E&SON PEACOCK. Editor. EU,NING% BULLETIN. • ' 'EVELIBIEFID E*ltltY Evxama. (Sundays excepted) at Bto. 329 Chestnut Street, Phibadetlphia "Er/ening Bulletin i*ociation." ansoN PEAOOOX. `GASPER SOITDER. Ir. 4 / . . L. rarireasroxid ERNEST O. VTALLAO I E. ' • =onus T. WILLIAMSON. The BuLiacn3r la served to subscribers in The city at CA cents per Stash, payable to the carriers, ores foe per - - - BACON—On the 18th _instant, ,T. EdWard, eldest son .of Josiah and Mary W. Bacon, aged 21: years. His friends and those of the family, are Invited to attend his funeral from his late residencr. : 467 Marshall :street, on Fourth day , the 21st instant, at a P. M. BALL—Buddenly,ron' the lath instant, Henry Ball, in the 69th year of biting& The, relatives and friends, of the family are respect hilly invited to Mena the .funeral from ills late reel! ,deuce, Pact;'s42 North Tenth street, on Thursday after -noon, 22d instant, at 2 o'clock. To proceed to Laurel EVANS—This, Thesday morning„ Jane 0., wife of Josiah Evans. Due notice will be given of the frt neraL EVEBLY--On the lath instant, in the 92d year of, her age, Mary Everly, relict of the late Adam Everly. Due notice will be given. of the funeral. FELL—On the evening of the 18th Instant, of pneu monia, Deese D. Fell. In the 63d yearof his age. His relatives and male friends are respectthlly vited to attend his funeral from the residence of his brother; Northeast corner of Eighteenth and. Pine .:streets` on,Tlmrsday morning nimt, at 10 o'clock.To proceed to Afontiment,Cemeterk. •• . . GABDEN—Februarj list, 1866; near Brownsville, Texas, Dr. Wm. A. Garden, late of 11. S. Army, in the -41st year of his age. • [Wilmington, Delaware, pape • rs please copy.] GOBMAN—Suddenly, of disease of the heart, John L. Gorman xn the 61st year of his age. The relatives and friends of the family are respect fully invited to attend his funeral from his late rest- Alence t Southeast corner Forty-first and... Bridge sta.. West rhiladelphia, on Wednesday morning, the 21st instant, at IS o'clock4Funeral service at St. James's Churcht...?lntermenfat Cathedral Cemetery. a GB,S7F—On Thursday March 15th, 1866, Mary M. Graff, daughter of Judith and the late. Frederick EAN.A GA—On the 18th instant, sitar a long and painted illness. Annie Estella, youngest daughter of Henry W. and Sarah Ann Ramage, in the llth year of her age. _ Friends of 'the family are invited to ette d d the fu neral at one o'clock, on Wednesday, the 21st instant. "To proceed from the Girard House to Woodlands Cemetery. KOHLER—On the 19th instant, Catharine, wife of John Kohler: Funeral from her late residence, No. 646 Franklin ..stre et, on Pricey afternoon, 232 inst., at 2 o'clock. sus Ml.Eßh—Suddenly, on the afternoon of the lith in .stant, Mary Myers Her relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral from the residence of her late brother, John B. Myers.l222 Arch street, on Wednesday morning, -21st Instant. at /0 o'clock. ed.ITH—On. the morning of 'the 17th instant, Mary .in the morning of ae rah instant, C. wife of Vincent Smith, and eldest daughter of tile late John.Y. - Smith, of this city. EYRE & LANDELL . FOITB.TH AND ARCH, ABE . OPENING TO-DAY FOR. SPRING SALES, FASHIONABLE 'NEW SDIGKEL,' NOVELTIES IN DRESS GOODS, _ NEW. STYLES SPRING SHAWLS. NEW TRAVELING DRESS GO ]DS, FINE STOCK OF NEW GOODS. iSPECTIAL NOTIMS. UpBEV. DE. DUNN, OF ENGLAND, WILL Preach at - St.•Panl's M. E. Church, Catharine street above Sixth, this'evening, at i% o'clock. It4t,; Cf. - HOWAR I D tre I e LeSPET.A.L. ar m itjt Mal treetimmt and medicines flarnifined scratuitonaly. ft/MeV/cr., lie2l FR ANKLIN INST ITITTE.—Tbe Stated Monthly Meeting of the Institute will be held en WEDNESDAY EVENING, Mat lust, at 8 o'clock. Members and others having new. inventions; orspecl. =lens of manufactures to exhibtt, will pleaae send them to the Hall. N 0.15 South SEVENTH street, be, Sore 7 o'clock, P. M. WILLIAM ELS.MILTON, (0. PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SO CIETY. Meeting and Monthly Axhibl tion on TUEbDA.Y EVIININO, 20th lust, at HALL; S. W. corner BROAD and WALNUT streets. Prof. NYCE, of Cleveland. Ohlo,Nolll be present and explain the principle of his patent fruit preserving house and will exhibit specimens of fruit. Its YOUNG PEOPLE'S ASSOCIATION, TABER. NAOLE BAPTIST CHURCH, WRIST CHE..T- N T STREET.—The Seventh A.nnlversary of this :street, win be held at the Church, In. Chestnut .sireet, above Eighteenth, on TUESDAY EVaNING, March 20,1886, at a quarter before 8 o'clock. Addresses will be delivered by Rev. G. A. -FELTZ. - E. R. BEADLE, D.D., Revs. J., HYATT' SMITH and VTHE FORTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF the Missionary Society of - the AL E. Church, n the bounds of the Philadelphia Conferencei will be held on WEDNESDAY EVENING, March :21st, at CONCERT HALL, Chestnut street ne w Isth. Addressee by Ilev. Bishop Ames, D. E. Durbin, C. D.Fosa. of New York. and J. McClellan, of Philo, .delphla Conference. Tickets of admission free; may .be had at PERK INFUSE & HIGGINS, b 8 .North Fourth street, and Tract Room, 119 North Sixth street. JAMitS B. DA reta ßE rnb2ll2tap - Secry. M RATCAN ACADEMY OF music. JOHN D. DOUGH, ESQ., - Vir deliver TWO LECTURES under the ausp,ces itigpvitej . 