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
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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--
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(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. •
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• - _ ' • ncu
WeatlW perktlttlng. the Line will bo npea for tho
pax
'sage of boats oil" MONDAY: March 7th. WO. •
uth4-6tro • }Tam. FBALITI. Preadent.
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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'
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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 .
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he children at 3 I', ,11.4 evening aarylco 'Sat
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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
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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.
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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, ) ,; . '
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