Olki (BWMt-itilitar. VOLUME XXIII.-NO.-36;-- •r • 4 ~7 I, LETIN PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING, (Buntla,jra,excepted), ". ST TUE NEW BULLETIN BUMPING, 607 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, . 1i litiLLoriN ../3130,01AT10N.: EROPRIETORN, GIBSON PEACOCK , CARPER SOUDER J _JR., P. L. FETIIERSTON THOS. J. wILLIAmsoN, ientNexs WELLS. The BULLETIN is served to sulotOribent in the city at 18 cents r week .a able to the carrier or :SS . rannum. "VV - V; , • 12 I', •i• * rAa c iUNS ,vir T uzill Par" "' &c. , New tYlea qo7 Ni 4 lVt ( t?l l l i tttM. VE6DING. ---- f... • ITATI6NS EN- D _graved in the newest and best manner. LOUIS KA, Otationer and Lngraorr. 1033 Chestnut street.. .. , 0 '4.4 e- . ~-. ' , ..V.'. , t -.. fe2o it iletn 1.1 4 (,i,.A- Aji t. RlV A , ; ' , , , ,:ei ril liatiiiii 9 Eininfrighin:ti * tf7l,; e rt " fe l . s gW .1. Brown, Other H. Cross to Minn ° Kate . otter. all of this city. •., If AZAIt ti—COL TON . May 23th, 1809, by Rev. Charles T Alrooks. of Newport, 'Mr. Daniel L. Hazard, of New. port, R. 1., to Mies Della L., elder daughter of B. W. Colton, E,oi.. of Philadelphia. * LTWIENI- , FOCKEL,'..—en Tuesday morning,. MayiS, lw , :attho realdelnee oftliehride,bY nor: Alfred Darn es, assisted by tier. Merrick Johnson, D.D., Dr. Frank A. Kitchen, of Springtown, Pa., to Annie M. Eckel, of thia city. SAGF.-4XIITIN.—On Thursday, 3fay 20th by Rev. E. It. Beadle. D.D.. )tr. H. Sage, of Brooklyn N. Y., to Mts 3...t111tie Q. Cartiniditoutbier of A. G. Curtin; • Ble T.ll-41c1DIACK.Pite:-.4heThursdarlivenn, Ma/ l'Oth, 1869,by the Rev. Wm. M. Cooper, D.D , Dr. Eugene .1, Santee.. to Jennie, youngtrot daughter ofthe late Wm. McMackin. both of this city. ' r; 4 , • ALEXANDER.-On the 19th tat., Mary, daughter of George and the late Fanny L. Alexander, in the 17th year of her age. - - The relatives and friends of family are restrectfully invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of her fathitri:iitirtbeast corner Thrill and.floates Iptreot44,,thli ilgyklaytalernoon.alstinit., at 2 0 Cloak. int4rMillgtitt MatiliOoOletery. ' - '.• LOW) WI iPtit.T;Willerti GoorgoAlt the Mehl 'of his - aste. '1 he 'relatives and friends are invited to attend hie' fit neral, from his late residence, 858 Marshall street, on t at 2. o'clock. • - Virefl a T ft .-Oe ti the 18th list., thitouel Knight,in the 85th year of his age. . . The relatives and friends of the faintly are iwrited to :4417.1z ~,the.;litteral. from hie -late residence, ma . contea «n tiventitilleY, 1"51 at,Sn'tdock. - LAWNS .4.1. N D• It LIGHT OGAN DARE FRENCH LAWNS. . • • YR EN CR ORGANDIES. MAGNIFICENT GRENADINES. IRON DAREGICS,.YIRST QUALITY. EYRE 3 LANDFILL. ci.NlwEs, " 4 4 411%, ~, 4 - _OptN riAiLY `" aNOYeltib9 Ja r ' • FANCY-BONNETS, • • TRIMMED' MVP , a • "' i :l 7 #lENCif FL,OWERS , ' NEAPOLITAN HATS, FANCY HAIR HATS, lIISOONSand SILKS, - CRAPES and ILLUSIONS, . ' - Every. New Style Ont. - ':-.W.661: - &''':o4lt:, - No. 725 CHESTNUT STREET. A few, fine imported Xlcinnetta, ISELOW COST: WOOD & GARY. . AMERICAN ACADEMY OF MUSIC. <I4R. OROCETANNE KEMBLE WILL READ . "AS YOU LIKE IT" For the Benefit of the ,MERCANTILE LIBRARY. COMPANY, • WEDNESDAY EVENING, May 26th, at 8 o'clock. 'dmission ONE DOLLAR Reserved Seats in Parquet, Parquet Circle and Balcony, TWO DOLLARS. • The Sale of Tickets and Reserved Seats will commence at Trumpler's Music Store,926 Chestnut street, on Thurs. the 26th inst., at 9 o'clock, A. M. myL3-tIN rp HORTICULTURAL HALL. - A tr7,B.pecial meeting of the Stockholders will beheld at the Unl it on FRIDAY EVENING ,' Juno 4th, leas, at 8 .4:lclotir,.for the purpose of authorizing the issue of pre ferred stock. . my2lf m wBt§ MTHE FORTY-FIFTH .A:,.TCNIVER sary of the American Sunday School Union will be t the Academy of Music, on TUESDAY EYE NINO,;2Sth inst., at 7.45 o'clock. Addressei6may be expected from Rev. M. M. d Dana, of Norwich. Conn., Belt. N. 11. Schenck, D. D. of Brook lyn, N.Y., and Rev. Frank L. Robbins, of Philadelphia. A selected choir of 600 young ladies will sing under leadership of Col. D. W. C. Moore. A limited number of. Secured Beats may be had at •tho ',Society Building, No. 1122 Chestnut street. Tickets for Parquet and Parquet Circle, 50 cents. Balcony, 25 cents. Family Circle free. myl7 19 21 24 2.5 rpstl. KrTICKETS FOR CLERGYMEN FOR the Yorty-firlt Anniversary of the American 8. 8. lin on can be had (if called for previous to 224.1 inst.) at the Society's Building, 1122 Chestnut at. my14,17,19,214trp§ NORTH BROAD STREET.—LARGE U Lot. corner of Montgomery. _ Divided, if desired. Apply, between 10 and 12 o'clock, to M. C. LEA, 430 Walnut. • my2l f m vr Bt§ rePENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD cOMPANY, TREASURER'S DEPARTMENT. • L PLULA.DELPHIA., May 1.5,1,369. NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.-The books are now open for subscription and payment of the now stock of atria CornPan.Y• THOMAS T. VIRTU, mylB-Stitrpg Treasurer._ 5i AP- AND BEAUTIFUL COT TAGES—Cheap Lot, at East Gormantown—Now 'Method of Building—New Styles of Architecture. Circu -Ist* tree. A. D. CALDWELL, 112 . Fourth et. 20-3tro' 'NEW METHOD .OF BUILDING U CHEAP AND BEAUTIFUL COTTAGES. Cir culars free. A. D. CALDWELL, myll-11t 112 South Fourth street. - 0; 1 MUSICAL INSTRUCTION, CULTIVATION OF THE VOICE, Singbag, Piano, Violhr,.Oultari Jto: by_ SIGNOR VALLO, royli-12t rp§ . 530 North Tenth street., • Ba; - TURKISH. BATHS. 110991a,1p FROM TH)3I Ladies' departraont strictly priyato. OpPa day and ..ovardng. , • api-tfrp§ y e 4 ; HOWARD 11 .OAVIVIL, N 05.1518 andl32o - Lontbard etrearDispeuaary Departmtint. dtaal traattuent and medicine furnished gratuitously the paw'. - - - DIVIDEND NOTICES. PEI'INSYL VAN.IA RAILROAD OCEMPANWPREABURER , FI*NPARTMENT , • 2 PIirLAPIMPIIIA, Pa., May 3(1,1360. The Board of Injectors have this day declared a semi- Annual. Dividend of Five Per Cont, on the Capital Stock of the Company, clear of National and State taxes, paya in cosh on and after May 30,1869. 'Blank.powers of attorney for ectilecting dividends can bo had at the failleo of tho company, No.