IRBSON PEACOCK. Editor.
VOLUME XX.---NO. 28.
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MARRIED.
BROSIDS—SHORMARER.—On the 9th inst., at St.
Paul's Church, Cheltenham. by Rev. R. B. Claxton,
D. D., Joseph P. Brosius, to halite C., daughter of
Robert Shoemaker, 'Rag., all of Philadelphia. No
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MAZUBTE—AYB.M.—ApriI Seth, 1818, by the Rev.
Jas. M. Crowell: Mr. James V. Mazarle, to Miss Mary
E. Ayres, daughter of Vim. Ayres, Esq.
DIED.
CBILLY.—On the Eh instant, Cecelia, daughter o
Henry and Jane Crli ly, aged 15 years and 9 months.
The relatives and friends of the family, are respect
hilly invited to attend the funeral, from her parents'
residence. No. 1315 Marshall street, on Saturday morn
ing, May 12th, at 8% o'clock, without further notice.
Funeral service at St. Michael's Church. **
HIITCHINt.O N.—On Wednesday morning, May 9th,
J. Pemberton Hutchinson. in the 77th year of his age.
The male relatives and friends of the faintly, are
without further notice, invited to attend the funeral.
from his lateresidence, 1319 Walnut Slreet, on Saturday
Morning, at 10 o'clock. Interment at Laurel **
le liioOßE.—On the 9th inst., of consumption, In the
happy hope of a blessed immortality,- Bethuel A.
Moore, oldest son of the late B. A. Moore, Esq.. of
,Philadelnhia.
SHABPLEf3S.—On Fourth day morning, the 9th
instant, Moss Sharpies s, in the 86th year of hts age.
The relatives and friends of the faintly, are invited,
without farther notice, to attend the funeral, from his
late! residence. near Chester, on Seventh day morning,
12th instant, to meet at the house at 10 o'clock.
Conveyances will be at Cheater to meet the train
leaving Philadelphia at 9 o'clock, and at Media to meet
the traln leaving West Chester at 7.50 A. M. 4*
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SPEtTIAL NOTICYJES.
NOTICE.—A Meeting of the Stockholders of
the PIONEER MINING COMPANY OF' COL.
O.b.ADO will be held at their office, 407 Library street,
On THURSDAY. the 24th last, at 12 o'clock M.
E. P. DWIGIIT,•
Secretary
.104h3i.tutats
11V- THE GREAT LECTURE.—'THE TWO
THIRTEENS," by Major A. R. CALHOUN,
late Chief of Scouts under General Grant, Avill be de
livered at CONCERT HALL, May 14th; at s P. M.
Tickets to be had at Pugh's Bookstore, Sixth and
Chestnut; Martians' Bookstore ,- 608 -Chestnut street,
and at the Had on Saturday,
Admission 35 cents.
Reserved Beats 50 cents,
AMERICAN ACADEMY' OF 511:11510.-40
B. GOUGH will deliver a lecture on MONDAY
EVENENek, May 14th. Subjedt—"Pecallar People."
The sale of tickets will begin on Tuesday morning. Bth
Inst., and no tickets will be sold or engaged before thst
time. The north half of the house will be sold at Ash
mead & Evans'-Book Store, TN Chestnut street, and
the south half at Trumpler's Music Store, Seventh and
Chestnut streets. Prlce.2s, 50 and 75 cents. .mysiltrpl
THE :UNIONSTATE' CENTRAL COM
MITTEE will meet at the row= of the Nations
17nion LIM Chestnut street, Philadelphia, on
Wednesday, the 16th day of May, Instant, at three
o'clock P. M.
The attendance of every member of the Committee
is earnestly solicited.
PIMADELPHILL, May I,lsBB
PHHADFLPHIA. AND READING RAIL.
ROAD COMPANY. Office 227 South FOURTH
Street, PHITADMPIEFA, April 28, 1866,
Notice is hereby given to the Stockholders of this
Company, that the option of receiving their Dividend
in Stock or Cash, ander the resolution of the Board of
12th December. 1865, will cease on and after the 31St of
May,lB6B,and that such Stockholders as do not demand
their Dividend to be paid to them in Stock on or before
that day, will be thereafter entitled to receive it in
Cash oMy._
spat toieirPt
11W. 111 N... LITERARY UNION OF PENNSYL
VANIA.
TeRADINGS AND RECITATIONS.
By
SAMUEL K. IiURDOCH, EsQ.,
At MUSICAL FUND HALLE ight, Locust street, above
FRIDAY, MAY 11th, 1866. at 8 P. M.
Tickets 150 cents. Reserved Seats without extra
For
Forsatel at T. B. Pugh's, S. W. corner Sixth and
Chestnut streets. my 6,411/
MAT A MEETING
MRS In the "AMERI
ABM" held agreeab
the 7th day of May, 1866. th
elected Directors for the en.
