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VOLUME XL-NO. 6.0.
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PEOPEEECTOBE.
PEAOOOE, IERNEST O. WALLAOE.
111TEBILWON, . J.WILLIAM SON
VALISPILS s OUlitinit, Jr., THOS FRANCIS WELLS.
The =mem is served to subscribers In the city at
al cads per week. payable to the carriers, or Se 00 per
Puma.
JIMMIED.
: L•WINIAMICK-O. I mITH. — On the 13th Instant, at St.
'PISMOe church, by the Rev. Charles Cooper, hir. How.
sod Helmick to Amelia V., daughter of the late John
etalth. Esq., ot thts city. No cards. . 0 *
• DIED.
- - -
COMEIXS.—On the tb inst., of paralysis,
isa M. f.A' robes, in the 14
67th year of - ber age. Mrs. Lou
' The relatives and friends of the family are respect
dhlls invited to attend the funeral. from the residence
aon.in-lavr, Charlea M. Lukens, 1033 Beach street.
above \laurel. on Monday afternoon, Jane linti,at2
.4)'clock. Washington papers please copy. •
ISBAELL.—In Pittsburgh. on Thursday, June 14,
1866, of rongestinn of the brain. Charles H utchinso n,
of the late Charles H. Israeli. •
LENVIS.—On the morning of the 16th lust.. John
- Lewis, late of Springfield, Delaware county, in the Seth
;year of his age.
- The relatives and friends of the family are respect-
Invited to attend his funeral. without further
i n til olrce, from the residence of his daughter, in Tipper
)arby, on Second day afternoon, the 18th inst., to
leave the house at 3 o'clock. Interment at Sprin i g-
L.5W113.-:-At Brookfield, Mass., on the 14th inst..
Draper Lewis, formerly of this city, in his
with year. •
EIBMit,LASSI DBuff L ELL, F
or ourth and
suits Arch streets, have
in ens, f Ladles' .
• Pol3goe9, light shades, for do.
Crape Eugenia's, for do.
Pearl colored Mohair, for do.
Light Lenos new goods.
7 - liIkLTGIOVS NOTICE
B} . ".' REV. .T. H. SOY DAS.f, PASTOR OF THE
Pint Reformed Dutch Church, Seventh and
43pring Garden streets, wlll preach to morrow, in the
niorntng at 104 o'clock, at, d in the eventng at 8
•.o'clock. All Invited, particularly strangers ln
ts the
i
:BEV. WALL &CE RATCLY PE (Pastor elect)
will preach at the Woodland Presbyterian
'Church—Pine above Forty-ilrat street—to-morrow
, morning at 10% o'clock, and la the evening
it* at 8
: e • : • • , • :E•
street, above Beventeeutb.—i , ivine !Service To
morrow (Sunday). at 10%- o'clock A, M, and 8 P. M.
'The Rev. CL M. Butler, D.D., vrlll enter upon his duties
..as Rector, and preach morning and evening. 21*
MIRTH PRNSBYTERIAN CiIIIRCH,
lU * Sixth street, above Green, Rev. Robert W.
10
3Elenry n , D. D., Pastor. Services Sabbath 'morning
w at
5 , 4, ad evening at 73( o'clock. Strangers el-
NCOIIIP. jete-s3trpo
THIRD REFORMED DUTCH. CHURCH,
Tenth and Filbert streets.—Rev. S. B. S Bissell,
, onsTew York will preach to-morrow. Service WS; a.
.M. and 4 P. M. its
PECOND PRESBYTEI3,IaN
48evexith street, below Arch. The pastor. Bev.
.
EBeadle. will preach to-morrow morning and
<ervenlng. Service at /0% A. M , and 73( P. M. it*
THE BEV. W. W.NEWELI,,(I:IICITABIAN),
1.1.,, 7 will preach at Lat. gatroth's Hall. German.
town, to alkwrow, at 1Q teolock, A. M., and a ;o'clock
M. it*
'WBROAD AND Allen STREETS.-Bev. George
$3. Ide. D.D. of Massachusetts, will preach at ,the
Baptbst - Charch, Broad and Arch streets, to-msr7
=ow ntorrikg. a 1.0
SWCARNE'.[. CHAPEL, BROAD AND OXFOR
etreeht.—Prescbing to-morrow morning by Rev
ay :Meate, and in the evenin : by Revataniel March
• z : • it*
RIPE4JL4 , L NOTICEd.
.ra TO ML WHOM IT MAY :
•
undstegned, baying been appointed a - Specia l
Committee by the , Common Council of the City Of
. .Philsdelphia to investigate the management of the
HA STRUST, respectfully request all personsinterested
In the mane to either appear beforethe Committee forthe
purpose of giving such information as may aid said in
vestigation, or propound suet questions as they may
..deem proper, and forward them to ABRAHAM STE.
