CITY, BULLETIN.
State of Thermometer This Day at the
Bulletin °Mee.
10 A. 1et..—..80 LI 1d... 77 deg. 2P. rd.. ..... 33 deg
Wcsther. cloar. Wino Sou th w(iat
THE PRESBYTERIAN /CHURCH
OF FRANIFORD.
Centennial Anniversary Celebration
FOr the celebration of the Centenninl Anni
versary of the Presbyterian Church otEitankr.
ford, to-day, the members have been making
great preparations for some time past. Under
the direction of a Committee comprising
Messrs. Reuben Myers, Alfred •H. Foster,
John gMcMulien, William E. Hannll, Fred.
IC.'Womrath; Linford Ca'tor, Joseph BM.
Rudolph Adams, Samuel Wakeling, Howard
Jame.Yonker and Jame. C. Thompson, an iuternit:
ing programme' of exereisesfor morning,afrer
noon and evening was prepared. The belies
connected with the Church also took a great
interest in the occasion, and in their way con
tributed much towards the success
of ' the celebration. Last evening
they were' hard at work decorating
-the church.- -Flowers and.evergreens, woven
into pretty and appropriate, devices, were
hung with great profusion and taste all about
the building, and to-day the edifice presented
• a very liandSome appearances.. Many dis
tinguished clergymen were invited r to take
part in the proceedings, and among the largo
number of persons assembled to witness the
exercises, every portion of the city was repre
sented. In anticipation of this large influx of
visitors from other sections of the city, the
ladies made ample preparation to provide
meals for their guests in the church-Budd ng. •
The Exerelhes This kitornhiz.
The morning exercises were annourieal
begin at 10 o'clock, but for sometime previous
to that hour every seat in the church was
occupied, and then all eligible standing posi
tions were taken possession of. The choir had
been considerably augmented for the oc
casion,
The exercises this morning were conducted
by Rev. Matthew B. Grier, D. D., and were
opened with an invocation by Rev. Joseph
_
BTheeggs. . •
Hymn, " All People that on Earth dO
Dwell," was then sung.
Rev. W.E.'Schenek, D. D., then read a por
tion of the -Scriptures.
Rev. Wm. Blaekwood.D. D., folio wed.with a
• .
fervent prayer: -
Rev. (x W M usgrave. D. D., was it - en in
tritiAll6-6d,- am:l — delivered — an - 7A tateresting - -adz
dress.
" The Lord is king," was
The Anthem,
then sung.
HISTORY OF THE CHURCH
ReV. Thomas Murphy, pastor of the church,
then delivered a historical discourse. - Dur
ing the course of his interesting addresS he
said : .
=IV-by:do-we: -celebrate -.thisL.one .hundredth.
reilir of our church's history? Because great
is the gratitude we owe God for having kept
-da.c?astenceLithisbraneh of His Zion so long; -
because the completion of a century in the
church's history is a great event in itself. But
a few times before has such an event occtirfed.
in this city. -- fivonld then trace •the ordering
-of God's providenee. in the history of this,
-church during_the past one hundred years; I.
would recall the names of the honored men
who maintained its interests and shared ..its
fortunes ;-I would mark the great epochs. which;
measure its past journey ;. I would cltvell Upon -
its progress from the very smallest beginning.
to what it is to-day.. .
7. 'This h6toTy may be-divided into five - periods.
The firSt period is from - the laying of the
corner-stone of the original building, May 4.
1770, until the year 1802. During these thirty
two years it was connected with the German
Reformed body, and its services were con
ducted in tbe German language. • The second
period Was from 1802 to 1800. During this
pertninflte - ti front' the Germany - 'Reformed
to the Presbyterian. The third period was
from 18(19 to 1832; the fourth from 1832 to 1838.
The fifth period V4!...4 from 1838 to the present
time. When the corner-stone of the old edifice
was laid, no railroad had ever been con.
structed, no steamboat had ever . floated,
Europe was then agitated by the divison of
Poland ; in this country the British troojt
had just occupied Boston; mutterings of dis
content with English rule were heard through
out the colonies; Hancock, Adams and Patrick
Henry were beginning to promote the Revolu
tion. Whitfield.„died in the very year the
corner-stone-was laid, and Wesley was-then
in his prime. There was a• bright array of
British authors then penning their immortal
works—amongst them Goldsmith, Samuel
Johnson, Burke, Cowper and Burns. This
city of Philadelphia then had but a very small
population. Frankfurt( has now two,thirds as
many people as the whole city had then. All
the churches in the city then comprised 4 Pres
hyterian,3 Episcopalian ,2 Catholic,' Lutheran,
and Methodist, Baptist, Morayian tieruaa,a,
Calvinist and Swedish Lutheran,,Wlfienet...,4ll
these were 'but two or tnree more than Frank
ford has to-day. In Frankford, itself, there
was but one place of worship=the old
• Friends! Meeting-house.- --it-was-in-the- midst
of these years our Church was founded. Most
of its founders were Swiss. They commenced
it as a German Calvinist or German Reformed
Church. The four persons who began it were
George Castor, Henry Rorer, Rudolph Nett'
and Sirach Shudy. Afterwards they a:ssoci
- —intent-with -them—F-rederiek—Castory-Rudolph
_Ma werer, Jacob Zebly and Jacob
Oneycr. The corner-stone was laid
by the Rev. Christian Frederick
Foering. Amongst the original subscribers no
the budding were the following names -
Samuel Neswinger, Rudolph Schutz, Leon
hard Fro-lich, ! Y st :Meyers, Jacob ,Sehinlil,
David Bliath, , 'red. Seeeibly, Leonhard
Kaufman and II rich Neff. The whole cos!
