TUB DaILY EVENING TELEGRAFIi PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1871. 3 nrnws aqxiiracAiyg. Ctv 4(1 ir Rose Kelly was fonnrl ia Tom FlolUn 1 aotorioas den on Saturday night last. The f)oor woman had been taken there on Frid.y ast by Meyers, the nlleped father of her child. She did not know the character of the place. Tho Park CoromisLn have si(vtvil tho services of Frederick L. Ol-uitea.l. tho vlt bratedlandxcupe architect, wh will lay out the Eastern I ak on designs similar to thorn of the Central Turk, New York. Qnite a number of the ra-umsfriptanf William Penn are to be bound aud preaonted to the Historical Society. Alfred IT. Love, President of tho Peace Society, has addressed a letter 1 3 t'ua 4iut High OotnruiHHion. Company A, 4th Regiment (O-ilonel Kil lers), aro in rovolt. They have bona e irt martialled, and will be tritui ofl tho 2-)th iusl. Ddniralle Aflnlr. The public library of Cincinnati was opened yesterday for the first tinie in its his tory, on a Sabbath. The removal of Senator Sntunnr from the chairmanship of the Foreign Kelatious Committee is generally condemned by the newspaper press throughout the United States. In the celebrated Taylor will case, which has been pending for some time past, in No York city, and which involves a niiUioa or more dollars, the will ha riually boon ad mitted to probate. Measures have been taken in the emu tics of South Carolina where the reoent trou bles between tbe white aud colored people existed, for An amicable understanding be tween the two classes. William Bullook, a prominent oitizen of Lockport, New York, was shot dead oq the main street of that town on Saturday even iug by Arthur F. Pierce, with wh')m he pre viously bad some domestic difficulties. For eta o Aflnlr. The report that ex-Emperor Napoleon is going to Chiselburst is premature. General Vinoy has issued orders suspend ing several of the Paris newspapers. The first publio sitting of the Assembly at Versailles will be held ou the 20th iust. The Reds of Paris propose the formation of a new Republic, with Victor Hugo as its President. The Chamber of Commerce of Paris has decided that no German can be employed in trade in that city. The National Guards holding Montimr tre have surrendered the cannon whinh was in their possession. The South German elections have re sulted in the choice of fifty Liberals, ten Con servatives, and fifteen Clericals. An order has been issued that the land webr in organized corps and garrisons shall be dismissed to their homes. The position of the German armies dur ing the next phase of the occupation of France will be an uninterrupted line from the lower Seine to Dijon. Thiers' influence is said to be waning, and to protect the Assembly while sittiug at Versailles a number of regiments of the line have been detailed. General Moltke has made a demand for the departure from Paris of all the uuaruied Mobile Guards exceeding the authorized gar rison of forty thousand. One Paris despatch announces that Gen. Tracbu has become insane, while another contradicts the statement. The Northwestern Railway Company of France says that the Germans themselves are resposible for the accident at Puteaux, by which eleven of their nnmber were killed and twenty-three wounded. The Havana Diario advocates placing a price upon the head of Maxelo Lopez, the in surgent general. Captain Tomento, one of his followers, recently executed, was married just before he was led out to execution. On Saturday morning disturbauotM 00.. onrred in Jesus Church, Rome, and though considerable fighting ensued within its W ills, no one was seriously injured. The prompt interposition of the authorities caused a resto ration of order. A German celebration in honor of peace, which was commenced at Zurich, Switzerland, on Thursday, was disturbed by some Fret) oh officers who were detained there as prisoners of war, and not until after a serious demon stration was made was the disturbance uded. The rioters of the 10th of December hare been tried by a oounoil of war. R'aii'pii, Flourens, Geraud, and Avrelle were con demned to death for contumacy, while Ooupil was sentenced to two years' imprisonment, and Vailes to six months. The rest of the rioters were acquited. A Kingston, Jamaica, despatch Hays that the United States steamer Tennessee, with the members of the San Domingo Commis sion, arrived there on Saturday, by way of Port-au-Prince. All were well aboard the vessel, and she will sail for New Yerk in four days, via Key West, kach commissioner is preparing a draft of his report. . EASTERN PENITENTIARY. FOBTT-SECOND ANNUAL BEPOBT OP THE IMSPKO TOES FBISONKBS RECEIVED AND DISCHARGED nUBINO THE YEAB THE SUBJECT OF EDUCA TION OVEBCBOWDED CONDITION OF THE IN BT1TUT10N. The forty-eeeond annual report of the In spectors of the Eastern Penitentiary, which has just been presented to the Legislature, is a very lenetny document, abounding wuu in terestiDg statistic. During the year 1870, 269 prisoners were received. On the 31st day of December, 18G0, there were 404 pri aonera in the institution, 183 having bnen discharged during the year. Of those (2VJ) 41 were illiterate, 37 could only read, 170 could read and write, and 2 were well in atructed. Out of the number 2G0 were uuap- prenticed, 20 were, and left before majority, and 83 aerved out their term ot apprentice ship: 162 were under 2o years of age, The crimes of these 162 youths were: Larceny, C3; arson, 9; burglary, 20; rape, 7; murder in second degree, 0; luansittuguier, d; forgery, C; burglary and other felonies, 3. During the year 1870 315 prisoners were received 282 having been discharged. Of the 81502 were illiterate, 30 could only read, and 223 could read and write. Out of the 315, 283 were unappreiiti'-ed, 1" were apprenticed and left, aud 17 served out their term of apprenticeship. One hundred and fifty of these prisoners were under 2 years of age, and their crimes wt were: J Ar- ceny, 61 ; arson, o; ourgiary, : ruie, .