BISON PEACOCK. Editor. V OLUME XIX. EVENING BULLETIN. PITELISICED EVERY EVENING. 17 (Sundays excepted) at No. 329 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia BY THE "Evening Bulletin Association." PROPRIETORS. GIBSON PEACOCK, j CASPER SOTTDER, . L. FETHERSTON, ERNEST 0. WALLACE. THOMAS WILLIAMSON. The ittaxxxiar is served to subscribers in the city at 19 cents per week, Payable to the carriers, or oo per annum. MARRIED_ PAULL—SPACHMAN—In West Chester. Pa., on the 15th Instant, at the _house of the bride's father, by Rev. Wm. E. Moore. Mr. Wm. IL Pauli,; of Phil:II-lei phis, to Miss Anna Speakman, of West Chester, Ches. ter county, Pa. Wheel]]3g, Va., papers please cmy. * DIED. SMEDLEY—On Sixth day evening, the 16th instant, 2.1a,y Smedley, in the gnia year of her age The relatives and friends of the family are re spectfully invited to attend the funeral from the re -sidence of her father, Win. Smedley, near Media, on 'Third day, the 20th instant, at 11 o'clock, A. M. Car ilages will be lo waitteg at Media, West Chester and Philadelphia Bairoad ) on the arrival of the 8 A. M. 'train from the city. s• t+TOEVER—Annie M.., wife of Wm. H. Stoever. Her relatives and friends are invited to attend her funeral from the residence of her husband, corner of Main and Mehl streets, Germantown, on Monday afternoon, at 3 o'clock. sa WHITE MOREENS FOR. SKIRTS. Green Watered Moreens. 6-4 and 5-4 Green Baize, White Cloth for Sacks. White Evening Silks. EYRE & L.ANDELL. Foarth and Arch RELIGIOUS NOTICES. •`COME."—SERDION BY T. H. STOCKI'OII Ik. Eleventh and Wood, Sabbath, 3L.j: P. M. It• [Ob "SOCIAL UNION." u , PROFESSOR 1!,101tRI6 WILL PREACH AT Aseembly Buildings to-morrow evening, 7;! - 2 - O'clock. its 1 - 7 -, "SOCIAL UNION." tOt. ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH.—There will be Divine Service in this Church To-morrow (Sun day) Evening, at 7 o'clock. [I:*THE REV. W. W. NEWELL (UNITARIAN) will preach al Langstrotn's Hall, Germantown, To-morrow Morning, a:10.54 o'clock, a. d Rev. J. W. Chadwick, of firookiyn, N. Y., at o'clock Evening.* To. SECOND PRESBY PERIM!: CHURCH, Se venni street, t elow Arch.—The Pastor, Rey. E. B. Beadle, wid preach a sermon to Young Ladies To morrow Evening, at 7;4 o'clock. ' Its CHILDREN'S CRUNCH. THE NEXT .ii r sermoa to the young on Bible Jewels, in the Church of the Epiphany, tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. Its THH'ANNUAL SERMON before the Mis sionary Society of the Divinity School of Philo•• phia, will be preached by the Rev. Dr. Rudder, at St. Stephen's Church, on Sunday JI venlng, Feb. 18. 110 lUe "WOMEN AND MEN."—Subject of Lecture Te-morrow Evening, at the Church of the Mes elan, Locust above Thirteenth, Rev. L. L. BriggB, Pas tor. 10. ST. ANDREWS LUTHERAN CHURCH.— Re •. Dr. Stork, Pastor.—Services in Hall, N. E. corner Arch and Broad atreeta, every Sabbath at M.% and 734 P. M. fele.s,Sti I". NORTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.. Sixth street, above Green. Rev. R. W. Henry, D. D., ,Pastor. Services at 1034 A. M., and 734 P. M. Sitcond sermon to the young in the evening. /t* "THE GREA.TCHOICE."—The Rev. T. .1. Shepherd, D.D. will preach a sermon on the above subject In the F , irst Presbyterian Chumtr, N. L , :Buttonwood street, below Sixth, on Sabbath evening, 18th first.; services commencing at 734 o'clock. lt• 'WBT. PAUL'S OHIIRCH., Third street, below Walnut street. Service To-morrow Morning, at elock, and in she Evening, at '7,t; o'clock. Rev. B. H this Churcheber Newt . on will enter upon his duties as Rector of its REV. J. H. SUYDAM, PASTOR OF THE First Reformed Dutch Church, Seveuth and iSpring Garden streete,will preach Sunday,in the morn. log at 10% o'clock, and in the evening at 7% o'clock. All are; invited— particularly strangers in the city. it. THE -SABBATH.—THE FIRST OF A SE r.U'BIES of Meetings, To-morrow Evening, at the Church. Broad and Green streets. Addresses by Hen. Judge Strong. of the Supreme Court, Rev. Dr. E. E. Adams, George Dunkin, Jr., Faq , and others. it* WBEV. GEORGE DANA BOARDMAN will . preach in Green Bill Ball, Southeast corner of 'Seventeenth and Poplar streets, To-morrow After noon, at 39 past 3 o'clock. Seats free. All cordially Invited. Sunday School, 2 o'clock P. M. it* [U. THIRD REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH— Corner Tenth and Filbert streets. Rev. H D Game, of New York, will preach in this church to morrow. Service at 103 i o'clock, morning, and 4 o'clock, afternoon. 1.0 Ii''"SOCIAL UNION"—PUBLIC 111. E. Monday Evening, February 19. Church of the Nativity, corner Eleventh and Mt. Vernon streets. All invited, W. M. ABBEY, fel7 2t Rec. Secretary. [U. UNION M. E. CIIIIRGH.—SABBATH, 18th Instant, Rev. Franklin Moore, D. D., will preach at 104 A. M., Rev. Goldsmith D. Carrow, at 75,' P M. Religious service every evening during the week. at .7X, P. M. 1t• lUv CENTRAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. Eighteenth and Green streets.—Davine service every Sabbath morning and evening. Sabbath School st , 23i P. M. The Pastor. Rev. Edward Hawes, will preach To•morrow at 10% A. and 7.