EM3SON PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME XIX.---NO. 255. EVENING BULLETIN. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING, (Sundays exeepted) at Lit. 329 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia BY TIM "Evening Bulletin Association." PROPILLICTORE4 GIBSON PEACOCK, CASPER SOITDER, Sr., T. L. FETPIERSTON, I ERNEST 0. WALLACE. THOMAS J. WILLIAMSON. The Btrzsamer Is served to subscribers in the city at IS seats per week, payable to the carriers, or 48 00 per annum M is ~ ~.ia BUNTING—On the 9th instant, Mr. Thomas H. Bunting, in the 59th year of his age. The relatives and his male friends are invited to at tend his funeral on Monday morning next, at 10 o'clock, from his late residence, 820 South Twelfth -street. To proceed to'Lafeyette Cemetery. CAMPBELL--Ori the morning of the 9th instant, Miss Carey Ann Campbell. The relatives and friends of the family are respect fully invited to attend her funeral from the reel 4denee of her brother-in-law, Adam C. Eckieldt, 1025 Vine street, on Monday, the 12th irlatant, at ten o'clock A. hi., without further notice. Funeral to pro -need to Marple Presbyterian Church. • FUSSELL —On •the Sth instant, Marion, eldest -daughter of Joseph and Sarah Emily Fussell, in the 12th year of her age - The relatives and friends of the family are respect fully invited to attend the funeral from the residence of her parents. Queen street, Germantown. on Second day, (Monday) 12th instant, at 10 o'clock, without fur ther notice. • GREER—On the 28th nit, by the explosion of the steamer DI lam!, near Napoleon, Arkansas, Dr. Wm. P. Grier, Asst. Surgeon D. S.A. • HAYWARD—Feb. 7th, 1866, at his residence in Burlington, N. J., Joel W. Hayward, formerly of Phlladelphia, in the 60th year of his age. Interment at 1 o'clock. on the 10th instant. • F HORN—On Friday. 9th instant, Bessie Crean, wife -of Jo= Horn, Jr. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to at tend the funeral from the residence of her husband. No. 330 North Twelfth street, on Monday, 12th Inst.. at 2 o'clock, P. M. ;To proceed to Woodlands Ceme tery. • JONES—On the evening of the Bth instant, Wm. D., son of John D. and Elizabeth S. Jones, and grandson of the late Martin Summers, in the 26th year of his age. His .relatives and the friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of his parents, No 7 South Twenty-first st. on Sunday afternoon, the 11th instant, at 2 o'clock. * LEVIC.II.—On the morning of the 9th instant, Wm. Levick, in the 55th year of Ws age. The; relatives and friends of the family are re quested to attend his funeral, without further no tice, on Third day, the 12th instant. at two o'clock, P. 31, from the residence of his brother, Robert R. Leyia, Castor road, Twenty third Ward. Carriage; - will be at the Frrnkford terminus of the Fifth and Sixth Street Railway, from one to a quarter past two o'clock. • MUCRLE—On Saturday, Feb. 1111, 1868, William F., son of Caroline S. and M. Richards Muck.le, aged 6 years and 3 months • POWELL—On the Bth instant, Joseph, youngest son of Joseph and Margaret S. Powell. The friends of the family are invited to attend his funeral from the residence of his parents in Upper Darby, on First day, the 11th instant, at two o'clock, P. Di. • PRICE—On the 9th instant, Mrs. Anna, wife of Mr. Thomas L. Price, aged 48 years. Her relatives and friends are respectfully Invited to attend her funeral from her husband's residence, Germantown road, above the Second Toll Gate, on Vuetday,lSth instant, at two o'elpck. To proceed to Laurel Cemetery. so - up - Errs 1101tERICS FOR r•EIRTS. ■ Green Watered Moreens. 6-4 and 5-4 Green Baize, White Cloth for Sacks. White Evening Silks. EYRE et BARBELL. Fourth and Arch. RELIGIOUS NOTICES. PROFFsSOR MORRIS will preach at Assem- U,Y bly Buildings, To-morrow Evening, o'clock. "THINK."BREMON BY T. If...STOCKTON, i= Eleventh and Wood. Sabbath a% P. K. 11* tyBISHOP SCOTT will preach (D. V.) in as bury M. E. Church, on Sunday Morning, Feb 11, at 10%. The public aro invited. It* •REV.S..T, MONROE, D.D., WILL PEE A.CH in Trinity 3f. E. Church, Eighth street above Race losmorrow evening, 11th inst ,at 7 , 4 o'clock. * Imp, A ray/ 'R REED,D.D, I WILL PESACH tr,Y:a sermon to young men In the Central Presbyte rian Church, corner of Eighth and Cherry atreets to. _morrow evening at 7% o'clock., THIRD RRIPQRNED DUTCH CHURCH— Corner Tenth and I.llbert street.—Rev. J. F. Berg, D. D., will preach To-Morrow. Sf.rvice 10% -o'clock, Morning, and 4 o'clock Afternoon! It* ST..A.NDBEWII LIITILBRAN CHUROEL— Re v. Dr. Stork, Pastor.—Sexvices In Hall, N. B. •corner Arch and Broad strveta, every Sabbath at. hi% A. M. and VX P. MI fent.s.Bt{ lU> CEHTBOH lON WASHINGTON NaI:TARE. A sermon in reference to the death of Mr. Jas. Crowell, srill be preached on ttabbath morning, Feb. fib at 103 i o'clock 1:13' Bev. Albert Barnes. 165 ZION P. E. CHURCH COR. OF EIGHTH {iy n and Coirunbla avenue Bishop Vail will ad minister the rite of confirmation In this church to morrow evening. Service at o'clock. It* IU. FRENCH ;PROTESTANT CHURCH, N. E. ccrner Seventh and Spruce streets, Rev. D. , Couasirat, from France, Pastor. S.rvices at 1034 A. M. :and 7;4 P. M. seats free. The public ate Invited. lt* E=. Tiri_e_.ll.EV. W. W. NEWELL, (UNIT &RI. U AN) will preach at Langstroth's Hall, German town. tomorrow at 11114 o'clock morning and 7,5; evening. . 