of the original building was £483105. tqd
During thelleysilutionary War, after the bat
tle of Trenton, souse of the prisoners.captured
in that engagement were brought, awl,
dfor a
lime, imprisoned in the old building. Of this
fact there is no doubt. It. has been proved by
a journal written by a Hessian officer at
the time, recently found in Hesse
Cassel, Germany, wideli states that he
and other prisoners were for a time
• Infiniti:linnet in a church of a little village
called Frankfurt._.......abeve -Philadelphia..
DuringLthese 32 years the church was prob
ably supplied by the same ministers who
preached in the old Market Square Church,
of Germantown; amongst them Revs. Christian
s Frederick Feeding, Albert us Helfenstein,
Frederick Hermann mud William Runkle. I
must here state an interesting tact. The last
name, before penning this history, which
stands upon the record of baptism of this
church, is that of a great-greangrand-child of
that Reverend Helfenstein who probably
was the first one who permanently sup
iolied ' the church; - that was by
her mother, but by her father she wa•
also , the great-great-great-gran Idaughter
of the Neffwho Has one of thii four origins.
tors of thev.ihurch." For this reason the men,
of little'Catharine De Monsen Wakeling shall
be written in this history. The second period.
was a short one, but probably the most event
ful one in its history. It was that during
which the:church became settled uuder a per
manent pastor. It was supplied occasionally.
at this time, by various ministers, amongst.
them Revs. Latta, Snowden, Janeway,"Alex
ander, 'Wilson and others.
In the third 'period the pastors of the church
.were Rev. John W. Doak and the Rev. ThoS.
Biggs. In 1810 the old building was eulai - ged
by the addition of 40 More feet to the front.
The inai•on who-built it was Mr. Jacob Deal,
whose son Charles, 40 years aftermardsi-built
. .. the 0 1 1i110-11---whicitme_are nom_ assem.pled.
.., The SabbathS - a - r - oid Of the church was coin
-.menced 55 years ago, in the spring of 1815. • It
girls. The fourth period of our liktory is a
short One, .extei,ding from 1831 to 1838. TIP.
Ira tstors Were Bev. .1.. T. Mar,hall Davie nul
the Rev. Austin . .1%1 ortT. Dr. James G. Wat
s,on and Dr. David a. Junkin also preached
for short time during this p , riod. In
the Presbyteflan Churl :1i liridesburg ~vas or
ganized. The lit th period extended from 1838
mail the present time; during that tuuo there.
have been but twu pastors-,-Rev. William
71 °Ward, for- •11 years, and
r ., Y'_ acs^ Y~
prest nt pastor ,Rev. Thomas Murphy, for
twuntv 3 ears. , The important. event of this
•period wasth irection oflt new church build
ingin phicef the :old one in 18fl8. On the
::6111 of April 1853, the Presbyterian Church
rg .. ,_NvAs organized as au offilhoot
from this ehurch. The church lifts prognoal
so at the present .time that it has over 500
members in the Sabbath-school, and on the
roll of .the church there -are 433 members.
During the last twenty years about • 600 per
sons' names have been added to the roll.
111 conclusion the Reverend gent lemansaid
The stream of this church's time is flowing on'
and on. We have now been thrown into it,
and our portion is floating by. Whore shall it
bear us.? If another hand. *rites our • his , -
tory in the years to comp, what shall
it be ? -Shall .it be a history of
usefulness, of loving piety; of burning zeal
for Jesus, whose name we bear and whose
blood saved us ? God grant that it may, and
then in eternity, in one hundred years to
c;orno, we shall render Him our louder
praise. Our forefathers, one hundred years
ago,left this church to their successors, with
a soemn charge to preserve it and to seek to
increase its numbers. We now, at the begin-,
ning of another centliry, send it down . to our
suceesshrs. and this is our charge to .them:
Maintain the truth.; be, faithful to Jesus, your
Ring; keep Zion near ..,your „hearts ; gather
man into, the Ringdoni, grow in grace, and,
our last obligation, love one another! -
The discourse was listened to with marked
attention by the audience. =
An anthem, "Lord of Hosts," was then
Sung.
Rev. Henry W. Biggs then ,delivered an elo
quent. address.
The exercises concluded with a benediction
by Rev J. Addison Henry: '
The Afternoon and Evening Exercises.
At 21• o'clock this afternoon 'the exercises
will be continued, under the direalon of Rev.
J. Grier Ralston, LL. D., and will comprise au
invocation by Rev. Jos. A. Warne, prayer by
Rev. Albert Barnes, .and addresses by Hon.
James Ross Snowden, Rev. Charles Hodge,
- D. D., LL. D.; Rev. James McCosh, D.D. LL.
owartir
and a b enediction by Rev. Will 0. John
stone.
The evening exercises will begin at7i. o'clock,
and will be conducted by Rev. Alexander
Reed, D.D. They will consist of an invima.:
Lion by Rev. Calvin W. Ferriday; prayer by.
