MJL1E G-M APlFL 3 -1 H PHILADELPHIA, SATUIIDAY", MARCH 12, 1870. DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS. VOL. Xlil. NO. 01. the aiiovicn t dak eh rewind ma chine COMPANY. Tti i the fio'on Dailn Aaverl'ur. of all Inventions which have tended to relieve w man of tie injurious effects of exocsMvc domestic ruag- y that of tiie sewing machine la Incompan Hy the moat Important. It la the Ariel of the house hold. Bv Blvluir woman time to think It la Impos sible to say how much It may have had to do In rtgnatlng the "Woman's Kights" movement, which, It li said, la to revolutionize and renew the world. What this little triumph of New Rowland Ingenuity baa already effected In thouaaudi of pri vate houses It will eventually effect, on a la-ger Male, In regard to factory labor, and the vehement pathos of Hood's touching "Song of the Shirt" will seem merely as the wall of the niiaery of a past age. We have therefore a right to feel Justly proud that Hew England is the home of this InvaluaNe lnven tion. To give some Idea of the extent and Impor tance of Its manufacture In thla city we subjoin a aliort sketch of the establishment of the Grover A Baker Sewing Machine Company: Messrs. drover A Baker began business about eighteen years since under a patent taken out by them for certain important Improvement In the construction of sewing machines. Aa might be sup posed, the first operations of the firm were on a very small scale, and aa the sewing machine was a new invention that had yet to make Us way In the world, great exarttona were required to bring Its merits fairly before the public Confident in the posseslon of an article of high merit, they spiritedly availed '.themselves, among others, of ono of the most efficient means of overcoming the difficulty that of advertising In every well-esUbllabed paper throughout the land. To such an extent did they carry out this plan that their advertising expenses during the time they were making their early repu tation were often as high as f so.ooo in a single year At first business came In slowly, for the world ridiculed the Idea that a machine could ever be made to perform effectively so Intricate and delicate an operation as sewing. At one time Ahey considered that a fair business was done If ten sewing ma chines a week were disposed of, and these were made for them by other parties, by contract. The merit of the machine, however, and the publicity Klven It by advertising, soon brought It favorably be fore the public, and In a short time the growing de mand necessitated the starting of a factory of their own in II aymarket square; business still rapidly Increasing, they, in 1855, built their present exten sive factory at the corner of Washington and Wal tharn streets. In thia city, and a corporation was formed under the name of the OKOVER A BAKER BKWINO MACHINf .COMPANY. Aa a striking contrast to the commencement of their business, It may be interesting to state that at present tho coin puny manufacture about 160 ma chines per day averaging one completely finished machine every four minutes; employing In their factory about eoo hands (including a large number of the most skilled mechanics), to whom are paid about 1425,000 in wages per year ; this doea not In clude some 60 employes in their foundry. The business of this company la as extensive as the world. In addition to their handsome and spa- clous store on Summer street, In this city, they have large branch establishments in thirty-five of the most Important cities of this continent, and in Lon don, Liverpool, and Melbourne all ander the direc tion of the head office in Boston besides numerous agencies In all parts of Europe and South America, and Bub-ajencles in this country. About 270,000 machines have thni Jfar been manu factured by thia company. The works, covering more than three-quarters of an acre of ground, are located at the corner of Washington and Waltbam streets. The main fac tory Is anextenBlve and substantial brick building, five stories In height. The portion fronting on Waltham street is 200 feet, and that on Washington Street la 110 feet In length. Directly you enter it the busy hum of labor tells yon that yon are In an enormous hive of Industry, which is amply confirmed by the very first glance at the Interior. Few persons have any idea of the immense amount fet labor required to complete one small sewing machine, and of the great nicety exacted in its con struction, until after a personal Inspection of the process of its manufacture. The first step in thia building towards the manu ' t acture of the machines Is to receive the castings. These are made at the oompany'a foundry en Albany treet, and are delivered at the first story of the ac.ory at the rata of about seven tons per day. These, after being assorted and weighed, pas through the hands of a number of workmen, wh i finish and prepare them for the japanning pro cesses. On this floor are three powerful presses, Weighing nearly three tons each, for cutting and ormlng into proper lengths and shapes bars and sheets of steel, Iron, and wragg. Here also are to be seen long rows of polishing wheels revolving at lightning speed, and emitting shewers of solntUlatln j e second story of the main building Is a power ful steam engine, built by the Putnam Machine Com pany at Fltcbburg, fed by two large bellera, placed, for safety. In a brick boiler-house, 60 feet in length, separate from the factory. By means of an endless array of shafting and belting this engine supplies the motive pVwer to the whole establishment, A bird's eye'glanctNat this and the story above conveys an im pressive l(le. of the amount of labor performed in this factory. As far as the eye can reach is a close array of all kinds of lathes and other belted tools, attended by scores of intelligent and busy workmen, engaged lu the various requisite operations such as the turning of screws, nuts, pins, spirals, and nume rous other minute parts of the sewing machine. Among the interesting and effective tools in this place are "gang drills," some of which can drill si multaneously from seven to ten holes. Many of th3se beautiful-working Instruments were made by the elisor mechanics cousiautly employed on the premises In tool-making.. 