EIDSON PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME XIX.---NO. 215. MARRIED. LlST—oit RDOOH—On the Bth day of SA3e e temb r. 1865, by tbe Rev. P. L. Davies, William List to 'Ella Murdoch, both of Philadelphia. ' • DIED. BROOKS—On the 24th instant, Jeremiah M. Brooks, in th• 5181 year of his age - His male friends are Invited to attend the Bine ral from his late residence, 2032 Chestnut street, on Wednesday, at ,1;-.4 P. (New York papers please _ copy.) 2IUItGIEOT—On the 23d instant, :Ann Burgin, in the , 70th- year of her age, , • . Friends of the family are invited to attend her funeral from the residence of her nephew. Jos. Bur in, above Cooper, Camden, on Thu zggttEil sp JAHRENVt-tr the,mOrning of the 26th inst. C. S. Carpenter, Jr., sod of Martha and the late Wm: Carpenter, and Ia months , grandson of Wm. S. Carpenter, aped COOPER—On the 18th of 'Dee., of •apoplexy. James Cooper_ Jr., son of the late Gen. James Cooper. FURY)—On the -morning of the 25th instant, of con ad i H n orfehta F bra rdin, , i L t a h u e r a6t h C ean ly f hehridg Philip Funeral on - Wednesday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, from the residence of her parents, No. .38 North Nineteenth streeFlTt. a T,/ —Fell asleep in Jesus., on the 24th instant, Jennie J., only child of Charles and Martha Hill, aged 14 years and 1 month. , The relatives and friends of the family, also the .scholars of the Sabbath School of. St. John's M. E. Church, are affectionately invited to attend her funeral, from the residence of her parents, No. 1428 North Second street. on Thursday, the 28th instant, at 10 o'clock, A. M. Services at tue St. John's M. E. Church: Third, above , Beaver street. Interment*t _ HOTKINH—On the; evening of the 24th 'instant Catharine Hopkins. The relatives and frie.nia of the family, are respect fhlly invited to !attend the funeral from her late re, Bence, No. 1218 Arch street. on Fifth day, the 24th instant, at 10 o'clock, A. M.. without further notice. Interment• at South Laurel HilL KETTLE—On Monday, Dec. 25tb., Eugenia, daugh ter of Louis and Mary Kettle, aged It months, and 22 clays . LYBRA..eID—On the 24th instant, Mrs. Isabella W., xelict of the late Rev. Joseph Lybrand, of the M. E. Church. The relatives and Mends of the family are invited to attend the funeral from her late residence, No. IMO North Eleventh street, on Thursday morning. 28tti instant, at 10 o'clock. Interment at Ronaldson's Ce metery. ** SAUNDERS— Macpherson Saunders, on the 25th instant, (Baying been thrown' from a carriage.) in the 49th year of his age. His friends and those of the family are Invited to at tend his funeral from his late residence, No. 143 York avenue, on iiL'zth day, 29th instant, at lu o'clock, A. M, —lnterment at South Laurel Hill- s** em- D 1 Piano and Table Cloths, richly em .lll broidered, a aew lot Just received for Christmas Presents. BYRE St T. A NDELL, Fourth and Arch eta MAC EAST COLORED PRINTS.—PuII as 31 11 sMaent of thesejustly celebrated Prints, corn laming all the new patterns. EYRE at LANDELL: ISPECLES,L NOTICES. 10b THE SKETCH CLUB, PRIZE EXHIBITION. • OPEN DAILY • At the Academy of Fine Arts, With 350 new Works byall the great AmeNtettn Artists. SCULPTURE, PAINTING & DESIGN Admiesion, cents. • deli rptf CtuiDEEN'S FESTIVAL.—Trisay Church, WEDNESDAY. AFTERNOON, Ito merrow, at a% o'clock. - , Parenta tux& the congr invited. it' LI'HOWARD HOSPITAL. Nos, MS and 151 Lombard etreet,Rispensary Department. Med ftnn. treatment and medtMnett tarnished gratnitdattly te poor. 7 -IL CABINZET ORGANS su AND STECK dr, CO: PIANOS, -MR OHEISTMAS PRESENTS. darn tfl .T. E. GOlTLD;Seventh and Chestnut. 10. OFFICE OFTx.: ANTHRACITE 11080- BANCE COMPANY,-No. 811 WALNUT Street, PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2.5th;1865. The Annual Election for Ten Directors will be held at this office on . MONDAY, the Ist day of January next. between the hours of 10 and 12 o'clock A. M. de26.6t/ W. M. SMITH, Secretary. • NOTICE—UNION VOLUNTEER REFRESH -4.1•V" DENT ea-LOON—This Saloon was closed on December let, 1865. All persons having claims against 'the Saloon , are requested to present them to B. S. BROWN, Treasurer, N 0.1.006 South Third street, on or before the 30th instant. Pni:uL., Dec. V, 1865. IU'NOTICE. semi-annual dividend of TEEREE-AND-A-HALF PER CENT. on the Preferred Stock on. the ELMIRA dr. WILLIAMS. PORT R. P.. COMPANY, will be paid es usual on and .after January. iteS, at the Pennsylvania . Railroad Building, subject to the National and_Btate taxes by GEORGE TABER„Agt. P. R. B. Co., Boom No.l, Ground Floor. The Transfer Books 'rill be closed until that -date. 4 deZ.6-tu,th,s,4t2 ROTHE 'VINTON FIIRRACE AND COAL COMPANY OF OHIO.—The undersigned com ners, named in the - certificate of Incorporation of said Company, will open the books for and receive subscriptions to the Capital Stock of said Company on Saturday, January Sth, 1886, at ten o'clock A...1L, at the office of George F. Work, No. 121 South Third street in the city ot2hiladelphia. GEO. 7. WORE, CHAS. H. GRAHAM. F. S. HOVEY. dir26-10t OFFICE OF THE SHEPARD FARM OIL 10° COMPANY. —The annual meeting of the .Stockholders will be held at the office of the Company 30 North SEVENTH Street. Philadelphia, on MONDAY, the Ist of January, 1866, at 7 o'clock, P. Id., „at which time an election for seven Directors, to serve for the ensuing year,will also take place. B. W. BEESLEY, ' de2.6,27,ja1.3t* • Secretary. 