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THE DAILf fevNINO TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1871.
BOARD OT CUAHXTXEV.
fTmfinup'i from Firat .
additional department should make the whole
Institution available for at least double the
amount of good which has been possible in he
past. The "delinquent" need not become a
"'criminal" by exposure to a contaminating
example. The "criminal" win nave less en
couragement to Inculcate his Immoralities, and
an incentive to amendment will be always be
fore hlin, in the opportunity he will have
to gain the larger privileges and the nearer
freedom which the higher grades will enjoy.
We believe that the closer the "class of honor"
Is allowed to approach personal liberty (under
such judicious oversight as every parent or
guardian should exercise over his child) and to
enjoy the privilege of going beyond the walls of
the Refuge, either for proper visiting or proper
work, the more will the higher sentiments of
the youth be stimulated and encouraged, and a
reform which Is truly founded upon moral
growth, and which will be of a more self
sustaining character, be effected. Although
the first sound the "committed" child
hears in a Refuge is " ibis place Is
not a prison," the echo of that voice
is returned In the click of the key to every door
in the establishment the play-room, the school
room, the eating-room, and the slceplng-room;
repeated, as to the last, by the double lock.
Practically, therefore, it is a prison to him; and
although the domestic management may be
parental, and the educational discipline such as
we accept for our own children, the ubiquitous
key and the impassable wall are equally barriers
to a sense of the possession of personal trust and
confidence, as they are to egress from the unat
tractive premises. Just so far, therefore, as this
class of offenders can be trusted (and we think
that "reformatory influences" can and should be
made effectual to ereate a spirit of docility and
obedience), we think that care should be taken
to manifest confidence by the bestowal of such'
privileges as will prove to the restrained spirit
that the road to personal freedom is becoming
more and more open for euch as deserve to
pass over it. Constrained obedience is no
proof of moral amendment; and the prac
tice of good principles, as well as faitfe in
their possession, Is, as a general rule, advanced
in the ratio that they help to realize the happi
ness and fulfil the wishes of their possessors.
It would seem difllcult to conduct the "famllr"
system in the Refuges of at least the great cities-,
and it is not our purpose to discuss now this
subject, either on this ground, or on the ground
of comparison with that which obtains In such
extensive communities as our own. The morit
of judicious classification is not, in either sys
tem, open to dispute.
TENNSITLVANIA
INSTITUTION
FOR THE DEAF
AND DUMlli
This institution is situated at the northwest
corner of Pine and Broad streets, In the city of
Philadelphia. It is owned and controlled by a
corporate association. Its direction consists of
a President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secre
tary, and twenty-four directors. The act of in
corporation bears date of February 8, 183L and
makes provision also for the education of the
indigent pupils of the Commonwealth for a term
uot exceeding three years, at the rate of $100
each. The present law limits the age at which
the beneficiaries may be admitted to the period
between ten and twenty years, and the term of
tuition to six years.
The appropriation per pup'l in 1809 was $50
which was reduced In 1870 to $225, but the
managers represent that the cost has exceeded
both these appropriations, respectively, and
claim from the State reimbursement for the
reason that appropriations are not made to the
institution, but for the education and mainte
nance of the Commonwealth's wards, and that
no monej is drawn from the public treasury
except for the State pupils actually in the insti
tution. . It is Interesting to note that of 479 cases of
deafness, not congenital, received into the insti
tution, o3 per cent, were attributed to scarlet
fever; and of 522 cases, not congenital, or under
the head of "Infancy," 'J5 78 iper cent, occurred
under the age of seven years. The
first "asylum for the aeaf and dumb"
In this country was the "Ameri
can Asylum," at Hartford. Couneotlont whUK
owes its existence to Gallaudet, famous tor hi
ohllanthropy and for his successful administra
tion in this particular field. It began Us career
April 15, 1817, with seven pupils, and became
at length the echoed for deaf mutes In all New
England. On the same day that the Hartford
asylum was opened the New York Institution
for the Deaf and Dumb was incorporated. The
uumber of pupils in the latter, in last October,
when visited bv a member of our board, to
520. The legislation of other States, with re
epect to this class of beneficiaries, Is not so rigid
as that ot our own, which we think really might
be relaxed with advantage. The deaf mute
is admitted to be equally capable, with other
.hiunn e( menial development and
improvement, and under the re
ceived Idea that these classes of the Com
monwealth's wards should, as regards education,
be placed on an equality with other children,
they should have the opportunity of enjoying
the advantages of the Institution, when it might
ko tirnriiiMivn of the best results. There are
cases under 10 yeers of age, and over 20. where
the capacity and the need are indisputable, but
for whicn, unaer uie preacm, icSuiwu,
is no relief. In other states me iaw ucjuuio
i- .i. ..nt.. Pnniia are received ior a
given term; and if. In the Judgment of the di
rectors of the Institution, the term of Instruction
should be prolonged two or three years, in in
dividual cases, they are empowered to extend it.
This seems to be a very judicious regulation.
THK PENNSYLVANIA INSTITUTION TOR THE IN
STRUCTION OF TOE BLIND.
The location of this institution Is In the city
of Philadelphia. It is a private corporation,
governed by twenty-three managers, elected
annually by the corporators. They meet monthly
for deliberation and action on the general inte
rests of the institution. Special duties, however,
are assigned to six committees, to whom the
principal is required to report In writing con
cerning the condition and progress of the
nnniia. and the financial and other affairs of the
Institution. The very precise and careful method
of inspection and investigation pursued here, is
worthy of high praise, and furnishes an example
timt Riimilrt be followed universally.
