i .Y x GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME XXIII.-NO. 279. SPECIAL PiOTICES. Boys' ClOthing. Boys' Clothing. Boys' Clothing.. Boys' o!.othing. JOHN WANATAAKER'S, SIS and 620 Chestnut Street. Every Variety of YouthH' Wear. IVlede irt Highest Style and Of the Pit:teat . Goode. We ACADEMY • OF-.' FINE ARTS, 1025 oHESTNIJT Street. • SIEERIDAWS RIDE. GRltitT 'NATIONAL WORK OF ART. T.• Budhanan Read's Liteenize Painting or • SHERIDAN'S RIDE, „ *OW 0)1 Eit.llllll7llo2lL - ADMISSION. - ONNTS. Inoluding the entire Collection °IMO Academ7. Oar 00502108 of the above celebrated Painting, In trice ffirri inches', ems. lipen Dons 9 A. 21. to 6 P.M., and from 736 to ID P.M. miff tf Ur , OPiICE PENNSYLVANIA RAIL ROAD COMPANY. . iuiiL birs.,7-7=1.4 f'. - aary 11, 2 79. NOTION TO taOC.KIi.OLDt:IO3. The annual election for Directors will be held on MONDAY. the 7th day of March, KO, at the Office of the Conitornylo. 238 South Third street. The polls win be open from . o'clork A. M. until 6 o'clock P. 31. No share or eharce transferred within 'sixty days preceding the election will entitle the holder or holders thereof to vote. JOSEPH LESLEY, ,felfiroliSrpj Secretary. A WIER .A.IJADEM V OF M COLE WILSON— HO WA RD-- , (MARX . Wilt r.moOld, sPeak et tiI.TWINTY•IPIPTIS ADDllerlary of Friendship liivieion. No. 19 Sons of Temperance. Mei rh neon ed seats% rents. 608 Arch street. rits LI EBIG'S CONIPANY'S EXTRACT of !that secures great economy and convenience in housekeepipif paid excellence in cooking. None genuine withont the signature of Baron Liebig, inventor. and of Dr. Max Von Petteekofi-r delegate. tho JaDI J. MILLI AU'S SONS. It.L.Broadway. N.Y. TII E YOUNG M.EI.4'&LYCEIIM , OF 1111DpivIellio . witl weet on MONDAY r;vr: NI NG March 7th. at the Mall, N. E. corner Broad and •rell Irtreots 4 woodmen'/. for the purpose of reormaining. All interested are WT4144117 Welted. Yor further..tnfer . ,Jr4litlOnt broudike../..44 r. . ,nah6.2trp* OFFICE SCHLTY.LE.II.4I..NAYIG A -4 ON CODIPAN Y. • o *' V • - _ ' • ncu WeatlW perktlttlng. the Line will bo npea for tho pax 'sage of boats oil" MONDAY: March 7th. WO. • uth4-6tro • }Tam. FBALITI. Preadent. . lIF.NTON,.N. J.,iit I - 1 AEC • I,' 1870. . • broucEnw Delaware awl Haritan - Hanal W ill be opened for navigation on the 10th !nat. G. STEVENS, trile3-IttO . Eorrineer dud Superintendent. •it 'HOW Tc) SAY THINGS • BOW TO SAT THINGS. It" HOW. TO SAY THINGS. ifoi — iiiiiAltiaSTßEET. inKled HUMAN, AND. PNBFITMED BATHS, Dew Monts for Ladies AMU aims freak 3 V. :99 P. M. 001VARD 11013P1TAL, NOS. 1518 mi t a4 zien Lomp: n l Exedj irfavelD e ice= Dapt= RELIGIOUS NOTICES. . - REV.'' Id C. ATLACK—FARE weII Berm on—Uhurch of the Nadir try, Elerent`r an 'Mount Vernon streets, ineAdAy, mg A. 3i. It. MORAVIAN crruseg, corner Frankttu and .Wood strolls, Rey. Joseph R. itummor, leastor.—Scrylcoa at 103. i. and P o'clock. inhs 42.19 j , , Church, Loolat 144(4, *lore rifteentA , itev, Humphrey: Psator.—Port Ices at .10. . A. and 73i P. At, • • JIMP , 1 STH 1110...SJEIYTERIAN CaCHURCH ; Swum IX etreet. below Sixth. Rev. Conker, -Pplter eleetlY kr!actitt Wit o'clock A. M. and 7:f o clock y.' • • It* - 3 07/I — /SW - O — RT - will preach ;to•rnorrow :in the Third Deformed Church, Tenth and Filbert streets, Services at leyi .o'clock A. M. and 'Ai it. C1.11 . 14 - TON ,ST/IE C a u o , Tenth strait:rim/ow Spruce.' Env. Dr. Mcllvelne, sinceton, wiajoyeaeli , towsovrow (Bonds") at DP; •A M. •wd 7,r tA.' , 146 it pfrstatt • cordially ilr• BECONDEPC),RMED CHURCH, 'Seventh ' street% •Hrown. Rev. Isaac firtley. mister, will ' , renal tomorrow (Sunday) at lOis 4. end It' Um ST. STEPILEN'SCHURCH, TEN Td ottoot, above Chestuni street. —Divine service to . 'llnerrow (SundaY) evening at 75i o'clock. Afternoon . &grease omitted. . lON. • ST. MARK'S. CHURCH, LOCUST, litkove Sixteenth street:•--The first of the series of Sunday evening Lenten Sermon, will be pretichei to anerrow evening, by *try. T. T. Davies, Rector of St. Pe ter's Church. Service choral. Seats free. lt' It7ARCH. STREET M. E. CHURCH: Bev. C, If. Payne to-morrow at 103 , 1 A. M. and hi. Subject for evezdng--"3loses, the Youn g lien of the S'oble Choice." Young men ow:chilly t in- I' _ - g. v. GEORGE S. CHAMBERS. 11. 7 OtNew Ytirk, will Preach tomorrow (Sabbath) flyetilug t 7.% o'clock; In tie& rind, Referined Presbyte rian Church, Broadtriv, billow Spruce. Collection is aid et Wylie Mission. ' It* ctorner of Seventh and Spring Garden.—Rev. T oit. X. Orewlll preach tomorrow, at 'lOSi A. M. and 4 73,1 P. M'. Evening—Nature* Teachings, "Living • 41JAVANDER ' PRESBYTERIAN 44.07 Church, Nineteenth. and Green etreete.—PrSocb- Sag tounorrow , at 10)( o'clock A M. by Rev. Dr.,ltnt. E. :Schaal*. and P.11.1)y Rev .Dr. Thos. 11, S kill er ;Jr., of Fort Wayne, Lod. SIIIVENTIf PRESBYTERIAN Okurek , , Broad ` street line) Penn B.juore.