GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME XXL-NO. 246. THE EVENING BULLETIN PUBLISHED EVP.RI EVENING (Sunday,' excepted), ,AT THE NEW IiNJELETIN 111111.11:11ING, • 607 Ohentnut bisect, Philadelphia, TUB EVENING BULLETIN ASSOCIATION. BOP PII.LETOM 1711350 N PEACOCK ERNEST C.• WALLACE, F. L. FETH N ERSTO, TIIOS. J. VVILLIASISON. , CASPF.:It SOUDER, .Pd., FRANCIS WELLS. The BULLETIN ie served to aubscribere in the city at 18 cents. per..week, payable to the carrier,', or sB.per annum. WEDDING INVITATIONS AND VISITING,_(,,AEDS Engraved or Written. Newest styles of Wedding Stationery. Gall and look et eamptee. . W. (I. PER/Dr. Stationer. jai VS Arch street. MARRIED. • BLAKIIECK—IJARDWICIL—Oa nit Inst., by Rev. F. 'R. liarbb ugh, • Joseph Blarcheelt to gay A. Hardwick, all of this city. • • COLES BERRY—BENN ETT.--On Tueaday. Jatanary 21, Pa, at the Unitarian launch, by the hey. NYtti, U. Fut ./INN lieut.,. W. Colerberry to Patty F., daughter of Jacob Bennett. Lee • allot thla city. lIOLCOMK—DR. VEH.—Uu the 21st lag., at Immanuel Church, at New Cantle, Delaware. by the Rev, Chr,lea Spence: flankeon, llolcomb, to Edith M. Driver', ell of New-Cantle. • ULIAN--CARIC.—On the 22d instant. in Calvary Choral. Brandywine Hundred. Delaware, by the Rev. 13. T. Dotehirin, Mr. Geo. 0. McMullin, of San Francisco, 4.:141., to Mire Margaret A. Corr. of Clover Bill, DeL It DIED. EYERSB.—Suddenly, on tho evening of the Wth fruit. Joseph 'Wain Byers, in the 66th year of hie age. The relatives and friends of the faintly are partici. tarty invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, No tt2 ♦Walnut street. on ktlday morning, at II o'clock. .proceed to Laurel IfilL EIAILD—JA N CA L I...93.—EYREtz.LANDELL. Fourth 4,./ and Arch. are prepared to Bolt (tunnies with, 110 CSEHOLD DRY GOODS ? GOOD FLANNELS AND MUSLIN'S, GOOD TABLE LINENS AND NAPKINS, • GOOD BLACK AND COLORED SILKS. XPEUNAL NOTICES, f itilVid 1 1 : 1:111 - 1 : , 1 1A I SEV;Ifit eti ft l Ff I N I A A k e 4 s l f ) . PANS. ON 1,2.1 Y•SLU9N D ST IIEL: 2. BEL W Putt. kUP.I.PLI lA, Jan, 21st, lea3a. At tlift Annual eduction, held thla day, the follolvioq etueltf.oldere 'dem dectud officer's fur the enniog yuftr ; ITEMDENT. Gitthl3 II:v. I.l4E(FitAk. J(.11IN i MoVADDEN, (). wm. M. FAfik. It. li. itAlt 041., i% 011"1'41N. jt..tdN %VA.\ AMAKEIt. g I .V.l r Mt.IALWEN. tla to MI ovricr. OF TIIE CANAL AND DANK ; COM I'AN s'. JEnntn" env. N. J., 'dim. 2:14, IK.t, VIDENTKNOTICE.—The Board or Directors have th:t day dyel:wyd n tend-nnnent dividynd of Five l'er Cytd upon the amount of the pryfetrod etack, payable on d after 'ILE:AMY, the foal th day of February next, at thy yflt y of the Con4lllY. at .lerney Coy, or to mtedindlitz• reeirtent in alai clear Philadelphia, at the olikent t.a..a.ttli & iu that city. Tit, .t. , ,titlet bona, will be:timed from .tlita date until l'ybruary ilh irclurive e uy- 0 rntx°TUE. TRE MoST COAL COM- Pan.Y.:No. 1a Philadelphia Exchange. I'mT,4DELPIII.A. Jan:sh Pem. The Aar: eel Sleeting of the litoekholdere of the 'fre (;on.pavy Will he held at No. 1t l'hiltdelphi I %chaaae. in the city of 'II:ESDA I", the Yeerfh day of February, at 12 o'clock, M.. at whleh time :+1),1 loco the Annual F..leetion (or Prerldent and Dirue v)rs to verve the evening year will be held. 11. C. eoexer, Secretary. ja1...13 till fc4' c031,41 , 1tC1A1, ENCIIANiie; UM I'HIL.AI)E Pill . —The Annual .Nftetintz of the Commercial Each: mar, is ill be held on TuEsuAY Jan. V.. it& 1. he Annual Iteport of the Board of' Martagera will be read at 11i6 o'clock, A. M. The pollP IA ill be open from 9 A. M. untirn P. M. for the election of °flirty, to ~e for flang :Mem term wall p h a se call at tae of the riasoclatfon au the:2d, 14t11,115f1t and kith Inst., from 10A. 31. until U 31„. and procure tickets for the normal entertainment. GEORGE PLERIE. Secretary pro tem. see Omer, OF THE CiItEENWOOD COAL COM- P NY. No.=4 WALNUT STREEP. Iltit.abraxtrta. Januar/ i,lEso. An adjourned meeting of the Stuekholders of tbui Cotn• ariv . will be held at' tbe Office of the Company. on p AVEDN ES DAY. the 29th Last— 1: 12 o'clock, ' , l. W. C: OSERTEUFFER, Secretary. j;.`~S,th,r,tu.Et lerrlJE ANNUAL MEETING Or THE STOOK holders of the "Burning Spring and Goose Creek Oil Company" will be held at their °Mee. 311 Walnut street, On TUESDAY. January 33th. at Ii o'clock A.. 1., when an election will be held for Directors to serve the ensuing year. ja'2,3-th.t.m,fitrpo IMYIDEND NOTICE—OCEAN OIL COMPANY. —A monthly dividend of Two Per Cent. (being twenty c tap per sbare) has been declared payable on and after February Ist, clear of taxes. Books close January 27th, at 3 P. open February 2d. DAVID BOYD. Jr.., Treunrcr. jar.:3 25,27 29,51fe1.6t; A MEETING OF THE CONTRIBUTING 11115 Y" Membtra of the YOUNG MEN'S HOME, of Phila. -delphia_ will be held at 1726 Spruce atreet. on Tlitilt.3. DAY, February tib, at 7y, F. M. W.M. C. ATWOO.), It. . Secretary. G MEN'S CHRISTIAN 110.. I.INC11; 7 STNUT Street. SCIENTIFIC LECT 'REd. Thun.dav, Jan.. 23, at 13 o'clock P. M.. Rev. DANIEL hiC It. I'. I) —"Switzerland and the Madera" 2.2.2t.rp6 Jan. ;a, Dr. J. E. MEARS—' The Human Skeleton." HOWARD HOSPITAL. NOS. 1518 AND 1520 l iar Lombard street,. Dispensary Department.—Medl• cal treatment and medicines furnishedgratultously to the poor. norm SEATS FOR DICKENS'S READINGS foreale. Apply at Synth SECO N D street. Trice. @ t M. NEWBPAPERB,BOOKN PAMPHLETS WASII Taper, &c. Bought by E. MINTER, 4917 arn6 No. Mg Jayne etreet. • A nard Case. PIIILADEMPIIIA, Jan. 2 - 2, 1868.