IBBSON PEACOCK. Editar. VOLUME XX.---N0..,58 EVENING BULLETIN. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING: (3Cmdaye excepted) at 4307th lir S Z BZUStre r e l Z iE lg i rla D d Thr elP l itia. BYTE "Enda( :BOetin Association." . 111.0raiRTOBS, 411131101 MACIOCE, lERNEST ()MALL ACE; 1i". L. IITIEEMETON, FRCS. S. WILLIAMSON 17ASP33R SOURER, 7r., FRANCIS WELLS. The BULSWITor Is served. to oubscriben in the city at 4111021111 pat Valik, payable to the carriers, Or 88 00 per !ILRRIED. --- - - . LLOYD—GIVIIR Eli —On the lath Inst., at St. Paul's March, by. Bev. 'Diehard ;Newton, D. D., Clement E. Lloyd, to Irene E., eldest daughter of Wm, M..olthens, 4131 of this -uIIZT. No cards. - C. MIRSH-&LL—PLEIST.E.R.—At Chamberaburg,jurie .113• h, by the Rev. J. B. H. Janeway, at the residence o M. , 'Lellati. Esq., Mr. Wm. Marshall, of Ragers ltown, to lass Mary Ellen Relater. of Chambersburg,..- MALIIa--O.thIPBELIDn Wednesday, the 13th Anst.. by the Bev. Chas. D. Cooper, Caleb H. Malin tb daughter' of the late Qulntin Campbell. J a r., it _ • - orAbl WALBRIDG.to--wOOLLEY.—.usYork. June :IX by Rev. Howard Crosby, D. D.. Hon. He S Wel. TbriOge, of Ithaca, N. Y. ' and Mrs. Matilda Delavan 'Woolley, of New York. DIED. - - - . . BAIBD.—On. Sunday afternoo n , the lath Instant, at -4% o'clock, Amanda ..Pdalvina, the beloved wile of sTlitenait R. Baird, and sister of Hon. John S. Bradford, lilayor of age, the city of Springfield,Dl., in the 5.515 year , Of her 'The relatives and friends of the family are respect. Sally invited to attend the inneral..on Friday (to-mor. ,row) afternoon, the 15th, at2o'alock, from the residence aaf berhusband 'an North Tenth street. Faheral to proceed to_Odd Fellows' CemeterY. DIJNEWIL--BuddenlY, on the 13th instant, Mrs. En . gthemia Dunham, - relict of_the late A. W. Dunham, in the 44thy ear of tier age. Her relatives and 3trlends are respectfully invited 710 attend her inneral,from the residence of her brother :ln-law, at the corner of Johnson street and Green, .Germantown, on Saturday, June 16th, 1566, at le ...o'clock In the morning, • ** HABLEIIITBST.—On the 14th inst., at her residence fine this city. Amity, youngest daughter of the late :Samuel Hazlehurst. JANNEY.—On Tuesday the 12th inst, Mrs. Lydia 0., widow of the date Dr. Benjamin S. Janey, in the 69th :year other age._ The relatives and friends of the family are respect. Sully invited to attend the funeral, from her late reel.- ..deuce, No. 11 Woodland Terrace, West Pniladelphia, .on Friday morning, at 9 o'clock. ** B_ELLY.—Oh the morning of the 14th inat., Mrs. IDornthy Belly, relict of the late Thomas Kelly, in the ** 32. d year of her age. PATTON.—On the 14th inst.. at I(),.o'clock, Joseph Patton, late Lieutenant of the Sixth Police Mistrict. Due notice will be given of his funeral * BICHABDSON.—On the evening of the 12th inst., at the residence of his son. A. H. G. Richatdson, Mr. CbitEt, E. H. 'Richardson, in his 67th year. Funeral services at his residence, Ne. 1934 Locust Street on 'Friday, the 15th Inst.- BOGERS.—At Shawiands, near Glasgow, Scotland. Nay 29. 1E66, -Henry Darwin Rogers; Professor of Mailing History in the University of Glasgow ,formerly of Philadelphia. MITRE & LANDELL, Fourth and Arch streets, have Buff Linens, for ladles' suits. Pongees, light shades, for do. Crape lingenlas, for do. Pearl-colored Mohair, for do. 'Light - Lenos, new goods. ' 1:1W XD) RI Feat) 4 (I) 100P4RDIEE SCIENTIFIC COIRSE LArAmTTE COLLEGE. Tn addition hit the general Course of Instruction in this Department, designed to lay a substantial basis of Inuradetime and *scholarly culture, *students can pursue thaselarancheawhichare essentially practical and tech- B2EIGINamp.ING, Civil, Topographical and Nechardeat; MINING and 3DITALLURGY; AROSE ingCTUBIf,„ _and the application of Caembitry to AO RICIILTURR and the ARTS. There is also afforded stn Mill for special Bendy of TRADE ano COM ODEEtb LANGUAGES and PHILO LOGY; andof the HISTORY and INSITTUTIONS of our own =May. For Circulars apply to President CA.TTELL, or to Prot R. B. YOUNGMAN% Earrrow,,P.a„ April 4, 1868. Clerk of the Faculty. • 11411.61:1101 0 T I 0 E.— PENNSYLVANIA RESERVE CORPS. Committee of Arrangements for the reception of the Battle Flogs of Pennsy,vsnia Reglments, by his — Rxcellency, Governor Curtin, on the Fourth of July atext, have expressed a wish that the PEN STSY LV.d.- 2CLOoRESERVE CORPS should parade upon that oc casion as a Divi.ton, and have authorized me to give -:xtotice to that effect. I therefore respectfully request the late officers of the Pennsylvania Reserves torps to re-organize their respective regiments for the purpose of participatmg In the ceremonies referred to, and to report to me at ,an early date the probable number of men they will be .able to parade. HORATIO G. BICKEL, Late Colonel 3d Reg't Pa. Res. Corps and Brevet Brig. Gen. IL S. Vole HEALTH OFFICE, 25. W. car. sixth and Sansom eta. 10. .DONDEST HALL—Fancy, Floral and Straw berry Fair. to aid in purchasing a home for the regtd and 'infirm members ut the 31. E. Church, con:i s:nearing .Innellth. andcontinuing two weeks. The - Washington Bram Band will be ID attendance. - Dona Aloxu3 thankfully received at any of the 31. Churchel Aar by the officers. • PRESIDENT. • Mig. Bishop Slmpson, 1807 Mount Vernon street. Mrs. 