THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER G, 1870.
rrawa auxtx&XAXiv.
City Affair.
Tbe delegates of the Fire Association
held a meeting last evening at the hall, Fifth
and North streets, and re-elected the follow
ing trustees for the year 1871: John Carrow,
George L. Young, Joseph It. Lyndall, Levi
OoattB, Samuel (Sparhawk, Charles P. 13rwer,
James Lightfoot, KoLert Shoemaker, Peter
ArnibrtiHter, M. H. Dickerson, Peter William
eon, and Joseph E. Schell.
The following shows the operations of
the Philadelphia Water Works daring No
vember: Tlitnt numfttr A, nnmher
ytlly9 'nir full' Harr
the mown, tt'tv.
Fairraount 7si,r.f.4,H2S 2fi,iHS,477
Schnylkt'l 240,18(1,454 8,2H0,r6(
Delaware b8,742,400 s.K.vyisO
Twenty-fourth ward 64,os7,2V) 1,n.078
Geriuantown 80,6ti3,60 6S8.78T
Total l,18G,l34,0iiT 3!,8Sn,69
In the District Court the following ap
pointments of School Controllers were made:
Thirteenth ward, John I). Green; Fifteenth
ward, John J. Hartnian; Sixteenth ward, Wil
liam J. Gillingham; Twentieth ward, It. J.
Lehman; Twenty-eighth ward, C. F. Abbott.
Mary Mobs, 40 years old, residing at No.
101) Melby street' fell down stairs yesterday
and broke one of her arms. She was removed
to the hospital.
Domestic AiTnlra.
Senator Sumner introduced in the Senate
yesterday another specie payment scheme.
Three sfook thieves were lynched on
Thursday lust at Hound Hill, Colorado.
An old man, aged W2 years, was brutally
murdered near Westport, Mass., on Friday
sight.
A Philadelphia and Washington mail
bog was stolen from a mail-wagon in New
Haven, Conn., last evening, while the mes
senger was on his way from the post oflioa
to the depot. Subsequently the bag was
found cut open, with most of its contents
missing.
In the Senate yesterday, after the cloBe
of onr report, Mr. Cole introduced a bill to
repeal the section of the act of July 14 th last,
which lowered the duties on brandy and pre
pared opium, and providing that United
States notes shall be receivable at their face
value in payment of import duties after June
:(), next. A resolution was adopted calling
for the correspondence between our Minister
at Paris and the Secretary of State since the
outbreak of the Franco-Prnssiau war, etc.
The President's message was read and ordered
to be printed.
In the House J. II. Sypher was sworn in as
member from the First Louisiana District:
Joseph Dixon, from the Second North Caro
lina; and It. S. W. Duke, from the Fifth
Virginia. The President's message was read
and ordered to be printed, and the Treasury
report was ordered to be printed and referred
to tbe Ways and Means Committee. After
passing a bill to supply an omission in the
last Indian Appropriation bill, the House
adjourned.
0 VR MERCHANT MARINE.
In the following table, which Is taken from the
Aiinual report of the Bureau of Statistics of the
Treasury Department, Is given a recapitulation of
the merchant marine of tbe United States on the
ill'th i f June, 1S70:
Sailing Vessels 1C,95 2,t3f5,26H
meum vessels 3.!'1 1,015,075
twigged vessels 7,80i 7U5.808
Total 2R.13S 3,940,150
The following presents a summary of the number
and tonnage of vessels of all classes belonging to
the designated localities
KeM. Tons,
Atlantic and (iulf ('oasts
Maine ...3.MS 518,300
New Hampshire 7fi 20,034
Massachusetts 2,877 470,7 m
Rhode Island 204 44.403
Connecticut 74 87,031
New York .4,775 " 7,072
New Jersey 952 84,712
I'ennsylvauia 2,404 2:o,Oi;
Delaware 157 l4,ouo
Maryland 1.K20 119,109
District of Columbia 808 24,161
Virginia S7I 21 047
North Carolina 2HI 6,lfs
bouth Carolina ifl 6,25
Georgia 67 9,721
Florida 218 7,053
Alabama....; 216 19,749
MlKKiHHippi 23 451
Ixniisiaua 57,828
Texas 25 11,003
Western riverB . 1,548 8irt,478
Northern lakes 6,343 eso,464
Pacific coast 1,671 149,749
Total 29,138
3,91(1,150
WAITING FOR It UN.
I'allfornlu'a Protracted Dry Season.
The San Francisco Bulletin of November 22 savs:
"There la anxiety for rain. As perhaps more than
half tbe wheat seed for the season was iu the ground
before the light rains of the first of this month fell,
the farmers are apprehensive lest a failure of mois
ture should blight the sprouts and necessitate a
new sowing. Apart from this, a 'wet winter' will be
worth manv millions more to the State than such a
season as the last, when we had hardly au average
rain fall.
"Taking the observations at San Francisco for
twenty years as a guide, we find that the heaviest
rainy seasons have been preceded by apparently
light rains la November. The repeated Hoods of
1 tie season of lKCl-OU were preceded by only 8-78
inches of rain during November, aud in portions of
the state we have already had about three inches
for November, 1870. In the season of 1S5J-6U, when
less than an average fell,, the November rain-fail
was 6 43 inches, in the season of lsfi4-65, when
abont tbe average was reached, as muca as 763
inches, or more than ouc-thlrd, fell in November.
The wettest winter since tbat of 1SG1-C2 was that of
18CM7, im which 82Ki Inches of rata fell, and only
i C4 Inches in November.
"'t hus it appears that the amount of rain which
falls in November does not indicate the character
of the whole season. December Is the month of
gratest rain. Iu the flood years, ls.2-3, as much as
11 -Wt inches fill in that month, la 1S61-2 the Decem
ber fall was tt'l Inches; in 186.V6 it was 1315
inches, or very nearly half of all the rain which fell
in one of the most prosperous seasons our farmers
ever knew.
