totting Mcppli Je published every afternoon (Sundays excepted) at No. 108 & Ihird ttreet. Price, Tfiree Cents Per Copy (Double Sheet), or Eighteen Cent Per Week, payable to the Carrier, and mailed to 8ub$criber$ out of (he oily at Nine PoUars Per .Annum ; One Potior and Fifty Cents for Two Months, invariably in advance for the period ordered. To insure the Insertion of Advertisements inaU of our Edition, they must be forwarded to our office not later than 10 o'clock each Morning. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 7, 18GB. The Fenian Meeting. Tun Fenian Brotherhood had a grand meeting in front of tbe Stale tlouse last evening, 'there was a great deal of enthusiasm, of conns, ai there a'ways Is in a- pronlsiuous crowd of people who are excited by minic and torches and banners, and noisy declaratioai about liberty, . and all that. O'MAiioxr was on band, and made a speech full of warm Invoca tion to the Irish in America to coma forward with their money in defense of Irish na tionality ; and by way of enforcing h's appeal, ho declared that there wero three hundred thousand Irishmen in Ireland fully organized, armed and equipped for the fray. Some other speaker, however, put the number much lower; and In view of these contradictory statements it 's hard to ascertain what the truth la. The' first orator on the occasion, however, who took precedence even of O'MAnojf Y, was Mr. Gkokob Francis Thais, whose utter ances are always full of sound and fury. Geobgr was, as usual, very much down on Great Britain, and pitched into her Govern ment and people. George Fbancis, in one of his wildest flights of fancy, . exclaimed, "England is' djing let her die!" and a little while after, he expressed h's belief that the bonds of the Irish Republic wero worth more to day than the bonds of England I This sort of romancing is not, we should think, fitted to inspire much confidence , and sympathy among rational persons in the Fenian enterprise, though the employment of Geoegh Frastcis Tbaih was en tirely in harmony with the gross want of discretion with which the Fenian engineers of the movement in this country have . generally acted. If Irishmen here choose, with their eyes op?n, to give their money into the keeping of theO'M AHoirys and Kobkbtses and Sweeneys, and take in exchange for it the bonds of a republic which has no existence save in the heated im agination of enthusiasts, and which is not likely to have any other, they have a right to so dispose of it ; yet no sincere friend of the Irish citizens can witness without sorrow so worse tham wasteful a disposition of treasure that might, it wisely directed and applied, be made instrumental in doing so much for the real prosperity, happiness,and independence of the Fenians on the other side of the ocean. .. We have said that, in oar judgment at least, the present effort to emancipate Ireland cannot possibly succeed under such auspices as now inspire and control it. And those who, secretly knowing the desperate char acter of the enterprise, deliberately tell the Irish people in America that the cause is cer tain of success, and only requires Irish money and Irish soldiers, are guilty of a great wrong, and are, Indeed, the foes and not the true fiiends of the Irish race. Mr. Tbaih must have been well aware that he was merely asserting a huge, hyperbole when he said last night that President Johnsok was a Head Centre of the Fenians, and that Louis Napoleox was another. This may have been very rhetorical and impressive, but it was very foolish, as was the other sugges tion of the same brain, to wit, that the American people should foster the cause ol Mr. O'Mahony, Stevens & Com pany, by refusing to send any man to Con gress "who is sot pledged to Irish nationality." In short, we are of the opinion that the meeting last evening was altogether an ex ceedingly ill-managed and, in some respects, ridiculous affair, and that It is fitted to hurt much more than benefit the Fenian movement. Ajt Erroneous Statement. Some days aro a paragraph appeared in The Evening Telegraph in reference to the visit of Major-General J. A. IIAbdie, Inspector General and A. A. G., Major-General D. IL Euckkb, and Colonel A. I. Pebby, intimat ing that the object of their coming was to in vestigate the affairs of this Department. .Wf are now In possession of facts unknown to us then, that these gentlemen are here solely upon official business, and are not charged with any secret service. Their business Is simply to inspect the present frame buildings at tho Gray's Ferry . Arsenal, and ropori whether or not it would be advisable to sub Etitute brick ones. As the lormer statemen may have done injustice to certain gentlemei lately connected with this military depart mont, it gives us great pleasure to make t proper sta'ement of the facts of the case. Aid fbom England. The scriptural in junction to "cast bread upon the waters, an It will return after many days," is proved tru by the fact that a benevolent association 1 