THE DAILY lnittfd TKLE011AP11---1JHILA DELPHI A, TUESDAl, MAY 9, 18 H.
CITY I HTBLL 1UCE,
US1TERS1TY BOAT CLUD.
Vtil-erslty f Pe-nsylvanU Kncou.
-ags Itovilng-Dont Clah Orgaulied
Have o th cijrlklll.
The University of Pennsylvania has deter
mined to encourage physical as well as mental
Iralnli.gs Following the lead of the old educa
tional bulls of Europe, and of Harvard and
Yale of this country, the managers decided to
allow the students to organize a boating crew
for row log-on the Schuylkill. Yesterday after
noon a number of students organized into two
crews, and selecting the barges Augusta and
Echo, proceeded to Columbia Bridge for a con
test. The following are the names of the young
gentlemen composing the crews:
CRBW OF THE AUGUSTA.
No. 1. -Horace Burt, weight 1 lbs
William Hopkins, weight ...tfii lbs
Arthur Burt, weight 136 lbs
4. Jos. A. Hutchinson, Jr., weight 141 ma
Alfred Carver, weight I-) lbs
'6. Win, II. Addlcks, weight 135 lb
Cowwaln, Robert Smith, weight 125 lbs
'Total weight r lbs
"Weight of crew without coxswain. . ...... 841 lbs
CHIW OF THE ECHO.
This crew belongs to the freshman class, and
' Is selected from the members of the Delta Pal
Society.
No. 1. M. Robinson, weight 120 lbs
5. C. Piddle, weight ' H3
3. N. Trotter, weight Via lbs
4. W. P. Blddle, weight H8 lbs
5. I- Paul, weight 1 lbs
6. 8. Trotter, weight 125 lbs
Coxswain, Mr. Harvey, weight 85 lbs
Total weight 813 lbs
Weight without coxswain 753 lbs
Judge, William Parker Newlln, Jr.
Referee, Fred. P. Addlcks, of Vesper Club.
Starter, Mr. Sharswood, of Undine Club.
The course was from Columbia Bridge to Tur
tle Rock, a distance of a mile and a half, and
was won by the Augusta, she having passed the
judge's stand: 43 seconds In advance of the
Echo, and making the time ju6t nine minutes.
A large number of the friends of the university
lined the river banks, and greeted with applause
the first effort in this line of the young gentle
men. HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Mcetlug ast Evening Receipt of Impor
tant Uocumeuta-The KnglUh Historical
Society.
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania hold a
meeting last evening in their rooms In the Athe
niium Building, Sixth and Adclphia 6treots.
John William Wallace, Esq., President, occu
pied the chair.
The librarian, Joseph Shriglev. Ean . reported
saving received since last month ninety-eight
cooks, ninety-one pampuiets, three manuscripts,
and among them two volumes of Friends' tracts,
from Joseph 8. Elklngton; transactions of the
Academy of Arts and Sciences, a biographical
sketch of William Francis Judson, from Dr. O.
A. Judson; history of Franklin, from Dr. A.
Woodward; historical manual concerning the
three battles at Trenton and Princeton, 1775 -77,
from C. C. Haven: the history of wyalusiner.
From members of the Library Committee A
memorial of the life and writings of Dr. Cart
wright Hawkinp, memoirs, two volumes; journal
and correspondence of Lord Auckland, in two
volumes; life of the Earl of Clarendon, three
-volumes of the first Earl of Malmesburv, four
volumes of I'nesta travels In America, 171)3.
From Alfred Cope, Esq., a complete set of the
publications ot ugiisn Historical society.
twenty-nine volumes. From tho Royal Academy
or .science, municn, two volumes, from riev.
A. M. Colton, a- memorial of Deacon Walter
Colton. From Rev. LeRoy J. llalsey, memoir of
Dr. Lewis W. Green. From the Association of
Science. Govlitz. Upper Lusatier. the manu
scripts with letters from Thomas Hamilton to
Thomas Criue, 1794; ledger of Cashier of United
States January i air for the Sanitary Commis
Blon, 1864, and several papers, containing auto
graphs of Philadelphlans, from 17SL to 1821.
There were also received from Robert Newell
twelve photographic views of buildings In Phi
ladelphia; irotn wuiiam Myers, several memen
toes of Philadelphia lire companies and a por
trait of Henry C. Carey.
A letter was read from Mr. Armstrong, ac
cepting an Invitation to read a paper on the life
ot the late Mr. iiazzara.
The death of Benjamin Marshall was an
nonnced, and fitting action ordered to be taken
In the premises.
Mr. Henry Winsor was elected to inember-
enip, alter wmcn tue meeting adjourned.
Colors at Half-mast. We were In error
yesterday in stating that Captain Robert Vance,
in cnarge or. one or tue line oi propellers run
nlng between this city ana Richmond, Va
died on board of bis vessel. He died at his
borne in Camden, after an illness of six weeks,
and was surrounded by his family, from whom
he received the most affectionate attention in
bis last moments. Captain Vance was a nobie
ppeclmen of manhood, and he obtained the
cordial esteem of all who became acquilnted
with mm. lie was reared to a lite o; bird
ehip. but by his strict attention to duty, by
bis probity, and by his quick intelllgeace he
won the confidence of bis employers, and dur
ing the late Rebellion he obtained an mdepen
dent command, and acqnltted himself with
credit. Captain Vance was quiet and unobtru
sive in ills manners, but ooid ana decisive in
the hour of danger; be was generous to a fault,
and most kind to the unfortunate and help ess,
ana nis aeatn win ue greauv rcgrettea uy a
large number of his fcllow-6hlpmaster3 and
the shipmates to whom he was endeared by a
thousand tender tics, and who will be eager
to oner consolation to bis mourning family
A Drunken Invalid. William O'Rourke,
thirty-five years of age, Is a bricklayer by profes
Blon and a Delawarlan by birth. He has been
working in Trenton, New Jersey, and yester
day, while employed on a building in that place,
be fell from a scaffold aud nearly knocked the
top of his head otf. The caput was bandaged
up, and llllam started tor bis Southern home;
but be got drunk on the cars, and, in bis alco'
liollc myctlticnilon, he lumped oil the cars at
, Franktord. In this place he wandered around
.Tuzzllng whisky to such an extent that he was
enable to stand any lontrer, ana in this condi
lion be was taken to the station-house. He tore
lbs .bandage from bis head, and started the
wennd bleeding so profusely that the ollicers
thought he would die from the loss of blood. A
physician eventually succeeded in stopping tho
.wound, which feat havlug been accomplished,
the 'injured man was sent to the Episcopal
nospitai.