The act of Incorporation bears date January
27, 1834, although an organization had occurred
a year before the charter was obtained, a house
rented and dupUs received for instruction. The
first tn-ant bv the Letrlslature.whlch was contem
poraneous with the act of incorporation, al
lowed $100 a year for each indigent pupil of the
State, and limited the term ot instruc
tion to three years. me per
canita allowances have been increased
1b successive years, and reached the sum of
$300 in 1809, but were reduced last year to 275,
which was inadequate for the service rendered.
The present term of instruction is eight years.
New Jersey and Delaware, which send their
beneficiaries to this asylum, restrict the time to
five years, unless the Governors thiuk it judi
cious to prolong the term, in iudivldual cues.
wnicn they are authorized to do to the exteut of
three years additional.
There were in the Institutional the tlma of
our visit. 175 pupils, males asd females, of
whom 120 were fron Pennsylvania. Tne wbon
family numbered 202 persons, which was more
than the accommodation could properly
provide for, and reduced, ueccssarily, tue
class-rooms. The whole number of pupil. De
cember 1, 18, was 181 male 101, fomales 80
of whom 14'J were from Pennsylvania. The
list of studies extends to the higher branekos of
an English education. Mubic is also taught, uad
in numerous instances great excellence b is been
attained. The indubtrios of the ertabluhtneut
are, for the males, brush anl broom making,
carpet weaving and cane seating; for the females
sewing, bead work, caue sealing, etc.
The aggregate salaries ot the eutlre staff of
employes is 12,700 rer jear. The averago
yearly excess of expenditures over receipts has
been, for 6lx years, about ilOOu. The deln-iem-v
in the department lor work has been fJllJ i'u
three years.
The exi'eusiveness of text-books for Instruc
tion is merely iclt in ail iuiUtuLiyu of ttiU
kind, and is greatly to be deplored. It necessi
tates a resort to oral teaching to an extent which
is wearisome, and It restricts the number and
variety of these so much that the progress of
the pupils is proportion ably impeded. When it
is understood that the plainest bible costs from
1 35 to $45, according to the type, it will be
evident how difllcult it Is for these schools,
which are barely sustained In any place, to pos
sess themselves of the efficient means of instruc
tion which the raised-letter books furnish.
The blind population of the Commonwealth
is supposed to be nearly 1600. This estimate is
based upon their enumeration in the census of
1800, ffblch made the ratio of 1 in 2143. The
Stale supports only 110 pupils, and these, with
the beneficiaries from other sources, crowd the
Institution unduly. Applications for admission
are from necessity continually rejected, and to
such an extent as to caue great discourage
ments. The board is satisfied that the institu
tion should be removed to the near country,
where these people may enjoy the healthfulncss
of a purer atmosphere, and where larger oppor
tunities for industrial pursuits may be secured;
and we hope, also, that in effecting this change
a liberal view may be extended towards the
future, and ample provision made
for an increased number of admis
sions. It should be borne In mind
also, In this connection, that the slowness which
marks the acquirements of the blind In every
species of handicraft, and the extreme sensi
tiveness of their nature, which exposes them to
unusual suffering under hardship and depriva
tion, render it expedient, as well as humane,
that some arrangement should be made to pro
vide employment for the destitute blind
after they have completed their course in the
Institution, and to supplement what they have
learned there with such further knowledge and
sinfulness as will Increase their chances
of supporting themselves without the
help of charity. There exists, in connection with
this asylum, a home for the "Industrial
Blind," the inmates of which are occupied in-a
variety of industrial pursuits, and some of
whom teach in the institution, where they alsc
board. They all receive compensation for their
services, and pay a moderate sum for their sub
sistence. The State has never contributed
towards the support of this Home. -
By the laws of New Yor,. in relation to its
support of State pupils of this class, the chil
dren of those who- died in the military service
of the United States during the Rebellion have
a preference in the order of admission, and
each county is entitled to- admission for
its indigent blind in the proportion which the
whole number of this population bears to the
blind population of the State. There are 67
blind persons in the alinshouses of ' Pennsylva
nia. i'HNNSTlVANIA TRAIH5SO SCHOOL' FOR- FEEBLE
MINDED CHILDREN.
This institution wa Incorporated April 7,
U63. The Legislature, at the same time, made
provision for the admission of twenty State
pupils, at $200 each, Bd for the term of five
years. The term has been increased 'to-seven
years, and the apnropritJrtoD has been advanced
to $'250, and provision made for the training and
maintenance of one hundred children, to (reap
portioned to- the representative districts-of the
State;
Tha school was oi iginrily established at Ger-
mantown, and was contifccted there unMl Sep
tember 1, 1803, when tue family was removed
to the new buildings erected expressly for this
purpose near Media, I n Delaware county.
Its present situation i is o a fine elevation, one
mile southwest from Media, in the midst of a
farm of about eighty- nine acres; and is ell that
can be desired for sue! i an asylum. At the- time
of our visit there were preoent one hundred and
eighty-seven imbecile ;persos, of whom eighty-
nve wore ciaie papiis.
idiots and imoeeiies .-are aeia to be such from
the Imperfect physical organization of the race,
or tkey are such from Infantile disease or other
accidental cause. The;y are legitimate objects
for the same public p rovision and Christian
charity which, in civilize J countries, are ac
corded to the iasane in ve:y community. Thev
are always repulsive, an d sometimes dangdrous
and contaminating.