11* 'CENTRAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. Eighteenth and Green toreets. Rev. J. B. Sinn. mono, or the Filth Baptist' Church, will preach to morrow at 10% A. M. and Rev. 13. C. Brace, of .New Haven, at 7% P. B. It* 10. REV. S. H. GIESEY will preach at Green Hill Hall, southeast corner of Seventeenth and Poplar streets, to-morrow afternoon at half past 3 o'clock. Seats free. All cordially invited. Sunday School 2 o'clock P. M. lt* CHRIST REFORMED CH CRC if, Green street near Ixteenth.—Servmes on Sunday 11th inst., ..at 10% A. Id.. ty the pastor, Rev. S. H. (Messy. Sub . ject in the evening, "Zat eplutth," the third of the series on Elijah and his times. it* FIRST REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH, Seventh and Spring Garden streets.—Rev. Thos. Dewitt, D. D., of New York will preach In the Morn ing, at 10% o'clock, and the Pastor, Rev. J. H. Suydam, will preach in the Evening, at 7% o'clock. it' 1:1:zs TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH, Chest nut above Eighteenth street.—Rev. W. C. Van meter, of the HowardMisslom New York, will preach Sunday evening at 73; o'clock. He will be accompa nied by twelve little girls from this home for wander ers, who by singing will add Interest to the services. • 10'NORTH BROAD STREET PRESBY LERIAN Church, cor. Broad and Oreen streets. Preach ing by the Pastor. Rev. E. E.'Adams. to-morrow (Sab bath) morning at 1035 and evening at 7;4. Subject In evening—The Fifth Commandment—(second sermon). Strangers are invited. its [U. THE EIGHTH ANNiVESnAftY OF THE Sunday Schools of the Alexander Presbyterian Church will be held to-morrow afternoon, al o'clock, in the Church, corner Nineteenth and Green streets. Addresses are expected from the Pastor, Rev, T. AL --Cunningham. Rev. E. R. Beadle, D. D., and Rev. J. H. A. Bomberger, D. D. it* FIFTH STREET M. E. CHURCH.—Grand Missionary Services 70-Morrow. Dr. Durbin al day. Morning preaching at 10%. Afternoon, 8 o'clock. Conversational Meeting ; in which Dr. Dur bin, the Pastor, members of the congregation and others will participate. Evening Services at 7%. Come. Come early, it* 11" AMERICA N UNION COMMISSION.—A Public Meeting in behalf of the j in n Aysoctn will .be held To-monow (Sunday) Evening, Grace Church. Twelfth and Cherry streets, at 7); o'clock, Rev. William Suddarda, D. D. Pastor, will preside. Addresses will be made by Ex-Governor Pollock, Rev. Richard Newton, D. 8., and the Rev. J. H. Tor rence. It* rg:AfF:SIONA-AY BBATH AT 'UNION M. E. Church, Sabbath, February 1866. . G. D. Carrow will preach in the Morning, at 10.4 o'olock. A Ciiildrens' 'Meeting will be held at 3 P. M., when an address will be delivered by Rev. Alfred Cook man. Major L. C. Matlack, of the Illinoh3 Cavalry, will preach in the Evening, at 7% o'clock. it* SPECIAL NOTICES. IU. OFFICE OF THE BORDER OIL COMPANY, Room 18, No. 524 WALNUT street, IPHILADHL THIA, February 10th, 1888. The annual meeting of the Stockholders of this Com pany, and an eleletton for Directors to serve the en suing year, will be held TUESD kY. March Ist; et 12 If felo-B,tu,th,tmlni f. L. EDWARDS, Secretary. WOWOMEN'S CENTRAI, BRANCH OF THE EENNSYLVANIA FREADMEN'S RELIEF A ' CIATION. 41S WALNUT street, Philadelphia. A meeting of -the Women's Central Branch, of the Freedmen's Relief Assoctation will- be held at Horti - cultural Hall, Sonthwest corner 'BROAD and WA L. NUT streets, on TUESDAY MORNING, February 1 3, at 11 o'clock. Members of Aid Socleties are Darticularly,invited to attend and all persons interested in the education and • elevation of the Freedmen. h310.2t2 ANNA P. STEVENSON, Secretary. SPECIAL NOTICES. tWHOWARD HOSPITAL. Nos. 1518 and 1520 Lombard street, Dispensary Department. Med treatment and medicines furnished gratuitously to,The poor. sa2B LECTURE ON ILERCAN TILE REME.DI ES. Li-rY The next Lecture of the Course, on Commercial Law, will be delivered at Crittenden's Commercial College, by Jogeph C. Turner Esq , on TUESDAY EVENING, 13th Inst. at 7 o'clock. Subject—" Mercantile Remedies." All former stu dents and business men are cordially invited. felo-st THE ANNUAL MEETING of the Stock- LL bolder! of the WYOMING VALLEY CANAL COMPANY, will be held at the office of the Company, No. 314% Walnut street, on TUESDAY, February nth, at M o'clock, M, for the election of a President and eight Managers, for the ensuing ear. A. G. DULLES, U. SHERIDAN OIL COMPANY, OF CHERRY RUN.—The annual meeting of Stockholders of the SEERIDAN OIL COMPANY, OF CHERRY BUN, wig be held at their Office ,45 South THIRD Street, on WEDNESDAY, the 14th host. at 11 o'clock, for the transaction of business and the election of om curs for the ensuing year. S. B. COUGHLIN, feleStl Secretary. AT ACADEMY OF IRMO, ON FRI. U TAY., DAY 107.ENING, the lath, Professor Henry Merton will deliver his third Lecture on Light, en. titled liefmction: or Prisms and Lenses with new an. Ullant experiments, Including illustrations of Spec. trum analysis and a fine saris of dissolving views. Tickets 60 cents to all parts of the house. For sale at the Franklin Institute, IS South Seventh street. Seats secured without extra charge. feleeti THE SOCIETY ibr supplying the Poor with SOW'. No. 838 GRISCOM Street, find themselves out sufficient ftmds to meet the current expenses of the season, and make this appeal to the public to enable them to supply the more than usual demandfor assistance. .TEREELLUEC HACKER, President. 