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VOLUME XX.---NO. 10
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- this city. •
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'Trinity Chapel, New York, by the Rev. Dr, Higbee,
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. son of the late B. W. Frazier_, Esq. of
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.daughter of James T., and Harriet D. Allen.
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Saturday afternoon, 21st inst., at 3 o'clock. Services at
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general, are respectfully invited to attend the funeral,
irom his late residence, No. 61 North Second street, on
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SusquERAvNA. Ltrasso..—The lumber of
•ffie upper regions is being rushed to the
lower markets. Several hundred rafts pass
here daily. We notice that a number have
been rmrehased hy our Vumbermen, and
.are "tied up" at the river bank below the
.railroad bridge.—Harrisburg Telegraph.
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The Academy this Year.
The annual exhibition at the Academy of
Fine Arts will open next week, but there
is a privatetiew to-morrow night. Phila
delphia talent will be pretty fully repre
sented, iltho'ugh a few of our most pro
mising artists have declined to contribute,
taking exception to the policy of the Aca
demy in letting out the galleries for auction
purposes, &c, This paltry use of their
beautiful rooms is growing into a habit,
and the hint is a needful one.
Rothermel hangs his interesting picture
of "Paul at Athens." A large landscape,
by Lewis—exactly like allhis other large
landscapes, and therefore beautiful—forma
a centre on the southernmost wall. Near it
is a picture by Rosenberg, the literary
artist, of a Caravan in the Simoon; his
large View of New York from the Bay is
also on exhibition. Julliard contributes
one of his game subjects, a crowded group
of different sorts of birds,rather more sketchy
in treatment than is usual with this very
clever artist.
W. T. Richards sends a lovely Adirondack
Valley, rather above his ordinary scitle,both
of size and excellence. Ferris's poetical
picture of "Evelyn Hope," finished at last,
adorns a favorable situation in the first
room. The place of honor in this apart
ment is given to a large Dusseldorf picture,
lately a gem in Messrs. Earle's collection—
a view of Monte Morra; above it hangs the
colossal representation of a lion—a very
dangerous-looking acquaintance, coming
right at the spectator from among the rocks
—one of Bispham's tours de force. On
either side of the doorway as you enter the
next hall are two French pictures of great
value; one a partially nude group of mother
and daughter, and, the other a cabaret
interior, especially fine.
Hamilton is wonderfully reticent this
year, and we noticed, as his most pleasing
utterance, a lovely little misty marine, in
the left of the second room as you enter.
G. B. Wood sends one or two landscapes,
not very recent, and the interior of Frank
instein's Blacksmith-shop, dear to German
lonians. T. Henry Smith has contributed
a few of his careful copies from common
place female models. Coleman, of New
York, sends a large view of a Spanish town,
full of local truth, and painted with all the
mature breadth of an Achenbach—a com
plete success for so young a man. We no
ticed a bad, blazing landscape by Williams,
who is a real poet in dealing with quiet,
noon effects, but does not sneezed when he
means to be ferocious.
E. B. Bensell has hung in the northwest
room a fine little group of a beggar woman
and child, his best achievement in color.
Hia other picture, the "Sunset Inn," we
were unable to estimate, a large, intricate
and gaudy oriental bazaar scene putting it
quite rout with its ramping colors, as it
hangs below it on the line of sight. This
same unlucky glittering spectrum has also
succeded in negativing another good pictur e
close by—a representative of a fair eques
trienne on a white hackney, meeting her
lover in the woods under a pure afternoon
light; this picture (by Galvan) being the
artist's sole contribution, surely deserved a
better fate than this kind of extinction.
There are the usual portraits—Hamilton
by Connaroe among them—and the usual
leakage from New York's last exhibition.
We do not consider the collection a fine one,
but apprehend that artists are now diverted
by many other schemes of profit from their
old faith in Academy shows as a means o
self-assertion.
What is the. difference between this week
and a good dinner? One is Yearly Meeting,
and the other is merely eating.
A celebrated eomposer wrote to a friend,
requesting the pleasure of his company "to
luncheon; key of G." His friend, a thorough
musician, interpreted the invitation rightly
and came to the composer's house for a lun
cheon at one sharp.—London Orchestra.
Mr. Johnson informed the colored people
yesterday that he had done more for them
than all the world beside, "or any other
man." Civil R. Bill, who was in the crowd,
could not see it at all.
