Daily evening bulletin., March 27, 1866, Image 1

GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor.
VOLUME XIX.---NO. 292.
EVENING BULLETIN:
PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING,
(Sundays excepted) at
ro. 229 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
E 1313
"Evening Bulletin Association."
PROPELETOBIS.
MESON PEACOCK, GASPER SOUDER, Jr.
TH
Sr. L. PETHERST
AS . ON, ERNEST 0. WALLAOE.
OM WILLIAMSON.
The BuLLETrer is served to subscribers in the city at
18 cents per week, payable to the carriers, or $l3 00 per
11111111111121.
DIED.
BAIMINGTON—At ,Baltimore, the 24th Instant,
...tars. Catharine Barrington, relict of John Barrington,
• in! the 72d year of her age.
DAVIS—On Saturday morning, 24th instant, Eliza
T., daughter of the late Thomas Davis.
The relatives and friends 'of the family 'are respect
fully invited to attend the funeral from the residence
.of her Mother...l2o Marshall street, on Wednesday
:morning,2Bth instant, at 10 o'olock, without Anther
notice.
HABRLS—At the Spotswood Hotel. Richmond, Va.,
..on the 2.84 or March, Imogen, wife of General Thomas
A. Harris, late or Hannibal, Mo., daughter of the late
Com. David Porter. 11. S. Navy.
BOLMES—On Saturday. at Pittsburgh, Nathaniel
Holmes. in the 48th year of his age.
KNIGHT—On the 26th Instant, Esther Knight,in the
.18th year of her age.
Her friends and those of the family are invited to
attend the funeral from Friends' Meeting-house,
Fourth and Green streets, on Fourth day, the 28th
instant, at sP. M. .Intermeutat Fair Hill. fie
MILLER—On the morningg of the 25th instant, Eli
zabeth A. wife of Wm. H. Miller. and daughter of
_John W. and Ann B. Itulon.
She relatives and friends of the family are invited
to attend the funeral from the residence of her hus
band, Green street, above Washington lane, German
town,: on Wednesday morning, at ip o'clock. Car
„tinges will be - in waiting at Germantown Depot, upon
arrival of the 9 o'clock train.
EYREA LANDFT.T FOURTH AND ARCH, ARE
OPENING TO-DAY FOR
SPRING SALES.
FASHIONABLE NEW SILKS,
NOVELTIES IN DRESS GOODS
NEW STYLES SPRING SHAWLS.
NEW TRAVELING DRESS GOODS,
FINE STOCK OF NEW GOODS.
rWITTWO7VTWYZIg
HOWARD HOSPITAL. Nos. 1518 and 152 e
Lombard street, Dispensary Department. Med
artreatment and medicines AUrniehed gratuitously
to the poor
A GRAND TEMPERANCE MEETING will
be held at the Baptist Chamh, BROAD and
TO-NlGHT,the27th,athalt-past seven o'clock.
A daresnes by Rev. Drs. G D. Boardman, Newton,
Talmage, Beadle, Crowell, Bomberger, Connell and
others. 11.4,
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF .11 - US'IC..
f JOHN B. 00IIG EC, Ese.,
tW s deliver a Lecture on
213.111iSDAY EVENniG, March
Subject—TEMPERANCE.
TICKETS, 250., alc.S and 75^.
.For sale at Claxton's, &6 Chestnut street; and Ash
mead & li.vans's, 724 Chests ut rireet.
Doors - tipen at 7 o'clock. Lecture will begin at
o'clock. mb27-3t
ErZ3 LECTURI.S ON HEALTH—PROF. H.
HaitTiSHORNE, will deliver the course of
thirty-four Lectures, on HYGIENE, at the University
of Pennsylvania, .bINTH, above Chestnut streets,
commencing on TUESDAY, April 3d, at SP. ILL, and
continuing r n UESD PLYS, THUAQD A. S, and
.SATURDAYS, at the same hour. The subjects of
Food, Atmosphere, Exercise, Prevention of Epidemics
and other topics of general, as well as professional
interest, will be fully considered. Fee, eta for the
course. mh2s-30
IU'PHILL^ELPHrA., MARCH 26th. MS.—At a
m -eong of the officers and _employes of the
N • lONA L XPRE-is AND T.RA.NS PORTA
-nom COMPANY OF PHIL i.DKLPHIA, held
this day at the office of the Company,
to express their sorrow at the decease of their late
associate, ARTHIIR F. KEENE, the following pre
.amble and resolutions were unanimously adopted.
WHEREAS, An Providence having removed
from our midst. our highly esteemed associate, Arthur
F. Rt:ene. therefore
Resolved. That in the decease of our friend we have
lost one who, by his excellent qualities of mind and
heart, bad endeared himself all.
_Resolved, That we offer our sympathy and condo
lence to the family of our deceased friend, and trust
that God. in his mercy, will give them support and
corsolatlon.