— Roe. Henry.: (1 Idcl.look, Paster. will preach tomorrow, 6th -fwd., at 1436 A. M. and 3% P. lg. Subject in the after . noon : " heiredOrelatalli " i - ; " ,10 0 , E VLME.NT'S CHURCH; TWER- Witi and Cherry streets.--Servide and sermon 'during the• season of Lent every Wednesday and BUTIdgY °Yell SOLT iCO„ Seats free. Service to-morrow veveuing At' 7%" 'o'clock: ' mhs s THE- TIRSP PRESBYTERIAN Wasbiniffoii ' Square —Rev. ilerriek .jo neon, Ni Pastor,ill' preach to : morrow at 10% A. :'.M.. and 'M. Evenly* subject—. LO6B and Gain" • ' • 10 THE REV. — Wt. , JOHN HALL, OP .Noy* York. will preach in the First Presbyterian Ohnreh n6Qormantown on. Monday evening, March 7, atillkyolock,. upon the ()omission of the. Installation of Rev. J.l Frederick Dripps as thu Pastor, of that 6-77 -1 1f . lifgrellILEREN'S CHURCII AT ,Weat Arch, - corner of Eighteenth and Arch streets, to-tnerrOwat 31'. Alf. Sermon. eHpecially to the -children, by ,the Pastor, Rev. A. A. Wilitta. Music by the chil .fleata free, except thoeo ,reeerved for the' flabbnth Scheele. The public cordially invited. lt" n. .ItEY., THOS.'H SKINNER. - .j.tV, 1 from Xart.Warnoantl,; will preach at West arch 14atreatiP,reahatorian Church (corner Eighteenth!. to .3norroar.stlo3.l . M,l3.*a. Ar. Willjta Wlll proachltO . ,; he children at 3 I', ,11.4 evening aarylco 'Sat bath in each month. - "It* , . , . - ,1:, -, .: . ,; , -.. 7..:*4.- ''. • i : .i, 7 - i,yl'4*; ..,' ' ,". '; ~r, , . ..;. .1 ..' ' . S. .:' ... ;• ' , ~ t 'i ' i ' - ..? i i ,. 1 t. . ".% , ' I '' ' ''), ''.' ','- ' ' ' ' , . 1 '•+ ' :. I ' ' ' . 4 , , • . • •:,3...,...,.,,;,.. ~. 7 . ' , . 1 '• . i , i • ! .1 . ; ,';;,.'. i i. . ,-.: ' '1 2 "; l ' ~ , -;',' " • . , , „ ~t• .. O.' ~• ,' • ,'' '' i : • "':'. - ' - , - , , . , .. , . ''' . - ''' ' ''''' '' J • ' ' ) • •' -(; 'l', ' --,:,•,:, . .-„ ' . ' .. ''' ' i = • • ' • , '', ..;;;,,,.:',.. 1 ,. ..: , .: .,, , •: ,, i i . : 1 , :: r, '' ,. ' ~; 7r 0 ' .; ' •• '; ;.; :'t i i ' „ . ~. 0 . 1 ~ ._. '',:, . ..., , ~- t ~ 1 , ''' ~ Iki z '' i , .. .' , , • . . , . ' '', , . ' .7 ' I ~ ~ ~, ' ~ .; :,. • ~, ),' ~, . ' , ' - . • . . , RELIGIOUS NOTICES. TRINITY M. E. CHt7ROH, EIOHTH, street, above nice.—lttv. B. W. numphriss,' at WA. M. and 7,ti* P, M. Strangers Invited. It . R EL"?. NORTH BROAD STREET PES BYTERIAN , Church, corner Green street. Preaching to-morrow by the Pastor,nev, Dr. Stryker ,at ling' A. M. and IN P. M. Subject. a the afternoon .die cotirse—" Shall the Bible be excluded from our Public Schools?" hlo evening service on the lint , Sabbath in each month,, • It* ; II? THE ELEVENTH. ANNIVERSARY of the Young People's Association of the Taber nacle Baptist Church will be held at the Church.- Chest nut street,' west of Eighteenth, on Wedneeday 'Evening next, the 9th inst.. at o'clock. - . - The anneal address will be delivered by - nigher , iiimpeon. • • - - ' ' Music under the direction of John M. Evans,'Esq. It* STRANGE NATERML PRZNGMRSON., Plveteal Changer In the Greet Antert- Call Dealert. . , . The Inland Empire has the following re markable ataternent,eoncerningthe .• process of change going on all over the great inland desert between California and Missouri. It says;. f, • • ' For some time Peg there has been r a ques-' • tion before the people of this basin and of the plains east of the Rocky ,lkleuntains, that has as yet failed to he satisfactorily answered. It is : Why are the streams carrying more water than in former, years ! , , The great :plains are fast loSing their arid nature, and through them are running streams , places, where twenty years ago there Was not a drop of water; and whom at . that time there were small streams, they are now very much enlarged. In Many' cases this change has been of great value, as it has given to the traveler a supply of water that had previously been denied. When the first emigrants crossed the plains to California, the great objection urged to the trip was the scarcity of water on the great part of the route. Within a few years this has been all changed, and in the beds of old streams that were dry when first found there is now 'water for all the pUrposes required. The Laramie plains are not now destitute of water, Whefeat some years ago there wasnOne, and the traveler had to carry water on passing over them. There can he no doubt that for the last ten years there•has been a continued increase of water throughout the whole desert country between the Missouri and the Sierra SeVaria. The Arkansas was dry in 1862' from the Pawnee Fox to the Chnaron crossing, and prey - ion, to that time the Pecos was dried up so that at many places- the inhabitants were obliged to dig for water. And the Moro Val ley and Plains were at that time almost desti tute of vegetation. Now the vegetation is luxurious, and It is one.of the very best "wheat rowing sections. : • • Denver was built on the banks of.an extinct creek; which it was supposed would remain dry, but after the settlement, to the astonish . meat of the people, it became quite a stream, and is now crossed by bridges. The