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She Oppressed People of Egypt.
Lady Duff Gordon, in a recent number of
lifacmillan'a Magazine, writes thin con
cerning the condition of the people of Egypt:
"1 cannot describe to you the misery here
now—inded it is wearisome even to think of
IL Every day some new tax. Now every
beast, camel, cow, sheep, donkey, horse, is
made to pay. The fellahmn can no longer
eat bread; they are living on barley meal
mixed with water, and raw green stuff,
vetches, &e. 7 which to people used to good
food is terrible; and 1 see all my acqusin
tancea growing seedy and ragged and anx
ious, The taxation makes life almost impos
sible; one hundred piastres per feddan as tax
on every crop, on every animal firat,and then
again when it is sold in the market, and a tax
on every man, on charcoal, on butter,on salt
* • * It is not a little hunger, it Is the
cruel oppression which maddens • the
people now. • ' • They never com
plained before, but now whole villages are
deserted, and thousands have run away into
the desert between this and Assonan. • •
The hands of the government are awfully
heavy on us. All this week the people have
been working night and day cutting their un
ripe corn, because three hundred and ten
men are to go to- morrow to work on the
railway below Sleet. This green corn is, of
course, valtileas to sell and unwholesome to
eat. So the magnificent harvest of this year
is turned to bitterness at the last moment.
From a neighboring village all the men are
gone, and some more are wanted to make up
the oorvie. The population of Luxor is one
thousand males of all ages, so you can guess
how many strong men are left after three
hundred and ten are taken."
An Insane Author.
The New York Times of this morning says :
A day or two ago Justice Ledwith, at the Jef
ferson Market Court, committed Professor Emil
Franklin, the author of "Beauties of Shakes
peare," and formerly well known as a public
reader, on a charge of insanity. Mr. Franklin
was duly examined by Dr. Noalis and Dr. Ander
son, physicians attached to the City Prison, and
they declared him to be insane. Yesterday
Judge Dowling ordered 'him to be com
mitted to the Lunatic Asylum. Since his
Incarceration Franklin has written * multi
tude of letters, using the leaves of his memoran
dum book for the purpose, to President John
son, Secretary Seward, General Grant, General
Sherman, Alderman Cowan, Judge Chase, the
Austrian Consul-General in this city, the editors
of the Evening Fog, Sheriff O'Brien and others,
in which he requests Immediate attention to his
ease, as he has important business to transact.
The author also hinted, in a dark and mysterious
manner, that the consequence of non-attention
would be something fearful. -
—St. Albans, lit., shipped last year 2,006,88
pounds of butter, 918,270 pounds of cheese, and
14,102 boxes spring water. The total value of
the taro productions is estimated at 411,220,
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EUROPEAN AFFAIRS
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--461 rand Fete—Army ProutOtions—
Trial of Conbpiro4oree -Reigga of 'fer
ret' in Roane— altreitt to ilottasslottto
the rope.
Rowe, Dec. 20.—The fine of-the Pope, which
takes _place on the 27th, the . festival of
St. John.the Evangelist, is to be male the onia
elOn for eXtensive promotions in the Pontifical
army. Those of the highest rank will be effected
by the formation of brigades. Asixth battalion
will be added to the corps of Zonaves, which,
then dividul into two regiments, will form the
first brigade, conferring the rank of general on
Colonel ABet, and of colonel on Baron de Cha
tette. The native regiment of the lino and the
native chaesenra will constitute a second brigade,
the command or which is to fall to General
ZappL A third brigade will be composed of the
legion of Antibes and the regiment of foreign
carbineers,and will be given to General deCourten.
General Ka nzler will attain the rank of general of
division, and on leaving the Ministry of War,
which is to be suppressed next March, will be
appointed commander-in-chief. The Pope takes
great interest In these arrangements, as in all
that relates to his army, and has become very
warlike. The Holy Father, however, likes to
feel the assurance derived from stronger bat
talions than his own, and he has responded to
the anvonneement of approaching reinforce
ments from Toulon by at lust conceding, through
the Marquis do Bonneville. the coveted hat to the
Archbishop of Paris. Meanwhile, all concession
is dented to Austria, and Count de Tranttmanns
dorff Is so disheartened by his reception' that he
Is preparing to pay a visit to Vienna, to exhort
Baron Beast. in a personal conference, to modidy
his instructions. Should the Baron refuse, Count
de Trautunannedorif has decided to resign his
wission, feeling that he could not look for any
success.
