PENNSYLVANIA. soLoiEns, On- PIEDANS' SCHOOL'S,- Northern Nome. or Philadelphia 4401. Mews' and Nailorte Orphan leattittit".: ' Saturday closed the labors of Coi 3 Oeorge F. McFarland, State Superintendent ',Of -Soldiers' Orphans, in hl•second annual tour- of examind . tion ; and a brilliant 41aY it' Was.-for him; as well as for the children participating. The • . i th er _p_nonie for the_Friendless will never forget, this visitation, =di the and Sail ors' ~.. Orphan Institute won golden opinions on the occasion. The institution, embracing the square between Twenty-second and Twenty third and Brown and Parrish streets, was more beautiful than ever. All the inmates, even these not under the immediate charge of Col. McFarland, Were animated with the prospect ofthe visitation, and their friends, who had as sembled in large numbers, felt equally the im portance of the occasion-, having a laudable pride in the great charity they helped to found. Half-past eight o'clock in the morning, the sourAixe4l-firthe car= , s i ' e exer cises, Col. McFarland reached the scene, by The first President ofdi - CM - a — dr -- Uf lliiiriagerS . way of the Union Passenger Railway, and at was 'Mrs. flutter, who has been continued for Twenty-third and Brown streets—the railway • seventeen years hi this very honorable and depot—he was met by a committee consisting responsible position. It is instructive to look if Rev. Dr. E. W. Rutter, James L. Clad;- . through her able reports, annually, of the horn, .Esq., Mrs. Hammitt, Miss Louise E. condition and prospects of . the institution. Claghorn and Mrs. E. W. Hutter, who wel- They evince much earnestness in corned him to the school. A. greater surprise, i the cause in behalf of which they are written, however, awaited hiin. Descendiirg from the and tell many a story of unfortunates relieved car platform, he found r drawn in line, all the I and saVed, which cannot help but bring a feel boys of the. Soldiers' and Sailors' Institute, inn of respect for the people—all of them—who dressed in the West Point cadet gray, await- have been so greatly instrumental in furthering jag his arrival. They were armed with minia- Christ's work on earth. Thomas Earp, Prem.- pare guns; and presented a fine military ari 7 dent of the Board of Trusts from the begin pearance, under able commanders. selected nine; died about two years ago, and his loss trein'-litricing 'theif - oWn ' number. '• On Coll . •has-been -felt-by all—a-. devoted; Christian. and 'McFarland's appearance they presented arms, I an untiring worker in the cause of charity. and, after his reception, escorted him to the John Weigand, Esq., was selected in his place. „Institute grounds, where they were drilled iu I We find that this institution has been kept all the requirements of modern military tactics, up mainly by private contributions, and that to the pleasure and admiration of all the the State has really done little or nothing for lookers-on. __ the Northern Home. Before we are done The reception was witnessed by many spec- f with -- our - article we shall- show,. • too,- how - tators who crowded the sidewalks and the little, indeed, the State has done for the sol grounds of the Institution. 1 - Reaching the diers' orphans' here, and how the ladies and school-room, at. _Twenty-third and Parrish, gentlemen wholiave been so energetic in their Lietil:Willie Felton; a bright; brave - and Intel- • philanthropic eflOrts-at this , institution have- ex ' ligent lad of -II years, thus addressed the State .pendedlthe-money . entrusted to,them•- for the Superintendent, in a . I orphan. . Welcome to Col. McFarland. How many Wanderers there are on this ~ c o l,-,„,/ G, c ,- (ie F t li c p to q a - fi d, ,-,". t l eat earth! We see them every day, yet know not ,§ 11.1 ,,, ini ,„.„ (7 , : „ / , In behalf o f the Soldiers' i their circumstances or their wants. And it, is Orphans' Institute I welcome' you here to-day. indeed a blessed mission they are engaged in who take homeless children by the hand, anti The pleasant duty of bidding you welcome has been assigned to me because my dear feed, clothe, educate and care for them when father belonged to your regiment and Parcuts and relatives are gone, or too negligent fell by your side at . Gettysburg six or degraded to provide for their kin. years ago. Alt I that was a dreadful hour. awl Though this institution was chartered by the as you, dear Colonel; also paid a great price for Legislature in I:s3-4,- its origin dates back to our liherty, no wonder