1 1 1 THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, I860. 3 IIItT Affair. The (!crmnntown Library Assoclitiou -wm organized on Monday at thoir room, No. 4S03 Main street. About 8 o'clock last niht a thief attempted to Meal nomc wnslicd clothes from tho yard of Mrs. (Stalcuri, No. 814 Krle btrcct. A meeting of tlio Mutineers of tho Pennsyl vania Hnptlxt (Jetierul AoMociutlon was held yes terday afternoon at the rooms of the publication hoiine. Arch street, ncur Sixth. Tho Americus Club, a political organization, took poFucwion of new quarter last evening, on Fifth street, above Prune. There was a street parade, followed by an entertainment at the club room. An inquest wan ycnterdav held on the body of John Mitchell, who died suddenly at No. 718 8. Seventh street. Deceased was a pensioner, he , having lost a leg In the United States service. His death was attributed to Intemperance. Yesterday afternoon Reserve Ollleer Clayton arrested a nan named William Turner for the theft of a piece of cloth, Valued at frlio, from the store of Mr. John I.outy, No. 2(1 S. Eighth street. Turner was committed by Alderman Kerr, In default of $1600 ball, for trial. 1'rcparations are being made for the recep tion of tho Powhatan which Is to bo refitted at our Navy Yard, A telegram received yesterday announces her departure from Key West, Florida, for this city. Thin will add some hun dred men to the force employed in the several departments. ' Tho Committee of Fire and Trustg had a meeting last evening to investigate the charge against the Harmony Engine Company, growing out of the capture of and daronge to .the Famo Hose carriage, several weeks ago; also, a dilli culty between the Northern Liberty and Ring gold Hose (5ompnnics. John Devinncy was arrested yesterday by the agent of tho Society for tho Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for working a lame horso at a new building in Locust street, above Fifteenth. Tho horse was hoisting stone by a pulley. De vinney -was fined five dollars and costs, and held in 300 for future good behavior by Alderman S. Y. Jones. by Rev. William Cooper, 1). I).; after which ad dresses bearing on tho subject wore delivered by Rct. BiBhop Janes, Rev. Jesse T. Peek, D. D., and Rev. T. M. Eddy. D. D. In the afternoon a Love Feast was held in the Green Street Church, when brief addresses were made by several clergymen, and prayers offered up iu behalf of this object. It was stated that the churches throughout the couutry belonging to this deno mination would be expected to raise from 800,000 to $1,000,000 during the next twelve months. Last evening a large missionary meeting was held In the Union Methodist Episcopal Church, Fourth street, below Arch, tho church being filled in all parts. Bishop Scott preuluoc!, n"l. on taking the chair, made a brief address expla natory of tho object of the meeting. The churches of this denomination in tho city have been pledged to raise fifty thousand dollars towards the missionary enterprise, and the meeting was called to afford an opportunity to the membership to listen to addresses on this subject. During the evening prayer was made Douicmlo Affair. Hold closed yesterday at 122J. The Spanish war steamer Isabella has left Havana for New York, with crews for twelve of the Spanish gunboats. A defalcation of i 50. 000 is reported to have (bcen discovered in the accounts of the Howard National Bank, Boston. The country in the neighborhood of Colima, Mexico, is in a state of anarchy. Murders and robberies are of daily occurrence. One ballot was taken in the Kentucky Legis lature yesterday for a Uuited States Senator, without a choice. McCreery will probably be elected to-day. ' In tho Tennessee House yesterday, a resolu tion requesting the forthcoming Constitutional Convention to grant the elective franchise to women was. tabled. In consequence of the intractability of the Collector of the port of Ma.atlan, Mexico, car goes now expected from Europe will probably discharge at San Bias. A party of one hundred men took two negroes out of tho Richmond (Ky.) jail on Sun day night, hung one, aud having whipped the other, put him back in jail. After April 0, 1870, tho University of Cali fornia will be declared by the Regents "free to all properly qualified applicants from all countries, and the fees abolished. Cornelius C. Donaghue, of Titusville, Pa., has been awarded fcWOUO in tho New York Su preme Court, at Buffalo, as compensation for injuries sustained in the Mast Hope disaster. General Clark, tho Republican member eleet from the Third Texas ISstrict, who arrived in Washington last evening, says that the Republi cans have won a great victory in tat State. Mr. Gaylord, Treasurer of tho Avondale Relief Fund, reports receipts to tho amount of $100,077-32, of which $12,727'04 has been dis tributed among the sufferers by the awful cala mity, and sfc7;,t!l5-73 invested, leaving a balance on hand of 10,713-7. Mr. G. H. Stuart has a f urther sum of 20,000 deposited at call at six per ' cent, interest. In Congress j'esterday no business was transacted after the delivery of the Fessenden eulogies, aB mentioned in our report. Vorelfrn AUnlrn. Carl'sts are active on tlys French and Portu guese frontiers. Eugenie has written to the Pope, regretting her inability to visit him. Peter's pence, 6ince 1859, have yielded the ' Pope one hundred million francs. Paul Angelo, a Spanish deputy, who