SON PEACOCK. Editor
VOLUME XIX.---NO. 218
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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
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,prising all the new patterns. EYRE & LANDELL.
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Admission, 25 cents
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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.
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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
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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. •