WART, Assistant Clerk of Common Council, South
west corner of FIFTH and CHESTNUT streets, in su
mmer to which the Clerk will notify them of the time
cmd place of meeting of the Committee.
By order of the Committee.
ROBERT M. EVANS. Chairman,
Fifteenth Ward.
A. E. FRANCISCO% Tenth Ward.
ORO. DERBYSHIRE. Nineteenth Ward,
SORN BARDSLEY. Seventh Ward.
It F. A. WOLBERT, Sixth Watd.
LAELTETTE COLLEGE.
In addition by the general Course of Instruction In
,this Dec` - . designed to lay a substantial basis of
lialtrer and scholarly culture. students can pursue
*MS branches which are essentially practical and tech.
:Mad. vbs.: ENGINEERING, Civil, Topographlnal sue
letechanlcah MINING and METAL,LITREIY; ARCED
M3:I2ITURE. and the application of Chemistry to AG
RICULTURE, sad the ARTS. There is also afforded
uisktModWor special study of 'MADE and COM,
f BRIM LANGUAGES and PHILO
LOGY; &Worths HISTORY and INSTITUTIONS of
of Onrown aratft•y. For Circulars apply to President
CA WS/SU at to Prof. R. B. YOUNGMAN,
*term. PA.,A.pril 4,1866. (Berk of the Faculty.
0 0 Hantr HALL — Fancy , 'Floral and Straw
bwry Fair, to aid in 13=1:lasing a home for the
,agedsuld inflmi members of the 3.t. E. Church, coin
;mewing Jane llth, and continuing two weeks. The B
Washington Braes. and will be in attendance. Dona
,tions thankfully received at any of the M. B. Churches
car by the effime.
• PBBErLDBEIT.
Dirs. Bishop Simpson, 1807 Mount Vernon'street.
• VICE PRICSIDENTS.
- 31sissess Hammitt, lis Vine street.
hire. AlzsmderCammings, 1525 Walnut street.
8.--W.. - Cisealdy 283 .r. orth Tenth street.
Mrs.—Cuddy, Tenth street, below Vine.
Nss.jasneitEarly. 814 South Tenth street. •
'lea. o.Winchester.734 South Ninth street.
SICCILETART.
Mrs. A. W. Itamd, Igat Wallace street.
Tawaenanis. tell tu,th.s,6trp/
Mrs.,Taineslong, 1106 Elhackamaxon street. .
eirNOTLGE. — "
Ewstwisti..VANlA RICESIERVZ CORPS.
Oominittee of Arrangements for the reception of
the Rattle Flags of Pennsylvania Regiments, by his
Hicellerxiy, Governor Curtin, on the Fourth of July
nett, have impressed a wish that the PAINNSYLVA.
Tait TOMS F. CORPS should parade upon that oc -
•easlon sa a Divivion, and have authorised me to give
entice to that effect.
I thereforerespectitilly request the late officers of
-the Pennsylvania Reservest.torps to re.organize their
respective regiments for the purpose of participating
in thececemoides referred to, and to report to me at
tan early date the probable number of men they will be
aide to parade.- • - •
HORATIO G. SltatEL,
late Cblonel Reg't Pa. Res. Corps and
, . Brevet Brig. Gen. 11. S. Pols,
AllicAtecw flwiteds,
S. W. car. Sixth and Saneom rts. jei4.3trp•
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AND OAKEN LANE.—The undersigned are
g thebest quality of Lehigh Coal from the
smogs place, to the residents of enermantown and.
rirktulty.s4 tbe following low rates, viz;
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WSOLDIERS OF THE WAR OF 1812.—The
Annual, Stated Meeting of the VEPERA.NB of
eill •he held at the - buoreme Court Room on
"WEDNESDAE•DIORNING. July 4th, ISM, at 8 o'clock.
42Wneral attendance requested. Those residing in this
and adjoining States cordially invited.
- • PETER ii AY, President.
JOHN H. ERICK, Secretary. - PUPA
TER L aDY COMMITTEE OF THE I.OL
DIEBS AND SAMOS/3' HONE propose to give
Ina Inmates an entertainment, on TOIESDAY AF-
V:IIIHNOOth, the , lath Met., and respectfully solicit do.
mations of Strawberries, Oakes. Ate.. to be sent to the
Home, SUCVENNTH and FILBERT nth. jelfl-2t,rpo
MERCANTILE LIBEARY.--Bya late change
In the Bylaws of the Company, a fine of twenty
live cents is Imposed on all taxes remaining unpaid on
'the first of July. Those members. who are still in ar
"ream are requested to sena in the amount due withon
41earY. . feted:623ra
- HOWARD MOSPITAL, Nos. 1518 and - 152 w
Landsad street, Dispensary Department. Me
tresdaserd and medicines - fornished - gratilllou 2l 7
Uttimpoor. 8628
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BINES do SHEAFF
PHILADELPHIA ART.