'Rebecca Bacomit , 113 Vine street. Mrs. Alexander Cummings, 1525 Walnut street. Mrs. Ir. W. Cassidy 233 D. orth Tenth street. -Mrs. - Casldy, Tenth street, below vine. Mrs. James Early, 814 South Tenth street. Mrs. J.O. Winchester-734 South Ninth street. SECRETARY. -XIS. A.. W. Band, 1821 Wallace street. ' TERASURER. 13e12 tu,th,s,6trp Mrsjamee Long, 1106 Shackamaxon street. FORTH PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD AND V the LANE.—The undersigneare -Irl li Zerlng the best quality of Lehigh Coal from the :above place, to the residents of Germantown and, tvicinityort the following low rates, viz: 33roken and Egg for - Furnace atinStove for Range 58 00 Nut or Chestnut. Address Box W. Germantown Post Office. • 2°, Office 15 South SEVENTH street, Philadelphia; or y(dgia4BrODTH PENNSYLVANIA. RAILR OAD Lane. - jes-26trpf .4W532E1t PIEfILADEDPHIA, WIL aIGTON AISID RALTI.IIOItE EALLROAD June 14,1866. The 808111 ofDirectors have declared a dividend of FIVEPERCENT.cIear of Government tax. on the Capital Mock of the compalry, payable on and after -2d July next. tlitatu,Stt .a_tAte.RED IiORNER, Sec'y. ,tqb DIVED 51417).—Tb e Dir ec o; aof the D&LZ ELL PETROL. ollf COUP , Y. have this day declared lvidend ofONE PER CENT. on the Capital dtock of State tax payable on and 21S.W ainnt after the tint inst.; inst.; at 4the Office of the Company,o. Transfer books will close 15th inst., and reopen :Sad inst. CHAS. H. REEVES, . Je14,t044i . Secretary. 1113°HOWAILD HOSPITAL,' Nos. 1518 and 1520 . Lombard street, Dispensary Department. Me dical t[ eat and medicines furnished gratuitously .Lo the poor. se2B THE ChEcomma.—lsliss Sarah Kelly, of l'Shirty-fifth street, between Fifth and Sixth ;avenues. - New - York, died of cholera on 'Tuesday night, after a sickness of thirty-six hours. The last report from the cholera .43111 p is dated yesterday. There were, on - the 12th, ki patients; 3 were received, 3res terdey morning; 2 died, and 45 were under treatment When the quarantine boat left. Tmz new trial of Coovert for the murder, .of Alice Koos°, was concluded at Lebanon, 'Ohio, on Saturday evening. Thejury were •out Of the court room but half an hour, and returned with a verdict of guilty in the first' 'degree. It its saidthat the prosecution now :intend to arrest Harrisoit McNeal, a brother .in-law of Cckovert, .as an accessory in the murder. CoTrou in Georgia has commenced to blossom. - The-recent- Tains have over -whelmed the crop in many places with grass. Wheat throughout.the State is har -vested, and although ,the crop turns outbet ter thanwas feared some time ago, it is by no`means excellent. ;'Frvt num encamped in a tent near Fort Leavenwortb,,were etruck_by lightning on May 19th, and four of the party were killed. The fifth barely escaped,being badly singed. The lightning - ran down hu4' back and shivered. his boots, but he-will probably re • cover. - • nt _ , ' . . . .. • .- _ ...._. , ~. , - . - . . ~.,'.. i.,.. ~_-..., :. :: ~•:' . - 1 . '." - '7„.--.... - .... ~. . - 1 .. ....-. ~ ,'--, .'--,,. .-, ~.. , _ ~,. „. ..,. . . .. .. ~,. . . . ' ~ . . ' . 0•11,,...- ' - . , ;.,.--,-`-..'.. .--, .--. °T..- . ''' , . , .. . . . , . . ._ . .. , . . Jig. , . . •.. . ~ . . ~ . . • .. .. . ~ ... • J.t. _ .. _, • ..„, _ „ . , . .„.... , ..,• ~...• ...._... . . . jel4-3trps BINES & S EA.FE" NEW PIIBIJCA.TIONS. "Armadale," Wilkie Collins's last - novel, which has been running through Harper's Magazine, "has just been published in com plete book form by Harper /t, Brothers. • Wilkie - Collins has established himself upon such sure ground by his "Woman in White' , and •'No Name " that whatever he writes is certain to coilLnand•• the 'attention 'of the' whole reading world. The >reviewer need, do little more than chronicle the publication. His praise or censure will have little to do, with the popularity of the book. "Arma dale" presents all the same features that, were most prominent in the author's other: works. The characters are of much the' some style. Mystery, plot and counter- plot run all through the story, often with most bewildering confusion. The most astounding improbabilities - mee t the reader at every step, and even occsa. atonal impossibilities lend their aid to de- velope the strange design of the author. The principal actors are few in number and powerfully drawn, but• there is a curious: intricacy about their relations which keeps the reader constantly at work to preserve their separate identities. There are many high-wrought dramatic scenes occuring all through the progress of the story, which bring out the peculiar powers of Mr. Col lins with striking effect. Thousands have already read "Armadale" in its serial form, and many thousands more will read it now, with intense interest. It is for sale by T. B. Peterson 6,-, Brothers. Whoever desires a fresh, sound, healthy novel, with a most interesting plot, well drawn characters and charming descrip tions of life in the Cote d'or region of France, should get "Hand and Glove," by Miss Ed wards, published by