HBSON PEACOCK. Editor. VO LUME XX.—NO. 169 EVENING BULLETIN. published eveby evening, _____ (Sunday 1 b excepted,) ■ HEW BULLETIN BtIIDISB, QO7 Ch*»tnut Street, Philadelphia BY THE '“lvßnlng Bulletin Association.” & ava aiAXvaci QIB*©M FBAOOOK, j ERNEST 0. WALLACE, XT. L. TETHEBSTON, THOS. J. WILLIAMSON JASPER lOTOER, Jr„ I FRANCIS WELLS , Hit Builbun la served to subscribers is tut, city at StcaoJa'ptt week, payable to the carriers, or IS 00 per aanaab ' • ■ JKIBBIED. HcKRE—MORELL.—On the 18th instant, at St, James Church, by the Rev. H. J. Morton, D, D., Ed ward H. Mcßee, to Mary H., daughter of the late 1 -Charles R. Moreii, all of this city. r DIED. ■’ BtJBK.—On the meming of the 22d Instant, James .A. Bute. Due notice will be given of the foneial. * ( __CBOMB,^RGB^, —On the 19th Inst., of pneumonia, Thomas S.Crombarger, aged fifty one years. • _ sia relatives and friends of the lamily are resnect fblly invited to attend his ftmeral, ftom histate residence No. 1322 North Thirteenth street, on Tues- Bofice tlie 23d luat '* at 2 °’ clocfe » wthout farther iTage. 2181 lnst - Jeremlah dence.inG^rmsntown.on Fifthday, 25th Inst“at lk _WOBTHINGTON.—On the 20th Inet., Henry*\V Df apoplexy. In the 51 year of his age _ The relatives and trl.nas of the family are resoect- Jfally invited to attekd the funeral, from his late resi* :2 tfciockF IMCestree 1 M Cestreet ‘ onThlrd the 23d inshfat ■ LaKI>ELI ' XIEPOBTKD FOB FALL St. Bernard Woolen Cloakings. SS££monSSSf3^£ wls * Mo6alo WtX)lenShawl3 ' Magnificent Plaid Poplins. jyj“cELROY’S CITY DIRECTORY FOB 1867. tihangos, remov.-ls and corrections will be noted In 'the forthcoming edition for 1567. if sent to the pnbP- rooms, No. 524 WaXJSTJT Street, third lloor, -No 22back. ’ The directory will be greatly emerged; csntain a map of the city, and be Issued as usual, and delivered to subscribers in advance of sales. Subscriptions so licited, a, McEitROY. ■CTJPEBIOR BLACK SILKS, t? A full Atsorunent 0 f Lyons Bros Brains, Taffetas K/fP deiPrance, Poults de bole. Mourning bilks, Ac, -of me best makes and at reasonable prices. BEbSQN & SON, Mourning Store, JSo. 918 Chestnut street. ai'iiiuiAjL. aio’iiciasi. SGIMIIFIG COURSE. UfAYETIE COLLEGE ..Ihaaaitlpn 40 the general Cenrse of Instruction In jUufl Department, designed to lay a substantial basis of Knowledge and scholarly culture, students can pursue those branches -which are essentially practical and technical, viz.'. ENGINEIERENG, Civil, Topograpical and Mechanical; MINING and METALLURGY; and the application of Chemistry 'to AGRICULTURE and the ARTS. There is also at- OLOGY; and of the HISTORY and INSTITUTIONS of our own country. Tor circulars appiy to President CATTELL.or to Prof. R, B. IOUNGMAN, Easton, Pa. April 4,1666. Clerk of the Faculty. my3-6moj . OFFICE OF THE BOHEMIAN MINING COMPANY OF MICHIGAN, 132 WALNUT STREET, Philadelphia, October 22,1868. NOT ICE—Th e sale of the Beal Estate. Mines, Ma chinery, Buildings, &c.. Ac heretofore advertised to he So d at tbe Philadelphia Exchange, on tnls day at 12 o'cl ck, Noon; IS ruSTPONED TO THURSDAY THE 22D DAY OF NOVEMBER, PBOXtMOT AT THE SAME PLACE AND P OUR, WILLIAM H. BOYER, I, , BAML. T. DARLINGTON, (Assignees. oc22m-t0n022? C. G. MAUKAY, Auctioneer. OFFICE O PTH E BOHEMIAN MINING . COMPANY OF MICHIGAN, IS2 WALNUT ‘Street. Philadelphia, Oct. 22,1866. NOTICE is hereby given that ALL SHAKES that nave been forfeited, and not sold, for non-payment of assessments,wiU-be poittlvely sold at Public Auction •Hi the Office of the Company on BAI'URD tY, tfovemlxT ivfAtoe&f, a£l2 o'cioek. noon, unless said assessments now due, are not paid on or before that day and hoar By order of the Board of Directors. oc22,m,tnollg SAML. P. DAKLINGTON Bec’y, OFTipa KEKBrnGTON AND OXFORD boad COMPANY, 127 COUTH T O CRTS STREET, Philadelphia, Oct. 22,1886. The Annual Meeting of tie Stockholders of this Company, for the Election of Officers and Managers to serve for the ensuing year will be held at this Office cn MOEDAY, Not. 6th, atl o’clock, P. If. SAMUEL C. FORD, President. 0c22-m,w,f,6t» NORTH' PENNS7LVANIA RAILROAD IKS' AKB uRItEN LANE STAI lON. Xfae residents of Germantown can have superior • LEHIGH COAT* delivered to them from the above place at*B 00 per ton. Prompt attention given to orders addressed to Box 6* 'Germantown Post-office. Office,ls South Seventh stre et’ Philadelphia, or to yard at Green Lane Station. QC2 lmrp . BINES & BHEAFF. S£> HOWABJ) HOSPITAL, Nos. 1518 and 1520 street, Dispensary Department. Medi treatment and medicines furnished gratuitously to the poor. POI/ITICAX# 1 A Soldier’s Widow on the Beead and Buttes Call.— Mrs, Sarah E. Hammach, in charge of the post-office at Tamaroa. Perry county, Illinois, has Jbeen called upon ostensibly on account of her “official -relations with the President” to give him money to ffielp carry elections in his interest. Mrs. Hammach’s husband fell fighting for his country at Vicksburg, and h« official relations” do not satisfy the widow that Johnson’s shameless perfidy to the party of the war And open championship of the toiies of the land entitle him to her money. She has therefore fought fit to reply to the request in the following model style* Tamaboa, Peny county, 111., Oct. 9th, 1856. C. Knap. JEsq, t Chair jnan 0/ the Executive Committee , Washi laton D. C.