had fled to France, has been ordered to leave that country. A large number of addresses and presents were taken to the Pope by the Bishop present - at the (Ecumenical Council. Two gunshops were entered in Dublin, yes terday, by unknown persons. The owners were fired at and one killed. A number of pistols and guns were carried off. rio Nono has issued a bull defining the con ditions upon which propositions may be sub mitted to the (Ecumenical Council, and fixing the order of precedence. A majority of the bishops are dissatisfied with many of its pro visions. BOARD Or SCHOOL CONTROLLERS. An Important Meetlna The Keport of the CwiniiikUee on (School Superlnlendency. A regular stated meeting of the Board of School Control was held yesterday afternoon at 8 o'clock, the President, Mr. Daniel Blelnmeu, in the chair. The resignation of Robert M. Wilson, of the Eighth section, was received and accepted. The appointees of the Court of Common Pleas, Messrs. Daniel Wetherby and Simon Gnttz, to nil the vacancies occasioned by the resignation of Messrs. Wetherlll and Wilson, were sworn In as members of the Board. A communication was read from the Twenty seventh section, endorsing the action of the Presi dent of the Board In opposing the increase of the salaries of the teachers, and recommending the Board to turn their attention to the building of school houses InBtead of tho salaries of teachers. Mr. Weldner moved to send the communication . back to the directors of the Tweuty-seventa section, mi it. wrh lnRuitinz to the Board. Mr. (ireen moved an amendment, that It be re ceived aud filed. Not areed to. The motion to send the communication back was ItiAn mrrefd ttl. ' Mr. Klkln, Chairman of the Committee on Qualifi cation or Teachers, submitted the following report: The semi-annual examination of candidates for certificate, of qualification for leamieri iu the public m.hfiU hiii in iim 'unn Ktraut Hr.hnnl Nuvhiti. her 11 and IS. There were la applicants, lg males and 150 females. Knur males and Sixteen females have the required average, 75 a flrst-class certifl eat. Two males and forty females an average of 6 a second-clous certificate, and thirty-one females an average of so a thlrd-olass. Total number of fttrtlucaiea. til. Of that number. 811 are from the ilrlH' Normal School. Hlnce the enactmeut of the law In lbOfi. ten semi-annual examinations have been held, and Bflo certificates granted, averaging ITS per annum. Keveral sueclal examinations have been held during the same period, and about 60 certificates awarded. The following are the names of those holding the average required for a certlfl.atu of qualification as teachers la the First School District of Pennsylvania, datlnrfrom the examination held Novcmticr 11th and nth, ls69: Lout A. Ridge, Thomas II. Fuller, Annie II. Thompson?" Mary Anna Kiirrough, Kate K. Pltim mtr, V. l.milHo Voting, c. Henry Kain, Lizzie l'hlller, William ltrown, Huiiina A. Adantson, Hophle W. Burnt ster, Mary Lylu and, Kate Borghauser, Mary Fisher, Miriam C. Hanklns, Mary Arbclo, Kate A. McvtnH, 8. A. (laskell, Haliit: W. Powell, Annie buey, Ulla A. Fugati, Mangle K. Quiu. Mary K. Homier, Henrietta M. Mjcrx, Maggie I- Dttigat, Lizzie I Burnett, 8. Laura Donlev, A. Cora DhvIS, Mary K. Jones, Kate Boycr, Aniile K. Hmlth, Linda M. Tay lor, Mary K. Brevort, Anna L. Doerr, Kate H. Oll lesiilo, Anna M. fount, Llllle II. Morris, Mary K. I'.roadhurxt, Mary W. Clifton, Clara .1. Armstrong, W. J. Logers, Mary C. Hughes, Alice T. Brown, Ltzy.lt) N. liny, M. Louise Ninti. Hnsanna C. Decker, Mary (juinlan, Clemrall W. McCord, Elinira Meredith, Jennie McArdle, I-aura Mcintosh, Annie L. Keen, II. W. Shuutc, Josephine Sailor, Anna J. Miller, Lizzie A. Morris, Kena II. Campbell, Alltida M. Fay, Mary K. Wagner, Annie M. Hlnkle, O. Bnckwalter, Clara Msrkle, EstherU. Patton, Mary Citrrlek, K Lizzie Umlth, Louisa K. .leirnrson, Mary F. Belcher, Kate K. Hare, Lizzie C. Thompson, Net tie Crawford, Mane E. Jacobs, Halite Morrison, Annie W. Smith, Harriet H. Hlnkle, Adelaide V. Bundland. Currle E. Perkins, Ella C. Williams, Maggie A. Mur phv. Bailie H. tsterritt, Mary A. Httetienman, K.mlly J. Beaie, Belle Thompson, Mary E. Ilulme, Hallle K. Murphy, Laura A. Elliott, Mary Ferguson, Able Nor ton, Rachel J. Klsenbrey, Phu'be Wller, M. Llllle Brooks, Carrie M. Button, Josephine Thompson, Annie Cnlbert. Mr. Meltride moved that 600 copies of the report bo published for the use of the members of the Bon rd. Agreed to. Mr. Hlckok, from the Office Committee, submitted a report, recommending the printing of the warrants on bank-note paper. Agreed to. The same gentleman also presented the following Interesting report: SCHOOL BrPER tNTENPKNT. JVi the Hoard of ConlrolUrt of 1'ublie Schools: The Special Committee on the School Superln tendency respectfully present the following report; Organization aud system are essential to the suo rcssiul administration of public school atl'alrs; espe cially In a community so large as ours, and so rapidly growing. The proper organization of a public school system, as understood anil operated In this country, is so simple as to be self-evident. To state the case is to decide the policy. With most of the leading features of a wcll-ar-rsnged system of public instruction our people are already 'familiar. School buildings and furniture, teachers and text-books, they know to be Indtsiwnsa ble. They understand the