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LECTURES ON ZOOLOGY AND COMPARA.
TIVE ANATOMY.
'UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA.
• By Prof. H. ALLEN, M. D.
The first lecture of the coarse will be delivered on
MONDAY „April 2d, at 5 o'clock P. M.
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-140n of the parasites of man and to Medical Zoology
_proper.
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ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 4,
At S o'clock.
Addresses will be made by
THE RT. REV. BISHOP WOOD,
THE REV. MICHAEL O'CONNOR, S. J.,
Formerly Rector of the seminary,
THE VERY REV. DR O'HARA, V. G.,
and others.
Most of the Reverend Clergy of the Diocess will be
present.
A SPECIAL EXCURSION TRAM"
Will leave the Pennsylvania Railroad Station across
the Market Street Bridge on Wednesday afternoon,
April 4th, at 2 ,o'clock, for the grounds of the new
Seminary, and will return to Philadelphia at half past
4 o'clock.
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•Governor Curtin _and the Orphans of Oar
S4toldiers.
The New York Tribune pays the follow_
ing jpst tribute to our faithful'and excellent
Governor. Although slightly in error con
-corning the organization:of the schools, the
- noble work done by the Governor is not
•over-estimated. The Tribune says:
"Pennsylvania had a celebration in Har
risburg recently which should not escape
.attention. During the latter days of the
war, Governor Curtin of that State made
arrangements to educate the children of its
fallen soldiers. Schools were established in
various towns, and an appropriation made
to carry "on the work. The schools have
been in, operation for some time, and with
;great success. A number of the scholars
went to Harrisburg on a frolic, and had
what we presume the boys themselves con
sidered "a jolly time." They met in the
Capitol building, sang songs, made
speeches, and were talked to
by Governor Curtin in a very pretty way.
'The example thus set by Pennsylvania
should be followed in other States. Gover
nor Curtin'deserves the rare honor of hav
ing led in the movement. He is now in the
last years of his administration, and is, we
believe, the senior Governor in point of
service in America—the last of the gallant
magistrates who surrounded Mr. Lincoln
when he entered upon the stormy duties of
thaPresidency—and among the ablest,most
active and' popular men in Pennsylvania.
If he did nothing else but found schools for
these bereaved darlings of the nation, the
measure of his credit would be full."
AT TEE late "GRAND TRIAL OF SEWING
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Tat. American Consul at Liverpool had
ordered a ship-broking firm to dispose of
the ex-cruiser Shenandoah as she lies in the
Mersey.
Stew Publications.
Mr. Towle's "History of Henry the Fifth,"
just published by D. Appleton & Co., is at
tracting much attention. Therapid increase
of standard works of this class is a pleasing
indication of the growth of a . purer literary
taste, both on the part of writers and read
ers. We might name a dozen or more of
books issued from the American press with
in the last year, all of which have met with
the most flattering success, which, a few
years ag6, would have fallen perfectly dead
upon the hands of their publishers, from a
sheer want of appreciative taste upon the
part of the reading community. Mr. Towle
has engaged in the work of giving us a.his
tory of "Prince Hal" with a warm enthusi
asm, which, at times, tempts him to strain
an argument in his favor, a little beyond
the bounds of good philosophy or logic.
There are, moreover, occasional slips of his
pen, by which errors of persons and dates
have crept into his narrative, as, for instance.
the case in which he ascribes two dates, ten
years apart, to thedeath of Mary de Bohun
Henry's mother, We cannot subscribe to
the line of argument upon which he justifies
the persecution of the Lollards. The trial
and execution of his old friend and boon
companion, Lord Cobham, are excused on
the ground of the conscientious scruples of
Henry, and upon the charge that he com
mitted political treason, which he certainly
did not do, until after his first sentence of
death, and his escape from the Tower.
Wycliffe's enlightened principles had been
disseminated throughout England for twen
ty-five or thirty years before Henry's acces
sion, and we are unwilling to admit the plea
of ignorance in justification of the cruel
dealings with his followers.
