The press. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1857-1880, January 19, 1859, Image 1

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DAILY PRESS,
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P»XB« SttMertben by
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‘fTwenty Oopie«,‘or over.** (to addr#*# of each
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-extra copy to (ho getter-up of the Oluo.’ V' -- ;
_ U7T Peetm»eUr#r»i*:Bsjtwt«d.M*ot «« Agentoi for
•taa WKdH7rFHSHrxS?y ; i -To: - ,
J .luned the California
; ' 1 ■Ntyply ydureelt eifirHSfthe 1 beef Confectionery ia
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FEPHAW'bEEN’TrfItDiyANOIIISB INTOIO*
T- APE R T R‘T “ B n R TjT 3SE L S’, '
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' fjhrjiet'buyeri’win d«C ffclL and of fresh
itylea.and mO£S VERY LoW.'*7 ■ *
ijißßlS* iBOUDOIR SEWING MA.
- ‘ OHJIfJB is offered' Wthe J fsbl!« da themost; re<
'Bebk : toiF*ptib«d ! Beiriog^Colitirt rf tii , Mei :rl ltwiUk*w
ajxtjx’iittieheeto* all kinds of
good*, itow'ioataNht baling to (he finest s It
rfaj without .eieoptfony the* simplest' iriit* mechantod
-eonstrttetioa' aodcsh b# run ind'fcepttn order
',V» child of twelve yea« or eg#.- iThe'wmiJitMTr of
ihta msetUne, end the QtTAxtyror'iTe iron*, Isrei wer
mntod to be nnsnrsttsed by spy, other. Xte speed raogfee
S nndred tg. fifteen hundred sUtchttper mi-.
cute.' The tfcrtiduMdis takep direoU/from tbs spools,
WlTHOUTtflitabb^i-Kor -RKwiKpipa.f la faot»lt is.n
cnwhlne that i#.wwted b/ever/ fandijr In the
'‘AftlvnyAtitf t,
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' fii erKreh thej ure sold, bripgs them within the reaehot
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. PBJWWr* iMtaThtrd and/ Market streets, via
tyftst. Pttliriefpbia Passenger Railway; 30 minutes be*
Here the time for lenvlDg'Wext PhUxdelphia. '
By order of ttae President.
- jal6-Bs.; - HENRY Superintendent...
s4Fn«i>*.
Fra’D, eotner ■ of
WALNtTO OpeaeTeryDAY
wiat to 8 b r eU*fc t *ndtm TUEBD AY andl FRIDAY
SJYJSNISGJJ/antU -7b?dock. % £arge or-small gams re*
jssrtedand'returned ondeaan4 wili interett:,
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► i, lU&KMK }ftttKUg> Bee. & Treasurer. 438-Iw
Ca. $R ANE* PH&TOGB APH ROOMS,
'VYormerly ykK I/o£fi>3.) ' ; 1
632A80H Street. -All the - various styles and sixes of
JPictuwß,'.p»guerr«otjpeg r Ambrotypes, Photographs,
and.lvorytjrpee axe Wtee, and, at moat rate prises, :
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Was &TEKEOOQoSe, in ’ every yarioty,
'•M. lotnUir ,\ , . JA&UUW. QttBBM,..
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qpHBMARBIAGE CEREMONY IN THE
.A Bttwmwpo; tm nla if JAMBS W. QUEIN,
,4J4 e'-.v; si-j-. ••: •••• **t CHEST HM Btawt.
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A. WOOT OOACH A OABKIAdI BPHD*B,
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f.JJJmrkim mated to (InutUTutlaa. ..Onl«< nt
pMtfallT wlliciUd,. r . .; , nolCMim# .
rgfmjyrj
IHOOSING COMPANY
1• a. idi vPflli AD EL PHI A .
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PATRICK BRADT, . ; FLINT lIBK.i ,
Atix*NDE%H*SRS, 7 <HSO.L.HABBIBO’' J .:
XrjTPLBABtfHTON. , WILLIAM BBIMOBT, .
WM, H graWAßt, 8. B. OBAWPOBD.
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444. rßii&refoooM oh moemhi; ■ •
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Application ns»y bem&de at tbelr ' ■
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potatle to the trade onfr',att&» Mannl&elater’a Tfara
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VOL. 2— NO. 147.
ttetaUEJra ®oobs.
AND CASSIMfeKES.-'We have
V-/ etlU on fei'nd i’ desirable stock of Winter Qoodsj
in new. styles of heavy Coating*,- Pane/ Oassimores,
asd MiktdrSs for full ffaits. -
Also, and Coatings,
jalB - - BHARPLEBB BROTHERS.
English blankets.
Heavy Bqria?e Bogush Blankets.
Premlom Amerioan , do. ■
Horse Blankets, Ironing do.
..ExtraqnaHty Tojlet Qauts.
, ; 'Various rniAes of^-Marseilles Quiit*.
Imported by . SHARPLEB3 BItOIHEBB.
/CLOAKS REDDOED We havo inarked
V bur Cloaks still oh hand to prjca*> °/“®s
to'make room-for our Spring Importation or ijaee
f ° .° dM,,lleß - . , RtthhPLlßPh bhothers.
T7»INR SHIRT MATERIALS.
JT ; New Toth Jim., Waterlwlet; -
, Watnsntta and William,, ille. .
Flhe Linen, fof Bomme and Collars.
. . Medium and heavy Llnepa. ■
An excellent heaTj Linenat STXc. ■
Skirt Bronte, Wheeler A Wilson ttagblnU made.
COOPER 4 OONARD,
J.IT . / . ‘ 8. B. Comer NINTH and MARKET.
riLOAkS REDUCED TO.OLOSE OUT.-r
--wi/ Balancs of Stock for sale Cheap *
Some of the be»t styles Black Beaver Cloaks. The
assortment quite good. Prides rings from |3.fio tosl3.
WUI make no more this season:,
. . - ♦ SHAWL BOOH ,•' . t ,
is too full of Shawls 5 we will sell entire stock at cbst)
andiess, and have reduced all oof Winter Drew Goods.
Also, . «,
ODR ENXXaB.WINikB StOOK.
’ / ,<b)opbr a conard,
JalT •' 8. D. Joiner NINTH and MARKET.
Goods reduced prior to stock
'Taring i
, THORNLET & OHIBM
' Wonld beg leave to. acnonnce that the HclidaTS beloc
now'over tbej ate nreparlog for Stonk-tabiDg, atid trill
• CI.OSE OUT VERY CHEAP!
TnE.BALANOE OI THBIR PALL AND WINTER
BOOBS!
Oloaks and Raglan,.
~ fibaiWe And Silks. s
, ' Mcrlnoea'and Oaahmerda.
' DeLatnCa'aniPaimattaa,
. Satin Trovcrea and Talonclai.
. Ohlntaea tnd.CHoghama,
" -' Cloths'and Caaafmoreo.
. . . . JHanketaand'Shawla,
Llnenaand Muallna.
Table and Plano Gofer.,
. Table-Unena and Townie,
Ladtoa’andOcntlamen’aßdkra.' -
• . ,< r •. . , • . Hoßlery and Glove. foc„ &c.
With Margo and well aaaorted geberal Block 0 r
.. r -,‘ lANOY AND STAPLE BBT GOODS,
■All Bongbt.OHßAP rot CASH, and now to be Bold
, . AT REDBOED PRIOESI
* To'olnaooht prbbaratorirto' ; ■ -
STOOK-TAKING!
-t1a0.881.81 * CHISM'S,
nortboaat Comer EIGHTH A SPRING GARDEN
‘IWB SELL-POR OABH AND HAVE BBT ONE
r , ' - i. PBIOB.” i»l-tf
’EH CLOAKS CLOSING OUT.
..’ / . ■ MNAI. MDUOTION IN PBIO£B
PARIS MANTILLA. * CLQ.AK EMPORIUM,
$l2 01oa*B Seduced to $9 00.
$U Oloftks Bedaoed to $lO 60.
; $lO Olo&k* Btduced to $l2 00.
$lB Oloaks Bedaoed to $l6 60. '
■ . $2O Olosks Sodacod to $l6 00.
,$24 ojo*U Bolaced to flf 00.
$BO OloaJu Bedaeed to $32 $6,
$4O ploaktf Kedwof to $3O 00
. - ' t «0 Cloak. Bednwt to 145 00.
, . $B9 OloiM BoOuooO to *5O 00.
*lOO cloak* Bodaeed to *76 00.
• The subscriber* hat® atill io Store » fall assortment
or all the leading Styles, bat hating closed their work
rooms for the season, no N£W ChOAXS will henceforth
,be received. * • - ■ • ' ' _
J. W. PBOOTOB i 00.,
429 ' < TOB CHESTNUT BTEEBT.,
COfjoUsctle JDr&XSao&a.
rkBItLS&SHEETINGS FOB EXPORT.
Lf-BBGWN, BLEACHED, ft BLTIE DRILLS.
FTKAVy & LIGHT 'SHEETINGS,
t . - -,; i., Sol table for - Export, i for jale by
• : ;< r IEOTHINQIIAM ft WELLB,
r Si S«ui\. FHONJVSr., * 86 LEpITJA ST.
‘.t-Hv.tov.t - so "• 0016-ly
Jnstmmcc. Companies..
cjtatement of the.conpxtiok* op
THa- arBABD firb and uabike inbit.
BANOB COMPANY, JlsruinY Ist, 1859.
CAPITAL, $200,0'0
Capital Stock and Becnriue*/ inelndißg Surplus* ■
"i *. v -i ■■ ■* ■ ' J"» t ' $284,750 To
1>- v - ABBETB. - . •
Baal Batata owned bythe;Company ■'
. ,‘olrar of incumbrance'.,., ..‘.',..,.51,800 00
Lotas on Bonds soit'Mort gage*..i.'« .6?,565 00 ■
/ . • *. t> • *.J. 60,056 00
Loans on BoDflaaDdOoUaVeiai;.;.... .45,425 00
• ——-45,425 00
Oisli In the Philadelphia 8a5k.7,781 58
“ “ Pennsylvania losunuee
1 Company for -lnaurlcg LivM and *'
; Oraatlng AnnhJtlM. ( ,,., R .i-.,..4.v 3.002 00'
iCaritdtte from AjlOTKrdtSafKv!. CtW 01
•fi ■%:, x.\ „ '->*•' K '— i '■« 1T,630 to
Oaehclalmaon which judgment'has
' been obtained;'.. 6,471 97
Cash BUls Receivable, (for which
'-'stack is p1edged)....45,700 00
OTHER SECURITIES AND INVf BTMRNTB
' * ’“ HELD BY THE COMPANY.
