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REARRIED.
RAY—DICKERSON—On Monday evening, Feb. 19.
1888 by the Rev. Edward Lonnsberry, Joseph E. Ray,
ipt . Hong Kong, China, to Victorine L. Dickerson, 0
DIED.
. - REDITER-On Wednesday morning, 2113 t instant,
.JoseplyJnsticeltedner, in the 3Oth year of his age.
His male friends are invited to attend his funeral
from his late residence, No. 324 South Twe u ty•lirst
street, on Saturday afternoon, 2411 r instant, at two
.o'clock Funeral services ,at St. Clement's Church,
4:14,3 o'clock. • •••*
vn,LY—Sudderly, on the morning of the' 20th
3fistant, Jolla= Schively, in the nth year of her
age
The relatives.and friends of the failly are in
,Vited to attend her funeral from her late residence,
asTo.ll9 North Eleventh .street, on Saturday, the 24th
Instant. at 10 o'clock, A.M. Interment at Laure
Hill Cemetery.. 3t
- SMITH—On the 19th Instant, Capt. Alfred F. Smith,
in the 46th year of his age.
. His innersl will take place from his late residence
in Darby township, Delaware county, on Thursday,
= instant at 10 o'clock;A. M.
STEVEb,SON—FeII asleep in Jesus on the morning
of the 21at instant, Elizabeth R , youngest daughter of
John B. Stevenson.
The relatives and male friends are respectfully in
vited to attend her funeral from the residence of her
father, 443 York avenue, on Saturday, the 24th Instant,
at one o'clock. *.*
WAGSTAFF—On the 20th Instant, Thomas C. Wag
'staff. • .
His relatives and friends and those of the family,
also Montgomery Lodge, No 19, A. Y. Af..,are respect.
fally invited to attend his funeral from his late req
41ence, No. 34.5 North Twelfth street, on Friday, the 23d
instant, at 2 o'clock, without further notice.
111THFFE ILOREENS FOR SEDITS.
V 7 Green Watered Dloreens.
- 6-4 and 5.4 Green Baize,
White Cloth for Sacks.
White Evening Silks.
EYRE do LAND.FLL. Foarth and Arch
SPECLUL NOTICES.
!Up THE SEASON AND TEE POOR.
UNION BENEVOLENT AnOCIATION
For . thirty-fonr years this society has been going
In and out amongst the' citizens of Philadelphia,
.giving and receiving their alms. and it has never ap
pealed for aid - in vain. At the prevent 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 thein to discriminate
toetwecn the worthy and the one/ orthy. . The principle
of the society is to distribute lhvors .with a cautious
band,being convinced by long experience that this is
the only true plan Of right charity. Numberless or
ionizations bave risen and !alien upon a differen
L principle since its inundation, lied numberless
others; will - rise' sum fall whenever they, fail
to recognize"' this principle. ' Indlsoriminate
.
alins:gi , iliag is the% fostersr ,--0 1 : -PitsPnaitss .
will eventuate in filling any community ``with beggarS
There are inyriads of poorwhtr now labor Willingly for.
a living that would not do so If encau aged In idleness
by. a mistaken . philanthropy. and., _ there are myriads
who no mum without labor upon the gains of their chi'
Alien; sent thrbugh the streets to beg. At the same time
there is and always will be a very great deal of rea
suffering; wbichlt is the bounden duty of the good to
seek out and relieve. These are principally women
and Children, not often men, whom women can best
minister tt. At this crisis many of these are families
.of discharged .soldiers, mho would suffer and
.die in their garrets and cellars unknown to
the great pablic, but for the efforts of our
I benevolent women, who thread ; the byways
and alleys of the city, to seek out and relieve them
The number of misitarnade by our visitors last year
Was 17,106, number of families relieved, 7,700, number ,
of sick,cared for, 1,090, number of persons found em
ployment, .817; amount of cash distributed, $0,684:
number of tons of coal given out, 1,740: number of
~garments, 3,000; number of stoves loaned, MO, and 30
women were found constant employment. In all this
visiting there have been, of course, numerous instances
of Intense hardship brought to light, which, If related,
would appeal to every charitable heart; but it has never
been the 'practice of the society to obtrude
harrowing cases of suffering before the public to excite
sympathy. It has relied rather upon the intelligent
judgment of the public to sustain its steady work. Its
respectable Board of Managers is a guarantee of re
spOnsibility, and they all now urge upon the public no
tice theivants of the poor at the close of the season.
Mdsara. COOPER and EVANS, the authorized col
lectors, will immediately make their final call for the
year. Money may also be left with EDMUND WIL
COX, Treasurer, 404 Chestnut street, or with JOHN
HICKS, Agent, at the Office of the Society, corner of
ransom and Seventh streets.