"These statistics confirm what the native Call
fornians and mission settlers teld the immigrants
of 1849, that we could not tell before December, and
sometimes not till Christmas, if the winter would be
a wet one that is, one of more than averages mois
ture. Thns there is no reason why we should not
anticipate a wet winter this season : on the contrary,
the rule tbat two dry. or comparatively dry, winters
are s pi to be followed by a wet oneisinour favor;
and the fact that heavy fall rains occurred in Mexico
is another fact in our favor, according to the obaer
vaiioiiB of many years."
THE AFRICAN DIAMOND FIELDS.
Amerlraa Emlarraau lr the Ilappv Land.
The Boston TraaelUt ef November 8U says: The
diamond fields of South Africa, which were first
discovered in 1SGS, and which havs already attracted
several thousand adventurers from Kugland, are
beginning to excite some attention la this country,
and the bark George T. Kemp, one of the African
trading vessels of Messra Isaac Taylor k. Ce., of this
city, will sail from Boston aiMiut the 1Mb of Decem
ber with the first party of Yankees for that new
Held ef exploration.
Abont thirty perncci have already engaged pas
sage, and others will probably be added to tke list
before the vessel sails. They are mostly miners
who have had experience la California and Austra
lia and are familiar with the prlratlous and excite
ment of a miner's life One of them, past the mid
dle age of life, has followed the occupation of a
miner for tweaty years, in different paris of the
world, and is still iu search of the golden riches.
The vessel goes directly to Port Eliiabeth, Cape
Good Hope, where tke explorers have a journey of
four iiandred aud twenty-eight miles by land to
reach the diamond fields. The roads are good, the
wayside inns frequent, and taere is plenty of waier
and grass for tau.e.
ADMIRAL TOKTER.
Aa Explnnntorv lMter A Denial ( aav Intm.
E.H0B l Keller Upon I lie Prenldeat In a J"or
vrr Indlaereel t mma1catln.
Wasiiinotok, Dec. 5. Admiral Porter has
add reused tbe following letter to the President:
WASniKGTON, Dec. 5, 1870. Mr. President:
My first impulse on reading tbe article pub-
lishcd in tbe New York World was to go to you
at once and pronounce It a fabrication, for as
such 1 considered It: but as It purported to have
been written six years ago, and published by a
person who once held a prominent place under
tbe Government, I determined to ascertain fully
if I ever indited such a letter, before addressing
you on the subject. Neither myself nor my
secretary, who has served with me eight years,
could recoil to our recollection any circum
stance ot the kind.
I could not conceive that I had uttered senti
ments 1 know I never felt, and which are so at
variance with those that I have uniformly ex
pressed towards you. The letter, it appears, was
a private one; and vindictive must have been
the heart of tbe roan that could be guilty of so
gross a breach of confidence, and depraved in
deed tun ft have been the character who, to
gratify his mischievous Instincts, could make
public a confidential letter written, perhaps,
under great excitement, and at this distant day
not even remembered. It seems like a poor re
turn for your uniform confidence and kindness
to me, and I am too glad hat I remember no
thing connected with the letter.
At about tbe date of the letter I had passed
through a long and fatiguing contest with Fort
Fisher, and my numerous ileet was almost over
powered with the elements. I saw the coveted
prize within my grasp and then slip from me
for another month. I 'had to battle with the
storms of winter anchored on an open coast,
with the responsibility of that large fleet on my
bands,my mind and body harassed by extraordi
nary fatigue. The whole nation was looking
on excited, dreading a defeat that might pro
long a contest that was already sapping its
vitals.
You and others know what I had to undergo
bodily and mentally. I presume it was while
under this excitement that I wrote the letter
which you say has made you lose your faith in
human nature. I have no recollection of it any
more than I would have of the passing circum
stances of fix years ago. When several persons
have, at different timer, informed me that a
letter would be published In which I had abused
General Grant, 1 treated the matter with indif
ference, thinking it impossible that eucha let
ter could exist. I do not write for the purpose
of exonerating myself, for I would rather be the
writer of tbat letter than its publisher.
The peace of political parties and of society
would be placed in great jeopardy if all the
private letters written within the last six years
were published. Nothing that I have said will
affect your fair fame, and your many friends
would be sadly wanting in judgment if they
were at all influenced by a silly exultation of a
few unscrupulous persons, who are, after all,
only rejoicing over the most contemptible
breach of confidence I ever heard of.
I regret exceedingly the loss of your friend
ship, and do not hesitate to disapprove the
sentiments of which, I suppose, 1 must bear the
odium. They appear in a letter of which I have
no recollection; they are 60 different from the
sentiments I always expressed towards ycurself
and the gallant olticers of tbe army, and so In
consistent with all my antecedents, that I
scarcely consider them entitled to a moment's
thought.
I have the honor to. remain, very respectfully,
your obedier t servant.
uAvm v. roiiTEK, Aamirai.
BOURBAKl ASI TUB REPUBLIC.
General Bourbakl, according to the rail Mall Ga
zette, did not, when he left Chtaeihurst, go to Tours
spontaneously. lie went first to Brussels, proposing
to return to Met., but on crossing the
French frontier he received an order from
M. Oarobctta to report himself at Tours. lie
obeyed without hesitation. On lils arrival there he
was asked authoritatively how he came to leave
Metz, and what he went to do in England. The
General answered him that Marshal Bazuine told
him that a person named Hegnler had come to Met,
with a niessHtre from the Empress Eugenie, who de
sired to see General liourhaki, and that the Marshal
wished him to go. Bourbakl objected strongly to
leave Ids command, and deraanned a written order.
That order was given, and thereupon Bourbakl
pasted through the l'russiau lines In the Geneva
uniform of nn ambulance surgeon. There was little
occasion for the disguise, since it Is obvious that
bourbakl, whether he knew it or not, was a tool in
the hunda of an agent jointly employed bv the
Bonaparttots and the l'niasiaus. VVrien he
arrived at Chiselhurt, the Empress, Bourbakl
said, seemed surprised to see him,
and denied that she had seat for him. lie gave to
M. Gambetta no further account of the conversa
tion that passed, which he doubt'es considered
confidential. If, however, M. Regnler's story be
true, the Empress could not have been surprised at
set lng the General, because If she did not person
ally give the strange busybody hlB commission, she
was aware of it, did not oppose It, and only objected
that the enterprise was dliflcult and dangerous. M.