Buf.glart in Chester. On Friday night
last tie dwelling of Mr. Crozler, at Chester,
was entered by burglars, who took away 300
worm oi silverware. Diligent search was made
lor tne rutnans. but without success. Ve.rv cm
riously.XJllicer Giilen, of the Sixteenth district,
on Saturday morning last found a horse and
wagon standing at tho comer of Fortieth and
vvamui streets, and under the seat of thn warn
.9 found a large silver cake-basket, containing
tLo initials '"A. C. C." The property was taken
poasession Of, and tula morning a Mr. John
vytra, oi jinicum, arrivea in town in 6earch of
a,crse ana wagon, wnicu nad been stolen from
bis tabie tue same mgut that Mr. Crozler
iiousa was entered, ue was, directed to the
slatlcu bouse, and there identified the horse and
wazou as bJa property. The supposition u it,,.
the burglars cracked the Unit residence, tbeu
etoie in noise aim ou to ge.i away with tiia
plunder. The cake-b&ket was rather too largo
to be concealed under lliIr cl-Huiug, 60 thZy
Thrown from a Wagon., ar No pi of the
Vnion Line yesterday ran otf the trt-k at Niut'i
..and spring Garden streets and tidied luto the
wagon of Mr. JUvaid I'o'iim-on The Vdhlc
was Considerably broken, and Mr. RobliHou
tLiovn on the coble-Hoiios. Forluaatiiiy ba
was not unit.
I'ettT Ijieft. Alderman Dallas has sent to
pt.ifB one Kolert Curry, who was arrested on
tHiulh Thirteenth street yesterday forstialiD:; a
tfcoul worth aQUt three dollars.
THE ORPHAN.
The Anniversary of the Philadelphia Or.
phan Aiylnm ThU Morning The Re
port for the Year,
At noon to-day the fifty-sixth anniversary ex-
erciecs of the Philadelphia Orphan Asylum were
held in tLe Asylum building, Eighteenth and
Cherry streets. A large audience of the friends
of the institution were in attendance.
The exercises were conducted by Key. Daniel
March. D. D. The children grave recitations,
dialogues, staging, and addresecs for the benefit
of the visitors.
Tho foUowine report of the doings of the
society for the year was read by the secretary,
Miss Maria Tilghman:
The managers of the Orphan Society of Philadel
phia have thj honor of sunmt'tlng to their patrons
the annual report or ineir procecuiogs during tue
fifty-sixth year of their existence as a society.
They have the nnnpoakable satisfaction of pre
senting their orphan family to their friends iu the
enjoyment of perfect health.
There are sevemj-nve ciiiiurrii now in me asyium,
forty-two of whom are boys and thirty-three girls.
Fourteen have been admitted rhirln the yrar, and
thirteen have hern Indentured Inte respocUble fami
lies, who annually render an account of their
charges to the acilve and vigilant Binding Commit
tee. In addition to these a remarkably lntcr-stlng
little girl, Mged six years, his been adopted to till the
place oi an oniy cnuci.
The usual routine in the asylum has also been
disturbed by the marriage of three of the girls
reaicd In the house, two of whom have been for
many years employed as faithful teachers in the
school, aud the other as a much-trusted assistant In
the family.
The man&gers thankfully acknowledge the con
tinued labors for the spiritual well-being of the chil
dren, or Air.ueiirer ana nis assistants in tne uuuay
school. To them au1 to the mat.erna', care of the
excellent matron the managers feel they can safely
trust the highest interests or the children.
In their last annual report the managers an
nounced to the society that they had selected a plan
and made arrangements for the erection of an asy
lum on ihe property purchased by tiem a year be-
fore, at Haddington, west t-niiaieipuia. i ncyaro
liarr? in beitm xbie to Ktate that their bulldiuir U
now nearly nnlched, and will be ready to receive its
inmates berore tne urst or uuiy.
This is the third asylum thai has been nunt by this
socle ty since 1 formation. In the year lsu. The
first was erected on the present site, consming at
that time or a lot of 90 feet on Cherry street, by 134
feet on Klghteenth street, which was presented to
the society by Messrs. Robert Kills' ou, 'Hamuel
Archer, Samnel Klchards, and Samuel Wetherlll, Jr.
The cost of the building and of eLCloslur the
ground was 120,695, exclusive of insurauce. It was
finished and occupied in the year 1817, and was de
stroyed by fire on the night of January si, 1922.
i wenty-tnree cnimren, seventeen or wnorn were
sleeping in the tnird story, perished in the tUmes.
The family at the time consisted of nluety children
This ureacuui calamity aroused tue sympathies or
oil who heard of it. A public meeting ;was heldon
the following day, ward committees were formed
to make collections, and the sum of $42,417 was soon
after placed in the hands of the managers. There
was an insurance oi jouuii on tne nuiiumc, ana me
turn of l.'iOOO was also granted by the Legislature
the only occasion on which the Stito has exteuded
any aid to this Important charity.
During tno course or tne following year tne pro
sent liou.se was built, after a plan presented to the
managers by llr. William Strickland, on the site be
fore occupied. The cost of erecting ihls building,
the first and second stories helug arched aud fire
proof, amounted to (24,300. Tho enclosing of the
lot cost 83000 additional.
The asylum was then in tho open country. In the
half century that litis Intervened, the vast city has
so enclosed it with Its walls of brict and stone, as to
render a change of location most desirable for the
children, loir managers and their advisers also
believed It more advantageous to tba charity to dis
pose of the valuable property now occupied by the
asylnm, and purchase and build elsewhere, than to
undertake the expensive repairs and alterations that
had become necessary to the weu-ueing or tnu
family.
The site selected for the pnrposells abeautifal one.
on the brow of the hill at lladdinuton, high, healthv,
commanding an extonslve view, and easily reached
by the est riuiaduipnia I'assenger K ill way. Tiia
asylum fronts towards tho east, on Sixty-fourth
street, between Landsoowue ana uaaaington ave-
nues. it is bunt of stone, quarried on the plac:,
lined with brick, with an air ppace between, and
consists of a centre bulHUng, 44 feet in front by
102 feet In depth, and two Btorlss hlzh, wi'h a
French roof, forming an additional story, The wings
are each 41 by CO feet, and two stories high; la theno
are the dormitories, and beneath thera the play
rooms and bnt.h-rooms. Th"y are separated frim
the main building by stair nails 10 by 17 feet, of Ure-
pioof construction. At tne otnerend or caca dormi
tory is fn aunmonai stairway or siona:tne wnoie
width of the house, including these stairways, is 'iOi
feet.
Mr. Ilutton, the architect who furnlsaed the plan
and has given his persop.al attention to tho con
struction of the building to the eutire satisfaction of
the managers, estimates that the cost ot its erection
will be about f o5,oou. to tins must oe auuei tue ex
pense of the water wheel, the gas apparatus, aud
that of improving and enclosing the grounds.
