GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor.
K JtiUME XX.—NO. 227
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OOCKBTJBN-ZANE—At Louisville. Ky.,Dec.27, by
’theßev.Mr.Cralk.Mr Geo.R B.Cockburn.ofTorouto,
President or Upper Canada University, to Mina Mary
-Zone, dsughterof H. Zane. Eaq.
TkMPLK-KYLE—At Hamilton. Ohio, on the 23th
of December, by Rev. B. J. Hamilton. Mr. Oliver H.
'Temple te Mlm sallle B. Kyle, of Hamilton.
DIED.
■BARKER —On the 29th Inst., Barah Wharton, wife
'Of Abraham Barker, aged 43 years.
The relatives and friends of the family are respect
fnliy Invited to attend the funeral, on Tuesday morn
IDE, January Ist, at lo o’clock, from tils Spruce street,
-without further notice. *
BLCHNER, —On the 28th Inst, Jenette, widow of
■Cha*. B. Blnmner, Bged 63 yean. _■
Funeral from her husband’s residence, No. 640 North
Fifth street, on Monday afternoon, at * o’clock. *
NORRIS.—On Friday evening, December 23th,
Samuel Norris Is the 71styear of nls age. *
WARE—Suddenly, In Cincinnati, 28th Inst, at the
residence of Geo. D.Fry. Ella StWare, in the 13th year
ot her ace. daughter of Isaac D, and Clara R. Ware,
of Philadelphia.
RTELODEON COVERS AND RICH PIANO
JXL COVERS, FOB OHBIBTMAS PRESENTS.
Fine Shawls, for Christmas; tine Silks, for Christ
anas; Christmas Delaines and Prints; Hdklb., Collars,
"Gloves and Scarfh. _ ,
EYRE & LANDELL, Fourth and Arch,
SPECIAJj NOTICES.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS
WELL DELIVER THE SECOND LECTURE OF
THE COURSE,
Under the auspices of the 8. C. and STATISTIC AX
ASSOCIATION, at NATIONAL HAXX, MARKET
street* above Twelfth* on THURSDAY EVENING.
-January 3. 1867. Subject-“ Sources o» Danger to the
Republic.” This la said to be the greatest of Mr. D.'s
Sr The S £xA?JK BWA'N has kindly volunteered to for
.nt«h occasional airs at the opening and closing of each
lecture.
Season Tickets for the course (eight lectures)* $2;
"Single Admission ascents.
Doors open at 7 o'clock. To commence at 8.
Tickets may be had at T. £. PUGH’S Bookstore, 607
CHBSTNUT street, and at the deor on the Evening of
each Lecture.
"WILLIAM Slllilij Chairman,
1216 Washington Avenue, (Coal Office),
Ji 0» WHitE, Sr.,
Fonith street, below Willow,
J, HANKINSON,
Golielma street,
Committee of Arrangements,
dea-strp
PROVIDENT LIFE AND TRUST COM
'JhS' PANT. No, 111 S»uth FOURTH Btreet, Phila
delphia, 12th Mo., 3lßt, 1866 ,
The Annual Meeting el the STOCKHOLDERS of
: the above named Company will be held at their Office,
-on SECOND DAY, let Mo. ltth, 1817, at 10 o’clock
A. M. An Election for TbieeDirectore, to serve for
three years, will be held between the hours of 10 A. M.
■ and 2 P.M. ROWLAND PARRY,
de3l-m,w,f,«t| Actuary.
THE INDUSTRIAL HOME, Corner of
ILSr BROAD street and COLUMBIA avenue, la open
- for the admission of Girls from twelve to eighteen
- years of age, who are neglected or deserted by their
jnarentB, and who need the shelter and instruction of a
Christian home. If the public will sustain, this Insti
fr.Snirwreny girls may be kept from evil and made rp
j,*BnecSible an)d useftil women. „ _
iDontrlbutlo»ia may be Bent to James T. Shinn,
Treasurer, Broad and Bprace streets, n022-rptf
Bra, HBBCAimiiB ;benbfioial assooia
y T)ON.—'The terms of admission are as lollowa:
e Membership....-..- — ...... ......72500
. Annual S 00
. Kntrar ee fee 1 00
Application for admission to membership may be
■ znaue io any manager, or to
-WIiIJAM A. BOLIN, Setfry.,
[Ja3orpJ 739 Market street.
delZ-w-f,]
•ry'=» OFFICE OF THE PHILADELPHIA. AND
GUAYS FERRY PASSENGER BAILWAY
■COMPANY, TWENTY-SECOND street, belew Spruce,
'lPhxladelphta, Dee..31,18*6. _ „
The Stockholders Anneal Meeting and Election for
■ President, Directors and Treasurer,-Kill be held at
this Office on TUESDAY, January is. 1867, at 11
o’clock A, M. JAS. MoFADDEN, Jr.,
deaim w f tojalß Secretary.
