SON PEACOCK. Editor VOLUME XIX.---NO. 218 EVENING BULLETIN (Eiccerit Sunday) at Igo. 329 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, BY THE I , IMMNG 331:fMal:MN ASSOCIATION" 6131090 N PEACOCK, I GASPER SOUDM, P. Ls FETHKRESTON ERNEST O.WA.MACEO3 THOMAS 7. WILLIAMSON. The Barzatur is served to subscribers in the city at 8 cents per week:payable to the carpets. or 08 00 per anima. • MARRIED. BETTOR-SAW—On Wednesday, Dec. 27, at the residence of the, bride's ;lather, Greenwood, near Ger mantown. by the Rev. J. Andrews Harris._ Samuel Betton to Anna Baynton Shaw, daughter of Edward T. and Anna B. A. Shaw. TYLER—PLEESON—At Pittsburgh. Dec. 25, by the .Rev. T. X. Orr, Captain Frank E. Tyler and Mary F., youngest daughter of the late R. C: Fleeson. AirSZICODEON, Piano and Table Cloths, richly am 1M broidered, a new lot just received for Christmas 'Presents. .FXBE.dr,LANDELL, Fourth and Arch eta l - N6RDIZAO FAST COLORED PRINTS.—FuII as sortment of these justly celebrated Prints, corn ,prising all the new patterns. EYRE & LANDELL. IsPECIAL NOTICEto. • THE SKETCH CLUB PRIZE EXHIBITION. OPEN DAILY At the Academy of Fine Arts With 3 1 50 new Works by all the great American Artists SCULPTURE, PAINTING & DESIGN Admission, 25 cents HOWARD HOSPITAL. Nos 1518 and 1520 Lombardstreet, Dispensary Department, Med ical treatment and medicines furnished gratuitously toithe poor. se2B NOTICE. A DIVIDEND OF FIVE PER CENT has been declared by the COLUMBIA,. 1 11II.AL SILK Ii.f.A.NUFAC LURING COMPANY, for the last three months ending .let inst.—payable on the 10th January next. at Messrs. J. & A.KEMPER's3, No. 35 touth Fourth street. de29 2t. PHLLADELPRIA' DISPENSA.R.Y. The contributors are notified that an election for twelve Illanag.rs will be' held at the Dispensar' °a .BECON.LP DAY, the Ist proximo, between the hours of 12 and 1 o'clock. clezB-2ti OFFICE OF THE DfAIIiONPCOAL COM PANY. 309 Walnut street. OTICE.—T e Annual - Election for Directors of this Company will be held at their office between the hours of 12 and 1 P. M. on THURSDAY, Jan llth. 1866. , de29 fm,w,ljall Ea% PEARCE, Pres't. UNIVERSITY OF PENN-bYLVAigIA—DE PABTAtENT OF ARTS; e Second Term of the College year will open on TUESDAY, the 2d day of January. Candidates for admission will appear at the Tiniverpity. for examination, on that day, at 10 o'clock, A. M. - Tuition for each Term. Thirty-five Dollars. GEORG E AL LEN, Secretary of the Faculty of Arts. • AMEMCAN LIFE INSURANCE AND TRUST COMPANY, Walnut, Southeast corner mot rth—PHILADELVITIA, December 23, 18a . Wou The Trustees have THIS DAY tic. taxed a Dividend -, of FIVE - PRE CENT. out of the profit , of the last six months, payable to the Stock holders,clear of all taxes, On and after January 10th, Ms. de2B-7t JOHN S. WILSON, Secretary. PHILADELPHIA, December 27th, 1865•—The ti . Annual Meeting of the stockholders of the Shamokin Coal Company will be held at the office, No. M South FOURTH Street, on WEDNESDAY the 17th day of January next at 11 o'clock. The Transfer Books will be closed from January2nd to 19th. C. R. LINDSAY, de29tjal7/ Secretary. Us. OFFICE ST. NICHOLAS COAL COMPANY, 20.5.% Walnut street. PH /LADELPHI A, December 2911,186 a The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the St. Nicholas Coal Company will be held At the office of the Company. No. 205;4 Walnut street. on MONDAY, January 15th, 1866, at 11 A. M.. for the purpose of elect ing Directors to serve the ensuing year. deW f,m,w.tjals2 CHAS. P. SHOENER, Treas. EU'OFFICE OF THE LEHIGH COAL AND NAVIGATION COMPANY, .PH:LLADELPHLk, December 21st, 1865. LOAN FOR SOLE. IN SUMS TO SUIT PURCHASERS The Loan of this Company, due April Ist, 1881, inte rest payable quarterly, at the rate of six per cent. per annum. This Lban is secured by a mortgage on all the Com pany's Coal Lands, Canals, and Siackwater Navigation m the Lehigh river,and all their Railroads,COnstnictect and to be constructed, between Mauch Chunk and Wilkesbarre, and branch roads convected therewith, and the franchise of the Company relating thereto. Apply to SOLOMON SHEPHERD, Treasurer, de2l-rptfi 192 South Second street, _Establishment, of an Abattoir in Chicago [From the Chicago Times.] The ordinance for the establishment of an abattoir or large public slaughter house, which was pending in the Common Council for several weeks, was passed at the last meeting of the council, and, having been duly approved by the Mayor, has become a law. This ordinance grants to Messrs. John Reid & Co. (Reid, Sherwin & Co., of this city), for a period of ten years, the exclusive right to have all the slaughtering business of the city, except that done at the regular packing houses for packing purposes, lo cated on their premises, and carried on by them and under their supervision. When it is remembered that Chicago is a city of 200,000 iqiiabitants, that the quantity of meat to sdpply the daily necessities of this large pop anon must inevitably be enor mous, and that the butehers must obtain the greater part of their daily supply from this general slaughter house of Messrs. Reid & o.