&IBM PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME XIX. ICUNING KULLETIN. EVERY EVAN/NO (Except Sunday) at' • No ..329 ChestntStreet, Philadelphia, BY THE VEVII:MNG .21KIPELBTr0118. _ . 11113380 N PRADOCK,_ CASPER 130131:1: Ts. X. L. PETHEBSTON TERNIST O. W Tx A THomme.r. N.. t The BULLETIN is served to subscribers in the m 4 at cents per week. pnyableto the, cagier!: or •Is GlO_Ref, annum BIARMLIED; _ •-• MITC.tu..LL—FLACRE At , Pinehargh: January - 2d, by Rev. J.B. Clark, Mr. Wm. L. Mitchell, of Cleve -land, Ohio, to Miss Maple, youmgest, citypz.kler of John .71acke, Esq. DIED. DINGEE—On the 70th instant, Ida Moore, daughter of Catharine and the late Edmund Dingee, in the 6th y une e arra of her age. Due notice will be giTen, of the fl. FBYEB—On Mondry, the Sth instant, 'J. C. "Fryer, aged 44 years. Marnale relatives and friends are, reWetfully invi ted to 'attend the funeral from his lett, residence, No. SilDi -West - Logan Square, on Thaviday afternoon the lath 'at 2 o'clock. • POTTS—On the morning of the Bth instant, - Kate Davenport, daughter of Catharine S, and, the late Wm. B. Potts. ' • , ~ . . Her and friends and those of the family are respectfhlly invited to attend the fru:tend from She residence of her mother, ;OS South-Ninth-street, on Thursday afternoon, the 11th instant, at 1 o'cleck. * REA--Suddenly, on the Rh - Instant; Mrs. 'Ann Rea, ;lathe 72d year of her age. • The relatives -and friends of thelamily are respect fully invited to attend her hmerajlromthe residence other son-in-law,- Wm.- Bumm, • No. 1769 Frankford road, on Thursday morning, the 11th instant, at 93,,' o'clock. Funeral to proceed to Germantown. *- WATTS—Suddenly, on the 6th instant, Miss Mary 74.4rie 1,16,‘, nds are respectfully invited to attend the tuner rom her late residence, Queen :street, Ger martto w on Friday, Jan. 12th, ,al 2 8.,1,i. Inter 'Silent at St. Luke's Church., • ** WHITE MOREENS FOR SKIRTS. Green Watered lioreens. 6-4 and 5-4 ereen Bairn, White Cloth for Sacks. White Evening Silks. EYRE &LANDELL, Fourth and Arch FCIAL NOTICES. 10.. REV. F. ROBBINS WILL PREACH THIS Evening. Jan. loth, in 'trinity M. E. Church, Eighth street, above Race, V; o'clock. 531t4i , , CHURCH OF THE ACEISSIAH, LOCUST s.bove Thirteenth Street. Sunday !School Exhi bition Tomorrow (Thursday) Evening. Tickets at the -door.- . • .W WI:IOW.AIiD HOSPITAL. Nos. - 151 S and 1520 Lombard street. Dispensary Department. Ilied treatment and medicines furnished gratuitousiy tottae poor. se2B ELDER SNAPP will preach at Rev. Dr. left ey's clinch, corner of Fifth and Button. wood-streets, Wednesday evening, Sermon N 0.2. upon "rniversaliam." Thursday evening upon "Danc ing," and Friday evening to "Parents, especially to, Mothers." • jain-Strp* OFFICE OF DIAMOND COAL COMPANY, WALNUT Street. OTICE.—At a meeting of tha Directors .of this Company. held on sd inst., a dlvldent of TWG.A.N D- A-HA LF PER CINT. was declared, payable on and after the 13th inst. • SALTER, jalo.3t* Traasnrer, STOKHOLDERS' ANNUAL MEETING.— The Annual Meeting of the] Stockholcers of the LYNN CAMP CREEK OIL COMPAINTY, of West Vir ginia, will be held at the office, No. 223 South Third street on TUFSDAY, Jan. 23d, at 3 o'clock P. J. B. CHAMPION, Secretary. jal9-22,2 * AIWA SPECIAL MEETING OF THE S MCC' HOLDERS of tbe CLENTON COAL AND IRON PANY will be held at the office, No. 6 Merchants' Exchange, on WEDNESDAY, the 17th that., at 4 o'clock P. M., to take into consideration the sale of the property jalo-3t EU. OF ICE OF THE BLACK DIAMOND COAL AND IRON CO3LPANY,'NO.2OSI.4 Walnut street. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 9th, 1566. The Board of Directors haye this day declared a dividend of THREE PER CENT. on the Capital Stock -of the Company, standing on its books at this-data, payable on demand. J. S. TUFSTON, Ja.lo-3t*_ , Treasurer. Directors of the DALZELL PII.TROLEIJM COMPANY, have this day de clared a•dlv.dend of 0 - - , TE PER CENT. on the capital stock, clear or State tax, payable on and after the 24th inst., al the office of the Company, 218 Walnut street. Room 11%. Transper Books will close IBth inst., and reopen 26th inst. G. E. PRYER, Secretary. PHUADELeRIA, Jan. 9,1866. • iale,w,f m,Bt q: OFFICE FULTON COAL COMPANY, No 407 LIBRARY Street, Janaary stri, 1366. Directors have this day neclared a Dividend of EIGHT PER CENT. on the Capital Stock of the Company cad& will be payable to the Stockholders or their legal representatives, on and after the itith inst. clear of taxes. The transfer books will be closed on Faturday, the 13th inst., at 3 o'clock P. M.. and opened .on the 18th inst., and the Dividend- will be paid on the stock as registered on the closing of the transfer book. P. C. HOLLIS, OFFICE OF THE PILILADELPHLI. AND ERIE LAND COMPANY, 2.053.; Walnut street, PHILADELPHIA, JAIIIIISTy Bth, 1868. NOTICE.