THE DA1L5T EVENING TELEGIIAFII PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY AUGUST 25, 18G9.
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WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 25, 18(19.
THE DIRECTORS OF CITY TRUSTS.
'The procoodings of the Bonrd of Appoint
moat, consisting of the Judges of tho City
Courts and the Supreme Court, which we
published yesterday, will, for several reasons,
make it more desirable nnd important than
ever that City Councils shall fully tost the
validity of the act passod at the last session
Of the Legislature, which provided for tho
transfer of the control of all city trusts to tho
proposed new Board of Directors. It
seems that notwithstanding the valuable
patronage conferred upon the judges, several
of them doubted the constitutionality
and justice of the whole proceeding, and that
one, at least, finally withdrew, determining
to take no further part in the action of tho
hoard, while another refused to nomi
nate a director. Any one familiar with
ity politics will also see that, with a
few honorable exceptions, partisan and per
sonal considerations have controlled nearly
every appointment. Judges, like Presidents
and Councilmen, are "only human" after
all, and it is not very surprising that they
have looked after the interests of their next
Jbost friends, or their fuglemen, or the men
most likely to be able to grant favors, or tho
most astute wire-pullers of their party.
Government by commission has been grow
ing in favor in Philadelphia, and it has
hitherto been successful: but there is a vast
diffreneo between the application of this
system to tho affairs of the prison and tho
almshouse and its extension to the City
Trusts. The right of tie Legislature to de
cide how Boards of Prison Inspectors and of
Guardians of the Poor shall be chosen is un
questionable, and if tho people feel aggrieved
ly their action, means of redress can be found
by withholding appropriations or other legis
lation. But the transfer of the control of
City Trusts to a board totally irresponsible to
the people is at once a very doubtful and
dangerous exercise of legislative power.
The main matter at issue is Girard College
and the Girard estates, but there are also a
number of other legacies and bequests, and
the aggregate value of all the property in
volved amounts to many millions of dollars.
Under the present system the control of this
property is vested in the city of Philadelphia,
and nothing can be clearer than that it was
the intention of the testators that it should I
forever remain vested iu this corporation,
fcitepheu Girard repeatedly reiterates in his
will his desire that the Mayor, Aldermen, and
citizens of Philadelphia shall carry out his
intentions;, he gave his property in trust to
them, a .d to nobody else; and he expressed
the hope that the people would be incited to
increased care and vigilance in electing Coun
cilmen by the fact that they were to exercise
supervision of his vast estates.
It is for lawyers and judges, rather than
newspaper editors unlearned in the law, to
decide whether the new act does not contem
plate a fatal and radical departure from the
terms nnd conditions of the bequests; but it
is beyond all doubt that the spirit as ivell as
the letter of Girard's will is directly violated.
If the new system goes into operation, the
people of Philadelphia will practically have
even less control over the trusts committed to
their care than over the property of private
citizens. They will be directly represented
only by the Mayor and Presidents of Councils
three men in a board of fifteen the re
maining twelve being appointed by the
Judges, to serve during good behavior, which
practically means for life, and tive of those
twelve being appointed by Judges of tho
Supreme Court, who are choson by tho
State at large, and only amenable to a very
limited extent to the people of Philadelphia.
Power, wo are told, is always slipping from
the hands of the many into the hands of tho
few, but rarely or never has such a sudden
and important transition been attempted.
While it is possible that practical good may
result from the proposed transfer, it is not
difficult to see that it may eventually lead to
terrible abuses. If Councils act unwisely
now, their errors can speedily be corrected,
but if a close corporation obtains control of
the estates, which are rapidly increasing in
value, it will be next to impossible to apply
a remedy. While our Judiciary remains pure,
pure directors may be appointed, but it we
svAr follow the example of New York and
elect bad judges (and this is by no means im
possible), the day will not be far distant
-i,an Uifl beouests will become the prey of
plundering politicians.