necessity for grades In schools, from the primary to the high school, In order to the proper classification of pupils and ar rangement of studies, and the suitable division of labor among teachers. They recognize the propriety of normal schools for the due training of teachers for the public schools, of a competent board of ex aminers to grant certificates, and of teachers' insti tutes for the Improvement of teachers already In the field. And they are accustomed to the agency of controllers and directors in the general and local government of the system. Thus far we stand on common ground, and are conscious of no material differences of opinion. , lint there is. with us, one element yet wanting to 1111 up the outline, and round out the full proportions of a symmetrical ana com) lctc school system. Next to its teaching force and means of support, an indispensable requisite to the fnll success of any public system of education is the general super vision of the schools by experts In tho art of teach ing. This principle, the professional supervision of schools, is eveiy where alike applicable, in town and country, city and village, and furnishes the key to tin; revolution In the workings of public school sys tems during the last urteen years throughout the Northern half of the republic, especially in our large cities. It has also been the executive main-spring of educational elfort Iu the Southern States since the close of the Rebellion. Your committee have not been able to discover anything Iu the condition or prospects of the First school district to make it an exception to the uni versal rule. On the contrary, they are of the Im pression that a more Inviting field for Its beneficent agency cannot readily be found. The Committee on Revision of StMdies alluded to this subject in their general report of March 10, 186s, and stated with great force aud justness, that "No plan of general education the success of which do- pemiB upon the conimcr. oi oi'iers, nowevcr solicitous these may be In the performance of their duties, can be complete without a supervisory head. We mean. of one who, having the couildcnco and aifeotion of the tcactiers, snail act iu uarmony wit n mem, ready and watchful to discover dellcleucles In the system, and to recommend to the consideration of the Board such improvements as his own experience and that of otner cities may rrom time to timo suggest, xnus we should be constantly advised by one who, tho roughly accomplished in his duties, would be enabled to direct nis wnoie atrention to tne large noid or in struction covered by the schools oi the First School District of Pennsylvania." If this timely admonition had been heeded, and a really competent school superintendent placed in the neia at tne same time wuu our revised course oi studies, nearly two years of lost time would, In the judgment of your committee, have been saved ; our teachers have been less bewildered : tne board re lleved from perplexing embarassments, and needed modifications ascertained and settled at a much eat tier dav. Your committee do not propose to themselves any elaborate discussion of this subject In detail. It is ton Intn in the. (lav. in this remarkable era of eiluc.a. tionul light, activity, and progress, (oi such a line of aiirumcnu it is no iihikui hu upeu iiueHiiuu. u ney point ut once to the living, unanswerable demonstra tion furnished by New York city, with her corps of superintendents, Boston, Baltimore, Washington, Louisville, Cincinnati. St. Louis, Chicago, Mil vau- keo. Cleveland, isunaio, aim a score or otner cities. w here this mode of supervision is as much an esta blished part or tneir scnooi machinery as fuel and furniture, text-nooks ana tcacners; auu wucre tne superiority oi tne results produced vmuicates, DO' What Comrress would be in attempting to conduct a war without a general in the field ; the directors of our leading railway company without general and division superintendents in immemiue cnarge of their road; or a machine shop without a foreman; tho Board of Control practically is, without a skilled and etllcleut agent to supervise and periodically re port upon ute worK oi tuition in win sctmois. To legislate is one thing; to administer is another and a verv different thing. The Board of Control Is a legislative body, mainly; and In the nature of things it can never, either of Itself or through any of Its committees, reach, stimulate, and mould the working lire oi ourscnoois. nai omciai and au thentic Information has the board to-day of thecon dition of the Bchools under Its charge, or the fidelity with which the course of instruction or anv other prescribed regulations are carried out? None 1 Then whv grope in the dark any longer? Why not by de cisive action place ourselves at once In the Hue of intelligently directed progresBv The principle under consideration is already eon ceded In our own practice. We have a superin tendent of school buUdlugs and repairs, whose ser vices are Invaluable. A superintendent of music, without which there could be no uniform Bystem in that important but long-neglected branch of educa tion: and nine-tenths of our teachers, the assistants, have been for years under the nominal Jurisdiction of their respective principals. Why not give super vision a more extended aud serviceable applica tion In a direction more vitally important than any other? The School Superintendent would be.as useful