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VOLUME XXII.-NO. 231.
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Britten Workmen and neverdy John.
On the night of the 19th of December, a largo
body of the workmen of South London assembled
In the reading rooms of the Lambeth baths and
indignantly repudiated the insult offered to the
American Minister in the name of the
workingmen of the metropolis. It was
therefore resolved that an addreths to
Mr. Johnson,gratefully acknowledging his
truly Christian efforts for the promotion of peace
and good will between the two nations, from the
people of the southern district, be prepared for
presentation at a public meeting or otherwise, as
may beat suit the honorable Ambassador's wishes
and convenience, and. „Oat the Rev. Newman
HaILL.L. D., and the mover and seconder of the
resolution, bo respeetftdly requested to prepare
the same.
—The St. Peter's (Slinnesota) Tribune says the
supplies sent to the Fort Wadsworth Indians are
still wasting and rotting in the vicinity of the
Chippewa liver, while the Indians—young and
old, male and female—are fasting, only fifteen
miles away.
VITATIONS
_pOlit Pelt
MASON et Co..
907 Chestnut street.
JANDA ILT 6. 18IV.
".:t is not my purpose to detain you with any
lengthy address, tor this call has been to me so
entirely unexpected that I do not feel that I am
empowered to speak'to this Convention on the
Issues which may be Involved in the coming
election in such a manner as they should be dis
cussed before a body of this character. We are
met to make a nomination of a candidate for
Judge of the Supreme Conti of our State, and
whatever might be said of the impropriety of in
troducing political questions into judicial elec
tions, no man can or ought to shut his eyes to the
fact that in all elections for, important offices,
for some years to come, the poaition,which men
who are candidates have occupied in' Vie late re
bellion must enter into that contest. There aro
fundamental_questions about the structure and
power of government which are far more import
ant than any questiene of mere political expedi
ency can be; and we have arrived at a time in
the history of our country when we cannot look
with indifference upon:the opinions oar judicial
ofbeers hold concerning the structure and pow
ers of the government. Call it •polltics, if you
will, it is the kind of politics which involves the
life of a nation; and, in the language of Chief
Justice Chase, in that admirable opin
ion delivered in a North Carolina court
within the last few weeks, 'there aro political
questions to which events give the answer.' ji
is highly important for Os, gentlemen of the con
vention, that we place in nomination to-day a'
man who will agree to.the proposition that there
aro ligal questione to which events have given
answer. Treason—traitors, that is the word--
traitors, in the interest of slavery, made an ef
fort to destroy this Government. Loyalty, in
the interest of freedom, resisted thu attempt, and
LETS I 8
The Next IL 5, Senator from Pennsyl
vania—How the News was ,Received
In It mittingion—snxions Inquiries
as to the Antecedents of the Vague°
Senator--The League Island Naval
Station-Serrettury rWelles Actively at
Work, asking Congress to Improve
the Property—The Girard Will (lase
before the Supreme Court—Nomina
tions before the Sena;e, 'll4 c.
Worfeapondenee of the Philadelphia Evening Balletia.l
WASII/rulli, Jan. 6, lea —Telegrams between
hero and Harrisburg flew thick and fast to-day,
and before. noop everybody knew that Atha
Scott, of I:tenth:laden county, was to be the next
United States Senator rfrom Pennsylvania, to
succeed Charles R. Buckalevr, Sweater Cameron
came dovin this morning from Harrisburg, and
expressed himself well pleased at the manner in
which the affair was settled.
The universal questions were, "Who is John
fieott?" "Is he any relation to Thomas A. Scott,
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company?" "Tell
us who he is, what hu is, and all about him."
These were the questions pat to Pennsylvanians
by Senators, Representatives, and "private indi
viduals" from other States, all of whom feel an
intense curiosity about the man who is to repre
sent the great Suite of Pennsylvania is the Senate
cf the Unit, d States for the next 618. years.
The responses to these questions were
generally favorable on tae part of
these who chanced to know Mr. S .
antecedents. He was represented as - st ma.
tine abilities, and one well fitted to repre.
your State In the councils of the nation. Sena
tor Cameron speaks well of him, Judge .Kelley
endorses him, and every member from the inte
rior of your State did likewise, so the prepond
erance of approval was decidedly in favor of the
selection which will be made by your legislature
week after next. John Covode Is also enthusi
letic in praise of the future Senator; so all hands
on the Republican side at least, seem pleased
4lth the choice.
TII P. LEAL UN ISLAND NAVAL STATION.
Secretary Welles yesterday sent to the House of
Representatives an official report, setting forth
the ucceptance by the Government of the League
'mord travel Station, and, in conclusion, recom- '
meeding the organization of a Board of Engineers
Lo !Dohs all nteestory surveys, and asked for an
apprepriation of 0/0.000 to meet the expenses of
.uch surveys.