Birmingham, England, has already sent t , this country money nnd goods amounting i the aggregate to about $10,000, to be devoted 'to the aid of "destitute freedmen in the South. For years past no cry of distress among the -"Overtasked operatives of Great Britrln has been unheard in this country, and many a ship load of provisions have beea sent by our benevolent citizens to aid the starving men and women thrown out of employ? ment by the vicissitudes of busi ness. Now that the tide of charity which O1 long flowed towards Europe is ebbing back, and the great charities of this country THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH. PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, are being returned In kind,' It Is gratifying to know that the human heart beats evenly all over the globe, and that there Is never any repudiation of debts ot gratitude. ', Ibotiction to Wool-Obowebs M". Gbinnkix, of Iowa, In a very fine speech recently delivered In Congress, entered fully into the subject of the importance of the growth and production of wool. We have never paid that attention to this subject which it deserves. England has under stood the matter better, and Is therefore In control of a line of business which ought to have been entirely our own. We have In the far West a territory admirably adapted to the raising of sheep; and with proper Govern mental enconragemont thousand of earnest farmers would gladly dovoto tholr attention to the production of the finer qualities of wool. Under existing laws it will net pay, and lor this reason every shrewd agriculturist prefers the more lucretive business of raising mules, etc. If Congress would act Intelligently on this matter, the United Slates lu five years would Lave the monopoly in the wool trada of tho world. DARINQ ROBBERY IN A BANK. A Package Containing; Over 8I0OO Snatrhtxl frwiu tho Teller's Detk. in tbe Brrtwr Bnnk-Tfe Tutor Ar reated ud tbe Money Recovered. 1 Mr. James Rowe, rcsiJlne at No. 758 Th'rd avenue, won, to the Broadway Bunk, situated on tne corner ol Broad vay and "Park place, yeitur dsy afternoon, about 3 o'clock, for the purooso of uiakiojr a dep sit. lie carried with him two packages of United States Treas jry auri national currency notes, coutainiusr the sum ot $372722. Aftcneaching the roeeivine toller's dealt, Mr. Howe laid the pacitajres on the ledje near tho pigeon hole of the teller, and proceed to couiit his ltiouey before hautiiiur rt over to too clerk. As h" stood thus entraj?ed he nottcol a man standing near htm, but presuming that it was one ot tiie bank customers awaiting uis turn, ho took but slight heed to tho circumstance? Scarcely a minute, however, had elapsed when Mr. Kowe felt some ono gently pushing an arm under his own. and at the same time saw a hand suddenly clone upon one of the packages of bills, containing J'i'233-22, and quickly remove it from its refting place. ; Bcfrre any attempt could be made to sccuro the audacious thief he had gained the hall leading to the outer door, but before he got to th") entrance of tho bank the owner of the stolen money caught him by th coat, Just a-i the robber waa in the act of slipping the coveted packaje into the breast pocket of his oat. Seeing that ho was fairly caught, the thief dropped the packaze on tho floor, and with a desperate effort succeeded iu breaking from the grasp ol Mr. Bo we, and aain startod for the door. A hue and cry, however, fol lowed him, and he waa immediately secured by a number of citizens, chancing to pas the bunk at the moment, and. was brought back into the bank. J He was then turned over to Officer Fontenell, of the Broadway squad, who conveved him to the Toombs Police Court, before Justice IIorati. On his arrival there the accused was immedi ately recognized as George Gardner alias "Dutch Heihrich," a well-known 'arab thief," who has been often arraigned on similar charges. ' Mr. Kowe making the necessary affidavit, the pri soner was committed for trial without bait Gardner is presumed to have intended seizing the entire sum in the possession of Mr. Ro we. f The prisoner wa arrested a little oer a year ago on'a charge of having had a band in the ab straction of two basts of gold, containing the sum ot $10,000, iroin the detk in the Bank of Commerce, whicn roDbery was effected in a similar manner to the ono now recorded. Halt the gold wa fonnd In Gardner's possession but he was released through tbe interposition nT conrsel and' the restoration of the missing $50DQ. Gardner was subsequently arrested by the police and sent to Philadelphia on a chatgo of stealing mm u irom a gentleman in that city in a somewhat similar manner. He managed to escape conviction at that time aDd was set at liberty. In the present instance, however, there, is no money to be restored, and it is likely that the prisoner will not escape conviction. N. X. 