There is now on exhibition and for sale at
the gallery of James S. Earle ic Sons, a pic
ture by one of our young Philadelphia
artists which deserves particular notice.
We refer
C.
the "Sheridan's -Ride" by Mr.
Henry C. 13ispham. What Mr. -Read's
pen has done
"For the glorious General's name,"
Mr. Bispham's brush has taken up and
presented upon the canvass. The moment
chosen by the artist for his picture is that so
glowingly depicted by the poet, when, as
Sheridan neared the end of , his desperate
ride,
"Under his spurring feet the road
Like a narrow Alpine river flowed,
And the landscape aped away behind
Like an ocean flying before the wind:
And the steed, like a bark fed with furnace
Ire,
Swept on, with his wild eyes full of fire,
But he! he is nearing his heart's desire—
He is snuffing the smoke of the roaring fray,
With Sheridan only five miles away.
The first that the General saw were the
groups
Of stragglers and then the retreating troops;
What was done—what to do—a glance told
him both,
Then striking his spurs, with a terrible
oath,
He dashed down the line 'mid a storm of
buzzes
And the waves of retreat checked its course
there, because
The sight of the master compelled it to
pause.
With foam and with dust the black charger
was gray;
By the flash of his eye, and his red nostrils
play
He seemed to the whole great army to say:
'I have brought you Sheridan all the way
From Winchester, down to save the day!"
The picture pre - gents Sheridan urging for
ward his almost exhausted steed, covered
with foam and dust, with nostrils distended
and eyes glaring with an almost human in
telligence.
"As if he knew the terrible need
He stretched away with hie utmost speed."
His rider has already passed the first
straggling bands of his retreating troops
through whomhe passes, one hand grasping
his bridle, while his.field-glass in the other
suggests his eager and repeated surveys of
the road before him. The figure of General
Sheridan is admirably drawn, with a true
horseman's seat, handling his noble horse
with practised skill, even while his whole
attitude and expression indicate the most
absorbed concentration of thought and pur
pose upon the business before him. As he
dashes through the squads of astonished
soldiers he looks neither to the right nor
left, and returns no salute to the cheers
that welcome his arrival and betoken the
reviving spirit of the defeated army. There
are points in the picture which will un
doubtedly challenge criticism, and yet
they are the very points which attest Mr.
Bisphams careful and thorough study of his
subject. The position of Sheridan's horse
may, at first sight, appear constrained and
unnatural, but the artist has followed
nature here, with minute fidelity. The
noble beast; taxed beyond endurance, is
literally "on his last legs," and the combi
nation of undaunted spirit with extreme
muscular exhaustion is most happily ex
pressed.
Taken altogether, "Sheridan's Ride", is
not only one of Mr. Bispham's best effaits
but one of the most striking of the series o
"War Pictures" which the past few years
have produced. We .hopo the picture may
be secured, to adorn some riic of the nu
merous fine private galleries of our city.
A large, ambitious and very meritorious
allegorical picture has lately been finished
by Mr. A. G. Heaton, at his studio in Chest
nut street, below. Tenth. It is called "Col
umbia's 1.6 8 ht Watch," and represents a
draped u . ale figure walking at night aaril
the gray.* 3f the dead sold Ors.,
war. The idea has also beeiliittirit6:_y*ate
by the artist, as follows :
--,`„-; •
COLGHBLO3 NIGHT WATCH.
Columbia wanders forth at night
Among the clustered graves,
Which multiply upon the sight,
Where .p.a.nq faAen brans.
The deep wound hi her breast is healed,
The fell blow turned aside,
But by their 'blue that wound was sealed,
And for her is they died.
And she shall neverrao.te forget,
But reatime; in het. sleap,
Will rise and pus flt, •. en
A sad patrol, - *to V 6. `"
Not bitter tears, for all tueir,v.-- -
Is gloriously done;
Nor bitterness nor b ate can
In the great future won.
No Fate the happiness can check,
Which Higher Grace endows,
immorteles shall their green graves delk,
Wreathed laurels bind their brows.
Yet, to pathetic memories
She, deerembosomed, keeps,
Her yearning grateful heart complies,
And still she walks andweeps.
Mr. Heaton has very effectively repre
sented his poetical conception upon the
canvass. The time is night, so that there
can be no strong color. But the moonlight
on the figure Wand the landscape is well
expressed. The attitude and the counte
nance
.of "Columbia" are admirable. A
group of youthful angels in the air are
meant to indicate that the souls of the dead
heroes are at rest. The subject is , a diffi-
cult one, but it has 'been very successfully
treated. The atmosphere and tone . of the
picture are excellent. There is a probability
that it will be placed in the Union League
House fora short time, and it will be well
worth visiting.
