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CHRONOLOGY OF THE YEAR.
January.
BrUifth liip Albion wrecked on the Orkney
Island; 10 passengers loU.
J Cashier of Mifnqnri Bank, ftl Sheldon,
Homer. O. llubbell, absconds; deticlt,
30C'nhler United states 8ub-Trensury at San
Francisco, William SlHckey, la a defaulter
nmonntinf? to $ 130,000.
Two Spanish retriroentu revolt upaiost tne
Queen ot Spain at Aranjuez.
Adams Express Company's safes, In a N-
ytrk and New Haven Railroad car, broke" 0PL'n
and mbbed of $678,000.
8-Thc coldest day on record 1" ortn Atnc-
X'-Correpondonce tf Sfetary Seward and
Kexlcan agents and rro? M i ni k ter 1 n Unj te
Ktates ana the Mii ,or, JlTnt A Xnl
between March 2i December 6, sent to Con-
Wu.Wft.ta Senate a Mc.
n the tnonlry. "Why Jefferson Davis Is held in
fonfinem?Dtr'tiDF the reasons therefor, and
M?ctf; trial lor high treason belore u civil
wrr department order mustering out 128
Major and bripa(iier-gcnrals ot Volunteers
12 Orders ol General Grant authorizing pro
tection to members of the army, lor act done
in tbe discharge of military duty.
Veto"! the President relative to admitting
Coloi ado as Siate. .......
Kcceptioo. in this country of the correspond
iLce bvtiween the United States Minister at
London; aufi the lii itinli Minister, relative to tho
Hf'Dcl ship'Shenauiloali. . ,
Ship ifitidetu iJit4"lcd at Fen tud abandoned on
a voyage from ev Vork to Liverpool seven of
the crew lost.
H Barque Fredonin arrived at Boston, Mas
vfichusetts, with the rescued crew and put-ii-g-rn
:i(Ui ) of tlie f-hip Gratitude, lot at sea.
Treaty made between Chili and Peru pledging
war apuniit Spain.
15 Amendment to the Constitution abolish
iiig slavery ratnied by lo.va Legislature.
ltl fire at oleuu City, N. 1.; loss $200,000.
Maurice PIkIuii. ot Urooklyn, and James Ker
rigan, of Xew York, fought lor $j00 a si le at
l'uit Jervis. N. Y.; Kerrigan tuc winner.
Southern produce warehouse burned iu Rich
mond, Va.; loss $100,000.
17 Hosst'ord A. Ohuc'? woollen mill, Lowell,
ASaeK, destroyed by tire; loss $15,000.
Sevent.y-tive unmarried women sailed for
Seattle, SVaikinfrton Territory.
lb Dif-trict of Columliia Negro Suffrage bill
parted by tne House. '
David S. Walker recognized as Governor of
1'loridn.
0 The Will i house of Miller Conger, Xew
York, burned; loss i IMO.OOO.
22 Payment stepped by Coluiuuiiiii .Marine
Insurance Company.
Napoleon delivered an address to the Corps
l.t-pitdntill', staling that the (t'reuch) Mexican
E.vpedirion was drawing to u clese,
2J Constitutional Amcndnieut abolishing
filavry ratified by New Jersey Senate.
Steamship Meteor seizd ut New York, sus
pc(w as n Chilian privateer.
Arrest of (ieneral Crawford, at New Orleans,
for his attack on Baadad, on the Rio Grande.
24 Burnins ot the Atlantic White Lead
Works ot Brooklyn. Lose $100,000.
Peleat of the Holivian Iuburrectioni'ts at La
Paz, by Geueral Malgarejo.
'25 Kentucky House of Representatives rc
jtcted the Constitutional amendment.
2(1 Great tire at Yeildo, Japau; thirty persons
burned to tlea: h.
28 General Mprcer, of the Rebel army, trie!
and acquitted at Savannah, lor alleged murder
if several Federal soldiers.
Roman Catholic College of Setoh Hall, at
Vrancc, N. J., burred.
Tne Ciiuen cmhibs r.xpress company car on
the Brie Railroad totally burned. Loss $250,000.
:il Fire m oil regions, Pennsylvania. Loss,
f!'0,000.
Engagement between 3000 Paraguayans and :i
foive of Arccntines at Paso de la Patria. Los
about tiOO killed and wounded on each side.
h ebruary.
1- Creat fire in Franklin, Pennsylvania; priu
iipal buildings destroyed; loss $500,000.
2 Fire at the Valley Worsted Mills, Previ
ew nee, Rhode Island; several persons injured;
lo- $250,000.
7 General Giabt vevokes the order suppress
ing the Richmond h.ra:iitner.
T.obs ol ship Ilnmiet on her way from CaJ
cutta to Boston, while oil' Capo Cod; loss
$200,000.
12 Conaie8 commemorates the nut il dav of
11. n Iit. Prawlikiii. I.inrrtln. '
It Conflagration at Vie'ory Mills, Sar.itoga
county. New York ; loss 1 10,000.
15 Rank of Liberty, Missouri, robbed of
$72,000, bv twelve men. '
16 Fire ot Assembly Room, Broadway; loss
$150, tiro. .
17 Habeas Corpus act suspended' in Ireland.
18 Thc South, Carolina lipiscop.il Convention
resolve to return into union with the Episcopal
Church of the United Stares.
lu-Tbe Freed men's Bureau bill vetoed by the
President.
20 The' Houe of Representatives by a vote
loo to 40, Tcsolve tbat the eleven States declared
in insurrection shall not be represented in the
Senate or tbe House of Representatives, uutil
Comrress fhall hove declared such States enti
tled to representation.
22 Great lire at Louisville: deslrucliou of
Newcomh's wholesale establi.-hnieni ; Jos-,
$200,000.
Steaiuor Uncle Sa:u seized at Panama, on a
charge of being loaded with munitions of war
for the Spanls-h fleet.
2il Steamboat explosion at MldJletotvu, Pa. ;
lice men killed and sevetal wounded.
Sfarcli.
6 Destruction of Johnson, Lane & Co.'s ware
house, New York, with contents; by tire, inclu
ding 2000 bales of cotton. $250,000.
