GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor.
VOLUME XIX.
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PALMER—On the 3d instant. Joseph, son of John
and the late Margaret Palmer, in the 20th year of his
The relatives and friends of the family are respect
113lly invited to attend the funeral frdm his father's
residence, No. 1017 Fitzwater street, on Thursday
morning, at 8% o'clock. Services at St. John's
Church. Interment at Cathedral Cemetery. •
PENN-GASS.BLL—On the 3d instant, Peter Penn-
Gaskell, aged 66 years.
His male friends are respectfully invited to attend
the funeral from his late residence. No. 1613 Chestnut
street. on Saturday next, at 11 o'clock, A. M. ServiceS
.st. St Stephen's Church. s 4*
WILL tT.6—On the evening of the 3d instant, Lydia
B. Willits, relict of tue late Joseph B. Willits, in the
15th year of her age.
The relatives and (lends of the family are in
vited to attend her funeral from her late residence,
. - No. 1138 Vine street, on Sixth day afternoon, at 2
without further notice, Interment at South Laurel
Bill. as
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it* O. F. FOL WELL, Secretary.
112,.. OFFICE OF THE POURING ROCK AND
E. SANDY OIL COMPANY, No 619 WALNUT
street.-PHILADELPHIA, April 3d, 1866.
A Special Dieeti.g of the stockholders will be held at
the office of the Company, on WEDNESDAY. the
11th of April, 1866, at 12 o'clock, M., for the considera
tion of important business. By order of the Directors,
ap4,7-2tl • C. S. GILLINGIZA.M, Sec'ry. •
10t, DEDICATION OF KENDERTIDN PitESBY
TERIAN CHURCH —Our friends ,are notified
that this Church will be opened on THURSDAY, the
sth Inst.. at o'clock P. M.. for the purpose of dedi
cating it to the Almighty. All who feel interested are
cordially invited to be present.
The cars running on Eighth street and Germantown
rosd, every fifteen minutes, to Rising Sun, also the
.Philadelphia and Germantown Railroad, fr:m Ninth
and Green every hour, will land passengers within
three squar. s of the Church.
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THEO. MEGARGEE,
C°mtaittee
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The undersigned are delivering to the res!dents of
-Germantown and vicinity the nest quality of Lehigh
coal, prepared with care for family use at the follow
ing greatly reduced prices, viz.:
tove or range Coal 47 75
Broken acd Egg for furnace, 7 50
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It is believed coal cannot decline further this season,
therefore the present time seems the beat for purcha,
-sing the winter's supply.
Adhering to one price, orders by letter will procure
coal as low as a visit in person.
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MEO.
THE CORNER STONE
Of the new Seminary of St. Charles Berromeo will
11elald
ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 4,
A t 3 o'clock.
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THE REV. MICHAEL O'CONNOR, S. J.,
Formerly Rector of the nemtnary,
THE VERY REV. DR O'HARA, V. G.,
_and others. •
Most of the Reverend Clergy of the Diocess will be
present.
A SPECIAL ENCIIRSTON TRAIN
Will leave the Pennsylvania Railroad Station across
the Market Street Bridge on Wednesday afternoon,
April 4th, at 2 o'Opck, for the grounds of the new
'Seminary, and will return to Philadelphia at haltpa
•4 o'clock.
p Excursion Tickets 25 cents. Can be had at any of the
, Churches. mh3o.st rp*
Letter from Archbishop life Hale to Fa
ther Conway in Philadelphia.
The following interesting letter has been
placed in our hands for publication. The
.nigh Rev. Bishop, and the clergy and peo
ple of five Philadelphia Catholic Parishes,
make a very prominent and pleasing figure
- in it.
"ST. JARLATEE'S, Tuam, Ireland, March
9th, 1866.—My Dear Father Conway: I have
_just received your letter containing a draft
of the Messieurs Drexel', Bankers, Phila
delphia, for three hundred pounds, one shil
ling and eleven pence, sterling. Within an
interval of time, (under three months) since
you have left home, I have received from
yob. towards the completion of the work of
- the Headford Church, and liquidating the
•debt thereon, by three successive bills of
•exchange, the large sum of seven hundred
..and fifty-one pounds, one shilling and six
pence, sterling—United States Currency,
five thousand, one hundred and eighty dol
lars and twenty-four cents—which, from
our report, is the voluntary offering of the
.Irish people who reside in five Parishes
within the city of Philadelphia, namely, St.
.Joseph's (Jesuit Fathers), St. Mary's, St.