— Sib: Yours of the 3d Inst, just received, in which you say, -“The Besideut Executive Committee ap pointed by the late Convention at Philadelphia pro pose to circulate at as early a day as practicable, a large Dumber of documents calculated to enlighten the public mind on the great questions now at Issue. From yonr official relations with the President, we presume you will cheerfally aid his friends and supporters in ths momentous contest in which thev are now „ Blr * if . I understand correctly, this Philadelphia Convention of which you speak IE* 8 composed of Copperheads, confiscated T\?££l Ica ?l. a ?4.S oted and traitors, each as Forrest, of Fort Pillow notoriety, Alex. Stephens, Vice te r hAto?!i°K<££ e re £ el Confederacy, who now claims it thiSJfivnSSSm he i was whi PP ed - and acknowledges Taylor, and Governor Orr, a member Congieas, out of which Congress he is now Sd lon lM!S.M° ngr^s of tHeWt ““taS ° n i slr , claim to be one ot a committee annnintmi by ttese men to raise money to aid'ffiteftH?p?J?i dent's) friends and supportera" in making^waruomi the loyal people of the United Stat€H^e&arinVrfS Ahey, the people, through thelx cSmltSb lantv t P oWOT "unwarranted fiy“he S Coi£ stltution. Sir, this country tA *i,, peopie, and tv ey arei all-powerM? asSemonstrotefbv thelate straggle, and they will Dreservp defend the. Constitution, and amend"®,’So t |o t - traitors rannot trample upon their rlgll “ and {P'S presumption In you to ask me to contribute money to . aid these rebels m their ciusade aeain■t rhll K people of the country. No, sir, not one dollar wm i contribute. These men, composing the convent oh of which you speak, (In part at least! are the murderera of a dear husband whom I loved and upon whom I relied for protection and sudl port, who belonged to the Bth Illfnoia volunteers and who laid down his Ufa before Vicksburg on toe • r Kd day of May, 1863, that his country might live You say: “Prom yonr official relations with the President, we presume you will cheerfully aid his ftiends and supporters.” This is an Iranit. Bo y°°° r President think for one moment that I would, for the little post-office, or any other office at Ms command, lose my self respect, dishonor toe blm I held most dear in this world, by 1 “““Ibntlng money to help those rebels who took his ¥£i.°aS?. n . t^ ea !?i ntlieGove ™ mentf Please say tothe £™ 5t n „\ th ? t xll “ ve suffered more by the late rebel- P, e tost toe bloop of 800,000 loyal sol ,Tw?Ait?e*bl2odo£ °nr martyred President, Abraham JiohSwi a S?„P a J t l£ nlarly 1116 Wood of my murdered e * r tbe 2l “Others, brothers, sisters,and orphans—cry aloud, keep loyalty at • a premium and treason at a discount. : Very re3oactiully, SARAH E. HAMMAOH, P. M., AMUSEMENTS. The Theatb.es.—The Chestnut is going ta try “The Past Family” for three nights,beginnlngthis evening. •The cast is quite a good one, and it wm be interesting to compare the performance with that attheArch the samepliy being revived by Mrs. Drew thisevan ing, with toe excellent cast wldchprevloral wcharac terizedit. At the Walnut Mr. Edwin Booth ananS tte be OthebAmchehenta—Signor Blitz appears nicht.lv -and on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons rathn Assembly BuUdlng. At National Hall we have 1 the (Lincoln National Tableaux. At Eleventh Streeufonm atUairable bills areslwsiHisbtly'v anraicAE, The Italian Opera.— This evening L'Etoile dujtford, one of the inaster-pieces of the great Meyerbeer, will be produced at the Academy of Music for the first time. It has been performed a number of times by this company in New York and Brook lvn, and it will be brought out here in grand style, making a splendid spectacle as well as a 'delightful musical treat. Mias Kellogg. Miss Hauck, Baragli, Bell’ni, Antonucci and pothers are in the cast. To morrow /evening Yerdi’s best operai Ernani, will be performed, Mme. Poch, Mazzoleni, Beilin} and Antonucci taking the principal parts. The Bateman Concerts.— The Musical Fund Hall will present a gay appearance this evening, when Mr. Bateman’s grand concert troupe appears for the first time in Philadelphia, Mme. Parepa is one of the queens of song of this age, and the other artists that appear with her are all of the highest order. Testimonial to Mrs. Governor Cnrtln. [Correspondenceofthe PliUa Evening Bulletin.] Harrisburg, Oct. 20,1866.