- .Res Need. That we attend the funeral of our kite aa
sociate,on Wednesday morning.the 28th day of March,
kt, 10 o'clock. '
.Bileti , e.l, That the Secretary be requested to convey
to the faintly a copy of these resoln Liens.
E,lOl A. T. LAVALLETTE, Secretary.
FaCtB and Fancies.
On Ash-Wednesday of this year, says the
New Orleans Advocate. religious services
were held in St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal
Church of this city, on which occasion the
.officiating clergyman selected the fifty-ninth
hymn, which was singularly appropriate to
the day, but requested the congregation to
-omit the third -verse. which is as follows:
"And can'st thou, wilt thou yet forgive.
And bid my crimes remove?
And shall a pardon'd REBEL live
To speak Thy wondrous love?"
,A fact, without any fancy at all.
Since Postmaster Cleaveland, of Hartford,
has achieved a brief notoriety in politics,
somebody has remembered some fanny
blunders which he made in a speech several
years ago, when, being slightly conffised he
declaimed about, "the andor, the proud bird
-of the Condees," and "the treagle, the,bird of
edom."
The Manayunk New Era says: "A well
known mendicant,named John Rouser, died
suddenly on Thursday morning last. Mr.
Rouser was well-known as a 'professional,'
:and his death will leave a vacuum in the
.community not easily filled.. "
Last week Mr. Saulsbury gave us an'exhi
bition of Copperhead morals, by coming into
the Senate drunk. Mr. Stockton is trying
to offset it by impeaching our Republican
_Alorrills. But he must know that two wrongs
.are not always equal to one Wright. He
•ought to have his Wrights on the spot, if he
wantstto "vote himself a farm."
At a great dinner given on St. Patrick's
Day, at Charleston, S. C., a Mr. .Thomas
_Ryan offered for a toast—" The memory of
Preston Brooks." The.connection between
>St. Patrick and Preston is obvious. It is
the shillelah.
A foreign journal mentions a curious re
sult of the law which prohibits the entry of
cattle into Belgium. The manager of a com
pany of a learned monkeys, proposing to
exhibit them at a fair in Ghent, has not been
able to obtain leave for his pupils Co pass
the frontier. The decision was read from a
mythological dictionary, in these words:
" Ape-is an os, worshipped by the Egyp
tians."
The innocent inventor of a contrivance for
charging, beer bottles, with a sample in his
:possession, was mistaken for a Fenian with
.n "torpedo" or "infernal machine," and
:arrested in Hamilton, Canada, the other
day. The whole fermentation in Canada
seems to be a matter of small beer.
Punch says there is no foundation for the
rumor that the gentleman who plunged
into the liquid "so disgustingly ' like weak
mutton broth," at Lambeth, has been made
.a Companion of the Bath. Strangely
-enough, Punch just grazes the obvious sug
o-estion that "weak mutton broth" 'is of
itself a sort, of. Lamb-bath affair. -
"Ned Buntline" has proposed to raise
three thousand cavalry in Ngw York in aid
of the renians; They are to be called !The
_Mounted Neddiesi"
Bishop Grace,',of St. Paul, Minnesota, de
nounced the Fenians .in the most bittei
terms in his address on St. Patrick's day)
Manifestly the "Finnigan " cannot expec
the "ministers or grace" to defend them, a
ter this.
A JAIL BURNED.--On the 18th instant the
jail at Port Tobacco, Maryland, was de
stroyed by fire. It was built in 1859 at a
cost of $3,000. Two colored prisoners, sup
posed to have set it on fire, m ade their escape.
AN OLD • FRIEND,
(Somer'a Mat Book IL)
"Thersites only clamored in the throng,
Loquacious, loud and turbulent of tongue;
Awed by no shame, by no respect con
trolled,
In scandal busy, in reproaches bold ;
With witty malice studious to defame,
Scorn all his joy, and laughter all his aim ;
Spleen to mankind his • envious heart
possessed,
And much he hated all, but most the best."
IN A NEW DE.E.SI3.
In modern times Thersites wields the pen,
A reckless "slanderer of States and men,"
And pours the vials of his feeble rage
Along the columns of the .Daily
COLORADO CORRESPONDENCE OF
THE BULLETIN.
LETTER VIII.
[Correspondence piths Phila. .Evening Enl.lstin.]
SOUTH PARR, COLORADO, March 10th,
1866.-2ifeisrs. Editors.—Your correspon
dent, in his travels through the Territory of
Colorado, the future great gold yielding
State of the Union, has now reached the
South Park Mines, which, from their ex
tent and undoubted richness, will soon
rival those of the more generally , known and
better developed Gregory District. - A few
preliminary remarks on the great mineral
belt of Colorado, in which lie all her mines
of the precious metals, will render the con
nection between this mining district and
that of Gregory more clearly understood.
