6IBSON PEACOCK, Editor.
VOLUME XIX.---NO. 224.
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11013STON— HAVERSTICK-- OnThursday, the
-4th Instant, at the Church of St. James, by the Rector,
Bev. J. Henry Horton, Hugh B. Houston to Josie W.
Haverstick.
POHL—TILGE—On the 4th instant, by the Rev. J.'
A, Salsa, D.D., Paul Pohl, Jr., to Kate, daughter of
.Henry Tilge. Esc , all of this city. •
SABGENT—RICRER--In this city, Dec. SOth. by
- the Rev. Wm. H. Furness, Mr. C. E. Sargent. of Phila.
.delphia. to Mrs. Jeannie P. Ricker, of Great Falls,
New Hampshire. It
DIED.
ADAMS—On the 4th instant, Lucy Adams, the
youngest daughter of. Timothy Adams, in the 25th
year. of her age. ,
The relatives and Mends of the family are respect
fully invited to attend the funeral on Monday after
noon, at t o'clock,from the residence of her brother ,
in-law, Eli - Keen, No. 625 Coates street. To proceed i to
Monument Cemetery. . , _ 01/
EVANS—At the residence of her son-in law. Isaac
Abraham, Peru, Illinois, dn. the morning of the 4th
instant, Mrs. Jane Evans. Due noticee will be given of
the funeral.
MASON—Near Kingston, New Fork„ on the morn•
ing of the 3d instant, , F , li74beth, wife of Dr. James
_Mason, and daughter of the late Wm. Carom, Esq., of
Luis city, the 57th year of her age.
REED
•
n Tuesday morning, Jan. 2d, Wm. J. Reed,
in the 66th year of hit age.
The relatives and friends of the family are respect
fully invited to attend the funeral from his late rest
rience, 314 Stevens street, Camden, N. J.. on Saturday,
the 6th instant, at 11 o'clock, A. M. •
TAYLOR—On the sth !unapt, Ellen K., wife of
Wm. J. Taylor, and daughter of Samuel Knight. . *
WILINF 310REENS FOR SHIRTS.
Green Watered Moreens.
6-4 and 5-4 Green Baize,
White Cloth fur Sacks.
White Evening Silks.
EYRE & LA:N.:DELL, Foarth and Arch
ISO Dill.RlManov of-DM
117 HOWARD HOSPITAL. Nos. 1518 and MO
Lombard street, Dispensary Department. Bled
treatment and medicines famished gratnitormly
cope poor. se23
g7THE -ANNUAL MEETD , TO OE STOCK
holders of "The Waite Oak Oil Company" will
be held at their office, No. 4r3 Walnut street, on
THURSDAY, the llth January, 1866, at 11 o'clock
..A- ht., to elect Directors for the ensuing year.
JAMES C. BOOTH,
Secretary.
ja4 2trp
WLECTURE ON MERCANTILE PAPER,
A Lecture will be delivered by JOSEPH C.
tNER, Elia., at
CRUITINDEN'S COMMERCIAL COLLEGE,
537 Chestnut street, corner or Seventh,
On TUESDAY EVENING. 9th Mat., at 7% o'clock.
Subj ect—MERCA N TILE PAPER.
Allformer Students and business men are cordially
invited. jah-4b)
oFFICE OF THEPENNSYLVANI A COM
PANY FOR INSURANCES 0 LIVES AND
..cs..A.NTING- ANNUITIES, Stri Walnut Street—Phir-
I,ADY.LPICIA. January 2d 7866.
The Directors have This Day declared a Dividend on
their capital stock of FOUR PER CENT., for the last
olx months. and an extra dividend of ONE PER
-CENT., which will be paid to the Stockholders or
their legal representatives on demand clear of all tax,
jaS-St rps WILLIAM, B. H I LL, Actuary.
tIbPHILADELPHIA AND GRAY'S FERRY
Iz'A.S.nENGER RAILWAY COMPANY,
Twenty-second street, below Spruce. Prar—untLenrA,
-January 3d. 11166.
-A Dividend of SIX PER CENT., clear of taxes, has
this day been declared out of the earnings of the past
six months, payable on and after the 16th inst. The
transfer books will be closed from the 6th to the 16th
inst. By order of the Board.
ja6-3tt JAMES McFADDEN, Treasurer.
SOCIETY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF
INCHRISTIANITYPENNSYLVANIA. will
Lod Annual Meeting on the evening of the
EPIPHANY. January a, In the Vestry Room of
:SAINT JAMES' CHURCH, at 714 o'clock.
.._..._.