% P. M. lt* irA UNION MISSIONARY MEETING OF all the Reformed Dutch Churches of this city pe held in the Third Church, corner Tent a and Filbert street, to•morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. Ad dresses will be made by the Rev. Messrs. Gause and Yen is of New 'York, and others. its .11ZTHE ANNUAL MISSIONARY SERVICES of TRINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL RCH will be held on nIINDAY, Feb 18th. Bev. Bishop Kingsley will preach in the morning at alf-past ten o'clock, and Rev. Dr. Durbin In the even ng at half-past seven. Its fra THE FIFTIETHANNIVER.S ASY of the organization of the Sunday Schools of Christ Church will be held at the Church, to-morrow after noon, 18th inst. Services to commence at .35i o'clock. All those interested is these schools are havaed to be present, especially the former teachers andscholars. lt* SPECIAL NOTICES. lINION STATE CONVENTION A Stated Convention will be held in the Ball of the House of Representatives, in _Harrisburg, Pa., on WEDNESDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH, A. D. 1866, at 12 o'clock, M., for the purpose of nomi nating a candidate for Governor, to be sup ported by the friends of the. Union. The ordeal of war has tried the strength of our' Government. Its fire has purified the nation. The defencs of the nation's life has demonstrated who were its friends. The principles vindicated in the field must be preserved in the councils of the nation. The arch-enemy of freedom must be. struck once more. All the friends of our Government and all who were loyal to the cause of the Union in our late struggle are earnestly re quested to unite in sending delegates to represent them in said Convention. By order of the UnAon State Central Com znittee. Jong l / 4 CEsstiA, Chairman. GEo. W. AAMMRII,SLYe meeretaries. A. W. RENED.ICT, UF - MERCANTILE LIBRARY,—NearIy 40,e00 velumes, over 200 newspapers and 100 other peri od cats from all parts of the globe are regularly sub scribed for. The use of the above as well ,as of the nu. nterOus chiss tables is afforded to. Stockholders at .113, and to Subscribers, at $5 annually. Shares of Stock .only $lO, to be bad at the desg. - fe17.811.w,4t3 1103. OFFIC E OP THE LEHIGH COAL AND NAVIGA.TION COMPANY. riaumELPRIA, - , su irAN FOR 8 IN TO EMIT, PUBCHABKREI. The'Loan of Company, due April let, 11584, inte rest payable quarterly, at the rate of 81x per cent. per annum., This Loan In ds C a n als a and on all the Com fit C° a 11itl• ,vedirs.l3..===tm and to be constructed, between Mauch Chunk and Wllkesbarre, and branch roads convected therewith, and the franchise of the Company relating thereto. Apply to SOLOMON EiREIPIiERD. Treasurer, de2l-rptia 122 South Second street. NO. 261. I:c_ --- IEV. HENRY WARD BEECHER AT CONCERT HALL. The subject of REV. HENRI WARD BEECHER„ ON WEDNESDAY EVENING. FEB. 21st, Will be "WORK AND WOR.KNEN." Sale of tickets will commence at 12 o'clock, SATUR DAY the 17th Instant, at CLAXTON'S,(Iate Maidens'), Price 50 cents. A limited number of TICKETS FOB R,ESERVED SEATS will be sold at 25 cts. extra, fel7-4t rp 10° GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN At the American Academy of Music, TUESDAY. Feb. 20th. SUBJECT : Down with Free Trade and Toadyism to England and Up with Irish Nationality and American Industry, L nder the auspices of the PRRSS CLUB of Phllada. Admission 25 cents. Reserved Seats eecelite. To be had at Trumpler'a. :Bev. nth and Chestnut sts. Kromer's, 403 Chestnut, and at the Beeving Programme Office, 931 Chestnut street. boors open at 71. i. Begin at 8. fel7-3t U. UNION MEETING IN BEHALF OF FREED MEN.— There will be a Union Meeting of the friendS of Religious Education of the Freedmen, on SABBATH EVENING, the Dth inst., at 7 o'clock, In the West Arch Street Presbyterian Church, corner Of ARCH and EIGHTEENTH streets. The object of the meeting Is to awaken an interest in the work of the "General Assembly Committee on Freedthen." The Rev. S. C. LOGAN, Secretary of this Committee, who has been listened to with great interest by many religions bodies, both Rest and west, will present the Conduct of the work under his direction, and the true Claims of the black race upon the Church. There will also be addresses by the Bev.Drs. BREED, CROWELL and REED • All are earnestly invited to attend. Its a'a DELAWARE MINING COMPANY OF MICHIGAN.—Notice is hereby giver, that all Sock to this Company on which the Tenth Instalment of TWO DOLLARS PER SHARE, called December EtY, ISES, and due December 1865, is not paid, is torfeited for said default, and that, according to the Charter and By-Laws of the Company, it will be sold at Public Auction, on TE.DAY. March 71th, 1866. at 12 M., at the office of the Secretary of the Company, WALNTT street, Philadelphia, unless paid on or before that time. By order of the Board of Directors. B. WYATT WISTA 8., Secretary. Dated Phila., Feb..l7, 1866. fel7-214w,f,m.tmb.33, • THE OFFER OF A GERMAN FIVE WEEKS' COTTESE. complete, so as to secure SPEAKING Ic)c;rnot having been accepted. Prof. SOFLAEFFER ill organ ize his (public) courses, at t 1 e University. Nm lb street. above Chestnut, north building. on the terms as published before. on MONDAY, Feb. 19, at