—then the reader will have a just _realization of the exceeding value and profit which must accrue from the sole possession of the privilege which has been lately con ferred by the city authorities. For ten years Messrs. Reid & Co. are to have the exclu sive opoly of the slaughtering business for 140 purposes. All other slaughtering .establishments within the limits of the city are expfessly prohibited. Butchers who shall wish their stock slaughtered within the city will have to patronize Messra.Reid &,Co., the enterprising projectors of this highly important ordinance. They will have either to patronize them, or they will be reduced to the alternative of going four miles out of town. Thus is the entire slaughtering business of the city to be con centrated at a single gigantic slaughter house, where whole hecatombs of hapless live stock will be daily sacrificed under the •direction of Messrs. Reid & Co. Y A MYSTERY.—On Monday morning, at Chicano, a water hydrant was opened for :some ,purpose, and the water therefrom flooded the streets. Capt. William Brown, •of the propeller St. Louis ? saw something in the gutter which necuharly attracted his attention. Stooping down to examine his ebject, to. his horror he discovered that he lad found two fingers of a human hand, - which lay near the spot where the stream from the hydi nt came in contact with the street, and to all appearances they must lave been defy Bred from the hydrant itself! They were the index , and second fingers of the right hand, having been torn out or crushed uff from' the hand, and were still joined together by an inch or two of flesh. They appeared to have been severed from the member within a very short time, and were in no wise decayed. A more critical examination showed, from their size, and appearance, that they must have been those of a male person. ACCIDENT TO A POLICEMAN.-officerJohn T. Meyer, of the Seventh District police,fell yesterday and had his shoulder blade lractnred. . . _ _ _ • . . _ . . . . , . .._ ..., . _ . _ . ~ .•...... . . . • 4". f ' I . -.!....,,, .. . 7 , : . - . _. .. . . .. ..? .... .. .. 'Y :: j• :'"; ' '.. , ,•• 1 . • ''''•‘:r.C•ir•••• ' .4..., ,!,...„. ...._- ''.a. . ~.-1. 1 • , ..... . . , '-•' .. T. t 5. '4" 4,1 1". 'l4' '''' "r 4 ' I .' # . . . EVERY EVENING d els rptt .CASPAR WISTAR, See'y. NEW PUBLICATIONS. A beautiful volume of poetry, uniform with the "Golden Leaves" series, has been published by Bunce J 6 Huntington, and a copy has been sent to us by J. B. Lippincott (St Co. It is called " The Late English Poets," and it is edited ny Richard! Henry Stoddard, who, being himself a true poet, is peculiarly qualified to make selections from other poets. Avoiding the greatest English bards of this day, Alfred Tennyson and the Brownings, because every one is supposed to possess their works; Mr. Stoddard gives well-chosen poems, or parts of poems, from a score or more of men and women of this generation. Among these are Tennyson's two brothers, Alexander Smith, Robert Bnlwer Lytton,. Coventry Patmore, W. 1% Thackeray, David Gray, Prof. Aytoun, Ade ! laide Proctor, Jean Ingelow, Charles Kings ley, Robert Buchanan, A. C. Swinburne and others. The two last-named are just begin- , ming to be well known in America, and they certainly rank next to Tennyson, and are more readable than Robert Browning. In choosing from the writings of these various poets, Mr. Stoddard has given excellent and characteristic specimens. His book gives a very good idea of the present condition of English poetry, and it will always afford pleasant reading for spare moments. Messrs. Bunco it Huntington have pub lished, in a beautiful little volume, "The Fire-Fiend ; and other Poems," by Charles D. Gardette. The leading poem was writ— ten on a challenge that no one could pro duce a poem that would be a successful imi tation of "The Raven" of the late Edgar A. Poe. Mr. Gardette, in his "Fire Fiend," succeeded so well, that he deceived many, and the poem was printed in a London pa- per, and passed as a veritable production of Poe's, being extensively copied by the pro vincial papers. In the second poem of the volume, called "Golgotha," and in one or two others, there is also obvious imitation of Poe, and it is so well done that one can not help regretting that Mr. Gardette has not struck out an individual lineof his own ; for some of the shorter lyrics show that he has talent enough. Barring , a certain mor bid, gloomy, Byronic tone, which pervades most of the poems, they will ho admired for their musical flow, their choice diction and their artistic construction. Mr. Gardette need have little fear of the success of his first volume. It is for sale here by Messrs. J. B. Lippincott it Co. A capital book for the entertainment and instruction of boys and girls, is one of the Fonthill series just published by Gould Lt, Lincoln, of Boston, and for sale here by Smith, English 4ii; Co. It is called " The Mediterranean Islands; Sketches and Stories of their Scenery,Customs, History, Painters, by M. G. Sleeper, who has written other works of kindred character that are very popular. "The Mediterranean Islands" will give young readers a great amount of information about the present and the past in the classical lands, besides many pleasant stories and much amusing gossip. It has a number of good illustrations. Mr. Challen, of the Circulating Library founded by Mr. Leypoldt, has issued a new catalogue. His establishment, at 1308 Chestnut street, contains all the modern light literature, of various languages, and his terms are very liberal. ANECDOTE OF Tom CORWIN.