GIBSON PEACOCIL Editor VOLUME XIX.---NO. 250 EVENING BULLETIN. PITBILISIEBD EVHRT ETNNENG, (Sundays excepted) at No 329 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia `!Evening Bulletin Association raorarwroie. _ • MESON PEACOCK, GASPER SOLIDER sr, L. FETHERSTON ' I ERNESTO.- WALLACE. THOMAS I. WILLIAMON. The Butharrto le waived to eni in the city at as cents Per week, Payable to thecanue, or is toper 3III:11181. 8/HAMM—On the 4thinstan7, in .the lath year Of ads age, Harry Belroaeaen of Lords and Tulle Belrose. The relatives and friends- of the -family are respect , . lolly. invited ' attend the funeral on' Wednesday • after/wen. the 7th instant, at 5 o'clock, from residence No. 5003 Green street. BAILEM- r At • her residence, No. 453 North, /fourth ntreet. tbs mornimr, Miss Saralt Baker. 'Due notice elf the funeral wilt be given. * BBENZINGB.II On Sunday morning„ the' 4th 'natant, at the residence of James U. Aertsen, "Itronitingar,' in thoUth year of her age., - Funeral services at St, Luke's Church, Gentantown, on Tuesday afternoon, at 4 o'clock, punctually. ElTMOl—Suddenly, on the 4th instrult, Idra.'Hitnriah iturrun.in the 79th year of her sFe - • relatives and friends er „the family)isie rei• apectenlly invited to attend her Amaral, from her late residence, No.llll • Marlborough street; on Thursday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, without Anther notice. *** DFSGRA_NGM3—On the evening of February 4th, after a lingering illness, Clarence C. Desgranges, In his 33d year of his age. • The relatives and friends of. the. family are ret. spectfully . invited to attend . the !literal from the residence of his father, No. 613 South Nnth street. on "Wednesday morning, Feb. 7th, at 10 o ' clock .; Inter. spent at Laurel Hill Cemetery. fs• FULTON—On Saturday morning, 3d instant, James Fulton, in the . Seth year of his age. The relatiVes and friends of the family. also Frank 31n Lodge, No. 134, A, Y. M. are respectfully invited to attend his flineral from his late residence, No. 703 Walnut street; on Tuesday afternoon, 6th instant at 2 o'clock. • , MAITLAND—On the 4th instant , Isabella W., wife safJoseph Maitland, in the 3ist year of her age; Her iriends and those of the family are invited to -attend her funeral from the residence of her sister. ..I.lra. T. J. Potts, No 1014 Race street, on Wednesday, toe 7th instant, at 2 o'clock, P. af. if• It_EA RS— On Thursday night, February dist, at "Milestown. Twenty-second Ward. Geo. de B. Mears, son of the late Elwood and Anna de B. Mears, in the 26th year of his age- Threlatives and the friends of the family are invited to attend his funeral from his late residence. In Milestown, Old York road, Oa Tuesday afternoon. ittth instant; at o'clock. Cars leave Third and Thompson, for Oak Lane Station, at 23 2 ' P. Al. ROWLAND—EarIy on the morning of Feb. sth, Benjamin, youngest child of Benjamin and 'Virginia L. Rowland, aged (6) six years. The relatives and friends are invited to attend his - funeral from the residence of his father, Cheltenham, -Montgomery county, On Thursday, sth Instant. In terment at Trinity Church-yard, Oxford. *4* SMITH—In this city, on the 241 Instant, I Rti , e.beth it Smith, in the 75th year of her age. The relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral from her late residence, No. 736 Tine street, on Tuesday next 6th instant, as 10 o'clock, .A, IL To proceed to Laurel Hill. • • T,rfaiTB.ktoRS , :F.NS FOR rsR.IRTS. l TV Wean 'Watered "Morass.. 6-4 and 54. Green Baize, White Cloth far Sacks. White Re nine Silks. EYRE. rk LANDLLL , Focrkth and Arch. rz_j - g r w . om,m HOWARD HOSPITAL, Nos. late and ins Lombard street, Dispen s ary Department. Med. treatment and medicines drrniabed gratuitously *elle poor. seall • I,p'BOARD OF TRAD.—The Atinttal Meeting ef the ASSOCIATION, for the choice of officers an members of Executive Council, and for other ibusiness, will be held THIS EVENING. February sth, stns o'clock, at the - Rooms of the Board, ess OBLICST IS UT street. ' , [4TEEE TENTH ANNUAL MEETING of the Contributors to the "CHURCH ROME FOR 7,DREN," be held at the Home , N. E. corner * TWENTY-SECOND and PINE Bsreets,on TUESDAY rooming, the 6th inst., at half-past ten o'clock. The Report of the past year will be read, and as election held for officers to serve daring INC Its _ - IWINSURANCE COMPANY OF Tilt, STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, Piatkoicaptua, Peb, StJa,lB66. • The Directors have this day declared a Dividend of TWENTY DOLLARS per. share., clear of all taxes, payable to the stockholders, or their legal representa tives, on demand . fee MI WILLIAM HARRIER; Secretary, 10* , ' A special meeting of the incorporated company will be held at th ts Armory. Twenty first street, above Cheetnut,.on T DAY, February Bth, 1866. at ni o'clock P.M. . A. C. CATTELL, fe.s-3t* Secretary. A LECTURE ON THE TREATMENT OP 111 , ,,D 7 CONSUMPTION, by Prof. W. PAINE, M. D.. at ate Philadelphia University or Medicine and Sur• arY. Iv bath street below Locust, • on WEDNESDAY .E.VENING, at 7% o'clock. The Professor will exhibit and explain the uses of the moat