GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME XIX.---NO. 242. EVENING BULLETIN. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. (Sandaye excepted) at No. 329 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia "Evening Bulletin Association.," PROPRIETORS. GIBSON PEACOCK, j CASPER SOURER Jr.. Z. L. PETEEERSTON, I ERNEST C. WALLACE THOMAS J. WILLIAMSON. The BULLETIN 18 served to subsCribers in the City at 18 cents per week, payable to the carriers, or #s 06 per • 1 • MARRIED. •-• BROWN—ELLIOT—In this elly, .on the 25th inst., by the Bev. David H. 249.curdy, of Mount Holly, Lewis T. Brown, of Philadelphia, to Martha, daughter of the late , John Elliot, Esq.. of Chapel Brampton, Northamptonshire, England. No cards. DIEID; FAC9N—On the 25th instant, Hester, wl e of Thos • HAN vuSLY—On the morning of the 24tk instant, .at Germantown, of membranous croup, Lindsay, Ward, only child of G.. Wharton and Roselle, Old-. ,miaon Bamerslycaged 0.1 . months. • . • TrwrrowAhr—On • the morning • of "the,2Bttt instant, IVlannie, wife of Horace B. Heilthan, and youngest daughter of the late Sterne Humphreys. The relatives and friends of the family are respect fully Inelted.to...attend the faneral -from her. late resi dence, 2009 Walnut street, on Saturday morning,, the 27th instant, at 10 o'clock. ; . HOWELL--First ' month, , -26th instant, at her resi dence, Brook worth near West Chester, Pa., us i,,,i -teth R. Howell, relict t of Israel Howell, deceased; in ter 77th year. •Her relatives andfrierids are invited to her fimeral without further notice, to meet at her late residence, ma Third day taunting, 10th instant, at 10% o'clock. Carriages will be' at the West Chester Depot that morning to meet the Train that leaves West_Phila -delphia at 8 o'clock; A. M. PrwW—On the evening of the 24th ult., Sarah Pike, lit the 82d year of her age. - , Her friends are respectfilly incited to attend her fu neral from the residence of her nephew, Thomas Cain, 21112 Wallace street, .on Saturday morning, Jan. 27th, at nine o'clock. precisely at which. hour the funeral - services will take place. Interment '.t Trenton, New Jersey . ' RICHARDSON—On the morning of the 24th instant, Wm. Richardson, in the 73d year of 1118 age. His relatives and the friends of the family are re spectfully Invited to attend his funeral from his late residence, No: 1423 Spruce street, on Saturday, 27th instant, at 11 o'clock. iticmutr SON—On the morning of the 24th instant; Retinal Richardson. , The relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend her funeral on Seventh day morning, the 27th instant, at 11 o'clock, from her late residence, No. 124 North Tenth street, without further notice. * SlClCELS—Suddenly, on the morning of the 25th instant,.Thomaa H. Sickels, aged 74 years. The friends of the family are invited to attend his funeral, without further notice, from his late re• aidence. Pine street, above Sixth, south side, Camden, N. J. Will meet at the house on Sunday morning, 28th instant, at 9 o'clock, A. M. To proceed to Bethel, ew Jersey. sa SHEPHERD—On the eveningg of the 24th instant, Charley, intent son of George W, and Clara Shepherd, aged 7 months, 2 weeks and 3 days. • Cemetery. Interment on Saturday, 27th Instant, at Laurel Hill . SMITH—On the everting of the 24th instant, at the residence of his brother, H. K. Smith, No. U 24 Wal lace street, William K. Smith, of Germantown. His relatives and friends and those of his family, also the members of Lodge No. 81, A. Y. M., and Wal ker Lodge 1,,a. O. F.,' are invited to attend his fune ral from his brother's residence on Monday next, San. 29th, at 1 o'clock. WHITE DIORERtsTS TOR SKIRTS. V Green Watered Morena. 8-4 and 6-1 Green Baize, White Cloth for Sacks. White Evening Silks. EYRE dc LAIVDELb. Fourth and Arch. D 9) Ell 'DWI 111.(10711 HOWARD HOSPITAL. Noa. 1618 and 152 Lombard street, Dispensary Department. Med -11o:the poor l 7treatment and medicines tarnished gratuitously . se2B . THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK HOLDERS of the WESTMORELAND 44D I. YORK GAS COAL COMPANY will be held ; n Philadelphia, at the Office of GEORGE TONKIN, Es q.. Walnut street, corner of Sixth street on MON DAY. February sth, at 3 o'clock P. IL, for the election 01 TRUSTEES or DIRECTORS. C. ZABRISKIE, Jr., Secretary. Plzw YORK. Jan. 20.1866. ja24.lOts Lirr. TILE. SEPOY REBELLION, BY .AN EYE "WITNESS. w- Yecture, by Rev. WIL BUTLER. D. ~ late Mts. sionary to India. on personal reminiscences, of the &ploy Rebellion in India, at the SPRING GARDEN STREET M. E. CHURCH, corner of Twentieth and Spring Garden Streets,: on MONDAY EVENING, January 29th, at 73i o'clock. ickete 50 cents. For sale at Perkinpine & Higgins' Si N. Fourth street; Tract Depository, 119 N. Sixth at., and at the door. ja2s-itrp2 W! ST CHESTER AND PHILADELPHIA. RAILROAD COMPANY. 