room. and the praises of their customers, these arti-cles are to be found at the new Butter Depot, N. W.corner Eutaw and Fayette sts.

A terrible explosion took place in London,England on the 31st ultimo. The gasometer of theLondon Gas Company, fully charged with gas, sud-denly exploded, tearing in atoms several largobuildings so completely that not one brick was leftstanding upon another. People nearly a mile offwere violently thrown dowD, so severe was the shockThirtymen were taken from the ruins, nine of whomwere dead, and the remainder in a precarious con-dition,

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NEWS FROM MEXICO.?d

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i-\ igilancc ol" (he Imperialists.

THE CONFIDENCE OF THE LIBERALS

'n The Capture of Matamoras Certain,

>E. NO CROSSING FROM THE AMERICAN SIDE,itUe, NEW ORLEANS, NOV. 24. ?The True Delta'* Brazos

correspondent of the 15th says that a ludicrous rnis--- take was made by tho Imperialists lately. Twon barges of wood for Gen. Clark, commander at Brazos,

r t broke loose above Matamoras and floated past that

J place, when two gunboats, assisted by the land bat-,s teries, opened fire on the barges, and continued their,f fire untilthey were out of range. The barges passed

the batteries, one only losing a rudder. It appears

o that the Imperialists thought the barges was theLiberal's ram going down to damage the fleet at then mouth of the Rio Grande and blockade the river.

The Liberal army encamped about nine miles from0 Matamoras is fully confident of thespeedy eaptureof? Matamoras and Bagdad. Highly important commu-

nications have passed between the linecrial com-mander of tho fleet and the Liberal commander at

1 Brownsville, which will cause considerable interestr inofficial circles.f An order was issued by Mejia on the llth.prohibit-s ing any one from crossing from the American side to

t to Matamoras, or vice versa. Upon receiving infor-V mation that troops were forming upon the Texas

side, the French commodore despatched a vessel tos Vera Cruz with particulars of the occurrence. It is? reported that a swift vessel will be despatched to

1 France for immediate reinforcements,

t Tho Galveston Bulletin of the 21st says, gentlemen

e lately from Matamoras say that the Liberal force ismuch scattered, and that the streets of the city havebeen fortified with earthworks. The Bulletin is alsoinformed that the Liberals at Camargo were com-pelling the merchants to pay into tho Liberal trca-s sury tho balance due the inhabitants of Matamoras,causing a general stampede.

The Matamoras Banchero of the 16tli says; "Despite: the reports to the contrary, there is not the slightest

apprehensions of another attack on the city. NoLiberals have been seen or heard from for three dayswithin a circuit of fifty miles."

The Southwest.

1 CAIRO, November 21.?Wm. B. Stewart,

J while hunting near Horn Lake Depot, back, of Memphis, last Wednesday, was met by- a> man named McPaine, who accosted StewartI in a friendly way, and at length asked to see' his gun, which Stewart permitted. MePaine

immediately shot Stewart, and putting spursto his horse, rode off, and has not been heardof since. Stewart was found soon afterward,his wound dressed, and he was conveyed toMemphis, where he is doing well.

We have an account of numerous reports oftrouble among negroes in Northern Mississippi,Several gentlemen blackened their faces andattended a meeting of negroes. The MemphisArgus is informed that these gentlemenmanaged to elicit the following from a negro :An insurrection is resolved on next Christmas:Most of them are armed. A regiment ofnegro soldiers is to conic from Lagrange. Allnegroes are to joinas they advance, and utterdestruction of the whites is the programme.?The movement is to ire general. Per contra.the same paper says that another gentleman,who has returned from Grenada, Mississippi,reports that the negroes, having had theirminds disabused of the idea that lauds wereto be divided among them on Christmas, arenow generally entering into contracts for nextyear's work.

From I.oniHiHiin?Reports from Mexico.NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 2-3. ?Business contin-

ues active and increases daily.Almost every negro taken before the City

Recorder is found to be possessed of some un-lawful weapon.

An agent of a commercial bouse of Francehas arrived here, and announeesto the plantersof Louisiana that he is authorized to contractfor the emigration of laborers from India andChina.

The Louisiana Legislature met to-day andorganized. No business has been done yet.

The Matamoras Itanchero says that theLiberals are eight miles from there in force,and that a skirmish took place, resulting inthe killingof one Imperialist and the captureof three others by the Liberals.

The Pennsylvania Steel Works.IIARRISBURG, NOV. 24. ?The secretary of the Penn-

sylvania Steel Works has decided to accept what isknown as the Kelker farm, miles east of Harris-burg. The ground at that point is contiguous to theSusquehannarivcr. and immediately on tho line of thePennsylvania Railroad. Engineers were on the flatto-day surveying the necessary lines for the area re-quired for the erection of works. It is admitted byall practical machinists that this enterprise willbethe most extensive of its kind ever erected in Ameri-ca, and is to be on this continent what the celebratedworks of Wade A Butcher at Sheffield, are to Europe.One thousand experienced workmen in steel will bebrought from England, while 1.500 skilled mechanicswillbe rcquirod for the full operation of these works.Arrival of Ihc N'ortli American at Port-

land.

PORTLAND, Me., November 23.?The steam-ship North American, Captain Kerr, fromLiverpool on the 9th, and Newcastle on the10th instant, arrived at this port at 5 o'clockthis morning. Her news is anticipated.

Purser McNaughton reports as follows: Onthe 21st instant, at 9.30 A. M., signalled thesteamship Etna, bound east, in latitude 43°44', longitude -59° 55'. At 10:12 A. M. on thesatne day, signalled steamship Germania, boundeast, in latitude 43° 34', longitude 00° 09'.

Uovcruor Humphrey')! flcssagc to the XivNißMippi Legislature.

JACKSON, NOV. 2d. ?Governor Humphrey has sent amessage to the Legislature, recommending that negrotestimony be admitted in court; that freedmen be en-couraged to support their families and educate theirchildren, and the adoption of measures assuring himof protection; to tax freedmen for the support of help-less freodmen: to force vagrants to engage in profit-able employment; to pass a militia law enabling themilitia to protect our people against vagrant whitemen and negroes, Ac. He deems the passage of thesemeasures of vital importance, and says they may se-cure the withdrawal of Federal troops.

Governor I'nrtin.HARRISBURO, Nov. 24.?Gov. Curtin has been eon-

fined by sickness to the Executive Mansion since hisreturn from New York until to-day. He yields tothe suggestion of his physician and his friends to re-linquish his official duties for a short time while hegoes to Cuba for rest and recuperation. He expects

to leave New York in the steamer of next week. Itewillreturn intime to prepare his annual message forthe coming session of the Legislature.

Attempt to Rob Rank.NEW YORK, NOV. 24.? A daring attempt was made

to rob tho First National Bank of Hoboken lastnight. The burglars bored a hole in tho safe, and,filling it with powder, inserted about two feet offuse, which, being probably disturbed, they did uotignite, but decamped.

Celebration of Evacuation Day at NewYork.

NEW YORK, NOV. 24.?The parade of the Ist Divi-sion New York Militia, and the review by GovernorFenton, in commemoration of evacuation day, took

? place this afternoon. Over 8,000 men are estimateds to have been inline.

, The New York Prize Fighter*.NEW YORK, Nov. 24.?The Express says that the

rumored prize fight between Elliott and Davis, took, place to-day in a private room inTroy, resulting in a

draw, both parties claiming foul blows.

? A very ridiculous case was recently in-vestigated in London. A young man was about to

. be married, and the thought of his fate filled himf with exceeding great melancholy. Two days before

r the ceremony was to have taken place he said to afriend, "Oh, Edward, I wish it was over." He didnot look forward cheerfully to his marriage, to say

1 the least, and at length his "feelings" became toof much for him. A few hours before he was to havet crossed the Rubicon he was found dead on his bed-

no further explanation of his fate being needed thanthe cup of cold poison lying by his side.