Mr. W. E. Cresson has just finished and
placed in Earle's window a small picture of
Falstaff, that is equal to his best efforts.
Old Jack is seated at a table, with a mug of
sack beside hhn. The figure and face fully
realize. the Shaksperian ideal. But the
color is what will most' delight the con
noismir, for in this quality Mr. Crimson has
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JUNE 16 1866.
profited by the instruction and example of
master, Mr.,Rothermel.
A new one of Mr. Milne Ramsey's ex
quisite still-life studies has been placed,
within a day or two, in one of the windows
of Bailey 456 Co. The subject is fruit and a
goblet of red wine, and we know of no
American artist who ootil4 paint them
better.
MERCANTILE TAX.—The mercantile taxes
should be paid by our business men, ao
cording to the requirements , of the law, at
the City Treasurer's office, by the 25th inst.'
So far the payments laave he - m quite slack,
and we call the attentiof 'Aar business
men to the fact. After r th the matter
will be placed in the hr• iithe collectors
which will entail addc - sal expense.
PENNSYLVANIA. noWe call the
attention of tourists' and others to the ad
vertisement of the summer arrangement o
trains on the Pennsylvania Railroad, which
will be found in to-day's paper. Severe'
changes have been made, and. we direct
particular attention to the Sunday trains as
set down in the schedule.
Fsetis and Fancies.
A conscientious lady of our acquaintance
gives it as her deliberate conviction that the
failure of the Finnegan was inevitable,
from the fact that the Queen's arms are
always Victoria's !
A small "French boy without a Master"
remarks that he understands that oar City
Fathers are about to Place in the Park a
shed over the Arctic boat presented by Mr.
Childs. He spells "shed over" chef
d' wuvre." Then he wants to know whether
the boat isn't a sort of Kane-new. We re
fuse to answer.
The Finnegan Fireworks on the Fourth
will consist of one big rocket. The part
which is considered as particularly appro
priate is the descent of the stick.
The Yanks have been having a time over
Professor Blot, which is at once "high" and
"old." Here is a single specimen :
"The intelligent public would be glad to
know of the Professor:
"Whether Friar Tack was a professional
cook ?"
"What is the correct mode of larding the
lean earth ?"
"Can a cutlet be cooked from a false calf?
"In a bill of fare, should horse-meat
steaks come under the head of Sore
d'CEuvre ?
"How he sets a table of contents?
"Whether anything should be well done
when a 'rare' opportunity occurs?
"Has Professor Blot any family ? If sot,
he must be Blot (below) pa(r).
John Rogers might have learned some
thing from Professor Blot; the careless fel.'
low let his stake burn while he was cooking
himself—'That's what's the martyr."
We saw Peto, Betts do Co. misprinted in a
paper this morning Pelo Bells. de Co. That
compositor mist have h ad a pea4_o' btfiLe
ringing in his ears.
Whatever fancy John Bull may have for
his 'Uncle Sam, there can be no ' doubt that
when he sees our iron-clad he will say, "I
would like Miantonomiah !" "My-annt-to
know-me-aw !"
The Worcester Spy states that Mr. J. S.
Buttrick, Postmaster of Stirling, Mass., and
a director in the Lancaster ;Bank.kas been
detected in a series of extraordinary embez
zlements by which fifteen or twenty of the
citizens of the town are represented as
having lost their all. His career seems to.
have been but-tricky.
There is some feeling in Worcester be
cause a little freed girl was refused admis
sion to a singing school there on account of
her color. That music teacher has evidently
got his ideas of chromatics mixed up. '
An ex-slave of Beauregard's is said to
have married a New England school-marm.
She must have chosen her Bean-regardless
df color.
Natters Over the River.
AN AcTrvz CAsvess.—The unusual
activity manifested by the politi
cians of Camden city and county
indicates a warm and vigorous
campaign. The importance of the coming
election is great, and cannot fail to elicit a
determination on both sides to win. Indeed,
there never was greater consequence at
tached to any election than there is to this
one, and it Is incumbent on the National
Union Party to put forth every exertion to
secure a complete triumph. The necessity
of having a . decided majority in both
branches of the Legislature, in orderto elect
a United States Senator (possibly two), has
been painfully impressed on the -minds of
all loyal men by , the heartless defection of
Scovel. Fortunately, however,for the party,
his career as State Senator is ended. and it
now devolves upon the citizens of Camden
county to make choice of a new Senator
whose honesty and character are unim
peachable, and who will not prove faithless
and recreant to the loaxty. There are three
members of the Legislature also to elect,
and these must be equally zealous of their
integrity. In place 'of, Non. John F. Starr,
who has as ably represented. the First Con
gressional District for the past four years,a
Representative in Congress is also to be
Chosen. These make the coming election
one of intense interest; and are awakening
a zeal already scarcely manifested in any
previous contest. The proposition of the
Democrats to allow Soovel to run as an in
dependent candidate for Congress, and they
make no nomination, - is one whioh indi
cates their own consciousness -of utter
defeat.