wonderful medicines ever discovered for the dare of this disease. Students wiebing to enter the university can do se by purchas ing a scholarship, which makes them a lite member with the.privilege ol a full collegiate medicati educa tion for $75. Apply at the Doctor's office, 931, 933 Arch Street. • - : Um' - N CIEZIMA THE LEHIGH COAL AND DeCeMber 21[3,1665. COMPANY, _ _ _ LOAN F Balm 3N SUMS TO TO S U ITPURCHASERS. - The Loan of this Company, due April Ist, 188 i, 4:111111:111111 lute , rest payable quarterly, at the rate of six per cent. per This Loan Is secured by a mortgage on all the Com , gany's Coal Lands, Canals, and Slackwater Navigation • lathe Lehigh xiver,and all their Rallroads,constructed :-. stud to be constructed, between Manch Chunk and Wllkeebarre, and branch roads connected therewith, land the franchise of the Company relating thereto. Apply to SOLOMON SWRFICERD, Treasurer, den-rpin • int Bosch Second street. IVlcfr. ....."PICE.—HANDEL AND HAYDN SOCIE TY.—The Second Concert of the season will 'lake plaza on FRIDAY EVENING, February 9, at USICAL FUND Tra•LL. Subscribers will take no -Lice that. In consequence of the PUBLIC PEREAR- S ILL taking place on THURSDAY AFTERNOON. the CONCSRT will be on FRIDAY .NIGHT; there- Yore, all Subscribers' Tickets dated Fep. 8, are to be rased. on Friday night. All subscribers that wish to avoid the crowded house on Friday night can use their tics eta at the BehearsaL The public will be ad mitted to the General Rehearsal on Thursday after .Sioon,Feb. 8; doors open at one o'clock—to commence :at two o'clock precisely. All members of the Society will be punctually on the platform before two o'clock. Moors will be opened on Friday evening at 634 o'clock. and Concert to commence at 7,1. As the Concert will .be.overbefore ioy o'clock, It Is requested that the audience will remain seated until the close. Librettaa of the Oratorio, containing the Life of Mendelssohn sand x n n t t o thrye Hm k C s o mpe ben nu sheer a t w h ll be g in :attendance to seat the audience. Admission to the Rehearsal .50 cents; Concert. A 'limited number of Tickets witl be on sole at C. W. 'PRITAIPLER'S, Seventh and Chestnut streets; & WALKER'S. Chestnut, above Seventh. and. ,al W. H. BONER'S, Chestnut street, above Eleventh. By order of the Music Committee, fes-3t/ AMBRICAAS PRESENTED TO THAI FRENCH "Rmirracaos.—A letter from , Paris saya: -1 /'Wenty-four American ladies and gentle- Tanen, the largest number since the little takirmish between Mr. Dayton and M. Thotiven.el,' three years since, were prea taented on Wednesday evening. Thefollow- Ing is alist of thepresentees: Major-General J. M. Schofield, United States army; Mrs: '7Edwards Pierrenont and Miss Pierrepont, .31r. and Mrs. D. C. Blodgett and two Misses Blodgett, of New York; Mrs. John P. Hale two Misses Male, of New Hemp ' tabire; Mrs. and Miss Moorehead and Mrs. .Clapp, of Philadelphia; Miss Mary :'retina Smith, of Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. Acklen and daughter, of. .Tennessee; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Farztum,' of Chicago; 'Mrs. 'Governor Morton, ' of Indiana; :Mr. J. C. Isaver3r, of Des Moines Iowa; Mr. J. G. .111colay,United States consul at Paris; Mr. - I , l*. M. Beckwith. United States Commis adOner: for the Paris Exposition; Mrs. and - Who Beekwith. Before the general presen -tation, Colonel Kay and Mr. Pomeroy, the lint and second Secretaries of Legation,who 'were presented, to the Emperof on New Year's Day, were presented to the Empreas. Tam OLD PRICE for a stage ride from Den -INier to Central City, in Colorado—a long day ?up. - and , into the Rocky lklonntains—was , L. 4515. Now there is a sharp competition, and Ifolladay'a line is down to $l, and Butter field's to $6. ErEE:I Messrs. Harper Sr. Brothers have published Mrs. Gaskell's novel of "WiVes and Daugh ters," on which she was engaged when her work was cut short by her sad and sudden death. . The work had so nearli , reached completion, that the editor of the thrnhill Magazine, in which it was being published, has been able, by a few skilful touches, to round the story to its conclusion. Even if we had not the guarantee of Mrs. Gaskell's former novels, an interest would attach to this crowning effort of her pen, from the melancholy circumstances under which it is given to the public, that would secure for it a wide-spread patronage. It has been pe rused already by thousands in the columns of the Cornhill, and the American edition, wnich contains all the original English illus trations. will be eagerly sought for by thou sands more.. " Worship in the School Room," is a new manual of devotion for Sunday Schools and families, by Rev. W. T. Wylie, just pub lished by Schermerhorn, Bancroft & Co., 512 Arch street. The work has evidently been prepared with great care _and with -a view of affording a systematic coursebf reli gious instruction .upon subjects especially applicable to youth. A leading feature of this manual is its collection of;five hundred well-selected hymns, with appropriate mu sic. The tunes are, with a few exceptions, of the best modern