= South Third The Office will he opened at 8 A. M. and Cloud at 4 P. M., front May 80th to June Stli, for the payment of divi dends, and Inter thatdate frcarta A. M. to 3 11..151 ' THOMAS T. FIRTiI, • Treasurer. Noxr..--Tho third initahnent on New Stock' of -1838 is -duo anti payable on or before June-16. ray4-21nra FOR "PINEIaAL, Box as a companionforThe sick:chamber; the finest assortment in the eity, and a great yariety of Aire toeo. :leek from. Imported direct by . BACITIEETt; • mhldt frp 824 (Chestnut street; tielow Youtth ..__ , .. . . . . . .. . i I , ' ,' et ti."l , rl , T•,r , , , ,:• : • f , ~, : ~ , , r - -..- 1 I . i ... T. ~1 1. t . -• ,1 t.,..±,., . ~;_..._s,t, 4..._..7 . - 4 . , t f .:'• .-- ; '... ~ f 1 '... :, '; - 1' (2 . :!,- ~ ; • .-. k, . - -..." / t tI . , ~.k .._:.,, !. _i jl./ ~ ' ,:'!'/ ~ ', ;,I 11 ,t, ' t; i I j . _. '' . .. • . • .'. '-‘ tt , ; '- I' 'I,- ' • ' ' . '''. ''..-. ,4' ,44-.:- t " ''' 4'' ' '-' . . '-!'' ''' '-• '" . . . ' ..- ... N. . . . . . ~ . . . . . • . ... ' .. , . . .. .:.a . , • . .. , • .. , A ,--....4,. ~I, ',-,, .1::., -, ~' , t '; .. ' s' : 4' : 4 :: ''i '-' :'T', ' ''''''' i -"-:' , ''„,' ..,t '' '. :',.. ~ ',.''i . •-• :''. .. :. ' ' '-': , . 2 ' ' . : - , „ ~ . -... , . .. ~. - • le. . .y..: , i; ' fri - ,' '!,!•,'-,.. ' 4 - •4' 7 ~;,..-;.. ' r ~, ~, t. '' . . . ... . .. . i :-.14.. I I. ,'I; . 5.: , • . I . ' I I't, -, ~ -1 ''. . ~ ' t• • ' i 0 • , • , 4 . , ~ , , .. . . . . „ • . ' ' '1• .'::„. ' ~.i '',. '4, ,' .•.• ', .?4, , . , .. . _ . . .. . ,_. . . , -•- ,r . ' .• . .. . EMMEI A PRESI!riIEitIAN THE NEW SC;i1001. GENEEAL ASHEMDLY 3 B PER CEEDINOI4 rtaintliany.. ' , The Opening' Services..Apebing. Sermon by the Heir. Dr. Stearns.-The Rev. Dr. Fowler, of Utica, Chooen• -BloderntormA Committee Agreed Upon to Confer with the Old !School lionly oft Reunion. . The New 'York &In Of this 'morning has thq following e The annual session of thelneueral Assembly. (New School) of the I'reshyterian Church of ) the United 'Stafeli ww opened iii the Church I of the Covenanters (the Ties% Dr. Hatfield's), 1 on Park.avenue, in this city, yesterday morn ing. The meryiee§, were,„Anteroning and im pres;sive. An invocation waB ,offered by the Rev. Dr. Maxwell; of Cincinnati, after which a hynm was sung to a familiar tune, in which tbe-wlittlo4xidy of Oetryth•en4irid rhlinteldikirs Joinktilitli fewer,. The MAW: Dr. Chester of 1 A.Wei.reqd they FOOrth !:Erdstfet. Ow brovo,thft _ APPEAL FOR ORRISTLAN.trIVITY. After which the Gloria in Exceisis wassung. After the chant, Dr. Chester offered an 'elabo rate ex tempore prayer in which after invoking the Divine blessing on\ the body assembled before him, he also fervently prayed for the other Assembly, and asked the Almighty's aid in bringing about a tinfoil of the two.bodies, •‘ 4 thatr we might no longer present the sad spec tac' le'of biothear diaagreeing." The liymn iCITC thy itlusdont, , • was sung, and then the sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Stiarns, of Newark, N. J., Moderator of the last Assembly. The preacher briefly and feelingly reviewed the history and narrated the growths of the New School branch of the Church since its separation from the Old School body, thirty-one years ago, and then announced as his teat the 21st verse of the lab chapter of the Gospel by St. John: rittitiroat a " / 4 6 . i ,P)";/ hat t*Pl i ii° n4O. b 6 P/P tul." blutsarto t'i't ' vv Witle-te'lti"ro;„ difretwei reliVons• which (hut Speaker ; . pointed ptiti whichs pre vento4.,tke!orglinicc•• anity4 ,iMillehes, of hristiair betievertr,"an4 seemed to necessitate the exis:ence of smribturdenoatinations. Those differences, he contended, were not on 'essen tial points, but were sufficiently great. to pra vent co-operatian in, one organic , body.. He did not think it desirable hail the,tinie arrived, nor did he believe the time, had arrived, how ever much it might be desired, when all branches of the . Church should be united tinder one organization. If actuated by Christian love and earnest zeal, they could , all unite in promoting the cause of religion,; and in the (71iristian alliance the si)ectable is seen of Christians of all denominations .meeting and si aging COIIIIIIO ' "Blest be the tie that binds Our hearts in Christian lure.": , • • 116; IltEfollii"ELtikii ONION eglitt.NTED And this brought the speaker to' the ques tion of the union of the various branches of the , Presbyterian; Church. This, he main tained, if not accoMplished now, might not be ccomplishedfor yearn to come., ,Y , lell-pight the 'Church of kome - laugh. at Protestaiitisiii, when it suffered itself to be cut up into so many branches and sects by such:insignificant differences. The condition of- the world de-) mantled • that now Christianity should 1 , lint aside forth eVe,Mstlidation,-10 1 " the PraPeOttexi;;;orthe the worlds new sPrigraLe• Any , '"shbuld' , notes the ;1 1 ,reshyterian';',0 ' , arch unite?' They bavelhe same confession ofLaith; not a word or letter or point of difference. They' have the' name book of discipline the mime form of troy flip the same name. This separation is dishonorable.' - Bay what we'will about it, the world will always look upon it as a family quarrel, the meanest of all quarrels. A little fraternal feeling, a little candor, alittle • ChriStian forbearance would bring all together. Our young men want the union. Many of our venerable fathers Would weep for Joy could • see the union before th .y _oto.t - helr long; Ifgme / • , , THEiNir SCHOOL PRESBYTHAITS:BM.DY The. New School Presbyteries luive accepted and approved the aterture for unionitent 4own from the Albany Assembly; it now remains for this Assembly to wait the response of the tither body and pray for union. The preacher closed with a grandly eloquent peroration of the ad vantages to Christendom taflow from this an ticipated union. _ _ . _ THE FORMAL ORGANIZATION. After the Doxology, the Assembly was con stituted in due form by prayer byy, the retiring Moderator. The Committee of Arrangements recommended that the sessions be opened a Si o'clock in the morning, daily, for,devotional exercises, to continue one hour, and then pro ceed to business, taking a recess at 'l2i - o'clock until 2i o'clock P. M. The recomraendation waS accepted and adopted. ' • In the afternoon, the Assembly proceeded to the choice of a Moderator. The following nominations were made : The r ßev..Dr. Fowler, of Utica; the Rev. Dr. Wing, of 'Harrisburg; the Rev. Dr. Crosby, of New York; the Rev. Dr. Chester, of Bull'alo; the Rev. Byron Sun derland, of Washington. The balloting re suiting . as follows First Ballot. Second Ballot 61 90 The Rev. Dr. Fowler. Fl=ffV=t=l . - The Rer- . Dr, Crosby 58 The Rev. Dr. Sunderland 19 The' Rev. Dr. Wing 19 After a second vote, with no choice, the Rev. Dr. Sunderland's, Dr. Crosby's, and Dr. Wing's names were, at their own request, withdrawn, when another ballot 'was taken,-as follows: The Rev. Dr. Fowler - The Rev..Dr.