Mr. Towle has been criticized for calling
Henry "Heir of France," and somewhat
elaborate disquisitions have been written
to dispute the claim. Of course he was not
in truth the heir of France, but the fault
finding reviewers have lost eight of the fact
that, by the treaty of Troyes, he was entitled
"our most illustrious son, Henry, King of
England, Heir of France."
The historian has, in spite of minor lie
feats, given us the beat account we have yet
had of Henry's brilliant reign. Illustrious
as he was in all kingly qualities, no one can
rise from the:perusal of the gallant chivalry
of his career, without a sigh for a return of
at least that one element of the period in
which he lived, which is so swallowed up in
the practical and progressive spirit of the
age in which we live; Henry the Fifth,
leading his forlorn hope from Harfleur,
through Normandy, surmounting the diffi
culties of the country, baffling the strategy
of his opponents, upholding his little army,
amid the wasting of pestilence and the
weariness of the march, by his own indomi
table courage, and then crowning it all upon
the glorious field of Agincourt, is a charac
ter in history well worth our most careful
study. We cordially commend to our read
ers, a perusal of Mr. Towle's most interest
ing work. For sale by Ashmead & Evans.
The disciples of Emanuel Swedenborg
will be glad to hear that J. B. Lippincott A.:
Co. have issued a new life of the celebrated
founder of their peculiar faith. It is a re
print of a recent English work by William
White and embraces a well collated synop
-03 of Swedenborg's writings. The Ameri
can edition is introduced by a preface from
the pen of Mr. B. F. Barrett, who has
brought together numerous testimonies to
the wisdom and value of Swedenborg's char
acter, from writers of various shades of re
ligious faith. As a biography of a very re
markable man, who has exercised a deep
influence upon the hearts and minds of men,
this volume „is well worthy of attention.
Messrs. Appleton have just published a
little volume of essays on the proper use of
speech, entitled "The Idle Word." It is
from the pen of Rev. Edward Meyrick
Goulburn, D.D., whose writings are rapidly
obtaining a wide popularity in this country.
There are few topics of more universally
practical importance than the government
of that "little member," the tongue, which
causes so much mischief in the world, and
Dr. Goulburn's treatise abounds in most
excellent suggestions upon the subject. His
style is pleasant and attractive and his
views are most honest and liberal. The book
is for sale by Ashmead & Evans.
A DEAF AND DUMB WEDDING PARTY.-
On the sth of March a large number of per
sons were drawn to Aldeburgh Church, Al
borough, to witness the marriage ceremony
of a deaf and dumb couple, the bridegroom
being Mr. James William Hardy, photo
grapher, of this place, and the bride Miss
lannah Simmonds, a bookbinder, from
London. The necessary questions and an
swers were put and returned in writing, - and
the entire ceremony was gone through, with
an occasional sign made by the fingers. Not
only were the principals deaf and dumb,
but the bridegroom's man and the brides
maid, and also two young gentlemen who
attended the wedding as witnesses. < The
father of the lady and the uncle of Mr.
Hardy were present, the only persons of the
wedding party blessed with the faculties of
speech. The infliction in the case of both
bride and bridegroom resulted from illness.
—Bury and Norwich. (England) Post.
A STRONG ROOM.—A strong room recently
constructed for a London bank is thus de
scribed : The walls, two feet thick, are
formed of hard bricks laid in cement, and
with hoop iron worked in. The room is
lined throughout with wrought iron half an
inch thick. There are two doors—the outer
a strong iron one with two locks, and the
inner one of combined steel and iron of ex
traordinary strength, with two locks throw
ing ten bolts. ' A safe placed inside, weigh
ing eight tons and, throwing twenty bolts,
contains the cash and securities. An alarm
in the resident clerk's bedroom is attached
to the ineide of the ' strong room, so that if
the outer door is opened a gong is set going.
A porter sleeps on a bed in front of the outer
door, and tur pulling a handle he can set the
alarm off if necessary, sand there is a watch
man always on duty.
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PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 30 1866.