Thomas R Marie,
John Welsh,
Samuel C. Morton,
Patric.k Brady,
Israel
And, at a meeting of the
THOMAS R. MARIS
elected President.
GTRARD L
taTY AND TRUS
PHIA.
At an election held on tin
gentlemen were elected Mai
Thomas Ridgway,
Thomas P. James,
George Taber,
Seth J. Comly,
Isaau Starr.
..-Henry G. Freeman,
Stacy B. Barcroft,
At a meeting of the
THOMAS RIDtaWAY,
elected President.
myie-at•
F.A,EDEE .SCLE STIFI Ii c sI COURSE
LAFAYETTE COLLEGE,
In eddition to the general Course of Instruction in
this Department, designed to lay a substantial basis of
knowledge and scholarly culture. students can pursue
those branches which are essentially practical and ech-
Weal, viz.: ENGINEERING. Civil, Topographinal and
Mechanical; MINING and M_BTALLITRGY ; ARCM
TECTURE . and the application of Chemistry to AG
RIGULTITRE and the ARTS. There is also afforded
an opphrtuniq . for special study of TRADE ano COM
MERCE,of MODERN LANGUAGES and PHILO
LOGY; andof the HISTORY and INSTITUTIONS of
of our own country. For Circulars apply to President
CATTELL,or to _ ProL R. B. yogFensiArT,
nlyajam
Üb(JONCERT HA L L.—
A GRAND CONCERT
Will be given at Concert Hall,
BY THE BLACK SWAN TROUPE,
•On WEDNESDAY ; EVENING, May 16th, 1866
MISS. E. T. GREENFIELD
The Celeb•atod BLACK SWAN.
Miss Rate Lanier, Mr. Frank Woods,Tenor,
"Miss Bachael Dennet, Mr. Wm Morrie, Basso,
Miss Rebecca Montmorency, Mr. Cliff, Barytone,
-nave kix.dly volunteered their services, assisted by a
Fall Chorus.
PROF. RING Conductor.
.Admission 25 cents. Reserved Seats 50 cents.
Doors open at 7; to commence.at 8 o'clock.
Saleof Tickets to commence at T. B. PUGH'S Hook
-store, Sixth and Chestnut. May 10. • my 9 6t4
110 1, THE GRAND ORGAN,
811/LT BY
J. C. B. STANDBRI DGE,
FOB
ST. OBEDIENT'S CHURCH,
(Twentieth and Cherry Streets),
Will be formally opened on
FRIDAY ICVENING Kay 11th, 1886, at 8 o'clock.
This instrument is of the very largest class, and was
formerly the property of the
;ELARDIONks. SACRED MUSlCsoofery.
It has beeneiatiiely Alinlit and mnch enlarged
Its resources ;will be displayed by the following Ma
lin_ gobbed organists:
Messrs. M. H. Cross, Hugh Clarke,
"Massa Warner, J. A. Getze,_
C. B. Standbridse and Frank Barley.
Professor THOMAS BISHOP has volunteered his
services, and the vocal portion of the programme will
'be =Maned byveral competent amateurs.
TICKETS ONE DOLLAR, •
rpr sale at Trumpler's Music Store, 7th and Chestnut;
at W. H. Boner de Ce.'s.llo2 Chestnut; and at Lippln.
ootts's Drug Store, N. W. corner of lath and Cherry.
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Chairman.
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S. BRADFORD, Treasurer
OF . TAP RTOCECHO LD
CAN FIRE INSI7 RANCE
.ly to charter on Monday,
following gentlemen were
suing you.:
John T. Lewis,
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James B. Campbell,
b.dmund G. Dutilh,
Chas. W. Poultney,
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Directors on 9th instant,
q.. was unanimously re-
C. L. CRAWFORD,
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IFE IN-SITRANCH AN
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• 7th instant, the following
agers for the ensiling year:
John A. Brown,
Wm. P. JenkS,
H. N. Burroughs, -
Thomas N. Powers,
Edward H. Trotter,
Charles Wheeler,
Addison May.
Managers held this day,
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Clerk of the Faculty
SPECIAL NOTICES.
HOWARD HOSPITAL, Nos. 1518 and .1520
1 . 1 0 3' Lombard street, Dispensary Department. Me
dical treatment and medicines furnished gratuitously
to the poor. Be2B
Air. Scott's Great Sale of Pictures.
The Art Gallery of Mr. B. Scott, Jr., 1020
Chestnut street, is thronged with admixing
visitors to the splendid collection of , oil
paintings which he is to sell this evening
and to-morrow evening. There are so many
really superior pictures, that one finds it
difficult to select any for especial notice.
Among those to be sold this evening,are
some half dozen exquisite little sheep and
chicken pictures, by Van Severdonck, that
bear comparison with,:the superb effort of
Verbockhoven, which is to be sold to-mor
row.