The Spanish frigate Bianca attacked off Anard
by the Chilian ana Peruvian fleet, 30 seamen of
the Jorruer killed.
8 The Governor of Canada calls out 10,000
men to resist an apprehended Fenlau invasion.
10 The Lord bond-robbery discovered; Mr.
Riifiis L. Lord, banker, of New York, robbed of
bond and securities to the value of $1,500,000.
13 New Hampshire election: Siuehiir, Uem.
defeated, by 16,000 majority by K. Smith, In elec
tion for Governor.
Rejection of the bill for the ad mission of Colo
rado Territory as a Sta'.e ot the Union.
17 Destruction by tire of the Buffalo Depot of
the New York Central Railroad; loss estimated
Ml $1,000,000.
19 The reported arrangement for the trans
portation of 4000 Austrian troops te Mexico to
aid Maximilian, protested against by Secretary
He ward.
Fire at Port-uu-Printe; 1000 houses destroyed,
and 8000 people rendered houseless.
22 Great tire at Petroleum Centre, Pennsyl
vania; over $160,000 lo-s.
Burning ot the depot and machine shops at
St. JohnKbury, Vt., of the Passunipsio Railroad.
Loss Utoo.
23 Deduction by Are of Pike's Opera House,
CiLCinnatl. $1,761,000.
Battle betw,n the Imperial and Liberal
armies at Mazatlau. defeat of the former with a
lose of 700 killed ano 5o prisoners.
27-Prefcldent vetoes v,e Civil RiaU bill.
31Oil Br.- at Petroleum ventre. Loss $125,000.
Valparaiso bombarded by Ih Spanish fleet.
April.
2 James R. Hawley (Rep.) ekctcd Governor
ft Connecticut
3 Explosion on steamship European, t
Ardnwall, caused by nitro-glvceriue oil- 7o
TMne killed; Ion over $1,000,000. '
i Ambroue E. Burnside elected Governor of
Jihode island.
THE DAILY EVENING TELEGKAPII -J?U1L
t, raj rr.fnt mepf nded by vRrd & Brother,
bankerp, of Rochester. ' .
Sutpcniion of Uraty Brothers a Co., tea
dealer1, cf New YoTkt $0i),t)i)0 linblUMes.
Fadnrc of James II, Clapp A Co., bankers, of
Be ton.
Ordr of evacuation of Mexico bv the French
troop? communira'-ed by M. Drouyn de Lhuys.
6 Mr. Seward exprcssce dissatistactlun at
Auflrian eubjeets engaging in war against
Mexico, with the sanction of Austria, d
threatens the United States not to remain neu
tral if such course should be continued.
7- Destruction by Arc of the American Hotel,
Broadway, New York, value 1 at $3o0,000.
Destruction of lour buildinps, corner of Ful
ton and Broadway. Ig"' 20M . . rTit,i
pHssac of the Civil Rights bill in the United
8atea ? fTnal, by vote of 33 to 15, over the
iron of Rich's Exchange Bank,
Thlt'civil Rights Bill passed In the House of
Representatives by avotcot 122 ayes, to 41 nays,
over the President's veto.
lfl Terrible explosion at San Francisco, Cel.,
oftwj boxes of nitro glycerine; tifteen persons
killed, and a block of buildings destroyed; loss
$200,0(0.
An attempt made to assassinate the Emperor
j Russia.
18 Release of Clement C Clay, on parole,
fiom Fortress Monroe.
Great fire at Titnsville, Penn., destroying a
great portion of the town.
Auivnl of the steamship Vireiuia, from Liver
pool, at quarantine, New York, with 1005 pa
serpers on boar I; 37 lot on the voyage through
cholera, and about 100 lying sick,
20 lntermeDt of tlie remains of Philip Cm
bury, the totindt r of American Methodism, at
Wood In id Cemr'tery, Cambrldje, New York.
2- llestrut lion by tire of the passenger sn 1
freight depots oi the'Oetioit, Milwaukee, and
.Michigan, and Southern Central Railroads at
Detroit; I"s-, fluO.OOO.
20- Si x burgpirs entered the residence of (he
cnvliicrof the Harrison National Bank, Cadis,
Ohio, einrying oil in bonds and ensh about
$350,(00.
3U Burning of the Amerlenn Clock Com
piiiiv's fictories ns. New Haven, Conn.; losa
$200,000.
Hny,
1 Cholera arrives in New York; death of its
rirtt May ictim, Mrs. Jenkins, at her late resi
dence. Third avenue and Ninety-second street.
2 Discovery of the great iorgeries of John
Ros, the torger, nmouhtimr to $487,000, In New
York; flight of tlie peipetrator. The Memphis
riots between blacks and white-; 21 negroes
killed, aid n larae amount of property de
stroyed. Battle between the Paraguayans, Bra
zilians, and Argentines at Estcio Yailaco; the
allies dcleated.
4 Suspension of the Merchants' National
Bank, Washington, owing a large amount to the
Government.
lo Constitutional amendment adopted by
tvnprc.-s, by a vote of 128 to 37. Arrival of
.lames Stephens at New York.
11 Financial panic in London, caused by the
Inllures of several banks.
12 Discovery of Collector ICintr's body near
the Atlantic dock, Brooklyn, New loik.
15 The President vetoes tlie bill lor the ad
mKi'ion of Colorado ns a State.
22 Pcitmction of the New York Academy
of Music, the Univcivity Medical College, and
St. James Lutheran Church by lire. Loss,
M.000,000.
23 Billiiird match for $1000 for the cham
pionship of America between John Deery and
Jo-eph Dion of Montreal; und won by the latter.
24 Fire at the Hudson River Railroad freight
depot iit Nsw York. Loss ?80,000.
20 Great lire tit Oil City, Pa. Loss about
$1,000,000.
DeMruction of n portion ot the bridge over
the Siisquthimna by tiro.
28 tire at Congress Hall, Saratoga; loss
S200.0CO.
29 Arrival ef steamships Union and Peruvian
at New York with cholera on board, the former
having lost 33 and the lattor 35 passengers from
the epidemic during the voyage.
