GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor.
VOLUME XIX.
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DIED.
ADDICICS—On the morning of the 22d instant, Fan
ale, wife of Charles H. Addicks, and youngest daugh
ter of John V. Patrick. Esq,
The relatives and friends of the family are in.
, vited to attend the fnneral from the residence of
her husband, No. 1611 Filbert street, on Thursday
- morning next,atll o'clock. 2t
ALEX,OLZ MLR—On Monday morning, the 22d inst.,
Mrs. Susan Alexander, relict of Samuel Alexander,
formerly a merchant of this city, in the 76th year of
age..
Her friends and those of the family are respectfnlly
invited to attend her funeral; without further notice.
from the residence of her son-in law, S. W. Thackara,
No: 244 South Third street, on Wednesday next, at 2
P. M.. To proceed to Laurel Hill.
COOPER—On Saturday evening, the 20th hasten'
Mary Ella. only child of James B. and Annie M,
Cooper, aged 5 years, 4 months and 11 days.
The relatives and friends of the family are respect
fully invited to attend' the funeral' from the residence
of her parents4No, 474 North Eighth street, on Wed
-nesday morning, the 24th instant, at 9 o'clock. •
• HELM.ITP—On aturday. the 20th istant, Mrs.
Catharine HelHmuth, S
relict of Mr. John K. n Helmuth, in
- the 90th year of her age. •
I PEARSALL—On the morning of Third day, the =d
instant, Robert Pearsall, In the 68th year of his age. ,
His relatives and male friends are invited to attend
his funeral from his late
.residence, No. 1615 Arch
...street,' on the 25th instant, at 2P. M. To proceed to
.Laurel • ss
ROBERTS—This morning, in her 77th year, Mrs.
Mary L. Roberts, relict of the late Thomas P. Roberts,
-of this city. '; ' ' '
The funeral will take place from the residence of her
daughter, Mrs. Gubert, 511 Pine store-t, on Thursday
afternoon, the 25th instant, at 3 o'clock. Tne friends of
...the family are respectfully invited to attend, with
.nnt further notice.
SLOA_N—On the MI instant, John Sloan. Due no
tice will be given of the funeral.
SOUDER—On the 22d Instant, George J. Bonder.
The funeral will take place from his late residence,
leo. 1913 Market street, on Wednesday morning, at 10
SMITH—At Lagnayra, Venezuela. November 24th.
Owen Smith, of Philadelphia, in his .57th year. [Che,
ter and Montgomery county papers please copy.]
THOMPSON— On Tuesday morning, Jan. 232, at
his residence in Germantown. Judge Oswald Thomp
-son. Due notice will be given of the funeral.
TATRITY MOREENS FOR SKIRTS.
TY Green Watered Moreens.
6-4 and 54 Green Baize,
White Cloth for Sacks.
White Evening Silks.
EYRE & LANDELL, Fourth and Arch
La ;tau LI Mal) 11-oi-Dllll
THF ANNUAL MEETING} OF THE SOCIF.,
•
TV OF TEE UNION TEMPORARY HOME
IWCHILDREN will be held at the Home, N. E.
,corner Poplar and Sixteenth streets, on THURSDAY
AFT.). RNOON, :.sth inst., at .4. 2 ' o'clock:
jai -3t• D. C. McCAMMON. Secretary.
,ILU. ARCH STREET THEATRE.—
The Annual meeting of the Stockholders of the
_Arch Street Theatre. will be held at the Pmen ix Hose
Hall. Filbert street, below Eight!), on MONDAY after
noon, February sth, at four o'clock.
lt* E. H. FIT f FR, Secretary.
DIVRCTIAINTS' FUND, PHILADELPHIA. Jan.
22, 1866.
he Adjourned Annual Afeeting of 'this Association
-will be held on TUESDAY AFTERNOON, the 30th
inst., at 4 o'clock P. M.. at Board of Trade Rooms, at
which the .annual Report will be submitted, and an
.. Election held for Officers and Managers to serve for
‘the ensuing year. RICHARD WOOD,
Ja23M th s tO3ll Secretary.
10. OFFIOE OF TELE LEHIGH COAL AND
.NAVIGA.TION COHP.A_NY, PHILADELPHIA,
December 25t, 1865.
LOAN FOR SALE.
IN SUMS TO SLIT PURCHASERS
- - - - - - - _
The Loan of this Company, due April Ist, 1881, lute
zest payable quarterly, at the rate of six per cent, per
annum.
This Loan is secured by a mortgage on all the Com
wpany's Coal Lands, Canals, and Slactrwater Navigation
An the Lehigh river,and all their Bailroads,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 EfFrPIPIIERD, Treasurer,
de2l-rptfi - IW. South Second street.
trOb SOUTIT - FRN DISPENSARY.—At the annual
meeting of the Contributors, held on the ad in
stant, the following persons were duly elected Man
agers for the ensuing year, vie.:
.JAS. CARSTA IRS, JOHN GASTNER.
JOHN THOM SON, JOHN KUNTOSTO Z. , 7,
'sl" WHARTON. Esq.. JOHN W. HICE.'",.,
...IdH_N 24 , c0 GLOM, AR fECUR HUGHES,
ROBT. CLARK,IS. F. FLOOD. Esq..
.JAS. N. STONE, 'PETER WI LLIAMSON.
And at a meeting of the. Managers on the 9th inst.,
the following officers were chosen:
PBSYID£Ir T.