SAMUEL H. PERKINS, President.
Jonas' H. ATWOOD, Secretary. . iel2-m,w,fst
ybTWO MILE RIM'. OIL COMPANY.-4 Spa.
cial Meeting of Stockholders will be held on
DIRSDAY. Feb. WA, at 4 o'clock P. M., at the Office
-of the Company, No. 138 WALNUT street.
CHAS. M. MORRIS, •
Secretary.
ZirisDEPARTMENT OF RECEIVER OF T2iXE,
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 20, 1866.
office will be closed on THURSDAY NEXT, the
:22d instant.
[Sgned]
FRANKLIN INSTITUTE.The Stated Meet
gzof he Hunitute will be held THIS (Wednes
)ll . t
day) EVENING,, 21st inst.. at 8 o'clock. Members and
others having new inventions or specimens of Manu
factures to exhibit, will please send them to the Hall,
N 0.15 South dEVENTH street, Perore 7 o'clock P. M.
. ' • C •
U?AN. ADJOURNED MEETING of the Week
holders of the PHILADELPHI,s AND PROVI-
D CE OIL COMPANY will be held at their Office,
We. 25 Memlutrits' Exc.hange.on - FRIDAY, =inst., at
-4 o'clock for the purpose of ratifying a lease made by
the Board of Directors. J. B. WADE,
fe2l-20 Secretary.
MERCANTILE LIBRARY contains nearly
forty thousand volumes, over two hundred
newspapers, and one hundred other periodicals
from-
_all parts of the globe are regularly sub
-scribed for. The use of the above as well as of the nu
merous chess tables is afforded to Stockholders at
43, and to Subscribers at $5 annually. Shares of Stock
only IRO, to be had at the desk.
fel7.sa,w,sti T, MORRIS PEROT, President.
!W. MAJOR GENERAL CARL SCHURZ WILL
•S' deliver the third Lecture In the course before
the' Eocial, Civil and Statistical Aseociation of the
'Colored People of Pennsylvania, Thursday Evening;
February 22d, at CONCERT HALL, Subject—" The
Problem, of The Day." .
4th Lecture by Mrs. F. E. W. Haxper; March Ist. •
6th ' • Prof. W. 11, Day, March Bth.,_ •
6th " Hon. W. D. Relley, March 15th,
kiss E. T. Greenfield,, the celebrated Black Swan,
'will sing on each;evening: - -
Season Tickets, for the four remaining Lectuies of
the Course, $l, Single admission, as.
May be had at T.B. PUGH'S Book Store, Sixth and
'Chestnut, and at the door. • • fel9-4trlo
OFFICE OF TIEN TmFrIGH COAL AND
11.,y .NAVICIATION = COMPANY,. FramArampirm,
December Mst, 1865.
LOAN FORSALM
- • I Bina sun , PITROLLMECEN3. • •
The Loan of this Company, due , April Ist, 1384, Into
reat.payable quarterly, at the rate or Edx Per cent. per
•
This Loan is secured by a mortgage' on all the Oom
v,ny's Coal Lands, Canals, and SlackwaterNavigation
In the Lehigh rirer,and all their Railroads,constructed
and to be cOnstracted, between Mauch Chunk and
Wllkestarre, and branch roads connected therewith,
and the - franchiser& the Compsw• relating. thereto.
Apply to SOLOMOMBREp CIRRI) Treasurer, '
de 2l4 Pla •• • • • 122 Borah See- ondstreet.
IPERSWItEGIMENT "GRAY 93.139ERVES,'—
,The old and present members , of the. Regiment
Who are In fayor of keeping up the organization
and o:tparad:. ing on :Washington's Birth-day! are_
requested, meet at the Armories of Companies 'A
and os. 808 and 810 Market street, at 7. o'clock on,
•• zi: •r:... 'AY EVENING, the mat . inst. - Drill at 8
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Receiver of Taxes
TELEGRAPHIC FEAT. The Western
Union Telegraph Company's lines worked
direct between New York. and San h"ran
cisco last.eyening. The manipulation was
unusually rapid for so long a:circuit. Before
the experiments were concluded auroral
currents caused a snspensiod of operations,
The usual batteries were taken off the line,
which was worked between this city, and
Buffalo, by the auroral current alone. The
display of the Northern lights was quite
brilliant last evening.—N. Y. Herald, to-
MARTIN - SonnErerEn, Sr., probably the
oldest citizen of Lancaster, Pa., died in that
city on Friday, at the ripe age of 98
SPEUUSIL NOTIDES.
I'o SAJECO.L'' Dl' I ‘•
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 defencs - of the nation's life
has demnnstrated 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 JoHN CESSNA, Chairman.
GED. W. H-Alrmutsrirt Secretaries.
