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THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY MAT 4, 1870.
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNO ON
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No. 108 8. THIRD STREET,
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1870.
THE SECOND CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT.
A labor meeting of the Republican voters
of the Tenth ward was held last evening, at
which the policy of nominating a new Con
gressional candidate in the Seoond district
was strongly advocated. This district com
prises the heart of the old city of Philadel
phia, and it is one of the wealthiest and most
intelligent in the whole Union. As it con
tains hundreds of Republicans who are infi
nitely superior, in intellectual endowments,
to the average Congressional standard, and as
its extensive and varied interests imperatively
require first-class ability to secure a proper
degree of consideration at Washington, its
citizens have a right to expect and de
mand that pre-eminent talent will bo
pressed into their service. No portion of
the country can so illy afford to be repre
sented by a mediocre nonentity. The heart of
Philadelphia' should always have on the floor
of Congress a man who can talk and act as
. well as vote for her in a worthy and forcible
manner. In former times, when Horaoe
I?inney or John Sergeant were chosen to re
present this city, her voice always secured a
respectful hearing, if not a potential influ
ence. Communities gain weight in all politi
cal bodies rather by the character of the men
who are chosen to act as their repre
sentatives than by their in
trineio importance, and the rudest
wild-cat district which sends a full-grown
man to the Capitol will command more atten
tion than a whole constituency of merchant
princes and learned savans which permits
itself to be represented by inferior talent.
Applying these well-known principles to the
question at issue, it is right for the people to
inquire whether lion. Charles O Neillisthe
best man that the Republicans of Philadel
phia can find to represent them. One of the
speakers at the meeting last night contended
that he was neither a first-rate lawyer nor a
first-rate business man, and the people can
judge whether these allegations are t true.
The resolutions adopted last evening took
the ground that at the present time,
in view of the persistent assaults
which are being made upon the protective
system, and the agitation of financial ques
tions of vital moment, it is specially import
ant that our best and strongest men should
be sent to Congress; and there is great force
and wisdom in these suggestions. Whatever
may be the cause, it is a matter of regret that
not a single one of the members that the
Republicans of Philadelphia have been re
elect ing for term after term is now at the
head of a Congressional committee, and with
a single exception not one of these members
has gained a national reputation. In these
times Philadelphia needs something more
than mere fidelity, or the bare ability to vote
right, which thousands of constituents pos
sess in. common with their Congressmen, and
no personal considerations or paltry elec-
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uoueeruig uevictJB uuuuiu uo aim wen iu pre
vent the people from scouring talented and
influential Representatives.
THE PENNSYLVANIA DOSPIIAL
CLINICAL INSTRUCTION TO WO
MEN. The annual meeting of the contributors to the
Pennsylvania Hospital was held on Monday
afternoon, and the proceedings possessed an
unusual degree of interest on aooount
of ; the discussion of the '.vexed question
whether clinical instruction should be
given to female medical students. There was
a strong array of the advocates of eaoh side of
the controversy, and a full hearing of the
arguments pro and con. On the part of the
male doctors, various reasons were stren
uously urged for the exclusion of the gentler
sex. It was alleged that, the protest of the
medical and surgical staff against their ad
mission, and the hostility of the profession
to that measure, should be deemed an
insurmountable barrier. It was also
contended that the usefulness of the
institution will be diminished by the admis
sion of women to the clinics, and that the
number of free patients has materially de
clined since the agitation of this matter. One
physician asserted that patients frequently
ask whether they are to be introduced into a
clinic attended by women, and positively
decline to be treated in their presence.
Other dootors spoke of the embarrassment
to which lecturers to mixed clinics were sub
jected in many cases, and the impossibility
of discussing a large class of subjects, in the
presence of women, with proper freedom.
Another physician took still bolder ground,
alleging that while he did not wish to pre
vent women from studying medicine, he con
sidered it improper for them to do so, and
that the profession would be degraded by the
recognition of either mixed clinics or any
other kind which gave good facilities for in
struction at the Pennsylvania Hospital.
On the other band, the cause of the women
was admirably and earnestly defended. One
peaker alleged that, as a matter of justice
and law, recognized female students of me li
cine have as good a right to purchase tickets
- and attend the clinios as male students, au 1
that this right oould and wouhi be enioroed
by the courts if they were appealed to. A
lady speaker, who was one of the contributors
to the hospital, made a strong appeal iu behalf
of her sisters. At another stage of the pro
ceedings an indignant denial by some of tin
male physicians present of an intentiou
prevent women from studying medicine wu
answered in a very telling manner by the
production of a resolution passed by a leading
medical society, which declares that female
physicians or male professors in female
medical colleges cannot beoome members of
the society, and that they must not even be
consulted with, by regulars, for the benefit of
Buffering humanity.
