The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-12-19

= ny EMHGNUN VI WABAlCV
NEw oRLBANs, Dec. ls.-The folio wing procla-
nation was Issued nv Maxlmilian, and prornul.
gated in the City of Mexico on the sin of Decemosr
Test to the Ssr ~ oss S o.
usws have ed II n 'TsnS py ur
thss We ousht to reconsider the power conaded.
as their oPlpon that tIe welfare of Mexico stii re
Sen.d Il ou dy t sHS S Gssa P @ sSa we haze
nognops at the same time cur iStentiOn Is Consoks
ssS s RSIi'sSs parties can SSrseOsts s9d this
framing the laws 70 ooHsoiidate the pSo %
TO obtain this result our Oounsellors at preseat
stne time arrange matters IN such manner HI hat a
EaItes may asttst in an arrangement on that basis.
without SScudiSs Sns poos as SSUh we hs oo S
stanoy having been pSee IN ~ yS sn Sq1
men, lsiRnedD 'I MAMMALIAN.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1s--The Herald's Mexican
correspondence reports that on the Cd inst Mar
shall Bazaine issued manifesto, in reply 70 Maxi
milian's determination to remain, and stating that
In future the French troops would remain per-
fecty neutral, taking NO part in Mexican affairs
On the 29th of November an attack on San LUIS
Potosi was repulsed by Meiia, with heavy lose to
the Liberals in men and artillery.
Bazaine had sent cordial Invitation TO General
Sherman to visit Mexico as his guest
1t was claimed that Daz had gwen in his adhe-
sion 10 Maximilian. with sUOO men.
Burning of the New Bowery Theatre.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1e, 5 p. M The New Bowery
Theatre is in flames, and will be totally destroye
SECOND DISPATCH.
NRw YORK, Dec. Is, Z. The New Bowery
Theatre and a number of adj Joining buildings were
destroyed by fire this evening The flames broke
out about d O'Clock, under the stage and at s
o'clock the roof fell in Shortly afterwards the
and northern walls toppled over, and the remain
log walls soon followed with a tremendous crash.
The theatre is now heap OF ruins.
The theatre was owned by James Il. Whiting,
and was not insured 1t was valued at SsO,00O. j.
w. Lngard the lessee, loses S4O,O0O; N. Clarke,
stage manager, $1,000. Among the occupants of the
surrounding buildings which were destroyed, were
Palmer d Kegan, sewing machnes-loss $l2 GOO;
Ward Co., bhards-loss $4,000; Willet Ward,
shoes-loss 260OO.
Losses were also sustained by Adolph Laudou,
Bagner, Howe Il Ferry, Henry Barnett, Henry
Moeller, Peter Aston, and others. The theatre
contained large stock OF scenery, SOM of which
was being prepared for the new Academy OF Mu-
sic. ..
The fire in the theatre caught in the ballet girls
room, under the stage, and shortly after burst out
suddenly from three openings in the rear So rapid
was the progress of the flames that those within
the theatre escaped with difficulty. The building
was full of light and com oustible material, the
flaming fragments OF which were scattered far
around by the wind, and numbers of the houses in
the vicinity were set on fire.
The total loss will amount TO Si50,O00.
The Railroad Accident in Tennessee.
| NABHVILLE, Dec. 19-The Louisville bound
train on the Louisville and Nasty Railroad ran
Lf the track at $50 this morning, at Buck Lodge.
| Three passenger cars were thrown into q creek.
| M. Biog, S. Miller and william Granshaw, all of
Louisville, received cuts on the mead; Allen Van.
tell, Of Nashville, and II. Davis, of Bristol, head
cut; M. March, of Lincoln county, Tennessee, arm
| hurt; M. Van Tell, of Brookhill, head CUT Will
liam Taylor, conductor, head cut; Captain Elkam,
Of Lancaster, Kentucky, badly hurt, head cat J.
M Carter conclusion of the brain, serious, lett at
| Bowling Green; J. T. Going, Cincinnati, arm and
side badly burned; q. B. Scnaefer of Oincin lati,
| hand and crm burned; Major w. H. Hunte", OF
Logan county, Ohio, burned; Mr.. Griffith, N ,sh-
| ville knee cap broken; Mr. Strong, of Nashville,
| shoulder blade broken
The express train hitherwards, on the Nash lille
and Decatur Railroad, ran of the track at 1l30
this A. M, two miles south of Carters creek, car
rying three passt niger cars, and more less uis
ing number of passengers, but none seriously.
An accident occurred On the Knoxville and Chat
anocga Railroad, near Charleston, 70. day, in ur-
| ing the express messenger.
An accident occurred to day on the Lebanon
branch of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad,
| badly damaging a stock train ana Killing num-
ter of hogs, but no human being was injured
From Boston.
| BOSTON, Dec ia con vention of a numbr of
various evangelical churches in Massachusett as
| sembled to. day in fremont Temple. The Ho n. j.
| A. Pond presided Among the subje Is u1der
consideration are the Sabbath school, the wo of
home missions, provisions by home evangelical
tion, efforts for waste places, the duty of young
mems Christian associations, the efforts to be made
| to spread the Gospel among the poor and me-
elected, and the duties of Christians with refer
! ence to all these questions.
The convention is largely attended, and will re-
| main in session two days.