—This inter esting anecdote of the late Torn Corwin is told by'a New York correspondent of the Providence Journal, who was a reporter in Washington, and knew the great Ohioan well : One evening in the month of June, 1836, he called at my desk, for I was then engaged in that most delightful of all occupations— delightful where you have to follow eloquent and gentlemanly speakers—and said to me, "I am going to speak to-night, and I shall be much obliged to you if you will look out for me." As I had been at my post some ten or twelve hours without relief I replied that I could not think of it. "Not think of it," he rejoined, "why, have you not teased me to death to speak? and now, when I want you to report me, yon will not do it. I shall not occupy the . floor over thirty minutes; now you must oblige me. I'm somewhat prepared; but as I don't know but I shall get off the track, I want you to report me." I finally agreed to take him, provided he spoke thirty minutes only. The house was very full—galleries crowded. He had not spoken ten minutes before members of all sides began to crowd around him. I❑ twenty minutes he was literally surround ed by a mob of members, who had left their seats to listen. I soon saw that his notes were discarded, and did my best to get him correctly. Such an outburst of legitimate eloquence I had never before listened to. He was frequently interrupted by bursts of the most rapturous applause from the House and galleries. Having at last concluded, he ran around to me with the inquiry, "Have you got me?" "Yes; but you promised to speak only thirty minutes." "Well, have I overleaped my engagements?" "Yes, indeed, you have," 'How long have I been speaking? ' "Two hours and fifty minutes exactly." If he had spoken a week he would have found a willing and admiring audience to listen to him. Tat CORPORATION of the City of London has ordered that the whole of the windows in Guildhall shall form a complete series of stained glass illustrations exhibiting the principal events in the history of the city from early times to the present, and the first experiment has been made by the for mation of one window. The window con tains eight subjects, embracing a period of about one hundred and fifty years, com mencing in the reign of Henry 111. and ending in that of Henry V. The subjects are not placed exactly in chronological order in the window, bat are arranged with a view partly to harmony of subject and partly to illustrate the various phases of human life, in which the city has always played a conspicuous part. Thus the two upper subjects, Nos. 1 and 2, illustrate the. chic, 3 and 4 the festive; 5 and 6 the indus trial, and 7 and 8 the heroic elements. The subjects have been selected with great care and carried out with , great fidelity -to au-' thorities. PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1865. LATE FROM MEXICO. More French Troops Arriving. The Imperialists Fortifying Vera Cruz. The Late Fighting at Monterey (Correspondence of the N. Y. Herald.] VERA CRUZ, Dec. 7, 1865.—Yesterday, immediately after the departure of the American steamer Manhattan, one thousand two hundred French soldiers, who had ar rived on the previous day in the transport Amazone, direct from abroad, were landed at Vera Cruz. To-day this force was sent into the field. Preparations are going on for the protec tion of Vera Cruz, especially on the land side. The earthworks thrown up by the liberals some time since are being repaired and strengthened. The Mexican Times in its issue of Dec. 2 has the following:— "We call the attention of our readers, especially those who desire to emigrate to Mexico from Europe and America, to the prospectus published in our paper to-day by the American and Mexican Emigrant Company. - - - These lands enjoy a varied climate. Their pro ductions are sugar, coffee, cocoa, rice, indigo and all the tropical iruits; wheat, corn, bar ley, oats, rye. Irish p , tatoes in great abund ance, and all the fruits of Me temperate zone: And strangely enough the wily writer sacs nothing about ILe midnight assassina titins, the daily robberies and the operations of the guerilla hands. How touch the arti cle is really worth can be jodged from the following, which is brought in at the con clusion : "We say to iffiniLzrants from all parts of the world, come to Mexico. We ' have land enough and to spare lior ail—good and