1 he general aspect of tho third story much resem bles that of the other two. It la nil ad wltu; all kinds of costly tools, and contains many ingenious edging machines for cutting Irregular surfaces ; by means of a shifting frame-work and a shifting bed the direc tion of the cutter can be made to follow the will of the workman ; labor-saving devices are being con stantly Invented and put in operation by thi skilful mechanics employed for this purpose, for facilitating' the exa'-t manufacture of the machines, and every thing tending to Improvement In tula respect is im mediately adopted. ruaWBBBI.B DIPARTM HXT. The needle department la on thin fl.ior. The manufacture of the ncedlas Is a most Important de partment of the factory, when It la considered that about 175,000 are made here every mouth. The work In many of its details requires great nicety of eye and baud, which can only be acquired by long practice. Steel wire is first cut to required lengths by ma chinery; these are then subjected to the various processes of pointing, rounding tho end, grooving, polishing of the butt, finishing the point, drilling the eye, tempering, polishing out the groove, finishing the eye, polishing and curving which completes the needle. These processes neccssliato much sub diviKlon of lubor, every needle passlug through the hands of fifteen different persons. Abuse seventy different kinds of needles are here mads. . THE FOURTH AMD FIFTH STORIES, as do tho others, present a long and striking array of tools and workmen. Every available inch of room Is occupied, and every workman la making the ut most of hla hands and his time. On the fifth story is the "Inspecting room," to which are brought from all parts of the building, by means of elevators, the atire products of the rooms below. To ensure the best of material and workmanship very partx the machine is hare thoroughly In spected, ard if found. In any way, a departure from i the etat flard, la at onoe condemned. It Is therefore j nun' st impossible that an Imperfect piece can get ' Into a machine. This room contains an immense , assortment of the various parts of the machines, which finally pass to the "setters op," who put them together and test the complete machine. Adjoining thla Is a pattern and drawing room where designs and models are made. Jn this Ktory is the plating-room, where, by means of the electro-platlug process, certain portions of the machines are coated with pure silver these are afterwards taksn to an adjoining room to be burnished. Till JAPANKINO AND ORNAMKKTINO PEPAHTMRNT. This is a separate building In the rear of the main factory, seventy-five feet long and two stories In height. Here are brought all the portions of the machine which are to be japanned and ornamental. This Is an operation of great Interest. In the first story I the table-standards, wheels, etc., are japanned, loaded on Iron cars and run on tramways Into the brick ovens, where they remain at a tempera ture of 180 degrees for twelve hours. They are then removed and ornamented, and sent to the packing room, whore they are loxed for transportation. In the second story the bed-plates and other parts of the machines are painted, gilded, and beautifully Inlaid with pearl in various ornamental patterns by skilful and artistic workmen. Here, also, cars and tramways are employed to place the machines In immense ovens, some of which admit two cars some fifteen feet In length, containing 250 machines. TOE BLACKSMITH SHOP is In another brick bnlldlng in the rear of the fac tory W feet in length in which all the small tools, such as drlllB, cutters, etc., used in the works, are made and repaired. TUB WOOD-WORK for supporting or Inclosing the machines, la made In factories entirely separate from thla, and Is a dis tinct branch of the business, requiring more space and nearly as many hands aa are engaged in the manufacture of the machines. The woodwork varies from a common plain table to most elaborate rose wood, carved black walnut, or mahogany cabinet, fit for any lady's boudoir. These factories are in Cambridgeport, New York city, Philadelphia, Balti more, Chicago, and various other places, located with a view of saving the cost and avoiding the damage and risk of transportation. This branch re quires the disbursement of large sums of money, as may be well imagined, when we reflect that each machine is accompanied by one of the many styles of wood-work. TUB PACKINO DEPARTMENT. A busy scene presented in this department, from which the machines are forwarded to all parts of the civilized world. The bills for packing cases at Bos ton alone are upwards of $19,000, and the many teams of the company are constantly employed in transporting large loads to the various depots and wharves for ahlpment to their destination. ENLARGEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT AT THE FACTORY. To accommodate their rapidly increasing busi ness, the company has lately enlarged its factory by an addition on Washington street five stories In height and 100 feet in length. This Is already filled with machinery running in connection with that In the remainder ef the building, and the Increased facilities are beginning to bo apparent In the pro duction. We know of not many prettier sights than the one presented to the passer-by of this large and substan tial building with its hundreds of windows lighted, as it is every nig till 6 o'clock, by gas. A good Idea of the extent of the main building can thus easily be bad. THE FOUNDRY of the company Is a handsome and commodious brick building at the corner of Albany and Plympton streets. Its dimensions are 170 feet by 60, with two tiers of windows and a French roof; It is furnished with a twenty-horse power