Iltusrfa.no, thelleya. Pecos, and others that were dry dur ing the summer months ten years ago, are now constantly running in fair streams.. We are tatisfied that, along the avlsOleJiMi Qfthe Union_ Pacific Railroad there is much more Moisture in the eartlithati there was only a feci`y.eirs since. Again; Salt Lake is seven feet 'higher than it was, ten years ago, 'and it is constantly rising, and it has been urged by flidie Who' have paid attention' to the subject, that the rise of water there would produce a solution of • the 'Mormon question before Congress would act upciti it. When the Salt Lake shat! rise a few feet higher we stailleok for its' Over flow to reach the 'Shell Creek range, 'as' evi dently at one time as water did cover , what is now only an arid Valley, not direct in its course, but cut np with ranges, still the con tinued valley -can be traced. • This great in crease of water will work a great revolution in the opinion of the people as to. the capacity .of, the great plains for agricultural purposes. The only season why the great plains cannot he made into good fruit farms is the lack of water and timber, as the land in richness has no superior. The increase of water of which we have spoke,/ will do away. with one objec tion, and'the,discovery of coal over a di:stance east of Salt. _Lake for over six, hundred miles will obviate the Other. The man who travels over the Union Pacific Rail, road twenty years from this time will find that the Sage brdslf has given Way' to imp§ of 'all kinds growing in the greatest luxuriance; and that the sturdy farmers with happy homesava 'taken the places of the wandering red men..ln our own State this increase of 'moisture has been noticed, and the old settlers do not. hesi tate-to say that in many places the streams have. , increased more than one-fourth in size ' during the past five years, and in some placeS where 'there was no water then4e a r j e as is now small but constantly running s . Coolie Laborers. • At a meeting of the British and Foreign Auti 7 blayety, Society, in London, the society issued a warning against coolie labor importa tions. A letter recently received from England upon the same subject gives some interesting facts with reference.to the Mums :of the contract system of immigration. The writer says : "Many rules have froth time to time been laid down by ; the Britishgovernment . and im migration agents appointed to prevent ibuses ; 6iit ill efforts hive so far proved ineffeCtuil, in many cases at. least, to prevent the . perpetration of Many grievous atrocities.' `.? • 4 ' The last mail from Denierara announces the arrival of the ship Strand,which left Calcutta with four hundred and sixty-eight coolies on board, and only landed three hun dred and sixty-four alive. In Cuba and China immigrants long been'bringht ind sold like cattle in open market. In a Parliamentary Blue Book, published a year ago. it is stated that 91,57;1 Chinese were Imported into Cuba, within a period of one year and eight monthS. Out- of. inure than one. hundred thousand Chinese - Wien In , Peru within the last twenty years there are less than ten thousand now alive and not wore than- one hnndred have erer„teturnedto their native land. In, a paper presented to the International Aini-Slavery'Confererice held at PariS In 1867, Henry Clark, a clergyman • of the Church of England; who* bad lived twenty years in Ja maica' says, "The suicidal policy of many of the native planters, in making. .the native la borers as uncomfortable as possible, has driven , thent , frenti estate labor 'to other occupations; and this policy is' still centirittel,” knots," he writes,. "this.coolie importation to be the! ! most atrocious and cruel .11irm of the slave , tra,de.and slavery that has existed, since it is ! worse to capture !Peoide .11y fraud than. by force, and a slave.fnr .life is in a far better pe paten pp.n, a, slave fora short period. ' The negreei' themielies say that the slaves • , were. never:so badly. ,treated; as the. coolies." . , , --The 'Montreal policemen. are .busily, en gageitin making. the people. of , that city r 44e.4 move enormous icicles which. Itstug frctra. the eves of their houses. . PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, M ARCH 5, 1870.-TRIPLE SHEET. IIARRISMIW:LEMIL The gvils of Special Legislatioa--- An Important Jul with Reference Thereto. Police Corruiition Fund Investigating Committee—Decidedly Stow Progress of the Work. The Border Claims and Sewage Bills. The Diamond-Watt Contest—More Fourth Ward Boxes to be Opened. [ t3peoial Corieepondence of the Mite. ltren'g Bulletin.) Notainit but Special Legislation. HAPirreni7AG, March 4,1870.