EIDSON PEACOCK. Editor.
VOLUME XX.
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CHANCELLOR—On the 9th inet„ Wharton Chan
cellor.
His male friends are invited to attend his funeral
from his late residence, Ne. 7115 Chestnut street. on
Thursday morning, at 10 o'clock precisely. **
COLLISSON—On the 9th Inst.,after a lingering illness
Grant, youngest son of Wm. H. and Mary tr.Collisson,
„aged 9 months and 9 days. .
The relatives and friends of the family are respect
dirtily invited to attend the funeral from his father's
residence, No. 111 Bowman street, Germantown, on
.'Wednesday, the 11th inst.. at 2 o'clock. as
HA.GW.ER—On Sunday, Bth inst., George Hacker
aged 81 years.
The relatives and male friends of the family are re
spectrally invited to attend his funeral from the
residence of his son, W. P. Hacker, No. 800 Pine street,
-on Wednesday morning. llth Mat., at 10 o'clock. Inter
ment at Laurel Bill. • as
LEWIS—On Monday, the 9th inst., Mary Alice,
daughter of William D. Lewis, Esq. s
LEWRY—On Bth inst., 31st year of her age, Anna M.,
wife of the late Benj. L. Lewry, and daughter of John
Born, Esq.
The relatives and friends of the family are respect
fully invited to attend the funeral from the residence
of her brother-in law, W. B. Stewart, Ne. 1012 'Wallace
Atreet, on Wednesday morning Ilthinst at 10 o'clock.*•
MAXWELL—On the morning of the 7th inst., Sarah
Maxwell, in the 83d year of her age. Interment, this
day, 10th inst.. at Don Hill, Delaware.
. _
NEWBOLD—On Sunday, the Bth inst.. Maria M.
daughter of Charles and Margaret C. Newbold.
The friEnds of the family are invited to attend the
fiineral, at the Church of the Saviour, Thirty-eighth
street. below Market. West Philadelphia, on Wednes
day afternoon, the Ilth inst., at 4 o'clock precisely In
ferment at the Woodland Cemetery.
RlSLEY—Drowned, while escaping from the burning
steamer General Hooker. off Sullivan's Island, South
Carolina, on the morning of the Zist nit , Miss Belle S.
Risley. daughter of the late Ezra B. Risley, of this city.
Remains recovered and temporarily interred in
Charleston. S. C. *4*
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11 - ". 'WEST PHILADELPHI A. INSTITUTE,
Thirty-ninth above Market street.—Lecture on
iTeESDAY EVENING, April loth,at 8 o'clock, by
Prof. Fairman Rogers. Subject: "TLe Glaciers." To
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OFFICE OF THE AMERICAN FIRE IN
SURA_NCF, COMPANY, PIITEADELPHLA.,
April 9th, 1866.
The Directors have this day declared a dividend of
SILVEN AND A HALF, DOLL ARS per share, for the
last six months, which will be paid to the Stockholders
or their legal representatives, on and after the 19th
ustant. Clearof all taxes.
147 ,: 1 34.3F0RD.
apiO9t4 tlcretary.
TOWNSHIP
LIBERTIES AND PENN
TOWNSHIP RA_LL.ROAD COM_PANY.—Part,
ADELPHIA, A prll 9. 1868
The annual meeting of the Stockholders of this
Company, and an election for officers to serve for the
.ensuing year, and until others shall be elected, will be
bela at the office of the Philadelphia Railroad Com
pany, No. 227 South FOURTH Street, on MONDAY,
the 7th day of May next, at 11 o'clock, A. M.
aplo WM. H. WEBB, Secretary.
NOTICE.—THE NATIONAL MUTUAL IN
SURANCE COMPANY.
Whe Books for the Subscription to the Capital Stock
of the National Mutual Insurance Company will be
opened daily at the rooms of the Corn Exchange. be
tween the hours o f 11% and 1 o'clock.
CHARLES H. CUMMINGS,
GEORGE T. LEWIS,
CHARLES M. PREVOST,
Committee o f Corporators.
SCHUYLKILL AND SUSQUEHANNA.
RAILROAD COMPANY—OVFIeIi: No. 227
- SLAM:J. FOURTH SDREET.—DHILADELPECLA., April
.9th,1666.
The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of this
Company, and an election for President and six Mana
gers will take place at the Qffice of the Company, on
2,IOIsTDAY, the 7th day of May, next, at 12 o'clock M.
s WM. H. WEBB,
Secretary.
aplo t mys
T GOOD SPRING RAILROAD COMPANY.