The illiberal spirit displayed in this resolu
tion unfortunately still animates a large por
tion of the male members of the medical
profession, notwithstanding the good ex
ample set by some of the ablest and noblest
devotees of the healing art in discarding dis
creditable and narrow prejudices.
These prejudices, however, were totally
disregarded in the final action of the meeting
on Monday, by a decisive vote in favor of the
following preamble and resolution:
"Wfurras, The managers of the Pennsylvania
Hospital have asked the contributors to Inform the
Incoming board of their wishes In regard to cllnleal
Instruction to women ; and
" H hrrta, Such Instruction, when given tft large
bodies of men and women collectively, Is, in the
minds of many, of questionable expedience ; there
fore "lifxolvtd, That the managers, after conferring
with their medical and surgical staff, shall. If prac
ticable, arrange for appropriate, thorough clinical
instruction In the Pennsylvania Hospital to the
students of the Woman's Medical College of this
city."
It will b seen that this is a compromise
measure. It was not satisfactory to the ex
tremists of either Bide, for the nltra advocates
of woman's rights wished to have mixed
clinics authorized by a direct vote, while the
medical speakers were totally opposed to all
forms of clinical instruction to women at the
hospital. The lady speaker of the oocasion,
however, took the sensible ground that "if
the resolution was adopted allowing separate
clinics, the women would be satisfied and the
publio would commend the action;" and these
sentiments will meet general approval. The
capacity of some women to become good
physicians is no longer a matter of doubt,
and their utility is preven by the
demand for their services. Since they
will be doctors, whether the Pennsylvania
Hospital admits them to its clinics or not,
the public interest , will be promoted by
every new facility granted for their instruc
tion. Every new fact they learn will help to
soothe the sufferings or to prolong the lives
of their future patients; and in many afflic
tions, especially those which are peculiar to
their sex, they will often be enabled to grant
relief that would not even be asked for from
male physicians.
TOO MUCH OF A GOOD TIIING.
The proposition to make the 30th of May in
each year a legal holiday for the dectr ti
of the graves of Union soldiers, which is
agitating Congress, ought to be voted down
without delay. There are already enough
legal holidays, and no addition should be
made to them unless for the celebration of
some great national event of equal import
ance and interest with the signing of the
Declaration of Independence. The objec
tions to the proposition under consideration
are that it will tend in a great measure to
keep alive the unpleasant memories of the
war for the suppression of the Rebellion,
that it will never be observed but by a por
tion of the nation, and that after a very few
years it will not be observed by anybody in
the manner that those who originated the
idea intend. A national holiday cannot be
created, although the Oovernment may set
apart a day for the purpose, and it is idle to
expect that the succeeding generations will
feel the same immediate interest in the fallen
Union soldiers that the present does. This
may not sound as well as some of the elo
quent nonsense that a great many men in and
out of Congress are doubtless prepared to
utter on this theme, but it is the truth never
theless; and most sensible persons will think
that some better way of honoring our fallen
heroes can be found than by getting np An
annual funeral for them. This proposition,
like Senator Cameron's scheme for giving
medals to the volunteers who first entered
Washington in answer to the proclamation of
President Lincoln, is a cheap bid for popular
ity on the part of those who make it; and
Congress will not represent the wishes of the
people of the country if it obstruots business
by legalizing another holiday. There is
nothing to prevent those who desire to testify
to their respect for the memories of our fallen
heroes from decorating their graves every
year, or every day in the year, from now
.until the end of time; but there is no ooca
bion whatever for an act of Congress on the
pubject, and members of Congress will merit
the regards of their constituents more by
attending to the legitimate business that is
before them than by wasting their time over
such silly schemes as this.
THE LEU 10 II COAL AND NAVIGA.
TION COMPANY.