?The following is a verbatim et literatimreport of the evidence given in tho Magistrate'sCourt, yesterday, by a negro man named DoctorJones, who accused another negro, named Washing-

, ton, of stealing his watch: |

"I'se name Doctor Jones?name so cause old mas-ter named Doctor. I was settin' in de shop; my

' watch hanging up on do wall. Dat nigger (pointing' to Washington) come in. sot down, got up. went out,

f and de watch was dismissed. Dat's all I Know aboutit."?Alexandria Gazette.

I ?Over twenty-five printing presses are now- I employed in Washington working off school booksI ffSouthern pubtishers, j

j| THE NEWS FROM EUROPE

Surrender of iht fttiennmlonh.

' MORE INTERESTING PARTICULARS.

The Spoils of l li e Pirates.

. ANY QUANTITY OF LOOT AND PRIZE MONEY.

* Action of flic ttfovcriiiiiciit Scrutinized.)

THE AL A BAMA C L AIMS.

The mail.* of the steamship China, from Queens-town on the 12th instant, arrived in New York onThursday.

The main points of the European ncw3 by this ar-> rival were telegraphed from Halifax, and published

in Wednesday's Commercial. We, however, present) this morning a few additional comments of the Eng-

, lish press in the case of the late Rebel pirate Shenan-t doah, and in regard to the claims of ourGovernment\u25a0 on Great Britain for the damages by the Anglo-rebel

cruisers generally.I RELEASE OF OFFICERS AND CREW OF THE SHENAN-! DOAH.

> From the London Times, Nov. 10Her Majesty's Government appears to have beenof opinion that there were no Jogal grounds for keep-

ing the captain and crew of the Shenandoah undersurveillance, and accordingly instructions were for-

> warded to Captain Paynter, of Her Majesty's steamerDonegal, to grant them an unconditional discharge.This was effected on Wednesday evening, at seveno'clock, when the whole crew were taken off the ves-sel and landed in Liverpool. The statements thatCaptain Waddell had previously left the vessel wereunfounded. He and his crew were, however, treatedwith the utmost kindness by the officers and men ofthe Donegal

CAPT. WADDELI.'S LETTEP. TO EARL RUSSELL.The following is the full text of Captain Waddell's

letter:STEAMER SHENANDOAH, Nov. 5.

To the Right. Hon. Earl Russeil, Her BritannicMajesty's Minister for Foreign Affairs:MY LORD : I have the honor to announce to your

Lordship my arrival in the waters of the Mersey,withthis vessel, lately a ship of war in my command,belonging to the Confederate States of America. Thesingular position in which 1 find myself placed, andthe absence of a'l precedents on the subject, will. Itrust, induce your Lordship to pardon a hasty refer-ence to a 'ew facts connected with the cruise latelymade by this ship. I commissioned the ship in Octo-ber, 1864, under orders from the Naval Departmentof the Confederate States, and in pursuance of thesame commenced actively cruising against the en-emy's commerce. Myorders directed me to visitcertainseas in preference to others. In obedience thereto, Ifound myself in May, June and July of this year inthcOchtosk .Sea and Arctic Ocean. Both places, ifnotquite isolated, are still BO far removed from the ordi-nary channels of commerce, that months wouldelapse before any news could reach there as to theprogress or termination of the American war. Inconsequence of this awkward circumstance, I wasengaged inthe Arctic Ocean in acts of war so lateas tho2*th day of June, in ignorance of the seriesof reverses sustained by our arms in the field, andthe obliteration of the government under whoseauthority I had been acting. This intelligence Ireceived for the first time, on communicating atsea. on the 2d of August, with the British bark Bar-racoula. of Liverpool, fourteen days from San Fran-cisco. Your Lordship can imagine my surprise atth receipt of such intelligence, and I would havegiven to it little consideration if an Englishman's opinion did not confirm the war news, thoughfrom an enemy's port. Idesisted immediately fromfurther acts of war, and determined to suspend fur-ther action until I had communicated with a Euro-pean port, when I would learn if that intelligencewas true. It would not have been intelligent in meto convey this vessel to an American port, simplybecause the master of the Barraeouta had said thewar was ended. I was inan embarrassing position.I diligently examined all the law writers at my com-mand, searching a precedent lor my guidanco in thefuture control, management and final disposal of thevessel. Icould find none: history is, I believe, with-out a parallel. Finding the authority question-able under which I considered this vessel aship of war. I immediately discontinued crusing.ana shaped my course for the Atlantic Ocean. Asto the ship's disposal, I do not consider that I haveany right to destroy her, or any further right to com-mand her. On the contrary, I think that, as theproperty of the Confederate government has revert-ed, by the fortune of war, to the government of theUnited States of North America, that therefore thisvessel, inasmuch as it was the property of the Con-federate States,should accompany the other propertvalready reunited, i have therefore sought this portas a suitable one "to learn the news," ami if I amwithout a government, to surrender the ship, withher battery, small arms, machinery, stores, tackleand apparel complete, to Her Majesty's Government,lor such disposition as in its wisdom should be deem-ed proper. I have the honor to be. Ac.,

J AS. J. WADDELL Commander.

CIRCUMSTANCES OF THEIR RELEASE.[From the Liverpool Courier, Nov. 10.j

In the absence of any proof, or even assertion, thatthe men owed allegiance to the English Crown, Capt.Paynter was bound by his instructions to declare thatthey were all at liberty, so far as his authority wasconcerned, and Captain Waddell has previously de-clared that he had no further control over them. Themen, who had previously been in such an excitedcondition that some apprehensions of an emute wereentertained, and a strong force kept in readiness forany emergency, gave a hearty cheer on hearing theannouncement, and began to pack up clothes andbedding as fast a? possible, and place them on boardthe Bee.It should be stated that previously to leaving the

men were paid off, principally in twenty dollarUnited States gold pieces. It is understood that thenecessary amount was furnished by the woll knownfirm here that acted as agents for the ConfederateGovernment during the continuance of the war. Theseamen's chests, though not very large, were noticedto be remarkably heavy, and all sorts of speculationsas to "loot'* ana prize money were founded upon this.Whatever may bo the fact as to the property acquiredduring the "cruise," the men are all very close, anda remark was made by one of them yesterday at theSailor's Home, that if any of them told anything hedeserved to have his tongue pulled out,

THE ALABAMA.[From the London Times, Nov. 11.]

Amid all the excitement which attends the recon-struction of the United States and the settlement ofsome of the most difficult questions which have everpressed upon a people, the Americans still find leisureto talkand to write angrily about the ravages of theAlabama and their consequent claims on the Britishgovernment. There is no use in concealing that, asfar as the utterances of their press and the tone oftheir private conversation indicate their temper,there is as much determination on their part to upholdthese claims as there is on our part to reject them. ?

The Atlantic cities lead opinion, and to foreignersthoy entirely represent it. These Atlantic cities havebeen the chief losers by the exploits of the Confede-rate cruisers. They may have made money in otherways, but their shipping has been wofully crippled.?Indeed, the expression commonly used, that theAmerican merchant marine was swept from the seas.hardly exaggerates the loss suffered by the shippers egNew York and Boston.