PHIENIX INSUBAMOE COMPANY OF
l LS£/ PTTTT. a mcT/PHT a. Pttttapblphia, December
Sl ’rhe Annina Election for Five Directors, to serve for
three years Twill be held at the Company’s Office, No
: 224 WALNUT street on MONDAY, the Vth day of
.. January, 1867, at 11 o'clock A. M.
de3l-6tl SAMUEL WILCOX. Secretary,
IK=a> OFFICE OF THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER
PASSENGER RAILWAY COMP ANY,TWEN
TY-SECOND street, below Spruce, Phhadelpsia,
Xeceniber 31st, 1866.
Tte annual meeting of the Stockholders ot this Com
pany, and an election for Officers, niU be held at this
January 14 th, 1867, at 3 o’clock, P.M.
■ de3l'm,w,HJalE} A, W. ADOLPH, Secretary.
OFFICE PHILADELPHIA ANDMONT
.BJWGOMERY COUNTY RAILROAD COMPANY,
LTSOUTh. FOURTH Street, Philadelphia, Dec.
31 1866
foie annual meeting of the Stockholders of this com
-Saes will be held at Oils Office, on MONDAY, Janu
ary 14th, cl 12 o’clock, K., to elect a President and six
•Directors, to serve for the FQBD
de3ltjal3J • Secretary.
,-sv-==» OFFICE OF THE PHILADELPHIA AUTO
-ilLgr DABBY RAILROAD CO., TWENTY-SECOND
Street, below Sproee, Philadelphia, Dec. 81,1886.
The Annual Meeting of tbe Stockholders and -an
•election for President and a-Dlrector of this Oompaoy,
-will be held at this office on MONDAY, January 14th,
■ 1867, at 4 o’clock P. M. ' „
D. H. FLICK WIB,
de3l-m,w,ftiaisin} Secretary,
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OON
llviv trlbutors to the Home of Refuge will be held on
WEDNESDAY, the 9 thef January, at 4 o’clock P. M.,
.'.at No. 109 North TENTH street, above Arch.
Tbe Annual Report of the Board of Managers will
■ be submitted, and an election will be held for Officers
-and Managers, to serve fbr tne ensuing year.
ALEXANDER. HENRY, Secretary.
Pamnmmii, Dec, 81,1888. deai-2t|
OFFICE OF THE GREENWOOD COAL
. COMPANY, No. 32* WALNUT STREET, PHI
LADELPHIA, Dec. 31', 1868.
The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders' of this
-Company, and an Election for Officers to serve for the
- ebsulig year. wIU be held at the Office of the Com*
«lOT 8I * Y ' U “
de81j»3.7.10,14,6t» Secretary;
S» UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA—DE
PARTMENT OF ARTS.—The SECOND
M of the College Year will open on WEDNES
DAY, the second day of January. Candidates for ad
mission will appear at the University, for examina
tion, on that day. at 10 o’clock A. M. Tuition fbr each
'Term Thirty-five Dollars. GEORGE ALLEN,
deBl-Btt Secretary of the Faculty of Arts.
i'rw” ST. JOHN’S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN
Lsiy CHURCH. Race street between Fifth and Sixth.
Pastor, Rev. Dr. J. A. Selaa. Divine service will be
held on New Year’s morning at IPX o’clock. it*
PROF. BLOT’S LECTURES ON COOKERY
Uviy —Eight Illustrated Lectures will be delivered In
5 the ASSEMBLY BUILDING,comer Tenth and Cheat
nut. at 11 o’clock, A. M., commencing on THURS
DAY, JanuaryS. deilrptf
HOWARD HOSPITAL. Nos. ISIS and 1520
•Ai Lombard street, Dispensary Department, Medi
cutreatment and medicines furnished gratuitously
to the poor.
AMUSEMENTS.
: At the Academy of Music this evening
□rather Kemp’s Old Folks appear and, “The
Arabian Nights Entertainments” will be
given, for the benefit of Emma J. Nichols.
"To-morrow a grand matinee willbegiven.
At the Chestnut Mr. and Mrs: Barney
"Williams begin their second week, appear
ing in a fresh and very attractive bill. To
morrow afternoon a grand matinee with a
.splendid bill will be given.
At the Aboh “Griffith Gaunt” is still the
attraction.
aAt the Walnut Mr. J. S. Clarke revives
his capital play of “The Member from
Pike.” This is Mr. Clarke’s last week.
“The Naiad Queen” will be given as usual.
To-morrow the last “Naiad Queen” matinee
willbegiven.
Signor Blitz’s soirees at Assembly
Building are wonderfully attractive, parti
-culariy during these holiday-times.
Paxil) Exiting Ikllctiti
•■ , ♦
TicknorA Fields baye pablisbed a second
volume of “The Life and Letters of John
Winthrop,” by his descendant, Hon.Bobert
O. Winthrop! The former volume brought
the history of the famous New England
Governor down to the period of his depart
ure from his native land in 1630. The pre
sent volume completes the record of his
interesting career, which closed in 1649.