engine made by the Put nam Machine Company; two of Peary's patent cupolas fer melting iron, and a Stnrtevant "blower." Every modern convenience for facilitating the neoea- sary operations is here employed. CONCLUSION. Thus we are shown how ingenuity and never tiring enterprise, combined with an upright and straightforward manner in all their business trans actions have succeeded. The foregoing will furnish food for the reflective mind of many a young man now starting In the business of life. From small be glnnlngs we see a business gradually but constantly and surely progressing unt.0. it now reaches a posl. tlon second to few and of Importance exceeded by none. DOCTORS OF TOEDXCinX Annual Commencements of the Jeffer son and Woman's Medical Col legesAddresses by Pro fessors J. Aitken Meigs, M. D., and Ann Preston, 11. D. The season of 'medical commcacoments reached a climax at noon to-day, with the clotting exercises of the Jefferson and Womau's Colleges the former being held at the Academy oi music, ana wose oi me latter at the Musical t una Hall, ihe week has been prolific of new fledged disciples of iKsculaplus, 337 altogether being turned out by the following Institutions: Jefferson Medical College it0 Medical Department University of Penn sylvania 113 ITalinemann Medical College 50 Women's Medical Collego 14 Total graduates 337 With 340 new doctors in the flold, the Old maxim about throwing physic to the dogs may as well bo laid aside lor tho time being. THE JEFFERSON MEDICAL COLLEGE. The Forty-Fifth Annual Commencement at Ihe Academy ofMuale-A 1,1st of the Uradu. lr The ValeUloir Address by Professor J. Attben Bleltm, JJI. u. As is customary, the commencement exercises of the Jefforsou Medical College attracted a targe ana uriiuaui auaiouce at the Academy of Music. At 11 o'clock tho Germania Orchestra bcijan a varied musical programme, and at noon the regular commencement exorcises wero opened with a prayer by the Rev. John Cham bers. Tho dogreo of doctor of medicine was then conferred upon tho following gcntlomen, one hi ndred aud sixty in number, by the lion Edward iuuir, LL. I)., President of th lnan. tullon: Abbot, Benjamin T., N. J. Albert, John v., Pa. Alia way. Thos M., Texas. Atiee, W. Lemuel, '. Baniay, John W., Ala. Karnes, Hubert H., Pa. Barllesou, Henry U Pa, bt:lWilli, Frank K.,()uun. Bflo, Arthur !'., N. C. item, J. U , Idaho. Mack, clarence Can'a. Mat lily, K. 1. Pa. Uoweu, John J., l's. Itrayton. K. Cullen, N. Y. Hreiianiau.M. 1!., pa. Briggn, is. It,. Mli U. llrown, J. Jurdau, Pa. Krutkart, W. tsoott, l'a. Iluckby, Wilson, Pa. Butturnelg, Tnos. 11., pa. Campbell, Charles. Pa. Chewtrown. A.V., l'a. Clark, K. W., Vt. ColluigB. Tosey, Ind. ' Creiikliaw, Joliu W., Ky. Crook, Ju&pU A., Tsna. Leggett, Levere't, K, O. iLevy, Charles, P., Teun. kookwood, Geo, A., N. Y. Lort, Joseph, Md. Marsh, Mras. W. W., DaL MCAiernry, Wrn. M., Pa. Ucuaniless, A.W. Al. P. McCarthy, Samuel. L.,Pa. MoCarty, Tlios. I. IP. McClellau, Ueorge, Pa. McColly, Marst K., Pa. McDonald, (1. M. I).), Va. MuKadden.W'ill Ooa'n.Iud MeGaughey, J. D. Teun. Msllwaiue, It. K.. Pa. McLeas, JC. p., p. Miller, J. till win, Pa, Miller, J. K.,Pa. Miller, Johu P. Pa. Mlttloh A V T- M itiniefi, John It,, Va, Moaner, F. NerT, Pa, Moss, O. w., Pa. Musser, F. M., Pa. Neely, A. F., Kan. Nwrf, Co. VV., Jr., Pa. PavlF, .Tohn II., Pa Davta, Thomas D., Pa. I let well r, Moses II., I'A. Dickson, 8. 11., Jr., 8. O. lh lleiibuutfh. Z. T., Ohio. Donaldson. H. J., Vt. Duudore, Frank P.. Pa, Noble John B., Miss. (h(oi, Hamilton, Mais. xamndl, P- (f cul). Parke, Hen. R., p. Parker, Hamuei II., Ark. I'arlsli, Win. It., Mis. Patterson, John P., Pa. Klierly, Alison K., Pa. Kdwaida, lnaao L., Pa. Kills, J. Weslev, Ky. 1 mim, Miwara 11., l'a. Poiey. Cyrus 8., Pa, Porter, Joaeph V., Fla. Powell, James, Ky. Pr1m. F.lon U.,Vt. Keevea, M. W., N. J. Hessler, Joel U.. Pa. Kobiiltm, o. U., Jr., N. J. Pussell, . T., Tenn. HutledKe, Hhallus It , Pa. !4chmwle, Win. F., Pa. Schrlver, Franklin, Fa, Knott, John (4., Pa. Eaiimman, Kmory. ra. Fegley, Amandus N., Pa. Ferguson, Jas. jr., Mich. Franklin. M., Mo. Kriwi'ii, Herman, ra. Frltzlngnr, K. J.. Pa. Frluk, C. 8. (M, 1).), Ind. Oalnes, J. II., Va. Gates, Joseph M., Minn. Oaut, Matt lie B.. Pa. uemuuu, .lucoo m., ra. Orahain, I). M., Pa. Orimih, John II., N. J. Sharp, eamuel F., Ohio. HliiiltK. Abner W., Pa. 11 ainert, a v., mirs. Hale, Morris (M. 1).), III. Ilamuer, Joseph 11., Ky. nnmri, it. o., ra. 8mlih, Albert M., Pa, Smith, Frank 11., N. Y. Hinlth, Mark L,, N. J. Hmlth, Kobert K., Mo. onodtfrass, J. B., W. Va. Npackman, H. V., Pa. Spencer, John K, N. 3. Stokes, J. O., III. Taylor, J. Milliard, Ky. lay lor, 8. W., Ala. 11 an 11 a, iiugn, l'a. Henderson. 11. U.. Oft, liengst, I). Alfred, Pa, Illckey, icugene 11., in. x. 1 1 HI, Utorne A., Ala, lllltell, Randolph 8., Pa Hoffman, Charles I., Pa. Hopkins, Rllwood K., Pa. llnnnnn. .TriMinh. Kv jaxiB, j. it., in. Howltt, Wm. U., Cinarta. Thompson, J., Mo. Huebener, W., A. M., Pa. jTrabert, J. W., Pa. HuiTman. John M.. Mo, 1 renchard. A.. Pa. Trevluo, M., Mexico. Hnlllhen, M. F., W. Va. Hunter, W. O., Pa Irby, W. M.. B. C. Iszard, W. H., M. J. James, II. C, Pa, Jarrett, O. U., Pa. Jones, M. 1)., MIhs. Jones, KohU It, Texas. Johnson, G. F., Oa Johnsm.S., Wd. Keller, 11. D., Pa. Kendell, 11. W.