The actual destruction caused by the Alabama rep-resents but a small part of the real damage, American ship* could get no freights, while those of Englishvessels rose unprcccdentedly. Numbers of theirvessels were transferred to foreign owners and sailedunder foreign flags. National loss, and in some de-gree national humiliation, have made the Americanpeople angry beyond measure, and certainly there isno people in the world which would be inclined tobear such things patiently. This feeling has been sostrong that Mr. Seward has been unable to give usany longer delay in the matter. While the warlasted tbo claims might remain in abeyance, but nosooner was it over than public opinion forced theSecretary of State to send in bis bill. He did so, andMr. Adam? urged the demand with all the energyand ability of which he is master. These gentlemen,however, found equal abilityand knowledge of inter-national law arrayed on the side of England, and theresult was the late correspondence, which, while itdoes credit to the political talents of tho two nations,cannot be said to have brought the matters indebatebetween them nearer to a settlement.

From first to last the British Government did itsbest to prevent any subject of tho Queen from em-barking *nillegal traffic, and we shall be quite con-tent, when at any future time the conditions are re-versed, when England is the belligerent and theUnited States the neutral, ifthe duties of neutralityshall be performed as well as they were by Lord Pal-merston and Lord Russell.

We believe that the American Government is notblind to the loyalty and uprightness displayed by theBritish Ministry, and that when public feeling coolssufficiently, it will he willingto let these questionsdrop.

The tendency of both people and Government is tocomplain of European treatment, and there are notwanting some who believe that serious events maygrow out of their resentment. We cannot share inany such apprehensions. Wo know that both ourneighbors and ourselves are anxious to live on termsof peace and amnity, withall the States of the NewWorld, and, that being tho that the Americanpeople have received, and will receive, no wilfulprovocation. Such cases of difference as now existgrow weaker with even' day of reflection.

RESIGNATION OP MINISTER ADAMS.

The Tribune*s Paris correspondent says: Tho fol-lowing paragraph appears inLa France of this even-ing:

"Mr. Adams has made up his mind to resign theEost of American Minister inLondon next Spring,

[e lately expresseenris conviction that the questionof the Alabama willbe settled peaceably. He make?no doubt that some very warlike speeches willbo de-livered in Congress, but feels confident that Mr.Johnson's desire to keep on friendly term? with Eng-land willultimately prevail."

Tho Dry (>OHIS Market.There is an improved demand for domestic goods.

Prices have declined so a® to induce larger purchases.Still, prices arc very high, and circumstances areconspiring to lead to yet a lower range. Prints showmore firmness, and large sales have been effectedduring the week, without a decline. Bleached shirt- jings and sheeting? have declined, and brown light \goods are lower, tnough the heavicrgood? are steady.Ginghams command a better salje. Fancy cassimercsof approved styles keep moving; such as dark cordsand stripes. Some spring styles are selling by sam-ple. Miltons are scarce and in demand. Delainesare much lower in price, which has induced jobbersto buy freely. Stripes and check? are very attrac-tive. Tweeds are active.

There is a fair demand for imported goods of de-sirable styles. A concession has been made in price?.Italian cloths are very quick of sale, as wellas fine black broadcloths, and heavy doeskin? andbeavers: the latter for cloaking? and overcoats. Silksare quiet, and are in better supply from recent im-portations. In ribbons there is great vitalityof de-mand. Plain styles especially are wanted. Coloredvelvets have advanced inprice. The sales at auctionhave been large, and realized good prices.

The feature of the trade now most noticeable is thegreat increase of sales on credit. The currency i?not yet on such a stable basis as to justify credits; a?,before the notes given fall due, it is very likely achange in the state of the money market may takeplace to render payment of notes very uncertain. Achange in the currency willbe made sooner or later,and when itdoes come tho shock will be great. Theonly safe plan is to sell and buy for cash, until we getto specie payments again.? New York Independent.

THE MADDUX CASE.? Dr. T. C. Maddux was takenbefore Justice Daw yesterday afternoon on a war-rant issued by that gentleman, rearresting the ac-cused upon the charge of killing the late MajorDixon. Maddux waived an examination, and askedthat he might bo allowed to give security for his an-pearanco at the next term ofthe County Court. Therequest was granted, and Robert I. Edolin and SilasJ. Sanders entered bond in the sum of $5,000 for theappearance of the accused at the next term of theCounty Court.? Alexandria Journal.

[Reported for the Daily Commercial.!? . , , ANNAPOLIS, NOV. 24.1865.Appeal of Man/land?October Term, 1865.

No. B?Submitted on briefs filed.No- by order of appellant', attorney.No. 10.?Harvey S. Pierce et. al. vs. Frederick A.

Levering et. al.: an appeal from the Superior Courtof Baltimore city. The argument of this cause wa.-commanced by R. B, I. Campbell, l'vr the appellant;.

SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 25, 1865.

I STATE CHAIRS.

We take the following items from the CumberlandCivilian:'

IBLV";V_On Fri/.iay last the house of Mr.

UK r fc uear South Branch, was entered and[n rurrcnev f

n C? r °D;

jtss of ?100 ' ar,flabout S4OOnvmonat.J vano . us

.

descriptions, besides a finei, overcoat-and a variety of other clothing. Afterleaving the house, the robbers went to the stable an ttvh AT!."1' lla .rne ?i- Bm ' au ambulance, with

.in,! w Txa UlI\u25a0 .Until Sunday no trace of theSr M 3 ootid be found, but suddenly MrMcAleer cauie. upon the ambulance, loaded withtheltr^leh S nH

' "V"lbe w ,'>" (ls below the Southr Branch, and incaro of ;i boy who had sipnt th® nrc-

vious Sunday at Mr. Ms. house The bov andthoproperty were taken charge of. and he stated that the. ifu committed by one John Callahan.. Efforts are being taken to secure his arre-tPICKPOCKETS ?These gentry are plying their tradevery successfully in this cityat present and annenrto be numerous. On Tuesday, during the salcSJfo-ment property ,_soiiic three or four gentlemen wererelieved of their valuables, and on the same eveningMr-.Trout, of Hampshire county. West Virginia had- $420 taken from his pocket, while stepping from thea ears at the Baltimore and.Ohio Railroad denotRETCRVINC FROM THE WARS.? We learn that quitea cargo of the deluded negroes, who abandoned their- homes in Marylandldunng the third year of the waLj for freedom and felicity at Norfolk, was recentlyt landed on the St. Mary s river shore, in this county

in a destitute and suffering condition. Aged and in-lKrmK

n ?S r°efi, of bot> sexes> an(i "bildren, constitutedthe bulk of these unfortuuato immigrants.?it Ufarv'st Gazette. ' *y

1 The Cecil Whig contains the following items:FOOT-PADS.?For the past two weeks reports have

. been incirculation of the existence of a band of des-peradoes. who lurk in the woods and secret hidingplaces along the railroad between this place andNewark. ready at all times to attack and rob personsand steal any and every thing fromthe people of the surrounding country. Intelligencer has rea-hed us of the robbery of several persons re-

: ?®DF%,?V t ?re walking the railroad, on their wavr to 1. Ik ton, but whoso numes and the particulars o'f? the case, we failed to learn. Itwas only last Sundayafternoon that three railroad employee? were travel-\u25a0 ing the road from Newark to Elkton, and when at short distance below Ash's bridge, were pounced? upon by five desperadoes, knocked down and robbedl and forced to return from whence they came.V> II.D CAT.?A wildcat, three feet and seven inchesfrng, and weighing twelve pounds, was killed by Mr.. bamuel J. Price, of Elk Neck, one day this week.?Mr. Friee and two sons were out on a gunning expe-

dition, when the dogs scared up" the cat. Whenfa my cornered he turned upon his pursuers andshowed fight, and after battling successfully with theboys and dogs for soma time, was about to make hisescape, when Mr. Price shot him.