By referring to the treasurer's report it will be
seen that this great outlay has been met by the sale
of the inveMibents of the society, from which Its
income nas nmierio oeen oentea. xne managers
look forward to replacing these sums by the sale of
the property on Eighteenth street, which could not
ee disposeu or unui me new asyium was neany
ready to receive the family. Meantime the ex
penses oi iurnisning auu remivai win press
heavily upon them, aud compel them to ask assist
ance of their friends. They feci confident tht they
will not ask In vain. The bume generous sympathy
which raised this asylum frjm Its ashes la the
darkest hour of the existeuce of the society will bo
given when it is needed iu a happier time.
Nearly one thousand children have beea provided
for in this asylum, and witu uoti s blessing in im
posing the lii.-urts or ma puopie to an in tne go.m
work, manv thousands of Innocent and frleuoles.'i
orphans will et be led into the paths of wisdom,
virtue, and happiness, within the shelter of tho new
asvlum.
The treasurer a report was also read by Mrs
James Laraid, treasurer. It stated that the
balance left in the treasury from last year was
IbOtiaDO, and this, together with sums derived
from donations, subscriptions, legacies and
other sources ot revenue, made the total re
ceipts tttSa'J-Sl. Of this amount, 1 13,1)80 were
expended for the maintenance of the asylum
and the remainder bus been paid toward the
new building.
The following ladies were then elected to
serve as managers for the tortn of 1871-72:
Mrs. Stephen Colwell, President.
Miss Elizabeth Fibber, Vice-President.
Mrs. Jamea liayard, Treasurer.
Mies Maria Tilnhman. Secretary.
Mrs. J. Price Wetherlll, Mrs. Ersklns Hazard,
Miss Mary Smith. Miss Elizabeth Urown, Mrs
Alexander tfiddle. flirs. Alexander Henry, .Mrs,
G. M. Couarroo. Mrs. Henry J. Biddlo, Miss
Mary Otto, Miss lletty Cooper. Mrs. Iteujiiimu
P. Williams, Mrs. Joseph P. Smith, Mrs. J. I.
Clark Hare. Mrs. Georce C. Morris, Mrj. The
dore Cuvler, Mrs. Cor 'e Vanx, Mrs. H. Lenox
Hodge, Mrs Joseph Kirkbrlde, ML-s Elizabeth
1 trot, Mrs. W istar atoms.
Larceny op Silver wark. A man named
William Merger was arrested yeMerdaj morn
iug endeavoring to deal a lot of silverware from
the residence of William Hacker, ro. lbl wis
tar Etreet, German town. Mrs. Hacker heard the
accused enter the house about 11 o'clock in the
morning, and going down 6talrs saw the follow
tmerciijg v. lib a basket of silverware. She had
him arrested aud handed over to the custody of
a police ollicer, who took him before Al ierman
Thomas. The defendant was held in $1000 ball.
lie was sent to this city last niht, the auihori
ties at Gcinantown fearing he would escape;
fiom the old tuml'e-dowu cells in the Town
Hall.
A Pair or Rowdies. John Kirk and Jatnot
Nixon are reported to be "the worst kind of
corker-loungers." They, with others, hva for
Fome tmie uu-"t been iu mo n i'iii oi piantin
themselves u the coiner of Dauphin aud Ainbe
streets, aud making nlifht riotous by their vul
gmilies. A lady p:issni!; that point Is sure to be
lnf ulttd. I at lIllIH a saiiy was male upon tue
nanf. nrd the pair mentioned above were t.ikeu
In cut tody. Aiueruitiii ueins neui eacu m u.ui.
Eluci.ary on Pine Street. A watchunu
l.o tad been euii'ioveJ to guard the dwelling
of tx-Postmaster Hall, at the corner of Forty-
first and Pine eireetp, lust niRlit about a o clock
found ihtit ibe Loue had beeu eutered by thieves.
who (;ave the place a thorough rausacklns from
cellar to ri' f. Mr. Hull left with his family for
ibe i-ouLtry only veHf rdjy. W hat f.ouds were
cairudoii Is not known.
Fok City Soi.h itok. The Republican mem
bers ot the tar, beaded by William H. Meredltb,
EU K. Price, David Paul brown, and F. Car
roll Brewfter. are recommendm" General Collis
lor mis oiiice.
Q1R SCHOOIS.
Annual Report of the President of the
Board of Pnblle KAnentlou, II. Hall
Stanton The Gro-crtH and Necessities of
our School System.
This afternoon, at the regular meeting of the
Board of Public Education, President M. Hall
Stanton read bis annual report, from which we
take the follow n:
In submitting the accompanying annual report for
ths year eudlng 81st of December, 18(0, the Presi
dent desires tw thauk the board for the favorable
consideration with which the suggestions thrown
out and measures recommended by Mm in a former
annual report were received by his colleagues, aud
invite their attention to a review of tho work aud
the progress of tue public school system dur
ing 1870.
THE ECH00LB AUD KCMBKR OF TUFILS IN AT
TENDANCE. The public schools of Philadelphia had
In attendance on 81st of December, 1870.... 2,891
" 18(59.... fcl,2S3
Increase 1,608
Total number of public schools 3S0
Total number of public school teachers 1639
AMOtNT AIPKOlRIATin BT CITY COUNCILS AND
THE BXPENDlTt-FKa KoR THE SITPOET OK TUB riB
L1C BCUOOL8 UCKINO 1S70.
Appropriated by Councils fl,231,024-07
li in nded as follows:
In salaries of teachers 743,111-02
In tents of school houses..
In repairs aud additions 63,440-01
In furnaces and stoves 13,201-51
lu houst keepers' wages VJ,-ill 'li
In furniture 8i,8J4-53
In printing and petty expenses 8,154-16
In clerk hire S.wtooo
In ground rents 8,8j-85
In luel.
50,6di)-17
Jnbo' ksand stationery..
In night schools
99,92)01
9,314 74
Iu u.uslc.
In general expenses 2J,r0i Ol
Making the current expenses of year... 11,197,901 74
And leaving a balauoe of 83,124 3i
to the credit of the city. (Merged.)
THE EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS COMMITTED TO THE
BOAKD.
The Interests committed to onr care, gentleman of
the board, yie'd In Importance to no others lu this
vat city. hether we consider the extent of the
appropriations yearly made, and expended under
our supervision; the large number or persons ein
plojcd, and the largo nu uber of children instructed
IU onr sunoois, or me iar-reacumg; cuusequenegs,
both to individuals and to the community, that munt
result from the faithful or unfaithful performance of
our duties; In any and all these points of view
we cannot but recognize the dignity and responsi
bility of the charge.