No. 63, "The Artist's Studio," by Schae
fele, is a charming interior, the details= all
interesting; and th figure of the artist
painted with great freedom.
Ruyten, of Antwerp, is represented by a
splendid historical subject, the "Plunder
ing and Burning of a village in Belgium,by
the Spaniards under the Duke of Alva." It
is very rich in color, warm in tone, and
spirited in action.
H. Von Seben contributes several skating
pictures of great merit,andother landscapes
of a different character, including some de
licious little bits of sunny effect,such as No.
84. called "Coming through the Rye."
No. 47, called "In the Highlands—the
Hunter's Rest," by W. Morris, of London,
is quite in the style of Landseer, with whom
the artist studied.
A. Market Scene. No. 29, by Vaarberg, is
remarkable for a very fine candle-light of
feet. No. 22, by the same artist, represent
ing "The Interior of an Armorer's Shop," is
also a charming picture.
There are several street scenes in Amster
dam, Brussels, Rotterdam, and other Lew
Country tosns, by Berlin, Koek-Koek,
Carabain, Eversen, and others, which are
beautiful. But, as we said before, it is im.
possible to refer especially to all the excel
lent works in the collection, and we advise
picture-fanciers to call and examine for
themselves.
The Galaxy.
The "Galaxy" has achieved a degree of
success at the start that has encouraged the
publishers to increase its size by the addi
tion of sixteen pages, which, of course,
affords a great increase to the variety of the'
contributions. The second number comes
out in the enlarged form. It gives a num
ber of original articles. " The Claverings,"
by Trollope, and "Archie Lovell," by Mrs.
Edwards, are continued, and promise to be
most taking stories: Dr. Draper gives an
article on " The March of the Cholera," and
in Pleasant propinquity to this grim subject,
comes a disquisition on "The Art of Din
ing," by Professor Blot. " The Home of
Victor Hugo" is a very pleasant picture of
the domestic life of the great French novel
ist. "Miss Clare" and "A Story of the
Opequan " are both excellent magazine
stories.. The poetry of this number com
prises •' In the Hammock," a little Spanish
song by Rose Terry ; " Unbelief," a war
lyric by the author of " Emily Chester" and
"Spoken at Sea," a stirring poem, based
upon the breaking out of the cholera on
board the Virginia, by E. C. Stedman. ' The
" Galaxy" is certainly making a brilliant
opening for itself, and is deserving of the
most cordial patronage. It is published by
W. C. & F. P. Church, 39 Park Row, New
York.
Facts and Fancies.
Four hundred Bangor widows apply for
aid from the Fuel Society. St. Paul to the
contrary notwithstanding, they seem to
think that it is better to burn than to
marry. Well, they have tried it and ought
to know.
Jeroboam describes the ballet as a panto
mine with the "panties" left off.
"Oh, Mr. Ward ! I am miserable—mise
rable ! The wrongs we Irishmen sutler !
Oh, Ireland! Will a troo historyot your
sufferins ever be written ? Must we be for
ever ground under by the iron heel of des
potic Briton ?—but. Mr. Ward, won't you
eat suthin?"
"Well," I said, "if there's another can
vass-back and a spare bottle of that green
seal in the house, I wouldn't mind jinin'
you in bein' ground under by Briton's iron
heel."
Julius emus has been fined $5 and costs
for getting drunk in Chicago. He may have
been Julius Cesar when he was sober,- but
he. was Aurelian when he got drunk. •Read
ers will beware of a subtle joke.
A letter for the "handsomest lady in
Lowell" remains uncalled for in that ; city.
They don't all like to speak at once.
Some young ladies of Knox College, , 111.,
being facetiously inclined, went on a bender
and got stupidly drunk on whiskey. They
were expelled without ceremony, although
they plead that people who went to an 'Ox
College, couldn't avoid an occasional horn.
"My son," said a parent to his boy, who
was advancing rapidly in French, "do you
kuow why you snouid never be satisfied
with a mistake?" "Certainly, I do," he re
plied, "It is because you should always
avoid a foe, pa!"
THE FREAKS OF LIGHTNING.—A singular
and fatal accident occurred during a recent
heavy thunder storm, in which a little
daughter of a Bohemian family living in
Shakope village, Minnesota, was instantly
killed by lightning while sleeping in bed
with two other children. The lightning en
tered through a whole pane of glass, not
making a hole larger than a rifle bullet.i
The little girl that was killed lay on the
side of the bed next the window, and the
child lying upon the opposite side of the bed
was badly burned, while the youngest, sleep
ing in the middle, did not receive the slight
est injury.