cheap land and a ' firm ' and 'settled' government." The people of rho Vatted States know how "firm" and •'settled." this government is. The latest "dash" made by the "con federates" in this country to get a fortune is by investment in lottery tickts. They are heavy purchasers now. The Mexican Toms, the principal United States rebel organ published in English in Mexico, denies that the rebels now here will not fight for the empire. It is right. They will tight for it, and this is what the leading ones are ambitious of doing, provi ded they are offered high positions, The Emperor hag ordered steps to be taken to prevent the spread of the cholera should it beeome virulent in Mexico. It is said that almost every French transport which comes here loaded with troops from Europe brings several cases of the epidemic. This country is a monstrous nest of high and low adventurers, and unprincipled men generally, from all parts of the world. VERA CRUZ Dec. 9,1865.—0 n close obser vation, and after careful consideration of the very significant preparations going on in the neighborhood of this city and at other points within the control of the imperial commander of this department, it does seem as though the French did not intend to withdraw, but, on the contrary, were making every preparation to meet the United States in arms at an early date. This is not the mere opinion of a "newspaper 1 correspondent," but it is the belief or "solid men" who stand high in society and -reason with sound and accurate judgment. The fortifications (especially the earth works) around the city of Vera Cruz are , daily being strengthened. The best of guns I are being mounted, and the work is gene- , rally performed at night and an attempt , made to do it in secrecy. On the 6th instant the French bark Minos, from Port de France, Martinique, arrive off Vera Cruz, loaded with munitions of , war, while on .he 3d instant a long train ' was sent to the city of Mexico, loaded prin cipally with cases of, arms. There were several pieces of artilliiry with the train. The railroad is progressing'• very slowly between here and the city of Mexico. Last week Intl - hundred mem refused to work on account of the reduction of wages. At the same time we hear that the military design is to take possession of the road and put it through at once with the aid of "soldier labor" on military account, the object being to facilitate the transportation of reinforce ments and supplies. At all events, a great deal of rolling stock is constantly arriving and being sent out to the present terminus and workshops of the line. It is still said in the city of Mexico that the Emperor will visit Vera Cruz to meet the Empress on her return to this place. Almost daily we hear and read of "im portant imperial victories," in which the im perialists attacked strongly fortified tbwns, and carried the fortifications only after a long and hotly contested battle. The results are as follows, on an average: Captured from the enemy, four of his horses and two men; killed two men and four wounded. Loss on the imperial side, one killed, three wounded, and sixty missing. The Recent Battle at Monterey. VERA Carz, Dec. 10th, 1805.—1 n this morning's Noticioco is published a long article purporting to give an account of a victory gained by the imperialists over the liberals at and in the neighborhood of Monterey. From said article, which I translate below, it seem that a letter was re ceived at Puebla, from Saltillo, dated on the 24th of last month, stating—" Between twelve o'clock last night and one o'clock this morning -an `extraordinctro' (an im portant telegraphic or courier despatch) was received from Monterey. Two columns of liberal troops, under the respective com mands of Generals Escbbedo and Trevifllo, attacked the imperial 'f'orces drawn up in the plaza, at four o'clodk in the afternoon of yesterday. To-day, at four A. M., there went from here three hundred French troops, under the command of De la Hayril. They went out in cars, and were expected to reach Monterey at ten o'clock to-night. General Jeanningros (imperial), was, with the column, two days sago, in Villalkama, a distance of thirty-two leagues from Monterey. I do not think the liberals were ever over eight hundred strong, with five pieces of artillery, but some place their effective strength at one thou sand men. All the people living in and around Monterey helped to defend the place. Included among those who did this were the foreigners, and to these was given the provost guard duty. In the excitement caused bythe approach of the Liberals upon Monterey, on the 21st, and at the time of the attack on Fort Carlota,when the Liberal troops were within range of the imperial guns, a young man was arrested for using seditious language, and was taken to the citadel. While on his way thither he seized a bayonet from,the hands .of a_ soldier and mortally wounded himself in the stomach. OUR WHOLE COUNTRY To-day'we have had no communication with Monterey. Allot4er