GIBSON PEACOCK Editor. VOLUME XIX.---NO. 296 EVENING BULLETIN. PUBLISIOED EVERY EVENING. (3onda.wi excepted) at NO. 329 Cheidnut Street, Philadelphia ESE=I "Evening'; Bulletin Association," PROPRIETORS. OLSSON PEAOOOS,' CASPER SOUDER, F. FETHERSTON, IMRNEST 0. WALLAO.E. THOMAS .T. WILLIAMSON. The Surdarrin Is served to subscribers in the city at le cents Per Week, payable to the carriers, or SS 00 per MARRIED.. - COLEBrANWIN —At, the American Church, Paris, France, on the Bth of March, Evan J. Cole nan d:ir Louisville, Ky., to Mies Lucy °win, daughter off' Dr. Wm.M. Elwin, of. California DIED. EY RE—At Chester,Pa.. suddenly. on the evening of. the 20th irotant' Rebecca P. Eyre , relict of Win. Eyre , Jr. Future notice will be given of the funeral. * FLETCHER—On the 29th instant, of congestion of the brain, James W. Fletcher, in his 55th year. The relatives and friends of the family, Eastern Star Lodge, A. Y, M.. No. 188, and Controllers of Pnb• lie Schools, also, the School Directors of Third Section, are respectflilly invited to attend his funeral from Lis late residence. No. 761 South Ninthatreet, on Mon day afternoon, April 2, at 3 o'clock, KIRK—n the.3oth instant. Idella Louisa; daughter of James V. and Mary Holly Kirk, aged 3 years and 8 days. I he relatives and, friends of the family are respect. Dilly invited to attend her funeral from the residence of Peter Holly, No, 1002 North Second.street. on Mon day next to Laurel Hill. •, April 2d, at one o'clock, P. M. To proceed MORRISON—On the - morning of the 31st instant, ;Anne Morrison aged 68 years. Due notice of the _funeral will beeven. - PIERTE—Th s Morning,' after a lingering illness, Wm. S Pieri, in the 63d year of his age. Dae notice Will be given of —Oneral. It PILE ARDSO the 31st instant, James 0. Richardson, in the.4oth year of his age.. His relatives and friends are Invited to attend the funeral from his. late residence No. 313 Gaskill street, on Tuesday afternoon, April 3d, at 3 o'clock. *.. Vir.6 DBI6E—On the 28th instant, Lucy A. wife of John Webber, Gunner 11. S. Navy, in the 54th year of her age "Gone but not forgotten." The relatives and friends of the th.milyare respect fully invited to attend her funeral from her late resi dence. No. 309 German street, on Sunday, April Ist, at 4 o'clock, P. E. [Norfolk, (Virginia) papers plums kuP.Y.) • sir MAcONIC NOTICE.—The Officers and Mem bers of Eastern Star Lodge. No. 786, A. Y. M.; the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvaina,mod the Members of the Order generaby, are fraternally requested to meet .6tt the Hall, Chestnut street, on MONDAY next. at three o'clock, P, M., to att. nd the funeral of their deceased Brother, P. M. JAMES W. P.LETCH_F,R. .By order oC the W. M. GEO. P. LITTLE Secretary EYRE & LA_NDELL' FOURTH AND ARCH, ARE OPENING TO-DAY FOR SPRING SADE 43. FASHIONABLE NEW SILKS, NOVELTIESIN DRESS GOODS NEW STYLES SPRING saewLs. NEW TRAVELING DRESS GOODS, FMB STOCK OF NEW GOODS. RELIGIOUS NOTICES. 10. ST. PAIIt'S P E. CHURCH. Third, below Walnut: Children's Church To-morrow after mooo. at 8 o'cLock., it* Sr'UNION HORMEL, Fourth street, below Arch. .}‘ ev. James Neal will preach at Mi" ck." To-morrow morning. Its - - 11)-1 THE CHURCH OF THE MaiSIAH. 1,0- u,y cost above 3 hirteenth.—Appropriate Religions Services To morrow Morning ana Evening. it* CHURCH OF THE NEW TESTAMENT -1 ' Eleventh and Wood atreeta. T. 01. !Stockton, l'astor. Sabbath, 3_P. ' REV. B. H. NADAL, D. D., will preach In llLTrtnityliii E. Church Tomorrow, at 1.034 and Ito ea THE REV..W. W. NEWELL CIP.7. tait:lAN.) *ill preach in Langstroth'a Hall, Germantown, To-morrow morning at 1031 o'clock, and 7; B ' o'clock., evening. • . IUbBEV. GEO. W. SMILEY-Pastor of the Second Congregational Church. Eleventh and Wond Streeta, will preach Tomorrow Evening. at 7;i o'clock. Reception of members and Sacrament /0% A.M. lt* EASTER SERMONS.—Nazareth M.E. Church, ticy•Tbirteenth below Vine, to-morrow by the Pastor, Rev. T. A. Fernley, atolOS morning and 7,4,1 evening. lave Feast, Monday evening. It• .122. ST. ANDREW'S LUTHERAN CHURCH.— Rev. Dr. Stork, Pastor.--Services in Hall, N. E. miner Arch and Broad streets, every Sabbath at 10.5.4 M. and 73; P. M. NORTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Siathstreet,above GrPen,Rev.A.W.Henry,D D., IT'astor. Services at .1055 o'clock, morning, and 7?„5", o'clock, evening, it* Uz. GOD St OW TO ANGER.—Rev.T.J.Shepherd, D. D., will preach a Sermon on the above subject in the First Presbyterian Church, N. L., Buttonwood street below Sixth, To morrow (Sabbath) Evening. services commencing at o'clock. 11U.. THIRD REFORMED DUTCH. CHURCH, corner Tenth and Filbert streets. RAv. J. F. Berg. D D. will preach In this Church To-morrow. tiService at 10ii' o'clock morning, and 4 o'clock after Moon. lts St. CLEMENT'S CHURCH, Twentieth and Cherry streets.