—As in the case of last week; the one ending to-day has been almost exclusively devoted to special legisla tion, and what damage may result therefrom to the State and her citizens will only be de termined by future developments. Everybody admits that incalculable mischief is dons by this species of legislation, and it seems to ,be admitted on all sides that the present legisla tors were instructed to use every effort to ar rest the practice; yet the session has been al lowed to pass until within a very tew weeks of its adjournment before the initiatory step is taken. It is to be hoped that immediate at tention will be given to the bills introduced in the Senate a few days since. One of these measures, which are presented in the shape of amendments to the Constitution, prosides that no bill shall be passed unless by the as sent of a majority of allthe members elected to each branch of the Legislature, and the question upon the final passage shall be taken immediately upon its last reading, and .the yeas and nays entered upon the journal. The other declares that the Legislature shall not pass local or special laws granting 'diVorees ; or changing the names of persons; or autho ri zing the sale, mortgaging or leaeing of, the real property of miners, or other persons .tin der disability ; or for the assessment and col iection of taxes for; State, ceunty, road, borough, city, school, poor, or other purpeses.; l , -or-for laying catt,opeiiing,working , or-vacating roadtt;biglimlY B A 8 1XeetEcy lines, oilers or pub , lie sqnares; orincreasine or decreasing the number of officers of any municipal or other corporation's; or , regulating the jurisdiction and duties of justices of the peace, aldermen or constablee; or for tbepunishment of crimes and rnisderoeanors,; or regulating the practice in courts'of justice; er 'providing for changing the venue in Civil, or- criminal cases; or pro- Tiding for opening and 'conducting, elections of State, judicial, „city, district, county, borough or towiiihip officers, or designating the manner, time andlilaee of yoting thereto; or giving effect to informal sir invalid deeds or wills; or releasing the right of the state to lands acquired by ,escheat; or auditing or allowing any Private claim or , account against the State ; or authorizing any,corporate body with banking or discounting privileges' to re ceive more than the uniform rate, of interest fixed by general law; or creating or amending the charter of any eorpOration, which the Courts are or shall be hereafter authorized to create ; or extending or lessening the length of term of office of sins officer elected by the people during such term ; or increasing or de creaming the fees or daily pay of public offi cers; or in any ease for which provisions now exist, or shall hereafter bemade by any general law; and the Legislature shall pass general laws providing for the cases enumerated above, in Whiehsttelfgeneral Taws do not now exist The Pollee Cox,Toption Committee. Another attempt. will be made to have a session of the Police Corruption Fund Committee to-morrow in your 'city, but, from present , appearances it looks as though it will result as fruit-, lesaly as its predecessors. This Committee has ndw been in existence over one month, and but three witnesses—Maier _Fox, ' Chief Kelly and Mr. Charles'S.,Wolft; the Nayor's clerk— have been examined. SesSi.s have been fixed for every Sattirday, and but in one in stance has it been possible for any testimony to betaken, because of a majority of the mem bers failing to put in an appearance. On that occasion a majority was only obtained through a ruse employed by the chairman. Neither of the Democratic members have been present at anysitung except the first, when an ergo.. nization was effected, and since then their number has been increased by the continual absence of a Republican. This neglect of these gentlemen, one of whom was the mover of the resolution directing the investigation, to attend the duties assigned thew, has given rise to 'a report that the same means that were resorted to to prevent the passage of the Police bill have been employed to prevent the public obtaining the ,much coveted informa tion as ,to how the corruption fund was raised and who received its benefits. There cer tainly' should ,be , no, difficulty in a quorum belng'preseat at any of the sessions, as six of the Committee, Messrs. Bunn, Elliott, Hong, Stelte,s, Josephs and Mooney are residents of Philadelphia, and all of whom are in that city from 'Friday evening until Monday noon. TheSe" gentyßetk certainly - owe it to their constituenta,to relieve themselvea of the re sPortibil4Y Of frustrating thitobjeot for which the Conimittee was ereeted. TPlOlOll4* a, ibeig Or the Sixteenth, Seven teenth and Eighteenth Wards. The bill changing 'the bolindary lines of the Si 3; t,eenth,, , Sniontecnitli and Eighteenth Wards of I.'hiliAlPpiii;!;wtiich a few days ago was . scut• hack tot coniudttee, •ivas ragain reported affirmatively in't'hellionse tO-day. It propose. to rednee the Eighteenth Ward by striking out the ist division' which i4Strongly„ Repubi i llean; and adding t to the afirteenth Ward. : Them._ the 7th; div sipu qf 'the litter , Ward,, which. is ai at rotigiyArkitoPlaticy