ImperialistAkcconnt. Another letter from SaMilo, written on the nights of the 24th, contains the follow ing : "In the combat which was entered into on the plaza in Monterey, between the Im perialists and Liberal forces, the Imperial Colonel . Jniroga had of his own regiment one killed and three wounded; of the coun try people four were killed and seven wounded; of the citizens of the place four were killed and three wounded. The Lan cers of Tinajero behaved heroically. The action was fought with sabres. The Liberals were well equipped and well elothed. Colonel Juiroga took six of the liberals prisoners, and had them shot be cause they were liarged with being gue rillas. The imperialists in the fight lost several officers, captured by the liberals, and almost immediately afterwards shot. The French forces sent out from here to day were last heard from within sixteen eagues of Monterey. Just as the stage coach was leaving Monterey the citadel. opened fire on the liberals, to check another advance in increased force. It is believed that General Jenningros will be able to de feat:the liberals. The official Imperial Account. In the Gazette of Monterey is published by authority of the Prefect, the following— " The latter part of this week has been crowned 'with an important event. The Liberals have made another attack on Mon terey. The ball was opened by a small de tachment of the enemy reconnoitering our position and driving in the pickets. Not knov.ing the strength or purposes of these detachments, our forces c. ere formed in line and advanced, but the enemy precipitately rt treated at their approach. On the follow iigniurning, the 2ad, the enemy again ad anta-d. Be seemed to have been rein tercet', and to be massed. Soon after he t:IA ii:t d into !...-ventl c ,, lumn, and these de- Flcycd and attacked several points sicaul tanc-eusly. The points which at this time r,•en ed the heap iest fire were Forts Carlota and Casa Blanca. The enemy made the attack with spirit, but it was received in the same manner." - On nearing the plaza the enemy's line was charged by Col. Juiruga's command. The charge was successful, and the enemy lost two hundred men killed, wounded and missing. Among the number were five officers. We have to lament the loss, on our part, of forty men killed, wounded and prisoners. Col. Juiroga, with his usual bravery and coolness, not content with driving the enemy back, followed them to Guadalupe, where he gave them a terrible thrashing. Even after this the enemy per tinaciously appeared again in front of the imperial command, but in such an advan tageous position that he could not be again immediately' attacked with,lprobable suc cess. Thus matters remained until the morning of the 24th. In the interim Col. Juiroga had removed his command back to M onterey. "On the morning of the 24th a sudded dis -charge of artilley announced that the enemy had again moved up his command and was ready to make another attack. The attack, nevertheless, was not made at once. Several hours were spent by the Liberals in moving small bodies of troops in one direction and another, but for what purpose was not known. During this time the garrison was got in readiness for the expected encounter. At a quarter past three o'clock in the after noon, and after there had been some abate ment of the excitement, there was observed moving a heavy line of the enemy, preceded by pioneers, with axes and other tools. They advanced directly towards Fort Carlota. Outside of the fort, and posted on the road leading to it, was a small cavalry force, which was speedily driven back. The enemy appeared to he about thirteen hun dred strong, and during the advance was for a short time protected by a piece of woods. Finally, however, the Liberals charged and gained possession of Fort Carlota. At the same time the pickets in all other directions having been driven in, Colonel Jniroga had to fall back, concentrating his command and keeping up a desultory tire as he re,- tired, and finally retreated to the citidel. "The enemy advanced into the city, which they occupied for a short time. Soon alter the imperial command in Fort Obispo had to evacuate the same. The authorities having seen that this state of affairs would happen unless the imperial garrison was reinforced, and despatched a cuuried to General Jenningros and others for reinforce ments. " General Jeanningros, who was at Villal darna and the commanding officer at Saadi°, responded promptly. On the morning of the 25th, the enemy was attacked. A fight en sued in the plaza. The enemy was defeated and we regained Fort Obispo, which had been evacuated on the previous day. At three P. M., the enemy, hearing that a column of reinforcements were advancing, gave up the idea of holding the citadel, and withdrew from the city. The forces of Gen. Jeanningros advanced in pursuit with cavalty. The rest of the command was left to hold the city. General Jeanningros overtook the retreating forces at Der mas river, where he made a charge upon their rear