Repelled and misunderstood in public,, and
burdensome at home, tb ey are seen to be bappy
in the institution provide Jor them. The ex-
who are teachable the appliances for amuse
ment and simple industry for those
too old: or nnsuaed for such
training, and the unmistakable evidences of
kindness and sympathy which exist among
alllicted ones and their care-takers, are strong
proofs that this class is best eared for ia such
Institutions as this.
In England four large asylums, witi. their
attendant schools and gymnasia, are i most
successful operation. The. largest of tlnsse, at
Earlswood, twenty miles, from Londcn, is in
the midst of a domain ot 1150 acres, accommo
dating at this time four hundred and .seventy
inmates, with additions aearly completed that
will increase lis capacity 10 eigui aunarea.
There are numerous smaller establishments ln
various parts of Great liritain, and no public-
charity elicits a warmer- support or nigner aj
preeiation.
in OUr OWu cuumry mw kokioiiuh ui ecxiu
leading States have recognized tna justice, ot
providing for this ckvss by the erection,, in
WUOie Or part, VI auiuio uuimiuftj, aua oivivr-
Driating annually means for the support ot cor-
tain nunmera oi iuuivih wco. uiucv uvmoo
have made a similar recognition, ny Beading
tbelr Imbecile cwiarcu to aajacent, ssuuos, wnere
institutions exist.
But the work here is comparatively new,
dating back less than twenty-five years. Ame
rican superintendent and teachers are largely
dependent upon tbelr own ooswvauon ana tact
for its development. They have encountered
many difficulties, but it is believed that toe suc
cess oi tneir moors ima wui me ruasouaoio ex
pectations of the friends of this charitable
enterprise. Our statistic of Idiocy and
of the improvement under culture
and training atrree, in most respects, with
those of England. Our own State institution
reuorts the necessity of a considerate guardian
ship over those who shall be gent out from it as
sell-supporting, there remaining, In the case, of
almot-t all who have enjoyed lis beueflis, that
lack of iudirmeut and forecast whleh in&kots tue
best use of the present, and anticipate and pro
vide for the needs of the future. With such
c-uardianshi i) secured, In some instances, with
families who have adopted these children after
five or seven years residence in the institution,
60 out of 500 individuals have been made capa
ble of earning their own support in domestic
service; of tne remainder, 140 are too uncertain
for a real dependence, and yet might be rated as
capable of earning a halt support; 118 perform
vcrv httle service of an appreciable value, and
102 tire hopelessly and totally dependent.
soldiers' orphans' schools.
Wisdom and humanity were happilv blended
in the conception aud creation of this noble
iubtllutiou: a cliaritj which has a strong hold
upon the public heart, and which has
been sustained by the Legislature from
its inception with unstinted muald-
cence. Our so-called benevolence towards
these wards of the State rnteht well have been
dictated by the most politic consideration of her
own interests, for there can be nothing plainer
to the minds of those wno have observed tue
iulluences of thce schools not only upoc the
bodily and mental development of their inmates,
but. lu most cases, upon tneir moral develop
inent and heart cultivation, than that tueir
inmates are to beeoue strong aud lutluenll.il
sources from which the Commonwealth will
draw a wealth of respectability aud power.
which will repay her a hundredfold for what she
has expended in preparing theoi for the duty of
ndvnncine her best Interim is.
This subject is too familiar to the minds of all
who will care to read this report to mike it
necescary to enlarge upon it further thu to
present a few brief eUtlstic, and to appaud cer
tain retolutions which tue b"ard nave adopted In
relation to these sclioo s.
By the lad report of tte State Superintendent
it appears that there were lu the schools and
bonus on May 31, 170, 3.j JO children, viz , In
advanced school, 2137; primary schools, 701;
homes. ;'.".. Jt tbee. rJil were white boys.
i ;; white girls, M colored boys, aud li'J colored
U.ils. lhe number ot applications tor admis
sion hat been, to June 1, 1870, 6346, of which
6624 have been received. The discharges have
numbered 1475. The total appropriations for
these schools since their inauguration have been
t2,553,131-67.
As the maximum number of scholars hasboen
reached, the expenses for their support will, of
course, diminish In a ratio corresponding with
their decrease In number.
COUNTT ALMSHOUSES.
The General Agent has visited almost all the
almshouses in the State; and has, In many in
stances, been accompanied by one of the com
missioners. His report will give his Impression
of them individually; and will expose, to soma
extent, their deficiencies. He has reserved a
more full and comprehensive exposition until
all have been visited, for which the law allows
two years.
The board desire to call attention to some of
their obvious defects, frequently Involving not
only deprivation of health and comfort, but con
tamination of the morals of the inmates.
