GOON PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME XXIIL-NO. 28 WEDDING INVITATIONS i-EN v graved in the newest and beat manner. LOUIE EMMA. fitattener and Engraver. 1032 Cheetnut • • • ell° tat MARBLED. ARBISTRONO-41/1 YES.—On the morning of March 9th, by the Rev. Frank L. Robbins, Mr. Chas. M. Arp strong to Miss Sadie T. Rayne, all of this city. DIED. P ETlL.Siithiely, on tho 9th instant, George. son of Johu E.' and Mary .1. Diehl, aged one year, nine menthe and Weld 'nays. IlAilltltiON,_—On Wednesday morning, oth instant, Marie Lougee Bogie. wife of Daniel Harrison. The relatives and friends are invited to attend the fu neral, on Friday, 11th inst.. at 2.30 P. M., front the real. deuce of her aunt, Mrs. H: 11. Meeks, No. IS South Twentieth street. . • 1100PE8.—IduddenlY, on March Ist, 'of whoOPing cough, Lain, only daughter of. Clement 11. and Clara J. Reon. aged month.. VW/ KING.—On Wednesday, the oth instant, Joseph King. aged 66 years. flue relatives and Mende of the family are respectfully invited to attend his 'funeral, from bits late reddenee, Main street, Germantown, on tiaturday,fher 12th inst., at 2 0' lock jo.'M., wittioneftirther notice. •"" MAIILL.—This morning, after a brief illness, John C. Moril, aged 27 years. Due notice will be given of the funeral. . a HenryLEll.--Gf croup, on'the night of the 7th instant. Grove, youngeot son of William J . and Mary A. Miller, Sled 2 years and 2 months. The relatit es pad friends of the family are respectfulli inviitatto attend his funeral. from the residence of his parents, NO. 04a North Sixth street, ou Friday after. noOn: at rwo o'clock. "" rOMTENS.—On the morning of tho oth instant, Mary F.. wile of James A. Portens. Funeral serrines at her late reeidence, N 0.113 Market short. Camden, N. J., on Saturday afternoon, March 12th, at half• past one o'clock, precisely. Interment at Laurel Ifill. WA LTON .—On tho 10th inst., Jacob L. Walton. aged 74 years. ' The relatives and male friends are respectfully invited to attend his funeral. from the reeldence of his eon-in• law, al South Ninth street. on Saturday, at 12 o'clock 21. To proceed to Bristol by the 2 O'clock. boot. *". pEABODY BLACK MOHAIR. MIK & LANDELL. FOURT/I and AR.CII streets, KEEP ALL THIS BKPT BRANDS, BLACK ALPACA KOHAIRN, BOLIBLK CHAIN ALPACA SPECIAL Ift TICEs. Boys' . Clothin. B oys' , Clothing. Boys' Clothing. Boys' Clothing. WANAMAKEWS, SlS'and $2O Chestnut Street. Every Variety of Youths' Wear s Made in'. Highest Style and of the Finest Goods. ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, 1025 C HESTNIJT 'EVtreet. • SHERMAN'S RIDE. • • L FE.FLZB PAINTING BY VIE POET ARTIST, T. BUCHANAN READ. ' SECOND WEEK OF TUN EXHIBITION: ' GALLERIES THRONGED DAT AND EVgNIIiO. General approval by the public of this GREAT NATIONAL WORK OF ART. With foam and with duet the black charger was fiegtill,, By thefts/6 of Itle eye, and the red nostril's play, Ile seemed to the whole great army to gay I hale brought you Sheridan all the way Vrorn Winchester down to save the day I '," txT CHROIIOB of the shore, In else A:25 Inches, now ready Price, , ADM ..... .25 C8 . :414. Including the entire Collection of the Academy. ta°peptf flu= 9A.31. to6P. H., and from 7}j ton P. H. d' 01. ACADEMY O MUSIC THE STAR COURSE OF LECTURE& A REPETITION OF PROF. HENRY- MORTON'S GREAT LECTURE ON SOLAR ECLIPSES, ON MONDAY EVENING. fiLuvh 14 'For the benefit of the FRANKLIN INnTITUTE, innontatedbi NEW. BRILLIANT and STARTLING EXPERIMENTS. JOHN G. SASE, March 21. Prof, ROBERT B. Roqmis, March 24 ANNA B. DICKINSON, April 7. Admission —....---- . - SO cents. Deserved Seats - .7.5 mots extra. Tickers for any of the Lectures for sale at Gould's Piano Warerooms, 923 Chestnut street, and at the Atli deny on the evening of the Lecture.. Doors Open at Ttl.i. Lecture at 6. __________ _ AMERICAN ApAffEmy OF MU w.r.D• SW. MIMI DIAMONDS. C. W. BROOKE, - Lacing kindly volunteered t; deliver his New Lectures on the above subject, on TR URdDAY EVENING, March 10, 1870, - - for the benefit of the NEW CRITROII OF ST. JOSEPH, MAD. JOSEPHINE SCIIIMPF u ill also appear to illustrate the IRISH DIAMONDS. The Christian Brothers' Brass Band has also kindly volunteered. Cards of Admission, 50 cents. Reserved seats, 75 cants. For sale at Academy of Music ; Covert a MAWS Stand, • Continental Betel ;J. L. Carucross Co.'a Music - Store, NO.B North Eighth street, and at the parsons g of the church. mh7-it rp§ (Us AMERICAN ACADEM " A Lecture by HOW TO SAY THINGS." Professor J. W. SHOEMAKER, The Popular Elocutionist. At the request of many friends, "Prof. srfoEMAKIR will deliver the above inetrnctive, entertaining and hu morous Lecture at the Academy of Music, ON VEIDAY EVENING; March 18th. Tickets, LO cents. Reserved Seats in Parquet, Parquet Circle and Balcony, 76 cents; Reserved Seats to ParnilY tO cents. Ticket* for sale at Gould's Plano Rooms, MI Chestnut street. IDoore opea at 7 o'clock. Lecture to commence at 8. nthlo-2trp* Eu. GOOD -HOPE BUILDING ASSO CIATION meets every THURSDAY EVENING, at the northwest corner of Tenth and Spring Garden reete s for subscriptions. Pint paymentMarck 10; • , For information inquire of I. N. GREGORY, President, No. 441 North Broad street: „ D. L. LEEDS, Secretary, No. 5/8 Walnut street. . DIRECTORS. S. Mastneny, 144 North Fifth street. .A mei Westcott, 710 Filbert street James Benedict, 607 Chestnut street. H. T. Clay, 2015 Ridge avenue: F. RI. Martel', N. cot , . Fifth and Market streets. Amos Hillborn, 44 North Tenth street. Joseph W. Lippincott, 413 Walnut street. Voli.thitrr§ Rufus Sargent, M. D.,650 North Seventeenth street. UNIVERSITY OF. FENNSYL VA- The NIAMEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Annual Commencement for conferring Degrees of Medicine will be held In the American Academy of Mu sic. on FRIDAY, March 110 , at 12 o'clock M. ■The Valedictory Address will be delivered by Prof. .108191:'11 LEIDY, M.. D., LL. D. It. E. ROGERS, 1 t Dean of Med. Faculty. PHILADELPHIA SABBATH ASSOIATION.