'J lie education or tne young is a suoiect tne im
portance of which has been so long tacitly acq ul-
tsced in, and so often ably argued, tuut a compute
statement of its claims upon the consideration of
the citizen Is neither expected nor desired lu tt.U
place. It Is nevertheless true that too mauy, wnu
BlidU.d unnersianii ana estimate icatiis real vaiuo,
are so abisoibed In the pursuits of wealth aud the
development of a material prosperity that tney not
only full to appreciate the public school system, but
regard tne taxes levied lor its support us onerous
snd excessive.
Strangely enouth, they forget that education is
the essential preliminary to the niar,erl tl progress to
which tney devote tnemscives ami iu wiucn tney so
reunce. 'l ne iLciustnai activity or tne oay, witu tne
material wealth In which It results, Is of compara
tively recent growth. It is due to the quietened
energies or tho Inventive intellect, which are due, In
their turn, to the Increased aud Increasing Intelli
gence of labor.
isceu it ue anaen umune intelligence oi laoor is
due entirely to the dill'nslon of education among the
manses, which la peculiarly and pre-eminently the
bosst oi montrn times?
The wealth, therefore, that groans undr the bur
den of the school tax nud would seek its diminution,
or, at least, evade its legitimate increase, owes its
existence to the education whlcn It contemns.
Intelligence and skill are no linger confined to
c abfies, but are developed by our free system wher
ever tney ere louna.
The lauorer sees his interest in the Increased pro-
dtjctivtnefiS of machinery, and seeks to contrive it.
The supposed conflicts of labor aud capital are daily
ben g reconciled, and not oniy are tne known re
sources of the community more curefully husbatded,
but new nieuns of we.titu are opened up, so that the
propped Is literally unbounded.
nen we consider, moreover, mat tne inventions
of the past UIty)cars aro but an earnebt of those
which are certain to be made as science conttuuea
ber Investigations and discoveries, we must acknow
ledge tno obligation to provide witu an enlarged
liberality for Hie Instruction of the musses, which,
In the future as In the past, must pre ede as au lu-
dlspensable condition all material progress aud pros
perity.
.;obiiv tnongn it oe, we uns see mac euucauon
securt s a direct pecuniary returu that manitely over
balances the original outlay.
It is important that tins argument, although it is
doubtless the lower and utilitarian view of the ques
tion, should be urged persistently and forcibly upon
the tax-rayer. Important as economy doubtless is
In the administration of public ail'alrs, there U no
department where there Is more danger ot it belug
misapplied man in mis. 'mere aro many inings iu
which cheapness may constitute a reco uiueudatlou,
but teaching, which la, in truth, incapable of valua
tion by the rude and imperfect standards of the
market, may be obtained at a codt so reduced as to
depilveltof all Its worth, and render It a source of
injury rather than of bunetlt. Let it be hoped, then.
that henceforward the low cost ot our school system
shall no longer be its vaunt, but let our alui rather
be to increase its eiuciency.us innrougnness,its com
prehensiveness, lu the confidence that however mucii
it may cost, the community will not only be butler,
more intelligent ana nappicr, out la the end actually
richer, through Its agency.
ALOtlicr view. In clone connection with the fore
going, is thnt Hie continued prosperity of a commu
nity depends not only on the multiplication or its
resources, hut u!so upon the Intelligence and skill
with which th )se resources are managed ami dUti i
buted. Of a surety e uication, aud education u ii
vern8liy and freely diil'used. Is essential to secure
this intelligence ai d skill. Especially is this sol, a
country wuich, like our own, assumes to be self-
governing.
The complicated relations between capital and
labor are not oniy omicuit to comprehend, but t lev
give rise, If not understood, to those Ignuraut anil
iiungerous jealousies between the rich and the
poor which, in t ranee to-day, are sapping the fouu
dalions of society.
Kducate the masses, and you reduce the number
of the poor by teaching la or how to make Itself
rlc h. ducate the mattses, and you teach the poor
mat capuai is tneir uesi menu, without wnicu their
ehtate weu d be tenfold more wretched
Government, too, la a science which only Intelli
gence can waiter. Uood government is the only se.
cunt v for property ; and w hat hope of good govern
mtiit (an there be with us, without the widest dln'u-
fcli n of education among those masses who, at last,
rhape and control the aumluistratiua of ltd every
ue pun mem t
Were there time, these arguments could bo en
forced in detail, bo as to Insure conviction in every
aonuting nnuu. t'ut enougn nas oeen saia to su
pest tne line ot thought. KuougU has been said to
show that education, not merely in Its elementary
but In Its higher branches, should be provided, at
iehsi io nisi pi mi wnrre me youiniui uunu can ne
eaiely trusted to follow np aud perfect Its awn do.
vtlopment. It. is a misiake to suppose that the rudi
ments are all for which a free system sho'ild make
provision. We ought rather to emulate our liermaa
contemporaries, who, in their burgher schools, pre
scribe a range of stody as broad, bay, lu s joih re
sptcts even broader, than that pursued la our High
DCUOOl.
CENTRAL niGH SCHOOL
This institution continues not mere'y to flonrlsh,
but to improve. Nover before has its teaculug
been more practical la Its tendency. Never h u Its
woikli g been more harmonious, whether we reg trd
the relations of the faculty uinong themselves, or
tne relations between the ucury aud the students.
1 he course of suidy remains as during the previous
3 ear, but Is conducted with even greater spirit anil
etlickncy. The stock of apparatus aud tno tela u
bt lug rapidly ai.d judiciously in reiijed. The gradu
htes hue recently, lu many instances, takeu aud ac
ct ptably filled positions wliicn have falny tested the
eiiicitncy or tno uisirucrion given tnuji,
Ih principal and profensorn, a inijorltv of
whom, It should be remembered, are them
selves graduates of the Institutl' n. deserve
and have the tontideiice and comiueudatlou of the
cou.niunity. Tin y are raising their fichool to
lelght of uiiefuliiesB aud popularity which makes it
moie than ever the pride of the school system. In
c ases are so overcrowded thit already au enUrged
and improved building !s becoming an acknowledged
m ccshhy. Kor seveial terms pHt admission lias
beenoeultd to niauy who claimed to possess the
requisite (lualiUcattons. The average attendance
for ib'.o was over tno, which, it is believed, is quite
nnr srslleled in the cis'ory or the s ihooi. Notinu,
it would seen, If veeded but the cordial srmpathy
and snpuort of the public to Insure a continued aud
lucieaalng protpt rity.
THE KOUUAL BcnonL.
