Steamer Cornelius Vanderbilt Ashore Near Randall’s Island
Owing to the dense fog which prevailed on the Sound on Thursday the 13th inst., the boats from the East were detained above Hurlgate. The splendid steamer Cornelius Vanderbilt, of…
Launch Of The Steamship Vanderbilt
On Monday morning the 10th inst., at an early hour, people began to congregate at Mr. Simonson's ship-yard at Greenpoint, to witness the expected launching of the new steamship Vanderbilt.…
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Evacuation Day
The seventy-second anniversary of the return of Evacuation Day was celebrated on Monday by an imposing military parade and review in the Park by the authorities.
As the Common Council made no appropriation this year for the proper observance of the day, what was done in the way of parading and festivities was the result of voluntary enthusiasm on the part of our citizens. Flags, banners and appropriate devices adorned nearly all our hotels, theatres and public buildings, and in many instances the ships in the harbor were gaily decked with flags and streamers. A holyday was given to all the scholars in the public schools, and many old Knickerbockers abstained from business in honor of the day.
The Portsmouth and Norfolk Sufferers
The details of these fever-infected localities, instead of affording hope that the plague has nearly expended its power, acquaints us of increased distress and mortality, arousing the feeling, already excited, to a more expanded sympathy In view of these awful, appalling statements, it becomes the duty of our citizens to arouse themselves to further effort for the relief of their truly afflicted neighbors.
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Honolulu Daguerrean Gallery
The Subscriber begs leave to inform the citizens of Honolulu and vicinity, that, having returned from his tour to the windward islands, he has reopened the above establishment, where he…
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Arrest of a Liquor Dealer and Gamblers
The following statement was made yesterday to the Mayor by John Bradley, of the Sixth ward police:— On Sunday morning, about ten minutes past twelve o’clock, I notified Michael Sexton,…