When it is borne in mind that Gover
nor Winthrop’s arrival in America was
only ten years after that of the Pilgrim
Fathers, the Mayflower herself being one
of the fleet, it is easy to see in what
a rich soil the historian has worked
and with what certainty of an abundant
harvest. The record of Governor Win
throp’s life is a’ noble refutation of many of
the slanders upon New England character,
and hiß journal and letters afford the most
beautiful illustration of that blending of
Christian charity and tenderness with the
austerities of the severe age in which he
lived, which was the true type of the char
acter of the men and women- who laid the
foundations of New England society and
institutions.
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
Mr. Winthrop has written his narrative
of his illustrious ancestor in admirable
style, and has made a most valuable con
tribution to 'American history and bi
ography. Many interesting extracts might
be made, from this interesting volume, but
we content ourselves with one:
" The attentive reader- can hardly have
omitted to observe the beautiful coincidence
which exists between the dates of some of
the most memorable occurrences in our
early colonial history, and those of some of
the great events of our more recent national
career. Thus the Governor and Company
of Massachusetts set out for the Bay on the
17th of June, and probably encamped that
night not far from was afterwards known
as Bunker Hill. Thus, too, the first
Thanksgiving Day of the Colony was on
the 22d of February; and the Blessing of
the Bay was launohed on the 4th of July.
The change of old style into new would
indeed, destroy these coincidences, but as
long as the dates shall stand, as they still
do, on the printed page, the associations
which they suggest cannot fail to be
cherished with an almost superstitious
fondness.” ■
“Hymns Ancient and Modern” is the
title of a collection of sacred music whioh
has attained an extraordinary popularity
in the Church of England, and has been
introduced in public worship to the extent
of hundreds of thousands of copies. Mc-
Cauley & Bemont, 1315 Chestnut street, have
published fac simile editions of this fine
collection of ehoice hymns and tunes, in
full score for leaders and organists and
with the simple melodies for general con
gregational uses. The tunes are all given
in their pure formß and with admirable bar
monies, and are set generally lx> keys which
bring them within the general capacity of
congregational singers. “Hymns Ancient
and Modem” is already being rapidly in
troduced in this oountry and in the last
General Convention of the Episcopal Church,
a strong movement was made to give it the
official sanction of that body, an effort
which was certainly a strong endorsement
of the peculiar merits of the work.
“The Old Sergeant,” is the title of a little
volume of poems, by Forceythe Willson,
just published in handsome style by Tick
nor & Fields. Tbe leading poem, which
gives the name to the volume, is a striking
thought, woven ontofthe supposed fenoies
of a dying soldier, with much poetical force
and beauty. Some of Mr. Willson’s other
poems are afflicted with the vice of mysti
cism, which never yet was anything but a
blur' and disfigurement, no matter how
beautiful the thought may be that lies con
cealed beneath this affected style. Many
others, however, are quite free from this
objectionable feature; and are replete with
true poetic sentiment and marked with the
unmistakable signs of reality; in their sug
gestions of the poet’s own experiences. For
sale by G. W. Pitcher. ■
Every Saturday.— The first number ;of
Ticknor & Fields’s popular weekly for the
new year continues Yates’s capital story,
“Black Sheep,” and Miss Thackeray’s
“Village on the Cliff.” The. other articles
are “A Four-legged Savant,” an aooount
of a wonderful learned dog; “Something to
My Advantage,” a first-rate little sfory from
London Society; and “ Coeffeteau,” an ex
citing French police sketch, translated from
Le Grand Journal, “Every Saturday” is
now also published in monthly parts, con
taining the weekly numbers, for the conve
nience of those who prefer it in that form.
Personal.
Governor elect Geary has selected Mr. J.
Robley Bungiison, of this„city, as his pri
vate secretary. This choice does credit to
the judgment and discrimination of Gov
ernor Geary, Mr. Dungllson was for sev
eral years engaged upon the Evening
Bulletin as an assistant editor, and he
has subsequently had a large experience
as a correspondent and editor upon other
journals. He is active, intelligent and ca
pable, and Governor Geary could not have
made a better selection;
Mr. Marshall, the painter-engraver, whose
fine head of Mr. Lincoln has recently been
published, goes to Washington in a few
dayß to paint a portrait of General Grant.
Mr. Marshall’s purpose is to engrave a head
of General Grant from his own painting,iin
“pure line” upon a still forger scale that
that of his Lincoln.
Wild Boars.— lt appears that wild boars
are exceedingly abundant in the province
of Luxembourg, France. They are met
with in droves or twenty or thirty. An Old
one lately killed weighed une hundred and
seventy pounds. In a battue at Ruettei a
wolf of, enormous Bize was shot. From the
muzzle to the end of the tail he measured
eight feet. This old depredator was well
known for a gray coat in the neighborhood,
which he had ravaged for many years.