congregational class, arranged for this work by Mr. T. J. Cook, Of New York. Principals and teachers of schools will do.ell to examine this excel lent work. Ticknor & Fields have published the sequel to Alexander Smith's "Alfred Hit gart's Household." The sequel is entitled "Miss bona McQuarzil," and carries on the history of the fortunes of the Ragart family in, the same pleasant, quiet style whibh marked the first volume. Why the authbr should have made two volumes of whitt would have made one very moderate-sized book we do not know, but whoever hasreid the fiist` will be very sure to read the 'second. , Old Miss _Kate lAcQuanle con tinues to be the central attraction of the story, and :with her odd ways and warm heart she is still gei guardian spirit of the household. For sale by G. W. Pitcher. Deatruetion of Goveranient-WarOhouses at Fort Riley—Loss 81,000,000. f .M KANSAS Crry,-0., Friday ; Feb. 2, 1886.-- The Junction City (Kansas) . Union says: The commissary and qtutrterimuiter ware houses at Fort Riley were burned on Weft. meaday. The lois is estimated at $1;000 , 0Q0." Nothing was saved. .< Considerable excitement prevails in Cass, Jackson and Lafayette Counties, on ac count of the threatened organization of the NEW PUBLICATIONS Mr., Howard Challen has published a Work by Hon. George W. Thompson; of Wheeling, entitled "Living Forces of the Universe." We have spent a giiod deal of time in endeavoring to master the tremen dous difficulties of the author's style, with out the least success. The subject is a deeply: interesting one, but; has been rendered ab surdly unintelligibly by the ,pedantic' 4ffirsu3eology adopted. A. glossary of seven pages to an AmeriCan philosophical work is a -curiosity. in American literature. The following is lt,roachnen of the style, which is maintained throughout the work: .f'Wheil so posited and become objects of meditation they are subjeelivei and When its own orgair mic motions; in its animalist° impulsiort and psychical paytations and its own self conscious action, ort.,„or thrOugh 'these, are sub_ acted to ratiocinative processes, the contemplation or analysis of these .direct acts, passions or affections, -is the reflex ac; ' tion of the Self, which can only Occur upon the reproduction of sensation, impulsion or psytation as an Imaginate, and this through the intervention and use of concepta; ()pia: ions, notions, intuitatei and ideates; at everyg step involving the . correlations—the action and reaction of the forcee woven into nature and life."-:-Pages 254, 255: If Judge Thompson delivered his judicial opinions in this style, his juries must have had a hard time of it. Messrs. Harper t Brothers have recently published an., extremely interesting and Valuable work entitled "Social Life of the Chinese." It is from the pen of the Rev. Justus Doolittle, for many years a mission ary in China. In two handsome volumei, he gives a very complete account of the customs and opinions of this strange people, with whose real interior life the civilized world is so imperfectly acquainted. The air of mystery which has, for ages, sur sounded this singular nation, is gradually breaking away;before the advance of Chris tianity. It is mostl interesting to study the practical effects which the system of Buddh ism and the teachings of Confucius have produced upon the Chinese, and in this work we have a very close insight into much of their life of which we have hitherto had but distant glimpses. The work is gotten up in beautiful style and illustrated with nu merous, well-executed engravings. For sale by T. B. Peterson t Brothers. , Ashmead & Evans send ns two new pub lications of D. Appleton tt Co. "Ballaiiii and Translations," by Constantina g. Brooks, is a little volume of poems, of much more than ordinary merit. The authoresa has achieved a good e musical style and her Historicapallads, especially, have much of the nervous vigor. of Macanley and Lock hart. The volume will take a good rank in the rapidly growing list of our native Poets, and will well repay the reader for the brief time needful for its perusal. • Messrs. Appleton also publish. "Elements of Intellectual Philosophy," by Rev. Joseph Alden, D. D., the late President of Jefferson College, N. Y. .It is an elementary work designed as a text-book for schools and col leges, and is written in a clear, Intelligible style which is, of itself, a high recommenda tion for any educational work. PHILA.DELPHIAVION old Bushwackers to 'attempt the rescue of some of their number now in fail, FRANCE'AND MEXICO Rumor of an _Understanding Betwew? the Milted States and France --Maximilian a Dead -: Failure. , , , ICOrrespendeace of the lifluscheeter Gnord I..casnosr, Thursday.