—Pirice.DET,Pma, April 9, 1866
T e annual meeting of the Stockholders of this
Company, and an election for President and six
managers, to serve for the ensuing year and until
othets shalt be elected,will be held at the office of the
Philadelphia and 'Reading Railroad Company, No. 2:77
South FOURTH Street, on Monday. the 7th day of
Ilay next, at 11% A. M.
U. OFFICE CATAWISSA RAILROAD COM
PANY, No. 424 WALNUT street, PE/LADEL
pure, April oth, 1866.
The Transfer Books of the Preferred stock of this
Company will be opened en the 12th inst.
At present t o issue of scrip will will be made, the
Hon. John M. Read, sitting at Nisi Prins, having de
cided the same to be ultra 'wires.
This decision does not vitiate the right of the Pre
ferred stock to the arrearages of dividends due
thereon. M. P. HUTCHINSON.
eplo-3t Vice President and Secretary.
SELECT READINGS
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MARY.
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fi, FIRST REGIMENT GRAY RESERVES —AN
adjourned meeting of Non-Commissioned Officers
' t will be heIdITH.TB (Tuesday) EVENING eta o'cleck,
at the Broad at. Axmory. Members of the Regiment
are Invited to attend drill.
lt* , W. D. HASTINGS, aecretary.
133IUGGLING INTO, CALIFORNIA AND
TEXAS.—The Commissioner of Customs is
providing for the effectual protection of the
revenue along the Southwestern frontier,
where it'has been discovered that consider
able smuggling is being carried on by yes
,sels entering the Gulf of California, and in
troducing contraband goods into Arizona.
An agent has been assigned to the Coast of
Texas, from Galveston to Fort Duncan, to
be stationed at Corpus Christi. Another
. agent has been appointed to that part of the
frontier bordering on the Northern part of
Mexico:from !San Diego,California, to El
Paso, New_Mexico, a dist ance of eight hun
dred Miles, and who will be stationed at
:Port Yuma.
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NO. 1.
Final Report of the Germantown Freed-
Six months ago this Association had no
existence. Many friends of the freedmen
had been quietly but actively engaged in
aiding the cause, either by individual effort
or through other organizations.
But the loud cry for help from the South;
the fact that the colored people in the South
were dying by thousands for want of food,
clothing, medical aid, etc.; that in fact
many thousands stood in want of every
thing needful to life in this world, caused
them to feel that more earnest efforts must
be made, and that it was of the highest kn
portance that an Association should be
formed in Germantown, in which all who
are interested in the cause might take part,
and by their combined strength and.zeal be
enabled to do much good.
Accordingly, on the 28th day of October,
1865, shortly after the formation of "The
Women's Central Branch" inPhiladelphia,
a number of ladies met, with Dr. Rhoads,
at the house of Mrs. S. D. Wharton to con
fer upon the subject, and appointeda com
mittee of twenty-eight ladies, representa
tives from most of the religious societies of
Germantown, who were invited to a second
meeting, to be held at the same place, Oc
tober 31st.
At this second meeting Dr. Rhoads pre
sided. A constitution was adopted; officers
and a board of managers elected, and the
Association regularly organized. After this
the meeting adjourned, to hold the first
meeting for business at the Dispensary
Rooms, Nov. 2d.-
At this meeting the Board of Managers
was enlarged, and committees formed.
November Bth a general meeting was held
at Langatroth's Hall, to which all were in
vited who were interested in the cause of
suffering humanity. At this meeting Dr.
Rhoads and Dr. Paul spoko most impres
sively concerning the suffering in the South
—relating incidents in their own experience,
and reading letters from those who were
orking at different stations. They also
told what had been done, and what was still
being done in the formation of Associations
in different States in the Union; and gave
information concerning the organization
which had just been formed in our midst.
So that many names were added to the
list of membership.
The number of members is at present
nearly 100.
The officers are a President, sixteen Vice
Presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer.
The Managers number seventeen, and these
are divided into Committees for purchasing
goods, cutting out work, giving out and re
ceiving work, valuing goods, packing, etc.
Since the Society was formed regular
meetings for business have been held by the
Board of Managers. For the first three
months they were held weekly, and. since
then once in two weeks, at which the ave
rage attendance has been thirteen.
Every day, except Sunday, and a day or
two during the Christmas holidays, the
rooms have been open, and committees have
been present, to cut out. work, also, to re
ceive donations, to give out work to those
who were willing to do it, and to receive
work that had been finished.
Much of the sewing has been done by those
who work for a living, and who were paid
for their labor either by the Employment
Society, or by members of the Assocaatton.