-; murder, second degree, 4; manslaughter, 1, and forgery, 1. With the crime of larceny or other f6louy, of the 315, 107 were reoeived from 1'hila iel- Ebia; 23 from Bucks oouuty; 10 from C'um erland, 20 from Dauphin; 10 from UraJford; 12 from Franklin; 10 from Luxerne; 11 from Lebanon; 12 from Lycoming; !) fro ji North umberland, or 20rt from nII th -u'j?iti, f lhItel UibUlU. The inspectors dwell at om: k: j:L uu ihd importance of school education in the peni tentiary. They any: If all that relates to crime, especially among the youth of our State, is subject for careful examination by the wise and the good who are conscientiously labor ing for the benefit of mankind, the more important is it for those to investigate these subjects, who are charged with the responsi ble dnty of making laws for the penpte. Liberal expenditures of the money of the publio are jnstified by the promise of sub stantial benefits society iu the future is to re ceive for this outlay, but wisdom suggests that such liberality should only be authorized after a thorough investigation of the means by which those objects and results are to be attained. To do this effectively involves a philosophical examination of the social struc ture and its defects, errors, evils, vices, crimes, and their causes, and that which would tend to remove or change them, and the most reasonable correctives or remedies. Legislation which may tend to prevent crime is more necessary than that which only punishes its commission. If imperfect sys tems of education, ill-digested plans for pub lic charity, narrow and injudicious adminis tration of correctional or preventive agenoies, or those abuses whioh result from publio or private contributions for meritorious objects, but which too often pauperize without aiding their recipients, can be shown to exist, then legislation is needed to correct Bnch evils. It is assumed as impossible that there can be two different standards of integrity, one of which governs the private citizen, but has do control over publio action. In the year 18G0 there was a total of 617 convicts in this penitentiary; 113 were illite rate, 121 could spell and read. 401 could read and write, and 12 had a good education. Of these 047, 198 had parents living, 19'J parents dead, '.. fathers living, 155 mothers living. In the year 1870 there was a total of 953 convicts in this penitentiary, of whom 205 were unable to read. There were 315 con victs received dnring 1870; of these 62 were illiterate, 30 read only, 223 could read and write. Of these 315 convicts, 109 had pawnts living, 94 parents dead, 40 fathers and 72 mothers liviDg. Of the 315 prisoners received during 1870, 104 were born in the State, 03 were natives of other States, and 83 were foreigners. It will be conceded, after an examination of the foregoing statements, limited as they sre to the very small number of individuals sent to this prison, that a. similar statement comprising the population of the State would be of great value. Reliable returns could be obtained from all the Justicas of the Peace iu Pennsylvania of the whole number of arrests of persons charged with criminal offenses, the ciime charged, and the disposition by the justices of these cases. By the records of the courts of each county in the State it will ap pear how many of these cases were returned by th justices to court for trial, how many were acquitted by the jury, how many were convicted, and the sentenco of the court in each case. It would require comparatively little trouble to ascertain the ages of these persons, and .whether they had gone tosouool or had learned a trade. From these returns the Legislature would be enabled to consider the important subjeot of establishing county prisons for first offenses and short sentences of the young offender; also the effect of imprisoning such at their homes, or domioil, or where the offense was committed. Sentencing such to a State penitentiary, and placing on them in their youth, the character of convict, when it may be that the intention to commit crime aud the opportunity of committing it were not prevented from coming in contact for waiitct discretion, mignt tnen be open to grave question. In ltTiO tne total population 01 Pennsyl vania wmh 2,311,786. Of these 1805 were in sane and 1432 idiotic. There were 9000 pub lio schools, colleges, and private schools and academus-in the State, at which 440,743 pupils were in attendance, as by census of the ytur. The same census reports, nowever, that the whole nnmber of youth attending school was 