7fie next Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of this Company, will be held in the Horticultural Hall in the Borough of West Chester, on Monday the twelfth day Of February, A D. 1866 at 12 o'clock M., when :and where an election of officers to serve the ensuing year will take place By order'of the Board. A. LEWIS SMITH. _ja2E.f,m,w,tofe32{ Secretary. DE' THE MEMBERS OF THE PHILADELPHIA BAR are invited to attend at the SUPREME C T ROOM. on SATURDAY MORNING NEXT, At 12 o'clock, to take into consideration the subject of :additional Court Accommodations, additional Judges, hand more adeonate Compensation of the Judiriary, Benj. Harris Brewster, G. Morgan Eldridge, G. M. Wharton, ' George Junkin, Jr., 'George W. Biddle, W. J. McElroy. R. Rundle Smith, Wm. Botch Wister, Charles Gibbons, John C. Mitchell. :Henry B. Bogert, , Edw. Sbippen, J. G. Rosengarten, ' S. N. Rich. James W. Paul. Joseph A. Clay, . Henry M. Phillips, W. D. Baker, 311acGreor T. Mitcheson, Jacob Thomas,' John Clayton, Isaac Hazieharst, Isaac S. Serrill. Josiah Randall, John B. Colahan, its OFFICE OF THE LFITIGH COAL AND 11. , , 7 NAVIGATION COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA, December 2181, 1865. LOAN FOR SALE. Jr BUMS TO SUIT PIIRCHADERS. 'The Loan of this Company, due April let, 1884, into rest payable quarterly, at the rate of six per cent. per 51711 . 112 M. • • 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 Railroads,constructed and to be constructed, between Mauch Chunk and Wilkesbarre, and branch' roads connected therewith, mid the franchise of the Company relating thereto. Apply to SOLOMON SHEPHERD, Treasurer,•de2l-rptfl• • 122 South Second streetal firqSOLDIERS AND SAILORS' FAIR.—At a final. meeting of the Executive Committee of the - Fa for the benefit of the SOLDIERS AND SAILORS' aIOME, recently held at the Academy of Music, and the Supplementary . Fair held at -the Carpenters' Hall, - the Chairman of the Finance Committee stated that he had audited the Treasurers account, and havingfound - the same correct, reported as follows, yin Total receipts 132,111 82 "Total disbursements ' 25,061 68 Net proreeds • ' r •-• $107,050 14' One hundred andsix thousand dollars of saidamount being in government securities, and balance in cash. - Which, on motion was handed over to • the Treasurer •of the Home, to be applied as the managers thereof may direct. • I . • the above amount Of disbursements is included in the cost of goods purchased for the various ...departments of the Fair, amounting in all to the sum of -about 817,%O.leaving the expenses pronerof both Fairs 1.8,061 68.] • On motion, resolved, That the above proceedings be ipubllshed, signed by the Chairman and ecretsr.Y. On motion, then adjourned sine die. WILLIAM D. LEWIS, • 'Chairman of Executive Committee ' CHARLES S. OGREN, • ; Secretary, of Executive Committee. I.From the • Superintendent of _Penwin- vania: r centraliviad. ALTOONA, Blair county, Pennsylvania, ...September 14th 1865.-Witteoz .0 Gibbs' Sew .- ing Machine Oompaiiy, No. 720 Chestnut at., Philadelphia: . One of your Sewing Machines •:has been used in my family for several - years. For simplicity and mechanical se- Leuracy of construction, I have seen no• Se w ing Machine equal to it. TS' speed and • correctness with which it doek work are ? admirable. It has given and, ntinnes to give us entire satisfaction. -, Very respectfully,•_. Ew; SUCCESSFUL Nnws BOYS.—Ti spring-, field (Maas.) .Republican says, in% .e winter of 1855, there were eight carrier boys em ployed to distribute that paper in Spring field. Three of these boys are now, cashiers of banks in or near Springfield. • - JUDAH P. BENJAMIN has entered his name at the Temple for admission to the _ , English bar. . . •". . . • - . . . - . ' . . . . . . . .. . .... . .. . , , , . 110 ''''' . • • - I . , .• - .. ~, . . „ , _ _ . . . - . _ , . ... . . . . , . . _ . ~., . .... . .. .. , - . . , . , .. . _ •• , .. • . . •• • ,i'-, . -' . , '- H . ~. . . , - . , . . ~- , - . ~ , , . . . . . . . • • I • ' . . ~,_ • .. . . - . . . . . . . - . .. .. . : . . • . . . . ... . , . .. , . . . .- . . . . ~ .. . . . • - . _ . . . , . . • , , ~ . , ':' . . . . .. .. . - • - . . . . , . .. - . • , ... . . . ~ • .. , .. . . . „.... . . ... ...- r . .* • , ' . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • ~ , ~. . • . . , . . . • ' • . . . , . .. . . . . • . . . , . • , . , . , . . . . "Later Lyrics." by Julia Ward Howo, Boston—J. E. Tilton tit. C0, 7 -Step by step Mr& Julia Wards Howe has reached a place among "the few and first" of the American poets of the present decade. The reader who reflects on the full significance of thiS assertion must admit that a work by any one, who deserves such praise, is at any time worth knowing.. It is a declaration that among more than thirty millions of people;lhere are a dozen, certainly not more than twenty, persons whose memory, as preserved in their works,will be in after ages nearer.and, in a certain sense, dearer VI" trul* cultivated persons' than that of the greatest statesmen or generals of our tittle! We do not realize it, but it cannot bif) denied' that every man or woman, who haS gained a place in the Poetic pantheon o l f this country, has thereby proved that he or she is the first ankong several thousands as regards the:development of a faculty whichi in the Opinion of the only persons whose opinion is worth having, takes`-the lead as . regards all active, exertion of reflnedinteli: lect. Let any one look over the literary history of the last four hundred years and he will be surprised tit finding