And in this way the Society has been the
means of helping the poor at home, as well
as those in the South.
Three hundred and twelve garments were
cut out by the Friends' Association in Phila
delphia, and over seventeen hundred have
been cut out by the committee of -this Asso
ciation. Most of these have been made arid
sent to the Women's Central Branch in
Philadelphia, to be forwarded by them to
the South.
There has been much new clothing, much
second-hand clothing, and a large quantity
of books and papers contributed, so that,
during the five months the Association has
been able to send away two thousand three
hundred and fifty-seven new garments,
valued at three thousand three hundred
and twenty-eight dollars ($3,328) ; second
hand clothing, valued at more than sixty
dollars ($6O) ; shoes, one hundred and seven
dollars ($107) - ; books and papers, about ten
dollars ($10) ; toys, three dollars ($3);
thread and needle-bags, one dollar ($1);
besides, thirteen pairs of blankets and
a comfortable, the value of which
was not estimated. Making a total of not
less than $3,550.
For the use of amoom in which to work,
and hold meetings for consultation, etc., the
Association is indebted to the Board of Man
agers of the Germantown Dispensary; who
have kindly granted .the use of their room,
free of rent.-
WM. H. WEBB,
Secretary.
A few of those who belonged to the Board
of Managers at the commencement, have felt
called upon to resign the position, but the
vacancies ,have generally been filled, so
that the number remains almost un
changed.
There are in the Board representatives of
many different religious views; many, who
were, until this Society was formed. strang
ers to nearly all the other members, and yet
all have worked together harmoniously, and
pleasantly, showing a liberality of feeling,
and a Christian charity, which is very grati
iying. And now, that the term for which
the Association was organized, has expired,
mcst of the members are unwilling to give
up the work which has thus far been carried
on so successfully; and it has been proposed
that to-day the Society shall be re-organized;
principally for educational purposes.
We all know that for many, many years,
the education of the black man in the
South has not only been neglected, but
even forbidden ; and he has been al
lowed to live—or rather forced to live, in a
state of= so much ignorance' and vice,
that many were almost tempted'
to think him incapable of anything good or
noble; but proofs to the contrary have
within a short time past been so numerous
and so satisfactory, that all are now convinced
that all that he requires is the opportunity,
and he will eagerly embrace it. And being
thus convinced, it becomes our duty to
leave rio stone unturned which will aid in
placing him in such a position as his Maker
designed him to fill.
MARY Y. BROWN, President.
SUSAN D. LEHMAN Secretary.
GERALA.NTOWNI
Germantown, April 6, 1866.
N...l3.Stnce writing the above the Asso
ciation has been re. organized; and the mana
gers 'will be grateful for help from those
who are willing to aid in the work.
TRP As.SIJBER' IS REPORT.
Received during the five months
in donations. - - - - $.1,419 70
Monthly subscriptions, - - - 1,538 39,
Initiation fees, - - - - 45 06
Total, - - - - - $3,004 24
Expended. for Mdse, &c. - $2,593 74
Balance in band April Ist, - $4lO 50
EnzzAnniu, DORSEY, Treasurer.
men's Aid Association.
PHILADELPHIA - , TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1866.
FENIttIiISM ABROAD.
MOVEMENTS OF HEAD CENTRE
STEPHENS.
The Fenian. Armament in
Dublin, &c.
The following is the intelligence received
from the agent of the L I. 8., who• arrived
at New York in the steamship Atlantic :
STEAMSHIP ATLANTIC, AT SEA, April 1,
1866.—Stephens all right—lande d safe in
Paris. But at the time of his departure
from Ireland Mrs. Stephens arrivedat Cork,
on her way to America and all, the steamers
and vessels of all kinds in the port were
then under close watch by the British an
thoritiea to prevent Mr. Stephens' escape,
but he was then on his way to Paris, and at
that very time in the city of.. London.
Mrs: Stephens then made a retrograde
movement, took the ten P. M., express train
for Dublin, on her way to Paris, with her
sister, Miss Hopper.
There are in Ireland two hundred and
fifty thousand disciplined men all ready and
waiting for the order to strike the blow for
freedom.
The British army in Ireland is forty thou
sand strong, and is commanded by Sir Hugh
Rose, but they are about one-half Fenians,
and here is not a single regiment in which
there have not been cases of arrest for Fe
pianism and crying out for Stephens and
the Irish republic.