.JAMES CAR.STAIRS.
JOHN THOMSON, Treasurer.
PEI Fat WILLIAMSON, Secretary,
The following appointments were then made:
Physicians—Dr. DUNCAN WILLIAMSON, Dr. W,
F. PATTERSON.
.Resieent Physician—Dr. W. NORTON. ja.23,2.trp*
KENSINGTON SOUP HOUSE.
NO. 247 ALLEN STREET,
Near Marlborough Street,-PurtnnuLen - ra. Jan. 9, 1866
THE KENSINGTON SOUP SOULE CY
are distributing SOUP daily to the suffering and
'orthy poor of their District, and Mr. Daniel B.
Mickle, No. 1019 Shackamaxon street, has been iit,p
.pointed their Agent to solicit and receive contributihns
'ln 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
dersigned. . .
, • GEORGE STOCKHAM, President,
Foot ofl ork street, on the Delaware River.
.ELI GARRISON, Vice !Prest., 1031 Shackamaxon St.
-GEORGE .T. HAMILTON, Treasurer,
National Ex
change Bank. Northwest cor. Second and Green Sts.
•CHAS.I.;3II. LUMENS, Secretary, 1035 Beach at., above
`Laurel. ,la-9tult-rp*
The Little Wanderers' Home.
We have received the following commu
nication from the Rev. Mr. Siegfried, Super.
intendent of the Little Wanderers' Home,
with a request for its publication :
LITTLE WANDERERS' Roma,- 820 South
.street, Janary 22.—Editors of the Evening
Bulletin: Allow me, through your columns,
to tender my sincere thanks to the kind au.-
:thor of the article, in your Saturday even
ing's paper, upon the origin and object of
the Home for Little Wanderers. I knew
nothing of the article until it appeared in
krint, and wish to express gratitude for the
indness which prompted it. Allow me to
:say further, to a benevolent public who have
:so nobly aided our young institution, that
%we are actively , preparing for a complete
-organization and incorporation of the Home.
An Advisory Committee of gentlemen well
:known in religious 'and business circles,
:stow cooperate with officers, dr.c., in manaV
':inn our affairs '
auditing our accounts, and
; gaving general direction to eur work of be
nevolence. The workings of our institu
tion in general, with narration of incidents,
will be brought before the public ere
leng in newspaper or pamphlet form, know
ing, as we do, that this is both due to the
_lieople and desired by them. Hoping also
•••to see our friends at the Home, and show
:them the modus operandi.
I remain, yours, truly,
W. D. SrEGFRIED
Superintendent.
The following receipt gives an account of
~ o ur stewardship of the fund contributed by
the readers of the BULLETIN through the
.agency of the latter : _
"Received of Casper Souder, Jr., one
hundred and seventeen dollars ($117), con
,tributed by sundry persons, through the
EVENING BULLETIN, in aid of the funds of
the 'Little Wanderer's Home.' •
‘'W. D. SIEGFRIED, Superintendent.
"Philadelphia, Jan. 22, 1566."
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NO. 239
WRECK OF THE ENGLISH BARK
DIADEM.
Seven Lives Lost---Eight Persons
Beamed After Terrible Suffer
ing ---A Narrow Escape
from Compulsory
Cannibalism.
[From to-day's t, Y. World.]
The results of the late terrific gale which
has visited our coast are beginning to show
themselvesin shipwrecks of daily occurence,
with fearful losses of life, and property. The
bark Diadem, commanded by Captain Wm.
Rumen; left this port on January the 6th,
with a 3rew of fourteen persons and the cap
tain and wife, consisting in all of sixteen
persona, for Liverpool, with a cargo of pe
troleum, consigned to Cassidy,Nixon & Co.,
Water street, Liverpool. For the first two
days the vessel had fair weather, but on the
Bth day of January, while in latitude 37,
longitude 68, three hundred miles southeast
of Sandy Hook, a strong wind arose from
the northwest, which in the course of the
day increased to a terrific gale, which
knocked the vessel about like a feather, the
tumultuous seas continually washing over
the decks. The bark was half full of water,
and as the strain increased on the timbers
the crew began to fear that the ship would
break to pieces. At this time the vessel was
under main-top-sail,but on the following day
the top-sail had to be cut down. On the
forenoon of the 9th, the fore-top-gallant
mast was carried away by the tremendous
force of the hurricane, and a heavy gust of
wind struck the vessel and laid her on her
beam ends, the keel laying out of the water.'
This occurred about ten o'clock on the
morning of the 9th of January. At the time
the squall struck the bark, the captain's
wife,Mrs. ETannem, was in the bedroom of
her cabin on the poop, and the captain and
the first mate, Mr. John Harrison, were in
another apartment of the cabin. The cabin
was instantly carried away by the impetu
ous force of the foaming water; the private
apartment of the captain's wife filling with
water, and drowning the unfortunate lady.
The captain and mate made their escape
through a window, as they could not force
the door, and just got oat in time to save
their lives for the time being. The
force of the waves washed two boys, the
captain's nephew, William Hannem, and
a colored man overboard at the time when
the bark was struck by the hurricane. The
vessel swung around . to windward, carry"-
ing away all hernaasts and spars, and after
a abort struggle with the waves, righted to
a certain extent. The remaining ten men
of the crew, consisting of the first mate,
John Harrison, the second mate, Alfred W.
