SON PEACOCK. Editor.
VOLUME XX.--NO. 49.
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A STRAWBERRY FESTIVA'. AND SALE
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the Lecture Room of the First Reformed Dutch
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at 3 o'clock P. M.
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:street, below Arch, THIS EVENING at quarter of
eight o'clock. Bishops Janes and Simpson will ad
dress the meeting, its
HOW.AIID HOSPITAL, Nos. 1518 and 1520
Lombard street, Dispensary Department. Me
dical treatment and medicines furnished gratuitously
to the poor. agog
Facts and Fanettn.
There is a serious difference between the
_Finnegan advance-guard in Canada and
C. 0. I. R. Stephens. It arises from the
fact that the one is sent ahead and the other
is Head Centre.
There is a dispute going on in New York
-Its to whether it hurts turtles to bore holes
through their fins. Thus it is that Finni
ganism meets us at every turn.
It is a curious fact that so many of the
Finnegans escaped from Canada, while
their leader, who was an eel, (O'Neill) failed
-to slip through the British fingers.
Minister Fould threatens to resign. He has
- told Louis Napoleon he couldn't stand his
- war nonsense, and wouldn't
.be fooled any
longer.
A child lately died at Poughkeepsie from
-eating poisonous ice cream. Pies-and-ice
.cream make a very bad mixture.
A man in Chicago has been held in $BOO
'bonds' for beating his neighbor with his
”wooden leg. He gave the required leg-bail
at once.
A lady was thrown under the cars, at
- Yarmouth, Me., by her hoop catching, and
if several men had not caught and held her
-at once, she would have been crushed to
•death. We have frequently seen a long
- train sweep over a lady's hoops, without
doing her the slightest injury.
Jeff. Davis is quartered in Carol Hall on
account of its musical name. It is the Sing
-Sing of Fortress Munroe. •
MICHIGAN .1407 T, SALES.—Pablic lands
-are now - disposed of in a lively manner at
the lona land' ; office, in Michigan. Last
anonth 11,882 acres Were taken up for actual
settlement under the homestead law, and
, cash sales were made amounting to $3,260.
tt :4 ao DI :1 VO
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Arrn-qte autism% on Third Pao,
ARRIVED TlllB DAY.
Steamer Propontis. Iligglnson, from Liverpool via
"Boston; 50 hours, with mdee,&e. to A It Mc Henry,S6oo.
Sehr Golden -Gate, Prisbie, from Charleston, with
=dee to D S Stetson it Co. --
Sohr Charm, Eaton, from New York, with mdse to
E BasleY,&.oo.
Behr T M Rodney, Still, 2 days from Milford, Del.
with wood to captain.
Schr Mary, Rickards, 1 day from Camden, Del. with
;grain to Jas 'L Bewley & Co.
Behr Jas L Heverin, Hollingeworth,l day from Lit
tle Creek Landing, Del. with grain to James L Bewley
Schr E M Duffield, Jones, 5 days from Portland, Ct.
, with stone to .aptaitt.
Behr R Seaman, Neal, from Salem.
Schr Pelluonnock, Barnes, frmn Newport.
.Schr Dick Williams, Scudder, from Boston.
Scar Mary Price, Garrison. from Dighton.
BELOW. _
'Ship Westmoreland. from Liverpool.
•
JIALILRED THIS .4.6.3.
Schr Pequonnock, Barnes, Boston, Van Dusen, Loch
man & Co.
'Behr C L Vandervoert, Vessey, Gloucester, Curtis &
& Knight.
•S , %hr Ridgewood, Derricason, Salem, Wannemacher
& Co.
"Behr Helen McCloud, Eaton, Boston, Captain.
SEFICNIOILANDA
Ship Villige Belle, Little sailed from Londonderry
35th tilt for this port.
Ship Ironsides, Tapley, sailed from Liverpool 21st
lilt. for this port.
Ship Tuscarora. Dimlevy, from Liverpool for this
- port. off Taskar 17th Mt.
Ship Living Age, ll'Clure,salled from Liverpool 19th
- alt. for Callao via Cardiff.
Ship Congress, Wyman. from Newport. E. for Hong
_Hong, was spoken 18th March, lat 12 S. lon 30 W.
Steamer Tentonla, Haack, of and from Hamburg,
L.Mtri ult. at New York 2ct inst. with 824 passengers
Steamer Marathon (Br). .Edmondson.-from Liver
-tOl may m, vja Queenstown 2.1 d, with
let 4149 New York yesterday. June 1, 6 AM. let 41 49, ion 62
30, passed steamer Java. for Liverpool; same day, at
moon, steamer Tripoli, do.
