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VOLUME XLX.---NO. 232.
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.EIVIERY EVANINEro
(Except Sunday) at
No. 32,9 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia,
BY THE
cFM3IM:NG BULLETIN 9I3ENXEATIOBPP.
PBOPPSZTOBEL
PEACOCK., CASPER BOUTrt,
IfETICRESTON, ERNEST C. W
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eents per week. payable to the carriers. or it 00 Per
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DIED.
SHARP—On the 15th instant. at the residence of
"Jars. W. Sharp, No. 1518 South Fifth street, Mrs. Eve-
Tina Shs,., in the 7191 year of her age.
STAVM.X—On Saturday, the 13th instant, Sarah
"W,Stavely, wife of y. T. Stavely.
Her remains will be conveyed to Doylestown oa
Tuesday 'morning, ysui. lsth, where the faneral will
'take place. Train leaves N. Pa. Railroad Station,
'I bird and Thompson, at 8 o'clock and 36171. A. M. *
WILLS—Mary Lehman, daughter of Mr. Edward
and Mary Louisa Wills, aged 5 months. 91
TXTBITIc MOREEITS FOR SKIRTS.
1Y Green Watered Moreene.
6-4 and 54 Green Baize,
White Cloth for Ilacies.
White Evening Gilks.
EYRE & LANDELL, Fourth and Arch
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.
10°SECOND WEEK. OF PRAYER.—Monday, P.
M., at 4 o'clock, Tenth, below Spruce, Dr. March.
'Tuesday, at the same hour—Eighth, above Green, Dr.
}Kennard. Wednesday- Twentieth and Spring Garden,
Rev. Alfred Cook_man. Thursday—Broad, below
Spruce Dr. Wiley. Friday—Green, above Fifteenth.
Rev. Mr. Giesey. Saturday- Epiphany, Chestnut and
Fifteenth. lt•
qeITHE SIXTEENTH ANNIVERSARY OF
the 'Union School and Children's Home" will
be d in St. Andrew's Church. Eighth street , above
:Spruce, on Monday Evening, January 15th. at half
past seven o'clock.
The annual reports win be read, and addressee de
livered by Rev. Drs. Beadle and Butler, Rev. Mr.
Boardman and others. jal3.2t rp
SPECIAL NOTICES.
F7treHOWARD HOSPITAL, Nos. 1518 and 1520
Lombard street, Dispensary Department. Med.
atment and medicines furnished gratuitously
&paha poor. gratuitous
VTHE ANNUAL MEETLNG of the C intribu
tors to the WOMAN'S HOSPITAL of Philadel
will be held at the Hospital Building, North
Colleje avenue and .fwebtraecoad street, on THITR.S
DAY , January 10th, at 3 o'clock. P. H.
jalo,3trps E. F. HA LLOWAY, Secretary.
tOs CITIZENS' VOLUNTEER HOSPITAL.—
FELCaL NOTICE.—AII persons having claims
against this institution, are hereby notified to present
their bills before the first of FEBRUARY next, as the
organization is about to ceas-.
CA ART ES P. PEROT, Treasurer.
S. E. cor. Broad and Christian streets.
THE ANNIIAL MEETING of the Stock
holders of the 'Gibson Oil Company," of
l lh adelbhia. will be held at the Office, 532, Walnut
street, on Tuesday, February 6th, 1866, at 11 o'clock, A.
M. At this meeting the question as to the propriety
of reducing the Capital Stock of the Company will be
submitt e Stockholders.
B. M. WEAVER,
jals.Bwi Secretary.
WOFFICIO OF. THE HAZLETON RAILROAD
COlll - PAIsri—PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 13, 1666.
e * Anneal Meeting of the Stockholders of the
Hazleton Railroad Company will be held at their
office, No. 303 WALNUT street, on THURSDAY,
the 15th day of February next. at 12 o clock M., when
an election will be held for nine Directors to serve the
ensuing year
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10, SPECIAL NOTlCE.—Tbe4Annual Meeting of
Stockholders of tb e NORTH PENNSYLVANIA
Ci•ELL C)MPANY will be held at the office of the
company, No. 213 WALNUT Street. second floor. in
the City of Philadelphia. on WEDNESDAY, January
31st, 1866, at 3 o'clock P. M., at which time and place an
election for officers and directors for the ensuing year
will take place. WM. H. GORDON, bec'y.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 15, .866. jals-m,w,f6t*
U. OFFICE NV.k.ST PHYLADELPHIA. PAS
SENGER RAILWAY' COMPANY, Northwest
corner FORTY-FIRST and HAVERFORD streets,—
Tqate.DELPSUA, Sen. 9th, 1866.
The Board of Directors have this day declared a
Dividend of FIVE PER CENT. on the capital stock
for the last six months, clear of all taxes, payable on
and after the l9th inst.
The books for the transfer of Stock will be closed
until that day.
jall-f-m-w-s-rpit
2,ICT tUAL FIRE I
OF PHILADELRHI
street, First month Mb, 18.