39eit:2!4 liyAsg_r. , z[q•J KO March 96th, Subject—HAßlT. Larch 29th, Subject—TEMPERANCE The sale of Tickets for both Lectures will commence .on TUESDAY MOSNENG, 20th inst. No Tickets will be sold or engaged before that time. . Vries, 25 cents, So cents and 75 cents. .... Tickets for the South half Of the house will be sold at ..J. S. Clacton's, 606 Chestnut street, and for the North _half at Ashmead &Evans's, 724 Chestnut at mbl7.tf AMERICAN ACADEMY OF MUSIC.- 1 1 '. 4 _:teit1.(*.f '4Ol Rev. HENRY WARD BEiCaHiß . wlll deliver his apreat lecture on the above Interesting subject on 9.HIIItSDAY EVENING, March 22d, under the ..auspices of the - YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCTATLON. Tickets, 25 cents 50 cents and '75 cents. The sale of T ickets will commence on WEDNRS: :DAY, 14th inst., at 9 o'clock A; M. The north half of 'the house at ASH - MEAD & EVANS, 724 Chestnut retreet, and the south half at J. S. CLAXTON'S, 606 .Chestnut street. . sabl7-t22 .., NORTH PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD - AND GREEN LANE STATION . The undersigned have on band a supply of TMITTGIR COAL, equal to any in the market, which ,they prepare with great care and deliver to the rwidenta of Gyrelkt A NTOWN and <its vicinity at the gollowing prices. vi?: . ...BROICEN OR FURNACE COAL ~ . 18 00 per Ton. GLOB EMI AT•T , EIHMACE 800. 61 ISTOVE OR RANGE...« 800 " SMALL STOVE OR CITY NUT 800 " NUT OR CHESNUT ' 750 A deduction of FIFTY CENTS PER TON will be made when taken from the yard. „, Adhering strictly:to ONE PRICE , an order by letter avill have the same effect, as a visit in person. and will be promptly attended to. _ • Address to the Office, • FRANKLIN INSITPUTE BUILDING_, 15 SOUTH SEVENTH STREET iROE 82 Germantown Post Office, or to the Yard. BINES & SERAPE, Green Lane and North Peiuuiplvanist Railroad. PID:LAD A, Feb. 24, 1866. ferAntrp/ (For the Philadelphia EiTening SEEING DOIIBLE.: "Two States I represent," Saida certain hon'able gent, "In the councils of the nation, The Diamond State is one, And the other—eactise the pun— Is the State Qf Intoxication." TEBGEDY lIC Irtnra.ria.—,-Three children:of fir. Todd, living near 7 Paris, Jennings ' , county, Indiana, were recently so brutally -beaten by a burglar, who had broken into -the house, that one of them died. It appears that when the children came into the twine they found Sage ransacking it. He immedi ately seized a book lying near,withwhich he knocked the smallest child on the head. He then gipped a 'smoothing iron, and with it and a pistol, which he held in his hand, he heat all three of them until he supposed they were dead, and then leftwith his booty, for his home, only three-quarters of a mile distant, where he was found. Upon being taken into-custody; he made a full' con.: tfesidon. [For We Philadelphia Eirening.Bulletin.] JIM 9&VLSBURT.I Who came from Little Delaware, The Senatorial robe to wear, • And in the country's councils share? My Saulsbury ; Who feared his wretched head would split, And so put copper over it, Who did. his State no benefit My Saulsbury Who drinks stronglimuton day and night, And early in the day gets tight; And makes a most offensive sight? •My. Saulsbury ! Who, after his terrific sPrees, - Had in the Senate raised &breeze, Would beg its pardon on his knees? - My Saulsbury! Who is a burning blot and shame . Upon America's good name, A creatureof the worst M-fame? • My Saulsbury! Who braves the good man's bitter scorn, Who would be better, never born, Than soak himself with juice of corn? My Saulsbury! Who staggers through the Senate hall, Scarce able to hiri seat to crawl, From whence hie rebel thoughts to bawl? My Saulsbury! Who, as he through the Senate reels, Nor heeds the shame each comrade feels, Shoidd be ejected neck and heels? My Saulsbury ! Corners at the Stock Board. To the Editor of the Evnning Bulletin: In the article on "Corners at the Stock Board," in Saturday' Bulletin, an opinion was expressed that might tre modified when the cause of a corner in stocks is well un derztood. It sometimes happens that a large amount of stock is purchased by part ies who know something of its value, be lieving the investment to be good. An other party, knowing of these purchases, commence to sell the stock short, deliver able in thirty or sixty days, believing that in the - meantime they can force the pur chasers to sell out at a loss: they circulate unfavorable reports about-the stock, and whisper and speak disparagingly of the holders; they borrow the stock and offer to sell it for cash, and hammer the market with it, and sometimes succeed in accom plishing their purpose by ruining the credit of the holders of the stock,or exciting their fears by stories of a strinent money mar ket. Sometimes it happens