GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor.
VOLUME 210.
EVENING BULLETIN.
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DIED.
A T.T.WK—On TueSday, Dec. 19th, .1865, after a linger
ing illness, Allen, in the 49th year of his
The relatives and friends are respectfully, invited
to attend the funeral from his late residence, No. es
Forth Eleventh street, on Thursday next, at 1 o'clock
P. M. To proceed to South Laurel Hill. The funera
service will take place at the Church of the Nativity,
at 2 o'clock. precisely. as
CAMERON—On Monday. the 18th instant. Jose
rbine Clarke, wife of Angus Cameron, in the 37th year
of her age.
The relatives and friends of the fatally are respect
fully requested to attend her funeral from the resi
dence ot her husband, No. 2127 Jefferson street, on
Thursday, 2ist instant, at one o'clock. - 5*
DORLAND—On the 18th Instant, John P. Dorland,
of Sadsburyville, Pa., In the 60th year of his age.
Funeral. services will be held at .octoraro Church,
on Thursday morning ' at n 3 ,4 **
PEIPER—On Monday night, Dec. 18th, 1865, Philip
Cary, infant son. of M. G. and 2.1. L. Peiper, aged on e
year and four months.' ' • • *
RA.WN—At Harrisburg, on Monday. December 18.
Charles Cotesworth Rawn, Esq., of , the Harrisburg
Mr. Rawn waLitiletf the oldest and best known
members of the 1P Harrisburg. 'Ap. fession in Harsburg. Ile
was an industrious and faithful lawyer, and a gentle
man of high standin His health
had long been de.
dining, and he look - . ;forward to his death with
Christian lortitudeAdJ resignstion, having set his
house in order and .= red himself in every: way far
the great change.
MELODEON, Piano` and Table Cloths, richly eta-.
_LIJL broidered, a new lot just received for Christmas
Presents. EYRE & LANDELL, Eonrth and Arbil sts
AC FAST COLORED PRINTS.—FuII Miri!d as
sortment of these justly celebrated Prints, com
prising all the new patterns. • EYRE & LANDELL. '
!SPECIAL NOTICEIS.
U -.THE SKETCH CLUB,
PRIZE EXHIBITION.
OPEN DAILY
At the Academy of Fine Arts,
With 3.50 new Works )Sail the great American Artists.
SCULPTURE, PAINTING &DESIGN.
Admission, 25 cents. ' dels rptf
11. , MISS ANNA E. DICKINSON,
ES=
ACADEMY OF MUSIC,
THURSDAY F i VENENG, Dec. 21, 1865,
THE GREAT
SuaEct—"FLOOD TIDE."
rrhere is a tide in fhe affairs of men,
'Whiclt, taken afthe flood, leads on to fortune:
Omitted, all the voyage or their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries."
rThe press of New langhtnd pronounces it her ablest
effort. toeing an eieganb spin. al to untversal intfferage.
This will be Lee Lost opportunity her friends
will have to bear her this season, as her engage-
Xuents in the West extend to a late period in the
sprin.
'Tick g ets for sale at T. B. PIIGH.'S Bookstore, corner
of Math had Chestnut streets.
Admission, 25 cents. Reserved seats, SO cents.
Doors open at 7 o'clock.
Lecture to commence at 8 o'clock,
10. B 0 RTICULTURA.LIIA_IL,[southwest corner
Broad and Walnut streets. (Stated meeting.
Itionthly display this EVENING: . it
HOWARD HOSPITAL. Nos. 1518 and 1570
_Lombardo Übeet, Dispensary Department. Med
tofthe pool tment and =Widnes punished gratuitously
r. se2S
10' CABINET ORGANS
4ND
STECK & CO.'S PIANOS.
• FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
tarp tn S. E. GOlTLD,.Seventh. and Chestnut.
CHUTtCH OF THE COVENANT.—THE
Ladies of this Church intend holding a sale of
Useful and Fancy Articles In Assembly Building,
Tenth and Chestnut streets, on Wednesday and Thurs.
day, Dec. 20:h and Vat. it*
10. CONCERT AT TRINITY P. e. CHURCH,
Catharine street. above Secondoon the opening
of the New Organ. Tickets 50 cents; to be had at the
Protestant Episcopal Book Society. 1 . 224 Chestnut
'street; F. Foster, Second street, opposite German;
James Creagmile, southwest corner Second and Cathe
sine street. No tickets sold at the door. dell-itrp*
10. OFFICE OF HONEY BROOIC COAL COM
PANY, 2A9 WALNUT street, PHILADELPHIA,
:lecember 19th, 1865.
• The annual meeting of the Stockholders of this Com
-pany, and election of. Directors, will be .held at this
Office, on WEDNESDAY, 3d proximo, at 1 o'clock,
P. . [liv] S. McHENRY, Secretary.
PHILADELPHIA. DEC. 9,IBa—NATIONAL
EXCHANGE BANX. N.W. corner Second and
Green streets.--The annual meeting of the Stock
holders of this Bank, to eleet Directors to• serve the
ensuing year. will be held at the Banking House; on
' TUESDAY, the 9th' of January, 18613, , " between the
hours of 10 A. II and'2P.M.
dela tu,tjalo GE;), J. HAMILTON, Cash'r.