(M.D.), 111. Kennedy, C. B., Kansas. Kinir. W ro. II., Pa. Tn rpln.T. J., Jr. (M. D.),Ky. T'lloin, J. T.j Pa. Van Nnys, J. I).. Ind. Van Valzah, F. II., Pa, Vinson, J. W., Ga, Voorhnis, B. M., Ind. Walker, J. K., Ky. Watson, Lemuel, Mo. Wells, Howard, Pa. Whlt, . A., t'aU White, T. H., Pa. Wick, Addison J., Pa, Wilson. F. o. Kreltzer, J. A.. Pa, Zimmerman. O. P.. Pa. JYICll'.CJ, V. . , Landls, II. G., P Zuber, D. J., Miss. The number of student In the class of 1869-70 was 435, representing 89 different States aud coantrles. Of the graduating class 75 members were residents of Pennsylvania. The valedictory address to the graduating class was delivered by James Aitken Meigs, M. D., Professor of the Institutes of Medicine in the college, and one of the physicians to tho Penn sylvania Hospital. Tho address was a long and elaborate one, and we have room for only a few choice extracts, as follows: "The most of you are destined, perhaps, to become active private practitioners. Home of yon may be called to preside over hospitals, Infirmaries, asylums for the insane, and the like. Others among you may come to exercise your art lu the army ami navy of yonr country. To all of you It may happen at any time to be summoned to aid the ends or justice by the exhibition of your knowledge. In all these situ ations, the comfort and the happiness of many peo plo, for good or ill, are in your hands. Weighty, then, indeed, is the responsibility which, of your own free will, you liavo this day assumed. - "Strain your eyes for a moment along the road which lies open before you, and let your mnntal vision pierce the veil which covers the future. His midnight. A strong child an only child, it seems Is struggling wildly, gasping for breath. The smothered cry, the hoarse and brazen cough, grate harshly and ominously upon yonr ear, for you well know that the Inflammatory and rebellious blood Is weaving with nimble lingers the network of death In the throat of that child. And as the frantic mother grasps your hand, and begs you, by all that you hold dear, to stay the destroyer, one glance I catch at your troubled looks, and somehow thesoene changes. The houses and streets of a great city are before me. I see men hurrying to aud fro, their faces white and ghastly. They shrink from the touch of each other, for the plague-demon holds dread revelry in that town. Aud the physician is there, pale, haggard, and worn, yet striving man fully to wm at least one victim from the Jaws of the merciless death. And now the city fades, and In its place, upon the sea, a ship appears, with sickness and despair full freighted. Famine aud fever and death have laid their hands heavily upon the crew of that ship; and, amidst the great distress, the con scientious surgeon mores from berth to berth, his Intellectual and moral being disturbed and sorely tried, for imminent danger without leagues with perplexity and doubt within to render him the wretchedest of men. "Amidst some such circumstances and tn the pre sence of some such spectacles as these the responsi bilities of your profession will come upon you with a crushing weight. Into a few moments It will seem to yon that the dread, the anxiety, and the embar rassment of years have been crowded. In such an hour you will learn that your peace of mind aud the comfort and well-being of your patients are inter woven threads, aud that the onljr way to maintain the former is to be thoroughly skilled in all the modes of preserving the latter. I would have you, therefore, to cultivate to Its utmost this feeling or responsibility. I would have your sensibilities sharpened as acutely as possible. Kesponstbllity, rightly appreciated, will cause you to oome to the work, not with half-heart, and naif-knowledge, aud real kalf arouBed, but lull of devotion, full of de termination to be equal, cost what it may, with the requirements of your calling. Face boldly, then, that anxiety begotten of responsibility, and grapple with It resolutely. It la yonr friend in disguise a rough friend, it Is true, but an honest one and in the great aystero of providential compensation, like all dangers to the brave, like all obstacles to the de termined, it will become your helper. "In entering upon the active duties of your voca tion, I wish you particularly to remembor that the only wates which you carry Into the market of the world to exchange for the goods of lire, are your time and professional knowledge. It behoves ynu, therefore, more than all other men, to economize time, that you may, by Its wise use, all the more ftfl'ectOHlly increase jour knowledge. A man that is young lu Tears,' rays Uacon, may be old In hours, if he have Ion no tiina. But,' he adds slgnlUcantly, 'that hanneneth rarely.' If you rightly emnlov those fragments of time so recklessly wasted by the giddy world at I afire, in the Insane uuest after nleasura. so-called, you will aohleve for yourselves almost any reasonable reputation you may desire. This dili gent and well-dlreoted employment of your time will enable yon at forty years of age to have accom plished more than most men who have numbered their threescore years and ten. "If yon would obtain the confidence of the world, you must have confidence In yourselves, you must be animated by the same spirit which Impelled Cae sar to say to the affrighted pilot in the storm, 'Fear not, thou carrteut Caisar and his fortunes.' 8uch a spirit will carry, yon hopefully and patiently through, the struggles aud difficulties of tho lonely period of probation upefn which you have just entered. 8omo there are in our profession who have found a short and easy road to a lucra'lve practice by inheriting it irom a lather, a father-in-law, or some other rela tive who may be exteusively engaged In bu siness; or. by obtaining it through the timely pa tronage of some over-busy practitioner who seeks relief from his incessant labors. Such men have success, in great measure, thrust upon them. The most of you will be compelled to earn It to win your way to a remunerative practice through many trials, and by triumphing over many obstacles. When at length you have secured success when In the course of time your self-reliance, your diligence and skill have brought you much business, and made you thereby the slave of tint sick public, tliluk not t say now! will rest, now I will take mine ease. Over many there are lu the world who are resting and taking their ease, living upon the labor or others, and returning to the world not a tithe of wl.at they have obtained from it "If you would become physicians In the highest acceptation of the term, yon must be deeply lnu printed Willi the scientific requirements of