that the friends of the stock compare accounts with each other, and discover that they have pur chase4l five or ten thousand sliares more than the whole capital stock of-the com pany. The sellers must, make.: good their, contracts to deliver,and In their efforts to procure it, the stock is, bid up far:above its intrinsic value. The stock is "cornered," and the first purchasers are called swind lers, because they are unwilling to sell their stock at a prifie to let the "shorts" out at a profit, after they failed in their efforts to depreciate the stock. THIRD Snnua.r. Facts and Fancies. ;As a parlous illustration of the well known fact that great authors frequently portray themselves in the chief personages of their works, it may bementioned that the heroes of Charles Dickens's novels are very apt to be C. D. (seedy.) While the admirers of O'Malley and Lorrequer claimed for those stories a merit even surpassing "Pickwick" and "Nicholas Nickleby," of late the most that can be said of Charles Lever as a writer of fiction is that he is C. lever. ' The Californians gave Brambilla, the opera sinser, a coronet of diamonds. There is not a singer that can approach her. She is so Bramble-y. A firm at Granville are making $25,000 worth of drums annually. Very easy to beat. We make more than that - value in 'drums every week, principally of the "Conum" variety. Winans's cigar ship has been launched, and if; attached to the imperial yacht club Of St. Petersburg. • The old question recurs; Can a cigar smoker like that expect-to-rate as a regular yacht. . The New York Times had a facetious ar ticle on Senatorial smiles the other day. Wonder if Raymond bees any fun in the smiles of Saulsbury. _ - The Nevada 2Vanscript tells of a loafer who has slept in :a hearse, where he had lodged every night for six weeks. He was trying to come out in a new character, and took this method of reheaaing for it The iron. Georgina Augusta Frederica Henrietta Cavendish Bentinck has, passed her last examination and received her order of discharge froth Mr. Commissioner Wins low. Her creditors ate to receive 10s. in the pound. Ten shillings to• the pound will turn Miss Cavendish into Half-cut. Fifty dollars have - been offered for the pen with which the President signed the veto message. Doubtful. The Freedmen's Bill is a-no-pen question as yet. • Cans THE RE.lcrrmlrraig-MAcKENzIE MATCH.—The way in which this match has progressed, thus far, is exciting great as tonishment= among those who are familiar. with the reespective strength of the two corf testants, and seems to prove that chess, as well as other gamea, is pervaded by a "glo rious uncertainty." Mr. Reichhelm, the American player, has exhibited • some ex ceedingly fine. play, but has managed, through some lamentable mischance, to make some blunder in the early part of each game, except the first, from the effect of which no after-efforts have been able to shield him. Yesterday afternoon he lost his fourth game, by weak play in the -opening, Mr. Mackenzie having again attacked him with the formidable "Ruy Lopez." In the evening Mr.Reichhelm commenced with his favorite "EvartteGambie," and the game was proceeding lively when on_the 18th move he' perpetrated a mistake, which lost him a couple of pawns, and allowed an exchange 'of queens. After this he made a grand rally, organized a powerful assault upon his ad- Nersary's king,-and the "exchange" con verted thqsain into a piece,but finally lost through his Minority of pawns. He p layed this part of the game in a style worthy of Lal3ourdonnals, The score < now stands: Mackenzie 5; Iteloheln2, - 1. Drawn, MISS HAERIS,T . FINCSINEY, aged 90 years, a. daughter. of. Gen. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney; of Revolutionary fame, died' in Charleston, S. C., on the 10th instant. PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1866 MEXICO. Liberal Successis,Near Tampico---As sassination of a Belgian Envoy Near Puebla---The Late Imperialist -Victory in Miohoacan---No • Indications of French Evacuation Retiirn of .M. Salliard to France--The Ex . Confe d e rate Emigration Scheme. [Correspondence of the New York Herald.] VEBA ORE; March 9, 1866.—A diligence containing, among other passengers, the commission of three gentlement sent out by the' Belgian government to condole with the Empress Carlotta upon the death of the late King, her father, was attacked near Rio Frio, on the Vera Cruz route, by a party supposed to be guerillas, and one of the Bel gian representatives was killed, two of the other passengers being wounded. No attempt was made to plunder the coach,and it is reported that the attacking party con sisted of a detachment of the liberal (Gen eral Garottes) cavalry command, who had determined to kill the Belgium officials in retaliation for the cruelties decreed by Max imilian. In a despatch received here to-day by the steamer Sonora, direct from Tampico, the following occurs : TAMPICO, Feb. 29, 1866.