Gambetta at-ked bim what he thought or Ba.alne.
The answer was at first conveyed by "mating a
face" expressive of disgust. "Bazatne," he said,
"thinks of himself alone." Gambetta then asked
Bourbakl whether, if he offered him a command, he
would accept it, and give hts word of honor as a
soldier t hat be would serve the republic. He said
be would, and Gambetta resolved to trust him.
MARINE TELEGRAPH.
for additional Marine Neu u First Paga.
ALMANAC FOR PHILADELPHIA THIS DAY.
Sum Risks 7-1( Moon 8 hts. ,v;tfi
Sun Suva 4 32 i High Watbh u us
PHILADELPHIA BOARD OF TRADE.
Joseph C. gkubb. 1
E. A. Soi dkr, Commutes of tub Month.
Samuel It. Stokes, J
MOVEMENTS OK OCEAN STEAMSHIPS.
FOR AMERICA.
Calabria Liverpool. ...New York Nov. 8
C. of Dublin. ..Liverpool. ...New York Nov. 12
Cuba Liverpool. ...New York Nov. 18
H ammonia.... Hamburg. ...New York Nov. 10
Arizona Aspln wail.... New York Nov. IB
India Glasgow New York Nov. 19
W'eser Bremen. New York Nov. 1
Guiding Star.. Southam tn.. New York Nov. so
AietiDO Liverpool.... New York v. B.Nov. S2
Italy Liverpool. ...New York Nov. 23
Minnesota..... Liverpool.... New York Nov. 83
Ottawa Liverpool.... Baltimore Nov. 23
C.of Wash'tn.. Liverpool. ...New York Nov. 24
Wyoming Liverpool. ...New York Nov. 8S
Columbia Glasgow New York Nov. 26
C.of Merlda. ..Vera Cruz.... New York? lL.Nov. 20
FOR EUROPE.
Manhattan .. . .New York. . .Liverpool Dec.
Wyoming New York... Liverpool Dec.
China. New York... Liverpool Dec.
7
T
1
Siberia New York .. . Liverpool 1 ec.
8
India wew lorn.
Perelre New York.
Cof Wash'ton.New York.
Australia New York.
SU Laurent.... New York.
..Glasgow Dec
..Havre Dec.
..Liverpool Dec,
..Glasgow Dec
..Havre Dec.
..Liverpool Dec
..Bremen Dec.
..Liverpool v. H..Dec.
..Liverpool Dec
..Liverpool Deo.
10
10
10
10
10
10
France New ork.
America New York.
C.of Balttmore.New York.
Minnesota. ...New York.
Cof Paris. ...New York.
Columbia. New York.
10
13
14
17
.Glasgow Dec.
IT
Italy New York
..Liverpool Dec
17
C. of London. .New York. ..Liverpool Dec
24
COASTWISE, DOMESTIC, ETU.
Morro Castle. .New York... Havana Dec
Cleopatra New York. ..Havana Dec.
Wyoming Philadelphla.Savannah Dec.
Pioneer Philadelphia. W 11 m'gton, N.C.Dec.
Juniata. PIMladeiDhia.New Orleans ... Dec
8
10
13
18
Mails are forwarded bv every steamer la the rega
lar lines. The steamers for or from Liverpool call at
Queenstown, except the Canadian line, which call at
jjonaonoerry. 1 ue awumcri ior or iruiu uia vuun.
rt-ot call at Southampton.
' CLEARED YESTERDAY.
Steamer E. N. Fairchlid, Trout, New York, W. M.
Hiilril Jk Co.
Steamer .1. H. Shiiver. Webb, Baltimore, A.Oroves. Jr.
Schr U. S. klarluw, W ines, Savanuab, Chaa. Has
larn A Co.
ARRIVED YESTERDAY.
PteamshiD hormau. Nickeraon, 4ft hours fm Boston,
with mdse. and passengers to II. Winsor A Co. On
Fnurteen-teet Bank, passed bark Howard, from Rot
terdam, aud schr Restless; off Morris Linton's, ship
City of Kingston, from Liverpool; oil 1'ea 1'atch,
bark Wabena, from Liverpool.
Steamer Fannie, Feuion, 24 hours from New York,
With mdse. to v . ja. ttaira co.
bu-ainer M. Masaey, Smith, 24 hours from New
York, with mdse. to W. M. Baird Co.
Steamer S. P. Phelps, Brown. !4 hours from New
Tork. with indue, to W. M. Baird Co.
Schr Paul N. Thompson, Godfrey, 5 days from
Boston, in ballast to S. L. Merchant fc Co.
8ohr R. B. Eerman, Coison, 6 days from Boetea,
with mdse. to Chaa. liaslam Co.
Kchr.T. M. Broomall, Douglass, 4 days from Boston,
in ba'list to Chas. Haslatn & Ce.
Scbr A. M. Lee, Dukes, 6 days from Fall River,
with mdse. to Chas. Haslarn k Co.
Schr M. Rhlnehart, Hand, 8 days from Boston,
with mdse. to Chas. Iiaslam A Co.
Schr Ellrabeth Msgee, Smith, 6 days fm Bangor,
with laths to T. P. Gaivln k Co.
Schr Marion Hllyard, 1 day from Newport, Del.,
With grain to Christian A Co.
Schr James II. Moore, Nlckerson, from Boston,
with mdse. to B. W. Clnod.
Schr Jniia E. Pratt, Nlckerson, from Boston, with
mdse. to B. W. Cloud.
(Schr Helen Mar, Nlckerson, from Boston, with
mdse. to B. W. Cloud.
Schr E. H. Bloxoni, Morris. 1 day fm Little Creek
Landing, Del., with grain to Jos. E. Palmer.
Schr A. M. Haines, Soull, from Great Egg Harbor.
fS.hr Cora, Mclieen, do.
Schr Wake, Gandy, from Norfolk, Va,
ISchr Ocean Wave, Nore, frm Newport.
fSt br J. C. Clark, Griffith, from Boston.
Schr Stephen Morris, Simmons, from Dighton.
Schr N. 11. Skinner, Thrasher, do.