The main Snowy Range, in its passage
through Colorado, takes a course, running
nearly 'due north and south. From either
side of the main range spurs or smaller
ranges are sent off in all directions, so that
the whole area of the country between long.
105 deg. and 107 deg. west is very mounta
nous. In it is situated the Parks described
in my last letter. This mineral belt, which
as far as yet discovered, begins at the Red
Mountain District, in Lake county, pursues
a northeast course as far as Bowlder Creek,
in Bowlder county. It is known to extend
nearly one hundred miles in length, and to
be about thirty-five wide, and it is proba
ble that future discoveries will show it to be
of greater extent even than this. In this belt
on the eastern side of the snowy Range lay
the celebrated mines of Gregory and Russell
gulches, Nevada, Empire, Gold dirt, Trail
and Bear Creeks, Georgetown, Idaho, Clear
Creek and Mosquito, Buckskin Joe and
Montgomery gulches. On the western
slope of the range lay Ten Mile creek,Snake
and Swan river (silver mines),Brecldnridge
and the celebrated Red Mountains.
The localities I mention are but those
most widely known, others are being dis
covered every year, both In this mineral
belt and in other parts of the territory. Rich
lodes have been found in Summit county
and in San Louis Park in Costilla county.
Even were mines to •be discovered only
'in the limits of belt, which embraces about
three thousand five hundred square miles,
it is clearly to be seen that Colorado con
tains enough mineral wealth to make her
one of the most important States of the
Union. If to which we add the vast depo
sits of metallic ores which Montana, Idaho,
Nevada, Washington, Oregon, Utah and
New Mexico contain, the mind can scarcely
comprehend the enormous wealth that lies
buried on the Pacific slope of the Rocky
mountains, waiting but application of labor
to become tangible and real. As it is of
Colorado alone that your correspondent has
to speak, I will return to the mineral belt
above described, of which it will suffice to
say, that it is actually permeated in all di
sections with lodes or veins of gold and
silver bearing ore. The South Park Mines,
which will be the subject of this letter, li e
on the eastern side of the great snowy range,
and in the southern half of the great belt of
mineral deposits. The South Platte river
takes its origin in the N. W. extremity of
the South Park, and it is from Mosquito,
Buckskin Joe, and Montgomery Gulches
that its tributaries flow. These three gulches
form what is called the mining region of the
South'Park; Mosquito contains the Jenny,
Kitty, Clyde, Star and Orphan Boy
lodes. In Buckskin Joe lie the
Phillips Union, Nos. 1,2, 3, 4 and 5.
Dodge Union, No. 1,2, 3,4, Sublett and Ex
celsior, all of known richness. Montgomery
contains the Parsonage, Washington, Lang
don, King Solomon and Herrington. These
lodes I mention are but those which being
developed to a certain extent, the value has
been ascertained and are of celebrity
throughout 'the territory. In addition to
these there are hundreds of others whose
surface indications are of the firstorder, and
whose richness and consequent value it
needs but the sinking of a shaft to develop
and determine. The character of the ore
here is much the same as in the Gregory
mines, being mainly the suiphurets of cop
per and iron. The ore of lead is galena, and
on the western side of the SnoNty Range, on
the Snake and Swan rivers; silver ore, much
resembling that of Nevada, is largely
found.
Desulplaurization of the ore, by the ac
tion of the air and of moisture, seems, in
this district, to have been of greater extent,
and to have penetrated to a greater depth,
than in the lodes in the- Gregory district.
In the Phillips lode (Buckskin Joe district)
as far as the excavation has- extended, the
ore has been found to be nearly' completely
desulphurizedoand been converted into a
friable red mass, large quantities of which,
was simply sluiced, or washed with water,"
and yielded large returns. In. the. Eicel
sior Me, in the same district, this decom
position extends to a depth'of one hundred
and ten feet, and in other lodes, not Yet de
veloped, the indications seem to prove that
such would be the case. "Capping,"
which, in a former letter, I have explained
to be a partial or entire closing
up of the vein or lode, ;does
not seem to be of such general occurrence
in this district as in the Gregory, but few
instances of iChave occurred, and in thOse,
the "cap"• was of comparatively small
extent. Of the actual yield of the ore, but
few means of - comparing it with Gregory
ore are at hand, the mines here not having
been so thoroughly tested as in that district.
Such of the lode here that have been
worked at all, have even under stamps paid
well. When we consider that the ore from
the' celebrated lodes of the Gregory mines, is
taken from depths of , two to six hundred
feet, and that ore from - near the surface is
seldom worked, it would appear strange
that our mines, no shaft in which is over
two hundred feet 'deep, should yield any
returns worthy of notice. Yet ore from the
Phillips' lode, shoveled from the surface,
has yielded immense returns, and ore from
the Jenny; Kitty Clyde, Orphan Boy, Par
,
10; OUR; Iniorx comma'.