o'clock P. M Class Tickets from $lO to t.M each; pub lic coursae.bereatter,at 8 A.M...? and 7 o'clock P. M. The reduction in price,published as by circular, for teachers is hereto rescinded. Members of the preu and Gentle men and Lady Teachers present on late occasion. . p cc. QUAKER CITY BUILDING ASSOCIATION. —A meeting of the Association will be held on MONDAY EVENING, February 19th. at the Hall orthwest corner of TENTH and ISPRENG GARDEN ctreets, third story. A series of Stock will be issued, without back Dues. Money to loan. Any one wishing to take Stock in a Building Associ ation, 1s invited to attend this meeting. _ _ TR. A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE STOCK HOLDERS of the OCP-4 R 7 OIL COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA will be held at the office of the Company, No. 4U Chestnut street, on MONDAY, Feb. 27th, at 12 o'clock M. for the purpose of ratifying leases made, and considering propositions for leasing. By order of the Board, WhL M. CARTHR fer-et. Secretary. ,HOWARD HOSPITAL. NO3 lbls and lgie Lombard street, Dispensary Department. ' Med treatment and medicines furnished gratuitously the poor. sea • We think that now we understand the subject of Refraction. If we do not, it is not because it has not been clearly explained and abundantly illustrated. In a very able and simple way, Professor Morton last evening set forth the:theory of refraction, and by some appropriate and beautiful illumi nated diagrams, illustrated and demon strated the truth of his propositions. We cannot, of course, go into the details of this most interesting scientific discussion. The &intense audience crowding the Academy of Music seemed to appreciate the lecturer's efforts to instruct and interest them, and by their applause to testify their surprise and satisfaction at his experiments and ex planations. These experiments were characterized by -everal peculiarities,to which we may refer. the first place, by the enormous size of the diagrams and illuminated surfaces. The lecturer, in illustration of the effects of inter posing a piece of glass between the light and the image reflected on the screen, presented his audience with an arrow, to which the weaver's beam was but as a bodkin. The fracture produced by the interposed glass was as visible all over the house as an eclipse of the moon at midnight. Introdu- Ring a tank of water, in which the lecturer informed his audience were some small fish, we were startled by seeing on the screen wh a seemed to be a huge alligator, a sea serpent, and some nondescript creatures that might be Behemoths, or antediluvian, pre-Adamio monsters. The wild struggles of some of these strange, gigantic shapes, as they sought to dive down out of sight, were very exciting. The fish, apparently a good sized sperm whale, took things more calmly —quietly feeding on the weeds which draped the tank, and justified the declaration of the lecturer that "the exposure did not hurt them." We saw these fellows after the lec ture, and were astonished to find that Behe moth was a small crawfish, the sea-ser pent a lively little eel, and the sperm whale a very minute specimen of the sunfish. The success of the experiments was another feature of the lecture—nothing was broken -'-nothing was delayed—nothing failed• When the variety of apparatus employed is considered, this was remarkable. Passing behind the stage, we saw a car load of lan terns, lenses, slides and other ap paratus,and gas bags in such profusion that it looked like a preparation of Mattresses to accommodate a large sleeping party,.away from home beyond 'lock up time." The beauty of the experiments was a fur ther feature of the evening. Nothing could surpass the brilliancy of the diagrams, spectra and dissolving views. Their suc cession, too, was very happy. An 'ominous skull'of gigantic size glared out on the au dience, and then died slowly away t=} ;~ s[,J Ii Ifl •l ,! E: WRIGLEY, Secretary pro tem Professor Morton's Lecture. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1866. changing imperceptibly into a face ofsingu lar beauty floating along in the clouds. A dark cave dimmed,and as it grew ruore,and more indistinct, an exquisite statue of Pa rian marble filled its place and seerned to have been its invisible occupant. But our limits will not allow any further details. The lecture was a great success, and we congratulate the friends of the Franklin In stitute on the happy results of its efforts to restore it to its legitimate position as the leading Scientific Association of the country, and, by the ability of its able Professor and Secretary, make it minister to thminstruc tion and gratification of the community. MEXICO. Important from Vera Cruz and Tampico --Large Numbers of French Troops Arriving in Vera Cruz from the Interior--Immense Quantities of Ammunition Received from France---Tampico Threatened by the Li berals---The Inves tigation Into the Bagdad Affair, Correspondence of the New Work Herald,J VERA CRUZ, Jan. 29.