Bourd, the 'captain, and seven of his sailors,
hung on to the wreck during the remainder
of the day until about four o'clock in the
afternoon, when one of the sailors died from
exposure, and during the long and dreary
night that followed it is supposed that the
captain also died from the same cause as
he was not found clinging to the spars or
rigging.
Daring the three days following that of
the fatal disaster, the eight men on the wreck
experienced every phase of the most terri
ble suffering. 'Tuner and thirst. togethe4
with the inclement weather and unusual
exposure, reduced them to the last extremi
ties. The men suffered from cramps in the
stomach and from want of food, and one of
the six colored men belonging to the crew
became insane from the terrible suffering
he had to endure, rendering the scene to his
companions still more horrible. The men
had nothing to eat, and were so famished
that they were beginning to look on each
other with cannibal longings, when to their ,
great joy, on the 12th day of January, a
vessel appeared in sight; but so weak had
the men become that they were incapable,
from exhaustion and hunger, to make any
signal of distress to the approaching vessel,
which. ' luckily for the sufferers, did not
wait for a signal of distress, but hove to as
soon as the wreck was descried.
The welcome sail proved to be the .bark
M. E. Robbins, from Ardrossan, Scotland,
bound to New York, with a cargo of pig
iron, Robbins, master. When the Robbins
arrived at the scene of the wreck, the survi
vors of the disaster were almost dead from:
the effects of the weather and the suspense
engendered by their loneliness in the wide,
waste of waters for the preceding four days.'
They had to be conveyed on board of the
Robbins in the most careful manner, and
were treated,when placed on board, with the
greatest humanity and delicacy. Captain
Robbins surrendering Ins own bed to the
mate of the Diadem, Mr. Harrison, who
was in a faint and dying condition. The
M. E. Robbins arrived in New York on'
Friday evening last, and the survivors.
were conveyed to the Sailor's Hospital on
on Staten Island, where one of the crew, a
colored man named William Keeting, alias'
Smith,died early on Monday morning from
the effects of the terrible exposure of the
shipwreck. This man was driven mad by
his sufferings, and was the same person
who acted in =insane manner while on the
wreck. He shipped at New York as a com
mon sailor.
The captain's name was William Han
nem, aged 47, a native of the Isle of Wight,
England. His wife was about 45 years of
age. They had no children. They were
both lost. The names, as far as we could
learn, are as follows:
LOST.—William Haaanem, aged 47, Isle of
Wight.
Mrs. Hannem, aged 45, Isle of Wight.
William Hannem, aged 20, Isle of Wight,
(nephew of the captain).
Henry s . Wheeler aged 18, Liverpool.
William Phillips, aged 17, Liverpool.
Colored man, name unknown shipped in
New York; swept overboard also.
DIED IN HOSPITALION STATEN ISLAND.—
William Keolong, alias Smith. colored,
aged 32. Died in a state of madness.
SATEn--Mitchell Silva, aged 25, Porta
gese; shipped in New York.
Charles Washington (colored), aged 22;
shipped in New York.
Francis Rufit (half-blood),aged 26;shipped
in New York.
Charles Simmons (colored), aged 35; '
shipped in New York.
Brown William (colored), aged 21;shipped.
in New Yo2t.
OFrionns SAVED—John Harrison, fast
mate of D' dem, belonging to Liverpool.
William Alfred Bard, second mate of
Diadem, Fleetwood, Lancashire.
These unfortunate men are completely
destitute, having lost everything belomging
to them even to their clothing. Mr. Harri
son lost ,
instruments to the value o.t• ,
$6OO, in addition to his clothing and other;
necessaries. •
The Diadem was an Al bark, built, in
Mystic, Connecticut, in 1861, and owned`byl
. $4 50
117 00
8121 50
' :i MARY 23, 1866.
Cassidy, Nixon & Co., of Liverpool, Eng
land. She had on board 3,850 barrels of
petroleum, valued at 06,000, consigned to
various houses in Liverpool. The Diadem
was 543 tons burden, and was valued at
about $30,000. It is not known whether the
vessel or cargo were insured in England.
We subjoin a copy of the protest made out
and sworn to by the first mate of the Dia
dem, Mr. John Harrison.
THE FIEST MATE'S STATEMENT.-011 the
6th of January, 1866, got under way and
proceeded to sea. ' on the 7th the wind came
out strong from the northward, increasing
on the Bth to a very heavy gale, with tre
mendous sea, weather thick, vessel pitching
and rolling badly, her lee under water a
great deal of the ' time, and large quantities
of water sweeping over her; at 5 P. M. were
compelled to heave to, under lower main
topsail; lay to all night, and the wind and
sea still increasing, and ship • straining
badly, decks flooded with water; on the 9th
inst., at 9 A. M., the rind blowing a perfect
hurricane, the vessel heeling over badly to
leeward, and almost 'on her beam ends: in
order to relieve her they were compelled to
cut the maintopsail, but she remained in the
same . position; at about 10 A. M. the fore
top-gallant mast was carried away, and a
'heavy gust of wind struck her, knocking
her completely on .her beam ends, her
keel out of water, carrying away the
cabin house, etc., and everything
on deck, washing overboard the captain's
wile, tw,o men and two boys, all of whom
were lost; the ship soon swung around with
her deck to windward, carrying away all
the masts, spars, etc., to the lower mast
beads, when she nearly.righted; at about 4
P. M. one of the men, and, during the night,
the captain, died from exposure. The re
mainder of the crew remained upon the
wreck for four days without food or drink,
when on the 12th, about dark, they were
taken off by the bark M. and E. Robbins,
from Ardrossan, bound for New York,
which vessel had discovered their condition
when ten miles off, and were by her brought
to :New York, where they arrived on the
19th of January. At the time these depo
nents left the ship the decks aft were break
ing up, and thepetroleum eoming out in
great quantities. From the appearance of
the vessel when last seen it was evident that
she could not long survive, but would soon
inevitably go to pieces.