Steamer Herman (Brew).R enke, hem Bremen 20th
Via Southampton 23d, at New York yesterday,with
P 24 passengers
Steamer United Kingdom,for New York,sailed from .
Glasgow lath ult.
Steamer Carolina, Wylie, eared from Liverpool
^alt. for New York.
Bark Jessie (Er) Pentreath, hence at Havre 19th alt.
Bark J Godfrey, Cooper, from Palermo March /S t and
Gibraltar April 13, at New York yesterday.
Bark Stella d'ltalla,Portio,hence for Cork, at Tralee
-previous to 25th Mt.'
Brig Marla Angela, Basile. hence at Belfast 22d ult.
Brig Isaac Carver, Ames, hence at Portland 2d inst.
Schis Wilaon Harvey, Burse, from Boston; Black
Diamond, Young.from StonLugton; C L Bayles,Dewey.
Sr07:11 Orient; J W Everman, H . adirt, from Fawtticketv
J T Watson, Little. from Providence, and Hate Senn
ton, Dakin. from New Haven, all for this pert, at New
,
York yeeterdaY. _
Eichr GYHawley,Ciark,from Norwich for this port,
ErtN 'York 2.41 inst.
Schts A Haley, Haley. hence for Boston : Margaret
Binehart, and Jacob Birdsall, hence for Salem, at
- Holmes' Hole tat inst.
Schr Jeddle. Fanning, cleared at Portland 24 Instant
'tor this port,
THE FENI.AIIB.
The Captured Fenian.
Officers.
EVACUATION OF FORT El= BY
THE INVADEBS.
Colonel, O'Neill and Seven Hundred o
the Invaders Taken Prisoners
by the United States
Authorities.
THE FORT ERIE EXPEDITION A
FAILURE.
About One Hun dred Feting Captured
by the Canadians,
RESULTS OF THE BATTLE OF
RIDGEWAY.
GREAT EXCITEMENT IN
MONTREAL.
Various Points on the St. Lawrence
Threatened.
The Fenians Continue to Congregate
Along the Border.
VIGILANCE OP THE L.NITED
STATES TROOPS.
General Sweeny on His Way to
the Front.
Ills PROC LA TO THE
CANADIANS.
The Captured Tertian Officers.
Bic:m.7AL°, June 4, 9.30 A. M.—The follow
ing Fenian officers are captured: Colonel
O'Neill, Colonel Hoye, Lieutenant-Colonel
John Spaulding, Lieutenant-Colonel Grace,
and Major Moore. All is quiet this morning.
_ _ _
- The Fenian abivement.
BUFFALO, June 3-9 A. M.—[Special to
Herald].—The Fenian withdrew from Fort
Erie at two o'clock this morning. Seven
hundred of them, including General O'Neill
and staff; are safe on board the - United
States steamer Michigan, where they are
detained as prisoners for violating the neu
trality. laws.
The Fenians were under orders to march
by way of Windsor, Canada, to form a junc
tion with a body that were moving from
that place.
During the early part of the night an at
tempt was made to reinforce the party at
Fort Erie, but they failed to accomplish
their purpose by the intervention of the tug
attached to the steamer Michigan.
General O'Neill had intrenched himself
during the night, and was anxiously wait
ing for an attack. The only fighting that
took place was between the pickets of each
line.
When the main body evacuated Fort Erie,
the Fenian pickets, thirty-two in number,
were left, and were all gobbled up by the
Canadians.
The Fenians were ferried back to the
American side by two tugs and one canal
boat.
The whole expedition under charge of
Gen. O'Neill is therefore a failure.
Four Fenians were wounded while cross
ing.
The Canadians, up to five o'clock this
morning, were not aware of the movement.
General Barry, in command of the United
States forces on the frontier, has issued an
order prohibiting communication with
Canada, under instructions from General
Grant.
The revenue cutter Fei3senden arrived last
night, and is now doing picket duty at the
mouth of the river.
Fiftes.a large boxes, marked P. 0. Day,
arrived t^^t night by express, and a Fenian
guard w:,51 placed over them at the railroad
depot.
It is confidently believed that another
raid is contemplated *Ton Fort Erie.