More especially do we wish to denounce the
cruel wrongs which the Insane suffer who are
inmates of almshouses. These institutions are
generally wholly unsuitable for their care or
even detention; or, if suitable, are presided
over by persons who are entirely Ignorant of
the needs of this class of the sick and iufirm,
and whose administration Is based upon the
crndest Ideas of mental disease; it is limited to
the discovery of the most available methods of
preventing them from harming anything or any
pcreon but themselves. We could Instance the
most glaring abuses; not, as we belleTe, inten
tionally inflicted, but the results of Incapacity
and Ignorance. The time has gone bv when a
disturbed imagination or a disordered Intellect
should be held to have converted its human vic
tim into a distempered brute; whose home
should be akin to the sty or the stable;
and whose lightest restraint should be perpetual
incarceration within the limits of a cell. These
wrongs deinnid prompt redress. No hospital
for the insane should remain without the con
stant ecpcrvisicti of a medical superintendent.
The stewards of almshouses are never eclected
from any consiieration of the needs of the
Incane.
We world recommend that no recent case of
insanity be received into an almshouse; that
all curable cases- be provided for In
State hospitals for the insane, and th:-l these
institutions be adequately extended. With re
spect to ill- township poor, we need to make
farther investigation. We know that the sys
tem is not approved by many excellent men la
the districts where it prevails; and we- have
observed instances of insufficient provision for
this class. Wo do not doubt that their cotaf ort,
as a general rule, wosld be promoted by the
adoption by these districts ot the county poor
house. OOUNTT JAILS.
These institutions have been but partially
visited, and we Jo not propose to remark -upon
them at length. As there are well -planned 'and
weii-eonauctea poor-nouses, so are there jails,
creditable In constrHCtion. and administration.
But many of them are deficient in the same par
ticulars which we have noticed in almshouses
in ventilation, light; heat, water, conveniences
for comfort and cleanliness.
There is also, la many of ibem, a great de
ficiency of work for the prisoners. In some
there is an entire abseuca- oJ employment In
which cases we have obssnved a promiconocts
intercourse ot the sexes during the day, and of
the untried with the convicted, no keeper re
maining within the- precinots of the jaiU- We
believe- that the cultivation, of industrious
habits.-the certainty of steady, contimiouo,-8olf-supporting
labor, i .re essential to a true reform.
It is craved by the prisoner who detdres amend
ment, and should be- a boon, to all, as it would
surely prove a b'essing. la. this connection,
also, we would recommend' more attention to
the E3cular and religious instruction of the pri
soners. We need-hardly suggest that .it i a
gross abuse to subject lb a untried prisoner to
intercourse with the felon,, or to regard him, or
treat him as a convict until he lis pronounced
guilty by a court of ousting
Some better provision. should be mods. fop- the
discharged convict.. lie iaotteu tnrnedout Into
the world desituto of clothing, a repxUalve- and
TOEIS3ASE.
Besides the fuii descriptions of thaStato hos ¬
pitals for the Insane which appear in the appen
dix, we give those cl three prlvrie establish
msnts, which comprise all asylums- for the
insane within the State, exclusive cfr those
connected wilh- almshouses. By reference to
the proper tubJas it will be found that the ratio
of the insano to the whole pop-jiation of the
3tate is estimated at one in eight hundred.
This calculation Uxeytlis whole number at 4373
Oi these thftarv Ja Hospitals ...1112
Alninlionso, ....lis
Prisons. 8
2404
Leaving unprovided for in all th instidtions . . .1971
The hospital now buUdin? at Panville will
hardly, when completed and occnploil, find this
number lessened. The pesullar aUllctlona of
this class of the State s wards have- elicited sub
stantial expressions of sympathy from past
Legislatures, and the giants sxaJe in their
behalf are as. )iist and honorable- as they have
becu liberal, lliey are also vtiae and states--
manllke. We do not hesitate- to recommend:
furthei provision of the same character. When
we contrast the condition on the patients of
thes hospitals, cared for by expert alienists,
ana proviuea wun every appuance lor comiort,
classification and scientific treatment, with that
of the inmates of almshouses, for the most
port caged in cells, indiscriminately associated
oj wholly neglected, humanity and economy
combine to determine our conclusions on this
subject.
1 be policy wucn tne state has pursued of
esianusning insane nospitais oi moderate capa
city upon iertJie iarms with attractive surround
ings, central as to population, and convenient
as to railroad travel and supplies for mainte
nance, meeta with general approval.
we recotamenaea last rear to tne legislature
the propriety of establishing an additional hos
pital for the insane for the accommodation of
tne northwestern portion ot the State, and, alter
tne lapse ot a year we perceive stronger reasons
lor expressing tne same opinion.
GENERAL REMARKS.
It has been our endeavor, In this the first year
of our existence as a board, to acquire accurate
Information concerning the institutions in this
State which have come legitimately under our
purview, and, to some extent, concerning
kindred establishments elsewhere. The Secre
tary aud General Agent has, on his official
errand, travelled over 11,000 miles within the
bounds of this Commonwealth, and has, in the
ardor of his pursuit and in his fidelity to the
behests of the law, almost forgotten that ho had
a family and a home.
A member of the board has travelled nearly
S000 miles on the same errand; has devoted to
the work sixty-six whole days, taken from
private pursuits of an absorbing nature, and has
made nu visits to institutions or meetings
ef the board. Indeed, it would seem that no
private Interest has been allowed to intertere
with the fulfilment of his duty In this mutter by
any member ot the commission.
