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MARRIED_
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HASBUTINE—MARSHALL—In New York, Wed
nesday. Feb. 28th, by the Rev. Sam. Cooke. D.D.. Wm.
Stanley Haseltine and Helen, daughter of the late C
H. tel arsnall, Esq.
SERRILL—BABB—On theist instant, at West Chas
ter, by Friends' Ceremony, John S- Serrill. of Phila.
delphia, to Rebecca S. Babb, of West C. ester.
DIED.
BENYHTLL—In Allegheny City, Feb. 28th, Mrs.
'Susan Benybill, in the 88th year other age.
BETHELL—After a lingering illness. on the 27th
nit., Deborah A.. wife of Joshua Bethell, in the 62d
year of her age.
The relatives and friends are invited to attend the
funeral to-morrow (Sunday, March 4th.) at 3 o'clock.
E. M. Residence, Frankford road and Otis. Interment
at Hanover street ground.
BOOTH—On the 2d instant, Sarah Ann, widow of
the late Thomas L. Booth, in the 46th year of her age.
The relatives and friends of the family, are re
-spectftilly invited to attend her funeral from her
tate residence. No. 155 Laurel street, below Second, on
'Tuesday morning, at 10 o'clock, without. further notice.
To proceed to Monument Cemetery. notice.
'To
Friday morning, 2d instant,
'Stephen G.Fotterall, in the 70th ye at of uis age. .
• The friends of the family are invited to attend tile
funeral from his late residence, No. 902 Spruce street,
.on Monday, sth instant, at 10 o'clock, A. 51. • .
HAVERLY—At Toledo, Ohio, on the Ist instant,
Mrs. Sarah - Haverty, wife of J. H, Haverty, aged 24
years.
Funeral from the residerice of her parents, No. 119
Congress street, to-morrow, the 4th instant, at two
-O'clock.
LARDNER—On the 3d instant, John Lardner, in the
65th year of his are,
His male friends are invited to attend his funeral
from No 2016 Delaney Place. on Tuesday next, at lo
A.M. tit
A. the 28th instant, of pneumonia.
Ruth Ann, wife of Wm. Lightfoot, in the 46th year of
'her age.
The funeral will leave her late residence, No. 37.3
Baring street, to meet the 8 o'clock, A. M. train 4 for
West Chester, on Monday. March sth. •
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MARTIN—This morning James Martin, in the 78th
Year of his age. Due notice a - ill be given of the
funeral.
REST—March 3d. at the residence of her son-ill.
law, in Delaware county, Rachel West, aged 91 years.
r relatives and friends are respectfully invite
to attend her funeral from No. 1733 Arch street, on
Tuesday, 6th instant, at one o'clock, P.M., without
fhrther notice. To proceed to Laurel Hill. 44,
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WHIFF MOREENS FOR SKIRTS.
Green Watered Moreens.
6-4 and 5-1 Green Baize,
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White Cloth for backs.
, . . ... White Evening Silks.
EYRE & LAYDELL. Fourth and Arch
RELIGIOCS NOTICES.
SHt•RT SERMON. BAPTISM and Commu
nion, Eleventh and Wood, Sabbath, Vi P.M. It*
DR. SEISS ON THE APOCALYP3E.—
U Lecture To-morrow evening o'clock,
Race street, below Sixth.
REV. G. D. CARROW will preach In Union
N.E. Church, To-morrow at 10;.: A. M , and 7
It.
PROFESSOR MORRIS will preach at Assem
bly Buildings, To-morrow Evening. at
.o'clock.
HMV, W. W..rEWELL (Unitarian) will
preach at Langstroth's Hall Germantown. To
morrOw, o'clock, A. 3L, and 7,31,, P. M. Ito
CENTRAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH,
teenth and Green streets.--,Communion Ber
-rice. to-morrow, at 1031; A. M. Sermon by the Pastor,
Rev. Edward Hawes, at 734 P. f it*
IOST. ANDREW'S LUTHERAN CHURCH.—
b ße Dr. Stork, Pastor.—Services In Hall, N. E.
corner Arch and Broad streets, every Sabbath at 10.4 2
A. H. and 7.E P. M. felO•s,St/
[C#--- NORTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH'
Sixth street, above Green—Rev. R. W. Henry .
.D. D., Pastor. Services at 10% A. M., and 7 P. M
Fourth Sermon of Course to the Young, Evening. it*
117. BEV. BISHOP SIMPSON WILL PREACH
to the congregation of St. Stephen's M. E.
'Church, Germantown, on Sabbath, the 4th to at 103 i•
-o'clock A. M. in aid of their new church enterprise.
Professor Barnhart at 7% P. M. it*
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`REP. J. H. SUYDAM, PASTOR OF THE
Firs. Beformed Dutch Church, Seventh and
Spring Garden streets, will preach Sunday, in the .
morning at Mk' o'clock, and in the evening at Ti
o'clock. its
TO. THIRD REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH
corner of Tenth and Filbert streets, Rev. J. F.
