GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME XIX.---NO. 269. gEVENING BULLETIN. PUBLISTERT) EVERY EVENING, (Sundays excepted) at 329 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia: umirm "Evening Bulletin', Association',' PROPMEETOES. GIBSON PEACOCK, GASPER SOIIDER, Jr. J THOMAS. WILL IF. L. PETHERSTON I ERNESTI AMSON. 0. WALLAC. The ItcruaTEN is served to subscribers in the city at as cents per week, payable to the carriers, or Is DO per TVVILCCOX. &GrIIESI3S, sewing Machine too.. 720 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. DIED. EBIERICIC—On the 26th instant, George Emerick In the 72d year of his age. The relatives and friends of the family are re• npectfully invited to attend the funeral from his late „residence, No. 514 North Eleventh street,above Button wood, on Thursday .afternoon, March Ist, at 3 o'clock. Funeral services at St. John's Lutheran Church, Race, 'below Sixth _ street. ,ts LANE—On the morning of the 26th Instant, Captain Peter lane in the 65th year of his age. The relatives and friends of the family are respect itfily invited to attend the tbneral from his late rest -deuce, No. 657 North Stethetreet, on Thursday morn ing, March Ist, at 10 o'clock. ** LDEPLNCOTT—On the morning of the 26th instant, 2.lary E., wife of Joshua W. Lippincott, and daughtet of Samuel and Martha H. Parry, in the 27th year of her age, Her friends and relatives are invited to the funeral from the residence of her husband, No. 1 624 Mount 'Vernon street, an Fifth day. 3d mo. Ist, at 11 o'clock. Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. MAXFIELD—On the morning of the 25th instant„ -of disease of the heaxt, Joseph Maxfield. His friends and those of the family are particu larly invited to attend the funeral from his late re sidence,. No. 609 North Tenth street, on Wednesday afternoon, 28th instant, at 3 o'clock. To proceed to Laurel Hill. MlLLER—Suddenly, on the 26th instant, at the re sidence of ber son-in-law, David L. Skillman, No. 1316 Vine 'street, Mrs. Mary A. Miller, in the 69th year of her age. Due notice of the funeral. will be given. RONEY—On the morning,of the 24th instant, Eli zabeth, wife of Samuel J. Roney. The relatives and friends of the family are re spectfully invited to attend her funeral from the re sidence of her husband, No. 458 North Sixth street, on Wednesday morning. the 28th inst., at 10 o'clock. * . _ . . RHODIAS--On Sunday, 25th instant. Jemima 8., re lict of the late Jesse Thomas, in the 84th year of her The relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral from the residence of her son-in-law, Wm. C. Claghorn, N 0.1031 Coates street, on Wednesday af ternoon. 23th instant, at 2 o'clock. Interment at Lau rel Hill Cemetery. DEATH OP A MEMBER 'OP THE COAL EX- CHANGE-RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT At a full meeting of, the Coal Trade, held at the "Booms of the Philadelphia Coal Exchange, on Mon day, February 26, at IP. M., to give expression to the feelings of the Trade with reference to the lamented -and sudden aeatlfof JOSEPH MAXFIELD, ESQ., the following Preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted:; Whereas. We have received the 'melancholy Intent. Bence of the sudden death of Joseph Maxfield, of the firm of Wannemacher , & lfe.xfield; therefore Resolved, That while we bow before that Inscrutable Providence which orders the affairs and destinies of men according to the councils of His own wisdoth, we 'cannot but express our sorrow at the sudden removal from oar midst of one so long and so favorably known lo the Coal Trade. . ' . _ . • Be-solved. That the highly honorable character and conduct •of our departed friend, through so Many sears, in sill his connections with the Trade, and his universal suavity of demeanor towards those with whom he was brought Into business relations, endear :bla memory tons, and that In his removal from among we have lost one of our most high-minced and useful associates. .Resolved That, as our last sad tribute of respect to Ids earthly remains, we 'will attend his , funeral in a body. - . Resolved. That we entertain, and hereby tender to the bereaved widow and children of the (messed, our deepest feelings of sympathy and condolence with them in this unexpected and Irreparable loss. Besolved, That the Secretary be requested to fhpaish cm attested copy of the above Preamble and Resolu tions to the family of our deceased friend. ANDREW M. EASTWICIC., President. Attest—Wm.. Hur,rrsza, Jr., Secretary. WHITA MOREENB FOR EGLIRTS. T Green Watered Moreens. 