Nor is this the only danger. A more imme
fliate neril is threatened. It is well known
that Girard's relatives wage a perpetual war
arainht the will; that every pretext that can
I.a devised for setting it aside is eagerly
fieized: that many lawyers and speculators
have from time to time assisted in the prose
mtion of these vexatious suits; and that they
will make the most of any new ground for
flm revival of these proceedings. It is a
that Biinultaueous with
Cunuun vv"v --
Mmir last defeat in the United States courts,
which appeared to be final and conclusive, a
i timiiM be passed which gives
them a new cause for action. If
n ,,. tii nenole ouietlv submit
RUU i 1 w
tn the transfer of the estates to a close corpo
ration, appointed iu part by Judges of the
Knnreme Court, thev may claim that the peo
pie of Philadelphia, having transferred the
control of the bequest to other hands, in the
teeth of the express injunctions ot tne tes
tutor have thereby lost all rights to the bene
fiU accruing from the estate, and that it
f fcOttll tfcoreitfrt) melt tfi nnturiU liird.
The estate was given to us in trust, to hold
and control, but not to be transferred to any
irresponsible board or to bo placed under tho
charge of any close corporation. If an effort
to reform the management of tho Girard
estates should result in the total loss of all
the property involved, and tho heritage of
the orphans should bo seized by tho parties
who have long boen striving to clutch it,
Philadelphia would bo forever disgracod, and
the Directors of Trusts bill would be a
permanent monument of tho folly and ini
quity of Pennsylvania legislation.
We hopo, therefore, that the law will bo
probed to the bottom, not only in our own
Courts but in the United States Courts, if
possible, before Councils surrender tho con
trol of the proporty. As William M. Meredith
has protected the Girard estate heretofore,
we hopo that, with the aid of his associate
counsel, he may make assurance doubly sure
by protecting it again from the dangers in
volved in the proposed new systom.
THE GETTYSBURG REUNION.
Tiie reunion of the officers of both contend
ing armies for the ostensible purpose of loca
ting exactly the position of tho various corps,
divisions, and regiments upon tho field of
Gettysburg does not promise to be a vory
great success. The first meeting was held
yesterday, and tho occasion was chiefly re
markable for tho absence of most of tho offi
cers who signally distinguished thomselves
during the battle. Since the invitations to
attend tho reunion were issued, letters de
clining have been received from prominent
officers on both sides, who pleaded various
excuses, and General Lee and other of the
ltehel leaders supplemented their re
fusals by expressing their disapproba
tion of the whole proceeding as cal
culated to keep alive memories that
ought to be allowed to pass away. It is a sig
nificant fact that yesterday only two Kobel offi
cers were in attendance, and while other mo
tives than delicacy and good taste probably
prevented most of their comrades from put
ting in an appearance, the fact that they pre
ferred not to come is rather to their credit
than otherwise. The plea put in by General
Lee, however, is one that will scarcely be
admitted by Union soldiers or the loyal people
of the country. The battle-field of Gettys
burg represents to the Rebels the death blow
of their hopes, and they would gladly forget
it if forgetfuluess were possible. Wo are
perfectly willing to cultivate cordial relations
with the people of the South, and to allow tho
bitterness and heart burnings occasioned by
the war to die away, and it depends upon the
Southern people themselves to say how
soon bygones shall be bygones, at least so
far as our social and political relations are
concerned, bnt if General Lee or any other
ex-lbel expects that tho scenes of the war
will bo forgotten; that tho battle-fields where
the great contest was fought out will leave
any other than hallowed memories for tho
loyal people of the nation, they are mistaken.
We can forcivo those who attempted to
destroy the nation, if they show a disposition
to become good and patriot io citizens for tho
future. but it is impossible to forget
ither the Rebellion, or tho men
who originated and carried it on.
As for this reunion, it had a smack of
humbug about it from tho beginning, and
just as the great sea serpent regularly put in
nn appearance every summer m the neigh
borhood of the sea-side watering-places for
the benefit of the hotel proprietors, so we may
expect that there will bo an attempt to mako
capital out of the Gettysburg battle-ground,
bv ireltins up some sort of an excitement to
attract visitors who fail to be enticed by the
fabulous virtues of a certain mineral sprin
that, by a singular coincidence, was disco-
ered upon the field of battle, and which was
immediately appropriated by a joint stock
company for the benefit of humanity in gene
ral, and themselves in particular.
Tho most prominent portions of tho battle
field are already known with sufficient accu
racy, and unless all tho officers and all the
men of both armies could be gathered to
gether, it is not likely that any additional in
formation of importance could bo elicited by
the meeting of a few officers like that now iu
progress. Of course, no particular harm is
done by such reunions, and in all probability
next summer some other device will be
adopted to bring Gettysburg into notice
by means of tho soldiers. Such reunions
have their use, too, in advertising candidates
for oflice, and it is important with more than
one of tho participants just now to be
kept prominently before tho public.