Finally, a journal of Arion states that wolves
are beginning to reappear in considerable
numbers in the Luxembourg forests. Sev
eral ot them have been killed. K
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 31,1866.
EUROPEAN AI’J’AIBS.
[Correspondence of the PhUa, Evening Bulletin.]
Pabis, Friday, Deo. 14.—The publication
by the Moniteur of the conclusions arrived
at by the Imperial Commission for the reor
ganization of the army, has drawn away at
tention from almost every other Bubjeot for
the moment. Nor is it to be wondered at
that this should be so, when we consider
how terribly the conscription, and all that
relates to it, interferes with the comforts,
interests and family ties of a vast majority
of the French people. I fear that the
plan, whioh has just been promulgated,
under the immediate and personal influ
ence of the Emperor, is not of a character
to increase the popularity of the Imperia
government, however well adapted it may
be to augment the military forces of the
country. What are we to think, indeed, of
the state of Europe and the European sys
tem, when we are told, as we are at the very
commencement of this report, that “France
cannot preserve her rank in Europe” with
out an army of 800,000 men ready to march
to the “frontier” at any moment, besides
half-a-million men to “ maintain order in
the interior and garrison the fortresses!”
And this in the midst of profound
peace, and when the Emperor will
tell us, as he no doubt will do.
in his speech at the opening of the Cham
bers, in January or February next—that he
is on the best of terms with his neighbors
and with all the world! What is the use of
“being at peace” under such circumstances?
—unless, indeed, it be to Bave bloodshed;
for money, moat assuredly, cannot be saved
bo long aB such a military establishment is
permanently kept up.
The chief points of the government project
are the following:
The military forces are to consist of, Ist,
the Active Army, 2d, the Reserves, and 3dt
the Mobilized National Guard.
The Active Army consists of the young
men drawn annually for the conscription,
and of those who enlist or re-enlist volun
tarily.
The Reserve is formed of the remainder
the young men who have not been drawn
by the conscription tor the regular army.
It is divided into the first Ban and second
Ban, the former being liable at all tbhes to
be drafted into the regular or active army,
the latter only in time of war.
The National Guard, mobilized, consists
of all old soldiers, and of all persona exempt
from other military service; and is, indeed,
a living en masse of all the able-bodied men
of the country, to be resorted to only in ex
treme cases, and by an act of the Legislature,
The period of service in the Active Army,
as well as in the Reserve, is six years, and
three more after liberation in the National
Guard; Now almost the only boon granted
to the population in the above project
is tbe reduction of service from seven years,
which it is at present in the regular army,
after whioh a man is free for life—to six
yeara. Bnt in return for this, the project
demands a forge sacrifice. It is reckoned
that 326,050 young men in Franoe arrive
yearly at the age of 20, and become liable
to the conscription. Only 160,000, however
of these are able-bodied and fit for military
service. The present system. takes every
year, 100,000 of these, and leaves 60,000 at
liberty. The system now proposed will take
the whole 160,000,drafting 80,000 at once into
the active army, and placing the other
80,000 in the reserve; of whom one half,again,
are liable, as we have seen, at any moment
for certain duty,and the other half in time of
war. The project in fact makes soldiers
of them all—of all the able-bodied young
meniin France, that is, who annually arrive
at the age of 20. The report,indeed, declares
expressly, at its conclusion, that the object
of the new plan is to “discipline the whole
nation,” and “elevate the military spirit of
tbe country”—as if that was the feeling
whioh particularly required to be stimulated
among the French people! In short, the
project Bweeps away ruthlessly ail hopes of
disarmament, all thoughts of retrenchment,
all the visions alike of peace-makers and< fi
nanciers; and holds oat as the perspective of
the fntnre of France nothing bnt an exhaus
tive expenditure,and either armed peace,or,
worse still, preparationfor war. The calcula
tion iB that at the end of six years the results
the system proposed will give 417,483 sol
diers for the active army, 212,373 to the first
and second ban of the reserves respectively!
and 389,986 to the national guard. In all
1,232,115! Well may M. Emile de Girardin
and the peace party hold up their hands!in
horror, and point, as they do, to the “peace
establishment of the United States, with its
present effective of 45,000 men, to be raised
to a minimum of 56,000, and never to ex
ceed a maximum ef 75,000!” Such figures
are eloquent; and joined to a financial sur
plus of two hundred millions, cause many
an eye in imperial France to be turned to
the country where democratic principle 9
and republican institutions, sincerely prac
tised, produce sueh amazing results. j
At last the Moniteur seems to have disco
vered that such a means ef communication
as the Trans-Atlantic cable exists. Yester
day it published a despatch from Mexico,
dated the 3d inst., signed by Marshal Ba
zaine and General Castelnau, to the effect
that “ Maximilian was still in Mexico” (an
Mexigar , that is, in the country, not the
city), and had as yet " taken no decision.”
