~ . ::~;:.:~nerr-:.~.L:~.:::,Y1',:..,- S ;.<.`.i::i3 : GIBSON PEACOGIK. Editor. ,VOLUME X.--NO. 68 IBLARRIED. • - VAN 13117—BEDORTILL—At Oberlin, Ohio, June 11th, I.US, by Pev. Prest. 0. G. Finney, J. Lewis Van `Tine, of Philadelptda, to Abble A., daughter of Hiram .T.Bedortba, Esq., of Oberlin. ND Cards. DIED. BBADY.—In Tomales, Marin. county, California, Way kftb, Francis Brady, formerly of this city. • FOSTER.—At St. Augustine, Florida, on the 16th Inst., Thomas S. Foster, formerly of the firm of Bar :, <croft, Beaver & Co., of this city. BBNNABD.--Suddenly, on Sunday, 24th Instant. the May. Joseph H Kennard, D. D., in the 89th year of his age. Pastor of Tenth Baptist Church, of this city. The ftmeral services will take 'place in tile Meeting House of the' Tenth Baptist Church, Eighth street, above Green, on Thursday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, pre ' - , cisely, where the friends of the family are invited. The clergy of the city and vicinity are invited to :assemble at the house in order to accompany the re krusins of our Brother, with the family, to the church. 'Carriages will be - provided for the clergy. Interment at South Laurel Rlll. as LINOS.—On the 25th inst , John Lire*, in the 82d year of his age. His relatives and friends are respectfully invited to -attend the funeral, from the residence of his son 'a law, teen. Beck, 1903 Parrish street, on Thursday after. :moon. at 4 o'cidck. •• SCI3IVELY.—On Sunday, June 24, 1866, Anna T., infant daughter of William H., and the late Anna T. chlvely, aged 7 weeks and 6 days.- as WAYNa.—Ost Monday morning, 25th big., Hen rietta. wife Of Edward C. Wayne. Funeral services at the Church of the Nativity. on • Theraday, the 26th inst., at 4 o'clock, precisely. - " • OBITUARY. BROWER —Margaret _Eagles Bruner.—Ere the 'first flowers have withered o'er her grave, let one more tribute be rendered to the rare womanly virtues of the dead It would have - been sweeter to have more 'quickly paid the sad homage to her worth, but, alas! seas are as inexorable as the Conqueror who possesses the beloved clay of. the lamenteq mother, with, sister Elad friend. In all these characters she was so lovely. sacrificing, true and tender, of such a swt re v erentimple - nature, so trustful and reliant, so . nll of faith, that the grace of a true Christian enveloped her with -Inexpressible charms. Retirin er manners, and only seeking happiness in the quie t paths of life, she :Invested Rome with all that should render it beloved, "sacred and sweet to the memory of husband and chit siren. With a rich fancy and keen wit, her letters were treasures; and in them the full sweetness and -strength of her womanly nature stood revealed, - while a keen appreciation and relish for Aar ran. - , -dered her surroundings harmonious and refined, and splayed more than aught else the beauty of her soul. -.She passed into the shadows as into a dreamless sleep. 'The change was quick and painless; but though the warm heart ceased to beat. and the dear voice was stilled, the sweet record of her life h with "Rim, who ..11oeth alt Mims well," and her gentle spirit shalt still be guardian, monitor and friend, H . S. L. xasnarmx, GERMANY, May 31st, 1866. • E mma LANDELL, Fourth and Arch streets, have Buff Linens, for Ladies' suits. ' Pongees, light shades, for do. Crape Eugenia% for do. Pearl-colored Mohair, for do. Light Lenos, new goods. FaaM JUNE 2erit TO AUGUST 25rd INCLU ve, our store will be closed at SP. M., and on Saturday at BP. M. BE tBON t SON, je2b4t,* Mourning Store, No. 918 Chestnut et. SPECIAL NOTICES. IWSOLDIERS' ORPHANS—There will be eleven hundred Children of the deceased soldiers ofrenneylvania fromitheir schools in distant counties, tin this city on the 4th of July, upon the occasion of re -storing to the State the Flags, in the defence of which their brave fathers fell. They are from nine to sixteen ~sears of age. Of these six hundred and fluty are boys, *who will be entertained at the ROLDIE KS' HOME, -corner of Tenth and Filbert streets. The four hundred andMy girls being Yet nnprovided for, the hospitali ties of families in the vicinity of the Soldiers' Home *re asked for In their behalf, from the afternoon of the ad till the morning of the sth of July. A. number of the Lady Managers of the Home have kindly con. -nented to receive the invitations, which will state the number each can take. These girls are neatly clad and well belived: and It Is believed that they will prove pleasant guests. If a large bumber—say eight to twelve—go to the same lamely, a teacher or elaer pupil will accompany them. 'VERC C93I3.IITTILIG . VIZ Mrs. Daniel 11addoaJr.:itoiFirtestreet, Mrs. James C. Hand, 830 Pine street Mrs. John CArrow, 1802 Spruce street, Mrs. Henry C. 'Townsend, 8:1 Arch street. Mrs. Caleb L. Hallowell. Twentieth , below Chestnut, Mrs. Henry C. Blair, S. W. cor. Eighth and Walnut, Mrs. It P. Xing, am Spruce street, and Miss M. Hardie. 633 Market street, .__ tslll attend at the Soldiers' Home on FRIDAY. the and ISATURBA.Y , the Seth of June, irom IP A. 111. tin 6 P. M.. to receive applications; or, they may be addressed in writing, earlier, at the Home or their re. ..spective residers:es. THOMAS H. BURROWES, Superintendent Soldiers' Orphans, La Pierre House. =PIMA. June 25. 