--A special meeting of the THURS DAYSabbath Association *will' be held on THURS DAY AFTERNOON, at 43i o'clock, at the Bible Rootns, N. W. corner of Walnut and &tenth streets; to con sider proposition " to Mc:11311SO the Board of Managers." mh9.2trpi WM. J. 31cELROY, President pro. tem. 11:3p THE PILGRIM. CONCERT HALL. Every night, also WEDNESDAY and SATURDAT, 2.30 P.M. WEDNESDAY NlGHT—benefit of M.E.Mart ner's Bethel. THURSDAY, St. John M. E. Church. FRIDAY, Fifth Street M. E. Church. The Pilgrim is a success. mh92t§ THE WOMAN'S MEDICAL COL tr,D LEGE will hold their Twentieth ••Annual Com mncement at Musical Flied Rat on SATURDAY NEXT, Nerd!) 12th, at 12 o'clock, M. 'Valedictory ad dress by ANN PRESTON, M. D., Professor of PhYoi elegy and Butane. The public are rell ye ottut y in tabditre, • . • ', , . ;:, r ' ; 'i. .; I. ...,: .... l' '. .. .; ; . • .., .:•; • ~ ''. ';',; .- ', ", ,••' - .. •.•, • . • ' ,' ". •• ' ~ 11' . ' ... '. '4 '''' ''' '!' , • •:. '• • I'',- f - i .. ..„. , ' . (.• '-',' '''. -- .fr. 1 . . , • . ...... ..... ... ~...._-___ .... , 1 11 -. . . '.. ''' ''''; ' i '' sic_ ,',,, :: ~.. .•.':',.'..r • . .::,.... ......... J . . ~.. . . . . . . , . 8 •... 2._....... , . .. • f . •......, : ~.. . . . . . . . . , . . . ~ . .. . . . . . . . or HOWARD HOSPITAL, NOS. 1518 lAi* Ital Lombard street, Dlapeneary Department. edhad treatment and medicinefu rubbed grattd ton ehr to the poor THE PICTITHE-SALE To-Nranr.---Our artls„ amity-disposed friend" will not forget that there tlieltirio Gal leries, the first half of such a collection of chef d'iyurrett as are seldom brought together—a sale which for the high rank of its componettt lots and the skill and elegance with which it, will be exploited, has hardly been equalled in the city. A few years ago such an affair would have been impofaible an Philadelphia; public taste was • .not ready, •'and no expert would have risked the expense and trouble which go to the inception of such au enterprise. The collection is formed by the union of two fine galleries,—the gallery, collected a few years back 'from the most celebrated easels of Belgium, Dimeldorf and Paris, and the Haseltine gallery, whose specialty of representing the most refined French art is perfectly knciwn to our citizens. The combination includes the large and lovely figure-subject of Jupiter visiting Antiope in faun's disguise, very nobly painted by an Italian resident with a German name, Signor Gustav Muller; a remarkable piece of finish from Meyer von Bremen. a . , ),*kg:•Cl,lrl, erl4oll,4lllnefal ant elaborator will find the"-ittinet important example, of his style yet brOught to America ; fine ex ponents of names which sound their own eulogy, such as Ilessan, Carl Becker, Kraus, Zamaeois, Herbsthoffer, Pecrus. Leon y Escosnra, , Bosch; Perrandez and "Meilen had], In's - till-life the subjects range from the alroq . iitlncredible finish of Desge ire to the racy studyiniptiatater of Mr. Ramsey (whose Ma prostessattelty the by,in the ataller-Bonnat has been,Ontophant, and front whose latest brush: : ing;itftftibnerve an effect of white chrysanthe murrut,,,. in•strong sunlight which is' unsur paNiablet for glitter anti happily-hit color and , hadow).' In landscape there are the scenes encl./fora of all heavens; from the beautiful effecti of the two Achenbachs —the dusty gloom of foliage of the one, and the peculiar windy and dewy sunshine of the other—to the burning glow of Hildebrandt, the low-hanging cloudy firmaments of Veinier, the Neapolitan azure of Flamm, and the rich moist coasts of Iloguet ; and in this connection we must not forget the claims of some of our own artists— the almost sculptural beauty and orderliness of Welter's foliage, the anatomic exactitude of Richards, and the glittering freedom of Hamilton. In fact, taking the exhibition as a winire, we are . Irciund to say, that although we Can recall collectiona where one or two greater canvases than any here have been made to stand responsible 'for a beggarly fol lowing of miserable furniture-pictures, yet we hardly remember to have seen a qunatity of such universally-excellent lots put together, nor one where—if we may suppose such a case—an intending purchaser, not confident in his own judgment, could so safely follow the choice of his own caprice with a certainty of pleasing his connoisseur friends as well as himself. • The sale bas been confided to the very com petent skill of Mr. B. Scott. Jr. We have no MUSIC doubt but his tact and vivacity will please buyers and owners mutually. The vendue wail .be concluded tomorrow evening, the sales being advertised as without the least reserve. Our friends, the connoisseurs, are doubtless studying their catalogues with intelligence; but it is our duty to point out a contribution to the sale which has arrived too lath for the printed list, but