6-4 and 6-4 Green Baize, White Cloth for Sacks. White Evening Silks. EYRE ft LANDELL. Fourth and Arch. SPECIAL NOTICES. VHOWARD HOSPITAL, Zia% 1518 and WO Lombard street , Dispensary Department. Med rtnameat and mediates furnished gratuitously liAthePoor. seal 10* THE FIRST OF DR. J. THO I, I - .4 S'S LEG 'ruRES, on the RELIGIOUS and PHILOSO- PiilC SYSTEMS OF CHINA AND INDIA, will be delivered at University HaIIAININTH Street, above -Chestnut, on THURSDAY EVENING, March Ist, at .8 o'clock. Single Tickets for the Coarse. $l, Tickets ,for the Course admitting a Gentleman and twONLadies, Single Tickets for an evening. 50 cents. Tickets may be had at Ashmead ct.:Evans's Book -Store, 724 Chestnut street; at Parrish's Drug Store, /southwest coiner of Eighth .and Arch streets, or at the deor. fe27-2trp* NORTH AMERICAN MINING COMPANY. Office, No. 327 WALNUT street, (Second floor.) mar yaw 100,000 SHARES, CAPITAL STOCK. a" •310 80 This Company owns in fee simple several valuable iSilver Mines in Nevada. 50,000 SHA RES FOR WORKING CAPITAL 25,000 TO BE SOLD IN 25 LOTS AT 0000 EACH. -Subscriptions received at the office until March 14th. BY ORDER OF IRE DIRECTORS. fe22-IStrp T. S. EMERY, Treasurer. 30OFFICE OF THE LEHIGH COAL AND NAVIGATION COMPANY, PIELLADELPinA, s.T)sceruber 2151,1865. LOAN FOR SALE. IN SUMS TO SUIT PURCHASERS. • The Loan of this Company, due April let, 1884, lute- Vest payable quarterly, at the rate of six per cent. per annum. This Loan is secured by a mortgage on all the Com any's Coal Lands, Canals, and SlawaterNavlgation river,and all their Bailroads,constructed o , And to the constructed, between Blanch Chunk and Wirilkesbarre, and branch roads connected therewith, ' , pad the franchise of the Compmy relating thereto. Apply to SOLOMON auanoriaßßD,Treasurer, cdea.rptfi 122 South Second street. 'lO. NORTH PENNS VANIA. RAILROAD AND GREEN LANE STATION. The undersigned have on hand a supply of - S.EMIGH COAL, equal to any in the market, which *they prepare with _great care and deliver to the =residents of GERMANTOWN and Its vicinity at the ,Sollowing prices, viz: '_33ROICEN OR FURNACE COAL, - .OxCiG OR SMALL FITRNACE ;STOVE OR RANGE lO 00 ‘• ;SMALL STOVE OR tux .r NUT 10 00 ..;,,NUT OR CHESNUT 9 50 " A deduction of FIFTY CENTS PER TON will be made when taken from the yard. Adhering strietly to ONE PRICE, an order by letter &will have the same effect as a visit in person and will tiepromptlyattended to. Address to the Office. FRANtrraN INSTITu'VE BUILDING. Or to the Yard, 15 SOUTH SEVENTH STREET, BIKES & SEEayF, Green Lane and North Pennsylvaniaßailroad. PHILAD A, Feb. 24,1666. fe2s-Imrpi :1. ADELPHL3 AND SOUTHERN 411:W1WATtaSTEAMSHIP COMPANY. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. Notice is hereby given that a*meeting of the Stock ''holders of the Philadelphia anti Southern Mail Steam . ethip Company will be held at the - ROOMS OF THE BOARD OF TRADE on MONDAY, March Sth, 1866, between the hours of 10 o'clock, A. M., and 3 o'clock; B. M., for the purpose Of electing SEVEN DIRECT -10R% in pursuance of a provision of 91e third section ...of the act incorporating said Company THOMAS C. 'HAND FREDERIC CoLT.T*s, RICHARD WOOD, W A. F S.. RUCETSSSERROUGH, , ELL, GEoRG ur A Ar E.L. MAS BUZB SEY Y. • wni, JOHN 0. JAMES, WM. C. HARRIS, GEORGE N. ALLEN. , HENRY SIMONS, A. M. coNOVER WM. M. WILSObt,_ -701 IN D. sTOOKTuN, A. J. OATH:ERNS/00D, HENRY WENSOR, • E. A. SODDER, WM. B. THOMAS. 3-PECI2A., Feb. ?4,1866. [1024-74rp] OerpOratore. SPECIAL NOTICES. IJNION STATE CONVENTION. . _ A Stated Convention will be held in the Hall of the House of Representatives, in Harrisburg, Pa., on WEDNESDAY, TAP. 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 Governmant. Its fire! has purified the nation. The defence of the nation's life has demonstrated who were it 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 learnestly re quested to unite in sending ; delegates to represent them in said Convention. By order OT the Union State Central Com mittee. JOHN CESSNA, Chairman. GEO. W. HAMIEESLY A. W. BENEDICT, } Secretaries. ICI"THE QUAKER FATMERS."