The English forces - ander Col. Peacock,
are now in possession of Fort Erie, without
a skirmish.-
The ultimate disposition of the prisoners
is a matter of uncertainty, but the British
Minister has been' telAgraphed to.
It is reported that a small Fenian force
left this neighborhood last night, but its
destination was unknown.
The escaped Fenians say that having no
artillery (and they positively assert that
they have had none), and finding that the
English troops, with Armstrong gnus, were
closing around them, with no prospect of
reinforcements and no supplies, they con
cluded to evacuate Fort Erie and return to
the American side. The men were com
pletely worn out. They have fought two
battles—though the Fort Erie affair they
only call a skirmish—and had little or
nothing to eat and no sleep.
A body of Fenians arrived from the West
last night, and are now quartered upon the
Irish population in the city.
BUFFALO, Rale 3-3. P. M.—From four
o'clock this morning immense crowds have
lined the American bank of the river in ex
pectation of witnessing another engagement
on the part of the Fenians with either the
volunteers or regulars. At that time strag
gling parties of Fenians had just landed
and were dragging themselves toward the
city, and a number of skiffs were bringing
others across. By this means over two hun
dred and fifty men of the Fenian army were
landed, the rest having been arrested by the
United States steamer Michigan, as you
have already been advised. Before leaving
the Canadian side the men threw their rifles,
bayonets, and accoutrements into the river.
So anxious were they to get across that many
tore down planks and essayed to swim across
with their aid.
At daybreak, as soon as the evacuation
was discovered, nothing could exceed the
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JUNE, 4 1866
Jubilations of the . so-recently frightened
Can - inks. The late British prisoners
,assumed all their former dignity and im
mediately seized all the Fenian effects left
behind. -
At eight o'clock it was reported that a
largebodyof English troops was advancing,
and at nine o'clock the head of the column
apared, comprising; a skirmishing party
pe
of fty-tlve men of the Ist York Volun
teers. under , Major Dennison. ' In
a short time the remainder of the troops
followed, and are now stationed along the
line from old Fort Erie to Freebury's creek
a distance of about two miles. The body_of
troops is composed of the following, in all
about two thousand five hundred strong:
Forty-seventh infantry, Sixteenth infantry,
a battalion of the Sixtieth rifles; Fourth
artillery, Captain Crow's battery, known
since the Crimean war as the "Gray bat
tery," from the color of their horses; Col.
Hoste's battery, the First York cavalry vo
lunteers and a number of rifle companies
from various places. The whole are under
the command of Col. Lowery,Forty-seventh
regiment.
The column left Toronto at one o'clock
yesterday afternoon for Port Dalhousie; by
boat, and thence by rail. They arrived
about four miles down the river last night
and encamped for the night, fearing to come
forward; owing to ignorance of the roads
and the intense darkness of the night. They
moved`down from their encampment thin
morning at daybreak, skirmishing the
woods as they came along. They captured
three Fenians on the way.
On hearing of the evacuation by the Fe
nians the rage of the troops knew no bounds,
and if curses will harm the late invaders
they are already destroyed. They were re
ceived along the road with every demon
stration of joy by the people, who,however,
wished they .had come a little sooner. The
sight of the Feniantiunder arrest on the
scow alongside of the Michigan seemed very
pleasing to them, and all expect they will
be delivered over on the demand being
made.
On arriving at Waterloo ferry the 47th
and 16th regiments broke ranks and com
menced examining the scenes of yesterday's
battle, and congratulating the volunteers on
their escape from durance vile.
The English troops are by no means well
drilledand do not present at all that imposing
aspect expected, with the probable excep
tion of the Gray Horse battery, a certainly
spendid company. The officers are all of
that foppish type so much heard of with the
exception of Col. Lowery, who seems a per
fect gentleman. Few if any of the soldiers
are Irish, and, with one exception, all are
Protestants, and, it is said, staunch to the
English government.
Colonel Lowery gave direction for the fer
ry-boats to resume running, and will permit
all persons having regular business to pass
either to or from Canada. Ile will permit
all wounded Fenians to be removed by their
friends to hospitals in Buffalo, but will have
them, if left at Fort Erie, receive the most
careful medical treatment possible. He will
also permit Roman Catholic clergymen
either to visit the wounded or bury the
dead. No proposals can be fairer.