1666. je26-30 IPARDI4,E SCLENTIFIC C01)11hE MiLEAYETTE COLLEGE. In addition to the general Course of Instruction in this D ent , designed to lay a substantial basis of samow and scholarly culture, students can pursue. "abase branches which are essentially practical and tech. soical, via.: ENGINWRitiNG, Civil, Topographical and Mexiuutical; MINING and METALLITRGY:ARCHI "PECTURE._ , and the application of Cnemistry to AG MICITLTURE and the ARTS. There is also afforded an Opportunity for special study of TRADE ano COM of MODERN LANGUAGES and PHILO LOGY; andot the HISTORY and INSTITUTIONS of <lour own conn•xy. - For Circulars apply to President 40A.TTELL, or to Prof. R. B. YtIOUNGMAN, Hamm: Pa., April 4,1866 . Clerk of the Faculty. P -11:gDEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HIGHWAYS I)FFICIE OF CHIEF COMMISSIONER -I' Street, west side, below Chestnut,Pnimannt• :Anna. June 25. lads. NOTICE-7C DELINQUENT SEWER BENTS .Extract of an Ordinance, approved May 3d, A. D. 1855: fincrioN 4.—The annual rent shall be payable, in ad -vance.at the office of the Department of Highways, and upon all rents paid before the Ist of April in any _leer, a deduction of five per cent. shall be made; and If any such rent shall remain unpaid on the first day , of July in any year, the License Clerk shall notify the *Commissioner of Highways for the district, who shall -cause the drain to be disconnected from the Culvert, and ad& to be instituted for the, recovery of such rent; and after such drain shall have been detached, it shall not be again connected until payment be made of all arrears. and the slime of Three Dollars for expenaes incurred. THOMAS M. TRIOL, - License Clerk. ISNORTH PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD AND GREEN LANE. The undersigned are vering the best quality of Lehigh Coal from the above place, to the residents Gerfaantown and , vicinity, at the following low rates, viz:, BROKEN AND EGG for Parnaceand Stove for $8 00 -NUT OR CHESTNUT .17 50 Address Boa 62 Germantown Post Office. 15 South Pas v.aNTR street, Philadelphia; Or NORTH . PENNSYLVANIA. TLA Tr:ROAD jet Lane. UNITED STATES TREASURY—Par - LADED - YeirrELts, June 2.8, 1 666. - NOTICE .— Holders of lt donpons and upwards in number, of United States Limn, due the Ist July, 1866, are requested to vrt u sent nt the same at this office for examination and oco Checks will be ready for the amount so presented, upon the morning of the 2d prox Imo. N. B. BROWNE, jerr3t,rp Assistant Treasurer United States. THE CFREENWOOD (MAL COMPANY , will pay to the Stockholders, on and alter July '5 , let 6, a semi-annual Dividend of TWO PER OBiNT. on the Capital Stook. The Transfer Books will be closed from this date, until July sth. WE. M. DAVIDSON. Treasurer. Office 140. MS,Walnat street. PIZEGADXLPECIA, Jane 26,1866;_= : " je26tojy6/ OFFICE OF THE CITY. TREASURER.— EMILADELPICEA. June 21, 1666. ...Wolice to Loanholders.—The City Loans Maturing July Ist will be paid on and after July 26 1866, by .ordar of the Commissioners of the Sinking Funds. HENRY BIIMM, , je22 , 6trpf City Treasurer. ,IVINSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND.-7 he Pnblic Examination will be continnekt,tids day ( esday) In music. Awards of "Breck Premiums' rand others honors will be made on Wednesday after .moon, at 33i o'clock, being the closing exercises of the Je2s.2irp. WILLIAM CHAPIN, PrinCiPsi PREACHKEte' MEETING !—The meMbers of the PREACHERS' MEETING of the M. R. MICH are requested to meet at the UNION M. E. ICHIIROH on WEDNESDAY, 27th inst., at 4:•'clock, to make arrangements to attend the funeral •of Bev.GEORGE QUIGLEY. • Its • . • JOSEPH 'MASON. Brs OFFICE OF THE CITY TIMASUREII, FEr/LADELPHIA, Jtuie 21, 1866. otilee toLoanholders.--The Interest on City Loans due July let win be paid on andiiiter July 2d, 1866. HENRY BUNK 1 , 221-6144 • City Treasurer. Ir . W THE CORNER STONE OF TATE 0111:Tifell OP riSCABNATION, El. E. corner Broad an Tefferson streets, will be laid on THUBBDAY,the 28th instant The services commencing in the Chapel. ••at 5 o'clock, P.M. • je2B•Btrp3 41 124. HOWARD HOSPITAL, Nos. 'l5lB and 152,0 Lombard street, Dispensary Department. Me the p treattnentand tnedlcMft Mania/Led gratuitons/y 40 oor. rieVi -„: _ .k, . -.. , . -.,,, ' .::: -, V,t, - ;•: ,, w,f',:ei : ir , ... . . . ...,...:,. , ... _.• . ' -::*\!.. -, •:,;:i..... _ : 1 :!;, - . , .t,' , ,,I...-::,,..,' .. ',, . , . .....,...,.. ~ .., ~... • • ? . - - '.• -- ..' ,, '4'.; . 1 . , -, ..... - ....-!: , .:-:•tit - 4 i..r.'e. :c . . .., eI0.•: , '' - - . : . . 4.,• . .. ' • . 1- -.... - .. ; • < : . ' : ; ' .: ' ' ' 's. l. .: ....I:Tit. . t. ' . ..!;_ • k , . .. . . . • . _ :.'.: . ' - ' • . r •• • • . •.. .-.--• .• . : . . _ .. . • . ....., ..••.,:„...,,,...„ .............„.:‘.,„:„,,,,., , ••:•. ~. • • ..._ • _ ...,..•• .. ~ . 6 . ..... ...„. ... . 50,..,. 1 , . . •. . . . ~..; .„.. • • -..... . . . .. .... ... . ,:........,.„..,...„..:,-..„,,,,...