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY; MARCH 27, 1866
sonage and other lodes, taken at small
depths, has paid large profits under stamps,
- which it is well known save but a fracdon
of the gold the ore may contain. -
Were one-half the - number of mills, and
improved processes working here, that are
established. at Black Hawk (the mining
centre of the Gregory district) or one-half
the capital spent in developing our mines,
that has been spent in Gregory,'South Park
would be as widely known, and her mines
yield returns at least asrich as those of the
former more favored district. Assays prove
that this district is most rich; many of the
leads that have been opened will yield ore
assaying from one hundred to three thou
sand dollars per ton, clearly proving that
but the judicious investment of capital is
all that is needed to establish the fame of
the South Park mines.
The fact that the deeper the ere is mined
the richer the yield of gold, will convince the
most unbelieving that when mining, syste
matically conducted, WWI, here: reach' the
great depths which have been attained in the
Gregory district, the returns from ore ob
tained at those depths will leave no cause
for 'complaint to those interested. For suc
cessful mining, the South Park region offers
advantages such as no other of the:mining
regions better known ban compete with.
Water power is to be had in all three of the
gulches, and such as can usually be de
pended upon. Wood s both for building
purposes and for fuel, is here to be had in
the greatest abundance, at no expense but
that of cutting the same; the circumference
of 'the park, and the numerous ridges and
gulches which run intot, will afford. a sup
ply which the consumption of a hundred
years cannot exhaust, even were that con
sumption a thousand fold what it now :is.
Hay of excellent quality is to be had in the
utmost abundance in the park, at a very
trifling cost. To those who are familiar
with the cost of these articles in the Gregory
mines, these advantages are such as cannot
be overlooked in a calculation of the ex
penses of carrying out mining operations.
We accordingly find that attention is being
given to the:mines of this vicinity. A num
ber of companies have purchased mining
property here, and are working or preparing
'to workithe same. Prominent among those
companies are several from Philadelphia.
The Sterling City Company. (a New York
organization) are working the Sterling lode,
in Musquito. Gulch; they have reached a
depth of about one hundred feet, and are
obtaining very rich ore.
The Colorado Gold Mining Company.of
Philadelphia, under the able superintend—
ence of Prof. Alfred Dußois, are working
the Excelsior Lode, in Buntrekin Joe dis
trict; they have by means of tunnel, reached
a considerable depth. Their mill, which
will be the largest here, is rapidly approach
ing completion, with the advantages this
Company possess in a good lode and an
#bundance of superior ore, it cannot fail to
succeed. The Pioneer Gold miring Com
pany, Superintendent, Capt. Plummer, is
another Philadelphia organization in ds
region; their lode, the Pioneer,
is situated in
Montgomery district, and if the quality of
ore at the depth they have reached be any
criterion from which to judge of the richness
of the lode,this Company certainly possesses
a most valuable property. The Colorado
Gold and Silver Alining Company, and the
Exploring Company of Pennsylvania, are
both Philadelphia Companies, which have
not yet reached a sufficient depth in their
explorations to obtain superior ore; their
indications are good, and under the able
management of Dr. Harlan can scarcely
fail to succeed. The South Park Mining
Company (of New York) have their mines
located in Buckskin Joe district; but are
awaiting the arrival of moola nery . prepar
atory to extensive operations. Their mores
are of undoubted value and richness.
The various Companies at work or about
to commence, all have good property and it
is Well located for 'convenient mining, and
theip is little or no doubt that they will
succeed. Your correspondent has now
somewhat briefly described the mining re
gion of this territory and shown its richness
and value. He therefore - proposes in the
next letter to give a general review of the
mining legislation now before Congress—
Senator Sherman's Bill for the sale of the
mineral lands and to Mr. Hasson's .resolia
tons in regard to the working of the same.
Until which time I will remain You're,
KiNosEssrico.
Billiards 14 New York. -
(From To•clars Tribune.)
An exhibition of the science of billiards
was given last night t. the Cooper Institute
by a number of distinguished masters of
the cue, the occasion being the first appear
ance of Mr. Roberts, the champion of Eng
land, and his play being the chief attrac
tion of the evening. 7The large hall was
well filled with an audience very much in
terested, and equally boisterous. The lively
disposition of the assemblage, however,
with a few exceptions, fortunately exhibited
itself in numerous attempts at wit, more
noticeable for noise than point. The table
used was of the Eavanah dr, Decker pattern
—six-pocketed, in order to afford Mr. Ro
berts a chance of exhibiting the specialties
of the English game. The entertainment
of the evening was diversified by
the introduction of the American,
French and English games. The first con
test was 200 points up, caroms and pockets,
between Michael Geary and Melvin Foster.
The game was not particularly brilliant,
though containing some good shots. It was
won by Foster, with an average of 12,by 35
points. The next encounter was a eeting
between the champions of America and
England, John Deery and Mr.. Roberts.