31 Fire at Wywan's Hall, St. Louis; Iohs
$50,000.
niu f'-.. .u lU-nt iHl o'Nulll, tBC 103-
-.esion of the village of Fort Eiie, Canada.
.1 nuc,
1 The Fenians leave Frenchman's Creek.
2 Canadians meet the Fenians at Ridgeway;
former ret reut; skirnnsli at Waterloo.
3 Fort Erie evacuated by Fenians: many of
them taken prisoners by the Michigan as they
attempt to reach the United States.
5 Piisouers on Michigan discharged.
Arrest ot prominent Fenians ordered.
0 Proclamation against the Feuiaus by the
President.
The Fenian General, Thomas W. Sweeny .ar
rested at St. Albans, and Piesidcnt Robert.; ar
rested at New York.
8 Habeas Corpus suspended in Canada.
0 Fenians under General spear retire from
Ctinadu.
13 Amendments to Constitution adopted by
the House ot Representatives.
18 Italy and Prussia declare war against Aus
tria. Preparations for the conflict.
2:; The Italian army crosses the Miucio.
Mutanioras surrendered to the Liberals.
24 Battle of Custozza, between the Italians
and Aus-trinns; detent of the former.
Withdrawal of a number of tbe Principalities
from the German Confederation.
25 Fight between the Austriau aud Prus
sians near Jungbunxlau.
Resignation of the English Whisr Ministry.
21 Fire at the Schenectady Motive Works.
Loss $300,000.
Fiabt near Turneau.
27 Battle of Naebod.
Constitutional amendment ratified by Con
necticut. 28 Fight near Traiianan.
2! Surrender of the Hanoverian army to the
Prussians.
30 An Austrian army corps defeated near
Konisgratz.
July.
1. Order issued by General Grant, authorizing
the protection of persons, irrespective ot color,
wherever tbe civil pow era fail to bring offenders
to punlbhment.
2 Trotting match on the Fashion Course for
$2000. Dexter wins. Time 2 274, 2-24. aud
I-24J.
Junction ol tho Crown Prince and Priuce
Frederick Chuiles' armies.
b Battle of Sadowa, between Austrians and
Prussians; 250,000 men ou each side; terrible
losses.
4 Proposed Philadelphia Convention ap
proved by the Democratic and other Con
gressmen. Burning of Odd Fellows' Hall, New Orleans;
loss $3(10,000.
Greater part of Portland, Me., burned; esti
mated loss $10,000,000.
a venctia ceded to Fiance Dy Aiuiria.
Murriace of Princess Hileuc of England to
nuS,V, riRtmu ot Augustenburg.
: Thermometer in many parts of the couutry
stood nt loo degrees iu the shade.
7 20,000 barrels of oil burued at Beunchoff
run, Pe. Fire caused by liahtniup.
Shore end of the Atlantic Cable lauded at Fal
humurnm Bay, Irrluud.
11 F ght between the Paraguayans and the
allies.
12 Tennessee rutlilod the Constitutional
amendment.
Re-ignation of Postmaster-General Dennlson.
Cincinnati Academy of Music burned; loss
$30,000.
14 Battle of Aschafl'enbiuv.
15 Battle ofOlmuU; defeat of the Austrians
16 Bill continuing Fieelmen's Bureau two
years vetoed by the Picsideut, but passed by
Congress over tho veto.
Resignation of Attorney-General Speed, and
apoolnlmeut of Heury Stmbury, of Kentucky.
Prussian! occupy I rank fort.
Battle near Huamaita, Paraguay.
18 Another battle near Huamaita; defeat of
the allies.
19 Dexter, over the Fashion Csurse, L. I.,
made the lustest time on record time, 2'21,
2-19, 2 22.
w Great naval battle off Lissa, Wetween the
Austrian und Italian iron-clad fleets; victory of
the foinai.
21 United States Senate admit Tennoseec.
22 Armistice between Austria and Pruasia.
23 Howe concurs In the Senate bill admit
ting Tenccusee. .
Steamship Bcotiamado the quickest westward
passage recorded across the Atlantic; time from
QueeDstown eight days, nine hours and four
mlnnte.
. The Bracillan fine saluted by tho U. 8. gun
boat Niepnc at Bahia, as apology for capture of
the Florida.
Riot at Hyde Park, London.
24 Tbe President approved the admission of
Tenncasce by Congress.
25 Tennessee Representatives take their
seats In Congreas.
The names of Licut.-General Grant and Vice
Admiral Farragut submitted to Congress for
confirmation ns (ieneral and Admiral.
A partially finished bridge across the Susqtie
hnnna river at Havre-dc'Grace blown down.
Battle near Gerschcn, between the Bavarians
and Prussian 9; defeat of the former.
2C Major-Gcncral Bhcrman submitted to Con
gress for confirmation as Lieut-General.
Battles at Deftiniien.Hclmstadt, aud Rossburn,
between the Prussians and Bavarians; the for
mer successful.
Preliminaries of peace a. reed upon between
Prussia aud Austria.
27 Bombardment ol Wurzburg, and repulse
Oi tho Prussians.
The Atlantic Cable successfully landed at
Heart's Content, Newfoundland.
28 Evacuation ol Monterey andSalillo, Mexi
co, by the French.
August.
1 Occupation of Tampico, Mexico, by the
Liberals.
2 Great tire at the Holmden Farm, Oil
Region, Virginia. Loss $130,000.
3 Explosion in a petroleum tank in theGrcat
Western Run, Venango county, Pennsylvania;
three men injured.
7 Fire at Columbia Hotel, Saratosa. Loss
$100,01,0.
10 (ireat Petroleum Dre in the city of Antwerp.
Loss $250,000.
Fight at Sallnos, Candia, between the Cbris
titms and Turks.
11 Governor Throckmorton and the State
authorities ordered by the President to take
charge of the Government ol Texas,
Fight at Sttavos, Candia.
14 The Fenian prosecutions in New York dis
continued by order of the Attorney-General.
First day of the Philadelphia Convention
favorable to the reconstruction policy of Presi
dent Johnson.
