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VOLUME XXIL7NO. 205.
THEE EVEN - INC* BULLETIN;
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(B=oo excepted),
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TT tit* &c. flotv skriee. MASON & CO"
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DILLBODSI th n e fast, at the resi
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Millions to Mary Ida, youngest &tighter of J. D. Dyo . tt„ .
51. D., ail of PhileidelPhis.
MED.
Amroom—sualsenii., OD the 4th that.. at Ills late red
deuce it Camden , Dania V., youneeed eon of Rev: An
thony Atwood. - in the 25th year or ha age. -
,the iciatives end friends of , the family are reepeetfully
invited to attend the funeral. from his father's residence.
No. t 723 Catharine street. cn Taeaday. the Bth that., at 10
o'clock. To proceed to Ebenezer M. E. Vault._ 43
COON.—On the 4th bud., Minnie Mag . -daughter of
Ephraim and Mary Anna Coomaged 2years and? menthe,
the relatives and friends of the family are reepectfudy
invited to attend h er funeral, from the residence of her
pareute,No-EIS. Girard. avenue, on Tuesday aftertexlii.
at o'clock. To proceed to Laurel MIK
MAINE .-On fieventbday. the 6th instant. Muller
Baines. in the 541 h year of tile age.
The relath.es and friends of the family are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral; (tom hut late residence. No.
B_i Arch street, on tourthaday afthrnoen take 9th hist).
at balLysat one o'clock.' without further notice. inter'
trent at South Laurel nal,
LUSENS.--(in Saturday MOTlttlig. the Mb inst. Albert
E. Llama eon of Letitia BC and the late Jacob Lamm";
In the Ma year of lift age.
relatives and Meads are rerrectielbt invited to at
tend Ids funeral. from the redolence of Shia mother. No.
lios Spring Garden street, on Wednesday afternoon. the
9th Just at two o'clock_ ••
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in the tossulacture or Toilet Soaps have attained s
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giiir NOW OPEN
AT
HORTICULTURAL HALL,
(Broad. below Locust.)
A GRAND METHODIST FAIR,
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IN AID OIS
The Home for the 'Aged and Infirm of
the M E. Churoh,
CONTINUING TWO WEEKS.
A grand display of useful and fancy artieles. giving a
good opportunity to choose from the almost endless va•
riety on exhibition of things suitable for HOLIDAY
GIFTS, sad to aid a good work. Come and bring all
your Dienes withyou.
Season Tickets. *I 00. Single. 05 mita
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Fine Dtnete. Come.
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Will deliver Ids new beetnre.
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At MSTANAEA."`
the
ACADEMY OF MUSIC,
MONDAY EYE:4IND. DEd. le.
The tale of tickets will begin at 9 o'clock Wednesday
morning. at J. E. Gould% Moo Warerooms, No. toga Ches.
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stir UNION LEAGUE iIIOMM
ESOAD STREET,
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The annual meeting of the Union Legge° of Patfadel•
phis will be held et the League House on 850hDAY
EVEb.II4O, Dec Nth, at 7 o'clock, at which meeting
there will be an election t or °Metre and Directors ror the
ensuing year. GEU. H. DUKES.
del :t re/ • Secretary.
nalifft FAIR FOR Triß SALE OF FANCY AND USE.
P.'"••• ful articles for the benefit of Bethany Mission for
Cofored Children at the School 'louse. Brandywine
tertetAbove Fiftetnth.ftom Thi d•day,P.6l,(Tuesday) the
6th to Sixtbtlay (Friday). the 11th f 12tb month (Ds.
cember). Single Ticket 10 cents; Season Tickets 25
cents. de7.4t•
sesilsr• WENDE R. LL PHILLIPS WILL DELIVER HIS
""'"*" Lecture upon DANIEL O'CONNELL at CONCERT
HALL. WEDNESDAY EVENING. t
h irst..at 8 o'clock.
Tickets 50 cents. for sale at TI =Awe
The Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery
Society will b' held in the' ASSEMBLY BUILDINGS on
THURSDAY. Dec. 10, Morning and Afternoon. come:Lem.
ing at 10 A. H. Admission free.
The Friends' of Freedom will hold theite ANNUAL
FERTIVAL.d. at CONCERT HALL. THURSDAY
EVENING, December 10. 1869 Among the attractions
w ill be headings by Miss Esther .7. 4 Trinible; Music by
the Excelsior Brass and String Band. and Singing. (Doors
open at 5 o'clock.
Admission 60 cents. deci-Strp•
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY. -
Mir reasurer's Dopratment, "!1 South Third street
Pumanrumis., Penna.. Dec,3. loft
NOTICE TO-S rOCKUOLDERS.
The Second Instalment en the new Stock subscribed
for under resolution of the Board of Directors of May.
1865. is now due.
Unless paid on or before the 15th instant the instalment
will not draw is proportion of Dividend due May, 1869.
receivese paving up all the remaining Instalmenth will
full Dividends on fday next
• THOS. T. FIRTH.
de341.55 Treasurer.
oaR- MUSICAL FUND HALL.—
""" REV. E. G. NORTHROP. Secretary of tho Con:
neat/cat State Board of Edusation, will deliver hts Leo.
sure on the
VULTURE OF THE SENSIBILITIES,
On FRIDAY EVENING. December Uth.
at S o'clock.