' I.A JKoe Hoc -?Mr - James H-Morgan, of Elkton,has the honor, perhaps, of raising the la rgest hog inthis part of the country. Its live weight is 678 pounds.J ''le animal, the present week, toMr. VV. P. Howard, for SIOO.We gather the following items from tho BaltimoreCounty Union :

FATALITY AMONG HOGS.? A fatal disease has beencarrying off a number ot hogs in thi- vicinity lately.Mr. John H. Butler, who has lost four hogs by thedisease, informs us that they are seized with a pecu-liar staggering, a redness about the eyes and a blackgripe over the nose, accompanied by groat purging.Bygrinding equal parts of ginger and allspice to-gether and mixing a spoonful in the swill, twice aday, he has saved the balance ot his stock. He alsoputs tar in the trough as a preventive. E. H. Ady.?* tV- ~,

cr' Mrs> ' rhan an d others have lost hog?by this disease.bu.E OF PROPERTY.-The "MeCullough Mill pro-perty which was advertised inthe Union for severalweeks past, was sold on Monday last, by Lewis 11.n heeler and John I. Lnsor, Esqrs., trustees, for twothousand dollars. Purchased by Thomas E. Ensorand Richard N. Burns. The property consists of 4814acres of land m the Sixth district, lying on the Gun-powder Falls, with a new log dwelling, and a stonepaper-mill, furnished with two cutting engines andall the necessary machinery for making paper. Themachinery needs repairing.DEATH OF AN" OLD DEFENDER. ?WM. S. ('anoles,living near Cub Hill,in this county, one of the "OldDefenders ' of Baltimore, in 1814, died at hi? home on

the I.lth inst. He lived a quiet aud unassuming life,and died a patient and Christian death, at the ad-vanced age of nearly SO years. One by one of the oldlandmarks ot our history are passing away.

XIEI.LANY.

?Punch asks ''why is Fenianism hot?'' andanswers "Because it is in the shade.''

?The Mississippi is making great inroadsupon the upper part of the city of Memphis.

?People behind the times should be fed ouketchup.

?Virginia has been called the Mother ofPresidents; England may bo aptly styled the Grand-mother ofPrecedenls.

?Hereafter no arms will he issued to vol-unteer organizations without the approval of thoChiel or Ordnance of Secretary of War.

?Miss Motely, daughter of the United StatesMinister at Vienna, has been married to Mr. Ives, ofProvidenc, R. I.

?Wm. Althoff, of St. Louis, had a littlequarrel with his wife, put a pistol to his head andblew his brains out.

?The California News Letter says that theemmigration from that State was never so great asthis year, and the immigration never so small.

?Over 600 persons arrived at St. Joseph,Mo., last wek from the gold mines of Montana andIdaho, all of whom seemed to have plenty of du3t.

?A man was robbed of a SSOO diamondbreast pin while snoozing in one of the cushionedchairs of the Lindcll Hotel billiard saloon, StLouis.

?The King and Queen of Portugal aremuch blamed for deserting their capital during thecholera, and Charivari puts this epigram into theirmouths; "A? the reigning epidemic prevails in ourdominions, let it reign in our stead."

?A young man, by the name of Rogers, wasthrown from a buggy at Adrian, Mich., on Fridaylast, dragging with him a fowling piece which was ac-cidentally discharged, sending a large charge of shotinto his groin, killing him almost instantly.

?The officers of the Quartermaster's De-partment have been ordered to make special reportsof military cemeteries known to them, and recom- jmending means of preventing interments from being idesecrated,

?Among the histories of the late rebellion ,in preparation abroad is one inFrench by M. Laugel,on "The United States during the War," and one in 'German by Professor Frederick Neumann, ontitled"Causes and History of the CivilWar in the UnitedStates of America."

?lt is said there is scarcely a doubt but that 'the bill willpass Congress providing for the heirs of 'soldiers who died in rebel prisons to be privileged to !collect commutation of the Government rations forthe time the deceased were prisoners of war.

?lt is formally stated that the Spanish gov- iernmeut is about to profit by the receutly inauguratedalliance with France to lay the foundation of a com-mercial treaty between the two countries, which willopen up a new field for Spanish trade, hitherto muchcramped in its foreign relations.

?Tho "local'' of one of' our Southern ex- 1changes relates the following pathetic incident;"There was a little Birkshire pig.And he fell out of a butchers cart:Along came a Freedman Bureau fellerAnd picked him up and kissed him for his mother.'-

?A mother and her daughter have been ?burned to death at Derby, England. The daughterwas reaching something from the mantel piece whenher clothes took fire. In her alarm she ran to her 1mother, to whose clothes the flames woro communi-cated, and before they could be extinguished themother and daughter were burned to ashes.

?lt was the custom of an old lady whoformerly entertained travellers, before her gnestscommenced a meal to ask a blessing, which she gen-erally concluded in this wise: "Make us truly thank-ful for the food hefnre us. Nancy, hand over thecorn bread first, and then the biscuits afterwards,?Amen."

?Confederate money is the best the NewYork Citizen knows of. A friend, says the editor, hasjust given us about two thousand dollars in twenty-dollar bills of that currency. They are neither sign-ed, numbered or dated; but are nevertheless jlist asgood as though they were. Of what other bank notes

inthe country, inlike condition, could the same besaid?

?A London bookseller, who announcesSaxe's Poems in a cheap reprint for the English peo-ple, takes the liberty to print the name "J. Godfreysaxc"?seeing which the author said. "I forgive thecockney for stealing the poems, but for bedeviling myname in that affecsed style I would like to pull hi?piratical nose for him."

?The following letter was recently writtenby the French Procureur-Imperial, M. Dupin. in re-ply to an invitation to dinner from M. Troplong, sentwith the official notice of the ceremony on the open-ing of the law courts:?"The Sainte Chapelle is too

cold: the sitting is too warm; your dinner is 100 good;excuse me if I decline.?DPPlN."

?An old soldier of the First Empire, Capt.Collin, has just died at Montmorency. France, agedninety-six. The deceased captain's military careerbegan at Fleurus and closed at Waterloo. In 1801 hewas one of the first who received the decoration ofthe Legion of Honor, and was probably at his deaththe oldest member of that order.

?The county lunatic asylum of Gloucester.England, advertises for a "night nurse" who can readvocal music at sight, and for a "male attendant" whois a good violinist. The salary offered is sixteenpounds per annum, increasing one pound yearly upto twenty pounds, with board, washing and lodgingfor the woman, and twenty-four pounds per annumfor the man.

?Punch gives the following as a rule forrailway traveling: "Will you allow me, sir, to offeryou a cigar?" "Thank you; but I never smoke." ?

"Have you any objection to my lighting one, sir?""Oh, no; none in the least." This plan is infalliblewith the most puritanical-looking fellow traveler.Never think of putting the second question first. Thoproduction of the cigar and the generous offer aresure to disarm all crusty objections. Try it.

?There is a picture of Gen. Lee on exhibi-tion in Now York which was painted last fall fromlife by E. C. Bruce, of Winchester. Va., and wasafterwards viewed by a committee of the Senate andHouse of Delegates of Virginia, who reported favor-ably, and agreed to give twenty-five hundred dollarsin gold for its purchase. While the bill was pendingthe city of Richmond was occupied by the Federalforces.

?A German and an Italian were latelyarrested in New York for swindling express com-panies. One of them would go out of the city andsend his trunk inby express. The other would thencall at the office, describe the trunk, and produce akey fitting tho lock. After securing the trunk, thoother would arrive and demand his property or itsvalue, and, with the aid of witnesses, generally madehis claim good. The game, however, was clayed

1 once too often, and the sharpers were

FROM WASHINGTON.

Arrival of tlie Ram Stonewall.

THE ViCAXCIES IX THE ARMI".

Tlie Rngaimi Cattle I'lstgur.

REWARDS FOR THE CAPTURE OF BOOTH.

TIIE RETV ARDS FOK THE CAPTURE Of BODTIL ANDOTHERS.

The following orilcr was issued to-day:WAR DEPARTMENT, |

Adjutant General's Offioc. r

?Washington, Nov. 24,1865.)