Berg, D D.. will preach in this church to-morrow.
Eervice at 10:l4 o'clock morning, and 4 o'clock, after
noon. lt•
* ItEV. S H. GLESEY, Pastor of Christ Re
formed Church, Green street, near Sixteenth,
rtTriprach on Sunday, 9th inst . at la: 3. M. and 75-
P. M. Subject in the evening:—"Elijah Meeting Ahab."
being the sixth of the series on "Elijah and His
Times." Strangers always welcome. it*
10, THE SABBATH.—A MEETING OF THE
friends of the Sabbath will be held* Sabbath
evening. in the Ist Presbyterian church, Kensington,
Girard Avenue, above Palmer street. Addresses by
Rev. W. T. Eva, Pastor, Wilson Jewell, M. D., Thoma
Potter, Esq., and others. 1t•
REV. T. M. CUNNINGHAM, Pastor of the
Alexander Presbylerian Church. will preach
in Green Hill Hall, southeast corner of Seventeenth
and Poplar streets, To-morrow Afternoon, at hall-past
three o'clock. Seats free. All cordially Invited
• Sunday School, 2 o'clock, P. M.
GRAND CENTENARY CELEBRATION
of the Local Preachers o the Methodist Eoisco -
pa Church, will be held at Sansom Street Hall, on
Wednesday exening next, March 7th. Rev. Bishops
Simpson and Scott are expected to be present. The
chair will be taken at 8 o'clock, when over two bun
•dred ministers and their wives, together with a large
assembly composed of the elite of the M. E. Church
of Philadelphtit, will sit down to supper, after which
religious exercises of a most interesting character
will be inaugurated.
Tickets for sale at the Tract Depository, 119 North
Sixth street. Apply for them at once. it*
New Jersey Matters
THE MAYORALTY.—The nomination of
Paul C. Budd, Esq., last evening, by the Union Party,
of Camden. for the office of Mayor, is a fitting comp ii
meut to a worthy and efficient officer. He has filled
the office for the past two years with an ability that
bas drawn to him the hest wishes and the respect of
the entire people, for he has been assiduous in dis
charging his duties, which, during the time of raising
troops,
I the payment of soldiers' families, &c., were
heavy ahlt burdensome. All the business which natu
rally comes before a chierexecutor of municipal law,
be has disposed of with promptness. and with a view
to the best interests of the people. The Union men,
therefore, should give him their undivided support.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.—The City
Convention of the Republican Party, met last night
and made the following nominations : Mayor, Paul C.
Budd. the present occupant: Marshal, John W. Cann}
bell; City Treasurer, Captain Samuel nutty; City sur
veyor, Edward H. Saunders, the present occupant. in
the renomination of Marshal Campbell, the Conven
tion paid a merited. compliment to a most efficient and
deserving officer. "For devotion and vigilance in the
discharge of his duties, the history of our city govern
ment can present no superior; and we hope, in his case
at least, the Welfare of our city will be considered of
more importance than mere partisan considelations.
THE STATE MILITIA—The military EtSSO
elation of New Jersey, held a meeting in Trenton on
the 22d ult. Adjutant General Stockton was called to
the chair, and Col. Isaac S. Buckalew, of Monmouth
appointed Secretary. Amour other resolutions. one
was adoptedto petition the Legislature for a law to
impose a fine of upon all persons subject to military
duty under existing laws, who fail to perform the
same, the fines to be paid into the State Treasury.
Officers for the ensuing year were elected..
NEW RAILROAD PROPOSED.—A bill is be
fore the Legislature to obtain a charter for a railroad
from Woodbury to Swedesboro', a distance of ten
miles. This road will go through a very rich agricul
tural country, and connect quite a flourishing business
town with the city of Philadelphia. The inland com
merce of Swedesboro' is quite extensive, as it is the
centre of an expansive and thrifty section of country,
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.—The city con
vention of the Democratic party meets this evening,
for the purpose of nominating municipal officers. Dr.
L. F. FiEler appears to be the most prominent candi
date for Mayor, and Mr. Belly Barrett for City Trea
surer.
CITY SOLICITOIL—GeneraI Robeson, the
gentleman nominated last evening by the Union Con
vention, for City !Solicitor. has occupied that position
:for several years, and is a thoroughly competent gen
•tieman.
MR. EZRA T. FOSTER, of Harrison, Me.,
had fifty-two fine, selected sheep drowned
• last Saturd . oy, night by the sudden-over
flow of his Darn cellar caused by the severe
I a fir,‘„ t*
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MUSICAL.
,THE GERMAN OPERA was very well at
tended last evening. Robert le Diable was
played. Mme. Rotter surprised all by the
excellence of ber personation of "Alice,"
and Mlle. Naddi, as "Isabella" was ex
tremely good. Mr. Weinlich is not an
effective "Bertram," and "Robert" is not
Mr. Himmer's best part. Mr. Armand
again made a most favorable impression as
"Raimbaud." Tho choral and orchestral
parts were well done. This afternoon "Fra
Diavolii" is attracting a large crowd. On
Monday evening Rossini's greatest work,
the immortal William Tell, will be played
for the first time here for years. It has been
a long time in preparation and a fine per
formance may be expected.