There ate demands upon the boaid, under the
law, of a more abstruse and complex nature
than those we have referred to; but in the words
of the able Commission of Mate Chart
ties in Massachusetts, in their sixth
annual report, "To show how the In
dustrial and material interests of the
commonwealth are affected by the existence ot
pauperism, lnsauiiy, dwease, and crime is an
imnienfe task." And "this report will be con
fined to these matters more directly concerning
charity, reform, and correction." It is possible
that a bureau, charged wilh the prosecution of
the worn now couiinuiea to a board ot "uupaid
pbilautbropii-t," might gather an arrav of
formal slatML's which would exceed lu a given
time what is po.-iiole under the present 6vctetn
But in the ct-titiiate of the character of this
beneficent work, the quality of its attalutneuts
should not be uisrejjariica.
We presume that the Legislature was per
f.'Clly aware of what experience has made every
uiuu "conscious, that "what the baud Uudeu to
fo, it will do with Its might," rather through an
Impulse of intelligent love of the human brother
hoed, than by a perfunctory service, which
measures itself according to its own stinted esti
mate of pecuniary recompense. We have per
fect faith in the wisdom of that world-wide
legislation which confides some of the most
important Interests of the State to an nnrecom
pensed service.
All which Is respectfully submitted.
By order of the board.
George L. Harrison, President.
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Uiude.-n convenience) and in good order.
UUAKll A ffl'I'INM,
8 23.JJV NO. 711: WALNUT Street.
TO KENT.
GOO BUSINESS-STAKE TO LET,
SUITABLE FOR ANT BUSINESS.
Stiutvaanl 'Dwalliniir.
S0U3HW3ST C'CItNER OP- SIXTEENTH AND
. VINE STR3ETS.
Arp'y on jMinlaw. -t
LEGAL NOTICED.
E (STATE OF JOHN ROMM.KL, DECEASED,
All persons indebted to this estati will make
payment and those having. o'airo against the Hame
will present them wlthoutrdulay to the tinOersl'rne'i,
to whom Letters Testraaontary have been duly
granted.
iimn iiunni tti,iB., i
J.M.ROMMEL, V Executors.
W. J. MAJfN,. J
Philadaipbla, March 2Sv.l&71i. 3 23lh0t
IN THE ORPHANS' COUKT FOR THE CITY
AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA.
Estate of DA ID VICKRS, deceased.
The Auditor appolLtoi by tie Court tc audtt. settle.
and adjust the account of PETER L..YOORH EES,
Administrator of the estate of DAVID V1UKEUS,
deceased, aud to report distribution of the
oaiance m me nana or me accountant, wilt
meet the parties Interested for the purpose of his ap
pointment on MONDAY, April 10, 1M1, at 4 o'clock
P. III., at his olilce. No. 38 South THIKD S tree a,
la tie city of Philadaiia.
3 30 thstuBt Audltoa.
DISTBIOT- ATTORNEY'S OFFICE,
PHlLAnELMlU, Feb. 28, is;l.
All keepers tit hotels, taverns, restaurants, and
others selling liquor br less measure than one uart
are hereby notlilgd that If they r&l use or neglaut to
make application for license, and procure the aame,
within the tin prescribed by law, and who continue
to sell, will be promptly psoetwded against, as re
quired by provisions of the act of Assembly.
FUKMAN SHEPPAHD,
District Attorney.
City commissioners Office,)
No.H S. Fifth StgET, y
PlllLADKLl-IlIA. Feb. vs. 187L I
The act of Assembly approved April 20, 1868, re
quires that all keepeis of hotels, taverns, restau
rants, and others selllntr liquor by less measure than
one quart, shall make application at this otllce for
llceuie in the mouth of March only. The law In
this respect wiu b taiciiy enrorceo.
ALEXANDER McCUEN,
THOMAS M. LOCKE,
JAMES BAIN,
City Commissioners.
GROCERIES, ETC
T ONDON BROWN BTOUT AND
A-4
SCOTCn ALB,
In glass and stone, by the cask or dozen.
ALBERT O. ROBERTS,
Dealer In Fine Groceries,
Corner ELEVENTH and VINE St.
OOAL.
P. OWEN & CO.,
COAL DEALERS,
FILBERT STREET WHARF,
SCHUYLKILL.
101y
SNOWDON A RAU'S COAL DEPOT, CORNER
DILLWYN and WILLOW Streets. Lehigh and
Scbujiklil COAL, prepared expressly lor family use
at tne lowest casa pneeo. i la
OORDAQE, ETOi
CORDAGES.
tfanllla, Blial and Tarred Corda
At LowMt Raw York PrioM and Vricbt
EDWIN D. F1TLEU & (JO
VMtory. TENTH Bt. and GZHMAHTOWB iiHU
lw, No. 33 H. WATER Bt, and it H. DELAWARE
tWUi
PHILADELPHIA
OHN S. LEE A CO., HOPE AND TWIN
MANl FAt TCREKS.
DEALERS IN NAVAL STORES, ,
ANCHORS AND CHAINS,
SHIP CHANDLERY GOODS, ETC.,
Ko. 4 aaJ ii NORTH WHARVES.
SHIPPINL..
m. national smi
STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
STEAM DIRECT TO AND FROM NEW. YORK
QUEENSTOWN, AND LIVERPOOL. '""
The niafcniflcent Ocean Steamships of this line
sallinR regularly every SATURDAY, are among the
largest In the world, and famous fur the degree of
safety, eomfort, and speed attained.