Paul's, St. Theresa's, and St. John's. It is
•certain you must have labored much, but
to the credit of the people be it recorded,
that neither the labor of the applicant, nor
:any hope of persuasion he could resort to,
would be of any avail, without the noble
:spirit of generosity so signally manifested
,by the Hiberno American People.
"For so gratifying a result, we cannot be
sufficiently thankful to the good Bishop and
clergy of the Diocese of Philadelphia, who
. so kindly helped you, and gave you an op
portunity of appealing to the people. But
• whilst we are deeply sensible of their kind
ness, we owe avast debt of gratitude to their
:flocks whoso nobly responded by their mu
nificent contributions.
"Hoping, that from your unwonted suc
cess, we may expect your early and safe re
turn to your parish, I remain, my dear
Father Conway, your fathfal servant,
"tJonx MAC HALE,
"Archbishop of Taam.
"The Rev. Peter Conway, P.P., St. Au
gustine's Philadelphia."
A 11Ass/tom:calms YANKEE has invented
a cotton picking machine which, it is
-claimed, will do the work of twenty men,
gathering cotton as clean as the most ex
pert hand could do it, at distances ranging
from six inches to six feet, and taking it
only from the balls which are ripe and well
open, leaving the undeveloped pods nnin
j urea, and not harming the plant.
AcqiriTTED.—Mrs. Mansfield, who stab
bed and killed her husband, Jacob Mans
field, in Madison county, Mo., last month,
has been tried and acquitted. The deceased
- was 70 years of age, but was in the habit or
-cruelly beating his wife while he was under
the influence of liquor.
NO. 299.
Gen. Ogazon Proclaims Himself. Presi
dent of the Republic of Mexico---
Arrest of the Assassins of the Bel
gian Envoy---The Liberal Vic
tory at Uruapan---Imperialist
Reverse Near Parras--Com
pact Between Maximilian
and the Children of
Ytur brde---French
Troops Secretly
Despatohed
to Mexico.
[Correspondence of the New York Herald.l
HAVANA, March 28, 1866.—Respecting the
outrage upon the Belgian Envoy at Rio
Frio, the Estafette says that the French po
lice, ably directed by Mr. Manry,are on the
track of the instigators of the ambush, and
the public impression that it was a blow
struck from political motives will probably
be confirmed. It is, however, feared that
the two wounded bandits may have been
killed by the conspirators before they gave
any information.
glen. Lozado has already received regu
lar orders to commence his campaign
against the rebels of Sinaloa.
Letters from Mazatlan of the 19th of Feb
ruary, state that the town continued to be
besieged by the forces of Corona.
Ogazon,accompanied by a number of offi
cers, was in Culiacan, and, in virtue of the
constitution of 1557, has got himself pro
claimed President, according to a commu
nication to the Estafette.
In consequence of Maximilian's appoint
ment of his:Excellency General AJmonteon
a mission to Europe, the latter has consid
ered it proper to resign the high posts he
held, agreeably to the system of retrench
ment which has been inaugurated. His
Majesty has been pleased with the new
proof of self-denial and patriotism on the
part of Almonte, and has accepted the re
signation of his posts (Grand Marshal of the
Court,Minister of the Household and Grand
Chancellor of the Orders of the Empire).
The Emperor has thanked him accordingly.
The Sociedad of the 15th says: "Although
the text of the Corcordato will not yet ap
pear officially in Europe, it will be pub
, ished before the ratifications are exchanged.
As the Mexican Commissioners in Rome
have finished their labors satisfactorily, it
is expected that they will soon be recalled.
The arrival of Senor Zalazar Harrequi in
the steamer Ciudad Condal from Vera Cruz,
induces one to suppose that the contem
plated chingea in the ministry will be car
ried out effectively. We do not yet know
whether Senor Somera has taken charge of
the Alinisterio de Fomento (Public Works)."
The imperialist General Mendez arrived
in Mexico city on Thursday, and it is be
lieved that government will furnish him
with the necessary means for the pacifica
tion of Michoacan. His forces had been
much reduced by the late battles.
The Nacion of the 18th says that the au
thorities ',had succeeded in apprehending
several of the bandits who attacked the dili
gence with the returning commissioners
sent to Mexico by the King of the Belgians.
There was a French force in Acambaro.
Regnles and Riva Palacio, what with
new men and their dispersed forces, had
gathered together six hundred men at Ario.
The Sociedad says that in the towns of the
Juarist line of the Ea , t the people were in
favor of the continuation of Juarez as Pre
sident, at least until another public election
can be held.