'limes. FRAUDS ON THE INTERNAL REVENUE. Considerable excitement has tor several day's prevailed among the lager beer manufacturer? for the thirsty souls of New York and Brooklyn, in consequence of rumors which have been cir culated that tbe returns of sales, npon which the taxes are collected, have been suspected by the assessors of inaccuracy. It Is now un doubted, from recent discoveries, that extensive frauds have been committed upon the Govern ment, and the authorities are preparing to in stitute a most searching and rigid inquiry. In the First and Becond Districts investigations are being vigorously prosecuted, and in the latter several have been concluded, the facts establish ing, beyond all possibility of mistake, that th6 returns have been flagrantly incorrect. Tbe Second District embraces nearly all the Brooklyn manufacturers, twenty-four out of the thirty lager beer brewers being included nndef Its supervision, gome of these brewers have large establishments, selling in the summer tan or twelve hundred barrels a month, but the sales ot the greater number average only a hun dred, but sometimes descend as ' low as thirty barrels a month. Every month, before the 10th; they have to furnish a return to the authorities making an oath, that it is a true one, of their business lor the preceding month, giving the number of barrels manufactured, the number soia, anu tne quantity oi man wni.cn tne have put into (their mash-tubs. The tax. dollar a barrel, is then assessed on th rmnntUv sold. For some time the assessor tne Second District bas suspected that the r turns were considerably below the propel amount. ' Borne ot the manutacturers mad returns, which, it correct, were so small as t leave htm bo reasonable chance or seounag profit, or even defraying expeuses and the coat labor. In place, however, ol their- exhibitim any slims of pecuniary embarrassment, or di continuing their business, they have lived I good style, and made investments la seven-tm ties and railroad stock besides. . The assesso alter a careful consideration of such a singula mystery, formed an opinion tuat a clocer earu nation of it would be both entertaining an instructive. Two or three of the niost ma-ke cases were investigated, and the result bas beea buch as to induce the authorities to lnqire care- luliy into the returns ol every manufacturer I Brooklyn. i There is scarcely room fr doubt but that fo: the lufct three or four years the returns given ii have been little more than half the prope mount. Of course this involves the uelv c'i cumstaace that a large number of reputably citizens have oeriured themselves to evade their I'M share of the national burdens. The painfc and pcaalties to be inflicted are in a great measure left to the discretion of the Assessor, but they nominally amount to the absolute forf fcifure of th premise' and business effects of the offending party. The1 extreme punishment is, however, but seldom exacted, and tbe Asse sor generally recommends to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue such mitigation of the pen) hUy as may seem to equitably settle the matter, Should the mulcted person dispute the justice of the Assessor's lodgment, they can carry the case to the United States Court. I . In the Becoad District information has been collected which will lead to the detection of several frauds. ' One investigation takes place to-morrow at Newtown, Orleans county, Long Island. , In snothei case, the cartman's delivery book has fallen into the bands of the Assessor and this satisfactorily provos that the sales were very greatly in exec of the certified amount on which the taxes have beeu collccctod. N ! World. , FAILROAD OX BROAD STREET. Reply Before) the Committee on Law, of Councils, to the Remon strance of the Owners of Pro- perty and Persons Engaged In ; ' Business on Broad Street, Against the Bill for the Removal of the Railroad Tracks from the said Street and I m -' provements. To the first cause of protest, viz.: Because, upon tbe petition of any ten citizens, ownlug property on Broad street, anywhere between Geraiantown and Lesgue Inland, the city Is imperatively required lo remove tho rills, we answer: Tl at in the till now beforo the com mittee and Cooncils, no sue a petition of ten citizens is require. i. To the second cause of protest, vh.:-,"Be. cause tbe parties urging the passage of this bill are understood to be interested in tbe race-course at the lower end of the city, and in property far north of the railroad tricks at the upper end of tbe city," we answers That the persons urging the recommendation by Councils of the enactment of this bill into a law by tho Legislature are cl i.om of Phila delphia, owners of property upon Broad a,l olher streets, interested alike in tlie business, prosperity, and adornment ol the - city, and whose names will not suffer by any compari son with those ot the remonstrants. Belijt ing that the business earrlod on iu Broad street by such of the romonstranta as required switches into the premises owned or rsutsd by tbom mljht bo dune as successfully for themselves,' and . certainly witn mjre advan tage to the city, upon