—To-morrow, Easter Monday, in _addition to the usual morning std afternoon services, ahere will be a third service in the evening, corn znencing at 731 o'clock. it* WOODLAND'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Pine above Forty-first streets—Rev. E. R. Bea dle D. D., will (D. V.). preach Sabbath morning at 10V o'clock, and Rev. W. E. Schenck, D. D., in the .afternoon at 4 o'clock. It* REV. WILLIAM CATHCART will preach in li t y Green Hill Hall, S. E. corner Seventeenth am' .1 3 0plar streets, to-morrow afternoon at 33 , 1" o'clock. &eats free. All cordially invited. Sunday School, 2 o'ciccir P. M. its 11Z. CHURCH OP THE COV.RNA.NT. Filbe.t street, above Seventeenth. —Easter Sunday— +Communion service at 10% o'clock A. M. Evening /service at 7% o'clock P. M. Sermons morning and +evening by Rev. W. T. Sabine. Reeb' SECOND PRESBYTERIA3 , ..; CHURCH, Seventh street near Arch. The pastor. Rev. E. die, will repeat a sermon in the evening, by special request, on the Rewards of fidelity. Rev. U. 10, `Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of-11 , e." - - its REV. J. H. SUYDAM, PASTOR OF THE ..sWp First Reformed Dutch Church, corner Seventh .ring Garden streets. will pi each tomorrow in the morning, at 10% o'clock, and in the evening, at 73 .o'clock. All are invited, particularly strangers in the its RCALVARY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH— Locust street, above Fifteenth .— Easter Morning. on by the Pastoz. Subject—Skeptical Theories of ghe Resurrection of Christ. At 7,% . o'clock, Evening, b hnople. y Rev.. Dr. 'Goodell, late Missionary at Conatan. i - . , It* 110 b 'rah •RF,vrvAL IN FRANCE.—An account ot the work of Grace in Paris, undar the labors of Regnald Radcliff, Esq., a Layman of the Church of England, will be given in the Church of the Inter cessor, - Spring Garden below Broad, by the Rector, J. W. Bonham; on Sunday evening ? Service to com• =erica at 7.80 , lt* 10. REV.' HENRY BAKER, Jr.., the newly ap pointed Plu3tor of the Centenary hi. E. Church. Is expected to preaeh on Sabbath morning next April 3st, at 10% o'clock A, M. and in the evening at 7r. .o'clock P. at the Odd. Fellows' Hall, Fourth and Market streets, Camden, N. J. All are invited—and .all will be welcomed. • It* FIFTH GERMAN REFORNIFD CHURCH', Green street;near Sixteenth.--Services on Easter *Sunday,' by the Pastor, Rev.. S. W: Giesey, at 103 i A. M. and ?Y.,: P. M. Morning Confirmation and Coin 21:111DiOD. Subject ID the Event ,g--Elilah's Flight into the Wilderness: Strangers are invited. The Committee wiil sit on Wednesday Evening to let Pews and receive Pew Rents. . SPECIAL NOTICES. Igfe HOWAILD SOSPITAL, Noe. 1518 and 1520 'Lombard street, Dispensary Department. Med i treatment and -medicines hirnitihed gratuitously SO.. THE TIONESTA OIL, LUMBER, AND MINING COMPANY,: Office. 432 Chestnut 43treet, Second story,..ltoOm -NO. F., Pirriaunraque. ,f rch 31, 1368 The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of this Com.ParlYwill be held at the r office,on VTEDNESDA Y, .Apru llth, A.D., 1866, at 12'3., for the election of a Board of seven Directors; :a Secretary and Treasurer. Aad for the transaction of such other business, as may prqperl.y come before the meeting. JAMES M. PRESTON. • LECTURES ON ZOOLOGY. AND CONPANA 'EWE • ANATOMY. • ' IThirvErtsr.ry or PENNWILVA.NIA. /3y of lE. ALLEN, _ The first lecture ot the course Will be delivered on MONDAY, April 2d, at 5 o'clock P. M. In addition to a general outline of the Animal King dom, especial attention will be given te . the considera tion of the parasites of man and to medical ZoOlOgy proper. , leets can be obtained at the Hall - otth, t(l 3 /Yer pity: or at 21 North Tenth street, between th e;mourn a 8 and 9 A. M. or 2 and 8 P. - M. .mh39-2trP* .• .....•-•. . ObR R EV. S. VrrNSON WILL DELIVER HIS lecture on "The Secret of Success." at the Broad street Baptist church, corner Broad andltrown streets, In aid of the Sunday School, On TUESDAY EVEN ING, April 3d. Doors open at 7; lecture commences at 8. Tickets 2S cents; can be had of the teachers or 'scholars or of the sexton, who will be in the Lecture Room. every evening, or at the door on the evening of the lecture. mhBl-3tl WEST PHILADELPHIA INSTIrviE, 10 ' FICIRTY-NINTH, above MARKED Street.— Lecture by Prof. 141RWRY MORTON, on TUESDAY Evening. April Bd, inst., at 8 o'clock. Subject-6 &L -VANISM.. To be Mum ated with experiments. Tick ets for the course, el. Single tickets, 25 cents. For sale at the Library, at Marks' Drag Store, Coombe'e /414 Eton', and by any one of the Board of liana,- gets. , mhBl,3trp* SEMINARY,W 2dtO., OF ST. CHARLES BOERO Of aid the new Seminary of St. Charles Borromeo will l THE RT. REV. BTSHOP WOOD.:_ THE REV. MICHAEL O'CONNOR, S. J., Formerly Rector ofthe Seminary, THE VERY. REV. DR O'HARA, V. 0;, and others. Most of the Reverend Clergy of the Diocese will be present, A SPECIAL RECURSION TRAIN 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, andwill return to Philadelphia at half past gliElacurslon Tickets 25 cents. Can be had at any of the Churches. mh3o.ot rp* FATHER.. "Come hither, little Jefferson, And sit upon my knee; And call your brother, Johnny Booth, And little Robby Lee: I'll tell a story dark and sad About a statesman stern; T'will make your little eyes to weep, Your little hearts to burn. "The patriot, Jeff., whose name you bear, Seized by a cruel foe, Long months and years is languishing Immured in Fort Monroe: No voice is raised to cheer him now, (Save one—and that soon hushed—) While 'neath the Yankees' iron heel The noble South is crushed." LITTLE JEFFERSON. " But is he not a traitor, pa, Like Roman Catgline? And Arnold in my history? And, in a book of mine, I