A. W. BENED/CT,
IWHOWARD HOSPITAL, Nos. ISIS and lb'2o
Lombard streetDlspensary Department. Med
tbreatment and me dicines' tarnished graham:AY
in the poor. sent
WASBENGTON'S BIRTH DAY.—The Sol
-11-,37 Biers of th War of 1812 will celebrate the day
TO-MORROW MORNING, at 10 o'clock, at the Su
preme Ceurt Room. General attendance requested,
Its JOHN H. FRICK, Secretary.
A Spaniard's Love-Letter.
The following is an exact transcript of a
letter which we know to be genuine. It
was lately written by a young Senor to a
lady who saw in it met:ely matter for amuse
ment, and permitted it to be shown about.
For our part, we have such a respect-for the
sincerh and chivalrous spirit infused in
every line of this unique billet dour, that we
should refuse to publish it if we conside;red
that it reflected any real ridicule upon the
author; this it cannot do; but it will be read
with interest, as a rare exhibition of lan
guage in transition from one idiom to an
other.
"Handsome, graceful 'and Simpathetic
Florence -
"Distant from my patry, of my family, I
met in a stranger country whither for my
misfortune neither the language that it is
spoken I possess; but for fortunel have
known to you, and all my pains that over
press me have removed out of sight, and I
contemplate now this country
As earth of flowers
Paradise of life
In which cavity is nestled
The germ of my loves
"Is it not true, handsome Florence, that
life is done agreable and sweet when that
one, that, far from his country, .found a
Olson that bas inspired to him sympathy,
thatliiiilencrbittftO - Cipeh his heart, and
to manifest to_him his sentiments. '"--`
Oh! then contemplate fill of felicity all the
objects.that go round you; and of inspire
tion in inspiration it is believed to meet oc
casionally in miclle of an Eden; and why?
because in her [his] way befored sowned of .
spines [thorns] has been presented a woman,
,what I told an angel, suddenly the spines.
tramsforms in flowers, that In lontanaza
[sic] arilved to intoxicate the soul with its
graceful and vivifying myrrh-tree.
* That woman, that angel who
reign in the temple of my
ilusions, who is? who is? you will ask.
graceful Florence, and my lips will have
that to be silent, fearful of seeing to hide
my repose of happiness and of flatering it
all as chimerical illusion. Oh no! -One
hundred thousand n'o! because life will be
for me a great suffering, for kill my illu
sions is to; eradicate me the heart, Let me
then, that to contrive in your beautiful
album this lines unworthy of figuring in it,
not discover the veil under. the which one
hidden the object for me of so much ven
ture, of so much felicity, and perhaps in
times no far, whe (sic) know and may be
meritorious to her eyes my actions, and can
for so much to guess an hope, then and
alone then I will trust to oyour sympathy
Florence the sentiments that I shelter and
the secrets of my heart, and you with that
pure magnificent soul that God has conse
crated, to yon, he will counsel me and will
guide for the path that I must to follow.
"And of venture in venture
Of happiness in happiness
- Of life to the eternity .
I will go fill with pleasure '
"In proof of friendship translated
"By
—7l
The Pennsylvania Itaihroad and a Steam
ship ,Xine.
To the Editor of the Daily Evening Bul
letin:—.Ny remarks at the meeting of the
stockholders of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company were incorrectly reported in your
paper yesterday. The purport of them was:
---I was in favor of the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company establishing a line of steam
ships between Philadelphia and Liverpool,
and . alone; that if said Company for the
purpose built such vessels and run, them,
they would be failures as all like previous
attempts had been. But there was a mode
by which I thought it would be successful I
and that was in the way of bonus. , That
believed $200,000 would accomplish the ob
ject, say $50,000 a year for four years; and it
would be worth that to the Company. That
to manage steamships well it must be done
by individuals who understood the business,
and not by companies. My plan.would be
to advertise for proposals, and by inviting
competition and skill, the abject might be
achieved for less than the sum named.
MICHAEL V. BAKER.
Philadelphia Feb. 21 1866.
PHILADELPHIA;VEDN SDAY, FESRITA.RY k, 1866
erllMA.rr irEurrA.z-ri/
THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT
The Queen's 'Speech in Fall.
[From. the London Times, of Feb ;7th.]
When it was publicly made known that
thej'arliament of 1866, the seventh of Her
Majesty's reign, would be opened by the
Queen in person, as had been the rule
in the earlier and happier years of her
wedded life, a feeling of satisfaction that
Her Majesty had at last consented to emerge
from the gloom of her great sorrow, cones
centrated upon the proceedings of yester.
day a far greater amount of affectionate in-
terest than any of her prev s kius appearancei
in public had elicited.
