GIBSON PEACOCK. Editar.
VOLUME XIX.---NO. 262.
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THOMAS J. WILLIAMSON.
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18 cents per week, payable to .the carriers, or 4.8 00 per
annum.
MARRIED_
BONNAFFON—WALTERS—On the 15th Instant„
'by the Rev. D. Otis. Kellogg, Tr., Sylvester Bonnaffon,
Jr., and bliss Virginia V., only daughter of the late A.
G. W ,alters Esq„ both. of this city.
CIUMMINGS—EINO---At Cincinnati, Feb. the 14th,
by the ',Rev. J. E. Homaus, Rector of St. John's
Church, and Rev. E. Wright. Rector of St. James'
Church, Mr, Wm. Augustus Cummings, of Philadel
phia. to• Miss Emma Louisa King.
CIIMMINGS—KING—AIso, at the same time and
place, by the same. Mr. Henry Martyn Cummings, of
- Philadelphia. to Miss Ida Virginia King, only dasgh
ler of. David C. King. Esq.
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DIED. •
' OARFORD—On.the 18th instant, Hannah Ann Oak
-ford. in the tooth year of her age.
Her relatives and 2; lends are respectfully invited to
attend her • funeral from the residence of her ne
phew, W. L. Oakford, No. 2 Woodland Terrace. Wea
Philadelphia, on Fourth day afternoon, the 21st, at 2
O'clock. Interment at Darby. ms
PBOVEST—On the 17th Instant, Mr. John Provest.
'The relatives and friends of the family are respect
fully invited to attend his funeral from the residence
of Chas. B. Engle, Main street, Germantown, on Toes-
AIRY. 20th instant, at 2 o'clock. P. M.
SCOTT—On Saturday, 17th instant, Edith, infant
daughter of James W. and Mary Scott, aged 22
months.
__ The funeral will take place on Tuesday mornin'. lß at
"
ID o'clock.
SMEDLEY—On Sixth day evening,
the 16th instant,
hiaty Smedley,in the 37th year of her age.
The relatives and friends of the family are re
spectfully-invited to attend. the funeral from the re
aidence of her father, Wm. Smedley, near Media, on
Third day, the 20th instant, at-1 o'clock, A. M. Car
xiages will be in waiting at Media, West Chester.and
Philadelphia Rairoad, on the arrival of the 8 A. M.
train from the city. •
STOEVER—AnnIe .111., wife of Win. B. Stoever.
`Her relatives and friends are invited to attend her
funeral from the residence of her husband, corner of
3fain and bfehl 'streets, Germantown, on Monday
afternoon,at 3 o'clock. •
WALKER—On Sabbath morning, the 18th instant,
7sCatthew Walker, in the 11th year of his age.
His relatives and friends are respectfully invited to
attend his tuners! on Wednesday afternoon. - the 21st
instant, at 2 o'clock, from his late residence, No. 1224
Sring Garden street. Ss
OBITUAIIY.
Died, at the residence of the Hon. George D. Short
ridge, in Mentevallo, Aia, January 5th,1866, of typhoid
fever, First Lieut. WILLIAM. J. GELSTOIs.T. CS. F, 84th
Regiment New Jersey Volunteers, aged 41 years.
In the death of Lieut. Gelston our country loses ano
ther of its able defenders. He freely gave his services
to his country In the early part of tne rebellion, and
upon numerous battlefields his prowess attested his
bravery. Re entered the three months' service In April
1861, in Col. Gosline's Regiment. On the re-organiza
tion of the 95th Pennsylvania (Gosline'e Zonaves), he
again entered the service as a private, and was pro
moted to First Lieutenant for his bravery. Re parti
cipated in the battle of West Point, Va., May 7th, 1812.
Gaines's Mill, June 27th, INS. and in all of the actions
during the seven days operations in front of Richmond,
Again at Bull Run, August 29th and 30th South Moun
tain and Crampton's Pass, September 14th ; Fredericks
burg. DecemberiStb. 1882 and again at Fredericksburg,
Jinni 80 1 h irKI May 2d and 3d, 1863, ' at which battle he
was severely. wounded, and discharged for disability.
ljpon recovering from his wounds, he again entered
.the serviceas a privatein the 34th Iseglment New Jer
sey Volunteers. in the fall of 180; he proceeded with
this regim.nt to the Southwest, and participated in all
the skirmishes, Ac„ .that said regiment took part In.
:He was promoted to Second Lieutenant, and was en
gagel in the operAtions around Nashville, Tenn., in
Iles:ember. 1861, was promoted to First Lieutenant, and
went stint-idle-regiment to the Department of the Gulf,
mind was in all the batt.es In front of Mobile, in April,
1865. He being one of the first officers who entered the
works at Fort Blakely. Ala.
With his high qualities of mind, his nobleness of
ffieart and generous nature, he was, indeed, one to be
loved, and of him it may truly be said, • • None knew
him but to love him, None named him bat to
_praise." -
The writer of this—one of his fellow-officers—deeply
Seels his loss, as he was endeared to him as a brother.