—N0w that the asperities and confusion of a heated politi cal canvas in Pennsylvania have given way to those cordial social understandings and good order, which are the peculiarities of our people, it is not out of place to refer to a pleasant incident connected with thefamily of Governor Curtin. It occurred some ten days since, and was of this description: After the Governor and his family had dined on a certain day, and were about to enter the large parlor of the Executive mansion, they were surprised on beholding a magnifi cent silver salver fruit stand, occupying one of the centre tables of the room. It was a surprise, intended as a compliment to Mrs. Curtin, the salver having been quietly con veyed to the Executive mansion, while the Governor and family were at dinner. It was, indeed, a most delicate style of render ing a well-deserved compliment to a most deserving lady, and as such is highly ap preciated by Mrs. Curtin herself, and can not fail to elicit approving pleasure from j the hosts of friends who have ever held her in Bincere respect. The salver and its supports are of solid silver. A grape vine stem, starting from an elaborately carved and chased pedestal of tripod shape, supports the salver, which is of open basket-work. The chasing and carving of the pedestal are very artistically executed, and as a specimen of American genius and skill are highly creditable. Im mediately above the tri-supports, whence the vine stem issues, are polished surfaces on which are inscribed the words, I ’ “From some Friends -- to -, Mrs. Andrew G. Curtin, ’ Harrisburg.” In the graceful curves of the vine are to he seen infant Bacchants sporting amid rich fruit and foliage. The workmanship of the H*ne and figures is of-the highest order of art. The figures were separately moulded, and, are of themselves, what may be truly called gems. Sustained by the vine-stem is the basket-shaped salver, which, when discovered in the parlor of the Executive mansion was heaped to overflowing with the rich offerings of Pomona. I understand Uiat the cost of the salver was five hundred dollars, and that the subscriptions to the fund were confined exclusively to the per sonal lady and gentlemen friends of Mrs. Curtin in this city; and that the offering is intended as the first of a series of compli ments in store for this lady before she vacates the Executive mansion at the end of the oflicial term of her husband as Governor of the Common wealth. It is in testimony of the high es teem in which Mrs. C. is held by her im mediate acquaintances in Harrisburg. As I have already said, in a few months wifi terminate six years of the official career of her husband as Governor, and it would be as unjust to ignore the great services and I important acts of the one as to pass over in silence the Works of mercy and benevolence performed by the other, while in the occu pancy of the Executive Mansion, During the exciting scenes of the last five years, when the State Capital became one vast camp for the training of soldiers, and a hos pital for the succor of the sick and the wounded, Mrs. Curtin more than once con verted the Executive Mansion into’a ward, I where sick soldiers were nursed and cared I for as diligently as in the regular hospital. I This was done by this lady without osten- I tation or display. All oler the State are thoughts of these deeds held sacred by men who survived war, and in respect for | the recollection of this noble service, so well performed, the tribute I have already described was originated and carried out. And in thus giving publicity to this incident, it is the desire of those who were interested in this tribute that the fact should be known, not that they expect to derive any credit | therefrom,.but that a true woman should have her meed'of honest praise proclaimed in a Commonwealth to whose cause she contributed much . service, without ever once passing beyond that sphere of action in which woman’s worth and attributes are seen to the best advantage—the domestic home circle. Observer. I : Sunday Travel. To the Editor of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin :—The apathy with which Phila delphians seem to regard this most impor tant question. is truly surprising. Can, or will, nothing be done to procure a modifica tion of the oppressive statute so well fitted to enable a bigoted, if not hypocritical, minority to override the rights of the majority? Are we particularly to endure the insults thus heaped upon ns by zealots who practically assume to have our con sciences, as well as their own in keeping? Something; should be done and that speedily, whether relief is to come in the shape of a moreliberal interpretation of the modification, agitation ?w ?h be mdostaously kept up in order that the much-needed retorm may be secured with the least possible delay. * 00 How would it be to insist on a more gen eral, application of the old law. Sunday carnages, Sunday milk wagons and Sun day trains to Germantown, Pittsburgh or New York, are not more’necessary than Sunday cars for city travel, perhaps Judge Strong would class them as mere facilities and conveniences. It would at all events, he worth while to, try the law on some of these institutions in order to dis cover whether they are as torpid as those who so quietly submit to a great deprivation . When, °ur bull gores our adversary’s ox,‘ yre shall obtain our rights, g PHILADELPHIA, MOND THE MEXICAN QUESTION. Reported Insanity of the Empress of Mexico. The ill-starred “Empire of Mexico” has sudden and unexpected blow, Which will in all probability accelerate its downfall. For the past fortnight rumors have been in circulation in Paris, whispered from mouth to mouth, but scarcely as suming any definite form, to the eflfect that the Empress Charlotte had become insane, it was not, however, till day before yester day that any journal had sufficient evidence I of the truth of these melancholy