—Here we are in trouble, the liberals having entered the town of Altermaria in considerable force, and having held the place since the 22d inst. Early this morning all the troops that could be spared from this place—say about two hundred and fifty men—under the com mand of General La Madrid left for the purpose of retaking Altermaria, and as it is only twenty miles from here we expect to learn the result at any moment. This is the only item of interest to communicate at pre sent, The latest advises received here from Mi choacan are in effect that Mendez (impe rialist) did gain something of a victory over Regtiles. On Mendez returning from this expedition he was greeted with a public re ception at Morelia, where . he displayed, among other spo/ia opinia, about two hun dredliberal prisoners. large quantities of cotton, , principally from Tlawtalparn and Alvara do. rrived at Vera', Cruz during the latter part of last month. The arrivals in two days amounted to over fotir hundred bales. The cotton is pronounced asl a superior article,and readily commands thirty-two dollars per cent, - By the steainer Manhattan, which leaves here to-day for New York, , M. Barnard, the late envoy frnm Napoleon to Maximilian, tum takes his de from Mexico on his way to France. t r is understood that he is the bearer of im rtant despatches from Maxi miliangrin to the eh Government. Lieutenant ury has le ft here for South ampton, En and. He reported that he visits 'Raglan for the purpose of bringing e l l back his fa next fall; but it is rumored in official es that the Government of the United St tes made it known to the im perialists that Maury's residence in Mexico was not desira le. H. W. Alletf, the editor of the Mexican Timea,..has taken an interest in Reynolds & Co.'s circus. We have heard before of edi tors indulging figuratively in "ground and i i lofty . tumblin ," but this is a novel instance of a journal's entering tthe actual sawdust strewn tinges a general utility performer. The Amen wounded during the recent fight at Tehuantepec while protecting the property of a 'friend' near the scene of ac tion, proves to, be gentlemin named Web ster, brother of the consul of that name ap pointed under, the Buchanan administra tion. He received a severe but not danger ous wound in the aide, from which he is now slowly recovering. Before concluding it is desirable to say that, in compliance with the desire of the French Minister and the Secretary for the Home Department, a post-mortem exami nation was had on the corpse of M.Langlals. It was found that he had died of a sudden attack on the brain. The body has been embalmed and will be sent home. M. Aline. Langlais, his 1 son, and M. Jupeaux, Chief Quartermaster, accompanied the remains from the cathedral to the Lodge of the Nifio Perdido. Suitable preparations are being made to receive his remains here. HAvANA,March 14.—The Spanish steamer Paris, arrived at this port on the 12th, brings dates from the capital to the Ist and from Vera Cruz to the 6th inst. The Prussian Minister,Baron Megaton, bad a private audience of Maximilian, and presented his credentials. The French Vice Admiral Didelot, after a stay of five weeks, left the capital on, the 28th of February for. Vera Cruz. Senor Ignacio Rami'rez, former Minister of Juarez, had been seen at the last evening party of the imperial Commissary. The Sociedad of the 25th of February posi tively contradicts the robbery of a conducta with eight thousand dollars of the Imperial. Railroad Company. The money arrived safely two days before the fall of Tlasoala, and the wages! of the railway laborers had been paid with it.. The French bark Uruguay , and the Aus trian brig Matilde were wrecked- at the en trance of Laguna del Carmen. The correspondent of the Era writes that a Mexican advance of Rivas' brigade had bgen captured by the Juarists in the out skirts of Astillero, and that this surprise was owing to information given by parties in this city in communication with the enemy. The Esperanza states that - on the 9th of February Teocaltiehe was taken possession of by a; force, of one thousand liberals,: under Sanchez, Raman, Silvestro, Aranda and Torres, sacked and burned; _bat this requires confirmation._ The imperialorgan of Puebla, in speak ing of the affair at'the mountain ridge of Zacapoaxtla, observes that that difficult campaign had at last terminated. On the 19th of February the men under Ludas com menced delivering np their arms at MolLuo, and those fertile regions were in the full enjoyment of pe,aceiYhieh Ikither to. appeared_ to have fled foreier. Advices received by the Bra from Mazat lan, under the date of February 9th, say: Our situation has scarcely:varied, and if it has in 'any way, improved, it is that we are now permitted , to • forward merchandise to the seaports occupied by the Liberals; and It is high time, as trade was on the brink of ruin. Even to-day a large party of the en- couwnt. - The Era Nouvelle says the merchants of Vera Cruz have no objection to the new customs ' order providing the goods they have on t he way are exempt from"paying the duties at thatort, as well as thli mer chandise previous ly received and stored. GIIANAJITATO.