medi cine. The welfare of your patients and your Indi vidual Interests alike demand tills; for as long as medicine appears to be purely empirical, so long will quackery be possible. This oalelul parasite nour ishes most vigorously in those departments of our art least illuminated by the rays of science. Hur geiv, resting upon the exact science of anatomy, and calling- to Its aid various accurate mechanical appliances, is now but little trou bled with impostors. The 'natural bone-sut-ters' and other simllar.v charlatans have long since disappeared from Us domain. Prac tical medicine, on tho other hand, based as it is upon an experience which la so often fallacious, upon a physiology and pathology still very Imperfect, aud aa organic cliemlKtry In a state of great confu sion, is still a pray to the mercenary cuuulug or everr quack who boasts his Infallible remedy for phthisis, rheumatism, and all those special Ills which, In consequence or onr Ignorance of their enxentlal nature, continue to resist all therapeutic euort, "In view or this fact it is lnoambent upon you to do all that yon can to render quaokery impossible, not by expoHlnar Its criminal falsifications, but by making that which lsdoubiiul in medicine eartaln and thU which Is obseuro clear. To do ihis must einphatlcallv reoognlse the fact that rod Heine has a two-fold relation ; thut It touches soieuoeon the mm hand and humanity on the otir: that It d ncs upon, and 11111s1 keep pace with, scinnoe In order to dal skilfully with the snff jilnira and s r row, both physical and mental, of nunklnd. Herein He at ouca the difficulty and the glory of the physician." The formation tfan Alumni Association. Previous to the commencement a meeting of the Alumni of the Jeffersou College was held la tlielow- lecture-room of tho college bul.ding, at lOUoViock, for the purpose ot organizing an Alumni Association. Tho number of gradu ates, from the founding of the college nutii tho prctent time, Is nearly 0000, the preseut class numbering 435. Dr. Sconce McClellan was the founder, and for many years was the incumbent of the chair of surgery. The meeting was called to order by Dr. Sam uel D. Gross, the preseut Profensor of Surgery, on whore motion Dr. N. L. Hatfield waa ap pointed Chairman. Dr. J. Ewlng Mears was elected Secretary. Dr. Gross stated the follow ing, among others, to bo the object of an alumni association such as it was now proposed to form: To preserve and cultivate a feeling of good fellowship among graduates mid towards their former preceptors; to establish scholar ships for the education of poor young uieu; to create annual or other piizes, to oe eomerrea at commencement; and to form a library .for the use of indigent students. The following eouunittce was appointed to draft a constitution for the society: Professor 8. D. Gross, Professor Ellerslle Wallace, Profes sor B. Howard Rand, Dr. Addison Ueweon, and Dr. Ewlng Hears. On motion, the Chairman of the meeting was added to the committee er, officio. Tho com mittee will meet next Tuesday evening tn the faculty-room of the University to transact business. The meeting then adjourned until next Saturday at noon, when the report of the committee will be received. THE WOMAN'S MEDICAL COLLEGE. Ttie Klahternth Annual t'ommenreuient, at lUunlCHl Kauri Hall The Jrtiuie Tho Valedictory Addrrca by rrolmwr Ana lre ton, Al. I. A reiinllilo View ol Woman' lllahrr Hpbore of Duly. The Woman's Medical College is an institu tion to which time has given permauoncy and professional energy success. The number of students in attendance during the year just closed was 50, against 43 the previous year; the f;raduate8 this year numbering 14, while at the ast commencement the number was 15. The Eighteenth Annual Commencement was held at tho Musical Fund Hall at noon to-day, in pre sence of a large and atteutlve audience. Pre vious to the exercises of the occasion Carl Sentz' Orchestra gave some attractive musical selections, with others Interspersed through the remainder of the programme. The exercises were opened with prayer by the Rev. Bishop fcimpson, who is well kuown as a decided cham pion of tho woman cause in all Its different phases. The degree of Doctor of Medicine was then conferred by T. Morris Perot, Esq,, the President of the Board of Corporators, upon tne toiiowmg young laaics, 14 in number: Bibelia T. Baker, Minn. Martha E. Ilutchtns, Ind. Jennie (J. Brown, HU Julia W. Carpenter, Ohio. Ilanna T. Uroasdale, Pa. Sarah C. Hall, Ind. Sarah A. Hlbbard. N. Y. Anna Luxens, ra. Pheba A. Oliver, N. Y. Mary T. Seelye, OhK Jean 8. Stevenson, N. Y. Melissa M. Wabster, N. Y. Jennie L. Henderson, Mo. mizad. oou. The valedictory address to the graduating class was then delivered bv Ann Preston, M. D., Professor of Physiology and Hygiene In the col lege, and Dean of the Faculty. She spoke as follows: "Ladles, Graduates: It is not rrerelyln formal compliance with custom that I give you to-day, on behalf of the Faculty, a few parting words. "We have watched your progress in study with in terest and with pride. Our hopes and sympathies go with you Into the future, and we feel your welfare and success henceforth linked with our own. "There are many to-day who look apon yon with something Indeed of sympathy, but with more of pity, believing that you have chosen a hard path way, and that care and sorrow above the common measure must fall to your lot. We do not share In this feeling. If- the care and anxiety be great, the compensations are yet greater; if the toll be heavy, we believe, with buskin, that 'whenever the arts and labors or lire are fulfilled in this spirit of striv ing against misrule, and doing whatever we have to do honorably and perfectly, they invariably bring happiness, as much as seems possible to the nature of man.' "At present nervous maladies, womanhood en feebled and diseased, are the fashion of society, and perhaps the most frequent question that yon will have to answer practically will be, 'What can be