—The imperial steamer Sonora arrived here this morning trom the port of Tampico, bringing dates to the 27th inst. On the 18th inst. a caravan of one thou sand mules laden with goat skins and istla, was 'captured by the Liberal forces under General Mendez, and the property sent out of the reach of the Imperialists. On the 23d it.st. the same force entered the commercial depot at Tanhouguila, where they over powered the Imperial command and cap tured one thousand bales of merchandise, the best of which they sent off to a place for safety and the • residue they cornmit i ted to the flames. The loss sustained by the mer chants of Tampico is estimated at six hun dred and fifty thousand dollars by the two captures. When the Sonora left Tampico fears were entertained there that the liberals would attack the city, which was then largely stocked with merchandise,:and only:pro tected at the time by a small garrlsom Many rumors were in circulation at Tampico, nearly all of them being favorable to Liberal successes gained in the vicinity of the Rio Grande. Viuta Cauz, Jan. 30, 1860.—Yesterday afternoon the French proceeded to land a cargo of unfixed shell ammunition which bad just arrived from France. They have been busily engaged during the whole of to-day in landing this ammunition and carting it to the storehouses. In the interior, preparations are being made to supply the French army here with fixed ammunition on every extensive 'scale. For several days past some of the French vessels that entered this port received con siderable quantities of powder. What does This mean ? Is this the "French idea" of retiring from Mexico? To-day, here, it looks as though a war between France and the - United States must come to pass, before this question can be settled. This question of a war between France and the United States is associated with many perplexities ous here. By every steamer from the United States we read in the newspapers and are told by the passengers that there will te no war; and yet we see no signs of an intention on the part of the French to etire, while, on the contrary, we have some ,roufs that they intend to remain, and, if ecessary, to tight it out. This is the way we are compelled to look upon it; this is "hat we see; this is tile light in which it ti pp ea rs to us. Baron Magnus,Minister from Prussia,and Senor Loosev, Consul General of Austria at the port of New York, proceeded from here , 0 the city of Mexico this afternoon. VERA Cxuz. Jan. 31, 1866.—Last evening orders were issued for three railroad trains t be in readiness at daylight this morning to convey troops from Paso del Macho, the present terminus of the road, to Vera Cruz, and at the same time orders were given to have the whole rolling stock of the line pat in readiness for continued service at once. Special mention was made to have the en uines well attended to. - Our latest advices from the interior an nounce the movement of a colutnn of the liberal army in the direction of San Luis Potosi, Sailed from San Bias, on the 3d inst., the French steamer Talisman, having on board Count de St. Picalle, eight pieces or artillery and one hundred and forty-six soldiers, bound for Acapulco. On the same day, sailed from San Blas for Mazatlan, the French steamer Rhin, with one hundred and fifty soldiers on board, VnaA Cauz, MExicO, Feb. 1, 1866.—Just a t this moment thisity is presenting a very animated aspect. At daylight this morning several trains oaded with French soldiers reached this city from the interior. Tbrse soldiers are now being sent on board of transports in the harbor which are sirait ing to receive them. It is reported that they are on their way to reinforce the garriions of Tampico and San Luis Potosi and to take up a position on this side of the line of the Paunco river, in order to be there in readiness to meet and check the advance of the. "allies"—"liberal Mexico and the United States." For two days past the French have been very busily engaged in landing here unfixed shell ammunition for breech-loading guns, sad to-day they are hard at work following the same employment. In such a very critical position was the garrison of Tampico at last accounts that some are inclined to credit a very vague rumor in circulation, that the place has fallen already. There are now quite a number of French transports, &c., in this neighborhood, and they seem to be "fitting out" in the best possible manner for "hard service." I About one thousand French soldiers em bark edlhere to-day on board of a French transport for France, their terms of service having expired. NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 16.—The BroWns vllle Courier of the 7th inst., reports that Gen. Mendez, with two thousand men, had tiihen possession of the roads leading fiom Tampico. The French garrison, one hun dred strong, reinforced by a few hundred men, was ordered to attack the Liberals. The, latter formed an ambuscade and cui off and massacred sixty of the French advance guard, The remainder of the French troops, OUR WHOLE IDOUNTRY. five hundred . strong, received the attack, using their' bayonets vigorously, and forced the Liberal to retreat, closely pursued for several hours. Mendez and almost all his staff officers are reported to have been killed. The Liberal loss is reported at eight hundred and fifty, and the French loss at one hundred. , BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Feb. 4.