Prussia refuses to permit Napoleon to extend
the frontier of France to the Reine.
15 Arrival ot the ship Red, White and Blue
the smallest which ever cro-sed the ocean at
Hastings, England, Irom New York, having
made the passage in thirty-seven days. Only
two men and a dog were on board.
1G The French Government recedes from its
demand to extend its provinces to the Rhine.
Last day of the Philadelphia Convention; an
address and declaration of principles adopted.
17 Pres'deiit Johnson declares the blockade
of Maximilian on the Mexican coast null and
void.
Fire at the Cotton factory at Ellicott's Mills,
Md.; loss $200,000.
10 Petroleum docks, Jersey City, destroyed
by fire; 15, (HO barrels of oil and 18 vessels
burned; seven persons killed aud a number in
jured; loss $1,600,000.
Destructive tire at Vanliorn's tobacco ware
house, Chicago: loss nearly $500,000.
20 A proclamation issued by President John
son declaring that the Southern insurrection
wae at an end, and that peace, order, tranquility,
and civil authority now exist throughout thp
United States.
September,
v 1 M. Drouyn do Lhuys, French Minister of
l orciun Affairs, testgns, aud is succeeded by the
Marquis de Moustier.
2 Explosion, caused by fire, at the United
States Arsenal, Watertowu, N. Y.; loss 8150,000.
Tho lot cable of 18G5 recovered bv the Great
Eastern iu tho middle of the ocean.
Battle ot Curuza, Paraguay.
3 The Southern loyalists and delegates from
the Northern Stales moot in rinvnlinn nt (l,i.
.u.l.-lpUllt.
Meeting at tho Union League Iloufc, ami ap
pointment of Goveinor Curtin as Chairman.
4 James Speed, ot Kentucky, appointed Pre
sident ot the bouthern Loyalists' -Convention.
Appointment of committees, etc.
5 Great meeting in Broad street, Philadel
phia, in reference to the Southern Loyalists'
Convention.
6 Laving of the corner-stone of the Douglas
monument at Chicago, with Masonic eoremo-nit-s,
by President Johnson. An orutiou was
delivered by (ieneral J. A. Dix.
The Southern Loyalists, in Convention, en
dorse the policy of Cuugress, and denounce the
President.
Arrival of three racing ships from China in t
days, at Liverpool.
7 Adjournment of the Southern Loyalists'
Convert i ion at Philadelphia.
8 The old cable landed ut Heart's Content.
Battle between the Christians aud Turks in
Candia.
11 Adoption of the Constitutional (recon
struction amendment) by the !ew Jersey House
of Representatives, by a vote ot 34 to 24. and by
the Senate ou a vote of 11 yeas 10 nays.
12. Explosion of a boiler at S. & G. K oik's
sawirig-inill, Albany; twelve men killed, and
destruction of property to the valua ol $39,000.
14 Falling of a bridge at Johnstown, Pa., by
which a large number of persens who had
assembled to ee President Johnson were
killed aud wounded.
Turkish auihorities gave tae Christians five
da j s to lay down their arms.
10 Destruction of several buildings bv fire
at Newbetn, N. C. Loss estimated at $400,000.
17 Soldiers' Convention at Cleveland. The
President's policy endoised. General Granger,
Chairman.
A large portion of the town of Port-au-Prince
destroyed by an explosion.
20 The city of Frankfort incorporated with
Prussia.
21 The Constitutional amendment passed by
the Oregon Houso of Representatives.
22 anil 23 Battle at Mozesa between the Cre
tans and Turks.
24 Immense Reform demonstration at Mau
Chester, England.
26 Soldiers' Convention at Pittsburg, Pa.;
General Cox President. The policy of Congress
ratified.
27 A nolle prosequi, by order of President
Johnson, outered in thu ca-e of the United
Plate vs. W. R. Roberts, President of the Irish
Republic, charged with a breach of the neu
trality laws in the Feniau invasion ot Canada.
30 Great htirricaue at Turks Island
The Woolwich royal arsenal, Eugliuul. de
stroyed by an explosion of gun cotton.
October.
1 Treaty of peace between Austria and Italv.
I aud 4 Battle near Canae between the Chris
tians aud Tuiks; defeat of the latter.
6 Destruction of St. Patrick's Cathedral, New
York, by tire; loss $150,000.
The King of Hanover releases his subjects
from their allegiance.
7 Meeting of the Plenary Council of the Ro
man Catholic Church, at Baltimore.
8 George Peabody donate $150,000 to Yal
College, to form a museum of natural history;
$160,000 to the Peabody Institute of Baltimore:
and $150,000 to Harvard University, to found au
arcuieoloplcal museum, aud endow a profo?bor
ship of archaeology.
Proclamation issued by the President ap
pointing November 29 as a day of National
Thanksgiving.
Defeat of the Liberals near Monterey, i
8 Fire at Aillngton Woollen Mills, Lawreuce.
Mass.; loss $150,(100.
The Custom House and other buildings lu
Wiscassct, Muine, destroyed by tire; lost $200,000.
General elections held in Pennsylvania. Ohio.
Indiana, and Iowa,
n ua re al tue Louisville Theatre: loss $70,000.
The Attorney-Ueneral, in answer to the Provi
dent, notifies him that the delay in brincinc
Jt tlerson Davis to trial is caused by tbe act of
Contrress of July 23d, 1800, altering the circuit
prwblcb Virginia Is a part, rendering It pro
bably necessary to have a new allotment of a
Judge either by the Supreme Court or CQngrb.
ADELPH I A, THURSDAY,
14 Great fire in Quebec; 20,000 people ren
dered bomclef.
16 Boiler explosion In St. Louis: 17 persons
killed.
22 Proclamation Issued bv Governor Swann
of Maryland, stating tbat organizations ha I
been lormed in uaituuore to resist tne law. (3
Investigation, of the charges of malfeasance
hi oftlce preferred by Governor Swann against
the Police Commissioners of Baltimore; tho Po
lice Commissioners protest aualiiat their removal
by the Governor without a Jury trial.