—The despatch dated the 20th February, received from Gen. Mendez at Urupan, announced that his brigade had fought all the bands of the Southern Dis trict, united by Rive Palacios,_ Regales, Valdes and others; that it was a hard-won victory; that his losses had been severe, both in officers and men, but those of the enemy were greater; that the enemy com menced the battle, relying upon the supe riority of their numbers, (to ; that the field being literally strewn with the dead of both sides, corroborated the valor of his troops and the desperation of the enemy, who re mained with a large force of cavalry, of which two hundred men marched towards Reyes. The liberals between Ario and Tacambaro were still supposed to have a - force of two thousand men. MICROMIM—Letters from Morelia state that General Mendez arrayed there on the 25th of February with his pris' oners,amount- Mg to two hundred and two men and eight officers, besides the arms taken from the enemy. He was received with enthusiastic demonstrations from the people, 'and4ook up his quarters at the Hotel Yturbide. On his way hither he left a small garrison at Pat zcuaro. The battle is described as a most -sanguinary one, his own loss being not less than four hundred men kilrell -arid wounded, while the enemy had four hun dred killed, including forty officers. The Pajaro Verde says that this important victory and the certa inty of Mendez's bra gade following up the campaign in Michoa ' can as soon as reinforced, before the rain • weather seta in, has given renewed hopes to the explorers of those rich gold regions. Ronda and Regales were quartered in Arlo with about eight hundred men. A despatch from Toronto dated yesterday says: The people and authorities here last night were greaUy concerned i and all the military were on the - gni,vive during the night. A battery was loaded on the cars, the engines were steamed up, men were kept standing by the guns, volunteers in the drill shed, and signals were arranged for alarming the people, in the event of an attack on the fron tier towns. A plot is reported to have been discovered to blow up the drill shed and volunteers while drilling A laige city sewer Inns under the drill shed, with its entrance a hundred yards off. Reports say barrels of powder are to be rolled up the sewer, and when volunteers meet tor drill in the shed the whole are to be blown up. The sewer is now guarded day and night. Reports yesterday circulated that Sweeny was with a large force at Detroit. Another that he appeared at Suspension Bridge, but finding too large a force in front he fell back. The morning papers contain fall de spatches from all parts of Canada relative to the celebration of St. Patrick's Day, from which it appears that at all points quiet was maintained. A despatch from Ottawa says that a bat tery left there for the front on Saturday. Other movements of troops to the frontier are reported from different points. The organization of new companies is going fo,rward with great rapidity, and the alarm seems unabated. Everybody:now feels that the Fenians mean a desperate attempt to obtain Canada as a "base,"and very little dependence is placed upon the American government's professions of observing neutrality. The authorities feel that they can expect no sympathy from the United States, and must help themselves if they would main tain peace. Statements made show that ten thousand regulars and ten thopsand volunteers are under arms, and fifteen thousand more vol unteers are drilled and armed, but not un derpay, making thirty-five thousand ready at a moment's notice. ToaonTo March 19--9. P. an ad dress to the Grand Jury to-day Chief Jus tice Draper, at the opening of the city as sizes, delivered a stirring address on the re cent Fenian developments on the continent. He said: "I firmly believe that few, if even one, of the Irish residents in Canada, no matter what his creed or party, are so in sensible to the advantages of our present form of government as to desire a change, least of all by armed invaders; and yet danger seems to lie imminent; but it is not war, as that is understood by the law of nations, that threatens us; it is not civil or internal conflict, but it is an intended invasion from a foreign country, with which our sovereign is at peace, by a body of men whose acts will place them beyond the pale and protection of all national law, and who cannot therefore be expected to act in • conformity therewith, or to acknowledge any of its obligations. Their avowed motives _ include that of revenge upon England for the alleged wrongs of Ireland, and they promos° to assail this province as a means ir insult and annoyance, more within-their reach - and easier compassed. Such actions con ceived and executed in such a spirit would, in all human probability, be an outlet for the most fiendish passions of the most • abandoned'of those