—The com mission for the investigation of the Bagdad affair has closed its sittings and made its report. The testimony is very voluminous, covering seventy-three pages of foolscap, and, from the casual glance which has been afforded me, I am satisfied that it was taken with a sincere determination to place the truth upon record without fear or favor. That officers of the United States army have not been implicated is, in spite of all that has been said, because none of them were interested in the affair. It is unfortunate that thefirst news of this affair given the public through the Lew Or leans papers and the telegraphic despatches from that city was taken from Imperial journals published in Matamoras, and t diced by renegades, ex-rebels and others, enemies of the United States, who have tilled their colnnans with the wildest and most nonsensical statements, all bearing upon the United States Government and its dicers, thereby giving the people entirely erroneous views and doing the greatest in justice to officers who have energetically striven to carry out their orders and to maintain a strict neutrality. As I have stated in previous despatches, the sentiment of our troops upon this line bas been and is overwhelmingly in favor of the liberal cause, and there is among them a constant inclination to shoulder their muskets and walk over the course their lib eral cosferes find it so difficult to travel. It will not be wondered at, therefore, that they lend a willing ear to designing and un principled persons who have endeavored to prevail upon them clandestinely to embark in a cause which promised great reward, and which is so in accordance with their feelings. Liberty is a charming word in the ear of the freedman-soldier, and hear ing, as he does upon every side, that the liberals are fighting for it against a usurp ing monarchy, he stands ready to join them whenever the opportunity offers. So strong Is the feeling that I am well satisfied seven eighths of them, if mustered out and paid ott here, would join the liberal service, the more particularly if they could be com manded by their own officers, The feeling is well appreciated by the imperialists on the other side, and nothing makes them more nervous than to learn that certain regiments are to be mustered out, and only in the knowledge that, these regiments have embarked and left for New Orleans do they become quiet again. Taking advantage of this feeling, certain adventurers with nothing to lose and every thing to gain, at the head of whom was B. Clay Crawford, induced a few of them—not more than forty at the outside—to embark in the Bagdad expedition. That no more engaged in it is one of the best possible evi dence of the state of discipline of the troops, and that, the officers were not privy to it; for had they been, two thousand couldhave been raised as easily as twenty. It will not be supposed that a town defended by three hundred men, 60 of whom were of the crack troops of Europe, and further protected by a gunboat manned by marines from the French navy, would be attacked by forty " niggers," if more could be easily had ; al though the result verified that they were amply sufficient for the purpose. The fact is that "the Bagdad affair" has created a great deal of excitement abroad, but very little here. It is no new thing for a city, even as insignificant as Bagdad itself to be captured and pillaged. It has been the way in Mexico for the last forty years, and is likely to be until that unfortunate country has a government sntliciently strong to protect it. As I have before ritten, and as the events of each day verify, the pillaging of Bagdad has been most grossly exaggerated. I have con .% erred with the most prominent merchants and property holders, and they tell me they have lost but little. Large quantities of goods attempted to be smuggled across the river were seized by the Custom House authorities, aided by the military, and will he returned to their legitimate owners. Again, the residents of Bagdad, in large numbers, taking advantage of the quiet and protection afforded them by the presence of 'United States troops, removed immense quantities of goods across the river, or sold them to dealers upon this side,who removed them. At no time after the trrst few hours of the capture has there been aught but peace and order in the town. I have been there per sonally and observed this. The U. S. troops maintained the best discipline and the strictest order, and protected everything. When crossing the river to this side they w ere allowed to bring nothing with them, and so strict were the orders under which the officers acted,that'tbey were not allowed to receive even a cigar or a glass of wine from the residents. Immediately after the capture the soldiers and others engaged in it stole money, jew elry and such othergrtich3s of value, but of little bulk, as they could lay their bands on. With this exception little or nothing has been taken by our soldiers. Several parties —not soldiers—who were caught pillaging, are now in the guard house here, and such