DISASTERS.
THE GREAT' FIRE CEIO AGO.
The Loss Over Twe Million of Dollars.
Most Destructive Etre Ever Known In Chicago
tFrom the. Chicago Journal of Jan. ell
The great Lake street fire last night, in four
short hours, converted ono entire five-stor or y mar
ble front 'businesa palace, and the best portion of
the finest trot front block in Chicago, with their
valuable contents, into a mass of smouldering
ruins and worthless ashes. It was the most de
struetive fire ,that ever visited our city. The loss
is at leapt four times greater than that of the great
fire of 18,59, which broke out on Lake street, just
west of the river, and burned over four blocks.,
It ,alsogreatly .exceeds in destructiveness the
terrible Lakestreet fire of 1857, though, happily,
unattended -byte sicker - deg Josalof huinau life,
which rendered that conflagration memorable.
The origin of last night's fire is wrapped in
mystery. A few minutes before 7 o'clock, a
young man boarding at No. 89 Michigan avenue
saw three men emerge from the stairway leading
to the upper floors of Nos. 39 and 41 Lake street,
over the bookstore of S. C. Griggs & Co. In less
than a minute thereafter he saw smoke bursting
through the,upper windows, and he immediately
gave the alarm.
The Fire Department, headed by Chief Harris,
wart promptly on the scene and that, too, before
the sileitest ray of light had been seen at the
windows. A. volume of smoke was pouring
from the windows of the upper (fifth) story, and
it was not until at least fifteen minutes thereafter
that flames burst through.
Nos. 39 and 41 formed a portion of that mag
nificent five-story iron-front business palace,
commencing at the corner of Lake street and
Wabash avenue, extending south half a block on
the avenue, and west nearly to State street, on
Lake street. This was known as "Burch's Build
ing:: far and near, its beauty and strength render
ing at an ornament to the , city. It is now a mass
of" ruins. Within an hour from the time that the
flames shot through the windows a fierce gale of
wind from the west had driven the fire entirely
through the building to Wabash avenue and
within another hour the Wabash avenue front
was also destroyed and the walls in crumbling
ruins. '
On the opposite side of Wabash *avenue stands
the mammoth dry goods honse of .1. V. Farwell
& Co. The escape of this building was miracu
aouh Th e fire in
Bvuerrchsa w bu . The w flames
leaped
t
entirely across the street, renderincifficcessary
to keep four streams of water directed Itgainst
the almost red-hot walls of Mr. Farwell's build
ing, which, however, escaped in a somewhat
singed and damaged condition. • ------ _,....,
While the tiro was at its height in the Burch
building, a flake of fire descended into an arch. of
No. 20, on the north side of Lake street, between
Wabash and Michigan avenues, occupied by Car
son,Pirie & Co., wholesale dry goods dealers,
an coming in contact with the goods, another
conflagration was almost instantly in full blast.
The fire speedily communicated with the highly
combustible contents cf Burnham & Van
Schaaek's wholesale drug store, adjoining on the
east, and, notwithstanding the desperate efforts
of the firemen, the flames reached across the
alley, and within an hour another five-story
marble-front block : extending east to Michigan
avenue, was in ruins, as was also an adjacent
building to' the nortb, - on Michigan avenue.
Here was renewed the fierce fight of the firemen,
in which they had been the victors on Wabash'
avenue, to save the Adams House, which was now
in-lumainent danger on Michigan avenue. Gaests
poured out of that hotel, and with bag and bag
gage sought cooler quarters. The house was
saved, however:thanks to the herculean labors of
the firemen, and this was their decisive victory
over the conflagration—the most destructive that
ever visited Chicano.
But, for the fact that a recent snow-storm had
rendered the roofs of handbags fire-proof, the
conflagration would have been much more olisas
trona. Such continuous showers of. sparks and
myriads of flaming torches were never before
seen driving through the air. The adjoining
streets were aglow with living coals of fire that
rained down, while out over the lake, as far as
the eye could reach, tumid be traced the flight of
.the fieryshower. •
At least Efty thousand people shlyered in the
cold or blistered in the fierce heat while the con
flagration continued. It was an intensely cold
night, but the crowd showed no perceptible thin
ning_ out.•
The fire originated on the south side of Lake
street, between State and Wabash avenues, and
destroyed everything down to, Wabash avenue
and around the corner to the to,,
half-way to
Randolph street. The second break-out occurred
on the north side of Lake street, between Wabash
and Michigan avenues, and burned its way to
Michigan avenue and to the north along that
avenue nearly to South Water street. There is
no doubt that the loss will greatly exceed two
millions of dollars, and as a general thing the
losses are covered by insurance.
The following details will be read with interest:
Burch's building comprised Nos. 33 to 41 on Lake
street, and 39 to 45 on Wabash avenue. It was a
five-story structure, and was built nine years
ago, at an expense of $330,000. With the ex
ception of No. 43, occupied by Fiske, Kirtland &
Co., the building is an entire loss. Nos. 39 and
41, together with the basement, were occupied
by Messrs. S. C. Griggs & Co., wholesale book
sellers. Their stock, which was valued at about
$200,000, was entirely destroyed. Among the
stock wore many rarejand valuable works,which
cannot, in some instances, be replaced. The firm
is reported adequately insured.
Fiske, Kirtland & Co. occupied No. 43. Their
business is that of wholesale boots and shoes.
Their stock, Taft. 3 at $30,000, was damaged to
the extent of $. "50, on which is full insurance.