THE VETERANS MOVESG.—The brave sol
diers who entered the army from Camden
county and who have fortunately returned,
have displayed great zeal in forming them
selves into an association for their mutual
benefit in providing libraries and other
means of information. They commenced
this movement about one year ego, and are
now actively employed in perfecting their
organizations. These soldiers are strongly
'Union, having realized for themselves suf
ficient exhibitions of aristocratic demo
cracy in the South, and cannot fail in their
organizatioxis to exert a powerful
on the approaching election. They did last
fall; andlvillthis. Therefore, they Should
be;encouraged and liberally assisted in'the
work:they have Commenced. They are no
"half-and-half" abldiers.
AFTER THE DORS.—The "catchers" are
_
- about, and manyixor unmuzzlei canines
have' suffered 'the penalty of their - owners'
folly, in not complying with ordinances and
the Mayor's Proclamation. Very few dogs
are owned when the tax assessors go
around, but any miserie cur that falls
into the hands of the "dog catchers," is
soon found to have an owner.
ADJOURNED.—The lotgest term of Court
ever held in Camden county, has just-ad
journed, greatly to the relief and satisfac
tion of the Judges, and all concerned. Much
of the business had to be postponed until
the , Ootober term.
OUR WIELOLE COUNTRY.
The News of Santa Anna's Movements
Received at the Capital---Great Ex
citement Among Liberals and Impe
rialists—Maximilian Badly Scared
--French War Vessels Sent from
Vera Cruz to Intercept Santa
Anna---The Interview Be
tween Mr. Seward and the
General at St. Thomas
--The Secretary Calls
Upon Santa Anna to
Savetheßepublicof
Mexico--Deplora
ble Condition of
the Country,
&c., &c., &c.
iCorrerpondenee -of the New York llerald.l
CITY OF MF.XICO, June 3, 1866.—Great ex
citement hae been created among all classes
in this city by the news received at Vera
Cruz from St. Thomas of , the unexpected
departure of General Santa Anna for New
York. All parties seem to agree in the in
ference that this move is preparatory to his
again taking a prominent part in the affairs
of Mexico. The imperialists, especially
those holding office under the present re
gime, show decided symptoms of uneasi
ness; 'they fear that the prestige of Santa
Anna's name and past history may prove
so strong a re-inforcement to the Liberal
cause that Maximilian and his mercenaries
will melt away before it.
MEXICO.
The Liberals, on the other hand, are over
joyed, and the confidence in the approach
g re-establishment of the republic 'Which
has sprung up among them since the evacu
ation of the French was announced,
has increased tenfold. They regard the
downfall of the empire as inevitable, and
many chafe at the time which must yet
elapse prior to the departure ofthe invaders.
The most earnest appear to look upon the
evacuation of the French as tantamount to a
removal of the one insuperable obstacle to
the triumph Of the republican cause, and
the ousting of Max and unite; for they look
upon the Austrians and Belgians as "hired
assassins," utterly unable to stand alone
against Mexican bayonets. Maximilian's
projeckof a grand imperial Mexican na
tional guard,designed to replace the French
troops, is treated by the liberals with ridi
. cnle and _oontempt.
Upon Mtrrinntiven and his advisers the
news of Santa Anna's departure from St.
Thomas seems to have created a decidedly
unpleasant effect. That great alarm was
caused by this move is evident from the
fact that shortly after thenews was received
at the capital a telegraphic despatch was re
ceived by the commandant of the French
squadron at Vera Cruz ordering certain
vessels to proceed to sea at once and cruise
about for the purpose of intercepting the
Georgia,and effecting if possible the capture
of Santa Anna and his party. Tne ex-Pre
sident was, however t too quick for them.
It is generally believed here that Santa
Anna's sudden departure from his splen
did estate at St. Thomas for New York is
traceable to certain loud hints thrown out
by Secretary Seward during his visit to
Santa Anna at St. Thomas. Parties re
puted "posted" asserted that daring the in- .
terview between the two statesmen Mr.
Seward expresseff the opinion to Santa
Anna that the republican cause in Mexico
was going to ruin for lack of a man of dis
tinction and ability to take the head of af
fairs, and that he told the General plainly
that, he (Santa Anna) was the only man
capable of controlling and harmonizing
the various liberal elements and of in-
suring the success of the liberal cause.
Whereupon Santa Anna, it is believed,took
the hint and proceeded to New York, mak
ing the voyage, prince -like, in his own ves
sel. It is likewise stated that Santa Anna
received assurances from the Secretary of
State before leaving St. Thomas that he
would receive at least indirect aid from the
United States government in his attempt to
restore the republic in Mexico and driveout
Maximilian and his hirelings. It remains
to be seen what Santa Anna will actually
do, and how far the 'United States govern
ment will modify the application of the
principles of neutrality with a view to the
enforcement of the Monroe doctrine and the
encouragement of the liberal cause in
Mexico.