Li to lot added' OUR WHOLE COUNTRY. to the Seventeenth Ward. This bill, if passed, while not changing the political complexion of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Wards, will secure the Sixteenth Ward to the Repub. Retina, who, in addition to carrying the entire Ward ticket, will gain the members of both branches of the Councils, and will be insured the member of the Legislature. As it is purely a party measure, every obstacle will be thrown in the way of its passage. The prominent lobbyists have been busily engaged, during the , week, in working utitheir favorite measures. That permitting corruira 7 , lions to capitalize their surplus earnings, which bad already received the 'sanction of the Senate, consumed . ,the Major portion of the session of the House yesterday, and passed up .to a third reading. Another effort made to resurrect the Border Claim bill, but so un successful was it that the friendS of the scheme have concluded not to press,the act now lying 'in the Committee on Ways and Means. 'they, however, have -prepared. another bill, which, it is said, is now in the hands of two prominent , Philadelphia 'lawyers, who are to give an opiniou upon its constitutionality. Should their ,decision be favorable, then the influence of a power which has not as yet met defeat at this present session will be invoked. Several Philadel phians, who are interested in the Sewage bill, have been at the capital - for a few days past, and their presence has caused a rumor that another attempt, will be , made to bring that document again into life ; but it is hardly posy Bible that, after the very free expression of opinion which has been given by the Phila delphia public, any Senator will dare to again bring this , infamous measure before the Legis lature. The Pawnbroker Act Again on the Hill. An old and well known bill,whose visits for many years past have been as reeular as thane of 'the members themselves, made its appear ance in the House on. Wednesday. I refer to the pawnbroker's act. This document pro poses all sorts of reform among the gentlemen of the three balls, and, if it'would only pass, would prove highly beneficial to the lower order of humanity 'in our large cities. But it never has been, nor is it now, intended that it shall become a law. It has been regularly introduced for several years past, referred to the appropriate Committee, where it has i "slept the sleep that knows no waking." It has been known here as one of the beet "linch " bills, and on every occasion heretofore the parties having it in charge have had their pockets well lined, and as an equivalent, it has never been, al lowed again during the session to see the light of day. Your correspondent believes that the same object is desired to'be attained this time; whether the pawnbrokers will again come to time ; and ,satisfy;" - the: - pecuniary demands of th e "=Meters" 'an 'the bill, re-, mains to 4 : be developed. , Now that thiS billiatuideek, it is to . , be. preatinsed that Its boon companion, the act providing for the reutovalof 411 steam railroad depots west of the Schuylkill, will put in an early appear ance.' If itzdoes,ilook out for some interesting statistics: . The Diainond-Watt Committee held another tong' session last night, which 'was mainly devoted to: testimony with reference to the Democratic repeaters, whO seem ,to haVe voted : at'. nearly every Democratic division in the First Senatorial District. An argument was bad on a motion to open the ballot.box of the fourth' divisibn of the Third Ward, where it had been made manifest that the rote for Senator in the last hoar had • been tran'sposecl. After comfultation,theCommittee, in view of the fact that the impertant election papers disagreed as to the result, and the ina bility of the election officers to state which was correct. decided to grant the application. The.n.it was found that the wrong box had been brought here, and the committee ad journed to meet on Thursday afternoon next, when the ballots of the second and fourth divisions of the Fourth. Ward will also be counted. Sums rich disclosures are expected to,be made on that occasion. Mew, Midshipmen Live at Annapolis. The "midshipmites7 in the United States Naval School at Annapolis live in the large new, building erected in 1868 at a cost of $150,000. It is'a substantial .edifice of brick, with. sand stone trimmings, 300 feet iu length by 40 feet in width, and tour stories high. The youngest class occupies the top story,; .the second class the third story arid. the third class the second story. The 'dining Mall, called the mess-room, is 2.5 .by, 40 feet,. beautifully freScoed, and lighted 'by sixteen - large windows. The first Boor of 'the building is deVoted , to the' corn. ! mandant's office, reception rooms and 'recita tion rooms. : All thereeitation rooms are small, as the classes recite •in squads :of fifteen 'or twenty, and the desks for the midshipmen are so