„ ,I• ... ..t. _ I . , ~,. . . . .... _ - There are few sins of "coincidence" in this book ; one, however, is so remarkable that we cannot refrain from pointing it out. In poem xxvx, page 89, in which very poem the author already acknowledges using Martial's celebrated simile of the bee in amber (Ut videatur apis nectare clusa sue), we find the following: "I found a shell upon the leafy wold, Its llps were soft; Its dress was blue and gold, But ere I saw thee all ns dyes were cold." This is nothing but the condensation of a portion of Emerson's "Each and All," which tells us that the delicate shells, when brought home, "Had left their beauty on the shore, with the sand and the sun and the wild uproar." There are, however, very few of these coincidences, and it is not likely that the treacherous riend to every poet—Memory— would have supplied these, had not the writer striven bard to win some of those "similes," which are, after all, when not based on primeval mythologic symbolism, nothing more than "conceits" of greater or less beauty. For , "Lorenzo" is mani fently an honest and "true 'poet and no filcher." We cordially commend his songs to the consideration of all our readers. 33.1ENES & SHEAVE' " Army Life on the Bord 4" is the title of a very handsome work recently issued by Harper & Brothers. It is from the pen of Colonel R. B. Marcy, U. S. A. Colonel - Marcy has seen as much service on our Western frontiers as almost any officer of the army, and his account of his residence, travels and adventures amongst the notha dic tribes of the plains is extremely interest ing. The book is confined chiefly to I the narrative of his personal observations and experiences, and abounds with valuable practical suggestions to those who are led by business or pleasure to cross the plains and explore s the Rocky Mountains. Many %musing anecdotes of fanaousfrontier char acters enliven the work, some of which are of the toughest " Davy Crockett" order, but are generally well vouched for. The illus trations are numerous _and well executed, and the general appearance of the book is in the best style of the Harpers. For sale by T. B. Peterson & Brothers. "Lectures on the Study of History," by Goldwin Smith, the distinguished Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford. Messrs. Harper Brothers have just pub lished a most interesting Enid valuable volume under the above title, which will be widely. read in this country. Professor Goldwin. Smith has made himself so eaten. sively and favorably know, by his active friendship towards the United States during the war, that his writings are welcomed by NEW PUBLICATIONS. "Eros—A. Series of Connected Poems," by Lorenzo Somerville-, London, Truebner it, Co., 1866.—1 t is not unusual in any, print ing part of the world to see appeir from time to time a small duodecinio volume ofpoems by a writer hitherto unknown. Sometimes the book is a stepping-stone M other 'volumes and fame; but far more frequently it remains a monument of departed hope and crushed literary ambition. Whether the volume before us is to be the first of a series, or first, and last of its name, will de pend we opine upon the perseverance of its author. With no striking defects he has certain marked merits; a characteristic which is generally indicative of the power to progress, and which hi ,to :seldom found in the: innumerable collections' of early lyrics which we are so frequently called on to welcome to the reading world. An excel lent trait in these poems is their correctness of versificatidn; this and the frequent melody of words will indicate to any scholar that "Lorenzo Somerville" has for a long time carefully studied poetry in excellent examples, and thereby avoided many errors or weak points usually found in young poets. It is well known that the curse which afflicts most poetry at the present day. Is mock melancholy and affected grief, a folly carried so far as to have become a fertile theme for ridicule. Melancholy is, indeed,a predoMinant chmacteristio in these lykics, but it is evidently real: We know nothing of the author beyond the fact 'that he was an officer in the late Confederate ser vice, but we should judge from:lds writings that his sorrows and sufferings have tho roughly influenced, for the time, all his cre ative power. This is shown in the first verses in his volume: I sang to thoughts of gentleness and love; I sang to soot[ e the soneess and the sad ; I sang to mak me weary may glad: I sang to teach bow hek na may slog above. I sang to slumbering patriots and the name Of /tither/and, which since has paned away ; I sang to tune December into stay; I sang to win a laurel leaf from fame. We believe that the truly better class of late rebels;in fact, contemplate their politi cal experience in silence and sorrow, which may sometimes burst forth in song. It is only the lower and viler natures which con tinue to revile the "Yankees," and endeavor now to win, by trickery and craft, what they failed;to get by open violence. _ . Similes do not occur readily to our poet. Several are borrowed with honorable ac knowledgement; others are desidedlyelab orated or strained, although many more in his book are truly beautiful. It is indeed only a fancy of young readers that poetry must necessarily involve the use of these or naments. The Nibelungen Lied is a grand and glorious poem, "stirring the heart as the sound of a trumpet," and yet there is but one simile in the whole of it. How beautifully "Lorenzo" can sing is shown