stories to embolden it to give them form and con sistency. The Avenir National, an evening journal, gave the first publicity to the ru mors. - The other Parisian journals, with the ex ception of the official Moniteur and the semi officiaiams<jfu«j(wmei,republishedthe-it;enir statement; and one (the PaA,ri6) attempted to give a sort of denial to it. Letters from Rome, however, and a variety of attendant circumstances, confirm the truth of the sad story, and it is feared that the brilliant and beautiful woman who staked all her hopes upon the success of what has proved a miserable failure has become hopelesslv ini sane. . - The Monde, the ultramontane clerical journal of Paris, a strong partisan of the Mexican empire, and in a position to be considered good authority in such a matter, confirms the tale. [From the Avenir National of Paris.] Two days ago we had received very sad sews as to the mental state of the Empress of Mexico, but although the source from which we received it was trustworthy, we were unwilling to credit it. At present silence is ho longer permissible. At first her state Of mind was attributed to simply nervous excitement caused by anxiety and disappointment, but accesses more and more irequent leave no doubt as to the terrible malady and give no hope of cure. The Count de Flandre has been summoned to Rome, where he is now witnessing this lugubrious and dramatic episode of an en terprise which has produced nothina but disasters. ° [From the Faria Patrie. Oct. 8, Evening.] .SomeridiculousrumorsrespectingMexico have been in circulation for some days. T J* e y , arG Sot up in emulation of those set a gp at oy committees of New York. We can a ® rm that these reports in ■which the au thors have not hesitated to mix up the name of a youthful female sovereign, now for the moment in Europe, and whose name ought to have been respected the more that less -confidence's felt m the future prosperity of the Mexican throne, are completely false. Another rumor, to the effect that a young rrench officer had been banged by order of Juarez,- is equally unfounded. [This last statements refers to young M. de Montholon, son of the marquis of that name, who is at present French diploma.'ic repre sentative at Washington.] [Paris'(Oct. 9) Cerrespondenca London Standard.] X mentioned the statement ofl the Avenir National that the Empress of Mexico’s mind had become affected from the disappointment which she had met with m Europe in her various applications for assistance. I also gave the denial of the X'atric. It is with regret that at present I am obliged to declare that the preponderance of evidence seems to bear out the assertion of the first-named journal. A letter from Home of the 2d, in the Salxt Ptiblic; of Lyons ;says: The Empress of Mexico is the subject of much conversation here. Yesterday morning at nine, without having requested audience, she presented herselt at;the Vatican to see the Holy Father. She was immediately received,and it is said" she presented a petition to the Pope praying his Holiness to sanction everything that her husband has done as Emperor with respect to religious matters. The story goes that the Pope positively refused, and that the Empress , then declared she would not leave the Vatican if her request was not granted. I cannot guarantee the authority of all this, but it is certain the Empress did not quit the Vatican until six in the evening. She retired to the private study of the Pope, and his Holiness con tinued his ordinary audiences. He after wards dined alone, according to etiquette, apd went out for his usual drive,leaving the Empress with her lady jn waiting. She at length left, and dined at the Hotel de Rome where her Majesty is staying. Ih conse quence of this incident, a rumor has got abroad that her reason is impaired, and we know beyond any doubt, that Professor V isle, the Pope’s medical attendant, scarce lyjeaves her. The Monde, of Paris, a journal likely to be well informed in such a case, observes:— A day or two since we received a melancholy statementrespectingthe Empress of Mexico, to which we hesitated to give credence. Our private letters from Rome unhappily leave no doubt on the subject. The reason of her Majesty has given way under the shock pointed b7 80 many b °P es suddenly disap- A Paris letter, in the Zndependance, of Brussels, announces that Dr. Blanche, so well known for his treatment of mental diseases, has been sent for to Rome to attend to the Empress; and the Nord, in mention ing the rumor,-remarks that d the statement made by the Journal de IMge, that the Em press Charlotte will not be able to visit Brus sels on the anniversary of the death of Queen Louise, seems to confirm the reports in cir culation,” A BELGIAN REPORT. Brussels, Oct. 9, 1866.—The Echo dc Par hament, of this evening, writing on the subject of the health of the Empress Char lotte, says: / : News received here from Rome state that Uae mental crisis has greatly subsided. Her Majesty has been enabled to undertake the journey to Miramar, accompanied by the Count of Flanders. Another Shocking Tragedy. Hartford, Oct. 21, 1866.