GIBSON PEACOCK -Editor.
VOLUME 223.
EVENING BULLETIN.
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The Strisarrnt Is serval to sabot:l:Thera In the city at
0 canto per xeek. ppyable,to the - carriers. or 03 00 per
MIMI= '-
TILAt tr IMBIE.I%,
ERICKSON—TOR ttOn - theeverdn of the 8d
Instant, at th residence of the bride's fa ther, by the
`.:lter.lnn;"Saddards,Alar.-Abst 7 1Crickson,of Got
tenberg, 'Sweden, to. ,iiss ,,daughter of Mr.
Richard Ttirner;lotthis - ..city. [few Orleans Delta
.and Charleston Mercury please copy. I
KINSE—EOOTS—On the ; , 27th Nov.. -1865, by C
Stanger,' u Bea Binge: .of Franklin: "Bourbon
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co u nty y to Hannah Pools, formerly of England.; •
• NEWBOED—LOWE--On Thursday, December 28th,
at Dayton, Ohio, •Lieut. Charles Newbold, sth Infan
t. Ary, - Ti. S. Army to Frances, eldest daughter of John
G. Lowe,Esq.. of Dayton. •
tWILSON—ANDREWS--In Wilmington,' Del., 'lan.:
-3d, by , the Rev . Charles , Breck, - Rector of,Trinity• pa
`Ash, Major-General James Harrison:Wilson, to Ella,
'"daughter of Col. John Andrews, of Newcastle county,
DEED.
ARMSTRONG—On theist 'natant, at , heire_sidence .
in Frlnceton;N:S., - Benrietta, Armstiong, aged 77
years relict of ThoMaa'-.1.... - 7 - yatrong,-niate
• lIRTZ—On the 21 avGettyaburg, Pa., Kurtz,-
in the 64th year of his age. •- • - • •• •1- •
MASON—Near Kingston, New. York„• on the morn
gof the 3d • instant, Elizabeth,' wife of :Dr. James
Ivason, and daughter of the late•Wm Cam m; Esq., of
this city, in the 57th year of her age. ' ••• **
McMANDS—On the morning of the 2d instant, Mrs.
_Bridget McManus, in the 96th yf ar other age.•
The relatives and friends of the family are invited
to attend the funeral'from her late residence. No. 91.1.
North Sixth street, on Friday morning, at half-past
o'clock. Funeral service at St. - Augustine's Church,
-North-Fourth street, To proceed to Cathedral Ce
metery. - It
REED--On Tuesday morning, Jan. 2a,11,"m: J. Reed,
do the 66th year of his age.
The relatives and friends of the family are respect
fully invited to attend the funeral from his late resi
dence; 314 Stevens street, Camden, Ni"J.: on Saturday,
the 6th instant, at II o'clock
IVIELO . DEON7PIano
.111 bronlered, a new lot Just received for Christmas
Presents. "EYRE ct. T. NDELL, Podrth and Arch ats
agThAe?fts ODP Y —nas 3Pl,mentoie justly ceiebrateDrints, corn
prising all the new patterns. EYRE & LANDELL.
- - -
DV KW RI MOMtJ EIfDCA
LW:HOWARD HOSPITAL. Noft: - 1518 and 1520
Lombardstreet, Dispensary-Department-Bled
treatment and medicines fUrnished gratnifons,y
tolthe poor.. sea
W• MASONICNOTICE.—The members of "Union
Lodge \0.1.21 A. Y. M." will at the Hall, on
ay, sth-Instant; at 1232 o'cloek; to attend the funeral
of our late brother Barton Green. •
By order of the W. If. • -
ALPHONSO C. IRELAND,
Secretary.
CAII.D.—The undersigned retim sincere thanks
I.o * to nett friends and. the firemen generally, and
particularly' to. the "PhcEnL" and " Perseverance "
Hose, end " Western "- Engine Companies,' for their
successful exertions in preventing. the late fire from
communicating to their store Sixth and Sayne streets.
.I is t- . CEL&S, IIIAGARGE & CO.
WOFFICE OF-ONION MIITUAL ISISITBANCE
COMPANY.--PIO:46.I)ELPHIA January 3,
e Board of Directors have this 'day declared a DI.
- vidend of EIGHT PER CENT. on the Stock, and SIX
I'ER - CENT. ;on' the ontstanding - Scrip • of-the Com
pany, payable on;demand, free of taxm
ja1..120 JOHN MOSS, Secretary.
U'OFFICE OF THE LEHIGH LTJZERNE
ICAILROAD COMPANT, 32 9 WAmgrur srniurr,
:k HIL I TELPnIA . Jaen 8 ,.
The Board of Directors have deChired a Dividend for
the past six months of FORE AND ONE-HALF PER
CELT.. payable on and alter the 15th inst.
- Ja4-St 'EDWARD ROBERTS, lE., Treasurer.
OFFICE OF THE 'UNION "IMPROVEMENT
COMPANY, 820 WALNUT STREET, PHILADEL
PHIA, Jan: 3,1866.-
'The Board of Directors have declared a Dividend for
- the past six months of FIVE PER CENT., payable on
and after the 15th inst.
ja4-St
- EDWARDROBERTS,*.Tn., Treasurer.