whose value and excellence deserye specials attention. It is a finished and very graceful study of a Swiss girl, by Mr. Howard Helmick, an artist new for some years, enjoying the best instruction in Paris. This figure, in painting quality, seems to us his best achievement hitherto. The finish is carried to the utmost point compatible with freedom, and the color is certainly the best we have seen of Mr. Helmick's. The tone of the blue dress is very lovely, and the highly original relief of the singular crimson um brella, which spreads like a halo behind the head, 'gives remarkable value to the complexion. The subject is sim ple, but full of tender grace, repre senting a girl, in the bud of womanhood, descending one of the quaint, staircase streets common enough in any of the towns on the slopes of the'Alps. She leave,s a stormy sky behind her, her old-fashioned red umbrella serving as her armor; and, in a maiden day dream,she seems wandering in search of some shelter that shall be equally effectual against the storms of life. Words cannot exaggerate, indeed can hardly express, the adolescent ease and dreamy refinement of the figure Only some lithe Capri girl, coming daer-like down the crags, and painted by the slender pencil of Hebert, could convey a superior idea of that shy and evanescent moment of beauty which wo call " sixteen." SPECIAL NOTICES Fox GRAND TEMP E RANCE MEETING. ACADEMY OF MUSIC, March Bith: • VICE PRESIDENT COLFAX SENATOR TOR WILSON, • MAJOR GENERAL, HOWARD. GOVERNOR GEARY; Sneakers. Twenty-fifth Anniversary of Friendehip I/M -arna, No. 10, Sons of Temperance. Reserved Seati 2r.c. Garriaues & Co.'s Bookstore, GOB Arch st. mhlotke2t* OPPICE SCHUYLKILL, NAVIGA TION COMPANY. Matson 1th.1870. Weather permitting, the Line will be open for the pas sage of boats on MONDAY, March Tth. ItTO. rubl76tro). : FRED. FRALEY, President. :TRENTON, N„ J.i MARCH 1, 1870. NOTICE.—TiIe Drlaware and Raritan Canal 42. opened for navigation on the 10th inst. JOHN G. STEVENS. mh3-7trp¢ Engineer and Superintendent. ..- _ U. ,A SPEC,IALifEETING OP THE -Pennsylvania Poultry Society sill be held FRI DAY, 11th Inst., at their Room, •No. 45 Walnut street, at I o'clock P. M. It* n• 1109 GIRARD STREET. 1109 ifitlClfiil RD/MUD AND PSRFUMED BAIIIB, Departmen to t. for L M. adle', Baths moon from A. DI. 9P. AMUSEMENTS. See Sixth rase for additional Notices AMATEURS' DRAWING ROOM, Seventeenth street, above Chestnut, West Side. NEW YORK FRENCH COMPANY. Pnavi'mons Approbation by thepreen. I minzusz SUCCESS CROWDED ROUSES 1 • THURSDA.Y EVENING-, - March lit, The humorons Comedy In four acted?' FRIDAYAGE DE M. PERRICIION. • • March Ilth, MISS,MIILTON ; Or, East Lynne, ofThe Elopement. And "Les Petites Miseries do la vie Humaine." SATURDAY MATINEE Postponed. R. Nerved Smuts, six days in advance, Admission, If I, at 'loner's, 1102 Chestnut street. THE ONEIDA DISASTER LATER AND FULLER PARTICULARS , The following is the account _given by Mr. Crowninsbield, one of the officers of the Oneida, of the accident tothat ill-fated vessel: Statement of Mr. Crownlinshield. We left Yokohama at about 4.30 o'clock P. M. on Monday, January 24th, bound for Bong Kong, 'on our way for New York. At 6 o'clock we-were into the channel, and, with a fair wind and tide, concluded toslacken steam, which we accordingly did, and then all' hands, except those in charge of the deck, wont be low to supper. I had lain down on the star board trail/Min below decks with my clothing and a heavy Overcoat on, and fell asleep. I was awakened—l do not know bow soon—by a sudden shock, and upon recovering conscious ness, was aware that I bad been stunned, as I was covered with the debris of the wreck— wood, broken spars, sails, etc. As I crawled out from the mass of matter, I could see the sea astern and the stars shining, and then it flashed upon myrnind that our ship had come into collision with some other vessel. I found myself badly bruised, but crawled out in the stern and up the splintered sides to the spar deck; I then went forward,. and, meet ing several officers; asked what",was the matter ; . I was informed that . a steamer (I afterward learned that it was the English I mail steamer Bombay) had run into our star board-quarter and cut us down. Our steam whistle was blowing fiercely and the guns were being loaded to fire as alarm notes, for it was certain that the ship was in a sinking., condition ; it had so been expected by Lieut.- Commander W. Mtildaur. The most perfect discipline prevailed the crew, and no cry was heard or alarm was manifested. Taking a hurried view, I saw that we could stay afloat but a short time, and I then climbed into -the main rigging, when the guns were tired. This was about 'ten minutes after the collision. The officer of' the deck then announced reatta g s hi p - 7 -, - going ri g g in g t, and ordered the crew to take to the Looking down, I saw the water pouring down the batches abaft the main mast. I then took off my coats, and in a few seconds the ship gave a lurch and went down was stern first. I to km under, I should think, about 1,5 or 20 feet, nd, on coming up, founa myself near a ba t, for which I struck out, and when nearly exhausted was drawn on board y Master Yates. 