The trial of Ajani and, Lunt was conducted
with great acrimony on both sides. The accused
were defended by Monsignor Annibaidi, assisted
oy Palumbo and Ciampi, two of the it:nil/consults
in Rome; and the prosecution was carried on by
Monaignor Pasqualoni, who, though procureur
fiscal, bee never been trained in the law. In re
ply to Pasqua fierce denunciation of Ajsul
bud Luzzlhionelguor Annabaldi told him that he
"knew only bow to demand heads." The judges
were nnartmoua in their condemnation of Ajani.
a bile the verdict against Luzzi was carried by
five vo‘xes against one, so that he has the right
ef appeal to the higher court. Great sympathy
:a felt for these two insurgents. They are of the
same age, each' being in his sixty-eighth year,
end the same position In life, belonging to the
upper class or storekeepers, and they both
bear a character above reproach. There can
be no doubt that their execution will shake the
whole of Italy, and the Pope may yet refuse to
be dragged by Cardinal An tonelli into the abyss
which such a step would open at his feet. At
this moment, indeed, Rcme is only kept down by
a reign of terror. The foreign visitors here
would fly in a body if they could see what is
going, on under the smooth 'surfape on which
they tread, while not a breath disturbs the air.
We are even told, in official eirclea, that the
secret societies have commissioned two . emissa
ries to avenge Monti and Tognettl by' assassi
nating the Pope, and the police profess to know
the names of these miscreants. Whether there
are really such beings as are named we shall
probably never know, but It is difficult to believe
that even Italian vengeance can contemplate a
crime which would strike the world wait horror
and cover Italy with infamy.
ENGLAND.
Terrible Railroad Accident.
On the night of Saturday, the 19th ult., an ac
cident of a most alarming character took place
on the Midland Railway near Nottingham, Eng
land,and It iaestimated that upwards of forty per
sons have been more or less injured, although at
present there are no deaths. lc appears that the
Mansfield market train left Nottingham at half
past eight o'clock filled with passengers, and at a
crossing near the latter town It came into colli
sion with a train of empties returning from Clues
terfie:d, Piebridge and other places. A fearful
disaster was the consequened. Both engines
were thrown off the line, with a large
number of carriages. many of which
were completely swabbed. The drivers and fire
men, named respectively Bradford, Dalton. Gil
bert and Adams. ree,ived frightful injuries, and
it is perfectly miraculous bow they escaped with
their lives. Many of the passengers were also
dreadfully bruited and shaken, and several have
sustained broben arms and legs. Great conster
nation prevailed at the time, and it was with
great difficulty that the passengers were removed
from the damaged carriages. Some of the in
jured persons were conveyed to the Nottingham
general hospital and others to their homes. where
many of them now lie in great suffering.
Extraordinary Tragedy at sea.
[From the Cork Herald of Dec. 21.1
The above paper gives the particulars of a
series of borrinle and almost incred•ble occur
recces which happened on board the Dutch vessel
Finneehina, Capt. Hotze commander, just arrived
in Cork, from South America. A Londoner
named Rogers was one of the crew, and either
!rem Insanity or cupidity (as be knew the rapt sin
bad a large amount of money on board) he
seemed to have formed a plan for getting posse
sitna of the vessel by wholesale murder. On the
loud' day alter the ship left Buenos Ayres Rogers
took a favorable opportunity and pushed the first
mate overboard. The cook, in response to
nis cries, ran to throw him a rope, when
Rogers ee,zed him by the legs and threw him into
the sea also. Both these men were Dutchmen.
The second mate, also a native of Holland, ran
to help the drowning men, out Rogers endea
vored to kill him with an axe. He ran towards
the cabin and jumped down the hatchway, up
setting the captain, who was running up, and
both rolling on the floor, Rogers secured the
hatch above them and made them prisoners.
Two men remained on deck, one a Yankee, the
other an Irishman, and these Rosters kept
apart—one lore, one aft—by threatening
to murder them, and compelling them to
steer the' vessel in turns. For four days ~the
murderer remained master of the desk, not sleep
ing during the time. The captain fired twice at
him during that period, but without wounding
him seriously. Owing to a defect in the compass
he supposed the vessel was steering straight for
the lead, when in reality she was moving parallel
to the coast. At the end of the fourth day sleep
overcame himond the Irishman, waiting for the
opportunity, seized the axe, and at one blow
nearly severed his head from his body. He then
relieved the captain and second mate, and the
vessel made for Rio. After au investigation a
fresh crew was shipped, and the Finneclaina ar
rived in Cork harbor on Monday week.
Earthquake coincidences.
Oar Mexican correspondence (says the San
Francisco Bulletin) shows that coincidently with
the October earthquake in California there were
shocks in many parts of Mexico, some of which
were severe enough at the capital, if not at other
places, to materially injure houses and alarm the
people. We have no evidence that the October
shocks were felt in the level country of the ex
treme southern part of California; but tho pertur
bation was very likely Continued through , the vol
canic mountain region to the eastward, and may
have been uninterrupted on the same line through
Arizona and Mexico. Any" observations tending
to confirm this conjecture would be of great in
terest. We may add that the shocks of October
zOth and 21st in Mexico were followed by a series
of lighte; disturbances, continuing up to the 14th
of Nyvember. It is also interesting to obkrve
that a remarkable tidal disturbance was observed
in the Gulf of Cronstadt on the 20th and 2 Est
October. The water first fell three' feet two
inches below ordinary low-water mark, leaving
numerous vessels aground, and then regained its
usual level and passed It by one foot, after which
the regular tides recurred. The weather was still
at the time.