To the list of killed and wounded already
given I now can name Ensign Tobey, of the
Queen's Own, badly wounded; William Van
Denworth, of the same regiment, also badly
Burt; a man named Leckv, of the same re
giment, dead, and W.-F. Tempest, a medi
cal student, in the same regiment. Colonel
Baylee, of Buffalo, is badly wounded. He
is a great favorite across the river and in
Buffalo. Two or three wounded Fenians
have died last night, and no less than seven
amputations of the leg have been made to
day at Fort Erie.
Wherever else the Fenians may invade,
further attack at this point is improbable.
BUFFALO, June 3 5.30 P. M. Large
crowds still line the bank of the river,
watching the military on the other side and
the Femans on board the scow alongside
the Michigan.
The one absorbing subject of debate here
is what the United States government will
do with the men—six or seven hundred in
all. Some hold that the fact of the United
States capturing them necessitates their
being given up to the Canadian authorities.
This opinion is Rally endorsed by the Ka
nucks'
but others hold that such a course
would be contrary to all international law.
Early this morning; Major Randall, par
anent to General Barry's orders, proceeded
with a company of the 4th infantry from
Fort Porter to Pratt's Dock, near which the
Michigan is lying, for the purpose of quell
ing any disturbance that might arise in an
attempt at rescuing the prisoners. Although
a large crowd was collected, there were no
indications of such an attempt, and the
company returned. Later in the afternoon
a company of the Ist artillery, under Major
Denrce, went on board the Michigan for the
purpose of guarding the prisoners. General
*Barry himself was on board in the morning,
and telegraphed on his return to the War
Department for orders as to their treatment.
An attempt at rescue, though talked of, is
highly improbable.
The number of Fenians in the city does
not exceed five hundred. They are under
command of General Lynch, who arrived
here last night. He is subordinate toll J.
Hynes, General Sweeny's adjutant general.
The men are hopeful in the extreme, and •
talk of a speedy attack on the frontier by
General Sweeny. In view of such an at
tempt at invasion,
General Meade will start
for Ogdensburg at six o'clock this evening.
A company of sixty men, armed with re
volvers, got on the midnight train of the
New York Central Railroad this morning,
and stopped at Rome, on their way to Og
densburg. They were organized at Albany
and Troy,and are for the most part veterans
who have served during the rebellion. No
officers accompanied them. They were un
uniformed. Other similar detachments are
reported as moving from different places
along the line towards the same point.
SUSPENSION BRIDGE, June 3, 1866.—The
news at this point is unimportant to-day.
The bridge is closed and barricaded, and no
passage across the river is permitted. None
of the Canadian troops have yet returned
from the front.
The feeling of the Canadian refugees here
is very bitter against the captured. Fenians.
Much loud talk is indulged in. The common
expression is that the prisoners should be
hanged at once without mercy.
Crowds of people have come 011 the eastern
trains to see the •fighting. The station at
Lockport alone sold four hundred tickets to
this place and NiagaTa Falls.
_The general opinion is that O'Neill's
movement is but the beginning. Another
movement is looked for to-night elsewhere.
Proclamation by General , Sweeny to the
People of Canada.
A, PROCLAMATION.
To the People of British America—We
come among you as the foes of British rule
in Ireland. Rxiled from that native land
of ours by the oppression of British aristo
cracy and legislation, our people hunted
down to the emigrant ships, - or worse, to
that charnel of government institutions, the
poor-house; our countrymen torn from their
OIMNPECOIM COTTMIr'
families and friends and hurled In drotras
into the prison pens of England and .Tx
land; our cotmtry subjected to a foreign
tyranny, 'which disfranchises the mass of
the Irish 'people and makes poverty and
misery the sad rule of their condition, cover
ing our fair land with paupers' graves and
wretched hovels, eliciting , from the liberal
minds of-England herself expressions of
shame for_ the government and . indignation
for the people. -
We have taken up. the 'sword to strike
down the oppressor& rod, to deliver Ireland
from the tyrant, the despoiler, the robber.
We have registered our oaths upon the altar
of our country in the fall view of Heaven
and sent njulur vows to the throne of
who inspired them. Then, looking about
us for the enemy, we find him here—here
in your, midst r where he is most vulnerable
;and convenient to our strength;: and have
sworn to stretch - forth - the armed hand of
Ireland and grapple with him. The battle
has commenced and we pledge ourselves to
all the sacred memories of struggling lib
erty, to follow - it up at any cost to either of
two alternatives—the absolute political in
dependence and liberty of Ireland or the de
molition °four armies.