—At the annual election held this day. the following gentlemen were unanimously elected Direc tors for the ensuing year: EDWARD MILLER, WM. O. MOOREUR AD. . . THOMAS A. SCOTT, • HENRY D. MOORE, CHAS. B. WRP4HT. IL P. RUTTER, Secretary and Treasurer. jalo-10t OFFICE OF THE LEHIGH COAL AND fi,"•!NAVIGATION PHILADJEZPIECIA, December 2.lst, 18 ,5 FOR BALE. , IN SUMS TO SUIT PIiTSCELASERS. The Loansf this Company, due Apili 1891, rest payable quarterly, at the rate of' six per cent, per annum., This Loan Is secured by smortgage on all the Com pany's Coal Lands, Canals, and SlackwaterNavigation in 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 SHEPHERD, Treasurer, , de2t-rptfi - • 122 South . Second street. " 10. T. .PHILADELPHIA„: • 'WILMINGTON AND BALTIMORE RAILROAD COMPANY, January 8th,1868. - At an Annual Meeting of the Stockholders held this •day, the blowing persons were unanimously elected Directors - for the ensuing year: ISAAC giageirrmy, I - FREDERICKA CURTIS, -SAMUEL M-:-FELTON. JOHN C. OROOME, - W3E. L. SAVAGE, J.T. ()OREN Is., WILLIAM SELLERS, THOMAS HELSO, JOHN A. DUNCAN, C. O'DONNELL. ..lISFAR LANE, ENOCH PRATT, ' I JOSEPH BRINGHURST, THOS. DONALDSON; „ NATHANIEL At a meeting of the Boar Isaac Hinckley was , and Alftecl Horner,Secre jaiort4 OFFICE OF THE FAME INSURANCE COMPANY, No. 406 CHESTNUT ST.—Eent.k- McLPHIA, January Sth, 1866. At an election held at:the Office of the Company on :the Bth instant, the following gentlemen were unant• mously elected Directors to serve for. the ensuing . r e E.6:NCIS N. BUCR, -CHAS. RICHAIIDSON, :SAMUEL WRIGHT, Rh NET:LEWIS. , -GEOEGEA. WEST, JOHN RESSLER, In.. And at a meeting of the I .day, FRANCIS N. BUCK President; CHARIx's , dent, and jalo.6tl LAICaIEARD, Secretary.- to. A TWENTY-FOURTH ET . THE CiTIZEN'S OF the WARD, 'twos decided to erect a suitable Monument to the memory of the late Captain COVRTLAND SAUNDERS, of Company .llSth Pennsylvania, Volunteers (Corn Exchange M IL T' : was regardedas a fitting tribute from the friends and neighbors of one who, in his Bre, exhibited so many virtues, and in his death, offered so noble a sacri fice in the cause of his country. • The un dersigned,having been appointed a Committee to carry Ulla . decision into effect, have concluded to erect a Monument of appropriate design over his re mains at the Woodland Cemetery; and they invite those who desire to Join in this Tectimonial,rto hand their contributiens Lo any one of the Committee. It is. desired that the name should accompany each contri bution, as it is intended. to erect this Monument not only upon a liberal scale, but to have It represent. the feeling of respect for the deceased so universally en thrtained among those who knew him.. H. B. ERGwIrE ; • •}A. J. DRHXEL, SAMUEL. FIELD, HENRY HOOD, __. HENRY C. TOWNSEND, CLARENCE IC CLARE.' HENRY C. LEA, HENRY C. GIBSON, E. SPENCER MILLER, DAVID PAYN fElt, 'PHILADELPHIA, JaII., 1866. • • Jas rp-6L* • t ~-. . . . ..... .. . • • - , . . . . . . . ..: . . .. . , : • . . ~.... . . . . 4. .-: . ..... .. .. . .. -.. . _ ... -. ~ . ....; . . . . ' . , . - - .. - i ..- . •.. I . . • . ~. ,: . - .., • .• ~... ...• i- 14 - '. :.'. .- . -:, 7 ' ... ' • - - , 1 ' . ' ... ..- - ....;f7, ... . . .... . . _ . . . .„ _ .. .., - ... - .., • :, • ' ~,,. ."7 ' - ....'t 4: 1 " . .' ' • ' - - - -, . .. . ~ 0 ...... 41,1 . . . Alli . r . - . . . . . . .- . . . . .. - .........1 . . 1.. . . . .. ... .. ; NO. 228. ASSOCIATION MM2iM ==g MaMtl of Directors held this day, monsly elected President, • and Treasarer. - - • 3101LISTIal, Secretary. E. D. WOODRUFF_, CHARLES STOS.M. I ROBERT B. POTTER, . J. W. EVERICA_N;; • P B. TUSTICE: , JOSEPH D. ELI t IS. .and of Directors held this was unentmotealy. elected ICHARDSON Vice-Presi- SPECIAL NOTICES. OFFICE NORTH' PENNSYLVANIA R .s..IL -11" ROAD CO:. Sararaxey Bth. 1868. It an annual don of this Company held this day the following gentlemen were elected to serve during the ensuing year: , • • PRESIDENT, YRANRLIN A. COMLY. DIRECTORS, JOHN JORDAN, JR., J. GILLINGHAM FELL, S. MORRIS WALN, WILLLIM C. LUDWIG, ELLWOOD SHANNON, - EDWARD C. KNIGHT, ALFRED HUNT I. PEAEBERToNETITCH7SON. WILLIAISI C. RENT, CHAB.LES W. WHART'QN. TEE PWIT. ADELPHIA: AND -BALTIMORE C.t.NTRAE RAII.ROAD, COMPANY. At the annual meeting of the Stockholders, held at Oaitird; p a.; _January Bth, 18E8 the following were . . SAMUEL M. 'FELTON. D/ItECTORS. ISAAC EINCELRY,SAMUEL DICKEY. PHILIP • QUIGLEY, ', J.,A.MPISIL.B.AMSEY, DAVID WOIa,PPEIt, DANIEL STUB as: • JOSIAH PHILLIPS;• SAMUEL J. DICKEY; MILTON CONARD, JACOB TOME, - JAS: A.STRAWBRIDGE, DR. S. B. STUBBS. • The Board of Directors held a meeting on this same day and elected -- JOSEPH RITDDELL; Tressureti ja10.61• and ROBERT: 40D,GSON , +secretary. , OfIIGETPiIILA.Drrtke.AND TRENTON RAILROAII!D,OMPANY,' prat...bum:qua, Jan. St 0.866, At the Annual 'Election of the Stockholders, held this day. the following gentlemen were unanimously elected Directors for the ensiling year: DIRECTOR:4. , F VINCENT L.: BRADFORD, ' - . ED WIN A. STEVENS. ROBERT F. STOCKTON, . • WILLIAM H. HART _, • . .„ WILLIA M. 11. GATZMER. CHARLES MACALESTER., JL lIN DORILA NCH RICHARD SHIPPEN. WILLIAM tn. FREEMAN, ASA A. FISH, • JOHN G. 5 PEVENB, , ;BENT 4IWPS - FISH:' And at a meeting of the Board, held in the Afternoon VINCENT L. BRADFORD, Esq., was elected Presi dent, J. PARK ER NORI?.IS was re-elected Treasurer and J. MORRELL re-elected Secretary. It J. MORRELL, Secretary. OFFICE •OF THE ENTERPRISE LCSUR - JtY COMPANY. 