—An understanding has been come to between the governmenta Of France and the United States regarding Mexico, which is essentially incomplete and temporary in i ts'character, but which,never: theless, suite better the convenience of both than any perfect or. permanent arrange+. merit that could be devised. Napo-: ,leen 111, has given strong assurances thatClhe has nd wish and .no intention to spend touch more blood or gold' on hie Austrian puppet there. "The brilliant toy so fiercely sought,' Rath lost lie charm by being caught." The mimic empire, though ingeniously put together and carefully wound up, won't go. Maximilian I. is a dead failure, and bis maker is dead tired of him. All he asks is time to let, the experiment work itself out; which, without help from him, it is certain to do pretty quickly. If America openly interfere to compel evacuation, the French must fight; but if she will only' have a little patience, matters will • settle themselves without fighting. Of course, this may prove delusive, and popular feeling may become unmanageable in the United States. But for the present it saves President Johnson much trouble and anxiety; and it is not the cue of Mr. Sumner, who is Chairman of the Committee of Foreigh Affairs in the Senate, to press the government just now into a Mexican war, which would divert attention from his favorite theme and aim —the resettlement of the South on an aboli• tion basis. Had this diplomatic truce on a highly nettlesome subject not been con cluded, Mr. Seward would not have ventured to leave home for a tour in the West Indies. It is certainly rather an awkward time for him to visit Jamaica. But I have reason to think that his real motive in breaking away froin official life at Washington for a brief season is the solicitude he naturally feels on account of the health of his daughter, and likewise of his son, who has never re: covered from the wounds he received on the memorable day of President Lincoln's assassination. The sea voyage and warm air of the tropics have been recommended for both invalids. The more elastic and vigo onrous constituti of- the old cian himself has carried him through all his ti hard work for the last four years, as well as the set , ere injuries inflicted by , his cowardly assailant; and, now that his country is once more at peace with all the world, he would fain rest and enjoy himself, were it not for doineetio cares. (Par% (Jan. i&) Correspondence albs London News.] The Prene says that at a ball at the Tui leries; last night the intention attributed to the Emperor to announce in his speech the evacuation of Mexico for this year was fa vorably received by all the political aim pang. The belief in this news greatly con tributed to the firmness of the Bourse to: day. At the same time there are :people standing in a good position to be well in formed who maintain that the news is not true, and that the Emperor cannot makeup his mind to a step, which, however ex plained, must make it patent to all the world that the Mexican expedition, the darling pet personal conception of his own brain, was a mistake, and is a failure. It is certain that orders yet nnrevoked, and which are preparing to be acted upon in Toulon, prescribe the sending out of 2,000 or 3,000 more troops. This does 'not look like evacuation. (Paris (Jaa..ls) Corrimpondence of the Loudon Globe.] With regard to Mexico, it is known to day that reinforcements to the figure of 1,000 men have gone forth, and that the throne speech on Jan. 22 will not show the slightest sign of faltering or hesitancy in the imperial mind about carrying his fixed purpose to the final consummation. According to La mace this evening, late despatches from Washington conveyed news or Gen. Grant having much modified his views on the sub ject;; that his policy is assimilated to that peaceful course adopted by President John son% and that serious opposition to Maxi milian will soon subside. (Paris Correspondence of the Independence Beige.] That which appears to be the most proba ble is that the Emperor, (in his approaching speech from the throne), while anticipating withdrawal, will not pledge himself to any fixed period, means not having yet' been discovered for defending the interests forinded by the Emperor's government and the dignity of our flag. As for the precise terms of this declaration, supposing what is said to be true, they are still unknown to the Ministers themselves, and will no doubt be modified by the news which will be brought at the last moment by the packet ship on the 19th or 20th. [Paris (January 17) Correspondence of the London Star.] Count .D y Alcantara and the Marquis Doi ledot have sailed for Vera Cruz. They are the bearers of an authentic copy of the will of the late King Leopold, and of the 'codicils which concern the Empress in particular. She I inherits 25,000,000 f. (equivalent to .21,000,000) but of this aunt stie has only a life use, the King, with his usual prudence, having settled it in such a_nefinnem hat she cannot touch the principal. [Correspondence of the N. Y. Herald.] PARIS, Jan. 19, 1866.