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THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, I860.
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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"