504,010, and that 76,272 adulta ciuld.P0t read and write. By the census of 1800 the total population of the State is given at 2,900,215; of these 2700 were insane and 1842 idiotio. By the census of 1870 the population of the State Appears to be 3,615,992. l'.v the iState Keport 01 Pennsylvania it i-ppears tbtt in 1870 the number of school districts in the State was 200:Jf the number of schools, 14,212; the number of pupils. e-28,MU; the average number of pupils, .655,941, at a total cost of if 7,771, 701 '20. from advance sheets of the late census it appears that there are 13,782 schools in the State, with 355,790 male and 350,770 female pupils. Income received from tax alone, 6,547,004; received from puono lunds, f 306,124. There are 541 private schools, with 21,547 male and 25,008 female pupils. There are 208 colleges and academies, witn 15,100 male and 0770 female pupile. Total population of Pennsylvania by first enumera tion, 3,49U,24; Dy second count, a.oia.uya. The report of the inspectors then presents a l umber of interesting schedules and state ments, showing the relation of crime to igno rant, as evinced by the convicts for the past ten years. The inspectors say that,owing to the recent establishment of the Commutation law, they can as yet form no opinion as. to its useful ness. The inspectors call attention to the fact that very long terms of imprisonment are row frequently imposed, and express the belief that time is no true element in punish ment by imprisonment. Dnring the year but fourteen persons were pardoned none for ill-health or insauity, bet all for special reasons. The inspectors call attention to the benefits of the aeparate con finement system as beneficial to the convicts and most economical to the State. In sup port of this the inspectors compare the sta tistics of the aggregate system as exhibited in the Massachusetts prison and the statistics of the Eastern Penitentiary. The inspectors again call attention to the overcrowding of the peniten'.iary, and reoom- mti d the erection of coanty prisons on the Ht 1 urate system, wherein short sentences may be served. The inspectors also praise highly the efforts of tiie present warden, Mr. TownBend, and all the other officers of the institution. Appended to the report of the inspectors are those of the warden, on the population of the penitentiary; the physician and other officers. Of the 315 prisoners received last year 271 were white males, 5 v hjte females, colored males, and 1 ooloied female; 15 were under 18 years of age, 40 from 18 to 21, 74 from 21 to 25, 80 from 25 to 30, 33 from :.o to 35, 19 itoiu 35 to 40, 12 from 40 to 45, 14 from 45 to 60, 14 from 50 to 00, 2 from 00 to 71. 182 were unmarrieo, vi married, and 11 widowed; 24 never indulged in liquor, 210 were moderate drinkers, 10 occasionally in tcxictded, and 05 were drunkards; 101 had no j srtid lr o(-uihfii, or with laborers, the t'J iLt fvieiguew imprisoned, IrtjLini f or- tlsbed 42, Germany 18, England 14, Prussia 4. Tb aversge sentenoe was 4 years and 22 days. There ia one prisoner sentenced to 20, one to 24, and one to 32 years; 35 for one year, 32 for 2 jears, and 30 for 3; 19 for 4, 19 for 6, 14 for 8, 5 for 10, 5 for 12 years. Of the prisoners in the penitentiary, 1 works as a baker, 1 as a blacksmith, CO on caning chnirs, 1 as a cook, 5S on oordwainlng, 80 are idle, 7 jobbing, 5 (all the women) seamstresses, 31 shoe fitting, 1 tinsmithiog, 10 twisting shawls, 3 washing, 19 weaving, 17 spooling, and 1 1 on woodwork; 253 are in for first, offense, 47 for the second, 10 for the third, 4 for the fourth, and 1 for the sixth offense. In the library can be Tound 2800 English books, 627 German, and 66 French books. During the year 304 prisoners had secular lessons, with a yearly average of 2084 for each prisoner. The appended financial exhibit is a gratify ing one, and speaks well for the warden's management. TIIE ERIE FIGHT IN JERSEY. What Erie Threatens if the Exemption Aet be ltrpraled I he Erie Men Unit for Fair flnv una N favor. Mow that the qflfrrel In the New Jersey Legisla ture between the people of Paterson and the Krle Kailroad has been disposed of la the interest of the latter, the Jersey City Board of Aldermen Is pre rsrii'jr to opn the fight on behalf of Jersey Citr. The act of last year which exempted the Erie Kail road property from taxation Is the main Issue, aud to repeal this every effort will be made. A bill for that purpose is now before the Legislature. As there was a Uvelj debate on this question at the latent meeting of the Board of Aldermen, a reporter called ou Colonel Iterthoud, division superintendent of the Krle, to ascertain his views on the snbiect The following Is an epitome of his statement: The Erie Rail w ay Company has paid Into the trea sury of Jenej City tens of thousands of dollars an nually in the shape of local taxation, while all the other railway companies were exempt. We went to Trenton laetyear, and we addressed the members of the Legislature as fair-minded men for the pur pose of removing this Inequality. Gentlemen, we said, TAX AI.LTTIK RAILWAYS, OR TAX N0NK. We have no objection to bearing onr Just share of this burden, provided our case Is not the exception. Why make the distinction against the Erie ? Our