'I saw many heads - doll g the water, but the sea soon swept. us awa and they were lost to view. The Boni - did not stop or send us boats; had she done so, nearly every man aboard would have been saved. She was struck just abaft the mizzen -mast, at an angle of about 30 degrees, and cut to the water's edge. There were 39 lives saved by the cutter which took us ashore, - where we found shelter and fire at a Japanese' tea-house. The next morning .I was taken on the Bombay, and from thence transferred to the Yangtze, in which I arrived at Yokohama. The Statement of Master Yates. The statement of this officer is, that when aimut two miles off Saratoga Spit, I saw the lights of the Bombay ; she came right on and struck the . Oneida on the.starboard gangwaY, eartirkalthle .in us to the water's edge, and through which the whole interior, of the gun teem was visible. She carried away our gig, binnacle-wheel, and rudder, instantly ..Iling two men at the wheeL ' All the officers who not on deck rushed up (or were brought up, some being sick,) and sail WaB instantly shortened. It was - evident to us all that the ship was a total wreck, mid that she would go down in a few minutes. - As the Bombay hauled away from the , calbißta• Lieutenant- Commander Stewart shouted, "Ship ahoy! Ship ahoy Ltay to; you have cut us to the water!" This ,was repeated three times, but, as she paid no heed,' our whistle was b lown" and three guns were fired. The order was given to " lower away the boats," but the life-boat was only available, as the cutter was shipped in " cradle", on board; the life-beat was manned and pushed away. (Dr. Suddards and 1.5 men were saved in her.) .As the, 'ship sunk the cutter was pot afloat, and myself and 38 others were saved in her. As the ship was fast sink ing, Captain E. P. Williams, who was on the bridge, was asked to get on board, but he re, fused to do so, saying, " No; I shall stay in my ship if she goes down." . Lieut.-Com mander Al uldaur walked up, and, touching his hat, said, "Sir, the ship is going down." " I know it," said the Captain, " but what can I do? I have repeatedly asked for boats, but could not get them." At this moment the ship_ settled,the smoke-stack came over and forced the cutter from the ship's side, and she went" down stern first. I hauled Captain's Clerk William F. Crowninshield on board, and made a great effiart to save Lieutenant-Coin mander. Stewart, but ho sunk just before I reached him, sayin as he went down, "For God's sake save me'!' He was quite ill at the time. The remainder of Mr. Yates's statement cor responds with that of Mr. Crowninshield, and all of those saved concur in these statements in every essential particular. The New York Tribune's corraspondent says:., The. Captain of the Bombay claims to have supposed. that no serious damage had been done the Oneida, his pilot and some of the officers attempting to excuse themselves on the same grounds. They also assert that they did not hear any signals of distress, though less than a mile away ; but as a hundred per sons, at least, in Yokohama, 18 miles distant, heard the guns distinctly, this monstrous as sertion is not credited by any candid person. The steward of the Bombay, on arrival at Yokohama, went to the International Betel, and there asserted that the Oneida had been run into, and a hole cut in her to the water's edge, so that he could see the men carrying some person on deck, and that she must soon have gone down.' Thus it will be seen that it was known on that ship that the Onetda was seriously damaged, and it leaves no room to doubt that Captain Eyre has either been guilty of gross Cowardice, or grosser inhu m, Comments', & In Yokohama three newspapers are published, all controlled and edited by Englishmen, and as this terrible disaster has evoked a deep feel ing.that partakes of a national character these papers have endeavored as far I.` 4 possible to give the most favorable aspect possible on the side of their accused countryman. When the evidence of Capt, Eyre was taken they all declaimed that his testimony put a "different face on the matter," not waiting to hear the crushing testimony to follow, and apparently discrediting the statements of the 55 Americans saved. Incidents. A touching tribute to duty was that of Cap tain B. P. Williams, who, like the 'bravo sailor he was, refused to leave the post of duty, and so went down in the gallant craft he loved so well and commanded so ably. Surgeon Prothingham had with him a re markably bright Japanese boy of two-worded inheritance, whom ho was taking to New York to educate for five . years ; true to his trust, he was last seep trying to rescue little " Yakonin." Lieut.-Com. Stewart and Ensign Adams r went to the the alarm guns, and ascertained that one of the men at the wheel who was killed and swept overboard, had the key to the Magazine in his pocket. Together they forced the door. and together aided in tiring threa guns, but before the foarth could be Aced the water Dad; gained Bo rapidly that the OUR WHOLE. COUNTRY ADEL heavy gun and iron'carriage slipped and went down the hatchway, carrying with it Ensign Adams and crushing him to instant death. I. Ensign Charles A. Copp was in charge of the " berth deck," and, after seeing all the sick and invalid seamen removed to the deck, re turned below to his post of duty. A comrade hailed him to come on deck, as the ship was going down. "No," said Ensign Copp, "I am stationed here and cannot come until relieved." Noble boy! brave youth! Not until lam re lieved." As his young voice firmly uttered those noble words the wild waves of the cruel sea. engulfed the ship. P. S.