how abiding is the reputation of even very inferior poets. The forests of science, history, 'or theology, are swept away by time, but the grass and wild flowers of poetry bloom on undisturbed: Many thousands of men are at this day striving with all their might to attain a celebrity, Which, after all, when won, will be merely evanescent as compared to that of any of our better poets. The re= fiection should have the effect of inspiring somewhat more respect for the members of the gentle craft than the majority of the public grants them: Such reflections struck us with redoubled force, when on, opening Mrs. Howe's new volume of poems, our glance rested on the Battle Hymn of the Republic, which has attained in the highest sense the proud dig= ,linction of having become a historical .. .and national ballad. Through the late war for Emancipation and the Union, it was sung far and wide from Maine to California, from the far North to the Gulf. •`Mine eyes have seen the coming of the glory of the Lord; He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored: He bath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible aw ift sword: Had MM. Howe written nothing more than this grand variation on the old John Brown.refrain, her poetical celebrity would hava been well assured. "thir Orders" l became , however hardly leas known dur ing the war—the reader will recal it froul the opening verses: Stern earnestness, as of a terrible and; lowering cloud, lit by the lightning flashes' of "Puritanic fanaticism," as it was once' the fashion of fools to call the great element which hai redeemed and regenera-' ted our country, are decided characteristics. of these poems of the war. Where they are' graceful they are truly feminine, where they are strong and serious they are very manly, indeed—a comment which will apply with great justice to all of Mrs. Howe's songs.; "Our Country" and "Theßattle Eucharist," are broad and grand in conception—in them as in so many more, we hear that true organ tone so often imitated and so seldom' attained 7 eapecially by women. The second division of this volume em- braces 'Lyrics of ,the Street,' the first of which, 'The Telegrams,' is an admirably framed series of imaginary messages. Each of these lyrics of the street is a beautiful lyric picture, while the whole form an exquisite collection, which may be regarded as a single poem. It is to be re. gretted that the writer did not, by a few bold and happy toucl#, fuse the whole into one. The intelligent or poetic reader will indeed do-this almost unconsciously ; but the mass, to whom suggestive art is a sealed, mystery, will lose the unity, which might have been made directly apparent. Better yet, and of the same style of lyzical architecture, are "Her Verses, a lyrical romance," in.which the love, yearning and death of a young girl are set forth in a series of poetic hints—oftentimes most musical : "I will lead you, dream-enchanted, Where the fairest grasses grow;- • I will bear yourmurmnred music Where the fresh windsoe and blow. "On the brown heath, weird-encircled., Shall our noiseless footsteps fall,— We communing with twin counsel, Each to other, all in all." Calmness and dignity,a certain religioysly toned purity and grace, and . well-ordered forethoug as regards all dramatic or pic turesque effects, characterize the Poenis of Study and Experience with which th 4 re maining two-thirds of this volume are filled. It would be difficult to find, at the present day, any simply secular poet whose writings' indicate so little merely earthly passion or sensuous impulse, I as Mrs. Howe's. To give them from a social point ,of view the highest of praise which can possibly be awarded by the American public, and one without which no character is popularly re garded 'as truly great, we would say that these poems are morality itself—images of Purity in ice by moonlight. The reader 'who reflects otthe difficulty. f writing poems of true`exce ence which shall become univer sally liked, without employing a trace • of the most tempting ad captandunt elenient, will feel fromthis that no small gift of sell conscious strength and refined and 'refining discipline has-been allotted to one whose workEtare inspired with such varied merits: It was not needed to give Eros warning'—his dwelling is in humble valleys and not'on the stately hill-tops. -'Something should be said of Mrs. Howe Lmwls. NEW PUBLICATIONS. Hl5 truth is marching on." "Weave no more silks, ye Lyons loom!, To deck our girls for gay delight! The crimson flower or battle blooms, And solemn marches fill the night. `•Weave but the flag whose bars today Drooped heavy o'er our early dead, And homely garments, coarse and gray, For orphans that must earn their bread." "Thus the living and dying daily - Flash forward their wants and words, While still on thought's slender railway Sit scathlesa the little birds." PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26,1866. as an original writer—a point by the way which few cotemporaries ever succeed ,in justly determining Of their compeers. While we feel as from afar off that the same brain which inspired 'ller Verses," has not been entirely unconscious' of Mrs. Browning, and while "A Wild Night" smacks of LongfellOw—as every sea - poem in the "eight. six" measure must—we can not in conscience avoid insisting that, as regards great mental characteristics, Mrs. Howe possesses an originality which renders a few and extremely trifling defects of form such as these "coincidental accidents" of no real consequence. Beyond this the reader who would know more of these poems must read for her, or ,hitruielf. Praise is due to. Messrs. Tilton & Co., Ffor the very beautiful typography, paper and binding of thits book,. . - _ Messrs. 