The reports of the affair at Moretta, have
been so contradictory that it would appear
that the account given by the Pajaro Verde
seems the most likely. The action took
place qn the 20th, in the plains of Uruapan,
and was an obstinate battle, although ad
verse to the imperialist arms, inasmuch as
e-ven General Mendez had to escape by
righting his way through the enemy. The
rout created great alarm in Morelia and
Joluca. Mendez, far from' being discon
certed, rallied his forces, collected five hun
dred men who were straggling, harangued
them and threw himself upon Uruapan,
where the enemy were resting on their
laurels, and cut them up badly.
General Mendez made his entry into Mo
relia on the 25th. with the prisoners he
had captured and the arms taken from the
Liberals.
According to the Gaceta of Monterey the
recommendation the redomtnendation of
Marshal Bazaine,in reward for the brilliant
conduct of General Jeaningros at Monterey
and Lermas, his Majesty had decorated him
with the Grand Cross of Officer of the Order
of Guadalupe, while de la Hayrie had been
made an officer of said Order, and Captains
Barubel, Casablanca and Noel knights of
the same. The Marshal had decorated
Colonel Lopez, of the Empress's regiment,
with the Cross of Officer of the Legion of
Honor for his gallantry in the action of San
Salvador.
The Sociedad of the 19th states that ac
counts had been received the night before
from Monterey, dated the Bth. In the action
at Parras, Commandant Brien, Capt. Casse
and one hundred and fifty Frenchmen per
ished, and the thirty remaining defended
themselves in the college till Commandant
Saussie sent them assistance, when the
chiefs Viezca, Naranjo, Trevino, Cabada and
Rivera fled. General Douay left Buena
Vista for Parras with about one thousand
men.
The Era and the Estafette speaks of a late
imperial reverse suffered by a section of the
foreign regiment under Count de Brien,
near - Parras. Two small detachments were
surrounded and destroyed by the bands of
Escpbedo, supported by a large number of
American segroes. Brien and most of his
officers and one hundred and fifty men were
killed and horribly mutilated; two hundred
surrendered, and •they were immediately
shot in retaliation for executions of liberals
under Max's late decree. The forces of the
enemy were those of Viezca, Juarist Gover
nor of Coahuila.
The defeat of Campos on the road between
Parras and San Juan de Guadelupe, is con
firmed.
The rebels in Huajuco or Villa de San
tiago were defeated on the 3d.
A French force had arrived at Monterey.
Maximilian had accepted the resignation
of senor Hidalgo as Minister Plenipoten
tiary to France, and named him Councillor
of State. Rumor says that he had refused
that dignity also;
The Emperor and Empress, attended by
part of the court and government officials,
the Belgian Legation, and a number of
MEXICO.
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1866.
French, Austrian and Belgian officers,
' were present at the obsequies to Baron
d'Huart, in the Church of San Geronimo.
Letters from Guaymas of the 13th of
February give more melancholy details of
the occupation and fate of Alamos. .The
loss of the place was attributed to the delay
of pecuniary aid, which had been vainly
solicited for many days, and when it arrived
the battle had commenced, and Almada bad
no more than three hundred men, debili
tated by hunger, and having to fight an
enemy four times stronger in numbers.
The former Juarist officers paid .by the
government in Mazatlan are loud in their
declarations against the empire—so says the
correspondent of the Estafette.
From Sonora I learn that Martinez had
moved from Alamos on Hermosillo. Two
French residents, named Camu and Pujot
bad fallen into the hands of guerillas, and
bad been badly treated. The liberation of
the former had cost him $lO,OOO.
Advices from Tancanhuitz state that only
one rebel band remained in the vicinity of
the farm Limon, Tamaulipas. The rest had
retired to the dividing line of Tamaulipas
and San Louis Potosi.
The Bra says the Senora Carmen Tarela.
the mother of General Miramon, died here
three days ago.
The Monterey Gaceta states that on Feb.
24th the Juarist chief Elizondo and a few of
his band were attacked and dispersed at
San Francisco de Apodaca, Elizondo him
self being killed.
It is reported that some 1,500 men of all
nations, in the service of the empire, have
started from various points to unite at Tla
cotalpam, a town on the Alvarado river. As
yet, nothing is known here of the result.
Most probably it will be a second edition
of the late Commandants Superior Mare:nal
who was killed at Cocuita, a small village
near Medelia.
An indignation meeting was recently held
at Cordova bythe American colonists lately
imported under the belief that they would
have land given them to cultivate, but upon
arrival they have found that the lands are
not yet surveyed, and no preparation made
except on paper to receive them, conse
quently they are exasperated against the
emigration companies and their agents.