• m HiHKBf
BBABES.- : <1 • - • JAtVg. VAIOS.
28 Philadelphia City 8 per -
cent. L0an5.........-..*59,800 $9,800 00.
v.. „ . 2,800 00
: 22 Osmdeirand Amhoyß. R.
andTretitporUtleaQo.; 2,200 2,018 00
'l5O Schuylkill Navigation Pre-..
' 1 j rerfodBtook,.r.ii,t,6CO 2.600 00‘ ,
< 60 Bknk CfOomiaorce 2 600' 8 6CO 00
'4O Commercialßank...,. >», 3)COO ‘ 3,TW 00
*» 7.-r.V J . -U-fi 10,608 00
23 Bonds Xackawattn* u&- •
Bloomsbarg Bailroad,
' Modponspiid,).,; 23,000 17,000 00
v ‘ - ■ -17,000 00
■ 2 Bonds North Pennajlra.
nia I 'Railroad Co ... 3 000 1,280 00
. 1,280 00
78BenoBylTanUR.R C 0... 3,666 3,189 00
3,189 00
• 2 Bonds Delaware Railroad •
Company2,ooo 1,800 00
■" 2 Bonds- Junction Railroad
• „ Company; 0hi0,,2,000 1,600 00
S-,400 00
180 .hire. HnUforl Coni 00. 0,000 9,000 00
8» •• IrfWghHntflitton •■ • .
. , Oo.’s Bonn 2,100 1,171 60
18 ebsimlfMotogtopMuia- ,
, r.cturtpg Oompioy, ,600 ,
' ............. '4,000 i.toooo
1 10 shares Varmera’ <and Mo
chantes* Building Aeeo-.
. Grata’s,).. 2,000 4,000 00
o shares .Preferred Stock
Academy of Music...... ,600 860 00
10shares -Magnetic "Tele*
‘ graph Company.l,ooo 1,000 00
.20 321 6d
8 Bond* Hopewell Goal »nd ,
Iron Company.. l.ouO 750 00
' ' 760 00
10 shatvS Preferred fllock
.£, and BRR. Og 760 760 00
, - 35'shares' Little' Bdhuy)ktil
RaUt0£u1... f , r ......... 1,750 892 60 .
. 1,042 60
9 Bonds .Popaldso* Im
. proTemeni&'R.ft.Co.. 4,600 4,050 00
' 4 Bondi PlttstonCoal Cov. 2,000 1,1» CO
• /. . ‘ 5,286 00
1147 ab&res' Locnst Mountain
nud other Coil and Iron
C0mpen1e8.............57,850 28,675 00
—w28,675 00
. 2 Bonds Pennsylvania, and
, It, Z. Company... 2.000 2.000 00
.r . , 2,(kw co
07 shares Bink of Washing*
t0nj...;,. 1.840 1,81000
.10 shares Commonwealth
Banh
60 shares'American A.. F,
. B and,W. P. Company, i,600 1,600 00
2 shores Arch-si. theatre.. 1,000 1,090 00
\ 4,000 00
■ - > - $234 789 78
, - INCOME AND EXPBKWXtjBKS FOR 1868.
Received for Preo lams ..»•««•.•».*•.*•••...160,291 62
“ “ Interest 6,627 81
JXPENDITUREB,
Paid Loasaafor tie 819,160 11
“ for Re-taiaiance , 2.231 os
' tr Commissions,,*,, 3.608 16
' .«♦ B&J»rJe3. 6,317 00
* { 8ent...... ......BP.-....-. 1,274 44
Appzopri&tiong ti>yire J>«partraent»sd Taxes
peid to the Bute 2,826 05
Returned Premiums 2.P08 08
Dlrldend sod Interest.. 7j106 00
' r /■ ' f!3,830 90
• ' . UA.BIUTIBB.
. losses *ll pild.
NoloiMfluntdjoeted.
> # Be loWea reported. ..
1 ' We hate borrowed no money.
W» owe no Bank or other perty.
7 We ioreby certi y tbst the foregoing Statement of
Itbe condition o? tb* Girard Blre, and Marine Insurance
Company 1 is correct and, trne.
ALFRED S. GILL&TI, Treasarer.
JAMBS,B ALVOBD, SeoreUry. jal7-mwfBt
STATEMENT OP THE AFFAIRS OF
O THB. UNIOff MCTtTAL IBSCBAVOJB COMPANY
OF PBILADBLPfiIAi In conformity with a provision
>ftt«ohwi«»; ..CZ - „ .
FBaUItIMS from January 1,3868. to Jana>
• ,a*y1)1859..„.; 1242,323 5
PREMIUMS earned on Marine and Inland
: Risks during the jeer.ending as above... $lB6 680 20
BEOEITJID fromlntereaton inveitments,. 7,168 66
LQ&BB8, Estarn Premlams, Bsinsuranees,
Expenses, and Commissions during the
same period, and bad debt 5.............. $194,020 81
ASBEfB OB THE COMPANY, Jannary 1, 1869'
6.000 per dent. Loans, cost $5,965
10.000 PhllaaelphiftOlfcy 6 per cent. Loans, “ 10,800
:-t,609 Cltynf FltteburgO • “ « “ 0 70Q
i 7,000 do. ' 6 « « 6,800
41,620 O&mien and. Amboy Railroad 6 per '
C . cent. 80nd5.,,,.,,,, 41,718
li ,610 Chesapeake and Delaware Canal 8
.V' /’ percent. Bonds.. “ 14,610
- MOtf North Peqpsylrania Railroad d per
•odbt.Bonds.... “ 8,750
. : 100shatwi JforthPeona Railroad...... * { 5,000
U 7 ‘< Philadelphia Bank., “ 14,7C0
87 ‘ { ■ Pelavraro HUtnal Insurance
‘i • J : 7 " Company u 3,176
17 40 -«< Delaware' Ballroad Company “ 1,000
SpndryStook of Steamboat and 2'ele
graph Companies, and Certlfloatos
. . .or ProOS inflltttaai insurance Com
pany;*..,.i,.„ “ 18,077
•BstimaUd .value of the above 100,640
Cash onhand.,,*,, 8,086
•Bill* Receivable. 4 ,. 66,988
.Due the Company for- unsettled Premiums.
1 Salvage's, and.otheraccounts.,,;,, 77,878
“r : , . • . ' $263,489
Vil , BIQHABD-S. SMITH, President.
Jos. COU4BCK, Secretary. jaU-12t
New
A N INTERESTING missionary bi-
J\_ OGRA.FHY by the Rev. Dr. CUMMINS.'
Just Published—
THB ■ LIFE OF MRS. VIRGINIA. HAL'S HOFF
MAN, late of the Protestant Episcopal Mission to
Western Afrtc*. By tbe Rer. George D. Oummtpa, D.
D„ Reotor of flt. Peter’s Ghuroh. Baltimore. With a
beoutlful engraved Portrait One volume, lhmo. In
plain doth, 75 cents l in full gilt, sl.' . M 4
Extraot of a Letter from an Officer on board the united
States Sqtiadroo, Coast of Africa.
” I was shown, at the Mission, the portrait of Mrs.
Hoffman, the wife of a missionary who.once was sta*
Honed there. ' She came onfc yoling, beautl'nl, and
good, one of God’s fairest ahd best creatures, with the
determination to devote her life to the improvement of
these poor heathen. And so Shfc did—and so she died.
Only a few years after she arrived she wAs seifced with
the fdver, and perished I stood and gazed At her pic
ture for An hour, And could read her history in her
face. All that was feminine, dellc&te, refined, retiring,
and lovely was'expressed in her sweet, soft eyes; and
about her mouth there was such an expression of will,
firmness, and undying resolve, that you could not help
thinking what a perfect character for emte&ionary to
Africa.” LINDSAY & BLAEISTON,,
, publishers and Booksellers,
JalB ifo South SIXTH Street' above Oheatnnt.
1 ate Valuable publications—
JJILIFE AND LABORS OF REV. DANIHL BAKER,
D.B. 8.0.
REVIVAL SERMONS. B, Her. Daniel Baker. *
volumes 1
A CONSIDERATION OF THE SERMON ON THE
MO ONT. By Major D. H, Hill. Mot.
MATERIALS FOR THODOHT. DESIGNED FOR
YOUNG MEN
BROWN’S COMMENTARY ON THE FOUR GOS
PELS. Critical and Explanatory.
TROLUOK’S COMMENTARY ON THB PSALMS.
Bro
LIGHT FROM THE CROSS. By Her. Dr. Tholnck,
IDOLETTE STANLEY; or, Tie Beauty ol Biaei-
P, THE HEIGHTS OF BIDELBURG. . iytteWn Hai
left. Published by v *
WILLIAM 8. fe ALFRED kABTIEN,
Jail No. 606 OREBTNUT Btreet.,
THE LADIES’ PHILADELPHIA SHOP
PING GUIDE AND HOUSSKEEPHB’ COM
PANION.
PBIOB £5 CENTS
For sale *t the BOOK STAND ia POST, OFFICE
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COPARTNERSHIP. The undersigned
Vy (late or W. Q. HOBBTUANN & fiONSI have this
day associated themselves as Importers and Wholesale
Dealers In LADIES’ DRESS TRIMMINGS, at No. 51
Booth FOURTH Stmt, above Chestnut, under the
name and style of EVANS <k HABBALL.
GEORGE O EVANS,
WILLIAM B.HABSALL.
Philadelphia, January 15,1859. jal6>l2t ,
[VOTCPE.— J. D. HOOVER (lat<nj. S.
ii Marshal for the District Of Columbia)
elated him.eir with WALTER D. DAVIDQB, Coun
sellor at Law. Business before the U. 8. Supreme and
Circuit Courts* the Court of Claims, and the Executive
Departments promptly attended to. Address DAYIDGB
5c LOUISIANA Avenue, Wash’ngton City.
jpOPABTNEBSHIP.-JOSEPH S', TO.
V/ JUAB has this day associated with him JAMBS
GABfiTAIRB, JR., foi* the transaction of the “ Import*
‘Baslhesa.*?
Srmof JOSSPH P. TOBIAS CO., Nos. £O6 and 30$
Snath FRONT Street.
January 1, iB6O. ‘ jalo-l2t
— The undersigned
hare this day .forced a copartherehln. under the
Armor HOOPJEB A DAVIS* for the transaction of the
Hat) Cap, Por> and Straw-Goods Business, at Ho. 19
South FOURTH Street, up stairs.