Corrtloru1erw if The livening TeUtrnvK
E ASTON fc McMAUON'S BULLETIN.
Nw York Ofhc. Dec. 5. Seven barges left
In tow last night, for Baltimore, light.
Baltimore Bkahch Officb, Deo. 8. The follow
ing toarges left in tow Saturday night, eastward:
U. M aver, S. Worrell, K.W.King, Eugenic, Ma
hopao, M. E. McKeevcr, Fayette, 11. I Witgus, ILir
vey W right, C. JJ. Gage, and Ebro, all with coal, for
New York.
The following leave this evening: Jennie WellB,
Rose Ann, C. 11. Francis, Jane I'pton, Governor,
R. V. Pe Witt, Honesty, Walrath, Fowler, Green
man, ana S. W. Adwin, all with coal, for New York.
Dido, with coal, for Perryvllle. .
Philadelphia Branch Office, Pec. . 13
regular and 1 transient barges (15), light, for Balti
more, left this port yesterday. L. S. G.
Special Despatch to The. Evening Telegraph.
Havme-pr-Oracr, Dec 6. The following boats
left this morning in tow:
Edward Kennedy, with grain to Hoffman k Ken
nedy. Lizzie, with lumber to Patterson & Llppincott.
(f?i? Ti lenraph.)
Lbwks, Del., Dec. a A. M. The America reports
ship City of Kingston, Dunn, and bark Wabena, Dai
ry mple, from Liverpool, passed in yesterday; also
towed to sea, ship John Patton.
In harbor this A. M., brig Amelia Emma and four
schooners.
P. M. Fore-and-aft steamer and three masted
scbr passed ap this P. M.
In harbor, brig Amelia Emma and schrs.
Wind S. S. E. Thermometer, 82.
MEMORANDA.
Br. steamer Siberia. Harrison, from Liverpool,
Qutinstown, and Boston, at New York yesterday.
Br. steamer Agamemnon. Mlddleton, from Buenos
AyresOth, Montevideo 7th, and Rio Janeiro 14th
tilt,, at New York yesterday, with skins, coffee, and
17 Hansen cers.
Br. steamer City of Baltimore, Delamotte, from
Liverpool via nalltax. at New York yesterday.
Br. steamer Austrian, W'ylle, for Liverpool, cl'd at
Portlsnd 8d lest.
Br. steamer The Queen, Irom New York for Liver
rool. at Otiocnstown vesterdav.
Br. steamer Caledonia, fm Glasgow for New York,
at Movllle yesterday.
Steamer City of Merlda, Deaken, for New York,
salltd from Havana 3d Inst.
Steamer Bienville, Baker, from New York, at New
Orleans 4th Inst.
Steamer Columbia, Van Sice, for New York, s'ld
from Havana 84 lnst.
Steamer Cba, Dukehart, for Havana and New Or
leans via Key West, cleared at Baltimore 3d inst.
Steamer Sherman, Blanchard. Irom New Orleans
261 h nit., at New York 4th lnBt.
Steamer Kegnlator, Brooks, fm Wilmington, N. C,
at New York 4th inst.
Steamer St. Inis, Whitehead, from New Orleans,
at New York 3d inst.
Steamer De Soto, Morton, from rew uneans zotn
nit., ut New York 4th inst.
Steamer MUlvllle, Kenear; rroai Miuvuie, n. j., at
New York 4th lust.
Steamer Virginia, Hunter, tor rnnaaeipuia, sauea
from Charleston 4th Inst.
Steamer William P. Clyde, Sherwood, nence, at
New York 4th lust.
Steamer Norfolk, Piatt, nence, at jNonoix aa inst.,
and sailed for Richmond.
Steamer Centipede, Wilietts, nence, at Boston 4tn
instant. .
Steamer Ncstcrian, from uverpooi, at rortiana
yesterday.
Brig Susan Berger, Davis, hence, sailed from Gib
raltar loth nit. for Trieste.
Brig Home, Cook, hence, at wewourypon isa test.
Schr S. S. Klisseil, nence, ai navautiau yetuertiay.
Kcbr r u. cownerthwaite. Gardner, hence, at
Washington, D. C, 1st inst., to load for Providance.
Schr J . s. lmcsmaster, m c ueur j, ior ruunueipuia,
sailed from Richmond 8ci inst.
Schr Frank Herbert, Crowell. from Providence for
Philadelphia, sailed from New London 2d inst.
Schr Vaabtl Sharp, Sharp, at uaruiner -tn uiu
from Boston.
Schr Emeline Haignt, Avery, nence ior r an uiver,
aj New York 4th inBt.
Schr Estelle, Uiggins, from Pro? incetown for New
Castle, Del., put Into New York 4th inst. for a harbor.
Schrs A E. Cake, Brower, and L. B. Wilson, Wil
son, at New Y'ork 4th inst. from Egg Harber.
Schr Sarah A. Keed, Arnold, for rmiaueipnia, bi a
from Pawtucket 2d InBt.
Scbr General Torbert, springer, nencs, at raw-
tucket 2d iDSt. . . . .
Schrs Transit, Racket, from Newport, anu a. j.
liartiett. Baker, from Boston, both for Philadelphia,
at New York 3d inst.
Schr Antbea Godfrey. Godfrey, at soutnwest raw
8lth tilt, from Boston.
Schrs Samuel Oilman, nence ior uowm, am j. a.
Allen, Chase, do. for pawtucket, passed lieu Gate
4th Inst. . .
Schrs C. W. Johnson, jonnson; j.a. uragcion,
W eeks: and A. H. Cane, Brooks, from Boston; and
Georee K. l'rescott, Buckminster, from .New Haven,
. .. . . 1 . 1 11 . . V. ......
all for f liliaueipnia, pasaeu ueu vi m moi-.
MISCELLANY.
Schr Alpha, from Jacksonville, for Boston, re-
centlv ashore on Frying Pan Shoals, and now at
Wilmington. N. C. awaltinir repairs, has been 11
beled lor salvage, it is Bain uiai. hub ia uuuo mt, mo
instance of the owners of steamer Zodiac, which
picked up the schr after she was abandoned, and
brought her to New Inlet Bar, where she was taken
in charge by steamer Oldham.