Some five hundred used up French and
Austrians embarked for Vera Cruz for their
longed-for homes a few days ago.
Osjaca.
The liberals, numbering more than a
thousand men, under Diaz, Leiva, Piza,
Lopez, Orozco and Segora, had been at
tacked near Llano Grande by an imperialist
cavalry force. Their defeat was complete,
and the chiefs had to escape on foot through
the woods. In their flight they left their
prisoners, arms, ammunition and all they
had: Among the killed was Col. Aburto,
chief of the Tlapa force.
The Paz, speaking of the fight at Tepetla
pam, says: In this town, the last of the
district of Silacayoapan, and bordering on
Tlapa, the Jnarists have suffered another
reverse under a certain Cano, who has com
mitted thousands of deptedations in that
district, even shooting poor Indians who had
never done him any harm, and had no fault
but that of not "carrying" him when he de
manded it. The result of the action. accord
ing to the despatch of Capt. Brannel, of the
Austro-Mexican contra guerillas, to the su
perior commander Hotze, was that the Jua
rists had sixty-three men killed and ten
wounded, losing moreover eight prisoners,
two hundred and twenty bayonets, four
cases of ammunition, two horses and two
mules. The imperialist loss was six killed
and six wounded.
According to. the La Bandera, Regales
was at IJruapan trying to augment his
forces; and Bonda continued marauding
between Ouiroga and Coeneo.
The Pajaro Verde says that since the 12th
host. the charges against Col. Pena, Prefect
and Military Commandant of Tula, had
been before a court martial, as also those
against the officers of the old regiment of
gendarmes, accused of bribery, &c.
The Monitar de la Prontera of the 17th of
February confirms the capture of the four
pieces of artillery in the rancho of Cortina,
which were sent by him to Brazos San
tiago last year and had been delivered by
the American officers. They have been re
taken from him because of the depredations
of his men on that side if the river. The
pieces or ordnance at the mouth of the
river, which were taken by the negro troops
in the assault on Bagdad, are also stored on
that side of the river. Canales was three
days ago in front of the dispirited troops of
Cortina,
and his pickets within rifle shot.
Two of his men - were killed in the first
action, as the latter always avoids and the
former never fails to provoke a fight.
M. Langlais' last decree ordering the col
lection of all the international duties to be
immediately made at the ports on the coast
is finally ordered to be respected. A depu
tation of merchants from Vera Cruz recently
visited Mexico city, where they had an au
dience of the Emperor, who informed them
that their memorial would be submitted to
a council of his ministers; but Marshal Ba
zaine ordered the decree of the late financial
minister to be carried into effect, the retro
active clauses and the . right of entry and
search in merchants' warehouses included.
When it is considered that the thirty per
cent. additional duty is to be levied on all
stocks of goods on hand on which the duties
have been paid, and thht officers are to be
appointed to visit merchants' warehouses
and ascertain by investigation whether the
stocks on hand correspond with the reports
rendered, it will prove very obnoxious to
them.
Tampico.
The Iris of the 3d, under the head of
Cuidad Victoria, says that from advices re
ceived from Santa Barbara of the 26th lof
February, there was no doubt that Garza
had taken the command on the 6th, as gen
eral of the central and southern forces of
that department, as he publishes in his pro
clamation. It also appears that he was or
ganizing his troops to carry out the "great
enterprise" which he nad proposed. In
order to obtain the means to do so he had
sent his brother with four hundred and fifty
cavalry to take possession of this place by a
sudden attack, in order to obtain four or
five hundred thousand dollars from the
commercial community of this port, to de
fray the military expenses. .
The criminal Cheno ' Cortina, who is
charged by the American authorities with
participation in the atrocities committed at
Bagdad, has passed over to this district, re
cognizing Garza in his new character as
Governor and comma der-in-chief, and
offering him the aid of five hundred armed
men.
The official organ of the 17th states that
Ascension Gomez's second, has taken com
mand of the forces marauding in Tamauli
pas, and it was said that he was en his way
to Cuidad Victoria to suppreas a mutiny
got up by Manuel Gardett, who it appeared
had escaped to the frontier in search of his
friend Canales. Gomez had appointed An
tonia Perales as political chief of Cuidad
Victoria.
1111•":11h Or '`.