we love you„as Sol- the afternoon of the sixteenth of April, 185::, diers' Orphans know how to love the comrades when two ladies sat together in the parlor of of the noble dead. We appreciate your fatherly John W. Clagliorn, and the subject of orphan age was broached. This subject led to - other tare over us, yfiur untiring, and unreinitting efforts in our behalf. And believe me, we will charitable conversation, and the result was a ever love and remember our friend who has determination to do good in the world. When stood firmly at his post—in loco pare,ltis to the the ladies take a notion.. in their heads, and especially when they put. their heads together Soldiers' Orphans.. To those L who accompany . to do soave actof humanity; all the men - in you, Mr. C, C. Cornforth, State Inspector of Christendom combined cannot stop them:' The Soldiers' Orphans,- and Prof. L. H. Game, of Harrisbrirg, we also extend a hearty welcome. !I little ones-" occupied, as they still occupy, in •' In conclusion, comrades, I Propose three their minds a warm and sympathetic nook. It , cheers for Col. McFarland." . • needed just such people to start a Home for the The cheers were given with a will, en- the Friendless Children. Eleven days after ' - ! thusiasm being unbounded. Col. McFarland there was a permanent organization, ratified was taken completely, by surprise. He had by the Legislature at the next session. not had the least idea that such an affectin They first went, into a house on Buttonwot al o• welcome awaited hint, and the address of Wit- street, and that, too, without a-dollar. Mate lie Felton awakened in him associations of therial aid was obtained by means of a -fair in the past that could not but move his emotional i Chinese Museum in May 'follbwing, which feelings._ Rising slowly, the Colonel thus re- yielded Over four thousand dollars. This start sponded : made the institution petmanen - t, It was not "itly'D«tr Boy: I thank you most sincerely local. Tbe good hearts of these ladies em for this very kind welcome extended - by you as braced the whole Commonwealth, and chii &en from every-seion-of-the-State--wore-ad— a representative atom school. I appreciate •_it the more because it conies from the son of. 'flitted. Thus over three thousand little ones lave received the care-and-attention-of-the one of the brave men who fought so gallantly . at Gettysburg in my own reoiment. 1 cannot Northern Home since April, Is 5:3. • speak for other 11 giments, but the men of the A floral fair in May, Itzs4, yielded nearly six One Hundred and 1. it , ,,y-tirst Pennsylvania, thousand dollars, and on the 17th of .lune tor \l'Olumeers 'attested their courage and patriot- owing, the corner-stone of the spleudid aditi..e ism by fighting until three out of four of their at. TwelitY - third and Brown ryas laid and the numbers had . fallen, killed or wounded. building was completed in Nay, Irs.',3. It Among the killed was private William Ile MN IA fillid be useless for us to dwell upon the ac- Felton, of Company I, whom I remember as a cominodations here. There are fain- floors, brave man and good soldier. If I can do arode, 5u feet frost, I.'",' feet deep. On the first are to prepare hrs son, or arty of you dear children, the kitchen, diningd own; laundry, batlm oom thr the great battle of life y. al are eme r l og and Play-rooms. On the second, parlor, coot upon, my services are at your command." mittee-room, reception-room, school-room and The Colonel proceeded fur some niiits. sewilig - rocrnl• reciting thrilling memories of the event lii pas-. On the third and fourth are the matron's naturally awakened by the words of a t-fli I room, chambers for teachers and children, and thus speaking of the death of a b ra ve i t !r• , . the nursery. There are bath-rooms, indeed, The elect upon him was evident, and he sev- oil every floor. The bedding is neat and tidy, oral times signally evinced his deep ern!. ion. and the - helm!'' is perfect in every respect. The Northern Herne became a State institu he reassured the children of las lasting friend i.loll ill PC'37, since which time, however, but ship, declaring 'hat there was no heirs; opeut „f $5.000 have been contributed annually by the our fallen braves titan that presented in our Legislature. There is no orphan in the Mini" Soldiers' Orphans' Schools, which shoaid ier state that cannot find a home here, and chil dren are now ill the institution from Alle,- - sustained and supported with a liberal band. gheny, Blair, Huntingdon, Barks, Lebanon, The