done for our suilenug women?" There is a deep conviction that theae heauaoties, neuralgias, and weak backs are neither necessary nor doot n 'd to be the permanent condition of womanhood ; aud ladies, the philanthropist and scientist, who are seeking the remedy, look hopefully to the result of your knowledge and experience In its bearing upon this point. "When anxious fathers and mothers bring yon their beautiful daughters, from whose young faces and steps tho bloom and elastlolty are departing, and ask yonr advlee, what shall yon do T You look at those girls and at onoe take in their history. Kept long at school and strained with many lessons at a time of life when the conditions of healthful growth and development were Incompatible with sedentary habits and severe mental tasks; their bodies so bound with clothing that by no possibility have the evur-movlng vital organs been able fully to perform their functions; their extremities oold and thinly clad, and the weight or their clothing supported, not Dy toe snouiuers, niaue oy uoa to or burdens, but by parts totally unfitted to sustain them I Released from school, they have bent long in the same posture over piano, fanoy work, or exciting novel, Instead of rejoicing In the open air, or in active uiuaoular exercise ; their homes, luxurious It may be, have yet been grudg ingly supplied with pure air and quickening sun shine ;;the passion for dress and company has been fostered until these have become the staples rather than the stimulants of their lives; while late hours, artificial lights, and continuous excitements have Interfered with the nutrition of nerve tissue, and perverted the distribution of nerve force. You know that quiet, interesting, imperative work work for hands and for mind is essential to their health ; and as you sigh over tliulr perverted, suffering, unsatis fied lives, you cannot be Tontent with the mockery of merely prescribing drugs, needful and beuehclal as these may often be. "Ladies, society hails your advent Into the field of medicine as among the heralds of a higher civiliza tion the civilization which is harmonious with Christianity and you wUl prescribe for those who seek your advice In the knightly spirit of your pro. fesslon, with all tenderness, but with all truth. Scorning make-believes and pretensions, with the authorily or knowledge you will say, 'ihese things you cannot do, and realize the joy or health.' Nor will you speak In vain. When an evil is once fully Rsen aud admitted, and its cause understood, the remedy will surely be devised." After giving some wholesome advice to the young lady doctors about tho details of their practice aud the ethics of the profession, Dr. Preston continued: "Ttie progress which onr cause is making through out the world is truly marvellous la free MwlUer land the Medical University of Zurich has for years admitted women to all its advautages; tha great University of cosmopolitan Paris haa now dispensed to them its fullest privileges and highest honors; the Vnlveratty of Edinburgh has opened its doors, creaking with the rime of ages, wlda enough for tUoir entrance; the University of Stockholm iu Swe den we understand, is offering them facilities for medical education: aud the Swedish tJoverument, It is i-tated, la about to establish a complete inedioul college at Uotlieuburg for womou excluiively. Iu Austria the candidates for the degree of Doctor of Obstetrics consist both of men and women ; while in our own country, not only the great University of Michigan, but a number or smaller Institutions also, have removed the barrrlers which forbade them to ""One or our graduates or last year Is now a medi cal missionary In ludla, sent out by the Woman's Kranch of the Mathodist Kplscopal Church. With the angel's song of 'Peace on l.arth, Good Will to Men' resounding to her spirit, she bears with her thatmedlcal knowledge so prised lu the Hast, which will open to her the haronis and homes which men physicians cannot enter, l n a, reoont report of the Philadelphia Branoh of the Woman's Union Mis sionary Society ar theso wtads: 'From all hea thenism comes the call, send us the educated doc tr oss to teach our woman bow to take the medi- f a' e ire of women and children.' It fnrther a ds: 'Heathen mi a of high rank have orlered to nive f nnils to establish medical college for tliulr wonen, If we will send the educated America! ladles to teach The recent circumstances in this city which called forth such a surprising expression of publlo St-ntiment through the general newspaper press of ti ls conntry and of Karope, have hornlt to the conviction of the olvlllzed world that Itl s right and proper that women should stud and practise in hi I i- clne, and that they should have the mem of eluca tlon necesaaiy to fit them to do It effectively. Nor wouia 11 oe jiihi tor yon to esMmate profe-sionai sentiment by cases of Individual llllberality. Great hearted men adorn this noble calling, and yonr best htlp and kindest welcome win como from many of these. Of the ladles who last spring went out from this rollege to practise medicine, two, unsolicited by themselves, have been eiectd mnmners of the Diedlcal societies In their respective localities. Knowing the One attainments and culture of these ladles, we congratulate those societies on having honored themselves, as well aa their new members, by this action. Still another of the class of last session, as assistant physician in tho womon's do. panment or the State Lunatic Hospital at Worces ter, Mass.. Is sssoclatcd professionally with distin guished physicians. She accepted this nntrlfd post of nuty with hesitation and diffidence; but after six mon'bs' of trial she has ben officially Informed that her services are entirely satisfactory and de sirable ; and her salary, not less at first than the oruinary ralary or a man assistant for the Drat year, has Im cu already increased. "Ladies, there are some parts of medical work that men can doubtless perform better