AMATEUR OYERA•—Mr. Pere fifth
operatic performance took place last even
ing at Concert Hall, which was well filled.
The opera was Maria di Bohan. The part
of the duchess was filled by a debutante,
who revealed excellent talent and a beauti
ful, well-treined voice. Miss Denegre, Mr.
Waterman, Mr. Durand and Mr. Nathans
filled the otber parts admirably.
MR. CHARLES JARVIS will give hisfourth
matinee in the Foyer of the Actidemy next
Thursday, at 4 o'clock. He will play solos
of Beethoven, Henselt and Chopin, and Mr.
Gaertner will also play a solo. There will
also be a trio by Schumann.
I'M PORTANT AND PRACTICAL INVENTION
-TRE AMERICAN ANTI- INCRITSTATOR.-
our readers will observe in to-day's paper
quite a full advertisement in reference to
the merits of the American Anti-It:lei-lista
tor, for removing the scale from boilers.
It has been thoroughly tested, and has been
proved to be entirely effective. In hard
limestone regions, where boilers form scale
rapidly, this wonderful arrangement has en
tirely prevented any of this dangerous in
crustation to gather ; and through its agency
clean boilers can at all times be secured, and
a large saving effected in the fuel consumed.
In Philadelphia, and, indeed, the whole
country, where so many thousands of steam
boilers are used, the Anti-Incrustator is an
institution of very great value, as by its in
troduction, besides the saving in the expen
sive itEm of fuel, boilers are much less
liable to explosion ; and in this particular
alone its merits are of so momentous a
character that every person running a steam
engine should have one placed in each
The President of the Company, John C.
Cresson, Esq., has thoroughly investigated
this' matter, and from his well-known
standing in the scientific world, and that of
Messrs. John Edgar Thomson, Daniel H.
Rockhill, James Harper, William G. Moor
head, William H. Gatzmer, and H. G.
Leisenring, the gentlemen associated with
him in the Board of Directors, who have
eiven the subject much attention, the public
will at once have confidence in the Anti-
Incrustator, and use it.
The most experienced manufacturers and
engineers in the country have endorsed this
invention in the most cordial spirit, as will
be seen by the advertisement and by the
handsomely printed pamphlet which has
been issued by the Company. Among the
numerous manufacturers who have intro
duced the Anti•lncrnstator into their boilers
very recently, are Messrs Merrick & Sons,
Adolph & Keen, M. W. Baldwin & Co.,
Seyfert, McManus & Co., of Reading, and
others.
Facts and Fancies
Queen Vic. has offered the Pope an asylum
in England. The Pope, who does not speak
very good English, "If I come, F will brifig
Vat-I-can with me."
A negro attempted to kill an entire family
in Memphis by poisoning the well. Now
'what did he do to kill those who were not
well.
The N. 0. Pic. complains of the accumu
lation of capital in that city. People whe
have capital to invest like to have a choice
in the matter, but in New Orleans there is
N. 0. Pic.
An Ohio maimed soldier writes legibly
while holding the pen in his mouth. Auy
body can do that by .holding a pencil in
the hand at the same time.
Spring is anticipated in this city by men
who keep up a perpetual twittering at the
street corners with bird whistles thrust in
tumblers of water. The glass is blown ex
pressly for this purpose.
It is reported that Commodore Vander
&lit, being called on a few evenings since,
gave the following sentiment :—" Th e health
of the President of the United States : Some
say his recent speech is vulgar; I say it is
just." It is suggested that the Commodore's
speech was incorrectly punctuated, and that
what he really did saw was : "Some say
recent speech is vulgar; I say it is,—just.—
Boston Advertiser.
At the last Foreign Office masquerade
ball in Paris, a very tall guardsman ap
peared as an obelisk. He entered.the room
without apprising the people that he was
going to a-pyramid them.
The Pesth correspondent of the London
Daily News says the Empress of Austria has
introduced the fashion ofhaving a diamond,
representing a dew drop, fixed to a real
flower. At the Pesth opera, the other even
ing, Her Majesty had in 'her hand a bou
quet of white camelias, and on each, in the
centre, was a large diamond. We doubt if
the fashion will become universal.
The Fenian "authorities" appear to be
much agitated over the news from Europe,
and have issued earnest calls for aid, urging
immediate departure for some point called
their•destination. We hope they will use
due caution, for Fenianiam is a hanging
matter now. One corpus has already been
suspended. .
AT ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, recently a
young man named John Barbelin, 18 years
Old, employed in the sash, blind and door
factory of Caleb Knight, was ,caught be
tween two cog.wheels and cut in two,
dying instantly.