10. OFFIC E OF THE FAME INSURANCE COMPANY, N 0.406 CB:ESTE - UT Street, .Parr,A DELITEIA Dee. 23a. 1865. • NOTIOE.—The Annual Meeting of the Stockholder's .of the Fame Insurance Company will be held on .MOICDAY, the Bth day of January, 1868, next, at 10 o'clock A. ,i., at the office of the company. An election for Twelve Directors to serve for the en :suing year will be held at the same place between the hours of 10 o clock A. IL and 2 o'clocir.P. de2S•tjaa 10. ----- OFFICE OF '.r.irth, HOME INSURANCE COMPANY OF PTrIT.AIIELPHIA., 150 South Fourth street. PirELADELP.I3:I2t, Dec. 26,1660. - The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of ',The Home Insurance Company of Philadelphia," will be held on Monday the eighth day of January next at 10 o'clock A. M.; at the office of the Company. An election for twelve Directors to serve the ensuing year will be held on the same day at the same place, between the hours of 10 o'clock A. ,M. and 2 o'clock .F. M. THOS. NEILSON, de26toja6Q Secretary. IU'OFFICE OF THE LEHIGH CuAL AND NAVIGATION COMPANY, PlzaLA.DELexas, December 215t,1865, • LOAN FOR SALE. IN SUMS TO SUIT EIIRCHASERS. The Loan of this Company, due April Ist, 18M, inte rest payable quarterly,at the rate of six per cent. per .This Liian Is secured by a mortgage on all the Corn _pa ny's Coal Lands, Canals, and Si ackwater Navigation - in th.e Lehigh river,and all their Itailroads,co ostrocted .and to be constructed, between Mauch Chunk and. Wilkesbade, and branch roads connected therewith, -and the franchise of the Company relating thereto. Apply to SOLOMON sYr RPHERD, Treasurer, de2l-ipM 122 South Second street. CIEELISTMAB AND NEW YEAR'S BENTS.—A useful, valuable and delightfully rtcceptable present for Christmas would be a bottle of -that fragrant Hair Tonic and - Beautifier, Betrouvey's • Turkish Bandolentan. What - can be. more acceptable than anything that win beautify? that will restore nae• tire'e decay by stopping the hair from ,failing out, re atorizig its natural color, making it grow in luxuriance .and beauty, assist in putting up according to the Inv.. sent style stud fashion, and keep It in place? This; Be. •Srouvey's Turkish Beguile/en-lan Hair _Tonic will do, and for proof we refer you to any person who has tried IV It is acknowledged to heithe beautifier of the age, the' only Hair Tonic and Restorer worthy ofthename. , In Turkry. in France, in .England, in ..lyiertea, everywhere where the Bandolenian is known, it is pronotinceci the' neplus ultra" of Hair Preparations. Remember, it is itee from all metallic poisons, that are contained in most Hair Colors and dressings. It is the extract of many flowers and herbs, beautifully Put up. an orna ment to the Toilet. - ' For sale by all Druggists and Perfumers:"Wholesale JOHNSTON', HOLLOWAY & DOWDE:si, DYOTT & 00., Principal;Depot for United States and pandas JAMES PALMER tit 00., NO. 439 Market street. Philadelphia. deer i,tuithat 1 . I .1 ..... . . ... ... -- ... . . ' . '• . - A -,.• .. 4, -• . ''. -,. . .• - • : i . .;:: •,•1 . :•- ~_-!!!-:„... _ '.:.,„-. • ~ ... ~ - O' . . .-. .-,: r ... '.:',-- ' •••:- ~... •••-,- I . . .. , . . , . .. 1 . i - , • .. .. • . •- . . . . . , _ , . II . . .. . . .. . .., . .., ~. - , • ...:., ~......,.* . . i •. . , . . • . • . . 1 _. .. .. . .. . . ,•. • . J. B. WADE, Secretary. • d922.3t rp/ L li.L4.I4CHARD. .Secretary. REVOLUTIONARY HEROES.—Tbe War of the American Revolution closed about eighty-three years ago; and it is announced that, of all the many thousands that once figured as Revolutionary soldiers on the pension rolls of the Government,barely two remain: William Hutchings, of Penobscot, Maine, and Samuel Cook, of Clarendon, °Hearts county, N. Y. Several have died within the last year, and it may be that 1866 will witness the closing of the books. We trust the Government will promptly announce the fact by a proclamation or military general order, and that the death of the last Revolutionary soldier will be fitly and generally commemorated. ME.FnAtsfas &arra, a provision merchant' of.Williamsburgh, New York, was robbed and shot at his residencrl, N 0.246 South First, street, on Sunday morning. Mr. Smith had taken from his store the previous evening the sum of $1,220, which fact was no doubt known to the robber. He entered the house by means of a shed in the rear, and attacked Mr. Smith in his bed, presenting a pistol and demanding his money. On .escaping with his hod* , Mr. Smith seized him, and in the struggle was shot three times, oneball entering near the backbone, !mother taking effect inithe . pplvis. Mr. Smith was lying in a very - Precarious condition;when last heard from. FROM MX?. SISSIPPI. Freedmen Cotton Pla-n.ters THE POLICY OF THE LEGIS LATURE. fentrespondenca or, the New York Tribune.] To one who Ms been a regular reader of The New York Ddily Tribune for over twenty years, getting it each day while damp from the press, it is quite a luxury to get it here, though it be . at intervals of ten days.. I have been assigned the charge of a large congre gation in this city for the present year, com posed mostly of freed people, which enabled me to inform myself of the condition of my people, not only at this . point, but in this State generally. - The late attempt of the Legislature to enact and Put in force a law, having for its object to prevent the freedmen from-baying or leasing lands in the cotton districts, has, to the great disappointment of those people, failed. :Yesterday being Thanksgiving. Day, I read to Fay congregation the following: "AN IMPORTANT ORDER. " WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 1565.