—T0 the Editor of the Evening Bulletin:—l have been very frequently, troubled and vexed by the brutal man ner In which the poor are treated at the office of the Guardians of the Poor, Seventh street, by the men there employed; also, by many of the vial . tors connected with - the office. But this - after noon's doings are so shameful, in my opinion, that I write to know if there is no redress. A poor man, reduced by reverses and sickness, died on Monday night last, and at the office they actu ally refuse a coffin—we offering to provide burial. Now this appears to me an outrage. Is a man to remain unburied, in a civilized land, because his poor wife has not money to inter him? And more, is it not disgraceful that in a city like oars an office should exist ostensi bly to hear of these wants, and yet be under the .control of men who insult whoever enters asking aid ? It is bad enough to be reduced to extreme pov erty,without receiving insult froin those who are yuld with our money to relieve Just such cases as this. A similar case occurred to me during the cholera season two years ago, when three per sons actually lay dead for tiro days, at the corner Of Fifth and Lombard, and these same men re fased.me personally to bury them, averring it was not their business, and as the Board of Health said it was not their business, they, too, were in . 'a fair way of remaining above ground. , A,teolleetlon was made, however, for them. JANNom.—One of the spbakers at a meeting in Oldham, En land, recently said of Mr. Gladstone that, "as a Lancashire man, he was jannock to the backbone." The Saturday_ Review Is face tious about -, havlikillecovered that "Jan pocks' are oaten bread made into hard and coarse large loaves. The blunder of the Saturday. Review (says another English paper) is more amusing than its facetiousness. "Jane ock" is, commonly used in the rural districts of the North In the sense of fair, honest and genuine. If a boy at tempt's to cheat at marbleshels..require.d-"to play jannock." A WICKED Mozunt.---At the Salford (Eng land) Town Hall au Irishwoman was recently` charged with theft, and it, appeared that she had trained her daughter, only Il.ve_years of age, to accompany her to shops and pilfer articles from the counters whilst alto engaged the attention of the shopkeepers, . . . . . ..... , . . . . .. .. . _ , CIIIIW' * „, 44.'iv . : 4 . .. . .. .., ~,,,,,...,,,,:„.::..,.;',:,:.,,,,,,, , • . , . . ~, , ,,t Y , ~,,,,:. • •„:. 4.. . •--..- .:.; . -",,...'‘ ..- - ' - .+..",,, 7 / N ' 4z, • g . , - k ! . .1% . ,, , ...=:,. . ~., . , ~"..)......,.~,,, .... ,15......,,,,....... .... :..... , ... ~..... - ..7? , • , , . • . ..::.'::•::;'::-: '. .." ;: .. '4.' < .. - ' , "1., , • , s mss' 4 et ..„ • , . Ak .. . . : . ''' ' '' ' ' ' . • 1 / 4 ... . , , . . . VOIIS HODGEP.4. crttAry LEWIS ROTIIERNIEL, Tresaurer Crrizr.N. LETTER FRODI PARIS. leofreapondenee of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.] PARIS, Tuesday, January ith, 1868.—1 venture to • flirm that every letter mailed this day from Paris, or from any other part of France, to the United Sipes, will have for Its chief, if not its sole topic, the state of the weather. And, in deed, it is difficult for any of us hero not to be come more or - less - engrossed with a subject which appeals so directly and so "sharply" to one's personal feelings as does the one in ques tion at this moment. There has been, to be sure, a slight modification in the state of the temperature for the last day or so, and we have ascended from the rigors of ten, twelve and thirteen degrees below the freezing point, to the more endurable temperature e of live and six. But still "Jack Frost" holds us fast In his iron grip; 'and so long as he does not yield, it may always be said of him that crescit macro, and that he makes every thing "harder" and less "bearable" (except the ice) the longer be lasts. The chief consolation to our Paris resi dents, and especially to our own people, is, not having "gone down South," but having been lucky enough to stay here, where coals and feel are at least to be had by paying for them (although the former are 60 francs per ton, and even at that price about a third cheaper than wood)--where dews and windows have some pretensions to shut, and apartments profess at least to keep out the cold. Down South, things seem to be in a desperate way, and the "sunny shores of the Mediterranean" have this year quite lost their character and disgraced themselves.• Mountains of scow have fallen all along the coast line from Torsion to Montpellier and Toulouse, and thence again to Bordeaux and Pau. Montpellier, once so celebrated for its mid-winter climate, has been very . roughly treated, the cold maintaining itself steadily at 7 and S degrees of intensity. with a leaden sky. and not a gleam of sunshine. All the smaller etreams have been Meg sit ce completely arrested; and such giants for what are thought giants here) as the Loire, ei , e. Garonne, the Scene, the rapid Phone itself. are d„:'''' bccenning lee-bound. Lyons, al ways cold place le winter, is suffering very severely, especially among jts laboring and manufacturing te irritation, so many of whom :11'43 at this moment 071.:,* half-apple:led. The centre and northeast parts of France seem to be the points where the cold- has proved most intense. Thus, at Nevers. among the forests of the Nivt rnais, the central point of all, the ther mometer has marked 13 degrees of Centigrade below zero, - or 9 degrees of Fahrenheit. And the same thing, or nearly, has occurred at Nancy, Strasbourgb, Lille, and other northeastern cities. According to the chroniclers of past times, - we must go buck nigh