His Majesty the Emperor, being desirous
of honoring the memory of the Liberator of
Mexico, Don Augustin de Yturbide, who
has just right to claim the gratitude of the
nation, and the children of the Liberator,
wishing at the seine time to facilitate all
measures conducing to the realization of the
noble demonstration conceived by his Ma
is sty, therefore -Don Fernando Ramirez,
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Acting
Minister of State, &c., by order of his
Majesty, and Augustin, Angel, Augustin
Cosme and Josefa de Yturbide, have en
tered into the following agreement:—First—
His Majesty will accord distinguished posi
tions to the Emperor's two grandsons, Au
gustin and Salvador, and likewise to Dona
Josefa de, Yturbide, te daughter of
the said Emperor. econd—Their Imperial
Majesties will defray the expenses of the
education of the two aforementioned grand
sons of the Emperor Augustin in a manner
befitting their rank, and the support of the
same and of Dona Josefa. Third—As an
evidence of the special favor and protection
which his Majesty 'desires to extend to the
said grandsons of the Emperor, Don Augus
tin and Don Salvador, he constitutes himself
their guardian and trustee, appointing Dona
Josefa de Yturbide as joint guardian.
Fourth—Messrs. Augustin, Angel and Au
gustin Cosine de Yturbide hereby promise
for themselves, and for Dona Sabina and
their legitimate descendants, never to re
turn to the empire without the previous
authorization of the sovereign or legitimate
regency. Fith—His Majesty's government
will order payment to be made to Messrs.
Augustin, Angel, Augustin Cosine, Josefa
and Sabina de Yturbide of the sum
of $30,000 cash, and $120,000 in bills
on Paris at the current rate of ex
change, $60,000 thereof to be paid on the
15th of December of the present year, and
$60,000 on the 15th of February,lB66,making
a total of $150,000 on account of the indebt
edness of the nation to them. His Majesty's
government will liquidate the accounts of
the family of the Liberator Yturbide, both
direct and derived from inheritance, and
will keep a record of the proceeds. Seventh
—The government of his Majesty will give
instructions to the proper authorities to pay
to Augustin, Angel, Augustin ()cisme, Dona
Josefa, and Dona Sabina de Yturbide the
pensions which they now enjoy, the
same to be paid punctually and without
any discount whatever at their residences
Or at the nearest point thereto, in case
Mexico should not have mercantile relit"-
nons with said residences. Eighth—The
government of his Majesty grants to the
said Augustin, Angel and Dona Sabina, in
addition to the pensions which they at
present enjoy, the following annuities, viz:
To the first named $6,100, to the second
$5,100, to be paid to the wife of Don Angel
in the event of his decease; and $1,524 to the
last named; and to Don Augustin Cosine
the pay entire corresponding to his military
rank. The necessary orders will be given
to insure the punctual payment of these
/ allowances, on the conditions expressed in
the preceding article referring to the pen
sions. In testimony of which the present
agreement has been signed in duplicate at
the Castle of Chapultepec, on the Oth of
September, 1865.
By order of his Imperial Majesty.
JOSE F. RAMIREZ,
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Acting
Minister of State.
A. DES YTURBIDE.
ANGEL DE YTURBIDE.
AUGUSTIN C. DE YTURBIDE.
JOSEFA DE YTURBIDE.
ALICIA G. DE YTURBIDE.
Confirmation of the Defeat of the Impe
rial General Mendez -Frenen Troops for
Chihuahua
The _Nueva Bra states that -a despatch
from Commander Carranco to the military
commandancia of that district reports the
total defeat .of the Liberals of the canton
Abasolo, under Mendez and Salas. Car
ranco attacked the garrison of Cosihui
riacllic at half past four o'clock on the
morning of the 22d, and at 11 o'clock took
the place by storm, when part of the chiefs
took to flight, and the rest were made pris
oners, together with some of the men.
There were eight wounded and six killed,
and among the fugitives there are many
wounded,including Mendez. On. the
Imperialist side there were seven wounded
and one killed. The enemy lost a great
many horses, arms and munitions.
secret Agreement between the Emperor
/Maximilian and the Children of Augus
tin de Yturbide, the Liberator of
Mexico.
WASHINGTON, April 3, 1866.—The follow
ir g official letter, addressed to General Al
varez, is communicated by him from La
Providencia, under date of March 1, 1866, to
Minister Romero:
HUELTAIIOI Feb. 28,1866.-1 have now the
pleasure of confirming the news of the de
feat of the Imperial General Mendez, which
I gave in my last,having last night received
the official despatches. In a word, the
enemy lost all the reserve, their provisions,
baggage pack, clothing, and the private cor
respondence of Mende; together with his
military chest, in which was some twelve
thousand dollars, which is now in our
hands, and, what is more, the flags of the
different corps and a large number of pri
soners.
Fastener° was occupied on the following
day.