Religious services in commemoration of its vrPTy•
FOURTH
_Anniversary, will be had on SIINDA.Y
EVEN LNG, January 7, in SAINT MARK S ell tiRCII
-at7% o'clock. when a sermon will be preached by the
Nov. hir. WALDEN. and a collection made in aid of
the objects of the Society.
jas-2tg GEORGE W. DuNTER, Secretary.
crOTOFFICE BUCK MOUNTAIN COAL CO.—
Pl/ T .I , I_IIE2LPHIA, Jan. 5. 1866.
ICE.—The annual meeting of the Stockholders
of THE BUCK MOUNTAIN COAL COMPANY will
be held at the office of the Company.. No. 320 WAL
_NUT street, on WEDNESDAY, Feoruary 7th, 1866, at
11 o'clock AM.
An tion for SEVEN. DIRECTORS. to serve the
ensuing year, will be held on the same day, between
the hours of T 1 A. M. and 2 P. M.
je&f,m,cir,tfen
U DELAWARE MINING. COMPANY OF
MICHIGAN.—Notice is hereby given that all
stock in this Company on which the ninth instalment
oi THREE DOLLARS per share, called October 24th.
1865, and due November 6th, 1865, is not paid, Is for
feited for said default, and that, according to the
Charter and By. Laws of the Company, it will be sold at
Public Auction on MONDAY, 'February sth, 1866. al
12 o'clock, M.. at the office of the Secretary of the Com
pany, No. 826 Walnut street, Philadelphia, unless paid
on or before that time.
By order of the Board of Directors,
B. WYATT WISTAIt, Secretary,
lELRECIA, Jan. sth, 1866. Jas.2t,m,w I,tfs
DATED -P
[l:e GERMAN.—The New Courses will open, the
first on FRIDAY, January 12th, at the Univer
sity, NINTH Street, above Chestnut, at 5)4 P. M. In
structions will be completed in the course. Tickets of
-admission, single pc; in class, $25 and 330 each. Tick.
eta at lower rates may be secured from members of late
winter course, to a limited extent. Ladies, minors at
tending' school, teachers (public and private), and
Tickets yof the press, at half price. Tickets ybe
had at above, or at 32.0 Walnut street. No tick :G3 will
be sold later than Monday, when instruct n com
mences. The Second Course, of FIVE AVE AS, will
be given in February. Admission /so.
Jas-2tp C. C. SCHAEFFEa. ,
I:Ub OFFICE OF THE LEHIGH COAL AND
NAVIGATION COMPANY, REELADE.LPHIA,
December 21st, 1865.
LOAN FOR SALE.
IN SUMS TO SUIT PURCHASERS.
The Loan of this Company, dae Aprti Ist, 1881, lute
zest payable quarterly, at the rate of six per cent, per
?annum.
This Loan is secured by a mortgage on all the Corn-
Tany's Coal Lands, Canals, and Slackwater Navigation
3n the Lehigh river,and all their Railroads,constructed
and to 'be constructed, between Mauch Chunk and
*Wilkesbarre, and branch roads connected therewith,
, and the franchise of the Company relating thereto.
Apply to SOLOMON SR THERD, Treasurer,
de2l-rptfi 122 Sduth Second street.
LEFT THE HOME OF HIS PARENTS, No.
555 MASSACHUSETTS Avenue,between Second
- an Third streets. Washington, D.on:MONDAY,
1855,STEPHEN H. CALDWELL,age.between
9 and 10 years; dark hair, cot close; freckled face; had
- n gray pants, blue flannel vest, black Jacket, brown
felt hat. pinned up on both sides, and was without
:shoes. Hasa large scar of a burn on one of his thighs.
Was last seen, previous to his disappearance from
Washington, on the cars with a regiment of soldiers,
•on, their way from the city.':Any information of his
whereabouts addressed to his father P. J. CALD
WIP.T.T., No. 555. Massachusetts Avenue. between
:Second and Third streets, Washington, D. C., will be
Iffireafglioc received. Was
th a r .Zieleirlimoonr!agetap ootrnoittiggef
NOrthern-andCeniral railroad. in company with two
:soldiers.
Communication.
OFFICE REVENITE EXTENSION SILVER
:MINING COMPANY OF ,NEVAD,A.,..35 _South
Third street, PIIILADELPHIA, Jan. 5, 1866.
--To the Editor of the Evening Bulletin:—l
notice in an article published i n the Daily
_News, of this morning, - an error in reference
to the Revenue - Extension Silver . Mining
.Ccimpany. This Company does not own
any properties but nineteen leads or mines
on Lander Hill, Nevada amounting to 41;-
000 feet, and the Hopkins tunnel, which is
-already completed about 200 feet. The News
abated that the Company had several other
properties connected with it,which is a mie
:take. Yonrsoke. •
E. B lELcapErt,
Treasurer.