—PHILADEL PIIIA, Feb. 19, 1866. lIENRY PETERSON. EN: As the Lecture re cently delivered before the Historical Society of Penn sylvania. entitled "THE QU 4W E FATHERS." treats of subjects calculated to interest deeply every Pennsylvanian, and make him feel a Just pride in the early history of his native State we would request that it be repeated at some suitable time and place. Very respectfully,L. A. Oodey, Wm. W. Harding. Gibson Peacock, Chas. E. 'Warburton, Walter McMichael, T. S. Arthur , Edmund Deacon, Hugh D. Vail. Fred. H. Stone, Charles H Abbott, Richard Wright, Jacob M. Ellis, Charles M. Morris, Charles Lehman. Eli B. Price, Jay Cooke, M. Simpson, Thompson West cott, S. Austin Allibone, Dillwyn Parrish, John P. Verree, B. J. Leedom, Joseph Jeanes, 'H, N. Burroughs, John A. McAllister, J. Gibbons Hunt, M,D., Caleb Clothier, George H. Burgin, James W Illita, allliTLEMEN—it will afford me great pleasure to re peat my . lecture on "THE QUAKER lATHER.S." I confess to feeling no small amount of admiration for the Founders of Pennsylvania. They sought the shores of the New World to secure their Ova and Re ligious Freedom ; and what they sought for themselves they were desirous that others also snohl enjoy. In my opinion, Pennsylvania has suffered from the want of a reasonable-and natural state 'pride—using the term in its high and generous sense; and I have en deavored to show how far the Fouoder§ of this state were in advance of the rest of the world in the Past, in the belief that the memory of such a ;,glorious record cannot be otherwise than ennoaling tothe men of the I- resent. Very revectfully. 7atF.NR _ _ PETERSON. The Lecture will be delivered on MONDAY EVEN ING, March sth, at CONCERT HALL, beginning pre cisely at quarter before eight o'clock. . Tickets, admitting a Gentleman and Lady. price Fifty Cents, can be obtained at 31cAllisterls, V.. 8 Chestnut street: Parrish's 500 Arch street; T. B. Pugh's, sixth and Chestnut; Di Bunt ez Sons',ls2 North Fourth street, and at the door on the evening of the Lecture. RI TO THE FIREMEN. The undersigned avail theMselves of the ear opportunity to publicly express their sincere thanks for the noble and untiring efforts of the Fire men, of Fhiladefphia. to preserve our property during the terrible'contiagration. with which ,we were visited last evening. ,In the great contusion 'with which we were surrounded, it would be impossible for us to in• dividualize those most deserving, where all labored so devotedly, and who were so ably and advantageonsly directed by Chief Lyle. The most ptainfal feature for our contemplation, is to learn this morning, of the death of one, and the very serious injury of many others of the noble phalanx of brave, generous and self-sacrificing Firemen. JAMES. KENT, SATEEN & 00., re 7 239 and 241 North Third street. U OFFICE OF THE SIVERLY RUN OIL COMPANY, NO, 524 WALNUT STREET, ROOM NO. 15. 3 lie annual meeting of the Stockholders of the Company will be held on TIIESDAY,Warch 13. at 12 &clock, noon, for the election of Directors to serve for the ensuing year, - and the transaction of such other - business as may be brought beforethe meeting fe27lmhl3/ J. R. WILKINS, Secretary. (0.. MRS. F. E. W. HARPER WILL DELIVER HE FOURTH LECTURE OF nib. COURSE Before the Social, Civil and Statistical Association, THURSDAY EVENING, March Ist, At Concert Hall. Subject: "THE NATION'S GREAT OPYORTUNTrY." MUSIC BY THE "BLACK SWAN." Tick.ets. 35 cents, to : be had at T. B. I"tigh's Book Store, Sixth and Chestnut, and at the door. Doors open at 7. Begin at 5. fe26 it nil WTHE . EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL COM MENCYNIFNT of the HOIDEOPA.THIC ME m. COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA will be held at the MUSICAL FUND HALL, Locust st. above Eighth, at Noon, MARCH Ist, 1866. Valedic tory Address by Professor Lippe. The public are in vited. H. W. GUERNSEY, M. D. o=-20, VAN ADJOURNED 31.6.8:11.:CG or the SILVER RIIN OIL COMPANY will be held at 5115 alnut street. on 'WEDNESDAY. February 26th 1866, at 1036" o'clock, A. M. C. D. RITCHIE, lt* Secretary. A very good audience witnessed theopera of Faust, performed by Mr. Grover's Ger man Company at • the Academy of Music, last evening. The performance was an ex cellent one—better than the Italians have ever given us, for after all, the German conception of the characters and of the music is the true one. Madame Rotter's voice has lost