Rev. J. R. Eckerd, D. D., and Rev: S. A. Much
more ; addresses by Hon. Joseph Allison,
Rev. John Hall, D. D., Rev. E. R. Beadle, -D.
D., and others, and a benediction by Rev.
WI LA. Jenks. _
_THE FEVER DISTRICT—DIE AA:TH(3RM lES
STIRRED UP—BEDFORD. STREET AND VIC.IN
ITY TO DE CLEANED.--tWO are very - glad in-:
deed to know that the members of the Board:
of Health have taken to the heart 'the leSSon ,
conveyed in our Bedford street article yester- ,
day; - have-at - last gen e7t - O - Av orkAtatif - ifoine - ,
appearance of heartiness.to clean up the in
fected district. Three tenement. houses op
posite the mission have been closed perma
nently. These dwellings are among the flithi-'
est and mast diseased in the neighborhood,
'An order has been issued to close all the in
fected cellars to.day, and this, we are assured,
will be done, no matter who opposes it. - Ai
tnedical inspector has been appointed, as we
suggested, for the purpose of looking after the
fever patients and the purely sanitary busi-!
_ness._ A. gang of a dozen whitewashers has
been sentinto the &stria and -
- .under intelligent supervision. Carts have
been procured and sent to Bedford street, and
the inspector has been ordered to clean every
tilthy,yard, cellar and alley-way. without Wait
ing to notify the property-owners, as has been
the custom.
The mission schools have_ been closed by
Rev. Mr. Long, HO that the teachers and chil
dren can be kept away from danger.
All this looks like _work,_and w_e_congratu
late the people of this community that the
Board of Health has at last shown some evi-
knee of its appreciation of the necessity for
nstaut, radical — action. And while we are
commending the Board, we must in justice
say that to the courage, persistence, intelli
gence and energy of the Rev.. John D. Long,
the missionary, the-people are indebted for
knowledge of the existence of this disease,
Ind 'for the - warningslhat-have been uttered
concerning it.
This action of the Board of Health is not
taken a moment too soon. The feveris spread
ing and gradually creeping up town. Hitherto
there have been no cases higher up than Bed
ford street.. 'Yesterday patients were stricken
down in Alfred and Lisbon streets, the for
mer of wbicli bi , tween Lombard and Pine
streets, running from Sixth street. In both of
these thoroughfares the cesspools are over
flowing with filtb,and several cellars are tilled
with offensive water.
Yesterday t.w•o ambulance loads of fever pa
tients were taken to the Small-pose Hospital,
'arid four pr five more of the sick were sent
out this morning. It is likely that, during the
•
(lay, the ambOlance will perforili another trip
or two.
Now that the Board of Health has gone to
work, w•e think there is very little to fear from
this disease. But that work must be thorough,
radical and persistent, ifany good results are
to be secured. This whole neighborhood ought
to be cleaned if it costs fifty thousand dollars
to do the work. If there is any want of funds
the Board ought to appeal to Councils for an
appropriation, winch will certainly be made if
the members have any conception of the
character and extent of the evil - to be cured,
TEE STOLEN CHILLY FROM MISSISSIPPL
Immediately after Dr. Cessna telegraphed to
Mayor Fox that he would start at once for
this city, he was seized with violent illness,
which confined him to his room for several
fittys:----Atesoon-as-he-was- - -able to -get- out;-he
rode about thirty-five miles from his home to
his brother-in-law, E. A. Garrison, a promi
nent Merchant and manufactnrer,and engaged
him to come here after the child. Mr. Garri
ou arrived here on last Wednesday. The
Mayor, not being.,-satisfied that he was per
fectly authorized, required vouchers from the
South, such as telegrams or letters from the
Major of Crystal Springs, Miss., the Circuit
Judge of the district in which the father reside l
and others, when, upon a careful examination
of the vouchers, and from references in this
city, which Mr. G. had given, it was satisfac
torily shown that Mr. Garrison Is a respecta
ble gentleman; a responsible man, and hadthe
authority to receive the child, Sallie CesSna
was thereupon delivered to Mr. Garrison, and
the two departed for the South last evening.
An interview withEMr. Garrison in the parlor
of the Mayor, in the presence of several offi
cers, was the first the little girl has' had with
a relative, except the uncle abductor, since
she left home last fall.' On being brought in,
she instantly recognized him, affectionately
kissed him, and asked the Mayor to allow her
to go home with hint. Her request was
promptly granted. '
A SIGNIFICANT FACT.—At the meeting - of
the Republican Association 'of the Twenty
second Ward, the President, Mr. William Ad
amson, tendered his resignation in a speech
in which he declared that his course was
prompted by his determination not to sustain
the Republican ticket if certain nomination,
were made upon it, His remarks were re
ceived with much enthusiasm, and, although
a number of the prpminent members of th
Ring" were present, Mr. Adamson recei'red
The Battering endorsement of a re-election to
the Presidency of the. Association by acclama
tion.
THE R ctritioND Suiyinticatilte following
is an extract from a letter received by Mayor
Fox from a prominent member of the city
government of Richmond, Virginia:
" Providence alone saved. me from being
killed or mangled in the horrible disaster.