THE Custom House at Toronto, was
robbed Sunday night of some $6,000 Ameri
can money. The vault was entered by
means of its own key, which had been
carelessly left in the building. At present
no trace of the bprglars can be found.
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1866.
BROAD STREET.
Reply before the Committee on Law, of
Councils, to the Remonstrance of the
Owners of Property, and Persons
engaged in Business on Broad Street,
against the Bill for the IteMOVIO of the
Railroad Tracks from said Street and
improvements.
To the first cause of protest, viz.: Because,
upon the petition of any ten citizens, own
ing property on Broad street, anywhere be
tween Germantown and League Island, the
city is imperatively, required to remove the
rails," we answer: That in the bill now be
fore the Committee and Councils no such
petition of ten citizens is required.
To the second cause of protest, viz.: "Be
cause the parties urging the passage of this
bill are understood to be interested in
the race course at the lower end of the city-,
and in property far north of the railroad
tracks at the upper end of the city," we
answer: That the persons urging the re
commendation by Councils of the enactment
of this bill into a law by the Legislature,
are citizens of Philadelphia, owners of pro
perty upon Broad and other streets, inter
ested alike is the business, prosperity and
adornment of the city, and whose names
will not suffer by any comparison with
those of the .remonstrants. Believing that
the business carried on in Broad street by
such of the remonstrants as required
switches into the premises owned or rented
by them might be done as successfully for
themselves, and certainly with more advan-
I age to the city,upon Pennsylvania Avenue.
Willow street, Market street, Prime street,
and Ninth street, and on the west side of the
Schuylkill river, they also felt that there
was but one such avenue in the city as Broad
street, and that it ought without hesita
t ion to be cheerfully given up by the railroad
mpanies for improvement, and their rails
removed for the benefit, nee and enjoyment
of this entire community, whose ungrudg
ing bands had accorded to them so many
valuable rights and privileges upon other
thoroughfares. Of the scope and advantage
of Broad street for improvement by the
erection of public buildings, private resi
dences, and for stores for business purposes,
each citizen may judge for himself. Of the
advantage,and profit thereby to the city, by
a general enhancement of the value of prop
erty along its most central portion, and
contiguous thereto, we may safely trust to
the integrity and candor of Councils,
.hose duty and wish it is to legis
late fox - the general good, and whether
he removal of the railroad tracks and
other obstructions therefrom would secure
such increase of values of property and
consequent profit to the city is scarcely to
le doubted. The motives which have in
fluenced our action in behalf of the bill
before Councils may be best inferred from
the manner in which it has been introduced
to your attention, full publicity has been
given and desired, and the Committee well
know that all suggestions made in a spirit
of fairness and accord, with the objects to
be attained have been willingly adopted.
And it is with no little regret that we find
among the remonstrants names of some
gentlemen and firms, whose well known
liberality, public spirit, and pride in all
other measures promotive of the advantage
and adornment of the cityshould in this most
laudable and popular enterprise be used
tor its defeat rather than its encourage
ment.
The removal of the rails from Broad street
is not a new matter. Public attention has
for years been called to it, and its approval
given. It has spoken through the Select
and Common Councils, who in 1863 passed
an ordinance, still unrepealed, for the re
moval of the city railroad tracks. The
spirit of opposition which then resisted the
enforcement of the ordinance,and succeeded
by a decision of a bare majority of the
Judges of the Supreme Court, to which it
appealed, is still unwilling to permit the
, ity and the people to accomplish the end,
w hen it is proposed to be accomplished in
he manner indicated by the Court, viz. By
ompensalion for the appropriation of their
easements, &c. Compensation which, by
he terms of the bill before you, is to
he made by the contributions of pri
vate citizens. Ard until that is so
made the rails Must still remain upon the
-trees. . It might not be amiss for the remore
strants to examine the class of the improve
ments on the street below and above the
railroad tracks, and compare them with
those between Prime street and Willow,
certainly no better evidence we think exists
to prove the necessity for, and propriety of
the removal of the cause of this difference in
value and appearance. The witnesses are
mute, but truthful.
To the third—" That the signers hereto
are a large majority of the persons owning
property and doing business in Broad street,
between Washington street, on the south,
and Spring Garoen street, on the north,"
we answer: There appear to be about 100
emonstrants all claiming to' be persons
owning property and doing business on
Broad street. Classified they are about as
follows—say 30 dealers in_coal; 3 lumber
dealers; 45 produce commission and other
business; a number of whom have no
switch into there warehouses, and con.se.
quently no use for the tracks, and say 22
clerks, laborers and persons not owners of
property, or doing business on the street,
and whose names are not in the directory.
Of these, 100 remonstrants, 15 are the
owners of lots representing 989 feet front.