Harper & Brothers. She makes a droll mistake in speaking of a "Massachusetts cotton plantation," but her book is positively delightful, and in these days of sensation stories, it is most refresh ing. The chapters on the vintage will be read with especial pleasure. Part IV. of the Bible, with Gustave Dere's illustrations, has been sent to us by Mr. C. J. Price, 21 South Sixth street. It is the English edition of Messrs. Cassell, Fetter Galpin, and subscriptions may be made at Mr. Price's. The illustrations of the num ber are fine, of course, the first one, "The, Prayer of Jacob," being strikingly so. The engraver is H. Pisan, who is especially suc cessful In reproducing Dore's designs. Facts and Fancies. Some of the London. Club men were face tious over their losses by Overend,Gurney Co. A young barrister, who was supposed, as a friend suggested, to be "quite upet" by the loss of five hundred, replied, "Not at all; I only lost my balance." At Fort Wayne,lnd. few days ago,a man stole a canal boat loaded with goods and towed it to Toledo, from whence it was brought to Buffalo and transferred to the Erie Canal. The thief must have been a sort of Tow-leader himself. Mr. Charles Dickens has an engagement with Messrs. Chappell for thirty evenings readinga,mainly in the provinces. He reads entirely from his own works,and draws fifty pounds, and immense houses. One would think that a man who could draw immense houses could draw more than fifty pounds. The Boston Post very absurdly asserts that "League Island is so unhealthy that no man can live upon it without shaking the clothes off his back with fever and ague." We admit that, compared with League Island,the sites suggested by New England are no great shakes. A young girl, named Molly Mohan, ac companied one of the Fenian regiments from Wisconsin to the field as its "daughter.". She is said to be highly educated. She wears a short woollen dress and trousers,on which is embroidered the Irish harp in silk. A. new way of "harping on mee daughter." We congratulate Molly that she was allowed to sport her embroidered trousers without getting into any deadly breeches. The. Song of the Ship Caulker—" Come! Oakum with me !" • Another Express Robbery. ] From the St. Louis Democrat.] The United States Express Company has again been victimized to the tune of at least $12,000. The robbery occurred about three o'clock on Friday„morning last, on the train between Lee's Sulmnit . and Pleasant Hill, on the Pacific Railroad. The train started at the usual hour from Kansas City. It is customary for the express messenger to take a nap until the train arrives at War rensburg where he generally has business to attend to. Captain Richard Ivers, the messenger in, charge of the money packages of the United States Express Company, went to sleep as, usual, shortly after the train left Kansas City. The train stepped to wood two miles, beyond Pleasant Hill, and it was there that the messenger discovered that during his' nap some one had entsred the car, un locked the safe and carried off all the money packages, estimated at about $12,000. At the wood station a man named Austin M. Faulk got off the train, with a carpet sack in his hand. As soon as the robbery was discovered, Faulk was arrested,. The money, however, was not found in his pos session and the probability is that if he stole it, he threw it off the train on the road side,with the intentionef going back after it. We are informed that papers were found in Faulk's possession, showing that a rob bery of the kind was contemplated, and im plicating the fireman on the train, whose name we did not learn. We think if Capt. Ham Best., and the other detectives wno "worked up" the other robbery, were sent for, they could soon find the stolen money,. and get a full confession from the robbers. It appears that the key of the safe was taken from the pocket of the sleeping mes senger, and - was returned to its place after the safe had been rifled of its contents. POSTAGE TO THE WEST INDIES.—From thp Ist of July next letters posted in the United States and addressed to the British West Indies, Curacoa Saba, St. Eustatius, and St. Martin, may be transmitted to their destination by way of Erance, in the French mail, at a postage of 33 cents for each single rate of one•quarter ounce or under, prepay mentbeing optional with the sender... ~ REV. W.M. BLYTHE, a Methodist prgaeher at Greensboro, Ga., undertook to beat a ne gro in the old-fashioned style, a few days ago; but the negro fractured Mr. Blythe's skull with a heavy stone, so that he is not expected to. survive. PHILADELPHIA.; THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1866. SANTA ANNA. Address to the Mexican People---He Exhorts Mexicans of All .Parties to Unite and Drivethe Usurpers froth_ the Country---Rifutation of His Alleged" Monarchical Proclivi ties---He Declares a Mon- - archy in Mexico to be an ._. Impossibilit,---Juarez and Ortega Advised to Shake Hands and , „ Pitch into the In vaders--The Re- ' • storation of the Republic the Acme of His Ambition. General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna issues an address to the Mexican people, which we condense