WILL OF THE LATE STEPHEN (HEARD.
Within a few days past, the presence of several
distinguished members of the Philadelphia bar
has been observed here. They came down to
, :.rgue the ease of the heirs of Stephen' Girard
against the city of Philadelphia, which was com
menced to-day In the Supreme Court of Lae
United States, before Chief Justice Chase.
I _'hatles Ingersoll, Esq., appeared on behalf of
the heirs, and William M. Meredith and Edward
Olmstead, Esqs., fur the city of Philadelphia.
fhe areonnt of property involved is eevcral mil
lions of dollars.
rirE DEPATITMELNT or STEAM ENGIN'EHEING LN THE
NAV Y.
Judge Kelley, after a sharp contest, yesterday,
succeeded in having passed a bill relating to the
Bureau of Steam Engineering In the Navy De
partment, which proposes that, In order to se
cure the further efficiency of the Navy, a civilian
may be appointed oy the President., by and with
the advice:and consent of the Senate, to fill the
position of ,Chief of the Bureau of Steam . Engl.
tattling of the Navy... Department. This, if it
passes the Senate, and becomes a law, wiligiVe
the President the power to appoint a civilian to
succeed the present ChirrEugineer IsherwOod,
Of the Bureau referred to. if the President shall
reel disposed to do so. At present the Chief En
gineer of the Bureau Is selected from the Engi
neer corps of the Navy Department, and no one
can be chosen from civil life.
NOMINATIONS DEFORE TIIE SENATE.
It Is ntderatood that the Senate Finance Com
mittee have decided to report adversely upon the
nomination of Collector Cummings for Commis
sioner of Internal Revenne Tele will bring the
matter before the Senate, when the friends and
opponents of Mr. Cummings will have an oppor
tneity to try their strength. _
The Coming
Hon. Job n
The Republican caucus in the Legislature hav
ing nominated Hon. John Scott to succeed Mr.
Buckalew in the United States Senate, some ac
count of him will be interesting. He was the
eon cf a tanner in the town of Alexandria,
Huntingdon county, and is now in the 46th 3 - ear
of his age. He learned his father's trade, bat de
voted his evenings to study, and was enabled to
prepare for the bar at Chambersburg, where he was
.dmitted an attorney. He began the practice of
We law at Huntingdon, and soon took a high po
-Ition. Having married and had a large family,
tie do voted himself to his practice, which yielded
nim a much larger income than he could have
derived from polities.
Mr. Scott was originally a Democrat, but when
he rebellion broke out be joined the Repribli
-uns, with whom he has ever since labored earn
estly and cm rgetically. Ho was elected to the
Legislature from Huntingdon county in 1861, and
3t once was recognized as one of the leading
pirits of the House. But he could not be In
duced to run for a second term, and returned to
As practice at the bar.
In the summer of 1867 he was a delegate to the
Republican State Convention at Williamsport,
,nd was chosen President of that body. On tak-
ng the chair,Mr. Scott made a speech as follows
"Gentknaen of the Convention: I need hardly
state to you that in this, my first appearance in
the &ate Union Convention, I come to a peculiar
position. I did not know what might be - said of
me when my name should be mentioned; indeed,
I do not recollect when I have been talked about
so much as to-day. In addition to this, lam
called to preside over a body in which are num
bered many men qualified by their legislative ex
perience to preside over a deliberative body, and
I come before you having no experience of that
character. I thank you,gentlemen, for the kind
ness and partiality which have called me to this
position,and I invoke your kindness and forbear
ance if I Jail in the discharge of my important
duties.
INGTONi
has preserved it, Thank God for It. And
whether it be the election of a Gov.'s
nor, of . Congressmen, of • a Legislator, of a
President, or ofSupreme Judge, the question will
come up to every man's mind, and upon it all
Important elections will be decided for years to
come. That question le: Is it eater to entrust
the destinies of this Government in the hands of
the men who did save it than to turn it over tato
the hands of those'who either made the effort or
ayrupattrizt d with the effort to destroy it ? That
is the question that will be propounded, and it is
a significant fact that the rebellion was preceded
by the opinion of an Attorney-General
which denied the 1 right Of the Gen
eral Government to enforce obedience to the
laws and Constitution of the land. It Is another
rignificant fact that the candidate presented by
the Democratic party within the last few weeks
tor the same position for which we are called
upon to nominate a candidate to-day, had his
legal and constitutional views endorsed by the
author of that opinion, and thus he goes into the
contest saddled with the burden of Judge Black's
anti-coercion opinion. He could not have a
heavier weight to carry, for the opinion of that
attorney-General has been buried as useless
rubbish beneath\ the bones and blood and
bodies or the loyal ‘ men who gave their
lives to refute it. {Long continued applause. J
We are met now when another opinion of
another Attoetiry:General has been invoked to
save the veto message which was attributed to
his authorship, and given to the world through
Andrew Johnson, President of the United States,
that Congress had not power to legialate for the
land it had saved, and who, the Logic of that
message failing, now endeavors to construe the
law so as to defeat the well-known legislative
intent which passed and which formed it. But,
thank God, again we are met, too, just following
the time when Sickles and Sheridan [great ap
plause, in which the voice of the speaker was
drowned
.I—we are met upon the eve of the meet
ing of Congress, called for the purpose of nutting
in unmistakably a law which no regal sophistry
can sweep away. That we expect them to do.