It was no wonder thatunder such circurn.•
stances—rendered still more auspicious by
bright skies and balmy airs, more like those
of May than of. February—crowds such as
are rarely to be seen in our sombre streets
filled the line of procession through , which
the Queen was to Make her way, and that
housetop and balcony, as well as pavement,.
swarmed with loyalmultitudes anxious not
alone to see their Sovereign, but to welcome
her back to the performance of that digni
fied part in the great drama of Government,
which it seemed to them she had too long
consented to forego under the pressure of a
grief with which every one sympathized,
but which every one hoped would have
been more speedily lessened, if not wholly
obliterated..
At noon a long line of carriages extended
from Pall Mall to the Peers' entrance of the
Palace of Westminster, most, if not all, of
which were occupied in full evening cos
tume—the wives, daughters, and sisters of
Peers, and of members of the Government
and some few who who were perhaps not so
'nearly connected with the Upper Chamber,
but who had influence enough to procure
the entree from the envied distributor of
such favors. The only peculiarity in the
appearance of the House that excited the
attention of those familiar with it in former
times was the Throne, which was covered
and had all gilded ornaments concealed,
by something that at a first glance looked
like a white sheet thrown loosely over it.
A little inquiry elicited the expla
nation that the *article was no
ordinary covering, nothing else in fact than
Her Majesty's robe of state, which she
usually wore on all great occasions of cere-'
monial, but which she could not be per
suaded to wear on this, because state and
herself were in accord no longer. The robe
was there, but the heart to put it on was
wanting. There may be some who may
.feel inclined to criticize the omission, and
to judge that if Her Majesty consented to
sit upon the robe she might as well have
consented to wear it; but the kindly instincts
of the British people will but see in this'
little incident a newproof of gentle woman.
liness on the part of the chief lady of the
land, and a new occasion for the expresslori
of a hope that a sorrow so touching may
soon be wholly, as it is now partially, con
soled. -
The House fffied very slowly,both floor and
galleries, with fair visitors. They were clad
1 'in all the colors of the rainbow, and with
1 manyoombinations of colors whicheven th,e
1 rainbow does not present, and converted for
the time being the House of Lords, the most
solemn seat of legislative wisdom in the
world, intomparterre of human beauty. A
few Peers, in ordinary walking costume,
escorted their wives or daughters to the
seats reserved for them, and then retired to
the robing room, whence they speedily
emerged, ' engirt with the scarlet robes and
the white cross-bands which indicate their
rank in the aristocratic hierarchy. Many
of these—whose names and titles it would
be invidious to mention—looked hale and
hearty in the ordinary dress of gentlemen,
but were no sooner enwrapped in the red
mantles of their rank than they seemed as
if a quarter of a century had been added to
their years. The young ...Peers looked well
in their robes of state; but the old ones,most
certainly, looked senile, , rather than vene
rable. • - louse
By 1 o'clock the o was well filled
with ladies, and the buzz of prattle and con
versation was audible on every side. Every
now and then a new-corner into the seats
reserved for the corps ' diplomatique excited
a little burst of attention, which as speedily
subsided, to be succeded by a new sensation
of curiosity among the ladies. About half
past 1 half-a-dozen of the Judges, preceded
by the venerable Lord Chief Baron of the
Exchequer, entered and took their seats op
posite to the woolsack, introducing by their
presence a new element of color into the
motley mosaic which presented itself to - the
eyes of .visitors in the gallery. Scarcely
had the Judges seated themselves when a
greater than they, in the person of the Lord
High Chancellor of England, preceded by
the Mace-bearer, ented by the door
to the left of , he Throne and took
his seat on the woolsack, with
his face towards the House and his
back to the Throne. His Lordship's appear
ance was the signal for the formal commence
ment of the business of the day, the offering
up of prayer by the Bishop of Ely. There
was a rustling of silks and satins as the
Peeresses stood up; followed by a deep
silence, which allowed every syllable of the
prayers to be distinctly heard in all parts of
the House. After prayers there was another
fluttering of silks, in the dovecotes and a
renewal of the hum of conversation which
had prevailed'among the ladies since they
had been congregated in numbers sufficient
to from themselves into coteries. Another
batch of JUdges, bewigged and berobed,
speedily entered, followed after a short in
terval by his Royal Highness the- Duke of
Cambridge, who shook hands with - several
of the Peers and took his seat on the front
bench of Peers, to the' left of the Throrie,
next to the seat reserved for his Royal
Highness" the Prince ef Wales. The Heir
to the Thiene, was not long after his
Royal cousin in making his appear
ance ; and at a signal from the
Usher of• the • Black Rod tthe ' whole
assembly rose •en masse, Peeresses, Peers,
Bishops, Judges, and the foreign Ministers,
to receive the new-comers. The Prince and
Princess of Walesothe Prince in the full
uniform of a general officer,-and the Pitacess
tastefully attired-ina dress of- white tulle,
trimmed with black lace, wearing a tiara of
diamonds and a long flowing veil of white
gauze, entered side by side. The Princess
was escorted to -the .place or - honor on the
Woolsack,immediately fronting the Throne,
while the Leird Chancellor sat with'his face
the other way dos a dos to her Royal High"-
ness, an arrangement which appeared sin
gular,and was the occasion of some remark.