—T0-.Col. Samuel Thomas; While the Bureau ietnains in Missishippi you will continue to protect the freedmen in the right to lease lands. The act of, the Legislature referred to in your telegram of the 27th inst., is not recognized here. By order of " Maj.-Gen. 0. 0. HOWARD. "Max. Woodhull, A. A. G." At the close of the reading, there was an audible and hearty "thank God for dat" from many a veterantotton;producer. A few days ago I was called to make a short speech at a public meeting, when I took "King Cotton" for, my topic. I ex plained to the peopla how "King - Cotton" had oppressed them when slaves, and how this same old king will now enrich and ele vate them as free laborers, if they stick to him. One old cotton producer in the house sung out, "Dog my cat of I don't tick to him, air." Cotton is abundant at this point; it is be ing hauled in and shipped from this place in-large quantities daily. There are three or four public 'highways leading from the cotton districts into this city, and almost any day about sunrise, you can walk out the distance of half. a mile, and meet long lines of from a dozen to 15 and 20 teams, loaded each with from five to 20 bales of cotton, and driven by black men and boys. The fact is, the freedmen are getting their eyes open .about this business, and they will stick to cotton too closely for some of those who envy them their freedom and their skill in raising. These men think ;that $lO a morith'is not enough for raising so valuable a staple. , In my rounds about the city I often meet with working men in the cotton business, and have conversations with them. A man said to me the other day—" Looker here, uncle"—pointing to some cotton- I *st - dare cotton used to fetch ten cents a pound; now he fetches fifty cents a pOund!. .Guy! `Somebody go get rich - plenty." And .the common view prevails among These people, that a man who has abundrince of land should either pay a fair price for labor, or sell or lease a portion of his lands to those who work. And there are those who will do so if the Legislature will let them alone. A city paper now lies before me, in one column of which I see over thirty planta tions, ranging from 250 to 4,000 acres, in the market. Many colored men have the means to purchase or lease, and the skill to carry on plantations, if protected. It is a pleasing fact, that nothwithstand ing the obstacles thrown in the way of ne gro cotton proprietors, there are numbers of them coming in with their own cotton, two ; -three, four or five bales at a time; Think of this, sirs, that a good bale of: this precious fabric now brings on the scales poo or $5OO, and see a rough looking, bat sensible ex-slave, who five years ago dare not say that his soul was his own, standing by two or three bales of cotton, of his own producing, which he can call his own, and receive the money for it. Those who are pleading for such men need not be ashamed of their clients. I sect that some of the Northern papers and correspondents are still agitating the questions of amalgatiori, the possibility of the races living together, etc., etc. Without intending it, I apprehend that these writers are doing a great deal to hinder the peaceful reorganization of the Southern community. The fact is, that the whites and blacks here are, and ever will be, more dependent upon each other than they are at the North. The sooner this , fact is recognized and adhered to, the better it will be for all. " I speak as unto wise men: judge ye what I say. J. T. C. PENNINGTON. Natchez, Dec, 8, 1865 A MAN . SHOOTS HIS WIFE AND THEN HnitsELF.—On last Monday night, a Ger man-named Brickner, a cistern-builder, re siding in Sullivantown, returned home un der the influence of liquor, and raving with anger. Histwife had prepared supper, and when he entered and found the comfortable and cosy little table awaiting him, his first act was to dash the dishes into the street,and then abuse, 'curse and beat his wife. He then loaded pistol and fired three shots at her;two-shots taking effect, one in the breast and the other in the arm, severely, if not mortally, wounding her. The demon then fired two shots at himself; one taking effect in his forehead, and the other in his wrist; we have not heard the effect. The montiter is, and has for some time, been under bonds to keep the peace.—Evansville (Ind. )Courier, 20th. OUR 'WHOLE COUNTRY. PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBR 26, 1865. THE BROOKLYN SENSATION. More of the Recent Unfortunate Affa in. Clinton Street---Condition of the Injured Parties— ' The Relationship Be tween Russ and Miss Dayton. The condition of Mr. Vg. H. Russ, who is still at theVity Hospital, was considered as quite - favorable yesterday, and the physi cians have no doubt but thathewill eventu ally recover. He still insists, however, that he will die, having not -the slightest desire to live longer than he can help it. The two bullets with which he shot himself have been extracted piece -meal, with the excep tion of perhaps a fragment, which is still imbedded in the skull. He speaks ration ally, and answers the questions of any one who is permitted to speak to him with ease and a fluency of language truly surprising in one who must naturally suffer great phy sical