We have . no inane with the people of these
provinces r lind wish to haYe none but the
most friendly relations. Oar weapons are
for the oppressors of Ireland. Oar blows
shall be directed only against the power of
England; her privileges alone shall we in
vade, not yours. We do not propose to
vest you of a solitary right you now enjoy.
We will assail and asperse only the rights
that are claimed and enjoyed by the go
vernment of Great Britain—the right to
make her American possessions the
field and base of operations in a war
against an enemy. We come to
instal ourselves in her possessions, and
turn them against her in a war for Irish
freedom. We are here, neither as murderers
nor robbers, for plunder or spoliation. We
are here as the Irish army of liberation; the
friends of liberty against despotism, of de
mocracy against aristocracy, of the people
against their oppressors,of the ballot against
theprivileges of class, of progress and de
velopment against might and wrong;to con
duct this conduct according to the laws
known to honorable warfare, in a manner
worthy of the high object we aim for, and the
sublime sentiments that actuate us. In a
word, our war is with the armed power of
England, and not with the people, not with
these Provinces. Against England upon
land and sea, until Ireland is free! And
all who raise an arm to defend her, to
frustrate or defeat us belong to the com
mon enemy, and as such will be dealt
with. As we know how to recognize the
services of our friends, so also do we know
how to punish the depredations of our foes.
Our work for Ireland accomplished, we leave
to your own free ballots ;to determine your
natural an d political standing and charac
ter, and s h all: ejoice to 'see, and assist .to
make, these limitless Colonies spring from
the foot of a foreign throne as free and inde
pendent, as proud as New York, Massachu
setts or Illinois. To that yearning for liberty
and aspiration after natural independence
which swells the breast of every true son of
every land, to your own manliness we leave
those questions, confident that the
dwarfed development of your vast resources
and natural wealth,under the chilling influ
ences of English supremacy in wretched
contrast with the National dignity and stu
pendous material Prosperity of your neigh
boring people of the United States, under
the stimulus of self-government anddemo
craticinstitations, constitutes a stronger ar
gument in favor of co-operation with us
and of the revolution in your political con
dition which this comparison suggests
than any discussion of the queitions in
volved which we could offer here.
To Irishmen throughout these Provinces
we appeal, in the name of seven centuries
of British iniquity and Irish misery and suf
fering; in the name of our murdered sires,
our desolate homes, our desecrated altars,
our millions of famine graves, our insulted
name and race—to stretch forth the hand of
brotherhood in the holy cause of fatherland
and smite the tyrant where we can in his work
of murdering our nation and exterminating
our people. We conjure you, our country
men, who, from misfortunes inflicted by
the very tyranny you are serving, or from
any other cause, have been forced to enter
the ranks of the enemy, not to be the
willing instrument of your country's death
or degradation, If Ireland still speaks to
you in the truest impulses of your hearts,
Irishmen, obey her voice! If you would
not be miscreants, recreant to the first prin
ciples of your nature, engraven upon
the very corner-stone of your being, raise
not the hand of the matricide to strike
down the banner of Erin! No uniform.and
surely not the blood-dyed coat of England,
can emancipate you from the natural law
that binds your allegiance to Ireland, to
liberty, toright, to justice. To the friends
of Ireland, of freedom, of humanity,
of the people, we offer the olive branch
of peace and the honest grasp of friend
ship.- Take it; Irishmen, Frenchmen,
Americans--take it all and trust it. To all
who marched to the call of the enemy, and
rally under his standard to aid or abet his
cause, we give the sword in as firm and
earnest a gripe as ever did its work upon a
foeman. We wish to meet with friends, we
are prepared to meet with enemies. We
shall endeavor to merit the confidence of the
former, and the latter can expect from us
but the leniency of a determined though
generous foe, and the restraints and rela
tions imposed by civilized warfare.
[Signed] - T. W. SWIIENY,
Major General commanding the Armies of
Ireland.
News from Montreal.
MoxTREAL, June 3-10 P. M.—The ex
citement here incident to the movements of
the Fenian in this province still continues
to be of the most intense nature, and is
hourly heightened by the news received
from the seat of war. All day long the
streets have been overflowing with people,
immense _crowds being collected in and
around the hotels, cafes, newspaper offices
and street corners.
During the day heavy firing of signal
guns in the interest of the government has
been heard in the direetion of Chambly
Point, about twenty-fine miles southeast of
this city. The firing is believed to indicate
the approach of the Fenians from the direc
tion of St. Afbans,Vermont,upon Montrehl,
and at this writing I learn that a body of at
least two thousand men, said to be com
manded by General Sweeny in person, are
marching upon St. Armand,a village fifteen
miles beyond St. Johns.
