GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor.
NING BULLETIN.
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T. L. TETHERSTON, ERNEST 0. WALLACE
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MARRIED.
TITINT—HITGO—Con the Slst ult., bv the Roy. s
'Vansant, H. F. Itunt, M. D., to Miss Theresa Hop
all of Camden, N. J.
DIED.
BABOLA.Y—Entered into rest, Dec. 7th, 1865, at sea,
:.near Rio de Janeiro, John O'Connor Barclay, M. D.,
surgeon U. B. Nayy, aged 50 years. •
CAMERON—On the sist, ult., Alfred Kay, son of
Angus and the late Josephine Cameron, aged six
The relatives -and friends of the fsnally are re-
Siieethilly invited to attend the funeral, from the resi
dence of his , father, 2127 Jefferson street, on Friday,
Feb. 2 at 3 o'clock. •
CROWELL—FeII asleep in Jesus, on the morning of
Jan. 31st, James Crowell, in the 79th year of his age.
His friends and those of the family are re,
•spectfully Invited to. attend his funeral on Friday
'afternoon, at 2 o'clock, from his late residence, No.
424 nnrace street. Services at the:Church on Wash
ington Square, at 3 o'clock.
FIIGuET—On the 29th instant. at the residence of
-bar brother, Steph Fuguet, 1823 Arch street, Mrs.
Ella Fuguet Gunton. en
HIILL—On the morning of the 30th of Jan., Amos
31_. Hull, In the 45th year of his age.
The relatives and friends, and Paradise Lodge, No.
128, I. 0. are affectionately invited to attend the
funeral from his late residence, No. 430 North Eighth
rstreet, on Friday afternoon, at one o'clock.
triT.l' lON—January slat, Francis
The relatives and friends of the family are respect
fnily Invited to attend his funeral from the residence
-of his sontn-law, Henry Gritty, No 1315 Marshall
street, at o'clock on Saturday morning. To pro
ceed to StMichael's Church. Without further notice. ld
SATTERTHWAIT—On the 30th ult., of membra
nous cronp, Mary G., daughter of E. M. and Lizzie H.
-Satterthwait. in the 7th year of her age.
The relatives and friends of the family are in.
vited to attend the funeral from the parents' resi
dence, No. 1115 Citron street, on Sixth day, at ten
o'clock. •
hTALEY—On the evening of January 31st, Andrew
Staley.
The male relatives and friends are respectfully in
vited to attend his funeral from No. 1430 Chestnut
street on Monday morning, the sth instant, at ten
-o'clock. sae
WRITNOREENS FOR SKIRTS.
O B reen Watered Moreens.
6-4 and 6-4 Green Baize,
White Cloth for Sacks.
White Etening Silks.
EYRE & LANDELL, Pod - nit and Arch
PSPIECLULA NOTICEI4.
IWHOWARD HOSPITAL. Noe. 15]S and L 520
Lombard street, Dispensary Department. Med.
treatment and medicines tarnished gratuitously
to,the poor. ' seas
:,UA SPECIAL .111:E.n.T1NG of the Stockholders
of the POURINO ROCK AND EAST SANDY
Oki, COMPANY, will be held at 819 Walnut street,
THURSDAY, February Bth, at 12 M.
By order of the Board.
S. S. WALLIHAN,
fel-St/ Secretary and Treasurer.
OFFICE OF THE DELAWARE DIVISION
CANAL COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA,
_No. 803 W aI,NUT street,PialAnExPstrA, Jan. 81, MS.
The Board of Managers have this day declared a
D.vidend of THREE: PER CENT, on the Capital
Stook of the Company, clear of State and National
TAX, payable on and after February 15th, next. The
'Transfer Books will be closed until February 2d.
fel-13t* CHAS. C. LONGSTRETH, Treasurer.
Ob. OPENING OF THE NEW ORGAN, BUILT
by Jam Roberts, (Vibe
TINTON M. E. CHURCH, FOURTH Street, below
ARCH,
THURSDAY EVE KING, February 1.
The following organists will perform on the occa
,SiOn
MR. D. D. WOOD, MR. B. S. DOYLE and MRS. E.
MACK.
The vocal arrangements are very superior.
Tickets 50 cents. No. 06 North - Fourth street, or at
4be door. i527-s.tu.w,thAt,rps,
ÜbTREa BURY DEPART - IMM WASHINGTON
January 29,1868. _ _
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that the Treasurer of the
United States, the Assistant Treasurers at New York,
.Philadelphia and Boston, and the designated Deposi•
'taxies at Baltimore and. Cincinnati, have been in
.stracted to discontinue, on and alter the PIMP of
-February next ensuing, receiving deposits for tempo
raryjoan at six per cent interest.
'they have been instructed io receive such deposits
In lawful money, on and after that date, at FIVE PER
...CENT. INTEREST, payable on ten days notice, after
thf rty days from date of deposit.
H. McCULLOCH,
fel-St rpf Secrettay of the Treasury.
02'OFFICE OF THE r.imarran COAL AND
NAVIGATION CODIFELNI FirmAmmmllA,
Docember 2136,1888.