its freshness, but it is still very agreeable, and as "Margaret," she acted and sang with such intelligence and energy, that she gave very great satisfac tion. Mlle. Dziuba was an excellent "Sie bel." The "Mephistopheles" of Hermans is better now than eyelet and it is altogethel. a creation that shows more. genius than any operatic personation that we have seen for a long time. With all due respect for the. Italians that have played 'Faust," we give the preference to Himmer. His con ception of the character is excellent, and he sings carefully and with great expres sion. Steineeke played "Valentine" well and the minor parts were adequately filled. The chorus and orchestra were excellent, and the performance as a whole was emi nently successful. This evening Fra Diavolo, admirably cast, will be produced, and to-morrow even ing Mozart's Magic Flute, which has .not been played here for some years. $lO 00 per Ton 10 00 ~ LECTIJIVES ON CHINA AND INDIA.—Few of us iipow much of our antipodes. Even the noise of their great wars and rebellions reaches us only in distant echoes. And yet in Europe, before the times of IMarco Polo and Columbus, the approach to, the marvel lous and opulent,lndies was the day-dream of the traveler; the El Dorado Of his wishes. China, so shut out from the 'rest of the world, has yet a history, a philosophy, a literature and a civilization; and so had ancient India. Hereafter, , no doubt, com, merce wM,force open the gateslof the East, so that the future, as well as the past of Orientalism is rich in interest. We allude to this now because a rare and excellent op portunity will be afforded to our citizens of learning, in a short time, the essential facts concerning the religious and I philosophic systems and civilizationof China and India, in a short course;of lectures by Dr. Joseph Thomas. This gentleman, whose remark ably accurate and extended leaf Wing is well known, hag given•much attention to Orien tal studiest besides having resit ed for some The German Opera PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1866. time in India during its great :rebellion' Those who heard Dr. Thomas's late ; very instructive course upon the Greek Philoso phers may be assured that in the forth coming lectures (which begin this Week) they will have a still richer treat of infor mation and entertainment. LATER EUROPEAN NEWS. Arrival of the Steamers Arago and Hermann, THE MEXICAN QUESTION. Marshal Forey States that the French Troops Cannot Return from Mexico as Speedily as Desired by France. • THE FENIAN EXCITEMENT Several More Counties in Ireland Proclaimed. The steamship Arago, Captain Gadsden, from Falmouth on the 15th instant, arrived at New York last night. .The steamship Herman, Captain Wenke, from Bremen on the 11th, and Southampton on the 14th instant, also arrived here last night. The news by -rthese arrivals is four days later. Earl Russell received a deputation on Mon day from the Royal Agricultural Society in in reference to the cattle plague. A fearful gale had passed over the Southern coast of England. It is expected that many casual ties will be reported. The Paris Presse has received a second warning. It intends to appeal to the Council of State against the two warnings which it has received. The steamship Queen arrived out on the lah, and the City of Boston on the 13th. France and Mexico. In the French Senate, on the 10th inst., M. Rouher protested against the speech de- livered by M. de Boissy in Friday's sitting. Marshal Forey stated that the return of the French troops from Mexico could not take place so speedily as appeared to be desired in France, and he even advised ;that fresh reinforcements should be sent out. M. Rouher declared that M i tirshal Forey had expressed, in his speech, merely a private opinion, the views of the gevernment Upon this subject being those contained in the speech from the throne and the drafts of the address. The first eight paragraphs of the addresErwere then adopted. The Penises. [Dublin (Feb.l3) correspondence of the London Times' A police inspector and four detectivesroth cers surrounded a most respectable house in the neighborhood of Pleasant street, Yes terday, and made a diligent search in it and about it for Stephens, but without getting any trace of him. A supplement of the Dubtin Gazette has been issued., and contains the announcement that