'Carlton & Porter, New York, have just published several valuable addi tions to their catalogue which are for sal&by Perkinpine (Sr, Higgins, in this city. "The Centenary of Methodisin" by Rev. Abel Stevens, LL. D. is a history= of Methodism in America, prepared in anticipation of the celebration of its centenary jubilee which to be held this year. In, a compact form, the author has succeeded• in presenting a very complete summary of the history, theology, literature, missionary work, &c., of this large branch of the American Church, which now numbers, nearly two million persons. "A Visit to Aunt Agnes," and "The Chil dren and the Lion" are two beautiful re prints of English juveniles, very hand somely illustrated with five engravings; which will be very popular with little ones. Carlton it Porter also publish the fourth of their series of "Question Books" for Sunday Schools, completing the study of the Old Testament. These little text-books are very extensively in use in the Methodist Sunday Schools. Under the title of "Mosaics of Human Life," J. B. Lippincott & Co., have just published a very pretty volume of extracts, prose and poetry, illustrating the various phases of human life. The authoress, Elizabeth A. Thurston, has done her work remarkably well, and under the captions of Betrothal, Wedded Life, Babyhood, Youth, Single Lite and Old Age, she has grouped her selections together in such a way as' to present a most sprightly and readable volume. As the title indicates, there is a rare blending of light and grave tints in these "Mosaics," and it is jus ta Etch a book that one levee to dip into here an there in in a leisure hour, sure to meet many things to touch the feelings or to amuse the fancy. J. B. Lippincott it Co. have also published a second series of "Drifted Snow-Flakes," by Mrs. Hamilton. The first series of these poetic selections of religious poetry, has met with a degree of success, and ac complished an amount of good, in its min istrationsamongst the bereaved and suffer ing that gave ample encouragement for the preparation of this second volume. Many of the poems of the new volume appeat in print for the first time in "Drifted Snow- Flakes." The whole selection is marked with judgment and good taste, and will be gladly welcomed by those who have become familiar with its predecessor. • T. B. Peterson ct Brothers have just pub lished "Cora Belmont," a new novel by an anonymous author. It is the story of a young Kentuckian, whose adventures are divided between Kentucky, Washington and Philadelphia. Many of the scenes and situations are marked with considerable literary ability, although the book, as a whole, comes fairly within the category of sensational romance. THE CRUISE OF THE TICONDEROGA The Voyage from the Delaware to Fayai —Affairs on the Island—Arrival at Lis bon. [Correspondence of the Phila. Evening Etalean.) U. S. STEAM SLOOP OF WAR TICON DEROGA, OFF CITY OF "VILLA HORTA," FATAL ISLAND, December 10th, 1865.—We arrived here on the Bth instant. We made the passage in thirteen days from Delaware Bay, encountering the very worst weather. Just think, nine gales of wind, none of your small potato fellows, but regular old vete rans. 1 According to the Departmentregulationa, we . ivere . not to use steam after getting fairly to sea, except in a case of emergency. So we put out fires on the 26th of Noveinber and made all sail. Such sailing ! We went every way but the right one. The ship re mit:ied; me of a dog with- a pack of ;fire clackers tied - to his - tail. She rolled—she pitched--she. wallowed._, The wind and sea increasing very fast, she became almost un manageable and every {once and a while would fall off into the trough of the sea, and take sea after sea o her decks. The Captain stuck manfully tohis task of try ing to sail her, but ou 'yards breaking adrift, stays .parting- an rigging slacking badly, shewed that f we kept' on much longer we would wreck ; ourselves completely aloft. So, a ter two days trial, steam was, ordered an we arrived as above. We are hard at ,work at repairing damages. , - , , . Fayallsland is one oft e Azores or West ern Mends, situated in the North Atlantic Ocean, twenty-two hundred miles from i . Philadelphia, and nearly due east of it. It belongs to the. Kingdom f Portugal, and is of Volcanic origin. The principal town is Villa Horta, with 12,000 inhabitants. It is sitbated at the base of a volcanic mountain, 3,000 feet high, on the southeast side of the. Island. The town looks very pretty. and neat as you approach it:from the open; sea; but the illusion is dispelled when you: get, into it, for it is very dirty. It is guarded by a small stone fort, mounting