We have control, through the legislative depart
ment of the Government, of the destinies of tee
nation. We may say that we have control of
the ship of State; and even if the man (it is
an impromptu metaphor—l do not kuow
where it may end); if the man who has charge of
the light-house should seek to obscure the
lantern from the vessel at_ sea, and ran it
on the rocks, thank,God we nave a crew
on the vessel that ave learned the coast
and can save themselves. It is for us, then, to
had among the distinguished gentlemen pro
tented to this convention as candidates, one who
accepts the logic of events, and one who will say,
with that admirable opinion to which I have re
ferred, that the man under this government who
goes into armed resistance against it, tan come
out of that reeistance only in two ways—tither as
a enceessful revolutionist or a traitor; one who
will say that crime is not absolved from its pen
alty by either its magnitude or respectability; one
who will rally to himself the conndenee and sup
poi t and votes of all loyal men ; for,
%bile we are here pressing the claims of our
respective candidates, it is a gratifying feature to
know that none are preaented who are not
worthy of the support of me loyal men of this
State. Let u come together ' then, in this spirit
of generous rivalry for our friends, and keep in
view always tbeimportanw of keeping together
this organization. Whatever differences may ex
ist upon minor or subordinate questions, we all
will agree in keeping in view the issues watch
are involved in the success; of the Union party."
This speech, which was received with enthu
siasm ty the Contention, will satisfy all Repair
licana of the soundness of Mr. Scott's polittoal
opinions.
Since the foregoing was in type, a correspon
dent has furnished ne with the following article
concerning the future Senator:
/d r. Scott was born at a small town called Akx
andr:a. 7 miles from Huntingdon, Pa.. and is
now about 47 years of age. During the early
part of the pres.ent century his fattier (John
&ott) represented his district in Congress. Mr.
ecott, having resolved to adopt the profession of
law, moved to Huntingdon, where he has ever
since resided, and devoted himself to his profes
sion. lie had always, up to the breaking out of
the rebellion,acted wits' the Democratic party:but
in 1661, having cut loose from his disloyal sea°
(Lane, he was nominated and elected to the Legis-
Jatute by the War Democrats, and took an :mitre
part with the Republican party upon all ques
tions having in view the curetting out of the re
nehion ; and he has ever since been one of the
most decided adherents and advocates of that
policy which was settled by the successful ter
re 'Lunen of the war and adopted by the Repub
scan party. As a lawyer, he occupies a position
el COW to that of no man in the State, and in the
dish let where he is known and has always prac
ticed he maintains the front rank among mem
trern the bar of all parties. As a speaker.
he is forcible and elm: pent, and by
LIB convincing argument and persuu
tie e manner holds complete control over his
C carers, whether they be jurymen or a town
ineetieg. Hie character lie above reproach, and
as a citizen and Christian gentleman, his fellow
citizens and neighbors speak of him with pride.
Ile has never been what may be considered a
elite:tun ; but from those who know him beat,
e learn that he is not a mere machine to be
1.61 d by designing demagogues, but that,
eiretarding the minor tricks and devices of
the Se who make politica a trade, ho is a
man of ideas, formed from convictions
Mich he has the ability and determination
to uphold and maintain. Altogether, we think
int people of Pennsylvania have cause for CJll
gratulation upon the prospect of having in the
tigheat legislative brunch of the Government one
ho will take rack with the first men of the
country, and reflect (medic upon the wisdom and
sagacity of those by whom he was selected,
BtrS4l U Ell ANli A
Pennsylvania
,ingdon CO.
From another correspondent well qualified to
speak of Mr. Scott, we have received the follow
ing:
Messrs. Editors: Pennsylvania rarely selects for
high political station men whose ability has been
developed in the pursuits of private life. Our
habit has been to overlook merit conspicuous
only in professional, literary, business or social
circles, in pursuit of some political hack or vale
t au Ulm-holder, as the more appropriate candi
date for such nistinguished places. Hence,many
pee pie who do not 14Low John Scott, of Runt
ingoon, nominatedsiast night for U. 8. Senator,
me curious to know what manner of man he is.