read how Cain his brother killed, And had to run away— I'm sure I think the statesman stern Is quite as bad as they!" , FATHER. "This comes of reading Yankee books! This comes of Yankee schools, Where - little good and mischief much Are taught by Yankee rules! Here, Jefferson, be off to bed, You little saucy brat! Why, next you'll call me Copperhead! Take that, and that, and that!" (Exit Young Jeff., howling.) At the Academy of Music on Monday the Ravels. At the Walnut this evening a grand comic bill for Fawcett's benefit. At the Chestnut this evening "The Be' raver and Betrayed" and "The Lottery Ticket" At the Arch Tllton's benefit and the debut of M.L.,s Fanny V. 7 ilton. At the American a lively Saturday night bill of the usual character. At Assembly Build ing the Minstrel troupe close their engagement to. night. At Musical Fund Hall Weed's Minstrels give a splendid entertainment to night. signor Blitz per forms at Assembly Building this afternoon and evening. Fnw Aunnioax publishers have dis played the energy and shinty which have tor years characterized the business pro exedings of Mr. George W. Childs, of Phila delphia. To him the literary public are in debted for the most useful literary paper in America, the A2ileriCan Publishers' Circular and Literary Gazette, issued twice every month, and containing a thoroughly re liable • record and occasional criticisms of the current literature of the united States. Its Paris correspondence, too, presents the best account of literary life in the French capital that we know of. The labor inci dental to one journal is generally considered enough for one man in England, but Mr. Childs not long since cdurageously pur chased and undertook the entire manage ment of the Philadelphia Public Ledger, a daily paper circulating largely, but by his judicious arrangements increased to such an extent as to stand now in circulation al- Most at the head of the American press— only, indeed, having one competitor, the New York Herald, superior to it. A daily and fortnightly paper would seem to tax the utmost powers of mortal man, but the publisher in question has recently added the Philadelphia. Home Weekly to his other ventures, and prornises to make that one of the best family newspapers issued in the United States. It seems almost incredible that one man could undertake such an ac cumulation of labor; and, certainly, if he succeeds in maintaining the character of these varied publications, he will richly merit an unlimited success.--From Trub ler's• American and Oriental Literary Re cord, London, I'eb. 28, 1866. THE RICHMOND. CELEBRATION.--The GO vernment has received advices from Rich mond, Va., that the negroes of that city and the surrounding country are contemplating the prospect of having some public celebra tion on the 3d of April next, the anniver sary of the fall of Richmond. The Evening Star says: Major General Terry, command ing the department, has advised and warned the colored 'people not to attempt so im prudent a demonstration. But it appears that, the '•tho'vers the- affair are still en gaged in perfecting the arrangentents. Ibis needless to say that any such demonstration by the negroes will not be permitted by the government authorities, and measures have already been taken to prevent any celebra tion of a public character. IN 'ran country about Vicksburg, both in Mississippi and Louisiana, eight Union Generals, between fifty and. sixty. late Colo nels and Majors, and several hundred pri vates and non-commissioned officers, dis charged at the clOse of the war from the Union army, are now living in this region, engaged in, various occupations, many• of them in parthership with officers and sol diers of the rebel army. • - • SPEIDLiL NOTICES. f?'THE ANNUAL—MEETING of the Stock holders of the SIDIONTE AND ALLEGHENY 0 COMPANY, will be held at the office of the Com pany, 731 Walnut street, on SATURDAY, April .21st, at 4 o'clock, P. M., for the purpose of electing Direc tors for the ensuing year, and to transact such other business as may be brought before it. D. B. BROWN, Secretary. • PHILADELPHIA. March 31, 1866. mh3l-2t* ON WEDNESDAY AETZENOON, APRIL 4, At s o'clock. Addresses will be made by . . A Domestic Dialogue. ANUSERIE.NTS. PHILADELPHIA. SATURDAY,, MARCH 31, 1866. FROM IRELANL. The Eseape . ofthe Fe nian Chief. [Correspondence of the N. Y. Daily News.] DUBLIN, March 17, 1866.-1 have been en joying a nearty laugh"at the expense of the ,public papers, which appeared since the date of my laseletter. Ten days ago I wrote a description of James Stephen& escapefrom the country, an event which had occurred just four days previous, yet it is only within the past two or three days that the newspa ners havecondeacended tonotice the rumors concerning the reported escape of Stephens, except the purpose of giving them the most unqualified contradiction. For several days after the date of my letter not the faintest reference:to The affair appeared in any of the papers; then some one of them had a few lines about the "absurd report" which was circulated through town, and the whole of our daily press followed suit. "A palpa ble ruse," said the _Fireman; "Wanting in but one essential—truth," said the Mail; "Senseless and absurd," said the .IL•preas; "A trick to run the detectives