in these verses There is no d'al in the clime Of youth, because it has no shade Upon its smooth and even grade And whence the need of marking time? There was no time when Adam walk'd Alone in earth's first Paradise; But now how more than swift It For sin throughout the world hath stalked. The weight of wisely vars may teach Toe aim of being and Its hope; But when it sinks ocblnd the cope It torus to childhood's ways and speech And he who hopes to Cross the wave' Of i eath, at cl find the glorious rest That rls,a in the spirit's West/ ~4 z , Must wear his childhood to the grave." ''' i ` . ittsa ~;.;. ~. PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1866. thousands to whom, before the rebellion, he was quite unknown. The present volume contains four lectures delivered at Oxford on Modern History, to which Professor Smith brings a freshness, vigor and breadth of thought, an independence of opinion, a fine imagination, an enlightened Christian charity, and a scholarly style that place him far in advance of the average modern stan dard of his countrymen. The volume also contains a most admirable lecture on the American colonies, and another upon Oxford University; originally delivered be fore the Historical Society of New York. The whole volume abounds with sound wholesome food for the thoughtful mind. and will be a most valuable aid to the student of History and to all who are in terested in the great questions of human progress. For sale by T... B. Peterson 4k, Brothers. "Life of Andrew Johnson, written from a National Stand-point, by a National Man, D. Appleton & Co., New York." The bad luck of the Bell and Everett party in 1860 has left an impression in the public mind rather adverse to people who call them selves, par excellence "National Men." It is apt to be regarded as a synonym for Radical Conservatism, and as such, is not popular. The author of the volume befom us plants himself upon this sort of groan;i and essays that 'most difficult task, the writing a life of a living man. He is an enthusiastic admirer of the President to the extent of confessed hero-worship,and he looks upon his past; present and future through glasses of the rosiest tint. If the future will vindicate half that this "National Man" predicts for the President, none will rejoice so heartily as those who now feel constrained to maintain an attitude of oppo sition to much of his policy. There is much in the volume, particularly in the first half ,of it, which will be heartily endorsed by the millions of loyal men who made him Presi dent. The biographer fails in an effort to demonstrate that Mr. Johnson owes no alle giance to the Republican party,and strongly overdraws his personal portrait of the Pres ident. He makes him overtop even his great predecessor in office, and invests him with a combination of qualities so rare and grand, that the subject of his memoir may well shrink abashed from the unapproach able standard here erected for him. As we have already remarked, it is better to write men's lives after they have lived them. Few men are so fortunate as to live up to antici pated glory. When anal success puts its seal upon the career, it is time enough. to pronounce a final ve rdict. The volume is for sale by Ashmead ci4 Evans. "Summer Rest?' is the title of Gail Hamil ton's new volume, just published by Ticknor 4k Fields. It is a collection of papers on various - miscellaneous topics some of which have been published before, and some of which appear now for the firs t time. It is one of Gail Hamiltoresplessantest books and in some respects one of her best. The most striking article in the volume is "Gilfillan's Sabbath." The authoress, In an extended discussion of the proper obser vance of the Christian Sabbath, treats the subject with rare cleverness, independence and force. Planting herself squarely and solidly on the platform of New England Orthodoxy, abe frames a powerful argu ment against traditional Puritainism in this respect, while she upholds the sanctity of the day, as one of privilege, rest and spiritual improvement. There is a bright, fresh, intelligent earnestness about the whole article which tmakes it very attractive, ar.d there is a close, search ing, but very; fair logic about it hat will make it very influential. Gail Hamilton is no mean theologian when she addresses herself to the task, and we rose from the perusal of "Summer Rest," forgiving one or two ancient grudges that her earlier works established. The other papers in "Summer Rest" are prlncially secular in their , sub jects, and are in the best and liveliest style of the authors. For sale by G. W. Pitcher. "Sermons by Edwaxd Meyriok Ckmdbarn D.D." D. Appleton it Co., New York, have just reprinted, from the London edi tion, a volume of sermons preached by Rev. Dr. Goulburn, on various occasions, during the last twenty years. The reverend author has only been known recently in this min try. Several volumes of his lectures !lave been published, which have established for him a reputation as a profound thinker, and a sound and most instructive teacher of Di vine truth. He has now taken a high posi tion in the world of theological literature and the volume just published will doubt less enjoy a wide perusal. For sale by