LOAN FOR S ALE.
_ IN SUMS TO SUIT PURCHASERS.
The Loan of this Company, due April let, 153 t, inte
rest payable quarterly, at the rate of six per cent. per
annum.
This Loan Is secured by a mortgage on ail she Own
pany's Coal Lands, Canals, and Slackwater Navigation
in the Lehigh river,and all their Rallroads,constracted
and to be constructed, between Mauch Chunk and
Wilkesharre, and branch roads connected therewith,
and the franchise of the Company relating thereto.
Apply to SOLOMON S.H. ~ ."AltD, Treasurer,
dell-rptf/ 122 South Second street.,
AIIUSEMEN rs.
THE CHESTNUT.—Those who drop in at
the Chestnut several times during the week
are amused to see the audience laughing,
trying and applauding at the same points
of "Arrah-Na-Pogue" each evening. The
joys and sorrows of Shaun and Arrah; the
jolly geutlemanliness of The O'Grady; the
stealthy•znalignity of Michael Feeny; the
impetuousness and perplexities of Fanny
Power; the hifarious dancing of the large
-capped peasant (played by Mrs. Mordaunt)
with her male antagonist, all make up a
:strain of varied emotion which keeps the
drama popular and makes glad the heart of
- the treasurer and the manager. The farce
-of "My Wife's Maid" closes 'the entertain
ment on each evening, Messrs. Lennox,
Ward and Miss Annie Ward appearing in
- the cast.
TILE WArmrr.—Clarke's engagement
-continues to be a real triumph. This even
lag the bill comprises no less than four
pieces while for his benefit to-morrow
- night blarke appears in "She Stoops to Con
--quer," "He's Jack Sheppard" and "The
Practical Man." The humor and grotesque
physical aspect of Clarke when on the stage
:seems to become more comical every day,
and his admirers never seem to tire of them.
TH.E Axe Hosmer presented
herself as Partherua, in " Inngomar the
:Barbarian," last evening, to a fashionable
.audience. The drama, as our readers know,
is so graceful that it almost "plays itself;"
- though we were glad to see the ." points"
made by Miss Hosmer. Her personation
was quite uneven, and as we have said of
- her acting of another part, lacked tender
mess and mellowness. Where tragic emotion
was called for in its strength she showed it,,
'but where playfulness, ease and quietness
were demanded she was lacking. Still, the
-drama passed off pleasantly and the audi
ence went away exclaiming with the hero
.and heroine the the two lines of the piece
which are best remembered. Ingomar is
one of Mr. Tilton's strongest characters.
He dresses it well and acts it with care and
discrimination, as those who have seen it
are aware. Mr. Mackay played Myron
better than we ever saw it lione, and Mr.
Wallis's Polydor was, as it always is, ad
mirable. This evening Miss Hosmer ap
pears in " The Stranger," and " Tarn Him
-Out" will also be given. For her benefit,
to-morrow, Miss Hosrner appears in "Ion,"
and on Saturday her very successful en
sagement closes.
THE AH=UOAH is doing a large business,.
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A Visit to the , Sittle Wanderer's Home:*
To the Editors of the Evening Bulletin:—
GENTLEMEN: From the frequent notices
and appeals made through the columns of
?the BULLETIN, calling the attention of the
public to the "Little Wanderer's Home," in
South street, above Eighth, I was induced
(from the many expressions of doubt and
distrust so frequently appliea to this as well
as other charitable institutions) to visit this
institution and learn, if possible, if the pub
lished reports of want, misery and destitu
tion in the lower portion of the city were
realities or fancies of the mind, drawn to
create sympathy for the poorer classes,
realizing to the authors undue merit, and
resulting only in notoriety and praise to
ambitious philanthropists; suspicions that
are often expressed by a class of people
who are never prepared or anxious to ex
tend a helping hand, but ever ready to
create doubts in the minds of the really be
nevolent.
On visiting the "Home" a few days since,
I was greeted and warmly welcomed by Air.
Siegfried, the Superintendent. After many
inquiries and questions in reference to the
purposes and designs of himself and those
who are laboring with him,.l learned that
their purpose during the present winter was
principally to feed and clothe destitute wo
men and children,,and also give to the little
ones shelter, loding and schooling. But,
that they designed, with the aid of a gene
rous and Christian people, to build and es
tablish, if possible, a permanent " Home"
in this city, for the 'support, education, and
moral training of outcast and destitute chil
dren—taking them from the haunts of idle
new, crime and degradation, and restoring
them to society, virtue, and industry. I also
received every assurance and evidence of
the truthfulness of the statements made in
the newspapers; and, it is only necessary
for any one who doubts the truth of those
statements, to accompany the Superinten
dent one tour through the purlieus of Baker;
Bedford, Spofford and other kindred Streets,
•
to be fully convinced of the realities.
I was then shown through the building,
now occupied by the "Home." In the rear
of the office, on the first floor, is a large
room, which serves the double purpose of
dining, and washing and ironing room. On
the second floor is the school room, which
'was at the time occupied by from fifty to
sixty children, with two or three lady
teachers engaged in their instruction in the
various primary lessons. The majority ot
the children were intelligent-looking and
interesting and all clean and neatly clad. In
the rear of the sehool room is a fine, large
play-room for the recreation of the children.