about 20 guns, twelve 18 and 24-pounders in barbed°. It is n very folorn looking affair, and: I; can verrsafely say that one shot from t our 11-meh Dahlgren• would knock one fourth of it into pieces. There are about eighty Portuguese soldiers stationed onthe Island, very clean • andfine looking men: They wear a chocolate colored uniform, trimmed with narrow red lace and a three-cornered cap; they carry a carbine; they invariably OUR WHOLE COUNTRY. salute all our officerssno matter if yon pass them twenty times on the same day—which speaks well for their discipline. We saluted the flag of Portugal with twenty-one guns the day after we arrived. It was promptly returned by the fort with a like number. There are two Governors for the island, one military and one civil. Thamilitary one visited our ship, and was received with the honors and salute due his rank. He ex pressed great admiration for the American people. The American Consul also visited us, and received a salute of seven guns. Mr. Dabney, our Consul, is the wealthiest parson on Fayal, and owns over half of it. He has represented our interests here over thirty years. He,, with his two sons, Messrs. John and Samuel Dabney, seem to be more reipected than the officials, for - whenever they walk on the streets, everybody, men and children, bow and take off their hats to , them. .But they deserve it, I.assure you. Charitable, hospitable and benevolent are hardly expressive enough terms to apply to these noble gentlemen. And the United States . have a' Consul here they may .be proud of. Ins house, servants t and every thing he had,. were at our disposal. We played croqueton the beautliul lawn: before the house, - with some young ladies from Boston, staying with the- Consul's family. They are decidedly the belles of the island. I must not forget to mention the delight -ful walk. .1 took„ with Mrs. D. to see her tapper house • and garden on- the mountain,. c.slled•Bagatelle (she has still another one higher up,) It is a lovely place, and com mands a fine view of the Island of Pico op posite, whose grand- volcano rears its lofty and snow-capped peak 7,600 feet in the air. A good land mark for the mariner 40 miles at sea. I saw in the garden what perhaps would astonish you at home (this is no sailor's , yarn)—a hedge of camelias of about fif trees, twenty feet high, in full bloom. I saw at one glance fully a thousand came lias of the purest white, and of great size. I could have picked an armful, which, in Philadelphia,during the party season,would have cost me $5O, They require no care but a little pruning in the spring. Our break fast table has been decorated every morning with a bouquet of them. Luxurious dogs, are we not.? The Island is visited in the summer with severe shocks of earthquakes. Back of Mr. D.'s mansion is a canvas house, where the family take refuge when the shocks are un usually severe for fear of their own house falling—a thing that has never happened, but it is a precautionary measure. There are no public buildings worth mentioning in the city. There is a small theatre, but the . proprietor only opens it about once in two years, with a company from Lisbon. They had just left when we arrived. The streets are full of beggars, who follow you with piteous faces, begging for alms. Woe to the person who gives to them, as he will be almost- driven crazy every day. by the same gang. Some of our tender-hearted officers bestowed freely the first day they landed, although I advised them not to do so, as I bad seen a great deal of this hum bug in Spanish towns. They told me after .wards-they were sorry they ever gave any. The most amusing thing is to go donkey riding—carriages are not used here. Picture to yourself six United States Naval officers in uniform on their donkeys, sitting side ways on a kind of circus pad, with no stir rups, which is the style for both sexes. The donkey drivers follow after their beasts, sticking them in the flanks with a sharp nail on the end of a pole, accompanying it with the most hideous cries! and an excla mation which sounded to me like "Pah, sack kee, O." Ido not pretend to say it is spelt so, as I am not a Portuguese, thank my lucky stars. No amount of running or walking seems to tire either driver or beast. We rode about ten miles up and down the mountains and our donkeys were as fresh as when we started, only bleeding from repeated stabs with the nail. I endeavored to make my driver understand by signs, bad Portuguese and English, that he must stop his cruelty, but I must have said in Portuguese, "go on!" The more I appealed to him, - the harder he would ply the nail, till once be got a little too near the donkey, who let fly his heels and knocked him down. He let him alone after that. There is a very good hotel called the Fayal, kept by a Mr. Woodward, of Boston. The charges are very moderate and I can recom mend it to travelers and naval officers. There is also another hotel kept by an American, who calls himself Dr. Starbnck (I suppose on the same principle by which our politicians dub themselves colonels). I would advise all travelers, especially naval officers, to avoid this house, unless they wish to be imposed upon shamefully. The climate is delicions, and