-Cliester ,83 , . The Rev. pr. Fowlei was declared elected, and duly installed as Moderator. The Rev. Wm. E. Moore, of Philadelphia, and the Rev. Geo. Howard, of Catskill, were elected temporary-Clerks. / A special committee was appointed /to re ceive and collate the answers of - the Presby teries to the overture oureunionwiththe other branch. A COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE. The Rev. Dr. Crosby announced that the Assembly of the other branch had appointed a .special committee of five ministers and five elders, to confer with a like committee'of this Assembly on the [subject, of union, and, moved # l O aPPoltitment oaf a like committee On the part or this body 40 meet them. • After dis-; eleissiOxit the motion was adopted unaniminisly. The CoMmittee 4.Arrankemeats announced reception in tke . Rooms, next agotsdaY. •;;3.• 54;=1, 1 ellik.AasOnblY4holl.:sdjourraskl 11A 4 . , ,A.:delotional meeting' bf the ruling 'mat kimmebio n' Ilm__Cliurch_of___the_Covenaist I this (Friday) everting, to which th a si publi9 arSs iavited. Proceedingsrof thpoi*d•Sehool , nibly -4 1 1 1 0 The. General Assembly of __the ,Old gehool . Presbyterians ... teotiVened , yesterday o.the I church at Fifth avenue; and... Thirty-seventh I greet. In numbers, it is already /arginto , than: any.of, the. preview; assemblages, , and its r j ceedings, promise to' toe equally . itripot t. t Threp hundred and. fifty commission .of , gates haye been sent ' The 'Synod's, ',repro -, sexited are those of Albany, Allegheny; Vah L t.o, I more, Buffato, Chicago ? Cinehmad Indiana,- liowa,-Illiwor ottrlientriekk, 'llilissouri; Nashville, New Jerse3r, New York, Northern India,•Northerh Indiana,' Ohio, the ? Paixifie, , , Pittsburgh, St.'l'aul,"oSandtalky - , Southern lowa, Wheeling' and Wiseonsin.i No Cieniralattlierlere, appeared from the Syno , d!, I of the Atlantie. ' • • ___ x RELIGIOCS CEREMONIES , THE FORENOON. • At-the opening session yesterday there were PHILADELPHIA, 'FRIDAY, mAy 21,1869. Present about 265 ministers and ruling elders, the fernier constituting pearly two-thirds of the number. • The forenoon was devoted rer ligious service& • The Rev. Pr: G. •:W.!' grave, of Philadelphia, moderator . of the hist Assembly, preached the sermon from the text Mark - kvi. 16: "Pe that belier ell and ht LIP • tised shall be saved; but he that.belieketh:not ; shall be damned." " . • : l'royer ryas offered by the Rev. Dr. fbiing, and liev. Dr. Jacobus read from the Seriptum. a DR. JACOBUS MADE MODERATOR. " • After a recess, the Assetnhly met, again' at 3:11'. M., and proceeded to business. The .elec;- tion of permanent officers was first in order. Three candidates for Moderator were inthe field, and the vote stood as follows;_--Theirev. Dr.Melaucthon W. JacObus,df Allegheny City, Pa., 140; the Rev. Dr. Willis Lord; of Chicago, 04; the 'Rev. Dr. A. G. Hall, of .Rockeste ,'r 65. Dr. Jacobus was thereupon declared duly elected Moderator of the Assentl4y. The Rev. Dr. /3chenck, of Philadelphia, Vas elected Perrnertant , Clerk, the Rev. R. K Rtigers Temporary Clerk, and the Rev. Dr. A. T. McGill Stated Clerk.:'':: RECEPTION IN 'IRE APOLLO ROOMB. i e The Committee of Arran ments annotmced that a teception - would be veil, to the Illea- Maw of the .Assembly on onday evening in Apollo Hall.- Tickets for all 'persons except the Commissioners, $2 each, to be had at tan dolph's and •Catter's book-stores; , A COIiF_ERENCE COMMITTEE TO BE APPOINTED. A Committee of Conference, consisting of ministers.and five, eldeis, was ordered to be appointed to confer *ith a simiLuCommit tee appointed• by the other . General Assembly in session in this.city, on the subject.of the re union of the two branches of the Presbyterian Church. The Moderator will announce the Com mittee this morning. A resolution was passed that the sessions of the Assembly be held daily from 91 A. M. to 121 o'clock P. M., and from 21 to Li o'clock P. M. Notice was given that the first business this morning would be to fix the order of each day's proceedings. • ft is understood that to-day the reports on Theological Seminaries are to be received. Prayer meetings are to be held in the church each morning at 8 o'clock. I Corroepondenee of tho Philadelphia Deming Bullet-111j - LETTER PROM' ATLANTIC CITY. ATLANTIC CITY, May Ai, 18q.—Since your .correspondent last acquainted the. readers of the EvENING DCLLETIN with matters and things concerning Atlantic City, a mighty transforniation has taken place in the' topo graphieal and other characteristil of , tt& "City by the Sea." Change appears to be the order of the daY—not front a bail condition to that of a more disagreeable tt one,but from goiol ,„ , , it to beer. During the past, w inter 'there as been More energy exerted towards givingthiS Place-an impetus` in the right• direction than for several years past, and more improvements of everyatlicriPtion than heretoferehavebeen cempleted,`andmany are now ,in .a .for*U'itl. state • • progress. , The • lierniirrient rosi , dents—those . who are really.. alive and active---exhibit • a vivacity of spirit • the work of; . converting: • the repul4ive _features oftlie island, into ,useful and attrac tive improvements;: so that when the.waste ' places