General Orcler No. 166.?Ordered, Ist; All personsclaiming reward for the apprehension of John WilkesBooth, Lewis Payne, G. A. Atzerodt, and David E.Herold and Jefferson Davis, or either of them, arenotified to file their claims and their proofs with theAdjutant General for filial adjudication by the Spe-cial Commission appointed to award and determineupon the validity of such claims before the first dayot January next, after which time 110 claim? will bereceived.

2. The rewards offered for the arrest of Jacobihompson, Beverlv Tucker, George X. Sanders,T*>

(t * Gleary. and John 11. Surratt are revoked.By order of the President,E. D. TOWXSEND, U. S. Adjt. Gen.

CIRCULAR.

The following circular from the QuartermasterGeneral willbe road with interest:

QUARTERMASTER GENERAL'S OFFICE 1W ASHINGTON, D. C. Nov. 16, iB6O, j

Alloflicors of the Quartermaster'? Department arehereby notified that from and after the Ist of Decem-ber next, no charge exceeding one hundred and fiftydollars (s>lso) per month, for the services of anv clerkin said department, will lie allowed.

One or two experts, who have been employed bydirect authority of the Quartermaster General, willbe the only exceptions to this rule.

And nothing in this circular must be considered asjustifying or authorizing an increase of the salary ofany clerk who may be employed at a less rate of paythan $l5O per month.By order of the Quartermaster General.

BEN. C. CARD,Colonel, Q. M. Department.

VACANCIES IN THE ARMY.Manj* vacancies in the lower grades of tho regular

army, uni among the field and company officers ofthe \ eteran Reserve Corps, exist at the present.time.The order heretofore issued by tho War Departmentproviding for examining applicants to fill the va-cancies of the regular army, is being executed, andan order has just been promulgated directing theregimental officers of the Veteran Rcservo Corps toforward to the chief mustering officer of this Depart-ment, duplicate muster roll? and descriptive lists ofall oflieers and men who elect to remain inthat ser-vice. It i? believed that an order will be issued toremit the Veteran Reserve Corps, and to resume theexamination of candidates to fill existing vacanciesThese measures will afford the means of providingfor many cx-officers of volunteers, of merit andability, who are anxious to re-enter the militaryservice. It willbo remembered that, of what G calledthe Regular Army, the terms of 0 regiments of infantry, J battalions each, 1 regiment of artillery, and1 regiment of cavalry, will,by law, expire one yearafter the end of the rebellion, llenec legislation willbecome necessary in regard to these branches of thomilitary service.

VETERAN RESERVES.

Au order has been issued directing the regimentalofficers of the Veteran Reserve Corps to forward tothe Chief Mustering Officer of this Department, du-plicate mu?ter rolls and descriptive lists of all officersand men who elect to remain in the service. TheChief Medical Officer of the Department is al?o di-rected to detail a competent medical officer to exam-ine all such officer? and men, and to forward a reportwith the muster rolls and descriptive lists. Whatdisposition will bo made with the officers of thi?Corps who desire to remain in service, has not vetbeen announced.

BOUNTY FOR VETERANS.The War Department has decided that no claim for

veterans' bounty willbe entertained unless the claimant ha* heretofore been recognized ami borne on hiscompany roll? as such veteran. In eases of claims forunsettled clothing, the sworn statement of a com-manding officer of th' company to which the claimantbelongs, sustaining the claim, must be filed.

Colored soldiers applying for bounty should statewhether they were mastered as "free," on or beforeApril If, 1861; wi re enrolled and subject to draft atthe date of enlistment. If the claimant be an officer,he must state when last paid, and, if possible, thename of the paymaster who paid him.

ARRIVALOF THE REBEL KAM STONEWALL.This formidable iron plated ram arrived from Ha-

vana this morning, under convoy of the U. S. steamerRhode Island, Commander Alexander 11. Slurry, (incharge of the expedition), and the V. S. steamer Hor-net, Lieu. Commander George Brown, U.S.N*., theStonewall being undor command ol Captain J. ('.Febiger.

In coming up the river, the Rhode Island gotaground off Buzzard's Point, and the Stonewallcame to anchor off Gicsboro', but willcome up to theNavy Yard at high tide.

When off Smith's Point. Chesapeake Bay. a NewYork .schooner attempted to cross her bow, butcither miscalculated the speed of the Stonewall, orwas not aware of the presence of her ram, and wasstruck by the latter, sinking her almost instantly.?The engines of the Stonewall were immediately re-veracd on seeing the movement of the schooner, butsuch is her momentum from her weight of metal,that it was impossible to stop her inseason to avoidthe collision. The crew of the schooner were saved.

THE RUSSIANCATTLE PLAGUE.

The Secretary of State has received a letter fromMinister Clay, dated St. Petersburg, Oct. 29th. Assome attempts arc being made t deny the existenceof the cattle plague in Russia, ho ouotcs extracts ,from the Russian Gaze'te of Moscow, in proof of thefact. Nothing is attempted to arrest the plague.? <The supernatural people regard that as a useless at- jtempt. Some of the larger villages scarcely retainthe tenth of their original number. Cattle perish by <hundreds and sheep by thousands. The descriptionof the cattle plague does not answer to the one raging <in England, in all respects, but climate and other ,surroundings greatly change the symptoms and char-acter of the disease, as is wellknown; and notwith- 1standing the denials of the Russian authorities, whoare much interested in the export of cattle, tallow, (hides and wool, Mr. Clay is still of the decided opin- fion that the disease was carried from the Baltic Rus-sian ports to England. t

PATENTS INTHE SECEDED STATES. R IThe President ha? decided that no patents shall be

issued to any person in the rebellious States until ithey arc properly reconstructed.

CONSCIENCE MONEY. 1The total amount of conscience money received at '

the Treasury Department lor the year ending with ,Juno last was $20,876. It was received in sums vary-ing from 50 cents to SSOO. (

Whaler* Destroyed by Pirate*.The New Bedford Standard gives the following '

complete list of vessels destroyed by pirates during <the rebellion, with the amount of oil on board. All ,except the first three named were captured by vesselsfitted out from the British dominions.

1861.Schooner John Adatus. Provincetown: schr. Mer-

maid, and brig I'avaua, 215 bbls.1862. :

Shin Ben Tucker, New Bedford, 350 bbls.: harkK'oen Dodge, do. clean; bark Elisha Dunhard, d0.d0.;ship Levi Stanbuck. do. do.; bark Virginia, do. do.: 'ship Ocean Rover, Mattapoisett, 760 bbls; schooner <Altamaha, Sippican, clean; ship Ocmulgce, Edgar-town, 250 bbls: schr. Courser. Provincetown, clean;schr. Weather Guagc, do., clean; bark Alert, New .London, clean. Total 1,560 bbls.

1863.Bark Lafayette, New Bedford, 170 bbls; bark Nye,

New Bedford, 500 bbls; schooner Kingfisher, Fairha-ven, 180 bbls; brig Kate Cory, Wcstport, 155 bbls;schooner Rienzi, Provincetown, 75 bbls; total?l,oßobarrols.

1864.Bark Edward. New Bedford, 100 bbh: Bnrk Golcon-

da, New Bedford. 1,687 bbls; total?l,7B7 bbls.1865.