disposition will be made of them as justice may demand. The Scene at the Loss of the Steamboat A letter to the Cincinnati Commercial, dated at Cairo, on the 12th, says. I will give you a correct account of the blowing up and burning of the steamer W. IL Carter, belonging to the Atlantic and Mississippi Steamship Company. After the blowing up, what was left of the boat took fire and burned. Immediately after the ex plosion there was a general rush of the ter rified people. The yawl, aft the boat, was manned by some men who were in charge , of mules on the boat. They put for the shore, not trying . to save a single person. I do not know their names, or I would give them to the public. One of the life-boats was taken by five negroes, and they put for the shore. The surviving pilot called out to the negroes to come back, but they kept on, and did not stop until they touched the shore. These two boats could have saved many lives if they had not been seized by a pack of cowards. All those that could find a bed or the least thing to keep them up took to the water and made for the shore. Mrs. Wolf, of Cincinnati, was seen to put a life preserver on and jump into the water. That was the last seen of her. ,, There was a body found at Baton Rouge which answers to her description. and is supposed to be her. Miss Canfield, of your city, was in the water three hours and a half. She does not recommend the cork life-preserver very highly. She bad one on; and when she got into the water she got a small board and floated with that. While in the water som W. B. Carter. person grabbed her foot, and held on ,in their death struggle. She says she was per fectly calm, and not excited in the least. She raw Ebe could not keep up, so she gave a sudden kick, and the persun who held her . by the foot let go, and she fl aTfd on don n stream. She says she was Laid up by this board, and a mule which Lad come in contact with the board. The mule held the hoard up for more than half an hour with his nose. Miss Canfield lost everything she had excepting her watch, which she went back to her stateroom for before going into the water. She was picked up by a boat from the Evening Star and taken to Vicksburg with others. Mr. Coch ran informs me that bales of cotton, which were on the boat, were blown to pieces, some of which he saw floating down the river on his way up; I have not heard that a single thing was saved, the explosion taking place at night, when every person was asleep. Some of the crew saved them selves, but the greater part were scalded to death or drowned. Capt. Jacob Hard, who was in the texas, is supposed to have been 'down to pieces. The boat and all her cargo is a total loss. I have not learned whether the cargo was insured,but the boat was not. J. G. W. SPAIN AND CHILE Spanish War Vessels at New York, with Sealed Orders, (From to-day's New York Herald. I Two steam vessel of war belonging to the Spanish navy are at anchor in this harbor, viz : the Carmen and Isabella la Catolica. Both vessels left Havana on the Bth inst., and kept company as far as Cape Hatteras, when they lost sight of each other until they tact again at this port. The Isabella !a Ca tolica arrived here on Thursday evening, and the Carmen made her appearance yes terday afternoon about two o'clock. The Isabella la Catolica is a ship-rigged steam corvett, sidewheel, carrying sixteen guns and a crew of three hundred men, including marines. Her length is about two hundred and fifty fret, with a draught of nineteen feet of water. Her topmasts are housed, and she has two white smoke-stacks. This vessel has the reputation of being a very fast sailer, having made the voyage from Havana to Vigo, on the coast of Spain,some time since, as our reporter was informed, in the remarkably short time of twelve days. The Carmen is a large screw frigate, car rying forty guns and a crew of some six hundred men. These vessels are reported to have sailed from Havana with sealed orders, which are not to be opened until after both ships have had their bottoms cleaned and undergone a thorough overhauling in this port. It is generally supposed that these sealed orders, when thus opened, will contain instructions either to proceed to the coast of Chile, to re inforce the Spanish squadron in those waters, or-to cruise off this seaboard for the purpose of protecting Spanish shipping and to prevent the departure of any privateers that may be fitted out at this port for the service of either the Chilean or Peruvian service. Both vessels are at present anchored off the Battery, a few hundred yards apart, about mid-stream, and owing to the large masses of floating ice blocks, the task of boarding them is not only difficult but dan gerous. The officers and crew do not seem to at all enjoy their rapid transition from the eternal summer of the "ever faithful" island of Cuba to the icy winds and waters of the Hudson. A few of the officers of the Isabella la Catolica succeeded, with great toil and peril, in reaching the New York shore yes i.