Having known him from boyhood, I May ;grat
ify their curiosity. Mr. Scott was born in Hunt
h gdon county (his lather having many years
ago represented use district of which that county
was a part in Congress); he is about, forty-six
years o'd, and has been at the bar some twenty
the years. He never. held (Mice, except as Pros
ecuting Attorney, and, in 1862, as Representative
in the Legislature from Huntingdon. He was a
Democrat of mild type, tatting but little
part in politics, until the Rebellion
threw him out of party tine over to the aide of
loyalty, 'ince which time he has been an earnest,
conspicuous and advanced Republican, the ac
cepted sad trusted leader of the Republican sen
timent in Central Pennsylvania. Although ho
whirled at a Republican State Convention (held
at Willianispnrt),and has done faithful and effec
tive campaign service since his accession to the
party, he has never followed politics as a trade.
His life has been one of protesaional and social
usefulness.
The spontaneous popular movement in the
central and western counties of the State, which
bast resulted in his nomination to the Senate,
with but little if any ettbrt'on his part, grew out
of the universal , recognition of his admirable
fitness for public life, upd was mainly conducted
by gentlemen eminent in the development of the
State's industrial interests. For fifteen years he
has led the bar in his judicial-district, ,- and Fthink
the lawyers and Angus who know him profes
sionally will bear witness that he pan no, superior
at the bar iu Pennsylvania, which is equivalent
to saying that he will encounter no profee'
sional superior in the United States Senate.
Thoroughly versed in. ' the technical learning
of the law, he has not neglected those higher- de
partments of legal science which deal with the
structure and working of governments and with
international relations, or those principles of po--
Om WHOLE COUNTRY.
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1869.
Mica and social economy which are the basis of
Intelligent statesmanship. Re has, besides, a
clear and vigorous faculty of speech, winch,
always interesting and effective. often rises into
stirring and fervid eloquence. I have had fre
quent opportunity to hear the best efforts In de
bate In the United States Senate as now
composed, and I do not think I claim too much
for Mr. Scott when I say that in the art of debate,'
as It is practiced in the British Rouse of Com
mons, wbieb r untierPtangl to bo not the reading
of long and often irrelevant essays, as our bad
Congressional habit is, but the discussion of im
pending questions by speech which, though not
extemporaneous, is yet unwritten, he will, with
practice, become a recognized leader in the
Senate.
But his fitness for public life is not merely In
tellectual. Mr. Scott is a man of pare morals and
steacfast integrity. No stain of jobbery in leg's.
laden or brokerage in offices will soil his hands.
He will assuredly to faithful to his friends and to
the claims of his constituents; bat Ido not think
he will fled much Joy in the modern usage
nbich coronets Senators to cool their
heel In Executive ante-chambers in the service
of politicians seeking places and contracts. In
whatsoever ho does,we may be sure that the State
will be well and honestly. served, and that he will
truly represent the opinions and wishes of that
Republicanism which Is the friend of human
rights and progress, and of the industrial inter
ests of Pennsylvanbi,and be the enemy of all wpo
would plunder the national Government or cheat
the national creditors.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 7. 1869. T. J. C.
111113 INDIA.N WAR.
Western Opinion of crestaes Figgie'
The Colorado Chil lain of December 24 has the
following:
As might have been easily foreseen,the spurious
humanitarians of the East have raised a frightful
cutesy over General Custer's victory over the
savages. The pros and tuns of the business have
found their way into Congressional debates and
the probabilities now are that the most signal
service which General Costar could have rendered
the West will be 80 falsified and distorted,that a
credulons , public will be led to call it a "orutal
massacre.' Evidence Evidence lately collated demon
stretts conclusively that these same savages were
euilty of the borrlu murders and nameless brutal
idea committed upon the settlers of Solo
mon's Fork, in Kansas. There was fund in
the camp of the savages a great variety of articles
icentitua as the property of citizens of Kansas,
abler was taken during the raid alluded to
above. But if these facts were multiplied by
thousands, and spread before the whole country,
they would be entirely unavailing to silence the
outcry already raised In the interest of the sav
ages. A black, brown or red color is such a re
commendation to these tender-hearted men of the
East, that they would rather accuse their own
conutrytnen of murder than believe a black or
red man guilty of any crime whatever. Notwith
standing these attacks the men of the West:will
continue to defend their lives and to uphold the
men who uphold them.
iintesesttng Letters irons General Sher
idan—What he Proposes to Do.
The following interesting letters from General
Sheridan were received at Gen. Sherman's head
quarters on Saturday last:
JEIDQRS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, IN TUB
ED-LE, FORT Cane, IT. Dec. 19, 1868.—Breret
Major-General W. A. Nichols, Assistant Adjutant-
General, ..t Louis, .31a.—GENERAL: I have the
honor to report for the information of the Lieu
tenant-General my arrival at this place yesterday
evening, with ..the command of Brevet Major-
General George A. Custer, composed of the 7th
Cavalry and ten companies of the 19th Kansas,
the Osage and Kaw scouts, numnering
in all about 1,500. We crossed the North
Canadian border from Camp Supply, pro
ceeding in a southerly direction across the main
Canadian,striking the Wachita about eight miles
south of Custar's battle-ground, and distant from
Fort Cobb 113 miles. Hera we rested one day,
and searched for the body of Major Elliott, which
we found, and 16 soldieis killed in the battle.
they lollowed in pursuit of some fleeing Indians,
and, the warriors coming np from the river be•
ow, surrounded them in huge numbers, killed
them and mutilated their bodies in the most hor
rible manner. We also found the body of MIS.