Pennsylvania avenue, Willow street, Market street, Primo strHJt. and Kinth street, and on the west side ol the Schuylkill liver, they also felt that there was but one such avenue in the city as Broad street, and that it ought without hesitation to be cheerfully given up -by the railroad companies for improvement, and their rails removed for the benefit, use, and enjoyment of this entire community, whose ungrudging hands had a cordod to them so many Valuable rights and privileges upon other thoroughfares. Of. the scopo and advantage of . Broad street fof improvement by the erection of publio build lags, private residences, and for stores fo business purposes, each citizen may judge for himself Of the advantage and profit thereby to the city, by a general enhancement of the value of properly along its most cen tral portion and contiguous thereto, we mtv safely trust to the integiity and candor of Coun cils, whese duty and wish it is to legislate for the general good, and whether the removal of the railroad tracks and other obstructions therefrom would secure such increase of value of property and consequent profit to the city is scarcely to be doubted. The motives which have influenced our action in behalf ot the bill before Council may be best inferred from . the , manner ia which it has been introduced to yonr attest tion full publicity bas been given and desiredj and tbe committee well know that all sugges tions made in a spirit of falrucss and accord with tbe obiects to be attained, have been wil lingly adopted. And it is with no little regre that we find .among tho remonstrant! names ot somo gentlemen and firms, whose well-known liberality, public spirit, and pride in. all other measures promotive of the advantage and adorn meat of the city, should in this most laudable and popular enterprise' be.' used for its defeat rather tban its encouragement. ... The removal of the rails from Broad street is not a new matter. Public attention has for years been called to it, and its approval given. It has spoken through the Select and Common Coun cils, who, in 18G3, passed an ordinance, still unt repealed, for the removal of the City Railroad tracks. Tbe spirit of opposition which theu resisted te enforcement of the ordinance, and succeeded by a decision of a bare majority of the Judges of tbe Supreme Court, to which it ap pealed, is still unwilling to permit the city and tbe people to accomplish the end, when It ii proposed to be accomplished in the manner in dicatedbythe court, viz., by compensation fo the'appropriation ot tbeir easements, etc. comj. pensatlon which, by the ierms of the bill before you, is to be made by tbe contributions of prl vate citizens. ' And until that is so made the rails must still remain upon the street. It might not.be amiss for the remonstrants to examine; the class of tbe Improvements oa the street below and above tire railroad tracks, and comi pare them with those between Prime street and Willow; certainly no better evidence, we thinkj exists to prove the necessity for and propriety of the removal of the cause of this difference in value and appearance. The witnesses are mute, but truthful. i ' ' To the third "That the sisners hereto are a, large majority of the persons owning property and doing business in Broad street, between: Washington street, on the south, and Spriu5 Garden s reet, on tbe north," we answer: Then appear to be about one hundred remonstrants all claiming to bo persons owning property aut doing business on Broad street. Classified, tbe are about as follows? Say thirty dealers In coal three lumber dealersj forty-live produce, com mission, and other business, a number of whom! have no switch into their warehouses, end coii'j tequently no use for the tracks; and say twenty two clerks, laborers,' and persons not ownprs property, or doing business on the street, and whoso names are not in the directory. Of those! one hundred remonstrant?, fifteen aretheownj ers et lots representing 039 feet front I j Within two days we are able to obtain ant present to your committee the bona ride namesj of one hundred and eighty-two persons, owners of 20,303 feet front of property on the street,' urging jour favorable action in their1 behalf Between Prime and Sprinsr Garden streets; forty-three ' owners 'owning 3831 licet on th street are in favor of the removal or tne ,raus, The assertion that the flftaen remonstrants con stitute a majority ef the owners of property, or , that seventy-one persons doing busrn3i upoa 'Bread street, between Prime and Spring Garden, are a majority, is not sustained by. tbe lacts, and must be to your cornmitteej who are 'familiar ' with the length of thij portion of the street, and togrii .ant 'that tb4 number of owners and "persons' engaged ;in bnslness are' largely ia ' excess -Of ...this number1," sonde'-" evidence 1 of ' ' the ;' wlhe of tbe dwnors biMbU matter. We unhesitatingly venture tbe opinion, and in which the knowledge ol tbe committee will, to some extent, bear us out, that