A CARLY ub EXAMINATION_ of Wilcox
'Gibbs' Sewing Machines, at No. 720 Chest
nut street, is most respectfully solicited.
ON Tuesday evening nine prisoners ; es
coped from jail at Wheeling, West Virginia
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We have received the first number of
Ticknor & Field's new weekly periodical,
"Every Saturday." It is designed as a
journal of choice selections from current
foreign literature and is issued in the style
of Chambers's Journal, thirty-two large
octavo pages, double columnS. The first
number contains interesting articles from
Once a Week,the Shilling Magazine, Specta
tort Christian World,and the Argosy, and the
selection is an admirable one. There can
be no doubt of the success of this new en
terprise of these most enterprising pub
lishers.
T. H. TROTTER,
Secretary
D. Applpton Jr, Co., New York, have pub
lished, from the seventh London edition,
the first edition of a little work called
"Introduction to the Devotional Study of
the Holy Scriptures." It is the substance
of a series of sermons delivered before the
boys of Rugby School, by Edward Mey
rick Goulburn, D. D. The subject is treated
in a clear, simple, nervous style which
must have been peculiarly relished by the
author's original audience, and the fact that
it has run through so many editions is, of
itself, a high commendation of the book.
For sale by Aahmead .4r. Evans.
Little, Brown d Co4Boston, have issued
the third volume of their elegant edition of
Burke's Works, which is to be completed
in twelve volumes. This volue contains
the speech on the Nabob of Arco the speech
on the Army Estimates, and Burke's Re
flections on the French Revolution. This
standard work is one of the handsomest as
well as' most valuable of Little, Brown &
Co.'s publications. For sale by J. B. Lip
pincott & Co.
"Common Sense" is a very readable
novel, by the author of "Kate Kennedy,"
upon which it is a great improvement. It
is intended to illustrate the very common
sense, principle that when a man loses his
money, it -is the part of wisdom not to be
ashamed to„ go to work. Published by F.
A. Brady, New York. For sale by Peterson.
AN ACCIDENT occurred on the North
eastern Railroad of South Carolina, between
Florence and Charleston, on the 26th ult.,
by which several persons were severely ,
injured, among whom were Mr. Laidler of
the Charleston Courier, Mr. Samuel White
of New York, and a Mr. Hoyt of WiLming
ton, North Carolina.
_
INFECTED BROADCLOTH . To BE DE
sTEoTED.:.--Nearly two hundred thousand
yards of fine French broadcloth, stored on
board the rebel ram Stonewall, at the Navy
Yard, are to be -destroyed by fire, as it is
supposed that the material is infected with
e yellow fever.'
NEW PrB.LICATIONS.
E. P. Dutton & Co., Boston, publish a
series of works on Sacred Music which de
serve the attention of that portion of the
religious community for which they are
particularly designed. The principal of
these works is a very beautifully printed
volume, entitled "Trinity Psalter." It
consists of the Episcopal service as sung at
Trinity Church, • New York, by the choir,
under Dr. Henry S. Cutler. until recently
Organist of that church. The great defect
in the rendering of the beautiful service of
the Episcopal Church in this country arises
from the want of some standard of chant
ing. - Nearly every organist and leader
makes his own laws and establishes his own
style s , which are oftener very had than very
good. All uniformity is thus destroyed and
all manner of crimes against good taste and
sound judgment are committed in the name
of the Church. A work like that of Dr.
Cutler's, based upon the beat English
models and standards, and the result of
the many years of usage in Trinity Church,
is exactly what is wanted. The Chants,
Canticles and Psalter are all pointed for
Chanting upon a most admirable and intel
ligible system, so marked and emphasized
as to render mistakes almost impossible. A
choice selection of chants by the best com
posers accompanies the work. We think
that an abridged, and therefore cheaper
edition of this work, omitting the Psalter,
which is not generally chanted in this ,
country, would be most acceptable to
numerous choirs, and congregations.
Messrs. Dutton & Co. also publish a very
interesting little volume of the Gregorian
Melodies, under the title of "Ancient Psalm
Melodies," a description of ecclesiastical
music which is steadily regaining its an
cient favor with large portions of the Epis
copal Church.
A third volume of Sacred music, by the
same publishers, is the Sunday School
Chant and Tune Book, prepared at the
request of the late Bishop Potter by the
Rev. Messrs. Walden, Richards, Strong,
Brooks and Kellogg. The collection com
prises a capital collection of Carols, Hymns
and Chants, with music, and deserves a
much more general introduction into the
Sunday Schools of the Episcopal Church
than it has yet enjoyed.