exercises of the annual examinationgheuy, then commenced. There were present Rey. Butler, lycomiug—in fact front almost every C. C. Cornforth, State Inspector of Soldiers' county in the State. Orphans ; Mrs. E. W. Ilutter, lady Stiperiri- From this institution sprang the Soldiers' and tendent ;Rev. Dr. flutter, George L. Ha-risen, Sailors' Orphan Institute, now under the eon- Esq., and" Dr. Ourtz, of the Board of Public trot r f the State through her Soldiers' Orphans' CharitieS ; Prof. L. 11. Cause, of the Harris- Department. The Northern Home was the burg institute ; James L. Claghorn, Esq., o f first in the United States to take charge of sal- Philadelphia :- Miss Louise . Uighur'', INMS diers orphans. In 1562, almost at, the cone- Adeline Sager, Mrs. Hammitt and a number of mencement of the Rebellion, the managers of other visitors. During the morning Master this institution said to those who went into the Mark Deans recited the " Battle of Cedar service in the Union army : "We will take care Mountain," and Miss Mary Anu Deans of your chilth•en till you conic back, and if you " Barbru:a Frietchie." both of which pieces fall fighting for your country we will never were warmly applauded, and several times re- forget your orphans, but keep them and clothe called, them and train them as if we were their pa- Philadelphia, the City of Chariries, way well rents." - be proud of her Northern Hume tar the Frie.nd, What an auxiliary was this to our army when lesB._.From this tiros Q the SUldit.!;',S and Sail I) I'S' -a., Pje Malls intestine.foe attacked the: Ii art of InStitate, The institution • WaS 'chartered in the nat ion l Truly, this -was the origin - of' the 1854, and is among the pioneers in the cause of system now so gloriously carried out in Penn :which it is the grand exponent. It was, in , sylvania. No money was or is made on these fact, the first establishment of the kind in the soldiers' orphans. ,When Mrs. Hater told United States—a national institution, taking Governor Curtin, that the Northern Home to its bosom the helpless and unm•o- would provide for these children at 'MOO a year lected children of ~a whole nation. The three and do well for them, Ids Excellency was as- Prinie moves in this enterprise were Mrs. Sarah tour:tiled ; yet it was done, and part of the $50,- - Reed Claghorn; Mrs. E. W. Muter and Miss 000 contributed by the Pennsylvania Railroad O'Neill, angels Of mercy, who, moved by the Company in 11r , 63 was applied here. Good Father, exerted themselves in behalf of In 1502 the building now used by the sol unfortunate humanity with their pens and diers' orphans, at Twenty-third and Parrish voices and - influences--such as only streets, was dedicated. To this institution goad . women possess—until the in- lion. Joseph R. Ingersoll contributed $2,000. stitution, now an established fact, Subsequently a large lot, embracing half a was founded. They, eminent among the ' square, was obtained from the House of philhirthi ophists of the nation, deserve this men- Refuge, and the death of a gentleman, .a regi tion of their noble work. They commenced dent of Chester county,Mr Isaacßoyd, . who without one cent of money and are now had visited the institution, left an unexpected . _ completely out of debt, so far as their real es- legacy of $ . )5,000 to the management, which tate is concerned, having paid $121,000 on their i covered nearly all the real estate debts of the building and grounds. In respect to energy, , institution ' r , lot. including the The frontage of industry and perst;erance in good deeds, these : the bilildig n is on" Twenty-third street, of benevolent ladies are perhaps without a parallel. : about fifty feet, with a depth of a hundred feet. One of them, to be sure, is now pone to receive The first floor embraces a large parlor and her reward from her Heavenly Master, and no ! receptiou-room, handsomely furnished, three _ pen of weak man can affect her standingbefore j large dining-rooms,a kitchen,with all the mod .. the Court of Jelio;,;alr. A tablet in tine parlor 1 ern cooking conveniences, a laundry,-a.fine . 