Ash mead & Evans. "New Physiognomy, or Signs of Charac ter," is the title of a somewhat bulky vol ume, just published by Fowler & Wells, New York. The author is Samuel R. Wells, the editor Of the Phrenological journal, and in this volume he discusses at great length the interesting subject of the relations ex isting between physiognomy and character. More than . a thousand portraits of famous people are given to illustrate the author's theories, and a great variety of interesting anecdotes enliven the scientific discussion. It is the most - attractive popular treatise on physiognoiny, phrenology and craniology which has yet appeared. Messrs. Little, Brown et Co., Boston, have issued Vol. VII. of their splendid edition of Burke's Works. About one half of this volume is devoted to Speeches in Parlia ment on various important topics, and the remainder to Burke's Essay on the Abridg ment of English History. The volume is one of the most interesting yet published. Thee work, which is to be completed in twelve volumes, is being rapidly issued, and in most beautiful style. For sale by J. K. SiMOll l 33 South Sixth street. OUR WILOLE COUNTRY. THE PRISONERS IN MARS MEETING IN NEW YORK. Speeches by Colonel Steiger, "Presi dent" Roberts, &c.. SCENES_ AND INCIDENTS Morrrnmard, C. W., June 25. —The Fenian prisoners who were committed on Saturday were permitted to-day to undergo a volun tary examination, for the purpose of allow ing them to make a statement in rebuttal or extenuation of the charges preferred against them. •Mr. Ermatinger,Clerkof the Crown, went to Phlllipaburgh to-day, for the pur pose of presiding at the Court of Inquiry. In a day or tWo,the public( will be fnrnished with all details and the time whenthe trials will take place. The Annie McKenzie mutineers were formally brought up to-day and were remanded without further exam ination. [rromlo-day's New York Herald.] • The cause of Ireland and freedom and more immediately the existing neutrality laws and the recent action of the adminis tration in foiling the patriotic aims of the Irish people, attracted a vast concourse of Irish and American citizens last night at Union square, under the call of S. J. Hola han, District Centre, for the purpose of hearing the expression of public sentiment on tb ere questions by able speakers. Long before the appointed hour Broadway was thronged with an eager multitude who gathered around each of the three stages which had been erected for the speakers. The Committee on Invitations were sta tioned in the Maison in front of which was the principal stand, which as the day closed was made luminous with Chinese lamps, pro- - fuse in their patriotic colors and inscrip tions. On either side of this stage were the silken folds of Irish flags bearing the em blematic sunburst and the - harp of Erin. while between them were t the fine, broad, ample folds of the American ensign. A fine braas band on the main stage lent the charm of its choicest execution to the occa sion, and in front a large reflector flung its dazzling rays of light along the swaying throngs, even to the farthest verge, where a surging stream of people were moving in and consolidating around the stands. At about eight o'clock the reflector was turned toward the Maison Dorda, When the com mittee,"accompanied by several speakers, were recognized in the bright light and cheered enthusiastically as they moved down to the speakers' stands. Every avail able spot was crowded, the steps of - the op posite bonzes, the streets and sidewalks, as well aathe railings of the park,-swarming with myrlads of eager spectators. 13eyond the life and enthusiasm of the crowd strangely glowered the venerable and im posing turret and spire of Puritan Church, where Cheever has so often called for the son of Ahab, that it suggested the generous denial of the request in the present repre sentation of the sons of Maguinness. Shortly before the meeting was called to order Col. Roberts appeared upon the main stage and was greeted with loud and pro longed applause, the band blending the cheers of the multitude with apatriotte Irish air. Shortly before nine o'clock, in the ab sence of Mayor Hoffman, Colonel Steiger, of Philadelphia, was nominated and ap pointed to preside over the meeting. He was welcomed with loud cheers and applause, and advancing to the front of the stage de livered a brief but pointed address, in which he stated that he had not come to excite the' passions of Irishmen, but to counsel and urge them to be united and determined, and instead of indulging in the luxuries - of life, in its, strawberries . and cream, to make bullets and powder, and to keep them dry. [Laughter and applause.] The day was not tar distant when the time for the. struggle would come, when, in the Provi dence of God, he trusted that he would be with them. [Applause.] He had no am bition to gratify except to help every oppressed nation. He sympathized with them as be sympathized with the Mexicans, with Poland, Hungary and Italy in their efforts to break from the thraldom of tyr anny. By exertions similar to that which freed America were Irishmen to gain their independence, and he was surprised that they did not manifest more interest in so noble a purpose. If they had courage