Duty to dead and dying friends has prevented
my earlier writing in full. Most of the be
reaved families are left in entire destitution,
and many of the wounded maimed for life.
,Kompt and truly generous aid
tepd e d1tri31117P.6...... gr a tef
appreciated by Virginia.'!
A 2.:7 Vnlo - ti_ A 1101rPhsa:„.frd rrv.nr_ruta,;
letters daily complaining of all sorts of things
as nuisances. This morning a note ref:lll , l4.d
him to base ruinoved from a certaio neigh
borhood a mocking-bird, which has got to he
a great annoyance to citizens at night.
Sust•n IUUA.—John-l3nnny and George -\Y--
S:o(hran Ivere found in the yard of a hous , , at
'1(.7)1 and Carpenter greets, last aigiit, Tin*,
were taken beton , Ald. Boldinn and wore coin.
mitted for a further hearing,
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Pll lI:A.DE Pli IA EVENING.., 11FIJI41TIN ,IVETYKESPAY.: MAY 4 IEI7O.
PHILADELPHIA AND , SI,II7I.IERN MAIL
DArdsDni CobtIANY. 'annual meeting
of the stockholders of .this COMpany
l et the Board of Trade , rooms this afternoon.
James C. Hand, Esq.,
ainV Mr.
chants 8. Teal acted as Secretary.-
The
The - all nual -report ef - theßoard - of - Manage - :
was read. It shows that the Steamers of th
Company have dAring the year performed the
followi serVice :--The Pioneer, o the - Wil
mington line, !gni - Made • tWenty-thren
voyages; the Tonawanda and AVS , ortillig,' , on.
the 6avannali line, have 'made forty ti ve round
voyages; the Juniataand Yazoo, on the New'
Orleans and Havana linediave made eighteen
round voyages, stopping at Havana on each
return voyage, and on twelve Outward . trips.
'lmmediately after the - lastannual meeting,
the Board opened a subscription, conditional
upon $50,000 being subscribed and after nine
months of solicitation, succeededln obtaining
subscriptions to the amount of $52,500. Of
Ilmtamount $213,2;32 75 have been - collected,and
the balance le considered available. This ad
ditional capital will place the finances of the
Company in a Safe and independent position.
it has enabled the .Company to redtice its lia
bilities, and meet all its engagements with
promphiess. ' ••
he IniSiness• of the Oornpany bas._shown
steady increase
.over that, of the preceding
year, and the Board'think that the business of
the past year has denicinstrated that its success
is destined to meet the sanguine expectations
of the stockholders. . • "- .
Me earnings of Me year were
From Freight
" Piteeeugere '
" Sale atciltilmuterial
Naito
Inauraneu
Bales, COMIIIIKEIIOIIEI 2 . ACC
Total earnings • .$610,447 79
After the expenses were deductedthere was
a net profit of $'59,330 39.
The steamers . of the Company aro now in
good order, with the exception - Of' the Tona:
wanda'aud Juniata, which are undergoing're
. .
pairs. .
'The report concludes : "The Board think
that the time is not far distant when the inter
est of the com_pany_ will . be promoted by
placing an :additional steamer on file
mingtou line, and it is for the stockholders to
determine whether they will place the means
at the disposal of the managers to carry out
this enterprise.' •
The report of Chas. S. Teal,- Treasurer, was
then .read. It gives i ,detail the,tinancial con
dition of the company. • Thu. total :wets
ainount to $575,308.81. Among the assets aro
classed the following
Steamer Pioneer—costs' 55,011 57
, .
Tonawanda 80,924 21
.1 nidata 133,1110 tel
WI toning 91,422 21
Ylizoo • 125,509 37
Ile :reports' wine accepted and orderdd to
he' printed. Mr. Rene Guillou olfered.the
loßing
Whet eas, The Board of Directors of the Philadeloitia
.and - tetallermMlail-iSteamshipClomphilyfactuated
spiritft devotion to the Interests or plilladelplitaataV
ing labored for several years under cimunstances of
great discont aliment. arising from lire and shipwreck.
and causes beyond their control, do now pre.ent a '
most gratifying report of the prosperity of this com
pany ; therefore,
iiesaliwi. That the thanks of the stockholders and of
the citizens of Philadelphia are justly due and are here- '
l-y tendered to the Board of Directors and officers of the
Company, for their persevering.:lnd self-denying efforts
In behalf of this enterprise, resulting in the permanent
and prosperbus establishment of steamship lines to our
Soother]] ports, thrreby. not_only .giving_ralue to the
property of the stockholders, hut greatly promoting the
commercial interette of Philadelphia.
Tile resolution was unanimously adopted.
--- ;An election was- therateld-forDirectorsiand•
.
the following were chosen : S. Flanagan,
Henry Winsor,Winfield 8. Russell; Richard
Wood, Wm. Massey, Geo. N. Allenjames A.
Wright, , , •
LocAL Cnowpmt.—To-day is made up, so
far, of sunshine, sweetness, and crowded
millinery stores. Wholesale and retail trade is
correspondingly lively. . -
The' Delaware shad fisheries so far are
especially -"successful.----At Gloucester -this
morning the catch was little short of miracul
ous.