as follows. He, opens by alluding to the trial to which nations are subjected for their good and gives Mexico as a prominent instance in point. He pro ceeds to urge that his own conduct as ruler of that country was that of a patriot He speaks of his ejection from • Mexico by Gen eral Bazaine, and while admitting that he may. have erred he declares that he did everything in good faith and with an eye to his country's welfare. He thus cloies : A bandage covers the eyes of our people and my own. We have Jointly . erred and suffered, and we have now warning and ex perience. lam not egotistic and I desire to take part in repairing our error. Where is the Mexican who can refuse my services without incurring the opprobrium of history, or deny me the right to tight, and die if necessary, in defence of our desolate hearths? If it is desired to achieve a solid and enduring peace, is it right or just to turn the back upon an old soldier of the nation who only asks his countrymen for a spot of where he can stand and fight against the usurpers of our rights? Who is there that has sufficient authority to say to me, "Stand back! you are a Mexican, but you cannot be allowed to draw your sword, as of yore, in defence of the country which gave you birth, and of the Republic which you yourself founded." Upon what prin ciple, whether liberal or conservative, could such injustice be upheld? In the great, struggle of our country no element however insignificant it may appear, that can Paused to the advantage of the nation can be con sidered useless. Further, I perceive, in view of the facts already stated, and of the events that have taken place in our country during the last five years, that the general tendency of the people is in favor of a Re public, and that a monarchy is an impossi bility in Mexico. In Spanish America the throne is the forerunner of the scaffold. Party sentiment must not be made the cri terion of the course of contemporary actors.' It rests with history to give an impartial ver sion, and I am certain that history will do me justice. Stand together, my countrymen! Let us consign all each recriminations to oblivion, for they are detrimental to our country. I have given an explanation of my public acts, and in like manner I am ready to give, any guarantees for my sincerity that may be required. Do not forget that domestic dissension when the soil of oar country is; being profaned by foreign invaders is equiv alent to desertion in the face of the enemy, and that, though there is no law whereby it can be punished, yet we must pass through the ordeal of an inflexible and avenging posterity, which will reward only self-denial, patriotism and true magnanim ity,. juarez is a good patriot and Ortega is a worthy son of Mexico. Why are they not' united? 'Why augment, through their dis union, the afflictions of our fellow-citizens? I hope yet to see them friends. ft is not for me to say who has a right to the Presidency, nor on whose side is the law; my object is to avenge the affront offered to our country by driving far from her midst the implacable tyrants that oppress her. Detail dissensions among our compatriots cease, and let all hatred be reserved for the foreign domina-: tion that covers us now with ignominy and, shame. Juarez and Ortega should put an end to their resentments by a cordial em brace. Lcing and strenuously have the de fenders of the republic struggled in Mexico,: and, notwithstanding suth great heroism,sh firm a constancy, and so much sacrifice, the' work is to-day no further advanced than' it was in the beginning. By reason of my antecedents, of my position in -the conservative party, and even of my long absence from the country, I believe myself to be the one called upon to, reconcile all minds, setting the example' of submission to the constitutional govern ment, as I now sincerely do. Thus I per-, form a patriotic duty, I obey the impulses of my own heart, and I satisfy the desires of hundreds of Mexicans who have called me to action. It will notsurprise me to find my conduct misconstrued and base inten tions attributed to me, inspired by egotism. I expect that already; I am prepared' for all. But, I shall, nevertheless, feel for my country at the sight presented by some of my fellow citizens rejecting' all association with me in these solemn moments of our country's life. I shall have fears lest our past experience and the ; warnings which we have received prove of: no avail in producing union. Those who so oppose me will have given an eloquent explanation• of our past - misfortunes ; but let them take note that I will never cowardly ; abandon the cause of the Republic. Should' my hopes be frustrated by unexpected: events, or through the influence of bad pas sions, I shall have fulfilled .my duty at all events, and ' the world can judge whether others have done theirs more faithfully 'than I have. My heart is young enough and my arm is strong enough to take part in the glorious struggle which Is destined to achieve the second in- , • dependence of Mexico. I. feel that this is in accordance with my antecedents,• my po sition, my years, and the glory which I de sire for my name. Ido not