SON PEACOCK. Editor.
VOLUME XIX.---NO. 233.
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HEWETT—On the morning of the 16th instant,
.Anna:C., wife ofCbarles Hewett.
The Benda of the family are invited to attend her
.funeral from the residence of her husband, one mile
*west of Jenkyntown Station, N. P. R. 8., on Satur
-day, the 20th, at 11 A. M. ••••
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- Copt - Benjamin Lowndes JOhnSton, eldest son of the
late Capt. Thomas Johnston, , ll. S. Army. :Dne.notice
-of the funeral will be given. [Baltimore papers pleas.
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- MOUILE--On the morning of the 16th instant, - Kate.
Wife of Charles K. Moore, and daughter of the late
John Hinecle, Esq., in the 45th year of her age, Das
notice will be given of the funeral. •
w - rti Q. --;On the morning of the 15th instant, Mary
- Lehman, daughter of Mr.. Edward and Mary Louisa
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DAY, January lath; at 3 O'clock, P. M.
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OFFICE OF THE BRANDON ISA...AND OIL
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I) '7le' annual meeting of the Stockholders of this Com
pany, and an election for Directors to serve the ensuing
year wilt be held at, the office of the Company on
'I.B.t.HIEBAY, February Ist, at 1•2
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Secretary,
THE LOICSOLIDA9
I.I.PII.IunDELPILLA., JAIL
At an election held Janu
gentlemen were elected Di:
year
JAMES V. WATSON, ROBERT SHOEMAKER,
JOHN H BRINGIiIIRST, ROBERT F. TAYLOR.
H f'.NR 1 CROSKEY, JOHN W. THOMAS,
JOSEPF H. COLLINS, JOSEPH B. VANDUSEN,
-EDWIN A. LA:\.7DELL, JOHN P. VERREE,
:TXDLA - ht MATTHEWS, JAMES S. WATSON.
SEI.ECA E. MALONE, I
And at a meeting (..f the Board held this day JAMES
V. WATSON, Esq., was unanimously re-elected Presi
dent. - JOSEPH N, PEIRSOL,
It* Cashier.
CZ?, DIECHANIt.' :NATIO - AN:IAL BAN.I;, Puma.
DELPITIA, Jan. 15, 1865.
At the Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of this
Bank, held January 10th, 1866, the following named
.gentlemen were elected Directors for the ensuing
year
JOSEPH `B. MITCHELL
B.W. THCGLEY, -
GEORGE H. STUART,
G. D. ROz.E.N..ARTEN, JA-ILES T. YOUNG,
ISAACT. BAKER, EBENEZER MAX WELL
ROBERT STEED, L. C. lUNGERICH.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors held this day,
Joseph B. Mitchell was unanimously re-elected Presi
dent, and George H: Stuart, Vice-President.
J. WIEGAND, Jit.
Cashier.
U*OFFICE OF THE LFITIGH COAL AND
NAVIGATION COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA,
ZDecember 21st, 1865.
LOAN FOR SALE.
IN SUMS TO SUIT PURCHASERS.
The Loan of this Company, due April let, 188 i, inte
iest payable quarterly, at the rate of six per cent, per
annum. :
This Loan is secured by a mortgage on all the Com
pany's Coal Lands, Canals, and Slackwater Navigation
In the Lehigh river,and all their Rallroads,constracted
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 SA PPIIF , RD, Treasurer,
de2l-rptf? in South Second street.
wy7ISLNOTON SOUP HOUSE. .•
. NO. 247 ALLEN .STREET,
ear Marlborongh Street, PHILADLILPIILL Jan. 9, 1166.
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are distributing SOUP daily to the suffering and
worthy poor of their District, and Mr. Daniel B.
Mickle, No. 1019 Shackamazon street, has been ap
pointed their Agent to solicit and receive contributions
an aid of this desirable object. Any donations either in
money, wood, coal, flour, or vegetables will be thank
fully received by the Managers or either of the un
dersignea
GEORGE STOCKHAM, President,
Foot of York street, on the Delaware River.
ELI GARRISON. Vice :'Prest. ; 1031 Shackamaxon St.
GEORGE J. HAMILTON, Treasurer, National Ex
change Bank. Northwest cor. Second and Greea Sts.
CR MA MOM' "S, Secretary, 1035 Berth st., above
Laurel. ja-9tu4t-rp*
MAT.' the One Hundred and Forty-first Anni
versary Meeting of the CARPENTERS' COM
of the City and County of Philadelphia, held at
their Hall on January Nth. 1866, the following mem
bers were elected officers of the Company for the en
.suing year: • . _
PRESIDENT,
JOHN WIL f 3. A MR.
MOE PRESIDENT,
CHARLES CONAJELD
M=M
SASSES • HUI CHINSOIC.