—A Minnesota farmer says: "We raise four
hundred bushels of potatoes to the acre here,
which would be a big thing if we didn't alai) rahm
Pup enough to oat tem aLI up."
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1869.
DISASTERS.
THE TERRIBLE CATANTROP BE AT
BOMBES MR.
Full,lPartlenleurn of the Falling of the
Floor of hi. peter' s and et. toautls
Church--Light Persons allied and
Twenty Injured.
[From tho Rochester Chronicle. Jan. 7..1
It is with the saddest feelings that we find onr
selves called upon to relate the particulars of a
most appalling accident, which occurred last
night about a quarter past nine o'clock, at the
school-house ot'St. Peter's and fit. Paul's Church,
on Maple street. An Epiphany festival and con
cert was being held there for the benefit of
the school, and without any warning a por•
tion of the second floor, about twenty-five feet in
length by forty In width, fell with a crash to the.
floor beneath, precipitating its load of human
freight into one mass with the broken joists and
beams. A scene of the wildest excitement of
and the groans of the wounded, mingled
with the cries and calls of those in search of
missing friends, were heartrending in the extreme.
Many in their excitement jumped from the win
dows, and from every door and means of escape
the occupants of the building poured out, as if to
escape impending danger.
The house was quite full and it was estimated•
that there were 1,500 people in the assemblage.
At the time of the accident there was quite a
large audience on the floor that fell, listeninr to
the music., Lyon the floor below, or first floor,
the tablis were spread, and upon that portion
which received most of the falling mass a num-
Ler of ladles were engaged in washing dishes; •
but, fortunately, the ends of the joists clang to
the wall sufficiently to form a protection, and
most of them escaped unharmed.
Eight persons were killed outright, as follows:
Bernard Dormer and wife, residing on Allen
street. Emma Reese, aged about fourteen years;
adopted daughter of Charles G. Beers, residing
at No. 8 Oak street. Mr. Beers Is agent for the
Grand Trunk Railway, and has recently lost his
only child. Geo. Popp, aged about sixty years,
residing on Grape street. Mrs. Bartlecnay
residing on Orange street. Maggie Weis, aged
about fourteen years, residing on Moore street
Kith her father, John Wels. Kate Lawrence,
aged about fifteen years, residing with her father
at No. 23 Wilder street. MrsGeo.Riuck,realding
on Jay street.
The above are the names of the persons who
were killed outright. There were three or four
dargerottsly and it Is thought fatally injured.
The wounded are: David C. Way, a machinist,
employed at the roundhouse. He sustained con
cussion of the spine and other injuries. His left
kg is totally paralyzed and his chances for re
covery are extremely doubtful. John Felsinger,
a boy living at No. 31 Orange street, had his leg
hurt and sustained injuries in the neck, not dan
gerous. Mrs. Mettle, leg bruised. She
lives in Brown street. A little daughter
of Michael Wolf was quite se
verely injured and was reported . dead,
but it is thought she will recover. Her father
lives in Orange street. Feter Fuchs and Catha
rine, his wile, were injured, the latter so danger
ously, that it is thought she will die. Caroline
Begy, sister of George Begy, superintendent of
the mall-carriers, was slightly hurt, and conveyed
to her home on Wilder street. Mrs. George
Nagle, whose husband is a cartman. was se
verely stunned, and it is feared sustained internal
injuries. Mary Smith, sister of Mrs. Nagle, was
wounded in the head and leg. A girl living on
Brown street, whose name was not learned, had
her shoulder dislocated. Lena Helsel, daughter
of Henry Helsel, living on King street,
was slightly hurt. A sister of Augusta Koeth
was thrown down, and a man accidentally
stepped on ber Invest. She was assisted home,
tat is not seriously injured. A daughter of Mr.
Koeth attended the lady to the festival, bat
escaped unharmed. Mrs. Hennican, living on
Jay street, received internal injuries. She is
dangerously hurt Julia Hook. living on Brown
strut, was slightly hurt. Mrs. Waddle, living on
Bi own street, was slightly hurt. Joseph Hanngs,
a young man living on Blown street, had his arm
bruised and received a severe contusion of the
right eye. Kite White, living on Homey(' street,
had a leg hurt.
A number of others received slight injuries and
mi. de their way to their respective homes.
Bernard Durmer,wbo was killed, was a moulder,
end was connected with the co-operative foundry.
He was an old member of the fire department.
Your little children are orphaned by the death of
their father and mother.
A most agonizing scene was caused by the
frantic demonstrations of John Weis, whose
little daughter was killed. The unfortunate man
bad a daughter burned up in his dwelling a few
Scans ago.
The adopted daughter of our friend, Charles
G. Beers, was loved as an own child, and espe
cially Ki in view of the fact that Mr. and Mrs.
Beers buried their infant daughter a few days
since. She had lived with them about four years
and went to the festival with a servant girl.