OFFICE WARREN AND. FRANKLIN
ir,q s RAILWA.Y COMPANY, 2063 i. Walnut street.
Parr,..untr.p.urit, Dec. 19th, 1865._
The annual meeting of Stoc kholders and election
for Directors of the Warren and Franklin Railway
Company !will be held at , the office of the Company,
on MONDAY, January Bth, 1868.
GEORGE C. THOMAS, Jlt ,
dl9-tu,th,s,9tl Secretary.
MEMORIAL SCHOOL BUILDING
DZ:
of St. James's Church, Klngeessing, will be for
- many opened on WEDNESDAY, Decembef 20th, at
.336 o'clock, P. M. All interested in Christian educa
tion are respectfully invited to be present. 'The cars
leaving Market street, West Philadelphia, by, the
Darby Et,'ll. at half-past 2 - P. IL, and those leaving
.Darby at 3P. M.; carry passengers to the memorial
school Home in time for the services. del9,2trp*
-OFFICE OF LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD
1/ - COMPANY, I.I3:g.ADELPILEA; December 18th,
The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of this Com-
Jump will be held at their office, No. 412 Viialrint street,
an MONDAY, the Bth of January next, at 12 o'clock M.
. at which time an election will be held for Presdlent
„and twelve Directors for the
C ensuing year.
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del9-170. Secretary HAMBERLAIN and Treasurer.
'PLATT OIL COMPANY.—Notice is hereby
given that a meeting of the Stockholders of the
T OIL cONTA.NY will be held at their Office,
.2.50 CHESTNUT street, 'Philadelphia, on WEDNES
DAY, December 20th, 1865, at 12 M for the purpose of
considering the proposition .of re d ucing the Capital
'Stock from 5,00,000 to $100,000;
W.S.' PRICE
N. ELLMAHEE, JR. , Directors.
JNO.S. CLARK
3102443 . elsrp* D. W, CHANDIkEt,JJ
FRANKLIN INEITI VUTE.—The stated meet
ing of the Institute will be held .on WEDNES
--MIAT EVENING. 20th inst . ,at 8 o'clock.
_ Members and others having new inventions or speci
mens of manufacture to exhibit. willjalease send them.
to the Nall. No. 15 South SEVENTH street, befdo 7
o'clock, P. M. A
paper on the magnetism of iron vessels and the
correction of ships' compasses will be read by Prot
...Fairman Rogers.
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delir•st, _ WILLIAM HAMILTON, Actuary.
'OFFICE OF THE ItELIANCE INSLERA,NCE
COMPANY, OF PatLADELPHIA. No. SOS
Walnut lll* street, I.33.lLAVNisras, Dec. ISth. less.
At the annual meeting of the Stockholders of the Re
liance Insurance Company, of Philadelphia. held this
4lay,'the following gentlemen-were Olected Directors, to
serve for the ensuing - year. viz
.Clem Tingley. Benjamin W. Tingley, -
'Wm. Musser. Marshall Hill,
Samuel Blspham, Charles Leland.'
H. L. Carson, . - - Thos -H. Moore,
BobertElteen, - Semi: CaStner.
3vm.Steveneon, Alf; ed •
Tames T Young.
THOS. C. RILL, Becretary,
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ir -_-. PASLB. FOR - -Ttrel SOLLIJI F. HS' AND" SA I.
LORS'•HOME."
thi I ni •
- %e Dry [food's Department grate fly acknowledge
the following additional donations, viz:
Lewitt T. Brown $1...51 Mrs. H. Walthman $1
Mrs. Lewis Brown slCharles..Kimble 1
Miss Clara Smith I John Backman I
Snyder & Morey (Varieties) $44. included with net
• proc , eds received of mss. Samuel P,Hodwin, from
Fair at Carpenters' Hall $415 08
SAMUEL P. GOUDWTN,
Chairman and Treasurer.
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OF THE SEASON.
MINING NEWS.-It will be . found by read
ing the letter of the Commercial List's cor
respondent, in Nevada, that the Revenue
Extension. Silver Mining Company, of this
city, has one of the richest mines in the
world—a mine that will enrich the stock
holders for generations to come—a mine that
when properly worked will pay each year
more than its cost ; there need be no doubt.
This Company has furnished the public
with certificates of some of our most promi
nent citizens, which would satisfy the most
skeptical persons of the immense richness of
their property. The present price of their
stock- is ten (10) dollars per share, and no
doubt but a few months will elapse before
we will see as great a demand for it at $lOO
per' share. We are informed that but a
small amount Of stoekis left for sale. We
advise our readers of every class, if they
Would wish tq make a valuable investment,
to do so at once by securing stock in this
ComPany,—J'ress, of Dec. 19:
Till. greater- portion of the oxalia:acid of
commerce is, now made from sawdust,.by
the reaction of caustic, soda and potaah on
that substance. 'pith acid is largely used,
in the arts, and many tuns of it are annually
imported into this country.