THE, AIcNUAL MEETING OE, STOCK
11*.holders of "The White Oak Oil Company" will
be held at their office, No. 423 Walnut street, on
THURSDAY, the 11th January, 1866, at 11 o'clock
A. AI:, to elect DireCtors tbr the ensuing year.
JAMES C. BOOTH,
Secretary.
ja4 2trp*
tOs. 1..11.N., ANNTTAL: MEET - RCG -of the Stock
holders of the NORTH FORK - OF HUGHES
I-UV - BR OIL AND /SEINEN() COMPANY, OF WESP
V.TRWN.I.A, wilLbe held at the office of the Com pany,
- Room No. 19, Washington Building, 274 South TPTR.o '
street, on the 18th day•of January, 1866, at 3 o'clock.
ja4-th2t* . - ' - C. E: TH03.101,1, Secretary.
TICE ANNUAL MEETING of theliontribti
' tors to the HOUSE OF RgEIIGE will be held on
NESDAY, the. 10th' hust , at 4 o'clock P„ 1.1., at
No 109 North Tenth street, above Arch.
The Annual Report of the Board of Managers will be
-submitted, land an election will be held for Officers
and Managers, to serve for the ensuing yyear.
- A.LEN" A NDEP. Y,
Secretary House of Refine.
PECELADELPICIA, Jan. 2, 1866.
DERIDE OF '.I...a.b..PENNSYLVANIA. 0051-
11 PANY FOR INSURANCES-0.. LIVES AND
C,,-.RANTENG ANNUITIES,-304 . Walnut Street—Pm-
ILADELPRIA. January 2d 1866.
The Directors have This Day declared a Dividend on
their capital stock of FOUR PER CENT., for the last
six months, and an extra dividend of ONE PER
CENT., which will be paid to the Stockholders or
their legal representativeson demand,clear of all tax,
jai St rp* , WILLIAM B. HI LL, Actuary.
OFFICE - OF THE LOCUST MOD C NTTIR
COAL :AND IRON COMPANY. PrirLantn
2111A, January 4th. 1816.
The Annual Meetirg of the Stockholders of the
above named Company, will-be held at their office
No. 230 South Third street,-on , MONDAY the sth of
February next, at 12 o'clock M., when an election will
be held for sever . .. Directors to serve for the ensuing
.The Transfer Books ef the Company will berclosed
for fifteen days prior to the day for said election.
ja4-tfe6a EDWARD ELY, Secretary.
fIeeDEDICATION —The trall:Congregational
Chapel. at Eighteenth and - Green streets, will
icated to the Trlunejehovah NEXT SABBATH
.31ORNING, at lei' o'clock. Introductory services by
Rev. E. P. Smith, of the. Christian Commission. Ser
mon by Bev. Edward Id awes; the pastor of the chnreh.
Prayer of dedication by Rev. Dr. Goodell.
In the afternoon atB o clock a service win be held at
- which addresses will be made by the Pastor, by Rev.
Theo. Stork, D. and Rev. G. Dana Boardman.
Rev. G. W. Smiley, Pastor of the Second Congrega
4ional Church, will preaclrin thereveningatl% o'clock.
Strangers and friends of this enterprise are cordially
nvited to attend. , ; .r, e lt4
tOx• ; .TICERE: WILL-BE PREACHING:'• EVERY
evening of the Week of Prayer at Trinity Metho
dist Episcopal Church, Eighth street, above Race, at
• . • , e.„ .
MONDAY. Jan. Bth—Rev. - Ricbard Newton, D. D., of
P. E. Church of the Epiphany.
TUESDAY, ethAltev. Geo: D. Boardman, of the
First Baptist Church:
WEDNESDAY4Oth—IieV.P. Bobbles, of the Girard
Avenue Prestryterian' Chnreh: ' •
THURSDAY, IL—Rev. J. H. A. Bomberger, D. D.,
mf the German Reformed Church.
FRIDAY, 12.—Rev. J. H. Suydam of the Vint
Dutch Reformed Church. A
SATURDAY, 13.—Rev: J: H. Crowell, D. D:, of the
Penn Square Presbyterian Church. • Ja426*
tOb-OFFICE OF • TECE -•LEHIGH COAT; AND
NAVIGA.TION - CO*PANT; - :P/EtiappasiErie,
December 218t,1885.:. •
LOAN FOE:SALE:
- 11.7 suia; iliiiiimuiEßEM,-
The Loan of this Company, due: April let; 1881, inte
rest•payable quarterly, at the rate of sir - pa cent per
afinum.
This Loan is secured by a mortgage 011 stLthe Com,
,pany's Coal Lands, Canals, and SlackwaterNavigation
dn the Lehigh rtver,and sit their Itailtoads;constructed
tand to be constructed, between Mauch Chunk and
Wilkesbarre, andhranch;roads coruiected therewith,
and the fSranchise of the Co_r:tpany relating thereto.
Apply to SOLOMON:SHE.PIiEED, Treasurer, ,
de2i-rptft, 122 South Second street.
We JOSH BILLINGS; ' -
._ .THE 8EAT .,,., ; ... ~,..
PONTOO)T P S ILOSOPHER,
SPEAK ..A:PLEX)E,
ASRMELY BUTE:DINGS
SATURDAY JANUARY 6TH.