Ticknor & Fields have published a very
curious and interesting volume, entitled
"Dictionary of Noted Names of Fiction,"
by William A. Wheeler. If is a copious
collection of the nick-names, pseudonyms,
or popular appellations which have
been introduced into English literature
or applied to - people and places in
various parts of the world. An Index is
added to the work, of the real names of
persons and places, an arrangement which
greatly increases the value of the book, for
the purposes of reference. In addition to
an interesting preface by the author, the
Dictionary contains rules for pronuncia
tion which are very essential for the satis
factory use of a book of this sort. There
are hundreds of words, of the class treated
of in this Dictionary, which are in common
use by thousands of people who are quite
ignorant of their proper application or
origin, and the work is therefore a really
desirable addition to our literature. For
sale by G. W. Pitcher.
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1866.
THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
ABROAD.
'Comments of the Frenoh Press,
What the Paris Journals
Think.
PARIS, December 19th, 1885.—Some ex
tracts from the French papers will be inter
esting to you at the present time.
The almost always judicious Debts says :
A perusal of the President's Message will,
we doubt not, dispel any prejudices which
may yet exist against Mr. Johnson, and
which the enemies of the American repub
lic sedulously propagated by every means
in their power. The message evidently
emanates from no ordinary man, and one
possessing political sagacity in large mea
sure. It expresses its opinions upon the
Avents of the day with a clearness and pre-
Tision rarely found in documents of the like
kind issued. by European governments.
One sees that the head of a State who uses
such language is speiking to a free people,
whose sovereignty he understands to be a re
ality, and his words contain more than one
lesson whiCh we inhabitants of the
old continent of Europe might
study with profit. Such, for instance,
are the reasons given by the President
for not thinking fit, when once the rebellion
was crushed, to prolong the duration of
martial law in the secessionist States. Not
only, in his opinion, would he have thereby
exasperated the vanquished party, but a
continuance of the military regime would
have had the inconvenience of fostering a
military spirit, and thereby endangering
the purity of the general administration and
the liberties of the States which had re
mained faithful. Who can fail to see in
this trait the very essence of the American
character and the good sense of a nation
which wills and knows how to be free?
Time and space fail us to-day to appreciate
this important document in all its phases.
The paragraph which interests us the most
is that which treats of the foreign relations
of the United States. We leave aside for
the moment that passage relating to the
difference between the governments
of Washington and England to notice
the general views expressed in the mes
sage, and which may be understood in a
certain measure as bearing upon the Mexi
can war. Mr. Johnson calls to mind that
the United States from their foundation
have ever stood aloof from the monarchical
or democratic revolutions which have from
time to time agitated the Old and the New
World i and have steadily abstained from
republican propagandism, leaving to every
people the right to govern itself in its own
way. Such has been and such will be the
line of conduct of the Union; and she will
not depart from it unless foreign govern
ments, instead of recognizing the wisdom
of this system of non-intervention which
should be reciprocal, shall force them to
take up arms to defend the republican form
of government against a manifest attack.
There is nothing in this interpretation of
the famous Monroe doctrine of a nature, in
our opinion, to affect our frendly relations
with the United States.
,„The Sti`cle greatly applauds the message,
and makes the following obser rations:
One would say that several years had
passed since the duy when the news came,
almost simultaneously, to London, of the
triumph of the American republic and the
catastrophe which deprived President Lin
coln of the only reward his great soul
aspired to—the powerof reconstituting upon
more solid bases than ever that grand inhe
ritance of Washington which he had so glo
riously defended. The news of the fall of
the South was received in England with
more surprise than satisfaction, and the
new President—Mr. Johnson—was made
very sensible of t- e bad humor of our
neighbors. How times have changed. How
'the English press covers American states
men with flowers. Everything on the other
side of the Atlantic now seems admirable in
English eyes. We quoted the Daily Tele
graph yesterday, and to-day we find the
Times, Globe: Morning Post and Stazulard
commenting upon the message in the most
honeyed accents.
The following extracts are from the Aye
vir National:
President Jahnson's Message is the great
event of the day. In reading it one cannot
but be struck with the contrast presented
by this frank and complete communica
tion, made by a great citizen to a great na
tion, with the reticent productions called
speeches from the throne in Europe. The
American people are honestly and fully
initiated into their own atiairs. Their
mandatory renders a faithful and full ac
count of the mandate confided to him.
After a quotation the Avenir National
continues:
These noble words are quite refreshing,
and we feel in reading them that the New
World is preparing the regeneration of
Europe. American news is now daily as
suming more and more importance. A few
years ago we scarcely paid any attention at
all to what was missing on the other side of
the Atlantic. But now every new document
from that quarter excites intense interest in
every reflecting mind, because they under
stand 4: that the future of h manity must be
studied on the American ntinent.