SOUTH AMERICA
Progress of the War
A Paraguayan Victory on Parana River.
Official and . Other Accounts, &c
(Correspondence of the New York Herald.]
RIO JANET • 0. March 3d, 1866.—Informa
tion is being 'continually received here of
the crossing by the Piiraguayans of the
Parana, and depredations committed by
them, in the form of cattle lifting on the Ar
gentine side. On the 25th of January 400
crossed over on a raid, but they weredriven
back by Colonel Leyes.
But by far the most important news is
that of a fight that took place on the 31st of
January between the. Paraguayans and the
Argentines. The accounts received here
are very cloudy, as it seems that the allied
'governments are not disposed to
enlighten the - public in regard
to their operations. From all I could gather
however, it seems that a force of Paraguay.
ans numbering about six hundred men
crossed over to the Argentine side. These
were promptly reinforced till the total num
ber of the invaders amounted to from three
to five thousand. The Argentine General
Hornos, with only a division of cavalry,
-met the invaders, when a sanguinary con
flict ensued. General Hornos was sub
sequently reinforced by a Buenos Ayrean
division, commanded by Colonel Conesa,
and after the fight had lasted some hours the
Paraguayans recrossed, leaving several
hundred dead and wounded on the field.
The Battle Between the Paraguayans and
the Argentines at Passe de la Petrie.
The light was intensely hot, the Para-
F uavans holding their ground with great
tenacity, giving way only inch by inch, and
profiting by all the difficulties in the form
of bushes, swamps, lakes, &c, and at night
they sought shelter in a mountain by the
bank of the river, whence it was found very
bard to dislodge them, as they had been re
inforced.
Finally they were compelled to recross
he river, leaving on the. Argentine side two
hundred killed and a number of wounded,
variously estimated at from one hundred to
...ix hundred.
The Argentines had several officers killed
and many wounded. The loss of men placed
hors de combat is between five hundred and
six hundred. This loss is severely felt in
Buenos Ayres, as the principal troops en
gaged were from that city.
This is the Argentine version of the affair.
The Brazilian account differs from it materi
ally, and if all the statements received from
the latter source are to bettelieved the con
duct of the Argentines in the fight was not
very flattering to them. While it cannot be
denied, on the other hand, that they de
fended themselves bravely, it must be ad
mitted, on the other hand that they fell
ingloriously, without the alightestadvantage
to their cause, through the negligence of the
general commanding the vanguard.
General Osorio, in command of the Bra
zilian forces, haying heard heavy firing in
the direction of the river, sent to General
Ilornos,offering reinforcements,which were
declined. The consequence was that the
Paraguayans, in their onset, created great
confusion in the Argentine ranks, and al
though this is denied, it is substantiated by
letters received from surgeons of the Brazi
lian army, who declared that they found al
most all the Argentines that they attended
wounded in the rear. This circumstance is
mentioned with the utmost politeness and
varnish; but it is certain that the Argentines
were completely routed.
A great cry has been rased in Buenos
Ayres against the Brazilian army and
navy, but more especially the latter, for
their inactivity when they were within hear
ingi distance of the conflict. It is believed
by impartial persons, however, that as far
as General Osorio is concerned no blame at
taches to him because he did not send troops
to the scene of strife, because they were de
clined by General Hornos. As fur the inac
tivity of the Brazilian squadron it is ac
counted for on the suspicion that some dis
agreement exists between 4dmiral Taman
dare and the Argentine com m a nder-i n- chief.
Brazilians very naturally'ask, in presence
of the blame imputed to their countrymen,
what was the bulk of the Argentine army
doing? Being , so much nearer the field of
battle than the Brazilians, why did it not
support the division from Buenos Ayres?
And they think, with reason,
that the
Argentine forces, amounting to ten thou
sand men, on their own soil, were quite
sufficient to arrest the progress and punish
the foolhardiness of five thousand Para
guayans. Some officers even think that the
Delp of Brazilians in this case would be con
sidered more in the light of an insult than
as an advantage to their allies. Be this as
it may. it is a stubborn factat the Argen
tines have been tremendously whipped, and
that the moral advantage gained by the
Paraguayans is immense.