A , NEGRO living near Louisville, Ky,
having committed a rape ,on a little girl,
was seized last week by , the citizens, and
preparations made to hang him. While
these were in progress the father of the
child came running up, revolver in hand,
and forcing his way-through the crowd, at
tempted to shoot the negro, but in the con
fusion the latter turned and ran for his
life. But the crowd started after him,open
ing a fire from a dozen revolvers on him
and he was soon shot dead.
PHILADELPHIA., THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1866.
THE BOMBARDMENT OF VAL
PARAISO.
!nteresting Details.
LIST OF PROPERTY DESTROYED.
The. English, Fpanish and American
Naval Comtaanden.
Further Accounts of Their Doings,
French Designs in Scuth America, &c.
On our inside page of to-day's double
sheet will be found the. Spanish Admiral's
account of the bombardment of Valparaiso.
We take the following additional details
from the correspondence of the New York
Herald :
UNITED STATES gRAMER VANDERBILT,
OFF VALPARAISO, .April Bth, 1866.—When
the Vanderbilt, Monadnock and the other
vessels of the squadron reached here they
were admitted to the harbor by the Spanish
blockading fleet without any demurrer.
The Chileans thought we had come to help
them by force of arms, and the Spaniards
thought so to. In fact we believed so in
the fleet; but it has turned out differently.
Immediately on his arrival Commodore
Rodgers made diplomatic efforts to adjust
the difficulty, but without avail. Negotia
tions were some time pending, and it was
reported on board the vessels that Commo
dore Rodgers bad succeeded in getting the
day set for the bombardment postponed, in
anticipation of a final adjustment,-and sub
sequently that he had positively forbidden
the bombardment. But this is all non
sense, as of course there is no law or prece
dent which could authorize a neutral Power,
single-banded, in preventing a belligerent
from firing on a belligerent city •after due
notice had been given.
Interview Between Rodgers and Nunez.
The Commodore found the war had origi
nated in a mistake on both aides, which
both could explain away, and as neither
nation would first make the amend honora
ble, he proposed a compromise, but before
any could be effected, the Spanish Admiral
received new orders from his Government,
which had been issued when the capture of
of the sloop Covadonga became known. The
Admiral, on receipt of these orders, called
on the Commodore and had along interview
with him. The friends and admirers of the
Spanish Admiral, Nufiez, gives the follow
ing account of this interview, bat it ha= to
be received with many grains of allowance
for the workings of quick imaginations. It is
stated that in communicating the import of
his new orders to Commodore Rodgers, the
Spanish Admiral began by.thanking the
Commodore for his great courtesy in treat
ing with him. The Commodore expressed
the hope that though he might differ with a
gentleman as to his duties, he should not
entertain any harsh feelings towards him or
lack in the courtesy due him.
The Spanish Admiral then said, among
other things, "Until you came here, Com
modore. I had not received a particle of
sympathy for the very false and uncom
fortable situation--in which I have been
placed—not a particle of advice as to my
conduct. In all these months you are the
only officer who has not looked on me as if
I were a barbarian, and the only one who
understood the feelings of a soldier.
On communicating his intention to bom
bard the city on the 30th of March, the
Admiral was informed that the English
and American commander (Admiral Den
ham and Commodore Rodgers) had decided
to prevent the bombardment, and that it
would not be permitted.
It is said, by his admirers, that the Span
ish Admiral, with great dignity and sua
vity, replied to Rodgers and Kilpatrick (who
was also present):—"Commodore,
.you are
a brave man, and your reputation is world
wide. General Kilpatrick, you are also a
brave man, and one of reputation. I also
have my modestreputation at home. It has
taken my whole life to acquire it, and I shall
not loosely sacrifice it now. lam a soldier,
and obey my orders. You have force
enough to sink me; but, sinking, the glory
will be mine; for I shall sink obeying my
orders."
However the interview may have pro
greased, it is certain that the officers parted
on good terms and with mutual respect.
The Spaniards became as loving as the
Chileans, played Hail Columbia, but
couldn't master Yankee Doodle, and were
our very good friends indeed. lam told
that the Spanish Admiral said also to Com
modore Rodgers that if he and Kilpatrick
had arrived two months earlier the whole
thing would have been settled peaceably.
The Bombardmeni.
When the day for the bombardment ar
rived, Admiral Denham declined to keep
his promise with Rodgers, and the bom
bardment was of course not prohibited.
The Commodore sent word the night before
the bombardment that he withdrew all op
position, and next morning weighed anchor
and stood off the harbor, to be out of the
way of the bombarding fleet. The smoke
and mist hung low on the 31st, and from our
position we could not see the bombardment.
When the Spaniards withdrew we steamed
in and sent our surgeons and men ashore to
give assistance to the wounded, if any, and
to aid in suppressing the fire.
A Nice Bit of Revenge.
The course of Commodore Rodgers and
General Kilpatrick has gained them the
respect of all classes—the Spaniards, Chi
leans, English and French—and has given
us of the fleet one of the sweetest revenges
ever enjoyed by man, which I will endeavor
to explain that all Americans may enjoy it.