Webster, Marsh & Co. occupied the upper
part e of No. 43 as a wholesale clothing establish
ment. Their loss will approximate $5,500; fully
insured.
Rosenfels Bro. occupied the third floor of Nos.
39 and 41 Lake street. Their stock, consisting of'
hats and caps, represented in value $60,000 and
was totally destroyed. Their insurance was only
partiaL AFDougal, ‘ Nicholas & Co., whole
sale dealers and manufacturers of
boots and shoes, occupied the second, third,
fourth and fifth floors of Nos. 33 and 35, and all
the upper part of that portion of the block front
ing on Wabash avenue excepting the second
floors of Nos. 39 and 45. Their stock was about
$2OOOOO in value and was entirely consumed.
Theinsurance is estimated at about '5140,000. L.
Schoenfeld & Co. occupied the second floors of
Nos. 89 and 41 Lake street, as a wholesale cloth
ing establishment. Their stock was estimated at
$30,000, all of which was entirely con
sumed, Haywood, Cartledge & Ho
nore, hardware merchants, occupied the
ground floor of No. 37 Lake street. The store
extended back to the alley and had a Wabash
avenue front at No. 43. Their stock, valued at
$70,000, was entirely consumed. Their insur
ance will cover about a third of their loss. Man
ning Bros. & West, dry goods merchants, men
yleaced the ground floor and basement of No. 35
street, with a stock of goods valued at
$4OOOO. The store occupied also No. 41 Wa
bash. avenue. Their loss was total and
insurance about half. Simon & Strauss,
wholesale dealers in clothing, occupied the
Bret floor and basement of No. 33 Lake street.
The wine of their stock is claimed to be 8100,000,
scarcely any of which was saved. Their insurance
is reported mall. ,
E. H. Kellogg & Co. occupied the lower floor.
• of No. 45 Wabash avenue as a wholesale hat and
- cap estabrohment. •Their stock was estimated at
$45,000. Nothing was saved. The goods were
only partly insured. It. G. (fun & Co. occupied
UM second story of No. 45 Wabash avenue as a
commercial 'agency. They saved their books,
but their office furniture, valued at $2,000, was
entirely consumed. - Dun & Co. are fully insured.
NORTH. SLOE OF LAKE 8111.EBT--C.... DII.: JILENDER
SON Sr, CO.
This firm occupied Nos. 4, 6 a 8 Lake street,
and was one of the largest whol e boot and
shoe firms in the West. The bifildha was a fine
mettle front, the first floor and b meat being
occupied as a salesroom, and the upper . two
stories OS store rooms. No effort being made to
save the goods until the destruction of the band.-
lag became apparent, only a few boxerl'of geode
,
were removed. Their loss amounted' to about
$125,000, which was fully covered by insurance. EL
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his stock was removed. Loss about $30,000;
, fully insured. Fitch, Williams & Co., Dios. 10,
12 end 14 Lake street, wholesale dealers in hats,
caps and furs, occupied the firet.floor. The in-
tense beat from the drug-store of Bitraluitus,&,
Van Selma, across the alley,, enveloped this
building in flames 'almost instantaneously, wpd, .
although an effort was made to remove a porton
of the goods, but comparatively little could
be taken out before the building had to be
given up to the flames. The Brat had
about $50,000 worth of goods destroyed;
insurance, $45,000. Keith, Wood & CO., imme
diately above, and occupying all the three floors,
were wholesale dealers in fancy , goods and no
tions. So sudden Was the whole upper portion
wrapped in flames that no time Was given for
the removal of anything, and a few minutes after
the building commenced .burnin,g the whole of
this magnificent'structure crumbled down with a
deafening roar like that of artillery. The loss was .
about" $lOO,OOO, which was nearly covered
by insurance. ra
Barnhas &: Van Schaack,
whose store was at ..No. 16 Lake,
and which was a large wholesale drug store
was filled from' top
,to bottom with drugs and
chemicals, and as soon as the fire obtained head
way therein explosions commenced, and in a few
moments the whole establishment was enveloped
inflames, dense volumes of smoke and flashes of
blue and green issuing. through- the doors and
windows on all sides and directions. Their
loess was. about $60,000, and was about two.
thirds covered by insurance. Foreman Broth
ers, wholesale clothing merchants, occupied
No. 18, whose stock was a total loss. Their loss
is estimated at $75,000; insured for $45,000. C.
H. Cook, contractor and builder, was engaged in
fitting up the upper portion of No. 18, and his
work was nearly completed. His loss in lumber,
tools, finished work and material reaches nearly
$5,000, on which there is no insurance. Carson,'
Pixie & Co. occupied the first floor of
No. 20 as a wholesale dry goods store, where the
fire first communicated from the Bath side of
Lake street, their stock being a to
tal loss, and valued at $100,000; insured for
$BO,OOO. Merrill & Hopkins ) crockery dealers,
occupied the upper floor of No. 20, but owing
to the heavy nature of their stock nothing' was
removed. toss estimated at $35,000; insured for
$15,000. At Whitne Bros, 4.: Yundt, to whose
store (No. 22) the fir y e
spread from the building
adjoining, although not so rapidly as those
east of it, owing to the direction of the wind,
very little was saved. It was occupied as a whole
sale boot and shoe store and manufactory.