They played 250 points up, caroms, push
shot barred, and Roberts won by 39 points,
with an average of 17 and 12 over. In this
game the English player displayed an ex
cellent knowledge of the American game,
and exhibited much very skillful play, re
lying little upon nursing and evincing pe
culiar excellence in "draw" and "cushion"
shots. - It manner he is quiet and collected,
studies each shot with the utmost care, and
always endeavors to. get out of a position
everything there is infit. This was evinced
by the number of difficult five-shots he
made from situations where most players
would have been content with a single
carom; The highest runs in this game were:
Roberts:47, 48, 33, and 30; Deery-46, 39
and 33.
Messrs. - Roberts and Cahill next crossed
ues in a - match <of the French game, 50
points up, and again Mr. Roberts showed
tine ability. He took the lead froth the
start * and it appeared at first as if he would
have no difficulty in winning. On the tenth
innings the score stood 18 to 8, when Cahill.
run 5, and in the 13th innings, 3 more,
leaving him, but 2 behind his formidable an
tagonist, and in the next 2 innings had
gained 2 more. From this point - Roberts,
making runs of 8, 3 and 7 in succession,
rapidly -left him. At the close of the 21st
innings the score stood: Roberts 41, Cahill
29. On the neat shot Cahill, by a masterly
"force," brought the ballsiogether in upper
right-hand corner, and playing with great ;
delicacy, ran 21 before separating them,
thus fulishingthe game. The winner's ave
rage was 2 and 6 over, the loser 1 and 20
over. Best rune!: Cahill 21,5, 5 and 4; Roberts
8, 8 and 7. -
An encounter at the English game, 500
points up, followed between Messrs. Roberts
and Kavanagh. This game may require
some description, as it is never played in
this country, save upon special occasions
like the present. Three balls are used, two
whites and a red. The player counts either
from a carom, or from pocketing either of
the three balls. A carom counts him four,
pocketing the red or going Into the pocket
from the red—three, the same shots from
the white counting two. As the, game is
played in England, much smaller balls are
used than in our game, and that such were
not in use last night is somewhat to be re
gretted, as counting was so much easier
with our large balls, that the game was un
interesting. Roberts,- of course, exhibited
great skill at this game, in which he is
thought to be unequaled by any man in the
world. Kavanagh made a good fight, but
was beaten by 158 points. The winner's
average was slightly over 20—his highest
runs 71, 65, 60, 54, 46. Kavanagh's average
was 16; his best counts-51, 49, 41, 37.
During the progress of this game, an offi
cial acceptance on the part of Mr. Roberts
of the challenge of Joseph Dion, the cham
pion of Canada, and the next contestant for
the cue which Deery holds, to any man in
theworld to play him at the English,French,
and American games, was read. Mr. Ro
berts, however omits the French game from
his acceptance; but offers to play him at the
English and American games for froms2,ooo
to $5,000 a side in gold on a Kavanagh and
Decker table. Whether Dion will take up
this acceptance which omits the French
game, at which he is said to be especially
strong, remains to be seen.
Whether he plays Dion or not, the Eng
lish champion will doubtless have an op
portunity of testing his skill with some of
our first-rates, and that he will be a for
midable opponent for any of them his play
of last night proves.
EiESICO.
Rumored New Plan ofNapoleon—A Fran
co-Mexican Republic.
[From to-day'! New i York Herald—EdltorMLJ
The United States government has been
informed, upon apparently good authority,
that the Emperor IsTapoleonintendsto aban
don his attempt at a Mexican empire and
to re-establish the republic, putting Marshal
Bazaine at its head provisionally, and until
the people can make anotherichoice. Such
a solution would be satisfactory to the Amer
ican people. It would acknowledge in the
broadest way the great error committed
by Napoleon in the initiation of the im
perial scheme—the error of ignoring the ex
istence and defying the power of this nation;
for this change would be neither more nor
less than an act of obeisance to the Ameri
can people. It would be made, purely
and sunply t nndr the pressure of American
public opinion, and in deference for the pa
pular sentiment on the subject in the United
States. This change of policy would declare
with the emphasis of a great fact the supre
mm4 and reality of the Monroe doctrine,
since it would be the acknowledgment or
the ablest sovereign of Europe that, even
with the greatest military people of that
continent behind him, he could not, in defi
ance of the United States, determine accord
ing to his will the destiny of the weakest of
American States, but must, after four years
of trial and an expenditure of one hundred
and ninety millions of dollars, endeavor at
the last to secure the success of his plans by
giving them a character likely to commend
them to our favor.
The Emperor Napoleon has hitherto
show a disposition to accommodate his plans
to this pressure of American sentiment.