SPECIAL -N i CMS.
U' THE PHILADELPHIA, WThmr6fGToN
THE
RAILROAD COISn'ANY,PIariA
XOCI,PRIA, December 19th, 1865.
The annual meeting of the Stockholders of this dom.
they. and ext election of Directors. Iwill take Mace a
oflice of the Company, in Wilmington, on tb
becond MONDAY (Bth) o 1 January next. at 11 A. L ,
deft -tu.114.5-tjasj ALFRED OORNE Sec'ry.
.Alu - KRICAN LIFE. INSURANCE AND
I TRUST COMPANY, WALNDT Street, South
east Corner of FOURTH, PilaranzvenaA, December
19. 1865. -
NOTICE —The annual meeting ot l the Stockholders
of this Company, for the Election Of Thirteen Tres
tees.to serve the ensuing year,will beheld at the Office,
on MONDAY, Sanitary Ist, 1866. between 10 A. M.-and
12 o'clock. noon. , - JOHN S. WILSON,
del9Tjali Secretary.
11 - FAIR OF ALL NATIONS.—Open Afternoons
and Eirenino, TO-DAY ando-MORROW,.at
WS - HIM:WON H A LL , EIGHT Hand SPRDIG
GA BIM N streets.
Attendants at tables in COSTUBM..
Wares of eacir nation under Its anpropriate FLAG,
for sale.
A?lendid variety of articles suitable for HOLIDAY
dUSIO each evening, by ,BANDS and on Piano
Forte &c. Admission 25 eta. Children, lo cts. Season
Tickets, 50 eta.. to be bad at tbA done. del9-2t5
01. Q. STERLING.
Secretary
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NEW PUBLICATIONS
Charles Scribner & Co. have just pub
lished a volume which deserves the highest
commendation. Itis entitled "Plain Talks
on Familiar Subjects," and consists of a
series of nine lectures by Mr. J. G. Holland,
of Springfield, Mass. Mr., Holland has
taken high rank amongst the literary men
of America, and his reputation both as a
writer of poetry and prose ,is thoroughly
established. The lectures comprised in this
volume cover a wide field of topies, which
are discussed with a remarkable degree of
clear-headed vigor and sOund judgment,
that commend them to the attention of all
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who afe seeking the elevati n of the social
and national tone of our pe ple. There is a
blending of brilliant imag nation and the
very best kind of commo -sense in these
pages; which is in happy contrast with the
efforts of some of those who constitute them
selves the teachers of the people. We
earnestly recommend Mr. Holland's "Plain.
Talks" to the attention of all sensible
readers. It is for sale bb Ashmead &Evans.
Ticknor dk Co., have published in a very
pretty form Mrs. Stowe's r`Little Foxes,"
the charming series of papers with which,
under the nom de plume of Christopher
Crowfield, this famous authoress has de
lighted the readers of the "Atlantic," dur
ing-the past year. Thousands will desire to
preserve them in ...this permanent collected
form. They have also published "Patriot
Boys and Prison Pictures," by Edward
Kirke, a series of most taking stories of
boys who have made themselves famous
in the war. They are told in Mr.-Gilmore's
lively style and illustrated with numerous
spirited engravings. The book cannot fail
to be immensely popular. For sale by
Ashmead dk Evans.
J. B. Lippincott t Co. have just published
a very interesting and valuable work by
the Rev. C. M. Butler, D. D. It is callbd
"Inner' Rome," and is deyoted to a disclo
sure of more of the inner character of mo
dern Rome in its social and religious condi
tion, than comes under the observation o
the transient tourist. Dr. Butler's residence
of two years in the Imperial City gave him
peculiar facilities for such a work as this,and
his well-known litOrary abilities have ena
bled him to present us with a most attractive
and valuable volume.
W. H. Appleton, New York, publishes
three uniform volumes, entitled " The Mo
thers of the Bible," "The Boys of the Bible,"
and the "Girls of the Bible." These volumes
are all prettily bound and illustrated, and
their design, in grouping together, in their
respective classes, the leading characters of
Scripture history, is an excellent one. The
only regret that may be felt is that there are
so many marks of haste in the preparation
of work that can only be done well, when
done deliberately. For sale by Ashmead d
Evans.
"Hammond on Wakefulness" is the name
of a beautifully-printed monograph upon
upon the subject indicated by the title. Dr.
Hammond, formerly Surgeon-General , of
the United States, is so well known in.)the
- Scientific world, that any contribution to
its literature from his pen is sure to receive
the respectful attention of his profession.
D. Appleton it Co., publish a very attrac
tive juvenile, called "Sun Rays from Fair
and Cloudy Skies." It is just one of those
stories of a house-full of boys and girls that
comes home most directly to the sympa
thies of the-young ones. It is by the author
of "Keep a Good Heart." For sale by
Ashmead & Evans.
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1865.