SCARE ABOUT A DIIPPOSED FENIAN
PRIVATEER.
She Turns out to be a Harmless Allot
The New York Daily _News contains the
following sensation article :
"The long expected time fcr the equally
long talked of revenge for the depredations
of the Alabama, the Shenandoah and
kindred vessels has at length arrived. The
Fenians have taken it into their own hands
to give the British a taste of their own neu
trality, and evidently 'mean business."
" During Sunday last, a neatly built ves
sel; sitting well to the water, and having an
exceptionally saucy look, might have been
seen moored very close to the Brooklyn
Navy Yard. The intelligent observer might
also-have seen that her appurtenances
betokened not only the sea going qualities,
but certain others which are held to be
essential in time of war. What these quali
ties were it is not our business to divulge.
" But the most remarkable thing about
this vessel was the fact that at her mast
head, along with the American colors,
floated a certain green flag, which is cer
tainly not yet recognized by the English ,
Government as the emblem of any inde
pendent nationality. A close observation
would lead to the discovery that the flag so
flying bore the famous 'sunburst,' which
the vessel is to carry over the seas, and that,
in short, the flag was the emblem of the
Irish Republic.
" During the whole of Sunday the vessel
was inspected by crowds of the curious, and
our reporter was specially favored by the
captain with a lengthy view of the vessel
from stem to stern. He was not able to
learn whether Head Centre O'Mahony in
spected the vessel on that day, hut presumes
that might be taken for granted.
" Singular enough, ti' e vessel and the flag
might not have been seen at ten o'clock
esterday morning, but at nine o'clock she
n ight have been observed going gallantly,
flag flying, toward Sandy Hook.
"She i; under the command of Captain
Morley, and had a pilot on board. The
captain is well known as a thorough Irish
man, and one who has the cause of his
country at heart.
"Our Fenian reporter received permission
to accompany the craft, and we may, there
fore, soon expect to hear of depredations on
British commerce which shall eclipse the
glories of the defunct Alabama, and make
the captain of the Shenandoah hang his
head for very shame.
[Later by Telegraph.]
NEW YORK, Jan. 23.—1 t appears that the
supposed Fenian Privateer was simply a
new Pilot boat which wanton a trial trip.
The crew being composed of Irishmen,
they hoisted the Sun-burst flag going down
the bay. The vessel returned to port last
evening.
°REA T FIRE AT OLEAN, N. Y.
Loss $200,000 A Prominent Citizen
Burned to Death..
OLEAN, January 16th, 1866.—A terrible
conflagration has again passed over our vil
lage, and nearly the entire business portion
is in ruins. From the corner of State street,
opposite the Forbes House, through to Law
rence street, opposite the Masonic Hall, all
is a mass of cinders.
To add to the horror that,surrounds us, it
is now known that H. H. Phelps, law part
ner of Hon. W. P. Angel, has perished in
the flames. His office, was located in the
third story of the Martin block, which he
had entered to secure softie valuable papers.
The flames rushed before the terrible gale
with such fury and rapidity as to cut off his
egress, and, he has perished.
HO was seen once or twice making loud
cries for help, but none could reach . him.
Efforts are now being made to recover his
remains. His family are frantic over his
sad death, and a whole community deeply
fee] his loss, profoundly sympathizing with
the afflicted and desolate family. God help
them in their hour of trial. The fire engines,
upon arriving at the reservoir, found' it
frozen up as tight as a drum. Fully an hour
was spent in efforts to thaw it out.
Meantime the flames spread, and when
water was forced through the hose it was
powerless to stay the devouring element.
The loss is hastily estimated atfrom $175,-
000 to $200,000. The amount insured is not
far from $160,000. The fire is one of the
most disastrous that we have ever witnessed.
It swept over about four acres, licking up
everything in its course as clean as a barn
floor.
Yesterday we, boasted of the , finest dry
good stores in southern New York. We
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.
have not a dry goods store, nor a drug store
in our village,
nor a hardware store, not a
shoe store or shop. The flames have cked
off our mechanical enterprises, swept away
our merchants' houses, and left us on the
bare spot to remind us of their former pros
perity and thrift.
The following is nearly a complete list of
the sufferers: Martin Bros., loss, $40,000;
insured $38,000. C. N. B. Barse, $20,000; in
sured, $12,500. R. 0. Smith, loss, $25,000;
insured, $24,000. N. S. Butler, loss, $18,000;
insured. J. W. Knox & Co., loss, $1,000;
partially insured. J. Kelsey, loss, $3,500;
insured, $2,000. C. Miller, loss, $1'000; in
sured, $6OO. N. Birge, loss, $1,000; insured.
Henry Korn, loss, $3,000; insured. J. G.
Pelton, loss, $1,000; insured. J. T. Henry,
Olean .Advertiser, loss, $3,500; insured,
$l,BOO. Smith, harness maker, loss, $1,000;
C. P. Brunson, $3,000; insured. Shoemaker,
$5OO. J. D. Geuthner, $8,000; partially in
sured. F. N. Chappe, $3,500; insured, $1,500.