BERNARD A. HOOPEB,
JOSEPH M. DAVIS.
Philadelphia; Jan. Bth, 1859 1 jell-I2t if
rfiHß COPARTNERSHIP heretofore ox
-- isting between the underaigned, undBr the qtm of
GIG OH A? SJSVDXL, is thja da/ dissolved, by mutual
consent, Joseph gey del witndriwing.
The Unsioeas of the late Arm will be settled by Gob*
.Urns Gigon, who Is alone authorized to use the name
ol the firm. GUBTAVUS GIGON,
JOSEPH SBYOEti.
' Philadelphia, January 14,1859.
THE COPARTNERSHIP heretofore ex
letfog between the unlerelgned, under the Arm of
C. & A. PEQOTGNOr, Is this day dissolved, by mutual
consent, both being authorised to use the name of the
firm to settle the business.
. CONSTANT PltyOlGhOT,
nutl . . * Atausfca PBUUtGNOT.
Philadelphia, January 18,1859. ,
rpHE UNDERSIGNED have tbifc day oh-
X tered into Copartnership, under Jthe firm of
GIGON, PEOUIGNOT, A Bso., for the' fibnufaetdre
of Gold and Silver Witch ca^6.
The baMnesdsnll hereafter be trausaoted at the old
sttna of the late firm of Gigon A Poydel, Phmniz
Bloch, No. 8 8. W. corner of SECOND and DOOR Sts.
GUBTAVUS GIGON,
CONSTANT PEtIDIGNOT,
AUGUSTS PEQUIGNOT.
Philadelphia, January 18, 3869. JalB-gt»
JOS. G* EfTTENkOUSEvoI the titefinn
oi B. U.HORNOJi A UO-, will continue the Whole*
bale,Varnish Manoractdrlng, in all its brandies, as
heretofore, at the old sraod.
Thankful for paitfavors, be solicits the custom of tho
former patrons of B O. HOBNOB A 00., and hopes by
strict attention to business to continue to give entire
satisfaction.
Store—No. 231 4 BOH st. bst Soc-md and Third MR.
Factory—At GQOPRRYIIiIiE) ward,
jal-lm*
OF CUPABTKEBSHJP.
-*»the firm of TANGUY & URIEL wm die-
Solved r>n the first Instant, by mutnal consent. JOHN
F» URIEL having purchased the entire interest of
Samuel L.' Tanguy in said firm, the business of the
firm will be settled by John f. Uriel,
BAHUSL L TANGUY,
jU7-6tW JOHN P. URIEL;
The undersigned
V/ have this day formed a copartnership, under the
firm of OBLBL, EfTLA, &CO., and Will continue the
Wholesale Notion Business, at.the old Stand or Tan
guy & Uriel, No. It North POUBrii fltreet.
JOBNF.GRtfeL, ,
DAVID B ETTLA,
. t JASIBB B.THOMAS,
jalT.et* JACOB URIEL, Ja
CiMITED FAKTKERSHIP7—The Sub
scrlbrrs hereby give notice that they have entered
into a Limited Partnership, agreeably to the provisions
of the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania re
lating to Limited Partnerships.
That the name or firm under which said partnership
Is to be conducted is “B. WOOD, MARSH. A HAY
WARD.” *
That the general nature of the Business Intended to.
be transacted Is the Dry Goode Jobbing and Cflatblng
Business.
That the names of all the general and apeoia! part
ners Interested therein, are BENJAMIN Y. MARSH
(general partner), LEWIS W. HAYWARD (generM
Sartuer), EDWARD Y. TOWNSEND (general partner),
[RNBY HENDERSON (general partner), RICHARD
WOOD (general partner), ALFRED H FOiTBR (gene
ral partner), RICHARD D. WOOD (special partner),
and JOBl AH BACON (special partner), and all of them
the said partners, general and special, reside In the
City of Philadelphia -j
That the aggregate amount of the capital contributed
by the, specUl partners to the Common Stock, Is Two
hundred thousand dollars, of whfob One hundred
thousand dollars. In cash, has been so contributed, by
the said RICHARD D. WOOD, special partner, and of
which, One hundred thousand dollars, lu cash, has
been so contributed, by the said JOSIAiI BACON, spe
cial partner.
That the period at which the said partnership la to
commence, is the thirty?first day of December, A.D.
1858, snathe period at woieh it will terminate, is the
thirty-first day of December, A.D. 1863. '
RICHARD D. WOOD, Special Partner.
JOSIAH BACON, Speoial Partner.
BENJN. V. MARSH.
L W. HAYWARD.
BDWD. Y. TOWNSEND.
HENRY HENDERSON.
RIOHARD WOOD.
ALFRED H. FOSTER.
Phllada,, Dee. 81,1858. jal-6w
-ROOKING GLASSES.
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UTTER. —69 tubs Goshen Butter jnat ro
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PHILADELPHIA. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 19. 1859.
■WEDNESDAY. JANUARY-1«, 1856,
Somo days ago -fro published a statement
from a cotrespondont relativo te the Use of
local telegraphs in several of our great cities.
In England, as we learn from the last-receiv
ed jourhalb, the idei has been taken tip, with
such avidity and earnestness, that no doiibt
can now be entertained of the introduction ol
city-telegraphs, not only in London, but also
in Liverpool,Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds,
dud Nowcqstlo. Each of tifeso sreat todros
wilt b’e covered, as It were, with a net-work of
telegraphic communicators, and this reticula
tion will bo managed in a manner rather dif
ferent from pur own. That is, instead of the
telegraphic wires being carried along the
streets, and sometimes over tile tops of houses,
as with us, they will bo laid under the
streets, alongside of the foot-walks, and thus
placed oat of the reach of mischievous inter
ference. That Is the manner in which tho
lines were originally placed—those, wo mean,
which communicate from the Various pai'ts of
the Country frith tho central ottice, In the
Very centre of what is called “the city of
London." ' Por that metropolis Which is'
called London has a commercial heart, so to.
say, which’consists of tho capital of the coun
try. And this trade «city," vast in its
wealth, and .mighty in its business, actually
has a population oi 150,d0d, while the me
tropolis which eniidmpasses it has .2,500,000
inhabitants.
To a certain extent, London nlroady has
some local telegraphs. Paris is also favored
in this manner. Bat what, is dono, in'this
way, in London, is exclusively an individual
enterprise, while tho Parisian systemis wholly
in the hands and under tho control of tho
Government. Prom tho dwolling-house of
that man of iron, the Emperor Napoleon, to
tho Hotel of each. Minister of tho Govern
ment there rnns a telegraphic communication,
so that Ae can bold instant conversation with
the heads of oach department, and, himself
being not only the reigning but also the rating
power, can control, direct, and move every
official under him.
Tbore has been telegraphic communication,
for at least the last fourteen years, between
the Parliament Hotises, in Lbpdon,- and the
principal clnbs, the Italian opera-houses, and
even that somewhat faded temple of Fashion,
the once well-known but no,w nearly used-up
Almacks. A Peer or a member of Parlia
ment, who has no predilection for sitting
through interminable debates, upon a question
upon which ho, or his party for him, has
already made up his mind, leaves the legisla
tive chamber, and, as he departs, Informs the.
“whipper-in” under whom he votes, where
he purposes disposing himself during the rest
of the evening. If he go to his Club, he is
kept thoroughly posted up, as to what Is going
on in tho Legislature in his absence. Every
quarter of an hour, communications are
sent from the -Parliament houses, to each
of tho leading clubs, somewhat as follows:
“ Lord., 7 o’clock—lrish Tenants’ Bill, second
reading. Lordoahlislb opposed—Lansdowhe
speaking—likely to continue. Division ex
pected about 10." Or, “ Commons.-* Church
Rates. In Committee—/or, Lows and Vil-
HBE8; against, Dsosiuoxo and Spoomeh.
Disraeli just risen—will speak at length.
House will divide about 12.” Or, if the
“noble Lord" or “ honorable member” have
gone to the opera, or Almacks, a telegraphic
summons will call him uhd ‘ others down to
vote, thus i “ HoUso will divide immediately.
WnjiqJr speaking against Ume.”,-Thatis,in.
order tbit tile‘fell lorce oflh eO p p osl tTonfin ay
throwitsStrength against thoJlinls try, by voting
against a Government measure, absent oppo.
sltloh members are sent for, by telegraph, and
by private messengers, and Mr. Wilson, who
has the art oi saying a great deal about noth
ing, makes a speech, which ho will not termi
nate until some arranged signal from the
“whipper-in” of his party assured him that
thb requisite members have, arrived, and that
the sooner the votes are taken, the better.
“ Speaking against time ” is so well under
stood, that ■it ts scarcely over objected to.
"While it goes on, both parties aro collecting
their forces. Tho telegraph summons, and
reaches, most of the absentees, and Is a groat
improvement upon the old system, which used
to retain the members in the Houso, eating
"and drinking at BkuAHY’a, (tko restaurant,
almost wholly used by members, and actually
f» tho Parliament House,) or lounging in the
Smoking-room, ot writing letters in tho Li.
brary."
But we come back, from London and Paris,
to city-telegraphing at homo. We havo pre
viously alluded to the local or city telegraphs
which circulate messages over Now York,
"and to the telegraphic communication, for
police and Ore business, in this city. There
are aome private telegraphs, however, worthy
of notice. In New York, for example, there
is a lino of telegraph between the manufactory
of Mr. Biouard Hob—ho of the
Printing Machines” (nolir so mack in demand
In England, that he has them made at branoh
establishments in London and Manchester),
and his own office of business “ down town.”
There may be other aids of tho same do.
soription, used by other manufacturers in Now
York, bnt wo have not hearU of them.
In Philadelphia, Messrs. Corhelius & Ba
kER havo established, a telegraph df their own,
Which has been ill operation since March,
1855, and is thb ohly private telegraph in the
fcity, and tho third In the bountry. - it runs
botWoeh thoir iactoly in Cherry street, abovo
Eighth, and bolumbia avenue and Filth street,
covoting a . distance of two miles and a half,
and virtually connecting the two manufacto
ries. It is placed on polos, some of which
wore put up by Messrs. Cobnelius & Baker,
who also use some of tho Now'York lino of
poles. It is worked on tho Morse system, by
a young man at each end. Tho wires extend
along Cherry, Now Market, Front, and Oxford
streets. The advantage, whore immense busi
ness is daily dono, has been so Very decided
as to repay, over and over again, tho original
cost, which, of coutso, Was not trilling.