pain. He even surprised the physi cians in attendance 'upon him by his deter mined bearing while they were engaged in' probing the wounds and extricating the fragments, during which times he never moved a muscle, never, in fact, manifested the least symptom of pain, but stood every thing like one dead to all physical sensibi lity. He will undoubtedly recover, but with the loss of his right eye. Miss Fanny Dayton is getting along as favorably as can be expected. The circula tion, which has been up to 220, was yester day to 88. A thorough examination of the wounds by the attending physician, Dr. Whaley,proves that two ball penetrated the skull—one upon the back and right side of the head, passing directly forward and a little downward toward the base of the brain. That bullet still remains where it lodged. The other entered the right side of the head, passing within the cranium, and came out about two inches from where it entered. The third wound is immediately back of the right ear. Thus it will be ob served that there are four bullet wounds, which at first gave rise to the impression that four shots had been fired; a thorough examination Droved that one of the balls passed through a portion of the skull, but without injuring the brain. A number of the friends of both the un fortunate parties were at Mr. P. W. Ken yon's house yesterday, in order to inquire as to the condition of the lady; among them were the Hon. Mr. Stebbing, in whose place of business Russ had been employed as kook-keeper some years since, and Dr. L. W. Gunn, principal of a seminary in Wash ington, latchfied county, Conn., in whose family Miss Dayton resided, and which she still considers as her home. It appears that - .me time- previous -to-1556, Miss Dayton, then a mere child, having lost her' mother, w.ho was carried off by cholera in 1849, and being literally cast upon the world, was taken in charge by some Spirinalists and converted into a medium, m which she was found to be proficient. The frequent man gestations she had been subjected to, it wal feared, would affect her nervous sys tem; and out ofsympathy for one so young Judge Edmonds suggested her removal to Dr. G'un's school, where she could also be well taken care of. Mr. Russ was of the same circle of spiritualists, and at once of fered to provide for the girl. He did so. He took her to the house of Dr. Gunn, and en tered into an agreement to pay for her care and tutelage: This was in the summer of 1855. She remained there until some time in 1857, when Mr. Russ represented to Dr. Gunn that as his salary had been decreased (caused by the financial crash of that year) he found it impossible to pay for her tuition any longer. He requested that she be al lowed to go with him to Canada, to remain with his friends there, and demanded her trunks. This was refused, and-the girl was from that time adopted as one of the family of Dr. Gunn. She was then thirteen years of age. Russ had provided her with dolls and other playthings in abundance while at school— also articles of more use—and felt such an interest in her thai he labored under the impression that she should be allowed to do his bidding. Being disappointed in his inability to take her away, he expressed his feelings to the child by accusing her of ingratitude. He was jealous of her even at that age, from the fact that she spoke very favorably of a little schoolmate of her's, named Henry Gould. From the time Russ notified Dr. Gunn that he should no longer pay for the girl's tuition, he has done no thing whatever for her until this winter, when he procured for herself and brother situations in the office of the National Mexi can Loan Company. Some time since Miss Dayton's father, whom she had not seen from childhood and did not even know by sight, presented himself and made himself acquainted- He stated that he resided in Washington, D. C., and was engaged in trade with the South, &c., &c. (Up to this time Miss Dayton had been known by the name of Fanny Stan wood.) Upon this she wrote a letter to Mr. Russ thanking him for his kindness, and stated playfully that as she had found her father, she had no occasion longer to retain her assumed name, but would resume her own. This was the first of any correspond ence between the tWo.Deeming herself competent for some kind of light - business, in order to earn her own livelihood ? she applied to him to proaure her some suitable position, He complied with her request by procuring the position of Corresponding Secretary in the Mexican Loan Company, which place she filled with astonishing ability. She came to board with the family of Mr. -Ken yon, a friend 9f Dr. Gunn. Since that time Russ, it is understood, made proposals of marriage, which she peremptorily, but kindly declined; desiring still,that he should remain her friend, but that she could not accept him as a lover. This appears to have been the last act of "Ingratitude." It may be proper to add that the young lady's friends are not aware that she ever stopped at the house of any of Mr. 'Russ's friends (as such.) During her Visits to Brooklyn and New York, she remained in the families of Judge Edmonds, Mr. Smith, Mr. Kenyon, and others of her preceptbr's friends—also?, hbwever, acquaintfmces. of Mr. Russ. As to the rooms hired' by Russ on Broadway, for 'the purpose of keeping honse,it is stated, on Miss Dayton's behal f that 'after consult ing with her friends, she deemed it advisa ble under the circumetances to decline the offer of housekeeper.