George Popp was the only person that we can
ascertain was killed on the floor beneath the fall
ing debris. He was carving some meats when the
accident occurred. Deceased was the father of
John G. Popp, employed at Marsh Lake's Ar
cade barber shop.
'I he dead and wounded were conveyed to the
neighboring houses. Six dead bodies were lying
at the residence of Rev. Father F. IL St. Clair,
adjoining. Several of the wounded were also
carried into the same house. The bodies of
Emma Reese and Mrs. Bperl were conveyed to
the house of John Gerber, opposite. There were
plenty of willing hands to assist, and every
thing that could be done to alleviate their
suffering was attended to. The alarm of
are last evening originated from the accident,
d Mayor Fish; who lives near at hand,
hurried down town with the news and sent mes
sengers after physicians, a large number of whom
arrived early on the ground. Among those we
saw present were Drs. cithltbeek, Briggs, Jones,
dwinbume, McKay, Collins and Mallory. The
police were largely in attendance, officer White
bring present at the time of the accident, and the
officers made themselves useful in various ways.
Officer White had a sister slightly hurt. '
The first question asked was, "What caused
the accident?" and as we made a very thorough
2tamtnation we shall give our answer. If in so
doing the responsibility falls upon any one we
cannot be censured. The building Is of brick,
three stories high, and is about as large as the
largest of our public schools. The first door is
supported by brick piers sixteen inches square.
Above these are iron columns sustaining the
floors above. The cause of the giving way of
the floor was the crumbling of one of these light
piers, a portion of the brick of which it was coat
posed being soft and calculated to yield to
the pressure of the superstructure, augmented by
the weight of people on the floor. The piers
were capped with blocks of Lockport stone, and
in every other particular the structure is as
strong as could be desired. That the piers were
insufficient for the weight is conclusively estab
lished by this accident. It is altogether probable
that had the accident not occurred the majority
of builders would have estimated that they were
strong enough. The structure le not a year old,
and was built on the site of the old schoolhouse
that was burned about eighteen months ago.
Coroners Morrison and Harder were on the
ground in their official capacities. The inquest
will be commenced this morning at 14 o'clock.
This is the most heart-rending and disastrous
accident that has occurred in this vicinity for
some time, and casts a gloom over the portion of
the city in which it happened.
ACCIDENT IN WIERI NG TON.
Woman Burned by Coal OH.
The Wilmington Commercial of last night says:
At about half-past seven o'clock last evening.
two gentlemen walking on Sixth street noticed
an unusual light in. a little two-story house on
isn street. There was no other building be
tween this house and the corner, so the side of
the house is plainly visible from Sixth street.
They went to the house, and hearing screams
and finding the door locked they burst it open,
and as they did sto the woman who occupied the
house came down from the story above, her
clothes all ablaze.
tithe ran into the street where the gentlemegi
OUR WEIOLE COUNTRY.
followed her and with groat difficulty succeeded
In extinguishing the times. The woman was I
,
however, horribly burned before the efforts tO
save her were successful, and in her desperate
agony several timcs flung off the wrappings by
which the fire was being smothered. Her body,
lower limbe,side,arm and face were badly burned;
her arm so terribly that the sickening smell of
the scorching flesh was quite evident in the
neighborhood.
er name Is Mrs. Ryan or Eine: she is a
French woman, and has earned a scanty subsis
tence by sewing,and was reputed to keep a house
of ill fame.
The Are was caused by a coal oil lampresploa
ing,or otherwise breaking,and throwing.the burn
ing oil on her clothing. She lived through , the
night in great agony, and this morning was scat
to the almshouse. There is scarcely a possibility
of her recovering, but at our latest advicos she
was still living.
ELAINCALITY IN THE POST•OEFICE
DEPettrarENr.
A Washington correspondent of the Chicago
Republican has tho following:
"B.OW RANDALL EVADES L.W.
"When ex-Governor Dennison was at the head
of the Post-office Department, and permitted
several persons who had been violent rebels to
take contracts without taking the teist 'oath, do
you not remember what a feeling of indignation
was raised against him on account of it, and how
quickly ho was fo.eed to change the practice ?
bince that time nothing has been heard from it,
and the country has supposed that loyal men
controlled the mail service m the southern States.
Yet this is not true. I am told, by those who
know, that the largest proportion of the money
paid out for service throughout the southern
Mates goes into the pockets of men who did their
utmost to destroy the nation, and who aro mem
bets of the famous Ku-Klux Klan organization.
This is done through an evasion of the law,
and in the following style : A noted rebel
comes to Washington and rills for a large
mail . contract. He is asked if he can take
the necessary oath, to which he replies in the
negative. 'Well, then,'lsays a postmoffice official,
• your plan is to go and find some poor idiotic
white man who can take the oath. Pay him a
smell tee, and get him to put in a bid to do the
service. We will award him the contract, and
you can then give the necessary security for the
faithful performance of it. Then have him to
authorize you to draw the money for doing the
service, and you are all right.' And in this man
ner I am told the contract virtually goes into the
bands of bitter rebels, with the full knowledge,
in many eases, of the Pose-office Department.