and trusted in God, their national flag would soon wave as proudly as the Stars and Stripes. [Applause.] As far as Canada was concerned, he was a Canadian as much as he was a,Tenian. [A voice—" Three cheers for Canada."] He was for the Canadian democrats in the true sense of the word,and the time for the Fenian to strike was when they would rise to annex .her to the United States. There was no•better example than that of Texas. Many Americans were there and it occurred to them they ought to be independent, and they struck the blow,and Texas was now as brilliant a star in oar galaxy as the Keystone or the Empire State. [Applause.] Ar, this point the Liberty Circle, F. 8., marched towards the stands, with a beautiful miniature man-of-war, and were accompanied by lively music. They were enthusiastically cheered. Col. Steiger continued his remarks for a short time longer, and then closed them by introducing Mr. Roberts, who next addressed the as semblage. He contended that the state ments made from time.to time should not be listened to. He had often turned away the shafts directed against Mr. Stephens;. but, believing him- to be a patriot, he for one was not averse to the means taken by him to carry out the object that had brought him to this country. The party, however, to whom he belonged were of the stripe; and, as the people had shown some beliefin that, it would remain , the creed of a portion of the people until such time as General Sweeny and Col. Roberts proved that they were in earnest; . Several other speakers addressed the as setnblage, and the proceedings were kept up to a late hour. DEATH OF PIkOFESSORANIIISSKY.—Renben D. Mu ay , M. D., and LL. D., died at the reside.hce of a son-in-law in Roston on Thu, at the advanced apof eighty-six yes,A. The deceased, a native of New .14,f .ipshire, was one of the most learned, 'lntific, and practical surgeons of New gland. His connection with Dartmouth ` , ;)llege in the various medical professor ips of that institution, commenced in 1814 " d lasted until 1838, when he removed to inoinnati, and was professor in the Miami nd other medical institutes of that region .~w~.: ; ,: a :: ~ ~.. ,;1:-:'',-:,5‘t.i..: .:,''!.' ';'--.. - - THE FENIAN& CIANA D A. ISINGTMAD RAILWAY ACCIDENT Frightful Collision in a Tunnel—Three Trains on Fire. [Welwyn correspondence- of the London Timm] The Great Northern has hitherto been re garded as being one :of the best-managed railway systems in the kingdom, but at the present moment that system is almost en tirely blockaded by a disaster the magnitude as well as the character of which is entirely without precedent in the history of railway accidents in this country, and can only find its parallel in calamities which may some time have been heard of on the other side of the Atlantic. That three heavily-laden train of mer chandise should dash into each.other in the middle of a tunnel almost simultaneously. little more than twenty miles from London. that such trains should have become ignited by the fire from the furnaces of their overthroWn and shattered engines,and that the tunnel, which is more than half a mile in length, should be converted into one huge furnace, and its air-shafts into a species of burning enter, is a calamity so astounding as to be almost incredible were it not that it is undeniably true. The scene of this extraordinary occur rence is the Welwyn Tunnel, about five miles ,beyond Hatfield, and between the Welwyn Junction and Stevenage, and the narrative of the circumstances collected on the spot is this: Shortly before eleven o'clock a Irani of goods, "empties" started on Sat urday night from the Ring's cross goods'' station for Hitchin. On reaching the centre of the Welwyn Tunnel, either from the bursting of a tube, or some other cause, the engine broke down, and the train was brought to a stand. In this emergency it would have been the duty of Ray, the guard, who was in the break in the rear of the train, to have gone back out of the tun nel, and given the stopping signal. This precaution, from a cause not explained, and which, in all probability, never will :be ex plained, as Ray, with his coiapanion, was subsequently found in the br eak van dead, it is quite clear they did not take. This oc curred about 12.30 A. M. on this (Sunday) morning, and had scarcely taken place when the down Midland goods train, the driver of the engine of which had received no signal of danger on the London side, ran into the tunnel and dashed into the rear of the already broken down train of emp ties. The violence of the shock was such as to throw the Midland engine and the heavy train of goods which it was drawing, and which, - among other I merchandise, was known to contain seve ral wagons -laden with casks of oil and other materials of a combustible character, over on to the up line, piling them one upon the other in heaps reaching to the crown of the arch, and completely blockingthe tun nel. Whether from consternation or from neglect, no signal of the mishap was given to the signalman at the northern ens to ; wards Stevenage, and in an incredibly short space - of time the Scotch meat train came up, bringing up the dead meat from the north for the supply of the Monday's New gate market, with other