associated in it, whoie success would be accompanied by rapine and desolation, wholesale plunder and unrestricted licentiousness. Bat the, sounding 'of the • alarm through out the • province was , instanta neously followed by the gathering of willing thousands to defend our altars and our homes. The country, which was, as it were, slumbering in peace, has roused itself into •activity, and 'presents- the aspect of a vast extended damp; and, while relying, as here lofore, on the co-operation of the mother country, the'Canadian people, from Sarnia to Gasp° have 'sprung; to arms for self-de fence. If forcelto employ them, they will emy attacked this town.. There was a lib- eral exchange of musket shots, and on our !art some cannon shot. The fire was at times well supported;. But the enemy little expected to be attacked in • turn, as they were next morning, and had to desist mo lesting US further, Itrotwithstanding the rapidity of their firer some of our grenades, by direction of Lieut. Martel, supported by a detachment of Afrimi sharpshooters un der Capt. Adam,played havoc among them. Their loss is not yet known, but it must have been ten or twelve` killed and fifteen wounded. Within five weeks this is the third time the liberals have come to our very' doors. , • HAIvAITA, March 15th, 1866.—The Aineri can steamer Manhattan, Deaken, master, arrived at this port yesterday, with dates from the city Mexico to the 4th and from Vera Cruz to the 9th inst. 1 (W V IIL4. :4•14 Rumors from Toronto, de. Strange to say, these reports found some ellevera. strike hi a good cause and in the humble hope of the protection of Divine Provi dence. There can be but one reception for the invaders, and stern and pitiless opposi tion to repel "the aggression—striking for Queen and country, for law and liberty for wives and children—and may God de pend our rights." The volunteers are drilling to-night in largely increased numbers. There are no new dispositions of the forcee. SOUTH AMERICA. , The Great Struggle in Pa,ragn.ay. Fifty Thousand Allies Against Twenty Thousand Pdraguayans. A Grand Battie Expected Soon, &c. (Correspondence of the New York Herald.l Btonyos AYRES, S. A., Jan. 27,1866.—The theatre of war has narrowed to a few'square leagues, and all the forces, the available of four contiguous nations, embracing half of South America, are assembled within twenty-five miles of the confluence of the Rivers Paraguay and Parana. No indica tions there promise an immediate advance. The Paraguayans have receded so as to leave all the important movements to be ini tiated by the Allies. The various passes on the river have been fortified, and the land °side of the fortress Humaitais daily gaining strength. The allies allowed themselves to be an noyed for a fortnight or more by nightly attacks and depredations, made by the Paraguayans in boats. On the 15th instant about fifty depredators came over, and again on the 17th instant eleven boats came over early in the morning, each boat with twenty men, infantry, and they were fol lowed by thirteen other boats. They ta r ok refuge in a grove and kept it till about noon, and retired with very little loss. At some of these incursions they do a great deal of damage, often carrying back herds of cattle. The war of the great rebellion has proved apt armies about to swing loose from the Vase of supply must do so cautiously . unless the enemy's country is abundant. At Cor rientes the allies must carry into Paraguay when they cross the Parana even fodder for their homes and cattle. There are no pontoon bridges nor steam transports for crossing. Flatboats have to be made in sufficient numbers toi allow a large force to cress without delay. Rafts, canoes, flat boats begin to be gathered, and provisions are accumulating. No one knoWs yet at what point the river will becrossed, but all things are ordered to be--prepared for the invading march. Andyet so much remains to be done that it may be a month or six weeks yet before a decisive blow - is struck. It is a singular fact that the month of February is an eventful one and highly for tunate in Argentine annals. It shows that in this climate February is the best month for military movements, and so it may prove in this war. We look for an advance m this month. The organization of the army is carefully preserved. General Carceres, with the Cor rentine troops, is at the village of San Casme; General Flores is at Itali, with Urn guayan troops and a few Braziflgus; General Horns is guarding Paso de la Patna with Argentine troops, and President Mitre is at Eusenadita, with the bulk of the Argentine army. The chief body of Brazilian troops is under the command of Generals Osono and Netto, and they are encamped very near the city of Corrientes, their vamp ex tending about a league to the north. The Brazilian fleet-is at anchor at Cor rientes, waiting the arrival of Admiral Ta mandare and higher water. The Taman dare, an iron -clad, is there, and another iron -clad, the. Brazil, is daily expected. Much depends on these iron-dada. The flatboats (chatas), preparing to cross the3Parana, will hold five hundred men each. The Brazilians havelanded two hun dred sixty.:eight pounders, which are to ac company the invasion. We are at Buenos Ayres, one thousand miles from the field of battle, and have no telegraph and mails but once or twice a week. The result is, while we are poorly informed as to what is done, we axe still tvorse prepared to say what ought to be done. The favorable season of the year has come, the weather is more moderate and the plans for concentration and supply have matured. By the end of the month of Feb ruary I hope to write you of the invasion and what came of it. RIO JANEIRO, Feb, 2, 1866.