Their stock amounted to $40,000; fully
covered by insurance. Seymour, Carter & Co.,
wholesale dealers in hosiery, gloves and notions,
over No. 22, suffered a loss of their entire stock
—amounting to $85,000, on which
there was an insurance of $55,000. The
builditg Nos. 4,6, stud 8 Lake street was owned
by Mr. C. H. McCormick, and was valued at
$100,000.. The structure occupied the corner of
Lake street and Michigan avenue. It was a beau
tiful marble front building, erected about
two years since. It was insured for
about $50,000. Mr. McCormick also owned the
building in the rear, occupied by Mr. Daniel
Lynch as a saloon, restaurant and boarding
house. H. A. Kohn; Esq. occupied the building
Noe. 10. 12 and 14 Lake. "It was valued at $91,-
000. The building Nos. 16, 18, 20
and 22 was owned by Mr. Sawyer, and
was valued at $lOO,OOO, upon which there was
an institance of about $75,000. The
saloon,,,ire a rant and boarding-house in
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the'rear of . Henderson's boot and shoe store
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. occuph., by Daniel Lynch. Loss $8,000; no
insurance.
The Ohio Bailron.d Accident—Particu
lars of the Disaster.
(From the Cincinnati Commercial, of Jan. 29th.)
About 12 o'clock last night the 6 P. M. train
from_Cincinnati, on the Atlantic and Great West
ern Railroad, when about one mile east of North
Lewisburg, Champaign county; Ohio, was thrown
from the track by the dislodgment of a rail.
The train consisted of two passenger coaches
and one sleeping-car, besides the, freight-car and
tender, all of which, with the exception of the
second or middle passenger coach, were pre
cipitated or upset into a ditch some five or six
feet deep. Strange to say, while the tender was
turned bottom-upward, the locomotive re
tained its place on the track with the exception
of the hind wheels; and had the tender not be
come detached, the angine must havh followed
the cars down the .embankment. The accident
occuged near a culvert, and the train was in
charittb of conductor Mr. John C. Brinsley, of
Crestline, OhlO. The sleeping-car almost di
rectly took fire. from the kerosene lamp in the
rear end of the car, and then flames followed,
first in the centre, and then in the other
end, soon wrapping it in roaring
flames. The first car soon took fire, followed by
the second, which latter was the only one not
clearly keeled over. Fortunately, the train was
not crowded, and all were extricated from the
mass of chaos before the flames had reached
them. Mr. Peter Miller, of Bolusville, a core.-
mission merchant, bad his right leg broken
In two places below the knee. Mr. J.
Monk, of Duquoin, Illinois sustained the
fracture of two ribs, and, it is feared, is in
jured internally. Of the three ladles on board,
no one Wa ng, jured beyond a few scratches; but,
this morni after having been moved to a Ros
pitable cottage hard by, one gave birth to a fine
boy, and both mother and child are doing "os
well as could be expected.' The contents of the
express and baggage cars were entirely rescued
'without damage.
Among the passengers, Mr. Louis Sweet, of
St. Louis, lost a chronometer and money and
clothing. Mr. Hermann Weil, of Cincinnati,
lost watches, clothing and money. Mr. Louis
Erb, of New York, lost a sum of money, together
with all his clothing and valuable papers. An
Irishwoman lost a quantity of clothing.
The conductor is highly praised by all involved
in the accident for his skill and presence of mind.
It is thought that the engine broke the rail in
first passing over the track; part of It was found
lying frozen to the ground apart from the track;
and there is no doubt that one and all owe their
lives to the noble conduct of the officers in charge
of the train.
Coal Pockets at Columbia.
This is the name of the peculiar structure in
course of being completed at the terminus of the
Reading and Columbia Railroad, at the latter
named borough, on the eastern shore of the Sus
quehanna river. They will be supported by two
strong sand-stone pillars, or piers, fourteen feet
in height and extend into a basin formed for the
pnrpose and into which•canal boats can be run
from the river. They are twenty-four in num
ber:each one containing a triangular space- of
sixteen by twenty feet, and having a capacity , of
ninety tons. They are intended to 'be used for
unloading and loading of coal, and will hold in'
the aggregate, two thousand one hundred and
sixty tons. The daily deposit of clean coal in
these pockets after making a liberal deduction
for ecreenage, will be equal to sixteen hundred
and sixty tons. They are the work of the Read.
lug and Columbia Railroad Company, and will
be completed at an immense amount of labor and
outlay. The advantage to be derived from them
will be seen and felt hereafter.
In order to give our readers an idea of the ex
tent of this work, we would state that since the
20th of August last, thirteen thousand cubic
yards of material have been removed from the
space occupied by the basin. This result has
been obtained by the use of Coffer dams, note
withstanding the work was several times sus
pended by the floods of last summer. The piers
which support the pockets are forty feet apart
and are approached by an extension track from
the end of the main one, and from which the ears
laden with coal will be run. The coal ears will bo
so conatrueted that the bottoms can be opened
without difficulty, and their contents emptied
into the pockets below. There will be a heavy
wall of sandstone masonry supporting the exten
sion track, a large portion of which has already
been finished, and the whole work will be com
pleted in the meat durable and solid manner at
an early day, and ready for the uses to which it
will be appropriated. • • .
The coal - deposited as above described, in these
pockets, will be transported to the City of Balti
more by way of the tide Water Canal, and the
boats which will bear their ebony treasure,' will
be loaded as follows: They will be run into the
basin, immediately below the pnekets and the
latter will be emptied into the boats by means of
a drawn gate with which each one of them is
furnished. The. loaded boats will then proceed
on their way across the river and into the canal
and from thence by way of the Chesapeake Bay
to the city.
