The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-29 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 29, 1866.

LONDON must have a SUPPER and MUSIC
ROOM. for Gentlemen. Remember, we wait for you
at EVANS' atter the Covent-garden Pantomime and the
Theatres.

liINAIin.L44 LL WHISKY. DUBLIN
EXHIBITION, 1885.
This ceebrated Old IRIS II WHISKY gained the Dublin
Prize Medal.
It Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome.
Sold In Bottles, Is. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by
t le Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale

8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W.
Observe the Red Soal, Pink Label, and Cork branded
Kinahan's LL Whisky."

TO DAR E. -THE HOLIDAYS.-
THEACRE OF AIYSTERY, EGYPTIAN HALL

MARVELS in MAGIC and VENT it ILOQMSNI, as per-
formed by command before her alsjesty toe Queen and
the Royal Family at Windsor Castle, Tuesday Evening.
Nov. 2,, ISM. The marvellous SPHINX, the BIRTH of
FLOWER TREES, and STODARE'S cnlebrated INDIAN
BASKET FEAT, as only performed by him.

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Every evening at 8 ; Wednesday and Saturday at 3. Stalls
at Mitchell's, Old Bond-street, and Box-office, Egyptian
Ball. Admission, is. and 28. ; stalls, 3s.

"Almost miraculous."—Vide Times, April 18, 1865.

HE 0 X F ORD,
6, OXFORD-STREET, W.
The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (Limited).
TEAS EVENING, and during the- Week, EXTRA
PERFORMANCES by all the available talent. Opera,
Burlesque, Pantomime, Ballet, and Comedy Every
Evening, performed by the entire company, including
Misses Russell, Fitzllenry, Barrie ; Messrs. A. St. Albyn,
W. Williams, Spagnoli, &c. THE HUNGARIANS in
their new entertainment, Messrs. Duriah and Davies's
illustrations of Negro Life ; Herr Preskow, the wondrous
posturer, from the Grand Theatre, St. Petersburg; the
D'Aubans; Herr Berrani and his talented family ; the
ENCHANTED HASH, eleven characters performed by Mr.
E. Marshall (his first appearance here), the entertainment
written expressly for him by Mr. W. T. Vandervell ; and
a host of other talent, for which see programme and small
biIIs.—EVERY EVENING.

Admission—Area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, ls.; private
boxes, 10s. 6d.

CANTERBURY HALL.
RI-FUM ! TI-FUM.

During the Week will be performed the above most
extraordinary Entertainment, containing all the novel--
tics now in this country, and including the services of
Les Montagnards, their first appearance ; Mr. E. Mar--
shall, Mrs. and Mr. W. Randall, the renowned Talliott,
Les Freres d'Etoile, Signor Tescano, a la Donato; Les
Tableaux d'Amour, illuminated by the Magnesium Light;
Fairy Orchestra, designed and painted by Mr. T. Burgess
and Mr. W. Gowrie ; and Grand Ballet of upwards of one
hundred ballerines. The whole written and composed
expressly for this establishment by William Vandervell,
Esq. In addition to the vocal and instrumental entertain--
merit. EVERY EVENING.

CHOCOLATE.-MENIER'S FRENCH.

CHOCOLAT-MENIER, for Breakfast.

C EIOCOLAT-MENIER is pure, wholesome, and
delicious.

3/ENIER'S FRENCH CHOCOLATE.
IL Warehouse, 23, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden.

Sold everywhere.

JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY
V TOOTH PASTItt is greatly superior to any tooth
powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the
enamel from decay. and imparts a pleaßitut fragrance to
the breath. Price is. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper
Thames-street, London.

WHAT DO THE WILD WAVES SAY
NOW? - That the FIERY CROS3 has arrived,
bringing some magnificent EA IS CONGOUS of delicious
flavour, and which may bow be had, at a mere commission on
the import price, of the EAST INDIA Tr.:A co ',WAN Y,
No. 5, Great St. Ilelen's Churchyard, Gish Tsgate-street.