As far as this fleet has been, the foreign part
of the population of the South American
coast have been secesh, and during our war
they were as insulting to "Yankees" as they
dared to be. The English residents of Val
paraiso were particularly "our dearest
friends," and hated us most cordially.
During the rebellion they reneatedl in
formed the people of this country that the
United States were "played out ' At
this place the idea of American iron clads
going outside a harbor was laughed at
and kept as a standing joke ever
since the days of the first ill-fated
Monitor. They laughed at the com
parison of an American iron-clad with
the Leander and Sutlej—both crack English
vessels—or even with the Numancia. Great
was their rage when their own Admiral
abandoned them to bombardment, and
greater their chagrin when, seeing the
English - and French = -vessele -leaving the
harbor, they were compelled to go to Com,
01TR WHOLE COUNTRY.
modore Rodgers and beg the protection of
the American cheesebox Monadnock and
American flag. It was hugely gratifying to
see these same people; who had been abus
ing us for the last four years, asking the
protectio'n which their own fleet could not or
would not afford. Englishinterests in Val-
paraiso are immense, American interests
but a mere fraction, and the revenge was
cheap, and those on shore who bad to suffer
enjoyed it. I believe it did the heart of the
old 'Commodore good to refuse them pro
tection, and to intimate that he was not
going to "pull English chestnuts out of the
fire." The French Minister asked protec
tion-for French interests. -
"Excuse me," said the Commodere, "you
had a squadron beret.",
"Pardon," replied the French Minister,
"it sails to-day and abandons us to our fate."
The Prussian Minister, the Italian Eavoy
too asked aid, but no aid could be tendered
them. The English residents got frantic,
and on thedayr before the bombardment pub
lished the following advertisement in the
paper:
Her Britannic Majesty's steam frigates
Leander and Sutlej. These new and safe
vessels can be bought or chartered to go
anywhere or for any purpose, except to
fight. " Inquire for terms to Jack Denham,
bliptain on board, or to J. H. Thompson,
Minister Resident at Santiago.
The Americans chuckled with delight,
perfectly content to suffer themselves to see
the agony of the French and English. On
Saturday the English residents sent off to
the English Admiral a handsome cane, in
which was a handsome wooden sword !
The English Minister, Thompson, came to
Valparaiso and left in a hurry the day be
fore the bombardment. His room at the
hotel was entered and his despatches taken,
and on his arrival at his hotel in Santiago
he was given notice to quit by the proprietor.
He was also turned out of the club or which
he had been a member for the last forty
years. The English fleet is now at a discount,
the officers do not go ashore, and they are
"damned all in heaps." On the contrary,
the English residents say we are "bully
boys," and swear by John Rodgers,although
be didn't save their property.
Important Ihaeutuents Brought to Light.
The Chileans, too,
are loud in their praise
of us. More an this, they have shown
their gratitude in an important service.-
Certain highly important docnmentssent to
the Chilean President by the Dictator of
Peru have been given to General Kilpatrick
and forwarded by him to Washington.
These documents came to light in this
manner: Some time ago a French stranger
suddenly died in Lima. The Peruvian
government took charge of his papers, dtc„,
as is usual, and among them discovered
documents which proved him to have been
a French agent coming with proposals to
the Dictator of Peru to make himself King.
or Emperor, promising aid in men and
money from France under the Mexican
flag—in other Nvords r through
These papers show that there is a nice little
scheme between France and Spain to make
a jump at all the small South American
republics. England approves but does not
help by men or money. This whole Chilean
war is part and parcel of the plan. This
important information goes by thog mail -to ,
Washington, and you will, doubtless, have
more of it very soon from that source.
VALPAILLIsO April 9, 1866.—The bom
bardment of ihe city has slightly dis
arranged mail communication, and the Pa
cific Stsam Navigation Company's steam
ship Pacific is to lea7e for Calao and
Panama to-day, instead of the 17th, the
usual day. She will doubtless be detained
for some time at Callao and on her way,
but I write briefly by her in hopes she will
reach Panama in time for the Aspinwall
steamer of May 1.
The Spanish squadron is still in this har
bor, and Callao has not been bombarded.
No further action has been taken as yet
against any other points on the coast, and
the Spanish Commodore has assured the
foreign Consuls that he will uet renew • the
bombardment of Valparaiso unless his
squadron was annoyed by torpedoes, or the
government of Chile attempted to use se
vere measures with the Spanish subjects in
its bands.
For Sale or to SalL
The Spanish squadron at Valpariso has
been reinforced by the arrival of the Below
frigate Almaaza, of sixty guns; and the
screw corvettes Vaddras and Consuelo,
twenty guns each, and the transport Tri
nidad, six guns, are now due here. These
vessels bring a large supply of clothing and
ordnance stores.