SECRETARY, _
SAMUEL RAM.
VANAGENUMOMMITTF.E,
HENRY SECEYSTER,
4AMIIEL WILLIAMSON,
21Ms7RY PELTLLIPPE
MICHAEL ERRICICAN,
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WARDEN
,
SAXES G. STBFA.
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-officers thereof to serve for the ensuing year will be
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AMERICAN ACADEMY OF MUSIC.—
SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' HOSIE.
Prof. It. E. RODGERS, M. D., of the University of
'Pennsylvania, will deliver
A LECTURE •
'zior the Benefit of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home on
WEDNESDAY EVENING, Tan. Nth, 1866.
SubJect: .
A GLANCE AT TILE - WORLD WE LIVE IN!"
--- r\ 0 • :is I "ic -- "E "r - I •
The simplicity and unity in the plan of creation.
Sketch of the former condition and cOnstitutiell 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, &c., with the recovery of the elements of the
bodies destroyed by fire.
The production of Heat by Cold.
Familiar Illustrations of Motion.
Froolh by experiment. that Sound, Heat. Light,
Miectricity, Galvanism, Magnetism and Chemical Ac
tion are but varieties of =odor'.
magical Transformation of Colors, with the exhibi
tion of the magnificent Magenta and solferino Dyes.:
among a. variety of Sound-producing Instruments,
the novel and curious "Chime of Musical Bells.' the
invention ef our talented fellow-townsman, Mr. E. N.
Scherr. will be introduced.
Admission to all parts of the house,so cents.
Secured Seats without extra charge.
Tickets for sale at PUGH'S Book store, S. W. corner
Of Sixth and Chestnut streets.
Doors open at 7 o'clock P.M. Lecture to commence
St 8 o'elOCk. . Jals-30
aili Vitt,
TION NATIONAL BANK,
t 6, 1866.
v 9th, 1866, the following
rectors to serve the ensuing
SPECL&L NOTICES.
fl PRA NELIN .LNSTITUTE.—I'he ANNUAL
ELECTION for Officers, Managers and Auditors
of e Institute, for the ensuing ,y ear. will be held at
their HALL, on WEDNESDAY NEXT, 17th fist, The
Polls will be open from 4 to 8 o'clock, P. M.
The Monthly Meeting will be held the SAME EVEN
ING, at 8 o'clock.
_MembLors and others having Models
or Specimens of Manufactures .they wish to exhibit,
will please send them to the Hall during the After
noon. WILLIAM HAMILTON,
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MILCHANiCa' NA 1.1
ttlry LADELPRIA, Jan, 15h, 1866.
At the Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of this
,Bank, held January loth 1866. the • following named
gentlemen were elected Directors for the ensuing
year:
i—JOS. B. MITCHELL, 6—GEO. H.l STUART, .
2—B. W. TINGLEY, 7—JAS. T. YOUNG,
ROSENGARTEN, Ara XWELL.
4—ISAAC F. BAILER, e—L. C, lUNGERICH.
2-11011ERT STEEN,
At a meeting of the Board of DirectO held this daY,
JuSEP,H B. MITCHELL was unanim ugly re-elected
President, and GEORGE B. STUARP, Vice-President.
jal6-6t J. WIFOAND. Jr.. Cashier.
_•-•%.". THE GoNoULLthe..l
Ps.m.s.tatt.rxraz Jan.
-At an election keld Janne
men were elected Dtrecti
year:
_ s • -
JAS. V. WATSON. ROBT:SHOEMAKER,
JOHN B. BRTN GHUBST, ROBT, P. TAYLOR,
B ENRY CROSKEY JOHNIW, TEO efAS.
,JOS. H. COLLINS JOS. B. VANDUSEN,
'EDWIN A. LAN P.V,LT... JOHN P. VERREE,
LtDLAM MATranAYS, JAS. S. WATSON.
SENECA. E. MALONE, I
and kt a meeting of the Board held thls day. JAS. V
WATSON, Fag „ wee unanimously re-elected President
lt* JOS. N. PEIRSOL . Cashier.
NEW PUBLICATIONS
' "Poems by Gay H. Naramore."—Second'
and enlarged_ edition. New York: Carle
ton.—Gay H. Naramore . is no stranger to
that cultivated class of readers who pride
themselves on knowing somewhat of all
the writers who have attained a position
soeiale, or a settled situation in the Ameri
can Parnassus. This enviable lot is, accord
' ing to good authority, to be attained by the
difficult feat of carrying a volume of poetry
to a second edition, or attracting three re
views in as many English magazines. [lf
these latter, by the way, are extremely
"sourcastical," it is of no consequence, as
"all scalps count" in such warfare.] Wheth
er Mr. Naramore has accomplished the lat
ter alternative we know not, but, of the
..e•ond edition, which is far more difficult to
attain, we have proof positive in the pre
sence of one of the neatest volumes which
ever issued from the press of Carleton. The
predominant characteristic of this writer's
style appears to a sincere and enthusiastic
love of poetry, a warm belief in it for its
own sake, and a constant yearning to make
the expression of all that in life appeals
most nearly to his feelings. When any
writer is thus earnest and honest in his de
votion to lyric art, and strives faithfully to
bring its results out to something pure and
natural he seldom fails in the end to achieve
eminence, or what is better, excellence.