Particulars In our next ;
• - T/CJlETS6o6.nits,' •- 2 •
•To be had at wrampler's, Seventh and Chestnut:
A ll.romer'e GreatAgeneyono Chestnut, and• at the office
. o r the Jog .Propramme,4BlChestnnt street. _
aD o or e open 6,t1. Begin at I, 194-Ztel
IZLECTURE ON MERC A NTILE PAPER,
T A Lecture will be delivered by JOSEPH C.
ER, Esq., at
CRITTENDEN'S .COMMERCIAL 'COLLEGE,
637 Chestnut street, corner of Seventh,
On TUESDAY EVENLN% 9th inst., at 7, 4 ' 2 ' o'clock.
Subject-MERCANTILE PAPER. .
All former Students and business men are cordially
invited. . ' . • , PO 4EI
DESTRUCTIVE FIRES.
Conflagrations at `Hoboken; N. J.,
-Yonkers, N. Y., Lockport,
7 : • N. Y., and Cincinnati. •
(From to-dare New York Herald. I
Shortly before_nine o'clock yesterday
morning a fire 'occurred in the upper part
of the three story brick tenement house No.
162 Willoyir street,„,which,„together. with the
adjoining houses; Nos. )1.60 and 16I—also
tenement houses— was damaged by fire
and water to the extent of about eight hun
dred dollars. The upper floor 'of. No. 162
was occdpied by - Henry H. Van' Creel,
painter) whose two little girls, aged three
yearS'and six nienths, and four years and
.nine months,were smothered to death while
the y mother was .temporarily absent I
Coroner Avery held an inquest last even
ing, when the following facts were - elicited:
-About half -past eight --o'clock , Mrs. Van
Creef Went out to do some marketing near
,by, andleft the children playing in the
kitehenin the)rear part of the house; the
door leading to the hall was left partially
open and the fire in the stove had gone out;
she was -absent not to exceed twenty
minutes, and when near home on her re
turn saw smoke issuing from the roof of
the house, and supposed that the chimney
of the adjoining bouse was on fire, but upon
reathing the upper part of the house in
which she lived she found the back' ‘rooni
door locked, and smoke entering the hall
window, which was raised. She then suc
ceeded in bursting open the door, and find
ing the room densely filled with smoke,
called her children; but receiving no answer,
ran into the street and gave the alarm. Short
ly after Mr. Hexamer and Tinaothy Foley
arrived at the scene, and, hearing that
there were children in one of the rooms,
made their way up. stairspast a number of
men who were passing up buckets of water
and throwing it upon the flames that had
burst forth. Stooping close to the floor, Mr.
Hexamer and Foley entered the room and
finally found the children lying at the rear
of the room insensible, and upon conveying
them to the street life was extinct Mr.
Foley stated that when he arrived there was
no nergen presentwho would enter the room
to attempt the rescue of the children; but at
this time none of the firemen had.arrived.
Mrs. Van Creel, just previous to leaving the
house, smelled smoke; but, seeing two or
three puffs of smoke issue from the chim
ney, she thought nothing of it. It also ap
pears that. the flames were principally in
the bedroom between the front and rear
room, and in this room there were some
matches in the washstand drawer. The
oldest girl was burned about the chest, legs
and one hand; but her garments were not
scorched, and the youngest one had a slight
burn upon one cheek.
The jury rendered a verdict that Mary
and Emma Van Creef came to their death
by suffocation; but that'-the cause of the
fire was unknown to the-jury.
YONKERS, Jan. 3.—The largest fire which
has ever occurredixt this village broke out
in the four-story building on Getty, square,
in the,centre of the business portion of the
village, owned by Hon. Wm. Radford,about
one o'clock this morning, which, in a few
- hours, Was entirely destroyed, The Post
Office, the Statesman newspaper and job
printing office, the grocery of Morris tt
Loyd, the liquor: store of Wn;i. Cumming,
the news office of Daniel Barnes, a lager
beer saloon and the National Guard Axmory
-(which was theprincipal ptiblic hall here),
all were locates in the, said building. The
total loss by this fire-is estimated at $50,000,
upon which there is an insurance to the
amount of $l6
J 5OO. --
BUFFALO, an. 3.—A fire broke out in
Lockport. N. Y., at ten o'clock last night, in
the grocery No. 39 Main street, and destroyed
H. Birdsall's hat and fur store, G. Luce's
grocery, the Western Union telegraph office,
the Lake Shore ticket office, A. Ralston's
insurance office, Reposs &. Hunt's grocery,
and a boot and shoe shop over Luce's gro
cery store. The buildings were of but little
value, very old and built of wood. Reposs
tt. Hunt lost everything, and are insured for
$12,000. Birdsall saved most of his stock,
but much of it was stolen in the street; he
has no insurance. Lube saved part of his
stock, and is insured. Nothing in the tele
'graph office wits, saved.
CmciezNATr,.. -- Jan. 3.1,-A Ate broke out
yesterday on the corner of Race and Second
streets, destroying the wagon shops of Mc-
Cafferty Brothers and several srualLtene
ments. Loss about twenty thousand dol
lars.
Facts and:- Fancies:
The cab-drivers of Paris have petitioned
the Emperor to cause an increase of their
wages. He has promised to do what he cap
for them. Hansom-ly done by the Eth-
Peror.
Queen Emma, of the Sandwich Islands,
has 'left England, and is now in Paris. If
her middle name is what we suppose it to
be, she will be considered as an Emma-
Saireh. _
The 'current prices of hacks in New York
for NeW Year's day was forty dollars each
and they were scarce-at that figure. A hank
soon makes itself scarce when it goes "to
forty."