Tickets Fifty Cents.
For site at Trumpler's, OS Chestnut street. del St rp•
metier. PHILADELPHIA, WILKING.fON k tBALTI
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NOTICE TRAVEL. WILL BE STOPPED
OVER GRAY'S r ERRY BRIDGE FOR ONE WEEK,
BegiunlngMONDAY. Dec. 70,15 M,
For the Purpose of Replaradng •
S. T L
. FUER,
de4 3t rp4 Eugideer.
war lISI.PORTANTIO ICE.
I hereby give notice that! am 110 longer connected with
the Dolton Dental Association of this city as their opera
tor. Persons wishing teeth extracted absolutely without
wain by nitrous oxide gas. will find me in my new office.
N0.109T Walnut street. ••
nsW 4 ,l6trp P. D. THOMAS,
A PUBLIC RECEPTION OF DB. MACOSII, BY
Orthe Philadelphia Alumni or Princeton Ootlege will
be held at the Bev. Dr. Crowell's Chinch, 'Broad street,
above Chestnut, on Tuesday Bvening,December 8, at 730
o'clock. Addressee will be ilellvered by the Rod. Bin.
3aroln Barrie Brewster, the lion . ' Wm. O. Alexander, or
:Vow 'York, President. McCosh_and—Profeesor Bte 'hen
Alexander. of Princeton. The public era invite& I.ftcp*
or CARD OF THANKS'
We hereby tender our thanks Who firemen, sid
police generally, for their efforts to save pur property
from destruction on the evening of-the ild Met
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street. . _ _ , .
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be employed on very favorable terms.. de/let.rp•
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Lombard street, Dispeneary Department—Wadi
cal treatment and medicine furnished gratuitously ..to
the poor. •
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1113111 BR E 6621( PARIS
Booslni►s Funeral—flagnificent
cal Performances—Great Popular De.
monstration—necident so the Prince
of --Wailegourt Costinnes—Dresn of
the Emperor and. /Empress—Swath&
Intrigue.
Vonrammulertee or the Pidtruietohtaßeentee Balletfa.l
Pssts, Tuesday, Nov. 24th,1868.—n is not
often-litat such honors are paid to an.itulivlduaL,
altogether unconnected with politica, and what
is commonly called "public life, " as those which
attended Bimini to his last ear thly resting-place
on Siturday. He had modestly restricted the ex
penses of his interment to the SttrAof2,ooo francs;
and, as a French friend observed to me at the
time, he certainly " would•not have got Inch for
that" out , of the administration of the pampas
funghres : , which is never remarkable for prod!:
gality. But respect for Rosales memory was
in better keeping than any " paid " hands;
and the admiration and affection of his - brother
and Mater Artists, sad the gratitude of the public
for the many delightful hours he had afforded it,
sufficed : to cell forth a mighty• demonstration of
sympathy and regret. Accordingly, had the de
ceased musician been a great minister, of a great
conqueror, -or a sovereign- of;pations instead ot a
sovereign of melody, his obse4nies could scarcely
have assumed a more really, "public", charastor.
As to' the demands for admission- to the Chttrelt
of the Trinity, they exceeded all calculation, and
one of the first painful tasks which fell
upon poor Madame Rossini was to
be obliged to refuse tioketa of
entrance to hundreds of her friends and to thou
sands, and even tens of thousands of unknown
individuals, who thought tnemselves authorized
to apply to her for them. But shore was room_
only in the church for some 4 or 5,000 persons at
most, and all others were doomed to disappoint
ment. When I reached the squate in front of
the church by ten o'clock, the.re was already a
vast _crowd.assembled, and long queues of ticket
holders were formed at each entrance. Placing
myself at the extremity of one of them, I had to
wait with patience a full hour for adrabsaion;
while on every side the vast- assemblage
thickened until the immense area around
was one sea of faces. Before
the doors had been open half an hour every nook
and cranny of the 'building was crammed. A
large portion of the vast assemblage,was there as
it were, de jure, and by right of deputation from
the vesicant Societies connected with-music and
the drama, or the fine arts, or the Institute of
France. The most remarked, perhaps, amongst
these rePresentative personages, was the Cheva
lier Nlgra, the Italian Minister, at the head of a
deputalloingtia and Pesaro, the •latter
Rossini's native place,to which hobos bequeathed
(alter the death of his wife) the bulk 'of his for
tune, amounting to some 100 or '150,000 francs
per annum, for the foundation of an Academy of
Music.
I observed theyrince Napoleon and the Mamas
Mathilda In one of the tribunes, with some per
son in the background who evidently wished to
remain incog. and was said to be the knitaiss.