316 South Fourth streel WIL EVANS, Ja., Treasurer, fee-ettrp 252 South Front street. WOFFICE OF THE PETROLEUM STORAGE COMPANY, 827 Walnut etteet—PanAnzLetizA, s, 1868. A special meeting of the Stockholders of. the "Pe troleum Storage Company of Philadelphia," will be held at the Othce of the Company, at 12 o'clock, M on SATURI AY. the 29th day of February, 1866, to vote upon the acceptance of the recent act of the Le gislature, authorizing the Company to Issue Bonds and to insure merchandise. Jelo-10t; F. B. HUBBELL, Secretary fr OFFICE OF THE Lizfriagcoiti,AND NAVIGATION COMPANY, Flaz..erma.mite, December 21st, 1865. LOAN FOR SALE. n 61331.8. TO SUIT PUBCHASEP.S. The Loan of this Company, due April Ist, 1881, Inte rest payable quarterly, at the rate of six per cent. per 11.111213/11. This Loan is secured by a mortgage on all the Com pany's Coal Lands, ththals, and Slackwater Navigation in the Lehigh river,and all their Rallroads,constructed and to be constructed, between Mauch Chunk and Wilkesbarre, and branch roads connected therewith, and the freachise of the Compaay relating thereto. Apply to SOLOMON SHErIIERD. Treasurer, deli.-rptfl 122 South Second street. _ - INALGURA.TION OP THEI " ' ' THOME FOR LITTLa WANDERERS, 8,0 SOUTH street, Philadelphia. Tb o4 Inauguration Exercises of the Home for Little Wanderers, will take place at LOINCEET HALL. Chestnut street. above Twelfth, On MONDAY EVENING, Feb. I.2th, At o'clock. The Exercises will consist of an address by lion. OLIVES DYER (an eminent member of the ..New York Bar), on "Poverty, Vice and Crime—What Should es Done to Remove and Prevent Them." Also. ad dresses by Rev. W. C. VAN METER, Su erintendent of the "Rome" in New Yorir. C LEY, Esq., Ned Bev. W. L. SLEGFRIED, of Philadelphia. The Choir will consist of twelve Little Girls from the "Home" in Now York. who will be present by special lnvitation,and wlll entertain the audience with singing. Ex-GIov.'POLLOCS will preside upon the occasion. Tickets 15 cents, for sale at Trumpler'e Music tStore, Seventh and Chestnut streets; at Concert Hall Dcket Office, and at the "Home," 810 South streeL Proceeds for the benefit or the "Horne." fele-I[m/ THE AMERICAN 'UNION C031.1114Q.101V having received the following additional contributions, make the acknowledgment; W.M. Sellers (.0 Geo. Booking ---,HI 00 M. Baldwin.. 800 00 C. 5 00 J. Scbaining.._ ..... 50 00 Ban'l Eveland...... 5 00 Wm. Amer 50 00 A. J. . 1 00 Jobe A. Brown . 50 00 Presbyt'n Church, C. Magarge &Co 25 00 Belvidere, B. J.-- 14 19 Tbos. Hughes—.--. 25 00 Methodist Church, Ca.‘b 25 00 Lambertville, R. JlB 75 Cash_ _ 25 Go Band - s; Church. Lam- . Geo. R. Taylor Welber,ll & Went.— 10 00 Sundry indlclouals, Alex. Peterson--. 10 001 xauxtbenville, N. J. 83 45 Denier dr. 80ne..._._.. 10 001 SAIIEL WORK, Treasurer, No. so South Third street. Dry goods and clothing for the suffering penp.e of the South, are greatly needed, the calls are earnest and constant, the suffering is greed. Send to JOSSPH PARKER, Secretary, 1t• 1210 Chestnut street. Facts and Fancies. A fashionable young lady, in attempting, yesterday, to carry a large coil of horse and other hair on the back of her head, lost her balance, on Pennsylvania avenue and fge backwards, but was saved from breakin her pretty neck by the gallantry of a nice young man, who caught her in his arms. If beauty draws us by a single hair, No wonder she was saved from falling The details of the dispute between the Popeand the Russian ambassador at Rome had been:given to the world, and it is ex pected that in consequence M. de Meyen dorf will be removed from his post and suc ceeded by M. Wassilazy Koff, councillor of the Russian Legation at Vienna.. From all ecclesiastical matters at Rome the Russians are requested to keep their mind-off; and make the arnende honorable with a cough. They have done so. A pine just cut in Aroostook yielded two thousand feet of lumber. The lumberman who cut it rejoices, And Nature—hem! she re-pines. At the Ohio River village of Smith's Ferry, a colored man ?named Orme, with his two sons, sunk an oil well last spring, which they sold for $26,000 cash, and in vested $6,000 in one of the best farms in the county. They sunk a second well, which proved to be of great value, and sold re cently for $140,000, cash. An-Orme-ous profit, that ! The wealth of Indus and of Orme. A colored man has been drawn as juror at Worcester. Now before he is quartered in the jury box, the Freedmen's Bureau ought to interfere. Jinke, on being told that the cheese was sufficiently advanced in decomposition to walk off the table, calmly replied "Let it trot!" The proprietor of a restaurant in New York has been fined $3OO for throwing a plate at his cook. He paid it in the most cool an' airy manner. A new journal—the Columbine—is about to be started by the Parisian ladies. Ma dame Suzanne Lagier is the editor. We don't believe Columbine will get along well without a Pantaloon, Gen. Buell found it hard to catch Gen. Bragg on a run, but Gen. Sheridan has found it easy to catch him in a lie.