the following counties and parts of counties will be proclaimed from the'l4th inst.: The county of Roscommon, the city of Armagh, the county of Armagh, the county of Leitrim, the county of Cavan, the county of Wicklow, the county of Wexford, Longtord, the baronies of Moydown, Rath cline and Shrule. Accounts from various parts of the country express the great satis faction of the population at having their respective counties proclaimed. Many Pro testant families in the south and west have been for weeks afraid to go to bed. Dr. White, city coroner, held an inquest to-day on the body of George Clark, who was murdered on Friday night. From the evidence it appeared that the three men who inveigled him to the banks of the canal were Fenians, who believed him to, be an in former, but he denied the fact, and is cor roborated by the police. A verdict of wilful murder was returned against a person or persons unknown, and that John Lawler, Samuel Kavanagh and a man called "the doctor," were present at the time. Gavin, who was arrested as "the doctor," has been discharged, there being no proof against him. Corporal Mulvahill was tried - to-day by court-martial for treasonable language to wards the Queen and government. The British Reform Bill. The London Times of Monday, in a leader, says : As the time draws near for revealing the plans of the Ministry, it appears aral be comes more and more certain that tha Re form bill of 1866 will consist simply of clauses lowering the franchise in boroughs to £6 rating, and in counties to £l5 occupation. It would seem,unless he has been sadly belied, that Lord Russell had acted upon the advice of Mr. Bright, and has, greatly daring, re solved to stake the existence of his admin istration on the success of a bill which shall give us £6 for £lO householders, and £l5 for £5O county tenants. We cannot suppose that the government believes that such a bill as is now prediced will be accepted as a settlement of the reform question. It is crude, violent and offensive ; it expresses no policy, it corresponds to no aims. 'The conduct of the Ministry on reform seems to show that they are themselves conscious they are settling down. They pass trom side to side, and roll and plunge with every fresh gust and every passing wave; but such things are premonitory , of disaster, and we can only hope that if there is to be a shipwreck, something valuable may be left by way of salvage. Finances of Spain. MADItII), Feb. 10.—In to-day's sitting of the Senate the Minister of Finance declared the finances of the country to be in a more favorable condition than was supposed, the expenditure of the current year being. esti mated at 1,400 million reals and the revenue of 4,700 million, including the bonds repre senting the national property. The Senate have adopted the address, in reply to the speech'from the throne by a ma jority of sixty-two votes. spain's Policy towards Italy. 1 The following is the text of the despatch, dated .February 5, addressed by General de la Marmora to the Italian Minister at Mad rid, in consequence of the. declarations oia tamed in the Spanish Red Book respeoping the policy of Spain towards Italy: "I request you to remind Senor Bermu dez de Castro that if the September Conven tion,.while acknowledging the principla of non-mtervention, - nevertheless placed 'cer tain conditions upon the application of that principle, those conditions concern. France exclusively. You will. therefore declare that, as , regards other powers, their non intervention in the political affairs of RO . me alwaYs.remEdna the =qualified . principle upon which the conduct of Italy will be, =- variably Weed. • 1 OUR COUNTRY. A despatch from Florence of Feb. 12 s tys —The Commission of Inquiry upon the route to be selected for the railway throuzh the Helvetic Alps have almost unanimously decided in favor of Mount St. Gothard. No vote was given for the Lulimanier route. The session of the Chambers has been prorogued until Feb. 15. The committee on the provisional exercise of the Budget have accepted the proposal of the ministry, ex tending its duration until the end of April next. Letters from Rome to the 7th inst. give the speech of the Pope at the English College. in which his Holiness mentioned the pros perity and greatness of England, but re gretted that she should have been forgetful of her glorious