The Boston Post says: Ex-President Fill
more endorses the present Etecutive. So
would ax-President Tyler, if he were alive.
Carbonic acid has been brought to bear
against the cattle plague. We should have
been disposed to recommend oxalic acid, in
preference.
It was hard on Mr. Johnson, wheh he
asked the crowd on Wednesday night,
"What is the veto?" to have a rude fellow
reply "It means putting down the nigger!"
More truth than poetry there.
The diving bell has been abandoned on
the Thames in favor of the diving dress,
principally because the men employed were
found, while the Westminster bridge was
being built, to spend their time at the bot
tom playing. cards. The bell, it is said,
tolled on them.
A meeting of the civil servants of the
Crown employed in the Inland Revenue
Department, was held in London on the 4th,
to enforce their right to the elective fran
chise. A meeting of civil servants in
America would be a curiosity.
T.
S. GROSS FRY,
Treasurer
'RUTH PRACTICALLY ILLUSTRATED.-A
great many people make
Gass— inquiries in
relation to Nitrous Oxide "Is it safe,
and is it true that teeth can be extracted
without pain?"
Now, if the testimony of scientific men
is not sufficient, such persons have only to
step into the Reception Rooms of the Colton
Dental Association, 737 Walnut street, where
they can satisfy themselves from those who
speak from experience. Patients are con
stantly waiting to take their turn, and after
being relieved of their tormentors without
pain, are always but too happy to explain
the modus operandi and answer any ques
tions.
The gas is entirely harmless when pure,
and to many the operation is delightful.
A. JusTrE'LLEILE DotruT.—When the brave
Corporal Caithness was asked, after the
battle of Waterloo, if he was not afraid, he
replied, "Afraid! why I was in all the bat
tles of the Peninsula!" And having it ex
plained that the question related to a fear
of losing the day: "Na didna fear that.
I was only afraid we be a' killed be
fore we had time tewin it."
Facts and Fancies.
PHILADELPHIA, FRID
OVER THE PLAINS.
[Special Correspondence of the Bulletin.]
SOITIII PARK, COLORADO TERRITORY,
March 24, 1866.-2 f f -ems. -Editors : Your
has
has
in his former letters, has
has endeavored to give your readers a just
idea of the value and richness of our mine
ral leads, and of theprospective value of the
territory as a gold and silver producing
country. The short description which I
have given of the new processes for the
treatment of our heretofore refractory ores,
has, I 'hope, proved that we are not mis
taken in our estimates for a large yield of
bullion in the future. There now remains
but a description of the territory at large,
its people, climate, productions, &c., to
complete the series of letters which you
have so kindly given space for in your
columns.
In considering the productions of our
territory, it should be remembered that but
seven years have elapsed since it was set
tled, and that we have had much to con
tend with, in the shape of Indian troubles,
civil war, and the long and tedious journey
necessary% to reach here. Notwithstanding
these obstacles, Colorado has in these seven
years, not only raised three regiments for
the national army during the war. but has
had the energy to build the cities of Denver,
Central City and Canon City, made roads to
all parts of her domain, developed her agri
cultural resources, and in some localities
thoroughly developed her mines. This has
been done without any aid from the General
Government, which, during the war, left us
to our resources for protection, which we
furnished for ourselves, and had it not been
for Colorado troops, not only would this
territory have been seized by the rebels,
but that of New Mexico also,
which for a time was in their possession,
until they were compelled to leave by our
volunteers. The inhabitants of our terri
tory are mainly emigrants from the Western
States, and have the same free, open and
cordial manners for which those States are
noted. Visitors here must not expect to
find the same refinement and luxury as is
to be seen in even the extreme Western
cities. Denver, it is true, being a large city
(for this territory) boasts of its churches,
schools, theatres, and other social features
which contribute to city life, but outside of
that city they are not to be found, except to
a small extent in Black Hawk and Central
City. If the people of this territory are
more open and free in their manners than
would be considered proper in an Eastern
city, it must be laid to the absence of that
great civilizing agent—woman. Their mode
of life, too, has been such as to perfect but
the sterner trials of man. Frontier life is a
poor school in which to learn refinement,
and we accordingly find that Coloradians
are to be distinguished not from their social
culture, but by their hardihood, courage
and endurance. More genuine pluck is here
to be found than elsewhere in our country,
the task of redeeming our territory from the
wilderness and Indian rule could have bat
the effect of developing that valuable
quality, with which our people are found to
be abundantly supplied. Year by year as
the countrygrows in population,wefind that
the refinement and graces of it more civilized
life increase. This is to be more narticularly
noticed in Denver city,the Paris of Coloretdo.