There s a man employed in the office'' of
the Arne 'can Telegraph Company in Wash
ii
ington, who is both deaf and dumb,',b,ut yet
is a good "sound operator ." "He presses his
knee against the table ,on which the instru
ment rests and thus feels the ' words .sent
over the lines. His motto is "knee plus
ultrd." ' ' • - - ''-' -. '
An Italian girl; 'ln "Parnia lately , com
initted suicide because her, lover declared
that- he felt-Ai-lore Affection for
his mother
than for himself, She, was:buried in a vault
beneath the city, and herunfeeling lover re
marhad aftertiaci , funeral, to ;his other;
'"'"Nowshe is belo* mother; Par =mar'
A statue ofjoanof Areas to be erected in
Paris on the =new square in front of the
Theatre Francais. Joseph Bliller.remarks
that it will of course s he ,- maid of Orleans
marble, _
BY A NAIR]) and -rain storm at Bowling
Green,Ky., Deeimtber 26, E. Claybortte .?4
Bro. suffered a loss of fr0m45,000 to $lO,OOO,
and several other, parties sustained damage
in snipßer.atnofints.!
TaE Seaboard and, Roanoke railroad are
• now running their cars' tO - the Roanoke
river.' ' ' -
tHE Norfolk and l'eteratitugh railroad
be completed in about , a foxtnight.
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1866.
THE FENIAN CONGRESS.
Proceedings of the Convention Yester
day---Resolution Ordering the
Fenian Cabinet Before the
Convention--O'Mahony's
Address to the Broth
erhood, &c., &c.
[From to-dity's N. Y. Tritiuned
The' Fenian- Convention met again 'at
Clinton Hall yesterday morning at 9 o'clock.
A large.ntimber of delegates had arrived
since the adjournment of the previous .eve
ning, and, upward of 600 members took their
seats in the spacious hall when the meeting
was called to order by the temporary Chair
man, while fresh delegates were constantly
arriving by almost every avenue of travel.
All who intend to attend the Congress will
probably be present this morning, when
the number will be swelled to abotit 800
members.
As near as we can judge, the Fenians
attending this Convention are a very'intelli
gent body of men, Indeed the char
acter of the delegates, from all appear
ances, is of a very high order, and it
is remarked by many that all the Circles
appear to have selected their very best men
to represent them at this convocation,
whose issues are to be so momentous to
the Fenian Brotherhood in this country.
As in the case of almost all large gather
ings of men, there are some members more
distinguished for zeal than for brains, but a
large proportion of the delegates appear to
be earnest, shrewd, sincere, thinking rutin,
comprehending well the nature of tue ques
tions at issue, and prepared to act with
honesty and discernment,.
The organization of the Convention was
effected at about noon yesterday. The for
mation of committees was completed and
everything put in working order.
Patrick Corbitt, of Syracuse, N. Y., was
nominated for permanent Speaker of the
Convention, and unanimously elected.
Jeremiah Quinn, of Michigan, was elected
permanent Secretary, with almost equal
unanimity.
Both of these gentlemen are well known
among the entire Brotherhood to be able
and conscientious men and zealous Fenians,
and their election to these responsible posi
tions in the Convention was hailed with
hearty cheers.
The proceedings of the Convention were
still somewhat delayed, however, by the
frequent.arrival of fresh delegations, whose
credentials underwent the careful scrutiny
of the Committee on Credentials.
It was the opinion of many of the dele
gates on the day before that two emissaries
of the British Government occupied seats
in the Convention on the strength of creden
tials which they had forged for the purpose
of gaining admittance. If any such indi
viduals are really in the Convention, it will
go hard with them should they be found out.
A resolution was offered ordering Presi
dent O'Mahony and his Cabinet to appear
before the Convention at once. This is just
what Mr. O'Mahony most desired, as it
would afford him an opportunity of vindi
cating himself in the eyes of all his brethren
and the motion was therefore made by his
nearest friends; but it was opposed by a
number of the Convention upon the ground
that such a measure would indicate a want
of confidence on the part of the Convention
in President O'Mahony. A long and unne
cessary discussion arose upon this trifling
point, ending in the passage of the resolu
tion at 4P. M., and a committee was ap
pointed to wait upon Mr. O'Mahony with
out delay and inform him of the action of
the Convention.
When the members of the Committee
arrived at President O'Mahony's head
quarters on Seventeenth street, it was too
late for that gentleman to attend them to the
Convention.
He, however, delivered , to the Committee
his Address, which will be read before the
Convention to-day, together with all the
books, accounts and documents, which are
alluded to in the Address, and promised to
be present this morning.
Mr. Killian, also sent in his report, which
will also probablybe read to-day. The latter
is understood to be a very able and elabor
ate document.
O'Mahony's address will enter into a
history of the recent distressing dissensions,
from their incipiency to the present time.
The. President has also been heard to, say
that he will satisfactorily account for every
cent of the Fenian funds expended, even to
the price of a cigar! and that he will show
that all expenditures have • been made not
toward the conquest of Canada, nor any
other country in America, but in the cause
of the liberation or Ireland from the British
yoke.