goods. Tnis,which was a Great Northern train, entered the tunnel, and dashed into the ruins of the al ready capsized Midland goods. In a few moments it was discovered that the engine of the Great Northern train had turned over, and that the goods and wagons of the Midland train had become ignited from the burning coal and cinders of the engine -furnace scattered about. Sin gular to relate, both drivers and fire men of all the engines had escaped either unhurt or with but slight injuries, and having signaled to the nearest stations both up and down, what had happened, the first step taken was to look after the guard of the Northern train of empties, Ray, who was found in the midst of the ruins of his break, frightfully crushed and quite dead, and with him another man, a fireman in the employ of the Metropolitan Railway,whom it appears he was conveying surreptitiously down the line to his home, who, although not quite dead, was in a dying condition, and was not expected to survive many hours. The guard of the Northern up train, Lacey, was also found lying on the line near his break, most severely in jured about the head. He was in the first instance removed to Welwyn, but sub sequently- was taken to town and placed under the care of Mr. J, Templeton Kirk wood, of the Euston road, surgeon to the. Great Northern and Midland Companies. Lacey; although suffering from a severe scalp wound and other head injuries, it is `hoped may recover, Information of the occurrence was at once telegraphed to Mr. Seymour Clarke, the general manager of the line, who resides tit Hatfield, and also to the authorities on the northern side; at Knebworth large bodies of men were em ployed to get out what wagons they could, but the suffocating character of the smoke and the heat of the fire from the ignited ruins of the carriages and merchandise pre vented their efforts being, very effective, with the exception of the Scotch. train. Further telegrams having bben for warded to London, about 2 o'clock this morning Mr. Superintendent Williams, with a gang of some two hundred men, reached the scene of the disaster. By this time,, however, it was known that there were 36 carriages or trucks, 13 of wjaich belonged to the down Midland, all in •a blaze. The repeated explosions rendered any attempt, even if the heat and smoke had not prevented it, to enter the tunnel abortive. From the air shaft smoke and at intervals flame, although some fifty or sixty feet in height • from the roadway to the summit of the shaft,. together with sounds resembling the roaring of a mighty cataract or river, indicated the character of the conflagration that was ru n ning under neath, The authorities having taken coun sel, in the absence of water and inability to approach the seat of conflagration it was deemed advisable to let it expend itself, and be prepared with aid to enter the tunnel and clear the line of the ruins so soon as it should have done so. The fire continued to rage throughout the whole of the day, and it was not until six P. M. that it had become sufficiently reduced to enable any one to enter the tunnel. At this time a body of men •arrived, under command of Mr. Superintendent Wil liams, • with the Hatfield engine, lent to the company by the Marquis of Salis bury; and a supply of water having been obtained, the engine was set to work, but the ruins were still burning. Hundreds of navvies have arrived,and it ishoped during the night tog et the line clear ? In the mean time the - whole of the traffic has been car ried on along the Hertford branch via Roys ton and Hitchin, and the Cambridge branch of the Great Eastern Railway. It is a for tunate circumstance that the. Great North ern Railway traffic on Sundays is trivial as compared with that on week days, other- , wise it is doubtful if the Great Eastern could have taken it as well as the Midland, which is also stopped. MEMIBM E FETHERSTON. Pubßilow DOUBLE SHEET, THREE CENTS.:'O, _ A NEW Oseron.—ln an article on the diF plays of eloquence called fortis by the debablie in the House of Commons on the . .Reforra- bill, a London paper thus. speaks of _Mr.; r. Robert Lowe, whom it designates."tha haze of the Reform debate :" • • ' "His success is, at once dazzling and • precedented. There have been instances of men entering the House, and at one botind becoming a power. So, it was with 80 with PeeL So with Mr. Gladstone. -. l omt the caseof Mr. Lowe is altogether different. He has been in the House tor years. _Helms even been in office. Yet no one dreamed that he was one of the most powerful. ters of the House, and one of the finest or ators of the age. He was known toibe a clever man, a classical scholar, and- p ready speaker,. but until the late Reform- delZate_ no one rightly estimated the true force. 01 his intellect or the inimitable vig1 , t4...h41- eloquence. Though long on the Atter 7 . w" - - magnificent gifts were latent, tua, d - .4 1 „ form debate has brought them to 'a(' knowledge. Of the three speeches he deli ered on Reform, the last was the best. - more finished and beautiful oration -caulk not well be composed." , MEETING OF ITALIANS LONDON.