The first "mad dog" of the season was im
molated Ibis morning. His owner claintied
that the " - quadruped was suffering not from
rabies, but frormwhat iu the human subject is
the equivalent of scarlet fever. The sound,
emitted by the expiring quadruped; like the,
whistle of the quail, included but two notes.
ThiflibiettiTYVas
The suit brought against insurance com
panies by one firm, as representative for the
rest of the losers by the fire at the Patterson
~tore-horses, has been decided in favor of the
plaintiffs. In making settlements some of the
firms agreed alx-olutely to the proftbred com
promise, and waved all future claims. Other
firms accepted the fifty or seventy-five cents
on the dollar only under protest. The litiga
tion in the case . of the party bringing suit has
been decided absolutely in his favor. The de
cision in this single case, it is inferred, will di
rect the aetion.of all the rest. '
Germantown complains bitterly of inade
quate igas-light. That beautiful suburb mourns
the necessity of holding in reserve, in cane of
delinquencies in the integrity of the gasholder
at Ninth and Diamond streets, a supply of
kerosene and of lamps. Germantown is pro
verbially patient. Its people are long sulfer
ing. They are not given to excitement. What
they dislike is the necessity of beginning an
evening's reading with a full head of gas and
winding it up with the extemporized, but fee
ble, brilliance of a penny dip. In German
town a great man .people for months past
have ignored the facilities offered by the gas
works, and have found their entire Mumma
tors- conifOrtSitrpetroleutn oil
Butter this morning sold at 50 cents a
pound. Some fancy brands brought 55 cents.
The article now takes on the tint of gold de
rived, not from-the admixture of a drop or
two of liquorice-water with each min of milk,
infffroni an introduction to an early bite of
springing grass. 'Eggs are plentiful to;day at
thirty cents a dozen. This figure is just ten
cents a Mizell more than the article is int,rin 7
sieally worth.' Very fine asparagus' sold this
morning at 21ia30 cents per bunch. Vegetables
are now coming op in great abundance. For
high prices for any of them there exists not
the least necessity. The prices of butchers'
meat are very little changed. The principal
luxury in that line is lamb. The dealers get
for it whatever they ask. The family roast of
a " saddle" of it mulcts the family somewhere
in the vicinity of from $2 75 to.s4 50.
THE PEI LADELTIf IA SOCIETY FOIL E
P1161%101101( OF AGRICULTURE.-Thies body
held their regular meeting this morning, at
their rooms, at the Corner of Ninth. and Wal
nut streets. President W. Hayward Drayton
was in the chair.- Mr. Dravtou's favorite
agricultural authorities are the Bucolics of
Virgil, and the time-honored treatises upon
subsoil plowing, and the coercing of "turqutes"
to lay eggs, from the pen of quaint old agricul- •
t ural philosopher Gervaise Markham. For the
elder Pliny, who raised asparagus weighing
six stalks to the pound, his regard is corre
spondingly deferential. The translation of
Cowper from the Virgilian BueolicOescrip
live of a certain vulgarian method of com
pounding a salad, is; by him, regarded as one
of the linestspecimens of cook-book classics to
be found extant.
The meeting of the Philadelphia Society
for the Promotion of Agriculture of this merit
ing was called to order at 11 o'clock. The
principal business before it was very in
definitely disposed of. Tho Society owns a
farm. Upon this farm its repromentatives make
experiments with fruit and flower,. seeds.
These seeds come from every quart& of the
globe. They are distributed through the me
dium of the Patent Office at Washington.
The quot um that reaches this Society is there
dist - to:40 of. It is ouly justice to the custo
dians tif the farm when ouf roporter says that
of a large proportion of the seeds received by
the ,Society quite two-third:3ga theni turn out
either to be valueless, or else impossible of ac
climatization in our colder
_
1 The 'Legislature having withheld the desired
appropriation for the stocking of this experi
mental, larm, it was this morning decided that
an alipeal_Shoulithe made to each Agricultural,
•'.. c5 - 1 - ffety i iftild'ClYffite on w ealt li - 113 •-• ctintrt ti are .
pre rota, , and midi cicialy endow therinstitution
to_rcnili•r it self-landaining.'
i A. here iy, : was ietftlX.ifflifted to thi - Tii ape
of a pati-.nt. plio , yii: Mr. James Id. Stoner, sec
! relary of the conipany by which it is inanu.;
' factured..exhihited , a sample of the contri
; ranee. It has a revolving instead of 'a eta
, iionary mould-beard. The apparatus is to be
0 ei..t i:d this•afternuna upon the farm of Mr.
John ILO ms, at Germantown. , • .
Ti r. U.J. Nontgemery wns then elected a
'op wher of the Society. With this terinituttod
the business of the limning.
RV IC rvritir.brof; LROrBTATIV D ISTR I O'C.—
A lan.° body the •leading iteipublican
eiti
zens of Frankford have tithirtsatitt the ftilloW
it.g letter. to Idr. \VIM= kl. Aprnill
" W,n. R. itanifif, _Esq.-SKR* ApprePlatind
your past, services asa. member of the Iteptib
icari-partyvbaving-eontidence-in;'your7dtgb--
character as" a' nittrabe'r of our conamitilitY,
and feeling assured that the prineiplos of the
Republicatyparty, and the' honor And charac
ter of the Legialaturc would Abe atrenigtheried
by your election tolho•ifouse of Representa
tives, we respectfully aslc the use of your - nal:no
as the candidate of , the Seventeenth ilegiala.
tive District.'