Wo notico that Punch, commenting on the
intended introduction of local telegraphs in
London, laughs merrily at the idea of unhappy
debtors being dunned through tho agency of
electricity, and askod to pay « that little hill.”
But the advantages, in general, will atone tor
tblß trilling inconvonionce, despite tho saga
cious anticipations of Punch.
PHILADELPHIA.
This graceful and elegant composition, justly
meriting the title of (( Yalse Poetiqao, J ’-‘may be
earnestly recommended to the student of the
piano, as oombining groat brillianoy and effective
ness with th© most delicate shade and sentiment
of expression.
This charming morceau- abounds with high,
vigorous musioal thought, and is an bonor to the
geniuß and taste of the oompoaor, Mr. John A.
Darling, who writes undor the namo of Auguste
Mignon, and whose former oomposltions are of a
very high order.
His skill in modulation, his great delioaoy of
musical thought, and, above all, his truthful and
careful study, is an example which may well be
followed by many of our young Amerioan com
petitors for musioal fame, whose effusions hut too
ofton show that a “ little knowledge is a danger
ous thing.” .
But that native composers oan and will rapidly
advanoe the divine art among us is fully shown by
thisbappy effort of Mr. Darling’s, wbosemerit was
at onoe acknowledged by its boing aqgepted and
published at Leipsio.
Singular Proceeding* —We hoard, says
the Cinoinnatl Gazette of the 14th, of a very sin
gular proceeding yesterday. A landlord stepped
into the store -of one of his tenants, and said that
he didn’t think the business done there was
enough for the rent he had been taking. He
therofore voluntarily reduced the rent one hun
dred dollars! The tenant was surprised—looked
at the landlord and questioned his sanity. But
the landlord doclored that he was in earnest, and
“ the papers” were inode out. The tenant is al
most insane Mmsolf with wonder at this strange
act.
City Telegraphs.
Le Retonr de l’Hironttelle.
Eulogy on the Death of Thomas L. Har
ris, of Illinois.
Delivered nr Hoe. Garnett b. Adrain, of
, N*W Jersey, in the House or Representa
vlVes or the United States, Monday, Janu
ary If, 1859.
Mrt. ShnAkcß : t rise to add but a few Words to
those whioh have altsady boon so feollngly and
justly attend, on the deoease of one who was well
known to us dll. The death of Major Thomas L.
Harris was not Unexpected, for he had long boon
a etmerlng but undomplalning invalid, and loomed
reedy at any moment to be snatohed dway. Dav-"
log the laat session of Congress we all remember
his. pale, emaciated, bnt expressive countenance,
and the sad and hollow cough whioh told too oor
.talnly, of
; “ That dire disease whoSB ruthless power”
finally tonnlnated hie earthly exletence. And lil
thoughoxpeoting at any momont to hear of his
decease, yet when, the sad tidings ran along tho
electrio wires, from ,ono part of tho country to the
other, alas! alas 1 they came,too soon t oatislpg many
a heart to Vibrate with emotions of deep regret
andsqrrow. It was fondly hoped that no might havb
been spared once more to have'resumed his seat in
thls.hall, and been greeted with the warm and
heartfelt congratulations of his many true frionds
on hisfriomphant re-oleotion, as a faithful and
able" representative of the people. But we "may
now look around for him In vain. . He is with ns
no more.. 'His seat is vacant, only to be filled by
some strange and unfamiliar form; while he who
so lately ocounied it lies cold and motionless in the
silent "grave f Bnt his noble spirit, I humbly
trust, freed from, all earthly fetters. Is now re
joicing In another and far bettor asrofflbloge -that
of tho pure and happy beings aboVe; who khi) w no
eotrtwf disease, suffering, or death. .
It, ts-not ihy pilrf)oso, Mr.’ Speaker; id enter
upon any detailed account of the life and charac
ter of the" deceased. I shplt notice bat a few
trails in his oharaoter, and sneak of him simply as
1 kqthr him in this hallrfevwe first time last win
ter! His early life and history have been related
by be feeling and bereaved colleague (Hr. Mor
ris),from the State of Dlloola. My first acquaint
ance with the lamenteSLHarrki grewqtttof an act
or kindness on his part tb rityself. Having occa
sion, at the odrpinencemont of the laat session of
Congress, to oonsalt" somo member from the State of
lilisotein regard to a matter of profesidonaPbusl
nesj; T singled him out, and With the-greatest
promptitude and pleasure, he rendered me all the
fiJvlco and aid that was needed. And from that
time forth, down to the olose'of the session, T was.
more Or" less thrown into his sooiety, both in 'a
soolal -and- business way, and had, therefore, a
full .opportunity of forming some estimate of hie
tree character.
It mast have been perfeetly apparent to every
mother of this body that ho possessed, In a very
remarkable'degree', great daolslon and energy of,
oharaoter; and if it Bad not been for these master
qualities, it would have been utterly Impossible tor
one.ln his delicate state of health to have dlS
charged, all the varied and laborious duties which,
devatvhd upon him. Be was chairman of one of
the Mast ImportahtoommUtees—that of elections—
the duties of whioh he performed-with gtbat
I mid* try, fairness, and ability. Bofore that
committee several highly important and dif
ficult ‘eleotimf oases were brought, Whioh, re-t
quirbd the greatest amount of labor, and he gave
to th'em ali a fall and thorough investigation, and
bis retorts to tho Bouse aro marked With eVidendes
of great Industry and talent. And in addition to
all this, he took an active and prominent part" in
discussing important questions which here arose,
and Was. the' leading and master spirit of those
with.tfh9m he was'associated in the discussion and
management of a most grave and delioate subjeot,
whioh ,deeply agitated this House and the whole
country. And during the whole period of hiß
labors he was greatly enfeebled by a wasting
dl#a*e,nnd at times reduoed so low as almost to
foreld the.hope of reoovory; yet with an iron will
Whioh seemed to bid defiance to alt physical weak
ness and deoky, his powers would soon recuperate,
enabling him again to be at his post of duty :
, Was full of resolntlon which expires,
'River from valiant men, till thelrliatbrealh.”
ABd, aa an evidence of his strong and reso
lute purpose In defenoeof those great principles,
of ,whioh he bad been suoh a fearless and able ad
vocate, he - insisted upon being carried from his
death-bed to the polls to disohargo that high and
Inestimable ditty of every American oitlsen—the
right of-shtfrage.
Major Hants was not only distinguished for
great deolslon and energy of character, bnt also
for .strong logical powors of mind. This was
dearly manifested in all his speeches and reports
to this House. He dealt mostly in faots and ar
gument, and consequently appealed to the reason
am) . judgment of men. And yet he was by no
"means defioiont in imaginative power, whenever
nh chose to briog it to kia aid to illustrate or
adorn his argument.
1 - He "was a ready, impressive, and able speaker
and debater. HU perceptions were dear and ra
pid, always seising hold,of the strong points of a
oaee.’nnd bis language was invariably.,well-ohoaen
and happily adapted to the sabjeot. His speeches
were never in frothy and unmoan.
log_word»--buk short, SlreotlJ to the - point, and
mMt'effootivo., And, in this respeot. bis example
might .pell he Imltqted hy tu all. And there was
no memher.qf thU body who. In aiy opinion; wheit-
WrtV'gWVe<FM‘qhb‘itk/Ire<t!lMtVqVd‘j°iVr ddoiWed;
to be listened to, With A greater dbgraVoT' YKqisov
and attention, and noso who more clearly and tot
oibly elneldated any position he took.
Suoh are a few Issuing traits In the ohardeter of
the deceased. which attracted notice. And
having .thus vaiybriefiy spoken of bis mental'
powers,-! might refer to his soolal and moral
qualities.,-I will simply say, however, that in all
my intercourse with h'm, he wrs frank, manly,
honorable," upright, kind, and true; and ns a
friend, Warm atid'gbnbrQtls,. and steadfast ss the
noodle to the pole. Such was Major Harris,
whoso heart waß pore and noble, as his mind was
oloar and strong. And . having greatly admired
his oharaoter and formed for him a strong per
sonal attachment, I may "be permitted to minglo
my tears and sorrow over his early grave, with all
who respeoted and loved him.
The death ofsnoh a man Is not only a great loss
to his family and to his friends, but to tho whole
country. It will be deeply felt In the legislation
of the country, fer no one possessed o; Tils high
Jualitiosof mind Uhd obaradter dan bo removed
rom the present etago of aotion without leaving a
veld behind not oiisily filled. Anil it Is deeply to
be lamented, that (Hiring thb adjournment of Coh
fress, death, with its cold and relentless grasp,
as carried off two of the most useful, prominent,
and distinguished-members of,-this body. Tho
brave, gallant, and courteous Quitman first fell
before thb grim destroyer, and then came the
noble, fearless, dna able Harris) whdfe ileftth ,we
now monra, and to whose memory wo are paying
SUJSS tributes of fjjpect. jlut doath has no re
ford to persons, their position, age, or character;
at all fall alike, indiscriminately, before tho
match Of thb,dread mobstor i' ,, ,i ,
** Tod feriuck wno kept tbe.worla in dwb;
The jadge, whose dictate fixed the Uw;
The rloh. the poor, the great, the bid&U
Arelevell’d: death confounds them all."
Put alas! alas! death too often “ loves a shining
mark,” and singles, oat for his victims the highest
and the best) the most valued and honored {. and
I think 1 mAy safely sfiy, that nb tfrd mbh could
have been taken from this body whose talents, in*
dustry, publio experience, and fidelity In the dis
charge of duty, were more needed, and will he
more missod, than those of General Quitman and
Major Harris.
Rut Major Harris, Mr. Speaker, was not only a
resolute man, an able debater, and a distinguished
statesman, bat a true-hearted patriot and soldiers.
He was ready to serve his Oottatfy on the field of
os well as ini (fib ndtiohal Balls of legisla
tion. And when, bat a few years ago, the dlariofl
note of war roused every patriotic) heart, he pros
among the first to r ( uSh to the loved standard of
his country in defence of her rigUs and her honor.
And during that brilliant odhtest with the Mexi
can foe, whon America!} skill and valor were so
gloriously displayed, Major Harris shone most con
spicuously as a true and gallant soldier, i And it
was in that memorable war that the seeds of hjs
diseaso wore first laid whose bitter fruit is an un
timely doath.
In pausing, Mr. Spoakor, in oar legislative du
ties to pay that respeot wbioh is due to the most
lamented dead, may these sad and touching occa
sions not be without a profitable lesson to us all.