We understand that the Address treats
of all questions at issue so elaborately and
exhaustively that nearly two hours will be
consumed in reading it, and that it will con
tain the matter of about 16 columns of solid
nonpareil type,
There was another committee sent in
quest of the Senate in the course of the after
noon; but; after looking in many places,
and tramping about in the foul weather for
several hours, the members of the committee
returned to Clinton Hall in disgust, and re
norted President Roberts and 'his rebel
lious Senate "Nowhere." Perhaps the quest
will be continued today; but, as the Senate
are probably not particularly anxious to be
found, the search will most likely prove a
fruitless one. •
The Convention will; in all probability,
remain in session for , six or seven, days
lOnger. At the adjournment last evening,
640 delegates hadhanded in their credentials,
and about 150 more were, expected to arrive
during th 6 night: The Committee are kept
busily employed Amtil 'Ca late hour every
night, examining- credentials. •
It is , the general opinion of those who
ought to know; that the overthrow of the
Senate"; is merely a matter of time, and that,
when'it does take place, the defeat of that
faction ; be most signal and complete.
William Lloyd Garrison's Fareviell.
;On the 29th of December, Mr. William
Lloyd 'Garrison stopped the publication of
The Liberat9r, retiring with a graceful vale
dictory_address, in •which he sums tip the
results of forty years' labor in the anti
slavey cause. He says:
"Commencing my editorial career when
only twenty years of age, I have followed it
continuously till I have attained my six
tieth year r -first in connection with The
Free pro's, in 'Newburyport, in the spring
of 1820; neat with The National Philanthro
pist, in Boston, in 1827; next . with The
Journal of the Times, in Bennington, Vt.,
in 1828-9; next with • he Genius of Universal
EManeipation, in Baltimore, in 1829.30; and
finally, with The Liberator, in Boston, from
roil ak , ,i : 10) atolfilikial :1 A
the first of January, 1831, to the first of
January 1896; at the start, probably the
youngest member of the editorial fraternity
in the land, now, perhaps, the oldest, not in
years, but in continuous service—unless
Mr. Bryant of the New York Evening Post,
be an exception.
"Whether I shall again be connected with
the press, in a similar capacity, is quite
problematical; but, at my period of life, I
feel no prompting to start a new journal at
my own risk, and with the certainty of
struggling against wind and tide as I have
done in the past.
"The object for which the Liberator
was commenced— the extermination of
chattel slavery—having been gloriotudy
consummated, it seems to me specially ap
propriate to let its existence cover the his
toric period of the great struggle, leaving
what . remains to be done to complete the
work of emancipation to other instrumen
talities (of which I hope to avail myself),
under new auspices,. with more abundant
means, and with millions instead of hun
dreds for allies.
"Most happy am I to be no longer in con
flict with the mass of my fellow countrymen
on the subject of slavery. For no man of
any refinement or sensibility can be indif
ferent to the approbation of his fellow-men,
if it be rightly earned.: But to obtain it by
going with the multitude to do evil—by
pandering to despotic power or a corrupt
public sentimentis self-degradation and
personal dishonor :
'For more true joy Mareellos exiled feeLs
Than Camr with a senate at his beets.'
Better to be always in a minority of one
with God—branded as a madman, incen
diary, fanatic, heretic, infidel—frowned
upon by 'the powers that be,' and mobbed
by the populace—or consigned ignomini
ously to the gallows, like him whose 'soul
is marching on,' though his 'body lies
mouldering in the grave,' or burnt to
ashes like Wickliffe, or nailed to
the cross like Him who 'gave Himself
for the world'—in defence of the Right, than
like Herod, having the shouts of a multi
tude, crying, 'lt is the voice of a god, and
not of a man !' "
[For the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.]
A Plea for the Soldiers' Widows and Or
pbans.
As several articles have appeared in the
daily papers asking aid for the families of
our soldiers, and as the tenor of those arti
cles is such as to convey the impression that
no society is organized to afford such relief,
the Ladies of the "Special Relief" would
take this opportunity to bring their work
before the public.
For nearly three years a small band of
ladies have met twice each day to afford re
lief and to give employment to worthy per
sons who applied for it. The widows and
aged mothers of our soldiers have always
had the first claim, and during the short
period of our existence over eight hundred
families have received weekly aid—sixty
thousand garments have been made by the
women, and four hundred tons of coal
generously supplied by our coal merchants)
have been distributed. The Society has
been supported entirely by subscriptions,
mostly collected through the kindness of
Mr. A. D. Jessup. This winter we have
greater need of assistance than ever before.
Hundreds of our brave soldiers have re
turned, disabled and shattered in health, to
their homes, only to be a burden to their
families, and without any City or Govern
mental aid. The Special Relief now appeal
most earnestly to our citizens to remember
those desolated homes where widows and
orphans are suffering for food and raiment,
and not forget that that peace which sheds
its healing influence over our land, and fills
our homes with plenty, was purchased by
the bravery and death of thosemen whose
families are our sacred trust.
Any contributions in money, goods, gro
ceries or coal, will be most thankfully re
ceived by any of the ladies composing the
Committee, or may be sent to the rooms
of the Special Relief Committee, S. E. corner
of Thirteenth and Chestnut streets.
