GIBSON PEACOCK; . Edi.tor. VOLUME XIX.---NO: 259. EVENING BULLETIN. pußT,nzarPT) EVILItY EVENING . . (Sundays excepted) at EiTo. 329 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia BY TB "Evening- Bulletin Association." PBOMIXTORS. G333SON PEACOCK, 1 CASPER SOUDEET. L. PETHEESTON, I ERNEST C. WALLACEL THOMAS I. WILLIAMSON. The Btriaarmar is served to subscribers in the city at la cents per week, payable to the carriers, or .8 so per annum. MARBLED. REYNOLDS—BECHTEL—On the morning of the 34th, at the residence of the bride's mother, by the "Rev. Samuel Irwin, William P. Reynolds to Miss ary M. Bechtel. No cards. Barks and Chester Pa- Rem please copy. DIED. - - - AARONSON—On the morning of the 15th instant, of scarlet fever, Amy T., daughter of Chas. B. and Sallie A. Aaronson, in the sth year of her age. - The relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral on Seventh day afternoon, at 1 , o'clock, from the residence of her , father, North west corner of Sixteenth and Wallace streets. as COLLADAY--Cin the 19th instrant,Stimuellt. Colla day, in the 60th year of ;his age. His male friends are invited to attend the faners' from his late residence, No. 117 North Seventeenth street. at 10 o'clock, on .Friday morning, the 16th in. wstant.lthout farther notice. • DI:MIL—On- Wednesday -Morning, 14th February, iitrilliam Diehl, in the 72d year of his age. The male friends - of the family are respectfully in vited to attend phis funeral from his late residence, 2020 Vine, street, on Friday, 16th Instant, at two o'clock. P. M. DIXON—On the morning of Fourth day, 14th inst. 'Henry T. Dixon, aged 41 years. The relatives and friends of the family are in vited to attend his funeral from the residence of his brother, F.M. Dixon. No. 817 Arch street, on Seventh day morning, at 10 o'clock. GRANGER—On the 13th ult., Pere C. Granger, of Salisbury, Md. His friends living in the city are invited to attend the funeral from the residence of his brother, No. me Spruce street. on Friday morning next,:at 10 o'clock. Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. • LAVAIIELL--On the 14th instant, Mary Lavarell, in the 73d year of her:age Her relatives and friends are invited to attend her Mineral from the residence of Thomas T. Lea, Mlles. town, on Friday, the 76th instant, at 1 o'clock. Car riages will be in waiting on the arrival of the twelve o'clock train at the Germantown Depot. to convey them to the house. Interment at Laurel Hill. * McOONNELL—In the city of New York, on the - morning of the I3th instant, Mary McConnell. The tuneral will take place from the residence of her brother, Wm. McConnell, No. 931 North Fourth street, an Friday, 16th instant, at 1 o'clock, The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to at :end, without further notice. • • MOREEICS FOR BEUtTS. Green Watered Moreens. 6-4 and 6-4 Green Baize, White Cloth for Sacks. White Evening Silks. EYRE & LANDELL. Fourth and Arch ISPECItAL NOTICES. IgrHOWARD HOSPITAL. Nos. 1518 and 1520 Lombard street ,Dispensary Department. Med. treatment and medicines furnished gratuitously odhe poor. gratuitous Iit:REVEREND HENRY -WARD BEECHER AT CONCERT HALL.—This distinguished and popular lecturer will deliver a lecture at the above Hall on Wednesday evening, February 21st. Places for the sale of tickets will be announced in a few days. fel3•tf EZis THE TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL ORA TION before the SOCIETY of the ALUMNI of the PHILADELPHIA. GUICTRAL HIGH 6CHOOL, will be delivered OD THUUSDAY EVA ICING, Febrn rary 15th, at MUSICA L FUND HALL, by CHARLES 1173NRY BROCK, Esc'. fel2-ttrp• 10. , GROVER'S GRAND GERMAN. OF ER t. COMPANY will commence a brief season at She AMERICAN ACADEMY OF MUSIC, MONDAY, Jfeb. 26, 1866, with Several Important Ad. d Mons to the Company, Chorus, Orchestra, and Re. pertoire. lan Fulnouncementa will appear In the !journals of .Saturday evening, Sunday,and Monday morning. The Season sale will commence Monday morning next. OFFICE OFTHE LEHIGH COAL AND lI:NAVIGATION COMPANY, Fizzumszrare, December 218;1866. LOAN FOR SALE. IN SUMS TO SUIT PURCHASERS. The Loan of this Company, due April Ist, UM, inte rest payablequarterly, at the rate of six per cent. per annum._ This Loan is secured by a mortgage on all the Com pany's Coal Lands, Canals, and Siackwater Navigation in the Lehigh river,and all their Ballroads,constructed and••to be constructed, between Mauch Chunk and Wilkesbarie, and branch' roads cons ectea tingd' therewith, and the franchise of the Company ER there. Apply to SOLOMON EiMELL'HR RD, Treasurer, 122 South Second street. 10a CONCERT HALL. WM LLOYD GARRISON will deliver ER - Second Lecture ofthe Course before "The Social, Civil, and Statistical Association," on THURSDAY EVE NING. February I=th.. Subject—' Liberty Victorious." February 22d.—Gvneral OARL hell URZ. Subject,— "Tlua.Problem of the Day." March lat.—Mrs. F. E. W. HARPER. Subject—" The Nation's Great Opportunity." March Sth.—Prol. WM H. DAY. March HALL—Hon. WM. D. KELLEY. Miss E. T. GREENFLELD (tne Black Swan) has kindly volunteered to furnish appropriate music on each evening. Tickets lot the course $1.25; single tickets 85c. To be 888 at T. B. PUGH'S Book Store, Sixth and. Chestnut, and at the door, . . . _ . Doors open at 7, lecture to commence at 8. fel2-4trpf MiKEICAN TILE BENEFICIAL ASSOCIA TION.