In addition to the nineteen Confederates
whose capture was announced in a previous
letter, six moreof theunfortunate settlers at
Omealos.4 on the . Rio Blanco have been
taken prisoners and carried o ff by the libe
rals, who refuse to allow any.intercourse
between them and their Mends.
The new tax law. just' promulgated, im
poses a tax of six cents per acre upon all
unproductive lands, giving collectors power
to sell property upon which the owners
neglect or refuse to pay the taxes, and con
firming the titles of purchasers to such
lands. If the Emperor is sustained this law
will destroy the immense haciendas and
enable the working men to obtain homes,
from which they are now debarred. This
new law levies a tax of sixteen per cent.
upon all products, manufactures and profits
of business and incomes. •This brings taxes
up to about nineteen per cent.
The Council of Ministers has met every
day for the past fortnight, and was presided
over by the Emperor. Rumors of a general
change of ministry gain credence. M. Selt
zer Illarregui, at present of the Interior Bu
reau, Is to succeed M. Somero as Minister
of the Interior. M. Salizar lilarregui
turns over the portfolio of the Interior to M.
Marin.
The news from Chihuahua is favorable
to the Liberals. The French,learning of the
advance of Governor Toranza, abandoned
, Farrel and retreated to Durango. The
State - of Chihuahua is now entirely rid of
the enemy,.as also a portionof Durango. A
pronunciantiento will soon be issued in the
latter State, and the Chihuahua and Du
rango troops are uniting to drive the
French beyond - their borders. The city of
Durango is , soon to be attacked, and from
the care used in the preparations and the
forces which will be on hand little fear need
be apprehended of its capture.
Society has been veryodull in the capital
this season. The Mexicans generally not
affiliating with foreigners; oomparatiraly
few entertainments have been given. The
English, Minister gave, an elegant dintu4
party upon the Queen's birthday, ales an
evening party on Wednesday last, 'at which
many foreigners of distinction were present.
The Empress gives frequent soirdes, to
which entrée is freely accorded to such as
make application. The 12th inst., which
will be, the anniversary of their Majesties'
entrance into the capital, will be duly re%
membered by a grand ball at the palace.
VERA. Crrnz, June 5,1866.—1 n the State of
Sonora great wretchedness exists among the
people in every hamlet and almost every'
hacienda. There women are outraged,'
children are butchered and men are hung,
and that almost daily, to satisfy the dictates
of revenge generally, and in some instances
as far as the hanging and shooting are con
cerned, to meet "necessities" brought about
by the black flag decree of the Emperor .
Maximilian. Houses are fired, plantations
laid waste, and small towns depopulated by
raiding parties. In Chihuahua a•very little
better state of affairs exists. In Sinaloa
the.plantations are deserted, and the inha;
bitants are forced, in many cases, to travel
from place to place begging for something
to eat. In the State of Durango, outside of
the capital, there is trouble everywhebe and
grievous complaints on all sides. In Cobs
huila there seems to be less misery than in
other parts. Tamaulipas occupies too fre
quently a place in the stews columns of the
papers of the United States with its griev
ances to need comment. Nueva Leon and
San Luis Potosi occupy about the same po
sition; and these, together with Zacatecas
and Jalisco, are so thoroughly infested with
guerillas that they may be counted almost
without the pale of civilization. The acts
which are so frequently committed within
their limits fully justify this conclusion.
Besides, in the two latter States the offences
committed by the foreign troops are m-ittera
of daily protest. Colima, Michoacan, Guan
ajnata and Queretaro are nothing more than
raiding grounds The State of Mexico is
more fortunate than its neighbors. Never
theless it is not unfrequently the scene of
encounters which leave very unenviable
traces behind. Puebla is literally a thieving
ground. There stealing is a profession, an
art. Vera Cruz is the great tax State. If
people are not inflicted here as in other
parts, their good fortune is well balanced by
the enormous taxes they have to pay.
the State, as a whole, is not under the im
perial control. The liberals dispute the
control of a good portion of it. Oajaca oc
casionally knows an encounter which might
be dignified with the title of "engagement,"
but it generally is the scene of only skir
mishes. Tabasco is always in trouble.
Chiapas we do not hear much about. Yu
catan, outside of Sisal, Merida and Cam
peachy, is controlled by hostile Indians.
We have made no mention of Lower Cali
fornia because, since the - inovement which
took place some months ago at La Paz, the
Liberals seem to have it all their own way
there.