to tho Sectional Boards as to the Board of Control. Having to do mainly with the methods of Instruc tion and the appliances of the teaching art, there eolild be no oouillct of Jurisdiction, as his duties In this respect would cover ground they do not pretend to occupy. Their committees would accompany him on his school visitations at their pleasure; and It is very desirable they should do bo, In order to profit by any suggestions he may have to make, and to Judge for themselves of the performance of his oillcial duties. Scrupulously respecting their local Juris diction and authority, and reporting to them upon such matters coming under his observation as belong to them to regulate, a mutual good under standing, bwneflclai to the schools, would soon be had, and more uniformly harmonious relations established between them and the Board of Con trol. The only objection worthy of consideration Is a sensitive apprehension ou the part of teachers that they id ay fall InU) bad hands. Here there should be no mistake. The duties to be performed, and the extent and peculiar condition (if the field of labor, are such as to challenge and reward the best efforts of the beet and ablest men in the ranks of the pro fession. None others should be thought of. The Incumbent of this Important oitice should not only possess literary and seleutliiu attainments equal to the position, aud skill aud experience In the art of teaching that would place htm at the very head of Ins profession, coupled with energy of character aud executive ability, but he should be devoted to the cause for Ite owu sake: and his known charac ter for iutegrity and sound Judgment should be such as to Inspire confidence and command respect, and win, through the influence of those qualities, the co operation aud suppoit or the teachers with whom he would officially come In contact. No one should be selected whom the leading teachers of the city could Justly regard as their Inferior in professional skill and attainment, or or wIiobo disinterested motives and Judicial firmness, courtesy, and impartiality, there could be any reasonable doubt. Antiquated routine would be lamentably out of place in this con nection, worse, indeed, than useless ; and a schem ing trimmer, with personal ends to serve, would be simply Intolerable. Aside from this supposed danger, teachers would have everything to hope, and nothing that they ought to fear from the proposed supervision, ltigtitly ad ministered, its inevitable tendency Is to Improve the achouis, aud elevate the standing aud protect tn . rlphts of teachers. The tinclilno- profession should be to a large extent In Its own hands, and nowhere is it better oruanlzed for mutual linnrovement. and the common tieletwe of Its Interests, than where It Is tinder the leadership of an accomplished atlTl sympa thizing oilleliil head.wlth whom Its members can ad vise, and to whom they can appeal, and around whomthev can mllr In cordial unity of sentiment and purpose. ai mis point a collateral subject forces Itscir upon the attention, and compels a passing notice. Before any cducaMonnl machinery can be successfully ope rated, It must be properly adjusted, the parts fitted to at h other, and each part limited to Its appropriate I unctions. Otherwise there will bo no system, aud without system no success. The superlntendency will not of Itself supply defects in other parts of the organization, ihetiah It would eventuate In pointing litem out. v c have the elements or a very superior school system, but loosely organized iu their relations to each other; and with antagonisms between grades, and jealousies between schools and sections as un seemly and unwise as ifisop's fabled conflict for su premacy between the members of the human body. This is partly ofclng to ambition and the instincts of sen-preservation ou tne part of resellers, and partly to the want of harmony between the school authori ties; but the result is, that each part of the system presents the negative pole of the battery to every other part, and thus they repel Instead of attracting each other and working la harmony. '1 ho First Hchool district should be regarded as a unit; and the school boards and sections, with the several grades of schools, as parts of one common whole, attaining their highest usefulnes In their proper relations to the general system In exact pro portion to the clearness with which their status is defined, and their fidelity tn confining themselves to their appropriate Jurisdiction. A grammar school should bo a grammar school, no more, no less; and so of all the other grades, whether nigh, normal, or primary, and each be pro tected from encroachment or undue pressure rrom any other, with no more friction or dltllculty In pro motions from the grammar school to the High School than from a primary to a secondary, or a secondary to a grammar school. In no other city but ours ut there any. The examinations for promotion, all tho way through to the High .School, should be also under one uniform and'lmpartlol rule, applicable to all grades alike. Justice Is an element in school ad ministration that cannot prudently be overlooked or disregarded. The High School should not be permitted to domi nate the system and oppress the grammar schools, In furtherance of its own supposed interests, as Is said to have been the case in former years; neither should the High School and the Olrls' Normal