Schr M. & E. Henderson, from Boston for New
York, was run Into on Friday night, in Long Island
Sound, by steamer Newport, and put into .ew uon
don 4th lust, for repairs; damage about 3uuu.
WATOHE81 JEWEURY, ETOi
TOWER CLOCKS.
U. W. BV8HELL,
Ko. 22 NOKTH SIXTH STREET,
Agent for STEVENS' PATENT TOWER CLOCKS,
both Kemontoir k Graham Escapement, striking
hour onlv. or sulking quarters, and repeating hour
on full chime.
Estimates furnished on application either person
ally or by malL 6 80
WILLIAM B. WARNS ft CO.,
wnoiesaie veaiers iu
WATOHE8, JEWELUx", AND
aalyl SILVER WARK,
Kocond floor of No. 39 CHESNTJT Street,
a B. corner SEVENTH and CUESNUT Streets.
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Next session begins MONDAY, January 9, 1S71.
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KJ I6-J9 8PKUOK Street, Philadelphia, will reopen oa
TUB bl A Y, bepUtmbcr 10. Krenoh ia the Uugnace of the
lawily. and la constantly spoken in the inetitute.
U wlm Km U U'UKRVILLY. PrinoUal,
QENT.'e FORNI8HINQ OOODIi
T A T E N T BIIOULDEK'SB AM
SHIRT MANUFACTORY,
AND GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE.
PERFECTLY FITTING 8HIRTS AND DRAWERS
made from measurement at very short notice.
All other articles Of GENTLEMEN'S BRE3S
GOODS in full variety.
wwo WINCHESTER ft OO.,
HI ' No. lofit'iiESNLf Street,
OITY ORDINANCES.
ANT
ORDINANCE
To I .ay a Water Mala from Monnt Airy
Keie rvoir to Wistar Street, and to. Provide for
tbe Taymeutof the Same.
Section 1. The Select and Common Councils
of the city of Philadelphia do ordain, That the
mm of sixty thousand dollars be and the. same
Is hereby appropriated to the Department lor
Sopplvlng tbe City with Water (to be relm
bnrted to the Treasury out of a water loan here
after to be created) for tbe purpose of laying a
water mam on Allen s lane and Mala street,
Germantown, at follows:
A slxteen-inch main from Mount Airy Reser
voir to Tclpehockea street, aud a twelve-inch
main from Tulpehocken street to Wistar street,
and warrants shall be drawn by tbe Chief Engi
neer of the Water Department, in accordance
with existing ordinances.
LOl'IS WAGNEK,
President of Common Council.
Attest
Benjamin II. II a inks,
Clerk of Select Council.
SAMUEL W. CATTELL,
President of Select Council.
Approved this fifth day of December, Anno
Domini one thousand eight hundred and
scvenlv (A. D. 1870).
DANIEL M. FOX,
12 0 It Mayor of Philadelphia.
A",
ORDINANCE
To Establish Certain Rules and
Regula
Morgae tlons for tbe Government of the New
Building. '
Section 1. The Select and Common Councils
of the City of Philadelphia do ordain, That the
following; shall be tbe Rules and Regulations
for the Government of the new Morgue Build
in p, located at the northwest corner of Beach
and Noble streets, in the Eleventh ward:
Rule 1. The Morgue shall be in charge of the
ComniUsioner of Markets and City Property
and the Committee of Councils on City Pro
perty, and shall be open at all hours of the day
and night for the reception of bodies. The ex
hibition hall shall be open dally from sunrise to
sunset.
Rule 2. There shall be appointed by the Com
missioner a superintendent, who shall occupy
and reside iu the dwelling part of the Morgue
buildiLg. 1 he superintendent shall be always
on duty in the buildiDg, with such assistance
as the Commissioner and the Committee of
Councils on City Property may deem necessary.
Rule 3. Tbe superintendent shall have full
charge and control of the Morgue building and
all tbe property therein contained, and shall
keep a record book in the oflice of the Morgue,
in which citizens may record the names of
missing friends, and describe their person and
clothing, and the address to which information
respecting them may be sent.
Rule 4. No corpse shall be received at the
Morgue unless in charge of a policeman, or on
the otder of the Coroner or the Chief of Police,
unless the Superintendent of the Morgue shall
be satisfied by a citizen that the corpse has
been found dead in tbe street or drowned.
When a corpse is brought by a policeman, the
attendant in charge will record the policeman a
Lame and number, and police district to which
lie Is attached.
Rule 5. The attendant in charge will on the
arrival of a corpse at the Morgue immediately
report to the Coroner. He will then record, iu
a book to be kept for that purpose, a detailed
account of the recoveiy of the body, when
found, and at what place and at what hour,
the hour of admission to tbe Morgue, in whose
charge, or on whose warrant; a description of
the body, clothiog, papers, and money found
on it; aud in the mac gin of the book opposite
tbe account state the number in consecutive
order ot the bodies received, which number
shall also be placed on the body. The papers,
money, and all other valuables shall be put up
in a package, marked with the same number
as tbe body, and placed in security by the su-'
perintendent, who shall be held responsible for
ibe same.
Rule 6. All bodies brought to tbe Morgue
shall remain, if they are hot recognized, In the
hall of exhibition seveuty two hours or longer,
or until decomposition commences. The cloth
ing shall ah-o be exhibited uuar tbe body. If,
when tbe exhibition can no louircr be continued,
the body remains unrecognized, it Is to be
buried. The clothes shall remain exposed
twenty days longer. Bodies wjien identified
shall be immediately withdrawn from exhibition
and placed ia a private room.
Rule 7. it shall be tne duty ot tne superin
tendent to notify the Coroner by l) o'clock A. M.
of the reception of a body during the preceding
night, and when a body nas been received be
tween sunrUo and sunset he shall notify the
Coroner immediately. Whenever there are in
dications of violent death she shall Immediately
report tbe case to his Honor the .Mayor or the
Chief of Police.
Rule 8. No corpse received at the Morgue
shall be taken away and interred without the
Coroner s consent in writing, nor snail a post
mortem examination be held upon auy corpse
unless in tbe presence of the Coroner or by his
written consent.