In truth, tboir highest benefits are to the living,
aud not to the dead- No eulogy, however feeling
or eloquent, can ever reach the loadon oar of
death, or call baoh that vital spark whlQh onde lit
up find animated tho mortal frarno:
; Can storied urn or aid mated bnfit
. . -Back to its mansion call tho lieetSog breath ?
' Can honor’s voice provoke the silent dost,
Or fldtt’ry soothe tbe dull, bold ear of death ?’*
Let, then, these solemn find impressive occasions
remind tis, the living, moro forolbly of that All
important truth, the uncertainty of life and the
certainty of death—death that ctimeft at all hotirii
and at all seasons:
“ Leaves bdve their tlnii to fall, ~
And fteweill to.wHher at the solth wind’s breath,
And stirs to set; but All—
Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O, death!”
And whenever the season of oar departure otttties,
whethoT in winter’s frost, or summer’s heat—in
the dieoharge of private or public duty, at home
or abroad—-may we bo ready to leave this life with
all our duties faithfully performed, at peace with
the,world and our Maker. -
“The Wrouq Pew.”—A correspondent
of the Addison (N. Y.) Advertiser , writing from
Woodhutl. gives the following incident as oT a re
oent ocourronoe to the Woodhull Brass Band:
u They were invited to Jasper to attend a lecture
and enliven it with their mualo. The lecture was
to be at the meeting house, and the appointed
time the band marohed up and prooeedod to the
gallery. Finding n few gentlemen and ladies oo
copying the seats below, they immediately etruok
up Yankee Boodle, a very excellent tune and ex
oellently played, but singularly Inappropriate to
the occasion. They had broken in suddonW on
tho solemnities of a prayer meeting! Tho*few
persons below turned around and viewed the in
truders with staring eyes and gaping mouths,
whloh the band very innocently took for an ex
pression of admiration, and they at once struck up
the Amorioan Quickstep.”
A Mam Shot bv ms Doa.—A man named
John Parker, of landgay, Canada, rooeived a
Sun-shot wound lately, from a singular accident.
[e was out shooting, accompanied by his dog, and
was in tho aot of olimbing a fence, when the ani
mal, in following him, sot one of tho paws on tho
hammer of tho gun; his weight was sufficient U
raise H, and, when the paw was withdrawn, the
hammer fell, and, of course, the gun went off.
The charge, after tearing away one side of the
breast of Mr. Parkor’s coat, inilloted a severe
but not veTy dangerous, wound on the hook par t
of the head and nook.
Probable Murder.—A correspondent from
Norristown, under date of Jan. 17,1859, says, on
last Saturday night a fight took place at a raffle
held in an Irish orib, in tho lower part of this
borough, which ended In a man named James
Bulger being sovorely stabbed in tho nook; three
men have been arrested for participating in the
fight. Bulgor is still alive, but littlo hopes are
entertained of his recovery.
GENERAL NEWS.
Loading Cotton in New Orleans.—lt ap
pears to be ft settled question that prices of cotton
Will vary very little in this market, even with a
crop of 3,750,000 bales; yet there is. no induce
ment/or regular dealers or buyers to mote with
only 7d. belofO theitf, and 111 allyo. In this mar
ket. There is dne grfiat; fOattfre in the trade of.
New dr Jeans,, which fa ofteh overlooked, ft is the
rapidity ana despatch* in winch 1 a bffat load of
4.000 1 bales of cotton can he 1 discharged and deli
vered on our landing, being frequently done be
tween the frlSifig find the setting of tho sdn; more
over, we can boast of in loading
vessels, as will appear by the following cargo,
taken op board the ship Lancaster, Capt. Deoau,
shiqh5 hiqh was oleored on Saturday last by Messrs., J.
. Ashbrtdgo Ss Nephew for Liverpool. This ship
commenced loading on Thursday. Ihe’ 23d of De
cember, and received pargo of 4,22£l Bales of odt
ton Jn eight working days. A few years ngs One
thousand bales of cotton woe considered a large
cargo, requiring one fqll month to receive and
loftd it. At this time.the receipt, selling and ship*
ping of five thousand baleS of oottohls a mere
matter of moonshine, occupying ft feW hours,
Many years ego, when freights to Liverpool ruled
at one penny per pound for ootton, from ope year’s
end to another,- our New'England friends (friends
they really were in those' pristine days) would
come out here in the fall, and coolly lay their ships
alongside the levee and remain all winter enjoy
ing themselves very agreeably; in fast, there
were sever.a happier or more joyous set of fellows
then the old soa captains who visited New Orleans
twenty, thirty and forty years ago} and it Is gra
tifying to fiiid that this freighting bnslnefaj con
nected with New Orleans; ia still uppermost in
tneir descendants’ vibws, giving employment to la»~
oreased thdutahaS «of ana increased
tons Of shipping.— JN.- O. Cresc&ili.
. ’Wiu.iam KBNNBDTrthe SQle survivor of tho
ship Margaret Tyson, of the port of New York, ar
rived'there several days since from Boston, which
port he reached by the bark Azor, from
He.was reoognlzed by the person through whose
ihstrudientalitjr fie wa4 shipped (Mr LWdlejf as
the <( boy” whose name was entered bn the arti
cles as “Patrick Kennedy.” The owners of the
ship, and the agents of the insurers, bnve held
long conversations with Kennedy, bat they have
failed to elicit any very intelligible account of tho
disaster, owing to his extreme ignorance of sea
life. The m&un faots of the shipwreck, however,
as previously published, are adhered to, including
the story of his being.seventeon days on the wreok,
daring wbioh he subsisted on fish that were washed
on the raft, while he obtained water by holding
up his Bhoes.when it rained. The last of the four
men who perished on his raft, ho says, attempted
to Bite a piece out of his leg while in the agonies
of starvation.
'Lead Mining at G-aiena.— A very large
number of men are now at work in mining through
put the lead region. Prom the neighborhood of
all the different diggings we hoar much the same
report. The most of tbe miners are at Work in old
diggings this winter, and perhaps there Is no more
prospecting: than in common seasons. This Is an
indication favorable to a large yield, as prospect
ing'is always eottpled with the Idea of greater
ohftnoe or hai&rd than working mines that have
previously been discovered. The aggregate amount
of the earnings of tbe miners this winter will be
large. It Is this winter employment for labor that
our mines furnish, oouplOd with the gfeat agricul
tural resources of our soil, that gives this seotion
of country such a decided advantage over any
other, ana 'so much greater real value.— Galena
Paily Advertiser, Jan. 10.
A prize fight came off last night in a cock
pit on Western row, below Bifth street, at Cincin
nati, Ohio., It was between a Boston man and a
man .named Kelly—“ Tom Davis’s Pet,” we be
lieve ho is called. There were six or seven rounds
fought, occupying thirty- two minutes. Kelly being
tbe *victor There were also various elegant
-amusements provided, suoh as coon drawing, rat
killing, Ac , Ao. The fighting men are disgusted
with tne “ mill.” Rome of the polloe of the west
ern part of the olty were in front of the door
when the fight was going on.
True Generosity.—A few days ago the
steamor Moses Greenwood was sold by order of the
United Bfates Court, was bid off by Captain A.
Sbinkel, for $1,225. Since he took possession, he
has been offered $4,000 for the steamer, hut re
fused It. He afterwards, .made a tender of the
boat to Captain Albert Thomas, the original owner,
upon the paymont of tbe sum for whieh he bid her
on at tho sale. Snob aota of trae generosity serve
to give one abetter opinion of the world.
Gen. SGott’s Overcoat.—When General
SoOtt arrived in New Orleans some ene near him,
In; the crowd which pressed around him at the
Sl Charles, asked permission to carry his over
coat. The General granted the request,'and the
person, In oarrying out his intention In getting
the coat in his possession, carried it entirely away,
and the General has not heard of it since. In
consequence, the General had to cal! upon a tailor
the next day. x
A Valuaqle Discovert—.A bituminous
coal-mine has just been opened near Jackson,
Mich. A traok has,been laid from the Michigan
Central Railroad; about two thousand feet to the:
mpnfcb of- the mine. -The deposit, is about eight/;
ABatfmm th 9 sntface L and ia/abeut’fodr, feet m-.
thldfaWs. waakLjt_ia
one hundred tons a day will he mined., Thfswfu
materially cheapen Coal in Detroit.
Sent Back, —Two English convicts, who
arrived at New York a few days ago, on the
washiiigtoD, and who told Mayor Tiomann they
Would have to return to their former profession
(they were burglars) if they were not provided
with food, have b6en sent back to Ragland by. the
Mayor, at the expense of tbe owners of the Wash
ington.
it. —A woman in Saginaw coun
ty, Michigan, recently birth to four children
at one time, and to reward hcT a bill has been, or
will be introduced into the Legislature, donating
her twohundred and twenty acres of land situated
in that county. “
A xian, whoso limbs are . entirely destitute
of muscles, sinews, or flesh, who weighs but fifty
five pounds, but is In robust health, hearty, oheer
ful, intelligent, and plays tbp fiddle with great
vivacity, has been on exhibition in Now Orleans.
Deacon AbAsi Foe, non of Andrew Foe,
who had the famous hand-to 1 hand Rattle With .the
Indian, Big Foot, and cousin to Elgar A. Poe,
the poet, died last Wednesday, at Ravenna, Ohio
Theodore Barker’s congregation!, at the
Musical Hail, Boston, has disbanded, owing to [tho
Illness pt'flL'. barker, and his consequent inabili
ty to preach. '
Fuii,.— I There now seven hundred and
sixty convicts in the Auburn State priaen, a largo
majority of whom are young men, their ages dry
ing from 18 to 30 years.
Vtiib, Tliii.—A man was baptized in tbe
Poeetanklll creek, Rensselaer iVdaty,’ through a
hole cut in the foe, whUo the thermomoter marked
11 degrees below eoro.
t Cheap*— -A,, tolerably .good-looking horse
Was tola at auction, 4n; Wheeling, va., on Wednes
day. for tho tarn of f 7! coetß. It cost $1 75 to sell
the horse.
Hon* L. D. Campbell, who was so serious
ly Injured by a ruffian’s blow, struck in the dark,
at Dayton, Ohio, Is rapidly recovering.
Battleboro, Vr., was lighted with gas for
the first time last week.
Passenger itallways.
The iWa.]
SBpTioN 2. That all streets or highways, which afe,
unpaged at the tjme of laying the rail*, shrill bt kept
fn good travelling orderly the.railroad company until
iae dame shall „bo paved by ,the owners of property
thereon, after which they rfuj-U, be repaved.
and kept is good order at the proper of the rail,
company occupying the fame.