wish to give up the sole ambition that impels and rules me —namely, to drive our oppressors beyond the ocean, tore-establish the republic, and then withdraw to private life once more. No throne on earth could tempt me from , OUR WHOLE COUNTRY. that retirepaent, and I solemnly declare that on the day of victory I will demand no other reward. Let us advance and unite the standards of our country which have been torn by the hands of the usurpers. Let us set again,on its sacred pedestal . the 'statue of liberty, thrown down, by the invaders. -Let us give no rest to the tyrant who oppresses us. He has changed - our 'vast plains into terrible deserts, where the hones of our brethren, ' immolated on the altar of duty or victims to the hired assassins of an empire, lie bleaching. He rains the nation's exchequer and makes monetary contracts abroad that are unwarrantable, believing that it will be easy for .him to throw their weight upon the shoulders of our martyred people. The Auebrian prince has spread. a veil of mourning over the glory of our annals, and' in place. of the prosperity which he pro- ' raised he has loaded us with misfortune and covered us with contempt and ignominy. Thousands of Widows and , orphans cry out for vengeance. Let us avenge them, corn patriota !,=Union and fraternity be among us until we accomplish this!' It is now time, Mexicans, to forget for ever our peat contentions and to make a strenuous effort,- at once terrible and sim ultaneous, against our common enemy. Thetrem en dou wonslaughts of our indomita ble soldiers will bring the reveille of liberty, joy to the hearts of mothers and rejoicing to our country. Heaven grant that the con tentment which I foreshadow be not dis turbed' by, new fratricidal dissensions ! Union shall be my watchword before the tight. Union, again; after our victory. God alone is infallible, and it would be a monstrous presumption on my part, were I to set myself np as tree from error du ring my long public career; but, with my hand on my heart, I can say that never has my will been an accomplice in my faults, but rather the impotence of human nature to accomplish good in the absolute. Trost to the sincerity of my words and intentions. I cannot, I should not, nor will I close the book of my life with a falsehood. I only seek for my tomb a new laurel tree, whose shadow shall cover it in the midst of peace. Let us hasten the hour of our nation's triumph. Confide in my words, and be ready. Down with the empire ! Long live the republic! A. L. DE SANTA ANNA. Llizabethport, N. J., June 5, 1866. Terrible Street Collbsion in Cblea,To. The Chicago Post of the 7th inst. says: About one o'clock this morning a fire broke out in the Metropolitan Block, and promptly on the alarm being sounded, the steamer Wiinomy started - out, and, dashing along the street toward the scene of action, it reached the railroad crossing of the Burling ton and Quincy Railroad on Sixteenth street. There everything was quiet. There were no signal lights shown, nothing to give warning of danger. Without slacken ing its speed the steamer bounded en to the rails, and the same instant the men in charge of it saw a locomotive dashing down upon them at the rate of 15 miles an hour. They had but an instant to think of their position. Before any of them had time even to leap from his place the locomotive was upon them. There was a crash, a terrible concussion. and the next instant the splendid team of horses were lying, on the track, mangled and dead, the steamer was standing a shattered wreck behind them, and the men were scattered around in every direction, and lying stunned and bewildered, neither of them being able for a time to realize the nature or extent of the disaster which had occurred. The engineer of the locomotive was among the first to compre hend the situation,, without waiting to as certain the extent of the damage which his criminal negligence had occasioned, he pru dently got oil his engine and made off. Had he been going at the prescribed rate of four miles an hour ' the "Economy," which was drawn by the best team belonging to the fire department, would have been clear across the track before a collision could have occurred. The noise of the collision soon brought a number of people to thespot, who proceeded to examine into the condition of the men who had been thrown from the steamer. One of the first they encountered was Dan Hart, the driver of the Economy, who was found lying at a considerable distance from the wreck of the steamer. He was taken up quite dead, having been evidently killed instantly on the collision taking place. Joseph Stoltz, a pipe na an. was found jam med in between a shanty and:the track, and so severely hurt that no hopes are entertained of his recovery. Alfred Pendleton received a serious injury in the back. Chris. Good man, a pipen3an, had his leg badly_ hurt below the knee, and Tom. Cooper, .engineer,, bad several injuries more or less serious.. Both the horses were instantly, killed. mediately upon the accident being reported: to the Fire Marshal, a detachment of police were sent to the spot, who promptly took charge of the ,sufferers. The locomotive was found to be but slightly injured, but the front part of the steamer was nom p'etely smashed. Until the inquest is held upon the body of the unfortunate Dan Hart, it will be impossible to say definitely in how far the engineer of the locomotive is lcupable, but at present the general impres sion is that it was solely through his reck lessness that the catastrophe occurred. Pennsylvania Crops. ALLEGHENY COIINTY.