the thermom eter rarely goes below 50in the winter and not over 80 in summer. They say it is a very good resort for consumptive people. Communication with Lisbon is by steamer, once a month, about five days passage; with. the United States by the way of Boston, every seven weeks, by a line of barques be longing to the American Consul. One of his vessels, the Fredonia, Captain Burke, is noted for her quick trips, generally - coming from the United States in twelve days, (once she came in eight), to the United States in eighteen days. She is handsomely fitted up for passengers.. About one hundred whalers visit Fayal every year and deposit the oil captured on their outward passage with Mr. Dabney, who ships it to America. They also refit from his stores and warehouse. We put chatted one hundred tons of coal from him, delivered on board for 12 dollars per ton. Very cheap, we thought. During the late war the English' blockade runners put in here for coal. Although they offered fabu lous prices, he refused to sell one pound, and they had to coal at some other Island in the Azores. The pirate Semmes, who was --off and on this Island, threatened to retell ate on Mr. Dabney, by burning his vessels then due. That having no effect, he did wait for the barque Fredonia in the passage where she usually ran through. But Provi dence, which ever protects the good, directed the vessel to the southward of the place where she would have been certainly cap turettand she came in another passage. ' The productions of the Island are corn, barley, -wheat and grapes, Beef vegetables I and poultry, are very cheap. will give you a list of prices, which ought to make the robbers who sell in Philadelphia mar kets, blush and hide their heads. Splendid butter, 26c; eggs, 10c per dozen; chickens,3oc a pair; beef, 10c; mutton, So, (so tender); sweet potatoes, of large size, four for six; eta; oranges end lemons, 2c a dozen; cream cheese about the size .of a tea plate; 4 for 25c;,:your* pigs, alive, 50c; geese, $l. The-wine they make here resembles a fairr i.quality, of Madeira. I purchased a bottle of the highest priced, at $1; also, :one at thirty cents, about'as gciod as you get at the Continental for three dollars. We Jeave - here on the 13th, bound to Lis bbn,i 900`miles distant: We are going . to try the ship's sailing qualities going over, and will not use steam.. If the weather is good, I think we will sail overin eleven days. My next letter will be from Lisbon. I think it barely possible to get this letter off before we r • act' there. • lid not get a chance to mail this from Fay 1, and as I write now, (24th December) we re about anchoring before Lisbon, 12 1 noon. We were eleven days making ie pass: ge of nine hundred miles. Nine days we • ere under sail alone, two days steam ing. Very bad weather all the time. lam hap 4y to say, the ship has turned out (after our ,:wu repairing) a good sailer. My next lette will.be about Lisbon and the festivi ties if Christmas week. 0 Ma in t all the 17th, our Surgeon's steward, John am, died of debility. We buried him i•elve thousand feet of water.. We are • ell • MORGAN. CENTENARY OF METHODISM resting Meeting at New •York-,- Speeches by Secretary Har i lan, Bishop Simpson and Others. [Prom to-day's N. Y. Herald.l Tb mee. tion eve. ? first of a series of public centennial .ngs, commemorative of the introduc of Methodism in America, was held last ig in the St. Paul's Methodist Erdseo _ ❑arch, Fourth avenue. Although the er was unpropitious, the spacious , . , . edifiCe was crowded ill ever part long be• fore the hourappoinad for the opening exer cisEis.l Every Methodist church in New Yor 4 and Brooklyn was represented by a number of ladies and gentlemen, and a host of d i stinguished ministers were also in 1, 13 attenance. This gathering has been looked forw rd to with great interest by the mem bers f this influential denomination, as it wasf xpected that the first centenary meet ing Ivonld strike a key whose vibrations woul. be heard throughout the country, and mat• 'ally contribute to the success of the grea anniversary. The Centenary Coin mitt*, which is composed of distinguished ministers and laymen, were present. The singi .g was performed by the associated choir: of the city, under the direction of Mr. John Stephenson. Th . meeting was called to order by the Rev. .R. Crooks,who said that he had the pleas ato announce to the audience that the 'air would be occupied by the Hon. Jam ts Harlan; of lowa, Secretary of the hue or. A 1: rge number of gentlemen were ap poin ... vice presidents, and the audience then 1 sang—" Before Jehovah's awful throe," to the well-known tune of Old Hun red, and we venture to assert that no such ngregational singing was everheard 1 0 befowithin the walls of that Methodist r chn h. It was hearty and melodious enough to almost awaken the old fathers and r 7 r thers of the church from their long. sliun ,and ought to Thad their descendants to p yin old fashioned Methodist style for . ti•ke val of con regational singing. ..Th Rev. Di-. Durbin, the Missionary 1 3, Secre of the church, made an appro priat prayer, after which the chairman, Hon. James Harlan, Secretary of the 'u teri° addressed the audience