What is to be deprecated is the at
tempt to give a national importance
to an occasion that is of very little national
interest or value, and that seems principally
designed to benefit the pockets of a few indi
viduals. Tue Elder Weller cautioned his hopeful
son to "bevareof the vidders." The warning
has received a timely illustration out in In
diana. A worthy German took unto himself
a wife of the daughters of his people, but she
had tasted the joys of wedlock beforo, and
her second spouse no sooner found himself a
married man than his peace of mind was dis
turbed by vaguo fears that husband No. 1
would shortly turn up in tho rule of "Enoch
Arden," to tho utter demoralization of the
household. Ihere was no foundation for his
fears, but he entertained them for all that,
and so heavily did they press upon his mind
that he did not even bethink himself of a di
vorce, albeit a resident of the paradise of
marital insecurity. So tho poor man drank
whisky until he could not drink whisky any
longer, and then varied the entertainment
with a mixture of lager-beer, arsenio, and
morphine, of which he also persuaded his wife
to nartake. and tlio twain win uo mined in
one grave. If this melancholy story is pro
perly circulated and ventilated, there is not a
widow in tho land whoso cnancos ior ensnar
ing a second man to ruin will nut be damaged
fully tui pet vent.
TnK True 11f.mf.dy. A despatch from
Washington states that a circular is about to
bo issued in tho revonuo marine service
which specially prohibits, under pain of dis
missal, tho mixing of public and private busi
ness by tho employes of that department.
The object aimed at is the prevention of
special favors to persons who possess, or
are supposed to possess, influence among
high officials sufficient to secure the promo
tion of the clerks who take particular trouble
to facilitate their business with tho depart
ment. Every branch of tho Government is
subject to tho injustice of this system, and
the true and only certain remedy for it and a
hundred other defects in our civil administra
tion is tho creation of a civil service, on the
basis of that in voguo in nearly every Euro
pean country.
Ismael Pasha has given tho Sultan amplo
assurance of his loyalty, and so the war cloud
in tho East blows over for tho present. But
for all that, tho relations between the Sultan
and tho Viceroy of Egypt are on anything
but a stable basis, and the tiino is not far dis
tant when a fatal and final rupture will occur.
If the Western powers were to hold them
selves aloof, tho Viceroy would soon pave the
way for tho utter disruption of tho Ottoman
diminion by throwing off the mask and tho
Turkish yoke without dolay. All outside
pressure removed, Egypt would be moro than
a match for tho rest of tho Sultan's dominions,
rent with factious and bristling with discon
tent as they are.
A Tress Ball is to coiuo off at the White
Sulphur Springs, iu West Virginia, on Tues
day of next week. Tho affair will bo made
tho great event of tho season, and to insure
its success such well-known journalists as M.
Blacquo Boy, tho Turkish Minister, Generals
Beauregard and Wise, and the eminently
patriotic Jesse D. Bright, have been placed
upon tho list of managers. A rose by any
other name would smell as sweet, and this
Kebel conclave is just as unsavory, in spite
of the presence of M. Blacque Bey and the
disguise of a slight misnomer.
The amnesty to political exiles by which
the French Emperor sought to celebr.ite the
centennial anniversary of his uncle's birth,
has resulted in bringing some of them back
to Paris. Such dangerous cases as ltochofort
were not embraced in tho decree, and Victor
Hugo will continue to scorn tho proffered
pardon, as he has done in the past. Like
nearly all Louis Napoleon's ostentatious con
cessions, tho last will prove to bo a mere
shadow, w ithout vital substance.
METEORIC.
The OlenllfU PlH-iioiiienoii of Iit Evening.
About seven minutes after 7 o'clock last even
iuir a very unusual celestial display was observed
here by people who happened at the time to be
gazing skyward. A large meteor shot from the
northwest towards the north, taking a course
slightly downward and then upward, in a sort of
Ecrpcut form. Starting like a ball of brilliant
lifrbt, it gradually increased as it sped along,
leaving a bright, lustrous tail after it, very
much like that of a comet, and finally bursting
like a rocket, scattering jets of light from every
portion of its circumference like what the pyro
technists call a piuwlieel. What was somewhat
remarkable about this phenomenon was the fact
that long after what appeared to be the body
of the meteor itself had disappeared the lustrous
tail remained, now increasing and now diminish
ing in brilliance, for at least ten minutes, when
it commenced to gradually fade away. The
time occupied between the commencement of
the display and the bursting, as it seemed, of
the meteor must have been at least twelve or
iifteen seconds, and the whole time up to the dis
appearance of the tail covered some tcu minutes.