off the scent." said the Irish Times. Not a single paper. if I except the Wation, and I think. the Weekly Hews, showed the slightest disposition to treat the rumor seriously, and this blessed stateof incredulity actually continued down to Wednesday night last (if indeed, it can be said to have expired at all) when the Cork Examiner, in its late edition, an nounced that Mrs. Stephens had arrived in the fair city, on her way to Ame rica, to join her husband. Mrs. Stephens, it appears, made no secret of the "C. E.'s" escape; the time for that precaution was past, but the Examiner added, on its own authority, that it had excellent reason for believing the statement that James Stephens bad recently quitted the country. This piece of intellig e nce was at once telegraphed to all the principal, Irish and English Jour nals, and accepted by them as authentic. Others, however, persist in regarding the report as a Fenian dodge, and will probably continue to supply their readers with ex cellent reasons for so doing until the news of Stephens' arrival in New York comes to overturn their logic. Mrs. Stephens, by the way, was attended during her journey from this city to Cork by no less than six detectives,who imagined she might be going to meet her husband somewhere not quite so far off as New York. I need scarcely say the sharp men of the G division who undertook this mis sion returned very disconsolate to Dublin The length of time during which the detec tives refused to credit the news of Ste phens's escape, is positively marvel lous. They found that the report originated with the Fenians themselves, and so they unhesitatingly set it down as a fiction, and, of course, their opinion guided the reporters, and thus the news papers were set astray.. Four days after Stephens left Ireland, a close search was made for him by a large body of police in an obscure portion of this city, and next morning one of our daily papers delighted its readers with the news that Stephens was run very close by the detectives on the day previous, and the information in the posses sion of the authorities rendered his escape from capture all but impossible. You may imagine how very amusing all this was to all those acquainted with the actual facts. About one o'clock yesterday morning a fire broke out in the old starch iactory in the upper part of Wayne street, Jersey City. The firemen repaired to the scene soon after the alarm was given; but owing to the 'Act that a high wind prevailed at the time, the building . was entirely gutted. It was built of stone, two-stories higb, two hundred by one hundred and fifty feet in size, and was owned by Messrs. Colgate & Co., doing busi ness at 55 and 57 John street, New York, whose lass is estimated at fifteen thousand dollars; covered by insurance in various companies. The fire was undoubtedly the work of an incendiary, as the factory has not been in operation for the last three months. On Friday morning a fire was discovered in the banking house of, Duncan k Sher man No. 11 Nassau street, corner of Pine street, New York. FrOm an examination of the premises by Assistant Fire Marshal H. 0. Baker, we learn that the burning commenced underneath the hot water pipes in-ed for heating purposes. An examina tion of the other coils of pipes in•the office showed an accumulation of dirt and pieces of waste paper, and there was in all proba bility a quantity also underneath the coil - where the fire originated. The porter of the bank is in the habit of sealing packages on a wooden shelf over these pipes, and wheth er the fire was caused by the heat setting lire to the rubbish, or in consequence of a match dropped among the pipes igniting from the heat, is at present unknown. The Fire Marshal has the matter under investi gation. From appearances the fire must have been burning nearly all night. The building being fireproo; there was nothing to burn but the flooring,- the desks, and some shelves containing papers. The fire worked along the flooring and extended to the shelving, which was burned, and was lust igniting one of the desks when the flames were extinguished. The whole in terior of the office is damaged by smoke. heat and' water. The loss will be about $lO.OOO. Not insured. This morning a fire broke out in the top floor of the five-story building No. 44 Vesey street, New York, occupied by F. W. Beck 45z, Co. , The fire very soon 's read into the third and fourth stories of the adjoining building, No. 46. In less than an hour the whole of both buildings were burned out. The first story of No. 46 was occupied by Edward Cooper, dealer in agricultural im plements, seeds, (Sz,c.; the second floor for the manufacture of paper boxes. The whole of the building in which the fire originated was occupied by tobaccoealers. The esti mated loss on stock isalt, bout $25,000; no doubt covered by insur ce. The loss on the building may be estimated at about $15,000. insured. Mr. Cooper's loss is esti mated at about $20,000, and, we understand, fully insured. The building No. 46 was valued at about sls,ooo,knd said to be in sured. The origin of the fire is at present unknown. ' 1 BETROTHAL OF THE KING OF GREECE.