At an election held on
Lug named persons were el
any.
Caleb Clothier.
Benjamin Malone,
Thomas Mather,
T. C. Chapman,
Simon Matlack.
_Aaron W. Gaskill,
At a meeting of the Boar
Caleb Clothier was unani..
Benjamin Malone, Vice. •
'Treasurer, andi T.
Aljal.s-3tl
ll;?* OFFICE OF THE LFRIGH CuAL AND
NAVIGATION COMPANY, PHLLADBLPHIA,
December 21st, 1865.
LOAN FOR SALE.
IN SUMS TO SUIT PURCHASERS.
The Loan of this Company, due April Ist, MSC inte
rest payable quarterly, at the rate of six per cent. per
annum- -
This Loan is secured by a mortgage on all the Corn
.pany's coal Lands, Canals, and Slackwater Navigation
In the Lehigh rlver,and all their Railroads,constructed
and to be constructed, between Mauch Chunk and
Wilkesbarre, and branch roads convected therewith,
and the franchise of the Company relating thereto.
Apply to. SOLOMON STIRPHERD, Treasurer,
de2l.rptfa 122 South Second street.
Oht. , AMERICAN ACADEMY OP MUSIC.—
SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' 11051 E
Prof. A. E.RODGERS, M. D., of the University of
Pennsylvania, will deliver
A LECTURE
Sot the , . Benefit of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home on
Snb..ONESDAY EVENING, Jan. VW, 1868. .
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"4 GLANCE AT THE WORLD WE LIVE IN!"
rzWiYaiilAitsiitiFiiA.474;4s:4Al
The simplicity and unity in the plan of creation.
Sketch of the former condition and constitution of
•our Planet and its progressive stages in becoming the
-abode of life. Earth, air and water, in their relation
- to vegetable and animal forms.
The Indestructibility of Matter and its Forces.
The true meaning of Fire, or Combustion, illustrated
.exPerimentally: for example; the burning of various
substances—solids, gases, the atmosphere, the human
' breath, with the recovery of the elements of the
bodies destroyed by fire,
The ri g ne rod action of Heat by Cold.
Familiar illustrations of Motion.
Proofs by experiment, that Bound, Heat. Light,
-Electricity, Galvania ,
lion are but varietiesmof mostgitle. and Chemical Ac-
Magical Transformation of Colors, with the exhibl-
Mon of the magnificent Magenta and Solferino Dyeell
among a variety of Sound producing Instruments,
the novel and curious "Chime of Musical Bells,' the
invention of our talented fellow-townsman, Mr. E. N.
Scharr. will be Introduced.
Admission to all parts of the house, 50 cents.
Secured Seats without extra charge.
Tickets for sale at PUGH'S Book Store, S. W. earner
Of Sixth and Chestnut streets.
Doors open at 7 o'clock P. M. Lecture to commence
at 8 o'clock. jais st?
MErmo.-officlal intelligence from the
-city of Chihauhan to the Bth ultimo has been
received. President Juarez, instead of
being at San Antonio, in Texas, am has been
. reported, was resting quietly at Mihnahua.
He writes to a friend as follows: "The corn
:mending officers of his State, the frontier,
'States, and political leaders, have all ex
pressed their approval of the extension of
my term, and I have reason to believe that
-the- same will happen in the other States
of the republic." The French, it seems, had
sent another expedition to Chihauhua, and
should they be in great force. the Mexican
.Government will again abandon that city,
and go to some other convenient part of the
republic.
Iztallots.—lllinois has 2,250,000 inhabi
•tants by her late censun--an increase of 5391 1 -
4000 since 1860, though she meantime sent
256,090 men to the war. The Chicago Tribune
thinks she will, in 1870, be the third State in
the Union, having passed Ohio, as Chicago
(it is presumed) will then have passed Cin
cinnati. To fill this programme, Illinois
must have in that year not less than
3,000,900 inhabitants, and Chicago at least
.300,000.
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AS LER" G. GAtcr.
Secretary
SAMUEL P. lEITEUN,
Treasurer
NST3RANCM COMPANY
A, Office N 0.5 South Fifth
he Bth instant, the follow
ted Directors of this corn
William P. Reeder,
Joseph Chapman,
Edward M. Needles.
Wilson M. Jenkins,
Lukens Webster,
Cearles Evans.
d of Directors held this day,
only reelected President:
resident: Thomas Mather,
LWOOD CHAPMAN,
Secretary.
rM'n ' MF ' TM . ME . TM I I
No. ra.l
[Correspondence of the Phila. Evening Bulletin.]
DENVER CITY, COLORADO TERRITORY,
Nov. 30th, 1865.—The fifth day of our pas
sage dawned clear and plasant; at 3 A. M.
we passed Julesburg, one of the many
stations which were severely treated by the
Indians last winter.