PHILLIPS AND COMPANY'S TEAS ARE
BEST AND CHEAPEST.
STRONG to FINE BLACK TEA, Is. 61., 25., 2s. 61., 33.,
3s. 41.
Most Delicious Black Tea is now only 3s. 61. per pound.
Pu:e, Itich, Rare. Choice Coffee, is. 4d.. is. 61, ls. 81.
PHILLIPS and CO., TEA MERCHANTS,
8, King William-street, City, London, E.C.
A price current free. Sugars at market pries.
PHILLIPS and CO. qind all goods Carriage Free within
eight miles of ,\43, 8, King William-street, 40s. worth Car-
riage Free to any Railway Station or Market Town in Eng-
land. Phillips and Co. have no Agents, nor any connec.ion
with any house in Worcester or Swansea.

STARCH MANUFACTURERS
TO IL. H. H. THE PRINCESS OF WALES.
CILENFIELD PATENT STARCH,
Used In the Royal Laundry,

AND AWARDED THE PRIZE MEDAL, 1862.
Sold by all Grocers, Chandlers, &c. &c.

QPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in
ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which speedily
produces whiskers and thickens hair. 3s. 6d, ss. 6d., and tOs.
ed..; sent free for 54, 84, and 141 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248,
high Holborn, London.

WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured
in one day by using ALEX. ROS i'S CHI KOPO.
This preparation gradually dissolves tho corn in a fey/ hours,
removing the very root. Price 4s , sent by post for 60 stamps
—248, High Holborn, London.

HAIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn,
London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls
Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold
at 3s. 6d., 6s. 6d., and 10s. 6d. • sent free for 54, 83, and 144
stamps. Boss's Toilet Magazine, is. 6d., or 20 stamps.

CIREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.—
kA ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour
Immediately it is used. It is permanent, and perfectly na-
tural in effe t. Price 3s. ed. ss. 6J., and 10s. 6d. ; sent by
post for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.

HAIR DESTROYER, 248, High Holborn,
London.—ALEX.!ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes
without effect to the skin, superfluous hair from the face
neck, and arms. Ss. ed., 58. 6d., and 10s. ed. ; sent the same
day as ordered by post for 54, 84, aid 144 stamps.

Lately published, ld., sent free by post for two stamps,
AN ESSAY upon the HUMAN HAIR : Its
Close Analogy to Vegetation, and its Reproduction hy
the Stimulant Spanish Fly or Cautharides.—By ALEX.
ROSS, 248, High Holborn. London.

DIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin
are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE-
TABLE SKIN PILL. They remove redness, sallowness,
too- 2s. 9d. and 7s. 6d. ; or by post for 40 and 100 stamps.—
ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London.

DINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA.
The medical profe ;Rion for Thirty yearm have approved
of this pure solution of Ma ,nesia as the best remedy for Aci-
dity of the Stomach, Heartburn, Gout, and Indigestion; and
as a mild aperient it is especially adapted for ladies and
children. Prepared by
DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists, &c.,
172, New Bond-street, London ;

And sold throughsut the world by all respectable chemists,
CAUTION,—See that " Dinnelord and Co." is on each bottle
and red label over the cork.

DENTAL OTICE.—Mr. ESKELL, Surgeon-
Dentist, of 8, Grosvenor-street, Bond-street, having
announced for a considerable period that "he is NOT con--
m eted With any one of the name, and that he has NO r RE-
MOVED, and does not intend doing so," begs respectfully to
state that as he considers the general public are now suffi-
ciently well aware of the facts he will cease to make this or
any other professional statement in the public papers on and
atter the 28th of February next.

XTOTHING DEPOSSIBLE.—The geatest and
111 most useful invention of the day, AGUA A MARRLL A.
Messrs. JOHN GOMM, and CO. Red Bull Wharf, 93,
tul l
Upperto
Thames-streetthepublic thisrerf
trulyumers toherblajesty, respect.
y offer marvellous
fluff;
gradually restores tne human hair to its pristine h 'which
hue—no
matter at what age. The Ague Amarella has none of the
properties of dyes ' • it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the
system, and when the hair is once restored one application
per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per
bottle, or in half bottles. 10s. 6i. Testimonials from artistes
of the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted re.
speetahflity, may be seen on application. Messrs. John
Goenell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal
Highness the Princess of Wales.

THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another
home to the. 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer
han 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected trom
want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have
been sent away in five years. Here arc brief details of a few
of the most recent cases:
F. P., aged 16, fillen, mother dead, deserted by her father.
M. A. le., aged 13, homeles4, both parents dead.
&. 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother
5. D., aged 15, fallen, mother dead.
C. 8., aged 15, fallen, mother dead,
A, 8., aged 16, fallen, both parents dead.
H. S., aged 14, homeless, deserted by her parents.
M. H., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
C. H., aged 17, fallen, both [,arents dead.
A. G., aged 18, fallen, father dead.
E. K„ aged 18, fallen, both parents oead,
S. B. aged 17, fallen, both par. nts dead.
M. Al W. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
S. D., aged 15, fallen, both parents dead.
The new home the mmittee wish to form would be for
young girls, almost c dren, from the age of 8 to 15, who
have been led astray from the-path of virtue.
'Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary,
Mr. Daniel Cooper, 85, Queen street, Cheapside; cr by limn,
Barclay and Cr., Lombard-street.

J. ant D. NICOLL, Tailors to the
•
Queen, Royal Family, and Courts of Europe
For GENTLEMEN the FASHIONS for the SEASONS,
for the promenade or demi-dress--Superfine frock coats,
with rich silk breast facings, or morning coats of superfine
Melton cloths, the charge for the former being 31 to 41
guineas; for the latter 21 to 31 guineas. For neglige
purposes, morning coats with pocket flaps at the waist,
also the neglige- jackets ; these are of Melton, fancy coat-
ings, Angola and Cheviots, the prices from 255. to 4
guineas. The Angolas and Cheviots are also made in
suits, at prices from 2 to 4 guineas; evening dress, black
cloth of the finest qxality. For Overcoats—Melton,
Beaver, and Witney cloths, from 2 to 8 guineas. For
young gentlemen from eight years of age—The morning
coat and neglig6 jacket ; also suits of Angola and Cheviot,
the prices according to size, commencing at 31s. 6d. the
suit. For boys from four years of age—The Knicker-
bocker and Highland costume of black velvet, or fine
cloth for dress, and of Angolas and Cheviots for morning,
the price of the first size Knickerbocker, 1 guinea the suit.
For Overcoats—Melton, Beaver, and Witney cloths, from
Ito 2 guineas each. Foreigners and visitors to London,
Manchester, and Liverpool will find at Messrs. Nicholl's
garments ready for immediate use, or made at a few hours'
notice.—H. J. and D. Nicoll, 114, 116, 118, 120, Regent-
street; 22, Cornhill, London; 10,
,Mosley-street, Man-
chester; and 50, Bold-street, Liverpool.

ARMY CONTRACTS.
Commissariat Mee,
Aldershot, 27th January, 1866.
TENDERS will be received at this office up to Twelve
(noon) on THURSDAY, Bth Febru pry, 1806, for the supply of

FORAGE, -- -
in such quantities as may be required, from Ist March to 31st
October, 1866, for the use of her Majepty's Forces stationed at
Aldershot Camp, and within the command.
Separate Tenders are invited for the Supply of the Regi-
ments in Permanent Barracks, and those stationed in Camp,
which latter offer should include the FORAGE for the Troops
when in FLYING COLUMNS.
Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob—
tained on applicat on at 11141: Lice, by letter addressed to the
Senior Commissariat Officer, or in person, between the hours
of ten and four o'clock.

The T« nders must be properly filled up, signed, and de-
livered at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the
outside " 1 ender for Forage"), and no Tender will be noticed
unless made on Forms ob ained iron this Office, and deli-
vered before Twelve o'clock (noon).
N.B.—The Contractor will not be required to pay the one
penny per ration hitherto deducted on account of Manure,
as, in future, the Manure will be taken by Government.

ROYAL NAVAL, MILITARY, and
GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY (Esta-
blished A.D. 1837. under Royal Patronage), 17, Waterloo-
place, Londun, S.W.
ARTHUR R. HAMILTON, Secretary.
Agents wanted in towns not yet represented.

CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
13, St. James's-square, London, S.W.
Established 1824,

President—The ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.
Chairman—Right Hon. John Robert Mowbray,
Deputy-Chairmen rir"Aaimarlßesov I,mocaonelt,Ellqa.A.P.M.