—Bince this P. M. at 5 o'clock, and kur hours before the Benefactreassalls,l. learn that the following reported testimony was adduced before the Court : Lieut. Clemens, of 11. B. M,, ship Ocean sworn—Upon the arrival of the Bombay I went on hoard for our locked mail, and In con versation wittraptain t Arthur Wellesley Eyre he said : " I have to-night cut a whole quarter off a d..--(1 Yankee frigate, and I served her bloody well right, for I met her as I came up running out with her helm a-starboard." Either the Doctor in the presence of the Cap tain, or Capt. Eyre, in the presence of the Doctor, said her sides were so badly stove that as she drifted past us one could see into the officers' cabin. This fixes a stain of crime upon Captain Arthur W. Eyre that will forever damn him before the civilized world as an• inhuman r For the Philadelphia 'Evening Bulletin .) The Pablie Bulldiume. The citizens of Philadelphia are fully adver tised Of, and greatly surprised at, this mop_ ing, the great outrage which, has been perpe trated upon them and their municipal govern ment, by the acts, yesterday, of the House of• Representatives at Hartisburg. The pertinent and popular' questions with the vast majority of our citizens are now, tirst, what right have the' northern and western representatiVes to intermeddle with, and pertaining to the municipal affairs and government of Philadelphia? And, secondly, will the Senate sustain and confirm the im pertinent and presumptuous intermeddling of the House with the simble and Specially local' question as to whetherthe legal and properly constituted authorities or government of this city are not entirely competent to determine the necessities and the localities of their public buildings? What may be the animus or instigating causes of the piesent movement on behalf of the Penn Squares, as a site for the propoied public buildings, we know not, cer tainly, but with a little effort it may be ascer tained. And it may be the effort will be made, when, possibly, those who were, several years ago, largely interested in the purchase of real estate in the vicinity of those squares, and. were then very clamorous for the public build ings, possess still the same glorious and Patn otac views and wishes • and, it is not to be doubted, have just as intelligent aspirations as to the appreciation of the value of their invest ments in that locality. 0, what "public-spir ited men !" always haying an eye to, autivain= bilious for the general popular Weal! Permit the suggestion of a few facts to our Senators, a majority of whom, at least, are, we take it, gentlemen of good common sense, who may,be inclined to take a sensible busi ness view of the matter, and have some proper regard for the views and wishes and tights of our own properly constituted gov ernment. First consider the locality of our principal river—the Delaware—on the east front of the city; that determines the matter of our com merce, whether of greater or less magnitude; that determines almost all other inter ests, all of which obtain force and charac ter, and make our logic and claim for the site of our public buildings, Here is our Custom House, hero are our bonded warehouses, all our heaviest wholesale tunies, importers and commission merchants, Post office, bankets and banking institutions,insur ance offices, railroad and navigation compa nies, &c.. &c., &c. Now, with this present concentration of nearly if not quite all of our greatest business interests on the Eastern front of our city, is it not even beyond absurd ity to propose to disturb the harmonious and convenient relations of all of our public nets relations and proximities ? Shall our business men and citizens generally, who, necessarily, come to the busi ness end of the city in their various interests, be fretted and inconvenienced, incalculably, by having to travel, to attend to a single de partment of business, away out to Penn Square ? . • In another article we may treat of the " Large public meetings" of .which we have been reading, on behalf of the Penn Square project (speculatibli?); and the would-be great men, the public-spirited men, the brave sons of noble sires, who will not suffer, the sacred soil of Independence Square to be sacrile giously invaded, and who, if it is ever at tempted, will be ready to do something awful, and dreadfitlly wicked! - It is most devoutly to be wished that those who still have it in their power to frustrate the growth and the effects of so arbitrary a power as has been manifested in this matter, will speak and act and vote as to secure the defeat of real estate operators; rebuke the un wise and hasty legislation of the House, and bring to grief the blatant, conceited orators (7) • and leaders of the west-em: public meetings, and secure to the legitimate government of our city its own proper functions, and deliver us from the Invasion and' presninpflon and in termeddling offoreign influences and legisla tion. . Warts UT Srnss'v May oth, 1874 BRIGIMIAM:vprims MINES, The Fottoldden Wealth of Utah. A Salt Lake City lettercontains the follow ing : An argument of the Mormons, and the one on which they lay the greatest stress, is that they, Xonnd this country a wilderness ; they have., irrigated and otherwise improved it, and now it is a garden, etc., etc. Now compare the progress of the Territory of Utah with that of any of the Western States