The newspapers do not mention a word
about the destruction of the flatboats and
other means of transportation in the course
of construction by the allies, ou the Argen
tine side of the Parana. Private letters have
been received here, however, stating that
the Paragvayans had set fire to everything
of the kind that they found on the bank of
the river they could not quickly carry away
with them. All this ought to lead the allies
to exercise more vigilance and to be always
on the qui vine to repel the enemy, particu
larly when he attempts to cross the river, as
he aid then and had done twice before, in
canoes, which can be easily riddled by or
dinary musket bullets.
°Metal Report.
To the President of the Republic and
General-in-Chief—l have the honor to advise
your Excellency that, in consequence of a
descent of the enemy as far as the Peguajo
on the 30th ult., and of the encounter men
tioned in the enclosed despatch of General
Hornos, a reinforcement was sent to the
vanguard, according to ;your Excellency's
order, composed of the 2d Division (Buenos
Ayres), under Colonel Coussa, with a de
tachment of artillery.
The vanguard being thus strengthened
the enemy returned yesterday, in the same
force, to Pegnajo, bringing with them a
howitzer. Our guerilla cavaly attacked
them on the flank, while the infautry,under
Colonel Coussa, fell on them in front with
vigor, driving them back and pursuing
them' hotly as far as. Passo de la Patria, al
though the circumstance of our
.men having
to wade across two creeks and a large
marsh, up to their hips in water, prevented
the pursuit from being as vigorous as it
might have been, and the small number of
the enemy taken prisoners is owing to the
rugged defiles which covered -the retreat.
At the Paseo de la Patria the enemy en
deavored to reform, under cover of a re
served force stationed on 'the beach , and
OUR NMOLE COUNTRY
Col. Conesa being at present with the van
guard at Passo de la Patria, I have not yet
got a list of the killed, but learn that the
number is small, most of our casualties
being "slightly wounded." Col. Conesa re
ceived a slight contusion. Gen. Harris, in
his active duties with the vanguard, has not
had time to give me other than a verbal re
port, which I shall transmit to your Excel
lency in due time . " with other details. .
JIIAN A GELLEY Y OBV3.
'Why the Allies do not Advance.
This is said to be in consequence of the
swollen state of the river, which necessi
tates the construction of what are called in
the language of the country "chatas," to
ferry the troops over. A "chats" is thus
described by an intelligent correspondent of
the Buenos Ayres Standard—Chatas have
no spars, keels or rudders. Their extreme
length is forty-five feet; their breadth of
beam is twenty-five feet, which is the same
at the bows, amidships and' astern. The
depth of the hole is 5 feet. Thedeck is upon
a perfect level. A line of stanchions goes
around the bull, to which ropes are fas
tened as defences to keep the passengers
from falling overboard. They 1.14 v e
stout bits, intended to make fast a
tow-line from. In line, imagine a" huge
box, whose opposite sides are equal and
parallel, with either end beveled to an angle
of forty-five degrees, and you have a
"chats,;" meant to carry four hundred sol
diers, or sixty oxen, and to be towed by
steam. The planking is of American pine,
two inches thick, and strongly fastened.
The timbers are made of the hard wood of
the country, very stout. It takes as many
operatives as can conveniently be at work'
at the same time to build one in two
months.
In consequence of this delay it is believed
that the allies can undertake no important
operations till the end of this month; but
the officers and soldiers of the allied army
are sanguine of ultimate success.
Movements of the Baron Porto Alegre.
On the 13th of January the Baron Porto
Alegre, with an army of Brazilians, num
bering some fourteen thousand men, began
to cross the Uruguay river, at the ford called
Garurchos. His army is reported to be in
good condition, well equipped and armed,
and ready for immediate action. It is to be
ii ared, however, that by the time they cross
the Parana at Itapuia their condition will
be - very different.
Heavy Loan by Brazil to the Argentines.