During the day we pased two "friendly"
Indians; the .term friendly being, on• the
plains, applied to those Indians who have,
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in their own lingo, " one to the happy
hunting grounds of the spirits. Those we
passed had been killed - an attack upon a
freight train some three weeks before we
passed, the teamsters had been too strong
for them, and had killed in all, some eight
or ten of the Indians. They had, however,
with their accustomed care for the bodies of
their dead comrades, succeeded in carrying
off all the bodies but these two. One, an
immense fellow, who must have stood over
e) .
six feet high, was nail r up to a telegraph
pole, his fellow wanders in the spirit land
was lying on the group . They were not,
probably, quite so plea ant to look upon
when in this state as when alive, but
were certainly more harmless. Towards
evening a few Indians; mounted on their
ponies, were visible back in the bluffs;
we kept watch for them 'all night, but were
not molested. •
At SA. M. the next morning we passed
Junction, at this point we left the Platte
river road and took the cut off road running
directly into Denver. As the sun rose we
had a most beautiful view of the Rocky
Mountains; the snowy range,:with its white
peaks glistening in the sun, a
fit welcome for a stranger to this
land of gold. The sun, as it rose higher,
touched each snow-clad peak with its beams,
until finally the whole range was bathed in
the rosy light. To our right lay Longs
Peak, with its dark sides and white capped
top, to the left the famous Pike's Peak;
between them was the long snowy ranges;
below was the range wherein lay Nevada,
Central City, Black Hawk apd Golden City,
the principal mining towns of the Territory.
So clear was the air, that we could hardly
believe they were a hundred miles away, so
near did they appear.
Our road now lay over a gently rolling
country, abounding in game; herds of ante
lopes could be seen grazing on the bluffs,
prairie wolves were on ell sides, while
whole colonies of prairie dogs lined the road.
The prairie dog is a most comical little fel
low, about the size of a squrrel, and is
adorned with a little white tail like a rabbit.
They are perfectly harmless, living on the
roots of the prairie grass, and are easily
tamed. They are, however, difficult to
shoot, keeping near their holes, and even
when mortally wounded they will contrive
to fall into them. Having no further use
for our surplus ammunition, being now
safe from Indian attacks, we amused our
selves during the day by firing from the
coach at the game on all sides of us. The
motion of the coach not being conducive to
good marksmanship, we met with but little
success. About dark we obtained our first
vie of Denver. As the road mounted over
the last of the slight bluffs we caught sight
of a few twinkling lights below us. This
was our destination. At 10 P. M. we drove
up to the Planter's House. five days and
fourteen hours having been consumed in
traveling 653 miles. Por the first time for
nearly a week we had the pleasure of sleep
ing in a bed, and of enjOying what Western
men style a "square meal." The next day
was spent in looking over the city. Denver
lies on the bank of the Platte, about twenty
miles from the mountains, and is a city of
about six thousand inhabitants. The set
tlement was first begun in 1859, by the
Pike's Peak gold hunters, and was named
after the Governor ofd Kansas, Colorado
being at that time part, of Kansas. It has
rapidly increased in Bike since that time,
and is now the largest city in the territory,
of which it is the commercial capital. It is
the metropolis of the mining country, large
numbers of the miners spending the winter
here. It boasts of a number of hotels, and
has one theatre with a good stock company.
all the new plays being produced here a
soon as in New York. Two daily news
papers furnish the citizens with the news of
the day. There are a plumber of churches
here, one of which, the Methodist, is quite a
large edifice, tastefully, built of brick. A
National Bank and several private banking
houses afford monetary facilities; money is
here worth from three I to five per cent. per
month, and often brings much higher rates
of interest. A branch Of the United States
Mint is located here; it does not, however,
coin the gold, but merely assays and runs
it into bars.
Of the morals of the city but little can be
said, but that they have improved of late
years. In the early days of the country it
was a common occurrende for several men to
be nightly killed in the gambling saloons of
the city. These saloons are still extant, their
large halls being nightlY filled with miners
and others who in a fewininutes hazard the
results of weeks of hard abor.
The attractions of the view gulch mines in
Montana and elsewherbhave carried off
many of the more turbulent spirits, and
with the exdeption of a "garrote" every two
or three nights the city is quite orderly. It
is, however, considered eale to carry a re
volver after night fall. One great drawback
to living in Denver is the excessively high
;price of articles of living; All, or nearly all,
the population eat, wear i or use in any way
is transported nearly seven hundred miles
in mule or ox trains. Four is sold at from
$l5 to $2O per sack of one hundred pounds,
potatoes twenty-five cents per pound, eggs
two dollars per dozen, horn ten cents per
pound,lpples fifty cer to one dollar a
piece; all other articles a similar rates. The
grasshoppers usually m age to eat two out
of three of the crops plarOd. The one cheap
article here is beef, being both very good •
and very cheap, the prairie grass being fit
for grazing purposes all the year. There is
much business done in the city. Long
trains of wagons, arriv h and depart daily,
loaded with food, clot ' g and machinery.
t.l ll,
The streets are filled wi busy crowds, and
the idle spectator can h dly believe he is;
650 miles from the rest of e world. Denver,
however, does not offer any attractions to
make it popular with a stranger, so after '.a'.
few day's rest from the atigue of our over-'
land stage trip, we left or Central City to ,
visit the mines in that vi inity.