constructed, in open work, that the instructor can see into and under every desk, so that there is no concealing of notes or books to be snr reptitionsly consulted by the students--,-a sonic'- what suspicious precautione The lodging rooms, each occupied by two , midshipmen, are plainly, almost barely fur nished with two iron bedsteads, two small wardrobes, two chairs, one table, one wash stand, one looking-glass, - and are heated by steam coils. Tin racks contain the names of the occupants, and the uppermost name is that of the midshipman who is responsible for the . care and cleanliness of the room for the week, , each:occupant assuming this responSibility iu turn, and personally cleaning and sweeping the premises and making the beds. The young men live well. Here is the bill of fare for February 8,.1870: BrettAfast--Mackerel, Seoteli herring', cold meat, hot ,rolls, light bread, corn bread, butter, tea and coffee- Diiiner--Soup, roast beef, roast mutton, celdslaw, potatoes, beets, hominy, rice, bread and hatter. SuPPP• , -Milk toast, hot bread, Graham b,read, , batter, tea and coffee. On Fridays the midshipmen are indulged in, oysters and, fish from the Chesapeake,, and Wednesdays and Sundays they, me allowed. a dessert of 'apples'and pies.; This 'cheerful, indeed appetizing account of, the manner iiilwhich these younggent/omm, 1 . livoishoVpublished for the benefit of , those atoll:oak see therein, additional inducements' ,to' Ittterupto to purchase. for , vast er meidiew&app:lbirments to the Academy. ,i 1 . r-tiTlutziaxdatalloving heasti t .‘tilujilLP :4 5 ,404 1 1, L'OrPlY Aveo4ll944fi#AY(2.ll' Border Claim and Sewage Bills. " 'The 1101suitend.Watt Contest. OUR WiLMINOTON,,LEtTER. _ ,~" --- Visit a a tormon Salut—.l4 Model De mocratic Justice of the Peace-- What Constitutes a Moral Entertainment. reorrespol!deace of the Phila. Evening/3%1/003J WILMINciTON, March 4.—Angus Can non, brother. of George Q. •Cannon, elder, editor, saint . and apostle of the; Church of Corruption,' and chief Counsellor of Brigham the Nasty, is now on a visit to' the father of two of his wives—a blacksmith named Mousley, living in this county; a few miles from the city. Angus Is not so big a gun as, his brotlier - George, ' but rather a smooth bore of ordinary , calibre. Ho is understood to be Bast on a missionary enterprise. . A Democratic Justice of the Peace, . of this city, who was appointed by Governor 84ills bury, and has too closely, followed in the foot steps of the Governor's brother, the Senator, was yesterday sent to the Sanitarium at Media, Pa., for medical treatment. Sam. Sanford's minstrels are advertised to appear in Institute Hall this evening, a part of their entertainment being a sparring exhi bition between Jim Mace and John C. Hee nan. The Institute rigidly exchides dramatic entertainments - and balls from its hall, on ac- count of their presumed immoral. tenden cies, I believe. A set of rules that excludes such entertainments, and yet admits sparring exhibitions by well-known prize-tighters,must, to say the least of them, be " wonderfully and fearfully made." , • a al., (lAA' gla II en Lei laingloll U D4V lr.la EsairM Hall was brought to a sudden cline last night by the magician getting " exhilarated" and re fusing to perform. The management an nounced to-day, however, that they would promptly secure a new ma4cian,Eand reopen this evening. The " magician" market must be well supplied.just now. The Levy Court of this county met last Tuesday, to elect county constables, but the broken-legged member was again absent, and a:dead-lock was again the result. The Court adjourned until next Tuesday, when it is understood that he will be present, and that the electipn will proceed. So it seems we can have no, ejection without somebody taking to his stumps even if none ..are coriapelled to take the stump. The Sent County Levy Court met last week. A large number of • the Republicans were uresent with lists of black men omitted by assessors from the assessment list, to de mand of the Court that they be placed on it. I have not heard hip* they Sticcieetted; Vat ititi that:a stringent law by Congress will be to'ijeceelary the proper enforcement of the new amendment fhis State. , The aaeb of the 'United States against the ,ownem of the steamhpat Major Reybold gradually draws to, d , ose. The arguments were concluded yesterday, and the Judge an nommed, thal he would give , iiis decision,next Friday morning. 'DALE. J. S. 4C4..UOLE tion,..YAllieltiOSS.l What the Britishers Think. ' Of the personation of "Dr. - Pangless," by John S. Clarke, at the Strand Theatre; Lon don; the English • papers speak 'vol . 