Within two days we are able to obtain
and present to your committee the bona
tide names of 182 persons, owners of 26,396
feet front of property on the street, urging
y our favorable action in their
behalf: Between Prime and Spring
Garden streets, 43 owners owning
3,851 feet on the street are in favor of the
removal of the rails. The assertion that the
15 remonstrants constitute a majority of the
owners of property, or that 71 persons doing
business upon Broad street, between Prime
and Spring Garden, are a majority, is not
sustained by the facts, and must be to your
committee, who are familiar with the length
of this portion of the street, and cognizant
that the number of owners and persons en
gaged in business, are largely in excess of
this number, some evidence of the wishes
of the owners on this matter. We unhesi
tatingly venture the opinion, and which the
knowledge Of the committee will, to some
extent, bear us out, that if a careful poll
were made, the number of feet front on
Broad street in favor of the bill, would
be still more overwhelming, and of the
assessed value of the property and improve
ments on the street, owned by the friends of
the measure equally as overwhelming,while
the residents who daily experience the an
noyance of the rails, and are the unwilling
and outraged witnesses to cruelty, abuse
'and maltreatment of the animals attached
to and drawing -the cars,
almost without
.exception.
To the fourth—" There is the highest au
thority.for asserting that the proposed ordi
mince. if passed, would be illegal," we an
swer: That if an ordinance it could not be en
forced for the removal of the city railroad
from Vine to Southstreet,or below, but under
Nu :ival :CO airdfl is, 9IA :441
the decision of the Supreme Court in the
cases of Kerbatigh and Branson and the
Southwark Railroad (11 Wrightßeports),an
ordinance requiring the removal of all
switcbes,from the main track upon the
street into the coal yards and warehouses of
the remonstrant could be enforced whenever
enacted. And the same ordinance• could
require the connection of the Southwark
road with the City road at South street to
be severed. Thus Councils possess the power
whenever it may choose to exercise it ofren
dering the coal yards and ware-houses on
Broad street more productive of revenue to
its treasury than now, and the main tracks
practically useless—leaving rust and decay
to effect what the ordinance of 1863 failed to
do. We freely acknowledge the hardship
and inconvenience which some of the re
monstrants would suffer from any hasty or
unreasonably short action under the bill in
removing the rails and interfering with
their business before locations could be ob
tained elsewhere. Councils have not
a oused their power thus far, and if ani
mated by the spirit which enacted the ordi
nance of 1863, should insist upon the re
monstrant indicating say one or at most
two years to be given them before the rails
be removed. Certainly if they are not pre
pared to make any fair and conciliatory
suggestions not injurious to the purpose of
the bill, they, so few in number, should not
be longer permitted to stand in the way of
the wishes of the whole community—of the
best interests of the city—and of the anxious
desire of hundreds of their neighbors to
enjoy and profit by the removal of a
nuisance which has depreciated their pro
perty and been a source of great
personal discomfort. However, this is not
a "proposed ordinance," but a proposed act
of the7Legisizehre, for which the approval
of Councils is asked. It is submitted that
it the law Le passed it will be able to ac
complish what it proposes.
To the fifth—" The expense of the proposed
removal, if made, will ,be enormous, and
that it is not right to place in the hands of
any ten men that can be found interested in
suburban property on .Broad street, the
power of compelling the City to incur such
expense for their private advantage," we
answer: The expense to the City may at
best be the cost of macadamizing or im
proving the intersection of streets, only a
portion of which need be done, say 25 or 30
feet of the centre, no such provision of ten
men having the power to compel the City
to incur expense exists in the proposed act.
To the sixth—" That their property will be
decreased in value by the removal of the
railroads and tracks, and the consequent
removal of business from the street," we
answer; That this is only the opinion of the
re monstrants, sincere, it may be, but have
15 owners with the aid of 71 tenants the
right, from mere apprehension of such re
sults, to persist in keeping a public high
way forever obstructed and so large a por
tion of its extent useless for all but their
own purposes, against the already expressed
opinion of Councils in the ordinance of 1863,
and those who have for years and do now
earnestly advocate a restoration of the street
to its original and legitimate uses.
'REPLY TO THE PROTEST OF CITIZENS OF
PHILADELPHIA NOT OWNERS OF PRO
PERTY ON BROAD STREET, OR DOING BUSI-
2E3 THEREON
To the Ist Reason of Protest, as viz :—"lst.
That they believe the maintenance of the
railroad upon Broad street to be alike ne
cessary and desirable; that by it coal is dis
tributed to families in the southern part of
the city, at an average of seventy-five cents
per ton cheaper than it could be doneby any
other means," we answer : That against the
three hundred and' seventy citizens who be
licve that the railroad tracks on Broad street
ought to be maintained, we offer the fol
.owing :
"The undersigned, not owners of property
uor engaged in business on Broad street, but
having a knowledge of and interest in the
general business, welfare and improvement
of the city, and conversant with the wishes
of the citizens, respectfully represent to
vour Honorable Bodies that the improve
ment of Broad street and the removal of the
railroad tracks, switches and turnouts
therefrom, would be hailed as a public
blessing, beneficial to the owners of pro
perty upon and contiguous to it—giving to
il t .
the people one street for their own se, en
joyment and recreation, free from he mo
nopoly and legalized nuisance of orpora
tions."