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Leaving early in th morning in the
mountain coach, we forded the Platte and
began the ascent of the ountains. Oa our
I
way up we passed thro gh Golden Gate, 'a
pass in the mountains, c t out probably, at
some day long passed by the action of
water. The mountains here tower above
the traveler on either sid , leaving a narrow
and winding road at their base. Timid
travelers should avoid Colorado; the roads
are too precarious for `weak nerves. At
times our road would •• • d around the top
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f some of the mountains along the edge o f
a precipice, affording us a view of the
valley, one thousand feet directly beneath
us, with but six inches between the wheel
track and the edge. Going at a fast trot
over roads of this description is an everyday
affair in the Territory. In the afternoon we
passed through Black Hawk, a mining
town of some importance a mile or so below
Central City, which place we reached about
four P. M.
Central City, Black Hawk and Nevada are
towns built in the same gulch, which how
ever, bears different names at each place.
They lie between two ranges which here
meet. They boast of but one street—if
more, room be required, it is necessary
either to blast it out of the rock, or to build
one's house above the. one facing the street,
thus giving your neighbor, from his garret
window, a good view of the condition of
your cellar. But little mining is carried on
in the immediate vicinity of Central City, it
is more of a commercial city, and engaged
in furnishing supplies of every kind to the
miners. Nevada is the smallest of the three
places. It is at Black Hawk that much of
the mining is carried on, the richest leads,
or veins of ore, having been found here.
The sides of the mountains are dotted with
shafts, each of which is the entrance to a
valuable mine. In the early days of min
ing in the territory, the process of extract
ing the gold was a simple one; the "torn,"
"cradle," or more simple pan, was used.
The gulch mines, however, were soon
exhausted. It then became necessary to
devise some means by which the gold
could be extracted from its veins. Some
account of these processes and of the more
celebrated mines will constitute the next
letter, until which time I am, yours,
BREAKING OF THE ICE BLOCKADE
AT ST. LOUIS.
Further Particulars of the
Losses.
The Cincinnati Commercial, of Saturday,
has the following additional details of the
loss by the moving of the ice at St. Louis:
As was anticipated, after a forty-eight
hours' rain, with a south wind, the ice in the
river commenced showing indications of
breaking up, about 4 o'clock this morning.
The signal for such a catastrophe was a loud,
crashing noise,andlong-continued rumbling
sounds, heard by people in their beds. The
mail steamer Belle Memphis, which has
been ice-bound near the centre of the river,
for several weeks, had the ice cleared about
her last evening and at half-past four, an
Ice cake struck her on the starboard side,
breaking in a large hole, when the hold of
the steamer commenced filling with water,
and she sank down to her guards.
Captain Musselman, the engineer and
crew, who were on board at the time,imme
diately sought safety by abandoning the
steamer and pushing, lbr shore. They
brought off her lamps. The engineer fell
into an ice gully and got a ducking.
This morning at two o'clock the weather
was spring -like, with a warm breeze from
the South. A large crowd of spec:ators
lined the wharf, in momentary expectation
of a general upheaval in the body of the
ice. The Belle Memphis was still seen, up
to her guards, supported by the ice, with a
prospect of sinking in about thirty-five feet
of water, when the surrounding ice gives
way.
Since last night, up to the hour above
mentioned, she was moved down about
half a block, and remained fast opposite
Vine street. About fifty men were em
ployed in the morning in bringing on the
wharf all the furniture from the sinking
boat that could be got at.
The plank ice bridge at the upper ferry
had moved down the distance of four blocks
from the foot of Carr and Ferry streets.
Footmen were still passing in crowds at 9
A. M. The ice-bound steamers hugging
the levee from the Big :Horn down stream
were in static quo. At 11 o'clock, in addi
tion to the Belle Memphis, the following
I oats were sunk:
The Warsaw, a stern -wheel steamer, be
longing to the Keokuk Packet Company,
was lying sunk at the foot of Miller street.
The General Grant, also a stern•wheel
steamer, belonging to John J. Roe 41S: Co.,
running in the Upper Missouri Mountain
trade, was reported sunk near the sectional
dry docks. The John Friendly and another
ferry-boat belonging to the Waggins Ferry,
are lying on their sides near the Illinois
shore. The Prairie Rose, above the grain
elevator, has also sunk. She belongs to the
Ohio River trade.
The Sub-marine No. 8, a wrecking boat,
is wrecked on the Illinois shore. The
Memphis Packet Company's wharf-boat
at the foot of Pine street, has been pushed
up on the wharf. and has careened over.
The Nebraska, which started from the foot
of Spruce street this morning, has cut a
channel up to Olive street outside the fleet.