[The Union Square Fenian authorities in
•clined, yesterday afternoon, to regard the
report of the arrival of this envoy as a hoax,
and so informed our reporter. The details
of the news, however, incline us to the opin
ion that it was not first written by our news
agent without a substantial foundation.—
ED. Herald.] -
The Fenian invasion of Canada, and the
consequences to which it may lead, are re
ferred to, and the London Times expresses
the hope that the United States will compen
sate England for the passive attitude she has
hitherto assumed on the Fenian question.
he Fenian Armament—A Rescue From
the Police.
Dublin (March 27) Correspondence of London Times.]
The Fenian armories, there is reason to
believe, have not all been discovered. They
must have been in work for a considerable
time, and of the immerusequantities of wea
pons they must have turned out., only a
small portion has fallen into the hands of
the police. Rifles and revolvers, too, must
have been purchased toe.large extent,while
the number of lire-arms surrendered in obe
dience to the government proclamationshas
been very small. There is gieund, there
fore, for apprehending that if the govern
ment had not frustrated the designs of the
conspirators by capturing the leaders, and
if an outbreak had occurred, Stephens
could have mustered a formidable number
of well armed men. The discovery made
yesterday morning by the police at Upper
Rathmines will probably lead to others. No
one would have thought that buildings in
curse of erection would have been selected
us places for the concealment of arms. Yet
a moment's reflection shows that such
places are admirably suited for the p
if some of the workmen be Fenian. spar
materials could be easily conveyed there
without stumicion, and buried under the
ground floors, still in a rough state, with
rubbish and loose clay lying about. The
place, is so retired,quiet and respectable that
no one would ever suspect that the mechan
ics working at such buildingi had any con
vection with Fenianism, or were preparing
to fight for the Fenian Republic. Yester
day morning, however, in consequence of
private information, Superintendent Dono
van and Inspectors Daly and Dowling, with
a party of police, went at an early hour to
the villa in question, in order to search for
arms. When they arrived there were five
men at work on the premises, and when
questioned they denied all knowledge of
any such things being concealed
there. The police searched for
a considerable time, digging up the
floors, but for a considerable time without
success. At length they found, buried in a
small room off the kitchen, two large boxes,
one containing five rifles and bayonets, and
the other four rifles and bayonets. Some of
the rifles had the Tower mark, and some
were marked "United States, Middleton,
1840." Subsequently the builder, Brophy,
and the other men appeared on the pre
mises. They were all placed under arrest;
protesting that they knew nothing about the
arms. The following are the names of the
prisoners:—James Brophy, builder; John
Gill, Henry Doran, Alex. McKeon. ichael
Doran, George Righy, William McMullen,
Daniel Leonard, William Brady, Patrick
Kingston, Michael McCabe and George
Clarke. They were brought up at the head
c ffice before Mr. McDermott and Mr. Wyse,
when Inspector Dowling deposed to the
facts above stated. They were remanded
for a weekwithout bail. Brophy stated that
some of the men had gone to the place that
day for the first time, and it was hard to
keep them from their families.
At the same office Edw. Cheyton, of 27
Aungier street, was charged with having a
gun in his possession without license. He
was admitted to bail. At the Capel street
office a man named Doyle was committed
on his own confession as a deserter from the
Fourteenth regiment; shortly after which
the sergeant of a recruiting staff entered
and stated that he recognized the prisoner
as a deserter from the Fifth Dragoon
Guards.
At Rilpeale, within seven miles of . Cashel,
six constables on Sunday last arrested two
reputed head centres. One 'of them was
rescued by a mob of young men. A man
named Sheehan,who had. been "on the
run" for some ime, has been arrested at
Limerick.
In obedience to the proclamation a great
number of arms have been surrendered in
the county Kildare. At Athy about two
hundred single barreled guns and several
other weapons, including a great number
of expensive revolvers, were brought in,
and ammunition sufficient to supply them
for a small campaign. Not less than £l5O
was expended in Athy on the purchase of
weapons during the last three months, con
clusive of the alarm and apwehension en
tertained by every man having a stake in
the locality. There were no pikes in the
collection except a few rusty old things.
The Head Centre and Mrs. Stephens.
[Paris (March 24) correspondence of the London San
day Gazetted
Last Sunday, when the greater part of the
world was down at Vincennes, a foreigner
of distinction, and as Mr. Whiteside would
say, of retiring manners, slipped into Paris
unheralded. Mr. Stephens, the great Irish
Head Centre, has been here for nearly a
week, transacting business of a. description
best known to himself and friends, and last
night Ulysses was joined to Penelope, who
has no idea of going to America alone. Mr.
otrn Nvuom ocrumrnr.