a quarter of a century to find a parallel season. And now a word or two of the state of things In Paris under this Siberian aspect. We have had, as yet, only Just snow enough to whiten the house-tops, although, within a tew miles round, the country is deeply covered. Paris enjoys commonly a singular immunity in this .respect, owing , some persons think, to the chalky basin in which it lies. But if we have almost escaped snow, we have had our full share of frost, ac companied by high winds and clouds of dust, which, swept along our now wide and open Bou levards and avenues with terrific effect, remind ing one of the accounts we have been reading of late from the British camp in Abyssinia, with wily the slight difference of some 80 or 100 de grees of temperature! Every bit of water has, of course, been long frozen over, so that when the ice, or at least the ice-house, took fire the other day in the Bois do Boulogne, our whole summer provision of the luxury was like to have been melted for want of water to put out this singular conflagration. At last, however, some one thought of the Artesian well, and the necessary supply was procured from thence. The Seine is now completely frozen over, and the fashionable amusement for some days was to drive down to one bank and send your carriage to meet you on the other side, after you had crossed on foot. But one or two stupid or awkward individuals having managed to fall in,and one even having the bad taste to drown himself(in such , weather!), the authorities, of course, under this paternal government, stepped in and spoilt the fun by prohibiting all further traffic. The gene ral rendezvous for all the world just now is around the lakes of the Bois de Boulogne, where may. be Ken grouped, drising; skating or sledg ing, the entire beau monde of Paris, froth the Em peror anffErppreesdownwards. It need seare,ely be said that the American Colony, male and fe male, forms a large element in this fashionable gathering, nor that the latter portion of it at least is pre-eminently 'distinguished by its grace, its agility, and—its toilette ! The climax, however, of these scenes of wintry festivity took place, not by day, but by night. On Saturday last, just as the cold was at its height, the skating club announced its intention of giv ing a fete' de nutit on the ice in the Bois de Bou logne. Some little courage, no doubt, was re. quired to encounter so keen a blast as then blew on one's way to the rendezvous, past the Trium. pita]. Arch of the Champs Elysees. But, b once within the Bois itself, some shelter was afibrded even by the leafless trees;tho air was comparative ly calm and the scene around the lakes certainly very beautiful and fairy-like. Hundreds of va riegated lamps encircled the margin of the frozen waters and hung suspended on the arid branches around. A countless host of carriagesefilled with all the most brilliant native and foreign, private and official, society of Paris, clad in every variety of fanciful costume—Russian, Follett, Swedish— wended its way in long lines of light, and set down its be-cloaked and be-furred occupants op posite the beautiful marquee of the Club, itself dazzlingly illuminated. Some ladies fastened on their skates (the new American pattern without straps being the favorite); some embarked on sledges, to be impelled by male Wolters, the latter carrying lanterns in the hand or on their heads, and the sledges themselves being decked with the same. All, however, were bound for the ice in some fashion or other, and the lake was soon crowded with gay groups. Suddenly, on a sig nal being- given, oiect rie lights from the marquee and other spots burst upon the scene, and lighted up all its fantastic imagery with the broad glare of an artificial sunshine. And then you could recognize many a Vell-known face and figure. There glides Mme. Metternich; there the Princess Bacelochi, there many' a, fair American' whom delicacy forbids me to name; though I need not adhere to the' same reserve in one so constantly before the public as, the Sy= of the Italians, 'Mlle. Patti, who set winter and sore throats at defiance, and carolled gaily 'as she glided on under the guidance or a dozen assidtt ostreaVallein. The file was right brilliant and P LIMA DELPHIA, P Uli SpAY, JANUARY 23, 1868. beautiful, and concluded only et midnight,. am'ade a bouquet of fireworks. You will see by the above that we are', com pletely absorbed By the "compliments of the season," and in truth there is but little else to speak of. The Italian crisis is over in Italy, but the Italian question is just where is was. Mexi can Bonds are going "up" rapidly, which signi fies that that the government intends coming "down" with the Wherewithal to pay - theta. The army bill has passed„ and begins to be forgotten, except by those "able-bodied" youth who will, ere long, be dragged from their homes and occu pations to swell its ranks. LaiXMI.'jW. L ,,AM . IL MEXICO. A Supreme tJudgeebip Offered to Ho. mere Renewal "by Congress of AntlreL , 9 Extraordinary t•owerer— Proceedingee of Cosurreke—Attempt to Elonap General Carvajal. HAVANA, Jan. 22, 1868.—We have further de tails of the news from Mexico. A seat on the bench of the Supreme Court had been offered to Senor Matins Romero, who was still undecided us to whether he should return to Washington as Minister or remain in Mexico. Congress seemed inclined to `force Minister S. Lerdo de Tejada to., give up either his portfolio as head of the State Department or his seat In Congress. The extraordinary powers which President Juarez had surrendered to Congress on his inauguration have again been authorized by Congress for a limited time in view of the Rica tun insurrection. A secret session was held, in which the publication of a manifesto declaring the policy of the majority in Congress was approved. 