"Signed t Lewis M. Troutman, R. Gatifedi B.
A. nallcross, `l.liitlian. 11111 es, and many
others."' • . ;. , . , •
Mr: - Hamill, who, if; a substantial &met,
near Frankford, replies as follows : .
" Fitaractroun, May. 2, 1870:—To Messrs.
Richard Owned, E. 4. Shallaoss, Nathan
Benj. . Rowlsaid,', Jr., Lewis M. Trouttlian' and
-
othtrs.--GEreraxmaisi: . 1 have the honor to
acknowledge-the receipt of your note of the
29th, asking the use of my name, as a
candidate for the Legislature.
"I do not seek the office, yet I have no
reason for declining the, nomination, Save
inexp_erience I.n its Cfuties.
" 1 can only Promise; if - subeeSsful,"to bring
to thediosition a sincere desire and earnest
effort to fulfil itsrequirements to the best of
my ability,t and endeavor to merit the confl
-deuee you have so kindly reposed in - me.
Believe me, truly yours, &c.,
• • . "WM . E. HAMILL.",
$5.50,746 92
... 57,525 21
991 15
... 697 20
... 335 00
... 149 01
HEAVY ROBBERY or SlLK.9.—Thei dry good,
store Of J. S. Sterling, No. 210 . South Tenth
street, was entered.by.thieves some time .dur
ing lastinight. The entrance was effected by fo r
mug open a door in the rear of the premises
with ajiminey, The store was pretty well ran,
sacked, anti in making selections of. goods •to
be carried off the .robbers' chose,..the .81 f •
costly bilks. The value of the property stolen
is about 16,000. Mr. John Kelly, Chief of the
DiAectives, offers 'a reward 'be $ - 100 for the
capture of the thieves.
The following is a list of the articles stolen :
Three_pie.ces. blue silk ;Ihree.pleces gteen_stlk ;
• six pieces •brawn ; four pieces violet silk ;
three piecesasteel silk ; one piece fawn.-silk ;
three pieces black satin ; ope' piece black and
white stripe silk, (wide stripe); one
piece ,black and white • mottled stripe;
ono piece violet Japanese silk, (figured); one
piece. steel Japanese _silk, (ligured); four
- spieces (mall plaid .jtipanese silk,' black. and
white, blue and white, green and white, and
purple _and white; three pieces black silk,
with white stripe ; three pieces steel color, and
black stripe; three'pieces narrow stripe,.steel
and white stripe; eighteen pieties black 811 k.
• BELIEF OF THE RICHMOND SUFFERERS:—
The followitig additional SubscriptionA for.
the relief of the Rielimond sufferers were. re
ceived.to-ilay :
E.:BurdT,Gruhtc-Ver- - 11013 - .4t;E:r:Borlei 2 c - -$1001)0 - ;
James Elliot . 5 00 -
Merrick & Sons 100 00
Mrs: S. V. I'd errick. a . 25 00
Dr. Alex. 'Wilcock& . - 5 00
MacKellar.Siniths & Jorilau, 50 00
M cealla & Stavely 9 o 00
-- \ -
J. E. Parks, Downingtown, Pa . 50 00
PreVionsly acknoWledged 3,023 25
_ •
ASSAULT -- WITH - : WITH A BRICK.—John Cook,
colored, residing in Gillis's alley, got into a'
quarrel Ritili another negro yesterday. — 21
white man interfered. Cook, it is alleged,
picked up a brick and struck the white tuan
on the head, causing a severe wound. The
assailant ran and was pursued by Cook, who
bad a knife in his hand. - Gook. was - arrested
at Fenrth and Lsrnhard streets by Policeman
O'Grady. Ile _was_ hold in .."600 bail by Aid.
Carpenter.
km OIL Su nB. new -shed with, " a
capacity for - the - storage - of-25,0W barrels of :coal
oil has been put up _by W.,P. Logue Xi *on, at
Greenwich Point. Chief - Mulholland, while
on a trip down the Delaware in . the Harbor
Police Barge, a day or two since, discovered
that at the new place the law requiring such
sheds to be surroundo by'a trench had not
been complied with. He therefore Citified
the owners that a trench, 10 feet deep, is re
quireslAround the shed.
• StisPictox or Boananir:—Wm: Hayes-was
arrested, yesterday, by Policeman Mathews,
on suspicion of having been'concertied in tb - e
robbery of the house of Mrs. Newell, No. 400
Wood street, He was found concealed in the
rear of the millstone establishment of J. E.
Mitchell, on York avenue, above Vine street.
Be had no cap, and a cap found'in the yard of
the plundered dwelling is supposed: to tie
Be was locked up tbr a bearing at the Cen
tral Station.
DROWNED BODY ILECOYEBED.—The body of
an unknown.rnan was found itithe
near Fountain Green foundry, yesterday.• It
is supposed to be the body of a wan who was.
drowne d during tte late freshet. The deceased
wore a black sack coat, gray mixt:a pants and
vest, blue flannel undershirt, white cotton
drawers and white linen shirt. In his pocket
were found a $1 bill, two five-cent pieces and
two song-hooks.