In consequence of these successes wehave
obtained other small triumphs in Apeisen
gua and Irambo, all of which I hasten to
communicate to you and to our companions
in arms. GREGORIES, Pref•Jardon.
The following extract from a letter from
Paris has been received in this city :
PARIS, March 19, 1866.—The principal
object of these lines is to let you know that
three thousand two hundred men left here
a week ago for Vera Cruz with the greatest
secrecy. Among them are four hundred
hussars of Algiers, Brest and Cherbourg.
The press' has not mentioned anything
about it, nor do they care ta speak at all
about the Mexican question, because they
have been warned not to do so.
A telegraph despatch from Vienna, pub
lished here day before yesterday, informs
us that an agreement has been concluded
with Maximilian for the purpose of sending
him two thousand Austrians to fill up the
losses of the Austrian contingent in Mexico.
The necessary expense will of course be de
frayed by the French government.
SAYS the National Intelligencer: It was
currently rumored yesterday that Chief
Justice Chase, with his daughters, Mrs.
Sprague and Miss Chase, with the child of
the former, had set out for New York, on
the way . to Europe. There is great improb.
ability in this rumor.
A COLLEGE of the New England stamp is
to be erected upon Lookout Mountain,the
scene of General Hooker's famous batte in
the clouds. A retired merchant of New
York has purchased 400 acres of land, in
cluding twenty-one buildings erected by
government. It is expected that the col
lege will be opened next May, with accom
modations for eighty students.
James M. Igeovetw
CAMDEN, April 2, 1866.—T0 . the Editor of
the'Xvening Bulletin: I have just read a
communication, headed " Mr. Scovel's Po
sition," which I believe first appeared in
yens paper on Saturday last.
F About two years ago a misstatement ap
peared in one of the papers relative to the
above named gentlernary; when my attention
was called to it, I hastened to correct it
through the same channel. In that case a sin
gle individual only was the aggrieved party.
In this case the whole Union party of the
State of New Jersey, and,with a few excep
tions, the Representatives of the Union
States in the United States Senate are
charged by Mr. Scovel with delinquencies
of a political character; which, if true,
should be reprobated by every right-minded
man, as I know some of the statements are
directly contrary to the facts. I will briefly
refer to two or three items in the article
which calls out this communication.
He inquires "now what are the facts ?"
itc., and says—ist "A plurality rule was
offered by a Republican, in the joint meet
ing," &c. Now what is the truth in the
case:? I have before me the "Senate Jour
nal, 1865," p. 880; "Joint Meeting, present
81 members." When Mr. Daniel Holsman,
who has never before been charged by his
worst enemies or best friends with being a
Republican, but on the contrary a Demo
crat of the "peace-on-any -terms" persua
sion, and representing the county of Ber
gen, offered the following—
" Resolved, That the Resolution that no
candidate shall be declared elected unless
upon receiving a majority of the votes of all
the members elected to both Houses of the
Legislature, be rescinded, and that any
candidate receiving a plurality of the votes
of the members present shall be declared
duly elected." Upon which, notwithstand
ing, Mr. Scovel states—
2d—"lt passed by Republican votes in
joint meeting," &c. It (the Resolution) re
ceived, affirmative, 41 votes, of which 40
were Deinorrats and 1 Union and negative
40 votes. 37 union, 3 Democrata—See as
above, p. 881.
3d. Mr.Scovel further say s"ltrent 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
(Mr. Stockton) when Republican votes
alone made his election a possibility;" and
further, "believing him by law entitled to
his seat, I hare persistently refused to enter
into the adventWre to drive him out 'of the
Senate."
The facts in regard to "thirdly" are these:
The next day after the joint meeting I was
looking for a gentleman, one of thesoundest
lawyers in the State, who was in Trenton,
and stopping at the same hotel with Mr.
Scovel. I asked Mr. Scovel ifhe could find
him, when he accompanied me, asking
"what's up?" We found the gentleman,and
I opened my busineis by.asking, "Is it clear
that Mr. Stockton Was legally and constitu
tionally elected yesterday to the United
State Senate?" He replied, "It is not." I
inquired if there was not sufficient ground
for entering a protest, to be presented to the
U. S. Senate against his admission?" He
replied, "there was;" when Mr. Scovel said
there was no doubt about it, and expressed
a wish that I should proceed with the matter,
I accordingly had a protest prepared, ad
dressed to the U. S. Senate, which, after
setting forth the facts of the election, refer
re d "to the Constitution of the United
States:" the "ancient Constitution of New
Jersey;" the "Constitution of the State
adopted in 3846;" "usage hitherto uninter
rupted;" this being the "first instance in
the history of this State of a person being
declared duly elected without a majority of
the members present and voting;" con
cludes as follows:
"It cannot be said that, because the joint
meeting is composed of the Legislature,
they can alter or add to the law. It re
quires separate action, and Executive ap
proval. And the meeting or the members
in joint meeting is for a specific purpose,
I,nd no other: to elect officers—not to make
laws."