Binn and her child in one of the camps about six
miles down the river—Mrs. Binn shot through
the forehead, and the - child crusned in
,he head by being struck against a
tree. All the Indians heretofore
enumerated were encamped from a point three
milts below the battle ground for a distance of
about six or eight miles. They abandoned their
camps and lied in the greatest consternation,
leaving their cooking utensils, mats, airee, lodge
poles and provisions. As much of the property
as we could spare time to destroy was burned.
We then took up the trail of the Indians and fol
,oe ed it down the Wachita for a distance of six
teen miles, and thii ty-eix front Fort Cobb, where
we came near the camp of the Ktowas. who were
unconscious of our presence, but discovered it
lute in the evening, and hastened to Fort Cobb,
and next morning presented a letter from Gen.
Hazen declaring them friendly. I hesitated
o attack them, but directed them to proceed with
their families to Fort Cobb. This they assented
to, and nearly all the warriors came over and ac
companied the column for the purpose of de
ceiving me, while their families were being hur
tled toward the Wachita Mountains. But sus
t.ecting that they were attempting to deceive me,
as they commenced slipping away one by one, I
arrested the head chicle, "Lone Wolf" and "So
i ants," and on my arrival at Fort Cobb, as I eas
t este d, there was not a Kiowa. I notified them
ihst I would hang them to-morrow, if their
families were not brought in to-day—and
I trill do so. They have engage d in
the war all the time, and have been playing fast
aid loose. There are over fifty lodges with the
Cheyennes now. They have attempted to brow
beat Gen. Hazen since he came here, and went
out and ordered the two companies from Ar
t uckle for protection of Gen. Hazen to return.
I will take mime of the starch oat of them before
I get through with them. The Cheyennes and
arrapahoee,,one band of Camanches and the fifty
lodges of the Klowas are at the western
base of the IVachita. mountains. The following
IS what I propoee to do, and I have submitted it
to Gen. Haztv, who approves; I will first punish
the Klowas lit they coma in; if not, I will hang
'Lone Wo " and "Flatanta." I will send out
"Bieck Kettl 's" sister to-morrow, ordering the
Cheyennes 1 d Arrapahoes to come in and
reedy() they punishment, which will be severe.
She says the will come in, as they are now will
ing to beg or peace and have done so already
since Custai'e fight. If they do not come in I
will employ padoes, the Wachitas and Ashabet'e
band of Comanches against them with my own
forces, and trill compel the other Camanches to
go out against them, or will declare them hostile.
They have all been working together as
ate man, encamping together, and holding
intercourse end trading in captured stock, and
they must angst in driving them out of the coun
try or compel their surrender. I will then have
a sufficient one, with Gen. Hazen, to keep him
from being_ browbeaten, as ho is helpless as he is.
The Caroan.tes are now under my thumb, and
the Elevens Will be, I hope; and I also hope that
the thrytmles and Arrapahoes may soon be in
the same cOhdition. In the trip down here—the
distance watt 1137 miles—snow was en the ground
moat of the Way, and the cold on the high table
lands and crossing the rivers was intense. The
country traveled over was terrible; the surface, of
the earth Was defaced by canyons, hummocks,
and suoptd out basins, making constant
labor for the men. I lost some horses, but in
this beautiful valley, with splendid grass, wil
800121 have the command in good trim. The Itt
wane, for the first time, begin to realize that
winter wilinot compel RS to make a truce with
them. I on rt little eorryi did not hit the Kio
swab; but hild not like to disregard Gen. Hazen's,
letter, and perhaptiWecan do as well by . other •
modes. Only two men aro sick in the',.7th Cass-'
• alry, and SIX in'the 19th Kaneko: The whole Coat
' mend is in shelter tents, as five conld 'not Spare
traneportation for Others; but Him= 3)OW -pre', ; 1
; ter the "shelter,' - even at this season Of the year:?
' EVerybody, is feeling well and enthusiastic. Lain,
General very respectfully , V.
obedient seel
vant, . r. EL 8111CULDAN,
Major-Cionerni s U. 134 4,
The following private letter to Gen. Sherman
I was written two hours later :
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT ON MISSOURI.-
My Dear Gen. Sherman: I have but a, - moment
Wore the mail closes to say that we are all well
here. We had a cold and hard trip. but no sal
, terlrg. I have written you an official account of
thernain.eireumetances attending the trip across.