—Louis vine Tour. John E. Owens has carried his Solon Shin gle through more than two hundred per formances at the Broadway Theatre, in New York. John has got his soul on shingles now, and depends on them entirely for his "whittles." Mrs. Julia Ward Howe delivered a lecture before the New York Century Club one evening last week. A letter to a Western paper says the discourse was charming, though chiefly impromptu. By a little co incidence, Gen. Howe-Ward was lecturing at the same time in Boston. BETT ER THAN PORT.--Speer's Saniburg Port Wine is better than pure port, and since the adulteration of the latter it must take its place. It is pure and really excel 4ent and health-giving.—Troy Times. THE railroad between Charleston and Col umbia, S. C., has been completed. The densely packed audience at the Musical Fund Hall, last evening, :re minded us of the old palmy days of the "Philharmonic" and the "Musical Fund Society." Every available and unavailable spot was occupied by an eager listener, and the unwearied attention of the assemblage testified how keen was the appreciation of this master-piece of the master-musician of modern times. At a quarter before eight Mr. Sentz assumed his baton, and Men delssoluf s grand oratorio of "Elijah" be gan. To almost the whole audience it was a first hearing of this sublime composi tion, and as one beauty after another un folded itself, developing all the wonderful genius of its creator, the audience seemed to rise to a higher and keener enjoyment of this rare treat. =EMI It is not our purpose to attempt . any criti cal notice of the oratorio or its performance by the Handel and Haydn Society. Suffice it to say that the Society has achieved a great triumph for itself and conferred a great favor upon 'the community, by the style in which "Elijah", has been prodnoed. The choruses were rendered with marvel lous spirit and precision, showing the most pains-taking study and practice, and the splendid fugues with which the oratorio abounds, were given with splendid effect. The Germania orchestra, largely reinforced for the occasion, won new laurels by its admirable and delicate accompaniments, and all that was was wanting, instrumen tally, was what we, unfortunately, cannot have in Philadelphia, the grand diapasons of a line organ. The 6010 parts were well sustained, and elicited numerous hearty encores. The soprano, Miss Alexander, has a sweet, clear voice, with good method and intonation, but needs still greater power to do full justice to her very arduous and exhausting part. The contralto, Miss McCaffrey, was, as she always is, thoroughly satisfactory, and we are not disposed to criticize the little liberties which she occasionally took with the music, to adapt it more easily to her peculiar voice. Messrs. Rudolphsen and Simpson shared between them a large portion of the applause of the audience and were frequently encored. The final quar tette "0 ! come every one," is one of the loveliest gems of the whole oratorio, and was exquisitely sung by these four artists. We cannot omit a passing word of praise for the young lady who sustained the third part in the trio "Lift thine eyes," and whose very fine voice and good style ex cited a curiosity to identify her which we endeavored in vain to gratify. Mr. Senta conducted the Oratorio admir ably, holding his large chorus of nearly two hundred voices and his full orchestra per tectly in hand throughout the whole per formance, which occupied two hours and forty minutes, and supporting the solo singers with excellent judgment and taste. And now we want to hear "Elijah" again. The success of the performance was so marked that an interest in its repetition will be felt by thousands who failed to hear it, and by every one who was wise enough to beresent last night. We know the great labor and expense attending the pro duction of such a work as this, and we can not too highly commend the Handel and Haydn Society for the enterprise and ability which it has displayed. But the chief labor and expense has now been in curred, and it will be a great pity not to reap the full advantage from it. Let the Society give another performance of "Elijah" at the Academy of Music daring .he season of Lent. If possible, let us have ti.e added effect of an organ, which, we pre si, me, might be erected for the occasion. We will guarantee an audience such as will dwarf even the crowd of last night, and a remuneration, pecuniarily and in the grati tude of the musical community, which will abundantly reward the additional labor and ,-!xpendituee of the Society. By all means, give us "Elijah" again. There was one feature of the performance last evening, worthy of remark. A better or more intelligent audience we never saw, and yet it was not at all what is technically called a "fashionable" one. It was an as semblage drawn together by a genuine love of Music, and by an educated appre ciation of the genius of the great composer. Opera is "fashionable" .in Philadelphia, Oratorio is not. It is "the thing" to hear "L'Africaine;" it is not yet, but will be, "the thing" to hear "Elijah." The "West End" was not at the Musical Fund Hall last night, and the "West End" made a great mistake, and lost a great treat thereby. We hope that the Handel and Haydn Society will be generous, and give their be nighted townsmen and townswomen an opportunity to share the intense pleasure which we and they experienced last night from our three hours with Mendelssohn. Should the Society entertain our proposi tion for a repetition of "Elijah" we should like to make one or two suggestions to the managers, which we do not wish to put in print. bertville, N. L. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1866. MendelssohnTs Elijah. ACCIDENT ON THE FLEMINGTON 'RAIL BOAD.-A severe accident,attended with the loss of life,occurred on theFlemington Rail road, on Wednesday evening. The accom modation line, which leaves this city for Lambertville and Flemington at 7 o'clock, ran off the track, owing to the breaking of a rail between Copper Hill and Flemington. The locoinotive was crossing a bridge - at the time and was precipitated over the side and demolished, an explosion of the boiler_ .taking place. The engineer was killed, and the fireman was very severely scalded. 'Fortunately the coupling between the loco motive and the forward car broke, which saved the train from being thrown over the embankment. There were but few passen gers on the train ; all of whom escaped in jury. The remains of the engineer were taken to Lambertville. They presented no outward marks of injury, and his death is supposed to have been caused by suffoca tion. The fireman was, at last accounts; in a fair way of recovery. This is the first,ao 7 cident that has ever occurred on this road. —Trenton American. II I • )1 0 IgN a. • . SOUTH AMERICA. Declaration of War by Peru Against Spain. Treaty of Alliance .Between Chile and Peru--Bolivia and Ecuador Expeoted to Join the Anti-Spanish Alliance ---The Entire Spanish Squad ron Reportedto be before Val paraiso—lmportant from Spair --Tremendous Ex citement over the Cap ture of the Covadon ga--Cuba Believed to be in' Danger-- Anglo -Chilean! Privateers off the Coast of Spain, [Correspondence of tbelNew York Herald.] PAivame, Feb. 1, 1866.—The Pacific Stearn Navigation Company's steamship Peru, Captain Hall, from Callao and intermediate ports, tltrrived in this harbor on the morning of the ;oth ult., bringing dates from Lima to the 20th inst., seven days later. She has on freight for New York twenty-four bales of goat skins and thirty-one bags of cocoa. We are unfortunate in receiving no mail from Chile by this arrival. The Peru was detained two days at Callao awaiting the arrival of the Bogota from Valparaiso, but the latter not making her appearance the Peru was obliged to leave, in order to secure connection with the French packet for St.' N'azaire. It is thought in Lima that the steamer was possibly delayed by the block ade being made more stringent by the new Spanish commander. A report prevailed at Callao, said to have been brought by a sail ing vessel, that the entire Spanish squadron was concentrated at Valparaiso, This looks something like taking strong offensive mea sures, if true, and may mean a bombard ment of Valparaiso. The most important intelligence received is of the ratification of a treaty of alliance, offensive and defensive, between Chile and Pern, and the formal declaration of war by Peru against Spain, which documents I give you below. The Peruvian fleet, consisting of the fri gates (screw) Apurimac and Amazonas and wrvettes America and Union, the former of forty guns and the latter of sixteen guns each, had sailed to effect ajunction with the Chilean fleet, consisting of the scew corvette Es.meralda, sixteen guns; steamer Covadon ga, four guns, and steamer 2dalpu, two gnus. Tkis fleet Is under positive orders to com mence immediate hostilities against the Spaniards. Hence we may look for inte resting news - very soon; and if the Numan cia were only not on the coast the " Dons" would fare badly. A decree has been issued by the Peruvian government prohibiting the embarkation for foreign ports of all Spanish residents in Peru, and a passport is now required to be taken out by every person leaving the country, without exception. A visit to the harbor of Callao now by the Spanish fleet must bring on an engagement; for the place is said to be admirably forti fied with the most approved ordnance, and in positions where the presence of a heavy gun is not thought of, even by residents. We hear also that some of these batteries are officered by men who have had some experience in our four years war, and who knot• what to do when the time comes. The Peruvian government had taken pre cautions for reprisals in case the Spanish fleet should take possession of any part of the coast, or inflict any damage to Euro pean interests. The Peruvian steamer of war Callao is stil at Panama, undergoing repairs. She will be ready for sea in about two weeks more, and when she leaves she will carry a battery that will cause a Spanish frigate much annoyance, even at three miles dis tance. I learn that Gen. Kilpatrick had left Cal lao for Valparaiso in the English mail pac ket, not having taken passage in the United States steamer Wataree, as he expected to when he left here. The news of the treaty just concluded and ratified between Chile and Peru, and the formal declaration of war by Peru against Spain, will hardly take you by surprise, for the reason that in my last letter I gave you the information that it would be known by the next arrival, without