We cannot flatter Mr. Naramore so far as
to say that he has fairly passed that transi
tion stage which separates the amateur from
the artist, and yet we gladly admit that in
many of his poems, in his instinctive ten
dency to grasp to his heart all beautiful
harmonies, forms and feelings, he has frilly
shown that with severer study,and a stricter
aiming at simplicity, he may stand among
the highest. San Monto—the legend of the
ancient painter—may be cited as one of the
most successful of these poems,leaving little
to be desired. Many a writer has established
a celebrity on a single lyric not equal to
this. A very clever sketch in semi-humor
ous style, is At the Window, or a Female
Seminary—which brings the subject
before the eye as if memory and not fancy
prompted the picture, while "The Tuscan
Princess" is filled with fine inspiration and
delicate, passionate feeling; but the form
which the writer has adopted of Italian,
melo-dramatic aristocratic life is sadly worn
and rococo. It is, on the whole, what
everybody, save a true poet, accepts con
ventionally as beautiful poetry—which it
would have been, were the chords less fa
miliar. "What a Pity," however, very
nearly atones for this by a freshness and
naturalness well worth noting. It will
readily be inferred from these remarks that
Mr. Naramore's great defect is a neglect to
prune his exuberant twigs of verse—a
weakness often found in the greatest writers.
One half of what this volume contains
would have doubled his reputation as a
poet. To those who can appreciate that half
the collection is truly a winsome and charm
ing chaplet of dainty devices and sweetest
songs. For sale by J. B. Lippincott & Co.
"Herman; or, Young Knighthood," is the
title of a new novel just published by Lee ct
Shephard, Boston. We believe it is no
breach of confidence to say that the au
thoress, who assumes the name of "E.
Foaton," is Miss. Palfrey, of Boston. The
story was originally published in the Na
tional Era in 1857, and is now preSented in
book form with a few unimportant altera
tions. It is based upon the 'fruitful topic of
Southern Slavery, and although the autho
ress has yielded to the apparently irresistible
temptation to illustrate our now dead "in
stitution," by cases just verging upon the
impossible, she has made a most readable
book. There is a lofty tone of real chivalry
running all through the tale which justifies
the authoress in dedicating it, as she has
most gracefully done: "To the mothers of
Putnam, Shaw and the Lo
T. B. Peterson 444:Brothers have just pub
lished "Roanoke; or Where is Utopia," by
C. H. Wiley. This novel was originally
published in Sartain's Magazine, in 1849,
and is a very sprightly and forcible picture
of the state of society among the rougher
and lower white classes of North Carolina.
The volume is illustrated with numerous
engravings from original designs by Darley,
which, however, need a finer paper than our
publishers are able to put into cheap edi
tions of their works in these days. Messrs.
Peterson have also publishedTupper's well
known and popular story of the "Crock of
Gold," in a cheap form. As there is no
American edition of this capital storynow in
print, its own reputation and that of its
author will secure for it a rapid sale.
"Poems—By Annie E. Clark."—This is
a little volume, plain and unostentatious
MMNiMNI
9th the following gentle
,rB, to serve the ensuing
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY,
but contains gems that we have read with
more than ordinary pleasure, and we
bespeak for it a cordial welcome from those
who can appreciate a clear and pute style
of composition, and an easy and graceful
expression of genuine feeling. We have
seldom met with,, a work of poems more
chaste and beautiful in conception and de
; velopment—and it is the kind of poetry
which makes one more contented with life,
and stronger in that faith, which teaches us
to look for Something better and purer
beyond this world. It is' . nubliithed by J.
B. Lippincott & Co., and we hope may meet
the success it deserfeh.
O. W. Pitcher sends us another of the se
:ries of Woodville stories, by Oliver Optic,
published by Lee dc Shepard, Boston. It
is called. "Work and Win," and is the story
`,of a boy who makeS 'his way through vari
ous stages of neglect and ignorance up to the
highest development of moral,and religions
character. He starts with the motto which
forms the title of the „ book, and carries it
throUgh all the-chances and changes of his
adventurous life. The book will take won
derfully with the rising generation.