The third-storyis entirely occupied as sleep
ing apartments, with clean, comfortable
beds.
A semi-monthly newspaper called the
Evangelist, is published at the "Home," and
edited by the Rev. Mr. Siegfried; it contains
many truthful narratives as well as receipts'
for all donations made to the "Home."
Mr. Siegfried assured me that every appeal
thus far has been generously and nobly re
sponded to by a sympathizing and Christian
people; and hundreds of almost naked
and starving women and children
have been clothed and fed by their bounty;
and every assurance is given that they will
continue to respond and maintain their well
merited good name for charity and benevo
lence. Yes ! give, you that have "enough
and to spare."
"Whosoever shall give to one of these
little ones a cup of cold water, &c., shall in
no wise lose his reward."—Mat.
You will in the future receive the bless
ings of many who are now "Little Wan
derers." Thousands will also bless the
founder of the "Home." Yours,
Strike Among Bolling Mill Workmen.
at Pittsburgh.
[From the Pittsburgh Despatch of Wedneeclan
Yesterday the fires were put out and work
ceased in all rolling mills, excepting per
haps that of 4on, Shorb & Co., and one
other. This resulted from a "strike" among
the employes, occasioned by , the employers
having materially reduced the wages of
their hands, The mechanics and laborers
claim that, even at the rates for which they
have been hitherto working, they can barely
manage to' make a living, and that the
present is an inauspicious time to reduce
their wages, as rents are going up at a
fearful rate, while nearly all of the necessa
ries of life are sold at very high prices. They
further maintain their ability to "stand out"
ici
for an_indefini e period, and hold that the
employers will eventually he forced to come
ployers state at to continue .paying the
to terms. Up° the other hand, the !em
high rates d mended would be sim
ply ruinous, and - that they would make
more money by shutting up their works
than by running them at old prices. The
marketis well stocked with iron, and they
say it is utter folly on the part of the em
ployes to attempt to coerce them into the
payment of higher wages than the rates
recently.ngreed upon, which is as follows:
For Rolling, $7 . 00 per ton of 2,240; Bar Mill
Rolling, $4 00 per ton of 2,240; Bar Mill
Heating, $1 00 per ton of 2,240; Bar Mill
Catching, 621 cents per ton of 2,240; Guide
Mill Rolling—To take off last advance
leaving the $4 00 . list at the present price
Muck Rolling, 0 cents per ton of 2,240
Sheet Rolling, 20 per cent, reduction;_ Plate
No. 10 and hea • 'er, $5 62l per ton of 2,240
Wallett, the 81.ourrt, having made his mark.
Tam PEAK FAMILY are ringing their two
hundred and fifty bells, and giving other
fine music, at Assembly Building.
BLrrz may be regarded as conquering
and to conquer, each evening, and on' Wed
nesday and Saturday afternoons,
PEOPLE'S THEATRE.--Manager McKeon
opens his new theatre, on Callowhiil
street, below Fifth, on Saturday Evening.
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" will be presented in
popular style, as will be seen by the adver
tisement.
AMUSEMENT RECEIPTS.—We have al
ready corrected a clerical error in our 'an
nouncement of the receipts of the various
places of amusement in this city for 1865.
A correspondent ("M.") sends us the follow
ing comparison of the receipts of each estab
lishment, which he vouches for as correct :
Receipts. Taz.
Chestnut St. Theatre, $166,058 $3,321 16
This establishment was open the entire
year, and gave a matinee each Saturday,
making seven performances each week.
Beceipts. Tax.
Arch St. Theatre, . . $158,867 $3,178 24
This Theatre was occupied by a minstrel
band during the month of July and five
days in August, and was then closed four
weeks.
Receipts. Tax.
Walnut St. Theatre, . 04,390 $1,887 50
This does not include the months of Feb
ruary, June, July and three weeks of
August, the Theatre being closed during
the latter period for alterations.
.Receipts. Tax.
54,637 1,092 74
55,119 1,102 3S
Carncross a Dixie,
Academy of Music,
Roll Turning, 20 per cent. reduction; Roll",
ing Nail Plate, 80 cents for 20 kegs; Cut
ting Nails—take off last advance. The diffi,
culty, as it stands, is a most important one
and whichsoever side comes out best, both
employers and employes are certain to suffer
more or less by the strike.
Dublin, Tipperary and Waterford Pro
claimed Under the Arms Act---Ex
traordinary Precautions in London
---The Custom House and Go
-vernment Offices Under Dou
ble Guard--The Great Dock
Fire Believed to Have
Been the Work of a .
Fenian--Progress of
the Trials, &c.
From the London News, Jan. 16.]
A supplement to the Dublin Gazette, pub
lished on Saturday evening, contains notices
proclaiming the county and city of Dublin,
the county of Tipperary and the county and
city of Waterford. The proclamations were
posted throughout the city on Tuesday, but
were not long up (says the Dublin Eepress)
until they were torn and defaced by having
pieces of green paper pasted over the word
"Queen," making the last sentence read
"God save the Green." Among those which
were torn down was one which had been
posted at the City Hall, which, we need
hardly remind our readers, is in the
immediate vicinity of the Castle, and
next door to the head police office.