The future movements of the Spanish
squadron are unknown, but you may ex
pect to hear by any arrival of a repetition of
the scenes at Valparaiso. Nunez can now
afford to leave a portion of his fleet to main
tain the blockade of Valparaiso while he
moves north or south on his errand of de
strudtion. He may, however, and probably
will keep his forces well in hand until the
Peruvian iron-clads make their appear
ance.
The British residents of Santiago have
confirmed the resolutions of their country
men in Valparaiso, in whiCh the conduct of
their Charge and Admiral was - so severely
condemned for not having prevented by
force the bombardment of Valparaise and
consequent destruction of their property.
A copy of these resolutions was forwarded
by the last mail. It is also stated that the
French residents in Valparaiso had pre
sented their claims for the damage they had
sustained by the bombardment.
Lesses Sesta - deed by the Bonalbarchnent.
The following is a statement given of the
losses sustained by the bombardment and
fire created thereby
Railroad tttatthn
OftSce of the Jnten,ant
Con:mere!al Boons
Artillery Barracks
Flrwt and second section or stores
Third and fourth section of st.. res
Outworlraef do
tia2,500
•
PRIVATE PROPERTY.
Ped regal
x, z`
Pena -
Gallo
Gallo
&rennet;
Hotel Lalayette
Hotel de la Union
Correa
Templemon Sc Co..
Diaz
Good
Correa
Edward's
$4.50,500
FURNITURE. (APPROXIMATE).
Of all kinds $lOO,OOO
In public stores...
In private houses
RECAPITULATION
Public property..
Private property
Furniture
Merchandise
HOW DIVIDED
Public property
To Cbilenos
To foreigners
Total $10483,00
This estimate is considered below the
markland the immense difference of the
loss sustained by foreigners over the go
vernment and people of Chile, is supposed
to be given for effect, more than for its ex
treme alcuracy. There is no doubtbut that
the foreigners have suffered vastly more
than the Chileans, as .they will, whenever
any point on the coast is bombarded, re
move everything foreign. throughout the
length and 'breadth of these Spanish repub
lics, and there is little left to destroy.
The other ports of Chile that will proba
bly receive the attentions of Commodore
Nufiez are Coquimbo and Caldera, and then
Peru will come in for her share, and proba
bly Ecuador may have a taste of war by a
visit from the Spaniards to Guayaquil; but
it will be a little while yet before this work
is commenced, for the Spaniards will pro
bably have another crack at the fleet of the
allies to the southward before carrying out
the .other programme to the northward. I
learn that the Peruvian corvettes Union
and America have left the balance of the
allied fleet and gone to the Straits of Ma
gellan to join company with the' Hnescar
and Independencia. I would not be sur
prised,if the Spanish squadron, or a large
portion of it, would visit that locality in
order to head off the two expected iron
clads, and try to prevent their reaching the
Pacific ocean. The probabilities are they
will do so, and we may next hear of an im
portant and highly interesting naval en
gagement somewhere in the vicinity of
Terra del Fuego.
There has been no change in the United
States squadron here. Admiral Pearson
has not vet arrived. The coming on of the
norther season on this coast may scatter the
numerous vessels of war here collected, for
the anchorage in this bay is said to be any
thing but comfortable at that time.
PANAMA, May Ist, 1816.—The Pacific
Steam Navigation Company's steamship
Pacific, Captain Walcott, from the South
Coast, arrived in this harbpr on the 29th
ultimo, bringing dates from Valparaiso to
the 9th and Callao to the 22d of April.
It is most amusing to read the numerous
reports that are given, in the papers of Peru
rincipally, regarding the movements of the
Spanish squadron. Here is one from El
Porvertir, of Callao, of April 21, published
among its summary of Chilean news: "By
the passengers that came in the steamer we
bear that the Minister of the United States
has prevented the departure of the Spanish
squadron until the claims of the merchants
of the United States resident in Valparaiso,
for losses sustained in the bombard
ment, have been arranged." The editor,
however, concludes the paragraph by
saying, "We have not seen this notice in
any of the papers of Chile;" thus proving
that, although he gives the report in "leaded.
English," still he considers it veu . doubtful.
This is but a sample of the stuff and non
sense that is continually given by parties
trying to create an excitement, and which
finds its way into the public journals. Oar
papers were charged everywhere abroad
with telling immense stories about our war;
but the best of them at that work were but
pigmies in comparison with what we receive
here from the South Coast. lam convinced
that Munchausen was a Peruvian by birth,
born somewhere between Callao and Lima.
The Peruvian man-of-war steamer Cha
laco arrived at Callao from Pantura on the
16th nit. She carried with her the three
one hundred, and two thirty pounder Par
rott rifled guns belonging to the govern
ment of Chile, that were purchased here.