—Events are ripening between Brazil and her allies, be tokening an early battle with the Para guayan forces. Humaita t the strongest of the enemy, is the point aimed at, and the allies, at latest dates, were in full march thereto. The map of Humaita represents the formidable line of batteries at that place, but it by no means indicates the central fort, of a star shape, itself, for the, reason that no one has been able to get near it and return since the outbreak of the war. Suffice it to say, that the :fortifications are indefinitely stronger than are represented on the map. To strike at Humaita, effectually, the attack must be made from the land aide; and this seems to be the real plan., of opera tions agreed on. But, let me give a succinct account of what has been done, and is doing 'to the latest account. The Oriental army, on or a little before the 25th ult.,.was one and a half league from the Paso de la Patria, and the Brazilians and Argen '-s in the vicinity of the village of San C 0 , 14 e, within a short distance of the paso ( l' , rd), while the Brazilian fleet was at Corrientes. A look at the map will show that the Paso de la Patria is near the junc tion of the. Parana with the Paraguay river, on which latter the fortress of Humaita is 1 3ituated, - indicating that the rear of that stronghold is aimed at. By this time, per haps, the conflict has commenced. Different opinions prevail in regard to the future course of the war and the dif ferent operations that will be undertaken; hnt what. seems indubitable is, that Gen. Flores,with the column under his command, will very soon commence operations against the enemy. Some persons think he will cross 'the Uruguay above Paso de la Petrie, in order to attract the attention of the Paraguayans to his rear, while the main army will oross at the Paso and at tack Lopez's army in the front. These and other stories are in circulation. They may be, more or less, true or false; bat certain it is that events of great importance' con nected with. the war are on the eve of trans.: inn . Later intelligence informs ns that th main army was almost all concentrated a Paso de la Petrie. The iron-elad gunboat* F L. FETHELSTON. Pul,lister DOUBLE SHEET, THREE CENTS. Tamandare, with two small gunboats, were to leave very soon for Humritc, to recon noitre. that stronghold—[rQuery, will they ever arrive there?]—and also to make a thorough exploration of the river, in conse quence of numberless reperts at Buenos Ayres and Montevideo concerning obstrac tions'said to be placed in:the Parana river, by order of President Lopez, such as torpe does, infernal machines, cheaus, booms, (to. Almost all the Brazilian vessels on the Pa rana have been aground in the mu& But the greatest inconvenience resulting' from this unpleasant position has been the thick swarms of mosquitoes which were so Ulm blesome as not to permit their unfortunate victims sleeping a quarter of an hour at a time. The smaller vessels were • beginning to float offat latest advices, and, as the river was rising every day, the larger would Boon be got off. Of course, all information respecting the Paraguayan forces must be extremely vague. Here is themeagre estimate• Presi dent Lopez at Humaita, with forces va riously estimated. The Paraguayan fleet, consisting of fifteen small steamers and one hundred canoes somewhere between HI2-• melte and the Tres Bocas. The fortress of Humaita defended by two hundred guns, some rifled, three chain cables and several infernal machines, surrounded with stock ades. Small forces along the Parana, at Itapvin, Itapua, dec. Other detachments at Asuncion, Coimbra and Curumba. Rio Jo, Feb. 8, 1866. The latest date from the seat of war was to the 18th ult., at which time the allied army was thus posted. The Brazilians at Laguna Brava, the Argentines near San Casme,and. the Orientals at Itali. Gen. Flores paid a visit to Gens. Mitre, Osario and Caceres. and Gen. Mitre intended, on the 18th, to wake reconnoissance of the passes of the Parana. accompanied by the generals of allied divisions. On the 15th a small body of fifty Paraguay ans crossed from Itapvin, and caused much annoyance -to the vanguard of the allies. This movement seems to have been a mere raid; but the measure of success achieved, whatever it was, seems to have emboldened