A few days ago a loan of one million dol
lars was contracted between the Argentine
republic and this empire, in favor of the
former. Brazil has been extremely liberal
to her allies and this is another instance of
her generosity. It is to be hoped that the
Argentines will be grateful for so seasonable
a supply.
The arrival of four hundred men, en
gaged in Europe, is daily expected.
General Mitre.
The distinguished commander has been
sick. It was even said that he had been
poisoned; and really the symptoms seemed
to favor the supposition, consisting of
violent vomitings and kindred affections.
Mysterious Murder.
A most mysterious case of murder occur
red near Olmstead Falls, Ohio, on Saturday
night. It appears that a man, named Wil
liam Colvin, left his house on business on
Saturday, for the purpose of visiting Berea,
and was accompanied part of the way by
his wife and a man named McConnell, who
hoarded with Colvin's family. Colvin con
tinued on his way after he parted with the
others, who returned home, and at night
got back in company with a man named
Miller, when they found the house locked
and tenantless. Upon examination the
walls and floor were found stained with
blood, and a bloody axe and club were
found in one of the rooms, but no traces of
either the woman or McConnell could be
tound. Colvin and Miller were arrested on
a charge of murder, and were held to await
the result of the search being made for the
remains of the supposed victims. Though
these parties are held as the murderers,
there is a strong conviction that the blood
found was that of the woman, who was
murdered by McConnell, who first secreted
the body, and then fled.
Since the above was published, the body
of the woman has been found, horribly
mutilated. McConnell is still missing.
THE floggingg. of young lads in the British
Davy is prohibited henceforth.
some artillery mounted on an island, which,
commands both banks of the river. within
'half cannon shot range; while, at the same
a considerable number of canoes came to
reinforce them,
Nevertheless our infantry pushed into the
thicket, which skirts , the coast for about a
league, swimming across two large marshes
and advancing by the forest openings,-
wherever practicable, till they came on tile
enemy's flank, cutting their line in two
with a vigorous• charge, and causing them
to abandon several canoes, which floated
down the river, the rest escaping in boats,
or swimming over to the Paraguayan side.
[A likely story, seeing, that the river at the
Paseo is, in consequence of its flooded state,
now two thousand yards wide, with a. three
knot current.—Cor. Herald.]
The resultof the day would have been de
cisive, and the destruction of the enemy
complete, had not two chiefs of battalions
and several officers just fallen, which s,ome
what damped the . ardor of our men, and
permitted the enemy, under protection of
their island battery of eight and twelve
pounders, to recover themselves in the im
penetrable wood bordering on the river,
where they also a received a reinforcement
o.f a fresh battalion, and were able to main-
Lain their ground, although suffering heavy
losses of killed and wounded, in bayonet
skirmishes with our men.
Soon after the First Division, under Col.
Rivas, arrived, as I had moved them up,
pursuant to your Excellency's order ; but it
was impossible, as General Hornos testifies
in his despatch, to make use of this reinforce
ment, as it was now past nightfall.
The operation would have been completely
successful, as I have already told your Ex
cellency, but for the impatience of our sol
diers to get under fire, and the consequent
want of a compact reserve three, which per
mitted the enemy to reform on the river's
side, under cover of the woods and protect
ed by their island battery, where they were
reinforced and enabled to hold their ground
for the night. Nevertheless, the enemy's
loss is computed at more than two hundred
killed and tour hundred wounded(aecording
to reliable accounts), besides nine taken pri
soners, and among these latter two officers.
But these advantages have not been ob
tained without severe loss on our side,
Majors Serrano and Marquez being among
those killed in action, and Commanders
Kear and Martinez de Hog, wounded, be
sides 90 rank and file sent to the hospital,
and about 20 officers of the various batta
lions engaged. The large number of offi
cers hors de combat is owing to the valor of
the troops in rushing on the enemy's am
buscades when the chiefs and officers led
the way. It was the first time these batta
lions were ever under fire.
THE FENIAN CHIPS;
Reports About the Movements-of; Head
Centre Stephens.