The despatch urged the sending oftransports
without delay, “ the evaluation being to be
terminated in March.”
The arrival at and departure from Vera
Cruz of Messrs. Campbell and Sherman is
also announced, who are reported to be
“ animated with the most conciliatory senti
ments.” The official journal announces this
morning, in a significant manner and pro
minent position, the departure of the first
transport, vLe Far, for Vera Cruz, “des
tined to bring home the French troops now
in Mexico.”
OUR WHOM! COUNTRY.
TBE COIIiEBY EXPLOSIONS IN
THRILLING PARTICULARS.
Dreadful Doss of Life.
On the afternoon of the 13th inst., a fear
ful explosion took place at the Oaks Col
liery, 1J miles from Barnsley, in Yorkshire.
The latest particulars, as flax as ascertained,
show that there were 330 men and boys in
the pit when the- explosion occurred. Of
these 18 were brought to the surface alive,
but that small number had since been re
duced by 12 deaths. On the morning after
the explosion, while a number of men were
exploring the workings, a second explosion
occurred, causing, it was believed, 28 addi
tional deaths. The party consisted of min
ing engineers and foremen of the neighbor
ing colleries—volunteers endeavoring to
rescue the former sufferers.
Two other explosions occurred in the
course of the day, and it was found neces
sary to suspend the search for the bodies.
Only one of the victims of the secondes
caped. On the moralngofthe 14th apolice-'
man on duty at the pit’s mouth was startled
to hear a alight movement of the signal
wire, accompanied by a alight tinkle of the
bell attached. Engineers and medical men
were summoned, and after great difficulty
a miner named Brown was rescued, with a
fair hope of future recovery. Brown reports
that he heard no moaning and observed no
sign of any other living person in the pit.
Another frightful explosion also occurred
on the 13th lnstant,near Newcastle-on-Tyne,
Staffordshire. The original estimate of the
loss of life had been reduced,bat still stands
at the fearful number of 74. As to the ori
gin of the two explosions, it was believed
that at the Oaks colliery the gas was firdd
while men were engaged blasting. In the
other case it wasimpoasible to form a con
jecture.
The Lord Mayor of London—Aid. Gabriel
—bad opened a subscription list which pro
mised to be liberally taken up. The follow
ing letter from Queen Victoria has been
published:
“The Queen learns with regret the extent
of the frightful calamity, and desires, if a
subscription is set on foot, to pot down her
name for £2OO fob the relief of the unfortun
ate sufferers.”
The Trims tall Explosion.
A Staffordshire paper says:
About 11 o’clock yesterday morning an
explosion of fire-d am p occurred at the Talk
o’-th’-Hill Colliery, near Tnnstall,by which,
as far as could be ascertained last night,
nearly 100 lives were lost. The colliery is
situated in the parish of Talke, about a mile
from the Harecastle Station; it belongs to
the North Staffordshire Coal and Iron Com
pany! Limited, and has been worked about
eighteen months. The coal which it pro
duces is known as Banbury coal. From
the mouth of the shafts—two in number—
to the bottom of the pit is a depth of 350
yards, and the workings extend about 500
yards in various directions. The number
of men and boys employed was about 150.
These poor fellows descended the pit at
5 o’clock yesterday morning and engaged
in their hazardous occupation till 11
o’clock. About that hour a smoth
ered report was heard by those standing
on the pit bank, flames rushed furiously
from the mouth of the pit, and an instant
afterwards the surface of the country for a
great extent on ail aides was oovered with
thick soot. The shook caused by the explo
sion was felt at tbe distance of half a mile.
Quickly the colliery was thronged with anx
ious relatives, who,in the thoughtlessness of
their trouble, would unwittingly have hin
dered the attempts which were at once
started to rescue the periled miners. Mr.
G. Johnson,the Company’s manager,got the
pit bank cleared as soon as possible, and the
cages were lowered into the mine. In a
short time about fifty terrified men and lads
were brought to the surface by way of No
2 abaft. Tbe efforts at No. 1 shaft were not
so successful, several men who were
raised at that point being burned more
or lees severely* The scene at the. time o'
the early rescues was most touohing, the
joy of mothers, wives and children being
intense and loudly expressed on finding that
their relatives were only burned. The
needs of the injured men were promptly
met by Messrs, Barnes, Brace and Greato
rex, surgeons,who together with the incum
bent of Talke, the Rev. M. W. M’Hutchin,
were quickly on the scene of the catastro
phe. The latter gentlemen was particularly
active in his efforts to relieve the poor fel
lows. Tbronghout the afternoon the search
was continued, and as, from the suffocating
atmosphere within the pit, requent relays of
assistants were necessary,the services;of
those who had escaped were called into re
quisition. The willingness with which
they came forward was, as Mr. McHutchin
informed ns, truly admirable, while their
sympathy was such as only those ac
quainted with tbe dangers of their
calling could fully appreciate. They
bravely desoended the depth from
whioh they. had so nanowly
escaped with their lives, searched for their
mates, and, placing those they found in tbe
cage, were with them drawn up No. 1 shaft
to the surface. The exploration rendered
the searchers almost'unconscious, and as
each one came to the surface every means
were taken to revive him. Some of them
remained for a long time half insensible,
while others, on whom brandy and chloro
form had a more salutary effect, boob came
round, and were ready for another descent.