"The consequence possibles from adnait
ting the right to select by a plurality vote,
furnish a conclusive argument against it.
If two members vote for elle person, and
every other member, by himself, for differ•
ent individuals the person having two votes
would have a plurality. Can it be that in
such case he would beSenator? This is in
deed an extreme case; but such cases test
the propriety of legal doctrine, and many
equally unjust but less extreme may easily,
be offered.
"Believing, therefore, that the Hon. Jno.
P. Stockton is not elected Senator from New
Jersey, we respectfully pray that the Senate
of the United States may so decide and de
clare his seat vacant." [Signed.]
MEMBERS OF THE SENATE —W. W.
W are, Cape May county; Jos. L. Reeves,
Gloucester county; James .M. Scovel, Cam
den county; Richard M. Acton, Salem
county, and all the Union members of the
Senate.
ASSEMBLY -P. C. Bririck, Camden
County; Jas. D. Cleaver, Essex county;
Thos. Beesly, Cape May county; James H.
Nixon, Cumberland county, and the bal
ance of the Union members of the Assembly.
I have thus* given the facts, as they ac
tually occurred under my own observation,
being an active participant myself.
I do not propose, beyond this, to enter
into an argument, as to whether the Honor
orable James M. Scovel on the one, side is
right—and many hundred other honorables
in the State of New Jersey and other States
and in the Congress of the United States,
on the other side are wrong, or vice versa—
but simply to correct what I know to be
wrong, and as Mr. S. appreciated a commu
nication when in Ms favor, he certainly, if a
fair honorable man, as he says he is, will
be proportionately pleased when so many
are interested among his friends, who have
placed him where he now is.
AFFRAY BETWEEN SOUTHERNERS AlfD
SOLDIERS.—Says the Mobile Tribune: A
one-legged soldier, Confederate, came into
Selma, Alabama, with three mules and was
taking them to a livery stable, when he was
stopped by some Federal soldiers who en
deavored to take them away from him.
Some citizens in the vicinity interfered, and
tried to prevail on the soldiers to let the
man alone. This they refused to do, and a
difficulty ensued, the soldiers drawing their
pistols and bayonets, and the citizens seiz
ing whatever weapon they could lay their
hands on. One Federal soldier was killed
and two negro soldiers badly wounded.
Several citizens were severely out and other
wise injured. The greatest excitement pre
vailed and the Post Commandant had called
out all the troops in town to quell the dis
turbance. Considerable shooting was still
going on when our informant left. The
soldiers, it is said, had no authority to take
the mules from thecountryman, and should
have desisted when requested to by the
citizens.
F. L. FETHERSTON. Pubis
DOUBLE MEET, THREE CENTS.
New Jersey Mutters.
THE NEW JERSEY CONFERENCE.—.TIIO3
territory embraced within the limits of the
New Jersey Conference, which has fast
closed its thirtieth session in Camden, is
that. art of the State lying South of a line
extending from Lambertsville, on the Dela
ware River, to New Brunswick, on the Ra
ritan. River • thence to the ocean by said
river - and River;
Bay into which it empties,
incibtling the two cities nam ed. The Newark
Conference c.vers the balance of the State,
'together with a small portion of Pennsyl
vania and New York, including Staten
Island. This whole territory was formerly
connected with the Philaduiphia Confer
ence, from which it was set off by the
General Conference in 1836. 'The New
Jersey Conference held its first session the
next year. In twenty years it became too
large, and another division was provided
for by the General Conference of 1856. The
whole body met as one Conference in
1857, when the relation of its members was
determined by the position of the appoint
ment then received - with reference to the
division line. ' that is, those above the line,
became members of the Newark Confer
ence, and those below it of the New Jersey
Conference. At the close of the first year
the rep.rts show a ministerial force of one
hundred, exclusive of the supernumeraries,
and a membership of 20,457, not counting
probations. Last year's reports give 122
ministers, 22,703 members. Bat, while the
numerical increase has not been large, there
is a gratifying advance in contributions for
benevolent purposes. In 1858 the collections
for Missions, the Bible, Tracts, Sunday
Schools, Education, and disabled
Ministers footed up something over
$10,600. In 1865 nearly , $25,500
were raised for the same purposes. In 1858
the receipts for ministerial support were not
reported, but the next year the aggregate,
exclusive of house rent, was $48,921 65. In
1865 it was $82,507. The salaries averaged
$660, including sixteen single men and some
who received but partial support; the range
was from $lOO to $1,500. According to the
statics presented at the recent session the
New Jersey Conference is in a commenda
bly flourishing condition, and the labors of
the ministers appear to be attended with
satisfactory results.