The phenomenon gave rise to quite a lively ex
citement in the city. Inc people who wit
nessed it gave various opinions as to its
cause, some holding that it was really
the expected comet which astronomers
had declared would bo invisible to
the naked eye, and others contending that it was
merely one of those occasional luminous nebu
lous displays which are known to occur at this
season of the year, and which have little import
ance in the estimation of scientific folks. With
a view to obtaining some reliable information
on the subject your correspondent visited the
Naval Observatory, but found that no one there
had noticed the occurrence, for the very good
eason that no astronomer was on the lookout
in the dome of the observatory at the time of the
display. Ncurlv all the astronomers are out of
town, not having yet returned from their expe
ditions to observe the solar eclipse. warn. Cor
A 1. lli raid.
Omaha grows thirty houses daily.
Milwaukee is worth 40,0(X,000.
Iowa will not have half a crop of corn."
The Toronto haekinen arc still on strike.
Dtilutu has just bad its first term of court.
SPECIAL. NOTICES.
jggf C A K D.
At a meeting held nn tlio ret urn of an Excursion Party
over the Philadelphia mid liultimnre Central and the
Philadelphia, W ilmiugton, and Baltimore Railroads to
Concordville, Dclawaro county. Pennsylvania, on the
evening of the lMth instant, the following resolutions were
unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That in the unallayod enjoyment we have this
day experienced, we cordially recognize our indebtedness
to Joseph Huildull, F.tii., Treasuror of the Phila
delphiaand Baltimore Central Railroad Company, whose
admirable arrangement! and indefatigable attention to
the comfort and convenience of each and all made this
18th day of August, 18ti9, one ever to be roinombered.
Resolved, That to the President of the Philadelphia and
Baltimore Central Railroad Company, Henry Wood. Esq
to the General Superintendent of the Philadelphia, Wil.
mington, and Baltimore Railroad Compmv, II. F. Kennoy,
Ksq. ; and to A. P. Danric Id, Conductor, we tender our
heartiest thanks for the many attentions received through
out tho trip, and particularly do we recognize our obliga
tions to J. J. Meeker, F.s.1., the proprietor of "Happy
Valley." to whoso generous proffer we were indebted
ttaeuse of his romantic grounds, and to Isaac N. Mills, Esq.,
the companies' efficient agent at l'erryvillo, wnoso kind
nets whilst on hoard of the company's steamer Arctic,
enabled us to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the busque
hanna and of (!hosaianke Hnv.
The beautiful and picturesque scenery lining the entire
route of the Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Itailroad,
and the rapidly increasing facilities of this growing
organization, render it a pleasurable duty on our part to
invite tho attention of our follow ciiizena vo iub many
eligible and delightful locations for summer sojourning
and also to tlin lemi.tinu inducements to capitalists.
Resolved, That those resolutions be published in the
"North American" and the "Evening '1 elogrupu.
KILIiURN KNOX.
WILLIAM F. (JKlrTTTS, Jn.
F. 1. HOWKLL,
SILAS W. PKTTIT.
H I Lit UK N 11AKL1NCTON.M. I.
J. K. T. VANPKLT. M. D.,
HORACE M. (iUlLLUU,
D. L. WlTMvn
Committee on
Husolutions.
J. RINALDO SANK. Presidontof Meeting
J. ALEXANDER BURROUUHS, Secretary. It
JST" OFFICE
Tr.rv.iVEtt OF TAXES
'..' .,. l.fll . Aug. 24. 1M.
TO TAXPAYERS. Notice U iieVahy Kvii tlft "r
the 1st day ot September a penalty of One Per Cent, will
be added to all City Taxus tlmn unpaid. .. .
On and fr tui !. instant this oftire will be open
SPECIAL NOTIOE3.
THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE
REPUBLICAN INVINOIBLKS
will be held at
(J ASK ILL'S HALL,
Comer FIFTH end BK.NHON Streets Camden, N. J.,
on FRIDAY EVENING, S7tn Inst., at 8 P. M., sharp.
All who believe In fair play in politic are Invited to
attend.