— The Neue _Frandenbtatt of Vienna gives the following particulars relhtive to the ap proaching betrothal of the Bing- of Greece to the Grand Duchess Wera of Russia:— "The ceremony will take place in a short time, but the marriage will not be cele brated for three or four years, and •when King George• shall have embraced the or thodox Greek religion. The Grand Duchess is the pecond daughter of the Grazid Duke Constantine, and was born on the 4th of Feb.rdazy, 1854, and is consequently in her 13th year. King George is 212, OUR WHOLE COUNTRY. A despatch from Seccretary Seward to Minister Adams, dated Washington,March 1, 1865, has been published, showing the state of feeling of President Lincoln, in view of the conduct of foreign governments and particttlarly. the British Government 'towards this country. Mr. Seward writes Beyond Canada, however, the prospect of 'reconciliation is clouded. The Neutrality Jaw and the Queen's Proclamation seem to vs to be little better than dead letters in the courts of Great Britain, and in the docks of Liverpool and Glasgow. The Rapnahtm nook, at Calais, is a receiving ship for re cruiting agents residing and operating at Liverpool. The Shenandoah is afloat, corn= milting new depredations near the Cape of Good Hope; and then, almost daily, we hear of a new pirate, clandestinely built, Armed, manned, and equipped, and despatched from Liverpool. Even Arman's French ram, evading French and Danish laws, em ploys the services of a British steamer and British merchants to effect its unlawful ar utament. Can any English statesman ex pect that the people of the United States will endure an unprincipled maratime war at the hands of any people without resort to Eelf defence? Shall the Governments of the two countries suffer them to drift into con flict? Must the extinguishment of Slavery in the 'United States, an object so dear to both nations, be atoned for by a deadly war between them? Certainly, such a conse quence is unneces , istry. It would be crim inal. I will suggest what I think may avert the danger. Great Britain, I think, must now know, what hitherto she has so strangely doubted, namely, that to the Americans the Union is to be the chief dominating object of thought and affection. If they are angry with Great Britain it is because they believe, with how much reason it it unnecettgrkry 'here to say, that the British nation has de sired and sought the overthrow of the Union. If now Great Britain is sgisfted this cherised object of American affection is entirely safe—safe, equally against domestic treason and against foreign intervention— then let her manifest in some way her con tentment with that established fact. I do not say that this shall be demonstratively or even formally done. It may be done incidentally and even as of chance. Let British Ministers, here after, instead of speaking of us as a nation that is,oronght,ormust be divided into two nations, speak of ns as they rightly expect us to speak of Great Britain, as a sovereign State, whose integrity we recog nize, and Of whose element and factions, we as neighbor, and friend, neither know nor care to know anything. I think the Queen of England is as popular in the United States tt -day as she is among her own subjects. We refuse to understand her allusions to us iu her late speech to Parliament as ungen erous or friendly. Why cannot British statemen be as generous to the United States as their sovereignf Then let the vexations rk strictions upon our intercourse with Brit ish ports be removed, and let it be shown that the flag of the United States is as wel come in British ports as the British flag is in our own. Let justice not stumble on ber coasts, but pursue British subjects on the decks of British vessels who violate her laws, and arrest them, if need be, on the high seas, under whatever flagthey shall simulate in carrying on their pi ratical warfare against an unoffending friendly Power, Great Britain knows, I think, how unexacting we are; and there fore she knows how easily we can recipro eate peace with peace, and even, if it is de sired, friendship with friendship. This dune, we shall be able to confer calmly upon such claims and questions as remain to be adjusted in a spirit of friendship and good will. I do not require you to submit this des pitch to Earl Russell; you may, however, show any part of it, or the whole of it, to him, if, upon being informed of its charac ter, he shall wish to see it. OFFICE U. S. MILITARY TELEGRAPH, WAR DEPAP.T*EXT, HALIFAX, N. S., Feb ruary 27th, 1865.—H0n. Witham, H. Seward, Secretary of State. Information 'has reached me, from sources believed to be re liable, that four iron clads are on their way from French and English ports to attack Arew York city, and that five blockade run ning steamers to te converted into priva teers, armed with two guns each, are to co operate with them, under command of Cap tain Moffatt. M. M. JACKSON, U. S. Consul. Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON, March 1, 1865.--Sir: On the 13th of February last, a rebel emissary wrote in cipher to Jefferson Davis or some subordinate acting under him, what is appended to this de spatch. Judge C. means Clement C. Clay. I give you this despatch for your informa tion. It is important that no publicity be given it, for two •reasons; first, the safety of the person from whom my information is derived; second, the importance of conceal ing our knowledge of the rebel cipher. You will make such use of the facts as you shall find advantageous. The revelation throws some light upon the late rebel proposal to us for conference. 