--N: Y. Tribune. • SUIT has been entered against the Mayor and City Councils of Washington to restrain the payment of costa for the election to decide on j negro suffrage. r The Judge has ordered the respondents to show cause why the injunction should' 4ot issue: The Journey of the Empress of 'RiesElio . By the arrival of the steamship 'Guiding Star, from New Orleans December 17, via Havana December 20, we have received ad vices from Yucatan to the sth inst., brought by the, schooner _Oantinera, which reached Havana Vedember 17. The journey. of the Empress of Mexico through Yucatan continued to be attended with enthu.slastic_ovations., 'While at Merida her Majesty donated the following sums: $2,500 for the establishment of a free school for girls in that city $3,000 to the general hospital; $3,000 to be dis tributed among the.poor, in especial 'to such as had suffered by - the war of castes; $l,OOO towards completing the work on the cathe dral, and smaller sums to various religious orders. On the Ist of December the Empress vis ited the Agricultural and Industrial Exhi. bition, and the following day she was pre sent at the benediction and inauguration of the "Constancia" cotton spinning establish. ment. Her Majesty left Merida on the morning of December 4, for the city of Campeche, passing through Uxmal. A large number of the young men of Merida volunteered to attend the Empress 'as for as the limits of the department as a guard of honor. On the 27th . of November, a body of insur gent Indians appeared at Sacaha, four leagues from Tixcacalcupul, and a force under Colonel Rafael Lopez despatched from Valladolid to 'attack them suffered a defeat, resulting in the death of a Lieuten ant Martinez, of :the Engineers. {Colonel Lopez ' was immedlately suspended and ordered to answer or the reverse before a court martial. Upon hearing of the affair the Empress sent two hundred dollars to the widow of the lieutenant to assist her until a pension can be granted at Mexico city. On 'December 2d a force of Indians six hundred strong attacked the town of Seno tillo, and although there was no military force stationed in the place some fifty volun teers succeeded in repulsing the insurgents with heavy loss, but at the cost of several dead and wounded citizens. In evidence of her appreciation of the heroic conduct of the defenders of Senotillo, her Majesty ordered one month's pay to be given to the wounded men according to their respective grades, and five hundred dollars to be distributed among the f: Dailies of those killed in the affair. The Spaniards residing in Merida sere naded the Empress and the Marquis de la Ribera, the Spanish Minister, on the even ing of November 28. The serenade party was headed by the Spanish Vice Consul at Merida, Senor Dominguez, to whom her Majestly sent a message expressing her gratification at the compliment.—N. Y. Herald, 25th. COURTS. NISI Pllms—Jus tice Strong. —Floyd Baily vs. Bowers and liitchenman. This was an application to compel defendants to abate an alleged noittonce. The complainant sets f04111.41at he is the lessee of a factory situ ated ,Fifty-second 'sheet, southward of Lank , er avenue, in the Twenty-fourth Ward; that said factory is supplied with water by Mill creek, formerly a mill dam, out of which are several inlets of water courses, essential to the factory; that the defendants are the occupiers of a certain petroleum refinery situate northeast of the iactory; thatthere is and has been fora long time a water course, ditch or drain running near the said refinery, and emptying into the mill dam of the said factory into which said water course the said defendants have qpened 'and constructed a ditch or water course through which the refuse water pro duced in the process of refining petroleum is discharged, together with a portion of the acids and other chemical substances so employed. The bill avers ,that pure water is necessflry to carry on the factory, and therefore the act of defendants is preju dicial to the interests of complainant. As the bill was defective in not averring com plainants right to the use of the wale course, the case went over for the present. THE light draught monitor Unipqua was successfully. launched'at Monongahela, Pa., on Friday last. The extreme length of the vessel over armor is 22.5 feet: breadth 45 deep; depth of hold, 7 feet 10 inches; draft, 6 feet 6 inches. Her motive power will con sist of two low pressare engines of 22 inch cylinder and 30 inch stroke; she will have two 'propellers, 9 feet diameter, with 12 feet pitch. She will have one turret, 8 inches thick; her armor below the water line is half an inch thick, and above the water 3 inches, bAcked by solid timbering 4 .feet in thickness. Her armament will consist of two 11-inch guns, manufactured at the Fort Pitt Works. The interior of this vessel will be fitted up in the most comfortable and convenient manner. A PERSON for many years government interpreter for several of the tribes on the plains gives it as his belief that the various tribes of.lndians are determined to unite in the spring for the purpose of wiping out the white population in the mountains. Bent, the chief who led the attack in which Mer vin and others were killed and the stock of the Butterfield Overland Despatch for 160 miles'was driVen off, has declared that the whites shall not settle on his hunting grounds, and that the stage lines shall not pass through his country. THE WASH/NOTON ARSENAL EXPLO SION-A BOARD OF INVESTIGATION.