are coveted • by broad and well-laid out flower gardens,swampy.grounds filled up, and many of the sand banks removed, there will be no draw-backs to keep strangers from par cliasingand • improving such locations as will suit their respectivb tastes. Every individual who could do anything at all has had plenty of work, from a wheeler of sand ,to a master mechanic. Horses and carts have been ac tively employed in hauling . gravel upon the avenues and elsewhere, where needed by private individuals to improve their yards, while the Railroad Company have kept a.tram constantlyrunning to supply the much needed gravel required. A large force of workmen are' now 'conveying sand from the banks near the. "Surf.llouse to the new "Exeursion House," which wilt be coin- pleted by the middle of June. You have al ready published the dimensions, architectural plan andthe number of rooms of this grand structure; andit woUld be useless ito repeat them here. Suffice it to say that the buildiLg is just such as ; he. exigency of =the. . times de manded, eligibly located, within a few yards of the very finest bathing (MUM beach, and Cone mantling an, uninterrupted view of the ocean for ondles, _in fact • 'as -far as the • eye can reach, with the many objects of interests that, ,present themselves, leaving ~ the senses almost. bewildered with the - boundless niagni licence of old Ocean as, he lifts his sparkling mane high up in the fury . of a storm, or lies like a sleeping lion in the tranquil embraceof rest. Now its. surface may be seen dotted all over with the white-winged messengers of corn, merce goixig in opposite directions,and again • not a "sailsmay be seen on itsbroadbosom. The history of Atlantic City is a history of only the past fifteen-years; and yet ; in - that brief period this island has . been converted from a wild and ,barren desert into a rapidly increasing and beautiful city: The whole en terprise at the start appeared like a wild and chimerical undertaking, the Railroad Com paiirliaving first to build their . road.:through an uncultivated and seemingly lifeless conntry, and with the patience of Job waiting the slow process of building up a business ' winch might possibly give them a return• for the exP e nse.s incurred, or it might, possibly not. With com mendable zeal they have waited and worked. They had a sagacious belief that the time would come when their investments might become profitable,' and . "'pa tience on 'a; monument smiling at .grief," they have waited and are still wait-. lug. • Yet year by year the prospect • grows brighter, the business of the road in -creases, and Ilse spirini of the-company grow- more cheerful and buoyant as the „income of their, yoad.grows heavier. But never, in the darkest days of its existence, have the enter prising gentlemen composingthis company faltered in. their faith that their ,undertationg Would' result, advantageously, and; - at ••scime time, profitably. 'They knew that the sea ter minus of the road _.-ifforded unsurpassed ad vantages 'Tor - the - building, •up of a popular "watering-place." The bathing grounds were unexcelled at any point on the New Jersey coast, and its,,pare,. delightful.,atmosphere in summer Offered inducements. Of no ordinary characterld those who desired "to escape from the heat:and : confusion, of cities.. • ATltese arc thepreliminarkfaett4 connected with AtlantleCity, for, , so-'soon• as the leen structitatiof the rbadbeenine•a tangible Verity, men of capital and commenced im provilig.thejtilairiVainl the road was completed', - Streets'aturavenues were laid out, building lett staked off, awl improvements on an extended scale commenced. . Hotels , and public-boarding-houses:went up as if touched by, ,some . magic ..mand t and.. everything, was completed for a' city futtire prosperity and attractiveness. 'From that time to the present its , progress hae been:gradual •andsatistagtory. It has not been as rapid ' as Borne fast spirits • anticipated•it,ouglitilblitit hooligan sure.. The original settlers , experienced. some inconve .niences .adapting themselves cto the new erder of things; -but they I,s art the "Golden Calf" 1 - n - "the IliAttince;and''greWliftrilighrpa --- tiently waiting for .coming events. Seine 'of.; them hay 6 Detterpt lheir eoritlition to aMar veltius extent, and some plod on the same oldi beaten trunk . of "from' Wind - to mouth,..'' n which their illnetrieo#:predeeeelore .trod ; for iigee'befOrik thein. "Bnt'tiniii - and' krogreati' 'hav'e swept awayi most of old landmarks; aud,insProvoments OVR interim tiiimmy. are springing up everyWheie over the Island. OnVirgima and Patitic avenues, .just in front, of the Clarendon, a Mr. Blood has nearly com pleted n fine building, three stories in height, designed for . a hotel and boarding-house. Charles Stockwell, of New York, has erected three..ll,gautifully-ilnished cottages on Pennsyl vania avenue, which itresent, an imposing ar chitectural finish. Joseph Shinnen, onAtlan tic avenue, has put up two fine residences op posite the -United States Hotel. Dr. Souders has built a very large addition to, the Reed E. S. eed has completed an imposing structure, which he occupies as anextensive drugstore. There are five new buildings not yet 'finished on the the south side:of Atlantic ave orittd,j'aboye Virginia. On Pennsylvania ave nue, north of the railroad; Mr. Engelhe, , S. It. Mond, Mr. Goldey and Dr. K. Reed have each_put up tasteful cottages. Mr. McCidlbugh two on Pennsylvania avenue. Mr. Mehler added another BtOty to his estiblis'hment oppo sitt the depot, and mr. Rotherham his built a • e and imposing front of three stories to the large House, on Pacific, avenue. Ou North Carolina, avenue, near the Oc'ean; a Mr. Hunt has nearly completedaverylarge board inghouse, and at the corner of Patine and North Carolina avenues, the congregation; of the Episcopal church are putting - up a small but quite attractive edifice, on ithe ordinary GOtluc style of architecture ' • for chinch, pur poses..:The Tank House lias • been removed Itnin near the depot to Pacific avenue, and an additional story put