The bodies brought up from' time to time
were examined by the surgeons, and were,
with few exceptions, pronounced dead.
The fatal word was sadly, heard by the
men at the pit bank. At this time wo
men and children had been prohibited
from approaching the shaft, and thus
many painful demonstrations were pre
vented. Additional melancholy was
given to the scene at the pit
< month, by the shadows cast upon the grimy
faces of the deceased by tbe lurid glare of
the fires whioh had been kindled to assist
Identification. The latter result was at
tained in very few instances, smoke and
disfiguration rendering it difficult. Once a
looker-on ventured to guess that “it was
Dick So-and-so,” while another asserted
that it was “him as worked with Jack
Knowles.” In pairs the bodies of the un
fortunate men were placed in carts and con
veyed to tbe Swan Inn. Along the road
many women anxiously asked about their
husbands and sons, bnt seldom could their
questions be answered. One poor woman
pushed forward to a cabin near the pit; and
plaintively put the doubting question that
she “reckoned they’d heard nowt o’ Jim
yet?”
The scene in the pit is described as fright
ful. . Bodies and limbs lay apart, and seve
ral headless tranks yiere Bent up: The total
number found in an injured slate op to 8
ENGMD.
o’clock fost night was thirteen. The. dead
bodies numbered forty-three; after-damp
was the cause of death. Deducting the un
injured, the burned, and the dead, there
must then have remained in the pit between
forty and fifty men, and, as none of those
brought np towards the end'of the day. was
eliye, it is reasonable to suppose that these,
too, bave perished.
This is the first explosion at this colliery,
although it is described as of a very gassy
character. All the most recent methods of
ventilation were in use and the cause of the
explosion is not at present known. Daring
yesterday afternoon the government inspec
tor for the district, Mr. Wynne, desoended
the pit. The pit stable, we are informed,
caught fire, and it is supposed that seven or
elgnt of the horses have been destroyed.
One collier who aided in the extrication of
the dead told hid comrades, on reaching the
pit hank in a fainting state, that he had
seen four men lying dead in a heap. Sev-’
eral who, like this man had become worsted
by their labors were ordered to remain
quiet upon one side, bnt the brave fellows
insisted, in tones and with the appearance
of drunken men, occasioned by the gas,that
they “could go again.”
After tbe bodies bad been washed, a
number of the deceased were identified;
The names of such are as follows; James
Rigby (boy), David Rigby (boy), John
Booth (boy), Critoblow, William Trott,
William Archer, Samuel Cartledge, Janies
Johnson, Boughey (boy), ThomasJenk
inson, John Macbeth (a son of the late
-station-master at Alsager), Thomas
Knowles, William Ratcliffe, Bllling
ton, Samnel Kenyon, Edward Denby,
George Reeves, William Jenkinson, Joseph
Yoxall, Edward Dnlton, Frederick Bailey,
Edward Clowes, John Smith, and John
Breeze (boy).
An Aceonnt of Some of tbe Evils Result
ing from tbe Rendition or Rebel Pro
perty.
(For the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.]
In these dark hours of our country’s his
tory, when to have openly defied the laws,
and brought untold suffering into thou
sands of homes, or tc> have given sympathy
and aid to those who were seeking to de
stroy the nation’s life, is no bar to a free and
ready pardon, bnt rather a recommenda
tion, not merely to mercy, but to positions
of trust and honor, it may be well to pause
for a moment, to watch the practical work
ings of a system which offers a premium to
crime and treason, and falls with a crashing
weight npon true and loyal hearts. Upon
none has -it fallen more heavily, than on
that ever oppressed yet patient people whom
we now call Freedmen. Pain and suffer
ing seem to have been their portion in tbia
land of Liberty, and pain and suffering are
likely to continue their portion, unless the
warm hearts and strong hands of the North
will come to their assistance, and that with
out delay. i-
Not many months ago—in the beginning
of summer—a Committee of ladies from the
“ Women’s Branch of the Penn. Relief As
sociation,” was sent to visit the schools es
tablished by them in the Sonth. In a few
weeks they accomplished their work and
had returned home greatly encouraged by
all that they had seen and heard, and con
vinced (if they needed convincing) that
time, labor and money spent in educating
and assisting the negro, were by no means
spent in vain. From every humble school
house they turned away with hearts touched
by tbe sight of such forge numbers of
children receiving, with such unmistakable
earnestness and interest, the instruction so
tardily accorded them, and with feelings
of surprise at the rapid progress made in so
short a time. Perhaps one bf the most in
teresting Bchools visited by-this committee,
was that under the superintendence of Mr.