if a careful poll were made, the number of feet front on Broad street in favor of the bill would be ttlll more overwhelming, and of the aMeftsed value of tbe property and Improvements on the street, owned by tbe friends of the mea sure equally as overwhelming, while the res'. denU daily experience the annoyance of the rails, aad are unwilling and outraged witnessos to cruelty, abuse, and maltreatment of the anl mnls attached to and drawing tbe cars, almost without exception. To the fourth "There Is the highest autho rity for asserting that the proposed ordinance, it pawed, would be illegal," we answer: That if an ordinance it could not be enforced for tbe removal of the City Railroad Irom Vine to South streot, or below; but under the decision of tbe Supremo Court in the case of Kerbaugli and Branson and tbe Southwark Railroad (11 Wright's Repoit), an ordinance requiring the icmoval of all smirches from tho main tiack upon the street into the coul yards and wa-e-bouses of the romoi strants could be enforced whenever enacted. And the same ordinance could require the connection of tbe So ith wark Road with the City Road at South street to bo severed. Thai Councils posjess the power, whenever they may choose to cxerclso it, of rendering the coal-yards and warehouses on Broa street more productive of revenue to its treasury than now, and the main traces praitically useless leaving rust and doray to effect what tbe ordinance of 1833 failed to do. We freely acknowledge the hardship and inconvcnicnco which some of the romonstrnts would suffor from any hasty or unreasonably short action under the bill in removing the rails and interfering with their' business before loc?. tions could be obtained elsewhere. Councils have not abused their power thus far, aad If animated by tbe spirit which enacted the ordi nance of . 1863, should Insist Upon, the remon strants indioatiag say one or at most two years to be given then' before the rails be 'removed. Certainly, If they are not prepared to make any fair and conoillatory suggestions not injurious to tbe purpose of the bill, they, so few In num bei, should not bq longer permitted to stand in the way of the wither of the whole cemmnnity, of tbe best interests of tbe city, and ot tbe anx ious desire of hundreds ot their; neighbors to enjey and profit by the removal of a nuisande which has depreciated tbeir property and been a source of great personal discomfort. Horfevef1, this Is not a "proposed ordinance," but a pro posed act of tho . Legislature, for which the ap proval of Councils is asked. It U submitted that If tbe law be passed it will be able to accomplish what it propose?. .' j - To the fifth "Tho expense of the' proposed removal, if made, will be enormous, and that it is not right to place ia the hands of any tei men that can be found interested in suburban property on Broad street, the power of com pelling the city to incur such expense for tber private advantage,", we answer: The expense to the city may at best be the cost of macadamizing . or improving the intersection of streets, Only a portion of which need be done, say twenty-five or thirty feet of the centre, no such provision pf ten men having the power to compel .the city tp incur expense exists in tbe proposed act. J : To the sixth "That theit property will be de creased In value by the removal of the railroads and tracks, and tbe consequent removal df business Jfrom the street," we- answer: That this is only tbe opinion of the remoiBtraim, sincere, It may be; but have fifteen owners with tbe aid of seventy-one tenants, tbe right;, irom mere apprehension of jnch results, tb peisist in keeping a publio highway forever obstructed, and so large a portion of its extent useless for all but . their own purposes, against tbe already expressed opinion pf Councils in the ordinance of 1863, and those wIkk have for years and do now earnestly advocate a restora tion of tbe street to its original and legitimate uses? , j BEFLT TO THE FaOTBCT OF C1TIZES8 OT PHILADEL PHIA MOT OWHKBS OF PROPERTY j ON BBOAD STEET. OBDOIitd BUSINESS THEBEON. ' j To the first reason ot protest, as viz: "1st. That they believe the maintenance of the rail road upon Broad street to be alike necessary and desirable; that by it coal Is distributed to families in the southern part of the city, at an average of seventy-five oente - per ton cheaper . than it could be done by any other means," we ' answer: That against the threo hundred and seventy cllfaens who lelUne that the rail road tracks on Broad street ought to be main tained, we offer the following: . ' . The undersigned not owners' of property, nor engaged in business on Broad, street, bu, having a knowledge ot and interest in the gene ral business, weltare, and improvement of the city, and conversant with the wishes of the citizens, respectfully rerreamt to your honor- ,able bodies that the improvement of Broad street and the removal or tue raiiroaa tra"kt, switches, and. turnouts therefrom would be bailed as a public blessing, beneficial to the owner of propeityupou and contiguous to lt4 giving to the -people one street tor their own use, .cnioy ment, and. recreation,- free from tfcp monopoly aud . legalized nuisance of corpora tions. " . . . . . , .. .' , ' . .