MONTEVALLO, ALA.., Jan. 8, 1866.
H. P. R.
Tx - MITE MOREENS FOR SKIRTS.
Green Watered Moreena. •
64 and 5-4 Green Baize,
White Cloth for Sacks.
White Evening Silks.
EYRE & LANDELL, Foarth and Arch
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.
[U.. "SOCIAL ITNIO.N."
'SOCIAL UNION."
[Oa UNION M. E. CHURCH. Pr aching by Rev.
L. C. Matlack, Monday evening; Rev. Alfred
gCcokman, Tuesday evening, R.v. L. 0. Matlack,
Wednesday evening; Rev. F. Scollin, M. D., Thursday
4evening; General Class, Friday evening, commencing
.each evening at 7% o'clock. ' lt*
ItU. "SOCIAL lINION"—PUBLIC eaESTING.—
Monday Evening. February 19. Church of the
'Nativity, corner Eleventh and Mt. Vernon streets.
All Invited, W. M. ABBEY,
I'o7 2t Bac. Secretary.
10' TEE SEASON AND THE POOR
ANION BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.
For thirty-four years this society has been going
an and out amongst the citizens of Philadelphia,
..giving and receiving their alms, and it has never ap
pealed for aid in vain. At the present crisis it - needs
all it can obtain to enable it to carry on its work.
With a hundred lady visitors distributed over the
entire city, it reaches nearly every family, and the
experience of the visitors enable them to discriminate
- between the worthy and the unworthy. The principle
of the society is to distribute favors with a cautious
liand,being convinced by long experience that this is
the only true plan of right charity. Numberless or
ganizations have risen and fallen upon a different
,principle since its toundation, and numberless
others will rise ann fall whenever they fail
to recognize this principle. Indiscriminate
alms-giving is the foster•father of pauperism, and it
- will eventuate is filling any community with beggars
There are nu - bads of poorwho now labor willingly for
.a living that would not do so If encou, aged in idleness
by a mistaken philanthropy, and there are myriads
- who no ra - vir without labor upon the gains of their chlr
, dren, sent through the streets to beg. At the same time,
there is and always will be a very great deal of rea - ,
:suffering, which it is the bounden duty of the, good to
;seek out and relieve. These are principally women
.and children, not often men, whom women can bast
minister to At this crisis many of these are families
•of discharged soldiers, , who would Buffer and
;die In their garrets • and cellars - unknown to'
.the great public, but for the efforts of our
benevolent'women, who ,
thread the byways
:and alleys of the city, to seek out and relieve them
The number of visits made by our visitors last year
:was 17,166„ntimber of families relieved; 7,750, number
•of sick cared for, 1,090, number of persons found ern- -
ployment, 817; • amount of cash distributed, 85,684;
mamber of tow of coal given ont, 1,740: number of
:garments, 800; number of stoves loaned, 850, and 30
women were found constant employment. In all this'
- visiting there have been, of course, numerous Instances
i n t ense hiadship brought to light, which; if related,
- Would appeal to every charitable heart; but it has nester
been the - practice of the society to obtrude
3 / a rrowing cases of suffering hefore the public to excite,
;sympathy. It lima relied rather bpon the intelligent
judgment of the public ti/sustain Its steady work.q,lts
zespectable Board of'llimiageri, la a guarantee of rte j
~ .aporisibitity, and they all now urge upon the nubile no-
:Zee the wants of the poor at the close of the season.
Messrs. COOPER and EVANS, the authorized col.
.lectors, will kmMediately make their final call for the
'' -- 3 -, ear. -- Money may also be tett; withTEDMIIND WIEe
4COX, Treasurer, , 404' Chestnut street; -or -with JOHN
331CILS, Agent, at the Office of the Society, corner of
‘l3mand Seventh streets.
. . 'SAMUEL Et:PERKINS, President. ;
Tow; H. ATW9OD, Secretary. fel2,-m,w„Mt
ItiIIROANTELE LlBltAlty,—Nearly 40,01
veltunal; over 200 newspapers and 100 other perli
o eels fronsall parts of the globe are regularly sub. ,
elerlbed for. Theme of the above as well as of the nu
=emus chess tables is afforded to Stockholders -at
:$l3, and to Subscribers at $.5 annually. Shares of Stock
only 1110, to be had at the (hex. :tel7.sa,wetti
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(0° 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.
Ender the auspices of the PRESS CLUB of Philada.
Admission 25 cents. Reserved Seats 50 cents.
To be had at Trumpler's.Sevt nth and Chestnut att.
Kromer's, 403 Chestnut, [twist the'EuevEnc ProgrcrnwThe
Oftioe; 491 Chestnut street
Doors open at 7Ni. Begin at 8. fel7-3t
U'REV. HENRY - WARD BEECHER
AT
CONCERT HALL.