Y/bat a god-send these passenger railroads are 1
What a fitfo prosflefct ahead foj our political com?-,
oilmen, when no indignant rntfien will eopio to
them to complain of filthy streets and baa roads
With the responsibility thrown upon the “ mono
polies,” they will only have to.acoept the offioe,
look on, and see the roads, streets, and highways
kept in order, and, perohanoe, all the munioi a!
affairs regulated by tbo railway companies. The
Unpaved highways shall be kept In good travelling
brdof. That Is,- the rftUwav Companies shall do
What Counoils haVo n«rdr attempted to do—Whrit
they have never bad the time, money; or Inclina
tion to do. Meb mat hate been employed in gfeat
nmUbers, esprtiiaily abdut election times; money
tiiay have been spent in abunaande ; but an an
pavhd highway in “ godd travelling order ” is d
Itixufy we. poor JolkS in tbb outside wards very
seldom enjoy. Wonder if the author of the above
eedtlon has been off of the stonos Within tho last
four or five weeks, and if he has, did he See or
hear toll ol a frfce unpdved highway, in “ good
travelling order;” within the limits of the fionsoli
dated oity? Some of us trerddnt ones had fond
areatiis of improved rbads and highways In good
order the wholk year through, when consolidation
was first talked of. But, alas! they Were only
dreams—lmpassable highways we have had, im
proved ones are yot to be enjoyed. Bat they will
be enjoyed if this ordinance passes- The cry of
“monopoly” will ho raised, and these railway
companies be compelled to do impossibilities and
perform miracles on our streets. \
It is well known to all who have had experi
ence lathe matter, that passenger railways on the
unimproved and unpavod streets will not pay J
that the cost of running them and keeping them
in order will, in many oases, exceed the income
from them ; that the object of laying those roads
is to benefit the residents, and improve the pro
perty along the streets on whloh they are laid,
and that tne oity will reap more advantage from
the increased value of proporty along the road
than tho company oan pofSlbly reap from the
travel on it. Then, how manifestly unjust to
compel a company who huve but a single track on
a streot not paying its expenses, but benefiting the
residents, and benefiting the oity, to keepthe
whole street in good traveling order? Tho West
Philadelphia Railway Company has graded streets
in the Twenty-fourth wardj some of whloh, so far
from being in good travelling order, were impas
sable, “blookoa off,” when they commenced work,
and for the grading of whloh the proporty owners
had petitioned Councils again and again. All the
grading of streets done by that company was de
manded, and should have been done had no ml
road' been built, and it would have cost the city
ten thousand dollars to have done it. The in
creased value of property along that road will, if
properly assessed, add from five to ten
dollars to Iba revenue of the oily tbo next year.
Bat for all this, for taking a wild, "'Kleoted high
way, grading It at a saying to tho oity of ton thou
sand dollars, adding to tho anunal revenue ol Hie
altvfrom five to ten thousand more; beautifying,
enlivening, and benefiting the oountry through
which it passes, they shall pay an anmnl tax of
twenty dollars fo* each car used on the road, and
keep the whole highway in good order for the tra
velling publio to use Verily this Is enoouraging
improvements, and Philadelphia, under suoh a
system of government, should advanoe toward the
climax of greatness and grandeur with rapid
strides. "•
TWO CENTS.
THE COURTS.
rBSISBBAT'S FBOCSBIDUISB.
(Reported for The Press 3
Application foi an Injunction against
the Arch Street Passenger Hallway
Company Granted.
Kftst Peios—Justice Thompson.—Mnsser,
Baiger, and others ... The Pairmoont and Arch-street
FMdeDgar Railway Company. The following opinion
thVtojnrictl - n 61180 y eB^rs morning, allowing
The pabllo hate a tight to the maintenance of
etreota &od roads s* dommtfo highways, subject to re
striction by the legislative power ef the Commonwealth.
; a .J?°J oD ?® r any reason for controvert/ aa to the
right of the LegiiUatureto grant the use of them tooom
paales proposlfirf to facilitate the transit of the pabllo
aloiw tW This la Milled iaflalMly la tbt outs at the
Philadelphia and Trenton Bdllroed (jo., Sth Wharton,
tl. and the Com M.Theßrio and North Bast Bailfiad
Go., 3 Casey,- B|tf. An unauthorised octiuttaucy of a
strefit uv railroad tracks upod it,- iaanuisance pit as,
&c.. sod ifcs.twe hi well aj their removal m»y be con
trolled by injunction at the s4it of any member of the
public; 8d Casey, ib. The;question ntfw beforeus
tdrns solely upon the lawfulness or unlawfulness of the
oboupanoy of Arch street by the Pairmount and Afch-
Street Passenger Railway Company. . if they have a
valid charter, all questions of inconvenience to the Im
mediate residents along thd trfrSbfc ,aie outside of the
case. If they have not, consideration* of
to the pabllo. generally, from 'passenger railways, are
rqaaljy unimportant here.
On the 16th day of April, 1858, the respondents were
iororporated with power to 5 • lay out and construct a
railway, commencing at Tenth and Arch streets, and
continuing westward along the same, with a doable
track, to Twentieth and Twenty-first streets respec
tively, with a single track to Gallowhill street, and
thence westwdrdly, with a doable track .to wire bridge,
at Fairmonnt ” '
This absolute grant in the first section, however* was
to be dependant for vitality on the action or silence of
the City Oounoils The provision on the subjeet is in
these words f And provided farther, that before toe
s&ld company shall Use or occupy, the said streets, the -
oonsent of the Councils of the city of'Philadelphia shall'
be first obtained, and the consent shall be taken and
deemed to have been given If said Oounoils shall not,
within thirty days after the passage of this aotjby or
dinance duly passed, signify their disapproval, thereof.?*
It Was to be, as la apparent'from this prov,s!ofi,
equally effective in giving vitality to tbe cotnpsny,
whether consent was affirmatively given within thirty
days, or entire silence Iras observed by the Council.
In either, case the cofaipiny were authorised to“ cso
and occupy the streets.” Bat if, within toe time limi
ted, the Connells disapproved the act of Assembly ip
the mode prescribed there, the privileges granted to the
comp* ny were to be at sn end. In common parlance, the
Councils were invested with the power to veto the pro
posed Toad l If they exercised the power, and did no
thing more, It eould not be doubted, l think, bwt that !
the privilege granted to occupy the streets would there
after become functus. ■'
On the 6th of May, 1858, and within the prescribed
period, the Councils did in due for»* u orddfo,that' in
pursuance of the power and authority in* them vested
by Ihe said act of Assemblyr Councils do hereby declare
their disapproval of the said act of Assembly, in the
above preamble mentioned, and of the rights therein re
spectively granted to ‘ the EPsArmount and Arch-street 1
City Passenger Ballway Company,’ to occupy the streets
and highways of the city of Philadelphia.” [
Thfs ordinance, authorized by the Legislature, and
passed in pursuance of the act, if there be nothing fol
lowing it sufficiently efflo clpus y» control Its effect; '
certainly terminated the rights of the company to use j
and occupy the streets mentioned in the act from and ]
After itspassage, , J
On the JBth of December, 1868, more than six months j
after the passage of the foregoing ordinance, the Oounl '
ells passed another, by which they gave consent to use 1
the streets, off condition thet the Company would ear-, '
render certain privileges, granted in the set of incorpo4 1
rttioxl, and gite security to be obedient to existing anq 1
future ordinances o'tbe city. . | '
The complainants contend that the. Legislature!
conferred upon the Councils the right of election/ 1
whether. the company should or should not have the
?rlvilego granted to use the streets, and limited the
Ime to thirty days within which it should be exercised,:
and that they did elect within the period prescribed,
that they should not be so used. . . !
In statutes, as in contracts, the 'rights of election,}
where exercised, like the execution of a power, tatis&er :
the right: If this were not so, there would be no such}
thing as election; for otherwise It would be dependent]
on the TarylDgaadchangingoplnlonsaqdralndeofthoee! ,
exercising It. This would not be an election The-: :
Councils in this instance were the constituted agents to!
give vitality to the legislative enactment: and the mode
and manner of doing ft, and the time within which It
was to be done, were all proscribed. Their consent was
to give vitalltr ; their disapproval to *auU[fy. Within
thirty days they had power'to elect'to do either
Alter that, there w-s no authority to ohooee; A
power granted must be executed' according to the
terms prescribed, and within the tnne L limited,'other
wise It will be void. 10. - 378.; If executed .within
thesh terms the power la exhausted, and it lies with the
grantor of the power to renew it: the egenfc cannot re.
invest himself with it; if he could the’power would ex
ist Independently of its conditio osand’ limitations,
and in disregard of the expressed will of the grant
or. The right of election exists upon ’ the same
principles ,We cannot view the case ;before t us as
distinguishable from, or an exception to,.these
general principles When the' Legislature,' out of re-
Said to the local interests to be affected by .the grant
> this company, oenferred upon the Councils the
power of disapproval - of' the act of incorporation,
they undoubtedly meant, that If disapproved .with
in the time limited, it should be Inoperative aa to
the privilege granted, or .why oonfer lt*f It most also
be conclusively presumed that the effect of disapproval
was contemplated, and that the effort was the nullifica
tion of the act. When the act of election to disapprove
took pl«oe the grant of the privileges fell, and thus the
tmatter remained uotll after the prescribed period of
action passed by. After this, to whom did the power of
resuscitation belong 7 . To the .Legislature or theOouo-
T«ils4 v ‘Tholatter eould doty.aeton.thb authority given
by the former. Thevhavp r no Inherent power over the
matter' and we look in vain for any expreea power to
elert .what 'they had
destroyed. Like the' company; to*
ttoncan only exercise such functions as are.given'
t> 21. and when the mode-and manner are pr«~'
scribed, they must bo followed. They cannot exist
as* doubtful for the principle is applicable
to them as to other corporations, that whatever is
not oleariy granted. is withheld. Possessing, the
delegated power to nullify an act of the Legiila
tare* without « similar driegttfoa of poire?, they
could not revive & defnnot act or privilege. There
Is no such delegation In this eS*e, and I tblok the con
clusion cannot be insisted that the Oounoils oon d not
rorive privileges totally nullified by the ordinance of
disapproval, abd ihntthe actof 16th December conferred
no rights npon the edmprtny. . ,
I do not subscribe to the theory that the only object
of disapproval was to prevent the presumption of assent.