—A shocking murder was perpetrated in West Hartford $? Saturday evening. The victim was a Mr. Julius Thompson; a bachelor, 40 years of age, wholived with his mother and sister, on the road leading to Talcptt mountain. Between seven and eight o'clock, a, young man called at the house and requested Mr. Thompson to assist him as his wagon had broken down. Mr, Thompson wentout with the stranger, and was found by his street gate about an hour afterwards, under a tree on the highway, brutally murdered. His skull was broken open with some instru* menfc'or club. No arrests have yet been inade, but our sHartford police are on the track of the supposed murderer. A suspi cious character has been seen for several days hanging about the village, and is sud- Pi?fu, the murderer. Robbery was the probable’cause, as Mr, Thompson had some money and bonds in the house. : In the base ball match between the Key stone, of Philadelphia, and the Pastime, of JJaltimore, at Baltimore, on Saturday, the pcore-stood, Keystone a^Pastimel?, OUIt "WBLOUE COUNTRY .Y, OCTOBIB 22, 1866 Progress of the War Between Brazil and Paraguay—-Hard lighting at the Intrenchments near Cfirupaity —A Brazilian Iron-Clad Destroyed by a Tor- ' pedo—The Bra zilians Capture the Place. h , av ® dat ® a from Rio Janeiro to the nd n? Bne , noa Ayres to the 12th Brazilian [fleet In the Para guay had suffered a severe loss in the blow up a ‘orpedo of :the fine iron-clad Ja ““r°- “>d with her a small mortar bout. This happened in the bombardment Curupaity. Nearly all the ™ml- the clad P ens b e d. There are conflicting stones of a heavy batttle on the imf S *w n i 1 i? PBrnP?. l^— one account say ing 'P at l h ® Brazilians captured a strong fort, but at the great sacrifice of more than inen; the other story discredits Ir *^ ltogeti \ er - Brazil “ preparing to send ten thousand more men to the Plate • aEda call has been made by President Mitre for three thousand more, in Provincial con ungents, {From the Buenos .Ayres Standard, Sept 1* ] On Saturday September Ist, the Brazilian fleet, carrying Baron Porte Alegre’s armv i TuL£- ? cen tong the Paraguay river, bent on I hiw f g .9 Qr ( - palty ' wb ® n about a league below that fortress, a masked battery opened a terrific fire on the foremost vessels. The AacionaFs correspondent says that this bat toiT. called Cnrnzn, was wholly unknown to the Allies, hut it seems some Paraguavan deserters had given notice regarding it a few days before. The accounts of the at *a, ~a ^e confused, but we glean as follows: At u A. M. six Brazilian iron-clads formed I m line to silence the battery, and the guns of Cnruzn replied with such vigor and pre cision that two shells entered a port hole of toe iron-clad Rio Janeiro, killing or wound mg ten seamen and an officer. The fight seems to have lasted all daywithequalob lEacyo,n,,boto sides, but we do not learn toat the Allied land forces made any move- °n Sunday morning the combat was re- Ea l v * d : The enemy’s battery had 7 (some At 7!?) " ) fFs D lv l^ uduJg . s ° me 6S-pounders. toey sent off a torpedo which burst harmlessly, but at 2 P. M. they tried another, which unfortunately struck the Rio Janeiro and instantly blew her up. There were over three hundred men on board, of whom eighty, by one version, and othera say only six, were saved. Octaviano and Tamandare witnessed the sad spectacle or the loss of their best iron-clad, but did not therefore desist. The gunboat Ibahv was also struck by a 32-pound shot in her boiler, killing or wounding four men. The bombardment was hot and heavy and General Mitre despatched some cavalry to make a diversion by land, while •Baron Port Alegre succeeded in throw ing his forces into the battery and remaining at night masteri of the position and of seven guns. He reports a loss of 1,000 men, or about one-sixth of his com mand; the Cosmos, Eponina and Brazil brought 700 wounded to Corrientes, besides more in the JSarcelo Bin:. On Sundav night, about midnight, an alarm was given in the Allied camp, owing to an encounter | with.some of the enemy’s scouts ciose to the Allied trenches, but it resulted in nothing except getting all the trooD3 under arms Latest dates from the scene of action are to ti.oO A. M. on Tuesday, the 4th. One cor respondent tells us that Fort Alegre re niamed at the conquered battery of Ouruzu on Monday, 3d inst.; another says that he proceeded up along, with the fleet to Curu- P a »y. opening a terrific fire on this fort, which lasted all day with great animation on both sides, while the land forces of Gen. Mitre prepared a grand attack by Tuesday morning. Port Alegre was confident of taking curupaity. The most unexampled cannonade was heard in Corrientes on Tues day ,and people speak highly of the conduct of Octaviano and Tamandare. We have at present no further details and can only add that the loss of the Rio Janeiro will proba- I blybemuch felt in the Brazilian-capital• she was formerly the Minerva, built in Lngland at a cost of £150,000, and was the best vessel the Brazilians possessed. i Still Another Account. The correspondent of the Standard, wri ting from Corrientes, Sept. 7, says: before we came in sight of the capital, the booming of heavy guns was heard from the north. It began on the 2d and continued