•
The subject or
REV. HENRY WARD BEECHER,
ON WEDNESDAY EN xectso. r r ii. 21st,
Will be
"WORK AND WORKMAN."
Sale of tickets will commence at 12 o'clock, SATITIIe
DAY the 17th 'natant, at CJ. XTOIVSAIate Martians' ),
Price 50 cents. A liralted number of TICKEP6 FOE
RESERVED SEATS wlll be sold at 25 cts. extra,
fell-it rp
A Stated Convention will be held in the
Hall 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 defends 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 Union State Central Com
mittee. joax CESSNA, Chairman.
MERCANTILE LIBRARY.—The Election
jT for Officers wl4l take place TO•MOREOW Taes
day.) The polls Will be open from 4 to 8 o clock
P. M. fel9-2trp
HOWARD HOSPITA_L. Hos. MS and use
Lombard street t Dispeneary Department. lied.
treatment and medicines tarnished gratnitotudY
o Ore poor.-
AN ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE
liIILVEM. RON OIL COMPANY for the election
01 !rectors, dc., will be held AZ the office, NS Walnnt
street, on MONDAY, Feb. 26,1666, at 4 o'clock P. M.
C. D. RITCHIE,
fel9•ni,w,e-3t• Secretary.
it PRESTON COAL AND AMPROVEMENT
COMPANY, O. 20% WALNUT ST.LIEET,
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 10,1866.
The aannal meeting of stockholders and election for
Directors of this Company grill be held at the office of
the Company, on WEDNESDAY. March 7. 1866.
fel9 tmtai H. P. RUTTER, Secretary.
PENNSYLVANIA HOSTIC ULI 'URAL e3O-
01ETY—STA PHD At niNG and MONTHLY
DISPLAY on TUF-SDAY EV KNING, February 20, at
8 o'clock, at the Hall of the Society, S. W. corner of
ISroad and Walnut streets.
Band
articles fur competition—Floral designs.
Band and Button-hole Bouquets, Baskets. Displays of
P ants, Cornelius, Chinese Primroses, Acacia Azaleas,
lowering Bulbs, Apples, Pears, sweet Potatoes,
Radishes, Mushrooms , &o. fei9,2t4
W , TTELE OFFER OF A. GERMA.N FIVE WEEKS'
COURSE, c'•mplete, so as to secure SPEAKING
by t not having been accepted, Prof. SCHAEFFER
will organize his (pablic) courses, at tee University,
Ninth street, above Chestnut, north building. on the
terms as published before, on THIS EVENIN 4, at
7 o'clock P. H. Class Tickets from 0.0 to $25 each: pub
lic courses, hereafter, at 8, 7 and 3 o'clock P. M. The
reduction in price,published as by circular, for teachers
is hereby rescinded. Members of the press and Gentle
men and Lady Teachers present on late occasion.
free. iv+
n- DIAJORUTNERAL CARL SCHURZ WILL
deliver the third Lecture in the course before
the bocial, Civil and Statistical Association of the
Colored People of Pennsylvania, Thursday Evening:
February 82d, at CONCERT HALL, Subject—" The
Problem of the Day."
4th Lecture by Mrs. F. E. W. Harper, 'March Ist.
sth " Prof. W.H. Day, March Bth.
6th " Hon. W. D. Kelley, March 15th,
:Miss E. T. Greenfield, the celebrated Black Swan,
will sing on each evening
Season Tickets, for the four remaining Lectures of
the Course, $l, Single admission, 35.
May be had at T. BPUGH'S Book Store, Sixth and
Chestnut, and at the'donr. felSAtrp
.EIGHTH 4 1au...5.44.,
PARTY of the EIGHTH WARD will assemble
at their respective precincts, on Win SDAY EVEN
LNG, February 20th, if , tween 6 and 8 o'clock, to vote
for a Senatorial and Representative Delegate, to meet
to Convention, to elect Delegates to the Gubernatorial
Convention.
Ist Precinct-810 Sansom street.
2d " S W. corner Twelfth and Locust.
3d " Broad and Locust.
4th " Thirteenth and Sansom.
sth " Twenty-first and Locust.
6th Sansom, above Twentieth.
7th " N. E, corner Twentieth and Spruce.
ALI, X. J. HARPER, President.
CHAS. W. SMITH, }Secretaries. fel9-2trp
EDWARD M. VINTON
OFFICE OF THE LEHIGH COAL AND
4.rp" NAVIGATION COMPANY, • PiOI4..DEL.PILLt,
December 21St, 1865.
LOAN FOR SALE.
IN SUMS TO SUIT PURCHASERS.
- - -
The Loan of this Company, dne April let; 1884, inte
rest payable quarterly, 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 Slackwater Navigation
1.13 the Lehigh river,and all their Rallroads,constructed
and to be constructed, between Mauch Chunk and
Wilkesbarre, and branch roads connected therewith,
and the franchise of the Company relating thereto.
Apply to SOLOMON SHEPHERD, Treasurer,
de2l-rpttl 122 South Second street.