This War? not what the Legislature meant or said; and
what the Ooun&l* iotiudwt Is another thing We look
to the former, and are obliged to disregard the latter, un
less it is in accordance with the legislative will Coun
cils did the twt they we e authorised to do I .* They did it
in the manner prsscrlbed and within the tlntf; after
that they were powerless, and the law gives effeof to
the act, and withholds the privileges denied to the com
panyby them The only power that can revive those
privileges U the Legislature, and to that the company
must appeal. If the dotwells con’d disapprove, and
afterwards, vHtfitfat regard to time, approve, where
would be.the end and Unfit to their right of choice or
election? The rights and privileges of the company,
ODdersn'chcfrcaolstanoes, might with trnlh be said to
bevagraot, indeed—sometimes in abeyance—sometimes
active and again In abeyance, as the changes in opinions
of a changing majority might happen to be.
It is unnecessary, under this View of the case, to die
ousafully the ordinance of the 16th tfeccrmber, 1868 To
my mind It Is obnoxious to tie most grave objections tf«
an exerClae of the right of election, on the execution
of & power. It Id conditional—dependent on the act
Qf the iorapany. in sttfrtmdsring ceit&in privileges
The Legislature undoubtedly only conferred the right
ofeleotion Upon Connells, under the 18# M passed.
There la no toom. t think, for an argument, that they
might change tife form of enactment to suit their
views and then approve. 7b\S would be to assent to,
and bring into active operation, Wlltft the> Legislature
did not assent to and enact, and would be legis
lation in Its fullest sense. It will not auswif the
objection In my .mind, to point to the Immateriality
of the change—-the legislative will is unalterable ex
cepting by its own authority. If Coffpolis, under the
authority given, should, in any particular; etlmflato for
a distinct change of the enactment as a oandttiem for
theirassent. they might do the same thing in several
or many particulars, and thus ohsoge the whole cha
racter of the organic law of the company. This would
be legislation beyond their chartered limits, and could
not be sustained for a moment, there being no autho
rity to sanction It. Bat the very act of approval la
this instance was conditional, and contingent upen
the surrender of certain privileges, to be evidenced
hr prescribed acts of the Company. Standing
alone, the ordinance was virtually * disapproval,
for it tfa* conditional and not to be an art qf a/aent
uotll the law was modified bp the withdrawal of the
privileges mentioned. It tfas to become an assent
node? the law, not by the act of Oodnfil* rtone, as toe
Jtfitcte required, jmt,on ths performance of m acrey
the company. think was a defective, and i aojwn
a tire exercise of tae* of electloneonferrsd )®ven
If it had been within their poeet to art, which I deny,
after the nasssse of the ordinance of tae 6th May, 1868,
end wtihoot regard, to the time fixed for artlWf. The
railway oorapSoy does not possess thepower to oo cfl Ff
and use the street iti the oomplftMntis bill mentoned,
and it Is my duty to grant the preliminary injunction as
prayed for, to restrain them from tb dolDg. The mv
fority of the judges who aat in theheariffgof this esse
<«D«r In opinion that the injunction should Issue.
The ressons given are my own. Decree,accordingly.
Bvan Prowalttin vs. B. H McFadden and Jos. Clerk.
An action,to recover damsgss for “ Jn
overflowing the cellar of the plaintiff by the bursting
0r Court—Chief Justice Lowrie,
nod Justices Woodward, Strong, and,
Heffner vS. John George Bets. Gotieib Befgen, and
Wrederlck Bnleis This was an action of ejectment,
brodxht In the Court of Common JPlesa of echuylklli
county, against the defendants, to recover pesssssion
of two houses ttfdalot of ground. sPuftte in the borough
of Pottsville, Schuylkill county, marked In the plan qf
the boronflh ko 8t: bounded In front on Centre street,
by . .tr«rthirVtl. , ra.f6«t-Ma M alley on <h. b M k
or it"and by lot No. fil, containing fifi fett In front,
alt Was ihown ?y (he evidence that as early aslB3o the
plaintiff, Bamdel fletfnev, was In the possession of six
lots or ground, and the houses thereon; that he built
the houses, and Continued in his possession down to
the veer 1888; that be had leased one of the houses
for atavefn to various persons, and occupied the other
himself with hla family. While he was in posses
eion, and had title to the property, an execution
was Issued against him on a judgment at the suit
of Peter Lazarus, administrator of Qos3, and after
variotte proceidlngs in the ca<e, when a fl. fa.
was Issued against Samnel Heffner, the property
In controversy was levied upon, an inquisition was
hold and the property extended. After this a liberarl
faoiak was issued on the jadgment asalost him; the
sheriff went to the premises and found Samuel Heffner,
and turned him out. Ml Vhiu .a. clearly ptoeed bl
the HiierlfT who executed the "tit j fritthe Sheriff Lud-
VTlck, Instead of returoiug the factsi asi they occurred,
returned that John Heffoer had paid the money oo the
.eiecutton John Heffcer remained In possession of
until March, 1849. -hen a rule wasgeantad
’ Ind tbe plaintiff, Peter Lasarne, lha .d
-ministrator, to ehow eause -hy a sci. fa oompatandum
1 a D jf-Aiim should not be issued against him.
' e Spu n<i mte was served upon the plaintiff, and ha ac
i v J?«i e JSed that he had received satisfaction of debt,
! S Jirt and cMts On the fourth day of September*
: i?5O aVdgm«t -as roodered In fator of the plaintiff
Bamuel Heffner, that ha haro and repossess
the*land and'tooementa mentioned in thesnit.
Tn ISSI a writ for the re-delWery of tbo poesssalon
1 Issued Bnt the plaintiff, insteadof eieontlngthe
1 writ made a special return that daf.ndant m error -ae
in tiossesslon of the property, and therefore he could
not te-deUver the possession,: that these persons
claimed the property by deeds given by Geo. Heffner.
The plaintiff in error then brought the suit of eject
* ment to rejalD possession of the pretdises. Argued by
A V Parsons for the plaintiff in error, hy Benjamin
’ w Cnmmings for the defendant in error,' and by A. V.
Paroone for fhe plaintiff in error in reply.
dames 8. Btanton Tl. John 8. Olanaa White. Error
t. the Court of Common Pless of Schuylkill county.
1 Argued hyß.'W.and J. Hnghea Tor the plaintiff in
I error, and by Benjamin W. Cummings for thedefendunt
' Heffner, plaintiff in error, r“-Wm
i Henry thllt*. defendants Error to the Ooort of
' Common Pleas of Srhnylkill county. The derendant
in the oonrt below pnrehared cattle from time to time
t of Wenrich 4. 00., and the latter gna in eTidenca ttelr
i to* » f °/Mr,6?5 t Clng a &e? o’f M9B.' T&t
So reT,er!"n mlditlon to thl.rT not. for
1 fi2s°w“a note for lioo. The defendant In the court
not^cbtocokubspondents.
Oorrespendsuto for' ‘!Tmi Pxxsa” will pl«M« bear Ib
mind the following rulca
Avery communleatloa must be aooompanled by the
uame of the writer. I j orde* 1 to lnJorejoorrtctnesa in
Gio typography, but one side wf the sheet should b«
written upon.
We shall be greatly obliged to gentlemen In Pemuyl*
vasiA and other States for contributions giving the
current news of the day in their : partlcular localities ,
the resources of Die surrounding country, the inereasn
of population, er.any information that will be interest*
Ing to the general reader.
below claimed credit for notes for $lB5. drawn by'him
In fisvor of. Wenrleh A Co., aud by them endorsed, and
rtatf on another note for $225, by which he elatooddbat
toe defendant to errorhasfoQypald their book account.
JaSi kWfjofi that there was an alteration In the
jytS* n qte for $226. after it wm slgoed. Argued
SC t» 3b' Hughes for the plaintiff in error, and
W Cqmafloga for tire defendants in error. - •
Pwtintiffln" error, vs. George Russell.
Ooutt of Oommou Tleas-cf Sohuylkill
lower court, in which
George Rowell claimed dam* gee for a broach of war
ranty of a bo?8e, Argoed b F w aod J. HughSs, for
the plrtntlff to error, and by Robert Banner for the de
fendant in error -
« Corporation of the Borough of Pottoville VS.
i p *WckCurry. Hrrortotije Court 0 f Common Pleas
of Bphuylklll county. This ease. w&* brought iir the
court below, charging the defendant with' negligently
leaving a pile of dirt to the street, aod that the plain
tiffsustained damages id oooseqnenee of driving over
it to the night time. This case was submitted on paper
books Hd ward Owen Parjy for the p Ain tiff to error,
and George H: Olay for the defendant In error.
Paul Nimrod vs. William Dehaven. Error to* the
Oout of Common Pleas of Schuylkill county. ,-This
ease was originally a mechanic’s lien claim, filed to re
cover the som of $1,209.22 for materials forxifefcedto
the plaintiff in error. Argued by P. W. and J; Hughes
and Myers fitroud for the plaintiff in error, and by J as.
H. Campbell and Seth W, Geer for the defendant in
error.
Join Ryron vs. Thomas Wilson and Wm, Levea.
Ercof to toe Court of Common Pleas of,BchaylfcU!
county. This was aa action to’ recover the amount due
on two boiids, each' conditioned for the payment of $7O.
. s - McCabe and Rdrard Owen parry for
the plaintiff in etrdr.. Vei earinna/ Judgment affirmed
and reeord remanded: Adjourned. '
QDArtbr oEggioHS~-Jndge Allison—-John
Dowling pleaded guilty to the charge of selling meat
on x °*® street, qontrary to the skinner’s act.
Wm. Kessler pleaded guilty to the came offence.
» ’ Bm i' h was charged irtth obtaining mosey
under false pretenw *. The defendant sold tlhnta tn
v.M?4 P^n, L H £ Be t °° M P M y BaU without authority,
verolrt guilty, but recommended to the mercy of the
o.nr.'Srt me,t *»■
7 WlUltoi Wlmsos »Ik> plulu) ffalltrt. th. um.
charge. v .
Ohule, Sail ww ehkrg.d with an auanlt aid battery
upon Sarah Agnew. Verdict not«galltv. The prosecu
tor was ordered to pav the coata of suit.
Peter Stetr sad Frederick Hoenstine were charged
with arson. It is alleged that the defendants set fire
to the stable of John McCain, in Haococka near Dia
mond street, Philadelphia - On trial.
District Shawwood.—TOl
liam G. Brownfey, Samuel D Hicks, copartner*,. &C-,
T«; Henry Wood. A feigned tone to try the ownership
of a lot of cotton which was levied upon by the sheriff
andsold. verdict for the plaintiff.. Wm. 0. Price for
the plaintiff, and Juvenal and Zuze for the defendant.