guard, killing seventy-five and wounding a large number. While this was going. on the General ascertained that the enemy had divided his column at the forks of a road; so he sent a portion of the cavalry to overtake the other ;Liberal col umn. It did overtake it, killing thirty-six men:and capturing fifty-five horses. Gen. J. found it impossible to follow the enemy further, as his command was greatly fatigue, having marched forty-eight leagues without halting. This was the longest steady march these troops had ever made. "At last accounts the people of Monterey were returning to their occupations, and order was being restored. The Imperial ists were searching the houses of the city for deserters from the enemy, said to be con cealed therein; and the people have been notified that they would be severely pun ished if they did not immediately give up the concealed rebels." BOSTON, Dec. 28.—The consecration of the Rev. George Maxwell Prandall, D. D., Rector of the Church of the Messiah, in this city, the newly elected Missionary Bishop of Colorado and the parts adjacent, took place in Trinity Church, in Summer street, to-day: The Right Rev. Bishop Hopkins acted as the consecrator. The service was exceedingly interesting and impressive, and was attended by a great congregation, the church being crowded to excess. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 27.—Advices from Acapulco state that Alvarez's forces were at Providentia, twenty-eight mileS east of that place, on the 30th ultimo. Alvarez was con fident of the success of the Liberals, whether assisted by the Americans or not. He is harassing the French at Acapulco in a ter rible manner, and they can get no provi sions from the back - eountry, which is in the possession of the Liberals. From Boston From litexico. THE FENIAN FEUD. Further Developments---The Coming Conveetion---The O'Mahoevites Coddent of Success--- What the Senate is Doing---Fenian Meetings, [Fiom 20 -day's N. Y:Tritnined : The 'Fenian Convention, which meets in this city next Tuesday, promises to be of more importance than was at, first sup posed. That CoitVention will meet in Clin ton Hall (which has been already engaged at the rate of Vera 'day),' at 10 o'clock on. next Tuesday morning. 'Upwards of 800 delegates will be present. One-tenth of the members of each of the O'Mahony supporting Fenian Circles of this city will be detailed for the purpose of pre serving order during the sessions of the Convention. So, lithe Senatorial party un dertake to make a disturbance, there will probably be a collision of that striking character which recalls the days of Donny brook Fair. President O'Mahony. has prepared a lengthy address to the Convention. In this address he will discuss the origin and growth of the dissensions which now con vulse the body politic of II enianism, define his position with clearness, and state his willingness to abide by the decision of the convention, whatever it may be. There will probably be a very lively time. Mr. O'Mahony contends that the Philadelphia Convention, which amended the Constitu tion. was "stuffed," to use an expreesion of political slang. He acknowledges that the rebate have a right to impeach him, but that they have no power to depose him. The Senate, in the mean time, are de voting their best energies toward meeting the emergency, and are quite confident that victory will perch upon their standard. But we can only wait for the events which the coming week or fortnight may develop —for it Rill scarcely take more than a couple of weeks to conclude the dissensions wtheh have so long distracted the counsels of the Fenian Brotherhood. There was a meeting of the Killian Centre of the Fenian Brotherhood at Military Hall, No. 193 Bowery, last evening, which was attended by about 200 earnest members. Martin C. Mahony presided at this sueedng. The main attraction was the advertise ment that Mr. B. Doran Killian would ad dress the meeting; but other engagements prevented Mr. Killian from being present. The disappointed audience were somewhat consoled by several Irish songs from Mr. Richard Wilson; after which Mr. Morris N. Heady, Centre of the Fontenoy Fenian Circle, made an address, wherein he re flected strongly upon de course of aka Senate t whom he called "conspirators"), and expressed his steadfast belief in the final success of President O'Mationy. The speaker also reminded his countrymen that all the great men of the world—,generals, historians, poets, philosophers, and states men—had been Irishmen. This last senti ment was received with the uproarious applause which it never fails to elicit from Irish audiences. After another song from Mr. O'Sullivan, the meeting adjourned. The Jamaica A f fair in England. The Tribune's Correspondent writes from London on the 9th : The difficulties of the little gentleman whom the decease of Lord Palmerston made Premier of England thickens apace. In the general lull or public affairs preceding the meeting of Parliament (now prorogued to the beginning of February) all