This school albj prospers, lu prluclpal and
teacbets Utx r earnealiy, aud the reaulla are eoiu-
meufcurate with lh-tr Ubora. Not ouly does It pre.
pare trained lalructois for the lower schools, l
function, the importance of which la universally
confebbed, but It Is also lu noma province to de-
Ytlvp a Uye tvpe of wouiauhool It provides for
Vroinan an education which can lift her above the
mere ccompllshmen'i and graces, and give to her
mind the breadth and completeness of development
to which IU native endowments unqu-sliontly
entitle It It fulfils IU twofold mission well, an4 Its
teachers are deserving of all credit. It la still
earnestly hoped that ne erection of a building
capable of accommodating the Increasing numbers
if grammar school pupiia, who semi-annually see
and are denied admission, will no longer be delayed.
It Is with a feeling akin to inortiUcatl m tht we
read of the dedication, In Boston, to the purposes of
a High and Normal School, or a building capable, of
receiving 12S paptla, erected at a cost of 1303,000.
If a city containing Dot 800.000 souls can do this,
what may not reasonably be expected from Phila
delphia with Us Immense population and wealth ?
Kefore closing onr remarks Bere It is but just to
state that at the
TWO STATED EX tMlNATIONS
ef candidates for certificates of quallflcition to
teach In the publie schools, held In 18a. the number
of certificates awarded was 811, and of this numo-r
164 were from the Normal Sehiol. No stronger evi
dence can he desired of the wlna management and
efficiency of the PhlladelpMa Normal School.
THE NIGHT SCHOOLS
were Increase d In number during 1870, and although
the added cost was llgnt, the additional amount of
geod accomplished was Incalculable. The appro
priations for such schools should be still further en
largeo, so that they may be placed upon a perma
nent footing, and treated as a constant and essential
element in the school system. They wera 14 in num
ber, with an average attendance of 8100 pupils in
charge of 60 teachers.
Thev were kept open during 81 weeks, and it must
be admitted, on all hands, that these schools have
proved a potent means of elevating the poorer
classes ootu intellectually ana morally.
VOCAL MU8IC.
The position of music, as one of the branches of
Btuuy in our punno schools, is no lougcr au unccr
tain one. Thoae who were the original a llocates
for its introduction lnt onr coursaof Instruction,
and who have ever been faiuid battling In Its boh air,
now have the satisfaction of soelng their ertTts
crowned with success. By the revised graled
course lately adopted by the board, the study of
vocl Biusio is made to commence in the primary
and to continue through all the higher grades of
schools.
The neal and energy of Professor Lonls, the inde
fatigable superintendent of this department, aud his
faithful assistants, have been productive of I ha mint
gratifying progress on the part of the pup 'is, and
resnlu which are far In excess of the expectations
entertained by even the inoft sanguine, aud more
than commensurate with the slender means at com
mend, have been accomplished.
we hazard little in saying that vocal mnBlc as a
study In our public schools is daily growing in the
favor of the masses of our citizens. It would be
strange, Indeed, if the fact were otherwise, when we
consider the refining and elevating influence of
music, Its great value as an aid to the preservation
of order aud discipline in the school-room, and the
addition which it brings to the delights of the home
circle.
Through the courtesy of the Boston School Com
mittee, 1'rofePBor Luther VV. Mason, the able super
intendent of music Iu the primary schools of that
city, was permuted to pevote a considerable portion
of the fall and winter of 1870 to the schools of the
Second, Tenth, and Twenty-fifth sections of this
district, for tho purpose of there demonstrating the
system of mulcal instruction iu the public school
of Boston. The progress made by the pupils during
the time thry were thus committed t i ills charge
pus, it is understood, oeen entirely satisfactory
The stptem in question is said to be the most an.
proved and perfect one in use. it ha tno merit of
MinplicltT. Is attractive to the scholars, and is at
ODce economical and efficient by reason of tho fact
that the regular teachers in tne schools become suo
ject to intelligent supervision of skilled superinten
dents, the instructors lu tbls as they are In the other
branches oi stuuy.
THE PROFESSIONAL TEACnER, HIS IMPORTANCE, HIS
TAY, AND HIS PKOSPECl'3.
A few words with reference to tho teacher nny
not until ly conciuae tnis report.
Admitting the importance or education ana oi a
system of schools malutaluod at the publli ctifg'
lur us iree ninus-on among tne maeses, it cinnot no
donbttd that, for the eillclency of suet, schools, gond
teaching is tne earainai awt central necessity, to
si cure good teaching is the first duty of thoa'j wh'
nave m caarge the estao.tsnrnunt and inainteua-ica
of such a system. But how is this to bo done?
Many rare qualities enter Into the composition of
tho able teacher. Natural abtilty of a high ordr
and acquirements which Implies the outlay of both
tune at o money, to men nm women who co noine
these ad vaniafros in an cum nt degree, the world,
especially lu this nge and cutitry, open.-j mauy ave
nues of labor aud ( ifers tempting and satisfactory
rewards, what is tinre t induce thoin to cUooju
the piofcsslon of teachln'r?
The profession is noble and, li'lced, Is second to
none in the dignity and Importance of Its sabred
function. J n the spiritual satisfaction which arises
irom the snipe oi a high duty amy and faithfully dis
charged, there Is enough to satisf y tho most sensi
tive Htirt pined nature. But of those rewards which
the woi Id prizes most and which, la theuatareof
thli g, all of us are compelled to seek, the rewards,
In short, which make up the market value or la!r,
tltciels In Philadelphia such scanty provision tha
lu the estimation of those best qualilled to socak, it
Is not merely probable, but certain, that la a fey
years the supply of competent teachers will full t
meet tne acmana, and tne consequent degeneracy
of the schools be an Inevitable calamity. It Is Hie
to multiply school-houses aud books and oiher in
ftrumcnia!lties unless you can simply the intelli
gence, Integrity, aud skid which alone can give th -m
me auu meaning.
The teacher, who, moulding the destinies of our
youth, really holds in the hollow of his linn 1 the very
in ture oi our nation, is pain at a race wnicu barmy
places him on a level with th unskilled laborer who
ministers to our lowest and most mate.ui wants.
A slight increase has been granted recently, for
wnicnau praise is quo to the uouacus or our city.
but the Inadequacy of the salaries, even with that
Increase, must be apparent to every unprejudiced
mind. 1 here is no Inducement olfered to the pro-
ichnonai icacner. i u tne contrary, every one ein
plottdluour schojls must live In tho hope t'tac
sooner or la'er, eom means of escape Into another
and more lucrat've employment may tie prssontel.
And the unfortunate who remains performs his daily
work with the oppressive senso that Its inforlor com
pensation degrades him lu the eyes of hisfe'low-oitl-
ni-us. ano, wnar. is worse, expoacs mm, lu the event
of slcknefs or mlsfortuue or oUege, to the horrors
or oeswuuon. - - - -
We therefore nsk. In closing, the public favir
snd support for the system lu all its grades, High,
Normul, grammar secondary, aud prim try schools.
