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
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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**
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.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.
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Lombard etreet,Rispensary Department. Med
ftnn. treatment and medtMnett tarnished gratnitdattly
te poor.
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-MR OHEISTMAS PRESENTS.
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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.
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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.