—Since the late rains the prosp . ect for an abundant hay crop is very promising. ' The tillers of the soil are consequently in a happier frame of mind than when their eyes rested on nothing but their parched and scorched acres. The hay market, too, feels the effect of the late rains, and is now crowded with persons anxious to sell the remainder of last year's crop. The result is, thatices have receded, and hay that last week was selling for thirty five dollars finds few purchasers now at fifteen, The wheat crop is reported by the farmers as in excellent condition.—Pitts burgh Gazette. BADLY SoLD.—A letter from} California says: The blausted Eng Ushers must have queer ideas of this country and its resources. Recently, a gentleman :metallurgist brought from England an assay furnace and appa ratus.for making assays. Supposing, pro bably, that this, not , being a British posses sion, must be terribly benighted, he brought along, not only fire bricks, to use in the fur nace, but common bricks to set" it up, and thirty-eight feet of stove-pipe, paying the heavy rata of freight on all by steamer and over the Isthmus. He must have been somewhat surprised to find he could obtain here apparatus of every kind and quality, and a very good article of bricks at about five dollars per thousand. We wilt send a missionary to England. Samuel N. Pike, of Cincinnati, declines to rebuild his opera house. He does not seem to have been properly supported in the en NEWS FROM VENEZUELA. Neto of President Falcon Against the Al- Mince with Chile and Peru--Popular Blot and Attack on the Spanish Le. gallon—Punishment of the Bing-. . leaders-,Personal Safety of . , Spaniards.Guarauteed,&e. (Correspondence or the New York Herald.l HANAN*, June 9th, 1866.—The French steamer, Panama, from St. Thomas, brings news from Venezuela; wllich I send you by; first conveyance. The dates from Caracas are to the 24th of, May. - The papers are filled with - the impor tant question prevailing throughout the, country relative to the attitude the republic • should assumein the actual conflict between Spain and the republics of the Pacific. The Caracas Federalisto of the 9th ult. re fers to the debate which had taken place in , Congress with respect to the President's message, - *herein he communicated to that body the news of the bombardment of via paraiso, and expressed his desire to know the policy which Congress might think pro per to adopt on the occasion. A committee was appointed accordingly, the proceedings -of which we find in papers of a more recent date. They submitted to both houses a re solution that Venezuela should unite her self with Peru and Chile. The resolution was adopted; but the President vetoed it as rash and impolitic. This course on the part of the Executive produced a riot among certain classes of the population, who at tacked the Spanish Legation, destroyed the archives and committed all kinds of ex cesses. The ringleaders of this disgraceful affair were arrested, tried and punished. The government are determined not to com mit themselves by an imprudent alliance with Chile and Peru in the war with Spain, finless it should appear that the latter harbored intentions against the independ ence of the Spanish-American republics, which no one alleges. The Minister for the Interior had issued a circular with reference to the neceesary security to Spaniards resident in the Re public. The Minister of Finance had made an ar rangement with the Dutch banking house of Messrs. I. A. Jesuram & Son, whereby the latter engage to enpply the government from the ISth of May to the 18th of January next with the sum of five thousand dollars daily, and in reimbursement thereof they were to receive orders on the custom houses of Laguayra, Puerto-Cabello, Bolivar City, and Maracaibo. A further loan to the Govern ment of $134,000 was also arranged for by the same parts, duly guaranteed by the Govern ment. Conflagration in New York—Destrnetion or an Armory- Loss $30,000. - [From to-day's Now York W0r03,1 At an early hour yesterday morning, a destructive conflagration occurred at - the junction of West Houston and Bedford streets, ,involving the destruction of the Starr Armory and considerable damage to the adjoining property. The fire brokeout at about 2A. M. on the first floor of the four-story building No. 180 West Houston street, occupied by G. W. Gilbert as a horse shoeing and blacksmith shop. The flames spread rapidly to the upper stories of the building, and also to the upper floors of the adjoining buildings, Nos. 152, 184, and 186, and in the same street, whichcomprised the Starr Armory owned by W.O. & W. S. Starr. Here there were a large number of muskets and other fire-arms undergoing the process of cleaning and repairing. A