Thomas T,Aspelivs JohnB. Adams. 'An'actionbn
a promisrery note. No defense. Verdict for theTpirtn
tiff for $230 30. Thorne for the plaintiff ; Sirne for
the defendant.
Joseph N. Withers pad Pearson S. Peterson, trading,
Ac., vs. Lewis W. Ralston. An action to recover'.the
value of a promissory note which was given for the sum
of $l,OOO. On trial. Wm. L. Hirst and b. Myers fo* toe
plaiatiff, and M. J. Mitcheson for toe.defendant - r
District Court— Judge Hare.—John Tiers
and Joseph Tiers, trading, Ac., vs. WUliattJg. Blah.
An aotlou on a promissory note. Verdict for toe de
fendant. Sdward XngerooU for the plaintiff: Rshiaatin
G. Brewster for the defendant >
Louis IJderstadt‘vs. H- Hartmao. Aa action to Ire
cover $6OO, which was a reward offered by the defend
ant for the apprehension of - hid son. Xt to alleged that
the defendant’* son took from bis father about s7,oo'to
Prussian treasury notes and other property, and then
absconded. The defendant then'offered a reward of
$OOO . to any person who would find and attest him,-.The
plaintiff alleges that he did so, and then claimed the
reward. The defendant alleges that he is willing to pay
the money;, hut the question acoee. as to who was the
proper person to receive tbe money, $s tbe plaintiff re*
calved information from a third party, and then arretted
the defendant’s sm. Verdiot for the defendant. Auks
for the plaintiff; Heyer for toe defendant. ■
THE CITY.
Honors to tbb 'Brave'.—tit. Stephen’s
Church was the f cene of a solemn r eeremony yesterday
morning. Por some time before "the c*mmencement of
the service the helis.of the chuich tolled solemnly,
and a large crowd gathered ontside of -the huHdißg.
The : occasion was a service which was perTorawto
honor of toe noble-hearted Phfladelphfans who died is
Norfolk sod Portsmouth daring the fearful epidemic of
1866, while performing the work of heneToleude to tow
unfortunate victims of disease and'death: The bodies
were brought to this city on grid ay morning last, and
were interred in Laurel Hill Cemetery.
Inside the church there was a fall aadience collect
ed. tThe - front-pewe of-toe lower part of the church
were reserved for the relative* or toe deceased, and a
number of the friends of those who sq nobly laid down
their lives to the cause of humanity, more than tone
years ago, occupied these seats. Major- Henry, and
Thomas Webster. Eaq, Trustee of toe Philadelphia
Committee of Belief, were seated to a pew to toe north
of the chancel. As 11 o’olbck, the commemorative ser
vice wu commenced by Dr, Doeaebet, aesisted by Rev.
Mr. Smith, or Troy, New YOrk. Rev. Mr. Durborrow,
qf this city, was also p:es*nt.
Xu one of toe front pews of the church triw seated one
of the noble heroes or toe pestilence. He is a slave*
owned In Norfolk.nwned Robert BUtt, He Is theseXr
ton of one >f the churches there, and one of toe beei
nurses jn the city. During the time of toe - pestilence
he wee ever et his,poet, sleeping to toe church yard,
and always ready for every cell on his humanity. He
was seat on with the bodies,-and it is contemplated to
give him and his family their freedom, as a testimonial
of his heroism. ' * ' ,
After a portion of the aerrice had been performed,'
amid tbedeepest*olemnity,Rer.Dri Dueachet, pea tor
of the ohttreh, made an eloquent filing .address.
After referring to the solemnity of tbe oeeutoa' he said
that three yearn egb,-.ln-thetprovideae»-<d
cities of Norfolk and Portamonrh were visited with' a
pMtU'enee. whole awfulravages were far greater in pro
portion, than-the great plane of Athens, as recorded by
Thucydides *- vljfarittffdfrM tr*pas a church .tnthaV
recion, for nine je&m,tbe apeakerfizlly ss?r*3hriadft*
extent snd fearfulneia, Re appealed from this pulpit
Tor aid for the sufferers, add he told bis poo?)* as that
time, that in order to form some conception of the an
tes of the fever thev mutt imagine a proportion equal
to 7.600 persons In this city lying sick at one time, In a'
city like Phitatelphia, and TOO persona lying dead at
one time, In this city. Sack was the proportion.
How glorious it was, thought the speaker, to brave
death under eireumstaneee so terrible as these. What
should-we say. of each noble spirits u these who, for
the sake of suffering humanity, can brave the pesti
lence, ean leave the safety and comfort of home, to lift
the fainting head, to soothe the agony of the dying!
He oalled that the noblest heroism! And what should
we >tr of the women who can leave their friends and
families, forgetting—no, not forgetting, hut for tho
present laying aside the refinements and comforts of
borne and frienda—can leave fyher, mother# brothers,
sisters, and friends, tocometotnerelief of the suffer
ing and the dytog! - And yet such have been found!
Id his efforts at the relief of Norfolk, in 1958, he uv
many of them; ha endeavored to dissuade some of.
tttem from this noble work. The generous people of
Norfolk ffrged them to go back, ana they sent some of
them back. Bntthe rest, alas! they kept. They kept
them in a consecrated spot, and now they have sent
them back to tu that they may rest among their kin
dred.
The speaker here dwelt on the unselfishness mani
fested by these Norfolk heroes, and spoke touchingly,
of the privation that prevailed during thapestilenee.
He knew of one case where $26. offered by a rich man, •
would not buy a loaf of bread. There .were not even
coffins enough! The speaker then alluded In terms of
glowing oology to the exertions of Thornes Webster,
Keq.. referring to him as the trustee of the PhKadeL
'phla Belief Association, after which he read a list of „
those whose memory we hod assembled to honor, dwel
ling on each one as his name sad age was announced, as
follows: .
ANDRBW JAOXSON THOMPSON,
TBOMAS ORAYCROPT,
BOBBRT 17. GRAHAM.
N. PJSBBY MII-LEB,
Henry bprigmAN,
SINGLETON MERGER,
D. HERMAN KIBRgON,
EDWIN R BkBRBTT,
Mrs*. OLIVE WHITTIER,
WM.HERBON,
FREDERICK MUSPSLDT,
JOHN O’BRIEN, and
JAMES HENNSBBY.
Most of these were yousg—only one being over fifty
years of age.
Aftor speaking of the grave and its terrors, and of the
hope of immortality that brightened all beyond it, end
reading the order of prooessipp. Re concluded by a eulo
gy on Robert Butt, who wa* sitting at the timetoooe
or the front pews. He spoke of his devoted faithfulness
and large-hearted humanity, and a iked if aueh a mao
should remain a slave? No, he replied, we must set
friend Bob free, (if he desires ItJ wiih his wife sad
finally. He has been sent en here with these bodies,
though a slave, by his master, and he shall go back to
Virginia a free man, and tell our friends in Norfolk what
we have done. With his own hands he has burled 1J59
bidie* and he has nursed and burled our friends and
kindred.
These remarks. In reference to Robert Butt, oreated
a strong but subdued sensation in toe church, and at toe
close of tbe services hundreds of ladies and gentlemen
thronged atpuod Bob and grasped hlabacd. Asforbim,
Be was entirely overcome by emotion. An elderly gen
tleman offered him his freedom on toe spot, but Bob re
plied he would see about It.
After the sendees had concluded, the procession
formed and moved to Laurel Hill. The attest wee
thronged as the procession moved along from the
oettreh.
Mubderou* Assauit.—James and Patrick
Brady were taken before Alderman Tittermary j estorday
morning, on the change of committing an assault and
battery upon John If. McLaughlin with an intent to
kill. The affair happened about half past eleven
o'clock on Monday night. McLaughlin, whs Is an at
torney at law, went to Brady’s house, to see a sub
tenant, as is said, on business. This offended the
Bradys, who assaulted him. McLaughlin then procured
toe services of au officer, and went back to toe house.
He was again assaulted, aodthls time Patrick Is alleged
have used a screw driver, with' which he cut a severe
gash in toe oheek of MoLaugblln, who Bare he at
tempts! to cut hit throat. Patrick was held to $l,OOO
and James in $3OO bail to answer at court. '
Serious Accident at Manayunk.—Tester
day morning a terrific explosion occurred at Flat Rock
tunnel, near Mesaynnk, on the line of the BeadiDgßen
roid. The workmen engaged In widening the tuonei
were about preparing a blest, when by some acoideut
or mismanagement the powder exploded prematurely,
injuring several of the men seriously. Wm. Grundley
was theprincipal sufferer. Hs was to badly injured that
no hope f« entertained of his recovery. Patrick
MoAleer, Michael Goldey, and Michael Hltotreou wete
seriously injured. The sufferers were conveyed to their
dwellings In end about Mauayunk.
Another Passenger Railway Commenced.
—The construction ef toe Girard College Passenger
Railway has been commenced, and workmen are now
busily engaged on Aroh street, between Ninth and
Tenth, and on Ninth street, from Arch to Raoe streets.
The charter of thiscompany provides for a double track
from Girard College, by Ridge avenue to Tenth and
Ninth street, thence by asingletraokto Arch street,
where the double track la resumed, and continues to
Becond street.
Recovery op a 'Watoh.— On Monday last
a youns man named William Bta»anl »as held to bail
by Alderman Bolder in the sum of $l,OOO, to answer the
charge of robbing Mr. Bbarp ot_»
been sold to. gentleman reeidtag in W.rtOhMter, WM
recovered on Monday hat, by Lieut Patton-
Gave Himself up. —The constable, Hoese
_hD ,i, o t Offleer Devine, gave hlmeelt up to Ber
?«n’t Wilhelm on Monday afternoon, and WM held In
*1 MO bail by Aldermen Coulter, yeeterd.y morning,
el’.welt » further hewing Devine la etdl eußering
considerably from the wound received on Saturday
nlght. end it le thought ho wUI not b« .hie to perform
service Tor several woei*.
Huh Over.—On Monday afternoon a little
boy belonging to Mr. Geo, Bcheok wee run over by a
porter wagon, .tßlxth ind’Olford street. The wheel,
nueed over his arm. aboTe the elbow, producing a com
pound fracture. The driver of the vehicle waa .mated,
And held In #6OO hail to .newer. Hie neme le Hugh
Telan.
Descent on a Danok Hods*.— The police
or the Teentv-eecondwtrd msJea‘ *“SS
deriy house at a lata hour ou Monday night, and arrested
fourteen persons of various complexion* and ages. The
honse wasMtueted In Centre itreet. Germentown. Tha
party was taken before Alderman King, yestexday morn
ing, and held to bail.
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