School be cut on" from their vital connection with the grades below them, as is the case under existing arbitrary regulations, which cripple them, yet fail to bencut the grammar schools. Nor 1b it correct to Judge of our public school sys tem by special Instances of talent amongst Its gradu ates. That standard belongs to a past age when only the few were educated, and thus outshone the many. Our schools are established lor the masses, the commonwealth of mind for the common benefit and the common protection, regardless of the acci dents oi' life grammar and high Bchools for those Who have the leisure and capacity to reach them; primaries and secondaries for those who, from what ever cause, can go no further: and the system Is to be judged, not by exceptional cases, as is claimed for It in some quarters, but by the pervading atmo sphere of intelligence and moral culture whicli It diffuses throughout society. Its blessings fall upon the community not in meteoric showers, but "like the dews of heaven, unseen aud unfelt, save iu the Ireshuess and beauty they contribute to produce." The proper adjustment of the broken relations be tween the grammar schools and the two institutions next above tuem, is a tempting subject for discus sion here; but belongs to other committees, and there we leave it, with the Bingle lemark that the promotion of pupils from one trrade to another on any other ground tl aa qualifications would seem to be more curious f nan tenable. In conclusion, the only legal obstacle to the an polntmcnt of a school superintendent is the want of funds to meet the necessary expense. They cannot be hud unless applied for and duly asked for. It is incredible that the respectful aud united appeal of this high board of education, charged with the su preme responsibility tf public Instruction In tho second city of the continent, should fall unheeded upon the ear of both City Councils and tho Legisla ture. From one or the other we have the right to expect a favorable response, if they be duly advised of our wants in this regard. The appointment of a special committee Is ttierefore recommeuded. to re present the Board of Control before those bodies, and endeavor to prouuru an appropriation for this purpose. It would be good policy and the truest economy to provide the superintendent at the outset with two able assistants ; one for the consolidated schools, most of which are in the rural districts, and should be kindly fostered; and one to devote himself to the primary scnoois, wnose importance is sometimes lost sliiht of. but cannot well be overestimated. The comparatively slight additional expense would bear no comparison to tne resulting advantages or the proposed arrangement. New Y'ork city has five assistant superintendents, and work lor an oi ttiem. We renulre only two under existing circumstances. but those we should have. It would bo a labor of love with many teachers to perform this attractive auxiliary service. This subject is, In every respect, one of the most important that can occupy the attention or the board. In leiral parlance it Is a "condition precedent," to the much desired Improvement In our schools. Our present presiding olllcer, and in former years Presi dents Fletcher and hlilppen, made It a leading point in their annual report. It presses home upon us now, with an ever increasing urgency and force that will not be put ou, out win uecome more importu nate with every month's delay. There can be no better time than now to move In the matter; and some decisive action seems to be due t'o our schools, to the reputation of the board. and to an indulgent and forbearing public, that hoped much from the new Board of Control, ami is Still natlemiv awuiiinn tue tuiuiuieutoi uiusc uopes, ICespectfully submitted, , 11KINKV yj. 11ICKOK, C1IAHI.B8 F. AllBOTT, Btkmikn II. Smith, Jas. S. McBkios, Committee. Mr. Hlckok also oirered tho following resolution: That n committee of seven be appointed to apply to the proper authorities to secure an appropriation to defray tne expenses oi u mtperiiiieiident or puouc schools, I or tne rirsi duuooi .District or renusyi vania. Mr. Klkln moved to refer the report to the Com mittee ou Expenses. Agreed to. A motion to strike out from the resolution the words "a committee of seven," and Insert "the special cdlnuilttee submitting the report," was agreed to. The resolution as amended then passed. IWUKS.OF TUB AFTERNOON SESSION. A resolution was offered by Mr. Elkin, that here after the afternoon sessions of the schools be com menced at half-past 1 o'clock and continue until 4 P.M. After considerable discussion the resolution was agreed to. Adjourned. MUSICAL. AH1 IMtAMATlC. The Cltv AmuHf mcntH. AT the CnKSNFT the romantic Irish drama of l'airicr. will be performed this evening. A rew plav entitled Champagne; or, Step by Step Is In preparation. At tub Walnut Miss Bateraan will appear this evening as "Mary Warner." A new military drama with the title of Not Guilty will shortly be produced. AT tub arcu the comedy of The Overland Route will be repeated this evening. At Dui'kez A Benedict's opera Uousb a variety of attractions will be offered this evening. At thb Euvbnth Street Oi-eha Houbb an entertalnjng minstrel performance will be given this evening. SiuNoa Bi.itz and his son will perform some Interesting feats of raaglo at the Assembly Build ings this afternoon and evening. Or era in Camera This