The Opinion _Nationale c mplains that the
United states journals which brought the
text of the message were kept back for the
nefarious purpose of giVing the Haves
agency the monopoly of the first transla
tion. The Moniteur published this transla
tion, which was an atrociously garbled
one, and gives no idea of the real character
of the message. The paltry object which
the French Government hoped to obtain by
such contemptible manoeuvres was toget
their own version alone read by the public
while the excitement of novelty remained.
A great many people will not take the trou
ble to read a long documtnt twenty-four
hours after it has been firs talked of.
The government journal—the Constitu
tionnd—has nothing more to say than this:
The text of President Johnson's Message
is now known. A glance at this document
is enough to show the inaccuracy of the
version sent us by private telegrams, in so
far as it relates to the federal government.
The passage relating to foreign affairs does
not affirm those extreme and absolute doc
trines which the earliest telegrams ascribed
to President Johnson.
The Patrie, which always took part with
the South during the war, and now never
misses an opportunity of yelping and snarl
ing at the United States, says:
After an attentive reading of the message
it is impossible not to regret its useless
length, the obscurity of its declarations and
the absolute absence of new political views.
a a a As to the paragraph concerning
foreign affairs Mr. Johnson seems to think
rglgo;ava:(1) Diom Ilk V V 4 A
that Europe is hostile to the republican in
stitutions of the 'United States themselves.
Where he got such an idea one cannot int %-
gine, and one cannot help asking the ob
ject of the reiterated declarations that the
ancestors of the republic left the Americans
of the present day 'responsible to their fel
low citizens for the success of the republican
form of government." In maintaining that
England did an unneighborly act in accord
ing to the South belligerent rights, and say
ing that the issue of the struggle showed
tow little ground there was for such recog
nition, Mr. Johnson makes a palpable pis
take. The issue of the civil war proves
simply that the South has not been able to
establish its independence as a State ; but
neither 'England nor France ever recog
nized it as such. They only said that a sec
' tionnf eight millions of people, having en
organizedgovernment, ships at sea and
powerful armies on land, had a right to be
recognised as a belligerent. Upon the whole,
it is to the decisions of Congress that we look
for indications of what the new policy at
Washington is to be, for Mr. Johnson's
debut is marked by an implied confession
of impotence.
Other Newspaper Comments.
[Prom L'Opinios Ziationale, Dec. ta.]
The President treats the foreign question
with considerable skill, but without com
promising the traditional policy of the
United States. England, according to the
message, comprehended the rights of neu
trals in a manner which would not be justi
fied before any tribunal of nations. ' s
As regards France the message issomewhat
vague. e 0 We hardly expected to see
President Johnson employ language more
full of prudence and moderation. He has
not pronounced a word which can excite the
least anger or which can wound the suscep
tibility of the French government. Yet, in
accordance with the spirit popular in the
United States, he reaffirms the Monroe doc
trine in general terms—that is. as applying
to the whole of America.
(From the Constitutlonnel, Dec. 19.1
As to what concerns the Powers of Europe,
the thoughts of the Chief Magistrate of the
American Union come forth with clearness.
Mr. Johnson declares that his constant ob
ject will be to maintain peace and amicable
relations with foreign nations, and he adds
that he believes those nations similarly dis
posed to the United States.
The acts of the Washington Government
have confirmed the Presidential declara
tions in advance. Since the end of the war
the effectiveness of the army and navy of
the United States has not ceased to undergo
considerable reduction. s s The language
of the President. then, is but the official ex
pression of his ideas as already manifested
by his acts.
_ .
Mr. Johnson thinks, again, that with re
gard to foreign nations a rule should be im
posed to which no one of the enlightened
governments of Europe will refuse to sub
scribe. He declares, as many of his prede
cessors have done, his wish to maintain the
traditional policy of the United States,
which is never to interfere in the internal
affairs of European nations. and he asks the
nations of Europe, on their side, to observe
the same rule with regard to the American
Union. e e We will seek in vain
for any European Power which ever could
have conceived the thought of interfering in
the internal affairs of the United States. We
know of none against which the Americans
will ever be called to defend their institu
tions. The message, then, contains the
most reassuring declarations as to the main
tenance of good relations between the great
republic of the New World and the Euro
pean Powers.
Vondonlan3 In New Orleans.
It would be a matter of surprise to many
of our readers, who confine themselves to
the society of the well informed and intelli
gent, to learn by actual experience to what
an extent the Voudou superstition is be
lieved in by a large class of our popula
tion. This Fetishism or serpent worship
exercises its baneful influence not only
over the colored population,. but every day
furnishes evidence that it nds numerous
superstitious followers in the foreign popu
lation of our city. Witchcraft has not yet
died out, and incantations, the worship of
devils, and the mummery and magic of two
hundred years ago still here in our midst
hold their actual sway.