the three following days, w hile the Brazilians were making an on ward movement to assail Curupaity by sea and land, an unforeseen obstacle presented shape of a new Paraguayan battery, yclept Curuzu, half a league below Curupaity. The first news the Brazilians had ot anything of the kind was a battery of 13 guns, 4 of which were heavy ones, open ing a murderous fire upon their advancing columns. To dispossess the enemy of this position was a bloody affair. It was done after a long and obstinate resistance. Seven hundred Paraguayans were killed ; nothing is said of their wounded or prisoners. The Brazilians allow a loss of 300 killed and 600 wounded; they were subsequently brought here. A new battery (till .now its name was unknown) has been stumbled upon; it is not far. from Curuzu, on the road to Curupaity; as yet it has not been interfered with. What you see in the local papers about the storming of Curupaity has not a word of truth in it. The iron clad Rio Janeiro was blown up, as also a bomb vessel. We do not tell you what became of their crews,for there are different versions. At noon, as the Guarani was un- mooring, cannonading was heard at the north; it proceeded probably from an attack upon the unknown fortification. What is sa id ofia flank attack upon Curnpaity. to be made by the allied army, is great nonsense. Any one conversant with thelocality knows such an enterprise to be impossible. Dur ing the week’s firing there was no move made at any time by the army.” The Internal Revenue receipts for the week ending yesterday foot up 54,651,80 S 28; and the total amount received from this source during the fiscal year amounts to $117,818,807 32. Amount of national bank notes issued during the week, $251,245; amount issued to date, $274,377,304. A mount of fractional currency received daring the SntfUft sent to the national banks, $2G2,600 20; fractional currency destroyed during the week, $239,800; • The employing printers of Washington have withdrawn their names from their Jate protest against the eigbt-liour system, SOUTH AMEBICAN HEWS. akbe ST «Pm bowbotnham, m. A Three Months' Pursuit-Desperate Be- Bistance of the Bnrgiftyg, [From to-day/a New York Tribanc 7 - The circumstances of the startling bank 111 Bowdoinham, Maine, on the 2od of June last, are doubtless fresh in the L°/^ nr re 2 de . rs - I* will be remern bered that the audataous operators in this ro ,^ el l vl ! ltedthe dwelling of the cashier of the bank, Mr, P. Butterfield, at mid night, and haying knocked him on the head with a slung-sbot as he arose in his bed, and gagged and pinioned him (serving •« wifeandlittleboy in the same manner.) rifled his pockets and obtained the keys of *? e , k ani * The thieves, however, found that the mere possession of the keys would the “combination” lockß of the bank vaults, and they returned for the cashier, and threatening him with instant death if he refused, compelled him to go with them and unlock the vaults. Therob bers having thus obtained about §75,000 in bills, coin and U. S, bonds, returned to the house, bound the helpless inmates to their beds and escaped. In the course of an hour Mr. Butterfield managed to free himself and gave the alarm. Mrs. Butterfield had, meanwhile, suffered such mental andnhvsi *? at B^e was completely pros her "bed^' 1 haS l ° llllB been confined to ascertained shortly after the rob bery that four men, answering the descrip- Portle^h^-T* 8 ’ hired a team at Portland, the night previous to the robbery and had returned it to the stable on the fol lowing morning. The horses were very “ a< *J ad « d * a “<i there was not much doubt but that they were the robbers. . M . r - Moses Sargent, the Boston bank de tective, was notified of the occurrence, and ! VJ f»ted Bowdoinham. There he received a thorough description of the thieves, and at once came on to this city andcommunicatM with Superintendent Kennedy. Capt Jour- FirW f “ e Brecinct, and Detective Elder, were detailed to work up the case. The description given tallied exactly with that of four of our well known Hew York burglars, and a watch was kept upon their movements. For three months the above officers, or some of Capt. Jourdan’s men, dogged them, with the hope of discovering where the stolen property had been placed? Some of the citizens of Bowdoinham were sent for, and camaon here. Various thieves were pointed out to them in such a manner, as not to excite Che suspicions of those under' surveillance, and eventually they succeeded m discovering and identifying three of the gang. Returning to Bowdoinham, these wit nesses went before the Grand Jury at that place, and made- affidavit against the sus pected thieves, and the latter were indicted. Requisitions were procured from Governor Cony by Officer Sargent, who at once came on to this city with uiem. On Friday morning Captain Jourdan and Detectives Rider and Sargent, accompanied by Officers TJunn, Dolan and Haggerty, of the Sixth Precinct, started after the men. Their bannts were well known to the‘offi cers, and not much doubt was entertained by the officers but that they would succeed in capturing them, so closely had they been watched, lu the Eighth avenue two of the sought-for