400 WALNUT street, PHIL •DELPHI.A., January 9121,1561 L At thy annual meeting of the Stocycholders of this Company. held on the eighth day of January, the fol lowing gentleman were elected Directors for th• en suing year:- _ . _ F RATCHFORD STARR, NALBRO FRAZIER, J NO. M. Al WOOD, RENJ. T. TREDICIC. MORI)ECAI L. DAWSON. GEO. H. STUART, JOHN B. BROWN, J. L. ERRINGER, G. 0.1 W FA ILNESTOCK, JA 2,IES L. CLAGHORN, WM. G. BOULTON. CHARLVS WHEELER At a meeting of the Board of Threctors. held this day, P. RATCHFORD STARR WAS elected Prosldent, and 'I HOS. H. MONTRO3I4.RN re-elected Vice-President. Jan) al JACOB E. PETERSON, Sec'y pro tem. . , Facts and Fancies. The cattle plague regulation has been SO far modified ._that horses and mules and asses can cross the boundary into the United States at Ogdensburg. This will be good news for some of ourfashionable tourists. Miss Augusta Moore is skating on real ice for the entertainment of the public in Chicago. Several thousand young ladies are doing the same thing elphi a. They are discovering petroleum in Italy. As soon as they get it discovered, it will be announced. Colorado Jewett tried to get Leopold of Belgium mixed up in our civil war, bnt the sagacious old monareft declined, remarking that he "never put his finger between the tree and the bark." The Poet Laureate of Belgium (we forget his name at this mo ment), thin celebrated the interview: ' There was a shrewd fellow named Jewett. Who was a great traitor, and knew It. Foreign kings in his wrangle be tried to entangle That coppery fellow called Jewett. There was a wise monarch of Belgium, Whose words you regard'when he tells ye 'em. "Mister Jewett!" says he, "'twin the bark and th• tree, You'll ne'er get the fingers of Belgium. " If Judge Kelley succeeds with the bill for League Island, it will not justify his friends in calling him, familiarly, League Island Bill. A fund is raising In the Sonth for Mrs. Jeff. Davis and. family. Several millions dollars have already been subscribed—in Confed. bonds. Georgia is getting fairly on her pins again. Fourteen barrels of her terra pins arrived here yesterday. We heard a most "incongruous young lady" complaining yesterday that the weather was so cold that she could not keep her Infant school.. Oil News—The Great Oil Case. I.From the Pittsburgh Commercial.] A correspondent writes to the. Con/mere/ad as follows: Messrs. Editors: As several articles have appeared in your columns under the above ;caption, relative to the case in the United 'States Circuit Court, "Parcus T. Copeland vs. Albert G. Morey et al," we have now to ':state that a satisfactory arrangement of the whole controversy has been effected as par . agreement filed in the ease and all litigation suspended in regard, to thei property now known' , as - the Morey Farm, on Pithole 'creek. ALBERT G. MOREY, P. T. COPELAND, per GEO. E. & S. W. COPELAND - - - "There has been. quite an excitement in this vieinity'for the past few days, caused by a good strike on the McEirath farm, on 'the mouth of Sugarcreek . -The new well is 'on a leiSe 'owned by the Sugar Valley Oil Company, and although it had only been pumped a day or two, is producing from 'thirty toforty barrels of lubricating oil a day. =The celebrated Shippen well ; since' it has been tubed, with three inch tubing, is doing as well as it ever did, and is now yielding from forty to fifty barrels '-a day. The Burney, Mountain and other wells in this vicinity are increasing their yields. The well.lately struck oa the Oram farm is doing finely. There are also a - number of new ;wells now, down, and nearly ready to be tested; The indications are that the ma jority of them will prove good Wells.. The indications at present are that Lower Sugar creek bids fair to rival Oil and Pithole creeks during the corning year. "The Little Wanderer's Home," The following oommunieationwiliexplain itself: • To the Editors of the Evening Bulletin— GENTLEMEN:--.1 noticed in your paper of last evening the numerous cases of distress and want which you say you personally Witnessed. I am, sure all who read that communication intiethave had their feelings aroused kt the cases of absolute want, both from food and fiiel. I fear those named by, you are but a few of the absolute 'cases of want which it is ourdutrto relieve, and that at once. < I therefore desire to contribute my mite, and-that of a friend, and hope that many More will be induced to do lik.ewise, dithat a fund may be raised for the imme ate wants of the suffering.Enckisedplease find from M. M., . . $lO 00 r. M. C ' 5 00 00 Trulyyours, I - Correspondence of the Evening Bulletin.] Arcilisox, KArsAs, Nov. 21, 1865.—Being possessed of a small share of that spirit o restlessness which is said, as a people, to characterise the Yankee nation, 1,. in corn pany with two others, determined to visit the great West, that,- until within a few years, vast, unexplored .region, .