monthly pay-roll In Jersey City Is from 95,0',o to tl00,ooo a month, or more than that or all the other railways tnat run Into the city combined. You recol lect when the strike occurred la our Jersey City workshops, how the Seventh ward was on the verge of pauperism. And yet the people of Jersey City seem not to take this question into account. Now, I say, If we ate to be taxed while all other railways are exempt, It will be to oar advantage to remove oar workshops to Port Jervls. This verr matter was under con sideration last year. Port Jervls Is an intermediate point, better adapted as a location for our machine shops than Jersey City, and thither we will certainly remove as soon as SPECIAL LEGISLATION be brought to bear against ns. In fact, the change, ence effected, would be beneficial to us, though It would entail temporary Inconvenience. Mr. B'sson, one of the directors ol the Erie Rill way, entered during the conversation, aid spoke in strong and more emphatic terms still on this subject. Jersey City will not attempt to tax Camden and Amboy. It allows the Central to go scot free, and has nothing to say about the Morris and Essex. Erie submitted for a long time to the exceptional burden, "Hut," said the old veteran, bringing down Ilia clenched flat, "It will not do so again." TIIE HIGH COMMISSION. English lalma .tcaloat the United States. The New York Herald says: We publish the following correspondence on the subject of claims held by Englishmen against tbe United States, which has passed be tween Mr. Edwin James, of this city, and Sir Edward Thornton, the Eogllsh Ambassador at AVaf-hluKton. Tne correspondence, as will be teen, indicates that the English members of the Joint Pigh Commission are preparing to admit claims aalupt our Government, with which to offset the Alabama and other American claim? against Great Britain: To Sir Edward Thornton, etc., her British Majesty Minister to the United States, Washington, D. C. : Sr Many British residents In the United States having claims upon the latter Government are anx ious to prefer such claims before the Joint Commis sion cow In session at Washington. Having been retained as counsel for some of these gentlemen tn the Drenaration of their papers and documents for submission. I have the honor to apply to you for tnlerniaiion upon tne ioiiowing points: Ursllv. Whtther anv reealatlous or orders will he promulgated specifying the time when such claims limy be presented. econd)v. Whether any form m which such docu nients and their accompanying proofs and authenti cations are to be sabmttea win ue prescnoeu. Tbiidly. Whether such claims are to be trans mitted to the Court of Commission through the me dium of the British Minister or directly to the Socre taoy of the commission. 1 have the honor to be yours, very respectfully, Edwin Jauks. No. S29 Broadway, N. Y., March T, 1811. British Leoation, Washinoton, March 8, 18TI. Sir:-Jn reply to your letter of yesterday's date I bave to Inform you that I hope the Commission which has met at Washington will agree upon some genera) mode of settlement of all the claims be tween the two countries ; but nntll that be done I cannot give you any Information as to the proceed ings which claimants will have to take. You may, bowever, rest assured that due notice of the forms to be observed will be given, and in good time. I am. sir, yoar obedient servant, Edward Thornton. To Edwin James, Esq. ABOLITION SPEECH BY DIN SICKLES. Ureat Rleetlair In Madrid-How Dan 'Sacri ficed Body and Blood la the Sacred (Jaaae of Near Emanelpatlen " A Madrid correspondent writes, February 10: The great meetiBg of the Spanish Abolition Society was held yesterday afternoon in the Theatre de la Alhambra, which was crowded to Us utmost extent by a most respectable audi ence, amoDgst whom were many ladies. The etaue eerved as a platform. General Sickles occupied the first box from the stage. lie was frequently alluded to by the various speakers, and having been asked by the President to sneak he rose in his box and addressed tbe meeting as follows: sriKCB of oknebal sickles. Senoras y Senorcs (Ladles and Gentlemen): I slve nsv most sine .'re thanks to your worthy preal deut for having Invited me to say a few words. I came here as a simple spectator as a foreigner, nd therefore It is hardly decorous tn me to take part. vCriesof "Ytsl yes!" Speak!" Goon!" and applause.) 1 came here as a soldier an Ame rican soldier, with ray family, to testify my Interest in the object of this meeting (cheers) namely, the saurea cauBe 01 negro em an clpatiop. To this cause I bave given my lif. (Cheers ) I know not your language well tnongh 10 express myself elegantly, perhaps not wl'h propriety; but to that sacred cause 1 have elven mv body and my blood mi eutrpo y mi saiutre) (cheers) and now there la nothing left to me bat my crutches. (Holding them up midst terrillo ap plause) These, too. should necessity ever again require it, are at tne disposition or tne siave-owaers, (A la dixpauinon de la mclavwta.) Ee sat down amidst terrific applause, and had eventually torfce and bow his acknowledgments to tbe audience ere they would "be quiet." General Milans and many of the gentlemen on the stage rubed forward And shook his hands. KeMilutions urging