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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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AT
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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.