- Signed by several thousands of our most pro minent and well-known business firms, mam -lacturers, mercbantj, and citizen". - Also, the following' resolutions, passed at i meeting of, the members of the Franklin Hon : Compunv, whose engine-house is located op Broad street, near Fltzwater. These resolution apeak for themselves: . . 1 : " UTierw, An earnewt and determined effort ii now being made to have the railroad tracks re moved from Broad, street, and that maenidcont avenue restored to a condition to fit it lor pun pobes of general public use and enjoyment by our citizens, as well as a grand parade ground for civic, military, and firemen's procession; therefore j . "Kesolved, That as cii-ens anious for tnp success of all enterprises that w ill enhance tub beauty of Philadelphia, making it desirable alike as a place oi residence and attractive as a place of sojourn, we recoenize in the present effort for the improvement of Broad street such an enterpr'e as commitnde our encouragement and support. . "Mesched, That art firemen; both on duty and on parade, we hive experienced tbe annoj-ane, danger, aud destructive character of tne rails, switches, and turnouts on Broad street, to such a decree, that it has for aNre-e portion ot it)i length to be avoided; an believing that tlio necessity no longer exists for the maintenance of these nuisances and obstructions to tlie tro use and enjoyment of the blghwai by the puUie, we pledee our hearty . aid and co-operation tjo accomydish their removal. I "Besolted, That we respectfully uree urjon Va SrWt ani Pmnnion Cnnuoila nf the City ot 1'hi- lirir lnMu Ihrf nnnrnvfJ Of , the proposed, measure now before them to effect this end, uud also upon oar Benators and Representatives in the Leeinluture tho enactment ot the, same into a law. MARCH 7, 18GG. "ficsolerd. That we apsl to tbe tarlou orga nization)! composing the k'li Dupartoent of tne City of Philadelphia, to units' hi adopting such action in behalf of the improvement of Broad street as will cecnre to the pnh-lio the unob structed use of that street, and to the Fire De partment a grand parade giound for Its future displays." Ihe following fire companies thus far have responded to this appeal: ShlHer Hose, South wark nose and Engine. Vigilant Engine, Lafay ette Hrse, Resolution Hose, United States En gine, America Hose.IIand-in-Hand Engine, Ken sington Hoe, South Penn Hose, Independence Hose, Hope, Moyamcnsing, and Good Will Hose; and presented tbeir petition, signed by hun dreds of their gallant and self-sacrificing mem bers. These petitions read as follows: "As an earnest and determined effort is now being made to have the railroad track romovod from Broad strei-t, and that magnificent avenue restored to a condition to fit it for purposes of? geueral public use and enjoyment by our ottl zens, as well as a grand parade ground for clvio, military, nmd firemen's proceision-j, we, tan members of , having, as firemen, both on duty and on parade, experienced the annoyance, danger, aad destructive character of the rails, switches, and turnouts on Broad street, to such degree that it has for a large portion of iti length to be avoided; and believing that the necessity no longer exists for the toaintenaaee or these nuisance- and obstructions to the froe use and enjoyment of the highway by the public, we pledge our hearty aid and co-operation to accomplish their removal, and respectfully ure npon the Select ani Common Councils of tne City of Philadelphia tbe approval of tbe pro posed measure now before tnera to effect this end, and a'no upon our Senators and Represen tatives la the Legislature tbe einctineut of tho same Into a law." All theo surely may be considered as an lndl eatien of the popular wish upon the question of removal ot the rails oa Broad streot. ! ' . To the assertion contained in tbe fin I reason of these three huadred and seventy ci'.tzens, "that by it (the Broad Street Railroad) coal Is distribated to families lu tho southern part of the city at an average ef seventy-five cents per ton cheaper tban it could be done by aay other ' means," is so startling that we may well pause to look at somo of the names of these- citizens, who make it. The word of many of them, in this community, is as good as their bond; and as the statement was made in legible print over tbeir own names as a reason why the almost universal wish in lavor of this our enterprise, . should be denied, it, should, in lustlce to them selves and to us, be susceptible of come proof. They bave failed to give a fact or figure to sus tain it, and we now deny it, and give you the reason and figures, which we challenge them to controvert. The cost of delivering a four-wheel car ot coal, containing five toils of coal, on Prime street, bolow Broad, via Junction Rail road and via Broad street, is at follows: Rate via Junction Railroad to Prime street, below Broad street : Per eight-wheel car, eleven Uds C8 . Teaming to yard. 60 fciBht-wbeolcar..'