1- Of the Northern Horne will attr act the visitor : large bath room, badge-house, LVh On the .: • by its elegance and chaste, taste: In the sonth- , i second floor is the - ' g ' mil : with three Mil wall is .a slab of Italian marble, heautifull - sewing a -machines, a ' nd a: splen- Modeled, with a .border of black marble, are .) :i floor embraces the this inscription, in black letters, adoins the . ' P 3 ir 1 ' cen- main sc oo -room,with all the maps, charts and ire piece : appliances incident to the most approved 46 1,0 memory of Sarah Reed Claghorn, con- school-rooms, recitation root three_ dtrnr_tito sort of John W. Claghorn,, who departed this ries, and teachers' and matr{ z ii's rooms. '.Como tile April 11, 18C2, rn the. sixtieth year of her handsome porticoes surround the budding. age---one of the founders, as she was one of ' The nuniber of inmates—soldiers' orphans— the most steadfast 4nd persevering friends of , now here is 234, of wholu f' , o are girls andl4l") ' thiwilouse of: Mercy, with a heart cast-in-na---hoysolearly-all-being very y - oung. — ln the M. : tire's softest -mould, and a hand ones as day i Ucational Department there are only fivegrades, • ,to Melting charily, the friendless had no better 1 but all the higher branches are studied, and friend. Her labors and example will ever be the pupils evince great intelligence and Most held`-in grateful remembrance, ' creditable progress. The studies pursued are lIMMfMEE=L= Erected' as-a tribute to departed worth by the managers and trustees:' It •is ..fi'tting that her friends and e& laborers shoulethus testify Lb, her character and, apprritirlate that , this itablet's inscriotion should be , left to' tell its own tale. - • 'lmmediately below is a. busk of her husbind t in Italian marble, finely executed by Badly.. The-pedestal, of white and black marble, is - the work of Struthers. Bast and pedestal add to the attractions of the room, • while- they—recall associations sad but sweet in contemplation of the Meniory t ms tierpe ua I kneW The deceased in thelleSh. Home bad no better friend. It needed but the suggestion of benevolent ladies to' arouse his talents, his energiys and his liberality towards the unfortunate and the friendless. On the pedestal is, this modest inscription: , • "Memorial to John W. Claghorn, Esq.; one of. the founders, trustee and treastirer of this institution, to whom, under God, this Home largely owes its origin and prosperity. Erected by the trustees.'.' Let the co-workers with these two philan thropists speak for themselves, and let their work stand as a monument to their memory, while marble but reminds us of their names. MMi=M PEIIZADY'L'PHIA. Ev:p4NAG* , ,BIiLLETIL ' .NIOWD AY, JULY 25,1870. reading, writing, spelling, mental ; and 'written .afithmetie, . geography, grammar,- physiology, instrumental and vocal music, compoeitiop, drawing, painting, elocution, bolk,keepirig, history and drawing. The teaehers and. employes ' ot.tlieNortb ern Nome and Soldiers'. OrphanTnstiente are as follows: Superintenduit anti'.ifatron—ltlin:nd. Mrs -Hopkins. ./4siNtant--Mrs. WOodward. Tar ' • Tiiiaiti'L-31U4 Short. Seams( eesB—Mrs. A. McKuen. SeanWrey.N—Mrs. Wilson. - Seanistre.4B of Boys' Glothing—Mrs;-Phillips Soldiers' and Sailors' In tllnto., Principd/ S. 0. S. -r-Mrs. • J.' W Harshber7 ger (ibrinerly Miss Walk), since the, first chil , dren were received into the school. ;Physician, Teachcr of Drill and PhYsloloyy Harshherger. Principal Teacher—Miss R. S. Walk. ' 4 First Assistant—Miss Maggie Walk. Principal of Boys' Department—Miss Fannie Heyl. Assistant in - Boys' Departnient---Miss-Cook, Second Am/dant—Miss Griffith. • • • 3lnsic Teacher—Miss Kentzil. Swnistress—Mrs. Kate Lee. Assistant Seamstresses—Mrs. Felton,,•Miss H. Cleaver, Miss S. Weckerly. In respect to management and health, there is no institution in the State that will surpass this; and certain it is that no . school in Penn sylvania is so well supplied with clothing. The ; expenditure of money here has been, liberally, though most wisely bestowed. Every apart ment is made delightful by the aid of paint, light and elegant furniture. The play grounds are unusually large for a city like Philadelphia, and the air is admitted freely .eyerywbere. The park is laid out beautifully with shade ,treeS, fountains and gravelwalks, and kept in con- - stant repair. There has not been a single case of sickness in the institution. No deaths haVe occurred for three years. The home feeling here is brought to perfection. • In the changes. - of clothing and the elegance of the children's at, tire are exhibited the sound sense as well as the taste and liberality of the management. The boys have no less than six changes of suits—a. dark blue reli,ilararmy cloth, blue. -ands gray, plaid. two linen and `a blue gray cadet 'Worn at. West Point. The girls have eight changes—a French me rino blue, an a 1-wool pink