Notwithstanding the large force of police
promenading the streets, we have not heard
of an instance in which the persons who
committed these outrages have been ar
rested. The effect of these proclamations is,
that from to-day in Dublin, and the 17th in
Tipperary and Waterford, it .becomes a
misdemeanor, punishable by two years'
imprisonment, with or without hard labor,
for any person to carry or have, except in
his dwelling house, arms or ammunition of
any description in any of the proclaimed
districts. Officers in the various branches
of her Majesty's service, special constables,
and the holders of game certificates, are
specially excepted from the provisions of
the act. Offenders are liable to be appre
hended by any person and delivered into
the custody of the police, and the magis
trates or the police are empowered to search
suspected persons.
The Freedman's Journat of yesterday
says : "Soon after the proclamation had
been published anxious groups were to be
seen collected reading it on all the places
it was posted, and; the police received infor
mation that pikes, pistols, swords, ammu
nition, drill books, &n, were being made
away with as quickly as possible by con
cealing them in most ingenious places, or
by throwing them bito the river and canals.
Many who had not read the proclamation
attentively, or who had been misinformed
concerning it, thought that the search for
arms , ammunition, etc., would commence
on Sunday; and for that reason the greatest
vigilance was exercised by those who were
afraid of the police visiting their houses
to make an 'overhaul' for pikes
revolvers, rifles, cite. On Sunday
evening some constables of the E division
proceeded to a field in the neighborhood of
Harold's-cross, where in a haystack they
found twenty pikes, ready fer immediate
service. In the same locality, on the road,
a bundle was found, which, on being opened
was discovered to consist of a military
cloak, composed of superfine green clotth,
with red facings, and secured at the collar
with a solid gold chairf and clasps, also two
green tunics with red facings, bearing the
initials of 'The Irish Republic.' All this
uniform was elegantly finished, and was
evidently the property of some person who
had recently returned from America, as the
~ loth and style of workmanship . areforeign.
In the Grand Canal uniform coats of a
similar kind were found.
[From the London Shipping Gazette, Jan. 15,1
Recent events have convinced the govern
ment that the dangers from Fenianism are
not confined to Ireland. London is no safer
than Dublin. and it has been thought neces
sary to take extraordinary precautions in
the public offices to guard against fire. The
late great fire in St. Katherine's Dock was
always believed to be the work of an in
cendiary, and common rumor now asserts
the criminal's political creed was summed
up in the word Fenian
A repetition of this catastrophe in the Cus
tom House and the government offices in
Somerset House is dreaded by the authori
ties, and extra divisions of police are con
sequently sent in to patrol the buildings by
night. A police galley is also moored
opposite the Custom House, from which a
watch is kept on the quay, and any attempt
on the building from the river would be
frustrated. There may possibly be no
foundation for the rumor upon which these
steps have been taken but the fact of so
much having been tne proves that the
indifference of the general public is not
shared by the officers of the government.
(From the Irelandmes, Jan. 16.]
The leaders in captured with the.
utmost facility and consigned to a convict
prison, the leaders in America apparently
more ready to destroy each other than the
British government—thesie and similar in
stances, might well impress, and doubtless
have impressed, the European nations with
the idea that the bubble is burst and the
whole danger at an end. We should be very
glad indeed could we conscientiously sub
scribe to these opinions. If the Fenian con
spiracy had been like its predecessors, had it
spread its ramifications tfirough the differ
; ent ranks of society and depended upon some
high directing intelligence, such would un
doubtedly have been the case. In ordi
nary plots, as in the more highly organized
animals, if you strike off the head the whole
scheme collapses. But a lower organiza-
I tion has its advantages as well as its draw
!backs, and creatures about which it is
doubtful whether they deserve the name of
animals at all are capable of sustaining in
juries which would be fatal to any of a an
perior type. Fenianism, so far as we know
'of it, rests on no far-sighted ;and compre
hensive scheme, but upon the most vulgar
'appeal to the most vulgar passions. The
Inducements it holds out are the gratifica
tion of covetousness and envy, the division
;of the property of the rich among the poor,
,and the slaughter of those whom rank and
Social distinction of any kindwonld naturally
render formidable opponents to such an at
tempt. Something is said about freeing
Ireland from:the English yoke; but that is
really onlyput forward because so long as
Ireland is connected with ,England= the
Varrox.
OUR WHOLE COTTN'TRY
THE FENIANS.
.plunder of her property and the slaughter
of her upper classes would be impossible.
It is not between Ireland and England,after
all, so much as between the upper and lower
classes of Irishmen that the struggle is to
take place. Fenianism has no high and
ennobling cause to fight for. There is little
enthusiasm in it, but a great deal of
selfishness and great desire to plunder.
The bond that, unites the brethren
is not any particular affection or
veneration for each other, but the desire to
combine for the commission of a common
crime. To a body so circumstanced the loss
of a few men a little, and only a very little,
raised above themselves is a trifle. They
are unable to estimate the power of the
British government, but they form a much
Xster opinion as to the value of each other.