During the night and this morning heavy
reinforcements have been concentrating at
St. Johns and Hemmingford, being the two
principal points that cover MontreEd besides
Stanstead, situated still further east, which
is already well defended. Daring to•day
further reinforcements of all arms of the
service have been forwarded by the Grand
Trunk Railway to the, above important
points with the greatest possible despatch.
All freight and passenger travel over the
Grand Trruak has been suspended since
yesterday, leaving the re e d at the entire
disposal of the government. The daily
mail steam line was to-day seuMaed, and
the two boats at Prescott detaimxi by order
of the government for any emergeitel.
"Later this evening I learn that tvvo Brit
ish men-of-war are on the way here from
Quebec to aid in the public defence. The
royal mail steamer Himalaya has arrived
at Quebec with the Canadhua One Hun
dredth, or Prhaea of Wales regiment, to
gether, with the Forty-third regulars, di
reet.frinn
The gnvernment . have official informa
tion that large bodies of Fenian are con
.centrating- at Malone, N Y., nearly oppo
posite Cornwall, on the St. Lawrenee, with
a view, it is. supposed • to• make au attack
upon • the Grand. Trunk Railway or the ca
mil at some point between thiscity and Corn
wall, thereby cutting off the only commu
nication between Upper andLowerCanada.
To meet this the principal points between
Montreal and. Cornwall, where- the-Fenian
prisoners are under her Majesty's look and
key, have been heavily reinforf.edlby volun
teers of all arms, and to this point also; I am
reliably informed. her Majesty's 30th regu
lars, which left here last night, have been
sent. The 25th (Ringli Own Borderers) ware
likewise ordered to Cornwall, but upon
their arrival at the station the order was
countermanded on account of the threaten
ing aspect of affairs in the direction of St.
Johns.
To meet the defence of the St. Lawrence
two gunboats have been improvised from
tug boats plying in these waters—one in this
city and the other in Quebecz-equipped and
manned by marines from Her Majesty's
corvettes, the Pylades, lying at this point,
and the Aurora, at Quebec. These gunboats
will be equipped with Armstrong guns and
12-pounder howitzers. They sailed to-night
under sealed orders.
The 7th Fusileers, from Quebec, with the
4th battalion of the rifle brigade, Prince
Consort's Own, from this city, are under
marching orders to-night.
At six o'clock this afternoon Major Gen.
James Lindsay, commanding the depart
ment, who has sufficiently recovered from
theaccident mentioned in my last,inspected
the heavy reserves and regulars and volun
teers still held here. The parade took place
upon the Champ de Mars, and was a most
gorgeous spectacle. The entrance of General
Lindsay npon'the ground, and the move
ments of the troops drew forth the most en
thusiastic cheers from the thousands of citi
zens who beheld the review. The most un
bounded confidence is reposed in the vol
unteers by the citizens.
The news of the arrival of America's
great commander, Lieutenant General
Grant on the frontier, was received with
the wildest applause, as:the Canadians now
believe that the United States government
intend to act in good faith towards them.
Reinforcements are known to be on the
_way - here from Halifax, - and the steamer
Belgian will bring additional troops from
England.
Lieutenant-General Sir John Mitchel, K.
G. 8., Commander-in-Chief, returned to this
city yesterday from the West. Vice Admi
ral Sir James Hope, K. B. C., commanding
her Majesty's North American and West
India Squadron, leaves Halifax to-morrow
in the flag-ship Duncan for this place.
Some idea of the extent of the excitement
prevailing here may be gained from the fact
that the Montreal Heral3' , l3.as issued up
wards of 60,000 extras to-day.
Hernmingford is at this moment (12.30 A.
M.) the threatened point. The Canadian
forces are strong there.
BURNING OF A STEAMER.
Loss of Life---Destruotion of a Valua
ble Cargo.
'From the Eavannah Republican, May :At
We are indebted to Mr. W. Johnson,
Purser of the steamer Oak, for the follow
ing particulars of her loss : The steamer
Oak left Hawkinsviile on Saturday morn
ing last, under command of Captain W. J.