delaine, a black al paca, a white Marseilles, two calicoes and two ginghams—all of which are in excellent comil- don. The under-clothing is in proportion, and in accordance with the outer. There are also black sacks, Winter sacks, black and brown cloth, linen circulars, black winter hats, white straw, for summer; Red Riding hoods, for winter; gloves, aprons (white, pink and bulli) silk a rappers and night-gowns. Every child, too, has his or her towel, a very great advan tage. The dinner tables are especially inviting. White linen cover the tables. Napkins of the finest quality grace the children's laps. Every child has his or her own tumbler,- cup and saucer. Each child is especiallEwaited on, as in a hotel. Everything, indeed; is done that is calculated to rear up the youth in the institution in the . most genteel way, while, the indutrial branches of education -are are not ne glected, ' The girls are taught how to keep house, 'and the boys how to manage a household. - 411-the clot hitig is Made with the assistance of the girls. There are altogether live sewing machines in the institution, and the work turner] out is of the best quality. ' The-children here-renresent eighty regiments that served their country faithfully, and every child will tell you the regiment in which his or her hither Served. _ - In the af;ernoon a tto pupls wereTii s the main chamber of the Northeru Houle, Little Willie Nesbit made a originid ',speech. First Speech"—in dhiLh lat tool: occasion, to the amuseiutuff and applause of all, to suggest the twining of the tables—the questioning of the officious questioners, which Ile thought would tell no complimentary tale of the knowledge of Boards of Examiners. Willie Jones repeated " The boy stood on the burn ing deck." Several of the girls played on th- piano, ex hil,iting nitic,h talent. Fat Li, c,ilu, a duet, was finely rendered, and Boone, Sweet 1 " was sung with very good efl;-.!ct.. Mary Am, Davis 'a as again called upon for a repeti tion of her " Barbara Freitelde. " During this examination, Mr. Francis Wells, of the 1.1(1,r.E- I vl as present, and the children were de llghted, as they always are, to see him, he be ni.e of their oldest and best friends. The exercises closed with speeches froiu Col. Ncl'm lanth Mr. Cornforth, Dr. (lint, Prof. Game and Rev. Dr. nutter, the last named gentleman taking the opportunity, as a con stant visitor of the institution, to say that he did not believe there wsa single bad boy or girl in the school. Ile - riad come there weekly, and had seen much of the boys and girls in the house and on ,the play ground, but he had never heard a harsh word used between them. No higher tribute could be paid to these little ones, who really deserve anything that can be said in praise of them. The follbwing anultAes in the various studies speak well, and indeedrender the school de ..ervilo2,, of a " banner"—for, though the last to be examined, the Northern Horne and Soldiers' orphans' Institute is not the least among thus institutions in this Slate, and the boys and gills are spunky enough to claim the honor. F;fl Grad( —Number in class, 10; spelling, 00 ;. reading, 95 ; writing, 05 ; mental arithme- tic, H) ; geography, 100 grammar, i7;i; anato my, DM ;.conippsition,:looi declamation, 100-; vocal Music, 100; instrumental music, q 00.; history, 100 ; drawing, 100; map-drawing, 95. Fovrth uiade—Number in class, :110 ; spell- Mg, 9t:4; reading, 92 ; writing, 01 ; mental at Mimetic, 90 ; geography, 96 ; instrumental music, 100 ; composition, 100; ana!omy, 90; declamation, 100 ; vocal music, 100; history, to'.z ; drawing, 1.00; map drawing, 95. Gradc—N umber in class, 26; spell ing, 100; writing, ; reading, 90; mental arithmetic, 90. Military drill, 100. The meetino , 6 closed with the doxology, pro posed by Mrs. flutter, as an appropriate ending of all the soldiers' orphans' examinations. Across Brown street is the infirmary of the institution, entirely detached from the main buildings, and elegantly fitted up, to which every sick pupil is immediately taken, the con tagious diseases being kept separate from the ordinary cases. This building cost twelve thousand dollars, and is supplied with water and all the usual hospital conveniences on every story. The managers hope soon to have erected a large school-room and chapel on Twen , y-third street, a building'which.they very much need. .The_plan has.already been .detertnined upon. To MacGregor -Mitcheson,.Esq., the owes much. Be has' rendered legal advice and aid ,„