"Jehovah—Jireh," is . the appropriate title
of a very interesting treatise on Divine Pro
ividence, by Rev. Dr. Wm. S. Plumer, just
!published by J. B. Lippincott &. Co. This
, grand topic is handled by the author in a
most attractive form, and the volume
abounds with useful and valuable practical
'suggestions. There is scarcely any class of
readers who would not be interested and
benefitted by a perusal of Dr. Plainer's lit
tle work.
ovr,u. THE PLAINS
[Correspondence of the Phila. Evening Bulletin.]
BLACK HAWK, COLORADO TERRITORY,
Dec. 12th, 1865.—The mines in the vicinity
of Black Hawk, being the best developed,
if not the richest, in the Territory, merit a
brief description. In 1859 a number of
miners from Georgia, attracted by the ru
mors of the rich diggings here, crossed the
plains and began to work the gulch mines
in this vicinity, and by the use of the cradle
or more simple pan, washed out large
amounts of the precious metal. These
gulch mines were, however, soon exhausted
and the larger number of the miners left
for newer and richer diggings. The more
far-seeing and sagacious remained and took
up claims on the numerous lodes which
cropped out. These leads (or lodes) are
veins or crevices in the rock, of various
widths, ranging from a few inches to several
feet, and extending from a few hundred
feet to several thousand yards.
As to the manner in which the ore, which
here is sulphurets of iron and copper, has
been deposited, it would be difficult to give
a theory which would convince aIL Some
are of opinion the deposit is the result of
settling from water, the opposite sides of the
vein acting as the poles of a battery. The
theory more generally believed here is that
the deposit is the result of intense heat, th e
sublimed metals being crystalized in the
vein. This being acknowledged true, it
would. necessarily prove the impossibility
of the failure of our mines. The fact that
the mines generally increase in richness as
the depth increases, favors this theory.
More perfect crystals and larger deposits
are invariably found at greater depths, while
near the surface the ore is much mixed with
the surrounding rock.
The outcropping of these leads, being ex
posed to the action of the weather, had be
come decomposed, the sulphur being eli
minated, the iron and copper being oxidized,
this formed what was called "pay dirt,"
and as long as it lasted, was treated in the
-zame way as the gravel of the gulch mines.
n some cases, the dirt, after being washed,
Ns as passed over tables, in the grooves of
which mercury was placed. This plan was
attended with good results. As the mines
increased in depth the ore became harder,
and the necessity of some means to crush it
was apparent ; rude stamp mills were intro
duced, which succeeded in crushing the ore
to a necessary degree of fineness. Another
great difficulty was now experienced; it was
found that the crushed particles of the ore
crowded out the mercury from its receptacles
in the table, leaving merely the ore. This
was at last obviated by the use of copper
plates amalgamated with mercury, the ore
mixed with water, being passed over them.
This method saved some of the gold, but by
far the larger quantity passed off unacted
upon, being mechanically held in the minute
particles of the ore. The system of amalga
mating in pans was then tried, mercury be
ing introduced, and the ore being
rubbed into it by stone or iron " mai
lers." It was soon found that a great loss of
mercury was suetained, the friction of the
mullets or the action of the sulphur in the
ore causing the mercury to "flour," or sepa
rate into minute globales, which did not re
unite.
It now became evident, that a successful
treatment of our ores, required that they be
reduced first to pay dirt or to be desulphu
rized and the base metals oxidized. The
first to introduce a process to do this were
Messrs. Behr ct, Keith. 4. short description
of their process may not prove uninterest
ingi to your readers. To se their own
rlan
guage, in a pamphlet escription of the
process: "The principle upon which the
process is founded are nearly identical with
those involved in the use of the chemist's
blow pipe and flame. Iftead of directing
the flame upon the ore , bile lying in a
mass, the ore, in a finely divided state, is
introduced with air directly into the flame.
While thus exposed to the joint action of
,heat and air, in a state of suspension, diffu
sion and minute division, substances known
to chemists as oxidizable, readily combine
with oxygen and pass into the condition of
oxyds. So it is with minute particles of
sulphides; a flame heals them to that degree
at which they have an intense attraction for
oxygen, the combination with which still
furtherincreases the heat, bringing it to a
point at which volatile metals and
minerals are volatilized, leaving such asgold
and silver in a free, metallic condition."
This is the theory of Messrs. Behr &
Keith's process, the practical part of which
is as follow: The ore as it comes from the
mines is first crushed in a Blake crusher,
Which leaves it in varying degrees of fine
ness, ranging from coarse sand to pieces as
large as large shot, the crushed ore is 'then
introduced into a ball crusher, or, as it is
here styled, a "sand grinder." This
'machine consists of a cylinder four feet in
OUR 'WTIOLE
COUNTRY.