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tiProm To.day's N. Y. News,]
There was considerable excitement in this
city 'last evening, among Fenian circles,
owing to the circulation of a rumor to the
effect that James Stephens had actually ar
rived in this city, by the steamship Fulton,
from Havana. The news soon spread abroad,
and, as a consequence, the Fenian head
quarters in Union Square and: the various
newspapersiAces were besieged by hun
dreds of anxious inquirers. As tohis actual
arrival, we were not able to learn up •to a
late hour last night. If he did come,, and
had his whereabouts been made known,
he would have undoubtedly been the
recipient of a popular demonstration. The
greatest importance is attached to his ar
rival here, as if is supposed that.the affairs
of the Brotherhood will become more set
tled and their plans made more effective.
The excitement was kept uptill a late hour,
the impression being that Stephens must
have arrived. We understand a nocturnal
visit was paid the watchman on board the
Fulton by a posse of anxious admirers of
the distinguished Head Centre for the
purpose of gaining information, but they
had to return without obtaining anything
satisfactory. At the headquarters
in Union square yesterday, the
greatest reticence on the subject
prevailed. It is well known that Stephens
has passed in and out of Ireland upon more
occasions than one since his escape from
Richmond Prison. it is thought his pre
sence here will result in settling the existing.
differences between the two branches of the
organization. It is said that previous to
leaving Ireland Stephens made all neces
sary arrangements to, keep the organization
in good order while he is absent, and that in
a short time he will be ready to strike a
blow for Irish independence. For all of
those masons, therefore, his arrival here is
a matter of considerable importance to the
Brotherhood.
Verdicts Against Railroad Campanles.
[FrUm To-days Y, Times.] -
The case of Eugene B. Overton against
the Long Island Railroad Company, re
ported in the Times of Thursday, was con
cluded yesterday by the jury bringing in a
sealed verdict, awarding to the plaintiff
$5,000 damages. Our readers will remem
ber that, as the plaintiff was riding into New
York on an express train on the morning
of the 28th of August last, this train, when a
little this side of the village of Jamaica,
came into collision with a mail train run
ning in an opposite direction on the same
track 32 minutes behind time. The result
was the loss of four or five lives, and
serious injuries to many other passengers.
The plaintiff; who was riding on the
rear platform of the third car from the en
gine, had both of his legs broken. For this
he claimed $50,000 damages against the
Company. One of the questions which the
Court submitted to the Jury was whether,
at the time of the accident, there were not
more seats than passengers on the train ?
The Jury answered there were not...inre
seats than passengers. So far as their Ver
dict goes, the jury have also decided another
important question involved in the case,
namely, that the plaintiff, being on the
platform; contributed to the extent of • his
injuries. The Justice, on motion of plain
tiit's counsel, granted an extra allowance of
2 , `, per cent. The case will be taken to the
Appellate court by the defendants. •
A verdict of $9,794 83 was rendered yes
terday in the Supreme Court Circuit, bafoke
Justice James, against the Hudson River
Railroad Company, at the suit of one Marcus
Ball. The cause of action arose oat of the
alleged transfer of some five hundred and
fifty hogs, said to have been shipped for the
New York market at some point on the
New York Central Railroad,and re-shipped
at Albany to come down on the defendant's
road. Important questions as to a bill of
sale, and as to whether Ball was the real
party plaintiff in interest, were raised on
the trial. The case will be taken to the Ap
pellate Court on these and other questions
of law involved.
Elias Birchall brought a suit against the
Ceti and Amboy Railroad Transporta
tion Coimpany, to recover the value of three
cases of woolen goods, alleged to have been
destroyed by the fire of the 11th of July,
1864, by which the Company's property at
Pier No. 1, North River, was consumed.
The Jury rendered a verdict of $1,041 29 for
the plaintiff, that being the full amount
claimed with interest. The Court gave an
allowance of live per cent. There are some
important points of law in this case, and a
motion has already been made for leave to
take it to the General Term.