Rule t. Tbe friends of a person whose body
has been identified can transfer it to their own
domicile with the consent iu writing of the
Coroner.
Rul? 10. The attendants shall, under no clr
cumstances, ask from or receive from the de
ceased person's frieuds or relatives any fees or
compensation for services rendered, under a
penalty of Immediate dismissal by the Com
missioner.
Rule 11. On the first day of each month the
Superintendent shall make a report to the Com
missioner of Markets ana Uity Property, a state
ment ot Identified bodies, setting forth:
First. The date 01 reception.
Second. Name, age, profession, and residence
of deceased.
Third. Cause of death.
Fourth. Mode of death.
Fifth. Hour of death.
Sixth. Place of death.
Rnle 12. Also a statement of bodies not idea
tlfied:
First. A succinct description 01 the body, ana
whether male or female.
i oond. Probable age, and whether white or
colored.
Third. Mode of death.
Fourth. Place where body was found.
Duplicates of which shall he transmitted to his
Honor the Mayor.
Rule 13. There shall also be kept an alpha
betical list of all Identified persons, and a list of
the number of cerbons in consecutive order,
Rnle 14. The clothes and other effects belong-
lag to the identified bodies shall be given up to
the family or the representatives of the de
ceased on proper proof, and tholr receipt be
taken for the same.
Rule 15. The clothes and other effects of all
unrecognized bodies, when the period of exhibi
tion shall have expirea, enau De wasnea, tiea up
In Dackazes. and vreservea ior six montns. ine
package shall be numbered, corresponding to
the number of the body on the record book.
Rule 16. After one year's time from the date
of the reception ot an umaentinea noay, ine
superintendent shall deliver over to the Com'
missioner of Markets and City Property all the
clothes and other property that were found upon
the bodv of the deceased at the time it was re
ceived into the Morgue, together wita a list of
the Dronsrtv then handed over, the same to be
conled from tbe record book, with the number
to correspond with that ot the body. The Com
mksioner, on Hading the property and list to
correspond, shall then preserve the list, and
have the DroDerty sold at public sale, and shall
hand the uroseeds ot such sales over to the
City Treasurer, and take his receipt for the
same: and the credit to be made to the commis
sioner shall state as realized from the sale of A,
B. or C. deceased, effects, etc.
Rule 17. If any corpse shall remain uu re cog
nized for forty-eight hours, the superintendent
shall have tbe body photographed lo tne clothes
in which it was found; and should any regular
physician desire to embalm any unclaimed
Lodv. he may have the privilege to do so,
provided he obtain tbe written consent of tbe
C'ororer and the Commissioner ot Markets and
t itv Proi ertv.
fcttlion 2. Tie salary ot the superintendent
of tbe Morgue shall be eight handred dollars per
atinnm, payab'e in equal monthly portions on
the first day of each month; the salary to com
mence on the lit day of January, A. D. 1871,
and the warrants for the payment to be drawn
by the Commissioner of Markets and City Pro
perty. t Section 3. From and after the first day of
Jan nary, A. D. 1871, the Coroner shall have his
olliee in the oflice of the Morgue building, now
located at the northwest corner of Beach and
Noble streets, in the Eleventh ward.
Section 4. Tbat immediately alter the passage
of this ordinance the Commissioner shall give
the Coroner an official notice that he has pre
pared an oflice for him and his assistants in tbe
new Morgae building, at the northwest corner
of Beach and Noble streets, in the Eleventh
ward, and that he desires biai to remove to the
same on or before the first day of January, A. 1).
1871, as the oflice bow occupied by him must be
vacated by that date.
Peclion 5. That the Commissioner Immedi
ately after the passage of this ordinance shall
notify the owners of the property now occupied
by the Coroner that the city will not require the
use of the same after the first day of January,
A. D. 1871.
LOUIS WAGNER,
President of Common Council.
Attest '
t Bkn.iamin H. Hainfs,
Clerk of Select Council,
SAMUEL W. CATTELL.
President of Select Council.
Approved this third day of December, Anno
Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy
(A. D. 1870).
DANIEL M. FOX,
12 A It Mayor of Philadelphia.
LUMbbR.
1QFTA SPRUCE JOIST. "IOTA
10 V SPRUCE JOIST. 10 lU
HEM LOOK.
HEMLOCK.
lOTfl SEASONED CLEAR PINK. 1 QfTfi
10 I U BBASONED CLEAR PINE. 10 I U
CHOICE PATTERN PINE.
BPAN1SU CEDAR, FOR PATTERNS.
RED CEDAR.
1 or1 FLORIDA FLOORING. 1 Q7A
10 i U FLORIDA FLOORING. 10 fU
CAROIJNA FLOORING.
VIRGINIA F LOOKING.
DELAWARE FLOORING.
ASH FLOORING.
WALNUT FLOORING.
FLORIDA STEP BOARDS.
RAIL PLANK.
1 Of? A WALNUT BOARDS AND PLANK,
10 i I' WALNUT BOARDS AND PLANK,
1870
WALNUT BOARDS.
WALNUT PLANK.
1870
UNDERTAKERS' LUMBER.
UNDERTAKERS' LUMBER,
RED CEDAR.
WALNUT AND PINE.
1870
1870
SEASONED POPLAR.
SEASONED CHERRY.
1870
ASU,
WHITE OAK PLANK AND BOARDS,
HICKORY.
iQnA CIGAR BOX MAKERS' IOTA
10 4 U CIGAR BOX MAKERS' 10 I U
SPANISH CE1IAK BOX BOARDS,
FOR SALE LOW.
1870
CAROLINA SCANTLING.
CAROLINA H. T. SILLS.
NORWAY SCANTLING.
1870
1870
CEDAR SHINGLES. . 1 QfTA
CYPRESS SHINGLES. 10 i V
MAULE, BROTHER k CO.,
no. aaoo SOUTH street
115
1 IAN Ki.
PLANE. ALL
THICKNESSES-
JL COMMON PLANK, ALL THICKNESSES.
1 COMMON BOARDS.
1 and I SIDE FENCE BOARDS.
WHITE PINE FLOORING BOARBS.