Bark Abigail. New Bedford, 30 bbls; ship Bruns-wick. do, 200 do; bark Congress, do, 360 do; shipEuphrates, do, 200 do; bark Gypsey, do, 370 do: ship ]Hector, do, 275 do; ship Uilliuan, do, 200 do; shipIsaac llowlaiid. do, 610 do; bark Isabella, do, 300 do: ]bark Jireh Swift, do, too do: bark Martha, 2d, do, 2 "'

do; ship Nassau, do, 100 do; bark Nimrod vdo, 100 do:ship Sophia Thornton, do, clean; bark Waverly, do, j450 do: ship William Thompson, do, 250 do; bark Fa-vorite, Fairhaven, 500 do; bark Covington, Warren,100 do: bark Catherine, New London, 200 do, shipGeneral Williams, do, 200 do; hark Edward Carey,San Francisco, 275 do; brig Susan Abigail, do clean: :bark William C. Nye, do, 150 bbls; oark Harvest,Honolulu. 300 do; bark Pearl, clean; total, 5,810 bbls. 125 New Bedford vessels, 6,892; 2 Fairhaven vessels,680; 1 Mattapoisett vessel, 760; 1 Sippican vessel,clean: 1 Wcstport vessel, 155; 1 Edgnrtown vessel, 250;5 Provincetown vessels, 290: 1 Warren vessel, 100; 3New London vessels, FX); li San Francisco vessels,425; 2 Honolulu vessels, 300; 46 vessels with a total of10.252.

No port has suffered as severely during the war asNew Bedford, inproportion to the amount of shipsowned.

By a rough estimate the value of the vessels de-stroyed is $1,150,U00, and of tho oil $500,000, makingthe whole damage to the whaling interest l.v tho ;ct 1of rebel pirates *1,650,000.

MEETING OF ORANGEMEN IN CANADA.?Alarge meeting of Orangemen was held in To-ronto, Canada, on lasl Thursday evening, togive expression of the feelings of the Order inregard to the anticipated Fenian invasion ofCanada. The meeting assembled at the callof the District Master, and every lodge in thedistrict was represented. A preamble andresolutions of a belligerent character wereadopted, declaring; that the stories relative tothe apprehended Fenian raid are founded onthe known designs of that brotherhood, chal-lenging them to come on if tliey dare, callingon all Orangemen to enrol and arm themselvesto defend the government and repel the in-vaders; and commending the military andpolice precautions taken hv the provincial au-thorities and individuals as timely and neces-sary. A Toronto paper, in reviewing thepresent condition of affairs there, savs: "Weare perfectly prepared for anything that mayoccur.''

OIL SWINDLE IN ILLINOIS.?The Ottawa (IU.)Free Trader exposes the schemes of a party of oilspeculators, who roam the country prospecting foroil. They approach a farmer, tell him of the proba-bility of oil upon his farm, that a fortune is withinhis grasp, Ac. They will want to enter into a con-tract with him to sink a well within six months thtshall produce forty barrels ofoil per day; that eachshall have a share of the oil; that he (the farmer)shall give them his note for one or two thousand dol-lars, as the case may be, not to be paid, however,unless oil is struck, as per contract. They thereforetake this plain promissory note, unqualified, andgive him the written contract, and leave him todream of oil and greenbacks "to come," while the"operators go to the bank and sell his note. Somefive or six thousand dollars worth of these notes arenow in the banks in Ottowa.

?Memphis is reported to be crowded.?Every boarding house and hotel is constantly full;private families cannot rent houses for lovo normoney; every building that has rooms in it is fullyoccupied with offices and lodgings; and the largenumber of business and professional men who visit irestaurants and eating houses for their daily mea's is itruly surprising. The buildings that before the war taccommodated thirty-thousand people are now Iforced to shelter from fifty to sixty thousand; for thenew buildings do not equal in extent those destroyed tby the ravages of war. As a result of this "jam," ireal estate, rents and boarding command fabulous i

k prices.

RELIGIOUS.CONSECRATION or BISHOP CLARRRON.?Tho conse-

cration of this eminent divine, at Chicago, recently,as Bishop of Nebraska and adjacent territory, wasone of the most imposing ceremonials ever witnessedin this country. A large number of Bishops of theProtestant Episcopal Church were present, and theRight Rev. Bishop Whipple, of Wisconsin, preachedtho Consecration Sermon.

11 e have much pleasure inalluding to the elevationto the Bishopric of so exemplary and distinguished adivine as Bishop Clarkson, ?and the more so becausehe went from Washington county, in our good oldb'fil?. Tho Bishop has many friends here, whocherish tho memory of his worth, and are gratified tosee that his noble qualities aro meeting withproperappreciation.

?Rev. A. L. Stone. I). I)., gave the first of a seriesof sermons before tho Young .Men's Christian Asso-ciation. last Sabbath evening, in Tremont Temple.IJoston. Itwas an able and eloquent argument intavor of the Sunday Law; and an earnest appeal toChristian young men to stand fast for God and theright.? Boston Recorder.

CONNECTICUT.?The Congregational church inNew-town celebrated its laOth anniversary Oct. 19th, withinteresting commemorative services.' The Congrega-tional church at Greene's Farms, Westport cele-brated its 150th anniversary. October 26tli.

BAYOF PRAYER. ?The Methodist Centenary Com-mittee has passed a resolution fixing the first Sundayin January, 1866, as a day to be observed by specialand united prayer for the divine blessing on the cen-tenary services of the year, and tor such a generalrevival of religion that this peried may be marked asan epoch of special spiritual progress in the church.

?Those who know themselves, however superfi-cially, arc but too well aware that the great hin-drances to effectual and profitable worship of everydescription are formality?the substitution of theshadow tor the substance, of the letter for the spirit?drawing near to God with our lips when our heartsare far from him. Wc feel and admit that it is theSpirit of God alone which can keep us in the realspirit of prayer.? Friend*' Intelligencer.

PATIENCE.?But let us see to it, my friends, thatnone of us should fancy that because we find it hardto exercise patience, therefore we may he excusedseeking to exercise it at all. Manv people act as ifthey thought that because they had special need ofpatience, therefore they may do without patiencealtogether. Many a man appears to think that thehasty temper or the over-anxious disposition whichlie received from nature, is to be received as an ex-cuse for a constant frctfulncsg, or for occasional out-bursts of impatience which are humiliating to Chris-tian character and destructive of Christian peace.But while we admit that no human being can tellhow honestly any Christian IUAU has str ven withthe evil heart of nature?how hard the law of themind has fought against the law in the members;while we remember that we may partly know what aman has done, but cannot reckon what he has re-sisted: yet let us never forget that temptation is veryrarely so strong as to destroy responsibility, or to ex-cuse transgression.

if any among us lecls within himself that impa-tience is his most easily besetting sin : ?if any amongus feels mournfully within liim.-elf that here it is thethorn in the flesh strikes deep, and the minister of.Satan has most power to buffet; then let such a oneremember that here is his battle-ground:?that hereis tho enemy which God specially intends him to re-sist, and here the end which God speciallv intendshira to win. "Better is he that ruleth his spirit,"-aith the wise man. "than he that taketli a city ":the truest and noblest conqueror is he who has comeoff victorious in that bloodless battle of life. Andlet us be sure of it, that "the God of patience andconsolation,"?Ho who "knowcth our frame." and iwho has told us how sorely we "have need of pa-tience,'" -will bo ready by His Spirit and llisgrace to".-trengthen us to all patience,"?to enable us topossess our souls in patience."?to "run with pa-tience the race set before us,"?"patiently waitingfor Christ" and His coming at the last.?.l. K. If.Boyd.

iounday Book of Poetry.]The FooUsh Virgins.

Bate, late, so late! and dark the night, aud chill!Late, late, so late! but we can enter stillToo late, too late, ye cannot cntcrnow .

No light had we, for that we do repent;And learning this, the Bridegroom willrelent.Too'late, too late, ye cannot enter now.

Xo light, so late! and dark and chill the night!0 let us in that we may find the light!

Too late, too late, ye cannot enter now.Ilace we not heard the Bridegroom is so sweet?0. let us ill. though late, to kiss llis feel !