We, therefore, do not expect, as we have
before said, that we have heard the last of
Fenianism. The very circumstances that
appear to render it contemptible give it
vitality, and it hag ill it the power of uniting
again and again, though it may have lost
its most important members.
'The Dublin Trials.
The trial of Cornelius Oldshoney, who
had been assistant bookkeeper in the Irish
People office, had ended in his being con
victed (after being tried twice in conse
quence of the second jury not agreeing) and
sentenced to five years' penal servitude.
The prisoner O'Keefe, the editor of the
Irish People, when sentenced was passed
upon him, mmplained,in a speech described
as remarkably able, that so far from the
paper appearing to be obnoxious to the go
vernment, it was actually encouraged by it.
For six months that journal was allowed to
run on without the necessity for its registra
tion being enforced. Then it was registered,
and the sanction of the government appear
ed thereby to have been given to it.
Removal of the Convicts.
[Dublin (1an.17) correspondence of the London Times.]
The following prisoners, convicted of Fe
nianism at the Cork Special Commission,
were yesterday morning conveyed from
Mountjoy, under a strong escort of the 10th
Hussars, to the Westland row railway ,
station, for transmission, per Holyhead
steamer, to Pentonville prison: Charles 11.
O'Connell, Barry, Casey, Du man, Dillon,
Lynch, Hayes, Kinneally, O'Donovan and
O'Regan
SHIPWRECKS.
More Disasters at Sea- - -Loss of an
English Steamer and Two Hun-
fired and Seventy Lives--
Wrecks of American
Vessels, &c.
The latest European advises inform us
that the steamship London, for Melbourne,
bad foundered at sea. Two hundred and
seventy lives were lost. Sixteen of the crew
and three passengers were saved.
The ship Palmyrus, from Liverpool for
New York, was totally wrecked and one life
lost.
The ship ! Excelsior, for New York, had
• ut back, owing to the mizzentop sails being
ost.
The ships supposed •to have been lost
during the late gales number between three
and four hundred.
Loma of the American Ship Christiana—
Heroic Rescue of the Crew.
(Pr= the London Times, Tan. 18. I
The Christiana, an American- vessel of
eight hundred tons, which set sail on the Ist
of December from London, bound for New
'fork, Captain Joseph Henry Hammond,
Commencer, became a wreck on the 20th of
December, about midway between London
and New York. She had previously lost all
her sails in a gale which commenced on the
3d of December off the Isle of Wight. The
carpenter and one of the sailors were washed
overboard and lost by the breaking of the
bowsprit. A rope was thrown to save them,
but in vain. The boat on the verandah was
torn from its fastenings and blown over
board. The boat on the port side got a hole
knocked in its side, and that on the forecastle
was blown overboard and lost. The life
boat on the starboard side was only a little
injured. It was afterwards repaired. Both
the spare-spars got from their fastenings
and rolled about the deck breaking the
bulwarks on each side. The bowsprit was
hanging by chains and beating with de
structive violence against the bottom. This
painful state of suspense lasted several
hours, every one fearing that the next
moment might be the last. At length a
heavy sea dashed over the ship and tore
away the bowsprit from the chains. Tne
ship was now a helpless wreck. On
the 26th of December the Catharine
Boyd, an American vessel, came in sight;
spoke with the Christiana, and promised to
wait till the sea moderated, and take all
hands off her. She was in sight next morn
ing; but towards night was lost sight of and
seen no more. An anxious lookout was
kept from then tilt January 7th, but no
sign of another sail appeared until nine
o'clock, P. M. when the first mate shouted
the long hoped for intelligence that the light
of a ship was to be seen to windward.
Rockets were sent up and blue light burnt
on, board the Christiana, and in a short time
the gratifying sight of a reply was
observed from the strange vessel. At
daybreak on Deember Bth the flag of
distress was hoisted and the
signals, "Send me a boat," hung out. Soon
after eight o'clock a lifeboat came alongside
the Christiana, which bore the name of the
Varuna, a very fine vessel, belonging to
Smith, Fleming tic Co., 1,350 tons, Captain
Shepherd commander. At this time it blew
a gale of wind, and the sea rolled heavily;
but Mrs. Cross, of Manchester, and her
three daughters, Mrs. Nelson, of Liverpool,
and the wounded steward were successfully
lowered over the side of the boat and got
safely away. It was eleven o'clock before
the lifeboat reached the Christiana on its
second journey, and the swell of the
sea had become so great that it was found
imposible to get the boat alongside.
It became necessary, therefore, that, in
order to get off the Christiana, those on
board should jump overboard with the life
buoy. Captain Hammond went first, then
Mr. Nelson, of Liverpool, and in that way
all were got safely away by four o'clock, P.
M. . The gallant little boat made four jour
neys altogether, the swell of the sea being
constantly on the increase. It would have
been impossible in fact, for the boat to have
made anotlier journey; forno sooner had the
last man got out of it than a heavy sea
dashed it to pieces against the 'side of the
ship. The saving of the crew and passen
gers of the Christiana was one of the noblest
acts of heroism ever seen upon the seas,
The Loss of the London.