-A Board, consisting of Brevet Major .General Edmund Schriver, Colonel and Inspector General, United States army; Brevet Briga dier General William Maynadier, Colonel Ordnance Department, United States army; Brevet Colonel L. H. Pelouze, Major and Assistant Adjutant General, United States army, has been appointed by the War De part:anent "to proceed to the Washington Arsenal to, investigate the cause of an ex plosion which occurred at that place on the 18th instant." The Board is directed to "take such' evidence thereon as they deem proper, and will report the result of their investigations to this office." AN AGENT of our Postoffice Department and the United States Consul in 'Toronto, Canada, have recently found in bond in the Custom House in that city $lO,OOO worth of United States three-cent letter stamps, of the Consignment of which to a house there by the rebel•agent in Liverp . ool our govern ment received information in August last. An Injunction on the stamps has been got ten out, and the question of their proprietor ship igthortly to be -argued before a Cana dian Mut They are supposed to form one of the pirate Florida's captures. GENERAL Scorr.—The New Orleans True Delta of the 15th says: The recent and severe change in the weather ttas, we be lieve, affected Lieut.. Gen. Scott greatly—so much so, in fact, that he is determined to leave at once, He stated, last evening, that he should this mdrning leave New Orleans for Key West, and there remain until.tnild weather again sets in, when he wouldretvii to this' city. Bishop Wilmer, of Alabama, to 4Veont. The following are of extracts rra from a letter written'by Bishop !Wilmer, of Alabama, to Bishop Hopkins, of :Vermont; setting forth some of the reasons why delegates from the various Southern dioceses did not attend the recent General COnveintion of the Episcopal Church inThiladelphia:— "Were all men, good Bishop,like-ininded with.yourself, we might have no hesitation in this matter; but certain painfulthings are brought to our ears. One party proposes 'to keep the Southern churchmen for a while in the cold'—'to put the rebels upon stools of repentance,' etc. We see' in the Journal of 1862 certain resolutioas.proposed pronouncing certain worthy bishops 4schism atical,' and proclaiming the jurisdiCtion of another bishop 'null and void.' True, the resolutions were not adopted; but they in dicate the temper of a party of that body, and we hive no means of ascertaining the .complexion of the next general ConVention.. Fanaticism grows fast in the hour of- tri-. un3 ph. s * The Southern deputieS them:selvbsi may very naturally be supposed to have some sentiment, in this matter. Their sons and brothers lie in bloody graves--their lands are desolate, and strangers devout' it in their presence—their emancipated slaves garrison their cities—they live themselves, as yet, under the ban—their representative man, no guiltier than themselves, is in bonds and may have to die an ignominious death. The whole Southern people,) there fore. are at this moment awaiting trial in the person of their representative heid; they are denounced as felons, and a shackled press is forbidden to speak a word of vindi cation or remonstrance. "Your own heart, good Bishop, will tell you that men in such a condition are in no mood to join in jubilate over a restoration which is sealed by their degradation. The peace, for which Te Denms will be chanted is purchased by the loss of their inheritance and they are now sitting in the deep valley of humiliation. "The men of the South have no desire to prolong the hopeless conflict. They accept the failure of their effort as a fact, and, as Christian men, will render a faithful alle giance to 'the powers that be,' for God's sake; but it is asking too much of them that they shall swell the pageant which cele brates their subjugation. "Some time, Bishop, must be given to the heart to shllool itSelf. -Our people are in no mood for joyous congratulations. They are not yet out of mourning for their dead. It is easy . for you to come together and to join heartily bilandates for peace and re-union. Yours is the victorious section. It is easy for him who triumphs to forgive. ' and from your stand-point you can thank God With a full heart. • We are trying to forgiye and forget, and lilting up our hearts unto God from the dust, we are trying to 84: 'Thy will be done.' "Excuse some of us, Bishop,for preferring just now to stand aloof from the disc on of these subjectai !Our own wounds are too recent to bear rough handling. We have no heart for them. ' We' have no wish to discuss them, for there can be no free dis cussion. Nor can we, by our silent pre sence, be faithless to the memory Of our dead, nor consent to stand by whilst Others inscribe 'traitor' on ,their gravestonei." Facts and Fancies. A new story, entitled "Inside; a Chronicle of Secession" professing to be a trathful ac count of social life in the South during the war, illustrated by Thomas Nast, is soon to be began in Harper's Weekly. It will be a history of Intestine warfare. A man was in court in Fall River on Wednesday, though he is fift y years of age, has never moved from the house he now occupies, and yet ha has lived in two States and three towns. Will somebody explain that to us? A popular bit of French gassip is to the effect that M. De Boissy, one