the Paraguayans to send over a larger force. Accordingly, on the morning of the 17th, an expedition, consisting of eleven boats, car rying twenty soldiers each, was dispatched from the Paraguay . aide. Pushing up the river boldly, they landed on the Correntino :side of Paso la Petrie, after a sharp conflict of musketry with thirty men of the ad vanced pickets of the San Martin regiment. Shortly after the Paraguayans were rein forced with thirteen canoes, similarly. armed, and carrying besides a howitzer and, two field pieces. Tb.ese troops landedat the same place as the others. The entire force then advanced to a neighboring wood,under a sharp fire from the • allied vanguard. About noon the battle was at its height,and was carried on with great vigor on both sides,. About this time General Flomos, of the allied tinny; arrived with two hundred and fifty mounted riflemen, whom he dis mounted and led on to the attack over very uneven gropndi.._ The Paraguayans have been estimated at six hundred strong; and being under the cover of the forest, they disputed the ground foot by foot, and for over an hour the combatants were engaged in a fight which is representated as being band to hand, but which those who know anything of fighting, as exemplified in the recent war in the United States will receive with a liberal allowance of salt. In these days of rifled musketry hand to hand fight ing is_ usually and necesstuty of very brief duration, besides being of very rare occur rence. At about three o'clock in the after noon the Paraguayans retreated, and it is believed that if the allies had any infantry present the/guns of the invadors must nave fallen into their hands.' The loss of the allies was six killed and nine wounded. The Paraguayans carried off their killed and wounded, but thetracks of blood which, hey left behind would seem to indicate that their loss was severe. In consequence of the daring attacks of the enemy, the Second corps d'arrMe and. the Second regulars of the line have been ordered to Paso la Petrie. General Mitre's headquarters are a pleasant country house surrounded by trees, on the hank of the La guna at Ensenaditi, near which is en camped the First division, comprising Charlone'a men, the Betides regiment, the Second and:Ninth battalionsof theline and some other troops. - The vessels comprising the naval force of the Brazilians were still at anchor at Corrientes at latest dates, awaiting the ar rival of Admiral Tamandare to commence operations. The officers and sailors are re presented as being full nf enthusiasm, and laurning for the signal to advance against Humaita. The operations, it is said, will be both by land and water. The Brarir •it transport Yuguarebe left Corrientes on the 12th ult. for Montevideo, taking down some hundred Paraguayan prisoners, captured by Gen. Flores army. The powder explosion in the Brazilian camp, mentioned in my last, is represented, as having been a trifling affair, killing only four or five men and wounding a few. LATER INTELLIGENCE.—The latest dates received here are from Buenos Ayres to the 27th, and Montevideo to the 28th ult. No thing of importance had transpired at the seat of war since the date of the preceding intelligence. There was great activity, how ever, in Corrientes, the 'base of the allies' operations, in gathering together all the ne cessary munitions of war. Since the 20th " ult. five Brazilian transports had anima there, with an army of 3,000 soldiers on.. board, and troops were pouring in almost every day. In addition to these forces the irou-olad' Brazil, the steam sloops Henrique Marcus and Chuy, and the gunboat Ignatermy, having coaled at the port of Parana, went up the river to Corrientes on the 26th. - It is said that in the sortie - made by the Paraguayans on the 17th ultimo, as men tioned in a previous part of this letter the invaders cut off the heads of those whom they had slain. 'I do not believe one word' of this. It is to be hoped though that both sides, as fighting has -to be done, will fight os Christians and gentlemen. The Para guayans are reported to have carried off much cattle. This is more likely, as 1'74411 as more legitimate. TEUTONIC ANECDOTE OF LITICOLN.--ra the trans-Atlantii, German papers, we find many anecdotes of the late Abraham Lin= coln, which are not known in this country. The following, which lately appeared in the Breslau lkforgenzeitung, will bear repetition. A lieutenant, whom debts compelled to leave his Fatherland and service, succeeded in being admitted to the late President Lin-, coln, and, by reason of his commendable and winning deportment and intelligent ap pearance,, was promised a lieutenant's com mission Ma o avtdryregiment. He was so en raptured with his success, that he deemed it a duty to inform the President that„he be- . longed to one of the;oldest , noble houses in Germany. "Oh, never mind that," said old Abe, " you will not find that to be an obsta,- de to your advancement."
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