His announcement in the speech from the
throne of the intention to withdraw the
French troops conveyed this. He said on
that occasion: "The emotion produced in
the Iligted States by the presenceeof our
troopsWn the Mexican soil will be pacified
by the frankness of our declarations." He
bowed his purpose to the will of an excited
people, and now a wise deference to that
will becomes his guiding star. That he
should act in this spirit is all the coun
try requires. The empire is a failure and
a disaster, and this scheme for the establish
ment of a republic affords its author his only
opportunity to escape without humiliation
from the consequences of bis.error. We
can give up some small points for the
triumph of our national idea thus involved
in the Emperor's course, and to secure the
freedom of the people in whose behalf we
have protested against the empire. If we
insisted upon the very letter of the Monroe
doctrine, it would protest against Euro
pean occupation of this continent for
any purpose; but, since the Emperor by
this - scheme so broadly concedes the spirit
of that celebrated doctrine, we are not so
pressed for a cause, nor is our dignity so in
danger, that we need make trivial differ
ences. We may accept theFranco-Alexican
republic that the Emperor thus boldly pro
poses, and even Marshal Bazaine as its pro
visional ruler—especially if it shall be
shown that the election by which the people
may choose a constitutional President will
not be too positively affected by the pre
sence in , the country of so many French
bayonets.
Perhaps the most - remarkable conse
quences of this change in the Emperor's
policy will be seen in France. He ac
-I;nowledges that, with all the wealth and
military power of France at his disposal, he.
cannot build up an empire in defiance of
the will of a people. From this the French
will gather the useful lesson that, as em
pires cannot stand in defiance of popular
will, the empire in France also must be
a republic whenever it suits the
will of the people to require the change,
The effect will be remarkable,
too, on the soldiers thus used to build up a
republic in a_distant land. When the
French soldiers that assisted in our revo
tionary war went homed they said: "We
helped to make a republic in America—
why should we not make one here at
home ?" The French Revolution was
the result. And the French soldiers build
ing up a republic in Mexico may, when
they go home, ask themselves equally
natural questions, and their questioning
may have equally great consequences.
As Mit, LEVI DUNHAM, a merchant of
Cincinnati, was on his way up the Missis
sippi from New Orleans, the boat was
boarded by three men who, asserting that
they were officers, proceeded to arrest him
on a charge of grand larceny. ,To prove
his innocence) he proposed to return, to the
Crescent City, ten miles distant, to which
the pretended officers acceded, but while on
his way the latter assaulted him, knocked
him senseless and obtained ppssession of all
his money and. valuables to the amount of
$ll,OOO.- -Mr. Dunham has returned to Cin
cinnati, but;without, obtaining any clue to
the thieves. % ' •
BRAZIL.
The Situation on the Parana---A Hard
Fight Expected---Enthusiasm
Among the Allied Troops
--Another Anglo-Bra
zilian Iron-Clad on
the Way--The Na- •
tural Resources
of
Brasil--Li
beral Ideis
of the Em
peror,&e.
[Correspondence of the New York Herald.[
Rig JANEIRO, Feb. 1. 1866.—The army,
and navy of the triple alliance are opposite
Passo de la Patria, the Parana river sepa
rating them from the northern bank, where
the Paraenayan army is encamped. The
allied generals are trying to save time and
blood at this ford of the river, where the
Dictator of. Paraguay has concentrated all
his forces and elements of resistance. The
Brazilian army is composed of about forty
thousand men, infantry, cavalry and artil
lery, while the fleet consists of twenty men
of war and four iron-clad gunboats.
The Argentine force comprises. 18,000
troops and two or three men-of-war. The
Oriental army numbers about 7,oooinen,
Gen. Flores, the Governor of the republic of
Uruguay, having under his own command
three or four thousand Brazilians. The
army of General Lopez, the Dictator of
Paraguay, is from twenty-eight to thirty
thousand.strong.
The latest advices from the seat of war
state that the health of the allied forces is
excellent, and that great enthusiasm pre
vails among the brave fellows who are
about to free Paraguity from the tyranny of
its ruler. It is expected that by the middle
of this month the allied forces will cross the
river Parana into Paraguay and march at
once upon Humaitfi, the famous stronghold
of Lopez. We shall have to wait, however,
for some weeks before learning the issue of
The decisive or at least important battle to
be fought in the Paraguayan territory.
I do not think that the crossing of the
river Parana will prove an easy manceuvre,
but I am quite sure that the allied army is
far superior in every regard to the worthless
Paraguayan soldiers, because the latter are
compelled to fight, while the allied soldiers
are filled with enthusiasm and convinced of
the justice of their canse. The neighboring
republics are advancing in peace and order,
and in spite of the contentions incident to
the late elections in the Argentine Republic,
it is evident that order will prevail as long
as General Mitre continues at the head of
affairs.
The Oriental State is now 'recovering
strength, and its prospects are encouraging.
These new Spanish republics require but
stable governments in order to attain to a
position of welfare and prosperity. The real
cause of their struggles is the egotism of
their political leader& Principles are noth
ing here; individuals are everything. Let
them enjoy peace and order during a few
years, and they will speedily become pros
perous and powerful, to the advantage of
themselves and their neighbors.