of the Senate, appeared lately at a masked ball given at the Tuileries, in a costume of the time of Louis XV., which had belonged to one of his ancestors. Prince Murat (whose grandfather was a hostler),wishing to flake himself disagreeable to M. De Boissy, said "You have rather an odd costume, M. De Boissy;it probably belonged to your grand father." "If everybody were to come here in their grandfathers' clothes mine would not be the oddest," returned the senator. It is quite fashionablefor someof our Phila delphia Copperheads to sport the habits of then. grandfathers. Dr. William A. Hammond, late Sur g eon- General of the 'United. States, has gone to Europe in charge of a grandson of the late John Jacob Astor; and a gossiping corres pondent says that he receives for his services *lO,OOO in gold, for six months, all traVeling and subsistence expenses liberally paid;and 3,000 for each month occupied. beyond the six. Any one having a grandson to dispose of at the same price, can hear of an escort by applying at this office. The French giant Anak has been before the LondoriPolice Court for maltreating his tailor and refusing to pay for his clOthes. Tailors, seem to have a nack for losing such suits. When two men drink beer together, one generally malt-treats the other. The Baltimore ladies have sent Mrs.,R. E. Lee twenty-one pieces of handsome furni ture for her new house. Relee ! Light bridges over Broadway, from corner to corner, are suggested to render safe the crossing that thoroughfare by pedestrians. Light streets are suggested in:Philadelphia for the same purpose. • The ( Enipress of Mexico is the Emperor's interpreter. She speaks fluently the French, Spanish; German and English languages, and is in all respects a great woman. She is said to be engaged, at preient, in translating her husband from Mexico to Earope. Admiral Farragnt 4 'grabbed' a penwiper at a Brooklyn Fair. He gave ti. e fair at tendant $2O to be let Off. People are apt to be bitten who grab wipers. . Lewis D. Campbell, of Ohio, has been nominated by the Senate as Minister to Mexico, General Logan havin,g declined, We should not think I the Campbells would make good diplomatists. They get !their backs up so easily. .grr Ixcn OF OIL.-rThe Venango Siiecta, tor says: Suppose there be three hundred thousand acres of land in the oil region of Venango county, which is a very low, cal culation, and suppose an inch of oil, to be retained byabsorption in the earth and rocks, it wouldamount to 6,783,600,000 gal lons, or 169,590,000 barrels, at forty gallons to the barrel. If we allow . 300 days to the yedr and 10,11110 barrels per . - day, it would take 59 years to, exhatist this oil. When we reflect that an inch of rain can be lapped up in a few feet of earth, and not a drop ex tracted by boring, and that in almost every four inch hole sunk to the depth of 600 feet, some barrels of oil may be obtained, we cannot estimate the anantity of oilthat may yet remain buried in the "deep bosoth" of the earth after man shall have exhausted all his labor and ingenuity. F. L. FF,THERSTON. DOUBLE SHEET, THREE CENTS Bishop The Arrest of the Pirate Semmes. The arrest of R. Semites, late commander of the rebel cruiser Alabama, was an nounced some days since. The , Mobile Daily Times gives the charge preferred 'against him, and his protests, as follows: CHARGE—VIOLATING THE USAGES OF WAR. 'Specification—ln this, that on or about the 19th day'of June, 1864, off the entrance of the port of Cherbourg, France, the said Raphael Semmes, being then in command of the rebel steamer known as the Alabama, and an engagement having taken place be tween the said steamer and the United States steamer Kearsage, ordered or permitted a white flag to be hoisted on board the said rebel steamer, and took the opportunity ofthe cessation thereby caused in the engagement, and of the trust reposed in him, to make his escape from the said rebel steamer, for the purpose of avoiding the actual surren der of his person as a prison of war, and the responsibilities thereby incurred, ' and did subsequently, without having been ex changed as a prisoner,.engage in hostilities against the United Ststes. GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy. Navy Department, Nov. 25, 1865. Against which arrest Semmes entered the following protest: SIR: On the 26th day of April, 1865, I was at Greensboro', N. C., in command of a .naval brigade, forming part of the army of General Joseph E. Johnston ' and partici pated in the capitulation between General Johnston and Major General W. T. Sher man, commanding United States Army of North Carolina. The condition of said capitulation on the part of General John ston was that the army under his command should cease all acts of war from the date of the capitulation, April 26th, aforesaid. In consideration of which condition thus entered into by General Johnston, General Sherman stipulated that the officers and men comprising the army of General John ston, should return to their homes and there remain unmolested by the United States authorities so long as they observed the ob ligation they had entered into, and Obeyed the laws enforced where they resided. I have this day been arrested by order of the Secretary of the Navy ; had a guard placed over my house, and have been informed that I am to proceed to Washington, in cus tody, there to answer a charge preferred against me predicated upon facts which took place anterior to the capitulation be tween General Johnston and General Sher man. This being a violation of the capitu lation on the part of General Sherman, I respectfully make this my protest, agaist said arrest. R. SEMMES. MOBILE, ALA., Dec. 15, 1865. TESTIMONY FROM ACTRESSES.