She is working beautifully. The Mary
Forsyth has backed out and run in back of
the wharf-boat.
The Omaha was swept down from above
the Big Horn a full block. She lies at the
foot of Pine street, a perfect wreck, her
machinery having been taken out. The
guards of the Cora, one of the finest of the
Missouri River boats, have been smashed.
The Argonaut and Molly McPike have been
carried down a full block, lying at the foot
of Market street.
At least ten thousand people were occu
pying every conspicuous point on the levee.
The river has risen three feet, with a rise of
four feet coming down from the mouth of
the Missouri River.
The banks of the Osage, Gasconda, and
all the upper rivers, are fall. At half-past
twelve the ice broke near the foot of Cherry
street, making a channel some twenty feet
in width. The whole field of ice below
moved that distance. Two or three men,
crossing the plank bridge just above, went
in, and had to swim ashore. The Belle
Memphis broke, about the same time, amid
ships, and it is reported that two men
jumped from the stern and went under the
The Nebraska, which is employed by the
Underwriters, at $l,OOO per day, at half-past
1, had cleared' a channel up to the foot of
Vine street, and within a hundred yards of
the clelle Memphis. A small ferry boat
ran in the wake of the Nebraska, picking
up the small crumbs.
At half past four the Belle Memphis had
been pressed several blocks down stream
by the ice, and is apparently a total loss.
She is insured for $40,000, mostly in foreign
offices. At that hour the river was free from
this side to within a few yards of the Illinois
shore, and many railroad passengers were
coming over in skiffs.
The Chicago passengers attempted to cross
about one o'clock, on the ice, but when near
this side were frightened, and returned to
Bloody Island, at full speed, men and
women, alike.
The New Admiral was carried so near to
the shore that she now lies quite easy and
will be saved with small damages. She is
the boat reported as a total loss on the occa
sion of the former smash up of the ice. No
additional casualties have been renorted.
Despatches received last evening, from St.
Joseph and Leavenworth report a consider
able rise in the river from heavy rains,
which has been pouring down incessantly
for forty-eight hours.
A similar state of affairs, no doubt, exists
in the upper river, which is bound to carry
off the ice and affords a good boating stage
of water. To-day's despatches represent the
Missouri River open between Washington,
only fifty miles above St. Charles, and Kan
sas City. A heavy rise is expected from this
stream.
THE 10.1ENIA:NS.
The Excitement Among the Loyal and
Rebel Brothers---The Issu
ing of the Bonds.
The London Times on the
The Fenians of New York and the sister
cities were in a high state of excitement on
Saturday and yesterday, occasioned by the
publication of the letters of Stephens, the
Chief Executive of the ;Irish Republic, in
dorsing the action of O'Mahony. The Sena
torial party, who, it appears, are still in a
state of rebellion, and show no sigas of re
pentance, pronounce the correspondence
spurious, while the adherents of O'Mahony
believe the documents in question genuine,
and regard them as putting an eternal
quietus on the alleged traitorous machina
tions of Roberts. The Chief of Union square,
who sits in "awful state" in the Moffatt
mansion, was besieged yesterday by hun
dreds of Fenians, some of whom came to
congratulate the Head Centre on his victory
over the "traitors;" others to inquire fur
ther about the Stephens's correspondence
and the issuing of the bonds, and a few
who had clung to the Roberts's fortunes,
but were now determined to abandon the
Bowery Chieftain. The last named came
to make atonement for their recent seces
sion, and professions of loyalty for the
future, earnestly begging to be al
lowed to take the oath of alle
giance, and become "reconstructed"
members of the Utopian Fenian Irish Re
public as soon as possible. It is stated, on
what assumes to be good authority, that the
bonds will soon be issued With John O'Ma
bony's name as agent engraved on them,
and that some Wall street brokers have al
ready made applications for large quanti
ties. They wilt be regularly quoted, it is
said, at the Stock Board, and will be rapidly
••taken up" when put in the market. The
treasury will be replenished in a short
time—as soon as the four or five hundred
delegates who attended the late Con
gress shall have reached their respective
circles and thoroughly aroused the enthu
siasm of their constituents. The proprie
tors of the hotels and saloons in the vicinity
of Union Square anticipate a large patronage
for the next twelve months, and have made
extensive preparations to meet the expected
demand. Altogether the affairs of the
Brotherhood look flourishing at least on
this side of the Atlantic, and the storms of
the early springtime promise to be suc
ceeded by a golden harvest in the kingdom
of Fenia.
(From the London Times, Dee, ILI
KINGSESSING
We are not sanguine enough to believe
that Fenianism is the last burlesque of pa
triotism that will impose upon Irish cre
dulity. It is strange that a nation so highly
gifted with a sense of the ludicrous should
be so destitute of the power to distinguish
between shams and realities. A conspiracy
of bagmen, as it has been called, to establish
a Republic in Ireland, of all nations in the
world, auggests to any mind but that of a
genuine Irishman, a whole train of absur
dities. There is not on the face of the earth.
a people less qualified for a Republican
form of government, or so incapable
of the political action which,
even if Great Britain were passive,
could alone render its success possible.