afternoon, at the Ches- nut, Mr. J. Kenilngton Falrlamb will produce bis opera of Treasured Tok'iut. We hope that there Will be a full house. Carl Wgi.ksohn will give a Schubert matinee at the Foyer of tho Academy of Mnslc on Saturday, assisted by Signer Ettore Barlll, Mr. Kudolph Hen nig, and Mr. Wenzel Kopta. The Sentz-Hassi.er orchestra will perform at Musical Fund Hall on Saturday afternoon. Tub "Star" Course ok Lectures To-morrow evening Wendell Phillips will deliver his oration on -Daniel O'Counell." This afternoon Mr. Paul B. da Challlu will tell the young folks about his adventures "Among the Cannibals. " nLOT H HOUSE. JAMES & LEE, No. 11 NOHTII SECOND STREET, SIGN OF TUB GOLDEN LAMB, Are now receiving an entire new stock of Tall and "Winter Coatings, To which they Invite the attention of the trade and others, AT WnOIJ-8A AND RETAIL, 8 88 W MARINE TELEGRAPH. , tor udditlunal Harm Xtv tA Pint Faqe. ALMANAO FOR PUILADELPlif A TIIIH DAT. Tm Rlflleil 9 17 I MnnM h-r . Hon Huts. Vaal Himh Watt.b Y.'.U-ja PHILADELPHIA. BOARD OF TRAD Ft JAVFS DOHOKKRTY, 1 fjAMiKi. k. Ktokfji, J CoMMirncB or tub Mourn. Johwhu. Oitunii, ) J. O. Iim Umnra L. Batb, K A. Bonder. iiiim w. pul, Thos. U Oillmpis. IUOVK.HKNT OP OCKAN HTKAMSIUPH. NcniMls. lJTm)ooL....Nw York Ifnv. 7 Krin............I,,.riKro, Now York Doc. 1 Pennsylvania.. .Liverpool... ..Now York Deo. 1 C'ambna. ."Uurow New York Deo. 8 Bihena Liverpool ....New York vis Boa.. .Den. 4 Cin;,lrl Uavre New York Deo. 4 C'ed London New York Deo. 4 f lue- MverpooL.... New York via Hal.. .Deo. 4 Hnrbn houthampton.... Baltimore. Deo. 4 TV 1 1 . 1 n Hnut.h&ninl.n V r i- . . , T ...... nw iuti I'W. Iripoll IJverpooi., ..Now York via Bos.... Deo. 7 Nevada. New York . ...M.amonl Dee. IS Onba New York. ...Liverpool Deo. 1ft Marathon ew Vorlt..i,lTervooi ...,Do. IS Hanna New York.. ..Bremen Deo. 1 Atalant . . ..... .New York. ...London Deo. 18 O. of Brooklyn. .New York....l.WenKioV....w Deo. IS O. of London.. ..New York. ...Liverpool....:. Deo. 35 rini Now York.... Livriool Deo. IM O.ofWsahlnKtonNew York.. ..Liverpool Jan. 1 tlOAKTWISK, DOMK&rio, KTOl J. W. Kverman.Philnda. Charleston Teo. IS Morro (Jaatle... .Now York. ...Havana Deo. IS Jnniata Philada New Urinaria Deo. 18 lonawandm f nilana ftavunnan. Dee. IS Mariposa New York.. .. New Orleana .Deo. 18 t romeioeua rnnaaa unanesron Deo. S3 Mailt are forwarded br every steamer in the rni.i i,n The steamers for or from Liverpool oall at Qneenstown.et. oept the Canadian line, which oall at Londondorry. The teamen for or from the Continent oaU at Bontoampton. CLKARED YESTERDAY. Bteamer J. 8. Sliriver, Her, Baltimore, A. O roves, Jr. A RRIVED YESTERDAY. Stum.hlnTnl....nJ. U'.k.l. "il i rnm Q.Hiin.1. with cotton, etc., to rhilaileliihia and Southern Mail riteamship Oo. Passengers Miss Hurley, Meanre, V aiiKnan ana uray. hteamer Anthracite, Green, 24 hoars from New York, With nulse. to W. M. llaird A Co. Steamer (J. Comstock, Drake, 34 hoar from New York, With mdse. to W. M. Baird A Co. Bohr Westmoreland, Kioe, frornNew York, in ballast to Westmoreland Coal Go. Canal boat Bristol, Hathaway, from Oswego, with bar ley to U. U. Gage A Oo. The brie; Tenser, McOreiror, from Jamaica, is Consigned to K. A. bouder A Co. not as before. MEMORANDA. Steamship Norman, Borks. hencn, at Boston 13th Inst. Steamship Stars and Btripea, Howes, hence, at Boston I3ttainst. Steamship Prometheus, Gray, hence, at Charleston yoa terday. Btoumehip Wyoming, Teal, hence, at Savannah yeater day. btenmer Centipede, Rackett, henoo, at Portsmouth, N. H. ,11th inat. Barque Sir Colin Campbell, benee, at Hamburg 1st Inst. Brig Jane Murphy, bound to Philadelphia, was spoken 6th inat. 411 miles SK. of Cape Henry. Brig (Mroaxaian. Banker, hence, at Boston 13th Inst. Sclir Mary McKee, bbarp, hence, at Trieste 12 tu inat., in 42 days' passage. Scbr Margaret, for Philadelphia in 3 days, was at East Harbnr. .la., 6tn inst. Scbr Wanderer. Ricketts, hence for San Andreas, was spoken 11th inst. lat. 87 ail, long. 74 40. . Scbr Ocean Wave, hence, at Norwich 11th fnt. Sohrs Ceo. H. Mills, Mash, from 1'rovinenue for fhila delphia. and M. Van Bnren, Harding, hence for New Lon don, passed Hell tinte l.'ltu in&t. Kchr Mary Hiley. Hnyuor, from Boston for Philadelphia, at New York 13tta inat. Schr Julia A. Ganiuon, Smith, for Boston; B. Strong, NickerKon, for do. ; and Glenwood, Dickinson, for New Bedtord, all from Philadelphia, at New York hlth inat. Scbrs Alabama, Vangilder, and R. W. l ull, Roberts, hence, at Salem 13th inrtt. Scbrs Nicbtingale, Boebe, and W. H. Dennis, Lake, henco, at New Haven 11th inat. MISCELLANY. The Atlantic Submarine Wrecking Co ' steamer Roe cue arrived at New York lHth inat. from Townsend'a Inlet, N. J., with liM bbls. tish, part of the cargo ot schooner Willie Mown, from Kastport for Philadelphia, before re ported wrecked at that pUce. NOTICE TOMARINERS. Notice is hereby given that on tbe evening of the 18th December. lHf;M, and every evening thereafter, a second order fixed white light, illuminatiug tbe entire horiison. Villi be ahown trom the new tower recently built on Little Cull Island, eastern entrance to Long Island Sound, Now York; and at tbe same time tbe fourth order light now shown will bo withdrawn. The buildings consist of a grey granite totwer, surmounted by a lantern, painted blaok, and connectod with a keeper's dwelling, of red sandstone, with granite trimmings. The