The intelligent reader vall at once observe that
these pockets, as they are styled, must in, the
course of a little time, eiert'a tremendous inliin-, •
nee upon the coal trade between, the rich
.mine
hills of Pennsylvania and the Monumental City.
The difference in the price of transportation
from the present, we are told, will be one dollar
per ton,• which will make coal in %Ulmer° so
much cheaper, lacrosse the demand for I,t in
THE DAILY EVENING BULLETIN.--PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1868.
(bat city; while by making tho Tide Water - Canal
a direct lie of communication, it will vastly
I , enefit• that n Company and enable it to become
what it has long desired to be, a Bel f-Mip -
pOrting, paying institution. A large number
of canal boats will he required to engage in this
extensive transportation, and we can only ima
gine and scarcely describe the interest which it
will exert upon our ,own county of York, when
the project is once successfully put in operation.,
More especially will the people of the lower end
benentted, for they can purchase: their coal
along the line of the canal at a dollar a ton leas
than they now pay, for it, while the enterprise
Itself will furnish additionsil labor -and employ-„
went in that' latitude, and r all, other kinds of
business will receive a proportional impetus and
increase.
The Reading and Columbia Railroad, already
doing a large and extensive business, is destined
at no distant day to , become one of the great
thoroughfares of the country. Its present con
nection with other lines which lead into the very
heart of our immense coal fields its passage
through a stretch of country distinguished for
its beauty and fertility, and abounding in mine
ral and agricultural wealth, have given it a
power and strength which will not be conaned
may
its present comparatively narrow UMW. It may
stretch its iron arms across the Susquehanna
river, penetrate the rich hills and valleys of
York, reach in time our enterprising borough,
and convert it into something more than whit
has been contemptuously styled "a respectable
way station." From here it may claim a perma
nent acquaintanceship with Gettysburg, seek an
introduction to the depots at Hagerstown, form
a communication with the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, and thus establish a through line which
will bring the Monumental City nearer to New
York by fifty miles than it is at present. In an
ticipation oi . n permanent and lasting good, we
are willing to abide our time; continuing to cul
tivate and improve our own home strength, pour
out the treasures of our inexhaustible ore mines,
construct, if necessary, our furnaces and rolling
mills, cheered, by the promising assurances which
inexorable destiny has caused to dawn upon our
tut nre history.— York (Pa.) Paper.
CITY BULLETIN,
SLEIGIIING.—Those who are fond of sleighing,
now have an ample opportunity to enjoy them
selves. The sleighing has never been better in
this vicinity. Even upon the streets occupied by
the passenger railway tracks, the light cutters
can glide along smoothly, as the salt prohibition
ordinance has completely done away with the
slush nuisaneb. All the country roads were gay
and last ht. The were out
in full force.animated
The n moon sleighere
was sinning and the
weather was not very cold. Everything was
favorable for a frolic and everybody who could
get up any sort of a "rig" was ry to participate
in the enjoyment. The livery-stable keepers are
now reaping another harvest. They hold their
teams at a very high rate; but there is always
somebody to take them, and unless early applica
tion is made none are to be had. To-day the
almorphere is keen, and although the sun is
shining brightly, there is not much of a thaw.
The sleighing bids fair to continue in excellent
condition for several days yet.
CAtrrios TO HOUSEKEEPERS.—The sudden
change in the temperature on Wednesday has
had the effect of freezing up the spouts leading
from the roofs of dwellings to the ground, and
unless housekeepers take the precaution of melt
ing them out so as to allow a tree passage for the
water in time, there mill be innumerable eases of
leaking roofs. On examination the spouts
generally will be found to be frozen solid. The
owners or occupants of houses having flat roofs
are especially warned.
SMASHING THING s.—Thomas O'Neill and Henry
Shaffer were before Alderman Massey this morn
ing upon the charge of malicious mischief. It is
alleged that they went to the tavern of Christian
Bull, at Twelfth and Poplar streets, last night,
got drinks, and refused to pay for them. They
called for more liquor, and when the proprietor
refused they punched his head and c
The po
lice interfered and arrested them. The defend
ants were held in $6OO bail for trial.
BRUTAL ASSAULT UPON A WlFE.—This morn
ing, before Alderman Senix, Simon Fleming, re
siding at Richmond and Cumberland streets,
was charged with assault and battery upon his
wife. It is alleged that he knocked her down,
beat and kicked herend then turned her into the
street. She appeared at the hearing with both
eyes black, the result of her brutal treatment.
Fleming was held in $l,OOO bail to answer at
court.
Sirsricious.—A colored woman named Louisa
Blackwell was found bast night in the third-story
room of a house, No. 136 South Sixth street. She
had formerly been employed upon the premises,
but had been dismissed about six weeks ago. It
is suppospi that she went there for the purpose
of robbery. She was held for a further hearing
b • Alderman Beitter.
ANOTHER Aitrisx.—A man named Flanagan
was arrested last night noon the charge of hav
ing been one of the party who created a disturb
ance at Turner's tavern. Market street near Thir
teenth, knocked down the barkeeper and broke
the glasses, &c., in the establishment. He was
taken before Alderman Jones, and was--held in
45600 ball to answer the charge of malicious mis
chief.