A short time since we had the opportu
nity afforded us, in company with a medi
cal :riend, of visiting two patients who had
undergone the Voudou treatment. The
first was an Italian woman, whom we
found occupying a room hung with pic
tures of the saints and apostles. Her gene
ral appearance was .ghastly and cadaver
ous. There was a fixed look of terror in
her eyes, and an irresolute movement
übout her hands and arms. Her face was
hopeless and melancholy, and altogether
her appearance left the impression that her
mind had been affected. A year ago she stated
that she enjoyed remarkable health. At
that time she had a violent quarrel with a
neighbor. It was to her malignant influ
ence that she attributed the loss of her
health, but could find no immediate reason
for thinking so beyond the discovery of a
bundle of parti-colored rags, chicken-claws,
Ozc. hid away in her pillow. She became
subject to fainting fits and spasms. The
usual remedies had been applied but failed
in affording any relief. A colored doctor
was called in who applied some substance
to her head which so matted her hair that
it was ever afterward impossible to be
combed. The fainting fits had left her, she
stated, after the application of the remedy,
but her constitution, from whatever cause,
was evidently affected for life. The other
case was that of a Spanish girl, who was
subject to the attacks, of the same nature.
Several physicians had been called in, in
the early stages of her sickness (among
whom was the doctor who accompanied
us), none of whom could afford her any
relief or So much as to produce sleep.
By some means, or at somebody's sug
gestion, a Voudou doctor was introduced,
who declared that the girl would never re
cover so long as she remained with her
mother. It was necessary that she should
go away—that she should live at the house
of a male relative—a man who inspired .her
with horror, and whom she had never been,
hitherto, willing to see. She did as she was
directed, and had most of the time since
lived with him. The only apparent remedy
employed was to sprinkle the yard adjoin
ing the house with a white powder. Her
sickness, meanwhile, had left her. Once or
twice she had gone 'back to her mother's,
but disease had soon , compelled her to re
turn.
Her conversation awakened many obvi
ous suspicions, but we were credibly in
formed that there was no question whatever
about her former dangerous illness.
Before we left, the negro medicine-man or
"devil" who attended her, made his appea
rance. We once or twice endeavored to in
crease our information by questions ad
dessed to .him, but were not remarkably
successful. Africa was , the land of his
nativity, he stated, but he had been here
since 1828. He practiced his profession as it
had been taught him in his native land. His
treatment was entirely with herbs and
simples. He put in a modest denial as to
the use of any magic rites peculiar to race,
but declined imparting any hints as to what
his exact remedies were. Dressed in a suit
of black, with a heavy gold chain hanging
from his neck, his appearance was suffi
ciently respectable. Save for a decidedly
foreign accent, the appearance of tattoo
marks still upon his face, and a cat-like,
watchful eXpression of countenance, his ap
pearance Was in no respect out of the usual
way.—New Orleans R.
F]aNT.A.INTISM.
Third Day's Proceedings of the Conven
tion---President O'Mahony Reads
His Message and Important
Letters---Refusal of Presi
dent Roberts to Report
in Person to the House
---Secretary B. D.
Killian's Report
on the Finances.
[From today's 27. Y. Herald.)
The proceedings of the Convention yester
day were characterized by some able de
bates on the different resolutions brought
before the house, still the proceedings were
marked by the utmost propriety. This was
in a great measure owing to
. the Chairman,
who discharged his duties promptly and
impartially. On the opening of the Con
vention, the minutes of last day's proceed
ings were read and approved.
The report of the committee to wait on
the Senate was read. The Senate could not
be found as a body. Mr. Roberts' reply was
very indefinite, and admitted the construc
tion that he did not recognize the Conven
tion as a legally constituted body, and
stated that he would give his consideration
to any communications received at 734
Broadway. This reply was received with
marked disapprobation by the house.
A long discussion ensued as to the pro
propriety of admitting Mr. —, a Senator,
it being stated that he would appear and
explain his position, and was ready to give
some important information. The motion
was negatived. The Rev. Mr. Curley was
admitted to a seat. The reverend gentle
man rose and in a soleme manner prayed
that their deliberations would be marked
by harmony and concord, and that Heaven
would vouchsafe to bless their under
taking.
A resolution was carried that a committee
of flye wait on the Senate, or, in its absence
as a body, on the President of the Senate,
to request their attendance, and in case
they refuse to do so that the committee de
mand their books and accounts in order to
investigate their stewardship. The com
mittee I reported that Mr. Roberts would
make a written report, but would not ap
pear in person.