MRS. JOSE&A SERIS,
" E. D. GILLEsmE, 1604 Locust st.,
" THEODORE CUTLER, 182,6 S. Ritten
house square,
" FREDERICKS, 1633 Chestnut st.,
" ALFRED COLLT7k...'3, 1900 Plymouth st,
" LUDNVICK COLLI NS, 1917 Spruce sL,
" ALFRED D. JESSIIP, 1626 Walnut: l ,st,
" ISRAEL MAULE, 1627 Walnut st.,
" Cass. J. PETERsox,ISOI Walnut st.,
" McCLF.Es, HOS Locust st.,
" GALVIN, 818 Marshal st.,
" DR. WILI. HUNT, 1300 Spruce st.,
HORACE H. FrrusEss, W. Wash
ington square,
" RICHARDSON, 1934 Locust street.
• 'LOST tx LoNno.N."—Tbe weakness and woes of
Neliy Arnaroyd. tho despair of Joh, the cool villainy
of Fetherstone, and the eccentricities of Tillie Drag
s lethorpe and T.pps, as respectively presented by
Mrs. Drew, Mr. Rankin, Mr. Marlowe, Mrs. Henri
and Mr. Robson. continue to crowd the Arch, while
the beauty of the Scenery and appointments call forth
unbounded admiration. To-morrow Mrs. Drew takes
a benefit, when 'Lost in London" will be repeate d.
ROBERTS AND HILL.-At the Walnut "Faust and
Marguerite" and "Sam's Little Game" are still the
great cards. In the first piece Mr. J. B. Roberts enac.s
his finely discriminated part of Dlephistophilei, and
in the afterpiece Mr. Bart^n Hlll gives a character
sketch of an Englilh aristocratic "eccentric," of un
surpassed ability. To-morrow Dir. 11111 takes his
benefit.
"Thu. SLEzprsm BEArry" still holds the stage at
the Chestnut, and it goes of more glibly ever' night.
It will be given till further nottte in connection with
the pleasant comedletta of "Caught at Last." It will
also be repeated at Saturday's matinee.
MR. liosEns. BELLF.F..—The bit which this singu
larly versatile and accomplished peril:um er has made
with the pubic of our city is a most pronounced and
decided ow. Igo person who has visited his Salle
Diabollque but mast admit him to bea truly wonderful
magician. Be is Bo neat and cl an in the performance
of his feats, and seeps up constantly such an abun
dant flow of epigrammatic and punning talk, that we
confess ourselves as much an.used by the latter as we
are mystified by the former. Indeed, in the respect to
which we have now casually alluded, he stands com•
pletely alone. and no- magician, pant or present can
with any Justice be placed above him. As a musician
he is also Lnuisputably most able,• yet even in his
music his versatility displays itself and presents the
public with as genuine la laic of comic acting as any we
have ever seen—that of the Boarding.school Miss at
the Piano. This evening, he adds .to his first pro
granime "She Wood Minstrels a Marvelous Set of
Blockheads," whom be 'produced to the public in New
York, where they created a great sensation and had a
run for more than seven months. He states definitely
that their engagement 'Cannot be prolonged after this
week. But we must own that we see no reason why it
should not if it be &sired. As nobody else can manage
these "muscat blockbegtos" as well as he can and as
they are his constant traveling companions,we should
imagine that he.would find it, Profitable to offer Meta
to the public for another week.
SIGNOR. Drava, at the Assembly Buildlng,is drawing
fine houses every evening and on Wednesday and
Saturday afternoons.
"Jr.m.twi PrrEs" lectures on "Drifting About" to
morrow evening at Assembly Building.
PLACES OF AItEITS - mmvxT.--The licenses is
.
sued ,
to places'of amusement by Mayor Mc-
Michael thinmorning were as follows:
Arch Street Theatre. .
German Literary Institute, Fifth and Gas
kill streets.
.A.ra6rican Mechanics' Hall.
Sansom Street Hall.
Odd Fellows' Hall, lifoyamensing.
Walnut Street Theatre.
Museum, 833 Market street.
No, 332 North Water street..
AIIIIISEIMENTS.
I , IO64I:IIJAADiVICI
THE FAIR AT ST. JOSEPH'S.—ThepaSt two
weeks has been a season of excitement in
the lower part of our city. A Fair has been
going on at St. Joseph's Church, Willings
alley; the main attraction being a splendid
silver fire horn, to be presented to the fire
company receiving the highest number of
votes, and a magnificent set of base ball
implements. The excitement upon the
implenient has been intense, and several
clubs entered the arena with a determina
tion to do their utmost for success. Fore
most among them was the Keystone and
Enterprise, both of which with great eager
ness sought the prize. The contest resulted
as follows:
Keystone Base Ball Club,
Enterprise `• " "
Magnolia " " • `• •
Quickstep " " '•
SOISETMEG NEW.—The sun has conde
scended to pay us a visit at last. A clear,
bright day in this locality,is something new.
For_ about ten days we have had nothing
but rain, snow and mud. This is the first
time that Old Sol has appeared this, year.
The change Is a very agreeable one,--a fact
which was fully indicated by the large
number of ladles to be seen on the streets
this morning. The atmosphere is rather
chilly, and the heretofore slushy streets
have been frozen quite hard. This affords
comfort to the proprietors of skating parks.
In a . day or two there will, no doubt, be
good skating.
RlOT.—About eleven o'clock last night, a
disturbance occurred at Ninth and Race
streets, between the adherents of the Fair
mount and Good Will Fire Companies.