YELI-OW AND SAP PINE FLOORINGS. M
and
X Di IvLCiS JU1ST, ALb
Jia.MlA.lCtt .IU1ST, AJL.L. EMHi9.
Together with a general assortment of Building
Lumtier for sale low for cash. T. W. SMALTZ,
11306m No. 1718 RIDGE Avenue, north ot Poplar St.
United States Builders' Mill
FIFTEENTH Street, Below Market.
EGLER & BROTHER
PROPRIETORS.
Wood Monldings, Brackets and General Tarnl
Work, Hand-rail Balusters aud Newel Posts. 9 1
A LARGE ASSORTMENT ALWAYS ON HAND.
ENGINES. MACHINERY, ETO.
PENN STEAM ENGINE AND BOILER
LWORKS. NEAFIE A LEVY, FKACT1.
CAL AND THEORETICAL EMU1NEERS. MA
CHINISTS. BOILER-MAKERS, BLACKSMITHS,
and FOUNOEKS, navrng ior many years tieen in
successfdl operation. Mid been exclusively engaged
In building and repairing Marine and River Engines,
hlffh and low pressure. Iron Boilers, Water Tanks,
f ropeiiers, etc, etc., reHpecwunjr uuer meir urvictiH
to the public as being fully prepared to contract for
engines of all sizess, Marine, River, and Stationary;
having sets of patterns of ditleient sizes, are pre
pared to execute oruera wiui quick uenpuiruu. .avttry
description of pattern-making made at tne shortest
notice. Histhand Low Pressure Fine Tubular and
Cylinder Boilers of the best Pennsylvania Charcoal
iron. J'orgiutra 01 an bj&b buu tuuun. iruu buu
Brass Castings of all descriptions. Roll Tnrnlng.
ocrew Cutting, and all other work connected
with tbe above business.
nrawlnars and BDeciucauorn ior an worn none
the establishment free of charge, and work gua
ranteed.
The aubscnoers nave aiupio wun uwi-iuum 101
wnaira of boats, where tney can lie ia periect
safety, and are provided with shears, blocks, fans,
etc. etc., ior raising ueaj 7? 1 n tiL'Twrw
JOHN P. LEVY,
1 165 BEACH and PALMER Streets.
Q1RARD
TUBE WORKS AND IRON CO.,
PHILADELPHIA, PA,
Manufacture Plain and Galvanized
WKOUGHT-lRON PIPE
and Sundries for Gas aud Steam Fitters, Plumbers,
Machinists, Kaumg Manem, uu jvcuuob, ewj.
WORKS,
TWENTY-THIRD AN D FILBERT STREETS.
OFFICE ANDVv'AREHOl'SE,
8 1 NO.J3 N. FIFTUJTHKJbT.
CUTLERY t ETO.
RODGERS A WOSTENUOLM-S POCKET
KNIVES, Pearl and Stag handles, and
beautiful finish: Rodgers', and Wade &
Butcher's Razors, and the celebrated Le-
coultre Razor; Ladies' scissors, in cases,
of the finest quality 5 Rodgers' Table CuUery, carvers
and Forks. Razor Strobs. Cork screws, etc Ear in-
truments, to assist the hearing, 01 tne most ap-
proved construction, at maueikatj,
10. Ho TJtN J rl Direo- "eiow iiiieauub
ROOFING.
TsKADY Kuurin u.
11 This Rooflne ia adapted to all buildings, it
can be applied! to
nna-tiuir the exDense of tin. It is readCy pot 01
old Shingle Roofs without removing the shingles,
thus avoiding tneaamagmgoi uemuga mu mruiturv
PRESERVE YOU It TIN ROOFS WITH WKXc
jvf o lUiAoiiu rauni
I am always prepared to Repair and Paint Roof 1
t ahnrt not OA. A I HO. JALNT FOK BAXJh DJ tu
han-oi nr raiion: the beat and cheapest la tit
market. , otwtv-tii
1 1TI Mo. TU N. NINTH St, above Ooatefc
Corn Exchange Bag Manufactory.
JOHN T. BAILEY,
V. . Cor. WATER and HABKET SU
ROPB AND TWTNB, BAGS and BAGGING, tot
Gram, Flour, Bait, Super-Phosphate of Lime, Bou
Large and small GUNNY BAGS constantly
AiMO, nuvu uaa
TOHN rARNLTMIA CO.. COMMISSION MER-
Ha, us wUJmui 1 sweat, rauaoauiua, Lm
AMUSEMENTS.
N
E W
M E R I C A N MUSEUM
and
MKNAOIRIK.
Northwest corner f NINTH and ARCH Streets,
Open dntly from A. M. f 10 P. M.
100,000 CUKIOSITIK4.
THIRTY CAGES OF LIVING WILD
ANIMALS.
THK RniNECEROS, TnE ALLIGATOR.
HIE Fa r WOMAN AND LIVING NKKLKroN
THK LAST 81'PFElt, Ere, Ktv.
Admission, cents to all the Attractions.
Watlnte, WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY AFTER
Noons, at s o'clock.
In the Lecture Room will be presented the splendid
spectacular burlesque entitled
POCAHONTAS;
OR,
THE INDIAN MAID.
Characters by tiie entire Uomoauy. 11 s
R. F. SIMPSON, Uuslness Manasrerand Treasurer.
J. L. CARWCROSH, Director of Amnsements.fi
WAl.NUT STREET Til BATH K. BEGINS AT TV.
THI8 (Tuesday) EVENINO, De.. .
Second Night of the Knjrairement of
EDWIN BOOTH.
Shakespearfs popular play, in 4 acts, ef
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE.
flhylock EDWIN BOOTH
'I o conclude with THE RKNDKZVOI S.
Wednesday M R. BOOTH AS RICHKLIF.U.
Thnrsday-KDWIN BO'iTH AS MACBETH.
SatmdayJ-BOOTH MATINEE,
THE LADY OF LYONS.
Claude Melnotte EDWIN BOOTH
HfRS. JOHN
DREW'S ARCH HTRKKT
UA 1
THEATRE. Bering V to 9 o'clock.
ACROSS THE CONTINENT.