McCauley, with a freight consisting of 503
bales of upland cotton, three do. wool, and
two and a half barrels of dried fruit, having
on board a crew of twenty persons, Captain
Thomas Wilcox, a cabin passenger, and
two colored deck passengers. At 9 o'clock
on Monday evening last, when she had
reached -the southern and of Wilmington
Island,about five miles below Thunderbolt,
her cotton stored amidship was dicovered to
be on fire. In a few minutes afterwards the
steamer was wrapt in flames from stem to
stern, it being impossible under the circum
stances to make any effort to subdue it, and
it was only with the greatest difficulty and
the most aesperate endeavors that sixteen
of the crew, ineluding Captain McCauley,
Purser Johnson and Chief Engineer D. D.
Arden, succeeded in escaping a watery
grays by the aid of cotton bales and planks,
and by clinging to the anchor chains. Capt.
McCauley jumped overboard for the purpose
of reaching a cotton bale, but sunk twice
before he succeeded in doing so.
Purser Johnson also jumped into the
water with two heavy oaken sticks—the
latter sinking at once, and leaving him to
struggle alone, the steamer mean while
passing partially over him, he seizing her
wheel, and afterwards getting hold of a
gang plank, by which he managed to keen
himself afloat. The sloop Fleet, Captain
Thompson, was about a quarter of a mile
astern of the Oak at the time of the disaster,
and immediately dispatched her yawl boat
to render assistance, there being no wind
to enable her to come up herself, and thus
rescued Czptain M'Cauley, the Parser and
Chief Engineer, the latter, severely burnt
in the face and hands; being found strag
gling in the water about a mile from the
scene of the disaster; Mate Henry Bird,
Captain Wilcox, one colored deck passenger,
two colored stokers, the cook, colored, anti
five colored deck hands.
Previous to the yawl reaching the Oak,
the following persons were either drowned
or burned to death :
Geo. E. Atwell, the Second Engineer; A.
Campbell, - the Pilot; one negro girl (who
was a deck passenger); Alex. Martin, Jas.
Nathan, Henry Merritt, Butler, deck
hands, Wm. Fleming, steward, and A. De
Lyon, the cabin boy, all, with the excep
tion of the Second Engineer, being colored
persons.
The Fleet waited until flood tide when
she hove away for Thunderbolt, where she
landed those whom she had saved.
The steamer Oak was fully insured in
Northern offices, and her cotton is supposed
to be also covered by insurance. The Oak
subsequently drifted a shore on the south
ern end of Wilmington Island, where' she
now lies—vessel and cargo a total loss. All
of Captain MoCauley's personal effects, in
oludinp his freight list, private papers, dm,
were destroyed with his vessel.
F. L FETIERSTON. NW=
DOUBLE SHEET, THREE CENTS
DESTRUCTWE FIRE IN ST. LOUIS.
Burning of a Theatre and Other
Buildings.
Lioss $130,0 . 00.
[From Me St. Lola Democrat, of Friday 4
We have to chronicle another serious cork.
llagration. About five o'clock yesterday
afternoon, a heavy smoke was sn to isms
, from the windows of the Metropolitan The
atre, (formerly Wymenrs Hall,) .on Market
street, oppotelte the court house. In a mo
ment the flames burst through the roof, and
in less than ton minutes the whole building
was wrapped in a sheet of lurid fire.- Some
of the engines were at the ruins on the cor
ner of Third and Elm streets, where they
bad been at work since .9 o'clock the pre
vious night. It was therefore about fifteen
minutes before the firemen- arrived and
commenced working, main that time the
flames crept along the roof of the block of
buildings east of the theatre,-and the whole'
row, extending to the corner of Market
street, was greatly damaged. Part of the
walls of the theatre fell. crushing in the
building on the east, but fortunately no per
son was injured.
Wyman's Hall was a large- four-story
building, erected about the- year 1.11, by
Edward Wyman, Esq. ,whose famous school
for boys was in a portion of the building.
The main hall was at that time the largest
and finest in the city, and was used for
many years as a concert andlecture-room.
It was in this hall that Jenny Lind, the
Swedish Nightingale,delighted our citizens,
one of whom—a saloon-keeper named By
ron—immortalized his name by paying $5OO
for a ticket. After passing through the hands
of many lessees the hall was fitted up as a
museum, and contained the fi nest collection
of stuffed birds in the United States,besides
rare and valuable curiosities. A year or two
ago the house was purchased by Gen. T. L.