—.9I a Special Meeting of the Board of Managers, held on Tuesday, the 14th inst., the follow ing • preamble and resolutions were It nlmously adopted: Whereas, The hand of death has suddenly removed a most highly esteemed member of our Board, one with :whom for many years It has been our privilege to asso ciate in the fullest confidence as an officer, and the most sincere regard as a fellow-member ; and Whereas, There only remains to us the sad eatisfac .tion of referring to the memories of the past in tribute -of his worth and of expressing our sympathy with the Sorrowing friends who mourn his loss; therefore Resolved, In the death of our late Treasurer, S. B. .00r.r.h DAT. Es this Board has lost a most faith 'Sul and conscientio q., us officer, and a most efficient coun sellor. - - - Resolved, Whilst we submit with proper resignation to the event which has taken from us our esteemed col league we nevertheless mourn his loss to the needy and suffering of our Association, to whom he has ever been a kind and hearty friend. Resolved, In the life and charactdr of SAMUEL B. ICOLTLADA.Y we recognize the true portraiture of an :honorable merchant and an honest man; kind and gentle in his deportment, firm in his principles. yet con. Cilligory in his intercourse with his fellowmen. We commend his example to all who value a good and .honorable reputation. Be-solved, The sympathies of this Association be con - veyed to the bereaved relations of our deceased friend, -and that this Board unite in the funeral ceremonies, . from his late residence, on FRIDAY MORNING next, :at In o'clock. • _ WILLIAM C. LITDWIG, President. Wrisasx A. ltoraN, Secretary. TAXES Pere.—The folloWing Internal - Revenue Taxes, returned by the principal New York manufacturers of Cabinet Or •F•ans, Harmoniums, Melodeons, and similar instruments, for the months of October, If o vember and December, 1865, are of interest .as showing the amount of business done : Mason & Hamlin, - - - - $6,332 92 'George A. Prince & Co., - - 3,139 86 S. D. &H. W. Smith, - - - 2,622 76 .Carhart, Needham & Co., - - 2,177 16 Estey & Co., - - - . - - 1,218 18 X. Spang, 987 12 'Taylor & Farley, - - - - 933 07 B. Shoninger Melodeon Co„ - 925 66 Peloubet & Son, - - - - 898 14 Jewett & Goodman, - - - 771 72 - 'ireat &Linsley, - - • - - 769 20 Kinnard, Dreher & Co., - - 498 72 A. C. Chase, - - - - - 436 08 • H.ll. Phelps, - - - , - - 343 80 THE REGISTRY OF AISIERIOAIT VESSELS.- , The: President has approved the bill, which is therefore now a law, providing that no -ship or vessel which has been recorded or registered as an American vessel, pursuant to law and which shall have been licensed •or otherwise authorized to sail under a foreign , flag, and to have the proteition of any foreign government during the existence ,of the rebellion, shall be deemed or regis tered as an American vessel, and shall have the rights and privileges of American ves -sale except under the provisions of an act of dongress authorizing such registry. ~., .... -. t„ 4 , 11. r l CI - " • . 0 : • 1., _ • t ' .„ : .T . I 0 • , , , . , . Immediately upon the deponent's arrival in this country, as aforesaid, he had an in terview with the Chilean Minister, and very soon thereafter delivered several le3- tures and speeches in this city, for the pur pose of presenting the war of Chile in its true light of honor, patriotism and justice against the:atrocity of the attack on the part of Spain. That the demonstrations were made in the presence of thousands of the citizens of New York at the Cooper Insti tute, and at various other public places in said city. That for the same purpose he has made several publications in pamplet form and in the journals of the city, and has Issued a newspaper in the Spanish language, under the title of La Voz de America, of which several numbers have been published. Deponent was in Washington in the month of January last for several days,and during that time resided in the house of the Chilean Minister as a member of his family. While deponent was so there Mr. Seward, Secretary of State, was absent from the country, and Mr. Hunter, who acted as such, was invited to dine with the Chilean Minister, who presented deponent to Mr. Hunter, as Secretary of the Chilean Lega tion, and deponent as such was also-intro duced to the President of the United States at 'a public reception, and upon other occa sions to Lieut. Gen. Grant, Major General Sherman, and to several other high official persons. Deponent further says he presents the foregoing facts and claims his diplomatic privilege, because he is advised and believes he ought so to do, in discharge of his duty to his Government, and not because he has in any manner violated the laws or institu tions of the United States, all of which he has respected and observed. • Sworn, &c. BENS. VICUNA MACKENNA. TO this were annexed copies of a letter of introduction from Mr. Nelson and the fol lowing letter:- LEGATION OF CHILE IN THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA, WASHINGTON, Nov. 22, 1865.