doubt. As the documents are important, I deem it best to give them entire: TREATY OF ALLIANCE, OFFENSIVE AND DE FENSIVE, BETAXEN CHILE AND PERU. Jose Joaquin Perez, President of the Re public of Chile—lnasmuch as a treaty of alliance, offensive and defensive, between the republics of Chile and Peru was made, concluded and signed on the sth day of this month and year, through, plenipotentiaries fully authorized for that purpose. Treaty whose tenor is to the letter as follows : In the name of Almighty God. The re• publics of Chile and Peru, in the presence of the danger which threatens America, and of the violent aggression and unjust preten tious with which the Spanish Government has assailed the dignity and sovereignty of both, have agreed to celebrate a treaty of alliance, offensive and defensive, for which purpose they have named as plenipoten tiaries ad hoc Senor Don Domingo Santa Maria on the part of Chile, and Senor Terri bio Pacheco, Secretary of Foreign Rela tions, on the part of Peru, who having iound sufficient their plenary powers, have pro ceeded to draw up the following preliminary treaty: ARTICLE 1. The Republics of Chile and Peru contract between themselves the closest allegiance, offensive and defensive, in order to repulse the present aggression of the Spanish government, as also any other whatever of the same government which may have for its object to attack the inde pendence, the sovereignty or the democratic institutions of both republics, or of any other on the South American continent, or which may derive its origin from unjust claims, qualified as such by both nations, not in accordance with the precepts of the code of international law, judged according to the form of the said law. ART. 2. For the 13resent,and by thepresent treaty, the republics of Peru and Chile bind themselves to combine the naval forces which they have at their disposal, or may have in the future, in order to destroy with them the Spanish maritime forces which Action of Peru. they find or may find in the waters of the Pacific, whether such forces will be occupied blockading, as happens at present the ports of one of the republics named, or of both, as may come about, or committing any hos tilities in other manner against Chile or Peru. ART. 3. The naval forces of both republics, whether operating in combination or sepa rately, will be subject, as long as the present war, provoked by the Spanish government is maintained, to the government of the one in whose waters said naval forces find them'selves. The Chief of highest grade, and in case there are many of the same grade, the senior among them, who might find himself com manding any of the combined fleets, will assume the command of them, provided said fleets should be operating in combina tion. Notwithstanding, the governments of both republics may, by mutual accord, confer the command of the• squadrons. while operating in combination, upon the native or foreign officer whom they may deem most competent. Ater. 4. Each one of the contracting re publics, in whose waters may be found, on account of the present war with the Spanish government, the combined naval forces, will pay the expenses of every kind which the maintenance of the fleet or-one or more of the vessels may find necessary; but at the close of the war both republics will name two commissioners, one for each, who shall settle the amount of the expenses incurred and duly justified, and they will apportion to each of them the half of the total amount of those expenses. In the liquidation they will take into ac count the expenses which each of the re publics may have incurred during the war in the maintenance of the fleet or of one or more of its vessels, in order that each of them pay its respective share. ART. 5. Both contracting parties bind themselves to invite the rest of the Amer ican nations to lend their adhesion to the present treaty. ART. 6. The present treaty shall be ratified by the governments of both republics, and the ratification shall be interchanged in Lima at the end of forty days, or before if possible, during which, meanwhile, the plenipotentiaries of both republics sign and seal this present treaty. Done in Lima, on the sth day of December, of the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and sixty-five. DOMTNEIO SANTA MARIA, TERRIES° PACHECO. The endorsements of various officials at Santiago and Lima follow,togethor with the declaration of war, which decrees: ARTICLE 1. The Republic is declared in a state of war with the government of Spain. ART. 2. The Secretary of Foreign Affairs is charged with communicating this declar ation to the friendly nations; to be accom panied with a manifesto of the causes which nave generated it. The Secretaries of State, each in his own department, are charged with the execution of this decree, and to see that it is published with all due solemnity. ISLikurro L PRADO. Josa GALvaz, Secretary of War and Navy. r. T. Pecuco, Secretary of Foreign Affairs. J. M. Qrnurzn, Secretary of Government. T. SIMEON TEJSDA, Secretary of Justice. M. PARDO, Secretary of Finance and Com merce. Now that Peru is fairly launched into the war to be waged against Spain, it cannot be long before Bolivia and Ecuador join hands with Pern and Chile against the common enemy of the South