Stephens' arrival was only noticed by his
French organ, the Opinion Nationale,- last
night, and the announcement did not ap
pear in a prominent part of the journal, nor
was it printed in tha,t, type generally
accorded to important events. From what
I can learn, Mr. Stephens, when be was
:snatched from his horticultural pursuits
in the vicinity of Dublin, and brought before
the magistrate, was speedily made aware
that arrangements had been made to deliv
er him from the gripe of the Saxon, and no
difficulty was experienced in effecting his
release. That the Irish police have ever
been on the point of seizing him Mr: Ste
phens denies, and until he considered it ne
cessary in the interests of the cause he advo
cates to leave Ireland,ln order to cross the
Atlantic and have a friendly chat with his
American colleague, Mahony, he remained
unmolested in Dublin. He never even re
sorted to any disguise.
;Kew York Rumors about Stephens.
[From To-day's N. Y. World.]
The Union Square headquarters presented
yesterday, a scene of unusual activity. In
side the Fenian dignitaries were busily en
gaged in hurrying forward preparations to
greet Head Centre Stephens, who is to ar
rive on the Havre steamship due at this
port to-morrow; and the ball of activity was
kept up outside by the spies from Mr.
Archibald's intelligence headquarters. The
following facts were made known to our
reporter, on his visit to headquarters last
night:
James Stephens, on his arrival to-mor
row, is not expected to accept, much less to
court a public ovation. His visit to this
country will be of the very shortest dura
tion, depending entirely on absolute and
predetermined arrangements. The real
cause of his visit will be withheld till to the
eve of his departure, when it shall then re
sound through the four corners of the earth.
His chief attendant and companion in his
flight from Ireland, arrived in this city
on yesterday morning ; by the steamship
Atlantic, and is now at the Union Square
headquarters, advising the authorities on
the subject of his master's intentions when
he appears among them,and the authorities
at the Moffat House themselves are pleased
to the highest degree with ;the instructions
conveyed, and are as busy as possible ar
ranging preliminaries to meet the exact
views of the Fenian leaders.
NEWS FROM OONTINENTAL
EUROPE.
The Austrian and Prussian Difficulty.
BERLIN, Tuesday, March 27th.—The
Zeitsrische Correspondent to-day publishes
an article representing the present state of
the Austro-Prussian relations as serious. It
considers the crisis far from diminishing,
but on the contrary becoming more danger
ous. The article points out that as soon as
Austria had armed, her financial position
would compel her to hasten the attack,a cir
cumstance which the Pry -gian Government
is taking into serious consideration.
The Berlin correspondence of the Times
says Prussia has not mobilized, or de
spatched in the direction of the frontier, a
single regiment. Some few reserves have
been called in, but it can positively be as
serted that they do not come np to the num
ber which in the most peaceful times has
been collected on the appearance of some
distant danger in the diplomatical horizon.
That the mobilization of the entire army is
contemplated, and even prepared to be ear
-1 ied out at a moment's notice, does not
admit of a doubt. There is no foundation
in the rumored alliance between Italy and
Prussia. The Italian government desire to
observe the strictest neutrality in any con
flict which may occur between Prussia and
Austria.
A telegram from Vienna, of March 25,
says : "The relations between Austria and
Prussia remain unchanged. Some Vienna
papers contain reassuring statements, others
continue to publish rumors of a warlike
nature, and assert that Prussia will shortly
send au ultimatum to the Austrian Govern
ment. According to the Presse, Prussian
troops have been pushed forward to the
Silesian. frontier, where preparations are
being made for establishing the headquar
ters of Prince Frederick Charles. The Em
peror addressed a letter to the King of Prus
sia congratulating His MajeGty on the occa
sion of his birthday, but containing no
political allusion."
It is rumored that Prussia has offered
Austria fifty millions of thalers if the latter
will cede her rights over the Duchies.
A telegram from Lemberg announces
that the majority of the members of the Ga
lician Diet are preparing a petition to the
Emperor, of Austria requesting the estab
lishment of an Aulic Chancellorship for
Calicia.
A telegram from Breslau, of Marth 25th,
says: "The fortifications of Cracow are
being armed with the utmost expedition,
the work being carried on night and day.
Troops have been ordered to proceed to
several points between Texten and Bielitz.
A telegram from Berlin of March 26, says:
The King gave long audiences to-day to
Gen. Von Roon, Minister of War, and to
the Chief of the General Staff.
The Adjutant General and the Chief of the
Military Cabinet afterward had aninterview
with Count Bismark.