Cardosa, a colored man, and graduate of
the Glasgow University, Scotland. This is
one of the Charleston schools, and numbers
1,000 pupils, taught by fourteen teachers,
seme white, some colored. Another Charles
ton school, taught by Mr. Sumner, nephew
of the Hon. Charles Sumner, also numbers
1000 pupils. Both these schools were in a most
flout fening condition and gave great satis
faction to those vißiting them. But alas, for
the changes and chances of human affairs.
Were it not for the promptitude and energy
of those having control of the schools, these
2,000 colored children would very shortly be
w ithout any school building whatever.
The following portionß of a letter ad
dressed to the President of the Women’s
Freedmen’s .Relief Association, by Mr.
Reuben Tomlinson, Superintendent of
Schools under the Bureau, speaks for itself:
“You will remember that when yon were
in Charleston, we had three forge schools,
one in tbe:£ion Church, one in the 'Normal
School Building,’ (Mr. Cardosa’s), and one
in the 'Morris Street Building,’ (Mr. Sam
uel’s). The Normal School Building was
restored to the 'Commissioners’ some time
ago, and that school has been temporarily
provided lor in the 'Military Hall.’ -‘The
Zion Church School still contiunes, although
the building itself is the subject of litiga
tion at present. The Morris Street School
Bnilding passes under the control of the
■Commissioners’ on of January, I
have succeeded, however, in renting the
bnilding from them for the use of the
colored school, until the Ist of next July—
the Bureau paying the rent. I want to build
a large school house in Charleston,and have
it ready for the next school term. About
the building of tbe house there will be no
trouble. General Howard has already prom
ised to fornish the money for that purpose.
But it will take from five to six thousand
dollars to buy a suitable site for the build
ing. To purchase this, the Bureau cannot
furnish the money. The colored people can
do but little towards it, as they have al
ready mourred very heavy obligations for
different Ghurch properties in the city.
The bnilding is intended to accommodate
at least twelve hundred children, and will
be a complete • school house in all its ap
pointments. I have set my heart on accom
plishing this thing, and therefore
it is that I am so bold in
Bsking of you your interest and assistance.
Yon bave been in Charleston and yon know
what the need is,and let me assure you that
the only hope for the education of the co
lored people is in the energy and benevo
lence of the North, and I may add, that the
hope ot the North and of the whole country
is in the education of these thousands of
colored children. I wish I-knew how to
beg! How I would importune you and the
other good people of Philadelphia for aid!
Alas! I can only write down, in very indif
ferent language, the needs of my | clients,
and trust to your insight and good feeling
for an appreciation of the urgenoy of my
appeal.”
The advantage, not to say necessity, of
such a school-building as that whioh Mr
Tomlinßon desires to erect, must be appa
rent to every one, and, with so much
already granted, it will be hard Indeed
if tbe remaining $6,000 cannot be
F. L. FETHERSTON. PabMcr.
DOUBLE SHEET, THREE GENTS*
raised. It does not sSenr any
longer to be a mere matter ofchoioe whether"
we will assist these people cr nob 'The
question of negro suffrage, which meets us
at every turn, is one which must necessarily
be decided before very long. 2t> is for us
now to say whether tins power shall bßout
into the hands of an ignorant and'readily
deceived people, who will fall any easyprey
to every unscrupulous potitician who comes
across their path, or whether we shall so in
struct them, .that, when the day* dawns '
which shall give them the full rights of
manhood, they may be ready to fulfil their
duty with a full understanding of thd re-'
sponsibility of their new position. The fu
ture of this, people depends (humanly
speaking) in great measure upon whet wo '
of thenorth Will do for them to-day., CUbso
your hearts and tighten your puise-sfeinga- ■
if you will, but in the days to come yon '
will lament the short-sighted policy wffich *
refused to elevate and assist those who cow '
stretch out beseeching hands, and call with '
imploring voices to yon for your sympathy *'
and aid. *
It had been the hope of the ‘‘Women'"
Freedmen’s Relief Association” to devote,
henceforth, all their time and energies to ■
the cause of education, but there is even*-
now, at this early season, so much want and*’?
suffering, that they are again compelled to
call upon aid societies and individuals for
the very necessaries of life for these unfor
tunate people. Letters are constantly com
ing to the members of the Freedmen’s As
sociation from different parts of the South,
telling sorrowful tales of the destitution
that exists there. Both corn and cotton crops
have in many places utterly failed, and they
have before them the prospect of a long win
ter of suffering and misery. In addition to
this, the vast army of “recoastruoteds” are
flocking back to their former homes in large
numbers. In Virginia great trouble exists
on this account alone, for these merciful
and generous masters of the soil, not con
tented with depriving the freedmen of their
homes, are demanding back rent of those
whom they have bo unscrupulously ejected.