American republics. Knowing full well that operations can only be carried on afloat, the Spanish com mander, even with the fort* at his disposal, may take it upon himself to inaugurate ac tive warfare by bombarding the seaport towns and cities of both republics,commen cing probably at Valparaiso, which offers ;be largest and most shining mark, for the broadsides of his squadron, and which is literally defenceless and at his mercy. The destruction of property there will fall far heavier on foreigners than on natives, and after he has expended his shot and shell against houses and the hills upon which Valparaiso is built he dare not land a man, even under the cover of his guns, to coal plete the work ; for before his boats could touch the beach" he would find a force at hand to oppose him, that could and would defeat every available man of the fleet ; hence, what good would be had by the operation ? It is sincerely to be regretted that Valpa raise has no fortification or armament to resist the attack; for, with the natural cefences of the place, comparatively few guns of modern style would compel all the wooden ships of the Spanish squadron to keep at a respectful distance, beyond the power of doing mischief to the city, and the heavy iron-clad even would be seriously annoyed by the plunging shot that could be thrown upon her decks. We, however, hope that something may turn np whereby Chile will be enabled to materially injure, if not destroy some of the Spanish fleet, before Valparaiso is seriously injured; the plucky little republic has already done so well, that, when the time comes, we are sure she will be found fully equal to the emergency. I trust that no orders have been given to the combined fleets of Peru and Chile to make an attack upon the Spanish fleet, if concentrated, for they are not strong enough for it, and might "come to grief." The Spanish frigates Villa de Madrid, Bianca, Berenguela and Resolution, are all full powered screw steamers of the first-class, admirably appointed, officered and manned; and . the Numancia (iron-clad frigate) is pro nounced by an officer of the United States Navy, who is a first-rate judge, one of the most perfect ships of her class in the world. The Excitement at Callao. [From the Callao Correspondence [Jan. 21) of the Panama Mercantile Chronicle,, On the 15th of the present month (Sunday last) some eight or nine thousand troops were assembled in the Plaza de Armas and the thoroughfares leading to it, in full dress uniform, with three bands of music, playing the national anthems of Chile and Peru. People were wondering and trying to assign a cause for such an unusual display of troops, and when the proclamation and declaration were read, it came like a thunder-clap upon them; and, being un expected, they broke out with accla mation of approval and rejoicing, in which they were joined by peals of bells from the churches. The troops were paraded through the principal streets, their bands playing alternately the national' airs of Chile and Peru, and in the evening the "Dictator" accompanied by his Secretaries, also the Chilean Minister, visited the theatre and were received with thundering applause. On the following day the roofs, doors 'and windows of the houses were hung with every imagina ble description of flags and streamers that the means of the occupants would permit of —mobs of men and boys, carrying flags and yelling defiance and vengeance against the F. L FETHERSTON. Publisher. DOUBLE SHEET, THREE CENTS. Spaniards, were to be met in all the streets.'• The four iron-clads that will leave Eng land before the declaration of war reaches there, will either attack Cuba or carry the war to the porta of Spain, and attempt the destruction of the naval arsenal at Ferrol.. Already a number of ex-Confederate offi— cers have been engaged far the Chilean navy, and ten of them left here in the Chilean steamer Lerzundi last week for Chile. We are making strenous exertions to be in a position to receive the Spanish fleet should they come to Callao: Eight Blakely cast steel guns have been mounted in double tiers along the sea front of the town (the guns are three hundred-pounders). The Castle is well mounted;besides we have the monitor Victoria and the ram Loa for harbor defence. The News from Spain. [Madrid (Jen. 22) correspondence London Times]. In the Congress of Deputies on Saturday evening upon the Rome Minister, Senor Pcsada herrerra, being asked what truth there is in the reports of disasters in the Pacific, and what measures the government are prepared to adopt with a view to uphold the honor of the Spanish flag in those waters, he answered by giving fall con firmation to the reports of the loss of the Covadonga and Pareja's suicide, and added that "the government were determined to adopt all measures which could be of any avail towards the reparation of these misfortunes. The Minister could not at that moment explain to - the. the Congress what those measures were to be, but he could give his assurance that the present ministers were disposed to do every thing that could be done by a government bent upon upholding the honor of the Spanish flag and defending the interests no less than the rights of the nation"—words which any government would consider themselves bound to utter ender similar