men were discovered, named g a Y ld ® a * tlett and Edwin McGuire, alias Eddy McGuire, alias “Fairy” McGuire. They were followed by the officers down to Abingdon square, where they were ar rested. Both made a desperate resistance, McGuire attempting to stab Officer Dolan with a large dirk-knife which he had hur riedly drawn from his pocket. He was in stantly knocked down and secured. The thieves were then forced into a coach, wbich had been in waiting in the vicinitv and driven to the Station House in Worth street, where they were confined. The utmost dispatch in securing the other thieves was now necessary, for should they hear of the arrest of their confederates, they would at once make their escape from the city. At 9 o’clock on Friday evening, the party again sallied out, and at the comer of ” est Houston and Varick streets, met another of the alleged thieves, named Owen, silbs ‘‘Rory’ 1 Sims, H© was in company with a number of notorious thieves and cut-throats. Fearing to delay in arresting mm, however, the officers resolved to take him into custody in the presence of his comrades. This was done when a desperate bght took took place between the thieves and the officers. Revolvers and knives were drawn on both sides. A pistol was presented at Capt. Jourdan, when he drew his revolver and threatened 'to blow the man’s brains out, if he did not droD his weapon. Simswasseverely beaten about the head. In the height of the melee a Sixth avenue car came along, and the prisoner was dragged into it, the crowd foUowing, and continuing their attempts to take the man away from the police. They would probably have succeeded had it not hap pened that two Twenty-eighth- Precinct .officers, on post in the vicinity, heard the raa to the spot, and their exertions added to those of the other officers, sufficed to clear the car of the roughs and thieves, much to the relief of the passengers in the car, the lady portion of whom were terribly frightened. The car was then driven on, ane the prisoner was in a short time lodged with his confederate in the Station-house. The fourth man is still at large, but will probably be caught in a short time. The prisoners were on the same evening taken before Justice Dowling, who opened court for the purpose, and by him committed temporarily. On Saturday the friends of the prisoners, through counsel, sued out a writ of habeas corpus, but no trace of the acoused could be found. They had been handed over by our police authorities to the Boston officer, and he had left the city with them in his custody —accomuanied by Captain Jordan and De tective Elder. Ere this they have doubtless reached the scene of the bank robbery,there to answer the charge of robbery preferred against them. Bartlett is about fifty years of age and was boril in the United States; He has served twenty-one years and six months of his life in State Prison, on con victions of burglary, as follows: Clinton Prison, Hew York, six years; Charlestown, Massachusetts, six years; and two terms— one five and one four aid a half years—in Sing Sing Prison. Two years ago he was engaged m a burglary at the corner of Mc- Dougall and Amity streets, when Franois W. Cooper was robbed of thirteen thou sand dollars worth of diamonds and silver ware. McGuire is about twenty-eight years of age, and was bom in the United States. He served four years and six months in Sing Sing in company with Bartlett He was re cently arrested on a charge-of having rob bed Adams Express Company, and is now' under bail for trial at Danbury, Conn. ; Sims is a native'of New York, and is about thirty-two years of age. He has, served three years and six months in Sing Sing for burglary, la February, 1,865, he ■F. 1. FETHERSTON. Pabl^fegr. DOUB E SHEET, THREE CENTS was convicted of having shot at Officer Johnson, of the Thirteenth Precinct, while trying to arrest him. Sims pleaded guilty of assault with intent to do bccsily harm, and was sentenced to the Penitentiary for one year. He served two- months, when he escaped. Sims is very respectably con- relatives residing an the Ninth Ward, who are well and highly re spected. His father was at one time a mem ber of the old police force. CATHOLIC COUNCIL IS BALXI9E&BB Close of the Proceedings— Impressive- Ce remonies—President Johnson Present; oct ‘ 21.—The yaafc concourse assembled around the cathe greater, if; possible, than 21*? ?V he °P eni ?S of the CohnciL Presi r®? 4 Johnson and daughter, and Mr. Wal- M ajor of Washington, were present, h?,!i?|. arnved . :m Bal timore at an early hour tine morning: v «™m- hal^? ast J l H ne o’Mock Archbishop w^oi” 8 mt oned the.