than you. some that yon can perform better than they ; but soch tv expects from you the nicer sensibilities, the Oner humanities that it ascribes to woman. Its standard of moral virtue is higher for woman than for man, and so It deems any disregard of It worse iu her than In htm. The tone of me ileal literature aud medical feeling, it is all too obvious, needs the refining and ennoullng Influences that the purity and peculiar endowments of the true woman are calculated to give. Yon bring into the profession yuur womanly tact and insight, your quick sympa thies, your watchful care, and your high ideal of the purity and delicacy required tn the sacred office you nave assumad. As women, with the experiences of your womanhood, and looking at the subject from a fresh standpoint, you will surely unfold new re sources in the art of healing; and if yon are true to yourselves, you must enrich as well as refine She pro fession yon enter. ' Go forth prudently, truthfully, trnstlng In the eternal Btrength of the ever-living God, willing to accept toll and privation aa well aa ease and victory, aud fear not that a true aud glorious success shall be yours that this will be to yoa the eommence ment of a renewed life of enlarged activity, in which, amid cares and responsibilities, you shall often bo led beside still waters, and lie down in green pastures." - The exercises of the day were concluded with the benediction and a musical finale. Omoi or thr RvKNTHa TsxaeBAra,! Saturday, March 12, 1870. ( Money continues In ainnle shodIv at 4f5 Der cent, on Government and other good collate rals. Discounts are easy ana unchanged. Prime paper is current at fi7 per cent. The sharp reaction in gold yesterday has bad a very un settling effect on trado and in financial circles. and the Impression Is growing that gold is likely to react until It reaches 1320, Instead of de cling to 0, as some sVtngnine people hoped at tho beginning of the week. The opening sales thU morning were made at 111s, declining, tor a tew minutes only, to 111 and sharply rebounding, closing about noon at 112kr. Government bonds are suddenly depressed, losing most of the advance gained yesterday. It is likely, however, that there will be a reac tion In sympathy with gold before the close to day. The probability of the passage of the Funding bill Is credited with this change. The business In stocks was very light and priees were steady. State loans were dull. Sales of sixes, first series, at 103. City sixes were stronger, selling at 101 for the ntw bonds." In Reading Railroad there were no sales. The range Is 46a. Pennsylvania Railroad was taken at 5657, and Lehigh Valley Railroad at 5454g an advance. The balance of the list was very dull, and there was a general lack of spirit among buyers and sellers alike. PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGB 8ALB8. Reported by De Haven & Bro., No. 40 & Third street. FIRST BOARD. 11000 c A A m 6s, 'SS Qs.y f?400 city 6a, n. . .ls.ioijj flOOtt Heading deb. ' Bds.... 81V $100 do.... SIX 12000 Steub A Ind Cs March Issue.. bs. 71 IMOPaSs, lse 103 USD. jfenna k.... ot 14 , do Is. 67 81 . do MX 63 do Is. RT lOshLeh V R 54V 18 do MX Jay Cookb & Co. quote Government securities aa follows: U. a 68 or 1881, 114115; 6-HOS Of 166a, 110JilU5 do., 1864, 109310k; da, 1845, 109X 110: do., July, I860, IOBioh; do. do., 1861, lu8K109X;dO., 1869, 109 109J; 1Q-40S, 106(i lox; Cur.es, 1UK3112K. Gold, 118,. Mark a Ladnek, Bankers, report this morning ioiu quoutuoua aa loiiuwa: 10WA. M 118 10-16 A. X. 119 10-01 " lll'i 10O8 .112 10OT lo-os " inv lo w " nix io-2a mv 1114 " 118 1128 " ...... 13-00 M , .U8?i 118 Phlladelphla Trade Report. Saturday, March 18. The Flour market is steady, but the volume of business is light, the demand being eonflned to the immediate requirements of the home consumers, who purchased a few hundred barrels In lots, including superfine at $4-8TX4tO; extras at H-2,v4-8TX; Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota extra family at 5-250-JB; Pennsylvania do. do. at t5-J66, the latter rate for choice; In diana and Ohio do. do. at $06-85; and fancy brands at $6W4Tf0, according to quality. Rye Flour may be quoted at $4-62ji44-75. Tho Wheat market is without change. Sales ot 1000 bushels Pennsylvania and Western red at $l-8Ba 1-86. ltve Is quiet at use. Corn Is quiet, and 8500 bushels yellow sold at 80c. in the cars and from store, and 92c. atlat. Oats are lu fair request, aud 8000 bushels Pennsylvania changed hands at MtdbSo. No sales reported In Barley or Malt. Bark In the absence of sales we qaoto No. 1 Quercitron at 180 per ton. Whisky is quiet, and ranges from fll-02 for wood and Iron-bound packages. LATEST SU1PFING INTELLIGENCE. l'or additional Marine Au f Ttutids Poor. PORT OF PHILADELPHIA MARCH U STATE OF TOE11MOMKTER AT TUB XVSHUiQ TELBdKAPH OKK1CB. T A. M 44 I 11 A. M 48 I 8 P. M 43 CLEARED TUI8 MORNING. Steamship Burner, Harding, Providence, D. S. Stet son k Co. Sclir Prize Banner, Atkins, Newbnryport, Knight A Sons. Pchr Lottie, Taylor, Boston, J. C. 8cott A Sons, bclir Mabel Hall, Bartlett, Wilmington, N. C, do. KctirJaa. S. Watson, Uouck, Lynn, do. Kchr A. II. Culn, blmpsou, fcialem, do. . Sclir Brandy wine, Adams, Balem, do. ARRIVED THIS MORNING. Steamship Fanita, Freeman, 20 houra from New Tork, w ith rndse. to John F. Ohl. Steumcr Rattlesnake, Coburn, from Providence, In ballast to J. K. littles. bteamor W. Whllldln, Riggans, 13 hours from Bal timore, with rndse. to A. Groves, Jr. Bark Euieka, Young, 28 days from Sagua, with sugar to 8. & W. Welsh. , Bark Brunswick, Pultz, 13 days from Sagua, with sugar to S. A W. Welnh. Bohr N. J. Miller, Dunham, 0 days from St. John, N. H., via Holmes' Hole, with laths, etc., to D. Trump, Son A Co. ' . . Schr Keuduakeag, Wyatt, 15 days from Sagua, with molasses to Isaao llough A Morris. Bark Attlla, arrived yesterday, Is consigned to L. Westergaard A Co. uot as before. Bark Uriel, arrived yesterday from Now Tors, Is consigned to S. L. Merchant