The annual report of the Lehigh Coal and
Nuvigation Company, which we publish in
another column, makes a most satisfac
tory exhibit of the operations during
the year 18G9. The business of the
company was greatly impeded
by a variety of causes that could
not be foreseen, such as strikes by the miners,
breaks in the canal, destruction of buildings
by fire and other mishaps, but, in spite of all
drawbacks, the net profits of the company
swell up to the imposing figure of $331,
701 '51. On the railroad tonnage there was
an increase of $430,29201, and on the
canal tonnage a decrease of $38 1, 803 '09,
making the net increase $1G,483'12. Owing
to a variety of .causes the importance
of the canal as a means of transportation is
diminishing, while that of the railroad is
increasing to an even greater extent than was
anticipated. The canal, however, will always
remain as a very valuable auxiliary, and it
will be maintained as such no matter how
much the railroad facilities may be extended.
During the year the company's miaing
tnd railroad operations were largely
increased, and some valuable con
nections were made which will greatly
facilitate the transaction of business, and aid
iu bringing the coal and iron to market. In
Lis city there is a considerable demand for
ti e ruripflny'8 coal for family use, and in
yiikr to acoouuuodiite purchasers it has been
determined to open a yard, and for this pur
pose ft property on the North Pennsylvania
Railroad, between Diamond and Susquehanna
streets, has been purchased and is being
fitted up as a coal depot. The Lehigh Coal
and Navigation Company is one of the best
managed corporations in the State, and its
energy and enterprise in developing our in
ternal resources have always met with a oor
dial recognition by the people of Pennsyl
vania. The report is one of great interest,
and we commend it to the consideration of
our readers as containing much valuable in
formation. SPECIAL NOTICES.
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1S- OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF
FAIRMOUNT PARK, Wo. 234 Booth FIFTH
Street.
PnTLADKLPRTA, April 30, 1870.
At a meeting of the Board of Park Oommisaionnrs, held
tbis day, th following ordinance was adopted : The Com
missioners of Fairmount Park do ordain, 7 hat no person
shall be permitted to bring led harm within the limits of
. u mount Park, and any person bringing any horse into
lie Park grounds that is not harnessed and attaohed to
a vehicle or mounted by an squestrian shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and liable to a fine not exeeeding five dol
lars, recoverable as similar fines for violations of the rules
and regulations for the. government of Fairmount Park
are, under existing laws, now recoverable.
Attest- DAVID F. FOLEY,
4 8t Secretary Park Commissioners.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COM
PANY, TREASURER'S DEPARTMENT.
Philadelphia, Pa., May 8, 1870.
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.
The Board of Directors have this day declared a semi
annual Dividend of FIVE PER CENT, on the Capital
Steck of the Company, olear of National and State Taxes,
payable in caah on and after May 80, 1870.
Blank Powers of Attorney for collecting Dividends can
be had at the Offioe of the Company, No. 238 South Third
street.
The Offioe will be opened at 8 A. M. and closed at 3
P. M. from May SO to June 3, for the payment of Dividends,
and after that date from 9 A. M. to 3 P. M.
THOMAS T. FIRTH,
8 4 60t Treasurer.
!? A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
Stockholders of the POWELL TRAOT COAL
COMPANY will be held in Philadelphia, at No. 615
WALNUT Street, Room No. T, on SATURDAY. 2lst
instant, at 4 o'clock P. M., fer the oarpose of considering
an act passed by the Legislature of Pennsylvania affecting
the company, and suoU other business as may be brought
before it. 64 wthtit
C. SAUNDERS' COLLEGE, W. PHIL A.
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DIVIDENDS, ETO.
n&- THE CONSOLIDATION NATIONAL
BANK. Philadelphia, May 8, 1870.
The Directors have this day declared a dividend of SIX
PKK CENT., payable on demand, clear of all taxes.
6 4 It M. H. WEBB, Cashier.
tgy- THE COMMERCIAL NATIONAL BANK
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Philadelphia, May 3, 1870.
The Beard of Directors have this day declared a divi
dend of FIVE PKU CENT., payable on demand, clear of
tax. S. PALMKK.
6 8 6t ?8bi?ri
as- NATIONAL BANK OF THE RE
w PUBLIO.
Philadelphia, May 8, 1870.
The Board of Directors nave declared a dividend of
THREE AND ONE HALF' PER UKNT., olear of taxes,
payable on demand.
6 8 3t JOBBPH P. MUMFORD, Oashier.
fjgf THE PHILADELPHIA NATIONAL
BANK.
Philadelphia, May 9, 1870.
The Directors have this day declared a Dividend of
SEVEN PER CENT, for the last six months, olear of
taxes, payable on demand.
6 8 6t B. B. COMEOY8, Cannier.
gy- FARMERS' AND MECHANICS' NA-
TION AL BANK.
Philadelphia, May 8.1870.