Mandeville & Son, $l,OOO. Miss S. J. Pettitt,
$1,800; insured. A. Blake, slo,ooo;spartially
insured. Adams & Charles, $5,500, insured.
Eaton & Schults, '56,000; partially in.-
mired; C. W. Havens & Co., $3,000; insured,
,2 200. Geo. Johns,s4,soo; partially insured.
R. Mayer, $4,000; insured, $2,000. Gifford
& Faunce, $15,000; insured $lO,OOO. J: H.
Terry, $5,000; insured, $2,000. Dr. L. F.
Moore, $500; insured, $200.' A.Miner,sl,soo;
insured, $l,OOO. E. J. Finn, $5,000; insured,
$4,000. A. Merritt, loss $3,000: partially in
sured. W. Foster, loss $2,500; insured,
$l,OOO. C. Young, bakery, $2,000; insured.
Ripley, $500; insured. Masonic Lodge,s2so;
insured, Carry & 8011e5,C54,500; not in
sured. D. H. Bolles, $.2,500; insured, $1,250.
L. Whitney, $1,000; insured, $BOO. Mvs.
Townsend, $1,500; no insurance. W. B.
Pierce, $1,000; insured, $4OO. Angel &
Phelps, $2,000; no insurance. M. A. Blakes
lee, $1,000; insured, $4OO. R. R. Learn ,$1,000;
insured, $5OO. W. H. Cranston, $2,000: in
sured, $l,OOO. E. C. Skiff & Co., $6,500;
insured. ' •
To the Editor of the Evening
Please give me place for the following:
PETERSBURG, VA., Jan. 10, IS66.—.Rev.
McElwee—Sin: Yon will please to ex
cuse me for the liberty I have taken in
writing these few lines to you, but the ne
cessity of my family compels me to do so,
knowing of your kind generpsity in be
friending those who are in want.
I enlisted in the army in defence of my
country, and I thank God that he has spared
me to see our glorious flag floating tri
umphantly in every one of those States
which tried to break up one of the greatest
countries on the face of the globe. lam still
in the service of the United States, and I do
not know how long I shall remain in the
service. My wife and four small children
are in a state of destitution, and I beseech
of you to make them a visit, and I'll
guarantee that you will find them just as I
represent them. My residence is back of
No, street, below —, Philadelphia.
By doing so you w oblige. Very respect
fully your obedient servant. G. W. H.,
Sergeant Battery Penna. Vet. Art'y.
This case was found just as the soldier
linSband and father described it. Their
wants have been supplied, and they. are on
myi books for their weekly allowance.
Here is another letter, which please pub
lish for the benefit of the children and by
wai of appeal to them:
"At- N. J., January 14, 1366.—Dear
Cit:y Pasior: Having felt very much inte
res ed in your account of the soldiers' widows
an orphans in the 'Frigid Zone.' I asked
pa a ii he would not let Carrie and Ellie
an I send some money to you, and he said
I could if I would write a letter. Carrie is
1 nide, I am eleven, and little Ellie is only
on
year and one month; and though she is
too young to know about the poor, I am
sur that if she could understand she would
be # ery glad to send the money, to make
sole little babies as happy as she is. I
ex ect your poor people must be poorer
than any we have.. If yon write, please tell
melif you get much money from children.
'o each send $5, and would like to send
more. I will pray for you every night and
morning. MARY N."d I
DEAR SWEET Cumn: How much encour
agement your little words give my heart.
1 1 csnnot read such letters without tears,
i and from them and many such, I know God
' will make us instrumental in doing good to
th ' poor soldier's widow and orphan.
It rs. City Pastor appeals urgently for
clo ping of every kind, shoes, boots, stock
ings, and all kinds of under and outer gar
-1 meets, from the infant to the man or wo
man, needed. She has distributed not less
than $5,000 worth this winter. Bed clothing
is also very much needed, and all kinds of
fool that will keep, and that can be dis
tributed in small quantities.
An afternoon in our study will show you
wh at the rebellion cost us, and convince
you that there are harder battlesfought to-.
dat, of which the world has never heard,
in e lonely room of the bereaved widow
and orphan, and in her lonelier heart, than
have been fought on the field, amid the roar
of artillery, and ,the shout of victorious
men, standing to their guns and hurling de
fiance and death on the foe. Yonder, amid
all the excitement and glory and splendors
of 4var, he lays down his life in a moment,
a bleeding, mangled patriot. Here, she sits
in aolitude, fighting life's great battle, driven
back .inch by inch, by sterner foes that
never yield—cold, hunger,
nakedness—till
the eyes grow sunken, and the face thin and
pale 'with want, and the body bowed and
feeble, and on yon humble cough, in. yon
lonialy garret, she surrenders—breathes her
last breath, bids farewell to earth's con
flicts, and goes to where the "weary are at
test."
Who fights the hardest battles? Who has
the! sternest foes to meet and overcome?
The soldier, 'mid all the inspiration and
glory of a battle-field, or the soldier's wife,
widow, orphan, battling with gnawing cares,
cold, hunger, nakedness? Who? Ladies,
Yon can help them fight this battle; you
can, lighten , their burdens; you can soothe
their sorrows and comfort their hearts, and
prolong their days with their little children.
'American ladies, you will do it; I know you
will; I have evidence that you will. Man
has only to bear of' woman' s suffering to
sympathize and aid.