Within two years many families of means
and refinement have come into this city,
and with the erection of numerous hand
some private residences and public build-'
ings, it begins to assume the appearance of
a tine city, and one worthy of the rich terri
tory of which it is the commercial capital.
In the mining districts, outside of the Greg
ory mines, which are quite as old in date of
settlement Denver itself, this change is not
to be seen but to a trifling extent; log cabins
are yet the rule, and frontier life is to be en
joyed to its fullest extent.
As regards the mines of Colorado, I can
say but little more than I have said on this
subject; my former letters have described
their richness and value. Colorado pos
sesses one great advantage over the mining
territories lying to the westward of us: it is
our comparatively close proximity to the
manufacturing.cities of the West. We have
it is true, over six hundred miles of team
ing to do, in order to bring machinery to
the point desired; but then we are on the
eastern aide of the great snowy range, and
need not cross it. The Pacific Railroad, the
cars on which are now running to Topeka,
Kansas, has shortened this distance over
one hundred miles; and by June next, with
freight brought to Fort Riley by steam pow
er, its transportation to this territory will be
both easy and rapid. Of the actual richness
of our mines, there now remains no-
doubt; assays and the rade processes
heretofore used to extract the gold
from its ore, both prove the value
of our property here. The new and
improved processes are rapidly proving
that it is possible to extract nearly all the
gold the assay ahowes the ore to contain.
When we can once prove this, to the satis
fection of the moneyed men of the East, it
Will be an easy task to obtain the necessary
capital for the proper development and
working of the thousands of mines which
have already been discovered to exist in
Colorado. It is capital and it alone that
we want to make our young territory fa
mous—we have the mines in the greatest
abundance and of undoubted richness, with
little means to work them. The climate is
such, that it cannot but be healthy. Den
ver City is five thotisand three hundred and
seventeen feet abov'e the level of the sea,
and the mining localities which lie on the
side of the great range are probably two
thousand feet higher, with no large masses
d.
of water near us, anno low and swampy
ground, the air is pure and dry—the heat
of "summer, owing to the mountain
breezes almost constantly blowing, and to
our high elevation is never oppressive, and
the hot, sultry nights of Eastern cities are
here unknown; indeed it is but seldom,
during even mid-summer that a liberal al
lowance of covering can be dispensed with
at night. The winter months, it is true, are
cold, but there are no such sudden changes
as you experience in the Eas '
and which
are so conducive to sickness. When snow
l in
falls here it remains as snow til spring,
and not within twenty-four hours after its
fall converted into slush. Contagious dis
eases here are few in number and of a mild
type, disease of all kinds readily yields to
proper treatment, and the nature of the
climate is such that the patient once conva
lescent rapidly recovers.
Nature has been generous with us as re
gards fine scenery, lying as the territory
does on both sides of the Snowy range, afew
hours travel will take the pleasure seeker
from the level of the plains to the rugged
passes of the Rooky Mounttdris. Mineral
springs of all kinds, both hot and cold, here
abound. These together with grand scenery
and the purest of mountain air, need but a
communication by railroad to niake Colorado
as;much of a fashionable resort as any of the
watering places ;or summer resorts of the
Eastern States. Of the political bias of our
territory, without mentioning =which no
newspaper letter of our time would be eon.
OUR 14 7 11.0 LE COUNTRY
sidered as complete,: but little can be said.
So many questions of interest to the terri
tory alone, have been made points of issue,
that it would be somewhat difficult to sag
truly, with which party the dominant ac
tion would aide. In the southern counties..
are a large number of Mexicans, upon.
whose vote no dependence whatever is to be
placed, is being changed at the will and say
of two or three prominent men who reside
among them. The Senators which Coloradb
in anticipation of being adinitted as a State,
elected,•were both Republicans in politics.
But we were rejected, another election may,
if in the future there be any probability of
our being admitted, change this result.