POLITICAL INDIGNATION.—The members
of the Republican party of Camden city and
county, exhibit unusual dissatisfaction at
the course pursued by James M. Scovel in
refusing to go into joint meeting for the
election of a United States Senator. They
regard his conduct as an emphatic aban
donment of the party that elected him to
the Legislature, and favored- him with
other marks of " esteem and appreciation.
In fact, all the political importance Mr.
Scovel has bad since he left the Democratic
ranks, has been given to him by the Re
publicans; and they feel incensed that,
just as the Union Party had gained a posi
tion whereby New Jersey can justly claim
a voice in Congress for the cause of freedom,
that claim must be thwarted by the
very man upon whom the Unionists
showered so many blessings. They unani
mously agree that Mr. Scovel has no
right to allow his personal animosities or
preferences to interfere with the action of
the Senate, simply because he holds the
balance o f power, in going into a joint
meeting, nor has he the right to dictate who
shall be the nominee of the party. It is Mr.
Scovel's duty to go into joint meeting for
that is an imperative constitutionalrequire
ment; then he can vote as he pleases. The
course he has thus far pursued in the mat
ter, viewed in all its aspects, is more un
fortunate to himself than it will be to the
party he has betrayed. Leading Republi
cans say they can never receive him into
their confidence again.
Tim DIRTY STREETS.—The different com
mittees on streets are rather derelict in the
work of urging the contractors forward in
the work of cleaning them. They are in
viting proposals for that purpose, but what
good will that do, if the contractors will not
do the work? The near approach of sultry
weather, and with it, in all probability, the
much-feared plague, the cholera, ought to be
sufficient to induce the committees to see
that the streets and all filthy alleys are
cleaned at once, and kept so every day. If
one set of contractors will not attend to their
duties in this respect, give the work to
others who will. The. sanitary condition of
the city demands this, and the Council
should - delay no longer in enforcing the or
dinance concerning it. There are many
places that need a full and thorough purga
tion.
' Three hundred New England pulpits are
vacant. About the same number are vacant
in Philadelphia, but it is expected that they
will all be filled next Sunday.
It seems from his testimony before the
Commission, that General Lee cannot re
member that he ever took an oath in sup
port of the sot disant Confederacy. It is a
much greater pity that he forgot that he
once took an oath to maintain and defend
the FederaL Union. Strange as it may ap
pear, the Boston Post says that.
A frolicsome delegate of Congress from
Dacotab, the other day bought a snapping
turtle, and put it in the desk of a venerable
member from Pennsylvania, and then asked
the member for a sheet of paper. The un
suspecting gentleman nearly lost one of his
fingers by the trick, greatly to the delight of
the practicaljoker.
Since the close of the war a number of
Southerners have settled in British Hon
duras, and-so far as heard from have done
very well. They . now propose a line of
steamers to New Orleans. They calculate
to make a living by enabling their friends
at home to dye. Butternuts are out of
fashion.
Local politics in Troy are queer. One al
derman comes out and accuses another al
derman of theft. We could name an alder
man or two, nearer home, who would cheer
fully compromise for a trifling charge of
that sort.
P. C. BunioK.
Breckinridge Is reported to be in Canada,
weary, careworn, grey, and anxious to re
turn home. Dare say. But we hope he
won't be invited home until he doffs the
grey.
The Italian papers mention a marriage
between a barrister, Guglielmus Carnal:Nand
a nun of the order of St. Theresa, named
Maria Pisani, known as Sister Maria Ann
ziata. Maria escaped from the convent,
simply because they were careless and did
not keep a-nun's-eye-at-her.
DOUBLE MURDER.—We learn from the
Meadville, Pa., •Itepublican that on last Fri
day a colored man at Franklin killed a
colored woman, and made his escape by the
train coming up. At Shaw's Landing he
was discovered by another colored man who,
was in pursuit and jumped off the cars and
attempted to retreat, but his pursuer fol
lowed him closely and was seen to shoot
him. It had not been ascertained whether'
be was killed or woundedinor were the
names of the parties known.
Facts and Fancies.