the Government to declare Immediate aud complete abolition, and to pre sent tbe first thing to the new Cortes a measure to this effect, were passed unanimously. o LD OAKS CEMETERY COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA, This Company is prepared to sell lou.earof all encumbrances, on reasonable term. Purchasers caj see plaua at the office of the Company, HO. 618 WALNUT STREET, Or at tne Cemetery, where all information neede will be cheerfully given. By giving notice at tbe omce, carriages will meet persons desirous of purchasing lot at Tioga Station1 on the Germ an town Rail road, and ooavey them W the Cemetery and return, free of charge. ALFRED a HARMER, President. M.AT.TIN L-LNDEN'USUUi::;, MICHAEL NDJEET, Bey-J. 10 0 wfu fcn PRO'OSALSi DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, itntntiv.q RtWEnq. ltm. Office op Chief Commissioner,) Vo. 104 8. Fifth strret, Fbilapeijiua, March is, mi. j NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at the Office of tbe Chief Commissioner of Highways, until 12 o'clock M., on FRIDAY, 17th Inst., for the con struction of the following Sewers: On the line of Twentieth street, from Columbia avenne northward, two bnndred and thirty-nine feet, three feet In diameter. On Miller street, from Lane titer avenue, fifty-five feet north of Baring street, two feet six Inches In diameter. On Emerald street, from Adams to York street, with a clear laalde diameter ot two feet and six Inches. On Senrca street, from Forty-fourth street to Mica street, thence along Mica street to Oregon street, tbence along Oregon street to Forty-tlUh street, three feet In diameter. On Spruce street, from Thirty-seventh and Wood land street to Thirty-ninth street, three feet tn dia meter. On Columbia avenue, from the southeast corner of Twenty-third street and Ridge avenue to the north west corner of Twenty-third street and Ridge avense, with a dear Inside diameter of three feet. On Clearfield street, from Cedar street to Ara mlDge Canal, three feet In diameter. On Dickinson street, from Sixth street to Seventh street, tbice feet In diameter. On Eighteenth street, from Korrls street to Dia mond street, five feet In diameter. And from Diamond street to Susquehanna avenue, five feet six Inches la diameter. With such manholes as may be directed by the Chief Engineer and Surveyor. The understanding to be that the sewers herein advertised are to be completed on or before the 1st day of December, 1871, and tii at the contractor shall take bills pre pared against tbe property fronting on said sewer, to the amount of one dollar and fifty cents for each lineal foot of front on each side of the street, as so much cash paid; the balance, as limited by ordi nance, to be paid by the city (except In the case of the sewer to be constructed on Elgnteenth s-.ree', from Norris to Diamond street, where the fall ex cess o er assessment bills will be paid by the city) ; and the contractor will be required to keep the street and sewer In repair for three years after the work la completed. When the street Is occupied by a cliy passenger railroad track, the sewer shall be constructed along side of said track in such manner at not to obstruct or Interfere with the safe passage or tbe cars there on ; and no claim for remuneration shall be paid the contractor by the company using said track, as specified by in the act of Assembly approved May 8,1666. Bach proposal must be accompanied by a certifi cate that a bond his been filed In the Department of Law, as directed by the ordinance of May 25, 1860. t If the successful bidder falls to execute a con tract within five days after the work Is allotted be wnl be deemed as declining, and will be held liable on bis bond for the difference between his bid and the next lowest bidder. All tutimittlng proposals must be skilled, and regularly engaged In, the construction of culverts, and tbe contractor must personally superintend the work as required by ordinance of Coun ells. Ho allowance will be made for rock excavation unless by special contract. Specifications, which will be strictly adhered ad heredio, may be bad at the Department of Sur vejs. All bidders may be present at the time of opening the proposals. Tbe Department of Highways reserves tne right to reject any or all bids not deemed satisfac tory. MAHLON U. DICKIN-ON, 3 18 8t Chief Commissioner of Highway?. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES KRWKRS. ETC. Office of Chief Commissioner,) No. 104 S. Fifth Strket, y Philadelphia, March 13, l&Il.j NOTICE TO BRIDGE BUILDERS. SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this Office until 19 o'clock M. of tbe 17th day of March, 1871, for the Construction of a DRAWBRIDGE over the FRANKFORD CREEK, at ORTHO DOX Street, In the Twenty-third ward of the city of Philadelphia, to be completed on or before the first day of December, 1871. Proposals must specify the prices for the follow ing Items : Pllelng, including driving, shoeing, and level ling of each grnuge, 13 by is timber, including workmanship per cubic 1 00 . Timber for platform, Including workmanship per M. Masonry, including all scaffj'dlng and mortar, nd risk o' flood, per percn or twenty-nve cabio feet. Bridge superstruc ture, inclusive of ail