'warmly. The 'London , fka says : • • - "The pentdarity which has , been 'acquired ihy the .Amerieati 'comedian, mr. J. -S. Clarke, since his arrival 'ln''. this county, and •the the 'rough enjOyntent of his exuberant humor evinced by the andiences'of this Theatre, will be further extended and enhanced by the as sumption of a character which has been idea ttlied with the comic talents of some ofour best English actors. As the whimsical pedant '‘Dr. Pangloss,'• Mr. J. •S. Clarke makes the old comedy of The Heir at Law furnish him with materials for mirth Which the author could scarcely have anticipated when he first devised a series of situations for a full display of the obsequious tutor's eccentricity. . On. the . repiesentation... .31r. J.' S. Clarke' has manifestly bestowed. eon siderable pains, :and 'the value of every look and'eVery tone would seem to have been' care fully estimated. The character is illustrated with abundant humor, and is, at the same tinie, free from the slightest suspicion of 'exag c. The remarkable power of facial ex pression. which Mr. Clarke' possesses is freely exercised in the course of the performance, but there is no unfair Advantage taken of it, and the entire embodiment is marked by a - judi cious coloring, which is, however, bright, and always iu keeping with the harmony of the pictnre The laughter which the actor ob tained 'was elicited by the fairest means, and the mirth created was of the heartiest kind." What the London Dally Telegraph thinks: "Mr. 3. S. Clarke, the 'American comedian who for so long a period has been delightini the audiences at the Strand by his exuberant humor, has acted wisely by undertaking this impersonation. Admirably fitted for the as sumption by special personal qualifications,Mr. J. S. Clarke has evidently studied the attributes of the ebaraeter with the closest attention, and his performance shows a remarkable elabora tion of detail, whilst the traditional outline is faithfully preserved. That notable capacity which he possesses of illustrating by his coun tenance abrtipt.chunges of thought here serves the actor most efficiently, and these droll tran sitions of expression are among the prominent peculiarities which distinguish the present per formance from others familiar to the play-going pnblie. It would be unjust, however, to limit the powers of the comedian •to • mobility , of feature. The embodiment is throughout well sustained, and, with a clear perception of the character as presented by the author, Mr. J. S. Clarke unites a quick apprehension, of, every advantage that can. be taken by, the actor. Whilst no point is lost that the traditions of the stage have handed down,some additional' basi-, Hess' is created, for which the text need not be - consulted.as an authority. These emendations are; however; :of h justifiable kind, and by no . no means Inviting grave ;Censure.. The most rigid atlekler for the , transinissiou -'of . , ancient usages; as they have 'descended to the. present dew would : not be ,to • cavil with Mr. Clarke oti thli account.” —A Cincinnati j udgo has decided that a blow ,from stimShatttl to a 'wile is sufficient ground f ,9r a'f4voxeO,. ; ; How Is it when the wife boos kuP • hlowing i'llkere is it ti lend of ours who 'sNi:ors *late Mid out for hitit ' Ile thinks ho liasegot a ease: ' • ' • F. L.-FETHERSTON. PRIOR' TEIREE FARTS AND IFANOICA —F.spress-ive letters—C. 0. 11. ---13 an Francisco has sent three tons of freslr salmon east across the continent. —Gen. Lee says he Las never read a history of the late.war. —That new spouting spring at Saratoga' comes front a bore lab feet deep. ' - —The sort of legs a factory "mule" gees upon-7spindieshanks.—Ftm. . 2 --15ecemvirs of art and poetry—Ten-143mi, Ten-niol and Ten-lers:—Judk. , —At this late day they have a champion velocipede rink in liferuphis. —Stitiuss hits been presented by his orches tra with , a cross of honor set in brilliants. —A colo,ii7 of seventy-five young men of Charleston is to start soon for Venezuela. --Huntingiwith a tame alligator as aileooy is an amusement in Louisiana. —A Memphis negro, sutreririg from the small-pox, has sued a street car cmnpany be 'cause they put him out. - ' • —Every clergyman is suppOsed to be famil iar with at least one mechanical trade—that of a joiner. —Fraschini, the tenor, is again singing in Paris. Age does not Wither him: He is one of the few great tenors living. --Wagner's' Lohtsigtin has been for some time promised at Bru.ssels, bat Its Production iv mysteriously delayed. ' • —Verdi's early opera I Hastiadlet•Chap been revived at one of the Paris theaties under tho title of Les Brigands; and has proved a tumultu ous success. . —Haydn once, wrcita some music to six French proverbs. It has never yet been pub lished, but will HOOll be issued by a Munich house, —A girl at Sparta, Wis., who lost her voice in a tit of anger about six months ago, re gained it again a few days since, when , the house took tire. --A painphlet on the methods of conduct.... ing an orchestra has been lately issued in Paris. It is from the pen of Richard Wagner, and - will thetefore command attentiow. • —Adelina Patti has tickled the Poissians by singing at a charitable concert at St. Peters burg the national air " Solowei," which, being