--Sir : The Hon. Secretary of State of Chile informs me that by order of the Supreme Government, your Excellency has been appointed Secretary of this Lege SPAIN . vs. CHILE. THE ALLEGED VIOLATION OF NEUTRALITY. The Parties to be Tried • in March. United States Circuit Court—Southern District of New York—Before Judge Shipman. The United States vs. Benjamin Vicuna Afackenna.—Yesterday being the day fixed for the application to discharge the defend ant from arrest under the bench warrant in this case on the ground of Ids privilege as being Secretary of the Chilean Legation,the parties appeared in court, and Mr. Stough ton having called the attention of the Court to the matter proceeded to read the, follow ing affidavit, and the letter attached to it: United States of America, Southern Dis trict, as.: Benjamin Vienna Mackenna being duly sworn, says that he was born in San tiago, the Capitol of Chile; that his family had been connected for many years with the public service of that country, his ma ternal grandfather, General Mtockenna, haqing been a member of the earliest Ex ecutive Government, when the country broke the yoke of Spain in 1810, and his paternal grandfather a President of the Republic some time after; that he is a law yer and an author by profession, having published several historical and political works; and consequently been a member of many learned societies both in Europe and South America; that for the last two years be has been a member of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Chile and Secretary of the body, which office he yet retains. That when the Spanish Government sent a fleet to humiliate and plunder his country - under the most scandalous pretexts, he was requested by the Secretary of State of the Republic, Hon. Alvaro Covarrulias, to come to this country in the capacity of Secretary of the Chilean legation at Wash ington, and as confidential agent of the Go vernment, to awaken the public opinion of this country to the righteonsness and justice of the cause of Chile, and by this means to increase the feeling of friendship and mu tual interest existing between the two coun tries, which always, and particularly since the war of the rebellion broke out, were on the moat amicable and intimate terms— Chile having consent 41 to pay the only claim made by this country upon her trea sury, and which before the rebellion, the Government had refused to yield for more than three years. That he unhesitatingly consented to serve his country in those ca pacities, and sailed from Valparaiso on the next Monday—the 2d of October last—in an English steamer bound to Panama, ana thence to this city, where he arrived on the 19th of November. That previous to his de parture he had only time to receive a few letters of introduction to this country,having been principally thus favored by Hon. Thos. H. Nelson, Minister of the United States in Chile with whose warm and kind friend ship deponent had been honored since his arrival lu that country, this deponent hav ing. on several occasions, been the channel of intercourse between Mr. Nelson and the Government—that high-minded American representative being most sincerely es teemed and respected both by , the Govern ment and the people of Chile, who had looked with general grief to his removal from office at the moment when, as senior of the diplomatic body of Chile, he] exer cised the whole of his influence to bring the Spaniards to reason. Deponent has had an opportunity of presenting but few of Mr. Nelson's letters, among them those ad dressed to the Hon. Montgomery Blair, Speaker Schuyler Colfax, Senators Lane, Sumner and some others. Among the let ters written and delivered by the Hon. Mr. Nelson to deponent on the eve of his depar ture, was an unsealed one to Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, which, as Mr. Nelson is no longer in office, deponent has not delivered, but a copy of which he annexes hereto, marked A, :the original being in deponent's possession, and ready to be produced under the direction of the Court. Deponent further says he holds in his pos session a document in the Spanish lan guage, all in the handwriting of the Chilean Minister, and signed by him, and under the seal lof the Chilean Embassy . at Washing ton, an exact translation of. which docu ment is hereto annexed, marked B. Deponent now holds and exercises the said office of Secretary of Legation, and is enti tled to all the privileges and immunities thereof. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, FEBRITA,RY 15,;1866.