as follows. Speech of Secretary Harlan. Th Church and the congregations repre sent here to-night are entering on the secon century of their existence in this coup ; and the desire has been manifested in yo own great city, as well as through out the land, to commence with renewed eneand enlarged liberality, with aug ment d means, the advancement of the enter rise of the Church, with a view of rei haste ng the evangelization of the people of ouruntry and of the world. The motives fort s appeal strongly, not only to the mem ci ers of the churches themselves, but to all Lbe who have enjoyed that type of ci • ' tion that has ever followed in its wake. All those who believe hi the humor ,,lii.fi talityf the soul, and that life here in this world is but a probation from which the ii good and pure are to be translated to the regi ons of ineffable bliss, there to conti tie for unending ages, and the bad d impure to be cast down in utter darkness, with unending an t guish and who believe that by the adoption of the instrumentalities now intrusted to the eh ches all may be lifted up, cannot but f l, as Christians, a. strong desire to aid the C'urch in this gigantic work of the worlds Christianization. And all those outsi e of the churches who have observed that as its enterprises advance and civiliza tion is established, with the wisest of criminal and civil jurisprudence, which introduces the most desirable social relations of life, and stimulates industry and those activities which secure, where ever fairly tried, the highest attainments in literature, in the knowledge of the arts and sciences, and in the attainment' of wealth and power, cannot, we think, as philan thropists, feel otherwise than a strong desire and wish to add their influence in pushing on these enterprises. It is not necessary for me to-night to state to gentlemen and ladies residing in the great commercial metropolis of one of the first nations of the earth; that thewealth and the power of the world to-day is in the hands of Christian nations. Your own na tion, at the head of the Protestant nations on this continent, overshadows every other people on this side of the Atlantic. Eng land, perhaps the greatest in power of any nation now in. existence, all things consid ered, stands at the head of the Protestant nations on the other side of the Atlantic. France, which, with her form of civilization, perhaps exceeds all the others, stands at the head of the Catholic nations. Russia at the head of the Greek church; and these nations combined, none will doubt who have ob server)) carefully the present condition of mankind, control the destinies of the world. So it is, we thick, that none can be without a motive to add their influence 'in aiding the churches in their efforts to Christianize man kind. Whilat"the motives are sufficient, it may not be amiss to state that we have the means. In this country, with a population now probably of about thirty-four millions, we possess an aggregation of wealth pro bably not less than twenty thousand mil lions. Of this p o p u l a ti on it may not be wrong for me to state to-night in this pre sence, nearly one million are members of the churches here represented, to-night. , These are chiefly adults, and therefore re present a poptdation of more than three,and ! probably hot much less than four, millions, or about one-eighth of the entire population , of the United States. It is not I think, un.- true that this part of the population of, the - United States are equal,at least,to the average of the people of the country in intelligence and. in the posseggion of the wealth of the coun try, and therefore are responsible to that extent for the proper use of the aggregated , wealth of the nation. But, in addition to 1 this, it is proper fqr us,as a youthful people to reflect that the wealth of the people Hof i F. L. FETB:ERSTON. Publitwr. DOUBLE SHEET, THREE CENTS. this country is augmenting at a rate never equaled by any people that ever existed in.. the world, doubling in amount about each ten years, so that it is not improbable that at the end of the presort century the wealth which will be controlled by the people of the United States will not be much less than one hundred thotusand•millions. And the population is keeping pace with this vast increase of wealth. You are new' about one-thirtieth part of. ' the people of the wholeearth, but you are increasing in population at the rate of about three per cent. each year, so that those who have attained the middle of life will probably see in this country not much short of one hundred millions of people,or about one-tenth part of the people that now live on the earth. So that we are not without overwhelming motives toreffort. We have vast meansprovidentially placed under our control, and, if we interpret cor rectly the apparent indications of Provi dence, we shall have an opportunity, within the limits of the United States, during the present century of instructing_ one-tenth of the.inhabitants of the globe. I may have occupied too much of your time already. (Cries of "Go on, 'go on.") I feel that it would be wrong, as foolish as it would be to send coals to Newcastle for sale, for me in, thepresenee of bishops