But it would be in vain to attempt to enumerate
the various notabilities who were present izr all
the walks of music, literature and the arts; and
which made, as I have said, the last ovation paid
to the memory of Rossini a really great and re
markable public testimonial to the merits at once
of the man and the composer. And what shall I
say of the service which had been arranged for
the last rites of his tomb, or of the performers, or
of the manner of execution ? Or what mere
word's could paint the strains of the Stabat
Mater, or of Mozart's Requiem, or
of the composition of masters like Jomelli, and
Pergolese, delivered by such voices as those of
Patti, Alboni, Nilsson, Tambarini and Faun.
Never, perhaps, did the notes of the "American
nightingale" warble, or rather wall with such ex
quisite pathos (for Patti was visibly and deeply
affected) as in the touching strain of the Qui° est
homo, from Rossini's Stabil: Mater, adapted for
the occasion to the wcrds of the mass. So deep
was the effect she produced that, at the close, a
low murmur, almost of applause, brake forth in
solemnity of the occasion A similar maul
r pito of the sacredness of the building and the
festation of feeling was again displayed after
he magnificent singing of the' Prayer of Moses"
(from Rossini's opera of Noise) by all the great
artists present, and the chorus, formed of the pe
.Os of the Conservatoire. The service lasted
nearly two hours, - and will certainly remain NI
perishably impressed on the memories and the
ears of all who were fortunate enough to be
present and to hear it. At its conclusion, a pro
cession more than a mile long followed the sim
ple bearse r preceded by a detachniTint of soldiers
and a military band playing a funeral march, to
its last resting place in PSre-le-Chaise. Almost
the oily symbol of worldly pomp displayed
consisted of the French and Italian decorations
end orders conferred upon the deceased, which
we re borne on a cushion before the
coffin. But the streets and boulevards
were lined with countless multitudes,
and all business was suspended during the greater
part of the day. I ought to mention one other
ornament which adorned' Rossini's coffin, and
this was a laurel crown, made from two trees in
his,garden at Emmy; one of which was grown
from a- slip of the laurel at Virgit's tomb, near
Naples, and the other from that growing in the
garden of the monastery of St. Onofrio, on the
Mount Janiculum, at Rome, in the church of
which Tasso lies buried. Virgil and Tornio were
the late composer's favorite poets.
The above event has quite taken up public at
tention and hardly anything else is talked about—
scarcely even the awkward accident which befell,
rl Highnesg, the
He has been in
ig himself in h 1
down to Com
with the Empa.
roe -hunt was or
an
gal ent. Seve
ral 'more 'prOba-
Myr id one ,of
these; a powerful animal, finding itself pressed,
made a rush to get away, and either desmedly,
or through fright, charged full at the Pane, up
setting both His Highness and the Emperor's
horse. A/assignee, which he was riding. For
tunately no great harm was done, and he escaped
with a few bruises. But lam told that the stag
was vicious and armed with most formidable
antlers, which might have paid small respect to '
the "Immediate heir of England" had they come
in actual Contact with his royal person.
The usual series of amusements, anti theatrical
entertainments, and new guests, are still going
on In the Conti 'at Compligne. Bat I am
amused to see that the Court papers and Imperial ,
toadies have taken to chronicling now, not only
the dresses of the Empresa. (which might be ex
curable), but those of the Emperor. Thus I read
Wit on Sunday last, after ,divine service , In the
At the chapel, when the Bishop of .
Adras (who was the cure ,at - HAM
FILILADELPHLI, MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1868.
when LOnla Itapolems , was a prisoner ,
fhate)' ofiklated —the court party, hi the evening;
by way of a Change amen°, Went to the' thwart). 1
And then the watt chropicler adds:: "The 'Em.
pores wore a blue Areas coat with^ gilt bifttonk,
black breeches find—ellk- stockings." I forward
this "important" .pout al fact; recommending
respertfnily4he newinf.tather the raft= to . the
. old-faalifoned,costierne of "bine and blaek" to the
attention of President Grant for his first levee !
It would be very • 'unfair to, your lady readers,
after having inflicted on them '•, , the ,
above item of male fashion, ,noA-,kr to
say one word on female ' attire;
so`l add , that on the same occasion the Empress
Eugenie was dressed is dark green silk (a favor
ite color, it seems, just now) with a black bee
mantels on her ead (a compliment kLQ,ucen....
babas, who • has never been invited te Corn
plague!) attached to a diadem of enormousomer
aids and diainfindg-
It is worth remarking that Gonzalez Bravo has
arrived in Paris,' and frequently sees his Rz..
Queen. Thus the focus of Intrigue, which I pre=
dieted, is forming. The Rikle, however of yes
terday, publishes d despatch from Barcelona, to
the effect . that the Inhabitants, in their clube,have
pronounced in favor of a Federal Republic, and it
seems certain-tiutt puldic opinion genendlyin the_
Peninsula is setting in that direction.
MUTING POST AND PILLORY .
:'7TTn'-'r7 7 rrTri
FLOGGINGS ON SATURDAY
SCENES, INOIDEN rs,
icarreepandance of the Phitadetphia Evening Banatin.3
Nxw OzeTLE, Del., Saturday, Dec s.—lt would
be almost useless to attempt to give to the
readers of Tan Drumm, by mere description,
any more thorough knowledge than they have
of the barbarous punishments inflicted in
the name of Justice and under sanctum of law,
within thirty-five utiles of their beautiful city.