At the cityof Mexico the Emperor is re
organizing. He seems to be as full of new
ideas and now plans "for the more perma
nent establishment" of his plaything; the
empire, as though its continuance were not
a matter involved in great doubt. And yet,
notwithstanding his assiduous attention to
such royal business, the people look on and
say nothing; but it is known that they en
tertain serious doubts as to his entire sin
cerity. They question very much whether
he is net beckoning them in at the front
door of the empire, while he has everything
prepared to go out at the back one, . with the
sentiment. "Be it ever so bumble, there is
no place like home." That his Majesty can
organize what he is pleased to style "a great
national party," seems to be a great imperial
absurdity, and that he can raise a powerful
army to sustain the empire out of the native
population of Mexico is another error. That
the natives will receive his arms and am
munition, and at first cry out "Long live
the empire," there can be no doubt, bat
that they will not turn those arms against
him when they think they are strong
enough to do so successfully in regaining
their liberty, is a point which the course of
events must decide. To-day there are
secret liberal organizations throughout the
length and breadth of the Mexican territory.
Arms and munitions of war are concealed
in various parts. The desperadoes, parti
san rangers and insignificant commands
now in the field, fighting, or pretending to
fight, for the liberal cause. cannot be taken
as a criterion by which to judge
of the class of people who will rise
and take the field against the em
pire at the first favorable opportunity.
The people plainly see that the United States
have assumed a position involving the de
fense of the Liberals—a position that cannot
be abandoned without humiliation and die
hosor. To counteract this feeling the Im
perialists use men and money to spread the
argument far and wide that the ulterior ob
jector the North American Government is
self-aggrandizement at the expense of
Mexico; that it will destroy the country,
"and one after the other annex the States to
the great Republic." That this will produce
any particular effect is very doubtfuL
Those who have the most to say on this sub
ject are the fellows who will not fight them
selves. They have a special fondness for
theory, but a remarkable aversion to hand
ling a musket.
• It is generally said that in the matter of
the withdrawal of the French troops from
Mexico France got to the windward of the
United States. It is held that in all proba
bility another revolution will break out in
the States before the expiration of one year's
time from November next, and that, be
sides, other causes may be developed in the
interim which will enable France to retain
her foothold here. This is the style of
"logic" among the hopefuls of the imperial
regime. They furthermore say that if no
revolution breaks out and the other causes
are "found wanting" then France will carry
out her agreement and withdraw the French
troops.
There are three hundred and fifty patients
in the civil hospital here. The military
hospital here is full. The general sOkness
is fever, but not vomit°.
Four Sisters of Charity and' one priest
died during the last month in the military
hospital of Vera Cruz.
Latest advices from Alamos, Sonora,state
that the people of Alamos are in a suffering
condition, and that although the neigboring
plantations are sadly impoverished, still
they have.to travel to them for subsistence
of all kinds. Mendinez (liberal), when he
he entered Alamos, issued an order declar
ing traitors several person who fled to Guay-
MILS. He destroyed their estates, and au
thorized all persons tokill them, no matter
where forted: From the river Rosario, Sine
loa, to the United States frontier, the whole
country is in the power of
the liberals, except Mazatlan, Gluey
rites and Urea. Sonora and Sinaloa are
now at the mercy of the liberal commands
of Corona. Martinez Pesqtteira, Garcia Mo
rales, Otero, Angta Zumga, and Aguirre.
No one can go out from the three last named
places one league in safety. A short time
since Otero, with two hundred cavalry,
moved to Rancho, a place situated at two
leagues from Guaymas, and carried off say-
F. L. FETHERSTON. Pablisbet
DOUBLE SHEET, THREE CENTS
eras individuals who were making them-,
selves obnoxious to the liberal cause. Fis
tier, a French officer, hearingof this, moved
to Rancho with two hundred infantry, of
the Sixty-second, when Otero retired. The
return of the Imperal Lozado brigade ,to
Tepic is said tohave enabled the Liberals to
come out more freely.
A column of French troops, two hundred
strong. despatched from Durango to Free
nillo, ZacatecaS, is reported to have gained
a considerable victory near the latter place,
taking two pieces of artillery and some arms
and horses. Auza is said to have com
manded the liberale, whose strength was
far inferior to that of the other side. An
other triumph over a liberal , detachment is
reported to have occurred at Cofotlan. The
liberal chief, Ramon Sanchez Roman, is
reported killed, and Trinidad Garcia de Ia
Cadona. Jesus Sanchez Roman and Preje
dis Banuelos are reported wounded.
Tlacatalpun is in distress. Its admits
are suffering considerably. No commerce
is being carried on, and everything in the
provision line is enormously high. At the
beginning of May the liberals made a de
monstration in that neighborhood against
the imperialists, but did not gain any par
ticular advantages by the movement. On
the 9th nit. they made another attack, bat
were defeated. It was said that their inten
tion was to burn several' houses in the city.