DitAir.—John Donohue, who swallowed lauda-'
num a few nights ago, because his wife had left
him, died yesterday afternoon at No. 128 Bread
street, where his wife had been temporarily re
siding. Donohue belonged to Montgomery
county. Coroner Daniels held an inquest in the
case this morning.
TAXE.I or 1868.—The Receiver of Taxes will
not be ready before Monday, the 10th of Feb
ruary, to receive the taxes of 1868. The un
avoidable delays in comparing the duplicates,
which is being done in a very thorough manner
under the supervision of the Board of Revision,
compels the postponement until the time named.
SOIREE GYMNASTIQUE.—The tenth annual ex
hibition by the: pupils of Prof. L. Lewis's Gym
naetilm (late Lewis & Hillebrand) will be given
on Tuesday evening next, at the Academy of
Music.
LARCENY.-Wm. Kelly was committed this
morning for a further hearing by Alderman Dal
las, on the charge of having stolen a lot of shoes
from a store at Ninth and Suffolk streets,onTues
day night last.
EASTWICK SKATING PARK will be more at
tractive than usual to-morrow, Monday and
Tuesday afternoons. Two celebrated skaters
from Canada, known as "The Maigher Brothers,"
are advertised to appear there on the ice.
Cora sucusnurr.—the semi.-annual commence
ment oethe Girls' High and Normal School will
be held to-morrow evening, at 7% o'cloek, at the
Musical Fund Hall.
Finn.—This morning, between one and two
o'clock, a fire occurred in the smoke-house of•
William Weekerly, No. 1208 North Twelfth street.
The loss will be about $lOO.
CENTRAL SKATING PARK.—There is fine skating
on this park, and the citizens of the north
western part of the city are enjoying themselves.
The second and last Coterie leantastique will
take place on Monday next.
THE BANICRUI7B,
,a 5 well as the list of their
ereditora and the amount duo eagb i aro now•beink
published in the Commercial List and Price Cur
lent.
NEW JERSEY MATTERS,
ANOTHER Nam . STICAMER.--TheWeecacoe Hose
Company of Camden are ttking measures to
wards procuring a new fire steam-engine. . They
are succeeding remarkably well. At
_their'recout
annual meeting the following named" gentlemen
were elected officers tor the ensuing year: Presi
dent, William H. Dessert; Vice Preeident, David
Patton; -Secretary, William Abele; Treasurer,
Wesley P. Murray . ; Directors, W. 11.Bassett,,Wm.
Abele, Cbarlea.Matlack, Ii A. Frost, J. El. OarY;
'lnvestigating_Committee, J. W. Coates; D. Pats
ton George H. Saunders; Auditing Committee,
W. H. Blow C. Matiacii,
BKIIEVOLENT OBJKOT.—Jaines g. Murdoch,
Req., the eminent elocutionist and tragedian, has
tendered Lb services gratuitously to read, on
Wednesday evening, February • 6th, at Morgan's
Hall, Camden, for the benefit of the Camden
Poet, No. 6, Grand Army of the Republic, which
Poet has Just been established for the humane
purpose, of aiding the widows and or have
of
soldier's whet fell in the Union army while fight
ing for the defence of their country.' This Yost
has accomplished much good since it was in
stituted; and it is hoped that Abls'entertainatent
will enable the members to do more. ,
NATIONAL Couvrwrrost U. A. 11.—The Con
vention of -the Order of United AmeriOan Me
chanics, which has Just closed in ()Amgen, took
decided ' action in the matter of insUtriting a
" National Orphans' Home" for the children of
the members of the Order. The following re
solution on. the subject wore adopted:
Resolved, That in the judgment of this Conten
tion the institution of a National Orphansllome
is entirely, practicable, and that any other plan -
tending to make a t3tate Orphans' Home, is not`;,
to it is, therefore, agreed that we unite in the re
commendation that all the Councils join on a plan
at a subsequent Convention, composed of one
delegate from each Council in favor of the plan,
and that they be empowered to elect directors to
select a suitable site, and procure an act of incor
poration from the Legislature; and further
Resolved, That no Connell receive the benefit of
the same unless they become subscribers, and
then only to the It• - .1erint subscribed, the sane to
be determined by the directors.
Resolved, That the Secretary furnish the Coun
cils a copy of these proceedings.calling a conven
tion on the first Thursday of May, 1868, at the
city of Lancaster, Pa., at 2 o'clock, and that the
Board of Directors be required to report on or
before the third day of June, 1868.
Efforts will be made to have this "Home" lo
cated in Camden, a situation which would be very
eligible. •
liminsomt. Cmateit.—The church edifice be
longing to the Second Baptist Church, of Cam
den, is nearly completed, and will be a handsome
structure. The basement has been dedicated, and
the congregation now use it for purposes of Di
vine worship. On Sunday $550 were raised
towards helping to complete it.
Slavery inFlorida-..The Institution
!still Existing.
t[From the Atloots (Gs.) Intelligence' . of thejliith.]
A startling bit of intelligence was communi
cated to us yesterday by a gentleman just re
turned from Florida. We give publicity to it for
the benefit of the friends (so. called) of humanity,
and hope they will take prompt steps to correct
the evil. • Shivery actually still exists in Florida !
The remnant of the Seminole Indians yetiliger
ing in the classic shades of the Everglades still
own slaves, and persist in keeping them in
a state of involuntary servitude: and do it,
too, in open defiance of the great powers at
Washington, and the laws they have enacted.