—The great topic of interest i s the approaching address of the Emperor at the opening of the Chambers on Illonday next, and particularly as to - what he will say about Mexico. It was the original intention of his Majesty to give this delicate , subject ,the go-by, and' say nothing about it. At a meeting of minis ters, held a few days since, the Emperor stated:this as his intention, which, however, he fonnd unanimously opposed by his Cabinet. The • ministers stated that there 'was too s much feeling in rela-- lion to the Mexican .question,. too much Rxcitement among ; the people, to al. , low it to be' passed over 'in such cavalier' style, and that they were not willing to bear the weight of': "responsibility:: which the silence of:the Emperor, at a time and on an occasion which every tone is waitingwit,h, anxiety to hear what : he will , would im- Pose Upon them. The result was that the- Emperor changedhis Course, and will say-, something. Before this the eabinet had ex.; , pressed : itself' almost; - unanimously - to,: the Emperor In favoi lot an; ; itntnediate drawa.lofthe 'troops; to which the Emperbe ' repliedithat>it could not yet be done yelp' Now : what `will lie ` - say? • * YeiterdaY'Ahe. Bourse was more buoyant than it has been for weeks, and it was so under the influence of a general impression that the Emperor OUR - WHOLE COUNTRY AY, F.EBRITARY 5,.1866 • intends plainly intimating on Monday next that be will withdraw his troops from Mexico as soon as possible, and that he hopes to accomplish it at least within the bounds of the present year. Thisis, indeed, the impression:which prevails throughout the : entire community, and should it not be realized the reaction will be , tremendous. We shall know soon, however,just what his Majesty, has said, so that speculations at present are perhaps de trop, I was hopes his Majesty might 'hive dropped a hint at the bail on Wedesday evening as to what he would say next Monday, and had he been inclined to -venti latehis speech a 'Miele had an excellent opportunity in - his remarks to Mr. Bigelow or Ma j or -General Schofield, with both of whom he conversed. . But the Sphinx kept the soli:WWl aflaisiiddle,to himself, and said nothing compromising ; ,, "A' "little: bird," flying the presentation room while I was awaiting the entrance of their Ifitjestimit into 'the Satie des Afareehaus, has told me just what their Majesties did say, and their remarks, although not particularly signifi= cant,' maybe interesting, as the remarks of persona occupying such exalted positions always, are, even to, democratic ears. At the head of the line of our countrymen and fair sou` iti - Ywomen to be , presented by Mr. Bigelow stood Major-General Schoftleld, and upon his name being pronounced, the Emperor, addressing him in English, said, General, lam very glad to see you. You were in the line with General Sherman, I believe ?" The General replied that he had been for a time, when the Emperor con. tinned, "I followed with great interest the campaign of Sherman. How long do you remain here ?" The General replied that he should stay in Europe a year, but intended leaving Paris in a few weeks; upon which his Majesty said, "I hope to have the pleasure of seeing you again," and passed en. General Schodeld was the only one of the presentees to whom his Majesty spoke. The Empress said to him that she "hoped he was enjoying him self in ,Paris." To Mr. Bigelow the Em peror remarked that "he was glad to see so many of his compatriots present," and es pecially remarked the beauty and fine appearance of the American ladies, adding, with a grim smile, "Yon, however, always present beautiful ladies." The Empress asked Mrs. Bigelow if there were "many of her compatriots in Paris now," and upon Mrs. Bigelow replying that "the hope of the honor of a presentation to her Majesty kept many of them here," the Empress smiled, and courtesied herself away. IRELAND. The Fenian Trials---Further Arrests ---Release of the Sligo Prisoners, &c. [Dublin (Jan. is) correspondence Vartircin The trial of Cornelius Dwyer Keane, a native of Skibbereen, and, it is alleged, an active member of the Fenian conspiracy, commenced yesterday. The Attorney Gene ral, in opening the case against him, alleged that he was intimately acquainted with O'Donovan (Rosaa),and that he had attended a meeting in Dublin at which Stephens was present, and told the "Head Centre" that he had sworn in four hundred Fenian at Clo nakilly. The jury, after about half an hour's con sideration, returned a verdict of guilty on all the counts of the indictment. In answer to the usual questions the prisoner said:—l did not intend, up to last night, having my self defended by counsel at all, for I did not believe there was justice to be had for any prisoner charged as I was in this country. I was fully convinced of that after the Cork trials; for not alone are the prisoner's own acts brought against him, but the acts of others, of which he was not even cognizant. Now, my lord, I have only one request to make, and that is, that you will not give me any advice or lecture, as you have done to the other prisoners. I ask you simply to pass sentence on me, and give me nothing in the shape of advice or lecture, for I assure you it would be lost upon me. Mr. Justice Fitzgerald—lt is not ray in tention to administer any advice or lecture to you, for your language and conduct show me that it would be time thrown away and words wasted. You appear to be hardened and determined to persevere in this crimi nal course. Prisoner—Most decidedly. Mr. Justice Fitzgerald—lt is