In looking over my book I find that I
have aided in the last six days one hundred
and:ninety families . or about nine hundred
persons. The clothing received is invalua
ble;: not less than three hundred dollars
worth daily are sent:away with', these poor
soldiers' widows to clothe themselves and
their fatherless children. Yes, ladies and
gentlemen, you are doing nobly. Let us
hrive all your clothing that you can spare,
from the infant to - the full-grown man or
woman, not forgetting that clothing will
not feed the hungry...
Send contributions of everything that will
relieve the wants of humanity to Rev. Wm. ,
McElwee, City Pastor, 1341 Lombard street,
Philadelphial - ' . -
JANUARY 19, 1866. '
Y. S, . Contributors whose . aclEnoWledg=
meats were ,not in this week's papers wil
Soldiers' Families.
find acknowledgments in next week's pa
per/ C. P.
1111.=
HEAVY FAILURE.
Coll apse of the Columbian Marine
Insurance Company---Liabili
r, ;ties 'Reported at Six Mil
lions of Dollars.
{From to-dayls N. Y. Herald.]
The failure of the Columbian Marine In
surance Company was announced yester
day, and created some comment, 4ough
not Much surprise, as it was well Haaown
that the company find lost heavily of late.
The following official announcement of the
suspension was handed in at this office last
evening by Mr. Henry D. Phelps, agent for
the cOmpany.
The Board of Directors of the Columbian
Marine Insurance Company, in consequence
of lie Vere and unprecedented losses the past
year,land particularly during a recent pe
•nod, have decided to close up the affairs of
the company. The find themselves pos
sessed of large assets, sufficient to meet all
liabilities and leave a handsome surplus.
The Columbian was one of our oldest joint
stock marine companies, and had been in
existence many years on the participating
plan.il It possessed a capital of $3,500,000.
The latest published quotations of its stock
on December 30th last was at the rate of
S5l. The corppany's last declared semi-an
nual dividend, payable on the Ist inst., was
three and- a-half per cent.
It was stated on the street yesterday that
the liabilities of the company would reach
at least six millions. Many risks had been
lost through the depredations of the Anglo
rebel pirate Shenandoah; the losses accru
ing from this cause alone aggregating, it is
said, over amillion of dollars.
The Columbian Marine will not, of course,
he misunderstood by the intelligent reader
for the Columbia Fire Insurance Company.
Burning of a Steamer—Loss of Life-1,000
Bales of Cotton Destroyed.
[From the Savannah Republican, Jan. 15.]
The steamer Asher Ayres, bound from
Hawkinsville to Savannah, was discovered
to be on fire while proceeding down the Al=
tamaha river, when just below Town Bluff,
at 1 o'clock in the afternoon of the 9th inst.
Her cargo, which was a very valuable one,
consisting of 1,020 bales of cotton and a large
quantity of domestics, together with the
vessel was totally destroyed, with severe
loss oilife.
The most strenuous exertions were made
by the captain and crew,who behaved man
hilly, to subdue the savage flames, which,
as they gained headway, roared fearfully
around the doomed vessel, compelling all
on board to jump into the river and face the
perils of water, or suffer the more horrible
fate that awaited them. As soon as it was
discovered that there was no hopes of saving
the steamer, the passengers busied them
selveslin throwing overboard bales of cot
ton, and then jumping into the river after
them.
Welbear shocking reports concerning the
conduct of a portion of the crew which, if
true, End we do not pretend to vouch for its
trutliftilness, it being too atrocious to bear
credence, entitles the guilty parties to the
severest punishment that outraged justice
can inflict. It is stated that the only boat
on board was seized by the crew, who made
good their escape, and that while the fire
was in progress the wretches took advant
age oil the general din and tumult to break
open and rifle the trunks of the passengers,
in many instances securing thousands of
dollars from the carpet-bags and valises
which were abandoned by their owners
temporarily while seeking an opportunity
to escape the flames. We sincerely trust, if
this statement is true, that an investigation
will at once be ordered, and the villains
tracked, and after they have disgorged their
plunder, made to suffer in such a way as
retrebutive justice demands. The example
thus made will have a wholesome effect in
preventing a repetition of such diabolical
crimes whenever an appalling disaster takes
place on board our ocean or river steamers.
The most terrible incident connected with
this fearful disaster is the loss of life attend
ing it Mr. Finley informed us that ten or
twelve persons perished, two colored men,
deck hands, being burned to death, while
eight 1 or ten others are supposed to have
been I drowned while attempting to swim
ashore. We are unable to learn positively
whether any white persons were lost, it
beings impossible for our informants to
gather any reliable information ,as to the
lost and saved, owing the great excite.
ment and confusion that prevailed when
they left.
The ;Ayres had twenty cabin and forty
deck passengers, who lost all their baggage,
Sc.
Facts and Fancies.
Helier is very clever at his tricks, but
dreadfully negligent in his nuns. He allows
many 'of the finest capabilities of the lan
guage to escape'him in a way that is per
fectly disgraceful.
Last, night he told his Faust story. Why
didn't he remark that his country friend
could not cross Bleeker street in a straight
line, because he was crossing obliquer ?
And by didn't he remark that although
he took seventeen drinks, he stuck steadily
to one bar?
Then his Davenport trick. Very cleverly
done, but nothing wonld be easier than to
suggest that the tin trumpets are Sack's
horns / How he can put those four musical
instruments into the cabinet without ex
pressing the hope of making his four tunes
out of them, we are at a loss to explain.