Price. for some $35,000, and the hall gas fit
ted up as a theatre, at a cost of about $lO,-
000. The English theater failing: to-pay ex
penses, passed into the hands of USr. Koser,
who converted it into a German theatre. It
was closed on the 15th inst., but the scenery
and properties remained in the house.
tinier the theatre were the stores of Jacob
Blattner, C. F. Meister and H. F. Breed,
whose stocks were totally destroyed. The
confectionery of J. C. Freund, in Blow's
building, adjoining the theatre,on the west,
was damaged by water, but the building
was not much injured.
The larg!, dry goods establishment of J. S.
Donegan, in Blow's building, Nos. 118 and
120, escaped injury from fire and water, but
the goo: were nearly all removed, and
were considerably damaged by the hand
ling. When Mr. Donegan sate the fire he
supposed his house would be destroyed, and,
commenced at once to remove his goods.
A wagon was obtained and partially filled'
with valuable silks, and while the clerks
were busy on the inside the wagon was
driven off, 'no one knows where. It is sup
posed that some daring thief took advantage
of the confusion and wentoff with the wagon
and its valuable load.
The losses and insurance, as nearly as we
could ascertain, are as follows: Jacob Blatt
ner, mathematical instrument maker,stock
totally destroyed: damage $35,000; insured
for $15,000. C. F. Meister, watchmaker,
loss and insurance not ascertained. J.
Christian Freund,confectioner, damaged by
water; insured for $lO,OOO in Capen's agen
cies. H. T. Breed, boot and shoe store
damage $15,000; insured for $5,000. D. A.
Biggers,grocery store,damage about $lO,OOO.
Chas. and John Schaaf, saloon, damage
V 3,500; insured for $1,500 in the St. Louis
Mutual. A. Ruf, umbrella store, loss not
ascertained. J. D. Sloan, dentist, loss about
$3,000, insurance policy expired two months
ago. Horurtz 3, - , Cohen, clothiers and tail
ors, loss estimated at $25,000, insured in the
South St. Louis, Etna,Alerchants' and Man
ufacturers', Arctic and Home, of ,New
York.
Wood's photograph gallery, loss about
52,000. Albert Moser, Manager German
Theatre, loss $15,000; insured for $2,500 in the
National Banking and Insurance Company.
Wardrobes and properties all destroyed.
There were some half a dozen families
residing in the upper story of the houses
on Market street, whose names we could
not learn.
The building next to the theatre was
owned by. D. Nicholson; the others, extend
ing to the corner of Fourth street, belonged
to the estate of David Chambers. They
were old, and of no great value, and $lO,OOO
will probably cover the damage. The theater
was worth probably $40,000.
The fire is believed to have been started
by an incendiary. The doors were closed,
and it is not known that any one was in the
theatre at the time.
The firemen worked manfully and well,
and were ably assisted by the police force
and the Fire Wardens.
AMJSEMENTS.
Thu TRMATRWs.—This evening at the
Chestnut the Webb sisters appear in' that
fascinating old favorite "The Forty
Thieves," together with "A Day Too Late."
At the Walnut Mr. Edwin Booth repeats
"Hamlet." "The Fool's Revenge" drew a
grand house on Saturday night, and passed
eff superbly. It will be repeated to-mor
row. At the Arch Miss Lucy Rdshton be
gins an engagement, appearing in "The Sea
Flower," supported by the full strength of
the company. At the American great
popular attractions are offered nightly.
THE CAROLINA TWINS are still drawing
well at Assembly Building. Their engage
ment doses in three days.
SIGNOR BLITZ'S levees are fully attendett
nightly and on Wednesday and Saturday
afternoons.
James P. Lauck, late Postmaster at La
fayette, Ind., and editor of the Lafayette
Journal, it is reported, succeeds Charles A.
Dana as editor of the Chicago Republican.
On the 27th nit, the venerable Amos Ken
dall leaves this country fora pleasure tour
of a year in Europe.
Major E. Reichenbach has closed up his
government business •at Harrisburg, and
the office of quartermaster has been discon
tinued. All business with the quartermas
ter's department will be transacted with the
Baltimore office.
Gov. Carry of Oiegon, is expected in the
city this evening. Ile will be at the Conti
nental. - '
GOLD ix NEW liaxesnmx.—Acoording
to a report of Dr. Hayes. State , Assayer of
Masfachusetts, the gold mines of. New
Hampshire are found to yield, per ton, 6867
in gold; the mixed quartz, talcsose slate, goy,-
sap, pyrites, do., yields, upon = Olialytatt o
f3IO 42 per ton. '
Personal.