... Uo8 . ' Four-wheel car.'. '. .173 179 . Kate via Broad stree.: Teaming- to Prime streot below Broad per fuar-wboel oar i 80- Tolls on Broad street. 32 Diflerences between rates on Bcad-a road to Belmont, and to Broad and Cai owhil', ten cent per; ton, or titty cents per lour-wheul car 50 - ' ' ' ' 152 Difference in favor of Broad street, per ( lr leur-wheel ear, of fire eons per oar . ' ' , ' 179119 Or 3 2-5 cents per ton more by the railroad con nection oa west aide of Schuylkill to Prime,. below Bread, than by way of Pennsylvania ave. nue and Broad street, to the same point. Thus 'we bave the coal delivered on Piime street, below Broad, by another route than Broad street, at an increase in cost of 3 2-5 cents per ton. This higher cost is due to two, causes 1st. The very low and inadequate rate ot toHon the City Road; and 2d, To tbe unfinished condition of the Junc tion Railroad. Coal Is delivered from tbe yards to the consumer's residence- at any reasonable distance,, say ten, fifteen,, or twenty squares,, free of cost. This fact is too familiar to you all to need proof, that ao consumer pays for do-' livery of his coal, and as Prime street cstends from river to river, what portion of the southern limits of the city within ten, tlftoen, or twenty squares, north or south of Prime street, wonld the dealer thereon refuse to deliver coal' to his customers free or cost?' TIow then Is .this coal fo cost families in the -southern-portion of tbe city seyfcnty-ftve cents per ton more If tbe Broad Street Railroad, is .jam osed.l ' - ? The" statement, then, of those three hundred and seventy citizens is so extraord inary and so wide ot what 'official figures show, that we can not undertake' to- extricate them from the posi tion In wblch they have thus placed themselves. They bave used' it to defeat a commendable, enterprise, and to prevent their neighbors,, friends, and fellow-citizens who own over twenty-' seven thousand feet Iront on' Broad, street. (nearly five miles of its length and improved portical, which for yeare they bave struggled to relieve rrou- me oppressing mnuence ot tno railroad nuisance and obstruction on Broad, street. .Which of us are most worthy of yeiir- consideration and belief ? ' ' j , To Jhe 2d leason, viz.: "By It our- city has a. cheap aud expeditious mode of distributing grain, lumber,, iron, and other articles,' necessary to' eomfert and subsistence ' we aaswer That by the railroad connections on the west side of tbe Schuylkill the grain,, flour, produce, and irea of the 8oulh and' West couse over Gray's Ferry bridge, Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, along Prime street into, warehouses on tuat street, and tbe grain Into tbe elevator at the foot of Prime street, o tbe Delaware, and frc-m here is de-, livercd to oity consumer, as tho -coal la or. into vessels in the Delaware river, and with, tho pro-; posed extension of theSouthwaifc Railroad from Prime fetreet, . alongr Swansen street to Dock. street, directly Into- warehouse on tbe Delaware . front. By the some connection traffic frou tbo South and West comes over Market street bridge! Into warebous-es on Market 6toet, and delivered in like manner to tbe city consumers. Thus the -railroad connections on the-west side of the Rcbuylkill effect with their ' connections with. Prime street. Maiket atreet, and Willow street, as a' y heap und expeditious mode of distribu tion, all and more than the Broad street con nections. An ' examination of auy recent map of the city t showing those connections, wjll more clearly indicate tho soundness of these' statements., We apprehend that tbe 'peculiar' phraseology of :their second reason of protest was desigucd to erf uto the impression that the ' Broad street road WM, 'the on'yvheap and , expeditious, mods of; distribution Wo ,haye shown i'ou,' however that another anA betlerr as cheap and more efM'ditious mode of dlfctrlbu' ion exbts ou the west side of Schuylkill with lu connections; and what touud rrrasaa exlists that it shall not be made to serve that purpose, and thus relieve Broad .street, and by restoring it to its legitimate uses, lnorease the city , revenue, enhance the value of the) oity property upon tbe street, and restors to the 27,000 feet froata?e upon It the advantage it has so lorg teon deprived off We assert, without fear of contraction, that depots tor produce, flour, and fuel oan bo established at convenient points between tbe Schuylkill and Delaware, o rennsylrania avenue, Willow street, and Prhe street, which, will bring the distributing points for those articles more con venient to the publio tban has ever yet existed. The effect of such looattoas on those streets, aad thfcir removal from Broad street, will be to enhance the value of properly on each, and afford