% lion with the salary assigned lby law, and with the retention of the office of the Secre tary of the Chamber of Deputies, according to the agreement of that body, the which I have the honor to communicate to your Ex cellency for your information. May God preserve your Excellency. F. S. ASTA BURUAGA. S. B. Benjamin Vienna Mackenna, Seers tarp of the Legation of Chili in the Unitea States of America. Having read these papers Mr. Stoughton said that when Mr. Mackenna applied to him to act as his counsel in the case, he found on inquiry that he had at the time of his arrest made a statement of his official position to the marshal; that there had ap peared in the public prints however state ments contradicting this, and the telegram which bad been referied to was somewhat equivocal in its character, and that in view of these facts he had advised Mr. Mackenna that his privilege was a privilege of his Government, and it was his duty to put it forward; that it was due to Mr. Mac kenna however to say that from the first moment when he placed his case in counsel's hands, he insisted that he would place himself upon trial, and not allow any stain to rest upon himself, such as might rest if he allowed an indictment to remain against him; that he was glad to say that circumstances had occurred which rendered it proper for him to waive his privilege, and place himself before the Court for trial; that he had in his possession a letter from the Chilean Minister, explain ing the circumstances under which the telegram was sent, which he would read as follows . NEW YOttE, Feb. 12, 1866.—ify Dear Sir: As it may prove of interesest, in the case of Mr. B. N. Mackenna, in which you are counsel, to establish his character as a man of honor and truth in its real light, I deem it my duty to state to you that I forwarded to him at the proper time the appoinment of Secretary of this Legation, according to in 'tructions which I had received from my Government. But as Mr. Vicuna Mackenna had not vet been officially presented to the State De partment, be was free to assume or decline that position. This circumstance explains why the hon orable Secretary of State informed the District Atterney thet Mr. Mackenna was not received as such Secretary at the State Department, and at the same time places in its true light the telegram which I send to that functionary, stating that Mr. Makenna may not be considered as Secretary, for which purpose 1 take pleasure in sending you this communication. I have the honor to be your obedient servant, F. S. ASTA BURUGA, Chilean Minister. Mr, Stoughton proceeded : With this ex planation, which I have thought it due to Mr. Mackenna to make, I now on his be half,withdraw all claim to his privilege,con ceiving that he isjustified in doing so. We are ready to plead to the indictment, and desire to have as early a trial as possible. He would suffer any inconvenience rather than to suffer his Government to bejnjured in the eyes of our Government and of the world, and he is ready to pursue the course which I have proposed. Mr. Dickinson, the United States District Attorney, rose and said: After the remarks of my learned friend, some explanation may be due to the Government. The cir cumstances of this affair were thrown upon the authorities suddenly, and with little time for consideration, various measures were instituted upon my direction. It is due to the President and the Secretary of State to say that I have received from them instructions that what I have done was ap proved, and that they were determined in all circumstances to preserve in good faith all the obligations of international law. The circumstances rendered it advisable, in my opinion, that the facts connected with Mr. Mackenna should be presented to the Grand Jury; an indictment was found, and a bench warrant was issued on the Gth inst. Early on the morning of the 7th, I learned for the first time that he had claimed a privilege as representing the Chilean Gov ernment. The position in which we had found him had seemed to indicate no such oosition, and I had not heard of it before. I telegraphed at once to Washington the circumstances in some detail. Before get ti-g a.despatch in answer, I received from Elie Chilean Minister a despatch in these words: WASHINGTON:Feb. 7, 15.66.—T0 the United Stales District Attorney—Mr. B. V. Mac kenna may not be considered to belong to the Chilean Legation. F. S. ASIA BURUAUA, Chilian Minister. • Shortly after I received from the Secre tary of State the following : DATED WAR DEPARTMENT, WASELI.NO TON, Feb. 7, 1866.—T0 Daniel 8. Dickin. , •on, United States District Attorney—Bell jaruin V. Mackenna is not known to this Govern ment as having any diplomatic privilege. You will proceed accordingly. WILLIAM H. SEWARD. On receiving the motion papers in this case I wrote at once requesting a speedy answer, as the motion was for this morning, and I received the following reply: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPART MENT OF STATE.—To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting :—I certify that it appears from the records and files of this Department, 'that Benjamin Vicuna Mackenna is not now and never has been Secretary to the Chilean Legation in the United States; andlhat he is not and never has been accredited to this government in any capacity which would entitle him to the privileges and immunities of a diplo matic agent pursuant to the law of nations and the act of Congress in such cases pro vided. In testimony whereof I, William H. Seward, Secretary of State of the United States, have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the seal of the Department o State to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington, this twelfth day of February, A. D. 1866, and of the Independence of the United Statesf of America the ninetieth. [Seal.] WILLIAM H. SEWARD. I have thus given the history of what has been the course of the Government, and the documents which—l say