Signed by several thousands of our most
prominent and well known business firms,
manufacturers, merchants and citizens.
Also, the following resolutions, passed at
a meeting of the members of the Franklin
Hose Csmpany, whose engine house is lo
cated on Broad street, near Fitzwater. These
resolutions speak for themselves:
" hereas, Ar earnest and determined ef
fort is now being made to have the railroad
tracks removed l;rom Broad street, and that
magnificent avenue restored to a condition
to fit it for purposes ofgeneral public use and
enjoyment by our citizens, as well as a
Grand Parade Ground for Civic, Military
and Firemen's Prooessions; therefore,
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"Resolved, That as citizens, anxious for
the success of all enterprises that will en-
Lance the beauty of Philadelphia, making
it desirable alike as a place of residence,and
attractive as a place of sojourn, we recognize
in the present effort for the improvement of
Broad street, such an enterprise as com
mands our encouragement and support.
"Resolved, That as Firemen, both on
duty and on parade, we have experienced
the annoyance, danger and destructive
character of the rails, switches and turn
outs on Broad street, to such a degree, that
it has for a large portion of its length to be
avoided; and believing that the necessity no
longer exists for the maintenance of these
nuisances and obstructions to the free use
and enjoyment of the highway by the pub
lic, we pledge our hearty aid and co-opera
tion to accomplish their removal.
"Resolved; That we respectfully urge
upon the Select and Common Councils of
the City of Philadelphia the approval of
the proposed measure now beibre them to
effect this end, and also upon our Senators
and Representatives in the Legislature the
enactment of the same into a law.
Resolved, That we appeal to the various
organizations composing the Fire Depart
ment of the City of Philadelphia, to unite
in adopting such action in behalf of the im
provement of Broad street, as will secure
to the public the unobstructed use of that
street, and to the Fire Department a Grand
Parade Ground for its future displays."
The following fire companies thus far
have responded to this appeal, "Shiftier
Hose, Southwark Hose and Engine, Vigi
lant Engine, Lafayette Hose, Resolution
Hose, United States Engine, America Hose,
Hand-in-Hand Engine,. Kensington Hose,
South Penn Hose, Independence Hose,
Hope, Moysimensing and Good Will Hose,
and presented their petitions signed by
hundredd of their gallant and self-sacri
ficing.' members—these, petitions: read as
follows:
"As an\ earnest and determined effort is
nowleing made to have the railroad track
removed twin Broad street, and that mag
niftcent.avenue restored to a condition to fit
it for purposes'ot general public use and en
joyment by our citizens, as well as a Grand
Parade Ground for Civic, Military and Fire
men's Processions; we, the mermbers of—,
having, as Fremen, both on duty and on
parade, experienced the annoyance, danger
and destructive character of the rails,
switches and turn-outs on Broad street, to
such degree that it has for a large portion of
its length to be avoided; and believing that
the necessity no longer exists for the main
tet once of these nuisances and obstructions
to the free use and enjoyment of the high
way by the public, we pledge our hearty
aid and co-operation to accomplish their re
moval, and respectfully urge upon the Se
lect and Common Councils of the City of
Philadelphia the approval of the proposed
measure now before them to effect this end,
and also upon our Senators and Representa
tives in the Legislature the enactment of the
same into a law."
All these surely may be considered as an
indication or the popular wish upon the
question of removal of the rails on Broad
street. •
To the assertion contained in the first rea
son of these 370 citizens, "that by it (the
Broad street railroad) coal is distributed to
families in the southern part of the city at
an average of 75 cents per ton cheaper than
it could be-done by any other means," is so
startling that we may well pause to look at
some of the names of these citizens who
make it. The word of many of them in this
community is as good as their bond, and as
the statement was made in legible print
over their own names as a reason why the
almost universal wish in favor of this, our
enterprise, should be denied, it should, in
justice to themselves and to us, be suscepti
ble of some proof. They have failed to give
a fact or figure to sustain it, and we now
deny it, and give you thereason and figures,
which we challenge them to controvert.
The cost of delivering a 4-wheel car of coal
containing 5 tons of coal on Prime street
below Broad, via Junction Railroad and
via Broad street, is as follows:
Rate via Junction Railroad to Prime Street,
below Broad Street:
Per S wheel car, 11 tons, - - 308
Teaming to yard, - - - - 50
S wheel car, - - -
4 wheel car, - - - 179 179
Rate via Broad Street:
Teaming to Prirde Street, below
Broad,
Per 4 wheel car, - - SO
Tolls on Broad Street, - 32
Difference between rates on Read
ing Road to Belmont and to I
Broad and Callowhill, 10 eta.,
per ton, or 50 cts., per 4 wheel I
car, 50
162
Difference-in favor of Broad St., 1
per 4 wheel car of 5 tons per
car, ; J 17
179 179
Or 3 2- 5 et Is per ton more by the Railroad
connection on west aide of Schuylkill to
Prime, below Broad, than by way of
Penna. avenue and Broad street, to the same
point. Thus we have the Coal delivered on
Prime street, below Broad, by another route
than Broad street, at an increase in cost of
3 2-5 cents per ton. This higher cost is due
to two causes—lst. The very low and inade
quate rate of toll on the City Road—and 2d.