23 General Sheridan, In command cf the De
partment of the Gulf, orders General Bedswick,
at Brownsville, to warn all adherents of any
party that they will not be permitted to viola'e
the neutrality laws between the Liberal Gov
ernment ot Mexico and the United States.
24 A large number of horses destroyed by
fire at Nashville, Tennessee. Loss $1,000,000.
26 The President pardons George A. Tren
bolm, the Secretary of the Treasury of the late
Confederate States. Colonel Lynch, engaged in
the Fenian campaign against Canada, sentenced
to be hanged December 18.
2C Rev. John McMahon, convicted of partlci-
ating in tho Fenian raids, sentenced to be
anired December 13.
27 Secretary Seward Intercedes, by letter,
with Sir Frederick Bruce, the British Minister
at Washington, in behalf of the Fenian prisoners
In Canada.
31 Au attempt made to assatsinatc the Em
peror of Austria.
The Pope delivers an allocution condemning
the conduct of Italy In relation to Borne.
Battle near (tressa, between Hie Turks and
Christians; deleat of the latter.
November.
I Removal ol the Police Commissioners of
Baltimore by Governor Swann.
A commission appointed io reorganize the
French army.
3 The new Police Commissioners of Baltimore
placed under nrrest.
Letter received by the Mexican Minister at
Washington announcing the resignation of
Maximilian.
8 Launch of the steamer Great Republic
for the Pacific Mail Company's line, from Steer's
shipyard, (ircenpoint, New' York.
II Collision in tho English channel between
the ship Ara. bouud irom London to New
York, ami the barque E. Jenkins, from London
to Boston; the Jenkins sunk, and ten lives lost.
13 Catastrophe on the Butlalo and Erie Rail
read; a New York express tram thrown down
nn embankment near Wesleyvllle, several per
sons being killed and wounded.
15 Prize-fight near Fort Lee, N. J., between
Cody and McLean, the latter gaining the victory
alter seven lounds.
Gyms W. Field is banqueted in grand style,
at the Metropolitan Hotel, Now York.
20 The Woman's Rights people meet in con
vention at Albany.
21- Thc ship Mercury arrives at theXew York
Quaiantine with the cholera on board.
20 Battle In Candia, between the Christians
and Turks: the latter are beaten, losing 3000
killed and 2000 prisoners.
December.
1 Maximilian issues a proclamation, declar
ing his intention of continuing tlie exercise of
liis imperial lunctions in Mexico.
3 Coueress meets, and listens to the reading
of the President's Messiure.
Fall of a bridge on the Central Ohio Railroad:
n train is hurled into the river, aud a number of
persons injured.
A creat storm In New Yoik harbor, greatly
damauing the shipping.
4 News of the arrest of John II. Surratt at
Alexandria, Egypt, is received by the cable.
8 Launch, in New York, of the steamship
Celestial Empire, another of the Pacific Mail
line's monster ships.
10 Fire in a tenement-house in Division street,
New York; nine persons suffocated.
11 The ocean yachts leave New York on their
racinar voyage to England.
12 The rrenci Minister, Count Montcbello,
informs the Pope that if he withdraws from
Rome he will hereafter receive no support from
the French troops.
Destruction bv tire of the Orleans Theatre, at
New OrlemiB. nnl wvmnl otliw .
A Magaru fcliij) Canal Convention held at
cnicago.
Several fearful explosions in the English col
lieries, resulting in the loss of 350 lives.
13 The Negro-sutl'rage bill lor the District of
Columbia pases the Senate, by a vote of 32 to 13.
Disastrous fire in New York, three persons
losing their lives.
14 The District Siifl'rairo bill, a amended iu
the Senate, passed the House by a vote ot 113
to 4G.
15 Conference of the States of North. Ger
mauy held in Berlin.
10 Destruction by tire of the New Ironsides,
lying in ordinary nt Leaerue Island, involving a
loss to the Government ot $1,800,000.
17 Response of tbe Czar of Russia to the con
gratulations of Congress on his escape from
assassination, read iu both Houes.
18 Destruction by fire of the New Bowery
Theatre, New York, Including the loss of the
most complete assortment of scenery and stacre
machinery in America.
19 President Johnson recognizes the dena
tionalization of tbe kingdom of Hanover, the
Electorate of Hesse, the Grand Duchy of Nas
sau, and the Free City of Frankfort, by revoking
tbe exeqtiators of the Consuls of those countries
resident in the United States.
20 Congress adjourns until January 3.
Minister Bigclow is lcted in Paris previous to
his depnrture for home.
The Prussian Houso of Deputies passes a bill
to incorporate 8chleswig-Holstein with the king
dom of Prussia.
23 Great fire in Vlcksburg, destroying one
hundred buildings, involving a loss of $2,000,000,
and rendering one hundred families houseless.
COAL,
Rb W. PATRICK & CO.,
NO. 804 X BROAD ST.,
DEALERS IN
LEHIGH AND SCHUYLKILL COAL,
HA2LET0N, MAHAN0Y, EAGLE VEIN, AND
RE-BROKEN STOVE,
Always on baud, under cover, and free from DIRT and
8LA1E. 825uiw6ai
COAL! COAL! COAL!
Tbe best I.EHICH and SCHUYLKILL COAL, pr
pered expressly lor iiuili uso, constantly on hand lu
nir Yaid.No 1611 t ALLOW 11 ILL, fctrtet, undercover,
diiviei on short notice well soreeneil, and picked tree
ol slate, at the lowit caB prlcee. A trial will necuro
i our custom.
JOHN A. WILSON,
Successor to W. L. FOl'LK.
1'BILADKLl'niA, A UCUSt 21, IBttt. 9 2MM
HATS AND CAPS.
JAMES C. DENNISON,
Fairliionable Hotter arul l.'u r-rior.
No. 729 POPLAR Street,
Has constantly on liand a large assortment ot
GEKT8, YOUTHS', AMD CIIUDUEN'K
HATS AND CAPS.
ALSO,
BrLljfcDlD CB EKAT1NO CAPS. GLOVES, AND
C'OLtAUS.
10 27etuth2ui
QEORGE PLOWMAN,
OAKPENTEIt AND BTJIIDEK.