'fhere were rumors of an appropriation 01 140,000 to erect a monument in honor of the heroes. of Mexican Independence. How this is to be Lone out of an empty treasury forms a difficulty. Congress haft lately been stirring up the English Company holding the concession to finish the railway between Mexico and Vera Cruz. A smelling committee had been appointed to find out whdt means were used to secure the conces sion. A grand review of the military forces form ing the division of Ile centre t Alien place at !be capital. An . ittenupt had bi.:?,n wade to kid r General ear ja I, but be eseaped after killing the Icater of the kidnappers. The 111/Inifer Republican') publishes an extraor ffieary alphabetical memorandum hook found in Maximilian's private cabinet by the police. It abuses and exposes every ineuential and famous man in Mexico. The reports from the Real del Monte mines am unfavorable. The Americans working them are too poor for the outlays necessary to uccessfully carry on such operations. The re ceipts of the Vera Cruz Custom House are satis iactory. The expense of transporting the foreign mails is still paid by the customs authorities. I forward you a docutnent proving the complicity.. 6i ex-Consul Otterbourg, with the late empire. • infovernentsof General Iliaz—ite Es. tablishes Schools for His Soldiers— . —The Guerrero Diftieulties riot Yet Settled—Conutnercial Mews—Civil Re. gisters—neinolitton of the Fatuous Witch Fort at Monterey. HAVANA, Jan. 22, 18G8.—The French steamer Guyana has arrived from Vera Cruz. Her dates are no later than those of the' steamer Marselle, but I have additional details. General Portirio Diaz gave a grand banquet to the functionaries and prominent citizens of Vera Craz. Gen eral Zuloaga had been reinstated in his civil rights by the Legalatnres of Chihuahua and Vera Cruz. The contract of Messrs. Zangrouis y Compania for the construction of the railroad to the capital by way of Jalapa has been ratified. The settlement of the troubles between Generals Jimenez and Alvarez, in the State of Guerrero, is still pending be'ore the national government. All degrading punishments have been prohibited in the army. On the 30th ult. slight shocks of earthquakes were felt in Mexico. The oseilla- Cons were froni east to west. General Por firio Diaz has established schools in his mili tary department for the soldiers of his com mand. Ex-Minister Macias Romero, who is a fellow-collegian of General Diaz, contemplated making a visit to Tehuacan, the headquarters of General Diaz. A conducta of specie had arrived at Colima, from Guadalajara. The amount was J.:6300.000 in hard silver dollars. The anniversary of the departure of the French troops from Zaca tecas was to be celebrated with great pomp. Tho yield of the mines in that State was excellent. The amount earned weekly by the laborers was $60,000. At Colima the receipts of cotton from the interior showed that its culti vation was progressing successfully. The price of the raw article at Coahuayutia was twenty colts per pound. Senor Orozco had been made Inspector of Roads for the State of Jalisco. At Manzanillo an American named John Crick had been naturalized as a Mexican citizen. General ['Meld° Vega had been chosen Governor of the State of Sinaloa. lUeneral Vega must have pro claimed himself, as we have had the au thentic Iva of Senor Domingo Rubi having been chosen-by the Legislature of Sinaloa.] The Legislature of the State of - San Louis Potosi had ordered the Mayors of all cities to keep a strict civil register. The Legislature of the . State of Nueva Leon had ordered the deinolition of the famous Black Fort, near Monterey. Attivlty of the Government at Vera Cruz to rut Down she Yucatan Re volt—Probable Cost of the Ezpedi. tion—Concession to a Now York Mouse. HAVANA, Jan. 22, 1868.—The steamer Georgia was ordered away from Sisal. She had to land all her cargo at Vera Cruz. The steamer Senora sailed from Tampico for New Orleans on the 15th inst. The orders to General Alatorre are to re- Place Governor Cepeda in the gubernatorial chair at Merida. A force of 2,300 men, belonging to General Porfirio Diaa's division, is to be held in readiness under that officer's per sonal command. General Diaz has made the charter of ten vessels to convey troops, artillery. mules, women, 45ze., to Yucatan. The rate of charter varied from $2 000 to $5,000 for the trip of five days duration. The expedition has already cost over three hundred thousand dollars, and probably will coat a million before it sails. The national forces will soon concentrate on Merida if Campeche co-operate. The people of this latter State are anxious to see the rebellion put down. Commodore Forstt is in command of the squadron off Sisal. His flag ship is the steamer TabaEco. The rebels, on the other hand, are anxiously awaiting the arrival of the steamer Mosquito,from Havana. Messrs. Alexandre & Son, of New York, have obtained a concession for a bl-monthly line of steamers between Now York, Havana and Sisal, at $2,100 per round trip. The trips are to coral mence in February. CENTRAIL A Central American Union Again Agi tated-..lmportant Negotiations lie tween Nicaragua and the Central American Transit Company...erne Bay of Lunen Opened to-Commerce. PANAMA, Jan. 12, 1868.