'I am, Sir, your obedient servant, - WILLIAM H. ShwAnn. Charles Francis Adams (same to Mr. Bigelow,) Rebel ..Emissaries to Jefferson Davis—ln Cipher. Answers have been received from the Go vernment agents in France and England to the letters, of Messrs. Clay and Thompson, in reference to the proposition sent here from home, and hence to England, namely, on what terms awricitance or recognition could be obtained, and enclosing Judge C.'s direction here before he left. We seed the purport. Both agree with Judge Cain dis approving_ of any concession to' European power and accepting protectorate; also agree in believing better terms could be obtained in the manner suggested by him (Judge C.), and in accordance with authorities, endea voring to leant What would be their action should the cour - se proposed be followed. ' •! The matter was treated in England in the usual unsatisfactory noncommittal man n'er; but-in France Mr. B. very promptly remarked that no gulch alliance and course DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE, Mr. Lincoln's Policy Towards Foreign Powers. Remarkable Despatch from a Rebel Emissary in Canada. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. Chas. Francis Adams, Esq. Mr. Jackson to Mr. Seward. I etween the two American countries would he permitted in Europe; and again,- a few days afterward, in confidential interview, said his sovereign would punish any at t. rcpt on the part of the United States to pursue the Monroe Doctrine and that if it could be made sure the Federal Govern.- ment would accept such`an offer from the Slates in revolution, and there were suffi eiently fair prospects of the inauguration, of such course, and this made the issue of 'non-intervention, his sovereign would not hesitate to recognize our country as a nation. In fact, the bait seems to have taken there,just as. Judge anticipated. The letters urge that of this nature be made to the Yankee Government, and ef forts made. to draw them into such to their delay. The letters almost reiterate argument sent them by C., who must certainly now have nearly -- home and will be with you to explain, so we refrain from sending original documents, fearing capture. Acknowledge receipt by advertisement. I now sign this by numerl combitut tion. Letter from lion. James M. SeoveL CAMDEN, N. 3., March 31, 1866.—T0 the Editor of the Evening Bulletin: My atten tion has, this morning, been called to an extract in yesterday's papers. front the State Gazette. Itcontains manyslanders on what the Preffs• is pleased to term my "erratic character." But I have no time for per sonal attack or defence. I was thirty-two years of age on the 16th dayof January last. I have never yet been driven into a course which bad not the sanction of my reason or my conscience, or both. I cannot be driven. Now what are the facts at the bottom of the controversy into which I have been so un ceremoniously thrust? A plurality joint meeting was offered by a Repub lican in the meeting of the New Jer sey Legislature which elected John Stock ton Senator. I opposed it bitterly. It passed by Re publican votes in joint meeting against my protest. At the next ballot John Stockton received a plurality of votes and was de clared elected by the President of the joint meeting. I went out of that meeting and made up my mind then and there that after the adoption of this plurality rule, as a man of honor I could not take part in an effort to oust him when Republican votes alone made his election a possibility. I opposed that election like an honest man. But when that election was bad, as an honest man and a lawyer be lieving him by law entitled to his seat, I have persistently refused to enter into the adventure to drive him out of the Senate. In my view of the law of this case, I am sustained by Trumbull, Poland, and six out of seven of the Judiciary committee of the U. S. Senate. Enough ,on that point. Now about the joint meeting; and I will not pause or descend to notice the sinister allusions of the Gctzette. A man with an empty pocket can defy the world, the flesh and the devil ! I requested that the caucus should name the man before I agreed to go into joint meeting. My motives have been doubted. Men always abuse an adversary When they cannot answer his arguments. The Legislative journal of Friday correctly reports me as follows: "Mr. Scovel opposed the resolution. He had just returned from Washington after 'consulting the foremost Republicans in the country. He understood the situation. He agreed with Mr. Trumbull, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the United States Senate, six of which Committee, out of seven, reported in favor of Mr. Stockton's right toi a seat. Mr. Stockton is my political foe, but I will be just to him, and true to wy sense of what makes a Republican gentlemen. • I can truthfully say: "What am I to Decuba, or Hecuba to me, that I should weep for her ?" But I will do what I be lieve to be right, while I would gladly bend to the request of the Union League just banded me. lam for sending a true man to Washington