-lying to ':the 'west of the Missouri. Those crusaders of modern times, the American backwoods , men, have prepared the way and made it easy for the traveler of to-day. New York being the starting point of our We 14Ift that metropolis at 6 P. M. taking the New York and Erie Rail ' road, and being unable to secure berths in the sleeping car, had the pleasure of riding fall night on the car seats, catching a nap 'now and then, broken by repeated calls for ~."tickats gentlemen," a sound quite familiar •to our ears,, , by the time we reached Atchison. - . . After a night, bearings close resemblance to one passed in a troop train, we .arrived, early the next morning, at Elmira, feeling as a Western man near us remarked,. "clean tuckered out." At 9 A.M. we stopped at HernellsyillefOr breakfast, which:was most acceptable after our wearisome ride. At 1,40 P. M:, having reached Salamanca, the point of junction of the Erie and' Atlantic and Great Western Railroads, We changed cars, taking the broad and spacious cars of the latter road. At 4.15 we reached Corry, leaving here a' number of our passengers bound for the oil regions of Pennsylvania. At six we reached Meadville, and stopped for supper. Here let'me speak a few words in praise of the McHenry House, certainly, as far as good cooking, attentive servants, fine table equipage, and a spacious and beautiful dining hall can make it, the best railroad hotel in the United States. The company deserves great credit for the efforts they make to render their passengers coms ' Portable during that weary pilgrimage, a long trip by railroad. Shortly after leaving Meadville our en gine broke down, after many false starts we were once more in motion, being delayed, however, some three hours, and come ; quently not reaching Cleveland until 1 A. M., the following day, losing the close con nection now established between New York ;and Chicago. After a few hours sleep at the Waddell House, we were at 8.10 once more on our way to the - West. At 12.50 we reached Toledo, ,when after an apology for a dinner at the ;railroad hotel, we left disappointed with ,the culinary skill of the place. At 11 P. M., after a ride of 243 miles through a tine section of country, we reached Chicago, the Queen city of the Lakes. The next day was passed in sight seeing in that city, certainly a most remarkable one, con sidering the brief time that has elapsed since • the place was a wilderness. Spacious and beautiful blocks now adorn the city, and evidences of wealth and refinement are everywhere visible. Chicago is certainly a liTing monument of the energy and wealth 'of the great West. At 12 P. M., we left that , city and, having learned wisdom by expe rience, took berths in the sleeping car on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Rail road, and in consequence passed a pleasant night. During the day passed through a fertile .section of country, part of, at present, one of the largest grain producing States in the Union. At 1.45 P. M. we reached Quincy. Illinois, a flourishing town of some 13,000 inhabi :ants, situated on the east bank of the Mis sissippi river, Quincy contains a number of fine churches an dwellings, but, for a wonder, no theatre or place of amusement of any kind. After spending Sunday in Quincy, wt , arose on Monday with the lark, that is, the hotel waiter rung as up before daylight,. and after a breakfast, eaten by candlelight, we crossed the Mississippi. Our transport was the stern-wheel steamer Rosa Taylor, a vessel evidently modeled alter, and certainly no faster, than the ca noes which once floated De Soto and his companions on the bosom of this mighty river. Entering the cars at West Quincy we were again traveling by rail. At Palmyra, after changing cars, we en trusted ourselves to the tender mercies of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad, cer tainly the poorest in the United States. At 9A. M. the accident always expected on every train on this road duly came off, our engine 'exploding a flue and leaving us helpless. After waiting nearly two hours another engine came to our assistance, which, however, proved unable to move the train; number three at last arriving we were again in motion. It was not until A. M. that we arrived in St. Joseph, and then found the hotels all full. At 6, after a brief nap on the floor, consoled with the thought that we were not the only ones so situated, we left for Atchi son, Kansas, at 'which place, after cross ing the Missouri river, or as it nil' here fa miliarly called, "the big muddy," a title Certainly deserted, we arrived at 7 A. M. At the time we crossed the river a dense fog rested on it, and the usual starting, stopping and ringing of bells, so familiar to passengers over the Delaware on foggy days, was repeated for the benefit of one of Phila delphia's wandering sons, 1,500 miles away from her protection. Atchison is a • on the west bank of the tg point of much of the of icross the plains. Two lint an. Holli dey's Overland I 'big the U. &mail, and But leave here daily. The first Iscerville, California, by