material. framing, machinery, and erecting, per lineal foot. Embankment per cubic yard. Proposals will also be received for constructing this bridge of Iron, in which case a plan In detail Of the proposed superstructure mast accompany each bid. Each proposal sabmltted must be accompa nied by a certificate that a bond has been filed in the Law Department as directed by ordinance of May So. 1B60, that It the bidder to whom the work is allotted falls to execute a contract within five days after the award is made, be will be deemed as de clining, and will be held liable on his bond for the difference between bis bid and the next lowest bid der to whom the contract may be awarded. Tbe plans and specifications, which will be atriotly adhered te, may be examined at the Department of Surveys, No. 884 South Fifth street. The Department of Highways reserves the right to reject all bids not deemed satisfactory. All bidders are invited to be present at tbe time of opening the proposals. MAULON II. DICKINSON, 813 8t Chief Commissioner ot Highways. rpO CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. X SEALED PROPOSALS, Indorsed "Propo- for Butldluc a Publio school house In the Twenty-seventh Ward." will ba received by the undersigned at tne omce, south east corner of SIXTH aud ADELPHI Streets, until 1 Ul tiDfA , anrcu xi, ion, 11 wwui- ju, for building a Publio School-bonse on a lot ot ground situate on the corner of Thirty-eighth and bpruce streets, In the Twenty-seventh ward. Kuid school-hoiiHft to be built la accordance with the plaBS of L. 1L Esler, Superintendent of Scnool Hull. Hut's, to be seen at the ottlce of the BJard of Vnk.lWt Kdlli'HMnn lsin iitiiH win tut nnnatiifliod unless accompanied by a cettifleate from tr.e City bolU ltor tnat the provi sions of an ordinance approved May no, 1S60, have k.n cmiirtllKd with The contract will be awarded only to known mas ter bulltlers. l'y rder 1 f the Ccmir""- " P'"r.rv 1 11 1 18 : Seoreury. PROPOSALS. DEPARTMENT OF RF.tVl.T)a n-tnii HIG1IWAY8, BRIDJES, Office of Chief Commissioner,) No. 14 8. Fifth Hthkit, V Philadelphia, March 13, 187L j NOTIOB CON TRACTORS. TO SEALED TROP03AL9 will be received until 11 o'clock M. on FRIDAY, the lTih day of March, at this oflUe, for the excavation of a drainage channel for Hollanders end Shlckhauslog Crerks, in the First and Twenty-sixth wards, and upon what is known as The Neck," and also for the construction ot Unices and road bridges, all of which will be con tracted as specified by tbe Chief Engineer and Sur veyor. Dans and specifications can be seen at the Depart ment of Surveys, and each proposal, to be received, must submit prices for Large Ditch Per linear rod Small Ditch Per linear rod River Sluice Per linear foot Slnlces, 8 feet by 4 feet Per linear foot Sluices, 1 foot by 1 foot Per foot length of the abut ment of road level. Inclu sive of super structure. Each proposal submitted must be accompanied by a certificate that a bond has been filed la the Law Department as directed by an ordinance approved ttie 2Mb day of May, 1860, that If the bl ider to whom tbe work Is allotted falls to execute a contract within five days after the award Is made, be will be held as declining, and will be held liable on his bond for the difference between his bid and the next lowest bidder to whom the contract may be awarded. The Deprrtment of Highways reserves tbe right to reject all. bids not deemed satisfactory. All Udders are Invited to be present at the time of opening the proposals. - MAHLON H. DICKINSON, 11 13 8t Chief Commissioner of Highways. UNITSD STATES ENGINEER OFFICE, BAL TIMORE. MD. Fayette Street, hear Charles, Third Mory Union Bank Building, March 1, 1871. Proposals are Invited for dredging iu the channel below Fort Carroll leading to this city. Proposals, to be sealeA and in duplicate, endorsed on outside, and accompanied by a copy of this advertisement, will oe received until noon of 1st day or APRIL, 1871. and will be opened iu ten minutes thereafter, Iu the piesence of such bidders as may wish to be present. About 78,000 cublo yards, mora or less, to be re moved. Length of haul of material averages about two miles, The object Is to attain a depth of 22 feet at mean low watt r. The tide rises about one foot and one-half. Proposals will state kind of machinery to be used ; average quantity in cubic yards to be removed dally; price per cublo yard, including ex cavation, removal, and deposit. Material to be measured in dumping scows. Tbe right to reject any bid is reserved. Forms of Proposals and any desired information to be had on application at this ofnee. WILLIAM P. CRAIG HILL, 32 Major of Engineers U. S. A. OFFICE POST QUARTERMASTER, Fort Monroe, Va., ireb. 13, 1871. Will be sold at pnblic auction, at Fort Monroe, Va., on the loth nay of March, ISil, at ten (lo) o'clock A. M., about eleven thousand two hundred and fifty (ll,2no) yards "T" RAILROAD IKON (worn), together with a number of FROGS and HAIRS. Property to be removed at expense of purchaser, wlthlu a reasonable time. A deposit of ten (10) per cent, will be required upon acceptance of blu. Terms cash. By order of the Secretary of War. JAMES CURRY, 8 14tuthstm16t Lieutenant and A. A. Q. it. QUARTERMASTER'S OFFICE, U. S. A., rniLADELruiA, ra., r