The attempt of Senator Sumner to force negro
suffrage on us in opposition to the declared
opinion of the people, has embittered many
who were somewhat of his mode of thinking
on this subject, the actual result of his mo
tion, however, can only be learned by an.
election. The recent veto by the President
of
su Freedmen's Bureau bill is generally
stained here, all the papers of the t er
without exception, sustain it, and their
influence can but be felt among a people
who so universally read the public prints as
do the people of Colorado. In a general re
view of the affairs of the territory, if a care
ful consideration be given to the means of
wealth which it contains, and the amount of
progress already made, under adverse cir
cumstances, towards a development of those
means, the observer can but be convinced
that the destiny of this territory will be no
trifling one. the abundance of her mineral
deposits clearly show that she is destined to
be one of the great milting States of the
Union, and as such will, in a few years,
produce an immense amount of bullion.
The deposits of iron, copper, etc., which are
here found, will not, in all probability, be
worked for years yet, certainly, not until we
have a railroad from the Missouri river to
some point in the territory, the superior at
tractions of gold and silver mining are such
as to divert public attention from all else.
Your correspondent is assured that Colo
rado will, within ten years, preduce one
hundred millions of gold and silver, and
under these circumstances can safely re
commend the Territory to the attention of
all interested in mining. The actual pro
duct of the Territory for the present year
will not be much less than $7,500,000, which
is a large sum, when we consider it is not
to be derived from gulch mines, but to be
produced from our ore. In conclusion,your
correspondent would say, that, despite the
hardships and privations to be endured
here, Colorado is not, by any means, an un
pleasant place in which to reside. The al
most certain prospect of rich returns in the
future for all privations now to be endured,
issufficient to pay men for theirpresent dis
comfort. With many thanks for your kind
ness in allowing me, in a humble capacity,
to re resent Colorado in your columns.
I remain very truly, yours,
KniCISESSINO
Ewropean News by the Persia.
The steamship Persia, from Queenstown
April atli, reached New 'york last night.
Her news is three days later.
The German question was not materially
changed. Prussia still maintained a firm
war attitude. Notes charged with crimina
tion and recrimination were exchanged
freely as before. It was said that , the Czar
of Russia had taken the important step of
. tendering his mediation by autograph letter
addressed to the King of Prussia and Em
peror of Austria. The majority of the mi
nor German States were inclined to take
part against the Power which' would first
break the peace. England still hoped for a
peaceful adjustment, and it is denied that
Italy was aggregating,her army or concen
trating it at any given points.
Another French pamphlet on the era of
great events, entitled 'Napoleon 111. et la
Prusse," was just published in Paris. It
reveals, it was thought, the grand idea of the
Emperor on the German difficulty. The
writer insists that an alliance between
France and Prussia is "indispensable;"that
united they may "defy" the other great
powers; that Italy can "hurt no
body," England is afraid of the Fenians and
India, Russia cannot leave the East, so that
Napoleon and the King of Prussia max be
come "invincible in congress or confereffee,"
humble Austria, "rectify" the French fron
tier and obliterate the effects of the enmity
to France expressed in the treaty of 1815.
Minister Bismarck is termed the 'Richelieu
Germany.
The French army will march from Mexico
in the order lately announced. France will,
however, hold Vera Cruz and the other
principal ports to indemnify her war ex
penses. The Paris Ifoniteur hopes that the
evacuation plan will be agreeable to the-
Cabinet in Washington.
A Fenian sergeant (English army) was
sentenced to be shot for treason. Queen
Victoria commuted his sentence to penal
servitude for life. Fresh arrests of Pentane
were being made in Ireland. An Irish
volunteer in one of the London rifle compa
nies was charged with threatening to shoot
the Prince of Wales. Ten rounds of ball
cartridge were taken from him. He pleaded
being very drunk at the time, and was dis
charged.
Mi. Gladstone,Chancellor of the Ex
chequer, pledged the English Cabinet to
stand or fall by the Reform bill.
The working tailors of London obtained
a partial advance in their wages, and the
great strike in England was at an end.
The colliers and iron workers of England
and South. Wales were rushing off to the
United States in hundreds, sixty families
leaving in one day—a fact greatly deplored
by the London Times.
The Frenchhorse Gladiateur had a "walk
over" for the Derby trial stakes at New
market, England.
Mr. Fairholt, the English artist. is dead.
Consols dosed in London, April 7th, at
86a@8133; for money. The Liverpool cotton
market was easier, with little inquiry, and
prices weak on the 7th April. Breadstuffs
quiet and steady. Provisions had a down
ward tendency.