w• and Salt Lake City; the 1p , recently established, runn__ _ _..... mud Central City by way of the Smoky Hill route. Large trains of wagons drawn by mules or oxen take their departure from here, and carry supplies of every description to the mining regions of the west. Atchison boasts'of sev eral hotels, of which the Massasoit House is the best. Much business is done here, prin cipally, however, in supplying the trains with freight. At this point the westwaill bound traveler has the choice given him of, the tvro,stage routes to' Denver. _ As they are at present managed, -Holli day's, although the longer in point of dis tance, is the quicker. Having been estab lished for some time, theline is well stocked with horses, and the changing stations are near together, seldom over twelve miles apart; and often less. The road is also more traveled by freight teams. , 1 The Smoky ~Hill,route is, however, the nearer to Denver, and will doubtless soon be the route, but at present it labors under the disadvantage Of not being well stocked =mules being substituted for horses nearly all the way: The stations,too, are:far apart, and traveling is slow and tedious. By the Holiday line, Denver is reached in siac.-days, while the traveler by the Smoky $2O 00 CHARITY. OUR WHOLE COUNTRY. PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1866. Over the Plains. Hill line is often times detained as long as fonitien. By far the larger number of the passen gers to 'and from Denver take Holliday's line, which, after leaving Fort Kearney, 253 miles distant from Atchison, runs along the Platte river as farm Junction . ,B4 miles from Denver,; it leaves the river, and runs direct, by what is termed the "cut-off," into Denver' 653 miles from Atchison. Two i days: ver e,Veaigitly spent in Ateld-, . son in preparing ourselves for the oVerland passe ge. • The town was full of travelers, bound to Various Points east and west; tales of _lndian depredations and atrocities were rife, those returning 'from the West showing the re sults of Indian attacks in the shape of arrows and bullets shot into- their trains. The coaches,-'however,had not recently been attacked. Thinking discretion the better part of 'valor, we provided ourselves with rifles and revolvers; and last, but not least, with a sufficient quantity of commissary stores to .suffice for our trip, a precaution which we afterwards did not regret. One of our: party, being an old traveler across the plains, and an adept in providing com fortably for himself and companions, en gaged, with three other gentlemen, like our-selves westward bound, to charter the inside, of one •of Holliday's. coaches, thus preventing that packing of passengers, and consequent loss of comfort, so prevalent on the plains. Through the • kindness of Mr. Hugo Richards, the polite and gentlemanly agent at Atchison, of Holliday's line, we were enabled to fit ourselves for the passage in a Natisfactory manner. His attention to the ocanort and welfare of the passengers, is worthy of much commendation, and con trasts most favorably with the conduct of manY;of the drivers whom we afterwards met Cu the route. I will here advise all who propose coming to Denver, if possible not to allow the number in the coach to exceed six, even thendtraveling is exceedingly uncomfor table. Also to provide themselves with a good rifle and revolver, and enough lunch to last six days, meals at the ranches on the road being both very dear and exceedingly poor. Finally, not to be alarmed at the "Ingin" tales they may hear at Atchison or else where, said tales being mainly the offspring of the imaginations of timid travelers. A warm blanket and a pair of buffalo overshoes, to be worn at night, will suffice for the trip, the nights being- cool and at this season of the year particularly so. Having finished our preparations we retired early to obtain a good night's rest, the last to be looked for for some days. New Jersey Legislature. [Correspondence et tb.e.Evenntg Bulletin.] TIMISTON, N. J., January 9th, .I.stiti.—Our 'city has been on the qui Five for two days at :the approach of the Legislative session. Union politicians,long waiting for thespoils, haunt the hotels, eager and patriotic. The retainers of the different champions for President and Speaker are about taking the afternoon train homeward, for both houses have organized. The Senate stands eleven Republicans to ten Democrats. The Union choice for President of the Senate is well known to your readers and the country, the Hon...lames M. Scovel, of Camden. He is perhaps the youngest man in the Senate,not being 32 years of age. There is much re joicing over his election, and it is regarded as a proper endorsement of his bold and noble course since the great anti-Lecompton Tight of ISSB. His opponent, Senator Buckly,of Passaic, is the oldest member of the body,and a man of decided ability. Mr. Seovel took high ground in his speech to the Senate for the rights of mankind,sind paid a touching tribute to the memory of Abraham Lincoln, with whom, when he lived, he was said to be on terms