Intelligence received here from Oderberg
states that on Sunday the staffs of the
Hanover and Mendsdorf regiments passed
through that place. Divisions of Clair,
Gallas and Transylvania regiments are ex
pected in Silesia and Bohemia. Many of
the frontier towns have received garrison.
Extensive movements of troops continued
throughout the Empire.
China.
A dispatch from Shanghai, of February
9th, says: "The Nyenfei rebellion is be
coming more alarming. Nerochong is in
danger, and the residents are drilling.
Hangkow is also threatened, the rebels
being within twenty miles of the city, burn
ing the surrounding villages. The foreign
residents are preparing to resist any attack.
The English and French Consuls are mak
ing arrangements for the safety of the resi
dents and. gunboats are held in readiness
to render assistance. It is reported that the
rebels intend to attack Pekin. The rebels
near Swatow are said to be organizing a
flotilla to attack ChowchowFoo. The French
Municipal Council at Shanghai have been
imprisoned for refusing to deliver up cer
tain documents. The particulars have not
transpired. According; to later advices t the
movements of the rebels in the vicinity of
the northern ports were less threatening.
M.A.T. GEN. D. E. SICKLES, commanding
the Department of South Carolfna, returned
to Charleston, S. C., on Monday, after, a
brief excursion to Florida. He was accom
panied by members of his personal staff;
and by the band of the 6th Regular Infan
try.
GREAT ME AT ST. LOA,
Five Steamboa• s Burned- 7 1'11e Ne
• vada, Frank Bates, Bide Deans,
Amazon and Fanny Ogden
Destroyed---Valuable Car
goes Lost---Total Less,
About $600,000.
[Correspondence of the Cincinnati Commercial.]
ST, Lotus,.April 7.—Another destructive
conflagration among steamboats occurred
this morning, which resulted in the redne
tion of five elegant steamers to as many
charred and smoking hulls. The fire broke
out between 4 and 5 o'clock on the Nevada,
lyingat the levee. When first discovered
it was burning on the starboard side of the
stern of.that boat. Whence it came or how
it was kindled is at present unknown, as
there bad been nothing legitimate going on
to originate it. The most intelligent
opinion is that it was kindled by an in
cendiary.
The watchman of the Nevada was first to
discover the fire, and immediately gave the
alarm as extensively as he could, but it was
nearly half an hour before the engines
could arrive on the spot and get to work.
In.the meantime the flames swept through
the light frame upper works of the doomed
boat, gathering strength and fierceness
every minute. They spread to the Frank
Bates, lying alongside just below the Ne
vada, and the Pffie Dean, lying next be
low the Frank Bates, and to the Amazon
and Fanny Ogden, lying just above.
All these boats, except the Fanny Ogden,
burned to the water's edge. The Fanny
Ogden has the whole of the upper works of
her stern burned off; and also the stern por
tion of, her hull. She is nearly an entire
wreck. Just below the Ftriie Deans lay the
new steamer Lizzie Gill and Ned Tracy,
both loaded with valuable cargoes, and
both exposed to imminent peril from the
flames, which were sweeping towards them.
The Henry S. Turner and the Nashville
also were in a similar condition ' and their
destruction seemed inevitable, but by the
energetic efforts of their crews and officers,
aided by the opportune assistance of loose
boats in the harbor, all four of these were
dragged from the' levee into the stream,
and escaped.
The Nevada, one of the destroyed boats,
arrived from Pittsburgh a few days ago, and
was loading for a return trip. She had
nothing on board, however, but fifty bar
rels of fire-clay and a small lot of house
hold goods. She was a stern-wheeler,owned
principally by Captain Koontz, of Pitts
burgh. She was valued at $35,000, and in
sured in Pittsburgh offices for $24.000. Her
safe, containing about V.:60 belonging to the
boat and $l9O belonging to the barkeeper,
was lost. The money will be recovered.
from the wreck if the safe has resisted the'
fire. Tne hull is still afloat, and is being
towed away from the levee at the foot of
Olive street.
The Frank Bates was a new side-wheel
boat, built expressly for the upper Missouri
by the Northwestern Fur Company, and
was loading for her first trip. She was to
have left this P. M. for Fort Benton. Her
cargo, which was nearly all aboard, was a
very valuable one, being estimated at V.200,-
000, on which there was an insurance of
$125,000 in this city, SSO.OOO in home offices,
and $40,000 in New York a,gencies. The
boat was valued at $75,000, and insured on
about two-thirds of that amount.