For a ten dollar bill you can find plenty of men
who will take the oath and become the tool of
men who ought to be hung by their necks instead
of drawing money out of the government trea
sury. Is there no remedy for all this? Well
may loyal and honest men exclaim, 'How long,
oh! Lord, how long are we to endure this?'
SPECIAL ALtIL AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF OIL
"Some time ago- since he became Nasby's dis
tinguished friend—Randall, and other officials in
the Department with him, were interested to a
very large extent In an Ohio oil company. For
the e4ification of those who came to the office on
ufficidl business, he kept samples of the oil which
the - wells of their company were producing, and
Vk extol its fine quality until, perhaps,
the visitor would wonder where he could buy
a few shares of the stock. This company had
agents, of coarse, and those agents, I am told,
were supplied by Randall with commissions as
special agents for the root-office Department (for
the sale of oil stock, though that did not appear
upon their parchment) in order that they could
travel around over the various railroads free of
cost and sell the stock of the oil company. How
tong this continued I do not know, bat that it
was done Ido know. If you know any agents
who are selling oil stock, please to tell them to
drop a line to our accommodating Postmaster-
General, and they will be furnished with free
passes over all the railroads in the United States
by return mail, without charge.
'water. ANSWER?
"A well stocked bar is one of the chief attrac
tions to many who go to the Post-office Depart-
Merit on business. It ought to bring a blush of
shtfme to the face of every reader of this, that
such an outrageous practice is countenanced by
a Cabinet Minister. 'fake your stand with me in
one of the corridors of the Post-office Department
—yon who maintain that all is purity in Wash
ington, and wait patiently for a few minutes. and
>on will see one, two, and it may be three, of the
Post-office officials, accompanied by a few
itiends, pass by yon, until they come to the door
ut one of the largest rooms, formerly occupied:by
clerks, on the first floor, when a small key opens
ibe a ay, and the party pass into the Post-office
bar to take a drink.
-• "I do not pretend to say that in this room you
will find fancy glasses. decanters and the other
paraphernalia to be found at regular bar-rooms,
but the fact that the room is filled with boxes of
fine wines,demijohns and kegs of brandy, whisky.
and other alcoholic spirits, boxes of cigars and
elealettes, is undeniable. It may be of interest
to know that all these articles are contributed by
persons who hold contracts for carrying mails,
for the purpose of *keeping in' with the officials.
Almost daily an express wagon will stop at the
nuance to the department and deposit a box of
champagne, a keg of whisky,or a dozen boxes of
cigars, addressed to , Yost Office Depart
ment. A messenger has them taken to the room
I have mentioned, and soon you will see that
same little key applied to open it by him to
whom the articles are addressed. Several times
cad) day !the powers that be' in the building get
choked up from thirst and off they hurry to the
private bar, which the clerks have christened
. Bascom's Corner.'"
Facts and Rumors Concerning the In.
surrection.
EARTERIQ DISTRICT OF CUBA, Dec. 25.—Balma
sedu has tried to open new operations, and with
that purpose left Nuovitas on the 22d; but bar
reseed by the insurrectionists, he was obliged to
halt, and according to the latest accounts he had
only advanced nine miles in three days of march,
with a loss of 804 men. There is a rumor pre
vailing that Balmaseda was wounded and taken
prisoner by the patriots, but it has not been
confirmed.
The insurrectionists have summoned the sur
render of Santiago de Cuba, by sending to Col.
Munoz a parliamentary. whom he received in his
palace very politely, giving him an escort when
he lett. The result of the interview until now is
completely unknown to us.
Balmaseda has 2 300 men; 800 are veterans,and
the rest recruits lately arrived, and convicts set
at liberty to fight for despotism. Some of these
have been court-martialed and shot for crimes
lately committed.
The slave-traders, to warm the revolution, are
circulating that slavery will continue, but there
I. no doubt that the Cubans aro fighting for nul
-1 ersal freedom. The Junta of Sibamin declared
'hat it was not necessary to arm the slaves, as
40 000 Cubans were In the camp, and they need
only the co-operation of the negroes to cultivate
the lands for the support of the liberating army;
that the slave will be freed without having to
fight for his independence. Even the enemies of
tLo Revolution confess that order prevails In all
the districts occupied by its followers, and that
Is confirmed by our private information.
In El Cobre they are earnestly engaged in
manufacturing cannon, and they have the neces
sary apparatus to make rifles and carbines. A
Cuban,
Don Jose Maria Zajae, published a pam
phlet exporting to peace. He distributed it gratis,
but it was returned, and public opinion has
branricd hint with the name of traitor.
It it rumored that the Mexican General, Pora
rio Plaz,,has landetkin La Tuna with 1,500 men.
It le certain that therelah general Sythitithy-fn
Mt alto for Cuban independence,
11 is more than likely that very soon the Re
publican tlitg will eAer the whole island, as with
out tie help of Cuban revenues the Spaniards
caned carry on a war for which it will be neces
sary to sacrifice more men and dollars than they
si c iltrie to make in the present state of things.—
pl. Y. Trilume.