England seems to have resolved itself into a commit tee of inqury about the Jamaica massacres. From every part of the country there rises up such a cry for a full and searching inves tigation, that no Government can afford to deny, or even postpone it. Is 4iov. Eyre a bloody-minded satrap, who, in consequence of a miserable panic, originating in a riot by ill-used negroes, has shot, hanged, scourged, and hunted 2,000 of the unhappy race to death, in defiance of all law and jus tice, or merely a " muscular Christian,'' whose sanguinary measures were justified by the imminent peril of all the white throats in the island? That is the question. The " big and little Tines" —namely the journal of that name and The Telegraph—The Herald and Sta naa rd, the nobs and the snobs, all champion the butchery, while on the side of colored humanity are The Daily Nerve, The Star. The Morning Advertiser, The Pall Mall Gazette, The Record, and nearly all the weeklies. And every day the dis cussion is renewed with a vigor and viru lence which may exhaust it before the case comes to trial. Thus far the denouncers of the Governor have certainly the best of it, for a more illogical defence than that set up by his friends and admirers, and seriously supported by so ?lever a man as Mr. Henry Kingsley (brother to "Alton Locke," and author of "The Hillyars and the Burtons;' and other good stories), can hardly be con ceived. It is simply, that Col. Eyre can't be wrong, because -he understands the nature of Australian aborigines, and because he undertook an ex ploratory expedition across a hideous desert, which resulted in the loss of the lives of most of his party, and nothing else. Thus "muscular Christianity"—for I defy any body to deduct more from Mr. Kingley's narrative—is forced into conferring a patent of infallibility ! Then, though nobody ex pects logic from a lady, we have the Gover nor's sister arguing in the same perverse fashion, that because her brother "amid all his bard work found time to write a brief letter home, inclosing $5O to pay for the schooling of a little niece, whose parents are far from rich," and because an ancestor of his fought for Charles the First, he must be right in hanging Mr. Gordon, of Jamaica, and slaughtering the blacks ! Nor are there wanting similar and equally pertinent testi monials to character. In fact, it is the old story over again about the injured innocent arraigned for petty larceny, of whom the Judge summed up as follows: "Gentlemen of the jury, the young gentleman at the bar has laid before you the most satisfac tory evidence of his education, integrity and genteel position in life. I have never heard a more satisfactory character given to any man in a court of justice, but, gen tlemen, it appears also that he stole a horse and you will no doubt find accordingly." It is always so. If you want to hear innu merable testimonies to a man's unimpeach able character for integrity and veracity, said Sydney Smith, just accuse him of false hood and peculation in the House of Com mons. I remember a Mr. Drummond, M. P., prefacing a confession of personal ro guery by distinguishing an. ex-member, recently convicted of a shameful act - of F. L. FENTERSTON. PubilAm•. DOUBLE SHEET, THREE CENTS. bribery as '•a meritorious officer Wad' an' honorable gentleman," when he was eager ly interrupted by "Hear! hear! an& toner Cheerer' Surely if such acts as those ofGov. Eyre's can be ascribed to intentions - the purest and the highest that can guide the conduct of a man, we may ask what worse can result' from evil proclivities? It was not without reason that the Greeks be stowed on the Furies of Hell the name of the Eumenides, or well-intentioned. It was currently reported in the early part of the week that Gov. Eyre had posi tively been recalled and a Lord High Com missioner sent out by the West Indian mail steamer of last Saturday, the rumor obtain ing credit in well-informed quarters; but I think, if it had been true, the fact would nave been officially announced ere now. It is quite clear that something must' be done to satisfy public feeling on the subject; bat what that something is to be in all proba bility, the Government has hardly decided. It was expected that the last mail would have brought further advices from Jamaica; but if we are correctly informed, the Go vernor has sent no despatches whatever bearing on the ease. What a precious mail he will get, by return post! The papers are going on worse than ever. He must excul pate himself if the public exasperation con tinues, for the Government cannot shoulder the odium of his doings with its other heavy responsibilities. Tom Taylor, who is Secre tary to the Board of Health,and inconstant communication with all kinds of official "swells," writes to the Manchester Guardian that Eyre will be thrown over as an ineligi ble Jonah, to the popular whale. They hanged Governor Wall, half a century ago, for much less objectionable abuse of au thority. Trial for .1314,-,h Treamon—A Case in Ten- 