at once. Hon. John Van dyke, Judge Richard S. Field, Dudley S. Gregory or any distinguished soldier who has served the country can have my heart felt support. Though threatened at my room within an hour by a Member of a powerful political ring, I now glory in taking this responsibility and gladly again take my appeal from the politicians to the people whose servant I am, and who, by the grace of God, I will never betray." I did consult with the best and greatest men on the side of the Union in Washing ton, and I meant what I said and said what I meant when I remarked, "I am for send iv a true man to Washington at once." One of the greatest men of the nation in Congress said to me "Scovel, better that the election of Senator go over than to send a timid. half-hearted Republican." I think, Mr. Editor,l am old enough to distinguish between te worship of man and devotion to principle. The difference between the mere man and the principle, is sometimes the difference between Hell and Heaven. I am right within the doors of my own con science, and Who dares to say then I will not go into . joint meeting for Field, Vandyke or Gregory? Has any opportn. pity been offered me? I say that I will, if the Republican cau cus unite on any of those men already named, or on Ron• A. K. say, of Camden, or Judge George S. Woodhull, of the Su preme Court. I will go into joint meeting at 10A. M. (or any other hour) on Tuesday next. want to send a true man and a statesman to Washington, and I am ready to make my words good by instant action. Now let my enemies answer that. These Christian gentlemen; these unselfish patriots (?) who make up this political com bination which has hunted me like a par tridge in the mountains and charges me with daily violating all the ten command ments can never dictate to me. Let a can did world judge between me and them. The tyranny which drove me from one party is as odious to mein another when it demands that I submit to insolence and injustice combined. If God, created me with a brain which is not blind to injustice, and a heart which sides with a man when he is oppressed, I do not choose to apologize for that. Yours, , JAMES M. SCOVEL. S.--I did not vote for myself on the or ganization of the .Senate, and am not re sponsible for any reporter's statements in the New 'York Herald. . 1 . M. S. Tim ALAI-ula FREEIDDIEN.—AII Ala bamian writes to Mr. Blow, of Missouri— I am happy to state to you that our free ne.' groes are doing finely. We have no trouble with them. They . have all gone to work manfully. They give an impetus to trade that we never before had. I haVe sold Sack Peters's negroes more goods this year and list year - ,than I ever sold. Peter", and he owned four'hundred and fifty 'lemma.,• So you see the free negro ,Mit t en 3. is Working ti. FETTIERSTON. Publisher DOUBLE SHEET. THREE CENTS. Facts and Fancies. , The Auburn (N. Y.) Advertiser says that a son of Brigham Young, formerly a resi dent of that village, was in town last week; looking, up stindry . debts 'of his father's, which he was anxious to liquidate, with the interest which had accrued during thirty five years. It will be a tough job to liqui date anything that has been sun-dried for thirty-five years. - The Eldora (Iowa) Ledger gives an ac count of a man living in Hardin county, who is said to' be stronger than the cele! brated Dr. Windship. His name is Walter Hadlock. Nothing remarkable. We could name any quantity of Steamships that can out-do any Windship in the world. - Queen Victoria has presened to the British 'Museum one of the Roman tombs recently discovered upon the Crown property at Old Windsor. The other tomb is presented to the town of Windsor, and is to be deposited in the contemplated local museum. The two rival proprietors are already beginning to swell over their prizes to such an extent that there will soon be regular Tomb-y fac tions growing out of them. An English savant compares General Lee to Achilles. The parallel will be found in the fact of his being smashed while showing his heel to General Grant. A Washington letter says Chief Justice Chase does a day's work before breakfast. So do we, but we generally take several hours sleep between. The Cork Examiner says : "It is calcula ted that within the past week upwards of four thousand persons left for America by way of Queenstown, two-thirds of whom are of the middle and farming class. It is suppcsed that they are coming over to in quire after the missinz Finnigans. THE HIERARCHY OF ROME.