or Ter ritories settled since, nearly all of which have had a similar imierage population. Regard the opportunities afforded for coining money given by the repeated floods of emigration to the 'Weet,,tbrough this Territory the facilities enjoyed ':and improved for pickingsk by John son% imm3 , ,or odoupatiou in 58, and then con sider the fact that Utah is to-day the richest mineral district in therVnited States. The "President" he for years discounte nanced not only mining but prospecting through his'domains: Up to last June the tow who went ant on such errands did not return, and have not since been heard from, or have been 'wanted CA ;:tvbich means a groat deal here. Since that time placer digging has been going on at Bingh.sivre caZon, some twenty miles from here; Alati notwithstanding the lank of water, over. ildiso,ooo in dust have been bought by the 't , oo banking houses here,And it is estimated that,' three times that .antanna , has been sent to Sail Francisco for assay coinage. • The silver mines of , Cottonwood and other, earigne are novr littpaetlng One'firtn has shippeol'eree tiundted,,W. of ore to , San. Franciseo iu, :.the pat: ur months so m e of it Winging $26 a tett 'Ai sil ver, aside from roily ,„Oe'r.cout. 'of ic4d; , vildilil covers froight "and other expenses, but the av erage yield has bowl about $l4lO a tote.; THIS riIILADELPHIA COUNTY PiusoN.—That no similar institution in the United States is better managed than the county prison of Philadelphia we have every reason to believe. Its inadequacy in point of dimensions is known to everybody. How impossible it is to discipline vagrants and trampers within its limited accommodations is seen on every hand. Its Board of Inspectors include: President—John B. Biddle, M. D. SecTetrrr y—Edm rer—Henryuncl Smith. Treasu C.Hell. John B. Biddle, M. D., Henry C. ow Howell, Jos. W. Bullock, Ketchline, Jos. 11. Chandler, Wm. B:Page, M. D., J M. G. Evans, J. Rodman Paul,M. D., Jas. A. Freeman, lEdmund Smith, Edward H. Trotter. In the annual➢report for 1869, the Inspe etors express their regret at parting with their phi lanthropic associate, Mr. Isaac B. Garrigues, who, for thirteen years, had given his valuable services to the department. Since the organi zation of the Board in 1856, hut two remain of the Inspectors who were then appointed. Every vacancy, nevertheless, has been the re sult of the death or resignation of the ineum- Mits. The Board give the cold shoulder to poli tics. They are not permitted to be considered in the management of the prison. The, fact is that everybody in the institution hi rather too busy to bother with wirepulling. The whole number of commitments for the year 1869 was 18,30.5, against 17,620 for 1868, an increase of 685. • This increase however, Is only in the number of commitments. The number of persons actually committed were less than those of last year. This apparent in crease has been the result of a change in the character of the commitments. It •was till lately the practice of , the committing magis trates t.einclude in the charge of drunkenness also disorderly Conduct, by which offenders were committed to prison for a period of thirty days, to -be held for the whole or. a of this sentence, •at the disere tion of the Inspectors. Vagranta of th cls are now committed for le/or/cation only, is fora period of twenty-four hems, and not unfres quehtly return half a dozen times during a month. Also, under a recent construction of the law, the power formerly exercised by the Inspectors, of discharging eases of " breach of the- peace" has been abandiined. The com mitting-magistrates have much inereasedeorn mitments for this charge, retaining control of them in their own hands, and usually dis charging them by arrangement after a few days, with the result of repeated recommit ments of old offenders. The commitments for 1869 show a small de crease (270)compared with those of 1867 which were 18,575; those for 1866 reached 111,468. In 1860, the year preceding the war, the commit ments were 20,801. For the first half of the year 1869, from January Ist to July Ist, the commitments were 8,947 • for the second half of the year, from July Ist, 1869, to January Lst, 1870, they, were 9,358. This excess in the com mitments for the second over the first half of the year is usual : thus, in 1868, the commit ments from January Ist to July , Ist were 8,032; fromJialy ast.,.lB6B,•terJatmaryTst,lB69, :they were 9,588. • Of the commitments for the twit, year, there were black males, 1,283, against 979 for 1868, and 1,025 for 1867; of black females, ,574,, against 494 for 1868, and 570 for 1867. There were white males, 12.228, against 12,09(3 for 1868, and 12,361 for 1867, and 13,053 for 1866:' The number of white males for-18139 was 4,320,' a slight increase over those for 1868, 4,051,- but a marked diminution over those;. for 1867; , which reached 4,619. It is to be borne in mind, too, that while the number of commitments was more than for last year, the number of re- ' males committed was least. The experience of another year hi again'confirmatory of the good results of the increased accommodation for ' female prisoners, obtained by the transfer of the old Debtors' Apartment, two years since, to the Femafe Department of the. prison. The actual charges in the commitments vary somewhat from those of last year. There were for intosieation: 2,546, against 2,045 for 1868 : for