—The testi mony of Mile. Yestvali,Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Lucille Western and other prominentladies, as to the merits of Jaret's Email de Paris, shows that the profession(is rejoiced at ob taining a preparation that produces all the brilliancy otrouge and lily-white, without deinginittry to the skin, or presenting the least vulgar appearance. L'Etnall is espe -daily useful in Prall weather—to "skaters" invaluable—quiekly • healing the ravages made by cold and wind, and enabling the most tender skin to defythe inclemency of the weather. It smooths out, most happily, the marks of smallpox—dissolving from the skin freckles, pimples; and morphew. The most sensitive and retiring lady may use this exquisite emollient without hesitancy. Sold by Eugene Jouin, 115 South Tenth, below Chestnut, and dealers in toilette arti cles generally. HomcEoPmrs - .—The Homoeopathic Medi cal Society of Allegheny County have purchased a property in Pittsburgh for the purpose ofestablishing a Hom ceopathic Hos pital. The building, we understand, is one of the finest in the city, now used as a Female Seminary. Their - subscriptions amount to over $20,000. Dr. J. A. Herron repre sents the Society on a visit to the various Hospitals of Philadelphia. Hahnemann still lives in the West. THE Secretary of the Treasury on Satur day received $6O, accompanied b y the fol lowing note: "Place the inclosed $6O to the credit of the Government. It is from a person who believes that Goctvvill punish in another world those who keep that which does not belong to them." MrxisTEß. TO Mon - co.—The nominations of the Hon. Lewis D. Camnbell-as Minister to Mexico, and Gen. R. B. Van Valkenburg as Minister to Japan, were on Thursday sent in to the Senate toolate to be.acted upon by that body. t lll -3 1- 01 1,0 1:tlin , fuittlidi PORT OF PHILADELPHIA-DEC. 26. Ezr Sett Marine Bulletin on - Sixth Ripe, ARRIVED THIS DAY. Steamer Admiral, Nichols, 24 hours from N York, with mdse to P R Clark. Steamer Suwanee Cailtarine, from New Orleans ?.2d ult. via Pensacola 24th, St Mass 26tb. Port Jefferson Seth, Key West 13th inst. and Charleston 20th, in bal last to II S Quartermaster. .Left at Key West brig. Jam Baker. hence, discharging, and' brig A Cattell, re pairing and waiting sears. The S experienced . very heavy weather from Rey West, North. Bark Cienfuegos; Cole. 50 hours from New York, in ballast to Carman, Merchant &Shaw. Schr Central America, Phinney, 9 days from Boston. in ballast to Carman, Merchant & Shaw. Schr Truman, Gibbs, 7 days from New Bedford, with oil, &c, to captain. Schr Cheviot, Cole, from St Marks via Key West, 19 days, with timber to J W Bacon. The C-sprung a leak when a sew days out from St Marks and put into Key West for repairs. Schr, J Ponder, Harding, 7 days from Boston, with linseed to Grove & Bro. DLEARED THIS DAY. Brig Clio (Br), Densmore, Leghorn, C C Van Horn. Brig Sharon (Br), Smith, Marseilles, do Schr Belle Seaman, Seaman,Washington, H A Adams. Schr Magnolia, Hardin, Providenceplershon&Cloud. Schr Fanny Keating, Rich, Boston, Gillingham & Co. Steamer Virginia. Kelly, hence at New York yester day. 24th inst. at 12 111, saw a hermaphrodite brig rigged propeller ashore near Barnegat, with signals of distress flying. Steamer Bosporus (Br), Alexander, hence at New York yesterday. At 9.30 AZI, during a thick fog, went ashore on the south side of Fort Lafayette, where She, now lies. - - - Ship Fearless. Drew, cleared at Boston 23d inst. for San Francisco. Ship J Mayan (Br), Orkney, - cleared at:Mobile lath inst. for Liverpool with 1750 bales cotton, weighing 057.621 lbs. valued at t-i 20,828 60; also 220 bbis rosin. Bark Eventide, Park, 'hence via Portland, at Bath 2sd inst. Brig Fanny Foulke, Swain, cleared at Mobile 13th inst. for New York. . . Brig Korea, Sprague, 12 days from Havana' at New Yorx yesterday. Schrs Jas Martin, Myrick: Pathway,Greee; A Town send, Sooey; N Brayton, Milliken: Anna Lyons, Biggins; John Price.Nickerson: Wm B. Dennis. Lake: I Rich. Studley, Martha, Baxter, and Pocahontas, Berry, hence at Boston 24tti inst. Schr Owen Beane, hence for Boston, at New York yesterday. , Behr War Eagle. Relley, at Providence 24th instant from New Castle, Del, Schr Gold Hunter, Nickersoti, cleared at Halifax 14th inst. for this port. . • Schrs R p Ring, smith; C Newkirk, Huntley:.H P Simmons, Godfrey, and t 3 T. Garrthon, Tiffany, henna at Providence 24th inst. Schrs Evesgreen, Belloste,and Mary E Long, Hardy, hence at Some/ set 22d inst. :MARINE IXISCELLANY. Bchr Chas E Raymond. Higgins. from Philadelphia. of and ibr Boston,with 400 tons coal, Which went ashore on the west side of Beaver Tail during the thick snow storm on the night of the 20th inst. is badly bilged, and there is not much chance of saving her. ,She is full of water, and nothinhas beengot outo Liter yet. She is not insured. U The S revenue 'cutter Miami with two lighters and a large crew of wreckers went out to her from Newport morning of aid. M B Tower, of Hull. will go down to her.and if there is any chance ()romping er will send for tugs and other hraistance. ZEIMO.RLDIDA.
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