The Board of Directors have this day declared a Divi
dend of glVKPER CENT., payable on demand, olear of
tax. VV.KU8HTON.Jr.,
6 3 Ot Oashier.
t- COMMONWEALTH NATIONAL BANK.
Philadelphia, May 3. 1x70.
The Directors have this av declared a Dividend of
FIVE PER CENT, olear of taxes, payable on demand.
6 8 3t H.U. YOUNU, Oastiier.J
8- SOUTHWARK NATIONAL BANK.
Philadp.lphia, May 8, 1870.
The Siroctors have this day declared a Dividend of
EIGHT PERCENT., payable on demand.
63t P. LAMB, Oashier.
tfiy CORN EXCHANGE NATIONAL BANK,
Philadelphia, May 3. 1870.
The Board of Directors have this day declared a divi
dend of BIX PER CENT, for the last six months, pay.
able on demand, clear of tax.
68bt H. P. BOHBTKY, Caahier.
a- GIRARD NATIONAL BANK,
Philadelphia, May 8,1870.
The Directors have this day declared a Dividend of SIX
PER CENT, for the last six months, clear of taxes, pay
able on demand. W. L. BOUAFr sCtt,
H Bt Oashier.
r- MECHANICS NATIONAL BANK,
Philadelphia, May 8. 1870.
The Beard of Directors have this day declared a divi
dend of SIX PER CENT, for the last six wontha, pay
able on demand, olear of tax.
6 8 6t J. WIEOAND, Jr., Cashier.
- FOURTH NATIONAL BANK.
Philadelphia, May 8. 1870.
At a meeting of the Directors, field this day, it was
unanimously reaolved to pus the dividend, and that Ten
Thousand Dollars of the profits of the past six months
be transferred to the surplus acoount.
6 3 8t p K. F MOODY, Oashier.
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. Hew Tor. 1 Puxia, 01
NEW HOTEL AND RESTAURANT,
CORNER OF
B&0AD AUD THOMPSON STREETS.
The undersigned haying taken the larg and tpa
oloui residence at liie
NORTHJSA8T CORNER OF
BROAD and THOMPSON Streets,
Has fitted It op at an expense of
OVER TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
18 A
First-class Hotel and Restaurant,
And will open It FOR TBK INSPECTION OF THE
PUBLIC
To-Day (Wednesday) May 4, and To
morrow, May 5,
And for Business on FRIDAY Next
May 6.
The Hotel Is 83 feet front by about 100 feet deep
has A MARBLE FRONT ON BROAD STREET, and
presents a most chaste and elegant exterior.
The lower floor is fitted np as a
SALOON AMD RESTAURANT,
and is one of the most
BEAUTIFUL AND BEOHKROHR
affaire of the kind in this or any oity in the Union. The
walls and eeiling
ARB SUPERBLY FRESCOED,
the floor laid in white and black
. ITALIAN MARBLE,
and the bars, shelving, counters, etc, are of
SOLID WALNUT,
and are made and finished ia the highest style of the
joiner's art, with carved ornaments brackets mould
ings, etc.
THE RESTAURANT BAR
is oomplete with every appliance necessary, including a
new style of velvet-cushioned teat never before introduced
into Philadelphia.
A DINING-ROOM FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
occnpies the seoond floor. This is also fitted np and for.
nished in the most
OOMPLETE AND ADMIRABLE MANNER,
with marble floor, beautifully frescoed walls and ceiling,,
handsome mirrors, lace and damask hangings to the win
dows, marble top tables, with solid walnut chairs, silver
tableware, eto. etc, making altogether one of the
HANDSOMEST DININO ROOMS
to be fonnd in Philadelphia. A private entranoe to it,
entirely disconnected with the rest of the building, is on
THOMPSON Street.
A LADY OASHIER
will always be in attendance ia the Ladies' and Gentle
men's Dining-room, and, as ia the Restaurant, everything
screed np WILL BE FIRST-OLASS, and in a style worthy
of the location of the house and the kind of patronage it
will be the proprietor's aim to merit.
The remodelling and reconstruction of the edifioe was
done by Mr. W. S. Amos, carpenter and builder.
The walnut bar detigns, carvings, etc., by O. Markley
A Co.
The frescoing,, by Messrs. Gibson A Brother.
The marble. work, by Messrs. Sheehtn A O'Brien.
The gas-fixtures, by Mr. William Moore, Filbert street,
above Eighth.
The silverware, by Messrs. Garrett A Son, Ohemnt
street.