They have already in T
ima,e•iation seen the
leathern thongs of the cat flyf through the air
until arrested in their course by the bared back of
the ehrinking, sobl rJF - g - refthV They have already
heard the blow after blow, which, descending on
the prisoner ' s body, drive out , all the manhood
and self-respect that crime may have left him,
and, drying up the very fountains of tenderness
and pity, harden all within him.
It is well, however, that those who shuddered
at your account a fortnight ago should know
that you then described no exceptional instance
but that in the face of the protest of surprised
and shocked communities the outrage against
humanity and decency has been repeated here
since, again and again.
On Banuday last, after hours, of anxious wait
ing for an expected pardon,which did not COM%
a white man, the descendant of one of our "first
families," was pinioned to the post and flogged.
We name was Buffington and his crime the theft
of a ant.
On Monday again, (an Unusual day fora whip
ping to take place) two colored men, one for the
thett. of some.pork and the other for stealing a
coat ant Livest; each received 20 lashes.
Your more men" were sentenced tit be "napped
Do-day. •
Yalu description had' awakened so ranch in
terest in these barbarous proceedings • Within a
few hours' ride of the capital Of a government
which boasts its Christian - civilliation, that the
following papers, besides this BULLETIN, had isent
representatives to witness the scene; New York
Tribune, New York MAU Philadelphia Morning
Post, Philadelphia Everting Telegraph, Wilming
ton Commerc i al. The Associated Press were also
represented. Diking the whole two hundred years
of its existence, Newcastle had never seen so many
newspaper men together, and the children en
joyed looking at the reporters with almost
the zest with which they enjoy the
spectacle which -- drew the reporters there.
The day was a miserably dreary one, oven for
December. An inch or so of snow had fallen
me night before and a dull drizzling rain had set
in in the morning. People lathe streets muffled
themselves closely, and if compelled to stand,
itamped their feet on the slushy pavement to
keep them warm.
At 10 o'clock, the usual hour for the whipping
or pillorying ,to commence, the jail-yard gates
were stiliclosed. Seeing the jailor, Mr. Vining,
we hailed him and asked-the reason. He said the
Sheriff was in Wilmington on business and the
whipping would not take place as early as usual,
but that two men would shortly be placed in
the pillory when thegates would be opened.
He said lie was glad to see so many reporters
present, and asked jocosely if we intended to
organize ourselves into a military , company and
put an end to the business. Being assured that
we bad no intention of capturing the State and
destroying its idols at present, he went over to
jail and presently the ponderous gates swung
open. In company with a motley crowd of
adults and children we passed into the yard, and
glancing up at the pillory saw that it held two
Well in its villainous embrace.
Think of it, humane people! Remember, the
ground was covered with snow; the temperature
of the air was almost at the freezing point; men
and boys in the crowd impatiently stamped their
diet to keep them warm, and,• if they had not
gloves thrust their hands in their pockets for a
similar reason, and with all this, would not re
main in' the yard for any length of time, but
could seek comfortable fires for needed warmth.
Yet high up on a platform, exposed to the fall
sweep of the pitiless, piercing blast, the cold rain
falling on their unprotected heads, with necks
and their bare hands thrust through holes in a
plank, bodies fixed in a cramped position, and
circulation checked, stood • two human beings
tor one agonizing hour.
This cruel, vindictive punishment was not in
flicted to gratify the barbarous revenge of soya
gee; •it was merely a part of the penalty to
which they have been'sentenced by judges who
will to-morrow complacently sit in elegantly
en - shinned pews,in comfortably warmed churches
and listen to the preaching,of the Gospel of Him
who, said, "I will have mercy and not sacrifice."
It was a part of the punishment inflicted by laws
passed by Christians, whose strongest appeals in
behalf of religion are based on a terrible scene of
suffering more barbarous in detail than was this.
" ' Bat these prisoners committed crimes," re
aponds some indignant Delawarian.
True, so they did; but your, barbarous cruelty
to them scareelv.leavee.room in the heart of any
humane man, unused to such scenes, for just con
demnation of their offences.
During the hour thesd men stand in the pillory
men and boys past! in and out; but, owing to the
inclemency of the weather, do not remain long.
Looking over the crowd, we notice some differ
ence between it and that of two weeks since.
There are more persons who speak in open con
demnation of this system of punishment. Men
who have never hitherto been present at stick
1 scenes now come to see it'for themselves, and de
nounce it in unmeasured terms.
The advocates of the system are nervously
anxious to defend it. They have begun to feei,
for the first time itt their lives, that it needs de
fending. Another healthy sign /a
--. _ars were no
girls in the crowd. Thank God for this. This 1..
the first fruits of the "agitation." The mother
of the town will not permit.their daughters any
longer to witness the degrading. scene. A sense
of the iniquity of the thing , has entered the hearts
of the women. •
The people here who favor this system of pun
ishment, and at present this means a majority of
the people, are singularly inconsistent and con
tradictory about the matter. They. say, no other
punishment is sufficient to deter men from crime,
and prevent the State from being overrun with
thieves, and yet they assert that it is not half as
bad as a penitentiary. -
Though they pretend to be glad that tho story
of their shame's blazoned through the land by
the newspapers, they seek out the slightest errors
in any correspondent's aocount and denoanOo
OM WHOLE COUNTRY:
them ha unmeasured terms as "infamous Mee
and When they see present, as there was today, l
half a dozen correspondents, through whose eyes
=Mess of people will look upon this scene, they
look on with ill concealed nervous apprehension..