“Veni, Creator,”which EfP =g^^«^Vef^ main entrance.; The sun shone brsUiantlv on toe gorgeous robes of toe dignitaries, producing a strikingly grand effect, which was evidently felt by toe vast multitude of people who watched the procession with al most breathless attention.' The cathedral was literally throDged. The President and his daughter and. Mr. Wallach occupied seats at' no great distance from the altar, and watched toe proceedings with great interest, each being supplifd with a printed syllabus of the ceremonies, to which they referred from time.to time. , Archbishop Odin, of New Orleans, cele brated mass, toe music selected for toe occa sion being Hummel’s Mass No. 2. It is not too much to say that probably no composition of sacred music has ever been rendered with such thrilling effect on this continent, and by a choir, too, that numbers no professionals, The President and party seemed to be particularly struck with the music,especially with the “alma virgo” solo, m winch the fine soprano voice of the singer displayed wonderful sweetness, power, and flexibility- The musical department of the Council has certainly been on a scale com mensnrate "with the occasion. After mass, Archbishop Kenrick, of St.; Loom, delivered a telling discourse on the Authority of the Church, taking for his text toe seventeenth verse of toe tenth chapter of bt. Panl to toe Homans. After the sermon, the Archbishop of Cincinnati, as oldest by consecration, addressed Archbishop Spalct mg, expressing the high sense of his devo tion to and qualifications for his position entertained by. all prelates and clergy, and eulogizing toe ability and devotectaess of toe American priesthood as inferior to none m the world, and worthy of toe noble people and great republic in which they had toe happiness to live; concluding by begging God to bless. America and to make of us a united people, blessed by God and exhibit ing to the world an example of every virtue, Archbishop Spalding replied in a beauti tul address, thanking toe members of toe Council for their assistance and forbearance and expressing a hope that the Holy Father would look favorably on their deliberations* that the Council just ended might result ia the commencement of a new order of things President Johnson listened to the address of the Archbishops of Cincinnati and Balti more with evident interest, and seemed to derive satisfaction from that' part of Arch bl w op discourse that had any political bearing. ' The ceremonies of the Council concluded with the reading of the Decrees in Latin, and 1 toeir signature by the Archbishops and Bishop?. This done, toe procession reformed; and moved back to toe Archbishop’s resi dence by the same route it had come. The proceedings and decrees are now to be sent to Rome for supervision by the Pope. It is rumored that toe Council recom mends the appointment-of twenty addi tional bishops and one archbishop for each six dioceses. As the President left the Cathedral and was endeavoring to make his way to a car riage in waiting for him, he was surrounded by a large crowd, and hundreds pressed' forward to shake hands with him. He ap peared taken by surprise, but was evidently - flattered by this demonstration. The President was sent for yesterday eve nmg by Governor Swann, who anticipates trouble at Annapolis to-morrow, but many su i7s- lse that the visit to the Cathedral had •a different object than the mere curiosity to see theceremonies, and that the importance of the Catholic and Irish votes in the coming elections had something to do with it. ; The members of the Council dined to gether to-day at the Music Hall, North Howard street. • The Bate Stokii. —Lieutenant Com mander Wm, Gibson, commanding tha United States steames Tahoma, reports to the Navy Department,under date of Nassau* New Providence, on the 9th inst, the fol lowing: “On the 3d and 4th inst, when on alina between the Bermudas and Hatteras, was? encountered a revolving storm of hurricane violence. We are not in distress, but the damages sustained are serious. “As carefully computed from our observa tions, the cyclone was moving E. N. E. at the rate of thirteen miles per hour. Ita centre, when nearest to us in latitude 33 deg. £L 1 ° I, £ 1 a d £’ V 2 20 sec. weJ, bore S.S. E. forty mils distant, and its whole diameter was about two hundred and sixty miles. It came upon, us so suddenly, and with so little premonition,the barometer registering rather than fortelling the changes of wind and weather; the sea rose so rapidly nnd grew so dangerously heavy and con fused, that being satisfied we were in the left-hand semi-circle of the storm, I deemed it safe to abide the issue by heaving the Ta homa to on the port tack. : “The centre of the hurricane passed over the’island of New Providence on the 11th inst., and the scene of 'wreck and devasta tion is marvelous and very sad to witness. More than half of Nassau is in ruins. Moat - of the houses are unroofed, and many blown to’pieces. Some were moved bodily from, their foundations into the streets. Churches warehouses, and other buildings of solid stone are shattered as by a bombardment. The trees are destroyed, leaf and branch as If by a conflagration. Nearly every vessel ’ or boat is sunk or swept high and dry.”^ r o»'tbetet instant the Commissioner of Indian Affair invited proposals for a very large supply of Indian goods, such a* blankets, doth, dry goods and hardwares were to have been opened to-day, but at the suggestion of the new Commis- A Sairs, who is to enter upon Ins duties on the first or, November, the advertisement has been, withdrawn, for the reason that the contract should not be > made by the retiring, but by the incoming Commissioner, -
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