Sti ,more unaccountable is his failure to
ascribe the whole trick to an effort of his
As (Or the Sphynx, we. saw through it at
once (as the burglar said of the wooden
shutter). He allows it to wake up from its
centu.les of sleep, and expects us not to see
that it origin is trance-parent.
Then he asks it all sorts of questions, but
never 'inquires whether its Mummy knows
its ou4(
He says its home is with the Egyptian
pyr
an a
Ids, but never once alludes to what
he ha: brought to appear amid—the au
dienc 1
The ISphynx, after its dram, calls for
"moa! moa !" and Heller don't tell us that
it is evidently the cry of an extinct bird.
It's traveling all the way from the Nile,
withao trunk, might also be thought worth
a passing remark. '
For fewer reasons than these our forefathers
signe • I the Declaration of Independence,
and • .bert Heller may profit by their ex
ec .hint is made by the papers of York,
Engl : d, that at concerts given there the
hidies take their arochet and tatting-Work
with t em, and the • gentlemen sedulously
read • 0 -newspapers through Out 'the per
form: • ces. That is a 'great deal better
F. Z. FEMERSTON.Nier
DOUBLE SHEET, THREE CENTS
than taking people's crochets and tattling
over them with gentlemen, during theropera,
as some people do.
Jeff. Davis is•-suffering severely from
erysipelas. Jeff. would not object to a
breaking-out, if he could select the kinds
A New York surgeon extracted a needle
from an infant's hip by using a strong mag
net. What an attractive:childthat must be.
A man in Hartford found a human finger
in his Bologna sausage. Nothing new. 'A
boy named John Horner found a thumb in
a Uhri stmas pie, many years ago.
LIGHTHOUSE ON THE SOUTHERN COAST.
—ln consequence of Congress having
as , yet failed to act upon the recom
mendations of the Chief of the_ Lighthouse
Board, very little progress has been made
in the work of re-establishing lighthouses
on the Southern coast. There are yet up
wards of eighty lighthouses and boats along
the coast from the mouth of the Chesapeake
Bay to the coast of Texas that need to be
put in working order. Many of the houses
and boats are only partially damaged, and
would require very little time and expense
to thoroughly repair them, while again
some of the most extensive works have
been entirely destroyed. As soon, as Con
gress makes an appropriation for this pur
pose the work will commence in earnest.
SALES OF STOOKS.
61000 N Pa R 6s 83%! Ito sh Reading R 50V
4000 do 8.3.0600 ah do 630 50 3 k
Notes
II S Tress 7 3-10 700 sh do 810 50%
Notes Junit, 981 , 1 1000 sh do boli
1(0 City es oil ' 87 300 sh do b3O 50X
1000 do RR 08 WO sh St Nicholas Coal
am do new s 5 9214gds ''
2600 do l5 sh Lehigh Val 6131
100 Lehigh 6s 08 % 100 sh Philo & Cherry
1000 Pa R Ist mgt es 9.5 . Run 44-10)
2000 Lehigh Valß 6s 1).1 9) 300 1 sh Catawis pfd c 4114
100 sh Ocean Oil blO 16 c 100 sh Phil & Erie bw 30
1( osh do 15?4,300 sh Maple Shade 530
No eh do 630 16 /100 sh Union Canal pin 43
100 sh do bl 5 15741103 sh do 414"
100 sh do 15.1i1 25 sh Wyoming Val 57
100 sh do 13.73 /541 10 sh Penna R 6434
.
600 oh St Nicholas 0 .i,1109 sh do 54
Public Board — Philadelphia Exchange. '
BarponyED By a. C. 30737;50N, litToCk 3337.0=1, NO. &KV
yr FEBST Ambiirr EMBRE
CALL. Y.
1001 h Dun kard .101100 ab McFlrath
100 sh Maple Shade b3O 37,g1200 sh do
100 sh Sugar Creek hal 4%'1100 sh Junction
PRICKS OF STOCKS IN NEW YORa.
(By .7ilegraph.)
American Gold. ._138,11 sales
Reading ..... so sales
New York 9O sales
U. 8. 68 'Bl int sales
U. 8. 6s, ..... los% sales
1t51.y sales
Rudsc . on R.Tvei-.--..103 sales
Illinois Central bid
- ..... bid
Reavy.
Finance and Enatnaso--Jan. 23. niss.
The Money Market continues easy, with yery 'hatted
inquiry from both the merchants and the Stock Ex
change, but there is an almost total absence of any
speculative demand for either stock or merchandise
There Is much firmness fortilovernmentLeans,closing;
at 104 for the Coupon Sixes, 'EI: 9.3%; for the Seven
lhirrles, and WV, for the rive-Twenties. State Loans
were dull. City Loans sold to a limited extent at &S
for the old, and 9231' for the new issues. Railroad
Bonds were offered more freely, and at lower figures.
Pennsylvania Railroad First Mortgage Bonds sold at
94%@95. and North Pennsylvania Railroad 65 at 53%.