The Prince of - Wales , took his seat along
side this Disko of Cambildge, with whom he
was speedily engaged in conversation. in
terrupted from time to time byhandshaking
with such Peers as had the honor of his sus-
OUR : OLE COUNn!,Y.
• quaintance, and who had to pass his
seat in order to take their own.
From this time about a quarter of
an hour was, occupied by the ladies in
talk as before, and by the Clerks of the
House in administering the oath to such
Peers as had neglected to perform that pre
liminary to the legal exercise of, their func
tions during the few days that have elapsed
since the tormal meeting of Parliament.
At 2 o'clock precisely Black Rod made a
signal to the Lord Chancellor, at which the
whole assembly rose; with the same pleas
ant rustling of silks and satins as before,
evidently expecting that the Queen was ap
proaching. The expectation was for the
time diszppointed, and after the suspense
of about a minute, Peers and Peeresses,
Judges and Bishops, again sat down in
their allotted places, to await the coming of
a Sovereign well known for her scrupulous
punctuality to time in all her public ap
pearances. In less than. Six minutes the
door to the right of the Throne was flung
open, and preceded by a longs train of hal
berdiers, buffetiers, and other officials, en
tered the Majesty of England—the monarch
of an empire, in which, to use the, eloquent
words of Daniel Webster, "There is no hour
of the twenty-four which in one or other of
the two hemispheres does 'not see her an
cient. banner flung to the morning breeze,
or hear the dram beat or the bugle call of
her soldiers sounding the;reveille."_ Her
Majesty was attired in half mourning, and
walked with slow steps to the Throne, fol
lowed by the great officers of State—the
Marquis of Lansdowne bearing the crown
upon a cushion: the Duke of Argyll, hold
ing the sword of State; the Marquis of Win
chester, supporting the Capof Maintenance,
and several other, nobles performing their
appointed functions. Her Majesty stopped
for an instant at the foot of the steps to
shake hands with the Princess of Wales,
who, in common with the whole assenr
blage, had risen on her entrance. The
Queen woreln black—some said a deep pur
ple velvet robe, which, whether it were
purple or black . , looked intensely black in
the dim light of the chamber, trimmed with
white miniver, and a white lace cap i in
Marie Stuart, to the portraits of which un
fortunately lady she bore in this attire a
remarkable similitude. Around her neck
she wore a collar'of brilliants, and over he
breast the blue riband of the order of the
Garter Other ornaments she had none,
and looked in this simple and highly
becoming costume "every inch a
Queen, ' and far more picturesque and
regal than if she had worn the Royal robes
that had become so distastefulto her. Her
Majesty was accompanied by their Royal
Highnesses the Princesses Helena and
Louisa,
and by his Royal Highness the
Prince Christian of Denmark, who stood at
the right of the Throne; the two Princesses
attired in half-mourning, like their illus
tziotts mother. To the left of the Throne
were the Duchess of Wellington, Mistress
of the Robes, the Duchess of Athol, and
other ladles. The Prince of Wales occupied
the chair to the right of the Throne, behind
his Royal sisters and, his ftdure brother-in
law, and was scarcely visible amid the
blaze of beauty around him.,
' The Lont.Clunicellor having notified the
Queen's desthiftliat the company should re
sume-tbeir seats, a message was sent by the
Usher of the Black Rod, desiring the at
tendance of the Speaker and tip Howie of
Commons at the bar of the Lords.' During
the interval that elapsed between-the sum
mons of the Commons and the reply, - the
Queen sat silent and motionless, with her
eyes fixed min the grmind. She seemed to
take no heard' of the brilliant assemblage
around her; but to - be wholly absorbed in
melancholy meditation. . Even when tha_.