it with due defer ence—seem to justify its action. We have no desire to do injustice to this gentleman, but merely that be shall be made amenable to the laws if it shall be found that he has violated them. We desire to regard him as the law regards him—as entitled to equal rights and immunities before it. Mr. Stoughton remarked that the act of Congress provided that any one who should arrest a Minister of a foreign power should be considered a disturber of the public tran quility. It might be claimed from the let ter which the gentleman had read, that the privilege of Which he had spoken did not exist. He made the remark that he might not be considered as acceding to that view. Mr, Dickinson said he differed from the gentleman in his views of the law in the case, and that a Minister was not such till OUR 'WHOLE 0017NTRY. he was acknowledged as such. by the Go vernment to which he was accredited. A formal plea of not guilty was "then put in the indictment. Neither party being' Flent ready for trial,the case went over t...y to be fixed early in March. e Court asked if it was desired that r. Mackenna should should remain under arrest. Mr. Dickinson said the matter had better s take its usual course. Both parties therefore agreed' that the bail should be continued. The same disposition ''was made of the case of Dr. Rogers, and the Court adjourned. The Winooski Winner of the Firs. "Stretch"---Djfferson in Time of Arrival of the two Ves- , sgls at Sand's Point 3 1-2 Hours. The grand naval race, of which so much has been said and written of late, after several vexatious delays consequent upon "unforeseen events," and many other much-to-be-regrette circumstances, was finally begun last Tuesday afternoon. The race was to have come off last Saturday af ternoon past, but owing to the illness of the chief civil engineer of the Algonquin, and the foggy state of the weather, it was not commenced until the day before yes clay. The route fixed for the race was from Sand's Point to Faulkner's Island, near New Haven, then round the island, .and back to Sand's Point, four times without stopping, making in all a distance of about eight hundred and fifty miles. The Winooski arrived at Sand's Point, abotit 21 in the afternoon, and after laying to for a short time turned round to meet the Algonquin, which was at the time steaming up the Sound two or three miles in the dis tance. On nearing ber,the Winooski turned around again and ran up the stream in company with her competitor until they both stood directly on Sand's Point, the place selected for the start. It was just 3 o'clock. The two vessels then, without stopping their engines—after having ob tained a position as directly opposite one another as possible—blew their whistles as an "all right" signal; the colors were run up, and the race was fairly begun. At first, to a spectator from the light-house at the Point, the two vessels seemed to be bat one, so closely did they glide along together But this was but for a moment. Faster and taster the Winooski commenced to leave her opponent. For a second her bow alone was stretched a few feet ahead of that of her antagonist. Soon her stern was opposite the middle of the Algonquin and at last a clear open space was revealed between the rear of the one and the bowof the other. In ihe space of twenty minutes the Winooski led the Algonquin by a full half mile. Every stroke of her paddle seemed to lengthen the distance that separated her from her com petitor by as many feet. Another quarter of an hour passed, and the Winooski was aim to the view - in the distance, while the hull and mast of the Algonquin were still distinctly outlined against the blue horizon beyond. A few moments more, and she also had disappeared from the view of the spectators on shore. At Throgg's Neck, Hart's Island, Sand's Point, and, in fact, at every point of land where a good view of tat part of the Sound over which the contending vessels were to run could be had, hundreds of spectators were assembled. At Throgg's Neck, some eight miles below the starting point, as the Winooski hove in sight with her antagonist steaming up far in the rear, the officers of the garrison and the visitors present cheered lustily, and hats and handkerchiefs were enthusiastically waved in token of congra tulation. At an early hour the next morn ing, notwithstanding a cold, drizzling rain that fell,chilling every one to the heart's core, therewerei goodly number of persons on the shores on either side the Sound to await the return of the vessels. At Sand's Point bet ting was freely indulged in by several en thusiasti6 gentlemen as to which vessel would come in the winner of the first heat. Ten to one on the Winooski was the go, with no takers. Eight o'clock came, and no sign of either of the vessels. Nine o'clock, and the 'spectators became impa tient. Half-past nine, and everybody pre pares for departure. Ten o'clock and—a moving something is dimly shadowed against the eastern horizon. Expectation is on tip-toe. The barely discernible mass he-comes more and more distinct as it ap proaches. At last the sound of the paddles of the steamer are distinctly heard, and in a iew minutes the dark hull of the Winooski is clearly discernible. In a half hour from the time she was first seen she steams up to Sand's Point, rounds the buoy, and is off again on her second heat—the winner of the first, and the Algonquin nowhere-to be seen. - "What is the matter?"