The particulars of the loss of the Austra
lian steamer London are published. of
two hundred and seventy persons only
nineteen were saved. All women and
children perished, as also did Bishop
Wooley and the tragedian, Mr. G. V
Brooke, as is stated.
New Jersey" Matters.
CAMDEN WATER WORKEL—At last the
citizens of Camden have become earnestly
awakened to a sense of duty to themselves,
and are resolved to support the efforts of
the 'City Council to purchase the Water
Works from their present owners. The
necessity of this measure is apparent from
every consideration of justice, economy and
prudence. The city of Camden ought to.
own the works, and the interest of the citi
zens demand tat it should. There is often
such a small supply, that in cases . of fire it
is impossible to obtain water enough.
to 'fill
an engine, even from three or four plugs,
and they are so far apart that seldom suffi
cient hose can be found to reach them
Frequently, too, the water is entirelyshut
off fora whole day, subjecting housekeep
ers to great inconvenience, leaving them
destitute at the time when they may most
need that article. All appeals to the Com
pany in regard to these things have hereto
fore proved unavailing, and now the people
have taken the matter into their own hands,
and through their City Councilmen are ne
gotiating for the purchase of the entire
works. In due time the arrangements will
be completed, and the transfer made to the
city. The moment this is accomplished
many and advantageous improvements are
to be made. Larger mains and distributing
pipes will be laid down, in order to give a
greater volume of water; the engine and
pumps will be improved and kept in repair;
the basin will be thoroughly cleaned and
purified, so that a pure and constant supply
of water can always be relied on.
CITY FrwaNcEs.—During the month of
January, aceording to the report of the
Finance Committee of Councils, James C.
Sloan collected for North Ward on account
of special tax, $46; on tax warrant of 1865,
for school purposes, $lO4 85; for city and
Ward purposes, $844 66; leaving a balance
still uncollected of $11,147 66. For Middle
Ward,,James W. Ayres, had collected, for
school purposes, $73 35, City and Ward,
$6Ol 38, balance dne $6,260 81. John W.
Campbell, for South Ward, collected for
school purposes, $66 10; City and Ward,
$1,542 12; balance unpaid, $9,522 17. Samuel
W. Thoman, Clerk of Council, bad received
$404 for licenses. According to instructions,
the Mayor, Paul C. Budd, had disbursed to
the families of volunteers $l,OOO.
CENTENARY.—The New Jersey Confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal Church will
hold its inaugural meeting on the occasion
of the centenary of Methodism in the State,
on the 7th inst., at the Third Street M. E.
Church, in Camden. The meeting will be
one of the most interesting character, as
eminent divines and laymen will be present
to participate in the proceedings.
lgoziErs ExPENDED.—The Committee on
Accounts during the month of January
have made the following disbursements:
City, $541 09; North Ward, $7O 83; Middle
Ward, $49 50; South Ward, $146 25.
Col:vim:ED.—A man named Eisley has
been convicted in the Criminal Court for an
outrageous assault and battery on a female.
Facts and Fancies.
"Alpaca" parties are the novelty in
Springfield, - Mass. We suppose they are
small "Stag" parties.
After a recent battle in Sierra Leone all
the prisoners were killed and eaten. Proving
that Cannibals are more destructive than
cannon balls.
Brigham (Young again thinks of migra
tion to the Sandwich Islands. My
gracious !
The Washington female emigrants left by
Mercer are taking the law of him. They
pronounce him a "mean thing; there!" for
leaving them behind. Their case should be
tried by a Shecargo jury.
Carme played several games yesterday,
with Phelan, merely, as he remarked (with
a very broad a) "to Carme his Phelans."
Dr. Eyster while attempting to cross the
Susquehanna recently, made a narrow
escape. The wind and cold blinded him,
and he stepped into an air hole. His cries
attracted some persons, who hastened to
bhp with a rope, which was thrown to him,
but he was so much paralyzed that he could
neither hold it nor tie it around him, but
seized it with his teeth, and in this way was
rescued from a watery grave.
To think that the above instance of one of
the most striking paragrams—or puns—on
record, should have escaped the attention of
the press, is indeed harrowing. What one
could have said !
"We have known thousands of Hysters to
be rescued from a watery grave—with a pair
of tongs !"
"Fancy an Eyster seizing a rope with its
eeth !"
"tinder the circumstances it seems to have
been an Ice-stir."
"0 Eys-ter•quaterque beatus ! Feliciter
evasit
Ex-Colimiel Marshal Lefferts of the 7th
Regiment, last evening gave an exhibition
of Scripture, European and American pic
tures with camera obscura, for the enter
tainment of the children of the Five Points
Rouse of Industry, New York. Thus the
social etibrts of the Regiment at their Grand
Ball, were obscurated by their martial Lef
ferts, at the Five Points.
Only about a million and a half hogs
packed this year. A practical result of the
emancipation of the family of Ham.