vagrancy, 1,248, against 1.093 fur 18118; for assault and battery, 1,687, against 1,462 for 1868 ; for disorderly conduct and breach of the peace, 7,360, against 8,132 for 1868: fur assault with intent to kill, 146, against 121 fur 1868. Of the entire number of connuittueuts, 18,305, 13,987 or more than three-fourths, are thus traceable to intemperance: for, with scarcely an exception, in he cases enumerate:l, drunk enness is an accompaniment of the special act for which the commitment is-made. Of the prisoners committed for trial during the past year, 11,203, 8.750 were discharged by the committing magistrates, and in the cases of 580, the bills of indictment were ignored by the Grand Jury. The figures show a larger number °teem:a tinents and discharges by the magistrates than for the past—year, owing to the breach of peace cases being re tained exclusively in the hands of the magis trates. Of the prisoners under sentence of death at the date of the last report, Hester Vaughan VMS pardoned by the Governor, Bth of 111ay, 1869- Five convicts remain iu the Prison under sentence of death, but indefinitely re spited. Edward J. Ford, Patrick Farrigati, Jerry Dixie, Newton Chauipion and Alfred Alexander. Of the services rendered by the officers of the institution the Board speak in terms of expressive commendation. They unite also, officially, in deploring the death of Mrs. Ellen L. Spencer, who for fifteen years was the effi cient Matron. They especially acknowledge, also, the value of the services rendered by their estee'med colleague, Ron. Joseph It. Chandler. , The expenses of the Prison for 1869 were very,elightly in excess of those for 1868, viz. : $105,925 12 against $104,63.5 63 for 1868. The profits of the shoe manufactory were $3,872 95. The amount received front the United States Marshal, for the support of United States prisoners was 8796 80. The estimated value of provisions, coal, &a., on hand, is $9,512 25. The return to the City Treasurer of profits from the Manufacturing Department was $21,000. =REM The subjoined table furnishes a comparison of the expenses of the Prisou for the last six teen years : Year 1854, there were 11,588 prisoners, cost ing $78,288 18. Year 1855, there were 14,794 prisoners, cost ing $85,499 37. Year 1856, there were 14,981 prisoners, cost ing_ .$90,352'78. Year 1857, there were 16,803 prisoners, Bost: ing $54,841 95. Year 1858, there were 15,134 prisoners, cost in $53,183 65. YYear 1859, there were 20,236 prisoners, cost ing $52,341 07. Year 1860, there were 21,585 prisoneri, cost ing $54,877 52, Year 1861, there were 16,201 prisoners, cost in $50,643 59. Year 1802, there were,14,816 prisoners, cost ing. $50,745 25. ' Year 1863, there were 17,219 prisoners, cost ing_ $50,225 96. Year 1864, there were 14,067 prisoners, cost ing $58,737 51, Year/865, there were 16,142 prisoners, cost in 1 ,252 33. Year 1860, there were 19,648 14.1463,111 13; , 'Year 1867; there' were 18,573 prisoners,'cOst lug 895,276 60'. • • Yea,rlB6B, there , were 17,6 X prisouertOirt• lag 61194,631 63.•; • ' Year 1869; Mtge ; 7tere , 18,30 ItitSoPerS, cost-, 14 5105,925'12. CITY BULLETIN. prisoers, ooit- F. FrrimosToN. Publisher. /TO SYCOND less knows' than many other of our local charities, there is none that comes More kindly to the relief. of human suffering than the Orthontedic pital, at N 0.15 South Ninth street, , Over this city th e spirit of charity may be said literally to brood. In e inception of' this liovital relief or cure is th given to curvaturefl of the spine, to club feet, to affections of the,joints, and to contractions and deformities of every kind. The institution is sustained by volitertary contribution. Its motto is : fnasmuelt ae , yo have done it unto one of the least of tliese,,EY ; • brethren, ye have done it ntitti'me urn ." •cases of hese club-footed, crsrved-spineit•pao•• , tients, many of them children, can, only. b treated properly in such a 'place as 'thiS. Tie? limited, nieans and accommodations fbr pa-' ' tients induce the managers to appeal tattle, if& nevolent citizens of Philadelphia to aid ,theta in this work, now in'its infancy, to a cause of usefulness, such as has been attained bisitidisie institutions in foreign cities. .-London has three Orthopedic Hospitals insuccessful ope— ration, treating thousands of this• class ano nually. Statistics show in her large popula tion $lO,OOO deformed persons. At the same; p ra h t i e a. this would give almost 30,000 Philadel— The field of uaefulness is large; if taken, early, a vast majority of all cases , of deformity they state, can be cured, and many valuable lives would be 6Tiared from growing up miser able. wretched in themselves and positive in-. cumbrances to society. The report says; During the year ending December ai,1869, one hundred and twenty-five new patients were treated, with thirty, remaining. front a previous year, making a total of one iitindred and fifty-five under treatment-=thirty 'having been admitted as in-patients and the-, re mainder treated at the daily clinics as out. Patients, of whom quite a number were visited at their homes. Of the whole number, thirty were club feet; twenty-eight, distor tions of the 'spine; fifteen, diseases of the joints, ten of which were hip-disea.ses ; two, partial anchylosis of knee, and three white swelling; four were bow l eg s -• and thtrty-two , were cases of other affections, properly ill eluded under