No. 232 CARTER Street,
. And No. 141 DOCK Street,
M ac bine Work and MiUwrlgbUng aroniptiy attended
DECEMBER 27, 1BQG.
GOVERNMENT SALES.
SALE OF COVLRSMEXT ItUILUTNOS,
l HIMSllAN S1KEK1' HOSl'll'AL, I'HILA
1'jai hlA, l'A.
Orucs. of APSisrAsr QrjAnTkBKASTEB,
. I'liUACKi phia Depot,
Twelfth add OinARn Stukicts,
December 24th, IRtjfl.
Will be fold at robllo Auction, on aooount or the
United States, on
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2 1867.
at 10 o'c'ock A. M., all trie buildinttn belonging to
tbe Government, that are connected with tho Moya
mending Hall (Chritian, bolow Tenth street), tat
teilv known as the
CHKJHI1A.N MREEr U. S. A. HObPlTAL,
astoilows:
SIX f KAME BUILDINGS, containing about
PICO feet Hoonn? Hoards, it) K6 tcei Kouh B iard,
l,M)0fcct Hemlock Scantluijr, and 62 Windows.
Also. Cooking lianpe Kid Chimney, and all tho
Hath Tubs, Gas and Water Pipo and Fixture, Boil
Containers, ttc , appertaining to raid Hospital.
Speoiflcations ot tie property can bo cea upon
application at tint ofllce.
the propert rnunt bo removed within ten (10)
days Irom day of sa!e.
Terms wh, in Uovctnment funds.
By ordf' of
' Bvt. Brlg.-Gcn. GKO. H. CROSMAN,
Afftlstant QuartormastoMionoral U. 8. Army,
9247i HEN KY W.JANK.S,
Capt. and A. O. M. Kvt. MaJ. U.S. Army.
CJ ALE OF OLD AKD UNSERVICEABLE
5 CANNON. SMALL ARM, AND UiaCKL
LANEoUS OJKDNANCE SlOKES.
L'ckeau on Ordsakce, )
Navy Department, I
WAsnisoioH City, Decemijer 13, 18G6 )
(in tlicteiuL (10th) day of Januaiy, 1807. THUtCS
DAY, at noon, there will he sold at puhlio auction,
In tho N0KFO1.K NAVY YARD, to the hicnest
bidder, a lot ot old aud unserviceable oannou,
imall aims, and miscellaneous i tides ol naval
ordnance.
i he cannon, shot, and shell will ba sold by tho
pound, and tho email aims and o her miscellaneous
articles ot ordnance in lots to suit purchasers.
Icrrrf One-hall cash iu Government luuds, to bo
deposited ou the conclusion of tne sale, and the
remainder within ten days afterward'', during
which time the aiiiclos moft be removed fi om the
Navy Yard, otherwise they will rt-vert to the Gov
ernment. H. A. WISE,
12 ISstuth 1 10 Chief of Bureau.
OFFICE OF ARMY CLOTIIINU AND
EQlll'AOE.
No. 29 BnoAbwAY, 1
New Yokk, December 19, 1B0O J
Will be fold at pub io auction, at tho depot ol Armv
Clothing and Equipage, corner of I.A1UIU' and
WASHINGTON" streets, . New York city, oo
1 ML lis DAY, the lid ol January, 1807, couimouclm
at 11 o'clock, A. M. ,
80.0C0 IO 40,000 ARMY BLANKETS, NEW.
Samples of the above may ho secu at the Depot,
and turthrr information obtained at this ollico.
Torm Cash, in Government ltmd; ten per cent,
down, nud the balAnco Oeloro the pooits are taken
from the Depot, which must be within ihree days of
sale, under lorh iture of purchase and teu per cent.
Brevet Brlnadier-Uenerai D. il. VJN ION,
12 20 lit Ast. Quartermaster General, U. ft. A,
PROPOSALS
IjLOlOSALS FOR CAVALRY AND AKUL
LEHY HORSES.
Dltot Qc AUTERM ASTEn'8 Offiof, 1
Baltimore, Md., Decenincr 15, lbOO J
Sealed I'roposals are invited and will be received
at this c Dice until I ltl DAY, 12 o'clock M., Decern
Ur 28, lfcT.0, lor the delivery in tho city ol Baltimore
of One Hundred and Twenty-six (126) Cavalry
Horses, and Twelve (12) Artillery Horses.
ihe Horses will be feubjecicd to caret nl inspection
belore being accepted. 1 he avalry Horses must ho
sound in all respects, well broken, iu tu: I tle-h and
jrood condition, from fifteen to sixteen bands hiph,
irom fivo to nino j ears o.d, well adapted in every
way tor cavalry purposes.
Iho Artillery Kores must be of dark colors,
found in all respects, strong, quick, and active, wo'l
broken, and square trotters in harness, in good flesh
and condition, from six to ton jenrs old, and not
loss than fifteen aud a half hunds high, each horse
to wcitth not less than ten hundred and ihty (1050)
pounds.
Ihe ability of tbe bidder to fulfil hlsagrecmont
must be guaranteed by two respoLsibie persons,
vliich guarantee must accompany tho proposal
H mttm mitnt bn (Jojlverori within forty (40)
days from duiv ot acceptance of any proposal.
The Government receryes the rijiUt to reject any
or all bids, l'ayment to be mado on complotion of
contract.
Bids will be endorsed "Proposal for Cavalry and
Artillery Horeog," and audrcescd to the undtrHignod,
Baltimore, Aid.
By order of the Quartermaster General.
A. S. KIV1BALL,
Captain and A. Q M., U. S. A.,
12 19 8t Depot Quariermonter.
7liE!sH BEEF AND VEGETABLES.
Kavy Department.
Bureau of rnoYi&ioss and clothing,
Uecomber 18. 1800
- r-'ca!ed ProDOfftls. endorsed "l rnnnsalH lor Kronh
Heel ano Vteetabies," will be received atthe Bureau
until 2 o'clock 1". AI on the 8d day oi January, 1837,
lor the aupnly ot
lOO.ltO BOUKDS OF FUESU BEEF
and
100 CC0 I OUSDS Ot 1KESH VEGETABLES,
fit the l'hilaoelphia Kavy Vard and Station, as re
quired. '1 he Bee! and Vegetables must bo of (rood quality,
and the bett the markot affords, and each artioie
muttt be ottered for by tho pound. The Beef to be in
equal proportions, fore and hind quarters.