About ten o'clock President O'Mahonv
entered the House and was warmly greeted.
He addressed the house, stating that no
man deplored the present dissension in the
ranks of the Fenian Brotherhood more than
he.Ele was there to give a fall and clear ex
piation of his stewardship. He requested
neither favor nor partiality for past servi
ces from the house; be required a full
searching investigation, and if this Conven
found that he had abused the high position
they had intrusted to him, condemn him ac
cordingly.
Mr. O'Mahony's speech was listened to
with great attention and frequent marks of
approbation. His manner and Bearing
were those of an honest man, who courted
the most searching investigation.
A resolution was adopted that the Presi
dent's message be read at two o'clock.
After recess the Speaker appointed com
mittees on ways and means, on foreign re
lations and on amendments of constitution
and internal organization.
A delegate from Troy proposed a series of
resolutions, requesting delegates not to take
action with either side until the decision of
the Convention be known.
A delegate from the West charged both
sides of the disputants. with malfeasance in
otlice, and reported that he and his brother
delegates represented a large district, and
had not as yet decided in favor of either
party. Several other delegates replied to
the same effect.
President O'Mationy's Message.
The Clerk read the President's Message,
which was rather a voluminous document,
and took over two hours in reading. He
addressed himself to the Senate and Con
gress of the Fenian Brotherhood. He im
peached Mr. Roberts and his Senate with
intrigue and treachery to the Brotherhood,
and complained that after his long,toilsome
labor in th 6 cause of Ireland, it grieved him
now to the heart to find, when he had just
reached the goal of all their hopes, that the
actions of a few men, and their duped ad
herents, would stand in the way of the na
tional cause of Ireland. The organization
and its funds should never be prostituted to
any other cause but the liberation of Ire
land. Reread extracts from the proceedings
of the Philadelphia Convention, showing
how all his previous acts were unani
mously approved up to that time, and
bow he had expressed himself there
that the title of Head Centre was suffi
cient for him, as he thought it would be
time enough to have a President when Ire
land was a free nation. Tile Philadelphia
Congress was convened against his judg
ment, and when overruled, he submitted
to it under protest. He -since, too, well un
derstood the designs of Mr. Roberts and his
faction in assembling that Convention, it
was to bolster up flimsy charges against
him, 'which the house unanimously rejected
as frivolous and not to be entertained. Ire
land was ready for action at the time, and
he was about issuing the bonds of the Irish
republic. Mr. Roberts and party stated
that a Congress would give eclat to the
bonds. After the Congress the Senate threw
every obstruction in the way of issuing the
bonds and hampered all his movements. A
cry was ringing from Irelandbut his hands
were tiediand he could not respond. The
only way he saw of terminating
the squabble
was by convening a Congress of delegates.
Credentials were forwarded to all cuales,and
he was happy to see before him so large, re
spectable and intelligent a body. He would
freely abide by their decision. He would
not stand in - the way of Irish nationality,
No; let this Congress judge him, and if
guilty condemn him. He asked no favors,
no leniency from them. Judge him fear
lessly and . impartially. Only for the way
my hands Were .tied bythe Roberts faction
I would ere 'now have an Irish army bat
thing on Irish soil for Irish independence;
M-?
DOUBLE SHEET, THREE CENTS.
and an Irish fleet sweeping from the broad
ocean England's commerce. I will prove
all this to you by figures and facts and
authenticated documents, both from the
Irish Executive and other sources. In order
to explain his position he gave a resumg of
a sketch of the rise and progress of Fenian
ism from its earliest organization. He
-said Michael Doheny was the first organizer.
That in its infancy it had to struggle against
serious difficulties; difficulties enough to
hearten any man orset of men. Still they per
severed, and he and Stephens kept it a live
until the present day. They worked in har
mony together, as letters frem him • will
show. He (Mr. Stephens) knows no Rob
cats, and in sending delegates lately with
important despatches, he ordered the dele
gate if by any mush' nee, he could not finds,
PresidentO'Mahony, to destroy them,
(Reads Stephens's letter.) He read letters
of a late date from Stephens to this effect..
The reading of these letters was receivedl:.y
cheers for O'Mahony and Stephens. He
spoke of John Mitchell; of his liberatiorz
from prison by President Johnson. [Three
cheers were given for the President and Mr.
Mitchell.] He next went into the full par
ticulars about the comic* they took to hurt
the issuing of the bonds, and showed by let
ters how Mr. Roberts thought to get the
management of the plates an bonds under
his personal control and his object in doing
so; also, how Mr. O'Rourke refused giving
the required bail.