of personal intimacy. The Democrats in the Senate paid Mr. Scovel the compliment of tender ing him their nomination for President of the Senate. but he declined the proffered honor. They seem now to appreciate the fight he has made for the Union during four years of war. It was hoped that C. C. Lathrop, the tal ented member from Burlington county, would be Speaker of the Honse. But East Jersey.prevailed in the caucus by one ma jority. It is thought that this will be a very quiet session, and that an adjournment will take place by the middle of March. It is universally admitted that in both branches of the legislature there is more talent and character than has been seen here for many years. New Jersey will prove worthy of her welcome back into the Union. I will write again. Yo nrs, ABIUSESIJOirs. At the Chestnut this evening "The Sleep ing Beauty" will be repeated, together with "The Phantom." At the Walnut Mrs. John Wood will appear in "Pocahontas," this being the most successful of Brougham's burlesques and superbly played by her; "The - Captain of the Watch" and "Uncle Foozle" will also be given. At the Arch "Lost in London" and "Jones's Baby" still hold the stage. The Equestrian troop at the American still draws good houses. Heller at Concert Hall introduces new tricks and illusions, with new music every evening. Signor Blitz still reigns supreme at Assem bly Building each evening and.on Wednes day and Saturday afternoons. KILLED IN A RAILROAD TUNNEL.—On Monday evening Mr, Isaac Barker, a inerchant, whose place of business was in Maidenlane, in passing through the Harlem Railroad tunnel from Thirty-second to Forty-second street on one of the train cars on his way to his home in Tuckahoe, West chester ponnty, is supposed to have fallen from the platform to the pavement and, striking on his head, received fatal injuries. The faet was not known till yesterday morning, when the dead body of Mr. Barker' was found lying in the tunnel where'he had fallen. The remans, which were badly frozen, were taken up and removed to Bel levue Hospital, where_ Coroner' Gamble was notified to hold an inquest.—N. Y. Heraki. HENRI' WINTER Dems.—An informal meeting of the members of the House of Representatives was held in the Hall on Monday afternoon, immediately after-the adjournment, Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, in the chair; Mr. Green Clay Smith, Secretary. On motion of Mr. Thaddeus Stevens, a com mittee of five was appointed to prepore reso lutions ; expressive of the feelings of the Members relative to the death of Hon-Hen ry Winter Davis. The Chair appointed Messrs. Thaddeus Stevens, of Penxtsylvania; James A (4,. . ..Garfield, of Ohio; Henry P. Blair, M of ai James Brooks, of New'York; and JAM:L. Dawson ' of Pennsylvania. The: meeting adjourned to convene again on Monday next, immediately after the ad journment of the House. Seventh Day's Proceedings of the Con vention---The Senate Refuse to Appear to Answer the Charges Against Them--o'Mahony` Brings Charges Against Roberts-- - The Evi dence in Support of Charges. The proceedings yesterday were of the ordinary kind. Business opened with the :reading of the last day's proceedings, Mr.. Corbet, of Syracuse, in the chair. The early 'part of .the day was spent in receiving re , ports of committees and debating thereon. ' A series of charges and specifications pre ferred by President O'Mahony against Wil liant R. Roberts, James Gibbons, Michael Scanlan, J. W. Fitzgerald, P. O'Rourke, P. 3annon, William Sullivan, William Flem ing, Patrick J. Meehan and Edw'd L. Cary were nest read. Mr. Gaffney and another delegate were deputed lo conduct the defence. Mr. Rogers, Col. Mullen and Mr. Meany con ducted the prosecution. It was proved that a copy of the charges and specifications had been served on some of the Senators in person, on others by letter or otherwise. The charges were: First.—For perfidy, in falsely and fraudulently conveying to the public press in the city of New York certain statements maligning the object of the organization, calumniating its officers and members, and calculated to disgrace the organization and thwart the objects and ends of the Brotherhood. Specification 2.—The said William R. Roberts, 6tc., on or about the 4th day of December,at the city of New York,did meet league, combine and assemble together to prevent the liberation of Ireland from the yoke of England and the establishment of a free and independent government on the Irish soil, by an illegal attempt to prevent the issue of bonds of the Irish Republic, whereby funds could be raised for the libera tion of Ireland from the yoke of England and a free and independent government establshed on the Irish soil. All this in violation of their solemn pledge of honor taken at their initiation into the Fenian Brotherhood. Specification 3.