The Agassiz Expedition in Brazil. '
The Boston Transcript publishes several
letters relating to the Brazilian expedition
of Professor Agassiz. Among them is a
note from Agassiz to Gov. Andrew intro
ducing M. Azambuja, the Brazilian minis
ter, and adding:
"The Emperor, has overwhelmed me with
attentions and given me the most substan
tial assistance in the way of a steamer
placed at my disposal upon the Amazon; so
you see that the liberality of Mr. Thayer has
already produced more 'results than any of
us could have expected. I only hope that,
now that the war is over, the means of the
Museum may be so enlarged as to make
that institution the most important in exis
tence, within as short a period as possible.
We have vindicated our political institu
tions, let us now place our social condition
and our means of intellectual and moral
improvements 'far above those of other
nations." G •=•• L. AGASSIZ.
A letter from one of Agassiz's assistants
contains the following interesting informa
tion:
"During three days we spent at the Lake
Hyanuaiy, we caught seventy-six different
species, most of them new. The most im
portant was a new genus of the Chromides,
with a tail ending in the shape of a lance,
which Professor Agassiz called after Dr.
Coutinho. We were accompanied by the
president of the province, who afforded us
all conveniences by his secretary and other
gentlemen.
"Our collection is at the present time
seven hundred and seventy-six species, of
which six hundred and fifty are new. Prof.
Agassiz said before entering the Amazonas,
he would be satisfied if he could obtain two
hundred and fifty species. The result, as
you perceive, is beyond all expectation.
The Professor calls it a true revelation for
science.
";The species of Para are entirely distinct
from those of Tajaparn; the latter from
those of Gurupa, these from those of Monte-
Allegre, and so on—even between neighbor
ing places the difference is great.
"Besides, the Amazonas contain a large
number oprovinces inhabited by distinct
species. The discovery of this important
fact opens a new horizon to scientific inves
tigations, and is the safest basis in the study
of the distribution of species. ,
"This, great principle being established
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the number of the ichthyological provinces
remain to be known and the extension of
their limits as well as the causes of their
difference. These questions require much
labor and study, but their result must be
extraordinary, and perhaps the most inter
esting in the study of nature."
Another letter, dated November 25, says,
that the number of new fishes found is •
eleven hundred and sixty-three.
How it Looks from a Virginia SehOoi.-
A brave young woman, of education and
refinement, who has left her home in Brook.
lyn to devote herself to teaching the freed
men in Virginia. gives, in a private letter
to her brother, fromwhich we are permitted
to make extracts, some interesting inci-
dents in her daily life. She writes, March.
19:
"To-day, as I was quietly returning from
school alone, I was saluted with such a vol
ley of oaths that I involuntarily turned my
head to see the speaker. A man instantly
retreated within a gateway, repeating: `God
damn you and send you to hell, you cursed
bitch of a Yankeeteacher!' Some colored
people, who had evidently heard, said: `Do
you know who that is?' I replied, 'No; but
I should be glad to know.' They then men
tioned his name. When he saw me speak
ing with them he renewed his curses. I
went on, and meeting the Major (of the
Freedman's Bureau), of course told him.
He will see what he can do, but not 'mach I
expect- He says he was beset on Friday
night by a rowdy mob, who woke Win up
with the cries, •Wake up and come mu,. you.
damned Freedmen's Bureau;' some shout
ing, 'Kill him!' others, 'Tear him to pieces!'
All this, however, is perfectly natural. I
looked for it, and look for much more. It
is the first time in my life I have had the
honor of an open curse, and I da feel it an
honor in such a cause.
"9.45 P. M.—Just in from - school.