Custar's fight was 121 miles northwest of Fort
Cobb. More Indians were killed than reported;
as rear as I can find out there were 140 killed.
It has made the Cheyennes very humble, and
there is a prospect of their surrender. We now
have a grip on all the other Indians. The Kip
was, as I write, are corning in from the Wangs
Mountains to save "Lone Wolf" and "agents,"
who would have been hung in the morning.
Black Kettle's sister goes out to see the Choy,-
ennes and Airapahoes in the morning. Her
brother was one of the envoys they sent hi to
ask for peace. Yours truly,
P. H. Iducamex, U. A.
tier the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.]
• Mechanical 'leaden.
Messrs. Editors :—ln your editorial In Mon
day's issue, on the above subject, a very im
portant point is not mentioned; one, too, which
Eft-1418 to suggest a practical method by which to
rid the community of the evils von have so forel
bly portray( d. It is tho extortion practiced upon
our apprentices; in other words, the high price
ebargtd for the instruction conferred. Any per
son of ordinary intellidence knows that a trade
ought to belearnedJn less time than the ordinary
period of apprenticeship includes. uomoaro the
cost of a mechanical education with that of a
professional one—the meacal for Instance.
Matriculation, !Wares and graduation in our
medical schools cost $236. Practical anatomy,
dissecting material, books, instruments, &0 411165,
a high figure; preceptor's fee, $lOO. The coarse
of study is three years, but only eighteen months
are devottd, usually, to the exclusive purpose of
dical study. Board for eighteen wontas at $6
per week, in round numboce, $4OO. Total cost,
$9OO.
Now look at the other side. The apprentice
pays for his instruction in labor. West is that
labor worth? If 1 have been rightly informed,
the bore charges half wages for the services of an
apprentice. $2 60 per day, for one year of 300
days, Is $750. Multiply by 5, and we obtain
$3,750 as the cost of a mechanical education.
But, It st my figures should be grossly lucorrect,
'et us cut them down one-half, and we still have
the fact before us that the mechanical apprentice
pays twice as much for his trade as the medical
student dote for his profession.
• The remedy which seems to suggest itself is
this:—Establish industrial schools ("mechanical
colleges" is a better term), where young men can
be instructed In the art and mystery of a trade
In one-half the - time and at one-fourth the cost
now required by the trades-unions. Let the
course of instruction be both theoretical and
practical. A thorough kno 'sledge of the use of
tools, upon a scientific basis, laid broad and
deep. Combine the lecture-room, the model
room and workshop, and let them all be under
the direction of men whose certificate of pro
ficiercy shall , be to its possessor a passport to
public patronage.
Such a methoa has lone seemed to mo feasible,
and there is little doubt that it would .add vastly
to the dignity of mechanical labor and assist in
the progress of mechanical invention.
A PROFESSIONAL ?4AN.
PHILADA., Jan. 6, 1869.
DRAMATIC AND MAISICAL.
,—Madame Parepa-Rosa, fresh from triumphs
among the Californians, and bearing Saintly
honors from Mormondom, will appear in this city
at Concert Hall on Wednesday and Thursday
evenings of next week. She will be assisted in
these concerts by very excellent artists, among
whom are Mr. Carl Rosa, the violinist, and Mr.
J. Levy, an English player upon the cornet-a
piston, whose praises are loudly blown upon the
managerial trumpet. It is expected that a
frightful rush will be made fol. tickets at Tramp
ler's on Monday morning next, and it will be
judicious for those who desire to hear Parepa to
be present when the sale begins.
—Offenbach's numerical opera, "66," was not
given at the Theatre Combine last evening, ac
cording to announcement; but it will be pre
sented to-night, without fail, upon the occasion
of Mr. J. C. Gregory's benefit. Mr. Gregory Is
the lessee of the theatre, and a very worthy gen
tleman. If the Offen bachers are disposed to turn
out at all to hear "66," we hope they will do so
this evening and crowd the house.
—Mr. Carl Wolfsohn will give his third matt
ee in the fo3 er of the Academy on Friday after
noon of next week. The great attraction will be
a Sonata of Rail's arranged for piano and violin.
The admirers of the peculiar school of which
Rail is a disciple claim that this duet is a fair ex
ponent of the merits of its class. It certainly is
cue of the finest of the many excellent compo
sitions with which Mr. Wolfsohn has made us
familiar. Two of Schumann's pieces will also be
given for the first time in this city, and Mr. Wolf-
F obn will play one of his own compositions. Mr.
Colonne and Mr. liennig, as before, will assist.
—The Walnut announces the withdrawal of
the Or ange Girl at the end of the p r esent week.
The English drama After !Auk wi ll be produced
on Monday, with several remarkable effects.