Each country will send a representative
cook to the Paris Exposition to prepare a
representative dish. 'America's represen
tative Cooke" will not be there. The Fenian
Republic will send a dish of representaters.
The Empress and her ladies are helping
the retail trade of Paris by visiting the
shops in diguise and buying goods. This
counter-fit has just been discovered.
On Monday evening one of--the chorus
singers, in Boston, had his arm broken in
the melee on shipboard which concludes
the third act of "L'Africaine." It was im
mediately set to the music of the fourth act.
Murder near Williamsburg, Vu.
The Richmond Dispatch says that a horri
ble piece of butchery was executed on last
Thursday morning near Williamsburg.
William Clark and Shields, both deser
ters from Company C, sth United States Ar
tillery, stationed at Fortres.s Monroe, went
to the house of Dr. Sterling and hired his
rockaway and two horses. The Doctor sent
a white man named Taylor to drive them.
They started Thursday morning from
Williamsburg on the road to Richmond,
They went about two miles, when they or
dered the carriage to stop, whereupon they
both got out. Shields possessed himself of
an axe which had been secreted there, ,and,
concealing it under his coat, he got back into
the vehicle, accompanied by 'Clark. They
then continued their journey untilitheyoame
to a bridge across a large creek,when Shields
stood up in the carriage, behind the 'unsus
pecting driver, and struck him a , violent
blow on the head with the Naze.
F. L. FEIIII3II.STON.
This knocked the unfortunate man out of
the carriage, but did not kill him life
m ight
up and ran that his life
, e
might be spared. He was, however, pur
sued, and the blows of the axe fell upon hinz
again and again until life was extinct. They
then threw the lifeless body into the creek,
and continued their journey.
Dr. Sterling gained some information of
the deed, and followed them. They passed_
through New Kent Court House and came
on here. Information having been sent to
the police, officers got on the track, and suc
ceeded last Saturday morning, about four
o'clock, in finding William Clark at the
house of a Mr. Mac Jordan, on the Wil
liamsburg, road about three miles from this
city. He was asleep at the time' of his
arrest. He immediately confessed his share
of the bloody deed, and gave the particulars
related above. He said he did - not know
that• Shields intended to kill the driver, and
gave him no assistance beyond helping him
to throw the body of the murdered man hi
the creek. He gave, further, the informa
tion of the whereabouts of Shields. He said
Shields had gone over to Petersburg to sell
one of the horses.
Captain Betts reached the city yesterday,
between the hours of 12 and 1 o'clock, with
Shields in custody. The prisoner represents
that he was once a member of the 26th South
Carolina Regiment, of the Confederate army
and was subsequently transferred to thB: --
18th Regiment from the same State. He
was frequently an inmate of Castle Thunder.
He was in Richmond for some months
during the war, evading the service with
the aid of "Maryland protection papers."
which he must have obtained under false
pretences. He is a desperate-looking fel
low, and from his own account his life has
been one of crime and abandontnent.
Officer Washington Goodrich, in tracing
the murder, found the running-gear of the
rockaway on Gillie's creek, near Port Mayo,
and lititio body of the vehicle near Oakwood
Cemetiatsr, about a mile and a half from
oreek. The body of the murdered.
man has not vet been found. The parties
will be tried by a military commission.
eather for January.
L. sz
the weather
ds us the following table of
t Germantown for the month.
ust passed
JANUARY. 1866
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Wind and Weather.
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C c , ?.. .. 4 i 2 . 1 :1 4
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A p 4 Ikl E. , 32 & .-4 .
A
1U13338 M.2:38 W . Cloudy. Snow.
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2 36134 30.4'34 1.16'. E.. Cloudy. Snow.
Z' 32
337 30.2133 1.6. W. Cl ou d y.
4 r.. 31 33 30.0 29 .Isl .W. Clear.
5 4 12 18 30.4 20 N. W. Clear.
6 6 16 23 303 24 N. Clear.
7 9 21 21 38.7 16 N. Clear.
I 8 14 10 3 3Lu 10 N. Clear. Elver (lased
-19 2 7 23 30.620 IN . W. Clear.
10 19 20 31 30.2 83 N. W. Clear.
11 13,33 38131.1143 S. W. Clear.
12 27 3441 30.1 42 S. E. Clear.
13 32 40148 23.9 47 S. W. Clear.
14 80 38,35 30.2 U N. W. Clear.
15 3 3118 30.5 21 N. Clear. •
16 24 29133 23.3 38 2-10 N. W. Cloudy. Snow 4. 3 4 tn.
17 16 2536 301 68 W. Clear.
18 15 35 1 45 30.0 46
S. W. Clear.
Is 27 3347 SO 0 44 W. Clear.
2.8 = 44 50 30.2 52 3-10 S. W. Cloudy. Rain.
21118 18= 30.4 24 N. W. Clear.
22 12 193130.3 23 W. Clear.
23 18 23 31 30.4 .32 1-10 N. E. cloudy. Snow.
24 18 27 n au n N. E. Cloudy. Snows-in.
2527 36 36 ft r . 8-10 N. E. Cloudy. Bain.