We feel a great need of immigrants here.
Our principal merchants, both natives and
foreigners, have recently held two public
meetings for the purpose of encouraging
colonization. It is gratifying to see pro
gressive ideas fostered in this manner. We
are expecting another iron-clad from Eng
land built upon the same model as the
Minerva, which has been re-christened the
Bahia since her arrival here. During the
last three months we have sent from this
port over eleven thousand men and a large
quantity of stores to the seat of war. The
great advantages offered to American farm
ers settling in this country, and its immense
natural resources, will no doubt be fully
made known to the public in the United
Slates through General Wood, who recently
left for the States on business. connected
with emigration to Brazil. This is a large,
rich, peaceful, free and diversified country,
where emigrants will find every climate
and all the attractions of a civilized people.
Our Emperor is a mostenlightened states
man, and highly appreciated as such both
in America and Europe, and perfect confi
dence may be placed in his good intentions
and sound wisdom. Don Pedro 11. is fully
up to the spirit of the age, in fact, his ideas
are even more liberal than those of many of
his liberal contemporaries. If God spares
his valuable life for a few years. we shall
see Brazil blessed by all liberal minds and
generous hearts. Our Custom House, during
the month of January, and the otherrevanue
offices, have received 2,133,479; . 959 rein:(sl,-
065,000). The coffee sent to the United States
and Europe during the same period amounts
to 136,000 sacks.
Canada and the Fenians.
Reports from Canada show that matters
have much, quieted down in the provinces.
Instead of there having been a run on the
banks gold is a drug and greenbacks in' de
mand, while business is as brisk as ever.
The bugbear of Fenianism was giving way
before that of the "draft" which is now held
threateningly over, the heads of the Cana
dians. Our Kingston correspondent sends
us a somewhat remarkable speech: by
the Fenian Head Centre Nlurphy,
by which it appears that the freedom
of speech is -not- entirely gone • in
Canada. Mr. Murphy is represented as say
ing that forty thousand Canadian Irish,
many of whom were government employes,
were prepared to shed their blood for Ire
land's redemption; .and that .they had sub
scribed twenty-five thousand -pounds for
that cause. After the close of this singular ,
speech, cheers were proposed an& given for/
"Old =lreland," Bishop Lynch, who had
denounced the Feniansand for James
Stephens, the Chief of the Fenians, who
was alluded to as i!the foremost Irishman
alive."—N. Y. Herald.
Di - voAcE M.4.ssacia - ussrrs.—About
sixteen hundred divorces have been decreed
in Massac t husetts in six years, of which 584
were for desertion, 553 were for criminality,
132 for cruelty, and 42 from other causes. It
is known that 1,316 were decreed in the five
years that ended May 1, 1365—and at the
same rate during the last eleven months it
may be Assumed that the grand total is not
far from 1,600.
THE CASE OF THE METEOR.-At New
York the case Of the Meteor, the alleged
Chilean privateer, was up yesterday before
Judge Betts, in the United States District
Court. After a long discussion betireen
counsel, the examination of witnesses' was
permitted. The first witness was Mr. J. M.
Forbes, one of the owners of the mo eor,
who was examined at length. The case
came on again this morning.
F. L. FETHERSTON. Publistm.
DOUBLE SHEET, THREE CENTS.
Soldiers' Familles—"City Pasterri" Work;
—Report of the Supervisory com
mittee.
We, the undersigned, have examined then
accounts of "City Pastor," and beg to lay
the result of ourexamination,andcommenta
thereon, before the public:
Cash receipts, - - - - $ 7 , 548 8 V
Cash expended, including bills to
Pay, - - - -
Balance due "City Pastor,"
Clothing contributed—pieces, -
Ccal do., —tons -
Groceries and food donated, ,
to the
amount of - - - - $5OO 00
Total number of distributions of
the above contributions of -
money, - food, coal, clothing, 5,000
The account% are very carefully and cor--
rectly kept, and the contributions faithfully"
and judiciously expended.
To dismiss "City Pastor's" work withthe
above brief report would not be doing juts&
rice to ourselves nor to him. In considering
the above figures we are surprised at the
amount of good accomplished by himself
and wife, with the aid of one assistant.
Rarely, if ever, has one individual under
taken so charitable and benevolent an en
terprise, and so cheerfully enlisted the good
feelings, kind wishes, and confidence of a
large community—a nation—(for we find
contributions on his books from every loyal
State in the Union) as "City Pastor" has.
While theresponses to his appeals will bear
testimony to the benevolence and philan
thropy of our citizens,. the result will also
show how much good may be done by
the humble, earnest, persevering efforts of
one who, in the spirit of his Master,
aims at doing good to sufferiag humanity.