On the 25th the imperialists sent out a re
connoitring party, eighty strong, who had
a skirmish. Oil the 28th there was another
fight, but. taken altogether, the operations
have not been extensive enough nor suffi
ciently fruitful in results to merit farther
notice.
The Budget.
The estimates put in tor expenses from
May 1 to December 31, 1866, are as follows:
State, - - - - - $157,572 98
Foreign affairs and marine, - 182,045 95
Interior, - - - - - 442.962 18
Justice, ' 892,536 71
Public instruction, - - - 273,561 35
Commerce, - - - - 854,293 00
Total, ' $2,802,972 17
La Sociedad says that the total expenses of
the government for the year ending Decem
ber 31,1E66, will reach, if not exceed, $30,-
900,000 ; $16,000,000 being the amount neces
sary to cover the expenses of the interior
administration, and the rest for the general
public debt.
The Esperanza of Jalapa, a paper looked
upon as friendly to the Mexican Liberal
cause, published an article lately, comment
ing on the situation, in which these words
occur: "At no ti me have the Americans
ever extended to the Mexicans a friendly
hand. The American inter vent on will bow
disastrous for Mexico. When the time ar
rives for the United States to , carry out its
projects of absorption it will place its foot
firmly ninm this land.. Its intervention wilt
be of indefinite duration, until, little by
little, it will annex one State after another
to the great - Republic of the North."
General Romulo del Valle .died in Modem
aehort time since, aged 74 years. He was
bora in the city of Morelos, served in many
campaigns and was always a staunch libe
ral. His loss is deeply deplored by .
countrymen.
There have been no arrivals of Austrian
troops lately.
The French continue to accumulate coat
at Vera Cruz.
Considerable sickness is said to exist
among people, principally foreigners, at
Cordova.
Here, where there are fevers of all kinds,
and the hospitals are full of patients, and ,
the private houses not generally exempt
from these, the authorities recently wished
to quarantine a vessel direct from New
York, "to prevent the introduction of
cholera."
Reports of threatened invasions were quite
current throughout Canada yesterday, but
they w ere most probably without founda
tion. Fenian raids for the present are con
fined to localities nearer home. General
Meade has ordered the return of all troops
to their former stations. He thinks no far
ther trouble is to be anticipated. The Fe
nian prisoners in the hands of the Collodi=
authorities have been transferred to St. Ar
mand that they may be identified by the
citizens of that vicinity.
Yesterday morning, at New York; when
Commissioner Betts took his seat in court
for the purpose of proceeding with the in
quiry into the charge made against Colonel.
Roberts, Mr. S. G. Courtney stated, on the
part of the Government, that he
had come to the determination of abandon
ing the proceedings,in consequence of the
intimidation of witnesses and the difficulty
he had met with in procuring evidence. He
announced his intention of submitting the
matter Ito the action of the Grand Jury.
Colonel Roberts was then discharged, and
on leaving the court was greeted with-stp
plume by the spectators.
• VOURTS. •
DISTRICT COIIRT —Judges Shorewood.
Stroud and Here.—On the argument list the
following cases have been decided:
Mclidastera vs. Graham. Rule for anew
trial absolute.
Middleton vs. Cornell. Rule for a new
trial discharged.
Brown vs. Walton. Non-suit-taken , off.
Reeside•vs. Wrigley. Reed vs. Wrigley.
Leave granted to file amended bill and
'leave to withdraw demurrers granted, with
terms of answering.
Angier vs. Wolf. Rule for a new trio&
On plaintiff's entry of a remittitur dam ut
of $lOO rule discharged.
Wynkoop vs. Hamilton. Rule for a new
trial discharged.
CommoN PLEAs—Judges Allison and
Peirce.-Judgments were entered on. the
following cases:
Estate of George Earp, Jr. Petition for
review dismissed with costs.
Thayer vs. Finoher. Motion for special
ininnotion refused.
The hat was then taken np.
Price vs. Hamilton. Motion to quash de-,
fendant's answer to writ of alternative man
damus. The complainant obtained a writ
of alternative mandamus to compel the de
fendant's, City Commissioner,to award hint
a certain contract for furnishing the City
Commissioner with stationery, on the
ground that he - was the lowest bidder. On
the answer of the defendant the motion le
made. Some time ago the Court awarded
an injunction on complainant's bill to re
strain the Commissioner from awarding the
contract to one Samuel M. Smith..
Two 'MEN KILLED BX LIGHTNING.—We
were informed a day or two ago by Mr. J.
H. lifoLey, of Sugar Creek township, that
on Saturday list, while Oliver Neff, son of
E. S. Neff, 1.1.1., of this county. and a man,
named Thompson, of Grundy county, were
in Mr. Thompson's barn, taking refuge
from the rain,thebarn was struck , by light-
Ding, and'both of the men killed. This is e.
sad event, and we regret much to have' to,
record it.—Bethun,y[(Alfe.) Trihsteath,
The Penises.