Addresses will be msdo by OKOROF, BRYAN. Esq.,
and .lAt'OH MULKORD, Esq.
Hy ordor of the Presidont.
BSfiHt SAMUEL ARCHER.
EXCURSIONS.
AND VISITATION
OF TUB
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR,
(IN FULL UNIFORM),
TO ATLANTIC CITY,
ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 28,
Leaving VINE STREET FERRY at 8W P. M., re.
malnlng nntll MONDAY AFTERNOON.
rnml Review on Monday.
ON SATURDAY EVENING
Ci RAND 1IO I
WILL BE GIVEN AT TIIE
SEA-VIEW HOUSE,
Trcccded by a display of FIREWORKS, under the
supervision of Professor JACKSON.
MASTER OF CEREMONIES.
SIR WILLIAM VVAILACE GOODWIN.
FLOOR MANAGERS.
Sir J. L. Hutchinson, I Sir John Thornloy,
Sir Charles L. Hale, I Sir Harmanus Neil'.
ASSISTANT MANAGERS.
Sir Chas. H. KinRHton,
Sir Chas. K, Meyer,
Sir John L. Young,
Sir Edward Masgou,
Sir E. S. Keeler,
Sir Nathan Smith,
sir Thomas Hrowu,
Sir A. C. Ireland,
Sir II. . Clark,
Sir John Haaold,
'Robert Fraxer,
l.lohn W. Wallace,
illoraee Whltemau,
!R. M. Mitehesoii,
'John Lucas,
(Thomas Farley,
sir v. c. riwing,
Sir V. I- tut on,
sir John Woolverton,
Sir Thomas J. Corson,
Sir James II. llec.httd,
Sir James II. steveus,
Sir Seth Thomas,
r.cnjamm ft. isrown,
Jas. it. Dayton,
John F. Starr,
Sir J. Layton Kclstcr.
sir J. L. lie i our,
Sir W. H. F. Wood,
Sir Ceorizt! siiattuek.
Complimentary Tlekcts,
admitting a Gentleman
and Ladles, may be obtained by Sir Knights and
brethren of Eminent Commander Goodwin, No. 1117
Cherry street, Philadelphia, or of the Committee.
Round Trip Tickets to Atlantic, good from Satur
day until Monday, J:i-iio. 8 2S 4t 4p
UNDY'S
TWELFTH ANNUAL MOONLIGHT
EXCURSION
TO ATLANTIC CITY
On Saturday Evening, August 28, 1869.
Last boat leaves Vine street wharf at 8 V. M. ; will
arrive In Philadelphia at o :iO on
MONDAY MORNING FOLLOWING.
Tickets, fl0. S25 4t
OUHTII
GRAND
EXCURSION
AKOUND
NEW YOltK BAY
AND
STATEN ISLAND,
with Frof. McCLVRG'S celebrated Cornet JJand and
Orchestra.
Leaving Philadelphia, Walnut street Wharf,
On TI1U11SDAY, August 20, at 1-M A. M.
FAKE FOK THE EXCLUSION:
Single Tickets f3-oo
Gentleman and Lady o-oo
Tickets can be procured at. the olllces, Xos. Sll
and CllESNl'T street, United States Hotel.
foot of Walnut street, and at the wharl on the morn
ing of excursion. s 24 at
1?XCURS10N TO CAMP HANCOCK
X J "PHILADELPHIA CITY (iUARD."
AT WHITEHALL. I.EH1UH COUNTY. PA.
KXCUHSION TICKETS from Philadelphia to White.
hall will be issued from offices of Nonli Pennsylvania
Kailroad Coiiipiiny, No. ll'o 8. ElbTH Ktreet, and corner
BKKKS and AS1KKIUAN Stroets. on August 21, Xi, iil,
iid, 2i, 27. tiuod to return until August 24 inclusive.
i are2'7i) lor round trip.
8 21 tit ELLIS CLARK, Apent.
TEADING KAILKOAD. PAUK ACCO.MMO
A DATION TRAIN Botween Philadelphia and Bel
mont, commencing Augusts, lHtjH. Starting from station
SEVENTEENTH Stroot and PENNSYLVANIA Avonuo
and stopping at Ooates street (Park entrance), Brown
street (Park entrance), Thompson street, Milllin Lane
(Entrance to Engel A Wolf's Farm), and east end of Co
lumbia Bridge (Entrance to Washington Rotroat).
(BA1I.V, SUNDAYS EXCKl'TKD.)