greater portion of the muskets had been recently purchased at government sales,and were loaded. They bad been stored in the armory in that con dition, and when the fire reached them, and they became heated, a volley of musketry was the result, spreading consternation among the bystanders, and causing quite en excitement among peaceful inhabitants in the surrounding tenements. The police on the ground formed a more extensive cordon around the burning buildings, and prevented any but firemen from passing while the miniature bombardment was kept up at short intervals for several hours. For tunately none of the muskets were pointed towards the street, and thus no one was in - jured by the dischargeof musketry. In the meantime the firemen were at work endea voring to extinguish the flames, but did not succeed until the three upper floors of Nos. 180, 182, 184 and the fourth floor of No. 186 were entirely burned out. The loss of Messrs. Starr on stock and machinery is computed at $10,000; insured for $5,500 in the Home, of New Haven; Al bany CityaridCommonwealth,of New York. Tee greater portion of the fire-arms on the premises were owned as follows : 1;000 ' muskets by Schuyler, Hartley & Graham, of 19 Maiden lane; 600 by W.J. Syms &Bro., , 300 by Cooper & Pond, and 400 pistols by Thos. Jones, of 10 John street. All these ' were destroyed, and were not insured. ' The second floor of the corner building is occupied by Matthew Higgins, manufac turer of sewing machines. Mr. Higgins bad 200 completed machines on hisprenuses which were all destroyed;loss about $10,000; no insurance. - The third floors of 182, 184, and a portion of 186, were occupied by Chas. Landsman, weaver of hemp hose; loss, $500; insured for $9OO. The first floors of 184 and 186 Houston street, are occupied by Wm. Terwilliger, manufacturer of iron safes; stock considera bly damaged by water; fully insured. -The basement of No. 182 is occupied by Wm. Horsfall & Co., blacksmiths and wa gon axle makers; damage chiefly by water, $1,500; no insurance. The loss of Mr. Gilbert,the horse-shoer, In whose place the fire is supposed to have ori ginated, is estimated at $1,000; insured for that amount in the New Jersey State Insu rance Company. The buildings on Houston street are owned by A. & S. Bussell. They are da maged to the amount of sB,ooo;they are fally insured. • The buildings Nos. 3 and sBedford street, are occupied by Hall & Labagh,organ build ers,.whose stock is damaged by water about $2,000; insured for $7,000, in Bowery, City, Globd, Western, and Arctic Insurance Corn. panics. The cause of the fire is unknown. SENATOR CowAiv recently:printed one of his humorous speeches, and sent a copy thereof to the Conneaaville (Pa.) Record, which acknowledged the receipt thereof as follows: "Mr. Edgar Cowan, M. C., for merly a representative of Pennsylvania in the U. S. Senate, has our thanks for a liberal. • supply of wrapping. While thankful for small favors, if it is just the same :to him, he will oblige us by next time sending white sheets instead of going to the expense of having thorn printed with large t•ype, "speech of Cowan," eto. It spoils them for anything but wrapping paper, and is a reckless waste of raw material." F. L. FETB:ERSTON..PdMum DOUBLE SHEET,' TH.REE CENTS Death or Hon. Noses V. Odell. - (From To-day'a N. Y. Herald.l President Johnson's triost - impoitant etp pointments in this'district have died within a year of their appointment; - Preston King. the :Collector, committed suicide some months ago, and now the death of Moses F. Odell, the Naval Officer of the Port, - is an nounced. He died or cancer in the'mouth, at his residence in Orange street, Brooklyrr, yesterday morning. - • Moses Fowler . Odell was born at Tarry Westchester county, on the 2 21 t h• of February, 1818. His family removed - to New York city shortly after his birth; and be received his education in the common schools of this city. Early in life he'receised an appointment in the' Custom Elintser,where he soon proved himself a tieenliarly . - Vain* ble servant and for merit was promoted step by step until he was made Assistant Collect or, which office he held during the atimbr 4 - istrtition of President Polk. Being a 44pi ocrat; when the Taylor "administration came in, Mr. Odell was removed' from. - Ma 'Oat and put to another desk. He Was, hoWever, shortly replaced, notwithstanding his „pnli tics, the Collector finding him indispenaa.:= ble. He continued - to hold' his place - under - Collectors Bronson and Redfield, until'he resigned; under 'ate latter. - He was subsequently elected totbe Thirty . - eichth Congress, in which he aeried until .1 1864. In 1861_ he declared his unalterable devotion to the -Union, and came out as me ultra war democrat.. lathe Congress of 1862-'64 he went still further, and avowed the conviction that slavery ought notto sur vive the war. With a small minority of the democratic members be voted first for the - abolition of slavery in the District of Coluni- ! , bia, and afterwards for the constitutional i amendment abolishing slavery in the United - States, and thereby lost a renomination for Congress in 1E65. Wnen Mr. Johnson sue- - ceeded to the office of President. Mr. Odell was appointed by him Naval Officer for the Port of New York. It was perhaps the first indication given by the President of his fu ture policy, though the personal friendship existing between the President and Mr. Odell in a great measure accounted for the selection. Funs IN SAN Fuarintsco.