eD. it, is.i. Sealed Proposals, tn triplicate, wi'l be received at this office until 13 o'clock M. on FRIDAY, March IT, 1871, lor building a lirtck or Stone Wall arouud tho RUhmond, Va., and Wilmington, N. C. National Cemeterlea. Forms for proposals, and specifications, furnished upon application to inis omce. HENRY C. HODGS, a 17 et Major and Quartermaster, U. 8. A. EDUCATIONAL.. JJABVARD UNIVERSITY CAMBRIDGE, MASS., ' Comprises the following Departments: Harvard College, the University Lectures, Divinity School, Law School, Mellcal School, Dental School, Lawrence Scientific School, School of Mining and Practical Geology, Bussey Institution (a School of Agriculture and Horticulture), Botanio Garden, As tronomical Observatory, Museum .of. Comparative Zoology, Peabody Museum of Archaeology, Episcopal Theological School. The next academic year begins ou September 28, 1871. The first examination for admission to Harvard College will begin Jane S9, at 8 A M. The second examination for admission to Harvard College, and the exarlnatlons for admission to the Soientlflo and Mining Schools,; will begin September 83. Tbe requisites for admission, to the College have been changed this year. There is no a mathematical a'ternative for a portion of tbe classics. A circular describing the new requisites and recent examina tion papers will be mailed on application. TNIVERS1TY LECTURES. Thirty-three courses In 1870-71, of which twenty begin in the week Feb ruary 13-19. These lectures are intended for gradu ates of colleges; teachers, and other competent adulta (men or women). A circular describing them ill be mailed cn application. THE LAW SCHOOL has been reorganised this year. It has seven instructor?, ana a uorary 01 16,( 00 volumes. A circular explains me new coarse of study, the requisites for the decree, and the cost of attending the school. The second half of the year begins February 13. For catalogues, circulars. or information, ad- dress J. W. HARRIS, Secretary. 9 6 8m G E H I L L SCHOOL MERCHANTVILLE, N. J., Four Miles from Philadelphia. The session commenced MONDAY, January 1871. For circulars apply to gjl ly Rev. T. W. CATTELU rpnB REV. DR. WELLS' BOARDING SCHOOL FOR LITTLE BOYS From Six to Fourteen years of age. Address the Rev. DR. WELLS, ' 9 88 tutbBSm Andalusia, Pa. a M APLEWOOD INbTITUTE FOR YOUNG 11 Ladles, PltUOeld, Mass. Long and widely known for superior facilities and rare beauty of loca tion. Board and English tuition, $160 for ba'f year, commencing February 83. Special terms to clerical patrons and teachtrs. ., . , . , v 9 is lmt - Re. & V. SPEAR, PrlnclpaL -iJNO MEN AND BOYS' ENGLISH AND I CLASSICAL INSTITUTE. No. 1908 MT. VERNON fctreet. Rev. JAMES O. SUINN, A. M- Prlncloal. 18 81 Smtuim " " OOAL. It. P. OWEN A COAL DEALERS. O. FILBERT 8TREKT WHARF, SCHUYLKILL. 8 10 lr J SNOWDON RAU'S COAL DEPOT. CORNER DILLWYN and WILLOW Streets. LehigH Schuylkill COAL, prepared expressly for '"J'11 at the lowest cash prices. , i J TdTTONMIDDLlNOrFAIR-AND MIDBLING VGolfa, Alabama and Uplands, samplea, clean tain, etc, for sale by SVILLIAM M. aiinL21t, J10 tin No. 1 CUESNUT Street AMUSEMEN tS. Tr l-NtlT 8TRBET THEATRE.- v THIS (Monday) EVENING. March 13. FATtKWKLL ENGAGE W N C nw MR. AND MRS. BARNKT WILLIAMS. The favorite thriutn frlsn Dram of SHANDY MAGITIKK; Or, the Idiot of the Snmn n. Shandy Magnire....... Mr. BARN it Y WILLIAMS After which the langhahUt furl of CONNECTICUT COUKTTHP Jentma, a Yas.kee gal.. Mrs. BARNBY WILLIAMS To conclude with the Irish Dram t entitled IRELAND A8 IT WAS. MRS. JOHN THEATRE. .DREW'S ARCH MTKKKT Bpinna V to S n'clnrk. CONTINUED SUCCESS. CROWDED HOUSES. LOT TATS THIRD WEEK. MONDAY, EVERY KVKNINQ, AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT 8, FIKA KLY. ,LOTTA AS FlE Ft'Y, with Bongo, Dances, and Drum Sola FR'DAY HKNRKITK LOTTA. SATURDAY, ONi.Y FI.1B FLY MATINEE. M;:WDAYJWjUTrLlrTt E NELL. AVE N PORT'S OHESN UT 8TRS BTTilEATRE. MONDAY KVKNINO, ANFW WAY To PAY OLD DEBTS. s. L. Davenport as sir gilks ovekkh;ach. TUESDAY EVKNlNG, KT. MAKC. Tickets In advance at the Oillce, SEVENTH STRKET OPERA HOUSE REECE'S VARIETY TROUPE, Commencing MONDAY EVENING, March 13, 1871, In their Soiigs, Dance, Ethiopian Acrs, Bar It pques, character Songs, Etc. L-oofb open at 7 o'clock. Commence at 8. ' 3 13 6t ABEWELL OF THE TWO-UEADBD GIRL COMBINATION. POSITIVELY Tll LAST WEEK. No one shonld fall to improve this tbe LAST OPPORTUNITY of wltnesMtig KATUnE'HOREATKST LIVIMO WONDEH. ASSEMBLY Htili.DINU, from 3 to it and from T to 10 P. M. . Admission, 83 cents. At NORRlSTowN, March 80. 1 At PHOSMXVILi.K, March 81. 13 8t FfOX H NEW AMERICAN THBATHH, CHKSNUT Street, aoove Tenth, AMUSEMENTS OF ALL NATIONS. EVERY EVENING And SATURDAY MATINEE. GFEAT CONGRESS OF rTARS. Comprising the best artists in the'onnntry, who appear In Grand Bailets, Dutch Uomedv, Local Sketches, Minstrelsy, EthloplanjActs, Farce, Com 10 Vocallsm, Pantomime, etc. REAL ESTATE AT AUCTION. 