FRANCE, *EXICO AND THE
UNITED ISTATES.
Genbral Seho l fteldip Alleged Mission
to Paris.
Logan's Idlission to Mexico
The French Press on the Question, &c.
[Correspondence of the New York Tribune.]
Bemis, Tuesday, Dee.,,5, 1865.—The
lowing semi-offiCial paragraph, signed Boni
face, appearti in this morning's Conatitu
tionnel—
"The'journals speak of the arrival in
Paris of Gen. Sehofield; said to be charged
with a mission by the President' of the
United States. We can positively state that
the French Government has received no
communication on this subect, and we be•
lieve the news to be devoid of foundation."
The wording of this paragraph is mani
festly insufficient to allay the curiosity
which inquires the reason for the arrival in
Paris of such a considerable personage as
General Schofield. There he is atithe Grand
Hotel, attended by a suite which includes
two aids-de-camp, of whow one is a Gene
ral. If the Constit utionnel knew that all
that has been said about his mission to
Paris is unfounded, it would have said so
in clear terms, and have declared; that he
was merely at, the Grand Hotel like
so many other personages of note, for the
purpose of making a holiday. But
this is far from being the case. I de
liberately commit myself to the opinion,
founded upon various indications that Gen
eral Schofield has a political mission here.
It is perfectly true, as the antaitutionnel
says, that the French Government does not
officially) know anything abdut it, and
General Schofield has not yet been presen
ted by the United States Minister, either to
the Emperor or to M. Drouyn de Lhuys. It
may be that, having "unofficially" sounded
the disposition of the French Government,
he may ultimately not think it ,exoedient to
act upon his discretionary instructions.
But that he is authorized to make imper
t
tent political communicationsi i
hould he
judge it expedient to do so, is afa of which
I have no doubt whatever. Wi those few
prefatory remarks, I subjoin a few obser
vations on the subject from the French even
ing papers.
The France, more cautious than the Cba
stftlitionnel, says:
"We think we may affirm that no official
notification has as yet revealed the existence
of this mission."
We read in the Temps:
"What is it that the Cumstilutioimel de
clares to be devoid of all foundation? Is it
the fact of the arrival of General Schofield
in Paris, or only the fact of his having a
mission? We know that the Constitationne/
has a right to speak like an oracle, but it
might be a little less obscure than the sibyls.
It is certain that the General is in Paris, and
we could mention the hotel where he is
staying. We believe, also, that he had yes
terday an interview with M. Drouyn de
Lhuys.
I doubt the last fact mentioned by the
Temps.
The Patric , says: •
"The Cbnst it ut ionAel ought to have stopped
at the first part of its deniaL It may well
be that Gen. Schofield has no official mis
sion here; but the belief is persistent that
he has really come on business connected
with Mexican affairs ‘in connection with
the United States. What we . hear is that
Gen. Schofield is instructed to explain to
the Imperial Government the political
signification of a passage which will be
inserted in President Johnson's Message
relative to Mexico, and also to state why
the Cabinet at Washington accredited a
new envoy to Juarez."
Further Accounts.
The Paris corres4ondent of the London
Globe says that Ge eral Schofield is stated
to have arrived on : political mission from
Washington, and h:d called on Drouyn de
Lhuys, and adds: "It is supposed that the
object of his visit is for the purpose of sooth
ing down some p: •• : ges in the impending
Message of, Presi - ent Johnson, meant
rather for home se •ice than for France."
General Schofield i• also presumed to ex
plain the appointm :nt of General Logan as
Minister to Mexic., accredited to Juarez.
General Logan is o start in search of a
Mexican President a r republican court, and
is to report progress in that voyage of dis
covery.
The London Tim Paris correspondent
mentions the arrival • f Gen. Schofield, and
says that it is rumorei that he is charged to
treat for the evatuati *n of Mexico by the
ir
French troops. The • 'ter says that he has
reason to believe, on ve fair authority, that
the French governme t has not received
any communication of the kind alluded to
from the American ix vernment, and that
there is as yet no fa tto show or expect
that it will be made.
The Paris correspondent of the London
Herald discusses the matter in the follow
ing strain—"l mentioned yesterday that one
Gen. Schofield had arrived here on a mission
from the President of the United States. It
is said that he IS intrusted with the rather
delicate task of negotiating for the with-.
drawal of the French troops from Mexico,
and for an alliance offensive and defensive
between Paris and Washington in the con
tingency of a war with England. I give you
this as it reachee me—a mere on dit. In of
ficial circles her it is denied that the general
has any mission whatever, but yon know
that there is very little reliance to be placed
in what "official circles"say. As for a
Franco-Amerimin alliance aginst Eng
land, it would, I , no doubt, - be popular
with the Yankee mob and the - French
canaille. But the educated and enlightened
classes would regard such a contingency as
a public calanty, and it would be a gross
insult to the mperor to suppose for one
moment that he would be likely to listen to
a plan which would be the stultification of
his whole plan of foreign policy, which since
his accession has been based on a thorough
understanding With England. However,
the rumor is current, and as Yankees are
capable of anything, I cannot help noticing
it, pointing outi . at the same time the utter
improbability o it ever becoming a fait
accompli. If there were no such person as
Count Bismark, in existence there is no
knowing what this Yankee mission might
come to; but with that restless politician on
the Rhine (strategically) it is probable that
"General SchofiOld" will have to go back to
without having been able to pro:-
pose the monstrous alliance for which our
newamongersii e him credit. , ''i t.