interpreted, means "The Nightingale.". • --Olive Logan rode from Omaha to Des. Moines, on a special train, at: the rate of seventy miles an hour. Her hair was scat tered all over the car, and she said it was the worse shaking-up she ever got, and she has ridden aroma considerable for one of her age. Otto Goldsclunidt's oratorio of .Ruth has been uerformed 'at Dusseldorf, Jenny 'Lind singing the solo sopranos. The work was faL vorably received,though the composer is called an imitator of N. endebsohn. •The singing of Lind won the warmest prtdse from the Dus seldorf critics. - • —The Washington Star, in its notice of the first performance of the - , Parepa English Opera Troupe in that eiV, says that "Mrs: Sprague and otns of Washington's creams=est elite" m occupied thS boxes; and, in its criticism of Madanao Parepit, it remarks that " her rilninptndurions figure is greatly' against her in sentimental patts.'7.' , • • —The plan of the proposed, publication' or Mr. eorge D. Prentice's poemut includes a lifb of their author, composed contnbutions from his most intimate. friends. _Mr. John a. Whittier, Mr:Rufus Prentice, Dr; T.B. Reit, Mr. Fortunatus Cosby, Mr.-Paul It, Shipman and Mr. Henry Watterson are'tq dontribute papers, on' different biogrnphical, Mentor, nolitical and profersional points in the Career of the'dead journalist. • —At the Firemen's ball, a few nights sineFr, a Central avenue merchant tailor was art nroached by a man who said_" Want to dance?" He anSwered that he did, and 'the said—" Well, here's my wife Wants to „dance; I ain't much of a dancer and'E want a partner for her." The partner that , was to•be, said-" Well, let me put my overcoat away." " Oh, "mo;" said the _ husband, " take , care of it for ydu," at the same time introduding his " wife" ,to the merchant tailor. So the merchant tailor of Central avenue whirled gaily away in the dance with "that wife," while the husband gaily slid off with the nice overcoat, and never has been seen since.—Wit. • Co in. Exp' enshe Funerals. "Why vulgarize death .only to impoverish the living ?" pertinently asks acontemporary, in view of the burial of a. private. citizen ; at an expense of from ss'oo to $l,OOO. Unques tionably it is an evil; but how can it be reme died? The practice of making funerals -spec tacular . dramas • depends upon - 'taste? Is it correct taste? Is, the death of a man., an event of more importance than his birth? But Ivhoever -heard, la this Republican country, of a procession of a hun dred carriages following a triumphal car con taining a new-born babe ? Even marriage, cen tral of the three important events in a life. is not of late made the occasion of priblie parade. On the birth of a child there is a Little season of quiet rejoicing in the house, but it is not considered quite the thing to invite the public in. Marriages are oftener conducted in the presence of a few friends-than .ntore .puh hely ; and though the übiquitous Jenkins some times enlarges upon the 7appearance of the bride and bridesmaids, we 'never ' heard ' of a couple standing in the public places' for the multitude to stare at. But when death comes in, the morbid curiosity of thousands becomes inflamed to the highest pitch; and it is not uncommon for utter, strangers, wile never looked ,upon the fare of the living person, to present themselves at the door and request to be permitted to " look at the corpse I" The dead cannot object, but the living relatives may, often do, object to these vulgar intrusions upon the privacy of grief. This species of raid upon the privacy of people sometimes takes on the proportion of outrage; the visit or presuming to touch the body—a privilege pertaining to close relationship or friendship only. How ever, we proposed a few words iu discourage ment of pomp and display on funeral occasions, especially where the expense is disproportioned .to the means of the parties.—Pittsbugh Dis putch. The Queen's lCattlieh. In commenting on the Queen'slast message, a writer in the Graphic praises the accuracy of the language in which it is couched, and tbinim that since Mr. Gladstone has been in power there has been it noticeable improvervnt in the Queen's English. In this connectfon be recites several curious blimders made by Eng lish statesmen. Lord Castlereagh. on one oc casion assured the House_ .that he "stood prostrate with amazement," and another Pre mier spoke of "withering ^ the advancing tide of dernoemey." Even Lord, Derby was once guilty of a Cockney ,plennasm. At the time of the death of the Duke of Vellirgton, Lord Derby wrote *it., Is her Majesty's desire that, the Duke should Ile ,hIA444L In the Cathedral Chtinh of St. Paul's.',' `.llhis was meant, no doubt, to be very effective; only there happened to be an " apOstrophe s" de trop. Sir Chris _.tepher; Wren's great temple is either "St. mere :cathedral" or a the Cathedral of St. VaitV, ) ,; . ' =MEI
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