Very probably these pieces will be placed
in battery at Callao, for there is not much
chance at present of delivering them to their
owners; it so there will be a trial of the
three great makers, Armstrong, Blakely
and Parrott, side by aide, and the guns of
the latter will no doubt do good service if
Ithe loaders do not put the shells in them
fuse end first.
I learn that the American ship Odessa,
that brought a cargo of coal and provisions
to the Spanish squadron from Montevideo,
and that afterwards proceeded to the Chin
cha Islands for a load of guano, has been
seized by the Peruvian authorities. Our
Consul here says that she was seized by the
United States steamer Wateree "for a breach
of neutrality," but as carrying a cargo in a
neutral vessel to one belligerent involves no
other risk than that of capture by the ves
sels of war of the other, why, this story is
very unlikely,and one that I cannot swallow.
The Consul is not yet posted on all points
of Wheaton, Vatel, Upton and other authori
ties on international law, maritime warfare,
rights of neutrals, &c., so I must make
every allowance for his getting the story
wrong end foremost. The Odessa has been
seized, as I have stated, and the Wateree
went up from Callao to the Chinehas to look
into the case; but as she had returned before
the steamer sailed, we imagine that Com
mander Paulding found the proceedings to
be all regular and declined to interfere.
The old story of preparation and determi
nation is all I have from Peru. The fears of
the coming storm have wisely influenced
the merchants to remove their goods from
the Custom House at Callao and carry them
to a safer point within the city of Lima, so
that there will not be so much foreign pro
perty to be destroyed. ' The batteries of
Callao are completed, or nearly so, and now
it remains to be seen what they can do
against the "Dons." Those parties with
whom I have conversed that have come di-
redly from Peru, do not hesitate to say that
the men that will be employed to man the
guns of the fortifications of Callao will
stand as long as their officers; but great
doubt is expressed if the officers -will be
found fully up to the required standard.
The British Minister at Santiago, Chile,
immediately after the bombardment of
Valparaiso, was notified by the owner to
vacate the premises he occupied, and no
one will rent him another building. All
this because he-would not "pitch in" and
have a fight with the Spaniard in order to
prevent the bombardment. For the same
offence he has also been turned out of one
of the clubs.
Valued at.
, $2,500
. .
FIRE IN HARRISBURG. - On Tuesday
afternoon a fire occurred at the stable of
Benjamin Buck, Blackberry alley, Harris
burg, which spread to property owned or
occupied by William Breitinger, Dr. Seiler,
Mr. Heil, Anthony King, Alex. Roberts,
Mrs. Barringer, &c. A German, named
Abraham Garman, has been arrested on a
charge of being the incendiary. The Tele
graph says: Several accidents occurred.
When the Hope Hose carriage passed down
Third street, Mr. Daniel Hackett, a gentle
man employed at the Harris House, ran into
the street, and endeavored to take hold of
the rope to assist the firemen. In doing so
he fell, and the carriage passed . over him,
breaking one of his legs. A man named
Caslow was wounded on his head by the
brass end of a section of hose striking him
in its fall from an upper story of the Mt.
Vernon House. The injury is serious, but
we trust careful attention will enable Mr.
Callow to recover. A man, whose name we
have not learned, was knocked down and
run over by a hose carriage in Blackberry
alley. Several other - persona sustained in
juries, but not of serious nature.
19,000,000
200,000
49,200,000
44,500.
450,500
100,000
.. 9,200,000
...$10,183,020
. $482,500
.
352,50
. 9,898,00)
F. L. FEMERSTON. Publisler.
DOUBLE SHEE T, THREE CENTS.
THE COURT THATTRI i 8 JEFF DAVIS
The Assemblage at Norfolk, 17a.--.s:
Judge Underwood Presiding in.
the Absence of Judge Chase'--
A Jury Emparmeled---Charge
to Them by theJudge--Trea
son to be Punished---An
Indictment for Treason.
Against Jeff Davis to
be Filed, &c., &0.,&c.
(correspondence of the New York HershLl
FORTRESS MONROE, May 8, 1866. 'The
United States Circuit Court for. Virginia
has at length inaugurated its labors. The
Court was to have opened yesterday, bat
Judge Underwood failed to arrive till this
morning. At noon he opened the court at
Norfolk in the old court room in the -City
Hall, but a quorum of the Grand Jury not
being in attendance, an adjournment:took
place till half-past three o'clock. At the
latter session twenty of the jury, an excess
of the quorum required, answered to their
names. The following are the namesof the
nrors: -
J.R. Bigelow, of Alexandria; Isaac Snow
den, of Falrfax;John Taylor,of Alexandria;
C. Gillingham, of Fairfax; George C. Hensi,
D. Hodgkins, L. D. Harmon, C. W. Now-
N
land, of Alexandria; F. Deeordy, Geo. W.