JANUARY 16,1866.
dia eter and twenty-eight inches face, the
pe ' •hery of which is made of iron slats, set
at a . angle to the circumference, and about
the twenty-fourth part of an inch apart,
thu - leaving a small sieve between each;
this crusher contains eight hundred balls;
and is intended to hold twelve hundred
then: balls are two inches in diameter, and
wei, h about one pound. The ore is in
trod ced into the crusher at the centre of the
cyli 'der; .being fed into it by machinery,
run . ing at the rate of twenty revolutions
per .. Mute this machine will crush about
2 co de (128 cubic feet to a cord), or from
fifte -n to twenty tons in twenty-four hours,
leav .g it fine enough to pass through a
siev : of twenty-four meshes to the inch.
B' means of a powerful blast the ore
mix • . with air is then passed through the
i flame, igniting it and filling the chamber
made to receive it with flame, consisting of
:incandescent particles of the ore. Small
holes are cut, into the flue which receive
the ignited ore to furnish ample supplies of
air to support the combustion. In addition
to the desulphurization effected in this far
,
, nace, a very important work is done. It is
known that the gold in the pyritous ore is
On the form of very minute leaves, liable to
float pff with the water while being amalga
!mated. The intense beat of the furnace, ag
gregates these leaves into globules, leaving
thein a form whereby thespecitic gravity
of god is the more readily, made available.
Fro the furnace the deSulphurized and
oxid zed ore is passed into a small ball
crusher containing balls weighing one
ounc l 3,the particles of gold are here bright
ened or polished, an important thing for
thorough and effectiveanaalgamation. From
this Brusher the ore passes to the amalga
mating tables, and the process is finished.
The practical results of this process, have
with the introduction of good machinery
been [very good. Below is a comparative
statement of the yield of the precious metal
by the old stamp mill, and by Behr .k Keith's
process.
Bobtail 0re,341 class by l-Lam p mill, $l5O per cord.
" Behr &ei elth's process Si .S'O - -
" i " Ist " Stamp mill .. ._._. ... .._ . 3710,) .' ''
" 1 " " Behr & Keith's proi-F,:t..e , sco - ~
flregcry Cd " Stamp mill .._ . —....._. _ slsll " •• I :. Behr & Kelth's Process. MO '•''
Fisk ore, " Stamp mill. . ;100 " "
- Behr a Keith's process, ssl6 " "
Thci power required to work the whole
mill is but twenty-five horse, and the
quanitv of the ore worked per day about
two e ids, a cord averaging from seven to
ten t s according to the mine from which
the mi l e is obtained. I have, devoted this
space to Messrs. Behr .5, - . Keith's process,
beta se it is the only one that has been
stead ly working for any length of time.
All mills labor under the disadvantage of
having poor facilities to repair their machi
nery, the process above described has been
delayed at times weeks for repairs which
in the States would have been executed in a
day or two. There are several other pro
cesseEl here now being tried, a description of
which I will send you, if it lbe not too tire
some Ito your readers. A good process'is
absolutely necessary for the development of
our Mines, the unparalleled richness of
which is beyond belief. Even with the old
stammills, claims of one hunred feet on
the G egory and Bobtail lodes will be stiff"-
cientl
I .
_ valuable to readily' bring $150,000.
Tiler - are numbers of 10.116 s here equally
value le with those mentioned, but inas
much as those lodes are better developed
thane others they are considered as the
stand rds.
Yo correspondent tempted by the depth
t
of the shaft on No. 11 on the Gregory Lode,
made the descent thereof: arraying himself
in a snit of miners' clothing of as many
hues as Jacob's coat. With candle in hand
we began the descent, taking on our down
ward trip the ladders. A fetv feet found us
in perfect darkness, except the glimmer of
our candles, the dim light of which was
barelsufficient to show us the way down.
At th end of every twenty feet there is a
platfo m, designed to prevent serious falls.
1
The I dders lay by the side of the pump,
the jar of which seemed to increase the
deepe we entered into the mine. At times
a bla t would be exploded below us, adding
to the noise. The darkness; the noise, the
glimmer of our candle-light on the moist
rock at our side, and the general feeling of
insecurity combined to make, for your cor
respondent at least a novel sensation.
After After ome twenty minutes, occupied in the
desee t of the ladders, we arrived at the
botto of the mine, three hundred and
thirt
feet from the surface. Here were a
num er of miners at work taking out the
ore o preparing for blasts; drifts were run
fromthe shaft east and nest for quite a
dista ce, one of which, however, was not at
the t' e worked, owing to a large spring tine
having been struck. After collecting a few
specimens we prepared for the ascent, going
up in the bucket, stepping into which my
guide,ave the signal and we began our
upw journey. The journey at first was
slow, but rapidly increased :until we were
being 'elevated at a rather faster rate than
your correspondent thought befitting his
ar t ,
dignity. We were, however, landed in
safe and this finished a most !instructive
trip, y first towares the centre of the earth.