Xo. no, too late! ye cannot enter now.,1. Tr.nuitni/ii.

?Of the most excellent portion of the soul it maybe said, God has given if to each man as a seal of di-vinity, which may elevate us from the earth to affini-tywith heaven, lor we are not sprung from earth butheaven.?l 'lirtslinn Ejrmniner.

THE HAPPY DEAD.

'Tis folly all that can be said.By living mortals, of the immortal dead.'Tis as if wc who stay behindIn expectation of the wind.

Should pity those who passed this slrail before.And touch the universal shore.Ah. happy man, who art to sail no more?

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A. Coir leg.

I.l'l'F.ltARY.

?''Life anil Letters of Frederick W. Robert-son, M. A., "Incumbent of Trinity Chapel,Brighton, England, 1847-53. Edited by Stop-ford A. Brooke, M. A., late Chaplain to theEmbassy at Berlin, hi two volumes. Boston:Ticknor & Fields.

The most interesting biography of the seasonis that which here embodies a history of oneof the noblest and most gifted men of ourday. A large, free, ever expanding mind,following truth with chivalric, unblenchingcourage; never afraid to speak his maturedconvictions however they might affect hisworldly interests. This loyalty to truth washis dominant trait. He kept all the windowsof his soul wide open, that every fresh breezefrom heaven or earth might visit it. He was 'the furthest from a bigot of any man of suchhigh and well-trained powers. Mr. Brookehas executed his task of biographer with Jmuch ability and in an appreciative, sympa- jthetic spirit. Most of the great moral ques- jlions of the day are touched on in the course !of the memoir or the accompanying corres-pondence. The book is spiritually suggestiveand refreshing, and will find many readers,especially among those already acquaintedwith the eloquent writings of the young clergy-man of Brighton.

?The Atlantic Monthly for December openswith "Griffith Gaunt, or .lealousy." a newstory by Charles Reade, author of "Never TooLate to Mend,' Ac. John Neal continues hisgossiping and entertaining, though egotistical, papers. The November number containedhis reminiscences of old Jeremy Bentham;and he now tells us of Blackwood's Magazine(to which he was an early contributor) and ofJohn Wilson, its editor. "The Parting ofHector and Andromache,'' translated fromHomer by Bryant, should be compared withCowper's, Lord Derby's, Sotheby's and Pope'stranslations of the same celebrated passage:we think it will not suffer in the comparison.Charles Dickens contributes a paper on Adelaide Proctor: Dr. C. C. Cox, ofBaltimore, apoem, "Dios te de;" Charles Sumner, aliterary article with a political moral. Thereare also contributions by Mrs. Stowe, GailHamilton, Bayard Taylor, Donald G. Mitchell..Samuel Osgood, A. Agassi/. J. T. Trowbridgeand others. The number is one of the bestever issued of the Atlantic.

CITY" NEWS.

XEW BUILDINGS.?Since the cessation of the war afresh impetus has been given to every departmentof trade in this city, and there has, consequently,arisen an increased demand for dwelling houses,resulting very naturally inan advance in rent and ageneral enhancement of the value of real estate.?Men of capital have recently interested themselvesin this matter, and the next spring promises to openwith a lively business inthe erection of new dwell-ings and warehouses. Despite the unpropitiousnersof this season of the year, a number of new build-ings, however, are being erected throughout the city.In the western section, which soems to bo more rap-idly expanding than inany other, several handsomeimprovements are in progress.

On the south side of Lexington street, a few doorseast of Gilmor, Messrs. Robert McOoinas and JohnG. McComas have nearly completed two comfortable

residences for their own use. Each have erectedthree-story dwellings, the main building having 1"feet front each, with a depth of 28 feet, and wellarranged two-story back buildings. Each house hasseven or eight, rooms and a passage, besides diningroom and kitchen, the whole supplied with all themodern conveniences. The fronts are of pressedbrick, with handsome cornice and facings of wood.They willbe ready for occupancy by the Ist of Jan-uary.

Mr. L. A. Colbert, architect and builder, is erect-ing a row of three houses on the south side of Lex-ington street, a short distance north of Gilmor street,

for Mr. Adam Snively, of this city.Each of these houses is designed to be three stories

in height, having a front of nineteen feet and adepth of main building of twenty-five feet, with a

two-story back building conveniently arranged. Theywillhave about ten rooms each, including thekitchenand dining-room, all constructed upon modern prin-ciples. They have already reached the second story,

but the masons, itis stated, have been compelled to

suspend operations in consequence of tho difficulty

of obtaining bricks and sand. There were but fewpressed bricks made during the war, and although

they are now being manufactured quite extensivelythere is not yet a sufficiency to supply the demand.These houses will be ready for occupancy by thespring.

LARCENIES.? Wm. Gorsuch was taken into custody-last evening by Captain Mitchell and officer Bidde-man. of the middle district, charged with havingstolen two military capes, the property of GeneralMitchell and Lieut. Col. Wilson, of Gen. Hancock'sstaff. The capes were stolen from a boarding hoiveon Saratoga street near Park. The accused was de-tained for a hearing this morning before JusticeSpicer.

Bridget MoGeeney was arrested yesterday by offi-cer Fleming, of the eastern district, charged withstealing a quantity of clothing valued at S3O. the pro-perty of Mrs. A. E. Rodenburg. She was released onbail for a hearing on Monday next at 4 o'clock,

THREE CENTS.STRINGENT POLICE REGULATIONS?A MOVE INTHE

RIOHT DIRECTION.?With a view of frustrating theoperations of the organized gangs of burglar:- au Ithieves who seem to have made themselves quite a*home here for somo time past, breaking into storeswith impunity, stopping peaceful citizens in thestreet at nizht. and, by their extraordinary clevcrnt.--in their nefarious calling, eluding tho police, ChiefMarshal Cnrniichacl yesterday issued positive verbalorder* to the patrolmen to arrest and detain at the.respective station housos to which they are attachedall suspicious persons who may be found upon the.streets after midnight. The written order now inpreparation on this subject will be published in aday or two by the Marshal. It is made tho im-perative duty of tho officers to scrutinizo everyone who may be abroad at tho hour mentioned,

and according to his judgment of the character ofthe person, lock him up, or permit htm to pass on.Comparatively few people have business abroadafter midnight, and those engaged in legitimatecallings who should chance to be out can readily satis-fy the police concerning their movements.

Marshal Onrniichaol is to bo commended for hisprompt acth n in this matter, and though we areaware that the present force at his command is in-adequate for the protection of so large a city as Bal-timore, we rely upon his doing the best he can withthe men under his control. Let this order be rigidlyenforced. Mr. Marshal Carmiehael, by your trustyofficers, and the gangs of thieves who seem to havefound Baltimore a comfortable abiding place, willsecure tickets in the next trainfor another region.

Only let them know that you mean what you say,not for two or three nights, but for all time, and thatyou will hold your forco to a rigid account, and ourcity willsoon be freed from all such "snappers up ofunconsidered trifles."

MEETING OF THE BALTIMORE COUNTY TEACHERS'ASSOCIATION.?The rules and regulations of the newBoard of School Commissioners for Baltimore county,under the present school system, makes it obligatoryupon all the teachers employed by the Board toformthemselves into an association, to meet quarterly, forthe purpose of better qualifying themselves for theirduties as instructors of the young. In compliancewith such regulations, the teachers assembled yester-day at the county building, on North Calvert street,opposite tlie court house. Samuel Ringgold, Esq..was chosen temporary President, and after the trans-action of some preliminary business, the followingpermanent officers were elected : President; SamuelRinggold; Vice President, F. Foy; Secretary, Dr. R.M. J. Barker; Treasurer, Mrs. E. M. Sopcr; Li-brarian, Francis Kenny; Business Committee. R. C.McGwin, R. M. G. Trainor, E. M. Jackson, Mrs. M.A. Millerand Miss M. A. Sutton. A communicationwas then read from Prof. Thayer, Principal of theEastern Female High School of this city, inviting

| Ihe association to visithis school, which was unani-mously accepted.