Financial results of the Society's operations.
Tbe Annual Income, stewlily increasing, exceeds.... £21,7,c00
The Assurance Fund, safely Invested, iA over .C 1,491,110
The New Policies in the last year were 118, assuring £:t37,.73
The New Annual Premiums were tl. 329
The Bonus added to Policies at the last Division was £r:5,077
The Total Claims by Death paid amount t0........Z2,026,119

The following are among the distinctive features of the
Society :

CREDIT SYSTEM - On any Policy for the whole of Life,
wh •re the age does not exreet (10, one-halt of the Annual
Premiums during rue first five years may remain on credit,
and may either continue as a debt on the Policy, or be paid
off at any time.

LOW RATES of PREMIUM for YOUNG LIVES, with
early participation in Profits.
ENDOWMENT ASSURANCES may be effected. without
ofits, by which the Sum Assured becomes payable on the
attainment of a specified age, or at death, whichever event
shall first happen.
INVALID LIVES may be assured at rates proportioned
to the increased risk.

PROMPT SETTLEMENT OP CLAIMS.—Claims paid
thirty days after proof of death.

BONUS YEAR-SPECIAL NOTICE.

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All With-Profit Policies in existence on June 31, 1866, will
participate in the Bonus to be declared in January, 1867, so
that persons who complete such Assurances before June 30,
1866, will share in that Division, although one Premium only
will have been paid.
Tables of Rates, Forms of Proposal, and the Report just
issued, can be obtained of any of the Society's Agents, or of
GEORGE CUTCLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary.
13, St. James's-square, London, S.W.

TEETII AND PAINLESS DENTISTRY.
Messrs. LEWIN and SIMEON MOSELY and

SONS, Dentists, ,
30, Berners-street, Oxford-streer, and 448, Strand,
Opposite Charing-cross Railway Station.

Their painless artificial teeth are unequalled for economy,
durability, comfort, and all purposes of articulation and mas-
tication. Operations of every kind being unnecessary, the
most nervous patient can be supplied without fear of pain or
inconvenience.

Consultation free. Teeth from se, Sets from 5 to 25 go.,
warranted. _

!'or the cificacy, utility, and success of their system, vide
Lancet.' '

Dafly attendance at 31, Ilerners-street, Oxford-street, and44B, Strand, London; 15, Whitefriargato,tHull ; 10, Norfolk-
street, Sheffield ; 4, East-parade, Leeds; and 14, St. Nicholas-
stret.t, Scarbro'.

E • Observe— staibllshed 1830. No connection with any of the
s ime name.

AMERICA.

[REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.]
ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA.
(Via Roches Point.)
NEW YORK, Jan. 17 (Morning).
In the Senate, Mr. Chandler has given notice
that he would, on some future day, read the British
Foreign Enlistment Act, with the provision abolish-
ing all existing laws on neutrality.
During the debate on the resolution for the pro-
clamation of non-intercourse with England, Senator
Johnson said that it was a very important matter,
and that the mere offering of the resolution had
created great solicitude. He moved to table the
resolution.

Mr. Chandler wished the resolution to be referred
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Mr. Sumner
thought that a reference to that committee was the
best course to pursue. The resolution was then
tabled.

The House of Representatives have concurred in
the resolution of the Senate empowering the Recon-
struction Committee to send for certain persons and
papers.

The order for mustering out all coloured troops
in Texas has been revoked.
Rumours are current in Toronto that arrange-
ments have been concluded with Washington to
continue the Reciprocity Treaty beyond. March
next.

NnYtrOoßdKu
YORK,
ceJdan. g
Mr. Chandler has introduced
si
reso-
lution in the Senate : the
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" Whereas England refuses to settle the Alabama
claims, the President is requested to withdraw the
American Minister from England and issue a pro-
clamation of national non-intercourse."

The resolution was tabled by a vote of 25 to 12.
A resolution has been offered and laid over re-
commending the immediate trial of Messrs. Davis
and Clay by military commission.

All the volunteer troops in the department of
Virginia have been mustered out.

The report in the American journals that the
Federal troops would be withdrawn from Alabama
and Georgia was unauthorised. General Grant, in
replying to an application for their withdrawal,
does not recommend such a step until there is ample
security for the protection of all classes in the late
rebellious States. He doubts the propriety cf
arming the militia while the Federal troops remain
in the South.