A Co. BELOW. Ship Atlienals, from London; brig riorae, from Sagua; schr Klia Uodsdon, from Cardenas. ' AT TOE BREAKWATER, Ship Tamerlane, from Bremerhaven; Bchr Elllo I Smith, from Havana; and one brig, unknown. SECOND EDITION LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. Tho Voyage of the Smidt, $7000 Embezzlement of a Book-keeper. Tho Religious IlcTlval in Cincinnati Newly Discovered Gold Fields. FROM JiEW YORK. Vayaare f the atmimcr HmldU ' New York, March 13. The captain of the steamer Smidt reports that be left Bremen on tho 23d of January, and proceed d satisfactorily until the 27th, when a perfect hurricane commenced; the wind veered and shifted around all points of the compass, the sea swelling Into gigantic rollers, seldom met with anywhere bnt In tho North Atlantic. During these gales the vessel could make but little headway, and the situation was rendered still more dangerous by the break ing of the piston-rod and a general loosenlug ofithe machinery, by the high stroke and fre quency of unavailing revolutions when the pro peller was out of the water. This disaster occurred on the Oth of February. The gale continuing, rendered the task of repair ing difflault and slow. Tho labor lasted twelve days, the steamer lying to all that time, unable to make the least headway. This was in lat. 40, long. 33, off the Azores. A few days before the captain saw a large three-masted steamer. It was a dark, stormy night, and he was unable to make her out, any more than she was steering . N. E. On the 11th of February the weather began to moderate, and the Smidt, with her en gines patched as well as could be, proceeded on , her voyage. Her utmost speed, however, was only five miles an hour. All went well with the passengers as far as food, and general comfort, -and health were concerned. One death, an in fant, and two births occurred during the voyage. Charge of Einbcavcleraeat. Nbw York, March 12 At 11 o'clock last night, Detectives Carroll and Stratford, of the Jersey City police, arrested Joseph Cunning ham, recently book-keeper in the employ of the extensive dry goods firm of Homer, Colladay & Co., Chesnut street, above Broad, Philadelphia, on the charge of emkezsllng over 1 7000 from his employers. New York Money aadHtoek Market. " Niw York, March 12. Stocks unsettled. Money easy at rx6 per cent. Oeld, mx- Five- twenties, I81M, coupon, 110; do. 1864, da, 0X', do. I860, do., IDS V: do. do. new, 108 : da 1887,1011; da 1868, 109; 10-40S, 1H; Virginia 6s, new, TOtf; Missouri es, 98; Cantua Company, 60 v; Cum berland preferred, is.V; Consolidated Now York Cen tral and Hudson lUver, M SVta, ; Reading, X I Adams Express, 62; Miohlgan Central, ll; Michigan Southern, 8V; Illinois Central, 140; Cleveland and Pittsburg, 98; Chicago and Rook Island, USM ; Pittsburg and Fort Wayne, 193 ; West ern Union Telegraph, 83 . FROM THE WEST. Itellgloiia Revival. Cincinnati, March 13. According to authen tic information gathered by the Gazelle in 60 churches of this city aad snburbs, 2093 have thns far been added in the present revival. This, however, does not embrace all the converts, very many of whom have net yet united with any church. Some churches have not been heard from. Of 1259 whose ages are known, there is 1 person over 70 years, and bnt 87 be- , tween 60 and 70; between the ages of 13 and 30 and 20 and 60 the numbers are about equal. 1 The 48 Hoar Bale. , The distillers of the Third district, at Dayton, ' are showing indignation over the enforcement of the 48 hour rule. One or two have paid the assessment for the deficiency under protest, with the expectation of commencing suit against the Government. ' FROM TEE PACIFIC COAST. " HIntnK News 1 8m Frahcibco, March 13. There is great excitement here concerning the newly-discov-: : ered gold mines in San Diego county. Many 1 persons have gone overland to San Diego, and -the steamship Oriflamme will leave on Snnday for the same destination. ' ' Hbip Newt, ' The sloop of war Jamestown sailed on Tours- -day for a two years' cruise amongst the islands of the South Pacific. The United States steamer Saranac sailed yes- . terday for Maratlau, Mexico. ' The ship Yosemlte has sailed for Cork. California, fllnrketa. 8an Fsancibco, March It. Floor, a(-T5550. The ' extreme figures for wheat are $l-8531-5. Legal tenders, 89 cents, v " ; FROM JVEW ENGLAND. The MnasarhuNetla "Sixth." Lowell, March 13. The old Sixth Massa chusetts Regiment are making arrangements for observing the anniversary of their passage through Baltimore on the 19ttt of April, 1801. They will go to Worcester this year, as one company of the regiment was from that city. 1 , The Ice Crop. Gardiner, Me., March 13. The weather here is very favorable for tho Ice crop. The ther mometer this morning indicates 4 degrees below rero. t ; , , . FROM EUROPE. Thla Moraine's Quotations. By tht Anglo-Amtriean Cable. London, March 13 11 A. M. Consols for money, 92 Ji, and for account, 93; United Slates five-twen-ties Of 1862, 90; Of 1866, Old, 90: or 1867, 89 ; 10-40S, 67,. Erie KuSlroad, 20; Illinois Central, 116X; Great Western, 8H)tf. Ijvkkfool, March la 11 A. M. Cotton dull; . middling uplands, lo'.d. ; middling Orleans, 11.W lllid. The sales are estimated at 8000 bales. Pakw, March 12 The Bourse opeued quiet ; Rentes, 741. 67c. , ' . . Antwerp, March 12. Petroleum opened flat at iinBMKN, ' March 12. Petroleum closed active and ' Arm last night at T thalers 19 groats. 1 ' IUmburu, March Is Petroleum closed firm last , night. . ThU Afternoou'a Onotatlon. London, March T-1H0 P. M.-Consols closed at J for money and 98 for account ; I Ive-twenUes of 1W2. 90H Of 1865, Old, 90; Of 1861, MX; 10.4U. Mtf. Erie, 20 - Illinois Central, 116 ; AUantlo and Great WLivRPOOuMarch H-1-B0 P. M,Ootton closed quiet; uplands. iod. ; Orleans, llXGUKd. Bales lo-day booo bales, Including lCKio lor export and speculation. Pork qulwt and steady, Lara buoyant ' at 08a 1 ' 1 i . i i I 1 'I
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