circumstances, and upon which they would also afterwards reserve to themselves the right of putting such constractton as best suited their purpose. Far less guarded and moderate is the language of the-public press on this subject. Ihe Spanish Squadron Ordered to Press Forward Hostilities. (Paris (Jan. 25) correspondence London Post.] Despatches from Madrid say the govern ment has sent out orders to the Spanish squadron in Chilean waters to vindicate the honor of the Spanish flag. We may, there fore, expect to hear of hostilities being ac tively carried on. The Chilean naval forces are reported to be considerably augmented. Two Chilean Iron-Claris In Spanish (Madrid (JanAS) correspondence London Times.] "The government has received certain in formation that two iron-clad (b/indee.s) fri gates, bearing Chilean colors, have been seen cruising in Spanish waters." Such is the intelligence that reached me last evening from what I consider a trustworthy source. You are aware that the appearance of sus picious looking vessels lurking off the port of Cadiz, and supposed to be Chilean pri vateers, had been signaled several weeks ago by the maritime authorities, and that the Admiralty promised to take opportune measures to protect the mercantile navy front harm. The danger appears now under what may be deemed a more tangible form and on a far more formididable scale. If the Chileans have iron dads afloat, it is bat natural for the Spaniards to imagine they can only have procured them either in Eng land or the United States; and if either of those countries, or both, is open to the offers of the highest bidder, if any of the belliger ents may apply for their warlike and naval stores to the extent of his cash or • credit, what becomes of the vaunted superiority of the Spanish : maritime armament? Will not Chilean copper and Peruvian guano have greater weight on the Liverpool and New - York markets than Spanish passives or certificates? There have not been many persons think ing about such matters of late, as all inte rest, was absorbed by the more pressing danger of Prim's military revolt; but now that people breathe again, somewhat re lieyed from their fears of internal disturb ances, they begin to be haunted by the terrors of incalculable foreign complica tions. [From the London Shlpplnk Gazette, Jan. We are not surprised at the effect produced in Madrid by the news of the capture of the Spanish gunboat Covadonga and thesuicide of Admiral Pareja, and were quite prepared for the strong language respecting Spanish honor and dignity, and the necessity of en forcing Spanish claims, contained in the address to Queen Isabella agreed to at the sitting of the Senate on Thursday last. If it be true that General Prim's revolt has ceased to create any further anxiety, the Spanish Government will be free to turn their attention to the conflict in Chile, and perhaps, by the display of unwonted vigor gratify the national feeling which the Madrid press has labored, mcst industriously to excite. Meanwhile a. rumor which some weeks ago was freely circulated, to the effect that Chilean cruisers had been seen in the neighborhood of Cadiz, has been revived in a more direct and tan gible form. It is stated that the Spanish government has received "certain informa tion" that two iron-clad frigates, showing Chilean colors, have been seen hovering about the coast of Spain. There is nothing impossible in this report. The Chileans, like their neighbors, the Peruvians ' have been at work for a considerable time in strengthening their navies, and have not hesitated to resort to the building yards of this country and of the United States to pro cure vessels suited in all respects for the requirements of modern war fare. The application of Admiral Pareja for reinforcements plainly showed that he felt the maritime forces of Chile were not to be despised, that it was necessary to be prepared for the conse quenceof an encounter, and that the main tenance of the blockade of half a dozen of the Chilean ports would give the squadron under his command quite enough to do. If the intelligence which the Spanish Govern ment have just received should prove to be true, it shows very plainly that the Chileans are as enterprising as they are resolute, and that they have ships to spare for other ser vice against the enemy than that of protect ing their coasts from assault, or even of raising the blockade of their ports. Of course it will be the duty of the Spanish Govern ment to take steps to protect Spanish mer chantmen from harm, and to watch the , movements of the reported cruisers. The blow directed by the Chileans at the enemy's squadron in the capture of the Co- , vadonga might naturally , have been antici pated ; but it is much to be regretted in the interest of neutral commerce that It was not deferred wail the instructions which it was known had been despatched to Admiral Pa reja had been received. These instructions, whatever they may be, were, it is believed, very much the result of the good offices.of France and England, and were issued, it is !Said, in. view of the proximate cessation or hostilities. The news of the success of the Chileans in their first encounter with the in (Continued on the last Page.) Waters.
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