CARIN RATES, CUKKENOT,
T5 and 88. First class Excursion Tlokets, good for
twelve months, 180. Early application must be
made In order to secure a choice of state-rooms.
STEERAGE RATK8, CCRKENCV,
Outward, m Prepaid, 3a. Tickets to and from
Londonderry and Glasgow at the same low rates.
Feisona visiting the old conntry, or sending for their
friends should remember that these steerage rates
are 2 cheaper than several other noes.
Bank draft Issued for any amount, at lowest rates
payable on demand In all parts of England, Ireland,
Scotland, Wales, and the Continent of Europe!
Apply to WALLER b CO., A gent 9,
Ab. 804 WALKUT SU, just above Secotul.
"fffrN LIVERPOOL AND QUEEnT
SiiiroWN.-TheinmanLlne of Royal Mai
Steamers are appointed to sail as follows:
Oltv of Brussels, Satnrdav. March IS. at a P. M.
Citv of Limerick, via Halifax, Tucsdav. March si
At 1 P. M.
City of i-onaon, eaiuraay. Marcn 2S. at S A. M
Ctty of Washington, Saturday, April 1. at i P. M.
and each succeeding Satnrdav and alternate Tana.
day, rem pier No. 45 North river.
J5y Mall Steamer Sailing every Saturday.
PAvable in gold. Pavabla In onrrnn,;.
First Cabin 76. Steerage 130
to ixD4en so to Lbnmn bfi
To Halifax 80 1 To Halifax io
Passengers also forwarded to Anlwmrv. HoMwr.
dam, Sweden, Norway. Denmark, etc. at rodnrarf
rates.
Tickets cafl be bonght here at moderate ratoa h
persons wishing to end for their frlendsv
For further information anDlr at the comnanv.
Office.
JOHN G. DALE, Agent, No. 15 Broadway, N. Y.!
Or to O'DOtfNELL & FAULK, Arnt,
No. 409 CHESNUT Street. PhllaOelphia,
OLYnE'9 8 TRAM T.Tvr.PQ
STEAM ISHIP LIN !i, TUK"UUH FREIGHT AIR
LINE TO Tl'K SOUTH A vl D WKVI'.
Steamers leave every wedsksday and SATUR
DAY nt noon," from FIRST WHARF above MAR-
KIT Street.
No bills of lading signed after 13 o'clock on salting
day.
THROUGH BATta to ail points In North and
South Carolina, via seaboard Air-line Railroad, con
necting at roriBmouiii, uu ai ijucnDurg, a., Ten
nessee, and the West vl Virginia and Tennessee
Air-line, ami Kicnmonn ami uauvme itauroada.
Kreghts HANDLED BUT ONCE and taken At
DOWER RATES than fcy-any other Hue.
No charge for commissions, dray age, or any ex-
Dense of transfer. Steamships insure at Uwest
rates.
FREIGHTS KKUKIVED DAILY.
State-room accommodations for passengers.
WM. P. POHTEK Agent., Richmond and Cltv
Point. T. P. CKOWELL J CO., Agents, Norfolk.
SptL PHILADELPHIA AND CHARLESTON.
PHI LA DELPHI A and CHARLESTON
STEAMSHIP LINE. r..T,,,c
The flrst-closs Steamship VIRGINIA, Captain
Hunter, will Ball on Tr.rfHiay, Aoru 6. at in
o'clock, noon, Irom Pier worm wharves, above
Arch etreei. . , .
Through bills of lading to all principal points In
Suoth Carolina, Georgia, Florida, etc., etc.
Kates of freigni as uiw an-uy mty outer route.
Far freight or passage 8p!ly on the Pier, as above.
WM. A. COURTNEY, Agent in Charleston.
Vim NEW YORK DATT.VVra
DELAWARE AND RARITAN CANAL
KXfKKSSMTll.Aro.tHJATUUM.l'ANY.
Tim CHEAPEST and QUICKEST water commu
nication between Philadelphia and New York.
steamers leave kail,i irom nrst wnarr below
MARKET Street, Philadelphia, and foot of WALL
Stnet, New York.
T M K O U u It 1 i r..i'i i-iuun muuks.
Goods forwarded by all the lines running out of
New York North, East, and West, free of commission.
Freight received drily an-Morwarded on accommo
dating terms.
s JAMES HAND, Agent,
NO. 119 WALL Street, New York.
ANDRIA, OjKjRGBI'OWN and Wash
;ca lngton, D. C, Chesapeake and Delaware
iiul&u . with.. Uvuuia Ann A levmiitiH a
Kanroaa.
Steamers leave regularly every SATURDAY Br
econ, from First Wharl above MARKET Street.
Freights received daily.
HYDE fc TYLER, Agents, Georgetown, D. C.
M. KLDRIDGE CC Ageals, Alexandria, Va.
DELAWAaS AND CHESAPEAK3
iils Barges- towed between PhlladelDh'A.
iJalumore, Havre-da-arace, Delaware City, aad
intermediate points.
CAPTAIN JOHN LAUOHLIN. Superintendent.
OFFICE, N. 18 Soath WHaRVES,
PHILADELPHIA.
WILLIAM P. CLYDE & CO.,
AGENTS.
For all the above lines.
No. IB SOU III WHARVES, Philadelphia,
where further Information may be obtained.
F
OR SAVANNAH, OBOKOIA
THE FlJORIDA PORTS,
AND TUifi SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST.