Trains start from Seven-1 Trains start from Belmont-
teenth and Pennsylvania
At
ti 3U A. M.
avenue:
At 710 A. M.
" it 10 A.M.
" 1100 A. Al.
" l :so P. M.
" an P ai.
H'tH) A. m.
linio A. Al.
12 20 Noon.
2 lu P. At.
4-00 P. Al.
6'tr. P. Al.
7 lu P. M.
" 4 W V. Al.
" Hl P. Al.
7 4U P. M.
Arrangements have
been made with the Green and
Coates Streets, Seventeenth and Nineteenth Streets, and
Union Pusseiier Hallways lo suu exenunge lickots in
connection with above trains, (rood either way, for 13
cents.
Sintdo fares, on Park Accommodation Train, lOconts.
Tickets in Packages 7 for 50 cents, 1-1 for $P00.
For sale at offices, Seventeenth street, Coates stroe'
and Belmont. j LOWRIE BKLL,
.vt Ueuerul Agtmt.
HEELER & WILSON S
SEWING MACHINES
Are the Best, and are Sold on the Easiest Torms.
PETERSON & CARPENTER,
GENERAL AGENTS,
Wo. 014 CIIESJHJT Street,
BBfmwt PHILADELPHIA.
G
It E A 1
N O V E LTIES
IN
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riCTUUE FRAMES, ETC. ETC.
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OUR MOTTO,
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Is Still Our motto!
YOU OUGHT TO SEE
TUB GOODS WE'VE GOT, OH!
THE AUGUST SUN
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FINE CLOTHES, CHEAP 1
A SrLENDID LOT I OH I
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WE ARE DETERMINED
THAT NOIIODY SQALL GO
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WE ARE DETERMINED
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REGARDLESS OF PRICE!
WE ARE DETERMINED
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WHO WANT
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WE ARE DETERMINED
NOT TO BE
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BY ANYBODY AT ALL,
SO, COME! COME! COME! TO THE
GREAT XXROWZtf HALL
OF
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NOS. 603 AND 605 CHESNUT STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
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warped and swollen they could be opened In no
other way, that our books and papers and money
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without a Binge, and nothing is discolored but the
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EDUCATIONAL..
T I I). GREGORY, A. M..WILL REOPEN HIS
11 CLAr-KKJAL AND FNtlLISH R0U9OL, fin II.
mi n . irri, ..m ........ is n , O. S SO IBS"
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R. O. F. BISHOP. TEACHER OF 8INO.
Ins; unci Pisno, No. Kt 8. NINKTKKNTII Ht. (B 31 In
10 A YEAR l()AI! AND TUITION AT
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rnnnnii thni 111 li PlilVn .- ititr ci.
rntiMh yi-sr), Hopt. lft. kt No. 1816 (JIlKSNUTiHtrmt f
I'srtiuulart from Circulars.
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AMERICAN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
CLABS ROOMS WALNUT ami W7 N. BROAD
lntnirtionwill tiegm MONDAY, HcntnmbBr fl
CIRCULARS AT THE MU8IU VroK fKm
A N DA L V 8 I A "(! O L LEGE
PRIMARY AND AOAOK.MKJ lKI'ARTTr'NT?
A HOME BOAKDINtt SimotJL FOB BO YS.
Address He?. Vr, WILLS, Aud1gi, pa, siIm 1
J)ELACOVE INSTITUTE, BEVERLY, NEW
JERSEY. A leading-school for Younn Ladies, proml i
nent for its select tone and superior appoint menu.
lor prospectus address the Principal t-
8 3tuths6w M. RAOHI LLK O. HUNT.
UTTERS' HCIF.YTIFTl' AVIl i't laam.rV.T
m -v..... ... iv iyu;iooi j1VLa I Fl
KTITI'TI' . T. .-....n. , J vyiVAJ Ai.
Thn
rhn Scholastic Year of li rnouthsWgins
'ptrmbor 1, net.
pi
Wednesday t
ror catalogues apply to
M. t. WTKRS, A. M.,
i ruicipai ana 1'roprietor
Q ERMANTOWN ACADEMY, ESTABLISHED
ITtiO. Knglish, Classical, and Scientific 8chool for
Boys. BoardiiiRand Day Pupils. Session begins MON
DAY, September 6. Kor circulars apply to
O. V. MAYS. A.M.. Principal.
8 3 tiithi i tf Oermantown, Philadelphia.
lEMALE COLLEGE, BORDENTOWN, n".