A TREE 'WITHOUT F.RUIT.-ATI acacia of
a rare species, of whiah the like is only to be
seen in the Jardin des Plantes, has just been
transplanted in Paris. It was planted as a
"tree of liberty," in 1793, in the great court
yard of the Imperial Library, in the Rue de
Richelieu, where it has flourished ever
since. In consequence of the great additions
making to the 'lmperial Library it became
necessary to remove the acacia. It was at
first proposed to -cut the tree down, but It
was subsequently resolved to transplant it,
and it is now to, be seen in an adjoining
courtyard.
ALLEGRANY VALLEY RAILEOAD.—The
cars are now running on this road to 'Ore
Hill Furnace; and it is expected that they
will reach Orreville by May. A large por
tion of the road above Orrsvilleisunder con
tract, and the ground has been broken on
the same. Let the work go on: We hope
soon to see Lake Erie and the Ohio river con
nected by the completion of this road.—
Pittsburgh Despatch.
Y, APRIL 20. 1866
THE CHOLERA.
The Cases on. the , Steam
ship VirginiaV
[From To-day's New York Tribunal
The Virginia steamship, which has ac
quired the unenviable notoriety of having
transported the cholera to our shores, be
longs to the National Steam Navigation
Company, andlis said to be a first-class iron
steamer. She is - announced to leave the city
of New York, Pier No. 47, N. R., on Satur
day, the 21st of April, for Queenstown, but
probably it will be now some time before
she again points her prow to the Old World
shores. Having on board - a great number
of German immigrants, she steamed down
the Mersey from one of the Liverpool docks
on ;the 4th of the present month, and ca
reered along her watery way across St,
George's Channel to Queenstown, where she
touched on the following day and took in a
large number of passengers, in all 1,043, of
the usual class, with the exception of some
in the cabin, that usually land at Castle
Garden. She left Queenstown on the even
ing of the sth.
• On the fifth day, toward evening, there
was considerable excitement on board.
Except the usual sea-sickness incident to
a voyage, no symptoms of disease had up
to this time been developed.
The ship's physician announced the next
day three cases of cholera in that stifling,
suffocating, ill-ventilated hold. The patients
were, of course, removed to a portion of the
ship fitted up as a hospital,and before even
ing two bad died. The disease broke out
among the German passengers, and was at
at once pronounced as of a most malignant
character. Other passengers were attacked
one after another, and before the arrival of
the ship in our harbor last Wednesday even
ing, 38 deaths occurred, two of the crew be
ing among the number. The ship's doctor
is a regularly licensed physician, and every
thing that medical skill could do was done
for the unfortunate victims. But all in
vain; 38 bodies, now one, and now another,
were encased in their canvas coverings, the
weights attached to them, and, amid the
prayers for the departed solemnly consigned
to an ocean grave.
The Virginia reached the New Quaran
tine between 6 and 7 o'clock on Wednes
day evening, and was soon after boarded
by Dr. Swinburne, the Health Officer, and
someof the other gentlemen connected with -
the quarantine office, who on entering the
steerage, found 36 of the passengers sick.
He soon, found that they were the victims
of the siatic cholera, and at once ordered
the vessel to the Lower bay, about 20 miles
from New York. Three deaths occurred
in the course of the ' evening. The passen
gers who had escaped contagion were of
course anxious to leave the vessel, hut their
demands could not be satisfied. Dr. Swin
burns called on Mr. Curtis, the President of
the Quarantine Commission, shortly after
he left the ship, and arrangements were
made to meet the emergency. The doctor
pronounced the disease cholera, and imme
diate efforts were made to check its pro
gress.
The hospital ship Florence Nightingale,
with a large quantity of medical supplies,
sailed at 7 o'clock yesterday morning from
Red Hook Point, with Drs. Swinburne,
Biseel and Harcome on board: The Illinois,
which has been placed at the disposal of the
Quarantine Commission by the Govern
ment, went down last evening. Such of
the passengers as have not been attacked
will be placed on board her; the other pas
ser gera are to be removed to the hospital
ship, and the Virginia will then be fumi
gated. The Empire City has also been sent
down; and in consequence of the prepara
tions which have been made, the disease
will probably be confined to the Lower
Quarantine and effectually checked.
Dr. Swinburne makes the followingstate
ment:
"The steamer Virginia arrived at the
Lower Quarantine about 6 o'clock on Wed
nesday evening. She was at once boarded
and examined by Dr. Burdett, who, after
making the usual medical examination,
found 28 of the passengers in the steerage
lying:sick of cholera. The doctor immedi
ately made a communication of the fact to
me, and I went on board,and found the sick
suffering from Asiatic cholera. They had
all the positive symptoms of the disease.