GREAT SOUTHERN FREIGHT AND PASSEN
GER IJNE.
CENTRAL RAILROAD OF GEORGIA AND AT
LANTIC AN. GULF RAILROAD.
FOUK STEAMERS A WKEX,
TUESDAY3,
THURSDAYS,
AND SATURDAYS.
THE STEAMSHIPS
SAN SALVADOR, Captain Niukeraon, from Pier
No. frNortn River.
WM. It. GARRISON, Ajrent,
No. aBowllbg Green.
MONTGOMERY, Captain Falreloth, from Pier No.
13 NorUi River.
R. LOWDEN, Agent,
No. 63 West street.
LEO, Captain Dearborn, from Pier No. 18 East
River.
MURRAY, FERRIS A CO., Agents,
Nos. 61 and ca South street.
GENERAL BARNES, Captain Mallory, from Pier
No. 86 North River.
LIVINGSTON, FOX ft CO., Agents,
No. 63 Liberty street.
Insurance by this line ONE-HALF PER CENT.
Superior accommodations for passengers.
Through rates and bills of lading in connection
With the Atlantic and Gulf Freight line.
Through rates aud bills of lading In connection
with Central Railroad Of Georgia, to all points.
C. D. OWENS, I GEORGE YONGE,
Agent A. ft G. R. R., Agent C. It. R,,
No. Jiaa Broadway. No. 4W Broadway,
THE ANCHOR LINE STEAMERS
Sail every Saturday and alternate Wednesday
to and from Glasgow and Deny.
Passengers booked aud forwarded to and from all
railway stations In Great Britain, Ireland, Ger
many, Norway, Sweden, or Denmark and America
as safely, speedily, comfortably, and cheaply as by
any otner route or line.
'JtXPRBhS" BTXAMkaa.
'KXTRA" 8TB AM X &B.
IOWA,
TYRIAN,
BRITANNIA,
IOWA,
TYRIAN,
ANGI.IA,
AUSTRALIA,
BRITANNIA,
INDIA,
COLUMBIA,
hlltUl-A.
BRITANNIA.
From Pier 80 Nerth river, New York, at noon.
Rates of Passage, Payable in Currency,
to Liverpool, Glasgow, or Derry :
First cabins, fu& and 175, according to location.
Cabin excursion tickets (good for twelve months),
seenrlng best accommodations, 1130.
Intermediate, i3 ; steerage, fzs.
CertitlcHU'B, at reduced rates, can be bonght here
uy moHe wiBuiuji tu euu lur tuuir menus.
Drafts Issued, payable on presentation.
Apply at Hie company's oiiices to
HENDERSON BROTHERS,
No. T BOWLING GREEN.
0m FOR NEW YORK, VIA DELAWARE
and Rarltan Canal.
4Lii&SWIFTSURE TRANSPORTATIOS
COMPANY.
DESPATCH AND SWIKTSURE LINES,
Leaving dally at la M. aui 6 P. M.
The steam propellers of this company will com
Bitnce loading on the 8th or March.
Through in twenty-four boors.
OcKxtb yrwarded to any point free of couiinlsdlon
(Tetania taken on auvoiuiuuuauug kiuu,
Apply to
WILLIAM M. BAIRD A CO., Agent,
No. m tiuuth DELAWARE ATeuue.
TUB REGULAR BTBAM SHIPS ON THB PHI.
LADKLPUIA AfD CHARLESTON STEAM
SHIP LINE are ALONE authorized to bune throng
ollli of lading to Interior point Month and West la
connection with South Carolina Railroad liompany,
ALFRED L. TYLKR,
Vice-President So, C. RK. Co.
.4aiMAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY'S RE
GULAR SEMI-MONTHLY LINE TO NEW OR
LEANS, La.
The JUNIATA will sail for New Orleans, via Ha
vana, on Tuesday, April 4, at 9 A. M.
The YAZOO win sail from New Orleans, via H
vana, on Krlday, March 81.
THROUGH BILLS OF LADING at as low rate?
as by any other route given to MOBILE, GALVES
TON. 1NDIANOLA. ROCK PORT, LA VACUA, and
BRAZOS, and to all points on the Mississippi river
between New Orleans and St. Louis. Red river
freights reshlpped at New Orleans without charge
of commissions.
WEEKLY LINE TO SAVANNAH, GA.
The WYOMING will sail for Savannah on Saiar
day, April 1, fit 8 A. M.
The tonawanda will sail from Savannah on
Satnrdav. April 1.
THROUGH BILLS OF LADING given to all the
principal towns in Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mis
sissippi, Louisiana, Arkansan, and Tennessee in con
nection with the Central Railroad of Georgia, At
.antic and Gulf Railroad, and Florida steamers, at
a slow rates as by competing lines.
SEMI-MONTHLY LINE TO WILMINGTON, N. C.
The PIONEER will Ball for Wilmington on Satur
day, April k, at la M. Returning, will leave
Wilmington Sunday, April 10.
Connects with the Cape Fear River Steamboat
Company, the Wllmrngton and Weldon and North
Carolina Railroads, and the Wilmington and Man
chester Railroad to ail Interior points.
Freights for Columbia, S. C, and Angusta, Ga.,
taken via Wilmington at as low rates as by any
other route.
InsnTanee effected wen reqrrte1 by shippers.