OLIVER POWD BYRON "The Ferret "
TO-NIGHT, EVERY NiailT, AND SATURDAY
AFTERNOON, at 9,
McCloskey s Great Sensation Drama,
ACROSS THE CONTINENT,
with new scenery, machinery, etc., and
OLIVER DOWD BYRON
in his original character, "The Ferret.-'
Matinee on Saturday at 8 P. M. ur,
ERICA N ACADEMY OF
M U
S I C.
ROTIIERMEL'S
GREAT PICTURE
OF THK
"BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG,'
Painted bv order of the
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Will be exhibited to the public
tummiay evening, December 20,
Accompanied by a
1 J It AM) MILITARY CONCERT,
And other appropriate ceremonies li 6 tuthsTt
ui tncfcaieoi Tickets due notice will he given.
MRS. CHARLES WARNER 8 GREAT CHAM
PION CIRCUS. TENTH and CaLLOWHIll
streets.
SENSATIONAL AND STARTLING PERFORM
ANCES.
First appearance of Mr. Frederick Barcisv. the
great Somersault and Sensational Rider.
j irst time in America or a Grand Display of
' DOUBLE JUGGLING ON HORsKKArK.
by John Henry Cooke and Harry Weloy Cooke, In
which they challenge any performers In the world
for f MOO.
GRAND BILL BY ENTIRK TROUTR.
Admission as heretofore. Matluees ererv Wed.
nesday and Saturday, at 8tf. u 5 et
E.
L. DAVENPORT'S CHE9NUT STREET
THEATRE.
BPEOTAL NOTICE.
After Saturday Nldhf, November 46. this Theatre
will be closed until
MONDAY EVENING. December 12.
alien It will be re-opened with a Dramatic Comoanv
under the immediate and persnnal supervision of
Jin. E. L. DAVENPORT,
Sole Leasee and Manaircr.
who, having recovered from his late severe and pro
tracted illness, will have the honor of shortly ap
pearing before his friends and the Philadelphia
pnniic.
Full particulars of the comnanv and the business
of the season will be published hereafter. 11 s
FOX'S AMERICAN THEATRE, WALNUT
Street, above Elirhth.
LAST WEEK OK THE OLD THEATRE.
MONDAY EVENING. Dec. 5.
and all the present Week,
AMlt.ME.MS UF ALL NATIONS,
and a most brilliant arrav of talent.
FOX'S NEW AMERICAN THEATRE.
C11ESNUT Street., soove Tenth, will open
rAl UltWAi KVLNINU, Dec. IT.
A:
RCH iTREET OPERA HOUSE.
ARCH Street, above Tenth.
THE PALACE OF MINSTRELSY.
(SIMMONS k bLOCUM'S
MINSTRELS,
THE CHAMPION TROUPE OF AMERICA.
OPEN FOR THE SEASON.
With the best Minstrel Organisation in the world.
Box office open from 9 A. M. until 4 P. M. for the
ale of reserved seats. 0 6 tf
f-1 RAND
GERMAN SANITARY FAIR. AT
IT HORTICULTURAL HALL.
from December 80 to January 2, lsil.
(Jilts for the Fair, communications received, and
information given at the German Society's Hall. No.
'24 South SEVENTH Street. It 18 aut
D1
kUPREZ & BENEDICT'S OPERA HOUSE,
SEVENTH Street, below Arch.
DUFREZ & BENEDICT'S MINSTRELS.
(ireat success. Reduct ion of Admission to 25 cents.
Last week of the engagement of the famous
Arlington. Entire change of Programme this week.
MUSICAL FUND HALL GERM AN I A OR
chestra Matinees every SATURDAY AFTER
NOON at3M.
Tickets, 60 cents.
Packages of 4 for
fl.
FUKNI I UHbi
FURNITURE-
LUTZ & JXX.Z3XCT,
(SUCCESSORS TO I. LUTZ),
Ho. 121 S. ELEVENTH Street.
nave eow on hand a full assortment of first-class
FURNITURE, which their friends and customers
are respectfully invited to examlue before pur
chasing elsewhere.
Also, lately received a large Invoice of
FRENCH furniture;
Manufactured by the best houses n Parl'.whio
offer to sell at Parts panic prices. 10 3
LOOKING CLASSES, ETO.
LOOKING CLASSES,
Strictly our own manufacture, and of warranted
workmanship, at the lowest prices.
ALL THE NEW CHROM08 of Earope and America.
SWISS RUSTIC GOODS;' invoices opened to-day.
Sole Agency for the ROGERS GROUPS.
GALLERY OF PAINTINGS, open, free at all times.
JAMES 8. EAELE cVSONS.
No. 816 CUESNUT STREET.
ART EXHIBITION.
ON FREE EXHIBITION
AT
CHAS. F. nABELTlHE S GALLERY
Ho. 1125 CUESNUT BT11EET,
ERA UN'S FAMOUS PANORAMIC VIEWS O
Berlin, Potsdam, Charlottenburg, Coblentx, HeldeU
berg, Jena, Weimar, Erfurt, Ems, Baden-Baden,
WeiSDaaen, urunaein, Aiuaucruiuu, nawriuu, utt
Ypres, Rotterdam, Utrecht, etc. etc
A complete set of the Berlin Museums, and Interior
views of all the rooms la tho various royal palace
of Prussia.
Particular attention is drawn to the fact that m a
few days 100 views on the Rhine and its fortlooa
tions, aa never before seen, will be exhibited. 11 1
I. T. B A STOW.
MKAB0M.
T7AKTOIt & WcMAHOIf,
SBIPPIKO AJKD COXIflSSIOX MERCHANTS,
No. I COENTIKS SLIP, New York,
No. 18 SOUTH WHARVES, Philadelphia,
No. 46 W. PRATT STREET, Baltimore.
We are prepared to ship every description of
Freight to Philadelphia, New York, WUnringUm, and
Intermediate points with promptness and despatch.
Canal Boats and Steam-tags lurnlahed at the ahorteat
botioa.
ONE DOLLAR GOODS FOR 95 CENTS
It) U fkVJ DIXON'S Maal B, KlOUf U BUMfa
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