The Federal Adjutant in Mississippi has revoked
the order disarming the negroes.
The Treasury agents in Charleston have arrested
the principal officials and seized the books and assets
of several blockade-running companies organised
during the war. They have forbidden them to
dispose of their assets, and the matter has been re-
ferred to Washington for adjudication.
The Federal troops have recaptured the steamer
Lilly, taken by outlaws on the Alabama river. 75
bales of Government cotton had been landed, and
the outlaws had expressed their determination to
prevent any Government cotton running on the
Alabama river.

All Government employe's at Fort Monroe, for-
merly in the service of the Confederate Government,
have been dismissed, in consequence, it is said, of
fears that they intended to attempt the rescue of
Mr. Davis.

General Sweeney, the Fenian Secretary of War,
has joined the Senate organisation, and has issued
a call for prompt military action.
The City of Baltimore has arrived out.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Money abundant. Gold, 1392. Exchange. on
London, 1511 ; on Paris, 3.74. Stocks improving.
New York Centrals, 931. ; Erie, 92i ; 5-20 Bonds,

104. Cotton slightly firmer. Middling Upland,
52.

NEW YORK, Jan. 18 (Evening).
The following are the heads of the news brought
by the Canada :
A resolution has been introduced in the Senate,
and tabled, requesting President Johnson to with-
draw the American Minister from London, and
declare non-intercourse with England.

A filibustering force, from the Texas side of the
Rio Grande, commanded by Americans, have cap-
tured, and continue to hold, the town of Bagdad,
below Matamoros.

A half-yearly dividend of 31 per cent. has been
declared on Erie preferred, and 4 per cent. on
common stock.

The New York Herald states that President
Johnson is considerably indisposed, but that no
fears are entertained of serious illness.

The New York Times denies the reported Cabinet
changes.
In the Senate Mr. Chandler offered a resolution,
asking the President for information whether there
have been any violations of neutrality on the part
of the army occupying the right bank of the Rio
Grande.

The Royal Mail Steamship Company's steamer
Canada arrived at Queenstown at 5.45 a.m. to-day
(29th January). She brings 54 passengers and
P 8,124. After landing all the mails, 114 sacks,
she proceeded for Liverpool at 6 a.m. All well.

General Scott arrived at Key West on the 7th
and left on the Bth for New Orleans. He will spend the
month of January at Key West.

Major-General Schofield will remain for some
time in Europe. It his intention to visit Italy and
Germany.

General J. Watson Webb, of New York, United
States Minister to Brazil, has resigned his post and re-
turned home.

Randall Hunt has been chosen United States
Senator from Louisiana.

United States Consul Page, of Zurich, is making
a short tour in Italy. lie will be absent from his post
about two weeks.

Dr. Gwin, who was arrested some time since, on
his return from Mexico to the United States, is confined
at Fort Jackson, below New Orleans.
Dr. Wilson has been appointed the United
States Consul at Antwerp, and has assumed his duties.
He succeeds Dr. Crawford, resigned.
Dr. Saugen, a distinguished surgeon in the
United States Army who was in service throughout
the late war, is making a special tour en the Continent,
examining the various hospitals. Ho is also making a
collection of fractured human bones, and has already
obtained over ono thousand specimens. He has with him
high testimonials and special letters of introduction from
Mr. Stanton, Secretary of War.

The rebel Gen. Longstreet has become a commis-
sion merchant in New Orleans.

It is reported that the Congressional Committee
on the death of President Lincoln intend to invite Mr.
George Bancroft, the historian, to deliver the oration on
the occasion of the memorial services, Secretary Stanton
having declined the honor.

Mrs. Senator Dixon has been the recipient of a
silver pitcher, valued at: $3OO, as a testimonial in appre-
ciation of her unwearied attentions to the sick and wounded
soldiers in the hospitals during the rebellion.
It is said that Bierstadt's brush has earned him
$120,000 in the last three years. He has the finest team
in the New York Central Park, and is building a villa in
Irvington, on the Hudson.

lion. Amos Kendall has erected a house of wor-
ship for a Baptist Church in Washington, D. C., at a cost
of $60,000, and generously donated it to the church.

Major-General John C. Breckenridge is shortly
expected in. England with his family.

Dr. William A. Hammond, late Surgeon-General
of the United States, is in Europe in charge of a grandson
of the late John Jacob Astor; and a gossipping corre-
spondent says that he receives for his services $lO,OOO
in gold for six months, all travelling and subsistence ex-
penses liberally paid, and $3,000 for each month occupied
beyond the six.