All are now lu a flourishing condition, aud need but
the generous approval f the community, with a
still more enlarged liberality on the part of our
friend In Com oils, to insure for tuoui a future of
still gieater usefulness.
Respectfully submitted,
M. Hall pantos.
l'residuut.
ASOTIIEIt P0UUK.
An Iugcntous Swindler ou Ills Travels.
Another of the horde of ingenious swindlers is
on bis travels. Yesterday he called upon a lady
in this city and stated that he had vibited bur
husband at his oltice for the purpose of elvint
him a draft for $1200. Uufortunately the gen
tleman was not in, aud he was directed to cill
upon his wife, whom, he was pleased to observe,
he then confronted. As au evidence of tlu
genuineness of his cause, he preseu'.ed her with
this note, which had accompanied the draft to
her hubband:
Baltimore, fjlay Ut, lSTt.
Mr.
Enclosed yon w ill find my note dran to your own
peiBonal order, amounting to f i'200, ptrabiu at tho
Vect 1'hllalelphia Hank ou presentation in person
only. You will please pay the dues on the delivery
ui me pacKHgc, nun ou.ii.
Yours tiuiy. Thomas II. Ward.
P. S. You never expected thts so siou. T. II. W.
The draft calica lor stou on presentation,
ard placed the cues at fj ou.
The ladv did not wait her husband to lse the
I12C0 for 9 50, aud so paid the dues, received
in return the letter, draft, aud a receipt from
Adams Express Co., aud parted with tba mes
senger, iciUcuaiiHg ncrc-eu on tne recovery ot a
debt. What was her inexpressible cliagrlu
when upon the return of her husband she dis
covered that the whole allair was a ewindle. aud
the draft not worth the paper it was written
upon.
Dakqeroi'B Im.ness of Dr Blackbcrn.
Fire Marsual Blackburn Is now lylojr very ill at
his residence, sulleriiig from an attack of pneu
monia. The Doctor was stricken ill ou Tunrs
day last, and this moruing he was so feeble that
his life Is iu danger.
Bad Bor. A lad of twelve years, named John
Motchcs, is no iu jail for s'.ealing $1.3 fruui tba
catb-druwer of a store at 1 eutleiu and k itz-
water streets yesterday. John and another bo
wtnt into the store, got away with the 'ewas,"
ana men mviaea it.
T . T I. T . , . .
.uijiih-mats. ouiiu .cury yesieruay stole a
door mat from the etep of a house in i'iue street,
above Ninth. In the afternoon he was arretted
at Eighth and tiouth streets, aud has been beat
to prison by Alderman Morro
FlUEDKXFESr.
Tho Great German Jubilee More Particu
lars of the Teutonic Demonstration Tho
Bntehert an tho Brewers.
Thn Pennsylvania Railroad has announce 1 1ts
Intention of running excursion trains from Pitts
burg and Erie to this city, to accomm dte
those who wish to attend the great demonstra
tion of Monday next. The tickets will be good
nntll Wtdnoeday next.
The members oi tne otn rennsyivania javairy
regiment met last night at the house of Colonel
Kleins, and resolved to participate in toe paraue.
They will wear a military cap, soldier's blouse,
black pantaloons, ana wnite gloves.
1 ne teacnerS OI tne various uerumu kuvuii
in the city met also at No. "229 Brown street and
concluded that it would not be advisable for the
children to tnrn out en masse, but each school
might participate by Itself.
in the 8d Kegiment iniantry, uenerai uaiuer
commanding, which will occupy a prominent
position in the Firet division, will appear a pro
totype of the Prussian (Jrown l'rlnce, "uur
Fritz."
The aids to Marshal 8tein. of the Second divi
sion, will be Messrs. John F. llulsemann, John
Mlsch, Christian attack, John Conrad, John
Riblett, John Kraentzler, Charles (Jrlll, George
Gocbel, Charles Miller, John D. Klse, F. W.
Kretzacbmer, and frank Haas.
Last night the butchers held a meeting at tho
house No. 2104 Coates street, at which the fol
lowing formation of the line was decided upon:
Marsha. Louis Gross.
Sixteen aids on horseback, four from each district.
BAND.
Twenty-fonr butcher bnys on ponies.
Twenty-four butcher journeymen on foot.
A division of butchers on white horses.
The oillcers,
Messrs. Christian Gross, John Bower, John Stang,
and A. tichcibU.
Arrangement Commit tee Messrs. Christian Heme,
. . . i .... . T- ir.K'n. I , . V.
Weber, and U. Berlinger.
One wagon, bearing a live ox, drawn by nlnn horses.
Wagons with swine, sneep, lamos, auu ewes.
Wagon with a sausage-factory oper.it.lug, the pro-
uuetJH win m win ne uiairiouicu
pro bono tnthlieo.
Tsgon with steam chopplng-machlne In operation.
Wagon bearing up a smoke house, drawn by six
ruuica. i rom tins sauuwicnes wi.i ua
dispensed.
MUSIC.
committee, consisting of John Hcasler, John
Stegcr, John Bait, Peter S'ang, Qaorgo Uaus
mann, H. Yahker, Conrad Klein, (loorge
bdgle, t'ranz Lamtiadcr, fritz Maun,
W. Trefts, L. HuIT. and 11 Whit
maun, In barouches.
A Division of Butchers, on blacx horses.
A .Division of Butchers, on brown horses.
In all the butchers will turn out above looo horse
men.
The brewers also held a meet ing and arranged tne
line In which they would march. The? will dross in
black rantaioons, wnite stuns, wnite aprons, uiaen
nccktb s, and bla k felt hats, around which will be
placed wreaths of hops decorated witu ears of barley.
The line will be thus:
Marshals,
Charles Engel, f. Uvrgdoll. and J. Ballz.
Musicians in a wagon drawn by eight horses, bo-
loDglng.to u. & t liaitz.
King Gntribrinns astride of a huge cask, on a wagon
arawn by eigns norses neiouging io
Bergdoll & Paotta.
Wagon upholding a mash-'.ub, aud brnworsat work,
craw n Dy eigai norses ueiougiuK; mj
Bergner & Kugel.
Walt wagon, eight horses, Peter Schoranu.
Hop wogon, six horses, August l'oth.
Logrr vat, drawn bv six hors"S, H. Thl?s3 Co.
Wagon full of kegs, six horses, G. Knscr.
Cooper sr.op in operation on a wagon, four horses,
rump spajuzer.
Wagon full of beer spigots nnd bungs, two horses,
William W. Kenncr.
Euslgn of the Oambrlnus Uunefl'val Aisoil.itlou and
tauer nags in a wagon, iour norsus,
Oeorge Vallcr.
r,esidos these there win be one decorated wigon
to carry to brewers furnished by each of the lot
lowing parties : Orth A Hothaker four horses, Franz
riiKeii two norses. sunanei i;ios six norses.