dwelling is two stories high, with a Mansard roof. The buildings stand on a white washed pier of granite. The tower is 74 feet high, and tho height of tocal plane above sea level V'2 feet, consequently light should be seen from tbedeck of a vessel 15' i nautical miles distant. The illuminating apparatus is a lens of the second order. During thick or foggy weather a fog signal, consisting of a siren, operated by steam, will be sounded for 6 seconds at intervals of 25 seconds. Tbe bell now need as a fog signal will not be withdrawn, and in case of any derangement of the machinery of the steam signal, will be used ns a substitute. By order, W. B. SHUHKK'K, Chairman. Treasury Department. OUioo Lighthouse Board, Washing ton, D. C, Deo. 8, !. Notice is given that the brat clans Iron Nun Buoy on Boon laland Ledge, Me., went adrift from its moorings in the late gale, but it will be replaced S aoon as practicable. Portland, Dec. 8, 18oK. The Trinity House, London, has given notice that from the middle ot December. 1K&, a fog trumpet wilt be soundod on board tbe Newark Lightvessel, east coast of Kngland, in thick weather, in lieu of a gong. Snould any accident occnr to the apparatus, the gong will be substituted until the repairs are effected. A 1 1 bearings are magnetic. Variation 21,'j dog. westerly in IN. HOSIERY, ETC. NOW OTHZJ AT llOFMANN'S HOSIERY STORE, No. 9 NOHTII EIGHTH STREET, GENTS WHITE WOOL BHIRTS, GENTS' WHITE WOOL DRAWERS, GENTS' BCARLET WOOL SHIRTS, GENTS' SCARLET WOOL DRAWERS, GENTS' MERINO SHIRTS AND DRAWERS, LADIES' MERINO VESTS, LADIES' MERINO BRAWJSRS, LADIES' CA8HMERE VESTS, CHILDREN'S MERINO UNDERWEAR, GENTS' COTTON SHIRTS AND DRAWERS, LADIES' COTTON VESTS AND DRAWERS. Also, a very large assortment of li 1 wsly COTTON WOOL, AND MEIuINO HOSIERS. INSURANCE. SPECIAL NOTICE. THE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, OF 1IIILAJD11L1III, (.nAiti.xi:), L'VCOUrOKATVI) 17M, Capital $500,000 AftetJuly 1, 1800, $3,503,02210 This Company Is now prepared to Ishuo Certlflcate of Insurance, payable In London, at tbe Counting House of Messrs. BROWN, SHIPLEY ft CO. i iiaici.i:h platt, If 1 mwf tlS Slrp VICE-PRESIDENT. FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF 8AFE .T. WATSON A snw I Kfl Of tn UU iimi of EVANS A WATSON, U FI11E AND BUKGLAK-PROOP H A F E TOItE, NO. 63 SOUTH FOURTH STREET, t m A faw doors abova Ohasnnt it., Philada CTKYENSON, UK., & CO., OILS, 11 IP 9m No.,,1 H'J 8. BKOOND Street. Dr7m. KLINE CAN CURE CUTANEOUS KrnpUons, Marks on the Kain, Uloara in ths throat, month and nono, tor lacs aud aoraa of aver eooossvabla oiiaxaeUu-. Orhoa, No. IBUoaUa JUJCVJUmi, twtwaaa Choanal and Mwtrt BU M II 0 HOUSE JKNISHINQ QOODS. EDWARD J. WILIUMS; " o. Oaa CIII.aJT Street. House-Furnishing Goods. WUl reduce our stock, jecioun to removal, At Very Low Prices Indeed. Christman Go otl h OKFKRKD AT OOBT,J lawtrntaTirp Q R E A T D ARC A IN S roil THE HOLIDAYS IN House Furnishing Goods AND TABLE CUTLERY, AT THE !VEW KTOIti:, No. 824 ARCH Street. 18 mwft2S J. H. CHRIST BROS. PLATE GLASS. ROUGH PLATE GLASS FOR FLOORS, 1 INCH THICK. ROUGH PLATE GLASS FOR SKYLIGHTS, AND X INCH THICK. RIBBED OLAHB fOB CONSERVATORIES AND GRAPK.R1HS, X and 16. FRENCH WHITK PLATK GLASS FOR STORES AND DWKLLINC.8. FRENCH AND OF.RM AN LOOKING GLAS8 PLATK8. FRF.NOH AND FNGI.I8H CRYSTAL SliKKT GLASS, FRENCH AND ENoLIHU WINDOW GLASS, SIN GLE AND DOVJBLK. AMERICAN WINDOW GLASS. ALL SIZES AND QUALITIES. For aalo by B. H. SHOEMAKER. 205, 207, 209, and 214 U. FOURTH St., 11 19 fmwlm PHILADELPHIA. WINDOW GLASS. "W I H 1 O W LAN S." EVANS, SHARP & CO., No. 613 MARKET STREET, Are dally receiving shipments of Glaus from their Works, where they are now making 10,000 feet per dny. They are also receiving Bhlpmentu of mswen wzusovj glass Rough Plate and Ribbed Glass, Enamelled, Stained, Engraved, and Ground Glass, which they offer at LOWEST MARKET RATES. f9 25 3ra LOOKINQ GLASSES. ETC. JAMES S. EARLE & SONS ARE NOW OCCUPYING THEIR OWN BUILDING THBIR STORE HAVING BEEN EN TIRELY RENEWED SINCE THEIR LATE FIRE. EARLES' GALLERIES AND Looking Wlawn Wai-eroom, Kb. 810 CHESNUT STREET, E BTARIilHHED 179 5. A. 8. ROBIttSQN, FRENCH PLATE LOOKING-GLASSES, ENGRAVINGS, BEAUTIFUL CHROMOS, PAINTINGS, Mannfaoturer of all klnda of LOOKING-GLASS, PORTRAIT, AND PICTURE FRAMES, NO. 910 CHESNUT STREET, S 15 Fifth door above the Continental, Pnlia. GENT.'S FURNISHING GOODS. pATENT B1IO VliDER-SKAM SHIRT MANUFACTORY, AND GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE. PERFECTLY FITTING SHIRTS AND DRAWER" made from measurement at wry short notice. All other articles oi GENTLEMEN'S DRES GOODS lit full variety. WINCHESTER CO., 11 S No. Toe CHESNUT Street. 