&IBM PEACOCK. Editor.
VOLUME XIX.
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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*
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ASSOCIATION
MM2iM
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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.