The iron work, by Messrs. Robsrt Wood A Co.
The ornamental silver-plating on the bar, etc., by Thos.
Aurooker.
Lourie A Lynch, Fifteenth and Ridge avenue, furnished
the 16 feet copper beater, all the kitchen utensils, and
roofed the building with tin.
An Inauguration Supper,
To which the proprietor invites hla friends and the
public, will be given at the HOTEL on
Wednesday Evening, May I I.
McClurg's full Band
Will be In attendance, and as no other invitation
will be extended by the proprietor to his friends, Ieat
some should accidentally be overlooked, he hopes
that this will be deemed sufficient, and that be will
bave the pleasure of seeing them all, and the public
generally, on the evening referred to.
J. CRAWFORD.
PROPRIETOR,
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CLOTHING.
GREAT DEMONSTRATION
AT THI
GREAT BROWN 1IALL.
IDE GREAT BROWN HALL
IS CRAMMED AND JAMMED
From Pit to Dome, with the
roost superb Garments for
Men and Hoys to be fonnd
anywhere this Spring.
We are selling it
RAPIDLY.
We have reduced the price
AWFULLY.
We have Increased oar forces
TREMENDOUSLY.
We are adorning the public
GORGEOUSLY.
We are delighting oar patrons
HUGELY.
We are making discounts to
folks
LIBERALLY.
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TDE BALL IS ROLLING VIGOROUSLY.
COME TRT OUR CLOTHES.
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603 and 605 CHESHUT STEEET.
WESTON & BROTHER,
TAILORS,
8 W. Corner NINTH and ARCH Sts.
. PHILADELPHIA.
A fall assortment of the most approved styles for
SPRING AND SUMMER WEAR,
NOW IN 8TOHB.
A SUPERIOR GARMENT AT A REASONABLE
PRICE. 4lmrp :
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4xak. Jhsflt.
It
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X m. HAFLEICH,
Nos. 1012 and 1014 CIIESNTJT STREET,
WILL OPEN ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 4,
Ills Entire Stock of
DRESS GOODS AT REDUCED PRICES.
MAKLE POrLINS, REDUCED TO TWENTY-FIVE CENTS.
CIIENE POPLINS, REDUCED TO THIRTY CENTS.
100,000 YARDS FINE FABRICS FOR 8UIT3 . ,
REDUCED TO THIRTY-SEVEN AND FIFTY CENTS. '
BLACK GOODS IN GREAT VARIETY.
ELEGANT MADE-UP SUITS 1 10, WORTH 20.
PARIS SILK SUITS OPENED TniS DAY.
ENTIRE STOCK REDUCED IN TRICES. M
GRAND INAUGURATION
LOW PRICES.
HE
GV GOllADM & GO,
ARE NOW
The wliolo of tlieir
MAGNIFICENT STOCK
DiteSS GOODS, SILKS, ETC.,
Eeplete with all the CHOICEST NOVELTIES of
this season, together with LARGE IN
VOICES of desirable goods pur
chased in this market for
Cash at
ASTONISHINGLY LOW BATES.
H.f C. & CO. conclude that It Is only necessary to qnote
a few of their offerings as an Index of the c rices at which
this SUPERB STOCK will be disposed of, to Insure an
early call.
Handsome Double Width Chene
XVXohairs, 37$ Cents.
Double-fold Foulard Mohairs, 45
Cents.
Double-fold Xfforwich Poplins, in
the new light shades, 56 Cents.
XXoyle's TTard-wide English Prints,
25 Cents.
One case of the Finest Organdies
Imported, 40 Cents.
Real Scotch O ing hams, in all
colors, 25 Cents.
SL cases of French Fonlard Mo
hairs, now being sold by the
piece for 65 Cents, will be of
fered at 56 Cents.
Buff Linens for Suits at 25 and
30 Cents, in the new shades.
OF
OFFERINQ
OF
Handsome Chene Iron Bareges for
Summer Suits at 30 cents. ,
Chene Mohairs for Suits at 25
Cents.
Black Lyons Qros drains and
Drap de Lyon, of the best makes,
from $150 to 0800 per yard.
Chene Silks of the latest designs
in the Paris market, and extra
quality, sold last Spring at$3'25,
250.
Striped Silks from $150 to $200.
Black Canvas Bareges, extra Su
perb Quality, 75 Cents
Do. do. all widths and
qualities, up to 0600.
Walking Suits, Lace Shawls, Lace
Points, etc., all at the ZfflW
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