—The Pontifi cia/ Annuaire for the year 1866 has just ap peared at Rome; and contains some interest ing details on the ecelessimtical hierarch and the government of the Church : Plus IX., born at Sinigaglia on the 13th of May, 1792, was elected Pope on the 16th A:44 1546; he is consequently in the 74th year of his age, and the twentieth of his Pontificacy. The sacred college at the present moment includes 57 cardinals, 6 members of the or der of bishops, 43 of that of priests, and 8 of deacons. Of that number, 29 reside habitu ally at Rome, and the others abroad; 17 were created by Gregory XVL, and 42 by Pins IX. The most ancient Cardninal (hi ario Mattel) has worn the purple for the last thirty-four years ; the eldest (Antonio Tosti) is' aged 90, and the yotmgest (Gin seppe-Milesi-Pixoni-Ferretti) only 49. There are eleven hats at present vacant. Through out the globe are 12 partriarchal sees, 154 archiepiscopal, and 692 episcopal. To those numbers must be added 226 sees in paribus iafiideiium (30 arch bishoprics and 196 bishoprics.) Of the patriarchs, five belong to the Eastern and' seven to the Latin churches; of the archbishops, twenty-four to the former and one hundred and thirty four to the latter; and of the bishops, forty six are Eastern and six hundred and forty six Latin. In the five parts of the world are ninety-six sees which hold their authority directly from Rome. The number of nos toile vicars is 101; of delegations, 5; prefec tures, 21; of abbeys and pMateships of no diocese, 14. Pins XL has raised 12 cathe drals to the rank of metropolitan churches, has erected 4 archbishoprics, and 96 bishop rics, and has created 15 vicarates, 1 delega tion and 6 prefectures. VERY SunDEN DEA'TEL —A young man by the name of Long, from the West, made a visit to his friends in this county; was on Saturday week stopping at Mr. locker smiths, a few miles from New Oxford, in tending to return West on Monday. While there he, with others, were in the yard playing ball, when suddenly this young man fell upon his face, and when raised up was found to be quite dead. No cause have we learned for this sudden demise.— Gettysburg Star. MARLIIE 8U15.c1.1T.L.113. F':*.l: • erf: J!3' Om Marina .BuZletin on third Pape, ARRIVED Tills DAY - - Steamer D Ctley. Davis, 24 hours from New York, with mdse to Wm II Baird Co. Steamer Sarah, Jones, 24 hours from New York, with mdse to Wm M. Baird k Co. Brig Gen Banks. ;Ketchum, from Providence. Schr C A Heckscber. Mayhew, 6 days from Boston, with mdse to E A Sonder dr Co. Schr Maria Rosana, Palmer, 7 days from Portland, with mdse to Crowell & Collins. Schr Wm Arthur. Richards, 7 days from Portland, with headings to Warren, Gregg & Morris. Scbr M B Reeves, Gheen, from Glen's Cove, Schr Chief, Lynn, from Pennsgrove. Sch .1 Relmes, Asa. from New York. Schr Sallie B, Bateman, from New York. Schr Fly, Cheeseman.frern Norwich. Schr M H Banks, Haley, from Newburyport. - Schr W W Marcy, Barrett, from Providence. Schr L D Sarrard, Campbell. from New Haven. Schr Buena Vista, "Benton, from Fall River. Gi.EARED Yetis Brig Haze, Dye, New Orleans. Norton db Stearly. Brig .7 M Houston. Almeida, Trinidad, S dr, W Welsh. Seta Henrietta. Phillips, Petersburg, Va. Bacon, Col lins & Co. Scbr Elizabeth Washburn, Long, Norfolk, Lathbnry; Wickersham & Co. Sam Jos Holmes, Asa, Providence, Mammouth Vein Coal Co. Sehr M M Freeman. Howes, Boston, do Schr M H Banks, Haley, Boston, Audenried, Norton & Co. Schr. Buena Vista. Benton, Bas'on. do Schr F F Randolph, Risley. Providence. do Scbr W W Marcy. Barrett,Boston, C A Heckscher&oo sehr P Benner, Grace,Pawtucket, W Runter,Jr. &Co., Schr Fly. Chessman Lynn. Sinnicksen k Co. Fehr L D Jarrard, Campbell. N Haven. do Schr Margaret Reinhart, Hand, Boston, Wotan!, Sawyer & Ward. - Sthr Sallie B, Bateman, Boston, N Y and SchCoalC7o. Steamer Aries, Crowell, cleared at Boston yesterday for this port. Steamer City of New York, Thomas, cleared at New York yesterday tor Liverpool. Steamer Germania (Ham), Ehlers, cleared at New York yesterday for Hamburg, Steamer Florence Franklin, Pierson, hence at Balti more yesterday. Ship Tawerlane, Jackson, sailed from Liverpool' 15th inst. for this port. • . Ship Westmoreland, Decals, for this port, entered for loading at Liverpool 16th inst. shipwerrimac, Leckie, was up at Liverpool 17th inst for this port 2.lst. Bark Rosamond. Wallace, Cleared at New York yeS terday for this port. Bark Ansgar (Dan), .A_rboe, cleared at New York yesterday for Cronatadt via this port. this Bark Zama, Hewit, sailed from Dressiest 3d inst. for port. Bark Abd-el-Kader, Nickerson, sailed from Messina 3d inst reported for Boston. - . Bark (leo S Brown. Wyman, hence at Antwerp 13th instant. , Bark Wm Van Name, Cook, nee, was at Messina Bark Isaac R Davis, Hand, railed from Messina 7th Inst. for Baltimore. Bark St Andrew, Hosemeyer, hence at Hamburg 14th Mat. . . Bark EV's. Goody, hence at Antwerp 13th inst. Brig‘Dashing Wave (Sr), Otto, sailed from Antwerp 3 . 14th inst. for New Orleans. .. Brig 3 W Spencer, Spencer. from Mei3slna for this port. sailed from Gibraltar 7th inst. Brig .7 & H Crowley, Crowley, hence for Atoston, , sailed - from Holmea' Hole 28th inst. Brig G F Geery, Conklin, at Boston -yesterday front. New Orleans. • &his A M Aldridge, Robinson; Baltimore, Dix, and Hattie Ross, Poland, hence at Boston 29th inst. Behr James House, Gage, cleared at Boston 29th inst._ , for this ppoorts Betas H A Weeks, Godfrey. and West' Wind, taw. . 4 son, hence for Boston at Holmes' Hole 29th Mst. • , Bahr Louisa Gray, _Boyd. hence for Qt.4. l4 ,fPainft sailed from Holmes' Hole 28th Inst. BchrsEdt L. Marts. Marts: Sidney Price, C4;1116331 4 bence__lbr Boston; Wm Wallace, Scull, hemce. for Weymouth. and Jno H Allen,do far Balenszsti...,, Holmes' Hole 28th inst. • , Behr carlton Jayne, Rowland: cleared at New 4" yesterday for . this Port . Schrs i Audenried.' fiaMpton; B E 'Sharp, Walker , B F Reeves, Stanfardi 'Ma% Rase, Mane Mans. - parsons, hence at PrOVidence Iteth 14:EMORAIPDA.
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