I The association at once ina body proceeded to theschool building on Fayette street, whero they werocordially received by Professor Thayer, and conducted through the several apartments, the Professor explaining the operation of tho High School system.?Tho association retired well fdeased with their visit,

, and with many thanks to Professor Thaj er. Uponthe re-asseinbling the association was occupied forsome time with the discussion of the definition ofwords as a lesson inschool. Messrs. IV. Curtis Grif-fith, F. Foy, Jas. McLaughlin. Dr. R. M. J. Barker,and R. M. G. Trainor. participating inthe debate.

W. Horace Soper, Esq., Secretary tothe State Boardof Education, addressed the association, explainingthe practical use of the new roll book, as adopted bythe Hoard of Commissioners, the manner of makingout the school reports, Ac. At the conclusion of Mr.Sopcr's remark's, the association, after tho transac-tion of some business of minor importance, adjourn-ed until this morning at 10 o'clock, at which time anaddress will bo delivered by Prof. Newell, the re-cently appointed Professor of the State NormalSchool.

How i TRIFLING AFFAIR WAS EXAGGERATED.?in view of tho frequency with which robberies haveoccurred in this city, have been instructedl<> exercise the strictest vigilance in the prosecutionof their duties, particularly at night. On Sundaynight last a sergeant of the western district observeda wagon passing along Pennsylvania avenue, anddeeming it a suspicious circumstance, hailed thodriver and directed him to drive to the station-houseof that district, which he did. AN examination ofhis wagon disclosed the fact that it contained twoold bedsteads, some bedding, iron pots, a cradle, and

i a few other articles. These, the driver explained,i were the household effects of a poor family who weroremoving from a point in the country to a house on.Stirlingstreet, near Eager, and his explanation beingdeemed satisfactory, ho was released to proceed tohis destination without further molestation. Fromthis circumstance arose a report that a wagon hadbeen overhauled which contained an iron safe, en-closing seven hundred dollars. This report was cir-culated for several days in certain circles, and finallya reporter of an afternoon paper heard of it. OnThursday ho published it, and yesterday a morningpaper reiterated the statement. Proper inquiry at

| the headquarters of the police authorities (who wero| stated to bo in possession of the supposed stolen

treasure.) would have established the fact that noth-ing of the kind had occurred, and that it was an un-

founded rumor.THE STEAMER NORTH POINT.?This vessel, com-

manded by Captain Smith, and belonging to the Sa-vannah line of steamships, arrived inport yesterday,after weathering one of tho severest gales ever expe-rienced along the Southern coast, She brought fromSavannah, which port she left on Sunday last, abouta dozen passengers, and a cargo of cotton and sun-dries. The captain states that he experienced thomost terrific weather, having had his sail 3 torn al-most into shreds. For thirteen hours the North Pointlay inthe trough of the sea, with the waves dashingcompletely over her almost continuously. Beyondthe damage to her sails, she received no injury, andthe severe ordeal through which she passed, only

served to attest her superior sea-going qualities, andto establish the substantial character of theworkman-ship which brought her up to such a high standard.?She was constructed by Messrs. John T. Fardy fcBro., on the south side of the basiu.

INJURED BY A FISH.?A gentloman named Penning-ton, residing at North Point, seven or eight miles dis-tant from the city, while engaged fishing, about twomonths ago, had ono of the fingers of his right handslightly punctured by tho horn or fin of a eat fish. Ina little time his finger commenced swelling, the inflaramation rapidly extending to his'hand and arm.Becoming alarmed at his situation. ho consulted Dr.Allan P. Smith, who determined that amputation ofthe finger was necessary. The operation was accord-ingly performed a day or two ago by Dr. Smith, as-sisted by Dr. Horace A. Brooks since which time thoinllammation has subsided, and Mr. P. is in a fairway of recovery.

THE CHARLESTON LINE OF STEAMERS.?The firststeamer of the new lino for Charleston, S. C., the"Cumberland." has for several days past been load-ing at Flanigan's wharf, loot of Millstreet, and willleave hero this afternoon with a fullcargo. It hasnot yet been determined what steamer willsucceedher. but. there is no doubt that one steamer will hodespatched on Saturday next, as the prospects of tholine, evinced in the quality and quantity of thofreight offered for the first steamer of the line, is ofthe most encouraging and satisfactory character.

ANOTHER LARCENY OF CLOTH.?Thomas Fooso wasarrested yesterday by officer Durkco, of the easterndistrict, on the charge of having stolen a piece ofcloth from the store of Joseph Zeis, No. 227 SouthBond street. Ttappears that the accused went intothe store of Zeis and asked for a drink of water, andwhile there, managed to secure a piece of cloth,valued at $56. The cloth was recovered, having beensecreted ina trunk belonging to the accused. Jus-tice Ilebdcn committed him for the action of thoCriminal Court.

CHAROEO WITH ROBBERY.?Officer Widdefield, ofthe middle district, arrested a negro boy, namedJames Erving, yesterday, charged with stealing aSSO bill from Miss Maria Falls, residing on Calvertstreet. The money was found in his possessionbefore lie had escaped from the house. He waslodged in the central station house to await tho dis-posal of tho magistrate. About two weeks since aMr. Darrel!. residing at the same Iplace, lost a simi-lar amount.

PROPKRTV SALE.?CoI. S. H. Gover, auctioneer,sold yesterday, upon the premises, a lot of groundand improvements on the south side of Little MeEl-derry street, between Aisquith street and Bellairmarket, fronting thirty-two feet and running back to

the depth of about eighty-seven feet. The improve-ments consisted of a three-story brick dwelling withtwo-story double back building, <fcc? subject to anannual ground rent of S2B. Itwas purchased by Mr.H. Frank for $1,025.

COMMITTED TOR TRIAL.?The three Lynch's, Thos.,Timothy and John, arrested on Thursday night,oharged with stealing, as already reported in thoCommercial, were yesterday committed by JusticeSpicer for tho action of the Grand Jury. Luke Lynch,father of the accused, was also apprehended by offi-cers Claridgc and Doud, charged withbeing a receiverof stolen property. Justice Spicer released him onbailfor the action of the grand jury.

VESSEL WRECKED?A PORTION OF HER CREW LOST.?lnformation was received yesterday at the readingroom of the Baltimore Merchants' Exchange, thatthe barkentino "O. E. Maltby,"Captain Bray, waswrecked on Abaco, on the 23d instant. Only a por-tion of the crew were saved. She was 318 tons, ratedA 2, was built at Cleveland, Ohio, and owned byJoseph A. Bush, 0. E. Maltby and others, of thiscity.

FIRE.?The alarm of fire sounded last night throughbox 39 about half-past ten o'clock, was occasioned bytho burning of a barn, belonging to Mr. Bennett, inthe Mount Carmel road, outside the city limits. It isreported that five cows, a horse, two hogs and every-thing else contained in the barn perished with it ?

The loss is estimated at about SI,OOO. The origina-tion of the fire, or whether the building is insured,did not transpire.

IMPROVEMENTS.? For tho past week a number ofworkmen have been employed at Calvert station,making various and useful improvements, laying newtracks inside the building, repairing tho baggageplatforms, &Q. "With well regulated arrangements at

this station, it will compare favorably with any inthis or other cities.

AXIBEME.\m

HOJ.LIDAY STREET THEATRE.?Mrs. Bowers willrepeat Elsie Verner this even'ng at the Holliday.

?A man in Boston tried to kill a youngwidow to whom he wad engaged for saying that he^first husband was as as he.