- To such an extent Rs this feeling been carried,
that for the first time in the history of whipping,
men have been sentenced to undergo this imnish
ment at odd times, and the whipping has not
taken--place- at - the-accuatomed -noun - Sheriff
Richardson, who, to his honor be it said, dislikes
and loathes his task, has for two Saturday's been
away at the usual hour for flogging to commenoe.
Nallednp in his office, however, l the picture
Which your corr e tzsicmdent sent to the last number
of Harper's W , and the Sheriffs deputies
pretend to be del ghted with its publication, as
they say it will nrevent any rogues from:entering
the State.
Does it not seem singular that with suoh ample
precautions to prevent outside rogues from corn
ing here, and such strong inducements to native
ones to leave the State, that every year the crim
inal business in the Delaware courts increases,
and crime is about as abundant here as else
where?
Shortly after 10 o'clock the Sherlitreturned and
afterte had eaten his dinner, the jail yard gates
swung open and the crowd rushed in.
There had been four more who were to be
whipped but in the morning '; a communication
was received from the Governor.remitting that
much of the sentence , in one case. This. young
man is named Morris Hymen, arid the jailors art
sert,he attempted_to forge_a draft while in prison, _
to procure money to pay his counsel's fees. He
was, from New York, is a Jew, and was convicted
of stealing a coat from a clothing store in Wil
mington, where he : was employed.
This left but three to be whipped, all of whom
were black men. Men of a class that this State
not only refuses to educate, but so long as it
dared, made it an offence against the law to edu
cate. ney never had any hand in framing the
laws, under which they were tried and con
demned; they were never even considered as
parts of that indefinable aggregation of undesig
rated individuals called "society." They might
well ask what obligation they were under to obey
aws they wereforbidden to learn, much less to
take part in making.
Whether they asked such questions or not
made little difference. They came here, and they
came to suffer the penalty ter the violation of
these laws.
The first man led out was Robert Harris. Robert
was charged with having, "against the peace and
dignity of the State," stolen a Ave-dollar gown
hack. This charge was sent to the Grand Jury
by the learned Attorney-General, and they having
pronounced it true, Robert was tried and con
victed, and sentenced to pay ten dollars as resti
tutionmoney, receinftwenty lashes. be impria
oned six months, mate wear a convict's jacket
six months after his discharge. He waspinioned
to the post, and with set teeth and clenched flats
received his twenty lashes from the cat without a
sign of pain. Stripped naked to the waist this
cold day he must have suffered pretty severely,
even without the floggin
Jonathan Graves, al ight`mulatto, who had
been freezing in the pillory an hour or so before,
was next brought to the post. The lash was as
usual laid on merelfally,-but still the red marks
of the thongs were very evident on his light yel
low akin. kle had stolen a gun, and , was put in
the pillory one hour, whipped twenty ladies, and
now goes back to ' jail for two years and after
that must wear the jacket six month s, if he re
mains in the State.
The next victim brought out was a very black
man named Joieph Sluby. He had entered the
office. of a , brick-yard acme',: months ago, In
woniegion, and having robbed it Of some small'
artielealtad riet the _office on tire to conceal the
evidence of hitt theft. He Was arraigued on two
. indietmente t nneloreraon, thtfotherfor lareettY,
- and pleaded "guilty" to both. His two sentences
combined made him stand one hour in the pil
lory, receive 30 lashes, be imprisoned five years
and wear the convict's jacket six months after
his discharge.
The sheriff evidently felt that he was deserving
of more severe punishment than the others, and
the cat fell with more force on his shrinking
flesh. The manacled man, who had evidently
made up his mind, as all prisoners do, not to give
any sign of pain, writhed as the lath fell again
and again on his back, and his features were con
vulsed with pain. When, for the thirtieth time,
the nine leathern thongs had descended on his
back he was 'released, and the old jailor, who
leads the prisoners out, turned to the crowd with
a slight bow, saying : -" That ends the perform
ance."
For the sake of the State surd the love of hn
inanity, would to God trended It forever.
My first letter from here, describing the whip
pings of Nov. 21 created even a greater sensation
than I had anticipated. The people were very
much excited and enraged at what they chose to
consider personal abuse, and my statements were
freely condemned as not in exact accordance
with fact. I wish to say here that I reaffirm them
in every particular. They, were not made care
lessly and with a simple wish to give vivid color
in to a sensational article. They were written
with a sincere desire to attract attention to a
shocking system of corporal punishment, and to
begin an agitation in tivor of reform. The histor
ical and legal facts were obtained from a source
which makes any doubt of their correctness
impossible. The account of the oecurrences in
the jail yard was the result of my careful per
sonal observation, and was, of course, exactly
correct.