Stones, bricks and other missiles were
thrown about freely and several pistol shots
were fired. As far as ascertained no person
was seriously injured. Wm. Morrow, one
of the alleged rioters, was arrested. When
captured, it is charged, he had a large stone
in his band and was about to throw it. This
morning he was taken before Aid. Massey
and was held in $BOO bail to answer at court.
THE DELINQUENT TAXPAYERS.—An ef
fort is to be made - for the repeal of the act of
April 9. 1 61, which authorizes the Receiver
of Taxes to charge five per cent. upon de
linquent taxpayers. City Councils, at a re
cent meeting passed resolutions requesting
the Senators and Representatives from this
city to use all honorable means to procure
such repeal. A copy of these resolutions
have been sent to each of the city members
of the legislature.
LARCENY.—Alderman Allen had before
him this morning, a colored man named
John Simpson, charged with larceny. He
is alleged to have stolen some clothing
from the yard of a house at Thirty-fourth
and Market streets, and a lot of geese and
thickens from a roost at Thirty-fifth st. and
Lancaster avenue. Some of the clothing
was recovered. Simpson was committed
to answer.
FlRE.—Last night, about half-past ten
o'clock, a tire broke out in the hat and
tip store of Henry S. Fox, No. 338 North
Second street. The flames, however, were
extinguished before much headway had
been gained. The stock was considerably
damaged by water. The loss will be about
$3,000, and is fully insured in the Reliance
and Pennsylvania Insurance Company.
AccrnEr.-r.—Joseph Enock fell on th
sidewalk at Frankford road and Master
streets, last night about 12 o'clock, and had
a leg broken. He was taken to his home
No. 1361 Montgomery avenue.
PAWNBROKERS' LICENSES.—The follow
ing additional licenses to pawnbrokers were
issued this morning by Mayor McMichael:
Alex. S. Reed, J. Brandt, Jno. Bartley,
Ansel Hamberg, Thos. J. Hemphill.
The total number licensed is 43.
INTEREST ON THE CITY DEBT.-Mr. City
Treasurer Bumm is now busily engaged in
paying the interest on the city debt. The
amount paid out yesterday was $352,195 45.
liew Jersey !flatters.
G 0 HAM /).1 ANT:FACTORY,. About six
years ago a gentleman named Samuel
. Raby,purchased a lot of ground on:the south
side of the Pine Grove road, a short distance
from Gloucester city, where he soon after
ards erected buildings, with all their ap
purtenances, for carrying on the business of
a gingham manufactory. The main build
ing is 320 by 56 feet; the next in size is 180
by 42 feet. Besides these there are out
buildings adapted to various branches of the
business, offices, &c. Mr. Ruby gives his
personal superintendence to these works,
moving among his employes, suggesting,
assisting, instructing, and making himself
a companion. During all the vicissitudes
and fluctuations of trade incident to the war,
I~lr. Raby kept Ms works in operation,
affording to a large number of families in
Gloucester the means of livelihood, at a
period, too, when employment was preca
rious and the cost of living high. It is as
serted by citizens of that place that he did
this often at a sacrifice, from the purest mo
-Ilves of humanity.
The main building presents one grand
and unobstructed view of machinery, and
the observer cannot but be impressed while
surveying the busy scene, with the perfec
tion to which machinery has arrived, and
the skill displayed in the manufacture of
the fabrics turned out from this establish
ment. There are 100 looms, with all the
necessary accompaniments of modern in
vention, weaving, spinning, winding, fold
ing, kc., shin full operation, and moving
with clock-like precision, regularity , and
speed.
The ginghams sent from this establish
ment are considered equal to the best made
in the country. The fact that the trade of
Philadelphia demands all that ;Mr. Raby
can manufacture, indicates the excellent
quality of the goods. Large additions are
to be made to this establishment when
spring opens, which will afford ampleroom
for an increase of business. At a short dis
tance from, wad connected with these works,
are quite a number of neat dwelling houses,
used by, some of, the operatives. Mr. Raby
employs one hundred and twenty work
men, all of whom - make full time. These
- works are a valuable acquisition to the
manufacturing interests not only of Glou
cester city, but also of Philadelphia, for they
are, in fact, only the out-growing of the in
dustrial and mechanical developments of
this prosperous city.
AN IMPORTANT REPORT. —At the last
stated meeting of the City. Council, the com
mittee appointed to negotiate for,thepur
chase of, the Camden. Water Works: made a
lengthy report, .which embraced every in
formation in regard to the value of the
property, the profits made, th condition of
the works, the present qtp i city, the cost of
necessary repairs, Jto. Mr. B. P. Archer,
th e ch a i rman of: the Committee seems to
have been indefatigable in, his - efforts.to:ob
tain facts and correct estimates, and,t t o pre
sent a statement 86, plain, that rioaeßan be
deceived, and that all may understand the
F. 'L. FETHERSTON. Publisher.
DOUBLE SHEET, THREE CENTS.
importance of the new responsibility which
the city is about to assume:
The Water works Company by their own
valuation, placed the price of their property
at $168,382 62. This includes all real estate
and personal property, such as engines,
pipes, implements of every description, etc.,
in Camden and at Pavoma,where the wor ks
are situated. The committee estimate the
property to be worth about $190,000; but this
amount includes the cost of adjusting and
relaying pipes, and some other repairs.