on it. The new Excursion House is rapidly advancing towards eomide lion; and is a splendid building. Many 'other essential in:mrovements have been made, and are now going forward; which indicate a;pros perous future for Atlantic City. = There is a constant changem the shore going Oil, but the bathing grounds do.not seem to he affected by it,except that in its making out, the diStance to the surf becomes greater. Most of this however, will be obviated by setting np the'bat,h houses nearer than usual. - It is anticipated that the' present will be a grand - and successful season, and prepara tions on an enlarged scale are making for It. A 'raikoad track is to be laid along Pacific aveime, Which will be a great'accommodation. Altogether, there is more life and energy ex hibited in this city at the present time than in any one season heretofore, and itis the general impression that these improvements are but the fore-runners. of others of greater magnitude. D.W.B. 1: AA , SM:0);) 4614•11'4 410:1210:e9s1 $5,000 Stolen front a Safe. The. Pittsburgh Commercial of yesterday ys sa: ' • A. most daring and successful robbery was perpetrated on Liberty street yesterday after noon, ,the safe in the wholesale grocery, estab lishment of R. Robison & Co., No. 255 Liberty street,being robbed of $2,500 c,ash,andabout the same amount in checks and notes: It appears that in the morning about eleven o'clock one of the men who is supposed to have been connected with the robbery, entered the store and asked to have a ten dollar bill changed. Ailer getting the bill changed he immpdiately left. the afternoon, a little after three o'clock, the same man returned and asked the price of a quantity of beans and other 'articles, and hail the clerk call Mr. Robison from the rear - of the store. Just then another man came in and inquired .of Mr. Robison if he, knew a friend:of his who was a porter in some ..vhole sale hnuse,in the city, at: the same time men tioning-:his friend's name. Mr. Robison said he did not know, and was about rettirning to the rear. of the store, when the man called him back and detained him a moment or so in conversation. The two then left suddenly,and Mr. Itobison, on going to the office, fatind the safe had been robbed. The thief or thieves had taken $2,590 in cash and about the same amount in cheek.s and notes, together with the bank-book. The papers, however, will be of no value to them. Some of the papers were found in Spring alley, in the rear of , the store, immediately' after t robbery, and it is supposed that the thief en tered the back door and robbed the safe while his two companions were in the front part of the store engaging the attention of. Mr. Robi son. The bocik-keeper had left the store only a momentbefere, and before he left noticed a large Man with black whiskers who _passed through the store and out through the alley. As soon as the robbery was discovered the two men who had been in the frontpart of the store were followed. One of them disap peared, and the other went across the Hand street bridge and down the river bank to San dusky street, where he was joined by another. They both then carried new black traveling bags, and. passed up Sandusky street to the corner of Ohio, where they were joined by the other man who was in the store, and has since been arrested. After a moment's con versation, he waited on the corner and the other two passed up Federal street to a saloon near, the corner of Diamond, when the third party started down Ohio street. Chief of Police Bowden was in formed Of the matter about this time, and started in pursuit of the man, and arrested him on the corner of Beaver street and placed him in the lock-Up. He then started for the two in the saloon, and just, as he came in sight, saw them walking up Federal street,- they turned the corner of Jackson street, and passed'down Jackson to Monterey street; turned the corner and disappeared stiddenly,and no clue to them has since been obtained. They left their travel ing bags at the saloon, and.these were secured by the police, but contained nothing but a quantity of clothing. The man who was arrested giye s s his name as George Stevens, and says he is a bar-tender from Boston, arrived in the city day before yesterday and knows nothing about the. Teti bery. He said he stopped at the Gnuit House. His name, however, was registered at that ho tel as from Lockport. About seventy' dollars in money were found in his possession. The Saints Claim the Title to Govern- The SaltLake'Reporter of the 12th inst. says: A gentleman, well known iu this commu nity, located a piece of land near the Warm Springs, north of Ogden a short time ago, and proceeded to file his claimin the U. S. Land Office .in Salt Lake City. While making ar rangements to . prove it, several Mormons 0111110 upon the land in the night and put up a sort of portable loghouse on the claim, and next day declared their intention to hold it.• The gen tleman informed them that 'he had filed claim,.' ; and , was' the pricir, occupant, 'to which , they responded emphatically_ that they "did/31C see any title in the United States or the Land Office;.- that land: belonged - to the Church of Jesus Christ, they hail ,•' got it from Mexico • and it be longed, to them before , it did , to the govern ment." The gentleman replied that that ques tion would be settled in the courts, to Whir% they responded,:that "might, made right in this country no enemy of their people Should get a footholdthere, 'the country belonged,tti them add'' they knew no other title," ' and much tb the same• effect. • And so rests= the matter at present.. , Are these acts: the result of religiotis• .tfanaticisin or pure.mesin ness ? If the., "Saints" really believe, as so 'Many; of ' them preteN, that' TivOulhUreoutr - ,thern - elo4lstvelYi ue necessary.: finally to-try. conclusions ri them and let might settle it. 