Much offence was given by the allusion to the
vicinity of the churches to the whipping - post;
but I think yet that it is very shameful that this
horrible instrnment of torture should stand
within the shadow of the sanctuary, and that
Christian men and women ,should presume to
ask God for His great mercy • while they them
selves manifest none for theirpoor outcast fellow
men—God's creatures alike with them—who
might be lifted out of their degradation into
a better life, Instead of being mutilated in person,
and ruined hopelessly in Morality. The inhabitants
of Delaware may affect anger that this is said to
them ! but they cannot escape the responsibility
of this legal iniquity. The law .that wreaks ven
geance upon it's victims and has no attribute of
merey,—no desire for reformation, is contrary to
the whole spirit of Christianity, and deserves the
reprobation of Christi= people. The huaiane
people of Nhw Castle would know this if they
could forget their prejudices. State pride forbids
that they should admit the truth now, and famil
iarity with the presence of the whipping post
dulls their preceptions of its barbarism. If the
fair women and good men who now defend it,
would but stand beside it for an hour and witness
the disgruitinxeshibition,they would be less than
human if they did not admit that all the . world Is
right, and Delaware wrong.
In regard to the absence of a free school sys
tem in Delaware, I reassert my first proposition,
which was that there is , no such system provided
for by the State. The conntiesand the Hundreds
have free schools .or not, as they choose. In
some places they do choose, and in
others they do not. Newcastle county has free
schools of its own, and I am informed—l do not
give this upon my own anthority—that these
schools are supported, by revenue derived from
certain farms given to the town by Wm. Penn.
If this is no, the" Newcastle. children owe, their
educational advantages to the bounty of a renn
sylvania Quaker. This is much better than ow
ing it to nobody. In many of the towns in the
lower portion ,of the State there is no school
system whatever.
The fact is the New Castle people have made a
mistake in regarding the Bouxrm correspond
ence as a personal attack upon them. It has not
been. It was intended us an assault upon the
Delaware code of laws and the Delaware mode of
punishment: ft was the first hot shot fired into
the ancient hulk of a barbaric system. The
firing will not cease until the whole framework is
demolished. The entire press of the North has
taken up the subject now,and it will be discussed
in Congress., during , the present winter. The
amendment to the Constitution forbidding the
"infliction of .cruel and unusual punishment"
clearly applies to the whipping post and pillory
and• so Congress will probably regard it. In
ears to comeovben the present prejudices have
died out, Dela Ware will thank the men and the
journals that first demanded the sweeping away
of these last yeatiges-orsemi-elvllizatlan.
THR BEGINNING OF THE AGITATION
FTC EDITION
WAS lIN *TOI .
Meeting of Ccrngress
THE SCENES IN BOTH HOUSES
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Igoeciel Despatch to thetPhintd s. Evening Bulletin.]
WAsuntorow, Dee. 7.—Both branches of Con
grew assembled at noon to•day , with more than a
quorum present in each body. The galleries
were crowded with spectators, and many were
unable to obtain admittance. The diplomatic
galleries contained quite a number of members
of foreign legations. During the roll-call the
members were engaged in exchanging congratu
lations. A \ ,
On the Republican side of the House it was
noticeable that the members gathered round the
desk of ex-Governor Boutwell more than any
other member, although Mr. Butler received no
litil atteetron. Woorehead (Pa.) announces
his intention to call up the tariff bill reported
last session at as early a day as possible, and ob
tain a vote on its passage.
The Supreme Court .met this morning, and
then waited upon the President in a body, to con
gratulate him on the present peaceful condition
of the country.
Pen sylvapia, Hospital f,r the Insane
THE FISHER WARD
Interesting Inaugural Exercises
The formal openingof a new wing of the Penn
sylvania Hospital for the Insane took place on
Saturday evening, in the presence of a number of
gentlemen and ladles, including the managers and
oftleere and many of the patients of the institu
tion.
The new building, to be known as the "Fisher
Ward," is a very handsome addition, running
parallel with the south wing of the main hospital
(Female Department), with which it is connected
by an enclosed corridor. It is a two-story build
ing, admirably designed for its special purpose of
accommodating the most sick and excited pa
tients, in • such a way as to give- them'
every comfort and opportunity of recovery,
and, at the same time,_ to separate
them from the milder cases under treatment. It
will accommodate about twenty patients, with
their nurses and attendants, some of the
rooms being single and some double, or divided
into two apartments by open arches. The rooms
and halls have lofty ceilings and large windows,
and am very cheerfully lighted by abundant gas
burners at night. 'Thefarnitnre is extremely neat,
substantial,aid in good taste. The arrangements
for 'heating and ventilating are admirable,
being essentially the same as those so success-
fully the -Urge buildings, of thra Male
Department of the Hospital. A steam-same;
and fan- drive a constant current. of fresh air
through every part of the house, being warmed,
in ,winter, by its passage - over coils of steam
pipes, and passing off through air-ducts in the
attic to the Cupola, through which it escapes
into the outer sir.