title of the Holy Island. The Pope hoped that her immense possessions and boasted institutions would serve the cause of the true faith. Several English Catholic prelates and other distinguished persons were present. BELGIUM. A telegram from Brussels, of February 11, says: "Viscount Sydney arrived here last night to invest King Leopold 11. with the Order of the Garter. To-day the King received in solemn audience, at the Royal Palace all the members of the mission de puted by Queen Victoria to invest his Ma jesty with the Order of the Garter. In the Chamber of Deputies on Fehruary 10 the debate was resumed, on the motion protesting against the decision of the Su preme Court restricting liberty of speech in the Chamber. During the debate, Count Bismark and the Ministers of the Interior and Justice censured the Deputies in strong terms, and stated that they opposed the in dependence of the courts of justice in order that they might be free to give vent to ex pressions of insult and calumny. The House subsequently adopted the motion of Herr von Hoyerbeck, protesting against the decision of the Supreme Court, by 263 to 35 cotes. The Vienna Debuts of the 11th says—" The sensation news published in some foreign newspapers of a Prussian ultimatum upon the question of the Duchies having been re ceived by the Austrian government is un founded. 'Yesterday Count Mensdorif despatched a note to Count Karolyi, the Austrian Ambassador at Berlin, in which he announced that Austria declined to entertain the protest of Prussia with re ference to the late public meeting at Altona."' The Presse says—`•Count Mensdorff, in his note to Count Karolyi, appeals to the Gastein Convention, by which the posses sion of the duchies is divided between the two great Ger Man Powers. He energetically denies that Prussia is entitled to address complaints to Austria respecting the ad ministration of Holstein. " The Prussian despatch declared the pre sent state of things to be untenable, but did not put forward any demand or precise proposal," MI NGARY AND CROATIA. The Crotian Diet has agreed to the union with Hungary by 90 against 94 votes. SWEDEN The Franco-Swedish Treaty of Commerce has been sanctioned by all the four Cham bers of the Swedish Parliament. The de bates on the treaty were most violent. The budget for 1866 has appeared. The principal items are as follows : Ordinary revenue. - - R 349,000,000 Extraordinary ditto (including the surplus of the last loan) - 32,500,000 Issue of Treasury . bonds - - 9,000,000 Ordinary expenditure - - 307,000,000 Extraordinary ditto - - 25,000,000 Financial and Commercial. LONDON MONEY - MARKET—February 14. —Consols for money, 87@871. Illinois Cen tral shares, 741. Erie shares, 511. Five twenties, 671. Liverpool Cotton Market—February 14. —Sales of two days 14,000 bales; market easier and quotations barely maintained. Of the above sales speculators and exporters took 4,000 bales. The Manchester market was easier and inactive. Liverpool Breadstuffs Market—February 14th.—Flour firmer. Wheat firm at 10s© 10s. 6d, for winter red and Southern. Corn advanced 3d, and tending upwards; sales at 288. 9d. for mixed. Liverpool Provision Market, Feb. 14. Beef active and firm. Pork—Stock scarce and prices tend upwards; holders demand an advance. Bacon steady. Lard firm at 738. ®74s. Tallow quiet and steady. Cheese firm. Liverpool Produce Market, Feb. 14. Ashes quiet at 328.@345. Sugar dull. Coffee quiet. Rice dull. Linseed*oil firmer; sales at 44. Rosin very dull. Spirits tur pentine—Small sales. Petroleum steady at 2s. 4d. It is still believed by the people of Dub lin that Stephens, the Fenian, is concealed in that city. Considering the hotness of the chase, he is certainly successful in Doublin'. The wearers of numerous fine suits of Canadian 'manufacture in Chicago have come to gr i ef. Officers of the Customs nave seized upon the smuggled clothes and the wearers have to fork over the duties. The officers enter the suits and the Wearers of course are trotted out. Two settings of eggs were sent last spring a long distance in England. Both, were packed with care, one in bran, the other in hay. Of those in bran not one egg hatched, while every one packed in hay produced a chick. Bran-died hen-fruit is new. Whem sheep have no roots, it is well to keep them supplied with pine or hemlock boughs—or other ram-ifications. We