About the first of March, each member of
the Committee received a letter from him
stating that he must relinquish the work,
with his reasons for so doing. While the
Committee regretted the necessity which
compelled this step, they appreciated and
approved the reasons that induced it. These
reasons are already before the public in
"City Pastor's" report, published some
weeks ago, and must have made on the
minds of our citizens the most favorable
impressions of the man and his work. Him
self and wife hate been rendering this ser
vice to the families of our brave soldiers en
tirety. gratuitously. The widow and .fatherless
have blessed them, and owe them a debt of
gratitude they can never pay; and Philadel
phia owes them more than gratitude. Their
parlor was actually turned into a depository
and common officein the prosecutionof this
work, and carpets and furniture are a good
deal abused. These things should not- be
overlooked by our citizens.
There remains to be made up szci,4, 11, in
cluding unpaid bills, for which we now
make an earnest appeal to our citizen'', If
"City Pastor" appealed on behalf of the
hungry and naked, the widow and orphan,
you would, as you have done, cheerfully
respond. Yet he has laid out the above, (or
is responsible for it,) to feed the hungry,
and shall it not be cheerfully made up, and
immediately? Such a'work so well done,
deserves to be nobly and generously fin
ished.
The Committee at City Pastor's request
have appointed a Treasurer, James E Orne,
Esq., who will receive all contributions of
money for the above purpose, and_ will ap
propriate any balance to the relief of desti
tute families on City Pastor's Bobka. All
moneys left at or sent to Mr. Orne's Store,
626 Chestnut street, addressed inside, "For
City Pastor," will be acknowledged and.
appropriated as above stated.
JA}fvs Por.Loos.,
Chairman.
HENRY D. MOORE.
JAMES H. ORNE.
A Er.IL&RSABLE HAIL STORM.-A hail
storm visited Chicago and vicinity last
Monday, which proves to be one of the most
remarkable on record. At Hyde Park, sev
en miles souih of the city, and at Evanston,
twelve miles north, the storm was the most
terrific. At both places hail fell of the full
size of hen's eggs, some:of the stones meas
uring fully six inches in circumference; and
so fast did they fall that in a very few min
utes the ground was covered with these
nuggets of ice to the depth of three or four
inches., The windows of all the hot-houses
in the vicinity, which are quite numerous,
were left without- a whole pane of glass,
and there was not an exposed window in
either locality but suffered in the same
manner. All the plants and flowers were
destroyed, and many trees were seriously
injured. A railroad train at Hyde Park
was completely arrested in its progress by
the piling of the hail stones on the, track.
During the progress of this storm the thun
der was heavy and the lightning vivid: The
storm also visited Davenport, lowa, doing
much damage. Many other points have
doubtless suffered from a like visitation.
A CHANGE OF BASE.—The Boston Ga,-
iette's "Old Apple Man" writes: I have
thought somewhat of changing my base of
operations and going into the Fenian bond
business, there is such asplendid field open
formaking money. There can be no doubt, I
think, in the mind of any -intelligent, man
of the success of the Fenian movement.' The
only obstacle in the way is England, a mere
bagatelle, that an iron-clad or two can blow
out of the water. This must be evident at a
glance, and the investment in bonds will
soon bring about this very desirable result.
Doubtless the whole - of Europe, excepting
the Pope, will join in this movement, and
the United States it is well known stands
ready to help by investing its surplus - debt
in some sinking fund, than which none
better is known than this. However, in
hope of setter times, I shall defer ".deaision
till the firstsuccessful battle, and then put
up the coupons; and speaking of coupons,
it reminds me of a boast of my friend Sleet,
who is an inventor of wearing apparermade
of paper. He tells me ho has invented a
paper shirt, with coupons attached, ail ex
pedient that will undoubtedly be, a success.
A LEGAL TRICK.--Judge Jones,- of K—,
Missouri, has a keen eye for shrewd; wily
bits of sharp practice in this one particular,.
to wit—Our statute requires a complainant
carrying a suit to a higher court , to make an
affidavit that - it is not for the purpose of'
harassing "nor for delay." The judge had
no case, and did want "delay," so the Judge
made his affidavit, "not for the purpose of
harassing, but for delay." No one noticed
the monosyllable and the case ' stayed up
for three years. Then the client was ready
to pay, , and the Judge confessed the
"dodge. , -
SMUGGLBRS 1:1V VBRDIONT.—The Customs
officers at - Island Pond, Orleans county, Vt.,
seized last week four teams loaded with
contraband goods. Four smugglers were
also arrested and bound up in sums of five
thousand to six. thousand dollars, 'to appear
for trial at the next session of the United
States District Court. Among them, says
the Rutland Herald, was a notorious smug
gler, named Rufus Himpton, of East Ha
ven, who, according to his own story, "has
killed - more officers than. all otters on the
frontier, and, has a graveyard of his oven."
7,Q23 00
374 11
18