useless to address any advice to you. I shall, there fore, at once pronounce the sentence of the court, which is that you be kept in penal servitude for ten-years. O'Cloughessy was then put forward, and, having pleaded guilty, he was sen tenced to two years' inaprisonnaent With hard labor. lLnblln (Jan. 19) telegram London Times.' Francis Cleary, who pleaded guilty yes terday, was to-day admitted to bail on his own recognizances in .R. 500, and two securi ties in 400 each. The trial of Dennis Dowling Mulcahy is being.proceeded with. Two persons, named O'Brien and Dunne, were arrested in Belfast last night for Fe nianiam. ,They were brought before the magistratee this day and remanded. From the Liverpool Post, Jan, mi This day! the prisoners confined in Sligo jail were liberated, the Attorney General not considering the evidence sufficient for detention. Another Meeting of the Rebel Bondhold. ers-Messrs. Erlanger. Asserted to have "Netted Half a Million by the Loan, dise. ibe London Globe:Jan. 19.] An adjourned meeting of holders in the above loan was held yesterday at the Lon . don Tavern,,the object being to propose re solutions in conformity with the report of :the; committee, which 'had been circulated among , the bondholders. The chair was taken by Admiral , after which, the solicitor,, Mr. Chamberlain, stated that at the .last meeting certain resolutions were submitted; but as the meeting was rather thinly attended, it was thought better to give the lkondholders a little further time for con sideration,,and the formal ratification of the resolutions was deferred until the present meeting.- (The resolutions were published at the date of the previous:' TM chairman moved, and Mr. Morgan seconded, the formal adoption of the reeolo. , Mr, Chamberlain called attention . to -the. position which Could be, jegiuMately - takea up by the bondholders, and • proceeded fo make a few 'Statements as to the'bistoq i of the loan,' forinded on- inquiries which had: alitiadY•beeri made by WI eommitteti.; The `limb; he said was brought out in this coufiT, try by Schroeder & Co:; 140:f r ond the coral, mitteel.hacb vary „ naturallynxpeoMd, that that eminent firm would have been only too willing to give them every information re specting it. He had, therefore, written to the firm asking, for information, and espe cially for a copy of the original contract; but, to ,his surprise, they had declined giving an information, and this through their solicitor. They alleged that they acted merely as agents. Messrs. Erlanger, of Paris, were then written to; and they declined also, and re ferred him to their solicitor. Now he had made certain inquiries in other quarters, and he had good reason for believing that Messrs. Eilanger had netted half a million their lannsaction of the'Confederate loan. [Loud Cries of hear, hear.] There were other and more extraordinary rumors still afloat, and *what he wanted was to have the committee empowered to make inquirieS and pay for information. He had already received, scores of offers of Valuable infor mation, thefact being that this was ail tratien of the old proverb. 'A shareholder ataced what had become of 'that portion of the loan, which remained undrawn at the.time of the collapse. Mr. Chamberlain would be very happy if he could tell., His belief was that it was all divided 'among three persons. More ha must not say. If the committee were ap pointed, their first duty would be to obtain all possible information about , the original management of the loan; and, secondly, to urge upon the - United States, and particu larly those of the South, the justice and even the necessity of recognizing their State obli gatiiins. He had reason to know that the Southerners had the best disposition toward the bondholders. His belief was that the loan had been put in the English market not so much because the money was required for the purposes of the war as to test the English feeling towards the South. Under these circumstances it was possible that the money had been employed in a manner which would not have been thought legiti ,mate under other circumstances. The resolutions were carried unani mously, and a committee nominated, viz : the Chairman, Messrs, Harvey, Western and Phillips, with power to add to their number, After a few observations from Mr. Morgui respecting a plan which had been circulated for securing the holders of the loan, the proceeding terminated with a vote of thanks to the Chairman. SPAIN. The Insurrection--What the Partisans of Prim Say of His Movements ---Contradictory Statements. Paris (January 9) Correspondence London Timm] The reproach against the intelligence which the telegraph transmits,contraclicting on the morrow what it has affirmed on the day cannot be addressed to the depatchas which now for several days past have reached us from Madrid. They h g ave lava. risibly represented Prim as flyinfrom his pursuers from the outset, as suffering the severest privations, and as abandoned by nearly all his followers. I have too much experience of the way in which both par ties usually get up their accounts to place much reliance on what