MENDELSSOHN!S ELLTAia,—The repetition
of this grand Oratorio, on Friday next, by.
the - Handel and Haydn Society, promises
to be a brilliant success. One-half of the
house has already been taken, even at this
early day. The' managers have made a'
very judicious arrangement of the stage, by
which the whole body of performers, , in
strumental and vocal, will be placed in'
front of the curtain, thereby obtaining a
great advantage in acoustic effect. As this
is probably the only opportunity that will
be afforded, for a long time, of hearing thia
grand composition, no lover of music should
fail to•be present. . , '
MR. GROVER'S GERMAN OPERA '
wary, after a most brilliant success iuother' :
cities, will begin a season at our Academy
of Music next Monday. The sale of season
tickets began this thorning,and the numbei
taken is, we are.told, quite unprecedented,
so there.is no doubt of a fine season. Mr:
Grover's new announcement, in our adver
tieing columns to-day, deserves attention.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
inuori • STATE CONVENTION.
GEO. W.' HAarannwi
P Secretaries.
A. W. lisicEmicr,
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1866.
MEXICO._
Rumored Franco-Austrian Treaty fo
the Withdrawal of the French Forces
---Austria to Supply Their Places
with One Hundred Thousand
Troops--Belgian and Hunga
rian Volunteers to Form the
New Army of Occupation
--The Liberal Govern
ment at El Paso and
Its Troubles--Ju
arez and His Ca
binet in Their
New Capital.
On the second page of to-days double
sheet will be found a New Orleans despatch
of late date, giving some interesting news
rom the Rio Grande. The New York
Herald, of to-day, has the following inter
esting details of Mexican news, mainly
viewed from the Liberal stand-point.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18, 1866.—Private let
ters received from Europe by government
ex-officials in this city state that a treaty
was concluded between France and Austria
last month, stipulating that the French
troops shall be immediately withdratvn
from Mexico; that Austria shall furnish one
hundred thousand troops, if necessary, to
take their:place, fiftePia thousand of which
are to be dismounted cavalry, dragoonsor
hussars, and that France shall furnish
transportation and commis-Rry stores for
them until landed on Mexican soil.
These troops are to be raised by volun
teering, if possible, in Belgium and Hun
gary, and to be commanded by regular
officers in the Austrian service. .1
It is further stated that the Austrian Em
peror will induce Hungarian volunteering
by promising to restore a portion of their
old laws and nearly all their confiscated
estates. The next steamer is expected to
bring confirmatory dispatches from our
French and Austrian Ministers.
EL PAso, TRxAS OPPOSITE EL PASO,
MEXICO, Jan. 24, 1866.—President Juarez
and suite arrived in El Paso first about the
15th day of August last, where they re
mained until the 12th day of November.
The French entered Chihuahua soon after
Juarez departed, about six hundred strong,
commanded by Captain Billet. The peo
ple of El Paso did not receive their clis
tinguished President in a manner becoming
his rank and services but rather gave him
the cold shoulder. In fact, at that time
there was considerable French feeling here,
'assisted and encouraged by the resident
curate, who, of course, was thoroughly am
vinced of the justice of the French invasion
and the stability of thegoveniment by them
established. A portion of the citizens, 'wind
ing the family of the curate,left El Paso,fefu.-
ing the wrath of Juarez, and the latter was
spoken of by some in terms not at all com
p) entary. Shortly after the arrival of the
Presidentand suite quiet was again restored,
confidence returned, and with it the fugi
tives who had so precipitately fled on the
approach of liberal principles. The good
order which followed the advent of the
President, and the entire absence of any
thing like revenge on his part, soon pro
duced a remarkable change—the very
persons who had been his revilers and tra
ducers became his warmest admirers. A
change came o'er the spirit of their dreams,
and they soon discovered that the abused
and outraged Juarez was a man of eminent
ability, of unswerving integrity, and a true
patriot; one who came not to destroy but to
build up; one who came appealing to the
noblest feelings of honor, and determined
to maintain them to the bitter end. From
this period commenced the greatest revolu
tion in sentiment that has ever been wit
nt seed in this part of the republic.
l'pon the evacuation of Chihuahua by the
French, Juarez, ever mindful of his cause
determined at once to return, which he did.
He left El Paso with scarcely an enemy, but
with many fond regrets.
The evacuation of Chihuahua by the
French at this tipie, although wondered at
in the East, was not at ail surprising to us
here. In the first place the French troops
had been greatly demoralized, and deser
tions were so numerous that the entire lbss
of the army of occupation was at one time
feared. The spirit of liberty and love of free
institutions pervade the breasts of the
French also, and, being for the first
time so near to American soil, they
were determined to take advan
tage of the opportunity; they fled in allldi
rections, to Sonora, Sinaloa, and a small
portion came this way. They are now
scattered all over the country. About thirty ,
reached this place, and most of them have
enlisted in the sth' infantry, United States
army, stationed at Fort Bliss. They are
heartily tired of the war, and were in ecnta
sies of nelight at beholding the flag of free
America. From what can be gathered from
the French deserters here it is evident that
the army generally has no heart in the war,
but, on the contrary, are more friendly dis
posed towards the maintenance of free prin
ciples; but the iron heel of despotism which ,
knows no law but might, has thus farcon
trolled their sentiments and obtains by Ore°
that which if cannot accomplish by an ap
peal to an unrestrained judgment.