Singleton, John T. Daniels, John H.' Bo
rume, Wm. G. Webber, C. K. Cole, Wm.
Harrison, of Norfolk: Wm. N. Thisley,
Wm. Fay, Burnham Ward well, T.Dadley,
Jr., Burnham Davis, of Richmond.
The Judge appointed Mr. Gillingham
foreman, and thereupon Mr. 'William H.
Barry, the clerk, administered to them the
usual oaths—that is, one oath not to act
through malice against any person pre- _
sented for indictment, and the other that
they had not aided in the slightest degree
the rebel cause in the late war, and would
support the Constitution of the United
States. Then followed the Judge's charge
to the jury. 'Most clearly and pointedly
were set forth the duties of those to whom
it was addressed, as interpreted by the
Judge. After referring to the absence of
Chief Justice Chase, upon whom he would.
have greatly preferred had fallen-the task of
instructing them in the line of their duties,'
he described the changes that had been
effected by the war in the administration, of
justice, and the unusual crimes, such as
treason and disloyalty, they were now aim.
pelled to adjudicate upon. In this connec
tion he adverted to his charge to the Grand
Jury preceding them, and he would not
repeat himself now, believing they all knew
the sentiments he had then expressed. But
since then peace had been declared, and the
writ of habeas corpus had been restored.
Recently President Johnson expressed a
desire that no such!subordinates as Wirt
should be broug,htto4amishment for treason
but the head traitors. It was against these
leading offenders he would have them act,
and punish the principals and not the tools,
It had been determined that such fiffenders
must be tried in Virginia. At the North
there bad been much complaint of the tar
diness shown in bringing them to trial. The
delay had been unavoidable. There was no
need of further delay, and he hoped the time
had come when it would be shown here that
treason was held as a crime and meriting
the highest punishment. He urged that the
mass of the people of this State who sided
with the rebellion, and took up arms to aid
it, could not beheld accountable for treason.
There was no such general education and
intelligence here as at the North. In proof of
this he drew a parallel between the Ist Con
gressional-district of Virginia and the State
of Rhode Island. Though the former had
iven
birth to four Presidents of the United
State and possessed twice the acres of Rhode
Island, it has not one tithe the wealth and
intelligence. In nineteen counties of the
district there was not a paper published,
and three-fourths of the men and women
could not read and write. This degree of
ignorance he traced to slavery. Those who
had imposed upon the credulity and ig
norance of ,the masses in inciting them to
rebellion against the Government, he would
have punished. There was no obstacle now
in the way, he insisted, of bringing indict
ments against - all the leaders in this rebel
lion, the paroled prisoners as well as
the unparoled. He enjoined that they
should remember their duty in this
regard, and faithfully and fearlessly
discharge it. Their fidelity mar
bring them enemies, might lead to their
being murderously- assaulted, as had been
a number of the jury; but he urged that
martyrdom, the martyrdom of Lincoln, the
martyrdom of Jesus Christ, for duty done,
was vastly preferable to a few years added
life of ignoble ease. He spoke at length of
the rights of freemen, and charged that
the same rights of person and property
should be accorded to them, and the same" ,
hearing and defence in court, as to whiten' s
persons. The subject of diiloyal news- '
papers also came in for a portion 'of him,
charge. It was his view that they- could
do but little harm. Their circulations" -
were brief and influence limited. He
thought it best they should not be interfered
with by the courts or the military, as was.
now done. In conclusion, he referred tot . .
the duties of the jury in connection with
violations of the revenue and postal law
and in counterfeiting.. The charge ended,
the jury were discharged till ten o'clock to•
morrow morning. It is thought that the
present court will not protract its session
over a week or ten days. Judge Under
wood announced that he thought Justice
Chase would-be in attendance to preside in
the course of a month. It is.conftdently be
lieved that this jury will bring in true bills
of indictment against Jeff Davis and the
most prominent leaders and generals on the
rebel side during the late war.
THE Columbus (Miss.) Index, referring
to the recent decoration of the graves of sol
diers near that city, says: "We are glad to
see that no distinction was made between
our own dead and aboUt forty Federal sol
diers, who slept , their last sleep by them.
It proved the exalted, unselfish tone of the
female character, Confederate and. Fedentl,
—once enemies,now friends—regarding this
tribute of respect."
A HAN named Bray, of 11 , 10 long, Austra
lia, went about twenty miles in the bush.
some time ago, and in the course of a few
days obtained one hundred and fifty gallons
of wild honey from the trunks of trees. The
flavor of the honey is thought by some to
be fully equal to that produced by domesti
cated bees.
PROPOSED NEW STATE.—ThS Memphis
ArgeSS proposes making a new state ont of
West Tennessee, and North Mimi - pippi , to
be called the State of Jackson, with Allem.-
phis for its capital.