to remote portions of the city the- advan tages ol a more general and cheap distribution of these necessaries to comfort and subsistence. To the third and fontvh causes of protest, as v.: "Sd. Ibatif if: were removed, the amount of carting through and across the city would be very largely increased, crowdtay the etreots and taxing tbe consumers unnecessarily, j "4tb. That they belisve that it will involve tbe city in a very heavy expenditure of money." We answer : That they are as abrurd and un businesslike as the others are selfish, and! un generous. Asking your committee to -remember that no improvements locking to the general wel are and e omfort were ever sncgest 'd that did net meet with Just sucfr tact ous and narrow opposition from some respectable and tatUigent portiors of the coromiwty, we may cttn the difficulties atedlng the int'roductioa of pas, vter, steam flre-entrines, city p.-iasenrfr rail v.'ys, Fairmount .Park, and Of consolidation of the city. to w V. 5 w rn C3 ' M H . ta ft o M B- m S3 1 -a- J 8 Willcox & Gibbs Sewing MacViine Co Xo. 720 CHEMUr SIB EET.l - PuiLAJBLPHIi- 1 I s a s , la' l;- of 5! , . 5 2. 1 X '- JHE PHILADELPHIA AND MOSTAifAA Gold and Silver Mining Company. Chartered by tb State- of Pennsvtranisw- - CAPITAL- STOCS. $500,000. '' j 100,000 SHARES AT 55 PER SHARE. 60,000 SHARL'9, i ' ' i ".'' ,' ' , 015 $250,000 WCdtKINa CAPITAL. pTCBldent-Hon. WINTHBOP-W. KETCH A If, Wilkes bane, Fa, 1 i Vlc-Presldent-LEVM9 B. RfcOOMVLL. Ian., Be eordtr ot Deeds, UM Chlef C ulnar of tne United States Mint, Phl)rte,pt)ln. Treuarei HH KT H. WAIN WEIGHT, Esq of . M aitars. WalnwrlsM Co., Bankers, So. 26 a. laird si reet, Philadelphia . Beartar-J. B X1UFFLT, No. 60 K. Third street, Philadelphia. i Sollc.tor-Coionol WILLIAM A. LEECH, Ko. 128 8. Blxtli street, PUlla 'eiphla. PIBECTOKS. i Bon. Wlnthrop W. Ketcbam, Wllkesbarre, Ps. i Henry E. Wallace, Jq., So. 128 k).. Sixth, street, Pklla- delphlsv Thomas O. Weto, Esq., Deputy P roth ono tar Court C. P.. Philadelphia. Caionel William Leech, No. 128 8. Sixth street, Pfella,- dalpbla. Lewis B. Bromall, Esq., Philadelphia, V. H llyers Kq . Barrlsbiu-K, Pa. ' Xdwaid A. Hetutz, Esq.. K, 60S N. Thlra streot. PUIa, OUtcs, Vo W 8. THIRD btreet, Philadelphia, Pa. 1 his Company owns in lee simple eleven thousand . feet of mining property, tbe title to whinh Is perieot,, it having been procured arid worked by gentlemen ot character and practical experience who aave made a thorough pereounl examination, aad bave ex-rcl-ei great care, with a view to obtaining poascsHtn of mines, the title, value, and permanence el which bas becniully established. A suitable description of the property ot this Com pany, and the great advmtaKe oCered by It over auy other company riienlzod tn this country, cannot be given In a Umlrsd advertlNemeat full Information may be obtained at the otflce of the Company, where maps or Mill Creek mining dburiot and the letUies of tho Company, p.i-ospeotus with lull panlca.ars, and specimens or soul beariiag qnart and silver ore taken Irom the ledves owned by tlie Couiuunr, maybe aeon; t) which the uttumlon of the publio Is re8pact,uily , Hubscrlption books for-ths stoek of the Company are new opeu, at the pnnelaal elUue, Ko. 16 Souta llilrd street. Orders for stock, by ssall or express, wilt be' promptly attested to; ad thee wishlnf any additional lulor matlun can obtain the sums, by applying, either ta .per-. son or through the wls. to T, , H. H. WAIN'WEIOHT, ' ' Treasarer ef tae Company, " At the Co-ojpsny'i Office ho. as 8. 111IK1) Hire, t, Philadelphia. BBAVCH OrFIC'E" No. fSSB.North Third slroet. anit Ko. IM Sou ill Hlxth etreet. Phlladelpbla. Silt QKOVElt & BAKER'S IMPROVED S11DTTLS OR "LOCK" KTirCU ' SEWINa MACHINES. Ko. 1 and No. 9 for Tailors, SUoe makers, Saddlern, etc- No. 730 Cbesnut street PhlluJelpbla; No. 17 Market street, I7arrlsbiirg JTOIl COUGHS AND COLDS. -' USE PR. C. G. GARRISONS EXl'EOtOR A N: T . FOR. . DYSPIjTSIA AND DEBILITY USB DR. C. 0. GARRISON'S ' ' TilTTERS , , , USE DR. C. G. GARRISON'S ANTI-DYSPEPTIO PILLS Tor Chilis tod Fevers, Eillous, IiUIous Uoinltteat, Dysoepsla. 'Jaundice,. Depression ol Spirits, Qoughs, Colds, aud all diseases that require a purgative. , j 1. . tr sale, wholesale aad retail, amy store, t NO. Sll H. EIGHTH 8TRKET, "I lleiow Walirot, Philadelphia. . ' JOHNSOS, UOLLOWAY COWDtN, i ! . : W1olc-le Arants. ...... . ; No. 23 N. SIJiu btreet, l Ullada- C. O. GARUISONM. D.', ' .. ', Treats patlenti lor all d'.seasrs at his Oftiee- Ho. Sll rlosUh KIUUrH Bt'eet. All consultatlcna free . . -j tliia QROVER & BAKER'S FIRST PREMIUM ELASTIC STITCH AND LOCK STITCH SEWING MACHINES, wttb latest Im provements, No. 7.50 Chesnut street .Philadelphia; No. 17 Market street, Ilarrisburg.' 8 1 3m4T TT A LI A MACCARONI, VERMICELLI,! . , I . ! I 1 i PAIiHASAH CHEESE, . U : i.t 'I 'l'.- 1-J '' ' I''' FttESU IMPOKTED. ,J i a Forialeby ,. . JAMES n. wicnii, WALK TJX AKD EIGHTH BTltfXra. lit In
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