' A Paris telegram
of the 6th inst. states
that General Schofield is not intrusted with
any political nfission, and that he visits
Europe for the benefit of his health,with the
OUR WHOLE CO:UNWItY.
intention of makag a lengthened stay on
the continent.
At an American banquet given at Paris,
Mr. Bigelow, the United States Minister,
expressed very pacific sentiments, and Gen.
Schofield proposed as a toast, "Friendship
between France and the lJnited States."
The .Patrisr believes that Gen. Schofield is
about to proceed to England on a confiden
tial misssion from President Johnson, to
prevent any dloulties arising , between
Great Britain and the United States.
The Presse believes that whatever the
result of Gen. Schofield's instructions may
be, the evacuation , of Mexico.is likely to be
the result.
[Paris Correspondenca•of the London Newe,.Dec. 6.l
The France has- a shuffling artitie on
Mexican politics in - connection with the
United States. While not adopting the sug
gestion of the . Patricia:le other day, that the
salary of a MOXICan Minister having been
votes by Congress for a certain time, it was
a mere matter of course that President
Johnson should find somebody to draw it;
and thinking,. on the contrary, that the
nomination of a new Minister to the Mei&
can Republic—which, according to French.
theory, no longer exists—and especially of
such a personage as General Logan, is an,
extraordinary, unfriendly and reiuehensi
ble act on the part of President Johnson ,
it
clings to the forlorn hope derived from the
Courtier des Etats Unis (a journal in the pay
df the nileries) that General - Logan
will not accept the nomination. The ver
sion of another French organ, that the real
instructions of General Logan are to ascer
tain that Juarez has no seat of government,
and then to open diplomatic relations with
Maximilian. is too absurd for the Prance
to notice. M. de la Gueroniaiere's journal
discredits the report that Generill Schofield
has any mission whatever to the French
.;overnment. That he should have come to
negotiate about the evacuation of Mexico it
thinks above all things improbable. The
corn lusion of the article, however, implies
doubts and reserves, for the writer of it
says: "We must wait for full explanations
before we can assign their true heracters to
events now passing." I can echo these
words so far as to affirm that most import
ant events in connection with Mexico and
America are now passing hourly.
The Bishop of Salisbury must be a wit.
He preached recently to 1.500 convicts, at
Portland, England, and selected as his text,
"The ox knoweth his owner and the ass his
master's crib .'
The Ifarrtsburg Patriot, in a disgusting
assault upon Mr. Lincoln, used the following
choice Latin :
" Let the Washington Monument be com
pleted, as it vas begun, to the memory of
the Pro Pat-ri(r.
A Canadian vessel was seized by the
Rochester collector, the other day, for smug
gling whisk - y, teas and dry goods.
We never heard a smuggler called a "ves
sel" before, but there is good authority for
it. Everybody remembers "He called me
a tressel, Sammy, he called me a evesse/ I"
The editor of the Boy's (men Magazine is
compiling a life of Torn Sayers.
Probably the " Benicia Boy's Magazine."
The Indians on the Plains (overland route)
take the chin whiskers off their victims when
the scalp is bare.
They don't take the side whiskers because
they have " cheek" enough already.
A Georgia paper says that the old men and
widows who suffered by Shermai►'s raid will
be reimbursed by the government—which
will be making a pay-raid of their suffer
ings.
The Boston .Advertiser says: "If archi
tecture were really frozen music, as Madame
de gullet said, what a jolly idea it would be
to get M'lle Parepa to sing for half an hour
to-day on the Common, and see what a
magnificent pile would be built up from her
congealed notes." The chief ornament of
the building would be its frieze.
Mrs. Jenny Van Zandt is training her
voice at Milan. It is said that she has
already received offers of engagements from
Italian opera managers abroad, and that it
is likely she will wait to obtain a Zuropean
reputation before she returns.
When ahe comes home she intends to aet
up as a milan-er.
A lady in New Bedford has just started
a new wrinkle, being nothing else than a
bread-making school. Its a hard case to
have one's increasing wrinkles published
to the world in this way. We have a
better bred school in this part of the world.
The Stark Bank, at Bennington, Vermont,
was broken into recently, but nothing of
value was stolen. The burglars retreated,
stark mad.
Some fellArs who tried to rob a hen-roost
in Winsted, Ct., found, when they went to
go out, that the door had blown to and
fastened them in. The cries of the hens
alarmed the proprietor, who released the
fellows upon their paying $25, and they re
quested that the newspapers should say
nothing more about it. If they had been
on-nest fellows they could have got out by
the hatch-way.