The "Fisher Ward" has been erected at a cost
of about $25,000, from the legacy of the late
Joseph Fisher, the well-known optician of this
city. Mr. Fis her, although he had never visited
the Hospital, had become much interested in its
excellent system and management, and made it
one of his residuary legatees, for the purpose of
"extending and improving the accommodations
for the insane." How well the Managers are
carrying out the purp ose of this noble bequest
was abundantly-rn^esfen*m lo all who were privi
treed to participate in the inauguration of the
-Fisher Ward" on Saturday evening.
The invited guests, after a thorough inspection
of the new wing were escorted by Dr. Kirkbride
through the various departments of the main
building, and were evidently much im
pressed with the good order, neatness and quiet
everywhere observable. In the Lecture-Room
an illustration of one of the many appliances for
the amusement of the patients was given by a
brief exhibition of some fine photographic views
and copies of well-known paintings, which are
thrown upon a blank wall by a powerful hydro
oxygen magnifier. The Hospital now possesses
about fourteen hundred of these pictures, which
have been collected and prepared by the veteran
photographer, Mr. Langenheim.
From the lecture room the company wore es
corted to the Gymnastic Hall, a large room,
measuring probably 36 feet by 80 toot. Over a
hundred of the patients were here assembled,
forming an audience which would compare most
favorably with that of any concert or lecture-room
in Philadelphia, and speaking volumes for the
admirable results of the modern treatment- of
mental disease. A class of twenty of the patients,
in bright-colored gymnastic costumes, went
through a number of calisthenic exercises under
the direction of their instructor, Miss Partridge,
with great precision and evidently with much
pleasure to themselves. The effect of this exer
cise, both physically and mentally, has proved to
be of the most beneficial character.
At the conclusion of the calisthenic exercises,
brief addresses were made in reference to the
opening of the "Fisher Ward," by Dr. Kirkbride
and Messrs Wm. E. Whitman, John Welsh, and
Francis Wells. The invited guests afterward par
took of a handsome entertainment, the enjay
ment of which wos much heightened by the pres
ence of the ladies of the gyaintietie class who had
already contributed so much to the pleasure and
interest of the evening.
The Pennsylvania Hospital Is the oldest- insti
tution for the treatment of the insane in Amer
ica. It was established in 1751,
being incorporated by the Provincial
Assembly, and with the exception of some aid
toward the erection of the original buildings,has
always depended on the liberality of our citizens.
Notwithstanding all it has done, it has never re
ceived a-dollar from city, county or State. All
its income is expended on its patients
The department for the Insane, now known as
the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane, was
opened, in its present location west of the Schuyl
kill, on the first day of 1841 by its present Super
intendent. From 94 patients its number has
gradually increased, tilt it now has 350 under its
ca* with accommodation for 60 more. Those
who are able ay board, the price being accord
ing to ability' and accommodations. Between 40
• and 50 are always there without charge, and more
than as many at much less than cost, no one but
the officers knowing who these recipients of
charity are„
The hospital is inspected every week by a com
mittee of its excellent Board of Managers, and
this has never been omitted in a singles instance
for twenty-eight years.
Since it was opened, as a separate department,
more than 5,000 patients have been under its
care, of whom more- than one-half wore diem
charged perfectly cured, while a large nunabeF
leftit greatly improved.
When it became necessary to enlarge the build
ings, an appeal was made to our citizens, and
8355,000 were contributed, for the erection and
furnishing of the Male Department, which was
opened ten years ago, and which is regarded
everywhere as a model structure.
We congratulate the Board ofManagers on the
completion of this important addition to the :
hospital, and trust that the excellent dispositicket
which has been made of 'oho liberal bequest. of .
Mr. Fisher will serve as - aif incentive to other
citizens to "go artd do likewise."
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of £lOO,OOO to the poor of' London.
• The supreme Court.
WasinsteTon, Dec. 7.—The Supreme emit met..
at noon to-day. All the judges exceptereer_were.
present. The commission of Wm. M. Ihrartil- IS
Attorney-General was read, and the court
jonrned in order to pay t.he usual visit to the
President of the United Sues.~ The docket *lll
be called to-morrow. 4 1.
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From Canada.
Tonolcro, Dec. 7.—The new Dominion radio
merit has been farther prorogued until Jan. 16th,
The revenue of Canada for November who•
$1,214,184, and the expenditures 58,774 48-
C. E. Elwell, correspondent of the Stockholm
Daily New, is here, with instractiOnd from Om
Swedish Government to acquire a knowledge of
this country, with a•view to encourfge emignt
dim, and to develop comnlerce between the two
countries.
From a ova Scotia. -
HALIFAX, N. S., Dec. 7.—Tbe Eton. J. (7.:
Troop, one of the Nova Scotia delegates to Eng
land, publishes a letter condemning Kr. Etbsre's
course, and endorsing Aniand.
Indian Depredations.
er. Lorna, Dec. 7th.—A Bouth Pan City des
patch eaye 500 filowx - • attacked Washake and
band of Shonones on Big Wind River Valley,
Nov. 22d. Two Indians were killed on each
side, and the Bhonones retired to the White setde-
An Omaha desnatch says the amow storm which
has been-raging for thirty hours :Is she heaviest
experienced in Nebraska for many years. The
snow is eight inches deep on a leVel.