When " Billy "—him of the " bowlegs "—and
his - followers transferred their bag and baggage
to the hunting grounds of the Great West, they
were the owners of a number of slaves. These
slaves did not wish to accompany the aforesaid
" Win." of the crooked-shanks, and were regular
ly sold to that remnant of the Seminole tribe
which refused to migrate, and are still to
be, found luxuriating in the umbrageous
shades of the Everglades. Ono old
" Big.lnjun.Alfe " is said to be the
owner of several strapping negro fellows, and
when admonished that the "institution" was a
defunct one, replied: "Ugh! mine—give Bill Bow
legs blan4et and shot gun—ugh ! mine!" Other
influential men of the tribe own slaves, and
openly defy any power to take them. We trust
this outrage will not be permitted, and that a
commission will at once be sent down to wipe it
out. Gen. Meade can do it. Florida is within his
bailiwick.
CITY NOTICES
"BOWER'S Gum Arabic Secrets" soothe and
heal Coughs, relieve Hoarseness, tough morning
phlegm, and afford great comfort in Bronchial irrita
tions. Try them. Made by Bower, Sixth and Vine.
Sold by druggists, 35 cents.
BURGICAL INSTRUMENTS and druqs wo' sundries
BNavtasa &
28 South El,ghth street.
.BOWER ' S INFANT CORDIAL, than which =thin!
can be more pleasant and soothing for infants an
onng children.
GENERAL fanarr's nomination for the Presi
dency seems to be as "phlxed"a' pnact," judging from
the tone of the press, North and South, as that the
clothing sold at Charles Stokes & Ga.'s Clothing House,
under the Continental, is a universal favorite with the
puDik. The comparison has UM difference, however,
that while Grant's praise Is in the mouth- ot but one
party, tne praise of Stokes & Co.'s clothing is on the
tongues of all parties. .
THE light wing of zephyr oppressed with per-
fume
Waxing faint o'er the garden of Gal in its bloom, t y
Never diffneed each a cloud of luxuriant fragrance as
the monchoir upon which a few drops of Phalon .
Son's Extract of the "Night Blooming Carmel" have
fallen. ' '
GAY'S CHINA PALACE, No. 1022 Chestnut
sheet.—Selling off the entire stock at less than im
porting cost.
The assortment consists of Itohemian. French an?
American Cat Glassware, White French and Deco
rated China, Silver-plated Ware, Table ,Cutlery
Welter's, Stone China, &C.
And the most complete stock of Fancy Goods, in-
MountedP Marble and Bronze Statuary, Gilt,
Ornaments and Lava Ware ever imported to
this city.
White French China Cups and Saucers, per set,
12 piece 5........, $1 25
White French China Dining , Plates,9X in.,per dz. 2 00
Do. do. do Breakfast d0.,8% " " 190
Do. do. do. Tea " " 180
Cut Glass Goblets, per d0zen.......... • ......... 225
Do. do. Champagnes, per d0zen.......... ..... 1 75
Do. do. Wines, per d0zen.............. ...... 1 25
Do. do. Tomblers, per dozen 1 25
And all other goods at equally low prices.
GR6VER & BAKER'S Highest Premium Be
Machines, no Chestnut street.
SICON ! Funs! Brww !
Largest stock of Furs in the city, at the lowes
prices ! OAKKORTIfj,
Continental Rotel.
"THERE IEI nothing like leather" has passed
into a proverb, but this saying is falsified by the pre .
paration of the "Century,' and it is now altered into
"there is nothing like that Incomparable fine-cat."
13Now ! n 6! SNOW! •
Largest Stock of Fars in the city, at the lowes
ices ! • OAKVORDS,
COI/011011W HOWL
STRIKE for your altars and your fires, strike
for the green graves of your Ores, and all that sort of
thing, you know, and then strike for the shop of the
neat est tobacconist, and lay in a good supply of "Cen
tury." That's a sensible strike.
FLORENCE DEWING MACIIINE.
Florence Sewing Atachitx).
Florence Sewing Machine.
Office, 1123 Cheat int street, Philadelphia.
DEANNESS, BLINDNESS AND LATAREH.••••
.1. Isaacs, M.D., Professor of the Eye and Ear, treats
all diseases appertaining to the above members with
the utmost success. Test tm onia ls from the most • re
liablesources in the city can be seen at his office, No.
SOS Arch street. The medical faculty are invited to ac
company their patients, as he has no secrets in his
practice. Artiacial eyes inserted. No charge made
for examination.
SNOW ! FURS! SNOW !
Largest Stock of Furs in the city, at the lowest
prices OMORDB,
Continental Hotel.
CLOTHING.
EDWARD P. KELLY,
TA.1.1.403a,
S. E. Cor. Chestnut and Seventh Ste.
Complete assortment of • •
CHOICE GOODS,'
which will be made IA beat manner at
MODERATE PRICES.
CLOSING OUT PATTERN COATS AND CLOTHEEI
NOT CALLED FOR AT LOW PRICES.
ROD lyrre
MONEY TO ANY AMOUNT LOANED UPON
DiAmONDB. WATCHES
c.OI a o lYirElaitlf • PLSTPA,
TIUNG. &cHatS & •
JOE, O
' OLD ESTABLISHED LOAN oven=
Corner of Third sod Haakill areas.
Below Lombard._ •
IL B.—DIAMONDS. - WATCHES, JBWELHN. GUNS.