EmoRATIoN SOUTFTWARD.—The follow
ing is a statement showing the number of
emigrants arrived at New York from
January 1 to December 16, 1565, together
with the destinations of the same up to and
including the month of October:
1863,1
January 5,315, August
February '2.,466lSeptember
March 6,171 October
A pxll 10,,51S November
May • 24,451 To December 16.
June 27,1191
lv 211139 Total 1cG,459
TICE DESTINATION OF THOSE ARRIVED FROM lAN. 1
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CB - 0. 31.
Arkanias slMexico • 53
Alabama 8 Mississippi 31
British Columbia 14, New Hampshire 187
Canada • 1,448 Nova Scotia 38
California.. 969 New York 73,426
Connecticut 2,254 New Jersey 4,994
Colorado . 8 Nebraska 92
•
Cuba. 33 North Carolina 19
Delaware 152 New Brunswick 45
District of Columba. 3,137 Oregon 14
Florida 4 Rhode Island 1,115
Georgia 13 Ohio 8,892
Illinois 14 878 Pennsylvania 20,92 i,
lovira 3,076 South Carolina 4a
Indiana 2,191 South America ...-.... 30
Kentucky 1,608 Texas 21
Kansas 327 Tennessee 330
Louisiana 259 Vermont 239
Massachusetts 8,573 Utah 1,080
Maryland 1,725 Virginia 465
Maine 314 , West Indies 11
Michigan 2,731 Wisconsin 4,754
Minnesota. 1,314
Missouri.... 3.657
THE RximosioN AT WASHINGTON.-By
the explosion at the Arsenal, at Washington
city, on Monday, the following parties are
known to have been killed; Jeremiah Ma
bony, Patrick Riordan, James Moran,
Michael McDermott, John Teely, Marshal
Whiteley, John Mohan and Peter Garichy.
The 214th Regiment was on dtity at that
post and rendered valuable assistance. The
bodies of some of those injured are torn in
harrible inaxmer.
Titim heaviest andlightast solids Etre found
amonet the metals; lithiumbeing about half
the weight of water, g alid platinum twenty! ,
one times heavier tltEgt that liquid.
Fatis and Fancies
THE ICE MICE AT ST. LOUIS.
Great Destruction Among the VO2BOlB
---Another Break Up of the Ice
Expected—Precautions Be
ing Taken by the Un
derwriters, Rather
Masters, &c.
,
87... LOI7IS, Dec. 18.-'—The-scene of the ice
disaster on the river yesterday was - a most
exetting one. The levee waenpeelect pro
menade of all kinds of people, gazing at and
commenting upon the awful scene of
smashed and sunken steamers which the
moving ice gorge of Saturday evening had
caught and crashed in its relentless grip.
The river was frozen solid, and huge ehmnks
of ice, five inches thick, were- piled up in
shapeless masses around the doomed steam
ers, flatboats and broken wharves. Agroup
of four beats, tightly jammed together and
'so damaged that it is not easy todistinguish
one from another, lie in the stream s on the
verge of the channeL All the others are
crushed against the bank—some broken
fairly in the middle; others with their bows
stove in. Oat housse,upper decks and claim
neys carried. away.
a he vessels injured wore or less are as follows :
:fame Value.; Name. Value.
A Guaira] ,160.to011iannock City .0,000
Calypso__ .. . ...... _.... 35,000 a =tuft 1,000
RIO:Llano er (sun e)... meets, Rig Horn_ sril
bei eve _ 12,e05' WI edema - 500
Sioux City i SUE k ) :Low Argonaut ,-, oca
um aria. 5000 Metropolitan 5,000
Bt lie of 2a em pe ls 1,00 Bar ges,tiatboata,coal
Cura___ sow barges, 4c 10,000
Ros.al la . z, __, ,
s:utO Freight In steamers
krupire city tsunky. 12 OvO andbarges 20,000
Hanle 31a3 2,00 u •
Total _______ ........t11:1,902
The above are probably insured for
2100,..4(H).
The gunboats Eltah and Shiloh ; lying at
the foot of Plum Street, are uninjured, their
iron sides resisting the pressure of the lee.
Some accidents occurred in the scramble
to get off the boats when the gorge above
began to move, but no lives were lost.
The scene yesterday was picturesque &I
well as terrible. The sun shone brilliantly
on the motley crowd of men and women,
in
their Sunday coqumes ' who bedecked the
levee.. Many went out to the wrecks, even
ladies and children trying the dangerous
experiment. The ice at Cora street was
strong enough for quite a large number to
cross to and fro. The mails were brought
over on sledges by the Post Office employes
from the city to a point about fifty miles
below, where the river is clear, but there is
a heavy gorge at that point, and when it
moves the boats which escaped total wreck
on Saturday will probably all be destroyed.
The Mayor called a council • of the under
writers, harbor masters, &c., at 9 o'clock,
A. M., to take measures a e ,nainstdisastersby
fire, &c, ' when the second calamity occurs.