Mr. John E. MeDonough will upper in the
piece, and will eaert himself In a surprising man
ner, intellectually, :esthetically and acrobati
cally. In the railroad scene, for instance, he en
gages in a hand-to-hand combat with a horde of
most degraded and ,ungentlemanly ruffians, all of
whom are vunished in a manner most gratifying
to admirers of honesty and virtue. One aban
doned outcast, we understand, is knocked about
in the severest manner, just in time to permit
the Conquering hero try save a train of cars from
imminent and deadly peril.
—.At the Arch that mysterious and energetic
Flash of Lightning con tinues,nightly, to fuse Jew
elry in the coal scuttle and thus bring an inno
cent maiden and her poor but otherwise honest
lover into deep misery. 110 w long this kind of
thing will continue at the Arch, or what is to
come after,we cannot say. It Is to be hoped how
ever, that these extraordinary electrical phe
nomena will purify the theatrical atmosphere of
some of its sensationalism, so that we shall have
a Mile legitimate sunshine when the storm
passes.
—Among other wonderful things announced
for this evening by the American Theatre, is a
feat bearing the amazing name, Airlaodontoperi
tization. This will be executed by a "lady gym
nast," and if' he deed is as hard as the name, she
will deserve much credit for getting through with
it.
—Neat Wednesday Mr. Renshaw, of the Nati
nee, will have a benefit from the Germania Or
chestra, at Horticultural Hall.
Eorgery—lndicattons of Extensive On
orations.
The Detroit Post of Monday says .
"On Friday a man called upon Major Dwight
Bannister, United States Paymaster In this city,
and presented a pay-roll bearing the name of
John G. Hudson, Sergeant company C, 24th
United States Infan try, signed Captain Thomas H.
Norton. Ho represented himself as Sergeant
Hudson, on leave of absence from his regiment.
Major Bannister, suspecting that all was not
rfi ht, lint off cashing the voucher on some pre
text, and told the fellow to call again. In the
meantime, he telegraphed to JACIEBOn..Misa., the
headquarters.of the regiment, and received reply
that there was no such man us Sergeant Hudson
belonging to company C, or to the regiment. Do;
tretivd‘ Sullivan was notified of the fiets, and
when Hudson returned to the Paymaster's office
in the.allernoon he.was arrested.
"A search- of - his person dlaelosed several
forged officers' pay accounts, and other ordera
against the pay 'department, blanks and forms
for making out discharges and pay accounts,
forged discharges from
• the U. S. army, three
genuine post-office orders Of $5O each, drawn by
the Posimatter of-St; Louis on the Postmaster of
Boston, In favor of JOhn G. Want. <One of the .
pay-rolls contained the name of Sergeant Jas. F.
Towneend,, Company H, Twenty-fourth , U. S.
Infantry. Some of the accounts had evidently
been presented Or payment--one .la partlettlnr,
F. I. FFTILERSTON. Publisle'''.
PRICE THREE CENTS.
•
upon which be bad received 0300, bore
the Signature of Major William A. Rucker, United
°tali% Paymaster at St. Louts, December/10.1868.
At first no money was found upon him, but *
closer investigation revealed ninety dollars 12
arcenbacks sewed in the lluinta of his panta
loons. The greenbacks, - whlehwere genuhm,
were new, apparently never having been med.
Be refused to give an account of himself; and de
(lint dto answer questions: He was arraigned
tcrate United States Commissioner Wilkins,. - Os
SaturcrWrnorning, on a charge of presenting la
forged voucher. Ho waived nn examination,and
was committed in default of $2,500 ball for.trid
at the March term of court.
ACTS AN'IrFANCIES.
Oge Year Ago.
BY MRS. H. U. STOWS.
One year ago a ringing voice,
A clear blue eye
And clustering curls of sunny hair,
Too fair to die.
Only a year—no voice, no smile,
No glance of eye,
No clusterlcg curls of golden hair,
Fair but to die.
Ono year sgo, what loves, what schemes
Far mto life!
What joyous hopes, what high resolveS
What generous strife!
The silent picture on the wall,
'lhe burial atone,
Of all that beauty,life and joy,
Rein aim alone!
One year, one year, one little year,
And so much gone!
And yet the even flow of life
Moves calmly on.
The grave grows green, the flowers bloom Mr
Above that bead; .
No sorrowing tint of leaf or spray
Bays he is dead.
No pause or hush 'of merry birds,
That sing above,
Tells us bow coldly sleeps below
The form we love.
Where haat thou been this year, beloved?
What hest thou seen?
What rising fair, whet glorious life
Where thou hest been?
The veil! the veil! so thin, so strong!
'Twist ns and thee;
The mystic veil! when shall It fall,
That we may see?
Not dead, not eleeping, not even gone,
But present still,
And welting for thecoming hour
Of God's sweet will.
Lord of the living and the dead,
Our Saviour dear!
We lay in silence at Thy feet
This sad, sad year!