Their faces were of a dusky color, their
eyes were sunken, and they had the purg
lags incident to the disease. Their hands
and body were shrunk, and they had also
all the other symptoms. The surgeon's.
assistant had been stricken ibi th it, and his
place had to be supplied. immediately
ordered Dr. Bissel to have the Virginia ,
sent down to the Lower Bay, and not to
permit the passengers to land under any
circumstances.
- In addition to those who were lying sick;
I found ten or twelve others who were la
boring under the disease in its incipient
form. The passengers who had escaped the
disease were full of apprehension lest their
continutdice on board might be the means
of their taking It, and they were anxious to
leave the ship. I found that three persons
had died while the vessel was coming to the
Lower -Bay. After making the requiite ex
amination, I left the steamer, and made the
necessary arrangements to have the nick at
tended, and the disease limited to the vessel
on which it broke out."
Mr. Hurst, the Agent of the National
Steamship Company, states that the steamer
left Liverpool on Wednesday, the 4th of
April. Four days after tie disease broke.
out on the Virginia. It was confined to the-
German passengers in the steerage. There
were 100 cases of the cholera during the voy
age, in 41 of which the patients became con
valescent. Thirty-eight deaths had occurred
and the bodies were buried at sea. When
the vessel arrived at Quarantine 21 were
found suffering from the cholera.
A large quantity of fresh provisions has
been sent down to the ship, and every ,pro
caution taken to prevent the spread of the
disease.
WANTS " THE:SIDEBOARDS" ALSO.4The
editor of the Rome (N. Y.) Citizen recently
bad a wheelbarrow stolen. He intimated in
the next issue of his paper that the thief had
better come after the sides, since they Were
no longer of use. The next day the follow
ing note was sent to the office:
" Rome, april 18 1866.—Mister Sanford
deer ser i seen a notis in yure Paper That
sumboody Stole yure Whelebarro*
Knowed that be Fore i seen it in the paper
you sed That if The Man what Had it did
not want to fetch it Baok you would let him
have The side Bords if yon will leave Oide
Bords right in frunt of the flower and feed
store to Morrow nite i will caul and git them
and mutoh obligd the wheel was Brok But i
got it flat i pade 2 shillin to git it Hat could
you leve a 25 cent stamp With theside Bords
where i can find it i shell Want the Bords
by frida morning fur i want to wheel some
gravvle. yurea Truely."
F. L. FETHERSTON. Publista
DOUG
E SHEET, THREE CENTS
THE FENIAN MOVEMENT.
;Affairs at Eastport,
The Fleet in the St. Croix River, kg'
The situation at Eastnort is still interest•
ing. The Fenian schooner Pray was seized
again and unloaded of her arms, a large
Quantity having first been spirited away ,
the night by a party of bold Fenian front
immediately under the guns of the Ameri
war ship Winooski.
Major-General Meade had arrived at East
port, with a few. troops from Portland, and
announced his intention to be the enforce;
ment of the Neutrality laws. He then pro
ceeded to Calais, where an enthusiastic re
ception from the citizens awaited him, and
where he again announced his intentions.
He had a private interview with Genera
Doyle,theßritish commander at St. Stephens,
on board the Regulator. The result of the
interview is that the United States troops
will prevent a disturbance in the vicinity . , of
St. Stephens, and the British troops origi
nally destined for that place will be
stottoried at St. Andrews. General •
Meade left again for Eastport in the after
noon' where he expects further reinforce
ments. It is stated that he had telegraphed
for more troops.
General 'Killian is missing from the vi
cinity of Eastport, having gone off in the -
Bof , ton boat, but to what point is not known
even to the most prominent Fenian there.
The British frigate Duncan arrived on
Wednesday in St. Andrews,having on board
Admiral Sir James Hope and the 17th regi
ment of regulars. There are now three men
of-war at that point—the Duncan with
eighty-one, the Rosario with sixteen,and the
Fawn with eighteen guns.
The Lower Canada volunteers have been
withdrawn, as the fears of the people have
subsided.
The Cornwall trial is continued with '
closed doors, but enough has been elicited
to show that the Crown counsel has failed
so far to produce satisfactory proofs of
guilt, Sheedy is not on trial yet, he being
only a 'witness in the case of Murphy and
the others.