—The aforesaid parties on or about the sth day of December, 1865, at the city of New York,did disobey the orders of John O'Mahony, President of the Fenian Brotherhood, their superior officer and the superior officer of each of them, by holding a pretended and illegal session of the Senate of the Fenian Brotherhood in the city of New York. This in violation of their and each of their pledges of membership, and violation of the follow ing order, viz.: alazEt3., FENIAN BROTHERHOOD, Dec. 6. —tr: I have the honor to inform you in your individual capacity, that the Senate of the F. B. is not in session, and that any simulation of the functions of that body must happen in illegal assembly. JOHN O'Manosv, President F. B. W. ROBERTS, Esq. Charge lll.—Violation of section 18, article 4 of the constitution of the Fenian Brotherhood, LNGSE.s. s I N 0 Specification I.—ln this that the said Wm. R. Roberts, &C.c., ikc., did, on or about the oth day of December, 1565, at the• city of New 1 ork, hold and make official commu nications with and to the government of England, and the Powers ui the world, by publishing or causing to be published in divers newspapers in the city of New York a resolution in the words and figures fol lowing, viz: [The resolution alluded to is the one pub lished by the Senate repudiating the bonds issued by President o',llahony, and notify ing the public that such bonds were illegal and invalid.] The above are but a few of the many charges made by the President against the members of the Senate, and in all cases the charges were sustained by the evidence of memioers present. On the examination of Mr. Killian rela tive to the issue of the bonds some very important information was elicited. Mr. Gaffney, for the defence, asked some very pointed questions but he had his match in the shrewd, caustic Secretary of the Trea sury, who met his questions with replies that floored his absent clients. One of the Irish delegates and several other gentle men were examined, and the concurrent testimony of all tended to clear o'.Mahony of all the charges of the Senate. Indeed, so true was that conviction that members whose minds were poisoned by the Sena torial reports wondered how they could be so influenced as to doubt the straightfor ward patriotism of their old tried President, John O'Mabony. A delegate of the convention, Mr. Pierce Skehan, of Liberty street, said tuat as he now believed the house meant to do some thing definite, and as there appeared an evident desire to immediately assist our brothers in Ireland with what they required, he would make a commencement by con tributing to the Irish cause five hundred dollars, and in addition to this hewas ready himself to go as an humble private to Ire land, so great was his desire to see her a free country. AGATE Mr. Skehan requested the Secretary to draw on him for five hundred dollars. He was loudly cheered and a resolution passed that his offer be filed on the minutes. Before the house adjourned a delegate from Manhattan informed his brother dele gates that they, the Manhattan delegates, would have a ball, to come off on Thursday evening, to which all the members present were invited. Deposit ion of Mr.Harrls, of Rhode Island. NEW YORR CITY, Jan. 9,1866.—1 tried to read the appended letter before the Fenian Convention in Clinton Hall this (Tuesday) afternoon, January, 9,1866, and, finding I would not be permitted, owing to the clamors of the Manhattan and other dele gates, I handed it to Mr. Killian, who read it, and, at my demand, handed it back to me, saying that if I attempted further to have it read he would make a motion for my expulsion from the Convention as a • bad Fenian. In view of this and other facts I' left the Convention in disgust, satisfied that no impartial decision could be reached by that body. N. R. HARRIS, Delegate from ”McManns"' Circle, Provi dence, R. L 1 HEADQUARTERS FENIAITI3RovrEImooD, 734 BROADWAY, Nnw YORK, Jan. 9, 1866.4- To the Members of the Fenian Brotherhood-L- I Fellow Countrymen and Brothers—l pro nounce the address of B. Doran Killian THE. FEINTI.A.N (From toriare New York Herald. I F. L FETHERSTON. Pdlisbz DOUBLE SHEET, THREE CENTS Burned Secretary of the TreasuryYthe most infamous tissue of falsehoods ever penned. I am preparing a reply to it for the Fenian Brotherhood, giving facts and documents proving its falsity, and I hope to have time to complete it by to-morrow or next day. Brothers, beware. The, man who could lie so infamonely can do worse. Look out for. Darcy McGee's confederate.. He means either to rob the Brotherhood, ,or to disrupt and disgrace us. Yours fraternally, W. R. RonEsTs, President F. B Literary Suggestions Hawthorne'a Under the captain of "Book Talk" the Boston Post says: We were surprised recently to 'notice a leading literary organ of New York pro nounce what seems tons a highly inappre-' ciative,•net to say flippant, opinion of the" worth of the extractstrom Mr. Hawthorne's note-books, now coming out by installments in the Atlantic. We have not, in fact, had , for a long time so suggestive a collection.of 'thoughts and fancies, nor anything of so: 'marked literary interest, as these very frig ments; not to speak of their value in a psychological point of view. It is not that the world caresilhat, dreaming in some twilight }hour, Mr. Hawthorne