—The project of the union of the five Central American States upon a plan somewhat resembling that of the United States, long agitated, is again a subject 'of dis cussion. President. Guzman, Of Nicaragua, has commenced a movement toward. the accomplish ment of this design in , an. ~Intelligent and moderate manner, by appointing a Commissioner to San Salvador for the purpose of securing the adoption of some uniform system of weights, measures and money. Besides these innovations, the proposed plan considers • the abolishment of duties between the> Stales, the systemization of post-ofices,,a united sopport of steamship lines trading with their ports, repreaptagork of the ova WHOLE COUNTRY. By a recent decree of Don Jose Maria Castro; President of Costa Rica, the Bay of LIMO& is henceforth open as a port for all nations "free of all duties or imposts for tonnage, anchorage or crew list, as well as for all documents or certifi cates which may be Issued."—N. Y. Tii6une. The Original Version of Marshal Ita.. =due's Confidential Circular, Hi. reeling Murder. [CONFIDENTIAL CIRCULAR. [No. 7,749. J 311Exico Oct 11, 1R65 .. “Theassassinations comailited by the dissidents, and the part taken by the rebel chiefs in these savage acts, placing themselves at the head of bonus that respect nothing, give to the struggle at present existing between the Imperial power and the Juarez party the true character under which it should be considered, that is, a war of barbarism against civilization. "On the 18th of June, 1865, Arteaga attacked Urnapan. Ile took this place after a 30-boars' struggle, and far from honoring the valor of the defenders, he ordered the commander, Lemus, tc, be shot without compassion, the sub-prefect, Isidro Paz, and one of the notables of the town, who had taken up arms in the cause of order. "On the 7th of July Antonio Perez assassinated Capt. liinsrech with his own hand. "On the Ist of September Ugalde surprised a detachment of the Municipal Guard near San Felipe del Abraje, and ordered six of Its officers to be shot. "Lastly, on the 7th of October the united bands that arc about Tierra Caliente of Vera Cruz, attacked the railroad train at Arroyocie Piedra, and captured a lieutenant of the Colonial Engineers, Friguet, the guard of artillery, Lou bet, end set en private soldiers. On the follow ing day the nine bodies were found horribly mu tilated. "In presence of these savage acts retaliation becomes a necessity and a duty . . All these ban dits, including their commanders, are placed without the pale of the law by the Imperial de cree 01 Oct. 3,1865. "I urge you to make known to the troops under your command that I admit of the taking of no prisoners. Every individual, whoever he may be, taken with arms In his hands shall be executed. -In-future there will be no exchange of prisoners. It is necessary for our troops to know that they should not give up their arms to such adversaries. " It is a war to the death—a terrible struggle between barbarity and civilization. On either side it is necessary either to kill or be killed. " The Marshal Commander-in-Chief, • " BAZAINE. "NoTE.—This circular will not be copied in the order-books, but will only be made known to the oft'icers." A New Phase of Ritualism—Curious Testimony in Court. A leather-dealer In London has been arrested and fined for creating a disturbance in the ritu alist church of St. Ethelbiarga, Bishopsgate. The rector of the church, Mr. Rodwell, described the scene in a very funny way, in his evidence before the Police Court_: "The first - witness called was the Rev. John Meadow Rodwell, who said: I am a clerk In holy orders, and the rector of St. Ethelburga, in the city of London. The seats in that church are all free. Previous to Sunday, the . 29th December, I bad never to my knowledge seen the defendant. On the morning of that day I performed divine service, aided by .a curate. The defendant came up the middle aisle and seated himself on the third or fourth seat from the pulpit. I observed him sitting while the others were standing. When I came up the Middle aisle towards the altar he made a sort of noise like a tur key cock. I The reverend gentleman here gave imitations of the sound.] Daring the first part of the service he had his legs stuck out before bun, and was waying his hat in so extraordinary a manner that he frightened the fourth com mandment out of my head. (Laughter.] The next thing heard was during the singing of the Ni cene Creed. While the solo, 'And was made man,' was being performed, I heard a voice., which was the defendant's . , I think, singing Very loudly. It was obviously intended to disturb the congrega tion. When I got into the pulpit, and was giving out a notice of the saint's day, the de fendant interrupted me with a shouting and de risive noise, and my voice was so completely drowned that I bad to read the notice a second time. I then proceeded to preach my sermon,. and upon -uttering .worda,,, 'I trust, that in. Issa there will be more of the Church's truth and the Church's ways' the defendant again - made the noise in his throat.. Going on with my sermon I came to it point where I said, 'the principle that Would lead any man or woman to demolish a prison, to liberate prisoners, to destroy property, and, I may add, to vio late churches, to profane, the sanctuaries of God and disturb the devotions of congregations —all these proceeded from the same source, all are symptoms of the same disease, and must all be resolutely resisted by all 'who wish well to the cause of law and order and religion.' Here the noise was repeated by the defendant six or seven times,and so badly that I was Obliged to stop and say to him, 'You are making that