-rday forenoon, and paid a visit to the Spanish Consulate. Upon arriving off the Battery, at about 2 P. Id., yesterday, the Carmen fired a salute of thirteen guns, which will be returned when the officer highest in command pays he usual visit of courtesy to the Navy Yard. Admiral Bell, commanding the Brooklyn Navy Yard, upon learning that a Spanish aar vessel (the Isabel) had arrived in our harbor, immediately dispatched one of the United States steam picket boats, under command of Captain A. M. Pennock, the first executive officer of the yard, to offer the hospitalities of the port to the dis tinguished arrivals; but owing to the dense masses of ice in the stream the picket boat was unable to get near the Spaniard. Another attempt to board her will,however, be made to-morrow. Facts and Fancies A Billiard Demonstration—One. E. D. What is the favorite insigne of a billiard player? A Cubans. About the smallest kind of thieving on record is that recently reported from San dusky, where some people have been in the habit of walking four miles on the ice after dark and stealing cannon balls belonging to the Government from the fort on John son's Island to sell them for old iron. Quite a number of shot have been rifled in this WR V. The annual dinner of the printers of the city of New York, under the auspices of the Typothettc, will be given at the Maison Doree, on Tuesday, February 20, at 7 P. M. Eminent printers from other cities have been invited to be present. The dinner will be set by a number of picked compositors, who will arrange the dinner without pi. Several large turtles have been presented by Col. Hoe for the occasion. Mr. Bancroft thinks of repeating his oration in Cooper Institute. Wonder if he will send for Sir Frederick Bruce and the Marquis de Montholon. Maximilian has ordered the building of a garden near his palace at a cost of $120,000. Well, his palace needs a good deal of guardin.'. It is a curious fact that the more cheek a man has the less he blushes. Mrs. Ryer, of California, is said to dress more elegantly than any woman in Paris. Ten to one some Frenchwoman started that story pour rire. Poor Ryer ! The citizens of a village in Vermont pre sented a set of spoons and a butter knife to a school mistress, for trouncing a large and violent pupil. A dubious compliment. The spoons merely suggest that the.people don't like to see the young woman going round licking things. A clergyman in New York is lecturing on the virtues of tobacco, which suggests that whenever a man uses tobacco, there is some vir-chew-in' it. • The monks of the monastery of St. Cathe line, on Mount Sinai, have rebelled against their abbot, Archbishop Cyril, and shut Mm up in a black hole. A new way to reform a bad habit. A LOCOMOTIVE passed over the Hudson river bridge at Albany, yesterday, for the first time.' F. L. FETHERSTON. PubliAwr. DOUBLE SHEET, THREE CENTS Operations of the American Union Cost. The following interesting letter, just re ceived by the Secretary of the American 'Union Commission, from one of the teachers in Atlanta, Ga., will be read with much in terest by the citizens of Pennsylvania and West Jersey, ant especially that portion of them who have contributed to the funds of the Commission: ATLANTA, GA., Feb. Ist 1866.—Ma. JosErn PARKER, SECRETARY—Dear Sir: Your letter was received and contents noted, and to-day we were made happy by the arrival of two large boxes of clothing and one of caps, forwarded from Philadelphia, the contents of which were greatly needed for the pupils in our free schools for desti tute white children. And now I desire to thank you and the kind contributors. But language cannot express all that I would have you know. Could each donor see the fruit, or know how much suffering their gifts alleviated, they would realize how much more blessed it is to give than to re ceive. I believe if the people in their North ern homes could only be brought face to face with suffering as it is, their money would flow out far more freely. The won der would be, how could any help giving. The States of the North have not had war in their midst, and therefore the citizens cannot understand the destitution it has caused. They read, and think they know, but cannot realize that the terrible war, just closed, has swept like a sea of burning lava over large tracts of country in the Southern States, suddenly converting a smiling and prosperous region into a black and barren wilderness, filled with the wail of childless mothers ; mourning widows, and destitute orphans, and desolating thou sands of happy homes. lh its fearful pro gress it has plucked down every institution of learning and every church, commingling their most sacred relics with the ashes of the past. A knoNtledge of this, and daily meet ing with destitute orphans, made so by war, awakened a sympathy and a desire to do something for the children of poverty who, through ignorance and a want of some re straining influences, were in danger of set tling down on the lowest round of the social ladder. The question arose, how could they be reached? In what way could we best do them good ? Your Commission plan of es tablishing schools was found to be the one most adapted to their necessities. We ac cord in gly entered upon the work of gathering them off the streets. After many endeavors and