The Effie Deans was a stern-wheel boat,
belonging to John S. McClure and Joseph
Labarge, valued at $30,000, and not insured.
She was also loading for the mountains,and
had about one hundred tons of freight
aboard, valued at $100,000; insured, partly
in home offices and partly in New York
of ces.
The Amazon was a side-wheel boat, be
longing to the Hannibal and St Joseph
Railroad Company. She was loading ror
the Missouri River, and had fifty tons of
freight on board, worth about $60,000, partly
insured. The boat was worth about $35,000,
partly covered by insurance in Pittsburgh
of 6 ces.
The Fanny Ogden was a side-wheel boat,
owned by Capt John J. Roe, Captain John
G. Copelin, and others. She was valued at
$60,000. and insured for $40,000, of which
$lO,OOO was in Cincinnati offices,
and the
rest in St. Louis offices. The boat is dam
aged to the extent of three-fourths of her
value. She was loading for the mountains,
and had about sixty tons of freight aboard,
and thirty tons of stores. Her cargo was
valued at $lO,OOO, and her stores at $17,000,
insured in St. Louis, Cincinnati, and New
York offices. Her cargo is but slightly in
jured, the damage being mainly from water.
There was an insurance of $2,000 on her bar,
in the United States Insurance Company.
Her freight is now being removed, and the
water pumped out of her holds,
The Cholera on Board the Steamship
England.
In addition to the report published yes
terday, in reference to the steamship Eng
land, we have the following report from
Halifax:
The England was bound for New York.
She had ever twelve hundred passengers on
board. During the voyage one hundred and
sixty cases of cholera occurred amongst
them. There were fifty deaths. The Eng
land was quarantined, but our news agent
at Halifax obtained the following telegra
phic report after some difficulty :
With regard to the breaking out and pre
valence of cholera on board the England,
Captain Grace, her commander,reports from
Halifax that on Tuesday, April 3, the first
case of cholera occurred, since which time
one hundred and sixty; more cases have
broken out, and fifty deaths have occurred.
She was ordered off by the government, but
owing to the rapid spread of the disease and
the engineers being sick, it was found im
possible to proceed. She now lies below
the lighthouse. Part of the passengers will
be placed on board the hospital ship and
shanties erected on the beach for the sick.
There will be no communication with the
ship.
The authorities are doing all in their
power to relieve the unfortunate passen
gers. There are three doctors on board to
look after the sick. She has twelve hundred
and two passengers and a crew of one hun
dred. The passengers are principally Ger
man and Irish. The captain thinks the dis
ease was brought on board by the German
passengers.
THE Mobile Register puts at the head of
its columns the name of the rebel Com
mander-in-Chief, Robert E. Lee, as a candi
date far President of the United States, in
the canvass of 1868, and remarks, that there
is a concerted organization now in progress
to put forward "the model hero of the Con
federacy" as "the State Rights Democratic
candidate" in the next campaign.
F. FETHERSTON. Publisher.
DOUBLE SHEET, THREE CENTS.
American IlJnion Commission of Penn.
sovanta and New Jersey.
For the encouragement of the friends of
the above-named commission, and likewise
for the purpose of showing the citizens of
the two States, the admirable adaptation of
the work to the end for which it was estab
lished, viz—ministeringito the poor, educat
ing the ignorant, improving the morals, and
uniting the country, it is doing as much, if
not mere, with the funds intrusted to it;
than any other organization laboring in the
South. We give below an extract from the
monthly report of the Rev. Frederick Ayers,
agent of the American Missionary Associa
tion laboring in Atlanta, Georgia, he says;
"In closing my report I cannot forbear
speaking of one of the noblest charities of
the age and day. I allude to the "Free
Schools" for the destitute' white children,
now in full operation here, sustained by the
beneficence of the American Union Com
mission of Pennsylvania and New Jersey,
and under the efficient superintendence of
Mr. E. B. Adams, of Pomfret, Vermont,
acting agent of the Society for the State of
Georgia. Mr. Adams has secured the
full confidence of the citizens and the
hearty co-operation of - leading' men,
and also the outspoken commendation of
the press.' There are, already, four schools,
with four lady teachers, with an aggregate
of three hundred pupils, and many more
anxiously awaiting admittance. Mi. Adams
has just built a good-sized, plain, substan
tial house for two of the schools, and has
now under contract for building another, 20
by 50. feet, which will be ready in ten days.