Soon after the President returned to Chi
huahua, he learned that the French were
advancing again from the south, with new ,
troops, recently arrived, to permanently
occupy the place. As he had no force With
which to maintain' his position, he again'
started for El Paso, and arrived about Bec.
14, where he still remains, The French, be-.
fore entering Chihuahua a second time,were
encountered at Paral by a detachment of
Mexicans, when a slight skirmish occurred,,
which served to delay them temporarily,
and the Mexicans then retired. The French'
are reported to have in Chihuahua now 8008
picked - tropps, and they are fortifying the .
place for permanent occupation. No other
French troops are in the vicinity, the near-;
est being at Durango, over 400 miles dis i
tent....
The last arrival of the President , anhis
reception by the citizens of El Paso was so:
different from the first that it is worth'y of
note. On the present occasion he was met,
outside of the town by a cavalcade of Citi
zens, and not a few carriages, filled With
the elit'of the place; shoats and
,vivas rent
the air, and great enthusiaira Prevailed:
Since then Juarez has , been gradually and.
surely gaining in the affections of the peo
ple, but whether permanently or not, it is
impossible to say. Such manifestations
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.
certainly are not dictated from policy, for
the government is poor, it has no rewards to
give,, but must ask assistance from its
friends. The lower orders of the Mexicans
are veryignorant and time-serying,and have
not sufficient intelligence to understand or
appreciate the principles involved in the
controversy; cetrainly very little constancy
can be expected of them. But the more in
elligent classes of the community have dis
played recently great attachment to Juarez
and the noble cause he represents. Without
doubt the policy of the President, his deter
mination and unfaltering adherence to prin
ciple, together with his unswerving faith
in the justice of his cause, have wrought a
change in the minds of large numbers who
were hitherto unaccustomed to witness such
noble traits of character.
The town of El Paso has become rejuvi
nated in a sobial point of view. It has to a
great extent shaken off j the ancient preju
ices and antiquated customs that have sur
rounded It for a century at least. The
ladies, instead of being barred within their
espective castles, day
s and night, from the
vulgar gaze of manly eyes, now walk, ride,
dance, sing and have a good time generally;
in fact, at present, paseos are the order of
the day and dancing the order of the night.
t.tn the 16th of ' September (the Mexican
Fourth•of July) a grand ball was given to
the President in the house of one of the
most prominent citizens—a relation of the
aforesaid curate, and formerly suspected of
strong French sympathizes; but on this
occasion all met freely and cordially,
and received Juarez with every
demonstration of delight. The ball
passed off with great eclat. Since then nu
merous parties have been given, and ge
niality and general good feeling are begin
ning to prevail. The American officers and
citizens from this side of the river are al
ways specially invited and generally attend.
This much has the President accomplished
in a social point of view : he has grappled
with ignorance and burst the barriers of an
ancient but contemptible bigotry. He is
gradually infusing liberal principles where
previousty prejudice reigned supreme. He
is laboring to kindle the spirit of liberty and
arouse a generous emulation. He is en
'deavoring to destroy ignorance and to es
tablish enlightenment and toleration. To
accomplish this be is striking at the root of
the evil.
Our great internecine struggle was a cala
mity to Mexico even more than to ourselves,
and its happy conclusion is by none more
highly appreciated than by Presiden t Juarez,
sho sees in the result of our contest a new
era dawning for Mexico. He is emphatically
a representative man, and the principles
he loves and cherishes, although vindicated
on other other soil swell his heart with joy
and pride at the grandeur of our triumph,
No one that knows him Well can fail to ad
mire his character. Temporarily beaten,
but not vanquished; poor in resources, but
rich in the noble principles which actuates
him; occasionally sad, bat never despairing
nor doubting, he presents a remarkable ex
ample of fortitude and endurance under
circumstances that would pall the stoutest
heart.
His cabinet ministers' are also men of
greatability and eminent capacity. Senor
Lerdo de Tejada, Secretary of State has
been for years one of the most prominent
men of Mexico, and forquickneas of percep
tion and penetrating discernment has no
superior in the country.
Senor Iglesias is the Secretary of the Trea
sury, but as that institution is not plethoric
at the present time his duties are not very
onerous. He is a gentlemen of fine attain
ments and exalted patriotism. He is labor
ing assidonsly to replenish the exchequer.
and if he succeeds will have accomplished
more than even a Chase or McCulloch is ca
pable of. At the present time Senor Iglesias
is translating the President's Message into
Spanish, that it may be extensively circu
lated. President Juarez is much pleased
with the document, particularly the refer
ence to the Monroe doctrine. He has great
hopes of ultimate assistance from the United
States ; he consider it inevitable, and as the
government has always maintained this
doctrine inviolable heretofore it is reasonably
expected that it will never depart from the
course of action so generally pursued.