Dr. Bradford, Public Administrator of the City
of New York, has confessed that he is a defaulter to the
amount of $345,000 or $40,000. Ile says he took the money
to speculate in stocks.

The rebel General Mercer, who is on trial at
Savannah for the murder of seven Union soldiers, is a
grandson of the Revolutionary General of that name.

There is a rumor that the French Minister spent
New Year's Day in Now York to avoid calling on the
President.

The sales of H. B. Claflin and Co., of New York,
for 1865 have been, according to rumors among drapers,
$70,(100,000 against $40,000,000 in 1861.

Mr. William Lloyd Garrison has discontinued the
publication of the Boston Liberator. In his last number
he bids an affectionate farewell to his friends, who have
aided him so many years.
Jubal Early writes from Havana that he is " a
voluntary exile from his country because he is not willing
to submit to the foreign yoke imposed upon it." If we read
aright the accounts of the campaigns in the Shenandoah
Valley, Jubal E. was an "involuntary exile" from that
section of the country.

Mrs. Clement C. Clay has returned from Fortress
Monroe, and had another interview with the President.

Gen. Wilson, the capturer of Jeff. Davis, is to
be married at Wilmington shortly, in the presence of Gen.
Grant and staff.

The visit of Secretary Seward to the Gulf of
Mexico has caused quite an excitement in diplomatic
circles, although the Secretary declares that he only goes
to recruit his health, and that he will be back again by
the first of February. During his absence Chief Clerk
Hunter will act as Secretary of State. Mr. Seward, accom-
panied by his daughter, his son Frederick Seward and his
wife, and his nephew Clarence A. Seward and wife. Mr.
Robinson, a messenger of the State Department, accom-
panies the party.

Gen. Wade Hampton is living on his plantation
near New Orleans. He brought out a large number of
freedmen from South Carolina to cultivate his fine planta-
tion on the coast.

Mr. L. D. Campbell, understood to have been
selected as Minister to Mexico, is an "old line Whig,"
who distinguished himself in. Congress a dozen years ago,
and led an Ohio regiment during the war. He is an inti-
mate friend of President Johnson.

Captain Chariton Morgan, brother of the de-
ceased General John H. Morgan, was married in Baltimore
recently to Miss Howard, granddaughter of Francis Key
(author of the " Star Spangled Banner "), and niece of the
wife of Hon. Geo. H. Pendleton, of Ohio.

John C. Breckenridge is living quietly with his
family in an elegant house in the suburbs of Toronto.

An ex-Empress died in Philadelphia recently. It
was Madame Huate de Iturbide, widow of the former
Emperor of Mexico.

George B. McClellan, jr., a son of the General,
was born at Dresden, November 15, 1865.

When the Hon. Caleb Cushing was Attorney
General of the United States ho was said to be the only
member of the Cabinet able to converse in any language
beside his own. At a diplomatic dinner in Washington,
given by Mr. Bodisco, the Russian Minister, he conversed
in French to M. Sartiges, the French Ambassador; in
Spanish with Don Calderon, ; in Dutch with Baron Von
Gerolt ; in Portuguese with Do Figanere, and in the
purest Italian with the Representative of the Two Sicilies.
The distinguished party wore surprised and charmed, and
some thought the Yankee polyglot could have added the
Chinese had a Representative of the Celestials been
present.
The debt of Boston is over $10,000,000.
The Mills House, Charleston, has been reopened.
The small pox is making fearful ravages at
Mobile.
The number of immigrants who have arrived at
New York during the last year is 195,075. Germany sent
82,454 and Ireland 70,338. Turkey furnished 5, Greece 5,
and Africa 37.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Money abundant. Gold, 1381. Exchange on
London, 1501 ; do Paris, 375. Stocks dull.
New York Centrals, 921 ; Illinois, 127. Erie, 901.
5-no Bonds, 1034. Cotton steady. Middling
Uplands, 52. Flour declining. Wheat dull. Corn
quiet. Provisions heavy. Coffee, sugar, and mo-
lasses quiet. Petroleum quiet ; crude, 34 ; re-
fined, 56.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 13.—Cotton firm and ac-
tive. Middling upland 49 50.

A prominent topic of discussion in financial circles is the
effect which the increasing plethora of money and the pre-
lops of confidence are likely to produce on general