Commons rushed. helter-skelter, liken mob_
of schoolboys, to the bar with pushing and
strivings unseemly to witness among gen
tlemeri, but which seem to be considered an
essential part of the days performances,
Her Majesty took no notice of the inter
ruption,and never once lifted her
gaze from the ground. When silence had
been restored—when the real Parliament of
the British people, the governing gawer that
ht;ilds the purse, and with the trse the
sword—the rough and noisy Commons—
never rough and noisy except on this occa
sion, when bad arrangements compel them,
in spite of their better nature, to display
bad manners—had adjusted themselves as
well as they could to the scanty accommo
dation afforded them, the Lord Chancellor,
standing to the right on the second step
from the Throne, announced that Her Ma
jesty had been graciously pleased to com
mancthim to read the Royal Speech, which
be should pcoceed to do in Her Majesty's
own words. His lordship then read the
speech as follows, amid the; all but breath
less silence of the assembly— '
"My Lords and Gentlemen :—lt is with
great satisfaction that I have recourse to
your assistance and advice.. '
"I have recently declared:my consent to a
marriage between my slaughter Princess
Helena and Prince Christian of Schleswig-
Holstein Sonderbourg-Agustenburg. I trust
this union may be prosperous and happy.
"The death of my beloved Uncle, the
King of the Belgians, has affected me with
profound grief. I feel great confidence,
however, that the wisdom which he evinced
during his reign will animate his successor,
and preserve for BelgitunTher independence
and larosperity.
'My relations with foreign Powers are
fiiendlY andsatisfactory, and I see no
cause to fear any disturbancelof the genera'
peace.
"The meeting of the fleets of France and
England in the ports of the respective
countries has tended to cement the amity
of the two nations,and to proVe to the world
their friendly concert in the' promotion of
peace.
"I have observed with satisfaction that
the United States,, after terminating sucess
fully the severe struggle in which they
were so long engaged, are 'wisely repairing
the ravages of civil war. The abolition of
slavery is an event calling forth' the cor
dial sympathies and congratulations of this
country, which has always been foremost
in allowing its abhorrence of an institution
repugnant to every feeling of justice and
humanity.
"I have at the same time the satisfaction
to inform you that the exertions and iier
severance of my naval squadron have
reduced the Slave Trade on the West Coast
of Africa Within very narrow limits.'"A correspondence has taken place ba
, tween my Government mid that of the
United States with respect to injurieif in
ilicted on American commerce by cruisers
under the Confederate flag. Copies of this
correspondence will be, laid before you.
"The renewal of diplomatic'relations with
Brazil has given me much satisfaction, and
I acknowledge with pleasure that the good'
offices' of my ally,the King of Portugal,have
contributed esSentially to thiS happy result:
" I bayelo regret the interruption of peace
between Spain and Chile. The good offices
of my Government, in conjunction. with,
those of the Emperor of the' French, have
' been, accepted by Spain,and it is my earnest
hope that the causes of disagreeMent may
Ibe *removed in a manner honorable and
satisfactory to both countries.
"The negotiations which have beenn - long
pending in Japan, and which have been
conducted, with great ability by my Minister
in that, country, in conjunction with the re
presentatives of my allies in Japan, have
been brought to a conclusion which merits
my entire approbation. The existing treaties
have been ratified by the Mikado; -it has
been stipulated that the tariff shall be re
vised in almanner favorable to commerce,
and thatthe indemnity due under the terms
of the Convention of October,lB64, shall be
punctually discharged.
"I have concluded a Treaty. of Commerce
with the Emperor of. Austria, which I trust
will open' to that empire the blessings'of ex
tended commerce, am' be productive of im
portant benefits to both countries.
"The deplorable events which have oc
,curred in the island of Jamaica have in
duced me to prtivide at once for an impar
tial inquiry, and for the due maintenance of
authority during - that inquiry, by appoint
ing a distinguished military officer as Go
vernor and Commander of the Forces. I
have given him the assistance of two able
and learned Commissioners, who will aid
him in examining into the origin, nature,
and circumstances of the recent outbreak,
and the measures adopted in the course of
its suppression. The Legislature of Ja
maica has proposed that the present politi
cal constitution of the island should 'be re
placed by a new form of Government. A
Bill upon this subject will be submitted for
your consideration.
"Papers on these occurrences will be laid
before you:
"Papers on the present state of New Zea
land will be laid before you. .
" I have given directions for the return to
this country of the greater portion of my
regular forces employed in that colony.
" I watch with interest the proceedings
which are still in progress in British
North America with a view to a closer
union among the Provinces, and I continue
to attach great importance to that object.
' "I have observed with great concern the
extensive prevalence during the last few
months of a virulent distemper among cat
tle in Great Britain, and it is with deep re
gret, and with sincere sympathy for the
sufferers, that I have learnt the severe
losses which it has caused in many coun
ties and districts. It is satisfactory to know
that Ireland and a considerable part or
Scotland are as yet free from this calamity,
and I trust that by the precautions sug
gested by experience, and by the Divine
blessing on the means which are now be
ing employed, its further extension may be
arrested.
`The orders which have been madeby the.