is said by either. The partisans of the rebel leaders take a very different view of his position and pros- pects from the official despatches. For Instance, a communication from one of these would even now have us believe that Prim, far from making desperate efforts to seek an asylum in Portugal, has, on the contrary, made a skillful movement, by w hich lie may, according lo circumstances, march on Saiamanclea, Badajos, or Madrid; that part of the advanced guard of Zabala has passed over to the insurgents; and that neither this General or General Echague ventures to attack them, because their men have more than once shown their ten dencies by tivas for Prim, and vivas for liberty. These persons add that Prim receives succor in all the places through which he. passes; that .the popula tions only wait for the signal to rise en masse, that bands have been already organ 7 ized in Catalonia and in the Ampourdan; that Sangossa and Barcelona are in a state of fermentation; and that Seville, Cadiz, Malaga, and Alicante are ready for an explosion, and, finally, that two battalions revolted on leaving Badajos, proceeded to join the insurgents, while two regiments, one in Navarre, and the other, not far from Cadiz, have already declared for Prim. I must add that the persons who give such accounts do not vouch that they are correct, though they may wish them so, and for my part I vouch for the truth of neither. [Madrid (Jan. 16) Correspondence London Times.] The news to-day is that Prim, by crossing over to the valley of the Guadian at Villa nuevo dela Serena and La Hava, intends not to make his escape into Portugal, but to coast the frontier by Marida and Zafra, and to proceed across the Sierra Morena into Andalusia. If this were so,asit isprobable, the disturbances would be prolonged far be yond the 17th. We hear this morning that there is some interruption in the telegraph eommunications with Aragon and Catalonia; rumors are afloat of insurrectionary move= ments at Rena, Lerida, Terragoda, and. other places. The ferment throughoueCata lonia is described asvet7 strong and general. Similar news, however, has been spread often beffire, and proved to be unfounded. THE REGI7LAR ARMY AND GRADUATES OF WEST POINT.—A letter to the Buffalo CO2Wier says: Of the one thousand two hundred officers who were in the regUlar army when the war 'began there fell dead upon the fields of battle at Bull Run, five; during McClellan's peninsular campaign, twenty-four;_ at Antietam, six; at Stone River (or Murfreesboro), nine; at Pitts . burgh Landing (or Shiloh), seven; at Vati verde, New Mexico, five; at Chickamauga, twelve;. at Chancellorsville, seven; at Fort Wagner,' two;at Vicksburg, four; at Freder icksburg, seven; at 2rl Bull Run, five; in the cavalry light preceding Gettysburg, nine; at Gettysburg, twenty-six. _during Grant's op erations against Richmond in 1864, which `include the Wilderness,'Spottsylvania, Cold • Efaitor, etc.; forty-five; during General Shermat's Georgia and. Carolina campaigns, eight. There are one hundred and eighty-. one which this "little knot of lazy pension-. ,era" left dead upon the field of battle— Nearly five hundred' of their wounded in theSame battles swelled 'the sad list of fereis in the' hospitals. - Or in other words,: more than one out of every two of - this small and devoted band ;was either killed or lidundedi • • ' ' 4 . - COUNTRYMAN in Savannah, Ga., 3 0 1?-. served that a .gang darkies were working on, the.streete, each _wearing a ball . e anc chhin e and asked one of them whyL th at_tutll was chained to his leg? "To keep people : from stealingit," said the darkey; "heap of thieves about here, massa." F. L. FETHERSTON. Fulliawr DOUBLE SHEET, THREE CENTS Facts and3Fanelea, - English papers speak Of a boyfiref — i . er .-- :m, thirteen years old, who collects' crowded congregations to hear him. His eloquence is of the Boy -stir-us kind. Governor Fenton, having vetoed The bill allowing the New York gas companies to increase their rates, they revenge them-- selves on the public by making a charge on every bill of twenty-five or fifty cents a month "for rent of meter." It is hardwork for poets to make meat-or bread; but, to charge them twenty-five or fifty cents a month for rents of meter, is meeter work for savages than gas companies. • "Our Artist-in-Cuba" will soon be "Our Artist in Peru," as he is about to start this week on an excursion to the South Pacific coast. We refer, of course, to Mr. Carleton. the publisher. The land of the Incas! What a field for a modern peo-and-lea and then the Perural Views! The last new magazine started in England is entitled "The Monthly Packetof Evening Reading." Such a packet ought to have good sails. Mrs. Croly ("Jenny June") is editing a new cookery book. Is cooking a jejune subject? The season ticket holders of the Brouklya opera met the other evening 'and drevrtfor the choice of seats. The operation waapai formed with a wheel and a blind man, after the fashion of a lottery. Fortune, thus willed •the best seat the best for-tune. From Spain we learn that General Prim, at the head of the insurgents, fled to the