Juarez has with him about five hundred
men, officers and soldiers. They are at
present quartered on the plaza in El Paso,
and are daily performing military exer
cises—drilling, and evidently preparing for
something. it is understood that he has
now in this vicinity one thousand eight
hundred men, who are being rapidly put
in a state of efficiency. Since their last re
turn they have been completely fitted out
with clothing from the sutler's store on this
side of the river, and present a very re
spectable appearance, as most of the cloth
ing consists of United States uniforms.
They might be taken for Uncle Sam's
veritables.
A large portion of Gen. Patent's troops
are still hovering around in the vicinity of
Chihuahua endeavoring to cut the commu
nications of the French with Durango. It
is rumored that Zacatecas is 'n possession
of the Liberals also. The Pres' ent has no
fear of the advance of the Fr ch to this
point. As they are fortifying C ' uahua it
is not probable that they will make their
appearance here, but are rather content to
hold what they have. Ii they come they
will be warmly received by the troops in
El Paso, most of whom are veterans of the
war,and as they are being rapidly equipped
they can make a good fight; besides, nearly
all the Americans hereabouts are likewise
ready to take a hand, and as most of them
are discharged California volunteers they
are not to be despised:
General Mejia, who recently returned
from Paris, where he was a prisoner for
some time, has reported to the President.
He has been appointed Secretary of War.
We are expecting lively times here soon,
particularly if the French oome, and you
can rest assured that there will be a fight,
and a good one:,The French cannot take
El Paso with the force tlieY have at present.
If the enemy does not make an advance in
this direction, Xuarez wilt assume the of
fensive and attack Chihuahua. Ife is con
fident of success, and not without reason.
With Juarez re-established in his legitimate
rights as. President of the Mexican repub
lic, the United States would have a faithful
ally, a true friend, and One whose admira
tion for our great country and its institu
tions is only equaled by his ardent attach
ment to the same great principles.
WOBLD w E LIVE IN."—Frofessor.
Rogers will doubtless attract another
crowded audience at.the Academy of Music ,
this evening; This clasS of entertainments,
presenting scientific subjects in an intelli
gible and popular forth, are becoming every,
year more popular, and the patriotic object
to 'PO:doh Dr Rogers haS devoted his talents
and scientific acquireinents, adds a power
ful inducement to the best class of our citi
zens to attend his lectures.
ri]aiE
Convening of the Congress in Pitts
burgh---Arrival of
D elegates.
PITTBURGIE, Feb. 18.—The Fenian Con
gress which is to assemble in Blasonie-Hall,
to-morrow, promises to be one of the-most
important conventions of Irishmen that has
ever met together in this country. The
delegates from the various States are pour
ing into the city on every train. It is ex
petted at every State and Territory will
be reffesented. Delegates from the fol
lowing States are already here, but find it
difficult to get hotel accommodations, as the
hotels are crowded:
New York, Pennsylvania, Kentucky,TeD
n essee, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland,
District of Columbia, Kansas, Massachu
setts, Maine, Wisconsin, Vermont, New
Jersey, The British Provinces.
The delegates to this Congress, as far as I
can judge, are men of more intelli
gence than hose of any previous Congress,
most of them being military men who have
won laurels for themselves in defending the
flag of their adoption during the late rebel
lion, and all of them express. themselves
ready to grasp the sword once more in de
fence of the land of their birth, and follow,
to use their own language, "The General of
the Armless Sleeve to deah or victory."
Senator Michael Scanlan has arrived, ac
companied by the delegates of the District
of Chicago. The Western men seem to be
brave determined men, and are fully alive
to the work before them.
One feature of this Congress is that all
men are instructed to bring the largest
amount of money possibly with them. It
is said by some that they brought very
large amounts with them from their circles.
New York, the stronghold of the O'Ma
bony party, is well represented here—Capt.
John Warren, of the George Washington
Circle; Captain Magee, of the Wolfe Tone
Circle; John W. Maguire, of the General
Sweeney Circle; Gen. Tavis, of the John A.
Logan Military . Circle, and others. Col. M.
C. Murphy, of New York, is present, and is
very busy in preparing papers and docu
ments in relation to his position as Speaker
of the House of Representatives.
Tne Feninns In Ireland.
The New York Tribune's correspondent
writes from Dublin, Jan. 28th, as follows:
Fenianism Is still the absorbing topie in
Dublin, and I might say all over Ireland.