Some Curious Statements.
CUBA
HAYTI.
The Town of ftliragoane Sacked and
Panacced by haloavele tioadlery-lee.
verses of Use ettairgeggs.
By the arrival of the bark R. Murray, Jr., from
Port-an• Prince, Hayti= ad vices to the 16M ult.,
have been received.
The principal items of intelligence relate to the
capture of Idiragoane. Atter the town had been
taken,Balnave gave it up to his troops tor pillage.
The place was completely sacked, the shores of
foreigners, it is said, as well as those of the
natives, haying been cleared out of goods, and
many of the spoils were shipped on board thii
steamer Salnave and the bark Trait D'Uoion and,
carried to Port-an-Prince. L largo quantity of
valuable articles were sold by the soldiers as soon
as they were landed from the vessels for a mere
song. Miragoane was entirely destroyed, the
Went being reduced to a heap of ruins.
In consequence of the capture of Miragoane
the towns of Petit Rivlere, Anse a Veen, Petit
Tron and Banaderes had surrendered to Bainave,
and the rebels were obliged to evacuate the
strong position which they held at Point de Mt
ragoane, which is the key to the South. Tile
taking of Viiragoano by Salnave had made the
rebels desperate.
Gen. Dominique has issued a proclamation ap
pealing to the blacks in most inflammatory lan
guage
,and offering them the city of Port-au
?Alice kir pillage if they would rally to his
standard and march on that place and take it.
Large numbers had responded to his call, and
movements have been commenced toward Mira
goane, which the rebel General had determined
to retake if possible. Anse a Veen, which was
one of the places surrendering to Sal
nave after the fall of Miragoane, had been at
tacked by the rebel troops of Dominique and
hurried, the whdle garrison being captured and
put to the sword by the victors. The rebels, It
is reported, have expressed a determination to
give no quarters to Bainave'ss troops, and it was
expected that there would be terrible slaughter
or. both sides. The insurgents that were driven
out of Miragoane rallierisfiortly after and tailing.
upon Leogamae, took that place from the Gov
t., nment troops.
• It was thought that the important towns of
Aux Caves and Jacmel would be compelled to
surrender to Salnave to avoid the fate of Mira
goane, as he had determined to bombard them
!mould they continue to hold out. In the mean
time nalnave had proceeded to A.nse a Vasa, leav
ing for that place with his troops as soon as in
k fhgence reached him that it had been taken by
the rebels.
There was no change in affairs in the North.
The rebels were hr hopes of getting two war
steamers on their side, as it was positively stated
that roottey_sed agents had been sent abroad for
the purpose of securing Mem.
As regard's, business, fuerchants were expecting
large transactions in coffee to follow the successes
of Salnave in gaining possession of the 4oathern
coast, which furnishes the principal portion of
the coffee shipped from Port-an-Prittce. The
government had relaxed its monopoly cif coffee
in permitting_the mercantile house of White,
Whitman & Co., to purchase a cargo of coffee to
load the B. Ingentic for New York. The condi
tion was that they should pay government prices
for the article.
It was reported that the Government had It in
contemplation to abolish its monopoly of coffee
at no distant date, and to make some material
changes in the fiscal arrangements of the coun
try, the most Important of which would be the
abolition of import and export duties and the
substitution therefor of a tax to be paid in pro
duce, the ports of the Republic being at the same
time made free ports.
American provisions were getting scarce, and
prices were consequently well sustained. Gold
Lad fallen from 130 to 120. Exchange, 116.
PLEX 1 C O.
%Ile Country Reported on the Eve of
Revolution.
HAVANA, Jan. 7, 1869.—The French steamer
Imperatrice, from Vera Cruz, brings still later
dates from Mexico. There were many rumors,
some of them claiming to come from reliable
sources, that Mexico is on the eve of revolution.
It is assorted that the people are disgusted with
the administration of Juarez; that the President
is controlled by Lerdo de Tejada; that the gov
ernment officials act as they please, and there is
no protection for American residents.
An American was murdered outside the walls
of Vera Cruz shortly before the sailing of the
French steamer. The assassin, although known
to the authorities, was suffered to escape and ar
rived at Havana yesterday. The United States
Consul at Vera Cruz is powerless to obtain jus
tice.
The Mexicans are much Incensed against the
United States and some of them clamor for an
other war.
It was reported that General Alatorre would
ead a revolution against Juarez and for the pur
pose of placing Porfirio Diaz at the head ol the
Republic.
Volcanoes in the Moon—New Observe,
i iOlin.
A curious communication from Dr. Mon
tucci appears in the recent report of the
French Academy of Sciences. M. de Crety,
who observed the solar eclipse of August last
on Sarah Island, opposite Aden, describes as
follows a phenomenon hitherto unheard of in
the annals of astronomy: "One- third of the
sun's disc being already unonvered after the
totality," he says, "I observed three luminous
protuberances on the moon's limb; they were
feebly illuminated; and resembled the tops of
mountains receiving light from the solar rays.