A r down the snow clad hills completed
the y's amusements.
In y next I will give a description of
ano • rof the processes now being tried here.
ntil then I am yours,'
K . iNGSESSI-NG.
t American Items from Europe.
Pro Brunnow, Brannow, an American citizen by
adoption, has been appointed Astronomer
Royi for Ireland and Professor of Astro
nom in Trinity College, Dublin, in place of
.s
Sir m. Hamilton, deceased. This appoint
mentone of the highest in the Astronomi
cal W rld . It is the more honorable as it is
probe ly the first instance of A foreigner re
ceiving an appointment of this kind in the
United Kingdom. Prof. Brunnow has been
spending the winter at Berlin with his
fatherrin-law, Prof. H. P. Tappan. Prof.
Brunnow was formerly connected with the
Dudlffy University and lately Director of
the Observatory of the Michigan State Uni
versity. He is probably one of the best of
our 11-king astronomers.
Pro . Henry, of Newburgh, N. Y., being
visit to Paris,called on the philosopher,
r Cousin. They had been correspond
over thirty years past, but had never
_ yefore. Prof. Henry translated Cou
sin's psychology, which became a text-book
on a
I ieto]
ing fo
met
)ed as a very cordial one. He talked
of America and its Universities, of
ar, &c., &c. He complained that
Henry and Prof. Henry P. Tappan,
ancellor o the University of Michi
ould remain idle whbn they could,
head of Universities; do so much
He said he had intended writing to
'ea to ask that both ;these scholars
at once be placed at the head of
'fie institutions. 1
Prof. Henry and 4 Tappan were
onnected with the Newi York Univer-
Dr. Henry, on account of ill health,
mpelled to resign; and Dr. Tappan
hancellor of the University of Michi
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y of our colleges.
hich he resigned on account of a dim-
cnity with some of the Regents. The Uni
versity lost by his resignation a ripe scholar
Dr. Tappan is a member of the Institute of
France.
Winans 4k Brothers, of Baltimore, have
taken a very large contract with the Russ
ian Government for building cars and loco
motives. It will be remembered that they
were concerned in the building of the Mos
cow land St. Petersburgh Railroad.
Two young men,
calling themselves sons
of Ex-President Tyler, are at school at
Carissahe 0 the Duchy of Baden.
Mr. Von Betu3t, Minister of Foreign
Affairs for Saxony, gave a grand ball on
'the 12th of December,m honor of the King's
birthday. General McClellan was present
with his mother-in-law, Mrs. Marcy; and it
is said, the General was the lion of the
evening. The United States Consul, Mr.
Campbell, was also invited and was pre
sent,.
INTERNAL -REVESVE.
An Important Clrentor—Cancelation of
htampa.
WASHINGTON, Monaay, Jan. 15, 1866.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue to
day issued an important circular respecting
the cancelation of revenue stamps, which
will be of general interest to the business
men of the country.
After referring to the different sections of
the Stamp Act of June 30, 1864, he decides
that, under the power thus conferred, au
thority has been given to imprint the initials
and date upon stamps in ink, instead of
writing them. The imprint must be dis
tinct and legible. If proprietary stamps
cannot be so affixed to the boxes, bottles or
packages that in opening the same or in
using the contents thereof they shall and
must be unavoidably and effectually de
stroyed, they should be canceled in the ordi
nary manner by writing or imprinting
thereon the initials and date. Cancelation
by writing or imprinting the initials and
date in ink, whereby the stamp is made to
correspond in those particulars with the in
strument to which it is aflixed, is not only
the legal but also the most effectual method
against fraud, and must be adopted, except
in the case of proprietary articles where it
is otherwise specially provided. Frequent
reports have reached this office showing
that the law upon this subject is very often
discarded. In some instances stamps are
used without being obliterated or destroyed
in any manner whatever. In others a cross
simply, generally with ink, but sometimes
even a pencil is used, or a hole is punched
through the stamp. These and similar
methods of cancelation afford little or no
protection against the use of stamps a second
time. Great frauds may be, and, as inves
tigation shows, have been practised upon
the public revenue in this manner. Collec
tors, assessors, inspectors, and all other
officers of this Bureau are therefore In
structed to give this subject their special
attention, to bring it to the notice of persons
using stamps, and to require strict con
formity to the law. If persons, after having
been fully notified of the requirements of
the statute respecting the cancelation of
stamps, and of their liabilities for non-com
pliance therewith, wilfully persist in their
fraudulent use, without effectually cancel
ing and obliterating them in the manner
required by law, legal proceedings should
be instituted for the recovery of the pre
scribed penalties.