- J.-1 his institution- lonir and so favorably known,
continues to furn.sli the bout educational adiantnuL
in connection witb a pleasant Christian home. Ut- I
loRucs.with terms, etc., furnished on application. Vol- (
Icko opens September Irt. w
JM? JOUNMIBR A KKLKY. President.
TUGBY ACADEMY FOR BOYS, No. 1415 f
1 LOCUST Street, EDWARD CLARENCE SMITH.
A. M., Principal. .. I
Young men prepared for or Mih Hanrtina in Ool- I
lepo. Circulars at No. 122ti CHKtiNUT Street. ' f
Next jM'SHiou begins September tilth. 717 3m W
TT iy .. "i" . -
J u c o ADAM
ELOCUTIONIST,
No. 11 GIRARD Stroet, botweon Eleventh
TweUtband Chesnut and Market.
and
1ST
IISB ILLIAA V. SATITTT mvTwn tit.
V
11 moved from No 1.124 to No. 1S112 SPRUIJK Street!
will reonen her Ionnlino nH it,,. k.ki !r. ..T?,i
diesonV I.:iNK.SDAV7.Se ,t;.16. ' W oung a
Circulars may be obtained from Lee 4 Walker. James
W. yueen A Co., and alter August ufi. ' M
. AT THE SCHOOL 7J7 8m
8 Tmhoy2 N 5 PAL1.,. yiE, SOUTH
commence on September , IW. Location nnsaT
passed in i everything dosiral.le for a school. Tho instruc
tion will bo thorough and pract ical, embracing a careful
preparation for college Circ.il.irs sent on re-iuest.
.... J- W ITUINGTON A.M.. Principal,
8 I" ,ra SOUTH AM BOY, ti. J.
1IAMILTOX INSTITUTE; DAY AND
Bonrding School for young ladies. No. 3810 OlIKS
NUT Street, will re open MONDAY, September 6. For
circulars, containing terms, etcapply at the school, whiou
is accessible to all parts of the city by the horse cars.
JLi! P. A.CREOAR, A. M.. Principal
T ASELI, FEMALE SEMINARY (AT AU-
JUrf RURNDALK. Mass.. ten i milos from Boston, on
Boston and Albany Railroad). For seventeen years a lead
ing New Knglana Seminary. Not excelled in thorough
t nglista or artificial training, nor in highest accomplish
ments in Modern languages, Painting, and Music Loca
tion for health beauty, and refining influences, unsur
passed. Next yeur begins Sept. so. Address
?27bw CHARLES W. OUSHINO.
rjMIE EDGE HILL SCHOOL;
a Boarding and Day School for Boys, will begin its next
session in tbe new Academy Building at
BIEROHANTVILLE, NEW JERSEY.
MONDAY, Soptember 8, lHtiSt.
Foi circulars apply to Rev. T. W. OATTELL,
1 ECTOR Y SC
lli II A f miv nntv-itT
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Rov. C. W. F.V LRKST, Rector, aided by five resident
assistants. The school is closing its twentysixth year,
andretors to its old pupils, found in all the professions,
and every department of business. Thorough physical
education, including military drill, boating, and swim
nnug in thoir season. Age of admission, trom nine to
fourteen, lerms, $7uil per annum.
The fall session begins September 7.
Rolerence Rt. Rev. J. YVilliauis, D. D.
llumden, July 15, li!. 7 27 2m
M " "1SS-CL"E"V ELAND DESIRES TOAN-
noiince thiit sho will open on MONDAY, September
aith, a School tor tho education of a limited number of
The plan ofi instruction will bo similar to that so long
pursued by her father, the late Prof. V. 1). Cleveland, and
will embrace the usual English branches, togethor with
the Latin, trench, and Ceriuan languages.
The Department of English Literature, Rhetoric, and
Elocution will be under the charge of Prof. S. M. CLEVE
LAND. Application may be mado at No. 24I1S. EICHTII Street
ACADEMY OF THE PROTESTANT EPI3-
iV. COPAL CHURCH,
(HiCNDED A. D. 175.)
S. W.Cor. LOCI'S!' and JL'NIPKR Streets.
The Rev. JAMES W. ROBINS, A. M.. Head Master.