In other places schools had to be closed on
this account, leaving numbers of children
unprovided with any means ox education.
Does it not seem as though the Great Master
was calling to us all to come forward to this
work—His work—bidding us to love and
help one another,even as He loves and helps
us. True it isthat people are wearied with
their long continued labors during the war,
ahd equally—sadly—true is. it that there
can never .be that same amount
of enthusiasm . and interest felt
in this people that there was in the
soldier, yet still we are not the less bound
to.do for- them, that they are not of our own
families and households, and we have
always before ns the great example of One
whose life on earth was spent in doing good
to all—even his enemies, and who says to
us, through His Apostle, “Be not weary in
well doing, for in due season ye shall reap,
if ye faint not.” '
Any contributions of clothing or money,
will be most thankfully received, at the
office of the “ Women’s Freedmen’s Belief
Association,” Ho. 711 Sansom street, be
tween the hours of 10 and 2.
The Becent Tragedy at eiasteabnry,
Conn—Suicide of a Son or Hon. Tnad
deaa Welles.
[Fiom the Hart&rd Times of Saturday.]
We were shocked to hear of the suicide of
Captain Robert G. Welles, late of the regular
army, and eldest surviving son of Hon.
Thaddeus Welles, of Glastenbury. The rash
act was committed a few minutes before 6
o’clock last evening, in his father’s library.
Mr. Welles sat reading his evening news
paper, when Robert, who had been con
versing yrith him, exhibited % pistol. Ttia
father remonstrated against carrying each a
weapon, and asked his son to give it to him.
The latter declined, thongh in no unfriendly
spirit. Suddely approaching his father, he
flung his left arm around his neck and
kissed him, when with the single exclama
tion, “Farewell, father!” he sank back into
a chair, put the pistol to his' head and fired—
all so qmekly that his father, though spring
ing up to arrest him,,was unable to pre
vent it.
The ball passed through Capt. Welles
head immediately back of toe right temple
coming out just above toe left ear, and
striking a hook in the library, fell flattened,
upon toe floor.
Capt. Welles continued to breathe for an
honr and a quarter after toe act, bat was at
no time conscious.
By this shocking occurrence Mr. Welles’
family are plunged afresh into toe deepest
affliction and grief. Last' summer Mr.
Welles’ eldest sod, Samuel, was killed by
the explosion of a steam engine at Mare
Island, California, while engaged in . the
capacity of engineer, in directing an im
portant work there. He was much es
teemed by everybody who knew him, and
to toe family his loss was, a blow more
severe than can well be told. It is believed
by Mr. Welle3 that this fresh affliotion was
occasioned by his son’s melancholy over
toe untimely loss of his brother. He had
been observed to be low-spirited much of
toe time since that distressing occurrence.
At the burning of toe church in Glasten
bury on Sunday he had taken cold in ren
dering assistance, and had since suffered
from constipation and wakefulness—getting
no sleep on Thursday night. His mother
yesterday noticed and spoke of an alarming
appearance in his eyes; but he seemed so
rational and pleasant, and had conversed so
well of his deceased brother, whose letters
he had been reading, that his father was less
alarmed about him. On seeing the pistol ha
told his son that it made him nervous, and
that he feared he mightdo something with it
to be dreaded, “for,” he added, “you have of
late been subject to depressed turns, and
you may not know what you would do.”
Immediately after occurred toe shocking
result.
Capt. Welles was just 24years old. Ha
served with marked credit in the regular: -
army, where he gained his .rank, ana re
signed not long after the dose of the war,.
He was a young man of uncommon talents,
and every body esteemed him. The family
are overwhelmed by this fresh and crushing?
affliction.
A Widow said one day to her daughter,,
“when yon are of my age, you will be.
dreaming of a husband.” “Tes, mamma,”
replied the young lady, “for the second
time.”
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POST OP Pmi.ADKU-HIA— DEC3ICBBBS3U
A®" See Marine MuUetin on Seventh Papn.
Steamer Vineland, Green, fiom Boston for thlaaori.
at Holmes’ Hole 27th lost. *****
Steamer Saxon, hence, at Boston 5(1 th. Inst.
Bark Sharpsburg, Kendall, 10. days from Masalas,
bound to Philadelphia, was towed past the Bock «>r
Gibraltar 7th Inst.
Scbr D Gifford, Jerr ell, cleared at Savannah 27tfi
Inst, for this port. , ***
MARINE MISCELLANY.
Steamship George Washtßgton.of Oromweirs line,
which left New York on Saturday for New Orleans,
went ashore about 4 «*M on the Upper Middle. She
cp mo off without assistance tn about an hour after, and
proceeded to sea,, She tad ae pilot oa Kpud,
MJCMOttAABA.