noise to interrupt me if you do so again I shall be obliged to put you into the hands of a police man, who is at' the door.' This effected an. in stantaneous cure— laughter]—and his guffawing suddenly ceased. I then continued my sermon, and when my face was turned to him his conduct was most indecent and irreverent. Sometimes he folded his arms, and at other times threw them about. At the close of the sermon the defendant came up with others and knelt down at the rails to receive the sacrament; but I did not admin ister it to him. Re came subsequently into the vestry and wanted to know why I had so grossly insulted him from the pulpit, and that l. had been laying a trap'for him. Re also used words to the effect that Iknow he could not answer me as I was in the pulpit. I asked him his name. At first he refused to give It, but ultimately said it was Pembridge Langston. Re cognizing It, said: 'That is the door; leave the room.' Hollowed him down the church, and told the beadle to let thepoliceman observe him, so that he might know him if he came again. "The Lord Mayor ordered the defendant to be imprisoned for a period of one month. Mr. Sleigh said he was instructed by Mr. Rodwell, in a feeling of Christian spirit, having regard to the serious consequences of a committal to prison, to request that a fine might be substituted. The Lord Mayor said he would yield to the ap plication on reeelyirig the solemn promise of the defendant never - teerepeat the offence; HObh°lllll fine him £5 and costs. , s !!The defendant gave the required promise, and the fine and, costs, £lO sg. in all, wore thou paid." SUNDAY ON THE CONTINEN7.---Tho director of the police at Cassel has Just reminded the inhabl * tants the existence of the laws which order the st observance of the Sabbath, and which prose i all 'work, either in shops or iu the fields, sale or pnrchase, remaining in ogles, C. The:warehouses are to remain closed, and wh6re the windows , are indispensable to the lighting of the hastier, no merchandise must be exhibited. % —ThePapat Zeuavesgenerallycall,thomselves "Tame." They wear Wreoetuntes I live States in foreign courts by one minister, the adoption df uniform extradition laws, A new arrangement has been entered into by the Nicaraguan Government and the Centrist Amcrican Transit Company, the terms of which are understood to be these: The Government grants to the Company the exclusive right of transit for ninety years, and reduces greatly, if it does net altogether rescind, the annual payments which the Company has heretofore been re (Pired to make.. In. return, the. Company guar antees the restoration of the harbor of the San Juan del Norte (at Greytown),, and the improve ment of the river itself. This arrangement has yet to secure the ratification of the Nicaraguan Congress, which meets at Nicaragua on the 20th inst. A HISTORICAL DOC VIRESIT. Shaling—Overdoing Such a deal has been said and written Late years about the necessity , of bodily ex ercise, and so great heed given to the subject by cptain people, who have more zml than discretion, that they are obviously taking "too much of a good thing," which, ac cording to the old proverb, "ie worse than nothing." It is quite a mistake, says Harper's Weeklll, that physical exercise can ba• dulged in without limit as to kind and de , gree. The muscles', it is true, may, under a proper system of training, be Tendered capable' of great force and endurances Men have bees known to , strengthen and• harden , their arms. and flat& into sledge haoamer„ and using their abdomeas for anvils to beat out iron horse shoes with. therm It is hardly necessary to insist that the human frame wasnever intended by nature fora locomo tive smithy; for such a misconception of the purposes of the human body is not likely to I , become popular. Rot there le & good .deal of similar error in regard to-the proper use of the muscular system , so general and dan gerous as to detsand an effort for its removal. The muscles are so• closely connected with. the many delicate blood-vessels„ nerves; and internal organs of the body that It is impossible to move the former without com municating their motion to the latter. Whets• this is moderate the influence is favorable to , the generation of nervous power, the circula tion of the blood, the process- of digestion,. and all the other bodily funcAlons. If ex— cessive, however, it unduly stimulates ' the action of these, and produces congestion, inflammation and rupture of the delicate structure of the internal organs and their i vessels. One of the most eminent of English sur geons has lately made an emphatic protest against the excessive physical effort engen dered by the University boat races. He de clares it as his own experience and that of many others of his profession, that the voring. men engaged in these ardent struggles, wlmre the competition stimulates the muscles to their highest pitch of strain, often become af fected with diseases in consequence, such as : aneurism and other fatal affections of tile • heart and blood-vessels. It is to be feared that we may also in this country, with the usual tendency to excess, overdo the matter of boat-racing, which is becoming an established institution in our colleges. As an exercise nothing can be bet ter than rowing,and an occasional competitive spirt for a short stretch might do no harm, but a long struggle, stimulated so excessive effort by anxious expectation and eager strife, cannot be safe. Our young girls too aro overdoing it, we suspect, in their skating parties. We should; be sorry to say anything against art amuse