The scholars have both tuition and
books gratuitously furnished. And such
also, as are in quite destitute circumstances,
are supplied with clothing from boxes sent
on by the Society, and distributed by Miss
H. N. Phillips, Matron of our Home.
"Mr. Adams and two of the teachers are
boarding at our Home. They are known to'
sympathise with us in our work, and we in
theirs, and we bid them 'God speed' in
their humane, patriotic and Christian work.
"This kindly charity of the true friends of
the freedmen toward the destitute,
ignorant
and dependent of our own race in the South
has a strong tendency to allay and disarm
prejudice against us, as teacher, and the
colored people, as the sole recipients of fa
vors. We do regard the establishment of
these schools as having a most happy and
beneficial influence in favor of ear work
among the freedmen."
With such an endorsement as this, the
American Union Commission should re
ceive the sympathy and the support of every
true friend of humanity and every ardent
lover of his country. The officers are:
President—Samuel V. Merrick, Fsq.
Vice President—George G. Meade, Major-
General U. S. A.
Joseph Parker, Secretary, 1210 Chestnut
street.
Samuel Work, Banker, 36 South Third.
street.
Facts and Fanciest.
Air. Parton, in the _North American Re
view for April, thinks it probable that a
method will be invented by which a bundle
of newspapers can be shot from New York
to Chicago in half an hour. In that case the
bundles that had the BIILLET-IN would get
there first.
A new prima-donna, called in the bills
Mile. Stella, makes her first appearance on
any stage at the New York Academy on
Wednesday evening, as Adelgisa. The
magnitude of this new star is not stated.
The New York Tribune is twenty-five
years old to-day, and celebrates the anni
versary by enlarging its sheet, and by a
dinner of~the proprietors at Delmonico's.
It enlarges its sheet and spreads its table
cloth.
The dairymen in Cincinnati have re
solved to charge ten cents a quart, and
thirty-two cents a gallon for milk from the
Ist of May next, during the summer. They
anticipate a drought.
A New Bedford (Mass.) paper reports that
the steamer Monohansett, from Martha's
Vineyard, recently brought to that port
wild geese, black ducks, loons, coots and
sheldrakes; halibut, codfish, haddock,floun
ders, smelt and herrings, with eggs enough
to set all the hens in the country. Those
hens will have to be set on roes. Imagine
one of them walking round with a brood of
codfish, for instance.
Anna Dickinson delivered a lecture in
Cincinnati on Thursday night, in which,
among other things, she advocated univer
sal suffrage. At this Stage of the discourse
several persons rose and left the hall,where
upon the speaker paused a moment,and them
calmly remarked: "I want to say, before
any other tender soul flees from the state
ment of truth, that they may be likened
unto our system of measures. One man
has the capacity of a pint; another the ca
pacity of a quart;and another the - capacity of
a gallon. It may safely be presumed that
the pint cups are about full, and they are
beginning to go off lest they should over
flow. And if any others shall be moved to
leave, we will be able to determine the
measure of their capacity with the greatest
nicety." After that the audience kept their
seats. Miss Dickinson is an advocate of
prompt measures. She made her p'int that
time, very neatly.
INTERESTING- SUlT.—Says to-day's New
York Times—The trial of an action, brought.
to recover the sum of $4;000 and interest,
was commenced yesterday in the Court of
Common Pleas before Judge Daly and a.
jury, in which Phoebe S. Rynders, wife of
Ex-United States Marshal Rynders, is
plaintiff; and the executors of the late Wm.
E. Burton, the comedian, are the defen
dants. The claim is for the amount of two
promissory notes-82,000 each—made paya
ble to Mrs. Rynders,signed by Mr. Barton,,
on the Ist of May, 1859, and alleged to have
been delived to 'Marshal Rynders at or
about that time. One note was made paya
ble in two years and the other in four
years after (Lite, without - interest,
The defence is, that if the notes
were given by _Burton, they were for
the purpose of paying Rynders for using his
influence with the United States Govern
ment in the lease and subsequent sale of
Burton's Theatre for the use of the Govern
ment; that this was in 1859, when Rynders
was United States Marshal of this District:-
that the lease and sale of the building : were
for the benefit of the Government, and Mr.
Rynders, who had his office in the building,
acted as the Government's agent; that the
notes in suit having been given by Burton
to Rynders for his influence and exertions
in the leasing and subsequent sale of the
theatre to the Government, there was no
valid consideration—in other words, that
the contract waailleg.al and void. The trial
will be continued this morning.
THE recent warm spell broughlout the
winged mate of the maker worm in bound
less numbers, in the:towns irithe vicinity of
Boston, Another year of destructive ray
age upon fruit trees, by this devouring in-
sect, is therefore expecte& _ ,