Large towns, a powerful middle-class, the
predominance of commercial interests, the
habit of harmonious combination for pur
poses of local self-government, mutual
confidence and respect between the various
classes of society, and, we may add, the
influences of Protestantism—such are some
of the more important conditions under
which Republicanism has been known to
flourish. In Ireland we not only do not
find these conditions, but we do find the
very reverses of them—a rural population
which is only dense by comparison with the
fertility and is sparse by comparison with
the area of the country; a remarkable want
of commercial activity and of any middle
class except the farmers; a standing feud
between these and the lanlords, as well as
between the landlords and the priests, the
peasantry and the employers of labor; a rare
aversion from combination for any but clan
destine and illegal purposes; a deep mis
trust of each other,not only among different
classes, but among members of the same
class; and a body of Roman Catholic clergy,
peculiarly jealous of political independence,
exercising a paramount authority over the
minds of the poor. In America, it is true,the
circumstances are somewhat more favorable
to a Fenian Republic; but our American
cousins have no intention of allowing a po
litical parody on Mormonism to be estab
lished on their continent. It must be founded
in Ireland or not at all, and Ireland is
the very last place in which such an
experiment could be successful. Let the
Irish Fenians, if there be any who still be
lieve in Fenianism, only look at the ridicu
lous figure which their brethren in America
are now cutting. Let them consider how
far below the cabbage garden level the
prestige of Irish nationality has fallen in the
persons of those patriots who are now
making themselves the laughing-stocks of
the American public, and the whole world
the confidant of Fenian baseness. Let them
lay to heart the lesson which they are thus
enabled to learn without risk to themselves
or ruin to the country, and then reflect on
the incredible madness of defying, with
divided counsels and traitors in their midst,
the whole power of England, united as one
man.
• SOLDIERS' Morandrarr.—The citizens of
Franklin, Venango county, have subscribed
the sum of $2,349, all of which has been paid
in except $l6O, for the purpose of erecting a
soldiers' monument in one of the public
squares of that town. To this is to be added
the one thousand dollars voted the county
by the Pittsburgh Sanitary Fair managers.
Fenians.
[From today's N. Y. Tribune.]
Jr.S Scorers Inaugural Speech.
On accepting the position of President of
the Senate of New Jersey, Hon. James M.
Scovel made a speech of which the following
is an extract:
"In my political career,
however, much
misunderstood by friend or foe, I have
endeavored to act in accordance with the
light within me. I hold what is wrong in
morals cannot be right in politics; and I
trust ilist I have been and am able to respect
the honesty of sentiment in those with
whom I most widely differ in political
opinion. If I err as I frequently will, it
shall not be from any intentional injustice
. to any man representing a constituency on
this floor. With those in .the Senate with
whom I have been for many years closely
associated, what shall I say? With them I
am connected by the strong and tender ties
of political friendship, by every faculty of
mind and in every impulse of my heart;
and I trust to day, that I will be joined by
all the honorable gentlemen who occupy
seats in the Senate in expressing our
unspeakable joy that, since the clash of
arms has ceased, the land we love, dearer
to us by the sacrifices our sons and brothers
have made for it, stands stronger and more
beautiful than ever as the Republic emerges
from the barbarism of slavery into the
light of purer civilization.
' America becomes again what Cavour
said she was five years ago, the admiration
of man and the wonder of the world.' For
getting the present and glancing at the past;
we recall almost the latest words of our
lamented Chief Magistrate. 'Fondly do we
hope, fervently do we pray,' said Abraham
Lincoln, the kind-hearted gentleman, the
first statesman and the foremost patriot of
the age, so lately lost to the land he loved so
well, and in which he w as so well beloved,
fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray,
that this mighty scourge of war may speedily
pass away.'
" The Stateman's prayer has been answer
ed. But he, like Moses, lived to see a pro
mised land he never entered. He died the
loftiest but not the latest victim to the ava
rice, the rapacity and the despair of a
dying rebellion. He sleeps, our Com
mander-in-Chief, beside the lowliest soldier
who gave up his life for the Republic.
We who wanted peace the most won
it by the sword ; and now, like a bow of
promise, it spans the land; with it comes
new blessings and added burdens. The
Legislator is merely the servant of the
thinker and the people who think, as well as
toil, have sent us hereto lighten the burdens
which press upon the springs of industry;
that we may guard the honor, develop the
interests and extend the influence of New
Jersey, now, as fair a star as shines in the
firmament of the nation. Let us as the
trusted representati7es of a constituency,
many of whom we may never see, so far as
it is in our power, strive to bind up the na
tion's wounds. Let us proclaim our faith
in the Declaration of Independence which is
not for us 'the passionate manifesto of a
Revolutionary War,' but the living and
breathing utterance of immortal truths.