' . V.EndA LY PRICES. a main
ma "UN ' . '
'ISAAC NATIIANS, Auortomum. N: E. CORNER
J Third inu ei ka3 me streets, only one square below the
Excit x ; ow to loon in large or small amounts, on
diem r lat% avatehes, jewidry, and an goode of
value. 0 oe 'borne • from Bh. tO iP. N. pr &tb.
Wired for the last forty 'years. Allvfierooll Mae in large
amounts at the 10%14 nentot Woe:
lalibirP
SEE* lime 'maim
FABTWIC
.SICATING PARK.
VIE CELEBRATED ffAIGHER BROTHERS, FROI CANADA,
WILL eir ATP. AT THE PARK
On Saturday Afternoon at 2 o'clock.
einglo , admiesion upon this occasion will be limas. or
Woo tickets,tor el. It"
CENTRAL SKATING PARK,
Fifteenth and Wallace Streets.
ICE IN SPLENDID ORDER.
BEAUTIFUL SKATING ALL DAY.
' MUSIC AND ILLUMINATION.
MONDAY, February
sfeodd'atitt Last brand Coterie Faataitlque.
HARRISON SKATING PARK.
SNOW IS ALL REMOVED.
Tho Ice is, Like a Mirror.
A Fairy Beene Nightly.
MUSIC AFTERNOON AND O.IIENIN9.
'NO LIQUOR SOLD ON TUE PREMISES.
Special Police force always In attendance. 1t•
WEST PHILADELP f ALNUT STREETS.
to
THIRTY-FIRAT AND W
SNOW REMOVED AT GREAT EXPENSE!
ICE FINE!
GRAND FANCY DRESS CARNIVAL AND FIR&
WORKS BY eROFESSOR JACKSON TO-NIGHT.
Adreleeion. 25 cents. Adinisoloa.26 cente.
Take Market Street and Walnut Street Cars. It*
LT Eli STONE PARK t SOUTH THIRD AND MORRIS
ra- biretta, was flooded at Midnight. Entire new surface
of Ice. w all removed. Music afternoons and 'oven.
ices. Come and enjoy yourselves. lie
ADI USEBILEN TS.
tire Sixth Pape for Addaional Amtuiements.
UR. CHARLES DICKENS WILL READ AT THE
.1".1. CONCERT HALL, PHILADELPHR,
TO•NIGHT (FILIDAY), JAN.
119
"DAVID COPPERFIELD"
AND'
BOOTS AT THE HOLLY TREE INN.
THE READINGS WiLLCOMMENCE EACH EVEN
ING AT 8 O'CLOCK. AND BE COMYRISED WITHIN
VWO
Tim AUDIENCE IS EARNF:STIN REQUESTED
ME
To
NCEM BE SEENT OATED
FT TE HE N M READINGS.
INUTits BEFORE 1111 tt6 COM-
GROCERIES, Luvuotts, &C.
TABLE SHERRY.
Just received, a new invoice of One Hundred and Fifty
Eighth Caeka 20 gallons each) Choice Table Sherry. For
Sale at a small advance on the cost of importation by the
Cask, Demijohn or Case.
SIMON COLTON & CLARKE
Importers, Jobbers and Retailers,
S. W. corner Broad and Walnut.
jitt-w t to
SETAIIIs Dalt GOODS*
oft.
iorOHk:ST T-STREET.
E. M. NEEDLES & 00. 1
Eleventh and Chestnut Streets,
Offer extra inducements in prices and splendid
assortments of
CILEMISETTES, in thin materials.
do., in Cambric and,Linen. .
Laces and Lace Goods. sr
Veils, real and imitation.
liandkereklefe, to,
Embroideries, &c., &c.
att ls W
HITE GOODS they would Invite special
enti to a lot of
French !Muslin, 8-4 wide,
from Ea cents rip
rorlt ookW& balf the '
UAL PA
- "At4.11:1A4 SrlATs9 MO tOtt
ESTABLISHED 1855.
WM. W. •ALTER ' S
(957) COAL DEPOT (957)
NINTH STREET
Below Girard Avenue.
BRANCH OFFICE,
Corner Sixth and Spring Garden Ste.
BEST QUALITIES OF
LEHIGH AND SCHUYLKILL COAL.
1F Orders by Post will receive immediate attention.
jattfrp4
BOOT AND SHOES.
$lO. $8• - 07%.
MY ENTIRE STOCK
OF
CUSTOM-MADE CALF BOOTS
FOR
WINTER WEAR
Will be closed out at
GREATLY 4tEDUCEp PRICES,
To make room for /3 prim; Stock.
13 A. la 9L" IA E rJC' ,
33 South tkixth Street, above Chestnut
8816 lv •
WATCHES, JEWELRY, AR.
(-----
I,OIIS LADOMUS & Clt -9
ALMOND DEALERS & AWELERS.
WATIIIKB, JEWELRY & MINER WARE; •
k. WAUKEE and JEWELRY REPALUED v. . )
•
802 Chestnut, at, Phan'
Would invite the attention of purchasers to their large
dock of
GENTS' AND LADIES'
WATCHED,
Just received,of the finest european makore,lndependent
Quarter Becopd. and Soltwinding ;in Gold and silver
Vases. Mal; American Watches of ell sizes.
Diamond, Sets, Pins, Studs, Itinga,dre. Coral,klaischite ,
Garnet and Etruscan Sets, in great variety.
m So nt dS t i a lve l wa rßridal
k P i r n edsen t ncluding a large assort-
FURNITURE.