After an extensive tour through 28 of the 32
counties, I am in a position to give a correct
appreciation of the subject, as it stands at
present. During my tour, which occupied
nearly four weeks, I conversed with hun
dreds of people of every grade of society,
Catholics as well as Protestants, Fenians
as well as Orangemen, editors, Church
of England ministers, Catholic priests,
British officers, head - constables,
" peelers" and ►country gentlemen,
merchants and shopkeepers, tradesmen and
laborers, and most extensively with the
peasantry—who are looked upon as the
rank and file of the Fenian Brotherhood,
and who of course should constitute the
Fenian army when such was to be called
into existence—l have carefully compared
the opinions and ideas of the different a assns
of society, and have found that so absorbing
is the interest which all feel in the movement
that the ignorant laboring classes, who
never see the newspapers, are as well in
formed on the subject as the merchants and
shopkeepers. The uniformity of opinion
existing among the people of the same class
living in counties remote from each other is
surprising. They express their ideas in al
most the same words, and all who truly
sympathize with the movement say, and
hold it firmly as their belief, that as far as
Ireland herself is concerned, Fenianism is
"played out," or, is other words that " it
does not pay" to be a Fenian in Ireland.
Ten, tifteen or twenty years penal servitude,
or, us Mr. Butt calla it "imprisonment in a
living tomb," will it is to be hoped, soon
coil the ardor of the more foolish Fenian.
The most important aspect of the Fenian
question relates tope influence the excite
ment caused by it has on the condition of
the country. There is only one opinion
expressed on this subject by all classes and
creeds of the Irish people, which is that an
irreparable mischief has been done to the
country and her prospects. Capitalists and
trade have been driven out, and are now
leaving daily, and new enterprises, which
would benefit the country, and afford em
ployment to the aimost starving people,
have been abandoned, and such as were
about being started, indefinitely postponed,
Employers who discountenance the move
ment, took on their laborers and servants
with suspicion and distrust. An uneasy
and embarassing state of feeling prevails
and pervades the whole community. Busi
ness to a very great extent is deranged, and
where more than the ordinary excitement
prevails, as in Cork and Dublin—owing
to the qui vire of the military and
police—almost ruined. Many who were
able to struggle along her-tofore, are now
looking toward the emigrant ship as the
last resort. And many, very many,would
now leave the country if they only had the
means. A shopkeeper said to me the other
day, "My dear sir, they are all feeding on
the prostrate carcass of poor Ireland—
Judges Keough and Fitzgerald, and the
councillors, and the military, and extra
police, and swarms of detectives, and, I am
afraid, your Fenians in America; and un
less a blow is struck at Canada this winter
I will be bound to believe that your Amer
ican Fenians are about to gorge themselves
on my truly unfortunate country." This
man uttered these words with the deepest
feeling, and when I said to hlm, "How do
you know that you are not taking to a go
vernment detective?" he answered, "God
knows there are plenty of detectives, and
you may be one of them; but if you are, I
care nothing for that; I have nothing to
lose; I can hardly be worse off than I am."
Personal liberty is very precarious in Ire
land just now. it is a notorious fact that no
man is safe from arrest on the flimsiest,
charge of suspicion and detained as long as
the police desire. Your correspondent only.
escaped arrest by adopting the "dodge"
used by the people themselves when they
want to indulge in a Fenian talk. The way!
this is accomplished is by ridiculing and
abusing the Fenians, while you can, under
cover of the abuse you heap on them, dis
cuss
their prospect of success or failure:
from every point of view, while at the same
time,•as a straw shows which way the cur
.rent goes,i a stray word will reveal the
sympathiser or his opponent. All the jails
in Ireland are at present overflowing,
with prisoners, and in Cork an additional
buildings well guarded by mounted troops, i
has been leased by the government, for the
incarceration of suspected persons. •
Detectives, to use the word of the people
themselves, are "as thick as blackberries,"
the railway stations, hotels, cars and steam-
F. L. FETHERSTON. Pul3l:l2kr
DOUBLE SHEET, THREE CENTS.
boats teem with them. "There must be a
very small army of detectives in Ireland,
• I btarnied myself ieto•the good graces of a
Government officer stationed at the Castle,
who informed me of a fact I had previous's ,
learned from other sources, namely, that
the British Government has recently em
ployed a large number of very modest
looking young English ladies to travel in
Ireland, and pay particular attention to the
conversations going on in the cars,.steam
boats, hotels, ac. The offieer spoke very
highly of their services, and said that
through their exertions several important
leaders had been capured. Re•went as far
as to offer to bet me a pound that Stephens
would be arrested through the exertions of
these women detectives.
With regard to Stephens there- is but one
opinion, and that is that he is ire Ireland.
Yesterday it was strongly reported. in Dab
lin that his whereabouts was known to the
,
. police, but this is doubtful. Search-is being
made for him every day in various parts of
the country. I believe it is unknown in
! what part of Ireland he is, and it is
rather strange :that such a bit of trilling
information cannot be , procured for M,OOO.