and doctors of dirt vinity, to attempt to inculcate principles of theology and Christian benevolence. I' therefore desist, and have the pleasure of , introducing Bishop Janes, who will now address' the audience. The Bishop's address was devoted to ad vocating the claims of Germany and Ireland upon the attention and liberality of Ameri can Methodists. Bishop Simpson delivered the next ad dress, in advocacyof the Connectional Fund, for the spread of education among the deno mination. It is needless to say' that the Bishop's speech was able and, eloquent. It was a masterly presentation of The above The closing speech was made by Rev, Dr. McClintock, who, by the way was more in fluential in the advocacy of the American Government during the recent civil war, wh le in Paris and London, than any other American. The orator was frequently ap plauded. After singing the doxology the audience were dismissed with the benediction by Rev. Dr. .lEf oldich. THE BANK MESSENGER ROBBERY IN NEW YORK. The Amount Stolen—Committal of the Alleged Thieves. [From to-day's N. Y. Tribune.l Yesterday, at the Essex Market Police Court, George Boyce and David Schiff, who were arrested by Defective Shangle, of the Thirteenth. Precinct, on a charge,,of being the perSonteWbo, on the mOrning - uftttel9tir instant, robbed Samuel B. Terry, the mes senger of the Farmers' and Citizens' Na tional Bank of Williamsbargh, of a satchel containing a large amount of Treasury notes and checks, were arraigned :before Justice Shandley. The boy Terry recapitulated the facts of the robbery, all of which have- been bele tofore published in the Tribune. He states that the satchel contained $12,000 in Treasury notes and $40,000 in bank cheeks; not $5,000, as heretofore reported; he positively iden ttified Boyce as the man who sprang from the cart at the corner of Beekman and Wil liams street, struck him in the faceand then snatched the satchel. Thomas McGrath, 'a public porter, sta tioned at the spot where the robbery oc curred, testified that he saw a man, answer ing the description of Boyce, spring into a cart, which was driven off at a rapid rate of speed by another man. The identification of Schiff is not so com plete. Both prisoners were committed by the magistrate to await an 'examination on Saturday morning at 9 o'clock. Earthq_aake in Caraceas. On the 15th of December last, as we learn by advices received by the ship White Wing, from Venezuela, the city of Caraccas was visited by two shocks of earthquake. The first and most severe one was about 5, and the second about 9 P. M. The shocks were very strong and marked in character. and seemed to proceed from southeast to northwest. No very material damage was caused though several walls in houses were cracked. The whole population was stricken with affright, rushing pale and ghastly out into the streets, some in tears, others on their knees, saying their prayers. Many, took their eds out of their houses, and slept in; the open plaza. Large processions paraded the streets at midnight, led by the priests, chanting their prayers. Many families have left the city to sojourn in the country till the danger is past. On Monday following, the 18th, a third shock was felt, much like the two Ibrmer, except slighter and of shorter duration; but it seemed to cause more ,general alarm than. the first. People quit their employments, the Government House was emptied of its employes and closed. Even the President of the Republic found himself rushing into the street for safety. At evening lights were ordered to be placed in the windows to honor the Archbishop, who was to pass through certain streets, praying for the city. The shocks extended to Laguayra, Puerto Cabello Valencia, and all other places heard I from. tis feared these shocks' are . premo nitions of a more serious one, as in 1812, when a third of the city was destroyed. Statistics of 'Manufactures. The Secretary of the Interior, in response to a resolution of the House, communicates a list of the cities of the United States with the statistics of their manufactures,including those having 10,000 inhabitants and upward. It includes 102 cities, beginning with New York. and ending with Newport, Ky,' The total capital employed is $417,129,234; hands employed, males, 410,920; females, 147,000; value of products, $874,934,827. New York stands thus : capital, $61;212.757; males em ployed. 65,483; females, 24,721; value of pro ducts, $159,107,369. Philadelphia employs a capital of $73,318,885; male operatives, 68,- 350; feniales, 30,633; value of products, $135,- 979,777. Cincinnati is third in order' Products. $46,000,000; capital, $17,000,0011 in 'round numbers. Boston; Products, $36,000,000; ,capital, $13,000,000. The other_ _principal ,cities produce as follows: Brooklyn, 834,- 000,000; Newark,, $22,000,000; St. Louis $21,- 000,000; Baltimore,' $21,000,000; San_ Fran cisco, $1g,000,000; Lowell, $18,000,000; Provi dence, $15,000,000;. Louisville, $l2 000,000; Richmond, $12,030,000; Pittsburgh, $11,000,-' 000; New Bedford, $11,000,000; Chicago, $11,000,000; New Orleans, $10,000,000; Man chester 140,000,000; Troy, 010,000,000;1'W cheater, $10,000,000. - • •
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