Let us 'care for him who shall have borne
the battle and for his widows and orphans,'
and above all, while we listen to the mate
rial interests which daily appeal to us, let us
never forget the sacred and everlasting in
terests of justice and humanity."
[For the Philadelphia Evening Bullegn. I
Soldiers' Families.
Having charge of the Clothing Depart
ment, I appeal urgently to our ladies and
gentlemen to send everything in the shape
of clothing you can possibly spare. I have
received upwards of 5,(00 pieces and need
more—still more.
The wives and children of our soldiers—
yea, even the soldiers themselves, have been
clothed by your contributions.
Children lave come here this cold weather
without either shoes or stockings, and ;but a
thin outer garment to cover their naked
ness.
My own hands have put your stockings
on their little red cold feet and limbs and
supplied them with other outer garments to
keep them from 'freezing.
It would melt your hearts to see them.
Surely there is much spare clothing that
could be sent.. All sizes, from the infant to
the man or woman, needed. Lincoln's
mourning alpaca or muslin is very service
able. All kinds of food that will keep, or
that will keep a few days, send on. You do
not know how thankfully these poor
mothers receive a loaf of bread, or some
rice, or beans, or potatoes, or crackers, or
meal, or fionr, or anything to sustain life.
Ladies, come and see us. Take a peep into
our parlor, turned into an office, into a corn
mis,_ary deparment for Soldiers' widows
and orphans. Please send all articles that
can be washed, clean and ready for use.
Keep up our treasury, too, for City Pastor,
with the aid of an expert clerk, has his
hands full from early morning till after
dark, writing orders for food and groceries.
and distributing greenbacks.
A little effort and self-denial from all our
ladies will bring blessings to our sisters in
suffering. The war is over, but their battle
is going on still. Cold, hunger, nakedness,
want are cruel foes. Come, come to the
rescue. Let there be no exempts. Let us
all do a little,and God and suffering human
ity will bless our efforts. Yours, ttc.,
Mrs. CITY PASTOR,
1341 Lombard street.
Philadelphia, Jan. 15, 1866.
AMUSEMENTS.
THE CHESTNUT.—We are to have a change
of programme at the Chestnut this week.
"The Sleeping Beauty," which still pre
serves its popularity, will be retained as an
afterpiece, with all its fun, wit, gorgeous
scenery, and magic effects. The opening
play during each evening will be the
exciting nautical drama of "Red Rover,"
taken from Cooper's novel of that name.
Many and varied attractions will be pre
sented, the first of which is a splendid pano
rama of Newport, R. 1., by Richard Smith,
said to be one of the most beautiful pano
ramas ever presented on the stage, and it
will create a great sensation. There will
also be new mechanical effects, new
and brilliant music, and a cast comprising
the strength of the company, including
Mordaunt, Lennox, Young, Foster, Dailey,
Fisher, Bradford, Miss Cooper, cte. No
alteration will be made in the cast of "The
Sleeping Beauty," and it will still comprise
much of the finest talent in Mr. Sinai's com
pany. On Wednesday and Saturday after
noons "The Sleeping Beauty" will be given
at the matinees, and on Thursday evening
Richard Smith takes his benefit : Next
week "Arrah na Pogue" will be revived.
Tux ABCs.—This evening Mrs. John
Drew revives "Fortunio," taking the main
part herself. The rest of the cast has been
selected with great care, and comprises a
great ideal of talent. Among the artists
named are Messrs. Fitzgerald, James, Ever
ham, Molt, Gale, Wallis, Crease, Savage,
Stuart. Robson, Goldson Roberts, Worth,
Mackay; Mrs. Crease, Mrs, Jones, Mrs.
F. L. FE'DIERSTON. Publisher.
DOUBLE SHEET, THREE CENTS.
Styles, Mrs. ,Thayer, Mrs. Reeves; Miss
Reeves, Miss Summerfield, and Miss Rosa
Wood, formerly premier danseuse of the
theatre,who will appear in two grand dances.
Nearly all the scenery will be new, the
work of Mr. Hawthorne, and the music will
be fine. "Fortunio" will be given during
the week, with two other pieces each eve
ning. Mrs. Drew has a benefit on Friday,
and Miss Jean Hosmer appears next
Monday.
THE WAtaiirr.—Mrs. John Wood has
been re-engaged, in accordance with the
unanimous public wish, and will appear in
"Pocahontas" this evening. Other attrac
tive entertainments will also be offered.
The present engagement of Mrs. Wood has
been immensely successful, the houses
being invariably crowded and fashionable,
and the burlesque performances especially
delightful. In "London Assurance" Mrs.
Wood made Lady Gay Spanker a mere
burlesque, which, while it was very funny,
was not aropropriato„ but in everything else
she has played she has been really charm
ing. Her heartiness, wit, dash and mellow
humor put spirit into the entire company,
and when she is on the stage the house is
sure to be one glow of animation.
HELLER.-11 gives us pleasure to an•
nounce that Robert Heller continues his
soirees at Concert Hall during this week.