Lords of my Privy Council, by virtue of the
powers vested in them by law with a view
to prevent the spreading of this disease, will
be laidbefore you, and your attention will
be called to the expediency of an amend
ment of the law relating to a subject so
deeply affecting the interests of the people.
"Gentlemen of the House of Oinimons—l
have directed that the estimates of the en
suing yetar shall be laid before you. They
have been prepared with. a due regard to
economy., and. are at the same time consis-
tent *with the maintenance of efficiency in
the public service.
"The condition of trade is satisfactor3r.
".3fy Lords and Gentlemen;—A conspiracy,
adverse alike to authority, property and
religion, and disapproved and - condemned
alike by all who are interested in their
maintenance, without distinction of creed
or class, has uihappily appeared in Ireland.
The constitutional power of the ordinary
tribunals has been exerted for its repros
sion, and the authority of the law has been
firmly and impartially vindicated. •
"A bill will be submitted to you, founded
on the Report of the Royal Commission, on
the subject of Capital Punishment, which
I have directed to be laid before yon.
"Bills will be laid before you for amend
ing and consolidating the laws relating to
Bankruptcy, and for other improvements in
the law.
"Measures will also be submitted to you
for extending the system of public audit to
branches of receipt and expenditure which
it has not hitherto reached, and for amend
ing the provisions of the law with respect to
certain classes of legal pensions.
"Your attention will be called to the sub
ject of the Oaths taken by Members of Par
liament with a view to avoid unnecessary
declarations, and to remove invidious dis
tinctions between members of different re
ligious communities in matters of legisla
tion.
" I have directed that information should
to procured in reference to the rights of
voting in the election of members to serve
in Parliament for counties, cities, and
boroughs.
" When that information is complete, the
attention of Parliament will be called to the
result thus obtained, with a view to such
improvements in the laws which regulate
the rights of voting in the election of mem
bers of the House of Comnions as may tend
to strengthen our free institutions and con
duce to the public welfare.,
"In these and'in all other deliberations, I
fervently pray that the blessings ofAlmighty
God may guide your counsels to the promo
tion of the happiness of my people."
The reading conciuded,the Lord Chancel
lor bowed his obeisance to the Queen, who
slightly, but courteously, returned the sa
lute. 'Then rising from the Throne the
whole of the brilliant, assemblage rising
from their seats at the same time, Her Ma
jesty stepped slowly down, kissed-the Prin
cess of Wales, who sat almost at her feet,
shook hands with Prince Christian, and,-
handed out by his Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales, followed by the Princess
of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge, re
tired by the door at which she had entered,
with the usual flourish and following, in
which heralds and Garter Kings of Arms
delight, mid which they,. only are learned
enough in their art to record.
Thus ended the opening of the seventh
Parliament of Queen Victoria. The Peers
and Judges laid aside their scarlet robes
and uncomfortable ermine; and the Peer
esses hastened home, to hear the faint echo
in the streets of thei hearty applause that
Was showered upan the Sovereign by a
people delighted to seeher once again;among
them; to choisla the hope that the shadow
of grief, if not wholly, had partially passed
over, and that many years of health and
happiness were yet in store for her.
T.u.ti, PACIFIC RAILICOAD.-S. N. Goodall,
one of the Commissioners of the Pacific
RailroSd, is now in Washington, diroxt fro
TexaS, and has delivered to the na
Senate
numerously signed petitions from various
parties of the South .. one from the City
Council of Vicksburg, praying for a
Southern connection with the Union Pacific
Railroad. Some of them define clearly the
vast importance to. the South and North of
such a connection, and it is believed that
Congress will provide for a railroad by way
of Leavenworth, Lawrence and Fort Gibson
throUgh the Indiattterritou.
F. L. FEII:LERSTON. PubiLsie
DOUBLE SHEET, THREE CENTS
Arrival of the United States Monitor
Monadnock at Rio Janeiro---Visit
of the Emperor of Brazil to the
Vessel---Voyage of the Mo- '
nadnock from Fortress Mon
roe to Rio--United States
Vessels at Rio Jaeeiro
, --The Emigration of
Southern Rebels
to Brazil, &c.
A correspondent of the New York Herald
writes from Rio Janeiro, January 2d, as
follows: •
It was in June (1865) that General Wm.
Wallace W. Wood, of Mississippi, but long
time resident of New Orleans, was, appointed
the chief agent of associations of immigrants
of four counties in Mississippi. In New .