Gross t Bchnltzer six holies, Fslcnjer & Spe:iht
four horses, Kltmeyer & io. four horses, J. S 'hlot-
tcrer & Ainheliner four horses, Bergdoll & Psotta
six horses. F. V clsgerbcr four horses, m inter a
Ten f el six liorsf a. llorr Elseile four horses, M. I
Stein furn'uhes six horses for the waou wnlctt
draws tiie jolly uamunnus.
A Gas MaiiT Broken and tub Remepy. In
Gcrmantown yesterday, wbil workmcu were
ei caged in blaftinir the ro?ks on llittcnhouso
street, preparatory to laying a new water mVm,
the gas main in the street was broken by the
forco of the explosion. The raaiu, which is tlx
Inches iu diameter, was broken short oil, and
the gas escaping through the earth, was ignited
in some way. and burned tor several uours
Water had to be poured on the earth to cool It
before the workmen could get at the gas main
to ftop tho leakage. Tho mode of so doing Is
curious. A hole Is bored In the main about
quarter of an inch in diameter, through which
a bladder l pushed Into the pipe, ibis bladder
Is afterwards in Hated, completely filling the
pipe, and preventing the escape or. gai.
spqAa laTSLLiaaryoH.
Prlitou Cases.
Court of Quarter 8eiona Jtidat FinXMer.
I.lscomb T. cook pleaded guilty to the oliargi of
stealing two cabinet organs, valued at $T5, from
James Bcllak, at Fifth and tipruce streets, and aN
two pianos, wi.rth tttto. from Lee & Waike.r. Hj
obtained tnem irom tne prosecutors unuir laise pre
tenses, and then had them Bold at auction.
SI artln lioseburg pleaded guilty to the charge or
steallug bookB from tho Mercantile Library. Buiu r
a dentint, bo captured works on his profession, aud
they were found In his possession.
Iialnca vs. Haines.
(Vurf of Common f'leaaAUion, P. J.
The verdict In this divorce case was for the H'jiU
lant, granting the husband his divorce.
The Court is now engagad with tnecaie or m u-
thew Corr vs. Mary Ann Crr, In which the hu-naa l
applies icr divorce on tne ground that nnwiiei-u
Mm without cause, aud remained away over two
years.
Judgments.
Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomwon arul Jtnthit
Head, Ainew, Eharawood, and William.
The following Is the list of judgments eut.ered by
the Supreme Court, now la session at IlarrUburg:
By Thompson, U. J. in the matter of contested
election of JMcKean, county proceeding reversed.
Keating township vs. Shelden, revorsei. IJia uy
vs. biewart, aiiirmed. Weimore vs. Fish, roverjc.l.
Winch vs. James, affirmed Brown's appeal af
llrmed. Smliu i. jicXeal, aillrmed. Cmghllnvs.
houder, reverted v. d. D. Smith vs. Teno, ro
veieed. City of Philadelphia vs. Col: ins, (Shars
wood dissents), arbrmed. llmmett and Neai's ao
peal, altlrmed. Brown's appeal, alUrmc 1. Keating
V3. Condlp, aftirmed. Byre vs. John, reversed.
Keyser vs. Nlckclls et al., aillrmed. Jacob vs.
Ai'pcal, affirmed.
By Head. J. Chrlsman vs. Robarts, reversed.
Hay vs. Hiiikleman, aillrmed. Donuy vs. Mclilu
Dey, altlrmed. Commonwealth vs. Gower, adlrimd.
Bv Aguew, J. Sjsquehanua and Wyoming Kil:
r ud vs. tiulck, reversed. Urojks, etc., vs. PnUpis,
ttal, reversed and incdind. iUiUun'is v. I tr
t.lns (ejectment), reversed. Balsh va. Oakley, re
versed. Woodwarc vs Wilson, aUirmed. Klmaudi
vs. Westcott, reversed. Kimli-y 's appeal, ret en id.
Fullmer vs. Kites et al., aillrn-ed. lineHler v. It -gers,
reversed. Mulligan vs. Wehnlger, aoirmed.
bi pp vs. Wlupenuy, reversed as to Kuos Sopa and
alliiiLtd as to other defendant. Patcon vs, Lonjr,
aitirmed. Mluny vs, Grimes, shinned. P. K. It. Co.
vs. Perry, reversed. McKlruth vs. P. & 9. It It. Co.,
dttree modiUed and caio remanded to mil''.
Pnnnell vs. 1'lace, reversed. Lancast -r vj. Smith
(Shsrswood dlbiieuts), aitirmed. pillaut's sppjal,
coticuinng opinion.
I'v bi laiisvooii, J. Pbllalnfa appeni, reversed.
Rli naids vs. Itote, reversed. Empire Transfer Oom
pai;y vs. Wallace, ruvcrsod. llavs vs. Qiur, U'llrmed.
, Anhnr vs. l!iscoui, aitlruied. fstador vs. 'ippanos
Maunfacturlrg fompauy, aillrmed. Biln vj. I vb-,
attirmtd. l.'aueh vs. Miller, amrmed. .(id
ler v. McCarty, reversed. P. and N. V.
Canal and b. vs. liumell, altlrmed. L).. vs-s-nie,
bll'iimed. to. vs. same aillrmed Lin
plncott vs. Low, aiilrrced. WilUrds appeV, ra
verbCft. MaMihrds appeal, reversed. Moon va.
Con. ell, aillrmed. LudJuro Ht Andrews Lut.iorai
ChLich lAgcew eUn uB BdlniK d. City of I'.iiia
delrhia vs. Aliskey, aill'inel. Miskey vs. l.V . i,f
Pl.i.'adelpida, aftliicd. Haley vs. dry of P!i u tc!
pMn, riverbed.
By Williams, J. McEUvee et ux vs We-t Chester
and PUtladelplua Kni'road, a:Mrmeil. Wiut ilniis v.
i li itlln, reversed lay vs. .iiunicnuio, reveres I.
Klri hid vs. l'y of l'iiliautlphla, uillaucJ. iJ!i,-:i
vs tttt), aitlruied.
"fine gt atio w ei. v
AMD
Oar cl ItltiK-i'fiviriR-.
XQ. 1033 CHE.iMLH' STKKKT,
13 tilll 138
FOURTH EDITION
C01UCT1HG THE REVEiiUE.
Assaults on United States Ollicers
Fire at Troy, New York.
Tho Treaty of Washington.
Movements of the Commission.
Etc., Ktc, Ktc, Etc., Kte.t Etc
FROM WASnijVQIOX.
BT AS30CIATBD PKK38.
Exelusitely to Th Komina Telegraph.