11 L IDA Y 1 II 12 H i: MTN roa GENTLEMEN. J. W. SCOTT & CO.. No. 814 CHESNUT Street, Philadelphia, 6 8T8rp Fonr doors below Continental Hotel. REMOVAL. R M L. J. H. I1IIICHENER & CU., CTJI1ERS OF THE CELEBRATED "Excelsior" Sugar-Cured Hams, Tongues and Beef, Havo Removed to their zcrsw STOXID, Nob. 122 and 124 AECH STREET, 11 1 lmrp PHILADELPHIA. Yl M. . Sharpens ths Appetite. X . Make, the Weak Robust. i at. Add. to Ui trni of Life. X Is Unadulterated. i. at. Is superior for HluoeMeat. Y"v7au . Make. Bout Whisky Punch. YIN M. . Cure. PysypU. ' P. M. t la the Bst la U Wurld. US la AMUSEMENTS. T AURA KEK. NE'8 SJ CHFRNTJT 8TRFKT THTtATRK. PKCOND TKKK OF THK DKKAT RUUUKSH. Colonel Kit Agprslrt's new Rnnmntln Prnma. in lire acts, PLAYlMiTO (.'ROWDKD HOUHKS. P A1 HICK OR, THK WHITE LADY'OF WICKLOW. Tsfrire ...Visa I.Al'KA KFKNR id' H I H CHIt.DKKN'8 M ATINKK, S ATU KI)A V. at It THK PLAV POOR IIAliKS tN THK WOODS: CB, THK KIND FAIRY BIKOS. Kveninir, doors open at 7 Commence at H to 9, WALNUT STREET TREATUEr nTe. COR. f NINTH nr! WALNUT Streets Bnjrlns at U to 0, THIS (Wejtretrioyl HVKNINO, Deo. 15, (.Ninth B3it of the renowned Artiste, , , MIKH liATKMAN, in the Now Drama, br Tom Tailor, written eiprenelfor Alias Bateinan, entitled MARY WARNER. Msrv Wjrner. . f. Miss R ATKMAN Ceorito Warner Mr. (JKOUIIK JORDAN Aiilly KlRir MimVlRiUNIA FRANCIS In fitvtnr tn Mtjtntnmmt u t f.M;li.. - a A 'I I W C Li 1 1 . Riven KVKHY SATURDAY A fTKRNOON during the Seaeon. floors open at H o'clock. To commenoe at 2. MRS. JOHN DREW'S ARCH STREET THFATRK. Begin W to R. ...,,AIST WKFK Or QVKKT.ANn ROUTE. MONDAY, TURSDAY, wVdnkhDAT, THURSDAY, . API' r HI HA Y, m rT"K VKKAD ROUTF. M"iHJV N.,VA - Mra. .Sebright PaturdiivHrjpfttof K. CKAIO. '. r fv'vornl Comodips in Rehearsal. L1TT1.K HOHK1T In preparation. ' FOX'8 AMERICAN THEATRE. OI'FN THE YEAR ROUND. RVKRY KVKNINO jit Hi Nihls of h ;rpatt Gymnast, of Mia Aire. HIZAKKI.l.I BROIHKRS, Mad'lle l.UPOMIf.Lrtrf UKAI I,; MISS I- VA HKKNT, tho Quownnf Hon., Mad'lla UK KOHA. AVF.NTUKKS DKS ; UKINiriTitA Tin? OKK.KK bLAVK, FTC. Alattnoeon SATURDAY AFTkkwOOW at 1 o'clock. NEW ELEVENTH - STREET OPERA HOUBK. KI KVKNTH Street, .hove OhesnnL. THK. FAMILY HKKOliT CARNCHOS8 A DIXFY'B MfNSTRF.LS. the treat blar 1 nmpe of the world, in thoir unequal!. . r. i n luriAin boikkkh, RFAITTIFITI. Hil.l.l lui unnno OPERATIC SELECTIONS, ar7d ' , liAUUHAnLE BURLESQUTH EVERY EVENINO. ! L. OAliNOROSS, M.ns.er. R. F. SIMPSON, Troasnrer. 9Am DL'l'REZ A BENEDICT'S OPERA nOUSE, BF.VF NTH St.. below Arch (Lata Theatre fJomlonAi: KTARWKKKI , M'AKWKKKI IHIii EVFNIXO AND FVKKY NIU11T. hllPUKZ A. KKNITIlIirl"a Clffsntlc Minstrols and Rurlrsdiin On.r. Tmntw. IntM . duuinf Weekly Kndleas Kevelties. ' r- nKaeomont of tlio Ureal l;omrdia, Mr. FRANK KKOWKH, FOR BIX NIOHT8 ONLY. J'irst Week-Mr. Krowor'. Virginia Maiunur. Vnrt Week Kent's Oirl of the Period. AUiuission, Klo. Parquet, 3ta. JaUwry,25o. 1213 6t AMERICAN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC W INTF.R TFRM will beirin MONDAY. Jan. a. Xtein. Names of New Pupils shonld be entered BKIOKK THK lf.TH Ob UKUKMRF.R. There are a few vanincies whioh may be filled by mAking early upplicatinn at the office, It 1 lit No. HB4 WALNUT STRH ET. CARL WOLFSOHN'8 SERIES OF SIX MATIN FKS.-Seaaon 1W-7II. FOYFIt OF AOAOKMY OF MIISIO. Frcrmdof the Series hUHUHKRT MATINEE, FRI DAY AFTERNOON, December 17. at 4 o'clock, Programmes and ticket, at the Miuio Stores. 13 14 .It f PEM PLE OF WON DERS, A8SEM BLY BUILD - A. 1N08 SIGNOK BLITZ in his New M vsterlee, ansisted by his Son, THEOUORK BLITZ. Fveninirs at Vi. Mntmees, Wednesday and Satnrdu at 3. MAtiH,, VEiiTRW'UlSM. OANARUCS, ANUBUK LESOL'K MINSTRELS. Admission, 25c. Reserved boats, fiuo. 11 11 tf VALER'S (LATE MILLER'S) WINTER HA RDFN, Nr.s. 720. 723, TM, and 726 VINE Street. TKK (iRAND ORt'H FSTRION. formerly the property of the GRAND IH KK OK BADKN, purcliased at irreat eipcnv- by JACOB VALKR. of this city, in oomhination with HAMKK'8 ORCHESTRA and Miss NKl.LIK .M.'J' JON.vill perform KVKRY AFTERNOON and . EN 1 NO at tho abovts-mcntioned place. Ai!imnBior. (roe; 1 13tf CENTZ AN D HASSLER'S MATINEK8 V.vM.lLyrftl;.ND HALL, lHrJft-70, every BATUR DAY AFTKRNtiqNat8jj o'clock. , 10 IB ART GALLERIES. H E V A T I C A W, Ho. lOSO CBIliSW UT street, Statuary, Bronzes, . and Vases . i CHOICE GEMS OF ART, And articles of tate for the adornment of parlor, library, hull, and bondoir, and for Brldul and Christ, niaa Ulfta, Articles at all prices, from ONE DOLLAR to ONI HUNDRED EACH. . Spacious show rooms np stairs. 121 wfmintrp C. f- haTeTtihe'8 Gallei-icN oi tlio Wi-tw, No. 1125 CHESNUT STHEET. Christmas Presents ENGLISH WATER COLORS, . , From 25 cents to 40 per boi PICTURES AND FRAMES Of every description, and every price, REDUCED FOR THBjIOLIDAYS. HI lOrp OROOERIE6 AND PROVISIONS. LARGE VAKIETY OF New Goods, SniUUila for tbe Seoaon, jnat received. ALBERT G ROBERTS, Dealer In Fine Groceries, 11 T Comer ELEVENTHandl VrNJ Streets, jyjioHAEii MBA qhFbTa ooT, No, T3 Booth SIXTEENTH Street, Wholesale and Retail Deolen In PROVISIONS. OYSTERS, AND SAND CLAMS, TERRAPINS r. PER DOZEN COAL. WB H. T A C CART. COAL DEALER. COAL OF THE BEST QUALITY, PREPARED EX PRESSLY FOR FAMILY UBE. 1208, 1210 and 1212 WASHINGTON AV., 13 1 8m Between Twelfth andThlrteenUi street. LEGAL NOTIOES. TN TIIE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR X THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA Tbe assigned eetat of ROBERT H. HAY. The A.ditor appointed by the Court to audit, settle, and adjaat tlu. first and final aooount ( W. . JCDSON, Kq.( aMijmee and to report distribation of the balance in the hands ol the aocuuntant, will meet the parties Interested, for thai purpose of bis appointment, on FRIDAY, loumbr 17 A. D. IMA. at li o'clock, U. (11 M.), at the oftoe of W F JUDKON. Kj No. Wi WALNUT Street, In the if 0 uimufl, iukj Philadeli'hia. jaBthstuwuot DRAWING INSTRUMENTS. EToT QRAWINC INSTRUMENTS . AND Dravinff Materials Of all klnda. CATALOGUES ON APPUCATION. JAMES Wf QUEEN ft CO., tKwTmtf Ka W4 CHE8NUT Street. WILLIAM ANDERSON & CO., D"
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