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VOLUME XIX.---NO. 242.
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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.
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Lombard street, Dispensary Department. Med
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. 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.
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ALTOONA, Blair county, Pennsylvania,
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of banks in or near Springfield. • -
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"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. - • •