A public meeting of the Daniel O'Connell
Circle was held last evening at Tammany'
Hall, Centre Brosnan presiding: Addresses
were made by Mr. S. J. Meaney, Colonel
O'Mabony, Rev. Father Curle y, . Judge
Connolly and Gen. W. G. Halp in, advo
cating unity of action in their 'undertaking,
and giving assurance of a speedy struggle
for Irish nationality.
It is generally believed that Head Centre
Stephens has sailed from Brest,l France, in
the steamship Lafayette, which is dae on
Wednesday next, 25th inst.—N. Y. Herald.
"PHARAOH RERPENTS."—This curious
but dangerous toy has been made the sub
ject of a lawsuit in France. Mr. Barnett,
the patentee, has sued an optician in Paris
named Rather, for imitating his trade-mark
and infringing his patent. The name was
changed to "serpents magiques." The de
fence was that the patent was null because
the serpents were made of poison (anipho
cyanide of mercury) and that the peculiar
property of that substance—that - of taking
the form of aerpeats when burning—had
long been known. The Imperial Court, on
appeal, decided that the patent was null
and void, as the peculiar property of the
• sulpho-cyanide had been long known; but
that the charge of imitating the mark was
established, and condemned Kalher to pay
Barnett damages, with costs.
LIBRARIES n ITALY. — Regenerated Italy
has an inquiring mind. The people read,
and libraries are springing up in all direo
tions. The total number, three months
ago, was 210; of which 164 are open to the
public-46 not so. These 210 libraries cone
min 4,149,27' volumes. Emilia possesses
more than a quarter of these. Lombardy is
the next richest province, having 800,000.
Tuscany comes- next, with 600,000. The
Abruzzi and Basilicata are,'the poorest. The
total means possessed by all these libraries •
amounts to 746,317 francs, of which sum
87,770 franca are derived from endowments
belonging to the institutions; 486,986 francs
represent government grants; 90,444 com
munal grants, and 8,233 provincial grants..
POCKET PICKING A REGULAR TRADE IN
BOSTON.—The Boston Journal remarks that
few persons, except the victims, know to
what extent pocket-picking is carried on in
that city. It has become a regular branch
of business, and there are a large number
of persons who depend upon it for their
living. They not only infest depots, places
of amusement and rail-cars, but are con-
tinually prowling about the large dry goods
stores. The police find empty wallets by
dozens which have been thrown over fences
or behind old buildings. Fifteen were
found by an officer a few mornings ago in
one place.
Bunts]) ALIVE—A REMARKABLE AS
CARE.—In Hoboken, on Tuesday, a laborer
named David Welsh, was buried upright
fifteen feet belbw the surfers of the earth.
At the time of the accident he was engaged
in putting a sewer pipe under the sidewalk,
in front of 114 Washington street. '
•The
earth caved in, and he was under it for
seventeen minutes before his head was un
covered. He was finally taken. up not only
alive, but without having sustained serious
injury. While below he had sUcceeded in
getting his mouth to the end of a detached
service pipe, and was thus enabled to
breathe until exhumed.
INDIISTRIAL PROGRESS OF COLORADO.-
The section in which lumber is found In
Colorado has twent.y-five saw mills, and
ten flour mills have been set up within the
pass few years. The quartz mills in the
State are counted at over one hundred and
fifty, costing $40,000,000. They should
average, if all were running on medium
ores, not less than $23,000,000 per year.
Wages rule at five dollars per day. In ad
dition, a resident of Golden City is soon to
erect a blast furnace and rolling mill at that,
point.
PENNLANLi COLLEGE.—Re
Jacobs, SY Pr V ofessor of Mathematics v.
in the
Pennsylvania College, at Gettysburg,. has
resigned that position on account of ill
health. He is to be succeeded by Rev. Mr.
Crull, at present a Professor in a Western
University. Rev. Mr. Stork enters the
Faculty at Gettysburg as Professor of Eng
lish literature. °
Suionm.—A young man stowed at
Adrian,•Michigan, April 3d, and registered
his name "George Keyser, Belvidere, New
Jersey: , He remained at the - hotel on.
Saturday and 'Sunday without scarcely
speaking a word, and on Monday shot hhn
self in the forehead with a pistol, while
standing in the bar-room. Be had. $394 E.(W
about his person.
Maine.