3 TRUSTEES' SALE OF AND VALUABLE REAL PERSONAL ESTATE. I'uiBUunt to (he terms of a deed of trust executed to the undersigned, on the lath day of November, A. D. 1SC9, by the Tucker Creek Oil and Mining Con pa ny of West Virginia, to secure the payment of a crltaln debt, therein described, due to Frede lick Faltthorne, Bmcuiitiug to$7((J0, with Interest fn 111 the 18th day of November, 1869, which deed is recomed In the Recorder's office of Wirt county, Wet-t Vlrginla, in Dt ed Book No. 9, pge 622, 1 will, ON THE 6TB DAY OF MAY, 1871 (that being the second Monday of the mouth), at the front door of ihe Court House of Wirt couuty, West Virglula, pro ceed to sell to the highest bidder, by public auction, for cash In hand, tho following real and personal property In said deed mentioned, to wit: All that certain tract of land Mtnate, blng, and.belng la the cm My of Wirt and Slate of West Virginia, about one mile west of tbe Court House of Wirt county, containing THREK HUNDRED AND NINETY- EIGHT ACRES OF LAND, known as the Tucker Creek Oil and Mining Company's Farm. 1 Also, one other certain t wot of laud situate on the waters of Synn Camp hun, aud li ft band fork of Tui ker's C reek, In the county of Wirt and State of West Virginia, containing EIGHT HUNDUKD AND Tli IKTKhN ACWrS ol land, mote or lens, being the stiuie tiacta of hnd t onveyed to the stid Tuckor Crei k OU and Mining Company, by NeMon J. NU.kerai.il and wife, by deed hearing da e on the Sib, day of June, l&cs; iKith of said ritedaareof record In t he Office of the Recorder of Wirt county, West Virginia, iu Deed Book No. , pitted 2'.H and 3ol. jiiao one Pot table Stem I-neliie B'lller and fix tures, 80 borse-power, two sein of hUokAmitli tools and a lot of oil well toola, and one fire-proof s.ife. all of 11 luh la now upon tie premises. 1 awt Ma D. U. LEONARD, Trustee. I)LAC'K HAWK GOLD MINING COMPANY OF y NEW YORK. AUCTION ISAL'C BY TRUST EES. Notice if hereby given Dial we, Hits uu lornlm-il. BENJAMIN WHITE and BEItlAH WALL, of me City of Providence. H tbe Htat ot Rhod Island, under and in execution 01 me powers 111 us verittui by Hie deed of truHt executed to us by Hil l uuoK liawa ooin Mining c-eu.pany, uearmg uato on mo twenty-eighth iy of h a), A. D. !, aud duly re corded, v.111 sen at ri iti.iu M.trt um ar, me un charge Salesroom, No. ill Broudway, New Y(k, ou the eleventh (lay of May, Hil.at 13 o'cloca noon, all the estate, lands, qnirta lode mining claims, mines,' minerals, mining lights and Interests, laiida and premise, shafts, level, mi In aud 1 11 111 Sites, stoies, stnrehouaea, dwellings, and otlier buildings and structures, water, wnt"i p'j tors, runs and falls of water, wuter-courseH, and water-rights and privileges, water-wheela, muua, ditches, fur naces, engines, eiea'u-powera, tracts, machinery, re torts, tools and Uxtiirt s, and all other entttro aud Iroperty, real, pi rsonal, or mixed, of 'Sid Ulaok lawk Gold Mining Company, situate In the County of Gilpin, in tne Territory or t'oioriino, aud con veyed to us In and by the deed of trust aiorestld, and all the interest and title of said Company therein. ' Reference Is hereby made, as a part or uits notice. and for a full description of aald estate aud pro perty, to aald deed of trust, which may be extmlued at the omce of W. H. WhUUnghaiu, Nail Wall Street, New York City. Terms 01 saie win oe mane koowd at me tut in ana place of sale. ta 15 taw ts 10 BER1AU WALL, J. Trustees. LEGAL NOTICES. IN THE ORPHANS' COURT FOR TUB CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA. Katate or iioka'. hi-m&i, jt , nsq The Audit jr appointed by the Court to audit, settle. and adjust the account of WILLIAM j. MNNEY. acting executor of liOll&CS blMMHY, Jr., Esq., deceased, and to report distribution of the balance In tbe bands or the accountant, win meet the parties Interested for the purpose or nis ap pointment on THURSDAY, March kui, ltm, at 13 o'clock M., at bis office. No. 181 South FIFTH Street. In the city of Phlisdelphia. 8 tfmwBt Auditor. IN THE ORFnANS' COURT FOR TUB CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA. EfeUoe Of MA It X mAiN, neoeiHwu. Tha Aiirttuir annolnted bv the Court to audit, settle. and adjust the drat and fiual account of CHARLES D1CKLE and KKUnaf o. woi, mwuwh 01 MARY MANN, dee d, and to report distribution of the balance In the baada of the Accountant, will meet the oartles interested for the purpose of his appoint ment on WEDNESDAY, March 88, A. D., H71, at 4 o'clock r. M., at nis omce, nu, 1x0 o. BLitn iu Street, in the city 01 pniianeipnta. 8wfm6t - Auditor. PATENT. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. r Jm n 1 10.1 On the petition of uANl L 6. Nl PPES, of Upper Merlon Township, Pennsylvania, administrator of Albert S. NiDoea. deceaae praying for tbe ex ten Sod of .patent gVanTeTw the said Albert 8. Nlppes, on the Slat day of Apru, Ib&T. for an Improvement la fcVMlDftrdereS'tbt the test!aioriy ln'the case be noLd on the dttT Unrob next, that the im for Tung argument and the Kxamluer's report Sritniited 10 the 8lstdayof March next, and that aaid petition be heard on the 6th day ot AprU next, person may ow-W-J- f 10 BOt Acting Coniiaiaalonei of Patents. J. T. I ASTON. KltABOM. T? AMTOFI jaeJnAnoiv, BB1PP1XQ ASD COM M188I0JH MSRCBASTa, ' No WfiNTLKd BLIP. New York, No! is SOUTH WHARVES, Philadelphia, Na ta W. PRATT STREET, Baltimore. Wa are prepared to ship every description Of ftelaht to Philadelphia, New York, Wllmligtoo, en4 liiUniM'a" point w1" promptness and deapatoh. aoooa, - '
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