TORPEDO Exe,i6AioN.---T .lgs morning, about
half-past seven O'clock, sot& torpedoes in the
confectionery store of H. Hodenback; No. filrk
South Second street, exploded, and set tire t
the premises. The flama
e-were extinguishe.d ,
before they had made much progress.. The
lossiaestimated at one hundred dollars. No
body was hurt.
Fink..—This morning, about two o'clock, a
fire broke out in the stable of Charles J. Peter
son, at the corner of Fifteenth and Moravian
streets. The flames appear to have originated
th.tbe bay-loft. All of the horses and car
-riages- were safely_rescued by the police. The
upper part Orthe building and the roof were
burned. •
Bunnitity.— The store„: of John Hughes,
tailor, No, 639 North Tenth street, vas entered,
by forcing a hinge from the back - shutter, last
night. The thieves selected the fittest goods
in the store, and carried oft almost one-half of
lie stock. FiVc ready-made suits were also
taken.
ALLEGED Picxrocar.r.=;Jesse Heon was
arrested by Officer Iturns, last evening, at . fit.
John and Callow•hill streets, on the charge of
having , picked the pocket of . a man named
McManus. lie was taken before' Alderman
Cahill, and was held in sfloo bail to answer. •
MILL ACCIDENT.-A111(t named Davis, aged
12 years, son of Reuben Davis, had three
fingers cut off by a saw in a "mill at Pennsyl
vania avenue and Coates street. Re was taken
to his home, Twenty-sixth and Rare, streets..
ACCIDENT.—Mary Coppiner, employed at,
the Newsboys' "Home, _Locust street, above
Ninth, fell down stairs yesterday, and was se
verely injured.
POIXT j3REEZE PAnic..—The. season has
fully commenced at this favorite race-course;
To-morrow afternoon there will be a match.
for $5OO, with mile heats, best 3in to har
ness. The contesting nags will be Harry P.
and Victor Patchen. On Friday there Will be
a race between Lady Lightfoot, and Ida for
$2OO, with mile beats, 3 in 5, to wagons.
BALLET,. Ditvis Br., Co.'s.. New Grand and
e Square Grand Piartor.4 are marvelously rich in
tone and possess uncommon power andsweet
ness. The grbat and uneryttaled improvements
in their manufaeture make okrmi most 'deci
dedly the standard piano of the works:.
RICE DIVORCE, Burr for fraud in age ie
causing groat excitement in Boston. It should warn
yoUng mon not to marry in haste. Bleeds bUt 22', hie
bride 37. Ile swears that she made him bulimia she was
but his own Mae, by using Magnolia Balm goon her lacer,
neck cud hands. Poor- youth. He probibly found ner
elbows n aren't nnite So soft and pretty, OughlHagin
to be indicted.? We know of manytdmilar cases. This
Balni gives a most wonderful pearly and natural coin
ttutrtiebt.—.We- Omni
women. -To blali the- picture, they shattldmso Lyon's
Hathnirou upon the — hair. With ,pettrir, roe"'
' c aotka, and colt, LUXUViiiilf..tralati: •
At ROCKIIILL WILSON'S.
r No. 603 Bud GO6 Okestaut street,
. $3,378- 25
CITY NOTICES.'
RAIIIC BALL
and -
CRICKET. PIOITS
Throe Dollars ' ' ,
All Wool,
w . _
1015. and 1014,
Has Open - This Day, Weauestlay?,'ltlay'4ib
•`" , Hl$ ENTIRS STOOK OF
DRESS GOODS Al REDUCED .PRICES.,
knack Goods in Grreat, Variety.
ELEGANT MADE-UP SUITS ; $10; WORTH $2O.
BOYS'
w_EzuIy,E_NOINV_ON_H ANp_A,LA It BSQRT f E,NT-- OF -V-ERA-L-_
READY-MADE CLOTHING FOR BOYS,
WHICH 'WILL BE SOLD AS CHEAP AS THE SAME STYLE .AND QUALITY CAN
AN EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT_ OF .FINE CLOTHS, CASSIMERFA-
.YESTINOB,
ETC., FOIL GENTLEMEN'S ORDER WORK.
F. A. HOYT & BROTHER,
rk.u.N"r]ET AND criv.spisrT3T vsrrYtv,Erris;
ap27 w 6t§
VALUABLE WORKS -7
Previous to sailing for Enrope on the 14th of May, 'Mr. CHARLES P.
HASELTINE will sell at Auction an his valuable collection of OIL PAINT
INGS andWATER COLORS, WITHOUT RESERVE OR LIMITATION,' TA THE
HIGHEST BIDDER, on the Evenings of THURSDAY.and FRIDAY, May sth
and 6th. They will be sad at his Galleries, 1125 CHESTNUT Street, where
thei are - now on Exhibition Tree. • . -
The most valuable collection of Paintings perhaps ever offered in
ay2B th g m to w th Gt
TRIMIAIED FIATS are perfect
ittle gems ; their Bonnets are nnegualml.
A PREPAIIAT.ION.--Bur-
-
HAVE You A Co3l3loDif, ? Co seo Gilbert's
'Patent ,for sale by 'Henry C.fitone & Co.t 213 South ruch
streut.