He explained his connection with the
taking of this concern. He declared that
he had never seen the house until after it.
was taken on the approval of Mr. Roberts,
General Sweeny and other members of the
Congress. He went into a full and broad_
explanation of all points .1t issue, and, I
am informed, so telling were his charges
against the Senate that their very friends
almost hung their heads.
The address was repeatedly cheered, and.
seemed to make a great impression upon
the house. Of course we knew nothing of
the private documents or letters read to the
Convention, but we are informed that they
are of a most important nature arid bearing
on Fenianism.
As the clerk was fatigued, B. Doran Kil
lian was requested to read his own report,
which he dia. We are told that it was re
markable for financial research, depth, fore
sighted views and keen logical argument
and cutting sarcasm. It sifted the actions
of the Senate to a nicety. We have heard
it stated that seldom has any Secretary of
State produced a more able document. So
telling was it on the house that when Mr.
Milian retired he was greeted from all aides
of the house. The house adjourned about,
seven o'clock until nine o'clock this morn
ing. It may be well to state that during the
reading of the President's message a letter
from Mr. Roberts was handed to the Chair
man of the committee. As it appeared to
be a private document, no action was taken
on it for the present.
Facts and Fancies.
The Emperor Maximilian has sent to the
Empress of the French the Mexican medal
of civil merit, in recognition of her noble
example in visiting the cholera hospitals of
Paris. Maximilian will be known here
after as the great Mexican meddler.
The first recitative in the ship scene of
L'.Africaine is said to be the most beautiful
deck-oration of the Academy.
The Boston school committee have
amended their rules so as to forbid any
teacher from accepting presents from the
graduating class, or any other class. Con
siderable circumlocution in that prohibi
tion. It's cool legislation anyhow. •
Miss Thompson says that every unmar
ried lady of sixty may consider that she has
passed the Cane of Good Hope. Yes, and:
J. Miller says that every unmarried man of
the same age, may consider that he is not
going to Havre.
One John Ferguson, former owner of the
steamer Planter, which was surrendered to
Admiral Dupont by Captain Robert Small,
shortly alter his attack on Charleston, has
applied for possession of the steamer, elnirrt
ing that she was stolen by negroes, and
captured from them by our blockade squad
ron, that he had taken the amnesty oath,
and the steamer should be restored to him
with his other property. General Saxton.
facetiously informs him that that particular
Planter has "jined the Union" and can't see
seed.
Old Father Bushnell, of Vermont, used to
say that the best criticism he ever received
on his preaching was from a little boy who
sat at his feet, looking up into his face as he
was preaching in a crowded house. As he
was going on very earnestly,the little fellow
spoke out, "You said that afore!"
The Massachusetts Legislature nominated
Messrs. Jewell and Stone for Speaker.
Stone beat Jewell by fifteen votes. In tak
tng •the chair he referred to his opponent as
a jewel of the thorough-paste kind. So says
J. Miller.
A fact, highly honorable to the typos, is
disclosed by a late report of the New
York Inspector of State Prisons. While all
other occupations are represented in their
large number of convicts, there is not a
single printer. And yet every good printer
is familiar with the galleys and is rarely out
of good.
AUDITING Accouzrrs.—luquir.v having
been made into the expenses of the Super
visors of Erie county, N. Y., an audit
showed the following expenditures:
3 packs cards, •
1 cribbage board,
1 cribbage board,
1 chequer toard,
set chequer men, .
annual illustrated, .
51 packages of stationery to be de
livered at the end of the session, 535 00
112 diaries, . . . 412 00
114 pocket-books and wallets, . 346 50
114 Knives, . 2SS 50
13 photograph albums, . . 187 00
Books, (dictionaries, family bibles,
works of Shakespeare, Byron. &a.) 281 50
112 articles mysteriously denomi
nated "Privates," . . .
9 boxes mysteriously charged as
"Bx's Ex."
STBONG and impassioned assertions, un
aided by a single truthful statement, are
utterly impotent in a contest with vacmsorach
as we published on the 23d ultimo, bearing
upon the "GRAND TRIAL OF SEWING MA
CHINES," at which the WILLCOX & GIBBS •
gained the highest premium, by the extraor
dinary demonstration of thirty five (35) dis
tinct points of superioritg. Insolent lan
guage and scurrilous defamation cannot
affect the true character of an individual'
nor establish the veracity of the libeller.
AT VANDALIA, Illinois, on last Saturday,
Mr. Carroll attempted tojump upon a train.
which was in motion, but instead of ca4k
ing his feet upon the steps they were thrown
under the platform of the next car' aria ,
caught, when he lost his hold and fell down
with both his legs across the track, whioli
were run over below the knee and horribly
mangled. `But little - hope was entertained,
°figs recovery.
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