Thus the difference between the estimate 'of
the company and that of the committee' . is
over $21,000 in favorof the city. The profits
of the company last year amounted to $16,-
800, The report was received and filed, and
,it was resolved to employ a competent en
gineer,at a cost not exceeding $150,t0 inspect
and report the value of the property at a
a subsequent meeting of the Council. The
company agree to take city bonds for pay
ment; and the indications are thatthci nego
tiations will result in a purchase by the city.-
A s this is thelargest business transaction with
which the corporation-was ever connected,
cur citizens are . proportionately interested.
The hope of having a better and purer sup
ply of water, however, will no doubt cause
popular sentiment to endorse the purchaae.
G LOUCESTriBia-NUFACTT) ELI% COMPANY.
—Occupying a space containing five, acres
of ground directly on the river front oppo
site Greenwich Point, stands the extensive
establishment of the Gloucester Manufactur
ing Company. This plot of ground is co
vered by spacious buildings for the various
departments of the manufacture. These
embrace every variety of fancy cotton prints,
cambrics and other delicate fabrics. The
patterns of these goods are various and
beautiful, from the small and neat to the
most gaudy. They are engraved on brass
i oilers, and in the department for completing
this process, the utmost mechanical skill is
required. The engraving machinery here is
of a very curious character. The smallest
dot is made, and the most delicate lines are
traced with mathematical economy. But
the beauty and efficiency of this machinery
are equal to the best hand-work ever ac
complished.
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The print room, with its ponderous ma
chinery, complicated as extensive, excites
amazement and wonder while one gazes
upon the many colored fabrics rolling out
in longpieces, ornamented with every
shape and. hue. The coloring used is about
the consistency of stiff printer's ink. There
is a department styled the color shop, where
the different colors are mixed and ground
till adapted to the machinery and the pro
cess of printing or stamping the cloth.
There are large rooms, or branch estab
lishments, each appropriated to some par
ticular part of the manufacturing opera
tions, such as a dye house, bleachery, cylin
der rooms, folding and packing rooms,
storage sheds, &c.; while connected with
the establishment is a machine and black
smith shop, where mach of the machinery
and repairs are made. Here will be found
every facility for executing and finishing
the most intricate parts of the machinery
employed, and the best workmen are en
gaged in these departments.
17pwards of five hundred hands are
employed in this establishment, who reside
in adjacent dwellings, noted for their neat
ness, and exhibiting evidences of refinement
and education on the part of the occupants,
which will favorably compare with those
who move in a higher sphere. Their reputa
tion for morality, industry and sobriety—
their attention to churCh duties, their
promptness in schooling the children, are
all commendable features, indicating a pre
ponderance of Eastern character in Glou
cester City. The operatives are three-fourths
males; the females all make full time.
Throughout this vast hive of industry,
cleanliness and order prevail, particularly
in the female departments.
The active and prominent business gen
tlemen connected with this manufacturing
company are, David S. Brown, President;
Samuel Chew, Treasurer and Secretary.
The former, Mr. Brown, is extensively
known in the manufacturinc , and business
circles of Philadelphia, and throughout the
country, as one who has always been fore
most in main fining those interests which
develop the resources and contribute to the
interests of the community. The dignified
position he occupies, won by his probity,
has ever been exerted in favor of greater
protection to machinery, mechanism and
manufactures, evincing a laudable effort to
reach the stand of European excellence.
In this he has eminently succeeded.
This establishment is but an auxiliary
of Philadelphia manufacturing interests, as
the various prints made here are to be found
in nearly all the retail and jobbing houses
in this city, indicating that, as the city itself
is fast filling up with these manufactories,
its suburbs are being none the less im
proved. The Gloucester Manufacturing
Company have been in successful operation
for a number of years, and through the en
terprising spirit and liberal expenditures of
capital which they have made, they have
contributed, in no small degree, to building
up Gloucester City. In fact, by doing so,
they have felt that they were enhancing the
prosperity and wealth of Philadelphia, and
extending its industrial interests into an
other State.
POSTMISTRESS APPOINTED.—Mrs. Mary
Woodiow has been appointed Postmistress
at Bla*woodtown, in Camden county.
RETURNED.—Captain Lee, Postmaster of
Camden, has just returned from a trip
through Virginia and a portion of North
Carolina. He says the people were con
siderably excited in regard to negro insur
rections.
SUPREME Couum.—Chief Justice Wood
ward, and Justices Thompson, Strong and
Agnew.
The argument in the case of the Common
wealth vs. the Central Passenger Railway
was resumed this morning.
Pmus.—Justice Read.—The Penna.
Railroad Co. vs. The Catawissa Railroad
Co.—This case had been fixed for argument
to-day, but the defendants applied for a
postponement. The complainants objected.
and after some discussion, the court made a
peremptory order requiring the argument
for Thursday next.
OYER AND TERMINER—Judges Allison
and Ludlow.
In the case of Edward Cantwell, charged
with the murder of James McGinnis,; in
1863, the jury rendered a verdict of -not
guilty.
This morning Jefferson Spaniel. was put
on trial charged with the murder of Pat
rick J. Concannon, on the 17th October,
1865. The deceased while on his way
home was attacked, it is alleged, by the de
fendant, who stabbed him with a' small
pocketknife. The facts of the ausS 'had not
been fully developed when oprreport closed.
A.w -.advertisement of cheap shoes Nand
.fancy articles, in a country paper; has the
following /lota bene: "N. B. Ladies wishing
those cheap shoes will do well to call 130012,
as they won't lam • •
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