THE FIFTEENTH ABIENIINIENT.—After ten
years of experiment, and fifteen chanson .ln the June
diente, Nutlon has the pleasure of announcing that hie
-Ytyerark,.ort..B.o.o,ATiorl FOR Tiff: Hem, be n perfmrt
article, capable of infalliliTY - restering gray - hair to Itri
pr imary color, and without failure . Sold by all drug-
Ohl and fancy goods dealer..
'KENNEDY & nli.08„ No. 729 Chestnut street,
importere of Fine Millinery Gorilla. Who!allele and
ALL THE LATEST. STYLES
COATINGS, PANTALOON STU7VS, AND VESTING'S
For Spring Wear,
•
Now ARRANGED FOR PUBLIC IgSPECTION,
AT CHARLES STOKES'S, No. 824 CHESTNUT STREET
KENNEDY- 8c Bnos., 729 Chestnut street, are
daily receiving now shapes In Ladies' Hats, Aich Bash
Ribbons, and Fine Laces.
VERANDAH• AWNINGS, SHADES AND MD
DING„
Sofa beds, Lowlifes and iron bedsteads.
Spring Mattresses of a superior make.
Reps, Terrys, Plushe ',Linens and Chintz.
Curtain Tassels and Loops.
Walnut and Gilt Cornices.
Gplendld corps of workmen. -
Cheap, reliable. and prothat.
ALBERTSON k Co., 1435 Chestnut street.
KENNEDY & Biros., No. 729 Chestnut street,
are quoted no the highest authority in fashions. prices
very moderato.
KENNEDY 8z Enos., 729 Chestnut street, are
the acknowledged leaden of. Fashion in Ladies' Bound
Flats and Bonnets. Their French Flowers, are yen
superior.
0414.FORTI'S.Late.st Styles of
Ladies' and Misses' Spring Hats
Can be had at their Store,
834 and 838 Chestnut street
visiting the city shouid not _leave
without neelng the new Millinery, 'Emporium or Tilos.
KENNEDY & Enos., 72Petieeinut street.
. 4 1
. H ATE)
GENTS'
The beautiful Spring Styles:
are now ready at .
Oeuyonne ! , under the Continental
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SURGICAL ilesmuunitrvis arid druggists
sundries. •
airi „_,
OWDEN
' • - : 2.3 tiotittt Eikhttt street.
' DEAF NESS • 'BLINDNESS ANDi UATAIW
treated with tba'ntraost success, by J. Iskaos,
and Professor at Disenses of_the Eye and Flk: ibis speci
*,r) tbp•Med lel . ll,li.ollipge of run
nit) , lu tbe _
perience. N 0.805 Arch street. fesibiterrials can - te deou
at his °ince. The medical faculty are invited to ac
cowpox:ly their patients, as he has no secrets in his vac ,
.A Official eyes insbrteti without pain. No Charge
for otarnination.
Comm, BUI11011B; 111Verted Nails, skillfully.
treated by 1)r. J. Davidson, N 0.90 (Most - nut street.
Cbargos moderato.
To QUIET, soothe and relieve the pain of
children teething, uso Bowun's !AVANT Oottnim., Bold
by till druggitibi. ' -
.ivf-,A.:: - :y.!'.:! - ::'::.0. , , - ..P.EN',.; , t,„:N.;;-,.'.i
NIA.II,I_4E POPLINS*
Reduced to Tvenfy-tiro Cents.
CEIENE IPCPPLANS,
.Ih3,d peed' to Thit•ty Cen46
ICO,OOO YARDS FINE FABRICS FOR SUITS,
Reduced to Thirty-seven and Fifty. Cents.
_
ENTIRE STOCK REDUCED IN, PRICES.
CL O T H I .N G
THE OLDEST AND BEST
CLOTHING STORE IN THE = UNION.
.13E PURCHASED ELSEWHERE
ASSE IVI B L_Y. _B U I LD I N
PITILADELPI - trA.
PEREMPT
13. SCOTT, Jr., A:uctioneer.
, f,
RY SALE
CA It ETINGS, tau.
CANTON AIATTINGS.
McCALLUM, CREASE & SLOAN,
509 Chestnut Street.
FANCY MATTINGS.
WRITE. MATTINGS.
RED CIIECH MATTINGS :
CANTON, MATTINGS,
ALL WIDTHS.
LOWEST PRICES.,
McCALLITM., CREASE & SLOAN,
MATTING WARiHOUSE,'
No. 509 Chestnut Street,
mb2 w f m Slurp
NEW CARPETING'S.
• WE ARE NOW OPENING AFIILL LINE OF •
FOREIGN' and DOMESTIC CARPETS,
' OIL CLOTHS
M A le rr:
• or ALL GRADES,
WHIOH WE ARE OFFERING AT • GREATLY El
DEWED PRIOEO FROM LABT REAtiON,, ,
, .
LEEDOM. SHAW & STEWART,
..". 60, MARKET STREET.
TURS;
A. K. &F. VVONIRATiIi
1212 CHESTNUT STR !E ! ,
Beg Co Inform thO Wipe ihaftboyfare new propaiti t
receive FURS ON STORAGE through thethuriitta
im
nartfitfg them aguinet lose Irk° aud*Oth,At
trieltig Oxpenee,
K:f WO MRA.rg H . : . •
1212 chestnut Street,
gaWn w,f . 21Z4 rP . :
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