ment productive of so much innocent plea sure, and an exercise so favorable to health when properly regulated. It is essential, however, that the temptation to excess should be guarded against. The competition of a skating race often leads to a prolonged and excessive strain of the muscles, fall of risk to the peculiar organization of woman, and we know of many fatal results in conse quence. It is seldom that our young girls are prop erly attired for the strong physical exercise of skating. Nothing can be more pictur esque than the fur-trimmed jackets, the looped-up skirts, and the Mil revelation of brilliantly colored petticoats. We have nothing to say against the taste of the cos tume, but we have a warning to utter in regard to its make. Don't let it be so tight about the waist, and don't wear that corset or bodice which binds the upper part of your frame into an immovable shell. If a woman will thus constrict herself, she had better take no exorcise at all, for the least violent effort under such circumstances is dangerous. In skating there is necessarily a strong action of the muscles of the lower part of the body, which will be concentrated there in undue intensity if the chest , and waist, deadened by corset or bodice, is unable to share it. The whole movement and effort thus intensified and. confined to the lower portion of the frame are sure to give rise to those diseases to which the peculiar organi zation of women render them particularly liable. A -Rapper Detected. r [From the New Haven JournaLl A. sinular case of mysterious manifestation occurredin Meadow street, a few weeks since. Thu facts, as we give them, come to us through most reliable sources. An aged lady who lives in Meadow street, and whose name, on fter ac count, we refrain from publishing, employed a &avant who had a niece, a girl about twelve years of age, who she desired should live with her. The lady consented, and she came to reside in the house. Soon after the mysterious manifestations occurred. A .chair one elTen ing jumped up' and down when no ,pne was near it. ()n one occasion a mahogany table fell over upon the. floor without having received any visible human assistance. 'At another time a cushion flew across the room and struck the lady in the back. Who sent it on its flying trip could not be seen. Other things hap pened of a still more incredible character. The lady became very much frightened at the way in which furniture and other things became ani mated, and she sent for her sons in New York. They came and sent for a priest. Upon his ar rival, the girl evinced considerable terror, and finally confessed to him that she had previously lived where she had seen some of the so-called spiritual manifestations, and had learned enough to practice table moving and other tricks with considerable dexterity. PRUSSIAN TOYS.— Caasell'a Magazine says: "It is no mean proof of the manner in which the Prussians are educated that those very elegant little toys are all made by prison ers under penal servitude. We wonder what sort of a figure our felons would make at the like occupation. Some of the details aro capi tally modelled. There, for instance, is a butcher's shop, with all the joints hanging on their hooks. They are made in paper, and show that the modellers must have copied them from the originals. The governing powers in Germany do not think it beneath them to give an art education to the children engaged in the manufacture of toys. The Duke of Sase-hleiningen has established _schools_ for tbia PurPase, and the result is that the most beautifid models of animals, mide in papier-mac/ail, come from his kingdoni. They are too good, however, for playthings, And are more likely to find their way to the mantel-piece as ornaments. - - Tim BANK ON' ENGLANII.—The Bank of Eng land willingly gives "good money" for all silver which has been worn smooth by fair wear and tear. If, however, the coins bear the slightest sign of 11Pusage, such as a dent or a'scratch, it of course defines to change #tael. - 1 -Xiisit Anna E. Dickinson recently rain near Perishing with cold, in UhinetuAtt. She took a semiteeellaeigh , rtddop tte Ittg. • P. L ATITERSTON. rablglcer. PRIM?. THREE CE'N'TS. rAors AND irilmorEs. The following r which was written OM years ago, has peculiar significance at the pres time: "How rapid Is . the march ofirandi To-day leaves yesterday behind, And star-eyed Science to the Arts A magieeweep and , poiverimparts. But Art nowhere such inereasergains As im the mode of drawing train% First horses drew, then steam was Used; Calorie has some minds amused, But now al) these we cart surpass,. . For here's r Train that goes by Gay!" —Theodore of Abyseinia eat hasheesh. —The Popotarproicribed , shovt dresses.' —Offenbach made sso,oootlist'scruron,'• —Napoleon and Eugenic go•skating tsigether:P —Denver has a horse railroad. —Mrs. Yelvvrtortio in Charlocitcar, reading. —Bayard Taylor bas quite recovirred from his I are fever, —Brick Pomeroy is , better, of his fever. Bute ; worse of bis blacitguardhm. —Many Euglizbrnen are discharglingtheir vante simply because they are Irish:. — . lle London Coors , Journal announces thaS.. Tenny.son is going.to "commune with , Nature.' —St. Louis wages marelonting war against faro banks, but licenses cock•lighis. --In Canada the average taxation is throe dollars • and a half for each persons —Class- is Anna Dkkinoon4 choke for Pres& dents.. —Shads dahing has communised on tbAsSavartis nab. —Diukcao puts his tlekelt , toss to three dollars in Washington. —"Two ants of Buzaar'risstble way Stewart e e new workhouse is described. —The