He changes his programmes nightly. This
evening "The Sphynx" will be introduced.
It is said to be one of his most entertaining
affairs. He has delighted the lovers of
music as well as the admirers of magic, and
his audiences have increased in. numbers
every evening. A prominent and amusing
feature of Heller's entertainments 'is the
capital way he has of interspersing witty
sayings among his odd tricks. These puns
and jokes lighten the soirees amazingly and
add a hundred per cent. to their populart3r,
SIGNOR BLITZ at Assembly Building ap
pears every evening and on Wednesday
and Saturday afternoons. He has added
some new features to his repertoire lately.
MURDEROUS ASSAULT.—Frank Morris
was before Alderman McMullin, on Satur
day, upon the charge of having committed
a murderous assault upon James Perry, at
Tenth and Locust streets. It was with the
greatest difficulty that Morris could be
arrested. Wben the policemen went to his
house, at Tenth and Shippen streets, he
went out through the trap door and ran
across several roofs before he was captured.
He was sent below. He has been in the
hands of the police before, and several
months ago was charged with having
assaulted Rev. J. Wheaton Smith.
A CONSTABLE IN TBOUBLE.—Frank Mor
gan, Constable of the Third Ward, was be
fore Ald. Tittermary on gaturday, upon
the charge of the larceny of about $1,830,
the property of ex-Alderman James T.
Harner. The two had been out riding to—
gether, and Mr. Harner alleges that the
money was stolen while in the carriage.
Morgan was committed in default of $4,000
bail for a further hearing.
AN ExcrrrNG SCENE.—There were quite
a large number of skaters on the Schuylkill
yesterday afternoon. At two o'clock rather
an exciting scene occurred on the west side.
Where the cutters had been at work a large
cake of ice broke loose and floated down the
stream, with a boy upon it. A boat was
procured and the youth was rescued from
his perilous position.
ESCAPED AGAIN.—The young man Don
nelly, charged with stabbing Sergeant
Broomell, who was arrested by the First
Ward Police, has again escaped. While on
the way to the Central Station, he broke
away from the officer having him in charge,
and although several shots were fired at him
and be is believed to have been wounded,
he succeeded in getting away.
ANOTHER Russ.—The number of appli
cations for appointments on the police force
is becoming quite large. The petitions are
received on Mondays, and this morning
there was another rush. The applicants
were formed is line by Chief Ruggles, and
each one presented hio documents in form
to Mayer McMichael, who received them in
the ante-room adjoining his private office
LARCENY OF CHICK ENS. Abraham
Jackson and Thomas Johnson, colored,
were arrested this morning at Sixth and
Pine streets, on suspicion of having stolen
a lot of chickens which they had in a bag.
The men were committed by Ald. Butler,
and the chickens await an owner at the
Fifth Ward Police Station.
lOWA SENATORS.—Ex-Governor Kirk
wood, of lowa, has been elected, by the
Legislature of that State, United States
Senator to fill the unexpired term. As his
successor for the long term, commencing
March 4, 1867, the Secretary of the Interior,
the Hon. James Harlan, has been elected.
ROBRERY.—Some time during last night
the clothing store of J. Ezekiel LC: L.Shumpp,
No. 3118 Market street, was broken into and
robbed of a lot of clothing.
The furnishing store of Mr. E. A. Wall,
at Fourth street and York Avenue was en—
tered and robbed of goods valued at about
$3O this morning.
PASSENGER RAILWAY ACClD'Erci.—Pat—
rick Daily was found on Saturday night.
lying upon The railway track on German
town avenue, near Broad street. A car had
passed over both of his legs below the knees.
The wounded man was taken to the Episco
pal Hospital by Officers Miller and Haas,
and subsequently died there.
ANOTHER DISCOVERY.-A lot of silver
spoons bearing the initials of Miss Mary
Watt were found yesterday in a field on the
line of the North Pennsylvania Railroad,
near Fisher's Lane. The spoons are sup
posed to have been stolen from the house of
miss Watt when she was murdered.
Tus 1,11 rix. WANDERERS' Homm.—We
acknowledge the receipt of the following
sums in aid of the funds of this charity:
S. C. Al. $lOOO
Previously acknowledged, . . 55 00
Total, $B5 00
GAMBLING.—Four boys,whose ages range
from fifteen to eighteen years were arrested
on Vine street wharf yesterday afternoon,
while engaged in gambling. They were
taken before Alderman Toland, and were
held for breach of the peace.
BROKE HIS LEG.—Michael McCabe, aged
45 years, fell on the ice on Main street, Ger
mantown, this morning and broke his leg.
EM"LOSION AT A GAS HOUSE.—The gas
manufactory at Jamestown, Mercer county,
Pa., blew up on last Monday evening with
a tremendous report. A hole was made in
the gasometer and the contents took fire.
The accident was occasioned by the burst
ing of a pipe from the cold weather. Work
men are already clearing away the rains,
and as soon as possible the place will be
rebuilt.