We went on quietly with our work as usual,
when at 9 o'clock a great crash came against
the window, and a large.rough stone (which
is now on the table before me) fell on the
floor. It came exactly in a line with the
spot where I was _standing, and I think we
have to thank the calico window-blind, in
part, for preventing further damage. Some
thing has been thrown nearly every night
lately, but this is the first time Ey window.
has been broken. I see they want to frighten
our scholari away. Do you think we are re,
constructed down here? Ask Mr. Beecher
to come down and protect us. Perhaps a
little of his smooth eloquence might soften
those hard 'loyalists.' The colored people
want to celebrate the anniversary of the fall
of RichMond, because it is their Indepen
dence Day. Theye told if they celebrate
it at all, it shall be with blood. One of the
young men says be will celebrate it, if he
does it alone. What do you think I should
advise him? Of course I hold it to be their
right to celebrate their freedom, and I don't
like to see them cowed down by the whites.
Yet I don't like to risk bloodshed, though I
seriously believe that more blood will have
to be spilt before these people will be free."
The writer of this letter little expected it
would ever find its way into print. Its
simple,- unaffected statement, given in an
unreserved, sisterly communication, is
worth a ten-column speech of ever so able
a member of Congress on Reconstruction.
The writer incloses in the letter an article
from a Richmond newspaper, which she
had picked up somewhere, written during
the war, "On the Treatinent of Prisoners."
Its first sentence is—" Yankee prisoners
who fall into our hands have no right to ex
pect from us any measure of sympathy."
They are no longer rebels in Virginia since
Lee surrendered, but the "cursed Yankees"
then are "cursed Yankees" now.—N. Y.
Tribune. .
Facts and Fancies.
The" Boston Post says: "There are mad
dogs in Georgia." Probably mad because
they cannot bite humans any longer.
A Canadian named Rankin is George N.
Sanders's principal creditor. Rank-in
oTatitude is what might be expected from
'.he fellow who found asylum in Canada
during the war.
The season is over at Washington, and
the low-necked dresses are all packed up.
They don't need much packing, because
they occupy such a very small portion of the
trunk.
A good comparison: Fish, Bone-us; Pota
toes, meal -ior; Beer, HoNimus.
Pollard, of the Richmond Examiner , has
been hobnobbing with Henry *ard
Beecher, and likes him. A Pcillard is any
tree that has had its head cut off, and as
Henry Ward seems to be losing his head,
we may fairly define a Beech-or-Pollard as
one and the same thing.
The Canadians continue to keep a watch
ful eye on Fenian movements. Did not
know there were any to keep an eye on. -At
this distance Finniganism is a decided in
-visible Green.
Mrs. Jeff. Davis has gone to see her chil
dren in Canada. They are sojourning there
on account of a slight misunderstanding
between their papa and their Uncle.
Four 'hundred false eyes are sold every
week in Paris. Paris is a curiously con
structed place. As the Italian Opera House
the sopranos all sport false calves, and the
tenors walk round with their false-ttos in
their mouths.
A man in Paris undertakes to relate the
past, present and future of people by a
simple inspection of the foot. He is called
a pe - domist. Walker!
A "boiler insurance company" has been
formed in New York, the object of which is
to insure against all losses from the explo
sion of boilers under the 'inspection of the
company. As the company will take pre
dons good care that the boilers shall not-ex
plodeunder their inspection,it will probably
be a safe business—at least for the company.
"Seems to me," quoth Brown, "I re
member a text in Scripture where it says:
"As for this Moses, who brought us up out
of the land of Egypt, we wot not what has
become of him." The New York Post gets
that off.
THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND GYPSIES IN
Rourazon.A.—The Pall'.2lfatl Gazette says
that there are three hundrecrthousand gyp
sles in the Danubian Prinoialities, those
countries having been the first,,:and .main
European camping-ground from which the,
wanderers were afterward diffused all over
the West. One has only to look at any
modern Wallachian, it adds, especially of
the upper or town-reared classes, to be con
vinced, of the strong dash of gypsy blood in
his veins, so speaking is the languid lustre
of his eye, and so much darker is his com
plexion t han that of any of his neigbors.
But his moral nature is yet wilder and more
Bohemian thanhis physical. Prince Couza's
minister of police, who shared his master's
downfall, seems to have been neither more
nor less than a mere receiver of stolen jew
elry. When his trunks were opened they
found the diamonds of a great Roman ma
tcon, missing for a year,
Mouse.