The weather is now quite mild, so that a
breakup is expected at any moment.
The steamboat men were unprepared for
this sudden moving of the ice, and the boats
were therefore wholly unprotected. The
disaster was almost instantaneous. Ropes
and chain cables were snapped like twine
and the 'crushed and crumbling flotilla went
a considerable distance down stream before
its course could be arrested. The heavier
boats stove in the smaller ones lying be
tween them, crushing some of them tike
nutshells and qinking their hulls to the bot
tom.
Many people in the hotels here are in a
tadplight. They succeeded in getting over
on the ice by the aid of planks, but their
baggage is on the Illinois side. Few are
willing to venture over to-day to take the
trains; so that the travel east will be very
small.
Many in New York will regret to learn
the death of John O'Fallon. one of the,
oldest, richest and most charitable citizens
of St. Lords, and a large contributor to
science and education. He was worth five
millions of dollars. He was aid to General
Harrison in the war of 1812, and com
manded Fort Maiden at that period. He
died yesterday, aged seventy-five years.
Accident to the V. S.Sloop Honon,zahela.
The screw sloop Monongahela, which
sailed from here on Thursday last, returned
on Saturday, having lost her fore-topmast,
fore-topgallantmast and head of the fore
mast while on the way to Cape Haytien.
The Monongahela has just been fitted out to
join the West India :Squadrcin, and was in
the most thorough order and prepared for
a long cruise. She is a fine:vessel, and was
built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in
ill. Her engines were built by Merrick
& Sons. On the 14th of March, 1863, she
attempted the passage of the Port Hudson
batteries, and on the 7th of July of the
same year a rebel field-battery below
Donaldson opened on the vessel killing
her commander, Abner Read. She per
formed excellent service in the Gulf, and
_returned North on the 4th of April, 1865.
The following is a list of her officers: Cap
tain, S. B. Bissell: .Lieut.-Commander, C.
H. Greene; Lieutenants, J. F. McGlensey,
H. B. Rumsey; Acting Master, J. Mc-
Gowan; Acting Ensigrq, P. F. Harrington,
F. Morris; Midshipmen, T. A. Ivens, L. M.
Ford, Isaac Hazlett, J. E. Craig; Boatswain,
A. Pomeroy; Surgeon,
W. T. Hood; Passed
Asst. Surgeon,J. T. Luck, Paymaster, J.
Hoy, Jr.; Chif Engineer, W. H. Ruther
ford; First Asst. Engineers, J. R. MoNary,
John Hunt; Third Asst. Engineers, J. H.
Thomas, C. S. Halbryllorst; Acting Third
Asst; Engineers, H. W. Force, B. W.
Worsely, L. M. Recustjerna; Captain's
Clerk, L. R. Mason: Paymaster's Clerk,
Wm. Pier de •Behreng; Carpenter, R. G.
Thomas; Marine Officer, First Lieut. T. L.
McElrath.—.N., Y. Tribune.
. .. 23,204
es4s
SUIT FOR $50,000 SALVAGE.--The steamer
Kensington, Capt. Chipman, on her last
passage from New Orleans for Boston,when
one hundred miles off Charleston, S. C.,fell
in with the steamer George Cromwell, bound
from New York for New Orleans, exposed
to the fury of a gale, with her machinery
damaged and utterly unmanageable. The
Kensington took her •in tow and brought
her safely into port; at Charleiton and left
her there. By this service the Kensington
lost her regular trip, and was exposed to
all the dangers incidental to entering a port
with another vessel in_tow; and of course
her owners called upon the owners of the
George Cromwell for compimsation. They
asked $50,000, a small sum' considering that
the vessel and cargo saved were valued at
$500,000; but were .offered only $2,500, not,
enough, Capt. Chipman says, to pay - for thei
current Ppenses,without taking thequestion
"Of salvage into consideration at all: The
owners of the Kensington'considered them !
'e4lveS insulted by those of the GeorgeProni!
well. It is probable that the' George Orem!
well, whichiS'still in Charleston, will be li!
belled for salvage, and ,the result will ire a
fat job for lavd - ers.B6sto'n, TraveUer.
F. L. lIHUWTON. Pablisb ;'
DOUBLE SHEET, THREE CENTS.
THE FENIE#.NS.
The 'Senate in Session---Adhesions to
President Roberts.
(From today's N. Y. Timm.'
' The Senate was again in session yesterday,
,at the Robertsheadquarters, in the parlors,
of the Jones House- butlittle business was
transacted iwond. tile reading of theletteris
of encourappenient from suborffinate
These were received' from Amboy, Le.
county, Ill.; New Brunswick, N, J.y Ear
risburgh, MMone, N. 34 Danbury, Conn.;
Pemba ILL; Lake Superior, Mich.;-.Tames
town,
Peoria,
county,- N. Y.;- and St..
Louis. In the. latter city the' centres
of two Fenian orgardnatieni sent
in resolutions indorsing Colonel. Roberts.
and the Berate, and expressing the
opinion that every other circle -in St.