THE COURT&
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THE Elm, CARL—At the clos eof the testimony:.
the Conrtrefnsed the discharge of either of the
prisoners.
DIMARIATIO AND 111118ICAL4
—Mrs:D. P. Bowers will appear at the Wahv i tt.
Street Theatre this evening as "Can:oe."
—.h. flrst-clusi circus performance wiabe given,
at the Chestnut Street Theatre. this evening.
—TfuiAnserriesu Theatre announces tniscd-',
laneons entertainment for to-night.
—The Theatre Comique, Seventh street. below
Arch, announces an entirely new bill for this
evening.
—The benefit of Rtibert Craig, aLthe &rel. on
Saturday evening, was one of thosesuccesseathat
would be called extraordinary in the case of any:
otherbeneficiary, but are common in his4.catie.,
The theatre was excessively crowded, end=
was not standing room even for many who ,
to get in. The lively farce of Sarah's Taunts
Man; a.new burlesque by Mr. Craig of - Barlks
Bleue; his funny trifle of Lovearade by Mimicry'
and Robort Macaire made np the bill.
all .. being well done. The miry' butte
lesque, funny as it is, can hardly be, said: to ,
equal one or two others by. Mr. Craig. it
caust d much mirth, and went off with., great
dial of spirit. Craig imitated' M. Anise very;
well, singing a good deal of the music-with:the
original French words. Miss Davenport was not
quite eo successful in "taking off",fillie.
and she was evidently in need of greater famil-'
larity with her part. Messrs. James, Mackay,
Hemple, and others did their parts very cleverlyr,
Mr James being especially deserving of praise.
In Love made by Mimicry Mr. Craig's. imitations.
were as funny as ever, and his speech before the
curtain, ala Brougham, was'excellent. In' Robert,.
Macaire he and Barton Hill were both admirable:,
This evening Mrs. Drew is to bring out ifblveir
at Bay, by the author of Light at Last. Pamphlet'
abstracts of this production. distributed in the .:
theatre, show that it is utterly senseless as a. lite
ary work. But 3drs. Drew has been extremely
liberal in the preparation' of scenery, and contri-.
vances for what are called "mechanical effects,"
and it will doubtless attract many• who are cn-''
rions about these features in moderndramatin
literature.
—On Wednesday evening next Wendell Phillips
will lecture at Concert Hall. On Thursday morn
ing the.A Slavery Society will meet at As-.
eembly gs, and in the evenlng the Friends
of Freed '!:• 2 hold their annual festival In'
Concert zrN -
—We haVe already given considerable space to
deecriptionwand analysis of the celebrated Refor-:
olatzma Symphony and the beautiful Unfinviteri
Symphopy,of Schubert,and our commendations of
their respective performances are doubtless fresh
in the memory of our readers. hut we must yet.
add a few words to express our satisfaction that
they will both be given on the same evening by"
ft Bentz-Hassler combined orchestra, which, ono
this occasion, will be increased by the , accession
of members of the New York Philharmonic filo•
ciety, to the unusually large number of fifty in
strumentalists. In the Musical Fund Hall. so re
nowned for its acoustic properties, this will prft-,
duce a eublime effect. The expenses attending
this grand enterprise are very large, but
happily there is a sufficient amount subscribed
to warrant the giving of the performances on the.
projected scale, and now the imbue can; prOCIRIIII
subscribers' tickets, of which a limited, number
aro on sale, at Boner's, 1102 Chestnut street, and
Trumpler's, 926 Chestnut street. - • , •
The opportunity to hear such a massive end
well-balanced orchestra has not heretofore boort,
the privilege of our citizens, and certainly such
occasicns cannot be frequent, for the expensen
are too heavy, and the - risks ea - great' Mau
musicians and managers fear to encounter them.
But let us generously support this effort and be.
grateful for its repetition, for we rieed , wzood,
orchestra, and the town is big enough nnorrick
enough to pay for one. • •
—Faust was sung.at the. Academy-Of -Master On
Saturday night to a large audience: -
mann ap peared lu the character of "Mespida-
tophiles.This is his beet personation, and'it is
fair to say that it was , very satisfactorily given
upon this occasion. Madame Hotter did, very
well ae "Marguerite," but superlative excellenee
is required in this part, while thwaremory,of ,the
attempts of other artists in the character are freek
in the public mind, Mad..Cellint's "hlarthewas
not very satisfactory. Mr. Habeirriann gave
the music of " Faust ' finely, and he abated the
honor with Mr. Hermann of diving the best
performance of the evening., To-night Verdre,
opera Ernani will be given, and on Taeaday,
Alartha.
—A private desputch from Washington to,ths
Revolution says Senator Pomeroy has a bill ready
to present immediately on.the opening of Conp.'
gress, proposing an amendment to the COnstitny
than giving suffrage to all citizens of both eexce.
keying the States to flz the ago whoa the wt.;
ciso of the right may begin. -
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