much difficulty, a room was protared, for, you will remember, that a large portion of the city was burned by order of General Sherman. Our school-room •was soon filled up, not, however, as your Northern school rooms are. It is a poor place in comparison with those. Only one of our windows has a sash and glass, the other two have boards nailed over them. The furniture consists of a few rough benches and a stove. We have not even a table yet. In this small and not very comfortable apartment we have neat a hundred children, all eager to be taught. I will enclose a short report of our school from the commencement, Jitnnary Z, 1866. If another room can be procured we will soon have it filled. Quite a number of children have been sent away, bedause the room was too crowded to admit them. The means of the city just now are inadequate to all the pressing claims made upon the treasury by the destitute. Decrepid age, with its atten dant afflictions, and pallid yquth are alike clamorous for bread and shelter. I did not expect to fill this sheet, and will close, hoping to make the next more interesting. I am respectfully yours, H. N. P. THE report of the visit of President Roberts and General Sweeney to Canada, which created so much consternation among the "Kanncks," and led to the calling out of the militia, turns out to have been a cruel hoax. The suspected parties were only a couple of quiet oil speculators on a boring tour. TB E reports of the ravages of the smal pox at Buffalo have been greatly exagge rated. There has not been over two hun dred cases, instead of two thousand, as has been stated, at one time, and the disease is now on the decrease. THE Legislature of Nebraska has framed a State Constitution, to be submittedto the people on the 2d of June next. The election for State officers will take place at the same time. MI ARM E BULLETIN PORT OF Plilla DELPH IA- FR 13813.113 Y 17 tar 866 Marine Bulletin on Sixth .Etioe. CLRARED THIS DAY. Steamer Cumbria. French. Savannah. E A Souder& - CO. Steamer Saxon, Matthews, Boston, H Wmaor & Co. Brig J H Dillingham, Mudgett, Cienfuegos, Madeira & cabada Scbr Annie Magee, Ketchum, New London, Rathbun, Stearns & Co. Schr Vasliti Sharp, Sharp, Boston, Caldwell, Sawyer aN Co. Schr Typhoon. Williams, Richmond, Carman, Mer chant & Shaw. MICMOBAND AL. Steamer Claymont, Allen, sailed from Richmond ,th inst. for this port. Steamer Eastern City, Monday, hence at New York yesterday. Steamer Stars and Stripes,Holmea s hence at Havana 9th inst. v.tpamer Alliance, Thompson, hence at New York yesterday. steamer Corsica (Br), LeDiem:trier, from Havana 10th ar d Nassau 12th inst. at New York yesterday. Steamer City of London (Br), Dilrehoci.se, from Li verpool list ult. at N York this morning. Steamer City of Baltimore (Br), Dimming, from New York. at Liverpool Slat nit. Steamer Oriole (Br), Artaza, from New York, at Havana 10th inst. Ship Baranak, Rowland. from Mobile for Liverpool, was spoken 29th nit. off Dry Bank Light. Ship Galatea. Cook, from Altata, Mexico. 16th Oct. at New York yesterday. The Q has on board 19,310 quintals 13razilwood and 51.000 Mexican dollars. B ar k Bapazan (Br), Robinson, for this port, was loading at London 30th ult. Bark Glide, Hawthorne, from Zanzibar 18th Oct. via Nantasket Roads, at Salem 15th inst. Bark Lizzie Raymond (Br),from Bahia for Baltimore, was off Rappahannock River 14th Inst. Brig Samuel G Adarns, Keith, from New York, at Hay na Bth inst. - - Brig Belle (Br). Chauncey, hence at Havana 9th last. Brig Itaska, Reed, hence for Boston, at Holmes' Hole 15th lust. Fehr Jas El Flanagan, Laughlin, hence at Ma%anza3 6th Inst. behra Geo T Thorn, Townsend, and 43 N Devereux, Smith, from New Orleans for Boston, at Holmes' Hole it,th inst. and remained 8 AM 15th. Behr Addle ht Chadwick, Coan, hence for Boston, in Tarpaulin Cove 15tb lust. Behr Fanny Heating, for this pOrt, sailed from Port land 18th Inst. Behr W W Pharo. Allen, fronx kew Orients, was be• low Providence 15tb inst. . . Scbr Magnolia, Harding,sailed from Providence 15th inst. for tbis port. Bahr Jae Martin, Myrick. from Boston for this port, remained at Newport 8 AM 15th Inst. MARINE, MISCEEILL&NY. Ship Philadelphia. Poole, which cleared at Mobile 9th inst. for Liverpool, has a cargo of SOU bales cotton, weighing 1,995.987 lbs, valued at $752.750. Schr J d N Steelman, 69 tons, new measurement, built at Camden, NJ. in 1052, has been told to Captain Webb. and others, of Greenport. LI. for $2lOO, cash. Bark Evelyn (of Boston), which left New York on the 14lh of Jan. with a cargo of coal. salt, dm, bound for Key West, on the 16111, in a gale flom SE. carried away cutwater. shifted cargo and sprung a leak: after pumping for 12 days. the captain ran the vessel ashore at New B arbor Island,with 7 fee , of water In the hold, and became a total loss. Vessel and cargo insured. One hundred bales were discharged on Thursdag from ship Hamlet, from Calcutta for Boston, ashore at Nauset. Sails and rigging saved. Half the cargo of brig F W Gnade, from Rotterdam for Beaton, ashore at Chatnam, has been landed is tolerably good c,ndltloe. **. mission.
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