To the unfinished condition of the Junction
Railroad. Coal is delivered from the yards
to the consumer's residence at any reason
able distance, say 10, 15, or 20 squares, free
of cost. This fact is too familiar to you all
to need proof, that no consumer pays for
delivery of his coal, and as Prime street ex
tends from River to River, what. portion of
the Southern limits of the City within 10, 15
or 20 squares, North or South of Prime st.,
would the dealer thereon refuse to deliver
Ccal to his customers free of cost. How
then is this Coal to cost families in the
Southern portion of the city 75 cents per
ton more if the Broad Street Railroad is re
moved?
The statement then of these 370 citizens is
so extraordinary and so wide of what
fticial figures show, that we cannot under
take to extricate them from the position in
which they have thus placed themselves.
They have used it to defeat a commendable
enterprise, and to prevent their neighbors,
friends and fellow-citizens who own over
l':/,(100 feet fronton. Broad street, (nearly five
miles of its length and improved portion),
which for years they have struggled to
relieve from the depressing influence of
the railroad nusance and obstruction on
Broad street Which of us are most worthy
of your consideration and belief?
To the 2d reason,. viz.: "By it our city
has a cheap and expeditious mode of dis
tributing grain, lumber, iron and other
articles, necessary to comfort and subsist
ence."
We answer: That by the railroad connec
tions cn west side of Schuylkill, the grain,
tiour,produce and iron of the south and west
come over Gray's Ferry bridge, Pennsyl
vania Railroad bridge, along Prime street
into warehouses on that street, and the grain
into the Elevator at the foot of Prime street,
on the Delaware, and from here is delivered
to city consumers, as tne coal is, or into
vessels in the Delaware river, and with the
proposed extension of the Southwark Rail
road from Prime street along Swanson
street to Dock street, directly into ware
houses on the Delaware front. By the same
connection traffic from the south and west
comes o - . - er Market st. bri d ge into warehouses
on Market street, and delivered in like
manner to the city consumers. Thus the
railroad connecti( ns on the west side of the
Schuylkill effect with their connections with
Prime street, Market street and Willow
staieet, as a cheap and expeditious mode of
distribution all and more than the Broad
street connections. An examination of any
recent map of the city, showing those con
nections, will more clearly indicate the
soundness of these statetnents. We appre
hend that the peculiar phraseology of their
second reason of protest was designed to
create the impression that the Broad street
road was the only cheap and expeditious
mode of distribution. We have shown you,
however, that another and better, as cheap
and more expeditious mode of distribution
-exists on the west side of Schuylkill with
its connections, and what sound reason
exists that it shall not be made to serve that
purpose, and thus relieve Broad street, and
byy restosing it to its legitimate uses, increase
the•city revenue, enhance the value of the
city property upon the street, and restore to
the 27,000 feet frontage upon it the advan
tage it has so long been deprived of. We as
sert, without fear of contradiction, that de
pots for produce, flour and fuel can be
established at convenient points between
the Schuylkill and Delaware, on Pennsylva
nia avenue, Willow , street, and • Prime
street, which will bring the distributing
points for these articles more convenient to
the public than has ever yet existed. The
effect of such locations on these streets, and
their removal from Broad atreei:will be to
F. L. FETHERSTON. pithmff.
DOUBLE SHEET, THREE CENTS.
enhance the value of property on each, and
afford to remote portions of the city the ad
vantages of a more 'general and cheap dis
tribution of these necessaries to comfort and
subsistance.
To the, 3d and 4th cause of protest as viz:
—"3d.. That if.it were removed, the amount
of carting through and across the city .r.
would be very largely increased, crowde
the streets and taxing the consumers ViptA,4
necessarily.
"4th. That they believe that it will ,in
volve the city in a very heavy expenditure "ti
of money."
We answer—That they are as absurd and
unbusiness-like as the others are selfish tut&
ungenerous. Asking your Committee tu
remember that no improvement looking to
the general welfare and comfort were ever
suggested that did not meet with just such
factious and narrow opposition from soma.
respectable and intelligent portions of the
community. We may cite the difficulties
attending the introduction of gas, water,
steam fire engines, city passenger railways.
Farmount Park and of consolidation of the
city.
FiENIA.INTS.
THEIR EXCITEMENT OVER THE 1.
LATE NEWS. '
Movements in New York and
Elsewhere.
[Correspondence o(tte N. y. Herald.)