Orleans he became the agent of another as--
sociation; of a third from the Caroline
county district of Virginia; of a •fourth
New York of Northern and Central Missis
sippians, and, by reason of an accident to .it
and the return of the vessel (the Montana)
on which he first started out in August last,
of nineteen other associations, the agents of .
whom all, without exception, confided their
business to his charge. General Wood is a •
middle aged man, a lawyer and editor,a
fluent writer, forcible speaker, popular in
hia manners and prompt in the despatch
of business. His arrival in Rio had been
anticipated, and his reception was most
enthusiastic. No passport was asked of
him—he had none—and his baggage was .
permitted to be taken to his hotel without ,
the surveil] .nce of the customs. The mcrn- 4
ing after the arrival , the metropolitan .n
papers were flaming with kindest notices „ ,
and full of cordial welcomes. That day was 4
one of decided sensation. A victory hid
just been achieved over the Paraguayaris,,
and a regular commissioner of a largo
American immigration, with a Party. 0f„,,,
explorers, had arrived. The church bells .;
rang merrily all over the city, the streets
were. filled with processions, bands of mu
sic were playing everywhere, and sky
rockets
were ascending and bursting every ••••; . .1
second in broad daylight during the entire
day, and at night the city was illuminated.
An hour before sunset Rint de Dererta, the
main street in the city, on which the Ex. : .
change Hotel, where we had taken rooms,
was located, began filling for the distance
of three blocks or squares in front of-the
hotel with a dense mass of hu
manity and a band of music, while the
windows, balconies and housetops of the
buildings in the vicinity , . were thronged
.
With women and children, waving hand
kerchiefs and miniature flags of Brazil and .
the Statea. In response. to loud and repeated
"vivas for Gen. Wood," that gentleman ap
geared in one of the balconies of the hotel,
where, in bis representifive character, he
was weloomed with deafening shouts, the
band playing "Dixie." An address in
Portuguese,signed by numerous merchants, .
bankers, &c., was then read by one of then
citizensamid immense applause, atthe con
clusion
of which the loand played the
national hymn of Brazil, when every head
was uncovered and profound silence ensued
during the performance. The chief agent
then responded in Rnglieh, his remarks.
understood by some, being received by all
with a species of wild delight:The next day
all the papers contained.the address, signa
tures and. speech. •
Within three days from this demonstra
tion General Wood and party had visited
various Ministers of State, and been called
on in return by them, the foreign ministers,
ac., and had perfected all his arrangements
for an extensive. tour into the interior. He
demanded that emigrants should be made
citizens immediately on their arrival on
simply taking the oath of allegiance, free
dom of the press and religious worship,viith
privilege to erect temples for the latter after
the custom of our people in the States;
recognition of the rules and regulations
adopted by the emigrants for their national •
government; privilege to erect schools, aca
demies
and colleges under their own rules;
charters, with all privileges, for their vil
lages, towns and cities; free imports for all
needed by the emigrants for five years, 6re.
All this was agreed to, though much re
quires legislative enactment, as not being
in conformity with existing laws.
On our return to Rio we found the Em
peror, Don Pedro 11., who was absent when -
we landed in the Empire, and had just re- •
turned from the wars. He is immensely.
popular, and (deservedly so. We had art
interview with him of nearly an hour's
ration, and be plied General Wood with -
question after question, seemed loth to part --
with him and invited us to be sure and call.
again. He shows age, though but forty, and •
is profoundly a statesman. The sights in.
the metropolis incident to the Emperor's r
return were confined principally to the
churches and theatres, where crowds fol
lowed his Majesty.
The Brazilian government has promised
General Wood, in his representative char.,:
acter, government lands inthalocalit lea he
has selected at the minimum government •
rate of twenty-two cents an acre, payable
in five years; good dirt roads of twenty feet
width to the points of location from the
nearest ports of railroads; provisions and
other assistance towards, sustenance and
progress of emigrants until they can be es
tablished; transportation to their settle
ments; citizenship on taking the oath, of
allegiance; one vessel fore. every two fur
nished them, and other privileges ennme-
rated in the early 'part of this chapter.
The liberality and pilogressiveness of the -
imperial government, are exemplified by ..•„,,
the encouragement given to railroad prOtic- ,
tors and to other enterprises and in • the - 7
rapid strides being made in emulation of' -*
the United - States. The constitution of •
Brazil is its fundamental law sacredly. oh- '
served, and rePublicanism in its details is
its pervading element. < There is more free
dom, pinbably, in Brazil than in any other
government in the world <lt is 'essentially"-
a; monarchical government with republican
institutions. , •
• Slavery will probably last twenty years:.
longer
longer initrazil. It is gradually and surely
disappearing. No slaves, none of the Ain',
can race, can beadmitted lathe empire, and"
every year:; hundreds are _manumitted.
Slaves do not wear shoes. The armies of
the empire are a heterogeneous mass of all .
colors and classes. Married men are ex
em
pt from military:duty; so are lawyers.; ~
The manning of the Southern forts with - ,
colored troops is &most obnoxiouS measly* -f t
[Continued on the Lnitt Page.] - •
BRAZIL.