Bills of lading signed at Queen street wharf on or
before day of sailing.
WILLIAM L. JAMES, OetxTl Agent,
Not 1B0 S. THIRD Street.
LORILLARD S73AMSHIP CO MP AS Y
FOR KUW TOHX.
BAILING TUESDAYS, THURSDAY 15, AND SAT
URDAYS AT NOON.
INSURANCE ONE-EIGHTH OF ONE PER CENT.
No bill of lading or receipt signed for less Was
fifty cents, and no Insurance eilocted for less tfraa
one dollar premium.
For further particulars and ra4os apply at Com
pany's office, Pier 83 East river, New York, or to
JOHN F. OUL,
PIER 1 NORTH WHARVES.
N, , Extra rates on small packages-iron, metaiv
etc
w
HITS
8 T iff
L I N s
OCEANIC STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'
LINE OF NEW STEAMERS B5TWKKN NKW
YC RK AND LIVERPOOL, CALLING AT CORK. A
IRELAND. VI
The company's Beet comprises the following mag
nificent full-powered ocean steamships, the ux
largest in the world :
OCEANIA, Captain Mnrray. A RCTIC.
ATLANTIC, Captain Thompson. BALTIC.
PACIFIC, Captaia Perry. ADKIA'TIC.
These new vessels have been designed specially
for. the transatlantic trade, and combine speed,
safety, aud comfort.
PaaeeBger aeconaaodatlona unrivalled.
Parties tending for their friends la the Old coun
try can now obtata- prepaid tickets.
i-steerage, $32. currency.
Other rates as low as any first-class line.
For further parttaalars apply to ISM AY, IMRIE A
tx., No. 10 WATER btreet, Liverpool, and No. T
EAST IN1A ATenne, LEADEN ItALL Street,
Loiwion; or at te company's otllces, No. 19
BROADWAY, New York.
J. H. SPAR3S, Agent
FOR ST. THOMAS AND BRAZIL.
UNITED STATES AND BRA2IL STEAM
SHIP COMPANY.
REGULAR MAIL STEAMERS Bailing on the
23d of every mouth.
MBRIilMACK, Vaptaln Wler.
SOUTH AMKK1CA, Captain E. L.Tlcklepaagh.
NORTH AuEKICA, Captain G. B. Slcoum.
These splendid steamers sail on schedule tlracr.an
call at St. Thomas, Para, Pernambnco, Bahla, an J
Kio de Janeiro, going and returning. For engage
ments of freight orp;iasage, apply to
WM. H. GARRISON, Agent,
ito, e Bowling-green, Nw ort.
FISHING TACKLE.
TO SPORTSMEN.
THK OLDEST FISHING TACKLE STORE IN THE
CI1 Y.
(40 years established.)
8AMUCL 3PAMC,
No. 143 NOltTII THIRD' STREET.
Jst received direct from England-, a full and va
ried assortment of FISHING TACKLE, aa follows:
(ioo doxen Best English Trout Flies, te suit the
Beason.
A full supply of Fine English. Trout Rods and
Books.
uut) Best Savannah Fishing Rods, K to 30 ft long.
Also, a full supply of R. Hemming A Sou's superior
quality of Fish Hooks, Limerick & Ktrty,'s etc, etc.
Gut Snoods, Silk, Silk and Hair, Grata Ltnes of
every description. Also, Bamboo Rods, II to IS feet.
Seines mane to order.
Sole importer (for 40 years) of the GENUINE
Haarlem oil. g t tnthsim
HARDWARE. ETO.
CUMBERLAND MAILS
S440 Per Kee.
These Nails are known to be the beic In the marketXj ,
All Walls, no -waste, an d cost m
more than other brands.
Each keg warranted to contain 100 pounds of Nails. .
Also, a large assortment of One Hinges, Locks, and
Knobs. Salld Browse, suitable for nrst-class build
ings, at the great
Cheap-! orCaala Hardware Store J
or
J. XI. 8 II AN !,
J 14 tuthst No1009 MAKKET Street
WINDOW BLINDS, ETO.
WINDOW QLirtDS,
Lace Cartaim, Cartain Cornlcet,
H0LIAHD SHADES.
PAINTED SHADES of the latest tints.
BLINDS palDted and trimmed
ft i OH It KM aTIKS nmdn ami lt tcril.
Picture Cord, Tassels, Etc, Repairing promptly I
atteceedto.
D. J. VILLIAM8, Jr.,
So. 16 NORTH SIXTH STREET,
ITtuthB3in PHILADELPHIA
WHISKY, WINE, ETO
CARBTAIRS A McCALL,
Xo. 126 Walnut and SI Granite Sti.,
IMPORTERS OF
Bran diet, Vlces, Gm, Olive Oil, Etc.,
WHOLE8ALB DEALERS IN
PURE RYE WHISKIES,
IN BOND AND TAX PAID.
83)
J A V ML S
MA CHIN ERT.
PRICKS KEDt'CED.
GREATLY IMPROVED PUMP,
Inclosed from dust,
and rlston guided top and bottom,
reducing wear fuby one-half.
Jatk on hire, Irom 4 to luo tons.
rnii.u- .ii sriL'K.
hliops-SE ENTr.ENTH anl COATES hlrea.
OUlte No. 14 X Flt'lU Street. 3 lis'.utllui
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