The people of ITeland who sympathize
with Fenianism say that "if the real object
of the extensive organization in America is
to procure a rising of the people in Ireland,.
then, indeed, the case of Ireland is hopeless,
and the sooner the organization is disbanded
the better it will be for Ireland." They say'
they have only one hope—the only bright
side of the picture that they can find to con- -
template is that Canada may be captured.
"If," say they, "our friends in America
really intend to help Ireland, let them go
to 'work at once, and without further talk
take Canada." They imagine that there
are Irish enough in the United States to,
actually swarm and overrun the country..
They say there is no law against having arms
in Canada; therefore, when you are ready,
let every Fenian repair to Canada, with his
gun and his ammunition,. and when the de
sired number of men are across the border,,
let them, on a given day, point 60,000 guns
at the garrisons of Canada. Let them have
a few skillful generals, and Canada will,
soon be theirs. It will be a rising of British
subjects to establish a governmentfor them
setves, to be called the Irish Republic or
North America. "Then Irishmen will have
a chance of testing themselves and proving :
to the world whether they are capable of
governing themselves or not. If they are
able to govern themselves and maintain
friendship with the United States, then old
Irelands would swell with joy from the
Giant's Causeway to Cape Clear, then Laby
and the rest of them would be
exchanged. A good landlord and tenant
bill would become a law in Ireland.
Poor-houses and tithes would be abolished.
Her school system would be of her own
choosing.. In a word, all her grievances
would be redressed, and, perhaps, after
years, the blessing, that flow from a well
regulated Republic would be hers. But an
attempt to free Ireland will only degrade
her more than she is in the eyes of the
world; will bring death and ruin to thou
sands of her sons; will only tighten the
chains around her neck, and reduce her to
actual wretchedness. "Try Canada," they
say, "if you fail in being able to govern
yourselves, you can ask to be admitted to
the Federal Union. Canada will make
two good-sized States. But we believe if
you bring all your energies to bear you
can't fail, and in any case the question of
Fenianism win. have received the only
solution that it can ever receive, and the
sooner the consummation is reached the
sooner Ireland will cease her sufferings."
Lord Monck goes out to-morrow by the
Australasian. I have learned that he has
been instructed to be very watchful as to
the ,ingress of Fenians from the United
States, and in the event of any organ i7ed
bodies of men being found crossing over
the line, to appeal strongly to the United
States Government rather than make any
display of force himself, but at the same
time to see that the Commander-in-Chief of
Canada keeps his army well in hand, so as
to be able to hold out and maintain the
strong garrisons until re-inforcements could
arrive in the early spring.
I will close this letter by calling your
attention to the arrest in Dublin of three
young men on the very serious charge of
having in their possession a few dozen ex
ploded percussion caps which they aver they
picked up in the Phcenix Park. I can only
say that one day last' week, after a review,
I picked up more than a dozen myself, and
they were not even exploded. Had one of
Her Majesty's detectives (male or female)
been acquainted of this fact, I presume I
would be about this time commencing to
serve ten years at least. The following is
the story as told by The Dublin Mail:
ARRESTS Oi CHARGES OF SUPPOSED
FzisziAmsm.--Yesterday morning, between
S. and 9 o'clock, Inspector Doran, Detective
Officer Rotheray, and Police Constable
Doyle, 138 E, proceeded to the house No. 8
John's lane, which they proceeded to search.
They found living in it three young men,
who subsequently gave their names. as
William Shee, 22, bookbinder; Win. Landy,
20, shoemaker;.and Joseph O'Neill,.2o„ma-.
chinist, who had formerly resided in. Man 7
chester, but who within the last three
months, had come to Dublin, where they
had since lived, without any ostensible em
ployment. The parties, =being questioned,
denied that they had any arms or treason
able documents in their possession, The
cfficers immediately went on to search, but
all they found was a drilling book, pub
lished according to Her Majesty's regula
tions, and a considerable quantity ,of ex
ploded percussion caps. On being asked to
account for the possession of the latter, they
said first that they had been left on their
chimney piece by a little boy, bat subse
quently they stated that they picked them
up in the Phcenix Park. Thereupon they
were arrested and charged with the posses
sion of those articles, and also on suspicion
of being members of the Fenian conspiracy.
In the course of the afternoon they 'were
brought before Mr. Allen.
The charge having been read.
Inspector Doran deposed to the above
facts.
Shee—May I be allowed to speak.
Mr. Allen—Yes.
Shee---The drill book was lent to us by a
woman.
Air. Allen—Was she in the army, [a laugh]
Shee—No, but a young man who lodged.
there left it behind him.
Mr. Allen—That will be a matter of in
vestigation hereafter. You are remanded
until Tuesday next.
The prisoners were then removed, to en
jow y the osmforts o a dam a few
eeks, or may be f
months.p cell
Free
Fr country
that !
THEpecuniary losses of Hinds county,
Mississippi, by the war, are estimated at the
solid aggregate of $15,926,500. The papers
add another tenniillions for the depreciation
in the value of the lands. It would require
large inducements to persuade the people of
that county to go into another war in search
of their rights.