may have' 'conjured up some ghostly phantomof a tale, Which he jotted downat the first convenient opportunity in his commonplace book. The mere fact of his doing it, or of his driving to Nahant, as our reviewer instances, may not be of moment, but when it appears that in that thought was the germ of some phan tasy which the world now values in its artistic finish, and will value, if there is anything in an American romance 'destined to live; when it comes out that en some stroll thirty years ago, was first seen by those calmly peering eyes, sights, that his soul could batten on; his mind fructify from, and his life widen with —then this incident, however trivial, as suredly becomes of value to all, who admit the marvelous mechanism of one of the most seerful intelligences of our day. We •can wily wonder at the obtuseness of a literary critic who can pass such materials by with a mere scoff. In these little nug gets from the placer of that cunning brain, there are whole romances of life. They stand as germs merely, of finished propor tions; and of a suggestiveness that is almost beyond compare. Published in his lifetime, they might be open to some objection though Goethe did not hesitate to throw hi 4 fragmentary fancies upon the world. An artist's "studies," his "bits" in his sketch book, are the repertories of his professional work; he uses them; as quaint old Faller says of-commonplace books, they are garri sons of notions, whence the owner may draw out an army into the field, on compe tent warning. He does not show them to the world, but he does to his friends. In an author's lifetime the world knows only his finished creations. ' his companions know' the man, his thoughts, the pedigree and development of his ideas, just as he himself records them in his nete book. When an author, that the world cares for, dies, the public always look to be let within the circle they were denied while he lived. They want his autobiography ; his story by one who knew his inner life ; his letters ; his diaries. And such revels. tons become precious just in proportion as he had instructed us while living. In al most every sense these chippings of his existence are almost priceless. What the sketch-books of Dr. Vance, Reynolds or Allston are to their works; what the tablets of Beethoven, carried in his pocket as he walked the streets were to his finished scores; what Hogarth's thumb-nail, on which he jotted down the attitudes and ex pressions that struck him on the Strand were to the plates that immortalize his name,—just tnis, and fully this, are these excerpts to the worss of our greatest ro mancer, and how is it possible that a critic. of literary instincts can fail to value theta at their standard ? There are things in them that build up whole worlds afresh alongside of our prosy existence. There is more sug gestiveness in a half score of these little bits of spontaneity than will suffice a week's brooding in the most thoughtful moods; tragedies, like songs without words, perfect without a character to enact them. Take for instance that hint of a story, whose inci dents fall within the gleam of a street lamp and its catastrophe simultaneous with its last expiring gleam. It is enough to stir the lagging imagination of even a journalist. Let us try it. We should not be presump tuous enough to fill in such an outline save under its stimulation. Out of the Alehouse, Swabian, Out in the blinding sleet; This way over the foot-bridge; 'Ware of the slippery street. 'Tis Hans, the bluff fire-warden, Blowing his midnight horn Aloft on dim St. Clements';— 'Twere better you ne'er were born. There is frenzy in thy senses; There are devils in thy sight:— This way over the foot-bridge In the streak'of its flickering light. What runs in thy veiny courses? Is't blood, or the chill of blight? Is't warmth for thy numbing senses, Out in this fearful sight? Out in the fearful midnight, 'Twere better one's bead were clear; Has the glare of this storm-swept lantern A devil's rollicking leer? Wouldst mock at this watehlight, Swabian, As if 'twere some roysteringform? Dost think that a flickering phantom Can brave so dread a storm ? Out in the fearful midnight A battle of gust and beam ! An angry heaven above thee Below, an angry stream. There's a yawning , gulf, 0 Swabian, Where the storm, in its whirling wrath, Ras torn from the skeleton timbers The planks in thy trembling path. Out in. the fearful midnight, Here by the fitful light, Think of thy soul's reversion, Think of its pristine might. Beware thy one step farther, And the lantern's beckoning leer; There's death in the sliding torrent,— There's a brink to the jarring pier. A wail in the fearful midnight; In the raving tide—a splash The sleet on the lantern rattles, But the night has eaverned its flash laCrElisE.S.—This morning, ayor. °- Michael issued a license to Laugstroth , e, Hall in Germantown. The dealers in petroleum, benzine, &C., have been receiving their licenses during the past few days. Thus far 46 have been granted. Diztry.
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