Fifteen minutes later, two- thirds of the sun's
disc having emerged from the moon,the same
appendages were seen more stronger illumi
nated, and better distinguishable from the
lunar disc; their summits had the appearance
of a metal in the state of fusion. After
another quarter of an hour, the central pro
tuberance had diminished in altitude, itoc."
This strange appearance Dr. Montucci ex
plains as follows : I. There is no optical
illusion here,Al. de Crecy having been
enabled to make seven diagrams of the phe
nomenon. 2. If other observers do not men
tion it, it is because their eyes were fatigued
from observing the eclipse, while M. de
Cray was prevented from observing any but
the fatter part, owing to the state of the
weather. 3. The protuberances wore either
gaseous, or. composed of matter in an ex
tremely, fine state of division. 4. If on the
posterior parka:the -moon, invisible to us,
there bad been three volcanoes in activity at
the time of the eclipse, and close to the
moon's border, the smoke or ashes ejected
by them would have been visible, and would
have presented the appearance described by
M. de Crecy. Dr. Montucci shows
by calculation that an observer's
eye could just skim the crest of a lunar moun
tain 786 feet high, at a distance of one degree
from the border, or 6,000 feet of elevation at
five degrees distance,in which case the whole
volcanic jet would be visible from the earth.
5. The jets would be lancet•shaped, because
the moon's atmosphere, being infinitely thin
ner than ours, could not, by its resistance,
force the ejected matter into a mushroom
form, as is the case with our volcanic erup
tions. Dr. Montacci .proves„ by the laws of
mechanics goOrally,axt,d;frletion in particular,
that the jet must necessarily end in a point,
and rise to an enormous height. The three
supposed volcanoes may very well have been
iu communication with each other, as is of
ten the case on our earth. Renee. moat
probably, M. do Crecy witnessei a volcanic
action on the posterior hemisphere of the
moon, for the first time manifested to us in
this strange way.
--Of the 6,000,000 marriageable women of Eng
land 2,500,000 aro oraprovidoelj(liti huabonda.
iirrnnigroN. PAM=
PRICE , THREE . OEFIS:
FACTS AND "%Nom:
—"After Dark"—s policeman ehaslag s- colored'.
brother.
—The Mayor of PorlattiOtith, , N. Ef: r ' Pie
halt year's salary to the High School of that
—A stupid conductor shottl4. have, the eltuNUI:
of a bluneer-ba4.
—A party oflndlanlans are dlgOug for the Ran, -
treasure under oplritttal directlon.“
—ltaly Votes to spend 62,000;000 in eightyeart
to improve the port of Venice.
—Gottschalk is lingering the keys in Ittanto
-
—Why is a mouse like a load of ? Because.' ` '
the cat'll tat it.
—Schneider is to receive $50;000 for singing
fifu en times in Egypt.
—Texas has a Circuit Judge who tides hks
cult under guard of a company of cavalry.
—Disraeli-has secured the pardon of Sir Cedll4
Eardley, the bigamous baronet. ' •
—The construn pap e rf the new building for Nae• -
poleon's officialin Paris is carried on at
night by the use of the electric light.
—A young woman in Mississippi has made her
fortune out of a breach of promise case. She got,
$lO,OOO.
who was made barou w hen Ida
500th volume a ppeared p, will soon receive the tide
01 count when he issues his 1,000 th:
—Punch queries whether, in case fetualestd
frage and secret voting are enacted,. spinsters
would not be called ballot girls.
—A navy officer has ascertained. that tremen
dous gales follow from 12 to 24 honmafter the
appearance of the aurora borealis.
—Vicksburg, Mimi., is bankrupt and has lost
credit. The gas companies have stopped the
supply, and an auctioneer is after the City pro
perty.
—Years ago our ears were. charmed with.
stratus of the "Swedish Nightingale"'and the
"Black Swan," and now we are treated to,thossi
of a "Hauck "—Punch.
--Salem, Mass., Is now supplied with water"
from Wenbam Lake. The twenty-eight sidles of
dlelrlbutleg pipes were laid in seven months.:
The supply reservoir In the city holds twenty
million gallons. Lynn Sato be supplied from the -
same works.
—A young man from the country, stopping at ,
one of the hotels, sat down to dinner.. Upon
the bill of fare being handed to him by the waiter.
he remarked that he "didn't keer 'bout roadie
now; he'd wait till after dinner."
—Two men in Monona county have beettquar
relling about the ownership of a twenty-dve.cent
flour bag. At last accounts they were in the dis-
Wet court with costs already amounting to;•
nearly VBOO.
—A benevolent citizen of Brunswick, per
many, supplies blankets to the poor during the.
winter months. They are stamped, to prevent
their being pawned or sold; and aro returned to
May of every year. The system has been in OP
cration six years, and not a blanket has beenlosi:
—But two members of the John Brown patty •
who captured Harpers Ferry and set up`rt,pKo
visional governmeht for Virginia, are nowlitting: - -!