With ten Assistant Teachers.
l'rnm Spnlnmlm. 1 lw:n .1... . ...
t.-i rC-r v.. . v r.V. 1 1D I'.'w i i union win no 1
i i if i 'OLkAIvS peraunum, for all Classes: payable i
1 r. nch.'tii rmnn. Drawing, and Natural Philosophy are
taught without exira churgu.
By order uf tho Trustees,
C1.URUK W. HUNTER, Treasurer.
The Sossion will openOn MONDAY, September H Ap
plications lor admission may be made during tho pre
ceding week, botween IU uad 12 o'clock iu the morning
olu JAMES W. ROBINS,
8 lb mwf bw Head Master.
UWEST l'ENN .SQUARE" ACADEMY,"
S. W. coiner of MARKET Street and WEST
PENN SQUARE.
T. BRANTLY LANGTON having leased the upper part
of tha Third National Bank Building, will reopen u a
School on MONDAY, tombor U.
The facilities of this building for school purposes will
bo apparent upon inspection. Tho (iyninasiuiu will bs
u.i.ivi .......cU.uv .ivN ui xt. uanson. ana is I
being abunduntly supplied with apparatus for the practioe
of either light or heavy gymnastics. I
The course of instruction embraces all that is needed!
to ht boys for College, Polytechnic Schools, or Commeroial
Life. I
oiituiaio tuuiuiiimj, iu., iuiui iiiuiiou respecting i n mary t
Department, Collego Classes, the study of Vocal Music,
A.V. ."J w .............. j i...n;r..,i I-i 1 IT 1 riUUipSI US '
above. 'I he rooms will be open for inspection after!
August .21. 8 2Uf
rit HE HILL"
A SELECT FAMILY KOARDINO SCHOOL.
An English, Oasical, Mathematical, Sciuntitia f
sntt Artistic Institution,
FOR YOL'N't MEN AND BOYS' f
At Pottstown, Mnntgomer' County, Pa. f
The First Term of the N'inoieeiitli Annual Session will t
coiniiience on WFDNKSDAY, the Hthday of September'
next. Pupils received at any time. For 'irculars addreaa ?
REV. OKORCK F. M1U.KR.a7m. k
rriuoipuJ.
RKV. DRS. Meigs. Scliaetter, M'imn, Krauth
ftluhlooberg, htu-vor, llutter, Stork, ! Conrad ' H.
..!'SEtBr' ? , .h,'HTie'' w,urPliy. Cruikshauks, etc. 1
IIONS.-Judgell.ii.ll.iw, Leonard Myers, M. Russell !
VS4JS. .Tlilllr'f K. f'.'llHunll .Tnmon T fit.....
J.,oye , T. V. Wood . H.rvBaneSft .TiieoZreSI'Bogg.
C. 1'. Norton, L. L. I loupt, S. tiross Erv M.llo- i 11
Charles Wauueniacher. JmeK ftfj-
i- . 7 2o mwf2m '
II,
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LAUDER
BACH'S
COMMERCIAL
CLASSICAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND
ACADEMY.
FOR BOYS AND YOUNC MFN
ASSEMBLY BUILDINGS, ' '
Kntranco No. log h. TFNTH Street.
T his school presents the following advantages -
. . .....au . ,.r nuns, win, ee ngs thirtv feet I.
height, giving each j.upil more than doublu T the uVuIa
breat hing space. uu,u 1110 usual
Wide, massive stairways, rondoring aooidents in .
blmg and disnuasirg almont inpossille u,UBal' ,n aasem-
: -1 - . .. v.vij uuotu wuom lias bad u..m .t
exuenence in thn art ,? .""?a9J'er of
making study interesting and. conse,',e Vlv uiSuUbh?
A mode of teaching ml H ..;., l; ! .. .. , v Prontanie.
school attractive, instead ol bur. ensome tl 1 iZ 7. t0 m1"
indispensable requisite for complo"".' cc P1""1-"
Alillllcatlons reeenod ut II, o A .
5P7M.. daily, on and after AT" ,rom 10 A. M, to
uguut &1.
.....guesconiaiiiing lull pailicu ars and the names
of many of our leading citizens, patrons of the iu.fit.tm
may be obtained at Mr. W . F. W .rburton's. No LW T? 1.
uui .ueoi, or uy aaurossiug tiie Principal, as ahove
.v.,, v. , .uu.oa.uiii i" i-rincipal, as ahove
Late Principal of ths AS"
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