never heard of any sheep that had roots, except, perhaps, yews. Men who destroy railroad tracks, are now called Track-tearians. If there is one thing that is sure to incense us, it is the man who expends himself in constant myrrh-myrrhs. The Parisian public is soon to be aston ished by a wonderful female, who will sing a song in the cage which contains Batty the lion tamer's beasts. The song, of course, will be "Batt'! Batti!" There is to be trotting on the ice at Bur lington for three days this week, with mode rate purses for the winning horses. We know no surer wayy of getting . a little hoarse than by trotting about on the ice. The new prima donna of Marbtzek, Seno rita Carmelina Proch, will make her debut this evening, at the New York Academy of Music. Now we shall hear of the stock holders talking of "using their Proch-sees,'' meaning their lorgnettes. At the last ball at the Tailleriee, the Em peror, on seeing. Dime. de Pone dressed as nearly as posaible d Imperatrice Josephine, exclaimed, "Why that must be my grand mother in her twentieth year !" We hay.e often heard of people who fancied•that they saw their grandmother, after 'spending an evening with a sham,Poae party. PRUSSIA THE DUCHIES Facts and Fancies. ~~M~~~fr~~w~c~~+►~~~,~:r~s:~:~:r~~wy His Wilt to New York and Brooklyn. Narrow Escape from Fatal Injury by the Explosion of a • Rifle, &c. [From today's N. Y. Tribune.] It is not at all remarkable that after having seen the mysteries and miseries of New York, he should make an effort to find relief in the City of Churches ; nor is it at all strange that the contagion which has been raging on this side the East River, among the clubs and ball managers, should extend to Brooklyn. Indeed it broke out violently among our neighbors on the Heights, immediately after the brilliant suc cess on the part of the Union Leanue Club, and they determined to eclipse that affair, if possible. Accordingly, Monday evening was named as the time; the Academy of Music the place. Tickets were limited in number to 1,000, and the Md Regiment, N. G. S. N. Y., was intrusted with the details. In decorating the Academy upon this oc casion bunting was the principal article used. Around the first tier of boxes small imitations of the American flag were hung in great profusion, and shields, starred and striped, were lavishly displayed. The Na tional colors were hung in the form of fes toons from the upper tier, and the stage was canopied in the same manner. The large chandelier over the centre of the stage was handsomely ornamented with flowers; while the scenery in the rear represented a tent, in front of which was a pile of dim mg, and two or three stacks of arms. In front of the prosceniuni box on the right of the stage a kind of breastwork had been erected, extending to the dress circle on one side, and almost to the rear of the stage on the other. An elegant carpet was laid behind this protective work, and the box itself was fitted up for the use of the General and his attendants. It Fad been announced that the General would arrive promptly at 7} o'clock, an hour much too early for the fashionable; but for this occasion the goddess was com pelled to forego her habit and change her hours. At 91 o'clock he was to be delivered into the hands of the Brooklyn Club, and the 23d Regiment was under the painful necessity of compressing all their pomp into the narrow space of one hundred and twenty minutes. Brooklyn took an ex ceedingly early dinner, and the feminine denizens of that goodly city who held invi tations and admission tickets, evidently made hasty toilettes that they might not lose one of the one hundred and twenty minutes ;they had determined to spend in the presence of the Lieutenant-GeneraL. At seven o'clock carriages began to arrive and depcisit their delicate freight at the door of the Academy. The dress circle—the parquet had been floored over—and upper tier of boxes were soon filled and the slight est feeling of impatience began to manifest itself, when, at eight o'clock, Gen. Grant made his appearance, escorted by the Com mittee of Arrangements, and took his station in the box prepared for him. The audience rose; the gentlemen shouted; the ladies fluttered their perfumed lace and cambric—Gen. Grant had been received. There were no speeches, but there was music, and this was the signal for a grand