—A Califonia correspondent writes: There is no necessity for furs any time in this climate, but we do have rich, lovely furs lust from the north coast, and' over from the Raesian posses sions, and it is a duty every lady considers that she owes society and herself, to have a set of fuis. They are to be found in every fathily ; children err.for them, and ofitimes family differences_ and domestics imbroglios are settled by the evapromise of a set of furs. There is hardly_any style of dinnestie grievance that cannot be settled. The court is saved many a divorce trial by these tear dryers. - The time was when other things sufficed,, in early days— a set of quartz jewelry,_ then diamond ear-rings, tnen cathel's-hair" shawl-;- but they won't, (*a •• now; for in most instances these dothestic differences have occurred sufficiently Offen to have enabled' the lady to go through the list; they • have them all. There are few families that can't show the whole catakigue; but Inman aware =darn. mattim a nnd I would advise all married people contemplating comingto California, especially the male member, to be cautions how he raises a breeze on a slight provoca tion, unless prepared to pay the penalty. Furs are at present the recognized currency for serious outbreaks. A silk dress or even theatre tickets may do for little short comings, late-comings, not coming at all, or inability to find the keyhole, or distin guish the number after the gas had been extingnished, &c.; but for real, serious and warlike demonstrations, there is no balm, nothing so soothing as fors. You can't set tle much of a row with a bonnet, either: there is too little of them; they are no longer current. I don't know how far agood four pound waterfall or a couple of pounds of ringlets might go: but as they are among the necessaries of life, the indispensables, they probably don't count for anything. SINGULAR COINCIDENCE. —Thu Gettys burg Sentinel says : We learn, with regret, ihat Mr. Isaac Wolf, Jr., of Berwick town ship, in this county (abrother of the County Commissioner, Samuel Wolf, Esq.), had leg broken a week or two since, by the fall ing of a tree. It appears that the tree Mr. olf was chopping down, in falling, caught his leg, breaking and crushing it, most hor ribly. Medical assistance was summoned, and he is now doing well. This circumstances is quite a singular coincidence—being bat week before last that we announced the ac cident befalling the County Commissioner, in which he' had his leg broken—that two brothers should meet with similar accidents under different circumstances, in the short space of a' few weeks. - _ - DASTARDLY MURDER.—Mr. Robert Clark, of Greenwood county,' was murdered on Sunday last by- three brutes who are sup posed to have been Missouri bushwhackers. The murderers, who were on horseback, rode up to Mr. Clark's house about the mid dle of the afternoon and inquired- of Mr. Clark the.way to a neighbor's. Mr. Clark. who was nursing a child, went to the door to give the desired information, and as be raised his right arm to indicate the direction he was shot through the heart by one ef the ruffians. Death ensued immediau3ly.—Fhist the Burlington, Kansas, Patriot. . - A STRIKE ENDED.— Says to-day's New York Times': The ship carpenters' strike in thikcity, which commenced on the 2d of April, the mechanics demanding that eight hours should constitute a day's work, has terminated. The men have returned' to their work under the old system. The calkers, who also struck for the same, still make a show of holding out; but so many of them have returned to the ship yards that there is no scarcity of hands. The eight-hour system is thus proved to be impracticable in New York. POSTAL MATTERS SOUTEL,-Of the recently established or re-opened Post Offices in the South, there were very few in which Post masters or Postmistresses appointed could not take the oath. The people generally_are beginning to understand that the oath is irdispensable,that every Postmaster's bond must be approved by the Department before a commission is sent, and that no Post Office can be put in opp.ration until the Postmaster has that commission. THE LOIIISLAXA. LESTRFA.—Messrs. Duvld and Claiborne, representing the interests of Louisiana, are now in Washington urging upon Congress the passage of a law provid ing for the repair of certain levees, owing to the crevasses in which large sections'of the State are deluged, thus preventing. the raising of the usual crops of sugar. and. cotton. NVINorrA, IVisconEan, must be a niceplace at the presebt time. = Among the induce rnents tor gentlemen to settle there ? it men tions that they can fish out of their garret windows, swim in their parlors, build skiffs on their r00f13,._ practise rowing over their door-yards; and keep 'dtteke."
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