Louis will soon. follow their example. It kr
understood that Senator D. O'Sulavau, of
Albany, will soon pronounce in favor of
President Roberta; and'if he doeatheSenate
will contain twelve "malcontents" and only
three o"Mahony men. Senator P. As Sin
nott, woo, by the way, according- to . the •
statements of the Roberts men, neverserved
beyond a day in the Senate, informs' the
TiuieB that he is "In favor of a Congress
which can decide the- questions at issue."
President Poberts' adherents insist that ther
last Congress framed's constitution, which
the local circles have since adopted, that
gives supreme power-to the Fenian Presi
dent, and leaves the- Congress without au
thority.
President Roberts has sent out another
address to the Brotherhood, the substance
of which is as follows:.
BuoriPs: Having- seen in the publics
prints a document sioned•by John 0' M a hony
calling the House o?Deleg-ates of the Fenian
Brotherhood to assemble-in this city of New -
York on the 2d day of January, 1866.
• Now I, therefore, as the constitutionally
qualified President of the Fenian Brother
hood, do hereby revoke and , annul said call
for a House of Delegates- for the following.
good and sufficient reasons:.
First—The assembling-of said House of
Delegates is unnecessary, inasmuch' as,
being a house of -legislative powers alone,
and those only when acting in conjunction
with the Senate, it has-no legal or constitu
tional power to revoke the constitutional
acts of the Senate, and neither the House
nor Senate, according_ to the constitution,
can pass "ex post facto laws.'?
Second—That its bringing, together at the
present time the opposing elements of the
organization in the Otty of New York,when
it is well Understood numbers are pledged,
and in some cases sworn, to sustain a certain
man and a: certain policy, is - direct violation
of the constitution of the Fenian Brother
hood, it would be not only unwise, but
highly dangerous and criminal.
Third—That the assembling of a congnes,
even if one were called, so soon - after that
which framed our present constitution, in
October last, at Philadelphia and which was
called for that purpose, wodeost the orga
nization, if fully represented; from $50,000 to
$75,000, which would be a useless :waste of
funds contributed for purposes_ of war, a
loss of valuable time to men who can earn
an honest living, and could lead-to no gobd
result, as those who now refuse-to be bound
by the constitution and their solemn oaths
are not likely to be bound ba them again.
If you want your money squandered in
New York, or in paying. men for shouting
for individuals or maligning others, you
know where to send it. If you :want itgivert
at once into the hands of a brave and
honored soldier, who does not and will not
receive one dollar of it for himself, but will
turn it all into weapons of war to help
Ireland and shed lustre on our race, then
send it to him and one other:. and which
ever cause you adopt we, at least will have
the proud satisfaction of knowing that
'neither interest, fear, threat, nor promise
could deter us from discharging our whole
duty to God and our country; and we have
no tear but that time will do us-sill justice.
Yours fraternally, W. It. Bonus:ls,
President of tine Fenian Brotherhood.
The Perfeetion,elßect Tape.
The undergraduates of the English
University of Oxford have lately quar
reled with their bread and, butter—or,
more correctly, with those who provide
these and other 'articles of fhod in the
college. A. studentswritesto an English
journal some account of hia sufferings
and his search for a responsible head
upon which to lay the blame from
which we get a glimpse of a division of
labor and responsibility exceeding even
that practised in our city government:
"Yesterday evening the dinner pro
vided for the mess to which I belong
was, as usual, perfectly cold. We ac
cordingly sent for the manciple; and,
after complaining to him,
requested him
also to observe that the hot water diq},
on which the meat is placed was not
only not properly heated, but as cold as
the meat upon it.
' 'Oh! Sir,' replied the official, `I• have
nothing to do with that; that is the
business of the general butler.' He is
accordingly sent for.
" 'Have you the charge of the heating
of these dishes?"No, Sir; the otb.er but
ler does that. I've got to look- after the
spoons and forks." Send the other butler
then.'
"Presently 'the other butler' arrives,-
and the following dialogue ensues::
"'You have t.o see that this dish. is
properly heated?' 'Yes, Sir.' 'Then,
why is it as cold as ice to-night?" But,
I haven't' the charge of- heating the
water, Sir.'
'We were getting tired of sending for
people,now; but determined to getab the
bottom of the matter, if possible, .we had
up the cook's boy, who, as butler No.
.2
said, had to heat the water.
"We expostulated with the 'boy, and
received some excuse abbut 'a hole in
the boiler' and 'not being able to get it
mended on Sunday." 'Anyhow, said
.we, if there isn't more water in the thing
than there is to-day,• it will ne'ver keep
anything hot.' 'Oh, _ rejoined the
boy, have nothing to do with putting
the water in; I've only to heatit before
it is put in.' "
That is perfect,and cannotltelbeaten.
anywhere out of England., '•
TIE& itooxy iligurrrApt Aretvatells of 41 - 1,
enthtitsisAtie young Missourian, w e,o
-g-the beauty of his ," !` o l'll
be dogg ‘ oned if she airt'l as pretty as a red
Neal