1
26 23 33 3729.9 a. W. Cloudy
27 VI 261 29 30.2 139 N. E. Cloudy.
28 17 25 23 50.2 SO N. E. Cloudy.
23 19 30 34 30.1 35 N. E. Cloudy.
30 25 55 37 30.0 ,w
1 1
W. Cloudy.
31 28 32 37 .9 36 W. Clear.
Lowest Po
17 9-10
26 7-10
.32 2-10
.......... .... 9-10
the thermometer on I tlt lG slll ir %
9th were below zero.
Sight o'cl
Ta : •elve o'cf.
Three o'clock
Depth of Eat.
I The three neat'
and the lint one •
EXPLOSION OF A GAB MAIMFACTORY.—
The Erie Dispatch says: OnSaturday morn
ing, at half:past three, the right wing of the
gas manufactory, on Seventh street, burst
with a tremendous noise, completely lifting
off the roof, and throwing the front walls
flat. The accident happened in this wise.
One of the Nnen employed about the works,
named Anthony, believing from the strong
smell of gas that there was a leakage, took
a lantern and went into the yard. When
within a few feet of the door of the small
building, used, we believe, for purifying
purposes, the gas caught from the lantern,
and communicating with that inside the
building caused the explosion. Anthony
was knocked down and covered with the
debris. He was taken out not materially
injured. The retorts were very little injured
and we were informed by the men at the
works yesterday that by Tuesday nighlt
everything will be all right again.
IMPORTATIONS
ST.portedor the Philadelphia Evening Bauetti3.
JOHN. NB.—Schr C Fantauzzl. Wooster— 81.5 W
feet deals =9 do boards 7600 pickets 180,000 laths Gas..
kill & Galvin.
MURLIRIE BUL.LETIIV.
PORT OP PHILADELPHIA - Faln, Aa. Y I
sr 856 Marine Butte/in on Third Page,
A RELIVED THlb DAY
Behr C Fantauzzi, Wooster, 12 days from St Sohn,
NB. with lumber to Gaskill & Galvin.
Schr A Hammond, Paine, 7 days from Boston, with
mdse to D Cooper.
Bchr Boston...Park:era° days from Boston, with mdse
to Mershon &Cloud.
Bchr Typhoon, Williams. 4 days from New York,
with mdse to Lathbury, Wickersham & Co.
CLWARain THIS DA r
Steamer Cumbria, French,Savannah, E A SouderdcCo.
correspondence of the Philadelphia Exchange.
LEWES. DEL., Jan. 30-2 PM.
' Brig J H Dillingham, from Palermo, before reported
came into the Breakwater yesterday. proceeded up the
bay this morning. Saws Florence. from Philadelphia
for Boston. and J G Wright, from New York for York
town, are In the harbor. Near y all the fleet reported
In my last have left. Wind SW.
Yours, &c. JIMLLYARD BURTON.
ISIF2KOP.ANDA.
Steamer Cuba, Sandberg, cleared at Baltimore yes
terday for Havana and New Orleans.
Steamer Bosphorus (Br). Alexander, hence via New
York, at Liverpool 13th ult.
Steamer Alltatite, Thompson, hente at New York
yesterday.
Sixantier Delaware, Thompson, cleared at Live oot
I3th lamesor thiaport via Boston. rP
Ste New York (Brem), Oterenderp, from Bre
men Jan 14. via Southampton 18th, at New York yes
terdavovith 281 passengers.
Ship Wm Cummings, Miller, from Leghorn fbr New
York, passed Gibraltar 3rl ult.
Ship Coburg, Gibson, from Liverpool for this port.
put into Scilly 10th ult.
Ship Joseph Clark, Sherman, cleared at ,Liverpoot
15th inst. for this port.
ShipFri iN late Bird (Br,), Weeks, from Paquica (cow;
Of Bolivia , Nov 8 at hew York yesterday.
Mark itch, Loud, from Messina fbr this Pork.
passed Gibraltar 3d nit.
Brig Agent, Bradshaw, hence at Genoa 10th ult.
Brig Surprise, Felton, cleared at Messina 6th ult. Zoe
this port.
Frig J C Nickels. Means. sailed from Havana 28th •
ult. for Matanzas to finishing loading (Or thiB port. -
Brig Potosi (Br). Coati]. hence at Leghorn 9th ult.
Schr Julia Gamage, MontgornerY. from st John.
NB. fbr this port, at Portland 29th unit:
Behr Sardinian, Holbrook, at Salem 29th nit. frona.
NEw Castle. Del. • '•
Schr Susan. Newton, hence , which put into St MY
cheers 29th Dec. bad lost stanchiOna,titdwarka,Salls ‘ ; ,
&a. and had other damage, - • ,
Seta Okalona, Thatcher,frOm Liverpool for this port.
with salt, coals, &c. arrived off the bay, nog, Dec 21,
short of sails, and during,the night was driven againak
Monte •
the Mon da Gala. and became a complete 7reetw ,,
hull and Materials sold for relta crew saved. _
Tbe cargi) (oil) of the bark Otter,Faulknerof Maki
fax. NS. Itom 'Philadelphia for ;which weer - -
wrecked at Cow BAT. was being am* utb, tat