- and this question was repeated by many as the Winooski disappeared in the distance for the second time, and no Algonquin in sight. Could an accident have happened? Au hour passes by, two hours, three hours and a half—and at last she 'loves in sight. Ex actly three hours and a half after her com petitor had rounded the buoy at Sand's Point, she commences ber second heat, at least twenty-eight miles behind. In view of the great distanbe which sepa rated the two vessels on the completion of the first heat, if no accident should happen to either craft, there can be little doubt as to which vessel will have,the honor of towing the other homeward. Before the race began a large number of those who had considered the Winooski the better vessel of the two from the outset of the first contest, were of the opinion that the Algonquin would not be beaten without a severely contested struggle, if given a trial in a clear open sea. These persons, however, were greatly taken aback on seeing the.vast difference of time between the arrival of the two vessels at Sand's Point on,the first heat. The results of the three last heats, which will be completed in three days and nights at the very utmost, will no doubt be known before_Saturday morning, which, no doubt, will put at rest for ever the mooted question of the Algonquin versus the Winooski. THE REBEL SEMMES.—The Secretary of the Navy has instructed the Commandant of the Marine Corps to allow the ex-rebel Admiral Semmes suoh exercise as he may wish, in the yard of the marine barracks. This morning he was observed walking on the parade ground, in company with Lient. Cochrane, one of the officers detached to take charge of him. He appears to be in excellent health, and is represented to be far more affable and courteous than his un prepossessing appearance would indicate. THE NAVAL RAGE. (From to-day'.4 - IT. Y. World.] a . r., 3MICO. Surrender of Papantla to the !rived alisis-7-Restoration of Order ha Monterey--Further Out . rages by Guerillas. [Correspondence of the New York Herald.' HAVANA, February 7, 1866.—The English packet Eider arrived at this port on the sth, with dates from the city of Mexico to the 27th ult. The Mexico city papers contain full ac counts of the capture of Bagdad, and ex press the hope that the United States will make such explanations and reparation as will remove the necessity of a declaration of war. A party of Imperial troops, on their way for Aqua Dolce, were suddenly attacked in front and flank by a heavy force of Liberals January 14. Thesurprise was complete, and the Imperialists lost one piece of artillery, after the gunners had been either shot down or captured. At this juncture a squadron of tFrench cavalry that had been serving as the rear guard made one of those bril liant charges which have so marked their warfare in this country. They swept through -the lines of the enemy and put them to flight. with a loss of fifty men killed on the field. The gallant Captain Susani, who led the charge, was killed. The liberals fled towards Papantla, closely followed by • the. i m perialists. Soon after Generals Munoz and Alatorre sept in a flag requesting an armistice, which was granted, and resulted in the surrender of Papantla on the following terms:— Papantla recognizes the empire! The enemy will deliver up all arms and muni tions of war in their possession. The principal officers will receive passports to leave the country if desired. A model document, embrccing every thing necessary in the fewest words. • On the same day Captain de Geldern, at the head of a troop of lancers, snacked the LI heraLs at Tecolutia, inflicting a loss upon them of thirty-three killed and eleven prisoners, the remainder being dispersed in all directions. A few days afterwards the Austrian Captain De la Sala, concluded a treaty on the same terms with. Juan Fran cisco Lucas, by which the military pacifi cation of the Sierra del Norte is entirely secured. Many of the merchants who had removed _ - to the interior on account of the proximity of the liberals have returned to-their homes. Among them we see the names of P. Miltno, Jose Morell, Brach, Shonfeldt Co., etc., all_well known as of the first merchants of Monterey, and is accepted as a proof of re stored confidence in the quiet and order of that section. On• the night of the 13th of January a guerilla force of three hundred men, com manded by "Martinez," captured the deli gence at Encarnacion—a point between Saltillo and San Luis Potosi—thereby they got possession of the mail and military des patches from Mexico to Monterey, and also the malls which were on their way to San Luis and Mexico, from Saltillo and Mon terey. An unfortunate Frenchman named Ruissant, a beef contractor for the French army, being among the passergers on the diligence, was brutally murdered. The roads from Monterey in ail direc tions are held bydetachments of the liberals who invariably make heavy contributions from the passing traveler. The passengers on the siege from Matamoros