Owen Brown, who resides in Western Fentutyl-..
vanla, and Osborne P. Anderson, a colored man,
living In Canada.
—Freston papers hint mysteriously at P ie
" event " which is to take place in_that elty Wu.
few weeks, and which is to be the.grandest. re
union of instrumental performers and Alio largest,
orus ever known in the musical annals of this
or any other country.
—A letter bearing the following superscription
was recently received at the Silver City Poet—
officefrom Iowa:
4P Augustus Jones A web-foot scrub,.
To whom this wants to gal
Is chopping cordwood for his grab - •
In Silver City, Idaho."
—ln Vineland, N. J., no application for help.
for any person in the town has been made for the_
last filly days. But one indictment has been
found by the Grand Jury for the past year. Liti
gation of all kinds has materially diminished.
The liquors that are sold In town are dealt oat
by apothecaries, genelhlly for legitimate pur
poses.
—lt is rumored in Eastern Europe that a move—
ment Is on foot for the creation of a Slavonic
Empire, to be allied with the North German Con
federation. Part of the project is to revive the
kingdom of Poland, leaving two of the provinces
to Russia. The Austrian Government, it is stated,
has commenced prosecutions against the open ,
friends of this plan.
—The Marquis de Coax, Adeilna PattPa• hut...-
band, is exceedingly unpopular in theatrical cir
cles in Paris. Nobody speaks to him when he
accompanies his wife to the Italian Opera, and
most of the small theatrical papers, such as the
Vert- Vert, the Green-Room, &C., contain flings
at him. Adelina's family is reported to have
openly broken with the Marquis, and a quarrel
about the fortune of the cantatrice is about to
lead to a lawsuit before the Paris courts.
—A. panther in a Mound City (IlI.) saloon per
formed a trick the other day that proved rather
expensive to his owner. He was standing on that
counter of the bar, when, espying his own re
flection in one of the large mirrors back of the
bar, ho thought it some strange animal intruding
on his premises, and accordingly he made a tre
mendous spring for it. The result was, the pan
ther found himself lying on the floor soon after,
with the shivered fragments of the costly mirror
scattered abcint him.
—The Territorial (Nevada) Enterprise says: "A.
gentleman just in from Treasure City, White
Pine, away no where water sells for ten cents
per gallon, describes the following as on expedi
ent very commonly resorted to by the residents of
that elevated town for taking a bath. Early
in the morning, while dense clouds are floating : ,
over the top of mountain, all who wish a
bath stand out in the midst of the thick floating,
clouds, strioyed to the buff„ each with as In
dian Industriously scrubbing him with a corm
broom. In this fleeting way's very cheap and
tolerable bath may be obtained."
—Jules Janin, the famous feuilleton writer• of
the Atonal des Debars, is lino en in Paris as the
journalist who writes the most illegible hand.
Only two old compositors at, the °nice of the.
Journal des Debars are able to decipheillihtena
glyphics, and often even they have to send
sheets of the manuscript which they cannot,read
back to the author. Junin, then, never reads.
the illegible words to them, but quickly writes
another sheet. George Sand says she mice • ro-•
ceived from Jambs a letter, of which she and.hSr
acquaintance.s, despite their most strenuous ef
forts, never were able to decipher more than.
two words.
—Gamier-Pages, the French. Representative,.
met Hansemann, the Seine Prefect, at an evening
party. Hausmann conversed with the old marl, •
for some time, and finally made a remark which,
irritated Garnier-Pages so that he retorted mitiet,
angrily. Ilaussmann ehrugging his ehoulder4,
exclaimed contemptuously, `Yl.•ba Dieu! what' ,
did von Republicans ever accomplish when yOttl , i
were in power ?" "Sir,'replied Garnier.Pegesi; •
"we bad the exchequer of France at our; gis t . ; -
posal, and when we retired from the adminitde r,.
lion, we were notyricher, bat poorer than heLere.,
I, for one was Minister of Finance, and had, to,
make a living afterward by giving Priiitte les
sons. L hope, sir, you and your friends May ono -
day be able to boast likewbe of suelx. a thing"
Hausman made no reply, and left tlk i.. party a
few momenta afterward. 7
—The Queen of Belgium itls saldjua regained.;
the affections or her royal husband by - the great
self-abnegation with which, abedevotedhenielf to-•
nursing his insane sister Carlotta.. Three years
ago a coolness had arisen between the Queemandi
the King, which threatened to lead to a pecmsn
ent separation. For a whole - year they treated_
each other in 'ha riloet frigid manner; but whelk
the Queen brought Carlotta froatailiramar to the
palace of Lacken, and the King had embraced him
poor sister,he tilrned.to.hiswife,who had averted
her face and was hardly able to restrain her tears.
lie laid ' his hand on her shoulder, whispered*
few words In ber ear,and the Queen,with stream
ing eyes but a radiant face. threw herself tato bin
arms. From that diy forward they have trottedl
each other agalrei as if they were once Irian, ardent
young lovers.