'lessee. The Knoxville Whig, of Deoember 20th, says: "An important trial came off last week, in the Federal Court. John E. Gam ble, of Blount county, was arraigned and tried for high treason against the United States, and after live days' trial was ac quitted by a jury. He was an enrolling officer during the days of rebel rule, and enrolled the conscripts of his civil district. He was also appointed agent to collect guns, and performed some acts under that agency. "The defence was that there was no.guilty intent. It was admitted that he was an enrolling officer, and that he enrolled the conscripts of his district, but it is denied that he-did so with the view of aiding the rebellion. On the other hand, it was in sisted by his counseL 0. P. Temple, that. he was a Union man, that he accepted the office by the persuasion of Union men, exercised it in such a way as to favor Uniiit6 men and protect them, and that, in fact, he never seized a single gun, or put a single conscript into the rebel army. Atier the examination of about thirty witnesses, and lengthy arguments in behalf of the Govern ment, C. W. Hall, District Attorney of the United States, and 0. P. Temple, on behalf of the defendant, the jury were charged by Judge Trigg, and who, after retiring and consulting, returned a verdict of not guilty. "This case was novel and important, be cause it was the first regular trial for treason against the United States that had ever taken place in the State, and the- first that has taken place in the United States since the commencement of the late rebel lion, if not for the last forty years. It was earnestly insisted by the counsel of defen dant, that if he could be convicted, three hundred known Union men in East Ten nessee, who had held this and similar offices during rebel rule, could likewise be con victed of high treason, while the instig.ators and leaders of the rebellion were sheltered and protected by amnesties and pardons. The defence was based on the broad ground of not guilty in intent, and not on technical points. The defP . ' int refused to apply for a pardon, because ie insisted that he was never guilty of ar crime to be pardoned." Facts and Fancies, The National Debt is a very uncertain thing. At least, it is due-by-us. The rats in Norfolk, - Va., attack small children. Here both rats and mice attack grown women, and run all over their heads. The New York Citizen. asks if Geology is to be credited when she asserts that man kind have for ages maintained existence on a "crust." One petroleum company in New York has declared dividends to the amount of eighty two per cent, since June. There are two or threeother companies who havenot declared quite that much. A Miss Adams is mentioned as the fifth or sixth wife lately "seilled" to Joseph Voung, a nephew of the Mormon prophet. .She evi dently believes that "first impressions" are not always the best. The statement that the set of furniture presented to Robert E. Lee, by the seiesh ladies of Baltimore included a Freedman's Bureau, is incorrect. The photographers of Ns' w York are about petitioning Congress for a decrease of their license tax, which iss2,a,' and for the remo val of the stamp tax. Congress will proba bly send them a negative. The "Chivalry" has been having a circus or Tournament at Petersburg of the most delightful character. The "coronation ad dress" was made by a charming old fellow named Lyon. His speech is too long for us, but it all shows that he knew he was Lyin'. Robert Dale Owen is to have two years for writing his history of the life of Presi dent Lincoln, and his publishers pav hint $3,000 when he begins his work, and $15,000 when he finishes it. An Irishman would probably think there was a great dale ()Will' on that job. INFORMATION WANTED.—lnformation is wanted by the War Department of the names and residences of the twenty-seven soldiers belonging to what was known amono, the rebels as the "foreign battalion," and who escaped at or about the time of the execution of seven Union soldiers by order of the Rebel General Mercer, before or at Savannah, in December, 1864. Such of the soldiers as may be reached by this para graph are requested to communicate to the Judge Advocate-General at Washington, their names and residences, together with such information as they may possess in regard to the above-mentimed execution. Disn °NEST DOMESTIC.—Before Alderman Massey, this morning, Annie Fox was charged with larceny. She was employed as a domestic at No. 732 Spring Garden street, and it is alleged, gathered together several articles of jewelry and some money and hid them in the cellar, where they were recovered. The accused was held in $l,OOO bail, to answer at Court. ALLEGED LOTTERY.—Alexander Orr,who kept a stand at Second and Walnut streets, where purchasers of articles received tickets to draw jewelry, was arrested yes terday on the charge of setting up a lottery. He was taken before :Ald,'Hurley,'and was held to answer at court. •
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