rough mountain roads on the frontier of Portugal. Here is a leader who does not "show us the steep and thorny way," whilst "himself, the Prim rose-path of dalliance treads." The members of the Harvard crew make an appeal to the graduates of the University of Harvard (Mass.) for '52,000, to procure a boat, etc. Among the et ceteras a special appeal should be made ouiss-jeally, thus: Liar• ah pro nobis! A bill passed both branches of the Vir ginia Legislature, making death the penalty for horse stealing. at the option of the jury. Attenbnry says, "We have carried on even our hostilities with:hatuardty," This is not the Virginia way. The Boston Advertiser says Dr. Osgood's lecture before the New York Historical So ciety, on "Washington in the Nineteenth Century," is to appear in the March number of Harper's Monthly, under the title of "The Second Life of. Washington." Would 59 more such lectures make "The Minute Life of Washington ?" It is stated that the next number of the North American Review will contain a pa r on "Early Years and Later Career of the New York Heroid." "Read Early Jeers and Later Sneers." The Springfield Republican states that the ponds in Sheffield are so low that the mil lers will not allow people to cut ice, for fear it will prevent them from having water enough for running theirpollls. Good for Sheffield . po li ticians: they ere desired "to keep off-ice.' The Boston Advertiser, Jan. 29th, 1866, has a Parisian Correspondent who asks— "Do you know what a Paris 'brouillare is?" We do know what a Brew Yard is; and all aboat ales, and "damp" drinks. The correspondent adds : "Last Sabbath we went to hear the celebrated and eloquent Mons. A. Coquerelle (pire) in his new church." Now we would ask any one, having a French dictionary at hand, if this designating one minister as worse (pire) than another, is not the ‘Frenchiest' idea ever heard of? Bestroetive Fire in New York. Fir= TO.4llay's N. Y. W0r1d...! Shortly after 8 o'clock on .Saturday even ing, Officer Kemp, of the Sixteenth Pre cinct, discovered flames issuing from the second floor of the building situated at the fx:it of Fourteenth street, North river. An alarm was at once given, and was promptly responded to by the Fire Department, who worked with vigor to subdue the flames, but without success, and it was not until the entire structure was destroyed that the fire was extinguished. The buildings were of brick, two stories in height, 150 feet front, and 180 feet deep, and were valued at $30,000. Over 1,200 bales of hay, and a large quan tity of feed were also destroyed. Every exertion was made to rescue the horses in the buildings, but owing to the rapid spread of the flames and the dense smoke, ever seventy of the animals, valued at $lO,OOO, perished in the flames. Two cars were also destroyed. The total loss is estimated at $45,000 ; fully insured. The Little Wanderers' Home The following receipt will explain itself : Received of Casper Sonder, Jr., sixteen dollars and fifty cents ($l6 50), contributed by sundry • persons through the EVENING BULLETIN, in aid of the funds of the "Little Wanderer's Home," making the sum of one hundred and thirty-three dollars and fifty cents ($133 50) in all received through the same channel. W. D. SIEGFRIED, Superintendent, Philadelphia, Feb. 3, 1866. SOMETHING NEiV—AN . INE 111110 E.—The San Francisco Mining Press says a, party has recently arrived at Los Angelos, front the vicinity of Buena Vista Lake and - the oil springs there, having in his possession a bottle containing " a mineral substance very much resembling crude petroleum, but without any smell, and possessing all the qualities of a tine writing_ fluid. Several experiments were made by different persons, and all pronounced it good quality of fair or fluid, for writing. We , dipped , ourpen in the fluid and wrote several lines; and could not distinguish the difference between it and the best, writing fluid, now in use. When first used the color is a deep, rich black, but after exposure to the air the color moderates a little, still retaining a good, and, to all appearances, durable color. A company is being formed for the purpose of testing the above discovery." A RovAL MANGLE.—The mangle in operation at the royal laundry at Windsor, is undoubtedly the most perfect and ex pensive machine of the kind ever made. The bottom and under plates are of solid brass ' . the former is seven .feat. in ,length. three feet nine inQhes in width, and sevfen eighths ofan- inch ,hi_thickness; and it riots upon nidate bed. ' 'Setae idea of the dfity it is to perform may be gathered from the'Sact that, *ll.on, the Aileen is; at Willids 6 4 i 24 baskefir r aieinging 150 lbs; each , sen to the laundry.dsulyi or 3,600 lb., , equal to a ton and a half of solidlineni.r-Engineersq . • " - AOBBINOA TELSEiBL.^,TObn Walkerwaa befori. 'Alderman: .Toltuide this::morning, *ow the charge :of. larceny: He isAllegs4 to,larra: stolen. some. cdothingi and ;$25 money from a vessel lying on the Delaware, between Brown and Poplar streets. He was. held in $4OO bail for trial.
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