Facts and Fancies.
The Boston Gazdie says: We have got a
great umbrella story to tell one of these
days, when we think the people are pre
pared to believe it. Better hurry it up, for
it will be Lent soon.
The Arctic flag Masonic} that Dr. Hayes
carried with him out into the cold, was
recently returned by him to the Kane
Lodge, New York, from which he received
it. The Doctor stated that the flag had
been further north than any other except
the flag of our country, and that had floated
within five hundred miles of the pole.
Pshawi. The flag on our Custom House
floats within five inches of the pole every
day.
"Ah, dear doctor, how is my wife to
dH?" The doctor shook his head,and said:
"You "must prepare for the worst."
"What," said the husband. "do you think
she is likely to get over it?"
A horse is being exhibited in Berlin
which has attained the patriarchal period of
eighty. There are plenty of "two-forty"
horses in this country.
Semmes, the Alabama pirate, says if he
saves five thousand dollars out f the wreck
of his affairs he shAll be lucky. If he saves
his neck he will probably consider himself
still luckier.
When does a baker's wife become one of
the fixtures of his shop? When she is a
lit tle-lovin.
The Hartford Press says: "A ragged little
fellow was seen skating on one of our ponds
lately without shoes or stockings, his skates
being strapped upon his bare feet, who said
it was jolly good fun, and that his feet were
warm enough if he kept on skating."
Earl Cowley is to have the vacant Garter.
We are surprised that the English Minister
to France should so deliberately put his foot
into it.
The Princess Anna Mnrat's weddinglinen
cost $120,000. It will be a good while before
her Highness is reduced to her last—ahem !
—resource.
A servant girl in London committed sui
cide from reading a "sensational" novel.
We often feel the same way after some of
the novels we have to read.
Beethoven, among other antipathies, had
a great repugnance for beer—a decidedly
peculiar antipathy for a German. He would
have been cured if he could have lived to
know Meyerbeer.
The United States Service Magazine reports
the following war story: "In Kentucky,
Generr 1 Nelson strictly prohibited any de
predations upon the property of citizens by
his troops, and:a committee was appointed
to inquire whether any offences had been
committed. In making his returns, one
Joe Forman, a member of the committee,
reported that there had been no loss sus
tained except 'two beehives and a chicken
without any honey in it.' Sam Owens, the
schoolmaster, who was on the committee,
corrected the report so as to make it read:
'With the exception of a chicken and two
beehives, the latter containing no honey.' "
An Infernal Machine—California Yen-
geance.
Judge Field of California received by ex
press, on Saturday, a cumin box with a
printed address, which came front San
Francisco by the last steamer. Not know
ing its purport he proceeded to open it,with
the ordinary caution which curiosity
nspires, in the presence of Judge Lake,
who is also: temporarily here. Upon un
screwing and raising the lid about half an
inch, Judge Lake caughte sight of several
little copper wires, and instantly suggested
that it was -an infernal machine. • Further
F. L. FE'iIiERSTON. Publisher.
DOUBLE SHEET, THREE CENTS.
operations were suspended, and the box
placed in a tub of water until to-day, when
it was taken to the War Department, where
it was opened, and twelve large metallic
cartridges with heavy balls nicely adjusted
with fulminating powder so as to explode
upon the raising of the lid, were found.
There was a single line written upon the
inside of the lid, as follows: "Last October
you decided the Puebla case.". The affair
has greatly increased the excitement already
felt in certain circles here in consequence of
the growing frequency of the belligerent
occurrences.—Washington Cor. Tribune.
Personal.
Says the Baltimore Sun of yesterday: Dr.
James E. Brown, the husband of the ac
complisbed actress known as Mrs. D. P.
Bowers, died at Hooversville, Anne Arun
dell county, on Friday. The deceased had
been ill only a short time. He was well
known in Baltimore as a gentleman of lite
rary attainments. As an analytical chemist
be stood very high, and was looked upon as
;an adept in scientific matters. Tits body of
the deceased will reach the Camden Station
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad this
morning at 8 o'clock, on its way to New
York, where itis being taken for interment
in Greenwood Cemetery.
Mrs. E. McLean Hardesty, living at
Cathedral and Centre streets, Baltimore,
whilst walking on Hamilton street on Fri
day evening, about 5 o'clock, stopped at the
residence of Gen. John Spear Smith, and
complaining of feeling ill, sat in the hall,
where, in a few minutes afterwards, she was
found to be dead. The cause was supposed
to be apoplexy. Mrs. H. was the mother
in-law of General Stoneman, of the United
States army.