A. & H. LEJAMBRE
RUE REMOVED THEIR ,
Furniture and UpholeteryWaxeroome
No. 1:435-IMESTiTUT kitrebt.
detßrarst
NM F. A. EDELfeIAtOS sad
FOR BOYS.-
13. W. corner of Twelfth snd Filbert istroots, eoond.
floor.
The First Session of this Institute Will opinion
MONDAY. Februury Bd, 1818,
at 9 o'clock, A. M.
"tho combination o f toes of cltactpUtte with the
tlwroughhesa of the Pubtto Sohoot SIIBWri epochal] , re.
commend it-to,Parelltil•
ja29.349,*
HORTICULTURAL BALL.
FINS:'.A....4I I Z':':
ISOS.
At the solicitation of many of: our
patrOns, we ;have decided to make a
GRAND PUBLIC SALE of our Magnifi
cent Collection of OIL 'PAINTINGS,
which has been and still is on exhibition
at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine
Arts..
The sale will be conducted by Meters.
THOMAS & SONS, at Horticultural
Hall e Broad Street, on the Evenings of
$d and 4th of February.
Catalogues can b• had at the Penn
sylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Messrs
Thomas & Sons, and 819 Chestnut St.
BAILEY & CO,
)811-Cm.wani
LOOKING GLASSES
At Low Pricek4.
Novelties Ohromo Lithographs,
Fine Engravings,
New Galleries of Paintings,
NOW OPEN,
With late antra's of
CHOICE PICTURES.
JAMES S. EARLE & SONS,
816 Chestnut Street.
CAUPEICINGEN &CU
1868.
REMOVAL.
McCALLIIM I CREASE & SLOB,
Their Late 'Retail Weureroonte,
519 Chestnut Street,
To
NO. 509 CHESTNUT STREET,
Where. with increased facilities. the? will in fat=
conduct their
Wholesale and Retail
CARPET BUSINESS.
NEW CARPET STORE.
E. H.GODSHALK &CO.
Have °Paned with a NEW Stock or
FINE CARPETINGS,
Oil Clothe, Mattinge,&o.
723 Chestnut Street.
FRINTINte.
PLAIN AND FANCY JOB •
EICIOOK.
JOB BINDING, in all it:averted stylec neatitealcuted.
MAGAZINES and itaxsTRATED PAPERS of every
description bound up to patterns, or to suit our customers.
MOSlG—Particular attention given to the binding.
We are also prepared to do all kinds of work requiring
the most elaborate Onish.•
PoesSesinga *flute extending throughout the United
suttee, together with the practical experience of rimy
years, we feel:fully prepared to give satisfaction to ail
that will favor us with their patronage.
Liberal discounts made to Libraries and Public Instltrs.
Sons.
All work gent B by expreta carefully attended to.
.11111IIEL intooLtz a SON,
48 and 48 N. SEVENTH Street, Second Story.
Jall.lmrp
ITLEDICINALL.
IT IS REMARKABLE THAT ALL PHYSICIANS
AGREE FOR ONCE IN OPINION THAT HOFF'S MAUI'
EXTRACT BEVERAGE OF HEAL El let lI(GHLY
BERVICEABLE,_. NOT ONLY AS' AN ARTICLE. OF
DIEIT FOR LON vaLESUENT PATIENTS, tiR IN THE
CASE OF PATIENTS WITR ENFEESLED VI PAL,
POWERS, BUT LIKEWISE FOR DISEASES OF THE
CHEST,TIELE STOMACH, AND THE THROAT. FOR.
CATARRis IN ALL ITS DIFFERENT STAGPEIS, Olt
COLVb AND HOARSENESS, AND FOR CONSUMP
TION IN ITS 1 IFFERENT B AGES.
Some/otters addreesed to HOFF'S MALT EXTRACT
DE POT. 642 BROADWAY New York, will prove it:
Ma H err—Lear Sir: If my letters of Introduction
from Parts to my medical friends in. Now York wore
USEFUL. to. you 1. A6l VE.IftY, GLAD. With my beet
wisher for your sum re,'etc . ..; LIGORLION; LI. D.
BOSTON Mull 3,1867.
Pram H.l). Bleeder, If. D. Redwing, Minn.
I always SHALL HONOR THE • 'FRUTII. and consider
HOFF'S MALT EX't R 4 CT BEVERAGE OE' HEALTH
ONE OF THE MOST CERTAIN REMEDIES
that we have at present for
DISEAnE OF THE LUNGS. •
The health of my medical friend,' Dr. Caine, suffering
from CONEUM lON,
WITH SPASMODIC ASTHMA.
.bas imprevai Once *Weak..
J. R. Bert, 4011. D., Yap hank.
I embrace the first opportunity to investigate it more
thoroughly, having long fell the NEED of HUGH an
Ali'l RSA in my PRACTICE as a SUBBTtTITI'I9 for
Al E and LIQUORS, which are so much ADULTER
ATED, etc.
Sold everywhere.
JOHN 0. BAKER & CO.
Bole Agents for Pennsylvania.
Persona wishing agencies might apply, with reference.
to Bon's Malt Extract Depot, e 4.2 Broadway,
1..9... 1 r..ottr,
1) E MALT.-1 000 BUSHELS FOR SALE BY F.. A.
SOURES, & Dock Strad Wharf. • )43 Bta
1868