to. Monterey were lately robbed at Seralvo by the troops of Trevenio. A new guerilla party of one hundred men, commanded by Davis, had made their appearance on the road between Monteres and Matamoros, the object of eacn and all being the plunder of friend and foe. The inhabitants of Chihuahua have been disarmed by order of the Imperial autho rities. An imperial decree of the Sth ult. grants to Messrs. Dousdebes, Siegler ancl Zan gronis the exclusive privilege for seventy-live years of building a railroad from Pueola to the Pacific Ocean, via Atlixco, Matamoras, I zu ca and the valley of the Atoyac, the road (co be opened to Matamoras Izucar by the Ist of January, 18439. An attempt was made to throw the train of the Vera Cruz and Paso del Macho Rail road from the track on the 18th ultimo, but without success. It was the work of gueril las. A party of mounted Egyptians had been sent to discover them. Don Mariano Sanches, a liberal chief, has submitted to the imperial authorities at Tuxpan. It is said that Mr. Langlais, the great French financier, who was sent by Napo leon to regulate the finances of the new em pire, has formed a financial scheme on the fixed basis of •thirty millions of dollars, of which it is estimated that twenty-four millions will be produced by the ordinary revenues of the empire, and six millions by extraordinary means. It is' also said that Mr. Langlais, while not occupying the position of Secretary of the Treasury, actually directs its movements. It is also said that the projet of the "con cordat" agreed to between the Pope and the imperial commissioners has been examined by the Emperor in a full council of ministers and approved of. Official information had been received in the city of Mexico that an imperial force had attacked Gen. Porfirio Diaz, near Te huantepec, and had been defeated with a loss of twenty-three men. The Emperor and Empress had left for a short visit to Cuernavaca. AN OIL VOLCANO [IN VENANQO COUNTY. Atlairs at Plthale. [From the Meadville Republican, Feb, S.] Having heard so much within the last few days about the burning oil well, a party of us started last evening (Feb. 7) for the well. Taking the ice on one of the small ravines which are so numerous along the banks of the Allegheny, we, after reaching the mouth of East Sandy Creek, which empties into the Allegheny some seven miles below Franklin, again took to the road, and after walking and riding about five miles further, came to Mayes's Hotel, whence we started on foot for the great burning well, which is nearly two miles from the hotel, down by the steepest and narrowest path'that can be imagined until we reached the flat land or bottom, and after going through a short piece of woods a most magnificent sight met our gaze. Imagine a space perhaps forty feet square sending up a solid sheet of name nearly sixty feet in height. It lights up the corm-. try for miles around,so that one can see to read a newspaper at a distance of four or five miles. The heat of the fire has started vegetation to growing, and grass can be plucked there•as. green as that fauxul itt F. L. FETHERSTON. Pab DOUBLE SHEET, THREE CENTS. summer time. TherWell'is oWned by par ties at Rochester, N, Y., and was struck some four years ago. It commenced flowing oil and water with a very strong force of gas, and the owners were Confident they had a good well, but two weeks ago last night, the men going to supper, the well took fire—it is supposed from the engine— and has been burning ever since. The flame, when first discovered, was coming out of the driving pipe and was not more than three or four feet in diameter; but,after burning two or three da3s, the drivingpipa was melted off two or three feet and thus , allowing the gas and oil to separate before , reaching the top, spread over a surface thirty' or forty feet square. It has burned ever since with no cessation. Sometimes the flames , will reach' to' vto height of 100 feet, and livening the trees which crown the summits of the surround= ing hills, and the reflections against the sky produce an effect which no pen can - describe , or pencil do justice to. (From tae Fitbole Record, Feb 10.] The oil well excitement still continues' and the presence of oil has been found on nearly all the side of the hill above Holm den street, and there arenumberless springs which are yielding oil freely. People from all parts of the oil regions are beginning to arrive for the purpose of seeing these flow ing oil springs, which are'considered by all to be one of the greatest' curiosities yet seen even here, where our wells flow forth freely from 100. to 1,500 barrels per day. To see a common wooden pump bringing forth REV full .volume of oil 'worth $3 50 per barrel, . convinces us there- is more money to be made in Pithole than anywhere in the oil regions. The whole g round seems saturated• with oiL One man dug_ a hole in the ground about a foet deep, and in a few minutes got a pailful of oil for his trouble. The ground' is now being riddled with shallow holes, int which large quantities of oil come up, and • the scene forcibly reminds us of gold dig ging. Mr. L. L. Hill's well pumped out 25 • barrels of oil in fifteen hours, and he is now erecting a tank for its