—Miss Minnie Hauck was to make her drat lip !
pearance in Paris about the close of last month.
—An American clergyman publishes aChinese
newspaper m Shanghae.
—Cincinnati 2,,000 last ear
spent s2,soo,o4oreceived $
and now has 800 a
bonded de b t o f
$4,890,000.
—Queen Isabella is about to publish her
"Apologia pro Vita Sue." It needs an apology
badly.
—At the ball of the "John Morrissey coterie,"
Mrs. J. M. appeared in pink silk trimmed with
black lace, en pallier and trail, with 'very costly'
diamonds.
—A Washington correspondent says that "the
falling of a small icicle from a little nigger boy's
nose would have made mote report than the is
sue of A. J.'s pardon proclamation."
—Why should women their rights protest
The Court of Common Pleas in?
Women's rights are most contest,
When they aro uncommon pleasin'.
—Punch.
—The Terre Haute Journal says: The reason
why Lafayette doesn't build a rink is this: The
ladles of that city have such big feet that no
more than four or five could skate in a rink at
one time; therefore, the concern wouldn't pay.
—M. Paul do Cassagnac, editor of the Parts
Pops, has fought another duel, this time with his
own cousin. He wounded his antagonist, was
tried for the crime, and sentenced to six days' Im
prisonment.
—At a recent trial for wholesale poisoning at'
Geneva, the following naive statement was made
by the analytical chemists employed: "Fifteen
centigr. of morphine sufticent to cause death to
any one who is not accustomed to it!"
—At Berlin, the historian Frederick Foester, a
friend and fellow-soldier of Koerner, who fell on
the batik field in the defence of his countrie
against Napoleon 1., died November Bth, aged
eeventy-elght years.
—lt is remarked that a great many of our small
c cnsuls in Gtrmany,who were blatant Seymour
and blalr men during the canvass, have now be
come original Grant men. It is only a repetition
of the phenomenon exhibited among the home
trice-holders on a much larger scale.
—Apropos of Patti's cowing trip to St. Peters
burg a certain Paris photographer received a
message from the city of the Czar: "Send 3,000
copies of the Marquise by next train." Some
bcdy, however, lett out the final "e," and so
3,000 portraits of the Marquis are steaming away
to St. Petersburg.
—The captain of a whale-shi told ne of the
wretched native inhabitants of p
Green o landlhat
he sincerely pitied the miserable life to which he
was condemned. "Miserable!" exclaimed the
philosophic savage; "I have always had a fish
bone through my nose, and plenty of train oil to
drink; what more could I desire?"
—Two prize-fighters recently fought sixteen
rounds in a saloon at Bryan, Nebraska. Music
preceded and followed the fight, at the close of
vs Mai there was a dance. The ladies of the Corp*
de ballet attached to the ealoon occupied seats on
the music stand during the Light, and enjoyed the
entertainment exceedingly. Civilization advances
at the West.
—Velocipede-building now forms an important
branch of trade in •Paris. There are not only
manufactories of these now locomotives, but
foundries where the iron work of which they are
composed is cast. One of these employs two
hundred and fitly workmen, and finishes twelve
velocipedes per pay for a coach-builder of LVOrle.
ALy onese velocipedist is willing to take any bet
that he will beat the fastest trotter in a race.
—Mr. Shepard, of Everton, Indiana, has Met
his wife by elopement, and thus he describes the
runaway: She is live feet in height, rather
heavy, having very dark hair and eyes, a short .
concave nose, dark skin, a little black inustache, ‘
thick lips, no front teet h all the teeth in her head
decayed, and not much of them left except reente r
round shoulders, subject to phthisle, a sear Ow`
her collar-bone, canted by a burn, ono or two wars.
on her face, and one crooked rib."
Whereupon the Lafayette Courier replica: It.
la a number eleven lie. The Lafayette ladlee ate
celebrattd for their pretty feet. -All's ,well yott
know, that ends well and the Terre Haute e.ditor,,
afflicted with the daily exhibition of agricultural
hoofs, is dying of envy. Goodwin, of our city,
once made a palr of twenty-eighte for a Terre
Haute belle. He built them in the back rird on,
a sort of marine railway, and launched thorn. It
ever an old woman liyed in a. shoe, it was down:
at Terre Haute. • .•
—George Francis train, in his autobiography,
RIMS up his episode of courtship and tuarrike,,
as follows: " 'How long do we stop?' 'Ten min-' 'Ward?? 'What,' 'Doyen see that beau.
Wel girl talking 'with those bore?' 'Whore?'
'Over there by the ear window,' 'That -
ringlets aud.auburnhair? That school girl lOW
her head full of, wonder?' 'Yes.' 'Well, old fel
low; I intend to make that girl my wife, narl
will follow her until I dud out her name, at the', -
risk of. losing my trip to Europa. I coartaiftwor
louts and ma ted to two daya.".•