Bonds, with approved security, will be required in
one-hall tie estimated amount of tho contract, and
twenty per cent, iu addition will be withheld irom
tbe amount' ot each payment to be made, as col
lateral security fcr the due performance of the con
tract, which will, on do account, be paid until it is
fully complied with.
i.vety oiler mado must bo accompanied by a writ
ten guarantee, signed by otio or more responsible
persons, that the bidder or bidders will.it' Inn or
their bid be accepted, cntor into an obligation wittnn J
liu. fl.irj u.l. aiwI u..411n.n.. .........-.,.. ... . ,.1
the articles proposed.
2'o proposal willbt considered unless accompanied
lu such yuarantee, and by satisfactory evidence
that the bidder is a rctndar dealer in the articles
proposed for, and hat the license required by act of
Congress,
The Department reserves tbe rluht to reject any
proposal t.ot considered advantageous to the Gov
erbment. it is io be understood that in case the ftlpulnted
quantity of either article snail be delivered, leaving
a Lalance due ou the other article, the contract may
be considered as completed in fall at tbe option of
tho Department. 12 la 21 20 28 It
pilOfOBAIS .ofi COPPER.
Navy Department, )
BCBEAU 07 C'OSSTlieCTIOt AMD itr.PAIR.
December 11), 18(30 1
Sealed Proposals to furnish 400,000 pound.' ol
Ingot Copper, one-half "Lako," best quality, will bo
received at this Bureau until 1 o'clock P. H., of
January 8, 1807, ac which time the proposals will bo
opened.
1 lie proposals must be addressed to tbe "Chief of
tne liureuu ot construction and Kepaire Aavy De
partment, Washington," and be endorsed "Pro
posal for Copper," that thoy may be ditingalshed
from other business letters, ami must be made in
compliance with the Instructions to Bidders
making oilers lor supplies to the h'avy Department,"
which can be obtained Irom the Commandant'
o Hi ce at any Kavy Vard, or from the Purchasing
Pavniastor at any JSaval Station, or from this
Bureau.
1 ho Copper to be eublect to the necessary test and
inspection of the proper oUioer of tho Washington
Kavy Vard, where the whole quantity I to be De
livered ; 160,000 pounds to be delivered on or befre
the lstol February, and the remainder on or beiore
tho 1st ot April, 1867. U20thm4t
MONUMENTS, TOMBS,
GRAVE-STONES, Etc
Just complied, a beautiful variety ol
ITALIA MAKBLB VM
Will be sold cheap for e"H. .-,.,.
W ork sent to any part ol the United Btatea.
HENRY 8. TARR.
)f ARULB WORK 8.
2 wtml Ko. 110 OHZXM tiuU PhlladelphU
JJ O It S E
COVERS,
iillr ' ALU uucui
LAP RUGS,
AMjULA mats,
11ELOW MARKET R4T1ES.
KNKA88-4 CO .
' Io. C31 MAEKET Htreet. ,
Llie-slje tone Io door. Ceuieaudsee. iU6tbuiif
r
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
"MOUTH AMERICAN TRANSIT?
X INSURANCE COMPANY,
No. 33 South FOURTH Street
fill LADKl.l'll A.
A nnoil r ollrlrn me tied aealntt tienrral Accident
11 description at txcrtdlngtv low rate.
ntnrtnc r rjtcied ic r rne ycor. In any snm (rem $100
to lo.uue, at a pmlnm nt onlv one-oaif sir -nu,
tcurlni the lull amount In a rod In care ot oVatb, m
a comptnekUon eacb week eo ul tu Uia wboi bi
Djluin pal
fiai.rt taneTlcktf)L 8, 5,7, or 1" dr, or I. .1, or
months, at Itlcenual I naurl.-.g id theiuro of 1WKI,
or living l per weemi ll-ine.i io be bad at tne
General Ofl'ce, he. M FUUHTU Street, Philadel
phia, or at tie varioim Kallioad Ticket offloos. Remre
to purchase the tickets ot tl.a Uorth Americas Tranal
Inauranee Compsiiy. ...
i'or cirtnlnrs and rartne,- information apply at the
'ienrra iOfl.ce, or of any ol the autcoiUd Agents Oi'tat
"cmpany. 1RWI T HCVPT preaeT,f
JAMF.H M. COKRAb. Iroaiuret
Il f. S KY C. HKOWN, Hecre arr.
JUUK C. Bl'I.LITT, Hullcltoi.
lilKECTOto.
L. la. Honpt, late ol 'ennsyl aula Railroad Comcanv
. K. Klnpilev, continental Uotel. J
Mmuel C. faluitr. Caehlcr ot Com. National Bank.
II. O. l.elnenrtna, Nos. i.iT nd2W Dock ctreet.
iiannei M. Courad, firm of Conrad A Walton, So. tl
Maiket atreet.
1 noch F.ewla, late Gen. Pnp't Trnna R. R.
Andrew il ehfley, B. W. corner otTUIrd andWalnat
reel .
a. C. rrinotwnn Cn. A pent Pfnna. R, H. Co.
Thcirtai K. I'eterton, o. WIS .Market street.
IV. W. Kurlz, firm ot Kuitz.A tiuvtant, No. is (J. ,
Third street. I 'i 10m
1829C1IAKTI:11 perpetual:
rraiiKliu Fire Insurance Co.
or
1'IIII.iADKLPIJIA.
Assets on January 1, 18 (JG;
i2,DOG,8Drt)0.
Capitsi
Acuutu Surplus,
f rtniiuois
t4lK),tlK) oo
94 M3 14
l.li,108 8f
IHCOMK FOB 18fl
VS SETTLED CLAIMS.
U.b7 5.
LOSSES PAID SINCE 18SO OVEH
rrrpctnal and Temporary I'ollclcs on Liberal Ttrma.'