In the Recorder's Court, at Chicago. a
queer case is being tried, and an old
fashioned black-mail dodge has been de
veloped. The fascinating wife of a trades
man invited a matter-of-fact merchant to
visit her. While conversing, her husband
rushed in with a revolver, struck a tragic
attitude, and demanded $5OO with which to
cure his wounded honor. Of course, the
merchant couldn't see it. Tragedy then
presented a promissory note for that
amount, already drawn up in dae form and
stamped, and upon the merchant's refusal
to sign it, kicked him into the street. Some
how a gold-headed cane belonging to the
merchant got into Tragedy's possession,
who was arrested, and is now being tried
for larceny.
Col. J. H. Stalls has been appointed col
lector of United States revenue for York
borough.
Dr. Eyster, while attempting to cross the
Susquehanna at Sunbury, on Sunday last,
maoe a narrow escape. The wind and cold
blinded him, and he stepped into an air
hole covered with thin ice. His cries at
tracted some persons from the shore, who
hastened to him with a rope, which was
thrown to him, but he was so much paral.'
yzed that he could neither hold it nor tie it
around him, but seized it with his teeth, and
in this way was rescued from a watery
grave.
Some queer developments in reference to
the conduct of "Caleb Lyons, of Lyons
dale," Governor of Idaho Territory, where
he is better known as "Lyon Cable, of Ca
bietown," have peen made by the Indian
Bureau. Among other schemes was the
building of a very large church of stone,
and the using of mud for mortar. When
rain came, his church, which stood upon
the side of a hill, was washed away, and
the Indians who built it are clamorous for
their pay, and, the Governor being out of
funds, the Indians threaten war.
Ex-Governor Andrew is out in a card in
the Boston papers, announcing his resump
tion of the practice of the law, after a brief
respite from labor for the purpose of recu
perating his health.
$Ol3. J. S. Thomas, Mayor of St. Louis,
celebrated the 40th anniversary of his arri
val at that city by a banquet on December
30th. Among the guests were sixteen of the
oldest inhabitants of that city, whose aggre
gate ages amounted to 1,103 years, one of
them being the father-in-law of Maj. Gen.
A. J. Smith.
Dr. Wm. 11. Herrick, formerly one of the
ablest and most successful physicians and
surgeons in Chicago, died on Sunday last,
very suddenly, at the insane asylum at
Augusta, Me. He had been suffering with
mental derangement for several years.
Dr. R. Folger, late Assistant Register of
the Treasury, died in Washington on Sat
urday.
Mr. Wm. C. Virgin, of the firm of Beatty
(V Virgin, powder manufacturers in Balti
more county, Md., was fatally injured by
the explosion of a powder mill at Saugerties,
New York, a !taw days since, and has since
died.
Mr. William P. Copeland, Esq., of Phila
delphia, for a long time connected with the
Postoffice of the House of Representatives
at Washington, has resigned his position for
the purpose of accepting an appointment
under the Hon. D.N. Cooley, Commissioner
of Indian Affairs.
The attentions of mysterious individuals
are not confined to Senator Wade alone, far
on Saturday evening Senator Sumner re
ceived a box such as contains paper collars,
and upon opening it he found the forefinger
of a hand, somewhat shriveled, but evi
dently taken from a delicate hand. The.
finger was carefully wrapped up in part of a
newspaper, and accompanvin* it was the
following note, written in a plain hand, the
writer of which had evidently a knowledge
of chirography:
"You old —, I send you a piece of one
of your friends, and if that bill of yours
passes, I will have a piece of you.
"A Urnox MAN."
Senator Sumner does not apprehend
assassination, for he treats the matter very
lightly, and states that he is the daily recipi
ent of such missives, minus the •fingers or
other parts of the body.
SINGULAR FRAUD. A rather curious
fraud on the Police Commissioners of New
York was brought to light yesterday, in the
arrest of one of the attaches of the Chief
Clerk's office, who, it is alleged, has been
selling appointments on the force for sums
varying in amount from fifty to two hun
dred and fifty dollars in each case. The
extent of the fraud has not been definitely
ascertained, but the Commissioners are in
vestigating it and may be able to report in
I
a few days. tis stated that five of these
bogus appointees have thus far been disco
vered.
FIRE IN WASHINGTON.—On Saturday the
cigar store of E. Hoffman,
on Pennsylvania
avenue, Washington, was burned out. Mr.
William Grupe, the owner of the building,
occupied the upper portion as a residence,
and the rooms on the second story were
completely burned out. His family, who
were asleep at the time,
narrowly escaped
suffocation. Nearly• all of Mr. Hoffman's
stock of cigars and tobacco awas destroyed.
His stock> was valued at $B,OOO to $lO,OOO,
and was insured for one-half itsvalue. Mr.
Genau lost all of his shoemaker's tools, arid
Mr. Grupe a portion of his furniture.