The Treaty of Washington,
an outline oi wmcn appears in tnis morning
papers, meets with general approval, and gentle
men in high official position feel confident, from
their information thus far, that it will be ratified
by the Senate. As the members of the
Committee on foreign relations nave
been famished in confidence with copies of the
treaty, and, therefore, have had. ample oppor
tunity to examine and study all Its features,
it is thought that it wonld be promptly re
ported back from that committee with a favor
able recommendation that it be ratiuea. in
anticipation of this event
Minister Schenrk and the BrltUli Com.
mlsslonrrs
Lave taken passage for Europe in the steamer
ollne ziia instant, luey win at an events
remain in the country until a determination
shall be reached on the subject. Before the
Joint High Couimisfion separated yesterday
thev exchanged autographs, and also photo
graphs of imperial size.
Dangers of Revenue Collecting.
Waphinotow. May P. Supervisor Perry, of North
and South Carolina, forwnrds to the Internal Reve
nue uiuce copies or reports or local omcers in tue
Seventh district, North Carolina, showing the great
danger to which ther are exposted In their efforts to
tnforce tne law. The stieritr or jacuson county
wrnes that Deputy United States Marshal 11. C.
Cannon and Deputy Collector Denver, whlle
on their way to Webster, N. C, with property seizedt
lor violation of the Internal Revenue laws, were
fired upon several, times. Bench warrants were
Istucd, and Ineffectual attempts were made to ar
rest the guilty parties. Sheriff Buchanan thinks 1
extremely hazardous for ollicers to travel over that
county.wlthont protection.
Subscriptions to tho New Loxa
npto noon to-day, $39,000. Internal Revenue re
ceipt?, $162,'251.
Naval Orders.
. J. 1 . ........ U.HH t r I
UcluCUtU llOIll Ilia UOaSb BUI Yl'J BIClllMCl D1UU UUU
ordered as storekeeper at Key West, Florida, reliev
ing Theodore L. Ilonlpoou, who Is ordered to the
Bibb.
FROM THE STATE.
IBT ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Exclusively to The Evening Telegraph.
Tho Macc-Colmru Fight. ,
Erie, Pa., May 0. A laro number of sport
ing men and roughs from New York are arriving
in this city in view of the approaching prize
fight. It is altogether probable that the battle
will take ujace in this vicinity.
FROM MEW YORK.
nr associated PRESS. J
Exclusively to The Eoeninn TeUgraph.
Fire ot Troy.
Tnov, May 9 The Manufacturers' Hall, on the
Ptncsel icr County Fair Gr.uuds, was burned last
nlfclit. it was occupied as a paper-box factory by E.
Walters Sons, whose lesi la 113,000; insured for
f BtiOC. The losson building, 12000; insured.
BURIED ALIVE.
Shocking Affair at Scrautou A IMauSiifTo
rattd Ucncath n Mai of Earth,
The Scran ton liepullican of yesterday has the
following:
The main of the Dunmore Water Company,
which is laid through Mead street, passes over
the nbaudoned mine of tho old No. 1 shaft of
the Pennsylvania Coal Company. During Friday
night n portion of the earth beneath this water- 'J
.pipe canK, cracking the surface ol the ground
lor a space some twelve rods in length and
nearly twenty in width. In settling, the water
main was broken, thus necessitating immediate
rt I aire. At an early hour on Saturday Mr. D.
J. Bmith ordered fourteen men of hU force of
laborers to commence work and dig a trench so
that the broken pipe could be fixed. The
work was commenced with great vigor, and,
after a time, Mr. Smith went to his home for his
breakfast. Upon returning he found that three
of bis men Michael Walsh, and two Germans
bad moved away from the other men, aud had
commeuced digging upon ground that, appa
rently was perfectly solid. This was against
Va rr ora n nl 1 4ss1t I liam r .-v TfiiKii r n rKa
place where he had first ordered them to work.L'
ice uermans lmmtuiaieiy ooeyea, out waisi,
for some reason or other, delayed for a moment.
Mr. Eolith and the two tneu bad proceeded but a
short distance when they heard a noise accompa
nied by a shriek, and looking about saw that the
earth had given way and Walsh had sunk oat tf
sight. Going to his relief, they found him in a
hole fifteen feet in depth and twelve feet in
diameter, aud the water from the broken pipe
Eouring in upon him. Something was at once
anled down to him, aud he was called to catch
hold, and tbey would draw him out. Appa
rently the water so confuted the unfortunate
man that he lost his pretence of mind, and
while bis feet were sinklug in the loose dirt he
violently fought with his hands the water from
the pipe, without any effort to grasp the prof
fered assistance. While thus pleading with
Walsh to make an effort to save himself, a large
portion of the bank on the opposite side front
which the water was pouring through the
pipe gave way, and burled the poor man be
neath the mass of crib. Busy hands
at once set at work to dig him out. The flow
of water had to be stopped first, and then the
sicks of tfce cavern ebored up by planks and
timber?, to as to make H safe for men t work
iu it. All this was done as soon as possible, and
the work of exhuming commenced witi the
greatest vigor. Men shovelled until they became
exl uiiftcd, and then others took their places,
and thus tbe work went on for four hours, when
ntlafttlie lifeless body was reached. It was
lifted out of the pit, aud conveyed to friends,
who were awaitiug iu the greatest agony. Upon
exar (nation of the body but few brakes were
found, showing concluively that the uafortu
nate man uaa been suffocated, beneath the mas
of earth that covered him.
Michael Walsh was an Irishman, sixty yean
oi sge, ana leaves a large number ot persons
woo were cicpenaent upon mm ior support. He
Lad been in tbe emulov of the PennsvlvanU flnii
('( mi niiV fur t'.n n !. igrehtF.nn. n.,,i . i
. .. ,1.1.1 .1 J I . J . . " '
jib uiu ;i jauuiui una inausirious lUau,
Caoicd in with tub Fossils Two men
who w-fre inspecting the curlositlej in the
Acnccmy of rsatural Sciences, at Urovl and
ti;tni Firm.', ttitytd bevond tbe time foi
f'ofir.jr up, ard the janitor, thinking that all the
Ms-Hois had departed, xhut no the place and
w ( tit Loti.e. Ihe meu weut to ao upper storyj
im'ow. ulii i-y n ot or loua jeuiug attracted.
il u.itMiou or tome p diet men, wu, procar-
ii. a ii'iJer, icioiea me captives.
M m.'ovs Accipfxt lestcrday mornlnJ
Kii.ium lirecn, ucd faveuteon yearj. uu ein
pioj e oi tue giat-swort oi Aiessr. Cullender A.
C'oui;, uxford and Howard streets, was cuutrh;
in a ponloaof the machiuery and suffered a
iiucluie f t els leit arm aud rUnt le lie was
removed to St. Mary's Hospital. Ills residence
is al i'aletnorp ana uauphiu streets.