,u , DIRECTOKS.
Charles H Bsnckcr, t.dwaid O. r;e.
Inlim Wimer, lOeorue Kaiea,
Kamuei ;ntnt, I Alrrcd Kltier,
(Hure W. Bicbards, Krauels W. lwia. Id. B
la&eLea, peter Met 'an.
CHARLES S. BAHOKF.H, PreOlent '
... ElWAltIi C 1.A1 K, Vlc-Presldeut.
JA8. V. ilcAH.lSTEB. Bicretary protetn. , ajtli
R E Fa. O V A L.
The Girard Fire and Marine
Insurance Company
IIAVF HEMOVi:!) TO TlieiU
K E W OFFIC
SOKIIUCAST COIXtH
limiT anil SLVLXTII Streets,
1 195 1 HlLADELriilA.
LIVERPOOL AND LONDON
AND-
GLOBE INSURANCE C8S1PW.
Capital end Assets, $16,000,000.
Invested in United States, $1,500,000,
Total 1'reiniums Received ty the
Company in 1805, Ifr-l, 9 17.175.
Total Losses Paid i 1865, $4,018,250
All Losses l-romptly adjusted without retervnoe t
Ennland.
ATWOOO SMITH,
OFF1C13 Q"1'1 Atim lor I'euuJ'ivul.
No. ti Merchants' Exchange
rBlLADKLflHA. IbTltJiu
Ho. Ill South KOLliTU Street.
IHCOKr-OltA'l EJ 3v MO'l U, W.L, 15.
tJAHTAL. 16 DWI, 1'AiD IX.
Inurance on Lives, by i early ITemluuis; or by 8 111.
or .0 Tear f remiuuia, &on-lorielture. '
Endow meiiiB, payab.e at a uture age, or on orlor
deceate, by Yearly fremluma, or it year 1 reiHliuii
bothcaef(oniorlcliure. ' reiiuui-
Aunuitiea giunttd on lavorablo terms.
Term I'o.Ktes. Children's Endowmenta
This Company, while giving the Insured the eecnrhr
oia paid-up Cat-ltai, will divide the entire profits of thi
Lite Lutiiness among Its Policy holders.
ilonej a received at Interest, ana paid on demand.
Authorized by charier to execute IrusW, and to act n
Executor or Aumlnlsirator, ABHlgnee or (iuardlan, au
In oiher fiduciary capacities, unuei appolntmeatot any
Court of this Commonwealth, or of auy persoa uij et
euus, or bodies poUUc or corporate. . .
niuuoTous.
PAMUEL H. 8HIPLEY. , KK.HARD OATIIlTrpv
.Hkk U11U llil.kL'U UiL kUV UtlwiL,
JOMiUA H. MORKla. '
UU 'U A UT. 11; I l t I
III kUV II 1 1 l I'd
T. W1TAH llHUVVW.
WM. C. LOiiOSTRBi'H.
CHARLES p 1 nt-k-m
HAJlUELB BniPJ EY, BOWUAND PARKY,
President. Actuary
THOMAS WIBTAK, U. 1)., J. B. TOWySEiil), 7
I fli Aieulca Examiner. Lena! Adviser,
F1BE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY. THE
PElSiiUYLVAMA FIBE IN6UHANCE ClM
V ANY Incorporated 1025 Charter Perpetual-So, Jlil
WALNUT btrent, opposite ludepcudencetiquare.
This Company, lavurably known to the community
for over forty years, continue to Insure against loss or
damage by ore on PuUllo or Private Buildings, either
permanently or lor a limited time. Also ou Furniture,
fctocksoi Uoods, and Atercbandlne generally, on llOcrtu
teims.
1 heir Capital, together with a large Surplus Fund.l
Invested iu the most cartful manner, which euabiea
them to Oder to the Insured an undoubted security lu tUa
cake ol loss.
nntECTOK.
Daniel Hmlth, Jr., 1 John Pevereux,
Aleiaodor lleuson, I Thomas Siiutlj,
Iskuo llazlehursi, I Henry Lewis,
'iliouias Kobblns, I J. (jlUloghain FelL
Daniel Haddock. Jr.
DANIEL KM 1TI1, Ja., President.
William Q. Cbowkll, Secretary. ,
"CHCEKIX INSURANCE COMPANY Or'
JT i HILADELPiilA.
INCOKt UKAlEb IW4-CH AKTEB PERPETUAL,
No. tH WALfcUr Bireet, opposite the Exchange.
In addition to MARINE and IN LAN u INML'RANCK,
tli if Company Insures irom loss or damage by PIKE,
or liberal terms on buildings, merchandise, furniture,
etc., lor limited nerlodf, and permanently ou buildings,
by deposit of premium.
Tbe Companv bas been In active operation for more
than 8IX1 Y Vl: a K, during viblch ail loists have been
prompty adjusttd aud paid.
1 uorn L,. iioukc,
k U. Ataliouy,
i John T. Lewis.
WiiMam 8. Grant,
Robert W. Learning,
1. C'ark Wharton,
Lawrence Lewis, Jr.
Aaviu tgwis,
Iteujamin Ettlng. .
Tboumi H. Powers.
A. K. MeHenry.
Edmund casthlon,
LnillH I ' V.k.riM.
JOHN
WL'CUEEEB, President.
Sahdel Wilcox, Secretary
41$
FERTILIZERS.
J3AUaiI'S RAW BONE
SUPER-PHOSPHATE OF LIME
Tbe great Fertilizer for all crop. Quick In Us action
and permanent in lis eflt cla. iistablisbed over tnelvo ,
yeaie.
l ealem supplied by tbe cargo, direct from tbe Wliar
oftbe manuiuctory, on liberal teims.
Manufactured only by
, BADOH & SOX9,
Office Ko. 20 South DELAWARE Avnuc,
BluniwSrp Philadelphia, ;
MERCANTILE LtRRAR Y. '
What belter CllKlSTVirt PHK'KNT thaa a
bar of this flock? Price O'lly Sl'i. Lite Ueuuer
klp, 40. lillUiri).,