--A. meeting of the Italians in London has been held, to give every Italian in that city, who, - owing to the distance, is not able tole pre- ' sent on the field of battle, an opportunity of aiding, by subscriptions in money, the war of Italian independence. Great enthu siasm was' manifested on the occasion, and a very liberal subscription entered into. Among the subscribers was one Signor Chiaves, who subscribed £lOO to be thus distributed: £2O to the first soldier who took • a standard from the enemy; £4O to the fam ilies of the two first soldiers of the coral:Lune of Villa Nova, near Asti, who might fall on the field of battle; and £4O to the first 10 wounded soldiers of the same commune who might stand most in need of aid, be sides the cost of an outfit to any ,soldierwho distinguished himself by some heroic deed. , • in fight. Ts BREAST-PLATE REvrvEn.—A letter from Italy to an English paper says that breast-plates are being revived as in the glorious times of the Knights of the Rana- Table and the Plantagenets. M. Muratori, the director of the Geneo Penitentiary, has succeeded in devising a breast-plate for sol diers, which scarcely weighs three Ebglish pounds. After repeated experiments. prac tised on it with heavy cavalry pistols at five paces, and lances, bayonets and swords, it has been discoVered to be utterly inipenetra- - ble both to bullets and thrusts. The most: striking . peculiarity of this breast-plate; which can in no way impede the movements. of a• soldier; is that not the Slightest atom of, metallic, matter enters into its composition The Minister for War and several supers - or officers' being present during the eager' ments, were highly satisfied with"its practi calusefalness. •14Sn. H. G. BonasT,_ the well-known pu Usher, announces his intention of "retirie from business, as far as practicable. within' the next 12 months." 'Mr. Bohn says - ilia — lA after an arduous career of nearly half a century, and now approaching his grand climacteric, he feels it desirable, to retire from the .mimediate pressure of busineee detail," Ix the House of Commons on the Bth inst., Mr. J. S. Mill presented a petition !roux 1,550 ladies of the upper and middle classes praying for the extension of the suffrage to female resident householders. Mr. Mill gave notice that on the following Tuesday be would bring the subject before the House. Timm How. Cassius M. CLAY, U.S. Minis ter at St, Petersburg, has recently taken , out patents in Russia for Broadwelre breech-loading gun, and at Carlsruhe in Baden, a company been formed for t the manufacture of the arm. CAPTAIN ikfAURY, it is said, is mainly in debted for the "testimonial" which he has just received in the shape of a purse of 3,000 guineas, to his friend, the Rev. Mr. Trem lett, a warm pympatiaißerwith the Southern rebellion. DR. NELATON, the physician who ex-, tracted the ball from Garibaldi's foot, -has' declared that he has great doubts of Gari baldi's fitness for going through a catzt-• paign, or, indeed, undergoing any great fatigue. ALE-TANDER Dumas, the celebrated no velist, is said to have left Paris to join Geri- -( baldi, at whose side he is to fulfil the du ties of historiographer in the approaching campaign. .. - . IN the House of Lords on the same day the Duke of Edinburgh (Prince Alfred)'wan ' introduced by the Prince of Wales, andl took the oaths and his seat. . j t CYRUS W. FIELD has made 33 voyageol across the ocean on the Atlantic Telegrapli business. T -y I, . i f THE HON. MESI _HERBS& _ ELVEwr-ON ~ is giving a series of readings in Manchester ‘. Liverpool, Huddersfield, and other towns:` es Vic Top. Bunn has lost $75,000 by the Lone- don panic. Facts and Fancies. Strange mingling of races. Two people went to church the other day at Kew; Eng land. One was Mary Cambridge, English woman and spinster. The other was Alex ander Teck, Austrian and bachelor. They came away As-Tecks. Kew-rious wasn't it? A Worcester boy found $4,800 in the street. The owner rewarded him to the ex tent of $l. Next time he sees money in the street he'll let it alone. Probably. The ex-rebel Judah P. Benjamin has been admitted to the London bar. Judah is a pushing fellow. He will find his way to the dock next. George Peabody declines all invitations to entertainments in his honor. He' cant be lionized—that is, in America. George's preferences are for the British Lion. At a meeting of negroes in Alabama they bound themselves not to work for less than $2 per day during harvest, on penalty of re ceiving fifty lashes. That looks like striking ior lower wages. - • • If a young lady chased - an unhappY bat round her room on a hot summer night. would it be the correct thing to say that she was making a slaughter-house of her apart ment or only that she was getting up, war? D'ye see? Abattoirs. - Madame Iturbide has left London for . 'United States.' She is in very deli _a health. "Sick ltur—cte." . • A Quanrr letter from Dr. Ginillotin has been discovered. It readslhus : "Mot/cher:. The punishment which I have invented is so gentle—se gentle that really it is only the Idea of death which could make it disa graeable. Indeed if one were not thinking . of death, one would only experience the , ‘r. sensation of a slight and pleasant cool on the neck s et voila tout:" • I=t" t-T,„ • ',t. FOREIGN REIEIM:IMALIrr.
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