promenade. Passing round the breastwork we have described, at one end and behind it, the procession marched. Those who had an opportunity took the General by the hand, while he bowed politely and gra tiously to all. It was a kind of review— such an one as the General has recently been much accustomed to, but a vastly more tedious and not half so grand as that which makes a part of the "pomp and cir cumstance of glorious war." The ceremony being ended, the General was permitted to seat himself, partake of some refreshment that had been prepared, and finally take his departure for the rooms of the Brooklyn Club. As he passed out some one crie4 out, "Three cheers for Gen. Grant," and they were given. He had reached the door, however, and as he made an effort to bow his thanks it suddenly closed. Music was used to console the guests at the departure of the hero, and many wooed the "Muse of many twinkling teat" to compensate them for the loss. After the departure of the General,dancing was very generally indulged in by the ladies, though they were bonneted and shawled as it for a journey to the Arctic Sea. The music divided itself into two bands,and the moon sank far down the west before the amusement ceased. (From the World.] A curious and most unforeseen accident happened to General Grant yesterday,whiolf fortunately resulted in a trifling wound. A` gentleman called at the Metropolitan Hotel for the purpose of exhibiting to General Grant a rifle of an entirely new pattern. The rifle was about. two feet in length. and re sembled a pistol in construction, excepting that the cartridge was inserted at the breech. Owing to the novel construction of the new invention, General Grant took hold of it to examine the deadly instrument in an incautious manner, and having inserted the cartridge, touched the trigger with a very slight pressure, causing the rifle to ex plode. At the instant that the General touched the trigger, he had his left hand on the muzzle of the rifle, and a part of the cartridge entered his hand and lodged in the palm and thumb, wounding him in a serious manner. The scene of this unfortu nate accident was in the private apartments belonging to General Grant, his aids and four children of the General being present. The ball lodged in the wall of the room, di rectly opposite-to where General Grant was standing at the time of the accident. CoL Badeau, Colonel Porter, Colonel Hudson; Colonel Babcock and Captain . Dunn ' of the General's staff, were also present at the time of the accident and considerable alarm was manifested by Mrs. Grant and the offi cers belonging the staff of the Genera Lat the result of the inspection of the novel firearm. Luckily, however, the children of the Gene ral were not in a position to receive the deadly charge of the weapon, and the great left-flanker exclaimed as he receivedthe fragment of the cartridge in his hand, " I am not hurt." The staff crowded around General Grant with congratulations on his fortunate escape, which the General received in a calm and cool manner, as if nothing had happened. The wound was dressed carefully by a surgeon, and nothing was said about the wound toy any one present, fearing that an alarm might be created by the report that an accident had occurred to the General. The wound did not prevent? General Grant from keeping his engagement during the evening. NORTH CAROLINA shad are now being brought to Norfolk 'and selling , at $3O per hundred by the cargo. F. L. FETHERSTON. Pub DOUBLE SHEET, THREE CENTS. 011:1H BIEDMAiir SCHOOLS: Chilies of the Philadelphia Ifospital. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 21, 1866.—MEDIOAr i CLINIC, ALFRED &MEE, M. D.—The at tendance of pupils was unusually full. The first case presented to the• class was one of a young man, apparently some twenty-five or twenty-six years of age,.under treatment for chronic pleurisy. His general appear ance, however, did not indicate much suf fering from the disease. The region of the pleura was exceedingly enlarged• from the presence.of fluid in that part. The-case did not admit of the operation of Paracentesia which is defined as that of "tapping , to evac uate the collected fluids in ascites, ovarian dropsy, ctc., &c. In making out the diag nosis, for the purpose of ascertaining the character and nature of the enlargement', the patient was obliged to be placed in