Orthopedic practice as wry neck, deformities from fracture contraction. of muscles and tendons, infantile paralysis, rickets, knock-knees and un-united fracture. "Sixty-eight surgical 'operations were per formed,of which fifty-three were for the various varieties of club-foot;ten for un-united fracture; and in thirteen instances; contracted tendot were divided for the relief of other deformi ties. Through the liberality of Joseph Jeane, 17.t.q., quite a number of surgical appliances have been furnished, gratuitously, to aggra vated cases among the worthy poor of our out patients, while several of those treated in hos pital are indebted to the same source, for board and surgical apparatus. The Orthopat-, dical Mechanist, Mr. D. W. Kolbe, has _also assisted many of the applicants in various ways, by furnishing suitable instruments;, but from a number of cases of this unfortunate class, these hatl•to be withheld, on account of our lack of means, " It is gratifying to know that we have been , enabled to restore completely to health,or very materially relieve, the larger proportion name who-Imre applied. Of the one hundred and twenty-five new eases treated, forty-four were cured, forty relieved, ten not treated and' • thirty-one remaining. A large proportion of • all will be from time to time under the obser ,vation of the' sargeons of • the hospital, 'until' the the disease or deformity shall have been ~thoroughly arrested or cured. •• Six additidnal beds' have bec.n added to the hospital accommodations ' since last annuaire-. port, making ten in all. Through the instru mentality of this institution, a number of pre- viously helpless cripples have regained, the. • free use of their limbs and become suppothr, to thentSelves and others', while many children have been spared from growing up as deformed, and pitiable members of society. If any one dotibts the usefulness of the in stitution, all instant removal of those doubts will be effeettat,by an examination of the en-. • gravings representing cured anti uncured pets that constitute an appendix to the ,re.. port/ The officers of the institution are:: • President—Edward Hopper. &cretarj—Bichard K. Betts. Treavurer—Joseph Turnpenny. , Surgeons--Thomas G. Morton, M. D. 1421 Chestnut street ; Earnest Goodman, M.D., 1427 Chestnut Street ; D. Haves Agnew M. D., 1611 Chestnut street W S. . Gross, M. D.; Eleventh and Walnut. Consulting Surgeons—Prof. S. p. Gross t D. George W. Norris, M.D. Resident Physician—Edward W. J'amesmi. Orthopedic Mechanist—D. W. irhulbei. South Ni nth street. Matron—Anna C. Wanatoal4o4 THE NEWCITY DinEcTonv.—Gopsill's delphia Directory for 1870 is now being dis tributed to subscribers. It constitutes a pon derous and bulky volume. From the thorough manner in whiciplAr. Costa has compiled it, the price of four dollars for it seems by no means high. When we consider that some por tions of the city are omitted initlie canvas, its aggregate increase of pophiatibn from year to year is suggestively exemplified in the gradual increase in size of this city directory. The prolificness of some of the - principal names continues to a degree calculated to disarm any present member of those families from any apprehension as to the, possibility of their extinction. The Smith family, as usual, numerically leads the list. The name covers nineteen double-column pages • of.the book. Excepting in France, Hungary and Turke.y, we read, there are native Smiths in, all the civilized countries in the world. We may talk of the last of the Barons atuithe last of the tribunes, " the last drop in the well," and the last rose of summer. The longevity. of the man who lives to see the last of the Smiths will probably continue until the sun Tumbles from its orbit. The Jones family are doing well. The name occupies seven pages and a half in Gopsill's book. The Joneses can't help but be , Joneses. Mr. Smith may turn himself Into a "Snayth,'• a " Smythe," a " Smithy" or " Stuithers." Mr. Jones finds no such accommodation' in the al phabet. Wl3 here and there encounter a Johns. His name is nothing snore than obi wine in a new bottle, The - Painters have a wider rangein the orthography of their pay- ronymic. A. man's name is his own. He can spell it as arbitrarily as he pleases. Mr. Pala- , ter rings his name to half a dozen changes. The most striking one before us is Payntar. , The Greens must hare been emigrating since last year. They are all included in about two pages and a half; the Wilson beat thou by five pages, while the Willianises distance them, by seven. The entire letter Z occupies but four pages and a half .. The name Zinc= merman (Carpenter) is the most numerous the list. Altogether, the book before us gives evi dence of discriminating care in its con:mils. tion. We shall be glad to see it prove rem*. neratlve to its proprietors. • • TnE.trivivicnsury OF Pr.atzisimv.s.m..k.—The catalogue ofthe University of Pennsylvania for the 120th session, 180-70, , has been re ceived. In the Department of Arts there are IG3 matriculates. These are divided as follows : Seldom, , 16; 4.3400114, 27 ; Sophotnores', 48: IPreshitien; 33 ; Scientific course, 29,an4 partial cotirsei 'lB. (These students are residents of Penettritnino ,;,New Jersey, District' of Coltona, New I r erlt, Delaware and itt Um', Medical Department there are 360 COntinutd on Os hag Page. EMMA
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