Reading It. It was the most active on the list and sold
largely at 503,0‘...5e4, closing at the former quotations—.a decline of Catawissa Railroad Preferred was
weak and fell off being offered at the close at 39?;-
Pennsylvania Railroad declined to 54. Lehigh Valley
Railroad sold at 6134', and Philadelphia and Erie Rail
road at to. Canal stocks were inactive. 57 was bid for
Wyoming: 28' 4 for SchnylkUl Navigation Preferred,
for the Common Stock, and 5 3 3 i. fie. T , high Naviga
tion. Coal stocks were firmer. 011 stocks were very
heavy, with a marked decline in Ocean and lietple
Shade. In Passenger Railway shares we notice sales
of Second and Third Streets at 71; Chestnut and Wal
nut Streets at 51, and Spruce and Pine Streets at 57?.
Jay Cooke & Co. quote Oovernmenaßectirlties, &a.,
to-day, as follows:
ling':
U. S. 6's, 1591.----.-------.lBuyingo3 .
1i Il}4
Old 520 Bonds. ...10214 1034
New " 1564 „ _101.4 Ifr24 -
5•20 Bonds, 1865. ..101.?,( 102!4
10-10 Bondx.--...--.......___ 92 931 i
99. ii
" June— ._ .„._ 9.95 i 99
" July.— . - -- ........ „ 5 Vi . 99
Certldcates of Tii - tieiess.., 9.94; 99
Gold—at 12 o'cl. k_ ,
..—......1,38:ii- . 139
Messrs. Deßaven w. Brother. No. 40 South Third
street., make the following quotation!, of %he rates of
exchange to-day, at 121, • M,:
BAYInt. Belling.
American Gold..
Quarters and
Dimes and half dimes—....
Spanish
Penna. Currency..._,. 310 dis. 7.10 din.
New York Excnange. 1-lo dis oar.
Smith, Randolph & Co., Bankers, 16 South Third
street, quote at 1 o'clock as follows:
•
IT. S. feell3onds
11, S. 5-20, 1862. 103%,(g1103 ,
1864 101;7441W
1865 10148'64102
U. b. 10-40 93 93 1
L. 8..7-a - is-Ist series ^ 68' ( 99
" • 2d series 9.5.?4,(2) 9S
3d series qsli® 93N
S. Certificates of Indebtedness 98:h,
M. Schultz & Co., i..N10. 16 South Third street, make
the following quotations of the rates of Exchange per
steamer Scotia, from New York:
London, 60 days sight
3 days
Paris, 60 days sight....
3 days
Antwerp, 60 days....
Bremen, 60 days....
Hamburg ,60-days.
Leipsic, 60 days...-....
Berlin, 60 days
Cologne, 60 day 5........
Amsterdam, 6o days
Oe .. ~ ~.~.:x
Market steady.
The weekly averages of the Associated National and
Local Banks of the city of New York now in the
Clearing-House, for the week ending Saturday .last,
Jan. so, compare as follows with the previous weekly
statement, and also with the corresponding week last
year, and the Sub -Treasury balances at each !date:
Increase of Loans
Decrease of Specie 1,537,196
Increase of net Deposits ' 1,049 249
:Decrease in Legal-Tender 2_ , 0,005
Increase in Circulation 1,312,795
Including the Exchanges between the Banks through
the Clearing-House, and including also, the Sub-Trea
sury statement of Saturday afternoon, the previous
weekly report, and also, with the movement of this
time last year:
Jan. 21, '65. Jan. 20, '66. Jan., 13, '66
—.469,186,762 t,31,686,200 180,686,200
187,060.586 239,277,726 234,938.193.
. 20,211,569 15,265,372 16,1 , 52,568
.146,068,355 198,816,248 197,766,999
34,081,068 84,181,09 72,735,471
Capital
Loans
Specie-
Gross Deposits...
In Sub-Treasury
Legal Tender
Jan.......
Jan. 13
Decrease.
Philadelphia Markets.
TITESDAY, Jan. 23.—There Is a steady inquiry for
prime Cloverseed, and it is taken on arrival at $7 75(4
$8 12,1 i, but inferior, is not wanted and commands re._
latively lower figures. In Timothy nothing dping.
Small sales of Flaxseed at $3 10(0)315.
• The Flour market continues eionsively dull bat
prices have undergone no quotable change. The:only
transactions reported for export was 500 barrels "Pon
taxat" on terms kept secret, and Emma lots for the_
supply of the home consumers at r®7 50 FEI 'barrel fbr
superfine, $80)18 50 for extras,- ffB aog43 25-forNorth:-.
western extra family, so©lo 50 for , Penna., and
Ohio do. do., and, at higher fig's* fur fancY /01s--
according to quality. In Bye Flour and Corn Idesit
. .
there is nothing doing. .. - - .
There is some Inquiry for Wheat. but buyer and F .
sellers are apart;-in their " Small - 24es of good
and choice Red at p 3.5@2 23. In thnubseime °Psalm. '
of White we quote at fd 4o@k2 O. Eye ranges froM
to :f CADNI t't dull at the; decline_ noted yesterday.%
Balsa Of 7,000 bushels yellow at rs cenM, pats aredul4? 4- 4X,
Bales of 1200 bushels Penna. - at 50 Cents.' •.•
.Priceabf Barley and Malt are nominal.' •
-Wbisff is drill. Small salm el Ohio barrels at 27.
~KI•l~y:R~rt'sl~~~ii f l
f3ECOND aLA.1146:
Balsa
sales
....150 ®l5l
....1524v15334
.3f. 75@3f. 72
31. 72 tf TO
.sf. 75 3L T 2
_309 (, 10
.. 41)( al 50
_lOO 1131
100 CI.
O
100 01101
...... 56 ( a 57
•-172419.812
... 73,019,957.