new lunatic asylum for Ohio is to cost e 300,600. —W,Gilmore Simms is affestier.ately called by a-southern paper "the kind-hearted old Boater of , Southern Song." —There Is now a Rue Jules lia'vro In Puha. It Is a Ilaussmann satire. Hauesmann and his master, may both have to rue Ades Favre yet. —A gold brick weigbingr_over eighty pounds, having a coin value. of nearly twenty thousand dollars, has been cal.t. at Hciena. Montana. woman in Clerniont. Prance, determtned to commit suicide, recentit - . , saturated her dread, with keresebe and then set lire to• It. —Mary Barris, who shot Burroughs n Waeh ington, and was acquitted on the wound of in sanity, has recovered her reason andtgone home. —Colal3 oysters wel* on the average three quarters of a pound each, and sell for elm dollars a thousand in Paris. —Smyrna is shaky. The fopartiri, of Dec. 14, announces thirty distinct cartimualite in m many hours. —Trenhohn,_poor r was madmrlett- by- the re bellion; and Aiken, from being..the-woaithieet, Lecamo the poorest man in South. Carollmt.. —GeOrge Law, who once figured•very promi nently In the newspapers, hNs of late years en tirely disappeared from public life. -.4 Chattanooga athlete has carried two , barrels of flour, one under each arm, upwards of two hundred feet. —The library of John C. Calhouttia•advectined to bo Bold at auction in South Carollna t .as form ing pan of the eltate of the late Andrew P. Cal, --Italians delightedly observe that all kinds of crops have been overwhelmingly abundant. The clergy predicted famine in consewenao of the sales of church property. —An English clergyman has published the "Private Let tere of St. Pant and dit. '.fohn.l'vt By and-by we shall have a volnme of "Reflections by Job," —The St. Louis gamblers don't play. ro "square game." Out of the fourteen faro boxes recently captured by the police, but three were honestly made. —London is about to have the trial, of a cler gyman for having relieved the poor of a parish not his own. It would seem that/ the offence is not .a 11011.1131100 ODO. —Justice Grier, of the United Statee-•Supreme Court, was so feeble that, the other day, he was taken into the court-room on the attouiders of a. negro. —The houses of the English. Cabinet ,Ministers arc now watched day and night by detectives, on account of the many threats of assassination which they have received. —ln the environs of Rosenberg, Bohemia, a. large bed of garnets has been diseovered. The precious stones are of considerable sme,of several shades in eolor, and of great value.- —The list of j witty periodicals in London will be increased shortly by the, appearance of The, Rcizor. It is expected to be very sharp and cut ting. —Mr. Dickens is to read in Baltimore on the 27th and 28th instant, and on Lira 10th and 11th of February. A hall in Detroit has boon engaged for the 19th and 20th of March. is aregular fire-cam. .11a was taken out of his bed to fight a duel with Garza, and shot his wan, sitting 1a a chair ) at twenty-paces. Then he wars put to bed again,. happy. Garza died. • —Having met with Maternal] .traccees in their 'own country, twelve Italian brigands Lstely went to France and began operations there in a moat daring manner. They were all captured and sent Ito the Toulon galleys for life. -A letter has been safely; delivered to the per -8011 to whom it was addressed in lowa, which had, besides the usual superscription, these words: "There is a ten-dollar bill folded in this letter, and if you want ittworse than my, mother does, take it." —An avalanche of anew came down at Unter schachen, in the canton.of Uri; Switzerland, and, carried away a home and• its barn. A. woman and child, and all the animals were swept WI. One man, the brother of the proprietor, and a female servant, escaped. • —Gov. Magoffin, of Kentucky, tilled Admiral Semmes and, a choice party the otbor,day. The toast of Gov. Magoilin was lond,y applauded: _ "The fame of American sailors and soldiers, whether rebel or Federal; is the common heritage of our people; and hero is the health of my din, tinguished guest, Admiral Semmes." —Baron R., who has entertained, the frequent ers of Paris colitis with his sharp sayings for several years. is. Jima married. On returning from church he began to weep, and the tears streamed down his cheeks. " What is the mat-. ter?" anxiously asked his young bride. "I am ft believer in prediction " he rep Lied, sobbing " Well ?" " Well! a gipsy has foretold that shall marry twice , and the idea of losing you HILL my breast with sorrow !" —.Take Taylor, of Champaigu, Missouri, waat instantly killed on Thursday, of last week, by his wife Julia pole/eh:lg his heart with w pale of scissors. He had ordered her to put crape upon, the door, as there would be a corpse to the lumnist before he got through with her. He, them bore down upon her with -a chair, and wwl-Abugele_ reditecd to it Corpse - as stated. — - duds v was - " rested, but acquitted on the ground. , Ot self-de fence. , , —Much scandal baa been oceasioned la a cora ' mune near Paris, by two young fellows entering the confessional of a church. Otte of them played the part of priest and the other pretended *coo. fess. Arend-by a lady cies* veiled approached. the young man on his knees hurried away,and she took Ma place. it proved to be the lady to whom he was engaged, and hearing some disagreeable disclosures, he rushed from the box in is rage and repudiated her. The sham priest la now nudes* trial for causing a scandal. in a chitrep t end, outi' raging the practice of religion,
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