'The' Courts ; Can decide;.these ..thlrigs; una:,arty:MerMon:whil will not submit to their decision :shows him self to he an enemy of law: When are these petty qptrageh,tb stop?',,:When are we to have that protection= due merican; citizens?. , /f• them) acts; small wa they careiare- coUtinued, DIORBION RASCALITY: ment Lands. talMtion ofsome sort Is.certain. It would be well enough for our Government to quit grab bing for more . territory,and reduce to actual possession and law some that it now liar: CIIIIA. *Citable I nformation from Calm I'port of an American Consal—Fanforable roolects for. Cuban Independence. Thee Washington correspondent' of the Nen - Y ork Tribune Ba,p4 : A consular agent, who has resided in Cuba during the last fifteen months, has just arrived here; and to-day called upon the Presideut for the purpose of informing him - respecting • the condition of affairs in,that Island. The State Department has on file very full despatches from him. }Ds representations place the Cubans large.i3 gin the advantage, and he is of the opinion that. the insurgents will eventually succeed. His reasons for so believing are that the mode of warfare adopted bythe insurgents, ,that of not giVing open battle in the field. but by detachments and bands,will greatly harass the Spanish troops, and eventually bring them Information from _Cuban _sources, received here by the friends of the' insurgents, states that therelis.the most intense anger manifested on the part :of the merchants,. planters, and other businesS men of the island toward Count Nalmakieda,. on account of his order to' put to death all' persons over fifteen Years age found away from - . their homes. • The -mer chants- fear the, system of reprisals. The late commander. at - Trinidad is the only Spaniard of note who circulates the prepbmation. sut its provisions are being canned out , with terrible severity; and long lists of brutalities are being constantly re- ported.. Six women, one child, and' one editor were recently put to death in one day. The same information reports the success of the Cubans in the jurisdiction of Trinidad, and the defeat of the Spanish comtuander, Count Lesca, at Las Tunas. • INISSIOMPFX AND • lrEtz FIIMMEIVIM AMENDMENT. Letter fii•em . ex-tiovernor Brown. [Froth the Iternaado (Miseisstppl) Press, May 1.3.] ns • GovernOr Brown,. in remoe to leading gentlemen at Jack Son, publishes a letter set ting forth hissiews in reference to the recent .act of Congress, passed in conformity to the recommendation of the President, and the best com'se to be pursued by the people of the State under it. He thus advises First—Then ,let Its have order and rigid enforcement of the laws, to the full extent of meting out equal and ex act justice without stint to.all men of-all opinions, races and colors and to this endlet every good man resolve, to aid the civil and military authorities by every fair means in his power. Second—Let there be no factions or mere partizan oppo sition to the administration of President Grant.' But as the President has shoWn himself kind to us, let us be generous to him • We cannot afford to be Illiberal. T/ifid—We must stand by the issue' as •our opponents presented it at Washington. The convention, the con stitution and Eggleston .t Co.; on the 0710 side; the peo ple Of• Mississippi on the other. The President and Con gress sat in judgment and decided In our favor. We will not allow the issue to be' hanged. Yourfh—We accept the fifteenth amendment. .Pifth.We'pledge ourselves one to another, disregard ing color and former politiCal opinions, to deal justly by all - pleb and to secure perfect equality of civil nod politi cal rights to every one before the law. Sixtk—That we - set ourselves sternly against all men, of all tacos 'and of every creed and color, who come among 'us to make mischief, and that wo extend a cordial greet ing and hearty good will to' all men, .of all parties, opinions. races or color, who conic with the genuine pur pose of living , aith us and sharing in good faith our tortzume, whether they be good or evil. " Mr. Johnson's Pardons. The State Department has just prepared a .list of the counterfeiters convicted and par doned during Mr. Jolmson's term. The total number of cases was one hundred and•forty two. The pardons beganlvith the remiqsion of two sentences on the day of Mr. Lincoln's funeral, and the last was on the last day of Mr. Johnson's term. A similar Ilist of the par dons granted persons convicted of violating the internal revenue laws shows ninety-one cases. The Chester Lead Works, at Chester, Pa., owned by Messrs. Painter S.; Bair, were en tirely. destroyed by fire on Wednesday night, 10th lust, Loss, $60,000; insurance, SW,OOO, as follows: Lycoming Mutual 56,000 .2Etna, ot Hartford 6,000 Phoenix t of Hartford . 6,000 Hartford, of Hartford 4,000 Narragansett,R. 1.... 3,000 Home, N. Y 4,000 - Manhattan, N. Y 4,000 AIIIIISEXIENTS. —At the Academy of Music this oveningMrs. Etchings- Bernard will have a farewell benefit In La Trariata. Mrs. Bernard deserves well at the hands of the Philadel phia public,and we hope the house will be crowded upon this occasion. To-morrow afterno - on Montana will be given, and this will be the last opportunity to hear the troupe. It will disband at the close of the present en gagement. —Mr. Robert Craig'will have a benefit at the Arch St. Theatre this evening, in four first-rate pieces. Le Glacti dteur ; the Pretty Horsebreoker; the Toodks, and the Spitfire. It is hardly necessary _to recommend Mr. Craig to the public. lie Is certain to have a crowded house. —At the Theatre Cbmique this evening, Mr. Thomas Whitim, P good singer, will have a benefit in Ching-Chow Hi and Jeanette's Wedding. No matinee to-morrow. —The American Theatre announces for this evening a miscellaneous entertainment of a very superior cha racter. There will be a performanco to-morrow after noon. —To-night, at the Walnut, Mrs. Bose Watkins will have a benefit in the now Irish drama, Kathleen Ma vourneen; or, Under the Spell, and the Original farce, It Takes Two to Quarrel. • The Dublin Press, speaking of the Kathken Ma your neon, says: "Mrs. Watkins, played the heroine most charmingly. Her rendering of the beautiful ballad was a gem in itself. Of Mr. W., it is only just to state that his acting of Terrance was worth