Great excitement prevailed among the
Irish population of the city yesterday re
garding the Fenian news from their father
land. It is generally regarded by them as
morally certain that the war is now raging
in Ireland. There is an immense sale of the
Fenian bonds, and new circles are starting
up rapidly. The Sweeny movement is, it is
said, to operate as a flank, while the other,
branch of the Brotherhood takes the enemy
in front. Both divisions are understood tak7:
be acting in concert. The present struggle is,.
looked upon by Prishmen as the final fight. ,
for their disenthralment. Meetings were held , -
tu 'various portions of this city and the sur . -
rounding cities last night, at which great
enthusiasm and a determination to be
promp in aiding the battle for Irish nation
ality were manifested. Calls have been
issued for immense Fenian demonstrations •
at Jones' Wood on to- morrow, and at
Cooper Institute on next Friday evening.
Throughout the country the Fenians are
swayed by the same feelings which move
their brothers in the metropolis, and our
telegraphic despatches show that energetic
measures are being concerted by the Order
in all the principal cities and towns.
Sufferings of the Gold Hunters.
..7T
The miners of Montana have had a serike
winter. The gold that has attracted Thou
sands to the sterile mountains of that terri
tory, were it dug from the earth and divided
among them, wt aid be poor compensation
for the suffering and destitution. that many
of them have undergone. It seems incredi- •
ble that men should start for regions so re
mote from civilization without ample prepa
ration, and an assurance that after arriving
there they wouldhavesubsistenceandshelter,
and yethundreds have gone, taking nottinig
with them over what was necessary to :de
fray expenses to the point of destination u .
and trusting to luck to provide the meanf;
of living beyond that period. It is not
surprising that there should be suffering and
misery as the sequel of this improvidence.
Shut in by:the snowsthat by their depth put
an end to travel and the transportation of
supplies; and exposed to frosts almost as se- t z
vete as those of an Arctic winter,the miners.•
in the wilds of Montana have perished bx. v :
scores and hundreds 'during this season. N.
But a few weeks ago reports of such disotrr.ri . ,..
cries as Sun River reached Virginia,Wity •
and other towns in the Territory; and'
without waiting -for spring or providing
themselves with suitable clothing and pft•
visions, hundreFis of mining adventurers set
off for the auriferous region, and now the
eport comes back to the settlement that
daring a snow storm, followed by such cold
weather as is rarely experienced even there,
over two hundred of these unfortunatesper
ished, their frozen bodies scattered along the
valley of that fatal river, while Boweof
them escaped with limbs so badly fhozetit -
that amputation will be necessary. This4s
a picture of the life of a gold hunter - tha . tlat
not often looked at; but it is worth exatii-"
nation by those who contemplate a jou.rutrf i e
to Montana.
Fresh Air.
Every house should be thoroughly, venff.: ,
lated the first thing every niorniiag, so-As mki•
allow the atmosphere of the previouslativit
to esoape. This can be done by fast •
one part, then another. By doing thit'L a
house also can be the more easily wartik •
When there are many persons collected i et ,
a room, Care should be observed to keep a
few inches of the window open from the top,
every one avoiding sitting close to or under ,
it, as. after a time, when there are many wiz:- «.
lected together, the atmosphere of the room : ;
bocomes impregnated with their exhale•-"I
tions, and the air is thus rendered impure.:
By perfect ventilation there is a unifqini t
amount of oxygen, which is the vital :OA
of the atmosphere, and which is neekii.,,
sary to our very existence, ,natiin
tained. Who ' has not rxoked.
the oisagreeablei ' feeling produced Pa •
going from the fresh air into a roord. talt
many persons, In which the ventilatiel r
k is
imperfect? At night, also, fresh air sh(Pctbk:
be admitted into the room, for it is; if ally,:
thing, more necessary that there should be
a plentiful supply of oxygen. We have
often been asked the ridiculous question if'
enough air cannot come in through the key.
hole. Certainly not. That is not fresh air.
Make it a rule always to sleep with part of
your window open from the top, avoiding'
its blowing on you. - Fresh air never hurt s•
any one, for by it we live. It is a want 'of
it that injures. Persons seem to forget that
they spend one-third of their lives in their
bed-rooms. We frequently see . a malt
building a house bestowing all his attentlus.
on the plan of the'-'parlors, while Alief-ired- - . 4 j
rooms, are, to a great extent (aid irrsoTitlif.',.4.,,
instances entirely) neglected. It had Icietter:2l4,.'
be vice versa. iry
Am NEW Yontr,.a verdict or'seven thou
sand dollars was given, yesterday,ltelhe
Supreme Court, before Judge Foster,agalbst
Messrs. Stearns, Donau dr, Co., for damage
alleged to have been sustained by Mr;,.!.Y,al-.
entine Fink, by the defendants, ,knooking'
down part of his house, No. 87 EighitV,o r e.„.
nue, in making additions and repplAs.
premises adjoining:, Judge Foster 0,26*.
severe lecture to one of plaintill's ootat td.aal
tbe conolusion,9f the trial. - '