reception. Mrs. Rickert's well has not been pumped much yet, but yields the oleaginous fluid - freely to the stroke of the pump, and if a proper one is put in, there can be no doubt but the yield would be very considerable. At one of the springs belonging to the Buffalo Home the proprietor had gathered tour barrels of oil with a tin dipper, and there are many others who have been equally fortunate. Oil was found in a great many cellars yesterday. Mr. Bernauct Morahan filled a large wash-tub with oil from his water pipe; a number of other have done the same. A well belonging to the Confer Hotel (late Hubbs House) has been found to have oil on it; another oil spring has been' found in therear of Fifth street, so that we may fairly presume that every man will be able to dig his own oil before long. Scientific men are much puzzled as to the cause of this outpouring of nature's greasy treasures, and their perplexity is added to by the flow of salt water and gas with the oil, which, according to their experience, is one of the most favorable signs. Two men named John Carrol and Justin Richards were severely burned on Thursday night. They went after dark with a lantern to see the oil on a spring, and holding the light rather near to the spring, the gas caught fire, throwing the lahtern a great distance, and severely burning the men, who only saved themselves by rolling in the snow. Another man who went to see Mr. Hill's well about the same time, put the lantern to the barrel to see the oil, which also caugat fire. The fire was put out by throwing blankets over it,.while the man who did the mischief ran as if old Nick was after him. Many ludicrous incidents arenarrated of the manner in which some of them took their sudden aoesssion of fortune. _ . Yesterday morning men, women and boys, could be seen with tin pails, wooden pails, tea-kettles, &t - c., in their hands, vainly searching for pure water. Oii might buy coffee and tea i but could not make it, so that urchins xYho bad to be water-carriers appeared to think there might be too much. of a good thing, even if it is oil! Nor are they alone in their grief, for a cow walked up to her accustomed watering - place, smelt the oil, and evidently thought petroleum would make butter taste bad. At the first discovery of the wells the ex citement benn to increase, and a man who bad heard of the various fractions used in the oil trade, offered to pump all day for one-thirty-seventh of the oil; others were more selfish, for they would pump all the time, but wanted half the oil, and were willing to take the washerwoman into the bargain. An Irishman, who bad a small spring, WAS highly elated at the turn fortune was taking. Sald he: "yesterday, I wasn't worth a eint, and be jabbers to-day I'm worth thousands upon thousands. A DESPATCH PROM COLL - 3113135, 0., says: "The Treasurer of Mercer county, who is now here making his semi-annual settle ment with the Auditor of the State, says there is no truth in the statement published by the Dayton Journal, on the authority of a railroad engineer, that twenty-seven children were drowned in the reservoir at Celina on Wednesday last. Nothing has occurred there to furnish even a founda tion for such a story. MARINE BUULMURI. PORT OF PEILADFMPHIA-FIFETIABY Wir.Ses 2farine BuiWin on Math Page. BRIVED THIS Y _ - Sehr Nellie Potter, Sheppard, from Newb3an, with naval stores, to captain. Is bound to Boston—leaking, badty. , Ichr John T Long, Tannell, 2 days front. Indlaa Riyer, DeL with corn to Jas L Bewley & OLEARED TATS DA Seta' L S Levering, Corson,Savannah.D S Stetson&Co. Schr Mrry & Caroline. Noyes,Washington,J7 Justus. Schr Flying Scud, Rooper,.Washingtou, do schr Jessie L Leach, Endicott, New 1 ork,:ryler & Ce. Schr A Robinson, Merritt. Chincoteague, captain. Schr Franciscus, Righte, etth ico t eagne, captain. Pd:EMORANDA. steamer Claymont, Allen, hence at 13.ic. mond 13th, Instant. Steamer Canada (Br), Inglis, f‘om Boston, at Liver pool 29th alt Steamer Bremen, from Southampton. at New York this morning. Steamer Plc rence Franklin, Pierson, hence- at Bal timore yesterday, and cleared to return. Steamer Vineland. from Newbern, cleared at Bald, more yesterday for ~New York via this port. Steamtug S U Hall, Staples, hence, cleared at Rey West 3d inst. for Galveston. Ship Monarch of the Sea, Eirkaldy, from N York. at Liverpool ffith Ship Jahn Tucker, Hallett, from New York Aug%. at San Francisco yesterday. Bark Haversharo. Pearce, from New York Ist Dec. for Adelaide. was spoken Mutt. lot 5 N, lon 29 W. Bohr Henrietta Simmons. Godfrey, sailed from Pre-- vidence 13th inst. for this port Schr Delaware, Bishop, kenos, remained below Pro-. Vidence 13th lost. Star P. dr, M Reed, Reed, was loading at Filatka. Ist inst. Ship Hemisphere, Benson. at New York from Liver, Tool, reports Dec 20, tat 9630, lon 30, in a heavy mile. rrOra WNW, had decks swept, lost boats, companion akylight, bulwarks ftoll3 fore part of poop. (port sidb). wasth an e d v ar retet h: arde s h te o r m n,c atith nd de wLee li t. etbn idsh erce,e l : pp fros egi r A trd ß ika, B r einxim e t . to Tan 19, continued miles from SW tIO NMI kest'imila, ar.d MakintaSt bead dmuturd. . r
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