the applause It elicited from the crowdeit;audience. To our roadors-we would say, if you wish to enjoy a superb drama, superbly acted, go and see Mr. and Mrs: W. in Kathleen Mavourneete." —Bliss Elise Holt will have a benefit at then Chestnut this evening, ifi the burlesque Lucretia Borgia, she Doe tress. There will be a matinee to-morrow at 29'clock. —The annual exhibition of paintings is now open In the Pennsylvania Academy of Pine Arts. —on Monday night next, Ole Bull will -give a grand farewell concert in the Academy of Music. Ho will be assisted by a number of competent artists. Tickets May be procured at Trumpler's music store. —Mrs. Frank Mordaunt, annxcellent actress,will have aammplimentiry benefit ifi'the 'Academy of Musie, on Saturday afternoon, the 29th instant.,'' • —The Chestnut. Street Rink, at Twenty-third and Chestnut streets, will be opened this evening for veloci- Pelle riding for experts, and for those who wish to mas ter the art.. • . —J:11. Lent's New York Circus will be open every af .ternoon And evening thiii week with' a firet-clues per formance by the excellent company.. This will be- the —A:miscellaneous performance of an attractive cbarac- T f teat le re a . ll4, Tt i q n r C e ed wll ° l r: brbtcle e' t t - e d n a l l7ln ' g a.t by tl a m cco A rn m P u ti r s i h c' e ua d artists, Ethiopian delineations, and a multitilde of things 4 116 t to be feund at nriiother place of amusement. -,on , Weilmesday might next Mrs. Frances Anne Hem- Jblayill read As . You.LikS It,tn the Academy of Mnsic,for - OS' benefit of, the Mereitntile Library. Tickets are for sale at Tornphir'Sllusie !Remand are going off rapidly. ,wilt—On Monday. livening, May Mat, Miss Susan Galton have,n benefit at the Theatre COMi(1110, when Mari .thncisrill,be, Produced, with Mr. William Castle and Mer 'haps Some other members of the Wettings troupe in the oaett, Tickets tin be secured now, and , we advise every ;4stomppir at,onge , ‘ s ,Therelyip-be.a tromendousaluili.- Tito r a p)(l/'Ottzettg,tnentions a new play 'tit .' cub orthe London theatres in winch the ut most *limits . of realism seem to have been reached. ' The enthusiasm' of the audience cul rolnat,es when a live donkey'is brortglit in, and the home •resounds with cries of " Auther•! author I" • • '.:;L 0, PRI.C.E:.TAiIittO,gTfT:S.7: .. .::!7 4 . GIRARD. THE SIXTEENTH ALUtNI BE , Ha INTERESTING .EXE,IIPISES MUSIC, ORATIONS, COLi t EGE SONGS To-day has been a gala day, at girar4 Cot lege, the occasion being the Sixteenth'Aumiat Be-Union of thp Alumni. This bodeorgrad uates of Philadelphia's great popUlar , 'Collligik now !limbers over seven hundred nao 3l x* and it is highly gratifying to -witness thfiSigli_,;r with which they testify their gratitude and af fection toward their Alma Mater. • Unusual. interest appears to have been rqX, cited among the Alumni of the ,Collegei of late, in 'consequence of the prominence*hiort it lately occupied in the : public milikin-torr nection with the'establishment', qf of Trusts, and the official reference§ ma.e to the aff.airs of the College in legislative and lit dicial utterances. The stimulus tlittii . giVen#3, the organization which` celebrates ita annual re-union to-day is a very healthione, not but be productive of important good; ta sults upon the future interests of Girard Cal; The entire day has been given up at Girard College to the various exercises of the Altman; commencing ivith business meetings as. early as BA. M., and concluding with a social gather- The exercia es tooli place atilfo'elOck in the chapel, which Was handsordelydra,p6d with the Anierican color*, ,and: was densely crowded withtheAlumni,pnpils andfiltipdjof the College. McClurg's LibertiCoinet ,113anat, in their new hiilliant uniforms, wore PresYlit , and enlivene.d the occasion by ,achoico varteiy of appropriate niusic. , The exercises were conducted by W.Z.1411- tleton, Esq., President of • the Alum ni, and commenced With an Alumni Song, the occasion by Mrs. William H. Allen: A greeting to thee, Brother,. On-this, a Natal day; 'Renieinbrance, calls each other, Froisu interests far away: Brim; amaranthine flowers, . 'Tis meet; with due regard, To liall•thisday as ours,. In memory of "Girard:" The sculptured stone will perish, The chiselled flower decayi But gpratefullfearts will cherish What may not pass away.. A Brotherhood's oblation We bring before his shrine, And pour.the heart's libation To Ilim, who blessed our prime. THE INTRODIICTORY ALDRESS Bk;:r.HESL6ENT W. H. ALLEN, William H. Allen, LL. D., PreSident . of the College delivered the introductory address ' ,tfollows Mr/Piintient d Members of the Satiety of Alumni: The return-of your - anniversary tuts attracted :yen once more to these balls which were the bonze and school 'of your childhood. Here you acquired the education which has opened.te you a carver of usefulness in the • various walks of life. and prepared you for positions of respect ability and influence, -Here you meet again- the °Dicers and teachers who were the guides of your youth—who encouraged you when you .did right, 'and 'adroonighed you when you did 'wrong, and who; sometimes" gave emphasis to their admonitions by arguments which were felt. But they are net ail here. Some'of them 'have been lassoed with the noose Matrimonial, and , hurried away to be seen among ne no more. ' I think that for the Bake of the College you will join me inn protest against ' any future aspirant for the honors of a Benedick comb:w here for his Beatrice. She can't be spared. - •', • On behalf of the survivors of these catastrophesi'and of all the I Professors and officers, I 'greet you wiffra _hearty welcome. We have watched yonr course • with parental solicitude • we • have 'rejoiced 81.1, ' many of you ascending steadily on nn= the scale of manliness and respectability and we . have mourned when a few, who are not with us t todayl - have turned aside from virtue and made for themselves the re cord of a wasted life. We are gratified that se malty Of you - whom we still delight to cell" our Goys" reciprocate the affection which we cherish for you, and regard. the reputation of the College as inseparable from your own. V. e are strong_ in the faith that you will always be read,' to defend the Institution against unjust aspersions, from . whatever source they may emanate. - - - - -- It gives us pleasure to learn that your - society has bees organized on a permanent basis, and that yoU have much of the esprit du corps which'animates the alumni of more ancient institutions. Your Preeldent, already - familiar with the usages of deliberative bodies,. through honor able public service, will take care that your proceedings are marked with dignity and decorum. Your Executive Committee, under the inspiration of its zealous and indefatigable chairman, have spared neither time nor labor in collecting the names, residences, and present oc ea potion of our graduates, the personal history of those who fought for our national union, and especially of those who laid down their lives for their country. 'The: Work which Mr. Blascheck and his colleagues have performed possesses moretlian a temporary value; for the Board - of Directors are about to erect a monument to perpetuate the memory of those brave anti 'patriotic graduates of the College who died in the military service during the late war, and-the records of your committee will furnish. them with a roll of Honor very nearly complete:- -• The Board of Directors, young gentlemen, will speak to you through its President. I will only- advert to .the fact that of tho members of the Board who were in office at the opening of the College twenty-oho years since, only one remains in it. He still retains the parental in terest in the pupils which ho Manifested for the eldest or you in the prime of his life ; and no one rejoices more to meet you on this your annual festival, than Mr. - Iltemell t the Patriarch of the Board. But you meet here a few of your old friends, formerly Directors, whom yoll remem ber with respect and gratitude. and whose .regard for you is us strong tut their labors your behalf were beneficial. We welcome them to , our hospitalities, and hope that they may witness many returns' of this an niversary. We welcome his Honor the Mayor, the Com mittee on Girard Estates, and other members of Select and Common Councils an d' representatives of the mu nicipal government of Philadelphia. When they look upon this large assemblage of reputable young; men, they will see proof that their care 'in managing the great trust which Stephen Girard confided to this city has not boon in vain. • And now, my sons, as the frosts of adiancing years ad monish me that the winter of life approaches, and that every reunion of your . society eubstraets ono from the number, already small, how small we know . not, of those which I shall be permitted to witness, I feel that I may address every one of you in the language of David to his son Solomon: • . - "And thou, my son, know thou the God of thy father. and serve-Hint with a perfect heart-and a w.lling mind; for the Lord searcheth all hearts,-and understandeth al the imagivationsaf the thoughts; if thou seek Him, Ho will be found of thee; but if thou forsake Him, Ho. wilt cast thee off forever." . ADDRESS BY DAVID CHAMBERS, ESQ. 1 • David Chambers, Esq • 2 Waff - dien iiilitidUCed , s and delivered the following address.: 1 mr. President and Gentlemen a! the 'leant of Direr -I,,is, Mr. President and Facade of the allege, and 'Ladies dl the School and Hintechold:—lt becomes my duty, on behalf of the Alumni of Girard College, to express to you their heartfelt thanks for your cordial welcome to our old Home and School on this bright and .beautiful Anni versary of our benefactor's birth. lam avtare that no words of mine can give duo and' proper expression to those feelings. lam aware that no tongue, belt mine or another's, can portray to your minds, so eloquently as I we desire, the hallowed recollections whose reSuent tido Sows over out souls once more as we stand within the filtered preoluctm of this Chapel-room, or fill the seats where erst we knelt as children around ,thiscoramon altar of donw , die worship. • ‘ f, I _ I will not attempt the task. But we have come frotnt shop and store - from farm and factoryifrom counting room and office:to answer your anxious questionings i:At'• our welfare ; to tell you of the brothera we have' lel f be- hind, unable to be with us, but whose hearts beat itt unf sou with ours, and whose eyes are tkrue ' hltlyrWarda from all parts of this broad ComthoMte. loan ' riatit to-day ; to, toll you that we still, love anti ttoneryettil , -ft renew our vows of fidelity to truth, virtue utPaillotitint. and to be strengthened again for the great bate or ilfel4 the_pereunial fount of your pains and yoitrayens;.. _. Whilst wo have amongst our number te4syr those *hp but a few weeks agolwere in the for - ,off,„lStarula r s i tatie sea, me bring you good word •of others, lcv far? nt States. But there aro some who 'will - noter , retard to greet us. They have fallen at tlioir posh/tor duty in t 1 (r life or nobly given their lives that Me relttentnight net. perish. According to facts and records inAliQoettesslon of the . Chairman of our Executive' ,'• Meth- ••of the four hundred] , And liar gradzilib*•'•whe - left Ilia institution...l)44r .to tbe..year,.lßEits.atic hurulred..... and `eighty - nine enlistedz.;-in --,44,0t0r A* this number twentyrtwo - Avere4=l4 , •• ~,„ .4khr -esti, - irp , -- - taken prisonerth anti . thirbYAbettiiie ellen the battio• field or died in army :hospitals and as Tprisoners of war. Whilst we. honor" Ebel memories of t Moo upon whose graves the grass new Ousts soft -• and n'on the hills and in the valleys of the Smith, we point with pride to this war-record, as the hest evidence we can offer of. toff; strong attachment of the graduates of the (Marl College to 'Republican institutions. ' ' ' ' ..., _.. Thero tiro lantay litre prescat vrholitt - re?irGt 1111 Pow MENA MEE •. - 0 ,-, ‘74'k ; , .:c..:;. .y,.7t,.q:.:4t::!.f.;12. +.'-,-"-.':. - . , '4,.A-:',.; . li . ...:.,,.,...:,...,,,!., ;,ie,,i,:
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